Do I really have to do this all the time? Disclaimer: Tekken belongs to Namco Bandai, not me

Goodbye

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Five Weeks Later

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"Jules. Wake up," Jin whispered to Julia as he gave her a gentle shake.

"I don't want to," came the drowsy response. Julia tightened her hold on Jin's waist as he tried to pull away to look at her properly. "No…don't move. You're my pillow remember?" she complained as she buried her face in his chest.

"I've got to get you back, Jules. The sun is rising, and you're supposed to be up early, packing, remember?" Jin said with a smile.

"I don't want to go back. I want to stay here. Can I? Please?" Julia begged in a child-like voice.

"Jules, you're leaving today. You know I don't want you to but you have to," Jin sighed.

"Why does time have to fly by when you want it to go by as slowly as possible? Snail's-pace would be good," she muttered as she absentmindedly traced the outlines of Jin's abdominal muscles with her finger.

Jin chuckled, "Yeah. That would be nice. The nights would be longer," he kissed the top of her head.

"But so would the days," she countered, "That would be even worse. It would mean more time away from you."

"Guess we'll have to get used to it. Just for a while though," Jin said sadly.

"Ugh…don't remind me. Can't you come with me?" Julia asked while looking up at his face.

"You know I can't sweetheart. It's too great a risk," he stared at the ceiling and they both fell silent as they listened to the forest begin to wake.

After spending nearly every night with each other for the past five weeks, both Jin and Julia had been dreading that day: the day Julia and Verity would have to leave the Amazon and go back home to Phoenix. They still didn't know how they were going to handle it. As if time was having fun with them, the last few days (and nights) had gone by much too quickly. Although they didn't know how, the two lovers knew they would see each other again. Maybe when the demons and his father stopped hunting him, Jin would be able to re-enter society and take his relationship with Julia further. Maybe…but who knew how long that would take. It was a heart wrenching thought to contemplate.

Before she could fall asleep again, Jin spoke to Julia, "Come on love, get up. Do you want something to eat?"

"Ugh…no. I think I still have that stomach-flu bug from last week and everything sounds very unappetizing right now," Julia shook her head with a slightly nauseous look on her face.

"You'll be fine in no time, don't worry," Jin assured her as he pulled out of her warm embrace. He quickly got dressed and then went to get himself something to snack on. Julia sluggishly stood up and picked up her clothes, just as slowly putting them on.

"Jin! … You ripped my t-shirt!" Julia said in disbelief as she fingered the ripped seam that went from the bottom all the way up to the sleeve. I knew I heard a weird ripping sound last night as he pulled it off.

"I ripped your t-shirt?" Jin repeated with an amused smile. Talk about a rough night…oops.

"Look at it," she turned to him and showed him her shirt, "You wouldn't happen to have a needle and some string lying around somewhere would you?"

"Ah…lemme think…No. I've never needed any before, actually, so I don't have any. Not that I'd be any good at sewing anyway…Sorry," he said sheepishly.

"Great." Julia muttered darkly.

"You can borrow one of mine if you want," he said trying to remedy the situation, although he certainly didn't mind seeing Julia standing there in only her bra and jeans.

"Well then what are you waiting for? Hand it over," she said extending her right hand. He found a black t-shirt of his and placed it in her outstretched hand. She quickly slipped it on and then put her hair in a low ponytail and slipped on her shoes.

Jin took Julia back to the village and said that the coast was clear. If anyone was awake, they were still inside so no one would see her sneaking back in.

"I'm going to miss you Jin," Julia said as she felt tears beginning to pool in her eyes.

"I'm going to miss you too, Jules," Jin pulled her into one last hug, "Don't cry, please.""Sorry, I can't help it…I've been kinda emotional lately," she apologized.

"I've noticed. Here, I want you to have this," Jin said while pulling something out of his pocket. He reached for her hand and placed a silver chain with a rectangular silver charm about an inch long and half an inch wide. A Japanese character was engraved into it in black ink.

"What does it say?" Julia asked as she ran her forefinger over the mysterious symbol.

"It's my first name in Japanese," Jin stated, "I've had it lying around for a while, but I never wear it. Might as well give it to you as a 'we'll meet again' gift," he smiled.

"Thank you. I love it," Julia wrapped her arms around Jin's neck and kissed him.

"You'd better get going."

"Until next time then."

"Until next time. I love you," Jin whispered into her ear.

Beaming, Julia responded, "I love you too."

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"We're going to miss all of you guys a lot!" Verity said emotionally as she bid her new "family" adieu.

"You made us feel so welcome here I think we can consider this place a second home," Julia said to the chief as Brock translated.

"He says to not doubt that for a single moment," Brock smiled, "I personally would like to thank both of you for your hard work and youthful insight into everything. If you keep up that attitude (and don't go doing stupid things) I'm sure you'll both make it far."

Julia laughed; fiddling with the new accessory that adorned her neck, "We'll be sure to keep that in mind, and again …thank…you…" she finished weakly.

Julia suddenly felt very odd, and noticed that the world began to spin. A shadow began to veil her vision; it slid silently over her eyes like thick black ink.

"Julia? Are you okay?" someone said. However, Julia didn't have time to respond as she passed out and fell to the ground.

A few minutes later, Julia regained consciousness and found everyone surrounding her with worried looks on their faces.

"What happened Julia?" Brock asked concernedly.

"I…don't know," she shook her head slightly.

"I told you this would happened if you didn't eat anything Jules," Verity scolded.

"Sorry…I just didn't have much of an appetite," Julia stood up, "I'm okay now. Really. We'd better get going, we've got a long trip ahead of us."

"You sure Jules?" Verity looked at her, brows furrowed.

"Yes. I'm sure. Bye everyone. I'll miss you all," Julia gave a final goodbye and both she and Verity walked to the Jeep to start their lengthy trip to Arizona.