It was a quiet afternoon at the Mishima household: Jin was on a date with Xiaoyu, Asuka went with Lili to the movies, and Grandpa Heihachi was on a senior citizen's hike. Jun and Kazuya had the house all to themselves, so naturally they decided to do the only sensible think in this situation...

"But I wanna watch this documentary on Japanese black bears!" Jun whined.

"Jun, it's UFC Fight Night! Now, I have a lot of money riding on this Heavyweight title fight. You can watch your hippie nature shit another day!" Kazuya retorted, refusing to give up the remote.

Jun was starting to get angry... and there was nothing more terrifying to a man than an angry wife. She rose to her feet, hands on her hips, and looked in Kazuya's eyes with a face of pure rage and vengeance.

"Kazuya... I am going to say this only once. That remote is not yours. That remote is not mine, either. But the fact of the matter is, you were watching that naked oil wrestling marathon for the past three days and I was patient. Well I'm tired of being patient! IT'S MY GOD DAMN TURN AND I WANNA WATCH SOME GOD DAMN BLACK BEARS!"

Kazuya was definitely taking a few steps back after hearing that explosion. His hand trembled as the remote started to slip from his hand. All it took was a few well placed words to break his spirit. Jun had that effect on him.

"J-j-jun? Sweetie? It's your glowy eyed lovey hubby." Kazuya squeaked, his knees wobbling.

"QUIT WITH THAT BABY TALKING SHIT BEFORE I BREAK YOUR MEATY NECK! GIMME THAT GOD DAMN..."

But Jun stopped before finishing that sentence. She looked at her terrified husband and suddenly her conscience came flooding. This wasn't her! There were better ways to go about conflict resolution that scaring her poor husband. So at that moment, she decided to follow a path of peace and be a better person than most. She was going to get what she wants... WITHOUT assertion.

"Okay, Kazzy." Jun said, her voice calm. "We're going to... hey, come here. I'm sorry I yelled at you."

Kazuya stayed perfectly still. He was reluctant to even move a centimeter.

"Hey... it's okay, I promise. Come here and give your wife a hug."

Kazuya slowly walked over to Jun, still showing signs of hesitation. But her angelic smile finally calmed him down and Kazuya was pulled in for a big, warm hug. Jun even kissed his cheek.

"Now... we're gonna resolve this without violence or hurtful words. Set the remote down on the table." Her voice was a soothing whisper.

"But what if you snatch it?" Kazuya asked.

"Just trust me..."

Jun's calming voice gave Kazuya peace of mind, so he obeyed and set the remote down, trusting that Jun wouldn't pull any dirty tricks.

"Now then... we're going to play a friendly game of Scrabble. Whoever wins gets the remote. Now doesn't that sound nice?" Jun asked with a smile.

"Scrabble, huh? Ummm I dunno about that. I'm pretty sure Heihachi ate some of the tiles one time. He was clogged up, and he thought the fiber would help him make-"

"IT'S OKAY!" Jun interrupted, not wanting to hear any more. But she quickly returned to her calm voice.

"I bought replacement tiles the week after, remember? Now... let's go to the table and set things up."

So the two of them whipped out the Scrabble game and cleared off the table. They set up the board, the tiles, and the little wooden things the tiles go on. Without further ado, the game was a go.

"Okay Kazuya. May the best spouse win."

Jun was quite confident that she would win, as she was a lot more literate than her often dim witted meathead of a husband. She looked at her tiles, already smiling at the words she could make. Trees? Foxes? Ooh, peace! Yep, this game was in the bag.

"You can go first, my dear." Jun said, a cocky smile on her face.

"Aw, thanks babe. I appreciate it."

Jun chuckled to herself quietly as she imagined what tiny words her simpleton of a husband would think of. Dog? Cat? Or something he could relate to... food?

"Ooh, here's a good one."

To Jun's surprise, Kazuya started placing tiles on the board, one after the other, one after the other. Her eyes widened with shock when she saw the word he had thought of:

HATRED

Jun gulped; how the hell did he get a six letter word on his first turn?! Perhaps this would be harder than she thought...

"So, uhhh... how many points is that?" Kazuya asked.

Jun frowned and started placing her own tiles on the board. With four tiles of her own, and one of Kazuya's, she formed a new word:

PEACE

"Hey, that's pretty good babe. My word is longer though, heh heh." Kazuya snickered.

"Oh, just shut up and go." Jun said, rolling her eyes. But her rolling eyes widened with shock when she saw Kazuya start placing tile after tile on the board once again. What the... he got BOTH blank tiles?!

"Hey, how's that?" Kazuya bragged when he showed off his new word:

VENGEANCE

"Wha...bu...you... THAT IS INSANE!" Jun yelled.

"Inside voice please, babe. You said this was a friendly game." Kazuya reminded.

Jun was starting to lose her sanity; she couldn't believe Kazuya was beating her! SHE was supposed to be the smart one! She took a few deep breaths and massaged her head a couple of times.

"Baby? Are you okay? You want me to go get the aspirin?"

"I'm fine, sweetie! Just.. just let me think here."

Jun looked frantically at her tiles, but her face turned to pure terror when she realized she couldn't make any impressive words. With a long sigh, she put down a couple of tiles and formed a small, lame word:

TREE

"Tree? Heh heh heh... that's your word? TREE? Hahahahahaha!"

"SHUT... UP!" Jun screamed, bringing her fists down on the table. The tiles all flew up and landed perfectly where they once rested.

"Oookay... you seem to be getting a little mad. Maybe we should- ooh, here's a good one!"

When Jun saw Kazuya's new word, she felt like tearing out her eyeballs and swallowing them.

MURDEROUS

"THAT IS IT! FUCK THIS BROKEN, RIGGED GAME!" Jun shouted, flipping the board and all the pieces.

"Hey! I was winning!" Kazuya whined.

Jun angrily grabbed a tile and threw it at Kazuya so hard that it stuck to his forehead. As Kazuya clutched his head in pain, Jun darted to the living room and swiped the remote, turning it to the wilderness channel.

"Owww... H-HEY! You cheating bitch! You said the winner could-"

"Oh screw what I said. If you want a piece of this sweet ass tonight, I suggest you let me have this."

Kazuya stared at Jun for a second, scratching his head; he really couldn't argue with that logic.

"Well... okay."

Kazuya shrugged and plopped next to Jun on the couch.

It only took five minutes for Kazuya to be bored out of his ass and contemplating suicide. The bears were just laying there, doing absolutely nothing! All the while, some British guy with an extremely boring voice was telegraphing what little activity the animals were showing. How the hell does that woman watch this stuff?!

But Kazuya's thoughts of anger and boredom quickly vanished when Jun rested her head against his chest and put her arms around his neck. With a smile, Kazuya returned the favor and put his arm around her, using his fingers to gently caress her skin. With a soft sigh, Jun nuzzled his chest a few times and tightened her embrace. The two of them laid like that for a while, just enjoying each other's embrace.

Suddenly, the tv didn't feel that special.