This is the penultimate chapter, meaning the conclusion is next. Let me just take this moment to say thanks to all my readers and especially my reviewers. And special shoutout to my friend who requested this fic. Hopefully he likes this Kazuya x Jun romance fic better than the last one I attempted.
To say that this was one of the busiest days of Jun's life would be a massive understatement. The exhausted woman was more than a little stressed as she fumbled around the kitchen, frantically checking up on all the meals she was currently invested in. Steamed rice, pork dumplings, miso soup, battered shrimp ramen... needless to say, she and her kitchen appliances were working overtime today.
And in the midst of all this... Kazuya was gone. He was still at work, which only further added to Jun's stress. She liked to have manpower, and as helpful as Asuka was, she needed more than just one extra pair of hands.
"Asuka honey, pass me that soy sauce." Jun requested.
"Yes, Aunty Jun." Asuka replied with a smile.
"And for Pete's sake, where is my son?!"
"Jin? I believe he's at Xiaoyu's house right now."
"Agh! That boy, fooling around on the night of our huge family dinner. Sweetie, can you please go over there and DRAG him back home?"
An evil grin spread across Asuka's face as she cracked her knuckles.
"My pleasure."
Asuka left to go get Jin, leaving Jun all by herself to wage war in the kitchen. As she checked ovens, steamers, boiling pots on the stove... she silently prayed for Kazuya to walk through the door. Surprisingly. that prayer was answered almost immediately as the door swung open and her husband came limping in.
"KAZ! Thank God you're here!" Jun exclaimed. But her burst of confidence quickly flickered out when she saw the look of pure misery on Kazuya's face as he slumped onto the couch.
"Ugggggggggggh...work was a killer. OHH MY BACK!" Kazuya groaned.
Jun's face became a frown immediately. He was NOT pulling this crap again, ESPECIALLY on such an important day!
"Kazuya Mishima, get your ass in here and help me cook!" Jun screamed.
"But Juuuuuun my baaaaaaack..."
"I know you're just faking."
"B-but I'm not..."
"SHUT IT! Okay then wise guy, let's test that theory."
Jun put down her utensils and stomped over to Kazuya, hands on her hips. Kazuya immediately got worried... what was she about to do?
"So your back's hurting?"
"Y-yeah... really REALLY bad. I volunteered to help train G Corp's soldiers today. Bruce really hurt me!"
"Mmhmmm... yeah right."
"I'm SERIOUS!"
"Okay then, if your back is so bad then I guess you won't be able to dodge this."
Jun got into stance, sending a shiver of fear through Kazuya's body.
"J-J-Jun..."
"Ready?"
"Jun, wait!"
"Here it comes."
"JUN, NO!"
Jun threw a front kick aimed directly at Kazuya's chin. Kazuya tried to sway, but a rush of pain immediately flooded to his back and the kick landed right on the button.
Jun gasped in horror as she saw Kazuya slump over and fall to the floor. It was then... a few seconds too late... that she realized he WASN'T joking.
"Oh my God, Kazuya!"
Jun ran over to his limp body and scooped him up in her arms. She patted his cheek a few times in an attempt to wake him from his daze.
"Are you okay? Baby, talk to me!"
"Uuuuuugh... do you believe me now?" Kazuya groaned.
Jun squeezed Kazuya tight against her chest. "Oh baby, I'm so sorry. It's just that, you've pulled that little stunt so many times in the past and-"
"Yeah yeah, boy who cried wolf." Kazuya groaned.
"Alright, just get back on the couch and get comfortable." Jun commanded, lifting Kazuya back onto the couch.
"Are you gonna be okay by yourself?" Kazuya asked.
"Don't worry, I have Jin and Asuka to help me." Jun replied with a smile.
As if on cue, the door swung open and Asuka stomped in, dragging Jin by the ear.
"NOOOOO!" Jin whined. "I don't wanna help cook! I DON'T WANNA!"
"Oh shut up you big emo baby!" Asuka retorted. "Hey Auntie Juuuun! I brought Jin baaaack!"
"Great, thank you honey." Jun said with a smile. In a lightning fast motion, she slapped aprons on them and shoved them into the kitchen.
The minutes passed as Jun, Jin and Asuka frantically worked in the kitchen. As the minutes became hours, Jin's complaining didn't let up for a second.
"Mom, why do we have to invite the family?" Jin whined.
"Because it's nice for all of us to get together once in a while!" Jun replied.
"But I hate my whole family. And they hate me."
"Aw sweetie, your whole family doesn't hate you. Um...uhh... I like you!"
"I came out of you! You don't have a choice but to love me."
And Jin continued to sing that same tune for the next hour. Every manner of complaints and bad mouthing about the family came out of his mouth as Jun and Asuka's tempers reached their limit.
"And Heihachi smells like a Capoeira gym full of sweaty feet, and Great Grandpa Jinpachi is always sighing and his breath smells like Ganryu's ass! And don't even get me started on Uncle Lars. All day long he's on his damn cell phone with that pink haired sex bot-"
"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!" Asuka screamed. A thunderous echo reverberated throughout the house as her fist connected with Jin's cheek and knocked him out cold. Jin landed facefirst on the floor, his body limp.
"A-ASUKA!" Jun gasped. Asuka recoiled, preparing to be scolded for knocking out her cousin. But to her surprise...
"How dare you use that language!" was all Jun said before returning to her cooking.
"S-sorry, Auntie Jun." Asuka said with a snicker as she resumed her duties.
LATER THAT NIGHT...
The four of them sat in the living room, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the whole family for their big dinner. Well actually, only Jun and Asuka were eager. Being the moody ass loners they are, Kazuya and Jin wanted nothing to do with a big family get together. Kazuya was even more reluctant, as he really just wanted to go lie down and rest his sore back. Even the tantalizing meal didn't give him any motivation to stick around.
"Juuuuuuuun..." Kazuya whined. "Can you pleeeeease give me a massage?"
"For the last time, NOT RIGHT NOW!" Jun replied angrily. "I'll give you a massage when we go to bed."
"But my back feels worse than that time Kuma put me in a bear hug! Cmon, at least rub some Icy Hot on it."
"Not right now."
"It'll only take a few minutes."
"Kazuya, so help me I'll kick you in the face and I'll make sure it knocks you out COLD this time."
Their little argument was interrupted by a knock at the door. Immediately, a feeling of dread fell into the pit of Jin and Kazuya's stomachs.
"I'll get it!" Asuka exclaimed. She rushed to the door and opened it, and was greeted by the huge, towering frame of Heihachi Mishima.
"H-hi there Mr. Mishim-AAAAAAAAH!"
But Asuka was knocked out of the way as Heihachi plowed through her like a running back headed for the end zone.
"Outta the way, girlie! I got three pints of prune juice in me and it wants OUT!" Heihachi bellowed as he immediately headed for the bathroom and slammed the door.
"Nice to see you too, pops." Kazuya muttered, rolling his eyes.
Almost immediately after Heihachi barged in, the next thing to come through the doorway was a gigantic figure enshrouded in a dark purple aura.
"Finally..." the voice said. "...finally... I CAN UNLEASH THIS POWER!"
"Grandpa, how many times do I have to tell you NO EVIL AURA IN THE HOUSE!" Kazuya barked at the figure, which was his grandfather Jinpachi Mishima.
"Sheesh, what's your problem you little soy bean?" Jinpachi snorted.
"My problem is that unlike your retirement fund collecting ass, I still have to work for a living and it freakin sucks!" Kazuya whined.
"Please excuse Kazuya, Mr. Mishima." Jun said, bowing. "He's just cranky because his back hurts."
"Ha! You think you've got it bad?" Jinpachi laughed. "I have to carry a freakin urn with me everywhere I go!"
"Just shut up and sit down, old man." Kazuya grumbled.
Jinpachi plopped onto the couch next to Jin, nearly crushing the poor boy with his huge constitution.
"So how's my great grandson who nearly killed me doing lately?" Jinpachi asked, patting Jin's head.
"Shitty." Jin grumbled. "I really just wanna go to bed right now."
"Aw cmon. Why would a youngster like you wanna waste his life sleeping? You know, I sleep 21 hours a day."
"R-really? What's the other three hours for?"
"Eating, using the shitter, and watching my game shows. Heh, I'd like to "unleash" something on that Vanna White, I tell you what..."
"MR. MISHIMA!" Jun barked. "Please don't say such things to my son. Heihachi is a bad enough influence, thank you very much."
"Yeah, Vanna White's not that hot anyway." Kazuya chimed in. "Not anymore at least. Maybe 30 years ago... ooooh I would tear that shit UP!"
"Gaaaah why are all you Mishimas such pigs!" Jun yelled, feeling like tearing her hair out. "You know what? I think it's a good time for sake! I'll just go pour me a cup or three..."
As Jun went to go drink away the stress of having a full house of Mishimas, the roaring engine of Lee's fancy convertible resonated outside before dying down. A car door slammed and a knock at the door followed soon after.
"That must be my prissy ass brother." Kazuya snorted. "I'd recognize the sound of his fancy shmancy car anywhere."
Asuka opened the door and sure enough, it was Lee Chaolan. He was looking snazzy as ever with a fancy white tux.
"Hope I'm not late." He said in his usual voice oozing with confidence and narcissism.
"What took you so long?" Kazuya barked. "Oh wait, I forgot it takes longer for ladies to get ready."
"Kazuya! You're looking as trashy as ever." Lee retorted with a smile. "Tell me, did you go over your douchebag checklist before getting ready this morning? Everything seems to be in order."
"Oh, blow me you little powder ass."
As Lee sat down in the living room, Heihachi finally came out of the bathroom looking much more relaxed than when he entered.
"Ahhhhh... nothing like clearing out the ol plumbin! Hey, is everyone here already?"
"We're still waiting on Uncle Lars." Jin replied. "I wonder where he could be? Probably off staging a coup or something..."
"If that little anime haired bastard so much as looks at me wrong..." Kazuya grumbled.
"Oh, you're just jealous of his looks." Lee chuckled. "I mean, even I think he's handsome and I'm the sexiest fucking thing on the planet."
"Yeah, Lars did get my good looks. Sorry, boy." Heihachi said, slapping Kazuya on the back much to his displeasure because of his still extremely sore back.
"Hey, I think that's him now." Asuka announced.
Sure enough, the black SUV pulled into the driveway and skidded to a halt. The door opened and out stepped Lars, his cell phone pressed to his ear like always. Asuka opened the door to let him in and Lars stepped in the house, still carrying on his conversation. He didn't seem to care that everyone was staring at him and listening in.
"No, YOU'RE the cutest." Lars cooed. "Oh no you're not. I'm gonna kiss YOU first when I get home."
"Hey, Goku! Shut the hell up for one minute and say hi to the family!" Heihachi demanded.
Lars looked at his illegitimate father with disgust before turning around and resuming his conversation.
"I gotta go, babe. I'm here with my family and I gotta use all my power to resist not murdering them. I'll talk to you later. Love you. Bye!"
And with that goodbye, Lars finally hung up the phone and was greeted by a hug from Asuka.
"Lars! Thank God you're here!" Asuka exclaimed. "These assholes are about to drive me crazy!"
"Tell me about it." Lee said, rolling his eyes. He also stood up and embraced Lars, as the two of them were actually on good terms.
"So what took you so long, bro?" Kazuya asked. "You had to make a backup plan or two? Maybe form a perimeter around the house?"
"Oh shut up, Kazuya." Lars scoffed. "I was just... I was watching a good movie! Yeah, that."
"You were boning Alisa, weren't you?" Heihachi said with a grin.
"O-OLD MAN!"
"What? Hey, I would too."
"YOU NEVER WILL, YOU OLD DUST FART!"
"Great! Everyone's finally here!" Jun exclaimed as she came back out of the kitchen. She was stumbling a little, indicating she had drank quite a bit. "Now we can *hic* finally eat. Everyone, IN THE KITCHEN!"
So the seven of them all got up and sat down at the kitchen table, exclaims of how good the food looked echoing through the house. But there was one problem... there should have been EIGHT.
"Kazuya, for God's sake get in here!" Jun groaned.
"I caaaaan't!" Kazuya whined in response. "My back hurts like a motherfucker!"
"Honey, will you please watch your language? Look, I'll help you get up. Okay?"
"N-no! Don't touch me! AAAAAAAAGH!"
Jun grabbed Kazuya by the arms and forcefully dragged him into the kitchen, then plopped him in the only vacant chair left.
"Now sit up like a big boy and be part of this family."
"Fine..." Kazuya grumbled as he planted his face against the table.
For the next 30 minutes, the family had a pleasant dinner as they chatted and shared stories. The food was good, the laughter warm and invigorating. For the first time in a long time, they actually felt like a functional family.
And then Kazuya happened.
"Juuuuun..." he whispered repeatedly, trying very hard to get her attention. But Jun tried to stay strong and ignore him.
"Juuuuuuuuuuuuuun..."
Jun kept her head down as she furiously shoveled food in her mouth.
"Please give me a massage. Cmon, my back is freakin wrecked!"
"FOR THE LAST TIME KAZUYA NO!" Jun screamed, finally losing her cool and slamming her utensils on the table. Everyone stopped eating and looked over at her.
"Ummm... Jun sweetie, are you okay over there?" Lee asked.
"Hey, mind your own fuckin business." Kazuya retorted.
"Kazuya!" Jun scolded, slapping him in the back of the head. "Okay, you know what? FINE! Let's just forget about this beautiful bonding time so I can go massage your damned back!"
Without warning, Jun leaped to her feet and dragged Kazuya upstairs. Everyone stopped eating for a moment to try and process what the hell just happened.
UPSTAIRS
"Can you get my shoulders too?" Kazuya asked as he stripped off his shirt and laid down prone.
Jun couldn't believe what she was hearing. Right now, what she really wanted was to make Kazuya's back pain even WORSE. How dare he ruin this very special day that Jun prepared long and hard for without him even lifting a finger in assistance!
"Kazuya, I am extremely appalled by your behavior tonight." Jun scolded. "You have been nothing but selfish all day! You wouldn't help me cook, you've been hostile towards the family, and NOW you've interrupted our family dinner! Don't you feel an OUNCE of remorse?"
"Come on Jun, I saved you and you know it." Kazuya replied, his face muffled against the mattress.
"Saved me? What do you mean?"
"You don't want to be down there anymore than I do."
"Kaz... that's not the point! The point is that I am trying to make an effort to keep this family together, and you're not. I cooked the dinner, I invited them over. All you've done is complain about work and badmouth everyone."
"Alright, alright. Tell you what... if you give me a back massage, I promise I'll go back down there and be on my best behavior."
"...Swear?"
"Yes, I swear on my ambiguously dead mother."
"...Alright. Just stay still."
Jun reached around in the dresser and pulled out a tube of muscle relaxing gel. Removing her soft black slippers, she crawled on top of Kazuya and straddled his backside. Squirting a glob of the gel on both hands, she gently applied it to Kazuya's aching back and began moving her hands up and down.
"Ahhhhh... hell yes that's good." Kazuya moaned deeply.
Jun worked the salve deep into his skin, roughly kneading the flesh of his aching muscles and melting the pain away like butter in a frying pan. Judging from Kazuya's noises, the massage was having quite the desired effect.
"Kazuya! Don't moan so loud!" Jun whispered loudly.
"Mmmm... ahhhh I don't give a shit if they hear." Kazuya moaned. "They're just jealous they don't have hot waifus to give them a massage."
MEANWHILE, DOWNSTAIRS...
"Wow, they've been up there for a while." Lars mentioned, taking a sip of his tea.
"Maybe he's putting the Devil D to her! Ha, that's my boy..." Heihachi laughed.
"Ugh, Grandpa that's fucking sick." Jin said, an obviously sickened look on his face.
"Hey, don't use that tone with me boy."
"Or what? You gonna shoot me in the head again?"
"J-JIN! Y-you... we promised we wouldn't bring that up." Heihachi said, chuckling awkwardly and looking around.
"Dad shoots his grandkids! Dad shoots his grandkids!" Lee sang as loud as possible.
"L-LEE! Don't make me whoop your ass boy! Well... well... HOW ABOUT LARS! HE TRIED TO SHOOT ME!"
"Like you don't ask for it all the time, prune dick!" Lars retorted.
"L-Lars! That's our father you're talking too!" Lee scolded. "I mean yeah, his dick probably does look like a wrinkly month old sausage, you don't have to say it to his face!"
"My dick looks like a churro!" Jinpachi happily chimed in.
"Ugh, I really don't want to picture that..." Asuka groaned.
"What? You want a picture? Okay, hold on!"
"NOOOOOO!"
BACK UPSTAIRS...
"Ohhhhhh holy shit Jun... you are so good at this..." Kazuya groaned in pleasure as Jun continued to rub and soothe his soreness.
"We should really go back downstairs soon." Jun replied. "I think I hear arguing."
"Naaaaw you're just hearing things. Hey Jun... do that think I love."
"What?"
"Cmoooon you know... use your feet."
"Kazuya..."
"Cmon, please! Just stand on my back for a few minutes. I love it!"
"Alright, fine. But after this, we HAVE to go back downstairs."
Jun squirted more of the muscle relaxer on Kazuya's back, then got off of him. Exercising grace and balance, she stood up on the bed and stepped on top of Kazuya's back. Using her arms to maintain balance, she started rubbing with her feet back and forth against Kazuya's back, like scraping mud off of shoes. She twisted her feet left and right, curling her toes to really work his back flesh thoroughly.
"Ohhhh damn... ohhhhh yes that is GOOOD! WOOOOOO!"
"Shhhh! I don't want them to hear."
"Screw all of them! Let's just stay up here the rest of the night."
"Kazuya, I said no-"
Suddenly, a loud crash echoed downstairs. Jun immediately lost her train of thought as well as her balance and immediately fell off of Kazuya.
"What the heck was that?"
"I'm going down there!"
Not bothering to wait for Kazuya or even put on her shoes, Jun ran downstairs as fast as she could. When she opened the door, a horrible sight awaited her.
"And this is for that time you spanked me so hard my ass was bruised!" Lee shouted, as he picked up the bottle of sake and threw it at Heihachi. But the bottle missed and instead hit Asuka.
"EEEEEK! You got my shirt all wet! Ahhh... that's cold..."
Unfortunately for Asuka, she was wearing a white shirt and no bra. Jinpachi was greeted to quite a pleasant sight as her breasts were fully visible and her hard nipples poking out.
"Oh Lordy... I feel 80 years younger!" the pervy old man exclaimed, not even bothering to be subtle as he stared at them.
"Oh yeah? Well this is for betraying me and starting your own business and hooking up with all those fine ass babes without letting your old man have a piece!" Heihachi barked as he picked up a bowl of miso soup and splattered it all over Lee's head. But the splash was so powerful that the soup splattered all over Jinpachi. And that was a very bad mistake indeed.
"Oh dear... that's not supposed to happen." Jinpachi said. Before everyone's horrified eyes, he dissolved into a pile of sand all over the kitchen floor.
"Aw shit, now someone's gotta sweep up the old man before he blows away. I'm sure as hell not doing it!" Heihachi spat.
"You should do it since your dumb ass started all this." Lars replied.
"Oh, go home and fuck your sex-bot."
"Grrrrr... you are SO lucky I didn't pack my gun."
"I hate you all. Just so you know, I'm probably gonna kill myself tonight. And I'm gonna send the video to all of you." Jin grumbled.
"THAT'S ENOUGH! EVERYBODY SHUT YOUR FREAKING MOUTHS RIGHT NOW!" Jun screamed.
Everyone immediately stopped fighting and all looked at Jun, a look of pure horror on their faces at the thought of the wrath they just unleashed. Jun's face looked nothing short of a demon thirsty for blood.
Suddenly, to everyone's surprise, Jun's face went back to it's pleasant angelic expression.
"Asuka, honey... will you please get a broom and sweep up Grandpappy Jinpachi?"
"Y-y-yes, Aunty Jun."
Not even making eye contact, Asuka got a broom and began sweeping up Jinpachi into his urn. Jun then turned to Heihachi and her two brothers in law.
"Now then you three... will you be so kind as to clean up this mess you made?"
"Hah, why should I do this woman's work?" Heihachi sneered.
"BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T I'LL POISON YOUR METAMUCIL!"
"Okay, okay!"
Finally, Jun turned to her son, who was sitting in the corner with his arms folded and a moody look on his face.
"And Jin honey... maybe it's time for you to go to bed."
"Bedtime? But I'm a grown man."
"And you still live in this house, which you just helped destroy."
"But I didn't do anything."
"But you didn't do anything to stop it, now did you? GO TO YOUR ROOM BEFORE I LET ASUKA PUNCH YOU AGAIN!"
With a whiny sigh and a throw of his hands, Jin stomped upstairs. As Jun looked around and saw everyone hard at work to clean up the awful mess of this screwed up dinner, she was content. Peace had finally been restored.
MIDNIGHT
Jun and Kazuya laid in bed, a loud sigh passing through their lips every once in a while at the memories of the shenanigans that ensued earlier. The house was dead silent and the kitchen was clean, much to their delight. Jun treasured these family get-togethers, but after tonight... she was seriously starting to reconsider inviting them over again.
"I'm not going to sleep until you say it." Kazuya whispered.
"Kaz... fine! Yes, you were right! It's a terrible, terrible idea to have family dinners! There, happy?" Jun mumbled angrily. "Now... I think you should tell ME a couple of things!"
"Like what?"
"Don't play dumb, you know what. And I'm not going to sleep until you say them."
"Heh, cool. As long as you're staying up, why don't we-"
"No."
"Jun..."
"No."
"Okay! Thank you for giving me a massage, and... I'm sorry for the way I acted today. I was extremely selfish and unhelpful. But for the record, I did tell you not to invite them."
"You just have to get the last word in, don't you?"
"I luuuuv yoouuuuuu..."
"Shut up and go to sleep."
And with that, the two of them finally drifted off to sleep. Kazuya unfortunately didn't sleep well with the reassurance that Jun wasn't mad at him... but at least his back wasn't hurting.
TO BE CONCLUDED