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Chapter Five
A few days later...
Xiaoyu went to the nail salon and after she got her nails done, she went to the mall. She went to a few shops in the mall and bought some expensive things. She was walking around, holding a few shopping bags. She was looking around to see where she would shop next. Jin traveled a few days ago for business. Xiaoyu hadn't talked to any of her friends in the Revolt Group.
Miharu told Xiaoyu that the group wasn't angry with her for not going through with the plan. The group understood where Xiaoyu was coming from. Miharu told her that the group was disappointed, but they weren't mad at her. They were still her friends...well, except Christie who was still pissed off and resentful towards Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu really wanted to see her friends again, especially her best friends Miharu and Panda.
When she met with the Revolt Group a few days ago, she was very happy to see her friends again. However, after refusing to help them overthrow Jin, Xiaoyu felt very awkward talking to them. Although Miharu told her that they weren't mad at her (except Christie), Xiaoyu didn't feel comfortable hanging out with them.
Jin wasn't around as usual. She felt awkward being around her friends. Xiaoyu was yet again...alone.
Xiaoyu was trying to distract herself with shopping. However, the noisy mall and all the fancy shops couldn't distract her from her problems and loneliness. Xiaoyu sighed.
"Maybe I should go buy some dinnerware." Xiaoyu thought to herself. "I know there's a store that sells dinnerware. I think it's on the 2nd level. Let me check the directory."
Xiaoyu turned around and walked to the directory. She saw that she was right...the store was on the 2nd level. She turned around and almost bumped into someone.
"Sorry, excuse me." said Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu's eyes went wide in surprise when she saw who was in front of her. The person gave her a big, friendly smile.
"Xiaoyu?" the man asked.
"Forest? Oh my gosh!" Xiaoyu said happily. She smiled and gave him a hug.
"Long time Xiaoyu!" said Forest, hugging her back.
"What are you doing here?" Xiaoyu asked, releasing their hug.
"I'm participating in Tekken 6. I have some down time though, so I decided to check out the mall." said Forest.
"Cool!" said Xiaoyu.
"Why aren't you participating in the tournament?"
"Um...well...it's complicated." said Xiaoyu.
"Is everything okay? You love participating in Tekken and kicking ass."
"Yeah, I'm okay...I just...I have so much going on and I just couldn't squeeze in Tekken 6 in my schedule." said Xiaoyu.
"Oh, okay." said Forest.
Xiaoyu lied to Forest. The reason that she didn't participate in Tekken 6 was because she just wasn't in the right mental frame of mind. As a fighter, if your mind isn't right, your fighting skills won't excel. Xiaoyu felt very depressed because of how Jin was behaving towards her and the rest of the world. She was so depressed that she had been taking medication for the past months. Also, with all the chaos and wars, Xiaoyu just wasn't in the mood to be in Tekken this year. She trained and sparred every day, but she still wasn't at her best because she was so depressed.
"You look so beautiful by the way. But then again you're always so beautiful." said Forest, blushing a bit.
"Thanks Forest. That's really sweet of you to say." said Xiaoyu.
"So hey...do you wanna get out of here and get some fresh air? Unless you're still shopping?"
"Um, well, I wanna go check out some dinnerware." said Xiaoyu. "But after that, yeah we can leave. My chauffeur can drive us to somewhere outdoorsy."
"Chauffeur huh? Oh you fancy huh?" Forest teased.
Xiaoyu chuckled.
"You know I've always been fancy." said Xiaoyu, smiling.
"That's true." said Forest, smiling.
The two of them went to the store. Xiaoyu bought some really nice dinnerware. After that, they walked out of the mall and into the limo. Forest was helping Xiaoyu to hold some of her shopping bags. Manabu got out of the limo and opened the door for Xiaoyu. Manabu raised his eyebrow and gave Forest a quizzical look. Manabu was wondering who Xiaoyu's friend was.
"Manabu, this is my good friend Forest Law. Forest this is my chauffeur, Manabu." said Xiaoyu.
"A pleasure to meet you Mr. Law." said Manabu, who politely shook Forest's hand.
"Nice to meet you too Manabu." said Forest, who shook his hand.
Xiaoyu and Forest entered the limo. Manabu closed the door and went to the driver's seat.
"Where to next Kazama San?" Manabu asked.
"Where do you wanna go to get fresh air?" Xiaoyu asked Forest.
"Lady's choice." Forest said, smiling.
"Do you wanna go to a park? That's a perfect place to walk around and enjoy the warm weather." said Xiaoyu.
"Sounds good to me." said Forest.
Manabu drove Xiaoyu and Forest to a beautiful park nearby. Xiaoyu and Forest were strolling around the park. They were talking, laughing and catching up. They talked about their friends and memories of previous Tekken Tournaments. The park also had food kiosks that sold delicious snacks, food and drinks. Xiaoyu and Forest went up to a food kiosk and bought some delicious kushi dango. The two friends were walking and talking as they ate their kushi dango.
"Remember when Hwoarang threw that crazy party and Baek came back from his journey earlier than expected?" Forest asked, laughing.
"Are you kidding me? Of course I remember!" said Xiaoyu, laughing. "There were like 20 people in the house...alcohol and beer everywhere, loud music. And Hwoarang was trying to convince Baek that we all came by to help look after the dojo! Baek yelled at him and told us all to get out!"
"Hwoarang got in a shit load of trouble with Baek!" said Forest, laughing.
"Yeah, poor guy!" said Xiaoyu, laughing.
Forest smiled and took another bite of his kushi dango.
"So how are your parents?" Xiaoyu asked.
"They're good. Things have been pretty rough though. My dad's businesses aren't doing very well. Also, my mom recently got surgery because she had appendicitis."
"Is she going to be okay?" Xiaoyu asked, worried.
"Yeah, she's going to be fine thank God. She's still recovering from surgery though, but she'll be okay."
"I'm happy to hear that!"
"Thanks Xiaoyu."
"How's Paul?"
"Paul is still the same old crazy Paul that we know and love." said Forest, chuckling.
Xiaoyu chuckled.
"How are your parents doing? And how's Wang?"
"They're good thanks for asking. I haven't talked to them in a while though." said Xiaoyu.
"Really? You're really close to your family. I'm surprised you haven't talked to them in a long time."
"I love my family but..." Xiaoyu sighed "…It's complicated."
"I miss the old days when life wasn't complicated." said Forest.
"Tell me about it." said Xiaoyu, who took a bite of her kushi dango.
"How's Jin?"
Xiaoyu swallowed her food.
"He's good." said Xiaoyu who looked sad.
"Xiaoyu..." said Forest, who gently turned Xiaoyu to face him "…With all the bad stuff Jin has been doing...I don't think he's 'good.' I don't get it. I mean, Jin and I were never friends, but I know that Jin used to be a decent guy. How did he become...evil?"
"He's not evil." said Xiaoyu.
"Xiaoyu…are you kidding me? He's causing wars and chaos all over the world. You're a good person Xiaoyu…how can you still be with a man like that?"
"Because I love him!" Xiaoyu yelled, angrily.
"Xiaoyu, Jin is ruthless and dangerous! What if he hurts you?"
"Jin would never hurt me."
"Not now. But what if one day he snaps and attacks you?"
"You don't know Jin like I do! No one does!" Xiaoyu yelled. She began to storm off, but Forest grabbed her wrist.
"Xiaoyu wait!"
"Let go of me Forest!" said Xiaoyu with tears in her eyes.
Forest gently pulled Xiaoyu to him and hugged her.
"I said let go of me..." Xiaoyu said, crying.
Forest continued to hug her. Xiaoyu continued crying. They stood there hugging for a few minutes.
"I'm sorry Xiaoyu...I didn't mean to make you upset." said Forest, gently stroking her hair as he hugged her. "I'm just really worried about you is all."
Xiaoyu sniffled.
"Come on, let's take a seat." said Forest who held her hand and walked her to a park bench.
They sat down on the bench. Forest put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her. Xiaoyu got out some tissues from her purse and was wiping her tears.
"Once again, I'm really sorry I made you sad Xiaoyu." said Forest. "I'm just concerned. You don't socialize with me, your friends and family anymore. You don't have that same happiness in your eyes like you used to. You've lost some weight. You can't be happy Xiaoyu...you can't be happy married to a man like that."
"It hasn't been easy." said Xiaoyu tearfully. She was wiping the tears from her eyes. "Jin barely spends any time with me. He's always traveling and working. My family doesn't like him. My friends don't like him anymore. If I hang out with my friends, that means that I'm betraying my husband. But I love him Forest. I love him and I believe that he'll change. I believe in him."
Forest sighed and gently held her hand.
"Alright Xiaoyu...if you still choose to be with him...just...just be careful okay? And also, just because your friends don't like Jin doesn't mean you can't hang out with them."
"I can't. They're part of the Revolt Group."
"Oh. I understand why you feel like you'd be betraying Jin." said Forest. "But um...I'm not part of the Revolt Group. You can talk to me right?"
Xiaoyu smiled.
"Of course. I've missed you." she said.
"I've missed you too." said Forest, smiling. "So, you wanna hang out tomorrow?"
"Yeah. I'd like that. And I know just the place." said Xiaoyu, smiling.
"Where?"
"If I told you, I'd have to kill you." said Xiaoyu, smiling.
"Come on! Tell me!" said Forest, grinning.
"You'll find out tomorrow." said Xiaoyu.
"I can't wait." said Forest.
They stood up from the bench and gave each other a goodbye hug. Xiaoyu offered Forest a ride in her limo. However, Forest politely declined and decided to take the train. He was going to meet up with some of his friends in another part of town. He didn't want Xiaoyu to go all the way up there just to drop him off. Xiaoyu walked back to her limo and Manabu drove her home. She didn't think that she would randomly bump into Forest today. She was happy she did though...it was great seeing her old friend again. Xiaoyu was excited for what she had planned for Forest and herself tomorrow.
The next day...
It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day. Xiaoyu drove her Ferrari and picked up Forest in the rented condo he was staying in. Xiaoyu and Forest were talking, laughing and having great conversation on their drive. Forest kept asking Xiaoyu where they were going, but she refused to tell him.
"Are we almost there?" Forest asked, smiling.
"Oh my gosh! I'm pretty sure you've asked me that a hundred times!" said Xiaoyu, smiling. "We'll be there in ten minutes so stop whining!"
"Xiaoyu?"
"Yeah?"
"Are we almost there?" Forest asked, teasingly. Xiaoyu laughed.
"You're so lucky I'm driving. If not I would have fucking punched you!" said Xiaoyu, smiling.
She and Forest laughed. After ten minutes, they arrived at their destination. Xiaoyu parked in the parking lot and they got out of the car. Xiaoyu was wearing a pink, sleeveless tank top. She also wore jeans, pink sneakers and diamond stud earrings. Forest was also dressed casually. He wore a grey, short sleeved polo shirt and green camouflage, cargo pants. He also wore black basketball shoes and wore a silver watch. Forest smiled when he saw where they were.
"Ta da!" said Xiaoyu happily.
"Woah!" said Forest.
Xiaoyu and Forest were in Xiaoyu's amusement park. Xiaoyu used the money that she had earned in Tekken Tournaments to build an amusement park in Tokyo and she also had a successful amusement park in China.
"This is a nice surprise!" said Forest. "The last time we came here was a year ago, when we celebrated Panda's birthday."
"Yeah that was a fun day." said Xiaoyu.
"Yeah it was." said Forest.
"And now, we're going to have another fun day here!" said Xiaoyu. She locked arms with Forest and they walked to entrance gate, which was also where the ticket booth was located.
The ticket attendant came out to greet Xiaoyu.
"Good afternoon Kazama San!" she said, bowing her head respectfully.
"Hi!" said Xiaoyu. "Me and my friend here are going inside."
"Yes Kazama San! Have fun!" said the ticket attendant.
"Thanks." said Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu got out her electronic keypad and swiped it on the gate lock, opening the gate. Xiaoyu and Forest entered the amusement park. The park had so many rides and carnival games. The park was lively and filled with people. They were teenagers hanging out with their friends. They were little children and their parents. They were couples. Everyone in the park was having fun. Xiaoyu was happy that even with all the wars Jin was causing, people still tried to live their lives.
"So, what do you wanna do first Mr. Law?" Xiaoyu asked.
"Let's do something really crazy first. Let's do the drop tower!" said Forest.
"Great choice!" said Xiaoyu, running towards the ride.
"Try not to barf." Forest teased.
Xiaoyu turned around and talked to Forest as she was walking backwards.
"Um, excuse you...you should be the one worried about barfing." said Xiaoyu, who smiled, turned and ran. Forest chuckled and ran after her.
Forest and Xiaoyu rode on the drop tower. After that, they went on the bumper cars, rollercoasters, pendulum ride and swing ride. They bought many snacks like popcorn, cotton candy, caramel apples and corn dogs. They played carnival games and Forest won a cute teddy bear for Xiaoyu. After spending an amazing, fun day at the park, Xiaoyu drove Forest home.
"Man today was awesome!" said Forest, walking through the hallway with Xiaoyu.
"It sure was! I ate way too much though. And definitely ate way too much sugar." she said.
Forest chuckled. They walked down the hallway until they reached Forest's room.
"Well, this is my room." said Forest. "You um...wanna come in?"
"Yeah, sure." said Xiaoyu.
Forest opened the door and they walked in. Forest's condo was very nice and elegant.
"Nice place." said Xiaoyu, looking around.
"Thanks!" said Forest. "You have amazing taste so that is a huge compliment!"
Xiaoyu chuckled and sat down on one of the sofas in the living room.
"Do you want some herbal tea?" Forest asked. "Or some other beverage? I got water, soda, apple juice, red wine, white wine?"
"Herbal tea is fine." said Xiaoyu.
"Be right back." said Forest, going to the kitchen. After a few minutes, Forest came out holding a tray. On the tray was a small teapot and a small cup with a tea bag. There was also a bottle of water. Forest put the tray down on the coffee table. He poured the hot water from the teapot into the cup and gave it to Xiaoyu.
"Thanks." said Xiaoyu. She took a sip of the tea.
"You're welcome." said Forest, who picked up the bottle of water. He sat next to Xiaoyu and took a sip of his water. He then put the bottle on the floor by the sofa.
"You look really happy Xiaoyu. Today, seeing you all excited and happy at the park...you were acting like your old self."
"I did feel really happy at the park. Thanks for coming with me." said Xiaoyu, who put down the cup of tea on the coffee table.
"You're welcome!" said Forest. "You know I would do anything to make you happy Xiaoyu. You deserve to be happy."
Without warning, Forest kissed Xiaoyu on the lips. Xiaoyu's eyes went wide in shock. She was so shocked that she didn't know how to react. After five seconds, she recovered from her shock and quickly pushed him away. She stood up.
"Forest! What the hell?!"
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" said Forest, standing up.
"I'm a married woman you jerk!" Xiaoyu said. She scoffed and was about to storm off but Forest grabbed her wrist.
"Let go of me!" Xiaoyu yelled.
"Xiaoyu please! Don't go! Please let me explain!"
Xiaoyu released herself from his grip. She crossed her arms and faced him, giving him an angry look.
"What the hell Forest."
"Xiaoyu, please...I'm sorry, okay? I didn't mean to freak you out! It's just...Xiaoyu...the truth is...I love you."
"What?" she exclaimed, surprised.
"I love you Xiaoyu. I love you. I fucking love you. I have loved you for years. I just...I just never had the guts to tell you. You've always been in love with Jin. And then you guys started dating and then next thing you know you're engaged...I have always wanted to confess my feelings for you. But I...I felt like I didn't have a shot in hell with you. I mean you were in love with Jin Kazama. I felt like I couldn't even compete with Jin. He comes from a rich and powerful family. I'm just a regular guy who doesn't have a lot of money. That's why I never told you that I loved you. I never felt that I deserved you."
Xiaoyu was in shock. She stared at Forest in shock. She was speechless.
"You know I told you that I didn't come to your wedding because I was sick? Well I lied. I wasn't sick. I just...I couldn't bear to watch you marry Jin. I couldn't bear to watch the love of my life marry some other guy. So I avoided the wedding."
Xiaoyu was still speechless.
"Xiaoyu...say something. Please."
"I need to sit down." she said, walking to the sofa. She sat down. Forest came up to her and sat next to her. Xiaoyu took a deep breath.
"I didn't fall in love with Jin because he comes from a rich and powerful family. I fell in love with Jin because he is a thoughtful, smart, good person. He is a resilient person. His mom died and his dad and granddad are complete psychos who always try to ruin his life. Jin is a very misunderstood person...he always has been. In school, people thought he was quiet and weird. But I saw past that shell he always put up. I understood him. I accepted him for who he was. And I loved him. I love him and I always will."
"You love him but he doesn't love you."
"Yes he does!"
"He loves you huh? If he loves you then why is he barely at your home? If he loves you why does he constantly hurt you? Why does he bring you pain?"
"He doesn't mean to..." said Xiaoyu, tears in her eyes.
"A man who loves you would never hurt you over and over again! You're so happy when we're hanging out Xiaoyu! I can make you happy! I can make you smile. I can make you laugh. If I was your man...I would give you all the love and respect that you deserve! That Jin doesn't deserve you! I wish...I wish that I confessed my love to you years ago Xiaoyu. If I did, maybe you would have ended up with me and not Jin. If we were together, you would have been happy. You wouldn't have married Jin and be sad and depressed."
"Forest...even if you did tell me you loved me years ago...it wouldn't have mattered. My heart has always belonged to Jin."
Forest bowed his head sadly.
"Forest..." she said, gently grabbing his hand "…I am so touched that you feel this way about me. Really I am. But...I am in love with Jin Kazama and I will love him until the day I die. I know that our marriage is going through a rough patch. But I can't give up on our marriage. I can't give up on him. You're an amazing guy Forest. You're handsome, smart, sweet and funny. You'll find an amazing woman who loves you. I hate to break your heart because you're my friend. I care about you and I don't want to hurt your feelings but...I...I don't love you Forest. I am so sorry. I hope we can still be friends because I care about you."
Forest sighed and looked at Xiaoyu. He had tears in his eyes.
"I wish you felt the same way about me Xiaoyu. We could have been so happy."
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay." said Forest, who sniffled and wiped the tears from his eyes. "I'm happy that you still want to be friends with me. I thought that me confessing my love to you would have freaked you out."
Xiaoyu smiled. She stretched out her hand and held Forest's hand.
"Forest...you're one of my best friends and you're an amazing person. This conversation doesn't change anything about our friendship."
Forest smiled.
"Good. I'm happy that we're still best of friends because my life would suck without you Xiaoyu."
"Same here." said Xiaoyu, smiling. She gave Forest a hug and he hugged her back. After they released their hug, Xiaoyu stood up.
"So...I'll see you tomorrow?" Xiaoyu asked.
"Well, I actually have a Tekken match tomorrow in the afternoon. So I have to train in the morning and rest after the match. If you want you could come and watch my fight though. You could be my cheerleader." said Forest, smiling.
Xiaoyu chuckled.
"I would love to watch your match and cheer you on. What time is your match?"
"2:30pm at the Tekken Arena."
"I'll be there." said Xiaoyu, smiling.
Forest walked Xiaoyu to the door. They said goodbye and he opened the door for her. When she walked out, he closed the door. Forest turned around and slid to the floor by the door. He leaned his head back against the door and sighed. He was very relieved that he confessed his feelings to Xiaoyu after all these years. He felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders. He wished that the outcome of his confession would have been different. He wished that she was in love with him as well. She would have divorced that asshole Jin. She would have run into his arms. They would have gotten married, had kids and lived happily ever after. Unfortunately for Forest, things didn't work out that way.
"That scumbag Jin doesn't deserve an amazing woman like Xiaoyu." Forest said to himself. "I'm not the kind of man to break up a relationship. I respect Xiaoyu and Jin's marriage. I'm happy that she still wants to be friends with me. Even though we can't be a couple, at least we can be friends. At least she'll still be part of my life and I'm very happy about that."
Forest sighed and looked at his watch. It was 9pm. As much as he wanted to sit here and keep sulking, he knew he had to go to bed. He needed to get a good night's sleep. He was going to wake up by 5am tomorrow to train for his match. Forest sighed and slowly stood up.
Say what! Forest hit on Xiaoyu?! Did y'all see that coming? Lol! What did I tell y'all? I told y'all this fic was full of drama, lol! Please keep reading! :)