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Chapter Eight
The next day...
Kazama Xiaoyu stared at herself in the mirror. She looked absolutely stunning. Tonight Jin was hosting a ball. Leaders and diplomats from all over the world were attending the ball. The Mishima Zaibatsu was taking over the world. These world leaders and diplomats were at the ball because they wanted to be on Jin's good side. Jin had taken over their countries, but they wanted to show that they were his allies. Political bullshit.
Anyway Xiaoyu was definitely dressed for the occasion. She was wearing a gorgeous, gold sequin Qipao dress. The beautiful, short sleeved dress reached down to her ankles. There was a slit at the side of the dress. Xiaoyu wore glittering, golden heels and dangling, sparkly, gold earrings. She wore a golden bracelet and styled her hair into a classy bun. She decorated one side of her hair with a glittering, golden hair brooch. Xiaoyu looked amazing, but she didn't feel amazing. She felt depressed.
Jin called her and told her that he would be back from his trip by 6pm. He said that he would go from the airport to the ball. He told her that he would be at the ball by 7pm. Xiaoyu hadn't seen Jin for days because he travelled. She wished that he had come home and they could go to the ball together. She was sad because she wouldn't even spend that much time with him at the ball. He would be at the ball, discussing business and politics with his guests. She was just there to look pretty. Be his eye candy.
Xiaoyu sighed sadly. She wanted to feel as confident and beautiful as she looked, but she couldn't. She was too depressed and lonely to feel confident and beautiful. Xiaoyu looked at the time and saw that it was 6:10pm. She had to get going. The hotel that the ball was taking place was just thirty minutes away. Manabu was going to drive her. She was about to walk out of her room, but she decided to take a fur wrap. Xiaoyu looked through her huge closet. She didn't see the particular white, faux fur wrap she wanted. Xiaoyu kept looking through the closet, but she couldn't find it.
"It's gotta be around here somewhere." said Xiaoyu to herself, opening a round shoebox. "Maybe Kiyoshi put it in the laundry. Let me check the laundry room."
Xiaoyu went to the laundry room. She saw Kiyoshi by the washing machine, his back turned from her.
"Hey Kiyoshi! Have you seen my white fur wrap?" Xiaoyu asked, walking towards him.
Kiyoshi quickly turned to face her. He had a look of panic on his face. He was also holding something behind his back.
"Kazama San!" Kiyoshi exclaimed, surprised. "Um...what are you doing here?"
"I'm looking for my fur wrap. The white fur wrap. I looked all over my closet but I couldn't find it. So I decided to check the laundry room. Have you seen it?"
"Um...let me check Kazama San and get back to you." said Kiyoshi, still looking panicked.
Xiaoyu raised her eyebrow.
"Kiyoshi...why are you acting weird?"
"Me? Acting weird? I'm not acting weird. Hehe." said Kiyoshi, smiling sheepishly.
"Yeah you're acting weird." said Xiaoyu, going up to him. "What's that behind your back?"
"Um...nothing Kazama San." said Kiyoshi looking panicked.
"Kiyoshi...don't lie to me. What's going on?"
Kiyoshi sighed. He brought out what he was hiding...it was one of Jin's dress shirts. Kiyoshi handed it to Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu looked at the shirt and her eyes went wide in shock.
"I am so sorry Kazama San." said Kiyoshi, sadly.
Xiaoyu was panting. On the collar of Jin's shirt was a red lipstick stain. Xiaoyu knew it wasn't her lipstick. She never wore red lipstick because she wasn't very fond of red lipstick. That lipstick belonged to another woman. Another woman's lipstick was on her husband's shirt. Xiaoyu could also smell the perfume on Jin's shirt. It was a female perfume and it definitely wasn't her perfume. It was the perfume of another woman. Xiaoyu stared at the shirt in shock and sadness as she kept panting.
"Kazama San..." said Kiyoshi, who gently put his hand on her shoulder "…Are you okay?"
"You knew that Jin was cheating on me and you didn't tell me?!" Xiaoyu yelled in anger, tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry Kazama San! I had no idea Kazama San!" said Kiyoshi apologetically. "I was doing laundry and I found his shirt just now. Then you came and saw it too. I swear I just found out Kazama San!"
Xiaoyu sat down on a chair in the laundry room. She held Jin's shirt and stared at it. Tears fell down from her eyes and fell on the shirt. Xiaoyu started sobbing.
"Kazama San..." said Kiyoshi, who went up to her.
"I can't believe it..." said Xiaoyu "…I thought he loved me. How could he do this to me? I've been nothing but loyal to him. I love him so much. How could he?"
"I am sorry Kazama San." Kiyoshi said sadly.
Just then, Xiaoyu's phone beeped. She looked at it and saw a text message from Jin.
"Hey Xiaoyu, I'm about 10 minutes from the hotel. Are you on your way yet?"
Xiaoyu scoffed. She put her cellphone in her purse. She was so sad and angry at Jin that she wasn't going to respond to his text.
"Kazama San...since you're upset you don't have to go to the ball."
Xiaoyu wiped the tears from her eyes and looked at Kiyoshi. She had an angry look on her face.
"Oh I'm going to the ball. Me and Jin are going to talk about this as soon as I get there. Whether he likes it or not."
"Yes Kazama San." said Kiyoshi.
Xiaoyu got up from the chair and started walking out of the laundry room.
"Kazama San?"
"Yeah?"
"Once again I'm so sorry you had to find out like this."
"It's okay Kiyoshi, it's not your fault."
"I'm still sorry though."
"Thanks Kiyoshi. And thanks for always being so nice to me." said Xiaoyu.
"You're welcome Kazama San! Thank you for being so nice to me as well. I have been a butler to many rich, important people for 30 years. Out of all the people I have worked for...you are the nicest person I have ever worked for. It is an honor working for you Kazama San!"
"Thank you so much Kiyoshi." said Xiaoyu, smiling a little.
"You're welcome Kazama San."
Xiaoyu left the mansion and arrived at the hotel. She was so sad, angry and disappointed in Jin. She planned that when she saw Jin, she was going to drag him somewhere private and give him a piece of her mind. As Xiaoyu was walking to the hotel ballroom, people were looking at her and smiling at her. People were admiring how stunning she looked. Xiaoyu didn't notice people admiring her. She was too focused on finding Jin. Xiaoyu arrived at the ballroom and saw many guests. She looked around until she saw Jin. He had a glass of champagne in his hand and was talking to a President of some country. Standing next to Jin was Nina Williams. She looked absolutely gorgeous. She was wearing a sexy, low backless, maroon dress. The dress was form fitting and reached down to her ankles. Xiaoyu noticed that Jin was holding Nina close to him. He put his arm around her and his hand was touching her butt. Nina held a glass of champagne in one hand and used her other hand to rub the back of Jin's neck and his shoulders. Xiaoyu's eyes went wide with realization. She angrily walked up to Jin, Nina and the guest that he was talking to.
"It's her?! You're cheating on me with this bitch?!" Xiaoyu yelled.
Nina had a look of shock and embarrassment on her face. The President that Jin was talking to looked surprised.
"Xiaoyu, keep your voice down." said Jin sternly.
"Why Jin? IS IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ME TO MAKE A SCENE?" Xiaoyu yelled and shoved his chest. "We're gonna talk about this right here, right now! How could you cheat on me? I love you! I thought you loved me! Why would you hurt me like this Jin?"
Xiaoyu slapped his chest many times and then she slapped his face twice.
"Why? Why Jin? How could you do this to me?" she yelled as she was slapping his chest.
Jin angrily clenched his jaw and grabbed her wrist. He dragged her out of the ballroom and into the hallway.
"LET GO OF ME!" Xiaoyu yelled, trying to release herself.
"How dare you embarrass me like that in front of all those people?" Jin yelled.
"I don't give a shit!" Xiaoyu yelled. "How dare you cheat on me? I love you Jin. I love you and support you. My dad and granddad aren't talking to me anymore because I chose to be with you! I gave up my social life because you hate my friends! I have been nothing but loyal to you! I have given you all my love! I have given you my body, my heart...everything! I love you unconditionally and you fuck some other woman?"
Xiaoyu started crying.
"Xiaoyu, I don't love Nina. She doesn't mean anything to me. It's just sex. Meaningless sex. That's all. I'm married to you. I love you. Now calm down and stop throwing a tantrum like a little kid." said Jin, coldly.
Xiaoyu looked at Jin with tears in her eyes. Was that supposed to be an apology? Did he just tell her to calm down? How the fuck can she be calm after finding out that her husband is cheating on her?! Xiaoyu was surprised that Jin didn't even care that he was cheating on her. How did the man she fell in love with change so much?
"So I'm supposed to feel better because Nina's the side chick and I'm the main chick? I'm supposed to feel better because the sex you two have doesn't mean anything? You're a married man Jin...you're not supposed to be sleeping with any other woman but me!"
"Look Xiaoyu I don't have time for this." said Jin sternly. "I have guests to entertain. So stop being a drama queen, calm the fuck down and let's go back in there."
"No." said Xiaoyu, shaking her head. "No I'm not going anywhere with you."
Jin scoffed.
"Whatever." said Jin, who walked away.
Xiaoyu stood there and watched as Jin went back into the ballroom. Tears fell from her eyes. Just then, someone walked out of the ballroom and came up to her. It was Eddy.
"Eddy?" said Xiaoyu sadly.
"Hey. It's been a long time." said Eddy, looking sympathetically at her. "I'm...I'm really sorry about...about Jin and Nina. That's really messed up."
"It's okay." said Xiaoyu sadly, wiping a tear from her eye.
"Are you gonna be okay?"
"Yeah...yeah, I just...I'm just gonna go home."
"Okay." said Eddy, giving her a hug. "Well, it was good seeing you. Though I wish that we had reunited under happier circumstances."
"Good seeing you too Eddy." said Xiaoyu, hugging him back. "Take care."
"You too."
They released their hug and Xiaoyu walked to the limo. Manabu opened the door for her. He noticed that she had been crying.
"Going home already Kazama San? Are you okay? What's wrong?" asked Manabu, concerned.
"Um...I'm feeling sick."
"Okay. Sorry Kazama San." said Manabu.
Xiaoyu entered the limo and Manabu closed the door. He drove her back to the mansion. Xiaoyu went to her bedroom. She took off her dress, shoes and jewelry and wiped off her make up. She put on her pajama tank top and pajama pants. She laid on her stomach on the bed and was crying. She cried so much. After crying for minutes, she got up from the bed.
She opened the bedside table drawer and got out a bottle of pills. The pills were antidepressants. Xiaoyu usually felt depressed. However, finding out about Jin's cheating, made her the most depressed she had ever been. She didn't want to feel so sad. She wanted the sadness, the loneliness to go away. She needed to take these pills so that this sadness in the pit of her stomach could go away. Xiaoyu poured out 10 pills from the bottle into her palm. She popped the pills in her mouth and swallowed them. She went to the bathroom and got a paper cup from the cabinet. She opened the sink faucet and filled the cup with water. She drank the cup of water and went back to lie on her bed.
An hour later...
Kiyoshi was in the living room when Xiaoyu returned from the ball. Before he could greet her, she ran upstairs. Kiyoshi saw that she looked very upset. Kiyoshi was worried about Xiaoyu. However, he knew that he had to give her some space since she was so sad. After an hour, he decided to go check on her. Kiyoshi walked upstairs and went up to Jin and Xiaoyu's room. The door was closed. Kiyoshi knocked.
"Kazama San?"
No reply. Kiyoshi knocked again.
"Kazama San are you okay? I just wanted to check up on you."
No reply. Kiyoshi was getting even more worried.
"I'm coming in Kazama San." said Kiyoshi, slowly opening the door.
Kiyoshi opened the door and walked inside. He saw Xiaoyu's Qipao, shoes and jewelry on the floor. He saw Xiaoyu lying on the bed. He went up to her and gently shook her shoulder.
"Kazama San? Kazama San are you okay?"
Xiaoyu's eyes were shut.
Kiyoshi's eyes went wide in horror when he noticed Xiaoyu's face. Her face looked so pale and there was a bit of vomit coming out of her mouth. He noticed the bottle of pills on top of her bedside table. Kiyoshi shook Xiaoyu's shoulders to wake her up.
"Kazama San! Kazama San!" said Kiyoshi panicking. "Kazama San! Xiaoyu! Please wake up!"
Kiyoshi kept shaking her, but Xiaoyu wasn't waking up. Kiyoshi's hands were trembling as he got out his cellphone and dialed a number.
"Hello! Please I need an ambulance now!"
Five minutes later, an ambulance arrived. The guards opened the gate and the ambulance drove in. The medics put Xiaoyu in a stretcher and put her in the ambulance. Kiyoshi was about to enter the ambulance but the medics stopped him.
"Sorry Sir, only medics are allowed in the ambulance." said one of the medics.
"I just want to make sure that she's okay." said Kiyoshi.
"We're going to take good care of her. Meet us in the hospital okay Sir?"
"Okay."
The medics closed the ambulance doors and drove off. Kiyoshi called Jin.
"Hello?"
"Kazama San! It's me Kiyoshi! You need to go to the hospital right now!"
"What? Why?"
"It's your wife, Kazama San! She overdosed on pills and I called an ambulance. They're taking her to the hospital right now."
Jin's eyes went wide in horror. His heart was beating so fast. He was absolutely terrified that Xiaoyu had overdosed.
"What hospital is she in?" Jin asked.
After Jin talked to Kiyoshi, he immediately left the ball. He got in his Lamborghini and drove at top speed to the hospital. When he arrived at the hospital, he ran up to the receptionist at the front desk.
"Where's my wife? I want to see my wife now!" Jin demanded.
The receptionist recognized the world famous and feared tyrant Jin Kazama. She felt a bit scared.
"Your wife is in surgery right now Kazama San." she said nervously.
"I don't care if she's in surgery! I need to see her! I need to be close to her!"
"Sorry Sir, but um, you can't um, see her while she's in surgery."
Jin angrily slammed his fist on the receptionist's desk, startling her.
"Do you know who I am? I'm not asking to see her! I am telling you that I must see her! Now!"
"Kazama San!" said Kiyoshi, who went up to him. Next to Kiyoshi was a middle aged, male doctor.
"Kiyoshi, is this one of Xiaoyu's doctors?" Jin asked.
"Yes Kazama San." said Kiyoshi.
"Good evening Kazama San. My name is Doctor Nakano Iwao. I am one of the surgeons doing Xiaoyu's operation."
"I need to see her." said Jin.
"I am sorry Kazama San, but you can't. Not while she's in surgery. Only medical staff are allowed." said the doctor.
"Is she...is she going to be okay?" Jin asked worried.
"We are pumping her stomach right now. She took a lot of pills but we are doing everything we can to save her."
Jin closed his eyes and sighed sadly.
"Please stay in the waiting room. As soon as the surgery is done, I will let you know." said the doctor.
An hour later...
Jin sat on a chair in the waiting room. He was so sad and so terrified. He couldn't wait for the doctor to come and tell him that the surgery was successful. He couldn't wait for the doctor to tell him the Xiaoyu was alive and she was going to recover.
Jin was so sad that he hurt Xiaoyu so much. He was being a terrible husband on purpose because he needed to create more negative energy in the world. It killed him every day that he was hurting Xiaoyu…but he had to get rid of the devil gene. He was so sad that his actions drove Xiaoyu to overdose.
If Xiaoyu died...he would never forgive himself. He loved Xiaoyu more than anything. Xiaoyu was the love of his life. He caused her so much pain in their marriage. Jin felt that he deserved to go to hell after the way he hurt Xiaoyu. Hell should be his punishment in the afterlife. Jin sighed sadly. Tears started to form in his eyes. Jin didn't want anyone to see him cry. He quickly walked to the bathroom. He went up to the sink and put his hands on both sides of the sink. He bowed his head and cried. After crying for many minutes, he turned on the faucet. He splashed water on his face and turned off the faucet. He stared at himself in the mirror.
"You don't deserve Xiaoyu you piece of shit." Jin said to himself. "You don't fucking deserve her."
Jin remembered the good old days...
Two years ago...
It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day. Jin and Xiaoyu were holding hands and walking on the beach. Xiaoyu was wearing a short, flowery, summer dress. Her hair was in pigtails and she was walking barefoot. Jin was wearing a short sleeved shirt that he unbuttoned, exposing his toned chest and abs. He also wore cargo shorts and was barefoot. They were talking and laughing as they were strolling on the beach. After walking around, Xiaoyu sat down and Jin laid his head on Xiaoyu's lap.
"This is nice. It's a beautiful day and I'm on a nice beach with my sexy, handsome boyfriend." said Xiaoyu, smiling and gently stroking Jin's hair.
"You think I'm sexy and handsome?" Jin asked, smiling.
Xiaoyu laughed.
"Of course I think you're sexy and handsome! You know that!" said Xiaoyu.
"How about you show me how attractive you think I am?" Jin said, smiling. He pouted his lips. Xiaoyu smiled and kissed him passionately on the lips.
"Is that enough proof for you?" Xiaoyu asked, smiling.
"I don't think so...I need a little more convincing." said Jin, grinning.
Xiaoyu and Jin kissed passionately. After they released their kiss, Xiaoyu continued to stroke his hair.
"Jin?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you see a future with me?"
Jin sat up. He gently held her cheek and looked into her eyes.
"Of course I see a future with you." said Jin. "I can't imagine my present and my future without you Xiaoyu."
Xiaoyu smiled a little, then she had a sad look on her face.
"Xiaoyu...what's wrong?" Jin asked, concerned.
"Well it's just...King and Julia recently broke up. They were so serious...I mean King was thinking of marrying her. They were together for so long and they were so good together, but they didn't work out. It makes me scared that if a strong couple like them can't work...what if a strong couple like us can't work either?"
"We're not King and Julia." said Jin, looking into her eyes. "We're Xiaoyu and Jin. And we're going to be together forever."
"You promise?" Xiaoyu asked.
Jin kissed her on the lips.
"I promise. I love you Ling Xiaoyu and I want to be with you until the day I die."
Xiaoyu was so happy that she had tears in her eyes.
"I love you too Jin Kazama. I want to be with you until the day I die as well."
"How could you even doubt that you're in my future?" said Jin smiling. He stood up. He picked up Xiaoyu and started walking towards the ocean.
"Jin Kazama, what are you doing?" Xiaoyu asked, grinning.
"I'm gonna teach you a lesson for doubting our love." said Jin, smiling.
"Jin! No! Put me down!" said Xiaoyu, giggling.
Jin laughed as he got into the water.
"Jin...I don't want to get my dress wet! You better not do what you're thinking of doing! Jin NO!"
Jin tossed her into the ocean. Xiaoyu squealed and Jin laughed.
"I am going to kill you!" said Xiaoyu, giggling.
She ran up to him and tried to push him in the water, but he wouldn't budge.
"Ugh! Why do you have to be so freaking strong?" said Xiaoyu, laughing.
Jin laughed and gently held her face with his hands. He kissed her on the lips and she kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his waist. They continued to kiss as the ocean waves splashed against their legs.
Jin kept staring at himself in the mirror.
"Xiaoyu's biggest mistake in life...was falling in love with me." said Jin to himself.
Jin angrily punched the mirror. The mirror shattered. Jin looked at his fist and saw that it was bleeding. There were also some glass fragments on his fist. Jin washed his fist and got out some paper towels from the dispenser. He wrapped the paper towel around his bleeding fist. He walked out of the bathroom and went back to the waiting room.