What I Wouldn't Give

By: Kotou

Kotou: Ok peeps! Listen up! This is a new fic that I'm writing. Of course this is going to be Xiaoyin! The writing style that I am using is unlike anyone that I have done before. This is a little more...serious. I just wanted to try something different. I owe my thanks to all my reviewers! I also want to thank skittles x-treme. I LOVE reading her fics! I love her writing style also! Another person I would like to thank is forevermore. She writes very well and she has also inspired me. Ok, can't forget about Lacrease!!! I Love reading all of her poems! She has a very interesting and unique way of expressing her feelings, along with the feelings of the Tekken characters.

Disclaimer: I don't own so don't ask!!!

Dedication: This is something new! I would like to dedicate this fic to all Xiaoyin fans everywhere and to anyone who reviews me! (If ANY!!) ^__^!



Sitting on her full-sized bed, Xiaoyu looked around her bedside, hearing the complete silence that filled the room. She looked towards her opened door and saw the empty hallway. She sighed and leaned back on her cool, soft, comfortable bed. She closed her eyes, listening only to the synchronized sound of her heartbeat and steady breathing. A small unnoticeable tear trickled down her cheek and onto her pillow. This is what her everyday routine was like for the past lonely two years.

Things were different without him. He was always there for her when she needed him. He was her best friend, and to her, he was her secret love. She once promised herself that one day, she would tell him of her feelings. She would tell him how much he meant to her, and how much she cared for him. However, that one day passed. He had suddenly disappeared, like a dream that goes on, and once she got to the best part, she suddenly awoke into reality. Xiaoyu relaxed her mind and her thoughts and finally let all of her feelings go, just enough for her to fall asleep. In sleep, her dream blossomed into her mind.~*~*~*~*~*~

The once azul sky, both bright and cheerful, was now covered by the silhouette of dark clouds. The rain poured on and on. Ling Xiaoyu sat in the dirty sticky mud. Her legs ached and she saw her crimson blood mixed with the dirt on her hands. Her wet hair stuck to her skin and the downpour of rain splashed on her eyes, making it hard to keep them open. She struggled to get back on her feet, twisting and turning, grabbing onto anything she could find to lift her body up. She grabbed onto the tree trunk near her and pulled herself up. She slipped a few times, but she got her composure back. She stood there, alone and cold, under the branches and leaves of the tree. She hugged the bark and slowly let go, keeping her balance as well as she could. She took one step at a time, slowly moving away from the tree. She wiped her eyes and looked ahead. There he was. He stood there, about 20 feet away, not moving, but just staring at her. She cleared her eyes again; to make sure this wasn't just a dream. From the far distance, she could see his smile. She slowly took one step towards him and stopped. He still stood there, smiling at her. Slowly, she took another step towards him.

"Jin." She whispered. Her voice was drowned out by the rain's contact with the ground. All she could see was the air that came out of her mouth. She reached her shaky hand out to him. Longing filled her heart. She took three more steps towards him. Suddenly, the rain, the cold, the pain her legs felt; none of that mattered anymore. Jin was here! Finally, he was back. He came back to her after all this time! She tightly shut her eyes, feeling her warm tears fall from her glossy eyes. For months, she was crying from pain, from loneliness; now, she was crying from joy and from the new comforting feeling she had just encountered. Her legs now felt completely fine. In fact, they felt better then they have ever felt before. She went from her slow, shy steps, to fast, gallant leaps. "Jin!" She shouted. She could see his figure become more and more prominent. She ran, slipping and sliding on the mud beneath her. As she approached him, he had disappeared, just like he had before, without a trace. Xiaoyu couldn't stop herself, she was going much too fast. She slipped on the puddle of mud where Jin stood. She fell flat on her face, feeling the pain in her cheeks. But the pain she felt physically, could not compare to the emotional suffering she had endured. "No. Jin come back!" She yelled. She cried and did not want to get up. She felt no need to. It was all over; she felt no reason to go on.

"Xiaoyu." She heard. The voice was deep, yet gentle at the same time. It sounded so much like Jin's voice. ~*~*~*~*~*

And thus, the dream ended. She forced herself to open her eyes. Yet again, her heart was tortured by these reoccurring nightmares of him. She wiped the tears that she cried in her sleep. Getting out of bed, she looked out of her bay window. She gazed into the celestial heavens above her. She let the gentle breeze of the ice cool wind caress her cheek. Looking out into the beautiful painting of blue, violet, orange, and golden yellow, Xiaoyu made a promise that no matter what obstacle stood in her way, she would find Jin.

"Jin, I promise I will find you again. I promise with all my heart." She smiled, taking in a deep breath, and wishing on the first star that came into light. Her heart felt immensely full at that moment. She closed her eyes and walked away from her window. She sat on the end of her bed and looked across from her to gaze at her mirror. "I once glanced into the mirror and saw a young girl, immature and naïve; but now..." She walked towards the mirror, placing her hands on the frame. "Now, I see a beautiful, mature, and lonely young woman. But I will no longer be lonely. Once I find Jin, I will be a beautiful, mature young lady, with the man I love by my side." With that, she smiled to herself, changed into her pink flannel pajamas, and summoned enough courage to fall back asleep with new hopes in finding Jin.



Kotou: That was chapter 1 for ya! Did you like it? I really hope so! It took me a while to write it because I couldn't think at the moment! I had my other friends read it and give me their personal views on this. Does it sound too much like a soap opera? T__T!!! R&R PLEASE!!!!