A/N: Hey everybody! It's Thee Slushee with the sequel to Phoenix Talon; Phoenix Tail! LOL what a name eh? I just named it after another one of her moves. Yeah, I'm cheap but its hard to come up with decent titles! Well, I haven't got the whole story planned out like last time. I'm writing it as I go along so I hope it turns out ok. Now, to the first chappie.
Chapter 1: Blames
Xiaoyu was in her maths class, sitting at a desk by the window and mindlessly staring out of it. There were a few things going on in her mind but they were all circulating around one thing. It's my fault Kazuya fell off, it's my fault he's got the Devil. It's my fault that Jin's got the Devil inside him, it's my fault Kazuya hates me…A week has passed since she had tried out the time machine but all it did was bring blame. "Miss Ling!" the math teacher, Mrs Tanaka bellowed. Xiaoyu was instantly snapped out of her trance. "Huh?" Xiaoyu said, clueless about her situation. Xiaoyu slowly looked up at her teacher. She was definitely in her 40's but all the wrinkles on her face held experience, knowledge and wisdom. She was quite short and she had her hair tied up in a neat bun. She peered down at Xiaoyu through her glasses. "Miss Ling, you have to pay attention. You will never pass the end of year exams if you keep daydreaming like this, especially when you've been to all those tournaments. You missed out on a lot." Mrs Tanaka scalded. "Sorry Mrs Tanaka. It won't happen again." Xiaoyu said apologetically, knowing all too well that she probably will do it again. "See to it that it won't." Mrs Tanaka said before turning her back on Xiaoyu and heading back to the blackboard, writing out equations. Xiaoyu copied out the equations, her mind still on that same subject. Miharu looked at her friend sympathetically. She had been trying to find out what was wrong with Xiaoyu but to no avail. She knew that something was definitely bothering her.
When the home bell rang, all the students packed their bags and headed towards the front gate so they could go home. Xiaoyu and Miharu walked out of their maths class and were now walking down the corridors, going to get Panda. There was silence between them as Xiaoyu kept her eyes glued to the ground. Miharu had just about enough of this. "Xiao. Spill it." Miharu commanded. Xiaoyu averted her gaze from the floor to her friend standing beside her. "What?" Xiaoyu asked. "Xiao, has anybody told you that you're a bad liar?" Miharu said, crossing her arms and tapping her foot impatiently. Yeah, Julia told me, Xiaoyu thought to herself. Xiaoyu stared at her friend; acting like she was confused, although Xiaoyu knew what Miharu was talking about. "I know something's bothering you, Xiao. You know you can tell me anything." Miharu said calmly. Xiaoyu looked back at the ground, considering her options. She looked back at Miharu with a smile on her face. "Ok, but first, we get out of school." Xiaoyu said, hoping that her plan of distracting Miharu will take her off the subject. Xiaoyu was going to hurry out of the school building when Miharu grabbed her arm. "You're not fooling me missy, spill it." Damn, she's not as gullible as she looks, Xiaoyu thought to herself. "Alright," Xiaoyu said, giving in to Miharu. "Can we at least get Panda first?" Xiaoyu asked. "Fine." Miharu said, rolling her eyes. The two teenage girls picked up Panda, walked out of the school grounds and stood in front of the gate.
"Alright Xiao. What's the problem?" Miharu asked arms crossed expectantly. "Everything that's bad about the Mishima bloodline can be rooted back to me." Xiaoyu said sadly. Miharu was surprised by Xiaoyu's statement. "Where in the hell did you get that idea?" Miharu asked sceptically. "You know that time machine I was working towards? Well, it was made and I did go back in time. I didn't manage to save him though…" Xiaoyu said, bringing her eyes back to the ground, pieces of evidence that proves her theory playing in her mind.
(Flashback)
"You're going to be alright." Xiaoyu said to Kazuya when she was trying to pull him up.
(Scene change)
"Don't play dumb with me, girl. I know it was you who did this to me thirty-seven years ago." Kazuya said when he was holding Xiaoyu over the edge of the building.
(Scene change)
"If only that thing lasted longer, then Kazuya wouldn't have fallen off." Jun said in the dream Xiaoyu had after her confrontation with Devil Jin.
(End Flashback)
Miharu just gaped at Xiaoyu. "Well, even if you weren't there, Kazuya still would've fallen off though." Miharu said, attempting to comfort Xiaoyu but she knew that it wasn't working. "But I was there. I didn't make any difference." Xiaoyu said her fists tightly clenched at her sides. Miharu didn't know what to say to make Xiaoyu feel better. The only thing she knew she had to do was take Xiaoyu's mind off this whole ordeal. It was silent between the two. Maybe it would've been better if I kept my mouth shut, Xiaoyu thought to herself. "Well, at least you've learned something. You can't change the past, no matter how much technological crap you've got, right?" Miharu stated. "Yeah." Xiaoyu said, a small smile forming on her face as she looked at her friend. "Come on, let's get something to eat." Miharu said. "I thought you'd never asked." Xiaoyu said excitedly. "Come on Panda." Xiaoyu said to her companion, who has been lying on the ground throughout their conversation. She got up and growled. The three of them walked towards the nearest café.
A/N: Woah…..I didn't really like the way that chapter turned out. Oh well, I guess I've grown a bit rusty, even though it's only been a few weeks since I wrote my last one. It's just the first chapter though. Maybe its coz I'm writing this as I'm going along. I hope it isn't coz I'm not going to plan out the whole story, which could take a lot of time and then post it up coz I hope I don't end up like those authors that only update once a year :P Well, I hope you liked it anyway and yeah, I'm pretty much recapping what happened in the last story, just so you haven't forgotten. REVIEW!