Regret The End Chapter 1: Not Seen Before, a tekken fanfic

Standard Disclaimer: I own nothing of Tekken or any related characters, and trademark material. This is purely fan based work, nothing more, nothing less.

-The Story Thus Far-

It's been two years since my final battle against the True devil, a creature bent on terraforming this world into a realm that only he could rule with an iron fist. The demon used my father as a vessel, controlling him to do as he willed and ultimately, to take from me the power that he claimed originally belonged to him, my devil gene, and my curse. Had it not been for the secret power that lay dormant inside me, a power given to me by my mother before her passing, I would have lost the battle against him and he would have torn the devil from within me, taking it to be a part of him. You see, it was my mother, Jun Kazama's wish that I would be protected from his doing. The power in my blood – her blood, it gave me the strength to finish him, that and the devil power it helped me to control. With both angelic and demonic forces at my command, I crushed the Tue devil utterly, killing my father Kazuya in the process; it was what he wanted in the end, to be free.

Now, two years after I saved the world as we know it from the brink of total darkness, now that I am no longer haunted by the devil's attempts at control, it seems I am as lost as ever, not knowing my purpose and what lies next for me. But at last, after all these years…I managed to stop the curse of my bloodline. The nightmare was finally over.

That was what I told myself...

It was lunch at Mishima High. Jin, still trying to settle back into a quiet and normal life, found it a bit unsettling to let go of his usual uptight behavior. It was only thanks to Xiaoyu, Miharu, and his new acquaintance Shiawa Nizummara that he was able to attempt at normality without too much difficulty. After all, did he not earn the luxury of living a normal life?

After all this time, why am I still so-

The man's thoughts were interrupted by Xiaoyu's sudden outburst, her face as serious as her cute features could allow.

"Earth to Jin! I did ask you a question right? What's been eating at you lately? You better not be thinking about-"

"Don't worry, I'm not. It's just…"

He quickly thought of a lie to throw her off of suspicion, if she knew that he was still worried about something even remotely unnatural for a high school student she would freak out like last time and never let him hear the end of it. No, he wasn't about to let that happen again.

"I was wondering if you were going to be busy tomorrow, maybe we could go out or something. I mean, we haven't done anything like that in a while."

The girl's face expression changed in an instant. It was obvious she was glad to hear that her friend was not brooding again. Miharu was also relieved at that, dropping her food at Jin's proposal.

"We should definitely do that!" Miharu added after seeing that things were starting to at least feel like they use to. "And you should definitely tag along Shiawa." A smile was now present on Miharu's face and Shiawa couldn't help but smile back.

"I don't really see the problem in that; this would be my first time going out with you guys anyway."

Shiawa turned to face Jin, finding that he was also looking back at him. "Then it's settled." Jin stood up and leaned against the wall in his usual manner. He managed a small but still slightly visible smile while feeling for the first time in a long time that things were starting to go back to the way they use to be. "I think we all earned a break".

"What if you were wrong?"

Jin sprung to life from his sleep in a state of disbelief. He thought he had heard the vioce of someone who was surely gone forever, lost to him by the cruel fates, but in the security of his own room he found no one else there. That voice. That was...

His thoughts were short lived; the sound of his cell quickly brought him back to awareness. He flipped open his phone to find that it was Shiawa calling him.

What could be so important?...

"Hello? Shiawa…It's a little late at night to be talking…"

"Yeah I know, I couldn't sleep at all and I guess there's also this thing I forgot to mention to you earlier. My best friend is moving in with me and, well, I thought it would be cool if she could hang with us, if that's alright with you I mean."

Jin was surprised that this question couldn't wait until the morning, but in all honesty, he didn't mind the call. Shiawa may have indirectly stopped him from overthinking a dream again, and that would have led to more worries, misplaced ones at that.

"…Sure, there really isn't a problem with your friend coming with us. I'm sure Xiao and Miharu wouldn't mind. How long is he going to be staying with you?"

There was a pause.

"Well my friend is female and she will be staying until her father gets out of the hospital – he had accident a while back, a fight that went wrong. She just needs a place to stay for a while and I don't mind at all really."

Jin was surprised at his response.

"A girl? Well, are you two?..."

"We aren't! She's just a close friend is all. There's nothing wrong with that right?"

Jin couldn't help but smile. Knowing Shiawa, there's really no telling what he was up to.

"Not at all, just making sure."

"Making sure? Making sure of what exactly?"

"Goodnight Shiawa…"

"Oh. Goodnight then. See you tomorrow!"

"Yeah…" Jin closed the phone and lay back down, starring up at the ceiling.

See you tomorrow.

The following day after school, as planned, Jin, Xiaoyu, and Miharu left to meet up with Shiawa at his house. Xiaoyu decided it would be best for everyone to catch a movie and then crash at Shiawa's house later on.

"So did everyone remember to bring a fresh change of clothes?" Xiaoyu was in her usual Brightside mood as well as Miharu. Heck, even Jin looked a bit like he was letting lose.

"Shiawa better have food ready for us after the movie is done. No way am I starving again like last time." Miharu looked down at her stomach and laughed. Out of the three of them, she seemed to be the only one capable of eating extensive amounts of food without breaking a sweat. It was a wonder as to how she maintained her figure despite this.

Just as the three turned the corner to Shiawa's house Jin could see a girl on the porch, and the girl in question was very striking in appearance, the look of her brown hair and eyes, even her face. Jin caught himself before it became obvious that he was starring. Somehow he always found himself around attractive girls.

But where's Shiawa?

Xiaoyu and Miharu approached the porch steps while Jin stood a couple of feet back awaiting Shiawa's appearance. He took another glance at the girl standing just in front of the door. Xiaoyu and Miharu didn't hesitate to introduce themselves properly.

"My name is Asuka, and it's a pleasure to meet you."

While the girls stood to chat about Asuka's arrival and the circumstances surrounding her move in with Shiawa, Jin pulled out his cell to text their missing friend.

"We are waiting outside"-

Just as Jin stashed his phone back into his pocket and pulled his head back up to face the girls he was meet by Asuka, just inches away from his face. His attempted to remain unmoved but he was uneasy nonetheless.

"And you are Jin? Nice to meet you, I'm Asuka, Shiawa's buddy as I'm sure he already told you by now." Asuka stretched her hand out to meet his just as Shiawa finally came from inside the house. Jin shook Asuka's hand while keeping an eye on Shiawa, who was now making a camera like shape by use of his fingers while positioning it to outline them.

"Ah, a match made in heaven." Shiawa smiled cheeringly while getting closer to the two. Asuka laughed briefly before punching Shiawa straight into his gut.

"You just won't quit will you. You must like getting hurt, am I right?"

"Oww?...What was that all about? You know that I would take all your punches in the name of love!-"

As Shiawa took another punch to the gut, Jin found that he was beginning to get used to living like this, being in the company of his friends and just enjoying life without having to worry about impending doom.

"…Looks like everyone's ready then…oww…"

Jin, Shiawa, and Asuka climbed into the backseat of Miharu's car, with Xiaoyu in the front to keep a better eye on Miharu's driving. As the car pulled out of the drive way, Jin started to wonder why Miharu's car was parked at Shiawa's house.

"So, you and Miharu got together earlier I see. Studying?"

Shiawa traded looks with Asuka before commenting. "You could say that." Jin quirked an eyebrow to this while Miharu simply smiled to herself.

Not those two…

The very thought of Shiawa and Miharu together made Jin cringe. It wasn't that Shiawa was a bad guy; it's just that he wasn't exactly the loyal type. Jin dismissed the thought of them together and tried to get a little nap in before they arrived at the theater.

"So no one's gonna fall asleep during the movie right? I've been waiting for this movie forever and I would really like to see it without hearing snoring in the background." Xiaoyu had been waiting for the release of Super-Detective-Cop 3 since the end of the last movie a year back, she was determined to make this night as appropriate as possible in an effort to enjoy the film as much as she could. Both Shiawa and Miharu began to snore out loud. They found it funny that Xiaoyu was so serious about something as trivial as a cheesy detective movie.

"You won't fall asleep, right Asuka?" Xiaoyu turned back at her wishfully.

"I've honestly never slept through a movie. It's a waste of your money if you do!" Asuka was pumped with enough energy to keep her from sleeping two whole nights.

With that, she looked over to the now sleeping Jin. She noticed she felt a certain attraction to him, and thought him to be very good looking.

He seems so different asleep. He really doesn't look that serious at all.

"I see you checking him out. You like?" Shiawa grinned while shielding his face from possible damage. He seemed to know when Asuka was going to punch him, but for some reason, this time she didn't. He slowly let down his arms in confusion. "You're not going to hit me?"

"I think we all need you conscious in order to see the movie now don't we" Asuka smiled.

"I guess your right…"

Shiawa took a deep breath and exhaled. He had barely dodged that bullet.

"What if I was wrong, wrong to protect you from it? What if we were both wrong to fight it? Jin!"

"Jin!"

The sound of Shiawa's voiced reached him. Jin slowly focused his eyes on his surroundings but his mind lay somewhere else. What had she meant about being wrong? Jin shook off the dream.

"That seemed quick."

"Yeah man…you slept pretty deep there."

Xiaoyu and Miharu were already outside the car, their phones to their ears. Asuka was there but her attention was focused on a shadowy hooded figure on the far side of the indoor parking garage. The person seemed to be approaching them. Shiawa got out the car to take a look at the figure as well.

"The hell? What's up with the cosplay? "Shiawa was completely taken back by the figures appearance while Xiaoyu and Miharu both put up their cell phones the moment they saw the hooded person getting close.

"Kazama Jin…It is an honor. I must say I've spent a great amount of years tracking you. I'm glad to see that you're still in one piece." The voice was male, but his face remained hidden. Shiawa looked back at Jin questionably.

"You know this guy?"

"I don't."

Jin stepped from outside the car to meet the man in question.

"Who are you, and how do you know me?'.

"Well what I am is of no importance, for now anyway…but you, I've heard so much about you. I've heard about your power and to be honest I'm not surprised you became so strong, after all, you are a part of the family."

Right then while Jin felt a sudden strike of fear the cloaked man removed his hoodie, only to reveal a face that silenced everyone at first sight.

What? What is this?…This man, he…he looks just like me? I don't understand….

"I know it seems hard to believe. I mean you did finally bring an end to your cursed Mishima bloodline, or so you thought. But, I'm afraid you made the mistake of thinking you had eliminated all the carriers of the devil gene."

Jin eyes narrowed as he starred sharply at the look alike.

"I destroyed the True devil. But how do you know any of that?"

"It's because you didn't destroy the True devil. I was the first Jin, the first to make the deal. I am the first son of the cursed Mishima bloodline."

Everyone froze for their own respective reasons but only Jin felt a sense of dread fall down on him. Nonetheless, he kept his composure.

"Jin? What the hell is he talking about?"

"Why does he look like you?"

"The first Mishima? But…"

"Just what the heck is going on?"

Xiaoyu, Miharu, Asuka, Shiawa. They were all confused and overcome with questions. Just who was this person?

There isn't time for this…

"Everyone get back in the car."

Shiawa looked at Jin as if he had gone mad.

"But Jin…"

"Do it now! If what he's saying is true than you have to go now, okay? Get them to safety."

Shiawa starred at Jin momentarily. What was this all about anyway? He gave a quick glance at everyone, then back at Jin.

"…Alright, but you owe me an explanation later. Don't do anything stupid! Come on Xiao, Miharu, Asuka!"

Everyone looked back at Jin almost simultaneously; Xiaoyu, Asuka, and Miharu were hesitant to get into the car.

"You can handle this?" Xiaoyu's faith in Jin's abilities was all that kept her certain he would be all right.

"Of course. Now get out of here, all of you. I won't be long."

Xiaoyu looked back at Miharu and then nodded back at Jin before getting into the car. Asuka was thrown off by the sudden event at hand. Jin turned back at her for a moment, and then turned to face the stranger as the car pulled out of parking and departed.

I won't be long…

Jin raised his stance, ready to fight.

"I see, you mean to cut straight to business then. Very well. I'm not here for that, but whatever."

"Just who are you?"

"I told you. I am the first, the one who made the first deal, but not with the devil. It was Azazel."

The mysterious man that stood before Jin Kazama; his words as sharp as any blade made for killing. Could it possible bare truth? Is he really?… Jin's mind was official thrown off course, but the fighting champion managed to focus on the task at hand – this stranger who resembled his own likeness.

"What do you want? You say you spent years trying to find me, but for what? Are you just looking to fight? If that's the case then you've come a long way to-"

"Do not misunderstand my intentions." The man's tone lowered significantly. He discarded his gaze at Jin, looking towards his right as if someone was standing there. "I want you to know that I haven't come this far looking for a skirmish, not with you. But if it's a fight you want then I will not disappoint."

Jin lowered his stance. What was this man after? Nothing good ever came from one with the devil gene. Is he just here to talk?

"Jin. What do you now about the Mishimas and the Kazamas? Are you aware of their connection? You may believe it all started with the man you called Kazuya, that he sold his soul to the devil in the name of vengeance. But I assure you, assuming that would be a mistake on your part. You see, his devil gene could never be the True original, as powerful as he was. The creature known as Azazel created those evil spirits for his own purposes, the spirits you refer to as devil, but only after the covenant he made with me did they take to life and scatter in search of those that they could torment and control. It's because of me that there was a devil that encountered your father the day he was thrown off a cliff. I'm the reason the bloodline was cursed from the very beginning."

"You started this? So it's not over then." Jin was beginning to understand why in the corner of his mind, even deep down within, he felt that nothing was really over with.

"What I want Jin, is to take this world as my own, and I want you by my side. Of course, right now you won't take to me out of a false sense of right and wrong, but in time you will seek me out, just wait. I'll come back to you in three months. By then you won't have any attachments to this planet."

There was a bright light that appeared behind the man, slowly engulfing him. The brightness of the light blinded Jin as he turned away in haste.

What the hell? Does he honestly think I would take part in that?

"Listen, you must not know as much as you like to think you do if you believe for a second that I would help you." Jin was trying to keep his eyes on the man despite the great effort it took to do so with all the blinding light about. "If you do come back, we will fight, and I will stop you. I've seen what your kind can do. I'm not going to let it happen!"

"You seem confident in that, Kazama Jin. But for how long?..."

The light had faded. The man was gone, but Jin still stood there, firmly, reflecting on the man's words.

You're wrong. You can come back if you wish. You can say what you like. But you're not going to take this world. I'm not going to let it happen…not ever.

Later that night, the four friends huddled in Shiawa's room, lost in thought on his bed. Xiaoyu, Miharu, and Asuka, were worried to pieces about what may or may not have happened to Jin after they took their leave from the Theater garage earlier. It was quiet for a while, but Asuka managed to break the dead silence in the room.

"Does Jin have a twin brother or something? And what was with all that nonsense about the cursed Mishima bloodline and the devil?" She was clueless of course. Only Xiaoyu had a remote understanding of what was said, from what Jin told her about his family at least.

"Well let's try not to worry about that. I'm sure there's a reason why-"

Everyone's thoughts were interrupted by a bang on the window. Shiawa seemed frightened by the sudden disturbance, but went to investigate despite his fears.

"What the hell was that?" Pulling back the curtain, and to everyone's relief and surprise was Jin Kazama. The man they all worried so heavily about just moments ago. With a sigh of relief, the boy starred deeply at Jin before raising his question, and the lock on his window.

"But why my room window? There is a front door you know…"

"Just let me in. I brought some food."

Jin slung the bag of snacks through the open window before climbing through. Shiawa got ready to interrogate Jin while he worked his way into the room where everyone else expected an explanation for what happened earlier.

"So…what happened back there? For a second I thought you were in trouble, and from the way you were acting – were you?"

The question couldn't be avoided, not now. Everyone fixed their gaze on him, awaiting the much anticipated response.

"It was just some guy cosplaying, he really knew his stuff. He had me there for a second; I thought there might have been trouble so I sent you guys here just in case. I see now, I over reacted".

"Hell yeah man! I was all like who is this guy? And why does this seem like a scene from a low budget action movie?"

Asuka seemed to have trouble believing the sheer awkwardness of what Jin was selling to them, but nonetheless…

"Really? Was that guy serious? I thought something was about to go down! Did you beat his face in, because if that were me I would hav-"

"No one got hurt. He may have overstepped himself, but he meant no harm by it. I just shrugged it off and caught the bus back here. I also figured the chances of Shiawa's fridge being empty so I stopped by a corner store to pick up something for us all to eat."

Shiawa was embarrassed at just how right Jin was about his empty fridge. Miharu gave a quick smirk to this.

"You see I knew it. It's always empty." Miharu blurted out accusingly.

Shiawa and the others seemed convinced at Jin's story, but Xiaoyu's better judgment kept her from believing what Jin had said. Something just seemed off. Nonetheless, she knew if something was really amiss, if there was a problem then Jin would tell her when the time came, right?

"We just meet and I thought to myself, drama already?" Asuka laughed with Miharu as the two tore through the bag to receive their snacks. Jin sat on the floor next to Shiawa in relief that all was well. They both exchanged satisfied glances. No one suspected a thing, they bought it, or so he thought. Xiaoyu was still concerned, but she kept quiet.

Now was not the time. They all were here to hang out and enjoy themselves.

"Oh would you look at that, our movie just started." Shiawa jumped up and ushered for Ling and Miharu to follow.

Jin raised his head, completely unaware of the fact that they all planned to see a film even if they couldn't catch one at the Theater.

"What's it called?" But deep down he already knew. If Xiaoyu couldn't see Super Detective Cop 3, she sure as hell wasn't about to go the entire day without seeing something related to the film. That meant, of course, Super Detective Cop 2.

On second thought, don't even answer that…

"Aren't you coming Jin?" Xiaoyu, looked at him pleadingly.

"I think I'll pass on this one. Maybe some other time, Xiao." Jin got back up and took a seat at Shiawa's computer desk.

"I'll hold you to that." The girl glided into the living room where Miharu and Shiawa awaited her, the movie just starting.

"You're not going to join them? I figured you'd want to keep close to Shiawa being that you two are so close." Jin leaned back against the seat, closing his eyes and contemplating sleep. He didn't get much rest these days.

"I'm not one for detective movies, and I may be close to Shiawa, but I'm pretty sure he could use some breathing room from time to time." A smile found its way upon her face while she silently observed the man who now seemed to be a little too comfortable at a computer desk. "Besides, I thought I should try to get to know you too, I mean for the most part you seem to be the most mysterious person here. You just seem like that guy, hiding some secret that's somehow larger than life." It was clear she was teasing him, but he even laughed at the irony of it all. Was he that obvious and readable? Everything she said seemed to be correct so far.

"Alright then, fine. You got me. But I guess you don't have any secrets of your own? I mean, you just seem like that kind of girl, always so open about everything, never keeping anything to yourself." Jin had hit Asuka with an equally effective tease. He felt a small sense of satisfaction from the look he saw on her face. She seemed plenty embarrassed, maybe because there was truth in his words.

"Always open about everything? I wouldn't put it that way..."

"Then how would you put it?' Jin couldn't tell why, but he couldn't keep from pursing a conversation with this girl. He enjoyed it to certain lengths. Maybe it was just her, she seemed interesting enough and she was very attractive on top of that.

"I call things out for how they appear to be, that's all. Besides I don't bead around the bush about anything and you want to know something?"

Jin opened his eyes at her.

"From what I can tell, you don't seem to be the social type."

Jin sighed at this. Maybe he was that easy to read. A pity.

"I don't exactly go out of my way to start conversations with people; I'm just not that guy."

"Yet you're the one who started this one. Should I be flattered?" Asuka was having fun with this. It was easy enough to poke fun at Jin, being that he took everything so seriously.

"Hmph. I suppose you're right. I just didn't want things to get awkward in here is all. But I guess I would be lying if I told you that that was the only reason I started this conversation."

Right then Jin got up to go to the living room in an attempt to dodge an explanation while Asuka demanded to know what he was implying.

"Wait, what do you mean by that? You're not leaving this room." She pulled his arm, forcing him down onto the bed. Jin was surprised at her strength. Pulling him against his will in any case would be a notable feat in itself considering his weight and resistance.

"I'm not about to tell you. Now let go of me!"

Jin was still surprised to find that he was actually enjoying himself this much. As the two wrestled on the bed, Asuka managed to find an opening, putting Jin in a pretty firm headlock. "You didn't think it would be that easy right? I'm not so helpless you know…"

"Maybe not…but…"

Jin broke her grip and gently flipped her over him while attempting to hold her still by subduing her arms and pinning her face first into the bead spread.

"Give it up; you're not getting out of this one. You're pretty tough though. I'm willing to bet your disciplined in some form of fighting…am I right?"

"You figured that out just by wrestling with me? Well then measure this!"

Jin was slammed into the wall as Asuka pushed back with amazing force and before he knew it, he was pinned on his back; briefly overpowered, but mostly taken by surprise. Asuka's face was just inches from his. She beamed at him triumphantly. Jin, however, couldn't be more nervous if he tried. That was the closest a girl has ever gotten to him, but even so, a girl as alluring as Asuka was so close to him. She saw his edginess and laughed to herself.

That's too cute. He's way too shy.

Just then they were both slammed into each other by the sudden collapse of the bed underneath them; the noise gaining the attention of Shiawa, Xiao, and Miharu.

Jin's face was bright red. Everything happened so fast. Why is she on top of me? Was that the bed just now? He starred straight at Asuka who was completely taken aback, but for slightly different reasons.

"What the heck was that?" Shiawa slowly crept into the room and for a moment there was silence, but what he saw explained everything, to his standards at least.

"Wow. On the first night? I mean damn…I would leave you guys to it and all, but Asuka, you're crushing him with your enormous boobs… and my bed!"

Asuka looked back at Jin briefly. He had noticed how big her chest was and reddened as she shot up from on top of him.

"I'm sorry, this is my fault. We were playing around and it got out of control."

Shiawa looked disgusted.

"I really don't need to hear the details about how your first late night stand spun out of control."

His comment was met with a right hook to the jaw. He expected it of course but was still surprised, as always, of the amount of pain she could dish out at any given time.

"I think I should go." Jin finally coming to his feet, taking what remained in the snack bag on his way to the front door.

"What about my bed! Who's paying for this?"

"I am. Put it on my bill"

Xiao and Miharu got up to meet Jin at the door.

"Leaving already?' Xiao whined. "We didn't even get to do anything really…"

"You never stay long. You suuuuck." Miharu added.

"I'll see you two tomorrow. We can hang out again some other time."

Jin stepped outside. The weather was nice and cool for once. He turned around to see Asuka now standing with Xiao and Miharu.

"Alright Jin, goodnight. I hope we can get together sometime. Maybe grab a bite to eat."

"Yeah, I would like that…I'll see you all in a couple. Goodnight."