OK, my first ever fanfic. Originally, this was gonna be a Fate/Stay Night fic, but I got inspired to do DOA somehow. I know what you're thinking. 'Not another Hitomi x Leifang piece', right? Well, it's something I've wanted to do for a while now, and with any luck, the approach I'm taking should make mine unique. OK, time for me to shut the fuck up....
Disclaimer notice: Dead Or Alive is property of Tecmo(or Team Ninja), and Tekken is property of namco(So much for surprises. It's a krazy krossover, but bear with me here).
The Fallen Phoenix
CHPTR 1: The Darkness Within the Light
"Seeya next week!" Hitomi waved, as the last of the students left through the front doors of the dojo. She turned around to her father and gave a smile, who smiled back. The man was of a tall and muscular build, with spiky blonde hair, and a matching beard. He wore a traditional white Karate gi with the family's phoenix emblem on the back. He was seated on one of the mats with his legs crossed.
"So, how did I do?" Hitomi asked cheerfully.
"I couldn't have done a better job." He replied.
"Really? You mean it?"
"Indeed. You have a way with the younger ones, and it seems the troublemakers respect you."
"Hmmm......I don't think it's me they respect" Hitomi said, dropping her smile to look at her well-endowed bust.
"Heh, well, at least they're paying attention. And, I doubt they'll try and make a move on the runner up of the fourth DOA tournament!" Her dad responded with pride.
Ever since Hitomi returned from Zack Island, he had been assisting with training for the three months that followed. Tonight, her father decided to let her take the lead in training to see if the future of his dojo was in good hands. It was one thing to simply utilise one's skills in a tournament, but another thing altogether to teach them. Tonight, Hitomi exceeded his expectations greatly.
"OK, Papa, I'm getting changed." Hitomi said.
Oh, sure. Hopefully the pizza I ordered will arrive soon."
Hitomi rolled her eyes. She had a grudge against all takeout food, However, she knew that it was easier this way rather than allowing her to cook after training. Both her and her father knew that they didn't have time for Hitomi to have her way with a kitchen after training. She went into the changing rooms, and slipped out of her white gi. She rumaged through her training bag and pulled out a pair of dark blue jeans, and a matching denim jacket. Hitomi struggled and squirmed to get herself into her impossibly tight jeans. She fitted a brown leather belt around her jeans and casually slipped the jacket over her cream black tank top. As she went for her black leather shoes, a small polaroid floated down towards the floor. Hitomi picked it up, and sighed heartfully.
The polaroid contained a picture of a girl against a tropical island backdrop. She had long flowing black hair, hazelnut eyes, and was wearing a blue and white bikini. The girl in the picture was Leifang, a competitor who Hitomi lost to in the third DOA tournament roughly a year ago. She vowed revenge for her loss, and trained hard for the next tournament-only to find it to be an excuse for Zack to showcase his new island to the female competitors. It was there that Hitomi got to see a different side to Leifang. She was confident and driven to her goals, yet at the same time, she could never do something without thinking about it(a stark contrast to Hitomi's impulsive nature). On the first vacation, Hitomi taught Leifang to relax a little, and started growing fond of her company.
Their next meeting was in the riviera six months ago. Their tournament fight commenced, over all things, a cabbage. The fight was intense, and it resulted in most of the marketplace being torn up. But Hitomi came out the victor, and the two of them laughed it off in the end. Such was the bond of their friendship at the time. It was then, that Hitomi began to question her sexuality, and her feelings towards Leifang.
And then finally, there was the recent vacation to Zack's new island, the best two weeks of Hitomi's life. The memories of the time spent with Leifang there were limitless. Like the time they found that secret hotspring in the north side of the island, the endless losing streak against Helena and Christie at volleyball, the time they swam with the dolphins, and the time they blackmailed Zack with pictures of him and Tina-just to name a few. Each of them took whole gigs worth of pics of each other, and shared an intimacy that stopped inches short of that first kiss. Saying goodbye at the end of the two weeks was possibly the hardest thing she ever had to do. Although she always acted impulsively on most things, she kept herself from revealing her feelings in fear of Leifang's reaction. She assumed that it was just a physical infatuation that would fade over time. But over those three months, her feelings just got stronger. She couldn't hide it from herself. She loved Leifang. She wanted nothing else but to be by her side. But she had to hide those feelings from the world. And it tore at her from the inside. She did a good job of hiding it, but the seams were bursting, and sooner or later, people would start to notice.
Hitomi uttered Leifang's name quietly, as she held the polaroid to her chest. She then brought it up to her lips and kissed it gently, before sliding it into the left pocket of her jeans. She then put on her black leather shoes, and headed back out to the training area, where the deceptively good smell of pizza and her grinning father waited for her. She sat herself infront of her father and the box of pizza.
"Meatlovers! I hope you don't mind." Her father grinned.
"Not at all." Hitomi fakely smiled back.
She took a slice of pizza, and took a bite. She never truly hated the taste of junk food, her hatred derived more from the pride in her own cooking.
"So, I've been thinking about tonight. You did well instructing the class tonight, physically I think you could take a more permanent role in instructing, but....." He trailed off
"Hmm?"
Hitomi's father swallowed the mouthful of pizza in his mouth.
"But I wonder if you're in the right emotional state for it." He finished.
"What do you mean?"
"Hitomi, I may only be your father, but I do notice some things. And I've noticed that you've been as miserable as hell ever since you came back from that vacation. What exactly happened there?" He asked.
"What happened?" Hitomi repeated the question as he lowered her head. "The best two weeks of my life. That's what happened."
"If it was so good, then why are you so down?" He brooched.
Of all the people whom she didn't want to know her secret, her father was pretty high up on the list. She looked up to him not only as a father, but as a mentor and friend. Although not a devout Christian, his morales were definitely 'by the book'. She'd surely be disowned if he found out that Hitomi liked other girls. She didn't want him to press the issue further, and surely enough, she'd get her wish, as a mysterious figure entered the room. It was a tall male figure, dressed in black and red training pants, and a matching hooded jacket which hid his face. Beneath his jacket were a pair of full fingered gloves in the corresponding colours. Though he was trying to hide it, the aura Hitomi sensed from this man was incredible.
That man......could he be?
"Sorry, but you're too late for the lesson. If you wouldn't mind grabbing a membership form from the table over there, I can run through some details with you." Her father suggested.
"Of course" The man responded with a young, yet deep voice.
As he walked past Hitomi, she caught a glimpse of his face. Her eyes shot up as she lept to her feet.
"Take off your hood!" She demanded, pointing at the man.
Hitomi! What the hell?!" Her father responded.
Hitomi ignored him, an continued to stare down the hooded man, who now stopped in his tracks. He slowly removed his hood, to reveal a unique hair cut. His hair was spiked towards the back of his head, with a few locks hanging over his fringe. He had look about his face suggesting that he's never smiled a day in his life. Hitomi's father raised an eyebrow when he saw who it was.
"So, what's the big deal about this guy?" He asked.
"This man, is Jin Kazama. He competes in the last Iron Fist Tournament. He uses a fighting style similar to ours!" Hitomi explained like an excited school girl.
"THIS is Jin Kazama? Oh yeah, I remember watching some of his fights. He went missing halfway through though-"
"That's something I do not wish to discuss!" Jin piped up, cutting off the potential question.
"OK.....So then, what brings you to Germany?"Hitomi's father asked.
"I heard that a legendary karate master owned this Dojo. You are Reubens Kaufmann, aren't you?"
"I am. So then, what brings you to my dojo." He asked, his blue eyes glaring directly at Jin's
"Training. I heard that your techniques are much more powerful than regular karate, while using a minimal amount of ki" He responded, while still in an intense eye lock.
Reubens began to walk away.
"hmph, I'm not sure where you heard such a wild rumour from." He huffed.
Jin took another step forward.
"Please. What you know may save my life.......and the lives of those around me" Jin pleaded.
On that notion, Reubens stopped.
"When will you kids learn? You can't save lives with your fists? And besides, the power of a technique comes from the user, not the technique itself. You should know this!" Reubens stated, with a tone of frustration in his voice.
"But....I'll impart what knowledge I have. Provided you can show me what you can do in battle." He then smiled.
"Very well then." He said, as he removed his jacket.
The removal of his jacket revealed a fairly muscular body. His gloves, now in full view, closely resembled armoured gauntlets. His physique reminded Hitomi of Ein, way back when he lost his memory. Reubens turned around at Jin.
"If you think that you are fighting me, you have another thing coming. You'll be facing someone far more powerful then me." He smiled.
He then turned his head towards Hitomi.
"You'll be facing my daughter." He said proudly.
Hitomi's eyes lit up at her fathers words. It took her years of training and hard simply to make him proud of her. Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine her Father claiming that she was stronger. Her heart raced a few extra beats at the response.
P-Papa.....Did you....mean.." She started.
"I did. You should be enough of a match for him." He responded with a nod.
Hitomi removed her jacket, and put on her red fingerless gloves. She then moved to the centre of the training mat to stand face to face with Jin.
"Ya know, ever since I saw your matches, I kinda wished you fought in the DOA instead." Hitomi cheered.
"I have no business with DOATEC, and hopefully, I never will." Jin responded coldly, referring to the nasty business behind the Dead Or Alive Tournament.
Reubens took a position at the edge of the room to watch the fight.
"On my mark." He said as both fighters took up their fighting stances.
"FIGHT!!"
The first move was made by Hitomi, who rushed in to deliver a few punches which Jin easily blocked. His response was a right roundhouse which sailed over Hitomi's head as she ducked. He attempted to follow up with a straight right fist which Hitomi caught in delivery. While holding his wrist with her left hand, She moved in to deliver her right elbow to Jin's gut, and in the same motion, tipped him over her shoulders. As Jin rolled to recover, Hitomi tried to finish with a back kick to Jin's head, which he Narrowly blocked. Hitomi backed away before Jin was able to counter.
"Not bad, but I feel like you're holding back on me!" She taunted.
Jin helped himself back to his feet and took up his fighting stance again. This time, Jin made the first move by throwing punch after punch at Hitomi. She was able to block them, but Jin put a devestating amount of power into each punch, and the heavy gauntlets he wore added even more hurt. Even blocking his attacks were beginning to hurt. Another fist caused her to stagger back, and in her state of vulnerability, Jin unleashed a jumping left uppercut to her chin, sending her flying into the air. As she came back down, Jin took a run at her, intending to land a spinning kick to her back, but just as foot was about to connect, Hitomi barrel rolled in midair, blocking his foot with both arm and legs. With a yell, she opened her arms and legs, unleashing a burst of energy that knocked Jin back. He was sent a fair distance, and had to recover from a tumble. Reubens watched from a distance with a calculating facial expression.
Jin slowly got back on his feet. He was panting slightly.
"How......how is she so powerful?" Jin exclaimed.
"There's no trick to her power. It simply comes from years of training." Reubens answered for her.
"I thought you were more powerful then this. Why are you holding back?" He added.
Jin snarled at Reubens, who still didn't change his facial expression.
"Excuse me, but we still have a fight to finish!" Hitomi said, extending her hand in a c'mon gesture.
In response, Jin charged at Hitomi, and unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks at Hitomi. She was able to dodge these attacks this time around. She looked into Jin's eyes to see the fear and desparation in them. Whether or not it was fear of losing, she didn't know, but it was fear of something. She starred in disbelief at her 'ideal' opponent. It was time to finish this. Jin shot too high with a right kick, and found Hitomi's fist collide with his solar plexis. As he staggered back in pain, Hitomi's fists began to glow.
"HAAAAAA"
She glided in to land three direct blows to his chest. Each shot sounded like thunderclaps as the last shot sent him hurtling back into a wall. From the wall, he slumped down to his knees.
"Uhh........Why?.......Why can't I find the strength to cast off this blood curse?" He moaned in pain.
"Blood curse, what are you on about?" Hitomi asked.
Jin didn't respond. Instead, he clutched his head and screamed in pain.
"W-what's wrong? Are you OK" She asked, with a bit of uncertainty in her voice.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!!!! RUN!! AS FAR AS YOU CAN!!!" Jin shouted in pain.
He looked up at Hitomi with a look of pure anguish, as she saw the most horrifying thing-his eyes were changing colour to bright red. Suddenly, Reubens rushed towards Hitomi's side.
"Keep your distance from him!" He warned.
"What's wrong with him?"
"Can't you sense it? His Ki, it's evil!"
Hitomi concentrated and felt the evil seeping out from Jin. It was much darker than anything she'd ever felt before. She gulped as she realised why Jin was holding back during their fight. He wanted to avoid this from happening. And the reason why he sought her father out was because he thought he might know something to supress whatever was inside of him. But now it all seemed too late.
"th-this is different from the other times! It's never pushed this hard before........I-I......I can't hold it together anymore!.........AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
As he screamed, he began to levitate in the air, and started undergoing a transformation of sorts. His gauntlets took on a more demonic look. Chains began to appear around his right bicep, waste, and below his left knee. His skin went ghostly gray. Strange tatoos apeared on his body and face. Two horns grew out from the sides of his head. Most distinctive of all, were two black eagle-like wings the burst out from his back. Slowly decended to the ground, keeping his head bowed down. In the blink of an eye, he reered his head at Hitomi and Reubens, baring an insane grin revealing vampire-like teeth, and glowing red eyes. He began to slowly shuffle towards them.
"Demon! What do you want?!" Reubens shouted, showing no fear in his voice.
".......Power....."
Reubens lowered his brows in anger.
"If you want at my daughter, you'll have to go throu-" He was cut short as Jin launched his hand through his chest.
With a satisfied grin, he pulled his hand out of Reuben's chest, and allowed the blood to flow freely through the open wound. Reubens dropped to his knees as he began to choke on the red liquid.
"PAPA!!!!" Hitomi shouted, as tears welled up in his eyes.
Jin looked down at his victim blankly, until snarl appeared on his face. With a growl, he swatted Reuben's head clean off his shoulders. His headless body collapsed to the side, as blood jetted out from the stump.
"P-papa?!" Hitomi wimpered. Her mind was in a state of limbo. She didn't know whether to feel despair for her father's death, or anger for his murderer. She turned to look at the monster now starring at her with unknown intent, and her mind was suddenly cleared from limbo. Anger.
".....Hate me.....resent me......curse me.......Ball it up, and throw it all at me!!!" He uttered with a grin.
Hitomi narrowed her eyes, and focused all her anger at her opponent. She charged in and attempted a right kick at his head, only for it to be caught. Jin clamped down on the leg, before hoisting her of her other foot, and literally chucking her across the room. Her back landed hard into the wall, as pain briefly shot through her body. As she got her bearings, she saw Jin charge her full speed, his right hand ready for another punch. Hitomi moved her head slightly, and avoided Jin's fist as it splintered the wall. He roared in frustration, as Hitomi took the opening to deliver two quick punches to his ribs, causing him to stagger back slightly.
Still feeling the effects of being chucked across the room, she attempted to capitalise with a right punch, only to have the edge of Jin's hand collide violently with her ribs. Stunned from the pain, the hand clutched her throat, and lifted her airborne again. She squirmed and struggled as Jin's right hand squeezed the life out of her, while he clawed his left hand. Perhaps to take her life the same way he took her father's. Thinking quickly, she rammed the edge of her hand into the pit of Jin's elbow. Hitting the nerves, Jin was forced to drop her. As she hit the ground, Hitomi cupped her hands together, and released them against Jin, creating a Ki blast that sent him sailing towards another wall. He beat his wings back to break the fall, and remained hovering in mid air.
Hitomi slouched down to allow precious wind back into her lungs. This was the toughest fight she had ever been in. Tougher than the DOA Grand Final match against Ryu Hayabusa, which she actually lost. But there was a difference this time. She held back against Ryu because it was a competitive match, and she had no intentions on killing anyone. This time she was in a life or death situation against a monster who killed her father. By all logical accounts, she should be unconscious, but the rage she felt egged her on, made her feel stronger and more determined. No matter what it took, she was going to tear Jin limb from limb.
"Yes......that's what I came to see! Anger too deep for mere words! Bask in it, FOR YOU WILL NEED EVERY SHRED TO DESTROY ME!!!!!"
With that statement, a red orb orb of energy gathered infront of Jin's forehead. Suddenly, a red beam of energy shot out at Hitomi. She moved to avoid it, but the shot grazed her arm. She yelped more out of surprise, as she quickly rolled out of the way of a second shot. If she stayed on the defensive, she would lose her adrenalin rush, and then be practically defenseless. If she was going to win, it had to be in the next move. She gritted her teeth as lighting forked up and down her right arm. She bolted at Jin while he fired more beams. She dodged left and right, but still kept her forward momentum. Eventually, her hand began to glow blue as it accumulated even more ki. She was only a few feet away from Jin. Hitomi lept into the air, as he fired another beam at point blank range. With her right hand, she swatted the beam away, derailing its course to one the already damaged beyond repair walls. She was now upon Jin.
"FATHER!!!!!" She screamed.
On command, the energy in her hand extended to form the shape of a large blade. Jin roared in pain as Hitomi brought her hand across his chest, ripping through it, and searing the flesh in the process. Hitomi landed on the ground, and the energy around her hand dissipated. Jin floated to his knees, his breath quivering from the gaping wound across his chest. The technique Hitomi used was one she fashioned herself after returning from the fourth DOA tournament, which she simply named 'Zweihandler'. She accidently discovered it when training alone. Using what her father tought her about channeling ki, she explored this further, and discovered that she could form it into a corporeal blade of sorts. Tonight was the first time she used it in battle.
She turned around to face Jin, and collapsed to her knees, finally allowing herself to suffer from her injuries. While the wound was not enough to kill someone like him outright, he was still incapacitated either way. Hitomi needed to gather her strength to finish the job.
"Evil lurks within even the most innocent of souls...... Tonight has given me......a pleasant reminder of this simple fact." Jin uttered within dying breaths.
"Don't you dare lecture me on evil! You killed my father!" She snarled.
"And you killed this boy!" Was the comeback.
"What?!" Hitomi gasped, derailed from her previous rage.
"This boy, Jin Kazama.......he carried the blessing of the Mishima bloodline. A vain fool. He tried so hard to.....remove what he called a curse.....without a plan, or even an idea of what to do. He deserves his fate.........In fact.........It just proves that the Mishimas are no longer worthy of this blessing."
Hitomi had no idea what he was rabbeling on about, but she was somehow transfixed to his stare.
"This......is not the end for us.........merely.........THE BEGINNING!!!" Were his last words.
The world around Hitomi blacked out, until all she could see was his eyes. Suddenly, all of her nerves shot up in the most intense pain, as she felt her body trying to shake itself apart. Her ears echoed with an ear piercing screech, and all she could see now was blood red. She cried out in panic, but she couldn't hear her own voice, or even her thoughts. And then, her mind blanked out.........
Writer's notes: Well, the second hardest part is over with-the first chapter. Now I've gotta deal with the hardest part-keeping the motivation to keep this story going. Assuming you didn't absolutely hate what you saw here, you might be thinking: What the fuck sort of crossover is this if Jin dies in the first freaking chapter?!? Well, Jin's death is important to the rest of the story. It should be clear on why that is by now. I did promise something unique for a HitomixLeifang fic, and hopefullfy I've delivered for now. I should have the next chapter up within the next fortnight. Lord knows I've got nothing better to do with the time.
Next chapter: Hitomi wakes up to find herself no longer in the dojo, and with no idea what the fuck is going on.
Final Disclaimer notice: Dead or Alive and all affiliated characters are owned by Tecmo(or Team Ninja), Tekken and all affiliated characters are owned by Namco(after hearing about that shit with Sunrise and Lantis Corp, one can never be too careful nowadays)