Author's Note:
* Story type -A dark attraction romance.
* Place Setting –This story is set during the Street Fighter X Tekken.
* This story is a continuation from 'Roses Do Bleed'.
* Yes, I do use wordless music from game soundtracks, it's totally your choice if you want to use the soundtracks used in the story. The website to find and download these soundtracks is in my profile.
* This OCs in this chapter is Chey Kazama an OC of a friend of ReikoEmmaLover.
* Yes, I know it's a crossover, but it will go into the crossover area once its finished.
* If you don't like the story it's called the back button use it.
* Critique, comments are always welcome, and flame all you want it will just fuel my passion to try to write even better. XP
* Thanks and happy reading. (I recommend using the soundtrack on the second song that is listed in this chapter it would make the chapter feel more exciting. Probably better repeated it if necessary. XP)
Rusty Hearts
Act I: Calm Before the Storm
Song: The Burdened –Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core Soundtrack
The Kazama heir rocked back and forth in his chair as he examined the roll of film showing Kazuya saying the same sentence repeatedly like a broken record.
"I know your listening Jin…The man you've been expecting-", Jin paused the film from the sea green holographic screen and drew his eyes to Rinoa who was still unconscious. Jin leaned back and closed his eyes for a brief moment in his chair as the windows automatically undimmed themselves. The light of the dawn came through and shined itself on both of the winged carriers.
Jin fluttered open his tired amber orbs and sighed. The CEO leaned his tired head on his hand as he took sight of Rinoa lying on the black leather couch near his desk. Jin smiled a bit and ran his fingers through his unruly feathery black hair. Rinoa breathed in and out slowly as she rested her body. Angelo slowly walked up to Jin and whimpered. Jin darted his eyes down to the ground seeing the Border Collie stare at him with his chocolate brown eyes. Jin turned his attention to the dog and leaned half of his body down to gently pet the animal. The dog wagged his tail slowly and retreated from Jin's embrace upon hearing Rinoa's whimpers. The small mewl caught Jin's ears immediately and an unknown foreign instinct inside told him to check the distress call of the female he sheltered.
The ravened hair angel made small sounds that only Jin picked up with his sensitive ears. Angelo remained by Rinoa's side upon seeing his owner toss and turn. Jin quickly came to Rinoa's stead and hovered over her, inspecting his most precious treasure for any unusual reactions. Jin leaned in and gently placed a kiss upon Rinoa's forehead. Rinoa responded to Jin's soft butterfly kiss and made a small sound to tell him to let her rest. The CEO granted this request and walked back to his desk, not before grabbing his long black leather trench coat and covering her with it. Rinoa moved onto her side and kept on sleeping. Jin already back at his desk leaned closer to examine Rinoa's things that she carried around with her. Rinoa's giant cardinal weapon shined in the light of the sun. Jin inspected the weapon and tried to strap it to his arm finding it hard to put on. The devil gene carrier looked more into Rinoa's bag and saw the files she had acquired from Kazuya. Jin looked at Rinoa baffled at how she even got hold of G Corps files. In the folder contained the files of his mother, himself, Reiko, Chey and most of his family. Jin flipped through the pages and read the contents of each one slowly.
The young devil smirked as he realized that he obtained Rinoa and G Corporations files. Angelo went beside Jin and took his rest there. Jin put away Rinoa's things and took the files away from her. Jin took in Rinoa's example of rest and leaned his head back on the soft cushion of his leather chair to close his eyes. That moment of respite didn't last long for a deep menacing voice made Jin's eyes fluttered open.
"They let a whelp like you run the Mishima Zaibatsu?" the deep voice questioned.
The young CEO leaned forward and scanned the long gigantic room that was his office. Soon a black watery substance formed into a giant man wearing attire that consists of a red military uniform with large silver shoulder plates, wristbands, and shin guards. The man's wore a red service cap featuring a skull insignia to represent his crime syndicate.
Song: From Heads Unworthy –Street Fighter X Tekken Soundtrack
Jin looked at the behemoth of a man and then to Rinoa. Jin's eyes went wide in fear for Rinoa's safety. Jin's eyes shone a faint glowing golden hue of his anger rising. Angelo jumped in front of Jin and growled at the tall man. Jin witnessed the animal instantly fall to the front lines as he bared his fangs. Anger rushed into Angelo quickly. Angelo's fur rose as he arched his back crouching down readying to strike. The tall man in red laughed at the dog.
"The CEO of the Mishima Zaibatsu has thinned down to a dog's protection! How foolish of you to stand up against me…MUT I know who and what you are! Rise from your hiding place and show your true form Angeal copy, Angelo of Nazareth!" yelled out the tall man in red.
Angelo howled in anger as a bright white light formed around the animal. Jin squinted his eyes as he witnessed from within the light a silvery form. Angelo cancelled out the light and landed on all fours. The dog was no longer a dog, but the metallic wolf Jin saw in the flower fields. The silver wolf lifted his head and underneath his chin was the imprinted face of Rinoa's father Angeal Hewley. Angelo stretched his wings with pride as he rushed into battle. A voice spoke into Jin's head. Jin gripped his head in pain and listened intently to the male voice that spoke to him.
'I have watched you for some time and I must request one thing from you…I know I will not make it, but my time has been overdue as I cling on to the last copy of my SOLDIER legacy. I swore to protect my daughter from such people like you, but I have seen how you commune to Rinoa. How you are willing to protect her from the dangers that are after her. This is why; I must ask you to please protect her with every drop of you strength. I can no longer preform such a duty for my degradation is finally come to take me away from my duty. I plead for you to give her the life and the love that she truly deserves. Rinoa needs someone like you to understand her, to love her, someone to hold her in times of need. I ask as the last Angel Wing male of our species take care of the last remnant of Our existence. Rinoa is the last of her kind and the only one who can continue Our bloodline. Kazuya sought out to taint such a treasure by getting to the previous Queen- Rinoa's mother Julia 22 years ago. During those times, I befriended your father. We were both GUARDIANs at that time and I had feeling for you mother. Kazuya to loved Julia, but something triggered Kazuya to go wild and try to rape Julia. I stopped him and after that, we were no longer friends. I soon found out Jun was pregnant with you and soon after that she reject me in order to protect you from the Devil's grasp. I never saw her again. Two years later Rinoa was born and her mother died 3 years into her life. My mother raised Rinoa in Banora for fifteen years. I soon lost my original body and clung to this copy. Rinoa was sent to her uncle Caraway's in Deling city. After that I stayed by her side in the form of this dog. From that, we are here at the breaking point of our story…now nineteen. Rinoa is attracting not only you, but Kazuya too. Please, protect my daughter and we are not monsters with wings. Our wings symbolize freedom for those who have none. So please carry on my duties as her guardian, I now leave the rest in your hands, Kazama Jin…' Angeal pleaded to Jin.
Jin released his head and slowly opened he eyes for what awaited for him next. Jin's eyes went wide with shock. Angelo's now lifeless body dropped to the floor, covered in his own blood. Angelo's beautiful white wings were torn from his back and thrown beside him. Jin remained quiet and closed his eyes in respect to the poor creature. The young CEO walked to Angelo and kneeled down to the animal's stead. With his right hand, Jin slowly closed Angelo's now quiet lifeless tearing eyes and spoke softly to the deceased protector.
"Goodbye, Angeal. You are not as spiritless as you believed yourself to be. A heart of stone cannot shed tears like those that you did. You must have been holding them back your whole life. I think I understand you now. You were not grieving over your own death. You were grieving because you never had a chance to be with your family. Well I still respect you. I know you made many mistakes, but now I see that it was not all your fault. You had the fiery will of a true SOLDIER. Please share that with me now, 'cause I need it. Thank you for saving Rinoa's life all of those times and buying enough time for me to meet her. I will do my best to carry out your wish…" Jin looked at the wolf disburse into pyreflies and lifestream. Jin got up, looked back at Angelo's murderer, and spoke out coldly to the giant red behemoth, "It's true. Angelo is right. Your kind has no honor. For him and for Rinoa, I am going to finish you!"
The tall red syndicate leader laughed manically and responded to Jin with pride held in his voice, "You will end up just like your dog has a broken lifeless toy. You and that parasitic girl of yours shall see a slow and painful death. Let's go whelping!"
Jin tore into battle and began his onslaught on the red crime leader. The battle raged on, but on the lower levels of the Zaibatsu several explosions occurred and a girl with long black hair and light brown eyes came running up the stairs. The girl stared at the up to the very top of the highest floor of the Zaibatsu. Smoke and fire emitted from there. The girl wore a black shirt, torn blue denim jeans and black buckled boots. The young female Kazama wore a silver necklace with a cross hanging from it around her neck.
The raven-haired girl spoke to herself trying to hold back her anxiety for her elder brother, "Please be okay…Jin."
Chey saw bodies fly down from the floor above and an explosion afterwards. Soon after that a young woman wearing a small, purple breastplate, supported with black straps that fastened to form a spider pattern on her back. The femme fatale wears long, baggy, off-white colored trousers and purple tights, and long, fingerless gloves. Her fingernails and toenails are painted bright pink. She has dark hair styled into two horn-like bangs at the top of her head, which are fastened with pink ribbon. The Fatalis fighter kicked at Chey, but Chey dodged her attacks. The purple eye fighter balanced herself on the railing shouting out to Chey.
"Oh you're better then you look!" Chey gasped as she upon hearing the words of the corrupt. The mad woman began to preform kicks on Chey and Chey tried to dodge most of them, "What's the matter little girl?"
The battle between Chey and that mad woman continued below, while up on top Jin continued his fight to protect Rinoa. Soon the door flew open and out from it flew Chey. Jin looked behind him quickly and shouted out Chey's name,"Chey!"
Jin drew his attention back to the red general. The red behemoth laughed as he released black water from his body and allowing it to go the horned woman. Chey tried to crawl away, but the horned hair woman kicked her hard in the back and smashed her bare foot upon Chey's head, "Don't be greedy there's enough for everybody!"
The red general took notice of his minion and screamed at her to leave, "Be gone!"
The purple-eyed woman smiled and responded bitterly to her boss, "Awww, since when do I take orders from you…"
Jin saw Rinoa moving in the distance from her slumber and instinct took over him. The feeling to protect the one he loved. Jin dashed to the femme fatale and took hold her head in blinding rage. Jin gritted his teeth and anger as he soon felt a sharp pain in his mouth. Jin covered his mouth and yelled into his hand. Soon he screamed out in pain as his beautiful blue disappeared and was replaced by a fiery pale orange aura. Jin's devil gene was now taking over his body. The mad horned woman screamed as her eye flashed magenta with rage. Chey looked at Jin from below with sad eyes as she whispered his name, 'Jin'. The crazed female fighter screamed and did a back flip kick into Jin's face. Jin flew a couple of feet into the air. Jin screamed and the red crime general took the opportunity to strike Jin.
"This place shall be your grave!" the red giant roared. The crime leader struck Jin into the glass bulletproof window with force causing the window to crack. Jin went unconscious and the cracked window began to form a shape of two giant wings into the glass itself. Jin screamed and the glass around him formed into two crystal clear wings of water and glass. The wings blazed like fire and as well as Jin's entire body. Chey gazed upon her brother's incredible transformation and covered her mouth. Chey saw the outline of a transparent winged wolf go into Jin's body. Jin slowly opened his eyes and his amber eyes blazed an intense golden fiery hue. Devil Jin smiled wickedly as he left his enemies only a few words before he killed them both.
"Kyoufu wo oshiete yaru! (I'll teach you fear!)"
For all that mattered to him Rinoa's wellbeing. Neither the enemies before him or his own family would stand in his way in protecting Rinoa. For he would become her Sorceress' Knight…
To be continued in Rusty Hearts...
Soundtracks used:
Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core
Street Fighter X Tekken