Author's Note on whole story:
This is my second version of Dangerously in Love. Dangerously in Love is a Tekken/Tomb Raider (or Kazuya/Lara) Crossover. The first version can be found in the Tomb Raider Section, as it's written from Lara's perspective.
I felt there was so much more to the story that I decided to retell the story from another (Kazuya's) point of view. I am not sure how far I'll be going because later on, both story lines will probably be the same.
If you want an interesting story where you don't know what's going on - especially what Kazuya is up to now - you might want to read the original "Dangerously in Love". After reading the first chapter of this story, you will find that you might have ruined Lara's version for you. There, you have been warned.
A little note on red eyes:
I might seem a bit inconsistent about this... but Kazuya will not be possessed by the devil every time he has red eyes. I am not sure if I will let him transform, probably not, too much of a mess with ripped shirts and so on ;-) I will mention when the devil is in control, normal red eyes are just to tell you that he might be a little bit aggressive or planning nasty things.
And one last comment:
Be gentle with me, english is not my native language but I'm trying my best.
Author's Note on Chapter 1:
This is 5 days before Lara's story starts. It's Monday.
Chapter 1 - What is he up to?
With a click the door of his father's office jumped open.
"Now they did not exaggerate when they said this card would open every door for me," the tall Japanese said while sliding the platinum credit card back into the pocket of his pyjamas.
He quietly slipped into the room and closed the door behind him carefully. Then he unplugged the two cameras that were responsible for monitoring this room. He had randomly unplugged cameras throughout the whole mansion during the day to make it seem like the system was breaking down again. - 'Again' was of course referring to his usual activities of causing trouble, using it to his advantage.
"Now let's see what you are up to, old bastard." he said and made his way to the desk. It would have been to dark to see clearly in this room for the normal eye but Kazuya's were pretty good, even in the dark. Right now they burned fiery red, a side effect the devil had brought with him.
His search on the desk was unsuccessful. Heihachi hadn't left any notes that might indicate what he was up to. Kazuya sighed and sat down at Heihachi's computer. He pressed enter to wake the desktop PC. Then he accessed the security system and turned off the alarm that secured the shelf behind the desk, where the safe was. This done he got up and approached the shelf.
"I bet you haven't changed the code, I bet it's still your birthday." Kazuya said and then entered what he thought was the right combination. He was not at all surprised when the door clicked open.
Carefully Kazuya had a look at the contents. Some business papers, one related to a deal Heihachi still hadn't finished, of which Kazuya took a mental note, since it could be useful later... and there it was, a map with the layout of the National Museum.
"Now I wonder what you want with that..." Kazuya said and studied the map closely. It contained not only schematics of the exhibition halls, but also all important ventilation shafts, access tunnels, everything.
Kazuya frowned. "So there is something in there you want?!"
He continued searching the safe for other clues but there weren't any. He put everything back as it was and shut the safe door. Then he returned to the computer and restarted the alarm of the safe. He made sure that everything on the desk looked like it had before and then went back to the door. There he plugged in the cameras again and then slid out into the passage quietly closing the door behind.
On his way through the house he picked another camera he unplugged. Then he went up the stairs and to his rooms. This corner of the house he had pretty much to himself. He had his own dining room, living room with television, a bedroom, a bathroom and a study. He walked up towards his desk and grabbed the notebook. With it he walked over to his bedroom and sat down on the bed. He started the computer and waited. When it was finished booting he started a browser and checked the internet for anything related to the museum. His eyes fell on a report that told about an ancient artefact that had recently been added to the museum, "the Stone of Eternity".
"Stone of Eternity. Now what the hell is up with that?" he said aloud and then started a search for it. It took him some time to find something that was indeed about the stone's background. In the article he had found it was said that the stone was supposed to have hidden powers, that would give the bearer special abilities, that might even help him to take over the world.
"To take over the world, how silly. Now I am sure the old guy believes in that."
"You don't understand it. You don't understand anything." a voice within him was suddenly awake. "We need this stone. And it's very important, that he doesn't get it."
'Why shouldn't he get it? If you so desperately want it... it would be much easier taking it from him.' Kazuya thought.
"Tomorrow we should go to the museum."
'Fine, cancel lunch, let's go on a museums tour.'
Kazuya turned off the computer and placed it on the bedside table. Then he went to bed.
