Tekken Fanfiction
Among Gods and Demons
Chapter 1: Wandering Legends
Kazumi looks out the window of her room sitting sideways on the ledge of the large Mishima mansion. Her view is filled with a lustrous canvas of colors due to the fall season in Mt. Fuji. The blue sky normally filled with beautiful fluffy clouds is blank today and it gives Kazumi an eerie feeling. She spots a small sparrow flying above the mansion. She recognizes the bird as one her clan uses to send secret messages. The carrier sparrow flies into her lap gently. She received the message from the bird's leg and opened it. It only had two names written down: Heihachi Mishima, Kazuya Mishima.
She nearly fainted and dropped the letter. Her heart stopped at the thought of having to murder her husband and still innocent child. She was afraid this day would come, but Heihachi's lust for power had finally bear fruit. Tears slowly fall from her face before she hears her young son Kazuya come running down the creaky wooden hallway.
"Mommy! Mommy!" Kazumi wipes the tears from her face, as Kazuya runs into her room "Mommy guess what?"
"Yes Kazuya my love?"
"Grandpa showed me how to make paper cranes! Look!" Kazuya raises his small cupped hands as if holding a baby bird.
"Oh my Kazuya what a beautiful crane you have, how fortunate for you to have such a talented grandfather."
"Grandpa Jinpachi is the best!" Kazumi smiled at Kazuya, whose innocent face couldn't hide from Kazumi the demonic aura that laid dormant in his soul.
"It's time for your lessons, run along and put your crane in a safe place." Kazumi watches Kazuya run off and she begins to feel sick. There was no way she'd be able to kill her family, but she knew her duty as a Hachijo clan member. The code of honor: you owe the world your life, a virtue all Hachijo clan members are blood bound by.
She thought maybe if she convinced her husband to not throw the coup against his father, things could've been saved. Jinpachi was always an honorable rational man, but she knew her husband's will all too well, he wanted all or nothing. It's what she liked about him; ironically it's also the reason she has to kill him.
Kazumi decides to take a walk outside to clear her head and decide how to handle her situation. She thought to visit her tiger, Shizio, who stays on the Mishima estate. Petting her thick soft fur always calmed Kazumi's thoughts.
During her walk out in the forest around the mountains, she feels a very strong hot wind, seemingly from nowhere, not too far from where she was headed. It knocks her back a few steps. Demon aura! The wind blows all the leaves around her causing a collage of green, orange, red, and pink. She had never felt a demonic aura this strong in her entire life. The aura was slowly getting stronger but she could also feel it being reigned in as if it was in a battle to be freed. Without hesitation Kazumi ran towards the source of this frightening power.
She arrived to find a man kneeling over clutching at his chest in agony. She could tell from his physique that he was a well trained warrior. The kanji for "Heaven" glowed like a red neon light on the back of his weathered dark karate gi. A powerful red aura swirled around him like a storm of evil. Kazumi is amazed at how much demonic aura this man had amassed, but he was clearly losing control and if he didn't put a lid on the power soon, he would birth an existence that would bring chaos to the world.
Killing him was not an option, the aura was strong enough to possess the man's corpse until it found a strong living body and it wouldn't take long on the Mishima estate to find a suitable host. She slowly approached the man so that she could absorb the demonic aura as she had been trained. She didn't want to use the absorption method, because power of this magnitude would be lethal to her and the man struggling to keep the power. The amount she would have to absorb from this man was far too much for her to control and would immediately kill any average Hachijo exorcist.
"Forgive me, but I must try and save what's left of your soul." She reached her hand to his shoulder and the man swiftly attacked.
"URRYAA!" the man yelled as he tried to strike Kazumi with incredible speed.
Kazumi dodges the uppercut at the very last second and assumed a defensive stance. She would have to subdue this man whose facial features showed strong signs of demon transformation. He wasted no time, "Hmmmph!" he concentrated a powerful energy in his hand and quickly threw it at Kazumi. She dodges the ball of energy and it hits a large tree behind her scorching the point of impact on the trunk.
"Satsui no Hado?! Impossible!"
Satsui no Hado was the hidden fighting style whose scrolls were stolen from her clan over a millennia before. She thought the stories to be mere legend but here stands a man bathing in the power of the Dark Hado.
The man glided aggressively towards her for another attack. She used a special step technique she had been learning from her father- in-law to keep distance. The man's speed catches up and he fiercely chops down on Kazumi with enough pressure to level a mountain. Kazumi takes a defensive stance "Oooooh!" She screamed. She blocks and counters with a punch combination that knocks him back. Kazumi had been sparring with men that have god-like and demon-like strength her entire life, she was not fearful of taking on the task that lay before her, but she could not help but shake from the pain and excitement after blocking such a powerful attack.
The man slowly stood up seemingly unfazed from the strikes he received. "Woman, you are a capable warrior. If you value your life you will leave me to fight my own demons."
"So you still have consciousness? Harboring this much of the Dark Hado will kill you and in turn will release evil on the world. I cannot allow that to happen."
"I am capable of keeping the demon's mind from taking control. I cannot control all of my actions if you get in the way. You gamble with death."
"Your strength and will are impressive and I am grateful for your concern. Please understand that I have no choice in this matter." Kazumi bows to the man. "My name is Kazumi Mishima and I will stake my life on exorcising the Dark Hado you have lost control of." She then takes her fighting stance. The man smirks and slowly takes his stance.
"Very well Kazumi Mishima, your bravery and honor will be remembered at the defeat of these hands. PREPARE YOURSELF!" The two combatants masterfully engage in battle with precise, powerful, and acrobatic attacks. Kazumi expresses joy in encountering the fabled "Satsui no Hado" for the first time, but the joy is short-lived.
The man's attacks become fiercer and the dark aura became stronger with each strike. He throws a feint punch and steps in close, gathering a large amount of energy with incredible speed in both hands. Kazumi was fooled by the feint and doesn't react in time to defend. "MESSATSU!" The man's scream meant certain annihilation for Kazumi. At the last moment Kazumi's tiger companion tackles the man saving Kazumi from instant death.
The man wrestles with the tiger for a brief second before gaining the upper hand. They separate and the tiger swipes at him. He catches both front paws and the tiger roars in the man's face before he mule kicks the tiger in its chin, knocking her to the ground, causing her dizziness. The man immediately jumps at a blinding speed above the tiger and slams down a vicious chop imbued with a flaming energy on the tiger's neck, instantly killing the tiger.
The energy from the strike caused a shockwave in the ground, causing dust clouds and small flames to dance on the surrounding area. Kazumi saw the man's silhouette through the clouds of dust. He dramatically took a slow motion stance that Kazumi recognized from all the books she read about demons.
"Death is the same for man and beast." His voice changed to something inhuman.
When the dust cleared the man she had spoken with before was gone; she was now looking at a full-fledged demon standing over her companion's lifeless body. His skin turned pale. His hair turned white and moved like flames. The surrounding air around her became hot and heavy. For the first time in her life, she was frightened by death.
"Foolish woman you've wasted your time. Now experience the power of ONI..." The demon stopped in his tracks and sniffed the air towards her direction. "I smell the accursed blood within your body. Come let us see which of us will leave the other in miserable death! WHOOAAAH!"
With almost no time to think, she musters the entire demonic aura she'd absorbed over the years to defend against the monster. It causes small horns and tattoos to appear on her body. She blocks a vicious punch that knocks her back a great distance. She catches ground and comes to a sliding stop. The demon lunges toward her and she retaliates with a punch that knocks him back in the ground causing him to roll and dust to fly up. He throws several flaming energy spheres through the dust clouds. She dodges each and the demon gives chase. He catches her and it starts a flurry of blocks, punches, and kicks from both combatants.
She is able to keep pace surprisingly but the demon's stamina seems to have no end. His vicious attacks are rapid and leave no openings. She feared even her husband and father-in-law would fall to such power. The demon grabs Kazumi and strikes her gut, knocking her into a large cedar tree.
"UGH!" She is paralyzed with pain for only a couple of seconds, but this opening means death against such a dangerous opponent.
He glides in for the final strike. She closes her eyes for this final moment, and enjoys the thought of not having to kill her beloved family. She imagined her and Heihachi growing old and attending Kazuya's wedding, helping raise their grandchildren in a peaceful existence. Having these thoughts made her realize she was still alive. She opened her eyes. The demon had missed his target and struck the tree next to her head, the trunk of the large tree exploded like confetti behind her. They both stay frozen as the top half of the large tree fell slowly to the ground.
"KAZUMI!" The man's voice came through the demon "this is the last of my strength, do what you must to keep the demon from his own agenda."
Without hesitation she places her hand above his heart and absorbs the Dark Hadou into her own body. Both Kazumi and the demon scream in agony. The pain causes her blood to boil as the aura transforms her own body, turning her skin and hair pale white and growing thick red horns. Her back sprouted large flaming wings. The man regains some of his original features back as the process continues. He passes out as she takes in the maximum amount of the dark aura as possible without killing herself.
The power coming from her body frightened and excited her. She somehow managed to keep the pain in control, but the words "Death" and "Destruction" ran repeatedly over and over in her head.
"Silence, Oni!" The words stopped.
She looked down at her hands to see what she had become. This wasn't even close to how much power he had within his body. She thought that no normal man could withstand this amount of insane power for long without the curse of the Hachijo blood. She wasn't sure how long she could keep this power in check before it would drive her mad. She looked down at the remarkable man and was surprised to see him still breathing. Who is this man? She had many questions for him regarding this power. She decided to hide him and tend to his coma while attempting to learn how to control this new found power.
She walked over to the corpse of her tiger Shizio who defended her at the cost of her own life. She pet her one last time as she shed a tear.
Such a good Kitty.