When we entered the Gym, my ear drums practically shattered from the cheering inside. There wasn't even that many people in there, but man were they loud. In the ring was a man or tiger taking in all the cheering.

He jumped over the rope giving everyone hi fives and signing autographs.

"Excuse me?" Alisa asked. The tiger looked up at us and I was a bit taken aback. "Do you know where we can find King and Craig Marduk?"

"Your looking at us!" A voice boomed behind us. Do all city men have surprisingly loud voice, or were my ears just too sensitive?

I regonised the man as the guy that was in the car earliar. The one Steve was glaring at. Is this guy that bad?

He stomped towards us, punching his face.

"What do you want?" he asked.

"We need to talk to you, about how to get to the Mishima Estate." Craig brushed past me, completely ignoring what I was saying. We all followed him to a small room in the back of the gym.

It finally came through to me that I was pretty terrified of this guy. Even the tiger seemed less intimidating then this bigfooted giant.

"Now why would a bunch of tiny little kids want to see the man for?" He asked, seeming impatient. What should we explain ourselves to this guy. "Come on!" he snapped. "I don't have all day!"

"Well we are..." I cut off Alisa, giving her a look, warning her not to give out information. She silenced immedietly.

"That's not importatnt." I told coldly. He looked really pissed off at my aloofness.

"Who the hell do you think your talking to huh? You know who I am? No one talks to me like that!" He began to rant, voice growing louder then ever. "Talk like that to me again I'll break that pretty face of yours!"

I nodded letting him know I understood the trash coming out of his mouth. I mean words.

"Better open up your ears cause I'm only going to say this once." He warned us. "From here, you need to head into Chinatown, pass the Sushi bar to another boxing arena, "Abyss Gate", their's a lot of junkies and stuff hanging around there so don't give them the time of day. Behind there is a Lost Cemetary, do not, I repeat, DO NOT, go in there. Then drive staight until you go by Mishima Highschool and all the suburbs to the Industrial Highway. That should get you out of town." Craig explained, gesturing as he spoke. "Believe it or not, there is a Nature Park right in the middle of nowhere, so you might have to drive through there. But be careful, bears roam around there. After you drive by "Country Bear" you should be at the Mishima Estate."

I nodded my head letting all the information sink in. But I'm sure Alisa will repeat everything in the car.

"You better watch out, Mishimas aren't no jokes!" He warned.

"We made it this far, I'm sure we'll be fine." I explained.

He walked us out to our cars, and I noticed him eyeing Alisa the entire way. That said girl seemed to notice too and began to cower behind me.

"So are you two like Bonnie and Clyde or what?" Craig asked with a laugh.

"Marduk, " I began, "I respect you, but I don't trust you enough to tell you about our...personal issues." Craig glared at me for a long time.

"Fine. But you have to tell me who brought you here, no way in hell did you automatically know who to ask for directions, since you seem to be looking for me." Wow, he wasn't as dumb as he seemed.

"A man named Steve told us." Alisa explained.

Craig laughed hugely as soon as she spoke his name."That little mama's boy. He can't fight to save his life. he has to rely on his little buddies to back him up. Don't forget that." he laughed again. "Steve Fox, trying to be a little helper aren't you?" He leered back at Alisa. "Hey, baby, if you want a real man, you sure won't find one in those pants. Just come to me if you want a good time."

I could have sworn I heard Alisa whimper behind me.

"Yeah, I'm sure she has better things to do then try to find your manly." I mumbled before jumping into the driver seat.

"Why you little-"

"Come on Alisa, we have places to be!"
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It was six in the evening when we passed the next place on our list. The Lost Cemetary. Why couldn't we go in there? Is it haunted?

Then I saw a gray blur jump from one tree to another. Was that a man? I stopped the car, curiousity getting the best of me.

"Leo, why have we stopped?" Alisa asked me. I got out of the car, the rain instantly drenching me as I stepped out. Alisa followed suit. "Marduk said we could not go in there."

"Yeah, but why? A haunted story, a person..." I trailed off as I saw the same figure jump to another tree. "Come on! We're following it!"

"But it could be dangerous!" Alisa called back as I ran past her. She followed me anyways.

"We should have packed rain coats." I muttered to myself as we ran in the rain. I could only see so much because my hair was clinging to my eye lids.

Bam!

"Ah!"

"Whoa!" The two of us jumped back as a grey figure jumped in front of us. He was a man/tiger like King, except he had a grey mask and a darker body.

I thought he was going to attack us or something but instead collapsed against the muddy concrete.

"What do you think happened?" I asked my partner. She was silent for a few moments, then shrugged, which surprised me. Since when did Alisa not know anything.

I laughed nervously. "Well, adventure times over." I giggled as I fast walked back to the car.

We pulled up to a large building that read: Mishima High School.

"The Mishimas own a highschool?" I asked Alisa.

"Yes, Heihachi Mishima installed this establishment for underaged fighters, so they can proceed to have an education as well as train."

Tap! tap! Tap!

I looked up from my steering wheel and saw a young chinese girl with piggies in her hair wearing a school uniform. I unrolled my window to see what she wanted.

"Yeah?" I asked her.

She bowed quickly, "I'm so sorry to take your time, you see my ride isn't coming and I have no way home, so can you please give me a ride?" She asked with sincerity.

"Um, sure. I'm sure it's no trouble." She bowed once more, speeding off thank yous that I can hardly catch. I let her sit in the backseat, apologizing for the mess I left back there.

"My name is Ling Xiaoyu by the way."

"I'm Leo Kliesen, and this is my friend, Alisa Bosconovitch." Alisa gave the young student her usual gentle smile, and Xiaoyu smiled back, while clutching onto her bag.

"Looks like I owe you one." Ling announced after a minute of silence. "I know people are usually busy these days and don't have the time to worry about strangers, I'm glad to see others taking their time to help others."

Mom, you said something like when I was in school right?

"Oh, you can pull up here." She lived in a small quaint house that you would most likely see in a movie. An elderly man came out dressed in a robe.

"Leo, it is Jinrei Wang." Alisa told me once we parked up front.

"What is Wang doing here?"

"He's my grandpa!" Xiaoyu cried proudly.

"Grandpa?" I cried out in surprise as Ling bursted out of the car.
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"Ai, it must be fate that we meet again." Wang said proudly as he came back into the living room with some moon treats. "How is your journey coming along young ones?"

"It has it's obstacles." I told him. "But we still have a ways to go."

"Then you should not be wasting your time here." Wang told us, messing up my hair.

"We really should be going then." Alisa said, as she grabbed a hold of my hand, leading me to the door. Ling jumped up from her seat with a sad look.

"Your leaving already?" she asked sounding on the verge of tears.

"We need to go." I explained, but the young chinese student merely frowned more.

"Where are you going?" Why does everyone want to know where we're going? Like their so interested.

Well, we're looking for Jin Kazama to stop this war and save the world.

"We are searching for Jin Kazama." Why Alisa? She doesn't need to know that.

"Jin?" I think I saw about five emotions flash through her face.

"You know him?" I asked. Ling looked away, her thoughts elsewhere.

"We used to go to school together. He helped me alot. I've been looking for him for a really long time." Her cheeks turned a light pink, which probably meant it was more to it. Her eyes flashed towards ours with determination. "Let me go with you."

"You can't."

"Come on, I am pretty strong you know!"

"I don't want you to go."

Her eyes glistened with tears that threatened to spill. "Why not! I've been looking for him for two years! Now's my chance and your pushing me away."

"I understand what your going through. But it's not like it's going to be easy. Do you know how far we've drove to even be talking to you right now. And it's going to get much harder once we get to the Mishima Estate. We can't get you involved."

"We're only doing this for your protection." Alisa explained.

"Please Xiao," I continued, "once we are sure we can get Jin to hear us out, maybe you can see him again." The chinese girl quickly launched herself onto my jacket, which made me stiffen.

"Be careful." She whispered. I looked at Alisa and absolute shock was on written on her face. Do I have to learn to control my emotions with her around now? I slowly pried her fingers off my jacket and headed for my car, ready to confront Jin Kazama for this girl.