Chapter 7: A New Beginning

Jin woke up few hours later at a hospital, beside him, Lili is sleeping. He can't remember anything that happened before. He also noticed that the mark is missing so he tried to recall what happened but this made his head seems pulsating. He tried not to make noise but he eventually gave up. This caused Lili to wake up. Reacting quickly she tried to call the nurse but Jin stopped her by pulling her in the bed hugging her tight.

"I'm sorry for what I did to you" he said

"Don't worry, you didn't hurt me too much, what happened to you, is it still aching?" she replied

"Not anymore, what happened to the Mishima Zaibatsu, to the world? Is Kazuya ruling it now?"

"Nothing happened except for the repairs of the damage done on the Polytechnic School as well as the continuation of the tournament"

'That's strange…' Jin thought as he closed his eyes, still hugging Lili, ready to sleep. But suddenly Asuka entered the room. Jin hugged Lili tighter instead seeing Asuka. She was just standing there as Jin broke the silence by asking.

"Why?"

"I'm just not used seeing Lili that way, as well as you. Anyway, I've heard the news, what happened to you?" she stated

"To be honest, I have no control at myself that time but now Kazuya… he took the devil gene"

"I'll try my best to help" she proudly said as she exit the room

"No, wait, he's too…" Jin was not able to finish his sentence but he caught Lili staring at him.

"Why?" he asked

"Nothing I'm just wondering why are you so sweet now" she replied

He just smiled at her and winked. Few minutes later, they're both sleeping.

Meanwhile, at the tournament, two combatants are seen. A huge wrestler named Craig Marduk and a cyborg like swordsman, Yoshimitsu. Even though Yoshimitsu is not using his swords, he is clearly winning. Suddenly, another wrestler came up from behind and held Yoshimitsu so that Marduk can take the upper hand. Moments later, Yoshimitsu found himself being caught on a double suplex. Shortly afterwards, the two were enjoying their win as the crowd roared wildly. The one with the Jaguar mask, King, is also roaring. Yoshimitsu struggled to get up and attempted to retaliate even though he's already exhausted. He was stopped by another wrestler with steel armor and with a darker Jaguar mask, Armor King. Seeing this, Marduk and King rushed at him but Marduk took a kick in his face while Armor King dodged King's knee and unleashed a flurry of punches which ended up with a huge right hand. Marduk tried to hold Armor King from behind but his head was grabbed and took a knee this time. Armor King jumped and landed an elbow on Marduk's abdomen. As he saw King attacking, he executed a leg sweep that knocked him off his feet. He grabbed his legs and spun him around, hitting Marduk in the process, and threw him across the arena afterwards. Armor King helped Marduk to stand up by lifting him on the ground to perform a pile driver at him. Then he went to King and positioned him upside down, holding his leg while the back of his neck on his shoulder. Then he jumped at Marduk, crushing Marduk's head with his thigh while breaking King's neck. The steel armor surely left a mark on the two wrestlers as it left Marduk with a fractured skull. He threw King afterwards. Moments later, Armor King was seen on the arena pointing at the two and making a slit throat sign that ended up with a thumb down before walking away.

Disappointed at himself, Yoshimitsu left the stadium but he saw Bryan Fury battling Tekken soldiers, trying to enter. Yoshimitsu acted quickly and unsheathed his sword and quickly rushed at Fury. Sensing this, Fury grabbed a gun at a nearby soldier and shot it at the direction where he sensed something but before he could turn around Yoshimitsu vanished leaving smoke. Confused, Fury scanned his surroundings but the soldiers attacked him again. Reacting quickly, he executed an uppercut and lifted the nearest soldier, slamming him to the ground. As he looked up laughing like a maniac while the last soldier shoots him, he let out a single powerful straight punch which sent the soldier flying before Fury laughs again. Yoshimitsu sheathed his sword as Bryan Fury exploded moments later.

Yoshimitsu excitedly reported his triumph to Dr. Bosconovitch who congratulated him after hearing this. Dr. Bosconovitch also told Yoshimitsu that Heihachi was confirmed dead. Yoshimitsu had little concern regarding this matter so he waved Dr. Bosconovitch goodbye but before he could go, he was warned that if he didn't let his cursed sword go, it will consume him. Yoshimitsu thought of the years of him using the sword so he decided to keep it anyway.

Back at the stadium, Yoshimitsu saw an old man near the entrance whispering to him that he must defeat Heihachi for a person named Xiaoyu. He approached him and informed him that Heihachi is already dead. Hearing this, the old man thanked him and asked him the details but he can't answer this. Suddenly, Alisa approached them; Yoshimitsu recognized her and greeted her. She said that she will be the one to explain what happened to Xiaoyu's grandfather Wang. Yoshimitsu went inside the stadium as Alisa talked to Wang.

Meanwhile, Ganryu is wandering at the halls of the fighters where he saw a room where Julia stays. He slowly pushed the door hoping it's not lock and surprisingly it isn't. He caught a glimpse of Julia undressing, he tried to resist temptation but it is surely strong. Before he could see something, he was startled by a whistle. He was now panicking and saw a glimpse of a cyborg like swordsman whom he recognized. He then whispered "Yoshimitsu" while running. Julia heard the whistle and quickly looked outside the room where she saw Yoshimitsu walking away. Scared, she quickly closed and locked the door.

Suddenly, "Get ready for the next battle, Yoshimitsu vs Ganryu"