Chapter 9: The Elimination Begins

An hour later, Jin finally changed back to his swim shorts after chasing Xiaoyu in a Fundoushi. But to his disappointment, he got sunburned while chasing Xiaoyu in the middle of the sun as he rested in the beach chair while Xiaoyu is putting cooling powder on his back.

"Ow... careful Xiao. That hurts... even my face is turning red." Jin said hurting.

"I can't believe you, Jin. You let yourself chasing me just to touch my butt. Now what happened to you? You got sunburns...?" Xiaoyu sighed worriedly to him.

"Why do you so worried about me, Xiao?" Jin asked calmly to her. "I tried so stop you from following me and now this..."

"Don't be so stubborn, do you think that I'm worried about you?" Xiaoyu sneered at him. "You became nice to me because your mother was there for you is that it?"

"Yes, Xiao..." Jin answered as he finally turn around and face her while relaxing. "If she was there... I've learned a lot from her. Long story..."

"Anyways... We're now adults and we have to make difficult choices from ourselves. If both of us after 20 years we might ended up in wrinkles and stuff?" Xiaoyu said calmly as Jin jokily tells her.

"In my case, I don't want to have wrinkles like my grandfather, Xiao. I would be like my father who never have wrinkles in his 50's due to our curse blood or the Devil Gene."

"Um... Jin...?"

"Yes..."

"Miharu once told me that after 20 years I would be "marry to certain someone" you know... It's a funny question, right?" Xiaoyu said blushing.

"Certain someone? Does she referred about me?" Jin wondered as he sighs. "She never changed after I dropped high school. She always think of me being married to you, is that it?"

"Jin... I know what you mean?" Xiaoyu said as both blushed for the first time while not looking at each other.

"Xiao... I know it's right for my age to marry someone like you but... I'm not ready." Jin said blushing. "I need to learn responsibility first."

"It's all right... I'm not ready for that yet." Xiaoyu said as her cheek became rosier as her stomach growls. "Ugh... I'm so starving..."

"Let's have a snack, Xiao. My treat." Jin smiled while picking his wallet on his pocket as Xiaoyu excitedly agrees.

"Sure... thanks..."

He takes her to the noodle stall where the Laws are making money. Xiaoyu is seen complaining to Forrest about her noodles is being spicy while Jin giggles to see her while eating. Then later, Xiaoyu was watching him in a root-beer float challenge as Jin and Hwoarang are sipping the root-beer float as Hwoarang screams in agony.

"WAHHHHHH!"

"Alright, I won..." Jin said as his head hurts because of the brain freeze. "Oww... I think I got a brain freeze..."

"Congratulations..." Craig said as he gives him a prize much to Hwoarang's disappointment.

"You're lucky Kazama... but for the eliminations, I'll beat the crap out of you."

After that... they watch the sunset as Panda arrives to see both of them.

"(Whoa... both Xiaoyu and Jin were together...)"

"It's Panda..." Xiaoyu smiled while Jin is having a warm compress on his head.

"She sure is here?"

Both noticed Kuma was here and trying to confess his love to Panda in the sunset.

"(Panda... please make me my wife...)"

Panda smacks him with a pink life buoy while swinging it with ropes knocking Kuma in the beach as both Jin and Xiaoyu were washed up from a splash.

"Aww... I'm all washed up..." Xiaoyu said childishly as Jin happily wants to swim after being washed.

"Come on, Xiao... let's go for swimming... it will be fun..." Jin said as he gives his wallet to Panda as he goes swimming at the beach.

"Jin... wait..." Xiaoyu said while following him as she got splashed by him. "Aww... now you make me all wet."

"You can't splash me, Xiao." Jin laughed happily as he got splashed by her. "Hey, that's not fair...?"

Panda watches to see them both of them are splashing together in the beach even it's sunset and she put both of her paws on her mouth while handling Jin's wallet.

"(You were lucky, Xiaoyu... you and Jin were together...)"

Jin then got tripped in the water as he got all washed up and Xiaoyu giggles as he quickly grabs her in the water to make her feel wet as both were laughing together and this is their first moment of being together.

That night, Nina is observing the fighters for tomorrow's eliminations. She then faces Jun who is now wearing a white jacket with a light blue dress. Nina feels familiar to Jun when she talked to her.

Something strange about Jun? She keeps observing us even the fighters. But she's doesn't have a tag partner. I have a bad feeling about this...

Nina ignores Jun for the time being as she was confronted by Zafina.

"You again... I knew you've come."

"I have no business for you, woman." Zafina said coldly to her. "I knew your boss was still alive. We're going to deal with him tomorrow in the eliminations once it comes out of the lists."

Zafina then leaves and Nina knows it was a threat.

At the gym, Jin is practicing his traditional karate moves while wearing his fighting gear for tomorrow's eliminations. Jinpachi visits him.

"Great-grandson, you look tired of practicing." Jinpachi said calmly as Jin stopped as he gets the towel to clean up the sweat on his face.

"Yeah... I took a shower after I have so much fun with Xiao in the beach. Then, practicing my martial arts moves for tomorrow's eliminations."

"Hahaha... sounds like you and that pigtailed girl are a perfect couple. I'm looking foward on that relationship." Jinpachi said laughing as Jin blushes to his comments while he denies.

"Great-grandfather... come on... Xiao and I don't make some sort of a relationship..."

"Relax, young man... it's very important to have responsibility if you have a relationship with someone." Jinpachi said giving him some advice. "Marriage would have a different choice to pick up if you are ready to accept your responsibility to make your own family."

"But great-grandfather... Xiao and I were only just friends. But I always care for my own plans." Jin said sadly.

"The reason why I came here...? I will take you to the Hall of Judgment. It's an emperor's castle with plenty of mysteries." Jinpachi said calmly.

"..."

Jinpachi takes Jin to the Hall of Judgment as he explores the place. Jin reminds this place is Honmaru or Kyoto Castle.

"So... this hall is just like Honmaru's Corridor." Jin commented.

"That's right... this is where the fighters will compete here while I'm having an alliance with my damn son." Jinpachi said as he went to the emperor's room. "Follow me, my great-grandson."

Both arrived at the Emperor's room, Jin was shocked to see old exhibits and weapons have kept in this room.

"This place is like a museum..."

"It is..." Jinpachi said as he press the button on the desk as the secret door opens revealed to be a sword in a yellow and black sheath. "I'll give you something important to you, Jin."

"What is it?" Jin nodded as Jinpachi gets the sword and gives it to him.

"Take this, Mishima War Sabre... it is a powerful treasure to the Mishima family for generations. You maybe a Kazama but your blood is a Mishima. Use that sword as in offense and defense even people who also wield weapons.

"Great-grandfather... I haven't trained in fencing yet." Jin said telling him. "I just learned Kendo in high school..."

Suddenly, Kunimitsu arrives to attack both Jin and Jinpachi as they avoided. Kunimitsu sensed the sword that Jinpachi was handling as she is in Jujutau stance while wielding a stealth ninja kunai.

"I need some answers where Yoshimitsu is? Answer me... where is the sword Yoshimitsu?"

"Are you looking for Yoshimitsu?" Jin asked coldly to her. "If you are looking for the leader of the Manji Clan then you should get out of here..."

"How rude this young lad speak to me like that? No one ever treats me like a woman..." Kunimitsu then attacks Jin with her stealth kunai as Jinpachi throws the Mishima War Sabre to him as he blocks her attack and he opens the sheath as both clashed with weapons as they fight equally.

Kunimitsu spits fire as Jin blocks it with the sabre as she attacks him but dodges. Therefore, Yoshimitsu interrupts their fight as he clashes her with his Fumaken.

"What the...? Yoshimitsu, I knew you come...?"

"You have greatly improved since the last time I saw you, Kunimitsu. Fair enough, you don't know that my sword "Yoshimitsu" is now cursed. If you use that you as a user will completely gone insane." Yoshimitsu said as Kunimitsu escapes to the roof telling him.

"I'll beat you, Yoshimitsu... to get that sword..."

Yoshimitsu then confronts both Jin and Jinpachi while pointing his sword Fumaken.

"Since the tag tournament eliminations is already tomorrow, I will save you for the time being. As for you, Jin Kazama... I thought you exchange for your devil hood. But I was wrong... You still have good left in you. But once the tournament is underway, I will defeat you with my Fumaken."

Yoshimitsu then leaves by teleportation as both were relieved and Jin was shock to see the blade is not smelted after Kunimitsu uses the spit fire.

"Wow... this sword is not smelted after she blows fire. That's a powerful sword."

"It's not going to be rusted once it passes it to the successor." Jinpachi said as he tells him to keep the sword. "Keep that sword, Jin... It will be useful as your defense if anyone attacks you with any weapon, do you understand."

"I understand, great-grandfather... I'll treasure this as always." Jin said calmly as he finally gains the sword.

The next day the beginning of the tag tournament, all people in the world are watching worldwide for the eliminations of the tag tournament.

"Wow... they are crowded to watch the tag tournament. Especially here too." Xiaoyu said while in her fighting gear as Alisa tells her.

"Well good luck on your fight with Master Jin. I'm looking forward to it." Alisa said as she flies off with her jet-packed wings.

Xiaoyu then saw the list of the eliminations as it turn out that they will fight against Paul and Marshall.

"Oh dear... our opponent is that dufus guy and the chef. Sounds pretty easier to beat them. I know Jin is tough." Xiaoyu smiled as Jin arrives.

"You think I'm tough enough to beat them."

"Jin, you're here... How did you..." Xiaoyu said as Jin tells her.

"I think we're gonna fight these wimps in the arena in our place?"

"They are...?"

"I guess so... if we made it to the next round to where we fight these guys. We're going to take a trip around the world." Jin said seriously.

"I think that's our cue, Come on..." Xiaoyu said as Jin follows her to the arena.

The eliminations of the tag tournament is about to begin and the mystery still unfolds. Jun is seen watching her son fighting as she smiles as her eyes changed to yellow while she grins.

Trivia:

*All stages in TTT2 is included to the story while in the Philippines stage which is the Coastline Sunset. Jun and Marissa Panganiban makes their appearance as a cameo in which how his one-year future self involves in the story The Secret's of the Pandora's Box and also meets Jin in the end of it's story.

*Jin for the first time clashing with Kunimitsu with his second item move, The Mishima War Sabre.

*Kunimitsu uses Sasuke's Fire Ball Jutsu from the Naruto series.

*Jin's skin becomes darker for this game. But in this chapter he received sunburns while chasing Xiaoyu at the end of the eighth chapter and his reasons to have a darker skin.

A/N: So the eliminations is now open. Now for the next chapter, Jin and Xiaoyu fight against Paul and Marshall at the Arena in Tokyo. Have fun reading guys...