Chapter 10: Tragedy Slam Off- Part II
In the last chapter, Raven, Taichi, and I discovered the tradgic display of Jerrkiiko's blood being unleashed by Kogatago's inner evil ego, Goldixsyx. I demanded a straight answer to all of this and Alex gave it to me. Now, after a talk with Joviano and Jerrkiiko and after assembling the animals we needed, it was nearly time for the ultimate battle in Tokyo's history… but first, I had to ask either Jin or Kazuya about the Blak Tiger. Jin didn't know about it, but he soon learned about it from his father as he explained it to me, Taichi, Gon, Zakki, Alex, Kuma, Panda, and Advance.
"I know Jin doesn't know about this." Kazuya started. "But, I do. The Blak Tiger is a mythical creature, but he does exist. His black fur and white stripes easily fools the innocent minded, but for the determined ones, they can see him as easily as the brightest star in the sky. His muscle mass is extremely huge and beyond belief, making him the strongest wild cat in history… next to that liger, Advance, of course."
"So, can he attack anything?" Jin asked.
"He can attack everything! From a human's internal conflict to… well, Kogatago's evil ego, he can be able to perfectly attack the ego without harming the mortal creature holding that ego."
"He does have an immortal life, right?"
"He's been around since the creation of the dinosaurs. He's ageless, immortal, and extremely powerful. Nobody can find him with their eyes, however."
"He has to find us?!" Gon asked. Kazuya nodded. "Awww, man! I hate those damn scenarios!"
"But, that's the only way you can actually find him. His whereabouts are usually in one of the darkest parts of Tokyo: The Forbidden Alley."
"Oh, shit." I muttered to myself. That Forbidden Alley was where my grandfather died. I was really frightened about this and my face showed it. Kazuya was the only one who noticed.
"Kunimitsu, what's seems to be the problem?"
"I don't feel too… comfortable about finding this Blak Tiger. He's in the same alley where my grandfather died."
"Is that so? Well, don't worry. You have Advance to protect you along with Taichi. You'll be fine. Trust me."
"I hope so." I sighed after I said this. I still wasn't too confident about this, but for Jerrkiiko's sake, I have to take this plunge of a lifetime. Kazuya remained strict as he continued.
"I wish you all good luck in finding Blak Tiger and defeating Goldixsyx. By the way, did I forget to mention that Goldixsyx's only weakness is Blak Tiger?"
"Really?!" Everybody, except me, asked with shock.
"Huh?" I asked a little late after doing a double-take. Kazuya nodded in agreement.
"Yes. One strike from Blak Tiger on Goldixsyx and he'll become mortal and weak instantly. That gives the other animals a chance to strike at him until he's dead."
"Does that mean we'll be able to attack him as well?" Taichi asked for me. Kazuya shook his head.
"Unfortunately, no. If a human's hand or weapon touches Goldixsyx in any way or form, then it's like the golden touch spell. You'll permanently turn to gold forever. Let the animals do the damage."
"Oh, okay."
"Again, good luck to all of you. Be very careful."
30 minutes later, at the Forbidden Alley…
We all just got through the death alley and into the slums of Japan instantly. It was dark, cold, and a little too scary for kids to pass through. There were over half million dead bodies everywhere… including… my grandfather's. I found his headless body laying right by the wall where his blood splot was. Everybody else gathered around me and my dead elder and I hugged his corpse tightly with immense tears, despite the foul aroma it was emitting.
"That's… your grandfather, Kunimitsu?" Taichi asked me softly. I didn't reply, but in my mind, I said Yes. Taichi heard my voice in my head and scoffed sadly. "Damn. You were right. Two-way accident… written all over his death description."
"Two-way accident?" Zakki asked. Everybody could hear him talk now. I nodded, still hugging my dead grandfather's body.
"Some bastard driver rammed him from the rear end of his car and, while he was about to take his cardiac arrest protection prescription pills, they fell out of his hand and they were all scattered on the road. That's when the cardiac arrest got to him quicker than when the driver rammed him again and he lost control of the vehicle, slamming the nose of the car into this building and my grandfather flew out fast… headfirst… into this goddamn wall, impaling his entire head into nothing!" I cried with extreme sadness. Taichi kneeled down beside me and patted my shoulder.
"Don't worry, baby." He said calmly. "I'm sure his job being a swordsmith gained him much respect during his afterlife in the heavens."
"It did… and that's all that really matters to me right now." After I said this, a set of footsteps were heard from behind and we all quickly turned around to see who it was. It was him. "The Blak Tiger." He looked just like Kazuya had described and he was beautiful. I smiled a little as he approached me and Taichi. "You are the Blak Tiger, right?"
"You are correct, kunoichi." Blak Tiger replied in a super deep male voice. "What name shall I call you by?" I gave that question a second thought and scoffed smoothly.
"Kunishi Yarkataki, but you can just call me Kunishi."
"What?" Taichi asked with confusion. I winked at him.
"I think it's best if I use my real name for once."
"Oh, okay. Keep it goin', then."
"Thanks. Blak Tiger, do you know about this spectre named Goldixsyx?"
"I have been hearing a lot about this Goldixsyx spectre. He is that deadly overtaking ghost everyone in Japan fears. I know who he's controlling and where the controllee is. You must follow me, if you all want to be safe."
"I'll take his word for it on this one!" Kuma pleaded. Panda nodded in agreement with Alex, Advance, and Gon. Taichi and I nodded in agreement simultaneously as we stood up together. "Lead the way, Blak."
"My pleasure… and stay close." After that, we all followed Blak Tiger to where Kogatago was hiding. It wasn't the happiest of places for a mutant raptor to hide in, if you ask me.
20 minutes later, in an abandoned factory called Kogatago Steel Industries…
"This factory was shut down many eons ago." Blak Tiger started when we arrived. "Kogatago himself owned this place and he was the most famous maker of pure, fine, and indestructible Japanese steel katana blades, drakeswords, and kunais."
"Wow!" I exclaimed. "Are you serious?"
"Yes. Ever since Kogatago was adopted by Jerrkiiko, it had to shut down… but nobody will never forget Kogatago's famous weapons. We just have to find him now and defeat Goldixsyx once and for all. Assemble all animals before me." I obeyed as I allowed Advance to approach Blak Tiger with Gon, Alex, Panda, Zakki, and Kuma. Blak paced back and forth in front of them as he continued. "Okay, fellow animals. Introduce your names to me promptly."
"Gon." Gon started.
"Zakki." Zakki said right after him.
"Alex." Alex said next.
"Kuma." Kuma announced.
"Panda." Panda replied sweetly.
"ROAR!" Advance roared outloud. I was able to translate.
"He said his name is Advance." I translated. Blak nodded as he continued.
"Excellent." He replied. "Now, you all have the same mission with me. When I weaken Goldixsyx and force him out of Kogatago's body safely, you all will start attacking him one at a time. Taichi and Kunishi, you two will assist Kogatago and care for him in a safe distance away from our fight. We'll give you a signal when we've defeated him."
"Got it." Taichi and I pleaded.
"Good. Are we all ready?"
"YEAH!" All of the animals cheered. Blak smiled at their enthusiasm.
"Okay. I sense him here. Stand still and don't move until I tell you to." Blak stood perfectly still as he carefully sniffed out for any evidence of Kogatago. He froze after three minutes and stood back just in time for the cloaked Kogatago to land gracefully on his feet with his evil red eyes glowing within the hood, looking at the Blak Tiger with fury. "There you are, Goldixsyx. You better exit from Kogatago's body or you'll die for your insubordination!"
"I refuse to obey your lousy order, Blak!" Goldixsyx growled in a gruff scary voice. "You've defeated me once, but you will never defeat me this time!!! I'm all too powerful for your strength to conquer my soul! So, try me, if you must." After that command, Kogatago threw off the black cloak and he was revealed to be an even deeper orange than his original color, had stronger, heavier legs, fierce fangs at a length of 5 inches long down his mouth, buff arms with the robotic hand missing, but was replaced with an attached katana blade, and the same long metal spikes on his back. I looked on with wide eyes, but soon regained my normal expression as this continued. "PREPARE TO DIE, BASTARD!!!!"
"Same for you." Blak got into his fighting stance and same for Goldixsyx in Kogatago's body. After a minute of staring, Goldixsyx made his first attack, slashing the swordhand faster than my teleporting! Blak was amazingly able to quickly dodge out of the way and make his counterattack by slashing through Kogatago's chest without hurting him, but he targeted perfectly on Goldixsyx's chest and he roared with extreme pain before his ghostly form hastily flew out of Kogatago's back and the extra features that were on him, including the swordarm, turned back to normal and Taichi caught him in his fall right on time before he dashed back towards me. Kogatago was unconscious, but he was going to be okay.
Back in the fight…
"AHHHH!! YOU FUCKIN' BASTARD!!!" Goldixsyx cursed loudly while he kneeled down in pain. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!!!"
"Make me." Blak smoothly replied back as he remained in his fighting stance. The fight raged on like a normal Tekken battle. Goldixsyx's dragon speed was an advantage for successfully avoiding every single attack Blak was unleashing. This frustrated the rare animal before he decided to take it to the skies. He sprouted out a set of four metal wings and the metal chest armor that came with it before he flew up to the sky and hovered above the golden chinese dragon spectre at a height of 70 feet. Goldixsyx growled with anger under his breath before he flapped his 5 foot wingspan dragon wings and flew up to Blak's face and showed him the middle finger in a threatening manner before he growled with it. Blak wasn't even phased as he hovered in that one spot, looking smug. I chuckled at his attitude. It nearly matched mine when I was in the Manji Clan. "Humph! That's all you're going to give me? Even after I dared you to attack me for your damage?"
"I'd like to take things smooth FIRST!" Goldixsyx screamed out that last part while he tried to scratch Blak, but he blocked it cleanly. The dragon ghost was shocked to see this before he was fiercely thrown back, still flying. Goldixsyx was now three feet away from the tiger. He growled with anger before he flew up to him and tried to bite him this time. Blak's armor cracked his teeth as easily as a rock cracking a window and he was now toothless! I laughed at him inside my head, but kept a smile. Taichi chuckled a little while he revived Kogatago. It was music to my ears when I heard him growl to life. I looked down at him with happy tears before I quickly kneeled down before him and held him in my strong arms. He looked up at me with the same smile I remember from when I first met him.
"Kogatago, it's me… Kunimitsu." I whispered to him softly. He growled with happy tears as his weak arms embraced me.
"Koga… missed… you." He weakly spoke, finally speaking English at last. "I missed you… very much, indeed…… Kuni."
"I missed you, too." We remained in our happy hug position for the next sixteen minutes.
During our hug, there was a sound of flesh being deeply pierced and scratched and then, a sound of a dead body collasping to the floor. We all looked over at where the two sounds came from and it was the defeat of the gold dragon spectre, Goldixsyx. Blak Tiger flew down towards us with a calm smile. Behind him, Goldixsyx was still coming to, but Kuma fiercely bit him on the neck to finish him off. The rest of the animals joined in seconds later as Blak, Taichi, Kogatago, and I had a good conversation.
"Goldixsyx couldn't even touch me." Blak proudly stated. "He was a little too mortal to become for a spectre that was resurrected for evil reasons."
"I knew he was weak to begin with." Taichi agreed as I slowly lifted Kogatago up and held him in my arms. He was pretty light in weight for a mutant raptor. "I'll bet that he was that weak before he died."
"He was, yes. He died so quickly for a chinese dragon… many people didn't expect to see him come back to life for a second chance, but some evil force… must've put him up to it anyway."
"Well, whatever that evil force was…" I came in as I held Kogatago comfortably. "…must've been pretty damn stupid when he was thinking that it was gonna work."
"His evil master, Tyron, wasn't very intelligent. He died right after Goldixsyx claimed himself as the new killer warrior of Japan. How he died… is pretty bizzare."
"Put in short terms for us."
"Let's say he… accidently considered himself a fool before the judge in the courtroom. He was accused of second degree murder and was placed on trial and well…… he accidently let the cat out of the bag and accused himself of his crimes. Thus, making himself killed in the electric chair a week later."
"That wasn't short." Taichi corrected. I nodded in agreement after doing a double take at what the Blak Tiger just said. Kogatago was agreeing as well with his confused smirk. Blak chuckled.
"I know. I'm known for having an acute sense of humor, if you will."
"I understand." After Taichi said this, Goldixsyx's dead body flew between us towards a brick wall, rendering him smashed into a million pieces, like my grandfather's head. Goldixsyx was gone for good now. "Holy shit! Who did that last move?"
"Panda!" Gon replied. "I didn't think she had the strength!"
"She is like Kuma… sort of… right, Kuni?"
"Yes." I replied with a smile. Kogatago licked my face after I said this and I looked at him. "What is it, Koga?"
"Kogatago wanna see master again." The raptor said to me in a sorrowful voice. "Is he alive?"
"He's recovering at this moment. You can still see him, if you want."
"Thanks, Kunimitsu."
Later, back at Jerrkiiko's sick bed…
"He spoke proper English?" Jerrkiiko asked me with surprise. I nodded in response as Taichi and I were sitting next to each other on his right side.
"It's not exactly proper, though." I replied. "He spoke a little… 'baby-ish'."
"Ohhh, I see." Kogatago approached his master seconds later and, in an instant, Jerrkiiko was in the happiest tears I've ever seen. It was a scene worth watching as Taichi and I remained silent with smiles. "Kogatago! Is… is it really you?"
"Koga here, master." The orange raptor replied sweetly. "No more meanie Goldix for me."
"That's what I love to hear. Come here, son." At his command, Kogatago slowly climbed up onto the bed by the time his master sat up to make room. They were soon in a loving embrace that could send you to tears. Taichi was glossy eyed, but didn't leak any. As for me… well, I did. They felt cold as they decended out of my glossy green eyes and towards my neck. I didn't wipe them not once. It was such a happy ending to me and, pretty soon, I started crying sofly. Taichi heard me and held me close to his muscular body. I was crying even louder within his chest as soon as he did this. Seconds later, I felt his dragon tears cooling my skin. It became too much for him to hold in. That told me deep inside that he's a very sensitive man… and I like it. It shows his emotions. Sure, people see him as a person with no emotions, but I knew, from the first sight of him, that he did have emotions hidden within his dragon soul. He just… had to command it to escape nonchalantly.
Hours later, at dinnertime, back at Taichi's dojo…
I blankly stared at my plate of fried noodles with chicken and soy sauce, playing in it with my chopsticks. I was still in internal grief from back when I found my grandfather's dead body in the forbidden city. Kaichi, Zakki, Advance, and Dogatagi were all looking at me with concern. Taichi just looked at me with a serious look.
"Kunimitsu?" Dogatagi started. I ignored him, even though I had an urge to reply back. "Kuni? Are you okay?"
All I did was groan in response and continued to play with my food. Taichi bowed his head and closed his eyes as he continued eating.
"She's in grief." He said expertly. Everybody turned towards him. I remained quiet. "When we went to search for the Blak Tiger in the Forbidden City, she found her grandfather's dead and headless body laying at the exact spot where he died."
"Oh, no…" Kaichi muttered sadly. Advance nodded in agreement when he saw how surprised Zakki was. Dogatagi showed a shocked look.
"She did?!" He asked. Taichi nodded. "My God! Of all things Kunimitsu had to witness…"
"Hearing that he died was one thing… but, seeing his dead body was really different. I sense that she really wishes that she could've done something." Taichi stated.
"The past cannot be altered, Kunimitsu." Dogatagi said to me. I looked up at him with a drenched face of tears. "Your grandfather can never come back."
"DON'T SAY THAT!!!" I screamed. "His death was just a coincidence! It was just some bastard driver teasing him… all because he was old and weak! That doesn't seem fair to the elderly, now does it?"
"I have to admit there, yes… but, still. I'm sure it was meant to be. How old was he when he died?"
"He was 87 years old when he died."
"I rest my case. It was meant to be for his death, even if the purpose was to only tease him to death accidently."
"You just don't get it, do you?" I was in fury. Hearing the grandmaster say that his death was meant to be made my blood boil. "MANY PEOPLE HAVE TRIED KILLING HIM BEFORE!!"
"Ouch." Kaichi muttered with Zakki. Advance moaned sadly. Taichi humphed smoothly, but with shock. Dogatagi was wide eyed.
"You're… kidding, right?" Dogatagi asked me. I shook my head in response.
"Fuck, no! I make my statement perfectly clear! My grandfather's death was never meant to be. He's just… a victim on Death's list of many others."
"Kunimitsu…"
"Don't reject my true statement again! He was Death's next target and it finally got him! He was to be one of the longest lasting swordsmiths in history and, I swear to Hell, that he will be resurrected from there!" After that, I disappeared towards the grandmaster's room and locked the door the moment I was completely teleported inside there.
Inside the room…
I was on the grandmaster's bed, crying loudly against a pillow. Those hurtful words really pierced my heart with a needle of fury. I would've gotten smart and said, "Everybody has a time of death", but I didn't want him to punish me. After a little over 15 minutes of my crying, there was a mysterious and cold breeze flowing against me. I looked around the room, feeling that cold wind partially froze up my leftover tears on my cheeks. After 10 seconds, the breeze decended. I was puzzled. I resumed my suffering, keeping my face off the pillow this time. After 20 seconds, the breeze came again. I was about to reach for my kunai, but I realized that I didn't have it with me. I just held up my fists instead. After 15 seconds, I saw the source of the breeze right before me. It was…
"………grandpa?" I asked softly. I lowered my fists and wiped my tears. "Is… is that really…… you?"
"Kunimitsu…" His eerie, but sweet voice replied. I slowly approached his ghastly form and carefully reached for his hand. "…my, my, my. Look how you've changed."
"…huh?" I did a double take. Usually, they say 'Look how you've grown', right? He just said 'Look how you've changed'. He must've sensed my internal change from a thief to a nobody. "You… noticed?"
"I've been sensing it all through my afterlife in the heavens. You've really changed somehow. You've done so many good deeds for others… that your thief description is permanently deleted. I actually love how you've changed, Kunimitsu. You'll shine a new light on the other Tekken fighters when you meet them again. Your journey for change… is complete. Congradulations."
"……………" I was speechless. My grandfather's words and voice allured me… but the fact that my journey of change is finally complete lit up my heart back to its peaceful setting. I smiled with happy tears as he continued.
"I am so proud of you, Kunimitsu. Being a manji doesn't matter to you now. You can now start your own life without dealing with that retched Yoshimitsu anymore. He… is dead, am I right?"
"………y… yes, sir. He is."
"Excellent. You'll live a happy life forever. Good luck."
"Wait!" He disappeared right when I said this. I was still happy to see him. I soon became excited. I ran out the room in a flash and tackled Taichi in a hug, kissing him on the way. This surprised everybody. Even Advance cried a little, but calmed down when he saw it was me. "Taichi! I saw him!"
"Your grandfather?" He asked me calmly, despite the fact that he was just as excited as I was. I nodded in response before I kissed him passionately on the mouth again. Dogatagi was silently shocked as he looked over at us on the floor kissing wildly. Then, he looked at his other grandson. He smiled with humor as he shrugged his shoulders.
"She rests her case now." Kaichi said to him cooly. Dogatagi scoffed with a dumbfounded look.
"So she does, so she does, so… she… does." He muttered. Zakki chuckled while Advance laughed hysterically with him. Taichi and I finished our kiss after only five minutes and looked into each other's eyes.
"You want some as a celebration?" Taichi dared to ask me. I purred sensually before I spoke.
"In a shower." I replied smoothly.
"That's what I'm talkin' about, baby."
An hour later, in a roomy shower…
We were kissing passionately on the mouth again while the hot, steamy water drenched our naked bodies. His strong arms were around my body while my slender hands were sexually stroking them. They felt pretty good when they were wet. After our seven minute wet kiss, we released from each other and looked into our eyes again. His pink eyes were so passionate to look at and I'll bet my green eyes were the same in his vision.
"Damn, Kuni." Taichi moaned. "You get better and better with these tasty kisses."
"Well, I've changed, remember?" I asked him. "My grandfather said that my journey of change is complete… and I am completely changed. Have you ever noticed…" I paused as I stroked his chest sexually. "…that I've done too many good deeds to be called a thief?"
"Yeah, I've noticed. I guess since you've done so much, your bad side is completely gone."
"Yeah, my bad side. My naughty side… is right here." After I said this, I sexually licked his wet neck. He closed his eyes with passion, but didn't make a sound. As a response, he gently grabbed my ass and massaged it with extreme lust. I moaned between licks as I felt this. We continued this for the next 20 minutes. When we finally stopped, I looked down at his legs. The whole bottom half of his body was of a black dragon's. Then, I looked back up at his face. My green eyes showed pity. Taichi read it like a short sentence.
"What's wrong, Kunimitsu?" He asked me in a deeper tone of his already deepened voice.
"You really are half-human, half-dragon. This is probably a good factor of never getting a girl." I replied back in a sorrowful voice. Taichi bowed his head.
"Exactly. That's the only thing keeping me from getting a girl."
"Well, am I running away from you?"
"No."
"You know what that means, don't you?"
"Yeah." After that, he kissed me passionately on the mouth again. It was on now.
Later, in the main dojo…
Taichi was already fucking me like he was insane! I screamed at my loudest capacity with passion, begging him to go deeper. He complied and I screamed even louder. Taichi ended up roaring in his pure dragon fury as he felt his orgasm before I did. I grew scared, but then, I smiled as he slowed down a little.
"Nice." I commented. "Your dragon spirit is really taking over you."
"Like my unimportant thoughts of suicide." Taichi added with humor. I chuckled weakly at that comment.
"Does… Kaichi know that you're…… intellectual?"
"In some way, he does. He just… can't find it with his own lavender, blood-stained eyes."
"So, how come other women wouldn't get it out of him when he did eventually see your smarts?"
"They were too busy flirting with him instead of asking questions about me. They thought of him as… the 'mischevious' one. Tell you the truth, I'm the one who's mischevious."
"I can tell." I looked at his privacy as I said this and purred afterwards. He smiled and his pink eyes gave him a cuter smile. "So, I've really made you whole again with the relationship predicament, right?"
"Yes. You've really revived my dead self-esteem. It's been dead since my first year of middle school and now, you've brought it back. I actually feel it opening its eyes right now." After he said this, he continued his pumping session inside me in a very slow pace. I tightly grasped his strong arms as a response because it felt too good. I was moaning and gasping at my hardest as he got deeper inside me. He continued talking as he heard my passionate cries. "I never thought this would happen this easily, but… I must admit, you've really changed enough for it to happen."
"What is that you refer to?" I struggled to get that question out, but he still heard it and smiled.
"Our love for each other. Having you as a girlfriend just isn't enough anymore at this rate."
"…what?" I was breathing hard after that, but I was still puzzled. At the sign of my confused face, Taichi silently pulled out a small black velvet box from the nightstand drawer with his longer dragon tail. I eyed the box and remained silent as he spoke.
"Kunishi Yarkataki, a.k.a. Kunimitsu, from the bottom of my partially dragon heart, I ask you in my sincerest and deepest passion………"
"………………" I watched him carefully. Then, when he opened the small box, there was a pure tanzanite and gold ring. I gasped at its shiny luster and looked up at him with his glimmering pink eyes looking at me.
"……will you marry me?"
"…oh, my God!" I was speechless after that. Our love making session stopped immediately when I jumped up for an accepting hug. "YES!! Yes, I'll marry you, Taichi Hagasaka!!" We remained in our embrace for the next ten minutes and eventually, we got sleepy. He quickly placed on my engagement ring on the proper finger, still keeping that signature smile on his face. I looked at the hand he placed my ring on with and he already had on his engagement ring. I was too happy. "When did you decide this?"
"I figured that since you really don't care about my half-dragon, half-human form, it's better off if I just claim you as my first and newest wife. Hopefully, our relationship won't run amok."
"Oh, fuck no! I've been looking for a loved one myself. My grandfather was all I had left and being alone wasn't gonna be part of my agenda for a lifetime."
"You'll love being with my family. Literally, my father's part of the family is all dragon. Whole, live dragons! My mother's is… well, human. Get it?"
"Completely. I want to meet your family… the humans first."
"Okay. First, let's get some sleep. Sex with you is too much for me for a start. Give me two nights of rest, alright?"
"Fine." After I said this, Taichi fell asleep with happy tears. I laid down on his strong chest with my happy tears drenching him. He actually proposed to me, which I didn't expect from a sorrowful warrior with a dragon spirit that's literally half of his body. When tomorrow comes, I'll shine my new light on the Tekken fighters after I meet Taichi and Kaichi's mother's side of the family, which are the humans. The dragon side of the family… well, I'll be prepared. Meeting one dragon is one thing, but meeting a whole family population of them… that's sure to blow some rotten dragon breath on me. Damn, it's gonna be harsh. Whew!