"You soon will be the head of this Zaibatsu, Jin. You have to start taking responsibilities."
19-year-old Jin nodded. His grandfather was right. This was his destiny, there was no place for fun anymore. He had to take responsibility and be a man.
"I'll search for some educational programs abroad and I'll send you there. You need to get disciplined." Heihachi said.
"But-" His grandfather interrupted him.
"You will have one month at most, get ready." He showed him outside. Jin left the room and cursed to his luck. He didn't want to leave here. He didn't ask to be the next leader of this corporation. His blood required this for him and he hated that the most.
"Sir, the group of special fighters has arrived. Where should we take them?" Some soldier asked Jin. He couldn't care less.
"Take them to training room." He shrugged.
"Will you be there to choose sir, or should I inform Mr. Mishima?"
Jin sighed. "Inform him." The soldier nodded and entered Heihachi's room. Jin started to walk away. When he took the corner he bumped into someone. He looked at them. It was a short-haired blonde European girl, there were a lot of people from different ethnicities it appeared. This must be the special fighters group, he thought.
"Hey!" The girl exclaimed when he bumped into her. The girl was like half in his size. "Be careful." She said angrily, not knowing he was the grandchild of the ultimate boss.
"Don't be this small then." Jin mocked her and left. He had no time for inferiors. He heard she cursed behind him. Poor girl, if she had any idea of who he was...
After a few minutes the soldier came back to Jin.
"Sir, Mr. Mishima wants you to be the one who will decide which fighters to take in."
Jin sighed. "Alright... When?"
"Right now sir, at the training room."
He sighed one more time. "Okay, I will be there in a minute.
He arrived at the training room and found at least 20 fighters waiting. He entered and stopped in the middle of the room. A few people were looking at him but lots of them didn't even realised.
"Manager of Mishima Zaibatsu Jin Kazama will be choosing among fighters!" The corporation soldier shouted and took all of their attention. Now all of them realized that he was here. They all got in formation.
No one expected him to be a manager of a corporation like this. He was so young, even younger then many of the fighters.
Jin looked at them one by one. He cannot see one Japanese person, they were all from another corner of the world.
His eyes stopped when he saw a familiar face. The girl he just bumped into and get cursed at by. He smirked evilly and observed her worried expression. She knew she fucked up and she won't be among the chosen ones.
"First of all, welcome to Japan." He said. "I will be the one choosing among you. The process is going to be; first, you all introduce yourself to me one by one, who are you, where are you from, what is your profession, why do you want to be here etc. I will also ask you further questions. Second, you will show me your abilities, your skills. I'll give details beforehand. And third part is a surprise." He smirked. And added. "By the way, just know that there's no limit of choosing. I can choose all of you as well as none of you. It all depends on your performance." He observed all of them again. "Any questions? None? Let's start then."
He sat down on the big comfy chair in front of them. He pointed the one on the right side. "Let's start with you."
The fighter took a few steps forth and came on front of him.
"I am Christie Montiero, from Brazil. I specialised on Capoeira. I want to be chosen because I think my skills are required here as well as I require what this corporation has to offer to me. It's complementary."
Jin was listening with his hand on his chin. "Why your skills would be required here?" He asked.
"Umm, because it's not likely to have one who is specialised in Capoeira. It's unique, unexpected, different."
"What is your expectations from here?"
"I believe I will reach many opportunities to improve myself as I gain lot of experiences. I will improve my skills and my knowledge at the same time."
Jin nodded. "Alright, next." He signed her to turn back to her place. Other fighter came forward.
"I am Eddy Gordo, I'm from Brazil. I mastered in Capoeira-"
Jin raised his brow and turned to first fighter. "It wasn't likely to have one who specialised in Capoeira?" He mocked.
Christie was embarrassed. "We came here together. We are students of the same master."
"So how will you differ from each other? Why would I choose two people with the same abilities?"
"Just choose one of us then." Christie said. Eddy turned to her in shock. Jin guessed this wasn't how they agreed to do this.
"Okay, let's continue Eddy Gordo."
Eddy talked and answered his questions.
"Next?"
"Hwoarang from Korea..."
"Julia Chang from USA..."
"Leo Kliesen from Germany..."
Nearly after ten fighters it was her turn.
"Next one?" Jin had a smirk on his face. She must have an idea about who he is by now. Such unfortunate interaction for her. Jin was going to have fun for sure.
She was looking very nervous, she already realised what was about to happen.
"Nina Williams from Ireland. I mastered Aikido and Koppojutsu-" He interrupted.
"In Ireland?"
"Yes-"
"These are Japanese martial arts." He kept interrupting.
"I learned those from my father who had duty here in Japan in the past."
"Interesting, I wonder how well a European can master those arts."
"I am willing to show." She said. He raised a brow. How funny she thinks she would pass to the next part.
"What is the reason you're here?"
"I want to take place here because I have what this corporation lacks-"
"You think we lack Aikido or Koppojutsu masters. We're in Japan right now, if you need a reminder." He wanted her to struggle.
"I am not talking about skilled fighters. You can find skilled fighter anytime, anywhere. This room is full of them. But what I have unlike others is I am very determined and I have never left a job unfinished. I have a talent to separate my job and my emotions perfectly and nothing will come between my goal and me."
"So you're a killing machine."
"One can say so. I also mastered in using various guns. I have multiple ways to finish a job. Nothing can escape me." She had lots of confidence it seemed. He had an idea, he should give her a lesson.
"Okay, next one?"
"Forest Law from USA..."
"Feng Wei from China..."
"Steve Fox from UK..."
"Miguel Caballero Rojo from Spain..."
All fighters introduced themselves. Jin gave a break for all and also choosing which ones he will eliminate. After the break he announced the eliminated ones, there was now approximately 10 fighters left.
"Now this time I want to see your skills, let's go with the same order."
Christie started to show her skills. After her performance, Eddy performed.
Jin said "Let's see two of you against each other, it would make it easier to choose among the two of you." Eddy looked unsure. He surely didn't want to fight his crush who is Christie. But unlike him, Christie was very ambitious and wanted to have this job for herself. She already started to attack. Eddy was blocking at first. Then he started to respond but he was careful to not hurt her. As result, Christie was the winner.
"Next." He saw all of their performances. They were sure professional fighters. But more than their skills, Jin observed their attitudes.
"I will now announce the ones got in the final election which will take place in future days. You will be given rooms in this corporation until then."
Then he started to read the list he made.
"Hwoarang, Miguel Caballero Rojo, Leo Kliesen, Forest Law, Nina Williams and Eddy Gordo."
He was surely so picky
"Eddy? But I won the fight?" Christie came forward.
"So?"
"So I am more skilled than he is!"
"But you are not trust-worthy. You don't have a place in this corporation."
Christie angrily left the room. Eddy tried to follow her but Jin gave sign to the soldiers to stop him.
"Only problem with you is that you're so selfless Eddy Gordo. We'll work on it of you make it to the end." Jin said. And turned all the fighters had been chosen.
"Get yourselves a place to stay everyone." He said and left the training room. He informed soldiers that he wants to know the rooms of all of them.
They all moved in their rooms. All the ones except Eddy that made into final were happy. Every one of them were thinking they made it.
But Jin Kazama had a plan to ruin their peace. The final test was going to be unexpected. He planned that he will send a group of men to each one their room after the midnight and the men were gonna act like they're enemy and they busted them. And Jin was going to decide who to let in depending on their reactions.
Their rooms were far for each other, Jin made sure of that. First one to try was Hwoarang.
They crashed his door open and entered. He woke up and tried to understand what's happening.
"Get down!" One of the soldiers aimed the gun at him.
"Hey, hey, what's happening?" He raised his hands.
"You all will go down as this corporation does."
"Wait, wait, wait. I am not even one of them, I am here for elections, I don't have anything related to this corporation."
"Are you willing to share information with us then?"
"I don't have any but whatever you ask, I don't care about this place."
So they asked him some questions and he answered as much as he knows.
Jin was listening to conversation through his earphone and watching the cameras which were on soldiers he sent.
He shook his head after Hwoarang's reaction and crossed out his name.
Next was Miguel. Jin wasn't expecting this guy to pass the test. But he resisted the man and didn't cause his name to be crossed out. Jin was surprised.
Next test subject was Leo who got scared when they came. But rejected to say anything about them. When they asked questions Leo started to shout and didn't answer.
Other was Forest Law. He said he was going to answer them but when they asked he kicked them and started to run. Others soldiers stopped him and told him it was a test. He cursed them.
Jin chuckled to all these. He put a question mark next to his name.
Nina Williams was the next and Jin specificly asked soldiers to be more aggressive. Wanted them to scare her good.
They busted in and Nina raised from her bed quickly, she was already awake.
They aimed guns at her. "Tell us where is Jin Kazama?"
"Who are you?" She was calmer than he thought she would be.
"You are busted by G-Corp, you're gonna tell us everything you know about Mishima Zaibatsu."
"Why would I do that?" She crossed her arms. Jin was very surprised that she was so relaxed when there were three guns aimed at her.
"Or you'll pay with your life."
"Before that with your ass maybe." One of the soldiers said to scare her.
"I'd like to see you try." She said smirking and suddenly attack them. She kicked one from the beneath of his chin and knocked him out. Then took other's gun after she locked his head with her legs and pulled the trigger when she aimed the third. But the gun was empty. She looked at the gun with a confused expression.
"Stop, this was a test!" The one with the locked head said.
"Test?"
"It was the third test."
She frowned. So this was the test. This was the most stupid thing ever. She let go of him.
"And you were about to pay with your head." She said.
"It was Mr. Kazama's plan."
She rolled her eyes. Seriously?
Jin was chuckling. He was glad he didn't have soldiers filled guns. They might have been dead now.
He was thinking he would eliminate this girl but now he realised he could have fun with her more.
Next was Eddy Gordo. He was already depressed. But he didn't leaked any kind of information.
So the list was now; Hwoarang: eliminated, Miguel: passed, Leo: passed, Forest: questionable, Julia: passed, Nina: passed, Eddy: passed.
Next day Eddy, Nina, Miguel and Leo were in the conference room. They are told to wait. After fifteen minutes of silence Jin Kazama came into the room.
"Congratulations to every one of you. You all passed the tests. Now you will undergo an observation phase and this time you might want to leave it. If you can complete it, you'll become a Mishima fighter."
"How long will it take?" Eddy asked.
"About 6 months. You will be observed by me and Heihachi Mishima himself."
"What are expected from us?" Leo asked this time.
"Whatever we asked you to do." He said.
"We're not going to be against each other, right?" Miguel asked.
"No, it's not a competition. Again, all of you can pass or none of you."
He waited for other questions.
"Don't you have any questions?" He asked to Nina.
She shook her head. "No."
"So you're ready to do anything." He smirked.
"Absolutely."
"Alright then, let's start by bringing coffee to me. I'll be in my office." He said and turned to everyone. "Meeting is over, good luck everyone." Then left the room.
Nina was surprised. "So this is what they will ask from us?" She said.
Eddy chuckled. "You definitely made him mad when you cursed behind him."
"How could I know he was the fucking manager..." She complained.
"What are we gonna do now?" Leo asked.
"I'll wait for a command." Miguel pit his arms behind his head and relaxed on the chair he was sitting.
"I'll find some coffee." Nina left the room with an annoyed face.
She asked the first person she saw. "Where can I find some coffee?"
"You'll find canteen downstairs." The man told her quickly and left with the same speed. He was in rush she thought. So she went downstairs started to look for the canteen. After a lot of time and walking up and down, finally she found it and bought coffee to take him. Before leaving she asked someone again. "Hey, do you know where is Jin Kazama's office?" They told her the location and she found it more easily. She knocked and came in.
"I was wondering if I can drink some coffee before midnight." He mocked her.
"I was kinda lost." She said. She was a little bit breathless. She served him the coffee. He looked at coffee first then her. "What is that?"
She was confused. "It's coffee."
"Where did you get it? From the canteen?" He scoffed, he didn't know it was literally from the canteen.
"Yes." Jin looked at her face blankly once again. "Are you joking?"
She was confused and angry. Tried to ease her temper. "Didn't you asked for a coffee?"
"Yes, I did." He pointed somewhere. She turned back to see. There was a very expensive looking coffee machine in his office.
"Oh."
"Throw this away and make me a black coffee." He turned back to his computer.
Nina took the cup from his desk and angrily emptied it to sink next to coffee machine. She tried to solve the machine but she never saw one of them before. There were coffee capsules, so she had to use them. But how?
She tried to look beneath the filter, she has spent a few time there looking at the machine.
"I really wonder if I will drink any coffee today." She heard him saying. He was so annoying.
"Um, I don't know how these works." She said. She hated not knowing things. It made her feel like a stupid little kid.
"Tsk." Jin wasn't amused. He stood up and came near her. "I'll show you one time. Don't forget it next time."
Next time? Was she gonna make him coffee all the time?
"Don't you have servants here?" She asked.
"We do." He simply answered and started to teach her how this machine works.
"Did you understand?" He said while he was filling the cup. She nodded.
He took the cup and empties into the sink.
"Let's do it then." He put the cup back and turned back to his chair.
She watched him in shock. How annoying he was!
Anyway, she tried to do as he showed. She put the cup waited for it to fill. Some coffee splashed on her hand and burned there. She silently startled in pain. She washed it with cold water and took the cup to his desk. He saw redness on her hand but didn't say anything. He took a sip from the coffee.
"Could have been better." He said. She wasn't expecting kind words anyway.
"Can I leave?"
He looked at her. He has just started having fun. It was uncertain when he was going to leave for abroad. He needed to use his time wisely.
"Will you keep escaping work?"
"If it's not about my profession, yes."
He stood up and got a little closer to her. She was trying her chances. "I will decide what you will and won't." He looked at her dangerously.
She opened her mouth to say something but right then the door has opened by Heihachi Mishima.
"Jin."
"Grandfather." Jin said. Nina frowned and looked at him. She wasn't sure she heard it right.
"You may leave now." Jin turned to Nina. She left the office and went to find the others.
Did he say grandfather, was it possible?
"Was she one of the chosen fighters?"
"Yes."
"Don't try anything." Heihachi warned him.
"I do not."
"You're leaving at the end of this month. To Moscow."
He sighed. Then nodded. He cannot oppose to him.
"Finish every job assigned to you before that."
He nodded again. Heihachi nodded too and left the office.
Jin didn't want to go at all. But what could he say? His grandfather wasn't taking him seriously after he couldn't protect her mother. He was a kid to his eyes and he needed to be disciplined.
Jin smacked the coffee cup angrily. Some of it splashed on his hand and burned him. He got even angrier. He growled and washed it with cold water. The redness on his hand was the same with hers. This coincidence made him more and more angrier.
"So that's why he's so arrogant." Eddy said.
"And cocky, annoying, spoiled..." Nina added. She told the others that he was grandkid of Heihachi Mishima.
Miguel was uninterested. Leo was listening to her in gape.
"I heard he was 19 years old. Just one year older than me." Leo said.
"Really? I am 3 years older than him but he looks older, doesn't he?" Nina said.
Eddy chuckled. "I'm not sure of that."
"No, he is I think, because he's too large." Miguel said.
"But he was like a little house cat beside his grandfather." Nina chuckled.
"But he's a scary man. I would be too." Nina chuckled inwardly, she was thinking that Leo is already like a house-cat.
"I don't think he is." Miguel said.
Before someone can say anything the door has opened.
"So is this how you all work?" It was Jin Kazama. They all stood up. Jin assigned a work to each of them. He was angry and he had to relieve it by torturing these poor fighters.
He spent his last month like this. They were all had enough of him, espe Nina. When they heard he was going to be away for a long time, they were all happy to get rid of him.
It was his last day in Japan. But he was nowhere to be seen. It was all fine by them but Heihachi asked them to bring him to his office. Now they were all looking for him everywhere.
Nina looked at his office, the meeting rooms, laboratories, even canteen but he wasn't anywhere. She was still searching. She saw a light coming from the basement before lights with sensor turned on.
She went downstairs and followed the light. She had never been in this part of the corporation. There was a gym here. She was looking around then she heard his voice.
"You have never been here and you claimed to be a master fighter." He was all sweaty before the punching bag.
"I didn't know this building has a secret gym." She got closer to him. She can't help but peek at his naked top.
"You all say I make you work too much but you still even know the building. Only if I had the time..." He mocked.
"Mr. Mishima is waiting for you." She said.
"Tell him Mr. Kazama will be there when it's suitable."
"I rather wait for that time than be shouted at." She crossed her arms and waited for him to finish.
He looked at him and throw a light punch on her shoulder. "You gonna wait like that, come on." He invited her to a fight.
"No, I'm in my suit." She showed her outfot to him.
"So if there will be an emergency when you're in a suit, you'll say your outfit isn't suitable?"
She rolled her eyes. "No, but this is not an emergency."
"It is. This is your last chance to punch me for a long time." He mocked.
"Well, when you put it that way..." She said and removed her blazer. Jin chuckled. When she removed it Jin took his guard.
"Wait, since you are very sweaty, will remove the shirt too, I don't want it to get dirty."
"Your choice." He waited for her. She removed her shirt, there was a sports bra under her shirt.
She took her guard.
"What about your trousers?" Jin smirked mischievously.
"Ha-ha." She rolled her eyes.
They started to fight with punches. Nina was going easy on him first because she didn't know he was a fighter too. But she realised he was actually very good. So she got more offensive. She raised her leg to kick him. He caught her ankle. He took a look at her shoes.
"Are you really planning to kick me with this heels?"
Nina jump and turned around herself in horizontal line and saved her ankle from his grip. She landed on the ground. "I don't have muscles like yours, I only have heels." She shrugged and kept attacking. A few minutes late she found her upper body locked by his arms.
She was breathless and his arm squeezing on her diaphragm level wasn't helping.
"Giving up?" He whispered to her ear which was just before his lips.
"Never." She pushed him backwards strongly and get rid of his grip. She turned back and kick him on his belly. Her pointy heels were hurting very much. He growled and hold his belly. "That's not fair." He said breathlessly.
Right then they heard a voice coming from the stairs. Nina turned to see, it was Heihachi Mishima. She cursed inwardly. She had to take Jin to him but she was fighting with him here. Before she could say anything to explain, she felt the ground sweeping from under her feet and she fell to the ground and this caused the air in her lungs to exit. She had to gasp for air and started coughing. Jin's face was in front of hers.
"Giving up?" He smirked and stood up then took a towel to dry his sweats.
"Jin!" Heihachi said angrily.
"Grandfather." Jin was calm. He took another towel and toss it to Nina who was still trying to get up. She took it and sat on the ground.
"I have been waiting for you for hours. What the hell have you been doing?"
"Just practicing."
"Your jet will take off soon, go and get ready to leave!" He shouted.
"Okay. I finished practicing." He glanced over Nina. Then he left the gym. Heihachi also glanced at her and left angrily.
She was more than embarrassed. She wept her sweats, and also his, on her body then wore her shirt and blazer back.
This was the last bitch move Jin Kazama did before leaving.
3 YEARS LATER
All TV channels were airing the same hot news. This news left everyone in shock.
"The country is in shock with the death of Mishima Zaibatsu's leader Heihachi Mishima. He has been assassinated this afternoon in his own company, Mishima Zaibatsu building. The question now is, will his legal heir, Jin Kazama turn back to country and take over the corporation or he will let other so-called heirs to share the corporation.
Now the records of the accident after the assassination, showing the assassin and Mishima Fighters following and shooting at him."
Records showed a person in all black disguise outfit running and Nina Williams and Miguel Rojo following the person with their guns and shooting at him. But they failed to take him down.
A/N: Hello everyone. Since I had a new block for Trouble Future :') I wrote another story.Are you surprised it's a Jina fic :DFor your information, I wrote the next chapter for TF but it just didn't satisfied me, so I decided to wait and improve it until I like it first.By the way I have a question, I hope some will answer: Since Leo's gender is neutral/unknown, should I use pronouns they/them for her/him? (Since Harada confirmed Leo was a girl but I think it's safe to say Leo is a transgender??) I don't know really, if you guys don't answer I might use they/them.Have fun reading. I don't know how long this would take but I don't think it would be long, or longer then Don't Pity Us. Let's see. Byeeee.