Jin adjusted the flap of his father's tent. It had only taken him a couple minutes to fix it. Heihachi sat on a log next to his tent, and Lee sat on a tree stump facing the entire camp site.

"Not bad, Jin, not bad at all," Heihachi commented. "I always thought you were much smarter than your father. You learned Mishima Karate rather quickly, as I recall..."

"Grandpa, I thought we're here to just enjoy the outdoors, not point out everyone's mistakes," Jin pointed out gently.

"Such good manners," Lee spoke up. "You certainly didn't get those from Kazuya." He paused, removing his hat. "You're very lucky to have a mother like Jun. If Kazuya had been the one primarily responsible for raising you, who knows how you would have turned out..."

"Stupid squirrels!" came an outburst along with some scuffling sounds. "Damn little animals think they can amuse themselves at my expense...If I had my way I'd electrocute them..."

Lee sighed as Kazuya viciously threw down the pile of wood that he had collected onto the ground.

"What are you staring at?" Kazuya demanded.

"Nothing," Lee replied.

Kazuya noticed that his tent was up. "Now I have a decent place to sleep."

"What now?" Lee asked.

"It's getting close to dinner time," Jin said, glancing at his watch. "We might as well go and catch some food."

"What are we going to eat?" Lee asked.

"Fish," Heihachi spoke up.

"Wait, let me guess..." Kazuya mocked. "You ended up bringing Oriental food in the form of rations?"

"Of course not," Lee scoffed. "Jun assured me that Jin is an expert in nature and survival, and that I shouldn't worry about starvation."

Heihachi held an old fashioned fishing pole against his shoulder. "Then let's test out sonny boy's skills."

Kazuya nodded. "Lee, get the fishing gear."

Lee's eyes widened. "Me? Get the fishing gear?"

"I think there's an echo in the forest..." Kazuya mused.

"Why do I have to bring the gear?" Lee demanded.

"Are you going to fish?" Kazuya asked.

Lee shirked back. "Well...no..."

"Are you going to do anything remotely productive?" Kazuya continued.

"Um...no..."

"Then you can bring the fishing gear and assist me," Kazuya said matter-of-factly.

At Lee's expression, Jin patted his uncle's shoulder and they all began walking. "I thought you'd be used to him ordering you around. Weren't you his assistant or something a while back?"

Lee sighed. "Jin...I haven't been your father's assistant in decades. Besides...if I don't help your father, he'll make sure I starve..."

"I'll give you some of my fish," Jin offered.

"No, you won't!" Kazuya called over his shoulder.

For a few moments, Lee's eyes lit with hope. Jin noticed this. "I'm not scared of him."

"I realize that," Lee spoke up. "But he would deliberately go out of his way to see someone else suffer..."

Jin frowned thoughtfully. "Yeah...actually...you're right..."

Minutes later, Jin, Heihachi, Kazuya, and Lee were all sitting on boulders at the bank of the river, fishing poles in hand. Except Lee. He had a net in hand.

"So Jin, what was it like growing up with Father?" Lee asked, figuring that a conversation would help pass the time until the fish started biting.

"Probably sheer torture," Kazuya muttered.

"Lee asked Jin, not you," Heihachi growled.

"Just adding my two cents," Kazuya countered.

"Moron," Heihachi insulted.

Jin cleared his throat. "Well...Grandpa was a good teacher. And I learned a lot from him."

"I still think he's a lousy father," Kazuya spoke up.

"Will you be quiet?" Heihachi ordered. "Jin learned more than karate. There was that time he asked me about women..."

Jin groaned, recalling the embarrassing memory.

"Let me guess..." Kazuya said. "If you want to ask a woman out on a date, hold her at gunpoint."

"No, you lunatic," Heihachi scolded.

"Tell me that's not how you and Mom got to know each other," Jin said, horrified.

"Of course not," Kazuya scoffed. "Your mother came to me of her own free will. She found me irresistable."

Lee gagged then got smacked on the head by his brother. Jin glanced at his uncle.

"Then how...?" Jin started.

Returning his face to a passive expression, Lee said calmly, "Unfortunately, your father's right. It wasn't before long when your mother started seeing Kazuya on a regular basis. I can't recall how many times she'd call or visit the office..."

"See?" Kazuya added, ignoring Heihachi's rolling eyes.

"Believe it or not, Jin, your father had many women at his feet. Being wealthy had its rewards. And he could have had as many women-" Lee got another smack.

"Your uncle talks too much," Kazuya interrupted. He saw that his son was looking at him, a skeptical expression on his face. "All right, it's true. When a man is wealthy as I was, it's very easy to be attractive to the opposite sex. And...I did amuse myself with female company. But when I met your mother, that changed..."

Jin shook his head. "I don't believe that."

Kazuya smiled slightly. "I knew you wouldn't. But your mother's always been sensitive to events happening around her. If I had been with other women while I was with her...she would have known."

Jin shrugged, nodding. "Yeah...actually...yeah..." His line started tugging. "Hey...!" He began on pulling his fishing line, his features scrunched in effort and concentration. "Geez...this is a big one!"

"Come on, sonny-boy, bring your grandpa a big dinner!" Heihachi said.

Jin struggled with the line a bit more. A few more tugs and a huge trout soared into the air before neatly landing in the basket at Jin's side.

"Nice catch!" Heihachi complimented.

"Thanks," Jin replied, inspecting his catch. He unhooked it, then added some more bait.

Kazuya sighed, wondering if he'd get his catch. Jin dropped his line into the water again. Immediately, it tugged. Jin pulled the line in, retrieving another fish.

"Sonny-boy, you just have all the luck," Heihachi commented as Jin added more bait.

Kazuya glared at him. "Fishing isn't about luck."

"I'll honestly say he's doing better than me," Heihachi shrugged.

Kazuya pointed at Heihachi's pole. "Of course he is...you don't even have a line, old man!"

Heihachi blinked, then inspected the pole that he was holding. And that was it. It was just a pole. "So I don't..."

Lee began to laugh out loud. Heihachi merely shrugged and brought his gear towards Jin.

"Anything I can help with, sonny-boy?" Heihachi asked.

"Yeah..." Another tug. Jin reeled in. "I might need something else to hold the fish..."

"I'll walk back to camp...I might find something there..." Heihachi began heading back to the camp site.

Kazuya glumly watched Jin reel in his fish.

"Kazuya?" Lee spoke up.

"Yes?"

"We're not having much luck..."

Kazuya's eyes flashed. "I know that!"

Suddenly, Kazuya's line tugged. Lee's jaw dropped. Kazuya began yanking hard, fighting what caught the line. After a few moments, Kazuya managed to drag it out of the water and up into the air. Kazuya watched as a heavy boot made its way towards Lee's head. At the time of impact, Lee's arms flew up in shock, one hitting Kazuya in the face, therefore knocking him out.

Oblivious to his unconscious father and uncle, Jin continued to fish.


*Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I had written this chapter a while back, but I lost it. =P*