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(a/n): This chapter should be interesting. There might be a little confusion but I'm not promising anyone. This chapter should be the beginning of Eden's Journey.

Chapter 3

Fires of Hell

            "Heihachi! Your alive!?" Jin spit out his words so sharply like he was meaning to kill him. "What, you just realized? Jin, Jin, Jin…looks like you found a place to hide. But that doesn't mean I won't find you. Nice place you picked, Australia is a good place to go on vacation." Heihachi saw Jin's eyes getting redder. After all these years, no one said anything about something being strange. Jin hid himself very good, but now he found him. With one word he can kill him on the spot. Than again, what if Jin is not alone anymore? Why isn't he a devil now? What did he do all these years? Heihachi wanted answers and he knew he is not going to get them from Jin.

            Jin didn't move, he probably knows what to do in this situation but these rifles are loaded with real bullets not darts like last time. He came to kill Jin but a thought ran through his head, what if Jin had a child or forced a woman into sexual content. He knew Jin won't force anyone for anything, but since he turned into a devil, what if he fell in love with someone like Kazuya had years ago? Heihachi is going to make sure he's not going to miss anyone. He'll need Jin alive…for now…

            Heihachi smiled and decided to ask him, "So Jin why are you here?" "None of your damn business." Jin words boomed. Jin changed through these years. He used to be so quiet and calm and now he looks like he's going to rip Heihachi apart.

            "Sir." One of his Tekken Force soldiers addressed him. "What is it?" Heihachi asked ruthlessly. "There is a town towards the west of this forest, like a few kilometers away. It's not far. It's beyond those trees over there." The soldier pointed at the boundaries. "Why don't we check it out then? What do you think Jin?" Jin eyes burned with hate. Heihachi could feel the evil presence and he welcomed it. Since now, Heihachi is almost immortal.

            The man, Jin beat up, was now standing up. Heihachi noticed it was Gillis; he's own little project when putting a devil gene with a human gene together. "You failed, Gillis." Heihachi said. He singled some of his men to aim at him. "If you have anything important that can save your life, spit it out now." The man by the name Gillis spit out some blood and stood up, staring into Jin's eyes. He wiped of the blood from his mouth with his sleeve and stared into Heihachi's eyes. "He." He pointed at Jin as though he punched. "Has a child! Or so I think." Heihachi examined Gillis and only saw truth. "Is it true?" He turned to Jin who seemed to go out of control. "Than we shall say hello. You did tell him or her about me didn't you?" "You stay away from him!" Jin screamed as loud and harsh as he could. "Or what?" Heihachi taunted him. "I'm warning you." Jin's deadly voice responded

            Heihachi looked towards the town and an evil smile drew his face. "Attack the town. Leave no one alive." "YOU BASTARD!" Jin's voice shot out and he launched at him. Heihachi snapped his fingers and fury of fire blasted into Jin. Jin fell towards the ground before he even touched Heihachi. "Why?" Jin whispered and closed his eyes.

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            "Ha! Ha!" Eden was practicing his moves. His master, Wong, had gone to get some rest. Eden thought it's one his other precious moments to cherish after death. Blah, blah, blah. "Yo man! Why didn't you tell me you started?" Eden froze when he heard Zion's voice. He totally forgot! Now what is going to say? "Hellooooooooo! Are you dead or somethin'? I asked you, why did ya not call!????" Eden turned towards his friends and picked out the words carefully. "I totally forgot, I'm sorry. I was talking to my mom about going to college and where should I send my applications and I just forgot. I'm sorry." Zion frowned and crossed his arms. "You better not be lying. Anyhow I forgive you. So where's the old geezer." Zion looked around like a child. "He went to take a rest." Zion arced an eyebrow. "Wasn't he waiting for you to practice?" Eden mentally hit himself in the head for such a stupid answer. Now how is he going to get out of this one? "Well…uh…he practiced when I was eating. He said that he started without me because I was late." Zion nodded. He could see that he totally bought it. Thank heavens.

            "Well now." Zion jumped around and went into his fighting pose. "Shall we start?" Eden looked at him in surprise.

"What?" Zion asked.

"Aren't you going to warm-up?"

"I already did. So come on!" Zion was acting too excited.

"When?"

"Ugh…at home! Where else?"

"I thought you said your dojo was occupied." Eden said crossing his arms.

"Hey! Don't look at me that way. I didn't lie!"

"Did I say you lied?"

"No…but…"

"Aha! So you did lie!" Eden smirked.

"What are you! A detective now! I warmed-up in my room! There are no students in my room!"

"Okay, okay. Lets get it on then." Eden went into his fighting style. He had his father's fighting pose but Eden moved in place a little. Just a little, to keep him in high senses.

            "Good luck, Kazama. You're going to need it!" Zion jumped around again and went into his jumpy pose. "Hm." Eden put his left hand on his left hip and with his right hand, pulled up his right pant. "Please, spare me." Zion smirked at the taunt and both of them started to walk around the dojo, waiting for a good chance to strike.

            Eden winked his eye and smiled. They both danced around for a few more minutes. Zion grew tired so he threw his first round high left kick. Eden ducked underneath, made an uppercut and turned his back towards him. Zion blocked the punch and than a back fist met him in the face. His punch went across his face and than went back around to grab him around the neck. Eden has a chance to break his neck at this position. "Had enough, Malacon?"  Eden held his grip hard. "Not a chance, Kazama." Zion hit Eden painfully in the back with his knee and Eden let go of the grip, grabbing his own back.

            Zion smiled he was enjoying this. Eden recovered and looked at Zion who had a smile that went up to his eyes. That's one big smile but Eden doesn't want to know what is he smiling at. Zion through in one of his punches and Eden parried it with a special technique the master taught him. He parried it with his left leg. He swung at the punch and pushed it away and followed up with a backspin right kick. The kick hit Zion in the stomach and he arced over. Eden grabbed him by the shoulders and winds his knee up his face.

            Zion fell on his back and groaned in pain. "I…forfeit. You…win. Ugh." Eden came up and offered him a hand which he gladly took. 

"You've been practicing again." Zion took a white towel and put it around his neck and held down on both sides.

"Yeah, I practice everyday. You should know that."

"You practice those moves everyday?" Zion wiped of the sweat from his eyes.

"Yeah." Eden sat on my one of the benches, relaxing his muscles.

"When do you do your homework?"

"At school and whenever I have time."

"What about projects?"

"Oh. I do them when I have time." Eden said, wiping of his own sweat and looked down at his folded hands, breathing hard.

"You mean, you don't have any fun in your life?" Eden looked up at Zion's questions.

"Sometimes, Zion. There's just no room for fun. Sometimes there is."

"Man, you're boring." Zion folded his hands. Eden chuckled at his response. "So are you." Eden joked. They were both exhausted and feel like just falling down. Eden stood up and stretched. "Well I got to go. My mom is waiting for me." Eden walked towards the door and stopped the dead the minute he heard helicopters come over this land.

            About 3 helicopters hovered above their town and everybody was staring up at them, all frozen, not sure what's going on. Soldiers in skin suits slid down by using ropes and the first one on the ground shot off shots at poor civilians. Eden stared in horror; he just saw how a person was falling on his knees and dropping dead. First minute he was alive and the other he's dead.

            "What the hell is going on?" Zion exclaimed and joined Eden. As more men came down, fire was coming from some other guns. Probably flamethrowers, what else can cause fire in this place at this time? Eden ran to his house and screamed for his mother. "Mom! Mother! Where are you?" Eden whipped his head in different direction getting scared by every second. "What's the matter, dear?" Eden whirled around and hugged his mother. "We have to leave. Through the back way." More firepower could be heard and Xiaoyu screamed.

"What's going on?"

"I don't know! Zion! Get over here!" Eden looked back towards the exit and heard Zion say.

"I can't! My family is down there!"

"Don't tell me you're going to--"

"I have to help them!" He saw Zion run of towards downtown. "Damn it." He whispered. "Mom we have to go." She nodded and they both ran for the exit.

            They ran through the open fields and than ran around the town into the forest and went north. They were running so fast and hard; Eden could feel pain in his legs. He felt terrible for leaving his best friend than again, Zion made his own choice. He has his own family to take care of. "I'm…tired." His mother fell on her knees and took rapid fast breaths. "Mother." Eden crouched beside her and supported her. "I can't go on. Leave me." Eden looked in his mother's beautiful hazel eyes. "I'm not leaving you."

            Eden looked back and could see the fire from here. The whole town was blazing with fire of Hell. This is his home and now it's being destroyed. Eden gathered himself together and thought what should he do. He helped his mother up and they started to walk slowly as he supported her. "Really, save your life, my child." She said in a tired voice. "My life is nothing without you mother." Was his response. They reached the end of the forest and saw a little prairie that was cut off by a cliff. It was a dead end. Eden let his mother rest by letting her sit on the grass. He came up to the end of cliff and looked down. There was water there; deep enough to jump but his mother could drown since her legs are tired. He looked further and saw more land. A field that leads to more woods and beyond that he saw yet another town. But it looked more of like a village.

            "Eden." Eden turned around as he heard his mother call him and he came up to her. "Yes, mother?" He sat besides her, holding her two hands in his. "There's something I need to tell." She looked straight into his brown, deep eyes, which reminded her of Jin. "You're bloodline. It's…" She hesitated to pick out the correct words. Eden perfectly understood what she wants to tell him. She wants to tell him something she was afraid to tell him before. "Mother, tell me the truth. Truth hurts I know but don't I deserve at least that much."

 Xiaoyu smiled, happy with what her son became. He was so grownup and she still treated him as her little baby. Yes, he deserves the truth. "You're bloodline was something your father wanted to destroy. You see. Your grandfather and great-grandfather were evil. They wanted ultimate power. But the two hated each other so much that they decided to fight and who ever loses, dies. Your grandfather lost and than was possessed by true evil. He came back alive to destroy you're father and great-grandfather. He has lost. Your father defeated him in the last tournament. You see there were tournaments of King Of Iron Fist Tournaments that were announced every couple of years."

She looked at her lap. "Your great-grandfather, Heihachi Mishima, grew angry and soon wanted to kill your father because he believed he contained this devil gene your grandfather, Kazuya once inherited. I believe it is true too. Your father became angry at Heihachi's betrayal and sought for vengeance." She looked back at his beautiful eyes.

"Your father had Heihachi in his grip. He could have stopped the suffering there but something stopped him and he flew away. You see," She pulled her hands away from Eden and caressed his hands herself. "I think you have the devil gene, too. In order to fight it you must be happy and calm. Never seek for vengeance never be angry with someone. It only encourages the devil to find you, and take control of you. It's lost, inside of you. Don't let it find a way out of confusion. Promise me Eden."

But Eden was speechless. So much information is pulling from all the sides. His mind is running so fast that his head began to hurt. "Mother…" "Promise me!" She tugged at his Black shirt. Eden looked down at her hands and she let go. "I'm sorry." She said and hugged him. "I promise." Eden said to her, his breath in her hair as he hugged her back, tightly.

"Isn't this romantic?" Both of them spun around as an evil voice said behind them. "Heihachi! I thought you--" "Died? Well, Xiaoyu, it's Xiaoyu right? Yes I think so. You see I have been doing some research." Heihachi smiled as he saw the boy and trailed off. He looked so much like Jin. Except for the hair. "So you're the one. Jin Kazama's son?" Heihachi walked up to him and Xiaoyu stood in front of her son. "You will not lay a finger on him!" Heihachi smiled in response. "That is sweet. Than I guess I have to kill both of you." "Do not harm her." The boy's voice said in such certainty. "Eden stay out of this." "Ah. His name is Eden. Interesting name. Very interesting name. Who came up with it?"

Xiaoyu whispered to Eden. "Leave now! Use the cliff to go down. There should be a village. Look for someone by the name Julia Chang. She will help you." "But mother I'm not leaving you." "I will see you again, I promise. Now go!" Heihachi came up to them to take Eden by his shirt just when Xiaoyu screamed, "NO!" She performed a crescent moon kick and Heihachi tumbled down as she landed on him. "Go, Eden, NOW!" Since Heihachi was alone. There was no one to stop Eden. Eden said a mental good-bye and jumped of the cliff. He leaned his body so his head faced the sea. He put his hands in front of him and dived. He dropped into the endless blue…

(a/n): I'm exhausted. I wrote to fast and too much. Don't you agree? So what did you think? Is it getting better? I hope you enjoyed it. Well Review please and tell me how I did. I really want to know because I'm trying to write my best. If I'll have enough reviews I'll continue it. But it seems to my no one is reading. Anyhow, thanks for reading. ^_^