Chapter 3: Unlikely Surprises
" Someday we'll meet again."
Disclaimer: I don't own...*yawn*...
Kotou: Ok Peeps! Time to cheer up!!! I hope....This is going to be a little surprising!! And a little comedic! So, I hope you guys will like it!! The last chapter did not have a lemon and neither will this one. I'll save it for when Jin and Ling reunite!! Will that make all of you happy???
Kukkaistytot: Thank you so much for reviewing!! Yes, I guess I shall keep this Xiaoyin since that was originally my intention! Keep up the good work on your fic!!
Skittles_xtreme: Holly cow! WOAH!!! I am SOOOO SORRY!!! I HAVE TO SLEEP WITH MY LIGHTS ON FROM NOW ON!!!! I HOPE THIS CHAPTER MAKES UP FOR ALL OF THAT!!!
CHANDAVATIKA: EEEESH! SORRy, I'm fixin' it right now!!! Look how nice and sweet (Kinda) this chapter is!!!! I just needed some suspense people!!
To EVERYBODY: IT'S ALL XIOAYIN!!!! Yeah!!! Just read!!!
Miharu ran upstairs and looked through some of her pictures. She saw the picture that she had put away in her diary. It was a picture of Hinotama. He had his arms wrapped around Miharu and he was smiling toward the camera. She missed her brother dearly and swore that she would find him.
"I made a promise to find him! And Xiaoyu mad a promise to find Jin!! She said she loved him and now she's falling in love with another man! I won't let her do this to him!" She said while wiping a few tears from her cheek. She ran down the stairs and stopped. Xiaoyu was crying. She watched the whole thing from where she stood.
"Kanji." She said in his chest. Kanji wiped away a few of her tears, but that did not stop her from crying. She cupped his face in her hands. He caressed her fingers and stared at her gently. "There is something important I have to tell you." Miharu could feel her heart drop. She suddenly felt nervous.
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Heihachi stood with his men as they began to devise a plan to attack.
"We will go to this G. Corp and seek out Kazuya Mishima. I want him found and brought back to me!" He demanded. "We will attack tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. sharp!" The men nodded their heads. Heihachi sat down in his chair. After he had Kazuya in his grasp, he would use his devil gene to combine it with the ogre gene. "Everything will come into play, and soon, I will be the strongest warrior." He said as he looked at his papers spread out on his desk.
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Jin had pushed Jessica slowly off of him. She licked her lips and smiled. Jin however, wasn't smiling back. He had a worried look on his face. She tried to push herself on him again, but he resisted.
"Jin, what's wrong?" She asked moving closer to him. He looked away, but her gentle hand brought his warm eyes to look into hers. "Tell me Jin, do you love me?" She asked pathetically. He felt his heart begin to throb. He believed that he couldn't fall in love with anyone besides Ling Xiaoyu. She was his world, his ONLY love. He knew what had to be done.
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Ling stared deep into Kanji's eyes like she had done to get Jin's attention. She knew what she had to do in order to keep her promise.
"Kanji. I really like you. You make me feel special. You are someone I can talk to and not feel stupid, or make me sad." She tried to smile, but she couldn't. "But, I just don't love you. I can try and try and try some more, and I could never come to loving you." Kanji felt torn apart inside. He looked to the ground, but Ling brought his face to hers. "Listen, you and I are friends. We have a special bond of friendship between us that is like no other." She knew what she was saying wasn't making him feel any better.
"It's because of Jin, right? You still love him, don't you?" He asked. She smiled sweetly.
"Yeah, I do. You see, when you and I met again at the park a few weeks ago, I thought I was falling in love with you. To tell the truth, I was beginning to like that feeling." Kanji looked up at her with hope in his eyes. "But the kiss you gave me today made me realize how special Jin is to me. I was being reminded of him every time we were together. That kiss sealed my love for him, and nothing will change that." Kanji had hoped to be more than Ling's friend. He honestly began to love her.
"Xiao." He whispered. She smiled at him tenderly. "I know you love Jin. And I'm pretty sure he loves you too." She began to walk away, but he grabbed her hand. "But no matter what, I will not stop loving you." He kissed her cheek and left the house. Ling looked out the window and smiled. She knew she had done the right thing.
"Maybe you will find someone who can return your feelings." She whispered aloud. Miharu put her hand on Ling's shoulder.
"I'm proud that you did the right thing Xiao." She said. Ling smiled back and looked at the snow begin to fall. This Christmas she wanted to spend it with Jin, and his memories were just enough for her to be happy.
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"I'm sorry Jessica. But there is a lot about me that you don't know about." He said arising from the couch. She pouted looking wearily at him. He looked down at his feet. He was at a lost of words. 'If I tell her the truth, she may be unhappy. But this is something that must be done.' He thought. She leaped up to her feet and grabbed Jin by the arm.
"Jin. I don't need to know a lot about you. Just knowing that you are here with me is enough." She pleaded for him to hold her. He grabbed her by her waist and looked at her gentle face. She slowly began to cry. "I think I love you Jin. I think that my heart beats faster every time I am with you." He smiled then moved her hair to the other side of her face.
"You honestly don't think you're in love with me, do you?" He asked. She looked confusingly at him.
"Yes Jin. I truly think..no...I know I love you! The feeling that I get when I am around you is so incredible that I cannot explain it in words. Don't you understand?" She asked. He smiled and looked at her tenderly. She felt a warmness surge through her heart.
"I know exactly what you mean." He whispered. "I feel the same way about Ling Xiaoyu." Her eyes widened. Jin had never mentioned another girl before. Why did he choose now to tell her?
"Ling Xiaoyu? What's that?" She asked. She could feel herself becoming weak. Jin let go of her and walked over to the window. It was dark outside and the illumination of the decorated houses gleamed off his eyes.
"Ling Xiaoyu is a young girl back home with whom I am in love with. She is my everything, and I promised her that I would one day come back for her." (DAMN STRAIGHT!) Jessica broke down at his words. She thought that he was beginning to love her back. She slowly approached him, reaching her hand out to him. Jin turned his head and saw her reaching out to him. Jin didn't want to be mean, he just didn't want to lie to her. He had to be straightforward about his feelings.
"Jin, why didn't you tell me before I told you that I loved you?" She asked sadly. He felt bad about not doing it sooner, but he had a good reason.
"I have been away from home for two years already. I thought about starting a new life, but I wasn't sure about how I was going to handle it. I thought that maybe Ling might have moved on without me. We've only known eachother a few months. Then I saw you, and for a moment I thought I could feel myself..." He didn't know what to say. He wasn't sure if he could admit his feelings. But he had to be honest, he had to tell her! "I felt like I was beginning to feel certain attractions for you." Jessica shook her head and smiled.
"Come on Jin, just say it! You were beginning to fall in love with me too." Jin's face turned red. He laughed silently to himself.
"Anyways, I thought that if I were to fall in love with someone else besides Ling, I would never forgive myself. I had to be sure that I loved her! I had to know." He said. He sighed and looked at her. He approached her and held her close to him. Jessica was now confused. She wasn't sure what was going on anymore. "Then..."
"And then I kissed you." She said angelically. Jin nodded.
"Yeah, that kiss meant a lot to me." He said. She smiled.
"It did?" She asked with hope. Jin nodded his head.
"That kiss proved to me that I loved Ling Xiaoyu more than anything in the world. I felt absolutely nothing. When I am with her, just being in her presence gives me a tender feeling in my heart." (HA, HA, HA!! I BET JESSICA FEELS SO STUPID RIGHT NOW!!!!) She lowered her head in despair. She didn't want to give Jin up, not to someone she didn't even know.
"Maybe it was the way I kissed you. I can change that Jin!" She said in her attempt to make him change his mind. Jin led her to the couch and knelt by her. "Jin, let me try again." She pleaded. Jin laid his hands on hers.
"You could try any knew technique and that still wouldn't change anything. I will always put Ling first." (AWWWW!!!!! THAT'S SO SWEET!!!) She began to cry. She knew that Jin had made up his mind. But she had also made up hers. She would not let Jin go! She would pursue him till the day she dies. Even if it meant taking drastic measures, she will have her day!!
"I gotta go!" She yelled as she threw her coat on and left. Jin felt bad for her, but then he was proud of himself.
"There will be someone else who can love you just as much as you loved me." He said happily. Mr. Usume had seen the whole thing. He nodded his head in agreement to Jin's actions. Jin turned around and saw Mr. Usume looking at him. "Sensei." Jin said surprised by his sudden visit.
"It's alright Jin. I'm glad you did the right thing." Jin felt bad about what he did. He knew that she didn't deserve it, but he absolutely hated lying. Then he thought about the girl named Makoto. She too had stated that she loved him. Jin looked back at his sensei.
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Christmas had finally arrived! It was early in the morning when Ling shot out of bed and walked to the little Christmas tree in her room. It had a few presents under it. She was surprised, she didn't know anyone would have gone through the trouble to get her gifts. She took out the first one and read the tag. It was from Miharu. She smiled as she opened it. It was a small locket that had the word friends on it. She figured that Miharu must have the one that said best. She put the locket on and proceeded to the next. It was a note attached to the box. She read the note out loud.
"Ling, I will always love you and I hope one day you will come to accept that. Even though I know that you love Jin, my feelings for you will not subside." Ling sighed sadly. She didn't want this to happen. "Kanji, why can't you just accept the fact that we can never be together?" She said. She put the box next to her and looked at the other box. This one seemed different. It was more personalized than the others. She looked at the tag and noticed that there hadn't been anyone's name on there. She had a feeling of who it might be so she tore the wrapping and looked at the gift. Her eyes widened with surprise. It was the beautiful glass frame with golden trimming. But instead of the picture that used to be in it, it was a picture of Xiaoyu and Jin and...she couldn't make out whom the other person was. "Wait a minute?" She thought. She ran down the stairs and saw the exact same frame. "Two of them? That's odd." She looked at the picture in her frame and gasped. "Wait! I've only been there once! And....That girl!!" Everything was beginning to confuse her. "Could this be?..." She stopped herself from speaking any further. The girl that was in the picture with them was also the girl they had encountered two years back.
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"We did it!" Exclaimed one man. He ran to Heihachi with all the information they stole from G. corp. "Sir, this is all the information you need to know." He said handing the disk to Heihachi. He smiled evilly. A few other men came in with briefcases full of information.
"Good, good." Heihachi said pleasingly. He went into the lab with a smile on his face. This was what he had been waiting for so long. He put the small disk into the computer and many pictures began to pop out. He had seen one of a young man with scars all over his body. "Kazuya." He mumbled. "How, can that be? It's impossible. Can they really bring a man back from the dead?" He had so many questions and so little answers.
"Mr. Mishima," called one of the men. "We are on the search of Kazuya Mishima at this very moment." He said holding a cell phone in his right hand. Heihachi had a few tricks up his sleeve. He knew if he were to hunt Kazuya down, he wouldn't be successful. The only way to get him out is by luring him out.
"Cease commission." He demanded.
"But sir-" The other man tried to get Heihachi to understand, but he raised his hand.
"Listen, how does one attempt in catching their pray?" He asks. The man shakes his head in confusion. "One must not hunt for the pray, but diligently lure him out." The man soon understood.
"I see it now Mr. Mishima. When would you like the tournament to be announced?" He asked. Heihachi wasn't a very patient man, but he wanted the devil gene and would go through any means to get it.
"I want it to be announced today! The tournament will start in exactly one month from today!" The man ran to the main quart of the building with the good news.
Kazuya Mishima returned to G. Corp and found the entire place demolished. He knew that his father was behind this, and he would soon plot his revenge. He was beginning to get the hang of unifying his powers with devil. He knew that Heihachi was out for him, and he wasn't going to let that old man get in his way.
A few hours later and the KOIF tournament 4 was announced. One week later, everyone in Japan had heard about it. Everyone, including Ling and Miharu were informed.
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Even in Brisbane Australia the news had traveled far. Jin had heard about it and knew that this was the perfect time to get revenge on his grandfather. He would end the Mishima bloodline right now! Without any hesitation, Jin began packing.
"I see you are leaving now." Said Mr. Usume. Jin looked back and nodded. "You are happy? I can't see it." Jin finished packing and bowed his head to his sensei.
"Thank you." He said as he began to leave.
"Jin Kazama, you are a fine student and have a good heart. Don't let anything change that." Jin preceded to the door smiling. He was leaving two years of his life behind here. "Oh, and Jin," Jin looked back at Mr. Usume. "Take care of Ling Xiaoyu for me will ya?" A smile crept up on Jin's lips. He INTENDED to keep that promise. As Jin headed for the airport, he met someone waiting for him. It was Jessica. She was dressed in her finest leather coat and had a beautiful red scarf hanging over her shoulders. She held her hands together and looked him tenderly in the eyes.
"Jin," She whispered. "Will you come back after the tournament? I will be waiting." Jin let himself loose and hugged Jessica tight. She knew that this was his neglecting way of saying goodbye. "Jin, tell me you'll come back to me." She cried. He wiped her tears with his thumb.
"I am sorry, I truly am, but I can't promise you that. I won't make a promise I can't keep." Jessica looked at him wearily.
"What do you mean? My uncle told me that you told Ling that you promised her you would return to her. For two years you haven't gone back." She was trying as hard as she could to win him back.
"I know. But there wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think about returning to her, I love her. Now that I get my revenge, and everything will be settled, I will return to her." He pulled himself away from her and left to go to his plane. Jessica stood there wallowing in her despair.
"Jin Kazama," She said while crying, "I will get you to see how important I am to you, and when I do, you will come back to me." She looked down at her feet and her eyes widened.
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"Yes! This is it! This is what I've been waiting for!" She exclaimed jumping up and down. Ling was so happy to hear that another tournament was about to begin. "Now I can find Jin again." Then another thought crossed her mind. She had been warned about Heihachi's evil intentions. "I must also unveil the truth behind Heihachi and the Mishima Zaibatsu." She said. She decided to go find Miharu and tell her about the good news.
She walked through the big crowded city and saw that they were already having signups for the new challengers. Ling had already received an invitation since she was a veteran. She could see the many people coming from all parts of the world enter. Then she had seen a young man in front of her wearing a blue shirt and jeans. His hair was dark and spiked.
"Jin?" She whispered. Her heart raced quickly as she hurried up to him. "Jin! It's me! You're alive! I've missed you so much, it's been too long Kazama!" Tears began streaming down her cheeks. She leaped up in the air and hugged him as tight as she could. He turned around. "Jin, since when did you wear sunglasses?" She asked. He slowly took them off to see who the young girl was. When he did, he had also revealed his red eye. Ling's mouth dropped. (AND I MEAN DROPPED!!!!!!) Her heart stopped and she couldn't breathe. It felt like a nightmare, but it was real. She tried to move, tried to speak, but her fear did not allow her. Then she got up the nerve to release her grip from him. "HOLY SHIT!!!!" She screamed as she left running. Her head was pounding and her heart was on the verge of exploding. She ran and ran.
"Who is that?" Kazuya asked. The man next to him tried to make out the figure.
"That is Ling Xiaoyu sir. She works as a ward for Heihachi." He grinned.
"A ward of my father's huh? This aught to be very interesting." He said aloud. He then remembered something. "Why did she call me Jin? She also said Kazama." His face was puzzled.
"Sir, correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't Kazama the last name of your lover? Jun Kazama I believe it to be." Kazuya stood there for a moment. Then it had hit him hard on the head.
"Jun! Where is she?" He asked. Kazuya had loved her so much, and after all, he did die before he knew he had a son. The man next to Kazuya lowered his head.
"Sir, didn't you know? Jun Kazama was killed six years ago by the god of fight." Kazuya was shocked. He never knew about that. A tear was beginning to take form, but he quickly stopped himself from becoming too emotional. Even though what he had just learned tore him apart from the inside, he tried to stay strong on the outside. "Jin Kazama was the one who defeated him in the last KOIF tournament. Kazuya wanted to know more about this Jin Kazama and decided that he was going to pursue Ling Xiaoyu.
"I want you to find that Ling Xiaoyu girl and tell her to meet me in the park. Make her feel...welcome." The man nodded and the two of them got in his car and chased after Ling Xiaoyu.
Ling ran as fast as she could until she reached Miharu's place. She was out of breath. She knocked on the door hoping that someone would answer quickly. Miharu wiped the sleep from her eyes and looked at Ling drowsily.
"Xiao....what is it?" She asked sleepily. Ling put her hand on her chest trying to catch her breath.
"Scary....must help...red eye...HELP!" She threw herself into Miharu's house and ran straight to her room. She stood by the corner and took deep breaths.
"Xiao!! Tell me what's going on!!" Ling looked up and then touched her head.
"Today, I thought I saw Jin. I mean, the guy looks exactly like Jin!!! Then....he took off his sun glasses and he had a RED EYE!!! I think he's some kind of EVIL FREAK!!!" She couldn't hold herself anymore. She was becoming hysterical.
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"What the hell is taking so long?" Kazuya asked impatiently. The driver sat thinking. "That's it. I'll go get her myself." Kazuya got out of the car and stepped towards the house.
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"So that's how it happened?" Miharu asked. There was a knock at her bedroom door.
"Miharu, you have a visitor." Her mother said in the gentlest voice.
"Alright mom." She looked at Ling who was still shaking with fear. "Don't be scared Xiao, I'm sure we'll never see him again. (SO NAÏVE!!!!!) She slowly opened the door, little by little, inch by inch. Ling was still looking down at the floor trying to regain her composure. "Hey Xiao?" Miharu asked with calm in her voice. Ling still was busy recuperating, but she answered.
"Yeah Miharu?" She asked.
"Wouldn't it be funny if that guy wore a blue shirt and jean pants?!" She said laughing. Ling didn't know what was so funny. Miharu kept going on. "And if he were tall and had dark spiky hair!! Oh, that would be so hilarious!"
"But Miharu, he did. Why do you ask?" Miharu calmed down.
"Oh, no reason, it's just that..." Ling stood patiently awaiting for Miharu to finish.
"It's just that what?" She asked. Miharu turned around slowly.
"It's just that, HE'S RIGHT HERE XIAO!!!!!" She screamed. Ling threw herself back and stared at Kazuya. He wanted her to be able to trust him. He went in further to get a good look at them. They were holding eachother tightly and cowering in the corner. He couldn't completely see them so he slowly began to adjust his sunglasses.
"There! RIGHT THERE!" Ling pointed to his red eye. Miharu was completely freaked out.
"IT'S SOME TYPE OF EYE LASER AND HE'S GUNNA KILL US!!!!" She hollered. He went closer, but before he could advance any further, they jumped out of the window. The two of them headed straight for the park.
"Damn it!" He said. He had trouble with young people. They seemed to be afraid of him. He ran out of the house and into the car. "Where did they go?" He asked.
"To the park sir!" They drove on their way to the park. Ling and Miharu had climbed up a tree to try to hide. Kazuya was right below them.
"Ling Xiaoyu, come out!" He commanded. His voice sent chills down her spine. "I know you know about Jin Kazama. I need to know about him." His voice became calm, so calm that it carried with the wind. "My only love was killed by the god of fight and this Jin Kazama character defeated him." Ling could sense the gentleness in his voice. She looked at Miharu pitifully.
"Miharu, I have to go." She whispered. "You can stay here in this tree. I'll come get you after he is gone." Miharu shook her head.
"No Xiao, I'll come with." They hopped out of the tree and stood right before Kazuya. Ling could sense something evil about him, but she trusted him. She slowly walked up to him and took off his sunglasses. She ignored the fact that his eye was glowing right into hers. He headed towards the bench and suggested that she sat by him. Miharu walked with her friend to the bench.
"So, tell me who you are and why you are so interested in Jin." She asked as calm as she could. Kazuya smiled, which was a RARE event.
"I am Kazuya Mishima. Jun Kazama and I chose to live far away from my father. I loved her so much that I wanted to protect her from him. A few days passed and I began to receive threats from him. I had to meet up with him and settle the score. In the end, I lost. My life didn't concern me, but her love, was what I miss the most." Xiaoyu was speechless. She remembered Jin telling her that he had a father, but he died a long time ago. Now he's alive??? Does he even know he has a son? "Now I find out that she was killed because of something my father resurrected!"
"Mr. Mishima-"
"Please, just call me Kazuya." He said politely. She felt uncomfortable calling him that, but since he asked so politely, she did as he requested.
"All right then, Kazuya, Jin Kazama is Jun Kazama's son." Kazuya looked heartbroken. Ling smiled. "He is also the son of Kazuya Mishima." She said proudly. Kazuya jolted his head up.
"I have a son?" He asked aloud. Ling and Miharu nodded. The astonishing shock on his face made her laugh. Something weird began to happen to Kazuya. Lightning surrounded him and both of his eyes began to turn red. Ling jumped off the bench and began to run away. Miharu ran alongside her. "Yes, I remember." He said in a hoarse voice, he was changed somehow. "Jin Kazama, my other half. I will get what rightfully belongs to me!" He said as he fled out of the park. Ling and Miharu couldn't believe what they had just seen.
Little did Ling know, someone had been watching the whole thing from behind, he was a tall man dressed in a hooded jacket with flames. Ling and Miharu began walking back to the mansion, when all of a sudden she ran into a young Australian girl.
"I'm sorry, I didn't see where I was going." Ling said. The girl just gave her a look.
"Come on Xiaoyu! We gotta go!" called Miharu.
"Coming!" Ling shouted. As she was about to take off, the Australian girl grabbed her arm.
"So, you're Ling Xiaoyu?" She said. Ling just smiled back.
"I'm Jessica, Jin's told me a lot about you." Ling stared at her not knowing what to say.
Kotou: DUM DUM DUM!!!! Jessica finds Ling and tells her that she knows Jin!!!!! OOOOHHHHH!!!! The heat is on!!!! So, what did you guys think??? This was a long chapter. Well, maybe not, but it took me long enough to write the Damn thing!!! Any ways, I'm also writing another fic called Tekken Muyo. It should be up soon, and I'm also a co-writer for a fic called He Loves Me He Loves You Not! Check those out too! Well, you know the drill, R&R! *Looks around* Is it ok to come out??? Are my killers gone???? Hmmm. Maybe I should add another scene with...
" Someday we'll meet again."
Disclaimer: I don't own...*yawn*...
Kotou: Ok Peeps! Time to cheer up!!! I hope....This is going to be a little surprising!! And a little comedic! So, I hope you guys will like it!! The last chapter did not have a lemon and neither will this one. I'll save it for when Jin and Ling reunite!! Will that make all of you happy???
Kukkaistytot: Thank you so much for reviewing!! Yes, I guess I shall keep this Xiaoyin since that was originally my intention! Keep up the good work on your fic!!
Skittles_xtreme: Holly cow! WOAH!!! I am SOOOO SORRY!!! I HAVE TO SLEEP WITH MY LIGHTS ON FROM NOW ON!!!! I HOPE THIS CHAPTER MAKES UP FOR ALL OF THAT!!!
CHANDAVATIKA: EEEESH! SORRy, I'm fixin' it right now!!! Look how nice and sweet (Kinda) this chapter is!!!! I just needed some suspense people!!
To EVERYBODY: IT'S ALL XIOAYIN!!!! Yeah!!! Just read!!!
Miharu ran upstairs and looked through some of her pictures. She saw the picture that she had put away in her diary. It was a picture of Hinotama. He had his arms wrapped around Miharu and he was smiling toward the camera. She missed her brother dearly and swore that she would find him.
"I made a promise to find him! And Xiaoyu mad a promise to find Jin!! She said she loved him and now she's falling in love with another man! I won't let her do this to him!" She said while wiping a few tears from her cheek. She ran down the stairs and stopped. Xiaoyu was crying. She watched the whole thing from where she stood.
"Kanji." She said in his chest. Kanji wiped away a few of her tears, but that did not stop her from crying. She cupped his face in her hands. He caressed her fingers and stared at her gently. "There is something important I have to tell you." Miharu could feel her heart drop. She suddenly felt nervous.
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Heihachi stood with his men as they began to devise a plan to attack.
"We will go to this G. Corp and seek out Kazuya Mishima. I want him found and brought back to me!" He demanded. "We will attack tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. sharp!" The men nodded their heads. Heihachi sat down in his chair. After he had Kazuya in his grasp, he would use his devil gene to combine it with the ogre gene. "Everything will come into play, and soon, I will be the strongest warrior." He said as he looked at his papers spread out on his desk.
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Jin had pushed Jessica slowly off of him. She licked her lips and smiled. Jin however, wasn't smiling back. He had a worried look on his face. She tried to push herself on him again, but he resisted.
"Jin, what's wrong?" She asked moving closer to him. He looked away, but her gentle hand brought his warm eyes to look into hers. "Tell me Jin, do you love me?" She asked pathetically. He felt his heart begin to throb. He believed that he couldn't fall in love with anyone besides Ling Xiaoyu. She was his world, his ONLY love. He knew what had to be done.
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Ling stared deep into Kanji's eyes like she had done to get Jin's attention. She knew what she had to do in order to keep her promise.
"Kanji. I really like you. You make me feel special. You are someone I can talk to and not feel stupid, or make me sad." She tried to smile, but she couldn't. "But, I just don't love you. I can try and try and try some more, and I could never come to loving you." Kanji felt torn apart inside. He looked to the ground, but Ling brought his face to hers. "Listen, you and I are friends. We have a special bond of friendship between us that is like no other." She knew what she was saying wasn't making him feel any better.
"It's because of Jin, right? You still love him, don't you?" He asked. She smiled sweetly.
"Yeah, I do. You see, when you and I met again at the park a few weeks ago, I thought I was falling in love with you. To tell the truth, I was beginning to like that feeling." Kanji looked up at her with hope in his eyes. "But the kiss you gave me today made me realize how special Jin is to me. I was being reminded of him every time we were together. That kiss sealed my love for him, and nothing will change that." Kanji had hoped to be more than Ling's friend. He honestly began to love her.
"Xiao." He whispered. She smiled at him tenderly. "I know you love Jin. And I'm pretty sure he loves you too." She began to walk away, but he grabbed her hand. "But no matter what, I will not stop loving you." He kissed her cheek and left the house. Ling looked out the window and smiled. She knew she had done the right thing.
"Maybe you will find someone who can return your feelings." She whispered aloud. Miharu put her hand on Ling's shoulder.
"I'm proud that you did the right thing Xiao." She said. Ling smiled back and looked at the snow begin to fall. This Christmas she wanted to spend it with Jin, and his memories were just enough for her to be happy.
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"I'm sorry Jessica. But there is a lot about me that you don't know about." He said arising from the couch. She pouted looking wearily at him. He looked down at his feet. He was at a lost of words. 'If I tell her the truth, she may be unhappy. But this is something that must be done.' He thought. She leaped up to her feet and grabbed Jin by the arm.
"Jin. I don't need to know a lot about you. Just knowing that you are here with me is enough." She pleaded for him to hold her. He grabbed her by her waist and looked at her gentle face. She slowly began to cry. "I think I love you Jin. I think that my heart beats faster every time I am with you." He smiled then moved her hair to the other side of her face.
"You honestly don't think you're in love with me, do you?" He asked. She looked confusingly at him.
"Yes Jin. I truly think..no...I know I love you! The feeling that I get when I am around you is so incredible that I cannot explain it in words. Don't you understand?" She asked. He smiled and looked at her tenderly. She felt a warmness surge through her heart.
"I know exactly what you mean." He whispered. "I feel the same way about Ling Xiaoyu." Her eyes widened. Jin had never mentioned another girl before. Why did he choose now to tell her?
"Ling Xiaoyu? What's that?" She asked. She could feel herself becoming weak. Jin let go of her and walked over to the window. It was dark outside and the illumination of the decorated houses gleamed off his eyes.
"Ling Xiaoyu is a young girl back home with whom I am in love with. She is my everything, and I promised her that I would one day come back for her." (DAMN STRAIGHT!) Jessica broke down at his words. She thought that he was beginning to love her back. She slowly approached him, reaching her hand out to him. Jin turned his head and saw her reaching out to him. Jin didn't want to be mean, he just didn't want to lie to her. He had to be straightforward about his feelings.
"Jin, why didn't you tell me before I told you that I loved you?" She asked sadly. He felt bad about not doing it sooner, but he had a good reason.
"I have been away from home for two years already. I thought about starting a new life, but I wasn't sure about how I was going to handle it. I thought that maybe Ling might have moved on without me. We've only known eachother a few months. Then I saw you, and for a moment I thought I could feel myself..." He didn't know what to say. He wasn't sure if he could admit his feelings. But he had to be honest, he had to tell her! "I felt like I was beginning to feel certain attractions for you." Jessica shook her head and smiled.
"Come on Jin, just say it! You were beginning to fall in love with me too." Jin's face turned red. He laughed silently to himself.
"Anyways, I thought that if I were to fall in love with someone else besides Ling, I would never forgive myself. I had to be sure that I loved her! I had to know." He said. He sighed and looked at her. He approached her and held her close to him. Jessica was now confused. She wasn't sure what was going on anymore. "Then..."
"And then I kissed you." She said angelically. Jin nodded.
"Yeah, that kiss meant a lot to me." He said. She smiled.
"It did?" She asked with hope. Jin nodded his head.
"That kiss proved to me that I loved Ling Xiaoyu more than anything in the world. I felt absolutely nothing. When I am with her, just being in her presence gives me a tender feeling in my heart." (HA, HA, HA!! I BET JESSICA FEELS SO STUPID RIGHT NOW!!!!) She lowered her head in despair. She didn't want to give Jin up, not to someone she didn't even know.
"Maybe it was the way I kissed you. I can change that Jin!" She said in her attempt to make him change his mind. Jin led her to the couch and knelt by her. "Jin, let me try again." She pleaded. Jin laid his hands on hers.
"You could try any knew technique and that still wouldn't change anything. I will always put Ling first." (AWWWW!!!!! THAT'S SO SWEET!!!) She began to cry. She knew that Jin had made up his mind. But she had also made up hers. She would not let Jin go! She would pursue him till the day she dies. Even if it meant taking drastic measures, she will have her day!!
"I gotta go!" She yelled as she threw her coat on and left. Jin felt bad for her, but then he was proud of himself.
"There will be someone else who can love you just as much as you loved me." He said happily. Mr. Usume had seen the whole thing. He nodded his head in agreement to Jin's actions. Jin turned around and saw Mr. Usume looking at him. "Sensei." Jin said surprised by his sudden visit.
"It's alright Jin. I'm glad you did the right thing." Jin felt bad about what he did. He knew that she didn't deserve it, but he absolutely hated lying. Then he thought about the girl named Makoto. She too had stated that she loved him. Jin looked back at his sensei.
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Christmas had finally arrived! It was early in the morning when Ling shot out of bed and walked to the little Christmas tree in her room. It had a few presents under it. She was surprised, she didn't know anyone would have gone through the trouble to get her gifts. She took out the first one and read the tag. It was from Miharu. She smiled as she opened it. It was a small locket that had the word friends on it. She figured that Miharu must have the one that said best. She put the locket on and proceeded to the next. It was a note attached to the box. She read the note out loud.
"Ling, I will always love you and I hope one day you will come to accept that. Even though I know that you love Jin, my feelings for you will not subside." Ling sighed sadly. She didn't want this to happen. "Kanji, why can't you just accept the fact that we can never be together?" She said. She put the box next to her and looked at the other box. This one seemed different. It was more personalized than the others. She looked at the tag and noticed that there hadn't been anyone's name on there. She had a feeling of who it might be so she tore the wrapping and looked at the gift. Her eyes widened with surprise. It was the beautiful glass frame with golden trimming. But instead of the picture that used to be in it, it was a picture of Xiaoyu and Jin and...she couldn't make out whom the other person was. "Wait a minute?" She thought. She ran down the stairs and saw the exact same frame. "Two of them? That's odd." She looked at the picture in her frame and gasped. "Wait! I've only been there once! And....That girl!!" Everything was beginning to confuse her. "Could this be?..." She stopped herself from speaking any further. The girl that was in the picture with them was also the girl they had encountered two years back.
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"We did it!" Exclaimed one man. He ran to Heihachi with all the information they stole from G. corp. "Sir, this is all the information you need to know." He said handing the disk to Heihachi. He smiled evilly. A few other men came in with briefcases full of information.
"Good, good." Heihachi said pleasingly. He went into the lab with a smile on his face. This was what he had been waiting for so long. He put the small disk into the computer and many pictures began to pop out. He had seen one of a young man with scars all over his body. "Kazuya." He mumbled. "How, can that be? It's impossible. Can they really bring a man back from the dead?" He had so many questions and so little answers.
"Mr. Mishima," called one of the men. "We are on the search of Kazuya Mishima at this very moment." He said holding a cell phone in his right hand. Heihachi had a few tricks up his sleeve. He knew if he were to hunt Kazuya down, he wouldn't be successful. The only way to get him out is by luring him out.
"Cease commission." He demanded.
"But sir-" The other man tried to get Heihachi to understand, but he raised his hand.
"Listen, how does one attempt in catching their pray?" He asks. The man shakes his head in confusion. "One must not hunt for the pray, but diligently lure him out." The man soon understood.
"I see it now Mr. Mishima. When would you like the tournament to be announced?" He asked. Heihachi wasn't a very patient man, but he wanted the devil gene and would go through any means to get it.
"I want it to be announced today! The tournament will start in exactly one month from today!" The man ran to the main quart of the building with the good news.
Kazuya Mishima returned to G. Corp and found the entire place demolished. He knew that his father was behind this, and he would soon plot his revenge. He was beginning to get the hang of unifying his powers with devil. He knew that Heihachi was out for him, and he wasn't going to let that old man get in his way.
A few hours later and the KOIF tournament 4 was announced. One week later, everyone in Japan had heard about it. Everyone, including Ling and Miharu were informed.
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Even in Brisbane Australia the news had traveled far. Jin had heard about it and knew that this was the perfect time to get revenge on his grandfather. He would end the Mishima bloodline right now! Without any hesitation, Jin began packing.
"I see you are leaving now." Said Mr. Usume. Jin looked back and nodded. "You are happy? I can't see it." Jin finished packing and bowed his head to his sensei.
"Thank you." He said as he began to leave.
"Jin Kazama, you are a fine student and have a good heart. Don't let anything change that." Jin preceded to the door smiling. He was leaving two years of his life behind here. "Oh, and Jin," Jin looked back at Mr. Usume. "Take care of Ling Xiaoyu for me will ya?" A smile crept up on Jin's lips. He INTENDED to keep that promise. As Jin headed for the airport, he met someone waiting for him. It was Jessica. She was dressed in her finest leather coat and had a beautiful red scarf hanging over her shoulders. She held her hands together and looked him tenderly in the eyes.
"Jin," She whispered. "Will you come back after the tournament? I will be waiting." Jin let himself loose and hugged Jessica tight. She knew that this was his neglecting way of saying goodbye. "Jin, tell me you'll come back to me." She cried. He wiped her tears with his thumb.
"I am sorry, I truly am, but I can't promise you that. I won't make a promise I can't keep." Jessica looked at him wearily.
"What do you mean? My uncle told me that you told Ling that you promised her you would return to her. For two years you haven't gone back." She was trying as hard as she could to win him back.
"I know. But there wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think about returning to her, I love her. Now that I get my revenge, and everything will be settled, I will return to her." He pulled himself away from her and left to go to his plane. Jessica stood there wallowing in her despair.
"Jin Kazama," She said while crying, "I will get you to see how important I am to you, and when I do, you will come back to me." She looked down at her feet and her eyes widened.
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"Yes! This is it! This is what I've been waiting for!" She exclaimed jumping up and down. Ling was so happy to hear that another tournament was about to begin. "Now I can find Jin again." Then another thought crossed her mind. She had been warned about Heihachi's evil intentions. "I must also unveil the truth behind Heihachi and the Mishima Zaibatsu." She said. She decided to go find Miharu and tell her about the good news.
She walked through the big crowded city and saw that they were already having signups for the new challengers. Ling had already received an invitation since she was a veteran. She could see the many people coming from all parts of the world enter. Then she had seen a young man in front of her wearing a blue shirt and jeans. His hair was dark and spiked.
"Jin?" She whispered. Her heart raced quickly as she hurried up to him. "Jin! It's me! You're alive! I've missed you so much, it's been too long Kazama!" Tears began streaming down her cheeks. She leaped up in the air and hugged him as tight as she could. He turned around. "Jin, since when did you wear sunglasses?" She asked. He slowly took them off to see who the young girl was. When he did, he had also revealed his red eye. Ling's mouth dropped. (AND I MEAN DROPPED!!!!!!) Her heart stopped and she couldn't breathe. It felt like a nightmare, but it was real. She tried to move, tried to speak, but her fear did not allow her. Then she got up the nerve to release her grip from him. "HOLY SHIT!!!!" She screamed as she left running. Her head was pounding and her heart was on the verge of exploding. She ran and ran.
"Who is that?" Kazuya asked. The man next to him tried to make out the figure.
"That is Ling Xiaoyu sir. She works as a ward for Heihachi." He grinned.
"A ward of my father's huh? This aught to be very interesting." He said aloud. He then remembered something. "Why did she call me Jin? She also said Kazama." His face was puzzled.
"Sir, correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't Kazama the last name of your lover? Jun Kazama I believe it to be." Kazuya stood there for a moment. Then it had hit him hard on the head.
"Jun! Where is she?" He asked. Kazuya had loved her so much, and after all, he did die before he knew he had a son. The man next to Kazuya lowered his head.
"Sir, didn't you know? Jun Kazama was killed six years ago by the god of fight." Kazuya was shocked. He never knew about that. A tear was beginning to take form, but he quickly stopped himself from becoming too emotional. Even though what he had just learned tore him apart from the inside, he tried to stay strong on the outside. "Jin Kazama was the one who defeated him in the last KOIF tournament. Kazuya wanted to know more about this Jin Kazama and decided that he was going to pursue Ling Xiaoyu.
"I want you to find that Ling Xiaoyu girl and tell her to meet me in the park. Make her feel...welcome." The man nodded and the two of them got in his car and chased after Ling Xiaoyu.
Ling ran as fast as she could until she reached Miharu's place. She was out of breath. She knocked on the door hoping that someone would answer quickly. Miharu wiped the sleep from her eyes and looked at Ling drowsily.
"Xiao....what is it?" She asked sleepily. Ling put her hand on her chest trying to catch her breath.
"Scary....must help...red eye...HELP!" She threw herself into Miharu's house and ran straight to her room. She stood by the corner and took deep breaths.
"Xiao!! Tell me what's going on!!" Ling looked up and then touched her head.
"Today, I thought I saw Jin. I mean, the guy looks exactly like Jin!!! Then....he took off his sun glasses and he had a RED EYE!!! I think he's some kind of EVIL FREAK!!!" She couldn't hold herself anymore. She was becoming hysterical.
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"What the hell is taking so long?" Kazuya asked impatiently. The driver sat thinking. "That's it. I'll go get her myself." Kazuya got out of the car and stepped towards the house.
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"So that's how it happened?" Miharu asked. There was a knock at her bedroom door.
"Miharu, you have a visitor." Her mother said in the gentlest voice.
"Alright mom." She looked at Ling who was still shaking with fear. "Don't be scared Xiao, I'm sure we'll never see him again. (SO NAÏVE!!!!!) She slowly opened the door, little by little, inch by inch. Ling was still looking down at the floor trying to regain her composure. "Hey Xiao?" Miharu asked with calm in her voice. Ling still was busy recuperating, but she answered.
"Yeah Miharu?" She asked.
"Wouldn't it be funny if that guy wore a blue shirt and jean pants?!" She said laughing. Ling didn't know what was so funny. Miharu kept going on. "And if he were tall and had dark spiky hair!! Oh, that would be so hilarious!"
"But Miharu, he did. Why do you ask?" Miharu calmed down.
"Oh, no reason, it's just that..." Ling stood patiently awaiting for Miharu to finish.
"It's just that what?" She asked. Miharu turned around slowly.
"It's just that, HE'S RIGHT HERE XIAO!!!!!" She screamed. Ling threw herself back and stared at Kazuya. He wanted her to be able to trust him. He went in further to get a good look at them. They were holding eachother tightly and cowering in the corner. He couldn't completely see them so he slowly began to adjust his sunglasses.
"There! RIGHT THERE!" Ling pointed to his red eye. Miharu was completely freaked out.
"IT'S SOME TYPE OF EYE LASER AND HE'S GUNNA KILL US!!!!" She hollered. He went closer, but before he could advance any further, they jumped out of the window. The two of them headed straight for the park.
"Damn it!" He said. He had trouble with young people. They seemed to be afraid of him. He ran out of the house and into the car. "Where did they go?" He asked.
"To the park sir!" They drove on their way to the park. Ling and Miharu had climbed up a tree to try to hide. Kazuya was right below them.
"Ling Xiaoyu, come out!" He commanded. His voice sent chills down her spine. "I know you know about Jin Kazama. I need to know about him." His voice became calm, so calm that it carried with the wind. "My only love was killed by the god of fight and this Jin Kazama character defeated him." Ling could sense the gentleness in his voice. She looked at Miharu pitifully.
"Miharu, I have to go." She whispered. "You can stay here in this tree. I'll come get you after he is gone." Miharu shook her head.
"No Xiao, I'll come with." They hopped out of the tree and stood right before Kazuya. Ling could sense something evil about him, but she trusted him. She slowly walked up to him and took off his sunglasses. She ignored the fact that his eye was glowing right into hers. He headed towards the bench and suggested that she sat by him. Miharu walked with her friend to the bench.
"So, tell me who you are and why you are so interested in Jin." She asked as calm as she could. Kazuya smiled, which was a RARE event.
"I am Kazuya Mishima. Jun Kazama and I chose to live far away from my father. I loved her so much that I wanted to protect her from him. A few days passed and I began to receive threats from him. I had to meet up with him and settle the score. In the end, I lost. My life didn't concern me, but her love, was what I miss the most." Xiaoyu was speechless. She remembered Jin telling her that he had a father, but he died a long time ago. Now he's alive??? Does he even know he has a son? "Now I find out that she was killed because of something my father resurrected!"
"Mr. Mishima-"
"Please, just call me Kazuya." He said politely. She felt uncomfortable calling him that, but since he asked so politely, she did as he requested.
"All right then, Kazuya, Jin Kazama is Jun Kazama's son." Kazuya looked heartbroken. Ling smiled. "He is also the son of Kazuya Mishima." She said proudly. Kazuya jolted his head up.
"I have a son?" He asked aloud. Ling and Miharu nodded. The astonishing shock on his face made her laugh. Something weird began to happen to Kazuya. Lightning surrounded him and both of his eyes began to turn red. Ling jumped off the bench and began to run away. Miharu ran alongside her. "Yes, I remember." He said in a hoarse voice, he was changed somehow. "Jin Kazama, my other half. I will get what rightfully belongs to me!" He said as he fled out of the park. Ling and Miharu couldn't believe what they had just seen.
Little did Ling know, someone had been watching the whole thing from behind, he was a tall man dressed in a hooded jacket with flames. Ling and Miharu began walking back to the mansion, when all of a sudden she ran into a young Australian girl.
"I'm sorry, I didn't see where I was going." Ling said. The girl just gave her a look.
"Come on Xiaoyu! We gotta go!" called Miharu.
"Coming!" Ling shouted. As she was about to take off, the Australian girl grabbed her arm.
"So, you're Ling Xiaoyu?" She said. Ling just smiled back.
"I'm Jessica, Jin's told me a lot about you." Ling stared at her not knowing what to say.
Kotou: DUM DUM DUM!!!! Jessica finds Ling and tells her that she knows Jin!!!!! OOOOHHHHH!!!! The heat is on!!!! So, what did you guys think??? This was a long chapter. Well, maybe not, but it took me long enough to write the Damn thing!!! Any ways, I'm also writing another fic called Tekken Muyo. It should be up soon, and I'm also a co-writer for a fic called He Loves Me He Loves You Not! Check those out too! Well, you know the drill, R&R! *Looks around* Is it ok to come out??? Are my killers gone???? Hmmm. Maybe I should add another scene with...