Chapter 13: Devil's intentions
Part I: The Conversions
"Evil can eat at the harts of those who succumb to it."
Disclaimer: Don't own, Don't Sue!!!
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Lacrease: You have a good mind! A nice imagination, and somehow, you always seem to predict what I'm gunna write next! Stop it!! (J/K) ^__^! I like it when people try to guess what happens!
Nessa: Glad to see you again! ^__^!! Ok, I've decided that my life is too precious to me to have you let Tanya sit on me! I'll die!!! So, I've decided that I will put you in the story! Do ya have to make things so difficult?? Ok, you are now...(Drum roll please!)...Angel! Congratulations! Now leave me alone! LOL! (J/K)
Jin stared unbelievingly at his father. He was shocked, and frightened all at the same time. He mentally blocked all that out when he saw that Kazuya was holding Zenrei. Jin, doing the fatherly thing, jumped after Kazuya, trying to get his child back. Jin pulled Kazuya's arms, but Razan stood in the way.
"Let go of Zenrei!" He commanded. Razan tried pulling Jin back, but she was still too young and small to completely pull him down.
"Jin!" She yelled. He blocked everything out of his head, only worrying about Zenrei's health. "Jin, Kazuya is trying to save her!" He stopped, noticing that Kazuya wasn't making any attempt to harm her. Razan huffed and shook her head. "See! I told you!" Devil stood there, laughing horrendously.
"The girl. Give me the girl!" He reached out his devilish claws towards Kazuya. Still holding Zenrei, Kazuya did his Jawbreaker attack, knocking Devil out to one side. Razan used this much-valued time to grab Europa while Ling grabbed Miharu and ran towards the house. Ling looked at Miharu in her arms. Miharu was unconscious from seeing Devil hovering over her. Devil looked towards them running off. He sneered, and then shot a laser from his forehead. He missed purposely, to try and draw them towards him. While Jin saw that Devil was trying to kill Ling, he charged at him using his right roundhouse punch, which completely caught Devil off guard and had shot one of his towards Ling, but luckily, she dodged it just in time to save her life. "Devil grabbed Jin by the arm and hurtled him to the other side, hitting his back on the rough side of a tree. Kazuya knew that Zenrei would be in danger if he were to let his guard down for a moment. Devil would surely find a way to get her. He looked over at Ling, Zenrei, and Miharu. They were too far to come back and get Zenrei. He then decided to make a noble act.
Devil stared directly at Kazuya and studied him carefully. "What's wrong? Had enough already?" He asked. Kazuya ignored his taunting and walked over to his son.
"Jin." He said calmly. Jin groaned in pain and looked up at his father. "Here. Take care of her. I'm going to fight him alone. We have a score to settle." He handed Zenrei to her father. Jin held her in his arms, he was so afraid of losing her, but he knew that Kazuya couldn't win on his own. Jin was feeling different about his father. He wasn't exactly sure about what, but he knew it was different. Kazuya nodded and said, "I'm proud of you son." That sure made Jin shoot his head up in astonishment. Kazuya had never ever called Jin "son" before.
"Father?" He asked. Kazuya simply smiled and stood up facing Devil. Jin wanted to help fight, but he wasn't sure how. Just then, Jun's spirit showed up. It wasn't an illusion, but an actual spirit. She smiled at Jin and bent down next to him. She placed her warm hand on his cheek and held onto Zenrei.
"Jin. I'll take care of Zenrei. Go help your father, he needs you now, more than ever." He smiled back at his beautiful mother.
"Thanks mom. I love you." She nodded and took Zenrei away. Jin walked next to Kazuya and stood in his fighting stance.
"What are you doing here?" Kazuya asked with concern.
"What? You think you can take him on by yourself? No chance, I'm fighting with you." He tightened his glove and looked at the demon ahead of him. Kazuya clenched his fist and stared angrily at Jin.
"This isn't your fight! You still have a family to take care of."
"Exactly. And how can I possibly take care of them if I am not doing my absolute best to fight this Devil?" Kazuya shook his head disapprovingly. "Besides, this is my fight just as much as it is yours." It was true. Both of them had their reasons, and both were going to take it out on the battlefield.
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Inside, Razan and Ling were sitting quietly by the door and peeking out the window. They watched as they could slightly see electricity being shot through the air. Ling held her hands closely together and pressed them against her lips.
"Oh Jin. I hope that you're ok. I know you're strong, you have come to beat every challenge you have faced, but still..." She looked out, wondering about him.
"Hey, don't worry." Razan said with a smile. She put her hand on Ling's shoulder. Ling looked back at the girl with hope in her eyes. "Kazuya's out there with him. I know this may seem a bit odd...but he's changed." Ling smiled back at her and also looked out into the darkened sky.
"Yeah?" She saw the lasers and beams of energy shoot across the heavens. "Yeah. You're right. I can sense it in him. He isn't dark like he used to be." Razan thought about it for a while. Angel did tell her that there was something special about this family. That there was light and dark flowing through the bloodline, and unfortunately, Zenrei was caught in the middle. "Who are you?" Ling asked a bit suspicious. Razan looked so familiar to her, but she just couldn't place it. Razan smiled and extended her arm.
"I'm Razan." She said generously. Ling shook her hand and said.
"I'm Ling Kazama."
"Oh, I know." Razan said. Ling looked confused.
"You do?" Razan giggled at her confused expression.
"Yeah. Angel told me so much about you."
"Angel?" She questioned.
"Uh huh! She told me to find you so I could train Zenrei. You see, she wanted me to be her trainer for when her time comes. She didn't exactly tell me what that meant." She took out a small locket that had a picture of a young woman in it. She looked at the picture and smiled. Ling had crawled by Miharu and Europa. She pushed at Miharu's arm, nudging her to wake up.
"Hey! Miharu! Wake up!!" She called. She slowly opened her eyes. She looked around, whirling her head violently from side to side.
"Where is she!?!? Where's Europa!!???" Ling handed the young girl in her hands. Miharu softly cried looking down at Europa who had a few scratches on her face. "Oh, thank you Xiao." She said with a sigh.
"Miharu, I'm married now. You can't really call me Xiao ya know." Miharu looked on the ground and cracked a smile.
"Ok, then what do you prefer I call you?" Ling shook her head.
"Is it that hard to call me by my name? Just call me Ling ok?" The two laughed. Ling brought a few bandages down for Miharu and Europa. Then it hit her. Zenrei was not with her and must have been out in the battle. "WAIT!!!???" She said with a sudden sound of fear. Razan and Miharu looked up at her.
"What is it Xiao? I mean...What is it Ling?"
"Zenrei! Oh my God! I think she's still out there!!" She rushed to the door and violently swung it open.
"No. She's right here." Said a voice. Ling turned around and saw the heavenly spirit of Jun Kazama. She closed the door and walked up to Jun. Razan lifted her head and gasped. She too walked up to Jun. Miharu felt lightheaded. First, she had seen a devil, now she was seeing an angel. She leaned back and fell to the ground.
"Jun." Said Ling in a soft and quiet tone. She handed the baby back into Ling's arms and smiled. "Jun, is Jin ok?" She asked worriedly. She had a nervous feeling in her heart when she saw the spirit's troubled expression.
"He's doing all that he can. Have faith." Those words were enough to make Ling want to go after Jin herself. Razan walked up to Jun's arm and tugged on her dress. Jun looked surprised to see who was in front of her. "Razan?" She asked with a choked voice. Razan looked at her locket and felt her heart tear up inside of her. She nodded weakly.
"Jun." She said soft-spoken. She went up to hug her. The warmth of having her hold her for the first time was wonderful. Ling used this time to escape from the house and find Jin. She slowly snuck out and headed towards the battle scene, but she didn't get far. Jun had called out her name.
"Ling, where are you going?" She asked. Ling lowered her head, holding onto the knob, tightly wrapping her fingers around it.
"Jun," She whispered, "you know where I'm going. I have to help Jin, I know he needs me." She whined. It had been the first time in a long time that she whined like that. "I know you know what I'm going through. You would do anything to save Kazuya and Jin, so please, let me help them." Jun slowly let go of Razan and gave Zenrei to Miharu.
"Yes. I know." Her words were low and quiet, almost as if she were regretting something deep inside. "I would do anything to help, if I could." She slowly walked up to Ling, facing her, looking at her somberly. "But look at me now. I tried to help, but I failed. I left my son, all alone, with Heihachi! And Heihachi was the one who wanted so much to kill him!" She looked Ling dead in the eye. "Listen to me. You have a daughter, you must always be there to protect..." Ling cut her off by gently raising her forefinger.
"Jun Kazama, I thought you had more faith in me. I will always be there to protect Zenni. Jin knows that, because he will be there too. But you have to believe in us." Jun looked out at the gruesome battle that was going on.
"If you go, Devil will surely use you as bait to lure Jin out. You and Zenrei are Jin's only weakness." Ling knew that that was the truth. She knew that that was probably what Devil had in mind too. But she had to take that chance!
"Yes, I am full aware of that!" She said proudly. She waved her hand and headed out the door into the light of battle. Razan began to chase her, until Jun stopped her too.
"Just where do you think you're going?" She asked.
"Sorry sis, but Ling needs me! She needs all of us, and I'm not going to let her down." Miharu stood next to Razan, holding Europa and Zenrei.
"Yes Miss spirit. Xiao...I MEAN LING needs our help! I truly think that that evil, Devil, whatever the hell he is...that thing with the horns..."
"Uh, Devil!?" Razan added sarcastically.
"Yeah, Devil! He can't beat all of us!" Jun sighed and nodded.
"Ok. We will go. But no one will fight unless it is 100% crucial! Do you hear me?" They nodded and headed out after Ling.
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Jin was sent flying through the air and landed hard on his back. Kazuya looked over at his son and began to use one of his combos on him that resembled the 5 hit Kazama combo. Devil, not being accustomed to that type of fighting, was hit which each and every thrust. Kazuya ran to Jin's aid.
"Are you alright?" He asked. Jin nodded holding his jaw.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He shook his head and wiped the blood from his mouth.
"That a boy. Now, how about you and I take this demon for a serious ride and send him back to hell!" Jin nodded, for the first time, he agreed with his father, and though he would only admit it to himself, he enjoyed it.
"Yeah, let's get rid of him once and for all." Devil shot himself back up and smiled.
"I have to admit. I haven't had so much fun in all of my life, that is, until I turn the tables around." Jin and Kazuya looked puzzled for a moment. What was he talking about? What does this sinister being have up his sleeve.
Jin stood in front of Kazuya, ready to begin the thrashing of Devil. Devil spread his wings out and flew above Jin. Kazuya, once being Devil himself, had a sixth-sense about every move.
"Jin! Look out!" He called. Devil had shot one of his lasers right towards Jin, and it was going fast. Kazuya ran towards Jin, pushing him out of the way, and rolling out to safety. Devil flew behind Jin and launched towards him. Jin sidestepped out of the way, with enough time to grab hold of one of his wings. He grabbed both wings while Kazuya charged at him. Devil was about to do one of his lasers, but as he was charging up, Jin had put his arm around his third eye, giving Kazuya that advantage. Kazuya charged at Devil with all his might as Jin then again, sidestepped out of his way, crushing Devil to the ground. Kazuya pounded his fists into his face as Jin stomped on his stomach. After the brutal beating, Kazuya and Jin stepped off. Devil wearily got back to his feet. "Won't he ever die?" Kazuya asked angrily.
"Doesn't seem that way." Jin said calmly. They walked up to Devil carefully, alert and aware of his deadly lasers. As Devil keenly looked at Jin, he asserted himself and took charge. He ran clear across Jin, having figured out all his techniques. Jin tried his right roundhouse punch, but Devil caught it with his right hand, punching him clear across the face with his left hand. Kazuya ran towards Devil and slid across the ground, hitting his ankles, causing him to fall.
"Tachi! Tachi!" Zenrei yelled. Ling covered her mouth and hid behind a large tree where everyone was standing. Ling looked at Zenrei. The young girl's eyes seemed to sparkle immensely.
"What is Zenni?" She asked. Zenrei yelled again.
"Tachi! Tachi!"
"Shh!" Ling hushed the baby by placing her finger over her mouth.
"Tachi? What's that?" Razan asked. Ling shrugged.
"I dunno. But maybe Zenrei is trying to say something." She looked at Zenrei and stroked her soft dark brown hair.
"Oh Xia...Ling, you know she can't talk yet. She's only a few months old." Miharu said holding Zenrei tightly.
Just then, a sweet sounding voice carried on with the wind and around the atmosphere surrounding them. Ling, Miharu, Razan, Europa and Zenrei looked up and around.
(Ok Nessa! Here's your big Debut! So enjoy! Don't worry; you'll be in other chapters as well.)
"Trust in her. She may be young, but her heart is pure." Razan looked up at the sky and closed her eyes.
"Angel? Is that you?" She asked trailing off in her speech.
"Yes Razan. I trust that things are going well." Razan smiled as she felt warmth throughout her heart. "I must go, please everyone, take care and trust in your own ability." With that, the warmth and comfort everyone felt slowly drifted as quickly as it came. Ling looked down at Zenrei who had a frightened look on her face. This time, she didn't scream, but simply whispered,
"Tachi."
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The battle was a fierce one. Jin and Kazuya were draining themselves out. Jin couldn't find the strength to fight anymore and Kazuya was already badly injured. Jin looked up and realized that Devil was feeling just as bad.
"I can't stay in this form much longer." He mumbled. Kazuya shot his head up.
"What do you mean?" Kazuya asked curiously. Devil held onto his stomach and hurtled himself to the ground.
"I must get back up. I must get that child, she is a part of me." Jin grabbed the dirt in his hands to lift himself onto his feet, but fell back to his knees.
"I won't let you take Zenrei. She is not a part you! She is a part of me! My blood runs through her body, and to get to her, you're going to have to finish dealing with me!" Jin snapped. Kazuya also lifted himself up to his knees, panting raggedly.
"Same here. To get through to my son, you're going to have to get through me! I will do whatever it takes to save the last of my family."
Devil stood there flapping his wings and crossed his arms.
"Kazuya, that's not like you at all. I thought you hated your family. You wanted so much revenge on your father, didn't you?" Kazuya gritted his teeth and dug his fingers into his skin.
"No. I hated my father for betraying me. I loved my mother deeply, and I swore that I would do anything to get her back. I was a foolish child who believed in that. Then, when I saw a young girl crying, I went to find out what was wrong. She seemed so sad, that I'd do anything to help her." Jin listened carefully. It was the story of Kazuya that his mother once told him about. Kazuya's words became more choked up and harder to hear, but seeing the pain implanted in his eyes spoke loudly and clearly to what he was going to say next. "I went to help her, but obviously my father didn't want me to, thinking it was an act of weakness." Jun's spirit lingered over him, listening to every tender word that meant so much to her. She closed her eye and a small tear dropped from her cheek down to Kazuya's open wounded arm. He felt it and looked at his arm. The wound was gone. Jin had noticed it too.
"Well, this is all very touching, but I don't have to deal with any of you to get what I want." Said Devil evilly. "I think we have what I want right now." He looked over to his left and saw Ling sneaking to a safer place with Zenrei. She stopped, seeing Devil look right at her. Her head told her to run, but her legs did not move.
"No! Get out of here!" Jin yelled swinging his arm. She couldn't move. She was too scared to go anywhere, because she already knew of the torture she would go.
"Just stay put and no harm shall come to you." He said walking over to her. Visions of Ling and Zenrei passed through Jin's head. He envisioned the dreams that he had had a while back, before he even got to know Ling. Visions of pain and suffering, visions of what might happen if he ever came to close to her. He shook his head and saw how close Devil was nearing her. Jin had found a new growth of strength and courage to fight Devil. He ran towards Devil. Everything that he had learned was now coming into play. He had seen the shocked expression on Ling's face. She was scared for their lives. Jin couldn't and wouldn't let anything happen to his new family. He was going to fight and protect him until the day he dies. As he approached him, Devil swerved around, witnessing the powerful lightning that Jin was emitting from his body. Jin started out low, spinning around and came up with an uppercut, which completely cut Devil off guard. Jin saw Devil fall to the ground, than Kazuya took his share in fighting. He used his spinning demon attack and knocked Devil high, while Jin came from behind Kazuya and did his corpse thrust. He stood over Devil staring down at him. Jin then looked at his own two hands in shock. He was beginning to use his Mishima moves once again. He thought for sure that he had unlearned all of that, but what was once engraved, cannot be permanently erased. He knelt down and stood in the pool of blood. Ling had then gotten up the courage to slowly approach him. She shyly walked up to him with Zenrei clung onto her shoulders.
"I told you that it was dangerous. You and Zenrei could have gotten badly hurt." He scowled. She lowered her head in shame. She could feel the tears well up in her eyes.
"I know." She breathed. She stood there with her head hung down. Jin looked back at the beaten and broken Devil, then back at Ling. He saw a few tears trickle down her cheek.
"I'm sorry." He said softly. He lifted her chin with his forefinger and thumb forcing her to look into his eyes. "It's ok now. We're ok." She gave a weak smile, knowing things would probably work out for the best.
"Tachi! Tachi!" Zenrei yelled again pointing to Devil. Jin looked at Zenrei with a confused look on his face. Kazuya then stepped on Devil's stomach to make sure that he was dead.
"Well, what is it?" Jin asked Kazuya.
"I'm not sure." He said pondering what the young girl could have meant. "Maybe she saw something." Razan, Miharu, and Europa walked out next to Ling and Devil.
"Why don't you put her down and see what's wrong." Miharu suggested. Ling nodded and put Zenrei down, still keeping a good grip around her waist incase Devil suddenly woke up or something. Zenrei crawled herself over to Devil and placed her hand over his head, revealing who was under his control. Everyone took a step back and gasped. Jin and Kazuya looked in shock while Ling ran to grab Zenrei.
"No way!" She exclaimed looking at the bloody corpse beneath her. "How can that be? I thought..." Kazuya and Jin were just as shocked. They had no idea how this could have happened.
"Greed and jealousy can create people to lose themselves." Razan said looking at the half demon figure. Jin clenched his fists as he now had a new hatred build up in him.
"I can't believe it! I just wanted to live a new life. To pick up from where I last left off, and now, here I am living in a world where I am being hunted down!" He threw his fists and stared hard at the unconscious being lying at his feet. Kazuya shook his head as he began to walk away. "Where are you going?" Jin asked. Kazuya took the body in his arms.
"I must dispose of the last remaining evil, the one who let himself get converted for the sake of other's death and for his own greed; the one we know as Devil; Heihachi Mishima."
Kotou: BUM BUM BUM!!!!!! Sorry I had Ya'll waitin' so looooooooonnnnnnnggggg!!! I had a LOT of work to DO!!!! Sheesh!!!! Yea, so how did you like this chapter? It took me a while to write it, sorry it's kind of short too. And if it confuses you, don't worry, because I will be here to clear up everything! Also, I guess I made myself a little too predictable when I said that Heihachi was the devil. I bet you guys knew that, but it did add a new twist, right? I mean, we all assumed he was dead, but remember, Jin never killed him! Ok, That chapter's done with. I hope Nessa is happy that I added her in! She has to be so complicated! And now Joe wants me to add him! FAT CHANCE!!!! Ok, just review now. ^__^! Jai Ne!
Part I: The Conversions
"Evil can eat at the harts of those who succumb to it."
Disclaimer: Don't own, Don't Sue!!!
Skittles-xtreme: So Glad you like this! There is more on the way!!
Forevermore: Yeah, there's going to be a lot of Jin and Zenrei cuteness!!! I don't think I can stop with the cuteness!!! IT KEEPS GOING!!! Plus, can't you tell that Zenrei is such a DADDY'S GIRL?? Oh, and the whole Europa beating up Hinotama gives me an idea for a future chapter! Thanx! *__~
Lillian: WooHoo! I'm glad that you like this too! I'm trying to write more, but my computer's getting messed up!!!
Fox lady: Thank you for your review! Sure means a lot to me!
Opside: Hmm...about Kuma and Panda, I'm not too sure. I guess I can bring them back, but...I will try. Yeah, ok, I'll try to think of an...OOOHHHH!!! I GOTS IT!!! HE, HE, HE Just wait and see! Oh, Miharu calls Ling Xiao because that's what she's used to calling her, besides, it sounds cuter. Anyways, if it's buggi'n ya, I'll just change it, k? No hard feelings? ^__^!
Lacrease: You have a good mind! A nice imagination, and somehow, you always seem to predict what I'm gunna write next! Stop it!! (J/K) ^__^! I like it when people try to guess what happens!
Nessa: Glad to see you again! ^__^!! Ok, I've decided that my life is too precious to me to have you let Tanya sit on me! I'll die!!! So, I've decided that I will put you in the story! Do ya have to make things so difficult?? Ok, you are now...(Drum roll please!)...Angel! Congratulations! Now leave me alone! LOL! (J/K)
Jin stared unbelievingly at his father. He was shocked, and frightened all at the same time. He mentally blocked all that out when he saw that Kazuya was holding Zenrei. Jin, doing the fatherly thing, jumped after Kazuya, trying to get his child back. Jin pulled Kazuya's arms, but Razan stood in the way.
"Let go of Zenrei!" He commanded. Razan tried pulling Jin back, but she was still too young and small to completely pull him down.
"Jin!" She yelled. He blocked everything out of his head, only worrying about Zenrei's health. "Jin, Kazuya is trying to save her!" He stopped, noticing that Kazuya wasn't making any attempt to harm her. Razan huffed and shook her head. "See! I told you!" Devil stood there, laughing horrendously.
"The girl. Give me the girl!" He reached out his devilish claws towards Kazuya. Still holding Zenrei, Kazuya did his Jawbreaker attack, knocking Devil out to one side. Razan used this much-valued time to grab Europa while Ling grabbed Miharu and ran towards the house. Ling looked at Miharu in her arms. Miharu was unconscious from seeing Devil hovering over her. Devil looked towards them running off. He sneered, and then shot a laser from his forehead. He missed purposely, to try and draw them towards him. While Jin saw that Devil was trying to kill Ling, he charged at him using his right roundhouse punch, which completely caught Devil off guard and had shot one of his towards Ling, but luckily, she dodged it just in time to save her life. "Devil grabbed Jin by the arm and hurtled him to the other side, hitting his back on the rough side of a tree. Kazuya knew that Zenrei would be in danger if he were to let his guard down for a moment. Devil would surely find a way to get her. He looked over at Ling, Zenrei, and Miharu. They were too far to come back and get Zenrei. He then decided to make a noble act.
Devil stared directly at Kazuya and studied him carefully. "What's wrong? Had enough already?" He asked. Kazuya ignored his taunting and walked over to his son.
"Jin." He said calmly. Jin groaned in pain and looked up at his father. "Here. Take care of her. I'm going to fight him alone. We have a score to settle." He handed Zenrei to her father. Jin held her in his arms, he was so afraid of losing her, but he knew that Kazuya couldn't win on his own. Jin was feeling different about his father. He wasn't exactly sure about what, but he knew it was different. Kazuya nodded and said, "I'm proud of you son." That sure made Jin shoot his head up in astonishment. Kazuya had never ever called Jin "son" before.
"Father?" He asked. Kazuya simply smiled and stood up facing Devil. Jin wanted to help fight, but he wasn't sure how. Just then, Jun's spirit showed up. It wasn't an illusion, but an actual spirit. She smiled at Jin and bent down next to him. She placed her warm hand on his cheek and held onto Zenrei.
"Jin. I'll take care of Zenrei. Go help your father, he needs you now, more than ever." He smiled back at his beautiful mother.
"Thanks mom. I love you." She nodded and took Zenrei away. Jin walked next to Kazuya and stood in his fighting stance.
"What are you doing here?" Kazuya asked with concern.
"What? You think you can take him on by yourself? No chance, I'm fighting with you." He tightened his glove and looked at the demon ahead of him. Kazuya clenched his fist and stared angrily at Jin.
"This isn't your fight! You still have a family to take care of."
"Exactly. And how can I possibly take care of them if I am not doing my absolute best to fight this Devil?" Kazuya shook his head disapprovingly. "Besides, this is my fight just as much as it is yours." It was true. Both of them had their reasons, and both were going to take it out on the battlefield.
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Inside, Razan and Ling were sitting quietly by the door and peeking out the window. They watched as they could slightly see electricity being shot through the air. Ling held her hands closely together and pressed them against her lips.
"Oh Jin. I hope that you're ok. I know you're strong, you have come to beat every challenge you have faced, but still..." She looked out, wondering about him.
"Hey, don't worry." Razan said with a smile. She put her hand on Ling's shoulder. Ling looked back at the girl with hope in her eyes. "Kazuya's out there with him. I know this may seem a bit odd...but he's changed." Ling smiled back at her and also looked out into the darkened sky.
"Yeah?" She saw the lasers and beams of energy shoot across the heavens. "Yeah. You're right. I can sense it in him. He isn't dark like he used to be." Razan thought about it for a while. Angel did tell her that there was something special about this family. That there was light and dark flowing through the bloodline, and unfortunately, Zenrei was caught in the middle. "Who are you?" Ling asked a bit suspicious. Razan looked so familiar to her, but she just couldn't place it. Razan smiled and extended her arm.
"I'm Razan." She said generously. Ling shook her hand and said.
"I'm Ling Kazama."
"Oh, I know." Razan said. Ling looked confused.
"You do?" Razan giggled at her confused expression.
"Yeah. Angel told me so much about you."
"Angel?" She questioned.
"Uh huh! She told me to find you so I could train Zenrei. You see, she wanted me to be her trainer for when her time comes. She didn't exactly tell me what that meant." She took out a small locket that had a picture of a young woman in it. She looked at the picture and smiled. Ling had crawled by Miharu and Europa. She pushed at Miharu's arm, nudging her to wake up.
"Hey! Miharu! Wake up!!" She called. She slowly opened her eyes. She looked around, whirling her head violently from side to side.
"Where is she!?!? Where's Europa!!???" Ling handed the young girl in her hands. Miharu softly cried looking down at Europa who had a few scratches on her face. "Oh, thank you Xiao." She said with a sigh.
"Miharu, I'm married now. You can't really call me Xiao ya know." Miharu looked on the ground and cracked a smile.
"Ok, then what do you prefer I call you?" Ling shook her head.
"Is it that hard to call me by my name? Just call me Ling ok?" The two laughed. Ling brought a few bandages down for Miharu and Europa. Then it hit her. Zenrei was not with her and must have been out in the battle. "WAIT!!!???" She said with a sudden sound of fear. Razan and Miharu looked up at her.
"What is it Xiao? I mean...What is it Ling?"
"Zenrei! Oh my God! I think she's still out there!!" She rushed to the door and violently swung it open.
"No. She's right here." Said a voice. Ling turned around and saw the heavenly spirit of Jun Kazama. She closed the door and walked up to Jun. Razan lifted her head and gasped. She too walked up to Jun. Miharu felt lightheaded. First, she had seen a devil, now she was seeing an angel. She leaned back and fell to the ground.
"Jun." Said Ling in a soft and quiet tone. She handed the baby back into Ling's arms and smiled. "Jun, is Jin ok?" She asked worriedly. She had a nervous feeling in her heart when she saw the spirit's troubled expression.
"He's doing all that he can. Have faith." Those words were enough to make Ling want to go after Jin herself. Razan walked up to Jun's arm and tugged on her dress. Jun looked surprised to see who was in front of her. "Razan?" She asked with a choked voice. Razan looked at her locket and felt her heart tear up inside of her. She nodded weakly.
"Jun." She said soft-spoken. She went up to hug her. The warmth of having her hold her for the first time was wonderful. Ling used this time to escape from the house and find Jin. She slowly snuck out and headed towards the battle scene, but she didn't get far. Jun had called out her name.
"Ling, where are you going?" She asked. Ling lowered her head, holding onto the knob, tightly wrapping her fingers around it.
"Jun," She whispered, "you know where I'm going. I have to help Jin, I know he needs me." She whined. It had been the first time in a long time that she whined like that. "I know you know what I'm going through. You would do anything to save Kazuya and Jin, so please, let me help them." Jun slowly let go of Razan and gave Zenrei to Miharu.
"Yes. I know." Her words were low and quiet, almost as if she were regretting something deep inside. "I would do anything to help, if I could." She slowly walked up to Ling, facing her, looking at her somberly. "But look at me now. I tried to help, but I failed. I left my son, all alone, with Heihachi! And Heihachi was the one who wanted so much to kill him!" She looked Ling dead in the eye. "Listen to me. You have a daughter, you must always be there to protect..." Ling cut her off by gently raising her forefinger.
"Jun Kazama, I thought you had more faith in me. I will always be there to protect Zenni. Jin knows that, because he will be there too. But you have to believe in us." Jun looked out at the gruesome battle that was going on.
"If you go, Devil will surely use you as bait to lure Jin out. You and Zenrei are Jin's only weakness." Ling knew that that was the truth. She knew that that was probably what Devil had in mind too. But she had to take that chance!
"Yes, I am full aware of that!" She said proudly. She waved her hand and headed out the door into the light of battle. Razan began to chase her, until Jun stopped her too.
"Just where do you think you're going?" She asked.
"Sorry sis, but Ling needs me! She needs all of us, and I'm not going to let her down." Miharu stood next to Razan, holding Europa and Zenrei.
"Yes Miss spirit. Xiao...I MEAN LING needs our help! I truly think that that evil, Devil, whatever the hell he is...that thing with the horns..."
"Uh, Devil!?" Razan added sarcastically.
"Yeah, Devil! He can't beat all of us!" Jun sighed and nodded.
"Ok. We will go. But no one will fight unless it is 100% crucial! Do you hear me?" They nodded and headed out after Ling.
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Jin was sent flying through the air and landed hard on his back. Kazuya looked over at his son and began to use one of his combos on him that resembled the 5 hit Kazama combo. Devil, not being accustomed to that type of fighting, was hit which each and every thrust. Kazuya ran to Jin's aid.
"Are you alright?" He asked. Jin nodded holding his jaw.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He shook his head and wiped the blood from his mouth.
"That a boy. Now, how about you and I take this demon for a serious ride and send him back to hell!" Jin nodded, for the first time, he agreed with his father, and though he would only admit it to himself, he enjoyed it.
"Yeah, let's get rid of him once and for all." Devil shot himself back up and smiled.
"I have to admit. I haven't had so much fun in all of my life, that is, until I turn the tables around." Jin and Kazuya looked puzzled for a moment. What was he talking about? What does this sinister being have up his sleeve.
Jin stood in front of Kazuya, ready to begin the thrashing of Devil. Devil spread his wings out and flew above Jin. Kazuya, once being Devil himself, had a sixth-sense about every move.
"Jin! Look out!" He called. Devil had shot one of his lasers right towards Jin, and it was going fast. Kazuya ran towards Jin, pushing him out of the way, and rolling out to safety. Devil flew behind Jin and launched towards him. Jin sidestepped out of the way, with enough time to grab hold of one of his wings. He grabbed both wings while Kazuya charged at him. Devil was about to do one of his lasers, but as he was charging up, Jin had put his arm around his third eye, giving Kazuya that advantage. Kazuya charged at Devil with all his might as Jin then again, sidestepped out of his way, crushing Devil to the ground. Kazuya pounded his fists into his face as Jin stomped on his stomach. After the brutal beating, Kazuya and Jin stepped off. Devil wearily got back to his feet. "Won't he ever die?" Kazuya asked angrily.
"Doesn't seem that way." Jin said calmly. They walked up to Devil carefully, alert and aware of his deadly lasers. As Devil keenly looked at Jin, he asserted himself and took charge. He ran clear across Jin, having figured out all his techniques. Jin tried his right roundhouse punch, but Devil caught it with his right hand, punching him clear across the face with his left hand. Kazuya ran towards Devil and slid across the ground, hitting his ankles, causing him to fall.
"Tachi! Tachi!" Zenrei yelled. Ling covered her mouth and hid behind a large tree where everyone was standing. Ling looked at Zenrei. The young girl's eyes seemed to sparkle immensely.
"What is Zenni?" She asked. Zenrei yelled again.
"Tachi! Tachi!"
"Shh!" Ling hushed the baby by placing her finger over her mouth.
"Tachi? What's that?" Razan asked. Ling shrugged.
"I dunno. But maybe Zenrei is trying to say something." She looked at Zenrei and stroked her soft dark brown hair.
"Oh Xia...Ling, you know she can't talk yet. She's only a few months old." Miharu said holding Zenrei tightly.
Just then, a sweet sounding voice carried on with the wind and around the atmosphere surrounding them. Ling, Miharu, Razan, Europa and Zenrei looked up and around.
(Ok Nessa! Here's your big Debut! So enjoy! Don't worry; you'll be in other chapters as well.)
"Trust in her. She may be young, but her heart is pure." Razan looked up at the sky and closed her eyes.
"Angel? Is that you?" She asked trailing off in her speech.
"Yes Razan. I trust that things are going well." Razan smiled as she felt warmth throughout her heart. "I must go, please everyone, take care and trust in your own ability." With that, the warmth and comfort everyone felt slowly drifted as quickly as it came. Ling looked down at Zenrei who had a frightened look on her face. This time, she didn't scream, but simply whispered,
"Tachi."
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The battle was a fierce one. Jin and Kazuya were draining themselves out. Jin couldn't find the strength to fight anymore and Kazuya was already badly injured. Jin looked up and realized that Devil was feeling just as bad.
"I can't stay in this form much longer." He mumbled. Kazuya shot his head up.
"What do you mean?" Kazuya asked curiously. Devil held onto his stomach and hurtled himself to the ground.
"I must get back up. I must get that child, she is a part of me." Jin grabbed the dirt in his hands to lift himself onto his feet, but fell back to his knees.
"I won't let you take Zenrei. She is not a part you! She is a part of me! My blood runs through her body, and to get to her, you're going to have to finish dealing with me!" Jin snapped. Kazuya also lifted himself up to his knees, panting raggedly.
"Same here. To get through to my son, you're going to have to get through me! I will do whatever it takes to save the last of my family."
Devil stood there flapping his wings and crossed his arms.
"Kazuya, that's not like you at all. I thought you hated your family. You wanted so much revenge on your father, didn't you?" Kazuya gritted his teeth and dug his fingers into his skin.
"No. I hated my father for betraying me. I loved my mother deeply, and I swore that I would do anything to get her back. I was a foolish child who believed in that. Then, when I saw a young girl crying, I went to find out what was wrong. She seemed so sad, that I'd do anything to help her." Jin listened carefully. It was the story of Kazuya that his mother once told him about. Kazuya's words became more choked up and harder to hear, but seeing the pain implanted in his eyes spoke loudly and clearly to what he was going to say next. "I went to help her, but obviously my father didn't want me to, thinking it was an act of weakness." Jun's spirit lingered over him, listening to every tender word that meant so much to her. She closed her eye and a small tear dropped from her cheek down to Kazuya's open wounded arm. He felt it and looked at his arm. The wound was gone. Jin had noticed it too.
"Well, this is all very touching, but I don't have to deal with any of you to get what I want." Said Devil evilly. "I think we have what I want right now." He looked over to his left and saw Ling sneaking to a safer place with Zenrei. She stopped, seeing Devil look right at her. Her head told her to run, but her legs did not move.
"No! Get out of here!" Jin yelled swinging his arm. She couldn't move. She was too scared to go anywhere, because she already knew of the torture she would go.
"Just stay put and no harm shall come to you." He said walking over to her. Visions of Ling and Zenrei passed through Jin's head. He envisioned the dreams that he had had a while back, before he even got to know Ling. Visions of pain and suffering, visions of what might happen if he ever came to close to her. He shook his head and saw how close Devil was nearing her. Jin had found a new growth of strength and courage to fight Devil. He ran towards Devil. Everything that he had learned was now coming into play. He had seen the shocked expression on Ling's face. She was scared for their lives. Jin couldn't and wouldn't let anything happen to his new family. He was going to fight and protect him until the day he dies. As he approached him, Devil swerved around, witnessing the powerful lightning that Jin was emitting from his body. Jin started out low, spinning around and came up with an uppercut, which completely cut Devil off guard. Jin saw Devil fall to the ground, than Kazuya took his share in fighting. He used his spinning demon attack and knocked Devil high, while Jin came from behind Kazuya and did his corpse thrust. He stood over Devil staring down at him. Jin then looked at his own two hands in shock. He was beginning to use his Mishima moves once again. He thought for sure that he had unlearned all of that, but what was once engraved, cannot be permanently erased. He knelt down and stood in the pool of blood. Ling had then gotten up the courage to slowly approach him. She shyly walked up to him with Zenrei clung onto her shoulders.
"I told you that it was dangerous. You and Zenrei could have gotten badly hurt." He scowled. She lowered her head in shame. She could feel the tears well up in her eyes.
"I know." She breathed. She stood there with her head hung down. Jin looked back at the beaten and broken Devil, then back at Ling. He saw a few tears trickle down her cheek.
"I'm sorry." He said softly. He lifted her chin with his forefinger and thumb forcing her to look into his eyes. "It's ok now. We're ok." She gave a weak smile, knowing things would probably work out for the best.
"Tachi! Tachi!" Zenrei yelled again pointing to Devil. Jin looked at Zenrei with a confused look on his face. Kazuya then stepped on Devil's stomach to make sure that he was dead.
"Well, what is it?" Jin asked Kazuya.
"I'm not sure." He said pondering what the young girl could have meant. "Maybe she saw something." Razan, Miharu, and Europa walked out next to Ling and Devil.
"Why don't you put her down and see what's wrong." Miharu suggested. Ling nodded and put Zenrei down, still keeping a good grip around her waist incase Devil suddenly woke up or something. Zenrei crawled herself over to Devil and placed her hand over his head, revealing who was under his control. Everyone took a step back and gasped. Jin and Kazuya looked in shock while Ling ran to grab Zenrei.
"No way!" She exclaimed looking at the bloody corpse beneath her. "How can that be? I thought..." Kazuya and Jin were just as shocked. They had no idea how this could have happened.
"Greed and jealousy can create people to lose themselves." Razan said looking at the half demon figure. Jin clenched his fists as he now had a new hatred build up in him.
"I can't believe it! I just wanted to live a new life. To pick up from where I last left off, and now, here I am living in a world where I am being hunted down!" He threw his fists and stared hard at the unconscious being lying at his feet. Kazuya shook his head as he began to walk away. "Where are you going?" Jin asked. Kazuya took the body in his arms.
"I must dispose of the last remaining evil, the one who let himself get converted for the sake of other's death and for his own greed; the one we know as Devil; Heihachi Mishima."
Kotou: BUM BUM BUM!!!!!! Sorry I had Ya'll waitin' so looooooooonnnnnnnggggg!!! I had a LOT of work to DO!!!! Sheesh!!!! Yea, so how did you like this chapter? It took me a while to write it, sorry it's kind of short too. And if it confuses you, don't worry, because I will be here to clear up everything! Also, I guess I made myself a little too predictable when I said that Heihachi was the devil. I bet you guys knew that, but it did add a new twist, right? I mean, we all assumed he was dead, but remember, Jin never killed him! Ok, That chapter's done with. I hope Nessa is happy that I added her in! She has to be so complicated! And now Joe wants me to add him! FAT CHANCE!!!! Ok, just review now. ^__^! Jai Ne!