Chapter six: Jin
The day the tournament started, Jin entered, still pondering about the invitation he was given. He didn't know what Heihachi was up to, but remained cautious just in case. He was also curious on why Xiaoyu hadn't entered the tournament, but decided that he'd find out later. During the fights, Jin put his thoughts of the invitation and Xiaoyu aside and focused on the battles, making sure that he gave 110% in each fight. Because of this determination, Jin quickly plowed his way through Tiger, Steve and Nina respectively. Jin quickly came upon his fourth battle.
(Fight 4: Jin vs. Yoshimitsu)
Jin stood alone in a vast jungle, waiting patiently for his opponent to arrive. His opponent was already five minutes late, and Jin was beginning to think if he'd win by default. Jin looked around the 'arena'. Several jungle animals had come close to the arena to watch the fight, but were prevented from coming any closer thanks to an invisible force field.
The young Kazama sighed as he turned to leave.
"Where're you going?" A voice came from the left.
Jin spun to the left to see who had talked, but saw no one.
"Over here!" The voice continued, this time from the right.
It didn't take Jin long to realize who his opponent was. Without turning, he groaned. "Stop it, Yoshimitsu."
A figure materialized several yards away from Jin. "How'd you know it was me?" He asked.
Jin looked at the sword-wielding warrior and smirked. "You did that LAST year, remember?"
Yoshimitsu was silent, looking like he was staring off into space. "Oh, yeah." He said finally. Suddenly, struck a fighting stance with his weapon. "Anyway, shall we fight? Bryan and I need to get back to our mission."
Jin raised an eyebrow when the cyborg said that he was working with Bryan, but put up his fists anyway. "Sure."
(AFTER BATTLE)
Yoshimitsu charged at Jin, sword ready for a downward slice. Luckily, Jin saw this coming. The Kazama thrust his fist out, nailing Yoshimitsu's hand, which turned out to be the one wielding the sword. The force from the punch caused the sword to fly from Yoshimitsu's grasp. The sword flew through the air until it found a home in the trunk of a tree. Animals near the tree quickly scattered.
Jin smirked at Yoshimitsu. "You've lost your weapon, Yoshi." He said. "Give up?"
Then, much to Jin's surprise, Yoshimitsu started letting out a robotic chuckle. "Quite. I was going to lose anyway."
"Now, can you tell me what this 'mission' that you and Bryan are tackling is all about?" Jin asked, eyebrow raised and arms folded.
Yoshimitsu sighed. "Dr. Abel stole Bryan's old body and is going to use it to power his bio-weapon. Bryan and I were sent to retrieve the body and make sure Dr. Abel can't steal it again."
Jin scratched his chin. Not only did he not know that Dr. Abel had done this, but he didn't even know that Bryan had a new body. He looked back at Yoshimitsu. "Well, I think that if everyone is focusing on the tournament, you and Bryan could get into the Zaibatsu easily."
Yoshimitsu nodded as he turned around and walked over to the tree that his weapon was stuck in. Grabbing hold of the sword's handle, Yoshimitsu looked back at Jin. "Good luck."
Jin grinned and nodded. He could hear the force field being deactivated. "You too."
With that, Jin turned around and walked away from the arena, leaving Yoshimitsu attempting to yank his sword from the tree, without much success.
After his battle, Jin quickly won his next battles against Paul and Roger. Jin's next battle awaited, and he had an idea on who he'd be facing.
(Fight 7: Jin vs. Kazuya)
Jin stood on a sandy beach, again waiting for his opponent to arrive. The sun high in the sky made the sand extremely hot, making Jin glad he wore his shoes. He also wished that he wore a hat or shades. He didn't even have a hood to pull over his head for shade. Jin looked around. There were many people on the beach, a lot of them gathered around to watch the fight, making a makeshift arena.
"Hey, look! It's him!" One of the swimmers shouted as he pointed to a figure working his way to the middle of the crowd to meet with Jin.
When the figure emerged, Jin wasn't surprised to see who it was. "I see you've arrived, Mishima." He spat at Kazuya.
Kazuya's glare, surprisingly, remained neutral. "Yes. I'm here, Kazama." He said.
Jin sneered. "I suppose you're out for my genes, eh?" He asked with furrowed brows.
Kazuya let out a very rare and short chuckle. "That might not be my main priority this year." He said, the corner of his mouth curled up in a half- smirk.
Jin raised an eyebrow. Did Kazuya just say that he wasn't out for Jin's genes as much as last time? Several thoughts buzzed through Jin's head, but the loudest was saying that Kazuya was trying to get Jin to lower his guard so he could take the genes.
Bringing himself back to reality, Jin sneered. "You lie! You're merely trying to make me lower my guard! I'll show you for sure this time!" Without another word, Jin quickly put up his fists.
Kazuya's smirk vanished as he put up his fists. "Looks like I'll have to wait until after the fight to tell him." He said to himself.
(AFTER BATTLE)
Furiously, Jin thrust his fists into Kazuya's stomach several times. Jin was so sure that Kazuya was out for his genes that something seemed like it snapped during the fight. While Kazuya was recovering, Jin delivered a powerful uppercut to the older man's chin. Kazuya was sent flying back several yards until he landed in the sand, spraying sand into several of the swimmer's faces.
Jin stood in silence, making sure that Kazuya was defeated. When he was positive he had won, he dropped his stance. Everyone in the crowd instantly went wild, but the cheering stopped when Kazuya slowly and painfully got to his feet.
When Kazuya was standing as best he could, which was in a hunch, he stared at Jin through the broken lens in his shades. "Snap out of it, Kazama!" Kazuya shouted. He wiped the blood from his mouth. "I was about to tell you something important before you started the fight!"
Jin raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
Kazuya nodded angrily. "Heihachi is planning to lure you into a trap." He said in between breaths. "If you go into the Zaibatsu unprepared, you'll get captured for sure!"
"How does he intend to lure me?" Jin asked, not quite believing Kazuya's story. "I don't have many weaknesses."
"But he's found your biggest one, Kazama." Kazuya pointed out.
"And what's that?"
Kazuya paused for a second before finally giving his answer. "Xiaoyu."
Jin's eyes sprang open in horror. "No...No...No! He couldn't have done that!"
Kazuya slowly nodded. "I'm afraid he has. He's kidnapped Xiaoyu and is holding her at the Zaibatsu." Several gasps were heard throughout the crowd as everyone was heard exchanging questions.
Jin felt a twitch developing under his left eye as he started to shake. He couldn't believe what was happening. His secret crush was in the hands of the evilest man alive.
Suddenly, Jin turned around and ran off. Kazuya called out after him. "Kazama! It's too dangerous!"
Jin wasn't paying attention though. His mind was on one thing and one thing alone: Xiaoyu.
(Fight 8: Jin vs. Heihachi)
Jin tore through the hallways of the Mishima Zaibatsu, taking out any guards he had come across. He didn't come across as many guards as he thought he would, but he knew that Yoshimitsu and Bryan were elsewhere in the Zaibatsu, probably attracting more guards.
{Hang on, Xiaoyu!} Jin thought. {Please hold on just a little longer!}
Jin eventually arrived at a door. Looking inside, Jin spotted nothing but a large room big enough to be a fighting arena. Jin scratched his chin. A room like that was most likely his target, but no one was in sight. Realizing that it was a trap, Jin opened the door and cautiously walked in.
Jin worked his way to the middle of the arena, constantly looking around for anything that might be considered a trap. Again, he spotted nothing.
Until he heard a deep, evil laugh coming from the corner of the room.
Jin spun around to face the owner of the voice and saw an old man step out of the shadows. Something was slung over his shoulder, but Jin couldn't make it out.
The young Kazama narrowed his eyes at the old man. "Heihachi Mishima." He growled.
Heihachi let out an evil chuckle. "I see you remember me, Jin." He suddenly cracked a grin. "And I'm sure that you'd remembered this person as well."
Heihachi grabbed the person he had over his shoulder and held out his arm, showing the person to Jin.
A bound, gagged, unconscious, Chinese girl with black hair.
Jin's eyes widened. "XIAOYU!" He narrowed his eyes at Heihachi. "What've you DONE to her?!?!"
Heihachi grinned. "Nothing yet. If you want to save her, fight me."
Jin quickly put up his fists. "Gladly." He growled.
Heihachi roughly tossed Xiaoyu to the side, making her land of her side. Seeing Heihachi do that fueled Jin's anger ever further.
Jin knew that there was no turning back now, but he was too determined to care.
(AFTER BATTLE/Final Battle)
Jin grabbed Heihachi's arm and roughly threw him over his shoulder. The old man landed on his back, defeated.
Breathing angrily, Jin turned around and walked towards Xiaoyu, who was still unconscious. However, he didn't get very far. He suddenly heard an evil laughing coming from behind him. Jin turned around and saw his evil grandfather getting to his feet. Jin growled as he turned around again.
"You may have defeated me, but I will NOT fail this time! Not after I've come so far!" Heihachi shouted.
"How do you expect to do that in the condition you're in?" Jin asked, folding his arms.
Heihachi grinned. "With this!"
The old man snapped his fingers, and almost right after that, a huge, hulking creature lumbered into the room. Jin, recognizing it instantly, widened his eyes.
"OGRE!"
Heihachi snickered. "Not quite. It's a clone." He said. "Your friends Julia and King were trying to prevent me from creating it, but they were a little too late!" He turned to Ogre. "Destroy them both!" He commanded before rushing out of the room.
Jin narrowed his eyes as Ogre charged at him. He lost his mother to Ogre. He wasn't going to lose Xiaoyu the same way.
(ENDING)
Jin thrust his fist into Ogre's stomach, and before the snake arm had a chance to attack, Jin delivered an uppercut to Ogre's jaw. The huge monster flew back more than ten yards, and landed on its back.
Once again, Jin turned around to free Xiaoyu, who had remained unconscious the whole time. However, like the last time, Jin was stopped by a noise. This time, it sounded like a howl of pain. Jin spun around and saw Ogre struggling to get up, light erupting all over its body.
Jin's eyes opened wider, knowing what was going to happen. "It's going to explode!" He cried.
Knowing he wouldn't have time to escape by running through the Zaibatsu and out the front door, Jin tried thinking of another way out. He looked up and saw a small opening in the roof, which turned out to be an open window. Jin smirked. The perfect way out.
The youth rushed over to Xiaoyu and picked her up. He regretted that he didn't currently have time to untie her, but all that mattered was he had to get her out of there.
Once Xiaoyu was securely in his arms, Jin bent his legs as his wings spread. Jin leapt off the ground and flew into the air, quickly coming upon the window. Jin soared out the window, Xiaoyu in his arms, and not a moment too soon. As soon as Jin had flown just out of range, the Zaibatsu exploded in a mushroom cloud of fire.
Feeling a deep sense of accomplishment, Jin flew off into the night, hoping to get to a spot he and Xiaoyu would be safe from Heihachi if he survived.
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Xiaoyu lightly groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. As she focused her eyes, she expected to see an old, evil man standing over her, but when she saw an unfamiliar roof above her, she became curious. She quickly found that she was laying on a bed, underneath two blankets, and she no longer had ropes binding her wrists together.
The young girl turned her head to the left, and she noticed that she was in an old apartment building. She suddenly noticed a familiar young man training with a punching bag, his back turned to her. Xiaoyu instantly recognized him, but was too tired to say anything. She turned over and wrapped her arms around the soft pillow her head was lying on.
Xiaoyu lightly chuckled to herself, hoping that Jin couldn't hear. "A whole year I've searched for him." She whispered to herself. "And HE'S the one who finds ME." Without another word, Xiaoyu quickly drifted off to a soundless sleep.
However, what she didn't know was that Jin had stopped training to listen to what she was saying. After Xiaoyu had drifted to sleep, Jin smiled warmly as he went back to his training. Come the next tournament, Jin would make sure that Heihachi would pay dearly for what he had done, but that wasn't going to be for a little while.
Until then, Jin knew that he could enjoy the life he was currently leading. He'd take Xiaoyu back to her home in a couple weeks, but he'd secretly keep an eye on her, protecting her if Heihachi rose again earlier than expected.
And so ends another chapter in the life of Jin Kazama.
END of Jin's story.
The day the tournament started, Jin entered, still pondering about the invitation he was given. He didn't know what Heihachi was up to, but remained cautious just in case. He was also curious on why Xiaoyu hadn't entered the tournament, but decided that he'd find out later. During the fights, Jin put his thoughts of the invitation and Xiaoyu aside and focused on the battles, making sure that he gave 110% in each fight. Because of this determination, Jin quickly plowed his way through Tiger, Steve and Nina respectively. Jin quickly came upon his fourth battle.
(Fight 4: Jin vs. Yoshimitsu)
Jin stood alone in a vast jungle, waiting patiently for his opponent to arrive. His opponent was already five minutes late, and Jin was beginning to think if he'd win by default. Jin looked around the 'arena'. Several jungle animals had come close to the arena to watch the fight, but were prevented from coming any closer thanks to an invisible force field.
The young Kazama sighed as he turned to leave.
"Where're you going?" A voice came from the left.
Jin spun to the left to see who had talked, but saw no one.
"Over here!" The voice continued, this time from the right.
It didn't take Jin long to realize who his opponent was. Without turning, he groaned. "Stop it, Yoshimitsu."
A figure materialized several yards away from Jin. "How'd you know it was me?" He asked.
Jin looked at the sword-wielding warrior and smirked. "You did that LAST year, remember?"
Yoshimitsu was silent, looking like he was staring off into space. "Oh, yeah." He said finally. Suddenly, struck a fighting stance with his weapon. "Anyway, shall we fight? Bryan and I need to get back to our mission."
Jin raised an eyebrow when the cyborg said that he was working with Bryan, but put up his fists anyway. "Sure."
(AFTER BATTLE)
Yoshimitsu charged at Jin, sword ready for a downward slice. Luckily, Jin saw this coming. The Kazama thrust his fist out, nailing Yoshimitsu's hand, which turned out to be the one wielding the sword. The force from the punch caused the sword to fly from Yoshimitsu's grasp. The sword flew through the air until it found a home in the trunk of a tree. Animals near the tree quickly scattered.
Jin smirked at Yoshimitsu. "You've lost your weapon, Yoshi." He said. "Give up?"
Then, much to Jin's surprise, Yoshimitsu started letting out a robotic chuckle. "Quite. I was going to lose anyway."
"Now, can you tell me what this 'mission' that you and Bryan are tackling is all about?" Jin asked, eyebrow raised and arms folded.
Yoshimitsu sighed. "Dr. Abel stole Bryan's old body and is going to use it to power his bio-weapon. Bryan and I were sent to retrieve the body and make sure Dr. Abel can't steal it again."
Jin scratched his chin. Not only did he not know that Dr. Abel had done this, but he didn't even know that Bryan had a new body. He looked back at Yoshimitsu. "Well, I think that if everyone is focusing on the tournament, you and Bryan could get into the Zaibatsu easily."
Yoshimitsu nodded as he turned around and walked over to the tree that his weapon was stuck in. Grabbing hold of the sword's handle, Yoshimitsu looked back at Jin. "Good luck."
Jin grinned and nodded. He could hear the force field being deactivated. "You too."
With that, Jin turned around and walked away from the arena, leaving Yoshimitsu attempting to yank his sword from the tree, without much success.
After his battle, Jin quickly won his next battles against Paul and Roger. Jin's next battle awaited, and he had an idea on who he'd be facing.
(Fight 7: Jin vs. Kazuya)
Jin stood on a sandy beach, again waiting for his opponent to arrive. The sun high in the sky made the sand extremely hot, making Jin glad he wore his shoes. He also wished that he wore a hat or shades. He didn't even have a hood to pull over his head for shade. Jin looked around. There were many people on the beach, a lot of them gathered around to watch the fight, making a makeshift arena.
"Hey, look! It's him!" One of the swimmers shouted as he pointed to a figure working his way to the middle of the crowd to meet with Jin.
When the figure emerged, Jin wasn't surprised to see who it was. "I see you've arrived, Mishima." He spat at Kazuya.
Kazuya's glare, surprisingly, remained neutral. "Yes. I'm here, Kazama." He said.
Jin sneered. "I suppose you're out for my genes, eh?" He asked with furrowed brows.
Kazuya let out a very rare and short chuckle. "That might not be my main priority this year." He said, the corner of his mouth curled up in a half- smirk.
Jin raised an eyebrow. Did Kazuya just say that he wasn't out for Jin's genes as much as last time? Several thoughts buzzed through Jin's head, but the loudest was saying that Kazuya was trying to get Jin to lower his guard so he could take the genes.
Bringing himself back to reality, Jin sneered. "You lie! You're merely trying to make me lower my guard! I'll show you for sure this time!" Without another word, Jin quickly put up his fists.
Kazuya's smirk vanished as he put up his fists. "Looks like I'll have to wait until after the fight to tell him." He said to himself.
(AFTER BATTLE)
Furiously, Jin thrust his fists into Kazuya's stomach several times. Jin was so sure that Kazuya was out for his genes that something seemed like it snapped during the fight. While Kazuya was recovering, Jin delivered a powerful uppercut to the older man's chin. Kazuya was sent flying back several yards until he landed in the sand, spraying sand into several of the swimmer's faces.
Jin stood in silence, making sure that Kazuya was defeated. When he was positive he had won, he dropped his stance. Everyone in the crowd instantly went wild, but the cheering stopped when Kazuya slowly and painfully got to his feet.
When Kazuya was standing as best he could, which was in a hunch, he stared at Jin through the broken lens in his shades. "Snap out of it, Kazama!" Kazuya shouted. He wiped the blood from his mouth. "I was about to tell you something important before you started the fight!"
Jin raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
Kazuya nodded angrily. "Heihachi is planning to lure you into a trap." He said in between breaths. "If you go into the Zaibatsu unprepared, you'll get captured for sure!"
"How does he intend to lure me?" Jin asked, not quite believing Kazuya's story. "I don't have many weaknesses."
"But he's found your biggest one, Kazama." Kazuya pointed out.
"And what's that?"
Kazuya paused for a second before finally giving his answer. "Xiaoyu."
Jin's eyes sprang open in horror. "No...No...No! He couldn't have done that!"
Kazuya slowly nodded. "I'm afraid he has. He's kidnapped Xiaoyu and is holding her at the Zaibatsu." Several gasps were heard throughout the crowd as everyone was heard exchanging questions.
Jin felt a twitch developing under his left eye as he started to shake. He couldn't believe what was happening. His secret crush was in the hands of the evilest man alive.
Suddenly, Jin turned around and ran off. Kazuya called out after him. "Kazama! It's too dangerous!"
Jin wasn't paying attention though. His mind was on one thing and one thing alone: Xiaoyu.
(Fight 8: Jin vs. Heihachi)
Jin tore through the hallways of the Mishima Zaibatsu, taking out any guards he had come across. He didn't come across as many guards as he thought he would, but he knew that Yoshimitsu and Bryan were elsewhere in the Zaibatsu, probably attracting more guards.
{Hang on, Xiaoyu!} Jin thought. {Please hold on just a little longer!}
Jin eventually arrived at a door. Looking inside, Jin spotted nothing but a large room big enough to be a fighting arena. Jin scratched his chin. A room like that was most likely his target, but no one was in sight. Realizing that it was a trap, Jin opened the door and cautiously walked in.
Jin worked his way to the middle of the arena, constantly looking around for anything that might be considered a trap. Again, he spotted nothing.
Until he heard a deep, evil laugh coming from the corner of the room.
Jin spun around to face the owner of the voice and saw an old man step out of the shadows. Something was slung over his shoulder, but Jin couldn't make it out.
The young Kazama narrowed his eyes at the old man. "Heihachi Mishima." He growled.
Heihachi let out an evil chuckle. "I see you remember me, Jin." He suddenly cracked a grin. "And I'm sure that you'd remembered this person as well."
Heihachi grabbed the person he had over his shoulder and held out his arm, showing the person to Jin.
A bound, gagged, unconscious, Chinese girl with black hair.
Jin's eyes widened. "XIAOYU!" He narrowed his eyes at Heihachi. "What've you DONE to her?!?!"
Heihachi grinned. "Nothing yet. If you want to save her, fight me."
Jin quickly put up his fists. "Gladly." He growled.
Heihachi roughly tossed Xiaoyu to the side, making her land of her side. Seeing Heihachi do that fueled Jin's anger ever further.
Jin knew that there was no turning back now, but he was too determined to care.
(AFTER BATTLE/Final Battle)
Jin grabbed Heihachi's arm and roughly threw him over his shoulder. The old man landed on his back, defeated.
Breathing angrily, Jin turned around and walked towards Xiaoyu, who was still unconscious. However, he didn't get very far. He suddenly heard an evil laughing coming from behind him. Jin turned around and saw his evil grandfather getting to his feet. Jin growled as he turned around again.
"You may have defeated me, but I will NOT fail this time! Not after I've come so far!" Heihachi shouted.
"How do you expect to do that in the condition you're in?" Jin asked, folding his arms.
Heihachi grinned. "With this!"
The old man snapped his fingers, and almost right after that, a huge, hulking creature lumbered into the room. Jin, recognizing it instantly, widened his eyes.
"OGRE!"
Heihachi snickered. "Not quite. It's a clone." He said. "Your friends Julia and King were trying to prevent me from creating it, but they were a little too late!" He turned to Ogre. "Destroy them both!" He commanded before rushing out of the room.
Jin narrowed his eyes as Ogre charged at him. He lost his mother to Ogre. He wasn't going to lose Xiaoyu the same way.
(ENDING)
Jin thrust his fist into Ogre's stomach, and before the snake arm had a chance to attack, Jin delivered an uppercut to Ogre's jaw. The huge monster flew back more than ten yards, and landed on its back.
Once again, Jin turned around to free Xiaoyu, who had remained unconscious the whole time. However, like the last time, Jin was stopped by a noise. This time, it sounded like a howl of pain. Jin spun around and saw Ogre struggling to get up, light erupting all over its body.
Jin's eyes opened wider, knowing what was going to happen. "It's going to explode!" He cried.
Knowing he wouldn't have time to escape by running through the Zaibatsu and out the front door, Jin tried thinking of another way out. He looked up and saw a small opening in the roof, which turned out to be an open window. Jin smirked. The perfect way out.
The youth rushed over to Xiaoyu and picked her up. He regretted that he didn't currently have time to untie her, but all that mattered was he had to get her out of there.
Once Xiaoyu was securely in his arms, Jin bent his legs as his wings spread. Jin leapt off the ground and flew into the air, quickly coming upon the window. Jin soared out the window, Xiaoyu in his arms, and not a moment too soon. As soon as Jin had flown just out of range, the Zaibatsu exploded in a mushroom cloud of fire.
Feeling a deep sense of accomplishment, Jin flew off into the night, hoping to get to a spot he and Xiaoyu would be safe from Heihachi if he survived.
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Xiaoyu lightly groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. As she focused her eyes, she expected to see an old, evil man standing over her, but when she saw an unfamiliar roof above her, she became curious. She quickly found that she was laying on a bed, underneath two blankets, and she no longer had ropes binding her wrists together.
The young girl turned her head to the left, and she noticed that she was in an old apartment building. She suddenly noticed a familiar young man training with a punching bag, his back turned to her. Xiaoyu instantly recognized him, but was too tired to say anything. She turned over and wrapped her arms around the soft pillow her head was lying on.
Xiaoyu lightly chuckled to herself, hoping that Jin couldn't hear. "A whole year I've searched for him." She whispered to herself. "And HE'S the one who finds ME." Without another word, Xiaoyu quickly drifted off to a soundless sleep.
However, what she didn't know was that Jin had stopped training to listen to what she was saying. After Xiaoyu had drifted to sleep, Jin smiled warmly as he went back to his training. Come the next tournament, Jin would make sure that Heihachi would pay dearly for what he had done, but that wasn't going to be for a little while.
Until then, Jin knew that he could enjoy the life he was currently leading. He'd take Xiaoyu back to her home in a couple weeks, but he'd secretly keep an eye on her, protecting her if Heihachi rose again earlier than expected.
And so ends another chapter in the life of Jin Kazama.
END of Jin's story.