Author's notes: This story is set after Tekken 4 but is not related to Tekken 5 (though I am wishing it is) This fanfic is inspired from the song "Even In Death" by Evanescence and is from Jin Kazama's point of view. It is also the sequel to my first Tekken fanfic, "As Purity Lay in the Arms of Evil" so this has some relation to the Tekken Anime Movie. Rated G
Disclaimer: Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima and all Tekken characters are the property of NAMCO. This is only a fan fiction from the imagination of an obsessed fan. No copyright infringement intended.
Chapter II: Relentless
Another day, another letter. That Kazuya's so damn stubborn! Everyday, he sent the same letter and everyday, I would delete them. Soon, I grew tired of his countless e-mails and decided there and then to delete my mail account. I'd have to find some other way to go online without him tracing my whereabouts.
I sat in front of the computer and started the process of deletion. Before I could press the enter key however, another message came. Oh, what the heck! I might as well check it out.
Jin Kazama.
It's obvious by now that you will not accept my invitation. Hopefully, this will convince you otherwise.
Your mother had a gold locket which contained a picture of a woman and a baby. I assume she kept it and I believe, left the necklace with you.
If you wish to learn the secrets of that locket and more, reconsider my invitation. The locket will serve as your pass to the building. As with my other e-mails, I have attached a map.
Kazuya Mishima
My fingers flew to curl at the locket around my neck. My mother's precious golden locket. It was one of the few things I managed to salvage from the burnt ruins of our cottage all those years ago. How could he have known about this?! Mother and I were the only persons to ever see this necklace!
I opened the locket and stared hard at the picture of a kindly woman with dark brown hair, carrying a small baby in her arms. When I was a kid, I thought it was a picture of me and Mother but as I got older, I realized it wasn't. I had asked Mother several times about the picture but she would simply smile and say, "They're just your relatives, Jin."
Now that I think back, she never indicated this woman and baby to be related to her. Who are these people!? What does Kazuya have to do with this?!
Try as I might, I couldn't stop the message from eating away at me. It left me so distracted, I couldn't concentrate on my training. Damn that Kazuya!!! God Damn them all!!
A sudden ring of the phone disrupted my plagued thoughts. I quickly picked up the receiver and turned on the video feed. It was the woman receptionist of the condominium.
"Mr. Kazama, you have a long distance call," she beamed a wide, cheesy smile at me.
"Who is it?!" I asked impatiently.
"A Mr. Kazuya Mishima, sir. I'll connect you to him now."
"WHAT?! NO! Wait! Mi--"
"Hello, Jin Kazama," came that sinister voice I have come to know only too well. I glared with daggers at Kazuya's image from the video feed. "You're one slippery fish to catch but nothing a little advanced technology can't fix."
"What do you want?!" I snarled. I was about ready to haul the phone off the window.
"I see you do have the necklace," he commented, eyeing my locket which I immediately tucked beneath my shirt.
"How the hell do you know about this?!"
"If you would stop shouting for a while, maybe I'll tell you," he said in a stern voice. I gritted my teeth and tried to calm myself.
"That's better," he nodded. "Now, I will need you to come to my office. We have a lot of catching up to do."
"Catching up to do?!" I echoed. "Who the hell do you think you are?! You're not my father!"
"Believe me, I am," he replied, his tone unchanged. "And you know it; so why bother denying?"
"YOU WERE NEVER THERE!!!" I screamed, unable to hold back my anger. "You abandoned Mother after you got her pregnant with me! You left her to die in Toshin's hands!!!"
Did I just see him wince? I wasn't sure, but he fell silent for a while before speaking again.
"Is that what she told you? That I left because of that?"
"No..." I curled my upper lip to a frown. Mother never told me anything about my father until I was sixteen but even then she hadn't explained much about her relationship with him.
"But what other reason could there be, anyway?!" I fired. "For all I know, you could have raped her!!"
"ENOUGH!" Kazuya thundered and stood up suddenly, bringing his chair to the floor. I saw him walk over to stare out the open window, his back towards me. When he turned to me again, a cold shiver ran down my spine. His right eye was glowing red. He let out a rather evil smirk.
"You're more like me than you could ever imagine, Jin Kazama," he drawled. "You let your anger override your thoughts so much, you forget about everything else...even the obvious fact that our prolonged conversation allows me to pinpoint your exact location."
My eyes widened. I did forget that but before I could cut off our communication, I heard the doors open. I craned my neck to see four tall men, in dark suits, barge into my room. They stood by the door like sentinels, their dark glasses concealing their eyes. I readied myself for a fight.
"Right on schedule," Kazuya spoke. "Don't worry. I sent them to escort you, not kill you."
"What makes you so sure I'd come quietly?!"
"You do want to know more about the locket, right?" he asked. I must've looked painfully contemplating for he added immediately, "And you might also want to learn more about your mother."
"You? Tell me about my mother?" I almost laughed. "What do you know about her, anyway? I bet you don't even remember her name."
"Jun Kazama is one very...unique...woman," he said through bated breath. I could see the veins straining on his forehead.
"You mean was! She's dead, thanks to YOU!"
"G6! Is the plane ready?" Kazuya asked, directing one of the men behind me.
"Everything's going according to plan, boss," one of the men answered. "Only thing missing is your son."
"I AM NOT HIS SON!!!"
"Oh, shut up!" Kazuya yelled. "Take him!"
"HEY!" I struggled as two of the men grabbed me by my arms.
"I don't want to have to result to force, Jin," Kazuya picked up his chair and sat on it again. "But if I have to..."
"FINE!" I flailed my arms out of the men's grasp. "I'll go. And if you think these losers can take me down..."
"I don't," he shook his head softly. "As I've said, they're only there to escort you. But of course, I equipped them with weapons just in case."
"Bullets don't work on me," I announced arrogantly.
"But tranquilizers do...remember?" Kazuya said with the same amount of arrogance. "Enough talk. I don't want to waste any more time. I'll be expecting you at around..." he looked at his wristwatch, "...seven o' clock tonight. Safe trip," he cut off from the line, leaving the screen blank.
"Time to go, Jin Kazama."
"It's Mister Jin Kazama to you!" I flared and walked over to my jacket.
"Lead the way!" I barked after I had prepared myself. "And keep your filthy hands to yourselves!" I marched past them, bumping their shoulders sharply along the way.
Chapter III