"Frozen Fire"
Chapter 1 - Finding the spark is easy, but capturing the fire is the hard
part.
Michelle Chang had just arrived in her home, which she'd been longing
during her stay at the Mishima Island. She took a deep breath inhaling the
scent of her familiar home. She dropped her bags, being a bit jet lagged
and tired. She meant to head up the steps to her room, but she ended up
passing out on the couch. Her keys still in hand.
Within the hour she remembers hearing glass shattering. Her first
thought was her 16 yr. old daughter. She quickly got up and moved into the
shadowed corner of her home, for she knew someone had broken in. She
whispered her daughter's name "Julia..." Suddenly she saw a tall man with
two masked guards walk into her living room. Michelle backed into the
corner a bit more, trying to think of a plan. She glanced back to the
intruders and recognized the tall man. It was Kazuya Mishima. She said his
name under her breath, then went up the steps stealthy like and into the
room of her daughter. She knelt down to Julia and shook her lightly. "
Julia...Julia wake up please?" Julia's eyes opened and she went to speak
but Michelle hushed her. "Julia, just listen to me. You will be safe and no
matter what happens to me, I love you, and I feel no pain. No pain Julia,
no pain." With that Michelle stood up and moved back down the steps. She
slipped outside making it obvious to the intruders she'd went outside. They
fallowed and once they got to her, they fought. Michelle held her own
rather well, clobbering the two guards. Unfortunately, Kazuya stepped in
and Michelle was doomed. He merely knocked her out and she was kidnapped.
She remembers the smell of Japan's shores, and from that moment on
everything is blank...
~ Five years later~
Julia steps off the plane and takes a inhales deeply though her nose
and smiles a bit. She then heads into the Japanese Airport. On her way in
she hears a " Welcome...to Japan" and quickly whips around on her tanish
boot like shoes, almost covered in the typically flared blue jeans. Julia
sees a Japanese woman on a screen and she raises a brow, then notices the
man below it. *Perhaps he could help me out* She thought. Julia then began
to approach the male and as she got closer she noticed the handcuffs
hanging from his belt, and then the bottom tip of his holster for his
pistol. *A cop?... Even better.* She lightly went to place her hand on his
shoulder " Excuse me, Sir?" As the middle aged Chinese male turn around,
she noticed the name tag 'Wulong'. "Yes?" The Chinese decent replied to
her.
" Yes, um my name is Julia Chang and I was wondering if you could help me
out. I'm not really familiar with this area and I...I just happened to
notice your a cop and I figured you'd know the area, plus perhaps you could
help me out with something a bit more personal...I really don't feel like
talking about it here."
*Chang?....that's so familiar* Officer Wulong thought.
" Not a problem, meet me at the coffee shop on 4th street. I am Lei
Wulong"
Julia grinned nodded " I will do that". Lei walked away and she turned
around to leave then stopped and raised her hands. " Where am I gonna find
4th street?!" She let her hands fall to her thighs and moved outside to
grab a taxi. One stops and she gets inside, and tells the Cab driver to go
to the hotel on Sea View Ave.
A short time later the cab pulls up in front of the hotel and she
exits after paying the driver and moves inside the hotel. The hotel lobby
was rather elaborate with diamond shaped designs in the purple, red and
white carpet. Julia noticed the shiny gold lamps and crystal windows in
front of the tellers. She then moved up to one of the tellers, and he
smiled to her and says " I'm checking in, Julia Chang. I made
reservations." The teller nodded and looked through a file, then gave her a
paper, which she signed. He took it and filed it again, then stepped out
from behind the desk to lead her to her room. They moved up the steps and
into the hotel room. The room consisted of an off white carpet and white
walls. The door knobs were a shiny gold, as well as the trim around the
carpet and doorways. The bed had a heavy black comforter with silk sheets
and thick, puffy pillows. * Wow... I didn't think it would be this
expensive seeming.* Julia thought as she took a look around. The teller
gave her the room key-card and mentioned to her " Please leave your door
cracked a bit so the airport hands can bring you luggage" . She nodded and
moved in toward the bathroom. The bath was a large, square shaped tub with
a few jets in it. Everything was super clean and shining. " Wow...this is
really nice..." Julia was impressed. Moments later the airport hands showed
up and brought her luggage inside. Two suitcases and a smaller sack. She
tipped the two boys and they left. She closed her door and walked over to
her bed, then jumped on and laid down on her back. The time of day was
around noonish. Julia was a bit jet lagged and tired. She napped for close
to an hour or so, however she jolted herself awake and remembered she had
to meet Lei at the coffee shop. She quickly got up and moved into the
bathroom, splashing some cool water on her face and smoothed out a few
fuzzies in the double braids that hung from the back of her head. Julia
then went out the door, down the steps and out of the hotel. She called a
taxi and told them to go to the coffee shop on 4th street. Shortly after
she arrived and paid the cab driver, then got out and waited in front of
the coffee shop. Soon Lei came down the street and met up with her. " Sorry
I'm late" he apologized. "Its fine". Julia moved into the coffee shop and
sat down with Lei across from her. " Now what did you want to explain to
me?" Lei asked. Julia nodded." You see.... my mother, Michelle Chang, I
believe was kidnapped from America and I believe she was brought here. I
believe Kazuya Mishima has something to do with it." Lei listened intensely
then nodded a bit and said" I see, Miss Chang..."
" Please, call me Julia" Lei nodded and Julia smiled a bit.
" Well Julia... I can help you research this, I never thought Kazuya to do
something to that extent but who knows. I will see what I can do. I will
contact you later. Which hotel are you staying at?"
" The one on Sea View Ave."
Lei nodded and walked out the door. After he'd left, she sat and thought of
her mother, then ordered some tea and continued to think of Michelle.
Suddenly Julia felt this overwhelming presence enter the shop. Julia just
had to turn and see who this was, could it be Kazuya? She turned to see a
tall, well built, dark haired male standing at the counter. *By God, he's
gorgeous!* Julia turned around and thought for a second, and glanced at an
advertisement for a chocolate filled doughnut. She rose from the booth and
moved over behind the attractive male. She couldn't help herself but to
look over his well - built form. The clerked looked at her for her order
and she went to tell him what she wanted, however he didn't understand
English. Julia was about to give up and leave, when the attractive male
stepped forward and said something to the clerk then looked directly to
Julia and said in a deep voice, with a Japanese accent" Is there anything
else?" He smirked a bit, and Julia shook her head. The attractive male
glanced back to the clerk and nodded, then the clerk said something to him
in Japanese, and the muscular male nodded in return and said something
back. Julia couldn't understand them, and she merely turned around to try
and hide her blushing. As she thought for a second and realized she should
thank him, she turned and he was gone, she glanced over to the closing door
then back to the smiling clerk with her doughnut. She stepped forward to
him and pointed her thumb in the direction of closing door." Who?" The
clerk grinned a toothy smile and said" KazamaJin". It seemed like it was
run together. Julia raised a brow, then nodded and went out the door with
her doughnut. She went back to her hotel and put the doughnut in the fridge
and walked over to her bed, laying down upon it. It was just now beginning
to get dark and she couldn't figure out the man's name. " Kazama Jin?...
Kazama Jin... hmmm..." She thought for a second then the light bulb clicked
on in her head. * No wonder, the Japanese usually use the last name first*"
Jin...Kazama ... hmm...makes a bit more sense now"....Just then her phone
rang. It was Lei. " Julia? Hey... meet me at the docks, I found out what
happened to your mother"
" I'll be there!"
" Good deal"
They hung up and Julia exited the hotel. Within moments she was on the
docks, looking for Lei. She heard her name and looked in the direction it
was coming from, there stood Lei by some crates. Julia moved over to
him."So what did you find?"
" I found out that your mother was indeed on these docks. It was night
time, she was escorted by two masked guards and... you were right, Kazuya
Mishima was there as well."
" Well where is she now and when was she last seen?"
" But that all happened, 5 years ago, Julia." Julia glanced downward.
" However I've heard her name being mentioned around, so obviously she must
still be alive, somewhere."
Julia nodded and turned to move away.
" Where are you going?" Lei asked
" I've got some researching to do. Let me know if you find anything else
out." Julia said over her shoulder to him. Lei merely nodded and left as
well.
Julia headed for the library. She took a seat in front of the
computer and began her research. She found information about Kazuya
Mishima, Heihachi Mishima. She even found out about some sort of research
and testing they were performing on an American. Julia was about ready to
leave the library, however she was waiting for her research to be printed
out. She decided to look up Jin. She read and article about Kazuya, and Jun
Kazama. Jin was apparently their son. She dug a bit deeper to find more
about his mother, and her unfortunate death.
Finally her printing was done and the library was about to close. She
gathered her things and quickly left. Yet again she called a taxi and
headed for her hotel to get some sleep. The cab pulled up in front of her
hotel and she got out. Something didn't feel right and just as she took
another step someone grabbed her, her glasses flew off and she was being
moved to the back seat of a limo...