LEGACY OF KMAS CHAPTER 12
UTTER DESOLATION AND TWO NINJAS
"So what's your story?" I asked our new companion.
"What do you mean story?" he replied.
"Why are you joining us? Is Kazuya gonna help you or something?"
"It depends on what you mean by help".
"Are you always this cryptic? I'm sure if you can pour your heart out to us on our website, there really should be no difference now. Except now you don't have to wait for someone to read and respond".
"Well my friend, I am a mere protector. Nickel and I, we ride through the world helping any way we can. We've seen our fair share of vermin and evil bastards. But none were more a burden then Heihachi. He has spread utter chaos to many portions of the world and has destroyed one life to many".
"So you figure why not get at the roots of the corruption huh? Is that what Kazuya proposed to you?"
"Yes in a sense. As I said, I've exterminated many a problem. Most if not all were caused by Heihachi".
"So basically what you're saying is that you travel the entire world and fight of evil? That's pretty damn committed. I don't think I could take that many years of my life to help people I don't even know".
I could tell Dave was rather surprised by my honesty. Especially considering what kind of creature I was. But I was more intrigued by his reference to me as a friend. And yet so soon after I almost made him implode on himself not too long ago. Talk about forgive and forget.
"DevilKaz! Dave! Hurry the hell up will ya!" yelled Mo.
I didn't realize we fell so far behind. As we raced to catch up to Mo, I realized we were now ever so closer to reaching Kazuya and the rest of KMAS. For we were now coming to the end of Firewood Forest. As we emerged from he woods it began to grow dark and we found ourselves in our final area of travel, the suburban area of Dark City. But this place had no sense of natural beauty, or any sign of inhabitance. For that matter I sensed no sign of any importance. And it showed.
EVENT: TRAVERSING THE SUBURBS
TRACK: ARNHEM (Medal of Honor: Frontline)
The would be habitat was eclipsed in a gloomy fog and the mists glided along the lifeless streets. Most of the buildings were completely rub down and decrepit, much like the mausoleums of my cemetery. Honestly I thought my graveyard was a lot more lively than this place! The sounds of creaking windows and unhinged doors were the only known sounds besides the winds and the sounds of crows fluttering and squawking at us as we passed. Now I understood why Kazuya chos such a road to the gathering. Who the hell in their right mind would com here?
It was night as we came halfway through the abandoned town. And by abandoned I mean completely uninhabited and desolate. Not like there would be one or two bums or a crazy man wandering the streets. I meant there was not a human soul for miles! There was nothing more really to see or say about this suburban wasteland. But something deeply troubled me at this sight. Though it looked as if the place was like this for years…something was terribly wrong…
"What in the hell happened here?" Ifritstar spoke.
"I honestly don't know" Mo said as he gazed at a flock of crows overhead.
"You don't suppose this is Heihachi's doing do you?" Dave suggested.
"I don't think so" I said, "His Tekken Force isn't this devastating. Unless Heihachi got a hold of a nuke".
"I would check and see, but there is absolutely no sign of radiation or length of devastation. And I would know" said Mo as he pointed to his forehead.
"Give it a try anyway. Maybe you can find something".
"I'll try".
"You two make sure whatever did this doesn't surprise us or anything" I instructed.
Mo stood calmyly and removed his head band and opened his Jagan. As he did this I looked around our current location to try and find truth to the horrible feelings in my gut. I examined the decay on a nearby building carefully and discovered something very unsettling. The damages were quite recent. At that point I just wondered what could have caused such destruction.
"Guys" I spoke "You're not going to believe this…"
"Try us DevilKaz" Ifritstar said.
"I don't think this shamble was like this for more than a day".
"Are you serious? How can a town be reduced to this in a matter of minutes?" Dave asked.
"Maybe that's why he doubts it was Heihachi" spoke Ifritstar.
(End Event)
"HIDE!" I heard Mo yell.
"Why" I called out.
"JUST DO IT!"
We hid in a nearby shop and dove behind a counter, while Dave hid his horse in a storage room behind us. He joined us after concealing him.
"Why did you drag us in here?" Ifritstar asked.
"Shut up" Mo whispered.
No sooner had he spoken, figures were seen running past the windows. A few of them stopped in front of the door and immediately kicked it in. Three figures entered the room. They were heavily armed and wore armored suits of gold and dark gray colors. These were the unmistakable goons of the Tekken Force. Two of them began to search the closets and the aisles as one stood watch over them. He neared our location during his post and out of sheer curiosity began to kneel to look under the counter…
"BZZZZZZT…Breaker! Breaker! Come in Buzzer4! Repeat, come in Buzzer 4! You copy? Over!"
He stood again and responded.
"Buzzer 4 reporting Buzzer 1. Over!"
"Report to the shopping district of the suburbs. Two members have been located and we're in pursuit. Over!"
"Roger that Buzzer 1! Buzzer 4 out! Let's go soldiers! MOVE OUT!"
They left in quite a hurry to join teammates who were now closing in on our fellow members. We emerged from our hiding place as soon as the last one was out of sight.
"You made us hide from three members of Tekken Force? What are you a wimp?!" yelled Ifritstar.
"Listen you little punk I am this close to taking of your head".
"Honestly, Mo why did you make us hide. I've destroyed many of them with ease, what would be different now".
"I don't know, I just saw something else in them, as if they weren't really Tekken Force but something from the bowels of Hell".
"I agree. I felt something different about them too". I said fearing that these creatures might have been the cause of this chaos.
"Wait they said they found two more members right?" Dave spoke.
"Yes. Which means…" I answered.
"Right let's go" Mo said.
After retrieving Nickel, we followed the Tekken Force soldiers, very discretely, through the remainder of the suburbs. There were a few times when the damn horse almost blew our cover, but thankfully we were able to keep ourselves well hidden behind the buildings. We trailed them all the way to a clearing where twenty-two other soldiers of the Tekken-Shu had two members of KMAS encircled. The numbers were clearly against them, the two fighters didn't seem the least bit worried. Funny, you'd expect this kind of behavior from Mo or myself. From our view I could make the two out pretty well.
They were both female, and were mortal as well. One had short red hair with a red handkerchief in it. She wore a blue halter top and black Kung-Fu GI pants and what appeared to be sandals. The second also had red hair but wore a purple top with ripped and tattered denim black denim black jeans. She held a staff in her hands and leaned casually against it as their assaulters moved in.
The two seemed like they had control of the situation, yet as before something was amiss. I had earlier agreed with Mo that something was not right with the soldiers and this merely strengthened my resolve. I had indeed sensed these two as we approached them, but to be brutally honest, I did not even sense the presence of this army even as we approached. For that matter I didn't even know of the first three that nearly caught us. There was a gut wrenching sensation in me, and I knew something was about to go wrong. But for now we looked on at the captors and their prey.
"By order of Heihachi Mishima! All members of the Kazuya Mishima Appreciation Society are to be eliminated on sight! Any last words?" a soldier spoke.
"Can we play a little game before you shoot?" spoke the first female.
"What kind of game" said a soldier smugly, believing him and his group had the upper hand.
"Oh, just a little guessing game".
As son as the word game escaped her throat she leapt into the air and a blue haze began to glow from within and in the moonlight I could see her figure spread out into multiple forms. When all was said and done about twenty somewhat copies surrounded the soldiers and assumed a fighting stance.
"It's called, Which one is the real me?" They spoke in unison.
"Hmmm…That was rather impressive", Mo said. "I'd like to see you get out of that one DevilKa…"
"Fifth one from the top right semi circle"
"…lucky guess" he said
The one still within the circle smiled, amused at he trick her friend had pulled off. But suddenly…
"Wonderful trick" a soldier spoke. "You saved yourself, but what about your friend?"
"NO! DON'T!"
But it was too late. A barrage of bullets were fired at the unfortunate warrior. Enraged I started towards the group but Mo held me back.
"Let me go" I yelled.
"No it is not necessary" he said calmly.
"What do you mean you heartless bastard!"
He rolled his eyes and motioned me to look at the area of conflict again. The firing continued as the other watched helplessly. After the brutality subsided, a cloud of dust and gun smoke now gathered where the fighter stood.
"Now your next" the soldiers turned to face the remaining fighter. They reloaded as she prepared herself…and then smiled…
"Dishonorable fools"
The voice emerged from the dust and from the smoke leapt the supposedly obliterated fighter. She plowed five soldiers down with her staff, as the other confused the remaining ones with her copies. They moved quite gracefully as if they were right at home when outnumbered. The pace of these attacks were quite impressive for a mortal, as it was a little hard o follow. What was real impressive was the cloned fighter. The copies were mere shadows and could not inflict actual pain, ut the fighter moved so quickly that it had looked like the copy was attacking. The fighting styles these warriors performed were obviously Ninjitsu, or ninja for those who don't know. At one popint the whole entire group was knocked clean into one area, by the staff-wielding ninja. As they fell the copies disappeared and the true self joined her accomplice.
"You wanna finish em'?" she said as she fastened her staff o her back.
"Sure why not" spoke the cloning ninja.
"Good" the other spoke "This is boring".
We all snickered at this remark for obivious reasons.
As the soldiers tried to reassemble, the fighter leaped into the air as her blue aura eclipsed her form. Ass if time froze, she stayed airborne for a matter of miutes. And as the Tekken Force tried to shoot, the aura exploded into what appeared to be fire. She raised her fists and sent a giant wave of blue fire hurtling towards the group. Not even as they scrambled could they save themselves, as the flames engulfed the entire army. Luckily, we were a little to the left so we went unscathed. The soldiers dropprd to the ground and smoldered in a massive heap.
"I still don't see what you were worried about". Ifritstar started again.
"Maybe they weren't what you saw" Dave said.
I didn't really care really, I wanted to show our appreciation for such an event. Before I could get out though, Mo grabbed me by the arm.
"Please do not make a scene" Mo pleaded.
"Yes DevilKaz, for once let's MAKE friends" spoke Ifritstar.
"And the RIGHT way" Dave begged.
"Geez! Excuse me for having some fun".
"Well that was fun" she spoke after the attack.
"Nah, I was bored as soon as they tried to shoot me" spoke the staff ninja.
CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!
They turned towards the sound and saw me emerge from our hiding place from behind a building.
"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!" I shouted.
"I have to admit you handled that very well. My congratulations!" Mo proclaimed as he emerged from the shadows.
"Look KD, more people to play with" spoke the multiplying ninja.
"Good I'm in the mood for some playing" announced Ifritstar as he casually walked towards the duo.
"I agree Kuni, I believe it's time for another beat down" KD spoke as she armed her staff.
"Now, now ladies. There's no need for hostility" said Dave who rode in on Nickel.
"Well isn't this quite a group?" spoke KD.
"You boys have ten seconds! Who the hell are you?" said Kuni.
"Now is this anyway for the pacifist to behave?" I spoke. I knew in an instant by heir names who they were. It was KD-Mitsu and Kuni-Bob two more members from our beloved site.
"Does she look like a pacifist to you?" KD said as she brandished her staff threateningly at me.
"Wait!" said Kuni.
"There's only one who calls me a pacifist".
"You know who I am Kuni-Bob" I spoke.
"DevilKaz…" she stammered.
"You sure have a way with people" said Mo.
"Yes, and I am…" the staff ninja began
"KD-Mitsu"
"Right. So you are all from KMAS?" she asked
"Yes! I am Ifritstar. Summoner of Hellfire" he spoke.
"Mo" he proclaimed.
"And I am Dave, A knight at your service my ladies" Dave spoke as he gave a small bow from his horse.
"As I said before, very impressive performance!" I said as I looked at the singed pile. The fire had completely gone out by now but the stench remained.
"Yeah we get that a lot" spoke Kuni.
"So you're going to join in the fight with Kazuya as well?" Mo said.
"Yes! And if this is anything like what we're facing I guess it will be kinda boring" spoke KD
"Be careful, underestimating your foe is a grand fault in many" Dave spoke as he looked at me. I smiled in acknowledgement.
"But what if it's the Tekken Force?" KD interrupted.
"…Good point".
We all laughed at this. It's been awhile since I truly laughed…non-sadistically anyway.
"Well since we're all going to Dark City" Ifritstar spoke.
"Oh brother" I said.
Everyone looked at me in disbelief.
"What?" I asked. They obviously weren't aware of my socialization skills.
"Alright, alright" I concurred.
We began to travel deeper into the suburbs, when out of the blue, a strong chill went up my spine. I felt something coming from behind us. I turned around and was in utter disbelief at what I saw…
"Uh guys…"
UTTER DESOLATION AND TWO NINJAS
"So what's your story?" I asked our new companion.
"What do you mean story?" he replied.
"Why are you joining us? Is Kazuya gonna help you or something?"
"It depends on what you mean by help".
"Are you always this cryptic? I'm sure if you can pour your heart out to us on our website, there really should be no difference now. Except now you don't have to wait for someone to read and respond".
"Well my friend, I am a mere protector. Nickel and I, we ride through the world helping any way we can. We've seen our fair share of vermin and evil bastards. But none were more a burden then Heihachi. He has spread utter chaos to many portions of the world and has destroyed one life to many".
"So you figure why not get at the roots of the corruption huh? Is that what Kazuya proposed to you?"
"Yes in a sense. As I said, I've exterminated many a problem. Most if not all were caused by Heihachi".
"So basically what you're saying is that you travel the entire world and fight of evil? That's pretty damn committed. I don't think I could take that many years of my life to help people I don't even know".
I could tell Dave was rather surprised by my honesty. Especially considering what kind of creature I was. But I was more intrigued by his reference to me as a friend. And yet so soon after I almost made him implode on himself not too long ago. Talk about forgive and forget.
"DevilKaz! Dave! Hurry the hell up will ya!" yelled Mo.
I didn't realize we fell so far behind. As we raced to catch up to Mo, I realized we were now ever so closer to reaching Kazuya and the rest of KMAS. For we were now coming to the end of Firewood Forest. As we emerged from he woods it began to grow dark and we found ourselves in our final area of travel, the suburban area of Dark City. But this place had no sense of natural beauty, or any sign of inhabitance. For that matter I sensed no sign of any importance. And it showed.
EVENT: TRAVERSING THE SUBURBS
TRACK: ARNHEM (Medal of Honor: Frontline)
The would be habitat was eclipsed in a gloomy fog and the mists glided along the lifeless streets. Most of the buildings were completely rub down and decrepit, much like the mausoleums of my cemetery. Honestly I thought my graveyard was a lot more lively than this place! The sounds of creaking windows and unhinged doors were the only known sounds besides the winds and the sounds of crows fluttering and squawking at us as we passed. Now I understood why Kazuya chos such a road to the gathering. Who the hell in their right mind would com here?
It was night as we came halfway through the abandoned town. And by abandoned I mean completely uninhabited and desolate. Not like there would be one or two bums or a crazy man wandering the streets. I meant there was not a human soul for miles! There was nothing more really to see or say about this suburban wasteland. But something deeply troubled me at this sight. Though it looked as if the place was like this for years…something was terribly wrong…
"What in the hell happened here?" Ifritstar spoke.
"I honestly don't know" Mo said as he gazed at a flock of crows overhead.
"You don't suppose this is Heihachi's doing do you?" Dave suggested.
"I don't think so" I said, "His Tekken Force isn't this devastating. Unless Heihachi got a hold of a nuke".
"I would check and see, but there is absolutely no sign of radiation or length of devastation. And I would know" said Mo as he pointed to his forehead.
"Give it a try anyway. Maybe you can find something".
"I'll try".
"You two make sure whatever did this doesn't surprise us or anything" I instructed.
Mo stood calmyly and removed his head band and opened his Jagan. As he did this I looked around our current location to try and find truth to the horrible feelings in my gut. I examined the decay on a nearby building carefully and discovered something very unsettling. The damages were quite recent. At that point I just wondered what could have caused such destruction.
"Guys" I spoke "You're not going to believe this…"
"Try us DevilKaz" Ifritstar said.
"I don't think this shamble was like this for more than a day".
"Are you serious? How can a town be reduced to this in a matter of minutes?" Dave asked.
"Maybe that's why he doubts it was Heihachi" spoke Ifritstar.
(End Event)
"HIDE!" I heard Mo yell.
"Why" I called out.
"JUST DO IT!"
We hid in a nearby shop and dove behind a counter, while Dave hid his horse in a storage room behind us. He joined us after concealing him.
"Why did you drag us in here?" Ifritstar asked.
"Shut up" Mo whispered.
No sooner had he spoken, figures were seen running past the windows. A few of them stopped in front of the door and immediately kicked it in. Three figures entered the room. They were heavily armed and wore armored suits of gold and dark gray colors. These were the unmistakable goons of the Tekken Force. Two of them began to search the closets and the aisles as one stood watch over them. He neared our location during his post and out of sheer curiosity began to kneel to look under the counter…
"BZZZZZZT…Breaker! Breaker! Come in Buzzer4! Repeat, come in Buzzer 4! You copy? Over!"
He stood again and responded.
"Buzzer 4 reporting Buzzer 1. Over!"
"Report to the shopping district of the suburbs. Two members have been located and we're in pursuit. Over!"
"Roger that Buzzer 1! Buzzer 4 out! Let's go soldiers! MOVE OUT!"
They left in quite a hurry to join teammates who were now closing in on our fellow members. We emerged from our hiding place as soon as the last one was out of sight.
"You made us hide from three members of Tekken Force? What are you a wimp?!" yelled Ifritstar.
"Listen you little punk I am this close to taking of your head".
"Honestly, Mo why did you make us hide. I've destroyed many of them with ease, what would be different now".
"I don't know, I just saw something else in them, as if they weren't really Tekken Force but something from the bowels of Hell".
"I agree. I felt something different about them too". I said fearing that these creatures might have been the cause of this chaos.
"Wait they said they found two more members right?" Dave spoke.
"Yes. Which means…" I answered.
"Right let's go" Mo said.
After retrieving Nickel, we followed the Tekken Force soldiers, very discretely, through the remainder of the suburbs. There were a few times when the damn horse almost blew our cover, but thankfully we were able to keep ourselves well hidden behind the buildings. We trailed them all the way to a clearing where twenty-two other soldiers of the Tekken-Shu had two members of KMAS encircled. The numbers were clearly against them, the two fighters didn't seem the least bit worried. Funny, you'd expect this kind of behavior from Mo or myself. From our view I could make the two out pretty well.
They were both female, and were mortal as well. One had short red hair with a red handkerchief in it. She wore a blue halter top and black Kung-Fu GI pants and what appeared to be sandals. The second also had red hair but wore a purple top with ripped and tattered denim black denim black jeans. She held a staff in her hands and leaned casually against it as their assaulters moved in.
The two seemed like they had control of the situation, yet as before something was amiss. I had earlier agreed with Mo that something was not right with the soldiers and this merely strengthened my resolve. I had indeed sensed these two as we approached them, but to be brutally honest, I did not even sense the presence of this army even as we approached. For that matter I didn't even know of the first three that nearly caught us. There was a gut wrenching sensation in me, and I knew something was about to go wrong. But for now we looked on at the captors and their prey.
"By order of Heihachi Mishima! All members of the Kazuya Mishima Appreciation Society are to be eliminated on sight! Any last words?" a soldier spoke.
"Can we play a little game before you shoot?" spoke the first female.
"What kind of game" said a soldier smugly, believing him and his group had the upper hand.
"Oh, just a little guessing game".
As son as the word game escaped her throat she leapt into the air and a blue haze began to glow from within and in the moonlight I could see her figure spread out into multiple forms. When all was said and done about twenty somewhat copies surrounded the soldiers and assumed a fighting stance.
"It's called, Which one is the real me?" They spoke in unison.
"Hmmm…That was rather impressive", Mo said. "I'd like to see you get out of that one DevilKa…"
"Fifth one from the top right semi circle"
"…lucky guess" he said
The one still within the circle smiled, amused at he trick her friend had pulled off. But suddenly…
"Wonderful trick" a soldier spoke. "You saved yourself, but what about your friend?"
"NO! DON'T!"
But it was too late. A barrage of bullets were fired at the unfortunate warrior. Enraged I started towards the group but Mo held me back.
"Let me go" I yelled.
"No it is not necessary" he said calmly.
"What do you mean you heartless bastard!"
He rolled his eyes and motioned me to look at the area of conflict again. The firing continued as the other watched helplessly. After the brutality subsided, a cloud of dust and gun smoke now gathered where the fighter stood.
"Now your next" the soldiers turned to face the remaining fighter. They reloaded as she prepared herself…and then smiled…
"Dishonorable fools"
The voice emerged from the dust and from the smoke leapt the supposedly obliterated fighter. She plowed five soldiers down with her staff, as the other confused the remaining ones with her copies. They moved quite gracefully as if they were right at home when outnumbered. The pace of these attacks were quite impressive for a mortal, as it was a little hard o follow. What was real impressive was the cloned fighter. The copies were mere shadows and could not inflict actual pain, ut the fighter moved so quickly that it had looked like the copy was attacking. The fighting styles these warriors performed were obviously Ninjitsu, or ninja for those who don't know. At one popint the whole entire group was knocked clean into one area, by the staff-wielding ninja. As they fell the copies disappeared and the true self joined her accomplice.
"You wanna finish em'?" she said as she fastened her staff o her back.
"Sure why not" spoke the cloning ninja.
"Good" the other spoke "This is boring".
We all snickered at this remark for obivious reasons.
As the soldiers tried to reassemble, the fighter leaped into the air as her blue aura eclipsed her form. Ass if time froze, she stayed airborne for a matter of miutes. And as the Tekken Force tried to shoot, the aura exploded into what appeared to be fire. She raised her fists and sent a giant wave of blue fire hurtling towards the group. Not even as they scrambled could they save themselves, as the flames engulfed the entire army. Luckily, we were a little to the left so we went unscathed. The soldiers dropprd to the ground and smoldered in a massive heap.
"I still don't see what you were worried about". Ifritstar started again.
"Maybe they weren't what you saw" Dave said.
I didn't really care really, I wanted to show our appreciation for such an event. Before I could get out though, Mo grabbed me by the arm.
"Please do not make a scene" Mo pleaded.
"Yes DevilKaz, for once let's MAKE friends" spoke Ifritstar.
"And the RIGHT way" Dave begged.
"Geez! Excuse me for having some fun".
"Well that was fun" she spoke after the attack.
"Nah, I was bored as soon as they tried to shoot me" spoke the staff ninja.
CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!
They turned towards the sound and saw me emerge from our hiding place from behind a building.
"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!" I shouted.
"I have to admit you handled that very well. My congratulations!" Mo proclaimed as he emerged from the shadows.
"Look KD, more people to play with" spoke the multiplying ninja.
"Good I'm in the mood for some playing" announced Ifritstar as he casually walked towards the duo.
"I agree Kuni, I believe it's time for another beat down" KD spoke as she armed her staff.
"Now, now ladies. There's no need for hostility" said Dave who rode in on Nickel.
"Well isn't this quite a group?" spoke KD.
"You boys have ten seconds! Who the hell are you?" said Kuni.
"Now is this anyway for the pacifist to behave?" I spoke. I knew in an instant by heir names who they were. It was KD-Mitsu and Kuni-Bob two more members from our beloved site.
"Does she look like a pacifist to you?" KD said as she brandished her staff threateningly at me.
"Wait!" said Kuni.
"There's only one who calls me a pacifist".
"You know who I am Kuni-Bob" I spoke.
"DevilKaz…" she stammered.
"You sure have a way with people" said Mo.
"Yes, and I am…" the staff ninja began
"KD-Mitsu"
"Right. So you are all from KMAS?" she asked
"Yes! I am Ifritstar. Summoner of Hellfire" he spoke.
"Mo" he proclaimed.
"And I am Dave, A knight at your service my ladies" Dave spoke as he gave a small bow from his horse.
"As I said before, very impressive performance!" I said as I looked at the singed pile. The fire had completely gone out by now but the stench remained.
"Yeah we get that a lot" spoke Kuni.
"So you're going to join in the fight with Kazuya as well?" Mo said.
"Yes! And if this is anything like what we're facing I guess it will be kinda boring" spoke KD
"Be careful, underestimating your foe is a grand fault in many" Dave spoke as he looked at me. I smiled in acknowledgement.
"But what if it's the Tekken Force?" KD interrupted.
"…Good point".
We all laughed at this. It's been awhile since I truly laughed…non-sadistically anyway.
"Well since we're all going to Dark City" Ifritstar spoke.
"Oh brother" I said.
Everyone looked at me in disbelief.
"What?" I asked. They obviously weren't aware of my socialization skills.
"Alright, alright" I concurred.
We began to travel deeper into the suburbs, when out of the blue, a strong chill went up my spine. I felt something coming from behind us. I turned around and was in utter disbelief at what I saw…
"Uh guys…"