Author's notes: This story is mostly based on Tekken 4 and the currently (2004) released information on Tekken 5 and its characters. Though some infos were taken from Tekken Official, some situations, events and characters are all fanmade. Rated G
Disclaimer: Kazuya Mishima, Jin Kazama, Asuka Kazama, Heihachi Mishima, Ling Xiaoyu, Jun Kazama, Feng Wei and all Tekken characters referred in this fanfic are the property of NAMCO. This is only a fan fiction from the imagination of an obsessed fan. No copyright infringement intended.
Chapter 9: Vague Links
"Whoa...this is some sitting room!" Asuka gasped while spinning around in slow circles. She stopped to admire the diamond teardrop chandeliers, the murals, the furnishings, the lavish furniture and the intricate Oriental rug. Jin shook his head and closed the door. He must admit; he was quite surprised to find the room exactly the way it was.
"Wow!" Asuka put her hands dramatically over her cheeks when she opened the double doors to the bedroom. There was a four poster king-sized bed, a balcony beyond the curtains and well-polished wood fixtures. "This must cost some serious cash! Is this Heihachi Mishima's room?"
"No," Jin reached out to close the double doors. "It...it was mine."
"YOURS?!" Asuka spun her head around so fast, it might have snapped off her neck.
"Please," Jin motioned for Asuka to sit on the sofa by the fireplace. He then sat opposite her.
"What do you means yours?! This...THIS is YOUR room?!"
"Was," Jin corrected.
"Explain," Asuka said, eager to learn, how this young man had accumulated such wealth at his age. Jin let out a throaty cough. He didn't exactly like talking about it; least of all to someone he had just met.
"Heihachi Mishima...is my grandfather."
"Your grandfather?!" Asuka's eyes widened. "Then...how come you're a Kazama? Oh, so your mother's Heihachi Mishima's daughter. Wait! You just said your mother knew the Kazama-ryu! How cou--"
"My mother's a Kazama. My father's a Mishima."
"Huh?! But how come your surname is..." Asuka trailed off when she saw Jin's sour expression. "So...your parents aren't married? Why? What happened?"
"That's what I'd like to know," Jin said. "And that's what I came here for. For answers."
"How old are you?" Asuka asked. It was supposed to be her first question.
"I'll be turning twenty-two soon. And Ling already told me that you're seventeen and that you came from Osaka."
"Uhm...yeah. Did you live here all your life?"
"No," Jin shook his head softly. "I was born and raised in a cottage at Yakushima Forest. I came here when I was fifteen and stayed here for only four years. I've been traveling ever since."
"So, you have all this money and yet your parents decided to raise you in a cottage in a forest..." Asuka raised an eyebrow.
"My mother raised me alone. She never told me anything about my father until I was fifteen, except to say that he had long since died," Jin explained but not without a note of bitterness in his voice. Asuka was quick to sense it.
"I never really pursued," Jin added. "Whenever I asked Mother about him, she just becomes so sad that I feel guilty about it," then, his expression darkened. "I used to think it's because she missed him a lot but that's until I found out that..."
"That what?"
"That my father, Kazuya Mishima...has been alive all this time."
Silence clouded the room. Asuka swallowed hard. She had a few ideas in her head but was quick to dismiss them without confirmation.
"I met my father for the first time in the last tournament," Jin added. "I wish I never--he and I never got to talk but I'm hoping I'll be able to in this tournament. He's the only one who can give me all the answers."
"Why can't you ask your mother?" Asuka wondered. "I mean, it's not like you're not old enough to know the facts."
Another moment of silence. Jin sighed and bit his lower lip. Memories of that fateful night flashed before his eyes, making him wince.
"My mother died a little more than six years ago," Jin's voice was close to cracking. "She was killed by a creature known as Ogre. I never found her body..."
"Oh. I'm...I'm really sorry...I didn't know..."
"Of course, you didn't know!" Jin retorted rather harshly, but was too angry to notice. "Before she died, she told me a few things about my father and said that if anything ever happened to her, I would go here to live with my grandfather."
"Heihachi Mishima? But didn't he die in that--"
"Serves him right."
"You don't like your grandfather, too?"
"That's another story," Jin snapped, realizing a little too late, how much he had been talking. "Enough about me. Let's talk about you. What made you come here? The fame? The fortune?"
"Just like you, I also came here for my father," Asuka declared, feeling quite insulted that Jin would think of her as that kind of person. "But I have different reasons. My father and several of his students in our dojo were attacked by a wandering Chinese man. I have reason to believe that he is Feng Wei, one of the participants of this competition."
"So, you came here for revenge?"
"I came here to bring justice to my father and our desecrated dojo."
"Sugarcoat it all you want but revenge is revenge."
"You seem to be a man who knows so much about revenge," Asuka scoffed. "Did you really come here for answers? Or did you come to take revenge on your father?"
Jin narrowed his brown eyes at Asuka's accusing ones. He didn't know how she caught on to the fact that he hated his father. Strangely though, her behavior reminded him of someone...
"Now," Asuka crossed her arms across her chest. "Will you tell me your mother's name? She is a Kazama, right?"
"Jun Kazama."
Silence again...but this time, it came from Asuka. Her arms fell to her sides as her eyes widened even more. She knew that name all too well.
"Jun Kazama?!" she echoed. "THE Jun Kazama?! 3WC's top operative?! The chosen one of the Kazama clan?!"
"Hold on!" Jin gaped at Asuka with more interest than ever. "How did you know all that?!"
"How?! She's a family legend!" Asuka declared as if Jin should've known that already. "My father and several of my relatives have been telling me about her ever since I could remember! We have pictures of her back at home. I have one with me right now," she took out her wallet and held the picture out for Jin to see. True enough, it was of his mother, Jun Kazama.
"I never knew my mother," Asuka put the picture back in her wallet. "Father said she died when I was born so I sort of look to Jun as my role model. I'm sorry I never got to meet her. I've looked up to her since I was a child. In fact, she's the reason why I became a member of 3WC's Junior Division."
"I'm glad she inspired you that way. You would've liked her," Jin nodded and stood up.
"I already do," Asuka replied. "Guess this means we really are related."
"I guess so," Jin opened the door for Asuka. "It's getting late. You better go back to your room."
Asuka gave a short nod. She wanted to know more but she sensed how Jin's revelations had left him exhausted. She stepped out the room but before Jin could close the door, she dared a question.
"Will you tell me more about Jun later?" she asked hopefully. It took a few more moments before Jin could speak.
"If Fate consents..." he closed the door.
Chapter 10