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 17: Torn
"What?! She's still up there?! With them?!"
"Uh...yes, Dr. Larne. Why? It's only been ten minutes."
"You idiot! She should've been with you nine minutes ago! What if they're talking right now?! It could obliterate everything I've worked for! Go get her!!"
"......."
"Why are you so quiet all of a sudden?!"
"The...the source is up there right now."
"WHAT?! For Pete's sake!! And I thought things couldn't get any worse! Get Sanada out of there! And I mean NOW!!!"
Aiko could only watch as the gun slid along the floor and fall off the building. Frustrated and angry, she turned to the person who had kicked it away. It was a young woman, positioned in an eerily familiar fighting stance.
Asuka Kazama's eyebrows met in the middle as she looked over the woman from head to toe. She had an idea of who this woman might be, but she couldn't be sure. She ran to where Jin hovered over his father.
"Jin!"
"Asuka! What are you doing here?!"
"Aren't you glad? I just saved you butt! What in the world happened here?" Asuka wondered. She gasped when she saw the wound on Kazuya's shoulder.
"Your dad! He's bleeding!! We have to take him to the hospital!"
"Unngh...it's you again..." Kazuya muttered when he finally took notice of Asuka.
"Me again?" Asuka blinked. "Sir...I don't believe we've met."
Kazuya groaned and held his shoulder. Blood was still trickling down his arm. It hurt, but not as much as the other part of him that was hurting right now.
"Who...are...you...people...?" Aiko asked through bated breaths. She was so confused and frightened that she didn't know what to do.
"Jin...is that who I think it is?" Asuka mustered, her eyes, wide.
"Yes..."
"But you told me she was..."
"I thought so too..."
"Why'd she try to shoot you?"
"I don't know! Someone brainwashed her, I'm sure! And their using her against us!"
"Brainwash?!" Aiko repeated. "What reason would the G Corporation have to brainwash me in order to do their bidding?! I'm only their assassin! I'm nobody of importance! I'm--"
"Larne...damn you Larne..." Kazuya muttered. Everything became clear to him at that point. He understood all too well.
"Larne...?!" Aiko rested her eyes over Kazuya, the images still flashing through her mind. She shook her head and tried to calm down. "H-How...how do you know Dr. Larne?!"
"The tattoo..." Jin noticed. "The Devil Gene? Mother, what have they done to you?!"
"Devil Gene?!" Aiko moved her palm over her right shoulder, concealing the tattoo that was so similar to Jin's. "What are you talking about!?"
"Kazuya! You worked in that corporation! Tell me what they did to her!" Jin demanded.
Kazuya didn't respond.
"Father..."
Kazuya snapped his head towards Jin.
"Father...please," Jin pleaded. "Tell me what they did to Mother..."
Kazuya shifted his eyes away. Never, in his wildest dreams, did he imagine anyone calling him that, least of all the son who hated him. The word sounded so foreign to him, and yet, somehow, it felt different...
"NO!!!" Aiko cried and took out the spare gun that she had kept in her back pocket. Tears were flowing freely from her eyes now. "Stop messing with my head!! I can't take this anymore!"
Asuka moved forward and once again, kicked the weapon away. She began to do several of the signature Kazama moves but unfortunately, those were the moves Aiko had mastered. The woman easily intercepted the girl's actions and in moments, Asuka was down.
Asuka shook her head and stood up, only to receive a further beating from Aiko. Thinking quickly, she made a grab for Aiko's arm but she was much too fast.
Aiko dodged the attempt. She felt a slight tug followed by something breaking away. She took a few steps back, her fingers groping around her neck. Her choker was gone.
"My trinket!!" Aiko frantically searched through the floor. It wasn't there.
"Hey, lady! Looking for this?" Asuka showed the string that held Aiko's precious memento.
"Why you--" Aiko's eyes blazed and an invisible force threw Asuka off her feet. Jin broke her fall just in time.
"Ouch!" Asuka yelped. "What was that?!"
Aiko seemed to have lost herself. Her golden eyes were now burning with rage. She was advancing very slowly and yet she was breathing heavily.
All of a sudden, she jerked and fell forward. A man caught her and hastily positioned her on his shoulder.
"Mr. Kojisawa?!" Asuka gasped.
No words were spoken as Kojisawa fired several rounds of tranquilizer darts with pinpoint accuracy. Asuka, Jin and Kazuya instantly fell down on the floor.
"N-no...Mother..." Jin could feel his senses growing numb. He tried to crawl but the paralysis had set in. Asuka, already in her weakened state, was the first to pass out.
"Sss...stop..." Kazuya was the only one left conscious now. He had managed to get up on his knees when Kojisawa fired two more darts. Kazuya fell once more, howling in pain when his wounded arm hit the ground first. His vision started to cloud. The last thing he saw, was Kojisawa boarding a jet plane, with Aiko still slung limply on his shoulder.
"J-Jun..."
Chapter 18