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. This is also the sequel to my previous fanfic, Tekken 5: The Kazama-Mishima Connections. Rated G
Disclaimer: Kazuya Mishima, Jun Kazama, Jin Kazama, Asuka Kazama, Ling Xiaoyu, 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 7: Lost Again
"Mother!" Jin instinctively ran towards Jun but her golden eyes suddenly blazed. A powerful force flung Jin towards a tree, breaking the trunk in half and knocking him unconscious. Kazuya started to move towards his son's limp form but he stopped and turned back to Dr. Larne, his teeth clenched in anger.
"Larne..."
"Aren't you going to try and save your son again, Kazuya?" Dr. Larne cackled. He pointed at Kazuya's arm sling. "I never would have thought a cold-hearted bastard like you to have such a conscience. Or did you simply take the bullet by accident?"
Kazuya's gaze fell back on Jin. He was still out cold, but he was breathing normally.
"Well, Kazuya?" Dr. Larne pursued. "It's certainly taking you a bit longer to decide whether you should come to his aid or not when only a week ago, you impulsively risked your life for him..."
"No..." Kazuya shook his head. "It's better he stay that way for a while. You and I have some things to discuss."
"Indeed, we do," Dr. Larne sneered.
"How did you find me?!" Kazuya demanded.
"It was fairly easy," Dr. Larne shrugged. "You were hacking on our computer system so we just showed you some information. You made the mistake of calling your son through your cell phone and that made tracing your whereabouts all the more easier."
"So...You lured me here?!"
"Ingenious isn't it?"
"What have you done with Jun?" Kazuya asked, his voice almost in a snake-like hiss.
"Don't you remember?" Dr. Larne gestured for Jun to come closer, which she did, her face, expressionless. "We set up a plan, remember? A plan that you yourself formulated?"
"Plan?" Kazuya blinked. He couldn't understand what the scientist was saying.
"When you took her body to our facility six years ago," Dr. Larne started, "She was already dead but you insisted she be revived whatever the cost. And we did that through a blood transfusion, with you, as the donor since both of you have the same blood type. It was that blood transfusion that saved her life but also introduced the Devil gene to her body, thus, mutating her. But she stayed in a coma so we...or rather, you had her put in a cryogenic chamber.
"Then, you told us of her Angel gene: a gene with as much potential as the Devil gene. These two genes combined can produce an even more powerful gene, powerful enough to revive Kazama, Jun from her suspended state."
"But we were never able to retrieve Jin's blood!" Kazuya noted, his voice, loud. "Not even when Heihachi and I fought him in Honmaru! How did you manage to resurrect her?!"
At this, Dr. Larne let out another round of mocking laughter.
"Idiot..." he sniggered. "You should know better than I. Your son isn't the only one with the mixed gene. While you were off searching for him in Australia, we retrieved the gene through an innocent local school blood drive..."
"YOU INSOLENT BASTARDS!!!" Kazuya's fists tightened into mallets. "You took advantage of the child's generosity!!!"
"That kid gave it away for free. Why do you think they call them donors, anyway?" Dr. Larne flicked his fingers. "Enough chit chat. Kazama!"
Jun took a step forward.
"Kill him. Kill them both."
Jun lunged at Kazuya and grabbed him by the neck, suspending him in mid-air. Her grip tightened, her nails digging deeper into the Kazuya's skin. Kazuya held Jun's wrist by his good hand to keep himself from choking but it was getting harder and harder to breath.
"What's this?" Dr. Larne paced around them. "Not struggling, are we, Kazuya? I should've known," he laughed. "Another biblical coincidence. You and her...a devil and an angel; yet, at the same time, just as Jun is the Eve of a new race, so are you, the Adam, the one source of the demonic seed from which the beginning of a formidable lineage sprouted from. And like Adam, you committed the original sin..."
Kazuya's eyes started to roll up to his head, his lids forcing to a close. Jun's constricting fingers were literally squeezing the life out of him. He looked into her eyes: those brilliant golden orbs that held not a single hint of the woman she once was. It seemed that she was truly nothing more but a weapon: the instrument of his death.
Then, Kazuya fell on the ground. He coughed and gasped as he dragged precious air into his deprived lungs. He looked up and saw Jin, towering over him, his black wings forming a shield around his father.
"I'm so sorry, Mother!" Jin lowered his hand, the red blaze from his open palm slowly ebbing away. Kazuya turned to see Jun, struggling to stand up from the smolders of the fallen trees around her. Dr. Larne was clearly dumbfounded by Jin's transformation, his mouth, agape.
Without waiting for his consent, Jin held his father by the waist and took off into the skies, his black feathers falling along his wake. In seconds, the clouds had engulfed them. Jun raised her head to the direction from which her son had flown. With one jerk of her shoulders, her own dark wings spread around her, the feathers glistening in the morning sunlight. She was about to take off when Dr. Larne called to her.
"Kazama. Stop."
Jun turned and blinked at the scientist.
"Let them be for now," Dr. Larne released a trapped breath. "I didn't expect the boy to have such prowess. It's too dangerous for you to go on alone. We'll have to wait until we gather enough data from them."
With a slight nod, Jun silently withdrew her wings.
Chapter 8