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HwoarangTheChamp: Thank you so much for your review! Currently I'm translating chapter 38, which means I have chapter 37 ready to post! But I have a million things to do…such as school projects and I'm taking driving lessons! Anyway, I'll try to update twice a week, but it depends if I have translated the chapters! (Sometimes I get bored!). About Julia/Hwoarang and Jin/Ling, this tournament is going to be very different and they'll have to face some dangers, so they will only have time to think about relationships later! (I'm sorry if that disappoints you :D), but if you read this story until the end, I guess you will like the final chapters! Thank you again for reading! Take care!
Lady-Eliwen: I liked that part too! But now it begins all the action! Thank you for wishing me good luck, I hope I pass this one, or I think I'll kill someone in that School! I hate Sociology of Information, it's stupid and boring, and I hate it:P Anyway thanks again!
Krappkarmin: You're ending your holidays? I'm starting mine next week…this is weird! Anyway thank you so much for your review and I'm really glad you liked it. To tell you the truth, I still don't know what will happen to Miharu and Steve, but there's a good change that they'll stay together. Take care.
Shadowsin: Hi, thanks for reviewing. I hope you like this chapter and I also think that Miharu and Steve are a cute couple! 'See ya'.
Chapter 36
Let the Game begin
FUJI-NION
7th JULY 2013
It was two in the afternoon and the sixteen contestants were all reunited in the Stadium, waiting for instructions. They had the maps already, showing them their path and the temple's location.
-'The temple is marked with a cross, on the centre of the map.'-the presenter said.-'As you all see, it's not too far from here. You should get there in half an hour.'
-'Why bother with all this crap?'-asked Hwoarang.-'Why can't we just make the draw and fight right here?'
-'I'm not in charge! I can't change the rules!'
-'What will happen when we get there?'-asked Ling.
-'Someone from the organisation will be there waiting for you. Then you'll fight in order of arrival. As you noticed, there are sixteen different ways to go to the temple and we're going to make a draw to see which way you will take. So please, come and take a paper from this box!'
After fifteen minutes everything was ready.
-'Ok. So we have in order: Hwoarang, Violet, Forest Law, Baek Doo-San, Paul Phoenix, Julia Chang, Christie Monteiro, Steve Fox, Lei Wulong, Andrea O'neill (Nina Williams), Yasuka (Kazuya Mishima), Ling Xiaoyu, Andy Hicks, Jin Kazama, Martin Collins and Shin. Good luck!'
-'Hey, kid!'-Kazuya called Jin.-'Be careful…'
Jin nodded. It seems that he wasn't the only one who was feeling that something weird was going on.
-'I'll see you in the temple, Kazama!'-Hwoarang said leaving.
-'Hwoarang!'-Julia called.
-'What?'
-'I have a bad feeling about this!'
-'Don't worry…Just follow the map and we'll see each other in the temple in a half an hour!'
Julia smiled and nodded.
Ten minutes later Julia was surrounded by trees and grass, she thought that the others were probably in the same situation.
Suddenly she heard some noises. She looked to the map. Hwoarang was probably very far from there. She heard noises again and she started thinking about wild animals. But there weren't animals, but men, waiting for the best time to attack.
When they saw their change, Julia couldn't do anything. She was hit by a tranquilliser dart and she fell on the floor.
-'We have the girl, doctor!'-one of the soldiers said to the transmitter.
-'Good! Bring her here!'
-'Hey!'-Christie yelled.-'What are you doing with her?'
The tekken forces had been discovered and Christie attacked. The man who was putting Julia in a black van took his gun and fired. Christie got hit too and seconds later she was also taken.
They were taken to the A complex, where Dr.B was waiting for Julia and Hwoarang.
In the meantime, Heihachi was in the temple waiting for Lee and Jin to arrive.
Not very far from the place where the tekken forces had caught Julia and Christie, Baek was swearing he had heard a car. But maybe it was just him being paranoid.
As for Nina she was following Steve, and she was ready to kill him. Steve had stopped to rest and Nina had her chance, but when she was almost pressing the trigger she realised she couldn't do it.
She didn't want to kill that boy. Actually, she was feeling weird since she had seen him in Fuji-Nion.
Nina lowered her gun and then she saw someone joining Steve.
-'Who are you?'-asked Steve surprised.
-'I'm lost!'-Lei lied.
-'That's what the map is for!'
In that moment they all heard a gun shot. Instinctively, Lei took his gun to protect Steve. After all that was his mission.
-'Hey! Who the hell are you?'
-'Lei Wulong…I'm a detective!'
-'I should've known! How many times do I have to tell the damn police that I can take care of myself?'
-'We think that you are in danger! You need protection!'
-'I don't need a baby-sitter! If I win this tournament, the Syndicate will leave me alone!'
-'Do you really believe that?'
-'The Syndicate leader is dead…his name was Mishima! So I guess this is a good time to take my chance!'
-'Mishima can be dead, but the Syndicate will live for many years! They will not stop! Don't you think that this tournament is weird?'
-'What the hell are you talking about?'
-'If you want to follow your way to the temple, go ahead, but I'll be right behind you!'
A half an hour had passed since they were in the forest. Jin was very close to the temple, and so was Hwoarang.
-'Hwoarang shouldn't be here!'-Heihachi said.-'Why didn't the tekken forces get him?'
-'We'll take him, now…'-a soldier said.
-'Don't mess up!'
In the meanwhile Julia and Christie were in a lab room where Dr.B. was working.
-'Hi…Miss Chang. The tranquilliser effect is passing…how do you feel?'-he asked.
Julia looked around and she felt her legs and hands tied up. Christie was still sleeping just next to her.
-'I've been studying you…you're a very intelligent girl!'-Dr.B continued.
-'Where are we?'
-'You're safe here!'
-'What do you want from me?'
-'You are going to participate in a very important project about genetics!'
-'What do you mean?'
-'You are going to conceive a child for me to manipulate!'
-'You're insane!'
-'No, I'm not! I'm only waiting for the father!'
Julia was starting to panic. That was probably the man who had conducted Jin's experiments, and now he wanted to do the same with her.
She tried to free herself, but it was impossible.
-'Don't do that! You will hurt yourself! Besides you will not have to carry this baby for nine months! I only need your cells!'
-'No way…Where are the others? Where's Hwoarang?'
-'Hwoarang is coming…he is going to be your child's father!'
-'Are you serious?'-Julia couldn't think straight, but she calmed down because Hwoarang was on his way.
-'You make a very nice couple! I'm going upstairs…Hwoarang must be arriving soon!'
Jin was now outside the temple. There was no one there which meant that something wasn't right. The presenter said that someone from the tournament organisation would be there.
Jin looked around and everything was quiet, so he decided to wait for a few minutes. When he was sitting down on the floor to wait, he heard some noises inside the temple.
-'Is anyone there?'-he asked going to the door.
There was no answer, so Jin opened the door and walked in.
The room was dark and there was something or someone there, he could feel that. Suddenly the door closed and the dark invaded the room. Then a light blinded Jin.
-'Who's there?'- Jin asked.
-'A ghost!'- Heihachi answered as the tekken forces surrounded Jin.
Jin didn't recognise his voice, but he knew he was surrounded by men, and he had to fight. He was preparing his first attack when someone fired a gun. Seconds later Jin fell on the floor unconscious.
-'Who was the creep?'-asked Heihachi furious.
-'I'm sorry sir…but he was going to attack me!'-a soldier apologised.
-'You are thirty! He's only one!'-Heihachi shouted.
-'I saw your grandson win a squad of fifty men…'
-'What a bunch of cowards you are, I wanted to speak with him first!'
In the meanwhile, Hwoarang was almost at the temple too, but then he heard steps and the tekken forces surrounded him.
-'What's up?'-he asked.
-'We have orders to take you!'-a soldier said.
Hwoarang didn't wait another second. He attacked the soldiers. Three of them went to the ground. The others tried to use their guns, but Hwoarang was too fast.
Even so there were twenty against one and Hwoarang ended up being shot. The first tranquilliser dart didn't have the effect that the tekken forces were expecting, because Hwoarang could still fight, but after the second dart, Hwoarang felt dizzy and he blacked out.
-'We have the boy!'-the tekken forces informed Dr.B.
-'Nice job, I hope you didn't hurt him too much!'
-'We had to give him two tranquilliser darts!'
-'Two? But he'll sleep for hours! I can't work with him while he's under the tranquilliser's effects!'
-'I'm sorry doctor, but he could still fight after the first dart!'
-'I guess I'll have to put Julia sleeping too…'
Lee and Kazuya were together. They knew something wasn't right and they decided to investigate.
The light inside the temple called their attention and they got in.
Heihachi was there with some tekken forces and Jin was still on the floor.
-'I was waiting for you…Lee.'-Heihachi said in a cold voice.
Kazuya and Lee stopped and they couldn't believe their eyes. Heihachi was there, right in front of them.
-'You were supposed to be dead!'-said Lee.
-'I know that…but it seems that I'm not!'
-'Why are you not dead?'-Lee asked.
-'Because I'm too smart to die! I caused the plane crash!'
-'Why are you here?'
-'I want what it's mine! But tell me, Lee, where have you been, son?'
-'I'm not your son!'
-'Of course you are! You're just like me…'
-'I'm an orphan!'
-'What's that stupid hair colour? I understand you being angry with me…we haven't spoken in quite a while, but you're still my son!'
-'No, I'm not!'
-'Are you still angry for what happened to your brother?'
-'You killed Kazuya!'
-'It was him or me! But since he died…you're my heir now! And I know you are quite good in businesses! We could start again has partners!'
-'Are you joking?'
-'No, I'm not…I just think that we could be…friends…'
-'What about Jin? I thought he's your heir!'
-'Jin is just like Kazuya…he has potential but he is weak…he has a heart!'
-'What are you going to do with him?'
-'I need him to achieve my goal…I want his power! I'm going to show the world who is Heihachi Mishima! You can be by my side when that happens!'
-'I don't want to! I'm fine by myself!'
-'But you seem lonely…and I sure need someone like you to help me! You're not like Kazuya or Jin…silly boys with dreams of love and peace! Kazuya even left me for a girl!'
Kazuya clenched his fists at this comment.
-'Please, Lee come with me and I'll show things you won't believe!'-continued Heihachi.-'I have other ways to make you come with me!'
Lee watched the tekken forces holding their guns.
-'Your friend can leave!'-Heihachi added.-'I'm a reasonable man…and besides these are personal businesses!'
-'Go!'-Lee ordered to Kazuya.-'Take this! Contact Kira and she'll tell you what to do! I'll find a way to escape with Jin…'-he added in a low voice.
Kazuya looked at Jin.
Lee was escorted by the tekken forces to a black van. Jin was taken too.
Kazuya watched them disappear and he just felt stupid. He had the chance to face his father and to make him pay for everything he done, and the only thing he could do has watch him leave.
He felt like an idiot. Now he could only hope that Lee didn't believe in their father's lies.
In the meantime, a second black van was taking Hwoarang to the A complex to Dr.B. but Hwoarang was awaken now.
-'Dr.B we'll arrive in less then ten minutes.'
-'Ok…Julia is starting to panic…See your boyfriend will be here in ten minutes!'
-'What did you do to me?'-asked Julia feeling sleepy.
-'I gave you a sedative!'
-'You could start working with the girl…'-said a cold voice entering the lab.
-'Abel…what are you doing here?'-asked Dr.B.
-'I'm on my way to the B complex…I just wanted to check on your project!'
-'I'll start the project when the boy is here!'
-'Why? What are you waiting for? Do you want to ask for their agreement?'
-'Are you going to work with the machine?'
-'Yes, Heihachi thinks you need help!'
-'Tell him that I don't!'
-'Is this the girl he chose? She's beautiful…maybe I should stay and help you.'
-'No. I can manage!'
-'I thought you were more competent…'
-'What's that suppose to mean, Abel?'
-'You were in charge in Nina's project, right?'
-'Yes, why?'
-'It seems to me you see her like a daughter.'
-'Cut the crap, Abel!'
-'Nina had a child. Why didn't you search him?'
-'I did. I didn't find him anywhere!'
-'He could have the AX gene.'
-'I didn't find him!'
-'Well…I did!'
-'How?'
-'It was easy…I only used my computer! Last year, I was working in America for the IQ…Heihachi told me about a problem he was having, is name was Fox…'
-'So what?'
-'He told me that he wanted Fox eliminated in this tournament! I started to investigate this boy past. He is a star and we needed to explain his sudden death…I checked his medical file…Steve Fox was born in Japan…'
-'Many children are born in Japan!'
-'Steve was adopted in the UK because the Red Cross sent him there!'
-'I checked his files on the Red Cross Adoption Care and there was nothing there!'
-Well, I guess you didn't see them all! Because one of them says that Steve Fox was born in Japan.'
-'This can't be true!'
-'Steve is Nina's child…his adoptive parents asked the Red Cross to delete all his files, but they missed some!'
-'This means that Nina is about to kill her son!'
-'I told Heihachi already and he changed his mind. He wants to meet Fox…to see if he has the AX gene!'
Dr. Abel left the lab and Dr.B seemed really furious. Ten minutes later he received a call saying that Hwoarang had arrived. Dr.B left to meet the tekken forces, but when he arrived all the soldiers were unconscious and Hwoarang was missing.
-'What the hell happened here?'-he asked.
-'He woke up!'-said a soldier on the floor.-'The tranquillisers weren't enough! He escaped and he took my gun!'
-'Great, I think I know where he's going…I'll see if I can find him!'
Hwoarang was on the second level below the surface. He was looking for Julia because he knew she was there. He was a bit confused, after all he should be fighting with Jin for the Iron Fist final, and instead he was on a strange building with lab rooms.
In the fourth room he found Julia and Christie. Julia was barely awaked, and Christie was unconscious.
-'Julia! Are you alright?'-he shook her.
-'No…I feel dizzy…is it really you?'
-'We have to get out of here! What have they done to you?'
-'He gave me a sedative!'
-'Those bastards!'
Hwoarang tried to free Julia but he didn't succeed, so he started to press all the buttons in the control panel. The blue button was the right one.
-'Can you walk?'-Hwoarang asked helping Julia.-'Julia? Wake up!'
-'What?'
-'Can you walk?'
-'I think so!'
Julia tried to walk, but she fell in Hwoarang's arms. She tried again and this time she managed to walk.
Hwoarang held Christie because she was still sleeping.
-'We have to go to the elevator!'-he said.-'Shit! Someone is coming! Come on, lets use the stairs!'
Hwoarang turned back but Dr.B saw them and called back ups.
-'Take Christie and keep going! I'll hold him back!'-Hwoarang ordered.
Hwoarang took the gun and fired against an extinguisher on the hall. Dr.B ran immediately to a room to take cover.
The small explosion originated a fired on that level, and Hwoarang managed to join Julia and Christie who were both on the floor in the stairs.
-'Come on! Just two more levels!'-said Hwoarang.
Julia tried to get up, but she couldn't make her legs move.
-'Take Christie and go!'-she ordered.
-'You're coming too!'
-'I can't move!'
-'What makes you think I choose her over you?'
Julia blushed.
-'I'm not leaving you!'-Hwoarang said firmly.-'I'll have to carry both of you!'
Hwoarang helped her to get up and put her arm around his neck, and then he put Christie over his right shoulder and continued to go up the stairs.
When they arrived to the zero level, there were tekken forces guarding all the exits.
-'Damn it!'-Hwoarang said.-'We have to go up! It's the only way!'
In that moment another explosion caused the chaos, and Hwoarang saw his chance to get to the elevator. He pressed the last button and fortunately no one saw them, because they were all busy going to the labs level.
Soon, Hwoarang, Julia and Christie were in the roof, trapped. There was no way down.
-'We're trapped, aren't we?'-asked Julia.
-'There's a lake down there! Have you ever done pool diving?'-asked Hwoarang.
-'How high?'
-'Enough to scar the shit out of me!'
-'Is the lake deep enough?'
-'How the hell should I know?'
The elevator made a noise, meaning someone was arriving soon.
-'Don't let my hand!'-Hwoarang said and they jumped.
Fortunately the lake was deep enough, but Julia let Hwoarang's hand and when he came to the surface only Christie was with him.
Hwoarang didn't know what do to. He couldn't leave Christie there, because she could drown, but he had to help Julia.
Hwoarang took Christie to safe land and returned to the water. At the third time he managed to find her, but when he took her to land, Julia was unconscious.
-'Julia!'-he yelled.-'Don't do this to me! Come on…wake up!'
Julia spitted all the water she had swallowed and Hwoarang sighed in relief.
-'Lets go…we have to leave this place!'-Hwoarang said.
By that time, everyone had noticed that something was wrong. Except for Lee and Jin's maps, all the others were fakes. Everyone was lost in the forest.
Ling had been captured too, and she was now on the B complex with Jin, but they were in separate rooms.
In the meanwhile, Kazuya had spoken with Kira and she told him where to go. Kazuya was arriving to the G Corp.'s headquarters in the forest, where Kira was waiting for him.
Paul and Law were together and they were talking about what was happening when Baek found them.
-'What the hell is happening?'-asked Baek.-'I thought we were going to a temple!'
-'There's something wrong here!'-said Law.
-'Weren't you with Jin?'-asked Paul to Baek.
-'Kazama?'
-'Yes…'
-'I think he's my brother's friend, or something like that!'
-'Who's your brother?'
-'Hwoarang.'
-'Oh, the red hair!'
-'Do you think this has something to do with the Mishima Empire?'-asked Law.
-'Probably!'-answered Paul.
-'Can you please enlighten me?'-asked Baek.
-'We think this has something to do with revenge!'-announced Paul.-'I think we should return to Fuji-Nion and try to investigate what's happening!'
In Fuji-Nion, the tekken forces were completing Heihachi's orders. They had to evacuate the people who were still there, and then make the Empire Hotel their headquarters.
Miharu, Yuu and Eijiro had noticed that something was wrong and they hadn't followed the orders to leave Fuji-Nion.
-'Why are you so sure that these people are lying?'-asked Miharu to Yuu.
-'It doesn't make sense!'-said Yuu.
-'What?'
-'This thing about the finalists go to a temple and then to Fuji…it's weird!'
-'You always find things weird!'
-'Yuu is right! The Iron Fist was never like this!'-Eijiro announced.-'We have to hide somewhere and wait.'
-'Wait for what?'-asked Miharu.
-'Lets follow Kazumi! She's going to the Empire Hotel!'-suggested Yuu.
-'Ok. Lets go!'-agreed Eijiro.
Heihachi had communicated with Nina telling her to abort her mission and return to the B complex where he was waiting for her with Lee.
-'Dr. Abel is going to do a little test with you…'-said Heihachi to Lee.
-'What for?'
-'Just to check something out!'
-'Please…give me a break!'-Lee knew that Heihachi wanted to check that he still didn't have the devil gene.
Dr. Abel walked in the room and took a sample of Lee's blood.
-'Where's Jin?'-asked Lee.
-'In a room…he's alright! You can see him when he wakes up. He'll be happy to know he has an uncle!'
-'Why did you pretend to be dead all this time?'
-'Because someone wanted to destroy me! But that doesn't matter anymore! The only thing that matters is that I'm going to be the most powerful man in the world! And you, my son, can be my rightful heir!'
-'You had heirs, father! And you never wanted me!'
-'Kazuya and Jin showed me that I was wrong! I should've chosen you!'
-'You told me once that Kazuya was perfect! He was everything you wanted in a son!'
-'Kazuya was more talented than you in martial arts and that blinded me! I know that now!'
-'Your pride was hurt when you saw that Kazuya was going to leave you for a girl…'
-'Your brother was a fool!'
-'He was in love! You should've respected that!'
-'Why? Love is for fools! And Jin is just like Kazuya, but he's a bit more talented than he's father was!'
-'So you want me because you don't have anyone else, right?'
-'Maybe…'
-'Do you know how many times I wished you would tell me this? I felt like an idiot when you told me that Kazuya was your true heir…and I was nothing but a stupid kid!'
-'It was a mistake! How many times do you want me to say it?'
-'You never wanted me as your son! You even killed the only person in that damn house who loved me!'
-'Reika was sick!'
-'You made her sick! She wasn't my real mother but she was kind to me! Is that what you're going to do with Jin?'
-'No…Jin is too precious!'
-'I'm sorry, but I don't want to work with you…You destroyed this family! Kazuya, Jun, Reika and my mother…'
-'I'm not proud for what I did! Come with me to the labs and then tell me your final answer!'
Lee ended up by following Heihachi because he needed to think about a plan to escape.
In the G corp.'s base, Kira was trying to convince Kazuya that Lee would never agree with Heihachi.
-'He hates him as much as you!'-she said.
-'But they share the same ambition!'
-'Lets take your tattoo out; I think they can track you down because of the ink they used on it! Please, just trust your brother!'
-'I can't believe he's alive!'
-'Do you think that his machine is ready?'
-'I have no idea…but I hope not, or Jin is finished!'
-'Jin is strong…but I'm sure Lee will bring him back!'
Lee was watching the labs and he had seen the machine that Dr. Abel was building. It was called genotransfer and it would transfer the AX gene or the devil gene, as Lee called it, from Jin's body to Heihachi's. The machine was almost ready, but they couldn't know for sure what would happen to Jin if they succeed. The theories indicated that he would probably die.
-'So…have you changed your mind?'-asked Heihachi.
-'Maybe.'
-'I'll give you some time to think!'
-'You are not expecting me to trust in you just like that, are you?'
-'No, of course not! That's why I'm giving you time!'
-'Fine.'
A half an hour later, Lee managed to jump the fence around the B complex.
-'He went to the forest…'-said a tekken soldier.
-'Follow him…I want to see what is he up to!'-ordered Heihachi, since he knew that Lee would do something like that.
A jeep followed Lee but they couldn't find him anywhere because Lee knew exactly what to do. He grabbed some plants and cleaned his tattoo. Now he only had to find G Corp.'s base, but considering he was lost, that could take hours.
