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 fanfics, Tekken 5: The Kazama-Mishima Connections & The Kazama-Mishima Connections 2. Rated G
Disclaimer: Kazuya Mishima, Jun Kazama, Jin Kazama, Asuka Kazama, Wang Jinrei, Ling Xiaoyu, Hwoarang, Steve Fox 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: Influences
Jin walked on towards his sister's room, his emotions in a whirlwind of confusion. He was thinking of so many things that ironically, he didn't know exactly what to think. Kazuya's explanation had left him bewildered, yet determined to see that Asuka heard their father out.
With a heavy breath, Jin reached for the knob, surprised to find it open. He poked his head through the door and glanced around the sitting room.
"Asuka?" he entered, searching for any sign of his sister. There wasn't any. Then, he heard some loud thuds and sobs coming from the staircase. He ran out the room and followed the noises towards Asuka, who was painstakingly dragging her large suitcase down the stairs.
"Asuka! What are you doing!"
Asuka stopped and glared furiously at her brother. She had wiped her tears away but her eyes were still red-rimmed and glassy.
"What does it look like I'm doing!" she said through gritted teeth. "I'm leaving! I can't stand that...that creep any longer!"
"Like it or not, that creep is our father," Jin reminded, coming down closer. "You shouldn't have lashed out at him like that."
"Are you INSANE!" Asuka gave Jin a look of aggravated surprise. "He slapped me!"
"Because you lashed out at him," Jin pointed out again. "Funny. I thought I'd be the one to get that first."
"Know what's even funnier? YOU! The way you're defending him!" Asuka frowned. "How could you! After what he did!"
"Asuka..."
Pivoting quickly, Asuka jogged down the stairs, leaving her brother in hot pursuit but in seconds, she felt him hold her back by her suitcase.
"Let go! Let go!" she cried out childishly, pounding Jin's hand with her free one. That started a tug-of-war for the suitcase but with the siblings high up in the stairs and with gravity continuing on its work, it was only a matter of time before they met some kind of accident.
And they did. Asuka, in her anger, had pulled the suitcase so hard that she took Jin with her, leaving him to tumble with her down the stairs...and fall face flat on her chest. There was a moment of astonished silence before Jin pulled himself up, both his and Asuka's face, the color of pure crimson.
"Y-you...you...HENTAI!"
The impact of Asuka's palm on Jin's cheek couldn't be any stronger. Jin literally flipped in the air before landing hard at the foot of the stairs. Dazed, confused and deeply embarrassed, he sat up and rubbed his cheek while his sister towered over him, wearing such an expression that made her resemble Kazuya's alter ego.
From somewhere behind the staircase, a pair of muffled voices went unnoticed.
"Still want to make sure her boobs are real, Hwoarang?"
"Uhm...no thanks. I think I'll pass. You go do it, Steve."
"You're nuts! Did you see what she did to Kazama? I think we'd better split before they see us..."
"ONI-CHAN NO BAKA! ONI-CHAN NO HENTAI!" Asuka ranted on, stomping her feet up and down the marble floor while Jin tried to hush her down in vain.
"Gomenasai! Gomenasai! It was an accident! You were the one who caused me to...lose my footing!"
"You and that sick man upstairs are just the same!" Asuka continued with her feverish tantrum. "You're both perverts!"
"Asuka, are you even listening to yourself! You sound like...like..."
"Like who!"
"Like me," Jin answered sullenly, which caused Asuka to become speechless. "You've become so hateful and spiteful that you close your ears to any reasonable explanation"
"You've totally lost it," Asuka rolled her eyes, though her voice was calmer. "I am so not like you! For one thing, I'm not a pervert and I don't jump into conclusions!"
"Really? What do you think you're doing now?" Jin fired back. "You're immediately branding me a pervert even though we both know it was just an accident. Did you think I wanted that to happen? As for Dad..."
"What did you do?" Asuka perked up, cynically interested. "I hope you gave him a good bashing or"
"I didn't," Jin sat down properly on the first step. "I heard him out."
"WHAT! Why!"
"Because that's what I thought you would have done," Jin replied. "And that's also what Xiao said I should do: listen. That's what you should do, too."
Asuka swallowed hard and sat down beside her brother. For the longest time, all she did was stare down at her shoes, the image of Kazuya's open palm flying towards her cheek bringing tears to her eyes.
"Did he have a good explanation as to why he kissed Eva?" Asuka fumbled mindlessly with her shoe laces.
"Yes," Jin nodded. "And...I believe him."
"What did he say?"
"He was trying to bring her back."
"Bring who back?"
"Our mother."
A/N: The little accident on the stairs is inspired from Asuka's T5 ending. I thought I might add that in. Hehehe. For a bit of humor of course...
Chapter 10