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 20: Awakening
Dizzying punches...
Lethal kicks...
Hard falls...
Searing pain...
Scorching heat...
Fading consciousness...
Kazuya slowly opened his eyes to the horrors before him. He was lying on his stomach, his face set sideways on the cold, marble floor of the inner temple. Small flames from True Ogre's breaths danced everywhere. On the once immaculate walls, were the cracked impressions of bodies where True Ogre had smashed the mutated Kazamas and their father.
"Uhh..." Kazuya grunted and willed himself to stand up but he could barely move a muscle. The fight had ensued, forever it seemed. His body was already weak from the last fight with Devil Jun and he had given it all in the current battle...but it wasn't enough.
The rumbling sound of rocks echoed through the circular room. Through his hazy vision, Kazuya saw Devil Jin and Devil Asuka, push a large chunk of the wall which had pinned them to the floor. They stood up, blood trickling down their heads, arms and legs. Their clothes were torn and severely burned. Devil Jin's right arm was limp and obviously broken. Devil Asuka was hobbling on one foot and one of her wings was positioned at an awkward angle. Though brutally injured, the siblings continued to move towards True Ogre, their icy gaze showing their blind determination to kill.
"Jin...Asuka...stop..." Kazuya croaked and made another attempt to stand up but only managed to twitch his fingers.
Slowly, his eyelids drooped in defeat. It was over. He'd lost the power. Jin and Asuka would surely be killed and in minutes, he and Jun may be next. Everything he had worked for for over twenty years was falling apart before his very eyes...and there wasn't a single thing he could do to stop it.
"She looks just like you..."
"You think so? Still, I think she has your nose...a little bit of your full lips, and her grandmother's beautiful hair. Yes...she somewhat takes after your mother."
"No, she takes after you more. And she definitely has your eyes."
"Haha! That, I agree with. It's only fair. Jin's got most of your features."
"Uhhm...Jun, I think it's time. You should give her to your brother."
"Please, just one more minute. One more minute. She's so precious..."
"She is, but we can't waste any more time. She's vulnerable as she is."
"But Kazuya...don't you want to hold her?"
"You know I've held her enough. Please don't try to make excuses."
"...I...you're right. I...I just can't believe we have to..."
"We don't have a choice. You and I both know that. But I promise...one day, you, Jin, Asuka and I, will be together..."
"Get out! Get out of here, old man! You're a liar! A goddamned liar! I hope you rot in hell!"
"Funny...I was hoping that won't happen to you. Believe it or not, Kazuya: I do not wish ill of you. I have never wished ill of you, or your family because I have been a part of it since before you were born. I never wanted to tell you, but you called for me and so, I relayed the truth. I didn't expect any thanks from you so"
"How could you expect me to thank you for news like that! If you don't get out this minute, I'll wring your neck!"
"And what do you hope to achieve by killing me? Do you think that would stop the wheels of destiny from turning? Do you think that would make you triumph with your ambitions? No. It would simply add to the towers of your sins. I'm not saying you deserve this...but, maybe you do. Or maybe you don't. Yours is a life of misery brought upon by a harsh childhood but you should've lead a different life and not succumbed to what your father wanted you to be."
"Jinrei...if you so much as utter another..."
"I'm sorry things couldn't be the way you wanted. I'm sorry that some undeserving people had to share your burden. But perhaps it's not too late for you. Maybe you can still atone for your crimes..."
Kazuya's eyes snapped open when he heard the muffled screams of his children. With new found strength, he pushed himself up and got on his knees. When he saw what was happening, he was speechless.
Devil Jin and Devil Asuka were trapped in True Ogre's grasp, Devil Jin, constricted in the creature's snake-like arm. Their heads were rolling weakly to their sides as the strength and power from their altered bodies were sapped out by their captor, feeding its own mass.
"N-no...ssstop..." Kazuya finally stood up and started to call on to his genes...until he felt a bizarre presence.
Suddenly, True Ogre let go of Devil Jin and Devil Asuka. A transparent, bright blue, pulsating orb enveloped its body. It tried punching its way out of the bubble but it was unsuccessful. Even its fire breaths backfired to itself, making it howl out in pain.
Similar orbs wrapped around the weak bodies of Devil Jin and Devil Asuka and slowly lifted them into the air. The moment these mysterious spheres encased them, their horns and wings shrunk into nonexistence; though the dark markings on their skin remained. Kazuya quickly turned to the source of the mystifying force and when he faced it fully, his jaw dropped.
With her dark wings spread wide, Jun gradually set her hand down, the blue light from it, vanishing. The bright glow of her golden eyes also began to dim. Breathing heavily, she staggered into the room.
Chapter 21