Author's notes: This story is a sort of sequel to "As Purity Lay in the Arms of Evil", other than "As Evil Lay in the Arms of Purity" and "Obsession Possession" and can be considered a sort of prequel to "Tekken 5: The Kazama-Mishima Connections, "The Kazama-Mishima Connections 2" and "The Kazama-Mishima Connections 3" so I suggest you read those fics since it may have something to do with this. This fiction is from Jun Kazama's point of view. Some characters, situation and information may be fan-made. Rated NC-17
Disclaimer: Jun Kazama, Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima, 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 10: Change of Plans
It took about two more hours for my grandmother to come to the cottage. She had my uncle, Tetsuma, bring her over in his car. Since they lived quite far off, their being late was understandable.
The minute Grandmother Kaoru saw me, she tucked her lips in and told Uncle Tetsuma that she would be staying with me for the night.
"Are you sure, Mother?" Uncle Tetsuma had asked. "Jun-chan looks fine to me."
"You men know nothing," Grandmother Kaoru had muttered. "Off with you now. I'll call you when I need you."
After my uncle left, grandmother still won't talk to me, nor did she ask me what was on my mind. It wasn't surprising. My grandmother had eyes like a hawk and her age had given her enough wisdom to see through the hidden. I was sure she knew, but I couldn't talk about it with Jin awake.
Finally, at a quarter past eight, I was able to tuck Jin in to bed. I quickly returned to the living room and the minute I sat down, Grandmother held my hands in hers.
"You're with child..." she whispered shakily, her eyes, wide.
"Oh, Grandmother!" I broke out into a wide smile and reached out to hug her. "Isn't it wonderful! He came to me! Kazuya returned to me and we're going to have another baby! It's so wonderful! I..."
I felt my grandmother stiffen. I instantly recoiled back to where I sat.
"Grandmother? Aren't you happy for me?"
"I am happy for you, dear. Really I am..." she bent her head down. "But..."
"But what? Grandmother? What's wrong?"
"I'm afraid you can't keep this child," Grandmother Kaoru blurted out.
"What!" I almost laughed but stopped when I saw that my grandmother was serious. "Why! It's mine and Kazuya's child! I have the right...the obligation to keep it!"
"Yes, that you do," Grandmother agreed. "But things are not like they were before. I was truly afraid that this would happen."
"What do you mean? Why would you be afraid?"
Grandmother stood up, grunting while she did so. She was definitely starting to show her age as she shuffled back and forth in front of me, apparently thinking hard on what to say next. Then, she stopped in front of me, her face, somber.
"I told you once that that man was bound to you and you to him," she reminded. "This is now proven true with the conception of your next child...and that is what I had been dreading all this time. But, I guess, deep inside, I knew it was bound to happen."
"Afraid that Kazuya and I would have another baby!" I almost gasped. "But why!"
"Because once the child is born, there would three of you," Grandmother answered. "And with three celestial presences, it would be easier for the evil to trace your whereabouts.
"Let me tell you something, my dear," Grandmother sat down in front of me again before I could speak and held my hands in hers. "When I learned that you were pregnant with Jin five years ago, I didn't want you to keep him. I had wanted to have him adopted or raised by your brother in Osaka. But even then, I didn't think giving him to strangers was a good idea. And you were at odds with your brother so that wasn't a good option, either."
"W-why would you think that!" I asked breathlessly. "How could you think..."
"There is still evil lurking in the darkness of this planet," Grandmother continued, "That evil still resides in the man you love. Yes, Jun. I know about the akuma inside that man. It has not left him. But as I told you all those years ago, you have weakened it considerably by bearing his child. And now that you have another one coming..."
"Then, I have weakened it," I concluded. "There's nothing to be afraid of then."
"That is where you are wrong, my dear," Grandmother refuted. "It is weakened, because its powers are now divided amongst your children. Your children have part of the akuma in them and once they mature, the spirit inside Mishima, Kazuya will seek them out so as to take back the power it lost."
I sat back, digesting what my grandmother had just revealed with wide eyes. I wanted to speak out but my mind was so saturated with thoughts, I couldn't utter a word.
"Yes, Jun," Grandmother nodded, seemingly able to read through my confusion. "After a certain amount of time has passed, the Devil spirit will come after your children...more so now, if you keep the other child. It'll sense your presences easier...quicker. And it will try to turn your children into itself."
A moment of silence passed before I found my voice...albeit broken and weak. I couldn't stop the tears from forming behind my lids as I uttered the words I so dreaded.
"You mean...I must...give up my other child?"
"I'm sorry, my dear..." Grandmother shook her head, "But it's the only way to save both of them. They must not grow together: these offspring of darkness and light. If one of them is taken into the darkness, at least there will be one to continue the battle you started.
"I'll leave you to your thoughts now, Jun. I know, in the end, you'll make the right decision," Grandmother stood up and shuffled out of the room but I didn't look up. I didn't move. I didn't speak. I had grown numb with astonishment and a vast array of mixed emotions I couldn't control: anger, frustration, sadness, pain, turmoil...And to think I had been bursting with happiness mere moments before. Where was that feeling now? It seemed like a lifetime had passed since I felt it.
Only when I heard the sliding door to the guest room draw to a close did I finally bury my head in my hands and cry.
Chapter 11