Chapter 4:"So It's You."
The Mishima Zaibatsu was originally to be claimed by Heihachi once more, but because of his father's interference, he couldn't reach the building until his aid from Kuma. Together they infiltrated the Empire, slamming heads, twisting necks and beating the crap out of his former goons. All this chaos called forth Kazuya's attention.
His so-called brother, Lee Chaolan became his new partner after the death of Jinpachi. Still bitter about his failure to rid himself of the damned Kazuya, Lee plots something vile against him, awaiting any slip up or let down that will bring him closer to the throne. As more noise went on at the bottom of the building, Lee informed Kazuya about more intruders.
"Kaz-I mean, Master," he growled, "there are 3 more solicitors on the 1st floor. What are your actions?"
Slowly he turned his chair around with his tight fist holding his face. "Identify them first, then bring them to me. And I really don't want any screw ups today, Lee."
"Right away, sir." he replied bowing his head.
As he left, he bared his teeth savagely and spit on the floor. One of the janitors was watching this, so he called him over.
"Clean that up, NOW!" he screamed at the top of his lungs and walked away.
Shaking, the janitor dashed over and started mopping.
Lee made his way over to the elevator while mumbling to himself over and over.
"Kuso, kuso, KUSO! That bastard Kazuya's going to get his someday! I'll make sure he burns in hell where he belongs!" he stormed into the elevator, magically changed his expression and regained composure.
After standing in that elevator for almost an hour, he reached the bottom floor to find a bloody mess. Tekken force bodies were scattered everywhere, property was destoryed and even innocent by-standards were injured.
"What in the hell did this?" Lee wondered while walking thorough the array of corpses. He halted at the sight of 3 figures.
"Who's that! Show yourselves!"
One figure stepped forward that was feminine in appearance. Xiaoyu's face appeared before Lee. The largest figure came out on all fours, covered in blood (she got a little carried away); Panda. The silver-haired devil squinted his eyes at the two.
"You two were in this year's tournament. Then who's-"
The last figure stepped out. It was a tall spike-haired man wearing a fur-sleeved jacket and pants that zipped up on each pant leg. He gave a smug look of utter disgust.
"Lee Chaolan..." said the man under his breath.
"Jin Kazama..." answered Lee.
"We didn't come all this way to see you, you know. I need to see Heihachi."
Lee only smiled. Xiaoyu pouted her lip impatiently.
"Is there something funny you'd like to share with us?" asked Xiao with sass.
"Didn't you hear? Heihachi has yet to claim the Zaibatsu. Kazuya Mishima is in charge.
Lightning struck hard against Jin's mind. I can handle my grandfather...but Kazuya...
"Jin..." whined Xiao, trying to get him back to earth. He shook his head.
"Where is he?" yelled Jin.
"Right this way." Lee motioned his hand to the ceiling.
Like a silly child, Xiao staggers backwards while staring at the roof of the floor.
"You mean up there? The very top! How long is this going to take?"
"That doesn't matter now does it?" said an irritated Lee. He noticed yet another one of those lazy janitors standing around. "You! Tell Kazuya to bring men down here and clean this mess before we all die from nosebleeds! Nothing worse than the smell of rotting bodies." He turned back to the trio. "Now if you'll follow me."
There went the ubnoxious elevator music. A claustrophobic's worst nightmare. Panda was squashed beside Lee in a most awkward position, making him even more spiteful than usual.
"Honestly, does this fat ass bear have to follow you EVERYWHERE you go?"
Xiao shouldered in-between him and Panda. "Of course she does! She's my bodyguard and every good bodyguard follows the body of the person he or she is supposed to guard, yes?"
Everyone's head was spinning. The longer they stayed in that elevator the more awkward moods got. Miss pigtail started humming in the loudest way; Jin tapped his foot anxiously; Panda enjoyed some bamboo from her old purse (remember the pink purse from T4!) It drove Lee insane.
Come on, come on! Only 120 floors left...
Meanwhile Kazuya heard about the mess on the bottom floor and ordered several overworked and underpaid janitors to clean it up. This incident posed a question in the heir's mind.
"Hmmm...don't suppose Lee's body could be down there..."
A moment later he heard the 'ping' noise from the elevator and the raucously colorful language from the silver devil's mouth. Dissapointed, Kazuya sighed and sank back in his chair.
"Spoke too soon."
At the corner of his eye he saw is FB (foster brother) motion his finger at some outsiders. He entered the room with a face so pitiful not even his biological mother would love.
"The three intruders would like to see you...Master." Lee bowed his head.
Spinning his chair around to face Lee, Kazuya simply rolled his eyes and said, "Send them in."
Without cause the door burst open and Jin, Xiaoyu and Panda stormed into his office. Stunned by thier intrusion, Kazuya dismissed Lee and stared plainly into the eyes of his son.
"So it's you." mumbled Kazuya.
Jin continued to glare at his father while all sorts of head ringing thoughts oozed into his head. He still couldn't believe he was related to this man; that his mother had so much as a relationship with him. Yet as usual, Xiao somehow instantly made him forget all of that simply by speaking.
"Sir, we didn't come all this way to start an arguement. We need your help." Xiao was so innocent in the way she spoke to Kazuya, but he didn't take it in.
"Why would I want to waste my time with an abomination, some child and a bear?" he snapped while switching his eyes at each of them.
"Because," interrupted Jin, "someday I'm going to rid myself of this evil welling up inside me...and you won't like that. My mother has helped me in overcoming it many times but there is only so much she can do. I believe that girl that was at Ground Zero might be able to help me, even both of us."
Cocking an eyebrow at his response, he leans forward to tell if Jin's offer is a bluff. His face clearly showed that he was sincere.
"Your saying that one girl can get rid of the Devil gene in both of us?...Sorry...but I don't intend on becoming a useless mortal..."
Jin slowly backed away. He sensed the presense of Devil growing stronger in both Kazuya and himself.
"Kazama...that name still haunts me to this day. My intentions were simple; kill my father and get on with my life. But that woman wouldn't allow it to become a reality. Jun Kazama..."
Hearing his mother's name made Jin perk up a bit. Xiao rubbed his shoulder in comfort.
"She only wanted to set you free Kazuya," Jin couldn't bring himself to call him father, "why didn't you accept her help?"
Kazuya turned away at that instant. "I couldn't bring myself to love the woman without thinking my father wouldn't try to destroy the happiness I had. As for Devil...he saw Jun as a sex object and made me think of her only as satisfation for my lust for her. Because of this I left her to kill my father but ended up losing my life. Now I-" he was completely cut off.
One heartbeat later Jin had stopped moving too. The room was as silent as a deaf man's ear. Xiao got an uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach and Panda stared to growl.
"Panda something bad is going to happen isn't it?" the bear shook her head.
Randomly both Jin and Kazuya started cackling.
"Hehehe...you have know idea of how much trouble your in for child." This was not Kazuya's voice.
With much frustration, Jin turned his head towards the girls. "Panda...t-take Ling out of here..."
Panda grabbed Xiaoyu and ran for the door but she resisted the bear's grasp. She refused to leave without him.
"Jiiiiiin!" she cried. Her voice made no difference now.
His eyes glowed of blood red, as did Kazuya's left eye. Where the Fatal Lightning haunched over, the Devil in Kazuya carried himself well and constantly eyeballed him.
"I...I don't understand..." said a girl with terror in her eyes.
Devil scoffed. "How could you foolish girl? The power within us is so great now that were going to join forces and become one. Are you prepared for the inevitable?"
Regardless of the warning Jin gave her, she held onto him in hopes that he'd not forgotten why they came here.
"Jin, please." whined Xiao; tears forming, "We came her to save you and your dad. Please don't forget about me!"
Red lightning pulsed all over Jin's body, shocking Xiaoyu so furiously it made her shriek. She slipped down on Jin's chest and fell on the ground, out cold. Panda roared savagely and lunged at him, but she was stopped in mid-air and flung against a wall with a thud. She too was knocked unconcious.
"That felt exquisite, now didn't it?" asked Devil.
"Yessssssssssss..." he was now Devil Jin once more.
"In that case, you won't mind me taking that other part of you now..." Devil approached with hungry eyes.
Devil Jin tried to attack him but he was no match for the original. He sidstepped and countered this assault wiht a Demon Twister. The dark angel spun upwards and through the ceiling. The lavender-skinned demon laughed maniacally while following Devil Jin. Having been watching the event the whole time, Lee goes back into the office with a pleased smile.
"Praise Buddha! I'm finally rid of that jackass! Now I can take over the company without anyone standing in my way!"
Completely ignoring Panda and Xiao, Lee took the chair and sat down, putting his feet up to his leisure.
"Ahhh, this feels like-"
"LEE!" an old, painfully familiar voice called out to him.
He looked out at the window and saw Heihachi Mishima and Kuma.
"Hell." Lee finished his statement.
"What happened in MY office? I know this is your doing you worthless bastard!"
"Well if I'm a bastard then what does that make you?"
"Insolent fool! I'm coming up there..."
The words were pain enough, but when he reaches the top...he'd be hellbent on knocking the wind out of him. Terrified beyond reason, he tried to buy himself some time by taking Xiao and Panda's bodies and chucking them out the window.
"Here's your 'Welcome Home' present father!" shouted Lee while tossing both Panda and Xiaoyu out side 130 stories down.
The rate at which they dropped was maddening. Both Heihachi and Kuma would've been killed by thier weight, had they been ordinary innocence. Yet Heihachi, not a man to be victimized caught the girl,causing him to fall backwards. Kuma gladly caught Panda in his 'arms' and started to hug her. A shockwave created a huge concave on the pavement.
"Kuma! Stop acting like a damned fool and find Lee!"
Kuma whined to himself and rested Panda on the ground, then went inside the building. Filled with rage, Hehachi pulled out his cell and struggled to dial a number. He put the phone to his ear.
"Jinrey...this is Heihachi. Come get your granddaughter and her pet. You know where to find me." he hung up.
Glancing at the girl's face, he'd already known about her condition.
"Looks like the work of that cursed devil gene...again."
Xiaoyu's hair fluttered with the wind, showing how pale her skin had become. As if she were ascending to heaven as Jun once did...
A/N: We all know Xiao's stupid...but I think I would have done the same thing in her case. Next chapter-Clash of the Devils.