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Chapter 4

Silent Tears

NORTH-OSAKA

The Tsunamis, leaded by Hwoarang entered the Transparence, a very popular pub in the North side. Hwoarang knew he could get some information there because the owner owed him big time. His name was Yamaguchi and he wasn't Hwoarang's favourite person. Actually they weren't even friends.

Yamaguchi liked to employ young girls, mostly students who were trying to pay for their studies. But usually they were exploited and Yamaguchi tried, once, to take advantage of them by presenting a striptease show at night in the pub, which was illegal.

Hwoarang found out about that and he made Yamaguchi change his mind about the striptease business. After that the girls managed to have better working conditions. As for Yamaguchi, he couldn't complaint because otherwise, Hwoarang promised to report him to the police.

-'Great!'-said Yamaguchi when he saw Hwoarang and Eijiro coming in.-'We are closed…'

-'I need information…and guess what? You are the lucky bastard who will give it to me!'-Hwoarang said.

-'If it is because of your boys…'

-'I want names!'

-'And I don't want any troubles!'

-'Give me names and I promise you won't have problems at all!'

-'Fine…I know they went to the Night Star and everything was fine until the bar closed…then they left and no one saw them anymore! That's all I know!'

-'At what time they left the Night Star?'

-'I think the bar closes at four a.m.'

-'Are the Poison Stings still in charge around here?'-Hwoarang asked.

-'Yes. Things here didn't change much…but I heard that you did…I think I didn't meet your girl yet, did I?'

-'No…and things will stay that way!'

-'And the other groups?'-asked Eijiro.

-'The Nuit are too weird to get involved in something like this…they are more into rituals and spooky stuff! The Deadly Alliance are strong and they tried to win this territory from the Poison Stings…but they failed.'

-'I guess I need to see Lex…'-said Hwoarang.

-'I think we should go to the Night Star first!'-Eijiro suggested.

In the Night Star, another popular pub, Hwoarang found out that Yoda and Nao had spend most of the night there and they had left after the pub's closing. It seemed that they were after two guys from the Poison Stings.

After their departure, no one had seen them alive again. Their bodies were found by a police patrol, near the Chiba Motors industries' gates, an old and abandoned factory in the north side of Osaka.

-'I think we need to talk to Lex…'-Eijiro announced.

-'Yes, we do! Do you think he remember us, after five years?'-Hwoarang asked ironically.

-'I think he never forgot!'

Hwoarang and the others went to the biggest park in the north side. They knew they would find some Poison Stings' members there. The Poison Stings loved radical sports, at least during the day. At night they preferred the pubs, of course.

Hwoarang found Lex and some of his friends. Lex wasn't totally surprised to see Hwoarang there; after all he knew that two Tsunamis had died. He ordered his friends to keep their defence positions and to be ready to use their guns.

-'Long time no see!'-Lex said.

-'Glad you made it!'-Hwoarang replied.

-'It was just a shot in the leg…'

-'I know.'

-'I forgive you…by the way, five years is a long time. What have you been doing?'

-'This and that…but you know why am here, don't you?'

-'Yes, I'm sorry for your friends.'

-'Right…'

-'Stings have nothing to do with that! Believe me!'

-'Lex…I really like you, you know? You're a good guy and all that, but you're not

saying the words I want to hear!'

-'We didn't do anything to your friends!'

-'Really? I don't think so! I want names, Lex, names!'

-'I don't know…'

-'Cut the crap! You're pissing me off…Now talk!'

Hwoarang lost his patience and he took his gun and pointed at Lex's head. All the Stings took their guns and aimed them at Hwoarang. Eijiro and the others did the same to protect Hwoarang.

Everyone who was in the park and was passing by disappeared immediately. Hwoarang knew that he had to hurry because the police would arrive soon.

-'I want names, Lex. Now!'-Hwoarang ordered.

-'I don't know anything!'

-'My gun is ready to shoot you again…'

-'If you do that, my boys will shoot you too!'-Lex threatened.

-'Before they can kill me, the police will be here…and your body will be the only one on the ground! I'm going to burry my two friends tomorrow; one more body won't make a difference! Order them to lower their guns!'

Lex hesitated a bit but then he obeyed.

-'Guns down!'-he ordered.

-'That's better! Now the names!'

-'We didn't do it!'

-'I know that, Lex…You know what it feels like when you betray a Tsunami, don't you? That night I aimed at your leg…today will be different! But there's a thing I can't understand…the Stings are the only ones who use silver bullets around…and your bullets were found on my friends' bodies…I want to know why!'

-'Gallup and Toru.'-Lex finally said.-'Must have been them.'

-'If you're lying…you'll pay!'

-'I'm not lying! A year ago I had a problem with too members new-comers from Nara. They left us a few weeks to join the Deadly Alliance. But they took the guns I gave them that is why the bullets are silver.'

-'Where are they now?'

-'I have no idea…but usually they hang around the Chiba motors industries!'

-'Lets go!'-Hwoarang ordered releasing Lex.

-'Val is their leader…he's very strong!'-Lex warned.

-'Don't worry about me!'

Hwoarang wasn't sure of what was going on, but he knew it had something to do with Val and the Deadly Alliance.

-'What are we going to do?'-asked Ryo.

-'I never met this Val…it's time to introduce myself!'-Hwoarang said.

In the old factory, Hwoarang entered without permission, and he knew that among the gangs, that was a serious offence.

When the Tsunamis met the Deadly Alliance there was tension in the air. Hwoarang was in a bad situation since they were only seven, against twenty enemies.

-'You're in our territory.'-said Val. He was a tall guy, about twenty-one years old, with black hair and brown eyes.

-'I'm sorry, I didn't want to disturb you.'-Hwoarang lied. He looked at Val, who seemed worried to see the Tsunamis and he noticed that they were trying to hide some boxes behind them.

-'Alright…so, who are you?'-Val asked in a friendly voice.

-'Hwoarang. And you must be Val.'

-'Yes, I am…I'm really honoured to meet you. You're famous all around Osaka. But I wasn't expecting to see you…'

-'I decided it was time to work out on my diplomatic relations…'

-'In that case, you and your friends are welcome here. How can we be useful?'

-'Last night two of my boys died nearby.'

-'Yes, I heard…'

-'I was hoping you could help…but first I want to introduce my friends…this is Eijiro, Soni, Ryo, Rahu, One and Kai.'

Val was confused with all that courtesy, he didn't know what to think of Hwoarang's good manners.

-'Well, we weren't around when everything happened, so I guess we can't help!'

-'Don't you think you should introduce your friends too?'

Val looked at Hwoarang and then he shrugged.

-'Whatever…'

Val introduced all of his friends and then he looked at Hwoarang suspiciously. The only reason that Hwoarang wanted to know all of the Deadly Alliance was because he needed to know who were Toru and Gallup.

Now that he knew them already, Hwoarang almost lost control but then he faced Val again and he decided to play safe.

-'So…what do you know about my boys?'-Hwoarang asked.

-'Nothing…'

-'Are you sure?'

-'Yes…I hope you find the guys who did that! I would help you but I have a lot of stuff to do, sorry!'

-'It's ok! We're leaving…lets go boys!'

-'What!'-Eijiro asked amazed.

-'Lets go!'-Hwoarang insisted.

The others followed Hwoarang in silence. When they were out of the Chiba motors gates, Hwoarang explained what was in his mind.

-'The guys who killed Yoda and Nao were inside! Why did you want us to leave?'-asked Ryo.

-'Because I want to know why…and I have a feeling that it has something to do with those boxes that Val was trying to hide.'

-'Ok…so what do we do now?'-Kai asked.

-'Now we wait until they leave this place with the boxes…but first I need to talk to Lex again…'-Hwoarang announced.-'Ryo, you are going to the frontier and help Kelt to handle the situation.'

-'Ok…'

-'In the meanwhile, I'm going to meet Lex with Eijiro and the rest of you stay here watching.'

-'Why are we going to speak with Lex again?'-Eijiro asked.

-'Because we need more information.'

-'About what?'

-'About what happened last night, I'm sure something else happened here!'

Hwoarang was right. In that same night, a private bank had been robbed and the security guard had been murdered too. The alarm was set off after the robbery. Hwoarang had a feeling that the money was in the boxes that Val was hiding.

It was almost eight p.m. when the Deadly Alliance made their move. They took one of the boxes to a jeep and six members left.

-'Now we wait until Val comes out!'-Hwoarang said.

Several minutes later, Hwoarang lost his patience and decided to go inside again.

-'They are only thirteen now…so be ready to fight!'-he warned.

The Deadly Alliance were so busy that they didn't notice the Tsunamis' presence.

-'So…you're hiding the money on the ground?'-Hwoarang asked interested.

-'What are you doing here?'-Val asked angry.

-'You robbed the bank last night, didn't you?'

-'So if I did?'

-'My boys tried to stop you and you killed them!'

-'I didn't kill them…as for the robbery…that's what gangs do!'

-'What was in the boxes?'

-'Nothing…'

-'Was it drugs?'

-'No.'

-'Rahu, One, Soni…get the money!'-Hwoarang ordered.

-'No way! That money is ours!'-Val took his gun and pointed it at Hwoarang.-'Leave now and I'll spare you!'

-'Do you think you can intimidate me?'

-'I have the gun!'

-'But I have Kai!'

When Hwoarang pronounced his name, Kai took his gun and the next minute Val's gun was on the floor.

Then, Rahu, One, Soni and Eijiro took care of the Deadly Alliance members. In the end Val was the only one left.

-'Come on Val…lets see who the best is!'

Val couldn't say no to that challenge so he prepared himself to fight.

The fight didn't last too long. Actually Val didn't even touch Hwoarang, who used a double kick to finish the fight.

-'You had an accomplice in the robbery…was it a police officer?'-Hwoarang asked.

-'Fuck you!'

-'Fine, lets pay a visit to Kirima!'-Hwoarang said.

Minutes later, Hwoarang was entering the North-Side Police Station. His relations with Chief Kirima weren't very good.

Val was tied up and he was bleeding from the nose.

-'What the hell is going on?'-Kirima asked.

-'The Deadly Alliance robbed the bank last night…I got them for you, Kirima!'

-'You? What are you doing here?'

-'Are you deaf or something?'

-'But…'

-'They also killed my friends…'

-'Where are the proofs?'

-'Here, this is from the bank!'-Hwoarang gave him some money.

-'As far as I know you can be the real robber!'

-'Do you think I would come here, if I was the robber? Ryo is bringing Gallup and Toru…they murdered my friends. I want to see some justice!'

-'Don't listen to him!'-Val said.

-'If you check on their guns, you'll see they are the crime guns…'

Hwoarang turned around to leave but Kirima stopped him.

-'You're staying! You're a suspect too!'

-'Let him go, Kirima…'-a voice said.

Lei was entering the police station.

-'Wulong…what are you doing here? Why are you defending a suspect?'

-'Hwoarang is innocent. At least this time…'

-'Someone helped in the robbery…someone from here!'-Hwoarang accused.-'If you don't arrest the guys who murdered my friends, I'll hunt you for the rest of your life!'-Hwoarang said.

-'Did you hear that, Wulong? He threatened me! I can arrest you for that!'

-'I didn't hear a thing!'-Lei said.-'Go home Hwoarang…'

Hwoarang looked at Lei and left. His friends were waiting for him outside. Ryo arrived with the other Tsunamis a bit later with Gallup and Toru, and the drugs from the jeep.

Now the case was in the police hands.

When Hwoarang arrived home, Julia was worried sick since she hadn't any news since morning.

-'Are you alright?'-she asked.

-'Yeah…'

-'What happened?'

-'You're Shiro, right?'

-'Yes.'-a boy answered.

-'Take this to your parents!'-Hwoarang gave him Nao's watch and an envelope with money.-'Tell them that your brother died like a hero…he was trying to stop a robbery!'

-'Who did this?'

-'I can't tell you…for your own good! But I assure you that they'll rotten in jail!'

-'Come on I'll take you home!'-Eijiro said to Shiro.-'Are Masami and Daisuke alright?'-Eijiro asked before leaving.

-'Yes. She's in her room…she was worried.'

Hwoarang went to his room in silence and took another envelope from a drawer. It was more money.

-'The funerals are tomorrow.'-he said, placing the money and Yoda's watch on the bed.

-'Where did you get the money?'-Julia asked closing the door behind her.

-'I was saving…for a car…but this is more important!'

-'I'm sorry for your friends!'

Hwoarang looked at Julia and she saw tears in his eyes. It was the first time she was seeing him cry.

Julia sat down on the bed next to him, and hugged him.

-'Don't blame yourself…this wasn't your fault!'

-'They were eighteen years old! They only wanted to prevent a robbery…I taught them that…I taught them to do the right thing and now they're dead!'

-'You didn't tell them to go…they shouldn't go alone!'

-'I know…'

Hwoarang laid down and Julia held him until he fell asleep. She was meeting a new side of Hwoarang. And now she loved him even more.

YAMAGAWA

19th MARCH 2014

It was almost three in the morning when Jin woke up suddenly. He thought he was having a bad dream but he wasn't. He had woke up because Panda was outside, crying again. She wanted to come in. As Ling said, Panda was used to sleep in the house, but they soon realised that she couldn't continue to sleep inside because they wouldn't have much privacy. Though Panda liked Jin and no longer saw him as a threat, whenever Ling kissed or hugged Jin, she immediately jumped on them, so they would stop. So, eventually Ling accepted to build a house for Panda to sleep outside the house, but Panda was crying for the third night in a row.

Despite all that, Jin had a pretty good night with Ling. Now that he new what love was, he didn't have fear showing it to his girlfriend, and Ling was happy to see that. After all it wouldn't make sense if Jin continued to be shy like before, after all those "busy" nights they had.

Suddenly Jin remembered again the dreams he had when he was alone on the mountain. That was one of the reasons why he had returned after two months. It seemed that the only way to stop dreaming was to be with Ling.

-'Jin? Are you alright?'-Ling asked hugging him in the bed.

-'Yeah…I'm fine!'

-'You seem worried!'

-'Panda is crying…again…'-he said to change the subject.

-'She has to get used to it! But don't change the subject…I know you too well!'

-'Sorry…'

-'Tell me what's wrong…please!'

-'I just had some stupid dreams again…'

-'Tonight?'

-'No…when I was in the mountain…but they're gone now…so don't worry!'

-'Were they about your parents?'

-'Some…Heihachi was in them too…'

-'That's normal…after all their loss is still very vivid in your memory! I just wish I could take those dreams away!'

-'You can…since I returned I haven't dreamed at all!'-Jin smiled at Ling and she kissed him. Jin was keeping something from her though. In his recent dreams she was taken from him and he couldn't do anything to save her because his heart was full of hate.

Jin answered back her kiss trying to forget all those thoughts.

-'Do you want to come with me?'-he asked all of a sudden.

-'Where to?'-she asked surprised.

-'Travel…this way we can practice and we can have fun at the same time. The Iron Fist will start in four months.'

-'But I thought you wanted to practice alone…'

-'I already did that…now I want company, your company!'

-'That would be great Jin! I never thought you would want me to go with you in your practices!'

-'Well…we don't have to practice all the time, you know?'

-'And what will we do besides the trainings?'-Ling asked in a challenging voice.

-'I don't know…'-Jin answered pulling her for another kiss.-'What do you think about this?'

-'It sounds…wonderful! When do we leave?'

-'I was thinking about next week!'

-'Alright…I only need time to take Panda back to the research centre.'

-'After the Iron Fist, I think we should do the same.'

-'What do you mean?'

-'Travel…we could go to Australia, India, Russia, Europe, America, Africa, and Latin America…'

-'Just the two of us?'

-'Sure! What do you think?'

-'I think I love you Jin Kazama!'

-'I love you too!'

MISHIMA

22nd MARCH 2014

In Mishima, there was a huge ancient mansion; actually it almost looked like an imperial castle.

That house had a story, just like the family who used to live there, the Mishimas.

Kazukyo Mishima had received that mansion as a wedding present from his father. Before that, the house used to be empty. It had been designated by the emperor of Japan in the Nineteenth Century to be given as an offer to the Mishima family, which in the end of that century had the honour to see a city funded with its name. After that, the Mishima city grew each year, and the house was now a symbol of that modern town in the east Japanese coast.

In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the Mishimas had a huge financial power and they decided to go to Tokyo, the capital. Since then the house was empty, but there was a legend about the true motive that had made the Mishimas leave that old mansion. Some people used to say that someone had been murdered in there, and that his or her ghost was still there, waiting for revenge. Truth or myth, no one knew for sure, but there was something creepy about that place, that's why there was no house built around the mansion, which was surrounded by huge walls and its garden had so many trees, that the house couldn't be seen from the outside.

But now, someone was living there again, Jinpachi Mishima was back.

He had received the house many years ago, after his wedding, but he had only been there for two years. The house was full of negative energies and the newly wed couple couldn't stand that.

After buying a house for their own in Tokyo, Jinpachi had only returned to that mansion to spend a few weeks with his two sons, Seichi and Heihachi.

Now that he had finally woke up from almost fifty years closed in a cryogenic chamber, Jinpachi didn't care about ghosts and superstitions, he needed a place to stay and to use as an headquarter and that mansion was the right place.

He was living there with Dr. Abel and with a small group of men, recruited from the old Tekken Forces, who were loyal to the Mishima family.

But that night, Jinpachi had been suddenly awakened by Dr. Abel.

-'Kazuya woke up and he escaped!'-Dr. Abel said.

-'You shouldn't have awakened him!'

-'I didn't! I don't know how, but he did that by himself!'

-'Where is he?'

-'He destroyed part of the labs and he managed to escape…the tekken forces are searching him outside.'

-'Did he say anything?'

-'No…he just asked for Jun…'

-'His wife?'

-'Yes…'

-'I understand…I read the documents you wrote…Jun was with him in Fuji…she died, didn't she?'

-'Yes…'

-'Well…now we can't do a thing…I mean, he's probably confused so we have to let him make up his mind. After that we'll get him. Now lets have some sleep…'