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Astral Slayer Asuka: Thank you so much for your words and for your review. Don't worry about Asuka, Jin will need her help from now on…

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Chapter 27

Taken Away

FUJI-NION

16th JULY 2014

The Stadium was full at half past nine in the morning. Feng Wei and Forest Law were going to fight at ten a.m. and everyone was expecting them. Jin was there as well. He had left Ling sleeping in the hotel and he had written her a note.

Ling wanted to watch the fight, but she had felt suddenly very tired and sleepy, so she had stayed in the room, resting.

-'This is the guy that almost killed your father…right?'-Hwoarang asked.

-'Yes.'-Asuka answered.-'I don't know what I prefer…his victory or his defeat!'

-'If he loses…you won't be able to revenge your father.'-Julia said.-'But at least he'll be out of this tournament completely humiliated!'

-'Yeah…that would suit him!'-Asuka announced.-'Jin…where's Ling?'

-'She was feeling tired…she's in the hotel.'

-Maybe we should go see her…'-Miharu suggested.

-'I'll go!'-Asuka said immediately.

-'But the fight is almost starting…'-Christie said.-'Forest Law is here already!'

-'I'll be fast!'-Asuka said leaving in a hurry. She wanted to check on Ling because Ling had been a really good friend to her.

-'Oh…damn…'-Asuka complained when she arrived to the hotel; she didn't remember Ling's room number.-'Please…sir…can you tell me the number of the room where Ling Xiaoyu stays in?'-Asuka asked politely to the man in the reception.

-'Sure…room number 44…that Xiaoyu must be famous…'

-'Why is that?'-Asuka asked surprised with that comment.

-'A man asked me where her room was just now…'

-'A man?'

Asuka left to the elevator running, she had a bad feeling about that. When she arrived, the door was opened and no one was there. Then Asuka saw a man carrying Ling to the stairs. She tried to catch him but he was fast.

Asuka kept on with her pursuit in the stairs and when she finally got to the exit she felt a sharp pain in her neck and she was knocked out.

When she finally woke up, she didn't know for how long she had been out, but her neck was still hurting and she was wearing a blindfold and handcuffs. She was on the ground and she could feel the smell of grass. Then she heard a deep voice that she didn't recognise.

-'Miss Asuka Kazama…I'm sorry to meet you in this situation…'

-'Where's Ling?'-Asuka asked.

-'She's alright…she's right here with me…'

-'Ling! Can you hear me?'

-'She can't hear you…she's still sleeping.'

-'Who are you?'

-'Please…I need you to tell Jin Kazama that if he wants to see his girlfriend again he must come to me within five hours. I'll be waiting for him in Mishima city…I'm sure he knows where to find me!'

-'Who are you? Why are you doing this?'

-'Tell him that this is Jinpachi Mishima.'

-'Jinpachi?'

-'Exactly!'

-'Jinpachi…we must go know!'-another voice said.

-'Ok…Jinrei…I'm coming. Now…Miss Kazama, I hope we see each other again…'

Asuka heard a door closing and then she felt a strong wind and the sound of an engine. In that moment her handcuffs fell and she immediately took the blindfold out. Asuka watched a helicopter flying away. She saw the handcuffs on the grass and realised they were electronic, which meant they had a remote control.

She was in a football field that was hidden behind the park.

Ignoring the pain in her neck, Asuka ran to the Stadium, she had to warn Jin about Ling.

When she entered the Stadium, Feng Wei was arriving too. Only then she realised that she hadn't been out for too long.

Running as fast as she could, Asuka bumped into Feng Wei who caught her, preventing her to fall on the ground.

-'What the hell is happening, princess?'-he asked.-'I knew you would fall in my arms!'

-'JIN!'-she shouted.

Jin was near the arena when he heard his name. Actually, everyone was watching what was going on. The audience was getting up.

-'Hey! What are you doing to her?'-Jin asked to Feng Wei seeing that he was holding Asuka.-'Let her go!'-he added, ready to punch Feng Wei.

-'I haven't done a thing!'

Asuka pushed Feng Wei and she walked to Jin. Then she fell again on his arms.

-'ASUKA!'-Jin yelled in panic.-'What's wrong?'

Hwoarang, Julia, Miharu and the others joined Jin.

Asuka opened her eyes and started to talk about Ling and a man.

-'I don't understand!'-Jin said feeling worried by the second.-'Where's Ling?'

-'She was taken!'-Asuka said.

Jin put Asuka in Eddie's arms and left running to the hotel. Hwoarang and Yuu left after him.

-'What's going on?'-Ghastu Komeru asked.-'We have to start this fight!'

-'Ling was taken by Jinpachi…'-Asuka said again.

Ghastu Komeru watched her.

-'Take her to the hospital…she's bleeding from her wrists and she seems confused.'-Ghastu said.-'I'm going to announce the temporarily closing of this tournament. I'll meet you in the hospital in ten minutes!'

Eddie and the others left, expect for Feng Wei and Forest.

Jin had searched in the hotel but he didn't find Ling. A few minutes later, Jin, Hwoarang and Yuu joined the rest of the group in the hospital, where Asuka was being assisted by a doctor.

Lei asked to talk to her in private.

Jin was inpatient to know what was happening and finally Lei showed up.

-'Asuka said that a man named Jinpachi Mishima wants to meet Jin in the Mishima city in five hours.'

-'WHAT?'-everyone asked.

-'This is a trap…I mean it's obvious, he's using Xiaoyu to make you go!'-Lei said.

-'And I will…I have no other option!'-Jin said.

-'She also said that Jinpachi was with another man…Jinrei Wang. And according to her description of the man who took Xiaoyu, I can say that it was Fury…'

-'I'll kill him!'-Jin threatened.

-'What does this man want with Jin?'-Miharu asked.

-'No one knows…he didn't tell Asuka.'-Lei said.

-'I'm going to get Ling back!'-Jin announced.

-'Wait!'-Eddie said.-'Have you thought about this?'

-'Yes. She's in danger and I need to rescue her!'

-'I agree, but you can't go on your own!'-Julia said.

-'The last time this happened…you almost lost Hwoarang…remember?'-Jin asked.

-'Ling is our friend! We want to help!'-Steve backed Julia up.

-'Plus, you need to know who this Jinpachi Mishima is.'-Lei said.

The name Jinpachi wasn't familiar to Jin.

-'Maybe it's Heihachi under disguise…'-Kazumi suggested.

-'That's a possibility.'-Lei accepted.

-'Or Kazuya…'-Christie said.

-'It's not me!'-a voice said. Kazuya was in there, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.-'I don't have any interest in that girl…'

-'Who's Jinpachi?'-Jin asked coldly to his father.

-'I don't know.'

-'Liar! You don't want to tell us!'

-'I'm not lying…I don't know any Jinpachi!'

-'What are you doing here?'-Jin asked feeling his anger grow.

-'I'm trying to understand what's happening in this damn tournament…'

-'You could start by telling us what happened to you last year…we weren't expecting to see you…'-Lei suggested.

-'I don't owe any explanations to you!'

In that minute, Asuka returned and she hugged Jin.

-'I'm so sorry Jin! I couldn't save her! I'm sorry!'

-'It's ok…this is not your fault! I shouldn't have left her alone…'-Jin said.

-'Please…if you want to talk go outside! This is a hospital!'-Dr. Otsuri asked.

Lei leaded them to the Yakosoku hotel and in that moment, Ghastu Komeru arrived too.

-'Come with me, please!'-he asked.

Ghastu took them to the Empire Hotel, to a huge room on the first floor. Before they got in he asked if he could speak only with the ones who were still on the tournament, so only Asuka, Steve, Kazuya, Julia, Miharu, Jin, Hwoarang, Christie, Lei, Anna, Feng Wei, Forest Law, Nina, Paul, Baek, Raven and Yoshimitsu walked in.

-'Mr. Katsumoto is missing…Does anyone seen him?'-Ghastu asked.-'Anyway the tournament is now closed until further orders.'

-'Why?'-Anna asked annoyed.

-'A contestant was kidnapped…this is very serious. Besides the media are here and this is not good for the tournament!'

-'We can declare her disqualified…'-Anna suggested. Everyone glared at her fiercely.

-'With the media here…'-Ghastu continued, ignoring Anna's words.-'The committee wants to take care of this quietly…so since Mr. Wulong is a detective, they want you to help.'

-'And I will!'-Lei announced.

-'Good…so, this happened for personal reasons…right?'

-'Sort of…'-Lei answered.

-'Do you think you can solve this in five hours?'-Ghastu asked.

-'It's possible.'

-'Then…we'll wait until everything is sorted…after those five hours, if all the contestants are here, the tournament will go on…'

-'Why don't you disqualify the ones who are missing?'-Anna asked again.-'It would be easier and we could go on!'

-'Miss Williams…this tournament is based on fair play and it wouldn't be fair on those contestants. Besides, I think that if we did that, many contestants would leave the tournament…to help Miss Xiaoyu!'

-'It's not our fault that you don't have feelings!'-Julia stated.

-'Shut up, you nerd!'

-'Hey! Why don't you pick someone of your own size?'-Hwoarang said getting up.

-'Anytime, anywhere, red hair! Lets go to my room and I'll show you what's a real woman like!'

-'Shut up, Anna!'-Nina ordered.

-'You're not my mother!'-Anna replied.-'Fine! Lets close this tournament…and now what?'

-'Now…I'm going to get Ling!'-Jin announced leaving the room.

He went to his room and picked up some money and his jacket. In the meanwhile Miharu was telling the others what had happened in the meeting.

When Jin was leaving his room, he saw that all of his friends were there waiting for him.

-'I'm going alone!'-Jin said.

-'By foot?'-Lei asked.

-'No…train!'

-'A helicopter is faster!'

-'I don't have one!'

-'I can ask one…if you let us go too!'

-'Why do want to risk your lives? I can't be responsible if something happens to you!'

-'Ling Xiaoyu is our friend…and so are you!'-Steve said again.-'We'll do anything to see her safe!'

-'We're going and that's final!'-Hwoarang announced.

-'The helicopter only takes six people…'-Lei said.-'I asked two…but there's still not enough room for everyone'.

-'I have my own helicopter.'-Lee said arriving.-'I don't know who that Jinpachi is…but I want to know, and I want to help you…'

Jin nodded to his uncle. If they all wanted to go, what could he do? He had told them that it was dangerous.

-'Fine…suit yourselves…I warned you!'

-'We know it's risky…but we want to go!'-Christie said.

-'Ok…then lets go! I'm wasting time!'-Jin walked to the elevator, but Lei and Lee stopped him.

-'You're going into a trap! You know that and we know that…the least you could do is wait a few more minutes so we can talk about a plan!'-Lee said.

-'Besides, the helicopters will take fifteen minutes to get here.'-Lei announced.

Jin looked at them and nodded.

-'Ok…lets get ready!'-Lei ordered.

There was a huge revolution in Fuji-Nion after that. There were rumours about the tournament being closed without a warning. In the meanwhile, everyone had got back into their rooms to get ready.

Miharu was in Steve's room. She was worried about her friend and also about her parents. She had told them that nothing like that was going to happen. They would be worried once again.

-'Miharu…I want to ask you something…'-Steve started.

-'What?'

-'Stay here…in Fuji-Nion…I think that you'll be safer here!'

-'But…what about Ling and…the others?'

-'We'll save her. It's just that if you go, I'll be worried about you and I won't be focused on helping Jin…'

-'So you don't want me to go?'

-'Yes. I don't want you in danger.'

-'But you'll be in danger!'

-'I'm used to it!'

Miharu thought about it. She wasn't a great fan of dangerous adventures and she knew that things involving Jin's family were always bad news. Of course that she wanted to help Ling, but if Jin was there with Hwoarang, Julia and the others, she wouldn't be much of a help.

-'Ok…I'll stay!'

-'Great!'-Steve sighed.

-'But you have to promise me that you will return to me!'

-'I promise!'

Steve kissed her and they both left the room to meet the others. Jin was in the lobby already. Hwoarang, Julia and Baek arrived with Eddie and Christie.

Asuka closed her room door and joined the others. Her neck and her head were hurting, but she was so worried with Ling that she didn't care about that.

When Kazumi and Yuu were arriving, Lei showed up with news and a huge group.

-'The helicopters arrived. Lets go to the football field…they're landing.'-he ordered.

Everyone followed him, but when they left the Yakosoku hotel, a huge crowd was outside. A group of reporters, with notes and pens started to make questions.

Lei tried to tell them to go away, but it didn't work.

Then, Forest and Marshall Law started speaking to the reporters to allow the others to leave the hotel.

-'Is the tournament really closed?'-Susume Takani was the first reporter to make a question.

-'Yes, temporarily!'-Marshall answered.

-'Why? There are rumours about someone missing…'

-'The contestant who was going to fight today against Miss Williams had to abandon the tournament for a few hours…'-Forest lied.

-'Is he coming back?'

-'Yes, probably!'-Marshall continued looking at his son and thinking that he was a good liar.

-'Will he be here in time for his fight?'

-'We doubt that! That's why the committee said that the fights will take place later.'-Forest said.

-'So you and Mr. Wei aren't fighting?'

-'Not for now! We have to wait!'

-'Why are the other fighters leaving?'

-'They're not leaving…'

-'Why doesn't the committee declare the contestant disqualified?'

-'Because the Iron Fist is based on fair play!'-Forest said immediately, remembering Ghastu's words.

The interview went on as Lei and the others were slowly going to the field.

When they arrived there were three helicopters waiting. One had the G Corporation's logo and a private pilot. The other two pilots weren't going since Lei and Raven knew how to fly a helicopter.

-'Some of us will have to stay.'-Lei said.-'We need someone here to back us up!'

-'I'll stay.'-Miharu said.

-'Me too!'-Kazumi announced.

-'And I'll stay with them.'-Yuu said.

-'Ok…if you have news call us with this.'-Lei gave Yuu a cell phone.

-'Take care of Miharu for me, will you?'-Steve asked Yuu.

-'Sure!'

Jin went to the helicopter. Asuka followed him. Five minutes later, the helicopters were leaving.

Jin looked at Asuka. She was quiet and pale.

-'Are you ok?'-he asked.

-'No…and you?'

Jin didn't answer. He didn't know what he was feeling. There were so many things happening, but there was something that he couldn't understand: why did master Wang join someone who was trying to hurt Ling?

Asuka could feel Jin's pain. She wished she could take that pain away; Jin was suffering not only because Ling was in danger but also because he was feeling guilty.

Jin watched the others. Julia and resting her head on Hwoarang's shoulder and Steve was watching the blue sky. As for Lei, he was flying the helicopter.

Those people were willing to help him and Ling no matter the consequences. He didn't know if he could someday do something to pay them back. The problem was that he was constantly involving other people in his own family problems. That was something that he wanted to put an end, but for that the Mishima family would have to be destroyed once and for all.