Quavering chills had hit Asuka's back, running down her spine in the form of cold sweatiness. The creature that was once the silent fighter, Jin Kazama, had locked glares with her intensely. She was not sure what this monster's abilities were, but from the vibe she was getting from him, they were threatening at best. Hwoarang, who lied beside Asuka's ankle, informed her that he had encountered the beast that dwelled within the confines of Jin's body before in the past.

"That creature. I recognize him. I fought him once before," Hwoarang stated. "He attacked me when I…."

"Say no more," said Asuka, cutting him off. "I already know what to do."

"Runt, now's not the time to act all big and bad."

"Who's acting? Not me."

The Devil creature snarled and approached the two fighters with a crooked smile, putting a finger up and pointing.

"You two shall feel the wrath of God!" he hissed.

"I'm not going feel anything, but the front of my hand kissing your face, monster!" Asuka countered.

Being the first to attack, Asuka took a swipe at the devil creature, missing as he made a speedy dodge to the right that left her touching nothing but air. After withdrawing her already swung fist, Asuka used the other to swing, but had missed yet again as the devil in Jin appeared to be toying with her while she used the best of her efforts to inflict damage, often coming up short without much success. By then, it was the devil's turn to do some bodily harm. With the stiff kick of his foot, he landed a blow that sent Asuka flying back, hitting the ground, feeling burns all around the back of her flesh.

Asuka knew this was not going to be an easy fight, but the creature had to have some type of weakness she could exploit. The odds were always more convenient to her, but not in this case. She needed to do something fast without actually hurting Jin, the Jin she knew. But all suggestions pointed toward killing the beast as the only means to defeat him. He was much too powerful and nothing else could be done to bring him to his knees as she tried everything in her book of tricks to take him out.

"This isn't working the way I had planed," Asuka mumbled. "I better do something else, fast!"

However, as the two got half way into their battle, the ground beneath them startled to shake in the form of an earthquake. Asuka fell butt first to the ring floor and watched as the devil creature stood over her, ready to deliver the final blow. His plans to kill the brash, young Japanese female were cut short, however, when a monstrous force suddenly emerged from under his legs and appeared instantly in a swirling wave of dust and dirt.

Asuka scooted herself away as the air started to kick up around her, throwing debris everywhere. As she rose, she could not believe her eyes the moment she looked up to see what stood in front of her. Two more monsters, bigger, stronger, and fiercer looking than the devil creature were now upon her, one being the transformed Jinpachi, the father of Heihachi, the grandfather of Kazuya, and the man she thought to have beaten and killed in the last tournament.

"Oh, what the? Hey! Where'd you come from? Arent you supposed to be gone or something? I defeated you, remember?" whined Asuka.

"Yes you did, I haven't forgotten. However, I never died, not from your hands, and defiantly not from anyone else's. It will never happen, never! Nothing can kill me, I am invincible!"

"Man, things just keep getting weirder and weirder," Hwoarang announced with a lazy sigh as he laid on the floor.

"I see you managed to get rid of our underling," said Jinpachi. But it does not matter, for he has served his purpose. The rest is all up to us now."

"Us?"

"Me and the one here called Ogre! We were both believed to have been dead, but now here we are, alive, and fully functioning. We have been lying dormant beneath the earth, gaining even more strength, realizing we share similar goals in mind. We now have what we need. And our first target….is you, little one!"

"Gee, aren't I the lucky one?" Asuka joked.

"Prepare for your demise!"

Jinpachi and Ogre stood side by side, suddenly glowing with raw, immense power. Within an instant, their bodies merged and formed into one single being. Together, they called themselves Ogre Jinpachi. And their first order of business was to attack Asuka.

Standing well above eight feet tall with horned spikes shooting out the sides of his large skull and his muscles bulging with newfound strength as his skin started to change an eerie green color, Ogre Jinpachi made the first move. With a quick leap forward, the mouth located at the center of Ogre Jinpahci's stomach opened up and started to suck Asuka inside it like a huge vacuum cleaner. As an act of defense, Asuka blocked herself from being sucked in, trying her best to shut the jaws of the sucking belly that wanted to consume her. But it was too powerful, too powerful for her to avoid, and with that, the first thing to go inside the creature's belly, was Asuka's head.

"Asuka!" Hwoarang screamed as he came behind and gripped her legs to yank her from the stomach's mouth.

Hwoarang tugged with all his might, but the creature sucked harder to consume all of Asuka. He could feel his grip loosing as nothing left could be seen but the sight of her legs kicking up and down rapidly. Loudly, from inside the monster, Asuka screamed as she struggled to escape the inside of the monster before the rest of her body went though. However, it was too late. Her legs suddenly passed through and no more of her body was visible from the outside. Asuka had been eaten, eaten and swallowed completely by Orge Jinpachi's stomach.

Hwoarang stumbled backward as he lost his grip, feeling nothing but air. His eyes widened in disbelief as he came to realize that Asuka was gone. At that moment, he did not think it would ever come to this, that he would not feel the way he did. But, the unthinkable had happened after all, and Hwoarang found himself angrily snarling in tears as the waterworks fell to the hard cement floor. The memories of Asuka then appeared before him, her laughing smile, her sassy voice, and her rock hard attitude. Gone, it was all gone before him now. As it lasted as nothing but a sweet memory that he could never bear to forget. The runt was gone and only thing Hwoarang could do was curse bitterly.

"Damn! Damn! Damn! No, this can't….be. Runt, your gone. I…I…..I can't believe this. This…..this isn't fair. Why? You were so young. You did not deserve this. I…..I liked you…..hell…I loved you……and this creature…….it took you away."

Hwoarang then rose to his feet, approaching the monster, still drained from his last fight.

"It's all your fault, monster! Do you hear me!"

The Korean was blind by anger, driven mad by the concealed emotions he felt for his lost female companion.

As Ogre Jinpachi turned to look down, he then found himself staring directly into the Korean's angry but mournful eyes.

"What's this? Another victim ready to die?"

"You….monster!" Hwoarang shouted as he shot up a kick that failed to touch its target and instead missed as Ogre Jinpachi grasped his neck and tossed himself like a small child. Hwoarang gasped for air as he lied on the floor, weak and in no condition to do anything to stop the tyrannical beast. It would seem the monster had got his way, for Asuka was gone, leaving him free to do as pleased with her out of the way, figuring she would be the most likely threat to oppose him if not taken care of immediately. Quickly, as the monster generated a surge of power through his pulsating arms, Hwoarang rose up from the floor again and leaped forward to attack the beast once more, despite his weariness.