Tekken: Devil's Journey.
This is a Tekken fic set a couple of weeks after Tekken 5. I'm using Jin's ending as the main one because, well he kicks ass! I do not own Tekken or any of its characters. I wish I did though cause that would be well awesome! Thanks a lot to my reviewer, yeah, you know who you are. Thanks. Next chapter.
CHAPTER 3:
Ling Xiaoyu skipped merrily through the long corridors of the luxury Mishima hotel. She was happy for many reasons, like seeing that annoying red-haired Hwoarang beaten about the head by an enraged Asuka. Asuka was another reason she was happy, she had made a good friend in the Japanese girl.
They may not have spoken for very long but they had gotten on quite well after Hwoarang had been chased away. That boy just loved to rile people up.
Then there was the main reason that she was practically bubbling with barely contained joy and excitement.
"Jin wants to see me!" She shouted jumping up and down like a small child. She quickly stopped and looked around noticing all the strange looks she was receiving from some of the buildings many other residents. "Sorry!" She apologised and quickly made her way past them.
Jin hadn't actually said he want to meet her but in her books 'see you later on the boat' was just the same. She hadn't seen him at all on the ship during the hour long voyage to the small island off the coast of Japan but she was still in high spirits. So she continued on randomly around the building used for housing the fighters of the tournament hoping to bump into him. Most people would have given after over three hours of wandering and not once managing to find the missing youth but not Xiaoyu.
She hurriedly skipped round another corner when she hit something large and hard knocking her on her behind.
"Awww, that's gonna leave a bruise!" She moaned rubbing her butt while rising from the ground. She looked up at the tall brown haired man that she had ploughed into. "Sorry." She said and bowed slightly.
"Watch were your going!" The man snapped not really looking down at who had run into him. He was to busy smoothing the wrinkles in his expensive looking blue suit.
Xiaoyu glared at the man. "Hey, I apologised. The polite thing to do would be to accept it!" She argued pointing her finger at him. It wasn't her fault that she bumped into him.
The angry tone in Xiaoyu's voice made the man look at her from under his bangs. A small smile rose on his face after giving her a good look from head to toe. He gave an appreciative whistle.
"You a fighter?" He asked curiously.
"Yes but what does it matter?" She questioned angrily.
"Hey, I'm sorry darling. How about we go for a drink? The bar in here is free!" He asked. He wouldn't have offered unless it was free.
Xiaoyu looked the man over. He looked around nineteen and sounded American, with short brown hair which was spiked and he stood with an air of cocky confidence which reminded her of Hwoarang but more arrogant. She grudgingly admitted that most girls would find him attractive but she already had a guy she liked. That reminded her…?
"Hey, have you seen a guy with like black spiky hair, well he is probably wearing a dark hooded jacket, looking all mysterious and stuff?" She asked ignoring the brown haired mans previous question.
"Forget him and come with me. I promise you'll have fun." He said as he stared at her lecherously. He could think of a few things they could do to pass the time more quickly until they had to fight in the tournament.
Xiaoyu took a step back from the look in the boys' eyes and shuddered at the no doubt perverted thoughts running through his head. "No thanks, I'll pass." She replied while walking backwards away from the scary boy.
"Heya Xiao. Quick, over here!"
Xiaoyu looked over the mans shoulder to see Asuka running excitedly towards her. 'Thank god!' Using the opportunity, she slipped past the blue suited individual and ran over to Asuka.
"Hey, what's up?" She asked as she took the short haired girls arm and half dragged her as far as possible away. She never noticed the boy behind them lick his lips as he watched them depart.
After letting her new friend pull her for awhile, Asuka's surprised wore off and irritation replaced it. She shrugged the other girls' hands of her. "What the heck's wrong with you?" She asked heatedly.
Xiaoyu sweat dropped nervously. "Nothing, that guy was just creepy." She answered sheepishly.
Asuka's irritation turned into anger but not aimed at her pigtailed friend. "What? Was he being a jerk? Or a pervert? Don't worry, I'll teach him a lesson!" She declared dramatically shaking her fist with a look in her eye that promised justice. She was interrupted in her before she could start her righteous crusade.
"No, it's alright!" Xiaoyu chuckled nervously. "What did you want before?" She asked changing the subject before the other girl could go and get into trouble and disqualified. They only had another hour to settle into there rooms and get familiar with the place before they had to report to the hall for a tournament briefing. This really meant that some boring employee would explain the rules in the dullest way possible.
A huge smile suddenly appeared on Asuka's face. "I saw the cutest guy before! I smiled at him and then he walked right up to me and asked my name! Great huh?"
Xiaoyu was now thoroughly annoyed. She had been walking about like for ever and she still hadn't seen Jin, only a creepy pervert yet her new friend had found someone she liked. 'Maybe I should put a tracking thingy on Jin next time a see him.' She looked at Asuka who was still looking at her waiting for a response. "Yeah great. So…What did he look like?" She asked not knowing what her friend wanted her to say.
"He looked all serious and sexy not like that idiot with the red hair and he had really dark brown eyes. And…and I don't know what color his hair was because he had a hood up." She added as an after thought rubbing her chin in thought.
Xiaoyu gave a gasp. 'Jin' she thought as a huge smile broke across her face. "Where is he?" She asked quickly.
Asuka gave Xiaoyu a confused look. "He was out the front near the entrance. Why?"
"I need to see him and that's Jin Kazama by the way!" She shouted already running towards the front entrance. If she had looked back, she would have noticed the shade of green her friend turned.
"Just my luck, I finally find a hot guy and he's related to me!" She moaned throwing her hands up in frustration.
"Look, all I'm saying is that your punches are no match for my kicks!"
"An' am tellin' you that ma punches will knock ya socks off mate!"
"No way!"
"Yes bloody way ya wee snot!"
Hwoarang and Steve stood arguing out in the hall as the Mishima luggage carriers carefully moved Steve's suitcases into his during the tournament - Which happened to be right next door to Hwoarang's.
"That's it. We'll settle it now!" Hwoarang shouted shifting onto the balls of his feet and growling at the blonde man.
"Fair enough!" Steve growled raising his fists in a boxing stance.
"Out of my way ladies!" A tall brown haired man said as he barged past the blonde and red-haired fighters knocking them into the walls of the narrow corridor.
The two arguing men looked at the retreating back of the brown haired American.
"Why the cheek o' that lad!" Steve said cracking his knuckles and scowling.
Hwoarang's stare mirrored the British boxers. "Somebody should teach him a lesson." He would love to do it but he had something to take care of first. Like showing the fist fighter why feet were much better weapons. "Once I've beat you to a pulp I'll take care of him!" He said getting into a fighting stance once again.
"You're on son!" Steve replied rushing forward throwing a flurry of punches, all of which were dodged.
"See, fists are too easy to dod--!" He never finished his sentence as the British man launched a kick which struck him between the legs. Hwoarang fell to the ground like a ton of bricks.
Steve laughed as he nudged the younger man with his foot. "Ya was right kid. Feet are pretty gud weapons too!" He ran in the direction the blue suited youth went while laughing the whole way.
Jin stood staring out at the distant ocean from a small hill close to the Mishima building. He liked the sea; it always used to help him forget about his problems, at least for a little while. The thought of the devil taking him was always on his mind however. And when he thought of the devil, he thought of ogre. Whenever he thought of ogre, he thought of his mother.
"That girl looks so much like her." He mumbled to himself remembering the girl called Asuka he met earlier. At first he had been frightened. He thought his mind was playing tricks on him, or the devil within was trying to tease him using the only family he knew. It took all his will to ask the girl her name to make sure he wasn't dreaming.
Before he could think anymore of his mother or the Kazama girl, he felt a presence behind him. He tensed up expecting an attack. No attack came. Instead, only a young woman wearing glasses and dressed in all denim stood next to him quietly staring at the far off ocean.
There were a few minutes of silence before anybody spoke. "You are Jin?" She asked never taking her eyes from the far away waters.
Jin looked at the girl who didn't look much older than himself, with brown hair in two long braids. Julia, he remembered seeing her at the last three tournaments. She always seemed to fighting for a cause, not for herself like everyone else in the Iron Fist events. He never spoke, but nodded his head in answer.
The girl must have noticed the nod because she spoke again. "Are you fighting it or did you give in like your father?"
Jin's eyes widened in surprise as he turned fully to face her. "What do you know?" He asked trying to keep his voice from betraying his shock. If she knew what he was, why was she speaking to him? Most people would avoid someone tainted with evil.
"I know that your father never tried to fight it and that it runs in the Mishima family." She finally turned to look at him. "Most people get what they want after becoming the King of the Iron Fist but you haven't... I think I could help you." She said after a short pause.
Jin looked the girl over. As far as he could tell, she looked sincere but so did his grandfather when he promised to help him. Then when he had done what the old man had wanted, he was shot. "There is no help for what I've got." He said quietly beginning to walk away.
She reached out as to stop him but before she could, she was interrupted by a loud shout.
"JIN!"
Julia looked towards the yell and saw a girl slightly younger than herself running towards the hooded youth. She decided as she walked away, she would wait until she could get him alone rather than discuss it in front of people.
Xiaoyu ran past the denim clad woman barely noticing her as she made her way to Jin. She had looked all over the front entrance but couldn't find him. Frustrated, she had begun a walk through the forest out of boredom when she had noticed the silent fighter standing on a small hill.
Jin had stopped walking and stood waiting for her. 'What am I going to say?' She thought nervously. She had spent the last couple of hours hunting for him but hadn't actually put any thought into what she would say when she meet the mysterious boy.
She ran up and stopped right in front of him. He just stood there looking at her from under her hood. It made her feel nervous and excited all at the same time. "Uh…Hi!" She said giving a small wave even though she was only a foot away from him.
Jin smiled at little at her as he nodded his head in greeting.
'Think Xiaoyu! Think!' She racked her brain trying to come up with something to say before he lost interest. "You want to…go for a drink?" She asked, thinking of what the spiky brown haired stranger had asked her not long before.
"I don't drink." The black haired fighter replied with a small shake of his head.
'Either do i. Man I'm stupid!' She thought while mentally beating herself up. She became more nervous as the silence stretched between them "So what were you gonna be doing? You want to go to the training hall? Or maybe the games room, that might be fun? Or --"Her rambling was cut off.
"I was going somewhere to be alone." The hooded youth said in a tone which was meant to be normal but came out sounding harsh. He noticed the hurt look on her face and flinched slightly. He hadn't meant it to sound like that.
"Oh…Okay. Well…I might see you later." She gave a small smile and turned to leave. She only made it a few steps when she realised that Jin was walking alongside her.
"Where are you going?" She asked curious.
"A walk." Came his short reply.
Xiaoyu looked down at the ground with a sad look on her face. He didn't want to be alone at all; he just didn't want to hang around with her.
"You want to come?" He asked looking at her out of the corner of his eye.
Xiaoyu's face lit up at the question. "Yeah!" she blurted out loudly as a huge smile spread across her face. She began walking with a bit of a skip in her walk all the while sneaking quick glances at her companion. "I love walks. There so uh good, I mean relaxing. Where are we going by the way?" She asked noticing that they had begun walking towards the woods surrounding the huge Mishima building. Not that she minded a stroll through the forest with Jin though, she was just curious.
Jin gave her a soft smile. To look at it would have looked like his lips only turned upwards slightly but Xiaoyu knew that was as big a smile as Jin would give and he was directing it her way. 'I love it when he smiles!' She thought dreamily to herself then she noticed him look uncomfortably way. Had she said it out loud?
Jin looked straight ahead as he spoke to her. "So why did you come to this tournament?" He asked in his gentle yet powerful voice. "Another amusement park?" He laughed quietly.
Xiaoyu looked at him with wide eyes. It was the first time she had ever heard him laugh. "Yup, you can remember that?" She asked and he nodded his head in answer. "So why are you in this one? Come to think of it, why did you fight in the other ones too?" She asked scratching her head.
Jin thought back the third tournament and his brow creased in anger. He remembered the harsh training his grandfather had put him through, the battle with the god of fighting ogre and his victory over his mothers' killer. Then when he was at his weakest, his grey haired guardian shot him. He would have died if he wasn't cursed with the devil gene and he didn't know what was worse. Some times he wished that he had died and he wouldn't be living a life of constant battles against his enemies and against his inner demon.
He could feel his anger growing and his blood began to boil. The devil within him began to come forth the more he thought of his cursed family.
"Jin, you okay?" Xiaoyu asked worriedly after he blanked out for a while.
Jin shook his head to clear his thoughts. "I'm…fine. Just thinking about the other tournaments." He looked towards her. "I don't know why I fight in them." He said answering her previous question, realising that he hadn't done so yet. He didn't want to tell the young girl that he had entered the tournaments to kill his father and Mishima and to try and find a way to rid himself of the demon inside him. He didn't have any friends and Xiaoyu was the closest to one that he had, he didn't want to scare her away.
"Oh, just in it for the thrills huh?" She teased him lightly. She looked him over noticing the intense tension which was only moments ago radiating from him was gone. Well not gone, just not as choking as it was before. She smiled at him brightly hoping that he would smile back. Her smile doubled when he did hesitantly.
"Do you want to go back?" He asked her after continuing walking for a while.
"Yeah, I – We kinda have to. The tournament briefing is starting soon." She said looking at him with a smile.
Jin turned and began walking towards the direction the hotel was in. "Come on. You don't want to be late." Jin said with a smirk as he began to walk away. Xiaoyu smiled happily. A few smiles and some extra words weren't what she would call a break-through but it was progress. He would open up to her soon. She was sure of it.
"Oi, Oi you. Wait there guv'!" Steve said running up to the blue suited young man who turned around to stare at him with a bored expression on his face. Steve wanted nothing more than to knock that look of his face with a good smack.
The American tapped his foot impatiently. "What?"
Steve smirked slightly. "I jus wanted ta know what dat mark is on ya face?" He said to the other man who looked horrified.
"What? What mark?" He asked worriedly while gently probing his face with his fingers. He didn't want to cause anymore marks on his perfect face.
Steve small smirk turned into a full one as he quickly lashed out with his fist, catching the other man in the chin knocking him to the ground. He stood over his fallen form to gloat when he suddenly found his legs swept out from under him.
"Nobody hits my face!" The American growled sinking into a very low crouch with his and raising his arms in front of him. His hands formed an odd shape, almost like a bird's beak.
Steve jumped to his feet and got into a loose boxing stance, not looking very serious about the fight. He couldn't really imagine the boy who was bent down looking like a bug would be much of a threat. "You look like a cockroach son!"
The crouched boy quickly struck out with his hands, his fingers held together forming points, solidly hitting the other man in the side of the leg. The blow wasn't powerful but the speed was impressive.
"A mantis actually." The boy smirked.
Steve began laughing. "Ya shouldny be enterin' the tournament if tha's how ya hit boy!" He laughed again as he turned to leave. There was no challenge in fighting someone whose hits were as strong as a bee's sting. He wondered if he should go back and fight fair with the loud mouthed red head.
Steve made it a total of three steps away when his leg gave out from under him causing him to fall to the ground in surprise. How the hell did that happen, he hadn't felt anything. His leg just went numb and now it wouldn't respond at all. Steve turned to see that the brown haired boy had not moved from his crouched position. He noticed the boy was looking very pleased with himself.
"Pressure point fighting. A standard attack in the preying mantis kung fu school. If everybody at this thing is a bad a fighter as you, nobody will be able to beat me!" He laughed as he rose from his crouch and began to walk away. He stopped when he heard the British man's voice.
"Wha's your name?" He asked trying to control the anger in his voice so as not to sound like a sore loser. He wanted to get up and keep fighting but he couldn't very well fight hopping on one leg. So he settled for glaring at the cocky youth.
"Chad Wilson. Don't forget it!" He winked at the downed man. "Cause I'm going to win this thing!"
Steve growled after the departing boy. "Aren't ya goin' to ask ma name?" He asked angrily as his new enemy simply ignored the question and disappeared around a corner.
"Great, how am I meant ta get back to ma bloody room?" He moaned as he began to crawl back to his room.
Xiaoyu and Asuka walked away from hall in foul moods. Xiaoyu was moody because Jin had disappeared after walking her to the meeting, which lasted five minutes as the Mishima representative briefly explained the rules and told them that all the fights, times and locations for the competitors would be displayed on the large monitor in the main hall as well as on the monitors spread around the large Mishima building.
Asuka was angry because she had finally found someone she liked and he turns out to be related to her in some way. Plus it was her new friends crush. Being hit on by a cybernetic ninja didn't help her bad mood either.
"So you nervous about tomorrows match?" Xiaoyu asked. They had both waited a while until most the other fighters had looked up their names and who they would fight before doing the same for themselves. Asuka had a fight first thing in the morning at the forbidden forest against some guy called Bryan Fury.
"I don't know who he is but he won't last five minutes." Her mood went from angry to cheerful and confident in the space of a second as smirked and banged her fist in her other hand for emphasis. She would win the tournament this year, she was sure of it.
Xiaoyu smiled at her. She wished she had the self confidence her friend always seemed to have. "I bet he won't know what hit him." She encouraged her friend. True, she hadn't seen the other girl fight before but she could tell that she was skilled; there was just a presence about her. Powerful and violent yet gentle and calm at the same time. It was hard to explain.
"Right! So are you nervous about your match? I don't suppose you would since this is your fourth time here." She gave a wide grin at Xiaoyu who returned it.
"Nope, I'm fighting Christie something. I think she all --"She pointed to her chest. "-- and no brain. She should be easy." At least she hoped. If the gorgeous brunette was even half as good as that Eddy guy was, she knew it would be a hard fight.
They were both town from there thoughts when the heard a loud shout and rushed back into the hall to see the very women they were talking about trying to beat up a laughing Hwoarang.
"How dare you feel me up you pervert!" She screeched as she tried once again to trip the smirking red head up.
Hwoarang jumped over the capoeira masters attempted sweep. "Don't lie. I know you liked it. Don't worry, I wont tell your boyfriend!" He blew her a kiss and laughed again as she turned a shade of red, from anger or embarrassment, he didn't know. His laughter died down as he noticed a large black man wearing a skin tight yellow and green short sleeveless top and matching pants enter he hall looking very mad.
"Oh shit!" He turned and ran with two angry Brazilians chasing close behind.
Asuka turned to Xiaoyu. "Can he go five minutes without someone trying to kill him?" She asked and giggled a little.
Xiaoyu shock her head sadly. "I don't think so!" She said tiredly as the two made their way to their rooms.
I know, kinda crappy chapter. Sorry. And I know there weren't any fights in that chapter but I wanted to wait until next chapter because that's when the tournament starts. Tell me what you think of the story so far. I don't have the story all worked out yet so if anybody's got some suggestions about what they want to happen or an idea they might like to share about something they think I should put in, feel free to tell me. Anyways, next chapter shouldn't take to long. Read and reviews, plz.