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.
Right, before I start the story I need to explain something. First, I don't have two round fights in this. Its one fight till knock out or submission. That's how I play the game so that's how the fics gonna be. Second, in the tournament, there will be eight rounds. All fighters fight in the first round and the winners off that fight in the second and so forth until it's the final in the eighth round. So instead of the announcer saying fight 06, Jin Kazama vs. Hwoarang it will be Round 3, Jin Kazama vs. Hwoarang for example. Just letting you know incase you got confused. I've noticed a lot of fics do it with fight numbers and not rounds and thought to be a bit different.
Hey, thanks to all the people who reviewed the last chapter. Especially Thee Slushee. (By the way, your fic Phoenix Talon is a great fic. I've just started reading it.)
Anyways here's the next chapter. (Can somebody tell me if Xiaoyu already knows that Jin is cursed and has a devil side? Please because I don't now exactly what Yoshimitsu told her!)
CHAPTER 4: THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS.
It was the morning before of the day the tournament would finally begin. After a night of training, Xiaoyu awoke with aching muscles. She had practiced her phoenix stance and each move variant that she could use from the crouched stance. That was probably why her muscles in her legs seemed to be hurting the most.
With a groan, she twisted and plopped her feet on the floor next her nice comfortable bed. She briefly considered climbing back into the large, warm and welcoming bed but decided against it. There was too much to do. Like a shower to wake her sleepy self up and feed her growling stomach for starters.
She walked tiredly walked towards the bathroom, letting out a loud yawn. She briefly glanced around the room before her eyes settled on the clock hanging on the wall.
"Ahh, I'm going to miss Asuka's fight!" She frantically rushed to the bathroom. She would have to skip breakfast this morning.
Asuka walked through the lush green forest to where her first match would be all the while ignoring the unwanted redhead which was her only company.
"So this time, I'm going to use my Dead-End move. That will make pretty boy not so pretty anymore!" Hwoarang put his hands behind his head and began laughing. This time he would beat Jin. No doubt about it. He would beat him and the whole world would know that he was better than Jin Kazama!
"So…you think you can take this guy? It would be really embarrassing to loss your first match." He asked smirking after a short silence. She finally turned to look at him. They had been walking for a while and she hadn't spoke to him or even looked at him yet.
"The guy won't last five minutes and why are you still following me?" She asked with an edge to her voice.
"I don't know. I've seen him fight and he's pretty good. Real savage when kicking someone's ass." He flashed another cocky grin. "And I know you want me but if playing hard to get turns you on, that's fine by me!"
"You wish!" She yelled quickening her pace to get away from him. She was stopped short when he jumped in front of her.
"If I had a wish it would be you and Xiaoyu and –" He leaned closer to her and whispered in her ear. Asuka turned a deep shade of red, partly from embarrassment but mostly from anger.
"PERVERT!" She screamed and took a swing at him which he ducked. She began to throw wild punches at the redhead who laughed as he quickly ran away. She was about to chase after him when she heard a voice shout at her from behind.
"Asuka!" Xiaoyu shouted running towards the short haired girl. She looked a little mad, well a lot mad really. 'I hope it's not because I'm late!' She really didn't want to be on the receiving end of the Kazama girls' anger.
Asuka let her anger drain from her now that Hwoarang had left. No, she would see the red head later and then he would pay. She smacked her fist against her palm before smiling and waving. "Hey Xiao! I thought you weren't going to make it!"
Xiaoyu stopped next to Asuka panting slightly from the rushing around. She smiled encouragingly at the Kazama girl. "I couldn't miss your first fight could i?" She said as they began to walk in the direction the fight was taking place.
They walked at a moderate pace while they discussed small things about the tournament. Like whom they didn't want to fight. Xiaoyu had a lot of those while Asuka had none. And who they really wanted to fight. Asuka had a lot of those and Xiaoyu had considerably less.
"Well here it is." Xiaoyu said pointing to the large fence that cut of a section of the forest. The fence was a large wire fence that was about fifteen feet tall covered with no entry signs.
"Yup, looks like you have to wait here though. Only fighter allowed." She pointed to a large sign near the only entrance into the fenced off area. She turned to look at Xiaoyu who pouted slightly. "Hey, you can always watch the highlights on the t.v!" She said trying to cheer her up.
"But I wanted to see you fight up-close. Not through the t.v, it's not the same." She whined. Suddenly her face lit up. "I know, I could sneak in, you know, keep out the way of the cameras and stuff and they'd never know!" She gave her friend the thumbs up before walking through the small door in the fence and into the area of combat followed by her Japanese friend.
Asuka stood in the small plain amongst the trees, staring confidently at her opponent. He stood about a head taller than her had a dark tattoo on each side of his neck. His exposed torso was littered with scars of all sizes and his blue combat pants were covered with different types of ammunition. She seemed unfazed by the grey haired mans dead piercing gaze or his evil looking smirk.
"This tournament gets worse every year. I am reduced to fighting small girls." He stated in a gruff cold voice. He laughed a small laugh completely devoid of any humour.
Asuka put her hands on her hips and glared at the tall man. "Hey, I'm not a small girl okay. I'm nearly eighteen!" She said in a cross tone. He laughed again and gave another smirk her way. "Fine, I won't hold back!" She huffily told him.
A loud cackling was heard from the speakers in an unknown location. The cameras that were hidden amongst the tree suddenly turned to face the fighters. "Fighters get ready." The speaker voice boomed through the quiet forest.
Both fighter got into a combat stance and faced each other. Bryan's smirk had still not left his face as Asuka's glare hadn't either.
"Round one, Asuka Kazama vs. Bryan Fury…FIGHT."
Asuka shot forward as soon as the announcer had uttered those words. She closed the distance quickly and gave a speedy left jab which was blocked and kicked forward with her left foot for a shin kick. If it hurt him, Bryan never showed it. She kicked again with her left foot hitting him in the leg and turned her back to him and twisted delivering a left punch and turning again to throw a right. The attacking fists hit him solidly in the face and he reeled back slightly. Asuka lashed out in a powerful right kick which connected with the grey mans abdomen with enough power to send him flying backwards.
Asuka grinned inwardly at how easy the fight was. As the taller man began to pick himself up she rushed towards him and hit him in the face with a left hook and roughly grabbed his face right after it and tripped him, slamming the back of his head into the ground with a loud crunch.
She backed off slightly to admire her handy work.
"Wow, she so strong and quick!" Xiaoyu said in wonder as she watched the fight perched from a tree slightly out of the way of the fighters. She didn't want to get to close for fear of being caught.
She winced as Asuka slammed sinister looking mans head into the ground. She knew her friend was a strong fighter, she could just fell it but she was surprised to see the speed at which the other girl moved. She was quicker than most fighters that would be participating in the fighting event. Xiaoyu knew that she was a lot faster than her new Japanese friend but the sheer power of the girls blows made her a little envious.
She was broke from further thoughts as the grey haired man rose to his feet easily.
Asuka backed up slightly as the scarred fighter rose to his feet. He began to laugh manically while tightening his black fingerless gloves. "Nice attack." He said tauntingly as he got into a fighting position again.
She threw an annoyed glare his way before rushing him again. She was within striking range when he lashed out with two left jabs which struck her in the side of the face and then threw a powerful body punch which sent her staggering back from the force. She couldn't replace the air that was knocked from her lungs however as he hit her with a left right punch combo before raising his foot and slamming it into her face knocking her to the ground.
She quickly rolled to her feet and blocked the attacking knee before jumping backwards away to catch her breath. "Nice attack." She copied his words from earlier hoping to get a rise out of him. She was disappointed however when he just smirked at her in that way that would unnerve most people. She quickly got into a fighting stance once again.
"Here I come, pretty girl!" He said in a creepy voice. He ran towards her and twisted around exposing his back before turning a full 360 degrees trying to smash her face in with a powerful elbow which she ducked. She blocked the follow up punches and jumped the swipe kick.
Once in the air, she had to cross both arms in front of her two stop a powerful jumping kick from impacting painfully with her chest, though the force of the attack did knock her backwards a bit just out of his attacking range.
Asuka smirked at the grey haired man. "Can't hit me now can you?" She taunted teasingly at the frowning man. She knew that her attack power was above average but still didn't amount to much against the weird male in front her. Her attacks didn't even seem to have done any damage at all. Well she was just testing the waters abit with them but still.
'Time for the big guns!' She thought to herself. She had been hoping to use her stronger, better moves later in the tournament but she had the luck of being paired with a strong fighter near the start. Oh well, not all the rest of the fighters could have endurance like the man in front of her. Could they?
She quickly dashed forward right towards the waiting fighter. She got within attacking range when Bryan lashed out with a quick right hook. He wasn't quick enough however as Asuka performed a backwards cartwheel, her foot connecting right under the grey mans chin sending the fighter air borne. She quickly righted her position and ran underneath the falling martial artist and timed her mighty uppercut to hit him in the same spot causing the man to stay in the air.
She backed off until Bryan had hit the ground and began to climb to his feet. Once he was upright she jumped forward launching her left foot hard into his gut causing him to gasp and bend forward to relieve the pressure in his now aching stomach. That was Asuka had wanted as she lashed out with a straight kick, her heel impacting hard under his chin sending him backwards.
"Argh!" Bryan tried to control his swimming vision. All the hard blows to his chin were starting to take its toll even on his great endurance. His blurry vision cleared in time for him to see the short haired girl rush him once again. He desperately threw a punch towards her, hoping that he could buy some time to regain his senses. However, Asuka simply grabbed his out stretched hand and pulled him forward hard. She kept a hold of his hand as she jumped to his side and punched him in the temple hard. She let go of his hand, letting him fall to the ground as his vision darkened.
There was silence for a couple of seconds before the speaker blared out destroying the silence.
"Asuka Kazama wins!" The announcer said before the speaker turned off.
Asuka shrugged and began walking away; passing the three man team that passed her to check up on the downed man. She made it out of the cameras before Xiaoyu jumped down from a nearby tree to congratulate her.
"Wow! That was amazing. That move with the two kicks, you know, the one in his stomach and the chin kick! Ouch!" She exclaimed excitedly bouncing on the spot.
"Yeah. I'm the best."
"That's all you've got to say?" Xiaoyu put her hands on the other girls' shoulders and shook her. "We have to celebrate! " Xiaoyu cheered excitedly, beginning to drag the other girl away hoping to do some victory shopping. She stopped when two things popped up in her head. One, they were on an island devoid of any shops, other than the bar but Xiaoyu didn't consider that a shop. The only buildingson the Mishima island were the one the fighters were staying in and ones that had been built for tournament fights.Two, she had a fight coming up in a couple of hours.
"Aww, i've got a fight soon." Xiaoyu whined.
"Your not going to fight like that are you?" Asuka asked gesturing to the grey sweat pants and sleeveless yellow hoody Xiaoyu was wearing.
"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" Xiaoyu asked raising an eyebrow.
Asuka just pointed to the black and white panda shaped backpack her bubbly Chinese friend was sporting.
"What? You don't like it? I think it's cute!"
Asuka sweat dropped. 'This tournament has the strongest fighters in the world and she wants to look cute!'
"Anyways let's go, we can grab something to eat before my fight." Xiaoyu said began to walk in the direction of the huge Mishima building humming cheerily to herself. She couldn't wait for her fight, it would be great. And one step closer to Jin.
Jin made his way through the group of Mishima employees who had gathered to watch the next fight. There was no rule from watching the fight here; the officials had decided that an urban environment would look more real to t.v viewers if there were people in the background watching the fight. So the workers stood in a small building designed to look like an American shopping mall.
The floor was tiled with a pale blue and there were fake shop fronts to add to the affect. It looked nearly real to Jin and he was standing there, to the viewers, it must look like they actually were fighting in a mall.
Jin, dressed in his usual dark hood, walked past the noisy spectators and stood behind one of the large pillars out of the way. He stood in a position so that he could see the fight but the fighters would have a hard time seeing him. The waves of spectators between him and the fight helped matters.
He watched as an attractive tanned woman with long brown which was pulled back into a ponytail, hair hung down each side of her gorgeous face framing it perfectly. She strutted confidently into the small clearing amongst the gathered spectators. She wore a pair of extremely tight fitting pants and two straps that went across each breast, barely covering some of the more revealing parts.
Xiaoyu made her entrance a couple of seconds after the scantly dressed Brazilian stopped in the centre of the crowd. She walked timidly through the audience dressed in a pair of grey sweat pants and sleeveless yellow hooded top. Jin smiled slightly when he noticed the panda backpack she wore. He also noticed she hadn't come alone as the Kazama girl stood amongst the crowd, giving encouraging words to her friend.
He winced when the loud speaker blasted out from above him.
"Fighters get ready."
Xiaoyu looked around nervously at the crowd around her. She knew that all the fights were televised across the world and that it was viewed by millions, maybe more, and that didn't bother her. She didn't mind when there was audience in the distance like there had been in previous tournaments or if it was people she at least knew. But these people were only a couple of feet away. About fifty or sixty people, mostly men for obvious reasons of it being a girl fight, crowded round staring at her and her Brazilian opponent.
It made her a tad tense.
"Fighters get ready."
Xiaoyu jumped slightly as the speaker rose above the sound of the crowd. She swallowed and focused all her mind on the up coming fight, drowning out anything else. Xiaoyu faced a smiling Christie who looked like she was dancing and swaying to some unheard music.
"Round one, Ling Xiaoyu vs. Christie Monteiro…FIGHT!"
Xiaoyu quickly leapt away from a leg sweep and follow up kick. Christie stayed low as she kept her hands on the ground more than her feet and twisted and turned, her legs swinging all around, attacking Xiaoyu from all directions. All Xiaoyu could do was dodge and block as best as she could under the seemingly endless barrage of attacks.
"Go on Xiao! Hit back!" Asuka yelled at her friend who was still on the defensive. The brown haired Capoeira fighter didn't look like she was going to stop any time soon. Asuka felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to look at Hwoarang, who stood beside her looking carefully at the fight.
"Don't worry, Xiaoyu will win. Christie's getting tired, nobody can keep up that level of attack for long." He said in a serious tone which made Asuka frown at the boy. Who was this red head and what had he done with the real annoying, cocky, never serious martial artist that she had grown used too?
He noticed her staring at him and flashed a cocky grin and winked at her. "Undress me with your eye's later baby. Well maybe you won't need to do it with your eyes!" He said suggestively and laughed as the brown haired girl quickly turned her head away muttering curses about stupid perverts under her breath. She had turned to the fight just in time to see Xiaoyu counter and begin her own attacks.
Xiaoyu's limbs were beginning to ache and tire from the onslaught of attacks the Brazilian beauty was throwing her way. She carefully kept her eyes open for any weaknesses in the other girls form and when she did see an opportunity to strike, she was hit before she could launch an attack at the other girl.
Christie soon began to breathe raggedly and her attacks slowed down. She eventually back of from her offensive to catch her breath. Christie jumped forward with a kick at the pigtailed girls' head, who rolled to the side, sticking her arm out catching the other girls causing her to fall to the ground on her front.
Xiaoyu never let the tanned woman up as she launched herself high in the air and landed a double foot stomp on a downed Christie's back before she flipped backwards away landing gracefully in a low crouch.
"Go Xiao!" Xiaoyu heard Asuka shout above the cheers and whistles of the crowd. She began to feel the adrenaline rush through her.
"We want to see some skin!" She sweat dropped as she tilted her head to the familiar voice to see a grinning Hwoarang standing next to an annoyed looking Asuka. She could see the veins in her forehead as she fought to control her anger at the redhead.
Xiaoyu shook her head to clear thoughts off helping the Japanese girl beat the tar out of the Korean. Instead she focused on the injured looking girl who was glaring at her. She realised why Christie was glaring the way that she was. Her very thin, small top/straps holding her huge breasts had ripped and was hanging off. She was struggling with both hands to keep the straps in place, not exposing herself in front of the gawking crowd of men.
"Hell yeah!" A very excited Hwoarang shouted cupping his hands around his mouth to make his yells louder.
Christie strutted over to one of the drooling audience and forcefully pulled his red zip up sports jacket from him and put it on, zipping it right up to her neck. She turned to her opponent who was grinning while rubbing the back of her head.
"Sorry about that." Xiaoyu said apologetically.
Christie ignored her as she rushed forward again and jumped onto her hands spinning her legs about in the air, directing them towards the Chinese girls head. Xiaoyu ducked under the attack as she crouched into her phoenix stance. She pushed herself backwards onto her hands then up of the ground, kicking Christie twice in the face. Christie rolled with the blows coming to standing a few feet away. She gasped when Xiaoyu agilely jumped over her and pushed her making her fall forwards. Xiaoyu grabbed her foot and pulled it into the air and swiped the other leg causing Christie to twist around in the air, landing hard on the ground.
Christie quickly jumped to her feet, ignoring the pain that was coursing through her. She rushed to Xiaoyu who had her back to her, waving at her friends in the crowd. Christie launched a powerful straight kick towards Xiaoyu's unprotected back but was shocked when the Chinese girl gracefully jumped high into the air, twisting and landing on her shoulders.
"Hiiiiya!" Xiaoyu shouted as she slammed her open palm into Christie's head and jumping quickly off her shoulders as the Brazilian fell to the floor. Christie just lay there staring up at the ceiling, trying to clear the white dots from her vision. Xiaoyu kept her guard up for a few minutes until she realised the other fighter wasn't going to rise.
"Ling Xiaoyu wins."
Xiaoyu jumped up and down excitedly as Hwoarang and Asuka made their way over to congratulate her.
Jin allowed a small smile to come to his face after the winner was announced. He was happy for Xiaoyu, the only person he considered a friend in this world where everybody was after him.
He turned and left when her friends, even Hwoarang his self proclaimed rival, made their way over to offer their congratulations. He never noticed the one camera that had watched him instead of the fight; follow his silent retreat out of the combat arena.
Kazuya smiled as he watched through the monitor of the camera as his son walked silently away from the fighters. It had made things a whole lot easier that Jin had come here, into his waiting hands instead of looking for him. He grudgingly admitted that his ever missing offspring was an extremely difficult person to track down.
"Soon I will be whole and its all thanks to you, boy." He laughed a short evil sounding laugh as he walked away. Things needed to be planned, this time he would get what he wanted and nobody would stop him.
Hey, what did you think? Sorry for Xiaoyu's fight not being very good, I found it well hard to put Christie's fighting style into words. Anyways, please review.