A/N: Hey peoples! Here's the 6th chapter, brought to your computer screen by Thee Slushee :P (ahem) Yeah! There's gonna be a Tekken tourney tomorrow… not a major one but still…it's a tourney! I am soooo going for it. Wish me luck! anyways, glad I got sum positive comments. That was a pretty good suggestion xjmaster but I think I'll tweak it a bit jus so that you don't entirely see it coming. It should happen later in the story. Ok, I don't and never will own a single thing from the Tekken franchise. I am jus a harmless obsessed fan. Now, to the story!

Chapter 6: Trouble brews

Since the participants that won their first match had suffered quite a bit of damage, there will be a two day waiting period for the fighters to recuperate (Not like my first story where Xiaoyu's broken nose was pretty much healed the next day :P). Xiaoyu and Miharu were talking about their matches in the lobby.

"Man, that Law guy was pretty fast and strong. I was surprised that I beat him at all." Miharu stated.

"The only reason you beat him was because you trained with the best." Xiaoyu said, pointing to herself.

"Get real Xiao! We all know I have a natural talent for this sport." Miharu joked, a broad smile reaching her face.

Xiaoyu rolled her eyes. At this moment, Asuka, Julia and Christie approached the two in the lobby. "Hey!" Christie said enthusiastically, waving at the two. Miharu and Xiaoyu waved back. "Where are the guys?" Julia asked. "Probably training." Miharu said, rolling her eyes. "I half expected Steve to train but I never thought Hwoarang would as well." Xiaoyu said. "His mentor probably made him." Asuka said. This made Xiaoyu instantly search the area using her eyes. She breathed a sigh of relief afterwards. "My grandpa isn't here so I don't need to train with him." Xiaoyu said, relieved.

"Ok, what do you guys wanna do?" Miharu asked.

"How about we do some shopping?" Christie suggested.

"That's a great idea." Julia said excitedly.

Xiaoyu cocked her head to one side. "I thought you said that you have no need for material possessions or something like that?"

"Yeah but I do want a few trinkets to remember these tournaments." Julia said.

"I've got nothing else better to do so ok." Asuka said casually.

"You are such a tomboy, Asuka." Miharu joked.

"So, where do you suggest we go?" Christie said, clapping her hands at looking expectantly at Xiaoyu.

"Don't look at me. Miharu's the shopoholic." Xiaoyu said quickly.

"I say we go to the city square. It's got loads of stuff!" Miharu said enthusiastically.

"Ok, let's go!" Christie said.

One hour later, Xiaoyu, Miharu, Asuka, Julia and Christie were at the city square. There was a bustling crowd at the square, mostly shoppers. Miharu lead the group to a variety of stores and at the end of the trip, everybody had at least one bag filled to the brim with clothes. They were now at a café having lunch, admiring the beautiful fountain placed in the middle of the square. Everybody was having a light hearted conversation when there was some sort of earthquake of some sort, knocking people of chairs and to the group in specific, Xiaoyu. Miharu's latte was spilled all over her and her jaw immediately dropped. While Xiaoyu was rubbing her lower back, she saw something in the distance that made her eyes go wide.

There was a man in the distance that was sprinting towards the square. Blue and purple aura surrounded him and spikes protruded from his spine. He was quite a bulky man; his clenched fist would've been the size of Xiaoyu's head. As he got closer, there was another detail that, if it was possible, make her jaw drop further. There was a mouth on his chest that had razer sharp teeth and a rolling blue tongue. He was on a rampage. Everybody around the group just started screaming and running away.

"What the hell is that?" Miharu exclaimed.

"I don't know but I think it would be a good idea if we got out of here." Julia said quickly.

"You have a good point." Christie added.

Everybody was preparing to run when some sort of spirit forced it's way out of the monstrous man and was making it's way very quickly towards Asuka.

Asuka gasped. She had just reacted to what was happening so she couldn't move out of the way fast enough as it came towards her with incredible speed. It had entered Asuka and she gave an eardrum-shattering shriek. Her knees buckled and she fell to the ground, clasping onto her left shoulder and hyperventilating, holding back her tears. "Asuka!" Everybody said simultaneously and crowded around her. "What happened, Asuka?" Xiaoyu asked, anxiety filling her as she dreaded the answer. Without saying anything, Asuka peeled away her palm that was covering her left shoulder. What had appeared on Asuka's flesh made everyone gasp, Xiaoyu especially.

There was a symbol burned on her skin that looked more like a tattoo. The symbol was two symbols that looked like lightning strikes intertwined with each other. Xiaoyu immediately recognised the symbol. It was the same symbol that was on Jin's left shoulder. Xiaoyu was distracted from her thoughts when the monstrosity of a man appeared a few meters behind them, slightly crouching. Suddenly, a humongous fireball was blasted out of the mouth on the thing's chest. "Duck!" Christie screamed. Everybody had complied and hit the deck, the fireball soaring over them. "We have definitely got to get out of here." Miharu shouted. Julia, Christie and Xiaoyu nodded in agreement. Asuka just stared at her newly formed scar. Xiaoyu, Miharu, Julia and Christie stood up, preparing to sprint for their lives when they realised that the fireball had become a wall of flames, cutting them off. Xiaoyu, along with the other three, turned back around, staring at the monstrous being before them, getting into their fighting stances. The man unleashed a twisted battle cry and charged towards them. Xiaoyu was getting ready to strike when all of a sudden, Asuka stood up and released a laser beam. It hit the man right in the forehead, making him fall over because of the power of the attack.

Asuka couldn't hold the laser beam steadily so the beam started to elevate and eventually stopped. Asuka immediately grabbed the side of her head and then collapsed. Xiaoyu was gaping widely at what had just happened right before her eyes, her friends doing the same thing. Julia was the first one to shake herself out of the trance. "We've got to get out of here, while he's down." Julia said seriously. Everyone shook their heads lightly and stared at Julia.

"We would've gotten out of here ages ago if it wasn't for those flames." Miharu retorted.

"You can just jump through them. It won't really burn if you jump through it quickly." Xiaoyu stated, recalling what Asuka did when they fought against Devil Jin.

"What about Asuka?" Christie asked, concern evident in her voice.

Julia thought for a second. "Everybody, grab a limb. We're going to have to carry her out."

Xiaoyu grabbed onto her left arm, supporting Asuka's shoulder with her shoulder. Julia grabbed onto her right arm. Miharu and Christie grabbed her legs and lifted her up. They walked up to the flames.

"It's now or never." Christie said and jumped through the flames, everybody else following suit. Xiaoyu felt the heat of the flames but none of them had actually scorched her. When everybody was through the flames, Christie, Miharu, Julia and Xiaoyu sprinted towards the nearest alleyway; somewhere they can hide for a while. They laid Asuka down carefully on the ground and looked at each other.

"How on earth do we get outta here before that lunatic comes and burns us all?" Miharu asked, trying her hardest not to raise her voice.

A/N: Ooooh, things are getting a little interesting eh? I'm sorry if the details are kinda sketchy but you do kno what's going on rite? This was a cool idea when I first thought of it and I hope it turned out ok. You guys are the judge. Wish me luck for the tourney tomorrow:D