A/N: Yo peoples! Its the long awaited update to Phoenix Tail! The chapter where Asuka and Heihachi face off! Sorry for leaving this story for a while….my friends hav attacked me saying that I gotta update I believe but this story isn't going to go dead coz I've got the coolest idea for this chapter! YAY! School is finally out for the year and that gives me almost unlimited time (note that I sed ALMOST) to get these updated. I'm hoping to finish off both stories b4 the start of school next year. There is a slight obstacle, my new obsession of FFX and X-2 so coz of those, updates will be a lil slow.
I've already mention about a gazillion times that I don't own Tekken so I cbb saying it anymore. Now without further adieu, to my latest chapter!
Chapter 24: Relations clash part 1
Xiaoyu, Miharu, Julia and Christie were pushing their way through the bustling crowd that gathered outside the pool area.
"Well, this fight has certainly gained quite a crowd." Christie said, stating the obvious.
"It's probably cause Heihachi Mishima is fighting. Everyone thought he was dead." Julia said.
"Hell, I'm not even sure how on earth he managed to escape robots blowing up in his face." Miharu said.
"I guess the Mishima family is invincible." Xiaoyu said, thinking about Kazuya surviving being hurled into a volcano. As the four entered the actual arena, Asuka was found sitting at the empty pool's edge dangling her feet.
"Asuka, shouldn't you be preparing for your match?" Christie asked. Asuka turned her head and greeted the group with a confident smile.
"I've prepared heaps before now and besides, I don't want to tire myself out before the actual match." Asuka said, standing up.
"Heihachi Mishima is pretty tough. Got quite the physique for his age." Julia warned.
"Don't underestimate him. He's the one that trained Kazuya and Jin." Xiaoyu added.
"Not to mention, he survived robots self destructing in his face." Miharu said.
"I'm not too worried. I think I'm ready. By the way, is this guy related to me?" Asuka asked.
"Well…Heihachi is Kazuya's father and Kazuya is your father which makes Heihachi your…" Xiaoyu said, leaving the sentence unfinished deliberately.
"I'm fighting my Grandpa?" Asuka exclaimed.
"This is not the sorta guy you should go easy on. He's pretty evil." Christie said.
"Don't let him know that you're his granddaughter. He's a really twisted man. He planned on assassinating me!" Xiaoyu exclaimed. There were a few other details that also contributed to Heihachi's bad reputation, such as his main involvement in the devil being a part of Kazuya but Xiaoyu decided to leave that part out.
"He planned to kill you? Oooh, he is definitely going to get what's coming to him." Asuka said with a fierce determination, cracking her knuckles.
"Don't crack you're knuckles! It's really bad for you." Miharu randomly pointed out. A few seconds of blank stares were directed at Miharu when the sound of wood colliding with solid concrete was sounded. Asuka spun around and saw an aged man two spikes of grey hair pointed towards the sky, sticking out the side of his head (A/N: Yeah, a very poor description of Heihachi's hair.)
"I guess that's him. He is totally going to get it." With that, Asuka jumped down to the empty pool and walked towards Heihachi.
"You!" Asuka exclaimed, pointing a finger at Heihachi.
"You tried to kill my friend, Xiao. You are going down old man!" Asuka threatened. Heihachi stood his ground, arms crossed.
"And what makes you think that a puny girl like you can – " Heihachi stopped in mid sentence when he caught sight of the distinctive scar on her left shoulder. His eyes widened, realising the one possible thing this could mean. His look of surprise turned into a sneaky smirk.
"Tell me child. Do you know anybody named Jin Kazama?" Heihachi asked. As Heihachi said this, Xiaoyu tried wildly to gain Asuka's attention, flailing her arms everywhere and signal her to not say anything. The strategy would've been more effective if Asuka's back wasn't facing her.
"Do I know him? We both have the same last name! Do the rest yourself." Asuka snapped. Heihachi chuckled.
"Well, I see my god-forsaken son had a daughter without me knowing." Asuka instantly clicked and looked back at Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu was slapping her palm onto her forehead. Asuka wore a sheepish smile.
"Whoops." Asuka squeaked.
Heihachi's smirk widened as he concocted a plan within his mind. The devil gene was standing right in front of him.
"Asuka Kazama versus Heihachi Mishima." Asuka immediately slid into her fighting stance. Heihachi kicked off his wooden shoes and did the same.
"Ready? FIGHT!" Asuka ran at Heihachi, spun around and elbowed him in the face. This move was far too quick to be blocked so Heihachi went skidding across the tiled floor of the pool. Heihachi recovered quickly and hammered a fist down onto Asuka. Asuka crossed her arms in front of her face to block but his fist came in from the top so it collided with her arms and negated her block attempt. Asuka was temporarily vulnerable so Heihachi thrusted his right fist at her with incredible speed. Asuka went rolling back and hit the wall of the pool. Asuka let out a painful shriek.
Pain was in every bone in her body and it took all of her mental strength to block out the pain. She took a couple of quick steps towards him.
"This should be a move you know all too well, Grandpa." Asuka said as she performed a backward handspring, kicking Heihachi into the air. She followed this up by a right uppercut. Heihachi hit the ground with a loud thud against the tiles. Asuka performed a sideward flip on his downed body (A/N: Another one of my poor descriptions. It's supposed to be Thunderfall kick.) but Heihachi rolled out of the way. Heihachi grabbed Asuka by the throat and lifted her into the air. Asuka choked as she struggled to breath, grabbing hold on Heihachi's wrist and trying to pry it off her but to no avail.
"So this is my granddaughter. Pathetic! Kazuya was more of a challenge when he was 12 years old even before he got fused with the devil!" Heihachi taunted.
"To think, I was going to go kill him or Jin but you are much easier to obtain the devil gene from." Heihachi continued. Asuka's eyes widened at his statement.
"You're…going to kill…your own…son and grandson…just for their…devil gene?" Asuka croaked. Heihachi shook his head.
"No…it's far easier to kill you instead." This did it. Asuka felt an enormous amount of anger and hatred build up inside her and before she could stop it, the devil began taking over. Asuka shrieked in a voice that was a combination of hers and a mutated evil. Heihachi noticed that the transformation was taking place so he threw Asuka away from him to the other side of the pool. The wall of the pool smashed as Asuka collided with it, sending debris everywhere and a dust cloud shielded her. The tournament official went for a closer look. When the dust cloud cleared, Asuka appeared to be lying unconscious on the ground.
"Heihachi Mishima is the – " The tournament official began to announce but Asuka was rising until she was on all fours. Her hands began mutating into hard claws. Asuka began to rise as the colour of her clothes changed from a cool blue to blood red. She was on both her feet, head down until the raven wings shot out of her back. Asuka shrieked and fell to one knee. Buffalo horns slowly penetrated her temples, blood oozing from them. Asuka screamed until her throat was getting worn out, as the pain was too much for her. She was once again on both her feet, wings folded up. Her head shot up and her ice-cold eyes locked with Heihachi's. There was a look of fear displayed on Heihachi's face. Asuka wore a sadistic grin, displaying her fangs. She was now Devil Asuka.
"It's about time someone put you in your place…" Devil Asuka began in a voice that was much deeper than the host's. She was slowly advancing towards Heihachi. He took a couple of cautious steps back but realising his cowardice, he slid back into his fighting stance.
"…your rightful place in hell!" With that, Devil Asuka rushed towards Heihachi at incredible speeds, wings outstretched. Before Heihachi could do anything, Devil Asuka took hold of Heihachi's throat and took flight. Devil Asuka ascended 5 meters and threw Heihachi back at the ground with insane power. When Heihachi came into contact with the concrete, debris did fly and it caused the crowd around the arena to scatter. When the puff of dust surrounding Heihachi cleared, Heihachi was seen sitting up and rubbing the back of his head. Miharu, Christie, Julia and Xiaoyu gasped. They were the only people left standing close to the arena since the rest of the crowd had retreated. He really is invincible, Xiaoyu thought.
Devil Asuka was enraged and she unleashed a white-hot laser beam aimed for Heihachi. He managed to dodge the laser beam by rolling out of the way; a black hole singed by the laser beam in his former place. Heihachi stood up and slid into his fighting stance, waiting for the correct moment to strike. Devil Asuka's altitude declined and when she was within jumping height, Heihachi ran at her. He jumped in the air and performed two kicks one after the other. This attack had taken her off guard as she had thought she had an aerial advantage. Devil Asuka was sent skidding across the tiled ground. Devil Asuka rose from the ground with a look of pure anger on her face.
"Oh no, Asuka's gone haywire again! We should get outta here for our own safety."
Christie suggested.
"We can't just leave her here like this. We have to turn her back to normal if no one else will." Xiaoyu protested.
"Xiao, why are you so obsessed with saving other people now? Asuka will eventually run outta energy and the devil form will disappear." Miharu said.
"Coz Heihachi just found out that Asuka is his granddaughter! No doubt that when she does run outta juice, he'll take her with him to get the devil gene out of her." Xiaoyu continued.
"Alright, you've got us but what are we supposed to do? We can't interfere, this is still an official battle." Julia reminded, pointing towards the tournament official who was still over seeing the battle but from a safe distance.
"We should wait til Asuka wins the match and then try to get her back to normal." Xiaoyu said.
"What! In case you haven't noticed, Asuka is in Devil mode. She could seriously hurt him or even kill him!" Christie said.
"Do you remember who tried to assassinate me?" Xiaoyu asked. The group stared at her in shock.
"Just because Heihachi has done some crap things in his long life doesn't mean we can just turn our backs on him and let Asuka kill him." Miharu reasoned.
"Also killing someone would contribute heaps to Asuka's devil form." Julia added.
"Julia, I thought you of all people would prefer to see Heihachi getting beaten up for a change!" Xiaoyu blurted out. She immediately clasped a hand over her mouth when she realised what she had just said. She had struck a chord in Julia.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean – " Xiaoyu began but was cut off by Julia.
"As much damage it did when I lost my mother, I try not to be vengeful about it. Sure I do get angry and I completely feel like smashing his skull in…but I know my mother wouldn't want me to do anything like that just because I can't cope with her loss." Julia said with a tinge of sadness. Xiaoyu felt guilty all of a sudden, bringing back these memories for Julia. Xiaoyu clenched a fist in front of her face.
"Alright then, we'll do everything we can to make sure he doesn't get killed." Xiaoyu stated.
"Even though we all know he very well deserves it." Julia added.
A/N: Hmmm…….not much I see……I was actually going to include the rest of the Devil Asuka vs Heihachi fight in this chapter but I just found out that my comp needs to get formatted today. I know I sed it was going to be a while ago but it was delayed coz my sis had loads of files n things that she had to back up on cds so they weren't lost. I cudnt b bothered backing up this chapter so I can finish it on my better comp so I just thought I get this one over and done with u guys wont have to wait an eternity. It was kinda predictable how Asuka changes into a devil but it seemed like such an awesome as idea at the time. I don't feel like this chap completely sucked but it was cool for me so I hope ya'll liked it. REVIEW!