A/N: Heya peoples! Once again, absolutely sorry for the late as update but now, I'm gonna try and keep it regular…well, for the couple of chapters left in this story…but I'll continue with I believe as well as Clash of Fists and Swords. Thanks heaps for reviewing I luv Hwoarang stories. I'll update I believe as soon as I can. Just kinda leaving it until this is finished. Ritey-o, to the story now!
Chapter 28: The battles begin
Jin was frozen to the spot as the woman he was grieving over for the past 6 years of his life, was walking towards him right now.
"Is that her?" Asuka whispered to Jin but the fact that their mother was still alive hasn't quite sunken in yet.
"But…how?" Was all Jin could squeeze out of his throat. He turned to Kazuya to find that he didn't seem that surprised.
"I knew it was you…" Kazuya whispered.
"You knew she was alive?" Jin hissed at Kazuya.
"I was the one who brought her back from the brink of death." Kazuya snapped at Jin. Jin was taken aback by this answer.
"I sensed something powerful was coming her way so I hurried to Yakushima as fast as I could. But I was too late and she was on the brink of death…" Kazuya explained, not making eye contact with Jin.
"I brought her back to G Corporation in hopes that they would resurrect her like they did with me…but she had lost a severe amount of blood. She wasn't going to make it. So I agreed to give her some of my blood so she would live." The last statement caused Jin to gasp and look back at his mother. On her right shoulder appeared to be part of the same scar that Jin and Asuka both have on their left arms. Jin looked back at Kazuya with nothing but hatred in his eyes.
"You turned her into one of us? That's it!" Jin growled and he had thrown himself at Kazuya, tackling him to the ground. Xiaoyu had gasped at Jin's actions and prepared to dash towards them and stop their fight…but the nagging feeling of interrupting some important family matters had held her to the spot after a couple of steps. Jin had pulled his arm back to punch Kazuya square in the face but his fist was caught by his little sister.
"Jin! Get a hold of yourself! He's the reason why our mother is alive now." Asuka scalded.
"Don't you get it, Asuka? She's got the devil in her now! She can turn into one of those horrible monsters!" Jin shouted back at his sister.
"Now now, Jin. You should thank your father for me standing here today." The somewhat low voice of the woman spoke to Jin. Jin looked up at her and slowly got off Kazuya. Something had definitely changed about her.
"Ok, we need a plan." Julia stated as Christie and Steve ducked back behind the pile of concrete they were hiding behind.
"We dealt with him before; we can just as easily do it again." Julia said with confidence, slamming a fist into her open palm.
"Easier said than done. Just look at him!" Miharu said with anxiety and tried to sneak a peak over the concrete but Hwoarang pulled her back down.
"Well we can't just run away. We've gotta get rid of him. He's gonna go on a huge rampage and kill heaps of people if we just leave." Christie reasoned. The creature gave a loud wail, which caused the group to cover their ears.
"We don't exactly have another two motorbikes though…and we're not using mine!" Hwoarang stated.
"We'll just have to take him on together. We're world class fighters here! If we take him on together, I'm sure we'll be able to get rid of him." Julia told everyone.
"Yeah…world class." Hwoarang repeated, loving the title. Without warning, Hwoarang stood up and put two fingers in his mouth, generating a loud whistle. The creature had faced their way.
"Yo chest-mouth freak! World class fighters here! Think you can take us on?" Hwoarang cupped his hands around his mouth and called to the bulking mass. It turned around and let out a massive laugh.
"A mortal such as yourself can never be able to beat the mighty Jinpachi Mishima!" The creature bellowed and got into another fit of laughter as it started slowly walking towards him.
"That wasn't such a good idea Hwoarang." Christie said nervously to Hwoarang as she peeped over the concrete.
"That was the plan wasn't it? We fight him together." Hwoarang bounced into his fighting stance and gestured for everyone else to do the same. Steve reluctantly stood up and moved into the rhythm of his fighting stance. After a lot of consideration, the others began to join Hwoarang and Steve and prepared to fight this monster to the bitter end.
"Alright, here's what we'll do. Everyone spread out. Me and Steve will stay up here. Christie, Miharu, take his and left and right. Jules, take his back." Hwoarang issued orders like he was a sergeant. They didn't have any other plans at the moment so everyone gave a brief nod of understanding and started to spread out.
"Let's do this Steve." Hwoarang shouted and charged towards Jinpachi. Steve followed close behind. Hwoarang jumped in the air and spun himself around, kicking Jinpachi across the head. Steve passed Hwoarang as he landed to follow up this attack with a quick left uppercut and then slamming his right fist overhead.
The first few hits from the duo had connected successfully but Jinpachi wasn't fazed. He slammed his massive fist down, causing the two to jump out of the way to dodge the blow. Meanwhile, Julia stealthily snuck up behind Jinpachi and was pondering how to attack him, since he had more than a few spikes protruding from his back. A smile crept onto her face as an idea came to her. When the time was right, Julia leapt onto Jinpachi's back and grabbed hold of the spikes to keep herself from falling off. Jinpachi didn't seem to notice the weight he was carrying on his back, which proved his immense strength.
At first, Julia was clinging on for dear life as Jinpachi's body moved violently with the moves he was inflicting on Hwoarang and Steve. But soon, she had managed to climb up and secure her arm around Jinpachi's neck. Jinpachi had just noticed her on his back and started clawing at her to take her off his back. Julia tightened the arm around his neck and pulled as hard as she could, attempting a sleeper choke (A/N: Heh…I know absolutely nothing about sleeper holds n all so I'm sorry if this is far from accurate.). Her efforts seem to be doing nothing as Jinpachi continued to struggle to take her off.
Before he could violently yank Julia from his body, Miharu had jumped in the air and performed a back flip on the left side of Jinpachi. Jinpachi had stumbled to the side and Julia had let go and landed gracefully on the ground.
"That was far too close for comfort." Julia muttered to herself.
"We're just getting started, Jules." Christie had heard Julia and replied.
Xiaoyu was watching the whole thing pan out in front of her as if it was a movie. Wait…is that Jin's mother? She's alive? But how did she come to me in my dreams? And she looks completely different then than she is now…These thoughts were going through Xiaoyu's head as she continued watching. No one seemed to notice she was there, even Asuka had forgotten…but it did work for her. She didn't want to interrupt something like this.
"Mother…what happened to you?" Jin asked with anxiety, dreading the answer. Her soft, kind, pure, forgiving demeanor had been replaced with something that was cold and unfeeling. Her soft, brown eyes had mutated into golden orbs which showed no emotion.
"Jin…you have grown up into a fine young man. And I see you have learnt the power of love." Jun said and briefly looked up at Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu gasped. Oh no, please don't tell me I killed the moment for being here, Xiaoyu thought nervously, as she didn't hear what she had said to Jin. Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief as Jun returned to her family and no-one else seemed to look her way.
Asuka had looked back and fourth between Jin and Jun.
"You seem different from the time you came to tell us that we were related." Asuka stated. Jun's eyes were directed at her daughter.
"Ahhh, little Asuka." Jun said and approached Asuka.
"It's good to see you again after so long. You have definitely grown up into a beautiful woman." Jun lifted a hand and stroked Asuka's cheek. She took a few steps back from Asuka and finally turned to Kazuya.
"Kazuya…" Jun said lovingly and approached him. Her eyes seemed to soften for a split second but they returned to being emotionless and unreadable. He kept his eyes on the ground, not wanting to see how much his blood had affected her.
"I'd like to thank you…for two wonderful children." Jun leaned in towards Kazuya.
"…and for showing me the absolute power the devil possesses." Jun whispered coldly into Kazuya's ears. Jun turned her back on the three.
"There was one reason I called you three here today." Jun informed as she continued to walk back. She quickly spun around.
"It was to take the devil parts from you to make me whole!" Jun screamed, her eyes glowing an eerie yellow. A spirit emerged from Jun and stood behind her in the form of a ghostly wolf.
"Fight me!" She said in a low voice, taking up her fighting style. She was now Devil Jun.
"We won't fight you!" Asuka exclaimed. Devil Jun chuckled a bit.
"That's too bad. I was hoping for a challenge but it appears it's going to be too easy." Devil Jun stated and rushed at the Asuka. She put her hands together and tensed one hand. The wolf behind her mimicked every move that Devil Jun did, as if it was controlling her like a puppet. The power coming from this action alone was huge. Asuka felt herself fly back from it and roll across the floor.
"Asuka!" Jin yelled as he watched his sister fly back. The next move was directed at Jin. Devil Jun executed a Dragon Wheel move (A/N: Haha. I have made many attempts to describe that move but in the end, I'm just gonna use its name). Jin had crossed his arms in front of his face in an attempt to block the move but it was too powerful and it threw him into the air. Devil Jun followed up the attack by dealing a powerful right uppercut, which made Jin flip backwards and land on the marble floor with a thud.
Lastly, she turned to Kazuya. He had seen that the woman in front of him was not the woman he had loved. The devil had taken over her so he had no choice but to fight back. Kazuya fell into his battle stance and stared at Devil Jun with hatred.
"Devil! Leave her alone!" Kazuya said in a threatening voice.
"Incase you forgot, you're the one who gave this power to me in the first place. If you didn't want that to happen, you should've just let me die!" Devil Jun said and threw her right hand forward at Kazuya. Kazuya side-stepped the move and performed a fast right uppercut, blue lightning swirling around his arm.
Asuka and Jin have reunited and were watching the battle between their mother and father.
"Dad! Don't hurt her." Asuka screamed. Both Jin and Kazuya were taken by surprise with Asuka calling him "Dad". The surprise had costed Kazuya as Devil Jun took advantage of the temporary vulnerability and executed two lift kicks. While in the air, Devil Jun performed a low kick and a left jab and finished the juggle off with a left jab, right uppercut and a roundhouse kick. Kazuya went spinning through the air and landed harshly on the ground. Asuka's hands curled into fists with anger. She began to run towards the two when Jin held her back.
"Asuka! What are you doing?" Jin questioned.
"I'm going to help out our father, Jin." Asuka said simply and yanked her arm out of Jin's grasp and headed towards Kazuya and Devil Jun. Jin was left with two choices. He could either not fight his mother and end up getting killed…or he could team up with the man he had always hated and fight his mother. Jin wasn't very happy with the choice he had to go with but he'd just have to put up with it. He took a deep breath and ran to join Kazuya and Asuka.
A/N: yeah, most of this chapter was about the Kazamas/Mishima but I find its pretty important…and Xiao is there so it's important to the story :P The last chapter is coming up…plus a little epilogue at the end so stay tuned til then! I was very happy with this chapter and I hope you guys like it too. Gee, now my chapters r going into the 2000's with the words…probably bcoz of the two fights that r going on here. REVIEW!