Sachi Gosetsuke: And now…the final chapter…and we finally get to read it in the character's POV…enough said…
Disclaimer: I don't own Tekken or it's characters. Namco does.
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Asuka
All the images I've seen…all the things I've done…it was like a bad dream…and I couldn't wake up…
I took a deep breath, and my nostrils filled the sent of fresh forest air. After 4 long years…I was back in Yakushima forest…but I mustn't stay long…Heihachi's men must be after me…
Dawn was approaching. Although it was dark out and I had no watch, I knew it anyway; I could smell it in the air. I could feel it in the winds. Growing up here for 12 years, you just know these things.
The images I have so desperately wished to forget played over and over again. It was a nightmare. I didn't want to do those things; and yet I did, and I…I think I enjoyed it…but there were worse things I saw…death…and not just to the Tekken Force that I have so demonically obliterated…
Heihachi…just the very name, the very monster makes my heart beat wild, the blood in my veins rush madly within me, and I am filled with blinded anger, such hatred I have never known before fills me, thrills me…he murdered me, and I should've died…but I did not…I lived, thanks to my mother…
My mother was right – I am an Angel…and a Devil…I am the very seed of a Devil and Angel…and because of that, I have two genes within me: the Angel and Devil Gene. I am half and half.
However, mother said that I couldn't have the Devil Gene. Because I am far from the Devil's grasp, and Devil never found me and marked me to react the gene, thus, the Angel Gene dominated.
But then…I realized after I had killed the Tekken Forces…when I was shot, I was dead…but because of the Angel Gene, I had risen once more…but because of my Devil Gene, I lost control. I made sure that each and every one of the Tekken Forces was dead…and I also made sure they died painfully. I shivered as I remembered what I had done. It was horrible, all of it. But I was full of rage, and I'm willing to bet that I had pictured each of them before I killed them, as Heihachi.
I flew back here, away from my grandfather's grasp. I wished I could stay here, but I know I can't…it would be too dangerous…I know that once they're done searching for me in Nebraska and Tokyo, they'll be searching all over Japan, and soon, they'll come here…
I closed my eyes as the wind played at the strands of my hair. For the first time in years…ha, it feels like it's been years…I feel…at peace. If only time would stop for once…just for once…just so I can never feel anything again.
I wanted to feel numb. I didn't want to feel anything. I wanted it to end, I had it, I had it with this life, and I had it with this world…I never want to feel the sorrow that I had kept within me ever since my departure from Nebraska…I didn't want to feel grief…no more anger, or hatred…no more…
It would never end. Once this life starts, it will never end. This life, this life on the run, this life of death…before, I never felt this…no, I never had…it was always just my family here in Yakushima: me, mom, and Jin…
Jin…how it hurt to lose you…I knew he was dead. I had seen his death played out for me as I escaped from Heihachi's men. He had killed him, once he was through with Ogre. The images of it all just don't want to go away. I myself died to, and not just from the bullets. In a way, I still felt dead. If only I could feel nothing. If only it would just go away.
I was alone now. I was literally back where I had started only…I was alone. What would happen to me? Where would I go? What must I do?
It hurts. It hurts so much. All the people I must leave behind. Mother, Oni-chan, Xiaoyu…hell, I was even wondering what would happen to Hwoarang. Does he know what had just happened to Oni-chan and me? Does Xiao know?
The sun had begun to rise. I opened my eyes. The sky had begun to brighten. From where I was standing, right here on the cliff, I could see the sun perfectly on the horizon, rising to greet the earth, to start day. In several hours, people would wake, and begin their day, like any normal day. How was it that people could still live, could just do what they pleased, and not know all that has happened, could not feel all the pain that I had endured?
The sorrow and grief that I had kept inside of me poured inside of me. It was so strong; I felt that I would bleed of the emotion. I felt dead once more, only worse, because now I felt it all at once: anger…hatred…sorrow…
Ironic how fate appears…I remember that about 4 years ago…a girl only 12 years old with fine auburn hair sat here, in this very cliff wondering about life…wondering what would happen to her, just wondering where fate would take her…she too sat here on this very cliff…only the sun was setting, and not rising…
And just like this girl 4 years ago, the final tear escaped from my eye. And soon, others flowed out silently and uncontrollably, while the sun had rise.
EPILOGUE
In the end, Jin flew away from Ogre's temple. His vengeance was complete. Only now, he had done it in vain, for no reason. And this time, he was alone. He knew Heihachi had killed Asuka; and he didn't know that she was alive, thinking the same thing about him. So he flew away from Ogre's temple, and ended up in Brisbane, Australia. A Japanese man in his mid thirties found him weak and hurt (not in devil form) in the forest near his run down dojo. He took care of him for 3 days – those 3 days he was unconscious. When Jin woke up and became aware of where he was and what had happen, he changed. Grief and betrayal overwhelmed him, until he began to train in Traditional Karate. He hated himself for who he was – his relations with the Mishimas, a son of a Devil – everything. He lived in seclusion and trained in Karate to rid himself of the Mishima-ryu.
For a while, he became an empty shell. He felt nothing, and wanted to feel nothing. Karate helped him to do this. But at night, while he lay in his small cot, hoping sleep would come soon, he would hear his sister's laughter, and his mother's soft lullaby. Then he would remember everything and a voice in his head would remind him of who he was. And then he would remember everything he did to get to once point of revenge in his life – and he knew that it was all on vain…
It starts with
One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To remind myself
How I tried so hard...
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so far
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me
In the end
I kept everything inside
And even though I tried it all fell apart
What it meant to be, will
Eventually, be a memory of a time
When I
Tried so hard,
And got so far,
In the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall, to loose it all
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far, as I can go
For all this
There's only one thing you should know
I've put my trust, in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There's only one thing you should know...
I tried so hard,
And got so far,
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall, to loose it all,
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
"In The End" by Lincoln Park – I don't own these lyrics.
Jin and Asuka went to their Grandfather for help after their mother died. He promised them a home, and they trusted him…he promised them they would extract revenge…and that's what they wanted.
But in the end, once Ogre was killed, it was as if nothing had happened…they still felt the loss of their mother…and in the end, the man they trusted betrayed them…and they were alone once more…
THE END?
Alas, our story has finished. Or has it begun? I bet you guys are weeping 'cause it's over, or you guys are ready to kill me, or your sad and angry with me 'cause the story is over and you want more. Well guess what? There's gonna be a sequel! Stay tuned for Sweet Revenge: the Story of Jin and Asuka Kazama.
And on a more formal note…
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU all who have read and reviewed this story. Never in a million years would I have reached 100 reviews, and for my first fic I have wrote! Thank you so much!
