It was a beautiful hot summer day! A perfect day to start the 5th King of Iron Fist Tournament! Nina packed her bags and was off to the Mishima Zaibatsu. After a 3 hour drive Nina had made it to the Mishima Hotel. Nina reserved her room, and unpacked her bags. Her room was simple. A queen sized bed, with a medium sized Sony television, a small bathroom, and a corner of the room had a fridge and a small oven. Once Nina was settled in she enjoyed her view out of her window, of the beautiful beach. Nina had to be at the Mishima Zaibatsu meeting, in the 3rd floor, in an hour. Her room had a soft, off white colored rug, and the walls were a blinding white in the sunlight through the window. The bathroom had blue tiles, and a baby blue colored wall, with dim paintings of shells.

After an hour of relaxing, and stretching, Nina made her way to the elevator, and down to the third floor. Once she made it there, she had seen tons of familiar faces from the previous tournaments, waiting the arrival of Kazuya. Nina had seen Julia Chang in the far end corner of the room, chatting with Marshall Law, and Paul Phoenix. At the other side of the room, Nina had seen a group of Asian girl fighters, speaking to each other in rapid Chinese. There was Miharu Hiranu, Ling, and a new fighter whose name was Asuka Kazama. Nina had taken a seat at a large table in the center of the room, filled with snacks like chips, and finger food. Nina hadn't seen Anna around, or Steven Fox! Soon the loud conversations in the room had came to a stop, as Kazuya entered the room. Nina had seemed to get his attention at the first sudden moment. They looked into each other's eyes in hatred.

"Welcome all of you to the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5! You are all staying here in the Mishima Hotel, until you are eliminated from the tournament… or disqualified. The rules are simple. You fight, until one gives up. There is a buluten in the far end of the room. There you will find the name of you opponent, and the destination, you will be fighting at." Kazuya announced in his string accent. The crowd looked at him as there rage for him burned inside.

Soon a voice called out, "Where is Heihachi Mishima?" Everyone turned there attention to the girl named Ling Xiaoyu.

Kazuya gave her a look of concern and then answered, "He is here no longer. A group of Jacks had attacked the Honmaru, where he was practicing his fighting, and they had battled him to the death. After they had erupted, and Heihachi was seen no more." The room was filled with silence. They all seemed to believe him, but Nina had curiosity flooding her mind. Something seemed wrong about his story. In the previous tournament, Nina remembered that Jin lost the battle to Kazuya, and Kazuya had taken him somewhere, and knowing Kazuya… it wasn't back home.

After Kazuya had left the room everyone had gone to see who there first opponent of the 5th tournament would be. After the crowd around the buluten settled, Nina made her way to see who she was fighting. The battle was tomorrow, at the dandelion field, at 10:00 pm. She was fighting newcomer, Asuka.

"This should be interesting." said Nina to herself. The Asuka girl made her way to Nina and patted her on the back.

"You better be ready for me. I'm as fast as lightning." she laughed. Nina smiled back at her in interest.

"That's what they all say." laughed Nina.

"We shall see."

After everyone had left the room, Nina got straight down into business. She had left the room and gone down the hall to the staff room. Once inside, she made her way to the computer. She had looked up her opponent Asuka on the membership file on the computer. Nina had found out that she mastered Kazama Style Ancient Martial Arts. She would be an interesting opponent. Nina would need anything to help her get closer to her target Kazuya. He must have increased security, ever since her last encounter. Nina also is in search of Anna to have a "chat", and meet Steve Fox, her biological son.

After sneaking back out of the Staff room, Nina made her way to the gym downstairs, at the first floor. The moment she stepped in the gym, there was a crowd formed in the center of the gym. Nina could see the Christie Monteiro girl, fighting the cocky Paul Phoenix. By the looks of it, Paul was getting his ass kicked by a GIRL! The crowd roared with laughter as he was sent falling to his doom.

He cried in pain screaming, "I give up!"

The crowd continued to laugh as Christie laughed, "Hey did you hurt yourself?"

Nina smiled as Paul held his bruised stomach in pain as he left the gym. Nina made her way to a punching bag and began punching it with all of her force. Nina was getting ready to battle this Asuka girl, tomorrow. After a few hours of training, Nina slowly made her way back upstairs to her room on the 20th floor. Running the stairs would help strengthen her legs. Once she got in her room, she showered and put on a pair of light white shorts, and a white tank top. Nina had been watching a television program on the arts of karate. Soon there was a sudden knock at her door. Nina made her way to the door, and peeked through the spy hole. It was Asuka!

Quickly, Nina opened the door. "Hello. How are you doing?" asked the girl.

"I'm fine," Nina answered. "What are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to say best of luck for the both of us tomorrow, and we shall put up a good fight." smile Asuka.

Nina smiled back at her and brushed her blonde hair back out of her face. Nina was happy that she had made a new friend. Ever since the news of her trying to kill Kazuya got out, people stayed away from her in fear. "Thanks so much. I'm looking forward to battling you tomorrow night." Asuka grinned and then said good bye. Nina got back ion her room and locked the door. It made her happy, that she could talk to such a sweet girl. Nina had never meet anyone like her. She found out that her last name was Kazama, but could she be a part of the Kazama family? Nina let it pass her mind, because there were too many other things she had to focus on. Within minutes she fell sound asleep.

Nina woke up to a loud crash, coming from the hall way. Nina got up and opened her door. She had seen a shadow figure run down the hall and turn. Nina quickly followed. There was a smashed flower vase on the floor. Nina trapped that person dead in their tracks. They had pushed the elevator button, but it was taking its time to make it to the floor. Nina made her way to the figure, and once she had seen who it was she stood in total shock.