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JIN
Onaga had broken free of his shackles once again and tossed Mother aside. Kenshi held him fast, until he was struck with a fireball. Our lasers and Raiden's lightning bolts still rained upon him, but he knocked us back with a flap of his wings, before grabbing Raiden and slamming him into the ground. Raiden didn't move again. Liu Kang threw a fireball, as Kung Lao tossed his hat. Onaga dodged them and sent them flying, as Paul came in with his Shredder move. Onaga stepped back and pounded him into the ground. Suddenly, a harpoon appeared in the middle of Onaga's chest. He turned around and saw Scorpion standing there. Growling, he grabbed the cable and pulled, as Scorpion grabbed the ball of energy and came flying towards him. Onaga tried to get away, but Scorpion was connected to him via the harpoon and held out the ball of energy. First the energy and secondly Scorpion went straight through Onaga's chest. Blood and bone was sprayed everywhere, as Scorpion rolled onto his feet and turned around. Onaga was still standing there, as blood ran into a pool around his feet. His ribs had been snapped backwards, coming out of his back, as his wings shook. Then slowly, Onaga fell to his knees, as he raised his hands to his face. They began to burn, as Onaga roared in pain. He was consumed by flames and began to burn, until there was nothing left of him. I looked around and saw Heihachi's body lying in a pool of blood. Dad and I ran over to the body and rolled him over. There was no doubt about it: Heihachi was dead. And so come to en end, the era of a man who had ruined my life, but while I was there beside him, I felt some sorrow for my fallen grandfather. Dad began saying a small prayer, as Mother and Asuka came over
"Mother," I cried
I jumped up and hugged her. For six years, I had believed she was dead, until three months ago. Now I knew she was going to be there for me again
"It's good to see you again, Jin"
I broke away, as Julia came over and gave me a hug. I gave her a kiss, before turning to everyone else. Yoshimitsu was just regaining consciousness, as well as Raiden
"Come," said Sindel, "It is time to go"
We all followed her through the portal to Edenia, before journeying to her castle. There, we washed up and went for a rest. I went to my room and fell onto the same bed as Julia, before wrapping my arms around her
"Jin, we made it through. We did it"
"We did. We've defeated one of the greatest evils there was"
"Do you think something like this will happen again?"
"I don't know. But if it does, then I will be there to fight it"
Julia smiled
"And I will be there with you"
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We stayed in Edenia for the next few days, during which we buried Heihachi in Liu Kang's former tomb, since he didn't need it anymore. I swear I saw a tear in Dad's right eye when we buried him. I felt a heavy weight in my chest when the doors were closed, perhaps for the last time. Although Heihachi had deserved death hundreds of times, he didn't need to die like this, killed because of someone's stupidity. We did retrieve Shujinko's body and buried him, although it was nowhere as big as Heihachi's, since my grandfather had died fighting against Onaga, whereas Shujinko was responsible for bringing him to life. But still, I was there, feeling sorry for the old man. He probably would have won the battle if Baraka didn't stab him in the back
Then came the time to return home. Kitana, Jade and Sindel were staying in Edenia, along with Scorpion surprisingly. Right now I was returning back to Earthrealm, along with everyone else, for a well earned rest from the battle
Saying goodbye was emotional. Over the last few days, I had fought with these remarkable people and became friends with them. But I knew I would see them again. We returned to Earthrealm and went our own ways. I headed back home with Dad, Mother and Asuka, while Julia went back to Arizona to continue her research. Dad took over the Zaibatsu and gave Julia the funding Heihachi had promised her. She went back a happy person. Hwoarang went home to Korea, though before he left, he promised he would come back and verse me in a deciding fight. I rolled my eyes and saw him off onto the plane. Nina, Paul and Steve went to America to live in Paul's house. Christie returned home to Brazil to continue her training with Eddy Gordo. King went back to his orphanage in Mexico, where he continued his wrestling for the children. Yoshimitsu and Bryan left Tokyo to continue their rivalry, battling it out in backstreets and forests. And everyone else went their own respective ways
I had fought a battle against a powerful evil and came out of it alive. I felt proud that I had put my skills and Devil Gene to good use, for the survival of Earth
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Ten months later…
Ten months after the battle with Onaga, something special happened to me. Well, actually two things. First, four months after Onaga, Julia and I were married in Tokyo, before our family and friends. Scorpion, Sub Zero, Kenshi, Sonya and everyone else who we fought with against Onaga were there. It was one of the best days of my life. Well, after this day, it began second best, as on this day, our baby daughter was born. We named her Akira. And she was a beautiful little baby. With her birth, I felt like my life was well and truly complete. Nothing could take away this happy moment. I was proud to be a father. Asuka was jumping for joy now that she could be an aunt. She had started dating some guy named Trunks. His family owned a business called Capsule Corps, not as big as the Zaibatsu, but not a bad little place. There, they worked on science and technology, just like us
Mother and Dad were proud to be grandparents. And Hwoarang, well, Lili gave birth to a baby boy they named Dominic about a week after Akira's birth, so he was laughing about the fact our children could be rivals. Like I cared much?
I don't know what to say about my feelings. I had defeated a deadly force, gotten married to my one and only love and now I'm a doting dad. I couldn't be any happier
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