A much shorter chapter than the rest, but I felt it was appropriate for the story, so I hope you enjoy this. I will be updating soon.

Piercing through the night without mercy; her sudden appearance is shrouded in mystery. Both mother and child are finally reunited after so many years, but at what price?

That mark. I've seen that somewhere before…but where?

Jin stood firm in his stance, ready for a fight that he wished did not have to be fought. Although his mind ran rapid with questions about his mother's sudden appearance, he was aware that all though she was returned to him, there was something terribly wrong. None the less, he remained silent and at the ready.

Jun's eyes were beginning to glow bright red as she approached her son, surrounded by an ever darkening aura.

"I tried to stay away. But you shouldn't have come here. I can't control this monster. It speaks through me, demanding to be taken to you so that it can…aaarrrrhhhh!"

Her screams were something Jin never wanted to hear. He watched in horror as his mothers skin began to burn in flames from the inside. Her body twisted as she slowly started to disfigure horridly, eventually taking on a monstrous form that he remembered all too well. Jin began to understand. He saw his former enemy and knew instantly that it had poured its essence into his mother in order for this to have taken place. He feared that this beast might have taken his mother forever. He had to stop it.

The Ogre roared violently as it took the sky directly above Jin. Heat erupted from its mouth as it shot fourth a stream of flames to engulf his enemy and the surrounding forest. The trees burned to ashes as the fire spread swiftly across everything in its path. The Ogre scanned back in fourth at the ground looking for Jin's scorched corpse but his search was interrupted by a hellfire beam that pierced its left shoulder. Jin had appeared seemingly from nowhere in his devil form. With his wings spread out to terrible lengths, the demonic deity began to charge its almighty hellfire once more; the force of the concentrated energy sent out pulse waves strong enough to blow over the tress that burned below. The Ogre sensed the coming blast was eminent and prepared to counter with its devastating flames. All at once, the two rivals fired their blasts at each other, impacting them into one great explosion that was powerful enough to blow away the flames that razed the forest. Through the dense cloud of smoke devil Jin charged fourth at mach speed, piercing into Ogre's torso like a missile. Once he had made his blow he instantly flew up into the clouds faster than any eyes could follow and came down on the Ogre like a god powered thunder bolt that sent his enemy into the ground, shattering the earth around him into flying chunks of debris. In the center of the crater the Ogre desperately struggled to its feet with pure rage in its eyes. Devil Jin looked down in disappointment; he thought his savage advances would be enough to permanently down the beast. The feathered devil descended down to the injured beast. The Ogre looked up as the devil began to pick up speed. In an instant it shot out its flames in a massive stream that seemed to cover the skies. The Ogre's efforts were wasted. Devil Jin predicted the attack and dodged it at lightning speeds as he maneuvered behind his enemy, grabbing at the root of its wings. The Ogre desperately tried to undo the devil's grip but it was too late. Devil Jin ripped off both of its wings in one savaged motion. The Ogre screamed in agony, now terrified of the demon responsible for the terrible pain. None the less, the devil appeared instantly in front of the beast and tore off its snake arm before stretching out his chained forearm. Through the screams of pain, devil Jin focused all his might into his open outstretched hand and, using the power of his telekinesis, pushed the Ogre back with the force of a cannon ball. Finally, the devil took to the air one final time and with all his power he charged his hellfire blast into one concentrated beam of destruction and fired it at his downed enemy without mercy. The impact of the attack erupted into an enormous fire ball that took up into the sky in a mushroom cloud, the shockwave tearing apart every tree in its wake.

The devil began to laugh demonically as it charged its hellfire beam once more to deliver yet another unyielding strike.

Enough!

Jin's inner voice demanded the devil stop his assaults. He fought for control of his counter parts body but to no avail, Jin's will was to strong. The devil's wings and horns began to retract back into his skin as he fell from the sky assuming the form of Jin Kazama once more. He crashed into the ground not far from where the Ogre was decimated, lying silent and still. A few moments later, he stood up from the dirt slowly, analyzing the surrounding area, and the damage done to it. The site was apocalyptic. It looked as if someone had fired off a nuclear weapon where he stood. The surrounding landscape was completely leveled into a massive crater in the ground with small flames scattered around. Off in the distance were the scorched remains of his enemy. Jin walked over to the body hoping to see a monstrous beast twisted in pain, unable to fight back. What he found there instead was a site that pierced through him violently. He saw his mother blooded and bruised, gasping for air, and focusing her eyes on her son.

"I-I didn't mean to…I thought the monster had taken you completely…"

His voice was cracked, he was in disbelief. He was going to lose his mother again, but this time, he was to blame.

"It's not your fault. If you didn't fight back I might have killed you."

Her voice was weak. Jin could tell she was on the brink of death.

"I can't lose you again…not like this…"

He felt trickling warmth run down his check, and noticed a drop of water land onto his mother's face. Was it raining?

"You never lost me Jin, I was always here."

She placed her hand on Jin's face, saddened that her son was crying. Her hand was met by his.

"Don't leave again…I think I need you."

"I know…and I'll be with you when you do." She smiled at him.

Then it started to rain. Jin watched as his mother slowly began to drift into the afterlife. Her eyes shut and her head dropped slowly back. Jin could feel her hand go limb and lose all its strength. It was over…again. He had lost her again.

In the rain, he held her tightly, for the last time. He cried softly with his face buried besides hers. And then there was silence.

Jin buried his mother in the gardens behind his mansion. He would visit the site everyday he was able for the rest of his life.

"I can't feel its presence anymore. So that's how it was?"

Ichiro sat on his throne room seat, high above the stairs down below. To his left stood a mysterious figure that he had come to work with over the past decades.

"I take it that Xiaoyu sent Jin my message, and if that's the case than it would seem, for now, that everything is going accordingly."

The silhouette of the figure that stood beside him remained silent.

"You're on next. It's time that Jin lost his angelic purity that Jun empowered him with, and you're just the person for the job. Do not fail me. If he harnesses that power, it will be the end of all of us. Be careful."

"You don't have to tell me, just who do your talking to?"

Ichiro smiled at the figures self confidence.

"Then let it begin."