It has been a few days since Xiaoyu was informed about the news of Jin's death. She could not eat or sleep. She did not have the appetite to eat and had too much on her mind to sleep. She managed to go to school, but could not concentrate on her studies like she normally did. However, after several days of Xiaoyu acting this way her best friend, Miharu, took a significant role in her life. Miharu tried everyday to comfort Xiaoyu. She made sure she ate and even stayed over her house to make sure she got rest.
"Xiaoyu, do you want to go to the amusement park later?" Miharu said while sitting next to her best friend on a bench as they ate lunch. Xiaoyu took her eyes away from her bento box and brought them to Miharu's.
"Sure, I would love to come." Xiaoyu displayed a faint smiled.
"Awesome! Let's meet back here around six o'clock. How does that sound?"
Xiaoyu nodded in response and continued to slowly eat her lunch. Miharu brought her gaze back to her lunch as well.
Hopefully this ought to bring out her real smile again. After all her favorite place in the world is the amusement park. Miharu thought as she picked at her lunch.
"Xiaoyu, are you all right?" Hwoarang rushed to Xiaoyu. She did not expect to see him here. She was still shocked of what had recently occurred a few moments ago.
"Did he hurt you?" Hwoarang curiously checked Xiaoyu in search of any marks on her.
"No." She simply replied then brought her gaze to his worried face. "How did you find a way out?"
"Your girlfriends led the way."
"My girlfriends?" She questioned.
Then she remembered.
"Oh right, Miharu and Alisa! Where are they now? Are they okay?"
"They're fine, I'll take you to them if you want."
"Yes, please I need to see them."
"Okay, follow me." He said leading the way with Xiaoyu following behind. They walked in dead silence until Hwoarang broke the silence.
"Uh, Xiaoyu." He said her name not turning his head to face her as they walked.
"Yeah?"
"Sorry about earlier, I-"
"It's okay, Hwoarang." She replied instantly.
Hwoarang mentally sighed to himself. Smooth.. he thought.
All of a sudden the hallway lights shut off. This caused Xiaoyu to gasp and Hwoarang to put his guard up.
"Hwoarang!?" Xiaoyu panicked.
"I'm right here, Xiaoyu." Hwoarang then located her hand and grasped it. "Stay by me."
The hallways were pitch black. The only thing that allowed them to see was the moon light that shinned through the glass windows of the school. Hwoarang tightened his grip on her delicate hand to ensure her she was safe with him. He will not let anyone or anything hurt her.
"Okay Xiaoyu we're-"
Suddenly glass shattered above them from a large window on the ceiling. Hwoarang instantly responded by tackling Xiaoyu to the floor and hugged her whole body while on top of her to use himself as a shield in order to protect her from the falling glass. When the glass finally stopped dropping Hwoarang slowly brought his head up to see what was the cause of the broken window. And there stood none other than Devil Jin. His eyes were burning of pure anger from not only from Hwoarang's assault but from what was being revealed to him right now.
"You dare challenge me and try to take what is MINE?"
Hwoarang slowly rose off of Xiaoyu and winced in pain. He reached to his back and without hesitation, pulled out a large glass shard covered with a small amount of his blood. He dropped the shard onto the floor and focused his attention on Devil Jin.
"And what is exactly 'yours'?" Hwoarang furrowed his eyebrows in confusion then perceived what he could be referring to. Wait, is he talking about Xiaoyu? He mentally questioned.
Xiaoyu quietly rose off of the floor and looked to see that Hwoarang was now facing Devil Jin only a few feet away from each other. She could barely see because the only thing that supplied them with light was the moon above them. Then she realized what was about to occur.
"Hwoarang don't fight him! I've seen what he has done to others. You won't stand a chance!"
It hurt Hwoarang a little that she believed he did not stand a chance against him. He remembered the last time he fought Jin. The first time they fought he successfully defeated Jin. However, after that battle he transformed into his Devil form and beat him brutally that he was sent to the hospital.
Hwoarang swallowed hard.
"Hwoarang are you listening to me? Please don't fight!" Xiaoyu begged.
He knew fighting Devil Jin could be either another sentence to the hospital or even a sentence to death. But he promised himself he would put his life on the line to protect Xiaoyu.
Hwoarang positioned himself in a flamingo fighting stance.
"Hwoarang, no!"
Hwoarang made a quick glance at Xiaoyu. "I'm sorry Xiaoyu, I promise I will protect you with my life." He turned his gaze back to Devil Jin.
"Bring it, Kazama!"
"This time instead of the hospital, I shall send you to your grave." Devil Jin responded. He then ascended off the floor with his wings. Suddenly he shot a laser beam from his forehead. Hwoarang quickly rolled to the side to dodge the laser beam. Xiaoyu too managed to move away from the attack because she was inches behind Hwoarang.
Xiaoyu watched very frightened of what will happen. She knew it would end in blood shed. She felt weak for feeling helpless. But what can she do? Hwoarang refused to listen to her. She already desperately tried to tell Jin to stop and he wouldn't listen.
Xiaoyu squeezed her eyes shut from crying and lowered her gaze to the floor. What do I do..? She asked herself.
"Xiaoyu!"
Xiaoyu opened her eyes and located the light female voice that called her name. Her eyes found Alisa carrying Miharu while descending to the floor from the broken window of the ceiling. Xiaoyu quickly rose off of the floor and dashed right to the girls.
"Miharu! Alisa! You girls are okay!" She hugged them both, mentally thanking the heavens they are okay.
"Of course we're okay but are you?" Miharu asked.
"I'm-" Xiaoyu was cut off when she witness Hwoarang being thrown through a wall next them into a classroom.
"Hwoarang!" Xiaoyu shouted almost tempted to go to him but was held back by Miharu as she held her hand.
"Get out! Go!" Hwoarang scarcely shouted at the girls as he laid on the floor in pain. Devil Jin was now approaching him, preparing to attack him again.
Miharu and Alisa stared in wide eyes.
"Is... is that-"
"Master Jin Kazama?" Alisa spoke cutting off Miharu.
"GET OUT!" Hwoarang shouted once more while delivering a low wake up kick to Devil Jin's ankle, causing him to land on the floor.
Alisa sprouted butterfly wing like jets from her back. Then she quickly took Xiaoyu and Miharu's hands and flew out through the broken window on the ceiling.
Good, they're away from danger. Hwoarang thought as he watched the girls flee. He returned his gaze back to Devil Jin only to be met with a fierce punch to the face that sent him through another wall into a different classroom. Hwoarang slowly forced himself off the floor and felt a sharp pain emerge from his mouth. He put his finger on his bottom lip and found blood on his finger. His back hurt him the most from the impacts of going through two walls but he refused to give up.
Suddenly, he saw Devil Jin charge at him, but this time with his hands filled with red electricity. He responded by ducking the attack and took the opportunity to deliver a roundhouse kick to Devil Jin's head. Devil Jin did not fall, but gripped his head in agony. Hwoarang then kicked Devin Jin right in his abdominal area in full force which caused Devil Jin to be sent through a wall. A few seconds passed by and Devil Jin did not get back up.
"Get up, Kazama! Is that all you got?"
A sadistic laugh filled the area causing Hwoarang to flinch in surprise.
"Not quite."
Alisa brought the girls outside the front of the school. She slowly lowered herself to the ground and gently let go of Xiaoyu and Miharu's hands.
There was an awkward silence.
"Xiaoyu was that really... him?" Miharu asked breaking the silence.
"Yes." Xiaoyu answered in a sad tone.
"I do not understand this. I scanned him when we were in there. However, I could not confirm it was him."
"But it is HIM!" Xiaoyu snapped. "I know Jin more than anyone else. And that man, with those demonic features, IS Jin." Xiaoyu's voice shifted to a more harsh tone. This tone caused Alisa to go silent with a frown that Xiaoyu was not used to seeing. Xiaoyu felt guilty for this.
"I'm so sorry Alisa, I'm just... afraid."
"Afraid of him?" Alisa asked.
Then suddenly Xiaoyu remembered what she saw when she was inside the front of the school.
"Oh no, I forgot about Asuka and Lili!" Xiaoyu quickly ran past Miharu and Alisa to get back inside the school, but paused when she witnessed Devil Jin fly out the school from the top while holding Hwoarang by the neck. Finally, he stopped at a very high elevation and suddenly released Hwoarang's neck.
"Oh god he's going to fall to his death!" Miharu shouted.
"I got him!" Alisa sprouted her jet butterfly wings and quickly dashed straight to the sky. She caught Hwoarang and safely descended back to the ground. She then carefully laid Hwoarang on the ground, seeing he had no strength to stand up. Both Miharu and Xiaoyu rushed to Hwoarang and knelt down next to him. Alisa too got down to her knees next to the girls and Hwoarang.
"Hwoarang are you okay?" Xiaoyu worriedly asked noticing his lip was busted and his left eye was black.
"Why are you girls still here?" He mumbled due to the pain Devil Jin inflicted from holding his neck that nearly crushed his wind pipe.
Before Xiaoyu could reply Devil Jin swooped down a few feet from them. Hwoarang tried to get up but had no strength to fight. Miharu merely crawled back a little in fear. Xiaoyu was preparing to stand up to simply give herself in to Jin. She is what he claimed to have wanted, the reason so many people were getting hurt.
All because he wanted her.
Suddenly, it was Alisa who stood up and went in front of everyone. Shocking not only Xiaoyu and Miharu, but Devil Jin as well.
"I am sorry, Master Jin Kazama. I shall not allow you to hurt my friends." Alisa still referred to him as 'master' merely because she's programmed to but was willing to defend the ones she cared for.
"Alisa power down, enter stand by mode."
Alisa's body suddenly went stiff and her body tumbled to the side on the ground.
"W-What? What just happened!?" Miharu asked.
"He shut her off..." Xiaoyu replied.
"But how?"
Ignoring the girls, Devil Jin applied his foot on Alisa and in a split second her body was broken in pieces.
"ALISA!" Both Xiaoyu and Miharu shouted.
"That's enough!" Hwoarang spoke trying to get up off the ground. Miharu attempted to hold him down but Hwoarang lightly pushed her aside.
"I-I'm not done yet." Hwoarang struggled to speak. It is evident he is in no condition to fight, but he still managed to stand up.
"Well, then I will end it." Devil Jin quickly took Hwoarang's face into his claws and began to slowly crush his skull. Hwoarang desperately tried to kick Devil Jin off him but slowly felt himself fade away as severe pain filled him.
"JIN STOP!" Xiaoyu screamed preparing to stop him but Miharu took her hand and dragged her away.
"We need to get away now, it's too late!" Miharu tried to convince Xiaoyu.
Then a loud sickening crack filled the air and Devil Jin released Hwoarang's head, dropping his body like dead weight to the ground.
"NOOO!" Xiaoyu screamed again this time with tears flowing down her cheeks. She wanted to cover her ears, wishing she could unhear that horrid sound but Miharu was still dragging her by her hand.
"Come on Xiaoyu, we can't stay. We need to get away from him!"
All of a sudden, Panda came rushing out of a near by bush and stopped right in front of the girls.
"Panda can you give us a lift, please?" Miharu asked with a desperate tone. All she wanted was to get out of here to a safe location. However, Panda looked determined to protect the girls and stood her ground.
"Panda please just get us out of here before-" Miharu cut herself off when Panda was suddenly obliterated by Devil Jin's laser beam. Gallons of blood splattered all over Miharu and Xiaoyu. Their dresses were now painted in red.
Miharu let out a terrorized scream and Xiaoyu merely gaped but no sound escaped her mouth as she stood there in fear and shock. She had already screamed so much from witnessing Hwoarang's death.
"C-Come on Xiaoyu, k-keep going..." Miharu still held onto Xiaoyu's hand. Xiaoyu quietly complied with the same frightened facial expression. They both turned away from the scene, however Devil Jin flew over them and appeared right in front of them once again.
Suddenly Miharu's fear was now fueled with anger. She gently released Xiaoyu's hand approached Devil Jin now 5 feet away from him.
"Miharu, what are you do-"
"Y-You... You listen to me, Jin!" She spoke coldly yet with fear still glued to her voice.
Devil Jin slowly tilted his head.
"Two years... two years I have tried to cheer up my best friend. That was difficult. You know why?"
Silence.
"Because she MISSES you. Because she LOVES you! What have you become? You've become a monster!"
A monster.
"If you cared about Xiaoyu, you would stop hurting people!"
But he will not stop hurting people. He won't stop until he gets what he wants.
Suddenly, Miharu slowly hovered in the air holding onto her heck. Xiaoyu's widen in confusion then realized it was Devil Jin's doing. He was holding her neck without even touching her with a strange telekinetic power.
"Jin, stop..." Xiaoyu spoke low and soft. She was still unable to scream.
He continued with his fatal hold on Miharu while she desperately kicked the air below her.
"Please stop..." She slowly approached him.
Miharu quickly felt her oxygen supply run out.
"Stop... stop.." She was inches from Devil Jin.
"Xiao... yu." Miharu managed to slip out her last word.
"STOP!!" Xiaoyu grabbed Devil Jin's face and forced him to look her in the eyes. His eyes filled with lust to kill locked onto hers while her eyes filled with tears, desperation...
And fear.
Devil Jin released Miharu, causing her to land on the ground with an unpleasant thud. Xiaoyu wanted to rush to Miharu, however Devil Jin roughly placed his claws around her small frame. She winced in pain, feeling his claws stab her waist.
"J-Jin.." She kept her hands and eyes on his face.
Then his grip loosened and his tense body relaxed. Xiaoyu instantly noticed this sudden shift. Devil Jin closed his eyes, breaking the gaze between them.
"Jin?"
He slowly opened his eyes.
"Xiaoyu..?"
Jin's eyes went from yellow to a soft light brown color. These were not the eyes that were cursed with evil and lust to kill. These are the true eyes of Jin Kazama. However, these eyes screamed for help.
Suddenly, the sound of helicopters surrounded them. Jin and Xiaoyu broke eye contact, both looking to the sky to see that three helicopters were above them. The sound of sirens filled the area too as police cars caged them into the center.
What took so long for police to arrive? Xiaoyu thought.
Xiaoyu returned her face to Jin only to see his eyes revert back to their demonic form. She felt his claws dig back into her fragile frame again. Xiaoyu cried out in pain and tried to push Devil Jin away but he kept his grip and prepared to take flight. Xiaoyu knew they were about to fly off. She took one last glance at her best friend who laid silently on the ground without a movement or sound. A tear escaped her eye and she brought her attention back to the man that killed her best friend. She is going to leave with a murderer, a criminal. Would that make her a criminal too for associating herself with him? Who knows where they were going to go, maybe she will be murdered too. But she is what he wanted, the reason people are dying. Hopefully by giving herself in to him he will stop hurting others.
Police officers exited their cars with guns and aimed lasers at them.
"Hands up! No one move!" A police officer ordered.
Devil Jin merely rose off the ground flapping his black wings now carrying Xiaoyu in bridal style. She then wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.
The police were preparing to shoot, however one of the officer's walkie talkies went off. The officer quickly brought his walkie talkie to his face.
"What is it?" He asked coldly.
"Don't shoot, he has a hostage." A female voice spoke.
"What!? So we'll just let him escape!? That thing is a dangerous-"
"That's an order."
The officer grunted and turned his heads to his comrades.
"Everyone, put your weapons down!" The officer spoke causing all the others to lower their guns.
Devil Jin rose into the air and flew into the starry black night. Xiaoyu still kept her arms around his neck. She still felt the pain where Devil Jin impaled his claws into. She looked at where the pain was coming from and realized there was blood leaking from each hole that Devil Jin caused, which covered the dry blood on her dress from her deceased animal friend. She was indeed losing a lot of blood that she felt her body go weak and her eyes slowly begin to shut.
Please... be just a nightmare... please.
After Xiaoyu's last thought she drifted into unconsciousness.
"Ms. Williams."
Nina lowered her walkie talkie and turned her gaze to the voice that spoke her name.
"Hm."
"What are we going to do?" Raven asked.
Nina did not reply and stood still watching from the helicopter as some police returned back to their vehicles and others make their way into the school.
I had no choice... She mentally thought with frustration.
Don't die, Xiaoyu.