Once Xiaoyu saw the person behind her in the mirror she immediately screamed. She did not see the man's face because it was being hidden by his hood. The voice sounded familiar but without thinking and letting her natural instincts take control she swiftly turned around and attempted to punch the stranger in the face. The man instantly caught her fist, holding her with a tight grip. She tried to punch him with her other fist but he caught that as well now holding both of her fists. She then realized that he wore familiar red gauntlets. She only knew one person who sported gauntlets like those.
"Xiaoyu." The man spoke.
"Let go of me, now!" Xiaoyu screamed in reply.
Then she did the unthinkable.
"Ah!" The man let go of her fists and slowly fell to the bathroom floor holding onto his crotch in agony. Xiaoyu took advantage of his vulnerable state to run out the bathroom.
Although I'm not a fan of unfairly kicking a man in the crotch it was the only thing I could think of at that moment to make him let go.
Xiaoyu quickly ran through the hallway of the house but suddenly fell on the wooden floor from tripping on the shoes she removed awhile ago. She ended up landing on her side right where her bandages were located.
"Owww.. ow!" Xiaoyu cried out in pain. She had forgotten she had those wounds, the wounds that he caused.
"Xiaoyu..."
Xiaoyu took her attention away from the bandages and saw that the stranger was currently approaching her although slightly hunched forward with one of his hands above his lower abdominal and the other on the wall for support. Yet he still covered his face with his hood.
"Get away from me!" Xiaoyu shouted while getting up from the floor then sprinted to the kitchen.
When she made her way in the kitchen she desperately looked around for something in particular.
"Xiaoyu... listen to me." The man said calmly and followed her, now at the entrance of the kitchen.
"I SAID GET AWAY FROM ME!" She hollered once more now throwing glass cups at the stranger.
The man immediately blocked every glass being thrown at him with his arms.
"Xiaoyu, stop."
Xiaoyu didn't reply and kept throwing glass dishes at the man. When she ran out of dishes to throw she opened a drawer full of kitchen knives.
"Xiaoyu don't-" The stranger instantly ducked when a knife was thrown towards him but instead impaled the wall behind him.
She then threw two more knives at the same time however the man dodged them once again.
"Enough Xiaoyu..." His voice grew annoyed having to say her several times. He now slowly approached her.
"I said stay back! Or else!" Xiaoyu shouted again this time with another knife in her hand.
Suddenly her knife dropped to the floor.
In a blink of an eye Xiaoyu found herself pinned to the wall kitchen with her back against it. The stranger hammered his hands on hers on the wall making her unable to move. Their bodies were just inches from each other.
"I said ENOUGH!" The stranger shouted in her face, forcing her to feel his aggressive tone and warm breath hit her face.
Xiaoyu instantly moved her head to the side, refusing to look the man in the face. It was a perfect time to identify who the man truly is but Xiaoyu already knew in her heart who in fact he is. Her tears began to flow down her cheeks. He has never yelled at her like that before. She has never cried so much before. Since last night she has given into her emotions many times.
"Just kill me..." Xiaoyu softly spoke not daring to make eye contact with him.
"What?"
"I SAID JUST KILL ME! JUST DO IT ALREADY."
"I'm not going to kill you, Xiaoyu."
"You managed to kill all those people last night! You wanted me, you got me, now just kill me like you did to the others!" She shouted still not looking his direction.
Then again he could have done it already if he wanted to... Xiaoyu thought.
"I don't remember murdering anyone last night..."
Xiaoyu's head snapped right to the man's face. And there displayed inches from her face was the handsome yet infamous face of the man that killed numerous people last night:
Jin Kazama.
The only difference is that he did not have the black marks on his face and horns on his head. He also did not have the black angelic feather like wings on his back.
"What do you mean you don't remember!? You're lying to me!" She said. Now to her he is not only a murderer and criminal but a liar as well.
"Xiaoyu, I am not lying. I don't remember a thing that happened last night."
"LIAR!" tears continued to flow from Xiaoyu's eyes.
"Xiaoyu..."
"You're trying to tell me you don't remember murdering multiple security guards, hurting your cousin, crushing Hwoarang's skull, destroying Alisa, obliterating Panda, and choking the life out of my BEST friend, Miharu!?"
Jin suddenly released Xiaoyu's hands from the wall and slowly took two steps back while staring at her in wide eyes. He was indeed shocked of what she had just revealed to him. He then lowered his gaze that his bangs covered his eyes. Xiaoyu did not expect him to react that way either however it still made her blood boil that he supposedly did not remember those events last night. She balled her hands in a fist, she is so tempted to punch him in the face right now from all the pain and suffering she went through all because of HIM. She has never felt this violent urge with anyone at all it was so unlike of her. She's always been kind to others as they were to her, however, out of all people it is Jin that she wanted to hurt. He is the same person that she thought the most about nonstop day in and day out.
"I do remember somethings..." Jin spoke turning his body and gaze away from Xiaoyu.
"Oh now you're gonna admit it!?"
"I remember defeating my father."
Xiaoyu loosened her clenched fists.
"..Your father?" She questioned.
"I remember after I defeated him and my grandfather, I threw them both into hell. I wanted to end the Mishima bloodline once and for all."
"W-What do you-"
"I wanted to end my life right there, I was going to drop myself into the volcano."
"What!? Jin why-"
"However, something happened. I was preparing to fall to my death then I heard my mother." Jin cut her off once more and Xiaoyu merely stood in silence.
"She told me not to do it she told me I had something to live for. I didn't know what she was referring to but then for some reason..." Jin turned his head to face Xiaoyu causing her to stiffen as if he stunned her body with his eyes.
"For some reason I saw you... you were smiling."
Xiaoyu's eyes widened in shock.
"Then after that everything went black. I was no longer at the volcano, my mother's voice disappeared, and so did the image of you." Jin turned his head back the other way, no longer looking at Xiaoyu. "The next thing I remember was looking into your eyes. You had tears in your eyes, you were covered in blood, you were not smiling like I saw you before. But what really stood out to me the most..." His voice drifted off.
"You were afraid... afraid of ME." He spoke with such pain in his voice, it hurt him to know out of people it is her who was afraid of him.
"After that I blanked out again. The next thing I see is you, on a bed, unconscious, and bleeding out. I was so confused but you needed medical attention immediately so I managed to find some supplies and treat your wounds."
Xiaoyu continued to stand in silence. Her blood no longer boiled in frustration, now she felt more at ease after hearing him speak. It did, however, cross her mind that it most likely was him who changed her clothing. She quickly brushed the thought off before her face would change color.
"But I must ask..." He fully turned his body back to Xiaoyu now looking straight at her eyes.
"Huh?" Xiaoyu focused her attention to Jin.
"Did I hurt you?"
"Well I..."
"Xiaoyu, tell me..."
"Jin..."
"Did I do that to you? Did I create those wounds?"
"Wouldn't you remember though?"
"I only remember looking at your face, I don't remember doing anything else."
Xiaoyu dropped her gaze to the floor and held her tongue for a moment.
"...Don't worry about it, Jin."
Jin understood this response as a 'yes'. He walked away from Xiaoyu and furiously punched the kitchen wall, causing a hole in the wall.
"Jin, I said it's okay."
"No, it's not, this is the exact reason why I didn't allow myself to get close with anyone. All because I knew I would hurt people in the process." Jin brought his hand close to his face and balled it into a fist.
"All because of my cursed blood. Not only have I hurt people, I have murdered people too.."
"Jin..."
"Xiaoyu, what else have I done last night besides hurt people? Tell me, please."
The word "please" went through Xiaoyu like a ghost. She was so traumatized last night she barely remembered anything else besides all the homicides she witnessed by the hands of Jin. She can, however, still recall what he "wanted".
"Well I do remember what you told me last night."
He swiftly turned his attention back to her.
"You told me something that could be the reason behind you hurting all those people last night. You told me you 'wanted' me and attacked people in order to get close to me. You didn't tell me why, I assumed you wanted to kill me but you could have done it already if you wanted too..."
Jin merely stood in silence.
"I'm guessing you don't know why you brought me here either..?"
"I don't recall why."
Xiaoyu quietly frowned to herself. So all of that last night... all that bloodshed I was forced to see.. just for nothing
Jin removed his attention from Xiaoyu then to the kitchen window that displayed the night rainfall.
I cannot keep her here, or perhaps with me, she is not safe. I need to get her home. He thought.
"Xiaoyu."
"Yes, Jin?"
"You're going home."
"What? Now?"
"Tomorrow morning when the weather clears up."
"But...why?"
"Your presence isn't needed here. You're better off at home where you'll be safe."
Jin telling Xiaoyu that her presence is not "needed" sounded pretty harsh to her. So much for "wanting" her..
"What about you?" She asked.
"I'm only going to drop you off then I will keep my distance from... anyone. I am afraid of hurting people so it's best if I stay away considering my mother will not allow me to remove myself from this world."
"But Jin-"
Suddenly an embarrassing sound emerged from Xiaoyu's stomach causing her to blush madly.
Aww not now! She sheepishly held her stomach with her arms.
"Hn, I'll be back. Stay here." Jin randomly said making his way out of the kitchen.
"W-wait! Where are you going?"
"That's none of your concern." He spoke in a cold tone.
Xiaoyu held her tongue from slipping out anything she might regret saying after that rude response. After a split second she composed herself.
"Oh.." Xiaoyu replied. "But it's raining and dark out."
"I'll be fine, just stay here." After he replied then made his way out the front door.
After she heard the front door shut with a distinct sound of a "click" of the lock Xiaoyu walked into the bedroom and plopped down to the bed. She then dropped her eyes to floor and shut them closed. Then a particular question began to linger in her head. It was one of the most basic yet hardest of them all to answer. A question that goes for that's happened last night till now. And the question was:
"Why..?"
Nina quietly paced back and forth while sipping coffee in her office. It is really late but she refused to sleep until Raven delivered her the information regarding the robot that was found. This is very important information because Nina knew of only one robot that served Jin Kazama. If it is that same robot it will definitely help in the search for Kazama.
Suddenly the phone on her desk ranged.
Good. She thought. Nina knew exactly who's calling. She quickly went to her desk and reached out her arm to answer the phone.
"Ms. Williams." A deep voice was heard from the other side of the line.
"Tell me everything you know."
"The robot is identified with the name Alisa Bosconovitch created by a Russian scientist named Geppetto Bosconovitch."
This is exactly what Nina needed to know. This was the robot that was assigned to serve Jin Kazama back when he was running the Mishima Zaibatsu. This could be her ticket to finding him and hopefully, Ling Xiaoyu.
"I want you to bring me back Alisa."
"Remember I told you her body was demolished, she does not seem to function."
Damn it she forgot.
"All right, I'll need you to get into contact with Dr. Bosconovitch as soon as possible to have her body repaired. Once that's done bring her here."
"Affirmative."
With that last response both hanged up.
Nina felt better now that she can sleep finally knowing information about Alisa. Now to know whether she'll be brought back and repaired. If she is then we can proceed with the next part to her plan. She's already had the Tekken force search all around Japan for Kazama but nothing has been reported back to her yet since last night.
Kazama is smart he wouldn't allow himself to be captured so easy.
Jin Kazama is considered to be one of the most dangerous and infamous figures in the world after his reign of the Mishima Zaibatsu. However, the whole world is not aware that he is alive, only Japan. If this goes out to the world it could create an enormous amount of problems.
It's only a matter of time before the rest of the world finds out.. Nina sipped her coffee once more.
We've got to find him now.
It has been hours since Jin left. Xiaoyu constantly kept checking the time, wondering when Jin would return. Maybe he forgot about her? Could he have abandoned her? Did someone kill him?
Xiaoyu shook her head out of the last question. Who could be more dangerous than him?
"Ugh, where is he?" Xiaoyu hugged her knees close to her face. She indeed worried about him however she did take this time to apply everything he told her earlier together to understand.
So when he is in his devil form he can't remember anything?. Her hold around her knees tightened.
And apparently he stopped from killing himself because his mother told him he has something to live for... but what? Xiaoyu thought hard to put this altogether.
Then he came back... just to take me away just because he "wanted" me. Wanted me for what? He didn't seem to know why either. Xiaoyu sighed.
Think Xiao, think! She sighed once more and laid herself on her back on the bed. She wanted to lay on her side but winced in pain when she laid where the bandages were so she returned to laying on her back instead. She stared at the ceiling in silence. Xiaoyu really did not want to rest until he returned. She tried to resist but unfortunately she felt her eyes give in and fell asleep on an empty stomach.