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The Aftermath

Across the planes of existence, through the dimensions, and on an entirely different planet all together, there are warriors. These warriors here fought not with weapons, but hand to hand, each training in their own specific and original form of martial arts. Soul edge wasn't the only evil slain. Here on this world, the blood of the demon was gone, and Jinpachi, its bearer, has been slain. So…now what.

The crowd roared with excitement as the match continued. Craig lunged to the other side of the ring, just dodging the flying elbow that would have hit him if he had been a second slower. He tagged in his partner. King, fangs gleaming on his jaguar mask, let out a primal roar as he jumped over the roped. King lunged forward and speared the other wrestler as he recovered from his failed elbow drop. His partner ran in to help him, but king close lined him, knocking him off his feet. Meanwhile, Craig Marduk and the other wrestler had gotten back to their feet. The wrestler ran to take a cheap on king from behind, but Craig grabbed him around the race and planted him, skull first, into the mat with a superb German suplex. King kicked the other wrestler in the stomach and picked him up on his shoulder. He jumped up into the air, and placed the man in pile driver position, his opponents head facing the mat. King spun as he came down in his special jaguar drill pile driver. The man's head cracked against the ring with a thunderous crash. King covered him, hoping for the win.1…2…3DING DING DING the bell sounded. The ref took the belts and presented them to king and Craig, raising their arms in victory. They were the new tag team champions.

Far off across an ocean in Japan, Ling Xiaoyu and Asuka Kazama stood in front of their school. They looked at each other, then back at the school, dropping their heads and sighing deeply. After all the adventures they had had in the king of iron fist tournaments, going back to school was going to be such a drag. Ling Xiaoyu stumbled as Jin Kazama pushed past her and walked into the school yard, his familiar scowl plastered on his face. Ling smiled to her-self; maybe this wasn't going to be so bad after all.

Julia walked in a forest, talking excitedly to Armor king, Kings mentor with the black jaguar mask and armor, about her plans for the forest regeneration. Ganryu snuck from tree to tree, following them. He just couldn't work up the courage to ask Julia out on a date as he so wanted to. He leaned his back up against a tree, resting for a moment. "I wish I were braver." Ganryu thought. He sighed (AN: God everybody sighs a lot huh?) He got up and turned around to start following them again. Ganryu glanced around, and then yelled "NOOOOO!!!! I'm LOST!" Julia turned around and looked back at the forest as some birds flew from the tree tops.

"Did you hear something?" Julia asked Armor King. The black masked wrestler just shook his head, and walked on.

Christie Monterio was back in the lime light now. She was competing in "So you think you can dance," and she was doing very well. Christie was a crowd favorite and she was in the finals. Eddy and her grandfather had shown up at the set to cheer her on.

"Alright," the announcer said. "This will be our last dance. This will decide the winner. There is no theme, no style. Just go ahead, be original, and give it your all."

The guy that was there against Christie, Steve Fox, was up first. He stepped up to the stage and nodded to the DJ, who put on Dragonforce, "Through Fire and Flames." He worked a lot with his hands as he danced. His hands and arms carving paths through the air in intricate designs. He had red lights on his gloves that left a cosmic trail after his hands. The song came to an end, and Steve finished in a victory position, legs spread, head up and smiling, fist pumped into the air. The crowd applauded enthusiastically as Steve walked off the stage.

"Alright, Christie," the announcer said. "It's your turn now." Christie took a deep breath and stepped out onto the stage.

She to nodded at the DJ, and he turned on Allman Brothers, "Jessica." Christie flashed her famous smile and began. She moved her body to the rhythm or the music, spinning and moving like she does when she fights. Half way through she broke out the big moves and started using her Capoeira. She flipped in the air, spun on her hands, twisting her body completely in time with the music. As the song came to an end, so did Christie's living example of peace and excitement. She finished, her left hand on her hip. She bent forward and blew a kiss to the crowd, who were on their feet, shouting their approval and clapping in a frenzy. The ovation continued for two straight minutes. As it finally died down, the announcer came up.

"Well! The judges have made their decision." He opened the envelope. "No surprise here," he yelled to the crowd. "The winner is Christie Monterio!!" The spotlight focused on Christie, who was ecstatic.

Eddie and Christie's grandfather couldn't contain themselves. They jumped over the three rows of seats in front of them, and cartwheeled onto the stage. Eddy twirled Christie in the air as he hugged her. Christie's grandfather was there and hugged her when Eddy let her down. Christie was the best dancer in the U.S. Nothing could ruin this day for her.

Raven, the modern ninja, sat upon a clock tower, watching the land below…watching, making sure nothing would happen to his city. He watched as the sun set, and an abnormally dark night fell.

King and Marduk walked out of the arena, followed closely by Bruce Irvin, who had had a match at the same place after theirs. They were talking about the day when there was a sudden streak of light in the sky. The three men looked up and were horrified by what they saw.

The school bell rang, signaling for all the students who had stayed late into the night with extracurricular, that it was time to go home. Xiou, Asuka, and Jin walked out. Xiou and Asuka were laughing about the day as Jin went about muttering to himself. The sound of an engine broke off their thoughts, as Hwoarang pulled up next to them. He got right up in Jin's face and was about to say something, when Xiou screamed and pointed to the sky.

Night in the forest was bad, but Ganryu had finally caught up to Armor King and Julia. He had been invited to sit around the campfire with them. As they talked, something watched from the shadows. Then, BANG! Yoshimitsu appeared in the circle with them, causing Julia to scream, Ganryu to fall over backward, and Armor King to jump up, ready to attack. Yoshimitsu was laughing as they realized who it was. Julia gave him a good warning not to do that again, while Armor King just punched him in the shoulder. Ganryu, from his place still on his back, gasped. The others looked up.

Christie, Eddy and Christie's grandfather were walking out of the studio. "Hey, Christie!" a voice called from behind. They turned around and saw Steve Fox and his girlfriend Lili walking out as well.

"That was a great performance tonight. Congratulations!" Steve said, smiling warmly.

"Thanks, Steve. It means a lo-." Christie was suddenly cut off as Lili looked up, screamed and fainted into Steve's arms. The four remaining conscious ones looked up.

All around the world, everyone who had competed in the King of Iron Fist Tournament saw the same thing—Jinpachi Mishima, alive and very much whole, rising into the night as stars whirled and formed a vortex. Jinpachi raised his arm, and took hold of a sword that was coming toward him. Purple lightning crackled up his arm and through his body. Jinpachi threw back his hand and laughed evilly.