Chapter 9: The Beginning of the End

"I told you not to go… but still…" Jin said angrily, holding Lili with his right arm while holding his abdomen with his left.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect he's that strong…" Lili said nearly crying. "They got Asuka…" she added.

"We'll take care of that later but for now, for goodness sake… I need rest…" Jin said still holding his abdomen tightly. His vision was becoming blurry then after a short while, he quickly fell on the ground unconscious.

Jin woke up again at the hospital, he saw Lili waiting for him to wake up, worrying. "I'm really sorry…" Lili said as she burst into tears, hugging Jin after seeing him wake up.

"Ow, ow" Jin complained. Lili broke the hug and apologized again but Jin pulled her hugging her tighter, "It's ok…" he said, comforting her.

"Come on, save the romantic crap for later, Asuka is in danger." A familiar voice spoke that caused Jin to break the hug. "What the hell are you doing here and how did you know about Asuka?" he said, seemingly irritated. "He helped me bring you here." Lili said, answering Jin's question. "Oh really? How surprising…" Jin sarcastically said.

"It's a long story how we met… Now are you going to answer my question or I'll be the one who will break your bones for good?" Hwoarang said, threatening Jin.

"Honestly, we don't know… news scattered that, wait…" Jin stopped. "If Kazuya has the devil gene completely, what is the source of Yoshimitsu's power?" Jin stated, wondering.

"Can't you get it? You're the one who once had the power of knowing the capabilities of the participants of the Iron Fist." Hwoarang exclaimed.

"If only my injuries are getting in my way, I should've remembered everything!" Jin shouted. "Jin, calm down…" Lili said, trying to end the conflict.

"If I could not get any information from you, I should leave now and stop wasting time. I now regret that I saved you, you piece of shit." Hwoarang said angrily, leaving the place. Jin was annoyed and tried to follow Hwoarang but Lili stopped and calmed him down.

Meanwhile, Hwoarang wandered along the streets of Japan; trying to find Asuka while battling ninjas along the way. Few hours later, he got a call from Jin. This angered him for a moment but he decided to answer it anyway. "It's his sword, Hwoarang." "But where in the world did he hide? I can't find him anywhere!" Hwoarang impatiently asked. Jin hanged the call that caused Hwoarang to get angry.

He continued to walked, declining to ride on his bike. Moments later, Jin and Lili arrived, riding on Jin's motorcycle. "I've got a call… from Kazuya, he told me their location." Jin said. "Where the hell are they?!" Hwoarang asked shouting. "An abandoned warehouse near Mishima Polytechnic School" Jin said, before leaving. "Hey! Wait for me!" Hwoarang now regrets that he left his motorcycle. He rushed to get it and followed the two.

As he arrived there, he was surprised that they waited for him "Kazuya warned me… we should not be detected by any means" Jin said, warning Hwoarang. "Hmph… now you've become your daddy's boy." Hwoarang said, grinning. "Stop the nonsense Hwoarang!" Lili said, nearly shouting. "Woah, woah I didn't mean to harm your boyfriend or… did I?" Hwoarang said, teasing Jin. "He's my husband!" Lili corrected. "What?! Anyway so much for this nonsense did we go here to chat or to save Asuka?" Hwoarang impatiently asked. "We're waiting for someone." Jin said, seemingly unaffected by what Hwoarang said few minutes earlier.

Suddenly, Kazuya arrived. Hwoarang readied himself, entering his battle stance. "Move out of my way, boy… You're here to save someone and not to interrupt our fight." Kazuya said, warning Hwoarang. Jin calmly watched as his father approached them but deep inside, he's worrying that his father might do something afterwards. "What are you waiting for go now or it might be too late." Kazuya said, annoyed at the fact that they're like ice; freezing at his appearance. "Jin you owe me an explanation later." Hwoarang said as the three entered the windows while Kazuya kicked the front door. Ninjas rushed towards Kazuya but he effortlessly incapacitated all of them.

Meanwhile Jin, Lili and Hwoarang found Asuka but something shocked them; several injections were scattered on the floor while Asuka's clothes are torn apart, revealing her skin. The sight angered Hwoarang and he rushed to get Asuka, striking every ninja down circling on Asuka but suddenly Yoshimitsu appeared. Jin and Lili stood infront of Hwoarang.

"Go get her when you have the chance, we can handle this." Jin said, ordering Hwoarang what to do.

Yoshimitsu attacked furiously at the two. Lili gracefully dodged the attack but Yoshimitsu was too quick and reacted but Jin blocked his follow-up attack to save Lili. A single, strong, straight punch quickly followed afterwards that moved Yoshimitsu few inches away but it was not enough to bring him down. Lili followed and executed her Kitty claws move but it didn't work. Yoshimitsu quickly unsheathed his sword and tried to slash Lili but Jin got her in time but he got slashed on the shoulder.

Meanwhile, Asuka is not herself and tried undressing Hwoarang. "What have they done to you?" Hwoarang said, blushing at the current situation but his years of training made him well-disciplined in this kind of situations but he froze. Asuka kept making weird noises from moaning and forcefully pulling Hwoarang. Yoshimitsu approached Hwoarang and Asuka slowly. "Don't you dare touch the sacrifice for my sword!" Yoshimitsu screamed as he raised his sword up, attempting to kill Hwoarang. "Give me something to lick ugh…"Asuka said, still pulling Hwoarang. Suddenly, Yoshimitsu crashed on a nearby concrete wall. "You better get the job done and get out of here or else I, myself, will cut your manhood and burn you into a crisp." Devil Kazuya said, threatening Hwoarang before flying towards Yoshimitsu. Terrified at the sight of the devil, Hwoarang froze again but he quickly regained his consciousness. Asuka is still trying to tempt him but suddenly "I'm sorry, but I need to do this." Hwoarang slapped Asuka that's strong enough to knock her unconscious. He lifted Asuka and covered her with a huge, dirty cloth sheet that was used to cover the unused objects on the warehouse. Afterwards they left, together with the injured Jin helped by Lili.

Kazuya and Yoshimitsu continued to fight; exchanging blows against each other. Kazuya's thick armor protected him from Yoshimitsu's slashes but he was still unable to bring the corrupted cyborg ninja down. Seeing an opening, Kazuya unleashed a flurry of punches that temporarily immobilized Yoshimitsu but he didn't waste any time and attacked once again but he met a kick to the face that temporarily stunned him in mid-air followed by a forceful downward slash. Yoshimitsu floated on mid-air while hundreds of ninjas rushed at Kazuya before he could stand up. After a few minutes, a huge laser wiped all of the ninjas, vaporizing them within contact. Yoshimitsu did not hesitate to attack and quickly stabbed what he thought Kazuya is before the smoke vanished. But as he drew his sword back and the smoke was cleared, he simply saw a ninja falling on the ground. Yoshimitsu realized his terrible mistake and as he spun around, he was met by a two face kick from Kazuya strong enough to send him crashing on the ground. As he rose up, he was hit by a Dragon uppercut that caused him to drop his sword. Before he could rise, Kazuya got the sword and approached him. Yoshimitsu was shocked in disbelief as Kazuya shattered the blade into small pieces with a single hand. Yoshimitsu screamed in anguish as he slowly vanished in thin air, as well as his shattered sword.

Meanwhile, Jin and Lili arrived on their mansion few moments earlier where Jin decided to rest. His wound suddenly vanished. Shortly afterwards, Kazuya entered their room through the window that shocked them both. "Go get a living. The world is safe in my hands, don't worry. Do what I failed to do, live peacefully… son" Kazuya said before flying away at the horizon.

After a long moment of silence, Jin spoke "You heard my father… we should probably go back to the small house we lived." "I'm afraid that I'm terrified to ignore my father-in-law's advice" Lili said before laughing.

Suddenly Hwoarang called "Hey I need your explanation right now!" "You're the one who needs to explain! You suddenly vanished taking a mentally deranged Asuka Kazama with you; what's more terrifying is she's naked and we both know how she acted earlier while you, being a pervert, enjoyed it! Now who deserves an explanation?!" Jin shouted at the phone. The call suddenly hanged up. This angered Jin but Lili calmed him down once again. "Calling him a pervert really? Did you remember that day when you took my virginity?" Lili said, teasing Jin. This caused Jin's silenced and made him sort of embarrassed. "They're in the right age Jin, let them… But honestl, you've been entirely different since I first met you." Lili stated. "I changed? Is it good or bad?" Jin curiously asked, turning his head, facing Lili. "Is that even a question? Of course you became gentler…" Lili replied, seemingly blushing. Jin hugged Lili and together "I love you Lili…" Jin whispered still not breaking their hug. "I love you too Jin" Lili replied. They slept while hugging each other until the next day. While the sun is shining brightly, they packed their things and left the mansion, proceeding at the secluded province where Jin brought Lili few days earlier. There, they lived their lives peacefully.

The next day, the seventh King of Iron Fist ended that terribly affected the Mishima Zaibatsu nevertheless, Kazuya proceeded to rebuild the damages inflicted by the last night's battle against Yoshimitsu.

Earlier that night…

Hwoarang hanged up the call, embarrassed at what he did. Suddenly Asuka pulled him on his bed where Hwoarang put her to rest…

A year later, Lili bore a daughter and continued to live peacefully with Jin.