Destiny Changed
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To all the Tekken Fans
Chapter 6
Xiaoyu had never seen a fight between two friends last that long. Paul and Marshall were strong, fast and had loads of experience. Compared to her or the new fighters they sure deserved to be treated like true veterans. The match lasted for almost half an hour and ended with an unexpected result: a double KO.
The audience, which was mainly composed by the other fighters and some employees from the hotel, seemed to have enjoyed the show, but both Paul and Marshall were disappointed.
Now that he was almost sure that Kazuya was back, Paul wanted to fight him to even the scores. But after all the time he waited for such a "miracle" to happen (since Kazuya was supposed to be dead), he wouldn't be able to do it. Paul wasn't greedy, money didn't make him happier so he wasn't interested in having hold of the Mishima Zaibatsu all he wanted was a rematch with Kazuya Mishima; Marshall on the other hand really wanted the money and the company. He had many dreams and money was definitely necessary to achieve them. Besides he was broke and his wife would find out soon enough, which meant either he had to win or he could start the arrangements for his own funeral.
Helping each other they managed to return to the hotel complaining of how unfair that result was and how the young fighters weren't winner material.
The sun was shining when Miharu and Xiaoyu went for a walk on the beach. Julia was in a bad mood and Xiaoyu wanted to find Jin. The receptionist told her that Jin had arrived but he wasn't in his room since very early in the morning. She had knocked on his door for several minutes and no one answered it.
Miharu knew her friend was worried about him and although she had accepted Jin as a friend she couldn't stop feeling weird every time she thought about the devil gene and his demonic nature.
To Xiaoyu's despair, Jin was nowhere to be seen and the only person they saw the whole morning was Yoshimitsu. He sure gave them lots of things to talk about.
-'What the hell is he anyway?'-Miharu asked staring at him from a safe distance.
-'Uh…honestly I have no idea, but I believe he is a man…'
-'But that mask…it's so…disturbing.'
-'I agree. But everyone here has secrets and you can't blame him if he wants to hide his true identity.'
-'Maybe he had an accident and is really ugly…or maybe it's a disease.'
-'Maybe…'-the word disease reminded Xiaoyu of the devil gene and the curse that Jin was suffering ever since he was born. He hadn't chosen to have that gene and now he was forced to fight for his own life. It wasn't fair.
-'You're not going to return to the hotel, are you?'-Miharu asked her friend noticing how sad she looked.-'It's such a beautiful day out here.'
-'We should go and check on Julia.'
-'Leave her alone…she's just upset because Hwoarang was talking to the new girl yesterday.'
-'I think Julia likes him too, but she's not the jealous type. If she's upset then it's probably something else.'
-'I'm not going back…I want to soak in the sun and enjoy this moment…this is the closest thing to vacations I had in years.'
-'We could also enjoy our time practising. I don't want to go home without…'
-'Seeing Jin.'-Miharu completed.-'I know you're worried and you miss him but this is beyond us. If you don't want to ask for Heihachi's help, you won't be able to…'
This time Xiaoyu cut her off and started to leave the beach. The sun was making her feel dizzy and she had to think.
-'See you later.'-Xiaoyu waved.
Miharu stood there for a while and when she was about to follow her friend, the new girl arrived and asked if she could join her. She immediately nodded.
-'I'm Christie…and I believe you're new too, right?'
-'Yes.'
-'So how does it feel like?'
-'I don't know. I'm nervous but not that much.'-Miharu confessed.
-'Maybe that's because your friends are giving you some useful advices, right?'
-'Yes…but I worked hard too.'
-'I'm also trying to fit in…but I don't know if I can.'
-'Well you're doing a great job. You even know how to speak Japanese…'
-'I'm not that good but thanks. Actually I'm here to ask you something.'
-'Me?'
-'You're Ling Xiaoyu's friend, aren't you?'
-'Yes, I am. Why?'
-'Because I need to talk to her. It's something personal.'
-'If it's about Jin you should know that Xiao and he are kind of together, although he's going through a rough time and…'
-'Who the hell is Jin?'-Christie interrupted, surprised to see that Miharu was a bit nervous.
-'Oh…you don't know Jin…well sorry about that.'
-'It's ok. Anyway, I really need to talk to her…I know that she's staying with the Mishima family and I want to ask her something.'
-'Who told you that? Oh, wait…Hwoarang…I'm going to kill him!'
-'He was nice…I mean after a few drinks it was easy to make him talk. Actually he reminds me of one of my ex-boyfriends…'
Christie interrupted the conversation because she realised that Miharu wasn't actually comfortable talking about personal issues.
-'I can take you to the right person.'-Miharu said.-'It's going to be interesting…'-she added with a large smile.
-'What do you mean?'
-'Come with me.'
Both girls headed to the hotel where Paul and Marshall were arguing again. The girls entered the elevator and soon were knocking on Julia's door.
-'So what do you want to know about Heihachi?'-Julia asked feeling quite curious. Christie was from Brazil and she never thought that Heihachi Mishima had businesses there.
-'I don't want to know about him. It's Kazuya Mishima I'm interested in.'
This revelation shocked Julia. Kazuya Mishima was dead to the world. Only a few people knew he was alive. Why was Christie one of them? What was her connection with him?
Julia sat down and frowned. She wanted to interrogate the Brazilian girl but she didn't know how to do it without revealing some secrets.
Finally she decided to take a chance.
-'How do you know Kazuya Mishima?'-Julia asked.
-'I don't know him…I mean I never really met him.'
-'Then why are you here?'
-'I'm trying to find someone.'
-'Who?'
-'My master…he entered the Iron Fist 3 to know the truth about his father's death. For some reason he thought that Kazuya Mishima was responsible for it.'
-'Really?'
-'Yes…'
-'So you want to know where Kazuya is?'
-'No, I know that already. Kazuya is supposed to enter this tournament…his name is on the list. But I don't think that he will tell me what I want to know.'
-'Ok…so what do you want?'
-'A leverage…something I can use against him.'
-'What for?'
-'To make him say where Eddy is and to know if he really killed Eddy's father.'
-'You have no idea who you're dealing with, do you?'
-'I don't understand.'
-'The Mishima family is dangerous. You have no chance to get close to Kazuya…'
-'I'm not an amateur and I can take care of myself.'
-'I'm sorry but I'm not going to help you getting killed. Believe me that if you do find Kazuya that's what's going to happen to you.'
-'I need to know what happen to Eddy! That's all I care about!'
Christie's words made Julia remember when Michelle was being held by Heihachi and she decided to enter the Iron Fist to save her. She knew how Christie was feeling because she had faced the same situation. Things had worked out for her because she had Jin, Xiaoyu and Hwoarang's help. It would be cruel to ignore Christie and let her deal with the problem all by herself. But it didn't matter what Christie said because when it came to the Mishima family she was an amateur.
-'Listen to me, Christie…You're entering an endless road here.'
Miharu glared at Julia. She was totally overreacting.
-'Why do you say that? If you're trying to make me change my mind, it's not going to work.'
-'Fine…I'm just saying that once you're in you can't get out. Understand?'
-'Of course I understand.'
-'In that case I'm going to tell you something about the Mishimas.'
-'I don't care about them…I told you it's Kazuya I want to know about.'
-'I know, but you need to understand that the Mishimas are cursed. Kazuya was supposed to be dead but somehow he came back to life. Now he wants revenge and more power.'
-'What?'-Christie sounded confused.
-'She's not making this up.'-Miharu stated when Christie looked at her.
-'I really don't care about Kazuya's motives to be here.'-Christie told Julia.
-'Don't you want to know why Kazuya killed Eddy's father?'-Julia asked.
-'I want to know if he really did it…Eddy doesn't know for sure.'
-'By the looks of it…Eddy can be dead too.'-Miharu said but she immediately regretted it because Christie was about to cry.
-'I'm sure he's not dead. He can't be…'-she whispered.
-'I'm sorry, I didn't mean it.'
-'Look Kazuya probably killed Eddy's father but I'm almost sure that he didn't kill Eddy.'-Julia said quickly to avoid a river of tears.
-'How do you know?'-Christie and Miharu asked together.
-'Because Eddy fought against Xiao in the Iron Fist 3 and he warned her to leave the Mishima Mansion. He told her not to trust Heihachi which means that he knew how dangerous they are.'
-'Did he tell her where he was going?'-Christie asked.
-'No, but since he didn't find Kazuya that year he is probably still trying to find him.'
-'What if Kazuya found him first?'
-'Kazuya didn't want to be found and during almost twenty years he was hiding. We only found out he's alive because he is…'
-'He is what?'-Christie insisted.
Miharu and Julia exchanged looks. They couldn't tell Christie that Kazuya was a demon, that would certainly confuse her more and she could also think that they were crazy.
-'Because his son told us.'-Julia finally said.
Christie looked at her suspiciously.
-'I didn't know he had a son…I read everything about Kazuya in Eddy's notes and he never mentioned Kazuya's son.'
-'That's because he uses his mother's surname. He doesn't like being a Mishima at all.'-Miharu informed.
-'Maybe I should talk to him…maybe he knows if Eddy and Kazuya met or something about Eddy's whereabouts.'
-'I don't think so…'-Miharu confessed.-'Jin Kazama never met his father.'
-'Jin Kazama? He's a fighter too, right?'
-'Yes. But he's kind of busy right now.'-Miharu confirmed.
-'I don't care.'
-'Maybe we can talk to him…if we find him, ok?'-Julia suggested.
Christie walked around and stopped near the window. She watched the sky as if she was considering many options when in fact she had only one. She didn't know Jin Kazama and Julia seemed to have valuable information.
-'Ok…'-she said at last.-'Lets find Jin Kazama.'
