Chapter 14: Road to Antarctic

That night, Hunyo was wondering at the garden of Gouken's temple. He looks at the picture of his family and he misses them so much. Jin came to see him and reveals that he's a loner like him.

"Why didn't you go with the others?"

"Oh, Jin... why are you here? You should go with the others right now? I don't want to get myself disturbed?" Hunyo said as he keeps his family picture on him.

"You seem to miss your family?"

"Yeah and how did you guess it?" Hunyo said being snubbed. Jin points at him.

"I saw you look in that family picture. Isn't it obvious." He grimaced. "I guess you acted the same way as I am. Being stubborn and indifferent like me..."

"..."

"I miss my mother so much. I fought against my mother's murderer in honor of her." Jin said reminiscing about his mother, Jun and fighting against Ogre.

"Hmm, you really miss your mother so much, Jin." Hunyo said calmly. "She seems to be a very good person to raise you. Until, you become a fully grown man."

"Am I...?"

"Yes... your facial features are just like your mother." Hunyo said as he calmly tells him. "It's a shame if you waste your life in killing yourself just because of the devil gene inside of you."

"I'm searching the cure for my devil curse that I inherited from my father. I couldn't tell everyone that I was responsible of starting the war against Bison and his criminal organization. But I also involved all of my friends and the people in my world." Jin explained sadly.

"So that's why you didn't tell everyone about that." Hunyo replied. "Seems like other people are going to search for that box, others are trying to destroy it, for fame, a quest for power, praising someone, excavating it by operatives and also for evil purposes."

"So that's other people's motives?" Jin nodded.

"What are you going to do if you claim the box?" Hunyo asked.

"...to cure from my devil gene."

"..."

"It seems that you and I were a lot in common." Jin said and became nice to him. "You were no different than the others."

"It's better for you to lessen your ways, Jin. I rather see you acted cold to Xiaoyu and you tried to keep it from yourself." Hunyo said telling him.

"But, she always get in my way, she makes me sick if she tries to be with me." Jin replied angrily.

"She wants you to make things good again. Fighting alone will make you feel weak. You and Xiaoyu must fight side by side." Hunyo said as he gives him advice. "The most important thing is to save the people's lives that are in danger. If some people that you cared about and other people like you who are struggling to risk their lives on the line, you have to save them."

"I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Panganiban." Jin said nicely as he thinks something. "Hmm, calling you mister would be inappropriate to you. After all, you motivate me on using my techniques and stuff."

"I guess your own father, didn't teach you that way. I guess that I can guide you for a while." Hunyo said getting calmer to him.

"Thanks..." Jin said thankfully as he finally shows his softer side to Hunyo as he asked. "Is it okay that I call you sensei or should say Panganiban-sensei?"

"Hmm, you're making me a teacher, huh? Sure, why not... I've never seen a man like you can scare me with your dangerous techniques." Hunyo finally answers in agreement as Jin laughs for the first time. "Hey, what's so funny?"

"Nothing... haha... I've never seen your words are very funny and this is the first time that I laughed like this, haha." Jin said laughing.

"Let's keep this a secret to anyone. After all, we're now in both terms." Hunyo said happily as both secretly keeps it.

While everyone was asleep, Jin seems to watch Xiaoyu who is sleeping. He remembers what Hunyo tells him that she's trying to make him good again as he slowly shut the door. He checked on the living room as he saw the picture between a young Ryu and his master Gouken.

This old man, it reminds me of my great-grandfather. I wonder who he is.

"You're still awake?"

"?"

Ryu came to see him after all they haven't sleep for an hour. Jin asked him about the picture he saw.

"Do you know that old man in the picture?"

"Ah... that's my master Gouken." Ryu answered.

"Oh... he's your master." Jin nodded.

"Yes and also my foster father." Ryu calmly replied. Jin asks him if he can beat his father, Kazuya.

"Ryu, do you think you can beat my father?"

"Of course, I can."

"Tomorrow, we can parted ways in travelling to the Antarctic. I'm sure both of us can make it." Jin said seriously.

"We'll find out if each of us having the same motive and to claim the box."

"We better rest now..."

Meanwhile, Hunyo and Brian were having a conversation which side they can go.

"Hunyo, I know the four of them are ready to find the box. I really don't know which side that you pick."

"I'll think about it, Brian... just tomorrow." Hunyo said as he walks away.

"All right, you better think that way."

The next day, Ryu and Ken are ready to travel to the Antarctic as well as Jin and Xiaoyu. Hunyo and Brian having decided which side they can go.

"You two are you ready to travel?"

"Of course, Ryu... Jin and I we can take trip, right." Xiaoyu smiled cheerfully as she hugged his arms in which Jin became annoyed at her.

"Could you please, stop hugging me? You're making me annoyed."

"I'm sure these two will fight pretty well." Ken said as Ryu nods with a half-smile.

"Yes, Ken... they are ready to go."

"We're going to travel first. Then, you two were next." Ken said as Jin noticed them travelling in barefoot.

"You two were gonna travel in barefoot?"

"Yes." Ryu said as he tells him. "Why don't you try it, Jin? It will be a great exercise."

"I'll try, Ryu." Jin smiled as he faces both Hunyo and Brian.

"So, which side are you going, Hunyo?" Brian asked.

"I finally made up my mind. I'll pick in Jin's side." Hunyo said as he explains. "The reason why I picked them, because I met Jin and Xiaoyu for the first time I got here."

"Hmm... It was a wise choice. Guess that I'll be in Ryu's side by now." Brian said as he goes with both Ryu and Ken. "Hey, I guess I'll butt in to watch the both of you fight side by side?"

"Well, see you at the Antarctic..." Ken bids farewell to Jin, Xiaoyu and Hunyo as he, Ryu and Brian move first as the trio watches.

"Wow... these two were serious to travel there." Xiaoyu smiled as Jin tells her.

"Let's get moving, Xiao. We don't want to let them take the box."

"I guess I'll butt in if you two were in trouble." Hunyo said as the trio leave the temple.

On their way to visit in their alma mater, the Mishima Polytechnic School where Jin and Xiaoyu attended in the past, Jin and Hunyo enjoy walking barefoot and Xiaoyu was worried for both of them.

"Jin, why do you accept Ryu's words by walking in barefoot? Your feet will get hurt...?"

"Don't worry about me, I'm in footpads. My feet will not going to be messy." Jin said smiling.

"Oh come on, you really wanna do that?" Xiaoyu said being a worrywart to Jin.

"Of course, I am... it feels good to have an exercise like this." Jin said as he requested Hunyo. "Um, Panganiban-sensei, can you do me a favor since you were also in a travelling bag?"

"What for?" Hunyo replied as it turns out that he let him carry his white and blue backpack for him. "Hey, you supposed to carry that not me?"

"Jin, you're so mean. How could you do that to him?" Xiaoyu sneered angrily.

"He hasn't been exercise lately during two days training. So I need to take him a little exercise." Jin smiled evilly.

"..."

When they finally arrived on the school's gate, they were confronted by Asuka and Lili who are also searching for the Pandora's Box just to please Lili's father, Mr. Rochefort.

"Jin Kazama, I've never seen you make another war again?" Asuka said pointing an index finger towards him.

"Well if isn't the man who claims the oil fields from my father. I'm impressed to see him personally." Lili said in a haughty manner.

"If isn't Asuka Kazama... I've never seen my cousin who is a loud and annoying behavior." Jin said glaring at her cousin.

"Don't get me wrong, you are also searching for the box. We're going to mauled you into pieces." Asuka glared angrily.

"Prepare yourselves..."

"Don't mess with him, girls." Xiaoyu said as she prepares to fight. "If you intend to beat him down, I'll fight both of you..."

"Xiao..." Jin said as he closes his eyes. "Guess that I don't have a choice."

"We won't let you get the box that easily. Now let's fight...!" Asuka said as both her and Lili charged at both Jin and Xiaoyu and Hunyo watches them fighting.

"Good luck both of you, don't let these girls beat you."


(End of Chapter 14)

A/N: Their first stage of their fight was in Mishima Polytechnic where Xiaoyu and Panda were the boss in Scenario Campaign mode in Tekken 6 and also the place where Lili and Asuka both exchanging their blows and Xiaoyu interrupts their fight while riding her panda in a hurry. I guess the next chapter where Ryu and Ken's fight was in the Overpass stage where they can fight Chun-Li and Cammy.