Chapter 26: In Pursuit of the Pandora's Box
Jin and Ryu finally arrived in time and to find out that no one is around. Both found a giant snow mobile that was parked by the Shadaloo soldiers. But, they smelled an odd smell.
"Ugh...? What's this smell?" Ryu said disgusting as Jin covers his nose.
"This is disgusting? This place is a mess and it's rotting."
"Sounds like someone could have done to our friends." Ryu said as both found Hunyo is in the back of the snow mobile.
"Sensei...!"
"I'm alright, Jin. We manage to get away. But the smell of the fart is still present." Hunyo grunted.
"Fart?" Ryu said and Jin started to laugh for a moment he heard Hunyo's word were true. "Jin, why are you laughing? You don't know about what happened to everyone here?"
"No, Ryu... I could not take it, haha. My stomach is hurting if I laugh so hard on his words?" Jin said laughing.
"You idiot... can't you see it was a bear fart." Hunyo said angrily and Jin stopped when he heard the word 'bear'.
"A bear you say?" Jin wondered and he found out it was Kuma who already passed out. "So, Kuma was behind all of this."
"A bear did this disgusting smell?" Ryu reacted and he saw everyone was safe as Sakura and Ken finally show themselves to them.
"Ryu-san..."
"I'm glad you're alright, Ryu." Ken said worried.
"Thank god, you guys are safe." Ryu smiled and the arrival of Nina, Xiaoyu, Lars, Alisa, Brian and Blanka.
"Jin... you're okay." Xiaoyu smiled as she hugged him.
"Xiao... take it easy. Your hugs are starting to grip my arms." Jin said calmly.
"What happened to Kazuya?" Nina asked on both Jin and Ryu as Jin answers.
"I cannot say, but we beat him."
"Hmph... I know that he'll be back." Lars shrugged.
"Well it seems that we can ride this big snow van right here. We might able to get the box in no time." Hunyo said smiling.
Everyone was on board in the big snow mobile. Nina forgives Ryu and Ken for attacking them and she explains that she was hired by Kazuya to get a sum of money in searching for the box.
"I see... so my father hired you to help him to get the box. It's not gonna be easy to find it." Jin said sadly.
"Yes..." Nina said and she tells him. "I feel sorry for you and all others. If only that I would work in your side again. After all, I became a traitor to Kazuya by now."
"Sure, Nina... I'm so glad you're still my trusted bodyguard. I'm now facing a much more opponent than both my father and grandfather. That's how I fight them with all I have." Jin said and finally trusted her and rehires her as his personal bodyguard.
"Thank you, Jin. I owe you." Nina said and Jin went to see Ryu and Hunyo who are inside at the driver's lounge.
"What happened to that assassin, did you do something to her?" Ryu asked.
"No, Ryu... I just rehire her back as my trusted bodyguard. She's in our side now." Jin said calmly to him and both saw Hunyo is trying to drive the snow mobile.
"Okay, everyone... time to buckle this big thing up." Hunyo smiled as he starts the engine and the mobile is moving straight to the crash site of the Pandora's Box.
At the back of the snow mobile, Xiaoyu and Sakura are finally introduced themselves and Brian watches the two girls.
"Wow... so you're name is Xiaoyu, right." Sakura smiled.
"Of course... but everyone calls me Xiao." Xiaoyu replied happily.
"Xiao! That's a good name. I'm sure we can be friends since we are searching for our missing friend."
"Oh..." Xiaoyu wondered. "Um, Sakura... you think both men are gonna be okay? I'm sure that I'm worried for them."
"Yeah... Ryu and Jin-san were going to have the box."
"Don't worry about both of them, girls." Brian said nicely. "They are both strong fighters. I know what they're going to do."
"Yeah... I guess my mission was a failure if I kill someone inside of that box." Lars said worried and Alisa finally detected an enemy is approaching.
"Enemy approaching?"
"What?" Everyone saw a giant mammoth that roars in the snowy fields with a chunk of ice.
"Huh? It's just an elephant?" Xiaoyu reacted childishly.
"That's no elephant. It's a mammoth?"
"I think that mammoth is in the Pandora's influence?" Brian said as the mammoth is starting to chase them. "Oh oh, seems like it's after us."
"WHAAATTT?" Both Sakura and Xiaoyu screamed at Brian.
Hunyo saw in the side mirror that an elephant is after them.
"Oh shit...?"
"A running elephant in a place like this?" Jin reacted angrily and Ryu noticed the Pandora's markings on a running mammoth.
"Jin, look at the elephant? It's under Pandora's control."
Both examine this and knowing that the only way to stop it was to get rid of it.
"That's it... we can push these buttons right here. We might able to get rid of this thing." Jin smirked in arrogance.
"Don't feel too cocky, Jin. I want to get rid of that too."
Both Jin and Ryu were starting to argue about getting rid of the Pandora version of the mammoth much to Hunyo's dismay.
"Can't you two stop arguing? My ears are getting hurt from both of your noises."
Jin presses the red button as the roof of the snow mobile becomes a shot gun as it fires in a red-like energy blasts. Then, Ryu presses the blue button as it changes to a machine gun type of weapon that rapid fires with multiple blue-like energy blasts as the elephant still chases them.
"Damn you... you change the weapon. I'll defeat this thing?" Jin said frustrating at Ryu as he presses the red button again.
"Jin... Are you trying to mess with me?" Ryu becomes angry about this as both were having a mock fight on pressing both buttons as they are fighting like children. Hunyo becomes irritated on both of them.
"Okay you two, that's enough. Both of you are fighting like kids in the street." Hunyo said in disappointment as he presses the green button.
The weapon changes to a cannon as it hits with green-like energy cannonball as it direct hits the mammoth to the chest as it knocks down.
Ken whistles to see the mammoth was down and both Sakura and Xiaoyu are happily overjoyed as they take a high-five.
Back at the driver's lounge, Hunyo was very delighted to get rid of the mammoth. Both Jin and Ryu were disappointed in not defeating the monster. But instead they remain focus of the Pandora's Box.
At the end of the snowy road, everyone finally arrives at their destination where the Pandora's Box has been crashed landed on Earth.
"Pandora is here." Jin said in a deep voice and Ryu feels the power of the box. Both know if there is a connection between the Satsui no Hado and the Devil Gene. Only to be interrupted by Bison and Juri who are also searching for Pandora.
"I'm afraid your quest comes to the most unfortunate end."
"Bison...?" Jin said as everyone faces both Bison and Juri.
"It seems like you finally come so far. The Pandora's Box is now mine." Bison said and Juri steps in.
"Looks like everyone are in a good shape. Do we think we can kill them?"
"Hmph… Looks like we have to annihilate them?" Bison smirked.
"So this is Bison. Jin was right. I should listen to him earlier. Damn it… He's more dangerous than both my father and my half-brother." Lars mumbled.
"Bison, since you beaten me first. Now it's time for round two." Jin angrily said and Bison sends his soldiers to get rid of Ryu and the others. Brian decides to fight Juri knowing that she still has revenge to her partner.
"Xiaoyu, I'll handle Juri. You can help the others."
"Mr. Navarro…" Xiaoyu said worried.
"I can do this, Xiaoyu. She easily beat you right. Now it's the right time for me to make me fight her." Brian said as he fixes his glasses.
"Okay, Mr. Navarro. That girl is too strong. Please beat her for me." Xiaoyu said encouraging as she joins with Ryu and the others to fight.
"This time it will end your life." Bison said as he summons Psycho Power on both hands and Jin prepares to take him down one on one.
(End of Chapter 26)
