Chapter 30: One Last Farewell
In both Jin and Ryu's consciousness, Ryu wakes up and to find out that he's alone.
"Where am I...? The last thing I remember was. I'm about to be consumed from the Satsui no Hado." Ryu sets his sights to find his friend as he heard a deep voice calling him.
"Ryu..."
"That voice, Jin...?"
Ryu remembers Jin tries to save him from being consumed as he patted by him.
"Ryu, I'm glad that you're alive." Jin said happily to see his friend as it fades in white.
At sunrise, Jin wakes up in Xiaoyu's lap as he looks on his devil mark on his left arm. He knows that he wasn't cured from the Pandora's Box.
"I'm glad you're awake, Jin." Xiaoyu smiled and Jin calmly tells her.
"I'm fine... I still have to find the cure. But, I'm not giving up."
"Not necessary..." Hunyo said and Jin abruptly shocked on his words.
"What?"
"Finding the cure on your devil gene will be hard for you to get it. The power of the box is able to cure you while you were under of it's control. But, you manage to purify yourself from the Pandora's influence on both if your devil and angelic powers. The reason why you keep yourself alive, not just about your devil curse but the Kazama blood that runs to your veins. I hate to admit but, your mother really wanted you to be alive." Hunyo explained and Jin angrily tells his teacher.
"Don't you know what I'm doing, sensei. I'm desperate to find the cure from my curse. If I don't then..."
"You talk too much, Jin." Hunyo said coldly. "Your stubbornness always makes you focused on one thing. Killing yourself would be worthless after you kill your own adversaries."
"..."
"But you don't know that, you saved Ryu from being disappeared along with the Pandora's Box." Hunyo said and Jin lowers his head finally admitted his actions to them.
"That's right. I used my all of my strength to save Ryu. I didn't expect that he will disappear along with Pandora. If he disappeared then it considers that I lose a friend, a companion and a trusted ally. I don't want if the true warrior dissipates after been consumed by Pandora."
Ryu then wakes up and Ken was surprised to see him alive.
"Ken..."
"I'm so glad that you're alive, Ryu. You make me worried too much." Ken smiled happily see his best friend and Ryu saw Jin has been awake first before him.
"Jin... so you did save me. But you manage to unlock the Power of Nothingness that my master sealed away the Satsui no Hado within me."
"Ryu... I saved you because I don't want you to disappear after you succumbed to the Satsui no Hado and it's connection to the Pandora's Box. If I don't save you then you will be dissolved nothing but dust along with it." Jin said sadly.
"He's right. I realize about what you did." Ken said telling him. "If you were vanished, I still keep the head band that I give you a long time ago after you lost to me in the sparring session five years ago."
"Ken..."
"Jin, I almost forgot to tell you." Hunyo said as he explains. "You infused your devil power and the Kazama blood to save all the people in your world by purifying them and healing their wounds inflicted on the war that you and Bison had been made. Your power is not the devil but an opposed one."
"I did that..." Jin said and became confused on what he did. Therefore, Sakura noticed a purple snow as she catches it.
"This snowflake is different."
"This is no ordinary snowflake." Brian said and everyone realize that the purple snowflakes that comes from the Pandora's Box and creating a portal in a process.
"Wow... a portal." Xiaoyu said.
"I guess it's about time to take us home." Hunyo said and Jin knew his teacher is gonna leave.
"Sensei..."
"Brian... I guess that it's time for us to go." Hunyo said and Brian agrees.
"It looks like this is it."
Everyone watches both Hunyo and Brian are about to leave to their world. Jin finally granted his wish on letting them back to their home world. Hunyo stopped when they are about to go in the portal.
"Hunyo, what are you think you're doing?" Brian replied angrily and Hunyo gets his silver watch from his backpack. He tried so hard to buy this watch and he knows Jin will be ultimately upset if he leaves.
"Jin, catch it!" Hunyo throws his silver watch and Jin catches it knowing that his mentor is about to leave.
"It's your watch." Jin said as he became upset to see him leave and cannot accept his watch. "Sensei, I cannot accept this."
"Don't be an idiot. I know it's hard for you to think." Hunyo said sadly.
"Sensei... please... please don't go." Jin said as he lowers his head and Hunyo comforts him.
"Don't feel so bad about me. I know it's hard even though we cannot see each other again."
"..."
"Keep my watch, Jin. Keep it as a remembrance." Hunyo said calmly. "Travelling with both of you were great, I'm having fun when you and I trained together. We can always be friends, forever."
"Hunyo, we better go or the portal will close." Brian yelled.
"Well, I guess it's time for me to go. I know this is my right time for me get back home." Hunyo said as he finally departs and both he and Brian are ready. "Ready, Brian..."
"I'm ready, Hunyo. There's no turning back now." Brian said as both presses as the purple light engulfed on both of their palm.
Hunyo looked at Jin who is upset knowing that he's gonna leave.
"Sensei..."
"See you around, Jin." Hunyo said as both were engulfed in a purple light.
"Sensei... SENSEI!" Jin screams as both Hunyo and Brian were about to be transported. He tries to go with them but Lars stops him leaving the two transported back to their home world as both were vanished.
"Calm down, Jin. You shouldn't go with them." Lars said angrily on his half-nephew as Jin slowly gets up lowering his head and bursts his tears in both of his eyes realizing that he cares his teacher very much and the one who makes him change.
"I've never expect, sensei would leave. If it wasn't for him, I would make things wrong again. Despite my plans on letting him go back home, he was trying to help me change my ways. I'm so stupid..." Jin cries in anguish over the loss of his teacher and good friend.
"Jin..." Xiaoyu whimpered as she tells him while drying her tears. "Remember that you, Mr. Panganiban and I eat Sukiyaki together, He was trying to enlighten you in any way. He was desperate to change your behavior. All those things, he was trying to correct your ways. He did this just for you."
"Xiao..."
"Xiaoyu was right." Ryu steps in trying to encourage him. "I've never seen you and Hunyo were close during in your travels. It seems that he was trying to guide you as a second parent. It reminds me of me and Master Gouken been train together when I'm still little. Jin, Hunyo was still here in our world living in a normal life. He told me before he goes with you and Xiaoyu. He can teach you all the good things and to correct your wrong doings. You have to follow his last words, you might able to find him, Trust me."
Jin then stands up, drying his tears on both of his eyes. He remembers his mother, Shin and his teacher Hunyo are also guiding him and finally change his ways. He looked at the watch and finally decides to find Hunyo in their world they live in.
"Sensei..." Jin said as he keeps the watch and everyone watches the bright sky.
(End of Chapter 30)
