Chapter 3
Asuka had a lot of nightmares about Jin's insane driving in the RX-7 that night. She woke up from such a dream and headed downstairs to find Jin.
She found him glancing at his laptop at the dining table early in the morning.
"K-Konnichiwa, Jin.."
"Good morning to you too Asuka. You usually don't get up this early. Why what happened?"
"After you raced that Evo I am having nightmares about your insane driving last night. What are you doing with the laptop this early in the morning ?"
"Finalising the tuning setup for the FD. It still understeers a bit at corner entry. I can go even faster without it, Asuka."
"ARE YOU INSANE? THAT WRETCHED THING IS ALREADY VERY FAST! THERE ARE EASIER WAYS TO DIE THAN THAT!"
"Jeez... chill out Asuka! I can control the FD pretty well. Leave it at that and let's search for the locket now before Oji-chan finds out..."
They rushed out to the garden and searched frantically for the locket. The siblings searched so well even a professional detective would wish for such abilities.
"Looking for this, eh Jin?"
Jin and Asuka were stunned at the familiarity of that voice. Their joy was out of bounds when they saw the person. It was their father, Kazuya Mishima!
"Oh oyaji! We thought we had lost you forever! Anyhow where is Mom? Has she come too ? "
"Yes, Jin. She is uh…. a bit weak though. That FD out there looks nice." Asuka fainted once again when she heard 'FD' . Kazuya was worried.
"Asuka ! Asuka ! What happened to you ?" Kazuya sprinkled some water from his bottle in her face.
"She's probably fears the word FD. Last night after I raced an Evo 6 with her in the passenger seat, she is having nightmares. Oh it isn't mine. It belongs to Shin Kamiya."
"Heh heh! I see. But I heard that name before somewhere...can't remember. Now go get your mom, will you? I'll look after Asuka." Saying this Kazuya lifted Asuka gently and went inside the dojo while Jin went to receive his mom.
Jun was limping across the pavement when Jin came to meet her.
"Mom?"
"Jin, my my, I am so happy to see you ! Where's Asuka ?"
"Oh, she faints at the very name of that FD now...(chuckles) I scared the living daylights out of her last night by pushing it to the limit last night at Yotsuhashi section of the highway.. By the way this car isn't mine. It belongs to my friend Shin Kamiya. Oji chan's really worried about you. Let's go inside." Then Jin and Jun too entered the house.
It was a really happy family reunion. After all, this family hadn't been together happily for the last 30 years. Everyone sat in the garden chit chatting about the usual things. Jin noticed a change in his father. His left eye was not red anymore.
"Oyaji? What happened to your left iris ? It was red wasn't it?"
"Well Asuka, according to Wang's prophecy, to defeat that True Ogre the chosen one from the Angel and Devil side must sacrifice their lives. But we were mistaken. Their lives meant the special powers that is my Devil gene and Jun's Angel gene. We have lost our power and became normal people now. Anyway Jin, now tell me about your friend, Shin.."
"Now who is this Shin, Oni chan?"
"Owner of your favorite 'wretched thing'... Now listen."
Shin was my best friend along with Miharu and Xiaoyu when I used to go to Mishima High in Tokyo. He was very handsome, rich, humble, shy and was very popular among the girls. I can bet that if you saw him Asuka, you would definitely have a crush on him. Heh heh... he was the one who introduced me to street racing. He used to drive a 2nd gen Mazda RX-7 FC then. He was nicknamed as 'The Rotary Rocket'. He switched to the FD in his final year as a birthday gift. Sadly he went missing after the convocation. I enquired the school authority about it but they did not have any idea about it. Just then, Shin's dad handed me the keys to FD saying that it was his wish to do so. I don't know about his whereabouts... Why do you ask this Dad?"
"I had seen his name somewhere in the Zaibatsu's database. Wait a second, I'll open that page.." Kazuya logged in to the database in his tablet while Jin came to his side filled with curiosity.
"What's this Mutare experiment, dad ? What does Shin have to do with all of this?"
"When Heihachi was the CEO of the Zaibatsu, he was against my inheriting of the Zaibatsu, suppose if he were to die. So, he wanted to become immortal and conducted this experiments on many students and all of them died, except Shin...He was a successful prototype of the M-Cell, which grants anti aging properties to the whole body. Then Heihachi killed Shin and injected that cell in to his own body. But I was able to destroy the other blood samples to stop further development..."
"HEIHACHI ! YOU DAMNED INSOLENT BASTARD !" Jin was not able to contain his anger. The neighbors came and enquired if everything was all right. Asuka rushed to Jin and calmed him down.
"Aniki, this much anger is bad for your health...Well, that explains why Heihachi was tough to beat earlier, even with the power of the mixed gene..."
When she mentioned Heihachi, Kazuya became curious.
"What are you talking about, Asuka?"
"Dad, after Asuka and I came out of that cave, Heihachi was waiting there to kill us. He wasn't normal. His appearance was more beast-like and he was too strong for us, even in our devil forms. In fact, I was pretty relieved that he agreed to fight some other time…."
"The M-Cell is basically a genetically modified version of the blood of Ogre, Jin. He managed to iron out all its weaknesses and managed to control it. He is now causing war in other parts of the world!"
"Yeah dad, we need to stop that bastard before he murders some other innocent people... I have a plan just for that, Asuka."