A/N: Thanks for the reviews, friends! Hope my story isn't too bad.
FighterHarada: Jin and Asuka did meet Kazuya and Jun in the KMC fanfic series by gwendy. Heihachi can be easily beaten by rapidly alternating between high, mid and low attacks like Jin does in his Kazama style 5 hit combo. That said, Jin too has become an a**-hole in Tekken 6. Hope he becomes a good guy again in the upcoming Tekken 7!
Chapter 11
3 months have passed.
As Jin had envisioned, a mix of Kazama-ryu and Kyokushinkai had turned out to be a potent and powerful fighting style. It didn't take long for the Kazamas to master each other's fighting styles, partly due to their mixed genes. When Jin was satisfied with their progress, he announced to the world the introduction of Tekken Tournament 7.
As it was with the earlier tournaments, the opening ceremony was a grand success, with video streaming sites crashing down due to outrageous loads on their servers. The participants were as usual, with all the heavy hitters like Marduk, King and Bob standing in their own world while the ladies' man Lee Chaolan was dancing with Anna down at the dance floor. The remaining girls were chit-chatting with each other, while the rest were watching the function.
All of this was being over watched by two men of Japanese ethnicity from a balcony opposite to the stage, one being much older than the other. The younger one was observing the participants closely, as if he were looking for someone in the crowd. The older person finally broke the silence.
"Any sign of Heihachi, Jin?"
"Nope, oyaji. I can't see that pair of two flared up groups of white hair in this crowd anywhere. I thought that keeping the Zaibatsu as a prize would be enough to lure the bastard out. Maybe I'll have to use that." Jin popped out a pair of aviator sunglasses and put them on.
"You don't need those sunglasses at this time of the night..." Kazuya retorted, as he went closer to have a clearer look.
"You are wrong, dad. These aren't normal glasses. They are used to scan people and gather information about them. With a tap of a button, this pair of glasses can hack into any government server of the world to retrieve information about the target and give information about their potential physical and mental weak spots as well." Kazuya was impressed by the glasses' capabilities.
"Another one of Lee's freak accidents?" He asked and looked at the silver haired man dancing on the dance floor with Anna. "He doesn't look to be that smart though." Jin just nodded and continued his search.
"Aha! Caught the bastard! He's standing near the left corner of that stage, with some woman in a white Japanese empress styled dress. Let me see if I can get a read on her." Kazuya turned his eyes to have a look and he was shocked.
Heihachi looked much younger than before. He was no longer bald, and all his hairs had turned jet black. His face regained the youthful look of yore, as he was happily talking to the woman clad in the empress outfit. Her face was eerily familiar to Kazuya, and in some ways resembled his own. He tried to remember, but he couldn't place when and where he had met her. Her eyes were a deep shade of red, similar to what Kazuya's left eye was a few months ago when the Devil still resided in him.
"Got the read, Jin?"
"Yeah. Her name is uh... Kazumi Mishima. I've never heard of a female Mishima ever before. You know something about it, dad?" Kazuya came to remember everything now.
"I...I thought she was dead..." Jin was unable to contain his curiosity.
"And this 'she' would be?"
"My mother and your and Asuka's grandmother." Jin was unable to believe his ears and eyes. Here was a woman who seemed to be just a few years older than himself, and she was his grandmother! He removed the glasses and looked once more to confirm. Kazuya noticed it and continued,
"She was the very reason the curse was introduced in the Mishima lineage. If I remember correctly, Heihachi killed her off when he came to know of her curse. I was just 8 then and I was training under Jinpachi's tutelage. How come is she alive?" Kazuya gave a confused stare at Jin.
"Maybe she too was resurrected by G Corp like you were? I think only they have the power to do that..." Just as Jin completed the sentence, his sister came on the stage, which left everyone except the Mishima's and the Kazama's surprised. Asuka was quick to notice that and started,
"Don't worry, 'cause I will make this short and sweet. The rules of the tournament will be just as the same before, except for the introduction of the tag fight system." On hearing this, the crowd gaped at her and started talking about this new change. Instead of mingling with the crowd, Hwoarang stuck his head out and blurted,
"But babe, you didn't mention it in th-AW! What the..." Hwoarang looked back at his master Baek apologetically, while Baek twisted his student's ear and dragged him out of the hall. Asuka continued,
"We are really sorry for the inconvenience caused by our error. One fighter takes on another in the first round, and in the next round the fighters from both sides change. If the teams win a round each, all four fighters will battle it out in the third round to decide the match. To make up for the error, you can choose your partner in a time of 24 hours, and get it entered in the list with Ms. Reiko Iwase. I'll be off then." She calmly made her way down her stage and went in to a room.
"Served him (Hwoarang) right!" Jin and Kazuya said in unison. They looked at each other surprised that they were quite similar in their thoughts. Asuka approached them happily and expectantly.
"You managed to scout Heihachi out, Aniki?" Jin nodded at her and looked away while Kazuya continued, "Not only him, but your grandmother too, Asuka."
"You mean Kazumi? How come she's alive still?" Jin and Kazuya looked at her surprisingly with a suspicious gaze.
"You knew all along and you didn't even bother to tell us, Asuka?"
"No, in the room where I and Oni-chan practice daily, there is this drawing usually drawn by lovers with the names of Heihachi and Kazumi. Hence I thought she must be our grandmother..."
"AND the source of the Devil Gene. It was why dad was able to make a deal with the Devil in the first place." Jin completed the sentence of his sister. Xiaoyu and Hwoarang were now in the same balcony as Jin and Asuka.
"Hello, Mr. Rich man Kazama!" Jin looked back at the red haired Korean with a oh-it's-you kind of gaze.
"What do you mean by that, Kazama? Am I too poor to be hanging with you now, huh? When will I have my promised rematch?"
"Promise is a promise but uh... I have to take care of some family business, and will have to postpone our rematch to a later date..." Hwoarang became even angrier and he snapped.
"Family business?" Hwoarang imitated Jin and continued, "Man, you have been feeding me that bullshit since the goddamned fourth tournament! If you won't then..." Hwoarang shifted his gaze towards Asuka and looked at her chest naughtily.
"Babe, can we have some intimate chit-chat can we? It can be quite fun and interesting, you know..." Asuka clearly understood the hidden meaning and glared at him angrily while he smiled back at her.
KAPOV!
Asuka punched Hwoarang in the stomach and slapped him so hard that he literally flipped in the air twice before falling off. When he fully recovered from the slap, he looked at her right fist brimming with sparks of red electricity. But like a dog's tail which never straightens up, Hwoarang didn't learn his lesson.
"You have some power, girl! I like that in bitches like yo-AW!" It was Jin who was pissed off this time. He pulled Hwoarang up by the collar, whose nose was heavily bleeding by now and pulled off a Median Line Destruction on him, sending Hwoarang right in to the wall. Again, Jin grabbed him by the hair and threw him off the balcony on to a dining table just below.
"Y-You broke my fucking spine, you moron!"
"Next time, you better keep that pie hole of a mouth of yours under control, or I will make a bulldozer crush you like a snail!" Jin shot back. "As for your medical expenses, I'll sell that BMW S1000RR of yours and cover it. Medics!" Two medics came and put Hwoarang in a stretcher, while he was still cursing Jin for making him unable to participate in the tournament.
"I'll make you pay for this, Kazama!" Jin smiled at Hwoarang while leaning from the balcony.
"Yeah whatever. But I am not sure if you can do it with a broken spine, though." Jin said sarcastically and laughed as he saw the medics carry a injured Hwoarang out of the hall.
"Kombanwa, Jin."
"Good evening to you too, Xiaoyu. It's been a long time. I hope you and Wang-san are just fine." Xiaoyu became a bit sad when her best friend mentioned her grandfather.
"He passed away a week ago due to blood cancer."
"I am really sorry to hear that, Xiao. I can understand how you feel."
"No need to be sorry, Jin. Nothing is permanent on this earth anyway. I wanted to ask about the RX-7 parked outside. It feels so familiar..."
"Yes, it used to belong to Shin until his father handed it over to me as I and Shin had pooled our money together and he said it was Shin's last wish. I miss him a lot."
"Yeah, we used to be the best of friends. It is so unfortunate that he died."
"So they say, but I am beginning to doubt that." Kazuya, Asuka and Xiaoyu looked at Jin curiously, waiting to hear his reasons.
"What makes you to assume that, Jin?"
"Dad actually, I hacked into the servers of the DMV and found some interesting information. The FC owned by Shin is still registered in his name and still it runs to this day. Moreover, his license was updated with a new residence address recently and also it was inspected by a few police officers just 2 days ago. Now tell me, why would anyone bother checking and updating the driving license of a man who is already dead?"
"You have got a point there, son. Maybe he feigned his own death to escape?"
"I don't know for sure, but I will investigate it myself once this tournament is finished. He won't be hiding for long from me, if he is alive that is." Jin gave a reassuring look at Xiaoyu, assuring her he will bring this mystery to an end.
"I wish you good luck with that, Jin. Oh, I almost forgot! Will you be my tag partner? I wanted to ask you that all this time but couldn't find a chance. Please?"
"I am really sorry, Xiao but I can't. I have to pair up with my sister to stop Heihachi, who has become really powerful thanks to some M-Cell. You have read the newspapers, haven't you? They are full of articles about that old fool's madness. God knows what he will do if no one stops him." Xiaoyu worriedly looked at Jin, who was usually hell-bent on killing some Mishima or the other.
"Whatever you both do, be safe. Don't let hatred turn you into a heartless monster, Jin."
"Jeez, you sound just like my mother! Anyway, don't worry about us, we will be just fine. You better rest for your tomorrow's match with Katarina. She may be new to this, but don't take her lightly. I and Asuka have a meeting with some officials and we have to go. Goodnight, Xiao." Xiaoyu replied back and walked away to her room while Jin and Asuka made their way to the meeting room.
"Aniki, by the way she behaved back there, I think she is in love with you."
"Yeah, but I can't have a relationship with any one, and you know why. Love can make us humans do some crazy things. So, she better be ready for a heartbreak."