A Dangerous Situation
Jin Kazama,
The Former Head of the Mishima Zaibatsu,
The Man Who Engulfed the World in Chaos,
The Father of Kazuki.
During his fight with Kazuya Mishima, Kazuki learned about this startling new revelation that he never would have imagined. Shocked and in disbelief, Kazuki was left alone in the Mishima Central Tower. So far, it's the last place anyone has seen him.
Later that night, Jin enters the arena to await his own fight against Kazuya. But so far, Kazuya has not shown up, much to Jin's surprise. He knows that Kazuya would want to settle everything here just as much he does so this is very unusual to him and there has to be a reason for it.
As if things couldn't get any more bizarre, Jin suddenly sees a face he's all too familiar with. It was Kasumi and she, along Hayate and Ayane, have something very important to tell Jin outside of the arena.
"So Kazuki is missing?" said Jin. "Something doesn't seem right. There has to be a reason for that."
"Could anybody else have found out about you and him?" said Kasumi.
"I'm not sure about that but if they did find out, then it wasn't from me, because I never told anybody. I did everything I could to avoid him so that he wouldn't find out either."
"One thing we do know that Kazuki is not someone who will run away over something like that," said Hayate.
"Then again, considering who I am, I wouldn't be surprised if he did. I probably would have done the same thing," said Jin."
"But he's far stronger than that. He would have confronted somebody about it by now."
"Seems like you can learn something from your son, Jin," said Ayane. "Running away from your problems? Thankfully, that isn't something he would do."
"Listen, we're wasting our time," said Kasumi. "He's missing right now, even though none of us has told him about you yet. So, what reason could there be for why he's missing?"
Jin closes his eyes to think deeply for a moment. Once he opens them, he says "I think I have an idea."
Hon-Maru Temple
Kazuya walks inside of Hon-Maru, a massive temple located within the Mishima Zaibatsu compound that has been rebuilt and is larger than it originally was. It is here where he finds Kazuki unconscious and chained up. As he walks to get a closer look at his grandson, an evil grin crept on his face.
"So that old bastard already made his move?" said Kazuya. "When I overheard those soldiers taking someone away, I immediately knew what it meant. He thinks that he can keep us separate so that I won't awaken his powers. Well, you'll be in for a surprise, Heihachi! A big surprise! Once I absorb his power, I'll be even stronger and soon, I'll take everything else back!"
Kazuya then begins using his devil powers to try to take Kazuki's. This causes Kazuki to see temporary images of Kazuya, telling him to give into his hatred for him. However, for Kazuya, this proves to be much more difficult than he anticipated.
"Damn it!" said Kazuya. "The Devil Gene in his body has not been used yet. I might have to push him to the brink of death in order to awaken it."
During this time, Jin walks in behind Kazuya and sees what he's doing.
"Kazuya!" he yells.
Kazuya calmly turns around and chuckles, saying "So you come, huh Jin? Well, your son's power won't go to waste, if that's what you're worried about."
"Leave Kazuki out of this!" said Jin. "He has nothing to do with this war. Your enemies are just me and Heihachi."
"You say that now but Kazuki will be involved in this no matter what and you know it. Soon, you'll be his enemy as well and then you'll have to kill him. Your actions years ago already made sure of that."
"That's enough! I will not listen to this! I'll defeat you both before you bring him into this and end this curse once and for all!"
They both get in their fighting stances.
They immediately start exchanging blows in an even fight. At one point, Kazuya throws a powerful punch but Jin avoids it and lands a body shot. He attempts a follow up with a kick but Kazuya blocks it and attempts a kick of his own that gets block. Jin attempts another kick but misses. Kazuya takes this opportunity to land a punch that connects to Jin's face. He follows up with a combination of punches and kicks that Jin is forced to block. However, one of those shots land and hits Jin in the chest. Kazuya then lands another punch to Jin's face, followed by a kick that knocks Jin down. Kazuya starts grinning evilly but Jin is not finished yet. In fact, he gets more angrier and quickly dashes towards Kazuya with a powerful punch to the face that catches him off guard. Jin immediately follows up with a combination of punches and kicks that Kazuya is unable to defend and finishes with a roundhouse kick that knocks him down. Kazuya gets up and smirks a little. He then does a spinning kick that lands on Jin, knocking him down once again. As soon as he gets up, he sees Kazuya coming forward with a punch, but Jin counters by catching his arm and flips him over his back and on to the ground. Jin then lands a punch on Kazuya while he's on the ground and backs away. Kazuya gets up and rushes forward, but Jin dodges and lands a shot to Kazuya's abdomen that leaves him stunned. Jin ends the fight with a spinning kick to the leg and head that knocks Kazuya out.
With Kazuya defeated, Jin turns to look at Kazuki and yells out his name to wake him up. Kazuki, now no longer seeing images, quickly does wake up and frees himself from the chains.
"What kind of dream was that?" said Kazuki. He then looks and see Jin standing next to the unconscious Kazuya. "What's going on here?"
"You were kidnapped by Heihachi," said Jin. "I found you just in time. Kazuya got here first but I stopped him before he can do any harm. This is the same place where he took me a long time ago."
"Aren't you Jin Kazama? Why would you come to help me out like that? And what does Heihachi want with me?"
"Because now that they know the truth about you, they'll come after you for their own personal reasons."
"The 'truth' about me? Wait!" Kazuki then begins to think about what Kazuya told them during their fight. "I remember now. I remember Kazuya saying that I have Mishima blood in my veins. That I was your son. That can't be true…can it?"
Jin looks down for a moment before saying "Yes, it's true."
Kazuki remains unconvinced as if to be in denial. "I've heard a lot about you, Jin. Such as how you declared war on the world. Many lives have suffered because of that. I can't see how you're any better than them. What makes you think I should believe you?"
"So, your mother didn't tell you after all? It's too bad you had to found out from Kazuya instead of me. It's probably better off if you never found out at all."
"Why would my mother mention anything like that?"
"Because it's the truth, Kazuki," said Kasumi as she walks in, along with Hayate and Ayane.
"Mother?" said Kazuki. "But why?"
"We'll explain everything to you later, Kazuki. It's not easy to understand."
Kazuki is not satisfied with what he hears and still not sure what to believe anymore.
"It just doesn't make any sense. To me, you clearly are a loving and caring person and yet, Jin was seen as the most dangerous and hated person in the world…and you mean to tell me that I'm the son of someone like him? As much as I hate lies, I'd rather be lied to right now because I can't accept that as the truth."
"I know it's difficult to accept but there's a lot more to it than people know. But you will understand someday, Kazuki. Trust me."
"He has every right to feel that way," said Jin. "I don't blame him for it. What I did years ago was something unforgivable and there's nothing that can change that."
"You're also lucky to escape any kind of punishment you deserve, Jin," said Ayane. "If we had of found you instead of Kasumi, you wouldn't even be alive today."
"Ayane, that's enough!" said Hayate. "That's all in the past now and it will not do us any good to keep bringing it back."
They then hear the sounds of a group of people approaching. It's the Tekken Force soldiers who block their exit.
"Stop right there and surrender yourselves," said one of the soldiers. "These are orders from Heihachi Mishima."
"How about just getting out of our way?" said Ayane. "You guys know you can't stop us."
"If you don't surrender, then we'll take you down by force!" said the soldier.
"Now that's funny." She then gets in her fighting stance, as does the others.
"Attack!" says the soldier. They all charge forward at the five fighters. The ninjas use a number of fast team attacks while Jin uses his powerful punches and kicks. This is the first time Kazuki has ever seen Kasumi and Jin fight so he was impressed by the skills of his mother and father. He then starts displaying his own skills of speed and power.
The five fighters had very little effort in defeating the soldiers and soon, they are all down and out.
"Come on," said Hayate. "We must get out of here before anymore shows up."
"Right," said Ayane. "They would just be a waste of time anyway."
They all start quickly leaving and before they do, Kasumi grabs Kazuki's arm.
"Kazuki, please don't hate your father," she said. "He had his reasons. You'll understand them. I promise."
He pauses for a moment to think about it but doesn't say anything and leaves along with everybody else.
To Be Continued.
