Devil Unleashed

Heihachi had hoped to destroy Kazuki in order to prevent him from transforming into a devil. However, ironically enough, it is Heihachi himself who may have caused that to happen. After defeating Kazuki, Heihachi had planned to launch him into space but Devil Gene powers were awakened and Heihachi just barely survived his attack. Ryu Hayabusa, after being told by Nina Williams about Heihachi's plans, raced to the Mishima Dojo in hopes to stop him but realizes that he may be too late. He finds no traces of Kazuki or Heihachi anywhere. The only thing he sees is Kazuki's sword on the floor.

Believing that he may be too late, Hayabusa picks up the sword, looks up at the sky, and says "I'm sorry, Kasumi. Please forgive me."

Meanwhile, Jin Kazama walks into the parking lot outside of the arena. He is not sure why Heihachi cancelled the tournament but knows that he's not up to no good. He does believe that Kazuki is safe, with Hayabusa being a helpful ally.

As he continues to think, Jin hears a familiar male voice.

"Twenty-years, huh Jin?" said the voice.

"Hwoarang?" said Jin as he looks up at his rival.

"Twenty-years since we last fought. That's quite a long time, don't you think? How much longer will it be before we have our next match?"

"That's something I can't say. As of right now, I have family problems to deal with. That's far more important."

Years ago, Hwoarang would have been upset at Jin for turning down a match but instead, he chuckles a little and says "When you're in a tournament like this, you're bound to have family problems. Trust me, I know."

Jin is a little surprise at this comment. "Hwoarang?"

"My daughter was in the last tournament and it was the first time I saw her in years," said Howoarang. "It's kind of strange to run into your kid in a tournament like that."

"You have a daughter?" asked Jin. "Why have you not seen her in so many years?"

"Because she lives in Germany. Neither her mother or grandfather liked me that well. In fact, they hate me. The old man never did like my lifestyle…but I couldn't help that so screw him."

This somewhat disturbs Jin, who has no resentments towards the mother of his child or her family, despite how they may feel about him.

As Hwoarang walks off, he says "Don't go around like you're the only one who has family problems. When you're placed in a tournament where you may to fight your own kid…it's kind of scary."

This truly unsettles Jin, who doesn't want to fight Kazuki but fears that he may have to one day. He believes that Kazuki hates him for starting the war years ago and this may lead to a battle between the two, confirming what Kazuya said.

At that moment, Jin's transmitter rings and he answers.

The caller is Lars.

"Jin! Kazuki has been kidnapped by Heihachi!"

"What?" said Jin.

"Ryu told me that Heihachi is going to launch him into outer space! We don't know where they are now! We don't even know if we're too late. Ryu tried to find him but they were both gone before he could."

Angrily making a fist, Jin's eyes glow red and says "No! Heihachi, no!" In a furious scream, Jin's spreads his wings and flies in the air.

Despite his contempt for the Devil Gene in his blood, Jin reluctantly uses his powers if it means finding Heihachi and Kazuki. As he flies through the sky in the dark night, he vows that he would kill Heihachi if his plans succeed, even at the cost of his own humanity.

While flying through the air, he looks down and notices a forest that has been destroyed. Although there appears to be nobody injured or even around, Jin flies down at the forest to look around and notices that the trees and leaves all appear to have been burned. However, Jin knew that these burnt spots were not by fire. He can feel the feint devil energy in the burnt spots.

"Kazuki," said Jin. "So that means that he is alive…but where could he be?"

Later that night, Ryu breaks the news to Kasumi, Hayate, and Ayane about Kazuki's transformation. The next day, in the hidden Japanese village where Kasumi resides, Ryu meets up to talk to Kasumi about his plans to find the now missing Kazuki. He had already discussed this with Jin the previous night and Jin agreed.

"No need to worry, Kasumi," said Ryu. "Irene is already out there looking for Kazuki. She will track him down."

"But what if she encounters Heihachi? Or Kazuya?" said Kasumi.

"Now that Kazuki has transformed, it's not likely that Heihachi would be looking for him anymore and Kazuya knows nothing about him being missing. Irene should be safe."

"I hope so," said Kasumi, as she looks up at the sky. "Please, be safe, Kazuki."


Sandy Desert

During this time, in a sandy desert in Japan, a shirtless Kazuki walks aimlessly on unsteady legs, hunched over and breathing heavily. He has almost no memories of what happened the previous day after his fight against Heihachi. The only thing he remembers is destroying the Mishima Zaibatsu helicopters. Shortly afterwards, Kazuki, in his devil form, went on a rampage, destroying forests and houses but never any people. He eventually loses consciousness from his furious rage. Once he does regain consciousness the following day, he's back to his normal form but is now alone, lost, and confused, his mind not completely there and is extremely tired. He still has not truly recovered from his transformation.

He then begins to hallucinate, thinking he sees Heihachi. "There…you…are!" He tries to attack by shooting a laser attack but with so very little energy in him, quickly falls on the ground right after that. In reality, he's the only one in that area.

At that moment, Ryu's partner Irene Lew, who is flying in her helicopter, sees the blast a good distance away.

"What was that?" she said. She then quickly flies to the desert where she sees Kazuki walking. "Kazuki! My goodness! What is he doing here in the middle of nowhere?"

Kazuki looks up and sees the helicopter landing next to him. Looking at it closely, he begins to have flash backs of him destroying the helicopters from last night.

"Heihachi?" he said.

Irene quickly jumps out of the helicopter and runs up to him. "Kazuki! It's me Irene!"

"Irene…"

"Come on! Let's go! Hurry!"

As she runs to grab Kazuki to bring inside the helicopter, she notices a large plane in the sky. The plane is heading straight for their spot and slowly starts landing. Irene looks in confusion. She knows it can't be Heihachi or Kazuya and the name on the plane confirms it.

"MIST?" she said.

The door opens and reveals three people; a hooded man named Rig, the white-haired female assassin Christie, and a large, older man with cybernetic features.

The man is Raidou.

"Oh no!" she said, realizing the danger that they're in.

Without warning, Raidou laughs and shoots a blast at both Irene and Kazuki, hitting them. Both are knocked to the ground. Irene is hurt but is still conscious while Kazuki is knocked out.

Raidou then walks to stand over the unconscious Kazuki and says "Mugen Tenshin Ninja!" He then picks up Kazuki, places him on his shoulder, and then walks back into the plane. After the door closes, the plane quickly flies off.

Irene stands up and watches as the plane flies off. She shakes her head over her failure and says "How can we have forgotten about Donovan? This is not good."


Hidden Village

Soon after Kazuki's capture, Irene flies to the hidden Japanese village where Kasumi and Hayabusa are waiting. Both are confident that Irene will bring Kazuki back safe but instead, they got the news that neither one of them expected.

"Donovan? That man kidnapped my son?" said Kasumi.

"Yes. I'm sorry, it would have been too dangerous for me to go at it alone," said Irene. "We were outnumbered and Kazuki was in no condition to defend himself."

"We must find him fast!" said Kasumi. "Donovan will just use him for his experiments. We can't let him find out about the Devil Gene. It'll be very dangerous for everybody."

"I'm sure he'll be well prepared for any kind of retaliation from us by now," said Hayabusa. "Therefore, we're not only going to need Hayate and Ayane but also Jin. He could be a big help to us." As he turns around and prepare to leave, he says "Irene, take Kasumi to the Violet Systems Headquarters. I'll meet with Hayate and Ayane."

"Right," said Irene.

"And Kasumi, do not be worried about Kazuki," said Hayabusa. "He'll be brought back safe. I promise." Kasumi nods.

He then leaves to inform Hayate and Ayane while Irene flies Kasumi to Violet Systems. During the flight, the two women have a discussion about Kazuki. Irene first saw Kazuki when he was only a baby but has rarely seen him ever since. Still, she, like Hayabusa, cares deeply about him and wants to make sure he's safe from any harm.

"So, Kasumi, I just want to know; how do you feel about Kazuki having the Devil Gene?" said Irene. "From what Master Hayabusa has told me, that power is very dark and dangerous. How are you able to handle that, knowing that your son has that power?"

"Because even though he has the Devil Gene, it still doesn't change who he is," said Kasumi. "Jin also has the Devil Gene but he's not anything like Kazuya and neither is Kazuki. The only thing that I'm worried about is whatever path he takes. I don't want him to take the wrong path, the path of hatred. That is why I want him to understand his father and see through his mistakes, just like I did."

"Do you believe he could really keep Kazuki from taking the wrong path? Jin still plans to destroy Kazuya and Heihachi. I'm certain Kazuki does as well."

"The battle between father and son has to be prevented and that is only possible if there is no hatred between Jin and Kazuki."

"I understand."

"Jin believes that as long as he's alive, they will have to face each other one day. I will not let that happen. I can't!"


Violet Systems Headquarters

The two eventually make it to the Violet Systems Headquarters where they tell Jin and the others about Kazuki's capture. Jin had expected that Kazuki would return to his village after he gets back to normal so he didn't feel any need to search for him. Therefore, he is completely unprepared for what he is told.

"Kazuki has been kidnapped again?" said Jin. "What possible reason would MIST want with him? They couldn't have known about the Devil Gene."

"Donovan probably knows that Kazuki is my son," said Kasumi. "He'll do the same to him what he did to me; used to create a clone. We must stop him from doing that!"

"Wait," said Lee. "Do you think it's possible that he could clone the Devil Gene? Doing something like that could be a major disaster."

"It's not impossible," said Irene. "Donovan's technology is incredibly advanced. He can do many things that others can only dream of doing."

"The clone that he created of you, what was it like?" asked Lars.

"It was named Alpha 152," said Kasumi "It was a clone of me but it had the skills of other fighters as well."

"Is this clone still around?"

"No. We managed to destroy it. But Donovan will not stop until his project is completed."

"Then we have to find him fast before he starts the process. If he has, however, then we must destroy his place before anything else happens."

"We should destroy it anyway," said Jin. "Nobody else should have to suffer at the hands of MIST. Alisa, do you think you can blow up the lab once we rescue Kazuki?"

"Yes, I definitely can," said Alisa.

"Good. Now what about Ryu and the others?"

"Ryu has gone to tell Hayate and Ayane about everything," said Irene. "If they join us, then we can certainly get Kazuki out of there. Donovan can't take on all of us."

Jin nods in agreement.


MIST

Later that night, in a laboratory of the organization known as MIST, Kazuki slowly wakes up and looks around, realizing that he's in a bed. He barely remembers anything that happened in the desert so he is still unaware what's going on, who captured him, or how he was captured. The only thing he remembers is the foggy image of Irene Lew and three more people in a landing airplane.

"Where…where am I now?" asked Kazuki. "Is this the Mishima Zaibatsu?" He looks around the facility, he sees two men approaching him. One is a normal sized wearing a mask while the other is a larger one.

"Greetings, Kazuki," said the masked man. "I am Victor Donovan, the leader of MIST. How are you feeling?"

"MIST?" said Kazuki. "Why does that name sound familiar?"

"Perhaps you've heard of me. Our goal here at MIST is to create the ultimate fighter, the most powerful warrior in the world, and you're more than capable in helping us create that."

"Helping you create it?" Kazuki gets out of the bed, saying "What the hell do you mean by that?"

"Your DNA is just what we need to try out our next project. Don't worry. Many other fighters have failed but if your mother was a different story, then certainly you are as well."

"My mother?"

"After she won the first Dead or Alive tournament, I knew she was a worthy test subject for my new project. Turns out I was right. She was just what I need to create the ultimate fighter. You're her son so you should be just as worthy as she was. You should be proud."

"Well, I'm not. I didn't agree to this and I'm not interested."

"That's too bad. You don't realize how gifted you are but you will soon."

"What do you mean?" Kazuki angrily said.

The larger man steps forward and says "You should be lucky that Donovan wants you alive, otherwise, I would have done the same thing to you what your mother did to me! Trust me, I would love to see her face if she sees your dead body!"

Kazuki looks at the cybernetic features on the man, thinking that his body may have been destroyed in a battle.

"Raidou, take it easy," said Donovan.

"Raidou?" said a surprised Kazuki. "But they told me that you were destroyed! How…?"

"I have the best technology in the world," said Donovan. "I can do the impossible. Soon, you'll see for yourself, Mr. Kazuki."

Kazuki makes a fist and says "You will not use me as your next subject! I will make sure of that!"

Raidou laughs and says "Go ahead and try to get through us! Let's see what you got, great-nephew!"

Donovan quickly backs away as Kazuki charges toward Raidou to land a kick. However, Raidou calmly blocks the kick and several other kicks and punches as he laughs at Kazuki. After catching Kazuki's arm, Raidou lands a powerful punch to Kazuki's stomach that sends him flying across the room. The force of the punch causes Kazuki to cough up blood. But nevertheless, he gets up to try again, this time teleporting before trying to land a kick but Raidou catches his leg in midair. As Kazuki looks horrified, Raidou, laughing once again, brings Kazuki to the ground with a hard slam.

Not yet satisfied, Raidou grabs and picks up Kazuki by the hair and says "You'll never be the leader of the Mugen Tenshin Clan! You're too weak!"

Kazuki tries to land a punch but Raidou catches it with his cybernetic hand and begins to crush it. As Kazuki grimaces in pain, Raidou punches him in the face with the other hand. To finish the fight, Raidou ends it with a hard uppercut to Kazuki's chin, sending him flying upwards before crashing down on the floor.

With Kazuki unconscious again, Raidou tries to finish him off until he hears Donovan's voice.

"That's enough, Raidou!" said Donovan. "You've done your part already. He won't be leaving anytime soon."

Donovan walks up to the unconscious Kazuki and says "Now, let's try out our next test subject."

To Be Continued.