Deadly Reunion
The fighters arrive at MIST where they defeat both Christie and Rig, who leads them to what appears to be Kazuki. However, the fighters figure it out that it's actually a clone and now Hayate and Ayane step forward to destroy it.
"Ayane. Now," said Hayate.
Hayate dashes forward with his sword as does Ayane. Hayate slashes as the Kazuki clone but it teleports through both of them, hitting them with great speed. The clone takes out its own sword to land a hit that clashes with Hayate's. During the struggle, Ayane runs behind the clone to stab but in a blink of an eye, it does a backflip in the air, avoiding the attack. Soon after it lands, Hayate and Ayane both charge at the clone, who dodges Ayane's attack and teleports from Hayate's before landing a kick to Hayate's face. Ayane attempts to hit the clone with a blast but it jumps out of the way. Hayate then charges forward with another slashing attack that clashes with the clone's and this time, Ayane throws a shuriken at the clone's knee. With the clone distracted, Hayate seizes the opportunity to land the final slashing blow on the clone. The attack causes the clone to drop his sword and slowly fall to the ground.
Thinking that the clone is dead, Hayate and Ayane looks around to see where the real Kazuki might be.
"Alright, your little trick is over," said Hayate. "Now either hand over the real Kazuki or we'll find him ourselves!"
There is no answer. Everyone looks around to see if anybody else would show up. However, Jin looks down at the Kazuki clone, as he begins to feel some dark energy coming from. Soon, everybody begins to see a dark red aura form around its body.
"No! It can't be!" said Jin.
The clone slowly stands up. Black marks begin to form on its forehead, horns sprout from its head, and wings begins to spread.
"Oh no! Donovan did clone the Devil Gene!" said Hayate.
Without warning, the clone uses its telekinesis to send Hayate and Ayane flying into the others. Realizing that this fight could get more dangerous, Jin steps forward to fight it, as does Kasumi.
"We'll stop it together!" said Kasumi.
"Kasumi?" said Jin. "Are you sure about this?"
"Yes, I am. That is not Kazuki. He's not a devil. That…is not my son!"
"Then don't hold back," said Jin.
Jin rushes forward with a strong punch to the abdomen, followed by an uppercut to the chin that knocks the clone down. However, it quickly stands up as if it didn't faze him and with lightning speed, dashes forward to Jin with a strong uppercut that returns the knockdown. Kasumi runs to the side for a sweep but the clone does backflip to avoid it. She then takes out her own sword and attempts to slash it a couple of times but the clone dodges the attack until it gets a cut across the chest. It eventually catches the blade, much to Kasumi's shock. A punch from the clone sends Kasumi down. Angered by this, Jin attempts to land a combination of punches and kicks but every shot is blocked and a palm strike to the chest sends Jin backwards.
The clone's eyes begin to glow. It then lets out a red laser beam that everyone avoids. The beam suddenly clashes and is stuffed by Hayabusa's own energy attack.
As everybody turn around to look, they not only noticed Hayabusa but the person standing beside him.
"Kazuki?" said Kasumi.
"So, you found him?" asked Lars.
Hayabusa nods and says "I infiltrated the facility while you were all battling them. Kazuki was still unconscious but was unharmed. However, I'm certain that it was the negative energy that eventually woke him up." Hayabusa looks at Kazuki to see what he wanted to say but notices the horrified look on his face. "Kazuki?"
Kazuki stares at the clone that looks so much like himself and in this dark, demonic form that he has never seen before.
"No! That's…a clone of me?" asked Kazuki.
Hayabusa realizes that this is the first time Kazuki has witnessed the form.
"Kazuki, what you're witnessing right now could very well be you one day," said Hayabusa. "You could become a devil…just like what you see right now. That is the power of the Devil Gene…and you possess it in your blood."
Kazuki begins to look at his hands, still disbelief he possesses such a dark power.
"Make no mistake, Kazuki!" said Hayate. "This may be a clone but it's still not you. You still don't have to be like this. It's all Donovan who is behind the scenes."
"NO!" yelled the clone. "HOW DARE YOU PICK THAT CLONE OVER ME! I'M THE REAL KAZUKI!"
The clone's eyes begin to glow red, indicating that he's about to shoot another laser attack, directly at Kazuki. Hayate and Ayane takes this opportunity sprout their next attack, as Ayane teleports behind the clone and stabs it in the back, while Hayate dashes forward with a swift slash across the body. While seemingly frozen in one spot, the clone's wings and horns begin to retract before it slowly falls to the ground. Green lights start emitting from it before it finally bursts.
Kazuki looks at everyone and wants to say something but is at a loss for words after what he just witnessed. New discoveries about himself just keeps coming up and each one is shocking.
Kasumi walks up to Kazuki and says "Do not be worried, Kazuki. You will understand. Everything will be explained to you when this is all over."
"Please," said Kazuki. "I want to know everything from the beginning. I feel that there is still a lot of unanswered questions. In order for them to be answered, I have to know what led to my birth, who I was born to, what I was born with…everything. No more secrets."
Jin looks at Kazuki, thinking that he may be the best one to tell him. For years, he was against Kazuki knowing the truth about his bloodline but now feels that he has a responsibility to tell him.
"You'll never know the truth because you and everyone else will be dead!" said a voice that's all too familiar to the ninjas.
Everyone turns to look at a platform rises to the stage to reveal an old enemy Raidou.
"Raidou?" said a horrified Ayane.
"He's…still alive?" said Hayate.
"What's the matter? You look as if you've seen a ghost," said Raidou as he laughs.
"Raidou…!" said Kasumi as she gets in her fighting stance.
"Looks like we meet again. Now it's time to show you just how much I have changed since we last met. Kazuki was the first to witness this but unfortunately, Donovan wanted him alive. That will not happen again!"
"No way!," said Ayane. "I'll make sure you die for good this time, you demon!"
"'Demon'?" said Raidou. "Is that anyway to talk to your father?"
"You are not my father!" yells an angry Ayane as she rushes forward with a with a few punches and kicks. However, each are blocked by Raidou, who counters with a powerful palm strike to the body, sending her Ayane backwards into the crowd.
Hayate dashes forward with punches and kicks of his own but with rapid speed, Raidou lands a combination of punches to Hayate's head that knocks him backwards as well.
Kasumi rushes forward to land a teleport kick but Raidou catches her leg and lands a power punch to the body, also sending her backwards.
Angered, Jin rushes forward to land a combination of punches and kicks but each are all blocked by Raidou, who lands a vicious uppercut to Jin's chin, knocking him down.
Ayane quickly runs, attempting to land more attacks but is hit with a strong kick that knocks her down.
Enraged, Hayate rushes forward with his sword, attempting to slash at him but the blade of the sword breaks upon impact on Raidou's cybernetic arm. Raidou uses the arm to land a powerful uppercut to Hayate's chest, sending flying across the platform.
Kasumi, now enraged herself, runs towards Raidou. Anticipating a running attack, Raidou throws a straight punch but gets caught by surprise as Kasumi jumps over and lands a kick that knocks him down. Raidou gets up and out of anger, tries to land another punch but gets stopped by Jin, who catches his arm and slams him down. Jin then lands a punch on a down Raidou. Raidou quickly rises up and clashes fists with Jin, who begins to think that he may be even stronger than Kazuya and Heihachi. He is then hit by a hard punch to the face that stuns him. Raidou then follows up with another punch to the stomach, followed by a kick to the face that knocks him down.
As Jin stands up, Raidou powers up his arm and attempts to land a powerful palm strike. However, Kasumi steps between them and gets hit by the strike instead. The force of the attack causes her to collapse into Jin's arms.
"Kasumi!" said Jin.
Hayabusa appears ready in join the fight until he notices Kazuki. Angry as he looks at the barely conscious Kasumi, Kazuki's hands start to shake uncontrollably.
"Kazuki, you must stay focused," said Hayabusa.
Meanwhile, Ayane once again tries to attack Raidou with furious intent. She tries to land a teleporting kick but he simply catches her leg and slams her to the ground. The impact of the slam leaves her barely conscious. As Hayate holds Ayane his arms, he sees her eyes slowly closing. He then picks her up and sits her next to Kasumi.
"Kazuki, you watch her," said Hayate. Kazuki nods and obeys his master.
Jin, Hayate, and Lars all attempt to take on Raidou but their attempts are in vain as each fighter fall to Raidou's strength and skills.
As his opponents appear defeated, Raidou laughs and says "You are all pathetic! It's shame how weak you all are compared to me. Now, it's time to finally end this battle…and the Mugen Tenshin Clan itself!"
Kazuki looks at his slowly recovering mother and barely conscious aunt. He then looks as all of his family and allies fall defeated by Raidou. Finally, not able to take it anymore, Kazuki walks forward, he eyes glow red, black marks form on his forehead.
"Kazuki…don't…" yells Kasumi, as she looks at her son in horror.
"Kazuki!" yells Hayabusa. "Don't allow yourself to be consume such darkness!"
However, Kazuki continues to walk forward. Jin, Lars, and Hayate all look stunned at Kazuki's form. However, Raidou looks with a smirk on his face, as he's eager for another fight.
"Come on!" said Raidou. "Show me that you're not weak like the others…even if you are still going to die. You should feel honored to die by the hands of a true ninja warrior!"
An enraged Kazuki responds by spreading his wings and immediately flies with a powerful punch that sends Raidou flying off the platform and against a wall. Kazuki then flies forward with a punch to the stomach, followed by an uppercut that knocks Raidou upwards. Kazuki then flies to the air, grabs Raidou's leg, and then slams him back down on the platform. With Raidou on the ground, Kazuki starts rapidly punching Raidou for ten seconds before backing off the now unconscious Raidou.
He then looks at his hands again, which now looks demonic. He can't believe what he's truly capable of.
But as he, as well as everyone else, look at him in shock, a dark red aura begins to form around Raidou, as he slowly stands up.
"You do well, Mugen Tenshin Ninja," said Raidou. "You surprised me with that kind of power…but as you can see, you're not only one who is full of surprises!"
Everyone look at Raidou in shock, as this unexpected new form is something they've never seen before. Only Kasumi and Hayabusa are familiar with it.
"No way!" said Ayane. "You really are a demon."
"That has to be one of Donovan's experiments." said Hayate. "This is something we've never seen him do before."
Raidou looks at Kazuki and says "Now…lets pick up where we left!" With quick speed, Raidou dashes forward with a powerful punch to the face that knocks Kazuki backwards but not down. Angry, Kazuki dashes forward to return to the punch that lands. Raidou is pushed back a few steps but simply laughs and lands another punch. Kazuki does the same thing back and the two exchanges punches and kicks, with no regards for defense.
Everyone look at the back-and-forth exchanges in a battle that appears to be dead even.
"Kazuki may be in his devil form but he still hasn't lost focus," said Hayabusa. "That is the only way he can reach his full potential. For years, it was difficult for him to realize that but it seems like he's finally learning."
After a long exchange, the two warriors separate, both appear to be exhausted.
"Damn!" said Raidou. "You're not like the other ninjas. I see you're very different!" Raidou smiles and says "But there is one thing I am certain of and it's that you haven't been taught the Torn Sky Blast Technique!"
Kasumi, Ayane, and Hayate all look at Raidou as his right hand starts to glow a dark red light.
"Oh no!" said Kasumi as she stands up. "Not that attack!"
"You wouldn't dare!" yell Hayate.
"Behold…the Torn Sky Blaaast!" says Raidou. He then blasts a red energy attack directly at Kazuki and the group.
Kazuki shoots his devil laser beam to stop the blast and the two attacks collide. The power struggle appears to be even until Raidou's blast start taking over. Thinking quickly, Kasumi throws a shuriken at Raidou's knee. With Raidou distracted, Kazuki's uses his beam to overpower Raidou's blast, sending him flying away from the platform, crashing to the wall. He then falls down shortly afterwards.
Raidou is defeated once again.
Exhausted from the fight, Kazuki, now back to normal, falls to his knees.
"I…I did it!" said Kazuki.
"It's finally over!" said Kasumi.
Jin, and Hayate all run up to him to help him up and carry him on each side.
"Come on. Let's go!" said Jin.
"Yes, we have to get out of this place," said Hayate.
As they are about to walk out of the facility that leads back to the outside, however, they hear Raidou, who is now badly damaged, following them to the exit.
"I'm not done with you yet!" he yelled. "I'm not done with any of you! This fight is not over!"
Lars, standing next to Alisa, yells "Guys, come on! Get out of this area fast! We'll take care of him!" As the fighters run out of the facility, Lars quickly takes off Alisa's head, and throws it at Raidou, who catches. However, Raidou doesn't realize that what he caught is actually a Spam Bomb and before he can reach, the bomb explodes in his hands, with the impact blowing him away. The explosion damages the area he's in and as he gets up, notices that the facility is about to explode.
"What? Damn it!" said Raidou.
Soon afterwards, a huge explosion engulfs MIST's place as the warriors escape in both Irene Lew and Lee Chaolan's helicopters. Kasumi, Ayane, Hayate, and Kazuki in Irene's helicopter while Hayabusa, Jin, Lars, and Alisa are in Lee's.
It seems that Donovan's plans are foiled.
As they fly off, Kasumi looks down at the ruined facility and says "It's really over now."
Ayane also looks down and says "Raidou is finally destroyed."
To Be Continued.
