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Heart of Iron
Chapter 3: Jin Kazama
Dark skies groom on the air fields of the Zaibatsu's Compound west of the bank. This is the only non resistance occupied territory remain for Jin's forces. He'll be leaving this base to his pursuers once all his arrangements are met.
"The last trace of Heihachi's empire, there will be nothing left for the Mishima fortune," Jin said.
"There are still a few facilities outside the country controlled by Heihachi," Nina gave Jin the list of shareholders.
"Those will be leased to my buyers. Whatever left of the Zaibatsu in the rest of the world, it'll be no more. I'm planning to create my own foundation in the future," Jin checked the documents to verify all the Mishima Zaibatsu shareholders.
While checking on the documents, he senses the presence of Eddy Gordo. He sternly glare one eye at his unlikely assistance. The dark skinned capoeira prodigal slowly engage tense eye contact with the man he shouldn't have relay on the fate of his master's life.
Eddy crosses his arms waiting for Jin to bring up his neglecting for the cure to his master's illness.
"What?" Jin coldy looked back into the documents to finalize the shares.
Eddy sighed and said, "You know what."
"Can you wait alittle longer?" Jin asked.
"How long? Until we kill Kazuya or get ourselves into the custody of the feds?!" Eddy's frustration became apparent to Jin, but he understands how important Eddy's master is.
"The federals won't get anything out of us, so you shouldn't worry about that. Just stick to the initiative, Gordo," Jin said.
"Look man, we're losing and I don't want to bring myself down by your crazy reception with the entire world. Just give me the damn cure so we both have our demands!" Eddy about the throw a fit at Jin until the head of Mishima Zaibatsu put the shares into the folder and turn face to face with his dissatisfying employee.
"You did well to maintain discipline with the Tekken Force, Eddy. Now, as I said before, we're almost done. With the war dying out, it's about time I set the ultimatum. You don't have to come with us, but my medical researchers will contact you when the cure is complete," Jin could take all the heat on his advisories and former friends and Eddy is no expectation.
"What kind of ultimatum you're scheming?" Eddy shook his head gritting his teeth.
"It's not a scheme, it's our real objective. Kazuya Mishima and G Corporation is one part of the reason with this war, the other we're facing is a greater threat," Jin Kazama explained.
"So, you set us all up with this war?! Man, I knew you're so screwed up! This is supposed to be about our revenge on Mishima!" Eddy shouted.
"I'm sorry…" Jin uncharatistic apology left the argument in stumbles.
"You'll be damn sorry if something happens to my master when I get back to the hospital!" with that Eddy stormed out of the room preparing to leave the base.
Jin takes a seat and thought long and hard about everything he held accountable for the lives that are about to be lost. It's the ultimate price to awaken the ultimate evil, Azazel.
"Even if you tell him the truth about your real goal, he'll blame you for his master's life," Nina sat down on the chair in front of Jin's desk.
"And nobody cares about my mother's life at the hands of Orge," Jin scoffed.
"Are you sure about that?" Nina barely knows much about Jun Kazama except she was a participant of the 2nd Iron Fist Tournament. Jun isn't on her list of targets, but judging by the value of such a female individual, more importantly, Jin's mother, she assume Jun a much stronger woman on par with.
"You barely met her," Jin gave a weak smile at his companion.
"She wasn't my opponent, but I saw her presence very orthodoxy," Nina in all honesty, shed some honor to his mother.
"She was, huh? So pure, so calm, and perfect…" Jin folds both of his hands on the back of his head and relaxed.
"You care about your mother this much?" Nina wondered.
"Who wouldn't? She's the perfect mother I could have," Jin said.
"Well, not my mother…" Nina thought quietly.
Nina rarely thought about her mother. She was the reason her father quit the life of an assassin…..
Although, Nina became a mother against her own will, she has no affection for Steve. She never wanted children, but the meddling of her sister brought a few awkward moments meeting the son who doesn't know the truth about his real father. Steve is what Jin could have become.
Paul, that annoying fool, is acting father to the son she don't want. What kind of father would Nina want for her child that isn't suitable to her preferred lifestyle? Paul can be so amusing, but he is not her type. Too bad, Steve likes the guy a lot and it disgust her.
"You talked a lot about your father to me, Nina," Jin voice brought Nina back into reality.
"He's the best there is at what he do. What I do is far surpassable if he hadn't quit," Nina grinned.
"Some admiration for a living legend," Jin chuckled.
"Like your mother right?" Nina presumed.
Richard Williams was the world's most dangerous man. His well known killing arts has accomplished all of his blood contracts in several occasions.
"My mother never killed anyone," Jin nodded.
"My father killed a lot of people before he reformed. It's strange that we've both been raised under different philosophies," Nina crossed her legs complimented.
"Doesn't mean we can't be socially acquainting outside of…business," Jin shrugged and then he got up and walked towards the small cooler to take out some cold beverage for the two of them.
Nina gave Jin a gullible look. She's not very talkative with anyone. Jin is an expectation because he's her current client and to a lesser extent, her boss for the Mishima Zaibatsu that's about to be bought by shareholders.
"That tournament, the minx will think I'm entering it," Nina said abruptly.
"And what if she did?" Jin questioned Nina's reasons about her sister's persistent.
"She's wasting her time following me to the ends of this hopeless world. All Anna do is bothering my work ethnic because I choose this path and now she wants revenge just because I gave her a warning after remembering how much she screws with me. The next time we cross paths, she will die. I'm not holding back on her because of mother, I don't care, not the slightest affection for my mother because Richard Williams could have taught Anna more of what I know in the art of killing than living the peaceful doctrine," Nina grimly answered.
"After you've been controlled by Ogre, you remember your sister is an annoyance, haha," Jin gave Nina a beer while drank his bottle and remind the person he's been trying to get her out of his life.
"That's all I could remember as the fondness of memories, the rest is those enlighten days with, father," Nina finished talking and drank her beer.
"It's good to not have a brother. I can't imagine my life with a sibling this annoying and persistent. Asuka aside, having a brother to complete with this god awful blood curse is the worst possible way of living," Jin sighed.
At least, Kazuya doesn't know that Lars is his half brother yet. Extending the Mishima bloodline will bring more problems to Jin. He has to end this after he gets rid of the curse. Frankly, there's no love for Mishima Kazuya. Compare to him, Kazuya don't deserve a peaceful life. He doesn't deserve the love of his mother either. How could that man be his father? How could the devil gene be passed on to him?
He'll erase the last trace of his blood ties with Kazuya once he gets to Egypt to complete his plan. After Kazuya, it's Heihahchi. He's still out there, alive of course. It takes all his struggles to keep the curse from completely consuming him. Because of his mother's blood, he has not completely become the monster yet.
"Talking with you makes me feel exquisite, Nina. Now I understand," Jin said.
"You have no regrets making those tough choices. There are going to be those kinds of choices because life has never been fair as long as chaos exist," Nina finished her bottle and prepares to leave Jin some time alone.
"I could never have a happy family life because power is everything," Jin groaned.
"Eddy is right about one thing, you're messed up and so am I," Nina teased.
Jin shakes his bottle toying it and thinks about what he and Nina said. She left his office to run some errands for the Egyptian trip. His mind shifted into the one person who always following him, the girl Ling Xiaoyu.
"Hm," Jin stressed the person whose closes to him after his mother. He could not get Xiaoyu to come to her sense. Her plea to Jin that she could 'save' him from his own darkness, but the foolish girl had backed Heihachi.
"What good is left of that old bastard, Xiaoyu…?" Jin said to himself.
Heihachi Mishima was the man who awakens his devil gene. He was the man who taught him everything he knows about the Mishima Ryu Karate. Jin remembers the moment shortly after he defeated Orge. Why did his mother advise him to flee to Heihachi? He blames Heihachi for his mother's dissonance, his curse, and God knows what else that man had done before he was born.
The more he thinks about the past, the gloomier he would get in his room alone. For now, time is essence to complete his goal.
One more thing, "Did my mother love Kazuya because he's powerful enough to own her? There are other good men that could have been the love of her life and I could have lived happily without beaten up a father, grandfather, and greatgrand father over this stupid Mishima Zaibatsu."
His mother's relationship will never be clear to him. She's dead, he believed. Gone from the light he once fought for. If only Nina can talk to him about 'love'. It has always been Xiaoyu.
He finished his bottle and got up. Time is essence and the final stages of his crusade are approaching. He don his long black coat and put on his shades. The only thing good about this cursed blood is being a badass. Nothing more, nothing less.
It's a fine afternoon at the park where Xiaoyu wander thoughtlessly. There are barely any children coming here because of Jin's war. She heard the good news from Hworang that the resistance forces and jointed world authorities have seized the Zaibatsu tower. However, Jin left the building leaving her trail cold once again.
"You know what Panda, I think we should leave Japan," Xiao frowned when she said.
Panda wonder why all of sudden. It's her graduation year and she can't just leave it behind over searching Jin Kazama.
(No, you're getting graduated from Mishima Polytechnic!)
"How can I live to graduate alone without Jin? I have Miharu, Asuka, and Lili in the same school," Xiaoyu winced.
She resumes walking towards the park looking down on herself until…
BUMP!
"Ouch, watch where you're going you idiot!"
She got herself knocked down with a confused look from Panda. Who did she get bumped into?
"Um, sorry! I'm very clumsy with myself. Today isn't a good day for me," Xiaoyu checked out the girl who appeared to be foreign with short hair and looks that mistaken for a boy.
"You were saying?!" Leo got up furious with the raven haired girl on bangs.
"I've never seen you before. Are you new here in Japan? The akihabara district is at uptown," Xiaoyu nervously pointed the direction to the place where most foreigners settled.
"I lived here a few years ago…." Leo gave an annoyed look at her adversary.
"Oh, my bad. My name is Ling Xiaoyu and this is Panda," Xiaoyu greeted.
"Save your greetings, I don't think I want to get along with you," Leo coldly pushed the girl away.
"Why? I'm the nicest person around here," Xiaoyu crossed her arms not buying the blonde girl's rudeness.
"Whatever, I have to train myself for the King of Iron Fist tournament," Leo walked through Xiaoyu until the latter heard the mention of a 6th Iron Fist tournament.
"There's going to be a 6th Iron Fist Tournament?! That's it! This is my only chance to get to Jin Kazama," Xiaoyu said surprised.
"You know Jin Kazama?!" Leo turns around face Xiaoyu with interest.
"Who doesn't? He's was never a cruel warmonger since we were together in the 3rd Iron Fist tournament with Hworang and Eddy," Xiaoyu said.
"Doesn't matter, those who purge innocent lives, must pay!" Leo scowled.
"….."
"I'm entering the tournament to reveal all of Mishima's crimes for the death of my mother," Leo unveiled.
"Your mother?" Xiaoyu taken aback by what she mean about the death of her mother.
"My name is Eleonor Klissen. Doctor Emma Klissen is my mother and ever since they taken her to do those petty experiments, it cost her life…." Leo introduced herself.
Suddenly Panda heard the name as she growl softly.
(I've heard of her. She's the reason I'm being made into a hybrid thinking Panda)
"You know her too, Panda?" Xiaoyu look surprised by Panda's response.
"That animal is one of the experiments my mother knew about," Leo confirmed.
"She was a gift to me from Heihachi," Xiaoyu said.
"Heihachi Mishima…" Leo muttered.
"You said you're participating the King of Iron Fist tournament. I'm going with you, Jin has to be there," Xiaoyu said.
Leo faced away from Xiaoyu, this is supposed to be her lone quest for vengeance and having this obnoxious girl with her feels awkward.
"Alright, but don't get in my way," Leo walked pass Xiaoyu leaving her to decide to follow or meet up with her at the arena.
"Panda, we're going to the Iron Fist to search for Jin there. I better get changed first and meet Leo there," Xiaoyu said and Panda shrugged.
(You barely entered the 5th tournament didn't fight.)
"I'll have to fight my matches this time," Xiaoyu nodded.
"Hey!"
Xiaoyu turn back to the direction Leo passed by.
"Just wanted to let you know if one of your opponents happen to be Kazuya Mishima," then Leo turns back facing away from Xiaoyu with a dark look. "He's mine."
So much hatred for the Mishimas caused people like Leo into the darkness of their hearts. Jin Kazama is no different. To Xiaoyu, she hopes Jin didn't cause someone to deeply hate him.
Meanwhile a certain Brunette has been watching the two girls at the park. She trailed Leo, but surprisingly saw Xiaoyu there too. Those girls will be joining the tournament.
"Now this is going to be soo much fun," Anna gave a satisfying grin.