Chapter 6: Chaotic Tragedy for Ehrgeiz

At the Game World Station, Edge was waiting for their big boss to get back until he sensed someone's presence as he attempts to throw his knife as someone dodges revealed to be Jo.

"How dare you sneaky around right behind me?" Edge gritted angrily as Jo replies.

"You know broom head... I'm also asking you the same question. Why are you stand and wait to someone to come out there?"

"It's our big boss... He's with Jin and the street fighter legend looking for Akira. I guess you got some nerve trying to scare me off like that." Edge said trying to act delinquent towards Jo.

"Scare you off? You know what, being act like a gangster shouldn't be trusted on." Jo said as she transforms into a Wolf Girl which she scares Edge.

"Gah! Take it easy! Don't try to bite me!"

Therefore, all of the G-Corp soldiers are cornering both Edge and Jo which forces her to revert back to her normal state which both of them became dismayed by this.

"Oh great... not from Red Scorpion again..." Jo growled angrily.

"Uh... Wolf lady I guess these guys are not from Red Scorpion you're talkin' about. I think it's coming from Jin's game..." Edge said knowing the soldiers are from the Tekken game.

Ryu was waiting for Jin while having his arm crossed as Daigo, Akira, Koji, Yoko and Sin are also waiting for him to arrive. Jin finally arrives to see them which they are relieved.

"How did it go, Jin?" Ryu asked.

"Now I realize why Sol knows what is happening here. He seems to know what happened to the Ehrgeiz game where both Yoko and Koji came out." Jin answered which Yoko knows the tragedy happened to them.

"Impossible, how did he knew about what happened to our game?"

"The real culprit is a woman from their game who obliterates the lives of the innocent. But for some reason, she must be loathed old games such as the Ehrgeiz game." Jin said knowing who's responsible.

"..."

"Are you saying she loathed us because our game was old?" Koji said wanted to know more.

"Mr. Masuda... just tell us about what happened to your game before this incident happened." Jin said wanted to know about the tragedy which Koji sadly lowers his head after remembering his student was among being killed in the spherical explosion.

"It was a month ago when this arcade is closed. Our game was peaceful until this strange sphere-like flames had showed up in the sky."

Flashback:

Shuwen discovers a burning large sphere is in the sky and it was approaching to throughout the place. Koji and Clair Andrews finally returned to town after their exploration in the Forsaken Dungeon and seeing other people are running away.

"Teacher, how come everyone is running away?" Clair asked and Koji sees a sphere-like flames is approaching around the city.

"Clair, I don't think we had no time for relax. Looks like this sphere is about to burn us up."

"Dad... we better get out of here." Yoko arrives to see them.

"Dad? Teacher who is she?" Clair asked in confusion as Koji tells her.

"She's Yoko Kishibojin and she is my estranged daughter from my ex-wife who is the master of Kishibojin-ryu Ju-Jutsu."

"I saw other people are disappearing from being engulfing by the large sphere. It's too dangerous now." Yoko warns her father which Koji was surprised as he agrees.

"We gotta go... I just hate getting killed here, not yet."

We can see Inoba was running away from being engulfed from a sphere as he sees other innocent people are disperse from being engulfing in the large sphere. Seeing this chaos other people are causing stampede as Koji, Yoko and Clair are trying their best to keep away from the sphere and they saw Godhand carries an unconscious Jo throughout the Game World Station as Inoba manage to tackle the trio to get through the Game World Station to safety causing them to get hurt as the sphere is getting close. Clair sees the sphere and it begins to engulfing on her leg.

"Teacher, help me..."

"Clair... oh no!" Koji tries its best to get Clair but Yoko stops him.

"Dad, we have to go... if you do that you're gonna engulf too...?"

"Yoko, are you crazy?" Koji said angrily to his daughter as Clair tells him.

"Just go on without me, Teacher. I want you to be safe, GO!"

"Clair...! No! No! CLAIR!" Koji yelled in anguish while Yoko drags him to safety.

Clair screams in agony as she was dissipated into a glowing white dust due to engulfing from the sphere and the survivors saw the large sphere created a deadly spherical explosion while glowing in purple and black aura. Yoko was upset to see the whole city was completely annihilated as she cries that her mother also get engulfed.

"Clair... sob." Koji lowers his head losing his student for the second time as Yoko becomes saddened to see her father upset.

"Despite you mourn your student, what about mother? She also got engulfed too." Yoko cried over her mother's loss which Koji notices too and seeing both his ex-wife and Clair didn't make it as well as he kneels on the ground while lowering his head mourning both of their losses and Yoko knows they ended up homeless.

Flashback over:

"My student Clair was among the others including Yoko's mother which is my ex-wife are killed when they are engulfed into that sphere and creating a spherical explosion. Only Godhand, Inoba, Jo, Yoko and myself are the only survivors. The rest such as Cloud and the others had their own game to keep them alive. I guess we're not so lucky after all what happened."

"..."

"Clair had already give her a second chance in life after she was killed in a deadly fire explosion after she defeated the red and black dragon she was facing. But now, she was among with others."

"Wait a second, Dad... If you're saying Clair was giving another life and she was physically dead? What kind an item you made her revived?" Yoko said confused about her father's journey.

"That was the time I defeated the monster Phoenix who maintains the balance of power of the Ehrgeiz Stone. When I defeated that monster, it just dropped a Phoenix's Feather and that feather manage to revive Clair miraculously. I was amused by this." Koji explained. "Before Cloud departed the game we came in, he told me about the Phoenix's Feather and it has a name called the Phoenix Down which is to revived the dead or to remove KO status and that's the reason Clair was revived because of it."

"I can't believe every people in your game is obliterated and your student had already given another life but being killed for the second time. This is unforgivable..." Jin said after hearing of Koji's story about the tragedy and becomes determined to stop the chaos. "Sol knows who's behind that spherical explosion."

"Jin... who was it?" Yoko said as Koji also knows who's behind it.

"That woman named Ramlethal Valentine. She is the one who destroys your game and Sol witnesses the whole thing while you and the rest are escaping to safety." Jin answered much to both Yoko and Koji's horrible shock.

"So it is true then... That Ramlethal Valentine is behind the massive killings... and destroying our game, sob..." Yoko said as she cries after hearing about the real culprit.

"Yoko, don't cry about it. I guess only just both of us now. Godhand and Jo have their own gigs in their lives. But from Dasher Inoba, he must be somewhere in this game trying to follow me in every turn." Koji said convincing his daughter not to cry.

"I feel sorry for your game, Koji. It was a tragic thing happened to you. My condolences..." Ryu said sadly as both Daigo and Akira also condolences to their game too.

"My condolences to you too, Mr. Archaeologist. Akira and I we also experienced this when our parents died and leaving both of us orphaned. I hope you would understand us."

"Thank you for supporting us, Ryu especially both of you." Koji said thankfully for their condolences and Jin decides to stop Ramlethal for making another explosive tragedy.

"I'll put an end of Ramlethal's schemes. I'm not gonna tolerate to see all innocent people being killed. Just like how I avenged my mother from Ogre."

"Jin..." Everyone calls his name.

"Mr. Masuda... I'll avenge your student and the rest from your game. I'll never forgive her for destroying your game and that game was created by both Cloud's game and my own game. She shouldn't loathed old games like this. Both Tekken and Street Fighter are old games too but always giving more upgrades in every main game to release. I'm gonna stop her from making this mess."

"Thank you, Jin... you really did give us some support." Koji said calmly thanked him.

"Yeah that's right... we are created by both Tekken and Final Fantasy. The main games are supporting us too." Yoko said knowing of their support.

"Jin, we're gonna help you stop that woman. She needs to teach her a thing or two. How dare her loathing old games like that? We from Project Justice deserves to have justice." Daigo said decided to help Jin to stop Ramlethal as Ryu also decides to join.

"I'll go with you two as well. I will assist you whenever I can."

"Thank you, Ryu." Jin said thankfully as Koji stands up.

"I'll help you guys too. I feel sorry for myself that I didn't save my student on time. My daughter and I are gonna beat her down too."

"If it's a beat down, I'll come along with you." Sin said after hearing their tragic story. "The old man might be there as well to stop her too."

"It will be dangerous to go off like that, Sin." Ky appears to see them and he tells them. "I overheard of the explorer's tragedy. I already contacted Sol about this and he's marching on to fight Ramlethal Valentine."

"It's my dad..." Sin said calmly and Jin knows Ky decides to go with them.

"I'm coming along with you. I know where Sol was going."

"Guess the king is coming with us. What do you think?" Daigo said noticing Ky's decision to come as both Jin and Ryu agreed.

"You can come with us, your majesty."

"I thank you for letting me join. I'll guide you where Ramlethal is." Ky thankfully accepts to join in their side and Jin becomes determined to stop Ramlethal once and for all.

At the Tekken 7: Fated Retribution where it zooms into G-Corporation Headquarters, Kazuya was very dismayed after hearing Jin just left the game. Xiaoyu arrives thanks to his secretary for calling her in his office.

"Okay, Mr. Mishima... I know Jin despises you. What do you want from me? You already used me as a spy for Shin and not this."

"I had no intention to use you, Xiaoyu... just like I did previously." Kazuya said while smirking evilly as he shows all of the G-Corporation soldiers manage to take custody of both Edge and Jo much to her surprise.

"Edge why are you here and who's this woman?" Xiaoyu wondered as Edge scarily replies.

"I'll explain it for later... but who is this guy? Is that duckbutted head is the leader of these soldiers?"

"Show some respect to the leader of G-Corporation or perhaps we should burst your head with our guns..." One of the G-Corporation soldiers angrily said while hitting his head with their rifles.

"Hold on the leader of G-Corporation?" Jo wondered and became surprise when she saw Kazuya's face and appearance as she exclaims. "Gah! This leader of yours...! He looks like Godhand in person!"

"Tch... Do not compare to me from that another Mishima?" Kazuya sighs while raising his brow. "I brought you two to my office because you two know where my son is. After the party is over, Jin always left without saying a word to me."

"Wait a second... you're Jin's father... but that's weird how come Jin would be rebellious to his family like that. Just like I did to my family too because I'm a black sheep." Edge said reminding Jin is how he did to his family.

"Edge... you know where Jin just went off. I know all of the games will be open soon." Xiaoyu asked in nice manner which Edge admits.

"I admit it... Our Big Boss is with him, Ryu and the yo-yo girl went to the very dangerous game looking for Akira and the yo-yo girl's father."

"What!?" Xiaoyu was shocked to hear this and Jo headbutts Edge's head to correct him.

"That's the Guilty Gear game, broom head.

"Sorry... I know myself to play video games. But I never heard about that game." Edge said while clutching his head.

"I see... I heard this game is extremely dangerous... Looks like I finally made up my mind." Kazuya said and he finally stands up and decides to find Jin. "Xiaoyu, you're coming along with me."

"What!? Are you crazy? You wanted to come with me after you tried to kill your own son. It was unforgiving..." Xiaoyu sneered angrily which Kazuya admits his actions.

"That's my role on the game we came in, Xiaoyu. You shouldn't expose it to anyone about my actions. Since you're Jin's closest friend, you're the one who knows where he's going." Kazuya said as he convinces Xiaoyu to come. "Let's go to that Guilty Gear game. I'm sure this search will be my own excitement."

"If you find Jin, Xiaoyu. Please... inform him about this trouble that his father put us out." Edge said telling him.

"Okay then... I hate uneasy people to come along with me. I'll inform Jin when we found him." Xiaoyu eagerly agrees.

"Wow... her actions seems like Yoko's." Jo said surprisingly.

"Xiaoyu... what are you standing for, let's go!" Kazuya said raising his brow at her which Xiaoyu angrily mad at him.

"Grr...I'm coming then!" Xiaoyu gritted angrily as she reluctant to go with Kazuya to find Jin in the Guilty Gear game while commanding his soldiers to let both Edge and Jo released and Edge shrugged to see them.

"I simply hate this guy's demanding attitude not like from Justice High."

"I was thrilled to see him who look exactly like Godhand's. But he was totally pissed when he was mentioned." Jo wondered about Kazuya's actions towards Godhand as Edge remarks.

"I think the looks of the guy might be based on that duckbutted leader. But still I don't like his demanding attitude."

"Let's just wait the results once they're back." Jo said telling him which Edge excitedly agrees.

"Good idea... wolf lady..."

Trivia:

*Koji finally reveals the plot happened in Forsaken Dungeon where Clair was killed in a deadly fire explosion until her revival in the end.

*Yoko mentions about the Phoenix Down that Koji uses to revive Clair is a reference to the item used to remove KO status to a single ally throughout the Final Fantasy games.

*Clair's second death is a reference to Charlie Nash's second death in Street Fighter V's story, A Shadow Falls.

*Jin also references his tragic incident happened with his mother Jun and Ogre and his ending in Tekken 3 where he finally avenged his mother from Ogre.

*For the first time Ky and Sin Kiske team up with Jin and the others to find Ramlethal Valentine. But in the game, they are reunited with his eternal rival, Sol while facing Ramlethal.

*Xiaoyu wears her new main outfit in Tekken 7: Fated Retribution.

*Kazuya is shown to get annoyed and irritated whenever other Ehrgeiz characters mentions him to look like Godhand as the former is inspired by him and the other Mishima Fighters from the game.

*Jo can be seen growling while in her wolf girl form but in the actual game, she does not growl while in that form as her powers are limited.