Chapter One: King of Iron Fist Tournament 4
I changed some of the T4 elements:
Hwoarang was never drafted into the army
Nina still has no memories what-so-ever, but she's not at the tournament to assassinate Steve.
Anna is enrolled in the tournament and was assigned to kill Steve by Dr. Abel.
Eddy shows up before the end of the tournament
Michelle will pop up once in awhile
"_" = conversation
[_] = personal thoughts
---------- = time change
******* = meanwhile
Blah = Devil talking to Jin/Kazuya
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Jin finished packing his clothes into a duffel bag before standing and looking around. He'd given away everything in his tiny two-room apartment except for the stuff that came with the apartment. Jin sighed and slung the duffel bag over his shoulder.
"C'mon Yuri." He murmured, picking a grey cat up. "Time to take you to your new family..."
The Kazama looked his apartment over once more and sighed, leaving. He took Yuri to Elisa and Drina's place and said his good-byes to the two females.
"Since I'm set on killing my grandfather in this tournament and taking over the Zaibatsu, I doubt I will return here. I will never forget you, Elisa...Drina."
"Good luck." Drina replied.
"Have a safe trip." Elisa said.
Jin nodded, put his hood up, and headed to the curb to hail a taxi.
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Lee Chaolan sipped his brandy, watching the Tokyo landscape zoom by through his limo's window.
"I wish I could have seen Heihachi's face when he saw that I'm still alive."
"You'll probably find out how happy he is when you arrive. He's probably waiting in the parking garage for you. That's what I'd do." A man sitting beside Lee replied.
Lee threw his head back and laughed. The man at his side just smirked.
"I can picture you doing that. Crouching behind a car...waiting for your pray."
"The word is victim, Lee."
"Of course, victim. How stupid of me to forget."
The man beside Lee smirked again and leaned back in his seat.
"Y'know what I heard?" The silver-haired man asked.
"No...what?"
"Kazuya is alive. The spy I placed in the Mishima Zaibatsu said that Heihachi discovered Kazuya was alive."
"So?"
"'So?'! Kazuya was the greatest lover I've ever had."
The man made a face, "Isn't Kazuya your brother."
"Foster brother. We're not related by blood. And it's not like I'm the only one who's fucked a Mishima. Oh, excuse me, yours considered himself a Kazama."
Lee laughed as he was slammed up against the limo door by his companion.
"Don't you ever mention that name around me again, Lee." The man hissed.
"Relax, Hwoarang. I didn't mean anything by it."
The redheaded Korean growled, sinking back into his seat. The in-limo phone rang and Lee answered.
"Yes?"
"Is everything ok, Mr. Chaolan?" The driver asked.
"Yes Kenichi. Everything's fine. Hwoarang was just giving me head and I got so riled up I smacked my head on the roof when I came."
Kenichi chuckled. "Ok then."
Lee smirked and hung up.
"You're disgusting, Chaolan."
"Thank-you."
"That wasn't a compliment."
"I know."
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Nina sat in a plush chair in the Iron Fist Tournament office. She spotted a few people that looked familiar but couldn't place their name or how she knew them. Her eyes locked on a handsome blonde boxer that just entered the office. He walked tall, like he owned the world. Next came another blonde. He was just as handsome but was obviously much older than the boxer. His hair was long and he had stubble on his face but Nina always liked that "rugged" look. She smiled flirtatiously at him. The blonde smiled back, a small blush on his cheeks. While the older blonde went to confirm his arrival another fighter walked in. A dark-skinned, dark-haired, busty woman walked in and looked around. She seemed lost and cautiously approached Nina.
"Hello. Where do I sign up?" She asked, her voice heavy with an accent.
"Last minute sign ups are over there." Nina said, pointing.
"Thank-you."
Nina nodded and watched the girl run off.
Julia and Ling stood side-by-side, staring at the large group of fighters.
"Everyone has changed so much." Julia said, pushing her glasses up her nose.
"Yeah. Everyone's...bigger. Lookit Paul. He's totally buffed up." Ling replied, eyes wide.
"My mother has the biggest crush on Paul."
"Eww..." Xiaoyu grimaced, wrinkling her nose.
Panda grunted her agreement.
"I haven't seen Hwoarang or Jin yet."
"They vanished a few months after Iron Fist 3. I think Heihachi killed them..." Xiaoyu said.
"Even though Hwoarang was an asshole...I hope he and Jin aren't dead."
"Well Hwoarang isn't." Ling announced, pointing.
Julia craned her neck to see Hwoarang and some other man walk in. The office went quiet, people turned to stare at the two. Hwoarang looked different. He was no longer a teenager and his features showed it. All his lean, wiry muscle was gone. He was bigger, like Jin. His hair was still sort-of long but it was a darker orange, almost red and his roots were showing. A pale but noticeable scar ran across his cheekbone all the way to his hair line. The silver-haired man Hwoarang was with grinned charmingly at the group.
"That's not Jin..." Ling whispered.
Julia rolled her eyes and was about to say "no shit" when the silver-haired man interrupted.
"How nice to see you all. Not only is my dear foster brother, Kazuya, back from the dead but so am I."
"Kazuya's alive?" Paul asked, his eye twitching a little.
"I see you remember the damage Kazuya inflicted upon you, Mr. Phoenix..." Lee grinned.
"I'll never forget..." Paul grumbled, folding his arms.
"Yes. Kazuya is alive and I know for a fact he plans to participate in this tournament. I wish you all the best of luck...especially if you get to fight my brother, myself, or Hwoarang here."
Julia's eyes drifted over the two men and she shuddered. The Korean's aura was dark with anger and hatred. Lee's aura was full of deceit, lust, and revenge. She had no problem with Lee's aura, it was Hwoarang's that scared her.
"We'll be taking our leave of you now. Come Hwoarang."
Hwoarang nodded and obediently followed Lee upstairs to the V.I.P. room.
"I can't believe Lee and Kazuya are alive." Paul mumbled.
"Me neither." Lei replied.
"He didn't look so tough." Bryan scoffed, spitting on the carpet.
"Would you stop that? It's disgusting." Lei complained.
"Then move away from me." The zombie-cop replied, spitting again.
Lei grumbled something under his breath and went to converse with Marshall.
Michelle edged her way over to her daughter.
"Seeing Lee and knowing that Kazuya is alive almost makes me want to enter T4."
"I'll take care of them both, mother." Julia replied.
"Be wary of Hwoarang, Julia. He's changed..."
Julia nodded, frowning. "I know. I wonder what happened to Jin...?"
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