CHAPTER X

Encountering the Vampires

Yoshimitsu was bored of his current costume, so he decided to change it again. Now he was in silver armor with green pants. He also got a new mask and a hat. This mask showed his head more than other masks, so now everybody will surely know that Yoshimitsu is NOT a robot.

He came out of his tent and saw that it's snowing. Anyways, he continued walking to his sensei's tent. He wanted to show him his new costume.

But…when he opened tent, he was shocked.

His sensei...Zeku Nasa…was laying on the ground.

- Sensei! What happened? - He asked.

But nobody could response. He put his hand on sensei's neck to see it he alive...

No.

Sensei was dead.

Some Manjis came into the tent.

- Yoshimitsu! We heard your voice...what's wrong with the sensei? - Asked one of the Manjis.

- He is dead.

- WHAT?! DEAD? - Manjis were shocked. Their sensei, their support, their FATHER...was dead.

- We must tell this to other Manjis. - Said Yoshimitsu. - He was the saddest of all Manjis, even he didn't show that.

After 10 minutes, Zeku's body was carried outside. It was snowing, but all Manjis were outside, looking at their dead sensei. After some moments, Yoshimitsu came to sensei's body and started talking:

- Zeku Nasa was like a father to all of us. He was a very good sensei, and I'm sure all of you loved him. Now, he is dead. Probably of old age, because there are no signs of murder. We all are sorry about that, but we must keep living. I am sure that sensei would like to see us continue being a Manji clan.

Sensei and Kobayasha were our greatest people. From now on, I will lead Manji clan, alone. Do you agree with my decision?

All of Manji ninjas started yelling: «Yoshimitsu! Yoshimitsu! "Yoshimitsu!" They liked that ninja, and felt that he has what is necessary to lead honorable Manji clan.

They believed in him. Yoshimitsu was very happy about that.

After some minutes, Manjis carried Zeku Nasa to the waterfall.

That was his last wish: "When I die, throw my body to the waterfall...I was born on the waterfall, I want to remain in waterfall."

With tears in their eyes, Manji ninjas threw Zeku's corpse in waterfall. They stared in waterfall for some time, then left that place.

While Manjis were coming back to their hideout, Yoshimitsu sensed something strange. His sense for danger started giving him signals to beware.

He said to other Manjis to come back, while he checks out something. He started running to the direction where signals were coming from.

It was dark and snowy, but Yoshimitsu continued running. Maybe the signals come from Devil himself? After some minutes of running, he stopped.

Now he couldn't see a thing because of darkness. It was night.

But, after some moments, he spotted red eyes in the dark!

- Who is there? - Yoshimitsu asked. But nobody answered. Yoshimitsu just sensed that the «thing» is getting more and more close to him...

Suddenly, he felt someone's teeth stabbed in his neck!

"VAMPIRE!" Yoshimitsu thought immediately. He knew one thing, he CANNOT let vampire to suck his blood, or he will become one of them.

Yoshimitsu reacted fast like a light. He grabbed vampire's head, crouched, and threw him above his back, so vampire fell on ground. Yoshimitsu took his sword.

He looked at vampire's eyes. He tried to hypnotize him and become invisible, but that didn't seem to have effect on vampire. Vampire slowly walked to Yoshimitsu.

«They are deadly, but their intelligence is low» thought Yoshimitsu. He knew that vampires aren't smart and they don't know much fighting techniques. They live for only one thing. To suck human blood and multiply vampire species.

"So, you don't have a brain, do you?" thought Yoshimitsu, smiling. He jumped above vampire, who was too slow to react on such a fast move. Yoshimitsu landed behind vampire, and smiled as he waited for vampire to turn around. When vampire turned around and saw Yoshimitsu's face, he yelled with a voice that contained fear, respect and madness. He realized too late that this opponent is too good for him...

But that was his problem. Yoshimitsu stabbed his sword in vampire's heart, because he knew that will kill the vampire instantly.

- Are there more of them? - Yoshimitsu wondered and entered defensive stance.

That was a good thing to do, because he sensed that vampires surrounded him from all sides. For the first time in life, he became anxious. This time his life was in huge danger, this situation was more dangerous than anything before...

Vampires were waking slowly, wanting to kill this human quickly and suck his blood...

The most brave vampire rushed to Yoshimitsu with incredible speed. He wanted to grab Yoshimitsu's shoulders and stick his teeth in Yoshimitsu's neck...

But Yoshimitsu was more than ready. When vampire grabbed his shoulders, he hit him with his knee in the stomach! That didn't hurt his enemy, but that gave Yoshimitsu enough time for his new attack. He started waving his sword and attacking vampires from all sides...

He sliced vampires' throat, heads, limbs, stomach...everything he could reach. After that, he started rotating on axis, waving his sword and cutting vampires from all sides. But no vampire was killed. They just standed back up and attacked again. So Yoshimitsu decided to change his tactic. He knew that vampires can't survive on light, but the only problem was night. It was dark, with no sign of light. He needed to create light. Quickly, he jumped above all vampires and landed on safe place. He started running, knowing that vampires are slow, and they will need time to get him.

After that, he sit on ground, in Indian style. He started meditating, but this time holding the blade of his sword and chanting.

Vampires surrounded him again. But now, he wasn't scared at all. He continued meditating until they were too close to him.

And suddenly, he just raised his sword! His sword generated a powerful flash!

Vampires were truly shocked. They started screaming insanely as their bodies started to burn and disappear. And after some moments, all vampires disappeared.

Yoshimitsu standed up, proud on himself, again. He did almost impossible task - he killed whole army of vampires, thirsty for his blood.

- I despise you - Yoshimitsu said - Brain is most important in a battle. That's why you lost in such a shameful way.

He walked out of the place, heading to Manji hideout.

But, he was surprised again. He heard someone walking. That person didn't want to be stealth, he or she wanted Yoshimitsu to hear the footsteps.

Yoshimitsu was ready for fight. But he sensed that this person will not fight. When he was close enough to the mysterious person, heard person's voice:

- Yoshimitsu...

He recognized the voice. It was his sister, Kunimitsu.

- Yoshimitsu, I want to say that... I believe you. I believe that you are my brother. I hope you will forgive me...

Yoshimitsu was shocked. Is it possible that his sister...is finally back?

- Kunimitsu...of course I forgive you. You are my sister after all.

Kunimitsu hugged Yoshimitsu. That moment was his happiest moment in his entire life. He was so happy for bringing his sister back.

- But...how did you started to believe me? - He asked.

- I dreamed my moth...our mother. In the dream, she said that you are my brother and I need to be with you. After that, I started remembering us when we were children...Please sorry...I was such a fool...

- It isn't your fault. - Said Yoshimitsu. - Kudji-Kiri ninjas made you forget everything, but now I see that you got your memory back...and I'm glad about it.

- May I join the Manji clan?

- Of course you can! Let's go there right away!

Yoshimitsu and Kunimitsu started walking to Manji hideout. Yoshimitsu was so happy to be together with his sister again...after so much time...

When they came to the hideout, first person to see them was Masaki.

- Yoshimitsu? W...what is she dong here?

- Don't worry Masaki. - Said Yoshimitsu with happy voice. - Kunimitsu remembered everything. She is back!

- Really? That is... GREAT! Welcome, Kunimitsu!

- Thanks, Masaki. - Said Kunimitsu.

- You're welcome! But I must say this to other Manjis!

Masaki ran to other Manjis while Yoshimitsu and Kunimitsu were smiling.

After some minutes, all Manji ninjas found out that Kunimitsu is back. All of them were happy about it, and they let her join Manji clan.

But it was too late, and all of Manjis were asleep. So, they entered their tents and started sleeping.

Yoshimitsu wasn't sleeping. He was with Kunimitsu in his tent, and he wanted to talk to her... to show her how much he loves her, how much he cares about her...

- I'm so happy to see you back, Kunimitsu. I...just can't describe it. - He said.

- Me too, my dear brother. From now on, we must stick together. Only that way we can defeat this evil which is around us. I know you fought with vampires...

- Really? How did you find that out?

- I fought against them too. I know who sent them here. It is Devil.

- Devil...damn, he is too dangerous. I must eliminate him before it is too late... - Said Yoshimitsu in anger. - But now, you need to sleep.

Kunimitsu fell asleep immediately, but Yoshimitsu wasn't sleeping. He meditated all night, happy for having his sister back. The fact he wasn't sleeping saved his life.

He heard some weird noises outside of the tent. When he came out, he saw his old enemies...vampires.

«Damn, they are back» he thought. "Will they ever stop?"

- Kunimitsu! - He yelled. He now needed her help to beat these monsters, but he also knew that she has bigger chances to survive if she is awake.

- What? - Kunimitsu asked from the tent.

- Vampires are back. I suggest you to leave the tent and fight.

- Vampires again? Damn, they are really boring.

Kunimitsu came to Yoshimitsu, while vampires were slowly surrounding them.

- Can you just use the flashing trick with your sword? - She asked.

- No. I did that before some hours and doing it again without meditating enough would make me lose too much of my energy and probably die.

- Oh! Well, let's fight them.

- OK. And remember: Always attack their heart! That's their weak spot.

Yoshimitsu and Kunimitsu entered defensive stance, preparing to attack blood-thirsty vampires. When vampires were too close to them, Kunimitsu stroke!

She waved her daggers very quickly and started cutting vampires. She stabbed her daggers in vampires' hearts and killed them one by one.

After that, she started doing her dagger combos, killing dozens of vampires in short time.

Yoshimitsu stared at her for some while, admiring her skills. But, after that, he started attacking too. He waved his sword, stabbing it into vampires.

Suddenly, three vampires surrounded him. All of them attacked at the same time. Yoshimitsu reacted quickly. He threw one shuriken to the heart of first vampire, then turned around and stabbed the sword in heart of second vampire. But third vampire stabbed his teeth in Yoshimitsu's neck. Yoshimitsu quickly jumped high in air, making the vampire confused. He quickly turned around and punched vampire in the head. After that, he took his sword and stabbed it into vampire's heart.

Meanwhile, Kunimitsu was fighting with one very fast vampire. Before she could attack, vampire appeared behind her. When she turned around, vampire attacked. He tried to punch her with his powerful fist, but Kunimitsu blocked the attack and countered with her right leg. She kicked vampire in the stomach, then took her daggers and stabbed them in vampire's heart. Vampire just fell on ground, while he was screaming, and his body was slowly burning and dying.

They fought like a very good team. But, every team has its mistakes. Kunimitsu did one...

She let one vampire to come too close. He grabbed her leg, and threw her to the other vampires. All of them left Yoshimitsu and started attacking Kunimitsu.

- NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Yelled Yoshimitsu with insane voice, for the first time in his life.

He needs to get rid of vampires quickly, before they bite Kunimitsu and suck her blood, or she will become one of them...

But now, he got unexpected help from someone. A dark person appeared from somewhere and came to vampires who were attacking Kunimitsu. He was in silver costume, with black helmet. He was wearing a sword with long blade. Silver ninja touched the blade of his sword and generated the same flash as Yoshimitsu's.

All vampires started screaming as their bodies started to burn. After some long seconds, all vampires were dead.

Silver ninja put his sword back to its place, on his back. He came to Kunimitsu, who was unconscious of vampires' hits. He touched her face with his hand and started to transfer his energy to her. When he transferred enough energy, Kunimitsu started to awake.

- Who are you? Asked Yoshimitsu.

- You know me. - Answered silver ninja. Yoshimitsu recognized his voice.

- You are...Dagon?

- Yes...

Yoshimitsu was truly surprised. One of his worst enemies is not dead, and he saved the life of his sister. Incredible...

- Thanks for saving her life. - Yoshimitsu said with respect. - But...why you did it? And how did you survive in the waterfall?

- Maybe you didn't know that Devil possessed my body when I killed Kobayasha and fought with you. When you kicked me in the waterfall, I didn't fall, I grabbed the edge and climbed back up. But you were too sad about Kobayasha to notice that. Anyways, my soul is now free, and I am not possessed with Devil anymore. I will help you to destroy him forever.

- Thank you. - Yoshimitsu nodded.

Kunimitsu woke up, and standed up.

- D...Dagon? Y...you are alive? – She asked.

- I came to help you to destroy Devil.

- Th...thanks for saving my life, Dagon. - Kunimitsu said.

- It's nothing. You two need to sleep. Don't worry, if any of vampires come, I will get rid of them. You can sleep calmly.

Kunimitsu and Yoshimitsu entered the tent and started sleeping. "What a day." Thought Yoshimitsu. "Kunimitsu is back, and now Dagon is here to help too."

Tomorrow, when Yoshimitsu leaved the tent, Dagon wasn't there anymore. «Strange man» thought Yoshimitsu. «I guess he will come when he needs to, although I don't understand why he doesn't want to join Manji...»

Now Yoshimitsu remembered his dream, when his father talked about Devil. «Dagon was the most honorable Manji ninja before his soul was possessed. But he fought against Devil, and lost. Devil possessed his soul...»

- Yoshimitsu! Come here! - Yelled one of the Manjis.

- I'm coming! - Yoshimitsu said and came to other tent. When he entered, he saw four Manjis: Masaki, Dawan, Tomodi and Tokeda.

- Yoshimitsu, we have a plan. Did you ever heard of a man named Dr. Bosconovitch? - Asked Masaki.

- No, why?

- He works for Mishima family. He made that cyborg that beat you at the tournament...

- Jack?

- Yes. The scientist is really clever. Now he is working on another Jack, which will be called Jack-2, which is powered by a special energy...

- Uh, I'm starting to get it... - Yoshimitsu said.

- We must have that energy. We need to infiltrate the Soviet laboratory of Dr Bosconovitch to steal the infinite energy engine that Jack-2 is powered by. I don't think Bosconovitch is a bad guy, but Mishima family may force him to make Jack-2 a deadly weapon. It's too risky to let Jacks live.

- Yes...you are right...the Jack who fought against me in Tekken tournament was extremely dangerous. He did beat me, and with that new engine you are talking about, they could destroy whatever they want. So, when will we go there?

- We should go tomorrow. I know where that place is, and you will not be alone. We will go together, along with other Manjis. That's all, Yoshimitsu.

- OK. Thanks for the information.

Yoshimitsu leaved the tent. Kunimitsu was outside too.

- Yoshimitsu! When did you wake up?

- Before ten minutes. Manjis called me for new plan.

- What plan?

Yoshimitsu told Kunimitsu all about Jack-2 and Dr. Bosconovitch. She was amazed.

- Yes...I saw Jack beating you at the tournament...those cyborgs are too dangerous. I'll go with you!

- No, Kunimitsu! It's too dangerous!

- You are my brother. I must go with you. We must stick together from now on.

- OK, when you insist! But we firstly need some training. Why we don't go practice?

- Alright!

Yoshimitsu and Kunimitsu went to a place in the forest where Yoshimitsu usually practiced with Kobayasha.

- We will fight without weapons. Let's see what you know. - Said Yoshimitsu, smiling.

After saying that, Yoshimitsu attacked. He stroke with his right hand, trying to punch his opponent. But he knew Kunimitsu will block this. And so she did. She blocked his attack, then attacked with her knee and knocked Yoshimitsu down. Yoshimitsu was smiling. He got up.

- Hmm...not bad for a Manji beginner...

Now he jumped above Kunimitsu and landed behind her. He wanted to kick her, but she crouched, turned around and waved her left leg, aiming at Yoshimitsu's head...

No. Yoshimitsu was too fast for this. He dashed back, letting Kunimitsu's leg miss him. Now, he stroke with his right roundhouse and kicked Kunimitsu to ground.

- Ooh! Not so good after all? - Yoshimitsu smiled.

But Kunimitsu had much more skills than Yoshimitsu could ever think of. She quickly rolled to side, ran to Yoshimitsu with extreme speed and slided, hitting Yoshimitsu's legs and making him fall on ground. After that, she jumped high in air, wanting to land with her legs on Yoshimitsu's chest.

He managed to avoid this attack and grab Kunimitsu's leg. He wanted to slam her on the ground, but he was hit by Kunimitsu's other leg in the face. After that, Kuni made a backflip and kicked Yoshimitsu. Then, she grabbed him and threw him far away. When he fell on ground, he started laughing. He was a bit angry on himself, but proud on his sister.

- Wow! Nice skills, Kunimitsu!

- Thanks. You are also good!

Now Yoshimitsu decided to use some of Manji tricks. He teleported behind Kunimitsu. She turned around, but nobody was there. That's why Yoshimitsu disappeared. When she realized that, she jumped high in air, avoiding Yoshimitsu's powerful kick. Yoshimitsu became visible again.

But now Kunimitsu surprised him. Yoshimitsu sensed someone is hitting him, although he saw Kunimitsu in front of him, doing nothing. He tried to block, but he couldn't see the enemy. While Yoshimitsu was trying to hit unknown enemy, Kunimitsu was laughing. Finally, invisible person stopped hitting Yoshimitsu.

- Hey! How did you do that?

- Heh! I have my own tricks too, you know! - Kunimitsu smiled. - I made an invisible clone of myself, that's all!

- Wow...that's interesting! I could do that too, but I never thought about using clone and invisibility at the same time! Good job!

After saying that, Yoshimitsu rushed to Kunimitsu and attacked again. They started a fight without any tricks. They attacked, blocked, and countered each other. There were punches and kicks everywhere. Yoshimitsu was a great fighter, but Kunimitsu was very good too. She managed to block most of Yoshimitsu's attacks. Yoshimitsu was surprised with real skills of her sister. But he didn't want to let her win, so he started fighting with his real style. Now his attacks were too fast for blocking, so he started to hit Kunimitsu more and more. His attacks were fast, but not really powerful, because he didn't want to hurt his sister. After 30 minutes of fighting, they stopped. They were both tired.

- Your skills are amazing. - Said Yoshimitsu. - But why you didn't fight that way at the Tekken tournament too?

- Because I didn't want to challenge Kazuya Mishima.

- Why?

- I am...afraid of him. He would probably kill me in a fight...he is too dangerous, especially with Devil powers. We must destroy them as soon as possible.

- Don't worry...we will...but now we must concentrate on current mission. We must steal Jack-2 energy engine. Now let's go back to Manji hideout. We must rest after this training.

Yoshimitsu and Kunimitsu came back to Manjis. It was lunch time. After the lunch, Manjis negotiated about the tomorrow mission.

- I will go to steal the engine while you cover me. - Said Yoshimitsu. - Kunimitsu, you watch out for the machines like cameras, lasers and other stuff. Two Manjis will cover you too. Dawan and Masaki will come with me, and others will be behind us. Any comments?

- What if something goes wrong? - Asked one of the Manjis.

- We must complete the mission stealthy. If we are spotted, we must get back quickly, because the base is surely full of guards, cameras, traps and other things.

All of the Manjis agreed with Yoshimitsu's decision. He was their leader after all. All Manjis came back to their tents and meditated to be prepared for mission.

Yoshimitsu was meditating in his tent, along with Kunimitsu. They both needed calmness of their spirits to get the job done.

Yoshimitsu needed to be fully prepared, mental and physical, because the mission will be very hard, maybe the hardest mission yet...