CHAPTER IX

End of Tekken

All fighters surrounded the arena. Some fighters fought, and Yoshimitsu was watching.

He knew who his next opponent is. If he beats him, he will probably able to fight against Heihachi. Devil in Kazuya's body is very deadly, without any doubt hardest opponent in the tournament...one of best fighters in whole world...

It was Yoshimitsu's turn. He entered the arena.

- Yoshimitsu VS. Kazuya!

Kazuya was warming up. There wasn't Devil's presence in him...yet. Yoshimitsu prepared for the hardest fight in the tournament.

Yoshimitsu waited for Kazuya to attack first. Kazuya attacked with his powerful right kick in the stomach, but Yoshimitsu blocked his attack. Anyways, the attack was so strong that Yoshimitsu was stunned for short period of time. Kazuya used that moment to uppercut him, and kick him in the stomach. Yoshimitsu fell on ground. Even without Devil's powers, Kazuya is still a great fighter...

Yoshimitsu standed up. He disappeared and appeared behind Kazuya, but Kazuya knew that trick. He kicked Yoshimitsu again. Now Kazuya started his punch combo which was too slow for Yoshimitsu's skills. Yoshimitsu blocked all hits and uppercutted Kazuya. After that, he jumped above him and kicked him in the stomach. Then, he grabbed Kazuya's leg and started swinging his body, rotating himself on axis. When he rotated fast enough, he threw Kazuya on ground.

Kazuya felt bad pain, but he standed up and rushed to Yoshimitsu. Yoshimitsu jumped above him, but he couldn't escape Kazuya's jump kick. Yoshimitsu was knocked down. Kazuya was just smiling, waiting for Yoshimitsu to get up.

Yoshimitsu standed up and tried to kick Kazuya. But Kazuya grabbed his leg, and threw him on the ground. Now Kazuya ran to Yoshimitsu to tackle him, but Yoshimitsu kicked him in the stomach, getting enough time to stand up again. Yoshimitsu managed to kick Kazuya in the stomach, and punch him to the ground.

Kazuya standed up, and rushed to Yoshimitsu. Yoshimitsu managed to side-step and avoid Kazuya's shoulder attack, but he was shocked when he saw Kazuya's extremely fast fist coming to his face...

Yoshimitsu was punched in face. But he was still fast enough to get up from ground before Kazuya hit him with his low kick.

Kazuya standed up and smiled. He looked at sky and started speaking something unknown to Yoshimitsu. A purple light surrounded Kazuya's body as his eyes started to shine in a strange way. When he opened them, they were bloody-red colored. Yoshimitsu knew what happened.

Kazuya became Devil.

"This will be hardest fight in my life yet." Thought Yoshimitsu as he prepared to fight against the deadliest fighter on the world.

Devil was fast like a light. Before Yoshimitsu could do anything, Devil came close to him and uppercutted him. After that, he launched his powerful right kick which knocked Yoshimitsu down and made him feel terrible pain. Yoshimitsu didn't even have time to get up, because Devil jumped to him, grabbed him, and smashed him on the ground. After that, he jumped and landed with his legs on Yoshimitsu's chest. He wanted to jump on Yoshimitsu again, but Yoshimitsu managed to roll to side and avoid Devil's brutal attack. When he standed up, Yoshimitsu managed to punch Devil in face, but that didn't hurt Devil at all. He just smiled in his insane way of smiling and punched Yoshimitsu. This punch was much more stronger than Yoshimitsu's punch because it knocked Yoshimitsu down in a second.

Devil didn't attack more, he smiled and waited for Yoshimitsu to get up. When Yoshimitsu standed up, he stared at Devil's eyes.

Only thing he could see in them was DEATH.

Yoshimitsu disappeared and appeared behind Devil. Just when he thought he fooled him and waved his right leg to kick him, Devil disappeared too!

Only thing that Yoshimitsu's kick hit was air. Yoshimitsu turned around and saw Devil's face, smiling. He tried to punch him and get some precious seconds to prepare for next attack, but Devil's punch was much faster. After a small part of a second, Yoshimitsu was on ground again. He looked at Devil's eyes, and saw something strange. They became to shine more and more which means Devil is preparing for something...

Yoshimitsu quickly rolled to side just when Devil unleashed a laser beam from his eyes which would surely kill Yoshimitsu. He wasn't too disappointed because he missed his opponent. He started shooting multiple laser beams. Yoshimitsu's speed that he got during his training was extremely helpful to him. He managed to escape Devil's laser beams. Devil stopped shooting them, and jumped high in air. He didn't fall from there.

"Damn, he even knows to fly!" Thought Yoshimitsu and jumped to Devil. He took his sword and he waved it, pointing to Devil's chest...

YES! Yoshimitsu stabbed his sword in Devil's chest! Both Yoshimitsu and Devil fell on ground. Just when Yoshimitsu thought he finally killed Devil, he saw something strange...

Devil was smiling. Yoshimitsu and all people around the arena were shocked, more than ever. Devil grabbed Yoshimitsu's sword and took it out of his chest. He didn't even bleed. Nothing happened. Yoshimitsu was too shocked to react on Devil's sudden attack...

Yoshimitsu was hit by Devil's heavy kick. The power of the kick was too strong, even for a fighter like Yoshimitsu.

He fell on ground, and he didn't have the power to get up anymore.

- Kazuya wins! – Said Announcer.

Yoshimitsu wasn't surprised with the fact he was beaten by Kazuya. He knew that his skills can't match Devil's skills, but later...when he trains hard enough, Devil will be defeated...

His next opponent was Ganryu. After beating him, he must expose Ganryu's crimes...

- Yoshimitsu VS. Ganryu!

Yoshimitsu smiled as he watched Ganryu enters the arena and warms up. He was really fat, but he surely knew how to fight.

Ganryu attacked first, with his fast punches to the face. This attack was a joke to block or avoid. Yoshimitsu crouched letting Ganryu's hands pass above him. After that, he grabbed Ganryu and smashed him on the ground. But his opponent didn't look like he's hurt.

When Ganryu standed up, Yoshimitsu attacked again. Now he jumped above Ganryu, and grabbed him with his legs. Yoshimitsu landed on his hands, and smashed Ganryu's heavy body on the ground again. After that, he jumped on laying Ganryu and punched him in the face. He started punching him multiple times because he didn't want to show any mercy to that criminal who still leads honorable Sumo code.

Ganryu managed to kick Yoshimitsu and stand up. His face was bloody, but he attacked anyways. He now slided and surprised Yoshimitsu, so Yoshimitsu fell on ground. Ganryu was very angry. He jumped and landed on Yoshimitsu with all of his massive body. Then, he kicked Yoshimitsu in the head and backed up, waiting for his opponent's reaction.

Yoshimitsu sit on ground, meditating. He started rotating on axis, while smoke surrounded his body. Then, he just disappeared and appeared behind Ganryu.

Old trick...

Ganryu was too slow on Yoshimitsu's attack. Yoshimitsu hit him with his knee and knocked him down, on ground. Now Yoshimitsu slided and kicked laying Ganryu. They both standed up and rushed to each other Ganryu wanted to punch Yoshimitsu, but Yoshimitsu's right leg had more attack range...

Yoshimitsu kicked Ganryu in the stomach, which caused terrible pain. Yoshimitsu started his old punch combo, learned by Kobayasha.

Of course, Ganryu couldn't block the hits because Yoshimitsu was just too fast for him. He was hit by all hits of the combo. But Ganryu managed to attack after Yoshimitsu's combo. He grabbed Yoshimitsu's arm and slammed him hard on the ground. After that, he jumped on Yoshimitsu's chest. Yoshimitsu disappeared and appeared above him. Now Yoshimitsu jumped on Ganryu's chest. He smiled watching Ganryu's shocked face. But Ganryu didn't have time to wonder because Yoshimitsu started punch him with his highest speed. Ganryu yelled like insane as he received punches from all sides. He couldn't do anything to stop that.

He was even more shocked when he saw Yoshimitsu taking his sword and putting it on his neck!

- Why are you doing this? – He asked with a voice which contained fear, respect and impossibility to do anything.

- Why are you doing that? – Asked Yoshimitsu with threatening voice.

- What? – Ganryu was confused.

- How can you follow honorable Sumo code and still be a criminal? In my law, that deserves DEATH!

- H...How you knew that?

- That doesn't matter. You WILL die, if you don't confess your crimes! Prepare for truth, or terrible DEATH!

Ganryu was shocked and scared. But Yoshimitsu didn't want to kill him, he just wanted to scare him, because he knew Ganryu will do anything to stay alive.

- So? – Yoshimitsu smiled and waved his sword, like he is going to stab Ganryu... – Do you want to know how it feels when your head is sliced off your body and it fells on ground...but your body wants to LIVE, and it can't, but life passes...- Yoshimitsu said and waved his sword to Ganryu's head...

- NO! STOP! PLEASE! I'LL DO ANYTHING, JUST STOP!!!!!

Yoshimitsu smiled, and put his sword on his back. Then, he turned to all people who were watching the match.

- Ladies and Gentlemen, this man dares to follow Sumo code and leads the life of criminal! He must be banished from tournament IMMEDIATELY!

Heihachi standed up, confused.

- Ganryu, is this true? – He asked.

- Yes, Heihachi, it is true. I deserve to be banished, do anything you want. – Ganryu said with sad voice. His life was most important to him.

- Well, then I'll accept Yoshimitsu's proposal. You don't have the right to contest in this tournament! Leave now, or our soldiers will make you leave the tournament!

Ganryu left the arena. When he left the tournament and entered the forest, he was shocked again. He saw a bunch of ninjas!

- Who are you now??? – He asked.

- You are criminal, right? Well, we are modern Robin Hoods, you know! So we must steal everything from you! – They said, smiling.

- OK! OK! Just don't kill me!!! – Ganryu said and gave all of his money to ninjas.

When he gave all of his money to them, he started running like insane! He will surely never be a criminal again...

Manji ninjas smiled. They shared Ganryu's money and came to the fighting arena. Yoshimitsu wasn't fighting.

Some other fighters fought, while Yoshimitsu was talking with Heihachi.

- Yoshimitsu, you are a very good fighter, one of the best at this tournament. – Said Heihachi with respect in his eyes. – But you weren't able to defeat Jack and Kazuya, so you won't be able to fight against me. I must challenge Kazuya and defeat him because of Devil in him. You probably know who is Devil...

- Yes, I know. – Answered Yoshimitsu.

- You are a very good fighter, but I don't think you could defeat Devil. So, I must try to beat him. Kazuya will fight against me in the final fight. Sorry for this, but I hope you will understand why you can't continue the tournament.

- It's OK. – Said Yoshimitsu. – I understand. This tournament was a kind of training for me anyways.

- Thank you, Yoshimitsu. I want you to know that you have all of my respect. You are a really good fighter, but the circumstances are different...

- It's OK. – Said Yoshimitsu and walked to arena to watch other matches.

"If you could only know that I didn't even want to win the tournament." Yoshimitsu thought. "I just hope my Manji friends will have the time to steal the money."

A loud gong was heard. Heihachi entered the arena, and started speaking:

- I want to congratulate to all fighters, because you all fought very good! And the fighter who will have the right to fight against me is...KAZUYA MISHIMA!

Some fighters weren't very happy of Heihachi's decision, but they all knew that Kazuya WAS the best fighter at the tournament.

Kazuya entered the arena.

- When will we fight? – he asked.

- NOW. – Answered Heihachi and prepared for the match.

Announcer came to his place, and announced the fight:

- Heihachi VS. Kazuya!

Heihachi attacked first. It was his powerful uppercut, the Wind God Fist. But Kazuya blocked this so easily that even Heihachi was shocked. He didn't have much time to wonder, because Kazuya countered with his right kick. Heihachi wasn't knocked down, but he was stunned for a bit. Kazuya punched him in the face, then kicked him in the stomach. He wanted to grab him, but Heihachi managed to sidestep and avoid Kazuya's attack. Now Heihachi jumped and kicked Kazuya in the face. Yoshimitsu was surprised of Heihachi's vitality and strength. Maybe he will even be able to defeat Kazuya...

"Or not." Yoshimitsu thought as he saw Kazuya grabs Heihachi's leg and slams him on the ground. Kazuya is still dangerous, he will be even more deadly when he becomes Devil...

But Kazuya was still playing with Heihachi. He did a 3-kick combo and hit Heihachi with all of the attacks. Now Kazuya started punching Heihachi in the face. Heihachi crouched and avoided these punches. Now Heihachi low kicked Kazuya and that made Kazuya lose balance. He fell on ground, letting Heihachi jump on his chest. That was just what Heihachi did. He started jumping on Kazuya's chest, but that didn't work. Kazuya grabbed Heihachi's head and hit him with his head.

Now Kazuya kicked Heihachi and knocked him on ground. After that, he looked at sky again and started chanting. Heihachi knew what he is trying to do.

- NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! – Heihachi yelled as he ran to Kazuya with his highest speed.

But he was too late. Kazuya already became Devil. Heihachi tried to stop rushing, but he didn't manage to escape Devil's powerful uppercut. After that, Devil kicked him in the stomach. Heihachi managed to stand up and block Devil's punch combo. He kicked Devil and knocked him down.

Devil standed up and flew in the sky.

He started shooting his laser beams to Heihachi. But Heihachi managed to escape the beams. Devil landed down. His hands were shining with red color.

Heihachi figured out what was happening too late, because he was hit by Kazuya's lighting bolt. He was badly hurt, and he just fell on ground. Now Devil flied again, preparing for another laser beam, which will kill Heihachi for sure...

No. There was still power in Heihachi's body. He rolled to side and avoided Devil's attack. Now he jumped to Devil and grabbed him. They both started falling down. They landed with Heihachi on top of Devil. Heihachi started punching Devil in the face. But his opponent was...SMILING!

«Why? « thought Heihachi. The answer was coming quickly...

Devil disappeared, using the trick he learned from Yoshimitsu. He appeared above laying Heihachi! Heihachi had time to turn his head and look what was happening, but not to escape Devil's kick in the back. Heihachi felt that his bones were breaking. That fighter was too good...even for him...Devil didn't stop. He grabbed Heihachi's leg and tried to break it. But Heihachi surprised him this time. He rolled back and standed up. After that, he jumped high above Devil, and punched him in the head with both of his hands!

But that didn't have any effect. Or Devil didn't show it has effect. He standed up, and started charging for his laser beam. He didn't even need to fly.

Heihachi rushed to him to stop Devil's charging, yelling insanely, but...

Devil opened his eyes and unleashed his deadly laser beam, hitting Heihachi in the face. Heihachi couldn't stand up.

Announcer was shocked too. He figured out that the match was finished.

- Kazuya wins! Kazuya Mishima is the winner of King or Iron Fist Tournament!

Yoshimitsu was truly surprised. This fighter...is the best fighter on the world. It won't be easy to defeat him at all.

- Yoshimitsu!

Yoshimitsu turned around. He saw Tokeda.

- Tokeda? Did you steal the money?

- Yes, of course! You doubted? – Tokeda smiled.

- Not of course. So, when will we go?

- NOW! Heihachi musn't see us! Come here!

- Heihachi is finished.

- What?

- Kazuya defeated him.

- Wow...so it is true...nobody can defeat Kazuya...

- I will. But I must train harder. Now, my skills can't match Devil's. And I don't think Heihachi is dead yet. But I suspect Kazuya might want to kill him...I don't think there's family love between them.

- Whatever. That's their problem. Now, we must GO! We prepared the horses. You know to ride a horse, right?

- Yes. My father learned me that.

- Good. Now, let's go.

Yoshimitsu and Tokeda joined other Manji ninjas and sit on horses.

- Yoshimitsu! You fought very well! Congratulations! - Said Masaki.

- Thank you.

- What happened with Kunimitsu?

- Kunimitsu? Damn, I forgot about her!

- That doesn't matter, you will find her later! Is the money here? – Asked Masaki one of the Manjis.

- Yes. We can go now.

Manji ninjas started riding the horses to nearest village. They saw a Law family.

- We should leave the money to them. - Said Yoshimitsu. He knew that those people are poor.

- Whatever you say, Yoshimitsu. - Said Masaki.

Manjis opened the bags with money and shared the money to grateful Law family. There was money everywhere. Poor people picked the money and happily waved to Manji ninjas. Yoshimitsu was smiling, proud of himself and his Manji buddies.

After 2 hours, they finally came to their hideout, where their sensei, Zeku Nasa, was waiting.

- You did it! I'm so proud on all of you! You ARE the real Ninjas! Congratulations! - Said sensei, as his eyes were happily shining.

- You need to thank Yoshimitsu! - Said Tokeda. He did most of the job by contesting in the tournament.

- Well, thank you Yoshimitsu!

- You are welcome. - Said Yoshimitsu.

- So, did you have fun in the tournament? - Asked one of the Manjis.

- You know, the tournament was a very important lesson to me. I learned that my skills are high, but I am still not good as some fighters, like Devil.

I must train more to be able to defeat him. I know that we will meet again later, and that day I must be ready...