CHAPTER XII

Betrayal

One year has passed. Yoshimitsu used his new hand to do some new tricks with his sword that were impossible with his previous, real hand.

He knew that Heihachi will create another tournament, because he didn’t win previous one. He just waited for someone to tell him that. And he practiced more, because he didn’t want to be beaten again, especially by a robot. That was a humiliation, and he wanted it not to happen again. But he also knew all other fighters will practice too, so that was another reason to study Ninjutsuu, his powerful martial art, even more.

One day, he woke up and wanted to go to forest and practice new tricks with his sword. But, when he wanted to take it, he was shocked. His sword...

It... Disappeared!

“Where is my sword?” he wondered. Who could steal his precious sword, his most powerful weapon, his SOUL?

Anyway, he figured out that the person who stole his sword planned whole action. He or she woke up early, and entered Yoshimitsu’s tent.

That person knew that Yoshimitsu was never completely sleeping, that one part of his mind is always awake, so the person used something to make him sleep.

What could that be? A needle? A sort of sleeping gas? A smoke bomb?

It was unknown to him at that moment.

Anyway, he went to his fellow Manjis to ask for help. He needed his sword back. It was a part of his life, and he MUST get it back.

He opened Masaki’s tent, and saw him meditating. When Masaki sensed him, he opened his eyes.

- What’s wrong, Yoshimitsu? - He asked.

- My sword... it is STOLEN! You must help me to get it back.
- Your sword??? Who could do that? Anyway, the thief couldn’t go too far by now. We must search for him now!

They went to Kunimitsu’s tent, and... Yoshimitsu was shocked again.

Kunimitsu wasn’t there!

“Is it possible that... SHE did that?” he thought. But he didn’t believe in that. She was his sister, and she couldn’t do such a thing to him.

- Yoshimitsu... are you thinking the same thing as I? - Masaki asked.

- No! It’s not possible that she stole it! I... I...

- Yoshimitsu, this looks like a very detailed and good plan. I think she acted that she believes she is your sister, but she just wanted a chance to steal your sword!

- But why would she do that? - Yoshimitsu was full of anger. - I get it now. She wanted to get rid of me in the headquarters... she activated the lasers on purpose...

- Yoshimitsu... you are right. We must find her!

Yoshimitsu, Masaki, and some more Manjis they called started running in the forest. Actually, they didn’t know where to search, but they searched anyway.

After 4 hours of unsuccessful search for her, Yoshimitsu said:

- It’s useless. She escaped.

- But we can...

- NO. She isn’t stupid to hide in forest when she knows it’s the first place that would be searched. She escaped. Long time ago.

- Maybe. - Said Masaki.

- Smartest thing we can do is to get back to our hideout. I’ll get a chance to retrieve my sword...but later.

As Yoshimitsu and his Manji friends started walking back to the hideout, Kunimitsu watched them from her cover and smiled.

She was on a big tree, holding Yoshimitsu’s precious sword.

“You fool.” She thought. “You really thought I believe in the lie about me being your sister. Your time has come. You will die by my hand, and your sword!”

When she didn’t see any Manjis anymore, she jumped down, and looked around.

- It’s clear. You can get out now.

A man walked out of his cover.

- Why do we must hide from these ninjas? I know that guy, Yoshimitsu. He wouldn’t attack me.

- He is angry because I stole his sword.

- His SWORD? As far as I know, it is the most sacred thing he owns! You shouldn’t do that!

- I can only defeat him with that sword. I didn’t have choice. He is too dangerous. I believe that the sword has special powers.

- Special powers?

- I must bring the sword to my grandfather so he can make a perfect copy of it. These daggers are nothing compared to this magical thing I am holding.

- Well, you will have a chance for revenge.

- When?

- Heihachi is going to organize second tournament. I am sure Yoshimitsu will come, because he desperately wants to rescue his friend, Dr. Bosconovitch.

- Damn you! You could kill him while he was trapped in the headquarters! Why did you let him go? - Asked Kunimitsu, furious.

- Don’t worry. - Said her secret ally. - I just wanted to injure him. We will kill him later. If we rush like you did with Michelle, we will lose.

- Stop bringing that again! It was a failure, so what? I didn’t know she is so powerful. This time we will succeed!

- I hope so. I must go now, tournament is coming soon. We must prepare perfect trap for our beloved Yoshimitsu. - Said the person and ran out of the forest.

Kunimitsu was angry. Even thought she stole Yoshimitsu’s sword, her plan was full of holes. She never knew will her ally turn against her.

“Yoshimitsu is very hard to beat... this will not be easy...” She thought. “But it’s impossible to destroy this fool. If he comes against me, I am dead.”

She ran away from forest, making new plans in her evil brain.

Meanwhile, Manjis had an appointment in their hideout.

- So, there will be King of Iron Fist Tournament 2, as I expected? – Asked Yoshimitsu.

- Yes. Everybody is talking about it. Now you will finally get a chance to rescue Bosconovitch. – Answered Dawan.

- When will it start? – Asked one Manji.

- Tomorrow. Everybody is welcome to join, although I think Heihachi, or someone else is making traps for some fighters...

- Yes. I think he wants to kill his son, Kazuya. They’re both crazy, in my opinion. – Said Masaki. – We should eliminate them, but...

- But they are too powerful for us. – Continued Yoshimitsu. – Yes, even we are not good as them. But believe me, I will destroy them.

- Whatever you say, Yoshimitsu... anyway, come on, let’s practice for tomorrow. You must be ready for another tournament.

Yoshimitsu and some Manjis went to their forest arena and practiced. Yoshimitsu was even better than before. His skills, reflexes, speed, strength... everything was very well trained and brought to high levels. Manjis wondered how someone can be better than him.

After 6 hours of training, they finally took a rest and went to sleep. They were tired, but happy. If Yoshimitsu rescue Dr. Bosconovitch, the hard training will be definitively worth practicing.

Tomorrow, Yoshimitsu went to the place where tournament was organized. Again, he entered the big door of the building to report.

He recognized some old fighters who were reporting again, and he also saw some new faces. When it was his turn, he entered the cabin, and saw familiar clown face of Heihachi Mishima.

- It’s you, Yoshimitsu! So, you will fight again?

- Yeah. I hope I’ll be better now.

- Good! Good! I liked the way you fought and your tricks in previous tournament. Well, good luck in this one. What do you know? Maybe you’ll win it!

- Yes, maybe! Thanks for good wishes! I’ll give my best.

- Everything is OK. You are reported, you can go now. – Smiled Heihachi.

When Yoshimitsu left the cabin, he almost wondered for a moment how can a man like that be evil. But he realized that behind the “good” mask is a real animal, which would kill his own son without regretting for a moment...

Anyway, he had one primary objective: Retrieve his sword. He wasn’t less dangerous without it, but that sword had special powers and he received it from his dead sensei Zeku Nasa, who Yoshimitsu respected. So he couldn’t stand a fact that someone has stolen his sword. He knew that Kunimitsu entered the tournament too, so he got a perfect chance to get his sword back while she is sleeping.

Heihachi was standing in front all fighters, holding megaphone.

- Tournament will start for one week. Until then, as some of you know, fighters will live in this building. Do whatever you want there, but you cannot leave it before the tournament starts. Fighters, please enter the building.

All fighters entered the huge building. Some of them went to sleep, and some of them practiced. Yoshimitsu went to gym and practiced for a while, then entered his room and started meditating. He still didn’t see Kunimitsu on the tournament, but he knew she is there. He didn’t have any feelings about her anymore. When she stole his sword, she stopped being his sister. So he didn’t worry about her anymore. He will do what is needed, and nothing will stop him.

When it was too late, and all fighters entered their rooms, Yoshimitsu started searching for Kunimitsu’s room. But there were too many rooms, so he couldn’t guess which one is her. But he spotted a guard patrolling in the hall.

- Hello. – Yoshimitsu said.

- Hey, you are supposed to sleep now! – Guard yelled.

- Don’t yell, you’ll wake up other fighters. I am brother of a girl named Kunimitsu. Is she here?

- Yeah, why?

- I need to talk with her. Can you give me the number of her room?

- Hey, that’s confidential!

- Man, I am her brother!

- I can’t believe you. Sorry, but I am not allowed to give private information.

- Oh, OK then. There is no problem about that. Just relax... everything is OK...

Guard’s eyes slowly started to close... he suddenly felt weariness and he wanted to sleep...

Yoshimitsu’s hypnosis worked. The guard was under his control now.

- OK, now tell me where Kunimitsu’s room is.

- Room... 23...

- Thank you. When I enter the room, you will wake up.

And really, when Yoshimitsu entered Kunimitsu’s room, guard woke up, but he didn’t remember anything about hypnosis. He just continued patrolling.

She was pretending she was sleeping, because she expected Yoshimitsu will come. She didn’t hear him, but she sensed his presence. When he came close to her, she quickly jumped from bed! She tried to kick Yoshimitsu, but he was much faster. With one simple punch, he knocked her down.

- You poor traitor. I am disappointed. You are not my sister. You don’t deserve to have someone who will care about you. You are garbage, Kunimitsu.

- What do you know, Yoshimitsu? You are nothing but an insane robot! But beware, because you will not live long! I will kill you!!!

Yoshimitsu looked at Kunimitsu. He saw only anger in her eyes. He knew he can’t force her to believe that she is his sister. He decided.

- You will have your chance on the tournament. Now give me my sword.

- What? I will never...

She didn’t finish the sentence, because Yoshimitsu, full of anger, kicked her in the head, causing terrible pain.

- So? Will you give it to me or I will kill you and take it?

- WAIT! WAIT! OK, I’ll give you your damn sword! I hope you will DIE, you bastard!

Kunimitsu gave the sword back to Yoshimitsu. When he touched it, he sensed incredible power, again. With great speed, he appeared behind Kunimitsu and put the blade on her neck.

- You should NEVER even THINK about this again. If you try to steal my sword again, I will kill you.

- No! OK, I’ll never steal it again! I’m sorry! Please go!

Yoshimitsu left her room and entered his room. He was so silent that guard didn’t even see him.

When he sat on his bed, he sensed someone’s presence. When he turned around, he saw familiar face.

- Dagon? What are you doing here?

- Don’t worry, I’ll leave soon.

- What do you want?

- Kunimitsu is planning to kill you in the tournament. Her ally is Kazuya Mishima, and they both want you dead.

- WHAT? I can’t believe this!

- Believe it or not, it’s pure true. I was in forest when I heard their conversation. There is only one solution. Eliminate Kunimitsu.

- What the hell? But... she is still my sister!

- Your sister died when she decided to kill you.

Yoshimitsu looked at Dagon’s face. In one moment, he wanted to take his sword and stab it into Dagon’s mouth. But he knew that Dagon is right.

- OK. Thank you for the advice.

- Goodbye Yoshimitsu. Good luck on the tournament. You’ll need it.

After saying this, Dagon jumped trough the window and disappeared in the dark.

Yoshimitsu laid on his bed, and thought about the situation. He didn’t sleep all night. He was meditating and thinking. New plans were rushing trough his brain.

And all of them had only one, sad solution.

- I am sorry...

Yoshimitsu was ad about his decision, but he knew that was the best. He was training for about 10 hours every day. He practiced all tricks he have ever learnt, from his father, Goha, Tatsuo, Kobayasha, and what he learnt by himself. He even practiced the tricks he learned from Kunimitsu. But he paid more attention to meditation, because that is what will make him physically more stabile than other contestants.

The day before the start of tournament, all fighters left the building and entered the main arena. A megaphone is heard. That was Heihachi, who started talking about basics of the tournament.

- Welcome to King of Iron Fist Tournament 2! The rules are the same as in previous tournament, all contestants will fight, and winner takes all. The prize is very high, so do your best. All fighters must be aware of the risks they take, and cowards can leave tournament now, before it’s too late. Now I’ll let announcer to announce the fighters! – Heihachi said and called the Announcer.

Announcer came and started announcing the fighters. He started with fighters from previous tournament, and then he announced new fighters who reported to this tournament.

- ...And now please welcome our new fighters! First new fighter is Kung Fu fighter, Lei Wulong!

Lei was a policeman. That could be seen looking at his outfit, his gun, and his police stuff he wore. He wanted to be safe, although he wasn’t allowed to use gun at the tournament.

- A Bushido fighter, Jun Kazama!

Jun was beautiful, but strong. By looking at the shine of Kazuya’s eyes when he saw her, Yoshimitsu knew there’s something between them.

- Tae Kwon Do master, Baek Do San!

Baek was very strong. He surely practiced a lot. He was good built, and he had pretty good muscles. When Yoshimitsu looked at other fighters’ faces, he saw Kazuya changing his mood again... now he was smiling. “So he is connected with this Baek too...” Yoshimitsu thought.

- A kick-boxing champion, Bruce Irvin!

Bruce was black, and very strong. He was tall and good built. He proudly walked to other contestants.

- And Roger and Alex, the boxing animals!

“What the hell?” Thought Yoshimitsu when he spotted two little animals: A Kangaroo and dinosaur. They were wearing boxing gloves. Roger and Alex hopped to other fighters.

Heihachi came to Announcer and took his megaphone.

- Thank you. You are the fighters who will fight in 2nd Tekken. I wish good luck to all of you! Now go back to your rooms, and practice, or have a rest.

Al fighters went back to their rooms. Yoshimitsu was meditating. It was a hard night for him. He needed to rescue Dr. Bosconovitch, try to destroy Devil and Heihachi again...

When he thought about his last goal, he just closed his eyes and whispered:

- Kunimitsu...