Tekken Short Stories

Halloween: Part 3

They rushed into the penthouse and saw Jin and Lee fighting in the middle of the living room. Adam stood a little far away, trying to keep the excited Tori from joining them. Lars was watching them with a smirk while Kazuya was trying to separate them.
"Leave my brother alone!" Kazuya exclaimed, trying to pull Jin off.
"No, I demand to know who Heihachi cheated on me with!" Jin exclaimed, shaking Lee by the shoulders.
Lee kicked him off and jumped into his fighting stance. Kazuya took the chance to give Jin a Steel Pedal Drop.
"Stop that!" Jun exclaimed, running towards them. She pushed Kazuya off and helped Jin up. "Are you okay?"
"Hello, the one that needs to be asked that is over here," Lee waved at her with a frown. "He was making me dizzy by shaking me like that!"
"I'm fine," Jin said, standing up. "But Heihachi cheated on me before I died!"
Jun rolled her eyes. "Jin, Lee was adopted." Lars burst into laughter, Heihachi style, while Jin didn't in the least look surprised.
"Well, I suppose that makes sense," Jin shrugged. "I know how much Heihachi loves me."
"Now let me see, how do we exorcise these two...?" Claudio chimed.
Everyone turned to him in surprise, mainly Jin and Lars. They both gasped and looked at each other. And then...
Jin fainted.
Lars looked like he didn't know what to do, but eventually fainted too, laying next to Jin.
"So, are they possessed?" Jun asked.
Claudio frowned thoughtfully and went towards them. He knelt beside them and took hold of their hands. Then, he chuckled and turned towards them.
"These two aren't possessed," Claudio said, standing up. "They're fine. I don't feel any signs of ghosts in them, only Jin's Devil Gene. Even if they were possessed, they're no longer."
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
"Normally, if someone is possessed, they'll be weakened after the ghost leaves," Claudio frowned. "These two are fine. Maybe they're just lucky."
"So they're gone?" Jun said, relieved. Claudio nodded slowly. "Thanks, Claudio."
Claudio shook his head. "No need to thank me. They left on their own." He looked at his watch and frowned. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have an important errand to run. I'll see you at the party."
He bid his farewell and left. Everyone then turned to the unconscious men. To their surprise, Jin suddenly opened an eye, looking around the room, before opening his other.
"Is he gone?" Jin asked, sitting up. He scanned the room and heaved a sigh of relief. He patted Lars's shoulder. "Lars, he's gone."
Lars woke up too and looked around. "Phew! That was a close one."
Lee cleared his throat. "Care to explain, Teacake?"
Lars sighed. "Fine, it was all a prank."
"A prank?!" Everyone exclaimed at the same time.
"What do you mean 'prank'?!" Kazuya shook him by the shoulders.
Jin smirked. "It's Halloween. They say 'Trick or Treat' for a reason."
Everyone started beating Jin and Lars up, demanding why they would do such a thing. Jun eventually stopped them and asked for an explanation.
"We were digging in Heihachi's old stuff and found lots of interesting things," Lars shrugged. "We were actually looking for this."
He held up a recoloured picture of Jinpachi, all scribbled up.
"Looks like it is genetic, after all," Jin smirked. "We also found a lot of Kazumi's things too." He took off the Phoenix kanzashi and showed it to them. "This one too."
"And we also found some of their old clothes," Lars said, gesturing at his person. "They were surprisingly in good shape too."
"And surprisingly Jin can fit in them too," Steve smirked. "I've never seen this Kazumi person before, but I'm sure she was a lot smaller than you."
"We also found their diaries," Jin said, ignoring Steve's remark. "I'll go get them."
He left and returned with two old journals. He handed them both to Kazuya.
"This is how we found out about their personal things," Jin shrugged. "Like how Heihachi always skipped breakfast without knowing it."
"And then you decided to trick me..." Kazuya scowled. "Do you know how painful it was to know that your evil dead parents have possessed your family members?!"
"We know, we know," Lars raised his hands in defeat. "That's why we're not only giving you a Trick, but a Treat as well."
"Trick and Treat!" The two men exclaimed excitedly.
"And what sort of a treat are you giving us?" Hwoarang chimed in, sinking his teeth into another snickerdoodle.
"Not for you," Jin smirked. "It's for Dad."
"Aww come on!" Hwoarang whined.
"And Oneesan," Lars added with a grin.
"Hey, what about me?!" Amber demanded. "I was pretty spooked too!"
Jin chuckled. "We wouldn't leave you out, Mom 2."
He suddenly whipped out a plastic bag and handed them bars of chocolate.
"All that, and now you're giving me chocolate..." Kazuya scowled, looking at the bar of chocolate in his hand. He sighed and shook his head. "Thanks a lot, Jin."
And then he walked away and went to his room.
"So we were summoned for no reason?" Nina frowned. "Jin, I can't believe that you're my boss..."
Jin smirked. "You're actually my aunt, ya know?"
Steve frowned thoughtfully and then gasped. "Hey, he's actually right! Mom, you see, Auntie married Lee, who's actually Kazuya's brother. So that means Kazuya is your brother-in-law. And if Kazuya is your brother-in-law, then Jin is your nephew!"
Nina sighed. "Whatever. But I'll strangle you if you call me auntie. You got that?"
Jin nodded and took his arms out of the kimono's sleeves. He eventually took the whole thing off and ended up walking around in a nagajuban instead. "I'm gonna go change..."
"You better treat us," Hwoarang frowned. "Or else..."
"Or else what?" Jin raised an eyebrow.
"Or else... I'll raid your fridge!" Hwoarang got up and sprinted in the direction of the kitchen.
The Mishima family smirked and just watched.
"You guys better go stop him before he licks everything clean," Steve frowned, going towards Jin and Jun.
"Nah, don't worry," Jin smirked. "The fridge has a lock."
Everyone looked at him in surprise.