Tekken - About the Story

Tekken: About the Story - Chapter 1 - Heihachi and Kazumi

Tekken, it was the name of the tournament which meaning was "Iron Fist" and it would also echo powerfully around the entire world, meantime, what had generated it and for what pretext? In a faraway year, a businessman called Heihachi Mishima, owner of the multinational Mishima Zaibatsu also known as CEO at the time he had 52 years old, he had decided to create that tournament which had become the core of everything, however, maybe it would be a miscalculation to say everything had begun because of that fight event.

At the Mishima's Mansion about more than 20 years ago, Heihachi was used to receive his father's friends. His name was Jinpachi Mishima which in past times was the company's founder and remained currently as the boss. Jinpachi was a robust dark-skinned man which had a lot of honor. Heihachi was very smart and charismatic, had black hair around his bald head and a mustache which was also his trademark. The mansion was very luxurious and well lit, it was possible to notice the Sun rays getting in through the windows and emphasizing the valuable goods that were inside the establishment. Since famous painting frames until the collections of porcelain vases and musical instruments like piano and organ.

The Mishima Family was a traditional japanese family. Jinpachi owned a best friend which had come from China, his name was Wang Jinrei, which always supported him when the same needed and used to give him advices including critic reviews. On a fateful morning, Jinpachi asked his butler to get his friend inside the house while Heihachi arrived at the living room alongside his son from Kazumi Mishima's wedding, his name was Kazuya Mishima. The boy looked like he had 5 years old at the time and had a strong minded, he had a sullen countenance which only proved his pride although his little life experiences. Kazuya was spoiled by his mother and would be a possible heir to a great fortune.

The butler went back opening the front doors to the morning visit arrival. "It seems to me that you are aging well, my dear friend." said the chinese old man to the older great Mishima Zaibatsu founder. Around the two great friends, Heihachi seemed to be always lurking and also taking care of his son waiting for his wife for the two to leave. That intimacy was very well seen between the two friends and apparently Heihachi didn't have such intimacy with both.

"That is your kindness, my loyal comrade." answered Jinpachi to Wang. Wang was a very loyal man, from a wise look and which devoted his life with martial arts and the gods wisdom. Both hugged each other and sat on the sofa to drink a morning tea chatting to each other. Wang Jinrei's Fighting Style was Xin Yi Liu He Quan, from Chinese origin.

"Honey, can you let our son with his grandfather? We have a lot to solve and we probably will be back late." It was her, Kazumi Mishima, the former Kazumi Hachijou which was her family of origin. Her white skin, her traditional japanese black hair and her white and red kimono were some of her outstanding and beautiful features like the most pretty cherry blossom. A gentle woman which cared about her family having enviable features for a wife.

"Mom! Do you promise you come back soon? My father said for me to wait for you." that was said by Kazuya Mishima, the little boy which had a spiked back hair. He used to train with his own grandfather Jinpachi on the Mishima Style Fighting Karate and also with his father. Although he would prefer to train with his grandfather for treating him very well.

"Don't need to worry, son. Your father and I will not take so long. We have to go to the dojo and solve some other stuff." she kissed her son on his forehead and hugged Heihachi with affection, that way, Kazumi waited for her husband to leave the mansion alongside her, a mansion whose environment was very wide for the quantity of family members which lived there.

"Have I already said to the woman of my life that I love her?" it was Heihachi talking to his wife and after that, changing the conversation target. "Dad, can you take care of Kazuya for a few instants? We shall not take long." he changed his eyes to him after let go of her wife's arms looking to his father with great respect, the man had created him in an exemplary way.

"Let the boy with me! He has a lot to learn with this grandfather yet!" Jinpachi was relaxed and loved too much his family, especially his grandson. He watched then the leaving couple after their chores of the day.

Time passed imperceptibly while the couple trained together. The truth is that the two met each other with Kazumi entering Mishima's family dojo and then, even before their relationship, the two became great rivals. Both were good fighters; the family goal was to raise family members who knew how to fight. That day, Heihachi had just a short training time with his wife and herself just got feverish state.

"Honey, you can't keep training, you are not healthy." said Heihachi to his beloved wife which seemed reluctant about her state. "Don't worry, honey. Give me just one moment for me to take some fresh air, soon I'll be back and we can decide what to do." Kazumi looked like she would not want to give up so easily from her training goal.

On her few steps to leave, Kazumi collapsed and Heihachi took her to a bed. "Kazumi!" Heihachi was very worried and decided to make some preparations to get her health state better and lower her body's fever while he left her lying down.

Kazumi went back and with Heihachi off guard she almost killed him, but the same was spared with life and after the insane battle, Kazumi seemed to remember nothing about what she had done and seemed to still love Heihachi and her family like that what had happened was just a nightmare.

Continuous training days just revealed increasingly Kazumi's dark nature and Heihachi still lived by her side, even without telling nothing to his son Kazuya not to disappoint the boy besides avoiding Kazumi's trouble to aggravated avoiding telling it even to her.

Someday, Heihachi trained alone at his family dojo until Kazumi entered the place just watching his fighting movements. Heihachi noticed her entering and turned around to her.

"Kazumi..." said her worried husband not knowing how could she be mentally shaken being capable of doing things like those from the other days which she could not remember.

"You shall someday become a threat to this world..." said the oriental woman to her husband which could not understand why that would being happening, maybe similarly the others mental relapse which she had.

"I don't understand what you're saying, honey." Heihachi uttered those words worried with his beloved's health and searching for some reason for all of that.

"...Because of this, I shall punish you with death." finishing your sentence, Kazumi and Heihachi started a fight where some things would be explained partially and had not be revealed yet.

"Stop it, love. We didn't make our oath vows? All of it has to be a solution, we will bring you back." During the combat, Heihachi tried to make his beloved get common sense on her head which was stepping on a Aiaigasa made by the two in the past, which had been carved on the dojo's floor symbolizing the love for each one of them, an umbrella drawn and the name of each one of the two lovers in each side of the sign.

"You still don't know why I married you and entered your family?" Kazumi seemed mocking, her pride was saying that the love between both of them, none of that was real. Her question echoed on her husband's head.

"You don't mean...?!" Heihachi frightened and frustrated with his love only could try to clarify his doubts with his wife, even not knowing if that would be her real nature.

"Hahaha! We from the Hachijou Family exist to destroy human scum like you since distant times. And I am here to fulfill my destiny!" Kazumi ended her mocking changing her human form. Her form now was the Devil Kazumi form, a demon form which only who had the Devil genes could transform.

The battle continued and excluding the details, the two fought a fierce battle. After Heihachi won, Kazumi was laying down with her eyes closed and he could once more talk to her. "Kazumi..." that was his words before touching her face and after standing up and walk to the exit he was surprised by her into her Devil form trying to hit him from the back. He managed to block her attack and hold her raising her up by the neck as for to strangle her.

"Heihachi, would you be able to kill me? Doing that, an endless cycle of hatred... Release me, Heihachi, if you love me." Devil Kazumi begged for her life which was on Heihachi's right hand.

"Fine, you are no longer my Kazumi, then..." that were Heihachi's last words before strangling the only woman he ever loved.