Afterwards: The Fourth Tekken Novel

Night

Shasha moved into a room in Lee's mansion since Anna wouldn't hear of her staying alone in an apartment suite in the Mishima Zaibatsu. Nina invited her to stay at her place, but Shasha refused since they were having another set off guests which were Adam's parents.
"How are you guys?" Shasha asked, pulling a dining chair for her to sit on. "Today was quite eventful, and not in the way we hoped."
"Well, I'm good, but I'm kinda worried for Kazuya," Lee sighed. "Heihachi didn't care much for me as we grew up, but he did do some damage to Kazuya's mental health."
"Yeah, I can tell," Shasha sighed. "He threw him off a cliff when he was five! I can't imagine how he would've felt at that time. He was just a child."
Lee nodded, a slight frown on his face as he reminisced his teen years with Kazuya. "That wasn't the only time. I remember when I was around fifteen—fourteen, when Kazuya snuck off to take electric guitar lessons near our school." He chuckled. "It was the eighties, everyone were obsessed with rock music at the time." Lee sighed as he shook his head. "A snitch saw him and told Heihachi about it. The old man threw dragged him off as soon as he got home, returned alone."
"What did he do?" Shasha asked.
"Cliff," Anna explained, nodding at the maids when they laid out the food.
"Darn," Shasha shook her head in surprise.
Lee shrugged. "Kazuya came back hours later, he was a terrible mess. I was already in bed when he arrived, Heihachi made us share a room, and he didn't want to tell me anything when I asked him. If anything, things only became worse after that. Our relationship only went south then."
Shasha shook her head in dismay. "That's so sad. That's not how someone should spend their teen years." She groaned. "And now he's back..."
Anna snorted. "You would be surprised to hear how many times someone tried to kill him, and what kind of things he had been through."
"Yeah, I gave up eventually," Lee smirked. "Kazuya should have done the same thing too, he wouldn't have been as stressed as he is now. Then again, he did go into hiding after Heihachi threw him into that volcano. If anything, I'd be enraged as well."
Shasha nodded slowly, glad that she didn't come from a similar kind of family. "So what do we do now?"
"I suggest we do nothing," Anna proposed. "Unless he does something, then yeah, we're launching a war at him."
Shasha gulped. "War? I read the old news when Heihachi, the old one, was still alive and all. It didn't look great..."
"It so didn't," Anna agreed, nodding. "Then again, it's not like I came from a family with no rivalry."
"Yeah, I'm just glad that I was there," Shasha chuckled. Her gaze fell on the food laid out in front of them. "By the way, the food looks really good, as always."
"Too bad your mother isn't here," Lee sighed. "She was actually pretty fun to talk to."
"I thought she fell asleep mid conversation..." Shasha reminded as she helped herself to some food.
Lee frowned. "Fine I'm boring, okay?"
Shasha laughed as she shook her head. "Nah. My mom falls asleep even when I'm talking. It's not just you."
They tried to change the subject to something more lighthearted, but it was clear that the thought of Heihachi being alive again still haunted them.

Jun found herself standing in the middle of the Mishima Dojo. The giant bodhistava stared fiercely at her as she stood in the middle of the dharma wheel.
"So you came," Jun didn't realise that there was someone seated in front of the statue until he spoke.
"Heihachi-san?" Jun greeted, nodding slightly as she recognised the silhouette.
The original Heihachi got up and faced her, arms crossed as he regarded her.
"Why did you do that?" Jun asked, offering nothing else regarding what she was referring to.
Though so little was said, he knew full well what she was talking about. "It seemed necessary at that moment."
"Heihachi-san, Kazuya is finally happy now after everything that had happened," Jun groaned. "And then you show up again."
Heihachi shrugged. "I saw it as a way to be immortal, it seems stupid now." He paused. "He can be a little rash, just like how I was at that age, but he should understand."
"He came ready for a fight, he scared our friend," Jun pointed out.
"She didn't seem all that scared, did she?" Heihachi countered.
"Not really," Jun couldn't help but admit. "But it's not sitting right with Kazuya."
Heihachi sighed. "I don't blame him. He has built a different life for himself, something that doesn't include me anymore. But what can I say? I made his life a living hell growing up. He didn't deserve that."
"He didn't," Jun couldn't help but agree. "I know if it was the real you who had returned, you would understand whatever that happened better. You think he can handle it?"
Heihachi let out a humourless chuckle. "The difference is only physical, nothing else. Well, he doesn't remember that last battle, though. It never happened in his lifetime."
"Is there a way to get rid of him?" Jun asked.
"Don't do that, he didn't choose to be here right now," Heihachi quickly said. "He's gonna be living my old life, or he might choose to move on."
Jun frowned slightly as she regarded him. "What would you do if you were him? He is you after all."
"I'd need some time," Heihachi nodded. "Whatever's happening right now would be a lot to process. I suggest you do nothing unless he strikes first."
"Sure," Jun nodded. "That sounds like a wise move. Hey, could you do us a favour and go see your clone after this and tell him whatever you just told me? That would be great."
Heihachi just rolled his eyes and turned to walk away. Jun scowled and stomped her foot. There goes her effort.
"Fine!" Jun called after him. "But if anything happens to my family, I'm blaming you."
Just like that, Jun jumped awake, back on her bed. Her heart was racing and her hands were trembling. So the real Heihachi had come to her dreams. Jun heaved a sigh of relief and tried to relax herself. She turned to Kazuya's side of the bed and found it empty, his blanket thrown aside. Jun sighed and got off the bed, pulling on her dressing gown as she left the room to look for her husband.
Kazuya was in the kitchen with Lars, in the process of making something that looked like pancakes.
"Hi," Jun greeted as she sat at the kitchen island, stifling a yawn. "Sorry I woke up late."
"It's fine, you're not the only one," Kazuya said, glancing back at her slightly. "Jin's sleeping in too."
"Jin's sleeping in?" Jun said in surprise. "That's unusual."
"It's what I thought too, so I went to check on him," Lars added. "He's fast asleep."
Jun groaned. "Poor boy. Must've had a really bad night."
"Well, same here, I guess," Kazuya sighed. "I hardly slept until I had that talk with you."
"I think I didn't even sleep," Lars shrugged. "My eyes still feel a little... weird. Like I'm overly energetic or something."
"Maybe we need some coffee," Jun suggested, getting up. "I'll work on that."
Kazuya moved aside slightly and let her get to the hot water dispenser. Jun started counting on how many cups they needed, and realised that there was still one more person missing besides Jin.
"Where's Amber?" Jun asked, looking around.
Lars shrugged without looking up from the pancakes. "Don't know. She's probably still sleeping."
Jun looked at the kitchen clock and frowned. "She isn't one to sleep in this late. She's earlier than me sometimes."
"Why don't you check on her?" Kazuya suggested.
Jun nodded and finished making the coffee for everyone before going over to Amber's room to check on her.