Ugh...
Ugh...
He finally awoke. After what felt like years and years of slumber, he came back to his senses. He slowly opened up his eyes, and that's when he was greeted by the darkness of the cold but soft ground. He slowly struggled to get up but his muscles, his everything felt empty. He sighed. Waking up face planted into the ground wasn't really the best way to start by. He waited a little longer. And... slowly regained... his memories.
His victory over his great grandfather.
The war he started. The war he had to start.
His defeat at the hands of the fighter known as Lars.
and... him.
The being simply known as Azazel. The ultimate evil life form that was created by all the sins from mankind. It was created for one thing: Destroy the humanity as we know it. If... it wasn't for one man. The man who currently struggles to get himself up from the ground.
This man's name... was Jin Kazama. Son of Jun Kazama, and Kazuya Mishima.
After all the hell he had let loose, after making almost everyone his enemy (some that he used to call "friends") and after the eternal fight against his father, he finally awoke the beast from its long slumber. And after using everything he had inside of him, he managed to deliver a punch so hard that it killed the beast that was thought to be unkillable. After a long fall, everything went dark. And all he could hear was a faint cry for his name...
Jin.
After a while, Jin finally got back the strength he needed to get up. It still burned throughout the entire body, but he would live on. He swayed in his steps because of the dizziness. He sat down for a moment to let his mind calm down. Everything was spinning for him but after a fews minutes, everything stood still for him and he could finally concentrate. He took the calm moment to observe the surrounding he was in. From the looks of it, he was in a dark forest. A really dark forest, with the only source of light was the glow from the moon. It reminded him of that day. That day when he lost his mother to the beast known as Ogre.
He then felt something, a feeling, that he haven't felt in a long time. Hunger and thirst. But where would he find both food and liquid out here? He went for a walk, in a search for the things he needed.
And as he strolled through the dark and strangely empty forest, he couldn't help but to feel... saddened somehow. After starting a huge war which cost so many innocent lives, he wouldn't be surprised if everyone hated him. It was a great sacrifice he was willing to take. But at the same time, he wondered what everyone thought about him now. The people that used to be called his "friends". People like Ling Xiaoyu, his rival Hwoarang, his relative Asuka and if she was actually alive... Jun. He didn't want to imagine what she would think if she saw it.
"Sigh a lot of innocent lives were taken... but it was... for the greater cause.", he tried to convince himself with a hint of sadness.
After a while of walking and observing, he finally found a stream. He knelt down and drank the water out his gloved hands. Strangely enough, the water felt really clean and fresh, which was a relief. He also decided to wash his face and as he did, he saw that the moonlight gave out his reflection into the water. He saw himself with his red gloves and his red flamed pants. He also saw his likeness to the one person that he despised the most... his own father, Kazuya Mishima.
But it was then he also noticed something in particular. When looked down into the water, he noticed that on his left arm... was a strange marking. He knew this marking all too well. The marking of the devil gene!
"N-no, it can't... be! But I-I-"
He started to panic and stumbled back. It didn't add up to him. He downright killed the one who created the curse in the first place, but... it still wouldn't do. He was still cursed by the same damn blood that ruined his life and everyone's around him.
"D-d....DAAAAAAAMIIIIIIIIIIT!"
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(Luna part added here)
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The Next Day...
"Urgh, this is hopeless!"
Back the the Crusaders clubhouse, the Cutie Mark Crusaders was once again trying to figure out a way for them to earn their cutie marks.
"Calm down Scootaloo. I know it's frustrating but we have to try again. We'll never get our cutie marks if we just give up", the young white unicorn filly named Sweetie Belle told her orange pegasus friend named Scootaloo.
"Sweetie Belle's right. There's many ways for us to get them. We just have to discover which one", the yellow earth pony filly who always wore a pink bow named Applebloom said to her friend.
"I know! But this is really getting on my nerves girls. Why can someone like Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoon get theirs but we don't?", Scootaloo asked.
"If I knew the answer I would gladly tell you. But right now, all I know is that we need to come up with new ideas. We're starting to run out of them", Applebloom answered.
The little fillies sat down in deep thought. From their perspectives, it seems like they've tried everything. But they knew deep down, there were still things they haven't yet tried.
"Oh OH! How about uhm... being clowns?", Sweetie Belle suggested.
"Ehh, I'm not sure how I would feel if we got a clown cutie mark. We're already laughed at as it is", Scootaloo answered.
They kept thinking.
"Oh I think I got one! How about... lion tamers? That would be cool", Applebloom suggested.
Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo looked at her with worried faces.
"Yeah but how would we get lions?", Scootaloo asked.
"Besides, I don't wanna end up as a lion dish", Sweetie Belle said.
Once again, they were in deep thought.
"Darn it! How come we can't come up with anything? It never takes us this long to- wait. Wait wait wait I think I got it!", Scootaloo suddenly spurted out. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle looked at her with confusion written on their faces. ready to hear what the little pegasus had to offer.
"Treasure hunters girls! We can be treasure hunters like Daring Do!"
"Uhm, I dunno Scootaloo. Where would we even find treasures?", Applebloom asked.
"Duh, in the Everfree Forest of course. There's tons of secrets just waiting for us to discover. If this goes well we wouldn't just get our cutie marks, but we could become both rich and famous as well! We'll be the next Daring Do's!"
Both Applebloom and Sweetie Belle thought of this opportunity. In their head, this was a dangerous risk but at the same time, this risk might be willing to be crossed in order for the great prize that waits in the end.
"Hm, well since we don't have anything else on the list..." Applebloom said as she looked at Sweetie Belle.
Belle looked at Scootaloo.
And Scootaloo looked right back at Applebloom. They all had a grin on their faces. They breathed in and let out:
"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS TREASURE HUNTERS! YAAAAAAAAAY!"
