Izu Islands (Kigan- Hidden) Manji Clan

[Doppo Hachijo]

Kigan Island, a place hidden from many for centuries. Home to the Manjitou ninjas. Many thieves dream of coming to this place just to marvel in the different treasures the Manji Clan has acquired over the years. The people included that know the villages location are of course the remaining members of the Manji Clan, Dr. Bosconovich who has been here on several occasions to upgrade his friend, Yoshimitsu, Bryan who was brought here on goodwill by Yoshimitsu but betrayed the clan by killing a good majority of their members, and lastly the remaining memebers of the Hachijo Clan. The two clans have been allies since the edo period and when Heihachi burned down the the Hachijo Clan's hidden village and killed a good majority of its members. The Manjitou took them in for refuge. Doppo and Jiro were approaching the village with two Manji escorts in a row boat. Doppo's body was still sore from taking on the blast from the tank shell, but he was doing his best to hide his pain.

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[Doppo Hachijo]

Doppo's eyes were closed as he stroked his beard slowly. He was deep in concentration for healing his wounds from his fight earlier and deep in thought about his encounter with Dragunov. Damn that dog! Must I always fight an army when he appears? This has affected me longer than I would have liked. Perhaps I am getting old. Doppo looked at his son who seemed to be taking in the sights of the hidden village. Jiro had not been there since he was a small child, so it was like a new experience for him all over again.

"Its like it's not even real. It looks like something you would see in an anime." He stared at the great castle that sat high upon the large rock. The rock was surrounded by water and the water was surrounded by the Manjitou village.

They approached the coastline where they were greeted by Yajirobi, one of the twin dragon ninjas. The two Manji escorts immediately bowed to their superior clan member. Yajirobi was a man with a large frame, but not too intimidating. Most of his mass was in his stomach; now that he was older. His mask was covering his nose and mouth, as it always was, but it was easy to see that he was still smiling with his eyes.

"Haa Haa! If I didn't know any better I'd think that was Yajirobi standing ashore to greet this old fool, but it couldn't be him. He was a much slimmer man the last time I saw him." Doppo yelled out.

"Ha Ha! That's the same thing all my old girlfriends say." Yajirobi put his hand out to pull Doppo to shore. The two men embraced each other for a moment.

"Thank you, old friend! It's been a long time since I've come here... The air still smells sweet." Doppo closed his eyes and took in a deep breath to smell the Morning Glory flowers that bloomed in excess on this island.

"Ooooh! Is this young Jiro!" Yajirobi put his hand out to pull him up as well.

"Yes, it is!" The shy Jiro replied. The two escorts took their leave by rowing towards the village.

"You've grown into quite the specimen, kid. You look like me when I was younger... Hmmm, is it possible you're actually my son?" Yajirobi leaned in to inspect Jiro's features.

"Huh?!" Jiro looked at his father for an explanation. Doppo shrugged his shoulders to add to the joke. Doppo and Yajirobi broke out into laughter together.

"Yajirobi! We all know you wear that mask to hide your that horrible face of yours, your sister received all of your good looks." Jiro taunted.

"Surely you can't be serious Doppo! She the ugliest person on the island!" Yajirobi responded.

"Maybe to you because she is your sister, but if she ever took care of her gambling and drinking habit, she would be quite the catch." Doppo rubbed his beard and blushed as he thought about Yajirobi's sister, Yukino. "Speaking of which, I was sure she would be here with you to greet this old fool."

"Yukino is still upset with you for that last game of GO... You seem to have scarred her ego with that game." Yajirobi snickered as Doppo's expression changed to fear.

"She's still on about a game that happened seven years ago?!... Women never forget anything." He let out a long sigh as he held his beard tightly and shook his head.

"Ms. Yukino knows how to play GO?!" Jiro eagerly asked. He only ever gets to play his father, so he was eager to hear he may have the opportunity to play someone other than the man who taught him.

"Yes, she does! and she's quite good too!" Doppo said winking at his son. Jiro face shined like a child's on Christmas day.

"Come Doppo! My Lord awaits your presence eagerly as he has prepared quite the banquet for your return." Both Doppo and Jiro's smiled with excitement as they thought about the delicious foods that they were about to eat. They followed Yajirobi up the spiral stairs around the large rock to the fortress' entrance.

[Doppo Hachijo]

As they made it to the entrance of the castle. Several women greeted them in kimonos and demon mask. They guided them to the banquet hall through the large foyer entrance that had large red pillars sequenced in red and gold. It was painted telling the story of Goemon, the member first recognized as Yoshimitsu during the Tokugawa era. They brought them through a great hall with a large banquet table; filled with smoked salmon sushi, all kinds of meat for barbeque, steamed white rice, kimchi, rare high-end tuna steak, steamed shitake mushrooms, and other various vegetables, all grilled. Both Doppo and Jiro's eyes glazed over the food as if they were about to steal it all.

"Brother Doppo, Nephew Jiro!" Yoshimitsu yelled out as he held a sake cup up high. "Welcome back to your home away from home!" Yoshimitsu yelled out as the other clan members raised their cup as well. The hall was filled with about 30 Manji warriors who all held their sake cups high.

"Welcome, Big brother Doppo and Brother Jiro!" All the Manji Clan members yelled in unison. Most of the ninjas were masked except for a few of the obviously elite fighters of the clan.

"Please join us in the spread we have prepared for your return!" Yoshimitsu added. All the clan members bowed their heads as a couple of the masked women in kimonos brought sake cups to Doppo and Jiro. Jiro looked at Doppo to make sure it was ok to drink what was placed in his hand. Doppo had already thrown his shot back insinuating it was ok. Jiro followed behind his father and they both sighed in relief.

"It's good to be home, I see many friends here tonight... I also see some who are not here..." He was, of course, speaking of the clan members killed by Bryan Fury. He took a minute of silence for the deceased clan members. " I promise we will catch the man responsible for the murder of our brethren... And in turn, we will use his existence for the greater good of man!"

"Agreed!" The whole hall yelled out as they all threw their shots of sake back. They all yelled in excitement and ceremonial drums were played to start the party. Some of the clan members greeted Doppo and Jiro by pulling them in to start conversations. Doppo made his way to Yukino, who was either blushing from the crush she had on Doppo, or from being drunk already before his arrival, but still annoyed by his presence.

"Well if it isn't the beautiful delicate flower Yukino, here to greet her good friend Doppo from his long-awaited visit." Doppo smiled as he bowed. Yukino was dressed in a training gi. She donned a platinum samurai helmet and her magical particle gauntlets.

"Oi! Oi! You come to admit you are a cheat Doppo! I won't accept anything less you know." Her eyes were scarred from battle and her dark blue gi could barely cover up her busty chest, but despite the scars on her eyes, she was truly a gorgeous woman, someone who perhaps in another life could've been an actress or a model. Doppo was keeping his best from eyeing her chest, but he was beginning to sweat as he stroked his beard.

"Yukino, while I promise you, long ago, I did not cheat if you would like a rematch I am quite sure you would find more competition in my son Jiro." Doppo stepped aside and pointed his hand to Jiro. Jiro started to blush with embarrassment as he could also see the beauty that Ms. Yukino had. Something he didn't notice when he was younger.

"Oohh? This is your son??? Well, at least he is more handsome than you are, for sure. Is he as competitive?" she asked.

"You can find out for yourself if you must know." He stepped aside as Doppo began to sweat and Yukino stood up. She was obviously drunk.

"Well come on boy! Show me what you've learned from your father. (hiccup)"she stood up and swayed as she wrapped her arm around Jiro and headed toward the game room. Yoshimitsu stood up and waved for Doppo to follow him so the could speak in peace.

"Jiro, I will return shortly do not wait up." Doppo relayed to his son.

"Ok, father." Jiro said.

Doppo and Yoshimitsu went into a separate room to speak alone.

[Doppo Hachijo]

The room was a storage room of weapons that were unused. Everything was on display like a museum. There were cursed weapons, futuristic gun-blades, luxuriously styled armors, and many other unbelievable tools. Every item displayed would take considerable strength, intellect, and skill to use. Doppo recognized some of the armor and weapons from those he was told were killed by Bryan. Is he really such a formidable warrior that he could take so many of Manji clan's strongest warriors down?

"Tell me brother have you heard any word of the fiend's location?"

"No, he seems to move endlessly without sleep, going from battlefield to battlefield... One day he is in Spain, the next he is in America... He has become hard to track." Yoshimitsu hung his head in disappointment.

"Hmmm..." Doppo stopped at a bow called the Hina Yumi a sacred bow that was once used by a close friend of Doppo's. "Fear not brother. We shall bring Bryan Fury to atone for his many sins."

Yoshimitsu saw Doppo staring at the bow of his fallen comrade and could only think about how he should've been here when Bryan murdered them. "I come here every so often to fuel my rage for Bryan Fury." Yoshimitsu tightened the grip on his cursed sword. Doppo noticed the swords spirit has been getting stronger and he could also feel the blades dark aura seeping out.

"The blade calls for blood... Is it becoming a burden?" Doppo asked. Yoshimitsu loosened the grip on the blade. He looked down at the sword and pulled out his smaller sword, Fu-Ma, to absorb the negative aura.

"So far, It still heeds my call... So long as I have the Fu-Ma blade, but I fear even the Fu-Ma has a limit." After the dark aura subsided Yoshimitsu sheathed his short sword. "Brother, how did your meeting go with Detective Wulong?" Doppo was worried for his sworn brother. He knew exactly how powerful the Yoshimitsu sword is. It hurt him to know that there was nothing he could do about what his brother may have to suffer, but he also saw Yoshimitsu did not want him to worry, so he went along with the subject change.

"Well... It was enlightening. I trust the detective to be a valuable asset to the cause... As I had expected, he was being watched... I was surprised to see it was the Russians though. I even ran into an old friend." Doppo smiled as he thought about the beating he gave Dragunov.

"I heard you left quite the mess behind, as well."

"Well... I did have to take on a tank." Doppo shrugged his shoulders.

"Ho Ho Ho! A tank would not be nearly enough to take you on brother!"

"Ha! Indeed! I tried to tell Jiro the same thing!"

"Tell me brother, what is it Detective Wulong is going to assist you with? I've always known you to be a very capable man, so what specifically did you need his help with?"

"Hmmm... 10 years ago. I met an extraordinary raven-haired woman named, Jun Kazama. She was a talented martial artist and an even greater exorcist. She destroyed a demon that I had trouble with for months, but she did it with ease. I invited her over to our tea shop where we could speak in private. She knew about my cursed blood without even showing it to her. She said her son has the same blood... as well as his father."

"Do you mean?..." Yoshimitsu immediately recognized the significance of the encounter.

"Yes, she is the mother of Jin Kazama, and once a lover to Kazuya Mishima."

"Hoooh!" Yoshimitsu dramatically expressed his shock by jumping back.

"She told me Kazuya's blood is tainted with more darkness than my own. She tried to rid him of the darkness but it was too strong for her. She believed Kazuya to have been killed by Heihachi at that time so she spent the remainder of her time raising Jin and keeping him from tapping into his cursed blood."

"Hmmm, I'm sure she is in pain to see what her son has become, now... Come to think of it. I too had a strange encounter with a woman from the second tournament. I had infiltrated the Zaibatsu unseen, but the sword was screaming for blood. I was hidden at the time but the sword demanded me to take someone's life. I feared I would take the life of an innocent, but then a raven-haired woman came running down the hallway where I was hidden. She immediately stopped as if she could feel the sword's bloodlust... but the sword feared her. It's bloodlust completely subsided to her presence. I immediately took the opportunity to move on... Could that have been the same person?"

"Perhaps? I do believe she may have had the power to quiet the sword."

"Hmmm... but what does she have to do with Detective Wulong though?"

"She disappeared some years later right before the King of Ironfist III. If she were still here I would less likely need his assistance... but she mentioned a medium who was even more powerful than she... a young girl, her niece, Asuka Kazama. She said although the girl has had no training. Her spiritual energy greatly surpasses hers. I came across her name in Detective Wulong's files, I intend to meet her and train her so she can help me take down Kazuya. The detective is my liaison so that I may meet her without any confusion. Ahem, I heard she is quite a difficult young lady to deal with."

"Ho Ho Ho! Women are still your one weakness brother it is a pleasure to see some things do not change. Ho Ho Ho! Then I will wish your meeting go well brother! Come! Let us join the festivities..." Yoshimitsu decided it was a good opportunity to tease Doppo. "Brother, Yukino blushed like a school girl when she learned of your return. Though, I'm sure she will never admit it. Ho Ho Ho!"

"Ahem!" Doppo blushed and cleared his throat in embarrassment. "Well, I suppose it is time for our return then."

"Ho Ho Ho!" Yoshimitsu laughed all the way back to the great hall. When he opened the doors there was crowd around the GO table where Jiro and Yukino were playing. From the looks of things Jiro was winning and Yukino was being a poor sport. Alot of the clan members were laughing at the drunk Yukino was cursing Jiro.

"You cheating bastard! (hiccup) You're just like your cheating (hiccup) dad... He's probably in the other room right now telling you what moves to beat me." She took a gulp from her gourd that was filled with wine and let out a belch. Jiro was embarrassed, but still happy to be playing someone else. "You can't fool me with that handsome smile... You... You..." She leaned in real close and Jiro tensed up, as if she were about to stick a needle in him. Yukino gently touched his face and began blushing. "You look just like your dad... BLEEEEEH!" She let out an enormous belch and passed out. The entire room filled with laughter except for Jiro who just nervously smiled.

"I see some things never change." Doppo shook his head.  

[Lei Wulong]

Lei had almost forgot to call Doppo. He had gotten tied up with other things, but now he remembers. Lei then waits for Doppo to answer.

[Doppo Hachijo]

Doppo's phone began buzzing on the table. Doppo and Yoshimitsu were shoulder to shoulder holding up their sake cups and singing old Japanese drinking songs with the rest of the clan. Jiro almost didn't see his father's phone ringing because he too was enjoying this time away from solitude, something he's seldom seen in his life. He saw the call was from Lei Wulong and knew it was an important call. He answered his father's phone in his place because he was certain his father was somewhat drunk at this point.

"Hey Mr. Lei!"

[Lei Wulong]

"Oh, hello Jiro. How are things going for you?" Lei asked the teen. "So, I got in touch with Asuka."

[Doppo Hachijo]

"Things are good! We're currently enjoying a welcome home party!...Ok. I'll let my dad know. Hold on for a second." Jiro looked at his dad who was singing with the Manji Clan in unison as they took shots of sake.

"SAKE GA NOMERU, SAKE GA NOMERU, SAKE GA NOMERUZO!
SAKE GA NOMERU NOMERUZO! SAKE GA NOMERUZO!"

Jiro felt it better to let his dad kick back and have fun, he would give him the message later.

"On second thought Mr. Lei. I'll tell him for you. He's definitely not in any position for a serious conversation... So when did she want to meet?"

[Lei Wulong]

"She said we can go see her tomorrow afternoon at the Kazama dojo. She said that there's a party going on, too so there will be guests there, too. She's all the way in Osaka so I am just going to take the train." Lei said, ignoring the background noise.

"But in the meantime, I will go continue my investigation."

[Doppo Hachijo]

"Oh... Ok!" Jiro was curious to meet someone his age since he never group up around anyone his age and was forbidden from going to grade school. He wanted to have an idea if he'd get along with Asuka or not. "Hey Mr.Lei... I know this may sound weird for me to ask but, what kind of person is Asuka like?"

[Lei Wulong]

"Well, she's very blunt. Quite loud, brash, and arrogant. But she's also really sweet. Once you get past that rough exterior, she's a very kind and caring person."