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Chapter 9: Rivals' Return

The stage was again empty with the exception of the two sisters. "We have finally reached the rivalry portion of our broadcast." Anna Williams paused as the crowd clapped over the news. "And so far, we haven't had to give anyone the 'you're gonna die' notice."

"Which sucks ass," Nina Williams muttered.

"Well it means that we have done a good job of reforming everyone."

"I didn't want to reform them. I wanted to deform them!"

"Our next guests are, King and Craig Marduk!" Anna did the wrestlers signature poses along with most of the crowd.

"Whoever invented that dumb-ass wannabe sport . . . needs to die," Nina mumbled as the the wrestlers took a seat on their respective stool. She immediately turned her icy gaze on King. "Why did you call off the hit on this brainless minotaur?"

"Roar."

"I have found peace with the situation." Anna translated.

"Roaar."

"We are now friends and tag team partners."

"How could you find peace with the fact that Neanderthal, wannabe god of war, stomping your mentor to death?"

"Rooar."

"It is called forgiveness," Anna translated but she looked anything but happy. "What peace offering could he possibly have giving you. For you to have forgiven something like that?"

"I told him the truth," Craig said meekly. "It was an accident."

"One of my bullets missing your gigantic, bald head is an accident. Stomping someone that many times was not."

"Roar."

"He begged for forgiveness."

"He should have begged your stupid ass to learn English," Nina snapped. Didn't I tell you the last time that you were here, to learn English? That is strike two, Tigger."

"Roaring is apart of the mystic of King," Anna declared. "Cats don't know how to speak English."

"Sometimes you are just too stupid to even insult," Nina muttered in reply.

"Where's the justice for Armor King?" Anna demanded of King.

"Roar."

"Nina, he just said that he cannot take justice into his own hands." Anna's gaze was sharp like ice. "I wonder if he realizes that Armor King was a dear friend of our late father. And as such, is very dear to us."

"Obviously the dipshit didn't know."

"I think I want to avenge Armor King."

"What?" Craig looked at Anna in bewilderment. "You cannot be serious!"

"Oh, but I am." A deceptive angelic smile graced her pretty face. "He was the only one of father's friends who was still alive."

"She is going to kill you." Nina was impressed that Anna had made this plot twist. She was half expecting the sinister troll to embrace forgiveness with King.

"That is not a part of the contract," King blurted in English.

"You shut the hell up," Nina snapped. "I haven't decided whether or not I'm going to kill you . . . for turning your back on our friend. To play sidekick to this gigantic pile of dinosaur crap."

"You have until the conclusion of this show to find a place to hide." Anna looked angelic as she gazed at the terrified Craig. "I like to hunt my prey."

"At least we have that in common," Nina declared, as Craig got up form his sit and barreled toward the exit. She turned her cold gaze on King who looked as if he was about to leave as well. "If you even think about helping him. I. Will. Kill. You."

"We don't like traitors." Anna let it be known.

"Bu-but the whole point of the rivalry segment was for the rivalry to end . . . right?" King asked.

"Yes. But ending it meant, to us, for you to kill that humongous turkey. Not to become best friends for—fucking—ever."

Anna shook her head, tsking. "I am disappointed in you, King."

"Forgive me."

"Fuck you," Nina muttered.

"What she said." Anna pouted in displeasure.

"I will do anything to live."

"You can start by shutting the hell up," Nina snapped.

"It is time to move on to our next guest." Anna smiled happily. " Welcome back, Yoshimitsu." He came flying out in his usual fashion amongst modest applause.

"Why is that bastard here? His case was solved."

"It's . . . well . . . Bryan Fury is alive." She looked disturbed.

"What?" Nina got up from her stool and threw he dagger in anger. "I killed him!" The audience watched in fascination as the weapon sailed through the air and then collided with Yoshimitsu's sword, effectively stopping the propeller motion he was creating with it and sent him falling down hard on his butt on the stage floor.

Asuka and her club roared with laughter at the scene. Lili and her club was horrified over the spectacle.

"Another scientist brought him back online." Anna rushed over and helped the embarrassed Yoshimitsu to his feet. "Hello, Yoshi-sama. Welcome back to our show." She grimaced over the cursing fit her sister was having. "Nina you could have hurt him."

"I don't give a damn! Unless he has Bryan's head on a platter, I don't know why the creepy waste of space is here anyway."

"Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to have you return," Anna said sympathetically.

"I swear on my honor that I shall bring his head to—"

"Like you could, tin man. I'll bring you his head on a silver platter. So do me a favor and get lost!"

"Why are you so mean?" Yoshimitsu asked unhappily.

"Do you want to live, asshole?"

"Don't worry, Yoshimitsu-sama. I promise you that we will take Bryan offline forever." Anna smiled in confidence.

"What is this, we, bull I'm hearing?" Nina turned on her. "If you get in my way, I will bitch slap you out of it!"

"You really hate Bryan don't you?"

"I hate everybody. But that malfunctioning zombie-tron, spit in my face, and was swiftly killed for it. But now some stupid nerd has brought him back to life. You tell me how I feel?"

"The nerd's gonna die too?" Yoshimitsu asked.

"Don't talk to me!"

"Well the only thing we can do is introduce our next guest," Anna said shrewdly. "You set up a surprise for one of them, Nina."

"Who gives a damn? I have got to hunt and kill that Terminator wannabe."

"Ling Xiaoyu . . . Kazuya bombshell . . . Ringing any bells?"

Nina snorted like a bull and Anna thought she saw steam escaping from her nose and ears. How could someone so stunningly beautiful be so crazy? "I'll stick around for that." She stomped back to the stage and vaulted back on her stool.

"Yoshi-sama, you are welcome to stay for the surprise too. It's going to be a hoot." Anna smiled mischievously.

"Really? Thank you."

Anna walked with him over to the stools. "Nina, you look like an angry monkey perched on that stool like that." She laughed.

"I am going to beat you like an angry monkey, if you don't get the next guest out here."

"Now that is more like it." Anna posed for the audience. "Audience, put your hands together for my husband, Lee C. Williams."

Most of the crowd clapped respectively but Nina's club members booed and that cheered her up considerably. She could tell that Lee was oblivious to the boos as he strutted to the stage. "I really want to kill him."

"Well tough luck, since you have picked Bryan as your victim, it is my turn." Anna licked her tongue out at her.

"I don't care who kills him . . . so long as he dies." She watched the wife and wife duo sit down. Yoshimitsu rushed to the stool beside Lee and away from her. "You two make everyone sick."

"Lee, how is the status of your relationship with your brother?"

"Even though I haven't talked to him since he tried to kill me. I've been busying myself with rebuilding our horrible relationship."

"Knowing you, your idea will fail. And then he will finally succeed in his quest of killing you."

"Well Lee is the one actively seeking a reconciliation. So if Kazuya rejects it, then that puts him at odds with his contract."

"I know what the contract says, Slutahontis. I helped write it."

"Which means he'll be dead before he touches my Lee."

"You really believe that you can slay Kazuya?"

"You killed Heihachi so Kazuya should be and easy termination."

"I had help."

"Help me, please."

"They are dating. So she won't help you," Lee reminded Anna.

"We are not dating. We were tricked into going out on a date . . . by a mentally impaired swan. And her pet brain-dead, silver peacock."

"I am not a pet." Lee was highly insulted. "Don't you two want to know what I am doing to regain my brother's trust in me?"

"No we do no. Because we already know your plan is stupid and won't work. So we don't even need to hear it at all." Anna had to stop herself from laughing at Nina's words because it would hurt Lee's feelings . . . but Nina was right. Pretty much all Lee's plans were stupid. She could not imagine this one being any different.

"How, rude." Lee pouted for only a moment but was too proud of his project to stay insulted for only a few seconds. "I have successfully recreated Project X."

Nina snorted in disbelief. "Yeah, right. Like we are dumb enough to fall for that."

"It's true."

"Rebuilding project X out of play dough, doesn't count as a recreation!" Anna could not help but giggle over that dig.

"Play dough?" Lee sputtered. "How, mean."

"Okay, I'll humor you. How did you recreate the failed project?" Anna asked.

"Not only did I recreate it, but I made it even better than before. I used genes of some of the best fighters in the universe. He will be a force of nature and my gift to Kazuya."

"We are supposed to believe that you did this?"

"Well I had help from my science team but I am personally overseeing everything."

"You didn't add that sugar and spice stuff that made him so angry the last time, did you?" Anna asked still reluctant to believe her husband.

"Do you think I want to die? Of course I didn't!"

"You believe this idiot?" Nina asked in amusement.

"Well, yes. If he said that he did it on his own, than I would have to agree with you. And believe that he imagined all this up while getting high of said play dough you mentioned earlier."

"I knew that I could count on you, my beloved."

"You need proof for either me . . . or anyone else, who is not your crazy wife, to believe you!" Nina snapped.

"She is right, Lee. Kazuya won't believe any of this."

"I have proof." He smiled mysteriously.

"A smile is not proof, you ass. Kazuya is going to kill this ridiculous clown." And she could not wait for it to happen.

"Lee, I hope that you know what you are getting yourself into." Anna was worried about him.

"Don't worry, dearest. I have it covered."

"Anna, I hope you have a good insurance policy on this clown."

"I do," Anna chirped. "Kazuya Mishima. Come out, come out! Where ever you are!"

"I cannot believe that evil dragon actually showed up." Nina muttered this as said evil dragon walked on stage. There were two available stools so he sat on the one farthest away from anyone else. "Saving us the trouble of hunting you down?"

"Neither one of you can kill me. So the results would be the same no matter what I decided to do." Kazuya had come on the show because he was bored. Being the boss of the Mishima Zaibatsu was boring as hell. Maybe being hunted by these two crazy bitches will entertain me.

"Kazuya, hi." Lee waved and smiled gleefully at this brother.

"What a stupid little . . ." Kazuya could not hear the rest of Nina's accurate assessment of his ridiculous brother.

"Kazuya, Lee has a peace offering that he would like to give you," Anna declared.

"Is that what I came here for?" Kazuya was not amused.

"And we have a surprise for you, as well." Anna could barely contain her mirth over the situation.

"I hate surprises."

"Well, you are going to love this one," Anna declared.

"I have recreated, Project X!" Lee blurted. "Say you love me?" Kazuya only glared at him in annoyance. "Well, aren't you . . . happy?"

"Nobody believes you, you freak!" Nina snapped.

"You people act as if I did not design Combot, myself." Lee was deeply offended.

"Combot was stupid!" Nina and Kazuya ranted.

"Lee," Anna started nervously. "You said that you had proof. It would be prudent to reveal it now."

"Well, I don't think I want to, anymore. Yes my ideas are stupid. But I make those ideas a reality. Kazuya may have come up with the concept of Project X . . . but it was me who made the dream a reality."

"He is high. Isn't he?" Nina muttered.

"No I am not. Tell them, Kazuya. Tell them who drew up the concept. And who picked the parents. And tell them, just who picked the scientist. Because it sure as hell wasn't you."

"It can actually get mad?" Nina was impressed.

"I messed up that one time. But you excel at messing up. I give you two years, tops, until you get bored. And then run the company into the ground. Because without me there . . . you are only going through the motions, but no actual work gets done."

"Who would have thunk it?" Nina declared. "Underneath all that fairy dust, Pinocchio has become a real boy."

"Lee, if this is one of your idiotic delusions, you are dead," Kazuya muttered. "And if Project X is compromised by you, again, you're dead."

"Fair enough." Lee was so confident even Nina was very close to believing him.

"Now, it is time for my wife and my lovely, dearly, beloved sister-n-law to present you with your gift."

"What could these two offer that I could possibly want?" Kazuya muttered.

"Obviously, an ass kicking." Came the reply from the lovely, dearly beloved sister-n-law. "And I can and will comply."

"We located someone very important to you," Anna said excited.

"Nobody is important to me."

"Every Mishima has the same weakness. Whether good or evil. Dumb or dumber," Nina muttered. "Search hard and then guess at who we are talking about."

"My mother is dead." It didn't take him long to solve the mystery.

"And he got it on the first try!" Lee declared excited.

"It is your mother, too. You fool," Kazuya muttered.

"Only by paper. Not by blood." Was the blissful retort.

"My mother is dead," Kazuya muttered.

"Do you remember anything about her?" Anna asked.

"Other than the fact that she and my father were brainless, idiots . . . no."

Nina chortled over his words. "Even as a baby, he noticed the truth about them."

"But you know you still love her," Anna said, gleefully.

"Why does that matter? She's gone."

"Your mother was a time traveler. And she is here now to be reunited with you."

"I have no use in my life for a mother, right now."

"Who gives a shit?" Nina snapped. "Ling Xiaoyu, get your butt out here."

"There is no way in hell," Kazuya muttered.

"Kazu-chan!" Xiaoyu rushed into stage and then hurried to where he was sitting. "Kazu-chan, did you miss me?"

"How could he not?" Nina demanded much to everyone on stage's delight—with the exception of Kazuya. "Kazu-chan, do you remember that nickname?" His withering glare was all the confirmation that she needed.

"I would hug you, but you have been such a bad boy." She was leaning forward and wagging her index finger very near his face. "I did not intend for or or raise you to be mean."

"Oh, my. This is even more awesome than I could even imagine," Anna said, as everyone watched the reunion in amused delight.

"How dare you go against your mom's wishes?" Nina snapped in evil glee.

"I was a baby when you left. How would I know any of your wishes. How was I to remember anything from that time?"

"That is no excuse for being mean." Kazuya was looking intimidating but Xiaoyu was anything but cowed. "I have half a mind to discipline you right here!"

"I am an adult." He said this as if it explained everything.

"No excuse!"

"I run the most powerful organization on this feeble planet. I answer to no one but myself."

"No more excuses!"

"Kazuya, that my not be so accurate, anymore." Lee was about to reveal the straw that he knew that would break the camel's back. "Father left the company to you, only if Mother was not alive to be the head."

"What?" Nina chortled. "Sucks to be you, Kazu-chan."

"It's true," Lee replied. "I have read that will from cover to cover about one hundred times, and counting."

Kazuya saw doom when his mother's eyes started to sparkle and her finger stopped wagging in his face. "Lee." He said this in a threatening tone that sent shivers through Lee's spine.

"Don't you dare threaten him! That is it! As of right now, you're grounded! And everything is confiscated . . . including the Mishima Zaibatsu!"

Kazuya transformed into Devil with a sinister growl, causing Xiaoyu to jump backwards out of his path. He turned on his stool, because he would not dare to touch his mother, and slammed it to the ground. "I am not a child! And I will not be treated like one!"

"You think I'm kidding, don't you?" A cattle prod seemed to appear in Xiaoyu's hands. She had moved so fast that no one knew where she retrieved it from. As quick as a whip, she thrust it forward and zapped Devil Kazuya. He shook from the force of the current and then fell to the floor convulsing. He transformed back to his human form. Nina, Anna, and everyone who was not Kazuya laughed over the spectacle. "I had no idea that would be so funny," Xiaoyu said delighted.

"Me either," Nina managed to say.

"Served him right for being obstinate," Lee decided.

"Do not think you are above being cattle prodded too, mister." Xiaoyu turned on him with a cute menacing expression. "You have been a bad boy, too!"

"So, Kazuya, do you like our surprise?" Anna asked Kazuya who was still convulsing on the ground.

"I hate you both. Revenge is only . . . the beginning."

"Stop threatening people!" Xiaoyu zapped him once more for good measure.

"On that note, I think we should pull down the red curtain on this successful endeavor," Anna said deviously.

"Agreed." Nina picked up her shotgun and cocked it. "Those idiots better make the hunt interesting for me. If they do not, I will torture them."

"I'm going to torture my mark because it is all part of the fun." Anna turned a speculative eye on her husband. "If there is no real Project X, then I"ll have to kill you." She ran the long pink fingernail of her index finger down his smooth jaw and graced him with a cold, seductive smile. "But don't worry, Lee. You're beautiful. I'll mount your head on my bedroom wall. That way your face will still be, the first thing I see when I wake up in the morning."

Lee looked terrified.

"And all you bastards called me crazy," Nina muttered. "Fuck each and every one of you."

"I hope you guys support us, as we rid the world of unexplained, unrepentant . . ." Anna's words trailed off as she thought of a suitable last word.

"Assholes," Nina finished for her.

"Right, sis." Anna smiled coldly. "Goodbye. And if any of you see me or Nina again. It will probably be your last moment alive."

"Th-that is a w-wrap." Lee C Williams had never been so scared in his life.

"Hello, listeners. I am Lili Rochefort. And my guest today is Asuka Kazama."

"Whatever," Asuka muttered moodily.

"And this is a very special podcast."

"We are here to let you guys know that Nina and Anna Williams successfully carried out their sentences on the condemned. They also had to kill a few that was supposed to have changed." Asuka sounded very proud of the two sisters' achievements.

"We will let you guys come to your own conclusions on who these poor souls were," Lili said.

"I sure as hell wasn't one them," Asuka declared proudly.

"Duh, doofus. You're sitting right beside me," Lili muttered in distaste.

"And I will be kicking your ass out of my house, if you don't learn your place."

"Like you could."

"I can. And I will, Slut-ba-tron 2000."

"How, rude."

"Lets rap this up. I want you out of my house. The last thing that I need for my reputation, is to be mistaken as a weird creature, from the 'night of the living sluts' club."

"That is it! I am leaving. And in the next King of the Iron Fist Tournament, I am going to show you which one of us is the best! My mentor, Anna, and myself will crush you and your psychotic mentor!" The podcast listeners heard a chair crash to the floor.

"Well get the fuck out! And steer clear of my father. Even looking at a tramp like you would give him an STD. And just for the record, my mentor and I will crush you two brainless dodo birds!"

Hwoarang closed his eyes and shook his head as he cut off the speakers to his computer. "Those two crazy bitches will grow up to be just as evil as those two harpies they worship."

"What was that?"

Hwoarang shouted in horror as both Williams sisters loomed over his shoulder.

The End!

Author's Notes: No, Hwoarang is not about to die . . . or is he? They do love scaring the crap out of him at random times. Who knows if they are serious are not?

I planned from the beginning for Xiaoyu to be Kazuya's mother. What is the good of her traveling through time without cool consequences like this? Who knows? If she could have stayed with him in the past then maybe, things would have turned out different for him.

But Xiaoyu, along with her trusty cattle prod, will try her best to change her son's evil ways.

This chapter and the entire story is dedicated to my friend, Michel for sticking with me to the very end on this project. Thanks, man.