A dormant muse awakens...

[iron_fist_king]

[He opens with a condescending grunt. Like always.]

You really thought I was gone? That you had won our little battle of wills? I hate to inform you, that Heihachi Mishima loses to nobody.

[Except that one time when Kazuya kicked your ass. ...Or when Jin did the same thing. Or when you got blown the hell up.]

And yet here I stand. Those whelps, for all their lauded power and destructive potential, have yet to keep me down. What chance did you think you had?

[Oh hush, before I feed you another axe.]

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[vaudevil]

[Oh, Father. Your adopted son just loves to torment you so with his own ideals of power. Hey, he's got the market cornered.]

Hm, you are certainly a hard one to quash. Though I must wander, Father, have you considered that you reap what you sow? Ah, I often forget that you consider yourself above any other.

[Lee gives a smug grin.]

Or have you discovered that perhaps you are just like everybody else. No?

[iron_fist_king]

[Have a patented Heihachi Death Glare. ...Not that they ever worked on you after you hit ten years old. Also, he's going to ignore that first part. Because really, how was he supposed to know Kazuya would survive that and turn into the most unhelpful pawn ever? Despite having his own devil!dad chained up under a temple...]

How many normal people could have walked away from an explosion that sent them flying a good couple of miles?

[vaudevil]

[That Death Glare just only amuses Lee more. He's gotten so used to it that no one else can shake Lee up ever since. Fear? Oh, he hasn't been afraid since he has come out of isolation.]

I must admit, that was rather impressive how you became a celestial body if only for a second.

[He gives a little clap and a smirk.]

I give the landing a seven though your flight was an easy ten.

[iron_fist_king]

[Have the most epic of eye rolls.]

I'm so glad I have your approval on the matter.

Don't you have something better to be doing?

[vaudevil]

Not at the moment. I couldn't resist saying hello to my favorite person.

[He shrugs. He's used to people rolling their eyes. It's just all part of the game.]

I was wondering the same about you. I must admit that if you hadn't been such an ass, I wouldn't have pushed myself to become the great man I am now. Thank you for that.

[yanderegenkigirl]

Grandpa Heihachi~!

[Behold, old man; possibly the only person on earth who can still be inexplicably happy to see you.]

[iron_fist_king]

And here I had hoped you would outgrow your sarcasm.

[Grumblegrumble.]

Of course I have better things to be doing, but none of them are available to me in this setting. ...And you are far from being even remotely 'great.' Unless you're counting how spectacularly you've failed.

[iron_fist_king]

[...Wat even. He really has no idea how to respond to this. Hell, not even Jin called him that back when they were on speaking terms. Pardon him while he attempts to figure out just what the heck to do with you, Ling.]

...You are Jinrei's granddaughter, not mine.

[yanderegenkigirl]

[Xiaoyu huffs defiantly; pouting.] Grandpa, don't be mean! Anyway, it's only a matter of time...

[Nope she's not gonna give you enough time to process the meaning behind that statement; she's just gonna smile and continue on.] Anyway,

I was going to say that I'm happy to see you! But then you had to go and ruin the happy moment we were having. Jeez....

[iron_fist_king]

[He's just going to cross his arms and stare. If it wasn't for the respect that he had for Wang as a martial artist, he wouldn't even be giving you the time of day.]

What moment? There was no moment.

[yanderegenkigirl]

Our happy reunion, of course!

[Xiaoyu giggles.] Don't lie- I know you felt it too~ [She places her hands on her hips; prancing closer to the grumpy old man and leaning closer.] There's no point in denying it! You wanna smile, don't you grandpa? I can tell, even when you're glaring at me~!!