Ling Xiaoyu

Ling Xiaoyu (Chinese: å‡Œ æ›‰é›¨, Pinyin: LÃng XiÇŽoyÇ", Japanese: ãƒªãƒ³ãƒ»ã‚·ãƒ£ã‚ªãƒ¦ã‚¦ Rin Shaoyuu) is a fictional Chinese character from the popular Tekken video game series. She practices Hekke Ken, Hike Ken, and various other Chinese martial artsâ€"a form of Bajiquanâ€"and attends the Mishima Polytechnical School with Jin Kazama and her friend Miharu Hirano. Her life's ambition is to build an amusement park for all of China to enjoy.

History

Tekken 3

Even at a very young age, Ling Xiaoyu loved amusement parks. Also from a young age, her grandfather, Wang Jinrei, tutored her in the martial arts. He believed that if she were more serious, she could achieve true greatness, but became frustrated by her careless attitude.

While vacationing in Hong Kong with her family, she noticed a yacht bearing the name: "Mishima Zaibatsu". Knowing that the Mishima Zaibatsu was rich and powerful, she decided to seek out Heihachi Mishima and make her dream a reality. Abandoning her family, Xiaoyu stowed away on the ship.

The ship's security soon discovered her and informed Heihachi of her presence. By the time that Heihachi arrived on the scene, all of the Tekkenshuâ€"Heihachi's personal security forceâ€"that were aboard the ship had been beaten into unconsciousness and strewn about the deck. It looked as if the ship had been hit by a hurricane.

Amidst the chaos, Heihachi found Xiaoyu. She threatened to beat him up if he did not accept her challenge. Amused by her juvenile antics, Heihachi roared with laughter and promised to build her theme park if she won his tournament. She enrolls at the Mishima Polytechnical School, and this is where she first meets both Jin Kazama and Miharu Hirano. Bringing along her old school's trained Panda, Heihachi teaches her to fight, much like he has Kuma, so that Xiaoyu would have a bodyguard. This is likely why Xiaoyu loves Heihachi as her grandfather, despite what occurs later. [1]

Tekken 4

After a defeat at Tekken Tournament III, Xiaoyu continued to live, study, and train as a ward of the Mishima Zaibatsu, but her life became boring and mundane, lacking any particular goals.

Two years later, Xiaoyu was delivered an anonymous e-mail admonishing her not to trust Heihachi. The anonymous individual warned her that Heihachi posed an immediate danger to her life. At this time, Xiaoyu was a junior at the Mishima Polytechnical School and had become sick of her daily routines, but receiving this mysterious e-mail rejuvenated Xiaoyu's passionate spirit.

Xiaoyu replied to the e-mail dozens of times. Although the sender never contacted her again, Xiaoyu became convinced that Jin, who had been missing since the previous Tekken tournament, had sent it to her.

Around this same time, Heihachi announced the King of the Iron Fist Tournament IV. Hoping to reconnect with Jin and unmask the Mishima Zaibatsu's evil deeds, Xiaoyu decided to enter the tournament.

At the tournament's close, Xiaoyu was reunited with Jin. Jin encouraged her to make her dreams happen for herself instead of depending on Heihachi to do it for her. Jin then went back into hiding. Pandaâ€"Ling's best friend and bodyguardâ€"admonished Ling to search for Jin. [2]

Tekken 5

At the end of the previous tournament, Ling was rescued from the evil plans of Heihachi Mishima by Yoshimitsu, who teaches her about the true history of the Mishima family. Xiaoyu starts to believe that the root of all misfortune surrounding Jin and the Mishima family was Heihachi pitching Kazuya off of the edge of a cliff when he was five years old.

At this point, Xiaoyu believes it is her personal mission to save the tragic Mishima family. She wished that there were some way to turn back time and fix the past. Her prayers were answered when she heard an unnamed scientist boast that if he had the money, he could build a time machine.

While he is not identified, it is assumed that Yoshimitsu had introduces Xiaoyu to Dr. Boskonovitch, a more likely candidate than Dr. Abel due to his personality. To obtain the money to fund the invention, Xiaoyu enters the King of the Iron Fist Tournament V to win the prize money.[3]

Game Endings

Tekken 3 (Not Canon)

Heihachi keeps his promise and builds Xiaoyu a theme park. Xiaoyu imagines a place full of happiness and color called: "Xiaoyu Land". However, when her daydream ends, Heihachi unveils the real theme park--a gloomy place called: "Heihachi Land"! Heihachi is roaring with laughter. Xiaoyu gets angry, and beats up Heihachi, yelling: "Jerk!"[4]

Tekken 4 (Not Canon)

Ling Xiaoyu wins the tournament and takes over the Mishima Zaibatsu. No one foresaw this outcome. Miharu Hirano visits Xiaoyu in her new office. Miharu confesses that she has flunked all of her college entrance exams, so Xiaoyu offers her a job. Xiaoyu tells Miharu that she saw Jin after the tournament. He told her that "[she has] all of these dreams, and [she] should make them happen for herself." Xiaoyu tells Miharu that she wants the two of them to build her theme park together.[5]

Tekken 5 (???)

After winning the tournament, Ling Xiaoyu is the first to use her time machine. She travels back to the time when Heihachi had thrown Kazuya off of a cliff, intending to avert this event that will rip the family apart. Unfortunately, Xiaoyu had lost control of the time machine and it barreled into Heihachi and Kazuya, sending Kazuya falling below while Heihachi is nearly sent over himself. Xiaoyu is miserable because of her failure, and the old scientist comes to her, laughing, and tells her that nobody can really change the past. "The best you can hope for are minor improvements." [6]

This event would not interfere with any other ending were it made canon, short of her winning the tournament, as there are other methods of obtaining the funds. Furthermore, altering the past might make her winning the tournament historically unnecessary. The ramifications of the ending would be that Kazuya might not feel so hateful towards Heihachi, which could be a factor into whether or not he gives into Devil, and lessen any guilt Heihachi might feel about Kazuya falling (if there was any to begin with). It is unlikely that the time machine's interference would be remembered. Kazuya fell off a cliff, and could have easily forgotten that part of the incident, his focus largely on Heihachi. Heihachi was hit from behind and his focus was on Kazuya, so he would not know what it was.

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