RCL: road to the devil

A Street Fighter Fanfiction by BasiliusGalenus

Legal Disclaimer: All charachters from Street Fighter are the property of Capcom Entertainement and all charachters from King of Fighters are property of SNK. Street Fighter comics published by UDON served as inspiration for the charachters backstories.

Chapter 1

Ten years ago the Hoshi family got targeted by the remainder of the once global terror organization Shadaloo. Chun-Li and her two children along with one of her best friends, Mai Shiranui, and her entire family got kidnapped and tortured by the sadistic Juri Han and Vega, the last of Bison's lieutenants.

Ryu and Cammy were able to free them out Shadaloo's clutches in a daring rescue operation. Ryu and Chun-Li Hoshi took the fight to Shadaloo with support of all their friends which culminated in an assault by US Special Forces against the Shadaloo headquarters within the Midway Islands.

The assault resulted in the complete destruction of the Shadaloo base along with the death of a resurrected Bison and his lieutenants Vega and Juri. The entire Operation was successfully kept hidden and marked as a training exercise by the US Navy. Since then no one heard even a peep from Shadaloo and the terror organization was officially branded as destroyed.

The Hoshi family lived out their lives in peace. That is up until this day.

Chun-Li Hoshi was still working as a successful Interpol agent however she did reduce her working hours to have more time for her two children and her beloved husband Ryu. She together with her long time partner and best friend Cammy White hunted down every drug trafficker and illegal arms dealer throughout East Asia.

On this particular day Cammy and Chun-Li were leading an operation to take down some gun runners who were using one of the abandoned warehouses of the Hong Kong cargo docks.

The two female agents were overseeing their strike forces from within the command vehicle, an inconspicuous van with lots of surveillance equipment. Chun-Li and Cammy were attentively watching several screens while standing behind the seated operator who coordinated the communication. Anxiously and in total silence they surveyed the four S.W.A.T. teams who prepped for the breach on every entrance of the warehouse.

Chun-Li and Cammy were both wearing their respective trademark Street Fighter uniforms.

Chun-Li was dressed in her custom blue qipao with the gold swirls and the white waist band along with sturdy white boots. White brocades and ribbons hid her familiar ox horns and around her wrists she wore spiked bracelets. The only piece of jewellery next to her pearl ear studs was a decent golden ring; the wedding ring she received from her husband.

Cammy wore a green thong leotard and red combat boots along with a red beret and red gauntlets. On each leg which she covered in camo paint she wore a pistol holster. The holsters were fitted to a sturdy belt which held several spare magazines for her customized full auto pistols and several grenades.

While Cammy kept watching the surveillance screens Chun-Li grabbed herself a black shoulder holster out of the gun rack in the van. Then she picked a H&K USP Compact and several spare magazines of .45 calibre and secured them in her holster.

The operator said "The strike groups are ready for breach!" Cammy smiled and said "Good! Chun-Li and I will join first group at the front gate. We'll breach on my go!" The operator replied "Yes, mam." and informed the strike groups to hold for Cammy's signal.

Cammy turned towards Chun-Li and asked with a wicked smile "Ready to rock and roll?" Chun-Li pulled out her USP, racked the slide to chamber the first round and said "Let's go kick some ass!"

The two warrior women exited the van and silently sped to the strike group at the main gate of the warehouse. Cammy joined the five men to the gates left side while Chun-Li readied herself with the six men at the gates right side. Everyone was pumped and ready to breach and only waiting for Cammy's command.

Cammy looked over to Chun-Li and received a nod from her. Then Cammy quietly said into her com "Ok, guys. Breach, breach, breach!"

Simultaneously the breaching charges exploded and ripped open the three doors on the warehouses left, right and back. The charge on the main gate forced the sliding doors to open within a second.

The S.W.A.T. teams stormed the building from all sides. Inside the warehouse were about two dozen goons who were loading several trucks with crates. The goons jumped around in panic at the explosions and the invading troops. As they reached for their guns they could hear Chun-Li scream through a megaphone "Drop your weapons and surrender!"

However instead of dropping their weapons they raised them and opened fire. The S.W.A.T. operators and Cammy and Chun-Li jumped into cover behind some large metal crates and containers as the goons sprayed wildly bullets into all direction from their AK-12 assault rifles.

Through the deafening sound of the fully automatic gun fire one of the goons screamed "Come and get us you fuckin' cops! You'll never capture us alive!"

Cammy was in a crouching position and had both her pistols drawn. She looked over to Chun-Li who was behind a metal crate just next to her; the megaphone dropped in favour of her USP. Cammy called over "Well, I guess that settles the dead or alive issue!"

Chun-Li shook her head at Cammy's silly remark and then spoke into her com "You heard it guys! Take them down!"

The S.W.A.T. teams threw a couple of flashbang grenades which disoriented the goons and then broke cover. The full auto fire from the AK's made way for the precise bursts of HK416's. The thugs dropped like flies as the trained officers moved forward from cover to cover and gunned down the bad guys with precise shots to the head or the chest.

Chun-Li broke cover as well and took a stand behind the crate she hid and proved that she was still an excellent markswoman. She fired six shots out her USP in fast succession and six goons dropped to the floor.

At the same time Cammy jumped over her hiding spot with acrobatic strength. In mid flight she released several bursts from her pistols and gunned down four more bad guys. Then she landed gracefully on her feet and kept firing at the bad guys who were now retreating towards the centre of the warehouse.

Chun-Li and the S.W.A.T. guys followed Cammy as she moved forward and supported her with covering fire.

Several seconds later the fire fight was over. The floor of the warehouse was now covered in bullet casings and bodies. Several S.W.A.T. officers needed medical attention but thankfully none were heavily injured due to their body armour.

Chun-Li and Cammy stood in the centre of the room and surveyed the aftermath as their teammates started to clean up the scene. Cammy was checking out some of the weapons crates as Chun-Li asked in her com "Agent Hoshi to all units. Did anyone capture one of the goons alive?" To her disappointment she received several negatives.

One of the team leaders approached Chun-Li and said while he removed his helmet "Agent Hoshi. I doubt any of them would let us capture them. We approached one group on the top level and pushed them into a corner. We ordered them drop their weapons since their rifles seemed to have run out of ammo. But instead all six of them drew their back ups and executed themselves with a shot to the temple!"

Chun-Li was stunned and said to Cammy "Did you hear that?" Cammy who was just trying to pry open a crate with a crowbar answered "Yeah….When did we last time encounter zealots who would choose death over imprisonment?!" The team leader said "I might have an answer for that!"

He then turned around one of the dead goons to their feet and ripped open his shirt at the neck line. Chun-Li gasped at what she saw "Shadaloo!" Cammy dropped her crowbar as she heard that and walked to the corps. She knelt down and examined the tattoo on the criminals back; a winged skull with a lightning bolt on its forehead.

Cammy swiped her hand over the tattoo and noted "Hmm…this tat' is pretty old." Then she ripped the shirt open some more and revealed a tattoo of a five pedal pink flower and said "But this one here is pretty new."

The flower motive seemed very familiar to Chun-Li but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. She ordered the S.W.A.T. leader "Have your men take pictures of all the tattoos. We'll check them back at hq." The team leader acknowledged and relayed the order to his men.

Cammy said to Chun-Li "Come on, let's check out the hard ware!" The two agents and the team leader walked to one of the crates and forced it open. It contained neatly stacked bullpup assault rifles. The team leader said "F2000 assault rifles."

The three of them opened the next crate and were more impressed about its contents. Cammy pulled out one of the bullpup style weapons and aimed with it and said "Wow….M25 Punisher! Semi automatic grenade launchers with programmable airburst grenades!" Chun-Li smiled at how exited Cammy got about that piece of equipment and said "I can imagine someone in the US Army is missing a couple of them."

Chun-Li checked the time on her cellphone and said "Hey, are you gonna be ok with wrapping things up here?" Cammy nodded "Sure thing, honey. You go home and have some good times with your family. See you tomorrow." Chun-Li gave Cammy a hug and went outside to drop her gear at the surveillance van and make her way back home.

-RCL-

At the same time as the raid at the docks in down town Hong Kong.

Inside the famed Shenlong dojo Ryu Hoshi was just finishing up teaching his last class of the day. He stood in front of his students and observed them performing a kata made of fist strikes and high kicks over and over again. After the third set he said "Good and finish. That was a good lesson today. Practice these kata's at home and I'll see you again next week."

Ryu and his students bowed and then they all left the training room. Ryu was last and suddenly heard some screaming and sounds of clanking wood in one of the neighbouring rooms. He raised his eyebrow and thought 'That's weird….my class was the last one today. Hmph…I bet Yun and Yang are fooling around again.'

He turned around the corner and smiled at what he saw in the training room. Yun and Yang, who got hired by Ryu as teachers to handle the increasing amount of students, were fighting together against Ryan. The sixteen year old son of Ryu and Chun-Li was armed with a practice katana made of hardwood and defended himself against the wild attacks of Yun and Yang.

Ryan was growing into very strapping and muscular young man. He inherited his mother's eyes and his father's hair. Since he trained vigorously with his parents ever since he could walk he sported a very muscular build just like his father. And since his eighth year Ryan developed a strong interest for the way of the sword.

As a result of training hard in Kenjutsu and Battojutsu he developed very strong muscles in his shoulders and arms. To this day his skills were already equal to that of his teachers.

Ryu looked on as Ryan with extreme focus and skill fought back against the Lee twins. Sakura, Ryu's former pupil and first assisting teacher, approached Ryu and said "Hey master, I finished the chores for the day. Did you have a good lesson?...Oh hey look Ryan is here! Wow, he is giving Yun and Yang a pretty hard time!"

Ryu smiled as he kept watching his son and said "Yes….finally someone who is putting those two hot heads in their place!" Sakura pressed her palm to her mouth to not laugh out loud and joined her master to watch the fight.

Yun was armed with two nunchucks one of which he swirled in front of him to try and disorient Ryan as he approached him from the left. Yang held a long wooden stick and approached the young Hoshi from his right side. Ryan held his practice katana with a tight grip and focused on both attackers while he waited for their next move.

Sakura couldn't help but get a little aroused as she watched Ryan's tense body as he stood there without a shirt and just a pair of gi pants and fighting gloves. However she quickly pushed those feelings out of her mind since Ryan was nothing more than a little brother to her.

Yang threatened Ryan "I hope you're ready for a solid beating!" Ryan just smiled and said back "Bring it on, hotheads!" Yun swung his nunchuck at Ryan and screamed "Hyaaah!" Ryan leaned back to dodge Yun's strike and countered a smash from Yang's stick with his katana at the same time.

Now the Lee twins attacked together and tried to hit Ryan again and again but he just evaded and countered with great focus. As Yun tried to hit Ryan with both nunchucks at the same time Ryan thrust a powerful swipe which made Yun loose his grip and sent the two fight sticks on chains far away.

Yang noticed an opening and tried to smack Ryan into his left side. But Ryan reacted before Yang's stick connected and kicked him in the chest. Yang stumbled backwards and Ryan rushed towards him. With a powerful katana strike Ryan disarmed Yang and then followed with another swipe into Yang's legs which made him fall hard on his legs.

Yun jumped in a high arch and tried to kick Ryan in his back. But instead Ryan turned and charged his right fist with chi and held his katana with his left hand to his side. As Yun descended down on him Ryan launched himself upward and thrust Yun with a powerful uppercut. Ryan shouted "Shoryuken!" as he struck Yun.

With a scream of pain Yun landed flat on his back on the training rooms rubber mat. Ryan landed gracefully on his feet and held his sword high above his head in a victorious pose. He relaxed and formed a smile when he suddenly heard a clapping sound. He looked at the two people entering the room through its glass door and cheered "Dad! Sakura! How long have you been standing there?"

Ryu approached his son with a smile and said "That was very well done, my son! Your skills are improving every day!" Sakura added "Yeah, that was an awesome fight! Great finishing move! I didn't know you already learned the dragon punch!" Ryan blushed a little as Sakura gave him a hug and said "Thanks. After watching dad performing it several times, I thought I'd give it a try!"

Yun got back on his feet and said while playfully rubbing his chest "Yeah, it sure worked!" Yang approached them and smiled "That was a cool fight!" Ryu chuckled and said "Well, I hope you two will now work more on your defence!" The Lee twins bowed and said in unison "Yes, Master!" which made everybody laugh.

Ryu asked "Ready to head home, son?" Ryan picked up his shirt and stuff from school out of the corner and said "Sure thing, dad!" Yang asked "So, we'll see you at the party, Ryan?" This made Sakura ask "What party?" Ryu raised an eyebrow in concern and asked "Yeah, what party?"

Ryan gave an awkward smile and tried to explain "Yun and Yang asked me to join them for a cool dance party tonight at 9pm. I actually wanted to ask you and mam if I could go." Ryu rubbed his chin and said thinking "Hmm…well, let's see what your mother thinks of that." Ryan tried to persuade his father "Oh come on, dad! My friends from Kenpo class will be there…..aand Sakura will surely join us too! What's the worst that could happen?!"

Sakura grinned and said "Yeah! I'll watch him!" Ryu chuckled and said "Well…I guess it's fine by me then but we still have to ask your mother." Ryan smiled and said "Thanks dad!"

Ryu gave his son a hug and said "Sure thing son. Just don't make me regret it….Yun, Yang, Sakura…make sure the place is clean and locked up before you leave!" The three of them grinned and bowed to their sensei and said in unison "Yes, Ryu-san!"

Ryu chuckled and said to his son "Come on, Ryan. You can tell me more about this party on our way home." Ryan agreed and the two Hoshis left the dojo to head home where they expected to meet Chun-Li and Mei-Lin for a nice family dinner.

-RCL-

Chun-Li was driving in her Aston Martin and was less than a minute away from their home on the outskirts of Hong Kong. Discomforting thoughts were racing through her head. What she and Cammy found at that warehouse greatly disturbed her. She was worried that someone might try and revive Shadaloo again.

What bothered her even more was that pink flower tattoo they found on many of the goons. Why did it seem so familiar to her? And why did it give her such a tingling sensation that crawled up her spine when she saw it?

Chun-Li decided to put it to rest and give it fresh start in the morning. All she wanted now was to have some nice quality time with her beloved family.

She arrived at the Hoshi mansion, which from the outside looked like the home of samurai surrounded by a large Chinese garden. Chun-Li parked the car in front of the garage and made her way for the front door. She noticed that the light was on inside and combined that Mei-Lin would already be home.

In the last ten years Mei-Lin has grown up into a beautiful 19 year young woman with strong yet feminine legs, an athletic torso which was summed up by a decent cup size equal to her mother. She inherited her mother's nose and beautiful long dark hair which she usually fashioned into a single ox horn on the back of her head. Her eyes and her smile always radiated much compassion and joy and she liked to dress herself sporty but still very sexy.

Ever since the incident with Shadaloo Chun-Li made it her mission to train her daughter in martial arts and give her a sense of right and wrong. She succeeded in that Mei-Lin was a very talented student who emulated signature moves of both her parents and she developed a fighting style that was very fluid and graceful but packed a serious punch.

Chun-Li opened the door and walked inside to look for her daughter. She noticed some light in the living room and walked towards it, expecting to see Mei-Lin doing some homework or reading a novel. But what she found instead made her stop dead in her tracks and gasp "Mei-Lin! What are you doing?"

Mei-Lin was on the couch with a boy of her age. They were making out and the boy's hands were not only touching her face but also one of her breasts. Mei-Lin yanked towards her mother and screamed in shock "Mom!"

And here it is! The first chapter of the sequel to my RCL Shadow Lady!

Now to clear up a few things in advance: My Ryu & Chun-Li Fanfictions take place immediatly after Street Fighter II (more precisely the UDON comics) and are set in a different reality where the events of SF III and IV have not happened.

If you haven't already go ahead and read my other two multi-chapter Fanfictions "Dragon Spring Flower" and "Shadow Lady" to be up to date on current events.

Now enjoy and leave a review if you liked it or have some suggestions.

After ten years of living their lives in relative peace the Hoshi family is now encountering events that will unravel into ways they would not have dreamed of.

For starters Chun-Li has to deal with her daughters Hormones going crazy and has to deal with some overprotective issues...how is she going to react to the scene at hand?

Will Ryan still be allowed to go to that party? And what is up with that flower tattoo.

Let's see in Chapter 2.