Thanks.
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"I accept your challenge" The young red haired man answered, "But what is your reason to fight?"
"Fun." The tall, muscular caped man smirked. "I haven't been hunting in a while and I would love to be amused by what you have to offer. Also, I plan to take you as a servant, once I take your life force."
"So, I'm fighting for my life..." Ryu assessed.
"In so many words..."
"Let's GOOOOOO!!!!" Ryu shouted, as he dashed toward the man, at super human speed. Ryu released a flurry of skilled attacks, yet the opponent dodged every single one, and could seemingly tell where the next was coming from. "Hmph" Ryu thought "He's not ordinary," then he saw it "Now!!" Ryu delieverd a swift wheel kick that grazed his opponents chin.
"My turn!" As Ryu finished spinning, there was already a fist in his stomach. Before any reaction, the caped man kicked Ryu into the air, and followed, delivering a double hammer punch, sending Ryu crashing to the ground. "CHAOS FLARE!!!!!!!" The man sent a beam of fire towards the direction he knocked Ryu.
Ryu was able to evade the attack, and was already next to his opponent. He began an arial rave on the suprised opponent. During the offensive, the opponent simply burst his aura, nullifying the effect of the attacks. While still in the air, Ryu launched his patented "HADOKEN!!!!!!" It simply disintegrated into the mans bright yellow aura. As Ryu recovered, his opponent grabbed him in a bear hug, and started flying toward the ground, spinning so fast, Ryu could hear them part the air.
CRAAAAAAASSSSSSHHHHH!!! A bright purple aura flashed as the fighters smashed the ground, leaving a huge crater in it. The tall demonic man flipped back, landing at the edge of the crater. He spotted his opponent on the other side.
"Ah, I am glad that didn't end you. I expected less from a human. I will be pleased to have you forever."
"Fat chance. You wont beat me." Ryu proclaimed, meeting the gaze of the demonic warrior. "We fight for different reasons. I want to test the limit of my fist, you steal men's souls and make them your slaves!"
"Perhaps the same could be said of all religions. But enough talk, have at YOU!!!!!" Both men rushed toward the middle of the crater. Attacks were flying at a rapid pace, then Ryu spotted an opening...
"SHORYUUUUUU...GAUAAAPH" Ryu was knocked out of his Dragon Punch, by a standing knee to the gut, however he landed on his feet. He stood, holding his stomach, in pain. "Damn, I've gotta make that move invinsible on the way up."
"Okay enough games, Ryu! I know you have more, I felt it when made your last ditch escape of my Bat Dive." Ryu looked with a start. "That power is immense, and dark. Taking it from you will be a great pleasure."
"You can have that power all you want. I don't need it."
"Or do you? I can tell you now, you don't have a chance without it. Not that you do with it," The caped man mocked.
"Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!" Ryu got into horse stance, grunting. the ground begin to shake, as a huge purple aura surrounded him, growing by the second. The wind became immense, the sky dark.
"Ah..." The caped man began charging his aura as well...
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Another watched the bout, glad to see Ryu's improvement, but also hoping that he would release that dark energy, the Satsui no Hadou.
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"MESSAAAATSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"GO TOOO HEEEEEEELLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The two huge beams of energy met each other half way from either fighter. The earth shook violently, and the purple and orange light illuminated the trees on the outer edges of the feild.
The purple beam started to engulf the orange one. "GRRRAAAOOOOOAAHHHH!" Ryu concentrated all of his energy into this single attack.
"Nice, but not enough!" Ryu's opponent simply stopped his own beam, and sheilded himself with his cape, as Ryu's purple beam engulfed him. "Hmph." He teleported through the beam. The weary Ryu stopped, in shock. "Over here!" Ryu, having used up alot of energy, was slow to react., and caught a supernatural punch to the stomach. "I could have taken the full blast, and been fine."
Ryu just looked up in pain, most of which was from his use of the dark power. His opponent went to grab him "SHIN!!!!!!"
"AAGH!!!!" How was this possible?! The man had let his gaurd down, Ryu was sure! The man had vanished as Ryu connected his devastating Shin Shoryuken. In that millisecond, he had also floored Ryu.
"There is a great difference between us. You are amazed, are you not? I fought you on your level. At MY level our fight was nothing. I was actually hoping for more from you. Your power is great, your will to use it is not. Your ounce of hesitation lost you this match. Had you given it more, I might let you continue your life. But now, it is time for you to serve me, in eternal bliss."
Ryu looked up, defeated. "Do I have to embrace the darkness fully?" He asked himself, as he lay. He felt his body being lifted off of the ground...
"It only hurts for a second..."
A flash of light surrounded the two. As it cleared, a smoke or steam could be seen rising off of Ryu, as he was held by his neck.
"Ah, my sweetness. Are you ready to take the eternal plunge...?" The man looked at his victim, ready to finalize Ryu's eternal servitude toward him with a quick bite. Where he had been holding Ryu, there was now a young girl, dressed in Ryu's gi, gloves, and white headband, they all seemed big for her. "Even your smell is different now..." He removed the gi from the shoulder of this dazed girl. Relax...it will be over in a second..."
"MISOOOUUUGIIIII!!!!" A flash of cutting wind sliced through the air, as a once hidden presense made its self known. The caped being had tossed his victim in his escape attempt. "Enough!!!!!!" The fire headed, black gi wearing well muscled man yelled.
"What's the meaning of this intrusion!?"
"I cannot allow this."
"You care for this human?" The caped one smarted.
"Of course not!"
"Then your reason." He demanded.
"I owe you no explanation, but I will give one. This young man, Ryu, is a disciple of the Ansatsuken-ryuu that I have mastered. He has been showing signs of the Murderous Intent, which would put his power at a new level!"
"And you care, why?"
"He is the best student of the art, and once he reaches true mastery, it is my duty to kill him in battle, showing that ONLY I HAVE TRULY MASTERED THE FIST OF ANSATSUKEN!!!!"
"You amuse me. Such cliche'd reasoning. Is this still the 17th century? Don't you have a bussiness to run, or money to make?"
"It is you who doesn't understand. Ryu is destined to give me my greatest battle ever. As far as any other attachments, I gave them up once I accepted the Satsui no Hado, in order to become more than a human ever can." Akuma answered.
"Hmph, if you really want a great battle, it is me you should challenge. You can share your techniques with him, and the fate of being my servant."
"Do not make me laugh. You're hurt a little. You ate some of that final attack. I wouldn't want an opponent not to be at one hundred percent."
"Hmph, even if I leave this man here, his male esscense has been drained, and it can't be undone. Under my spell, he, nor anyone else I've turned, would care about it, they'd serve me in bliss, forever. Without my final "touch" he will be very aware what he is, and he probably wont like it, he may give up fighting for all you know."
"I'll just have to see, wont I." Akuma stated.
"I'll leave him, and I'll be waiting for a real challenge, Gouki. Hmph." With that, the man disintegrated into what seemed like a thousand bats, flying off into any which direction.
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Akuma teleported to where Demitri tossed Ryu. Ryu looked up, and weakly spoke "A...Akuma?"
"Stop looking so pathetic." Akuma demanded of this...girl.
Ryu lay on the ground, looking up "I...I ...am in...a dream...?" Ryu would normally be on alert, with Akuma only inches form him, but he was in a dream-like state, unsure if he was even consious.
Akuma carried the much lighter Ryu towards the dojo that Ryu and Ken trained at. He wasn't doing Ryu any favors for any reason other than the fact he might get through this, and still give him his future match, in which Akuma plans to have only one surviving participant, even if it isn't himself.
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