Miz-K Takase presents:
A newspaper read, during the warm September afternoon. It said that a woman is arrested for knowing information about the recent events in the cities. The article read:
"At 2:38pm, AAW member and agent Scarlet Riley was tried and apprehended for crimes against the cities, run by The Authority, Triple H & Stephanie McMahon. Riley is related to Alliance Across the World members, The Gang, who has saved East Townsend from a dark nightmare in hell, over an evil rule by a god from another dimension. Riley admits that she was wronged for her duties, and willfully surrenders to the authorities, thus relinquishing her status as Interpol Spy. Other AAW agents, Chairman Wade Barrett, and Kanaka Nanase could not be reached for comment.
Riley's execution will take place in Imperial Lobby, miles far away from the cities, deep within the Water 7. Her immediate execution will take play, 10 days from now."
It just happened, just three months after The Gang vanished into training in seclusion, and weeks after the infamous Great West Greenwich War, which lost thousands in battle. Scarlet Riley, a woman in red hair, a black suit, and white heels, was arrested from the police, for a crime she committed. However, she believes that she was only arrested, because The Authority wants to rid Alliance Across the World, not just for their duties, but because they're shrewd, destructive, reckless, and beyond the call of duty. To them, it was what's best for business. Scarlet chose, in order to protect the AAW's reputation, to surrender.
However, The Authority didn't count on one problem…
A man in a green blazer was walking down the path, holding the same newspaper he read. He thought to himself, brushing his brown hair, "Kenshiro, master… Steven Cooke is appalled by this matter…"
He continued, as he looked to the night sky, "I refuse to let this injustice happen. Before I go… I have to train for a day. Three months only passed me down, but I cannot abandon my orders."
He held a note that was from Kanaka Nanase:
"Agent Cooke,
EMERGENCY! Don't ask how I know where you are, but this is important. Scarlet Riley, ex-Interpol agent was apprehended, and The Authority is taking the credit. Even so, I had Agents Hartwell and Thomas solve this, and I've dispatched another agent to assist her, incognito. I want you to send your friends to help us, before it's too late. You have one week, before she is sent away. I want you to hurry, AAW's reputation is on the line, and who knows what will the sleazy McMahon Family will try, again.
From, Kanaka Nanase."
He nodded, as he said, "Steven Cooke will never succumb to the fate of the heroes… But this time, I'll do what I can. I made a promise, for the next two years. I lasted three months, but I'm going down to Imperial Lobby, and end this, now."
As he walked, he stopped in the middle of the field, as he sensed a woman in a green uniform, chrome arms, and with orange hair, done in a ponytail. She has a plush dog, a white dog with black ears, eyes, and arms. She was calling to him, "Justice beckons you, Steven Cooke… I await your arrival, so I can purge The Gang, one-by-one, starting with you, the weakest link."
Steven said, as he wasn't looking, "Seryu… We meet again… like last time."
Act I: The Man with the Heart Scar!
Steven Cooke Returns!
Seryu Ubiquitous laughed, "HA, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Coro and I await the day we can finally defeat you! Last time we met, we were evenly matched. Rest assured that you and your friends will pay for their reckless crimes."
He said, in a serious tone, "Keep talking. You can talk all you want, it won't work…"
Seryu giggled, "Just say it. You can be weak."
"Steven Cooke isn't weak. I have been strong. I only left AAW, but they summoned me to the battlefield. You, stay out of this, girl. And your little dog, too. Otherwise, you'd feel my fist, yet again."
Seryu growled, "We fought before, but Coro and I will assure that you won't live to see those two years!"
She prepared, as she held her right arm out. He then smiled, "Try three months."
Coro chomped onto Seryu's right arm, as she called out, "This, coming from a man who uses his own bare fists as a weapon. You cannot stop the Ten Kings."
He replied, "Maybe so, but the Hokuto Shin Ken is invincible. It's passed down in over two millennia, suffering its wars against the Nanto Sei Ken, and the loss of its brothers. My master, Kenshiro, handed me the opportunity of being his student, making me his second apprentice."
"Hokuto What-now?"
"Apparently, you don't understand the martial arts. Can your arms and doggie succumb to it?"
Seryu held up a huge machine gun, implanted into her arm, as she said, "No. But I'd love to see you suffer… as a faker… Hokuto Shin Ken… You're living the dream, like in a manga. Unfortunately, firearm is always the pure power."
She fired her gun, shooting at Steven. He was unharmed, dodging each bullet. Seryu cried, "WHAT? How did you-?"
Steven said, as he cracked his knuckles, "Steven Cooke's got a lot in his arsenal. While offense is always the great equalizer, defense is the superior method of attack."
"How did you dodge it?"
"I have an uncanny technique that can sense firearm. When shot at a student with a calm mind, body, and soul, it can easily dodge out of the way, without flinching. You see, all I had to do is listen, and the rest was done. In other words, your Ten Kings arsenal is useless against me, even if you tried to corrupt my thoughts and actions."
Seryu reloaded, as she smiled, "Really? You and I are one in the same. We have the same faith in justice. I want to purge all evil, while you go and be reckless."
"Reckless? Why do you keep calling me that? The Gang may be reckless, but we are headstrong. Unlike my friends, you are instantly in the presence of a student of the Hokuto Shin Ken."
They stared down, as he smirked, "Well? I am not the same that I was, before…"
Seryu laughed, "You're so pathetic… WATCH!"
She sprouted huge missile cannons from her shoulders, as she shouted, "CORO! PHASE 2, 7, & 8! CORO AND I WILL ERASE YOUR KIND! THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Let us see how you faire against the Commandments of 2, 7, and 8! And now, we'll see if you can dodge all bombardment, except I wield the hammer of justice onto you! Recklessness equals EVIL! YOU SHALL BE PUNISHED BY FIRE FOR YOUR SINS! JUSTICE VOLLEY!"
She fired at him, as Steven flipped in a backflip, dodging each shot. She laughed evilly, as Steven landed on one foot. She cried, as she kept firing, while Coro held up her radar (Phase 9), "HE DODGED THAT?! STUBBORN DEVIL!"
He continued, as he said, "You certainly wanted to hunt me down. CALL OFF YOUR FIRE!"
He was on one knee, as he said, "Nice try. Not one scratch on me, Seryu Ubiquitous."
"But how?"
"Sorry, my friend… Justice always triumphs. And it seems you only learn guns and weaponry in your armory of robot arms."
"EXCUSE ME? These are bionics, made by the late doctor, Doctor Stylish! And it can transform into one of Ten King Commandments!"
"Whatever the case, woman, the way things are going, you are fail… in the eyes of justice. Once you're out of ammo, then it's over."
Seryu hissed, as she flipped the middle finger at him with her left arm, "DON'T ACT LIKE YOU'RE STEVEN OF THE SOUTH STAR! I CAN BEAT YOU, IN ANY WAY YOU FIND! BUT NO ONE CALLS JUSTICE A FAIL!"
"You fight me, and find out… and by the way, if I were Steven of the South Star, I'd learn Nanto Sei Ken."
She cackled, as she called out, "CORO! PHASE 6!"
Coro chomped and inhaled Seryu's upper body. She slid out, holding up a huge missile in her arms. He gasped, as she said, aiming at him, "The Gang will NOT be the ones! Those who stand for justice, the wrong way, will meet their end!"
Steven gasped, "A MISSILE?!"
The missile launched at him, as Steven dodged out of the way, and then slammed the missile with a devastating kick.
KABOOM!
The missile exploded, as Steven was barely singed. Seryu cried, "WHAT? He took down my most powerful attack with a simple kick? FINE!"
She launched up, as she cried, "CORO! PHASE 1!"
Coro bit her right hand, and formed a huge mace. She cried out, "HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT, IT IS!"
Coro grew huge, but Steven landed a severe punch to the gut. He dropped to the floor, as Steven landed on his legs. Seryu threw her spike ball at him, and Steven kicked it back to her. She screamed, as she was sent flying to the ground.
CRASH!
She landed in the dirt, as Steven dust his pants off. He was hurt, but was staggering a bit. "I see… So, the Ten Kings are your arsenal… Lemme see… 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9… Four to go."
Seryu got up and snarled, "Damn you… You little bastard!"
"What's wrong? Not enough in your arsenal?"
They stared down, as Seryu laughed, "I came here, as a favor for my boss, Remy Snowflake, to personally see to it that you, The Gang, will suffer."
"So, you don't work for The Authority, the same people that launched The Great West Greenwich War, three months ago, do you?"
"Coro's gonna eat your corpse, just like I did the others. There were others, but I cannot explain. Their crimes were not left unpunished… so, I'll deal with you, the Man with the Heart Scar."
"Why me? And what do you have against me?"
She pointed at him, as she cackled, "YES! I remember you, Steven "A-Fist" Cooke, a bounty of only $50 million! The relative of the late Blazing Flush Cooke, or, in this matter, your sister!"
He gasped, "Cecelia?"
She hissed, as her eyes went demonic, "And now, it's your turn!"
He said, as he warmed up, "You know, you say that you fight for honor and justice, as do I. And I admire that, since Steven Cooke believe in justice. But there's a reason I quit the AAW, for the time being… to become stronger and not be used by the injustice, like you. You're messed up that your chi has become jaded and corrupt."
She growled, as he continued, "But then again, all you want is the purge of evil… and that's exactly what I want. However, we do things, the Steven Cooke way… My way."
He flexed, as he removed his blazer, showing his white shirt, "That's why I declare that this battle is in the name of absolute justice! There can be only one!"
Seryu smiled, holding up her arm, "Oh, is that all? Fine… A fight to the end, and the loser dies. The Ten Kings vs. the Hokuto Whatever! Coro, Phase 5!"
Coro chomped on her arm, as she called, "Don't forget the arms!"
Coro's huge body sprouted huge muscular arms, as she added, "You forgot one thing… You managed to have Coro regenerate! The reckless are so stupid!"
Coro charged at him, in rapid-fire punches, as Steven smirked, "Girl, I can easily block that move."
They traded the same rapid-fire punches, as Steven launched his barrage.
"HOW?!" She cried, "HOW IS HE THAT POWERFUL?"
"Maybe because you know rapid punches, but not the technique. And you know that you cannot pierce through me, since all my anger, balled-up inside me, can make my skin as hard as steel; one of the basic principles of Hokuto Shin Ken. You'd know it, if this were a true two-on-one battle. NOW FACE THE FISTS OF JUSTICE! THE FISTS YOU'RE ABOUT TO FEEL, ARE FOR CECELIA!"
She cried, as she and Coro were plastered in his rapid fists, "NO!"
Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken北斗百裂拳
Seryu yelled, "DON'T GIVE UP, CORO! He can tire himself out, in any moment!"
Steven landed the huge fists into Coro's huge body, but Coro defended it. He called out, "What's the matter? Your big dawg is the shield? Maybe you should find me your weak point."
She snarled, "DAMN YOU! CORO! USE YOUR TRUMP CARD!"
Coro transformed into a huge beast-like monster, his Berserker Mode, in dark red skin and claws. It slammed its left paw down and made a huge supersonic roar, pushing Steven out of the field, sending him dropping to the cliffs. He landed his feet onto the edge, as Seryu launched herself with a grappling hook (Phase 4), and then fired a huge drill (Phase 3) at him, from above.
"DEVIL KINGS' JUSTICE LANCE!"
He dodged it and called, "That's eight!"
BOOM!
The drill landed to the ground and exploded. Steven was sent plummeting to the ground, but landed on his feet. Seryu dove down, as she fired bullets from her mouth. She had this in her, during her days in the Imperial Army. She fired, as he deflected each shot.
"She's good, but dangerous than before. And they call us the reckless ones…"
She dove in front of him, and landed a barrage of punches, as she shrieked, "I'LL BEAT YOU TO DEATH!"
POW!
Steven is sent hurling into the rocks, as Seryu cackled, "HAD ENOUGH, FIST-BOY?! FINE BY ME!"
He was out like a light, as Seryu held her arms, "I took too much damage. Shit! Why didn't I finish him off? The chivalrous guy. He wasn't kidding about rock-hard skin. He's a strong sort, unlike his sister… but he has NO elemental powers. Precious Stones of Control are for the undeserving, like him, with no pure heart. No pure heart, no justice, NO LIFE!"
He got up, as he moaned, "No… I cannot die… here."
She snarled, "HOW? He's not supposed to survive. His haki is no different."
She added, "Of course, he's running out of energy and time. Bastard! He thinks he can best me, he's got another thing coming. Justice must prevail, and he's right. His legend is true, but we'll see who wields justice, today!"
Coro dove down, as she said to him, "Are you back at 100%"
Coro nodded, as she exclaimed, "Good. It's time we send this demon of the fist back to Hell, once and for all."
He closed his eyes and said, "Concentrate…"
He stood in place, as she smirked, "He's standing still in surrender. That little guy is strong, but he knew, once and for all, that justice always wins."
He spoke, "Because of The Authority… because of Remy… Cecelia is dead… and Steven Cooke was too busy training… I wasn't strong enough; not even to save my friend's master, in order to assure peace. All because of a demon, Onigiri, who used Kanade Jinguji, who was an instrument of corporate evil, all along. That, I will never forgive. But the days are passed, and what's done is done… Kill me, and see what happens next. But I will have my revenge. These fists… are only to take down injustice… and not meant for revenge."
Seryu smirked, "Kill you? You had me at surrender."
He concluded, "I didn't say I'd surrender. I'll die before I kowtow to you."
They flew off and charged at him. He remained still and closed his eyes. He focused on Coro and said, "You first, mutt…"
He sensed Coro, as he opened his razor sharp teeth. He leapt up and cried, "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH… WAH-TAAAAAAAA!"
SLASH!
He motioned his arms in an X form and slash Coro's body in two, with a huge cross chop.
"CORO!" Seryu shrieked.
He looked at Seryu and said, "You're next."
She snarled, still in the air, "The Ten Kings are out of ammunition! Looks like I'm resorting to THESE!"
Her chrome arms snapped off, forming twin handguns from her upper arms. She shrieked in a demonic roar, "JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL!"
He then growled in anger, and then…
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
…he roared in complete anger, as his shirt was ripped off, by his overpowering rage. His chest expanded, showing his heart-shaped scar.
Seryu shrieked, "IT CAN'T BE!"
He fired a huge rapid punch barrage at her body, before she could even fire.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH-ATATATATATATATATATATATATA! WAH-ATATATATATATATATATATA! HAAA-ATATATATATATA!"
He stopped punching, and pulled his right leg back. He cried, "WAAAH-TAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
SLICE!
Steven's huge deadly right kick slashes off Seryu in half, through her abdomen.
"NO! HOW COULD I LET THIS HAPPEN? HE SLASHED ME DOWN!" She cried.
Her upper body fell to the ground, bleeding heavily from the cut, as Steven posed, breathing out.
Hokuto Ha Kama北斗刃鎌
He looked at the severed body of Seryu, as he said, "You fought well… Maybe you almost had me. But you left out one small detail… You were open. This battle is mine, and justice must always prevail… unlike you."
He turned around and said, as Seryu was still alive, badly hurt and struck with fear, "You wield justice, yet your methods are disturbing. Whereas mine are considered reckless, but I have been focused on those who take justice, and twist it into their own plaything. Apparently, you never knew about Hokuto Shin Ken, since its 2,000-year legacy, and so on. I'd focus your attacks, aimed at your pressure points, and made it like nothing, compared to you. Your promise to purge evil… I'll honor it, only on my terms, from hereon, while your corpse lies there, bleeding. Give a message to The Authority, when you have time left… I won't forgive them for killing my sister, and I won't forgive your boss, for killing Black Dynamite. That man looked up to Steven Nevins, like the legitimate son he never had. You're not a tool of justice. You're the instrument of Tohru Honda's own playground. You act as you stand for justice, but you make me sick. And soon, in a few moments, your body will vanish; not a trace will be left of any of you."
He walked off, as he said, "An ugly death, yes, but befitting for a monster like you, and your little dog, too. … … … Now, it's over."
Seryu growled, as she cackled, "Oh, you bastard! You think this is over? I have one more trick up my sleeve! I'm just your first step towards The Gang's Highway to HELL!"
She added, as she sat up, barely clinging to life, "You said so, yourself… Justice must always prevail; no matter what evil there is, it must be cast out. I only wish I could be here, to see all of you fail…"
She grit her teeth in a demonic smile, and made a clicking sound. She then snickered, "Ten Kings – Final Phase… Chakravartin Furnace of Five Hells!"
He was concerned, as she explained, "The ultimate final technique that the late doctor gave me, implanted in my head – THE ULTIMATE WEAPON OF SIN! Once it goes off, you have lost, before you could reunite with your friends! Once I still have this weapon, I can never lose!"
He asked, "What? A bomb?! YOU BITCH! THAT IS SUICIDE!"
She hissed, "I broke you, finally! You have one minute… and soon, everything goes to Hell, where the injustice belongs… even you, as well…"
She made a giggle, in a crazed look, as he said, "One minute… Then, that's good… I may have found the tenth king… by puncturing the pressure point in your skull."
"WHAT? You're bluffing!" She cried.
"I may have disarmed it, or delayed the inevitable. And soon, you have ten seconds, before it goes off. Long enough for you to live, so you wouldn't even feel it."
He walked away, as she yelled, "YOU SON OF A BITCH! GET BACK HERE!"
He said, without looking at her, still walking, "I have nothing else to prove. Justice is served. Rest in hell."
She snapped, as she yelled, "GO AHEAD! WALK OFF! YOU CAN'T RUN? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! GO ON AND WALK AWAY, YOU BASTARD! YOU'LL NEVER MAKE IT, IN YOUR STATE! YOU'LL BURN, LIKE THE BASTARD YOU ARE, A-FIST! I HOPE THE AUTHORITY GIVES YOU THE SAME TREATMENT, EVEN WORSE THAN MINE, YOU GODDAMN SICKO! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Coro, back to his normal form, crawled to Seryu, who was also just its upper body. It whimpered to her, as she said, "Coro… You can't heal yourself, anymore… It's not fair that there is so much evil left in the world…"
She started to cry, as she sobbed, "I cannot die, in a place like this; but even against the Man with the Heart Scar… I can't die, until it is gone… NOT YET!"
She hugged Coro, and then…
SPLOOSH!
Both Coro and Seryu exploded into a huge gusher of blood, long before her Phase 10 Bomb would go off. Of course, Steven Cooke wasn't stupid. He kept walking, far away, for the remainder of the 50 seconds.
KABOOM!
The bomb went off, as he sensed it. He dashed off, as fast as he could, avoiding the impact of the explosion, reaching a huge chasm. He jumped off and fell into the deep chasm, avoiding Seryu's explosion. He landed deep within, and then said, "Close one."
When the blast subsided, he said, looking at above, "Those who use justice, and abuses it, has no heart at all…"
Moments later, he climbed out, as he said, "That did it. Seryu can rest now… but I have bigger fish to fry. I still believe in justice, and The Authority will pay, for framing Scarlet. I'm getting to the bottom of this. I can't send the others to help me… Not yet. I plan to, once I ask Scarlet. And she's not far from here, before she is sent to Imperial Lobby, next week."
He clutched his fist and said, "I made a promise, for the next two years, to reshape myself and the others, to assure that we will be stronger. Steven Cooke will do what he can."
He walked off, heading to the nearest town. However, the nearest town he went to is where the story will continue, as everything about The Gang, in the Moji Mikisa, will change. Scarlet Riley was there, in town, as she was waiting in a small office, by a desk. She was meeting with a man with pale skin and black hair. He said to her, "Well, Miss Riley… I know Miss Najenda is formal of this matter, but is it right to lie, like that?"
Scarlet said, "Well, no… But it's to assure the AAW's place in these worlds. It's my fault."
"And how so?"
She bowed her head and said, "Because… … …It's no joke. I want The Authority to suffer for what they did, but slandering at my friends is one thing. However, they can never know, so I have to abandon them, for good."
"So, you admit it?"
"Admit what? For tarnishing cities, and for causing havoc and chaos into the Moji Mikisa? Yes. But no one must ever know, except for you… and me…"
It seems that Kanaka was right. The Authority had nothing to do with Scarlet being blackmailed or apprehended. Scarlet made a huge mistake in her life, during the Moji Mikisa. But what?
The Gang! IN ACTION!
The Gang vs. The NR9:
Imperial Lobby Showdown