Hi hi~

I got SCV the day it came out, and stabbed myself with a pen while trying to open it, breaking the skin. I was so excited.

The story mode, if you don't have the game, is…strange. If you ask me, a step up from SCIV, where everything was super vague. In fact, the plot was well developed, I loved the graphics and characterization. However, what pissed me off was the fact that you can only play as 5 characters—Patroklos, Pyrrha, ∂ Patroklos, Pyrrha Ω, and Z.W.E.I. Also, many characters were missing who totally could've been fit in there—Hilde, Mitsurugi, Yoshimitsu, and Cervantes, for instance.

To top it all off, the only characters who were characterized at all were the Alexandra siblings. Therefore, I hastily prepare this treat to help us all try to imagine what could've been.

Chapter 1: Hunger

"Strides a stranger, the heart within him. A wilder thing than wind or billows." -Heinrich Heine

Maxi drew power from the fragment of the cursed sword Soul Edge still lodged in his body, but it came with a price. Even after defeating Astaroth and avenging his crewmates, he remained consumed with an insatiable lust for revenge.

Not wanting to drag his friends down with him, Maxi left Kilik and Xianghua to walk a dark and lonely path. Living in the shadows, his humanity gradually slipped away- until he found salvation at the hands of Edge Master, Kilik's former teacher. The old man taught Maxi how to live with the shard of the cursed sword he carried within him, and in time, Maxi managed to suppress its foul influence.

Over the course of the next eight years, Maxi's jovial temperament returned. He even started to joke about the unusually slow rate at which his body was aging, and how easy it was to pass as a young man.

Perhaps sensing the time had come; Edge Master bade Maxi to listen well. Kilik's life was in danger, he said, and there was only one way to save him: Kilik must bequeath his weapon, the Kali-Yuga, to a boy named…

"Xiba?"

The young man looked up from his meal upon hearing his name. "Uh-huh? Haff meh," he said, his mouth stuffed full of food.

The goofy greeting surprised Maxi. This couldn't be the kid Edge Master wanted to inherit the Kali-Yuga, Kilik's Kali-Yuga. He scratched his head and cleared his throat before he asked, "Mind if I join you?"

Surprisingly enough, the kid gave a nod of approval. Maxi sat down quietly and called over the server of the restaurant.

After ordering he glanced over at the boy. This kid couldn't be more than sixteen! He was so, so young… looked innocent, too. Definitely hadn't gone through what Kilik, Xianghua, hell, even he had gone through. He knew nothing of the cursed and spirit swords, what was out there in Europe, Ostrheinsberg…

"So, how did you know my name?" Xiba suddenly asked, pulling Maxi out of his thoughts.

The older man smirked, "I've heard a bit about you from a friend of mine. My name's Maxi," he offered a hand.

"Xiba! But, you knew that," Xiba answered with a grin.

"Uh, Xiba…" Maxi started almost nervously, "If you don't mind me asking, how…old are you?"

"Fifteen! Born in 1592!" Xiba's grin widened.

Maxi winced. Fifteen. This boy was fifteen and Edge Master wanted him to take on the responsibility of the Kali-Yuga all by himse—

"…Oh, hell naw."

"What's 'hell naw', Maxi?"

Maxi stood up, "Xiba, when we're done with our meal, would you do me the honor of a friendly spar? To… test our skills against each other?"

Xiba blinked innocently. "Sure! I just finished studying at the Ling-Sheng Su temple last year! I'd love to see how far I've come!"

"Good, I'll wait for you outside."

"Aren't you gonna eat what you—"

"You can have mine."

"Sweet!"

Maxi leaned against the wooden building and started playing with his hair. He realized inside the restaurant. Edge Master wanted him to train the kid, to mentor him and tow him along on his journey. To be perfectly honest, Maxi wasn't totally against that.

But it would still suck ass.

Not to mention having to look after him like he was his own kid, considering how immature he was. Feeding him…

"Maxi! I'm done eating!" he heard Xiba call to him. Maxi stood up and cracked his neck. If the kid could fight, it would all be worth it.

"You ready to do this?" Maxi asked when they got to the arena.

"Yeah! Loser has to buy the winner supper!" Xiba exclaimed happily.

Maxi rolled his eyes, but whipped out his nunchaku and twirled them around a bit, hoping to intimidate his opponent (and show off). "All right, it's go time!" he smirked.

Maxi, with all of his experience, decided to wait for his opponent to make the first move so he could counter. Seeing the opening, Xiba rushed at him and thrust out the Three Karmas, only to be guarded and countered by Maxi. Maxi then grabbed the younger boy, rolled him onto his back and cracked the nunchaku. A signature move of his.

Xiba stumbled back, stunned. Soon his gaping expression turned into a playful grin. "You're better than I thought you'd be, Maxi!"

"Can't say the same about you," Maxi called back mockingly.

If Xiba heard that, he hadn't cared. He threw another attack at Maxi, this one being successful and knocked him to the ground. As soon as Maxi got up, Xiba grabbed his chance. He launched multiple quick-fire attacks, several combos in succession.

Although caught off-guard at first, Maxi blocked most of the attacks and quickly side-stepped another, causing Xiba to carelessly tumble into the river. Maxi laughed as Xiba popped up from under the water, shaking his wet hair like a dog.

He offered a hand to the boy, "I think we can both agree that I won that one."

Xiba smirked and took the hand, "Definitely. I let my excitement get the best of me. So, guess I'm buying you dinner then?"

Maxi smirked, "Sure."

At dinner, Maxi was glad that he wasn't paying. This kid could eat. While Xiba was yapping with his mouth full, Maxi was still deep in thought.

"So I'm supposed to make this kid my protégé? He's got potential, I'll give 'im that… How do I tell him, though?"

"Blah blah…uncomfortable beds…picked on…Su Temple…" Xiba kept on talking.

Maxi sat up straighter. "Su, as in Ling-Sheng Su Temple? You mentioned it before, did you—?"

"Yeah, man, I've just spent the better part of a half-hour telling you about it! You make it sound like you're not even paying attention!" Xiba pouted.

"Yeah, funny thing about that," Maxi said sarcastically (Xiba didn't pick that up). "My friend, Kilik trained at that same temple. Listen, kid, my teacher—Edge Master's his name, wanted you to inherit a rod that Kilik used to have—the Kali-Yuga. I…um uh, know it's a bit weird to say it like this, but I'm all for training and traveling with you."

Xiba blinked, "Sure!"

A look of confusion washed over Maxi's face. "Just like that?"

Xiba burped loudly and slumped in his seat, "Well, yeah. From what I can tell, you, the guy with awesome hair, a six-pack, and who just kicked my ass, wants to give me a new weapon, train me with it, and travel with me. Seems win-win for me."

Maxi opened his mouth to speak—"And I'm kinda broke."

The older man gave his new companion his trademark smirk. "Okay then. We'll set out to meet Edge Master tomorrow and you'll become Kilik's successor."

"Great! You have enough money to pay for the inn stay?"

Maxi rolled his eyes, handed Xiba a few yuanbo and watched him run off to the owner.

"Well, that was a lot easier than I thought it would be."

Don't expect regular updates on this one. I have nine stories running and counting. I can never finish what I started.

Please, if you have any characters you want to see story-extensions for, whether they're in SCV or not, please tell me!

So far, I plan on going into the new Asian Group, Schwarzwind, Tira, and probably Talim or Yun-Seong since they were some of my favorites in the older games.

Tell me what you want, and I'll do my best to fit it in!

Question of the chapter: Anyone else notice in SCV that Lizard Man/ Aeon Calcos now has the ability to sprout wings? Like, not dragon, scaly wings; like feathery angel-dove wings. WTF?