A/N: If anyone is interested in beta reading this story, contact me.

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SFA: Senshi Kyogi

Chapter 1: The Murderous Roar

Japan, 1973 - A remote wilderness...

A fierce downpour of rain blanketed the woods. A lone figure dashed through a shoddily-paved trail in the forest, trying to make his way. After a few minutes of stumbling, he halted and checked his surroundings.

"I'm sure that the Master was just here. I felt his ki. Where could he have gone off to?" The male pondered as he continued to look around. He wore a plain whitish-grey t-shirt and jeans. His eyes were black and his black hair fell down below his shoulders.

Just then, he stopped as he sensed a sudden surge of energy. The youth began to break out into a sweat. "That dark burst of ki... C-could it be... Gouki?"

A feral roar sounded off in the distance...

Two figures stood alone in an isolated field. The rain continued to pour down with great intensity as thunder boomed. A blustery wind swept through the land, violently tugging at the vegetation. A dark power swept over the land as the flowers and grassy plains decayed and took on a withered, blackened appearance.

"HADOUKEN!" A red-headed figure in a black gi fired a purple blast of pure evil at the other figure. The concentrated ball of ki zipped across the plains, producing a large explosion followed by a shockwave. As a cloud of dust cleared, the red-headed man dashed through at a breakneck speed. His eerily white eyes lacked pupils and his face expressed pure, unadulterated chaos and malice.

The man collided into the other figure, an elderly man with a moss green gi and mahogany prayer beads on his neck. The central bead had a black kanji in the middle of it: "ten" (天). The older man wore a bandana upon his head, and he sported a lengthy, but thin white beard. His face was solemn as the other man shoulder tackled him. The elder was knocked into a tree, knocking some air out of his lungs and causing him to spit up some blood. As the older figure slowly rose to resume his fighting stance, he spoke a single word: "Gouki."

The youth in the grey shirt and jeans broke out into a sprint as he continued to traverse through the muddy trail of the forest. "Sensei! Where are you?" the youth shouted. He had a bad feeling in his gut...

The man, christened Gouki, charged at the elder again. The older man nimbly dodged Gouki's straight jab, which dented the tree behind them. Taking advantage of his position, the man delivered a fierce blow to Gouki's abdomen followed by a roundhouse kick to his face, knocking the red-haired youth backwards. Gouki's eyes briefly returned to normal as he glanced at the bruise on his face.

The old man began to take the offensive as he lunged at Gouki. Jumping into the air, the man delivered a devastating kick to Gouki's face. He continued with a second kick from the second leg. Summoning up even more of his ki, the man finished his brutal combo with a spinning kick from the first leg. The attack hit Gouki's neck with bone-shattering impact, sending the karateka backwards. Gouki staggered a bit as he recovered from the latest blow.

Both combatants panted for a few seconds. This "warm-up" was only the start. A faint grin crept across both mens' faces. Both were enjoying the fight, and from the looks of it, it'd be a long one at that...

Their fight dragged on for hours and no clear victor could be determined. A collision of hadou and hadou. Fist crossed fist. Blood sprayed the land, as a once tranquil relationship was exceeded by the sole desire of killing one another.

"Gouki! You're doing very well," the old man called out. "But, this is the end!" The older man began to muster up a startling amount of ki and began to shape the ki in the palm of his hands. The energy formed a blue, spiraling sphere - the Shinkuu Hadouken. The man yelled fervently as he continued to charge up his ki. "DIE GOUKI!"

Gouki's pupils once again disappeared as he went berserk. "I WILL NOT DIE!" Gouki ferally retorted. He roared as a dark burst of ki began to accumulate within his body. A mass of ki transformed into innumerable incandescent blazes as a great power was unleashed from Gouki's body.

The older karateka was shocked as he recognized the move that his opponent initiated. "Shun Goku Satsu?!"

He was aghast with a combination of surprise and terror as Gouki glided towards him. Upon reaching the man, Gouki grabbed him and unleashed a magenta burst of ki.

One thought entered the man's mind as Gouki's attack connected. It was not one of fear, but that of pride. I'm glad that one of my students... could finally surpass me...

The youth dressed in casual clothes stopped and began to pant, bending foward and resting his hands on his knees. He had finally made it to a clearing in the woods. He quivered uncontrollably as a purple flash lit up the stormy skies. The man's eyes were wide with fear and anxiety as his mouth went agape. "No..."

Another dust cloud cleared. The old man was dead. His body was busted up and sported several gashes and wounds. He laid in a pool of cold blood. Yet, a small smile was visible on his face.

Gouki had his back turned to the fallen body of his opponent. He muttered one word: "Shoushi." His scelera was now blood red and his ebony pupils, while barely visible, had reappeared. His eyes were now dark and soulless. Gouki turned around and lifted the bloodied prayer beads off of the corpse.

The other youth had just reached the site of the battle. He stopped and surveyed the area. He recognized one figure and slowly started to approach. "Gouki? What are you doing here? Have you seen the Master?"

Gouki, his back turned to the youth, merely murmured. "Hmph. Gouken." It was then that the other youth, a man named Gouken, had noticed the bloodied prayer beads dangling from Gouki's hands.

Gouken's mind was quick to put two and two together. "No... no... you... y-you couldn't have..." Gouken began to frantically search his surroundings. His gaze fell upon a broken and bloodied body of an old man.

"SENSEI!" Gouken immediately ran over to the corpse of his master and began to shake it in an attempt to rouse the elder back to life. No dice; the body was cold to the touch by the time Gouken had reached it.

"Why brother? WHY?!" Gouken screamed as he turned to face Gouki. Gouken's eyes were alit with rage as tears fell from his eyes.

It was then that Gouki finally turned around to face his brother. Gouken noticed that Gouki's face was impassive, devoid of all emotion. "For the older brother, you just don't get it, do you? Goutetsu, that blasted old fool." A faint smirk appeared on Gouki's face, but then faded away. "He wanted us to surpass him. Ansatsuken is a killer's martial art. To fight, to learn this deadly style, we must put everything on the line. And by showing us the gateway to the Satsui no Hadou, he sealed his fate."

"Gouki... you... you're not human. You're... you're a monster. An oni!" Gouken yelled furiously at his younger brother.

Gouki took the comment in stride. It didn't faze him at all. "A demon, huh? Then so be it. If I am a demon, then this name is no longer fitting. From here on... my name is Akuma."

Gouki, now renamed Akuma, lifted the bloodied prayer beads onto his neck and began to walk away. "Take heart brother... you are not my enemy this day. But if you attempt to stop me, I won't hesitate to kill you."

Gouken was utterly speechless as Akuma's silhouette disappeared into the haze. All that Gouken could see was a crimson version of the kanji "ten" blazoned on the back of Akuma's gi. The rain still continued to beat down upon the land. Gouken merely fell down upon his knees. He cradled the body of Goutetsu, his master. Gouken then belted out a loud scream. He buried his head into the body of his deceased master and began to cry. The boy's spirit was broken.

From that day on, Gouken knew the path in life that he had to take...

Translations
Gouken - strong fist, strong sword
Gouki - strong spirit, strong ogre, strong demon
Goutetsu - strong iron, thunderous iron (according to older materials)
Akuma - demon, a derivative of the Japanese word for devil
Hadouken - Surge Fist (lit. "Wave Motion Fist")
Shinkuu Hadoken - Vacuum Surge Fist
Shun Goku Satsu - Instant Hell Murder
Satsui No Hadou - Surge of Murderous Intent
Ansatsuken - assassination fist, muderous fist, technique
shoushi - pathetic
sensei - teacher, master
kanji - characters/letters (lit. "Han characters", as in the Han Dynasty)
ten - sky, heaven, providence, "beyond human limits" (roughly)
oni - demon
ki - energy flow, spirit
gi - Japanese training uniform (esp. in martial arts)
karateka - practioner of karate

A/N: Three things to point out:
1) This fight scene is a combination of the opening scene from Street Fighter Alpha: Generations and older materials that portrayed the Akuma/Goutetsu fight. Gouken, Akuma, Goutetsu's character designs take a few notes from this OVA.
2) I made up the whole "Gouki changing his name to Akuma" thing. It's only to make a bridge between localization differences when Akuma (known as Gouki in Japan) made his grand entrance in SSFIIT, as well as show Akuma's detachment from his past life.
3) The "1973" date is conjecture from Akuma's bio from the Japanese version of SSFIIT, where it states that Akuma is 48 (in 1993) and that he killed Goutetsu about 20 years ago. This would mean that Goutetsu was murdered around 1973 (Akuma would be 28 at the time, and Gouken would be slightly older).

The next chapter will be slightly longer.