It was the next day as Ryu meditated by the waterfall. He thought about his fight with Kazuya Mishima. As the water flowed, he concentrated his thoughts. He visualizes a dark damp place. No environment, no sight, and no sound. All he could see was Kazuya and his sinister aura. He clenched his fist in anticipation. He waited for Ryu to make the first move. But each time Ryu tossed an attack at him, Kazuya threw something more powerful his way.

In his mind, he visualizes Kazuya aura similar to Akuma. Those two had the same demonic ambition, but he did not give up his humanity completely. Ryu felt the dark power calling out to him deep inside as he fought Kazuya. No matter how much he denied it, it wanted to be reawakened once again even if Gouken had sealed his power.

Before either of them could make the next move, Ryu's eyes snapped opened. The sounds of footsteps interrupted his meditation. When his shoulder was touch, he quickly got into his fighting stance. Juri held her hands and asked with caution, "Whoa, tough guy why so jumpy?"

He wiped the sweat off his forehead, "Sorry Juri, I was just in meditation."

"Anyway, you have to come hear this." Juri waved her thumb.


Amongst the streets, a random person held a large radio. He sat by the park and watched the kids play, while tuning the tracks a sudden report interrupted his favorite music station. "We interrupt this program for special report. You may remember an earlier report about mysterious meteorite entering the earth's atmosphere. We now have conformation that search parties represented multiple nations have located fragments of the meteorite that arrived in the South Pole. We also received reports the debris contains some usual artifact. Should these reports be true mankind would have discovered some sort of intelligent life in the universe. Stay tuned for my on this earth discovery."

The news was only not on the radio, but every TV new station all across the globe. There was no doubt that Pandora's Box was going to attract a lot of attention to military, reporters, scientist as well as other fighters.

Ryu stroked his fingers on his facial hairs. He thought of the possibilities of the Pandora's Box. Whether it would help him destroy the curse of the Satsui-No-Hado, or do the opposite he did not know. What was the box really and what were its purposes for being here on earth? He had to find out for himself. Ryu turned and faced Juri, "Juri, would you like to go with me to find out about the box?"

She grinned, "You don't even have to ask. I'm sure little Ingrid would enjoy a family trip."

"That guy you fought must have really had concerned huh? I mean he's certainly no Akuma." Juri replied taking a sip of Japanese Saki. The two shaded themselves from the hot sun. The trees served as their means of relaxation, even if they weren't furniture.

"No, but his aura is similar to him. He fights like a savage beast. I didn't know there we're over fighters that possess such evil energy like the Satsui-No-Hado. But it was different."

"Well, if that's the case, then think if his family has inner dark powers." She teased with mild humor.

A drench of sweat rolled down Ryu's cheek, but not because of a family of monsters. A spider crawled upon his fingers. "That would be a scary thought; then again I'd be lying if I said I would like to challenge them." Ryu set his fingers down to ground level and let the little spider walk out into the wild.

Finishing up her last drink, Juri laid herself on top of Ryu. "You're unbelievable you know that."

"I hate spiders." He took one last look at the infant spider he let go. "But I don't hate you." Ryu kissed Juri, and then she kissed back.


Later on, Juri had gotten back to pact her stuff, she found the temple her and Ryu was living in dead quiet. Something was not right, so she rushed in. door by door she broke through itching to find the cause of the problem.

Before long her eyes as well as her body were frozen in place. The Shadaloo dictator had returned in the flesh wearing his usual evil grin. He stroked the bed Ingrid was sleeping in with ease. "I found you at last Juri Han. Now then we have some important business to discuss."

"Screw you!" Juri exclaimed she charged with a Ki amplified kick.

He dodged. "Now, now let's not be so hasty now or do you not value what happens to your new family."

To Juri's utter shock Ingrid was not in bed. It was doll. Her fists tighten in rage, any moment she could strike him down without mercy. "Didn't I kill you years ago?"

"It took a while for me to recover, but now I am back in the perfect body thanks to my team of scientist. I have to admit I was quite astounded on your new life, from a S.I.N assassin to a mother of a lovely little girl."

"What did you do to Ingrid you bastard!?"

"Oh don't worry, she is in Shadaloo custody and will be remanded unless you do exactly as I say. If Ryu has ultimate power within him, then think of the possibilities of one's offspring."

Remembering Ryu's words, Juri took a deep breath and stood straight. "What do you want?"

"You will join me to seek out the Pandora. I already sent Barlog and Vega to cover the areas to seek out the box. But if they get the box before I do, they can use it to overthrow me. Also the Mishima Zaibatsu has other plans and even challenged me. A mistake they will soon regret. Once it's in the hands of Shadaloo, I will let Ingrid go free. If anyone asks, just say you decided to have a change of heart. However, if you even disobey my command even once, then Ingrid will be my New Guinea pig for my projects. So what's it going to be Juri?"

Juri turned her face for moment. She was very reluctant to go back to her old ways. After the good days she spent with Ryu, she didn't want to betray him. Then again she hated to think what would happen to her one and only daughter. The suspense was killing her as she gritted her teeth. She roared punching the wall with large amount of Ki.

Juri came to a decision and glared at Bison with murder intent in her eyes. "All right, but make no mistake, if there is as so much as scratch on face. I will kill you for this, and this time you will stay dead."

"Don't make threats, you can't enforce little girl. Now let us be on our way."

After practicing his usual katas, Ryu went back to the temple to pick up Juri for his trip. He started calling out to her, but there was no answer. The temple was deserted as haunted house. From each step, he sensed something was up.

By time he got to the bedroom, it had been ransacked. Juri nor Ingrid was anywhere in sight. To make matters worse there were no clues on her whereabouts. He felt helpless not knowing where she was. It made his heart melt with worry.

The first organization that popped into his mind responsible was Shadaloo. For some reason, he knew that they would be back. But why didn't they go after Ryu had boggled his mind? Ingrid and Juri were in danger and he had to do something about it.

After freshening up, and shaving his facial hairs, he was about to begin his journey. Out of the blue, an old friend surprised Ryu from the shadows. "Man, your hard to find these days. Don't you know how expensive is to find somebody with no tracking whatsoever?"

Ryu was more than ready to set off, "Hi Ken, the Pandora is on the move, and for the sake of the world, we must get to it before someone else does. And find Juri and Ingrid."

"Guess there is no reasoning with you. All right, I guess I'll tag along for the ride. I can't let you do this alone Ryu."

"Thanks Ken, I'm going to need all the help I can get."

The battle begins...