Eiffle Tower Standoff
Eiffle Tower, Top
A man stood at the top of the Eiffel Tower with long turquoise hair. It was getting late in the afternoon. He stood there in a zipped up black leather jacket and red pants. His name was Remy, a person who fought in the 3rd Street Fighter tournament.
Remy dispised the ones who called themselves warriors or street fighters. He was the only living member of his family. Their mother died; their father left Remy and his sister to become a street fighter. However, Remy's sister died and is encased in ice. One fight he perfectly remembered was him fighting against a person known only as Ash Crimson a few months back at the bottle of the Eiffel Tower.
They both had almost similar fighting styles. Seemed that those 2 were evenly matched. Remy could remember that day like it was yesterday.
"Ash Crimson," Remy said to himself.
Remy wanted to have a rematch against this Ash Crimson.
Eiffel Tower, Bottom
Few Months Ago
It was a sleepless night in Paris. Two men by instinct stopped several feet away from each other. Slowly, they turned and faced each other. Remy was wearing his usual fighting attire. The man on the opposite side stood there in red. His pants were red like they were flames engulfing something while the bottle were black.
He also had white shoots. His jacket were the same as the pants. The man's short blonde hair was bleached. It was styled like a woman's. Black fingerless gloves were on his hands. Something very distinguishable were his black fingernails. Seemed that he liked fingernail art.
"You're a fighter, aren't you?" Remy asked.
"Oui, how do you know?" the young man asked.
"Something I felt," Remy replied.
"I see," the man replied. "I see you're a fighter, too," he added with a grin. Remy kept a stern and cold look on his face.
"Yes..."
"It seems that you do not enjoy fighting as I do," he added brushing his hair away.
"You guessed right," Remy replied throwing his hair back. "I don't do it because I like it. I despise it a lot. I despise people who call themselves 'street fighters'..."
"Is that so?" he asked.
"My father left me because he pursued the light of a street fighter," Remy said.
"Maybe you'd like to spar, mon ami," the young man offered.
"Sure..." Remy said.
"What is your name?"
"Remy..."
"I am Ash..."
The young man revealed himself to be Ash Crimson. Both men stood about several feet away from each other. They had their backs turned to each other. People slowly started to crowd around to look at the standoff.
As the wind blew by, both men turned around ready to attack. Ash threw his Ventose while Remy threw his Light of Virtue.
"Sacre bleu?" Remy asked in surprise.
"What?" Ash asked.
The blue ring of energy and wave of green flames connected and cancelled each other out. Both men stood there. Their attacks were almost similar.
Both men casually approached each other as Ash Crimson threw a right hook with Remy quickly smacking it away and countering with a spinning back elbow strike. However, Ash Crimson ducked under the attack and threw footsweep.
Remy jumped back to evade getting knocked down by the footsweep. Upon landing, Remy crouched down and performed his double spinning footsweep. Ash Crimson backflipped away to evade getting knocked down.
The 2 of them stood there with their backs slightly turned to each other. Crowds of spectators started to applaude and cheer. In perfect unison, Ash and Remy turned around and performed their Ventose and Light of Virtue attacks.
However, Ash made a more powerful version as it made an X shape.
But Remy did 2 Light of Virture attacks. One high and one low. Both of their projectiles flew at each other. One Light of Virtue cancelled out one part of the Ventose attack. Remy became engulfed by the green flames while Ash Crimson got sent to the ground.
The crowd remained silent. Remy shrugged the flames off while Ash got back to his feet and dusted himself off.
"Impressive," Ash said.
"As are you," Remy replied.
Both men approached each other as Ash shuffled forward and threw a side kick. Remy stepped back and threw two front kicks that Ash blocked.
Ash leaped from the air and executed his Nivose attack with Remy executing his Rising Rage Flash at the same time. In a burst of energy, both attacks cancelled each other out. Both Ash and Remy got to their knees upon landing on the ground.
The two of them flew at each other as Ash threw several punches with Remy smacking them away. Remy them threw a forearm strike to Ash's gut. Gasping for air, Ash grabbed Remy by the head and rammed his knee into the face. Both men were forced to separate from each other. The two of them stood there with such calmness.
Remy ran forward and threw a roundhouse kick that Ash Crimson quickly blocked. Ash followed up with his shuffling side kick hitting Remy in the gut. In retaliation, Remy hopped forward and threw a spinning crescent kick nailing Ash in the face.
He then nailed Ash with a high and low Light of Virtue. Ash retaliated as he threw a high and low side kick to Remy's leg and chest. Seconds later, Ash threw his Nivose attack nailing Remy with that flaming flip kick.
Once again, Remy was engulfed with those green flames. Ash came at Remy and nailed him with a barrage of kicks and executed with a knife-hand strike to the chest. That attack stung Remy like hell causing him to hold his chest.
Remy quickly kneed Ash in the gut and then crouched down to deliver a kick to the toes. Ash stepped back some as Remy nailed him with the double footsweep. Hitting the ground, Ash Crimson quickly rolled back to safety.
Looking up, he saw Remy nailing him with an elbow drop. However, Ash quickly caught Remy and let out a smile. Catching Remy, Ash executed his Vendémiaire attack as he threw a barrage of hits to his French opponent.
Remy broke free of Ash's grip and threw an upward palm strike to the chin area. He then followed up with a left hook followed by spinning backfist. And then smacked Ash with a hard roundhouse kick.
Ash stumbled as Remy threw another punch. Quickly, Ash grabbed Remy's wrist and threw him to the other side. But Remy landed on his feet and threw Ash to the other side. Ash also landed on his feet.
Remy then leaped into the air and thrusted himself at Ash to execute his Cold Blue Kick. Ash stumbled back as he threw his more powerful Ventôse attack.
"Gyaaahhhh!"
Remy once again became engulfed by those emerald flames. Quickly, he shrugged them off only to see Ash wailing on him with a blitz of punches and kicks. The blue haired fighter managed to block half the attacks while get hit with the other half.
Quickly, Remy ducked down after Ash's hook punch and rose up to nail him with Rising Raging Flash attack. Ash flew back and hit the ground.
"Not bad, Remy," Ash said rubbing his chin before sitting up.
Ash got to his feet as Remy dashed at him. Both men were blocking and attacking each other at the same time. The 2 of them were slightly on the edge as they continued to fight it out. Ash threw a spin kick that knocked Remy back.
Remy came forward and smacked Ash with a knife-hand to the face. Getting smacked, Ash spun around and smacked Remy with a spin kick followed with spinning hook kick.
In response, Remy executed his double footsweep.
Ash executed a simple Ventôse attack sending just one wave as it connected with Remy. Remy got hit after throwing three Lights of Virtue attacks. Ash got hit by two and ducked under the last one. The crowd continued to watch in complete tension to see who would win. Their styles of fighter were quite similar.
Remy got to Ash and threw several forearm attacks to the stomach. He attacked repeatedly until Ash escaped with his Nivôse attack. Ash escaped and threw a barrage of kicks to Remy. The combo was broken as Remy threw an uppercut and another Cold Blue Kick.
Both men threw a spinning hook kick that cancelled each other out. Afterwards, they threw a roundhouse kick that cancelled each other out. Remy advanced and threw a barrage of punches to Ash. Some of them managing to connect with Ash's face.
It was Ash's turn as he did the same thing. He managed to get some hits in on Remy's face, too. The 2 of them continued their fight at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower. Ash tried to advance as Remy poked him repeately with several front snap kicks to keep the distance. Remy pulled off another Light of Virtue as Ash negated it with his Ventôse.
"Let's finish this," Remy said.
"Indeed, I hear the police sirens," Ash Crimson replied.
Ash and Remy stood there with their backs turned to each other. Several people stood there taking pictures of the whole fight. There were a few people with videocameras, too. This truly was an attraction. It was like a cowboy standoff in a weird kind of way.
Without a moment's hesitation, both Ash and Remy turned around and threw a Ventôse and a Light of Virtue. They ran towards each other afterwards. As both projectiles negated, it created a flash of light.
As the light disipated, the 2 men were up in the air.
"Sacre blue?" Remy went.
"What?" Ash added.
Ash Crimson executed the super move known as Pluviôse. It was 3 Nivôses in succession. This was a truly impressive move.
At the same time, Remy executed his Supreme Rising Rage Flash super attack. It was similar to Ash's super attack. Both attacks collided with each other and creating a big ball of light. The crowd were in awe.
Both men landed on opposite sides. They still had their backs turned to each other. Remy had a cold look on his face while Ash Crimson smiled like the Cheshire Cat. The sounds of the police sirens got louder and louder.
"Until next time, Remy," Ash said as he ran off.
"Until next time, Ash Crimson," Remy replied as he walked into the crowd to evade the police.
The 2 of them walked their separate paths.
Eiffel Tower, Top
Present Day
Remy brushed his long hair back. He looked at the beautiful scenery that Paris had to offer. To him, he had to go back.
"That's enough for today," Remy said to himself.
He stepped inside the elevator as several people stepped out. It was a long descent down to the bottom. Remy sat back and reminisced about his participation in the 3rd Street Fighter tournament.
He remembered meeting and losing to the Japanese fighter known as Ryu. Ryu was quite something, a warrior with immense power. The man was a street fighter, something that Remy didn't like.
Ryu was walking the same path that Remy's father did. In doing so, Remy was abandoned as a child. It angered him. That was why he hated the street fighter. They fight for no reason just for the sake of fighting.
Standing in one corner was a couple making out. Remy looked away to ignore it. He continued to think about the people he met during that tournament. One person was a wrestler named Alex, who was sought out by the likes of Gill and his organization.
Alex was like Ryu, wanting to be the strongest there was. However, Alex easily lost to Ryu. But, he still had potential. The man was going on the same journey as Ryu. Because of that, Remy had a beef with Alex.
The sounds of kissing and making out were starting to get distracting for Remy. Without a moment's hesitation, Remy tapped on the man's shoulder. In return, the man turned to face Remy with a pretty annoyed look on his face.
"What is it?"
"Can you please wait until I'm off the elevator," Remy asked kindly.
"How about I knock you out for I can go back to her?" the man replied back.
"I asked nicely," Remy replied.
"How about we fight now, mon ami?" the man asked.
"Is asking you to wait too much to ask," Remy calmly retorted.
"Seems so," the man replied about to throw a punch. He threw a punch that Remy effortlessly avoided.
In return, Remy threw a Light of Virtue and a Rising Rage Flash that sent the man flying off the floor of the elevator. Upon landing, the man lost consciousness. The woman was scared after watching what had just happened.
"He'll be fine," Remy said not looking at the woman.
The woman looked at her knocked out boyfriend and then at Remy. Remy still kept his back to the couple. She remained silent in fear that Remy would do the same to her.
Leaning back, Remy continued to think about what made him into a street fighter. He was looking for his purpose. The elevator finally made it to the bottom floor as Remy calmly stepped out. At the same time, the woman was trying to drag her boyfriend out.
Newpaper Stand
Remy stood there reading several newspapers.
Seemed that most of the articles were talking about the Millennium Tournament. Many people would be going to Osaka, Japan. This would determine who really is the best of the best. Remy put the paper back and looked at a magazine dedicated to the tournaments.
On the cover was a newsphoto of Terry Bogard, known as the Legendary Lone Wolf. Everybody seemed to go crazy about this year's Millennium Tournament. Leaving the magazine alone, Remy left the newspaper stand.
Somehow, Remy felt drawn to this tournament. It was almost a week away. Contestants from around the world were already making their way to Osaka, Japan.
"Osaka it is," he said to himself.
It was a very busy day in Paris, France. Remy immediately headed to the train station to purchase a ticket to take a train all the way to China. From there, he'd get a boat ticket to Japan. Then, he'd make his way to Osaka and compete in the Millennium Tournament.
He thought about the fight he had with Ash Crimson. Their fight was interrupted by the arrival of the authorites. Remy wanted to finish that fight.
Going to the train station was his first step.