Ryu rested in the shade of a tree concentrating his energy to rid himself of the darkness deep within his heart, but Akuma's corruption still surrounded his aura.

"You are weak boy; you can't get rid of me!" Akuma exclaimed.

Ryu focused harder on his chi energy to ignore Akuma's voice inside of his head.

"You are a fool to not submit to the ultimate power, you need it, it is your destiny." Akuma continued.

"I'll never submit Akuma; I'll never be like you." Ryu shot back.

Akuma launched at Ryu with an attack.

"Then you will die!" Akuma shouted.

Akuma struck Ryu in the chest with his powerful punch as Ryu was rendered paralyzed with fear. Ryu quickly rose back on his feet on guard as he shot out his Hadouken. Juri noticed the incoming attack as she quickly dodged the blow.

"Hey, what the hell you trying to kill me?" she exclaimed.

Ryu took a deep breath calming down to relax his energy as he noticed Juri.

"What the hell was that for are your freaking blind?" Juri inquired.

"I'm sorry Juri, I wasn't paying attention, and I lost control." Ryu apologized.

"I came all this way to see how you were doing so far and this is the thanks I get. What's wrong with you?" Juri complained.

"I don't know what came over me I just acted on impulse." Ryu replied.

Juri sighed calming down. "Fine whatever, this obsession with Akuma really must got you heavy on edge, are you that determined to fight him so much?"

"No, it's not like that at all." Ryu said.

"Then what is it?" she asked.

"Please understand that I can't explain it right now, so no matter what I have to do this." Ryu replied.

"Do this alone what am I chop liver?" she asked.

Juri turned around and noticed that Ryu had already vanished from her side. She was getting annoyed by his sudden change of attitude.

"What has gotten into him?" she wondered.

"Well, if he thinks he could just blow me off just like that, then he is surely mistaken?" Juri said going to chase after Ryu.

Ryu retreated up a high mountain continuing his training to conquer the darkness within himself.

"I have to do this alone, I can't involve anybody in this, not even the one I care about the most." Ryu thought.

Ryu concentrated trying to maintain the power of his chi in the palm of his hands trying to focus of the positive energy and rid himself of the negative energy of Akuma's corruption.

"I have to concentrate; I can't let it get e best of me." Ryu said.

"You continue to fight for such a meaningless cause. It is no wonder why you are so weak. Rid yourself of unnecessary pest like that woman and give in to the power or your weakness will be your downfall." Akuma warned.

"I refuse to do such a thing; I'll never forsake my friends." Ryu shot back.

A puff of dark smoke surrounded Ryu with a dark sinister aura. When the smoke faded away Akuma appeared in front of Ryu.

"If you are that determined to meet your fate, then I will send you there myself, for you will feel the power of my fist." Akuma challenged.

"I will never submit to the darkness." Ryu said.

The two fighters got into their fighting stances as they were ready to do battle. Both fighters stood into their fighting stances as they begin to sidestep to find an opening of attack.

"Begin!" Akuma exclaimed.

Akuma charged at Ryu throwing multiple powerful punches towards Ryu. While Akuma was on the offense attacking, Ryu stood on the defense trying to study up on Akuma's movement.

"There has to be a way around him." Ryu thought.

"Is that all the strength you got boy, I thought my interior brother would have trained you to be better than this?" Akuma scoffed.

Ryu continue to defend himself from Akuma as he was still studying his movement from the dark energy. Akuma launched out a right hook towards Ryu; he immediately caught his attack and tossed him over his shoulder as Akuma landed back on his feet.

"Humph! I am not impressed." Akuma shot back.

Ryu charged at Akuma throwing multiple punches and kicks at Akuma; however, Ryu's attacks didn't even faze Akuma even when he landed a strike.

"This is not the power that I seek; fight me with your all!" Akuma shouted.

Akuma threw a powerful thrust punch towards Ryu causing him to fly back. Akuma charged at Ryu for another strike as he quickly evaded Akuma's blow. Ryu charged at Akuma for a second strike as the two begin to match blow for blow. Ryu was now starting to figure out Akuma's strengths as he was able to match his techniques.

"You are still weak!" Akuma exclaimed.

Akuma caught Ryu's incoming attack as he slammed him to the ground and stomped him pinning him down.

"Pathetic, I'll make this quick." Akuma said.

He was about to deliver the killing blow, until Ryu's dark energy blow him away. Ryu rose up with a red evil aura surrounding his entire body.

"Akuma!" Ryu exclaimed.

Ryu charged at Akuma with intense speed for an attack. Akuma threw a punch at Ryu countered with a powerful punch of his own. Akuma wiped the blood from his mouth smiling from the lust of battle. Akuma noticed the scar on Ryu's chest.

"This is getting interesting." Akuma scowled as he Akuma noticed the scar on Ryu's chest.

The two fighters began to match blow for blow of fighting styles determined to kill one another. Evil Ryu charged his fist for his projectile attack as Akuma did the same. Both fighters charged up their Hadouken's projectile attacks to launch at each other. Ryu's powers begin to grow as he pounded away at Akuma breaking through his defense.

"This power?" Akuma mumbled.

Ryu then released a double Shoryuken towards Akuma launching him in the air. He then focused energy from the palm of his hands and slammed Akuma to the ground with that intense energy. Akuma rose up injured from the blow.

Akuma tried rise up, but was too weak on his feet to maintain his energy and too beaten to get up.

"We are not finished boy!" Akuma roared.

"Who is weak now!" Evil Ryu taunted.

Akuma tried to get up as he used his intense dark energy to suppress his injuries to continue the fight, but Ryu's energy still was too much for him after the attack. Akuma then put more power into himself to rejuvenate him very determined to continue the fight.

"This is not over!" Akuma roared.

Akuma's energy then became unstable as it consumed him in the dark Hadou. The dark Hadou began to eat away at his existence and transform him into a different being. A moment later after the transformation Akuma became a whole different being engulfed in the Satsui no Hadou transforming him into Oni.

"What is this?" Evil Ryu inquired.

Oni stood in front of Ryu with power beyond other street fighters with dark blue skin, glowing yellow red eyes and spiky shoulder length hair and prayer beads that were once around his neck now float about disconnected around his body. Oni began to admire the intense power that was held back for so long.

"You have gotten strong in that form, but I still have yet to understand my true power as well in this form, but make no mistake for we shall meet again." Oni said.

Oni then vanished launched up in the air. Evil Ryu then shot a Hadouken attacking not letting Oni get away. Oni countered Evil Ryu's attack and shot it with his own Hadouken putting him down.

Juri approached the mountains trying finding Ryu, but then heard a crash as she rushed to his location determined to find him.

"Ryu, Ryu!" Juri called.

She found Ryu collapsed from battle as she quickly rushed to his aid worried about him.

Ryu woke up in fear of Akuma as he was back at the temple as Juri sat by his side.

"So you're awake now?" Juri inquired.

"Juri, where am I?" he asked.

"Your back at the temple dummy, I found you collapsed, so I carried you back." She answered.

"I see." Ryu mumbled.

"With that being said, what is your real reason behind Akuma, and just so you know I'm not asking you I'm telling you." Juri demanded

Ryu looked the other way reluctant to tell Juri anything.

"So am I not important enough for you to let me in on your troubles or are you just pushing me to the side now after you accepted me to be by your side. Why don't you let me worry?" she explained.

Ryu sighed submitting to Juri.

"All right, I'll tell you everything. Akuma is the brother of my master. I'm not the one after Akuma it is him who is after me. When Akuma killed my master I was training to fight and avenge him, but now I'm fighting for my freedom from him because he senses dark power within me and thinks that it's everything to get strong, but I think otherwise. I'll fight Akuma not only to prove that I'm strong but to finally be at peace but now after that he'll have more reason to come after you since you're with me now in order to release the true darkness in me." Ryu explained.

Juri wrapped her arm Ryu's shoulder in love. "We'll then I guess we're both on his hit list now so we'll be in this together." Juri said.

"Yes off course." Ryu replied.