Chapter 12: Double Saving
The Forest
Back in the forest, Ryu was walking through on his way to his master Gouken's old dojo. He looked around him, sniffed the air of the forest and stretched out.
"I remember this place, this is where Ken and I always trained our minds. I hope you're okay buddy." Ryu said when he continued walking.
After a couple of minutes of walking, he finally saw an old building.
"It feels good to see this again, those great memories I have will never end." Ryu said happily.
Ken was still in his masters dojo taking a rest when he heard a noise coming from outside.
"Hadouken!" Ryu yelled outside.
"What is that noise, better take a look to make sure it's save." Ken said when he stood up from the ground.
He walked towards the door and opened it up.
"Ryu!" Ken yelled as he ran up to him.
"Ken, you're here?" Ryu said shocked.
"I have been looking for you for ages, how have you been buddy?" Ken asked.
"I'm okay I guess, I had a hard time trying to find you. I first went to America, but Eliza told me that you had left for Japan." Ryu told him.
"Hahaha, I know what you mean, I have teamed up with Jin Kazama, but I needed some time alone. So we split up for the moment." Ken explained.
"Teaming up with Jin Kazama, why is that?" Ryu asked curious.
"Oh that's right, he was looking for you. For him it was something very important." Ken said.
"I have heard of a man called Jin Kazama, being the head of Mishima Zaibatsu and the son of Kazuya Mishima. He's probably as bad as his father, and Kazuya is already bad news. But I can't judge him already, I have never met him." Ryu said troubled.
"Weird, I had trouble with trusting him too when I first met him, but he proved himself that he has good reasons to find you. He thinks that you have a connection with the Pandora and that you are the key for something." Ken told Ryu as Ryu himself looked back at Ken.
"Hmmm, the Pandora. I had bad feelings about the box, and it's getting through other peoples mind. I even heard that people were getting all black and get signs of the Pandora on their body. That transformation gives them intense power." Ryu said worried with his hand on his chin.
"I heard about that too, what do you think we should do about it? You got a plan or something?" Ken asked curious.
"We need to travel to the Antarctic, and make sure that the evil presence of the box disappears." Ryu said.
"Hmm, okay then, I'll tag along to help you out, what would you do without me? But before we go, we have to contact Chun-Li about this. She is probably with Jin Kazama as we speak." Ken said.
"No, we can't involve more people in this, it's to dangerous and risky. We have to go alone." Ryu said.
"I think the others are on their way to the Antarctic too, so yeah, we should go too." Ken said.
Then a helicopter arrived.
"Looks like I can't stop other people from going, but I need to prevent more company. Now we just... Wait Ken, there is a helicopter approaching us." Ryu said when he saw the helicopter.
"Yeah, but who could it be?" Ken said as he looked at the sky.
The helicopter tried to land on the spot, Ryu saw that the symbol was a G Corporation sign.
"It's him, he's here... for me. Prepare yourself Ken, this can get tough." Ryu said when he looked at the chopper who had finished landing.
"This can't be good news, G Corporation?" Ken said.
Then suddenly, Kazuya steps out of the helicopter.
"Hehehe, Ryu, so good to see you again." Kazuya said menacing with his arms crossed.
"Kazuya Mishima!" Ryu said.
"This is Kazuya, the one you were talking about? He looks exactly like Jin with the hair due, maybe it's hereditary." Ken said.
"Ken Masters, well I have to thank you for this." Kazuya said.
"What do you mean, thank me for what?" Ken asked.
"Because of you, I could track Ryu down. Now all I need is his power and claim it for myself." Kazuya said.
"What, no you won't, you stay away from Ryu!" Ken said when he stood in fighting stance.
Meanwhile, Sakura and Blanka were still sneaking around to follow Ryu.
"Where did he go, did you see him Jimmy-San?" Sakura asked curious.
"No Sakura, maybe we should get out of the bushes, then we can see him better." Blanka said.
"Good idea, getting tired of those bugs on my shoulder all the time." Sakura said as they left the bush.
The they heard some people talk at an open field somewhere close.
"Do you also hear people talk?" Sakura asked.
"No, I only hear birds... and some other animals." Blanka said.
"I heard them, let's take a look, maybe it's Ryu-San." Sakura said when she ran away.
"Hey... wait for me Sakura!" Blanka said when he followed her before she was out of sight.
When they almost arrived at the open field, Sakura hid behind the tree and looked at Ryu and Ken's conversation with Kazuya.
"Ryu-San and Ken-San, who is that other guy, he doesn't look like a nice guy to me." Sakura said.
"Ugh, ugh, Sakura don't go that fast, I'm getting tired of all that running..." Blanka said when he was gasping for air.
"Ssshhh!" Sakura said when she silenced him.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" Banka said more silently.
"Look over there Jimmy-San, Ryu and Ken-San are talking with some guy with pointed hair." Sakura said.
"Oohhh, he looks like a bad man, a really bad man!" Blanka shouted.
"Quiet down a bit, I want to hear what they are talking about." Sakura said when she started overhearing their conversation.
Back at Ryu and Ken, they were still in discussion with Kazuya.
"So, are you going to do this the easy way, or the hard way." Kazuya asked sinister.
Ryu and Ken both tighten their gauntlets, preparing themselves for the fight.
"I see, you're doing it the hard way. We have wasted too much time, let's start!" Kazuya said as he puts his crossed arms down and a shockwave was heard.
Ryu, Ken, Sakura and Blanka felt that and Sakura got worried about Ryu and Kazuya's power she just felt.
"Did you felt that too, what a horrible power that man has. It almost resembles... Oh my God... The Satsui No Hadou." Sakura said frightening
"Felt like... some demon or devil type. Maybe he has the same problem as Ryu, don't you think?" Blanka said.
Then suddenly, Ryu, Ken and Kazuya started their fight. Ken tried to use his Tatsumaki Senpukyakuu but Kazuya wave dashed right in time and used his Slaughter High Kick and punch him away afterwards.
"Oh no, did you see what he did to Ken-San. We have to help Ryu-San before that guy gets to him." Sakura said worried.
"Let's get him!" Blanka said motivated.
Ryu and Kazuya were still fighting and eventually in a struggle trying to push each other away with their fists.
"Ha, you haven't lost your power yet, maybe I should release it again, what do you say?" Kazuya said as Ryu started to forestall Kazuya from doing anything.
Then Sakura appeared from behind the tree and tried to attack Kazuya.
"Leave Ryu-San alone you big jerk!" Sakura said when she punched Kazuya.
But Kazuya didn't even flinched as he turns his head towards the girl, he only looked at Sakura with a mad expression on his face. He pushed Ryu away and focused his sight on Sakura.
"Go away little girl, this is no playground for little kids!" Kazuya said annoyed.
"No way, leave Ryu-San alone or you are going to be so sorry that you ever messed with him!" Sakura said when she tried to attack him.
"Sakura don't do it, he's to strong for you to handle!" Ryu said but it was already to late as Sakura ran up to him and tried to punch him.
After she hit him, Kazuya only looked at her with his arms crossed. She then backed away a little from fear that she didn't hurt him.
"Stupid girl, you shouldn't have stuck your nose into this, now you are going to pay the price." Kazuya said when he did his Glorious Demon God Fist.
Sakura got stunned by his attack and fell down on her knees, he then punched her away with his Dragon Uppercut.
"Sakura!" Ryu yelled madly.
"No, Sakura! I will beat you up bad man!" Blanka yelled as he made himself an electric ball form and attacked Kazuya.
But Kazuya already saw him coming and stopped Blanka just in time from attacking with just one hand.
"Aha, so you're into lightning and electric attacks green beast man. Begone! Dorya! Dorya!" Kazuya yelled when he did his Electric Wind God Fist two times in a row.
"Awrroooww!" Blanka yelled as he got knocked away
"Blanka no, stop it, leave those two out of this!" Ryu said.
"They started it, I wasn't planning on hurting them, but they asked for it when they dealt their attacks on me." Kazuya said as Ryu was trembling with rage.
Ryu then looked at Kazuya and stood in fighting stance once again. Kazuya saw him ready to fight and went into fighting stance again.
The Helicopter Towards Shadoloo HQ
Back at the helicopter, Hwoarang, Jin, Lars and the others almost arrived at Shadoloo HQ to do the trade between Jin Kazama and Juri Han.
"Are we there yet?" Hwoarang asked.
"We are here, get ready for landing everyone." Lars said when she helicopter landed.
When they landed, they stepped out of the helicopter and stood right in front of Shadoloo HQ.
"Here we are, Chun-Li give me your handcuffs." Hwoarang asked.
"Why?" Chun-Li asked as she reached inside her pocket.
"We are pretending to trade Kazama with Han to save both of them. We need to make it look like we handcuffed him for real." Hwoarang said
"I hope your plan works, here they are, and the keys to get him out." Chun-Li said when she gave him the handcuffs.
Hwoarang grabbed them and puts them on Jin's hands, cuffing him.
"I hope that you know what you're doing, this can get dangerous." Jin said as he got cuffed.
"Don't worry, just follow my plan and everything will be alright Kazama." Hwoarang said.
They all walked to the front door and Hwoarang knocked on the door. The door opened by itself and they all walked into the building
After a couple of minutes of walking through the hallway, they group all arrived and saw Bison and ten other guards standing in the middle of the main room.
"So you have all come!" Bison said with his arms crossed while floating in mid-air.
"Yes, here is Kazama as you wanted." Hwoarang said when he gave him a little push.
Jin looked at Hwoarang with a mad expression on his face for a short time, but then saw his serious face and looked back at Bison.
"Good, bring him here." Bison said.
"Not so fast freak, where is Han!" Hwoarang asked.
"Oh Juri, I almost forgot." Bison said when he snapped his fingers and Juri appeared tied up in a chair.
"Where... where...?" Juri stuttered when she woke up and looked around.
Hwoarang looked at her, but Lars thought it was kind of suspicious and didn't trusted it that much.
"That's weird, I heard abut Juri Han... but there is something fishy about this, what is Bison planning?" Lars asked himself.
"Go on, walk Kazama. I'll go with the plan, don't worry and just follow me." Hwoarang said when he let go of Jin and he walked towards Bison.
When Jin walked by Juri's chair, Lars saw a bit of lag in Juri who was sitting in a chair and saw that it was just a hologram.
"Stop walking, it's a trap!" Lars said quickly as Bison quickly trapped Jin in a Psycho Sphere.
"What in the name of, get me out if this thing!" Jin said when he got trapped.
"Jin no, let him go!" Xiaoyu said worried.
"What the...!" Hwoarang said shocked as he tried to grab Juri.
On that moment, he saw that is was just a hologram and looked furious as Bison for this outrage.
"You liar, you'd give us Juri if we gave you Kazama!" Hwoarang shouted infuriated
"Never trust your enemies boy, begone!" Bison said.
"Not without Han and Kazama, you'll give both of them back Psycho freak!" Hwoarang said.
Bison only gave him a smile and looked at Jin who couldn't do anything to get out of the sphere.
"Damn, I knew this could go wrong, we have to help Kazama." Yun said.
"Well then come on, let's do something." Chun-Li said.
Hwoarang quickly ran back to the others to say something.
"Listen guys, you have to try to save Kazama from Bison. While you do that, I'll look for Juri as fast as I can. She can't be far from here, when I got her, we have to get out of here okay?" Hwoarang explained.
"Okay, you'll go look for your girlfriend, we'll help Jin out." Yun said teasing.
"She's not my girlfriend, I just owe her something from the last time she helped me." Hwoarang said offended.
"Yeah, I know what you mean, I was just joking. Do what you gotta do buddy, we'll get Bison." Yun said when he puts his fist up in the air.
"Yun, you've changed, you are getting along with Hwoarang? Who are you evil presence, leave my brother's body!" Yang said worried when he shuffled Yun around.
"Knock it off man, I'm okay. Let's just do this, I'll explain everything later." Yun said.
"Good, see you later guys." Hwoarang said when he ran up to the guards, jumped on some of their heads and did his Human Cannonball throw.
As the guards all got knocked behind him, Hwoarang ran through the door to look for Juri.
"Don't just lay there you idiots, after him!" Bison yelled as the guards pursued him and the others attacked the other guards.
Shadoloo Hallways
While Hwoarang was looking for Juri, Juri was in another room trying to get out of the chair she got tied up in.
"Damn Bison and his tricks. I need to get out of this chair!" Juri said while shuffling
She tried activating he Engine but it was not charged up to be used again and thus was unable to get out.
"This sucks, how long until it is done charging." Juri asked herself.
While she tried to get out, Hwoarang was running around the building looking for Juri. But on his way, he got pursued by Shadoloo guards and tried to lose them.
"I need to lose them, ah I got it, that technique Master Baek told me about. It finally got in handy." Hwoarang said when he ran towards the guards and kicked one guard against the other, knocking them both out cold.
"Well, that should keep you from me, now let's see... Where could she be?" Hwoarang said when he tried every door he saw.
Back at Juri, she was still trying to get out of the chair when she suddenly heard the door opening and saw a shadow standing in the doorway.
"What do you want now Bison!" Juri asked as the person who walked in was non other than Hwoarang himself.
"Redhead? How did you get here?" Juri asked shocked.
Hwoarang said nothing and only grabbed something out if his pocket. It was the piece of Juri's belt that she lost a while ago. He held it in his hand or her to see it.
"That ain't mine, I've never seen that thing in my life. That could have belonged to anybody, maybe it's yours!" Juri said quickly.
He then approached Juri and grabbed her belt, he puts the piece back on and looked back at her.
"Got any more excuses?" Hwoarang asked smart.
"Still not mine, just still a big coincidence!" Juri shouted offended.
"Oh for the love of God just shut the Hell up already!" Hwoarang shouted as he puts his hand on his forehead. "Just stop with the excuses Han, you know just like me that you are the one who lost that piece of your belt, Bison told me all about it." Hwoarang said.
Juri did and said nothing, she only looked away to the other side with down eyebrows.
"Why are you here, I don't need your help so just go away." Juri eventually said.
"I got a question for you." Hwoarang said as Juri said nothing and only kept looking. "What is your business with me? After all those other things you did, there must be a reason you are doing this. I don't get the feeling you really hate me as much as you think, but what is the other reason?" Hwoarang asked curious.
Juri said nothing and kept looking the other way.
"Okay then, if you don't want to answer that question, why did you help me escape from prison?" Hwoarang asked.
But Juri was still not answering to him and her mad expression stayed on her face. Hwoarang sights deeply and kept looking at her to see if she might break. He then grabbed his pocket knife to cut the ropes off.
"You are such a child with this silent treatment of yours." Hwoarang said annoyed.
After a couple of minutes of cutting, the ropes were finally cut off and Juri was free again. She immediately stood up from her chair and tried to escape the room.
"Hey, no thank you or something like that, I did save your life from Psycho Boy!" Hwoarang said as Juri stopped running and looked behind her.
She stood still in the door. Juri didn't turn around, she wanted to say anything, but decided to stay quiet and ran away
Hwoarang looked annoyed once again, not only did he get no answers from Juri and what her motives are for her actions, but not even a 'thank you' because he saved her life.
"Heh, I guess that's that, at least I will have a clear mind knowing I helped her out. Hope this won't come back to haunt me." Hwoarang said as he walked around of the room.
When he looked at the hallway, he saw that Juri broke through a wall, thus knowing that her eye was fully charged again. So if Hwoarang waited a bit longer, she could have escaped on her own.
"Well she certainly does not beat around the bush, but I can't stay here, I need to help the others with Bison." Hwoarang said when he ran back to his group to help with Bison and save Jin Kazama from his clutches.
