Final Fight 2
Disclaimer: Final Fight 2 is owned by Capcom.
Author's note: Okay, here I am doing this finally. It's amazing how I went from one to three, but skipped over two. I had noted it in my Final Fight 3 story as to why. But I never said that I wasn't going to do this one.
This is definitely not going to be easy, but I'll do my best when it comes to the whole globetrotting scenario that FF2 had. But I will note a few things.
For starters, when it comes to the random thugs, I will more than likely have them be nameless and stuff. Yes, I do know that there were random thugs who were named in this and they will be in this story. However, the reason is because I don't think it's that plausible for certain criminals to follow Haggar, Carlos, and Maki to different countries. So while some will play roles, I could imagine some of them will be in some countries while others will be present in other ones.
I will also make a few changes from the game to this. Regarding story elements, I'm not spoiling anything, but regarding characters, here's what I will do. In the Japanese version, there were female thugs named Mary and Eliza, but in the versions for outside of Japan, particularly the US release, they were replaced by Robert and Leon. Why not include those characters altogether? In hindsight, I felt it was a missed opportunity to include Billy and Sid from the censored version of Final Fight 1 in that story I did (I wrote that years ago, by the way).
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in a review or PM me. Enjoy!
Prologue
After the destruction of the Mad Gear Gang, Metro City slowly returned to normal.
Cody and Jessica tried to make things work out in their relationship, but then hit a bump when Cody was jailed for some misconduct, while Jessica took off to study somewhere abroad. Guy went back to his training schedule and decided for his training to find many challenges on his quest for a good fight, as well as find some evil in the world to challenge.
Haggar continued to rule Metro City as mayor. In that time, he had joined Guy on a trip to his native Japan. He had met some people such as Guy's fiancée Rena, as well as Rena's father Hideo Genryusai, and Rena's sister, Maki. He also got an old friend of Guy's, Carlos Miyamoto to stay with him as he had been training in different martial arts.
However, a threat was just about to unleash soon…
Sometime in 1988
It was evening in a village in Okinawa, Japan, a young blonde Japanese woman was seen trying on a red outfit of some sort. It looked like a dress, but it was the kind that some kunoichis, female ninjas, wear. She then picked up a tonfa, a Japanese weapon and looked in a mirror. She raised her arms a tad to pose in a fighting stance.
The young woman happened to be Maki, who was a practitioner of the Bushinryu Ninjutsu style. Her father, Hideo, also happened to be a master of that particular art. In fact, Maki started training the style to follow in her father's footsteps.
As Maki continued to pose in her stances and do some light attacks, a black-haired woman happened to be walking by. The woman happened to be dressed in a kimono.
Maki continued posing until she looked up and saw the woman and then jumped at the sight.
["Rena, what are you doing?"] Maki said.
["I was just walking by to see what you were doing,"] Rena said. ["I can see you're busy.']
Maki then put the tonfa down and holstered the weapon behind her.
["I'm heading to train in a bit,"] Maki said. ["I feel that I can do what our father has done and what your fiancée does."]
Rena sighed a bit. ["I know, Maki, but Guy went off and did his own training. I know that you want to make Father proud and I also know that you think you deserve the type of master ranking that Guy is training for, but Guy has done a lot of crazy stuff. I don't want to see that happen to you."]
Maki then put on her leather jacket and grabbed some keys.
["Why are you so concerned?"] Maki said. ["You and I both know, as well as Father knows that I got what it takes. Besides, our own father trained me and I also know that he helped train Zeku, Guy's own master. I think he can show me some cool new moves. Besides, I don't need to do what Guy does."]
Rena then got closer to Maki. ["I know I shouldn't be so worried. You know what you're doing, but as your sister, I don't want to see you get hurt out there. Remember when Guy told us about that mission that he and those two other men went on? It's crazy to think that only three men managed to take down a whole gang and save a city, as well as the mayor's daughter."]
Rena paused a bit and then said, ["Look, you're my little sister and I love you. I just want you to be careful. Remember the fight that Father did with Zeku?"]
Maki walked out of her bedroom with her jacket on and her keys in hand and headed to the door.
["Yes, I do remember,"] Maki said. ["But don't worry. Besides, what's the worst that could happen?"]
Maki gripped the doorknob, and then a male voice said, ["Don't underestimate Zeku, Maki. Even though I helped train Guy at times as well, there is a reason Guy has chosen Zeku as his master."]
Maki turned around and saw an elderly Japanese man approaching her and Rena. The man was her father, Hideo.
["I don't underestimate Zeku, Father,"] Maki said. ["Besides, I want to be the 37th master of Bushin. I feel that I deserve the ranking. Anyway, I'll be back in a few hours."]
Maki then said bye to her sister and father. She then approached and mounted her hog motorcycle. She started it up and was on her way.
However, from a distance, a car had pulled up. From the inside, a few lowly criminals were seen. They did not look Japanese. In fact, they were Caucasian.
One man had a green long muscle shirt and a green ball cap that was worn backwards with blonde hair coming out. He also wore shades.
The other man had a black Mohawk, but had a long yellow tank-top shirt with one of the straps lagging a bit on one of his shoulders.
"Man, I don't know why we got to do this, Schot," the blonde guy in green said with an American accent. "What does the boss want from these people?"
"Jack, you know that the boss wants to send a message to that one bloke, right?" Schot said with an English accent. "It seems that these people are connected with one of those tossers who messed up our Metro City division. But we were connected and we need to show that we mean business, especially with someone wanting to reform our division in Metro City."
"I just hope that you're right about this," Jack said. "I mean I had to leave the states to go into hiding because I was also a part of the Metro City division, but even I was beneath the likes of those guys Bred, Jake, Simons, and Dug. They were cool, but I still needed to prove my worth. Those guys were only a step above me."
"Will you guys just shut up?" a voice said in the backseat. It was a black man with sunglasses and rather stylish hair. It was Elijah, a Canadian who happened to join, and with him was Bull, another American man. Bull has a beard and a Mohawk as well.
"The boss just wants us to get the girl and the old man," Elijah said. "We're only trying to prove our worth."
"Yeah, that's it," Bull said. "I mean I don't got to agree with it, but we got to show what we're made of, especially with other people leading in various parts. I mean the boss wants us to take them somewhere in Hong Kong. I even feel weird that our gang even works with other gangs like the 14K and all that shit."
"I don't know, but we need to send that one bloke a message," Schot said. "I even hear that he is training somewhere. Last I checked, he is going out with one of those fine birds I saw."
"Shut up," Jack said. "Let's just get this over with."
Metro City
It was morning. Mike Haggar was getting ready to tackle the day. Ever since he, along with Cody and Guy, had saved Metro City more than a year prior, things have gotten a bit better in the city. But that didn't mean that he wasn't going to still try to bring order to Metro City.
He got ready and put on his suit and was ready to leave his mansion so he can go do thing.
"Hey, Carlos," Haggar said. "I'm taking off."
Haggar knocked on the door to his bedroom, but there was no answer. But then another opened that was next to that particular room.
"Okay, I'll see you later," a male accented voice said.
Haggar looked to his right and out of that particular walked a bronze-skinned man with long hair in a bathrobe.
"Carlos, you're up early," Haggar said.
"Yeah, well, I didn't stay up late last night," Carlos said. "Besides, I'm going to go train later, but I also want to look for some work."
"Carlos, you don't have to do this if you're staying here with me," Haggar said.
"I just need to keep myself busy," Carlos said. "Besides, I'm still doing my training. I was thinking about going to Tom's Gym later today. Maybe I can do some sparring or something."
Haggar sighed. "I hope you don't think that sparring is just an excuse for you to fight. I mean I know that you got into some shit at a bar recently, but you told me that some guy tried to rough you up. I just don't want you to be my like my daughter's ex."
"Relax, Mike, I remember you telling about your daughter's ex, but I don't get into fights just because," Carlos said. "I just need to keep myself fresh for the styles I practice."
Haggar took a deep breath. "Okay, just making sure. You're welcome to stay here as long as you need to, but I don't want to hear about you getting into some fights."
Carlos nodded his head. "I hear you. Anyway, I'll see you later. I got to get ready."
Haggar nodded as well and then was on his way out.
Throughout the time that Haggar let Carlos stay with him, he had a feeling that Carlos would get into some trouble at times. While Carlos was a martial artist who was training a lot, he suspected that Carlos got into some fights at times. Just recently, at a bar, Carlos got into a fight because a woman was flirting with him, but it turned out the woman was the ex-girlfriend of a rough biker. The biker had started the fight, but Carlos finished it.
In that time, Cody had been locked up for fighting a lot. Haggar wasn't happy with how things ended up for him, and even then, Cody and Jessica, Haggar's daughter, had broken up.
But that didn't mean Haggar didn't care about Cody. He had considered going to visit him. The last thing he wanted was for Carlos to wind up in the same trouble that Cody ended up in.
Okinawa, Japan.
Maki was at a martial arts school. It had been hours since it had closed, because it was nighttime, but this whole matter was so that she could have her private training session.
She continued practicing her moves on some punching bags, as well as swinging her tonfa to try to perfect her attacks.
From a distance, an older man with long hair and facial hair, as well as green gi was standing on the side looking on. Maki did various moves. One move that the man was impressed by was when Maki would do a handstand and spin her body around.
["Impressive,"] the man said. ["I wonder if you're ready to take the next step."]
Maki had since finished her training. ["Maybe if you and I sparred, we can see where I stand, Zeku."]
["You're not ready to spar with me, Maki,"] Zeku said.
["Why not? You and Guy have sparred,"] Maki said. ["Why should it be different for me?"]
Zeku unfolded his arms and then approached Maki.
["Listen, you're good, but you still have a ways to go to try to measure up to my level,"] Zeku said. ["Guy had been training hard and he really proved his worth to see where when he sparred with me. You, on the other hand, you really need to look within yourself to see where you stand. Like I said, you're good, but you still need to train harder."]
["But I've been training hard already,"] Maki said. ["My father even taught me the basics."]
Zeku sighed. ["Your father is a great man and also a great father, and also taught me well. But the training to become the 37th master doesn't come over night. Guy went on his own quest. He traveled to the states and also then went on his own personal journey. We may have sparred, but I had the upper hand. He still needs to train harder to see if he is worthy. I know you're worthy of doing your father proud, but it's more than knowing how to pull off the moves and knowing what your opponent will do, and using finesse in your abilities. Bushin style is only a name. Do not be impressed by its label and you will be truly strong. Fighting style is not something handed down, but something created. To be a master, you must overcome everything. And Maki, I know you have it in you."]
There was no doubt that Maki wanted to spar to see where she was, but after what she was told, she realized that there was more to it than just knowing the moves and instincts. Her father was Zeku's master. Zeku also trained Guy, even though Hideo had trained Guy as well. But Guy was Zeku's apprentice, as Hideo was getting up there. For that, Maki saw that the training was a long journey, but in the end, it will be worth it.
["You're right,"] Maki said. ["I got to get going."]
She went to the coat rack and put on her leather jacket and also got the keys to her bike. She looked back at Zeku.
["Thank you, by the way,"] Maki said.
Zeku nodded his head. ["No problem. Come back soon."]
["I will."] Maki said and then headed out the door to her motorcycle. It was time to get home.
It took some time to get from the city back to the village in Okinawa, but she made it back. She parked her motorbike and then headed to the door. Once she opened the door, what she saw was not what she expected. Furniture knocked over, class and ceramic containers smashed. The whole house was a mess. What could have happened here?
["Rena! Father! Where are you?!"] Maki yelled.
She looked everywhere in the house. Her sister and her father were nowhere to be found. Then she a piece of paper on the coffee table in the living room right next to a framed picture with broken glass on it. She saw that the picture was of Rena and Guy and next to it was the piece of paper with writing on it in English. Luckily, Maki knew how to speak and read English.
If you're reading this, then you know that the girl and old man are gone. Oh, don't worry, they're fine for now. If you want to see them alive, come to Hong Kong. We'll have a nice chat. Hurry up and find us. We will be waiting for you at the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. Come find us!
Mad Gear Gang
What did this mean? Who could have taken her father and her sister? The note didn't specify them as her family members. Then she took another look at the picture. With the note being signed as "Mad Gear Gang," she then realized something. When she met Mike Haggar, as well as heard the story from Guy, they had told the story about their battle against them. But how could this be? Mad Gear was finished, or were they? For all she knew, it could be another chapter involved. Maybe even multiple chapters.
It was at a time like this that she wished that there was a way to reach Guy. It was possible that Mad Gear was trying to get back at him. Zeku had told her that he went on his own personal quest. There was no way to reach him. She didn't know where he went. But there was another option.
Metro City
Mike Haggar sat in his office looking at some paperwork. The phone rang, but someone had already picked up. A beeping sound occurred at his desk right next to a speaker.
"Hello, Mr. Haggar," said Janet, Haggar's assistant. "You got a long-distance call. It's from someone named Maki Gen-roo… sai?"
Haggar looked up. His assistant's poor pronunciation of that name, it occurred to him who was calling. But what did she want? It didn't seem like a good time for a social call. With it being night in her area and during work hours for him, it had to be something different.
"Put her on," Haggar said. "Hello, this is Mayor Mike Haggar."
"Mike, it's me, Maki. You have to help me," she said. "The Mad Gear Gang have kidnapped my father and mister!"
"What? The Mad Gear Gang is back?!" Haggar said. "But how? How is that possible? Have you talked to Guy about this?"
"That doesn't matter," Maki said. "No, I don't have a way to reach him. But all I can tell you is that the Mad Gear Gang is heading for Hong Kong and I'm going after them."
"The Mad Gear Gang must pay for their crimes," Haggar said. "I'll take a bit of a sabbatical here and meet you in Hong Kong. I'll take a flight out there soon. I'm taking my cellular phone with me so that you can reach me. Just wait for me somewhere and call me when you're there."
"I will," Maki said.
Right after Haggar got off the phone, he got up from his desk and headed out of his office. He approached Janet.
"Hey, if anyone calls, tell them I took an urgent flight somewhere," Haggar said. "It's kind of a personal matter. I'll try to be back in about a week."
Janet nodded. "I'll let them know. May I ask where you're going?"
"I got to head to Hong Kong," Haggar said. "A friend of mine is in trouble right now."
"Okay, I'll let them know you'll be back in a week," Janet said.
Haggar went back to his mansion. He quickly went to his bedroom and found a luggage bag to put some clothes and other essentials in there. Why he was doing this, even he wondered himself. It made sense for Maki to go after them, but this kind of mission would be considered suicide. It was a wonder that he, Cody, and Guy survived the initial battle against Mad Gear. But this time, they were abroad.
"Hey," a male voice said.
Haggar quickly looked behind him and saw Carlos standing there.
"Oh, hey, Carlos," Haggar said.
"Hey," Carlos said. "What are you doing?"
"I got to head out of the country for a little bit," Haggar said. "A friend of mine is in trouble. Something to do with the Mad Gear Gang in Hong Kong."
"Wait, Mad Gear?" Carlos said. "Didn't you take them down?"
"Yes, I did," Haggar said. "Me, Guy, and Cody, we all took them down, but somehow there is another chapter. I feel like I owe this friend. Something even tells me that they are targeting Guy, but this friend told me that she couldn't reach him."
"Wait, I got an idea," Carlos said. "It seems that you may need some extra help on this. I owe you and Guy so much. Please let me go with you. Besides, I love kicking ass. You will need the extra help."
Haggar paused for a bit. He wasn't sure how much help that Carlos could provide, but he has seen him in action.
"Okay, you can come along," Haggar said. "We'll head to Metro City International to get a flight to Hong Kong. Come on, let's go."
"Let me go pack some stuff," Carlos said.
The two were about to embark on an adventure. For Haggar, this was the second time, but what kind of threat would he be facing this time? He didn't have to do this, especially given that he took time off from office to do this, but for some reason, he owed Maki a favor, which could also be connected to a favor he owed Guy.
Either way, he could be biting off more than he can chew here. Luckily, he has Carlos with him. So he wasn't going alone.
Another note: Okay, I'm going to clarify a few things. A lot of people who have played this game wondered about Guy's absence, especially with his fiancée being kidnapped and why he didn't join in on the battle. This game took place around the same time as Street Fighter Alpha 2, according to the canon. I have heard other things about Capcom retconning stuff, but it would only make sense for Guy's absence. While it would be best for him to take part in the battle, keep this in mind that this was set during a time before cellphones and internet. There probably wasn't a way to reach him.
I also felt like adding Zeku in this to add to the story about Maki wanting to be a Bushin master. I wrote it that she learned from her father, but Zeku also helped train her in some areas.
I gave Genryusai, Maki and Rena's father, a first name. It was never mentioned, so I decided to give one to him.
Also, regarding the change of Cody and Jessica going on vacation to Cody being in jail and Jessica studying abroad, I'm going by with the official lore of this. I even mentioned it in the conclusion of my Final Fight 3 story. It may seem confusing that I'm doing it out of order, but like I noted before, I found Final Fight 3 to be easier as that was still set in Metro City.
Anyway, I'll get to the first round chapter soon. Peace out.