Chapter Eight: Throwdown at the Golden Dragon!
(Yes, I know I wrote Throwdown, so don't flame me for that!)
-In front of the Golden Dragon-
Ryuji Yamazaki and Mimi Tagawa were waiting for Ryu and Chun Li at the restaurant, Yamazaki in his usual black
shirt and pants, covered by a white fur coat, Mimi in a white-and-blue hakama. In her hand, she was holding her
katana. Behind them, were several of her men, looking the worse for the wear after their run-ins with Ryu and
Chun Li.
Chun Li and Ryu, along with their friends, approached them, Ryu now wearing his grandfather's karate gi, a
grayish blue one, sleeveless of course (his SF2 Champion Edition gi), and his crimson headband. Chun Li,
however was wearing one of Yang's Chinese shirts, minus the pants and her boots. In her hand was her Chinese
sword.
The four martial arists stood in front of each other. "The rules are simple," Chun Li said. "Beat us, and the
resaturant is yours. If we beat you, then you leave us and my restaurant alone. Do you accept?"
Mimi unsheathed her katana. "We accept."
Chun Li unsheathed her sword. "Get ready."
A crowd gathered to see the showdown on the four martial artists. Also present was a certain staff-wielding
henchman, and two secretaries, but that's not important at the moment at the moment.
Back to the fight. Yamazaki removed his coat and tossed it to the side. "Looks like I underestimated you the
last time," he said. "Playtime is over, runt. Let's see how good you really are."
Ryu went into his fighting stance. "This time..." Ryu said as his eyes glared at his opponent, "I don't play."
***
Chun Li and Mimi assumed a fencing stance. Then they attacked. Parrying, thrusting, and even slicing the air
with the sword, Chun Li found out that Mimi was even better with her sword that she expected.
Ryuji punched Ryu several times, but the latter just shrugged it off. "Okay," Yamazaki said. "Looks like I'm
gonna have to try something else."
He darts forward, knife in hand and took a swipe at Ryu. Missed. He took another swipe at him. Missed again.
Ryu was sizing his opponent up, seeing his movements. He knew about Yamazaki from what Kyo told him. Normally,
Ryu would blast him with his Shankunetsu Hadouken, but Kyo said he could reflect ki attacks back to the person.
Now Ryu would have to settle with using his fists and feet, which suited him just fine.
He saw an opening in Yamazaki's defenses and went for it. A kick to the shin, an elbow to the gut, followed by
a couple of punches to the breast plate, forcing the taller man back.
"ITEE DARO GA YO!!! (THAT HURTS, DAMMIT!!!)" Yamazaki screamed.
Ryu stayed in his stance. He charged in, and before he could do anything, Yamazaki's right arm snapped forward,
catching Ryu in the chest. Ryu staggered back, clutching his chest. Yamazaki leaned forward, his right arm
dangling loosely in fron of him. He was whispering, "Ikuzo...ikuzo...ikuzo..." waiting for Ryu so he could
smack him again with his Snake Tamer move.
Ryu did one better. He took a step forward, hoping to fake Yamazaki out. The trick worked and Yamazaki once
again snapped his right arm forward. This time he hit nothing. Then Ryu was in his face and he delivered a
headbutt to the Yakuza gangster. Seeing how that that his moves were not going to be a factor in this match,
Yamazaki decided that he and Ryu were going to have it out in a good old-fashioned slugfest.
***
Chun Li was doing good at first. Then Mimi knocked her sword from her hands and went in for the kill. But
Chun Li kicked the sword out of Mimi's hand and sent it out of reach.
Mimi went into her defensive stance. "Okay, now we settle this."
Chun Li went into the Drunken Fist stance. "Forgive me if I hurt you too badly. I REALLY don't know how pull
punches."
***
Ryu and Yamazaki were both bruised, Yamazaki looking the worse out of the both of them. Ryu wiped the blood
from his lip and grimaced from the pain at his side. His ribs were brusied, but at least they were not broken.
Yamazaki was quite a challenge, but compared to Sagat, Bison, and Gill, he was not in their ranks as a fighter.
'His brawling karate is strong, but undisciplined,' he thought, 'but since Kyo tells me he has a tendency of
going crazy when he fight, I think I should try to lay him out as soon as possible.'
His train of thought was interrupted when Yamazaki attacked. He lashed out at Ryu with a boot to the face. Ryu
blocked it, but he was rocked to the side from the blow. Yamazaki took this opportunity and began to strangle
Ryu.
Ryu drove his elbow into Yamazaki's throat dropping him and forcing him back. Both men were gaging and coughing,
trying to catch their breath. They were both starting to get exhausted and at the same time, both decided to end
this match.
'He's dead meat," Yamazaki thought. He was preparing to execute his ever effective Guillotine technique. However,
Ryu was one setp ahead on him. Summoning his ki and the ki of Dark Hadou, he channeled it to his feet and waited
for Yamazaki to attack.
Yamazaki leapt upwards, bringing his fist back so he could uppercut Ryu into the air. Instead, he saw Ryu take
a step back, and Yamazaki realized that he had set himself up on the receiving end of the Shotokan master's
attack.
"Shinkuu..."
When Yamazaki landed, Ryu let loose on him.
"TATSUMAKI SENPUUKYAKU!"
The effect was dramatic. Ryuji Yamazaki was his numerous times by the Vaccuum Hurricane Kick. Yamazaki thought--
before he lost consciousness--that he was being his with numerous steel pipes. The last blow nearly busted
Yamazaki's head open as he was sent spinning to the ground. Ryu landed and looked at Yamazaki's unconscious
form for a moment before seeing out he could help out Chun Li in her match with Mimi.
***
The two women were still fighting. Ryu didn't bother to inferfere, since he knew that Chun Li could handle
herself in a fight.
Mimi was becoming erratic. The Chinese woman was smirking at her. "Do wish to surrender? Give up, Tagawa. You
can't win."
"I will never give up," Mimi replied defiantly.
Chun Li shrugged her shoulders. "Fine. Have it your way."
Mimi charged at Chun Li. Big mistake. Chun Li nailed her with her Hykaretsyukyaku. The Chinese woman struck the
Japanese woman numerous times with her lighning fast kicks. However, Mimi was still standing. Now Chun Li felt
the rage from the past few days return and she took it out on Mimi.
"This is for kidnapping me," she said, planting her elbow in her sterunm.
"And this is for trying to steal my restaurant!" she said, kicking her across her face. Mimi sank to the ground
in a heap. Chun Li considered finishing the job, but she decided that she had beaten her bad enough. She turned
around and saw Ryu running over to her. Chun Li met him halfway and they were in each other's arms.
Then Ryu pulled back slightly, because of his ribs.
"Are you okay?" Chun Li asked.
Ryu nodded. "Ribs a little sore, but nothing's broken. You?"
Chun Li managed a smile. "I kicked some bad guy ass. Kinda reminds me back when I was in Interpol."
They began to walk away...
Then Yamazaki was upon them...but Ryu and Chun Li had a big surprise for him.
"DENJIN HADOUKEN!!"
"KIKOU SHOU!!"
Ryuji Yamazaki ran straight into the powerful ki moves of the two martial artists and was thrown back. This
time, he wasn't getting up.
Ryu and Chun Li lowered their hands, panting, since their ki attacks have already drained their exhausted
bodies.
Then Interpol and the local police showed up. They broke up the crowd and came upon the two unconscious forms
of Mimi Tagawa and Ryuji Yamazaki. Amy was the first to arrive on the scene. She saw the two ko'ed forms on
the ground, then she looked at Ryu and Chun Li, and shook her head.
"I should have known you and Ryu were responsible for this," Amy said. "Well, at least you delivered Yamazaki
and Tagawa to us. You saved us and the cops a whole lot of trouble."
Ryu and Chun Li looked at each other and smiled. They both looked like hell, but that really didn't mattered to
them. They had won the battle, and Chun Li saved her restaurant.
(Yes, I know I wrote Throwdown, so don't flame me for that!)
-In front of the Golden Dragon-
Ryuji Yamazaki and Mimi Tagawa were waiting for Ryu and Chun Li at the restaurant, Yamazaki in his usual black
shirt and pants, covered by a white fur coat, Mimi in a white-and-blue hakama. In her hand, she was holding her
katana. Behind them, were several of her men, looking the worse for the wear after their run-ins with Ryu and
Chun Li.
Chun Li and Ryu, along with their friends, approached them, Ryu now wearing his grandfather's karate gi, a
grayish blue one, sleeveless of course (his SF2 Champion Edition gi), and his crimson headband. Chun Li,
however was wearing one of Yang's Chinese shirts, minus the pants and her boots. In her hand was her Chinese
sword.
The four martial arists stood in front of each other. "The rules are simple," Chun Li said. "Beat us, and the
resaturant is yours. If we beat you, then you leave us and my restaurant alone. Do you accept?"
Mimi unsheathed her katana. "We accept."
Chun Li unsheathed her sword. "Get ready."
A crowd gathered to see the showdown on the four martial artists. Also present was a certain staff-wielding
henchman, and two secretaries, but that's not important at the moment at the moment.
Back to the fight. Yamazaki removed his coat and tossed it to the side. "Looks like I underestimated you the
last time," he said. "Playtime is over, runt. Let's see how good you really are."
Ryu went into his fighting stance. "This time..." Ryu said as his eyes glared at his opponent, "I don't play."
***
Chun Li and Mimi assumed a fencing stance. Then they attacked. Parrying, thrusting, and even slicing the air
with the sword, Chun Li found out that Mimi was even better with her sword that she expected.
Ryuji punched Ryu several times, but the latter just shrugged it off. "Okay," Yamazaki said. "Looks like I'm
gonna have to try something else."
He darts forward, knife in hand and took a swipe at Ryu. Missed. He took another swipe at him. Missed again.
Ryu was sizing his opponent up, seeing his movements. He knew about Yamazaki from what Kyo told him. Normally,
Ryu would blast him with his Shankunetsu Hadouken, but Kyo said he could reflect ki attacks back to the person.
Now Ryu would have to settle with using his fists and feet, which suited him just fine.
He saw an opening in Yamazaki's defenses and went for it. A kick to the shin, an elbow to the gut, followed by
a couple of punches to the breast plate, forcing the taller man back.
"ITEE DARO GA YO!!! (THAT HURTS, DAMMIT!!!)" Yamazaki screamed.
Ryu stayed in his stance. He charged in, and before he could do anything, Yamazaki's right arm snapped forward,
catching Ryu in the chest. Ryu staggered back, clutching his chest. Yamazaki leaned forward, his right arm
dangling loosely in fron of him. He was whispering, "Ikuzo...ikuzo...ikuzo..." waiting for Ryu so he could
smack him again with his Snake Tamer move.
Ryu did one better. He took a step forward, hoping to fake Yamazaki out. The trick worked and Yamazaki once
again snapped his right arm forward. This time he hit nothing. Then Ryu was in his face and he delivered a
headbutt to the Yakuza gangster. Seeing how that that his moves were not going to be a factor in this match,
Yamazaki decided that he and Ryu were going to have it out in a good old-fashioned slugfest.
***
Chun Li was doing good at first. Then Mimi knocked her sword from her hands and went in for the kill. But
Chun Li kicked the sword out of Mimi's hand and sent it out of reach.
Mimi went into her defensive stance. "Okay, now we settle this."
Chun Li went into the Drunken Fist stance. "Forgive me if I hurt you too badly. I REALLY don't know how pull
punches."
***
Ryu and Yamazaki were both bruised, Yamazaki looking the worse out of the both of them. Ryu wiped the blood
from his lip and grimaced from the pain at his side. His ribs were brusied, but at least they were not broken.
Yamazaki was quite a challenge, but compared to Sagat, Bison, and Gill, he was not in their ranks as a fighter.
'His brawling karate is strong, but undisciplined,' he thought, 'but since Kyo tells me he has a tendency of
going crazy when he fight, I think I should try to lay him out as soon as possible.'
His train of thought was interrupted when Yamazaki attacked. He lashed out at Ryu with a boot to the face. Ryu
blocked it, but he was rocked to the side from the blow. Yamazaki took this opportunity and began to strangle
Ryu.
Ryu drove his elbow into Yamazaki's throat dropping him and forcing him back. Both men were gaging and coughing,
trying to catch their breath. They were both starting to get exhausted and at the same time, both decided to end
this match.
'He's dead meat," Yamazaki thought. He was preparing to execute his ever effective Guillotine technique. However,
Ryu was one setp ahead on him. Summoning his ki and the ki of Dark Hadou, he channeled it to his feet and waited
for Yamazaki to attack.
Yamazaki leapt upwards, bringing his fist back so he could uppercut Ryu into the air. Instead, he saw Ryu take
a step back, and Yamazaki realized that he had set himself up on the receiving end of the Shotokan master's
attack.
"Shinkuu..."
When Yamazaki landed, Ryu let loose on him.
"TATSUMAKI SENPUUKYAKU!"
The effect was dramatic. Ryuji Yamazaki was his numerous times by the Vaccuum Hurricane Kick. Yamazaki thought--
before he lost consciousness--that he was being his with numerous steel pipes. The last blow nearly busted
Yamazaki's head open as he was sent spinning to the ground. Ryu landed and looked at Yamazaki's unconscious
form for a moment before seeing out he could help out Chun Li in her match with Mimi.
***
The two women were still fighting. Ryu didn't bother to inferfere, since he knew that Chun Li could handle
herself in a fight.
Mimi was becoming erratic. The Chinese woman was smirking at her. "Do wish to surrender? Give up, Tagawa. You
can't win."
"I will never give up," Mimi replied defiantly.
Chun Li shrugged her shoulders. "Fine. Have it your way."
Mimi charged at Chun Li. Big mistake. Chun Li nailed her with her Hykaretsyukyaku. The Chinese woman struck the
Japanese woman numerous times with her lighning fast kicks. However, Mimi was still standing. Now Chun Li felt
the rage from the past few days return and she took it out on Mimi.
"This is for kidnapping me," she said, planting her elbow in her sterunm.
"And this is for trying to steal my restaurant!" she said, kicking her across her face. Mimi sank to the ground
in a heap. Chun Li considered finishing the job, but she decided that she had beaten her bad enough. She turned
around and saw Ryu running over to her. Chun Li met him halfway and they were in each other's arms.
Then Ryu pulled back slightly, because of his ribs.
"Are you okay?" Chun Li asked.
Ryu nodded. "Ribs a little sore, but nothing's broken. You?"
Chun Li managed a smile. "I kicked some bad guy ass. Kinda reminds me back when I was in Interpol."
They began to walk away...
Then Yamazaki was upon them...but Ryu and Chun Li had a big surprise for him.
"DENJIN HADOUKEN!!"
"KIKOU SHOU!!"
Ryuji Yamazaki ran straight into the powerful ki moves of the two martial artists and was thrown back. This
time, he wasn't getting up.
Ryu and Chun Li lowered their hands, panting, since their ki attacks have already drained their exhausted
bodies.
Then Interpol and the local police showed up. They broke up the crowd and came upon the two unconscious forms
of Mimi Tagawa and Ryuji Yamazaki. Amy was the first to arrive on the scene. She saw the two ko'ed forms on
the ground, then she looked at Ryu and Chun Li, and shook her head.
"I should have known you and Ryu were responsible for this," Amy said. "Well, at least you delivered Yamazaki
and Tagawa to us. You saved us and the cops a whole lot of trouble."
Ryu and Chun Li looked at each other and smiled. They both looked like hell, but that really didn't mattered to
them. They had won the battle, and Chun Li saved her restaurant.