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Master Of Bushin, Student Of Bushin - Chapter Nine
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Bison was fully charged from his previous trip into the Psycho Drive and definitely angry. Vega and Balrog failed yet again, and this Bushin Ninja named Guy was on his case, thinking he actually had a chance against the Lord of Shadaloo. But Bison wasn't going to confront Guy. It wasn't his style. He was going to wait for the Bushin Master to confront him. Bison's eyes glowed in anticipation. He was going to make that Bushin Ninja suffer the consequences for interfering with Shadaloo...
*****
Guy and Crimson made their way from the Fighting Arena and settled down at a hotel in the city. Crimson, with a deep sigh, flopped down onto a bed. Guy stood up still, not overly realizing his student was fatigued. Crimson knew to leave Guy alone because he was in deep thought, something the Bushin Master did often when a situation arose. Crimson shut his eyes, trying to get some sleep, but couldn't. With a growl then followed with a sigh, he realized he was really worried about facing the Master of Shadaloo alongside Guy.
"*Damn... This has really got me shook up.*", Crimson realized.
"*...I wonder if it's too late to take up on Guy's offer to go back...*"
As the Bushin student thought that, Guy's eyes suddenly snapped open. He turned to Crimson with an unreadable expression across his face.
"You honestly want to go back?", Guy asked his student. Crimson's eyes went wide in shock. How could Guy have known what he was thinking? After all, Bushin style didn't have telekinetic techniques in it's art, or so Crimson thought... Did it?
"How did you know?", a stunned Crimson asked Guy. Guy's facial features didn't change. He answered his student's question, however.
"I can sense your chi, Crimson. You're feeling disturbed with the idea of having to go up against such a powerful and formidable foe."
"Yeah...", Crimson said with a sigh, "...I guess you're right."
Guy smiled at his student. "Listen Crimson. The courage necessary to defeat Bison won't just come to you. You have to have faith in your abilities. Bushin Style will not let you down if you believe in yourself and use it's techniques to the best of your ability. Got that?"
Crimson could only nod. He was beginning to understand the message his teacher was trying to get across to him, but he still had his doubts...
*****
Memphis Long stood well-hidden in an alley across the street from where Guy and Crimson were currently housed at. With a slight smile creeping along his lips, he raised binoculars to each window to search and see if he could locate the Bushin duo.
"*Hm. Nothing... Damn. Where could those two be?*", Memphis thought with a tired sigh. He was definitely getting sick of this mission. Vega failed, Balrog failed, and Locke Koh hadn't been in touch with Shadaloo recently, so now he was teamed up with Birdie, of all people. The hulking bouncer stood a few feet behind the assassin, adjusting his hair.
"Do ya' see dem two guys yet, Memphis?", Birdie asked. Memphis whirled around and told Birdie to be quiet. An opportunity arose. Guy was making his way out the inn! Suddenly, 1,000 individual plans went through the new- age assassin's mind. But the best one Memphis had didn't even require a long, planned-out strategy...
"*Hm... If I kidnapped Crimson and handed him over to Bison...*", Memphis thought momentarily. He didn't need to think any longer. That was going to be his plan. The Young Bushin warrior would fetch Memphis a handsome sum, perhaps. With Memphis turning to Birdie, he simply told him to "Get ready...". The former bouncer nodded. When Guy was a safe distance away, Memphis and Birdie made their move, Birdie staying in the shadows of the back alleys and the assassin heading for the hotel...
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Crimson awaited Guy's return, but seeing as how the Bushinryuu Master had not yet shown up, the younger Ninja decided to watch a bit of television in the living room. Flipping through the channels idly, Crimson sighed in frustration as he finally realized that there wasn't anything on. Then, a knock on the door. Guy's student observed the door before finally walking over to open it. As he prepared to turn the doorknob, Crimson suddenly got a cold feeling...
"*Wait a minute... That aura thing Guy was talking about. I FEEL it...*", Crimson realized. He hesitated to open the door. With one last, "Who's there?", Crimson waited, but no response. Then with no hesitation, the Bushinryuu student yanked the door open quickly and observed the hallway. Looking left to right, Crimson realized whoever was at the door before was definitely gone.
"*Maybe they had the wrong door number...*", Crimson reasoned with himself. Closing the door, he turned around to watch television again, only to bump into a grinning Memphis Long. The assassin's grin then turned into a scowl as he swung at Crimson with a fist and missed. Crimson ducked under the blow, and rolled a safe distance away from Memphis. Getting into his fighting stance, Crimson waited for Memphis to attack. And yet, he didn't.
"Do you know how much hell I'm getting from that power-hungry jerk Bison because of you and your teacher?", said a scowling Memphis. Crimson simply waited, knowing that Long was trying to lower his guard. Memphis continued his rant as if he was really upset.
"...And you know what? I'm sick of it. So what am I going to do? I'm going to send you to Bison. After that, I'm quitting this damn job."
Finally after saying that, Memphis attacked Crimson, tossing his Kizanken projectile at the Bushinryuu student. Crimson avoided the attack with precision. He then realized that attack was a front, because Memphis ran up on him and attacked in a myriad of moves. Crimson blocked the punches, dodged a kick, and followed up with a kick of his own that sent Long staggering backwards over a couch. Crimson quickly tried to capitalize on the fallen Memphis, but the assassin then lifted up the couch. With a grunt, Memphis hoisted it directly at Crimson who just dodged it by inches and watched as it careened through the window. Crimson ran at Memphis then with a karate yell, went into his alternate version of Guy's 'Dashing Crescent'. He only nicked Memphis as the assassin avoided the attack. Memphis, with a grin, then went into his spinning uppercut, the Tatsumaki Shippuken. Crimson was sucked in by the 'vacuum' effect, and was hit seven times before he made contact with the ceiling and came crashing down through a table.
"Ouch..." Crimson moaned out in pain. Memphis then picked up Crimson and heaved him into the wall. With a loud smack, the Young Bushin hit the floor clutching his back after making contact with the wall. Memphis then made haste and picked up Crimson one more time. With a grunt, Memphis threw Crimson through the bathroom door. The young Bushin shook his head dizzily and observed his surroundings. Getting up to his feet shakily but quickly, Crimson then observed that Memphis was right at the door. With a predatory grin, he ran straight toward Crimson. The Bushinryuu student had a quick idea hit him. Crimson suddenly hit the floor and used both his legs to kick Memphis' right leg out from under him. The assassin didn't expect the attack, and tripped, hitting his head against the sink with a dull thud. Crimson's eyes went wide as Memphis hit the floor and laid still.
"*Is he dead?*", Crimson thought in cold fear. The Bushin student shakily turned Memphis onto his back, and observed the small pool of blood underneath Long. And the small gash on the assassin's forehead where he hit the sink.
"Damn...", Crimson whispered to himself. He checked Memphis' pulse, but found nothing... He was gone, wasn't he? Crimson slowly backed up and out of the bathroom.
"What the hell have I done?", Crimson said to himself in amazement. He didn't think HE was capable of killing someone... did that make him a MURDERER? Crimson slowly approached the broken window and looked outside, dazed. What happened to Guy? Did Memphis already finish him off? Was it possible? All these questions spun around in his mind, further clouding Crimson's train of thought. With a deep sigh emanating from the throat, Crimson turned around to sit back down... and was tackled by an infuriated Memphis Long! The forward movement of the assassin sent both careening through the window of the hotel, ten stories up! Both clutched the other trading punches in mid-air, and Crimson knew he was going to die. Memphis all of a sudden started laughing. People below on the street started screaming and pointing up at the two. Crimson had another idea, and put it into effect IMMEDIATELY. Crimson with a surge of chi energy, spun Memphis in mid-air! Memphis's eyes went wide as he realized EXACTLY what Crimson was doing. But it was too late. Crimson pushed Memphis down, struggling hard to keep him that way. Crimson then closed his eyes, praying this would work. The two were going to fall into the street! Crimson then with another surge of Bushin chi, performed an amazing backflip off of the falling and shocked Memphis, who fell even faster because of the backflip\attack. The assassin flailed helplessly, but it was of no use. Memphis then crashed below into a car as Crimson landed from his descent. But he landed bad, and hit the ground as well with a pained cry as he sprained his ankle. Crimson looked over at Memphis, who smashed through the car's ceiling and in turn, all the windows were broken out. Then the Bushinryuu student noticed something else... the fluid leaking from the front of the car...
"MOVE!", Crimson yelled to the astonished crowd of people. The crowd dispersed quickly, and Crimson hobbled away on his good leg, but not before the car suddenly exploded in a flash of burning metal, glass and cinders. The blast sent Crimson back to the floor yet again, as he ducked a flaming tire. Turning back to the car, the Bushin student observed in sheer horror as Memphis appeared from the middle of the wreckage, his hair flying wildly although there was no breeze.
"*What does it take to get rid of this guy?*", Crimson thought angrily. Memphis eyed Guy's student with a burning look of sheer hatred. The assassin's eyes reversed; the part that was supposed to be white was all- black, and his pupils were all-white. Memphis, with an angry growl, pointed at Crimson.
"You fought well, kid. But trust me on my word when I say that I'll return. I'll get my revenge for this someday...", Memphis forewarned. Then with silver energy rising off of him, Memphis suddenly dematerialized and disappeared. Crimson breathed a sigh of relief. Getting back to his feet, Crimson realized that Guy STILL hadn't returned. He knew what he had to do, now...
"*That's it. It looks as if I'll have to be the one to stop Bison. They must've already captured Guy, or something worse...*", Crimson realized with a chill. Even though he didn't know for sure, Crimson then began making his way to wherever he needed to go to find Bison. It was foolish reasoning, Crimson realized, but it had to be done. Bison and Shadaloo had to be stopped, at any cost, by any means necessary, and the Bushinryuu student realized. And now Crimson was going to step up to see to it that Guy's plan was put into action...
Master Of Bushin, Student Of Bushin - Chapter Nine
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Bison was fully charged from his previous trip into the Psycho Drive and definitely angry. Vega and Balrog failed yet again, and this Bushin Ninja named Guy was on his case, thinking he actually had a chance against the Lord of Shadaloo. But Bison wasn't going to confront Guy. It wasn't his style. He was going to wait for the Bushin Master to confront him. Bison's eyes glowed in anticipation. He was going to make that Bushin Ninja suffer the consequences for interfering with Shadaloo...
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Guy and Crimson made their way from the Fighting Arena and settled down at a hotel in the city. Crimson, with a deep sigh, flopped down onto a bed. Guy stood up still, not overly realizing his student was fatigued. Crimson knew to leave Guy alone because he was in deep thought, something the Bushin Master did often when a situation arose. Crimson shut his eyes, trying to get some sleep, but couldn't. With a growl then followed with a sigh, he realized he was really worried about facing the Master of Shadaloo alongside Guy.
"*Damn... This has really got me shook up.*", Crimson realized.
"*...I wonder if it's too late to take up on Guy's offer to go back...*"
As the Bushin student thought that, Guy's eyes suddenly snapped open. He turned to Crimson with an unreadable expression across his face.
"You honestly want to go back?", Guy asked his student. Crimson's eyes went wide in shock. How could Guy have known what he was thinking? After all, Bushin style didn't have telekinetic techniques in it's art, or so Crimson thought... Did it?
"How did you know?", a stunned Crimson asked Guy. Guy's facial features didn't change. He answered his student's question, however.
"I can sense your chi, Crimson. You're feeling disturbed with the idea of having to go up against such a powerful and formidable foe."
"Yeah...", Crimson said with a sigh, "...I guess you're right."
Guy smiled at his student. "Listen Crimson. The courage necessary to defeat Bison won't just come to you. You have to have faith in your abilities. Bushin Style will not let you down if you believe in yourself and use it's techniques to the best of your ability. Got that?"
Crimson could only nod. He was beginning to understand the message his teacher was trying to get across to him, but he still had his doubts...
*****
Memphis Long stood well-hidden in an alley across the street from where Guy and Crimson were currently housed at. With a slight smile creeping along his lips, he raised binoculars to each window to search and see if he could locate the Bushin duo.
"*Hm. Nothing... Damn. Where could those two be?*", Memphis thought with a tired sigh. He was definitely getting sick of this mission. Vega failed, Balrog failed, and Locke Koh hadn't been in touch with Shadaloo recently, so now he was teamed up with Birdie, of all people. The hulking bouncer stood a few feet behind the assassin, adjusting his hair.
"Do ya' see dem two guys yet, Memphis?", Birdie asked. Memphis whirled around and told Birdie to be quiet. An opportunity arose. Guy was making his way out the inn! Suddenly, 1,000 individual plans went through the new- age assassin's mind. But the best one Memphis had didn't even require a long, planned-out strategy...
"*Hm... If I kidnapped Crimson and handed him over to Bison...*", Memphis thought momentarily. He didn't need to think any longer. That was going to be his plan. The Young Bushin warrior would fetch Memphis a handsome sum, perhaps. With Memphis turning to Birdie, he simply told him to "Get ready...". The former bouncer nodded. When Guy was a safe distance away, Memphis and Birdie made their move, Birdie staying in the shadows of the back alleys and the assassin heading for the hotel...
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Crimson awaited Guy's return, but seeing as how the Bushinryuu Master had not yet shown up, the younger Ninja decided to watch a bit of television in the living room. Flipping through the channels idly, Crimson sighed in frustration as he finally realized that there wasn't anything on. Then, a knock on the door. Guy's student observed the door before finally walking over to open it. As he prepared to turn the doorknob, Crimson suddenly got a cold feeling...
"*Wait a minute... That aura thing Guy was talking about. I FEEL it...*", Crimson realized. He hesitated to open the door. With one last, "Who's there?", Crimson waited, but no response. Then with no hesitation, the Bushinryuu student yanked the door open quickly and observed the hallway. Looking left to right, Crimson realized whoever was at the door before was definitely gone.
"*Maybe they had the wrong door number...*", Crimson reasoned with himself. Closing the door, he turned around to watch television again, only to bump into a grinning Memphis Long. The assassin's grin then turned into a scowl as he swung at Crimson with a fist and missed. Crimson ducked under the blow, and rolled a safe distance away from Memphis. Getting into his fighting stance, Crimson waited for Memphis to attack. And yet, he didn't.
"Do you know how much hell I'm getting from that power-hungry jerk Bison because of you and your teacher?", said a scowling Memphis. Crimson simply waited, knowing that Long was trying to lower his guard. Memphis continued his rant as if he was really upset.
"...And you know what? I'm sick of it. So what am I going to do? I'm going to send you to Bison. After that, I'm quitting this damn job."
Finally after saying that, Memphis attacked Crimson, tossing his Kizanken projectile at the Bushinryuu student. Crimson avoided the attack with precision. He then realized that attack was a front, because Memphis ran up on him and attacked in a myriad of moves. Crimson blocked the punches, dodged a kick, and followed up with a kick of his own that sent Long staggering backwards over a couch. Crimson quickly tried to capitalize on the fallen Memphis, but the assassin then lifted up the couch. With a grunt, Memphis hoisted it directly at Crimson who just dodged it by inches and watched as it careened through the window. Crimson ran at Memphis then with a karate yell, went into his alternate version of Guy's 'Dashing Crescent'. He only nicked Memphis as the assassin avoided the attack. Memphis, with a grin, then went into his spinning uppercut, the Tatsumaki Shippuken. Crimson was sucked in by the 'vacuum' effect, and was hit seven times before he made contact with the ceiling and came crashing down through a table.
"Ouch..." Crimson moaned out in pain. Memphis then picked up Crimson and heaved him into the wall. With a loud smack, the Young Bushin hit the floor clutching his back after making contact with the wall. Memphis then made haste and picked up Crimson one more time. With a grunt, Memphis threw Crimson through the bathroom door. The young Bushin shook his head dizzily and observed his surroundings. Getting up to his feet shakily but quickly, Crimson then observed that Memphis was right at the door. With a predatory grin, he ran straight toward Crimson. The Bushinryuu student had a quick idea hit him. Crimson suddenly hit the floor and used both his legs to kick Memphis' right leg out from under him. The assassin didn't expect the attack, and tripped, hitting his head against the sink with a dull thud. Crimson's eyes went wide as Memphis hit the floor and laid still.
"*Is he dead?*", Crimson thought in cold fear. The Bushin student shakily turned Memphis onto his back, and observed the small pool of blood underneath Long. And the small gash on the assassin's forehead where he hit the sink.
"Damn...", Crimson whispered to himself. He checked Memphis' pulse, but found nothing... He was gone, wasn't he? Crimson slowly backed up and out of the bathroom.
"What the hell have I done?", Crimson said to himself in amazement. He didn't think HE was capable of killing someone... did that make him a MURDERER? Crimson slowly approached the broken window and looked outside, dazed. What happened to Guy? Did Memphis already finish him off? Was it possible? All these questions spun around in his mind, further clouding Crimson's train of thought. With a deep sigh emanating from the throat, Crimson turned around to sit back down... and was tackled by an infuriated Memphis Long! The forward movement of the assassin sent both careening through the window of the hotel, ten stories up! Both clutched the other trading punches in mid-air, and Crimson knew he was going to die. Memphis all of a sudden started laughing. People below on the street started screaming and pointing up at the two. Crimson had another idea, and put it into effect IMMEDIATELY. Crimson with a surge of chi energy, spun Memphis in mid-air! Memphis's eyes went wide as he realized EXACTLY what Crimson was doing. But it was too late. Crimson pushed Memphis down, struggling hard to keep him that way. Crimson then closed his eyes, praying this would work. The two were going to fall into the street! Crimson then with another surge of Bushin chi, performed an amazing backflip off of the falling and shocked Memphis, who fell even faster because of the backflip\attack. The assassin flailed helplessly, but it was of no use. Memphis then crashed below into a car as Crimson landed from his descent. But he landed bad, and hit the ground as well with a pained cry as he sprained his ankle. Crimson looked over at Memphis, who smashed through the car's ceiling and in turn, all the windows were broken out. Then the Bushinryuu student noticed something else... the fluid leaking from the front of the car...
"MOVE!", Crimson yelled to the astonished crowd of people. The crowd dispersed quickly, and Crimson hobbled away on his good leg, but not before the car suddenly exploded in a flash of burning metal, glass and cinders. The blast sent Crimson back to the floor yet again, as he ducked a flaming tire. Turning back to the car, the Bushin student observed in sheer horror as Memphis appeared from the middle of the wreckage, his hair flying wildly although there was no breeze.
"*What does it take to get rid of this guy?*", Crimson thought angrily. Memphis eyed Guy's student with a burning look of sheer hatred. The assassin's eyes reversed; the part that was supposed to be white was all- black, and his pupils were all-white. Memphis, with an angry growl, pointed at Crimson.
"You fought well, kid. But trust me on my word when I say that I'll return. I'll get my revenge for this someday...", Memphis forewarned. Then with silver energy rising off of him, Memphis suddenly dematerialized and disappeared. Crimson breathed a sigh of relief. Getting back to his feet, Crimson realized that Guy STILL hadn't returned. He knew what he had to do, now...
"*That's it. It looks as if I'll have to be the one to stop Bison. They must've already captured Guy, or something worse...*", Crimson realized with a chill. Even though he didn't know for sure, Crimson then began making his way to wherever he needed to go to find Bison. It was foolish reasoning, Crimson realized, but it had to be done. Bison and Shadaloo had to be stopped, at any cost, by any means necessary, and the Bushinryuu student realized. And now Crimson was going to step up to see to it that Guy's plan was put into action...
