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Chapter 2

"Again."

"Huff, huff. Ha...do...ken!!!!!"

"You're not focused enough. You have to relax. You're too rigid. Let the energy around you fill you. Do not try to do the Hadoken. Do it."

"Ha...Ha...Hadoken!!!!"

"Hmm. That will be enough for now. You better take a rest and we'll try again in an hour."

"Hai Sensei."

"Ryu...Ryu..."

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Ryu awoke to find himself in a hospital bed, his body bandaged and his wounds dressed. He began to wonder how he got there when he remembered...

His battle with Gill...The Shin-Shoryuken...Ken.

Oh, that explains it. Ken must have brought him there.

Ryu started to move in an attempt to get out of bed, but pain began to rack his body.

Apparently, he hasn't full recovered yet. Seeing no way out, he lay back in bed. At that moment he heard the sounds of people outside the door. The door open and a several people walked in.

"Well, look who decided to finally wake up."

"Nice to see you too, Ken."

The two tapped fist, despite the shiver of pain Ryu felt. He looked around at the others.

Holding on to Ken's back was his son, Mel. The little boy was busy bouncing around on Ken's back, much to his dismay. He saw Sean, Ken's student, with an eye patch over one of his eyes. Ken noticed the look on Ryu's face and laughed a bit.

"Oh, he was beaten before he reached the semifinals."

Sean spoke up. "Master! He just got lucky, that's all."

Ryu smiled, "I'm sure you'll do better next time."

Sean raised his fist, "You better believe it!"

The doctor then came in, "You really should keep it down in here."

Sean covered his mouth, "Sorry."

Ken then looked back at Ryu, "Oh, you probably know already, but you won the tournament. But knowing you, you'll probably just shrug and say your line 'The fight was all.' Am I right?"

Ryu shrugged, "You know me too well."

Ken's face suddenly turned serious, "But after the fight, I felt him."

Ryu's face changed as well, "I know. He was watching the entire fight."

Him...Gouki...Akuma...the Dark Shotokan master of the fist.

"After I felt him, he disappeared. So did Gill."

"Gill...disappeared?"

"Yeah, he just faded away."

A nurse came in and whispered something to the doctor to which in turn he told Ken, "Mr. Masters, your friend has just arrived."

Ken's face brightened again, "Alright. Thanks, doc."

Ryu spoke up, "Your friend?"

Ken turned to him and smiled, "Actually, your friend."

Ryu was now puzzled and Ken burst out laughing, "Hahaha. Ryu, you may be the strongest warrior around, but you sure are a little slow when it comes to things. Well if you don't know who it is, then you'll have to wait to find out."

Everyone then walked out, leaving a confused Ryu behind. Who could it be? The door then reopened and Ryu had his answer. Ken was right, he thought, he was slow. He should have known about this. Standing there, with one hand holding on to a little girl, was a tall, beautiful Chinese woman. Her face was as lovely as Ryu remembered it.

Chun Li.