Persistence
by Bug-chan
Chapter 1 - Reunion
The next day after he saw the letter, Ryu made his way to Tokyo from his home in Hokkaido and hurriedly got to the airport there. When he got there, he surprisingly found E. Honda waiting, apparently in the same waiting room as Ryu.
"Ryu! What a pleasant surprise!" exclaims Honda, giving him a handshake and a quick hug. Ryu returned both, with a slight smile of his own. "Where are you headed? I take it San Francisco?"
Ryu lost his smile and answered with a question of his own, "I take it you got the letter as well?"
"Yes. Shocking revelation indeed." Honda then paused for a moment. "I thought you said you defeated Bison for good."
"I did so! In fact, you were there with the other fighters, you saw the entire base go up in flames," answered Ryu.
"That I did. Still in my memory as if it happened yesterday," replied Honda. Then, a female voice came on the announce system.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the gate for Japan Airlines flight 21 for San Francisco, USA has opened. Those with seats between rows 1 and 30 and those with elderly care or children, please board now."
"Well, I guess we should be going now," Honda said. Ryu nodded in agreement. Suddenly, there was a loud noise coming out from the other end of the airport. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIT!!!!!!"
"Could that be?" asked Ryu, before getting knocked down by his "number one fan". "Sakura! What are you doing here?" he asked in surprise.
"Hi! I'm going to San Francisco!" replied Sakura, picking herself up. She then notices Honda. "Hi Honda! How goes training?"
"Very well," Honda replied with a smile.
Ryu picked himself up and started, "What are you doing in San Francisco? You're still in high school, you're supposed to be in school right now!"
"I got a letter," answered Sakura, showing him the letter. Ryu took it and read it. His face changed from surpise to shock in a matter of seconds.
"Sakura, you can't go! This is too dangerous! You aren't strong yet," said Ryu.
"Looks like everyone got the letter then," said Honda, after thinking for a second.
"Well, I got this far, I'm not backing out!" retorted Sakura, then grabbed both men's arms. "Come on! The plane's gonna leave us if we hang around here too long." and boared the plane. As both men were being pulled into the plane, Ryu looked to Honda with a worried look.
"I don't know about this," he muttered.
"This is going to be interesting. Don't worry, she'll be watched over by many others," Honda calmed Ryu to a certain degree. The Japanese trio found their seats, which somehow was all next to each other. They all sat down, did their seatbelts and waited for the plane to take off. Along the way, they all talked about what they've done over the past year and more or less caught up with each other. Ryu (as I mentioned befor) went back into his training and meditating routine; Honda opened his own school of sumo wrestling; Sakura was in her last year of high school, almost ready for graduation.
Some 13 hours later...
"That was so LONG and so BORING!!!!" moaned Sakura once the group got off the plane. Now they were waiting for their luggage at the baggage claim area, sharing small talk now and then, when they heard another familiar voice.
"Ryu!! Sakura!! Honda!!" shouted Chun Li. She ran over to the group with her luggage in tow, happy to see old rivals and new friends again.
"Well if it isn't the strongest woman in the world," replied Honda and got a hug from her. "How have you been?"
"I'm fine, working for Interpol as usual," she answered, giving hugs to Ryu, who returned one rather awkwardly, and if one looked carefully enough, with a blush as well, and to Sakura, who gleefully hugged her back. Then her smile dropped and she asked, "You guys got the letter as well?"
"Yup. We're figuring that everyone else who fought Bison got the letter too, so we'll be meeting more people," replied Ryu. He and the others saw their bags coming and picked them up. "Let's go meet Ken, and let's just hope that it's a practical joke." The foursome walked out of the airport to see Ken standing next to his limousine.
"Guys! Great to see you all!" he said with a huge smile. Everyone returned his smile, and then, everyone dropped their smiles. "Did you receive my letter? Looks like you did if you're all here."
"Yes, we did. Did you send it out to everyone?" asked Ryu.
"Yup, every single one. Some are already at my mansion and I don't know about a few others. Let's go," replied Ken and ushered the group into his limo. Seconds later, he made his way in and told the driver to take all to his mansion. Once the group arrived, they entered to see Guy and Cody sitting and talking quitely among each other, with seriousness written all over them. The mood wasn't anywhere near the mood when Ken picked the group up. "Guys, more came," Ken said, breaking them out of their seriousness. Both gave small smiles and there was some talk going between them for some time, catching up with each other.
"So where are the rest?" asked Chun Li.
"Blanka is in the back yard with Guile, Rose is in her room, trying to get a feel for Bison, Cammy's on the phone with MI6, Dhalsim's also in the back yard meditating with T-Hawk and Dee Jay is in his room listening to music," Ken answered.
"So that leaves us with Karin, Fei Long, Gen, Zangief..." trailed Ryu.
"Yeah, where's Karin? We might need her satellite again," wondered Sakura. Some of the people shuddered, remembering the sheer power of the satellite. (A/N, if u want to know more about this, play SFA3 with Karin and beat it to watch her ending) A few minutes later, Cammy walked in, finally off the phone.
"I see the group has all gathered here?" Cammy inquired, looking at everyone's familiar faces. Everyone gave her some form of a greeting from smiles to hand waves.
"Almost. We're still missing a few," replied Ken.
"Not anymore!" said a voice that sounded somewhat like that of a girl of Sakura's age. Everyone turned to the front door and saw Karin walk in with Fei Long, Gen, Zangief and Dan. There was more greetings traded among everyone, the most noticeable between Karin and Sakura. Once everyone calmed down and became serious, they all turned to Ken for some sort of explanation beside the obvious.
"Before we begin, can someone go get everyone else either outside or in the rooms?" Ken requested. A few people went upstairs and the back yard and the entire group was finally assembled. "Now all of you know that Bison's back, right?" All heads nodded. "Now please follow me," Ken said and took the entire group to what looked like a business room full of chairs and a projector with a laptop in the middle. "Have a seat and I shall get going." Once everyone got comfortable, they looked back at Ken, who was typing something into the laptop. A minute later, the projector came on, along with the first slide. "This is a graph of the amount of drugs that was confiscated within the past year. This," Ken said, pointing to the leftmost bar of the graph, "was when Shadaloo was destroyed. Drug sales went into an all-time low, almost to the point of zero. Now as we go by the months," he continued as he slid the pointer across the graph, "the graph remains more or less the same. Now, if we look at this bar here," he said, pointing to the last few bars on the right side, "drug sales have skyrocketed, even higher than the amount Bison was trafficking before Shadaloo was destroyed. It's at an all-time high right now." Ken then pressed a key on the keyboard, showing an almost identical graph. "This one shows the amount of illegal weapons trafficked. Same time periods when it was at an all-time high and low. And the same goes for human smuggling," he said after showing a third graph which was almost identical as well. Everyone was holding a calm face, but the tension in the room was, without a doubt, high, higher than ever.
"So Bison IS back," Guile muttered, emphasizing the "is". Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. "How do we get to him? We don't have any maps or anything like that whatsoever."
"That one's been taken care of," Cammy answered, getting all the attention of the group. "MI6 has found out that there's going to be another Street Fighter tournament, this time in Cambodia."
"He's hosting it this time for money and fighters. After all, he did lose everything a year ago," Chun Li added.
"But that'll only lead to Bison, and not the base. If Bison goes down, there'll be others who can take his place, like that psychopath Vega," Ryu said. There was some talking among people over different things. Finally Ken took over again.
"Guys, that'll be enough for today. Let's all get some rest and talk this over tomorrow. We'll plan with a fresh head, right now everyone's tired. Hopefully, Interpol or MI6 will be able to provide some more intelligence by then," Ken said. Everyone decided to do as he suggested and proceeded to their rooms.
MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Bison laid on a metal table with all sorts of IV drips and machines hooked up to his battered and burnt body. Around him stood Juli, Juni, Barlog, Sagat, Birdie and Vega. They were all faithfully watching over their master, lying down defenseless.
"I guess by now they've gotten word of the street fighter tournament already?" Bison coughed. Even with his battered body, his evil and sharp mind stayed unaffected.
"Yes sir. MI6 has already relayed the information to Cammy White," replied Juni automatically. Ever since Shadaloo blew up, Juni went to work as an MI6 agent, becoming a double-agent of sorts, but not telling them anything about her affiliation with Shadaloo.
"I have received word that the fighters have gathered at Ken Master's house already about a few hours ago," reported Barlog after Juni.
"Good, everything is going according to plan. This time, they will not go so easily," Bison said, with an evil glint in his eyes.
TBC
A/N = I'm aware I've brought back a bunch of characters but only a few has said or done anything. I'll try to put more words and/or action for them later on...and someone plz give me suggestions as to how to give Dan a serious look? :)
BTW, more than my email, give me a line at any of the following IMs:
AIM - Rodamn98
ICQ - 47858010
MSN - bugbeak@hotmail.com
MSN - enjoy_your_worthless_life@yahoo.com
by Bug-chan
Chapter 1 - Reunion
The next day after he saw the letter, Ryu made his way to Tokyo from his home in Hokkaido and hurriedly got to the airport there. When he got there, he surprisingly found E. Honda waiting, apparently in the same waiting room as Ryu.
"Ryu! What a pleasant surprise!" exclaims Honda, giving him a handshake and a quick hug. Ryu returned both, with a slight smile of his own. "Where are you headed? I take it San Francisco?"
Ryu lost his smile and answered with a question of his own, "I take it you got the letter as well?"
"Yes. Shocking revelation indeed." Honda then paused for a moment. "I thought you said you defeated Bison for good."
"I did so! In fact, you were there with the other fighters, you saw the entire base go up in flames," answered Ryu.
"That I did. Still in my memory as if it happened yesterday," replied Honda. Then, a female voice came on the announce system.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the gate for Japan Airlines flight 21 for San Francisco, USA has opened. Those with seats between rows 1 and 30 and those with elderly care or children, please board now."
"Well, I guess we should be going now," Honda said. Ryu nodded in agreement. Suddenly, there was a loud noise coming out from the other end of the airport. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIT!!!!!!"
"Could that be?" asked Ryu, before getting knocked down by his "number one fan". "Sakura! What are you doing here?" he asked in surprise.
"Hi! I'm going to San Francisco!" replied Sakura, picking herself up. She then notices Honda. "Hi Honda! How goes training?"
"Very well," Honda replied with a smile.
Ryu picked himself up and started, "What are you doing in San Francisco? You're still in high school, you're supposed to be in school right now!"
"I got a letter," answered Sakura, showing him the letter. Ryu took it and read it. His face changed from surpise to shock in a matter of seconds.
"Sakura, you can't go! This is too dangerous! You aren't strong yet," said Ryu.
"Looks like everyone got the letter then," said Honda, after thinking for a second.
"Well, I got this far, I'm not backing out!" retorted Sakura, then grabbed both men's arms. "Come on! The plane's gonna leave us if we hang around here too long." and boared the plane. As both men were being pulled into the plane, Ryu looked to Honda with a worried look.
"I don't know about this," he muttered.
"This is going to be interesting. Don't worry, she'll be watched over by many others," Honda calmed Ryu to a certain degree. The Japanese trio found their seats, which somehow was all next to each other. They all sat down, did their seatbelts and waited for the plane to take off. Along the way, they all talked about what they've done over the past year and more or less caught up with each other. Ryu (as I mentioned befor) went back into his training and meditating routine; Honda opened his own school of sumo wrestling; Sakura was in her last year of high school, almost ready for graduation.
Some 13 hours later...
"That was so LONG and so BORING!!!!" moaned Sakura once the group got off the plane. Now they were waiting for their luggage at the baggage claim area, sharing small talk now and then, when they heard another familiar voice.
"Ryu!! Sakura!! Honda!!" shouted Chun Li. She ran over to the group with her luggage in tow, happy to see old rivals and new friends again.
"Well if it isn't the strongest woman in the world," replied Honda and got a hug from her. "How have you been?"
"I'm fine, working for Interpol as usual," she answered, giving hugs to Ryu, who returned one rather awkwardly, and if one looked carefully enough, with a blush as well, and to Sakura, who gleefully hugged her back. Then her smile dropped and she asked, "You guys got the letter as well?"
"Yup. We're figuring that everyone else who fought Bison got the letter too, so we'll be meeting more people," replied Ryu. He and the others saw their bags coming and picked them up. "Let's go meet Ken, and let's just hope that it's a practical joke." The foursome walked out of the airport to see Ken standing next to his limousine.
"Guys! Great to see you all!" he said with a huge smile. Everyone returned his smile, and then, everyone dropped their smiles. "Did you receive my letter? Looks like you did if you're all here."
"Yes, we did. Did you send it out to everyone?" asked Ryu.
"Yup, every single one. Some are already at my mansion and I don't know about a few others. Let's go," replied Ken and ushered the group into his limo. Seconds later, he made his way in and told the driver to take all to his mansion. Once the group arrived, they entered to see Guy and Cody sitting and talking quitely among each other, with seriousness written all over them. The mood wasn't anywhere near the mood when Ken picked the group up. "Guys, more came," Ken said, breaking them out of their seriousness. Both gave small smiles and there was some talk going between them for some time, catching up with each other.
"So where are the rest?" asked Chun Li.
"Blanka is in the back yard with Guile, Rose is in her room, trying to get a feel for Bison, Cammy's on the phone with MI6, Dhalsim's also in the back yard meditating with T-Hawk and Dee Jay is in his room listening to music," Ken answered.
"So that leaves us with Karin, Fei Long, Gen, Zangief..." trailed Ryu.
"Yeah, where's Karin? We might need her satellite again," wondered Sakura. Some of the people shuddered, remembering the sheer power of the satellite. (A/N, if u want to know more about this, play SFA3 with Karin and beat it to watch her ending) A few minutes later, Cammy walked in, finally off the phone.
"I see the group has all gathered here?" Cammy inquired, looking at everyone's familiar faces. Everyone gave her some form of a greeting from smiles to hand waves.
"Almost. We're still missing a few," replied Ken.
"Not anymore!" said a voice that sounded somewhat like that of a girl of Sakura's age. Everyone turned to the front door and saw Karin walk in with Fei Long, Gen, Zangief and Dan. There was more greetings traded among everyone, the most noticeable between Karin and Sakura. Once everyone calmed down and became serious, they all turned to Ken for some sort of explanation beside the obvious.
"Before we begin, can someone go get everyone else either outside or in the rooms?" Ken requested. A few people went upstairs and the back yard and the entire group was finally assembled. "Now all of you know that Bison's back, right?" All heads nodded. "Now please follow me," Ken said and took the entire group to what looked like a business room full of chairs and a projector with a laptop in the middle. "Have a seat and I shall get going." Once everyone got comfortable, they looked back at Ken, who was typing something into the laptop. A minute later, the projector came on, along with the first slide. "This is a graph of the amount of drugs that was confiscated within the past year. This," Ken said, pointing to the leftmost bar of the graph, "was when Shadaloo was destroyed. Drug sales went into an all-time low, almost to the point of zero. Now as we go by the months," he continued as he slid the pointer across the graph, "the graph remains more or less the same. Now, if we look at this bar here," he said, pointing to the last few bars on the right side, "drug sales have skyrocketed, even higher than the amount Bison was trafficking before Shadaloo was destroyed. It's at an all-time high right now." Ken then pressed a key on the keyboard, showing an almost identical graph. "This one shows the amount of illegal weapons trafficked. Same time periods when it was at an all-time high and low. And the same goes for human smuggling," he said after showing a third graph which was almost identical as well. Everyone was holding a calm face, but the tension in the room was, without a doubt, high, higher than ever.
"So Bison IS back," Guile muttered, emphasizing the "is". Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. "How do we get to him? We don't have any maps or anything like that whatsoever."
"That one's been taken care of," Cammy answered, getting all the attention of the group. "MI6 has found out that there's going to be another Street Fighter tournament, this time in Cambodia."
"He's hosting it this time for money and fighters. After all, he did lose everything a year ago," Chun Li added.
"But that'll only lead to Bison, and not the base. If Bison goes down, there'll be others who can take his place, like that psychopath Vega," Ryu said. There was some talking among people over different things. Finally Ken took over again.
"Guys, that'll be enough for today. Let's all get some rest and talk this over tomorrow. We'll plan with a fresh head, right now everyone's tired. Hopefully, Interpol or MI6 will be able to provide some more intelligence by then," Ken said. Everyone decided to do as he suggested and proceeded to their rooms.
MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Bison laid on a metal table with all sorts of IV drips and machines hooked up to his battered and burnt body. Around him stood Juli, Juni, Barlog, Sagat, Birdie and Vega. They were all faithfully watching over their master, lying down defenseless.
"I guess by now they've gotten word of the street fighter tournament already?" Bison coughed. Even with his battered body, his evil and sharp mind stayed unaffected.
"Yes sir. MI6 has already relayed the information to Cammy White," replied Juni automatically. Ever since Shadaloo blew up, Juni went to work as an MI6 agent, becoming a double-agent of sorts, but not telling them anything about her affiliation with Shadaloo.
"I have received word that the fighters have gathered at Ken Master's house already about a few hours ago," reported Barlog after Juni.
"Good, everything is going according to plan. This time, they will not go so easily," Bison said, with an evil glint in his eyes.
TBC
A/N = I'm aware I've brought back a bunch of characters but only a few has said or done anything. I'll try to put more words and/or action for them later on...and someone plz give me suggestions as to how to give Dan a serious look? :)
BTW, more than my email, give me a line at any of the following IMs:
AIM - Rodamn98
ICQ - 47858010
MSN - bugbeak@hotmail.com
MSN - enjoy_your_worthless_life@yahoo.com