The Tiger and the Dragon: Codename Justice
A Street Fighter/Rival Schools Crossover Fanfiction
By The Headcrook
Legal BS Disclaimer: All Characters are the property of Capcom. Enough said. Now On with the fanfic.
Prologue
-Tokyo, Japan, shortly before Chun Li's Dark Hadou episode...-
Tokyo. Nighttime. The city streets are as usual, crowded with the local populace. In the Shinjuku district, the Shotokan champion and his Chinese fiancee were strolling down the street. She was wearing a leather bomber jacket underneath her spagetti-strap top and denim jeans that showed off the curves in her legs, her long brown hair was tied into a single braid, while her man was clad in a simple dark blue sweater and black denim pants.
Right now, the pair were on their way to the train station that would take them home. They were coming from a party that was for one of her friends at her job.
"So what did you think?" Chun Li asked.
"It was okay," Ryu replied. "What time is it, anyway?"
Chun Li looked at her watch. "Almost 10:30."
They continued to walk in silence, Ryu's arm around Chun Li's shoulders, passing by various shops and people. They didn't need words for that moment. Just each other's company was all that mattered to the two of them.
Suddenly, Ryu stopped, his eyes alert, as is he was sensing a specific person nearby.
"What?" Chun Li asked. "What is it?"
"I sense something," Ryu replied. "Something I haven't felt since..." He then took off running.
"Hey! Ryu, wait!" Chun Li yelled, chasing after him.
***
After a few moments, they found themselves in the industrial part of town. Chun Li noted that several various gangs often came here.
It was also where an underground martial arts tournament was taking place.
"THIS is what you were sensing?" a skeptical Chun Li asked.
Ryu shook his head. "No. A single person. Their fighting spirit is strong."
The tournament was held inside an abandoned warehouse, as Ryu and Chun Li found out after gaining entry. Pushing their way through the crowds, Ryu's suspicions were confirmed.
Inside a crudely fasioned ring, was Sakura Kasugano, still clad in her sailor fuku. The feisty teenager was holding her own against a male fighter a couple years older than she was.
Ryu remembered when she had asked him to take her on as his student. That when she was thirteen. He had refused because he was preparing for his journey to find the demon who had killed Gouken. The Shotokan warrior watched her closely, studying her movements.
Chun Li loked at her fiance. "Ryu, are you all right?"
"Remember when I told you about a young girl who wanted me to train her in Shotokan?" he asked.
Chun Li nodded.
Ryu motioned to Sakura with a flick on his head. "That's her."
Before Chun Li could say anything, the doors to the warehouse were flung open. Ryu and Chun Li spun around and saw Tokyo police officers came charging in, clad in full riot gear.
"FREEZE! YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST!"
All hell breaks loose as everyone struggled to escape. In the midst of the chaos, Chun Li turned to Ryu and yelled, "Get out of here!"
"What about you?!" Ryu yelled back.
"I can take care of myself!" she replied. "Just go!"
The pair seperated in different directions. Chun Li was immediately caught--and released upon proving her identity to the police. Ryu, on the other hand, was chasing Sakura through the back door.
***
Sakura had managed to give several cops the slip, but she couldn't outwit the last man who was still chasing her. After a few moments, Sakura had lost him.
Leaning against a wall, she closed her eyes and tried to catch her breath. She was so caught up that she didn't notice Ryu behind her.
"Nice to see you again, Kasugano Sakura," he greeted.
Sakura spun around, fists raised in a fighting stance. "Who are you?" she demanded.
Ryu folded his arms across his chest. "Hmm...almost three years and you don't recognize me. I guess I haven't been gone for that long."
Sakura lowered her fists and looked at him closely. "Ryu? Is that you?"
Ryu nodded. "Come with me. We got to get out of here."
"To where?"
"Ask questions later. Now come on."
***
About thirty minutes later, Ryu and Sakura were sitting in a booth at a small cafe in the industrial section of Tokyo. Ryu watched as Sakura downed her dinner in a hurry with a bemused expression on his face. 'And Ken says I eat like a horse,' he thought.
"So why do you fight in the underground matches?" Ryu asked, sipping a glass of water.
"I need the money," Sakura replied between bites.
"What does your parents think about this?" he asked.
Sakura looked at him for a moment before looking at the table. "That would be a little hard for them to do."
"Oh?"
"They're dead," Sakura deadpanned.
"I'm sorry to hear that," Ryu replied. "Do you have any relatives?"
Sakura shook her head. "No. I stay with a friend and her family, but in a few weeks, they'll be moving to Kyoto, so I'm fighting to get money so I can rent a flat here."
Ryu asorbed all of this in. At that moment, Chun Li entered the cafe. She spotted Ryu and the girl and made her way over to their booth.
"Been here long?" the Interpol agent asked.
Ryu shook his head. "Not that long. Chun, this is Sakura Kasugano. Sakura, this is my fiancee, Chun Li Xiang."
Sakura looked up. "Fiancee? I'd never thought someone like you would get married."
"There are a lot of things you don't know about me," Ryu replied. He then turned to Chun Li and addressed her in Mandarin. "Chun, I'm thinking about taking her on as my student in Shotokan."
Chun Li looked at him. "Are you serious?" she asked in her native tongue.
Sakura looked at this exchange and was wondering what they were saying.
Ryu nodded. "She has no family, no home. And I think training Sakura in Shotokan would be good for her. Besides, it would be good for her to learn."
"Are you sure about this?" Chun Li asked.
"Positive. She would be better off with us than in the streets."
Chun Li had to agree. Ryu looked back to Sakura. "Okay. Your style of fighting is strong, but undisciplined. You need guidance, Sakura."
"So?"
"I'm offering you the chance to become my disciple," Ryu continued. "I can train you in Shotokan, that is, if you're still interested in learning it from me."
Sakura looked at Ryu with what appeared to be a blank state on her face. Then she asked, "Are you serious? You want to teach me Shotokan Karate?"
Ryu nodded. "So what's it gonna be?"
Sakura slowly nodded her head yes.
Ryu smiled. "Good. My dojo and home is in a small village about a train ride from Tokyo. You can meet Chun Li at the train station tommorow. She will show you where I stay."
A Street Fighter/Rival Schools Crossover Fanfiction
By The Headcrook
Legal BS Disclaimer: All Characters are the property of Capcom. Enough said. Now On with the fanfic.
Prologue
-Tokyo, Japan, shortly before Chun Li's Dark Hadou episode...-
Tokyo. Nighttime. The city streets are as usual, crowded with the local populace. In the Shinjuku district, the Shotokan champion and his Chinese fiancee were strolling down the street. She was wearing a leather bomber jacket underneath her spagetti-strap top and denim jeans that showed off the curves in her legs, her long brown hair was tied into a single braid, while her man was clad in a simple dark blue sweater and black denim pants.
Right now, the pair were on their way to the train station that would take them home. They were coming from a party that was for one of her friends at her job.
"So what did you think?" Chun Li asked.
"It was okay," Ryu replied. "What time is it, anyway?"
Chun Li looked at her watch. "Almost 10:30."
They continued to walk in silence, Ryu's arm around Chun Li's shoulders, passing by various shops and people. They didn't need words for that moment. Just each other's company was all that mattered to the two of them.
Suddenly, Ryu stopped, his eyes alert, as is he was sensing a specific person nearby.
"What?" Chun Li asked. "What is it?"
"I sense something," Ryu replied. "Something I haven't felt since..." He then took off running.
"Hey! Ryu, wait!" Chun Li yelled, chasing after him.
***
After a few moments, they found themselves in the industrial part of town. Chun Li noted that several various gangs often came here.
It was also where an underground martial arts tournament was taking place.
"THIS is what you were sensing?" a skeptical Chun Li asked.
Ryu shook his head. "No. A single person. Their fighting spirit is strong."
The tournament was held inside an abandoned warehouse, as Ryu and Chun Li found out after gaining entry. Pushing their way through the crowds, Ryu's suspicions were confirmed.
Inside a crudely fasioned ring, was Sakura Kasugano, still clad in her sailor fuku. The feisty teenager was holding her own against a male fighter a couple years older than she was.
Ryu remembered when she had asked him to take her on as his student. That when she was thirteen. He had refused because he was preparing for his journey to find the demon who had killed Gouken. The Shotokan warrior watched her closely, studying her movements.
Chun Li loked at her fiance. "Ryu, are you all right?"
"Remember when I told you about a young girl who wanted me to train her in Shotokan?" he asked.
Chun Li nodded.
Ryu motioned to Sakura with a flick on his head. "That's her."
Before Chun Li could say anything, the doors to the warehouse were flung open. Ryu and Chun Li spun around and saw Tokyo police officers came charging in, clad in full riot gear.
"FREEZE! YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST!"
All hell breaks loose as everyone struggled to escape. In the midst of the chaos, Chun Li turned to Ryu and yelled, "Get out of here!"
"What about you?!" Ryu yelled back.
"I can take care of myself!" she replied. "Just go!"
The pair seperated in different directions. Chun Li was immediately caught--and released upon proving her identity to the police. Ryu, on the other hand, was chasing Sakura through the back door.
***
Sakura had managed to give several cops the slip, but she couldn't outwit the last man who was still chasing her. After a few moments, Sakura had lost him.
Leaning against a wall, she closed her eyes and tried to catch her breath. She was so caught up that she didn't notice Ryu behind her.
"Nice to see you again, Kasugano Sakura," he greeted.
Sakura spun around, fists raised in a fighting stance. "Who are you?" she demanded.
Ryu folded his arms across his chest. "Hmm...almost three years and you don't recognize me. I guess I haven't been gone for that long."
Sakura lowered her fists and looked at him closely. "Ryu? Is that you?"
Ryu nodded. "Come with me. We got to get out of here."
"To where?"
"Ask questions later. Now come on."
***
About thirty minutes later, Ryu and Sakura were sitting in a booth at a small cafe in the industrial section of Tokyo. Ryu watched as Sakura downed her dinner in a hurry with a bemused expression on his face. 'And Ken says I eat like a horse,' he thought.
"So why do you fight in the underground matches?" Ryu asked, sipping a glass of water.
"I need the money," Sakura replied between bites.
"What does your parents think about this?" he asked.
Sakura looked at him for a moment before looking at the table. "That would be a little hard for them to do."
"Oh?"
"They're dead," Sakura deadpanned.
"I'm sorry to hear that," Ryu replied. "Do you have any relatives?"
Sakura shook her head. "No. I stay with a friend and her family, but in a few weeks, they'll be moving to Kyoto, so I'm fighting to get money so I can rent a flat here."
Ryu asorbed all of this in. At that moment, Chun Li entered the cafe. She spotted Ryu and the girl and made her way over to their booth.
"Been here long?" the Interpol agent asked.
Ryu shook his head. "Not that long. Chun, this is Sakura Kasugano. Sakura, this is my fiancee, Chun Li Xiang."
Sakura looked up. "Fiancee? I'd never thought someone like you would get married."
"There are a lot of things you don't know about me," Ryu replied. He then turned to Chun Li and addressed her in Mandarin. "Chun, I'm thinking about taking her on as my student in Shotokan."
Chun Li looked at him. "Are you serious?" she asked in her native tongue.
Sakura looked at this exchange and was wondering what they were saying.
Ryu nodded. "She has no family, no home. And I think training Sakura in Shotokan would be good for her. Besides, it would be good for her to learn."
"Are you sure about this?" Chun Li asked.
"Positive. She would be better off with us than in the streets."
Chun Li had to agree. Ryu looked back to Sakura. "Okay. Your style of fighting is strong, but undisciplined. You need guidance, Sakura."
"So?"
"I'm offering you the chance to become my disciple," Ryu continued. "I can train you in Shotokan, that is, if you're still interested in learning it from me."
Sakura looked at Ryu with what appeared to be a blank state on her face. Then she asked, "Are you serious? You want to teach me Shotokan Karate?"
Ryu nodded. "So what's it gonna be?"
Sakura slowly nodded her head yes.
Ryu smiled. "Good. My dojo and home is in a small village about a train ride from Tokyo. You can meet Chun Li at the train station tommorow. She will show you where I stay."