Chapter Two: Under Attack
Note: There's an 'Austin Powers' reference here somewhere. Bah.
-Honda and Mika's School of Pro-Sumo Wrestling, several days later...-
Inside an converted warehouse in the industrial section of Tokyo, Mika's training session was taking place.
Wearing nothing but a midriff sleevless black T-shirt with the words 'KILL YOU!' emblazoned in English across her back, denim cutoff shorts, and a pair of tennis shoes, her red hair tied into her trademark wild pigtails she was explaining the fundamentals of professional wrestling to her students. Meanwhile on the training mat, Honda's students were preparing for their own session.
Mika had one of her students in the ring with her. "In wrestling, the momentum can change from wrestler to wrestler. For instance, Tanaka here throws me to the ropes, but I reverse the maneuver and he heads for the ropes instead. We call this the 'Irish Whip.' Tanaka, ready?"
Her partner nodded. Grabbing her by the arm, Tanaka shoves Mika to the ropes. However, Mika, at the last minute, grabbed Tanaka's wrist, reversed the momentum, and sent him to the ropes instead. When Mika's partner bounded from the ropes and back to her, Mika took him down with a clothesline, dropping Tanaka to the canvas.
Mika helped her sparring partner to her feet. "You okay?" she asked. When Tanaka nodded, she turned to her students. "Okay, square off and pratice in the ring, and be careful, okay?"
While Mika's students praticed their moves, Mika looked over to where Honda was training his students in his style of Sumo.
That is, if you call training defeating several students in a row. But then again, Honda was Japan's sumo champion.
Mika sighed and walked over to where Honda was training his students. Honda saw her coming and ordered his students to pratice while he walked over to her.
"Don't you think you're being just a little harsh on your students?" Mika asked.
Honda sneered at his female counterpart. "Look who's talking."
"Touche." Mika looked at the school. "This was a great idea, you know. Combining our two schools into one."
Honda looked down at Mika and smiled. "Well, you talked me into it."
Mika leaned in so she could give Honda a kiss, but the romantic moment was shattered when the double doors to the school were forcibly thrown open, revealing several people. Six of them appeared to be high school students in uniform, while the last two were adults.
The first man was about Honda's height (about 6'2". when Honda is not squatting) and dressed in a funky-looking business suit with a red-and-blue polka-dot necktie. His hair was white, and stood on either side of his head. On one eye, he wore a monocle, and the most unsual thing about him was that his fingernails were filed sharp.
The woman was about Mika's height with a body that only Chun Li could match, attractive, with jet black hair that fell down her shoulders. She was wearing a pink turtleneck sweater underneath a white nurse's jacket, a black miniskirt and black high heels. On her face was a pair of wireframe reading glasses. In her left hand, was a green clipboard with the letter 'J' on the back.
Before Honda and Mika could comprehend on what in the hell was going on, the uninvited guests attacked their students. Almost immdiately, the sumo and the ex-wrestler came to their aid. The huge man and the slender woman watched as Honda and Mika dispatched their students. Then they attacked. Honda dealt with the huge man, while Mika squared off with the woman.
Honda attacked first. He forced the huge man back with his Hundred Hand Slap, and his opponent countered with a move of his own. The man rolled into a ball and propelled himself toward Honda, smacking him full in the chest. Honda went down, but he was not out.
Honda rotated his shoulders as the man looked on. "Come on," Honda taunted. "Can't you do better than THAT?"
With a roar, Honda's opponent lunged in and attacked. He came in with a stepping swipe, followed by a overhead slash and a uppercut. Honda responded in kind with a kick to the face, a kick that was aimed for the calves, and a lunging punch.
Like his match with Ryu, Honda's huge hand snapped forward, catching the older man in the throat in a vise-like grip.
Honda increased the pressure. "Hey, you know what my favorite Helen Hunt movie is?" he asked in Japanese. "'TWISTER!' OROCHI KUDAKI!"
Honda proceeded to slam his opponent to the ground similar to his Ooichou Nage, only this time he slammed him several more times before flipping and sitting on him.
Mika, on the other hand, was having a hard time with her opponent. She had managed to match Mika for blow for blow. She stopped for a moment and saw that her partner was getting his ass kicked by Honda. Mika saw that she was distracted and she tried to take her down with a clothesline.
Her opponent had other plans, however.
She caught Mika's wrist and yanked down on Mika's arm.
Hard.
Mika screamed as she felt her arm being dislocated from her socket with sickening pop. After that, Mika's opponent took her down with a spinning heel kick to the face.
Honda saw Mika's defeat and immediately rushed to her aid, only to be blindsighted by the revived students, giving his opponent enough time to pick up several of his and Mika's students and run out, the woman following close behind. The students that were holding Honda let go and rushed out after the two adults.
Naturally, Honda would have rushed after them, but he went to Mika's aid. Cradling her in his arms, Mika winced in pain as she whispered, "She dislocated my arm. I think some of my ribs are broken."
"Hold on." Honda grabbed her arm and with enough force, snapped it back into her socket, causing Mika to cry out in pain again. Honda looked around at the mayhem that had happened. Several of their students were injured and those that weren't tended to the others.
***
-Shotokan School of Karate/Ryu and Chun Li's Home-
Meanwhile, at the Shotokan School, Ryu and Chun Li were having their own little 'match.'
In the living room.
Ryu was seated on the sofa, Chun Li was on his lap, legs wrapped around his waist, lips duelling with each other's. His hands roamed her back, making her moan into the kiss. After a long moment of tongue wrestling, they broke off, due to lack of breath.
"You think you holding me enough?" Ryu asked jokingly.
Chun Li tightened her legs' grip on her husband. "What's wrong?" she asked in a pout, her eyes glittering. "You don't want me to read you your rights?"
Ryu met her gaze. "Is there a search involved?" he replied, running his hands through her hair.
"Maybe I'll let you do the searching on me," the Chinese agent replied seductively.
"Ill hold you to that, Detective Xiang."
Chun Li pressed her finger to Ryu's lips. "Less talking, more kissing."
They resumed their lip-locking. If it hadn't been for the cordless phone ringing, the both of them would have gone all the way.
Upon hearing the ringing, both lovers stopped and groaned. Ryu swore in Japanese, while Chun Li rested her forehead on top of her husband's and giggled. "So much for some time alone."
"I say we don't answer," Ryu mused, still holding on to his wife.
"It might be someone important," Chun Li insisted.
Ryu groaned and reached over for the phone and spoke into it. "Moshi moshi, Shotokan School."
Chun Li saw her husband's expression fall. "What is it?"
Ryu ignored her. "Is Mika okay? Okay, Honda, calm down. We're on the way." He hangs up the phone.
Chun Li clambered out of his lap as Ryu stood up. "What happened?"
Ryu tossed Chun Li her jacket and grabbed his. "Honda and Mika's school was attacked. Honda's okay, but Mika's got a dislocated shoulder and several busted ribs. They're headed to the hospital to check her out."
The pair rushed out of the cottage, down the stone steps, and out the front gate, where Chun Li's car, a used Honda Accord she had flown in from Hong Kong (she has major pull in Interpol and in Customs) was parked nearby. In a matter of seconds, the two martial artists--Chun Li behind the wheel--peeled off in a cloud of dust.
***
The Interpol agent and her Japanese husband arrived at the wrecked wrestling school. Ryu went off to find Honda and Mika, while Chun Li went inside. She had managed to get inside the school with little problems (she was well known in Japan because of her part in destroying Shadowlaw and was given unrestriced access).
The place was a complete mess as Tokyo police scurried about, gathering clues. One clue caught Chun Li's eye. It was a sheet of paper with a list of names. The top part was torn and missing. Picking it up quickly, she turned and hurried out of the school. Finding her car, she quickly got in and scanned the list.
-GEDO HIGH SCHOOL-
DAIGO KAZAMA, EIJI YAMADA, GAN ISHIDO
-SEIUJIN GIRL'S ACADEMY-
AKIRA KAZAMA, AOI HINEZAKI, KARIN KANZUKI
-PACIFIC HIGH SCHOOL-
TIFFANY ROSE, ROY BROMWELL, BOMAN DELGADO
-GORIN HIGH SCHOOL-
NATSU AIHARA, ROBERTO MIURA, SHOMA SAWAMURA
-TAIYO HIGH SCHOOL-
HINATA WAKABA, BATSU ICHIMONJI, KYOSUKE KAGAMI, RAN HIBIKI
-TAMAGAWA-MINAWI HIGH SCHOOL-
SAKURA KASUGANO
Chun Li blinked. Sakura's name was on the list! And so were three of her friends. 'Oh, this is bad. Ryu is not going to like this,' she thought as she pulled out of the parking lot and headed straight for the office.
***
-Interpol Building, 20 minutes later-
Chun Li barged into the office that was labeled 'Mitsunari Ishihara, Chief.'
Chief Ishihara was startled when Chun Li came running into his office. "What are you doing here, Detective Xiang?" he asked, using her maiden name whenever he addressed her. "I thought you don't work on Fridays." Ishihara was a close friend of her family and was capable of getting Chun Li a transfer to the Interpol's Japan branch.
"There was another attack today," Chun Li said.
"You mean on the high school students?"
Chun Li nodded. "I want the case."
Ishihara shook his head. "Tokyo police are already on the case--"
Chun Li cut him off. "--but we have the advantage, sir. Look at this." She hands him the torn list of names. "I got this from Edmond Honda and Mika Nanakawa's wrestling school," she explained. "Some of the students I know." She pointed to the last name on the list. "And the last name on the list, she is the ward of my husband, Ryu Hoshi, and is also her sensei. All I'm asking is for is two weeks to look into this matter. I know I can solve this case."
Ishihara thought about this for a moment. He had faith in Chun Li's abilities as a detective and she looked up to him as a mentor. And it would be good to make the Tokyo police department look bad. He hands her back the list. "Okay, Detective. You have your two weeks. Consider this a favor from an old friend. Good luck."
With a bow, Chun Li walked out of the office.
***
-Tokyo Hospital-
Honda never left Mika's side up until they had arrived at the hospital. As the doctors examined Mika in the emergency room, he and Ryu were in the waiting room, the Japanese sumo wrestler pacing furiously.
Ryu was trying to get some answers out of Honda. "Why did they attack your school?"
"The hell I know!" Honda replied. "All I know is that the woman I love is hurt, our school has been dishonored, and someone's gonna pay!" He turned to Ryu. "This I promise: I will restore the honor and prestige of the wrestling school...ON THEIR FACES!!"
***
-Shotokan School/ Ryu and Chun Li's Home, much later...-
Sakura Kasugano bounded up the stairs, her skirt flapping in the wind, knapsack slung over her shoulder. She was late for her lesson with Ryu and he was going to penalize her big time.
Upon arriving at the summit, she was surprised to see both Ryu and Chun Li waiting for her. The Shotokan apprentice walked over to Ryu and bowed. "Sempai, I'm sorry I'm late! The train was delayed twice and--"
Chun Li cut her off by showing her the list of names. Sakura immediately blanched at her name, as well as her friends' names. She looked at the two adults.
"We need to talk," Ryu said.
***
Inside the cottage, Ryu and Sakura were seated at the dining room table, while Chun Li stood behind Ryu as he explained the assault at Honda and Mika's school and how Chun Li accquired the list.
"Do any of your friends know what is going on?" Chun Li asked.
Sakura shrugged her shoulders. "Kyosuke and Ran have a pretty good idea of what's going on. They suspect that Justice High School is behind the attacks and kidnappings."
"But why would a high school be interested in such illegal acts?" Ryu asked.
Sakura shrugged her shoulders. "Your guess is good as mine, Sempai. But the police department and the parents don't believe us, so we're in a major bind here."
"That's why I asked for this case," Chun Li cut in. "Maybe some of the other teenagers have heard something."
"In the meantime," Ryu interjected, "I want you to watch your back the next few days. If things start to get bad, then I want you to come straight home immediately, understand?"
"Yes, Sempai."
Note: There's an 'Austin Powers' reference here somewhere. Bah.
-Honda and Mika's School of Pro-Sumo Wrestling, several days later...-
Inside an converted warehouse in the industrial section of Tokyo, Mika's training session was taking place.
Wearing nothing but a midriff sleevless black T-shirt with the words 'KILL YOU!' emblazoned in English across her back, denim cutoff shorts, and a pair of tennis shoes, her red hair tied into her trademark wild pigtails she was explaining the fundamentals of professional wrestling to her students. Meanwhile on the training mat, Honda's students were preparing for their own session.
Mika had one of her students in the ring with her. "In wrestling, the momentum can change from wrestler to wrestler. For instance, Tanaka here throws me to the ropes, but I reverse the maneuver and he heads for the ropes instead. We call this the 'Irish Whip.' Tanaka, ready?"
Her partner nodded. Grabbing her by the arm, Tanaka shoves Mika to the ropes. However, Mika, at the last minute, grabbed Tanaka's wrist, reversed the momentum, and sent him to the ropes instead. When Mika's partner bounded from the ropes and back to her, Mika took him down with a clothesline, dropping Tanaka to the canvas.
Mika helped her sparring partner to her feet. "You okay?" she asked. When Tanaka nodded, she turned to her students. "Okay, square off and pratice in the ring, and be careful, okay?"
While Mika's students praticed their moves, Mika looked over to where Honda was training his students in his style of Sumo.
That is, if you call training defeating several students in a row. But then again, Honda was Japan's sumo champion.
Mika sighed and walked over to where Honda was training his students. Honda saw her coming and ordered his students to pratice while he walked over to her.
"Don't you think you're being just a little harsh on your students?" Mika asked.
Honda sneered at his female counterpart. "Look who's talking."
"Touche." Mika looked at the school. "This was a great idea, you know. Combining our two schools into one."
Honda looked down at Mika and smiled. "Well, you talked me into it."
Mika leaned in so she could give Honda a kiss, but the romantic moment was shattered when the double doors to the school were forcibly thrown open, revealing several people. Six of them appeared to be high school students in uniform, while the last two were adults.
The first man was about Honda's height (about 6'2". when Honda is not squatting) and dressed in a funky-looking business suit with a red-and-blue polka-dot necktie. His hair was white, and stood on either side of his head. On one eye, he wore a monocle, and the most unsual thing about him was that his fingernails were filed sharp.
The woman was about Mika's height with a body that only Chun Li could match, attractive, with jet black hair that fell down her shoulders. She was wearing a pink turtleneck sweater underneath a white nurse's jacket, a black miniskirt and black high heels. On her face was a pair of wireframe reading glasses. In her left hand, was a green clipboard with the letter 'J' on the back.
Before Honda and Mika could comprehend on what in the hell was going on, the uninvited guests attacked their students. Almost immdiately, the sumo and the ex-wrestler came to their aid. The huge man and the slender woman watched as Honda and Mika dispatched their students. Then they attacked. Honda dealt with the huge man, while Mika squared off with the woman.
Honda attacked first. He forced the huge man back with his Hundred Hand Slap, and his opponent countered with a move of his own. The man rolled into a ball and propelled himself toward Honda, smacking him full in the chest. Honda went down, but he was not out.
Honda rotated his shoulders as the man looked on. "Come on," Honda taunted. "Can't you do better than THAT?"
With a roar, Honda's opponent lunged in and attacked. He came in with a stepping swipe, followed by a overhead slash and a uppercut. Honda responded in kind with a kick to the face, a kick that was aimed for the calves, and a lunging punch.
Like his match with Ryu, Honda's huge hand snapped forward, catching the older man in the throat in a vise-like grip.
Honda increased the pressure. "Hey, you know what my favorite Helen Hunt movie is?" he asked in Japanese. "'TWISTER!' OROCHI KUDAKI!"
Honda proceeded to slam his opponent to the ground similar to his Ooichou Nage, only this time he slammed him several more times before flipping and sitting on him.
Mika, on the other hand, was having a hard time with her opponent. She had managed to match Mika for blow for blow. She stopped for a moment and saw that her partner was getting his ass kicked by Honda. Mika saw that she was distracted and she tried to take her down with a clothesline.
Her opponent had other plans, however.
She caught Mika's wrist and yanked down on Mika's arm.
Hard.
Mika screamed as she felt her arm being dislocated from her socket with sickening pop. After that, Mika's opponent took her down with a spinning heel kick to the face.
Honda saw Mika's defeat and immediately rushed to her aid, only to be blindsighted by the revived students, giving his opponent enough time to pick up several of his and Mika's students and run out, the woman following close behind. The students that were holding Honda let go and rushed out after the two adults.
Naturally, Honda would have rushed after them, but he went to Mika's aid. Cradling her in his arms, Mika winced in pain as she whispered, "She dislocated my arm. I think some of my ribs are broken."
"Hold on." Honda grabbed her arm and with enough force, snapped it back into her socket, causing Mika to cry out in pain again. Honda looked around at the mayhem that had happened. Several of their students were injured and those that weren't tended to the others.
***
-Shotokan School of Karate/Ryu and Chun Li's Home-
Meanwhile, at the Shotokan School, Ryu and Chun Li were having their own little 'match.'
In the living room.
Ryu was seated on the sofa, Chun Li was on his lap, legs wrapped around his waist, lips duelling with each other's. His hands roamed her back, making her moan into the kiss. After a long moment of tongue wrestling, they broke off, due to lack of breath.
"You think you holding me enough?" Ryu asked jokingly.
Chun Li tightened her legs' grip on her husband. "What's wrong?" she asked in a pout, her eyes glittering. "You don't want me to read you your rights?"
Ryu met her gaze. "Is there a search involved?" he replied, running his hands through her hair.
"Maybe I'll let you do the searching on me," the Chinese agent replied seductively.
"Ill hold you to that, Detective Xiang."
Chun Li pressed her finger to Ryu's lips. "Less talking, more kissing."
They resumed their lip-locking. If it hadn't been for the cordless phone ringing, the both of them would have gone all the way.
Upon hearing the ringing, both lovers stopped and groaned. Ryu swore in Japanese, while Chun Li rested her forehead on top of her husband's and giggled. "So much for some time alone."
"I say we don't answer," Ryu mused, still holding on to his wife.
"It might be someone important," Chun Li insisted.
Ryu groaned and reached over for the phone and spoke into it. "Moshi moshi, Shotokan School."
Chun Li saw her husband's expression fall. "What is it?"
Ryu ignored her. "Is Mika okay? Okay, Honda, calm down. We're on the way." He hangs up the phone.
Chun Li clambered out of his lap as Ryu stood up. "What happened?"
Ryu tossed Chun Li her jacket and grabbed his. "Honda and Mika's school was attacked. Honda's okay, but Mika's got a dislocated shoulder and several busted ribs. They're headed to the hospital to check her out."
The pair rushed out of the cottage, down the stone steps, and out the front gate, where Chun Li's car, a used Honda Accord she had flown in from Hong Kong (she has major pull in Interpol and in Customs) was parked nearby. In a matter of seconds, the two martial artists--Chun Li behind the wheel--peeled off in a cloud of dust.
***
The Interpol agent and her Japanese husband arrived at the wrecked wrestling school. Ryu went off to find Honda and Mika, while Chun Li went inside. She had managed to get inside the school with little problems (she was well known in Japan because of her part in destroying Shadowlaw and was given unrestriced access).
The place was a complete mess as Tokyo police scurried about, gathering clues. One clue caught Chun Li's eye. It was a sheet of paper with a list of names. The top part was torn and missing. Picking it up quickly, she turned and hurried out of the school. Finding her car, she quickly got in and scanned the list.
-GEDO HIGH SCHOOL-
DAIGO KAZAMA, EIJI YAMADA, GAN ISHIDO
-SEIUJIN GIRL'S ACADEMY-
AKIRA KAZAMA, AOI HINEZAKI, KARIN KANZUKI
-PACIFIC HIGH SCHOOL-
TIFFANY ROSE, ROY BROMWELL, BOMAN DELGADO
-GORIN HIGH SCHOOL-
NATSU AIHARA, ROBERTO MIURA, SHOMA SAWAMURA
-TAIYO HIGH SCHOOL-
HINATA WAKABA, BATSU ICHIMONJI, KYOSUKE KAGAMI, RAN HIBIKI
-TAMAGAWA-MINAWI HIGH SCHOOL-
SAKURA KASUGANO
Chun Li blinked. Sakura's name was on the list! And so were three of her friends. 'Oh, this is bad. Ryu is not going to like this,' she thought as she pulled out of the parking lot and headed straight for the office.
***
-Interpol Building, 20 minutes later-
Chun Li barged into the office that was labeled 'Mitsunari Ishihara, Chief.'
Chief Ishihara was startled when Chun Li came running into his office. "What are you doing here, Detective Xiang?" he asked, using her maiden name whenever he addressed her. "I thought you don't work on Fridays." Ishihara was a close friend of her family and was capable of getting Chun Li a transfer to the Interpol's Japan branch.
"There was another attack today," Chun Li said.
"You mean on the high school students?"
Chun Li nodded. "I want the case."
Ishihara shook his head. "Tokyo police are already on the case--"
Chun Li cut him off. "--but we have the advantage, sir. Look at this." She hands him the torn list of names. "I got this from Edmond Honda and Mika Nanakawa's wrestling school," she explained. "Some of the students I know." She pointed to the last name on the list. "And the last name on the list, she is the ward of my husband, Ryu Hoshi, and is also her sensei. All I'm asking is for is two weeks to look into this matter. I know I can solve this case."
Ishihara thought about this for a moment. He had faith in Chun Li's abilities as a detective and she looked up to him as a mentor. And it would be good to make the Tokyo police department look bad. He hands her back the list. "Okay, Detective. You have your two weeks. Consider this a favor from an old friend. Good luck."
With a bow, Chun Li walked out of the office.
***
-Tokyo Hospital-
Honda never left Mika's side up until they had arrived at the hospital. As the doctors examined Mika in the emergency room, he and Ryu were in the waiting room, the Japanese sumo wrestler pacing furiously.
Ryu was trying to get some answers out of Honda. "Why did they attack your school?"
"The hell I know!" Honda replied. "All I know is that the woman I love is hurt, our school has been dishonored, and someone's gonna pay!" He turned to Ryu. "This I promise: I will restore the honor and prestige of the wrestling school...ON THEIR FACES!!"
***
-Shotokan School/ Ryu and Chun Li's Home, much later...-
Sakura Kasugano bounded up the stairs, her skirt flapping in the wind, knapsack slung over her shoulder. She was late for her lesson with Ryu and he was going to penalize her big time.
Upon arriving at the summit, she was surprised to see both Ryu and Chun Li waiting for her. The Shotokan apprentice walked over to Ryu and bowed. "Sempai, I'm sorry I'm late! The train was delayed twice and--"
Chun Li cut her off by showing her the list of names. Sakura immediately blanched at her name, as well as her friends' names. She looked at the two adults.
"We need to talk," Ryu said.
***
Inside the cottage, Ryu and Sakura were seated at the dining room table, while Chun Li stood behind Ryu as he explained the assault at Honda and Mika's school and how Chun Li accquired the list.
"Do any of your friends know what is going on?" Chun Li asked.
Sakura shrugged her shoulders. "Kyosuke and Ran have a pretty good idea of what's going on. They suspect that Justice High School is behind the attacks and kidnappings."
"But why would a high school be interested in such illegal acts?" Ryu asked.
Sakura shrugged her shoulders. "Your guess is good as mine, Sempai. But the police department and the parents don't believe us, so we're in a major bind here."
"That's why I asked for this case," Chun Li cut in. "Maybe some of the other teenagers have heard something."
"In the meantime," Ryu interjected, "I want you to watch your back the next few days. If things start to get bad, then I want you to come straight home immediately, understand?"
"Yes, Sempai."