SAIKYOKUGENRYU! CH.11

Both Dan and Ryo hopped another plane and arrived in Southtown. It said also in the papers and file that Wyler gave to him on the whereabouts of Iori Yagami.

When they arrived,they booked into a hotel and rested for a bit. "MAN!"said Dan. "After fighting vindictive midget crime lords,boxers,Muay Thais,wrestlers,super-beings with killer moves and the like---I am officialy bushed!"

"That makes two of us."said Ryo as he eased into a black leather sofa and propped his feet up on a cushioned stool. "At least we're making progress."

Ryo took out the items Wyler gave to him,the manilla file with papers,the surrynge needle,and bottle with various mixed bloods in them. With the amounts of different blood taken from Krauser,Gill,and Haggar they all mixed into a dark and deep red that also seemed to glisten with spots of light in the substance.

"Hmmm."he said looking at it. "that glistening and glowing must be from the mixture of Gill's blood when you took it."

"Hey,all that matters to me is that we took it from them and hopefully we'll wrap this up before the week's through."said Dan and then he thought. "And then you and I can finally deck it after that."

"Getting this last batch of blood isn't going to be any easier than it was with Krauser and Gill."said Ryo as he looked at the picture of their last target.

Dan caught a look at the picture also,it was a man with red spiky hair,a short black jacket with an open shirt and strange red pants.

"Who the heck is this gaybob-looking putz?"he said.

"That.putz as you would put it is one of Japan's most deadliest fighters and regular at the KOF contents."said Ryo. "He's Iori Yagami-and personally speaking,I wish he never got into the fighter's circuit let alone being born to begin with!"

"Sounds like you got issues with the guy."said Dan.

"You ain't kidding."said Ryo. "There's quite a bit on him from where I heard. He first arrived back in 1995 for the King of Fighter's 95 tournament. He was teamed with both that ninja you saw me fought-Eiji,and a criminal who worked for Geese Howard named Billy Kane. What I heard was that after the end of KOF 95 he senselessly attacked both Eiji and Billy. He didn't kill them but injured them a bit for reasons not really known. I think it was because he didn't get to fight his old enemy-Kyo Kusanagi."

"Kyo.?"said Dan scratching his head. "Who's he..?" "One of the past reigning champs of the KOF."said Ryo. "He's a good fighter,and he and I sparred once but there's not much known on him and his teammates,at least I haven't heard much."

"Anyways,what I gather is that he and Iori are descendants of rival clans and now it's time for them to fight as their ancestors did,that's why they get to return to the annual KOF's whenever they're invited. For some strange reason,they never truly get to fight it out with each other cause of some villian or rival behind the KOF. I also heard he murdered two other teammates of his after the KOF '96 who were once accomplices of a warlord named Rugal Bernstein."

I have a feeling someday they're personal fued will end someday in brutal bloodshed but.it's best that they were apart from each other for now.for all our sakes."

"Yeah but.what makes this guy so dangerous anyway?"said Dan looking at the photo. "I'll give ya a few reasons."said Ryo.

"He's a martial arts master like us and others,he weilds a strange flame power like Kyo,except his is purple. He knows other dangerous moves and arts right from his fingertips,he's not good company and stinks at the social graces.

And the worst of all.I hear that he transforms into a savage mindless killer from a strange demonic heritage of blood called..the riot of blood..born from the demon king known as.ORCHI!"

Dan sweatdropped in response. "Or uh.so you heard right?" "That's right."said Ryo. "Hey he's no joke,I even fought him once. I barely beat him but I got the recent scratches and bruises to prove it."

"Hmm.sounds pretty grim."said Dan. "I gotta admit he almost makes Akuma sound like a Shinto priest." "So why's he here in this town called South anyway?"

"It says in the report he and his band are holding a concert gig at a club tonight I know of called Pao Pao café."said Ryo. "And I gotta admit that's a first for even him and his group all the way from Japan. They're music must've reached the states."

"A band---?"said Dan. "This..this psycho-ass bastard has a rock band you're saying?" "Afraid so."said Ryo. "I know it sounds pretty twisted and unlikely but he's an accomplished singer..and has a love for it and.well.here's something else I heard.even though he fights and kills.he says he..hates voilence."

Dan fell in an anime surprise fashion that theye always do.(I don't know why they fall.) "You've---gotta be---kidding me!"he said. "Yeah I know."said Ryo rolling his eyes. "Must be a kind of reverse psychology or something-I dunno."

"Well whatever he really he is,"said Dan. "I'd like to just find him,suck his blood out and get this all over with!"

"Same here."said Ryo. "But I think it'd be best if we get some sleep after the day we went through." "Fine by me."said Dan. "But I'm also kinda hungry." Ryo put his sandals on and then got his wallet out. "I'll go check to see what time the concert starts tomorrow."he said. "And then get us some grub-what do ya fancy?"

"Well."said Dan scratching his chin. ".I was craving something with either shrimp or terrayaki but..i'll try something a little more around here or italian."

"I know of a place around here that's got great Calzones."said Ryo. "And I used to live around here as well so.rest up and leave the rest to me."

"Okey-doke."said Dan as he crashed on the bed. "I'll be waiting." Ryo then went out the door and Dan turned the tv on for anything to watch.

A few minutes later,they were both seated at the small round table near the tv and were eating meatball and sauce filled calzones and large cherry cokes with them straight from the local Sbarro.

As they ate Dan asked Ryo. "Uh..you wouldn't mind telling me the actual dope on this..Wyler guy could you?" "Why would you be interested?"said Ryo."It's not like we're close friends or anything,we've only known each other for almost the past 24 hours."

"Yeah well,"said Dan. "I'm just kinda curious about this evil mastermind we're facing against. I met some pretty dastardly villians aside from that little toad the Tarantulla but.who is this guy and what's he got on you."

Ryo sighed and said:"All right then,since we can't go till tomorrow to see Iori. A few years back after the events of the KOF'96 tourney and Yuri and I went to see Robert at his millionare home in Italy,we found out that he had to help an old childhood friend of his named Friea Lawrence. He left us a note to see him in a providence of Mexico called Glasshill,a vast valley and town where a madman named Wyler Lawrence II was hiding."

"The three of us went about the town looking for Friea and then Wyler but on the way we ran into others looking for not only him but Robert and myself. We fought them all off until we found the young girl named Friea. And then we saw a woman named Sinclair who challenged us to a fight if we wanted to see Wyler. I fought her and won and then she showed me the location of where Wyler was hiding.

We found him at a graveyard outside the city limits and he was waiting for us all there. He then annpunced to us that we were to his first guinea pigs to test his newfound strength.courtesy of his strength enhancing elexir.

After that,he took out a small vial that contained a strane potion,he drank it and then.he transformed into some big brutish hulk creature of some sort. Twice as big as that Haggar guy and even more dangerous!

Robert,Yuri and me took turns fighting him ala a King of Fighters match. He was much more stronger and powerful than the three of us combined with his savage super-strength and thick skin. Yuri got injured slightly in the fight,Robert nearly lost all his energy fighting,but I carried on all the way and unleashed my most powerful moves of the Kyokugen and in one powerful explosion,I defeated Wyler and the power that was once his disippatated from his body,returning him to normal.

It was over at last,Friea then went to her brother's side to care for him. Friea thanked us but said that she had to stay and care for him because it would be just like when they left their father,Wyler I years ago. So,we helped them both return to their home in England and we all returned to our respective homes for a well deserved rest.or at least until the next King of Fighters tournament."

"Whew!"said Dan. "That's quite a story on this Wyler fella. But.how exactly did he get this drug and what did he mean they left his father?"

Ryo continued. "From what Robert told us,Friea said that their father was a brilliant scientist and chemist who was bound to explore the vastness of human evolution. He claimed he synthesized an elixer that would make a human more than they were. He tried it himself and transformed into the same hulkish brute that Wyler II had become. But.the formula had terrible side effects to it. It made their father insane and voilent. Their mother tried to calm him but she was killed in his rampaging onslaught.

Wyler and Friea then saw that his life span was being drained before him as well. Wyler I reached out to them,begging for help.but Wyler II said it was his own fault for taking the elixer and killing mother. So.Wyler grabbed his father's notes and Friea and the two of them left the mansion and their dying father to his fate.

What I also gather is that Friea tried to reason with her brother to stop the same mad experiments their father tried to do but she said he wouldn't listen and threatened her very life if she told anyone. So that's why she came to Robert since they both used to go to elementary school together and.well the rest you know of course. But I should've known we wouldn't have heard the last of that modern day Jeckyll/Hyde!"

"So that means that we gotta do his dirty work collecting blood samples from certain fighters for his crazy little formula of his huh?"said Dan. "Afraid so."said Ryo. "And we've got no choice but to do his little errands.for now. By the way,I know this might be a bad time but.why were you wanting to see me to begin with?"

"I uh-well---uh---!"Dan stuttered. "It's kinda personal in a way concerning but.!" "It's all right Dan."said Ryo. "You can tell me later but.I would like to know how you developed that crazy fighting style you call Saikyo."

"Crazy-CRAZY?"shouted Dan. "I'll have you know this shall become tomorrow's fighting style of the future!" "Okay,okay-chill!"said Ryo. "I wasn't trying to offend you it's just..different is all..and a little similar to my own in some ways."

"Yeah, I guess it is."said Dan. "I admit I did have some bad luck a few days ago trying to teach some students my style but.they didn't understand it at first so I had to take some training excersises to do it and other promotions to get people to come to my dojo."

"I see."said Ryo. "Trying to become a master are we?" "In some ways I am a master."said Dan. "Master of my own destiny,just as my father the great Go Hibiki was! Years ago,my father was a great and renowned martial arts master,he was taught some of the great arts by a Shotokan master named Goutestu,but after learning what he wished he went on and created great techniques of his own. He married a beautiful shrine maiden and then I was born into the world but.she unfortunatley died giving birth to me."

"Oh..i'm sorry to hear that."said Ryo. "I..was more of a reckless child back then. My father couldn't take care of me at the same time as entering tournaments so he brought me to the new Shotokan master who was also taught under Goutetsu-Gouken. Under his tutelage he taught myself,and three other fighters the same style. Retsu,Ken and Ryu."

"You don't mean Ryu Hoshi do you?"said Ryo. "The champion of the Thailand World Warrior Tournament?"

"Yeah,"said Dan. "what about him?" "He's a legend from many fighting circuits and inner circles."said Ryo. "He was the one who toppled the mighty Sagat and scarred his chest---!" "Yeah,yeah,yeah..!"said Dan annoyed. "I met and fought the guy-personally I thought it was sheer dumb luck on his part and he uses fire balls way too much! Anyways,I learned discipline and several fighting arts from Gouken but..as time went by Restsu left for reasons unknown.(TO THIS VERY DAY SINCE SF1-BRING HIM BACK WE NEED ONE MORE SHOTOKAN!)

Ken,Ryu were at the peak of their potential but I was still learning the ropes from sensei but I was making pretty good progress at first.

Suddenly,I heard the terrible news.Go had fought Sagat himself and was killed in combat by the Thai. I was so saddened and enraged. I demanded that Gouken taught me the killing arts of the Shotokan,but Gouken kicked me out of the dojo warning me that if I seeked vengeance I would tread a path of evil. But.I still wanted vengenance,I would train to defeat Sagat but not kill him.

In the months ahead even after Ryu defeated Sagat in the great torunament,I worked hard to maintain my fighting style of both my father after finding a notebook with written down moves and the arts taught to me by Gouken I then created the style I now use called.SAIKYOKUGENRYU!"

Dan raised his fist in the air shaking as he always did. Ryo simply sweatdropped at the strange sight.

"Finally,after feeling that my training was complete,I went off to Thailand to defeat Sagat. And it was there at some temples and a large statue I saw him training and then challenged him to a fight.

It was a long and tireless battle then went on for hours and he nearly defeated me but at the last minute.I unleashed a blistering barrage attack.an attack I managed to sneak a glimpse from the scrolls of the Shun Goku Satsu.and beat the living crap out of Sagat!"

"Whoa man!"said Ryo. "You really did that?" "I wouldn't be standing here now would I?"said Dan. "I...guess not."said Ryo scratching his head.

"Anyway,after I defeated Sagat I told him that I would forgive him for killing my father but warned him that if he ever challenged me to a fight I would surely destroy him! So..I made a legend for myself,I was one of the first,not the very first,but one of the first few to defeat Victor Sagat in single combat and avenged my father's death.

After that,I decided to start my own dojo to teach others of my fighting style and become the greatest warrior in the world!"

"Well now..that's quite a story."said Ryo. "But I admire your spirit Hibiki,and I hope you succeed in your dreams." "Well.much obliged but."said Dan. "How about telling me about your fighting style this---Kyokugen?"

Ryo then looked at the clock on the dresser. "Love to but..it's getting late,we've gotta hit the sack and get the blood from Yagami tomorrow."

"Oh,okay then."said Dan. "But when we're done I'd like to hear the history on your fighting style. Is it-based on Shotokan?" "Shotokan?"said Ryo and then laughed. "It's not based on that stlye it's all original and was formed by my grandfather years ago but..we'll get to that later."

Ryo set the clock for 9 am,turned out the light and the two heroes settled in. "I don't get this."Dan thought while lying in bed."If his style is not Shoto-based,then why is it similar to mine-and more powerful.? Man,when this is over with I've gotta get some quickie training in before it's too late. But I can't let that intimidate me,I beat Sagat,Balrog,Adon and.even with some help from him beat that creep Urien.

Well.no matter what I'm gonna learn all I can about this Sakazaki fella and become the world's strongest once and for all!"

NEXT IN CH.12 DAN AND RYO ARRIVE AT THE CONCERT GIG AT PAO PAO CAFÉ AND ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE WHEN A VICOUS STREET GANG CALLED THE PIRATES ARRIVE FOR IORI'S HEAD! SEE YOU NEXT CHAPTER!