Misguided Youth
By: ZerOmegaDark
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CHAPTER 2
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Sean's head was pounding like a jackhammer. He had never felt anything like Ryu's last attack before. As he slowly rose to his feet, he opened his eyes to see Ryu standing in front of him.
"Ryu, you're still here? God, how long was I out?"
Ryu gave Sean an extremely cold look. "Long enough to look extremely pathetic. You call yourself a fighter? I've fought sparring dummies with more strength than you."
"What'd you say?! You just got lucky with that last attack! This time I'll really kick your ass!"
Ryu simply smirked and motioned for Sean to come on and try it.
Sean ran full speed toward Ryu and launched a flying kick that he easily dodged. Sean then turned and attempted to tackle Ryu but found him fighting air again as Ryu jumped over the tackle and landed safely on the ground. Though getting pretty angry, he was able to think straight enough to realize the direct approach wasn't working and made a new plan. He began to charge a special attack.
"HADOU..."
Ryu, confident in Sean's weakness, simply stood his ground and awaited the attack.
"...BURST!!"
Sean fired his attack as Ryu looked on. The attack was almost to Ryu, but he noticed something strange. Sean's attack was angled toward the ground. Indeed, the attack hit the ground less than a foot from where Ryu was standing, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust. Ryu was definitely confused but figured Sean was a worse fighter than he thought. That is...until he hears Sean.
"HYPER-TORNADO!!"
Sean comes at Ryu extremely fast through the smokescreen caused by the blast giving Ryu no time to react. He hits Ryu with a flurry of punches, a souped-up tornado kick, and finishes up with a ryuubi-kyaku holding the kick on the back of Ryu. A winded but satisfied Sean was sure that last attack took Ryu down. A few seconds later, still holding the kick, Sean realized Ryu was still standing with nary a mark on him.
Merely slightly hunched over from the ryuubi-kyaku Ryu looked up at Sean and said something Sean definitely did not expect.
"Are you finished?"
A look of sheer shock washed over Sean's face until Ryu knocked it off of him with a hard shoryu-ken.
Sean sailed through the air and rocketed back to earth and hit the ground hard. After a good minute a battered and bruised Sean tried to get his face out of the dirt, supporting his top half on his two arms.
*How...how is that possible?! There's not even a tear in his gi!*
Attempting to stand, Sean suddenly heard footsteps behind him. Thinking it was Ryu, Sean turned and stumbled to get into a fighting stance. As the footsteps got closer, he began to make out a familiar blonde in a red gi.
"Master Ken!"
Sean's fear turned to relief at the sight of his master.
"Master, Ryu is surely a tough opponent, but I know I can defeat him! I just have to..."
He was interrupted with a roundhouse kick to his face...by Ken. Back on the ground again Sean could only look up at his master in disbelief. Ken stared down with a hard look at his pupil.
"You shall never defeat Ryu, me, or any other fighter. You are a disappointment to me and to Shoto. You are the weakest fighter I have ever seen. You were better off rotting in the Brazilian streets. As a matter of fact...you are better off dead."
A disheartened Sean barely made it to his feet hearing one of Ken's famous special attacks.
"SHORYU-REEPA!!"
Sean saw and felt the first two advanced shoryu-kens come as fast as lightning but as was launched in the air by the second one, but the final one looked as if it was coming in slow-motion. Sean could barely utter what he thought might be is final words as he saw the final flaming fist coming towards him.
"I...am...weak...."
~*~
Sean awoke with a start, sweating profusely. He sat up and looked at hands, taking a short while to realize what had happened.
"A dream...a nightmare..."
He stood up and looked down in his disappointment to his real defeat to Ryu. To him the fight in his nightmare might as well been the real thing. He pounded his fist in anger to the ground.
"That dream was correct though, I am weak. I've gotta get stronger, but how?! I must get stronger! I MUST...GET...STRONGER!"
His shouts echoed throughout the valley where Ryu had left him. As if out of nowhere yet everywhere a voice seemed to call out to him.
"Do you truly wish to be a stronger Shoto fighter?"
Sean turned to see a dark figure before him.
"Who...are you?"
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end chapter two
By: ZerOmegaDark
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CHAPTER 2
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Sean's head was pounding like a jackhammer. He had never felt anything like Ryu's last attack before. As he slowly rose to his feet, he opened his eyes to see Ryu standing in front of him.
"Ryu, you're still here? God, how long was I out?"
Ryu gave Sean an extremely cold look. "Long enough to look extremely pathetic. You call yourself a fighter? I've fought sparring dummies with more strength than you."
"What'd you say?! You just got lucky with that last attack! This time I'll really kick your ass!"
Ryu simply smirked and motioned for Sean to come on and try it.
Sean ran full speed toward Ryu and launched a flying kick that he easily dodged. Sean then turned and attempted to tackle Ryu but found him fighting air again as Ryu jumped over the tackle and landed safely on the ground. Though getting pretty angry, he was able to think straight enough to realize the direct approach wasn't working and made a new plan. He began to charge a special attack.
"HADOU..."
Ryu, confident in Sean's weakness, simply stood his ground and awaited the attack.
"...BURST!!"
Sean fired his attack as Ryu looked on. The attack was almost to Ryu, but he noticed something strange. Sean's attack was angled toward the ground. Indeed, the attack hit the ground less than a foot from where Ryu was standing, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust. Ryu was definitely confused but figured Sean was a worse fighter than he thought. That is...until he hears Sean.
"HYPER-TORNADO!!"
Sean comes at Ryu extremely fast through the smokescreen caused by the blast giving Ryu no time to react. He hits Ryu with a flurry of punches, a souped-up tornado kick, and finishes up with a ryuubi-kyaku holding the kick on the back of Ryu. A winded but satisfied Sean was sure that last attack took Ryu down. A few seconds later, still holding the kick, Sean realized Ryu was still standing with nary a mark on him.
Merely slightly hunched over from the ryuubi-kyaku Ryu looked up at Sean and said something Sean definitely did not expect.
"Are you finished?"
A look of sheer shock washed over Sean's face until Ryu knocked it off of him with a hard shoryu-ken.
Sean sailed through the air and rocketed back to earth and hit the ground hard. After a good minute a battered and bruised Sean tried to get his face out of the dirt, supporting his top half on his two arms.
*How...how is that possible?! There's not even a tear in his gi!*
Attempting to stand, Sean suddenly heard footsteps behind him. Thinking it was Ryu, Sean turned and stumbled to get into a fighting stance. As the footsteps got closer, he began to make out a familiar blonde in a red gi.
"Master Ken!"
Sean's fear turned to relief at the sight of his master.
"Master, Ryu is surely a tough opponent, but I know I can defeat him! I just have to..."
He was interrupted with a roundhouse kick to his face...by Ken. Back on the ground again Sean could only look up at his master in disbelief. Ken stared down with a hard look at his pupil.
"You shall never defeat Ryu, me, or any other fighter. You are a disappointment to me and to Shoto. You are the weakest fighter I have ever seen. You were better off rotting in the Brazilian streets. As a matter of fact...you are better off dead."
A disheartened Sean barely made it to his feet hearing one of Ken's famous special attacks.
"SHORYU-REEPA!!"
Sean saw and felt the first two advanced shoryu-kens come as fast as lightning but as was launched in the air by the second one, but the final one looked as if it was coming in slow-motion. Sean could barely utter what he thought might be is final words as he saw the final flaming fist coming towards him.
"I...am...weak...."
~*~
Sean awoke with a start, sweating profusely. He sat up and looked at hands, taking a short while to realize what had happened.
"A dream...a nightmare..."
He stood up and looked down in his disappointment to his real defeat to Ryu. To him the fight in his nightmare might as well been the real thing. He pounded his fist in anger to the ground.
"That dream was correct though, I am weak. I've gotta get stronger, but how?! I must get stronger! I MUST...GET...STRONGER!"
His shouts echoed throughout the valley where Ryu had left him. As if out of nowhere yet everywhere a voice seemed to call out to him.
"Do you truly wish to be a stronger Shoto fighter?"
Sean turned to see a dark figure before him.
"Who...are you?"
***
end chapter two