16. Nightmare Comes True
Ryu's head shot up to the dark Sakura twin. "What. did you say?"
"You're such an idiot!"
A man shrouded in darkness suddenly dropped from the sky and warped toward the spectators, namely Ken, Sakura S., Sean, Hinata, and Darrell. To be more precise, Darrell was first to be the victim.
"It's. Akuma!" Ryu yelled out as Akuma came out his Ashura Warp and brought his fist right into Darrell's face.
"Not this time."
Darrell sidestepped, something no one expected from him, especially Akuma.
"Shakunetsuken Snake!"
Darrell's arm, not just his fist, went into flames as he struck Akuma in the back with an elbow then he spun around and hit the demon with the bare fist. Darrell chained that into an uppercut with the flaming fist. Akuma was sent back a bit, but recovered.
"Hmm. You actually hit me."
"Whatever."
"You have improved a bit."
"I just got tired of you killing me before I could lift a finger. and one more thing. I can sense you now."
Akuma wasn't fazed with Darrell's new ability. He went into his stance. "It won't make a difference. This is a real fight, not one of those ridiculous dreams. If you lose."
"Trust me. I won't lose to a scumbag like you."
"Koi!"
Darrell didn't bother to attack automatically. He stood his adversary down while everything in the vicinity quieted to nothing.
{Hmm. let's see what this newcomer has to offer.} Ryu thought to himself. {It is a pity he has to do that against a demon like Akuma.}
Darrell charged in and threw a blow to Akuma's chest that Akuma evaded easily. He punched a few more times and ended with a cross kick, but Akuma blocked it all. As Darrell recovered, Akuma charged up a bit of his energy and threw a purple Hadouken at next-to-point-blank-range. It hit, sending Darrell backwards.
Akuma threw another Hadouken, but this time Darrell was ready.
"You can't catch me with the same move twice!"
Darrell rolled out of the way of the blast and was about to retaliate, but he saw Akuma's frame split into multiple images and glide towards him.
"Just like Sakura S., huh?"
Darrell spun around with a roundhouse kick aimed to the head. but he hit nothing but air.
"Huh?" he gasped.
"Idiot!"
Darrell spun around again and was met with an overwhelming body blow to the stomach, making him jerk a bit. Akuma raised his fist to the upper chest, knocking Darrell into the air. He then jumped after him to finish his Shoryuken attack with another punch, hitting him away. Darrell landed on the ground and stayed there for a few seconds before sitting up. Akuma was right in front of him, his expression wasn't very pleased.
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Darrel didn't waste his time with words. He shot up with a flaming uppercut, but once again Akuma teleported behind him.
"Not again!"
Darrell tried to spin around and block. but never got to. Akuma slammed his fist into Darrell's collarbone with overwhelming force, causing his eyes to become glassy. Darrell gagged as fell to the ground. and didn't get back up.
"Pathetic. You were such a waste of my time."
Akuma raised a hand over his foe's fallen body and charged up. A purple ball of energy formed in his hands.
"As I said. If you lost."
"Hold it!"
"Ah. Ryu."
Akuma turned around to the warrior in the white gi, his energy still pointing at Darrell. Ryu had a very serious expression on his face and his blue aura surrounded his body.
"Leave the kid alone. It was clear that he wasn't a match you. You don't need to end his life. Why waste your energy on him when you can use it on me?"
"You are smart, aren't you, Ryu?" Akuma smirked as he continued to stare Ryu down. "However, it isn't you I'm interested in."
"What's that?"
"I'm interested in your Satsu energy. Evil Ryu is the warrior that I'm looking for."
"Sorry to disappoint you. but that side of me will never come out. No matter how much revenge I want on you for killing my master. I won't release that energy."
"Then how about I release it for you!"
Akuma focused more of his energy and his palm blast grew in size. He was about to kill Darrell.
"No!!" Ryu yelled out.
Akuma's smirk grew. then, totally shocking Ryu, lifted his arm and aimed at the group.
Ken's eyes widened in fear as he saw what was happening. "Everyone move!!!"
"Too late!!" Akuma yelled out as he finally released his energy. As if it was a Dragon Ball Z moment, the ball widened into a huge purple beam that rocketed towards to group.
"They can't get away." Ryu thought in horror. "It's too fast."
"DIE!!!"
The beam exploded when it got in range, causing a load of dust and debris to scatter all over. Ryu just looked on in shock. He couldn't have done anything to help even if he could. He hated Akuma for his dastardly act. but he hated himself more. As the smoke cleared he saw someone's body. He squinted his eyes. and then they widened severely. He saw. Ken. and he had his face in the ground. and he wasn't moving. Heck, it didn't look like he was even breathing.
"No. not Ken."
Ryu whipped his head to see Akuma staring back at him. His red eyes were completely emotionless.
"Now. aren't you to blame for this? You could have spared your friends' lives if you had listened to me. Now, for the other kid."
Ryu just stood there. He wanted to move, but his anger was holding him back. Although he didn't want to, he knew what was happening. and he couldn't stop it. He didn't want to stop it. There was only one thing on his mind. His aura covered him again, but this time it wasn't light blue. it was a heavy dark blue.
{Akuma.}
Ryu's face became twisted in his anger and he gritted his teeth. His power grew as the wind blew furiously.
{Just like Master Gouken.}
The aura switched from dark blue. to blood red.
{You cannot be forgiven. for this.}
Ryu's skin color darkened. and his pupils gave way to redness.
"AKUMA!!!"
Ryu's emotions erupted as he screamed out the killer's name. Akuma turned around and strangely he smiled. for this was what he was what he was waiting for.
"Yes. you are awake, Evil Ryu."
Evil Ryu didn't respond. His expression was too heated to even need any words. He only went into his fighting stance. It was totally different than the one he did on Sakura. His breathing was slower and deep. and he stood like a statue would.
"Now I shall see if you are worthy enough for my time."
"Enough. My fist wants blood. yours."
Akuma looked into Evil Ryu's blood red eyes while preparing to fight. No one moved. then at the same time, they charged. Evil Ryu started to deliver an onslaught attacks and Akuma either dodged or blocked them. Evil Ryu kept going at it until Akuma warped backwards.
"Hadouken!!"
Ryu fired a purple blast of energy to where Akuma would reappear at. The Hadouken connected, sending Akuma back pedaling. Evil Ryu teleported over to Akuma's position and followed with a snap kick to the ribs. Akuma teleported behind Evil Ryu and smashed the back of his head in with a punch. Evil Ryu recovered and spun around only to meet a strong punch to the face.
"Shou!"
Evil Ryu met Akuma's three hit Shoryuken and left with his face bleeding a bit. He fell to the ground, but rolled to the side. He looked up just in time to see Akuma jump into the air and hold his arm out again as his red aura came up.
"Nnnnnnnn! Tenma Gou Zanku!!"
Akuma fired about 20 little Hadoukens downward. Evil Ryu looked up a few more seconds, letting them drop to the ground and explode all around him, each leaving a little crater. When the last one hit the ground, Evil Ryu teleported out of view.
No one could be seen for a few seconds. It seemed as if they disappeared. then the sounds of blows landing could be heard. The two dark warriors were exchanging blows at the other side of the grassy field. Their speed increased as time passed as neither let up on their blows. After a while, Evil Ryu finally hit Akuma out of his momentum with a blow to the stomach. It slowed down his adversary, but Akuma retaliated with a swinging blow to the head, stunning Evil Ryu.
"Weak!!"
Akuma lifted into the air and performed his Tatsumaki Zanku Kyaku, knocking Evil Ryu into the air. Akuma landed and quickly followed with another Shoryuken. He knocked Evil Ryu away again.
"Come on, Ryu! I expected better than this! Don't tell me that you didn't get any stronger than the last time I fought you. You are a disgrace."
"Shut up. You'll die soon enough."
"I won't die in the hands of a weakling like you!" Akuma yelled out to Evil Ryu, who was getting up from the Shoryuken. Akuma teleported right in Evil Ryu's face and started to knee him, but he was cut off by a side blow from Ryu.
"Messatsu. Gou Shoryu!"
Evil Ryu did a Shoryureppa-like move on Akuma's vulnerable body. After the third Shoryuken Akuma was sent flying back to the area where the battle started and hit the ground with Evil Ryu in pursuit.
As soon as Evil Ryu got there, Akuma rose up quickly, his aura covering him.
"You think that was the way to do it? Here is the real version, fool!"
Akuma performed the Messatsu Gou Shoryu, but Evil Ryu anticipated and blocked all the blows. When Akuma took off into the air, Evil Ryu was about to pluck him out of the air, but Akuma immediately dropped down with his foot outstretched. He dug in deep into Ryu's chest, making him clutch it in pain. Akuma took this opportunity to grab Ryu by one of his arms and pull him in.
"You should have KNOWN better.!" Akuma started while giving Evil Ryu a ridiculously strong knee to the stomach.
".than to follow up on the SAME MOVE." Another knee strike, making Ryu's head drop.
".that you did and NOT EXPECT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN!" A body blow to the stomach again.
"Now... it's time to end this sorry excuse." Akuma put his free hand on Evil Ryu's swollen chest area. ".for." The hand glowed with purple Satsu energy.
".A FIGHT!!!"
"Sorry to disappoint."
"What..!?"
Evil Ryu's head jerked upward, catching Akuma off guard and grabbed him by the shoulders.
"You wouldn't." Akuma let out.
"Oh. but I will." Evil Ryu reassured his enemy. then everything faded to black. and Evil Ryu released the fury of the Shungokusatsu. When it was all over, Evil Ryu was standing right over Akuma, who had new bruises and cuts all over him.
"Why didn't you scream? I wanted to hear those blood-culling screams that you were holding back! At least you got your wish."
Evil Ryu started to back away from Akuma. but something caught his attention. A huge power increase. from.
"He couldn't be."
"You did it wrong. YOU ARE WEAK!!"
He spun around and looked on in shock. Akuma got up off the ground slowly, his aura ablaze. and it was showing a kanji symbol. "Ten".
"I thought."
"You held too much back. You NEVER hold back while doing the Shungokusatsu. If you can't afford to sacrifice your soul for the win, then you don't deserve to be a fighter! Now to end your pathetic life."
Akuma got into stance and slowly floated forward for the kill.
"I don't think so!"
Evil Ryu summoned the energy to perform a red version of his Hadouken. It connected and set Akuma's body on fire, but it didn't stop Akuma from floating over. He was almost in range. and Ryu sorted to desperation. He braced himself.
"Shoryuken!"
Evil Ryu struck Akuma in the stomach with the first part of the Shoryuken. then the second. but his moves weren't affecting Akuma.
"It's futile. DIE!!!"
Evil Ryu's eyes widened in fear as Akuma made the grab. and everything was starting to turn black.
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"Ugghh. What.?"
Darrell raised his body off the grass and shook his head.
"I never been hit like that." he gasped suddenly. "Wait a minute.! Where is Akuma.?"
He turned his head to search for the Satsu master. He looked for a few seconds and his eyes landed on the area that Ken, the Sakuras, Sean, and Hinata were at. and he almost lost him mind.
"WHAT THE HELL!!!"
He was staring at a huge crater. and the bodies of his friends laying out right there. He jumped off the ground and ran at full speed to the hole in the earth. He stopped at the edge. and his jaw dropped. They were severely wounded. as if Majin Buu came and eradicated his friends. but he knew that only one person could have did this.
"Akuma." he growled loudly. His eyes looked through the bodies. and he finally saw who he was looking for. and he turned away in both sadness and anger.
"SAKURA!! HINATA.!! NO!!!!"
He didn't notice that his aura had reappeared around him through his emotions. He frantically turned around. and spotted Akuma grab Ryu. or what looked like Ryu. and although everything went black, he could see Akuma vigorously attack Ryu.
"Now Ryu.! Why that."
His aura was growing to outrageous proportions, just like he did against Sho back in Shadowloo, but he didn't notice that it was also flashing. His eyes were locked on Akuma as he finished the 14th attack for his Shungokusatsu. and his anger peaked.
"AKUMA!!!"
SNAP.
To Be Continued.
Ryu's head shot up to the dark Sakura twin. "What. did you say?"
"You're such an idiot!"
A man shrouded in darkness suddenly dropped from the sky and warped toward the spectators, namely Ken, Sakura S., Sean, Hinata, and Darrell. To be more precise, Darrell was first to be the victim.
"It's. Akuma!" Ryu yelled out as Akuma came out his Ashura Warp and brought his fist right into Darrell's face.
"Not this time."
Darrell sidestepped, something no one expected from him, especially Akuma.
"Shakunetsuken Snake!"
Darrell's arm, not just his fist, went into flames as he struck Akuma in the back with an elbow then he spun around and hit the demon with the bare fist. Darrell chained that into an uppercut with the flaming fist. Akuma was sent back a bit, but recovered.
"Hmm. You actually hit me."
"Whatever."
"You have improved a bit."
"I just got tired of you killing me before I could lift a finger. and one more thing. I can sense you now."
Akuma wasn't fazed with Darrell's new ability. He went into his stance. "It won't make a difference. This is a real fight, not one of those ridiculous dreams. If you lose."
"Trust me. I won't lose to a scumbag like you."
"Koi!"
Darrell didn't bother to attack automatically. He stood his adversary down while everything in the vicinity quieted to nothing.
{Hmm. let's see what this newcomer has to offer.} Ryu thought to himself. {It is a pity he has to do that against a demon like Akuma.}
Darrell charged in and threw a blow to Akuma's chest that Akuma evaded easily. He punched a few more times and ended with a cross kick, but Akuma blocked it all. As Darrell recovered, Akuma charged up a bit of his energy and threw a purple Hadouken at next-to-point-blank-range. It hit, sending Darrell backwards.
Akuma threw another Hadouken, but this time Darrell was ready.
"You can't catch me with the same move twice!"
Darrell rolled out of the way of the blast and was about to retaliate, but he saw Akuma's frame split into multiple images and glide towards him.
"Just like Sakura S., huh?"
Darrell spun around with a roundhouse kick aimed to the head. but he hit nothing but air.
"Huh?" he gasped.
"Idiot!"
Darrell spun around again and was met with an overwhelming body blow to the stomach, making him jerk a bit. Akuma raised his fist to the upper chest, knocking Darrell into the air. He then jumped after him to finish his Shoryuken attack with another punch, hitting him away. Darrell landed on the ground and stayed there for a few seconds before sitting up. Akuma was right in front of him, his expression wasn't very pleased.
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Darrel didn't waste his time with words. He shot up with a flaming uppercut, but once again Akuma teleported behind him.
"Not again!"
Darrell tried to spin around and block. but never got to. Akuma slammed his fist into Darrell's collarbone with overwhelming force, causing his eyes to become glassy. Darrell gagged as fell to the ground. and didn't get back up.
"Pathetic. You were such a waste of my time."
Akuma raised a hand over his foe's fallen body and charged up. A purple ball of energy formed in his hands.
"As I said. If you lost."
"Hold it!"
"Ah. Ryu."
Akuma turned around to the warrior in the white gi, his energy still pointing at Darrell. Ryu had a very serious expression on his face and his blue aura surrounded his body.
"Leave the kid alone. It was clear that he wasn't a match you. You don't need to end his life. Why waste your energy on him when you can use it on me?"
"You are smart, aren't you, Ryu?" Akuma smirked as he continued to stare Ryu down. "However, it isn't you I'm interested in."
"What's that?"
"I'm interested in your Satsu energy. Evil Ryu is the warrior that I'm looking for."
"Sorry to disappoint you. but that side of me will never come out. No matter how much revenge I want on you for killing my master. I won't release that energy."
"Then how about I release it for you!"
Akuma focused more of his energy and his palm blast grew in size. He was about to kill Darrell.
"No!!" Ryu yelled out.
Akuma's smirk grew. then, totally shocking Ryu, lifted his arm and aimed at the group.
Ken's eyes widened in fear as he saw what was happening. "Everyone move!!!"
"Too late!!" Akuma yelled out as he finally released his energy. As if it was a Dragon Ball Z moment, the ball widened into a huge purple beam that rocketed towards to group.
"They can't get away." Ryu thought in horror. "It's too fast."
"DIE!!!"
The beam exploded when it got in range, causing a load of dust and debris to scatter all over. Ryu just looked on in shock. He couldn't have done anything to help even if he could. He hated Akuma for his dastardly act. but he hated himself more. As the smoke cleared he saw someone's body. He squinted his eyes. and then they widened severely. He saw. Ken. and he had his face in the ground. and he wasn't moving. Heck, it didn't look like he was even breathing.
"No. not Ken."
Ryu whipped his head to see Akuma staring back at him. His red eyes were completely emotionless.
"Now. aren't you to blame for this? You could have spared your friends' lives if you had listened to me. Now, for the other kid."
Ryu just stood there. He wanted to move, but his anger was holding him back. Although he didn't want to, he knew what was happening. and he couldn't stop it. He didn't want to stop it. There was only one thing on his mind. His aura covered him again, but this time it wasn't light blue. it was a heavy dark blue.
{Akuma.}
Ryu's face became twisted in his anger and he gritted his teeth. His power grew as the wind blew furiously.
{Just like Master Gouken.}
The aura switched from dark blue. to blood red.
{You cannot be forgiven. for this.}
Ryu's skin color darkened. and his pupils gave way to redness.
"AKUMA!!!"
Ryu's emotions erupted as he screamed out the killer's name. Akuma turned around and strangely he smiled. for this was what he was what he was waiting for.
"Yes. you are awake, Evil Ryu."
Evil Ryu didn't respond. His expression was too heated to even need any words. He only went into his fighting stance. It was totally different than the one he did on Sakura. His breathing was slower and deep. and he stood like a statue would.
"Now I shall see if you are worthy enough for my time."
"Enough. My fist wants blood. yours."
Akuma looked into Evil Ryu's blood red eyes while preparing to fight. No one moved. then at the same time, they charged. Evil Ryu started to deliver an onslaught attacks and Akuma either dodged or blocked them. Evil Ryu kept going at it until Akuma warped backwards.
"Hadouken!!"
Ryu fired a purple blast of energy to where Akuma would reappear at. The Hadouken connected, sending Akuma back pedaling. Evil Ryu teleported over to Akuma's position and followed with a snap kick to the ribs. Akuma teleported behind Evil Ryu and smashed the back of his head in with a punch. Evil Ryu recovered and spun around only to meet a strong punch to the face.
"Shou!"
Evil Ryu met Akuma's three hit Shoryuken and left with his face bleeding a bit. He fell to the ground, but rolled to the side. He looked up just in time to see Akuma jump into the air and hold his arm out again as his red aura came up.
"Nnnnnnnn! Tenma Gou Zanku!!"
Akuma fired about 20 little Hadoukens downward. Evil Ryu looked up a few more seconds, letting them drop to the ground and explode all around him, each leaving a little crater. When the last one hit the ground, Evil Ryu teleported out of view.
No one could be seen for a few seconds. It seemed as if they disappeared. then the sounds of blows landing could be heard. The two dark warriors were exchanging blows at the other side of the grassy field. Their speed increased as time passed as neither let up on their blows. After a while, Evil Ryu finally hit Akuma out of his momentum with a blow to the stomach. It slowed down his adversary, but Akuma retaliated with a swinging blow to the head, stunning Evil Ryu.
"Weak!!"
Akuma lifted into the air and performed his Tatsumaki Zanku Kyaku, knocking Evil Ryu into the air. Akuma landed and quickly followed with another Shoryuken. He knocked Evil Ryu away again.
"Come on, Ryu! I expected better than this! Don't tell me that you didn't get any stronger than the last time I fought you. You are a disgrace."
"Shut up. You'll die soon enough."
"I won't die in the hands of a weakling like you!" Akuma yelled out to Evil Ryu, who was getting up from the Shoryuken. Akuma teleported right in Evil Ryu's face and started to knee him, but he was cut off by a side blow from Ryu.
"Messatsu. Gou Shoryu!"
Evil Ryu did a Shoryureppa-like move on Akuma's vulnerable body. After the third Shoryuken Akuma was sent flying back to the area where the battle started and hit the ground with Evil Ryu in pursuit.
As soon as Evil Ryu got there, Akuma rose up quickly, his aura covering him.
"You think that was the way to do it? Here is the real version, fool!"
Akuma performed the Messatsu Gou Shoryu, but Evil Ryu anticipated and blocked all the blows. When Akuma took off into the air, Evil Ryu was about to pluck him out of the air, but Akuma immediately dropped down with his foot outstretched. He dug in deep into Ryu's chest, making him clutch it in pain. Akuma took this opportunity to grab Ryu by one of his arms and pull him in.
"You should have KNOWN better.!" Akuma started while giving Evil Ryu a ridiculously strong knee to the stomach.
".than to follow up on the SAME MOVE." Another knee strike, making Ryu's head drop.
".that you did and NOT EXPECT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN!" A body blow to the stomach again.
"Now... it's time to end this sorry excuse." Akuma put his free hand on Evil Ryu's swollen chest area. ".for." The hand glowed with purple Satsu energy.
".A FIGHT!!!"
"Sorry to disappoint."
"What..!?"
Evil Ryu's head jerked upward, catching Akuma off guard and grabbed him by the shoulders.
"You wouldn't." Akuma let out.
"Oh. but I will." Evil Ryu reassured his enemy. then everything faded to black. and Evil Ryu released the fury of the Shungokusatsu. When it was all over, Evil Ryu was standing right over Akuma, who had new bruises and cuts all over him.
"Why didn't you scream? I wanted to hear those blood-culling screams that you were holding back! At least you got your wish."
Evil Ryu started to back away from Akuma. but something caught his attention. A huge power increase. from.
"He couldn't be."
"You did it wrong. YOU ARE WEAK!!"
He spun around and looked on in shock. Akuma got up off the ground slowly, his aura ablaze. and it was showing a kanji symbol. "Ten".
"I thought."
"You held too much back. You NEVER hold back while doing the Shungokusatsu. If you can't afford to sacrifice your soul for the win, then you don't deserve to be a fighter! Now to end your pathetic life."
Akuma got into stance and slowly floated forward for the kill.
"I don't think so!"
Evil Ryu summoned the energy to perform a red version of his Hadouken. It connected and set Akuma's body on fire, but it didn't stop Akuma from floating over. He was almost in range. and Ryu sorted to desperation. He braced himself.
"Shoryuken!"
Evil Ryu struck Akuma in the stomach with the first part of the Shoryuken. then the second. but his moves weren't affecting Akuma.
"It's futile. DIE!!!"
Evil Ryu's eyes widened in fear as Akuma made the grab. and everything was starting to turn black.
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"Ugghh. What.?"
Darrell raised his body off the grass and shook his head.
"I never been hit like that." he gasped suddenly. "Wait a minute.! Where is Akuma.?"
He turned his head to search for the Satsu master. He looked for a few seconds and his eyes landed on the area that Ken, the Sakuras, Sean, and Hinata were at. and he almost lost him mind.
"WHAT THE HELL!!!"
He was staring at a huge crater. and the bodies of his friends laying out right there. He jumped off the ground and ran at full speed to the hole in the earth. He stopped at the edge. and his jaw dropped. They were severely wounded. as if Majin Buu came and eradicated his friends. but he knew that only one person could have did this.
"Akuma." he growled loudly. His eyes looked through the bodies. and he finally saw who he was looking for. and he turned away in both sadness and anger.
"SAKURA!! HINATA.!! NO!!!!"
He didn't notice that his aura had reappeared around him through his emotions. He frantically turned around. and spotted Akuma grab Ryu. or what looked like Ryu. and although everything went black, he could see Akuma vigorously attack Ryu.
"Now Ryu.! Why that."
His aura was growing to outrageous proportions, just like he did against Sho back in Shadowloo, but he didn't notice that it was also flashing. His eyes were locked on Akuma as he finished the 14th attack for his Shungokusatsu. and his anger peaked.
"AKUMA!!!"
SNAP.
To Be Continued.