Chapter 2: Yin meets Yang
{I've finally found you. . . my light side. Its been four long years. . . but I finally found you again. . .}
A shadow figure stood in the same alley Darrell ran from about 2 hours ago. It just stood there, looking at the house in front of him as the only light on turned off. It was one of the bedrooms. . . and that's where the shadow was thinking on going in. It moved swiftly and warped through it. . .
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--Flashback: six months ago--
-Darrell-
So there I am, just staring at the buildings that inhabit downtown Tokyo. It's weird. Normally I'd be inside, doing something with my wife, but something has me down. I. . . really couldn't pinpoint it, but I feel as if something was missing from our lives. Kids? Nah! No way. . . Well not now, that is. I. . . guess it's that we haven't been street fighting ever since we got married and Sakura started to attend college. . . I wonder if she notices it, too? I mean, we spar each other frequently to make sure we don't fall behind, but what's missing the excitement of being in a real fight. . . We practically know each other's moves before we do them so our matches often lead to just countering one another. I guess we need to go out and find some excitement. . . Hey, it's only been 4 years the last tournament. . . No one out there has gotten that old. . .
That's it. I made up my mind. I'm going street fighting. . . and I'm taking Sakura with me. She only has one year left and she doesn't have any summer classes. Gotta love those Japanese schools. Who knows? Maybe. . . we'll run into Ryu again. I heard that he was tearing up the circuit lately. . .
"Sakura?"
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-Sakura-
So here I am, sitting down, spending my Friday evening watching TV after a long day at college. Life's pretty great living with Darrell and going to college with my friends. I hardly felt like this before. . . but there's just one thing missing. It's not that I don't like sparring with Darrell, Hinata, my sis, and the others around Tokyo, but I feel as if there's something big out there. . . and I'm missing it. I really don't want to ask Darrell about it though. His job at the computer place is funding for the both (or rather the three of us, including my twin) of us in more ways than one. . . but I need to know.
"Sakura?"
That was Darrell calling for me. Duh! We're the only two in the house now since my sis left to go out somewhere. I got up from the sofa and went out to the balcony to were my husband was resting, staring at the buildings and the view of the evening sky. As I look at him I notice something that wasn't there in his eyes for a while: a flame of determination.
"Hey, Sakura," he starts. "Tell me. . . When was the last time we've seen Ryu?"
I look at him for a while, a bit skeptical look on my face. "Four years ago before the tournament. You know this. Why ask?"
Darrell's smile widens as he looks at me. "I was just wondering. . . if you felt like going out into the world and going street fighting again like you used to. I think you'll agree with me that things around here are sort of dull."
Without noticing it I smile. Me? Going out to see Ryu like I used to do in my high school years? Wow. . . that's a blast from not-so-far-back past. There's just one problem. . .
"Darrell, as much as I'd like to go out like we used to, we can't. School starts again in about a month and a half and I don't think we'd be back by then. We'd need a gap of time. . . like 3 or 4 months, and I don't think your job permits that."
Just like that, the flame in his eyes disappeared and he frowned.
"Oh. . . Well, just asking. At least we know that we both want the same thing. . ."
"Yeah. . ." I answered while kissing him on his forehead. "Once we do get the chance, I'll be ready when you are."
----End Flashback----
It was about 1o'clock in the morning, and both Sakura K. and Darrell were peacefully sleeping in their bed, Darrell's arms wrapped around her shoulders. They made love for about an hour and a half (an improvement over their adolescent times) and just needed some rest. It was Friday and they needed as much rest as possible. Unfortunately for one spouse, something interrupted his slumber, waking him up.
Darrell felt the same feel of energy close by. . . VERY close by. He rolled out the bed, making sure he didn't wake up Sakura, and carefully walked towards the door. He pressed his ear against his bedroom door. . . and heard footsteps. He no longer waited as he busted the door open and rushed into the narrow hallway, facing darkness and hearing silence. Something dropped in Darrell's stomach but he kept his cool.
"You can't hide from me. . . Show yourself!"
SHING!!!
Before he knew it, a black silhouette shot out the darkness and into his body, sending him reeling. Darrell yelled from the pain as his orange aura surrounded him for protection.
{What is this. . .?} he asked himself. . . and unbelievably, he got an answer from within his head.
[Give it up. . . You can't get rid of a part of yourself. It's been a while. . .]
Darrell rammed his body into a wall behind him, trying to fight off this dark force. Before he knew it, his fists went aflame. . . but it was different. His eyes went wide as his left fist went to an unnatural purple flame while the right was normal. He immediately recognized it.
{Satsu. . . no Hadou. . .? But how. . .}
[Don't worry about it. . . It will be over in a minute.]
Darrell tried to fight it a little longer before sliding to the ground.
{Get. . . AWAY from me!!!}
Somehow, the dark side of his body disappeared but it didn't go away. Darrell watched as a dark aura started to make its own body. . . and now. . . be was face to face with his own, dark Satsu side. . .
"You. . . You're me. . ." he mouthed out.
The Satsu Darrell smirked. "Yeah. . . or really your old self. I bet you weren't expecting me to show up right in front of your face, huh?"
"What do you want with me. . . and how did you get out of my body in the first place?"
"Man, Gill really fried your brain when he took me out your body four years ago. You don't remember anything. . ."
"Gill?"
Satsu Darrell sighed. "You really have no clue. I guess I'll tell you after I beat eh crap out of you and become one with you once again. . ."
Darrell immediately stepped back into a defensive stance. "What?! Why??"
"Simple. . . I want to go back into your body. I might be strong now but when we're complete I'll be twice as strong as I am now. The beautiful thing is that as soon as one of us is defeated, no matter if it's you or me, we'll merge into one."
"But. . . I don't WANT you! You don't understand how much pain you caused me over the years. It HAD to have been you that caused my anger problem. You're the cause of my problems and I won't allow that to happen again!"
"You won't have much of a choice. Either way, I'm getting my wish so let's get this over with!"
"No way! I'm not going to fight myself! It's not worth it!"
Satsu Darrell was about to charge in to start the fight. Just as he came an inch before his original, he stopped, grabbing his head in sudden pain.
"What the. . .?" the original let out.
"No. . . NOT NOW, DAMMIT!!!" the Satsu clone screamed while reeling backwards. "BACK OFF!!! I'M DOING THIS MY WAY!!!"
"No!! I can't allow you to hurt him!" he said again. . . but to himself, not to his original. Darrell just stared at him. The darker side looked up throughout his struggle and yelled out, "Wait! It's not what. . . it seems like! I'm really good!!"
"NO YOU DON'T!!" he cut himself off again, reliving his previous attitude. "It seems as if my fucking other side is trying to take control again. We'll. . . meet again. . . Darrell. . ."
Just like that the dark Darrell warped out of view, leaving a totally confused Darrell with a predicament. What was going on? He knew that the figure was really his evil side but why was he arguing with himself? It was like it too had a good side and an evil side of it's own. . . It was weird. . .
"Darrell!! What's going on!?"
That was Sakura K's voice coming from his bedroom door, totally startled. Darrell just looked at her and replied with, "I'll tell you in the morning, dear. It. . . will probably be so much of a shock that we'd never get back to sleep. I can't afford that."
End of Chapter 2. Next Chapter: The mystery of the Dark Hadou
{I've finally found you. . . my light side. Its been four long years. . . but I finally found you again. . .}
A shadow figure stood in the same alley Darrell ran from about 2 hours ago. It just stood there, looking at the house in front of him as the only light on turned off. It was one of the bedrooms. . . and that's where the shadow was thinking on going in. It moved swiftly and warped through it. . .
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--Flashback: six months ago--
-Darrell-
So there I am, just staring at the buildings that inhabit downtown Tokyo. It's weird. Normally I'd be inside, doing something with my wife, but something has me down. I. . . really couldn't pinpoint it, but I feel as if something was missing from our lives. Kids? Nah! No way. . . Well not now, that is. I. . . guess it's that we haven't been street fighting ever since we got married and Sakura started to attend college. . . I wonder if she notices it, too? I mean, we spar each other frequently to make sure we don't fall behind, but what's missing the excitement of being in a real fight. . . We practically know each other's moves before we do them so our matches often lead to just countering one another. I guess we need to go out and find some excitement. . . Hey, it's only been 4 years the last tournament. . . No one out there has gotten that old. . .
That's it. I made up my mind. I'm going street fighting. . . and I'm taking Sakura with me. She only has one year left and she doesn't have any summer classes. Gotta love those Japanese schools. Who knows? Maybe. . . we'll run into Ryu again. I heard that he was tearing up the circuit lately. . .
"Sakura?"
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-Sakura-
So here I am, sitting down, spending my Friday evening watching TV after a long day at college. Life's pretty great living with Darrell and going to college with my friends. I hardly felt like this before. . . but there's just one thing missing. It's not that I don't like sparring with Darrell, Hinata, my sis, and the others around Tokyo, but I feel as if there's something big out there. . . and I'm missing it. I really don't want to ask Darrell about it though. His job at the computer place is funding for the both (or rather the three of us, including my twin) of us in more ways than one. . . but I need to know.
"Sakura?"
That was Darrell calling for me. Duh! We're the only two in the house now since my sis left to go out somewhere. I got up from the sofa and went out to the balcony to were my husband was resting, staring at the buildings and the view of the evening sky. As I look at him I notice something that wasn't there in his eyes for a while: a flame of determination.
"Hey, Sakura," he starts. "Tell me. . . When was the last time we've seen Ryu?"
I look at him for a while, a bit skeptical look on my face. "Four years ago before the tournament. You know this. Why ask?"
Darrell's smile widens as he looks at me. "I was just wondering. . . if you felt like going out into the world and going street fighting again like you used to. I think you'll agree with me that things around here are sort of dull."
Without noticing it I smile. Me? Going out to see Ryu like I used to do in my high school years? Wow. . . that's a blast from not-so-far-back past. There's just one problem. . .
"Darrell, as much as I'd like to go out like we used to, we can't. School starts again in about a month and a half and I don't think we'd be back by then. We'd need a gap of time. . . like 3 or 4 months, and I don't think your job permits that."
Just like that, the flame in his eyes disappeared and he frowned.
"Oh. . . Well, just asking. At least we know that we both want the same thing. . ."
"Yeah. . ." I answered while kissing him on his forehead. "Once we do get the chance, I'll be ready when you are."
----End Flashback----
It was about 1o'clock in the morning, and both Sakura K. and Darrell were peacefully sleeping in their bed, Darrell's arms wrapped around her shoulders. They made love for about an hour and a half (an improvement over their adolescent times) and just needed some rest. It was Friday and they needed as much rest as possible. Unfortunately for one spouse, something interrupted his slumber, waking him up.
Darrell felt the same feel of energy close by. . . VERY close by. He rolled out the bed, making sure he didn't wake up Sakura, and carefully walked towards the door. He pressed his ear against his bedroom door. . . and heard footsteps. He no longer waited as he busted the door open and rushed into the narrow hallway, facing darkness and hearing silence. Something dropped in Darrell's stomach but he kept his cool.
"You can't hide from me. . . Show yourself!"
SHING!!!
Before he knew it, a black silhouette shot out the darkness and into his body, sending him reeling. Darrell yelled from the pain as his orange aura surrounded him for protection.
{What is this. . .?} he asked himself. . . and unbelievably, he got an answer from within his head.
[Give it up. . . You can't get rid of a part of yourself. It's been a while. . .]
Darrell rammed his body into a wall behind him, trying to fight off this dark force. Before he knew it, his fists went aflame. . . but it was different. His eyes went wide as his left fist went to an unnatural purple flame while the right was normal. He immediately recognized it.
{Satsu. . . no Hadou. . .? But how. . .}
[Don't worry about it. . . It will be over in a minute.]
Darrell tried to fight it a little longer before sliding to the ground.
{Get. . . AWAY from me!!!}
Somehow, the dark side of his body disappeared but it didn't go away. Darrell watched as a dark aura started to make its own body. . . and now. . . be was face to face with his own, dark Satsu side. . .
"You. . . You're me. . ." he mouthed out.
The Satsu Darrell smirked. "Yeah. . . or really your old self. I bet you weren't expecting me to show up right in front of your face, huh?"
"What do you want with me. . . and how did you get out of my body in the first place?"
"Man, Gill really fried your brain when he took me out your body four years ago. You don't remember anything. . ."
"Gill?"
Satsu Darrell sighed. "You really have no clue. I guess I'll tell you after I beat eh crap out of you and become one with you once again. . ."
Darrell immediately stepped back into a defensive stance. "What?! Why??"
"Simple. . . I want to go back into your body. I might be strong now but when we're complete I'll be twice as strong as I am now. The beautiful thing is that as soon as one of us is defeated, no matter if it's you or me, we'll merge into one."
"But. . . I don't WANT you! You don't understand how much pain you caused me over the years. It HAD to have been you that caused my anger problem. You're the cause of my problems and I won't allow that to happen again!"
"You won't have much of a choice. Either way, I'm getting my wish so let's get this over with!"
"No way! I'm not going to fight myself! It's not worth it!"
Satsu Darrell was about to charge in to start the fight. Just as he came an inch before his original, he stopped, grabbing his head in sudden pain.
"What the. . .?" the original let out.
"No. . . NOT NOW, DAMMIT!!!" the Satsu clone screamed while reeling backwards. "BACK OFF!!! I'M DOING THIS MY WAY!!!"
"No!! I can't allow you to hurt him!" he said again. . . but to himself, not to his original. Darrell just stared at him. The darker side looked up throughout his struggle and yelled out, "Wait! It's not what. . . it seems like! I'm really good!!"
"NO YOU DON'T!!" he cut himself off again, reliving his previous attitude. "It seems as if my fucking other side is trying to take control again. We'll. . . meet again. . . Darrell. . ."
Just like that the dark Darrell warped out of view, leaving a totally confused Darrell with a predicament. What was going on? He knew that the figure was really his evil side but why was he arguing with himself? It was like it too had a good side and an evil side of it's own. . . It was weird. . .
"Darrell!! What's going on!?"
That was Sakura K's voice coming from his bedroom door, totally startled. Darrell just looked at her and replied with, "I'll tell you in the morning, dear. It. . . will probably be so much of a shock that we'd never get back to sleep. I can't afford that."
End of Chapter 2. Next Chapter: The mystery of the Dark Hadou