Chapter 5: First Showdown
{Yes... He's coming...}
{Why did you do that? You didn't need to trash those stores and hurt those people to draw him out!}
{At least he's coming. I don't want you to interfere. I'll do this as fast as possible, got that?}
{...fine, but if you do something crazy, I' stopping ya.}
{Yeah, yeah... Oh, our older brother is here...}
The group finally made it to the center of the mall in about a minute where Darrell's dark side was waiting. A grin was on his face as he eyes his original.
"Humph! That was fast," Darrell S. complimented.
"You... I can't believe that you'd stoop this low to get me," Darrell muttered as he looked at the stores that where wrecked and the motionless bodies of innocent people on the ground.
"And it was all for you, brother," the dark side added. "Just to see you again..."
"Don't you DARE call me your brother!" the light side shot back. "You're nothing more than my Satsu no Hadou running amuck. You're going down!"
The grin on Darrell S. increased. {That's exactly what I want you to do... He obviously forgot that no matter who wins between us, we'll merge. It's the perfect plan...}
Darrell stepped forward and entered his fighting stance. Darrell S. followed suit... but noticed something different.
{That stance... It's not like mine anymore... It looks like... a little bit of... Sakura's...}
Unlike his old, freelance Shotokan stance, Darrell's left fist was almost up to his chin height. The right was like it always was for Shotos despite his hand being open slightly in a Bruce Lee way.
"Heh... Changing styles on me huh?" the darker twin asked sarcastically.
"Hardly... but I do have something different up my sleeve."
"Well let's see what you can do!"
Darrell S. immediately Ashura Warped right into the original's face and the two squared off. Punches were thrown and blocked and kicks were evaded. The battle went back and forth until the original saw his Satsu clone turn it up a notch.
"Gou-Shakunetsuken!"
"Copycat!" the original yelled as he blocked the dark flaming punch. . . but something went wrong.
"Gahh!" Darrell yelped while jumping back in pain. Although he blocked, he could still fell the burn in his chest, as if his dark side had really nailed it clean.
"Heh! I knew that you'd block that but that's your mistake," Darrell S. laughed. "My flame is going to wear you down until you're finished!"
"Cheap." the original muttered while regaining his stance. He leaned back, cupping his hands to his side and I red sphere of energy appeared.
"Shakunetsu. . . Shinku. . . HADOUKEN!!!"
As soon as Darrell launched, a grin crossed the dark Darrell's face.
"You just don't get it. . ." he mumbled then warped right behind his light side in a very familiar stance.
{Now to end this. . .}
{That's the Shungokusatsu. . .} Kaoru thought to herself, about to scream her warning before. . .
POW!!
Darrell S. reeled from a flaming elbow. The original just smiled while turning around.
"Do you really think that you'd nail me with that so easily. . ., BRO??" he asked. "You should know better."
Darrell S. growled. "Why you. . .! Shakunetsu SWORD!!!"
He quickly formed a purple flame sword with both hands and charged in. The original simple turned around and stood still.
{What is he doing!?} Sakura K. wondered.
"You're mine!!" Darrell S. yelled as he came with an overhead slash. . . and gasped.
"But. . . but. . . how. . .?"
Darrell had already blocked the sword with his own Shakunetsuken Sword. . . and he only used one hand to make it. He smiled again.
"I think you're beginning to see your flaws in your youth," he commented, then his left fist burst into flames and smashed into the other twin's stomach. He let out painful yelps as his dark sword snuffed and he stumbled back. The original just shook his head in pity and landed a roundhouse kick resembling Sakura's right on the side of the head. A crack could be heard throughout the empty part of the mall as the Satsu twin fell in a heap on the ground.
"I really didn't want to do that but you left me no choice. . ."
"You. . . are. . . so forgetful, brother. . ."
"What?"
The dark twin got up slowly, a faint black aura covering his body.
"I've been. . . holding back purposely. . . so that I'd lose this fight. . . and now. . . it's time to come back home. . ."
Darrell's eyes widened. He remembered what his dark side said last time. . .
{. . .as soon as one of us is defeated, no matter if it's you or me, we'll merge into one. . .}
"No. . . NOOO!!!" he wailed as his dark side Ashura Warped as fast as he could to his body but someone stopped him.
"I can't let you get your sick wish, cretin!" Kaoru yelled as she used her own Ashura Senka right into Darrell S's path. He growled as he stopped, his black aura darkening.
"Step aside," he said sternly. "You don't know who you're messing with."
"No, YOU don't know who you're messing with," Kaoru responded as her own black aura appeared. The two stared at each other, about to fight, until the sound of police cars arouse.
"Crap. . . The cops," Darrell S. muttered again. "I'll see you around. You haven't seen the last of me, bro!"
And with that he warped out of the vicinity. Just as he did, Kaoru sighed. . . but Darrell moaned as he dropped to his knees, holding his stomach.
"Oh, no. . ." Sakura K. mumbled. "Darrell! What's wrong?!?"
"It was that attack that his dark side used. . ." Kaoru replied as she went over to see how her new companion was doing. "It's still in effect. . . I can fix this if. . ."
"Come on!" Sakura S. yelled out all of a sudden. "We better get out of here before we get arrested! Kaoru, hold onto me and grab Darrell's hand. Sis, come here. We're warping outta here!"
--- ---
"Targets confirmed. . . Waiting for next response. . ."
A slim, female figure was staring at the four teens as they disappeared in courtesy of the Ashura Warp. She was wearing a black uniform and boots, as well as short, purple hair. She stood next to a barren store, and was talking. . . to herself. . .
". . .Yes. . . Targets are 16 year old Kaoru Miadama, 22 year old twins Sakura Kasugano and Sakura Satsu, and 20 year old Darrell Markis. . . Yes. . . Set up the missing female fighter as well? Confirmed. 21 year old Hinata Wakaba will be at their destination as well. . . She should be getting the call now. . . Estimated amount of time for arrival: 15 minutes. Yes. . . We will be there as soon as possible. . . and strike when the time is right. . . Yes. . . Understood. . . Lord Bison. . ."
End of Chapter 5
Next Chapter: The Plan Unfolds
{Yes... He's coming...}
{Why did you do that? You didn't need to trash those stores and hurt those people to draw him out!}
{At least he's coming. I don't want you to interfere. I'll do this as fast as possible, got that?}
{...fine, but if you do something crazy, I' stopping ya.}
{Yeah, yeah... Oh, our older brother is here...}
The group finally made it to the center of the mall in about a minute where Darrell's dark side was waiting. A grin was on his face as he eyes his original.
"Humph! That was fast," Darrell S. complimented.
"You... I can't believe that you'd stoop this low to get me," Darrell muttered as he looked at the stores that where wrecked and the motionless bodies of innocent people on the ground.
"And it was all for you, brother," the dark side added. "Just to see you again..."
"Don't you DARE call me your brother!" the light side shot back. "You're nothing more than my Satsu no Hadou running amuck. You're going down!"
The grin on Darrell S. increased. {That's exactly what I want you to do... He obviously forgot that no matter who wins between us, we'll merge. It's the perfect plan...}
Darrell stepped forward and entered his fighting stance. Darrell S. followed suit... but noticed something different.
{That stance... It's not like mine anymore... It looks like... a little bit of... Sakura's...}
Unlike his old, freelance Shotokan stance, Darrell's left fist was almost up to his chin height. The right was like it always was for Shotos despite his hand being open slightly in a Bruce Lee way.
"Heh... Changing styles on me huh?" the darker twin asked sarcastically.
"Hardly... but I do have something different up my sleeve."
"Well let's see what you can do!"
Darrell S. immediately Ashura Warped right into the original's face and the two squared off. Punches were thrown and blocked and kicks were evaded. The battle went back and forth until the original saw his Satsu clone turn it up a notch.
"Gou-Shakunetsuken!"
"Copycat!" the original yelled as he blocked the dark flaming punch. . . but something went wrong.
"Gahh!" Darrell yelped while jumping back in pain. Although he blocked, he could still fell the burn in his chest, as if his dark side had really nailed it clean.
"Heh! I knew that you'd block that but that's your mistake," Darrell S. laughed. "My flame is going to wear you down until you're finished!"
"Cheap." the original muttered while regaining his stance. He leaned back, cupping his hands to his side and I red sphere of energy appeared.
"Shakunetsu. . . Shinku. . . HADOUKEN!!!"
As soon as Darrell launched, a grin crossed the dark Darrell's face.
"You just don't get it. . ." he mumbled then warped right behind his light side in a very familiar stance.
{Now to end this. . .}
{That's the Shungokusatsu. . .} Kaoru thought to herself, about to scream her warning before. . .
POW!!
Darrell S. reeled from a flaming elbow. The original just smiled while turning around.
"Do you really think that you'd nail me with that so easily. . ., BRO??" he asked. "You should know better."
Darrell S. growled. "Why you. . .! Shakunetsu SWORD!!!"
He quickly formed a purple flame sword with both hands and charged in. The original simple turned around and stood still.
{What is he doing!?} Sakura K. wondered.
"You're mine!!" Darrell S. yelled as he came with an overhead slash. . . and gasped.
"But. . . but. . . how. . .?"
Darrell had already blocked the sword with his own Shakunetsuken Sword. . . and he only used one hand to make it. He smiled again.
"I think you're beginning to see your flaws in your youth," he commented, then his left fist burst into flames and smashed into the other twin's stomach. He let out painful yelps as his dark sword snuffed and he stumbled back. The original just shook his head in pity and landed a roundhouse kick resembling Sakura's right on the side of the head. A crack could be heard throughout the empty part of the mall as the Satsu twin fell in a heap on the ground.
"I really didn't want to do that but you left me no choice. . ."
"You. . . are. . . so forgetful, brother. . ."
"What?"
The dark twin got up slowly, a faint black aura covering his body.
"I've been. . . holding back purposely. . . so that I'd lose this fight. . . and now. . . it's time to come back home. . ."
Darrell's eyes widened. He remembered what his dark side said last time. . .
{. . .as soon as one of us is defeated, no matter if it's you or me, we'll merge into one. . .}
"No. . . NOOO!!!" he wailed as his dark side Ashura Warped as fast as he could to his body but someone stopped him.
"I can't let you get your sick wish, cretin!" Kaoru yelled as she used her own Ashura Senka right into Darrell S's path. He growled as he stopped, his black aura darkening.
"Step aside," he said sternly. "You don't know who you're messing with."
"No, YOU don't know who you're messing with," Kaoru responded as her own black aura appeared. The two stared at each other, about to fight, until the sound of police cars arouse.
"Crap. . . The cops," Darrell S. muttered again. "I'll see you around. You haven't seen the last of me, bro!"
And with that he warped out of the vicinity. Just as he did, Kaoru sighed. . . but Darrell moaned as he dropped to his knees, holding his stomach.
"Oh, no. . ." Sakura K. mumbled. "Darrell! What's wrong?!?"
"It was that attack that his dark side used. . ." Kaoru replied as she went over to see how her new companion was doing. "It's still in effect. . . I can fix this if. . ."
"Come on!" Sakura S. yelled out all of a sudden. "We better get out of here before we get arrested! Kaoru, hold onto me and grab Darrell's hand. Sis, come here. We're warping outta here!"
--- ---
"Targets confirmed. . . Waiting for next response. . ."
A slim, female figure was staring at the four teens as they disappeared in courtesy of the Ashura Warp. She was wearing a black uniform and boots, as well as short, purple hair. She stood next to a barren store, and was talking. . . to herself. . .
". . .Yes. . . Targets are 16 year old Kaoru Miadama, 22 year old twins Sakura Kasugano and Sakura Satsu, and 20 year old Darrell Markis. . . Yes. . . Set up the missing female fighter as well? Confirmed. 21 year old Hinata Wakaba will be at their destination as well. . . She should be getting the call now. . . Estimated amount of time for arrival: 15 minutes. Yes. . . We will be there as soon as possible. . . and strike when the time is right. . . Yes. . . Understood. . . Lord Bison. . ."
End of Chapter 5
Next Chapter: The Plan Unfolds