Chapter 6: Shattered Reunion
Translations in this chapter:
Shoryu Baito: Rising Dragon Bites
Rekka Nakkura: Raging Knuckle
Hyakurestu Senpu Kyaku: Lightning Whirlwind Kick
Ike: Go
"So, how are you feeling?" Kaoru asked as she finished patching up Darrell's stomach wound.
"I'm fine, thanks to you," Darrell answered while he rested on the living room couch. "I didn't know that you could cure people like that."
"Well it's something I needed to learn by myself in battles."
The four warped straight to their home about 3 miles away from Niako Mall and decided to rest there. Kaoru also unpacked her belonging in the guest room and made herself at home about 5 minutes ago. She felt warm in this house, and it wasn't because they had the heat on. She felt like she belonged, finally able to have her own bed and room, not to mention a family of sorts. Now everyone was in the living room, resting up from the dark Darrell encounter.
"Darrell, are you sure that your Satsu twin has a good side?" Sakura K. asked as she sat in the love seat next to the couch. "He was pretty evil throughout the whole fight."
"Sakura, I'm not crazy," Darrell replied. "I know it's there. . . somewhere."
"Well, I would have said that you're crazy for thinking that he has some type of conscience," Kaoru muttered while sat next to Darrell, "and that fight could have been the clincher. . . but after fighting Sakura S., I think anything's possible."
"Yeah. . . but now we need to be on the lookout for him again," Sakura S. warned, sitting down next to her twin. "If he does have a light side and they swap frequently, that means that he could fool us if we let them. We can't let him do that unless we're sure that what Darrell is saying is right."
"Okay," the other three said at the same time, just as the doorbell rang. Sakura K. got up off her seat and went towards her door to open it. . . and a smile quickly crossed her face.
"Hinata!!!" she yelled her greeting while sharing a hug with her friend. "What are you doing here?"
"What?" Hinata asked, breaking free and staring blankly at Sakura. "You can't be serious. You called me about 10 minutes ago. You said it was urgent."
"What?" Sakura K. gave back her friend's first quote. "No way. . . We just got here 5 minutes ago. The weirdest thing is happening to us. . ."
"Oh, really? Well, let me in and let me know about it."
Sakura let her friend in and closed the door but Hinata didn't get far before staring at the girl sitting next to Darrell on the couch. She never seen her before. . . and could sense the same evil energy within her that she sensed four years ago when she saw Ultimate Rugal and Shin Akuma.
"Uh. . . Sakura. . ." she whispered in her friend's ear. "Who is she?"
"Oh, let me introduce you. Kaoru! Come over here and meet my best friend!"
The girl in the red and black attire got up and walked over to the two and smiled, eyeing Hinata in particular.
"Hi. . . I'm. . . Kaoru Miadama," she said while giving a traditional greeting. Hinata stuttered before returning the favor.
"Yeah, and I'm Hinata Wakaba. Please to meet you. . . So, where did you pop up from?"
"Well. . . to be honest I was supposed to. . . uh. . . hurt a certain person here. . . but. . ." Kaoru let out a nervous giggle as she looked over her shoulder to Sakura S., the other Satsu being on their team, and turned back to Hinata, "we became friends and now. . . I'm staying here."
"Oh, really?" Hinata turned her attention to the light Sakura and whispered into her ear, "Sakura. . . you do feel her energy, right?"
"Of course," she whispered back. "She can control it, so relax. . . but speaking of the Dark Hadou, that's what's happening."
"Now what's the problem?" Hinata said out loud. "Who is it now? Is Akuma back?"
"No. . . It's actually. . . Darrell. . ."
"WHAT?!!?" Hinata freaked. "You can't be serious! Darrell. . . OUR Darrell, has Satsu no Hadou?!?"
"No, no inside him," Sakura K. replied. "It's out of his body and causing all types of chaos. You should have been with us to Niako Mall. He practically trashed the place. But the weird thing is. . . Darrell swears that he has a good side."
Hinata kept quiet for a while, staring at the normal Darrell, who was now looking at her, and then looked at Sakura. "You're kidding, right? I mean, I know that we got lucky with your dark side, but this sounds hard to believe."
"That's what I said, but I guess it doesn't hurt to wish. So how's the baby?"
"You mean Tai? Yeah. . . Kyosuke is taking care of him for this month. We haven't married yet, so every month we switch up so that we don't get overworked with him. He's such a cutie! You need to see him!"
"Yeah, that is if you'll ever be home so that I could. . ."
"Whatever, Sakura. . . Anyway. . . Since I'm free, how about. . ."
With a grin, Hinata reached into her jean pockets. . . and pulled out her orange sparring gloves that she had for the last 7 years and dangled them from her hands, grinning. Sakura returned the grin, but this time she had an idea.
"Sure, Sakura. . . but let's do something different. How about a tag team?"
"Huh?" Hinata gasped. "Really? That would be fun, but who would be on teams?"
"Let's ask. Hey, Darrell! Kaoru! Sis! How about we do a little sparring?"
---- ----
"Okay, here's the rules," Sakura S. instructed in the street in front of their house. "Teams are Hinata and my sis again Darrell and Kaoru with the married couple going first against each other."
"Watch it, sis. . ." Sakura K. warned while her fist started to glow a white tint. Sakura S. sighed and continued.
"Anyway. . . you two," she said while pointing at Kaoru and Hinata, "will be on the side, waiting for the signal to jump in and substitute. Trust me, Kaoru, you'll know how it looks like. We tag by giving a taunt. Anyway, you can double team someone with double super moves and that counts as a switch. First team to be totally floored loses, got that?"
The four nodded in approval and they went into their staring positions. Sakura K. and Darrell tapped their fists against one another, totally copying Ryu and Ken's trademark friendship intro, before getting into their fighting stances from when they were teenagers.
"Ready, Darrell?" Sakura asked.
"As always!" Darrell replied.
"Ready?" the Satsu Sakura called out. "Fight!!"
Sakura immediately went on the offensive with a fierce punch to Darrell's face which was easily blocked. Darrell countered with his own punch to the side of the head which was parried and returned with a kick to the chin.
"Shouoken!!" Sakura yelled as she followed up with her multi-hit rushing uppercut, knocking her husband into the air. Darrell quickly air recovered and charged up some energy in his hands.
"Hadouken!" he yelled as he threw his blue ball of energy downwards at Sakura. Sakura dodged it and charged up her own Hadouken and threw it upwards. Darrell saw this and blocked while landing and ducked in, dodging Sakura's roundhouse kick, and his right fist exploded into flames.
"SHAKUNETSUKEN!!!"
He nailed his punch to the face, knocking his wife to the pavement. She rolled back and wiped her cheek with her red handguard, then blocked Darrell's twin jab combo. Sakura K. then broke her guard (Tardy Countered) and kicked Darrell in the chin once again, knocking him into the air. She jumped right after him and performed some attacks in mid-air before charging up her vigor into her hands, a large, blue electric ball of energy forming into her hands.
"Shinku. . . HADOUKEN!!!"
She released her Surge Fist right at Darrell's vulnerable body, sending him plummeting into the street gravel. His body bounced off the ground once before he found the will to recover by using one arm to maneuver his body into a standing position. However, he immediately met Sakura K's fist. . . or so he thought.
"Gotcha!!" he yelled as he quickly formed his flame sword and countered with a slash to the stomach, stunning Sakura for his next move: a super.
"Rekka. . . NAKKURA!!!"
His fists went into flames as he unleashed 18 lightning fast blows on Sakura K., ending with a Shakunetsuken right to her face. Once again she slid back onto the street, then laid down fully. Darrell withdrew his flames and followed in hot pursuit. As he got close, Sakura sprang up and. . . yarned, covering her mouth with her hand. At first Darrell was about to attack, but then he remembered the rules. . . a bit too late. Hinata jumped in with a kick from above, sending him flying to the ground.
{It. . . was a switch pose. . .} he reminded himself as he got off the floor and narrowly dodged Hianta's Enbukyaku, her three spinning flame kicks while moving through the air. He stood up and jerked his thumb at Hinata while yelling, "Ike!" On cue, Kaoru jumped in, nailing Hinata in the back with her entrance kick and planting her face first into the ground. Hinata got up quickly, brushing her face off and clothes, then turned to face the new girl. Kaoru was first to attack with a Hadoushou, and Hianta ditched to the side of her, nailing several lightning fast punches all over her body before knocking her away with a sphere of energy.
Kaoru safe fell and caught Hinata off guard with a blow to the head, then a strong kick to the stomach, then. . .
"Shoryu Baito!!"
Kaoru delivered a rising uppercut with her left, then the right, then slammed Hinata over the head with an overhead strike, knocking her into the ground. Kaoru was about to follow up but Hinata got up and kicked out with her leg, breaking her momentum. Hinata then followed with a twin jab, then a strong fierce punch to the face, then. . .
"Hisshou!!"
She unleashed a multitude of fists, followed by her flaming uppercut cyclone, making Kaoru fall to the ground. It took a while for her to stand up. A black aura covered her body as she clasped her hands to her side in her Hadouken. Hinata braced herself.
"Shinku. . . HADOUKEN!!"
{Wow! She knows the Shinku Hadouken, too!} Sakura S. thought as the new Satsu girl threw her blue blast right at Hinata. It wasn't as big as Sakura's but it was definitely faster. Hinata managed to block the entire move, though, so Kaoru had to resort to something different. Just before she could make a move, Hinata stretched her arms over her head. . . and Kaoru went defensive. It was another switch by their team and Sakura came out with her attack. . . only to have it blocked.
"Now I got you!" Kaoru yelled out as she uppercutted Sakura into the air and followed in pursuit with her own air combo. . . then her air super. Correction. Her other air super.
"Hyakuretsu. . . Senpu Kyaku!!"
Kaoru performed one air Senpukyaku. . . but it raised the air around her and Sakura K., hitting her about 17 times before it sent her plummeting to the street below. . . but just before Sakura landed, she charged up a Hadouken and threw it upwards, hitting an unsuspecting Kaoru from underneath. Both girls hit the ground hard, the fall knocking the wind out of both of them. As they struggled to get up, Hinata and Darrell shouted out their encouragement.
"Let's go, Sakura! You need to switch!"
"Kaoru! Let me come in for a while and you rest up!"
{This is a pretty good match. . .} Sakura S. thought as both Sakura K. and Kaoru got to her feet. Just before they made a move, Sakura S. noticed something. . .
{It seems as if we've been surrounded. . . but by who?}
{Kaoru's been in for a while} Sakura K. thought as she started to charge in. {Now is my chance to make it a two on one!}
"MIDARE ZAKURA!!!" she shouted her move name as she closed in. . . and Kaoru tried to block. . . but something someone came from above and stepped in-between them.
"What the.?! Gyaa!" Sakura was cut off as the figure jumped up and planted her boot right into her face, making her fall back to the asphalt, out cold.
"SAKURA!!" Darrell yelled out, about to get up. . . but was blasted from behind and fell face first into the street, knocked out.
Hinata tried to do something but a thought didn't even get into her head before she too was attacked from behind and met the ground. Sakura S. warped to the back of Kaoru and the two Satsu girls saw their attackers; a bunch of identical girls wearing the same black outfits, boots, and weird fighting gloves. The only thing that was different was their hair and nationality.
"Sakura. . . Who are they?" Kaoru asked, while getting into her fighting stance.
"I don't know. . . but they'll be sorry for attacking my friends and sister," Sakura S. replied, also getting into stance. Both were about to move before two twin voices shot out behind them. . .
"SPIN DRIVE SMASHER!!!"
They spun around. . . and met two more girls who came rushing in like human drills, feet first. One was a red head and the other was a normal black- haired woman. They moved at the same time, ending their super combos with multi hit rising kicks to the Satsu girls' heads. Just before Sakura S. was knocked away, she caught a glimpse of the symbol on the red-head's outfit. . . and mumbled inside her head.
{But. . . but that's. . . Shadowloo's. . . symbol. . .}
Then she blacked out before she hit the ground. . .
End of Chapter 6.
Next Chapter: Reborn Hell
Translations in this chapter:
Shoryu Baito: Rising Dragon Bites
Rekka Nakkura: Raging Knuckle
Hyakurestu Senpu Kyaku: Lightning Whirlwind Kick
Ike: Go
"So, how are you feeling?" Kaoru asked as she finished patching up Darrell's stomach wound.
"I'm fine, thanks to you," Darrell answered while he rested on the living room couch. "I didn't know that you could cure people like that."
"Well it's something I needed to learn by myself in battles."
The four warped straight to their home about 3 miles away from Niako Mall and decided to rest there. Kaoru also unpacked her belonging in the guest room and made herself at home about 5 minutes ago. She felt warm in this house, and it wasn't because they had the heat on. She felt like she belonged, finally able to have her own bed and room, not to mention a family of sorts. Now everyone was in the living room, resting up from the dark Darrell encounter.
"Darrell, are you sure that your Satsu twin has a good side?" Sakura K. asked as she sat in the love seat next to the couch. "He was pretty evil throughout the whole fight."
"Sakura, I'm not crazy," Darrell replied. "I know it's there. . . somewhere."
"Well, I would have said that you're crazy for thinking that he has some type of conscience," Kaoru muttered while sat next to Darrell, "and that fight could have been the clincher. . . but after fighting Sakura S., I think anything's possible."
"Yeah. . . but now we need to be on the lookout for him again," Sakura S. warned, sitting down next to her twin. "If he does have a light side and they swap frequently, that means that he could fool us if we let them. We can't let him do that unless we're sure that what Darrell is saying is right."
"Okay," the other three said at the same time, just as the doorbell rang. Sakura K. got up off her seat and went towards her door to open it. . . and a smile quickly crossed her face.
"Hinata!!!" she yelled her greeting while sharing a hug with her friend. "What are you doing here?"
"What?" Hinata asked, breaking free and staring blankly at Sakura. "You can't be serious. You called me about 10 minutes ago. You said it was urgent."
"What?" Sakura K. gave back her friend's first quote. "No way. . . We just got here 5 minutes ago. The weirdest thing is happening to us. . ."
"Oh, really? Well, let me in and let me know about it."
Sakura let her friend in and closed the door but Hinata didn't get far before staring at the girl sitting next to Darrell on the couch. She never seen her before. . . and could sense the same evil energy within her that she sensed four years ago when she saw Ultimate Rugal and Shin Akuma.
"Uh. . . Sakura. . ." she whispered in her friend's ear. "Who is she?"
"Oh, let me introduce you. Kaoru! Come over here and meet my best friend!"
The girl in the red and black attire got up and walked over to the two and smiled, eyeing Hinata in particular.
"Hi. . . I'm. . . Kaoru Miadama," she said while giving a traditional greeting. Hinata stuttered before returning the favor.
"Yeah, and I'm Hinata Wakaba. Please to meet you. . . So, where did you pop up from?"
"Well. . . to be honest I was supposed to. . . uh. . . hurt a certain person here. . . but. . ." Kaoru let out a nervous giggle as she looked over her shoulder to Sakura S., the other Satsu being on their team, and turned back to Hinata, "we became friends and now. . . I'm staying here."
"Oh, really?" Hinata turned her attention to the light Sakura and whispered into her ear, "Sakura. . . you do feel her energy, right?"
"Of course," she whispered back. "She can control it, so relax. . . but speaking of the Dark Hadou, that's what's happening."
"Now what's the problem?" Hinata said out loud. "Who is it now? Is Akuma back?"
"No. . . It's actually. . . Darrell. . ."
"WHAT?!!?" Hinata freaked. "You can't be serious! Darrell. . . OUR Darrell, has Satsu no Hadou?!?"
"No, no inside him," Sakura K. replied. "It's out of his body and causing all types of chaos. You should have been with us to Niako Mall. He practically trashed the place. But the weird thing is. . . Darrell swears that he has a good side."
Hinata kept quiet for a while, staring at the normal Darrell, who was now looking at her, and then looked at Sakura. "You're kidding, right? I mean, I know that we got lucky with your dark side, but this sounds hard to believe."
"That's what I said, but I guess it doesn't hurt to wish. So how's the baby?"
"You mean Tai? Yeah. . . Kyosuke is taking care of him for this month. We haven't married yet, so every month we switch up so that we don't get overworked with him. He's such a cutie! You need to see him!"
"Yeah, that is if you'll ever be home so that I could. . ."
"Whatever, Sakura. . . Anyway. . . Since I'm free, how about. . ."
With a grin, Hinata reached into her jean pockets. . . and pulled out her orange sparring gloves that she had for the last 7 years and dangled them from her hands, grinning. Sakura returned the grin, but this time she had an idea.
"Sure, Sakura. . . but let's do something different. How about a tag team?"
"Huh?" Hinata gasped. "Really? That would be fun, but who would be on teams?"
"Let's ask. Hey, Darrell! Kaoru! Sis! How about we do a little sparring?"
---- ----
"Okay, here's the rules," Sakura S. instructed in the street in front of their house. "Teams are Hinata and my sis again Darrell and Kaoru with the married couple going first against each other."
"Watch it, sis. . ." Sakura K. warned while her fist started to glow a white tint. Sakura S. sighed and continued.
"Anyway. . . you two," she said while pointing at Kaoru and Hinata, "will be on the side, waiting for the signal to jump in and substitute. Trust me, Kaoru, you'll know how it looks like. We tag by giving a taunt. Anyway, you can double team someone with double super moves and that counts as a switch. First team to be totally floored loses, got that?"
The four nodded in approval and they went into their staring positions. Sakura K. and Darrell tapped their fists against one another, totally copying Ryu and Ken's trademark friendship intro, before getting into their fighting stances from when they were teenagers.
"Ready, Darrell?" Sakura asked.
"As always!" Darrell replied.
"Ready?" the Satsu Sakura called out. "Fight!!"
Sakura immediately went on the offensive with a fierce punch to Darrell's face which was easily blocked. Darrell countered with his own punch to the side of the head which was parried and returned with a kick to the chin.
"Shouoken!!" Sakura yelled as she followed up with her multi-hit rushing uppercut, knocking her husband into the air. Darrell quickly air recovered and charged up some energy in his hands.
"Hadouken!" he yelled as he threw his blue ball of energy downwards at Sakura. Sakura dodged it and charged up her own Hadouken and threw it upwards. Darrell saw this and blocked while landing and ducked in, dodging Sakura's roundhouse kick, and his right fist exploded into flames.
"SHAKUNETSUKEN!!!"
He nailed his punch to the face, knocking his wife to the pavement. She rolled back and wiped her cheek with her red handguard, then blocked Darrell's twin jab combo. Sakura K. then broke her guard (Tardy Countered) and kicked Darrell in the chin once again, knocking him into the air. She jumped right after him and performed some attacks in mid-air before charging up her vigor into her hands, a large, blue electric ball of energy forming into her hands.
"Shinku. . . HADOUKEN!!!"
She released her Surge Fist right at Darrell's vulnerable body, sending him plummeting into the street gravel. His body bounced off the ground once before he found the will to recover by using one arm to maneuver his body into a standing position. However, he immediately met Sakura K's fist. . . or so he thought.
"Gotcha!!" he yelled as he quickly formed his flame sword and countered with a slash to the stomach, stunning Sakura for his next move: a super.
"Rekka. . . NAKKURA!!!"
His fists went into flames as he unleashed 18 lightning fast blows on Sakura K., ending with a Shakunetsuken right to her face. Once again she slid back onto the street, then laid down fully. Darrell withdrew his flames and followed in hot pursuit. As he got close, Sakura sprang up and. . . yarned, covering her mouth with her hand. At first Darrell was about to attack, but then he remembered the rules. . . a bit too late. Hinata jumped in with a kick from above, sending him flying to the ground.
{It. . . was a switch pose. . .} he reminded himself as he got off the floor and narrowly dodged Hianta's Enbukyaku, her three spinning flame kicks while moving through the air. He stood up and jerked his thumb at Hinata while yelling, "Ike!" On cue, Kaoru jumped in, nailing Hinata in the back with her entrance kick and planting her face first into the ground. Hinata got up quickly, brushing her face off and clothes, then turned to face the new girl. Kaoru was first to attack with a Hadoushou, and Hianta ditched to the side of her, nailing several lightning fast punches all over her body before knocking her away with a sphere of energy.
Kaoru safe fell and caught Hinata off guard with a blow to the head, then a strong kick to the stomach, then. . .
"Shoryu Baito!!"
Kaoru delivered a rising uppercut with her left, then the right, then slammed Hinata over the head with an overhead strike, knocking her into the ground. Kaoru was about to follow up but Hinata got up and kicked out with her leg, breaking her momentum. Hinata then followed with a twin jab, then a strong fierce punch to the face, then. . .
"Hisshou!!"
She unleashed a multitude of fists, followed by her flaming uppercut cyclone, making Kaoru fall to the ground. It took a while for her to stand up. A black aura covered her body as she clasped her hands to her side in her Hadouken. Hinata braced herself.
"Shinku. . . HADOUKEN!!"
{Wow! She knows the Shinku Hadouken, too!} Sakura S. thought as the new Satsu girl threw her blue blast right at Hinata. It wasn't as big as Sakura's but it was definitely faster. Hinata managed to block the entire move, though, so Kaoru had to resort to something different. Just before she could make a move, Hinata stretched her arms over her head. . . and Kaoru went defensive. It was another switch by their team and Sakura came out with her attack. . . only to have it blocked.
"Now I got you!" Kaoru yelled out as she uppercutted Sakura into the air and followed in pursuit with her own air combo. . . then her air super. Correction. Her other air super.
"Hyakuretsu. . . Senpu Kyaku!!"
Kaoru performed one air Senpukyaku. . . but it raised the air around her and Sakura K., hitting her about 17 times before it sent her plummeting to the street below. . . but just before Sakura landed, she charged up a Hadouken and threw it upwards, hitting an unsuspecting Kaoru from underneath. Both girls hit the ground hard, the fall knocking the wind out of both of them. As they struggled to get up, Hinata and Darrell shouted out their encouragement.
"Let's go, Sakura! You need to switch!"
"Kaoru! Let me come in for a while and you rest up!"
{This is a pretty good match. . .} Sakura S. thought as both Sakura K. and Kaoru got to her feet. Just before they made a move, Sakura S. noticed something. . .
{It seems as if we've been surrounded. . . but by who?}
{Kaoru's been in for a while} Sakura K. thought as she started to charge in. {Now is my chance to make it a two on one!}
"MIDARE ZAKURA!!!" she shouted her move name as she closed in. . . and Kaoru tried to block. . . but something someone came from above and stepped in-between them.
"What the.?! Gyaa!" Sakura was cut off as the figure jumped up and planted her boot right into her face, making her fall back to the asphalt, out cold.
"SAKURA!!" Darrell yelled out, about to get up. . . but was blasted from behind and fell face first into the street, knocked out.
Hinata tried to do something but a thought didn't even get into her head before she too was attacked from behind and met the ground. Sakura S. warped to the back of Kaoru and the two Satsu girls saw their attackers; a bunch of identical girls wearing the same black outfits, boots, and weird fighting gloves. The only thing that was different was their hair and nationality.
"Sakura. . . Who are they?" Kaoru asked, while getting into her fighting stance.
"I don't know. . . but they'll be sorry for attacking my friends and sister," Sakura S. replied, also getting into stance. Both were about to move before two twin voices shot out behind them. . .
"SPIN DRIVE SMASHER!!!"
They spun around. . . and met two more girls who came rushing in like human drills, feet first. One was a red head and the other was a normal black- haired woman. They moved at the same time, ending their super combos with multi hit rising kicks to the Satsu girls' heads. Just before Sakura S. was knocked away, she caught a glimpse of the symbol on the red-head's outfit. . . and mumbled inside her head.
{But. . . but that's. . . Shadowloo's. . . symbol. . .}
Then she blacked out before she hit the ground. . .
End of Chapter 6.
Next Chapter: Reborn Hell