The Reconciliation

By: Chan Yoruyamatiha

Sorewa Bonsaku....

READERS, I JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOU THAT AKUMA IS AN EVIL LITTLE BASTARD. There.

Edgar: o.O Exactly WHAT did I do last summer...? And how do you know? :3 You didn't even know I existed last summer... AHHH YOU STALKER! *Beats monitor with broom defensively* Oh yes and I bet I know what YOU did last summer.. x.x

ReddAlice: THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING MY STUPID STORY!!! Ken irritates me too... maybe... never mind.. I wouldn't be that cruel... Anywho, is Sakura screaming at Ryu and almost getting into a catfight with him CUTE? Okay... I'm trying to comprehend that...

DeNice: Yeah, let's kill Akuma! DIE AKU-SAMA!!!! ;P Darrell-chan should be happy now... Mitsukake just got knocked senseless... .

Kikoken: What about those bloody cliffhangers! LOL! Damn me and my cliffhangers... ^_^ Wait til ya read this cliffhanger... You're gonna want to kill me after you get done with this chapter! *Runs and hides*

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DISCLAIMER: No I do not own anyone in here except Mitsukake Kagatoshi. He is mine!! MIIIIINEEEE!!!! ...Even though he's not much to own anyway... x.x

------------------------------------------------- **Sorry, ya'll I'm not too good with fight scenes yet! Gomen nasai! I'm trying hard as I can, though! ^_^

Chapter 11 - Tragedy?

Alarmed, Ryu bolted up from his seat and dashed towards the door. Slowly, he opened it until it slammed open and knocked Ryu against the wall forcefully. A familiar figure then stepped in the door with a look of utter hatred on his face. He began walking towards Sakura boldly, with a feeling of onmipotence. No one could stop him now...

Akuma's face was totally emotionless as he approached Sakura. His fists were clenched at his sides as they began to glow with a pale aura... which could only mean one thing...

"SAKURA!!"

Before Akuma had time to react, Ryu bashed him to the side and caused him to hit the floor hard. Akuma had been caught unawares by Ryu, who stood between Sakura and Akuma, his fists raised defensively. As he turned his back to Sakura, she noticed a large red stain in Ryu's hair on the back of his head. Her eyes flickered quickly to the wall where Ryu had been slammed against and saw a small, splattered bloodstain.

Sakura gasped and reached out towards Ryu as Akuma teleported to his feet and faced Ryu for the first time.

"Ryu..." Grunted Akuma as he raised both fists.

"Akuma..." Whispered Ryu, as the pounding of pain in the back of his head became unbearable. His vision gradually slid out of focus, but he could still see Akuma's figure well enough to fight.

The door was slammed open suddenly. Ryu, Akuma, and Sakura all looked to the door to see who had come in.

"Ken..."

Ryu's eyes widened at Ken, but more so at Mitsukake, who was standing behind Ken with blood trickling down from his mouth. Sakura gaped at Mitsukake with her mouth hanging open.

"MITSUKAKE!!!"

Sakura quickly sat up and winced as she felt the IVs jerk in her arm. Throwing a spiteful look at it, she refrained herself from moving as Mitsukake stumbled over to Akuma.

"You.... trying... to... hurt my.... Sakura..... How.... could... you..."

Akuma gave Mitsukake one annoyed look before swatting him to the side like a gnat. Mitsukake fell against the bed on his back into Sakura's lap as Ken started to say something, but was cut off by Ryu's flying at Akuma.

Ryu threw a skillful punch at Akuma, but missed as Akuma had teleported behind him. A chop connected to the back of Ryu's head, the exact place where Ryu's head had slammed against the wall. He screamed in agony and fell to his knees, clutching his head.

As Sakura held Mitsukake in her arms, she threw a horrified glance at Akuma, then Ryu, then Ken. She saw his fists clench by his sides as a spiteful look came upon his face.

"Filthy scum... what a cheap blow... "

Akuma took one final kick at Ryu, which sent him against the wall with a loud SLAM. Then, he rounded on Ken.

"Let me show you, American filth, the true power of Shotokan!"

Ken's bright eyes widened as Akuma's fists began to glow dark as he raised them forward and lifted a foot off the ground.

"Shungokusatsu... NO!!!!"

Ken quickly charged a hadoken to cut off Akuma, but he was too late. Akuma kneeled on one knee on the floor as he began groping his own back.

"GOUHADOKEN!!"

Screamed Akuma as he blasted Ken with a quick, dark beam. Ken toppled to the ground like a domino on his back, holding his stomach and trying to keep its contents inside of there and not outside of his mouth.

Akuma's groping hand finally found what had stabbed him, and he roughly plucked it out of his skin. He brought it forward and saw a sharp needle with a cable attached to it: Sakura's IV cable.

He turned around to find Sakura standing on the floor, in hospital pajamas and white socks, glaring at him with a look of complete hate and disgust.

"That was wrong... You'll pay for hurting my friends!!!"

Akuma smirked slightly as he wondered how far an injured girl could go before passing out. He had barely finished that thought when a sharp kick hit him square in the chin and knocked him backwards a little. Even though Sakura was only wearing socks, the sharpness of the blow left a little pain on Akuma. And of course, this made him mad. VERY mad...

"Foolish girl! That was one mistake you'll have no time to learn from!"

"Bring it on!"

"You disgust me, Sakura."

Akuma teleported to Sakura's face and grabbed her by the neck, lifting her off the ground. Her eyes widened as she felt no floor beneath her feet.

Ryu opened his eyes and gazed directly at Akuma as his vision came into focus gradually. When everything cleared up, his mouth fell open.

At the same moment, Mitsukake saw what Akuma was doing to Sakura. His mouth fell open as well.

"SAKURA!!!!" They both yelled at the same time.

Sakura began choking due to Akuma's grip on her throat. Her hands went to his wrist and squeezed, but it didn't help.

Ryu's eyes widened in terror. This...nightmare... was becoming a reality. Mitsukake struggled to sit up straight, but collapsed down against the mattress of the bed.

Akuma stole a quick glance at Ryu, whose face was turning red in fury.

"Now, witness this girl's death! I can do without her... but not you."

Mitsukake lay helplessly on the mattress, watching everything that was happening to his beloved Sakura through hazy eyes.

Ryu heard Sakura's breathless scream and forgot the pain he was in. He leapt to his feet and charged at Akuma, who knocked him backwards with a simple smack of his hand. Shocked, Ryu doubled over in pain and looked up at Sakura again. Sakura's legs were swinging helplessly about a meter above the ground. A steady flow of blood was coming out of her mouth due to internal bleeding, making the look of terror on her face even worse.

"AKUMA!!! LEAVE HER ALONE!!!"

"She means nothing to me. I'm tiring of her; now it is time for her to die."

And with that, his grip on her throat tightened excessively, causing her body convulse rapidly. The new extreme pressure placed on her caused blood to come out of her eyes, which caused Mitsukake to recoil back in horror. A look of fear came onto Ryu's face as he became afraid for her life. He wobbled up and staggered towards Akuma and Sakura.

Tears came to Mitsukake's eyes as he saw the woman he loved dearly dying before his eyes. Once again, his memories of her began flashing in his mind as he searched his mind and body for the power to sit up and try to help her.

Ryu braced himself and charged at Akuma one final time. Seeing his foolish attempt to save Sakura's life, Akuma simply fired a gouhadoken in Ryu's direction, and Ryu saw it coming.

(I've got to do it... for Sakura's sake...)

Ryu charged into the gouhadoken head on. Akuma simply smirked at his handiwork. But he was in for a surprise. Ryu came charging through the blast and went directly for Akuma. His fist glowed with a blue aura.

"Sho..."

He jumped off of the floor as pain surged through his body in waves.

"Ryu..."

His fist crashed up against Akuma's face.

"Ken!"

Akuma and Ryu rose up in the air as blue ki swirled around their bodies. Akuma released Sakura who began to fall to the floor, head first. And if that happened and her head hit the floor directly, she would be dead. Loss of blood to any part of the body makes it more vulnerable for serious injury. And in Sakura's case, her head was that part... She knew what was happening. She couldn't stop it.

("Owari...")

She thought to herself.

("Goodbye... Mitsukake... Ryu... Ken... K-kei...")

BAM.

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AN- OMDG PLEASE DON'T KILL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! ESPECIALLY KIKOKEN!!!!!!! *Runs into closet, jumps into camouflage clothes, and hides in a pile of leaves* Okay, I gotta confess now. The last part of this story was pre-written in another fic of mine I had sitting on the hard drive... I just changed a few things around to suit this story. This is A climax in this fic, so I betta get some REVIEWS AND DEATH THREATS!!! Whoo-hoo! Please don't flame, whatever you do! ^-^ Ja ne!

~Chan Kagatoshi *Runs off and gets married so she can change her name*

WTF THATS MITSUKAKE'S LAST NAME!!!!!!!!!!! AHHH I MARRIED MITSUKAKE!!!!!!! *Runs off to file divorce* LMAO!!!!!!