Ryu's Vacation 2
A Street Fighter Fanfiction
By The Headcrook
Legal BS Disclaimer: All Characters herein are the property of Capcom Entertainment and SNK Playmore. The story and ideas of Ryu's Vacation are the property of my writer-in-arms, Trutenor. I just asked him if I can write a sequel and he agreed.
Also, I'm taking a little break until after my b-day. Then I'll be back in full force with my writings.
The Story so Far...
Where we last left our resident fighter, the President of Capcom had given him a week off to rest and recover. However during all those days (except when he was travelling) he was challenged and attacked by his rivals (Akuma, Sakura, M. Bison, Sagat, Evil Ryu) This is what had happened when Ryu had returned to work the following Monday...
Ryu faced off against Dan Hibiki. When Ryu executed his Vaccuum Hurricane Kick, he ends up passing out, due to the exhaustion. Dan, in the meantime, was rejoicing over his victory. "Yahooey! Never underestimate the power of Saikyo!"
In the meantime, the President of Capcom, who was watching, was furious. "Cut! That wasn't in the script! Ryu! What's the matter with you? Why are you so tired? I told you to take a vacation last week!"
Ryu manages to raise his head and replies, "I tried, but people wouldn't leave me alone! Everywhere I went, people kept challenging me to a fight!" Then he passes out again.
The President shakes his head. "Crap! I knew this would happen to him! He's passed out from overexhaustion! Ryu is going to need 2 weeks of rest now!"
Part One - Week One
-Monday Afternoon...-
Following the fiasco at the Capcom Headquarters, Ryu was given a two-week vacation (with pay). In the meantime, the Capcom President was busy reprimanding all those fighters who had disrupted Ryu's earlier vacation.
"If I find out that ANYONE of you interrupts Ryu's vacation, then I will fire all of you!"
Meanwhile, Ryu - in casual dress was - at a sumo tournament, watching Edmonda Honda fight. As usual, Honda defends his grand champion title with little difficulty. After the competition, Ryu catches up with his old friend.
Honda was surprised. "Ah! My friend!" He sweeps the smaller man in a bear hug.
"Gack! Honda, air!" Ryu managed to get out.
Honda dropped the Shotokan fighter. "What brings you to my domain?"
"The President of Capcom put me on a two-week vacation, so I thought I'd come and see you compete."
Honda bellowed out a laugh. "It's good to see that you are a fan of sumo! Come, we will celebrate my latest victory at the best restaurant in town!"
Before they can reach the exit, however, the doors literally explode in flames. Stepping through the flames, was SNK's own posterboy, Kyo Kusanagi.
Kyo points at Ryu. "RYU! You owe me a rematch!"
Ryu groaned. "Can this wait, Kusanagi? I'm on vacation!"
Kyo shook his head. "So the great Ryu Hoshi is scared that he will lose to the next generation?" he taunts.
Ryu puffed at that. "That's it."
Ryu and Kyo fight. After fifteen minutes, Kyo is unconscious. Ryu looked down at the battered fighter. "You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance!" He looked at Honda. "I'm going home."
-Tuesday...-
Knowing that he won't get any peace at home (when you're a most famous martial artist, people has a tendency of dropping in on you), Ryu decides to head south.
'I'll go and visit Makoto.'
At her dojo, Makoto, after beating up several men who challenged her to combat, was surprised to see Ryu at her dojo. "Ryu! It's nice to see you again. What brings you here to my humble home?"
"I'm on vacation."
Makoto frowned. "That's not like you at all. You work harder than everyone else at Capcom!"
"Which is why the President gave me a two-week vacation," Ryu replied. "I was wondering if I can stay here for a couple of days to rest."
Makoto nodded. "You're always welcome in my home, Ryu."
While Makoto was busy with her challengers, Ryu was taking a nap inside her house. About six hours later, someone crashes the party.
When Makoto saw that no one had entered the dojo to challenge her, she steps outside the dojo. All the men were knocked out...by the Illuminati leader Gill.
"What the...?!" Makoto gasped.
Ryu is aroused from his nap by the commotion. He too is surprised at that he sees. Then he sees Gill. "Oh. You."
Gill voices his statement to Ryu. "Ryu! You will join me and help me build a better world!"
Ryu folds his arms across his chest. "I like the world the way it is. Go away, I'm on vacation."
"The ever vigilant never rests," Gill replies. "Fight...or die!"
"Damn it..." Ryu mutters to himself.
Ryu and Gill fight for one hour, mainly because Gill did his Resurrection move, but a battered Ryu puts Gill down for the count.
After kicking the unconscious Illuminati chieftain in the head several times, Ryu decides to go to Hong Kong and pay his respects to Gen.
-Wednesday morning, Hong Kong...-
Ryu arrives at Gen's martial arts school before noon. Surprizingly, Chun Li is also there, paying her respects to the eldery fighter. This time, Chun Li glops onto his arm as she and Ryu bid Gen farewell.
The couple spend the day together walking in the streets of Hong Kong and doing some window shopping. Upon arriving at a small cafe in the industrial section of the City, they found that it was blocked off, mainly because Fei Long was shooting a scene for his movie there.
However, the aforementioned movie star managed to get them inside. While Fei was shooting a scene with a female star, Ryu and Chun Li were at a table, talking with one another.
"So what have you've been doing since you left?" Chun Li asked.
"Last week, I was attacked by Akuma, Sakura and Bison, remember?" Ryu replied. "After I left China, I was attacked by Sagat while visiting Ken and I had to fight my dark side when I returned to Japan. As a result, I overworked myself and now I'm on a two-week vacation from Capcom. You?"
Chun Li held up three fingers. "Three-week vacation from Interpol." She then beamed. "I was going to come to Japan and visit you, but instead, I find you here."
Their conversation was interrupted by a sneak attack by the Spanish ninja Vega. Before he could managed to attack Chun Li, Ryu fired off a Hadouken at the intruder, knocking him back.
Before Vega could attack again, he was blindsighted by Fei's Rekkaken, knocking off his mask and forcing Vega to retreat to a safe distance.
Fei spoke to Ryu. "Stand back. I'll handle pretty boy here."
Ryu was surprised by Fei's gesture. "Fei--"
Fei cut him off. "You're on vacation, so enjoy it. Cause when it's over, I'm coming for a rematch."
"I look forward to it," Ryu replied.
"Go for the face," Chun Li added.
With Ryu and Chun Li watching, Fei Long and Vega fight. Eventhough Fei looked like Bruce Lee after the final fight in Enter the Dragon, he succeed in mangling Vega's face about twenty minutes later.
After the match, Ryu and Chun Li walked over to Fei, who was getting medical treatment. "You're gonna be okay?" Ryu asked.
"I've had worse," Fei replied. He looked at the unconscious Vega, who was being carted off in an ambulance. "Mainly from you. Looks like I'll have to postpone shooting for today. So try and have fun, okay?"
Ryu made good on Fei's promise. Forgetting about Vega's attempted ambush, the two resumed their day together. The rest of the day was uneventful, until they reached the city waterfront. By that time, the sun was starting to set. The pair watched a ferry as it moved across the water.
Ryu looked at his companion as she watched the city skyline. She then noticed him looking at her. "What?"
"Nothing," Ryu replied. "I can't look at the person who holds a special place in my heart?"
"That's sweet," Chun Li replied. "I guess you do know how to treat a lady."
"I try."
Chun Li smiles at Ryu. Then she notices something - or rather someone - behind them. Actually, it was two women. Ryu notices the sour look on Chun Li's face and turns around. Then his face became a mirror image of Chun Li's.
Standing behind them were the Twin Dolls, Juli and Juni.
Ryu sighed. "And the day was doing so well."
"Target confirmed," Juli said.
"General Bison wants you to come with us," Juni continued.
"Resistance is futile, Ryu," Juli went on.
"Surrender and you will not be harmed...much," Juni finished.
Ryu fumed. "I've never felt so compelled to beat down two women," Ryu mused, "especially Shadowlaw members." He turned to Chun Li. "Stand back."
"But you're on vacation," Chun Li objected.
"And those two won't listen to reason," Ryu pointed out. "So I guess I'll have to oblige them."
As Chun Li stepped to the side, Ryu faced off against Juli and Juni. About forty minutes later, both women were knocked out. Ryu was left bruised and battered from the ordeal.
Chun Li was at Ryu's side in an instant. "Are you okay?"
Ryu grunted as he held his side. "I'll live."
Chun Li grabbed his arm. "Come on. I'll take you to my hotel."
Later on, a shirtless Ryu was getting his injuries tended to by Chun Li. Ryu's left bicep was already bandaged, and Chun Li was applying a salve to a rather nasty bruise on his ribs.
"Will your ribs heal up?" Chun Li asked.
Ryu nodded. "Yeah. I'm sorry about today. About Vega and Juli and Juni wrecking our day together."
Chun Li shook her head. "It's okay. At least I got to see you again."
Ryu nodded. "Same here."
"Maybe next time we meet, you won't have any fighters chasing after you," Chun Li said.
"Maybe next time, I'll give all of them the slip."
"And when you do, I'll come looking for you."
-Friday afternoon-
After the Hong Kong fiasco (and spending the night on the sofa in Chun Li's room), Ryu left Hong Kong and went back to the USA. Unfortunately, he lost a day because the distance between Asia and North America was well over 2000 miles. That and the connecting flight in Hawaii was delayed.
This time, he was headed for Southtown.
Ryu arrives in the city and takes a cab to visit Terry Bogard. Upon arriving at Terry's flat, the Lone Wolf was surprised to find Ryu at his doorstep.
"Ryu? What are you doing here? It's been a while!"
"My boss over at Capcom has put me on vacation and I was getting hassled over in Japan and Hong Kong, so I had to come here to find peace and quiet."
"You're more than welcome to hang out over here with me. Most of the fighters in the city are over in Japan anyway, so you can probably rest up here for a while."
"Thanks, Terry."
After cathing up on current events, Terry decides to take Ryu to the infamous Pao Pao Cafe for dinner. En route to the Pao Pao, Ryu gets stopped by Terry's younger brother, Andy, who was looking for a chance to fight the Shotokan master.
Andy stepped in front of Ryu and voices his challenge. "Ryu! I'm calling you out! Fight me!"
"I thought you were with Mai," Terry said. "Where is she?"
"I gave her the slip," Andy replied.
"Really?" Ryu mused. "Is your girlfriend five feet four, Japanese, long red hair tied in a ponytail, curvaceous, and carries a fan?"
That caught Andy off guard. "How do you know that? You haven't met Mai."
Ryu pointed to Andy, or rather, behind him. "I have now. She's right behind you."
Andy went pale as he slowly turned around. Sure enough, a furious Mai Shiranui was standing behind him, the aforementioned fan in one hand. Before Andy could say anything in his defense, Mai grabbed him and dragged him off. Ryu was slightly relieved that he managed to avoid a second fight.
However, Ryu's arrival also caught the attention of a certain French kickboxer, who placed a call to her boyfriend.
At the Pao Pao Cafe, Ryu and Terry were catching up on old times over dinner. "It's not like you to take a vacation," Terry said. "What gives?"
Ryu told him about his first vacation attempt, of how his enemies and rivals kept interfering and that he was now on a two-week vacation from Capcom.
"Yeah, well, you do work harder than everyone at Capcom," Terry admitted. "I think you really do need a vacation."
"I also have friends in New York," Ryu said. "He's a wrestler, and I've been meaning to visit him since the last Street Fighter Tournament."
Before Terry could sat anything else, the doors to the cafe were thrown open. In stepped the Kyokugen Trio - Ryo Sakazaki, his sister Yuri, and Robert Garcia. Along with them was King.
They saw Ryu with Terry and marched over to his table. "Ryu! There you are!" Ryo said. "We finally meet at last! Now we settle this!"
"Can't this wait until later?" Ryu snidely replies. "I'm on vacation."
"I don't care if you were in a hospital bed!" Ryo shot back. "All we ever hear is that our Kyokugen style is nothing more than a ripoff of Shotokan Karate!"
"Maybe they're right," Ryu replied. "Everyone in both Capcom and SNK know that your Kyokugen Karate can't stand up to Shotokan."
"That's it!" Robert snarled.
Both Ryo and Robert double team Ryu, who defended himself against their onslaught. About one hour later, Robert went through a table and Ryo was tossed over the bar. While Ryu was catching his breath, Yuri tried to pull a sneak attack on him by performing her Hyper Upper - her own version of Ryu's Shinshoryuken.
Ryu spun around and caught her wrist, just as it was about to impact his already bruised ribs. "And you..." Ryu began. He then performed his own Shinshoryuken on Yuri, knocking her into a second table. "If I find out that you steal any more of my moves, then the next words you'll be hearing is Denjin Hadouken!"
Ryu and Terry then leave, leaving a stunned audience at the carnage that has ensued.
-Friday night-
New York. Following the directions that were burned into his memory, Ryu headed up to a small gym in the Bronx. Upon entering the establishment, he found the wrestler Alex talking with his mentor, Tom.
Alex looks up and sees his rival. "Ryu! What are you going here? Is it that time of the month that we spar again?"
Ryu shook his head. "I'm on vacation, and I keep getting into fights everywhere I go. This would be the last place that anyone expect to find me here."
"We're going camping tomorrow," Tom cut in. "You know anything about the outdorrs, Ryu?"
"I was raised in the outdoors," Ryu replied. "Camping was one of my hobbies."
The next day, Alex, Patricia, Ryu, and Tom packed their things and were off to the mountains. Ryu showed off his expertise in outdoor camping and fishing, not to mention what herbs were medincinal and poisonous.
Saturday was uneventful. On Sunday, however...
"You know I hate the outdoors!"
"Sorry, boss."
The three Americans and their Japanese guest looked up from their lunch around the fireplace. Stepping from a wooded path was the former Mad Gear member, Poison and her client, the massive wrestler Hugo.
"Damn it!" Ryu swore. "How do they keep finding me?!"
Poison looked up and saw Ryu among his hosts. "There you are, Ryu! You are such a hard man to find! We've been looking all over for you!"
"Gee, I wonder what for?" Ryu replied sarcastically.
"Hugo needs a partner in the wrestling business, and--"
"Not interested," Ryu said, cutting Poison off.
"You have no choice in the matter," Poison said. "Either join me or I'll have Hugo knock you out."
"He can try," Ryu replied.
Hugo and Ryu then fight for nearly an hour. Poison tried to interfere, but was knocked out by Patricia and her trusty frying pan. In the end, it was Ryu's Vaccuum Hurricane Kick that punted Hugo into the lake.
Ryu looked at the floating Hugo and turned to Alex. "Can you give me a lift to the airport? I have to go."
This ends Ryu's first week of vacation. Unfortunately, he still has a week to go. We'll see what happens next.