Curse of the Jin Chapter 11: Yamazaki's Counterattack, a fatal fury fanfic

Curse of the Jin

Disclaimer: I own none of these characters. All characters that come from Fatal Fury, etc. come from SNK.

Author's Note: Important. This fanfiction assumes that Real Bout Fatal Fury (and all events associated, including stuff that happened in RBFFS and RBFFS to an extent) happened in 1996. Also, a lot of things are going to be taken from the movies and other non-canon sources. Many liberties with the stories will be taken. This will become more apparent as time goes on. The fanfiction also assumes that Garou: Mark of the Wolves happens in 2006.

Author's Note II: Note the Gundam SEED-Destiny reference… And another Gundam reference from a certain Gundam movie.

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Chapter 11: Yamazaki's Counterattack

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Some moments before Hon-fu's rather ungraceful entrance

"… So… That new guy." Dong Hwan said, giving Alex such a strange look that made Jae Hoon worried. What was going on in the head of that brother of his? Jae Hoon was always thinking about this whenever he looked at Dong Hwan. He was such a slacker and a goof-off… Yet there was always that nagging feeling that Dong was wiser than he looked, and usually made such showings of acumen as well. This delusion of Jae's was always shattered when his brother did something stupid soon after. He watched Dong Hwan lean against the bar counter at which both Kim brothers were sitting.

"I swear I've seen him before, Jae. He seems pretty… Supicious."

Jae Hoon was relieved to find that they were out of earshot of Alex and Hotaru, who were busy conversing. "Don't know what you mean, Dong Hwan," Jae said, fixing his eyes on the Raspberry Smirnoff that Bob gave him. Franco Bash and Joe Higashi were having a field day making fun of Jae's selection of drink at their table (actually Dong Hwan picked it out for him), and Jae was not in any mood to deal with Dong's antics. Jae wasn't even a drinker, even if the drink was something this light, but he didn't feel any need to validate whatever Dong was saying.

"I'm serious, Jae," Dong said, prodding Jae. "Look, forget about the Smirnoff, I want you to take a good look at the guy, and tell me you don't recognize him."

"I don't recognize him," Jae said quickly, glancing over at Alex. He blinked, and then took another look at Alex. "Hmmm…" Y'know, Dong might have a point.

"Aren't I right? Aren't I?" Dong said, ribbing Jae.

"Ow… Alright, he bears a slight resemblance to someone, Dong, I'll give you that… But I don't know who. Maybe it's just a coincidence?"

"Yeah… Maybe…"

"You've taken a disliking to the guy so quickly though."

"No I haven't. He's a practitioner of Tae Kwon Do and took out Yamazaki, he's alright in my books so far… But, you know…"

"What?" Jae said as he handed back the Smirnoff to Bob.

"I don't know if this is coincidence either: you know my girlfriend?"

"Which one? It's getting hard to set names on all of them, considering how many you have in any given time period."

"Haha, very funny Jae. I'll get you back for that later. Well, my current girlfriend… She's kind-of an anime nut."

"Sure…? What's this got to do with Alex?"

"Could you wait for that??" Dong said, ribbing Jae again.

"Ow, ow! Alright, Dong, jeeze."

"Anyways, my girlfriend likes to watch animes that are as old as four years ago… She was watching this one anime with robots, where one of the main characters went by a nickname to hide his identity. Want to know what his name was?"

"Okay…?"

"Alex Dino."

"Now that has to be coincidence, Dong."

"C'mon now, think about it. Doesn't it strike you as weird that this guy is lugging a name like that around? It's always the prettyboys that are the odd ones. Speaking of prettyboys, you think Rock knows about this guy?"

"Well, even if he doesn't, it's obvious that he will, soon enough. Rock isn't going to like it, either."

"… So he and Hotaru are really over each other?"

"I don't think so," B. Jenet said, taking a seat next to Dong Hwan. Jae Hoon could see Dong Hwan's face light up, and sighed.

"What makes you say that, Jenet?" Dong said, sitting up.

"Rock seems like the type to develop attachments… He's probably still interested in Hotaru. As for Hotaru herself… Well, I wouldn't have a guy like that around if I weren't over someone like Rock Howard!" B. Jenet said, chuckling.

"I wonder what this guy's deal is…" Dong said, watching as Hotaru glanced at the rest of the café.

"Eh?" Jae Hoon raised an eyebrow.

"You know… Everyone's got a reason to be in Second Southtown. You don't go to one of the biggest criminal hotbeds in the world without a reason."

"That's true," B. Jenet said, motioning for Bob to get her a glass of wine, "If there weren't so many 'opportunities' for the Lillien Knights, we wouldn't be here, certainly. There's a lot of risk, but just enough reward."

"You're still restricting your operations to Kain, and nobody else, right?" Jae asked warily.

B. Jenet threw back her head and laughed. "Of course I am! Surely you'd believe a woman's honor, Kim Jae Hoon?"

"A woman's honor? Yes. A pirate's honor? Not so much."

"Hey hey, we're here to celebrate someone's birthday, not argue!" Dong said, flashing a grin at the both of them.

"Oh Dong Hwan, we weren't arguing." B. Jenet said, still smiling.

"Yeah, nothing to worry about," Jae put in. "Wait a minute… What's that Alex guy and Hotaru doing?"

"Oh, hey," B. Jenet said, grinning as Hotaru suddenly hugged Alex, "The two lovebirds are having a special moment!"

CRASH!

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Alex shielded his face and Hotaru ducked, as Hon-Fu's body hurtled through the window, breaking the window's glass and spreading shards of it everywhere. Hon-Fu landed on Alex and Hotaru's table, bounced off of it, and landed on the floor and rolled some feet, then lay motionless.

Everyone just stood there, dumbfounded at the scene. Hon-Fu groaned- Alex was the first to recover from surprise and ran over to Hon-Fu.

"Inspector!" Jae said, the next one to regain his composure.

"Sh, that glass costs a fortune!" Bob said, staring open-mouthed at the damage done to his window.

Alex turned Hon-Fu over. Hon-Fu's face had nearly been pounded in, his shirt ripped, and it looked as if somebody had tried to bludgeon him.

"Sir…" Alex said, grabbing Hon-Fu's shoulder. "Who did this to you?"

"Y-Y… Ya… Yamazaki…" Hon-Fu said, choking out blood.

"Call an ambulance!" Alex shouted. Hotaru ran over to a phone in another room.

"Hehehe… I really could've done much worse to that guppy."

"Yamazaki! Grrr… Don't you know when you're not welcome!!??" Joe said angrily, watching Ryuji Yamazaki casually step into the room, one hand in his pockets. Yamazaki ignored Joe and looked at Alex.

"Sharakuse!" Yamazaki replied, still looking at Alex. "Convenient- my target bunched up with extra victims to pound into the dirt."

"What are you talking about, Yamazaki??" Mai said, as she motioned for Hokutomaru to move to the side.

"Yamazaki's never one to talk. Let's just beat him up as usual! Tiger Kick!" Joe leapt and thrust his foot forward, blazing.

"Too slow, comic relief!!" Yamazaki's hand whipped out, in classic snakearm fashion, grabbing Joe's leg and throwing him not into the wall, but through it.

"Uagh…"

"Joe! Man, you alright?" Bob said, helping Joe up. "Damn… At this rate, we'll have to make a Pao Pao Café 4…"

"Hahahahahahaha! That's the spirit!" Yamazaki said, giving Bob a thumbs-up.

"You won't look so chipper after my TORNADO UPPER!"

Axel Hawk threw a tornado, which Yamazaki caught with a Bae Gaeshi. Yamazaki returned the favor by sending a large red wave at Hawk. "Get lost, tubby!"

"HAAAAARRGGH!!" Hawk flew over the counter, landing with a crash into shelves of wine bottles.

"This isn't happening… Richard is going to kill you if it is… It isn't happening…" Bob was muttering to himself.

"Yamazaki isn't supposed to be able to do that anymore… What's going on…?" Mai said as the Kim Twins proceeded to attack Yamazaki.

"Alex… I called the ambulance, they'll be here soon-" Hotaru said, running back in. She was shocked to find Alex curled up in the fetal position. "Alex…? Alex??"

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Right Alex called out for an ambulance, a sharp pain had suddenly stabbed into him, not of a physical type… It hurt like hell though, and it felt like something was eating away at his mind. He fell to his knees, but no one noticed. Heavens, the pain! But this couldn't be real. No… He had experienced something like this before… Before, it was unbearable, filled him with fear, pain, a brutal attack on his mental psyche… He closed his eyes. He didn't even notice his body curling up, and the background fading to a black nothingness.

"… I've finally found you, Jin Chonshu."

"… I know who you are. Jin Yuan. How did you find me?"

"Did you think you could run forever, descendant? To think one of the Jin blood would be among the trash and the dregs of a city like this. Chonshu, Chonshu, tsk tsk tsk, you are much better than that."

"Arrogance is for the foolish- urgh!"

"Ah, a delicate thing, your mind, Chonshu. I played on the weaknesses of your childhood before. Now, I have different material. You are a coward, Chonshu! A coward! You are a disappointment! Your brother is stronger than you! At least he had the courage to face me like a man!"

"Nnngh………"

"That's right. Writhe in pain!" The shape of a dragon appeared above Chonshu. It was the same dragon that had attacked Chonshu on the ship, eight years ago. "Suffering is what makes or breaks the soul!"

"Get out of my mind, Jin Yuan!"

"You can take down fools like Yamazaki, who is quite efficient for his level I might say. However, you are weak compared to me, Chonshu! How your ever listened to you, I'll never know!"

"What the hell are you talking about!?"

"No matter, you needn't know. Chonrei may have been the stronger of the both of you, but he too was a weakling. Perhaps he was more of a craven in not accepting his rightful place as a Jin-"

"You… You accuse Chonrei of cowardice…"

"That I do. A wretch and a caitiff on a much grander scale! How dare he throw away his heritage, just because he didn't feel up to it-"

"BASTARD! CHONREI WAS NO COWARD!"

"SILENCE! I AM JIN YUAN, GREATEST OF THE JINS! I WILL NOT TOLERATE YOUR DISRESPECT-"

"WHEN I FIND YOU, JIN YUAN, YOU WILL EAT THOSE WORDS! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

"Wh-what?? ARRRGGH!!!"

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Alex came to, just in time to see Bob Wilson being thrown out of another window ("This isn't exactly cheap eitheerrrrrrrrrr!"). Yamazaki laughed, and started walking towards him. He nearly tripped over Franco Bash- pissed off, Yamazaki punted him out another window ("Stop doing that you ass!").

"Ren-geki Shuu!"

"Oof!" While Yamazaki was strolling casually forward, Hotaru had flew forward from seemingly out of nowhere and kicked him twice in the jaw. Hotaru leapt back and stood between Alex and Yamazaki.

Yamazaki rubbed his jaw. "Itidaro ga yo!"

"I'm not going to let you hurt him!" Hotaru said, holding her arms out, giving a show of protectiveness that Yamazaki bawled with laughter at.

"Oh, jeeze. You saw what I just did to everybody else here, didn't you? Wench, if you won't get out of the way, I'll rough you up like I did them!"

"You couldn't pick a better time to exact vengeance, couldn't you Yamazaki!?" Hotaru said angrily.

"Well, it was an inopportune time to attack Jin Chonshu, wasn't it??"

Hotaru looked at Yamazaki, confused. "Jin Chonshu? What are you talking about? Where?"

"You're a dense broad, aren't you! There, right there, behind you! Man, Yuan must've really did a number on him!"

"I don't know what you mean. Alex can't be this Jin Chonshu-"

"Don't be stupid! I recognize all of my contractors, past and present!"

"Why didn't you know who he was, before?"

"Hadn't seen him for eight years! But now I know where that grin comes from, he's a mischievous one, that Chonshu. And we all know what happened eight years ago with that Chonshu now don't we!?"

"… It can't be. I don't believe you!"

"Believe me, don't believe me. It's time to shove your face into the floor!" Yamazaki said, walking towards Hotaru, who refused to budge. Yamazaki came closer…

"RYUJI!" Alex said, standing up.

"Alex, you're alright!" Hotaru said, whirling around to him. She noticed an odd, unnerving glint in Chonshu's eyes, however. It quickly disappeared when Alex turned to her.

"Ms. Futaba… Could I have permission to deal with this hooligan again?"

"Chonshu! Jin frigging Chonshu! Nice to meet you, once again. Yamazaki- Ryuji Yamazaki! The one you embarrassed out of the Yakuza circles! This must be what, the third time already that we've met? Hahaha…"

"Alex… Is it true? That your name isn't really Alex Dino?" Hotaru said quietly, barely audible over Yamazaki's insane laughter.

"… … … I guess there's no avoiding it now. Yes, I am Jin Chonshu. I'm sorry you had to find out like this, Hotaru."

"Then it's true…" Hotaru said, staring at the floor.

"Hate me forever for this, Hotaru. But I won't let this man do any more damage."

"Enough romantic angst! I want to see some blood!"

"I bet you've been waiting for this moment, eh, Ryuji? In a way, I'm glad you finally recognized me," Jin Chonshu said, standing in front of Hotaru and taking a stance.

"Sure, laugh now, prettyboy. You've given me so much grief! Strutting around, mister kid emperor, just going into my territory and beating me in front of my men! I lost my place among the Yakuza because of you, Chonshu-kisama! Then you forced me to be your lapdog when you decided to go to Southtown! Then I became Geese's lackey, and even after all this time, I'm still a servant! Geese, Kain, you, you're all the same! But it started with you, CHONSHU-KISAMA! TONIGHT, YOU DIE!"

"You forgot Jin Yuan in that list, Ryuji-kun!" Chonshu replied, smiling. "Oh, and by the way, I really don't give a damn about your sob-story."

"GRRRR! Diediedie!" Yamazaki's snakearms whipped out. Chonshu ducked and sidestepped each one with blurring speed, closing the distance between him and Yamazaki.

"Jinsoku Ken!" Before Yamazaki could react, Chonshu had elbowed Yamazki in the stomach.

"Not bad…" Chonshu had grabbed Yamazaki and was about to throw him to the floor, when Yamazaki pulled out a knife and cut Chonshu across the chest.

"Hrrk!" Chonshu backed off, disoriented, clutching his chest.

"Guppy! You're nothing without your brother, aren't you!?" Yamazaki said, grabbing Chonshu.

"Yamazaki, you fool…!"

"Tables turned, Jin Chonshu! KONO AMATERU GA!" Yamazaki jumped into the air and slammed Chonshu into the floor, dragging him roughly through the floor. Then Yamazaki threw Chonshu into the ceiling.

"... Ugh…"

"No!" Hotaru said, about to run over to Chonshu.

"Hotaru, stay back!"

"That's right, woman, unless you want a piece of this!" Yamazaki said, striding over to Chonshu. "Hell, I bet you don't even know him that well! Jin Yuan said to keep him alive, but I don't care now! Just lemme kill 'im!" Yamazaki was standing over Chonshu, now…

"Stop, you crazed fiend!" Hotaru said, using Hakki-Shou and throwing a blue energy projectile at Yamazaki.

"PROJECTILES DON'T WORK ON ME, WENCH!" Yamazaki said, grabbing Hotaru's projectile with a Bae Gaeshi. He prepared to throw it back in the form of a red wave…

"Hi En Zan!"

"UAAAH!" Yamazaki was caught off-guard by Chonshu's foot hitting him in the chest and the face, and fell back. Chonshu was on his feet again.

"Keep your eyes on the real opponent, Ryuji-kun!"

"That was a mistake you won't live to repeat, Chonshu-kisama! Shaaa" Yamazaki's arm whipped out, and this time Chonshu was too close to dodge Yamazaki's fist smacking him in the face. Chonshu staggered, and Yamazaki took this opportunity to slam heads together.

"IPPEN SHINEI DE KOI!" Yamazaki lifted Chonshu up and then tried to beat him senseless with his fists. Punch after punch… Chonshu spat out blood, and Yamazaki entered a frenzy, kicking Chonshu in the stomach, then grabbing him and throwing him in the wall. Dust covered the whole room.

"Haha… I think he's dead…"

"NO!" Hotaru gasped, horrified.

"… Not… Cough… Not just yet, Ryuji…"

"Just won't give up, punk kid!" Yamazaki said, running through the dust and preparing to plant his fist in Chonshu's face. Yamazaki was surprised to see that he wasn't there.

"Trying to run!?" Yamazaki said, turning around.

"Ryuji-kun, I never run… Cough…"

"Then come out, dipwad!"

"As you wish!" Chonshu teleported above and behind Yamazaki and planted his foot in Yamazaki's face.

Yamazaki was expecting this. "Gotcha!" Yamazaki reached quickly to grab for Chonshu's shin, but Chonshu was quicker than he was. "Wha- GRAAH!"

Chonshu had elbowed Yamazaki in the back. Yamazaki turned, his fist whirling about. Chonshu had teleported again behind Yamazaki.

"Ryuji… Cough… You simpleton!"

"ARRGGGGH! You wuss!" Yamazaki thrust his foot backwards, hitting Chonshu in the chest.

"Oof!"

"Haha, there!" Yamazaki's snakearm whipped out, but he was too late to turn. Chonshu had already teleported again, this time to Yamazaki's side. Chonshu swiped at Yamazaki with the same speed that Yamazaki used with his snakearms. Yamazaki was roundly smacked in the face as a result.

"You survived the Guillotine and the Drill! Now I'm gonna gut you like a fish!" Yamazaki said, recovering and pulling his knife out again. Chonshu hopped back, but Yamazaki managed to slash him in the chest again. Chonshu grunted, then kicked Yamazaki's knife out of his hands.

"You didn't even let me set you up!" Yamazaki growled.

"Set this up, then! Tengan Ken!" Chonshu threw a coiled bolt of chi energy at Yamazaki. Yamazaki laughed hysterically.

"Projectiles don't work on me, how many times do I need to tell you that! NOW YOU DIE!" Yamazaki caught the bolt, and retaliated with a red wave…

"Fell for my trap, Yamazaki! THIS ENDS NOW! TEIO SYUKUKYO KEN!"

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"It cannot be!"

A dozen blocks away, three people were heading towards the Pao Pao Café 3- Kain R. Heinlein, Rock Howard, and Jin Yuan. Kain looked at Jin Yuan quizzically.

"Is… Is something wrong, Jin Yuan?" Kain asked.

"He's managed to emulate my technique…!" Jin Yuan slowly began to laugh. His laugh became uproarious, and he was beside himself. "Hahaha… HAHAHAHA… HAHAHAHAHA! HE'S BETTER THAN I THOUGHT!"

If Rock wasn't worried before, he certainly was, now. Hotaru… Please don't do anything foolish.

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"TEIO SYUKUKYO KEN!"

"That thing is close range! Wait, what the hell-!" Yamazaki said, watching as Chonshu suddenly summoned some sort of dragon made out of blue transparent energy. Chonshu threw his hands forward, and the dragon shot forward, mowing through Yamazaki's wave.

"GYAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Yamazaki's body was engulfed by the energy-dragon. MY BODY'S ON FIRE! Was the only thing Yamazaki managed to think as his whole body was sent spiraling away. He landed with an ugly thud on the floor, sprawled there, unconscious.

Hotaru walked gingerly towards Chonshu, who was breathing in short bursts. "Are you alright…?" Hotaru gasped when Chonshu fell to his knees and vomited blood.

"You need medical attention!"

"No, Hotaru… I must go!"

"Stop! Don't leave! You need help!" But Chonshu had teleported outside of Pao Pao Café 3. Hotaru saw him outside through one of the broken windows. He was staggering through one of the alleys, and he nearly tripped over himself. Hotaru jumped out and ran over to him. Chonshu tried to teleport again, but he couldn't. "Alex, stop!"

"I'm not Alex, I'm Jin Chonshu!" Chonshu replied. He almost collapsed on the floor if Hotaru hadn't kept him up.

"I'm sorry, Chonshu. I'm not abandoning you. I won't let do it."

"Urrgh… The port…" Chonshu said desperately as all energy left him. "Delta Park!... The doors! I have to…" Chonshu nearly lapsed into unconsciousness, closing his eyes.

Hotaru struggled as nearly all of Chonshu's weight bore down on her. But somehow, Hotaru made the effort to keep him up, and head for the port, dragging Chonshu with her. The port… He's too eager to go there… I'm not able to keep him here… So I'll just go with him!

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"Hmph. It seems Yamazaki has accomplished what he's set out to do, did he not?" Kain said, entering the room where the battle took place.

"… I no longer sense Chonshu here. And there is Yamazaki. Hmph! This Orochi Hakkeshu has failed me." Jin Yuan said, kicking Yamazaki.

"Hotaru…? HOTARU?" Rock said, running around.

"Urrgh… It's like someone hit me with a bulldozer…" Mai said, emerging out of some rubble.

"Mai! Where is she!?" Rock said, grabbing her by the shoulders.

"What the… Rock! AND KAIN! You have some explaining to do!"

"And an establishment to pay for! Your subordinate wrecked my café!" Bob said, rubbing his head and entering what was left of his café.

"I've other business." Jin Yuan said, suddenly disappearing from sight.

Kain sighed. "I guess I have to fend for myself. Yamazaki was here for someone, and all of you were caught in his path."

"You revived the Orochi power in him, Kain…" Jae Hoon said as he got up from a table that Yamazaki had slammed him into. "How did you do it?"

"We should stop asking him questions," B. Jenet said hotly as she, the Lilien Knights, and Axel Hawk emerged from behind the bar's counter, "And beat the answer out of him instead."

"I like your way of thinking!" Joe Higashi said, jumping out from another room. Mai hefted Hokutomaru out of an accompanying pile of rubble. Jae helped Dong Hwan out of a ruined arcade machine.

"Hmph. Don't blame me for the presence of Jin Chonshu."

"JIN CHONSHU!? WHERE!? YOU WERE AFTER HIM!?" Dong said, suddenly coming to.

"The murderer of Tung and Krauser!?" Joe said, shocked.

"He was under the alias Alex Dino."

"It… It can't be. He was right under our nose…" Jae said, eyes widening.

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"Port Southtown. Here we are." Hotaru said, bringing him into Southtown's port area. There were dozens of buildings around here, most of them either warehouses or abandoned buildings, the home of gangs.

"… The one farthest from the pier… The building over there…"

Hotaru headed left, still dragging Chonshu. She noticed a particularly small building, one that was boarded up, wrapped in tape, and covered with 'ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK' signs... "Here?"

"Yes…"

Hotaru opens the door carefully, alert to see if anyone was watching them. Satisfied, Hotaru entered the building. Chonshu coughed, and indicated for her to close it behind them. She did so, and suddenly the room was illuminated, revealing chopped up boxes, dirty windows, and rusted floors and walls. Hotaru saw that the source was two green doors, engraved with dragons and proving a stark contrast to everything else…

"What…?" Hotaru said, looking at Chonshu.

Chonshu stared at the doors, which eventually opened for them.

Hotaru blinked.

When she passed through the doors, what visited her eyes was not what she expected at all. She thought she had entered another world- a world basked in warm sunlight, on a platform that was set right over a river, and in the distance there were low-stepped falls, water flowing down from them. Above the falls was a forest, and set over rocks in the river near the platform were statues of two red dragons. They were flanking a golden throne, which was also stepped, and beside this throne were four lanterns. Chonshu pointed to it, and Hotaru helped him over to them.

"Let me go," Chonshu said.

"But-"

"I'm sorry if I betrayed your trust before, Hotaru… I couldn't tell you who I was. Cough…! But… Trust me."

"… Alright." Hotaru released Chonshu, who nearly fell over. However, Chonshu struggled mightily to get up, and then limped over to the throne. He collapsed on it.

"I… I'll be fine eventually." Chonshu said, closing his eyes. He soon passed out.

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End of Chapter 11.

Author's Note: And Chonshu manages to win once again. Sorry, Yamazaki fans. Chonshu IS the protagonist of this fanfiction, anyway. Though Yamazaki did dish out quite a bit, didn't he? As some of you may note, the description of thatbackground isactually ofone of the Delta Park variations in Fatal Fury 3, the one with the falls in it.