Street Fighter:Metro City Maul

Ch.15:Cody VS Ibuki!

The Mayor's assistant Marcea Ringwood was driven back to City Hall,she thought for certain that the mayor would be there,but when she arrived,she found he hadn't make it back yet.

"Now this is starting to worry me."she thought. "But...he did insist that in case he wasn't make any further appearances to continue with the contest no matter what. Well,here goes nothing."

Ringwood then went out to the front door and found thousands of Metro locals gathered in front of a large podium with a speaker desk and microphones and a large video monitor hung above it.

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen."she said. "As you are aware,this is the first match of the grand finals that will ultimately lead to the final match to declare the winner--of the Metro City Melee tournament!"

Everyone began to cheer wildly in response to the events that were taking place.

And Yang,Dudley,Necro,as well as Carlos,Lucia,and Dean were among them.

"I'm also sorry that his honor the mayor won't be joining you for this event,he---appears to be indisposed at the moment.but we're here to give you an exciting show nonetheless."

"You know,now that you mention it,a lot of our own friends and chaps seem to be as indisposed as much as the mayor is right now."said Dudley.

"Da,I noticed that as well."said Necro.

"You'd think they'd make it back with us by now."said Yang.

The other three fighters felt the same.

"Man,I can't believe this."said Dean. "Where the hell's Maki,and you'd think that Hugo guy and his bimbo would show up!"
"I admit,something is mucho loco going around here."said Carlos. "I'm beginning to smell a rat."

"Yeah,a big fat one with obviously a buncha kidnappers on his side,no doubt."said Lucia.

Suddenly,Yang then walked away from the crowd.

"Where are you going,Yang?"said Dudley.

"What's it look like?"said Yang. "To find my brother and the others.

Something's not right,and I intend to find out what!"

"Well,if he's gonna do it,so am I."said Dean.

"B-but we'll miss the finals."said Lucia.

"Ah,we know Cody and Guy'll take those World Wimpys out,no problem."said Carlos."What's important is to find our muchachos!"

"I guess so...."said Lucia.

"Well,besides watching the match,i've got nothing better to do,you?"said Dudley.'

"Might as well."said Necro."Let's go."

The six warriors then began to make their way around town,trying to find any sight of their comrades who were in the contest.

While at that exact same moment...

Haggar was awakened by a splash of water to his face.

"Ughh--glub!"replied Haggar as he gasped to his senses.

"What the hell---"he said.

He awoke to find himself in a very dark room with a single light from the ceiling shining down on him.

"Wh-where am I?"he said. "Anyone there?"

"Anyone is right."said a voice from the shadows.

It was the same voice Haggar heard earlier.

"BELGER!"said Haggar. "It was you then!"

Belger once again re-emerged from the shadows whence he came.

"We meet again at last,mayor Haggar. And you have no idea how long it's been since we met last."

"Not long enough by the looks of it."said Haggar. "But if you think you're gonna hold me hostage---!"

Haggar then tried to break free as he struggled,but it was to no avail

His wrists and ankles were clamped down hard by a set of metal bracelets that were affixed to the chair he sat in.

"Struggle all you like,it won't do any good."said Belger. "Those are indestructible adamantium lined clamps.

Even your titanic strength won't help you this time."

"Well then..."said Haggar. ..since you've got me,why not indulge me and tell me how you survived and what you're planning?"

"Might as well."said Belger shrugging. "Since you won't be free to tell anyone."

Belger circled Haggar with his motorized chair and began his sales pitch.

"First,you're aware of what happened last we clashed."said Belger."You and your cronies defeated me when were were in my skyscraper hq.

And of course,it was your accursed boy,Cody who sent me crashing out the window of my high-rise to my..death...

....but...here is what you aren't aware of.

I landed not on the pavement of the sidewalk or street,but on the roof of a car,and slipped into a deep coma.

I was then placed in the local hopsital and placed under life support.

With Mad Gear destroyed,and my life no longer my own,I was soon to forgotten in the dust ridden halls of the hospital...until he came for me three years later."

Urien then stepped in.

"Pleased to meet you,Mayor Haggar."he said.

"This,is Urien,the brother of the one who held the last Street Fighters tournament,Gill."said Belger.

"But--I will soon no longer just be known as just that,when this is all over."said Urien with an evil gleam in his eyes."

"Anyways,with the use of his ownpowerful technology and skill,he revived me to near health."continued Belger. "And together,we swapped stories of our ill-gotten games,and decided to declare a merger of sorts."

"I was aware of the legendary Mad Gears gang,and decided on funding my own resources in that direction to fuel my own ambition. To take control of the Illuminati,and the world itself."

"And I would get Metro City,as well as Chicago,and Detroit when this was over."said Belger.

"And uh...how do you intend on doing that?"said Haggar.

"LIGHTS!"said Urien.

The entire room lit up and revealled an entire white tiled and grey computer laboratory.

Inside were several white coated men attending to the computers and systems for diagnostic checks to the systems.

And there,seated across from Haggar were all the following fighters who were in the tournament.

There was Remy,Yun,Sean,as well as Maki,Hugo and Poison were there as well.

They were all in a deep unconscious state and were all strapped to some strange metal and plastic chairs like the one Haggar was seated in,except theirs were all attached to a strange machine of some kind and strange probe devices were placed above their heads.

"You,my dear Haggar are to be the latest installment of our grand experiment."said Urien. "I have created a form of mental and physical control to create super-soldiers in my own image and power.

They will be infused with both my own DNA as well as a pinch of my brother's which was stolen from his own labs by yours truly. And once I have enough soliders of my own creation,this city will be child's play to lay seige to. And the next step from there,the world itself!"

"You probably hear this a lot,but you're mad as a mongoose! And I don't mean in the angry sense either."

"Huh,put him out please,he's starting to bore me."said Urien.

Another of Urien's goons came up behind Haggar and shot him in the neck with a hyper needle,sending him back to sleep.

"And neither you,or your pitiful band of street fighters will stop us---HAHAHA!"

WHILE BACK AT THE TOURNAMENT...

Both Cody and Ibuki waited patiently for their next match to begin.

Cody was really hoping to mop the floor with the new contender Alex,but got stuck with a ninja chick no less.

Ibuki was kind of hoping to face Guy,she had heard great stories of the legendary Bushinryuu art.

She heard stories about Metro City's great fighters,just not much on Cody is all.

"I just hope you should know,Cody."she said. "That you'd best not take me lightly here."

"Hey,I take my fighting's every bit as serious as the next joe,sweetheart."said Cody. "I also fought ninjas before,just never thought'd there be a female one."

"You've either been in jail too long or hanging around this ol'city too long."said Ibuki. "Either way,just be ready."

"You as well."said Cody.

The screen above the podium flickered to life and their looking at them from a bird's eye view was both Cody and Ibuki.

Cody's girlfreind Jessdica was watching and saw that the ninja he was facing,was a girl.

"Wh-who's he facing?"she Jessica.

Some of Jessica's friends were with her,a few fellow young women.

"They said she's a ninja named Ibuki."said one of the girls.

"A female...a female ninja?"said Jessica. "Oh,why'd Cody pick that match?

"Just cool your jets,Jessie."said another girl. "I'm sure he's only there to fight her,not seduce her."

"He'd better be!"said Jessica. "Or he's gonna wish he was back in the slammer!"

Marcea then activated the controls on the podium desk,causing the cage systems to hum to life.

A line-up of neon-tubing and strobe lights appeared in and out of the ring,giving the cage a brighter and more colorful look.

"Well,at least it stands out better."said Ibuki.

"Don't tell me this was another of Haggar's ideas?"said Cody.

The speaker system attached to the top of the ceiling of the ring then came on.

"CODY--IBUKI!"said Ringwood. "ARE YOU BOTH READY?"

"READY!"said Cody as he got into a fight stance.

"READY!"said Ibuki.

"THEN BEGIN!"said Marcea.

The fight began as Ibuki jumped away from Cody and then threw one of her ninja daggers at him.

"WHOA!"said Cody as he dodged the thrown blade.

"Getting it a little rough first eh?"he said. "Well,two can play at this game!"

Cody reached into his back jeans pocket and took out a fold-knife.

He then threw it straight at Ibuki,

The ninja dodged it,but the blade struck the clothing on her left shoulder,pinning her to the cage.

"HEY--WHAT?"she said as she began tugging.

"GOTCHA!"said Cody as he ran and did a jump kick at her.

Ibuki managed to rip free,just as Cody's sneakered feet collided with the bars of the cage.

Ibuki then rolled to her feet and got back into her fight stance.

"Not bad there,Cody."she said. "But I got some better things up my sleeve!"

"Yeah,assuming you got sleeves left that is."joked Cody.

Ibuki then did another move and vanished in an after-image effect.

"Huh,what?"said Cody.

Suddenly,the real Ibuki showed up behind him and did a trio of super-turn kicks into his back.

"WHAK,WHAK,WHAK!"

Cody fell forwards,but landed on his hands and one knee.

"Sneaky huh?"he said. "Well,we'll just see how much you can take when i'm through with ya!"

Ibuki then ran and jumped at Cody,disappeared again,and then showed up on his shoulders.

"WHA--HEY---GETOFFAME!"he replied.

"Sure,as soon as I do--this!"said Ibuki.

She wrapped both arms around his neck,applied a bit of pressure,and caused Cody to fall to the floor.

"Ouch!"said Alex who saw the whole thing unfold. "That's gotta hurt!"

"I've seen other shinobis do the same move themselves on other opponents."sasid Guy. "This match may be over with sooner than we think."

Ibuki raised both of her arms in the air to signify her victory,but before she knew it,Cody swung on his back,lashed a leg sweep out and knocked Ibuki to the floor in turn!

"OOF--HEY!"she replied.

Cody got back to his feet,rubbing his shoulders.

"Not bad--but not good enough."he said.

"Nuts!"she thought. "I should've applied more pressure than that when I did myTsuigi Goe move."

Cody kept his defensive stance,waiting for his opponent to get back up.

Ibuki jumped back to her feet,ready to play again.

Cody then jumped at Ibuki and was directly in front of her.

He then began doing a series of lightning punches,but Ibuki just either blocked or swatted them away.

Cody then did his most powerful punch,his Criminal Upper!

"POW!"

Ibuki was knocked in the chin real hard by the typhoon making uppercut he did.

She went into the air,backflipped and landed a flip kick into Cody's chin,knocking him away.

Ibuki landed on her feet,but rubbed her chin.

"Man,that guy sure packs one!"she thought. "But what Cody's got in strength and power,i've got in deadly skill. He'll never win this!"

The rest of the match went on,the pair traded off punches and kicks,both trying to tire the other out.

Cody did his Dead-end Irony at Ibuki,but she backflipped away before he could get her.

Once she was backed into a corner,Cody saw the chance and slammed a thrust kick into her abdomen,completly jamming her there!

He then was about to finish her off with another criminal Upper,but before he could do so,Ibuki did a super move of her own.

"YOROI-DOUSHI!"

She slammed an open palm at Cody's chest and blasted him backwards with a full blast of orange ki energy!

"UNNGHH!"went COdy as he slid across the metal floor.

Guy whistled.
"Sometimes,I almost wish I was trained under Shinobi arts instead of my late great Master Zeku in the Bushin style."he said.

"Well it looks like Ibuki there may have the advantage after all."said Alex grinning.

"Don't count him out yet,Alex!"said Guy."He's still got a few trciks of his own left."

Cody jumped back to his feet and tried to think of a new strategy.

"You're good Cody,"said Ibuki. "but you're skill is no match for the way of the ninja!"

"So you say."said Cody. "But let's just see what you really got to finish off someone---COME ON SHOW ME WHAT YA REALLY GOT!"

"Cody..."said Jessica suddenly and completly concerned for her stud's safety.

"Very well..."said Ibuki. "...but don't say I didn't warn ya!"

Ibuki jumped into the air and threw a trio of daggers down at the floor where Cody was.

"Huh?"said Cody looking down.

Ibuki then shadow shifted towards the three daggars and did her most dangerous move---The Yami-Shigure!

Ibuki took the first blade and zipped past Cody,scarring him on the left side with it.

The scar was torn through his shirt and red blood started to leak out.

"OOOW!"he replied. "WHAT THE HELL?"

Ibuki then sprint past Cody,took the second dagger and scarred him on the right with it.

"HEY,YOU'RE RUINING MY FAVORITE SHIRT!"he said.

Ibuki grinned and then was about to make for the last daggar.

Cody then saw what was gonna happen.

"Oh no,you don't!"he thought.

With fast thinking,he ripped off his shirt and just when Ibuki was about to do her last move,he threw his t-shirt over her head,throwing off her course of conectration.

"HEY!"she said.

"NOW I GOT YOU!"he said and then did one last super move.

"FINAL DESTRUCTION!"

Cody slammed several fast and hard kicks into Ibuki's body and then finished her off with a roundhouse kick,knocking her into the bars of the cage.

She was the latest to be down for the count.

"THE WINNER---CODY!"declared RIngwood.

"ALL RIGHT!"said Jessica.

Cody jumped into the air with a drawn fist.

"ALLLRIGHHT!"he shouted. "NO ONE CAN STOP ME!"

"Don't bet on it,Cody."said Alex. "You still got one of us to face."

"We agree on that one at least."said Guy "But let's just see who he gets to face in the final match."

"Right."said Alex.

Cody then helped Ibuki up.

"You okay?"he asked.

"Yeah,I think."said Ibuki trying to catch her breath.
She then removed her mask,reavealling a cute and perky face of japanese beauty.

"Whoa..."thought Cody. "...what a hottie,uh...what am I saying?"

"You fought well after all,Cody."she said. "It looks like I may need more training after all."

"I guess so."said Cody. "Maybe next time it'll be a lot more exciting than before."

"You bet it will."said Ibuki. "But just you wait if you ever get to take on Alex,he's got more grabs than you can shake a stick at,be ready!"

Ibuki then turned back to the elevator,opened it,bowed to Cody and exited from the area.

"Well..."said Cody scratching his head. "Looks like i'd better get to first aid and see if Jessica's there."

While inside the elevator...

Ibuki sat down on the floor,rubbing at her head.

"Grandpa Geki is not gonna be too pleased about this one either."she thought. "But hey,he never won the first Street Fighter tourney held by that Sagat years ago either. Well,it was a great experience fighting in a legendary city with famed fighters. But now...maybe by tomorrow,I can check out the stores and---"

Ibuki's thought of plans were cut short as a strange green aura of gases came through the ventilation shaft.

"Hey,what?"she said.

The entire shaft room was then filled with it,Ibuki began to cough wildly.

"Knockout--gas--!"she gasped. "---GOT TO---"

But it was too late,she was out cold.

The lift then stopped,the door opened and there standing before was that crooked samurai Sodom himself.

"Haha!"he said. "Silly ninjas,they aren't as skilled as they think they are."

Sodom then scooped up the fallen ninja girl and carried her out of the building to his bosses.

While back upstairs,the next match was about to begin.

Who would be left standing in the final match for Metro City Champion?

NEXT IN CH.16:GUY AND ALEX FIGHT IT OUT FOR THE RIGHT TO SEE WHO WILL FACE CODY IN THE SUPREME FINAL MATCH! BUT CAN THEY ALSO FIND AND DEFEAT BOTH BELGER AND URIEN BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE? FIND OUT NEXT CHAPTER!