The Purest Evil

The group was surrounded by darkness, not knowing what was going on.

"Isn't there a light somewhere? This is really giving me the creeps." Said somebody.

"Hey! Who grabbed my ass!" Mai shouted.

Nobody said anything.

With a growl, Mai just went postal, swinging and hitting everyone she could find.

The sounds of people getting smacked and cries of pain were quite funny before the lights flashed on.

"Amazing what people will do in the absence of light. One's greatest fears always come out when it's dark." Bison snickered.

Half of the group lay on the ground from Mai's wild frenzy. Mostly nothing but a few bumps.

Everyone recovered and stood to face the great tyrant, Bison.

The sinister leader of Shadowlaw sat before them in a levitating chair high above them.

"What have you done with my sister you freak!" Keith demanded.

Bison wasn't the least bit affected by Keith's words.

"Oh rest assured, she's alive if that's what you want to hear."

As he said this a large panel opened to reveal Lina still strapped on the chair behind thick glass.

The girl was very weak, the time Bison spent invading her mind left her with barely any strength left.

"Lina!" Keith shouted.

Lina reacted to his voice as he eyes barely opened.

"Keith. You came for me." She said, her voice barely a whisper.

"What did you do to her?" Kieth snarled, ready to tear Bison apart.

"Just a little mind probing to pass the time." Bison snickered.

"How dare you? How could you do such a thing?" Terry shouted.

"Before we get into that, allow me to show you something."

Bison waved his hand and another panel opened to show numerous capsules filled with liquid.

The entire group was surprised at what they were seeing.

They were looking at themselves.

"What the hell is going on?" Iori demanded.

"Don't you see, since you stepped foot on my ship. I've been gathering information on your fighting styles, DNA, even past records and histories, which I might say, was quite informative."

"Why do such a thing?" Kyo asked.

"To create the perfect army. Unlike NESTS, I will kill all of you and use your memories to create perfect clones of all of you. Clones that no one could tell from the real ones and so will be able in infiltrate and destroy any place because in every sense of the word, they will be you."

"That's kind of far fetched, don't you think." K' said.

"Not really. I just needed the right subjects. Even Geese Howard and the others were unaware of my plans, because they too were merely pawns."

"So that's why you wanted me to join you."

Everyone turned to see Duke lumbering over towards Bison, his body covered in blood from all of his battle wounds.

"So you're still alive." Bison said with some irritation.

The tyrant stood right up to Bison, anger in his eyes.

"I don't like being manipulated. For that I'm going to crush your skull!"

Duke lunged, but Bison didn't even move.

"AhhhhH!"
Duke was hit by a powerful Psycho blast that sent him into the distance.

"It's so hard to find good help these days." Bison said as he turned his attention back to the others.

"Now where was I, ah yes, my diabolical plan. Even as we speak, my lower level Cyborgs and troops are ready an waiting for my signal to storm every nation in the world and your new clones are almost complete. All that remains are your memories, which I can only claim from your corpses. But yours I'm unsure of." Bison said, focusing on Keith.

"Me?" Keith asked.

"Only because I can't find anything about you between your birth and the last few days. It is as if you never existed. So I had to find other means."
Bison glanced briefly up at Lina.

"You share a link with the young girl just like siblings, but the thing is I probed your sister's mind very thoroughly and checked every one of her records that I quickly found were forged very well which can only mean one thing."

His face formed a grin.

"You are not her brother."

Keith's face darkened and his body tensed like an iron rod.

Lina and the Fatal Fury team all gasped.

"Keith, please tell me it isn't true." Lina said.

Keith's entire body shook uncontrollably, then it suddenly relaxed and he looked up at her, staring into her blue eyes.

He looked down at the ground as twin streams flowed from his eyes.

"It's true."

Lina suddenly felt as if her heart was ripped from her chest when he said those words.

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't bear to tell you the truth. But since there's no other way, I'll tell you why."

(Flashback)

"After my father left and my mother died. I was all alone in the city. I was living the life of a rogue, doing everything I could to survive."

Keith's young mind had quickly hardened and adapted to the harshness of the streets. He stole, pick pocketed, and ravaged for food in dumpsters of restaurants.

"Then one night, I was scraping for whatever I could find in an alley dumpster. Then I heard some shouting, some screaming, and several gunstots."

Keith poked his head out from the dumpster to see two dark figures run by, disappearing around the corner.

"I heard soft cries and climbed out to see a man and a woman, both of them were covered in blood from bullet wounds. I ran over to see where I heard the noise, thinking they were still alive. But they were dead."

Keith sighed a little.

"I heard the noise again and when I looked closer, I saw that the woman was clutching onto a baby in a white cloth."

He looked up at Lina with water-filled eyes.

"That baby was you, Lina."

Lina was still so traumatized, that she didn't react to his words.

"Your parents were robbed and murdered, but you survived. I was still so young and I didn't know what to do, but there is one thing that I still remember."

Keith's sadness was replaced with a smile.

"You looked up at me and smiled. I may have been young, but I decided to keep you and raise you as a sister since we lost our parents and I had no other family. From then on I did everything in my power to protect you and made sure that you lived the best life I could give you."

He then turned his gaze to Bison, the glassy look had changed to a hard glare of steel.

"If what I've said has made you no longer think of me as your brother, then so be it. I have always and will always love you as my sister. And I will sacrifice my own life to save yours!" With his final words, he charged.

"Bison! Your reign of terror ends here!"
Keith's entire body surged with ki as he used his Blazing Comet.

Bison chuckled and shifted to the right just before Keith struck, who passed right by him.

The evil general raised his left arm and elbowed Keith right in the spine.

The warrior's attack was nullified instantly as he slammed into the wall.

Bison was right behind him and kicked his hard in the back, denting the hard steel and almost broke Keith in two from the blow.

Everyone was stunned as Bison pulled away his leg and Keith slid down the wall, leaving a streak of blood before he fell backwards.

"How could he have dodged that? That move was too fast to even see." Ken said.

Bison snickered.

"I told you that you would be in for a rude awakening. And I have a little insurance to make sure that I can never be defeated again."

When he said this, the dark presence made itself known around Bison's body.

The darkness was like a living aura of pure power that wasn't even human.

Iori and Kyo recognized it immediately.

"Orochi!" Kyo roared.

Iori simply growled as his purple flames ignited in his hands.

Bison snickered.

"I knew the two of you would recognize the great power that you sealed away almost ten years ago."

"What have you done, Bison?" Chun Li demanded.

"I simply made a pact with the Orochi, the most powerful entity to ever exist. By infusing my soul with its power, I regained my former powers and even more than I could have ever imagined. With it I can destroy the world at my leisure."

"Why do all of this? Why put us through this trial if you have such power?" Terry asked.

Bison smirk only grew bigger.

"Because I wanted to have a little fun. Not even the most powerful nuclear weapons can match me, so I decided to test your powers. I wanted to see if you were worthy of facing in battle, but not even the strongest among you can even fathom the power I now possess."

"With his body, I can come with my full power. And I won't be defeated like last time." Said Orochi.

"You filthy demon! I'll make you scream for death when I get through with you!" Iori snarled.

"And you've managed to overcome the Riot of the Blood. Even still, I am eternal, never-ending. Time means nothing to me. I may have lost to you before, but now I can eliminate the human race once and for all and not even the great Kusanagi and Yagami flames can stop me."

"Big Bang!"

Bison growled when the attack struck him from behind, causing him to step forward to keep from losing his balance.

Bison's cape was burned away, but his body didn't have a scratch on it.

Keith was completely surprised that his blast didn't even faze him.

Bison grinned and teleported right in Keith's face before slamming a fist in his stomach.

The man doubled over from the blow and Bison grabbed his throat, lifting him off the ground.

"That was a nice trick, but no matter how strong you think you are, I am beyond strength. I am a god."

Keith vomited blood on Bison's arm, which angered the general.

"You ruined my uniform."

He let go, letting Keith fall and then caught him in the side with a spin kick before he touched the ground, knocking Keith away like nothing before he crashed into another wall and fell back to the ground.

X

Lina saw Keith being thrashed and overcame her shock when she saw his still and bleeding form.

"Keith!" She shouted as she pulled on her restraints, but they held her tight.

But since she was never strong, however, she was very smart and used her small form to get free, working her arms to wiggle them out to loosen the straps on her legs.

X

"Bison!"

The general looked back to see the entire group had decided to join and had spread out.

With his powers, he wasn't even bothered by their unity.

"This shall be most entertaining."

The tall room was filled with small holes and hundreds of small circular disks, each about five feet wide, shot from them and hovered slowly above them.

"How about we raise the stakes a little? Since none of you can fly, I have provided these as stepping stones."

"Don't get cocky you arrogant bastard!" Guile growled and fired his Sonic Boom.

Bison snickered and teleported as the blade cut into the steel behind him.

"Guile, look out!" Chun Li shouted.

Guile looked up to see Bison falling feet first and jumped back before Bison crashed, shaking the room from the impact.

Bison teleported right in Guile's face, surprising the man.

"Hadouken!" Ryu shouted.

Bison turned and blocked the attack, but Guile recovered and swept him off his feet.

Bison somersaulted in the air, kicking Guile in the head and sending him sliding across the floor before landing back on his feet.

"Have some of this!"

Kyo jumped in and began to swing a deadly barrage of flaming fists, but Bison caught every strike with his palms and then drove an elbow Kyo in the chest.

"Shining Knuckle!"

Bison took to the air as Rock shot by, but Rock wasn't through as he finished with his Rising Tackle, landing several fists into Bison's body.

Bison fell back, but caught himself by using his flying ability to stop.

"Burning Knuckle!"

Bison backflipped from Terry's blow, but only to meet Andy's Sky Rending Shot in the back.

The attacks were merely irritations, but they were cutting into his pride by actually hitting him.

"Deadly Ninja Bees!"

Bison teleported away and reappeared behind her as his hands glowed with Psycho Energy.

"Exorcism!"

"Psycho Shot!"

Bison retaliated, the two attacks canceling out the other in a display of bright light.

"Damn! I hadn't expected their numbers to affect me this much." Bison growled as he avoided Terry's Crack Shot.
"I'll have to wear down their numbers."

K' had jumped onto one of the disks above them, waiting silently for an opening.

Alba and Soiree had similar ideas as they separated to flank Bison.

"Ready!" Terry shouted as he and Rock stood side by side.

"Let's do this! Cyclone Punch!"

"Power Wave!"

Both attacks streaked across the ground.

Bison saw this and teleported away as they passed harmlessly by.

The brothers saw this and saw their chance.

"Conquering Lightning Flash!"

Bison turned and saw the blast coming.

Not having a chance to avoid the attack, he took it head on.

The blast exploded around him, covering him in smoke.

The smoke was blown away by Bison's aura.

"You'll pay for that."

Soiree chuckled as he had entered the smoke as cover.

"Big Wednesday!"

Soiree spun all the way around, tripping Bison and then tossing him straight into the air with the wind from his kick.

K' saw Bison coming right at him and jumped off the disk as his fist ignited.

"Heat Drive!"
Bison's spinning body was struck hard, sending him back down and going right through the floor that sent a shockwave that almost knocked everyone off their feet.

K' landed outside the hole, his look never changing, but looked as pleased as it could get.

"Nice combo there, K'. I didn't even see you up there." Soiree said as he brushed his white hair back with his fingers.

"I wonder if that attack worked?" Ken said as he peered into the dark hole.

The others did too and they were almost knocked away as Bison shot out like a rocket.

"Does that answer your question?" Said Ryu.

Bison didn't stop until he was high above them.

Even though he had fused souls with the great Orochi, these mortals were really giving him a lot of trouble.

Then he snickered a little.

"It doesn't matter, I cannot be killed. Come and get me if you dare!"

The group immediately jumped onto the disks after him.

X

Lina came through the door, having to find another route after getting free.

She looked up and saw the others fighting Bison, but Keith was her only concern as she looked for him.

After a few seconds, she saw him sitting against the wall.

She ran over to him as fast as she could and knelt down and lifted his head up.

"Keith, can you hear me?"

Keith awoke from his daze and looked at her.

"Lina, what are you doing here? How…"

Lina quieted him by placing a finger to his lips and putting his hand in her's.

"Please listen to me."

She paused to look up at Terry as he was knocked away when he tried to land a blow on Bison.

"I know that you did everything that you could to give me a better life and I thank you for that."

She gingerly brushed back his hair.

"But even though I now know the truth. It doesn't change us. I still love you, Brother."

Keith was taken aback, expecting the opposite reaction.

Lina noticed that she still had on Terry's jacket from last night.

"You've lived a very hard life taking care of me by yourself. You've relied on your anger to get you through the toughest fights, but it won't always be there for you. But I will."

She then hugged his neck.

"Always know that."

Keith was stunned, but recovered and smiled.

"Thanks."

X

The tables had turned now that Bison was in the air.

He had full control of the situation since the fighters were very vulnerable when their feet left the ground.

"You still think you can win? Such foolishness of mortals." Bison laughed as he teleported from Kyo's fiery punch and appeared to drop an axe kick on his back.

"Rrraaa!" Iori shouted as he leaped from his disk and swung a clawed hand at Bison, who shifted from it and grabbed his arm, then spun him around and threw him into a wall.

"Ikoken!"

Bison swatted away Chun Li's blast and fired his own at her, which she jumped to another disk before her's was obliterated.

"Flash Kick!"

Bison teleported as Guile tried to hit him from behind and reappeared behind him with an axe-handle smash on Guile's head, sending him smashing on a disk.

"This is beginning to get boring." Bison said with a sneer.

"Shikku… Hadouken!" Came a unified shout.

Bison only has a split second to react to the pincher attack.

Ken and Ryu had succeeded with their combined attack, catching Bison right in the middle.

Bison then chuckled as he pushed his arms outwards, revealing that he had caught their attacks.

"Nice trick, but that won't work twice."

Bison then used his new powers and shot back their attacks like nothing.

Ken and Ryu had to jump away from the blasts that struck the walls and covered the area in exploded violently in smoke and fire.

The smoke cleared and Bison was waiting for their next attack.

"Shiki Kusanagi Serpent!"

A pillar of fire shot out from the smoke, which struck Bison head on.

The smoke cleared to reveal Kyo with a satisfied look on his face.

"Let's see how you stand against the fires of the Kusanagi Clan."

"Quite well actually." Bison said before firing through the pillar of smoke.

Kyo hadn't expected that and was struck with every shot, knocking him off his disk.

Luckily, he managed to grab onto a nearby disk to keep him from falling to his death.

"Now to take care of one problem." Bison raised a hand, gathering more Psycho Power into it as a great sphere hovered above him.

"Psycho Bomb!"

He reared back the ball and threw it with deadly accuracy at Kyo.

"Power Geyser!"

An explosion of ki shot at the ball and knocked it off course.

This interference irritated the general as he turned to see Terry tip his cap mockingly at him.

"Forget about me?"

Bison turned his attention to the Lone Wolf.

"No, I thought you had run away with your tail between your legs." Bison retorted, trying to provoke him.

"Only dogs do that and wolves travel in packs."

"Super Deadly Ninja Bees!"

"Shadow Splitting Fist!"

Andy and Mai struck him in the back.

"I don't think so."
Bison radiated pure dark energy, knocking the two away.

Terry was surprised that their sneak attack failed.

"This little rebellion has been fun, but I'm going to have to end this. I've got a planet to conquer."

Bison's aura grew, shadowing him in his evil.

"Psycho Crusher!"

Bison shot down, spinning like a drill right at Terry.

"Terry!" Rock landed on a disk next to him.

Terry nodded as their auras surrounded them and leapt as one.

"Shining Knuckle!"
"Burning Knuckle!"

The two punched Bison with all of their might, but Bison didn't even slow down as he knocked them away.

Bison banked back and his speed increased as he went for all of the others.

"Feel the power of a god!"

The warriors were helpless to fight back as his Psycho charged body shot through their defenses effortlessly, not sparing anyone his wrath.

X

Lina helped Keith to his feet and tried to support his weight as best as she could.

"I can take it from here." He told her and stepped away, and then looked down at Terry's jacket.

"This fits pretty well."

He looked up and saw his friends weren't faring well with Bison.

"Be careful." Lina said.

Keith looked back with a smile.

"I will."

He took a few steps and his body almost gave out, but he caught himself.

"Come on, you can do it." He told his body as he reinforced his stance with his ki that swirled around him like a gentle breeze.

"Let's finish this."
He crouched down slightly as his aura became more intense as it encased him with its power.

"Cosmic Kick!"

Keith exploded upwards like a bullet.

X

Bison was enjoying their pain after using his Psycho Crusher to wipe them out.

Not being ones to fall easily, they were back on their feet, ready to fight.

"So you're ready for more humiliation, are you?" Bison said.

"Even if you have the power of the Orochi inside you, we will stop you!" Kyo shouted.

The others agreed in suit.

"You ignorant fools. Only Akuma had the power to stop me and now with him dead and my powers magnified a million times over. There's no way you could ever win."

Bright blue light shined beneath him and all of them looked down.

"What the argh!"

Bison was cut off as Keith's foot drove right into his chest and knocked him higher into the air.

Keith shot above Bison and stopped in the air and shot back down, grabbing Bison in a bear hug.

Bison recovered to see Keith with a smug look.

"Hi there." He said as his aura surrounded them.

"You've got guts to take me on by yourself." Bison said, not even trying to break free as they dove faster and faster towards the ground.

"Well I've always gambled with my life. Now how about I gamble with yours."

Keith gave one last burst of ki before the two striking the ground.

The force was so great that the metal floor rippled like water.

Keith shot back up and landed on a disk as ki gathered into his fists.

"Come on everyone! Now's our chance!"

The others saw his plan and they gathered their energy.
"Shikku Hadouken!" Ken and Ryu shouted.

"Ikoken!"

"Sonic Boom!"

"Conquering Lightning Flash!"
"Big Wednesday!"

One by one, everybody fired straight down with their raining blasts.

Keith was the last one as he reared his fists back.

"Hyper Shooting Star!"

The multitude of blasts was incredible as they struck the ground and bombarded the floor with hellish destruction.

After they had finished, the center of the room was covered in smoke, charred metal, and a very large hole.

The fighters all settled down and made their way to the floor.

"That'll show him not to mess with us." Ken said, feeling better after taking down Bison.

"Be cautious, I have a bad feeling that he's still alive." Ryu stated as he stared at the hole.

"But how, we threw everything we had at him." Said Alba.

"But the Orochi is immortal. He cannot be killed." Kyo explained.

Suddenly the center of the hole lit up with dark energy and Bison levitated from it.

"So true, Kyo Kusanagi. It doesn't matter how much you try to fight back. I will keep coming until every last one of you is dead."

Bison landed before them with his arms crossed, his usual grin gone into a more emotionless stare.

The group got into fighting stances.

"Even seeing that I am invincible and still you stand against me. You humans are either incredibly stubborn or incredibly stupid."

"Either way you see it, we're still going to fight you til the bitter end." Keith declared.

"Hmph, then I guess I'll just have to show you what I'm really capable of."

Bison got in a horse stance and began to gather his power.

In seconds, the entire ship began to shake.

"What the hell is going on!" K' shouted as he shifted from a large beam that almost crushed him.

"He's using the Orochi's full power. A power that can wipe out the entire human race." Said Iori.

Bison grinned and roared as his body began to grow taller and more muscular.

His uniform stretched and finally was ripped off by his growing size.

His eyes flickered a multitude of colors before his aura expanded like a shockwave, slamming into all of them and shattering the disks like fragile glass.

"Feel my true power!"

The aura receded and revealed Bison, which was a very fearsome sight.

He had grown an entire foot and his body was packed with muscle.

His eyes were blood red.

The only clothes on his body were his pants, shoes, and hat.

And on his chest was the symbol of the eight-headed Orochi demon.

"It's just like Chris at the KOF tournament." Kyo said as he noticed the symbol.

"Ahhhh!"

Everyone looked to see Iori grabbing his head in pain.

"It's the Riot of the Blood, Orochi's trying to activate it again."

Iori continued to scream like a savage beast as the Orochi blood tried to take control once more.

"Don't fight it, Iori. Accept yourself as my servant and I may let you live." Bison offered, his voice now mixed the Orochi's.

"Not this time, fucker!" Iori snarled as he let go of his head, the Riot of the Blood had revealed his features were changed, but he wasn't raving and attacking his allies.

Bison didn't care for that insult, but also saw that his evil was affecting Ryu as well.
Ryu kept himself under control, but his aura was more violent, destructive even.

"I'll have to see what I can do to awaken Ryu's Dark Hadou." Bison thought to himself.

"Die!" Iori charged in, his fingers extended like talons.

Bison teleported away, but Iori wasn't finished as he unleashed a very powerful Exorcism as big as himself right where Bison appeared.

Bison waved his hand and the blast exploded in a wave of purple fire.

"Even with the Riot of the Blood, I cannot be defeated by the likes of you."

Iori simply growled in response.

"Allow me to show you."

Iori was hammered by a punch to the stomach.

Everyone was shocked at what just happened.

Bison grinned as he pulled his fist away, allowing Iori to sink to the floor.

"How'd he do that? I didn't even see him move." Guile said in awe.

"With the power of Orochi, he can surpass normal limits. With Bison's power, he can move anywhere in an instant now." Kyo said, sensing that Orochi wasn't the same as the last time they fought.

Iori started to get back up.

Bison aimed his hands as Psycho Power formed between them.

"Begone."

Iori was knocked away by the powerful blast.

"Iori!" Keith used his Blazing Comet to beat Iori and catch him.

"Hey are you ok?"

Iori was oblivious to pain in his current state and threw Keith off.

"Stay out of my way or I'll tear you to pieces." He snarled before turned back to Bison.

"Now that we have achieved our full power, what should we do now?" Bison asked, not speaking to them, but the Orochi.

"Kill them." Orochi replied.

"Fine by me."

"We can't let Bison and Orochi win. If he does then everything will be destroyed." Chun Li said as she charged ahead.

"Spinning Bird Kick!"

Bison shifted from her strikes like a ghost before grabbing her legs and throwing her up to smack her with a backhand.

"Damn you!" Guile charged in and kicked Bison in the face, but it was like hitting solid steel.

"No, but I will damn you."

Guile was blown away with Bison's finger.

"Fighting him together is the only chance we have!" Alba shouted and the remaining fighters charged.

Bison snickered as he vanished.

In a matter of seconds, the charge had become a massacre.

Bison was wiping the floor with them, using his speed and strength to thrash everyone who tried to attack him.

"What's wrong, is this the best that humanity can conjure up for me?"

"Then how about this! Shinryuken!"

Ken struck Bison with his flaming uppercut, but Bison canceled it out with a headbutt.

"Rising Tackle!"

Terry was knocked away with a roundhouse.

"Super Deadly Ninja Bees!" Mai shouted and struck him right in the chest.

Bison didn't even flinch from the flames that surrounded him and swatted her away like a fly.

"Ultra Sky Rending Shot!"

Bison ducked the flying attack and uppercutted Andy in the back, knocking Andy into the sky.

Bison aimed a hand to kill Andy with a Psycho Bomb.

"Neo Deadly Rave!"

Bison looked down to see Rock harnessing Geese's blood as he charged and delivered a deadly barrage of fists and feet.

Bison dodged every strike with a grin.

Rock finished with a powerful blast in Bison's face.

The youth backed away, but Bison charged and clothed lined Rock.

"Pathetic."

A chain came from nowhere and wrapped around his arm.

K' moved with frightening speed and delivered his own barrage, but fared no better even if he connected.

"Your attacks are a weak as an ant's?"

Bison kneed K' in the stomach and then in the face.

"Luminescent Slicer!"

Bison turned a caught the blade with a hand.

"Your powers are nothing." He knocked Alba away with a thrust kick.

"I am the supreme being."

In a flash all were wiped away with his power.

Many tried to hold their ground, but Bison's power was took great and they were slowly pushed backwards.

"Andy!"

Keith reached the man despite the force.

"What is it?" Andy asked.

"I got an idea! If we combine your Sky Rending Shot with my Cosmic Kick. Maybe we can stop him.

"It doesn't sound like a good idea, but anything is better than nothing."
Keith grinned.

"Ready!"

"Yeah!"

"Ultra Sky Rending Shot!"
"Cosmic Kick!"

The two launched as one, then combined to form a large drill of ki.

The two struck a barrier around Bison, but they continued to push, slowly penetrating the field with their feet.

Bison wasn't amused by their attempt.

"Insolent pests!"

With a great surge, he knocked the two away.

Both flew into the fall and fell back to the ground.

"I told you it was a bad idea." Andy groaned.

"But it did stop him, didn't it?" Keith replied.

Andy thought about it for a second.

"I guess you've got a point there."

All of the fighters were in very bad shape, some worse that others.

"Now that you've had your fun, it's time for me to kill you, but first."

Bison walked over to Ryu, picking him up by his head in both hands, forcing him to stare into his eyes.

"Ryu, the only one to ever defy me. I can sense the darkness within your mind. Unleash your anger and hatred and bring forth the Dark Hadou."

"Never! I swore to never use that again!" Ryu said as he tried to break free from Bison's grasp.

"Only because your little brother died."
Ryu was surprised by Bison's words.

The evil general snickered.

"I know everything. You killed him with that evil power. You watched him die in your arms. You are frightened of that power, and that is why you won't use it."

He paused to let it sink into the man.

"And you have me to thank for it."

Ryu's eyes snapped wide as a deathly red aura surrounded him.

"Haaaa!"

Bison was knocked back by the power Ryu unveiled.

The self-proclaimed god was astonished, but also intrigued by the change in Ryu's power.

"What's happening? Ryu's ki has shot through the roof!" Terry said.

Ken was horrified by this turn of events.

"He's tapping into the Dark Hadou. If he becomes consumed like he did before, he'll destroy everything. Fight it, Ryu! Fight it!"

Ryu wasn't listening as his aura erupted like a thunderstorm.

"That's it Ryu, show me your true power!" Bison goaded.

"Rose warned me this would happen. It's because of his men that Shun is dead. Even if I die from this power, then so be it."

Ryu growled like a demon as he brought his hands to his side and began to gather huge amounts of dark ki.

"Such incredible power. I never knew humans could obtain such levels of strength." Orochi said through Bison.

Ryu's ki had peaked as the Dark Hadou was finished.

From out of nowhere, a streak of white light formed between Ryu and Bison.

Ryu paused as he stared at the light.

"So you were willing to sacrifice your own life for vengeance. Such a foolish child."

Said a heavenly voice.

The light faded to reveal an attractive woman with long gravity-defying hair and a full-bodied dress with a slit up her leg.

"Rose." Ryu said.

"But even if you did, Bison would not be killed. This power cannot be destroyed by the evil in Man's heart."
Rose walked up to Ryu, his body stunned by her presence, having never actually met her in person.

A Tarot card flickered in her hand, revealing the Devil card.

"A devil cannot defeat this evil. You must not use that power or else you will forever be banished to the darkness."

She turned to face Bison.

"But I cannot fight this battle for you. You must decide your own fate, but I will grant you the time to make that decision. That is all I can give you."

"Who is this?" Asked Orochi.

"My so-called good half. It doesn't matter, she can do nothing against our power."

"True, but I am only here to make sure the boy does not stray down the same path you and Akuma have taken."

"Is that so?" Bison teleported behind Rose.

He swung, but she vanished before his attack hit.

"What good is power if you cannot hit your target?"

Bison recoiled from a kick to the back of his head.

Rose seemed to float in the air like a feather as she dodged another strike.

"Hurry Ryu." She commanded as Bison teleported again and struck, but she blocked it by making her scarf hard as steel.

Ryu did so, his eyes closed in concentration as he remembered why he gave up the Dark Hadou.

The others watched as Ryu's aura began to turn a soft blue.

"Die you bitch!" Bison roared and fired a powerful blast of Psycho Power, but Rose multiplied and separated before the blast struck.

"Aura Shot!"

The scarfs from the three struck Bison, but did nothing as Bison charged and hammered all three with his Pyscho Crusher. Reducing Rose to one.

Bison stood over her, raising his fists over his head to crush her.

"Hyper Shooting Star!"

Bison turned and raised his arms to block a barrage of blasts that knocked him away.

"Don't you know how to treat a lady?" Keith said as he adjusted Terry's jacket.

"For that I'll snuff out your life." Bison said as he charged him.

Rose's scarf wrapped around Bison's neck and she used almost inhuman strength to throw him to the far side of the room and crash into the steel wall.

"Your aid was appreciated, but not needed." Rose said as she got ready to fight again.

"Sorry, but I couldn't stand back and watch a damsel in distress." Keith replied.

Bison was really getting angry with these mortals.

"I'm through playing these games. My destiny as this world's ruler is at hand."

"Bison!"

Bison turned to see Ryu staring at him with a new look in his eyes.

"He overcame to Dark Hadou. How is it possible?" Bison said as he watched Ryu's aura shining as bright at the sun.

Rose nodded at the man's transformation, just like before.

"He did it. My time here is done."

In a flash of light, she vanished.

Ryu's ki shined with power as the ball hummed in his hands.

"Kiiiaaaaa!"

Ryu thrust his hands and fired the massive white blast straight at Bison.

"You think you can destroy me!"

Bison raised his hands and fired back.

The two attacks collided with explosive force, filling the battlefield with light.

The light faded and revealed the two in a stalemate as they fought the other for dominance.

Bison grinned.

"You might have defeated the Dark Hadou, but I am only getting started."
Bison's blast suddenly began to overcome Ryu's.

"Oh no." Ryu kept pushing, but Bison was winning without contest.

"We've got to help!" Ken shouted and the others ran and joined Ryu.

Ken was the first as he gathered all of his ki into his hands.

"Shikku Hadouken!"

Ken's blast fused with Ryu's, but it wasn't enough.

"We need more!" Ken shouted.

"You got it! Big…. BANG!" Keith stood next to Ryu and channeled his ki and added it to theirs, slowing the attack, but Bison was still grinning.

"You think you can win! I am a god!" Bison added more power and the three were losing ground fast.

Terry had to tap into his deepest wells of power, searching himself to find the power that defeated the God of Mars.

He stepped next to Keith and his aura flared around him.

"Buster Wolf!"

Terry's surge of ki amplified the attack and pushed back the attack, recovering their lost ground.

The others began to do the same as their auras became a rainbow of colors as they banded together against the evil being.

"Conquering Lightning Flash"

"Big Wednesday!"

"Ultra Sky Rending Shot!"

"Super Deadly Ninja Bees!"

"Raging Storm!"

"Neo Shiki Kusanagi Serpent!"

"Bloom of the Wolf!"

"Heat Drive!"

"Super Ikoken!"

"Sonic Boom!"

Everyone had brought forth their greatest powers and created a super wave of ki and fire that was like a beast bearing down on the general.

But still Bison wasn't worried.

"Impressive power! But I am unbeatable!"

The Orochi Symbol shined and Bison's blast countered theirs and began to push against them.

Everyone was giving it their all, but the tide was turning against them.

"Brother!"
Keith looked down to see Lina with him.

"Lina get out of here! If we don't win then you'll die!"

"I know, but what reason is there for me to live without you, or Terry."

Despite her frailty, Lina's will and determination was strong and she refused to leave them, inadvertently adding her own ki with theirs.

"No matter how much power you have, I cannot be killed!"

"We'll see about that!" Said another voice.

"Sagat?" Ryu said in surprise as he looked back to see the tall man look down at him.

His body was bleeding badly from self-inflicted wounds from removing all of the enhancements in his body.

"You were right, Ryu. A true warrior must rely on their own power. For that I thank you."

Sagat gathered his ki into his hands and thrust them.

"Tiger Cannon!"

The human's attack came back, but it still wasn't enough to match Bison's god-like strength.

"There's no one else left. Too bad for you. I will still rule this world and none of you can stop me."

"Don't be so sure, asshole."

Duke stepped in, wearing a very angry look on his face.

Alba and Soiree thought he might attack them, but he didn't.

"Don't worry, we'll settle our quarrel another time. This guy's gonna pay for stabbing me in the back."

Duke rubbed the scar across his neck.

"We'll see who the true immortal is."

Duke's dark red aura surrounded him and he raised his arms.

"Sledgehammer!"

Duke's attack struck and the blast increased instantly in size, plowing right through Bison's beam like nothing.

"No it can't be! Ieeeyyyaaaa!" Bison shouted as the wave consumed him and annihilated the entire room, through the center of the great ship, and blasting a giant hole in the side of the ship.

The group stopped their joined attack, more at ease, but greatly exhausted.

"I hope we never have to do that again." Andy said tiredly.

"You said it." Mai said as she wrapped her arms around him.

"There's just one problem." Soiree' stated.

Everyone looked at him.

"If Bison and the others were the only ones on this ship. Then who's flying this thing?"

"It must have an auto-pilot." Guile said.

Suddenly the ship dropped out of the sky.

"Then I guess we must have hit the auto-pilot." K' said as the room tilted and everyone slid down.

"Everybody hang on to something!" Terry shouted.

Everybody did so with whatever they could get their hands on.

The huge ship screamed as smoke flew from the holes made during the fighting and fell right into the Pacific Ocean with a great splash.

The ship was underwater for a few seconds before rising back to the surface.

Everything was quiet except for the occasional waves splashing against the metal hull.

Finally, everyone started to come out of the hole on the top of the ship.
The bright sun shined down on them in the cloudless sky.

"Don't tell me that we have to swim back." Kyo groaned as he looked out to see nothing but water in all directions.

"We shouldn't have to. This aircraft couldn't have gone by undetected by radar. All we have to do is wait for the Navy or Coast Guard to come and get us." Guile said as he laid down to get some sun.

"And how long will that take?" Kyo asked.

"Maybe a few hours."

"That's reassuring." K' said as he put his shades on.

X

(Long Island, 12 hours later)

Everyone was glad to be on dry land.

The Meira Brothers and Duke left on mutual terms, meaning to settle their fight another time should they ever cross paths or Duke tried to ever retake South Town.

Guile and Chun Li said their goodbyes before they left with a military escort to their government duties.

K' left them with a simple 'see you later' and disappeared into the night.

Kyo and Iori parted soon after, then explosions of fire followed for the two could not stand the other for very long.

Ken, Sagat, and Ryu shook hands before going their separate ways to train.

"Hey don't forget that you and I will spar!" Keith shouted.

"Don't worry. I haven't forgotten." Ryu said as he returned to his journey of enlightenment and spiritual perfection.

Keith turned back and stood before the Fatal Fury group, the last remainders of the group that took down the evil Bison and the Orochi demon.

"It was good fighting with you guys." Keith said as he shook their hands.

"Oh and before I forget." Keith took off Terry's jacket and handed it to him.

"Thanks." Terry put it on.

"Maybe someday we'll finish our fight. Who knows how it would have turned out?" Keith said.

"Who knows." Terry said with a grin.

Keith looked down at Lina, who stood next to Terry.

"You sure have grown up a lot since we've been together. I only wish for the best for you."

Keith and Lina hugged briefly.

"You too, Keith. Don't forget that even if we aren't really brother and sister. You're still my big brother to me."

Keith liked when she called him that and smiled.

"I guess this is where we part ways. I'll be seeing you again real soon to check up on you."

"Take care now." Terry said as they watched him leave.

Keith waved to them one last time before disappearing.

X

Keith walked down the lonely streets, the occasional car passing by.

He turned down an alley and suddenly jumped onto the roof of a three story building.

"Nice to see you again." Keith said to the dark figure on the opposite side.

"What do you want?" Said the man as he turned towards him.

"You are the current winner of the King of Fighters tournament. I want to test my skills against yours." Keith said as he raised his right fist that lit up with blue ki.

"So you want to fight?" K' said as he raised his right fist as well which ignited with great fire.

"Just to see who is the stronger. Do you accept?"

K's flames grew even larger.

"I'll take that as a yes!" Keith shot towards K' as his aura exploded around him.

X

(Alternate Dimension)

"How could this happen to me? Me, the great General Bison!"

"All we can do now is wait for the next chance. Since time is slower here, it could take hundreds or even thousands of years before the next opportunity."

"Thousands of years!" Bison roared in fury, but being fused with the Orochi, he could only suffer the same fate in total oblivion.

"This is the price for power. Get used to it."

X

So how was it?
Large groups are so hard to keep track of, but it's finished.

It was quite time consuming, but it was worth it.

I thank all of you who have read this and I wish you well on your own ideas and creations.

You can only go as far as your own imagination, so don't give yourself limits to what you can do.
You just might surprise yourself.

Thank you and see ya later.