Chapter 4
Master Tung Fue Rue had owned his own dojo and the property adjacent to it for many years before his death. In his will, he had passed its ownership on to be shared by Terry and Andy as they had both been his finest students second only to their father Jeff Bogard. While it hadn't beenvery manyyears since the old master's passing, neither Terry nor Andy had formally taken possession of it. It had sat undisturbed since that time as that some annual investments that the Master had made many years ago continued to pay out dividends which in turn paid for basic upkeep and maintenance.
It was here; in this place that Terry began training his first student, Tony. Andy and Mai returned from their honeymoon two weeks after they left and were surprised beyond words that Terry had stayed in one place for more than a week, let alone reopened the school and taken on a student. Andy remembered Tony from the one time they had met before Terry's final battle with Krauser and decided to help in any way he could. Tony was a quick study and picked up the basics fairly quickly over the next six months. By then, other students were joining the school and Andy, with Mai's help started focusing on them, leaving Tony to the tender mercy of his brother. For a time, Andy pitied Tony.
Unfortunately, with Terry in one place, requests for challenge matches soon started coming in. Most could be ignored, but some could not. One of these that could not be ignored came from a ninja named Guy Takeda, Maki's teacher. Guy came in unannounced that day. Dressed in his reddish-orange fighting outfit and sneakers, he came to the dojo looking for a fight. Tony was looking after the school for the afternoon as well as getting in some solo training of his own when Guy came in. His English was slightly accented but perfectly understandable as he called out: "Terry Bogard! Where are you? I would speak with you!"
Tony lost his focus and his kata at the sudden interruption. He stepped out to greet the, to him, strangely dressed Japanese man and said: "He's not here right now and that's really rude of you to come in here yelling at the top of your lungs! What do you want?" Guy looked over the student standing in front of him and said: "I came here looking for Terry Bogard, not his student. Where is he?"
Tony sighed and said: "I just told you he wasn't here. I don't know where he is or when he'll be back so I'm going to ask you to leave a message or just plain leave. Your choice." Guy said: "You think you can make me leave?" Tony said: "A few years ago I might, no, would have jumped in and tried but even I can tell, though I'm only partly trained, I would have lost then and I know I would lose now, so no, I'm not going to make you leave but I am going to ask you again, will you please leave?"
Guy pursed his lips in thought and said: "You show wisdom for someone so young. Tell your Master that I came to challenge him for defeating my best friend and student, Maki Renzabura, six months ago. My name is Guy Takeda. I can be found at this address when he is ready to pay for his victory." Guy handed Tony a card with the name of an upscale hotel in downtown and left. Tony looked the card over and said to himself: "One thing is for sure, this fight will be one to watch." Walking back into the main training room, he put his anticipation of the fight to the back of his mind and resumed his kata.