Prologue: The Final Order

Note: I changed some of the dialouge somewhat from Kirina's Story. Bah.

Lanai Island, Hawaii, some time after the Second Street Fighter Tournament...

A beachside house at night. Outside on the patio, a lone woman was watching the starry sky. She was in her early twenties, of European origin, with long brown hair tied into a bun. She was dressed casual, a T-shirt and shorts. A second woman appeared from behind her. Unlike the first woman, she was younger and Japanese, with short brown hair and was wearing a summer dress.

The first woman spoke first. "Back in Shadowlaw, I never got a chance to look at the night sky. Even when I was on assignment, I never got the chance to look at the stars. Now...I can see how beautiful they are."

The Japanese woman nodded as she spoke, her English perfect. "That they are. Are you sure you want to go through with this?"

The older woman nodded. "At least I'm not alone in this." She then turned to the other woman and smiled. "Kirina now has eleven aunts that will help raise her. So you want to see me about something?"

The Japanese woman nodded. "It has something to do with Ryu." She pulled out a folded sheet of paper from her pocket and handed it to Juli. "This is a copy of Ryu's birth certificate."

The former Shadowlaw commander known only as Juli accepted the sheet of paper and opened it. After scanning the document, she stopped on the names of his parents. "Hanzou Shinichi and Mei Kurosawa Hoshi. So those are his parents."

Satsuki nodded as she pulled out a second sheet of paper. "This is my bitrh certificate."

Juli took the second sheet of paper. "Miya Leiko Hoshi," she read. "Japanese for 'three arrow'." Juli then blinked. "Wait a second..." She then found the names of the parents.

They were the same as on Ryu's birth certificate.

Juli looked at Satsuki in complete shock. Satsuki nodded. "Like you, I wanted to see that I was not a clone. Imagine Bison's surprise if he found out that his best chance of getting Ryu into Shadowlaw would be his own little sister."

Juli shook her head. "Does Ryu know about this?"

Satsuki nodded. "He knows about me. Juni and the other don't know about it however. They also don't know that the reason why he managed to evade Shadowlaw after all this time was because of me." She looked out to the horizon. "I've heard from Marz that several members from Shadowlaw are planning on taking him and the Chinese woman that he's seeing out."

Juli nodded. "This stays between you and me, Satsuki. I want you to go to Japan and protect Ryu and the Interpol agent at all costs."

Satsuki nodded. "I will."