-Several days later...-
A small cemetary in Tokyo. Miya Hoshi, dressed in a black business suit/skirt combination, red necktie, and her thigh-length Shadowlaw boots, stood before the headstone of her adopted mother. Watching from a distance, was Chun Li and Ryu. Chun Li was dressed in her formal Interpol uniform (the one she wore when Fei Long inadvertly attacked her in the SF comic), while her fiancee was dressed in a black designer business suit, which was an obvious gift to him from Ken.
Following Jack and Dark's untimely demise at the hands of Miya, Chun Li, Cammy and Lita were successful in dismantling Shadowlaw's operaions in Japan, while Ryu and Miya were recovering from their fights. Miya had turned herself in to Interpol and gave them all of the information that she knew concerning Shadolwaw. Because of her cooperation, the Japanese government had not decided to give her any jail time, but much rather place her on probation for a year.
Miya deduced that Chun Li had spoken to the authorities on her behalf, which was the reason the judicial system went light on her.
Miya had came by herself to the graveyard where her foster mother was buried, and saw that Ryu and Chun Li were there paying their respects to her and Ryu's grandfather/sensei, Gouken.
Placing the bouquet of flowers on the headstone, Miya went down on both knees as she addressed the headstone.
"Mom...it's finished. Your death is finally avenged. I have fufilled my oath. Now...you finally can rest in peace." She paused for a moment. "I won't go back to the way I was. I will make my own path, as a final promise to you. Farewell, Mother."
She stood up and walked back to her brother and his fiancee.
"So..." Chun Li began. "What are you going to do now?"
Miya turned to glance at her foster mother's grave before turning back to face her future sister-in-law. "I made a promise to both my mother and to myself," she replied. "Jack and Dark are gone. Shadowlaw is destroyed. All I can do now is look for a brighter tomorrow."
"Meaning...?"
Miya smiled at her brother's puzzled look. "I was thinking about staying here. Maybe open up a dojo. Teach kendo or something. I'm finished with Shadowlaw." She then paused for a moment. "But...eventhough it was a bad place, they did teach me some good things too."
"Like what?" Chun Li asked.
"Self-reliance," Miya replied as she walked past them. "And the power of oneself."
-Hong Kong, three months later...-
The wedding of Ryu and Chun Li had went on without a hitch. During the reception, Ryu has introduced Miya to the many family and friends that were present at the wedding. He kept out the part that she was formerly of Shadowlaw, although he had told Ken and Guile beforehand of her dark past and her resulting redemption. They took it quite well, surprisingly.
Everyone had taken to Miya pretty well, especially the part where she was a martial artist, like her brother. She already suspected that she had several rivals in the making.
Miya looked at her brother and sister-in-law. They were the center of attention, since it was their day. Excusing herself from the hall, she walked out of the crowded hall and into the lobby. Pulling out a cell phone, she dialed a number and the phone began to ring.
-Lanai City, Hawaii...-
Ring...ring...
Inside a small two-bedroom apartment located above a small floral shop in the tourist section of Lanai City, Juli stepped out of the bathroom, wearing a bathrobe and a towel wrapped around her hair. She picked up the cordless phone and turned it on. "Hello."
"It's me," Miya's voice camr from the other end.
"I was starting to get worried," Juli replied. "So how are things?"
"Sorry I wasn't able to call," Miya apologized, "but it's over. Jack and Dark are dead. And I'm in Hong Kong. Ryu just gotten married to Chun Li."
"I see."
"Are you sure you're okay with this?" Miya asked. "You could tell him at anytime, you know."
"As long as Ryu is happy, then I don't mind," Juli replied. She then walked over to a crib. Looking over the angelic face of her sleeping baby daughter, Juli asked, "You didn't tell him about Kirina, didn't you?"
"He doesn't know a thing," Miya replied.
"Good," Juli said. "I know I could count on you to keep Ryu out of trouble, right?"
"That's going to be hard. This is my brother we're talking about here," Miya replied, laughing. "Trouble usually finds him."
Juli laughed as well. "That's Ryu all right. I jist hope that when 'Rina gets older that she doesn't go out and pick fights when we teach her martial arts."
"So how is Kirina?" Miya asked.
"She's healthy," Juli replied. "Anyway, I got to go. Thanks for watching over Ryu for me."
"You don't have to thank me," Miya replied. "He is my brother." She then disconnected the call. Turning back to the hall, she walked back in and returned to the party.
END.