In the Principal's Office of the illlustrious Justice High, two huge men look ready to square off.
One of the tall men had cool and confident look on his face, topped with short black spiky hair. He wore a long black trenchcoat with really big boots. He was clenching his fists rather tightly.
The other is an ever bigger man, who also happened to be wide as well. His face was covered with untamed, white lion's mane hair and beard . He wore a yellow business blazer with matching pants. Most unusual of all are his hands, which appeared more like claws than anything.
The large man in the black trenchcoat dug his right hand into his pocket, and raised his left fist in a threatening pose.
At the same time, the fearsome beast of a man in yellow reached into one of his own pockets, while positioning his other hand, looking prepared to claw out his adversary.
All of a sudden, the silence was broken when the man in black shouted, "LET US TALK... WITH OUR FISTS!".
Soon, both large men whipped out their pocketed hands, and their long awaited epic struggle finally begisn... with socket puppets.
Wednesday afternoon was sock puppet day as usual in the office of Justice High. At this time, these two prominent figure would always communicate with each other using sock puppets, relieving the overwhelming stress that their positions bring. It's an unusual method to be sure, but it is also theraputic, so don't diss it.
The one in the black trenchcoat was missing Gedo High Gang Leader, Daigo Kazama. Before his time, Gedo High was not only lawless, but disorganized, with many delinquents doing whatever they want whenever they felt like it. It was by Daigo's efforts alone, that Gedo High's unruly student body was tamed, and its numerous warring gangs were united into one, complex crime syndicate. So much for making Gedo High a safer place.
The larger man was the infamous Justice High Principla, Raizo Imawano. Secretly, he was one a secret ninja clan's most dangerous associates, but he decided to leave for the sake of serving a higher purpose. He felt that he could spread the ideals of justice through education, and so he built his own High School from the ground up, appropriately naming it Justice High, inexplicably using the actual english term "Justice". The Japanese must really start loving english for some reason.
And so, after Daigo and Raizo got done with their weekly showing of Rival Schools: Sock Puppet Theatre, the two large men fianlly sat down to talk about the business at hand.
"Ah, Daigo, my good man", Raizo called out in a low, yet jolly voice, "it is always good to do sock puppets with a man of fellow ambition!", he laughed.
"As do I, Principal, as do I", Daigo agreed in a rough, husky tone. "It seems that we continously improve our acting skills with each new episode we do. Maybe if we keep this going, we could perhaps we could gain confidence enough to do woman voices!".
"With our clearly manly voices?", Raizo roared. "Hardly! We're most certainly the most manly men in this entire school district! It would require experience beyond our entire lifetime before we can pull that off!". Both large men gave a hearty laugh.
"Anyway, you know what else we have come to discuss", Raizo said in a grim tone, "all the mysterious student disappearances in the surrounding schools", he growled, "something is obviously very suspicious".
Daigo nodded. "I must apologize more mysteriously disappearing from my followers, but this kind of thing deserved my immediate attention. With some of the assaults I experienced on the way here, I felt you were the only one I could turn to", Daigo explained. "My little Akira can be a bit soft at times, and can be especially vulnerable without my prescience. For Akira, I may fear the worst".
Raizo nodded. "And it is with a similar concern that I have for my students. This brainwashing project is slowly becoming an epidemic in the surrounding district, I fear it will eventually takes us all if we leave it alone any longer. I wasted no time into sending my most trusted subordinates, Hideo and Kyoko, to investigate the cause".
"Teachers...", Daigo grumbled. "But I've heard the martial arts prowess of this Hideo, and Kyoko isn't half-bad herself, it seems".
Raizo nodded again. "Of course, they're good! I wouldn't send in some two-bit shmoes to do dirty work like this! A regular teacher would be creamed by those brainwashed nutcases!", he roared while slamming his mighty fist on his desk, which surprisingly remained intact. Perhaps he had experience with smashing his desks with his fists before, so he must've had this one especially made for him.
"Very well then", Daigo said. "I heard Taiyo High's Hayato has been investigating as well. If it goes too far, the best fighters from every school will be in an uproar, trying to investigate with their own assumptions", he said in grave concern.
"In other words: Chaos... a radical free-for-all between all the schools", Raizo said in shock. "That is why it is up to the two of us to find this brainwashing fiend and bash his skull in as soon as possible!", he yelled.
"Yes, it seems most fitting", Daigo said while going in a thinking posture. "We are the strongest men of the Battle District, after all. We've got this fists, we've got the power, and we've got the size. When we succeed in solving this problem...", Daigo sized.
"Exactly..." Raizo confirmed. "We could have a beat-em-up game starring the two of us, Raizo shouted. "You remember Mike Haggar, Guy, and Cody from Metro City of the United States, right! After they became heroes, beating up a bunch of Mad Gear Street thugs, they made a video game in their honor called "Final Fight", based off of their exploits!", he yelled.
"Yes, and with the two of us running around the screen, they would have to come up with REALLY BIG bosses, just compensate for our naturally large bodies", Daigo said. "We'd probably be beating up generic school thugs ourselves, hopefully much different looking from my Gedo followers. What kind of message would that kind of game send, having the Boss beat up all of his followers without a care in the world? Anyway, Let's just hope that the guy behind it happens to be pretty big and powerful compared to us. It wouldn't be entertaining to beat the snot out of some wafer of a toothpick for the climactic battle! That would be boring and stupid!", Daigo shouted.
Soon, the door opening to the principal's office creaked open. A menacing voice laughed aloud to announce his presence. "Oh, don't worry. I may not be as huge and ripped as the two of you, but I'm powerful enough to make for an entertaining battle".
Raizo turned to face their mysterious foe. "Y... you!", he shouted while pointing his claw of a hand outside of the door.
Both large men charged the office entrance Their screams of pain shortly followed, with the entire office roaring with a deadly flame. Soon there was no trace left of supposedly the two most powerful men of the Battle District. All that filled the office was a ravaging flame, and the menacing laughter from before.
After the fire burned for minutes, the maniacal laughter stopped. The mysterious figure paused to think for a second. "Hmmm... I should probably put out this fire to take suspicion off of myself, huh?".
Burning Justice!
The Kusanagi Chronicles
A Rival Schools and "Kusanagi" Fanfiction
Chapter 4:
Beating Up Is Hard To Do
Without warning, Kyo ran towards his biking-clad opponent and tried to grab his chest in the process, but Akira jumped back and delivered a palm thrust to Kyo's instead, sending him back a few feet. Kyo than again rushed forth, but this time with flaming hooks, with all three hitting the target. Akira then countered with double jumping crescent kick, followed up with another palm thrust.
Meanwhile, Edge was having fun trying to nail his opponent with knives, but Batsu was having too much fun sidestepping each one.
"I've had enough of this", Batsu shouted.
Batsu then tried to run towards his opponent, but Edge again threw his knife. "KIAI DAN!", Batsu shouted as a blue energy bullet knocked the knife away.
"OH S!", Edge shouted, but he would still not give up his knive-throwing stradegy. He threw yet another one with deadly accuracy.
"KIAI DAN!". Yet another energy bullet neutralized a knive. Edge was about to double-up on the assault when Batsu seemed to anticipated this, as Edge was nailed with another Kiai Dan that followed shortly after the other. With Edge momentarily stunned, Batsu ran up to his foe to deliver a necessary punishment. "GUTS UPPERCUT!". Batsu delivered a ki-enchanced uppercut which sent his foe flying. He then jumped up to deliver an aerial fury of punches and kicks, and sent him to the canvas with one powerful smash. Batsu clearly has the upper hand in this fight.
With the fight between Hinata and Gan, the battling schoolgirl kept kicking off her shoes to use as projectiles against the oversized summo. Each time a shoe would hit Gan, a new pair would mysteriously rematerialize on her feet. It seems like an unusual maneuver, but it did sem to do some damage against anyone she used it against, so it wasn't exactly useless. Still, it's a very unusual attack.
Unofrunatley, Gan just kept slapping away all the shoes, rendering them useless. "What? Is that all you can do?" Gan taunted, "I thought you promised me a challenge!".
Hinata growled to herself. "If only I had Sakura teach me the Hadouken! I know I have to keep my distance if I want to be safe, but all my other moves require me to get close! This isn't good!".
Gan then gave a hearty laugh. "Such cowardice! A true warrior would face his opponent head on!". Gan then slowly ran towards his oppnent.
Hinata then slapped her forhead an gave a frustrated growl. "Fine, FINE! I'll try to settle this fight hand-to-hand then!". Only slightly daunted, Hinata ran towards her oppenent at full speed.
Edge was pretty much fighting a loosing battle. Sure, Edge actually has a few special techniques of his own, with a fighting ability better than the average thug, including some gravity-defying summersault kick, but nothing has been serving him well in the fight. In fact, he's the one being served at the moment.
Edge pulled off his summersault kick, but Batsu leapt back, side-stepped, and gave him a good punch in the gut. Edge again went for his summersault kick, with the same result costing him. "Damn it! Stand still, f'n jackass!", Edge shouted out loud. This time, Edge decided to get up close and personal with his opponent, and go for his summersault kick, but Batsu decided to cut him off. "KIAI-DAN!", and a ki bullet nails Edge hard to his chest. Edge seems to be a man of habbit, but it isn't doing much for him in this battle.
Without giving him any time to recover, Batsu continued his assault. He quickly hit him with his Ryusei kick; a short flying leap followed up by two kicks coming frove above. He then followed up with his Guts Uppercut, and then another perfect aerial beatdown. When Edge got up, he was immediately met with another Guts Uppercut, and then he faced a few more punches and kicks in the air.
Batsu took a few steps back and shrugged. "Ya know, you kept trying the same maneuver over and over again, then you switched into repeating another damn attack. I figured, 'I'm done dodging your lameass attacks', so I decided to continually beat your ass into submission in the same exact way. How am I doing so far?".
Lying with his face to the floor, Edge barely managed to raise his right hand with a thumbs up.
"Well now, you look just about beaten. Guess it's time I finish this up, then!", Batsu grinned.
All that Edge's body could manage was to tremble with fear in reaction to Batsu's last comment. Despite all of his tough talk and swearing, Edge ultimately couldn't hold his own against a battle ready Batsu. There was really nothing left of the infamous broom head of Gedo High. The only thing that could make this worse for poor Edge is if anyone, Batsu or some random punk in the audience, happened to his real name, "Eiji Yamada" as he was about to receive some super pummeling. Luckily for Edge, his full name isn't exactly common knowledge.
In the background, Ran Hibiki was not wasting this photo op as she was snapping up every picture of the fights she could get. She then put her primary focus on the massacre that Batsu just delivered to Edge. She then got out a pen and wrote some notes to herself. "Batsu Ichimonji, after dodging knife after knife, summersault kick after summersault kick, wails on Gedo punk Eiji Yamada to a pulp. That's right, Gedo's knife guy's true name is Eiji Yamada! Y'know, you can't really dig much deeper than that!", Ran said to herself. NOW Edge's ultimate humiliation would be inevitable.
Batsu then calmly walked towards his opponent's beaten body, picked it up, then tossed it in the air. "ZENKAI GUTS UPPERCUT!", Batsu yelled, as he sent Edge flying with a super-charged version of his Guts Uppercut attack. The battle was pretty much over at that point. "I delayed my battle with Kyo for THIS? If I wanted this much of a workout, I would've just beaten up an actual broom", Batsu scoffed. The triumphant warrior then walked away, without much of a sense of fulfillment.
Hinata's fight wasn't going so well. While she had the speed advantage in this battle, Gan had endurance and sheer power at his side.
"SHOUYOU KEN!", Hinata shouted as she sent a rushing uppercut at the towering figure, but it didn't seem to do much to him. Gan then smacked her aside. Hinata then recovered to get behind Gan and deliver yet another Shoyouken, but to no avail. Again, Gan managed to react and smack her again, this time following it up with three hand pounds. Again, fighting habbits seem to be taking a toll in a match.
Hinata groaned in frustration and pain as she looked upon her mighty opponent, miracously unscathed from the numerous beatings she tried to give him. "I can't hurt him with my shoes, and my up close special techniques were doing little damage to his big gut! How am I supposed to win this battle? And how come my shoes aren't doing a thing to him? My shoes ALWAYS hurt people!", she shouted. She then stood for a moment to evaluate her opponent. Her gaze begun from Gan's great girth, and scanned all the way up to his relatively small head. "I got it!", Hinata shouted. She then lept up high into the air and started kicking off her shoes at Gan again, this time aiming at his face. Hinata's initial pair nailed on target, and just when she was about to SOMEHOW send a third and final shoe to his nose, Hinata felt an invisible force which seemed to jab her in the cheek and knocked her out of the sky, but she made a nice recovery landing. "What the heck was that!", Hinata asked herself. She then shrugged it off to got ready and engage her foe once more.
Expert Journalist Ran Hibiki laughed nervously as she took some unusual looking film out of her trusty camera. "Ahahaha, Whoops! That was my Special Film! Now's not the right time to be using that!", she chuckled to herself. She then reloaded her camera and proceeded to snap pictures for her paper. "I REALLY hope that didn't do serious damage to Hinata! I wanted to get a good fight out of this, not sabotage it!".
Gan felt that one surprise attack was just one too many, so he decided to go on the offense and tried to clutch his foe into his grasp, but Hinata leaped over arms with little effort.
"ENBU KYAKU!"
Hinata delivered a flaming whirlwind kick to Gan's face and landed safely on the ground afterwards.
Gan staggered backwards, unable to focus on the battle. He tried to regain his concentration and pay Hinata back for her recent comeback, but all the damage he received earlier suddenly overwhelmed him. Although Gan had done some significant damage to Hinata during most of their exchanges, Hinata's drive to win was just too strong to give in, and handed her the perfect chance at victory. Hinata quickly took notice at Gan's moment of weakness and struck. She leapt up into the air to deliver
"RASEN ENBU KYAKU!".
Flaming Energy surrounded her as she spun at a rapid pace, delivering a huge amount of hurt to the aspiring summo wrestler. Hinata's ultimate Burning Vigor attack was just too much, and the mighty titan finally took a fall.
Hinata stood by her fallen foe, folding her arms and tapped her foot, waiting to see if she finished her opponent for good. A few seconds went by, and Gan was still out cold. Triumphantly Hinata jumped up and down in excitement. "Yaata! I did it! I did it!". At full speed, she ran headlong into Batsu's arms, still celebrating her recent victory. "I did it, Batsu! I defeated the big guy! I told you I was a good fighter!".
Batsu scratched the back of his head and groan. "Can we really call these victories?", Batsu thought to himself. "Broomhead was a wimp, and all Hinata had to do was exploit the fat guy's one weakness and repeatedly pound on it. If that were me fighting him, he would've felt the effects of my Guts ki immeadetly!". He then looked at the huge, fallen body, and back at the small and spry Hinata, who was busy doing a victory dance. Batsu then shrugged. "Okay, well... I guess her victory does say something about her progress". He then turned has back and searched the area. "Still, I wonder how my buddy Kyo's doing?".
Indeed, out of all the battles, Kyo & Akira's still remained, and appeared to be the most impressive bout of all. Kyo's furious fists met Akira's fierce some kung fu. Flaming punches were immediately exchanged with spectacular kicks, fists, and palm thrusts. Neither fighter backed down in the fight, and neither were able to gain a clear advantage over the other. It was poetry in motion.
Kei Kusanagi was especially impressed with this battle. "Wow... I didn't know a fight could be like this. I'm used to Kyo's merciless, one-sided slug fests, but this is... different", he said in amazement.
His teacher Kyosuke nodded. "When worthy foes meet, and their techniques blend in harmony, a fight can truly become an art form", he expressed with some pride in his tone.
Kei nodded. While Kei had watched Kyo fight and spar numerous times with his flaming boxing, there was something about Akira's technique that really caught his attention. While his kung fu consited of lots of fast, furious movement and power, there was an undeniable grace to his movement. Every little stance and strike was almost like a choreographed dance. Kei was completly in awe. "Maybe... maybe that's the kind of martial arts I should be getting into", he thought to himself.
As Kyo went in for a flaming hook, radiant energy flowed from Akira's extended palm, sending Kyo flying.
Kyo made a quick recovery, but Akira tried to intercept and made a diving kick.
Kyo quickly jumped over and turned to punish Akira for his whiffed attack. He ran towards the biker, grabbed him by the chest, and send him away with a flaming uppercut.
Akira clutched his chest for a moment, then got back up, retaliating with a rising kick, knocking back Kyo once more.
Kyo took a moment to catch his breath, then looked across at his opponent, noticing that Akira is also breathing hard.
"This battle has gone on too long", Kyo thought to himself. "Neither of us is gaining the edge, and now we're both reaching our limits. I can't afford to drag this out any further, and if I bet anything, this Akira guy's thinking the same thing".
Both faced each other and got into fighting positions once again. Kyo felt more confident in going on the offensive, so he rushed headlong at Akira. Instead of running to meet his challenge head on, Akira went into a strong defensive stance. He then outstretched both arms and started focusing his ki towards his hands. "Okay, if you wanna do it that way, here's my response". Akira was getting ready to perform his Burning Vigor attack.
Noticing his opponent's stance, Kyo stopped mid-run and skidded a few feet, stopping a fair distance from Akira. "Oh crap! He was planning on using that to finish me off, huh? Guess it's time to show him a trick of my own then!". Kyo then held his right hand behind him in a fist. Burning energy started accumulating around his fist, gradually building up to incredible proportions. Kyo decided to go for a super move of his own.
Soon, both fighter's energy arrived at their peak, and both unleashed their respective trump cards.
"HYAAGH!"
"KIKOU KAI!"
Kyo unleashed a devastating flame, while Akira unleashed a huge ball of ki. When both attacks connected, the powers neutralized each other, and the resulting force sent Kyo and Akira flying in the opposite directions. But fighters were far too exhausted to continue, and the fight ended in a draw.
Akira looked towards his fallen comrades and lowered his head in shame. While there was no definite victor in his independent battle, it was clear that the overall struggle was Gedo's loss.
In desperation, Akira's beaten body barely stood up, and was shaking from the shock it received. "WE MAY HAVE LOSS THIS BATTLE, BUT I STILL DEMAND SOME INFORMATION!", he shouted with stalwart authority.
Batsu shrugged. "Your flunkies lost big time, so you still have to play the tough guy, huh? You and Kyo might've fought an interesting battle, but this looks rather pathetic".
Akira then pointed a quivering finger at Batsu, but was still clearly enraged. "BATSU! I DEMAND YOU TELL ME WHAT MY BROTHER WAS DOING HERE!", he shouted.
Batsu thought for a minute, remembering a big guy in a black trench coat he talked to a long time ago. "Oh, oh yeah... your boss Daigo, right? Sure... the guy just came up to me all of a sudden, and I felt thrilled to fight him and accept a challenge, but apparently, that wasn't the case. He just sorta walked up to me and said, 'Batsu Ichiomnji, right? I heard you're a pretty tough'. We then stared at each other for a minute, which pissed me off, 'cause I felt like he was looking down at me like some weakling. Anyway, he then turned away and said, 'If there is no news of my return to Gedo in a few days, come to Justice High', and walked away. Yeah, it still pisses me off that he didn't even bother fighting me! He was a pretty tough-looking guy, but I'm sure I could take him! I mean, I just threw one of his flunkies around like a washcloth!", Batsu said as he walked over a battered and bruised Edge.
Kyo flinched at the name of the guy he's been searching for all this time. "Daigo Kazama? Justice High? This may sound like a crazy concept, but Daigo just might be there! I should probably head there right now!", he thought to himself, but then all the pain from the fight washed over him as soon as he got up. "As soon as I recover from this fight... damn it!".
Although Akira was very frustred by Gedo's loss, he was grateful enough to get this latest update on his big brother. He tried to gather his fallen foes together, but they were just too worn out, and too heavy to even carry. Disgusted, Akira had to retreat on his own.
"WE'LL SETTLE THIS NEXT TIME, TAIYO HIGH! ESPECIALLY YOU, KYO KUSANAGI!". And with that, Akira staggered off in pain.
Batsu then went to congratulate his fellow classmate, Kyo. "Hey, man! That was pretty badass of you! That Akira guy nearly gave you a beating, but you just took it to the chin and payed it all back with interest!".
Kyo groaned in pain. "Akira's fighting style... felt too controlled to belong to a simple biker. The last person I ever fought with a resolve like that was a Tae Kwon Do Master named Kim Kapwan! Yeah, sure, Tae Kwon Do is mostly a bunch of kicks, and Kung Fu actually has a variety of strikes and defense maneuvers, but there was just something about those two guys I felt were appropriate. They just felt tough to fight... in the same sort of way", he said while trying to think out his words. Yeah, I don't get what he's trying to say, either. And I'm the fanfic author.
Kyo got up, and staggered, struggling to get around the school yard. He then raised his hand up triumphantly has has he waddled around like a penguin "Kei! Kei!", he cried out, "This is great! I just had an awesome battle against the guy I was impersonating earlier, and then Batsu here just happened to have the lead I needed in finding that Daigo person I've been searching for all this time! How knew! Anyway, as soon as my bruises are healed, we're going to Justice High! Kei! Kei? ... Kei!". Apparently, his cousin was nowhere to be found.
Kyosuke calmly and quietly tapped Kyo on the back, which startled him. "Ahhh-- Oh, hey Kyosuke! Where's your star apprentice, by the way!", he asked.
Kyosuke shurged, then explained, "Our training session was a bit rough on him, so after has done watching your fights, he went off to get some fresh air".
"Oh, alright! Well, it's his loss! Poor Kei's going to miss the fight of the millennium if he doesn't get his butt back here in time!". Kyo then clumsily wandered into the Taiyo High Building to recuperate, with Batsu, Hinata, Kyosuke, and Chairperson not far behind.
Meanwhile, Kei inexplicably wandered away from the main building while still in the vicinity of the campus. He had quite a bit on his mind. "Man, that battle between Kei and the biker guy was close! And that technique the biker used looked really cool! Too bad he's the bad guy! The only chance I would have at trying to learn that kung fu right now would be to approach him and simply ask to be his pupil. Not much chance of success there, though. Taiyo High's practically his arch-enemy, and I would have to sneak into that school full of delinquents! Maybe I should try and stick with Kyosuke, and hope I don't have to beat myself up as bad as I did before. Man, do I hate the position that I'm in! I'm not even sure if I want to continue learning martial arts anymore!". Kei gave a deep sigh and wandered forth with his body bent forward.
Some distance away, Akira managed to take off to running speed as he's making his getaway. "Justice High!", he thought to himself, "Justice High... that's where I need to go to find my brother! But I feel something might've happened to him! This is bad! I have to see him sooner! I need to make it to Justice High before the worst will befall of him! Hold on, brother, Akira's coming to see you again!". In his sprint, Akira began to run out of breath, and started taking of his helment, somehow not seeing a certain Taiyo Student in front of him.
Snapping out of his bummed out state, Kei fixed his posture and stared out in front of him, laughing nervously. "Wait a minute! I'm heading the wrong way! Any further and I would've left Taiyo High completely! I better turn back!". And with that, Kei turned around, and faced a collision with Akira, whose helmet just inexplicably flew off, with Kei's glasses falling from his face.
"I..I..I'm sorry!", Kei stammered nervously while crawling arround for his glasses, "I-I didn't see you coming, so...". "Just shut up! I'm trying to get outta this stupid place!", Akira growled. Out of fright, Kei's frantic search for his glasses sped up, allowing him to find the pair immediately. He then put them on just in time to get a good glimpse of Akira feeling his face for his helmet. Or rather, HER face.
Kei immediately recognized Akira as the girl he sat next to at the time Kyo was bashing in the brains of Gedo's student body awhile back. She was staring at the reflection of her own face on Kei's glasses, which became bright red out of sheer embarrassment. Noticing the exact sime biker outfit and helmet she wore during her fight at Taiyo High, he confirmed that this was the exact same Akira from before.
"Y... you! That guy who was fighting my cousin not too long ago was YOU!", Kei said in surprise.
Akira lowered her head, stunned by this recent encounter. "Ahh...ah... Kei Kusanagi?", she stammered in a really quiet voice.
She sounded like she was about to cry. She then looked Kei straight in the eyes, looking like she was about to have a nervous breakdown. "Aaaah... I-I-I'm sorry for deceiving you! For deceving everyone Kei! I had no choice! This was the only way I could get out and even search for my brother! I wouldn't even have the confidence if I were to go out showing my face!". She then withdrew for a moment, looking very upset.
Kei was still very perplexed by the fact that not only that this girl happened to the same Akira that had given Kyo a quality fight not too long ago, but that he actually sat NEXT to her at the beginning to the day. Even more startling is that she, on impulse, is becoming REALLY emotional right in front him. Either way, he felt he had a habit of learning women's secrets by accident, especially some about his new teacher with the pink hair.
In a sudden movement, she clasped Kei's hands together with her eyes teary, pleading, "Please don't tell anyone else about this! I could get in a lot of trouble with everyone, and---"
"Don't worry, I had no intention of telling anyone", Kei said in a surprisingly calm voice.
Akira calmed down a little, but gave Kei a puzzled look. "A..are you sure? You're not planning on blackmailing or anything?", she said her usual soft tone from before.
"No", Kei said, "but there is a request of my own I would like to make. You can accept only if you want to. I don't want to force you into accepting", he explained.
Akira felt uneasy. She put her above her chest, then reluctantly asked, "What is it that you want?".
Kei paused for a moment, coughed to clear his throat, then took a deep breath. With resolution in his eyes, then clasped Akria's gloved hands together with his own, looked straight into her eyes, and finally asked, "Will you please teach me martial arts?".
There was a long moment of silence as Akira widened her eyes in immediately response to his sudden question. Finally, the silence broke when Akira uttered one simple, soft-toned word: "What?".
Justice High was a busy high school known to be filled with ambitious preppy people, which makes its seem both effectively obnoxious and annoying at the same time. With its reputed high quality education, only the elite are supposed to be accepted.
Deep within its illustrious halls is a special room with a long, dining-worthy hall with a bunch of fancy chairs, with the chairs currently occupied by respect student butts. Yes, this room is the meeting place of Justice High's very own Student Body Council: Hyo Imawano.
At the end of the table, a prominent young man stood with a commanding prescence. His noticeable white hair was tied in a samurai's ponytail, and the rest of his body was clothed in a red militaristic uniform with white cape, white gloves, and black military boots. His narrow eyes were unusually cold and emotionless. Most notable was the katana worn constantly by his side, like a trusty partner.
At the moment, the Justice High Student Council was just about to wrap up yet another of their regular meetings.
"And so...", the militaristic swordsman announced," I propose that we begin an immediate investigation on the disappearance of the students in the surround vicinity. With our Principal's activities suddenly to a halt, and two of our teachers out and about without its students being properly informed, I believe this is all cause for great concern. Now, is there anyone willing to initiate an investigation team?".
Many of the council members muttered amongst themselves. Every one of them seemed hesitant in front of their fearless leader.
"So, no one is willing to volunteer?", Hyo asked. There was a long pause, but no one was willing to speak up. "Very well then, this meeting adjourned. I hope to see some activity the next time, especially considering our current... situation...".
Without hesitation, the rest of the Student Council flooded out of the room while speaking amongst themselves as the President turned out around, pondering about his own devices.
Before the final studnet could leave, Hyo suddenly spoke up, "I would like to have a little conversation first, before you can leave".
"Yes, Hyo, sir?", a young girl's responded Turning around, the student bore a strong resemblance to none other than Ran Hibiki, Ace Reporter, though some things about her appearance were off. First of all, her usual ponytail was not fixed up, as her long hair now flowed gracefully behind her back. Also, she wore a Hyo-esque uniform, however, where as Hyo was wearing pants, she was wearing a mini-skirt. Still, she wore the same pair of sunglasses on her head, the same pair of long black socks and red sneakers, and carried the same exact camera as usual.
"It seems that you are new to our school", Hyo said in a displeased voice.
The snappy-dressed reporter gulped nervously. "Uh, yes, I guess so! I kinda just transferred here a few days ago, and I recently became part of your Student Council here!".
"I see", he coolly responded. "You realize that that outfit you are wearing isn't the mandatory school uniform of Justice High's Student Council. This outfit... has been custom made especially for my purposes.", he explained.
The poor girl merely shook in embarrassment. She remembered the boatload of other Council Members who walked out of the room, wearing completely normal school outfits, while she stook out like as ore thumb. "Curse you, Chairperson!", she thought, " You should me that picture of a Justice High Student wearing an outfit that looked exactly like this! You... doctored that photo to trip me up, didn't you? Well... you can count on it when Ran Hibiki, Super Photojournalist, swears that once she gets out of this mess... that I'll be getting the last laugh!".
Hyo then took some time to scanning his fellow Council Member curiously. He then folded his arms and nodded. "Your appearance in your current uniform is... adequate. Infact, I am quite pleased by how you can pull it off. Very well then, you may leave as you are", he commented.
Ran sighed a great sigh of relieft. She was just about to head out the door once again. "Hold it", Hyo barked, again cutting of her chance at freedom.
"What is it this time, Hyo, sir?".
"Your name.. you haven't informed me of your name, yet", Hyo said.
In a sudden panic, Ran wracked her brain in desperation. She suddenly blurted out the first made-up name that inexplicably entered her mind, "Ra-Raquel... Raquel Garcia, sir!".
"Raquel Garcia? You don't look Spanish", Hyo noted.
Ran was spreading bullets. "Ah, right! I told you I was a transfer student, right? I'm only Half-Spanish! My Father's side!", she shouted.
"Half-blooded, huh?", Hyo said in a seemingly disgusted tone. With emotions as vague as Kyosuke's, it's pretty hard to tell.
"Well then, good luck with that", Hyo continued non-chalantly, "Anyway, I notice you have a camera by your side. Perhaps you're part of the local Journalist club".
Ran put her immedate attention to the camera. "Uh... unnn... yeah! Sure, sure! That's right!".
Hyo then gripped his sword, almost ready to unsheathe it. "Are you sure you don't want to be part of the investigation team?", he said in a suggesting tone. "One tempered in the ways of Journalism could be useful in gathering intelligence".
"Uh well... actually, I've got other things to take care of, ya know! Editing other stories, making sure the printing press is okay, getting some article authors a much needed caviar! Stuff like that!", she blurted out.
Hyo again pondered for a moment, and a brief display of disappointment was expressed in his eyes. "... that is unfortunate, but I understand, Miss Garcia. It would not be right to have you stray from your duties, would it?".
Ran froze for a bit, then bowed frantically towards Hyo. "Thank you, sir! Thank you! I hope I can be more use to you in the future! I apologize for my lack of conduct!".
"Yes, it is fine", Hyo said, "you may leave now, Miss Garcia".
"Thank you sir!".
Ran was really ecstatic as she rushed outside the room. Meanwhile, Hyo simply took his time to ponder about things. "That girl really would've been useful to me", he thought to himself. He then simply shrugged and paced back and forth for a bit. A flaming aura began surrounding his noticeable sword and grew to a great proportion until Hyo grasped it, which dissipated it. "I should really learn how to control that fire thingy that comes from my sword".
Ran leapt for joy outside the council room and continued to do so as she wandered the halls of Justice High.
"This is an interesting development! Daigo's last place mentioned this very locale of Justice High, and yet, not trace of him to be found anywhere. The Principal's suddenly gone inactive with his duties, and the students of this very school are also panicked by this new development! This sounds like yet another ideal scoop for Ace Reporter, Ran Hibki!", she thought to herself. "I don't quite understand what's going on yet, but you can count on Ran Hibiki to get to the bottom of this story! My skills have carried me this far, so I'm sure everything will come together in the end!".
Suddenly, the disguised Ran came across a conspicuous, fancy-dressed staff member with familiar long pink hair, and unusual black sunglasses. She turned to face her, who shook nervously as their faces met, but then she quickly turned away. Ran had a puzzled look on her face. "Sensei?", she uttered in confusion. She then shrugged her shoulders and went off to her business. "Hmm.. .whatever. I have an entire school to investigate for the time being. No point in wasting this opportunity!". In her excitant, Ran quickly looked through each room on her quest to consummate her big scoop.
Meanwhile, the staff member casually wandered the halls, wandering around casually. At a time, she ceased walking to think for a bit. "Was that my student Ran that I saw just now?". She then gave a hearty laugh. "No, that can't be possible! What was I thinking! I seem distracted so easily lately, being a teacher at Taiyo High, when I have an actual mission to complete! Time to focus, Detective Mizuho!". She then proceeded to look around.
End of Chapter 4
All Characters in this story are created by Capcom, SNK, and the guys who made Please Teacher!... inexplicably. While the story is loosely based on the Rival Schools Storyline, this fanfiction is a written product of me, Chicken Yuki. I hope you had fun.