Chapter Four: Second Encounter with the Kyokugen School
Note: There's a Resident Evil reference in here.
The next day...
In a secluded section of the city's park, Ryu watched as Ken and Miya sparred. Both men were dressed in their respective gis: Ryu, white; and Ken, red. Only Miya stood out from the two men. She was wearing a black sleevless shirt, the design on the back was that of the legend 'Made in Heaven,' complete with a picture of a winged angel holding a bomb in one hand, and a pair of gray gi pants. A black belt was tied around her waist. On her hands were a pair of red fighting gloves that she had made from a pair of Ryu's old gloves he didn't wear anymore. Her Muramasa sword was tucked behind her back.
"You're lucky I'm a gentleman," Ken said as he dodged Miya's attacks. "Otherwise, I'd have to lay you out."
Miya scoffed. "A gentleman? YOU? You're just scared that I might drop you!" She then performed a Kama Barai Geri, or Sweeping Scythe Kick. Ken was forced to duck under his own move.
Since taking a crash course in Ansatsuken, Miya had combined both her brother and Ken's styles into one unique and totally unpredictable style that made her more dangerous. Ryu was even more amazed as to Miya's learning abilities when it came to martial arts. In just six months' time, she was a black belt, only a rank lower than her brother and Ken.
Both Miya and Ken leapt into the air. Ken grabbed her, and performed his Jigoku Fuusha, the Hell Windmill. Miya simply flipped out of the throw, the same way Ken would flip out of Ryu's throws whenever Ken gave him a noogie. Miya landed gracefully on her feet.
"Get ready..." Miya began. "Kuzuryuu Reppa!"
She then lunged at Ken, and threw out a solid volley of kicks, the same way Ken would do should he was performing the Shippujinrai Kyaku. Instead of the rising Hurricane Gale Kick, Miya surprised both Ryu and Ken by performing not two but three consecutive Dragon Punches, ala Ken's Shoryuureppa.
Ken was forced to backflip away from Miya's attack as she landed on her feet. Ken looked at her with an surprized look on his face. Miya grinned. "I was working on that move for about a month."
"Kuzuryuu Reppa," Ryu repeated. "'The Nine-Headed Dragon Destroyer.' Improvization...creativity. Most impressive."
"More like amateur stuff, it you ask me."
The three martial artists turned to the intruders. Ryo Sakazaki, along with his sister Yuri and fellow Kyokugenryu fighter Robert Garcia were standing there.
Yuri looked at Miya. She appeared to be around her age, but she was going to find out the hard way about Miya's abilities.
"You would know about being amateurs, wouldn't you, Garcia?" Ken replied to his business rival's barb.
Before Robert could reply to Ken's insult, Ryo spoke to Miya.
"Have you any idea as to what you've done to King?" he said.
"You weren't there last night," Miya replied. "She challenged me and I gave it to her. It's not my fault that she lost."
This time, it was Yuri that spoke up. "She doesn't look like much. How she managed to beat King, Billy and Hwa Jai is beyond me. I'd say it was luck."
"In my previous line of work," Miya replied. "There is no such thing as luck in the fighting arena. You either win or lose. King found out last night."
"I'll show you!" With that, Yuri threw out a punch. Miya simply grabbed the female Kyokugenryu student's wrist and flipped her on her back. Yuri jumped back to her feet and went into her stance. Miya, on the other hand, removed her sword from her belt and handed it to Ken. Miya went into her Ansatsuken stance (i.e. Violent Ken's stance from SvC Chaos).
"For the record," Miya began. "You bring this onto yourself."
The four men backed away from the two women. Yuri attacked with several punches and kicks, followed by a Raiouken. Miya respoinded by leaping into the air, channeling her ki in both hands and fired off two Zankuu Hadoukens. Yuri scrambled back in order to avoid the double fireballs, each making a small impact crater in the ground.
When Yuri moved in, Miya quickly moved behind her. Before Yuri realized what had happened, Miya's arms were around her waist. Yuri then felt her feet leaving the ground as Miya picked her up and suplexed her onto the grass. Yuri landed shoulder-first, then bounced and landed on her stomach.
As Yuri struggled to her feet, Miya remained in her stance. Her eyes were closed as the look on her face was that of complete and total serenity. Miya then opened her eyes. "Do you yield?" the female Ansatsuken fighter asked.
"I don't give up!" Yuri yelled.
As the fight continued, two men watched the fight not too far away. One was Joe Higashi, the other was Terry's younger brother, Andy Bogard.
Joe pointed to Miya. "Hey! It's her!"
"Who?" Andy asked.
"The girl from the cafe! The one who beat King, Hwa Jai and Billy Kane."
Andy looked at the girl. "That's Ryu's sister. I met her in Hong Kong when Ryu had gotten married to Chun Li."
"Whoever she is," Joe bubbled, "she's an angel."
"Who is currently beating the crap out of Yuri," Andy added.
Meanwhile, a fourth person arrived at the battle scene. The male Sakazaki and Robert turned and saw that it was the current Kyokugenryu master, Takuma Sakazaki.
"What is this?" the Sakazaki patriarch grumbled, arms folded across his chest.
Ryo pointed to Miya. "That's her."
Takuma looked at Miya. "So that's the one that bested your girlfriend? The sister of Ryu Hoshi?"
Robert nodded.
As Yuri threw out punch after punch, and kick after kick, Miya camply blocked and parried the blows, all the while, tagging Yuri with blows after blow, all the while Miya calmly spoke to Yuri. "There is no such thing as luck. There is only passion. Through passion, comes strength. Through strength, comes power. Through power, comes knowledge." She then performed an Oosoto Mawashi Geri, or Greater Outer Spinning Kick, the blow sending Yuri spinning to the ground.
It was the philosophy of Ansatsuken, something that Ryu had told her while he was training her, and she was reciting it out of habit. "Through knowledge...comes serenity. There is no chaos, only harmony. Through harmony, I gain victory. The power of Ansatsuken shall free me."
Yuri scrambled to her feet. Raising her arms to her face, she summoned her ki to deliver the final blow that would send Miya to the ground. However, Miya was thinking along the same lines as she went into Ansatsuken's horse stance (the pose which Akuma taunts you with) as she summoned her own ki.
Yuri, as well as her family knew that the Haohshoukouken, or the Supreme King Flying Roaring Fist, was one of Kyokugenryu's most powerful attacks. Several of Southtown's top fighters, the Bogard brothers included, had fell to the power of the devestating technique. And Yuri hoped that Miya would be another tally mark to the awesome power of Kyokugenryu.
"Yaaa...Kyokugenryu final attack..." Yuri then released a massive wall of orange ki. "Haohshoukouken!"
Miya responded with her own final technque, also releasing a equally massive wall of purple ki at Yuri. "Garyuu Hakaisha Hadou!"
Miya's Garyuu Hakaisha Hadou, or Great Destroyer Surge, was her version of her brother's Shinkuu Hadouken. The only difference was that since Miya had used a combination of the Dark Hadou and Psycho Power, which she called 'Psycho Hadou,' her fireball expanded (i.e. Akuma's Messatsu Gohadou from SF3 Third Strike).
What happened next shocked the Kyokugenryu fighters. As both Miya and Yuri's ki attacks met, the former's ki literally absorbed Yuri's and continued on its course. Yuri had only enough time to roll out of the way in order to avoid the incoming blow. The devastating ki attack smashed into a tree, reducing it to splinters.
Yuri looked at the tree, then back at Miya. "What...what are you?" she gapsed.
Miya lowered her hands. "I'm complicated," she deadpanned.
As Miya turned and walked away, Yuri charged at her from behind.
Big mistake.
One thing that Miya had learned from her experiences in Shadowlaw and from training under various masters, Sagat and Ryu included, was that you should never let your guard down.
As Yuri swung her fist at the back of Miya's head, much to her brother, father and boyfriend's chargin, Miya quickly spun on her heels and raised her index and middle finger, stopping Yuri's fist cold. With her other hand, she balled it into a fist and sent it smashing into the side of Yuri's face, causing her to spin a complete 180 degrees. When Yuri spun back around to face Miya...
"Kuzuryuu Reppa!"
Yuri ended up being on the receiving end of Miya's move. Ken had to admit that combining his two specials was indeed impressive, and at the same time, incredibly devestating. Miya finished Yuri off and Yuri was sent flying back to her family, landing in front of them with a soft thud.
The match was over.
The last thing she said before losing consciousness was, "Father...forgive me..."
"As I've said before," Miya calmly stated. "There is no such thing as luck in martial arts. You simply win or...lose."
Ryo looked back up at Miya and stood up. He was ready to go at it with Miya when his father stopped him.
"That's enough, Ryo," Takuma commanded. "The girl is right. There is no such thing as luck in martial arts." He picked up Yuri in his arms. "Come. We will take our leave."
Ryo has no other choice but to do as his father wishes. Glaring at Miya, he turns and follows his father and Robert, Takuma carrying his sister.
"So that was Kyokugenryu, huh?" Miya asked.
"One of the styles," Ryu replied. "You can say that because of this, you made some new rivals from the Kyokugenryu school."
Miya looked at her brother. "Sounds like you're worried about me."
"Not really," Ryu replied.
Miya took her sword from Ken and turned from the two men. "I'll catch up with you two later. There's something I have to do."
"Like what?" Ken asked.
"Paying my repects to my sensei," Miya replied. "She lives here in Southtown. She taught me several styles of swordfighting and is a former friend of my foster mother's."
"Well, we need to get going ourselves," Ryu replied. "Chun Li and Eliza should be arriving in Southtown in the hour."