After a night on the town with Chun Li, Ken and Eliza, Ryu and the others returned to the hotel. As they walked across the lobby, they saw Mary Ryan and Mai Shiranui exit one of the elevators. Ryu suspected that they were hanging with Miya earlier in the day. The blonde cop and the Shirnaui kunoichi noticed the Japanese Ansatsuken master, his blond counterpart and their respective wives heading in their direction.
Almost immediately, Ryu's thoughts were of Miya. "Where's Miya?" he demanded.
"She's in her room," Mai replied. She and Mary then went on to tell him about the confrontation she had with Kaphwan and his companions. Ryu sighed. He knew Kaphwan personally and he knew that Kim would hold a grudge. Even against Miya.
"Is she okay?" Chun Li asked, also worried for her sister-in-law.
Mary let out a breath. "You should have been there, Chun Li. You sister-in-law is quite an amazing fighter."
"I'm glad she's on our side," the Chinese fighter replied.
In Miya's room, Miya, wearing nothing but a bathrobe, was running a towel through her hair. The bruises that she had from her fight with Kaphwan and his Korea Team were already starting to fade, thanks to her ability to heal, which was a result of a combination of Shadowlaw messing with her genetic structure and her Psycho Hadou.
Wrapping the towel around her head, Miya walked over to the door and opened it, just as Ryu was raising his hand to knock.
"Mary and Mai told you?" Miya asked as she allowed Ryu to enter.
"Yeah, but the entire Korean Team?" Ryu said as he walked into the room, closing the door behind him.
"I was supposed to fight Kaphwan, but after he was defeated, well...his friends didn't take it all too well. I had no choice but to defend myself. I never thought he would go this far. I'd always thought that he would forgive me concerning my past. Looks like I was wrong."
Ryu folded his arms across his chest. "Kim is someone that basically holds a grudge should he doesn't win. I should know."
Kim and the others were getting his injuries treated at one of Southtown's hospitals. Kim had a concussion on his temple, not to mention numerous bruises, Jhun was getting his ribs wrapped, since Miya had cracked them, Choi was getting a salve applied to his reddened chest. Chang had the top part of his head bandaged.
"Damn it!" Kim swore. "I LOST again! This is unacceptable! Justice should never lose!"
Jhun grunted in pain. "That move she did on me...I've seen it before. Another person uses that move."
Kim looked up. "What move?"
Jhun described the move to Kim, who immediately recognized it. "The Shinshoryuken. That's an Ansatsuken technique that only Ryu Hoshi uses. What's his connection to Miya?"
Jhun then remembered something from the previous night. "I was at the Pao Pao Cafe last night when Miya came in with Ryu and his blond friend. I also saw her take down several highly skilled fighters, including the French kickboxer and Geese's staff-wielding right hand man. And I've heard rumors that Sakazaki's sister, Yuri, had also fought her, and lost as well. I've heard rumors that Ryu had trained a second student in the Murderous Fist. Miya might be just that person."
"That could be just coincidence," Chang said.
Jhun shook his head. "I don't think so."
"Is Ryu still in the city?"
"I think so."
Kim winced as the nurse finished tending to his wounds. "He has a lot of explaining to do. And he could explain to us what his connection to Miya is."
-At the Kyokugenryu School...-
King walked into the dojo, where Yuri was at work, praticing. Eventhough both King and Yuri had lost to Miya, Yuri had taken it even more harder than King did, since her family was watching the battle when Yuri lost. Yuri was growling as she worked the punching bag even harder, up until she was exhausted. Like all that had faced Miya, she was bandaged up. There was a bandage aboce her right eye and several more wrapped around her arms and wrists.
King herself was no better. The bruises on her face had started to heal., but she was still in no posistion to fight. At least, not for a couple of days. But she took her loss slightly better than Yuri.
"Still mad about Miya?" she asked.
"What do you think?" Yuri shot back.
Before King could reply, Robert walked into the dojo. "That was Mary. Looks like Miya's crossed paths with Kaphwan."
Yuri looked up. "Did Kim beat the crap out of her?" she asked, hope in her eyes.
"More like Miya beat the crap out of Kim and his three flunkies," he replied. He then went on to tell them the details.
Yuri shook her head. "So the rumors about her being a former Shadowlaw assassin were true. No wonder she's tough to beat. And Mary and Mai's okay with that?"
"There's something else," Robert continued. "Ryu's also married."
King blinked. "Who in their right mind would marry THAT guy?" she snorted. "He's more obsessed with fighting than Ryo and Andy combined."
"What do you know about Chun Li Xiang?" Robert asked.
"I've seen her fight several times in Japan," Yuri noted. "She's an expert in Kenpo, right?"
"And Wushu Kung Fu," Robert added. "From what I managed to find out, she and Ryu go way back. Their respctive teachers were friends. They've known each other since childhood."
"Wait," King interrupted. "You're saying that Chun Li is Ryu's wife?"
Robert nodded. "Terry told me that they were married several months ago in Hong Kong. She also knows about Miya's past as a former member of Shadowlaw."
"And she's okay with it?" Yuri butted in.
"According to a buddy of mine in Interpol," Robert replied, "Miya had given up several critical documents concerning Shadowlaw's movements and gave the locations of several safehouses. As a result, she was given probation."
King shook her head. "Some people have all the luck."
-The following morning...-
On the hotel's rooftop, where she watched the sun rise, Miya Hoshi decided to train. Dressed in her hakama pants and a tanktop, she was going through one of the more complicated katas with her Muramasa sword.
The match was only one day away, since she received word from one of Sakamura's bodyguards that the day of the fight was going to be moved up, since Eimi's father was coming to Southtown. and decided to let her brother and sister-in-law know in advance that she doesn't wanted to be bothered, that she wanted time out to prepare.
The younger sister of Ryu praticed without abandon, her sword an extension of herself, as if it was a living, breathing thing. For several hours, she praticed uninterrupted.
"It's good to see that none of my training has gone to waste," Reika said from the door.
Miya turned around. "Sensei. How did you find me?"
Reika walked over to her former pupil. instead of her hakama, she was dressed in a pair of pants, a shirt, which was partialy concealed by her leather jacket, which reached to her calves. "I always know where you are, Miya. I trained you, remember? So the big day is tomorrow, I take it."
Miya nodded. "It is."
"Nervous?"
Miya shook her head. "It's the opposite. I can't wait for the tomorrow. Where's Eimi?"
"She's preparing, like you. Her father's arrived this morning. She's spending time with him, as well as with my husband, who is giving her some last-minute pointers. Her father's also a martial artist, you know." Reika chuckled. "You never told me that you ran into Kaphwan yesterday. You got the martial arts hierachy in an uproar over what you did to Kaphwan and his partners."
"Want to hear the whole story?" Miya asked.
"I'm all ears."
Meanwhile, in the park where Yuri was defeated by Miya the previous day, Ryu watched as Chun Li performed several stretches, following their morning sparring session. Right now, the Chinese Interpol agent had one of her legs in a perfect vertical split. She was wearing one of her usual training jumpsuits, only this time, it was white with red trim and a pair of matching sneakers. Her hair was done in a single braid and held in place with her husband's headband.
Ryu noticed that those training suits doesn't do her justice. He knew that his wife had a lithe body and wasn't afraid to show it. Chun Li knew this as well, and that served as a good distraction when she was fighting men.
Chun Li noticed the smug grin on her husband's face. "See anything you like?" she asked teasingly.
"Maybe," he replied.
Chun Li feigned mocked anger as she threw a kick at Ryu's head, which Ryu avoided easily. "'Maybe?'" she replied. "Then why'd you marry me then?"
"You're smart, funny, and can be a total pain at times," Ryu replied truthfully as he blocked several of Chun Li's punches. "And you got a nice body, so that's a bonus." He then caught her wrist and with his other hand, pulled her closer. This time, Chun Li couldn't resist.
The romantic moment, however, was interrupted with someone clearing their throat.
Ryu and Chun Li looked at the newcomers. Kim Kaphwan, the right seide of his face bandaged from where Miya had kneed him, stood before them. Chang, Choi and Jhun, also bandaged up from their failed attempt on attacking Miya, stood behind them.
Seeing the effects of Miya's attacks on Kim and his three teammates didn't surprise Ryu one bit. After all, he knew first-hand what his sister was capable of. 'If she's capable of doing this to Kaphwan and his guys, imagine what kind of damage she could to Geese himself,' he thought.
Ryu relased his hold on Chun Li and faced Kim. "You don't look to good, Kaphwan."
"Spare me your sympathies," Kim said bluntly. "What's your connection to Miya?"
"Why you want to know?" Ryu asked.
"She used a move on me that I know that only you used," Jhun butted in. "The Shinshoryuken."
"She calls it the Twin Fists of Death, a more different name than the one I use," Ryu explained.
"So you know her then? Do you know that she is a former Shadowlaw assassin?"
"We do," Chun Li replied.
Kim turned to Chun Li. "And who are you?"
"Chun Li Xiang," she introduced herself.
Kim recognized the name. "The Wushu mistress...and a officer of the law. Why didn't you do anything about Miya? You, a follower of justice."
"Believe it or not, Miya has made peace with herself and with her past," Chun Li explained. "She decided to go legit after she left Shadowlaw."
"You still haven't answered my previous question, Ryu," Kim butted in. "Who is Miya to you?"
"Isn't it obvious, Kaphwan?" Ryu replied. "Miya is my sister."
The look on Kim's face was priceless. "Miya is your...sister?" Kim sputtered out.
Ryu nodded, arms folded. "She is also trained in Ansatsuken. Mainly because I trained her and in six months, she is a black belt, only a level below myself and Ken."
Kim was still shocked. The enemy of his school was Ryu's sister. "That's not true. That's impossible!"
Ryu shook his head. "No, it's the truth. I got a shock out of it myself, but Miya is my sister."
Kim wasn't responding. His expression didn't change. Jhun noticed it. "Looks like he's out of it," he said. "Let's get him out of here."
As soon as Kim and the others had left, Chang carrying their leader, who was still in shock ofer this latest revelation. Chun Li turned to Ryu. "What was that all about?" she asked.
Ryu gave her the quick verison of Miya's history with Kaphwan and his school. Chun Li nodded in understanding. "Sort of reminds me of myself when you first told me that Miya was your sister."
"At least you took it well," Ryu replied. "I thought you were going to kill me for that."
"The thought crossed my mind," Chun Li replied. She then wrapped Ryu's arm around her waist. "Come on. I'm hungry, Buy me breakfast."