Lesson 6: Sixth Sense

Ibuki entered a next door warehouse where Juri built an ultimate obstacle course made especially for users of the Feng Shui engine. As she closes the door, the lights of the warehouse grew dimmer. Ibuki was greatly impressed with the work Juri put into making the obstacle course.

"So it seems you've been working hard for the past few months. Is this how you became so powerful in your use of the Feng Shui?" Ibuki asked.

"It's good to know that you can use the engine to see again." Juri complimented. "I've actually built this area for Makoto."

"Give me the run down so I can get some answers." Ibuki demanded sharply. Juri pointed towards three different obstacles in the entire warehouse.

"The first part is a maze. You must use the Feng Shui to locate the exit. Take a wrong turn and you'll be getting the biggest shock of your life. At the end of the maze is a Titanium steel wall. This is the best part of the training because there are multiple exits, but only one has a Titanium steel wall. The rest will shock you. The power of your attack against the wall should destroy it, but your attack will drain a large portion of your engine's power seeing that your body isn't that strong. Finally, you must use your eyes to spot and eliminate your final 7 targets. The catch is that you only have 6 kunai. Melee attacks are not allowed against those 7 targets. Are you prepared?" Juri explained in detail.

"Just watch." Ibuki responded. Juri grinned hard.

"Begin!" Juri yelled as Dudley activated the course.

Ibuki dashed through the maze using the engine in her eyes. She seems to find right paths for exiting the maze as she is near one of the exits. Once Ibuki made it to the dead end, she propelled towards the wall.

"She's made it to the exit." Dudley said with no interest.

"Just watch her next move. It will be quite…" Juri began to chuckle a bit. "…shocking."

Suddenly, Ibuki's eyes began to glow purple as she pulled out two of her Kunai knives. A long metal wire wrapped in copper was attached to each of them. She throws both of the knives at the same time and rate of speed, allowing them both to strike the wall at the same time. The electricity then flowed through both of the kunai and struck Ibuki. However, she was unharmed.

"Nomikomu Dendo! (Electric Swallow)" Ibuki pulled on the Kunai to increase her impact as she used a flying kick against the wall. Complete with the cancelation of the electricity due to have some much voltage generating in a short length, Ibuki destroys the wall.

"What?!" Juri shouted.

"It seems it was quite…shocking. Ha ha ha." Dudley said with cheer.

Ibuki circled around the maze to go to the final stage. She spots 7 different targets from all directions using her eye's targeting systems. "Spotted and lock." She said.

"You won't win this one. You only have 4 kunai." Juri stated.

"You said this entire obstacle course was for Makoto, how was she going to perform this section?" Ibuki asked.

"Oh, I forgot to mention this to you before." Juri responded. "The dark power she gained from before would have given her powers similar to mine, or so I was hoping. She has the Feng Shui engine powered by Akuma's energy."

"How did she get Akuma's energy anyway?" Ibuki asked.

"To tell the truth, that's what I want to know." Juri responded in sorrow.

Ibuki pulled out the rest of her Kunai and powered them with her chi. She threw two of the kunai at two of the targets, which splits them both in half. Ibuki then uses the third kunai on the middle target. The impact of the attack causes the shards of the target to strike two more targets. It also causes the third kunai to flicker into the air, rotating as it falls. Before it comes near the ground, Ibuki throws her fourth and last kunai up at the falling kunai. When they both collide, the both deflect onto the last two targets. Ibuki has become the Second person in Asia to complete Juri's Obstacle course.

"I can't believe it. She actually did it." Juri whispered in shock. How did she even have enough power to use the engine one more time?"

"Easy, I only used the engine twice: Once when I walked in this building, and once when I spotted the targets." Ibuki explained.

"Then how did you see through the maze? And how did you survive the electric walls?" Juri asked some more.

"I used my ears to hear the electrical currents flowing through the walls. Apparently, none of these walls were Titanium and they all had electricity flowing in them. As for the wall, let's just say science has its advantages." Ibuki explained some more.

"Looks like I won the bet this time." Dudley said.

"I thought you were betting against me?" Ibuki commented.

"It was a change of heart from both of us. I even added the electricity to make the bet more interesting." Dudley explained.

"I guess I should tell you our plan then." Juri said regretfully.

"Finally." Juri said in exhaustion. "That last move powered down my engine so I don't think I'll be able to see for a while."

"It's actually quite simple." Juri said.

*Back at the present time (from where chapter 4 left off).*

Dudley began to untie Ibuki as she awoken. "Package from Juri." Dudley stated. When Ibuki became wide awake, she ran towards Makoto and wrapped her arms around her neck.

"I've been waiting to see you." Ibuki stated.

"I thought you left on your own. Were you kidnapped?" Makoto asked.

"Not at all. That man rescued me after you mortally wounded me." Ibuki stated.

"Yeah, about that…" Makoto began to speak.

"Forget about it. That's not important right now. You need prepare to face off against Akuma again." Ibuki told her.

"I was told by Juri that you didn't enjoy this quest she was going on. Why the change of heart?" Fei Long asked.

"It's simple." Dudley began to explain. "Without Akuma's power-" Dudley's words were cut short as a dark presence appeared behind him. As he turns around, he notices a familiar figure.

"Mashingan Appaa!" It turned out to be Dee Jay, who uses a series of 24 uppercuts into Dudley's chin. The impact sends Dudley's head into the sky. Makoto, Ibuki, and Fei Long are shocked by the sudden event as they watch Dudley's head fall right in front of them.

*Elsewhere*

Juri is lying on the ground, gravely injured, as Sagat stands beside her.

"Sorry ma'am, just following orders." Sagat tells her.

"Whos…orders?" Juri asks. She then notices a dark muscular figure approaching in front of her. She then smiles and activates her Feng Shui engine as she begins to notice who it was.

"Prepare yourself!" The figure said as the "Heaven" symbol's reflection was shown on Juri's false eye.

End of Chapter 6

(Upcoming-Lesson 7: Blind Spots)