The strange men looked at Ryu with distaste, as one man flipped from the top of the building and attempted to land between the pair. However they avoided him, Ken shook his head for the lack of introductory, the crater the man left was impressive it was a least 10 ft deep.
"You seem to know what you're doing, students of Gouken, of the assassin art.", The man with a red hakama pants and lighting design said.
He smirked to Ryu, who was looking as casual as ever and Ken was obvious ready to fight but kept his cool despite the situation.
"So... I take it was you two who wanted to see am I correct?", Ryu queried the strange men who said nothing aside from abnormal breathing patterns.
Ken looked at the guys as well and noticed a bottle of syringe which contain some black substances, Ken figured this must be what these men were taking to be this powerful, though not to the extent of Akuma but still powerful.
"Enough Shinji!", a new voice said getting everyone's attention. "I need Ryu alive so you will not harm him.", he added and after a few more steps the man was revealed to having a demonic look almost similar to Akuma but something was different, Ryu couldn't sense this man's ki so Ryu had no idea what is he.
"Ryu I come to ask a favor of you.", he said as he warped and a cloud of smoke and in front of Ryu and Ken. "I would like to harness your Satsui no Hadou powers to create the ultimate god who will save this world.", he said as he looked down upon Ryu who was surprised that he knew Ryu use to owned that dark power.
"What are you saying!? Simple person cannot control something like that!", Ryu shouted from hearing the man's intention.
"Hm... It seems you misunderstand me. You viewed this world have you not? Then you must know that the reason I need your power is not to destroy or corrupt it, think about it this world or should I say humanity, as of now, are still fighting endless battles that have no meaning for the benefit of the world. How is more bloodshed gonna save the planet that my former superior, Gill, was willingly going to try and control the world through the power of the Illuminati? I was a member of that despicable party but after learning of their true intentions I left them in pursuit of the one true way to save the planet. Not through lies but through hate. Hate is the one true origin that this race is known for, people at war may or may not kill for the good or righteous but for lust of destruction of another.", The man said as he began to walk pass Ryu and Ken, he motioned for them to come at him.
"What you seriously think that fighting you will prove your point? How foolish if you ask me, Ryu I'll handle this in a flash.", Ken said as he charged a Hadouken, which was more focused compared to the past ones.
Jumping in the air Ken shouted "Hadouken!", he shout and when impacted Ken destroyed the garden area the seemingly leader was standing.
The two henchmen were just standing there smiling as if Ken didn't even do anything, Ryu just theorized that the influence of the Satsui no Hadou was so great that the men have lost themselves due to it's power, so this may be the cause of the men deranged state.
"Well, well... impressive power Ken Masters, you live up to your reputation as the U.S. champion.", the man said within the vast amount of smoke in the garden. "However...", he said once more as the smoke began to twirl in a twister like motion and after 3 seconds the smoke moved to the rear of Ken, and the man was visible once more.
"You have to do better if you ever hope to hit me.", he said with a cocky attitude and struck Ken in the stomach, hard enough to make him crash into a brick wall and into his Hummer truck, unconscious.
"No Ken...", Ryu whispered to himself but was still audible to the people in the area.
The man who dominated Ken, simply dusted himself off as he walked towards his entrance of the building with a gesture of his fingers, the henchmen obeyed like dogs and followed blindly.
"Ryu, I grant upon you one last day to surrender your power to me or else things will happen, things that make what I did to Ken like a child's play.", he said as he vanished within the corridor until his ki was no longer felt from Ryu, which was pretty much nothing.
Carrying Ken on his back, he ran as fast he can to get his injury taken care of. He wanted to help him so much but that will be dishonoring their fighting code, unless Ken asked for the help. Ryu began to doubt whether he should consider the man words to save the people he came to know and love. Whether by mentally or physically attachments, its worth a lot to him.
Like that one time he was up against Hugo, the man was intimidating to most of the fighters he fought, while Hugo thought of his battle with Ryu as a "means to get money for Poison and Me". The battle was so great that Ryu was forced to use his strongest attack, the Shin Shoryuken in a effort to at least damage Hugo, but as destiny would have it, Hugo called it nothing but "It felt like a mosquito bite". Ryu chuckled to himself at that memory, that was the first time somebody talked down on one of his most strongest techniques.
However, Ryu knew he would come to a choose eventually and after remebering that the Satsui no Hadou hasn't given him any problems the following years that Gouken sealed it, he was thinking whether he could trick the leader of this unknown cult. To find out if he can't draw upon this power he sets his journey to find the opponent who withstand his Shin Shoryuken, Hugo.
Hey SF fans, I'm sorry it took so long but I was reading the SF edon comics to get ideas for my fic, anyway I'm sure you may or may not like this chapter depending on how you like the direction of this particular chapter but review and fave this story :).