Chapter 22: Special Training; The Red Surge Fists

Hwoarang is lying in the hospital due to his fractured bones. Steve and Baek were standing as visitors. He never imagined his student got submission by a large opponent.

"Master, I'm so sorry..."

"It's all right, Hwoarang. I'm glad you're alright. Steve told me everything about what happened." Baek said calmly as they confronted by Dudley and Elena.

"Here's a bouquet of roses, young man. You must get well soon." Dudley said as he put the flowers on the hospital bench.

"Hey, I recognize you? You must be Dudley." Steve said recognizing him as another boxing champion.

"Oh... you must be a fellow boxer, Steve Fox. I heard you are entering a martial arts tournament. I'm very impressed." Dudley said nicely as he challenges him. "How about we can spar with our punches, it would be a warm up for both English boxers like us."

"Sounds like a challenge. It has been since my partner right here got incapacitated." Steve said pointing at the injured Hwoarang.

"Well looks like I want to fight too. I just love to warm up when I practice my capoeira." Elena said cheerfully.

"Hmmm, it reminds me of one of the capoeira practitioners can say that." Baek said as he decides to team up with Steve. "Since my student is badly injured, I'll take his replacement.


Meanwhile, Guy and Cody walks straight before travelling to the Antarctic. Both were confronted by Bryan and Jack-X.

"Well well... this guy is not giving up. After all he crashed the festival." Cody said grinning at Bryan.

"Hmph... this is the end of the line, punks." Bryan smirked evilly and Jack-X detected their power levels knowing that it reaches in 9000.

"Don't do it, Cody." Guy said as he dodges Jack-X's attacks while Cody and Bryan punched each other with their fists.

"It seems that we have to beat them, let's see how these guys fall." Cody said as Guy hurricane kicks Bryan with his Bushin-Sempukyaku while Cody smacks Jack-X equally with their punches and both fight side by side against both Bryan and Jack-X.

"Hmph... let's see if you can beat me. Come, Jack...!" Bryan said as both charges at Guy and Cody.


At the port town, the trio checked in the hotel and they stayed in three separate rooms. Jin finally took off both of his gauntlets and Xiaoyu came to see him and forgives him on her actions.

"Jin, I'm sorry about earlier. I'm just trying to protect you from anyone." Xiaoyu said sadly.

"..."

"Please, I didn't mean to do that." Xiaoyu said and Jin coldly replies.

"I accept your apology, Xiao. But you already made me embarrassed to other people."

"..."

"It's not a good idea if you keep getting in my way."

"Jin, I don't intend to get in your way like that. I'm just..."

"Xiao, if you do that again. Our friendship would not last long." Jin threatens her coldly as he started to walk away. He makes Xiaoyu cry because of what she did.

"Jin..."

"Please don't get in my way, Xiao. I'm not on the mood right now." Jin coldly grins at her as he continues to walk away leaving Xiaoyu stayed crying.

When he goes outside, he needs some fresh air after he was mad to Xiaoyu and her actions. He looked at the left side he saw Hunyo was watching the view knowing that he misses his family.

"Marissa..." Hunyo calls his wife's name and remembers his family. Then, Jin came to see him by nudges him on his shoulder.

"Sensei... what are you doing here? You're supposed to stay inside."

"I'm fine." Hunyo said as he faces Jin who is upset. "You look angry. Did you have a fight with Xiaoyu again?"

"No we're not. I got irritated from her actions. She keeps saying that I'm a nice person. But I already committed all the bad things I've done in this world." Jin answered coldly.

"Don't say such things. You just did the right thing. You were trying to face a much more formidable foe." Hunyo said as he tells him. "I guess they are blaming you for hurting innocent people."

"..."

"I just hate what Xiaoyu had ever become. I've never seen she's been acting in obsession." Hunyo said disappointed on Xiaoyu's actions. Jin becomes calm to him for a moment he is also depressed in her actions.

"You did something good, sensei." Jin said calmly. "I'm impressed that you can knock her out with one strike."

"I'm just trying to stop her, Jin." Hunyo said as he gives him another advice. "You know if you fall someone like Xiaoyu. You don't know that she became overprotective if you did something wasn't right. It just reminds me of my wife. She also acted that way."

"Xiao..." Jin said and he sadly tells him. "I feel that she acted like my mother. She never acted like this before the first time we've met."

"Listen, Jin. Men like us need responsibility as well as women. It is also important."

Both men were having a private conversation as Jin requests Hunyo to teach him how to wield a power that collides in both of their fists.

"Sensei... is it okay to teach me how my fists will collide with the red energy. You told me that I'm able to shoot energy blasts in my fists."

"Hmmm, you mean this." Hunyo said as his right fist is glowing orange. Only experience fighters can learn this. "It's gonna be hard to learn, Jin. Your fists are embedded with a red lightning if you trying to use your power charge."

"I want to learn that from you, sensei. I have to collide with the red lightning that emits on my fists." Jin said determining to learn and Hunyo reluctantly accepts his request.

"Alright then, I hate if other people would see us fighting outside."

"Anyway, I already took off my gauntlets. I guess that I can fight barehanded." Jin said nicely and he is ready to train.

"Just like you fight someone in dress shirts, this is going to be interesting." Hunyo jokily said as he readied his fighting stance and ready to fight him. "Listen, Jin... It's going to be a special training. Once you learn it then you got it."

Both then charges their punches as they exchanged their blows.

Xiaoyu was crying inside of her room, blaming herself for being overprotective to Jin. Therefore, she dried her tears as she found both him and Hunyo were practicing martial arts moves. She watches both of them knowing that Hunyo trains him.

Both punches straight to their fist as it collided in full force.

"Just concentrate and release the power inside of you." Hunyo said motivating Jin to focus as he was surprised that the red lightning forms into a red-like aura that embedded into his fists.

"My fist... it's glowing red." Jin said surprisingly and Hunyo was impressed.

"You sure are an experience fighter as I thought. If you hit me with that you would break my teeth down to my throat."

"I'll test this..." Jin smirked as he punches Hunyo, sending him in a little distance. Hunyo was shocked that it reaches in half a meter.

"Wow... you got me right in the farther distance." Hunyo said as he hurried to see him. "This time it's gonna be a serious fighting."

"Sensei, I guess I can beat you easily." Jin smiled as he yells. "I wanna learn some more from you."

"Sounds like you want to learn to use one of my techniques, eh..." Hunyo said as he happily agrees. "You have guts, Jin and this time it's going to be an intense sparring."

"Oh yeah, I'm just getting started."

Both of them begin to spar with their special moves intensively while exchanging blows. It's going to be a hard training for them. At this time, Jin finally learns three new techniques from Hunyo during their special training. After two and a half hours, Jin finally sits on the ground, exhausted.

"Huff huff... Looks like both of us got equally matched." Jin panted.

"Yeah..." Hunyo said smiling. "You have a hard time beating me with your strong punches without breaking a sweat."

"Am I...?" Jin responded.

"Yes." Hunyo said as he explains. "That technique that I teach you first was the Surge Fists. It was a technique when your fists glow while executing your techniques in an intensive damage. In your case, your fists are embedded with red lightning and it fuses to a glowing red energy."

"..."

"I'll called your new technique is the 'Red Surge Fist'." Hunyo said smirking.

"Red Surge Fist..." Jin said as he looks on his right fist as it embedded with bright shade of red aura. When he touches, it electrocutes him. "Ouch... this red aura is combined with the red lightning that I have."

"See what I mean, you can't touch the aura that sticks on your fist. It can hurt yourself..." Hunyo said calmly and stands up hungrily. "Let's gets some grub. I'm getting hungry."

Jin smiles as the red aura on his right fist disappears as he normally touches his fist. "Thank goodness I can touch my right hand again. Alright, let's get something to eat. I heard there's a lunch buffet at the hotel that we checked in."

"The aura on your fist will disappear after a brief period of time to use it. That's how it activates." Hunyo said and both looked at Xiaoyu after watching their intense training.

"Xiao..." Jin said as Xiaoyu smiles to see them.

"You two... I'm so hungry."

"Well I guess the three of us can eat the buffet." Hunyo said happily.

"Sensei... we have to get changed our casual clothes before we eat." Jin remarked.

"Oh yeah... I forgot about that."

The trio are finally in their casual clothes as they eat in the lunch buffet. After that, Both Jin and Hunyo are buying some things in the clothes store while Xiaoyu happily watches them buying.


At sunset, Ken received a call from his wife Eliza as they have a conversation. Ryu and Brian watch him as Sakura and Blanka arrive to see them.

"Ryu-san."

"Sakura... you followed us on our way?" Ryu asked.

"Is it okay to go with you? We have to find Dan?" Sakura said wanted to join in their travels.

"Go ahead, Ryu." Brian said agreeing to join both Sakura and Blanka on their travel. "These two likes to join us."

"Okay, Sakura. Remember the box was very dangerous. Don't get yourself killed."

"Sure, Ryu-san." Sakura smiled agreeing on his advice and Ken came to see them after his conversation on the phone with his wife.

"I'm glad we can take Sakura and Blanka along with us. Well, let's get moving. We might take a plane to get in Antarctica."

"Yes..."

And so Ryu's group continues to move forward and their travel destination was in Antarctica.


(End of Chapter 22)