Chapter 22: Venturing Towards A Storm
In China's capital city of Beijing, Link and the others had decided to make a return trip there to see if anything had changed since they had picked up Chun-Li at the start of their adventure.
"We've been here before so we should know how to get to your residence," commented Link.
"Even so, since you're more familiar with the landscape here, you lead the way Chun-Li," suggested Zelda.
"Sure thing, let's not waste any time, I want to make sure all the kids are ok," said Chun-Li as she led the other heroes towards her home.
As the six walked down the streets, one thing that was noticeable was much like Manhattan, there wasn't really too much visible change off the bat since their adventure had begun.
"I know everything looks the same right now, but knowing how big this country is, it wouldn't surprise me if we run across some trouble here sooner or later," remarked Ken.
"Got that right, lot more areas for these beasts to plant an ambush on us," added Alex.
"Just keep your wits about you," chimed in Link.
Soon, the heroes found themselves in the same marketplace where they were initially able to find out where Chun-Li stayed at. Much like the rest of the city, there were no obvious changes as everyone was still going about their daily routine as if nothing happened.
"Hey, you're that guy that stopped those monsters a few days back, how have things been?" inquired of the shopkeepers in that area.
"It's been quite an adventure. Can you tell me if anything else has happened since that day?" responded Link.
"Not around this area, maybe in other parts of the country, but since I haven't been keeping up with the news I can't say for certain," replied the shopkeeper.
"I see, well it's good to hear that it's been quiet on this front," said Zelda.
"I'd hate to be rude, but we're in quite a hurry are we not?" chimed in Ryu.
"That's right man, we gotta get to Chun-Li's pad and see how things are going over there," added Ken.
"Need a lift on a rickshaw?" asked a rickshaw operator nearby and saw that there were two others with him looking to offer their services.
"Yeah, that would be nice," said Alex as he climbed into one of them.
Chun-Li told the rickshaw operators the directions to her abode and as all six were in one of the three rickshaws, they were soon off to their destination. After about twenty minutes of running, the rickshaw operators stopped moving as the six heroes found themselves right outside of Chun-Li's house. After paying the operators and thanking them for their services Chun-Li knocked on the door and a few seconds later the door creaked open and they were greeted by a young man with brown hair down in a horizontal spiky style and he was wearing a maroon colored sleeveless shirt, black kung fu pants and black kung fu shoes.
"Hey Chun-Li, good to see that you're ok!" exclaimed the young man.
"Hey Yang, how have the kids been since my leave?" inquired Chun-Li.
"Everythings been ok since you left, most of them have gone home for the day already," answered Yang.
"Yup, all in all, everythings been all good here," commented another young man similar in build to Yang. He had black hair tied up into a queue and was wearing a blue baseball cap with a yellow bill on it that almost obscured his eyes. He was wearing a white shirt similar to Yang's as well as the same black pants and shoes.
"Yun, glad to see you could make it too, I'm surprised Hoimei didn't object to you coming here," joked Ken.
"Oh shut up," grumbled Yun.
"Who's the guy with the sword though?" asked Yang.
"My name is Link, I'm from the world that fused with yours, and Zelda here is the princess of that world," answered Link introducing himself to Yun and Yang as the six warriors stepped inside the house.
"Man you managed to bag yourself a hottie Link! I'm sure you definitely have a royally good time with her!" exclaimed Yun.
"How rude of you," commented Zelda.
"Well excuuuuuuuuse me princess!" retorted Yun prompting Yang to smack his brother upside the head.
"That's enough of that, at any rate, how's my daughter doing?" asked Chun-Li.
"Ah Kiyomi, she's outside practicing her moves right now. She's been training hard every day since you've been gone," answered Yang.
With that Chun-Li stepped outside to the back of her house where her training area was and of course saw her young adopted daughter practicing her form paying attention to every detail. The others soon followed Chun-Li outside as she walked over to the young girl.
"Kiyomi, you're doing excellent with your form," said Chun-Li.
"Mom! I'm glad you're ok!" exclaimed Kiyomi as she ran up to Chun-Li and embraced her.
"Have you been listening to Yun and Yang while I've been away?" asked Chun-Li.
"Of course I have, how long are going to be gone for though?" inquired Kiyomi.
"Hopefully not too much longer. My adventure with Link and the others is not finished yet," answered Chun-Li.
"Oh yes it is!" screeched another voice from out of nowhere as a blast of fire shot forth and Yun leapt in the way to shield Chun-Li and Kiyomi from the hit. Yun flew back into a tree and grumbled a bit as Yang ran over to see about his brother's well being.
"Brother, are you all right?" asked Yang in a concerned tone.
"Yeah, it's gonna take more than some fire blast to fry my ass," answered Yun as he sprang back to his feet.
At that moment a large group of robed wizards with multicolored bird like beaks materialized from out of nowhere each of them holding magic wands in their feathered hands as they laughed crazily at the heroes.
"Wizzrobes! Argh these guys have always been a chore to deal with," stated Link.
"When did Toucan Sam learn magic?" asked Alex.
"Let's pluck the feathers off these little birdies!" suggested Ken.
"Did some one call for me?" spoke a British sounding voice.
Shortly afterwards, a large dark skinned man with a blonde mohawk that had a hole in the middle of it lumbered into the backyard, he was dressed in a dark black vest, black pants, and black boots. Wrapped around his arms was a thick chain that he promptly licked.
"Birdie, what are you doing here?" asked Ryu.
"Following orders, I'm gonna make sure that you all finally say good night for good this time!" growled Birdie.
"Well as if this freak show couldn't get any freakier," commented Yun.
"Enough talk, now we beat you down!" yelled Birdie as he whipped his chain forward at the heroes smacking Link back into Zelda and making them crash to the ground. The Wizzrobes all disappeared and then reappeared in a different area before firing more magical fire blasts at everyone who all had do dive out of the way to avoid being toasted. Birdie then charged at Alex and threw a powerful head butt that he called the Bull Head and sent him crashing into Yang.
"Jeez, with these Wizzrobe things flying about and this oaf also attacking it's gonna be tough to concentrate," grumbled Alex as he stood back up.
"Yeah, but either way, we gotta focus nonetheless," replied Ryu as he leapt over one of the Wizzrobe's fire blasts.
Zelda quickly shielded herself with Nayru's Love and leapt at one of the Wizzrobes to attack, however it teleported away just before her kick could connect with the monster. The Wizzrobe appeared behind her ready to launch another blast of fire right into Zelda however Chun-Li leapt in the air and kicked the Wizzrobe in the face and it teleported away yet again.
"What cowardly monsters!" exclaimed Chun-Li.
At that moment, Birdie rushed at Chun-Li with a Bull Head and the Chinese woman flipped out of the way just before Birdie could connect but was hit by one of the Wizzrobes fire attacks making her roll on the ground to put out the fire.
"Hadoken!" yelled Ken before the Wizzrobe could disappear sending the feathered wizard up in a puff of smoke. Ken then leapt out of the way of another Wizzrobe's fire blast and Birdie grabbed the American martial artist and slammed him onto the ground. Birdie prepared to stomp on Ken, but Alex rushed at Birdie with a Slash Elbow knocking the British brute away. As another Wizzrobe attempted to attack the two from behind, Link shot with an arrow as it fell to the ground, Yang began to slash at it numerous times with his Tourou Zan attack sending that Wizzrobe up in a puff of smoke as well. Birdie got up and grabbed Yang with his chain and lifted him up in the air before slamming him down twice hard on his back with a move he called the Murderer Chain.
"Hey, leave my brother alone!" yelled Yun as he rushed at Birdie and smacked him with a face with a hard rushing punch. Birdie staggered back a bit and then whipped his chain at Yun who flipped away from it right into the vicinity of a fire attack from one of the remaining Wizzrobes. As Birdie laughed at Yun's misfortune, Ryu spun towards him with his Tatsumakisenpuukyaku knocking Birdie to the floor.
"You just wrote your own death warrant mate!" yelled Birdie as he rushed at Ryu only to be intercepted by Ken's Shoryuken flooring him yet again. Two Wizzrobes materialized behind Ryu and Ken ready to launch more fire blasts into them. However they were stopped by Chun-Li and Zelda and promptly teleported again.
"Out of all of Ganondorf and Urien's monsters that we've faced, these guys are by far some of the most annoying," remarked Ken.
One Wizzrobe accidentally wound up appearing right next to Link who wasted no time driving his sword into the wizard as it let out a garbled yell and promptly went up in smoke. Birdie whipped his chain forward and it wrapped around Link as he started to drag the Hylian hero towards him, he felt a sharp hit to his back as Yun wailed on him with a quick combo and leapt into the air with two leaping kicks sending Birdie up into the air. As the thug descended Yang got ready to unleash one of his attacks into him.
"Raishin Mahhaken!" yelled Yang.
Yang hit Birdie with an open hand strike then followed it up with an upwards chop then flipped over Birdie and began pelting him with numerous attacks before flipping over him again and finishing off the attack with multi hitting chop and racked Birdie's body with lots of pain and knocking him out.
"Now that the meathead is out of the way, we can focus on these annoyances," said Alex as he brought down a Wizzrobe with his Air Knee Raid.
As the Wizzrobes saw their numbers dwindle, their teleportation began to grow more frequent and random as the remaining ones were doing what they could to avoid being destroyed. Their hit and run strategy did not last long however as a few arrows from Link soon sent the remaining monsters to their doom.
"Kiyomi go contact the police, we don't Birdie causing any more trouble for us on our adventure," said Chun-Li. The young girl nodded and headed back inside the house to go call the proper authorities.
"Well, I might have guessed they'd try to ambush us at some point. Didn't expect it to happen like this though," said Chun-Li as she placed handcuffs on the unconscious Birdie.
"Yeah, but I admit, it was kinda fun getting lay into some ugly Toucan Sam looking beasts," piped up Yun.
"Still, makes me wonder they will try next," commented Zelda.
"Now that I think about it, I'm worried about my family, I think we should head back to San Francisco ASAP," suggested Ken.
"I understand Ken, we'll make that our next stop," chimed in Link.
"The cops are coming now to take away this big lummox," said Kiyomi pointing the still incapacitated Birdie.
"Then we must be off again, we still have much to do," spoke Ryu.
"You guys be careful out there, we'll continue to watch over things here," said Yang.
"Please be safe Mom," said Kiyomi as she once again hugged her adoptive mother.
"I'll be home soon, I promise you that," said Chun-Li.
"She's right, we'll watch over her and get her home to you safely," added Alex.
"Yup, we'll see you all again soon," said Ken.
"To San Francisco!" exclaimed Link as he held up the Teleport Orb.
Within a few seconds Link and the others disappeared again in a flash of light and soon found themselves around the piers that stretched across the San Francisco Bay.
"Hmm, so far it looks like everything here seems quite peaceful," chimed in Zelda.
At that moment, an explosion could be heard off in the distance, causing many people to gaze in disbelief at what happened and some to panic as well.
"What the an explosion, definitely looks like something is going on over here," stated Link.
"Judging from the sound, it looks like it came from the direction of...home!" gasped Ken.
Author's Note: And I'm gonna end the chapter here. Indeed something is going down right now, however, you'll have to wait until next chapter to find out. Right I'm gonna head off to plan it out, but until then, please read and review.