Conquer Fist Finding a New North Star
"(The time is almost here. I must be strong, stronger than I am now in order to face my brother.)" A tall and very strong man thought while meditating in his chamber.
This man is no ordinary man, he is Raoh the oldest brother of Hokuto Shinken and also known as Ken-Oh the Conquer of Fists and he has managed to conquer the entire mainland of the continent with his fists after taking down the other major cities such as the Central Capital.
But Raoh's biggest accomplishment in his conquest was defeating his youngest and most powerful brother named Kenshiro, he was a powerful warrior who was chosen to be the true successor of Hokuto Shinken and the battle they had was legendary as the two were even in many ways of power.
But in the end, it was Raoh who won that fateful battle though promised to carry on his legacy in a tearful goodbye to the last of his family.
And now Raoh is preparing himself for his next big battle, against one he knew years ago on another island. Someone who is also his brother, just like Toki.
"Kaioh." Raoh mumbled the name of the brother once.
But suddenly he felt something strange happening from within himself, it's like he is getting a strange message in his head that he can't understand what is happening right now.
"What is this?" Raoh turned around and walk to the open window.
He looks up seeing the Big Dipper, also known as the Seven Stars of Hokuto, shining so shining so brightly and glimmering as they are the very ones sending Raoh a message.
"The Seven Stars of Hokuto, they are calling out to me. But why?" Raoh wondered what the stars from the Heavens could want with him now.
Raoh is not sure what is going on, but he feels like something is going to happen soon.
Suddenly he heard some shouting from below and look down to see some of his soldiers rushing toward something that got their attention.
"(Probably just an intruder who dare thinks they can try to steal from the might of Raoh.)" Raoh thought not interested in some pity thief and believes his men will handle it.
But Raoh felt the strange calling from the Seven Stars of Hokuto again, almost like they're telling him to go there.
Normally, Raoh doesn't bother himself small things like an intruder and such, but it looks like in this case he's gonna have to make an exception.
Raoh walk out of his room and went over to what's all the commontion is gong on about, andthis better be something the Seven Stars of Hokuto is getting him to be involved in.
A little while later, he comes into another hallway and two soldiers almost run past him only to stop when they see their lord.
"Lord Raoh!" The soldiers saluted to their master.
"What is all the commotion?" Raoh asked.
"An introducer has managed to sneak past our defense while knocking out some of our men to do so." Soldier 2 answered.
"We are currently in pursuit of the introducer; she was first spotted in the kitchen trying to steal some food." Soldier 1 added.
"So, this one is here to steal food from me. She must be skilled if she was able to sneak past the guards to knock them down." Raoh commented.
"Well, it's not just that, Lord Raoh. This introducer is also strong as she was able to fight off several of the guards with such strength, and well…" Soldier 2 paused, not sure how to tell him about this introducer.
"Well what?" Raoh said with his might glare.
"Uh, you're gonna have to see this for yourself. The fight is happening at the courtyard on the left wing." Soldier 2 flinched.
Guess it was something that sound unbelievable at first, so Raoh might as well go see this for himself to see what kind of introducer this is.
(Outside Raoh's Castle)
One soldier scream in pain when he was sent several feet flying from a punch in the stomach followed by another soldier was struck face-first hard onto the ground hard, breaking his nose.
"Fuck! How the shit are we losing to something his small and stupid?" One soldier asked.
"The fuck would I know, let just try to get her!" Another soldier was angered by this situation.
Two other soldiers of Raoh's army came charging at the introducer with one holding a sword and the other having a spiked club as they both are going to smash them down and slice them in two, but the introducer wouldn't allow that as those men to land a single hit.
What happen next was a small fist breaking through the sword to punch the soldier in the face and dodging the spiked club to throw another punch in the stomach making that soldier cough in pain before falling on his knee from a punch in the nuts.
Other soldiers have charged to attack this introducer, but this one was able to fend them off with some difficulty yet not going down.
Raoh arrives at the scene to see that the soldiers are having a hard time with this introducer as he looks down seeing the defeated men.
"All from one person." Raoh said, now growing curiouser about this introducer.
"I got her! I really got her!" The soldier yelled as he was able to grab the introducer by the arms and reveal to be a little girl wearing a hood over her head, about 10 or 11 years ago.
"A girl? That's what the fuss has been about, over a little girl?" Raoh gasped, this is not what he was expecting when he came down here.
"Let me go!" The girl demanded as she struggled to break free from the man's grip.
"You caused a lot of trouble for a pipsqueak, good thing Lord Raoh isn't here to see this otherwise he would punish us." The soldier chuckled as he lifts the girl up.
"Then he'll be disappointed in you more." The little girl said.
With a deep breath and outstretch her right leg, she swings fast with the force on the left side of the guard's torso making him feel that to loosen his grip and the girl use that to swing a backward headbutt on the guard.
"You little bitch!" Another guard charges in to grab her.
However, the girl saw him coming and leaps off from the guard at the one charging in to throw a fast punch in the face and then strikes a few more times down along the body. She turns around and one second later, the guard fell backward.
"Alright, who's next!" The girl shouted.
"Uh, that girl seem to have skills in combat in martial arts." Raoh noticed this girl is a good fighter.
The girl continues fighting off the guards knocking them down and giving them a hard time to catch her though they were starting to get closer and closer, but she kept on fighting hard.
"(This girl, she fights on without showing signs of hesitation and her eyes has strength behind those fists.)" Raoh thought noticed those traits from this girl.
For some reason, there is something about that girl making him feel like he has seen that kind of fighting spirit before, the more he looks at her the more he feels this sense of familiarity.
"Come here, you little bitch!" One soldier charged at her.
"WA… ATA!" The girl threw a strong punch in the stomach.
"Wha…?" Raoh gasped, suddenly feeling more familiar with the way that girl shouted.
An image of a man appeared in his mind as this man shouts "ATA" while throwing one strong punch, and the face of that man became clear to him.
"Kenshiro!" Raoh softly muttered that name.
"(This girl… It's as if she is fighting like Kenshiro.)" Raoh thought saw how this girl is fighting in similar style as Kenshiro though weak and such.
"You fools, why are you having such trouble dealing with one little girl?" Solia asked, entering the scene.
"We're so sorry, Solia! This girl is somehow skilled with martial arts and she's even stronger than she looks, like she was a fully grown man with the strength of ten men." One soldier explained.
Solia can definitely tell this little girl is indeed strong to be able to fight off the men of Raoh who are strong in their own rights, but this girl seems something else.
"Move aside, I'll deal with this." Solia walked over to the girl.
The girl notices the man with the eyepatch coming this way, and she can tell this one really strong unlike the soldiers.
"(This guy is on a whole different level; he might even kill me.)" The girl thought gulped.
"(But even so… I can't back down!)" The girl thought refused to give up her goal.
"I heard what you've doing, stealing some food from our food storage and trying to make off with them. And from how much you're taking, that seems to be a lot for one little girl." Solia pointed out.
"They're not for me, they're for the village who are close to running out of food. My people have started growing crops in this wasteland of ours, so we don't have to try going out and hunt for food, but we only started farming recently and they won't come in when our food supply runs out." The girl explained her reason for stealing the food.
"And what makes you think it was a good idea to deal from Raoh?" Solia asked.
"Even if it's a death sentence to do so, I will stake my very life in order to help my people and those in need. I would use these very fists of mine to beat down anyone who dares treat life like trash because that would make them even worse than trash!" The girl shouted with determination.
Raoh gasp again when he suddenly saw Kenshiro replacing this girl for a second and then back to the girl, he can see this girl having the same fighting spirit as Kenshiro.
"My name is Makoto Njiima and I'm gonna justice and peace to this world!" Makoto took off the face to reveal her whole face. Showing she has brown hair and red eyes.
Makoto charges at Solia and jumps to throw a punch though that was easily caught, and he punched her down, but she got back up a second later and attack him again.
Makoto kept trying different ways to attack the stronger soldier from the blind spots and trying to go faster or strike harder with her fists, but nothing seems to be working with this guy as he keeps knocking her down again and again even making her cough up a little blood.
"I… I'm not… giving up…" Makoto groaned as she gets up despite the body screaming in pain.
"You are a tough little girl, I'll give you that much, but I advise you to stand down and surrender. I rather not bring myself to kill a little girl." Solia said.
"No way, I won't give up even if I'm dead!" Makoto screamed.
"(Could this be why the Seven Stars of Hokuto lead me to this girl, could this also be a message from Kenshiro himself? For Hokuto Shinken to live on within this girl?)" Raoh thought asked himself, but it feels like he may already know the answer to that.
She runs up to Solia to throw the strongest punch her small body can muster only for Solia to throw a punch sending her flying over a dozen feet, and she is caught by Raoh when she crashes onto his chest.
"LORD RAOH?!" The soldiers screamed in both shock and fear at the same time.
"Oh shit, Lord Raoh is here!" One soldier started to sweat in fear.
"He's going to be so mad at us for not being able to stop a little girl that he's going to kill with one poke of his finger!" Another soldier gasped.
"Probably something even worse than that!" The third soldier gulped, and accidentally wet his pants.
"Let me go…" Makoto struggled to break free from Raoh's grip.
"Tell me girl, who taught you martial arts?" Raoh asked.
"No one, I taught myself marital arts after I saw one man saving my village months ago. His strength and how he fought off those fucking bandits, his fists made me felt like I could become that strong and I wanted to go out saving lives and ending those who deserve Hell!" Makoto explained.
"What about if you die along the way?" Raoh asked.
"Then I die on the battlefield for I need no tombstone with my name." Makoto glared with strength in her eyes.
Raoh gentle place Makoto down on the ground and he silently gasp when he saw the spirit of Kenshiro standing right behind her, he looked very serious like he used to and gave his older brother a nod before he faded away.
Raoh looks up again seeing the Seven Stars of Hokuto shining again above Makoto, this was indeed fate set up by the Heavens.
"Solia, take this girl a room and make sure she's rested." Raoh ordered, this confuses Solia and the soldiers. Makoto is just as confused by this.
"Lord Raoh, you're actually going to let this girl live here?" One soldier asked.
"It would seem the Heavens have brought her to me for a reason. For the first time in my life, I will listen to see what fate has in store for this girl." Raoh looked at Makoto.
"Best brace yourself, Makoto. You will be put in the most brutal training of Hoktuo Shinken, you'll go through so pain that you will beg for death and become a warrior who may rival to my fists!" Raoh declared.
Makoto was shocked beyond belief; she had no idea this Raoh could even see something in her that would be worth his attention and to even train her in the martial art style that is known as the most dangerous and powerful called Hokuto Shinken.
(Seven Months Later)
Makoto is standing at the shore where Raoh and his army are about to sail the sea to make their way to the Land of Asura.
"Do you really have to go, Master Raoh?" Makoto asked, sounding worry.
"Yes, I must go to the Land of Asura to fight my brother and conquer his land to bring peace." Raoh answered.
"Then I'll be waiting for you at the castle to continue my training and to one day fight you to become the next successor of Hokuto Shinken." Makoto promised.
"That is if you survive my fist in a real fight." Raoh smiled.
The ship sails away from the land while Makoto watches on, praying to Heaven for Raoh and the others' safe return and for those who might die find peace in the afterlife.
"Okay, now let's talk about which of you guys have been drinking up the alcohol stock and why have there been panties in one of the hallways?" Makoto glared at the remaining soldiers who stayed behind causing them to flinch in fear.
(Later, Land of Asura)
"You will all die!" Kaioh shouted with his Demonic Almighty Aura bursting out from his body while all the warriors are down, some exhausted and injured while the others are dead.
"(This can't be the end.)" Raoh thought groaned in pain, but he fears this is indeed the end.
Hyoh, Han, and Shachi are struggling to get themselves back up in the fight as they refuse to give up the peace that is just within arm's reach, but Kaioh wouldn't let them have that peace.
Raoh felt like he was about to give up until he heard a voice.
"Fight!"
"(Makoto?)" Raoh thought surprised.
"Keep fighting, Master Raoh! You're the strongest I know, and you keep on fighting no matter how hard things get!"
Then more voices can be heard for Raoh only.
"Raoh, your fists can become stronger if you let your emotions flow freely like a river. Even if it just this once. I know you're capable of love and compassion when you let me live." Toki advised calmly.
"You were the most promising man I have ever had the pleasure of rising as my son as you and Kenshiro were both the true successor of Hokuto Shinken in the same era even though there can only be one. Go and show your brother why his darkness will never win." Ryūken encouraged Raoh to fight on.
"Raoh, it would appear I may have been right about you all along, both you and Kenshiro do have what it takes to save the world. Stand up, you are not done fighting here!" Ryuga yelled.
"How dare you let that bastard beat you down when I was the one who could have brought down the Ken-Oh legend, whose body was ever hurt by your fists. I will not tolerate you meet me like this, even your brother had more courage!" Thouzer yelled in Raoh's head.
"Man, that guy sure is giving you a really hard time, but I'm sure that's nothing you can't handle after our big fight. Just be light as the cloud and you'll be alright." Juza chuckled.
"Raoh, within our final battle, I still showed my kindness and respect for you and your strength that pushed me through the limit despite losing in the end. And now you are training that girl to carry on the legacy of Hokuto Shinken, she is waiting for you to help her start on that path. Unleash your fists and destroy Kaioh's evil ambition!" Kenshiro said strongly.
Raoh suddenly found himself standing up and tears flowing down from his eyes as the inner sorrow emotions are overwhelming him, no longer being able to contain these emotions.
"Raoh?" Shiachi was surprised to see Raoh crying.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Poor little brother, you're crying in despair to see that everything you have been pointless and now feeling helpless as I sent you to Hell!" Kaioh laughed evilly.
"(No, those aren't the tears of a man who has given up the fight, they hold a different meaning. Those are the tears of someone who's finally letting his sorrow out and becoming the rage of his strength.)" Hyoh thought noticed those tears.
"KAIOH!" Raoh shouted.
"I know what really happened that, when you and Hyoh were going to have that sparring match on the bridge. I know the truth!" Raoh revealed which shocks Kaioh.
"It was Master Jūkei who threatened mine and Toki's life to have you forfeit that match because he wanted to keep the main bloodline of the Hokuto Clan to be believed as the strongest. You threw the match because you were trying to protect us, and for that… I respect you more than ever!" Raoh revealed.
Kaioh was shocked even more, along with a sense of anger from his younger brother respecting him for that utter humiliation.
"(I see, so that's the reason why Kaioh didn't fight me that day. I understand this more, including of how his mother died to save me and Kenshiro when he was a baby years ago.)" Hyoh thought realized this.
"You were always my hero, Kaioh! And so, I will fight you to live on as a hero in my heart!" Raoh declared with his red Almighty Aura emitting out of his body.
"A hero… HAHAHAHA! How fucking weak of you! I have resolved to walk this demonic path. I care not how others see me!" Kaioh smirked as his Demonic Almighty Aura burst out.
"Die!" Kaioh fired a demonic energy blast at Raoh.
However, Raoh dodges the attack with using Musō Tensei (Unconscious Transmigration of Souls) to perform Toki's Musō Ryūbu (Nil-Thought Flowing Dance) movement to move closer to Kaioh.
"Fool! Have you forgotten that I defeated you pitiful Musō Tensei in our first fight?" Kaioh laughed.
"It would seem you're asking for more punishment." Kaioh smirked.
"Anryū Tenha (Dark Sparkling Stone Heaven Destruction)!" Kaion unleased the ultimate technique of Hokuto Ryuken causing Raoh to float in the distorted space.
"Let me guide you, Raoh." Kenshiro's voice said in Raoh's head.
Raoh starts moving his body in a very fast rotation that seem to save him from the anti-gravity technique and came down then charges at Kaioh who was shocked beyond belief.
"Kiriki Soushi (Two-Handed Unified Spirit)!" Raoh fired a powerful beam that pushed Kaioh back about twenty feet and he coughed a tiny bit of blood from his mouth.
"What?!" Kaioh was shocked in horror.
"Lord Raoh was able to land a hit on Kaioh." Falco saw this in surprise.
"So, you got one lucky shot in. Don't think that means you won." Kaioh growled as he charges at Raoh.
"Hokuto Shichisei Tenshin (Seven Star Point Spirit)!" Raoh suddenly multiple and several confusing Kaioh.
"Dākujemu chimei-tekina honō no ringu (Dark Gem Deadly Flaming Ring)!" Kaioh unleashed a powerful dark explosive wave to blow Raoh away.
But Raoh stood strong on his ground and manages to land the attack though it was halfway because of Kaioh reacted fast.
Kaioh groans in pain that his useless brother was able to land a strong blow onto his body, but he won't let that happen again.
Raoh zooms at Kaioh with a punch to the face which the evil older brother blocks and counter with his own punch, but he blocks that too. They enter into a power struggle for a moment until they push each other away.
But Kaioh charges forward to attack Raoh with a barrage of rapid punches except the Conquer of Fists was able to defend himself even though they felt heavy painful on him and deflect those punches away.
"Taizan Tenro Ken: Tenro Toga Ken (Heavenly Wolf Freezing Fang Fist)!" Raoh performed a downward claw attack on the chest.
"Wh-What? I feel cold for some reason?" Kaioh was confused a little.
And Raoh jumps high performing a pose making himself look like a pose.
"Nanto Ho-oh Ken Ultimate Technique: Tenshō Jūji Hō (Flying Cross of the Phoenix)!" Raoh dived at Kaioh at blinding speed though he moves out of the way.
However, Kaioh's body suddenly burst with small cuts appearing all over screaming in pain.
"Impossible… How is he able to hurt me this much!" Kaioh screamed in rage.
He turns around to blast Raoh into dust, but he was already in front of him and place both hands on his chest.
"Gekiheki Haisui Shō (Rampart-Striking Suicidal Attack Palm)!" Raoh blasted a concentrated blast of energy onto Kaioh's chest causing his body to explode with some blood.
"What is going on with Raoh? He's fighting like several different people!" Shiachi was surprised to see how Raoh is fighting.
"It's because he is finally unleashing the sorrow within his heart, to truly tap into Musō Tensei's full potential. He now has truly become the successor of Hokuto Shinken. The warriors he fought are forever remember in his soul." Hyoh was amazed.
"Brother, you have been beaten. Your fists can no longer hurt me, but… Your ambition has been hurting our mother even in death for what you have become." Raoh stated.
Kaioh became seriously angry when Raoh dare use their late mother like this.
"You idiot! It was the Hokuto Main family that took our mother away, the very reason my hatred towards love started." Kaioh stood back up despite his body in pain.
"I gave my love for my mother, for our little sister Sayaka, for everything that is weak as love! I will create a world where only evil lives!" Kaioh shouted as he gets into a fighting stance.
"That stance! It's very similar to the female statue of the woman who gave up her life that founded Hokuto Shinken!" Hyoh gasped, recognizing that stance.
Kaioh charges at Raoh with the attack from the Hokuto Sōke no Ken style: Seimyo Danretsu (Horribly Unusual Bullet Train) even though neither he nor Raoh knew they had the blood of the Hokuto main bloodline within their veins.
"(Give me strength for one last time.)" Raoh thought requested and charges at Kaioh getting through the rapid attacks and landed one powerful punch on the chest causing Kaioh to cough up blood, but Raoh was not done.
"This is farewell, brother." Raoh rotated his hands in a circle with his Almighty Aura gathering together.
"Tenshō Honretsu (Heaven's Command Charge)!" Raoh unleashed his own ultimate fist technique onto Kaioh sending him flying back, ending his reign once and for all.
"I… lost…" Kaioh said in shock.
"He did it, he defeated Kaioh." Hyoh realized as he forced himself up and walk over to Kaioh.
"Heh, no doubt you want your revenge on me for manipulating your memories, forgetting about your brother Kenshiro." Kaioh knew this might come to it.
"…No, there has been enough hatred in this life. You have been through so much pain and I, as your brother, have not been able to help you. I am sorry." Hyoh apologized which shocks Kaioh, feeling a little something he never expected.
"Your time has ended, along with your hatred." Raoh said.
"So, you're going to follow the path of Hokuto Shinken… Looks like you're a shiner star than me." Kaioh commented. He can feel his life slowly fading away from this body.
"Perhaps, but she will be the one who shines brighter than all seven stars of Hokuto combine." Raoh said.
"She?" Hyoh wondered what Raoh meant by that.
"The Seven Stars of Hokuto have brought forth a new warrior to me, a young girl with the spirit of Hokuto within her soul, she is the one who is destined to become the True Successor of Hokuto Shinken." Raoh explained, shocking the two.
"Believe it or not, it was Kenshiro who told me to train this girl to give this world the hope it really needs." Raoh looked up at the sky, feeling Kenshiro watching over him.
"Kenshiro." Hyoh smiled, felt glad that Kenshiro has helped from beyond the grave.
"But if she becomes successor, then you will have to seal your fist away." Kaioh pointed out the rule.
"No, I will die by her hand." Raoh said.
"Hyoh!" Sayaka called out as she runs up to her fiancé with a young boy behind her.
"Sayaka!" Hyoh was surprised as he hugs her.
"What are you doing here?" Hyoh asked.
"I was attacked by Kaioh! He tried to kill me in anger, but this boy was able to save me at the last second and got me out of there." Sayaka explained and gesture to the boy.
"Sayaka, you've grown. You look just like our brother when she was alive." Raoh commented.
"Our mother? Uh, you look just like Kaioh! Does that mean you're also my brother?" Sayaka was surprised to meet Raoh for the first time. She was really young to not know about Raoh much back then.
"Bet you came to hate me for what I did. I don't blame you; I have walked this path of the demonic." Kaioh said.
"No, what you did was unforgiveable, I cannot bring myself to hate you for you are my brother. I'll continue loving you for that." Sayaka hugged Kaioh for one last time. Making him feel the same wrath he felt from his mother years ago before her death.
"I meant what I said, Kaioh. You will always be a hero to me." Raoh said before he turns around and walks away.
"Haha… You really have grown into such a man, Raoh. Perhaps if I had walk into a different path, maybe I could have gotten the same strength as you have." Kaioh chuckled.
"Then we would have competed for the right to be successor." Raoh pointed out.
That was too true, Kaioh look at Raoh's back one last time until his eyes start fading into darkness with the last ember of his last sniff out. Kaioh has passed away with Hyoh holding his brother for the last comfort.
"The legend of Raoh has been fulfilled." Shiachi smiled.
The task was done for Raoh, but there is another he must complete. One that he is ready to accept his fate when the time comes.
KO a new story is born and hope you all enjoy it!
This is a two-chapter one-shot crossover story of Makoto Niijima from Persona 5 meeting Raoh to become his student in the ways of Hokuto Shinken, to become the new Fist of the North Star after Kenshiro!
Now, the reason why Raoh is alive and not Kenshiro is because this short story is based off from the YouTuber Mczpros who made the What If story about Raoh having won that fated battle instead of Kenshiro along with some things I made into this story. Raoh having defeated Kaioh after a hard battle and letting his emotions run freely to defeat him.
Next is another fated battle, one where Makoto's fate will be decided when she goes up against her greatest opponent to carry on the legacy of Hokuto Shinken. I also decided to have Sayaka be saved by the boy who will be revealed in the next part.
Another reason for posting this short story is because it's been officially 41 years since the first chapter of Fist of the North Star manga was released in Japan in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on September 13, 1983.
KO comment, favorite, and follow through of how this story will go!
