Off the coast of Chili-san, Lee Dynasty, Keisei

The morning sun rose into the sky bringing light into the day with the blue sky cloudless. On the edge of a small town called Chili-san, hundreds of people stood on the docks where three large old-fashioned ships awaited their passengers. All around, some with duffle bags entered the ships without much concern. Some took the time to say goodbye to their loved ones before departing. Others were not passengers or loved ones, but rather they were those who loved watching the scene to pass time.

That was the way it normally went when ships were docked, except something was a bit different this time around. Chili-san may be a small town, but it was nearly infested by the Coast Guards. This was mainly because of the riches that were within the land and must be protected. Usually on the docks, there were a handful of the guards to keep everything running smoothly. This time, however, it seemed as though the entire army was there, running around the area, specifically checking on those wearing clothes over their faces.

It was obvious that they were looking for someone. Perhaps they committed a crime, most people would think, trying to escape on to the ships for freedom. However, that wasn’t nearly the case.

Nearby, a small group of the guards were in a circle. All were wearing the same uniform consisting of light gray pants, black and blue shoes, and teal sleeveless shirts. Behind them in their scabbards are various swords. Each one also wore a black cherry headband around their foreheads and short dark brown gloves.

One slightly stood out from the group with an additional black band around his upper left leg, bandages going up his right arm, and his top half of his uniform was torn at the bottom slightly revealing his well-toned abs. His brown hair stood up from his head and his brown eyes narrowed as he looked at the person speaking before him and his comrades.

“She has to be around here somewhere,” the leader said. “I swear people like here are predictable. Keep a sharp lookout for her.”

The men left, but the noticeable guard was stopped by the leader. He turned his head to look at him. “Hwang, do you know why Mina ran away again?”

Hwang blinked for a brief moment. He let himself think about the girl they were looking for, who happened to be a good friend of his, Seung Mina, better known as Mina. She was the daughter of a martial arts master and swordsman, who also happened to be Hwang‘s master. Although, in Hwang’s eyes, she was loved, there were still restrictions she received due to Lee Dynasty’s view on women. They were given limits and were not allowed to do certain things men were allowed to do, like joining the Coast Guard.

Most women there accepted that fact, believing it to be a moral value. However, Hwang knew that Mina believed in equal rights as do some other woman in the country. Most countries in Keisei have equal rights now a days.

The thing was, however, Hwang knew that couldn’t be the reason Mina ran away. It was not like her to run away from a problem she and other woman could fight against like other countries. He had the feeling there was more behind it, but he couldn’t figure it out.

Hwang knew the leader of the Coast Guard was waiting for his answer. “I have no idea,” he replied. “I may be close friends with her, but I do not know all the answers.”

The leader stared at him for another moment before letting his arm go. “If you happen to be the one to find her, please convince her to tell you. You know her father would want to know.”

Hwang nodded as the leader left. The young guard sighed a bit. ‘Why would she run away?’ he thought to himself. ‘I just don’t understand it.’

Nearby, a figure in a heavy dark brown cloak walked down the docks. Only their feet, covered with a set of heavy brown boots, and set of brown eyes were peaking out from the cloak along with a noticeable hunchback. The figure scanned their eyes feeling chills going up the spine each time a member of the Coast Guard passed by.

The figure looked up at the ships before them. It wondered if will be able to sneak on to the ship with out any problems. The figure scanned the ship, which was heavily guarded with the Coast Guard.

‘Looks like I’m going with the last resort.’

In the figure’s gloved hand were a handful of small marbles. The person stood there for a moment. They did not have any intentions to hurt anyone, not even the Coast Guard (except maybe the leader).

After about a minute, the person decided to throw them in the water, knowing that would also make an impact. They quickly threw them when they believed no one was looking. Some of the marbles made it into the water. Some only landed on the edge of the boardwalk. Either way, all of them exploded on impact.

Immediately, chaos came all around. People screamed and began running off. The explosion, as expected, caught every member of the Coast Guard’s attention. All of them began running from their post, including the ships, to check out the situation.

‘Good,’ the figure thought with delight. The people’s attention was drawn away from the ships and when all the Coast Guard left their posts, the figure managed to get on the closest ship without a problem.

Because of the situation, only Hwang noticed the cloaked figure getting on the ship. The figure went up on the stairs and on to the ship as fast as lightning.

‘Mina!’ he thought to himself turning around. He stared up at the ship, then turned to his busy comrades. He thought about his honor and loyalty to the guard, but he also thought about his long-time friendship with Mina. Perhaps there was a reason she ran away, something he didn’t know about.

Hwang then realized that he was faced with two choices…let her go and betray his comrades and martial arts master, or capture her and betray her trust towards him. As he wondered what to decided, he came up with a plan. Perhaps he could follow her wherever this ship was going. Once he found her, he can try to ask what was going on. Depending on the nature of the story, he would make his decision from there.

Quietly, while no one watched, he managed to get on the ship the cloaked figure snuck on to.

In the meantime, the figure managed to make it into one of the cabins in the ship. With their revealed eyes, they watched the situation outside. Things started to slowly calm down then.

Feeling safe, they took off the hood of the cloak revealing a young female with long brown hair tied in a low ponytail and wore a read headband around her forehead. This was indeed Seung Mina.

Mina sighed to herself. ‘Freedom at last,’ she thought to herself. ‘Never will I ever have to further deal with all of this…’

Much to her relief, she took off the rest of her cloak, sick of the heat she was dealing with. Mina wore a small sleeveless red and brown top revealing her abdomen, a brown band around her waist which held two long sashes, one in front and one behind her, design in red, green, and yellow. Behind her was a large duffle bag and a five foot Zanbatou. She had named the weapon Scarlet Thunder not only because her favorite color was red, but also because of the meaning behind the color; determination.

Later on, the ships began to depart. Mina began to wonder where the ship was going and what the place was going to offer to her. Wherever it was, she knew that it was going to be better than this place…

But little did she realize that these ships were heading for a tournament in another world…

Along the boardwalk of the bay, five ships awaited departure. Those attending The Blood Tournament made their way to the old-fashioned ships. The weather was quite fair with only a few clouds in the sky with just a little breeze blowing around.

Raven looked up at the ships, his eyes scanning from behind his sunglasses holding a duffle bag in his left hand. He had just arrived in San Francisco a few hours ago just before the morning sun rose.

The agent reached his hand to his ear and pressed on the button of his headset. “This is Raven reporting. I have arrived in San Francisco and will be departing on the ships shortly.”

After a brief moment, another voice came within the headset. “Good. Now, there should be a gentleman in a red business suit standing by the café. Hand the government data to him, then be on your way.”

“Roger.”

“And Raven,” the voice continued. “There is one other thing. Although we are not positive if this will happen, there may be a possibility that you will lose contact with us once you get to Outworld. Our communication technology was just meant for worldwide, but we are not sure if it will go beyond Earth.”

Raven sighed a little. “Understood. I will return to HQ when I return.”

With that, Raven pretty much knew that he would lose contact with his agency. He shut his communicator off and took off the headset from his ear, no longer needing it until his return. His next objective was to go over to the café and hand over the data to a gentleman waiting for him there. He figured he could get a cup of coffee in the meantime before boarding the ship. It was only eight in the morning and the ships weren’t leaving for another three hours.

Raven walked around the area until he spotted the café. Right near the entrance, he noticed an older man in a red suit standing there. The agent walked to him, data ready in his hand.

Immediately, the man showed his ID to prove that he was the one Raven was looking for. Raven nodded and walked off. He passed the man and slipped the data into the man’s pocket as planned, then walked into the café.

Some of the people already in the café looked at Raven curiously. He wore his usually clothing in which he wore during his missions, something that was rather unusual to those in the building. However, Raven walked on normally to the counter as though he was a normal citizen. With that, the people continued with their own business.

A young blonde woman wearing the blue and white-stripped uniform of the café looked at him. “Welcome sir, what will it be this morning?”

Raven briefly looked at the menu above them, then back at the woman. “I’ll have an Espresso to go.”

With that, the woman began making the coffee. While that was going on, Ken Masters, wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers, entered the café, also in the mood for some coffee before leaving. He still felt half asleep, but that was mainly because he was up most of the night making love to Eliza.

Unfortunately, Eliza decided not to come with Ken to the docks for that she felt it would put more strain on herself emotionally. Ken had promised her that this would be the last tournament he would attend and that they would go on their cruise when they got back. His limo driver took him to the docks and he had arrived just a few moments ago.

Ken looked up at the menu trying to decide what he wanted, but then decided to go for a simple black coffee. As he approached the counter, he noticed Raven receiving his coffee and paying for it before turning around to leave.

Just by Raven’s clothes alone, Ken realized that he was a participant in the tournament. The millionaire decided to make a compliment then. “That’s a cool gear you got there.”

Raven was a bit surprised that someone spoke to him, let alone make a compliment of his wear. He slightly nodded and let out a small “Thanks.”

“No problem,” Ken continued. “I assume that you will be attending the tournament as well. I’m Ken Masters by the way.”

As nice as Ken was, Raven wasn’t in the mood for a friendly conversation. He gestured a friendly nod and walked away. Ken was a bit taken aback by it, but decided to ignore it then and ordered his coffee.

Once Ken got his coffee, he sat down at an empty table next to the window. Then, before he could sip the coffee, a young dark-haired woman sat at the chair in front of him with a Cappuccino in both of her brown gloved hands. Ken thought she was cute with most of her hair pulled back into two ponytails and her red glasses clinging on to her face. Her outfit consisted of jeans with a matching jacket, white shirt, and white cowboy boots.

“So your entering the tournament too,” she asked with a small smile on her face.

Ken smiled as well. “Yes I am.”

The woman thought about the conversation Ken tried to have with Raven before, having watched the whole scene from her table. “I guess with the mystery around the tournament, the guy you just talked to must’ve been an agent.”

“I figured that,” Ken replied.

“I’m Julia Chang by the way.”

“Ken Masters. Of course, you probably already heard me say that already.”

They both laughed a little bit before Julia continued. “So what do you think this tournament is about?”

Ken shrugged. “We’ll have to see and find out, but I’m sure, since the best fighters from all over the universe are supposed to be there, it’s going to be a pretty interesting tournament. I have a good feeling my friend Ryu will be there, since he’s one of the best as well.”

Julia only nodded. “That’s interesting. So, let’s finish up our coffees and head to the ships.”

“Good idea.”

They finished their coffees before leaving the café. As they made their way outside, Julia ended up tripping and falling face first into the ground. “Oof!” she cried out.

Ken bent down to help her up. “You all right there?”

Julia laughed a little. “Yeah, it’s nothing. I didn’t even trip on anything either.”

Ken laughed as well. He helped her up and the two began their way to the ships.

On one of the ships, a lone bald man, towering over most of the people around him, looked down at the people on the boardwalk with his single eye. The other eye was covered with a black eye patch. He wore a navy jacket covering his well-built muscles and the large scar on his chest, blue shorts with yellow trims, and white bandages wrapped around his hands, wrists, feet, and ankles.

This man was known as Sagat, the former Muay Thai champion and former henchman of Shadowlaw. When he lost his champion title to a fighter named Ryu, Sagat lost his sense of pride and honor. He went as far as joining Shadowlaw to earn his revenge against Ryu, the one who left a scar on his chest. Though Sagat realized that revenge was not the answer, he still continued to serve Shadowlaw. That was until the downfall of their leader Bison.

Even Sagat and the rest of the henchman of Bison had no idea what had happened to their leader. Afterwards, Sagat along with two others, Vega and Balrog, left the base for good. Sagat returned to Thailand. He wasn’t sure what happened to Balrog, but he knew Vega was back in his homeland in Spain.

In Shadowlaw, there were a group of young female assassins known as Shadowlaw Dolls. They were young girls, now women, who were kidnapped from around the world who were brainwashed into becoming assassins, their memories wiped cleaned. Once Bison was gone, all the girls were freed except one; Lisa Wagner, codename: Viper.

Vega had actually taken Viper back to Spain with him afterwards. Sagat kind of had an idea why Vega had taken her with him, but it was something he wasn’t going to let himself think about.

Then, Sagat’s thoughts were interrupted when he felt a presence nearby. As he turned his head, the figure spoke. “Well, if it isn’t master Sagat. What brings you here?”

Sagat growled in his mind then realizing who had just spoken. His one eye saw the young male, a foot shorter than him, before him. It happened to be one of his Muay Thai students by the name of Adon.

Adon normally bared a cocky grin whenever Sagat saw him, but since it had been years since he last saw him, Adon wasn’t smiling this time, much to the former champion’s surprise. Other than the aging, Adon hadn’t changed much, still sporting his red hair flattened at the top, his blue short with gold trims (thought slightly designed different than Sagat’s), his feet and hands bandaged up, and still wore the yellow rim around his forehead.

Sagat narrowed his single eye at him. “So you came all the way to the US rather than taking the ships from Hong Kong?”

The young former apprentice snorted. “I happened to have been in Manhattan when I got the invitation.” Adon waved the invitation at Sagat before continuing. “Anywho, you haven’t answered my question yet, but I’ll ask you another one in the meantime. Still working for that idiotic Shadowlaw company?”

The former championed cringed a little, nearly forgetting about the high-pitched voice Adon bared. “I see that your attitude hasn’t changed a bit since I left. First off, it’s none of your business. Second, assuming that you haven’t heard the news, Shadowlaw no longer exist.”

Once again, Adon snorted. “Whatever, all that doesn’t really matter much to me anyways.”

“Then why did you ask me then?”

Adon was silent for a moment, then continued ignoring the question. “Any who, I think we all know who’s going to win this tournament…the Muay Thai God himself. I see it now…winning whatever the grand prize awaits for me, the crowd cheering for me, chanting my name…”

Sagat mentally shook his head. “Your ego is still inflated as it was when I last saw you. You shouldn’t be overconfident, but I guess my words don’t affect you much now a days.”

“Hell it doesn’t!” Adon cried out. “Besides, I shouldn’t be taking advice from a former Muay Thai Champion when I KNOW I’m going to win this thing. You will see!”

With that, Adon walked away, much to Sagat’s slight relief. He sighed to himself, turned his head, and looked on once again at the people on the boardwalk.

‘Where the hell are you Vega?’ he thought. ‘We have new business to take care of…’

As the people on the boardwalk went about their business, they were suddenly interrupted when two people, a man and a woman, began running quickly down the walkway, pushing anyone who stood in their way. Another woman followed them not too far with a large gun in her hand.

The two running from the armed woman both bore long blond hair, with the male’s tied back in a lose braid. He torso was bare revealing a purple snake tattoo wrapping around it. He wore a red scarf around his waist, purple and yellow tight pants, white socks, and brown shoes. Three long claws bared his right hand and he wore a off-white mask on his face.

Just behind him, the woman followed closely, an emotionless expression on her face. Her long her flew behind her. She wore an all-green attire aside from her black combat boots with baggy pants, a short mid-drift shirt, and gloves that ended at mid-forearm.

The armed woman following them was also blond, which was tied back in a single ponytail with a few strands around her face. She wore a skin tight purple and black bodysuit. Despite the fact that she was wearing purple high heeled boots, she ran as though she was running in sneakers.

She was the infamous assassin Nina Williams. Being followed by her was her main target Vega Fabio De Cerna and his ‘minion’ Viper.

A few days ago, Nina was assigned to assassinate Vega for the crimes he had committed over the years. Knowing that Viper was with him, Nina was asked to leave the girl unharmed since she was currently brainwashed, which bugged the assassin. This was because Viper would most of the time attack her before she got to Vega.

Things were worse this time because now they were surrounded by people. The last thing Nina’s client wanted her to do was kill innocent people.

‘Why don’t he just pick a better place to run off to?’ she thought to herself sarcastically.

Vega and Viper continued running from Nina. As they did, Vega saw Sagat waiting for him on one of the boats.

“It’s not too far now my dear,” Vega said. “Why don’t you keep the girl at bay for a few minutes. Have some fun.”

“Yes sir,” Viper replied. Vega continued running towards the boat as she turned around to face Nina.

Nina stopped as she saw Viper standing before her. “Damn it!” Nina cried out. “Get out of the way already!”

Viper only narrowed her blue eyes before running over to Nina to attack her. Nina quickly put her gun away before defending herself from Viper’s attacks. Most of the people around them stopped to watch the fight.

Throughout the entire fight, Viper was on offense while Nina was on defense. As Nina looked for an opened, she suddenly noticed a brown-haired figure in a red dress watching the fight. Nina recognized that dress anywhere.

“You!” she cried out, but the short distraction gave Viper the advantage. She managed to give a hard kick under Nina’s chin sending her flying a few feet into the air. With the large crowd surrounding them, Viper took the opportunity to escape, believing that she had given enough time for Vega and herself to escape Nina. As Nina landed on the ground, the last Shadowlaw doll was gone.

When the crowd realized the fight was over, they dispersed. As Nina recovered from her blow, the red figure walked over to her. Arrogantly, she offered a hand to Nina, but the young assassin only slapped the hand away hard and got herself up.

“Why are you here Anna?” Nina demanded.

Anna let out a laugh. “Well, I was here to enter a tournament, but who knew we would meet up again. Fancy work you just did there.”

Nina only glared at the woman who happened to be her younger sister. For years they despised each other and numerous times have they tried to kill each other.

Anna thought about their rivalry for a moment before an idea came to her head. “Say, you don’t know about this tournament do you?”

“Like you expect me to care?” Nina growled.

“But you should. You see, the best in the universe are going to be there. If you think you are the best, you should attend as well. No invitation required. Perhaps there, we can settle our little score.”

Nina said nothing as she stared at her sister. Then, from the corner of her eye, she noticed a green figure entering one of the boats. Nina slightly turned her head and noticed Viper getting on one of the ships.

She growled to herself, realizing that Anna was about to get her wish. “I’ll see you then.” After that, Nina walked away without another word.

Anna watched her sister leave, a smirk appearing on her face. “That fool. The bitch has no idea what she‘s getting herself into…”

Seven boats were presented on the bays ready to bring the fighters going to the tournament to their destiny. The weather was mostly cloudy, but it seemed as though there were no threats of rain.

Chun-Li looked up at the skyline of Hong Kong just as she got on the ship. She had the feeling that it was going to be a while before her return to the city and she felt the need to take in the view one last time before her departure.

“Chun-Li!” cried the voice of Lei. Her thoughts were interrupted and she immediately looked at Lei who was following her…and carrying his own luggage along with FIVE of Chun-Li’s.

The female agent smiled. “I appreciate you carrying my bags Lei.”

Lei gave out a loud sigh. Sure, he offered to carrying her bags, but the thing was he didn’t expect them to not only be so heavy, but also to be carrying all of them.

“Have you ever heard of the term, ‘travel light?’” Lei asked her as he struggled to go up the walkway to the old ship.

“Yes, I have,” Chun-Li replied. “But you know how I am with my valuables.”

At that moment, the weight of the bags brought Lei down and he began tumbling back down to the boardwalk below. People behind him quickly got out of the way as Lei and the bags slid down.

Most people giggled once they found out he was okay. Chun-Li felt bad then and she made her way down to the walkway and helped Lei up.

“I’m sorry about that,” Chun-Li said sympathetically as she picked up three of her bags.

Lei sighed but managed to smirk anyways as he got up and picked up two of Chun-Li‘s other bags and his own. “It’s all right Chun. But just know for next time…I’m pretty sure wherever we are going, they will offer us good hospitality.”

“I know,” the female agent answered. “But I can’t help but be surrounded by my own belongings. Now, let’s get on the ship before all the good cabins get taken.”

“Right,” the male agent agreed. The two walked up the walkway to the ship.

On the boardwalk, Jin Kazama looked down at his invitation. Only a few days ago did he receive the piece of paper with his name on it. As a jet above flew over the city, he looked up at the ships. He found it quite odd that they were old-fashioned, each one with a small dragon head at the bow. They seemed as though they came from the 17th century.

‘This may end up being an interesting ride,’ the young man thought to himself.

It was then that a Japanese man in a white gi and red headband passed by. Jin felt a strong energy within the man and looked at him. Then, as if at the same time, the man looked at him as well, also sensing Jin’s energy.

Both of them sensed they auras within, an aura in which were mixed of purity and impurity. The men had blank expressions on their faces, unsure of how to react.

Finally, Jin decided to end the deal and start a conversation. “So, by looking at your gi, you will be going to the tournament as well?”

The stranger nodded. “And you the same?”

Jin nodded as well. “I have a good feeling the both of us will be putting up very good fights throughout the tournament. My name is Jin by the way.”

“The name’s Ryu. You are from Japan, are you?”

“And you the same?”

Ryu gave a rare smirk. “Seems that we have a few things in common already.”

Jin laughed a little as he looked at his watch. “The ships leave in two hours. We should hurry if we want to get the best cabin.”

The Shotokan warrior nodded in agreement and the two went on their way.

Nearby, the ice ninja Sub-Zero looked up at the ships as they came into view. He had himself a few days of weary traveling and was relieved to finally see his transportation. He was looking forward to a nice rest, not caring whether or not he was going to get a descent cabin.

Sub-Zero looked at his surroundings to see his possible competitions. He was quite surprised of the many diverse fighters who were going to be attending the tournament. Each one had a reason to accept the invitation. The Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei clan had his reason…to take down Sektor and the Tekunin clan once and for all.

He reached a ship and got on. Right after he showed the guard his invitation, the ninja could have sworn he saw a shimmer not too far from the corner of his eye. He turned his head and spotted a cloaked figure. He saw the shimmer again from under the hood of the figure’s cloak.

The ninja decided to get a better look. He walked up to the figure and was about to say something when the figure suddenly jumped at him.

Sub-Zero was surprised by this and tried to struggle out from the person’s hold. The person managed to pin him down and tighten their grip on them.

“What the,” he managed to say. “Get off me!”

“Please listen to me,” the figure said. Sub-Zero realized then that the body leaning against him was not human, but rather a cyborg-

Cyborg! He realized it then…a member of the Tekunin clan was right on top of him. He slightly turned his head and saw a green head with some black on it and a long strand of dreadlocks. He also realized by the voice of the machine, though robotic, it was female.

“What do you want?” Sub-Zero demanded.

The cyborg continued then. “I know you are thinking that I am working for Sektor. I’m coming forward now rather than hide from you to tell you that I’m no longer under his control.”

“You haven’t answered my question yet.”

“I’m after Sektor as well,” the female cyborg said. “My name is Matrik, and I was the first female of the clan…that’s all I really know about myself. If anything, though I don’t think you will accept, we can team up and take him and his clan down.”

Sub-Zero was kind of surprised by what he was hearing. He believed her in a way because she wasn’t talking in a robotic fashion like the rest of the Tekunin, aside from Sektor. But then again, the ninja had been deceived most of his life, even by members of his own clan.

Matrik let him go then and stood up. Sub-Zero stood himself up and looked at the cyborg, a tall one for her gender, about five foot ten inches he guessed.

“If you had placed any action against my clan in the past,” the Grandmaster stated. “Then I’ll half forgive you…for now. I’ll team up with you, but realize that I’m not going to fully trust you just yet. I’ve been deceived many times in the past and don’t trust too easily. If you want to earn my trust, you will keep your loyalty and continue that at the tournament.”

Matrik nodded in agreement without saying another word.

Sub-Zero wasn’t sure what else to say from there. He turned around and began walking away. As he did, he spoke out to her. “I’ll see you around.”

The female cyborg only watched as the ninja left, hoping that he would keep his word to help her.

In an area out of sight of those on the boardwalk and ships, a lone man in a yellow and black ninja suit watched the sight with his pale eyes. Nothing was on his mind but one…revenge.

This was the ninja spetre Scorpion of the Netherealm. A while ago, while chasing down his enemy Quan-Chi, both went through a portal that took them out of the dreaded realm. Scorpion ended up here on Earth, but unfortunately, Quan-Chi wasn’t there. The spectre realized that the portal had taken the sorcerer to another realm.

Quan-Chi had been responsible for the murder of Scorpion’s wife and son, along with every member of his clan, the Shirai-Ryu. Not only that, but the sorcerer manipulated Scorpion into thinking that it was Sub-Zero who had done the deed. It was rather, the older brother of the Sub-Zero currently on the ships before the spectre, who he knew was his own murderer. Scorpion already received vengeance for his own murder, killing the older Sub-Zero in cold blood.

Just a few days ago, Scorpion had heard about the Blood Tournament, in which he knew it was taking place in Outworld. Funny how not long before that Quan-Chi escaped from the Netherealm.

‘He’ll be there,’ Scorpion thought to himself. ‘He may be able to run, but he can’t hide from me for long.’

It was at that moment that from the corner of the spectre’s eye, a red figure stood near him. Scorpion turned around, prepared to fight and saw the figure in full view.

Unknown to him, it was the Akuma, the raging demon, who stood there. A dark red aura surrounded his muscular body claded in a black gi. His fiery red hair, which was tied in a high ponytail, swayed in the breeze, and his red eyes stared at the spectre.

“And you call yourself a demon,” Akuma said. “Pathetic. You should not care about vengeance. You should care about nothing.”

Scorpion immediately took him as an adversary. At the same time, both of them ran towards each other in a fiery rage. Then, just before one could have watched a fight, a ball of flames surrounded the two beings and when it disappeared, so did they.

To Chapter Nine