SAIKYOGUNRYU CH.21:THE CONCLUSION!
Dan arrived back at his dojo and home in Tokyo,Japan. It was at last over,it was a grand adventure and experience for him but in the end it was all for nothing,Dan had gained quite a lot of strength from the battles against Wyler and his goons,but he still couldn't face Ryo Sakazaki and the power of his martial art form the Kyokugen.
Dan slumped down in a blue bean bag and breathed a sigh of part relief and part depression. What was he to do now? He could still train and all,but without a real master of some kind or a better sort of campaign,he couldn't improve his fighting style nor could he attract any students.
The next few days turned into Dan sleeping,watching the tube or vhs movies,him walking about town to try and figure something out and looking through his photo album of memories of him and his family.
Suddenly,he heard a knock at the door. Getting up,he answered it and there stood the mailman.
"You.Dan Hibiki?"he said. "Yeah that's me."said Dan. "You got something for me?" The postman reached into his bag and took out a brown cardboard package. "This is for you."he said. "Before I give it to you,could you sign here please for the adress form?"
Dan signed the paper and the package was given to him,and the postman gave it to him. Dan looked at the package,ripped it open and saw what it was,a vhs cassete.
Taped to it's surface it had a little sign that said:"FOR DAN:A FRIEND." "Huh?"he said. "Who could send something like this for me. Dan then took the note and turned it over,it also said:"PLAY THIS RIGHT NOW."
Dan shrugged,went over to his tv and vcr,placed the cassete in,turned them both on and the image of Ryo Sakazaki came on. "Hiya Dan."he said. "I hope that you got this package,cause this may be the only way for you to improve your fighting abilities.
I'm sorry you didn't win,but you have to admit that experience is the best way to learn,even through defeat. But,you did also gain something from this experience,you earned my trust to help you this one time. I know you said you wanted to learn on your own but.think about this Dan.what's more important,pride or true happiness of seeing your dream realized?
Think about it please,for the legacy of your family,please accept the teachings I have recorded for your time. If so,then get dressed and get ready for Ryo Sakazaki's class of martial arts mastery. If not well..no one can't say I didn't try."
Dan paused the tape and thought long and hard for a moment about everything in his life,learning from his father ebfore he died,learning from Gouken,defeating Sagat,teaming with Ryo,defeating those other villians along with Wyler himself.
"Aw.what the hell?"he answered and went to change into his usual pink gi. Dan then came back to the tv and pushed play.
"If you chose yes,then good for you Dan!"said Ryo. "Now let's get started!"
The lesson went on for a hour,in during such time Ryo taught Dan how to completely master the power,distance and range of his fireball. Dan set up a small target range in his lving room with a wooden bullseye made from a dart baord that he hung on the wall across from where he and the tv set stood.
"Ready.aim.fire away!"said Ryo. "G-Hadouken!"said Dan as he cupped both hands together and let loose of a white hit fireball which with Ryo's teaching had mastered.
The fireball flew across the room gracefully,hitting the target dead center! "ALL RIGHT!"said Dan as he hopped off the floor in joy. "If you did it---good for you!"said Ryo. "Now onto the next lesson-learning how to do better roundhouse and spin kicks."
The next lesson went as planned. Dan strengthened and flexed out his legs to try and perform better spink kicks as well as roundhouses on opponents.
Dan spun his body around and lashed out several turn kicks on the sandbag he hung up in his room. Then,he sprang into action with Dan-Ku-yaku flail kick,but this time instead of doing it in a sort of a scissor kick kind of like Ryo's he managed to turn his body and do mid-air turn kicks almost similar to the one's Ryu,Ken and other Shotokans do.
Next lesson was to better strengthen his Dragon Punch in a shadow style and Dan finally remembered how Ken Masters did it.
Dan lashed out his shadown Kyoruken and this time he placed much closer range to the bag and hammered into it with precision power.
The last lesson was to improve the move that both Dan's father and Takuma's father made,the explosion of punch and kick move.
"Place all your remaining energy into this and only use it when you have a last resort."said Ryo. "And here are some ways you can harness it into better finishing moves."
The final lesson went on and Dan was able to better unleash his barrages of blows against the sandbag,ending with an energized Dragon Punch!
"Okay Dan!"said Ryo. "This should conclude our lesson for today. In fact.it's the only lesson I can give you. But if you wish to further become even better than you were,you know where to find my father here in Osaka. And if you don't know where my american based dojo is in Southtown. Here's the actual adress."
The adress to Ryo's dojo shown upon the bottom of screen. "Oh.,and two more things to remember."said Ryo. "If you wish to further this on your own,and get students to come to your dojo,then you've got to back out and make a better name for yourself.
Show your improved skills to students and practicioners of the art and see if they'll become interested. You've got to interest them to learn. And if you want to create another promotional campaign,then try to enter any martial arts tournament you can find. But.please make sure it's an honest to goodness one this time instead of going to one held by shady and slimy crooks like that.Tarantulla guy okay?"
Dan blushed in embarassement at that one,but he vowed not to let anything happen again.
"And the final tidbit of advice."said Ryo. ".and please don't take this the wrong way Dan. If you want people to take you more seriously,then please.choose a different color for your gi this time okay?"
Dan grumbled in offense at Ryo's suggestion but decided to go with it after all. "So.until we meet again,I hope this lesson has been a sure fire way to help you become a better warrior and who knows..maybe the world's greatest someday. This is Ryo Sakazaki." "And his sister Yuri."said Yuri as she showed up beside him. "And his pal Robert Garcia."said Robert. "And their master Takuma."said Takuma. "And their friend King."said King.
"ALL WISHING YOU GOOD LUCK AND SAFE JOURNEY-SAYONARA!"they all said in unison and waved goodbye. The screen then went blank at the end.
Dan switched off both the tv and looked down at his hands. Thanks to Ryo,he had trained his Saikyo to become a sort of.SAIKYO-KUGEN.(Which is one of the main reasons to name this story that name as one of the many ways to team up both Dan and Ryo by name-DUNES.) And he hoped it would help him become as great as his father.
Dan then went to his closet and looked through his spare gi costumes. He had other colors besides pink,green,blue,red,yellow,purple even,but he had settled on something that would probably give him a little better respect.an off white one with dark blue trim on it.
Dan placed his black grip gloves,tank top,foot shields and black belt on around and underneath the new gi and tried it all on.
He stood in the mirror before it in fighting stance. He admit it was different and hoped it wou;dn't get him mistaken for Ryu but.he was determined to make a name for himself and nothing insulting about it.
Then,he took a deep breath,locked the dojo up for the day and went off to show the streets of Tokyo what he was about.
He went about on street corners displaying his amazing ability,sparred with other black belts to show his stuff,winning every match he came across.
He even went into the dark and dangerous city streets to take on any local criminal element in the form of vicious street and motorcycle gangs---he literally cleaned the floor with them all!
He went about to other dojos and challenged the school's best fighters and then the masters themselves,gaining victory and experience all the same.
Dan then finally decided to go for the big time.A major tournament was going on in the battle dome and Dan then signed up to enter. There,with his newly acquired skill,he breezed through the preliminaries and took on the final challenger,a big sumo-esque fighter that at first Dan had some trouble trying to make an impact.
But after carefully planning his new Hado-attack and then shadow-dragon,he toppled the mighty warrior and won the title of Grand Champion in the Battle dome. He was even awarded a solid gold trophy for first place and a hefty amount of prize money and was even placed in the hall of fame for new champion in years.
Dan had then finallly came back home and crashed on his bed,ready to call it a night. "MAAAN!"he thought. "That was all great fun---but exhausting stuff. How the heck does that Ken guy cope with it? Maybe.I should go the way of the wandering warrior like Ryu...NAAHH.way too boring!"
The next morning as Dan was ready to do some last minute training,he heard a loud knock on his door. Opening the front rice paper door,he was greeted by a strange yet welcoming sight. OVER 30 STUDENTS FROM THE LOCAL HIGH AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD ARRIVED ON HIS DOORSTEP!
Dan's eyes bulged out and he shouted:"WHAT THE HECK?" He even recognized some of them as the same boys and girl who attended his first would-be class. "W-what do you kids want?"asked Dan.
"Isn't it obvious Dan?"said the lead youth,a boy with a green bandana around his head. "We've heard and seen all the fighting tricks you did in the streets and at the recent battledome contest. We.would like you to teach us your new stlye."
"Yes,yes!"said a girl in a black sailor school girl uniform with shoulder length brown hair. "We think your new style is really cool! Will you please teach us.oh great master?"
"YES,PLEASE TEACH US MASTER!"said everyone at the same time.
Dan scratched his chin and said:"Weeeell I uuuhhh.okay come on in!" The entire horde of schoolmates came rushing in through in through the front doors,filling the dojo main hall in by the dozen.
"I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!"said Kei. "WAIT'LL I TELL SAKURA!" The rest of the afternoon went like a dream for Dan. He taught the new crop of students his new stlyle and they all willingly learned it with gusto.
The dragon punches,the kicks,the fireballs,and even the special moves,they all lcontinued to learn every day after school and through the summer as well.
Some of them like the same boy and girl(who's names btw are Asato and Miyuku.)learned the most from Dan since they believed in him the most. He taught them his most powerful moves and in time they became full-fledged masters within a year. They were even appointed to special assistant instructors to him to teach the other students.
Suddenly,the next day after,he was greeted by someone he never expected to see. "Sakura.?"he said. Sakura stood at the door,her fists at her sides and her head bowed.
"Uh..hi Dan."she said. "W-what's shakin'?" "My new dojo is shaking of course."said Dan. "It's becoming the talk of the town. And uh.don't tell me you came here just for a social call?"
"Uh.no."she said and then muttered under her breath: "could you.please.teach me some of your moves this week?" "Uh,I'm sorry."said Dan as he placed his hand to his ear. "I didn't quite catch that,could you please speak up a bit?"
Sakura got pretty steamed,but Kei warned her. "If you aren't nice and polite about it,then you've blown your only chance to face Ryu to get him to teach you."
"ER.WILL YOU PLEASE TEACH ME SOME OF YOUR MOVES THIS WEEK.please?"she shouted.
"Don't mind if I do!"said Dan. "Step this right way my friend!" Sakura let out a big sigh of puff breath and entered.
"YESSS!"said Dan as he clenched his fist in triumph over what he vowed to do in the first place. Kei was just watching the whole thing and giggled. "She'll thnak for this someday."she thought.
A month later,a TV commercial was made for Dan's local dojo and there Dan was telling and showing everyone about the fighting arts he could teach.
"THAT'S RIGHT MY FRIEND!"he said on the TV. "KARATE,KUNG-FU,JUDO,MY SPECIAL ART DERIVED FROM THE SHOTOKAN ART KNOWN AS SAIKYO-RYUU! COME ON DOWN TO MY DOJO AND FOR JUST A SIGN-UP CLASS AND A COST OF JUST 12 YIN CAN MAKE YOU A DISCIPLE OF THE SAIKYO!
WHYYY..JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THESE SATISFIED CUSTOMERS!" There were photos and interviews from people young and old alike who took Dan's classes,telling and showing how much stronger they were after studying under him.
And while it was going on,many people in parts of Tokyo saw this broadcast. "Huh.beat that."said Batsu who was at his table dojng his homework. "This Dan guy really knows what he's teaching." "Maybe he could teach us some things on fighting,Batsu."said Kyosuke who was studying with him.
Joe Higashi watched him while kicking his sandbag in his dojo. "Sounds like he's quite the warrior up in Tokyo,eh Joe?"said Hwai-Jai. "Aahhh.he's no big deal."said Joe. "If he and I ever crossed paths---WATCH OUT!"
Karin Kanzuki was seated upon one of her leather recliners,sipping a non- alcoholic pina-colada. "He seems to be quite a powerhouse mistress Karin."said her manservant standing beside her.
"Hmmmph."she said lightly. ".I always thought he was a bit of a nuisance. The only thing I can give him credit for that he no longer wears that atrocious pink get-up. And if he's used that stlye to beat the one I have sworn to defeat.Sakura Kasugano..I shall go there and defeat him myself!"
Shingo and Saisyu were watching Dan on the telly. "Isn't he the one you and some friend's teamed up with Shingo?"said Saisyu. "Yeah,he's the one."said Shingo. "I admit I'm proud that he's come along after we met,I don't know what Ryo did,but I'm sure it helped him a lot. Maybe he'll enter the next KOF someday."
"Careful what you wish for."said Saisyu. "We'd might have to fight him if he did." Blanka watched with content and joy at his old friend on a tv set that was on display in a department store window,
"You go Dan."he thought. "You go good,long and hard to your dreams." While in a bar in Okinawa,Ryu was sippinng a beer and watching the event on the bar's tv set. "You've gotta be kidding me!"he said. Ken,with his direct tv and digital satellite saw the commercial through Japan tele-waves as well. "So..Dan gets his own show huh?" He said. "What will they think of next?"
Sakura was still training in the back yard of her house. Thanks to Dan's teachings,she was able to execute an even more powerful fireball than before and slammed her fists greatly into the training dummy he lent her.
"I owe him this much I admit."she thought. "But I still wish to be a great a warrior as Ryu some day---and I will!"
While back in Osaka at the Kyokugen school.
Ryo and the others watched the whole broadcast on the set. Ryo smiled wamrly,he had achieved something great himself.
"I'm really happy for Dan."said Yuri. "Same here."said Robert. "Thanks to Ryo's plan,our fighting style has become part of something new and grand." "Yeah but.Ryo aren't you afriad he may cut into our Kyokugen class someday? And if you have to fight him for that maybe someday?"
Ryo just leaned back in the sofa. "Nah,not a thing to worry about."he said. "If he's competition,that suits me just fine. That way it'll be even more thrilling when he and I face each other someday."
Suddenly,Takuma stepped out in front of the tv,all dressed up in his Tengu mask as Mr.Karate again.
"DAAAAD!"said Yuri. "MASTER-C'MON!"said Robert. "We're watching Dan on the tv and Rouroni Kenshin's gonna come back on!"
"Silence my disciples!"he said. "I am the legendary Mr.Karate,and I am here to further strengthen your own skills for future contests! Dan Hibiki may be great now,but you must all become greater than he! And furthermore you need to be--!"
Takuma's sentence was cut short as he was sent flying through the roof of the dojo building and went flying high into the air.
"---YOU SHOULD BE MORE PATIENT AND RESPECTFUL TO YOUR MASTER!"he shouted. "UGHH---I THINK I WAS BETTER OFF A PRISONER OF THAT WYLER CREEP! Maybe I should take up Dan as a student or even a ward. Maybe he would appreciate and respect me better!"
"Hey dude,"said a voice beside him. "Eh.?"said Takuma. It was Jack Turner.
"Jack Turner?"he said. "Yeah,where exactly am I falling to?"said Jack. "Uh.Osaka actually."said Takuma. "The city's right below us." "Thanks."he said. "LOOK OUT BELOW!"
Jack fell to the earth,hoping to fall on someone or something fast. "Look out.it's Fatzilla."he said. "I hope I land safely back home."
THREE YEARS LATER BACK IN TOKYO.
Dan's school had completely flourished and thanks to the buildup of money he earned,he was able to further extend the school by making it into a larger and more expanded building. As a well as large sign pole out front that said:"DAN'S SCHOOL OF SAIKYO-RYUU FIGHTING STYLE!"
And it was indeed another busy day indeed that summer. More students had come to learn the fighting styles that Dan had sent forth. But he wasn't alone,his friend Blanka as well as his two new disciples,Asuto,and Miyuku after graduating from high school had become full-fledged instructors themselves teaching the other students the way of the Saikyo. Even more students had graduated to master in time.
(And yes,just in case you're wondering,both Asuto and Miyuku were seeing each other after classes,unlike the writers in anime shows,I am not leaving that one unexplained.-DUNES.)
Only Dan himself had known the secret of the improvement of his stlye-and he would never tell anyone ever. Dan also knew that not only someday would he enter the next World Warrior tournament,but he also knew that he would have to face Ryo Sakazaki someday as well as other great strong warriors,but he know knew that it would come to him someday,and he would be ready for it.
Later that night,on the edge of town,Dan stood on a cliffside. He raised his fist in the air and shouted:"FOR YOU MY FATHER! MY LEGACY SHALL LIVE ON! DESTINY-OYAAAJIIII!"
HE WAS DAN HIBIKI-MASTER OF THE SAIKYO!
THE END!
Dan arrived back at his dojo and home in Tokyo,Japan. It was at last over,it was a grand adventure and experience for him but in the end it was all for nothing,Dan had gained quite a lot of strength from the battles against Wyler and his goons,but he still couldn't face Ryo Sakazaki and the power of his martial art form the Kyokugen.
Dan slumped down in a blue bean bag and breathed a sigh of part relief and part depression. What was he to do now? He could still train and all,but without a real master of some kind or a better sort of campaign,he couldn't improve his fighting style nor could he attract any students.
The next few days turned into Dan sleeping,watching the tube or vhs movies,him walking about town to try and figure something out and looking through his photo album of memories of him and his family.
Suddenly,he heard a knock at the door. Getting up,he answered it and there stood the mailman.
"You.Dan Hibiki?"he said. "Yeah that's me."said Dan. "You got something for me?" The postman reached into his bag and took out a brown cardboard package. "This is for you."he said. "Before I give it to you,could you sign here please for the adress form?"
Dan signed the paper and the package was given to him,and the postman gave it to him. Dan looked at the package,ripped it open and saw what it was,a vhs cassete.
Taped to it's surface it had a little sign that said:"FOR DAN:A FRIEND." "Huh?"he said. "Who could send something like this for me. Dan then took the note and turned it over,it also said:"PLAY THIS RIGHT NOW."
Dan shrugged,went over to his tv and vcr,placed the cassete in,turned them both on and the image of Ryo Sakazaki came on. "Hiya Dan."he said. "I hope that you got this package,cause this may be the only way for you to improve your fighting abilities.
I'm sorry you didn't win,but you have to admit that experience is the best way to learn,even through defeat. But,you did also gain something from this experience,you earned my trust to help you this one time. I know you said you wanted to learn on your own but.think about this Dan.what's more important,pride or true happiness of seeing your dream realized?
Think about it please,for the legacy of your family,please accept the teachings I have recorded for your time. If so,then get dressed and get ready for Ryo Sakazaki's class of martial arts mastery. If not well..no one can't say I didn't try."
Dan paused the tape and thought long and hard for a moment about everything in his life,learning from his father ebfore he died,learning from Gouken,defeating Sagat,teaming with Ryo,defeating those other villians along with Wyler himself.
"Aw.what the hell?"he answered and went to change into his usual pink gi. Dan then came back to the tv and pushed play.
"If you chose yes,then good for you Dan!"said Ryo. "Now let's get started!"
The lesson went on for a hour,in during such time Ryo taught Dan how to completely master the power,distance and range of his fireball. Dan set up a small target range in his lving room with a wooden bullseye made from a dart baord that he hung on the wall across from where he and the tv set stood.
"Ready.aim.fire away!"said Ryo. "G-Hadouken!"said Dan as he cupped both hands together and let loose of a white hit fireball which with Ryo's teaching had mastered.
The fireball flew across the room gracefully,hitting the target dead center! "ALL RIGHT!"said Dan as he hopped off the floor in joy. "If you did it---good for you!"said Ryo. "Now onto the next lesson-learning how to do better roundhouse and spin kicks."
The next lesson went as planned. Dan strengthened and flexed out his legs to try and perform better spink kicks as well as roundhouses on opponents.
Dan spun his body around and lashed out several turn kicks on the sandbag he hung up in his room. Then,he sprang into action with Dan-Ku-yaku flail kick,but this time instead of doing it in a sort of a scissor kick kind of like Ryo's he managed to turn his body and do mid-air turn kicks almost similar to the one's Ryu,Ken and other Shotokans do.
Next lesson was to better strengthen his Dragon Punch in a shadow style and Dan finally remembered how Ken Masters did it.
Dan lashed out his shadown Kyoruken and this time he placed much closer range to the bag and hammered into it with precision power.
The last lesson was to improve the move that both Dan's father and Takuma's father made,the explosion of punch and kick move.
"Place all your remaining energy into this and only use it when you have a last resort."said Ryo. "And here are some ways you can harness it into better finishing moves."
The final lesson went on and Dan was able to better unleash his barrages of blows against the sandbag,ending with an energized Dragon Punch!
"Okay Dan!"said Ryo. "This should conclude our lesson for today. In fact.it's the only lesson I can give you. But if you wish to further become even better than you were,you know where to find my father here in Osaka. And if you don't know where my american based dojo is in Southtown. Here's the actual adress."
The adress to Ryo's dojo shown upon the bottom of screen. "Oh.,and two more things to remember."said Ryo. "If you wish to further this on your own,and get students to come to your dojo,then you've got to back out and make a better name for yourself.
Show your improved skills to students and practicioners of the art and see if they'll become interested. You've got to interest them to learn. And if you want to create another promotional campaign,then try to enter any martial arts tournament you can find. But.please make sure it's an honest to goodness one this time instead of going to one held by shady and slimy crooks like that.Tarantulla guy okay?"
Dan blushed in embarassement at that one,but he vowed not to let anything happen again.
"And the final tidbit of advice."said Ryo. ".and please don't take this the wrong way Dan. If you want people to take you more seriously,then please.choose a different color for your gi this time okay?"
Dan grumbled in offense at Ryo's suggestion but decided to go with it after all. "So.until we meet again,I hope this lesson has been a sure fire way to help you become a better warrior and who knows..maybe the world's greatest someday. This is Ryo Sakazaki." "And his sister Yuri."said Yuri as she showed up beside him. "And his pal Robert Garcia."said Robert. "And their master Takuma."said Takuma. "And their friend King."said King.
"ALL WISHING YOU GOOD LUCK AND SAFE JOURNEY-SAYONARA!"they all said in unison and waved goodbye. The screen then went blank at the end.
Dan switched off both the tv and looked down at his hands. Thanks to Ryo,he had trained his Saikyo to become a sort of.SAIKYO-KUGEN.(Which is one of the main reasons to name this story that name as one of the many ways to team up both Dan and Ryo by name-DUNES.) And he hoped it would help him become as great as his father.
Dan then went to his closet and looked through his spare gi costumes. He had other colors besides pink,green,blue,red,yellow,purple even,but he had settled on something that would probably give him a little better respect.an off white one with dark blue trim on it.
Dan placed his black grip gloves,tank top,foot shields and black belt on around and underneath the new gi and tried it all on.
He stood in the mirror before it in fighting stance. He admit it was different and hoped it wou;dn't get him mistaken for Ryu but.he was determined to make a name for himself and nothing insulting about it.
Then,he took a deep breath,locked the dojo up for the day and went off to show the streets of Tokyo what he was about.
He went about on street corners displaying his amazing ability,sparred with other black belts to show his stuff,winning every match he came across.
He even went into the dark and dangerous city streets to take on any local criminal element in the form of vicious street and motorcycle gangs---he literally cleaned the floor with them all!
He went about to other dojos and challenged the school's best fighters and then the masters themselves,gaining victory and experience all the same.
Dan then finally decided to go for the big time.A major tournament was going on in the battle dome and Dan then signed up to enter. There,with his newly acquired skill,he breezed through the preliminaries and took on the final challenger,a big sumo-esque fighter that at first Dan had some trouble trying to make an impact.
But after carefully planning his new Hado-attack and then shadow-dragon,he toppled the mighty warrior and won the title of Grand Champion in the Battle dome. He was even awarded a solid gold trophy for first place and a hefty amount of prize money and was even placed in the hall of fame for new champion in years.
Dan had then finallly came back home and crashed on his bed,ready to call it a night. "MAAAN!"he thought. "That was all great fun---but exhausting stuff. How the heck does that Ken guy cope with it? Maybe.I should go the way of the wandering warrior like Ryu...NAAHH.way too boring!"
The next morning as Dan was ready to do some last minute training,he heard a loud knock on his door. Opening the front rice paper door,he was greeted by a strange yet welcoming sight. OVER 30 STUDENTS FROM THE LOCAL HIGH AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD ARRIVED ON HIS DOORSTEP!
Dan's eyes bulged out and he shouted:"WHAT THE HECK?" He even recognized some of them as the same boys and girl who attended his first would-be class. "W-what do you kids want?"asked Dan.
"Isn't it obvious Dan?"said the lead youth,a boy with a green bandana around his head. "We've heard and seen all the fighting tricks you did in the streets and at the recent battledome contest. We.would like you to teach us your new stlye."
"Yes,yes!"said a girl in a black sailor school girl uniform with shoulder length brown hair. "We think your new style is really cool! Will you please teach us.oh great master?"
"YES,PLEASE TEACH US MASTER!"said everyone at the same time.
Dan scratched his chin and said:"Weeeell I uuuhhh.okay come on in!" The entire horde of schoolmates came rushing in through in through the front doors,filling the dojo main hall in by the dozen.
"I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!"said Kei. "WAIT'LL I TELL SAKURA!" The rest of the afternoon went like a dream for Dan. He taught the new crop of students his new stlyle and they all willingly learned it with gusto.
The dragon punches,the kicks,the fireballs,and even the special moves,they all lcontinued to learn every day after school and through the summer as well.
Some of them like the same boy and girl(who's names btw are Asato and Miyuku.)learned the most from Dan since they believed in him the most. He taught them his most powerful moves and in time they became full-fledged masters within a year. They were even appointed to special assistant instructors to him to teach the other students.
Suddenly,the next day after,he was greeted by someone he never expected to see. "Sakura.?"he said. Sakura stood at the door,her fists at her sides and her head bowed.
"Uh..hi Dan."she said. "W-what's shakin'?" "My new dojo is shaking of course."said Dan. "It's becoming the talk of the town. And uh.don't tell me you came here just for a social call?"
"Uh.no."she said and then muttered under her breath: "could you.please.teach me some of your moves this week?" "Uh,I'm sorry."said Dan as he placed his hand to his ear. "I didn't quite catch that,could you please speak up a bit?"
Sakura got pretty steamed,but Kei warned her. "If you aren't nice and polite about it,then you've blown your only chance to face Ryu to get him to teach you."
"ER.WILL YOU PLEASE TEACH ME SOME OF YOUR MOVES THIS WEEK.please?"she shouted.
"Don't mind if I do!"said Dan. "Step this right way my friend!" Sakura let out a big sigh of puff breath and entered.
"YESSS!"said Dan as he clenched his fist in triumph over what he vowed to do in the first place. Kei was just watching the whole thing and giggled. "She'll thnak for this someday."she thought.
A month later,a TV commercial was made for Dan's local dojo and there Dan was telling and showing everyone about the fighting arts he could teach.
"THAT'S RIGHT MY FRIEND!"he said on the TV. "KARATE,KUNG-FU,JUDO,MY SPECIAL ART DERIVED FROM THE SHOTOKAN ART KNOWN AS SAIKYO-RYUU! COME ON DOWN TO MY DOJO AND FOR JUST A SIGN-UP CLASS AND A COST OF JUST 12 YIN CAN MAKE YOU A DISCIPLE OF THE SAIKYO!
WHYYY..JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THESE SATISFIED CUSTOMERS!" There were photos and interviews from people young and old alike who took Dan's classes,telling and showing how much stronger they were after studying under him.
And while it was going on,many people in parts of Tokyo saw this broadcast. "Huh.beat that."said Batsu who was at his table dojng his homework. "This Dan guy really knows what he's teaching." "Maybe he could teach us some things on fighting,Batsu."said Kyosuke who was studying with him.
Joe Higashi watched him while kicking his sandbag in his dojo. "Sounds like he's quite the warrior up in Tokyo,eh Joe?"said Hwai-Jai. "Aahhh.he's no big deal."said Joe. "If he and I ever crossed paths---WATCH OUT!"
Karin Kanzuki was seated upon one of her leather recliners,sipping a non- alcoholic pina-colada. "He seems to be quite a powerhouse mistress Karin."said her manservant standing beside her.
"Hmmmph."she said lightly. ".I always thought he was a bit of a nuisance. The only thing I can give him credit for that he no longer wears that atrocious pink get-up. And if he's used that stlye to beat the one I have sworn to defeat.Sakura Kasugano..I shall go there and defeat him myself!"
Shingo and Saisyu were watching Dan on the telly. "Isn't he the one you and some friend's teamed up with Shingo?"said Saisyu. "Yeah,he's the one."said Shingo. "I admit I'm proud that he's come along after we met,I don't know what Ryo did,but I'm sure it helped him a lot. Maybe he'll enter the next KOF someday."
"Careful what you wish for."said Saisyu. "We'd might have to fight him if he did." Blanka watched with content and joy at his old friend on a tv set that was on display in a department store window,
"You go Dan."he thought. "You go good,long and hard to your dreams." While in a bar in Okinawa,Ryu was sippinng a beer and watching the event on the bar's tv set. "You've gotta be kidding me!"he said. Ken,with his direct tv and digital satellite saw the commercial through Japan tele-waves as well. "So..Dan gets his own show huh?" He said. "What will they think of next?"
Sakura was still training in the back yard of her house. Thanks to Dan's teachings,she was able to execute an even more powerful fireball than before and slammed her fists greatly into the training dummy he lent her.
"I owe him this much I admit."she thought. "But I still wish to be a great a warrior as Ryu some day---and I will!"
While back in Osaka at the Kyokugen school.
Ryo and the others watched the whole broadcast on the set. Ryo smiled wamrly,he had achieved something great himself.
"I'm really happy for Dan."said Yuri. "Same here."said Robert. "Thanks to Ryo's plan,our fighting style has become part of something new and grand." "Yeah but.Ryo aren't you afriad he may cut into our Kyokugen class someday? And if you have to fight him for that maybe someday?"
Ryo just leaned back in the sofa. "Nah,not a thing to worry about."he said. "If he's competition,that suits me just fine. That way it'll be even more thrilling when he and I face each other someday."
Suddenly,Takuma stepped out in front of the tv,all dressed up in his Tengu mask as Mr.Karate again.
"DAAAAD!"said Yuri. "MASTER-C'MON!"said Robert. "We're watching Dan on the tv and Rouroni Kenshin's gonna come back on!"
"Silence my disciples!"he said. "I am the legendary Mr.Karate,and I am here to further strengthen your own skills for future contests! Dan Hibiki may be great now,but you must all become greater than he! And furthermore you need to be--!"
Takuma's sentence was cut short as he was sent flying through the roof of the dojo building and went flying high into the air.
"---YOU SHOULD BE MORE PATIENT AND RESPECTFUL TO YOUR MASTER!"he shouted. "UGHH---I THINK I WAS BETTER OFF A PRISONER OF THAT WYLER CREEP! Maybe I should take up Dan as a student or even a ward. Maybe he would appreciate and respect me better!"
"Hey dude,"said a voice beside him. "Eh.?"said Takuma. It was Jack Turner.
"Jack Turner?"he said. "Yeah,where exactly am I falling to?"said Jack. "Uh.Osaka actually."said Takuma. "The city's right below us." "Thanks."he said. "LOOK OUT BELOW!"
Jack fell to the earth,hoping to fall on someone or something fast. "Look out.it's Fatzilla."he said. "I hope I land safely back home."
THREE YEARS LATER BACK IN TOKYO.
Dan's school had completely flourished and thanks to the buildup of money he earned,he was able to further extend the school by making it into a larger and more expanded building. As a well as large sign pole out front that said:"DAN'S SCHOOL OF SAIKYO-RYUU FIGHTING STYLE!"
And it was indeed another busy day indeed that summer. More students had come to learn the fighting styles that Dan had sent forth. But he wasn't alone,his friend Blanka as well as his two new disciples,Asuto,and Miyuku after graduating from high school had become full-fledged instructors themselves teaching the other students the way of the Saikyo. Even more students had graduated to master in time.
(And yes,just in case you're wondering,both Asuto and Miyuku were seeing each other after classes,unlike the writers in anime shows,I am not leaving that one unexplained.-DUNES.)
Only Dan himself had known the secret of the improvement of his stlye-and he would never tell anyone ever. Dan also knew that not only someday would he enter the next World Warrior tournament,but he also knew that he would have to face Ryo Sakazaki someday as well as other great strong warriors,but he know knew that it would come to him someday,and he would be ready for it.
Later that night,on the edge of town,Dan stood on a cliffside. He raised his fist in the air and shouted:"FOR YOU MY FATHER! MY LEGACY SHALL LIVE ON! DESTINY-OYAAAJIIII!"
HE WAS DAN HIBIKI-MASTER OF THE SAIKYO!
THE END!