The Author prays for what has happened in Nice, France at publish day, 7/14/2016, where over 75 people and counting are killed in an apparent Terror attack. I pray that we capture the masterminds behind the attack and give them the punishment that they so justly deserve. This is a very fluid situation, so please allow for more information to come in before you judge the attack.

/s/Sanji Himura

Sanji Himura Presents

A Naruto/Fatal Fury Crossover

The Lonely Cub

The Dead Sea in Israel is where Terry has buried his second love, Sulia Gaudeamus. She taught him, unlike his first love, Lilly McGuire, how to live and as a result, he kicked the liquor habit that resulted when the Earl of Strohiem, Wolfgang Krauser, mopped the floor with him.

It was night time in Jerusalem. A team of ninjas entered the hotel where Terry and his extended family were staying. Unknown to anyone, they had two assassination targets, Terry and Andy Bogard. They wore dark clothes and markings as Iwa missing-nin. As the team entered the floor where the brothers were staying, the team of four split into pairs of two to achieve their mission at the same time and get out.

One pair entered the room where Terry Bogard was staying. As they silently approached the bed where Terry was sleeping, they drew their kunai and prepared to stab the man who defeated Wolfgang Krauser with his bare hands.

Unfortunately for the pair, the man had a guardian angel that night as the door to the room opened to a loud Joe Higashi who yelled, "Hey man, I got those," he thankfully had enough sense to spring into action when he saw the two assassins, "Hurricane Upper," Joe screamed his second deadliest technique, hoping to nail the pair unawares, and he wasn't disappointed. They were drilled into the wall, knocked into blissful unconsciousness as Terry woke up.

The door opened to Andy Bogard and Mai Shiranui who came running into the room, "Terry," they said, "are you okay?"

"Outside my injuries that I got from the Mars fight, yes, I am fine," Terry spoke up in response. Terry then notices the two ninja on the floor. "Who are they?"

It was Mai who came through with an answer, "Those are missing-nin, but I don't recognize what clan they are from. There are two more in our room knocked out."

"Let's wake one of them up, and get some answers," was Joe's response.

The phone rings. As Terry reached for the phone, Andy and Mai rounded up the other two ninjas ready to interrogate them. The phone conversation was rather short and sweet, notifying Terry that the police was on their way. Mai got one of the ninjas awake. "Alright, who sent you," Terry bluntly asked, "or so help me that I will make sure your friends don't survive this night."

The ninja in response didn't do anything but replied, "Minato scum," something that Andy caught before knocking him out again.

"What did you do that for," Joe asked. He was genuinely shocked that Andy would do such a thing.

Andy took a deep breath, and replied, "Is our older brother alive after all these years?"

"Minato," Terry questioned.

"That's right. We better wake up someone else if we want to know where he is at."

They picked another guy at random to wake up, and they told them that he resided in the Konoha. After wondering how to get to Konoha, Mai had the sudden idea to consult with Master Jubei and the Shiranui archives in Japan.

Tokyo, Japan

Jubei Yamada spat out his tea at Joe in a moment reminiscent of when Andy Bogard and Joe Higashi found out about Wolfgang Krauser, "Did you say Minato," he asked the group.

"Master Jubei," Mai started to question, "I never heard about him before. Who is he?"

Terry Bogard spoke up solemnly, "he is our older brother." Andy picked up the story, "before Terry and I adopted the Bogard name, we were actually triplets. Minato took the role of elder brother. We three were nearly inseparateable as we ran the streets of Southtown. On the day that we adopted the Bogard name, Minato was following a group of men to pickpocket, but he was caught. We never saw him again."

"I know who those men were," Jubei told them, "they were members of the Namikaze clan, an offshoot of the Senju clan in the Elemental Nations."

"The Elemental Nations," Terry said in doubt, "isn't that a myth?"

"No. You would normally be told this by Master Tung Fu Rue, because you are his heir in Hakkyokuseiken, but sadly he died at the hands of Billy Kane. Anyways, the Elemental Nations is said to be the birthplace of pure ninjutsu, powerful techniques that makes Joe's Muai Tai look like a dance than a martial art."

He then turned to Mai over Joe's objections, "Mai, your clan originated from the Elemental Nations, in particular a country called Whirlpool. Many years ago, Master Tung was a mere apprentice himself when he encountered Whirlpool and the Elemental Nations as a whole and met your grandfather, Hanzo. The pair hit it off instantly and eventually, when the chips were down for the Shiranui clan, Tung convinced Hanzo, who was head of the clan to escape."

"There is one thing I don't get," Joe finally rejoined the conversation, "If the Elemental Nations were that powerful, why didn't they show up at the King of Fighters tournament where Terry defeated Geese?"

"Because the men that Minato followed that day were the last King of Fighters champions before Geese Howard got his hands on the tournament and corrupted it," Jubei answered the question bluntly.

"Minato," The Bogard brothers mourned in silence.

"Master Jubei," Mai asked, finally getting to the point of the conversation, "we need access to the Shiranui clan archives. Some men with this symbol attacked us in Jerusalem four days ago, and we need to know what clan and village they are from."

"Don't bother," Jubei squashed that thought as he presented the group with a scroll, a basic history scroll that was given by Hanzo, "Everything that you need to know is in this scroll. The slash across the village affiliation is an indication that they are enemies of the village."

As the group got up to leave, Jubei had one final warning, "Terry, as the heir of Hakkyokuseiken, it is your responsibility to maintain absolute secrecy of the Elemental Nations to people who are not within this room, but if you are determined to go there, visit the village known as Konoha. That is where the former champions are from, and likely where your brother went."

The four left with a thank you.

Author Notes and Statistics:

So I rewatched the Fatal Fury animes again, and I found motivation to write this little gem. This was partially inspired by the fic, Lone Wolf and Kit by JAYSEN. Fantastic fic, but I personally think that it has some flaws, and it is these perceived flaws that I wish to address. There are several elephants that I would like to address:

1. This is set in the anime version of Fatal Fury. That doesn't mean that characters from games that are set later in the series (Like Blue Mary Ryan) won't appear at some point, but don't expect nothing drastic as far as crossing over to other SNK franchises unless I can logically explain it, which at this point means Art of Fighting characters are under consideration for appearances sake.

2. I do have plans for Wolfgang Krauser, and he won't stay dead. I have major plans for him in regards to Naruto, or a character thereof. Nothing is really set in stone, but how he will "be resurrected" will borrow from another fic.

3. Pairings are set for the most part. The pairings are Terry/Mary, Andy/Mai, and Naruto/B. Jenet. The only one that I might change is Naruto's, but that is only because of story flow more than anything.

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