She had came and set her condition and left. The Ten Grand Masters were staying at Vega’s main palace, Most of Inner Circle and six of the Black Jackets had returned to their hotel. Those that remain in the dojo with Ryu and ChunLi were the exchange students in the student quarters and the remaining Inner Circle in the guest quarters.  

Ryu and ChunLi are in their room. ChunLi was silent, as she thought of her friends had told her during supper, Ryu was combing ChunLi's long hair.  

"Li, you want to tell me about it?"  
"…….Everybody have such high hopes on me….I don’t want to shatter their hopes….."  
"Li, together we gone through thick and thin, face opponents tougher than Gouki."  
"Yeah but she’s trained by Gouki….."  
"But she’s not Gouki. She lacks time to hone her power."  
"Ryu…even you have such faith in me….."  
   

"Li, there’s nothing to worry about. The battle has yet to be fought, doubts will only cloud clear judgment in battle. " Ryu said as he strokes her head. ChunLi turned around and embrace Ryu, feeling the warmth and comfort, he lifted her chin a planted a heavy kiss on her lips and smiled assuringly. ChunLi had felt better as they go to bed.  
   

An hour into the night yet ChunLi remains awake, there was still nagging doubts within her.  

<<   Li….  >> A voice said in her head  
<<  Oh, it’s you. Daddy.  >>  
<<  Something bothering you, Li?…. the fight?  >>  
<<  No it’s not the fight. It the faith they all have in me.. I don’t want to disappoint them.  >>  
<<  Heh. So that’s what is bothering you. Li, used that faith to your advantage, use it to boost your own. You are not the strongest woman in the world for nothing you know. Prove that to yourself.  >>  

<<  I know but she’s trained by Gouki.  >>  
<<  Stop repeating that!!! You were trained by Ryu and me, you’ll have to remember that she maybe Gouki trained but she’s no Gouki. Heh. I’m not sure if you are aware of this. The words spoken to you earlier by your husband and friends hold wisdom. Don’t doubt yourself so much. Heh. Doubts will fall an empire while confidence builds it. I think she’s was trying to cast doubts in your mind. You’re tougher than her, teach her a lesson.  >>  
   

<<  Thank you Daddy. I feel better now.  >>  
<<  Anytime my little princess. Now go to sleep. Don’t make Ryu worry as well.  >>  
<<  Okay Daddy.  >>  
<<  Good she’s finally going to sleep….. Ryu.  >>  

<<  Yeah?  >>  
<<  Keep her morale high. And please. Her worrying is bad enough, you worrying with her makes me more worried.  >>  
<<  Sorry. You know it hurts me to see her so upset.  >>  

<<  Heh, I understand, she can be quite a handful at times. You sleep too my boy. That applies to the rest of you as wel!! What must a guy do to get some sleep around here!!   >>  

There was a long mumbled of sorrys, apparently ChunLi’s worries had being sensed by the whole Inner Circle.  
   

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The morning around 5.30am  

ChunLi was up and training hard, the wooden dummy she was using was starting to crack from the force she used on it.  

"YIYAAAAAA!" One last kick to the wooden dummy, One kick with so much anger and so much force.  

"CRRAAACCKKK!" The dummy broke into half and was sent flying across the yard.  

"HADOKEN!!!" a voice shouted. Shattering the dummy to pieces with a fireball.  
   

"You’re early. Are you so anxious as to come and check out your opponent"  
"Well I wanted to see how you are doing, witch. Use that tone again and I’ll kill you here and now!" Sakura growled  
"You’re welcome to try." ChunLi said with a smile.  
"It will be my pleasure!" Sakura move closer. The rustling of leaves from the lone tree in the courtyard caught her attention.  

"Touch a hair on her head now and you will not live to fight tomorrow!"  
"YOU!" Sakura recognized the person hanging upside-down from the tree.  
"Yeah me. Saky you are so ken cheong (anxious). Are you kiasu(afraid to lose) or kiasi(afraid to die)" Iwa said with a smirk.  
"You don’t scare me you little Terry Bogard wannabe! After her, you are next on my list."  
   

"Oooh, Me am shaking in my boots now. Even the whole tree is shaking. I wonder if you know how worried your family is. Oh is little Saky safe. Does she have enough to eat. Where had little Saky gone?" Iwa swung from side to side causing more leaves to fall.  

"Don’t you dare hurt my family!" Sakura stood in front of Iwa.  
"I don’t have to Saky. You’re doing a great job yourself." A big grin on her face  
"Your friends are probably the only ones who know you’re coming here. Hinata, Natsu, Karin and Kei. They are coming you know?"  
"Touch them and I’ll kill you!"  
"You’re welcome to try. I had a short stint in your school. You know what I’m capable of. Heh heh."  

"What? You’re gonna run me through with that sword and twist it around my guts? Or you’re gonna give one punch and send me to Kingdom Come?"  
"Careful. You’re putting ideas in my head."  
"After her I have old scores to settle with you!" Sakura left seething with rage.  

"Don’t look at me like that. I have my orders to piss her off. You don’t worry so much." Iwa said.  
   

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The next day. Before sunset.  

The gentle breeze rustles the sea of grass. The Ten Grand Masters, the whole Inner Circle and the Seven Black jackets gathered at the edge of the grass field. Ryu squeezed ChunLi’s hand.  
   

"I’ll keep your words in mind. Ryu." ChunLi said, she smiles and planted a kiss on Ryu’s lips.  

From the other side Sakura was seething in rage at that scene. ChunLi walked onto the grass field, shutting out all distractions and bowed to her opponent. They both waited.  

Nobody noticed the beauty the setting sun had created. Nobody noticed the reddish gold light that was wash across the field. But everybody notices when the last ray of sunset slowly dies out, signaling the fight.  

Sakura rushed screaming like a banshee towards ChunLi, every punch and every kick was aimed towards ChunLi’s head. Although Sakura was fast and lead the attack, she never considers defense. A big mistake when fighting against someone like ChunLi, who managed to block Sakura’s heavy blows.  

Everytime ChunLi found the right moments she would break through her own defense and hit Sakura with the most crippling blows, disorienting her enough for ChunLi to make a comeback. It was a slow strategy, but it works against Sakura who was blinded by rage.  

Sakura suddenly rushes up to ChunLi’s side but she was fast enough to back off, Sakura nearly managed to chomp onto ChunLi’s right ear.  

Ryu who was watching the fight had his fist clenched the whole time, he flinch as Sakura rain punches on the defensive ChunLi. Iwa seated on the ground, her right hand clenching and unclenching the handle of her sword that was lying across her lap.  

Terry and Ryo seem to be considering Sakura as a potential opponent. Vega(M Bison) wondering how long it would take to control Sakura. Yuri and Zannah like ChunLi were studying Sakura looking for the flaws in Sakura’s attacks and using it to break through her attacks.  

<   Poor misguided child. Gouki had really mess up her mind.  > Gouken thought.  
   

Sakura was by now running low in stamina and still unaware of ChunLi’s strategy. Sakura knew she was tiring and is now depending on the heavier moves, she was feeding off the ‘Satsui no Hado’. Now attacking ChunLi with such savagery that it would seem like Sakura had even no idea of what she was doing.  

If Sakura look like bloody and bruised, ChunLi was in an almost similar condition. Blood was creating a red haze in ChunLi’s eyes, she knows her strategy was working and she knew Sakura was tiring. All seem to be going well until Sakura managed to tripped her and……  

"SHUN GOKU SATSU!!!!!!!" Sakura yelled, she was smiling as she warps towards ChunLi. "Say goodbye Witch!" Sakura said, thinking that the results are clear.  

Bright light covered them. To those who had seen and heard the Shun Goku Satsu in action before, the sound of pummeling punches this time was unusually dull??????  

The light faded and they saw what had happened. Sakura was hitting the dirt where ChunLi had being and she doesn’t seem to register that in her head at the moment.  
   

<  Wait a minute? Where’s ChunLi?  > Was a general thought  
   

ChunLi appeared. Standing behind Sakura. Sakura sensed ChunLi’s dark ‘qi’ surrounding her. Sakura turned around only to be sock between the eyes, stumbling backwards. A chill went down Sakura’s spine as she saw that look upon ChunLi’s face, her eyes cold and menacing and there was that evil twisted smile which shows a hint of madness.  

Only two other people are capable of that look and one of them was Satsui no hadou Ryu, the other one was someone who had team up with her back at Rival School and now she knew where they learnt that smile from.  

Now it was payback time. ChunLi was pummeling Sakura with a controlled ferocity of kicks. Sakura was now more confused than ever.  

"Lao hu bu fa wei ni dang wo shi bing mao (Tiger not fierce, you take me for a sick cat)?!!!" ChunLi growled. Unlike Sakura who fed off the Satsui no Hado, ChunLi was controlling the Satsui no Hado instead.  

"MESSATSU GO SENRETSU KYAKU!!!" Stampeding Sakura.  

The fight was over there and then. ChunLi calmed down as Sakura was sent flying to the other side of the field. ChunLi gathered her ‘qi’, letting the the dark ‘qi’ of the Satsui no Hado go back into that dark little lock up corner of her mind. Ryu came forward but ChunLi was too tired to speak, all she did was managed a weak smile before collapsing in Ryu’s arms. Ryu carried her back to the dojo.  

"Is Auntie Li okay?" Mel asked.  

"Yes. She just needs her rest." Ryu answered.  

"When Auntie Li wakes up tell her Mel say she’s the greatest fighter, right up there with Daddy and Uncle Ryu." Mel smiled and ran off.  

Outside the Ten Grand Masters were discussing the fate of the fallen Sakura.  

"And all who agreed says aye" Gouken" asked  
"Aye." The vote was a unanimous one. Iwa was in a squatting nearby awaiting orders.  
"Iwa. Come here." called Chizuru, she was the only female Grand Master for this generation.  

"Yes." She looked up at them.  
"Saky’s friends should have arrived by now. Find them and bring the to the House of Warriors in the park district." Chizuru said. With that Iwa left.  
"Okay people let’s get to work. Karaoke came come later." Chizuru said. They took Sakura and headed back to town.  
   

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Some distance away  

"Are you sure this is the right place?" Hinata asked.  
"Sure I’m sure. She’s probably going down to their dojo." Sakura’s friend said.  
As they saw a lone figure standing by the tree. Hinata and Natsu recognized her.  

"Iwa! What are you doing out here?"  
"Part-timing." Iwa said with a shrug of her shoulder.  
"You do wanna find Saky right?" Iwa asked.  
"Of Course!" The four girls said in union.  

Iwa took them to the park district, where a stone building lays hidden among the groves of trees. This is one of the many locations where the House of Warriors was situated. Leaving the girls Iwa headed back to the dojo.  

Entering the stone house they saw Sakura laying on the floor, although battered and bruise she was sleeping, there was no hint of the Satsui no Hado within her. The area they were in was like a large pit. The spotlights were aimed at them making it hard to see the hooded faces of the Ten Grand Masters. The girls bowed.  

"We have done what we can do. The rest is up to her."  
"Is she going to be okay?" Sakura’s friend asked  

"Other than waking up in the morning with a major headache she’ll be fine. She may need therapy for the trauma though."  

"Not a problem." Karin said. "May I asked a question?"  
"Ask."  
"What about her Satsui no Hado?" Karin asked  
"It is still in her, but we had made sure she would be less susceptible to Akuma’s influence."  
"May we take our leave now?" Natsu asked  
"Go."  
"Thank you." The girls bowed again. Taking Sakura, both Karin and Natsu supported her out.