The two men follow the trail to the mouth of the cave. The surroundings east of the cave mouth were full of ruins of an old castle. The two men look at each other. The taller silver hair one just shrugged. They both entered the cave with much apprehension. 

Within the cave there were plenty of stone and wooden carvings. 

"Give me one good reason why I should not kill you." A cold hard voice said. 
"We offer you a bargain that even you would agree to." The taller one said. 
"We can get you Ryu and get rid of his woman and that child as well." the younger one said. 

"What makes you think that you will succeed?" 
"We have an idea that we think would work. And once that child is out the way the rest should be easy, such pure power would do us more good alive to find out its secret." the older one said. 
"Afterall were you not aching to be rid of that child after your first fail attempt?" the younger one added. 

"She is but a child and it was only with the creature's aid that she defeated you last year. And I know you fear one as young as her. You’ve managed to live through every encounter with her. She must have a reason for not wanting your life. And if the truth does not lies in the child then it lies in the one that nurtures her." the younger one continue. 
  

"That creature you call a child is the product of two dark qi. The first offspring the Shotoken Master and the Wushu Mistress, this one is fill with dark powers and is more powerful than the other two offsprings. Would it occur to you that I intend to kill the witch as well to prevent the arrival of the other two, as if one powerful like that is not enough?" Akuma said with some pride. 

"Well we have the manpower to overcome them. If we can capture the men, their women will be left weak, unsure and running around in panic and tears. Left alone to follow our instructions." Urien said. 

"Ryu and Ken are the toughest ones to capture. If you think that their women are weak and useless, you’ve greatly underestimated the strength of these Shotoken wives. That creature eliminated your Hunters the last time. And you think you will succeed?" Gouki taunted. 

"We….er…..umm…haven’t really thought of that…." 
"This sounds worse than my own plans. MWWAHAHAHAHA!" Akuma laughed leaving Urien and Gill in silence. 
  

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Shotoken-Wushu Dojo, Shadowlaw. 
Afternoon 
  

"Harder! Harder Ryu!" ChunLi cried out demanding even more from her husband. 
"Ooohh, right there! Now harder, faster!" A blissful look upon her beautiful face, as her husband had found the spot easing her irritation. 

"Aaaahhhhh….." ChunLi sigh a breath of relief, feeling more comfortable as the itch upon her back was gone. 
"Better?" Ryu asked, removing his hands from her back. 
  

"You have just cause another itch elsewhere, but that would have to wait till later." ChunLi smiled seductively. Apparently Ryu had not caught on to her meaning, all he could do was smile back at her. The couple headed out of their room, waiting outside the dojo’s compound were their friends. 

"Stay out of trouble. My little Ken-ken." Eliza whispered to Ken. 
"Don’t worry with me around, there’s no trouble I can’t handle." Ken said. 
"That’s what I’m worried about." Eliza hinted, before she joined Zannah. 
"Don’t pick up their bad habits now. Especially Cole’s" ChunLi said while hugging Ryu. 
"Hey! I heard that Li! I’m not the only bad boy around here. Sides, the Dragon picks up things fast. For all you know he’s the biggest bad boy around." Cole shouted back. 
  

"Now be good. Yuyu." ChunLi said, her hand began to stray, stopping at Ryu’s butt where she gave him a pinch. Ryu jumped slightly, he was wide-eye in surprised and he started to blush. 
"Ohhh. Buns of steel….." ChunLi giggled and turn to walk away. 

Taking that opportunity Ryu slapped her butt, causing ChunLi to jump in surprised. Turning back she saw Ryu was a slightly wicked grin. 

"Suay zhai! (Bad boy) You’re letting the Satsui no Hado take over again!" ChunLi said in mock anger. 
"Ahem!" Eliza call out. "Li you can play your games later tonight. We’re gonna run late." 
"I’ll be back to teach you a lesson, Yuyu." ChunLi said as she joined the two ladies. 
"Yeah and I’ll be waiting for your punishment!" Ryu said back. 
  

"Well bro. Seems like you scored big huh?" Ken said with a wink. 
"Shut up and change into your gi. Ken." Ryu ordered, changing the subject. 

"Hey Cole he was proberbly thinking at that time she was not as wild as those four women. This understanding, gentle and nice woman who was always there for him." Ken grin 
"Yeah, And he realised too late that she was hoping for those four to drive him straight into her embrace. Oooohh...she laid such a perfect and sweet little trap for him." Cole said as they headed inside, the two kept teasing Ryu. 

"Yeah afterall What ChunLi wants she gets it somehow.. heh heh." Ken continue as the guys headed into the dojo, Mel and some other students joined them. 
"Ken ah. You better stop or he'll whack you for saying too. You know how he is when his cute little wifey is the subject of our conversation." Cole hinted. 
  

"That's it! The two of you ask for it. I'll take the both you at the same time!" Ryu turn around as he got into his horse stance. 
"Oooohhh.... he's piss off.... we're shaking in our boots.." Cole and Ken continue as they got ready to spar with Ryu 
  

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Shadowlaw airport. 

"Hey, glad to see you’re here. You being flying back and forth for some time now." Iwa said. 
"Ah, too much time on my hands, might as well visit." Yuri said. 
"Well Mistress of the Kyokukenryu. Care for a bout or two? I’ll let you pick this time." 
"Okay! Dance Dance Revolution!!!!" Yuri exclaimed. Iwa’s face was pale. 

"Urggh. You know darn well that I’m a lousy dancer. Come on pick something that’s more of a challenge. 
"You’ll sure win at fighting games. Okay how about Puzzle Bubble?" Yuri asked. 
"Done. Nobody gets any advantage this way. Heh heh." Iwa grin. The two headed towards the Aracde. 
  

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Karaoke r’ us Shadowlaw city. 

"Good we’re here on time." Eliza said as they headed into their private room. 
"Okay, okay. Can I go first" Eliza added. 
"Bei hoi sin bah. Ah jie.(Let her go first)" ChunLi asked Zannah. 

"Ho bah. Ngo dey tao ha sin, bei hoi qiong de gau.(Okay we rest, let her sing to her heart’s content" 

"Zhen ga! Mm goi sai Ah jie!(Really? Thanks a lot)" Eliza answered back. 
"Lei hew tang?!(You understand)" They asked in surprised. 

"Hew dim wui mm hew ley?(How can I not) Ah Ken has being teaching me the dialect for some time. Saying it would be better to communicate with the Inner Circle." 
"Okay Liza, anywho you’re going first." ChunLi assured her. Eliza took the mike and punch in the number for the song. They sang for quite a while, from Celine Dion to Shania Twain to Whitney Huston. 
  
  

"Wow! Zannnah. I didn’t know you have such a great voice!" Eliza said as Zannah handed her the mike. 
"You’re not too bad yourself." 
"You know the next time when Inner Circle gets together again we can have a Karaoke contest. Kim and Yuri would love it. Li you wanna duet with me? Li?" Eliza asked. 

ChunLi was unusually quiet, she couldn’t help but have this funny feeling, she felt rather uneasy as if something had happen about a minute ago. 

"Zannah. I don’t feel well. I’m going back to the dojo." 
"I’ll go back with you sister. I….left something there." Apparently Zannah had felt the same thing too. 
"Er…I’m kinda tired too…" Eliza joined them. The three women headed out, at the entrance they ran into Fei Long. 
  

"What are you doing here?" ChunLi ask 
"Don’t go back…Please… its not safe for you back there." He pleaded. 
"Please get out of my way." 
"No….he caused you much pain…..he doesn’t deserve you. Give me a chance!" Fei Long reached out in an attempt to grab her. 
"WWHHAAM!" Eliza her handbag into Fei Long’s face, something heavy inside disoriented him. She stepped on his foot and gave it a twist. 
"OOOWWW!" he yelled in pain. 

"Liza! We are in a hurry!" Zannah called out, Eliza was short of kneeing Fei Long in the groin. So she just whacks him again with her handbag and rejoins the ladies in a jeep and directed the driver to speed to the Dojo, time is of the essence. 

"Liza, what do you keep in that bag of yours? A brick?" ChunLi asked 
"No. Just half a brick.." Eliza defended, she’s worried as well. Whatever it was that spooks her friends she felt it as well. 
  

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Down at the arcade, both Yuri and Iwa stopped their game suddenly. 
"You sense something in the air?" Iwa asked 
"It’s definitely not the aircon." 
"Come on, I’ve got a bad feeling." 
"Your bad feeling seems to be contagious as well." Yuri added as they rushed down to the carpark. Leaping onto Iwa’s bike they revved off on her midnight blue custom made bike that was built for speed and silence. 
  

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Tragedy awaits the three women as when they arrived, the dojo was in a huge mess. A large amount of the students were badly injured, those few higher level students that tending were tending to the students were quite badly injured as well. 

"MEL!! MEL! KEN! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Eliza yelled as she searches the area frantically. 

"RYU!" ChunLi called out even though she knew he was not here. Zannah had searched the area but neither Cole nor the others are here, she had this odd feeling that she had an idea of who had created this carnage. Sakura limped over to them, Eliza rushed over and grabbed Sakura by her shoulders. 

"WHERE"S MY BABY?! WHERE"S KEN?! "Eliza shook Sakura as tears streaked down Eliza’s face. 
"Mrs Masters, please calm down." Sean said 
"I AM CALM! HOW COULD THE THREE BEST FIGHTERS AROUND BE MISSING!?" Still shaking Sakura as she asked, Though she was not much of a fighter Eliza had quite a strong grip when she angry. 

"A large amount of people came, gave no reason and attack us….. We fought back, Sensei, Ken Sempai and the blond guy(Cole) took down quite a number of enemy’s people. But the tide turns when a few of students were taken hostage. They were tied up as soon as they stopped, Sean and a few students were released but Mel was taken along to keep them quiet." Sakura said 

"Where did they go?" ChunLi asked firmly. 
"North. They headed north." Sean added. 
"Zannah jie. ngo mu gem yun cho hei dou deng.(I’m not willing to sit here and wait) Ngo oy hoi wen hoi dey! (I want to look for them)" ChunLi said with determination. 
"Ho. Ngo gen lei hoi. (Okay. I’m going with you)" Zannah said putting a hand on ChunLi’s shoulder. 

"Sean. What did they say? What did they say?" Sakura asked. 
"I don’t know." 
"Li Jie ngo dey de oy hoi!(We wanna go too)" Yun and Yang said together. 
"No. Lei dey lau hei dou. Lei dey you si ge wa, ngo dim tong Gen Sifu gau dai? (You stay here. If anything happens to you, how am I suppose to answer to Master Gen)" ChunLi said firmly. 

"What did she say to you?" Sakura asked the disappointed twins. 
"Mo tong hoi gong! (Don’t tell her)" ChunLi ordered. The twins remained silent. 

<<  Li. I’m going with you as well.   >> 
<<  Eliza, it is dangerous this time around. Are you sure you want to go with us.  >> Zannah asked. 

<<  Yes. I may not be a high qi level fighter like the two of you. But Ken had made sure I learnt some form of self-defense. I may not have qi to be corrupted by the Satsui no Hado but I am still a holder of black belt in Shotoken Karate! No way am I gonna sit here and worry my heart out over the fate of my baby. I don’t care if its I trap that they had laid. I’m going whether you like it or not!   >> 

Eliza was determined to go, no way is she going to cry like a damsel in distress. Whoever it was who planned this attack had greatly underestimated the strength women have. 
  

"I wanna go help too!" Sakura called out. 
"No! You stay and wait for any word from those people." ChunLi ordered. 

<<   Of course you do know that if you’re going then I’m coming as well. I wasn’t paid to sit around when you put yourself in danger! What am I going to tell the Sensei if he knew I didn’t do my job?   >> Iwa said to ChunLi as she arrived with Yuri riding pillion behind her. 
<<  That means I coming you know.  >> Yuri said. 
  

"Ho. Sin chep ti ye, ngo dey ye men chou hang!(Okay. Pack some things first, We leave at night)" ChunLi said 
The five of them headed inside, tonight is going to be a busy night for them. Hell hath no fury like a woman’s anger, especially when the lives of their loved ones are at stake.