Master Of Bushin, Student Of Bushin Ch. 11
By Dan

As Guy and Crimson began to battle the two dolls, Bison observed from a distance while chuckling.

"*If they can get past my dolls, then I'll know they are worthy of death by my hand...*", Bison thought evilly. He had infused both Juni and Juli with an extra dose of Psycho Power to make sure the Bushin duo had an extra-hard fight. And currently, the dolls had the advantage over Guy and Crimson...

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"*How can these girls have so much power?*", Crimson thought momentarily while avoiding a kick from Juli. He countered with a palm strike, which Juli parried by taking Crimson's arm towards her, then with a surge from seemingly nowhere, suddenly performed a flying forward kick right into Crimson's chest. Guy couldn't help his student, because he was locked in an intense battle with Juni. Evading a double-handed swing from Juni, the Bushin Master kicked outward at an angle, which caught the doll in the shoulder. Nonetheless, Juni continued with her assault of Guy. She made her way towards him, then went into an all-out dash. Guy tensed up, and then kicked Juni, but missed as she used her Mach Slide to warp past him. Turning around, Guy was grappled by Juni, who suddenly jumped into the air. Both fighters suddenly went into a spin in mid-air, and Guy caught the unpleasant pain from the attack as Juni directed back toward the ground with her knee in his abdomen and a hand around his throat.

"*D*mn... Where are these two getting such powerful energy?*", Guy thought while picking himself up from he ground shakily. These two 'dolls' were definitely getting the better of the Bushin duo. Guy then jumped into the air and flipped past Juni, who appropriately turned around to face the Bushin Master. Juni made the first move, however. Dashing towards the Bushin Master, Guy made the doll pay with a Bushin Senpukyaku. Juni hit the ground and then with a defensive roll, quickly got back to her feet. Guy capitalized on Juni by dashing towards her then slowing down abruptly. Juni, who was expecting an attack, lashed outward at Guy, and missed badly, just the way the Bushin Master planned it. Guy then with a surge of chi, immediately went into his Bushin Gouraikyaku. Several blows found their mark, but didn't render Juni unconscious. In fact, she barely looked dazed. Getting into her fighting stance, all Juni said was, "Commencing attack. Level C mode initiated for battle."

Crimson wasn't having a cakewalk against Juli. Most of his attacks had been negated by the raven-haired doll. Some had a minor effect, but most (if not all) had not hurt or slow down Juli's advances at all.

"*D*mn... What do I hafta' do to break this chick's guard?*", Crimson thought baffled. He threw a fist in Juli's direction. Juli sidestepped the attack, then spun-reversed into her Spin Knuckle attack, sending Crimson backwards onto his posterior. But before Juli could continue on with an extra attack, the young Bushin got to his feet and swept the doll off her feet with a well-placed kick to the back of the heel. The tide was suddenly beginning to turn in the Bushin duo's favor. Juni missed Guy with a double-handed swing, and Guy didn't miss the chance to counter. The Bushin master jumped in the air, revolving three times in his Senpukyaku technique. Meanwhile, Crimson was beginning to get wind of Juli's attack pattern as well. The young student of Bushin dodged and moved past several of Juli's punches and kicks and returned them with grace and skill. Bison looked on.

"*Hm. They're beginning to win... I think it's time...*", Bison thought to himself. Suddenly at the battle area, Juni stepped away from Guy in a military salute.

"*What attack is this?*", Guy wondered.

"Yes sir!", She exclaimed. As she said that, Bison reappeared and in a blue blaze of energy, went into his Psycho Crusher! Guy luckily escaped the fatal move, but was nonetheless hurt by the attack. Crimson leapt high over Juli, and helped his teacher up.

"You okay, Guy?", Crimson asked, worried. Guy nodded.

"I'll manage."

Bison floated down toward the ground and spoke to the Bushin fighters. "That was only a fraction of the power I hold..."

The Lord of Shadaloo then turned to his dolls. "...You two can go. You have fought well."

"Thank you, sir.", Juli said, saluting her master.

"Yes, sir.", Juni said, going into a salute as well. Bison nodded at both, and they both disappeared. Turning to the Bushin duo, the master of Psycho Power scoffed at Guy and Crimson as if they were insignificant. Then with a slight chuckle, he spoke.

"You two are a joke. You think you can defeat me, but I shall prove you wrong..."

"No, Bison...", Guy said, "...It is YOU, who is wrong. You have threatened this world with your evil acts long enough. I have made it my business to stop you. Once and for all..."

Bison scoffed again. With a sneer, he turned to Crimson.

"And you... What exactly do YOU have in store for me?"

Crimson gulped slightly. Then, mustering up as much courage as possible, the Bushin student spoke.

"We'll just have to wait and see..."

Those words seemingly got to Bison. With a loud resounding laugh that was more of a bellow, the Lord of Shadaloo spoke soon after.

"I guess we will! Prepare for a most painful death, Bushin!", Bison exclaimed. He finally set his feet onto the ground. The wind seemingly picked up from nowhere, ruffling Bison's flowing cape. That was only sound heard between the three fighters. Guy and Crimson soon began to approach Bison slowly, methodically... Bison simply stood there, arms folded at his chest, with an arrogant smirk on his features. Then, with a total abandon of thought, Crimson attacked first! With a karate yell, Crimson went straight for Bison with a kick. Bison blocked the kick expertly, and Crimson received a glowing fist in return. Staggering back, Crimson's teacher made his move. Stepping in, Guy showed Bison a myriad of varied attacks, but none had too much of an effect on Bison at all. In fact, he seemed amused by the efforts of Guy and Crimson.

"Is that the best you can do?", Bison asked them while laughing. Guy and Crimson looked at each other and nodded. Both Bushin fighters then went straight for Bison with a double Dashing Crescent. Upon reaching Bison, Crimson went wide-eyed as Bison dematerialized and warped away from the attack. Guy was faster on the rebound, and turned around immediately. Bison appeared from behind them with an evil grin that turned into a frown as he realized Guy saw through his plan. A straight kick from Guy sent Bison backwards, but not as far as the Bushinryuu Master would've liked. Bison then tossed a Psycho Shot at Crimson, and Guy jumped up to counter. Crimson blocked the attack, and lobbed his Hadouryuken to counter. Bison blocked the fireball, and tossed Guy from his Izuna Drop technique. Guy landed on his feet behind Bison. The Bushin Master then rushed Bison. The Lord of Shadaloo prepared to counter, but forgot about Crimson. With his arm blazing red, Crimson sneak-attacked Bison with a super fireball. THAT finally made Bison stagger forward. Guy capitalized on his student's attack, and followed up with his Bushin Hassouken, sending Bison into the air. But that wasn't enough. Bison flipped backwards in mid-air, and plummeted down towards Guy with his Skull Diver attack. But he forgot about Crimson AGAIN.

"Bushin... HASSOUKEN!!!", Crimson said with a surge of energy. Before Bison could knock Guy down, he felt himself knocked back into the air by Crimson's rising attack. Now Bison was beginning to get angry. Recovering in the air once more, Bison caught an amazed Crimson, and threw him back toward the ground HARD. The young Bushin student hit the cold earth with a thud, but got to his feet. Guy realized his student was in danger, and knew Bison would try and use that to his advantage.

"Crimson! STAY BACK!", Guy warned. Bison with a growl, threw another Psycho Shot at Guy, who blocked the attack. Then, with another warp, Bison momentarily appeared behind Crimson, who lashed outwards with a kick that missed it's mark. Bison vanished once more, and then Guy felt a Psycho Shot hit him in the back. Whirling around to confront the evil Bison, Guy then received a crushing blow to his jaw that sent him into the air. It was then that Bison started sliding backwards...

"WHAT THE H*LL!!?!", Crimson thought frantically, running towards Bison to try and stop the attack. Suddenly Bison surged forward, spinning rapidly and engulfed in blue energy as his attack caught Guy head-on.

"PSYCHO CRUSHER!"

Guy hit the ground, dazed. Crimson was hit only once, luckily. The Bushin Master nonetheless got to his feet, and continued the fight against Bison with Crimson alongside him. Both continued their attack on Shadaloo's leader, trading punches and kicks back and forth like pinball. Bison was still getting the better of the Bushin duo, catching them with several attacks. But both Crimson and Guy fought diligently regardless. Suddenly a window of opportunity came through for Crimson, and he took full advantage. Dashing towards Bison, Crimson then went through him the way Guy did when they were training! Even Bison looked impressed. But Crimson then threw another Hadouryuken, and it hit Bison in the small of the back.

"ARGH!", Bison bellowed. Crimson and Guy from both sides of Bison then both performed a kick directed at Bison's head. Both attacks from both fighters connected with Bison's skull. The Lord of Shadaloo didn't get knocked out, but he was dazed.

"Very good... Very impressive. But not good enough to defeat me!", Bison declared. Then, in an amazing display of quickness and maneuverability, Bison knocked down Guy with a knee press, and whirled around in enough time to take down Crimson with a fist to the jaw. Both fighters picked themselves up off the ground at the same time, and countered with a twin Bushin-Senpukyaku attack in Bison's direction. Both attacks found their mark, and Bison finally hit the ground, felled by Guy and Crimson's move. However, he also recovered fairly quickly. With both arms glowing with Psycho Power, Bison threw a Psycho Shot in Crimson's direction, then warped away. Crimson easily avoided the ball of energy. Suddenly, Bison appeared behind Crimson and kicked him into Guy. Both fighters hit the ground. Bison laughed at both.

"Pitiful!", Bison laughed. Suddenly surging backwards, Bison slowly faded out of the Bushin duo's sights... Crimson was the first to get up. Guy's eyes went wide as he recognized Bison's attack.

"CRIMSON!... GET DOWN!!!!!", Guy yelled to his student. But it was too late... Bison surged through the air, spinning rapidly. Crimson's eyes went wide only for a moment as he saw Bison rocketing towards him.

"PSYCHO CRUSHERRRR!!!!!"

As Bison finished his move, he warped back to a floating position not too far away from Guy. Crimson's body fell from the sky and hit the ground with a thud. Guy rushed to his student's aid.

"Crimson... D*mn... Are you okay?", Guy said, looking over his student. But it was of no use... Bison simply stood watching Guy tend to his student with a smirk. After realizing Crimson was unconscious or even worse, Guy simply set Crimson down onto the ground. Looking at Bison, Guy pointed a finger at him accusingly.

"You...you tried to kill him...", Guy said, his voice barely a whisper. Bison snickered before going into full-tilt laughter.

"I did, didn't I?", Bison said, still laughing. Then, with his evil blue eyes glowing, Bison added, "...Now it's your turn to feel the might of Psycho Power..."

"Never...", Guy said. Running full-speed at Bison, Guy yelled out his anger in his Dashing Crescent attack. Bison let the move hit him, and tried to counter with a Knee Press. Guy, with another surge of energy, used his speed to go past Bison's attack. Hitting Bison in the back, Guy sped past him when Bison tried to counter again. Now, appearing in front of Bison, Guy kicked Bison in the face. Bison staggered backwards. With a growl of frustration, he struck out at Guy yet again, this time with a Psycho Shot. Guy blocked the attack. Bison suddenly appeared behind the Bushin Master and struck him in the small of the back with a hard punch. Guy hit the ground but knew well enough to roll away into the defensive. Both Guy and Bison stared at each other. Soon enough, Bison began to advance on the Bushin Master. Guy awaited Bison in his stance. Looking past Bison, Guy's eyes went wide.

"Wha...?", Bison murmured, uncertain of what Guy was looking at. Turning around, he was faced by an already attacking Crimson!

"BUSHIN MUSOURENGE!!!"

Bison was then struck multiple times by Crimson, who seemingly was pouring all his fighting spirit and energy into the attack. Then, as soon as it was initiated, it was over, and Crimson flipped towards Guy with grace. Then he nearly fell over.

"Crimson!", Guy asked him. "...How did you...?"

"I don't know... It must be the untapped Bushin power you said I hadn't mastered yet...", Crimson muttered. Guy then turned back to Bison, who was getting up from Crimson's sneak attack. Looking at Guy, then at Crimson, Bison's expression was of sheer anger.

"You honestly think that will stop me!?! I'll never be defeated!!! I'll finish you both NOW!!!", Bison boasted.

"Ikuzo. Do it, then... Kill us both, if you have the power necessary to do so...", Guy said, taunting Bison. Bison's eyebrows raised only but for a nanosecond at Guy's challenge, then he nodded. With an evil grin, The Lord of Shadaloo began to slide backwards again, ready and willing to take the lives of these two foolish Bushin Ninjas... This time Crimson and Guy simply stood there, waiting... Soon enough, M. Bison roared back into view as he spun towards Guy and Crimson... The Bushin duo began to charge their chi energy to untapped levels, preparing to counter Bison's attack... The three energies suddenly clashed upon the twin impact of Guy and Crimson's Bushin Musourenge and M. Bison's Shin Psycho Crusher, causing a bright flash of chi energy and Psycho Power melded into one...

"PSYCHO CRUSHER!!!"

"BUSHIN MUSOURENGE!!!"

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...Crimson's eyes fluttered open. Struggling to get up, the Bushin student was able to get to one knee. Breathing heavily, he looked up to see a hand offering him help. Looking farther up to the person's face, he smiled weakly. It was, of all people, Aaron Volpe. He was there alongside Chun-Li and Charlie. A helicopter was humming in the distance not too far away.

"Good fight, mayhap?", Volpe said with a smile. Crimson nodded. Getting to his feet, Crimson realized something.

"Where's Guy?", Crimson asked, suddenly flustered. A hand was placed on the young Bushin's shoulder. Whirling around, Crimson was face to face with his teacher.

"Right here.", Guy said. Crimson looked around. Another question soon came to his mind.

"Um, where's Bison?"

"I don't know...", Guy said. "When all of our attacks collided with each other, something happened... He might've escaped."

"As in he punked out?", Crimson asked.

"Basically, yup.", Volpe said with a smile. Chun-Li looked somewhat ticked off about something, and she spoke on it.

"I just wish we would've had a better chance to strike him down...", Chun-Li muttered. Then turning to Guy, she added, "...And now, because of you and your student Crimson, we won't be able to get that chance for a long time, I'm guessing."

"Don't worry...", Charlie said, "...Knowing Bison, he'll be back. Real soon, probably. He'll tend to his wounds- if any, and he'll return. And when he does, we'll be ready..."

Volpe turned to his friend Crimson. "So, uh, are you two guys going to need any assistance or anything before we go?"

"Actually...", Crimson started, "...We could use some help. You see, we don't really know where we are. I don't, anyway..."

"We'll give you a lift, if you need it.", Volpe said. Guy shook off that with a wave of his hand.

"Not necessary. I know the way back. Thank you for the offer.", Guy said. Crimson looked at his teacher with a look of simple bafflement. Guy saw that, and turned to Volpe.

"In fact, a lift would be appreciated.", Guy said with a smile. Volpe nodded with a smile. Making their way towards the helicopter where Chun-Li and Charlie were waiting, all three fighters entered. Then, with a couple of switches pulled and levers geared, Charlie piloted the chopper into the sky and all five fighters made their way from the site of the fierce battle. Crimson felt like dozing off to sleep, when yet ANOTHER question returned into his mind. Tapping Guy on the shoulder idly, the Bushin Master turned in Crimson's direction.

"What's the problem?", Guy asked.

"You never did tell me who won between you and Ken.", Crimson said with a smirk. Guy's eyebrows heightened slightly before returning to normal. Then with a smile, Crimson's teacher spoke.

"Who do you think won?"

That settled that. Crimson smiled at Guy, then with sleep overcoming him, he dozed off. His journey was just beginning, and even though he wasn't a master of Bushinryuu yet, Crimson was sure that he could achieve that goal. And with a smart and powerful teacher in Guy, Crimson knew that it wouldn't be long that he too, would have to take the awesome burden of Bushin Style on his shoulders. He was ready for it... Guy sat down quietly, looking out the window. He wasn't going to tell Crimson the truth, but he knew in his heart that Bison wasn't gone.

"*I know he's still alive. I feel his evil energy surging, even from here... I shall return to finish what I've started. He will not be a threat to this world any longer. THAT, is a promise...*", Guy thought to himself.

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A figure stood at the battle site, looking up at the helicopter passing by in the air. The figure was Bison. With a grim smile, he turned around and spoke to himself.

"Hm... Those two are a true challenge, after all... I shall break them nonetheless. They may think they've won the battle, but I will return stronger than ever. I will be the one who wins the war... Guy shall soon realize that I am not gone. He probably already knows... He'll return. And that is when I will kill both him and his student. No one will defy Shadaloo..."

With that last word spoken by the Lord of Shadaloo, Bison suddenly faded away in the darkness as if a ghost. The words he spoke were true. The two Bushin Ninjas would return. And Bison KNEW Guy would return. The battle was not over... Not yet...