Hong Kong Shopping District


"Dor jea lay sai" Dan Habiki fumbled in his best Cantonese as he thanked the taxi driver. The driver smiled and opened the door for him seeing as he was a stranger doing his best to be polite. Dan smiled and got out and looked around his new home. A strong musty stench hit his lungs as he looked around. Surrounding him was the most traffic he had ever seen , the air was thick with exhaust fumes from the many motorists , buses and other motor vehicles congesting the roads. All around him were shops and street vendors all hawking cheap wares , from pirated computer games to fake watches. The footpaths were no different to the roads with hundreds of people cramming into the walkways. Eccentric shops lined the sides of the roads , with accompanying soft drink and electronic billboards bombarding the average pedestrian, high rise buildings threatening to reach the heavens towering above them.

Dan turned to the driver and asked him if there was someplace he could get a meal and a good drink "uhhh... gnor yu.... sek fan.. , yum jaou.. ah" Dan said thumbing through his English/Chinese dictionary. The driver flashed an even bigger grin , one that threatened to rip his cheeks off as he tried to contain his laughter as he pointed to a restaurant down the street and said "gaw bein yao charn goon , hoai day ga-chow fan hai ho ho sek" (over there is a restaurant , they're fried rice is delicious) Dan thanked the driver again and headed down the road. Man were there a lot of people he thought , he smiled as he passes an old chinese man selling a 'genuine' Rolex watch to some American tourists, briefly overhearing that the warranty would be 'sent later'. Suddenly a small chinese girl with purple hair?! flew past him at breakneck speed , yelling "AAaaaiiiya!!!" clutching a pair of pom poms , as her mother attempting to chase after her screaming "Xian Pu!!!" Yes, Hong Kong sure is weird Dan chuckled to himself.

The restaurant wasn't what Dan expected. Back in the States at least they had health inspectors , this place doesn't even look like its ever been cleaned. The entrance to the restaurant was through a flight of stairs leading to the basement of the shop above. In there were the dropouts and lowlifes of Hong Kong society , drunk men were huddled together or slumped up against the walls. The place in general , looked like it survived many a bar-room brawl but not particularly well , there were little to no tables or stools lying around except at the bar. Dan shrugged his shoulders and headed off to the bar for a drink , he wouldn't have wanted a meal in a place like this anyway , he shuddered to think what he'd be served anyway. Pulling up a stool at the bar and ordered "something strong" , luckily the bartender spoke some rudimentary English and went away to fetch him a drink. Dan thought to himself , what will I do here? I'm going to need some work if I plan to hide out here, he was certain that Sagat's men were still after him. "Hey! You know where I can find some work around here?" , the bartender shrugged his shoulders and shook his head , Dan persisted "ahh... wan gung jo", the bartender turned around and slid his drink right across the table, Dan caught the grimy cup firmly. "You from America , not Japan right?" Dan nodded "Ok , no worry drink first" Dan sculled the pungent drink in one gulp and suddenly felt very disoriented. Sliding off his stool and collapsing onto the floor, the last thing Dan remembered was that he never really could handle alchohol.

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"ICHI!" "NI!" "SAN!" Go Hibiki called. A young Dan Hibiki , aged 14 stood confused as the rest of his father's afternoon Karate class continued with their routines. Go Hibiki was a large , built man who showed remarkable health for a man of his age. He had a white beard and eyes that showed the wisdom of the sage , and the spirit of a seasoned warrior, he was extremely muscular for a medium sized man barely 6"7. "Danny!" his father called as Dan stood embarassed, as the whole class turned to him, some of the senior studnets chuckling under their breath. "Dan! What is wrong , why aren't you following along like the rest of the class?" Dan lowered his head as his father came around "I'm sorry dad , I just don't know what you mean when you start shouting in Japanese" "Danny , I know we are living in America now , but you must remember and be able to understand your mother tongue, you must know all the techniques not only in English but their original Japanese names as well. Now start again , we are doing Upper Block , Knife Hand block , lower block , please try to follow along and stop watching so much TV" his father grinned "Ok dad , I'll try" and straightened his stance shouting "Yes Sensei!" "Good-" Mr Hibiki paused in mid sentence as out of the corner of his eye he noticed a huge hulking man , flanked by two body guards enter the dojo , and sit down, bigger man especially placed close attention watching the class. "All right , three step sparring , remember to practice your combinations , make sure you use both your hands AND feet and try to pick your targets. Remember to look for openings in your opponents defense and USE them" "Hai! Sensei!" the class shouted. Sensei Hibiki smiled and left the supervision to some senior black belts as he crossed over to the waiting room.

"Are you for a free lesson?" he enquired , while noticing that the large man had extremely built shins and heavy callouses on his fists and elbows. "HA! , Hibiki , you have such a sense of humour" the large man boomed , the deep resonance of his voice unnerving Go for an instant. "You may have heard of me , I am Sagat , Thailand's Muay Thai national champion, ah.. I see word of my talents have still yet to reach you , but I have heard of you Hibiki , I can see the rumours are not unfounded, I have heard you are a great fighter and I wish to test my skills against one such as yourself, would you indulge me in some friendly sparring?" , Sagat smiled at such a mere formality he knew that Go Hibiki always enjoyed a good spar. "Yes Sagat , I think I will , please excuse me for a moment while I finish up with my students" Sagat chuckled as Sensei went about his business.

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"Class , that will be all for today , I'm pleased with you performance today, you are all improving , work hard and nothing will stop you from achieving your best" He waited till his students had cleaned up and left before turning to his son "My son , you are already very skillful for your age , but you must concentrate harder on your training , particular your knowledge of your techniques, it has since been tradition for karatekas all over the world to address their techniques with the Japanese names, it is no different for you. Go to the back and practice your kata" "yes sensei!" Dan shouted before running off to the back room. "Taiqu qu Nidan" his father added. Sagat was already waiting for him in the main training hall "Now the time has come to see if old age has hampered your abilities!" yelled Sagat throwing off his trenchcoat exposing a huge man with every muscle in his body rigorously conditioned , some so hardened Dan's father had to wonder if they still felt pain. "All right Sagat , your Muay Thai against my Kyokushin Karate, which is superior? I am ready"

Sagat's right leg shot out almost immediately with a Thai-Style Round kick followed up with two jabs , Go had already blocked the high roundhouse and deflected both jabs to Sagat's blindside where he struck the giant's forehead with a high ridge hand , followed by a chop to the neck and inside instep kick , knocking Sagat off balance and putting him into the floor with a hammerfist to the back of his neck. Sagat was not quite finished yet , his knee flashed straight up catching Go in the stomach reeling him back , Sagat threw a hook which he was prepared for but not the elbow following that. "Baka..." he cursed , forgetting that Thai Boxers throw hooks with elbows covering their face or to follow up if the hook missed. "Nice moves" Sagat muttered "Yourself" replied Go , wasting no time in dashing forward and jumping up kneeing Sagat in the face , then a straight sidekick to the chest followed by a roundhouse which connected onto the open side of Sagat's face. The rest of the fight continued like this , both fighters evenly matched , Go having the greater skill while Sagat making up for it with strength and brawn. Eventually Go started to gain the upper hand with Sagat looking worse for wear and Go only suffering a bruised eye.

"Heh heh you fight well for an old man" Sagat clenched his teeth "It was a good fight Sagat , but you have lost" "NOT YET!" as Sagat gathered all his ki and fired off a flurry of fast kicks and knees that caught Go in many areas around his body sending him reeling back into a wall "What is this.. Sagat.. have you no honor?" Go said trying to catch his breath , blood gushing into his mouth. "Tiger Genocide heh.. I never lose , you are good old man but not good enough, I shall kill you" Sagat dashed again and let loose with a huge blast of ki energy but when it disspated , his target had disappeared. Did I burn the old man off the face of the earth Sagat wondered. He heard a voice from behind him "I've got a little Genocide of my own Sagat" before feeling a flurry of kicks and punches blast into his body.

Meanwhile young Dan had strayed from practicing his kata to standing at the doorway watching his dad fight this huge kickboxer. His dad was winning too, he watched , mouth agape with admiration as his dad pummeled the kickboxer. Every vital organ seemed to be being hit as his dad finished with a beautiful rising uppercut "KOOORRYUUKEN!!" Dan was marvelling at his father's skill , the grace he exhibited even when injured. As his father was turning around from the punch he spied his son watching , and opened his mouth to usher the child away , only to see as his son's look of admiration turned to horror as a punch that should have taken Sagat's head off , did not , leaving Sagat injured but recovering with an evil grin slowly spreading across his face. Go felt a sharp crack somewhere about his spine as Sagat's Tiger Knee slammed into it and then his Tiger Uppercut soon after carrying him across the room as he landed spasmodically with his body unable to move and racked with immense pain.

Sagat landed , blood gushing from his right eye socket where his eye was crushed. Almost collapsing Sagat stumbled across to his beaten foe. His bodyguards quickly rushing across to help pick him up. "AWWARRGH!!" Sagat screamed shrugging them off , rising to taunt his beaten foe. Go could not move or speak. His head was numb from the impact of the uppercut and he could only lie there in pain from his shattered spine as Sagat taunted him. "You took my eye from me , you decrepit old man, even then you still could not defeat me. Take this as a parting gift from me into the afterlife!" Dan watched in horror as Sagat screamed , lifted his elbow and dropped it into his helpless opponent's head with enough force to shatter a large boulder. Dan looked on speechless and shocked as blood poured out of his father's head and flowed across the dojo floor almost like a neverending river of blood. Summoning whatever coordination he could muster , Dan turned and ran out the back door tripping along the way. "Find me the boy , I want him dead or alive! heh , preferably dead" screamed cupping his eye socket. Hiding until Sagat and his men had left , Dan crept back onto the dojo floor where his father's still body lay. At first he stood there looking away , still shivering with fear eventually forcing himself to look at his father's body. Seeing his father's cracked skull was too much, Dan dropped to his knees in tears and weeping. He wept for what seemed like hours next to father's body , then looked up tears streaming down his cheeks screaming "ORAAAZEE!!" the first Japanese word he'd uttered in years now being the only Japanese word he knew.

Dan awoke sweating on the restaurant floor as two thai men stood towering over over him. "We told you we'd find you eventually, you couldn't hide forever" they sneered. One leant down to pick him up but Dan was too fast for that, he tilted his head up slightly , keeping his hand on the man's arm not letting him get away , then head butting him in the nose. As the man went down in pain clutching his broken nose , Dan kicked the other one in the stomach and scissored his legs , taking him down the ground before dropping an axe kick down onto his spine.

Dan quickly rolled away , got up and bolted for the exit , only to find a little Chinese girl dashing in front of him blocking his path "DON'T GO THAT WAY! They're waiting for you , follow me , my dad's waiting!" Was the little girl lying? she couldn't have been more than 12... then again he didn't fancy his chances with the other men "Alright which way" he was answered by the little girl bolting away in between the drunken masses with him struggling to keep up. What is it with me and fast little girls running away from me today, he muttered under his breath. When he finally caught up to her, she was standing still and a large man was blocking their exit. He was a fairly large chinese man with a beard who stood with an air of authority.

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Dan quickly stepped back into a fighting stance and pushed the girl aside expecting a fight only to be surprised when he shouted "Chun Li! There you are! Why did you run off like that! There are very dangerous men inside , you could have been hurt , come here!" "I'm sorry father, I wanted to see what was happening , some men were about to hurt this man here" Chun Li's turned to Dan and looked him over. "What is your name?" "Uhh Dan Hibiki... sir" "Well , you must be the one they were after , come with me"

Dan followed him and Chun Li into an unmarked police van in the back. "Sorry that , I wish we had met under better circumstances. I am Inspector Dohrai and this is my daughter Chun Li" "Uuuh Hi.." Dan said sheepishly. "Young man what were you doing in there , and what did those men want from you? A place like that is no place for a tourist" "I'm not a tourist , those men were trying to kill me , Sagat killed my father..." said Dan not being able to hold it in any longer, started the weep. Chun Li looked at the man sadly "So that's what they wanted. We trailed Sagat's men from the airport , we recieved a tip that a killing was about to take place , we followed them here and found you-" "Can't you arrest Sagat?! He killed my father! You can have my testimony I'll-" "I'm sorry , it isn't quite that simple , Sagat's achivements has caught the attention of an international terrorist who has recruited him , I'm sorry but we haven't quite got enough information to pinpoint his whereabouts let alone enough evidence to keep him down for anything serious" Dan's head sank into his lap. Dohrai feeling sorry to Dan asked "Have you got a place to stay?" Dan shook his head. "Well I have an old friend who may be able to help you out until you can make it on your own" said Dohrai with a smile. Dan was speechless , all he could do was nod.

Present Day in an abandoned shack somewhere in Japan


Damn... I can't make this fireball go any further! Dan felt like screaming , WHY CAN'T I DO IT!! I watched Ryu and Ken do it as easily, why did they have to do it with two hands DAMN! Once again , Dan pulled his right arm back , and pushed it forwards screaming "HA DOU KEN!" , he watched , hoping.... sparkles of chi flew from his fingers , mingling with each other and crackling against the damp air before dissipating. "ARRRGHHHH!" Dan punched the wall next to him , leaving a deep gaping hole as he sat down , depressed and contemplating the past again as a stale breeze blew through the hole.

A Chinese Wushu school in Hong Kong, Kowloon


Dan is taken to an old Kung Fu school where the Street Fighter , turned poet/ philosopher/teacher resides. Inspector Dohrai also teaches here in his spare time.

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"Dan! This is Master Gen , he teaches me kung fu with my dad , Sifu huoy mang giu dan ah!!" (Master his name is Dan) exclaimed Chun Li before bouncing away to practice her Hung Gar patterns. "So... Dan.. my old friend Dohrai tells me you need a place to stay" "Uhh yes sir" Dan said examining the old master. He was a very old man , who still looked fearsome but with a certain gentleness in his eyes. Gen was talking to him while holding a crane stance at the same time , Dan watched as he shifted his leg and changed balance effortlessly with a certain strength and vitality that comes from practicing Kung Fu , even in his old age. ""You look like you've learnt a few things , judging from the callouses on your hands , I'd think you already know a martial art, most likely Karate" Wow , this guy is good thought Dan AND perceptive. "While you're here , how about you learn a little Kung Fu eh?" said Gen with a wink and a sneaky smile only starting at the tip of his mouth. "that sounds good , what was that you were doing?" asked Dan. "well the style I was practicing was the Crane style , like this" , Gen flexed into his crane stance , one foot lifted and flexed perfectly , hands lifted in the air poised to strike. "however" added Gen "the stance was modified by me , to be more effective in combat, the actual Crane stance is much lower , with more emphasis placed on the lower torso , like this" Gen relaxed his body stretching out his body but still keeping his body ready. Seeing Dan was perplexed , Gen grinned and continued "For example , this is what westerners would call a single whip , and is also in many other styles of kung fu like Mei Hua , Shaolin and Tai Chi" Gen changed his stance to a side stance with one palm lifted and the other traling behind , fingers clasped together meeting at a single point, similar to a ducks beak. "Kung fu is not a one problem / one solution kind of thing" Gen added "Unlike Karate and many other styles these moves have as many meanings and uses folded into them as a Swiss Army Knife". "But why not use your fists they have more power?" asked Dan. Gen sighed and explained "You see my palm , is known as the willow leaf palm which pushes forward the edge of the hand like a karate chop but I can also use my forearm and fingertips" Gen walked over to the wooden dummy and demonstrated various strikes , and strikes within strikes , striking with other parts of this arm other than just the edge. "Now this hand", Gen flashed it in front of Dan and quickly curled it into a crane hook "Not just the fingertips but inner wrist hook and top of the wrist are used for fighting, Chun Li! please assist the old man in a humble demonstration!"

Chun Li bounded over "Sifu!" "Pay close attention Dan , you recognize this?" "the single whip" answered Dan "Good! You learn quickly , you have talent! Now watch closely , there are many applications to the single whip , this is a single block from the single whip position" , Gen whispered to Chun Li "Gnoau Kun" (Hook Punch) Chun Li threw the hook , which Gen deflected with his left willow palm with a simple spin of the forearm redirecting the force, without losing contact following Chun Li's arm and delivering a focused strike to the neck , pulling it back at the last instant. Chun Li not even flinching. "Big deal" replied Dan , I could have done that with an outside block and straight punch" "The Uchi-Uke and Choku-Zuki are effective perhaps but please be quiet until I finish" Dan stood, mouth agape at the old man's wisdom "Chun Li! throw the same punch again" Chun Li was humming a quiet tune with a mischievious look on her face like she always did when the old man was rambling. "Ji um Ji Do!" (do you understand) Chun Li snapped to attention "Gnor Ji DO! Sifu" (I understand master)

Chun Li delivered the punch again but this time Gen used both arms , using the hook hand to pull downward and the willow leaf hand to push upward through the gap inbetween the arm and her body , then stepping forward and and striking knocking Chun Li off balance. Dan looked on impressed as this time , when Gen blocked the punch , he slipped under the attacking arm , driving in a hidden elbow into the lower rib cage , makes close contact and ramming his torso against Chun Li sealing the leak , Chun Li giggled as Gen followed up with a wide sweeping action as she tumbled over his forward leg. "True Kung Fu originates in the torso and issues outward. The movement is as profound as the growth of a tree , with rings of meaning encircling the original trunk" Gen finished.

The crane style was never for him though , too much stuffing about and perfecting useless techniques. He never could understand why Kung Fu did not work for him. Each to his own , someone once said, after living with Gen for a few years , Dan said his goodbyes and left for Japan to train with Gotetsu, a legendary Shotokan Karate master whose skill and power were unrivalled. There he met Ryu and Ken , his tormentors who ended up being his role models. What are they doing that I'm doing wrong he wondered , why were they always so good?? Gotetsu himself said that he couldn't train Dan , he was too filled with anger. How I wish I could have wiped the smug grins off their faces just once , now incensed Dan stood up and summoned all his available Ki into the palm of his hand and enleashed it "HAAA DOOUKEN!!" , this time the swirling energies enveloped his hand and shot out as a ball of lightning hitting the woodenboard three metres ahead of him and shattering it into a thousand pieces. "DAAAMN!" Dan screamed punching through his heavy bag, sand pouring out onto the hardwood floor Ryu and Ken can do that normally, and still their ki is stronger and more deadly than mine. Still this is enough Sagat wherever you are , watch your back , I am going to kill you I SWEAR IT!

Fear turned to hatred and feelings of helplessness turned to anger. Sagat would pay, he would suffer the wrath of DAN!!



Sorry to everyone whom I said that this chapter would include Ken's intro. When I was writing Dan it just got waaaaay out of control not to mention interesting so I had to put Ken aside till the next chapter. Anyway did you like Gen's Kung Fu lesson ? yes or no ? I would like feedback since I would like to include more martial arts lessons in my fanfics and I don't want everyone bored to tears. Credits must go to Jordan and the others that helped with the Chun Li idea, I never would have thought it up ALL by myself without you :)

Sorry bout the mad choice in MIDI , I was in a rush to do the MIDI so I just chucked in whatever I could find even though it doesn't really suit the mood. Anyway like the other chapters I'll eventually revise pages so check back if you're interested.
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