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EXT. TOKYO - NIGHT

A KARAOKE BAR LIES IN RUINS AS A TINNY POP SONG PLAYS.

BLOOD POOLS BENEATH DEAD YAKUZA THUGS, UZIS JUST OUT OF REACH
OF THEIR TATTOOED HANDS.

TITLE: "TOKYO."

AS WE PULL BACK...THE MUSIC FADES, REPLACED BY A SOFT CRYING.

A TERRIFIED HOSTESS DARTS FROM COVER, WIPING AWAY THE CHYRON.

KEEP PULLING BACK...PAST A CAR SMASHED THROUGH THE FRONTWINDOW, TATTOOED DRIVER SLUMPED OVER THE WHEEL, GUN IN HAND.

WE HEAR RAIN, A REVVING ENGINE, AND THEN GUNFIRE.

PULL ONTO THE SIDEWALK, TURNING JUST AS A MOTORCYCLE CRASHES,RIDER TUMBLING PAST US IN A WHITE MOHAWKED HELMET.

ANOTHER MOTORCYCLE RACES TOWARD US, BUT... WHFT-WHFT, TWO ARROWS SEND THE RIDER SKIDDING INTO A WALL,TIRES SQUEALING AS THE BIKE SPINS HELPLESSLY ON ITS SIDE.

CAMERA TURNS TOWARD AN ALCOVE, WHERE A YAKUZA THUG TUMBLES
OFF THE STAIRS AS...

A MASKED FIGURE HEADS UP, STOPPING MOMENTARILY TO DRAW HIS
TELESCOPING BLADE.

BEHIND THE SMOKED GLASS OF SECOND FLOOR WINDOWS, THE FIGURE
FIGHTS ANOTHER THUG.

THEN...CRASH, THE THUG COMES SMASHING THROUGH THE WINDOW. THUD.

WHIP THROUGH THE RAIN TO THE UPPER FLOORS OF THE BUILDING.

GUNFIRE FLASHES AS THE FIGHT CONTINUES PAST THREE WINDOWS...�

SUDDENLY, THE FOURTH WINDOW SHATTERS AS A YAKUZA BOSS,AKIHIKO, LEAPS OVER THE SIDEWALK...

LANDING ON THE METAL AWNING OF A NOODLE SHOP. HE ROLLS TOTHE WET STREET, LANDING HARD ON HIS ANKLE.

THE MYSTERIOUS FIGURE GRACEFULLY LEAPS AFTER HIM, BOUNCINGOFF THE AWNING AND DROPPING TO THE STREET BELOW.

RACK UP TO GET OUR BEST LOOK YET AT...RONIN. HARD-SET EYESSTARE AT AKIHIKO THROUGH A BLACK MASK. THEY BATTLE.

AKIHIKO
(Japanese, subtitled)
Why are you doing this? We neverdid anything to you!

RONIN
(Japanese, subtitled)
You survived. Half the planetdidn't. They got Thanos. You get
me.

Akihiko attacks. Ronin slashes him across the middle.

RONIN (CONT'D)
(Japanese, subtitled)
You're done hurting people.

Akihiko gestures at the bodies in the street.

AKIHIKO
We hurt people? You're crazy.

Ronin slashes Akihiko's throat. The man drops to his knees.

AKIHIKO (CONT'D)
Wait! Help me! I'll give youanything! What do you want?

RONIN
What I want...you can't give me.

Ronin finishes him off. AKIHIKO GOES STILL. SIRENS WAIL.

Ronin removes his mask, revealing...

CLINT BARTON, haggard.

He hears A FOOTFALL. He whirls,katana raised...then stops.

His face goes slack as...NATASHA STEPS INTO A POOL OF LIGHT, A LARGE BLACK UMBRELLAKEEPING HER FROM THE RAIN.

They stare at each other. Clint hasn't seen her in years.

She hasn't seen what he's become.�

CLINT BARTON
You shouldn't be here.

NATASHA
Neither should you.

CLINT BARTON
I've got a job to do.

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