Ultimate Street Fighter

Lesson 8: Decision Making

I've been waiting for this moment. The power, it's better than what I've imagined. Not even that fool Bison can compare to such strength. Today, that power will be mine!

Juri hops on her feet as quickly as she can. Her landing is a bit off as she is still heavily injured by Sagat's improved strength. Although her F.S Engine was fully functional, she decided to only use half of its power. She kept Akuma in her sight. She completely ignored Sagat's presence as her lust for power overcomes her.

"So we meet, Akuma." She states. However, Akuma continues to stay silent. He strikes a defensive pose as he prepares for Juri.

"You're not much of a talker, eh? Good, that means your death will be quick!" Juri shouts as she dashes towards Akuma. Her footsteps seem light as a feather as she hops across the battlefield at blinking speeds. Suddenly, she appears before Akuma and attempts to strike him with a F.S powered roundhouse kick. However, her attack is countered by Sagat who uses his knee to miss direct her kick.

"Heh, let's see if you can survive this. Tiger..." Sagat prepares to use a new secret technique, but he is stopped by Akuma, who holds his arm inbetween Sagat and Juri.

"I've got this, Sagat. I haven't stretched my fighting strength since my last encounter with that girl Makoto." Akuma remarked as he grinned wickedly towards Juri. Her evil smile quickly turned into disgust. She reversed her roundhouse kick too quick for Akuma to spot. Sagat hops into the air, narrowly missing the attack. Akuma wasn't as lucky as her attack connects to him, sliding him over at least 2 yards to the right.

"Gohadoken!" Akuma uses a dark one-handed Hadoken in Juri's direction as Sagat retreats the area. She quickly dodges the attack by hopping in the air. Juri suddenly becomes vulnerable as Akuma powers up his other hand. "Second Strike!" he shouts. Akuma then shoots another one-handed Gohadoken towards Juri as she braces herself for the attack.

"How pathetic can you be?!" Juri easily deflects the Gohadoken into a nearby tree. Akuma becomes amazed by her power and he charges up a two handed Gohadoken. Juri lands on her feet and charges directly towards Akuma.

"Witness my new technique, Gozutsuki Hadoken (Demon Headbutt Hadoken)!" Akuma releases his quick body sized Gohadoken towards Juri. However, his body begins to deteriorate into the Gohadoken.

"I've studied that attack too, you weak pathetic fool!" Juri's left eye begins to glow flaming purple as her charge becomes a fully powered head-first shoulder charge. She collides with the Gohadoken, which is revealed to be Akuma using his own head-first shoulder charge. "Pikokku Zutsuki (Peacock Headbutt)!" A large amount of energy is released from Juri's forehead. Akuma's body is pushed back 10 yards and the impact causes him to stumble a bit and lose his balance.

"At this rate, Juri will ultimately defeat Akuma." Sagat states as he continues to watch the battle.

"Prepare to die, fool!" Juri executes a perfect triple front flip into the air towards Akuma. As she hovers over his face, she prepares to use a powerful one-legged drop kick. Her F.S Engine reaches its maximum power and all of its energy is focused on her leg.

"Come On!" Akuma shouts as he prepares to get struck by Juri special attack.

"Pikokkusogi (Peacock Funeral)!" Juri uses a very powerful drop kick to Akuma's face. His blood leaks down Juri's foots as his entire body stands in a statue position while leaning back. Only one foot is keeping his body from falling backwards as the other foot is planted in front of him. Juri perfectly lands her free foot on the ground as her other foot continues to rest on Akuma's presumably destroyed face. The energy from Akuma vanishes into nothingness.

"I can't believe it." Sagat is surprised by Juri's attack. He is even more surprised at the fact that she actually defeated Akuma.

"Yeah, your new boss isn't so tuff after all." Juri mocked as she cracked a devilish smile on her face. "This fight wasn't as satisfying as I thought. He should've known that I've been watching his every move ever since his fight with Makoto. Now it's time for me to collect my ultimate prize." Juri attempts to steal Akuma's power using her leg, but she then remembers one important thing. "Wait a minute." to her horror, she realizes that she killed her chances when she killed Akuma.

"It was you who told us that the only way for him to transfer power..." Sagat started.

"...is if he is still alive." Juri completes as she stares miserably at Akuma. She worked so hard to finally defeat Akuma, but she is now unable to gain his power so that she could better control her F.S Engine. Juri's eye completely shuts down as it finally runs out of energy.

"Go..." a faint voice suddenly calls. Both Juri and Sagat are both frightened by what they see. Akuma is still alive, and he has entered his Evil Form. "...shuryuken!" Akuma performs a powerful dark uppercut on Juri. She nearly dodges the attack away from her chest, but he still manages to strike her in the chin. The impact of the attack greatly increases the energy in the F.S Engine to the point that Juri's false eye malfunctions and shatters into pieces. Her body rises a great distance into the air as she is completely stunned by Akuma's attack. Thankfully, none of the pieces of her face eye fell into her eye socket.

"You should've realized that I never used my Satsui no Hoda throughout the entire match. You underestimated me, woman." Akuma explained. Juri's paralyzed both slams into the ground as she motionlessly watches Akuma walk in the direction the was heading to.

"Shouldn't we kill her?" Sagat asked.

"She's of no use without that eye. She's weak and pathetic. To require an eye in order to be strong is not true strength at all. True power comes from within." Akuma stated as Sagat began to follow him.

"So what's next?" Sagat wondered as he adjusted his eyepatch.

"I'm going to find Makoto. I have other plans for you." Akuma answered as his words started to become faint. Once they were out of sight, tears began to run down Juri's eyes. Her face was in total shock as she was unable to adjust her facial expressions. She couldn't even blink.

I've been waiting for this moment. The power, it's better than what I've imagined. Not even that fool Bison can compare to such strength. Today, I realized that the power cannot be stopped. Not by the power of my Feng Shui Engine. His words, they are now buried deep into my mind and heart. I'm of no use without the F.S Engine. I'm weak. I'm pathetic. I have no true strength because I require the engine for my everyday life. Without it, I just like any other human. This is a handicap I can only hope that Makoto will overcome. She needs to be able to overcome the power of the Satsui no Hado. Because in 2 weeks, Makoto will die.