Legend of
Ashiura (4)
written by Crescent
Prince
Word spread about Gunmeister’s famous victories. Many girls did look her up to
plead her to accept them as disciples. She turned them down. “I ain’t as
great as you think. I am just plain lucky.”
“So, you beat the King, what are you gonna do next?”
“Huh? Come on. Just play King of Fighters! I won’t stop until I can prove
the gals’ prowess in fighting games! Jon, you will support me, won’t you?”
“Well… I am a guy, you know? Should I betray my gender or…” He was cut
off his sentence by Gunmeister’s sulk.
“Er… Gunnie?”
“Just kiddin’ ya’! I won’t force you to anything! By the way, this lunch
is fabulous! Thank you!”
Meanwhile, Stardust and Crescent Prince are seated on a table just beside the
dating couple. They were dressed up peculiarly, like a form of disguise.
“Chey! I thought Jon- san would propose to my sista.”
“Hmm? You think it is right to do this? I don’t like this…”
“Oi, if you don’t wanna help, you can go.”
“Er… no! I will stay…”
Then, just before dessert was served, three girls
walked up to Gunmeister. They were Kaori, Barb and Brenda. “Coming to plead me
to accept you as disciples? Forget it, I wo…”
“We saw your performance against the King and are very impressed. I am Barb…”
“I am Kaori”
“And I am Brenda.”
Then in unison, they exclaimed, “we are here to challenge you to KOF!”
Three days have passed and the challenge date was coming close. Gunmeister walked to the regular arcade to train for the competition. But some people had beaten her to the machine. A large crowd was formed around the huge screen to watch the three gals defeat the guys again and again. They were none other than Kaori, Barb and Brenda.
They showed great skill on each of their individual characters. Barb was great
with Athena, Kaori with Benimaru and Brenda with Iori. Barb played first then
Kaori with the follow up and finally Brenda. Gunmeister stood aside and looked
at their fighting styles. They were good, but she wanted a fair match, so she
watched no longer. She played against them.
“This is just going to be just a friendly match, to get to know you better. I
am familiar with Barb and Kaori’s style of fighting. Shall I play a one on one
with Brenda?”
They played a single match. Brenda chose her mastered Iori, and Gunmeister
followed too. However, Brenda’s Iori was too quick and skilled that she
defeated Gunmeister’s novice Iori perfect!!! She was not stunned, she had let
the game go easily. She did not intend to win anyway. But Brenda’s Iori was
definitely something! She had to find a way to counter, but how? Jonathan was
only skilled in Chang, which was useless against Iori. Her sister was only good
in Kula. Crescent Prince was a little skilled in the Psycho team. And Master
Kula only taught Kula to people. Who could teach her Iori? She stood up and
walked off after shaking the hands of the trio. But Gunmeister was stopped at
the arcade door.
“What poor Iori skills you have. I know you have let the game to Brenda, but
with that kind of skill, you cannot get anywhere.”
Gunmeister looked at
the stranger with wide eyes. Was this stranger going to be the mystery hero she
had been awaiting?
“Who are…?”
“I am The Master Of Iori, one of the the three masters of King Of Fighters. My
name is…”
The stranger was a girl.
“… Sycia.”
To be continued...