Sakura’s home
5am

<<   Sakura… Embrace the dark power of the Satsui no Hado…..  >>
<<   Go away! Get out of my head!  >> She yelled, trying to wake herself up.
<<   Mwaaahahahaha! Struggle on Little Sakura! You will never escape me! Eventually you will obey me! Mwaahahahaha!   >>
<<   Sakura! You are weak! To give up on Ryu just like that! Save him from that witch….Sakura!   >>
<<  GO AWAY….NOOOOOOO!…  >> Sakura was screaming.
 

"Sakura! Child! Wake up. You’re having a nightmare." Her mother had came in to see what was wrong.
"Mommy. It’s the tenth time already. The same nightmare for past two weeks."
"Dear, I’ll make some soup for you. Later in the morning we can go to the temple to pray."
"Okay Mommy." Sakura said, she booted up her computer and log on to the Internet site. Heading down to the Street Fighter Message Board.

<  Ryu and that witch are opening a joint dojo in Shadowlaw?! She is taking him further away from me!   > Sakura thought to herself

<<   Sakura…Do you see that now? …. Act…. Before…Ryu is …under the Witch’s control…. Mwaahahahaha. Sakura…. The Witch made Ryu teach that little Terry Bogard wannabe and…. Rejects someone like you…   >>
<<   Go away! You’re just a figment of my exam-stressed mind!   >> Sakura shouted. There was a message in her message box. She clicks on it.
 

- - Am I still a figment of your stressed mind?
You will never escape me, for our goals are similar
Go save Ryu before it’s too late Mwwaaaahahahaha! - - it reads.

<<   Sakura he suffers under her embrace….save him….bring him back to us…  >> a vision of Ryu being tortured struck Sakura.

<   ARRggggghhhh!  > She screamed in her mind. There was a funny look upon her face
<<   Yeesssss….. My little Sakura … This is the way to go….   >>
 

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Summerlodge Shadowlaw

Afternoon

Ryu and ChunLi were going over the bills for the dojo and the invitation list.
"Ahchhoooo!" They both sneezed at the same time. There was a strange feeling upon them. But the couple chooses to ignore it, they took a break and headed outside.
 

Iwa was finally returning with her six friends, all seven are dressed in black. They came up and greeted the couple.

"Li Jie, Ryu Gor. It’s being quite a while." They said.
"Li jie. Can we borrowed that cauldron?" Iwa asked.
"Sure come in." They headed into the kitchen and return with the big black cauldron.
"You guys intend to cook up a storm huh?" Ryu asked.
"Would you like to attend?" They asked. The couple declined the invitation.
"So long take care now." The couple called out. The seven girls waved back.
 
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Evening

ChunLi headed to the backyard, Ryu was leaning against the well watching the sky in the direction of Witches’ Grove. Ryu’s arm encircles ChunLi waist when she stood beside him. Both watch the same direction in silence.

To the untrained eye, the couple would seem to be watching the smoke from the girls’ cooking fire spiraling up towards the sky. But to warriors who are above Level Green, they would see what the couple is actually watching: Wispy strands of energy in the colours of the rainbow, following the smoke trail upwards. Coloured dust seems to be falling to Earth. The girls are playing with Power again.
 

The next day,the girls return and swore to each other before reaching Summerlodge

"By the powers that are we swear not to reveal what we had being shown, or at least until the right time."

"So like the fireworks?" Kumori asked, when they return the pot.
"Neat trick." ChunLi said.
"Hey Ryu congrats." The other six said as they shook his hand.
"What’s this about?" he asked. The six girls look at him and smile.

The couple turned towards Iwa.

"See! Now they’ll bug me for why you do this. You people saboed me!" Iwa yelled chasing her six friends. The couple realized that the seven girls know more than they were willing to let on.