Kenshiro, heir to the North Star divine fist style, continues his wanderings. Rei, master of the South Star waterfowl fist, searches to kill the man with seven scars, who kidnapped his sister. And Mamiya, a woman who leads her village. The three of them travel on into the mountains, in order to crush the monstrous bandit gang living there: the Fang clan.

Only Villains Can Smile!
How I Hate This Age!!

Kenshiro, Rei and Mamiya walk through a canyon. They see a lot of human remains, and Mamiya says it wasn't always like this. Rei says this must be the Fang clan's doing. Mamiya tells them that she thinks there is a small village up ahead.

However, the Fangs are already waiting outside the village. Led by Gojiba, the Fangs ride into the village on their bikes, and start their attack. They set some homes on fire, and slaughter some villagers. Gojiba tells the Fangs not to kill the young ones -take them alive. The Fangs comply.

They load their new prisoners onto a truck, and Gojiba tells them that they will be sacred sacrifices for his brothers. As he tells them to be grateful, they then hear a scream from behind. Some villagers have been cornered by Madara, a large beast. One of the villagers fires an arrow into him, but he yanks it out.

Becoming enraged, Madara slaughters the villagers who attacked him. Gojiba tells him that he'd said to take them alive.

Madara says that they were resisting him. Gojiba says that have to stop Madara, so a couple of Fangs leap onto him. But Madara throws them off, so some more Fangs grab some chains, which are attached to balls. They place the chains on Madara.

Madara is placed onto another truck. Gojiba says it took longer than he wanted, but this should do fine. He and the other Fangs leave the village. A short time later, Kenshiro's group alive, but see that they're too late. Mamiya says the Fangs have killed everyone, even the women and children.

They see one boy has survived, and pull him out of some wreckage. He tells them that everyone was killed by the Fangs, and asks them to kill the clan. He then dies from his injuries. Nearby, two Fangs have remained behind, and think they'll be able to avenge their brothers.

They charge in, but are easily dispatched by Kenshiro and Rei. Back at Mamiya's village, Bat and Lin are waiting around. Lin says it's so cold, and Bat agrees, saying it's really cooling down now. Lin says it's not that -it's because Ken isn't here. That's why it's so cold. She says she knows Ken will come back.

At the Fang's hideout, the entire clan is howling over their dead brothers. The Fang King appears, and tells the dead to rest in peace. He says they were good boys, who followed his orders. He's sure that God will call them all into heaven.

Nearby, the prisoners asks what's going to happen to them. The Fang King tells them that they will die, along with his poor sons -they will serve them in heaven. One of the villagers says he's got to be kidding.

The Fang King asks him if he doesn't feel sorry for his sons -can't he understand the pain he feels in his heart? He tells them all that they must understand, they should want to give their lives for his sons. The same villager from earlier asks who would want to die for a criminal like him? The Fang King grabs him, and tells him he can go to hell. He crushes the guy, and then decides the others are selfish cowards. He turns his back on them, and tells his sons to get them.

The villagers are slaughtered, as the Fang King says that his sons shall be avenged. Madara then starts screaming, and tears apart his chains. The Fang King tells him to stop, and asks him what is disturbing him. Madara says he will avenge his brothers.

A Fang then says that the protectors are here. Kenshiro's group are taking a break, and Mamiya says this place is creepy. Rei says they're in the Fang's territory, so they'll have to be careful.

They then hear Madara screaming, and see that the Fang clan have arrived. The Fang King tells them they'll make them pay for his son's deaths, and sends in Madara. Madara leaps down, and Kenshiro tells the others to stay back -he can handle this by himself.

Madara starts running around Kenshiro, moving so quickly that there appear to be multiples of him. Rei says this is the Kazan bunretsu ken (Huashan separation fist) technique. Madara's speed creates afterimages, which make his body appear to split up. Madara suddenly leaps up, and comes back down towards Kenshiro.

Kenshiro strikes a pressure point on his throat, but he bites down onto Kenshiro's arm. However, he finds he can't tear his arm off. Kenshiro says that he struck the kyo-nai pressure point, so Madara won't be able to bite anyone now.

The Fang King says Madara's fangs aren't his only weapons. Madara starts running around again, and rips off Kenshiro's shoulder pad in an instant.

The Fang King says that Madara's claws can cut stone. Kenshiro says it's time he got rid of this monster. Madara charges, but Kenshiro strikes pressure points on his hands:

GOSHI RETSU DAN

(Five Fingered Explosive Bullet)

Kenshiro says that the North Star divine fist has existed for 2,000 years, and tells Madara that he could follow his movements from the very beginning. Madara's hands then blow apart, and Kenshiro follow it up and a kick, that knocks one of his teeth out.

The tooth gets launched up to the Fang King, who catches it in his mouth and crushes it. Kenshiro then follows it up with a single punch:

HOKUTO HAGAN KEN

(North Star Face Breaking Fist)

Madara falls down, but gets back up again. However the Fang King tells him to stop, as he can't beat Kenshiro. He tells him to come back before he gets killed. Kenshiro says he should have stopped him before he jumped down -he's already dead.

Madara's head is split apart and explodes, killing him. The Fang King sees that this is the North Star divine fist, and tells Gojiba to send her out.

Some lights get turned on, and shine over a woman. Rei immediately recognizes her: it's Airi!

Rei calls out to her, but she asks who is there. Rei starts to run towards her, but Kenshiro stops him just in time -some spears shoot out of the ground, and nearly pierce through Rei. Kenshiro tells Rei to calm down, and not go any closer. Rei tells him to let him go!

Mamiya tells him to calm down, but Kenshiro says it's no use, nothing they say to him will do any good. Rei screams that he's here, but Airi doesn't seem to recognize him as her brother. Instead, she believes he must be her new master. She promises that she will never run away, and will do anything he says. She asks what she wants him to do.

Rei can't believe she doesn't recognize him, but Kenshiro says she must have seen such horror that she can't hear him now. Rei tells Kenshiro to let go, or he'll kill him! He gets free and cuts through some of the spears.

He then throws Airi's veil towards her, and it lands over her head. Rei tells her to try and remember -this veil was the one she was going to wear for her wedding. As Airi touches the veil, she feels the embroidery on it, and remembers what happened.

She realizes her brother is here, and thought she'd never see him again. If she knew she would have seen him again, she never would have lost hope. She says that after she was kidnapped, she was sold again and again as a slave. Despair was the only thing she had left, as she didn't have the courage to choose death. So the only way for her to live in this word, was to close her mind to it. She poured poison into her own eyes.

She asks where her brother is, so Rei runs towards her. But as he does, a Fang bursts out of the ground, and stabs through Rei's hand. Rei immediately slices the Fang into pieces.

But before he can get to Airi, she suddenly gets tied up and hoisted up to where the Fang King is. The Fang King tells Rei that his dear sister is now in his hands. He says how dare he kills his beloved sons, and then pulls out a large sword.

Rei screams for him to stop, but the Fang King says he wants him to know the pain he feels. He scratches Airi with his sword, as Rei screams his sister's name.

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Now even Mamiya has been captured! Will the Fang's storm be averted by the North Star holy ring? Next time, on Fist of the North Star: "Rei! I'll Stop Your Tears with My Fist!!"

Kenshiro: Fang clan... I can't forgive you.