Like the eyes of a wolf in the wild, the star of Sirius shines at its brightest in the heavens! Ryuga, a man who has Sirius as his star of destiny!

Ryuga: Who in this chaotic world will seize the rainbow?

(Conclusion of Chapter 3)



Let the New Age Awaken!
The Wolf's Howl Moves the Heavens!!

Toki tells Ryuga to witness this era carefully. Ryuga says that if Kenshiro can't defeat him, then there's no place for him in this world. Toki looks at the blood on Ryuga, and says it looks like tears.

Ryuga sees that Toki understands, and says this is all the more reason for him to turn himself into an evil wolf, and plunge Kenshiro into the depths of sadness. And to do that, Toki must die. He feels that Kenshiro has yet to understand the true feeling of sadness, but if Toki dies, Kenshiro will begin to change this era. Toki tell him to do it -if his death can pave the way to a new era, he will gladly give his life.

Ryuga says he won't bow to him, and says that Sirius must bear infamy as an evil wolf. He lands one final strike on Toki. Lin screams out Ken's name.

Kenshiro sees a shooting star, and turns around. He starts running to Toki's village. Elsewhere, Raoh is informed that his forces have retaken another village. With this, they've now retaken most of his territories.

Raoh thinks that the day is drawing closer... the day he seizes heaven itself. He then sees a shooting star, and wonders if his little brother has finally fallen.

Kenshiro arrives in Toki's village, where he sees Bat and Lin. Bat tells him that Toki has been taken to Ryuga's castle, and Lin tells him to hurry. At the castle, Ryuga sits alone, and says his service to Raoh has now ended. What's left for him now is to defeat Kenshiro. He wonders what Yuria saw in Kenshiro... he wants to see it for himself.

Outside, the captain of the guard tells the other soldiers that Kenshiro is sure to come here. They must not let him take one step in here, no matter what. He then hears someone tapping on the other side of a wall. He goes to inspect it, only for a brick to be hit so hard it bursts out of the wall, taking his head off.

Kenshiro enters the castle's grounds, but the other soldiers don't want him entering the castle. As they rush towards him, Kenshiro pulls out two sets of nunchaku, and takes down four guys straight away.

The others try and all rush him together, but he takes all of them out with the nunchaku. He then heads inside the castle, but there's seemingly nobody around.

However, Kenshiro does a kick, and kills a guy who was trying to sneak around. This gets two other soldiers to leave their hiding spaces...

...but Kenshiro kills them both. More soldiers arrive and surround Kenshiro, and tell him he's not going any further -he'll die without ever seeing Lord Ryuga. As they run towards him, Kenshiro runs by them all, striking pressure points on each of them...

...and killing them all. Kenshiro continues on, and comes across a door with just three guards before it. Kenshiro flings the door open, sending the guards crashing through it.

They all die, as Kenshiro confronts Ryuga. Ryuga welcomes Kenshiro, but Kenshiro asks him what he's done with Toki. Ryuga tells him that he must be able to see the blood.

Kenshiro looks down, and sees a trail of blood on the floor. He asks Kenshiro if he'll fight him now, but Kenshiro wants to know why he did this senseless murder. Ryuga tells him to fight, if he does, he'll understand.

Ryuga suddenly leaps up and attacks. Kenshiro moves out of the way, but his has face cut. Ryuga lands and asks Kenshiro why he won't fight -surely he doesn't fear his Taishan celestial wolf fist? Kenshiro takes his stance, and asks him if he wishes to fight that badly.

Ryuga attacks again, but Kenshiro avoids him attack, and then punches him in the face. As Ryuga gets up, he asks if that's all Kenshiro has. If it is, then this world will never change. Kenshiro asks him where Toki is.

Elsewhere, Raoh is told that Ryuga is fighting Kenshiro. Raoh wonders of Ryuga is trying to see if it will be him or Kenshiro who will change the world. Back at the fight, Ryuga takes out Toki's headband, which is covered with blood.

Ryuga says that Toki is dead. As he laughs, he asks if Kenshiro is angry, and tells him to get furious. He'll put him to death with the same fists that defeated Toki. Kenshiro asks of Ryuga wants to die that badly, and rips his jacket and shirt off. He says he'll give him that death.

Ryuga leaps forward and attacks, using a technique called tenrou toga ken (celestial wolf freezing fang fist), but Kenshiro kicks his hand.

Kenshiro then kicks Ryuga in the face. Ryuga attacks with the same technique again, and manages to pierce Kenshiro's shoulder. But Kenshiro grabs his wrist and pulls his arm back.

Ryuga then tries a rapid series of strikes, but Kenshiro blocks them all, and then stops his attack. He then starts hitting Ryuga in the chest, with many punches.

He's about to finish him off, but stops his final punch when he sees that Ryuga has a picture of Yuria on him. Toki then appears, and tells Kenshiro that that's enough. He says that there's no need for a final blow, as Ryuga has already ended his own life.

Kenshiro drops Ryuga, who's belt falls away. This reveals a stomach wound, as Toki explains that Ryuga slit and then bandaged his own stomach before the fight. The blood on the floor is Ryuga's own -it's his tears. Ryuga, who sought true peace, chose to become an evil wolf, who was starved for blood. Now that the Fist King is closer to seizing the heavens, he ended his role as an evil wolf himself.

Ryuga says he did this for the new age -he wanted to witness this new age with his own eyes. What he saw was the collapse of order -the end of the century was ruled solely by lawless, violent force. The weak and powerless suffered continuously, and this tempest needed a great tree to rest upon. The only power that vast was known as conquest, and he was sure that the Fist King was the strength it needed.

Ryuga says he then found one more great tree: Kenshiro. The North Star divine's fist essence is rage, without rage, its true power will not be revealed. So he became an evil wolf, and had no choice but to fight him.

He asks Kenshiro to forgive him, but this was more amazing then he ever imagined. But he is now certain that this world will choose Kenshiro over Raoh. Toki says that a cruel destiny was the only thing ever destined by Sirius. Sirius is the heavenly emperor's messenger, who distinguishes time and guides the North Star into battle. Ryuga tells Kenshiro that his little sister chose him, and she clearly made the right choice.

Ryuga then passes away. Toki says Ryuga was Yuria's brother, which Kenshiro is surprised by. Toki tells him not to grieve, but to change that grief into anger, and live on. The Fist King's power come from conquest and terror. But true peace lies in Kenshiro's hands.

Toki picks up Ryuga's body, and says they'll join the others who lived their lives driven by destiny. They shall become stars, and watch Kenshiro from above, alongside all those other brave men. He walks outside with Ryuga.

He looks up and sees the Big Dipper, and can also see the death omen star next to it. The death omen star suddenly shoots away, and Toki realizes his time is up. He says farewell to Kenshiro.

Kenshiro watches as Toki and Ryuga fade away.

Farewell...
Warriors with burning souls



Chapter Three:
Military Rule in Troubled Times



The End


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