Kenshiro, Bat and Lin stand outside Ryuga's castle, burning the remains of Toki and Ryuga. As they look on, Lin is wondering about why people have to fight to such levels, but sees that whenever Kenshiro becomes sad, he becomes stronger.



Kenshiro thinks about what Toki told him...turning grief into fury. He hopes Toki will be watching him from the heavens above. He also thinks about the other stars in the sky, and the men who represented them. Ryuga...and the Nanto Roku Seiken.



A long time a go, there were guards who defended the six gates of the Imperial Palace. They were the strongest of all the various styles of Nanto Seiken, and were known as the Nanto Roku Seiken (South Star Six Sacred Fists). But after the nuclear war, the current six members of the Nanto Roku Seiken split up.



Kenshiro thinks about Shin, the man who set him on the journey of his destiny. He thinks back to when he first clashed with his former friend...



Remember when Kenshiro remembered when Shin defeated him, and took Yuria away? Yes.



Kenshiro's path to take Yuria back and take revenge on Shin was met with many battles. Remember when Ken fought and destroyed Zeed with the Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken? Yes. Remember when Ken defeated Diamond? Yes.



He also defeated Club a few hours after Spade. Mr. Heart proved to be Ken's first challenge, but even he fell. Yes. Remember when we saw Shin riding around taking over villages and...



...kicked that guy so hard he went straight through him? Yes. During that episode we see that Shin revealed to Yuria that he was building the city of Southern Cross just for her, and would make her into a Queen. Surely her feelings for him would change then.



As Ken thinks on, he remembers how Shin had power and authority, but eventually Southern Cross was destroyed when Shin's men rebelled. Yes. Whilst Shin and Yuria survived in the devastated city, it was soon time for Ken to fight Shin. Yes.



Shin saw that Kenshiro was no longer the man he once knew, and he tried to cut off the source of his obsession by killing Yuria! He struck her and began to laugh, but this only made Kenshiro's rage increase, and he hit Shin.



This single punch led to many others, as Kenshiro used a technique called Hokuto Juji Zan on him. He had three minutes to live, and he watched as Kenshiro went up to Yuria's body. But Ken found out that it wasn't Yuria at all, it was just a doll! Shin explained to him that the real Yuria was dead...



Shin had told Yuria that he would build a new city for her, one even greater than Southern Cross. Yuria knew how Shin would accomplish this, and many people would suffer for it. So instead, she decided to end her own life by jumping off the fortress, before Shin could stop her.



Refusing to die via Kenshiro's technique, Shin bid his opponent farewell before leaping to his death. Back in the present, Ken wonders about his former friend. He was the star who died for his love -would he have been re-united with Yuria in heaven?


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