The South Star Capital Trembles!
The 2 North Star Brothers Finally Arrive!!

Kenshiro stops at the edge of a cliff, and looks down at the South Star capital. Nearby, Raoh has also arrived. Both men think about the same person: Yuria.

In the capital, Rihaku asks Tou about what's on her mind. She asks why Kenshiro and Raoh must fight, as they are brothers. Rihaku says it is the destiny of the North Star school, which has a 2,000 year history. Tou asks why they must repeat such foolish battles. Rihaku says it is that way so the North Star divine fist, an art of assassination, is inherited by only a single successor.

Ryuken found Raoh and Toki, and caused them to fall of a cliff. Raoh yelled why he had done this, and Ryuken said he had only promised to adopt one child, he didn't need two. He said the one who climbs up is the one he'd adopt, as the weak can't inherit the North Star divine fist. Time passed, and Ryuken thought neither of them were going to climb up. He started to leave.

However, he saw that Raoh has climbed up, but had managed to bring Toki with him. This surprised Ryuken, but Raoh said he wouldn't become Ryuken's adopted child unless Toki could come as well. He and Toki then began to fall, but Ryuken saved them both.

Raoh and Toki trained in the art of the North Star divine fist, and were later joined by two others: Jagi and Kenshiro. They all trained together.

This began the bloody battle to become the successor to the North Star divine fist. One time, Ryuken asked Kenshiro and Raoh what an art of assassination is. He had a large tiger released into the room, and said it could sense the energy emanating from them. He wanted them to defeat the tiger as if they were to assassinate an enemy.

The tiger confronted Kenshiro first. Kenshiro stared at it, and the tiger eventually backed down, and even allowed Kenshiro to pet it. The together then confronted Raoh. It went to strike him, but he was able to stop it in its tracks. Raoh then decapitated the tiger. Raoh thought the tiger had no respect for Kenshiro, and that was proof that he was not worthy of being the successor. However, Ryuken thought Kenshiro was the one to be feared, as before him, the tiger resigned itself to death. Before Raoh, it feared death... Raoh's fists could not be used as an assassination art.

Sometime later, Kenshiro was chosen as the successor. Jagi went to Raoh and Toki, infuriated that the youngest brother has become the successor. Jagi ranted, but Raoh and Toki said nothing. He went off to confront Kenshiro, and after he left, Raoh said Jagi couldn't win against Kenshiro. But Kenshiro wouldn't kill Jagi, either. He believed Ryuken had chosen the wrong successor, and that the 2,000 year tradition of the North Star divine fist would end here.

Later, Ryuken spoke to Raoh, asking him about what he intended to do now. Raoh did not want to give up his North Star divine fist techniques, so Ryuken attempted to seal his fists. He almost defeated Raoh, but right before he could end it, he suffered a heart attack. Raoh then took Ryuken's life.

Time passed, and Kenshiro returned from the depths of hell. Meanwhile, Raoh, who now used the name the Fist King, was burning with desire to rule the century's end. Rihaku says that Raoh, Toki and Kenshiro brought the North Star divine fist into the most powerful era in history. If they had been born in different eras, this tragedy would never have happened.

Toki had once made a promise with Raoh: if Raoh ever went astray, it would be Toki's job to seal his fists. Toki eventually confronted Raoh, but could not defeat him.

Raoh told Toki that he couldn't defeat him. Due to his illness, he could not overcome him. Raoh then defeated Toki, but didn't kill him.

Rihaku says that Raoh is the first man in the 2,000 year history of the North Star divine fist to have broken its code. His ambitious empire is nearly complete, all that remains for him how is to defeat Kenshiro, and hold Yuria in his hands. Tou sheds a tear, then runs off.

Outside, Raoh says Yuria is the only woman worthy of the Fist King, the ruler of the century's end! He says he won't let Kenshiro have her, and then gets the Black King to head down the cliff. As they go, they encounter Kenshiro. Raoh laughs and says Yuria belongs to him, the Fist King!

The destiny of 2,000 years of the North Star divine fist has now brought these two men together! As the storm whips through the wasteland of the century's end, the final, fatal battle begins!


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