The nuclear flames which razed the Earth gave birth to an age of power. Power clashed with power, sparks flew as fist met fist. One man boldly set out to rule this troubled world. His name was Raoh. Ryuga, who had joined Raoh, reunited with his brother, Juza of the Clouds, and learned of Yuria's death. Yuria was their sister, and the woman that Raoh had once loved. And that woman's death pushed Raoh further down the path of Asura.

A Woman's Battle

At his castle, Sarim tells someone called Isabella how he's never been with a woman as beautiful as her. He thinks she could become his queen, but she tells him not to rush, as he could hurt himself. Sarim suddenly starts choking, and falls off the bed.

Isabella gets up and says this is why she warned him about hurting himself, although the result would have been the same even if he'd not been in a rush. She reveals she'd poisoned his drink, and pulls out a knife. She tells him that he's a nuisance to his master, and then plunges the knife...

...straight into his chest. Sarim grabs onto her neck but then falls down, dead. As Isabella looks at him, she has a UD mark on her shoulder.

Meanwhile, Raoh is informed about the death of several other kings in neighboring countries to the south. Ryuga thinks they're just like vultures fighting over scraps, but they still can't allow any insects to try and block their rule. Raoh says to ignore it, as for now they need to defeat Jadam, the Iron Emperor. Soga says he has a plan, as the battlefield they'll use has a few obstacles which could put the Iron Emperor's army at a disadvantage. If they move forward, they can expect Jadam's force to charge head-on.

Later on, the Fist King's army moves out, but Reina is left behind to guard the castle. Jadam and his army soon appear, and the Iron Emperor declares that he'll crush the so-called Fist King. As the Fist King's army stops, Soga says the Iron Emperor's army is centered around heavy infantry. And whilst they're heavily armored, they lack mobility. He says that their own army have prioritized mobility, so as long as they don't slow down, they'll win.

Meanwhile, Reina has headed off on her own. Two soldiers follow her, as she thinks about Raoh. She thinks about how Yuria has died, and how she was the woman Raoh loved. She also thinks that she's fine being a mere general, she'll simply serve Raoh. One of the soldiers asks her if it's alright for them to be doing this without an order from the Fist King, and she says they're just going to investigate the new force in the south. She wants to eliminate any potential threats to the Fist King.

Isabella returns to her master, Dagar. She says she has killed Sarim as ordered, and Dagar praises her. He then beckons her to come up to where he is, so she walks up the stairs. But as soon as she does, he grabs her neck and asks her what those scars are.

She explains they're something Sarim did when she stabbed him, and they will heal in no time. Dagar throws her back down the stairs and says he only accepts perfect beauty. He tells his men to do what they want with her.

Isabella screams for Lord Dagar, but he totally ignores her. Komaku then appears, and says he has word that Reina from the Fist King's army is heading towards their castle. When Dagar hears this, he thinks Reina would be worth getting on their side. He tells Komaku to lure her into the castle.

Reina's group arrive in the town, but there seems to be nobody around. But Komaku and two men then appear, and Komaku introduces himself as being Lord Dagar's aide. He's come here to welcome Reina by order of Dagar.

Reina asks who they are, as they've been expanding their territory -are they rebelling against the Fist King? Komaku claims they aren't, the expanded their territory all for the Fist King's sake. Reina tells him he can't fool her, and wants to know where Dagar is. Komaku says he's waiting in the castle, and he'll show her the way. Reina warns him not to make any funny moves, or she'll cut him down -down underestimate her just because she's a woman.

Komaku leads them back to the castle, but as soon as they enter, he leaps away, and the two soldiers with Reina get shot up with arrows. One of them manages to escape, as the gates shut behind him.

Reina sees Komaku jumping around, and she leaps up after him. But as she jumps up, Dagar drops down. He uses his Nanto hiyoku ken (South Star conjoined wing fist)...

...and as the two land, Reina sees that her sword has been sliced in half. She pulls out her other sword and resumes fighting with Dagar, but he suddenly stops moving. Komaku calls out to Reina, and says that's enough. She sees that the other soldier has survived, but Komaku has a knife to his throat.

Reina throws her sword to the ground, and two men grab her. But she turns around to see Komaku kill the soldier anyway.

Dagar introduces himself to Reina, and welcomes her to his castle. He has her taken down to a dungeon, and says she's more beautiful than the rumors say. He thinks it's a waste for her to remain as Raoh's woman, and has her thrown into a cell. He thinks it's really noble for a mere woman to come here alone all for a man's sake, but her luck ran out when she went up against him.

He says he and his army will turn her into an assassin, and will get her to kill Raoh. He thinks her eyes are begging for death now, but she'll lose that attitude soon, and then she'll be begging him for the opportunity to kill Raoh. Reina tries to charge the cell door down, but it won't budge. Dagar laughs, and then leaves.

Meanwhile, the battle between the Fist King and Iron Emperor has begun. Raoh says the enemy army has blindly charged into their formation, and Soga says it's time. He has a solider fire a signal arrow up, which gives a signal to Ryuga and Sakuya's group to begin their attack. They charge towards the enemy army from behind.

A soldier informs Jadam that enemy reinforcements are behind them. The Iron Emperor's soldiers quickly start being slaughtered, and the ones near the front turn around and retreat. Soga says their plan has worked, and today will be the Iron Emperor's last.

Jadam finds out they've been completely surrounded, but he starts killing many of the Fist King's soldiers by himself. He swears he won't die until he's taken the Fist King's head. Meanwhile, the injured solider who escaped from Dagar's castle arrives, and falls from his horse.

He explains to Soga what happened, but Raoh has also heard him. He immediately leaves, and whilst Soga tells him victory is almost in their grasp, he tells Soga to do as he wishes. A soldier asks what they're doing to do, and Soga says their only mission is to defeat Jadam.

At the castle, Dagar prepares to burn the UD mark onto Reina. He says he seeks perfect beauty, so he won't hurt her. He then has Isabella dragged in, and she is tied down. He tells Reina that Isabella will suffer for reasons that have nothing to do with her, and Reina can only watch as Komaku starts torturing Isabella.

Back at the battle, Jadam continues to kill more of the Fist King's soldiers, but Ryuga then gets in his way. Jadam tells him to look at this, as he shatters his armor, and increases his size. His entire body becomes as hard as steel, and he tells Ryuga to take this:

GENTETSU KEN: BAKUKOU DAN

(Stern Iron Fist: Burst Steel Bullet)

Ryuga leaps up and uses one of his techniques to slice the horn from Jadam's head, and also cut into his shoulder. He says that steel can easily be broken, but Jadam then gets up, and uses another technique:

GENTETSU KEN OUGI: GASHIN DAN

(Stern Iron Fist Secret Technique: Fang Needle Bullet)

He fires many needles, which blind Ryuga and make him stumble. Jadam approaches him, but Sakuya gets in his way. He tells her to move, but as he goes to punch her, she does something. Ryuga recovers just in time to see that Jadam has been defeated. He asks Sakuya what happened, and she says she just finished Jadam off. Ryuga says it doesn't look like Jadam was killed by a sword, but Sakuya tells everyone that Jadam was defeated by Lord Ryuga, and they've won this battle.

Reina is about to say who she now belongs to, but Isabella tells her not to say it, she must not take the oath. Komaku starts whipping her over and over again, as Reina says she belongs to Dagar. Dagar is pleased, and says it's now time for the seal of contract. He goes to burn the UD mark onto her...

...but Reina spits blood into his eye. She then grabs the poker with her hands...

...and hits Dagar with it, knocking him down. She points the poker at his face, and then tells Komaku to release Isabella.

Reina and Isabella escape, and Reina tells Isabella to come with her. Isabella holds her burnt hand and can't believe she went through that for her, but Reina tells her to hang in there, she must focus on escaping now. The two run towards the castle's gate.

But as they reach it, Isabella is shot in the back with an arrow, and dies. Dagar, Komaku and a group of men appear, and Dagar tells Reina to give it up. Reina tells them to kill her, but Dagar says he's much rather humiliate her in ways far worse than death.

Raoh then blasts down the doors. Reina apologizes for what she's done, but Raoh slaps her and says that independent action is not allowed.

Raoh tells Yuda that it looks as though he has been taking care of his people. Everyone turns around, surprised to see Yuda walk out. Yuda says it looks like his underling took arbitrary action.

He asks the Fist King to just pretend this was all a joke. Raoh says it's the duty of a king to take responsibility for his soldiers. He asks Yuda if he wants to die by his fist, but Yuda says he has no intention of being his enemy. He says that his star is the star of beauty, a most beautiful and resourceful star. All he wants is beautiful women, but Raoh thinks he's not even worth killing. Yuda says he gives permission for the Fist King's army to pass through their territory, but Raoh says that's not required -if he wants to, he'll force his way through here any time he wants to pass. Yuda tells him not to be stubborn, as Meioh is to the south of them, and then the Holy Emperor after that. He thinks Raoh doesn't know who the Holy Emperor is, and says it's someone he's very familiar with.

Raoh says if the Holy Emperor's identity is worth knowing, he won't need Yuda to tell him. If the Holy Emperor is worth fighting, he'll know after they exchange blows. He turns to leave, but Reina asks about Yuda. Raoh says forget him, he's just an idiot who only knows how to use women to kill the unwary, so they'll just ignore him. Yuda thinks that he won't forget this humiliation, and swears to defeat both Raoh and the Holy Emperor one day -he'll make his own name heard across the world!

Raoh and Reina return to where the rest of the army is. Raoh asks how things went, and Ryuga says that their unscathed look should serve as an answer. The army sets off back to their own castle.

Reina thinks about what she was trying to do, she just wanted to be of use to Raoh. She looks at one of Isabella's earrings, and thinks she's unable to understand Raoh.

The star of beauty, Yuda, gave Raoh a prediction. Meioh and the Holy Emperor would eventually stand in his way, but Raoh paid no heed. Any who stand in the way of his rule will be smashed by his fists.


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