The Beginning Of An End

*WHOOSH*

*WHOOSH*

*WHOOSH*

A muffled noise barely audible, vibrated within the deep dark ocean. A rather tall and muscular person could be seen within the depths. Thrusting his fists and executing techniques with a deadly calmness.

The pressure affecting him was immense, but no damage could be seen...

*WHOOSH*

'That should be good.' Shiro stopped his training and started to swim back up quickly.

Shiro had been in the dark ocean for... A long time.

So long that Baki and Yujiro had most likely already fought. Shiro didn't know the exact timings that were in the manga and he couldn't exactly tell if days had passed, but he knew it had been a very long time ever since he started training.

*gasp*

A muscular face with long black hair popped out of the ocean.

'I'm much stronger now... But I still haven't gotten much experience.' Shiro pondered weather he should fight Yujiro now or first gather experience.

Having more experience would probably not affect the outcome of the fight, but it could help lots...

Shiro's eyes squinted as he thought.

'Fight now? Or train more?'

While Shiro wasn't the smartest person alive. He knew that he should prepare as much as he could for this fight. The fight that would decide weather he continues or not. The fight between the strongest...

His Hanma bloodline urged him to fight. But his brain argued thinking more rationally.

Shiro looked into the distance, looking past the endless sea.

'I guess it's now or never.' Shiro smiled in anticipation. He wanted this fight now...

It seemed training alone in the dark ocean had filled him with boredom.

Shiro started to swim fast towards the open land.

***

Shiro soon made it out of the sea. As his full body was revealed some changes could be seen... His clothes were ripped and extra scars could be seen...

The training was not without enemies, and it seemed that the unexplored ocean held formidable opponents.

At this point Shiro thought about Pickle. The monster that could rival Yujiro's strength. If he were to fight Pickle now... It would be a lot easier.

Shiro then started to walk towards a random person. He had to find out the date first.

"Excuse me." Shiro's frightening figure loomed over a pedestrian that was walking by. The person, although scared replied.

"W-what do you want?" This development surprised Shiro a bit...

'Am I that ugly?' Shiro sighed before replying, "Has there been any huge fights recently?"

The persons expression wavered as they realised they weren't getting robbed or worse...

"U-uhh... There has been a massive fight a few weeks ago... They said it was a father and so-"

"Thanks for the info, see ya around." Shiro ran off before the man could finish his sentence. This was because he had sensed Mitsunari Tokugawa...

This old man would definitely have a clue to where Yujiro is, and he could find out if Miyamoto Musashi had been released into the world yet.

Shiro quickly reached a bald old man sitting inside of a simple cafe drinking tea. The old man widened his eyes as he noticed Shiro's familiar figure and Shiro sat down.

"It's been a while huh?" Shiro smiled casually relaxing in his chair.

"Y-you... Your back!?" The old man was really surprised. Baki had been looking for Shiro ever since his fight with Yujiro.

The old man sighed, "Your brother has fought Yujiro..." The momentary surprise subsided and Mitsunari decided to lay on the news straight away.

Shiro's smile bloomed even further. Because of his interference he wasn't completely sure that Baki would win.

"Baki is now one of the strongest creatures in the world. And he has been looking for you, because he wants to fight." The old man continued talking with slight worry on his face for the chaos about to come.

Shiro was surprised that Baki wanted to fight him. But he thought it was reasonable since after the father and son fight in the manga, Baki looked unbelievably bored waiting for a new opponent.

"That's nice to know Mitsunari. But... I have a request. Do you know of Yujiro's current location?" Shiro desperately wanted to fight, so he directly asked.

"Shiro..." Mitsunari sighed, "If you want a fight with Yujiro I can relay the message, and you can officially fight if he agrees."

Knowing that it would be a pain to find Yujiro, Shiro agreed.

The two soon split off after saying chatting and saying goodbye and Shiro walked towards the home of Baki.

As Shiro continued to walk he soon reached the comfortable looking house and remembered something...

'It's time for revenge. Goodbye door.' Shiro had remembered the sacrifice of his door...

*BOOM*

Shiro's palm thrusted into the door explosively pushing it back into a wall and smashing into pieces.

footsteps sounded and the figure of Baki soon showed up. He looked at the destruction of his door, and at the familiar face of his brother...

"You..." Baki sighed.

Shiro lightly chuckled and responded, "It's good to see you again."

A light smile resounded on Baki's face, "Yeah... Good to see you brother."

The two brothers fist bumped concluding the moment.

And after the two seated down a rather serious expression formed on Shiro's face.

"I heard you fought him..."

"Yeah... Though I didn't win. He completely thrashed me around during the fight and it could only be considered a draw at most..."

Baki's expression was of regret. It still wasn't enough... He remembered during the battle he got used as nun chucks...

"Pfft..." Shiro tried to hold his laughter as he thought about the fight between them. Baki was used as a weapon by Yujiro. And a great weapon he was...

"Huh!? Why are you laughing? D-did you see it!?" Baki stood up seemingly embarrassed. Although you could say the fight went incredibly well for him, it was definitely embarrassing to be used as a weapon during the fight...

As Shiro's laughter came to an end he looked up at the ceiling. "Baki... I'm going to fight him too."

Baki looked at his brother and knowing that he was probably experiencing the same addictive feeling of wanting to battle he slowly nodded.

"I don't know what will happen. But listen... This could be my final message to you Baki."

Baki knew what fighting Yujiro meant... Because he had fought him to a 'win' he wasn't 'eaten'. But if you lose against 'The Ogre' the highest possibility is... Death... Even if your his son.

"There is more to the blood inside of you. A stronger potential. A stronger power... Come..." Shiro bit his finger sprouting some blood. He then motioned Baki to do the same.

Both fingers connected in an exchange of blood and Shiro's eyes flared a magenta hue briefly. As Shiro brought his finger back. Baki fell unconscious.

'This is all I can do for you brother... If this battle goes wrong then...'

Shiro grew rather attached to this simulation? At this point he really questioned it... But he looked no further into it as he believed that it could be time...

Yujiro was a man of immense strength. Even in the manga he hadn't really been injured that much at all in any battle. To fight him now was near certain death, but Shiro wanted it. The fight with the strongest. His goal.

He smirked at the unconscious Baki and left the house smiling...

***

"Hey what's going on here?" A large group of people surrounding a field were spectating something happening.

"There is a big fight between that big red haired guy and another one of his sons... This family really confuses me..." A man sighed in response, but inwardly he was excited...

Two figures face to face.

Yujiro Hanma 'The Ogre'.

Shiro Hanma.

"Baki really surprised me ya know?" Yujiro's massive figure stood on the green grass with his hands in his pockets.

"To be able to do something like that is... Exhilarating. I have acknowledged him to be on the same field. But you..." A feral smile appeared on Yujiro's face, his smile stretching.

"You must surprise me Shiro! Because I won't be as light as I was with Baki!"

A powerful and intimidating aura exploded out of Yujiro's body. People watching were affected by this aura and sweat dripped from their scalps.

"Let's fight already." Shiro was calm. Calmer than ever.

A foul black aura excluded from his body.

'Void'

He decided to rename his techniques... Too chunni.

He activated his 'state' and his whole body was covered. His eyes flashed the unique colour and he was ready.

*BOOM*

A sonic boom thrusted the surroundings causing rubble to fly and people to fall.

Yujiro's fist had reached mach1 and hit Shiro in the chest.

Shiro blanked for a moment before regaining consciousness mid-air and flipped stopping his momentum.

"Is this all you got boy?" Yujiro stood with a bored expression.

"Hehahahahha heahhahahahaha heahahahahah..." A maniacal laughter resounded from Shiro. He didn't feel the pain. He didn't feel anything but... Excitement. This was what he had been waiting for...

Shiro stood up once again silent.

*WHOOSH*

He rushed towards Yujiro so fast the audience couldn't see him. He raised his leg and swung it at Yujiro's head.

The kick connected and Shiro continued the onslaught. Punch after punch, kick after kick, all landing on vital areas of the body.

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

To finish off the attack Shiro readied a familiar stance. But different.

'Black Descent'

Shiro did a spinning hook kick which whipped Yujiro's cheek.

*POW*

But that wasn't all. The black aura covering Shiro's foot extended onto Yujiro's face. It fizzled the skin making it bubble slightly.

This attack wasn't at all heat. The effect of Shiro's murderous aura corroded whatever it extended onto. However this was something Shiro only wanted to test. He would probably scrap the use of this aura as it was largely inefficient.

Yujiro stood firmly. He had tanked every attack. He noticed the effect of Shiro's aura and wasn't surprised. This was rare. But not something he hadn't seen before. A technique that allows one to use their intent or aura for attacking. It was similar to Baki's imagery but not the same.

A small grin appeared on Yujiro's face. His back muscles stretched forming the face of a demon.

'Demon face' Shiro thought.

It seemed Yujiro was starting...

*BOOM*

A fast punch landed on Shiro's face sending his back onto the grass, and a tiny purple aura fizzled onto his nose.

*BOOM*

Another punch landed onto his face caving him deeper inside and the aura extending.

*BOOM*

Another deadly punch hit again...

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

The crowd watched scared. This wasn't a fight.

Yujiro raised his bloodied fist, and Shiro's mutilated face came into sight. The aura covering his face fizzled more and more doing the same thing that he had done to Yujiro.

At least that's what it seemed like... The aura was slowly being absorbed into Shiro's body. It didn't damage him at all and instead seemed like it was helping him.

Yujiro smiled at this development and waited silently.

All of Shiro's injuries started to heal rapidly. They were already healing at an extreme pace, but this was different. His bones clicked and his face reconfigured. And soon... He was healed.

His eyes flashed open. Showing a new change.

***

In a comfortable house, a man sweating unconscious woke up.

It was Baki.

Sweat dripped from his head and he slowly recalled what had happened before his slumber.

"Shiro..."

He had exchanged blood with Shiro and now... He felt different. It wasn't a massive change, but he felt like his potential or something had increased.

He flexed his grip and thanked Shiro in his mind, before remembering that Shiro had said he was going to fight Yujiro.

Baki rose in a hurry and turned on the tv to look at the news.

A large crowd of people surrounding two figures that looked like they were talking.

Baki quickly rushed towards the destination. He knew that place and he wasn't going to miss this fight.

He soon reached the destination and wormed his way through the crowd. At each step he felt a daunting aura hit him. He continued through and soon reached the front.

"W-what?" His mouth hanged open at the sight.

Two figures. One with red seemingly glowing eyes, and the other a white lustre protruding from his eyes.

This wasn't a battle between humans.

It was something else...