Suguru frantically searched for his friend everywhere he could think of but there was no sign of Shuichi, Eiri, Hiro, or Sakano. He tried everything he could to locate them telepathy, Tarot cards; they all pointed him in several different directions of the ottoman. Knowing that he couldn't be everywhere at once, the Psychic used his powers to read the minds of whoever he could hopefully the minds he read were his friends. While conducting this operation, he heard the thoughts of a familiar friend.
We need to get the hell off of this ship, as soon as we find Hiro and Suguru. Then Suguru followed the thoughts of his missing friend, the thoughts got louder which meant that he was getting closer. He found himself in what appeared to be a washroom. In that washroom he ran into Shuichi and two unfamiliar people. He knew that someday using his newfound telepathy would pay off. He never thought that it would be in a situation like that.
"Master Shuichi!" he cried. Then he ran and hugged his pink haired companion. While still holding on to him he saw a boy with blond hair, blue eyes and was dressed in rags. Then his attention turned to a young woman with her hair wrapped in double buns and was in a torn, blue dress. He could already tell that these two were slaves on the ship but he didn't know who they were. Luckily for him they wouldn't be strangers for long.
"Where are our manners? My name is Cody." The blond said holding out his hand. He shook hands with Shuichi and Suguru. Then the woman introduced herself.
"I'm Chun-Li, one of the few living female slaves." She said. On the ottoman there are not many female slaves who survive during the voyage due to illness, suicide and murder. Some of the females jump ship for their freedom. Others die of fatal illnesses and some are killed by the captain. Chun-Li was one of the lucky servants who are surviving this journey.
It wasn't long before Suguru began to think the best and worst of what was going on.
"Master Shuichi, are you trying to free the other slaves from the ship?" he asked.
"Well, umm. Okay I am." Shuichi answered. He was trying to get the slaves off of the ship and hopefully they would get on another ferryboat to eternias. It would take a while because they would have to wait yet again. But it would probably be worth it if they were all still alive. Suguru finally revealed his vision to the warrior.
"I just saw a man on this ship. He was killing all the slaves and capturing the living ones. Hiro was one of the captured slaves." He warned.
All of them were shocked to hear about Suguru's vision. Cody and Chun-Li looked at each other. It seemed as if they new the person who would be attacking the ship at any moment. Both Shuichi and Suguru looked extremely suspicious of their behavior. They appeared to be frightened of the person that suguru saw in his vision.
"You know who I'm talking about, Don't you?" he questioned. The two turned their attention to their new companions then to each other. The fear that covered their eyes began to slowly creep all over their bodies. They did not want to look suspicious but they were terrified of the person in Suguru's vision. Plus they remained quiet.
"Who is he?" the psychic asked again. This time he sounded more serious. Cody and Chun-Li knew that they were boxed in a corner. There was no getting around it; they had to let their new friends know what was up.
"The Man in your vision is Bison. He is the real captain of the ottoman; Zangief is only the acting captain until he returns from his world voyage." The Chinese woman explained. "He has what they call psycho power. He uses it to control people's minds, destroy objects, even to kill anyone opposing him. Either you join him or die. Either way he benefits."
After hearing her explanation the group went all around the ship to free the other slaves before Bison's return. It was going to take a while but they were making good progress.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ship, the prince, Charlie and guy were looking for Ryu. They started with every room on the lower deck. Looking through those rooms turned out to be a wild goose chase but they were at least able to get other slaves off of the ottoman and onto a nearby ferryboat, well the ferryboat was across from said ship. Next they checked the top deck but little did they know was that the other group of slaves was coming down to the bottom deck and they all bumped into each other. The collision caused them all to head right back into the hall in which they first started their search. After recovering from the headache educing collision, they realized that Most of the crew was reunited. The only people left to find were Hiro and Ryu.
"You damned brat!" Eiri yelled. "Couldn't you take your band of fools somewhere else?"
"Excuse me!" Shuichi yelled back. " We were coming down here to find Ryu! You should have taken your group somewhere else!"
"I was doing that until you ran into me!" Eiri pointed out.
"No, you ran into us." The pink haired teen said. Their argument went on for about five minutes. As they fought Suguru had that "here we go again" look on his face. Not very long after that he began to have what appeared to be another seizure, or something like it. Everyone knew that another vision was coming. Guy and Cody held Suguru up as his vision processed.
Vision.
The gang is attacked by bison's newest slave. They are all struggling to fight this new enemy because of the emotional attachment they have to him. (The vision is cut off)
"What happened?" Cody asked. "What did you see?"
The psychic teen struggled to put all the pieces together. The vision wasn't finished yet but he was able to describe a little bit of what he saw. It was still very sketchy but he summed it up.
"I saw someone attacking us. I'm not sure where it was at, the vision is still blurry. But I think it was bison's minions. "It wasn't very long before he and the other's figured out why suguru's visions kept getting cut off whenever he was in a part of the ottoman. It was only a hunch but it was the strongest lead they had.
It's possible that Bison's psycho power is tampering with the powers that be. He thought. Maybe that is why my visions were not able to get through.
They all headed for the top deck and saw a crossing ferryboat. On the boat was the two people that they had been looking for all along. Hiro and Ryu. They rushed for the ferryboat and one by one they jumped from the ottoman to the ferry. There was a large gap between the boats and in that gap was an ocean tens of thousands of feet deep. The current was irregular because the clouds were getting darker and darker. The loud cry of thunder filled the air. Most of them managed to get to the boat but Shuichi was terrified of the jump. All of his fears surfaced as the storm grew close and the boat was floating away. What if he didn't make it? What if he fell into the ocean and drowned? What if he never saw his friends again? The others did their best to encourage him to take the leap of faith.
"its okay, Shuichi." Chun-Li said reaching her hand out. "I'll catch you."
But that did very little to ease his fear.
"Master Shuichi, you can do it!" Hiro shouted. "Just believe in yourself!"
That didn't help very much either. But when he saw that the boat was slipping further and further away, the rookie warrior finally decided to jump from the ottoman and hopefully land on the boat. He floated in the air and came down but was inches away from the boat. He slowly descended to the waters below. Chun-Li tried to catch him but it was too late. He was already down below. The entire group grieved over what appeared to be the demise of a fallen comrade. But they noticed that Eiri was gone. They looked everywhere for him but he was no where in sight.
About half an hour later, they see the blond prince on a life boat with an Unconscious Shuichi. Relief and worry entered their minds and hearts as they awaited for their friends recovery.
~one day later~
Shuichi awoke from his coma long after being given CPR. He saw that he was on the boat that was passing by the ottoman. He was wrapped in a blanket, shivering and holding that blanket for dear life. The teen looked to his right and saw that Eiri was right next to him. He looked under the blanket and saw that both of them were completely free of any clothing.
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