Lili Rochefort has taken her father's fortune back. When, old rivals of his find out about this are after his fortune again. The young girl fearing for her father's safety decides to hire two bodyguards for him. Baek Doo San's dojo is crushed and Hwoarang is going to do anything to find money to help his master rebuild it. Steve Fox wishes to get back in the ring but with no one to sponsor him, he decides that he needs to do it by himself. Asuka Kazama fell into depression when she failed to capture both Feng Wei and Jin Kazama, something that caused her to fail her college entrance exams. Wanting to make her parents happy, she decides to find the money to enter a technical college. These four people are going to meet because of their need for money. However, something is going to distract them from their goals. Are they going to succeed, in the end?

IMPORTANT NOTE: I do not own anything

CHAPTER 1: The Blood Talon exists no more

"Say what?!"

In a dark alley located in the hidden streets of Seoul, a young man was leaning his well build body on a wall, having a cigarette between his lips. Four other men were surrounding him and they seemed kind of upset. He rolled his eyes at them. They were so noisy, he couldn't even enjoy his cigarette. He dropped it and stomped on it. The others stepped behind. When the Blood Talon was stepping on a cigarette, he hasn't finish, two things would happen. Case number one: He's pissed seriously with someone and thinks about how he could get rid of him. Case number two: …No words…Hwoarang was unpredictable…To sum up, everyone feared the case number two more than anything, even from the first case…

They swallowed hard, while waiting for his moves. This guy was so damned frightening, that was what his minions believed and that was the reason, no one had ever opposed him. They saw him as he took out his bike's keys and started walking away. Another one from his minions stopped him with his voice…

"You can't do that, boss! What is gonna happen to us?" he said trying to reason with the taller, younger man in front of him…

Hwoarang sighed and looked at the ground. He stopped playing with his keys and looked at the man, who talked to him… "You want me to be honest?"

The four of them stayed silent…In the end they nodded fearing the answer…

"I see…Well, fine then. I don't give a shit to what's gonna happen to you."

They looked at each other and decided to not push the subject any further. He gave them one last glance and before he was ready to leave, he said…

"Make sure that everyone, here, knows that they won't see the Blood Talon ever again."

The Blood Talon…Oh no, no...Hwoarang left the alley with a saddened expression on his face. Not because he had the best memories from there, more like the reason he was leaving. He had no other choice…He needed to get serious this time. And being the one and only Blood Talon wasn't helping him at all.

…

Earlier this morning…

"T-Take that…Who's the…best…now…I…am" he murmured in his sleep…

Everyone could guess what kind of dreams Hwoarang was having when he would catch himself talking in his sleep. Fight! Fight! Fight! These were good dreams. There were some others like "I'm sorry, Master, I won't do this again!" or "NO! No, the one thousand push-ups!" These were nightmares…

RING RING…

The bell was heard but Hwoarang couldn't hear it…

RING RING…

Again the same…

RING RING

That was the last time the doorbell was heard…There was some quietness until his phone was heard. Unfortunately, he had it close to his ear and he woke up. He cursed under his breath and looked at the caller…He swallowed hard. Then, he looked at the clock opposite him and checked the time. He gasped and picked up immediately the phone…

"Yes, Master!?"

A female voice was heard and Hwoarang looked again at the caller's ID. No, it was Baek's number. He placed the phone again on his ear and said… "Who are you? Why are you having my master's phone? Outside my door? Huh? Whatever, I'm coming." With that he dropped the call and walked outside his room. He scratched the back of his head and yawned…

He arrived in front of the door and grabbed the doorknob. He opened the door and came across a worried woman's desperate face. His eyes widened. Who the hell was she? And why did she have Baek's phone?

"Umm…You're Hwoarang, right? Baek's student?" she asked and placed her hand on her mouth, while she was staring at him with her teary eyes…

The young man was confused with that woman's appearance… "Yeah…Who the hell are you?" he asked…

"Can I come in?"

Hwoarang looked at her upside down. She seemed some years older than him and she was quite pretty… "Proceed…Just make it quick."

The woman walked inside and he closed the door behind him. Before he was ready to turn in front of him the woman touched his shoulder and said…

"Dress up and come with me!"

"HUH?!" he said and snapped her hands away from his shoulders… "What's with you? Get out of my house!"

"I'm sorry for that…But I'm a little stressed. You asked why I have Baek's number. You must come with me. He's in the hospital!"

Hwoarang's eyes widened in fear. He wore immediately a shirt and some pants and grabbing the woman's hand, they made their way to where his bike was. He motioned for her to take a seat behind him and asked her… "In which hospital is he?"

"The General Hospital" she said and sat on the bike…

After a ten minute ride, since Hwoarang was driving to full speed, they arrived at the hospital and the woman led Hwoarang to Baek's room. He sighed in relief when he saw him with his eyes opened looking outside the window. However, he was beaten to death. Whoever fucking bastard did this was going to die slowly and painfully by his own hands, thought Hwoarang as he tightened his grips. The woman walked to the door and said to him…

"Hwoarang?"

He looked at her… "Will you come? He wants to see you." After saying that, Hwoarang nodded and followed her inside…

Both Hwoarang and the woman walked inside the white room. Baek turned his head and noticed his student's worried expression and his eyes, which were ready to shed tears. It was true…Hwoarang never showed any qualms, when it came to his emotions. He was an honest and straightforward person, who showed his emotions every time. Whatever kind of emotion that was…

"Hwoarang…" tried Baek to call his name. His whole face was hurting from the beating and his throat fell sore…

The young man walked in an instant next to his injured master or "father" as Hwoarang was thinking of him. He sat on a chair beside the bed and touched his hands…

"Master…Tell me, who did this? I'm gonna cut their throats."

Baek looked at Hwoarang's hands, which were touching his own. He brought his gaze to meet his student's determent one. Yeah, that man could be seriously thinking of killing the culprit. The woman, who was still standing by the door, walked to Baek's side and touched his shoulder. The older man looked lovingly at the woman and asked her…

"Hana…Please, leave us alone for a moment."

The woman smiled and nodded… "Sure, dear, call me if you need anything"

Hwoarang was left with his mouth open. Did she call him "dear" and Baek let it be? What was going on here? The woman walked away and closed the door behind her, leaving the two men alone…

"Does it hurt a lot?"

"Uh…well, I'm not going to die."

"I know…Umm…Do you want to eat or drink anything?"

Baek nodded his head… "Some water…Only that. My throat is dry."

"On it!" said Hwoarang and stood up to give his master a glass of water. Baek took it in his hands and started swallowing it slowly. He didn't have much strength…

"Who is that woman?" asked Hwoarang…

"Isn't she lovely?" said Baek with a smile… "Her name is Hana…and…"

Hwoarang sighed… "And you're fucking each other."

"Hwoarang!" Baek called him in an angry way… "I'm going to marry her. I would talk to you sooner about her but…"

"You mean the age gap? Is that what held you back?"

The older man nodded and his student smiled… "It's fine! But I have to admit it. You still got it, old man."

Baek wanted to smile at this. He remembered how pushy was the young woman as to convince him to go out with her. She knew that he was thinking about their age difference but she told him that she liked him for a long time and she wasn't going to stop. The man seeing how the woman was smiling at him decided to be with her and eventually asked her to marry him. Any other way, Baek would definitely tell Hwoarang about this but he was sure that he was going to start mocking him. Good thing he didn't in the end…

"That's not the point…I'm ok…But…"

"But?"

"The dojo, Hwoarang…It all happened when I was ready to close it. Someone drugged me and I couldn't fight him properly, I was dizzy…I don't know what exactly happened later…I don't remember. When I woke up I was here. Hana told me that the dojo was crushed."

"WHAT?!"

Baek didn't say anything in return. He was still thankful that none of his students were there yesterday. He turned to see Hwoarang and witnessed his enraged state. He didn't like what he was seeing. His student's impulsive personality was always something that was causing him trouble. Hwoarang gritted his teeth. This dojo meant everything to his master. He was spending his time there almost all day. All he could think was to rebuild this dojo but how? Both student and master weren't from the guys, who were saving money for a rainy day. Especially the younger one…

"Boy?"

Hwoarang gave him a reassuring smile noticing that he was worried about him.

"Leave it to me, master. We're going to rebuild this dojo. All I want is for you to be safe and rest, ok?"

"We don't have the money."

The auburn haired man placed his hand carefully on his master's shoulder… "You turned me into a strong man. Let this pretty lady take care of you for as long as it's needed and leave the dojo to me. I'll get the money. You focus on your health."

Baek looked away. He started feeling weak and useless but as he looked at his student's caring smile, he just couldn't say no to him…

…

Hwoarang, after coming back from the alley, opened the door of the small apartment he was staying. In the past, he used to live with Baek until the older man kicked him out since he was bringing women at home. The older man never accepted carelessness from his student. Whatever he was doing, he had to do it outside the house or else to get his own. In the end, Hwoarang rent a small apartment close to Baek's as to go to him to be fed. Even though Hwoarang rent this apartment to Baek it was like he was just sleeping elsewhere. He was just wasting money, but he believed that Hwoarang was an adult already and it would be a day that he would have to mature. A smile escaped his lips…

"Look at this, master…Seems like what you said happened in the end." He murmured and made his way further inside…

He was ready to walk to the bathroom until he heard his cellphone's ring tone. He sighed irritated since he really wanted to use the bathroom and took the phone, finally, in his hands. He looked at the caller and rolled his eyes. He wouldn't miss something, if he just rejected the call but…the hell with it.

"What do you want? I'm gonna kick this old man and why did he tell you, anyway? You don't have to. What do you mean when you say you're already coming? I don't want you to come, you're always a pain in the ass…Whatever…Do as you wish…Fuck off!"

Hwoarang dropped the call and threw the cellphone on the couch. As he was ready to walk away, he slipped on the white floor, resting on his butt. He gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath. In the end, when he managed to stand up he walked to the bathroom…

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