1 Reborn

"Hey, Ryu, wake up dude, don't scare me like that, c'mon wake up"

A man voice entering my ears, but when I try to open my eyes I only see stars in front of my eyes and dizziness in my head. Damn! what happens to me?

"Ryu! Finally, you open your eyes, Hey Ryu, say something…Don't just silent like that. Did my kick hit your head too hard?"

That man is speaking to me again while patting my cheek.

Eh? My head get kicked by him? How come my head gets kicked by him? Finally, after my sight gets clearer, I can see the man that spoke to me. He's wearing red karate gi and red headband tie in his head, covering his forehead and his blonde hairs. Holly shit! That…that man….that man is…

"Ken?"

"Thank God, Ryu. I thought you will lose your memory because of that kick but seems you can recognize me, that's mean you're alright. Phew, I'm so afraid master Gouken will scold me if he knows about this. But it's your fault Ryu, you should not be distracted when we doing sparring like that. I'll get some water for you, just wait here and don't move too much"

After saying so many words finally he left me that still dumbfounded by this sudden event.

He…he is Ken Masters!

A character in the video games that I love to play, Street Fighter! And he calls me Ryu? That Ryu? Ken Masters' best buddy and also rival? What the hell happened to me before?

[Hello, Ryuichi Sakamoto]

What? Suddenly there's a sound in my head. I looking for around but see no one around me

"Who…who is there?"

[I'm God of Games]

"God? Really God? Can you tell me what happens?"

[I'm God. Don't you Japanese have many Gods and deity? I'm one of them. I'm existing since the first game creates in Japan. And for what happened to you, in brief, is, you dead and reborn in this world]

"I'm dead? How? The last thing I remember is I'm playing video games in arcade games near my school after the school is over"

[Yes. That's the place where you die. And because of your love for the games, I decided to give you a new life in the video games world]

"Oh God, can you tell me how I die? The last thing I remember is I still playing street fighter game where I using Ryu and fight against Ken before I meet the last boss"

[No wonder. Your dead is quick and you feel no pain because you focus on the game. You know what's building in front of that arcade games?]

"If I'm not mistaken…it's a bank"

[Yes, when you playing the game at that arcade, there's bank robbery happen there. Shooting happens between the police and the robbers, and you get shot straight in your head because of a stray bullet. Your blood and brain fluids splattered all over the game machine that you played]

Ugh! Am I dead in such gore state? I'm starting to sorry to ask how I'm dead to him. But he said I'm reborn here? Moreover, it's reborn in the body of Ryu, one of my favorite characters in street fighter. Wow, maybe my dead is not too bad either. I should ask God how I'm supposed to live here.

"God, thanks for giving me second chance to live here. But how I'm supposed to live here?"

[isn't you love fighting game? Of course, you will live here for fighting. Get strong, master special moves and combos, make the ultimate strike, isn't that what gamers usually do?]

"That's mean…I can use Hadoken (波動拳 Hadōken, "Surge Fist" or "Wave Motion Fist", Shoryuken (昇龍拳 Shōryūken, "Rising Dragon Fist"), and Tatsumaki Senpukyaku 竜巻旋風脚 Tatsumaki Senpūkyaku, "Tornado Whirlwind Leg"), as well?"

[Yes, you can. You must also know that there are different types of Hadoken, and other moves as well, right?]

"Can I learn that too God?"

[That depends on your understanding and learning of that move, Ryuichi, is there anything else you want to ask?]

"Is there also bad guys like Bison in this world God?"

[Good and bad, Light and dark, that always exists in harmony Ryu, including in this world. The game now isn't decided by the creator, but by the player. The choice is in your hand. Now, I'm leaving. Enjoy your second life in this world that you love so much. Bye]

"God….God…."

But there's no answer or voices in my head anymore. Well, he already left as he says, leave me here with my second life. Oh, I can't wait to see what kind of life that I would have in here later.