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The Butterfly Dragon - Heroes of our Own: Reimagined
by Brian Joseph Johns
Episode 12: Full Circle
Six years ago
Keeping the Muscle Firm
Abandoned Strip mall Storefront
Old Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
[Nepenthe - Juliana Barwick]
Myung stood behind Aikiko, the two of them sizing up the rusted metal door out back, in the receiving and service area of an abandoned strip mall, on Gerrard Street, a block east of Broadview Avenue, just shy of the heart of the City of Toronto.
"Maybe you should get it... I mean, its been a while for me. I haven't even been doing my stretches..." Myung suggested to Aikiko, who looked to her cautious friend.
"That, and your job is a bit more physical than mine... I mean the dominatrix thing," Myung added, trailing off as she finished her sentence.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Aikiko immediately turned around to face Myung.
"Exactly like it sounds. You're obviously in much better shape... that's all..." Myung tried her best to backtrack.
"I'm a penetration tester too you know. I've got corporate customers!" Aikiko had somehow become offended by Myung's words.
"Penetration... I bet..." Myung replied, nodding her head condescendingly towards Aikiko.
Aikiko suddenly turned around, and took a step back, thrusting her right leg furiously at the door. Once, then twice. With her second thrust kick, the padlock and bracket snapped, breaking in half and falling to the cement outside of the door.
"You know, sometimes you just...!!!" Aikiko clenched her fists, and when she realized she'd broken the lock, she turned to Myung once again.
"Way to go. Good plan. You had me fooled," Aikiko nodded to her, then turning back to the doorway, through which she stepped cautiously into the darkness.
"Who said anything about fooling you?" Myung responded.
Aikiko turned around and flashed her a fierce look.
"Just kidding..." Myung responded, now treading carefully as she followed Aikiko into the old commercially zoned studio storefront that used to house Hanshi's Dojo, and Sebomnim's Dojang.
Aikiko quickly produced a mini LED flashlight from her purse, and used it to navigate through the dark interior of their former martial arts school.
"Its sad, really. This is the kind of place that should have stayed. It was a part of community history," Myung reflected on her dedication to civic values as they trapsed through the remains of their former school.
"They clearly stated that if and when the great disaster befalls us, that we were to meet them here, under the first darkness of night..." Aikiko reminded Myung of their promise to Hanshi Morgan Hind, and Sebomnim Hoon "Tiger" Kwang.
"Maybe this isn't the great disaster?" Myung suggested.
"Sure. Like Helayne being grieviously injured in the service of protecting her friends isn't a great disaster. Maybe you should just turn around and go down the street to DeSantos Martial Arts and sign up there, and forget you ever trained here..." Aikiko said sarcastically, making a reference to the rivalry between the two schools.
"You're still sensitive about my remark..." Myung corrected Aikiko, both sticking close to her, and keeping her distance from her.
"Which one? About my being stronger because I'm a dominatrix, or your quip about penetration... testing...?!!! Look, I'm an intelligent and hard working woman trying to make sure in the interest of women everywhere that she gets taken seriously," Aikiko responded confidently.
"Aikiko, I worked all day too, but I left out the part about my day not being your typical Thursday. For one, I was the laughing stock of the courtroom when one of the defendants, a man looking at seven years without parole, pointed at my shoes to let everyone in the courtroom know that I had toilet paper stuck to my heels. Then, while working behind the processing desk, I had another defendant threaten my life because I accidentally spelled his name with an 'E' instead of an 'I'. I'm about at my patience' end with you! Look, lets just start playing on the same team again?!!!" Myung's patience wore thin and she expressed herself as fiercely as Aikiko might have in the same situation.
"Gotcha! Live by the pink, die by it too," Aikiko winked at Myung as she pointed at her head, very obviously indicating her (pink) brain.
Aikiko, who had point, was facing Myung as the last of her words left her throat.
There was a moment of sudden stillness, and something moved with speed and precision from the darkness of their former Dojo, the wooden floor still in place.
Aikiko's flashlight suddenly flew from her hand, flying through the air in slow motion as she backed up, barely dodging the fist that followed it.
Myung backed into the doorway, while Aikiko cartwheeled backwards away from it with the speed and precision of a ballet dancer. The flashlight landed on the wooden floor, rolling noisily for a moment until it came to focus upon a man in black garb, his face covered with an ancient veil, which Aikiko immediately recognized as a symbol of something much more dangerous. Sinister.
The man's hands slowly arrived at his waist, and to a pair of Sayas, one at each side. From the one on the left, he withdrew a razor sharp Tanto, and from the other he unsheathed an equally cared for Wakizashi.
[There is nothing for you here, young and mortal daughter of the Tanaka clan. Hell has declared war on heaven, and the lines are being drawn throughout the East, as they are being scribed in the West. Leave with your life today, or stay and die. The choice is yours.]
"田中一族の若き娘よ、ここにはお前にふさわしいものは何もない。地獄は天界に宣戦布告し、東方全土で戦線が引かれ、西方でも戦線が引かれつつある。今日、命を落とさずに去るか、留まって死ぬか。選択はお前次第だ。" man in the veil proclaimed in pre-dynasty Japanese.
Myung suddenly stepped forward from her slumber and refusing to remain helpless and in need of rescue, she grabbed the man from behind, restraining both of his arms employing a Korean technique taught to her by Hoon Kwang nearly a decade earlier.
"Alright Aikiko. What is this guy? A Ninja? Talk to me!!!" Myung panicked as she felt the flexing of impossibly hard muscles beneath his black Gi.
"No. Not Ninja. He's Yōkai no yami no gādian-tachi..." Aikiko replied in mixed English and Japanese transliteration.
"A what?" asked Myung.
"He's a Dark Guardian of the Yōkai! A discarded spirit of Shinto who defends demons..." as Aikiko finished her sentence, she stepped forward and set forth a series of kicks, just of the Dark Guardian broke free of Myung's grip.
Aikiko's first kicked landed solidly, though to Aikiko it felt as if she'd struck concrete rather than flesh. Her second entirely missed the Dark Guardian's chin, as he bent over away from it, at the same time headbutting Myung's chin behind him.
Myung fell backwards, instinctively recalling how to correctly roll. Miraculously, she was back upon her feet using the momentum provided by the Dark Guardian's own energy.
Aikiko on the other hand dodged frantically as the Dark Guardian's bladed attacks flew one by one, backing her all the way across the floor to the closest wall, descending her into further darkness the more distant she moved from the flashlight on the floor.
"Myung! Help!" Aikiko yelled as she hit the wall, having nowhere left to retreat.
The tanto came at her face, blade first, barely missing her as she shifted her neck to the side. The blade pierced the wall and then the concrete barrier like a hot knife through butter.
"Myung watched in horror as Aikiko struggled to keep up with the Dark Guardian's onslaught, suddenly realizing that she had to act.
She recalled Hoon Kwang's voice as he delivered a lesson to their class:
"Our art is based upon some very simple concepts that when applied correctly, can have seemingly fantastical if not overwhelming effect. Strength is force. Endurance is sustainability - how long you can go without tiring. Agility is coordination and accuracy. But momentum...? its like the multiplication sign of the martial arts world. It takes all of those concepts I just described, and increases them many, many fold if you know how to effectly do it. Imagine a line that intersects each of those concepts, and continues in the direction that force is directed, and you have momentum mastery..." Hoon Kwang's words echoed through her recollection of the training.
Myung took a few steps back, and then as the Dark Guardian continued his onslaught on the trapped and quickly tiring Aikiko, she applied the concept of momentum, causing herself to collapse mid flight into a tight spin, ever increasing in rotational velocity until when she once again extended her leg and foot for the strike, the force of her relatively small motion was multiplied many times over.
It connected with the Dark Guardian's back, just beneath his neck. Aikiko simultaneously sidestepped, narrowly avoiding being pinned to the wall by the Dark Guardian's Tanto and Wakizashi, while giving Myung the opening to impact full force.
The Dark Guardian impacted the wall, piecing the drywall and colliding with the cement barrier, crushing his face. He stood for a moment and then fell backwards to the wooden floor, as Myung landed, standing in perfect form for a moment until the pain of the newly acquired fracture of her tibia could no longer be ignored.
As the Dark Guardian lay on its back on the floor, unmoving, Myung fell, grasping her leg and trying desperately not to cry. Her face contorted as she stifled the pain.
Aikiko immediately grabbed hold of Myung's arm, hoisting it over her shoulder as she lifted her friend and saviour, attempting to flee with her before the Dark Guardian rose once again. By the time she was upon her feet with Myung dangling from her right shoulder, the Dark Guardian was standing ready, with both its Tanto and Wakizashi ready for another round.
He moved in on Aikiko, who backed away with Myung protectively, even stepping in front of her friend as she closed her eyes awaiting the final death strike of the demon guardian, though it never came.
Instead, she opened her eyes to see two familiar faces, and a third unfamiliar face of a woman behind them. The familiar were Morgan Hind Hanshi, and Sebomnim Hoon "Tiger" Kwang.
Hanshi moved first, throwing a punch with his rock hard fist into the center of the Dark Guardian's chest, moving the unmovable object with an unstoppable force. When the Dark Guardian retaliated with a thrust of its Tanto, and slash of its Wakizashi, Hind Hanshi quickly took up his Sanchin form. His body became as hard as the scales of a dragon. The Tanto bent under the force of the Dark Guardian's attack, folding as it impacted his skin. The Wakizashi's blade broke in two as the Dark Guardian attempted to eviscerate Hind Hanshi's central torso and innards.
"Not so tough without your weapons, are you?" Hoon Kwang them moved in on the Dark Guardian, kicking and punching at the demon guardian until it fell to its knees before Hoon "Tiger" Kwang.
"This soul is nothing now. Muryokuna seishin. An impotent spirit. Without purpose..." the woman who'd emerged from behind Hind Hanshi and Hoon Kwang revealed herself, enraging the former guardian of demons with her words.
It got up from the wooden floor and charged at her, though she did not even blink at its display of aggression.
She merely waved her hand, and it surreptitiously disappeared. Forever.
Myung suddenly felt immense relief to the injury she'd sustained early attacking the Dark Guardian.
"Its gone. I'm better..." she looked to her leg, which was no longer swelled or ailing her.
"You two haven't been practicing, have you?!!!" Hind Hanshi immediately challenged them, looking first to Aikiko, and then to Myung, both of them dropping their gaze and chins in shame.
"You're not simply a few teenagers who after years of not having ridden, start bicycling once again. Martial arts isn't permanent of guaranteed. Its a discipline. A muscle, and like all muscles, it requires maintenance lest it become atrophied. You might remember scant details, like execution, posture and form, but your muscles and bones will get weak, you will certainly be injured when you try to excel at your former level. You were to be the butterfly's guardians, and yet you have become..." Hind Hanshi continued to grill them.
"Free...?" Hoon Kwang suggested to Hind Hanshi, referring to both of their former students.
"There is no freedom from the martial arts. You're either dedicated or you're not. We almost lost you, and you almost lost the Butterfly!" Hind Hanshi raised his voice.
"They succeeded. They held the Dark Guardian off long enough for us to assist," Hoon Kwang insisted.
"You are both right. They simultaneously failed and succeeded. There is no sense in shaming them further, anymore than there's a point to lifting their spirits with the drivel of encouragement. If they understand the seriousness of the situation, as I'm certain they do, they'll include training as part of their daily regimen. If not, then they'll join that demon guardian in his fate," the much older woman addressed them there in the room.
"And you are...?" Myung asked the woman.
"I am Ms. Huệ Vân," the elderly lady responded.
To be continued...
Written by Brian Joseph Johns
Credits and attribution:
Artwork: Amy Wong, Wendy Pusey, Ghastly, Birdman, Brian Joseph Johns, Daz3D, Unreal Engine...
Tools: Daz3D, Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, Lightwave 3D, Blender, Stable Diffusion (Easy Diffusion distribution), InstantID, Sadtalker, Google Colaboratory, Microsoft Copilot (Windows 11), Hitfilm, PhotoPea (a great web based Photoshop stand-in if you're on a low budget or in a pinch), Borderline Obsession...
DeepSeek AI for suggestions on exercises to improve aspects of describing scene and settings with a more sensory focused grammar.
InstantID by: Wang, Qixun and Bai, Xu and Wang, Haofan and Qin, Zekui and Chen, Anthony. Research Paper Title: InstantID - Zero-shot Identity-Preserving Generation in Seconds.
Sadtalker by: Zhang, Wenxuan and Cun, Xiaodong and Wang, Xuan and Zhang, Yong and Shen, Xi and Guo, Yu and Shan, Ying and Wang, Fei.
Research Paper Title: SadTalker: Learning Realistic 3D Motion Coefficients for Stylized Audio-Driven Single Image Talking Face Animation.
Gratitude: Our Mentors, Senseis, Sifus, Sebomnims, lifetime inspirations, family, friends, the Nomads (ask Stanton about that one), the Music, the Movies, the Theatre, the Arts, ASMR, (both YouTube and Bilibili and the many other creators on those platforms), the Gaming and Developer communities and of course, the audience.
Martial Arts (in the words of real experts and at least one comedian): https://brucelee.com (home of the real Dragon and an entire family of inspirations), http://iwco.online International Wing Chun Organization (International presence of a very scalable intensity martial art, protected and developed by Shaolin Nun Ng Mui) and the alma mater of Jinn Hua's own specialized variation thereof, https://iogkf.com International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karatedo Federation (even Hanshi had his teachers), https://itftkd.sport International Taekwondo Federation (Here there be Taegers), https://tangsoodoworld.com Tang Soo Do World (the path of Grandmaster Chuck Norris), https://www.aikido-international.org International Aikido Federation (how else would Navy Chef Steven Seagal liberate a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier from a team of hijackers?), https://www.stqitoronto.com Shaolin Temple Quanfa Institute (The City Of Toronto's own Shaolin Temple), https://www.enterthedojoshow.com Master Ken's Ameri-Te-Do presence (If we can't laugh at ourselves, then we can at least laugh the loudest at others, and other Zen)
Thank you to the divine Miss M and to Hirose of our Own for the inspiration for the character Aikiko Tanaka. May they always embody the empowerment of women and their self determination.
Magic (performance, illusion and perhaps the real thing): Magic Week Archive (I'm currently growing this section so stay tuned)
Special thanks to Aitrepreneur, Mickmumpitz, Hugging Face and the YouTube educational content producers, including those catering to the AI content production pipeline and of course AlphaSignal.
Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
Jesse Enkamp: Karate Nerd
Jesse, a reknowned Sensei who runs his own dojo, explores the world of Martial Arts, traveling to many exotic locations to meet practitioners of a variety of different arts
Sensei Rokas: Martial Arts Journey
A reknowned Sensei of Aikido who in seeking to understand the roots of Aikido and its applications, seeks to stress test its effectiveness in a number of real world situations while studying its history
Iaido: Train For Katana Mastery Like Samurai
The original weapons focused curriculum under which Samurai became masters of their art
Extensive courses for calisthenics and body strength, stamina and flexibility
Special thanks to Captain Crunch and his wonderful sister!
Special thanks to Bandcamp for giving indie music artists a home under one roof
Something to give you perspective: The very first teacher had no formal education, didn't graduate and was self taught, but only because they had no other choice. We do.
Tools: Daz3D, Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, Lightwave 3D, Blender, Stable Diffusion (Easy Diffusion distribution), InstantID, Sadtalker, Google Colaboratory, Microsoft Copilot (Windows 11), Hitfilm, PhotoPea (a great web based Photoshop stand-in if you're on a low budget or in a pinch), Borderline Obsession...
DeepSeek AI for suggestions on exercises to improve aspects of describing scene and settings with a more sensory focused grammar.
InstantID by: Wang, Qixun and Bai, Xu and Wang, Haofan and Qin, Zekui and Chen, Anthony. Research Paper Title: InstantID - Zero-shot Identity-Preserving Generation in Seconds.
Sadtalker by: Zhang, Wenxuan and Cun, Xiaodong and Wang, Xuan and Zhang, Yong and Shen, Xi and Guo, Yu and Shan, Ying and Wang, Fei.
Research Paper Title: SadTalker: Learning Realistic 3D Motion Coefficients for Stylized Audio-Driven Single Image Talking Face Animation.
Gratitude: Our Mentors, Senseis, Sifus, Sebomnims, lifetime inspirations, family, friends, the Nomads (ask Stanton about that one), the Music, the Movies, the Theatre, the Arts, ASMR, (both YouTube and Bilibili and the many other creators on those platforms), the Gaming and Developer communities and of course, the audience.
Martial Arts (in the words of real experts and at least one comedian): https://brucelee.com (home of the real Dragon and an entire family of inspirations), http://iwco.online International Wing Chun Organization (International presence of a very scalable intensity martial art, protected and developed by Shaolin Nun Ng Mui) and the alma mater of Jinn Hua's own specialized variation thereof, https://iogkf.com International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karatedo Federation (even Hanshi had his teachers), https://itftkd.sport International Taekwondo Federation (Here there be Taegers), https://tangsoodoworld.com Tang Soo Do World (the path of Grandmaster Chuck Norris), https://www.aikido-international.org International Aikido Federation (how else would Navy Chef Steven Seagal liberate a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier from a team of hijackers?), https://www.stqitoronto.com Shaolin Temple Quanfa Institute (The City Of Toronto's own Shaolin Temple), https://www.enterthedojoshow.com Master Ken's Ameri-Te-Do presence (If we can't laugh at ourselves, then we can at least laugh the loudest at others, and other Zen)
Thank you to the divine Miss M and to Hirose of our Own for the inspiration for the character Aikiko Tanaka. May they always embody the empowerment of women and their self determination.
Magic (performance, illusion and perhaps the real thing): Magic Week Archive (I'm currently growing this section so stay tuned)
Special thanks to Aitrepreneur, Mickmumpitz, Hugging Face and the YouTube educational content producers, including those catering to the AI content production pipeline and of course AlphaSignal.
Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
Jesse Enkamp: Karate Nerd
Jesse, a reknowned Sensei who runs his own dojo, explores the world of Martial Arts, traveling to many exotic locations to meet practitioners of a variety of different arts
Jesse, a reknowned Sensei who runs his own dojo, explores the world of Martial Arts, traveling to many exotic locations to meet practitioners of a variety of different arts
Sensei Rokas: Martial Arts Journey
A reknowned Sensei of Aikido who in seeking to understand the roots of Aikido and its applications, seeks to stress test its effectiveness in a number of real world situations while studying its history
A reknowned Sensei of Aikido who in seeking to understand the roots of Aikido and its applications, seeks to stress test its effectiveness in a number of real world situations while studying its history
Iaido: Train For Katana Mastery Like Samurai
The original weapons focused curriculum under which Samurai became masters of their art
The original weapons focused curriculum under which Samurai became masters of their art
Extensive courses for calisthenics and body strength, stamina and flexibility
Special thanks to Captain Crunch and his wonderful sister!
Special thanks to Bandcamp for giving indie music artists a home under one roof
Something to give you perspective: The very first teacher had no formal education, didn't graduate and was self taught, but only because they had no other choice. We do.
This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.
This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.
