Name: Uriko Nonomura

Beast Form: Cat

Age: 15

Fighting Style:
Uriko is flexible and has cat-like skills.  She's my favorite fighter because of her quickness...and she's so cute!
Uriko, a young girl, helped her mother run the family grocery store.  But her mother has never told anyone about her own zoanthrope blood, or that she once launched a bloody one-woman attack to free her kidnapped daughter Uriko from the Tylon.  Several years later, Uriko's peaceful life with her mother was shattered by a mysterious group.
(Shenlong appears on screen, standing over Uriko's mother, who's lying on the ground)
Shenlong: You are a fool to turn your back on our cause.  Take her away!
Uriko: It's Long, the guy from the lab!  Wait...  He looks like him, but it's not him.
The shadowy man KO'd Uriko's powerful mother Mitsuko with a single punch.  Uriko shook with fury.
Uriko: Oh no!  Mother!  I'll morph into a zoanthrope and wipe these suckers out!  You asked for it!
(Flash!)
Uriko: Screech!  W-What's going on?  Why did I turn out like this?
The surgical procedure Uriko underwent at Tylon, although transforming her into a fiercely powerful zoanthrope, pushes her human system beyond its limits, triggering strange changes.  Unable to morph completely, Uriko watches helplessly as Mitsuko is abducted.  Again, they are torn from each other.  As her mother once saved her, it is now Uriko's turn to become the searcher.
(Jenny appears on screen, arms crossed, looking foreword sideways)
Jenny: Oh, I'm too late...
Uriko: W-who are you?  Are you with them?  Where's my mother!
Jenny: How rude.  I am not with the Liberation Front, little kitten.
Uriko: Liberation...what?
Jenny: Don't you watch the news?  They're that bothersome bunch who talk about liberating the beast while in reality just making life difficult for all of us.
Uriko: You mean they're the ones who took my mother from me?
Jenny: Correct.  And what's more, the leader was apparently here in person.  You know.  You saw him.
Uriko: Him...?  He looked like someone I know… but he was more cold.
Jenny: That is the phantom leader of the ZLF.  He does bear a striking resemblance to your friend Long, doesn't he?
Uriko: Where did they take my mother?  Where are they?
Jenny: What would you do if I told you?  In your state, you don't seem at all capable of taking on the ZLF.
Uriko: Oh, yeah?  Says who?  If I fought hard enough...really hard...  I could whip those guys.
Jenny: Is that so?  Well then, why not test yourself on me?
(Fight) After battle…
Jenny: Yes, you are somewhat capable.  But you're still not ready to do battle with the Liberation Front.
Uriko: You're just a sore loser, that's all!  How uncool.
Jenny: My, what a rude little girl.  Nevertheless, you're not ready yet.  But I'll take you to someone who can help.  You can train with him.
Uriko: I don't have time for that!  I have to rescue my mother now!
Jenny: There's no need to go off half-cocked.  After all…  First they'll try to make her become a Liberation Front terrorist.  So you still have time to prepare yourself for her rescue.  Well?
Uriko: Yeah, but…?
Jenny: I don't understand why are zoanthropes are all so obtuse.  I'm the adult.  You're the child.  So just do what I say!
(Long appears on screen)
Long: You say that this man resembles me?
Uriko: Uh-huh…  I mean, Yes sir.
Long: And what do you want from a recluse like me?
Uriko: I…  P-Please…  Teach me how to fight!  I want to be stronger, so I can rescue my mother!
Long: You want a hermit like me… to be your teacher?  Preposterous!
Uriko: …
Long: I am rusty and out of fighting condition.
Uriko: Huh?  Um…
Long: But let me train.  I need it, too.  I'm on a mountain, away from prying eyes out to steal my secrets.
Uriko: Huh?  Oh!  I get it!  I can watch you silently and then practice on my own!
Long: I thought I heard a small voice.  It must be my imagination.  (A man who looks like me.  It looks like I still have work to do…)
One month later…
Uriko: Kee-yah!  There, I think I'm getting it.  But it still seems different.  Oh, well.
Long: You're doing it incorrectly.
Uriko: Whoa!  W-What a surprise.  Mr. Long, when did you get here?
Long: That's not the proper form at all.  However, your feinting moves are quite effective.  Very interesting indeed.
Uriko: Alright!  I did it!  I finally made Master Long happy!
Long: "Master" Long?
Uriko: In martial arts, that what you call your teacher, right?  And I'm your star pupil, right, Master Long?
Long: Pupil?  And who says you are my pupil?  Well, anyway, let me see just how much you've learned so far.
Uriko: My first contest!  Hooray!  Get ready, 'cause here I come!
Long: Oh, brother.
(Fight)  After battle…
Long: I am impressed.
Uriko: Yippee!  I did it!  I scored a point off of Master Long!
Long: Prepare to leave this place.
Uriko: Yes, sir!  Just hold on, Mother!  I'm coming to rescue you!
(Shina/Jane appears on screen)
Jane: You, child!  It's not safe here!  Go back home!
Uriko: Child?  Who, me?  Watch who you're talking to!  Hey, you're one of those ZLF criminals, I bet.
Jane: You watch what you say.  Kid or no kid, if you don't leave me alone, you're gonna be in trouble.
Uriko: Yeah?  I never lose a fight.  Come on, hit me with your best shot!
(Fight) After battle…
Uriko: Where did they take my mother?  Answer me!
Jane: I said leave me alone!  I'm not with the Liberation Front.  I'm just looking for someone!
Uriko: I don't believe you for one second.  So answer me!
Jane: I'm wasting my time trying to convince you, so I'll see you later…
Uriko: Hey!  She got away.  That's OK, no one can stop me now!
(Shenlong appears on screen, staring foreword hypnotically with his glowering red eyes)
Shenlong: How dare you defile the holy grounds of the Liberation Front, you wretched cat.
Uriko: So you're the one!  Yes, it's you!  Well, how dare you kidnap my mother!
Shenlong: Do you challenge me?  You're way out of your league, novice!
(Fight) After battle…
Shenlong: I made a slight mistake, but this isn't over yet!
Uriko: You still want a piece of me?  I'm gonna knock you out!
Long: You…you are…
Uriko: What's wrong, Master?  You look pale.
Shenlong: What is this horrible sensation?  Arrghh!  You, there.  Who are you?
Long: I knew this would happen some day, but never like this…
Uriko: Master!  Snap out of it, Master!
Shenlong: Blast!  We'll finish this later!
Uriko: Wait!
(Stun appears on screen)
Uriko: Yikes!  W-what is that?  Is it a huge bug… or a human?
Stun: Ggrrr…  (Leave me alone!  I don't want any trouble.)
Uriko: I never knew the ZLF had soldiers like this.
Stun: Ggrrowll.  (No!  Don't associate me with the likes of Busuzima!)
(Fight) After battle…
Uriko: You can try to stop me, but it's no use!  Wait, you fake kung-fu master!
(Bakuryu/Kenji appears on screen)
Kenji: As summer bugs fly into fire.
Uriko: Oh, how corny!  You're too young and handsome to talk like that!
Kenji: Don't waste your breath.
(Fight) After battle…
Uriko: I did it!
Long: This boy looked like he has been brainwashed.
Uriko: You mean he's being controlled by the Zoanthrope Liberation Front?
Long: Let's check him out.  If it's just hypnotism, maybe we can undo it.
Kenji: ......
Uriko: Hey, he's come out of it!  You were brainwashed.  Do you remember?
Busuzima: What the hell are y'all doing over there, dammit!
Uriko: Who are you?
(Busuzima appears on screen, body in a crouched position and hands gripped in fists, glaring angrily at you)
Busuzima: Stop messing with my subjects, ya hear?  Just who are y'all anyway?
Long: So you're the puppeteer.
Busuzima: You!  I know you!  I've seen you somewhere before…
Uriko: Stay back Master!  You pervert, I'm gonna make mincemeat outta you!
Busuzima: How dare you call a genius like me a pervert, you little brat!  Ooh, I'm reeeally mad now!
(Fight) After battle…
Uriko: Do you think you're going to brainwash my mother like you did that boy?  Well, I'll never let you!  Never!
(Shenlong appears on screen, staring hypnotically at you with his glowering red eyes)
Shenlong: Oh, you ingrates again…  You barely escape being killed, and now you rush headlong to your death.
Uriko: You won't get away!  Give me back my mother!
Shenlong: Silence!  And what's this about your mother?  How the hell should I know what happened to her?
Uriko: Don't play dumb!  You're the one who kidnapped her!  You won't get away with it!
Shenlong: The ZLF is engaged in a holy war in every corner of the world.  I can't be bothered to remember every single action we take.  Now, then!  Who is that man over there, and why does he look like me?
Long: Uriko, I'm counting on you…
Uriko: What?  M-Master, you mean…?
Long: Forgive me.  I am weak.  I just can't bear to see any more of this.
Shenlong: What are you saying?  Answer me!
Uriko: I will fight you instead!  Here's a taste of Xin-Yi kung fu fury!
(Fight) After battle…
Shenlong: You swine…
Uriko: Swine?  You're the one who abducts people and brainwashes them!  You should be ashamed of yourself!
(Mitsuko appears on screen with Uriko in her arms)
Uriko: Mother!  Oh, Mother, I finally found you!  Mother!  Oh, I'm so happy!
Thus reunited, mother and daughter returned to their happy home and picked up where they left off.  No one knows what the new era holds in store for Uriko and Mitsuko.  Perhaps, some day, Uriko may return to the world of martial arts, daring rescues, and exciting adventures.  But that is another story.
(White light appears on screen, a glint in the middle extremely bright)
Uriko: Hey, it's Kenji!  Yoo-hoo, Kenji!  How ya doin'?
Kenji: Oh, hi Uriko…  Um, I'm… I'm okay.
(Uriko and Kenji appear on screen; Kenji's riding his bike, a small smile on his face, and Uriko's standing behind him)
Uriko: Are you on your way home?  Good!  Can you give me a lift?
Kenji: Um, yeah.  I guess so.
Uriko: Great!  Alright, Let's go!  Punch it!  Floor it!  Yay!  Alright!
Kenji: Um, Uriko…  Do you think you could not make so much noise?
Uriko: What?  Did you say something?
Kenji: N-Never mind.  Oh, brother.

URIKO
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