Go for Broke: The Dragon Spirit Fight
By RichieD.
(A/N: Hello good people of FF.net, welcoming you to my first King of Fighters fanfiction. Granted I've been working on a few fight fictions lately, but all of them Capcom vs. SNK. So after playing of few games of KOF, checking around for story outlines to KOF '03, and giving a "what the heck". I decided to make one solely based on that game. Of course I should mention that this ties in with my Nothing to Lose series and that my characters are the main focus here. And while I'll try to make this as stand-alone as possible (this is a side story), I suggest checking back at the first two stories, Nothing to Lose and NTL: SNK Style, to get a better perspective of whats going on. With that said I own no rights to KOF and characters related to the games other then my own. So if you suit are expecting to get anything, its your waste of time. Enjoy Read and Review.)
King Of Fighters
KOF for short
What is it? A fight tournament what else? Gatherings of those brave enough to step into the ring and let loose their skills upon others who are equally trained in arts of combat.
For the many veterans (and there are many) that have competed in the last couple of years. They have learned never to take the competition for granted as doing so could lead to something far beyond getting a couple of bruises.
Don't believe me? Then let me show you a bit of a checkered past in the following years
'94-'95: A madman who sponsors the tournament challenges fighters on his local warship. Covering the losers in steel after he beaten then adding them to his collection, thinking hes the supreme fighter ever. But after being handed his first ever defeat, does he take it with dignity? No, he tries to blow the victors up along with his ship failing miserably of course. A year later, this man comes back. Half man, half machine fueled only by revenge and backed by a brainwashed fighter who one of the greatest martial artists in the world. However even with all his sneaky tactics, he still loses and this time at the cost his life….presumably.
'96-'97: Near the end of the next contest a local stadium is attacked by sudden tornados, almost killing local onlookers. The one responsible being an elderly man with great power able to use the wind at his disposal. He attacks the finalists only to be defeated through a very harsh battle, leaving a cryptic message of destruction before vanishing. Also reports of two of the fighters showing violent behavior that left many wounded and two dead. Next year, three of the fighters show strange signs of powers very similar to the two that went on the rampage last year. What happen to these fighters and the events afterward is unknown. All that is known from those that experienced the last fight was that they muttered the words "humanity now has another chance."
'99-'01: A conglomerate sets there sites on the tournament, hacking sinister plots that have interfered with the lives of many participants for the next three years. One tournament involved a clone world takeover that, thankfully, never happened. Another involved a space cannon that wiped out the city that was birth of KOF: SouthTown, regretfully taking many lives. Lastly was a very unclear final fight with the head of this conglomerate, supposedly trying to off the very creations he produced. But in the end was brought down by them. The only thing left was a meteorite that fell from space and into the ocean, supposedly the hideout to this sinister group.
Needless to say, its a enter at you own risk thing. You either have to be extremely brave, talented, and strong or extremely brash and foolhardy to compete. However for those that do it every year its clockwork. Despite the risk it a way of life for them, the thrill of the fight and all that jazz you understand.
But for those who are lucky enough to enter for the first time…they have the pleasure of getting the most out of the tournament.
And for three individuals, it's a whole new ball game from what their used too.
2003 is looking to be a very interesting year indeed.