Chapter 7: Kabal vs. Mavado

Mavado looked on in disbelief as Kano flashed him the heart implant that belonged to Hsu Hao.

"No you defeated Hsu Hao. You will pay for this!" he said.

Kano laughed "That's right, your buddy here finished and now you're next."

Mavado sat up from his throne "Very well, I am going to finish you and the rest of the Black Dragon."

"Sounds good to me, I still owe you from the last beating you gave me" said Kano.

Just then Kabal had made it past the Red Dragon members. He found the dead body of Hsu Hao laying there signifying that Kano had finished him. Then he noticed that Mavado was about to fight Kano and then he stepped in.

"Kano that's enough! Mavado is mine!"

Kano saw Kabal standing there and smirked "So you managed to crush those meddlesome punks. Then again I'm not really surprise.

"Kano you have already finished off Hsu Hao, Mavado is mine to face. Now stand down!"

"Ok fine, he's all your Mr. Grandmaster" said Kano.

Mavado walked forward and took out his hook swords. Mavado caught the gesture and took out his as well. Both of them began to circle each other then stopped and had another stare down. Just then Jarek and the others have met up with each other and reached the end of the Red Dragon Stronghold. They all walked over to Kano and regrouped with him. Kano smirked at the group.

"So it looks like all of you made it, you're just in time for the show."

Kobra looked on at them "Why are they just standing there? You figure they would've lashed out at each other.

"Well there's nothing to do now but look on and watch" said Kira.

"Kabal, we are not so different you and I. Both of us started off as top warriors and our clans and now we have become grandmasters with hook swords.

"Yeah but now only one of us will be left standing when this over and one of our clans will be wiped out!"

Kabal dashed towards him but Mavado used his hooks to move out of the way. When Kabal stopped he roundhouse kicked him. With hook swords in his hands the tried to cut down Kabal. However, he clashed his hook swords together with Mavado's in order to protect himself. Soon the two Grandmasters found themselves in a hook sword battle. Neither one could out do the other as they continued to clash weapons. Knowing that this could go on forever, they decided to fight unarmed. Mavado threw a punch at Kabal but he countered with one of his own. Both of them managed to land a hit on each other. Then they tried to roundhouse kick each other and both of their feet collided with each other. Apparently both have predicted each others moves carefully. Mavado used in underhanded tactic by kicking Kabal in the gut. As Kabal knelt down in pain, He suffered in uppercut. Mavado reached for his hook swords and tried to stab him again. Kabal rolled out of the way and kicked the hook swords out of Mavado's hands. When he got to his feet, Kabal hit Mavado three times. Mavado tried to defend himself but didn't do so well. Kabal continued to be beat him mercilessly. Then he roundhouse kicked him into a wall. Kabal tried to move into finish him but Mavado reached for his hook sword.

"I refuse to allow you to finish me. If I am going to die, then I will take my own life."

Staying true to his word, Mavado took his hook sword and committed Hara Kiri by cutting his head off. With Mavado's death, the Red Dragon was no more.