Chapter 35: Round One, Fight Thirteen
Zephyr's Island, early evening
The sun was starting to go down on Zephyr's mysterious island and the first round of the tournament was three quarters of the way done. In the locker room, Brock Irvine tied his red headband tight around his forehead and cracked his neck before turning to the door to head out to the arena.
"Hang in there Paul my friend, I'm going to release you from Zephyr's dungeon soon, just wait for me buddy," thought Brock to himself.
As Brock walked towards the arena, he saw Makoto wave over to him, Brock turned over to her in order to hear what she had to say.
"Hey Brock, I want you to smack Pietro good, he needs to have his ego deflated seriously," said Makoto.
"Pietro may be a dick, but I'm not even going to trip about it, I'll show him myself that surfing is not a sissy sport, but hey, we need intense fighters like him though in order to stand a chance against Zephyr," replied Brock.
"You may be right about that, but still, kick his ego down a few notches anyways, that way he's not as annoying," suggested Makoto.
"Sure, I'll do it for you if that's what you want," responded Brock.
The two fighters shook hands and then Brock continued to walk towards the double doors to the arena. Out in the middle of the ring, Triple R and Sue were perched out in center ready to announce the next fight.
"Well folks, you know they say that thirteen is an unlucky number, I say that's bullshit, because I think we're all going to be lucky to witness good fights like this upcoming one," commented Triple R.
"Indeed, and it's a sports showdown this time as a pro surfer takes on a professional hockey player, we'll see which sport has the better fighter now," added Sue.
"Our first competitor comes from Sydney, Australia, he's an excellent surfer and a bodacious martial artist, ready to make his opponents totally wipe out. So everyone say cowabunga for Brock Irvine!" announced Triple R.
The double doors flew open and Brock stepped out into the ring tall and proud. The Muay Thai trained surfer was clad in a red headband, a white tank top, and green surfing shorts. As he got to the center of the ring, he looked over into the crowd and saw his mentor Sagat nod to him, Brock promptly gave his master a thumbs up and turned to face the double doors immediately afterwards.
"And his opponent is from Toronto, Canada, he's the bad boy of hockey known as the Angry Moose and he has know qualms about going to the penalty box for kicking your ass, give it up for Pietro Omakovski!" announced Sue.
The double doors swung open again and Pietro walked out to the ring yelling and whooping loudly, making quite a spectacle of himself. Pietro was clothed in a yellow hockey jersey, black pants and yellow shoes. He also had a black satchel tied around his body which he used to carry his hockey stick in. He flipped the whole crowd the middle finger making everyone just shake their head in disbelief. As he saw Remy, he gave his French friend a thumbs up and then turned to face Brock as Triple R and Sue ran back to their announcers table.
"Round 1, Fight!" yelled Triple R and Sue in unison.
"This should be a piece of cake eh," boasted Pietro.
"Don't underestimate me mate," replied Brock in a warning tone.
"Aw what's the matter there buddy, got sand in your ass crack?" asked Pietro in a mocking tone.
"Shut up with the stupid insults and fight me already," answered Brock.
Pietro shrugged and then rushed Brock down and threw out a left hook, Brock blocked the blow and threw out a swift kick to Pietro's side, Pietro jumped a bit from the shock the kick sent down his body, but then stuck out a boot to Brock's stomach only to have that strike blocked as well. Brock then threw out a straight punch to the Canadian hockey star's face, however Pietro ducked and let loose a sweep kick knocking the Australian surfer off of his feet, Brock quickly did an ukemi and saw Pietro dash at him again, Pietro went for a side kick to Brock's abdomen, Brock jumped back to avoid the hit and threw out another straight punch, Pietro took the blow and staggered back, but then Pietro hit Brock with a knee to the stomach and then unloaded a right cross punch onto Brock's right cheek. The hockey player then attempted to lift the surfer up for a throw but Brock was able to wriggle out of Pietro's grip and then smacked Pietro with a knee to the sternum and then Brock grabbed Pietro and while holding the Canadian man with one hand started to knee him in the stomach multiple times and then just dropped Pietro to the ground, Pietro however quickly scrambled back up to his feet.
"Wow, Brock just unleashed a huge plate of hurt into Pietro, but however Pietro is still getting up from it. Those hockey players are tougher to chew through than dog biscuits," commented Triple R.
"What, you've eaten dog biscuits before Rick?" asked Sue.
"Yeah, I was curious as to how they tasted, they were good, but I nearly chipped a tooth on those sons of bitches," answered Triple R.
Brock laid another kick into Pietro's gut and then as Pietro's jumped backwards from the hit, he opened up his satchel and pulled out his hockey stick. Afterwards Pietro whirled his hand around low to the ground creating a ki projectile in the shape of a hockey puck.
"Puck Shot!" yelled Pietro.
Using his hockey stick, Pietro smacked the puck shaped projectile towards Brock, the projectile hit Brock square in the chest, Brock let out a groan as the puck smacked him. As Pietro started to sprint at the Australian surfer again, Brock let out his own projectile.
"Tiger!" hollered Brock.
An orange blade shaped projectile surged forth from Brock's clenched fists and before Pietro could even react, smacked the hockey player clear in the face, Pietro reeled back and then shook his head in an effort to dull the effects of the projectile.
"Ah, and Brock takes a page from his master's script with the Tiger Shot, it makes me want to sing that song Eye of the Tiger," spoke Triple R.
"Please don't start singing," grumbled Sue.
Brock and Pietro then darted at each other again, Pietro aimed a low kick towards Brock's shins and connected, however Brock retaliated with a snap kick to the kneecap. Pietro dropped down to his knees and Brock hit Pietro in the face with a knee. Pietro hastily did an ukemi and then pulled out his stick again and then started to drag it low to the ground towards Brock's feet.
"Stick Trip!" shouted Pietro.
Pietro hooked Brock's feet with his hockey stick and before the tall surfer could react, Pietro pulled the stick away fast and Brock was knocked off his feet. Not wasting time however Brock jumped back up and saw Pietro dashing towards him again. Brock planted his hands onto the ground patiently waiting for Pietro to fall into his trap.
"Kangaroo Kick!" bellowed Brock.
Jutting both feet forward, Brock decked Pietro with a hard kick to the abdomen, Pietro let out a huge grunt as he clutched his abdomen in pain and as he regained his composure, he threw another Puck Shot at Brock who ducked low and fired a Tiger Shot at Pietro's feet, the two projectiles sailed past each other and both hit their target causing the two fighters to stagger back from each other. As Pietro recovered he leapt into the air and stuck out a leaping roundhouse, however Brock knew exactly how to counter Pietro's move.
"Tiger Uppercut!" roared Brock.
Again emulating his mentor, Brock leapt high into the air with an outstretched fist and smacked Pietro five times with his rising uppercut move causing the Canadian fighter to fall back down to the steely floor hard.
"Cowabunga dude, Brock is so totally owning this match against Pietro, this is one totally radical match dude," blurted out Triple R in a stereotypical surfer tone.
"Rick, your surfer voice is just totally bogus dude and makes me wanna yak," retorted Sue.
"Well I guess not all surf bums are pussies, but you're still a wimp compared to me," remarked Pietro.
"If I'm not mistaken, you've taken the most hits thus far, but I will commend you for being able to take a beating," rebutted Brock.
"Well in hockey you have to be able to take your share of licks, we're some pretty tough bastards you know," informed Pietro.
"That may be true, but let's see if you have the fighting skills to match your resiliency!" retorted Brock.
Brock and Pietro sped towards each other again with ferocity, Pietro connected with an elbow to Brock's face as Brock retaliated with a sharp jab to Pietro's ribs. Pietro then hit Brock in the chin with an uppercut, Brock returned the favor by hitting Pietro in the nose with a straight fierce punch, Brock then grabbed Pietro and lifted the hockey star into the air again.
"Surfboard!" shouted Brock.
Brock promptly slammed Pietro hard onto the ground face first and then immediately after Pietro hit the canvas, Brock jumped onto his back and started riding Pietro like a surfboard, before getting off however, Brock stomped Pietro in the back and then jumped back a good distance, Pietro slowly got up and rubbed his sore back but then quickly got back into his fighting stance. Brock darted at him as Pietro stuck a fist up, a little puzzled Brock threw out a punch nonetheless, Pietro however grabbed Brock's fist before it connected with him.
"Moose Head!" growled Pietro.
While holding on to Brock's fist, Pietro cocked his head back and then shot forward with a hard head butt to Brock. As Brock held his forehead in pain, Pietro quickly pulled out his hockey stick and promptly used another Stick Trip to knock Brock to the ground again.
"Now I know why Pietro is called the Angry Moose. I'm going to add the moose to the list of animals I should fear," commented Triple R.
Brock scrambled back to his feet, as he got up, he saw Pietro launching another Puck Shot at him, Brock parried the blow and then started to rush in with a special move of his own to catch Pietro.
"Dingo Claw!" yelled Brock.
Brock rushed in quickly before Pietro could recover from his missed Puck Shot. As Brock got into Pietro's face, he smacked Pietro across the chest with a hard claw like strike. The force of Brock's Dingo Claw sent Pietro flying and hitting the ground again, Pietro did his ukemi again and then as Brock ran towards the hockey player he threw out another low snap kick, Pietro parried the strike and then ducked down and using a cheap tactic, punched the Australian fighter right in the groin, Brock's knees buckled as he held his groin in pain, Pietro then lifted Brock over his shoulders and threw the surfer away from him.
"Ouch, Brock just got decked in the digeridoo, and then Pietro's throw just added extra pain to the poor surfer dude," said Triple R.
"Indeed it did, but still Brock is getting back up, showing that no cheap groin strike is going to keep this warrior down," added Sue.
"I'm surprised you don't play hockey with all the pain you can endure, but I guess you wouldn't have made the cut anyways," said Pietro.
"It not my sport. If I'd have to deal with wankers like you every day, I don't think I would like it, besides, I'm happy with surfing," responded Brock.
"Well then buddy, let me drown you in my wave of rage now!" shouted Pietro.
"You're on thin ice already, don't get yourself in deeper shit by messing with me!" yelled Brock.
Once more Brock and Pietro darted at each other again and started to unload attacks on each other again, Pietro aimed a right hook, but had his attack parried and then Brock successfully smacked Pietro with another snap kick to the knees. As Pietro fell to his knees again, Brock smacked Pietro with yet another Dingo Claw sending him flying away again.
"C'mon Pietro, don't get blindly angry, stay focused on the match!" shouted Remy from the stands.
Pietro nodded and then pulled out his hockey stick again and started to create numerous puck shaped ki projectiles to prepare to launch a super move at Brock.
"Puck Flurry!" screamed Pietro.
With blinding speed, Pietro started to fire the pucks at Brock who tried to dodge them, but the number of pucks were just overwhelming and the pucks pelted Brock, and caused the Australian surfer to fall to the ground as the super ended. Brock quickly got up again however as he saw Pietro fly at him again with a roundhouse. Brock quickly parried the kick and then hit Pietro with a couple of jabs and then triggered a super move of his own.
"Wild Dingo!" hollered Brock.
Brock hit Pietro with three hard Dingo Claws, and as Pietro started to go sailing away from the third Dingo Claw, Brock grabbed Pietro by the feet while he was still airborne and slammed him down on the ground again and then finished off the super with the Surfboard move.
"Wow, and Brock retaliates wonderfully and shows us why many surfing aficionados refer to him as the Wild Dingo. And I guess that's where he got the name for that super," commented Triple R.
"But now Pietro is back on his feet, and it seems he's pretty furious that his super didn't keep Brock down," announced Sue.
"That's it you fucker, I'm pissed off now, I'm going to fucking break you in half bitch!" shouted Pietro.
"Bring it wanker!" hollered Brock who took his fighting stance as Pietro started to rush him down.
"Oh I'll bring it all right, Penalty Box!" screamed Pietro.
Pietro caught Brock off guard with a Stick Trip and knocked Brock flat on his back. Pietro then jumped on Brock and started to pummel the surfer with his hockey stick. After a while Pietro finally jumped off of Brock and put his stick away thinking Brock wouldn't get up.
"Brock, get up, show this hockey punk that you're a warrior, not a beginner!" shouted Sagat from the stands.
Hearing his master's voice, Brock slowly got up, totally shocking Pietro and angering him as well.
"Damn you're hard headed, but I like that, you're fun to beat up," taunted Pietro.
"Well the fun is over for you mate," stated Brock.
Pietro tried to trip Brock with his stick again, but Brock leapt over the stick and hit Pietro with a roundhouse and then triggered another super move.
"Boggo Road Blast!" shouted Brock.
Brock smacked Pietro with two hard Kangaroo Kicks and then rushed in with a Tiger Uppercut hitting him about eight times with that move and launching Pietro high into the air, and as the Canadian hockey player began to descend to the ground, Brock smacked the still airborne Pietro with a powered up Tiger Shot sending Pietro flying away right as he crashed to the floor.
"Aw, motherfucker," rasped Pietro as he failed to rise again.
"Wow and Pietro is the one that's officially wiped out!" yelled Sue.
"He couldn't handle the waves thrown at him, so the winner of this match is Brock Irvine!" announced Triple R.
Brock turned to Sagat and gave him a thumbs up, and then turned back to Pietro and lifted him up to his feet.
"What, you're helping after I've been a dick to you?" asked Pietro.
"Yeah, I'm being the better man, you know you're a good fighter, but you still have work to do to control that blind anger of yours," answered Brock.
"Well hey you're right, but I guess if I had a good sparring partner back at home, someone that could fight like you, I wouldn't be so furious on the hockey rink," gasped Pietro.
"Hmm, well hopefully you can find someone like that, because one day I would like to fight you again, and hopefully you'll have learned to work on your major glaring weakness," said Brock.
"I shall work on that man, and good luck on saving your best friend from Zephyr," replied Pietro.
"Thanks, I will fight hard to see that he is free again," remarked Brock.
Brock shook Pietro's hand and then the two headed back to the locker area to take care of their wounds they had caused to each other.
Author's Note: Well another fight done, still three more fights in the first round however. I'm amped that I'm almost at the second round of the tournament. But anyways, the next match will be between Ryu and Q. How will the mysterious trench coated warrior fare against Ryu? You'll just have to wait until next chapter to find out the answers, until then however, please read and review.