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Chapter 36: Ninja's Pride pt 3/A New Rule

Eiji stood up, slowly but surely regaining his balance from the sheer impact of the drop. However, Guy was now down to nothing but his own willpower. Eiji, seeing this, immediately sprang into action.

"Let's see how you handle this."

As Guy threw a punch at the incoming Eiji, Eiji ducked underneath, giving him the perfect positioning for his next maneuver. Eiji leaned back onto one hand and launched his leg up, catching Guy right in the jaw and sending him into the air. Suddenly, Eiji flipped into the air, disappearing as he went skyward. As Guy drifted slowly in the air, Eiji took one pass through him, using a Kage Bunshin to do twice the damage, leaving a X-like marking across his body. Next, Eiji repeated the pass, going back through the cuts. Finally, Eiji and his clone joined together, coming down upon Guy, using two kunai to slice his chest again as he came down. This time, Guy was left unconscious, as Eiji flipped off of him. The Announcer went to check Guy, noticing that he survived.

"The winner........EIJI KISARAGI!"

The crowd was left in shock by this occurance. The Sakazaki clan was not too pleased to see that one of their enemies managed to advance.

"Damn! Oh well. One more we have to thrash! Right, Yuri?"

"Right, bro!"

Eiji, having claimed victory, began to make his way back to the steps. However, he turned around and only had this to say.

"Your nindou was awe-inspiring. However, my nindou is not about fighting hopeless battles. Once you realize this, you might one day surpass me."

With this, Eiji went back to the stands, as Ryo looked straight at him.

"Hmhmhm...........soon"

After dragging Guy out of the ring, the Announcer made his next announcement.

"Regarding the fight between Ryuji Yamazaki and Billy Kane previously, both of them will be unable to participate in this tournament. However, their scheduled match was to be against each other. Therefore, the person who was going to face one of them will, instead, be thrown into a 3-Way match with the winners of the matches in the next bracket. To make it up to them, the winner of the 3 Way will receive a bye from the next round of competition."

The crowd went wild at this announcement.

"As a surprise, I'm not telling anyone when the 3 Way match will take place. I also have a surprise for the 2nd Round of the competition that will not affect this match, as those 3 fighters will be guaranteed a fight against each other"

At the Island..........................

"Hmm............rather clever of you, Goenitz. To make that rule up," Gill said, looking at his associate as he watched the announcement being made.

"Thank you. Perhaps this might add a little excitement to the tournament"

A new rule has been announced. How will this affect the remainder of the tournament?

End of Chapter 36

A/N: I wanted to make this chapter story based. What do you think? Leave reviews, comments, and questions.