Chapter 36: Round One, Fight Fourteen
Zephyr's Island, early evening
Outside in the arena, Oro was feeling overly excited. He had paid close attention to each fight and knew that according to the bracket, his protege, Ryu, was now due to fight.
"Yes, the fight I've been waiting for this whole time, I can't wait to see my student in action!" exclaimed Oro.
"Whoa, calm down old man, we don't want you to die of a heart attack before the fight even starts," called out Ken.
"Hey, I've never had a heart attack before, and I don't think I'm going to be victim to one anytime soon," laughed Oro.
"Boy I hope if I ever get to be as old as you that I have as much vigor as you," said Ken.
"Although I couldn't really see myself at 150 years old, that's just scary when I think about it," added Chun-Li.
"I'll talk to you later, right now pipe down, your friend is about to take the arena right now," piped Oro.
All eyes turned towards the center of the arena as Triple R and Sue once again headed out to the arena to announce the next match.
"Well, apparently in Japan, the legal age to date a girl is fourteen..." started Triple R.
"Don't tell me you're thinking about picking up a fourteen year old girl," gasped Sue.
"No, but I think it's legal for all of us to watch these fights regardless of our age in whatever country we're in, and I hope it gives you good pleasure," commented Triple R.
"That's right, a seasoned veteran of the Street Fighter tournaments fights someone very mysterious to all of us in this upcoming match," spoke Sue.
"Our first competitor is from Tokyo, Japan. He lives for the fight, and I guess that's pretty much it, I guess that's why his friend gave him the e-mail address boringryu. Anyway, show some love for Ryu!" announced Triple R.
As the double doors slowly opened, Ryu took his time walking out to the ring, he walked straight forward, his mind completely engrossed in the match he would be involved in. Ryu was clad in his trademark white gi and red headband. He also had on purple robes similar to Oro's over his gi. As Ryu got to the center of the arena, he took a look over at where Oro and Ken were and gave them a slight nod before turning back to face the double doors.
"And his opponent's origins are unknown, he is quite shrouded in mystery and there are many questions left unanswered about him, I guess it's only fitting that his name is the first letter in the word question. Give it up for Q!" announced Sue.
Q slowly emerged from the doorway and lumbered towards the arena slowly, his footsteps echoing loudly. Q stood clothed in a chocolate brown fedora, trench coat, and slacks, along with freshly shined black low quarter shoes. His face was covered in his usual steel mask with the glowing yellow eyes. He stood firmly staring down Ryu, breathing heavily as he glared at his opponent. Triple R and Sue hastily ran back to their announcer's table so the fight could begin.
"Round 1, Fight!" announced Triple R and Sue in unison.
Ryu and Q slowly circled around each other waiting on one another to see who would make the first move in the fight. Q attempted the first strike by going for a kick to Ryu's shins, Ryu however dodged the blow and threw out a straight fist towards Q's sternum. Q grabbed Ryu's fist before it could connect and smacked Ryu in the face with his free hand. Ryu quickly retaliated by smacking Q across the chest with a swift kick. Q staggered back from the hit but then aimed a hard punch at Ryu's face, Ryu ducked under the attack and swept Q off of his feet. Q did his ukemi and then saw Ryu rushing him down, Q delived a hard boot to Ryu's chest causing the Japanese warrior to jump back at bit. Ryu speedily shook off the pain of the blow and was soon back in Q's face, Ryu elbowed Q in his masked face and then hoisted Q up and threw the mysterious fighter over his shoulder. Q did an ukemi again and then rushed at Ryu again, Ryu threw out a punch to the sternum, Q parried the attack and swept Ryu off of his feet.
"Oh my, there's no words wasted between these two, they are all business!" commented Triple R.
"If words were trash however, I'd think you'd be a pretty big landfill," remarked Sue.
Ryu did an ukemi to roll back to his feet faster, he saw Q dash at him speedily, Ryu put his palms together in a familiar form to halt Q's rush.
"Hadoken!" yelled Ryu.
Q staggered back as the blue ball of energy smacked him across the chest, as Ryu jumped inward to attack Q, the masked warrior unleashed a counterattack of his own.
"High Speed Barrage!" boomed Q.
Flailing his arms out with ferocity, Q smacked Ryu three times knocking the Japanese fighter out of the sky and onto the cold steel floor. Ryu hastily stood back up and saw Q rushing at him with a hard punch, Ryu quickly dove out of the way and then hit Q with a jumping fierce punch, and then a hard uppercut before finishing off his combo with another familiar tactic used by the Ansatsuken practitioners.
"Shoryuken!" yelled Ryu.
Rising up into the air with his fist outstretched, Ryu hit Q square in the jaw with his Shoryuken sending the masked fighter flying back onto the ground.
"Ah, how I love seeing vintage Ansatsuken in action, although I don't think Q shares my enthusiasm," commented Triple R.
"Well, would you be enthusiastic about it if you were on the receiving end of those moves?" asked Sue.
"Probably not," responded Triple R.
Q stood up fast and rushed at Ryu again this, anticipating a high attack, Q was able to catch Ryu off guard by aiming low this time, the attack knocked Ryu off of his feet.
"Q may be mysterious, but there's not mystery in how painful his moves are, they're really painful!" exclaimed Triple R.
"I will make you taste defeat warrior," boomed Q.
"You talk big, let's hope you can back it up," retorted Ryu.
"You shall see how well I can back it up," growled Q.
Q and Ryu dashed at each other., Q stuck out a roundhouse, Ryu tilted his head back to make Q completely whiff his attack. Ryu then stuck out his own roundhouse, Q parried the attack and then grabbed Ryu.
"Capture and Deadly Blow!" yelled Q.
Holding Ryu with one hand, Q brought his other hand forward and pegged Ryu with a very powerful uppercut, Ryu was launched high into the air as he descended, Q decked him with a lunging fierce punch. Ryu rose to his feet again as Q jumped high into the air, Ryu dashed backwards to avoid Q's jump kick and then as Q landed on the ground, Ryu rushed forward and grabbed Q by his leg.
"Niou Riki!" hollered Ryu.
Using only one arm, Ryu slammed Q onto the ground face first three times and then he dashed back to give himself some breathing room.
"Wow, now this should be interesting, I'd like to see how well Ryu integrates my style into his own," commented Oro.
"I could tell you, he does pretty good with that Senjutu stuff, I've seen it in action when he came to see me," remarked Ken.
Q arose speedily and then saw Ryu leap high into the air going for another attack.
"Jinchuu Watari!" shouted Ryu.
Ryu stomped on Q's head with two kicks knocking him down yet again. Q did an ukemi and then rushed at Ryu. The Japanese warrior stuck out a fierce, Q parried the attack and then hit Ryu with a couple of jabs and then smacked Ryu with another High Speed Barrage. Ryu immediately returned the favor with another Niou Riki, Q did another ukemi and then as Ryu tried to hit Q with the Jinchuu Watari again, Q parried the two stomps and then as Ryu landed, snagged Ryu with another Capture and Deadly Blow. As Ryu got up, Q rushed at him again, but didn't expect Ryu's next attack.
"Tatsumakisenpukyaku!" shouted Ryu.
With one leg extended, Ryu spun around in the air and knocked Q down with his powerful leg strength. As Q stood back up, he laughed.
"I didn't think you'd put up such a good fight, the stories about you don't do you justice," commented Q.
"You're resilient too, this is quite a good test for my skills," remarked Ryu.
Ryu shot another Hadoken at Q, the masked brawler leapt over the ki blast, but Ryu had another surprise in store for Q.
Nichiirin Shyou!" bellowed Ryu.
A small yellow ball of ki emitted from Ryu's fingers and knocked the airborne Q out of the air. Q did another ukemi and dusted his trench coat off.
"Well, I didn't know Ryu knew the Senjutu stuff, this makes for some good new fun from Ryu!" announced Triple R.
"I wish you'd learn how to do something new other than annoy me," grumbled Sue.
Q ran at Ryu again and stuck out a nap kick, Ryu blocked the attack and threw out a roundhouse, Q tilted his head back to avoid the attack. Q grabbed Ryu again and unleashed a new move of his own.
"Hammer and Nail!" screamed Q.
Q raised his fist up and smacked Ryu hard on top of his head knocking Ryu down to the ground, while Ryu was still grounded, Q raised his right foot and stomped Ryu hard on his chest. Ryu let out a gasp of pain.
"Wow, I hope the Hammer and Nail wasn't the nail in Ryu's coffin!" gasped Triple R.
It wasn't, Ryu rose again, Q tried to smack Ryu with another High Speed Barrage, the entire barrage was parried and then smacked Q with another attack of his own.
"Oni Yanma!" yelled Ryu.
Ryu decked Q with a two hit spiraling uppercut move, Oro cheered loudly as Ryu successfully used the Senjutu style with high effectiveness.
"Wow, Ryu has definitely exceeded my expectations, I'm loving every minute of this fight," cheered Oro.
"This can't be all you have, show me something new," said Ryu.
"You're gonna regret asking me to do that," boomed Q.
Q rushed inward and parried the strike Ryu stuck out to try and halt him, Q then unleashed one of his super moves.
"Critical Combo Attack!" shouted Q.
Q smacked Ryu with a barrage of rushing punches. The fifth and final attack sent Ryu flying against the wall, he hit the wall so hard that he bounced off of it before hitting the ground. Q rushed Ryu down in an attempt to keep Ryu down, it was failed however as Ryu smacked Q with two low kicks before unleashing a super move of his own.
"Yagyou Dama!" yelled Ryu.
Ryu let loose a slow travelling green orb of ki with smacked Q four times and knocked him to the ground.
"That Yagyou Dama is one potent super, but I'm kinda hoping Q gets back up because I want to see an Ansatsuken super from Ryu," said Triple R.
"And it looks like your wish has been granted Rick," commented Sue.
Q rose to his feet and shook his head to regain his composure and he once dusted off his trench coat before focusing on Ryu again.
"Hmm, not bad, you got up after that, I commend you for that," said Ryu.
"Too bad you won't get up after my next super!" shouted Q.
Q leapt into the air again, Ryu shot out an upwards Nichiirin Shyou in an effort to stop Q, the masked fighter parried the projectile while still airborne and hit Ryu with a hard fierce punch before unloading another super into Ryu.
"Deadly Double Combination!" bellowed Q.
Q shot forth a strong body blow to Ryu's stomach, cauing him to double over. Afterwards, Q hit Ryu upside the head with a double axe handle punch making Ryu bounce up into the air and then come crashing down shortly afterwards, Ryu groaned in pain upon hitting the floor.
"Ryu, don't let that pitiful attack put you down for the count, get up!" yelled Oro.
"Easy Oro, if I know Ryu, he'll shrug that off no problem," said Ken.
Ryu slowly rose to his feet. Q attempted another Hammer and Nail but, Ryu evaded the grab and then smacked Q with a hard fierce punch before linking it into another super move.
"Shin Shoryuken!" yelled Ryu.
Ryu hit Q in the jaw with an uppercut then switching hands, Ryu with another uppercut and then rose into the air hitting Q two more times with high power, Q went crashing down to the ground with a tremendously loud thud.
"Blast, I can't get up," gasped Q as he fell to the ground after attempting to rise.
"Oh, and I guess mystery man can't hang with the old G," commented Triple R.
"Indeed, so the winner of this match is none other than Ryu!" added Sue.
Many of the spectators cheered, the loudest ones coming from Oro of course, Ryu turned to Q and helped him up to his feet.
"That was a good fight, I enjoyed it thoroughly," said Ryu.
"Me too, even though my body ddin't really like it all to much," groaned Q.
"I have one question though, who are you?" asked Ryu.
"Maybe I'll tell you later on, right now is not a good time, stay focused on your fights," answered Q.
"Ok, but I hope to get some answers soon," replied Ryu.
"Don't worry, you will," said Q/
Ryu and Q then walked back through the double doors into the locker room so that the last two fights of the first round could take place.
Author's Note: Where there you go, yet another chapter from me, nice fight huh, I enjoy making Ryu do Oro's attacks, it seems so cool seeing him fight with two styles. But anyways, I'm glad I'm almost done with the first round of the tournament. Next chapter is the fight between Yang Lee and Frederick Lowe. Kung Fu vs. Tae Kwon Do, which will prevail, just you wait and see. Until then however, please read and review.