Hey, King Spike Rules herehere is the next chapter to the Kengan Ahsure: Next Gen. The tournament will start back up in her with the match with Taaru's student. Oh, and a poll is set up asking about a fic I had in mind.

Chapter 17: Fueling the Fire

Nathan and the figure looked at each other while the moonlight illuminated them. A smile was still on the older man's face. The figure glared at him before tossing a smoke bomb to he ground. Nathan took his eyes off of him for a moment and the figure was gone.

"He was no beginner" Nathan said coughing, then he saw Kenta moving around in the bed and his eyes widened. Kenta sat up letting out a light yawn and taking a look at the porch, not noticing anything weird before laying back down on the bed, cuddling Miyuki. Nathan let out a long sigh as he hanged from the porch and slowly began to climb to the top in a away an old man should not be moving. Getting to the top, he cracked his back and looked back down to the room. "Something is happening here, and I don't like it."

Taaru was sleeping in his bed, sweat was forming on the fighter's face. He was tossing and turning as his mind was filled with images. In his dream Taaru stood there, naked in a blizzard and in front of a giant gate with a roaring bear locked on it.

"Why can't I open it?" Taaru asked himself as he took a glance at his bloodied hands, his broken bones showed that his effort into trying to break through it with force was doing nothing. A figure appeared behind him and looked at him with a disappointed look on their face.

"The cage that holds the true power of the Ursa style can't be broken just by a half of the key." the figure said and Taaru turned to look at them with a look of fury.

"How can you say that?!" The fighter yelled at the figure. His anger was getting the better of him, "Shibo can't be beaten until I get it!"

"And you're half way there." the figure said, fading into the wind and leaving a confused Taaru reaching out for them.

"No, give me the answer!" Taaru yelled out when a bright light shined into his face. He shot up in his bed, looking around to see he was in his room and the sun was shining through the window onto his face. A knock at the door soon drew his attention towards it asking, "Who's there?"

"Your morning wake up call order by Kenta." a man's voice said from behind the door and Taaru calmed down hearing that. "He said that you should meet him at the front desk for breakfast and talking." Taaru let out a groan and got out of bed only to suddenly lose his balance.

"Damn" Taaru said on his knees, looking at the ground with blurred vision. It seems that his match from the other day is still affecting him. "N-need more training and meat." Taaru said forcing himself up and slowly began to get ready for today.

Kenta fixed his tie, staring at Miyuki, who was in the middle of brushing her hair, bringing a smile to his face.

"Hey, Miyuki." he called out to her and she turned to look at him with a sweet smile to show she was listening to what he was saying. "After the tournament, w-would you like to hang out more?" Her smile faded for a moment and she glanced at the mirror for a few moments, her mind was busy on something and Kenta was feeling he might have been moving too soon on anything with her. Then, she turned back with a smile.

"I would like that." she answered him and he nodded with a smile. Standing from the bed, h headed for the door but not before giving her a kiss on the cheek as he headed out of the room, happy. Miyuki's smile faded once again when her door close and she looked into the mirror with a sigh, "If we both survive the tournament, then we can think of the future." Kenta shot her a look of confusion and and blush forming on his face.

"I'm sure I'll win." Kenta said proudly, "And when I do, i'll make sure you'll be taken care of." Miyuki looked to the ground, her mind racing on what she was thinking and then she stood up flashing him a smile.

"I'd like that." she said, walking to the bathroom, kissing him while she walked by and then closed the door behind her. Tears forming in her eyes as her mind filled with thoughts on what was happening at the tournament. "Oh, Kenta, please forgive me when this is all over."

Kenji was in the middle of his room with his sponosor, she was on her computer, looking through some programs and then looking at him in his motion capture suit.

"Alright, we should get your baseline speed and striking power before you fight anyone." she told him smiling with a hint of blush on her face, looking at the suit that hugged his body. But Kenji's mind was too focused on the conversation he had with Nathan the night before and jumped when he felt a touch on his arm. "S-sorry, i just wanted to see you do some moves." she said looking up at him and he stared at her for a few moments before smiling.

"Oh, sure." he said standing in his fighting stance and let her give the word on, which he then did a flurry of punches and kicks, moving like a liquid with every movement he did until he stopped and turned back to her. She had a shocked expression on her face. "What?" he asked her with confusion.

"Y-you moved faster than the motion capture can keep up" she said showing the computer had not followed him and he gazed at her for a moment, blushing before trying to do it slower this time.

Taaru had a large platter of meat once again in front of him and was eating his meal while Kenta was watching him with his own breakfast as he smiled.

"What got you in such a good mood?" Taaru asked him, ripping a piece of his steak from the bone and chewing it hard while looking at him.

"N-nothing." Kenta said as he kept smiling, "Just had a nice night with a friend of mine." Kenta continued to eat his breakfast and soon found himself looking back at Taaru eating his meat. "So, what are you planning on doing after you get your revenge?"

"Not sure." Taaru said ripping more meat from his steak, tossing the bone to an empty plate, grabbing another one and biting into it with a smile on his face.

"Well, I do have an idea I could get you." Kenta said eating his breakfast, but stopped when Taaru shot up from his eat, his eyes were narrowing. A shiver went down Kenta's spine and he slowly looked behind himself to see Shibo standing behind him with a wicked grin on his face.

"I see you still have a diet like he did." Shibo said smirking at them. After hearing him, Kenta gelt that something was off with the comment and he then noticed fresh blood on Shibo's hand.

"Well, we could fight here and skip to the finals of the tournament." Taaru said not backing down and glaring daggers at him. Kenta now was the one shooting up.

"Hold up, you know you can't fight outside the area or the tournament is canceled instantly." Kenta said looking at both fighters as sweat formed on his face, looking at them both and hoping that this was enough for them to calm down.

"Yeah, wouldn't want to ruin the main event, if you survive." Shibo said turning around and walking off towards the dome, adding "Your boss has some big balls." Kenta slumped into his seat, letting out a long sigh of relief and turned to see Taaru still standing. His eyes and mind locked onto the man walking away, not taking his seat until he was clearly out of sight and resuming his meal with Kenta. Shibo continued to walk with a smile still on his face, walking past a room with a figure's bloodied body laid from the night before.

"I should remind the boss of our deal." a wicked smile formed on his face with fang like teeth as he added, "No one is allowed to touch him outside of the matches."

Fireworks flew to the sky with the crowd roaring in excitement, looking at the area with Miyuki standing in the center of the ring. Many of the other day's fighters were seated to watch the matches of their potential future opponents. Miyuki looked around at all the crowd as they cheered loudly.

"Good day ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the second half of the first round of the Kengan Annihilation Tournament!" she said smiling as the screams increased in intensity. "We have eight action packed matches planned for today with 16 world class fighters. Now, let's get it started!"

TBC.

That's it for this chapter, and please tell me what you think of it. The next roundof matches will start soon as the tournament continue. The poll is two yes and one no.