Chapter Twenty-Five





The ten battles begin........

Guile walks over to Kano. Kano spits and then gets into a fighting stance. "Are you ready to try to squeal me like a piggy?" He laughs a little.

Guile gets into a fighting stance and gives Kano the most serious look of determination. "Ready and waiting!"

Kano slowly walks up to Guile, his arms raised up. "Hold still so I can cream ya." Suddenly, a red laser comes out of Kano's right red eye. Guile dodges out of the way. The laser burns a nearby rock.

"I said hold still," Kano said.

Kano shoots the laser at Guile. Each time Kano shoots the laser, Guile dodges out of the way. Then, Kano shoots the laser out twice in a row. Guile dodges one, but the other one pieces right in his arm. Guile growls in pain and bends down to his knees. He looks at his arm. Blood slowly gushes out.

Kano slowly walks over to Guile and laughs. "Now, hold still again so I can kill you like that skinny skeleton from the tournament."

Guile knew that Kano meant Dhalsim. Then, Guile remembers just how Kano killed him.

Kano jumps in the air, and then performs a high-speed somersault towards Guile.

Guile laughs. "I'll show you a somersault." When Kano was inches away from his head, Guile quickly jumps in the air, quickly brings his legs forward, and manages to kick Kano right under his chin. Kano lands back on the ground with a loud thud while Guile safely lands back on his feet.

Kano gets up. "You'll pay for that!"

Kano runs towards him and starts throwing series of punches at Guile. Guile manages to block them. Then, he finds an opening and kicks Kano right in the stomach.

Guile starts to collect energy in his hands. "Dee Jay, Dhalsim......this is for you guys."

Kano gets up, not realizing what Guile is about to do.

"SSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC C BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Guile let's the yellow boomerang-shaped energy fly out of his hands. At a very high speed, it hits Kano hand sending him flying high above the air and over the mountains.

"Ha!" Guile cried out in victory. "That's one down!" Then, he hears a scream. Guile turns to the scream and sees something horrifying....

"Come on!" Cammy cried getting into her fighting stance.

The red Lin Kuei robot Sektor wasted no time. Instead of getting into a fighting stance, Sektor runs towards Cammy. Then, he jumps in the air and aims his foot at Cammy.

Cammy quickly jumps in the air and somersaults over Sektor. At the same time, they both land on the ground. Before Cammy could recover from the landing, Sektor quickly kicks her in the face. Cammy almost loses her balance, but she manages to remain her poseur. Then, Sektor starts throwing kicks and punches at her. Cammy only manages to block a few of his moves.

Then, Cammy finds an opening. She performs a kick to Sektor's side and manages to jump back away from him.

Suddenly, Sektor teleports behind Cammy and gives her a hard punch in the head. Cammy falls forward to the ground. As she does, Sektor grabs her by the legs and begins to spin her rapidly. Then, he lets her go. Cammy flies towards the wall and hits her side. She tumbles to the ground.

Sektor runs towards her. As he does, Cammy quickly gets up ignoring her dizziness. "Cannon drill!" she cried. She spins her body low to the ground, her feet towards Sektor. She manages to trip Sektor who falls hard to the ground. Cammy slowly gets up still feeling dizzy, but does her best to ignore it.

Then, Cammy jumps in the air and does a hand stand on Sektor's shoulders. Then, she takes him by the neck and, with her body, twists it. Sektor's head rips right off, sending electric sparks. Cammy quickly lets go and lets herself fall to the ground.

Cammy lies on her back breathing heavily and looks up at the dark sky. "Damn," she said. "I *gasp* I *gasp* I actually *gasp* beat him."

Then, she heard a loud scream. Cammy looks over to see where it came from........

Ryu and Baraka look at each other, both with determination on their faces. Ryu gets into a fighting stance.

Baraka raises his Bone Kamas up and runs towards Ryu. Ryu jumps in the air and kicks Baraka in the face. Baraka ignores the pain and attempts to stab Ryu with his claw. He completely misses as Ryu dodges out of the way.

As Ryu lands, Baraka lets out a battle cry and starts swiping his claws at him. Ryu would jump, duck, or step over to the side.

Then, as Ryu jumps, Baraka manages to scratch Ryu with one of the claws in the shin.

Ryu growls in pain. As he lands, he rolls quickly out of the way so he could have a little more time to recover. He starts to collect energy in his hands as Baraka runs after him.

"Hadouken!!!" Ryu cried out. He lets the energy out of his hands. Ryu is surprised when Baraka dodges out of the way of the energy.

"Damn," Ryu said under his breath. He gets up ignoring the pain in his leg.

When Baraka is two feet away, Ryu jumps in the air, puts one leg out, and starts spinning rapidly hitting Baraka in the face.

"Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku!!!!" Ryu cried out. He then hears a snapping of a bone breaking into two. Ryu lands back on the ground. Baraka's now- lifeless body falls backwards on the ground.

Ryu looks down at his dead opponent for a minute, the wind blowing hard making his red bandana flap hard in the air. Then, Ryu hears a scream. Ryu turns to the voice........

Ken smiles at his opponent Sheeva. "Hey, I remember you."

"Yeah," Sheeva said. "You're that little runt that made those comments."

"HEY!!" Ken cried. "Who are you calling a runt?"

"Maybe if you didn't call me a mean, ugly lady, I wouldn't have called you a runt." She gets into a fighting stance. "Now let's get this over with."

Ken gets into a fighting stance as well, his face now looking serious. "Bring it on."

Suddenly, Sheeva jumps high in the air, her feet towards Ken. Ken dodges out of the way as she stomps on the ground making the ground shake a little.

"Whoa!" Ken cried out almost losing his balance. As Sheeva recovers, Ken takes the opportunity to quickly run towards her and starts throwing series of punches and kicks at Sheeva. Sheeva blocks some of them, but not a lot.

"Ha!" Ken cried. "This fight is a lot easier than I thought."

Suddenly, with her two right arms, Sheeva throws a hard punch at Ken's jaw and side. Ken pulls back a little to recover.

Sheeva laughs a little. "You think so now?"

She suddenly disappears then reappears in the air, her feet towards Ken. Ken sees her and dodges out of the way. Sheeva stomps on the ground again.

Ken sees an opportunity as she runs over to him. Ken lifts his right fist up and jumps in the air.

"SHIN-RYU-KEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he cried out. As he hits Sheeva under her chin, his arm turns into flames. One part of the flames sets her red attire on fire quickly igniting her body into flames.

"Whoa!" Ken cried dodging out of the way. He watches as Sheeva quickly burns into nothing but ashes.

Ken looks at his fist. "That never happened before!" He shrugs. "Must be before she's from a different race."

Then, he hears an ear-piercing scream. Ken turns to the noise......

Liu and Rolento walk over to Motaro.

Rolento spins his baton around in circles. "You ready for this?"

Liu gets into a fighting stance. "I'm ready all right."

Motaro laughs. "You two ready to die?"

"I think that goes for you," said Liu.

The two good fighters stare at Motaro for a minute. Then, the Centaur runs after them, his hooves galloping into the ground.

Liu puts his hands out. A fireball comes out of his hands. Then, Motaro does the same thing. Their fireballs collided into each other creating a small explosion.

Rolento jumps after him hitting his baton hard against Motaro's head. It didn't seem to hurt Motaro as he grabs Rolento and throws him over to the side. Rolento hits a wall making him a little weak.

"Rolento!" Liu cried. He growls at Motaro.

Motaro laughs. "You really think you can win this by yourself?"

"You never know," Liu replied. He jumps in the air and flies towards Motaro, his feet towards him. He attempts a bicycle kick, but Motaro blocks the move. Just like with Rolento, Motaro grabs him and throws him towards a wall. Liu falls to the ground.

Rolento gets up and runs towards Motaro with a grenade in his hand. "Take this!" he cried. He rips the pin out of the grenade and throws it at Motaro. An explosion occurs, the smoke separating Rolento and Motaro.

After a minute of waiting, Rolento smiles. "That takes care of him."

What Rolento didn't realize was that Motaro's tail slowly sneaks towards him.

Liu is the only one who sees this. "ROLENTO!!!!!"

Suddenly, the tail quickly dashes towards Rolento and stabs him right through his back and out his stomach. Rolento lets out an ear-piercing scream of pain. Then, his body goes limp.

Guile, Cammy, Ryu, and Ken, all who were finished with their battles, turn to the lifeless Rolento and see him with horror in their faces.

"Rolento!!" Ken cried as he and the others run to his aid.

Motaro appears through the smoke with Rolento at the end of his tail. "Just like this one, you will all die."

He swipes his tail, letting go of Rolento. Rolento flies in the air and over the mountain.

Guile looks at Motaro with anger. "For that, you'll not live to see another minute!"

Liu slowly gets up. "Let's combine our powers!"

"Right!" everyone else cried out.

Motaro only laughs and gets into a fighting stance. "Let's see you all try."

Guile looks at Cammy. "Stand back. We're all going to use our energy sources."

Cammy nods and stands back.

Guile, Ryu, and Ken collect energy in their hands. Liu gets ready to fire.

"Sonic Boom!"

"Hadouken!"

"Hadouken!"

"Fireball!"

All four of them release their powers. The four powers unite together and hit Motaro, causing him to explode. The five of them, including Cammy, shield themselves from all the bones, blood and flesh.

"Eck," cried Cammy. "Now I need to shower."

"Unfortunately," said Liu. "We have no time for that."

Guile looks up. "We have beaten our opponents, but the battle still continues. We can't let anyone else die!" He then shouts out, "Rolento, for you and your wife, we will win this!!!"

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The battle still continues with Mika Vs. Sindel, Dan Vs. Sagat, Chun-Li Vs. Mileena, Sonya Vs. Vega, and Jax Vs. Shao Kahn! Yet again, another friend dies, but the fighters promise themselves that no one else will die other than evil. Will they be able to keep that promise? Find out in the final two chapters!

*I realized that there are actually two chapters left, not three. I accidentally counted the Author's Notes and Comments section, which will be posted up along with the final chapter of The Outworld. Stay tuned. PLEASE review this, but no flames.