The Southtown Sports Gymnasium is crowded. Almost the entire city is there,
including the most powerful criminal in the whole city : Geese Howard, who
is sitting on a private area surrounded by bodyguards. At the ringside,
Joe's closest friends, Terry and Andy Bogard, along with Andy's girl, Mai
Shiranui, are cheering up for him. In the audience, sitting in the front
row, the Sakazaki family, as well as Robert Garcia and King, are cheering
as well, holding little "Joe" flags. Lilly Kane, who had sneaked into the
gymnasium without being noticed by her brother, Billy Kane, Geese Howard's
right arm and bodyguard, held a big "Go Joe!" sign with lots of tiny red
hearts drawn. The fight was just about to begin, and a man in the center of
the ring took a microphone to announce the fighters. "Ladies and gentleman
from Southtown, let's get ready to rumble!", he yelled into the microphone,
and the whole arena erupted in cheers. "And now, please welcome the world
Muay Thai champion... wearing the red trunks, Joe Higashi!". Every single
Joe fan was there that night, supporting him. They were very excited when
Joe came to the ring wearing a golden robe and the championship belt around
his waist. "And now," continued the announcer, "wearing black trunks, the
Japanese Panther, Kai Harada!". A few people got up and cheered as Kai came
down from his locker room. Even Joe was impressed by him: He was almost
2,00 m tall and had a very built body. Sporting a black robe that covered
his head, which was covered by long and thick black hair, he entered the
ring. "Look at him," Joe thought, "He's just a kid. This'll be easier than
i thought." Kai was young, indeed: he was 23 years old. But he had much
more battle experience than Joe thought, which would be proven when the
fight began. Both the contenders assumed their fighting stances as the bell
rang and round 1 began. Joe grinned arrogantly at Kai, who remained
serious. Joe threw several punches at Kai, who dodged all of them and gave
Joe a stiff kick to the chest, throwing him back a bit. That did nothing to
Joe's confidence, who attacked him with a couple of hurricanes. To Joe's
amazement, Kai just extended out one of his arms and blocked them. "What a
lousy champion!", Kai said. "Dash Crippler!", he shouted as he rushed
towards Joe, launching a very powerful punch to his abdomen. "Combat
Upper!", he once again shouted as he performed a similar motion to Yashiro
and Robert's upper attacks, striking at Joe's face. Kai then jumped up and
stomped Joe's abdomen, making him spit blood into the air. All the people
were shocked at that violent strike. But Joe wasn't ready to give up: He
got up and did his Tiger Kick, catching his opponent by surprise. All Kai
did was let out an evil laughter as he shouted "Total Annihilation!" and
unleashed several fury attacks at Joe, ending the combo with a deadly punch
to the chin, throwing Joe unconscious onto the ropes. Kai laughed at Joe,
who was lying on a small puddle of his own blood. The audience was shocked
and disgusted by the man who had just humiliated and destroyed their idol.
Terry, Andy, Mai and Blue Mary, who had arrived soon ago, invaded the ring.
The paramedics came to take Joe. Terry and Andy glared at Kai, who simply
gave them an evil grin and left the ring with the championship belt. Andy
wanted to get revenge for his best friend right there, but Terry stopped
him. "We gotta get to the hospital now", said Terry as he pulled his
brother from the ring. The people hooted and threw things at Kai as he
entered the locker room. Lilly Kane cried, and Mai was trying to calm her
down. They left to the hospital and the gymnasium was soon empty. Surely no
one would forget the horrible spectacle they had seen that evening.
Ok! So that was the second chapter. Thanks for reading, and if you've liked it so far, i'll make sure the next chapter gets ready in no time. (
Ok! So that was the second chapter. Thanks for reading, and if you've liked it so far, i'll make sure the next chapter gets ready in no time. (
