Author's Notes: I couldn't update earlier, because my computer crashed. But, now it's fixed! Oh and thanks, to Wolf Runner, Joey/Mai fan15, The angel of mercy and Mike's girl for giving me character ideas!

Wolf Runner: Yuki and Tora aren't rivals. Their first meeting was the fight. They will be rivals though. Later on, in the story, it's be more obvious. Oh, and the idea for Jim is very good. No one will know anything about him, and he'll be a ninja. The only characters, he will have any relations to are Ken and Kasumi. He will be a father figure to Ken and a boyfriend to Kasumi. That's pretty much it.

Joey/Mai fan15: Hey! The idea for Daniel is good. He's the annoying and stupid character, who everyone likes to beat the crap out of.... but surprisingly has decent fighting skills! "Zack Reborn"? I hate Zack, and you know how much, but any game needs a character, who everyone likes to beat up! I'm trying to make him, as annog as possible. So, tell me what you think of his characterization.

The angel of mercy: Hi. I like your character idea, it's good. It's also very original to have a Egyptian/Japanese character, I don't think any fighting game has that. Suma will be featured in this and I'm going to change her style to kick boxing instead of Karate mixed with kick boxing. (To anyone reading this, who has read the review, the character's name has been changed from Lucy-Anne Smith to Suma Osagawara.)

Mike's girl: Okay, Gary will be featured in the story. He will be a fan of the tournament and will also be a Linkin Park fan. His personality will be outgoing, yet a little bit withdrawn at times. I'll make him a friend of Yuki, too.

Hit The Floor

* One minute, you're on top......

The next you're not, watch it drop

Making your heart stop, just before you hit the floor

One minute, you're on top.......

The next you're not, missed your shot

Making you're heart stop, you think you won...

And then it's all gone*

- Hit the Floor, Linkin Park

Loud music was heard faintly, from outside the building. The door had been left slightly open. Kisho took the opportunity to step inside. He looked around.

There were dark blue pieces of wallpaper, which hung tightly to the wall giving it a nice look. Lights sparkled and shed light to the dark room. There were different types of furniture, each with different shades of blue and unique designs. There was a small bar desk, made of white marble. Behind it stood a cupboard, filled with different bottles.

Kisho sank down into the sofa. He looked up at the groups of people, who were dancing to the loud music, that boomed from the cd player. He listened to the music, as his eyes scanned the crowd for a recognizable face.

The party was a small gathering, held for all the fighters, who had entered the Dead Or Alive tournament. It was also held in celebration to the fighters, who made it all the way to the semi-finals. He remembered hearing about the party, as his parents had told him about the tournament. His parents had both won the preliminary fight, the exibition match up and the qualifying rounds and ended up in the semi-finals and after that the finals, at the last tournament. It was natural that he, who fought using both of their techniques and had great skills, would be in the semi-finals.

He looked around, once again. His eyes stopped at two people, who were talking. One of them, was Yuki.

Yuki wore a black t-shirt. The t-shirt stopped right above her belly button and was attached to a pair of black and white stripped grapplers gloves, through a pair of tiny white suspenders. She wore black pants, which were designed like carpenter jeans. She also wore black combat boots.

The other was a guy, she was having a conversation with. He had black spiky hair, which had streaks of red in it. He had icy blue eyes. His complexion was slightly lighter than tanned, and he looked to be asian. He wore a black t-shirt, which was slightly baggy. His t-shirt had navy blue graffiti styled letters, scrawled across it, with ten letters. Linkin Park. At the bottom of the t-shirt there was a blue wave pattern. The waves went first from light blue and then darker as the pattern was continued. A pair of black baggy jeans were worn to match the rest of the outfit. The jeans had a Yin Yang sign, on it. The Yin Yang sign was unique, it's colors were black and blue. Instead of black and white.

From where Kisho was standing, it looked like the guy was flirting with Yuki. Anger steamed up inside him. He tried to ignore it, as thoughts occupied his mind.

Jealousy is not a good emotion. He reminded himself, in his mind. He decided to go get himself a drink. He walked towards the bar, and sat down on a bar stool next to it. A man turned around and faced him.

" Is there anything I can help you with, sir?" The bartender asked. " Would you like a drink?"

Kisho didn't know much about drinks. A streak of confusion disappeared from his face, as words escaped his mouth. " I'd like a tequila."

He paid the bartender. The man turned around and started to look around, in the cupboard. A rude and drunken comment was heard from Brad Wong. The man flinched and a sign of annoyance was displayed on his face.

" Hiro, I've had enough of this man. Throw him out!" The bartender commanded his assistant, as he was preparing the drink. His assistant nodded. The younger man started walking and soon was out of sight. The bartender turned around, and handed Kisho the drink. The bartender focussed his eyes, in the other direction.

" What about you?" The bartender asked, now speaking to a girl, who occupied the seat next to Kisho's.

The girl had long brown hair. She had a complexion slightly darker than tanned. Her forest green eyes were focussed on the bartender, and she looked very thoughtful. She wore a dark grey tank top and a pair of black jeans. She wore high heeled grey boots. The boots had two silver colored spikes, which gave the boots a unique look and made the boots, a great accessory to the outfit.

" I'll have a soda." She responded. Her voice was quite feminine, but it had an icy tone to it.

The girl paid the bartender, as a strange shout was heard coming from outside the place. The bartender sighed angrily, as he quickly handed the girl a soda can.

" Hiro! Can't you do anything right?!" The bartender shouted at his assistant and went out back, to join him. Kisho started to drink. The drink tasted good. Very good. He was interrupted from his drinking, by a voice.

" You do know that those drinks are severely spiked, right?" The girl asked. She was being serious, it was heard in her tone. Or atleast, it seemed like she was. Kisho almost spat out the fluid in his mouth, at the mention of those words. " Ah. That explains the strange behavior some people have."

The girl looked at Kisho, as he spoke and pointed to the dance floor. " You believed me. I was just joking. But you never knew the drinks could be."

" Yeah." Kisho agreed, and looked over his shoulder. The girl followed Kisho's eyes, as they looked over to the other side of the room. She noticed that he was watching at a guy and a girl, intensively.

" You like her, don't ya?" The girl asked, suspiciously. Kisho looked at her and replied.

" What.... Yuki? No!"

A taunting smirk appeared on the determined face of the teenage girl. " Oh, yes you do. It's really obvious!"

" I really don't, but if I did it wouldn't any of your buisness." He snapped back, defensively.

She rolled her eyes. " You're such a guy."

" What do you mean by that?" He asked. The girl looked at him.

" Oh, just that you're such a guy, in the way that you won't admit that you like her. Not even to yourself, and that's a typical thing guys do." She added thoughtfully. Her tone changed as she continued. Her voice was almost taunting. " And you know lying to yourself is not a good thing."

Kisho looked at Yuki and that guy, she was with. It was obvious that the guy, was flirting with her. The guy was showering her with kind comments and was saying lots of witty jokes, which actually made her laugh, a thing which she rarely did.

Flattery gets you nowhere in the end. Kisho thought, and looked away.

" I'm going to go and talked to them." The girl said, and stood up. Kisho gave her a look. It was a 'You-wouldn't-dare' look. Which was what he thought, as she walked away.

The girl made her way up to the couple and started to speak. In fluent Japanese, as she asked them questions. Kisho looked away from them, as the two blushed after hearing a question. It was something along the lines of 'Are you together?' or 'You two make a cute couple, are you?'. After a while, the tow answered and she left them. As she walked away, they resumed their talk.

" I didn't know you spoke Japanese, so fluently." Kisho said, changing the subject. The girl continued.

" Oh, don't judge a book by it's cover." She said, continuing. " And well, having a Japanese parent, makes it obligatory for me to know Japanese."

" So, you're Japanese." Kisho added, wondering what the other part of her nationaliy was.

" Yes, part Japanese and part Egyptian." She corrected.

" Oh, I see. Are you a fighter, in the tournament or is this a place you hang out at?" Kisho asked, looking around. There were lots of people, who weren't fighters. They must have been intruiged by the loud music and entered the bar. An answer came.

" Yeah, I'm fighter." She responded, and continued by adding another chain of words. " I'm in the semi-finals."

" Do you perhaps have a fight schedule for the semi-finals?" Kisho asked. " I'vee been waiting to find out, when I'll fight."

The girl searched her pocket, and came out with a folded piece of paper. She handed it to Kisho.

" Thanks...." His voice trailed off. " I didn't catch your name, before."

" Suma Osagawara." She replied. " What about you?"

" Takai Fujimoto." Kisho responded. He had started to get use to referring to himself as Takai Fujimoto, instead of his real name Kisho Iwamoto. He unfolded the paper. And started looking at it.

He read that his fight would be the fifth out of six fights, in the semi-finals. And now, two fights had already gone by. And there were two more fights, that were going to be fought at midnight.

" I have to go. I'm fighting tonight." Suma said, and started to leave.

Kisho ordered another drink. Another person sat down, a distance away from him.

It was an asian looking man. He had black slightly messy hair, with thick bangs that almost covered his eyes. He had emerald green eyes, which were focussed on the dance floor. His outfit consisted of a black leather jacket, with a white muscle shirt underneath and a pair of light blue jeans. He wore black sneakers, to it. The man ordered a drink and started to drink. He glared, as another younger man appeared, next to him.

The man had blonde hair. And had blue eyes. He looked to be of european descendant. Or maybe, of american. He wore a short sleeved, light blue button up shirt, which hung loosely over his shoulders and revealed his muscular stomach. He wore a pair of baggy blue pants, which matched the rest of his outfit. Around his neck, the guy had a necklace. It was a piece of rope with a sharp edged shark fang, tied to it on the bottom, it made an excellent accessory to finish the outfit.

Nevertheless, soon Kisho started to understand why the older man was glaring at the guy, who recently appeared next to them. The guy continuesly bragged about himself and what a great fighter, he was. It was an annoying habit, this guy had. Bragging about himself, to the first people he sees when enters a place, isn't exactly interesting.

Atleast, Kisho let the nonsense this guy was talking about, go in one ear and out the other. Kisho heard girlish laughter, from behind him.

It was two fighters, he recognized. Sakura and Mackenzie.

Sakura wore a bronze colored peasant top with golden brown long skirt, which matched the top. Her long hair was tied into a ponytail. She wore a pearl necklace, and a pair of matching accessories.

Mackenzie wore a silver colored tube top. She wore a pair of cargo pants, which had different shades of white, grey and black on it, in a camouflaged pattern. Her hair was down.

Two girls looked very happy, they were talking as they made their way to the bar.

The annoying guy, sitting five seats away from him, jolted up from the seat.

" Ladies....!" He began, followed by a cat call whistle. " I'm Daniel. Can I interest you each in a drink?"

Mackenzie whispered something in Sakura's ear, before her friend replied. " Sure."

The guy pulled out two chairs, one on each side of the one, he was sitting in. The girls sat down, Kisho noticed that they were up to something, as the guy ordered  two more drinks.

" Thanks." The girls replied, at the same time. The two were very soon, finished with their drinks.

" Let's go dance, Sakura. Well, see ya!" They said, and waved to Kisho and the man, who was sitting next to him. With that, they got up, before the guy could say anything to them. He looked very disapointed, seeing that the girls had blew him off, totally.

" Ladies.... Girls! Hey, wait up!" Daniel said, and started to chase after them.

Kisho turned around, and looked at him, as he tried to flirt with them. It was funny, because they kept rejecting him and he just wouldn't understand.

" Ah, screw them." He muttered, quietly. Daniel scooped out, his next prey in the crowd of people. Kisho looked up, as the guy confidently, walked over to the end of the room.

" Miss. Hayabusa!" Daniel said, addressing Yuki. She looked up at him, coldly.

" What do you want?" She asked, using a tone which matched her expression.

" Come closer. My blood sugar's low and you certainly put Hershey out of buisness!" Daniel continued, and flashed her a smile. This time, he was rejected with a punch to his nose. Blood ran from his nose, and he wiped his nose, quickly. He turned around, to see the CD player, and a girl next to it. Kisho recognized the girl, sitting there as Guan Yin. Guan Yin wore a dark blue crop top, with dark blue jeans. Her eyes sparkled, even though, she looked to be a little tired.

She looked to be a little bored too, but continued to do her job. She was supposed to switch CD's every now and then, make sure there was a mixture of different types of music. She threw her hair over her shoulder, and put another CD into the CD player. She choose the track number and soon an old Nirvana track, 'It Smells Like Teen Spirit' was played. The music was very loud and the girl started to softly sing along to it.

" Are you okay? Did you hurt yourself?" A blonde haired guy asked her. Guan Yin looked at him, confused and replied.

" Huh, what?" She replied, confusion was heard in her voice and she could hear that the guy, infront of her, was trying to act all concerned. He knew his trick was working.

The guy put his arm on her shoulder, and continued." Did it hurt, when you fell from Heaven?!"

" I don't know what you're talking about... but get a life, you freak!" Guan Yin angrily snapped, and back a step away from him, after throwing his hand of her shoulder.

" But, girl, you are my life!" The guy continued, with open arms. The reaction, he got was alot different from what he had expected. Guan Yin had kicked him in the stomach, and started to walk away from him.

Kisho couldn't help but chuckle. Many people laughed at him. Everyone was surprised, as the guy got helped up. Another fighter, recognized as Ken Kageri, had felt sorry for him and helped him up.

Ken wore a green muscle shirt, and a pair of baggy black pants. He also wore a pair of green sneakers.

After, Ken helped the guy up, the two started to talk. Kisho ordered another drink, and started to drink. He looked at his watch, it was quarter to eleven. He looked up to see, whether Yuki and her friend had left. He wasn't surprised, in seeing that they weren't there. Many people had left, and the number of people left, was decreasing quickly. Most people were going to watch the fights.

Kisho finished his drink, and started to leave the place.

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" Prepare yourself for the beating of your life, 'cause I'm NOT losing to a beginner!" Suma declared, as she walked up to her opponent.

" Whatever." Her opponent, who appeared to be Daniel Lords, muttered.

" Daniel Lords VS. Suma Osagawara! FIGHT!!" The announcer said.

Daniel was the first to attack, he punched Suma, in the face. Suma felt pain, but leapt in the air and kicked Daniel. She almost fell to the ground, after loosing all the balance. She dropped to her feet, and gave her opponent, no time to recover. She smashed her palm against his face, she ended the move by clenching her fist and attacking at the speed of fatal lightening.

Daniel was still standing, the hard blows, he had received were not enough to keep him down. Another kick was aimed at him, he staggered back and punched at his opponents knee, smashing right up against Suma's knee, his attack forced the girl to the ground.

She tried to get up, as suceeded. She swept her feet up, and kicked them against him, one a slight second before the other. It looked like as if, she was going to fall over, until one of her feet landed on the ground as the other one gave her opponent a final kick.

Daniel doubled over and hit the floor. It was a hard fall, especially since he fell backwards and hit his head.

The boxer got up, quickly and attacked. A punch swung at Suma. She ducked quickly, and threw her left leg, at him, attacking his stomach. She took a step backwards and held her guard.

Daniel attacked Suma, he ducked and then got up quickly and released a five-hit combo. Which gave his opponent, alot of damage and won him some time. He crouched and swung a punch at the girl , before standing again.

She lay on the floor, before getting up. She sidestepped and hit him with a few punches, she prepared to do a back flip forward, as she had the opportunity.

Suma backflipped it hit Daniel's back, the only part of him she was facing.

Daniel fell to the ground, but got up. He quickly leapt at her and beat his fists, against her face and then one time at her stomach. The blow to the stomach was tremendously powerfull, and hit her. She was flying through mid air, as she hit the floor. It was painful.

She got up, again. And started a combination of kicks, which were aimed at his mid section. It took four kicks, until he gave in and collapsed.

The crowd roared. No one could anticipate who would win the fierce battle.

Blood was smeared onto the ground. Suma attacked again, she connected her foot to his jaw, as she was in the air. She fell to the ground, as he moved out of the way, quickly.

She hit her head, hard. Time was running out.

There were few minutes, left in the battle. Each fight had a limit of fifteen minutes. In the other fights, before the semi-finals, it was more.

The kickboxer got up, she attacked again. The boxer received some hard blows. One blow, was the final, it was a kick to his head. It consisted of all the power, she had left.

" Winner!"

Suma walked over to her opponent, who was lying on the ground.

" Is that all you can do!" She muttered, arrogantly.

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" Here we've got the excellent fighter.... Sakura Azumi!" The announcer began.

After a while, the announcer continued. " And her opponent, a round of applause for..... Jim Fury!"

" You're the next opponent, huh?" Jim asked, looking at the person.

" What do you think?" Sakura muttered.

" Sakura Azumi VS. Jim Fury!! FIGHT!"

The fight just started. Sakura attacked, she crouched and then leapt at Jim. The move wasn't sucessful, at all. Jim started off, with blocking and had better defensive skills than offensive. He blocked, and chose moments to get some hits in.

This was very effective. Sakura roundhouse kicked him, the kick almost didn't hit  him, but he ducked too slowly. He fell to the ground and was attacked by his opponent, who was just as determined as he was to win.

Before, the girl could do anything, Jim had gotten up and was in the process of attacking. He threw some power punches, which were very effective. He felt a powerful attack coming his way.

Sakura tripped over her foot, accidentally and became a victim to her own death trap. She had charged at Jim, and tried to kick him, throwing her whole body weight against him. She fell over and was in a bad posistion. Now, just one well timed move with a decent amount of power, could have the match ended. The score was very even.

Jim attacked, he crouched and got up, he tried to punch Sakura. Sakura was quicker and sidestepped. Jim was surprised and did a devasting move. He teleported and appeared from behind her where he sommersaulted, and hit Sakura, painfully.

" Winner!"

The officials went to check on Sakura. The crowd cheered. It was a good fight.

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Author's Notes: The last fight was short, since I was starting to get writer's block. This was the longest chapter, in this story. Review.