The Challenge
::Tokyo Dome, Center Stage - June 23, 12:11 P.M EST::
Eww... That guy's ugly..." Yin mumbled to herself while eyeing Sagat. The match just about started and the group was watching it from the second row the bottom of the stadium. It was a VIP section, i.e. where all the fighters can watch the competition without being bothered by spectators.
"Yeah... ugly AND old," Yun added while putting his hands behind his head. "Wasn't he, like, in the first SF tournament?"
"Yeah, he was," Sakura K. answered. "I know personally."
"What can he do now?" Yun asked, sill eyeing the ring unimpressed.
"TIGER BLOW!!!"
"Well... he can still do that," Darrell mumbled. "To bad he missed."
"Maryu Rekko!"
"Hey...! That's a Shoryuken rip-off!" Sakura S. exclaimed in shock.
"Yes... it looks like it..." Yang said quietly. A pause... then...
"Oh... that kick to the head's gonna hurt-tomorrow, Sagat!" Yun yelled out loud, causing Yin to sweatdrop.
"Brother..."
"What?" he asked. Yin just shook her head.
"Nothing..."
"Tiger... GENOCIDE!!!"
A pause...
"YOU SUCK, SAGAT!!!" Yun yelled again.
"Geez, Yun! You think you can turn it down a bit?" Darrell asked, annoyed.
"Hey! It isn't my fault Kairi's owning him right now..."
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(That kid isn't making this fight any easier!)
The match was going on for about 2 minutes and Kairi was playing Sagat silly. Every move the emperor threw Kairi wither evaded or countered. It seemed as if his moves were inspired on Ansatsuken. His old rival, Ryu, was famous for that style. He planted that scar on his chest... and even after his rematch with him he couldn't beat him. He spent these long years fine tuning himself... but this guy with the white ponytail was making quick work of him.
"Sagat..." Kairi spoke to him, his glare cold. "I hope you know that you can't win..."
Sagat growled. "Don't mock me! You don't realize what I've been through. I promised this scar that I won't lose again and I plan to follow thr-"
"You're a helpless fool..."
"WHAT?!?"
Kairi stood up straight and stared right into Sagat's eye... "I know that you don't plan to stop until you defeat Ryu, the lone warrior. You'll never succeed for every plateau you claim to reach, he's already 3 steps ahead of you."
"And how would you know!?"
"How would I know? I'm going to be the one who defeats him. Him and the two fighters who defeated Akuma before I could challenge him... You're nothing compared to those three..."
"Grr.... shut your mouth!"
"I will... and then I'll shut yours up for good."
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"Why are they just talking?" Kaoru asked Sakura K. She responded with a shrug.
"I don't know. Normally I would hear, but the crowd noise isn't helping. Sure isn't like Sagat to talk... He's pretty much angry about whatever Kairi's saying, though."
Due to the sudden lack of action, the crowd was getting restless. Darrell and Yang were still watching closely, however, especially Yang, who felt something going wrong. Yun put his cap over his eyes and started to sleep, arms crossed, and Yin was getting restless herself.
(Why isn't this fight exciting? I do better sparring by myself. Hey... Sparring...)
Yin looked next to her to see Kaoru, who sat back in her chair, the leaned over to whisper in her ear.
"Hey... Kaoru... How about we do a little practicing outside?"
Kaoru looked at her for a sec before replying quietly, "Yeah... sounds good. Sure is better than this."
Both teenagers got up and made their way out of the center area. After a pause, looking at the directory above their heads, Yin pointed to her left, showing the slightly older girl to the main building exit/entrance and exited. As they walked, Yin tried to make conversation... unaware of the sudden sickening crack from where the fight was and the LONG scream from Sagat... and the crowd's crazed reaction...
"So, Kaoru... How are you like? Tell me about yourself."
Kaoru instantly felt her stomach wrench when Yin asked that. She turned her head away and mumbled bitterly, "I really shouldn't say. It's rough..."
"Oh," the Chinese girl aborted. "Okay, then..."
"What about you?" the Japanese girl asked, cheering up a bit. Yin put up a smile and answered.
"Well... I was raised by my aunt up near Shanghai, even though I was really born in Hong Kong. I don't know why I just found out that I had twin brothers until recently. My mom's weird. Anyway, I can't say much except that I was taught Kempo by Gen."
"I see..."
"Other than that I'm just normal."
"Okay," Kaoru ended abruptly. "I think this is a good place to test ourselves."
The two found themselves in an open field op park grass just outside the dome. For the exception of a few people spread out, they were basically alone.
"Yeah... nice choice," Yin said, giving Kaoru a cocky smile. "Now, let's see what you got."
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:: Center Stage - June 23, 12:16 P.M EST::
"Whoa... bad vibes... VERY bad..." Sakura S. said while looking at her sis and friend, who were in shock.
"Yeah..." was all Sakura K. mumbled, staring at Kairi's back. He finally stopped staring at her about 3 seconds ago and walked off... and something deep down her screamed, "He's out to get you..."
"Something tells me that this is going to be another one of those times, huh, Sakura?" Darrell asked, half-smiling, half-frowning. Sakura nodded.
"What? This sorta thing always happens to you?" Yun asked Darrell.
"Well... yeah... Quite frequently," was his response. "You just don't know, Yun."
At this time, another rind announcer stepped in, ready to get the second match underway. Ken was busy backstage, watching the TV crews televise while eating his lunch. Everyone's attention was to center stage.
"That was an unexpected finish, wasn't it? Kairi proves his strength by defeating Sagat and moving on into the tournament. Now, our second match will get under way. We have... #16: Mel Masters vs... #18: Elena!"
"Did... he say Mel? Mel Masters? As in Ken's son?" Sakura K. asked in shock.
"That's what I heard..." Yun replied. Sure enough, the 14-year-old son of Ken entered the ring, looking around him to all the fans around him. A huge smile emerged on his face.
(So this is the energy Dad feels during these tournaments...)
"Heeeeey!!"
Mel looked in front of her to see the Capoeira style fighter enter... and blushed, instantly looking away.
(This isn't right...) he whispered to himself mentally. (She... she's barely wearing any clothes!)
Indeed, Mel was right. Elena only had on her bra and panties, her ankles and wrists painted in orange and purple stripes. Her long legs were right in the open... and as she ran her hand through her short, white hair, she had on the friendliest smile...
"Hey, little guy," Elena teased as she walked up towards Mel. "You shy or something?"
Mel slowly peeped over his shoulder to instantly look away again.
"It's not that... It's just..."
Elena smiled again. "Iiii know..." she said in a very playful voice. "It's my attire, right?"
"Yeah..." Mel mumbled. "Something like that..."
"Hey! Don't worry about it!" Elena said while spinning around while performing a handstand with one hand. "Let's just have some fun, okay?"
Mel, for the second time, peeped... only to get a VERY close up shot of Elena's panties right in his face, letting out a surprised yelp.
(If Mom ever finds out about this, she'll kill me) he thought as he jumped back and into his fighting stance. Elena's smile stayed intact as she saw this.
"Yeah, that's more like it! C'mon! Let's go... whoo... whooo.... whoooooooooooooaaaaaaiiiiii!!!!"
CRASH...
The stadium erupted in laughter as Elena lost balance on her arm and collapsed right in front of Mel in a heap, her legs all over her head and her face blushing, but still smiling embarrassingly. Mel immediately busted laughing as well, holding his stomach while doing so.
"You see?" the African girl asked, "It's better to laugh at stuff rather than be shy..."
"That woman's got a screw loose," Darrell said while trying to stop laughing.
"I know, but she's so funny!" Sakura S. replied. "I can't believe Yin and Kaoru missed that!"
"Yeah... I wonder what they are doing?" the light Sakura wondered.
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:: Center Stage - June 23, 12:18 P.M EST::
Intense laughter could be heard from the area where Yin & Kaoru were fighting at. The two girls were on the grass, rolling in laughter after seeing Elena on the screen that was continently outside on the wall of the stadium. They didn't stop until 15 seconds later.
"Oh...! Oh, Yin!" Kaoru breathed out, "That... that was TOO funny!"
"Tell me about it!" Yin replied, using Kaoru's shoulders for leverage since she knew if she let go she wouldn't get back up. "That's 3 times as funny as Dan's whole career!"
The two breathed deeply at that same time before standing up the face each other again.
"Come on... Let's finish this," Kaoru said, sobering up off the funny.
"O... okay..." the other girl stuttered while slowly getting back into stance... then put up her right hand and held it up on its side in front of her. Kaoru looked on... and then Yin smiled, making it fall over to her waist, flat.
"Boom!!!" she yelled out and both girls sputtered laughing again. Kaoru slumped forward and Yin's body to keep herself up but that didn't work. Yin fell backwards immediately and once again the two met the grass, laughing hard.
"Stop rem-minding me!" Kaoru shouted out through her giddy self.
"I... I'm s-sorry!" Yin yelled back "It was... just too funny! I s-should have re-recorded that!"
The two laughed on for a while before another female voice came out from behind.
"Hey! Are you two trying to spar?"
Yin picked up her friend/opponent and sat up, eyeing another teen girl, around 18, wearing a blue dress and shirt along with blue sneakers and long socks. Her brown hair was done in a nice style and her brown eyes were solid, yet lively. Most noticeable was the long pole she had by her side.
"Let me guess... Yin and Kaoru, right?" she asked with a smirk on her face.
"Yeah," Kaoru replied. "You're Nanase, correct?" She got a nod in return.
"It seems Elena was way too funny for your guys," Nanase said jokingly. "She's always like that."
"I can imagine," Yin said while giggling. "She totally missed up our fight."
"Oh! Se you WERE fighting," Nanase chimed. "How about adding one more girl in? A three-way."
"Hey! No fair!" Yin whined. "We're tired and you're starting fresh! You'll win!"
"Yin... we were both holding back..." he opponent mumbled. "C'mon Nanase; jump in!"
Nanase smiled while grabbing her pole and... somehow making it shrink like Goku's power-pole from Dragon Ball. As she walked forward, the third Lee dragon twisted her face.
"I hope you don't use that too much," she said, triggering another smirk.
"Yeah... well I just hope you don't get hurt too much. Let's go!"
Nanase put away her pole to her side and Yin jumped away from Kaoru. All three girls assumed their fighting stances, staring each other down intensively. Kaoru kept her eyes shifted from Yin to Nanase, not about to let her guard down. Everyone else did that same.... then as Kaoru took one step towards Nanase, Yin used her Gen'ei Senkou to teleport behind Kaoru's target and in turn Nanase assumed a defensive stance. A hot new battle had just begun...
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End of Chapter
Next chapter will show off how Mel does in his first Street Fight, as well as the match between the three teenage girls. Also, maybe you'll find out what a certain someone is up to... Until next chapter!
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Translations in this chapter
Maryu Rekko - *don't have it yet*
::Tokyo Dome, Center Stage - June 23, 12:11 P.M EST::
Eww... That guy's ugly..." Yin mumbled to herself while eyeing Sagat. The match just about started and the group was watching it from the second row the bottom of the stadium. It was a VIP section, i.e. where all the fighters can watch the competition without being bothered by spectators.
"Yeah... ugly AND old," Yun added while putting his hands behind his head. "Wasn't he, like, in the first SF tournament?"
"Yeah, he was," Sakura K. answered. "I know personally."
"What can he do now?" Yun asked, sill eyeing the ring unimpressed.
"TIGER BLOW!!!"
"Well... he can still do that," Darrell mumbled. "To bad he missed."
"Maryu Rekko!"
"Hey...! That's a Shoryuken rip-off!" Sakura S. exclaimed in shock.
"Yes... it looks like it..." Yang said quietly. A pause... then...
"Oh... that kick to the head's gonna hurt-tomorrow, Sagat!" Yun yelled out loud, causing Yin to sweatdrop.
"Brother..."
"What?" he asked. Yin just shook her head.
"Nothing..."
"Tiger... GENOCIDE!!!"
A pause...
"YOU SUCK, SAGAT!!!" Yun yelled again.
"Geez, Yun! You think you can turn it down a bit?" Darrell asked, annoyed.
"Hey! It isn't my fault Kairi's owning him right now..."
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(That kid isn't making this fight any easier!)
The match was going on for about 2 minutes and Kairi was playing Sagat silly. Every move the emperor threw Kairi wither evaded or countered. It seemed as if his moves were inspired on Ansatsuken. His old rival, Ryu, was famous for that style. He planted that scar on his chest... and even after his rematch with him he couldn't beat him. He spent these long years fine tuning himself... but this guy with the white ponytail was making quick work of him.
"Sagat..." Kairi spoke to him, his glare cold. "I hope you know that you can't win..."
Sagat growled. "Don't mock me! You don't realize what I've been through. I promised this scar that I won't lose again and I plan to follow thr-"
"You're a helpless fool..."
"WHAT?!?"
Kairi stood up straight and stared right into Sagat's eye... "I know that you don't plan to stop until you defeat Ryu, the lone warrior. You'll never succeed for every plateau you claim to reach, he's already 3 steps ahead of you."
"And how would you know!?"
"How would I know? I'm going to be the one who defeats him. Him and the two fighters who defeated Akuma before I could challenge him... You're nothing compared to those three..."
"Grr.... shut your mouth!"
"I will... and then I'll shut yours up for good."
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"Why are they just talking?" Kaoru asked Sakura K. She responded with a shrug.
"I don't know. Normally I would hear, but the crowd noise isn't helping. Sure isn't like Sagat to talk... He's pretty much angry about whatever Kairi's saying, though."
Due to the sudden lack of action, the crowd was getting restless. Darrell and Yang were still watching closely, however, especially Yang, who felt something going wrong. Yun put his cap over his eyes and started to sleep, arms crossed, and Yin was getting restless herself.
(Why isn't this fight exciting? I do better sparring by myself. Hey... Sparring...)
Yin looked next to her to see Kaoru, who sat back in her chair, the leaned over to whisper in her ear.
"Hey... Kaoru... How about we do a little practicing outside?"
Kaoru looked at her for a sec before replying quietly, "Yeah... sounds good. Sure is better than this."
Both teenagers got up and made their way out of the center area. After a pause, looking at the directory above their heads, Yin pointed to her left, showing the slightly older girl to the main building exit/entrance and exited. As they walked, Yin tried to make conversation... unaware of the sudden sickening crack from where the fight was and the LONG scream from Sagat... and the crowd's crazed reaction...
"So, Kaoru... How are you like? Tell me about yourself."
Kaoru instantly felt her stomach wrench when Yin asked that. She turned her head away and mumbled bitterly, "I really shouldn't say. It's rough..."
"Oh," the Chinese girl aborted. "Okay, then..."
"What about you?" the Japanese girl asked, cheering up a bit. Yin put up a smile and answered.
"Well... I was raised by my aunt up near Shanghai, even though I was really born in Hong Kong. I don't know why I just found out that I had twin brothers until recently. My mom's weird. Anyway, I can't say much except that I was taught Kempo by Gen."
"I see..."
"Other than that I'm just normal."
"Okay," Kaoru ended abruptly. "I think this is a good place to test ourselves."
The two found themselves in an open field op park grass just outside the dome. For the exception of a few people spread out, they were basically alone.
"Yeah... nice choice," Yin said, giving Kaoru a cocky smile. "Now, let's see what you got."
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:: Center Stage - June 23, 12:16 P.M EST::
"Whoa... bad vibes... VERY bad..." Sakura S. said while looking at her sis and friend, who were in shock.
"Yeah..." was all Sakura K. mumbled, staring at Kairi's back. He finally stopped staring at her about 3 seconds ago and walked off... and something deep down her screamed, "He's out to get you..."
"Something tells me that this is going to be another one of those times, huh, Sakura?" Darrell asked, half-smiling, half-frowning. Sakura nodded.
"What? This sorta thing always happens to you?" Yun asked Darrell.
"Well... yeah... Quite frequently," was his response. "You just don't know, Yun."
At this time, another rind announcer stepped in, ready to get the second match underway. Ken was busy backstage, watching the TV crews televise while eating his lunch. Everyone's attention was to center stage.
"That was an unexpected finish, wasn't it? Kairi proves his strength by defeating Sagat and moving on into the tournament. Now, our second match will get under way. We have... #16: Mel Masters vs... #18: Elena!"
"Did... he say Mel? Mel Masters? As in Ken's son?" Sakura K. asked in shock.
"That's what I heard..." Yun replied. Sure enough, the 14-year-old son of Ken entered the ring, looking around him to all the fans around him. A huge smile emerged on his face.
(So this is the energy Dad feels during these tournaments...)
"Heeeeey!!"
Mel looked in front of her to see the Capoeira style fighter enter... and blushed, instantly looking away.
(This isn't right...) he whispered to himself mentally. (She... she's barely wearing any clothes!)
Indeed, Mel was right. Elena only had on her bra and panties, her ankles and wrists painted in orange and purple stripes. Her long legs were right in the open... and as she ran her hand through her short, white hair, she had on the friendliest smile...
"Hey, little guy," Elena teased as she walked up towards Mel. "You shy or something?"
Mel slowly peeped over his shoulder to instantly look away again.
"It's not that... It's just..."
Elena smiled again. "Iiii know..." she said in a very playful voice. "It's my attire, right?"
"Yeah..." Mel mumbled. "Something like that..."
"Hey! Don't worry about it!" Elena said while spinning around while performing a handstand with one hand. "Let's just have some fun, okay?"
Mel, for the second time, peeped... only to get a VERY close up shot of Elena's panties right in his face, letting out a surprised yelp.
(If Mom ever finds out about this, she'll kill me) he thought as he jumped back and into his fighting stance. Elena's smile stayed intact as she saw this.
"Yeah, that's more like it! C'mon! Let's go... whoo... whooo.... whoooooooooooooaaaaaaiiiiii!!!!"
CRASH...
The stadium erupted in laughter as Elena lost balance on her arm and collapsed right in front of Mel in a heap, her legs all over her head and her face blushing, but still smiling embarrassingly. Mel immediately busted laughing as well, holding his stomach while doing so.
"You see?" the African girl asked, "It's better to laugh at stuff rather than be shy..."
"That woman's got a screw loose," Darrell said while trying to stop laughing.
"I know, but she's so funny!" Sakura S. replied. "I can't believe Yin and Kaoru missed that!"
"Yeah... I wonder what they are doing?" the light Sakura wondered.
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:: Center Stage - June 23, 12:18 P.M EST::
Intense laughter could be heard from the area where Yin & Kaoru were fighting at. The two girls were on the grass, rolling in laughter after seeing Elena on the screen that was continently outside on the wall of the stadium. They didn't stop until 15 seconds later.
"Oh...! Oh, Yin!" Kaoru breathed out, "That... that was TOO funny!"
"Tell me about it!" Yin replied, using Kaoru's shoulders for leverage since she knew if she let go she wouldn't get back up. "That's 3 times as funny as Dan's whole career!"
The two breathed deeply at that same time before standing up the face each other again.
"Come on... Let's finish this," Kaoru said, sobering up off the funny.
"O... okay..." the other girl stuttered while slowly getting back into stance... then put up her right hand and held it up on its side in front of her. Kaoru looked on... and then Yin smiled, making it fall over to her waist, flat.
"Boom!!!" she yelled out and both girls sputtered laughing again. Kaoru slumped forward and Yin's body to keep herself up but that didn't work. Yin fell backwards immediately and once again the two met the grass, laughing hard.
"Stop rem-minding me!" Kaoru shouted out through her giddy self.
"I... I'm s-sorry!" Yin yelled back "It was... just too funny! I s-should have re-recorded that!"
The two laughed on for a while before another female voice came out from behind.
"Hey! Are you two trying to spar?"
Yin picked up her friend/opponent and sat up, eyeing another teen girl, around 18, wearing a blue dress and shirt along with blue sneakers and long socks. Her brown hair was done in a nice style and her brown eyes were solid, yet lively. Most noticeable was the long pole she had by her side.
"Let me guess... Yin and Kaoru, right?" she asked with a smirk on her face.
"Yeah," Kaoru replied. "You're Nanase, correct?" She got a nod in return.
"It seems Elena was way too funny for your guys," Nanase said jokingly. "She's always like that."
"I can imagine," Yin said while giggling. "She totally missed up our fight."
"Oh! Se you WERE fighting," Nanase chimed. "How about adding one more girl in? A three-way."
"Hey! No fair!" Yin whined. "We're tired and you're starting fresh! You'll win!"
"Yin... we were both holding back..." he opponent mumbled. "C'mon Nanase; jump in!"
Nanase smiled while grabbing her pole and... somehow making it shrink like Goku's power-pole from Dragon Ball. As she walked forward, the third Lee dragon twisted her face.
"I hope you don't use that too much," she said, triggering another smirk.
"Yeah... well I just hope you don't get hurt too much. Let's go!"
Nanase put away her pole to her side and Yin jumped away from Kaoru. All three girls assumed their fighting stances, staring each other down intensively. Kaoru kept her eyes shifted from Yin to Nanase, not about to let her guard down. Everyone else did that same.... then as Kaoru took one step towards Nanase, Yin used her Gen'ei Senkou to teleport behind Kaoru's target and in turn Nanase assumed a defensive stance. A hot new battle had just begun...
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End of Chapter
Next chapter will show off how Mel does in his first Street Fight, as well as the match between the three teenage girls. Also, maybe you'll find out what a certain someone is up to... Until next chapter!
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Translations in this chapter
Maryu Rekko - *don't have it yet*