Taste of blood....
Terry spent the couple of days it took them to get to japan getting to know rock. He found out that rock liked basketball, his mother's name was Marie, and she took care of him in a suburb of Southtown. After she died one year ago rock was left to wander southtown in search of his father...he never got to meet his father. Terry spent the rest of the time telling rock about the 'king of fighters tournament'.
'well its....people fight each other and whoever doesn't lose is the winner and called the "King of Fighters'
'do they get a castle? you can't be king without a castle'
'haha, no they don't get a castle, they get the title and whatever they want...sorta like a wish'
'who is the king right now?'
'nobody right now, there have been a couple of kings'
'who were the old kings?'
'hehe, hey we're not that old'
'you were a king?!'
'yep, i got my wish, and then some'
'what was your wish?'
'i wanted revenge for my father, and i got it, a long time ago'
'who was the next?'
'hah, technically me again'
'wow, you must be a good fighter, what did you get the second time'
'well the guy i beat left me more then enough money to support myself for the rest of my life, and then some'
'so you never have to work? wow...but'
'but what?'
'dosen't it hurt? the fighting? it looks like it hurts'
'yes, it hurts a lot'
'i never want to fight'
'good idea kiddo'
Terry and rock spent the rest of the time laughing at andy avoiding mai, and joe try to get girls to no avail. Rock also noticed that terry almost never took off his motor cycle gloves. He keeps saying they were his father's fighting gloves, whatever that means. Did he need those gloves to fight? He's big and strong, he will protect me if i ever get in trouble, i won't ever need to fight. 'terry? will you protect me?' rock asked terry.
'you know it' terry replied with a smile and a tip of his red baseball cap.
'thanks'
When they got to japan it was much different then Southtown. It was cleaner, they were in a city called Osaka. 'ok guys where to now?' asked terry to the group.
'why don't we go to master jubi's and figure out from there?' added andy.
'like hell, i'm hungry!' added joe.
'lets go get a massage' said mai.
'i feel like indulging in some sleep' offered terry.
'what about you rock?' terry asked.
'uhhhhh...me? i wanna go get a massage' rock replied.
'arighty, so mai can you keep an eye on him?' terry asked mai.
'oooo, this is gonna be soo much fun!!!' mai cheered.
They all split up except for Mai and Rock. Mai almost dragged him like a dog on a leash talking about how she was gonna get him a pedicure and manicure and he'll get all the girls and he'll be quite a ladies man. And he'll be soo handsome like andy. After that rock stopped paying attention to mai and started paying attention to what was going on around him. Over there was something he really liked. Some kids playing basketball, he wanted to join them but Mai would not let go of his arm she was still going off about what they were gonna get done. They eventually came to 'HOT SPRINGS MASSAGE PARlOR'and mai jumped for joy, completely forgetting about rock. Rock made sure to know where mai was and went down the street to the basketball courts. It looked like fun, they all looked much older then him though, they were all about twice his age. He decided to give it a try anyway, he walked up and asked if he could play with them. They laughed at him, 'tell ya what kid, if you can make this basket from half court you can be on his team.'
'hey!' reacted the other teams leader, 'i don't want the kid'. while they all laughed.
'I'll do it from farther back' requested rock.
'no way', and with that rock took the ball, went to the other side of the court, and got nothing but net. After that both teams wanted him on their team. Eventually they started playing and rock was holding his own rather well, the only thing he was lacking in was defense. He wasn't tall enough, but one thing he did notice was that they were playing rough by knocking each other down and almost getting into fights because of it. Finally after scoring 8 points and letting 10 get by, rock decided to play a little tougher. When one of the boys jumped up for a dunk rock jumped and knocked his legs out from under him. The kid fell hard on his back and stood up fuming with anger. He looked at rock and walked toward him. 'YOUR DEAD!' he yelled as he kicked rock in the face, which wasn't hard because he was almost 2 feet taller then rock.
'hey man back off, its just a kid' one of the other boys yelled trying to stop the violence.
'ya i know, thats why i gotta teach him a lesson' replied the boy who was now beating the stuffing out of rock.
'It hurts, i want to cry...' rock thought to himself 'i want it to stop, i have to stop it, but if i try he will just hurt me more...i won't cry'. More blood was running down rocks face as the boy pummeled him, but he would not cry.
'I must not cry....i won't cry.....CRY.....pain.....AHHHHHHHH' rocks head felt like it split open and he went blank. When he came to everybody was standing around him, the other boy who was unconcious, and rock couldn't make out who was there. Jeans, red jacket with a white star on the back, red cap ,TERRY! Rock stood up bruised and bloodied and clinged onto terry's leg. Terry was his savior, his protector, he was safe now, no more pain. 'Terry...' is the only thing rock could make out as terry picked him up.
'Let's go kid' terry replied. Terry carried him to a cab and told the driver 'to 34th street train station'.
Terry spent the couple of days it took them to get to japan getting to know rock. He found out that rock liked basketball, his mother's name was Marie, and she took care of him in a suburb of Southtown. After she died one year ago rock was left to wander southtown in search of his father...he never got to meet his father. Terry spent the rest of the time telling rock about the 'king of fighters tournament'.
'well its....people fight each other and whoever doesn't lose is the winner and called the "King of Fighters'
'do they get a castle? you can't be king without a castle'
'haha, no they don't get a castle, they get the title and whatever they want...sorta like a wish'
'who is the king right now?'
'nobody right now, there have been a couple of kings'
'who were the old kings?'
'hehe, hey we're not that old'
'you were a king?!'
'yep, i got my wish, and then some'
'what was your wish?'
'i wanted revenge for my father, and i got it, a long time ago'
'who was the next?'
'hah, technically me again'
'wow, you must be a good fighter, what did you get the second time'
'well the guy i beat left me more then enough money to support myself for the rest of my life, and then some'
'so you never have to work? wow...but'
'but what?'
'dosen't it hurt? the fighting? it looks like it hurts'
'yes, it hurts a lot'
'i never want to fight'
'good idea kiddo'
Terry and rock spent the rest of the time laughing at andy avoiding mai, and joe try to get girls to no avail. Rock also noticed that terry almost never took off his motor cycle gloves. He keeps saying they were his father's fighting gloves, whatever that means. Did he need those gloves to fight? He's big and strong, he will protect me if i ever get in trouble, i won't ever need to fight. 'terry? will you protect me?' rock asked terry.
'you know it' terry replied with a smile and a tip of his red baseball cap.
'thanks'
When they got to japan it was much different then Southtown. It was cleaner, they were in a city called Osaka. 'ok guys where to now?' asked terry to the group.
'why don't we go to master jubi's and figure out from there?' added andy.
'like hell, i'm hungry!' added joe.
'lets go get a massage' said mai.
'i feel like indulging in some sleep' offered terry.
'what about you rock?' terry asked.
'uhhhhh...me? i wanna go get a massage' rock replied.
'arighty, so mai can you keep an eye on him?' terry asked mai.
'oooo, this is gonna be soo much fun!!!' mai cheered.
They all split up except for Mai and Rock. Mai almost dragged him like a dog on a leash talking about how she was gonna get him a pedicure and manicure and he'll get all the girls and he'll be quite a ladies man. And he'll be soo handsome like andy. After that rock stopped paying attention to mai and started paying attention to what was going on around him. Over there was something he really liked. Some kids playing basketball, he wanted to join them but Mai would not let go of his arm she was still going off about what they were gonna get done. They eventually came to 'HOT SPRINGS MASSAGE PARlOR'and mai jumped for joy, completely forgetting about rock. Rock made sure to know where mai was and went down the street to the basketball courts. It looked like fun, they all looked much older then him though, they were all about twice his age. He decided to give it a try anyway, he walked up and asked if he could play with them. They laughed at him, 'tell ya what kid, if you can make this basket from half court you can be on his team.'
'hey!' reacted the other teams leader, 'i don't want the kid'. while they all laughed.
'I'll do it from farther back' requested rock.
'no way', and with that rock took the ball, went to the other side of the court, and got nothing but net. After that both teams wanted him on their team. Eventually they started playing and rock was holding his own rather well, the only thing he was lacking in was defense. He wasn't tall enough, but one thing he did notice was that they were playing rough by knocking each other down and almost getting into fights because of it. Finally after scoring 8 points and letting 10 get by, rock decided to play a little tougher. When one of the boys jumped up for a dunk rock jumped and knocked his legs out from under him. The kid fell hard on his back and stood up fuming with anger. He looked at rock and walked toward him. 'YOUR DEAD!' he yelled as he kicked rock in the face, which wasn't hard because he was almost 2 feet taller then rock.
'hey man back off, its just a kid' one of the other boys yelled trying to stop the violence.
'ya i know, thats why i gotta teach him a lesson' replied the boy who was now beating the stuffing out of rock.
'It hurts, i want to cry...' rock thought to himself 'i want it to stop, i have to stop it, but if i try he will just hurt me more...i won't cry'. More blood was running down rocks face as the boy pummeled him, but he would not cry.
'I must not cry....i won't cry.....CRY.....pain.....AHHHHHHHH' rocks head felt like it split open and he went blank. When he came to everybody was standing around him, the other boy who was unconcious, and rock couldn't make out who was there. Jeans, red jacket with a white star on the back, red cap ,TERRY! Rock stood up bruised and bloodied and clinged onto terry's leg. Terry was his savior, his protector, he was safe now, no more pain. 'Terry...' is the only thing rock could make out as terry picked him up.
'Let's go kid' terry replied. Terry carried him to a cab and told the driver 'to 34th street train station'.
