STREET FIGHTER:METRO CITY MAUL!

by Dune7

Alex and the rest of the Street Fighters travel to Metro City to compete in a brand new fighting tournament,friends and foes meet and beat alike in the streets of the tough as nails city.

5. tournament begins!

Street Fighter 3:Metro City Maul.

Ch.5

Saturday morning 8:00am,Metro City.

The day had finally arrived.

The Metro City martial arts battle tournament was set to begin today.

Groups of street fighters and other experienced martial artists had gathered together in the lobby of the city hall.

It was fortunate that it was a large enough building lobby or it wouldn't hold that many contestants within it.

There were several fighters from the Street Fighter circuit along with Alex and the others who arrived,and the actual heroes from the Final Fight missions were gathered here as well.

"Man oh man!"said Yun excitedly."This is it,the moment is here!"

"Yeah,I can't wait till I get a chance to bash some Mad Gear heads!"said Sean. "This is gonna be even more exciting than Gill's tournament!"

"Ease yourselves,boys."said Yang. "The fights will begin here soon enough."

"That's right,"said Alex. "just remember,the rest of these guys and glas are experienced street fighters,they'll use methods unlike the actual artistry that other fighters here use."

"No prob."said Ibuki. "I've dealt with soem actual street scum in my lifetime since being a ninja."

"I always prefer to fight like gentlemen."said Dudley. "But I suppose i'd best adapt to whatever comes along."

Remy knew excatly what he was bound to face.

But he was somewhat thankful for the refined fight moves that Alex and the others taught him,and how not to go beyond his means in a fight if he were to defeat someone.

"This is it."he thought. "I will prove myself a greater warrior than father ever could have been. I shall fight for a just cause!"

Standing in front of them was a large orange wooden podium stand with a pair of security guards on either side.

A young woman with dark blonde hair glasses and wearign a light green suit then walked up to the podium and spoke into the microphone.

"Thank you all for coming here today."she said.

"I am Mr.Haggar's personal assistant,and he himself will be here shortly."

"Huh,I bet she's more than his,'assistant,'heh-heh!"said a street punk in overalls.

"Yeah,I wonder what she looks like without her clothes on,haha!"said another fighter.

"PIGS!"thought Poison in disgust. "And to think we used to associate ourselves with such trash! Well--no more of that!"

A pair of feet heard tapping through the marble tile floor was suddenly heard from down the hall.

Entering the room was a large six foot tall man of pure muscle bulk.

He had thick dark brown hair,a brown moustache and wore a dark brown suit and orange tie.

Many recognized him from past street fights,wrestling matches and of course the battle against the Gears here in metro City.

He was Mike Haggar,mayor of Metro City and Street Fighter extrordinare.

Many fighters were awestruck by his presence,while others who were in the Mad Gears felt resentment and anger towards their old hated enemy.

Hugo felt a little resentment,but looked forward to a long-awaited rematch with an old foe.

Haggar then went up to teh mic and spoke.

"On behalf of the city of Metro,I thank you all for coming to my very own tournament."he said. "This has been the result of many years of planning and funding into something that will completly earn Metero City as a safe and able city. And of course for many of you,the chance to become something greater than just a skilled fighter.

I welcome you all to---THE METRO CITY MELEE!"

Several hoots,whoos and cheers were heard amongst the fighters all responding with excitment.

Haggar then reached under the podium and worked at a small computer device.

He activated a couple of keys and a section of the ceiling slide open.

After that,a large video monitor hung down from the hole from the ceiling.

Haggar punched another key and a computer graphics map of the entire Metro City area appeared on the screen.

Many of the fighters were locals of the city and mostyl knew their way around,but to many of the newcomers,they were still trying to find their own way around the city.

"The tournament will begin as followed."said Haggar. "Many of you will begin the preliminary rounds by meeting and defeating your opponent in an area chosen by me. And that place will be--the Metro City factory.

Once the battles begin,you will all battle it out until only eight fighters remain.

And that chosen eight will battle it out in the tournament finals as you both seek out and find each other in the depths of the city. Sounds challenging? I know,but this will be a test of both fighting and hunting skills.'

And---if you are strong or lucky enough,you will have the pleasure and priveledge---to face---yours truly."

Many gasps were heard in the crowd.

"That's right kids."said Haggar. "I will station myself in a secret spot where you least suspect to find me. And once you do,you and I will face off in a bonus match till one of us can fight no longer.

I know it sounds a bit--sudden and unbelievable.

But be rest assured,that even after all my years behind the desk as the Mayor,I have not in any way deteroriated from my own strength and skill as a fighter,as some of you may find out soon enough.

And in the final match,only two fighters will be left to face each other. Whoever wins shall become the Final Fight champiopn of Metro City. Think you're up to it? Then show us what you got!"

"Yeah,we're up to it!"said Damnd,another former Mad Gear member.

"You said it!"

"YEAH!" shouted some of the other participants.

Guy and Cody stood beside one another,both excited but a little concerned about this situation.

"It looks like we may have to fight each other after all."said Guy.

"What,like it's not the first time it happened?"said Cody. "Hey,did you see any sign of Rolento,Sodom or Hugo anywhere?"

"Not yet."said Guy."But be on your toes when we do face them,anything could happen. We may even face--Mayor Haggar hismelf."

"That--would be something."said Cody. "But that's not all,we get to take on some of those other street fighter types from the World Warrior tourney circuit."

"Yes,we will."said Guy. "I've seen some of them in action from the last contest---and even had the pleasure of taking on at least one of them."

"Well,you'll get your chance again i'm sure."said Cody. "Just watch your back at all times."

"I intend to."said Guy.

Sodom and Rolento stood with some of their fellow cronies,El Gado,Eddi E and a fat guy named Bald Bull were with them.

"You guys know what to do in this right?"said Rolento.

"Yeah,boss."said El Gado. "Whether we defeat them or they defeat us..we'll ambush the chosen fighters and bring them back to the secret location where Mr,Urien is."

"That's right."said Sodom. "And don't screw it up!"

"Hey,we won't man."said Eddi E. "You can trust us."

"That's what i'm afraid of."said Rolento.

Suddenly,Hugo and Poison walked up to the group of thugs.

"Well,well..."said Poison. "Why am I not suprised to see you here,mr.military man?"

"Poison!"said Rolento. "Hey,long time no--well you know the rest."

"Yeah,same here."said Poison."I shoulda known you lugs would be in this contest. Reasons for power and revenge i'm sure."

"So what else there in life,sweetie?"said Rolento.

"A lot more than you may think!"said Poison. "Namely,profit and finding better reasons to fight. Why do you think Hugo and me went legit years ago? This whole Mad Gears crap was a waste of time to begin with!"

"FYI,we're planning on a big comeback,Poison!"said Sodom. "We'd ask you and our old friend the Iron Giant join us but---"

"But nothin'!"said Hugo. "I'm no street scum any longer! I'm a professional wrestler now! So take whatever stupid plans you forrmer Gears got an'stick'em!"

"Aw c'mon Hugo!"said Rolento. "What about all the good times we had together.It was all such great fun--yeah till those jack asses Cody and the rest came along."

"Those were great times,yeah."said Hugo. "But that's all behind us anyways,so we're lettin'ya off just for old time's sake."

"That's right."said Poison. "But anything you guys do has nothing to do us any longer. So try to even offer some inside work or anything illegal---and ya can guess what Hugo here'll do to ya!"

Hugo cracked the knuckles on his massive hands,causing a loud pop.

Bald Bull gulped in sweat.

"Okay,we get the picture!"said Sodom. "But when we get through with ya in the contest,you're gonna wish you stayed Mad Gears!"

"Believe me,Sodom."said Poison. "We'd rather face defeat any day then go back to crime and prison.

C'mon Hugo,we'd better be ready. Be seeing ya--you lifetime losers!"

Hugo and his manager walked away from the seething Mad Gears.

"Stinkin'bitch!"said Rolento. "If she and that king size dumb ass are gonna go anywhere legit like that--they're more fulla shit than I give'em credit for!"

"Yeah,you said it."said El Gado. "Wrestling's for fags and phonies anyways!"

"Ah,hell with them."said Sodom. "What we gotta concentrate on is getting our hands on the chosen fighters Urien and the boss want us to snatch once the preliminaries are over."

"Too right."said Rolento. "But if we ever get a chance on Hugo,he's goin'down first for his betrayal. And there's nothing I like better--than carrying out a court martial-HAHAHA!"

Ibuki looked back throuhg the crowds and saw the same man who they saw back in Metro City Gym.

It was the man called ACE,and a few other well-known street fighters were standing with him.

One was Birdie,the same punk who tried to stir trouble yesterday at the local cafe they were at.

Another was Allen Snider a guy with red hair and weraing a purple karate gi.

There was also Adon,a skilled Muay Thai fighter,Hokuto,and Aikaido fighter the mysterious Q, and a couple of forgotten fighters from the first Street Fighter tourney named Joe and Mike as well as a few others.

There was also other street fighters from the streets of Metro just itching for some action.

"This is gonna be quite a contest."she thought.

Haggar's secretary then walked up to the entrance doors and opened them.

"Will all contenstants please step this way?"she said. "The transport for the tourney arrival is ready."

"Well,here we go."said Sean.

"No turning back now."said Alex.

"Tally ho!"said Dudley.

The entire crowd of fighters began to exit the building in groves and then found a trio of large transport trucks waiting for them.'

Haggar adressed the crowd.

"Just enter the trailer compartments,and they'll take you to the location of the tournament battles. And remember,no pushing or fighting of any kind...till the tourney actually starts that is."

The fighters then boarded up onto the truck trailers and within minutes,they were filled up to the brim.

"All right drivers."said Haggar. "Take'em there."

The trucks went across town till they arrived at the factory center.

It was saturday and the workers had weekends off so the place could be used for their own purposes,provided that nothing was damaged.

Once they got out,they found themeselves in front of the main warehouse of the factory compound.

"Man,just like old times huh?"said Cody. "Every time I see this place I still remember the time we were poundin'on Mad Gears heads."

"Yes,it brings back memories."said Guy."Except this time we fight for competiton and glory instead of justice."

"Just as long as it's just as fun."said Cody.

A pair of truck drivers then went up to the huge double doors,opened them and the fighters all found themselves standing before a makeshift arena.

In the middle of the floor was a huge white tile battle ring with red ropes placed around both sides and a set of small steps were on both sides.

A huge flag banner that read:"METRO CITY MELEE:PRELIMINARIES TODAY!"

"Wow."said Yun. "It already feels like home away from home."

"Yes."said Yang. "The feel of being in battle once again."

"Get ready to rumble,chaps."said Dudley.

A man in a dark suit with red hair and wearing a pair of shades came up to the crew.

"Howdy there folks."he said in a cheerful tone. "Im your host and announcer for these rounds.If you'll all step right this way,i'll explain ther rules.

Once everyone was inside,the double doors were closed and the announcer stepped up to the ring and spoke into a microphone.

"First off,"he said. "we thank you on behalf of the city of Metro for attending our first ever tournament,this will hopefully be better and safer than any street fights that the city has had in the past few years.

Now,the rules are simple really,each of you shall all face off in a one-on-one match here in the ring.

Victory will be claimed by whoever wins the match by wknockout,fall out of the ring or surrenders the match.

But--killing your opponent is strictly forbidden.

Anyone who does so will be of course,disquallified. Weapons can be used,but only in defense and simple injury,nothing lethal.Firearms however are equally forbidden as well.

And remember, out of the hundreds of you fighters that will be attending,only eight of you will actually make it to the finals. So fight hard in the elimination matches and let's not have any whining about it?

Now,first match will begin by the time the first two fighters that are chosen from the registry. Our paper-pushers and experts have categorized the matches into chosen fights. So,when your names are called,step up to the ring and battle it out.

Good day,and good luck!"

"This is it!"thought Guy.

"This is really it!"thought Alex.

"I'm gonna give it my all."said Cody.

"I must learn to not go further than my means."thought Remy. "And if I win this,I may find a better purpose in life."

The announcer than called up a pair of names.

"Alex and your'e up!"he called.

"Wow,so soon?"said Alex.

"Go to it,old bean."said Dudley.

"Bet I will!"said Alex.

Alex walked up to the ring as did another fighter opposite from him.

He was as big and buffed as Alex and had yellow dread locks for hair and wore a pair of green shades.

Guy and Cody recognized him at first sight.

"It's him!"said Cody.

"Yeah,shoud've known."said Guy. "Since he was the first for us to fight here in Metro,he'll be the first for them to fight."

"Match one!"said the referee. "Alex VS Damnd---BEGIN!"

The two brawlers stood face to face,ready to strike.

"Heh-heh...so you's the one who won the last street fighter contest huh?"said Damnd. "Well,let's see ya handle this match!"

Damnd thrust forward at Alex and did his deadly flying kick.

Alex dodged it,causing the Gears thug to fall on his back.

"UNNF--HEY!"he said.

"I heard about you,dread-head."said Alex. "You gears thought you were some hut stuff,but in the end---you're just typical street scum polluting our way of life."

"RRRAAAGHH!"

hollered Damnd as he thrust at Alex again.

The thug swung several punches and kicks at Alex,but he just blocked and parried them off.

Damnd then jumped into another flying kick,but as he did it,Alex caught his foot and threw him across the ring.

"WHAMM"

Damnd was slightly dazed by the impact,giving Alex the chance he needed to finish his very first match.

He ran and jumped forward,slamming his knee into Damnd's gut,swung his body around him and brought both feet down upon him,weighing him down,and out.

"SLAAMM!"

"Alex wins match one!"said the referee.

"Alright,yeah ya did it big guy!"said Sean.

"It was nothing,really."said Alex. "The bozo had strength,but not enough skill. And if the rest of these former Mad Gears are this easy,some of us may get to the finals in a matter of minutes."

"Don't be so sure,Alex."said Dudley. "We may face each other yet."

"Next match."said the referee. "Sean VS Jake!"

"Yeah,i'm up!"said Sean. "Lemee at'em!"

"Go get'em,Sean!"said Yang.

The young Shotokan stepped up to the ring as did some lesser known fighter.

He was as tall as Sean and was a brown haired caucasian with brown hair and a beard.

He also wore a get-up of blue vest jacket,red shirt and blue pants with boots.

He was an equally lesser-known Mad gear operative known only as Jake. He thought he could win some power,respect and dough by entring the tounament,but as he would probably soon find out,that he was small fry then and is still small fry now.

"C'mon,kid!"he said pounding his chest. "Show me what ya got!"

"If you insist."said Sean.

The pair approached,bowed and then fought.

Jake did the first move as he thrust a few punhces at Sean.

Sean dukced and blocked them off and then followed through with a spin kick.

Jake was hit hard in the chest and nearly fell backwards.

Sean decided to follow through as he did his Roll Tackle,pinning his opponent to the ground and slammed the ol'one two in his face,knocking him out cold.

"Match 02 goes to--Sean!"said the referee.

"Huh,that was too easy."said Yun.

"Tell me about it."said Sean as he got down from the ring. "I guess we're taking on inexperienced grunts from the Mad Gears so far is why."

"Well,just think of it as an appetizer before we head to the main course."said Dudley.

"I hope so."said Sean. "I'd hate to gain little experience by just taking 'easy'matches."

"Match three,"said the referee. "Yun VS Doug."

"Oooh,lucky me."said Yun as he stepped up to the ring. "Who do I get to face,a little old lady?"

His opponent walked up to him in the ring.

"Keep talkin'like that ya chink,"he said. "an'you'll wish I was!"

"Yup,it's him all right."said Cody. "Just another small fry for them to fight."

"I can't imagine who we'll face."said Guy.

The opponent Yun was facing was black skinned,lean and muscled with a bald head and wore a red shirt with matching pants,shoes and a pair of shades.

He was known as Doug,just another Mad Gear punk.

"Let's go!"said Doug and the match began.

The red clad punk jumped at Yun,doing a flying kick of his own.

Yun dodged it and then did his dash lunge punch at him.

"UNNGH!"
Doug went down on the mat,but managed to back-flipp onto his feet.

Yun then jumped into the air and did his dive kick,Doug blocked it off and then slammed an elbow into Yun just as he landed.

"Hmm..."said Guy. "...looks like he's been going to the gym."

"Yeah,maybe this one'll be a little more interesting."said Cody.

"C'mon bro!"said Yang. "Don't let that piece of street garbage take ya down!"

Doug then did a sweep kick,but Yun saw what was coming and jumped over it.

Once he landed,he unleshed his most powerful move--the You-Hou!

"Take this on for size---YAAAHHH!"said Yun as he did his super attack move.

The kung-fu warrior slammed a few fast paced punches into Doug's abdmomen,and then finished it off with a hard uppercut!

"POW!"

The thug sailed into the air and fell right on his side.

"YUN IS THE WINNER!"declared the referee.

"YEAH!"said Ibuki.

"Good show!"said Dudley.

"Yes,good move."said Remy.

"Boy,you really need to cut loose,frenchy."said Sean.

Yun stepped down from the ring.

"He was--interesting at first."he said. "But just another punching bag for me to take down!"

"Looks like we're lucky so far."said Dudley."Wonder who's up next?"

"Next match."said the referee. 'Guy VS Joe!"

"Good luck pal!"said Cody.

"Thanks buddy."said Guy.

The Bushin walked up to the ring,ready to fight.

His opponent was dressed in red sweat pants with a yellow sash tied around his waist and wore matching sneakers.

He had a medium build and had blonde hair.

"I saw him once in the first tourney years ago."said Alex."He's called Joe,an american kickboxer."

"Hmmm...he must be up for a comeback."said Sean. "Let's see how he handles this one."

NEXT IN CH.6,THE ELIMINATION ROUNDS CONTINUE AS WARRIORS FROM STREET FIGHTER AND FINAL FIGHT CONTINUE TO BASH IT OUT WITH ONE ANOTHER IN THE WAREHOUSE ARENA. AND ONCE THE DUST CLEARS,ONLY EIGHT FIGHTERS WILL CONTEND IN THE VERY STREETS OF THE LEGENDARY CITY. BUT WHAT DOES URIEN AND HIS MYSTERIOUS PARTNER HOLD FOR THEM WHEN THE TIM E COMES? FIND OUT ALL THIS AND MORE NEXT CHAPTER.