King of Fighters:In the Pits!

Ch.3:Prepare for battle!

The various fighters from the past KOF'S were all sized up in smaller circle groups.

Terry,Ryo,and Kyo were amongst a few fighters with them.

There was Ralf,Michael Max,and Todo.

Other fighters were sectioned off into the follwing as fighters of six.

Kensou,Chin,Kim.

Joe,Eiji,King.

Clark, Heavy D,Raiden.

Lucky,Tojo Sakata,Segumi Tendo.

And lastly.

Duck King,Li Xiangfi,Lee Pai Long

Hwai Jai,Richard Meyer and Jack Turner.

"There,that should be all of them."said Vinnie. "Okay folks,here's the plan. You'll each be transported to a different fighting arena somewhere in the city. Once there,you'll all face off against each other in a simple elimination round.

And as for the rules,heh-hehthere are none save for the fact,that you must do whatever it takes to win. Got it? Good,now let's get busy!"

The four groups of fighters were escorted out the back entrance into some transport trucks and were driven across the city to a secret location.

Terry and the other's location was a dusty old warehouse that was packed with street gangs and other vermin inside,waiting for a good show to begin.

Once the truck was parked,the two bodyguards opened the back door and informed the fighters to get out and wait.

Terry and the others waited patiently for the events to begin.

"Man,I can't believe what kind of tournament we're in."said Ryo.

"Yeah,I can just smell the aromas of urine and crap around here,meaning it stinks of something bad all the way."

"Just hang loose guys."said Terry. "Think of this as a street fight with a twist."

"Yeah,just you wait Bogard."said Micheal. "When I get started,you gonna wish we were back in Southtown."

"Yeah,and it's nice to see a has-been like you made it to the venue,Max."said Terry. "But let's see if you've gotten any better since last time."

Suddenly,the front door burst open and some drunken bum with a wine bottle beckoned them in.

"My my,nice doorman."said Kyo as they all went inside.

The six fighters all found themselves in a large as well as dirty and dust-ridden storage room with windows above the walls.

On both sides,there were two groups of street gangs.

One were the sharks and the other were the vipers,a pair of local street thugs catching some first rate entertainment.

"Oh great,street urchins."said Ryo.

"I hope we're not gonna fight them too."said Michael.

The leader of the Vipers,a tall and sturdy thug wearing a leather vest,black jeans and boots and had a crew cut and was carrying a crowbar in his right hand.

"Welcome ya punks."he said in a typical brooklyn accent.

"Welcome to the ass-whuppin'of a lifetime at the Pit Fightas toinament.

In case you're wondering what's up here,the man named Vinnie allowed us to rent this meeting place for our gangs for a one-time only fight arena. Here's what you'll do,fight each other one-on-one till one's standing,an'the other's bleedin'on the pavement.

When it's over,you'll all be safely placed back in the truck and head off for the rest of the contest?

Do I make that clear?"

Several yeahs and sures were heard.

"Okay...oh and here's another thing."said the leader. "We're placing ya some weapons for ya to use in case things get ugly.

Wooden crates,a knife or two,even a crowbar like the one I got. Ya can use it if ya want.

And lastly...give us all a good fight...or ya got us to deal with.

Now,wait here till we decide which fighters to choose."

"Huh,stinkin'punk trash!"thought Kyo. "Just let'im try and swing that crowbar at me!"

"Sheesh,when they'd said hardcore,they weren't kidding."said Ryo.

"Tell me about it."said Terry. "I think we'd all better watch our backs for these punks as well as each other."

"No prob,Bogard."said Ralf flexing his muscles. "Some of us can handle street scum better than others."

"Stay on your toes,young ones."said Todo.

The leader of the vipers then came back to the group of fighters and announced the first match.

"FIRST MATCH...TERRY VS MICHAEL MAX!"

"Hey,i'm up already."said Terry followed by the boxer.

"Yeahlucky you."said Michael with a sick grin on his face.

"That boxer's in trouble now."said Ryo. "I heard he and others were trounced by Terry and his pals back in the KOF'92 in Southtown."

"You don't say."said Kyo. "Well,let's see if either old timer is up to the challenge once again."

Both fighters faced each other with the Viper leader between them.

"Ready boys?"he asked.

"READY!"said both challengers in unison.

"FIGHT!"he said.

Michael Max made the first move,naturally.

He did a straight forward dash punch at Terry,but the Lone Wolf ducked it and then slammed a Power Dunk into his chin and then slammed a powerful fist onto the top of his head.

Max went staggering backwards,but wasn't out yet.

"You're pal Joe took me out in the last tournament,Bogard!"he said. "But you sure as hell aren't gonna beat me the same."

"Well,quit yer yackin'and start packin'!"said Terry. "Punches that is."

"How's this then?"said Max as he made another move.

He thrust his right arm forward in an uppercut motion and a medium sized tornado flew from his arm,and straight at Terry!

"WOW,LOOKIT AT THAT!"said one of the gan g members. "

"Still stealing moves I see."said Terry as he adjusted his ball cap.

Terry then thrust out another super move.

"POWER WAVE!"

Terry slammed his right fist down on the floor and a large energy blast wave flew straight at the tornado,destroying in a flash of energy!

"HEY!"said Max.

"Beat that!"said Terry.

The boxer had enough of the Lone Wolf's antics and decided to go straight through again.

"YAAAAARRRR!"roared Max as he sprinted forward again with another dash punch.

But just as he got close enough,Terry unleashed his most famed punch attack.

"BURN KNUCKLE!"

Max was hit head-on by Terry's fiery fist move so hard,blood exploded from his nose and mouth and he fell backwards and hit the floor with a loud smack.

He was the first to be down for the count.

"THE WINNERTERRY BOGARD!"said the Viper leader.

"YEAHH! WHOO-HOO-ALRIGHT!"said several of the punks.

"Alright,way to go,Terry!"said Ryo.

"Hey,not bad."said Kyo.

"Hmmm..he's more of a legend than I heard."said Ralf.

Terry went back to the group of fighters while the punks took Micheal Max's still unconscious form and threw it outside.

"That was good stuff."said the leader. "But we're just getting started.

Next fight,Ryo VS Todo!"

Ryo and Todo looked at each other in suprise.

It had been a long time since either fought one another since their encounter in Southtown many years ago.

"Well..it looks like we were to meet again,young one."said Todo.

"Yeah,I guess so."said Ryo.

The two fighters faced each other in the makeshift ring and took up fight stances.

"ReadyFIGHT!"said the leader.

Ryo made the first move as he thrust his right arm forward and fired off a Hou-Ken fireball.

Todo jumped over it and landed directly in front of Ryo.

"Let's see how you fare against my new and improved Aikido techniques."he said and then attacked.

Todo spun around and did a roundhouse kick at Ryo,but the Kyokugen warrior neatly dodged it and then slammed a thrust fist into his chest!

"UNNH!"went Todo as he staggered away.

"Good so far."he said. "But not enough against me!"

Todo then thrust forward with a few lunge punches and kicks at Ryo,hitting him in the chest and neck several times.

"Not bad,Todo."said Ryo. "But you're up against Kyokugen's bestYAAAH!"

Ryo thrust forward again with his flying thrust kick.

But just as he got close enough to Todo,the Aikido master caught him by the foot and threw him across the floor,causing Ryo to land on his side.

"Ouch!"said Kyo. "For an old timer,that guy's good."

"His moves in Aikido are similar to the ones that Geese Howard once used."said Terry. "I wonder what else he may have up his sleeve."

Ryo jumped back to his feet and then charged at Todo.

The pair of fighters then began to trade blows with each other.

Ryo did his lightning punch attack,but Todo blocked it off with a cross arm defense.

Todo did a couple of thrust kicks,but Ryo dodged them both.

Not getting anywhere,Todo jumped backwards from Ryo and then placed both of his fists at his sides.

"You asked for it now,Sakazaki!"he said. "I shall unleash my most powerful move!"he said.

"Dude,what's he freakin'bout?"said a stoned gang member.

Both of Todo's fists began to glow a bright white and blue.

"Oh no,is he gonna do what I think he is again?"said Ryo,suddenly remembering something from last time.

"What's he doing?"thought Terry. "A raising storm attack,similar to Geese's or something?"

Todo then raised both of his fists in the air,and the energy grew even brighter and larger than before.

Ryo looked around for something to use against his incoming attack.

He then saw a large wooden crate and had an idea.

"KASANE ATE!"cried Todo and he threw his arms forward.

A sudden wave of white energy flowed from his hands and went straight at Ryo.

Ryo then picked up the crate and threw it at the wave.

Once it hit,the wave adn crate both exploded in a fiery flash of energy.

"Alright,I did it!"he said.

"WHAT?"said Todo. "But how."

"I remember from last time you're Kasane Ate can explode when it comes in contact with someone or sometrhing."said Ryo.

"And it looks to me like you used your best and only move there,old timer."

"You haven't won yet,i'll show you!"said Todo.

"Well,now it's my turn!"said Ryo as he charged up fiery orange energy in his hands.

"Oh yeah,get'im Ryo!"said Kyo.

"HAOH SHOKOKEN!"shouted Ryo as he thrust both of his hands forward and a large fireball of energy came flying at Todo.

Todo did another cross block,but the impact was so powerful,another explosion of fiery energy came about that sent Todo flying across the room and crashed into an old sofa up against the wall.

"THE WINNER OF ROUND TWORYO!"said the Viper leader.

"OH YEAAH!"said Ryo as he raised a fist in the air.

"It's not over yet,ladies."said Ralf as he approached Kyo. "You ready to lose some teeth,mr.champion?"

"Just point me in the right direction,gi-joe."said Kyo.

The two fighters stepped out into the middle and faced each other for the final match.

"KYO VS RALFBEGIN!"said the leader.

Kyo made the first move as he threw his left arm forward and a fire wave flew at Ralf.

The Ikari warrior saw it coming,and then jumped right over it.

While he jumped,he landed close enough to Kyo and landed a fast and hard punch to his face.

"KRAAKK!"

"Whoa,first move there for Ralf,and he clocks him."said Ryo.

"Maybe he won't make it out this match alive."said Terry.

Kyo kept his footing and rubbed at his face.

"Lucky punch there,Jones."he said. "But the last one will belong to me."

"So you say."said Ralf. "Then why don't you back it up with the muscle?"

"My pleasure!"said Kyo and then he jumped at Ralf.

Kyo then slammed a few hard punches into Ralf's stomach and chin and then did a flaming upper that sent him falling to the floor.

"YEAH,BURNIN'BABY!"said one of the gang members.

Ralf sommersaulted back to his feet and then tried for another attack.

He thrust forward and tried his Gatling attack.

Ralf thrust two punches at Kyo,he ducked them both,but was hit in the face by a third punch which was a backfist.

"KRAKK!"

Kyo fell backwards and nearly fell,but managed to regain his steps and try for another attack.

He did a flying fireball,but Ralf jumped into the air over it and was about to land right in front of Kyo.

"NOW!"said Kyo as he jumped into the air

Kusanagi did his Spin Kick and slammed severla high spin kicks into his stomach and sent him crashing to the floor.

"YEAH,GO FOR IT KUSANGI!"said Terry.

"He's good so far,but just wait till he takes either of us on."said Ryo cracking his knuckles.

Ralf jumped back to his feet,rubbed his stomach and went at him again.

Kyo jumped at Ralf again,but before he knew it,Ralf unleashed a new attack of his own.

"VULCAN PUNCH!"

He slammed several fiery punches into Kyo's chest and knocked him down in turn.

Kyo then rolled across the floor and jumped back up again.

"This is getting me nowhere!"he thought. "For every move I got,he's got something far better!"

Suddenly,before Kyo could figure out what to do next,Ralf came charging at Kyo with a Super charge attack.

The flame-weilder was knocked off his feet by the impact by Ralf's incoming rush.

Once down,Ralf jumped into the air and began to come down with a New Blitzkrieg Punch.

Kyo flipped backwards just as his fiery power fist slammed through the concrete floor.

Once back on his feet,he charged up his left fist full of fiery energy,and within a full milisecond,he unleashed his Sepent Wave flame blast upon the soldier.

"FWOOOSH!"

"UNNNGHH!"

Ralf was slammed really hard by the super flame attack and went flying to the floor.

He was the last to be down and out for the count.

"YEAH!"said Kyo. "I GOT'IM!"

"He did it."said Terry.
"Huh,not suprising."said Ryo. "But it should make the future matches more intriguing."

"TERRY,RYO AND KYO WIN THE FIRST MATCH!"called the Viper leader.

"Good work boys,but just you wait,according to Vinnie,the best is yet to come."

NEXT:Joe Higashi and the other fighters fight it out in the next battle arena to see who's best. And the rest of the tournament goes underway as well. Who will be left standing in the end againstthe Pit Fighters and the mysterious contender? Find out more next chapter!