KOF:In the Pits!
Ch.4:At the club!

The next group of fighters to battle it out was at a local night club that had a large dancing floor in the center and a silver glowing disco ball that hung from the ceiling and all sorts of neon lights and colors that flashed across the walls and floor.

Joe Higashi,(along with Eiji,Kim,Kensou,King,and Chin.)were all transported there and entered the makeshift arena.

All sorts of night club patrons were gathered there for the event,they were shouting,cheering and whsitling at the group of fighters that were set to fight at the club.

"Well,well."said King looking around at the surroundings. "My kinda place to fight in."

"We're not here for drinks ya know."said Kim. "This is one of those hardcore fighting contests,so look sharp fellas."

"Well,at least I brought my own,heh-heh.."said Chin swinging his wine bottle.

The group was appraoched by a man with redddish blonde hair and was wearing a silvery green suit and shades.

"Hiya folks!"he said. "I'm Reggie Revve,the owner of the Oasis Night spot,we've been paid and arranged to hold another of the fight spots for you to use.

Here's what ya do,stand across from each other on the floor,wait till the bell signal goes off,and you both fight it out till one is standing. As for the rules,fight any way you choose,but please make sure you don't get too close to breaking any of the ehbar equipment in here,kay?"

"Sure thing,Reg."said Joe. "Just when do we begin?"

"Right now,of course."said Reggie. "Now...who wishes to be first?"

Joe stepped forward.

"I'll go,first."he said.

"Huh,the hotshot...typical."said Eiji.

"You wanna be first to get your jaw dislocated,be my guest,ninja."said Joe.

"Gladly!"said Eiji as he stepped forward alongside Joe.'

"Ah,a kickboxer and a ninja huh?"said Reggie.
"This should be good. All righty men,take your places on the floor,and await the signal."

The two fighters stepped onto the floor and took up their fight stances.

"That ninja was a real baddie from the last KOF I hear."said Kensou.

"Yeah,I hope Joe knows what he's getting into here."

"Ryo fought him and beat him as did Robert,i'm sure Mr.moonie pants there can beat him just the same."said King.

"We'll see."said Chin.

The electronic bell sound went off.

"BEEEEP!"

And the fight began.

Eiji made the first move as he thresw both of his arms forward and a giant cresenct shaped projectile.

"SHADOW SLICER!"he said.

"HURRICANE UPPER!"said Joe as he threw his left fist into the air and threw a mini-tornado at the projectile.

But once they hit,the slicer went through his projectile and still came straight at him.

"WHOAA!"said Joe as he dodged it,causing the slicer to go through a nearby folding chair.

"Hey!"said Reggie. "That was my folding chair,ahnever mind!"

Joe then thrust forward with a flying Tiger kick.

Eiji saw it coming and collided it with his shoulders,allowing both fighters to be up close and personal.

"Shall I have this dance?HAHA!"said Joe.

"You will die here."said Eiji.

"Yeah,right."said Joe.

The pair then went at as they traded blows.

Joe slammed him in the chest with his TNT punch,but Eiji swatted it away and hit him with a Bone Cutter dash.

"UNNGHH!"replied Joe.

"Crafty,but not enough to take me out!"

Eiji then jumped into the air and was about to get the kickboxer with his Stallion Kick,but Joe saw an opening and then thrust upward with his Tiger Knee,slamming him in the chest and knocking him down to the floor.

Eiji backflipped onto his feet,and tried to catch his breath from the impact.

"Had enough?"said Joe.

"I'mjustgetting started!"said the ninja.

Eiji then swung his arms forward again and another Crescent Slash blast flew at Joe.

"I gotcha this time!"said Joe as he unleashed his most powerful move.

"SCREW UPPER!"

Joe swung his right arm and a giant sized orange colred version of his Tornado upper collided with the cresent slash.

They both exploded in a flash of light.

"WHOOOAGROOVY MAN!"said one of the club patrons.

Eiji was momentarilly blinded by the flash,allowing Joe another opening.

He thrust forward and did another Tiger Kick,and slammed head-on into Eiji's chest and slammed him hard into a wallliterally knocking him out!

"THE WINNERJOE HIGASHI!"said Reggie.

Everyone cheered as Joe raised both fists in the air.

"ALLRIGHT!"he shouted.

"Huh,Joe does it again."said Kensou.

"Like he always does."said Kim grinning. "He and his friends are pals of mine,so I still trust him any day."

"Yeah,but what ya gonna do when you fight him?"said King.

"I might ask you the same thing,King."said Kim.

"NEXT MATCHKING VS KENSOU!"said Reggie.

"Alright,i'm up already."said Kensou.

King looked at the young boy.

"Don't get too cocky,kid."she said."You're up against the more experienced of the KOF this time."

"Oh yeah?"said Kensou. "Bring it on!"

"Your spirirt is solid,but do not lose focus,young one."said Chin waving his finger.

"No prob master."said Kensou. "All that training you gave me and Athena last week helped a lot. Just watch me work!"

Some of the guys whistled and cooed at King as she stepped into the ring,while some of the girls flirted at Kensou.

"Huh,they get more attention than I did."said Joe.

"It's better to focus on the fight anways,Joe."said Kim. "Let's just see which of these two is more popular by the time they're done."

"BEGIN!"said Reggie.

Kensou made the first move as he fired his Super Bullet attack at King.

King then jumped over the projectile and came flying down at Kensou.

She did a dive kick and hit him twice in the chest with the kick.

Kensou staggered backwards,but kept on his feet.

King then swung her right leg forward and a fireball of her own flew from the move.

Kensou ducked it and then swung at her with a spin kick.

King collided her left shoulder with it and then pushed him off.

Once Ken was back on his feet,King tried for another attack.

"TRAP SHOT!"

She jumped at him and did a flip kick to his chin,and then followed it up with a series of lightning kicks to his chest and stomach and then finished off the move with a roundhouse kick.

Kensou was sprawled out across the floor.

"Mmmm..."replied Chin grimly as he stroked his beard.

"Maybe he should've gotten a bit more training in while we were at it."he said.

Kensou jumped back to his feet,ready to dish it out and serve it up again.

He thought out a new attack and made a hand gesture for King to come at him.

"Come on hot pants,i'm waiting!"he said.

"Hmm..if you insist."said King as she sprinted forward and jumped into the air and did another dive kick.

"NOWUPPER SPIN!"said Kensou.

The young psychic fighter balanced himself upward and thrust into the air doing a helicopter spin kick.

He smashed right into King's head doing it,causing her to fall to the floor in turn.

Kensou landed on his feet while King strained herself to get back from the blow she recieved.

"Had enough,baby?"said Ken.

"N-not on your life!"said King.

"I'll use my most powerful move,the Illusion Dance on him,that'll send him to sleep.

King charged at Kensou in a super-swift motion came right at him.

Before Ken knew what was about to happen,he was hit by a flurry of super fast punches and kicks all over the front top of his body.

"WHAK-WHAKKWHAKKPOW!"

"Owiee,that's gotta hurt!"said Joe.

"I forgot that King is one of the few fighters who has a barrage attack.

"Come on,Kensou!"thought Chin. "Fend off the attack and counterpunch,you can do it!"

Before Kensou was ready to lose consciousness,he then jumped away from King,charged up his right fist for a final psychic attack.

King thrust towards him again,but as she was close enough,she was blasted right into the chest by a single charged fist.

"ZAAAP!"

The blast was small but great enough to knock her down to the floor and out momentarilly.

"THE WINNERKENSOU!"said Reggie.

"ALRIGHT,YEAH!"shouted several of the people.

"Whew!"said Kensou wiping his brow.

"She was tough,but psychic power is greater."

As Kensou rejoined the others,King got up and went up to the bar.

"Well...ya can't win'em all."she said and then ordered a drink.

"Good effort,my son."said Chin.

Kensou bowed to his master.

"I owe much of it to you,my master."he said. "But it was close."

"Well,I guess us masters up next,eh Chin?"said Kim.

"Indeed."said Chin.

"NEXT AND FINAL MATCH:KIM VS CHIN!"said Reggie.

The last two contestans stepped out into the dance floor ring and waited for the signal.

"BEGIN!"

Chin made the first attack as he thrust forward and did a roller punch attack.

Kim ducked it,allowing Chin to land on the other side of the floor.

Once he was there,Kim took his turn to attack as he did his Cresent Moon Slash at the old master.

Chin was hit at the top of his head by the axe kick and fell and rolled backwards.

"Ughhgood so far."he said. "But you won't beat me!"

"Bring it on!"said Kim.

Chin rolled forward at Kim and did a Rolling punch.

Kim blocked it off,then grabbed ahold of the old drunk and threw him across the room.

Chin,suprisingly landed on his feet like a cat and then jumped again at him,rolling and twisting his body sideways.

Kim was suprised by the sudden return attack by Chin and managed to block it off in time.

But just as Chin landed back on the floor,he took a deep swig of his sake bottle and then

Breathed FIRE!

"AAAH!"cried Kim as he was scorched on the right arm by his attack.

He then jumped back,rubbed at his arm which had only a minor burn and then decided to go for one last super attack.

Kim charged at Chin and then unleashed his own super barrage attackTHE PHOENIX FLATTENER!

He slammed several punches and kicks at the master and then finished him off with a super flip kick.

"KRAAAK!"

Chin fell to the floor and was the third and final fighter to be vanquished.

"HE DID ITKIM IS THE WINNER!"said Reggie.

"Yes!"said Joe. "He's with us as well!"

"Aw manmaster..."said Kensou.

Kim helped Chin up.

"You okay there,old timer?"he asked.

"Whewnothing I can't handle even at my age."said Chin. "Looks like I need some improvement as well."

"Just wait till the next real KOF,and see who's better."said Kim.

Chin then sat down in a lounge chair to catch his breath and drank some more sake.

"Dude,what's in that drink of his?'said another of the club patrons. "I want some of that."

Reggie then went up to the three contenders.

"Congratulations to all three of you."he said. "You'll be heading to the next venue with the rest of the fighters."

"Sounds great,we look forward to it."said Joe.

"Yeah!"said Kensou.

The trio was escorted back to the truck as the rest of the matches began to unfold as we speak.

NEXT CHAPTER:IT'S CLARK,HEAVY D AND RAIDEN AGAINST TOJI,TSEGUMI AND LUCKY in one of the more unlikely matches and after that,the last of the preliminary matches will then decide who is worthy of the finals. Find out who's the next to best in Ch.5!