KING OF FIGHTERS:IN THE PITS!

by Dune7

Terry Bogard and other fighters are invited to a brand new fighting tournament that pits them in hardcore matches against..THE PIT FIGHTERS!

8. To the extreme!

King of Fighters:In the Pit!

Ch.8:To the extreme!

Terry,Ryo,and Kyo,along with Kim,Kensou.and Joe had arrived at their destination,another warehouse on the edge of town.

The six fighters all got out and were led to the front doors.

One of the men in suits adressed them.

"I also gotta warn ya,this place has also got a bunch of street punks as an audience as well. So look lively and don't start anything with 'em,and we'll be all right. You're here to fight in a tournament,not street scum."

"We got it."said Terry.

"Just lead the way."said Joe.

The men in suits opened the doors and were led inside a very unpleasant atmopshere.

There were old and rotted walls on each side and broken windows.

The floors were littered everywhere and on both sides were gangs of street punks all lined up,waiting for the fight to begin.

The lead punk,wearing a black vest and cargo pants stepped up.

"Alright,about time the entertainment got here!"he said.

The lead man stepped up to him.

"We paid you all a nice sum to use this hellhole for a combat arena,"he said. "so just behave youreselves,or we'll get the cops on your asses in a flash,got it?"

"Hey,chill man."said the leader. "We were just getting a little antsy,anyways,the pit ring is ready to use."

A group of thugs moved away from the center and revealled a pit hole that lead straight down.

The six warriors walked over to the pit and looked to see what it was made of.

Sure enough,it was long and wide with a sandy floor and there was a wall of large metal spikes on both sides.

"Hoo boy!"thought Kensou as his brow sweated.
"Master Chin,I wish you were here."

"Alright,listen up,here's what you both do."said the lead man.

"One pair of you shall be chosen and fight it out in the ring. You will fight until only one remains. However,this time there's a little change to the rules.

As you fight,both walls of spikes shall slowly but surely close in on you.

They will close in on you until someone wins the match. Now,is that clear?"

Everyone nodded.

"Good,now wait here till your name is called."said the lead man.

"Oh man!"said Joe. "Taking about fighting in closed areas."

"Ya scared,Joe?"said Kyo.

"Nah,just suprised to see what kind of ring we're fighting in."

"I admit,it does seem a bit too hardcore,playing with actual fighter's lives here with that sort of ring."said Kim.

"I bet Clark Steele and the others got it easy playing in the junkyard."said Ryo.

"Aw c'mon guys."said Kyo. "Any challenge is worth meeting head-on as long as you conquor it."

"Huh,big words from Mr.current champion here."thought Joe.

The lead man approached the fighters.

"The first team to fight shall be--Terry VS Kim!"he said.

Terry and Kim looked at each and were both rather suprised,but pleased to fight just the same."

"Okay then."said Kim. "I'm ready if you are,Lone Wolf."

"Anytime Mr.Korea."said Terry.

"Alright,the fightin's gonna start right now!"said one of the punks.

Both Terry and Kim jumped into the pit and took up their positions.

"Are you both ready?"the man called down to them.

"READY!"said Terry.

"READY!"said Kim.

"Okay then---FIGHT!"said the man."FIGHT!"

Terry made the first move as he thrust forward and did his Burn Knuckle.

"BURN KNUCKLE!"

But Kim jumped over it and tapped Terry in the back of his head,causing him to stumble forward.

Terry nearly fell down,but kept his footing.

"I've gotten a lot faster and stronger since the last KOF,Terry."he said. "Think you can stand up to some even better Tae Kwon Do?"

"Just watch me work!"said Terry.

Kim ran and jumped at Terry,and then tried to do a flying Dive.

But before he could do so,Terry slammed an energized fist down on the ground.

"GROUND WAVE!"

Kim was hit head-on by a geyser-like power blast and was propelled backwards by it,causing him to fall on his back.

The Korean jumped back to his feet and tried for another attack.

Kim rushed forward and did a cartwheel split kick at Terry.

Terry managed to block it off with his arms in the air,but was knocked backwards on his feet.

The lone wolf then reacted by doing his Crack Shot Kick,and got Kim right in the left shoulder!

"UNNGHH!"went Kim as he was hit hard by a hard blast of pain.

Kim then jumped at his shoulder and tried to think of a new strategy.

But before he could,Terry came at him again with another Burn Knuckle attack.

Kim dodged it and jumped back onto the other side of the ring.

He then thought of a new attack and waited for Terry to make the next move.

Terry did so as he jumped into the air and then came down with his Power Dunk attack.

This allowed Kim to jump into the air and slam him in the chin with his Flying Slice move.

"KRAAAKK!"

Terry fell back down to the floor and clutched at his chin.

"Man!"he thought. "I forgot about that one!"

Kim then jumped into the air and came down at Terry,doing a flying axe drop kick.

Terry saw it coming and then back-flipped out of the way,just as Kim's axe kick came down on the floor!

Bogard got back into fight stance and then came up with a new and even more powerful plan of attack that even Kim couldn't withstand.

Kim,not knowing what was going to happen,ran and jumped at Terry again,vowing to do some real damage to his competition.

"POWER--GEYSER!"called Terry as he did a more powerful version of his ground wave,but this one was twice as large and twice as powerful,and poor Kim got caught right in the middle of it!

"UNNGHH!"

Kim was slammed head-on by the powerful ki blast and then fell back down to the floor,and was out cold.

"TERRY BOGARD WINS MATCH ONE!"said the man.

"Alright!"said Joe. "GO TERRY!

"Not bad."said Kyo.

"Yeah,he's a legend from Southtown."said Kensou.

Terry then placed the unconscious Kaphwan Kim over his shoulder while he rope climbed back up the wall to the surface.

"Great fight there,Terry!"said Joe. "You and me are gonna make it to the finals,right?"

"Don't be too sure,Joe."said Terry. "We still got the rest of the competition to go."

"Yeah,besides us that is."said Kyo.

"You said it."said Kensou.

"Well,who's next?"said Ryo.

"You and Kensou are,actually."said the man.

Ryo and Kensou looked at each other.

"I guess this it then."said Kensou.

"Sure does."said Ryo. "Well,let's get to it."

The other men in suits carried Kim to the van while the next two fighters entered the ring below.

But just as they made it,the spike walls suddenly began to shift a little closer.

"This time we're making your match seem a little more--closed in this time."said the lead man.

"Just be careful not to get too close to the spikes and you'll be all right."

"Huh,easy for him to say."said Kensou.

"You said it."said Ryo.

"NOW--BEGIN!"said the man.

Ryo made the first move as he fired a Ko-ken fireball at Kensou.

Kensou jumped over it and then slammed Ryo in the chest with a flying kick.

Ryo staggered backwards and tried for another attack.

Kensou then fired his own fireball,but Ryo dodged it and then came at him with a flying thrust kick.

Kensou was hit in the side by it,but managed to dive for the floor and sommesault back to his feet.'

Ryo and Kensou then collided with each other and traded off blows on each other.

Kensou thrust several punches at Ryo,but he blocked them off and then slammed a knee into his stomach.

He then tried for a leg-sweep,but Ryo jumped over it.

The kid psychic then went for another attack,he thrust forward and did a thrust spin kick.

Ryo managed to block it off,but was knocked backwards and nearly towards the spikes.

"You may be tough,but i'm faster than lightning old dude."said Kensou. "I'm gonna win this one!"

"We'll see about that!"said Ryo.

Kensou then fired off another fireball and Ryo then jumped into the air and prepared to get in contact with him.

But before he knew it,Kensou lifted himself into the air and slammed Ryo in the chin with an upper flying kick.

Ryo fell back down to the floor,but jumped back again.

Kensou was about to land back down to the ground,but before he could do so,Ryo launched back into the air and slammed Kensou in turn with a hard Kyoruken!

"KRAAAKK!"

The blow was so hard,it sent Kensou crashing into the ground and was the next to be in dreamland.

"THE WINNER--RYO SAKAZAKI!"said the man above.

"Alright,Ryo!"said Terry.

"YEAH,DA KARATE DUDE'S ALL RIGHT!"said one of the punks.

Ryo helped Kensou up.

"You were good there,Ken."he said."But ya need a lot more practice."

"Duly noted,old timer."said Kensou dusting himself off. "But just you wait till the next KOF."

The two fighters rope climbed out of the pit and were back on the surface.

"Way to go,Ryo."said Terry. "We'll show'em who the real champs are."

"Yeah,but who's gonna be the third with us...when this next match is over?"said Ryo.

"Final match--Kyo Kusanagi VS Joe Higashi!"said the lead man.

"YEAH--THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT!"said another of the street youths.

The last two fighters jumped into the pit and were ready to duke it out.

"This is should be interesting."said Kensou. "Battle of the hot-shots."

"Yeah,I just sincerly hope it's Joe this time."said Terry.

The lead man then announced something to them both down below.

"Just to let you know,that this time the spike walls will be closing in you--but at a naturally slow rate. But,you've gotta be quick,or you'll get either squashed,cut,or---impaled!"

Joe gulped but Kyo kept a firm stance,even though he wasn't really fond of getting shishkabobed tonight either.

"Think you're up to it?"said the man.

"Hey--uh--bring it on!"said Joe.

"Same here."said Kyo.

"Good--NOW BEGIN!"said the man.

Joe made the first move as he did his Tiger Thurst Kick at Kyo.

Kyo dodged the kick and slammed a fist into his back.

Joe nearly fell forwards at the moving wall,but managed to stop himself at the last second.

"WHOA---Oh no ya don't,Kusanagi!"he thought.

Kyo thrust forward with a spinning kick.

Joe ducked it and just as he was on the other side of where he stood,Joe threw a Tornado Upper,hitting Kyo in the back in turn.

Kyo kept his footing and managed to steer clear of the incoming spike wall.

"Man,I hope they both managed to make it out."said Terry.

"Yes,no warrior is deserving of such a fate."

Kyo threw one of his fireballs at Joe,but the kickboxer jumped over it and thrust forward at Kyo again.

This gave Kyo an opportune chance to unleash another attack,and just as Joe was close enough,Kyo did a flaming spin upper,that sent Joe crashing to the floor.

"OW--MAN--THAT HURT!"he cried.

"Well,what do ya expect--from flames?"said Kyo grinning.

"I'll show ya what really hurts!"said Joe as he jumped back up.

Kyo made his next move as he thrust forward at Joe and tried for another attack.

He tried for an elbow to flame grab,but before he could,Joe blocked off the blow and then slammed Kyo with A Tiger Rising Knee,hitting him hard in the chest.

Kyo staggered backwards,but kept on his feet.

Joe then tried for another attack,but Kyo was already on the next move as he unleashed---his Maxximum Flame blast.

He threw his left arm forward and hit Joe full-force with a large Flame attack.

Joe was hit backwards so hard,he nearly fell up against the spike wall,and one of the spike's stabbed him in the back of his left shoulder.

"AAHH!"cried Joe as he bounced off the spike.

"Whoops,sorry--I guess I got carried away there."said Kyo.

"You're lucky I didn't get impaled there,Kusanagi!"said Joe in anger. "Now i'm gonna show you what I really got in turn!"

Joe charged up a giant amount of Ki energy in his left fist and threw it forward at him.

"SCREW UPPER!"

A giant tornado of red orange energy flew at Kyo.

Kyo then charged up another amount of fiery energy and then threw it at the Tornado.

"FLAME THIS!"he said.

The two projectiles hit each other so hard,they both exploded in a blast of white hot energy!

"KRAAKKA--BOOM!"

"Whoa--so cool!"said another of the punks.

Joe fell on one knee,and then fell to the floor out of exhaustion.

"No,Joe!"said Terry. "Get up!"

But it was no use,Joe used up all his ki energy and stamina from the moves he did,and was down for the count.

"The winner by default is--Kyo Kusanagi!"said the man.

"All right!"said Kyo. "Maybe lucky,but I did it just the same."

The wall of spikes then stopped and retracted.

Kyo heaved Joe over his shoulder and then rope climbed back to the top again.

"Well,at least we know who's who in the rest of the finals huh?"said Terry.

"Indeed."said Ryo smirking.

NEXT IN CH.9:THE REST OF THE FINALS CONTINUE ON AS CLARK STEEL,HEAVY D AND THE REMAINING FINALISTS BATTLE IT OUT TO SEE WHO WILL FACE TERRY AND THE OTHERS! AND ONCE THAT'S OVER--THEY MUST ALL FACE IT OUT IN THE GRAND FINALS TO SEE WHO WILL BE LEFT STANDING AGAINST THE MYSTERIOUS CHALLENGERS THAT LAY AHEAD! SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!