King Of Fighters:in the pit!
Ch.9:Semi-finals part two!
Clark Steele,Duck King,Li Xiangfei,Heavy D,Lee Pai Long,and Tsegumi Sendo were the other half of the remianing finalists in the tournament.
They were being driven in the other van to a local junkyard to fight it out in the next series of matches.
Once they were there,they were ordered by two men in suits to get out and wait for a moment.
The six fighters got out of the van and waited near a trash compactor system.
"Ughh..."said Tsegumi."I wish they sent us to a better location than this place,it smells of rust and gunk around here."
"Hey,ain't you ever heard of fighting in--Heavy Metal?"joked Heavy D.
"Fun-ny.."said Tsegumi not amused.
Just then,the pair of men came back to them and asked the fighters to follow them.
The finalists follwed them to a clear opening in the middle of the junkyard,and found a large,suare and rectangular ring made up of smashed cars and vehicles.
"That's...our fight ring?"said Clark.
"Yes,it is."said the man on the left. "You will each face each other,one on one inside the ring. But be careful,there are small but sharp contents of glass and shrapnel sticking out in the vechicles,so watch out when you fight and move.
"More good news."said Xiangfei.
"And there's more,"said the man on the right. "some of the vehicles are not quite fastened tightly enough,so be careful in case something comes down upon you. This was designed to make it more challenging to the match."
"Yeah,and dangerous no doubt."said D. "Well,who's first anyways?"
"Clark Steele and Duck King will be first."said the man on the right.
Clark and Duck looked at each other.
"Ready to dance?"said Duck.
"I guess."said Clark. "Let's go."
The pair of combatants both entered an opening hole that was on the right side of the ring and both faced each other.
"Too bad we can't see the action this time."said Tsegumi.
"All we can do now,is wait and be ready."said Lee Pai Long.
"READY?"called the man on the left.
"READY!"said both Clark and Duck in unison.
"THEN BEGIN!"said the man.
Duck King made the first move as he did a roller attack at Clark,but the commando dodged it and Duck slammed into a car top.
He fell on his face,but got back up.
"Swift huh?"he said. "Well,you won't know swift till you face the Duck!"
"We'll see."said Clark. "Now come on!"
Duck King did another roller attack,but Clark dodged it again and slammed a backfist into Duck's back,knocking him forwards.
Clark then ran and jumped at Duck,but the hip hopster caught Clark by both of the soles of his sneakers and threw him across the ring,causing Clark to fall head first into the dirt.
Steel wiped the dirt from his face and got back up again.
Duck saw his next chance and jumped at Clark,but the commando did his Vulcan Punch and knocked him away.
He then thrust again at Duck and did his double backfist attack.
Duck dodged it and then shuffled his feet into a different kind of attack move.
Duck swung into a spinning feet kick move,literally hitting Clark in the sides and knocking him away.
"Hee-hee!"said Duck grinning. "I got moves no else does here,baby!"
"I'll show ya some moves,Duck head!"said Clark.
The Ikari warrior sprinted forward and clasped both hands around his waist.
"HEY,WHAT THE---?"replied Duck.
Clark brought him backwards in a German suplex move,and then threw them both around across the floor and threw Duck right into the surface of an old truck.
"WHAMM!"
Duck fell to the ground and was the first to be down for the count.
Clark then picked up the dazed Duck King and raised a fist in the air.
"The winner--CLARK STEELE!"said the man on the right.
"Hey,good job,Steel."said D. "You're rakin'em in."
"Ralf and me trained for this,"said Clark as he placed Duck in the van. "but it looks like I had more luck than poor Ralf did."
"Next match--Li Xiangfei Vs Tsegumi Sendo!"said the man on the right.
"Okay,about time I got another match."said Tsegumi.
"Same here."said Xiangfei."Let's do this!"
The two young fighter girls were next to enter the ring and took up their fight stances.
"BEGIN!"said both men in unison.
Both girls lightly stepped around each other,both waiting to make a move.
Xiangfei made the first move as she thrust forward with her fireball,but Tsegumi dodged it and then came at her with an elbow strike to the chest.
Xiangfei staggered away,but kept on her feet.
Tsegumi then jumped at Li,about to grab her with a grapple move,but the chinese girl flipped backwards and out of harm's way.
Xiangfei then charged at her again with a double fist thrust.
Tsegumi blocked it and then came at her with a triple leg kick.
Xiangfie dodged and swatted her kicks away and then did a leg-sweep on the wrestler,causing her to nearly fall over.
But Tsegumi was quick on her feet and she back-flipped to safety.
"Nice try."she said. "But let'see what else ya got."
"Well,come on and see."said Li as she beckoned her.
Tsegumi thrust forward at her again and did a double leg jump kick at her.
Xiangfei ducked it and once Tsegumi landed on her feet,Li did a flying shoulder ram,knocking her down.
"Haha!"said Li raising her fists in the air. "I'm the best!"
"Like hell you are!"said Tsegumi as she got back up again.
While Li was open,Tsegumi collided with her as she grabbed her by the waist,lifted her upward and then slammed her really hard down on the ground!
"WHAAMM!"
"Whoa,sounds like a major girl fight in there!"said D.
"You said it."said Lee. "I wonder who'll make it out?"
Li grasped her back in pain from the impact
"Man,that hurt!"she said.
"An understatement,but quite understandable."said Tsegumi."Now,ready to call it in?"
"Not on your life,toots!"said Xiangfei as she shot back up.
Tsegumi charged at Xiangfei again,ready to do some real damage.
But before she could lay a hand on her,Li jumped right over her and then came slamming into her back with another elbow smash--Hard!
Tsegumi fell down on the ground and Li then slammed both of her feet down upon her head,knocking her out.
Li then dragged Tsegumi out and raised her hands in the air and smiled.
"The next winner--Li Xiangfei!"said the man on the left.
"Final match for the semi-finals...HEAVY D VS LEE PAI LONG!"
"Okay,short stuff...you ready?"D said to Lee.
"Always."said Lee.
The last two warriors entered the ring and took up their defense.
"FIGHT!"said the two men.
Heavy D made the first move as he thrust forward with a Soul Flower.
Lee jumped over it and came at D with his claws flashing.
D dodged away from the claws.
"Whoa---just my luck to fight mr.nails here!"he said.
D then sprinted forward with a Rolling Soul Driver,but Lee jumped over it and slashed D across the chest with his Iron Talon slice.
"Hey--my good tank top!"he said.
D then thrust at Lee and punched him across his masked face.
"Unngh!"Lee replied as he fell backwards.
"You may have strength,but my deadly skills shall slice you to ribbons."he said.
"Says you!"said D. "Now come on!"
Lee jumped and rolled at D,swiping his talons at him.
D dodged it and then slammed him with a Blast Upper,that sent Lee crashing into a truck cart.
The impact was so hard,one of the old cars fell forward onto the ring's ground.
"Oh boy--better be careful there."said D.
Lee got back up again,jumped into the air and landed directly behind D.
He did a turn kick and sent D up against the old wrecked car.
D winced as some broken glass grazed the back of his right leg.
"Man,who the hell's the nut who decided to place us in this dangerous as hell junkpile,you can really get hurt here!"
complained D.
"Maybe that's the idea!"said Lee as he lunged again.
D then charged at Lee and hit him at full force with another Rolling Soul Driver.
"KA-POWW!"
The blow sent Lee flat up against a smashed oldsmobile and he fell right out of it into dremland.
"YEAH--I DID IT!"said D.
"The winner--HEAVY D!"said the man on the right.
"Well,it looks like the three of us are set to the grand finals."said Clark.
"Wow,I can't wait to see who's gonna be there in the final matches."said Li.
"We're gonna find out all right."said D as he emerged from the ring.
"And only one of us is gonna take home the gold!'
NEXT IN CH.10:THE GRAND FINALS BEGIN AS TERRY,KYO AND RYO FACE CLARK,XIANGFEI AND HEAVY D AS TO WHO'LL BE LEFT FOR THE SUPREME FINALS! AND ONCE THAT'S OVER THERE WILL BE THREE REMAINING TO FACE THE GREATER CHALLENGERS THAT LAY AHEAD AS WELL AS THE TOURNAMENT'S MYSTERIOUS SPONSER!