KING OF FIGHTERS:IN THE PIT CH.13

RYO VS TY!

The next match of the supreme finals championship was set to begin as Ryo was to do his bout with Ty,the kickboxing champion.

Ryo entered the next room where the fighting ring was located.

Once inside,he found himself in a large and wide room whose walls were made of metal and the floor was hard thick wood.

There were people lined up behind strains of chain links and fences,it looked like a sort of..fight club.

"Whoa,this is where I fight my next opponent huh?"he thought.

Ryo walked out into the open and greeted by positive and negative comments.

"Hey,it's Ryo Sakazaki,the original King of Fighters!"

"Yeah,he may have been hot stuff,but he only won the KOF once I heard."

"Maybe he's gonna win this contest,and maybe not."

"C'mon old timer,show us a comeback!"

Ryo scowled at the commentary from the patrons.

"Damn punks!"he thought. "They don't know what it's like competiting with the likes of Bogard and Kusanagi for the top spot these days!

But i'll show them all what I really got!"

Suddenly,on the other side of the ring,a single metal door opened and a lone man stepped up to greet Ryo.

He was about Ryo's height,had muscular lean build,pale blonde hair and wore a red set of blue gi pants with a black belt around his waist.

"I am TY!"he said. "Kickboxing champion of the US."

"Really now?"said Ryo. "Well,this should be quite an honor."

"It should be a worry for you."said Ty. "To me you're just another karate dud,cause i've broken and defeated many before you like them."

"Well,you just wait and see what this karate dud is really like!"said Ryo.

The two warriors approached each other,bowed and took up their fight stances as the next match began.

Ty led the attack as he jumped at Ryo and did a flying kick.

Ryo ducked it and threw a fireball straight at Ty's back,hitting him hard with it.

Ty nearly fell forwards by the blow,but managed to steady himself.

"Lucky so far."he said.

Ryo then ran and thrust forward at Ty with another of his flying spin kicks.

Ty ducked it and was on the other side of the ring.

The two fighters then charged at each other and once they collided,they started to trade off blows.

Ty slammed a few kicks into Ryo's chest and then tried for a kick to the head,but Ryo blocked it off,and then slammed a punch to Ty's face.

Ty then thrust at Ryo with a flying kick,hitting him in the chest and nearly knocking him down,but just as he was close enough,Ryo grabbed his leg,pulled him down with him and threw him across the ring.

Ty flew forwards,but managed to land on his feet.

"Nice try there!"said Ty. "But i've been in a lot worse than that."

The kickboxer then charged at Ryo and did another flying kick.

"We'll...let's see ya handle this!"said Ryo as he thrusted his arms forward and fired off a large orange fireball.

"UNNGHH!"

Ty was hit right in the chest by the large projectile and fell to the floor.

"You've got some good moves there,Ty."said Ryo. "But they're a little behind the times there."

"I'm not behind the times!"said Ty. "I trained harder for this comeback than any of us ever did."

Ryo shrugged and then jumped at him,allowing the two fighters to deck it out once more.

Ty then lashed out a roundhouse,right into Ryo's face,and then slammed him with another flying kick,knocking the Kyokugen Tiger to the ground.

"YEAH,I DID IT!"he shouted.

The crowds roared and cheered for the soon-to-be champion,but suddenly...

"Nnnnhh---not bad..."said Ryo as he got up.

"What?"said Ty. "Impossible as hell! I've knocked out many oppoenents with that two hard kick combo."

"Maybe you have."said Ryo. "But you're up against greater fighters from the KOF here,you know nothing of the power of ki as well."

"Ki,ha!"said Ty. "We choose hard-hitting close quarters fighting here!"

"Than that's your first mistake in training."said Ryo. "Now i'm gonna show ya how!"

Before Ty could attack again,Ryo jumped into the air and landed in front of Ty,and then slammed his lighning fists into him.

"KRAKKRAKRAKKRAKK!"

And then finished him off with a hard thrust punch that sent him flying across the ring floor,and caused him to hit his head against the metal wall,and out of the picture.

Ryo was the winner!

"YEAAAAHH,GO RYO!"said one of the patrons as the crowd cheered.

Ryo flexed both his arms and laid them down at his sides and bowed his head.

Signifying his victory pose.

While in the next room,the match between Kyo and Kato was about to start.

NEXT IN CH.14:KYO FACES THE BLACK BELT POWER OF KATO AND ONCE IT'S ALL OVER--THE SUPREME CHAMPIONSHIPS THEN TAKE PLACE AS THE TRIO FACE OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THE RIGHT TO TAKE ON THE FINAL CHALLENGER! BE THERE TO SEE IT!