Disclaimer: I own the unique story, the HellKite-47, Ruhs, and his fighting syle. Nothing else.

Pairings: Hitomi x OC; Ayane x Christie; and to a lesser extent Lei Fang x Jann Lee

Prologue

After the events of DOAXVB, DOATEC has announced that the Real DOA4 would be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. In addition to the new local, there would also be a month-long trials (kinda like the Olympics) to decide whom would replace Zack, who had been kicked out of the tournament for impersonating DOATEC and pissing off Donovan, among other things. Hitomi had come to America as part of an exchange program and having received an invitation was in town for the qualifiers.

Ayane and Christie were somewhere in South America hunting Helena. Donovan had decided to give Ayane another shot at Douglas' daughter and by pairing up his two best girls he anticipated the Frenchwoman would be dead prior to #4.

In the intervening time, Lei Fang found Jann Lee in Hong Kong, ironically saving him from a gang of street fighters. Having proven her superiority, she reconciled with him and they discovered a mutual respect that would later grow into love.

Finally, one Jon Ruhs, a resident of a small town near the future site of DOA4 returned home from college, having received his Doctorate in medical science from Cambridge (yes, that Cambridge, the one in England). While at school he had developed a very peculiar fighting style designed very specifically to break bones, tear ligaments, and dislocate joints. Jon's fighting experiences were limited to Greco-roman wrestling two years in high school and recreational weapon-based LARPing on weekends. He had neither stepped on the mat nor picked up a sword in over five years. He heard about the trials on the local news and decided to give it a shot. No one else in the world knew about his style, and when he entered the tournament, no one could prepare for it.

Well, here is the beginning of my second fic. Taking Unforgiven Gamer's advice, this one is more calm, and it appears to have direction. The story part begins next chapter.