"Well, that was an interesting match up, let's move on with a man whose only known info is that he comes from the middle east and works for Global Oil Co. Standing at about 5'9 and weighting 122 lbs, he is Abyss!" she said, pointing to the tunnel while no music played. A figure draped in cloth slowly walked towards the area as the crowd fell silent watching him walk towards the center, he stood there making Miyuki shiver as she felt his gaze on her. "A-and his opponent, hailing from Hungary and representing National Airlines. Standing at 6'7 and weighting 297 lbs. 'The Hun Warlord' Mergit Sliski!" loud rock music played and smoke filled the ring as the crowd started to cheer. A large figure slowly walked out to the area, wearing a brown shirt with matching pants and boots.

"So, he's my opponent?" Mergit asked looking down at Abyss, who stared back at him without showing any sign of fear. The referee walked up to them and looked at both men for a few moments before raising his hand over his head.

"Ready?" he said, suddenly feeling a little of unease when Abyss took a glance at him before throwing his hand down, "Fight!" Mergit charged at him, his large size casted a shadow over Abyss as he swung his hand at the smaller fighter. Blood started to pour onto the ground and the crowd was shocked. Mergit took a look at his right hand, his ring and pinky fingers where gone.

"The hell?" he yelled out of shock, noticing Abyss standing behind him. He watched the figure open his hand, letting the two fingers fall to the floor. The crowd was even more shocked. Enraged, Mergit charged at his opponent and swung his other fist to him. Suddenly, Abyss vanished from his line of sight and Mergit was left in shock as more blood fell and all his fingers in his left hand were on the ground behind him. Mergit turned around to see Abyss slowly turning towards him before charging himself. "Wait, i give..." Mergit couldn't finish. Blood sprayed from his mouth and Abyss stood behind him with Mergit's tongue clinched in his fingers. The referee placed his hand over his stomach to stop himself from puking and watched Mergit fall to the ground on his back, covering his mouth in a chance to stop the bleeding.

"T-the winner by TKO. Abyss!" he said covering his mouth and running out of the area with EMTs rushing while Abyss tossed the severed tongue on Mergit's chest, walking towards the tunnel while the crowd had their eyes glued on him with fear and awe mixed in their gaze. From the top of the seats, Kenji had watched the whole fight and his eyes narrowed looking at Abyss walking out of the area.

"Why is someone like him fighting here?" he asked himself feeling something was off about this whole thing about Abyss while his mind filled with other things.

"What are you doing here?" a voice called out and Kenji turned to look with a smile on his face seeing Taaru was walking over to him as he ate a large slab of meat in his hand.

"Ah, master, how are you feeling after that match?" Kenji asked with a smile and watched him stop just in front of him.

"I told you, I'm not your master until after the tournament," Taaru said taking a huge bite of his meat and chewed it, looking at the young man, "and just fine. Kenta is working on a huge order of meat for me tonight."

"You really love your meat." Alia's voice rang out and they both turned to look at her walking down the tunnel with her hands in her pockets. "Am i interrupting?" she asked and looked at Kenji, giving him a wink, making him blush bright red. Seeing this, Taaru turned around and was about to leave the two of them be when the lights turned off.

"After that last fight, let's finish this day's roll with the next fighters. Hailing from Santiago City, Chile. He is the oldest fighter in the Kengan matches history at his 80 years. Standing at a massive 6'8 and weighting 286 lbs, representing the Toshio Square. 'Straight Fist' Nathan Tradway!" Miyuki said as loud rock music played and smoke filled the ring as a very tall man with grey hair walked out calmly in a white t-shirt, blue sweat pants, and green shoes with his hands in his pockets. Taaru and Alia looked confused seeing him walk in like that at his age, but out of the corner of his eye, Taaru saw a look of pure terror spread across Kenji's face.

"I'm glad to be here for all of you to enjoy the fight." Nathan said waving out to all of the crowd smiling wide while Miyuki looked at him confused on why he was there too.

"And his opponent, from the great white north. Hailing from the Canadian Yukon. Standing at 7'0 and weighting 358 lbs. Representing The Yukon Gold Mining, with a Kengan match record of 10 wins and 0 loses. 'The Human Disaster' Bret Storm!" She called out as loud music played and a large figure walked out in jeans and boots, a large red beard and a serious look on his face. His eyes locked on Nathan and a smirk spread across his face.

"What are you doing here geezer?" he asked putting his hands on his hips and looked at him with a mocking look on his face. "Get out of here before I break you in half with my bare hands."

"Well, brat, let's see what happens in the match." Nathan said smiling, looking at his opponent with his hands placed in his pockets. The referee looked at both men for a few seconds before lifting his arm.

Some people in the crowd were talking about the fighters "A geezer is still a geezer, but he looks way younger than he is, why?" Other answered with a smirk "Obviously genetics, with age comes experience and a healthy lifestyle can allow you to keep a lot of strength. I thought that you worked with athletes and that your father saw Gensai Kuroki at that tournament years ago. That should be enough, right?" The first one clicked his tongue and fell silent.

"Fighters ready?" The referee asked them as they stared each other and then threw his arm down, "FIGHT!"

"Say goodbye to your denchers." Bret yelled out moving forward and pulling his arm back while Nathan looked at him closely.

"Hmmm, some light taps should be enough." Nathan thought before suddenly grabbing Bret's fist mid attack in his left hand and then struck Bret in the chest three times in less than a second. Bret's eyes became cloudy and he fell to the ground after Nathan let go of his hand. The referee looked at him and then stood up.

"The winner by knock out, Nathan Tradway." the referee yelled out looking at Bret. Nathan walked back towards the tunnel while Miyuki walked out with a look of shock on her face, watching the old man walk back into the back, shaking her head she stood in the middle of the area.

"And there you have it folks, the first day of the Annihilation Tournament has finished with the first eights fighters moving on to the next round. The kind 'Gentleman Fighter' Nigel Gordon, the exciting 'Kick-Man' Norris Cage, the powerful 'Reneged' Yaju, the black horse 'Shadow Ursa' Taaru Mota, the peaceful 'Killer Pacifist' Raj Shan, the technincal 'Amazon Brute' Jose Rocha, the twisted Abyss, and the shocking 'Straight Fist' Nathan Tradway. All of them have moved on to the second round. Please come back to see the next eigth fights to see the rest of the tournament shaping up." The crowd cheered with the end of the first night and started to head off to their suits to relax from the fighting. Taaru looked away from the area to Kenji, who started walking away from them.

"Kenji, who was that?" Taaru asked, drawing his attention as Alia pressed further "Yeah, who was that old man?" Kenji stopped and turned to look back at them, staying silent for a moment before answering.

"It's personal." was all that came from Kenji before resuming his way, leaving both of them confused on what was going on with him leaving after the match.

"Taaru, your order has been set and it's waiting for us in the dinning area." Kenta said walking up to him and smiling when he noticed Alia looking at him. "Oh, did you make a friend?"

"Yeah, sure." Taaru said walking past Kenta as he finished his meat and left Kenta confused, Alia was looking at him with a sweet smile.

"I should go, see ya later." she said turning around and walking way from them, making Kenta even more confused before shaking his head and follow after Taaru with another figure watching them from the shadows.

"Well, everything seems to be going as planned." Gou said sitting in his box as he looked at the matches from his seat and a glass of wine resting comfortably in his hand with his three sons sitting with him.

"Three of our fighters have moved on and one will face Taaru in the next round." Kia said smiling looking over the bracket.

"And we still have more set up in the second part." Seto said smiling looking at the next set of matches and was seemingly getting ready for an unknow plan with the door slowly opening. "Oh, and here's one of our aids right now." He said smiling looking at the doors and the figure walked in, closing it behind them.

TBC