Chapter 6
Hunter was next to take the stage. He was smiling all the way as he made his way up onto the fighting platform, however, he noticed the damage already done, the tiles were loose and one area appeared to be worst for wear. Someone struck it pretty hard to make an indent like that. Yet, as he stood at the ready, Hunter looked about and noticed the people were nervous. Trembling as it were. Some were eager to come at him, anxious to test his skills, others not so much. He figured his brother did a one hit knock out, but he wanted this to be fun.
So, instead of doing the one strike against the whole set, he would pick them off one by one.
The rules were explained and then the ref announced. "READY! GO!"
He was off like a shot, hardly anyone saw him as one by one, people were picked off. The first was a larger overweight man. He went flying into the far wall and hit it hard enough to be imprinted into it! The second went flying into the stands! Hunter slowed himself down and then came to a stop. "Oh come on, someone has to be seeing me coming!?" he protested.
Then they ganged up on him. The strongest 10 in the group surrounded Hunter and made certain he couldn't escape. "Ah, that's more like it!" He moved far slower to they could at least try and see him striking, yet, he was still too fast for them. He took out ten men in 20 seconds, and that was him going easy on them!
There were only seven left, and they trembled at the sight of him. Hunter took his stance and was ready to fight. Yet the other seven shook their heads and just jumped down off the platform! "Aw! Come on! I would have gone easy on you!" But he was declared the winner and was on to the next round.
He was quick to find Pac who appeared just as disappointed. "It's like they aren't really trying are they?" said Pac.
"No kidding, one look at us and they hightail it. No fun!" he protested.
Pac then smiled. "When we get into this tournament, let's make it so we face each other in the finals! That will be a good brawl!"
Hunter smiled. "Oh yeah, a worthy opponent!" The two fist bumped each other, a brotherly promise has been made!
They waited for the other sets to go through until they were down to the final winners of each set, in total there were 100 people left to face, and this time around, they would all face off at the same time. Yet each of the winners kept staring at them, whispers among the final combatants were heard. Pac knew they would pool their strengths together to get rid of him and his brother.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Pac questioned.
Hunter nodded. "Cross Fang Dragon Slayer fist."
"Yeah," he said. "Let's get this over with."
The final match was called, the arena took time to adjust and expand to hold the 100 contestants. When finished, they all made their way up on to the fighting platform. Hunter and Pac kept close to each other, but noticed all the other contestants moving back and away from them. There were evil intention in their eyes, the brothers smirked to them, knowing what will happen soon. None of them could do anything to stop them. The ref called to the contestants. "READY!... GO!"
Hunter then did water stream rock smashing first and Pac did whirlwind iron cutting fist. Done in perfect harmony, they launched the attack together… sending all 98 opponents out of the ring!
The two were the only ones left standing, much to the joy of their parents who were cheering from the top of their lungs. "Ladies and gentlemen, your finalist representing City Z, Garou Jr. and Hunter!"
Not many people bothered to cheer for them, but it didn't matter. Hunter and Pac high fived each other and then did respectful bows towards their opponents. "Thank you for the fight." They said and walked off. However, there were some who didn't take kindly to the blow out victory.
"You are a bunch of cheats!" one man screamed. "I am Bonzo! I have trained years to be in this contest, and you snot nose punks are just going to take it from me! One on one! I want either one of you!" he demanded.
Pac and Hunter turned to each other. "You want this one, I got the last one." Said Hunter.
"Sure, I got it." Pac returned to the platform. "I will face you respectively, but please know this, I am not going easy on you. You want a serious fight you have one."
Bonzo smirked. "I think I can handle a punk kid like yourself. Little freaks like you shouldn't even be allow to enter these contests!"
Pac didn't bother to take a stance, he stood and left himself wide open for Bonzo to attack. The man was easily double Pac's size and weight. He was well toned and strong in appearance, but he knows looks aren't everything. Bonzo began to circle and attempt to punk him out by doing fake lunges towards him. He didn't flinch or even bother to move as he did. Then, Bonzo would come charging, his fists clenched and aimed right for the face. With an open palm, Pac stopped the fist but took the strike in his hand. He didn't flinch, his arm didn't waver, yet Bonzo's arm broke on impact!
"AAHHHH!" he screamed.
Pac rolled his eyes. "You never make a fist striking on an angle like that, you break your arm that way, and everyone knows that! Use your palms, like this!" In one shot across the chest, he knocked Bonzo out of the ring and into the wall. "See, palms, a lot stronger than the knuckle!" with that, Pac walked off.
Hunter was snickering. "You were trying to teach him a lesson weren't you?"
"You and I know fists aren't everything."
They made it to the back where they were told about the next elimination round. It would be in 2 week's time, since the other cities have to go through their contests. Some are doing one on one challenges, while others went with the all out battle royal approach. "You will be going to city C for the elimination round in 2 week, from there, the tournament three days after. So don't hurt yourselves in that timeframe!" said the announcer.
"Oh that won't be a problem." Hunter said with a grin. "Thank you for the fun day today! See you in 2 weeks!"
They turned and found their mother and father waiting for them. Garou gave a nod of approval, while their mother Melee embraced each of her boys and gave them a kiss on the cheek. "I'm so proud of you, you didn't kill anyone!"
"Not that we were aiming to!" muttered Hunter.
"You showed excellent restraint against that loud mouth, well done." Garou said to Pac.
Pac smiled. "You would have done worst, wouldn't you?"
"Every bone in his body!" Garou said in a sinister tone.
"So we have 2 weeks to wait, in the mean time, we might as well check out the other contestants in the cities and see what they are doing." Said Hunter.
"Good battle plan, see their moves ahead of time, practice when you get home." Said Garou.
Pac nodded in agreement, he was smiling for the first time in a while, his first martial art contest. And better still that he is in it with his brother. Then their stomach roared in hunger. "I think its time we feed them, come on, let's go home and I'll make you lunch." Said Melee.
