Chapter 18
Hunter got to go first.
Kujo was in the ring, awaiting Hunter. His arrogant smirk could be seen as Hunter made his way to the ring. "About time I get one of you little snot nose brats!" he said. "I cannot wait to embarrass you in front of your father!"
Hunter shrugged his shoulders. "You have to understand, we don't really get embarrassed. Insulted, yes, but not embarrassed. Besides, this will all be over soon for you anyway. In fact. I am going to go easy on you for the first little bit… then… I'll go all out!... if you make it that far."
Kujo sneered as he took his position. Hunter joined him and stood at the ready. "FIGHTERS, BEGIN!" Hunter waited for Kujo to make the move, he was merely toying with him.
"I'm going to break your legs first." He said. "Then, I am going to break your arms, followed by your jaw… then your spine!"
"Really?" said Hunter. He suddenly stood down, no longer taking his stance he stood wide open, and went one farther and flipped off Kujo. "Let's see you try!"
The move infuriated Kujo. He charged right at him, and landed what he called the 'Bear breaker" right to Hunter's leg.
Hunter caught the leg with ease, he could feel a little bit of the power behind the blow, yet it wouldn't have done much to him. "Break my leg huh? I could break yours!" He stood poised to do it, but Kujo quickly pulled his leg back and stumbled.
"How… how could you have seen and caught that?!" he demanded.
"Son of Garou, remember?" Hunter said sarcastically. "Besides, you didn't notice the strike I got on you. You should be feeling it about now…"
Kujo suddenly felt winded.
"A little delayed strike, one my dad taught me. You can hit someone and they won't feel it until a few seconds later, catches them completely off guard, like this." Hunter moved in, and struck Kujo in the chest rather hard. He didn't fly out of the ring, merely dropped to his knees clenching his chest, and struggling for air. "Now… you are in a very bad position…" said Hunter. "You may want to stand up for this. It's better to go out on your feet than be taken out on your knees. You're choice."
Kujo struggled to stand, but he made it to his feet. Rage began to fill his eyes as he stared down Hunter. "I don't care who or what you are… I won't go down to a little freak like you!"
He came charging at him, Hunter was prepared and used his Torrent move. But he didn't use it to send Kujo flying out of the ring. Instead, Hunter built up the energy and power and striking him right in the chest. Kujo was blown out of the ring, and into the stands! Hunter paused as he watched his opponent land in an empty section of the stadium. Satisfied, he believes he made his point. He didn't cheat to get into this contest!
Pac was up next.
The discomfort he had didn't go away. Hunter was getting a little worried. "Bro, are you all right?" he asked.
"I'll be fine, at least. I think so. I cannot forfeit to him… No he was looking forward to this."
Hunter paused. "We'll whatever you decide, take care of yourself, don't push it!" he warned.
Pac had no intention on pushing it. He made his way to his feet and went into the ring. Suiryu was quick to enter, nearly too excited to wait and let his name be called.
Strange thing was Suiryu appeared distracted, he kept turning to the audience and was staring at someone. Pac tried to see who he was looking at. "Something caught your eye?" Pac asked.
Suiryu smirked. "Yeah, that girl there, the one brave enough to sit next to the monster Garou…" he said and pointed to her. He tried to wave at Alley but she was distracted. It surprised Pac. "I haven't seen a girl like her before. She looks like she could hold her own. I mean, look at where she is sitting!"
Pac rolled his eyes. "That's my sister!"
The smile dropped on Suiryu's face. "Your… sister…" he muttered.
"If you are still interested in her, I'll introduce you."
Pac's discomfort however didn't leave him. "Hey, you okay?" Suiryu asked.
"I think so, just… not quite feeling right."
"YES! YES SHOW ME!"
The voice was oddly familiar to Pac, he turned and saw the same strange man from earlier clearing out the catering room. "Mr. Genus?" he asked.
"No… I'm one of his many clones, and I am here to see you… and your brother's next evolution!"
Pac was confused. "What do you mean… Oooo" he paused as his stomach began to moan.
"Yes, show me! Show me what your next form will be! Demonstrate to the world that the new blueprint for man kind is…"
"BBBBBUUUURRRRRRPPPPP!"
The burp ripped through the arena, loud and proudly. After that, Pac felt a lot better. "Oh, it was just gas. I must have eaten a little too fast. Excuse me on that one. Okay, I'm good to go when you are!"
"WHAT! THAT'S IT? THAT IS ALL IT DID?!"
Pac turned to the odd clone of Mr. Genus. "What are you talking about?" he demanded.
"The food I left in the catering room, the plates on your table, that was my experiment! You ingested the monster cells that were to turn you! Why aren't you turning!" he demanded.
"We didn't eat it. Our tables were empty!" said Pac.
There was a look of dread on the doctor's face. "If… if you didn't eat it…"
Suddenly Suiryu didn't look so well. He began breaking out in an odd sweat as his body cringed and moaned. "Something's… wrong…" he said.
He wasn't the only one having trouble. Snek had changed into his hero's outfit after his loss for a strange reason, yet he sat on the side lines to watch the rest of the show. But now he was also having trouble. Lightning Max folded over in pain. "The wrong subjects ate the food… this… this… could be interesting."
"Suiryu! Hang on, we're going to help you…"
Suddenly, Alley jumped into the ring. There was no hesitation as she revealed her arm serpents to the world yet injected them with her serum. "I need you to keep them moving, whatever you have to do, keep them moving!" she said to Pac.
Suiryu began to change rapidly. The long strand of hair he tied back began a dragon's tail. His eyes turned serpent, his body changing to scales with a tiger pattern. Alley was quick to get the serum into him, before turning to Max and Snek.
Snek kept waving her off, insisting she tend to Max before himself.
Suiryu fell to his knees. "Get up, you have to get up!" Pac called. "Fight me!"
"I… I… Can't…"
"For the love of God man, you need to get up and move or the serum won't work!"
"I.. I…." demonic sounds began to escape him. Pac needed to get him moving, but didn't know how!
Then, Suiryu was struck.
The blow angered Suiryu; he turned to the other side of the ring where his attacker stood. Wearing a black suit was the wolf-masked man! He stood at the ready and taunted Suiryu to come at him. It was enough to get Suiryu to stand and charge!
"PAC!" in the audience his father threw him another mask. "Put it on, keep him moving!"
Pac nodded, he donned on the mask as well, which made Suiryu turn and focus on him. Two wolf masked men were more than enough to keep his attention, but for how long?
