Chapter 3: The First Bout

The day of the tournament had finally come, and I was hyped up and pumped from the numerous days I had spent training, with Effie as my training coach. With my thoughts of attaining freedom and Effie's words of encouragement, I was motivated to do well in the first fight.

The location it took place was in Hong Kong, which was quite a way away from my home in Moscow. I was inside a fancy looking Chinese palace, with a fish tank and three statues in which I would find some enjoyment in breaking. A young looking kid, with long bangs, yellow fingerless gloves, and a long sleeveless red shirt had jumped down from the staircase railing. From the looks of it, he was to be my first opponent.

"You're going down!" I said, with a glint in my eyes.

"You may want to rethink that before we begin our bout." He said, running his fingers through his bangs.

"Just who the hell do you think you are, a wise guy!" I screamed in fury at his comment.

"Nope, I'm just a master of Chinese Kempo and one of the Lee Brothers."

"I don't care who you are, or what you do. I'm here to fight for my freedom!" I motioned for Effie to go to the sidelines, and I prepped myself for the fight to finally begin. "Now let's get it on!"

"Round One: Fight!"

The first round finally began and with my quick speed, I initiated the first attack.

"Blast!" I let out a shower of sparks which sent my opponent flying airborne, causing him to break one of the statues.

He got up, but seemed to be a little light-headed from the jolt. "Tourou Zan!" he tried to slash me three times with his hand, but I quickly grabbed him by the ankle, and threw him across to the other side of the stage.

"Ha! Didn't see that coming now, did you?" I said mockingly, as he rubbed his face.

"Those moves of yours… they're quite strange… just who are you?" he said in pain.

"To be honest I actually have two names: Illia and Necro." I said, "But I'd prefer being called Illia, since that's my real name and Necro just sounds a little odd to me."

"So that explains it… you're working for the Illuminati aren't you?"

"Hell no! Why would I even be working for these bastards?" I shouted furiously at him, "You seriously have a lot of nerve to assume such shit."

It was clear to me that this punk kid was beginning to piss me off… "Now it's time to finish your sorry ass off! Slam Dance!" I grabbed him by the waist and slammed him on the ground three times. Sure enough, he was KO'd.

"That'll teach you to mess with me." I said with a huge smirk, as I looked over his downed body.

"Round Two: Fight!"

Things were beginning to heat up since I had unleashed my rage on this kid.

"Tornado Hook!" I began to spin around punching him in the face with each rotation.

"Senkyuutai!" he rebounded back with a sharp kick to the jaw.

"Damn it!" I uttered in pain, but I was lucky he didn't break any teeth out of me.

"Lost your composure hmm?" he said in an observant manner.

"I'm just getting started! Rising Cobra!" I gave him a swifter kick to the head that knocked him to the ground. I suddenly noticed that Effie wasn't the only one watching, as there was another person on the sidelines. He had the same colored fingerless gloves as my opponent, except he sported a ball cap and a long sleeveless white shirt.

"Come on Yang, don't let this freak get the best of you!" he shouted.

"Freak? Who are you callin a freak, you punk ass little kid!" I shouted at him.

"Yun, I'm fine. In fact, I'm getting some enjoyment out of observing his moves, but can he handle this?" Yang began to charge his power up and then… "Seiei Enbu!" he suddenly powered himself up, and created clones.

"I don't think so! Magno Storm!" I shocked him with an ultra powered electric jolt that sent him flying across the stage. Yun looked pretty angry and pissed off, and Effie was clapping happily.

"Flying Viper!" I knocked him back down with a hard smack of my hands. Yang was breathing heavily and was at the point of exhaustion. His hair was disheveled, and his face was completely swollen.

"What's the matter, getting tired?" I asked in a mocking voice.

"I'm… I'm not giving up yet!" he proclaimed in defiance.

"Raishin Mahhaken!" he swiftly slashed me with his hands, but I had a great comeback ready for him.

"Electric Snake!" I sparked the ground with a current of electricity, shocking the last bit of his strength out of him. Yang immediately fell backwards unable to get back up again, which wasn't a huge surprise for me.

"So boring… I could spare change while kicking your ass without breaking a sweat." I said, nodding my head over how easy and how boring the fight turned out to be.

"You did it Illia, you won!" Effie ran over to me with a flying hug.

"I sure did, Effie. Now we're just a few steps away from our freedom." I said, and we shared a kiss for my victory.

"You… you beat my brother…" Yun said in an angry manner. "For this, I'm going to challenge you to a fight, you elastic freak!"

"Bring it on, kiddo!" I said to him with a tone of confidence, "I'll be sure to electrify you just as good as I did to your precious brother Yang!"

"You'll pay for this you electric powered rubber band, just wait and see in our round tonight, in the streets of Hong Kong!"

"I so can't wait to beat the crap of you. Come on Effie, let's go. I've got some more training to do for tonight."

So Effie and I headed off to find a training hall, leaving Yun to mutter curses while tending to his brother's wounds. I thought fighting for freedom was going to be easy, but it turns out that the road to freedom was going to be more grueling than ever before…