The skies have turned dark over the city of Niigata, and things have taken a turn for the worse within Denka Big Swan Stadium, as Police where leading civilians and as far away from the place as possible, as inside the world's greatest fighters had found themselves in yet another fight of their lives with the two Evil Punk Rockers, Kanato and Hibiki, have corrupted many innocent people, including three of the fighters, into their corrupted punk-rock-loving minions. King, Ryo, and Andy Bogard were the first three fighters to fall to their corruption as the rest of the fighters remained stunned by what had happened to their friends. Kanato and Hibiki sent forth their three newest subordinates against the fighters, who were having a hard time dealing with fighting their own friends. But Andy now seemingly had no problem turning his own team into mincemeat, as he was fighting ruthlessly and savagely, practically making a mocker out of his own fight style All while the evil rockers stared down at them all, menacingly.
Kanato:"Aw. Looks like their little friends are having trouble keeping up with blondie here."
Hibiki:"They don't have to worry about for too long. Not after we're done with them."
But Joe was the one to advance on Andy and try to match up against him with his Muay Tai versus Andy's Ninjutsu. Just under a minute after their brawling, Joe had Andy pinned, holding him by the arm as he snapped his fingers in Andy's face to get his attention.
Joe:"(angrily) Come on, Andy! You gotta snap out of this! You don't wanna follow-"
Andy:"RrrraaaaAAAGGHH! GET OFF ME, LOSER!"
Managing to break from Joe's hold, Andy managed to throw him to the ground and elbow him, seeming to snap a rib as Joe howled in pain. Mai had seen this and was horrified by what Andy had become. This was not the man she would come to care about, and/or tease every once in a while. She wanted to hold onto faith that the real Andy was still in there.
Mai:"Andy! This is not who you are! And this is definitely not what I want from my future fiance!"
Andy:"Blech! As if I could care what you think! But if you really want, there's still a chance to be my girl. Bet you'd love what we can do together!"
That left Mai feeling disgusting and rather hopeless for the one she loved as Andy was just a shadow of his former self with Kanato and Hibiki looking down at the two with mischievous smiles.
Hibiki:"Don't feel too bad girl. Little Andy's just perfect the way he is now."
Kanato:"And it won't be long before everyone else is "perfect" after we're done."
Shredding on his demonic guitar, Kanato sends out more corrupted beams into the crowd, forcing the fighters to disperse all around the stadium's grounds. Yet Kyo had found his way back towards the stage to confront the two.
Kyo:"Whatever you have done to corrupt our allies, I promise you that we will find a way to restore them!"
Kanato:"Yeah, good trying to find a way with this! (points to his guitar)"
Kyo was forced to fall back when Kanato shot another beam towards him. But now some of the heroes got the idea of having to go for the Guitar, as they were now working fast to try and deal with the relentless horde of minions that those two manage to spawn. That being said, Kanato and Hibiki still had an idea as to what they were planning to do, so they made sure to have their corrupt minions and fighters stall them long enough to try and have more corrupt more of them, as the evil guitarist was slowly but accelerating demonic metal music.
Kanato:"Time for an encore."
K':"Hey! Over here, idiot!"
Moving his head to see one of the Team Leaders coming over with a flying kick, Kanato bent backward to avoid it and found himself engaging K' in combat. K took a stance and sent some fast kicks and punches over to the rocker. One of his punches, using his gloved hand, landed on the base of Kanato's guitar, and for some reason, it hurt like crazy as he was forced to shake it off. Kanato's laughs menacingly while K' glares through his sunglasses. Activating his pyrokinesis, K' was hoping to burn the sonuvabitch as he sets off a burst of them in his wake. However, he was caught off guard as the flames circled around the guitar, almost as if he was absorbing it. Kanato slammed the end of the guitar to the floor of the stage, which caused it to crack before swinging the axe back up, causing it to erupt in fiery bursts from K's own energy. This ended up knocking K' off his feet as Kanato walked over to him, guitar in hand, its headstock glowing brightly.
Kanato:"Your style's not too bad, but it can be improved. Like this!"
K':"NO-!"
The reluctant hero didn't have time to recover as the beam from the guitar ended up coming right at him, and in a flash of light, he was transformed. Despite how punkish he looked before, K' attire was now even more metal with his jacket now having spiked shoulders, having the sleeves ripped off and unzipped to show off his bare chest. His belt was now studded and he also had spikes on his knee pads and on the tips of his shoes. Last but not least, his white hair, now longer reaching his neck, was now restyled into a spiky, purpled-dyed mohawk. Having been transformed also seemed to give him more of a personality, as he lowered his shades to reveal the now evil and corrupted look in his eye.
K':"...You know...this ain't that bad. In fact, I sure as hell never felt better."
He then uses his pyrokinesis to send out burst of fire over to his 'former' allies, including some of his old team members.
K':"(looks at his own hands) Man...I had no idea how much fun this could be."
This didn't sit well with Kula Diamond, who was used to how K' being as cool as her ice, but to see how his right now, acting like a stereotypical jerk, it left her feeling horrified as she looked over to the guitarist, Kanato.
Kula:"What did you do to him?!"
Kanato:"Made him better of course. But don't worry too much about it, babe. You can get to join him soon enough."
Letting rage drive her, Kula advanced upon Kanato, forming ice around her as she attacked relentlessly against Kanato, who seemed to counter every move she made, even her most advanced attacks. Meanwhile, Hibiki was looking at how some of her minions were pushing the fighters to their limits with how they just don't give up or stay down. But that was cut short when she was forced to dodge a pair of feet coming at her, belonging to the Korean Fighter, May Lee. She had managed to knock back some of the minions holding her back before setting her sights on the evil singer but was surprised when she was able to dodge her attack with such ease.
Hibiki:"Don't you think you're a little out of your league, sweetie? Going after a girl like me?"
May Lee:"What you say doesn't matter to me! I'm taking you down all the same!"
Hibiki:"Hm, hm, hm, hm, hm...Come and get me then."
And with that, May Lee went on to fight against Hibiki, but just like Kula, she too was having trouble dealing with her. As it turns out, Hibiki had some martial arts skills of her own, and it made her a face to be reckoned with. Matching May Lee step for step, she left the blue-haired girl struggling to land a hit as Hibiki dodged every swing and kick the Korean fighter tried to land on her. May Lee wound up taking a hit to the gut that made her step back a few feet as Hibiki simply held her ground as she did at the start of the fight. Seeing that she had to get more serious, May Lee was about to enter hero mode...but Hibiki wasn't going to allow that.
Hibiki:"Don't go changing the tune on me. You have heard the highest pitch yet."
Apparently, that was meant to be taken seriously, as May Lee's eyes widened when Hibiki wound up revealing to have a sonic scream ability that ended up blasting her off her feet and slamming her against the walls of the stadium, leaving behind a May Lee-shaped crater. As May Lee was left dazed, Kanato was still dealing with Kula trying to murder him with every enraged attack she tried to make on him. Deciding to get her off his back quickly, Kanato took his guitar by its neck, raising the body up high before swinging it down like an axe, managing to leave a nasty, bloody cut on Kula's right forearm.
Kula:"Gah!"
While all the fighters have been through worse, the cut that Kula got wound up making her fall off her feet before Kanato kicked her away from him. With that frosty distraction out of the way, Kanato rested his guitar over his shoulders as he walked over to his mate, who was still looking at the downed May Lee.
Hibiki:"Look here, love. (gestures to May Lee) I brought you some fresh meat."
Kanato:"Mmm...just the way I like it."
Slamming the lower bout to the ground, he pulls on the strings from his guitar, stretches it like a bowstring, and then releases it, sending the corrupted energy over to her, like an arrow. Before May Lee could react, the energy swarmed over her, completely corrupting her as she was revealed in her new punk-like form. Aquamarine tattoos had appeared inked and glowing around her body, a turquoise mohawk going all the way down her neck. She now wore a grey tank top that showed a blue demon on the front, black biker gloves, and a teeth necklace, and she also wore black stretchy pants with a rip at the knees and black boots. Her hero mode now seemed to be a villain mode as aquamarine electricity generated around her body, as she now had a sinister smile on her face.
May Lee:"Alright! This feels freakin' awesome! It's true what they say when it's good to be bad!"
Hibiki:"That's the spirit, girl. Welcome to the winning team."
Kim:"May Lee! This can't be what you want! You gotta fight back against this!"
May Lee:"Sorry, Kimmy. But I'd much rather enjoy it than fight it. Want me to show how good it feels?!"
And that is when she sent a blast of electricity at her team, who were forced to disperse and continue fighting against the punks. But Kim swore that he would have his teammate restored and make the two pay. The newly corrupted fighters were making the odds worse for the fighters, as everyone was becoming exhausted while the villains were continuously gaining the advantage. Benimaru was, unfortunately, coming close to giving out after what seemed like a forever-long fight, to which he now has his hands full with the corrupted Andy, who's been pushing him harder and harder towards desperation.
Benimaru:"Better wrap this up quickly! And put Bogard down!"
Forced to use Raijinken, Benimaru tried to punch Andy with an electricity-laced fist. However, this was shockingly proven fatal as Andy's ability to absorb chi-energy had somehow managed to counter this and allowed him to power up his Hishouken, sending all of Benimaru's own energy back into the guy's chest. The poor Shooting Star wound up burnt out as he was thrown across the stadium, tumbling against the ground unit he came to a rather painful stop. Some of the punk minions grabbed the downed Benimaru and pulled him up to his knees. Kanato was there to walk up with his axe and hold it over Benimaru's head, the latter of the two forced to look up at the former, who stared down at him with an evil smile.
Kanato:"You're not too bad...but your style sucks."
Benimaru:"(spits) Do your worst."
Kanato:"I attend to, since I'M ABOUT TO KNIGHT THEE-"
Poor Benimaru's eyes widened with horror as he saw the axe coursing with corrupted energy before he wound up getting smote by the instrument. The swing landed on his hair, causing it to go from upward to backward into pompadour as the rest of his body was covered in the corrupting energy which quickly outfitted him with a "Jailhouse Rock" attire, having a black jacket with the numbers "1994" on the left side, a back and white striped shirt, grey denim pants, and black shoes. Now Benimaru was looking like an old-fashioned singer and actor as his blue electricity soon turned red, as did his hair in its new style. Smiling at his new self, Benimaru playfully spun around as the dark electricity continued to course around. Kanato seemed very pleased with his own handiwork.
Kanato:"You can thank me very much for that."
Benimaru:"You bet I will! I've never felt better like this before! Whoo!"
He chaotically caused lighting to strike around the area, just for the fun of it.
Benimaru:"Hell yeah! I can get used to this!"
Kanato:"And there's plenty more where that came from!"
Seeing that his best friend got corrupted, Kyo lost his cool and went after Kanato with a R.E.D. kick to the head...but that failed miserably as Kanato saw it coming a mile away and backhanded Kyo as he was coming down, and with supernatural force, wound up slapping Kyo across the stadium. The fight against the corruption that had consumed the stadium seemed to continue being a losing battle for the fighters who were still giving it their all against the mindless punks the evil Rockers had spawned. The newly corrupted May Lee was already giving Vanessa and her teammates a run for their money with her corrupted hero move and electric abilities. But the Crimson Agent herself would not let up on taking on the corrupted Korean Fighter, as the two were polar opposites with Vanessa's boxing skills and May Lee's now more aggressive Taekwondo.
May Lee:"Give it up! You can't win against me now!"
Vanessa:"We'll see about that, little girl."
Moving as fast as she could, Vanessa dashed around some of May Lee's upcoming kicks before landing some body blows and then landing solid multiple hooks right toward May Lee's face. That seemed to have done the trick, as May Lee was now on one knee, holding her face in pain as Vanessa looked down on her.
Vanessa:"Not on your best day, Blue. Now, we're gonna try and fix you."
May Lee:"...You know what's the capital of Thailand?"
Vanessa:"Huh?"
May Lee:"A little something called BANGKOK!"
And then, playing dirty, May Lee lands a kick right on Vanessa's crotch, making the red head double in more pain than she's ever experienced as she tries to hold in her lunch.
Vanesssa:"OOMPH!...Not...cool..."
May Leen then kicks Vanessa in the face to knock her down to the floor.
Kanato:"(walks over) Oof! That was a bit too much, even for me! But don't worry...(raises his axe) THIS HURT EVEN MORE!"
Vanessa:"Nononono, NOOO-!"
But it was too late as Vanessa was struck with the axe, hit with its corrupted power as Vanessa wound up getting transformed. Her new form comprised of her wearing a black jean jacket over a black tank top that had a white skull with knuckle-dusters crossed underneath it. She also now wore a pair of grey shorts and black tight socks that went over her knees, as well as brown boots to replace her sandals. Her hair was rattier than before, now dyed black with a purple-pink streak in it, and a pierced ring could be found hanging from her nose. Getting back on her feet, Vanessa cracked her neck as she felt better than before in the worst way possible.
Vanessa:"Oh. Now this is more like it! I now feel like I can take on anyone and beat them to an inch of their life!"
Ramón:"(shocked) No...THAT is not the woman I've fallen for! I'll avenge and bring her back if I need to!"
Hibiki:"As fun as this has been, it's gone on long enough!"
And so, the evil heavy metal rockers moved back to the stage with the strings of Kanato's guitar glowing very brightly, almost rather violently from how much he's been playing throughout this brawl. It was just about ready to blow...
Kanato:"We got a world tour to get to. So it's just about time to wrap this concert up with a big finish!"
He raised his guitar high, looking ready to send it down and bring it down with a huge, sick, heavy metal rift, that would've brought out a huge blast wave that would've gone through the whole stadium and beyond. But before he could do it, Mai had jumped into action, using a Musasabi no Mai to knock him down. But Kanato quickly recovered and didn't bother to say anything as he glared at the Alluring Ninja Girl, who gasped when she saw his guitar pointed toward her. With all the corrupted energy he was charging up, he decided to aim and fire it as a laser at Mai, who couldn't get out of the way fast enough as she took a direct hit and flew off the stage. However, much to everyone's surprise, Mai remained the same, completely and seemingly unaffected by any of the corruption.
Kanato:"...I was hoping to have made you a masterpiece, a queen amongst our loyalists. But it looks like we're gonna have to use other methods of dealing with you..."
Terry:"That's it! I'm calling it! Everybody out, NOW!"
Everyone seemed to have agreed with Terry on that one, exhausted or injured from all the fighting they'd done, the 55 remaining warriors decided to retreat and exit the stadium before the Guitarist could warm up another attack. In the end, the only ones left in the stadium were Kanato, Hibiki, their seven newest corrupted fighters, and their armor of Heavy Metal-loving punks.
Hibiki:"Well...that's disappointing."
Kanato:"We'll get 'em next time. For now, we got other things to do."
Hibiki:"Our world tour awaits."
Both rockers looked at each other as their punk subordinates shared the same mischievous and evil looks in their eyes. They had a lot of places to go, people to see, fans to gain before they were on the top of the world...their world...
Somewhere outside the stadium, in the city of Niigata, Rock Howard was looking at what was going on at a distance, curious by all the chaos that seemed to taking place from within. But before he could go and investigate for himself, he heard some footsteps coming his way and got into a stance when he was encountered by the cloaked woman who had also seen everything. Pulling down the hood of her dark purple cloak, Rock could see that she had fair skin and dark magenta-colored hair. Underneath the cloak, she wore an armored warrior dress that was also purple with gold engravings surrounding its breastplate, she also had black gloves and dark purple boots. While she did not seem to be hostile to Rock, he did not drop his guard and tried to remain acting tough.
Rock:"Who are you?"
Miruka:"My name is Miruka. I'm in need of your help."
Rock:"What do you mean?"
Miruka:"What has transpired at that place...(points to the stadium)...is going to continue on to the rest of the world unless something is done about it."
Rock:"I don't understand...what did go on in there?"
Miruka:"The two behind the chaos that is starting to spread, I know them well. And you have certain attributes that make you immune to their evil. There are others like you that my find it beneficial to ally yourself with. We must act quickly before it's too late."
Not sure what she was fully going on about, Rock decided to stand down and hear her out.
Rock:"Alright, lady. You got my attention. I'm listening..."
