Code Grim Eagle

Disclaimer: I do not own the Dead or Alive series. Only the OC(s) belong to me.

Stoking the Grim Flames


Grim Eagle was disappointed as he'd beaten two opponents in the tournament already, barely taking any damage and easily dominating them.

'All too easy and here I thought I'd be challenged.' Grim Eagle thought while walking down a street wearing a grey jumpsuit with an eagle emblem at the back and sneakers.

"One was an arrogant party animal and the other was a delusional fool who hasn't moved on from his dead lover." Samara chimed in. 'At least the rest are much more levelheaded; some eccentric but still mostly levelheaded.'

Grim Eagle sighed. 'I hope so because if this was getting too easy, I'll be sorely disappointed and bored out of my mind.' A thought then came to his mind. 'Hey, Samara. I have an idea.'

"Oh? What would that be boy?"

'I feel that now would be a time to unleash that project that I've been working on for a while.'

"Oh, really?! You want to want to use that now in this tournament? Are you sure it's even ready?"

'Yes, I am sure. And this is also a chance to test it out and fix up any flaws in it.'

"I suppose this tournament is the best chance to test out this project of yours." Grim watched as Samara sat on her stone throne in thought. Whenever it came to fighting techniques or the art of war in general, she got into it. "Let's test it out during your next fight and I'll give you my opinion at the end of it." Samara finished.

'Alright, let's see who our test subject's going to be.' Grim Eagle thought in excitement.

Those thoughts came to an end when he heard combat near him. Wondering what he was up moved towards a park he'd been walking by to see what was going on. Going a little deeper into the park he soon found out what had been making the sounds.

It was Orangey Kunoichi Kasumi fighting off multiple ninjas, seven to be exact, and she was doing a decent job of holding her ground against them. Heck she'd already put down a few of them, if the three corpses lying on the ground didn't make that obvious. Either way, it's not his problem. For all he knows she's a criminal and those hunter ninjas were sent to put her down. This he knew due to his knowledge in the way of the shinobi.

Suddenly Grim put his hand up to catch a kunai that had been on a collision path with his forehead.

BIG…FUCKING…MISTAKE.

"Someone's desperate to die." Grim muttered and made his way to the fight.

"OY! Motherfuckers!" Grim yelled getting the attention of the hunter ninjas and Kasumi, who looked shocked at seeing the unaffiliated ninja with a kunai in hand and very pissed off. "Who the bloody fuck threw this at me?!" Grim demanded showing the kunai to the ninjas who all sweat dropped at him.

One of the ninjas regained his wits, the likely leader, who then said, "This has nothing to do with you outsider. Leave."

"True, it doesn't but now it does since someone clearly threw this at me." Grim stated, "Now just give me the motherfucker that threw this at me, and I'll be out of your way." He demanded once more.

"Again, this has nothing to do with you and if you don't leave now you won't like the consequences." The 'leader' spoke again.

"Is that a threat?" Grim said in a tone that put everyone on edge, "Because I don't take such crap lightly." Multiple kunai and shuriken came his way and he skillfully deflected them all much to the surprise of the ninjas. Grim then noticed that there were only six of the ninjas there excluding Kasumi. 'Bakayarou.'

Grim then vanished as a blade missed where his head was with the ninja looking shocked that he missed.

Kasumi then muttered "Bakas" knowing what was coming next.

The unfortunate ninja that attacked Grim soon had his throat slit and began gurgling as he tried to stop the bleeding, which made no difference as his head was then separated from his body by his own tanto that Grim now had in his hand.

Grim stared coldly as he walked towards the now on edge ninjas who were now assessing this new threat, one they'd provoked by the way.

"Well then…for that, consider your lives forfeit." Grim stated with his green eyes now blood crimson.

Suddenly he was now behind another now headless ninja with blood gushing out from the stump and startling the ninjas and Kasumi even more. The ninjas then rushed right at Grim who now had another tanto in his hand. Grim blocked one attack with one tanto and then quickly sliced the throat of another one before pivoting out of the way of another and stabbing the foe he'd blocked at the back and then decapitating the one that he'd avoided. The remaining three had stopped their charge and looked stunned at the way Grim had easily taken out their comrades especially the leader who hadn't expected this random spectator to be this dangerous. He then heard pained grunts before turning to see Kasumi taking out two more of his comrades leaving just him left. A grim mistake as his shoulders were then impaled by two tantos and he then turned to see Grim with bloodlust on his face, hands and feet on fire, right in his personal space and the hunter ninja found himself on the receiving end of a fiery and ferocious beat down before it finally went black for him and knew no more.

Kasumi watched as Grim took in deep breaths to calm himself after beating the last ninja into a smoking corpse. He then glanced at her before walking away.

"Matte!" Kasumi called out.

Grim growled, "What do YOU want now!? If it's to kill me then get ready to meet the Shinigami."

Kasumi didn't back down from the killing intent sent her way by the still angry Grim. "You shouldn't have done that. Hayate will soon know about this…"

"And am I supposed to care?!" Grim interrupted, "If those motherfuckers hadn't tried to kill me then I wouldn't have bothered but no they threw a kunai at me, then threw a bunch more along with shuriken and then tried to cut off my head! Yeah, thanks a fucking lot for dragging me into your fucking mess."

Kasumi looked down, avoiding eye contact with the angry Grim. "I'm sorry. I didn't intend for you to get dragged into this." She said.

Grim found himself unable to stay angry at the kunoichi and just sighed. "Sorry for snapping at you. Just…Let's just pretend this never happened at all for the sake of our sanity."

Kasumi nodded, "Sure. That'll be best."

Grim then flame shunshined away from the area while Kasumi quickly disposed of the dead bodies before also making herself scarce.

"Quite the macabre display boy. I loved every second of it." Samara said to a still annoyed Grim as he walked back to the hotel.

"Glad you approve Samara." Grim eye rolled mentally at the battle crazy woman, only to get a growl and electricity jolting all over his body, making him stumble.

"Don't sass me boy!" Samara warned.

'Yes, ma'am, sorry, but what transpired there has put me in a shitty mood.' Grim replied as he recovered his footing and continued walking.

"I know. I was just as angry too, doesn't mean you should snark at me." Samara said in a calmer tone.

'Point taken; point taken.' Grim replied, 'I need to cool my head for now at the room. Need to be calm for my next fight.'

"That'll be best, boy." Samara agreed, "Oh by the way in front of you."

Grim immediately looked in front of him, spotting someone coming at him and cursing as they tried to slow down and avoid him. Quickly, Grim avoided crashing into them though he still had to catch them as the sudden movement caught them off guard and put them off balance.

"Sorry about that, spaced out for a moment there." Grim said before he then realized who it was, he nearly bumped into and his mood went sour again. "Oh great…it's you of all people." Standing in front of him in a black leather top and shorts with matching boots is Lei Fang.

"You again?!" Lei Fang yelled pointing at Grim.

Grim growled in annoyance, "And I wished we'd never meet again either. Listen, I don't have time for your bitching and moaning, comprehende? I've had a shitty day so far and I need to cool my head so just stay out of my way." He turned around began to walk away but Lei Fang soon got in front of him. "Seriously? This song and dance again?"

Lei Fang however was fuming at Grim's attitude. He acted as if he owned the world owed him and as if he was the best out of them all in the tournament. Sure, he's won two fights but those were opponents she could handle herself. His nonchalant way of talking and emo attitude just pissed her off even more. It's time to put this rookie in his place.

"So, you think you're that good of a fighter huh?"

Grim raised an eyebrow at Lei Fang's statement. "Think? No. I know that I'm better than good."

Lei Fang smugly smirked, "You say that because you beat two fighters in the tournament already?" That smug look caused Grim to narrow his eyes.

"What the hell are you getting at?"

"I'm just saying that you're nothing but a third rate chump who got lucky and is in way over his head in the deep end." A crowd soon began gathering around the two as she continued, "Zack's a hyperactive party animal of a fighter who learnt by way of monkey see monkey do and Leon's a guy who thinks he's the world's strongest for some delusional reason, so it's no surprise a third rate rookie like you beat them."

"This stupid bitch must have a death wish." The mildly annoyed Grim heard Samara say angrily. "Is there a point to your rambling?" He deadpanned. This was just a waste of his time.

Lei Fang now frowned, "Excuse me? Rambling?! I'm telling you the hard truth here! I'm telling you that you're not as good as you think, that you're delusional thinking you can just walk into DOA and just beat everyone. Your skills if I can even call them that are third rate and will not get you past the next round where the real fighters are at." Grim was now glaring, "You're swimming with the sharks now and will get ripped apart. I'm giving you a chance to just drop out before you make a fool out of yourself. You may have gotten an invite to this tournament, but it doesn't mean that you're good enough to beat everyone here and you need to get off your high horse and realize the fact: You're. Just. A. Second rate. Rookie."

The crowd went into an uproar when the Tai Chi prodigy finished her rant. Although not all of them were in agreement as some thought she was out of line like Hitomi, Brad Wong and Tina Armstrong who'd noticed the crowd earlier and joined to see what was going on, Christie who'd been tailing Grim and Ryu Hayabusa who'd also come across Grim and Lei Fang talking and both thought Lei Fang had a death wish.

The crowd soon went silent as the Dutch counter terrorism operative looked at Lei Fang with his cold green and red eyes as he asked her, "Second rate?" That tone made the young woman and most of the crowd shiver in slight fear as Grim continued on "Rookie?" The area around them became hotter than usual making everyone but Grim sweat.

He didn't seem amuse as Grim continued on "You know nothing about me yet have the audacity to talk down to me as if you're superior to me. Funny, you call me delusional yet you yourself have not won a single tournament especially after fighting in the last two." His anger was clear on his face, in fact it looked murderous. "You dare call my skills third rate?! You haven't seen all of my fighting skills and now you think you know everything about my fighting style?!"

The crowd couldn't but feel a cold sweat down their bodies as Grim continued on "I thought martial arts taught important values such as honor and respect and to never underestimate your opponents and yet you insult my fighting skill, disrespect me and think you know my skill level? You are nothing but a stupid, arrogant, and entitled bitch!"

Gasps were heard from the crowd as Grim roasted Lei Fang whose face was now red.

But he wasn't done yet. "Pray to whatever god you believe in that we don't end up in a fight because one way or another I will make sure you never run that mouth of yours ever again when I beat your ass into the ground. NO. ONE. Absolutely NO ONE insults my fighting ability and gets away with it scot free. That is not a threat, but a guarantee."

With that said Grim teleported in wisps of flames from the area just to avoid the urge to beat Lei Fang to a pulp right there and then. The crowd then began to disperse while some people murmured about what had just happened. Lei Fang was still rooted to the spot in embarrassment at being chewed out like that when she was trying to just bring Grim down to earth.

"You must have a death wish if you're going to insult Grim's fighting skills." Lei Fang was brought out of her thoughts by Christie's voice.

"What do you mean by that?! I was just trying to get him to check his ego."

"Really? Well I can tell you that arrogance is the last thing he has. Confidence, yes, he does, but arrogance, it's nonexistent. A credit to his training."

"His ninja training."

"That along with his military training, and arrogance is something someone like him can't afford to have as that's an easy way to end up dead."

"So, he's a militarized ninja?"

Christie shrugged, "Maybe, maybe not. Anyways, if I were you, I'd be ready to fight him in the tournament or out of it as you're clearly on his shit list for running your mouth like you did." She then walked away to wherever she was going.

Lei Fang huffed and said, "Like I said I was trying to get him to check his ego."

"Maybe you should listen to your own advice first and check your own ego." Lei Fang turned around to see a sober Brad Wong and Hitomi glaring at her.

"W-What?!"

"The man is very confident of his skills, not arrogant like you're acting around him." Brad Wong stated, "How hypocritical of a veteran such as yourself."

"Excuse me?!"

"Excuse you?!" Hitomi exclaimed, "Lei Fang, you've been nothing but hostile to him since you met him. In fact, I'd say that you're envious…no, scared of him."

Lei Fang huffed, "Me?! Envious?! Scared of that guy?! As if!"

Hitomi shrugged, "Keep telling yourself that then. Don't be surprised if he wipes the floor with you." She then left followed by Brad Wong also going his own way leaving Lei Fang by herself.

Angered at being called out by others and roasted by Grim the Tai Chi prodigy tightened her fist and glared at the spot the Freestyle fighter was. "Oh, I'll show him the difference between us and expose him for the rank amateur he really is."

21:00 hrs at the DOA dome

Grim was in a foul mood as he stood with the those who had made it to this round.

His fellow competitors could see it too and a few knew why especially Hitomi and Kasumi who were beside the angry man himself, but they chose to not dwell on it as the announcer came up on the podium.

Once again, he blocked out the noise in the arena hoping for the announcer to just get it over with so that he'd know who his next opponent was so he could leave already. Finally, the screen above them had finally come on showing his next opponent.

Grim Eagle vs. Lei Fang

Both women felt a chill down their backs when they saw the very disturbing toothy grin on Grim's face.

'Oh, Lei Fang…I feel so sorry for you.' Hitomi thought as she knew just how fucked said person was.

If then grin wasn't enough to get attention, the bloodlust rolling off Grim did get everyone on edge. Especially the ninjas who were in instant fight or flight mode. Though the one who felt it more was Lei Fang as it was all aimed at her as Grim stared right at her with that bloodthirsty grin on his face that clearly creeped her out.

But she wasn't going to let that get to her. She's got something to prove.

'I'm so going to enjoy ripping you apart.' Grim and Samara thought in sync as Grim stared at his prey who stared right back.

Her confidence didn't matter to them. They were going to rip it to shreds along with her pride and her body.


Chapter 5 End.

Oh boy! Grim's about to add another one to the body bag, or is he? Well Lei Fang's not backing down which may or may not help her chances against Grim Eagle who wants nothing more than to beat the hell out of her.

What comes to mind when you describe Grim's fighting style? What's your opinion on it so far?