By EliadS

** Inside the Drunken Samurai **

Ibuki heard the microphone boom as she took a sip of water "Now after that awesome display of fighting our next battle. The ruthless brawler from the streets of Tokyo our very own SHUURAI! (Lightning strike in Japanese). Versus Makoto!"

Upon hearing the name Makoto Ibuki's gaze turned towards the cage. "Makoto…I remember her…She was my last fight before Ryu in Semi-finals…She was good…but I managed to make her make a mistake and beat her…I wonder if she's gotten any better?" Ibuki thinks and turns halfway to lean on bar table and look at the fight.

The Dan of Yakuzas ignores the fight and speaks to his bodyguards. "Go call the base… I want you to tell them to double the guards around the two girls cell " He says to him. The bodyguard nods and leaves to do as told. The Dan of Yakuzas takes his glass of liquor and drinks if quickly as he waits for the end of the tournament.

Meanwhile a man enters the cage from the northern entrance. He's wearing only a pair of loose pants and has a large black fire-breathing dragon covered by electricity tattooed on his chest. His hair was died bright yellow, and it was shoulder length and smooth. His body is well built but not bulky and he is obviously a fighter. He smirks at Makoto and smiles a mocking smile while flexing his arms.

Makoto enters from the opposite entrance and it wearing a white Gi; she had matured and become more slender and lady-like, a major difference from the Makoto Ibuki had last fought over a year ago. Despite that like Ibuki her body still shows the signs of being a fighter in form of a perfectly slender and flexible body with it's entire muscle tone divided equally around her body.

Her Gi is tied tightly to conceal her bra and body with a long black belt. She had grown around 4 inches being around Ibuki's height and also gained womanly assets as puberty has obviously finally hit the Karate girl, which make some of the men in the room stare (men…>_<).

Also A yellow scarf is tied around her neck and it falls between he shoulder blades. She flexes her bare fists and hops on the balls of her feet. "So…He thinks he's tough doesn't he? I'll teach him to laugh at me…I'll make him hurt all over…And all these bozos here…you'd think they haven't seen a woman in their life…second thought…by the looks of'em they probably haven't…" Makoto thinks and chuckles lightly and enters her stance.

Shuurai enters his stance which has one hand extended forward with its fist open and fingers loose, and the other hand in the same condition but staying close to the neck and chin. His legs are loose and he leans on the balls of his feet instead of his entire foot.

"So this girl's supposed to be good…I remember seeing her last year in the street fighter tourney…time I proved the Yakuza clans are the best and not these measly street fighters…" He thinks as he waits for the starting Que.

Ibuki looks at Shuurai and raises a brow "Hmm…His style by the stance is some kind of Kung fu…he's light on his feet and he isn't too heavy by the looks of him…I wonder which one of them I'll face?" Ibuki ponders.

Then the microphone booms "FIGHT!" and both fighter burst forward forcing Ibuki to give up her thoughts and concentrate on the fight to learn both of her possible opponents. Shuurai opens his mouth and an audible battle cry escapes his throat as he dashes forward.

Makoto sprints forward and then takes a quick sidestep as he reaches a rough 3 feet from her, before throwing a spin kick. Shuurai blocks it easily and catches her foot, then he throws it aside and steps forward.

Makoto spins around quickly just in time to block a quick jab punch, but his speed is amazingly higher than hers and he nails her with a snap hook with his other hand before she can react properly.

His knuckles crash against her cheek and send her off balance. Makoto feels her cheek ache right before he punches her gut with great force before turning around with awesome agility. Makoto curses and barely ducks under the roundhouse he sends forth. "D**n he's fast…Gotta find a way to overcome his speed or I'm toast…" Makoto thinks as she touches the ground in her ducking.

Then as she's too close to spin and sweep his feet, She does a chop motion and sweeps his feet with her forearm, Shuurai is surprised by the move and falls on his back. Meanwhile Makoto gets up and stomps his abdomen with her foot.

Shuurai exhales sharply and she raises her foot to stomp him again. However he doesn't fall for her stomp again and instead grabs her foot and then kicks her in the lower back with his foot. Makoto is sent flying forward. She rolls forward and rises to her while Shuurai pushes off the floor with his hands and flips to his feet before resuming his stance. "So you wanna fight dirty…I can play dirty" he thinks as eyes her.

"You're good lady…but nobody escape a blast of lightning…" Shuurai says and rubs his nose with his thumb. Makoto smirks and hmphs while narrowing her eyes. "We'll see about that…" She says and inhales sharply.

Shuurai steps forward and leaps with a straight air kick; Makoto sees it coming and blocks by crossing her forearms. But that was what Shuurai wants and he kicks off her crossed forearms and flips forward, Makoto amazed by his agility is helpless to block a two legged dropkick which slams into the center of her back.

She is sent flying forward, but manages to regain her footing in time to sidestep a kick and turn around and slam a punch to Shuurai's nose. He reels backwards and she grins wickedly. She then steps forward and spins around hitting him with a backfist. Then while he steps back from the force she turns around and nails his abdomen with a punch, then his forehead and finishes it with a powerful push-kick to Shuurai's gut.

The warrior is sent flying backward; he crashes onto the floor with an audible thud. He rolls to his feet and glares at Makoto coldly. She shrugs and chuckles at his anger and motions him to come and get her. He smiles and his fists burst into yellow electricity.

Ibuki looks on impressed by their respective styles. "Both are respectively powerful. But their style is quite predictable…Shuurai relies on speed while Makoto of a blend of strength, speed and using the opponent against himself to her advantage." Ibuki concludes as she keeps on looking on.

Makoto almost eeps as he lunges forward and sends both of them towards her chest area. Makoto tries to swat them aside but cries in pain as she's jolted by the electricity. Then he grabs her Gi's abdomen area with one hand and places a hand under her neck before throwing her away (Think Fei Long's throw).

Makoto crashes into the cage and shakes her head. She hears him dashing forward and sidesteps quickly. His foot crashes into the cage engulfed in crackling lightning. Makoto takes advantage and raises her hand before bringing a jarring and very powerful chop slamming on the back of his neck.

Shuurai clenches his teeth and is sent to his knees by the force behind the blow. Then Makoto picks him up by grabbing his ears before nailing him with a powerful head-butt. Shuurai reels while feeling his vision go hazy and his head spin. Makoto then gets a devious idea and lunges forward very quickly while releasing a battle cry as she executes her Hayate. Her first slams into his abdomen colliding against his tensed muscles.

Then She puts her hands on his shoulders and leaps upward. She wraps her legs around his neck and starts choking him. Shuurai chokes and tries to break her hold unsuccessfully. He begins to feel his lungs burn and head hurt from the lack of oxygen.

He then holds his breath and slams both fists with all his strength against her ribcage from both sides. Makoto is surprised and groans in pain but still doesn't let go. Shuurai begins turning red and his body aches for air. He picks her up from the legs and strains against his weakness in order to run forward aiming to ram her back into the cage.

Makoto doesn't have time to let go and crashes against the metallic cage. This time she lets go and falls to the ground her body screaming in aching pain. Shuurai backs away and ideeply his face flushed in crimson red, and his body wobbly and weak.

He falls to his knee and tries disparately to rearrange his breath and refocus himself. Meanwhile Makoto is seething and rises to her feet after lying on the floor for a few seconds. She shakes her head and brushes her spiky hair aside.

Shuurai clenches his teeth and rises to his feet and reenters his stance. Makoto sees his weakness and grins despite the pain in her entire body. "Get ready to be beaten…lightning strike…" She says in a mocking tone and summons her Chi.

Shuurai lunges forward to try and disrupt it. Makoto feels the Chi empower her body and her hands burst into blue flames as she steps a long step forward and lowers her body to his abdomen level, then she slams a chi enveloped fist into his nether region.

Shuurai collapses forward straight into a powerful punch, which slams into his midsection. Soon enough two quick and powerful punches follow suit and make his body quake with pain as he feels in entrails urge him to vomit but doesn't. Then Makoto screams "Seichuusen Godanzuki" and nails his chin with a powerful uppercut.

A burst of chi explodes upon contact sending Shuurai hurling backwards. Falling on his back heavily. He breathes heavily and battles to remain conscious trying to get up. Makoto feels dizzy and light headed at the lost of her life force after initiating the powerful assault.

She calmly walks up to Shuurai and calmly raises her fist and punches his face forcefully. His head crashes into the floor and he's knocked unconscious. Then she gets up and calmly walks to entrance and walks out.

Ibuki eyes her and looks impressed "She's good, very deadly arsenal of moves…I'll have to be prepared and careful when we meet again on the arena ground" Ibuki thinks and finishes her water before putting the glass on the table.

Makoto meanwhile walks tiredly to an empty table and asks for a bottle of water and a glass. She receives what she asked for and drinks the water quickly. Thirst overcoming her. Then she puts the glass down and flexes her pained limbs.

"Only 2 hours before the moment of truth…I'll make Father proud…and bring honor to the dojo…one way or another…" Makoto thinks and drinks another glass of water and waits for the next fight. Eyeing the resting Ibuki with a sneer.

Ibuki doesn't notice this and in her mind, she devises some strategies to deal with Makoto later on.