The stage was set. The moonlight shined upon a dark alleyway. There, standing in the center of three other women stood Visha, her yellow eyes narrowing slightly with a small confident smirk on her face as she demonstrated her fighting stance. Behind her, stood Ikari, displaying her fighting stance as well, also revealing that her palms were open and ready to strike. The two in front of Visha, Luna and Eve; both show off their own particular fighting stances as well, with Luna taking more of a professional approach, while Eve was displaying a police force style that she had occupied during her time with the police.
"This is your last chance Visha," Eve assured her. "Either you surrender now and just give up, or things are going to become complicated for you." She pointed out as Visha couldn't help but keep her confident smirk plastered on her face.
"Oh I'm sorry Eve," Visha began her retort. "You seem to believe that even though I may be outnumbered, you think you have a chance." She ended. "Didn't you learn anything from your last mistake?" Her tongue lightly grazed her lips as Eve's eyes shot a deadly glare at her, but Visha only gestured with her hand. "Come on, bring it." She motioned her over to her.
"I'm going to make sure I make you regret everything before locking you away!" Eve shouted as she rushed Visha. "You're going to pay for everything!" She screamed as Eve unleashed a barrage of punches that were directed toward Visha's face, but Visha saw the onslaught coming and didn't have any trouble blocking and dodging Eve's attempts. Eve continued to swing as hard as she could, trying to catch Visha's jaw with a wild swing, but Visha ducked a wild haymaker and quickly jabbed her in the face, but Eve took her blow and tried to counter with another set up of punches, but Visha was too focused for one of Eve's punches to land.
Eve had aimed for Visha's face, but Visha countered with a punch of her own, catching Eve in the jaw, and causing her to stagger back a bit. Visha, upon seeing the opening that Eve left for her, rushed in; her body moving in a fluid motion resembling a snake as she got up close to Eve and started to deliver a barrage of blows to Eve's chest and face, knocking her from left to right as she continued her assault. "Hahahahaha, come on Eve is this all you got!" Visha shouted as she continued to hammer Eve as if she was nothing more than a mere rookie on her first day of training. "I thought you were better than this! How the hell do you expect to take me down with this pitiful display!" She quickly tried to knock Eve down with a right hook, but Eve quickly took a step back, dodging the blow entirely.
"You're mine!" Eve shouted as she quickly lifted her leg and tried a vicious sidekick to the face, but Visha quickly raised her leg to block the incoming blow and returned with a hard knee to the gut, causing Eve to cough up spit. Eve could not help but drop to her knees as Visha grabbed her by the hair, raising her head up, forcing Eve to look at her, her smirk sick and wide, and spreading across her face.
"What happened to you making me regret everything?" Visha questioned her as Eve couldn't help but struggle in Visha's grasp. "So far, the only thing I regret is not doing this to you sooner."
"Eve!" Ikari shouted as she rushed in as well, catching Visha's attention as she quickly ran up to her, forcing her to release Eve's hair and go back to being on the defense as Ikari began to strike. Ikari's war cry could be heard as she struck with open palm strikes, which Visha quickly caught on to, blocking with ease.
The two danced for about 30 seconds with Ikari continuously striking with her palms out, with her last strike heading for Visha's chest, but she quickly sidestepped Ikari's attempt and caught her wrist. "Open palm strikes huh?" She shook her head slightly. "Didn't they teach you anything while you were training?" Visha questioned her. "You don't have time to worry about your opponent, especially when they're trying to hurt you!" Visha quickly pounded Ikari in the face, knocking her to the ground.
Visha didn't have time to gloat as Eve quickly rushed in again, catching Visha off guard as she tackled her into a stationed car that was parked in front of the alley. She quickly pushed off of her and caught Visha in the face with a right hand that forced her face to the side. The shock itself caught Visha off guard as Eve retaliated with another right hand, forcing Visha's face to the left. Visha's body didn't buckle, but Eve kept up her onslaught before she grabbed Visha by her jaw and forced her head back against the passenger window of the car, causing her to look up at her. "Do you give up yet?" Eve spoke trying to catch her breath.
"What…Are…You kidding me?" Visha let out a small laugh. "We're just starting to have fun!" With that, Visha quickly head-butted Eve in the face, causing her to release her. She then leaned back against the car, almost trying to roll onto the window, but used her legs as she pressed both of her feet into Eve's chest, sending her staggering back a bit.
Visha completed her roll over and she ended up on the top of the car. Eve tried to quickly recover but Visha had already pushed herself towards Eve, pushing her fist upward and trying to deliver a hard uppercut to Eve, but she managed to jump back at the last second, her feet sliding against the concrete as Ikari, who had recovered from Visha's earlier attack, rushed passed Eve and decided to strike.
"Ikari..."Eve gritted her teeth as Ikari tried her hand once against Visha. Ikari once again tried to deliver a flurry of open-palm strikes, but Visha easily dodged her attempts.
"How many times do I have to tell you?" Visha spoke as she continued to dance around Ikari." That's not going to work on me!" She retaliated with a hard side kick to the chest sending Ikari backward towards Eve, who was rushing towards the fight once again, but Ikari's body bumped into Eve, which further frustrated her.
"Grr…" Eve growled as she caught Ikari. "Get out of my way!" She screamed as she pushed her partner away from her into the ground and pursued her opposition once again.
Eve and Visha continued their routine again as Eve tried to attack with a variety of kicks and punches, but Visha beat her every step of the way. Meanwhile, Luna stood there and watched as the bout carried on. Her brown eyes locked on Visha as she moved and attacked her opponents. "The way she fights…" Luna thought to herself as she watched as Visha continued to have the upper hand over Eve, kicking her in the chest, and causing her to stagger back a bit. "I know I've seen it somewhere before." She gritted her teeth as the thought invaded her mind as she watched as Eve tried to fight back, by swinging with another hard haymaker, but Visha quickly dodged and caught her arm, and slung her over her shoulder, slamming her back against the hood of the car, her lower body cracking the windshield from the impact, finally, Eve's body was too exhausted to fight back. "But where…" Luna's mind continued to question the phenomenon.
"Eve!" Ikari shouted as she managed to get up and catch the scene for herself. She gritted her teeth as Luna continued to watch with her mind transfixed on Visha.
"There's no way she could…No, it can't be…" Luna gritted her teeth as Visha turned her head back towards Ikari as she grabbed Eve by her hair and dragged her off the car. "You know, I'm actually pretty disappointed in you Eve." Visha allowed Eve's body to lie in front of the car as Eve tried to get up, but her body was too beaten and exhausted to fight back. "You wasted all this time, grudging against me and here you are, finally with the chance to bring me to justice or some shit and what do you do? Screw up!" Visha kicked Eve hard in the stomach, causing Eve to spit up some more as her body lifted off the ground and slightly hit the car as she fell back on her stomach.
She groaned in pain and continued to cough some more, trying desperately to catch her breath. "You think that badge makes you special don't you?" Visha kept her trapped in her eyesight. "That you're special enough to think that you don't have to answer for anything." Eve tried to lift herself up again, on her hands and knees; her body against the vehicle that sat beside her. "Well screw you!" Visha kicked hard in the stomach again.
"AARRGGHHH!" Eve screamed as her body lifted off the ground again, only to crash back down as Visha continued to abuse her midsection.
"What makes you think that this time was going to be any different huh?" Visha kicked her again, causing Eve to nearly choke on her spit as she tried to catch her breath. "You're nothing but some leashed dog who takes orders! What makes you think you can come back here after what happened?" She kicked her again and again, the sounds of Eve's painful scream echoing throughout the night.
"Stop! Let her go!" Ikari tried to run towards them. "That's enough, she can't fight back anymore; stop!" Ikari continued to shout.
"Stop right there rookie!" Visha forcibly placed her boot-covered foot on the top of Eve's face, holding her down as Ikari came to a direct halt. "Come any closer and I promise I'll crush her skull." She warned her, Ikari couldn't do anything but grit her teeth as Visha smirked at her in response.
"Good dog, now just stand there and watch and maybe your head can be under here next." She told her as she slowly began to apply pressure onto Eve's face.
"Aaaarrgggggghhh!" Eve's voice escaped her lips as she felt the pressure on the side of her head increase. Ikari couldn't do anything but stand there and watch.
"Stop! She's had enough!" Ikari screamed at her. "Let her go!" She shouted in anger. "
"Oh, I don't know." Visha looked down at her as she continued to apply pressure on Ikari's partner. "I think she can take a little more, besides; snakes aren't satisfied until they've crushed their prey," Visha replied as she kept her eyes on the pain-filled face of Eve. "What do you think Eve? Want to get cru…."
Visha's sentence was cut off as a white-sneakered covered foot caught her off guard once again, knocking her off Eve and sprawling into the ground away from her and Ikari.
Ikari could not help but blink a bit as Luna landed on the ground, standing straight up with her fist balled up ready for a fight.
"Yo…You…"Ikari looked at Luna, who caught her glance and simply nodded her head at her, signaling to Ikari that she was going to take care of Visha.
Understanding what Luna meant, Ikari quickly got up and ran toward Eve. "Eve!"
Visha, feeling the sting on her face, slowly got to her feet. "You know that's the second time you side-swiped me," Visha stated as she slightly turned her head back to look at Luna. "How many times are you planning on hitting me when I'm not looking?" She questioned her methods.
"As many times it takes to get you to remember that I'm here." Luna simply responded.
Visha could not help but let out a small giggle at the concept as she turned around to face Luna. "Well, with the extras out of the way, we can finally have that date I was talking about." She smiled at her. "What do you say?" She asked as she got into her fighting stance. "Care to give me a try?" Her tongue slithered out of her mouth.
"I'm not into girls," Luna replied. "But I'll be happy to kick your ass for you." Luna mimicked Visha's motives and got into a fighting stance of her own.
"Oh," Visha licked her lips once again. "This is going to be fun." She returned as the two squared off once again, this time with no one to disturb them.
"Meanwhile, back at the docks, Rakaia and Saitou wrestled against each other, either one trying to gain the advantage over the other. "What's the big idea runt?" Saitou snarled at him as he tried to overpower him with his own strength. "Why couldn't you have just gone back home and waited for your beat down like any other rat on the street?" Saitou questioned.
"A beat down coming from you?" Rakaia let out a small laugh. "When you're by yourself, you don't seem all that tough, makes me see why you need your brothers to help you win every fight." Rakaia shot back.
"You're a mouthy little shit aren't you?" Saitou shot back. "I hope you can keep up that confidence when you're catching my fist with your face." He growled as he quickly tried to swipe Rakaia with a left, but Rakaia quickly jumped away from him, Saitou missing his attempt.
"What's the deal Saitou?" Rakaia questioned him, causing Saitou to raise his eyebrow in response. "Why are you hanging around guys like these?" Rakaia demonstrated by waving his arm around to show the thugs that were lying around unconscious.
"That's none of your business runt," Saitou responded. "What would you know anyway?" Saitou asked back, Rakaia keeping his eyes locked on him as well. "You showing up here, jumping into a situation that had nothing to do with you, getting involved with the poisonous snakes, siding with the blue dogs; what's your angle here runt?" Saitou asked him. "Do you really think that sticking your nose in our business is going to make life easier for you down the road? You don't understand what you've gotten yourself into do you?" Saitou asked him as Rakaia kept his eyes on his rival.
"Visha has caught a good look at you." Saitou continued. "Do you know what that means?" He asked him.
"Can't say that I care," Rakaia replied. "She's not really my type anyway." He added as Saitou just stared at him for a moment before shaking his head at his comment.
"You really think this is some kind of game, don't you?" Saitou shot back. "Thanks to you getting in the way, Visha will find out everything about you and your friends, and then you're going to be hunted down by the poisonous snakes." Saitou finished his statement as Rakaia looked around, looking at the henchmen that were lying face-first on the ground.
"They don't look like much to me," Rakaia replied. "So, I don't think they'll be anything to worry about," Rakaia ended as Saitou gritted his teeth a bit at Rakaia's foolery.
Gripping his hair nearly pulling it out from frustration, "What the hell is wrong with you?" Saitou yelled at him. "Don't you get it; you just put yourself in more danger than I ever could possibly cause you."
"Why do you care?" Rakaia asked him, catching Saitou off guard with his sudden question.
"Huh?" Was the only word that escaped Saitou's lips as he stood there completely clueless?
"For the past week we've been at each other's throats and now you're worried about this little clubhouse of yours going after me and my friends, what's your deal Saitou?" Rakaia barked. "I told you, I'm here to make sure you make it to the match so I can kick your ass, I don't care what I have to go through, but I'm going to pay you back for what you did to Noah." Rakaia pointed at him.
Saitou could not help but smirk a bit at Noah's name being mentioned. "You thought it was clever of you to attack Noah instead of me, given our stipulation; but that's not going to help you when it's time for us to fight and I'm going to make sure that you can't run away by doing something stupid," Rakaia stated as Saitou just looked at him for a second.
"Mark my words Saitou." Rakaia pulled back into another fighting stance. "I'm going to kick your ass!" Rakaia shouted at him as Saitou continued to stare at him for a moment longer before he closed his eyes for a split second.
"Is that so?" Saitou reopened his eyes. "I guess we're going to have to see then won't we." He stated as he took a step back and two thugs shot passed Saitou towards Rakaia, "If you can make it out of here in one piece that is." Saitou stated as one of the thugs held on to a bat and tried to make a home run off of Rakaia's skull.
"Really Saitou!" Rakaia shouted back as he dodged the incoming baseball bat by ducking underneath it and jumping out of its reach. "You're still going to let other people fight your battles for you!" Rakaia dodged another incoming blow before he retaliated with a hard punch to the face, catching the thug by the collar of his shirt and tossing him into the second thug that made his way toward him. The bodies fell to the ground as Rakaia turned his sights back to Saitou. "How long are you going to keep hiding behind people?" Rakaia grunted at him.
"So long as they are willing to fight my battles for me." Saitou snapped his fingers with a smirk spreading across his face as the thugs that were once knocked down had completely recovered and made their way to Saitou as they all kept their eyes on Rakaia. "I hope you're ready for this runt," Saitou's smirk remained on his face.
Rakaia stayed in his fighting stance as he watched the gang of thugs get in their position and began to surround him.
While Rakaia was busy with Saitou and the grunts of the Poisonous Snakes, Cana was busy in her one-on-one with Maitou. His large figure towered over her as he tried to bash her into the ground with his punches, but Cana danced around his frame. His slow movement wasn't able to keep up with Cana as she jabbed and kicked, each hit landing as she stepped out of his range when he tried to counter her.
"Stay still will ya, I'm trying to pound you," Maitou complained as he rushed towards Cana, trying to grab her in a bear hug, but Cana quickly jumped out of the way once again.
"Stay still?" Cana replied as she got back into her fighting stance. "What do you think this is? I'm not supposed to let you hit me; geez why do big fighters have to be stupid." She retorted as Maitou growled at her comment and charged at her once again. "Yep and here he comes," Cana said to herself as she ran towards her opponent as well.
"No one calls me stupid!" Maitou yelled as he and Cana got within range of one another as he tried to swipe her with a right hand across the jaw, but Cana quickly performed her signature duck-and-slide maneuver as she quickly slid under his legs, coming up behind him. Maitou turned around just in time to see Cana leap off the ground and catch him in the jaw with a roundhouse kick, the heel of her foot causing him to stagger back a bit.
With his guard down, Cana landed on her feet and pursued her opponent. She got within range and leaped up in the air again, using her right foot, she stepped up on Maitou's chest, pushing herself upward into the air. "Here I come!" She yelled down towards him, landing on his shoulders, wrapping her legs around his head, and started swinging both her fists in a beautiful sequence of rights and lefts, connecting with Maitou's jaw.
Maitou's head continued to go in different directions before Cana stopped her flurry of punches and pulled her body backward, using the strength in her legs to bring Maitou with her. "Come on big guy!" She gritted her teeth as she used her legs muscles to pull Maitou towards her. "Come on and fall down already!" She screamed as she finally managed to flip Maitou headfirst into the ground, completing her Hurricanrana driver.
She released as she stood up, looking back at her opponent to see a few squiggle lines over his eyes as he lay there. She let a small smile cross her lips as she placed one hand on her hip. "Yep, pretty stupid." She ended. "I wonder how Kaia is…Kaia!" Cana quickly looked over to see Rakaia surrounded by a bunch of goons. "Dammit…" Cana gritted her teeth as she made her way toward Rakaia.
"Back to Luna"
Luna and Visha continued to square off, their eyes remained on one another as they both began to walk around each other. "You sure you ready for this princess?" Visha asked her. "I hear I'm pretty tough for someone like you." She stated as Visha began to taunt her opponent.
"Last time I checked, I already knocked you down twice." Luna retaliated. "So I don't think you're that tough." Luna mocked her earlier statement.
Visha couldn't help but snicker at Luna's comeback. "Oh well, aren't you fun to be around." She retorted. "Snappy retorts and all, well…I hope you think it's funny when I bash your face in!" Visha charged at Luna, who quickly prepared herself as Visha unleashed a barrage of harsh punches toward her.
"She's fast." Luna thought to herself as she managed to block every blow that Visha was able to dish out, except for the last one, which was a kick to Luna's midsection causing her feet to slide across against the ground, but Luna quickly recovered as Visha came down with a hard downward kick, which Luna dodged with ease as she grabbed the back of her hoodie and pulled her in front of her to give her a kick of her own.
"Oh yea, this is what I'm talking about!" Visha charged in again as she tried to bash Luna in the face, but Luna sidestepped it again and tried to elbow Visha in the face, but Visha was one step ahead of her and caught her elbow, and tried to retaliate with one of her own, but Luna dodged it just in time and tried to counter with a right hand, but her fist met Visha's and the two began to punch it out, their knuckles colliding with one another before they both thought the same thing and tried to use their foot to push each other off, but their soles connected and the two were caught in a power struggle, using only their leg muscles.
"Oh, I can't remember the last time I had someone entertain me like this!" Visha yelled. "You're so much fun to fight!" She added trying to push Luna back, but Luna wasn't giving in. "I hope you don't mind if I play with you a little bit more. "She added.
"Sorry, but I don't think you're going to get the chance." Luna managed to overpower Visha and charge towards her again, this time throwing Visha off as she attempted a no-handed cartwheel, her feet catching Visha off guard as Luna landed on the ground and continued her combo with a hard spin kick to the jaw, before performing another spin and kicking Visha in the chest, sending her sprawling into the ground.
"There, that should be enough for you," Luna told her as she took a few steps towards Visha, but immediately stopped when she saw Visha getting up to her hands and knees. "Stay down, if we keep going this way, you're not going to be able to get back…What…" Luna's statement was cut off when she heard Visha giggling.
"Hehehe…Hehehehe...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THIS IS RICH!" Visha stood up as Luna quickly got back into her fighting stance.
"Great I just had to follow the crazy one," Luna muttered under her breath as she got back into her fighting stance.
"This is great!" Visha screamed again. "Fighting you is everything that I hoped it would be!" Visha quickly jumped up and charged toward Luna, catching her completely off guard.
"What the…How did she?" Luna couldn't believe how fast Visha had gotten as she appeared right in front of her. Luna tried to connect with Visha's jaw with her right hand, but Visha dodged it and caught Luna with a hard punch to the gut, but Luna recovered quickly and tried at another attempt to bash Visha's face in, but Visha countered once again and caught her in the side of the face with another solid punch. "What, I can't hit her…" Luna thought as she found herself on the receiving end of Visha's strikes.
Visha danced around Luna with nothing but dodges and counters, punching and kicking Luna in the face, in the stomach before grabbing her by the hair and forcing her into the ground and tried to follow up with a hard stomp to the face, but Luna quickly rolled out of the way, but Visha was all over her as she ran towards her as Luna tried to get back to her feet and kicked her as if she was kicking a soccer ball. The top of her foot caved in Luna's midsection and sent her flying into a few trash cans, knocking them over in the process.
"Come on, get up!" Visha quickly grabbed Luna by the back of the head, with Luna sitting on her knees, with Visha positioned behind her. "Fight back!" Visha screamed at her as she started pounding Luna on the top of her head and face, with Luna doing her best to cover up. "Fight back! Fight back! FIGHT BACK!" Visha continued her crazed onslaught, but Luna wasn't going to take the beating lying down. She quickly dodged one of Visha's blows and quickly used her elbow to catch Visha in the face, forcing her to release her, giving Luna time to get up and drive her knee into her stomach and follow up with a few punches and kicks to various parts of Visha's upper body.
The last punch Luna threw, Visha saw coming and dodged it again, this time moving in close where her face was only a mere inches away from Luna. "You missed me…" Visha told her as Luna quickly jumped back, but Visha quickly rushed her and delivered a hard kick to Luna's stomach, sending her sprawling into the ground, before her body bounced against a hard wall. Luna tried to get up, but Visha quickly rushed her again, ramming her into the wall once more, before unleashing a flurry of punches on the former pro fighter. Luna tried to cover up, but her defense finally broke, and soon found herself on the receiving end of Visha's fury.
"Come on is that all you got? Is that all you got!" Visha screamed out before Luna's legs finally caved underneath her and she dropped to her knees.
A small smirk appeared on Visha's lips as she was about to send another blow to Luna's face, but the sounds of Sirens stopped her fist from pushing her face in. "Hmph, well what do you know…" Visha pulled her hand back as Luna fell back against the wall, breathing heavily. "I guess that's it for our little fun princess." Visha knelt down in front of her, using her right hand to gently lift up her chin for Luna to face her. "Maybe next time we can really get dirty." She told her as let her chin fall as she quickly got up and turned to run away. "Till next time princess!" She shouted from behind her as she made her escape.
Luna grunted in pain as she tried to sit up. "Damn….I can't believe she got the…Best.." She fell back down on her backside. "Of me, like that." She spoke to herself, trying to catch her breath in the process as she watched as Visha made her escape. "Visha, huh?" Luna thought to herself. "I'll remember that." She spoke lowly as police cars pulled up, with Ikari making her way over to the battered Luna.
-Back to Rakaia-
Rakaia gritted his teeth as he knew his fight was about to get ugly. His brown eyes darted from grunt to grunt, before finally landing on Saitou's smirking face. "Great, now look at what I got myself into. "Rakaia's mind raced as the grunts began to move in on Rakaia, but the sounds of sirens could be heard as they all stopped in their tracks, quickly backing up as the sound was getting closer.
"Hmph, I guess you lucked out again runt," Saitou stated. "I hope you'll be ready in a few days," Saitou stated as he began to turn around, his brothers retrieved by the grunts that aligned themselves with them. "See you at the fight, I hope you bring me everything you got because you're going to need it." Saitou finished as he turned his back towards Rakaia as he and the grunts made their escape as well.
"Kaia!" Cana called out as she quickly ran towards him.
"Cana!" Rakaia called her name.
"You ok?" Cana asked him, her eyes struck with worry as Rakaia quickly nodded.
"Yea, but we got to go find Luna," Rakaia told her. "Come on let's go, the cops are pulling in, we have to see if she is alright," Rakaia stated as Cana quickly nodded her head in agreement as they both ran towards the direction that Luna chased the few officers and Visha in, in hopes that she was alright.