| GCB Fanfics: Vs. Mode |
Vs. Mode - Ryu vs. DanteThe Locker Room Ken paces up and down a row of lockers, a half worried, half incredulous look on his face. "What do you mean 'I'm not worried!?' Lest we forget, the last time you went out there Bison gave Duke Nukem some high tech **** that he nearly beat you with! How can you not be worried that he's not gonna do the same thing with this Dante guy?" Ryu calmly looks up at Ken from where he is sitting on the bench, applying tape to his fists. "Simple. Dante is an honorable fighter. He's not going to stoop to the same level as that Nukem guy." Finished with his right hand, Ryu begins taping his left. "And how did you come to that conclusion? Was it the fact that he is apparently half-demon? Give me a break Ryu." Ryu raises an eyebrow. "Ken, judging other fighters is part of what I do for a living. If I can't accurately gauge the skill level and temperament of another fighter, I should hang up my gi right now and go into insurance." Ryu gave his friend a tight smile. "I know he is honorable because he held back when he was fighting Ryo in his first match. Clearly, he could have sliced that boy into small pieces without much effort. The fact that he didn't make an example out of the kid shows that he is compassionate and doesn't believe in hurting people just for the fun of it. Just like you and me." Ken lets out a deep sigh. "I just hope you know what you're doing man." Ryu stands up, done taping his wrists, and begins punching experimentally at the air. Ken just shakes his head and starts to grin himself. "Out of curiosity, how exactly are you planning to beat that sword and pistols combination?" At this, Ryu's grin becomes slightly sheepish. "I have absolutely no idea..." ---- "WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'NO!?'" Bison yells at a figure slowly walking through the hall toward the arena. Dante turns around slowly, his eyes blazing but his voice calm. "Are you an idiot, or have you honestly never heard that word before?" Bison's eyes bulge even larger for a second, and then contract, becoming cold and hard. It takes him a moment to regain control of his voice. "What I mean is, how can you refuse my generous proposal?" He says slowly, every word grating with false diplomacy. Dante continues to stare at Bison for a second, then turns his back on him once again. "I don't have time for this." The sound of Bison's teeth clenching is clearly audible in the hallway. He stares at Dante's retreating back, then smiles at something he hadn't noticed before. "How unfortunate for you that you forgot your sword. You are about to learn the price of defying me." Bison leapt into the air, a blue energy aura surrounding him as he became a human torpedo. "PSYCHO CRUSHER!" Even as Bison travels directly at his back, Dante merely smirks to himself. At the last moment, Dante suddenly twists around and seizes hold of Bison's mailed fists with gauntlets of his own. Gauntlets that literally burn with energy as they stop Bison in his tracks. Dante's eyes burn into Bison's, the fear and shock evident on Bison's face. Dante is still smirking. "After my match with Ryo I decided that fighting with a sword and guns against a guy with no weapons seemed kind of unfair. So I'm using Ifrit in this match instead." Throwing Bison up into the air Dante spins around and delivers a burning roundhouse kick to Bison's face. Bison's unconscious body flies back into the wall at the other end of the hallway, colliding with bone-crushing force. "Now if you'll excuse me I have a fight to go win." ---- The stadium lights come on as dusk begins to fall. "And we're back!" exclaims Brock. "Sorry about the delay there folks. We had to literally rebuild our ring after the conclusion of our last exciting match." Footage of Snake blowing up the ring with C4 is shown. "Fortunately my lovely co-announcer Lucca came prepared with an army of construction equipment, and a few specially designed robots. Here she comes now." The camera pans over to reveal a disheveled and dirty Lucca, slowly trudging back toward the announcer's booth. "I'm so tired! Tell me it's time to go home." Lucca collapses into her chair. "Uh, no Lucca, we still have three more matches to do." Lucca puts her head down on the desk and begins crying. Brock looks at her with a puzzled expression on his face for a moment, then realizes that the camera is still rolling. He plasters a big grin on his face, and discretely motions the cameraman to zoom in on him. "And what exciting matches they'll be! Next up we have the half-devil gunslinger Dante up against the tough-as-nails fist-fighter Ryu." "Here comes our first combatant!" Ryu enters the arena, full of cheering fans, obviously at home with having an audience for his fights. Ascending the steps into the ring, he turns and waits for his opponent. "And Dante enters the arena!" Brock shouts as the demon-slayer walks out to the ring. "But wait... that's strange. Dante doesn't seem to have either his sword or his guns for this match." Lucca's head shot up, her energy restored her curiosity at this announcement. "You're right Brock. It looks like Dante has decided to use his Ifrit gauntlet instead, making this match a real brawler!" "Your absolutely right Lucca! Now that weapons are out of the picture, it all comes down to who can take a lickin' and keep on tickin'!" Lucca could only gape at Brock's incredibly lame catch phrase. Ref-Bot floats to the middle of the ring. "Player 1, are you ready?" Ryu nods. "Player 2, are you ready?" Dante smirks. "Yeah." "Combatants ready. Raise force barriers. Match 46, Ryu vs. Dante. 3, 2, 1... fight!" "And the match is underway! The two fighters begin by circling each other cautiously. Both are pros and neither is just going to charge in and attack." "Absolutely Brock. This is going to be a test of skill." "Dante throws the first punch. Ryu ducks under it and gives Dante a quick jab-jab-uppercut combo! Dante goes down!" "He doesn't look like he got hurt Brock, just a little dazed. Dante gets back up quickly." "Dante was probably surprised by the speed of Ryu's combos. He just wasn't expecting Ryu to be that fast." "Ifrit looks a little slower than Alastor, Brock. I think that right now we have to give the advantage to Ryu because of his speed and experience." "Here they go again! They begin trading punches. The blocks and counter-attacks are so fast I just can't follow it Lucca!" "The result is what matters here, Brock. And in this case the result is Dante hitting the ground again, this time from a sweep kick." "Dante needs to come up with a new strategy here Lucca. Obviously Ryu is just to skilled in the hand-to-hand department." "But Dante shows he's pretty skilled in the boot-to-face department with a kick13 roundhouse, that send Ryu flying across the ring!" "Ryu gets up but he's obviously in pain. That kick was a lot faster than anything Dante's thrown at Ryu so far. Dante obviously has the power advantage on Ryu." "Ryu closes in on Dante... And Dante tries for another kick13! Ryu is ready for it this time though, and unleashes a Shoryuken attack on Dante! Dante is launched into the air and lands hard. The Ref-Bot starts the count..." "1...2...3..." "Dante gets to his feet! He still looks just fine. Ryu is in serious trouble if even a Shoryuken doesn't affect Dante!" Brock is forced to yell to be heard over the stunned gasp of the crowd. "Dante closes with Ryu again... And initiates Devil Trigger at close range! He unleashes another kick13, but he's much faster now! It connects... and Dante launches into a full kicking combo, before sending Ryu flying away!" "While Ryu struggles to rise, Dante powers up one of his Meteor attacks, and releases it in a great ball of hellfire. Ryu gets up and has to do something quick... And he counters with a Shinkuu Hadouken!" The resulting explosion cuts off Brock's voice. Both attacks disappear in a bright flash of light. "Wow! I'm not sure if the ring can survive another one of those Brock!" The concern in Lucca's voice doesn't seem to be for the fighters. "Neither battler was fazed by the explosion as the two go at it again. Dante has transformed back from Devil mode as they close in the middle of the ring..." "Ryu leaps into the air and begins spinning around, connecting on Dante multiple times with a Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku, then follows up with a Hadouken attack. Dante goes down and stay there." "...6...7...8" "Dante's back up and connects with his own launching uppercut, Magma Drive! Ryu is launched into the air, and Dante keeps him there with a three hit Ifrit combo. Dante finishes his assault by leaping above Ryu and attacking with Rolling Blaze. The fire shield knocks Ryu to the ground!" "That could be it Brock! There aren't many competitors who can take that kind of punishment." "We're about to find out if Ryu is one of them. The Ref is beginning the count..." "...7...8...9..." "Ryu just beats the count out! What a fighter!" "The question remains though Brock... How is he going to win this?" "I think he's about to show us. He's got his hands in a Hadouken position but he's just keeping them there. Dante leaps into the air towards Ryu. I think that Ryu is about to perform a..." Ryu's scream can be heard in the farthest parts of the arena. "DENJIN HADOUKEN!!!" A huge blue energy wave rips through the air completely enveloping Dante and blinding the spectators. "Oh my god! I'm not sure if they'll even find Dante's body after that...wait a minute...What is that!?" A fire-enveloped figure hits the ground in front of Ryu. A shockwave of pure fire emanates from the point of impact, flinging Ryu away like speck of dust. "Dante transformed in mid-jump, and used Inferno! Unbelievable!" "It looks like that one may have gotten to him before he transformed though. Even in Devil mode he looks hurt." "How can you tell Brock? He's a demon." "As a pokemon trainer, judging damage on non-human physiologies is one of my specialties." "Oh." "Getting back to the match, Ryu has gotten back up, but it doesn't look like he's got much left." "Dante charges and starts landing punches left and right." "Of course they're left and right. It's not like he has a center fist." Brock giggles at his pun, while Lucca just looks at him. "Right...The question is Brock how much more can Ryu take?" ---- I can't take much more of this. Another punch connects with Ryu, forcing him to take a knee. Come on. Transform back. Suddenly Ryu sees what he has been looking for. The tell-tale flash that Dante is about to transform back into a human. He doesn't hesitate. "SHIN-SHORYOKEN!!" ---- "And Ryu connects with his most powerful attack, the Shin-Shoryuken!" "But will that be enough to keep Dante down Lucca?" "7...8...9...10." "RYU WINS!! RYU WINS!! And the crowd goes wild!" Brock looks over at Lucca, who is gaping at him again. "What? I've always wanted to say that." "Whatever. I'm going to bed. I need some sleep." Lucca stands up, muttering under her breath. "Err...Lucca? Two more matches, remember?" Lucca blinks. "Oh...right," she sighs, collapsing back into her chair and putting her head in her hands. Brock turns back to the camera. "Uhh...that goes for you, too, viewers! Stay tuned for our next match, when the mammoth ape Donkey Kong takes on the Italian mobster Tommy Vercetti!" ---- Slowly consciousness returns to Dante. Ugh. Where am I? The unfamiliar surroundings of the hospital ward greet him. It is strangely pleasant...at first. "Hello my friend." The ugly face of M. Bison leers down at him. Behind him Vega and Sabot sneer threateningly. "Well, I trust we've learned our lessen about refusing honest help. Sadly however, there is still more you need to learn." His face took on a smile that held no mirth. "He is not the only one, Bison." Two women that Bison has never seen before walk into the room, the blond moving forward confidently, and the redhead carefully shutting the door behind them... ---- "Hey Ryu. Guess you were right. That Dante guy played a fair game." Ken walks toward the bench Ryu is sitting on as his various cuts and bruises are treated by an odd pink creature that seems to have a pouch with an egg in it attached to its front. "Yeah. Can't say I'm surprised though. With some of the moves he pulled, he doesn't need help from a guy like Bison." Ken smirks. "Hey, speaking of Bison, I heard they found him and two of his cronies in one of the back alleys with the **** knocked out of them. They'll be out of commission for at least the rest of the tournament." "Yeah, I heard that too." Ryu grins back. "You know some of Dante's friends approached me after the match to congratulate me, and they were just shocked to learn of Bison's modus operandi." "Ha ha ha!! Do tell..." Next Entry Back |