Outworld 20

The big audience was cheering with excitement as the monstrous Goro raised his four arms in victory. Only one section of the audience did not cheer. Instead, they were mourning for the loss of a great warrior, someone Goro defeated by breaking his neck.

Shang stood up. "The battles will continue when I return." He smirked and went into a whisper. "I have some important business to take care of with my 'friends' back in my dungeon." He then walked out of the small arena.

Everyone was screaming for more as the good fighters mourned for their friend Guy. Jax sighed. "Let's get out of here. Rest in peace Guy."

Before anyone moved, they heard someone cry out, "OYAJI!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Chun-Li's head snapped up. "Is it me or is that Dan?"

Suddenly, a figure flew into the ring, his foot out. The foot hit Goro in the head. The blow only made Goro lose his balance. Everyone recognized the figure's pink gi.

"Never fear! Dan is here!" Dan cried out. Then Mika made her way towards the ring.

"Dan and Mika are alive?" asked Guile.

Then, Jax reached over to Dan and smacked him upside the head. "OW!! What was that for?"

"You fool!" Jax cried with anger. "Where the hell have you two been? Don't you even know what the hell is going on?"

"It's a really long story!" Dan cried. "Mika and I got lost and....." That's when Dan noticed Guy's lifeless body.

"Guy!" Dan cried out running up to him. "Guy wake up!"

"Dan, he's dead," said Ken.

"No! He can't be!" Tears formed in Dan's eyes.

Then, Goro stood up just behind Dan.

"DAN!!" Mika cried. "Behind you!"

Dan turned around to see Goro. He straightened himself up while the tears quickly went away. "Um, hi, my name is Dan Hibiki." He showed a goofy smile.

"Um, Dan," said Sonya. "This is Goro."

"Hi, Goro, please to make your......." Then Dan realized who Goro is. "THE Goro!!"

"YES!!" the fighters cried out.

Goro smirked down at Dan. "I'm supposed to wait until Shang comes back, but you know what.......I want to fight you right now."

"Um, I would, but you see, my girlfriend Mika and I just returned after days of searching for this guy and stuff and.........."

Then Goro screamed out a battle cry. Dan sweat dropped.

"Oh great," said Ken. "Looks like Dan's going to be the next to die."

"Did he say that Mika is his girlfriend?" asked Ryu.

"Dan!" Mika cried. Jax and Guile pulled her behind the ring to safety.

Goro started chasing Dan around the ring. "Help!" Dan cried.

Goro then stepped right in front of him. "You fight me now!" he cried. He raised his upper arm and threw a punch at Dan.

Dan ducked down and covered his head with his arms. "Mommy!" he cried.

Goro laughed. "What's wrong? Are you too chicken to fight?"

Dan stood up and got into his fighting stance. "I'm no chicken! I'm Dan Hibiki! Let's fight."

The two stared at each other for a minute before Goro threw a fast punch at Dan. Dan ended up taking the blow at his head making him lose his balance. As he fell to the ground, Goro jumped up in the air and landed hard on Dan. Dan cried in pain.

As soon as that happened, all of the good fighters started cheering on for Dan, even though the truth was that Dan was not going to make it out of the ring alive.

Dan looked up at Goro who stood over him. "Get up and fight me!" Goro cried. He kicked Dan in the gut sending him flying to the other side of the ring. Dan coughed up some blood.

"Come on Dan!" Mika cried. "Don't lose this fight!"

Guile sighed. He's a goner. If Guy didn't make it out, I highly doubt that Dan would.

Goro then attempted to jump on Dan again, but Dan was more alert now and rolled out of the way. He slowly got up holding on to his stomach.

Then, Goro ran over to Dan and threw series of punches at Dan with all four of his arms. Dan only managed to block maybe three of the punches. Then Goro delivered one hard punch at Dan's face sending him flying back down to the ground.

Goro laughed looking at Dan. "You really think that you can beat me?" Then he reached over to him.

Then, he froze.

Dan looked around. "What the..........."

Everyone who were in the ring are frozen in place.

"Sub-Zero's not even here!" Dan cried. "If it's not him, then who is doing this?"

"Dan!" a voice yelled out. Dan looked around. Then, in the middle of the ring, he spotted Nightwolf.

"Nightwolf?" Dan asked.

"You've seemed to have forgotten why you've came to me in the first place. You came to me to seek better strength. It is your clumsiness, which has made you weak. Remember; do not let that get in the way. That is the way of developing your own strength."

Then he disappeared.

Goro started reaching for him again. Dan rolled out of the way. Then, he remembered something Nightwolf said before they left......

"Remember, your will to be strong is in your heart."

Dan smirked. "Thanks for everything Nightwolf. I'll do my best to beat Goro."

Then, Goro lunged at Dan again throwing more punches at him. Dan tried his best to block them. I'm thinking about my clumsiness again. That was how I overcame my weakness. If I clear my mind and fully concentrate, I can probably beat him.

Dan bended down and lifted up his fist.

"Sho-ryu-ken!!!" Dan cried out. He managed to pass Goro's arms and hit him square in the jaw. They both flew about ten feet in the air.

"What the......" Ken said.

"He's never gone that high before!" cried Rolento.

"Looks like visiting Nightwolf was worth it," said Ryu.

Dan landed back on the ground on his feet. Goro landed back down hard on his side. A bone breaking was heard. Goro growled in pain.

"Whoa!" Guile cried. "Sounds like he broke one of his arms!"

"Are you sure that's Dan?" asked Chun-Li.

As Goro got up, Dan started throwing series of punches at him. Goro blocked most of them, but some of them manage to land on his stomach and chest. Then, Dan threw a punch at Goro that sent him flying backwards.

"You know," said Jax. "Shang does have the ability to shape-shift. That could be him right now."

"No!" Mika cried. "I was with him the whole time. Trust me, that's Dan Hibiki."

"Then what's with the new strength?" asked Guile. "No one develops something like that overnight."

As Goro slowly got up, Dan cupped his hands and brought them to his side. A ball of energy started to develop in between his hands.

Goro stood up straight. His upper right arm, which was broken, dangled lightly. He lifted up his lower arms, just enough to rise over Dan's head. "Now you die!"

Dan smirked. Guy, this is for you.

"GADOUKEN!!!" Dan cried out. A ball of energy five times its regular size flew out of his hands. In lightning speed, the energy hit Goro. The impact made the room so bright that everyone had to shield their eyes with their arms.

When the light disappeared, Dan was standing in the middle of the ring in his fighting stance. Goro was down on the ground groaning in pain.

"I think this would be the point when you finish him off," said Sonya.

"All right," Dan said.

"Wait!" cried a voice. A figure walked into the ring.

"Kitana?" Dan asked.

"Please," Kitana said. "Let me finish him off." She took out her fan blades.

Dan stepped aside.

"I still think that's Shang," said Jax.

Mika growled. "He's not Shang, trust me."

Kitana walked up to Goro.

"With blades like those, I'd grab a towel if I were you," said Rolento.