((Just to get the place set up real fast.  There will be more threads like Dorms, Baths, and stuff like that, but for the most part this will be our fight thread so don't lose it.))<br/><br/><strong>DOA Island.....</strong><br/><br/>Five hours out from New York City LAX's airport was the island that the invitations and the messengers had stemmed from.  The place was ten miles across from stem to stern as well as aft to port, surrounded by a thick jungle save for a couple of cleared paths leading to the giant Japanese styled mansion that the Dead Or Alive Tournament would be held and the contestants kept in the lap of luxury while the fights were commencing.  Fighters from all over the world, and beyond, had been invited to this one tournament.  The prize was quite worth it for some, but others had a more personal stake in this considering certain contestants would be seeking revenge, while others would be looking for loved ones.  Baiting them had been easy based on psychological profiles done by DOATEC's team of researchers as well as surveillance probes sent through their new stable wormholes they had developed for this very reason.  A couple had been lost because people had seen them flying over the sky and had thought them strange metal demons on those occasions, but DOATEC had learned fast and had kept them far out of reach after that.  Course, it helped to conceal their cover when the probes burst into flames and left no trace behind to say where they had come from.<br/><br/>(http://images.wikia.com/deadoralive/images/3/36/Helena_DOA3.jpg)<br/><br/>Helena Douglas watched from the top floor of the mansion that had been built from the ground up to house this year's tournament.  Considering past history with Ryu and Hayate's and the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan, she was taking a great risk she knew to invite either one of them.  Still, considering her near fatal end at her last home, she felt she owed the ninja an apology if nothing else....at least that's what she told herself anyway.  The wormhole technology, when she decided to make it public knowledge, would garner her much in the way of power and wealth but she wasn't prepared to hand it over to anyone yet since one, she'd need to return the fighters that were coming in from different realities back home, and two...well, that would come later.  For now, there was much work to be done and more invites to send.  Standing behind a line of computer banks with several men and women of varying ethnic backgrounds, Helena nodded her blonde head of hair once as she started to give a few orders.  "Send the next invitation to Ryu.  If he's not already on his way here, then I would be surprised.  Also, open another portal to where we found our half Drow.  The next contestant is to a half man by the name of Tyger.  The information is on your computers, I suggest you put it to good use since it was not easy to find the man to begin with."  Considering he was able to shift between a human and a tiger form, either halfway to a full form of the majestic creature, it had been indeed extremely difficult to find him since he was almost as good as Ryu at hiding in plain sight.  This tournament would be the most grueling and challenging yet given the strength of some of the fighters she had seen in action from the probes hovering over them this entire time that she had taken an interest in them.  Even the mighty Ryu would find them difficult opponents this year.<br/><br/>(http://www.privateislandsmag.com/wp-content/gallery/big-island-ontario/big-island-ontario3.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://cdn.wn.com/pd/cd/7b/e2281493f2e1ac703d14944205f2_grande.jpg)