Terry Bogard VS Jon Talbain

**Terry Bogard vs. Jon Talbain** is the 6th report of Death Battle X, pitting Terry Bogard from *King Of Fighters* against Jon Talbain from *Darkstalkers*. In a fight against two fighting game icons, Man vs Beast.

## Prelude

**Michael:** Arcade fighting games have had many world class rivalries for decades, like Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat vs Glacius from Killer Instinct. Ryu from Street Fighter vs Jin Kazama from Tekken. And let's not forget Red & Charizard from Pokemon vs Tai & Agumon from Digimon. But today, these two canine fighters, will fight for revenge to see just who is the legendary wolf. Terry Bogard, the Legendary Hungry Wolf from King Of Fighters. And Jon Talbain, the Kung-Fu Chaos Wolf from Darkstalkers

**F.A.C.T.S.:** I am the Fight Analysis and Conclusion Tolerance Software, or F.A.C.T.S. for short, and I will be determining the victor with their research taken into account.

**Michael:** And I'm Michael, and this, ladies and gentlemen, is Death Battle X!

## Terry Bogard

**Michael:** Terry Bogard was born with nothing to his name. He didn't even have a last name. Stranded with his brother Andy, Terry grew up an orphan on the dangerous streets of South Town, USA. Until they were adopted by Jeff Bogard, who immediately introduce them to a regimen of bonding and martial arts. When he was only 10 years old, Terry and Andy watched helplessly as their foster father was murdered before their eyes by Jeff's very own rival, Geese Howard, a notorious rich crime lord.

**F.A.C.T.S.:** So rich in fact, he owned a megalo company called the Howard Connection, and even a giant fighting tournament called the King Of Fighters Tournament.

**Michael:** Swearing vengeance, the brothers spent the next decade training to one day take down Geese. As the years went by, Terry became an exceptional martial artist, mastering boxing, karate, kung fu, and kickboxing. He developed an impressive list of pyrokinetic techniques, like the Burn Knuckle, a fierce punch surrounded by energy. And the Crack Shoot, a jumping axe kick. Or he can just punch the ground so hard, he makes a Power Wave, where he sends a deadly wave of energy through the Earth toward whatever poor bastard he's fighting! But even after learning all of these, Terry knew he would need more to defeat Geese. So he sought out his foster father's old master.

**F.A.C.T.S.:** Who taught him the secret technique of the Hakkyokuseiken, the art of the Eight Extremities Holy Fist. With Hakkyokuseiken, Terry can draw and channel energy, or chi from the earth beneath his feet, and with the earth's chi, he can enhance his attacks to extreme level.

**Michael:** Like turning his Power Wave into the monstrously titanic and more powerful Power Geyser. And the Burn Knuckle into the Buster Wolf, and with the Star Dunk Volcano, he slams his foes down in a volcanic explosion. So when Terry was ready to take Geese down, he figured, what better way than in the worldwide tourney Geese himself was hosting, The King of Fighters tournament.

**F.A.C.T.S.:** Terry entered Geese's tournament, and quickly rose through the ranks. And in the end, he most certainly got his revenge, in a battle which was apparently so intense, its spectators compared it to fight between starving wolves, earning Terry the nickname: The Legendary Hungry Wolf.

**Michael:** Although, it turns out Terry didn't kill Geese hard enough, so he got to do it a second time. Not that Terry was too weak or anything. For example, in his fight with Jamin, he took a huge explosion in the back, got a car thrown at him, jumped up an elevator shaft as it was blowing up, got blasted in the face with a wall of fire, which smashed him into a concrete wall, and answered by Power Geyser-ing so hard, he wrecked the factory he was standing on. He bled everywhere, but don't worry, he got better, and that guy Jamin? He's fast enough to catch bullets. And even strong enough to shoot them back. With his fingers. Or how about the time Terry saved a coworker from 6 falling I-beams, by smashing them one by one in mid-air.

**F.A.C.T.S.** Keep in mind, a single I-beam is designed to support over 900 pounds of pressure. And Terry took care of it so fast, the coworker didn't even notice.

**Michael:** It's a bit of a shame then, that at his worst weaknesses, Terry's a pretty sore loser. Even though his willpower is enough to match the power of Mars, the god of war, an unexpected failure can still really shake him up. But when Terry Bogard sets his mind to something, he'd rather bleed out than walk away.

## Jon Talbain

**Michael:** Welcome to the demon realm of Makai, a dimension inhabited by powerful beings known as Darkstalkers. Which are basically, your classic Hollywood movie monsters mixed with anime powers. Makai is ruled by several noble clans, including the Kreutz, a family of beasts, like werewolves! Including one prominent member, Baraba the Wolf Lord, who had a son named Gallon. Which means "Hungry Wolf". Or perhaps you'd prefer his English name, Jon Talbain. But his dad is named freaking "Wolf Lord"! But things got worse. One of the Wolf Lord's enemies, the demon Jedah, sent an assassin to kill Jon's mother. Now a werewolf and an orphan, Jon grew up pretty pissed off at just about everything, especially the humans that hunted him when he transformed. In the light of a full moon, Jon can't help but embrace his Kreutz heritage. And under a red blood moon, he risks losing all sense of self and becoming a ravenous beast. Jon's story was about the same as any werewolf's, until he happened upon a man who was also half-monster, and who defeated Jon in combat.

**F.A.C.T.S.:** With martial arts! Jon's new friend did not offer violence, but control. Seeing little other option, Jon accepted a life with his new sensei. While we don't know for sure what fighting style he was trained in, based on the time period, location, and his stance, we can guess he was learning Shotokan Karate. The practice of Shotokan in England began in the 1960s, which is roughly the time and location of Jon's training period. Inspired by Bushido and Zen Buddhism, Shotokan Karate's focus is on controlled calm, a strong defense, and a rejection of unnecessary violence. Basically, the exact opposite of being a werewolf.

**Michael:** Well, sign me up, 'cuz I have no idea how all that Zen stuff translates to moves like his Climb Chaser and Wild Circular. Rejection of unnecessary violence *my rear*, this dude's just showin' off! Anyway, by embracing his werewolf speed, Jon can bash foes with his nunchaku and move so fast he appears to be in two places at once. And by tapping into his inner energy, or ki, Jon can preform the Beast Cannon and rocket around the room like a meteor of pain. But that's nothin' compared to the almighty Dragon Cannon! That can incinerate a whole wall! Jon's training seemed to do the trick, until his master was killed by a group of bandits.

**F.A.C.T.S.:** Enraged yet again by the cruelty of mankind, but tempered by his master's compassion, Jon became conflicted over his role in a morally gray world, unwilling to fight, but always ready. And by combining his martial arts skills with his natural werewolf powers, he became a wolf man to be reckoned with. His razor sharp claws can slice through steel, and even punch holes in powerful Darkstalkers like Lilith. He's also got those great canin senses, like super hearing and smell. In open climates, wolf ears can hear sounds up to 10 miles away. And their sense of smell is over 100 times greater than that of a human's.

**Michael:** With nothin' but grit, and a thick layer of what I'm sure is unreasonably soft fur that you just wanna scritch behind the ears, Jon has survived an onslaught of missiles from the monster hunter B. B. Hood. We've seen Jon dodge bullets up close, but he's bragged about being as fast as lightspeed.

**F.A.C.T.S.:** And he can take down 5500 pound alien robots called Huitzils, which can fly through outer space. Also, it's worth mentioning that Darkstalker society is broken down into different classes based on the strength and power of the individual. Jon is a B+ Class Darkstalker, which is way above average, so it makes sense to compare him to other B+ Classers to gauge his limits, like Anakaris, who sank all of ancient Egypt underground, or Q-Bee, who could lift a massive beehive high above this castle. Based on its size relative to the castle, this hive would have to weigh over 30 million tons. That's like lifting over 300 aircraft carriers, and Jon's way more jacked then she is!

**Michael:** Even with his amazing power, after decades of torment, Jon had resigned himself to a life of misery and solitude. Until he met Felicia, a cat lady, who taught him that humans actually aren't so bad. Also, as far as we know, they're just friends. Despite what DeviantArt thinks, Felicia would help Jon conquer his dark side. Literally! Like, he literally fought his dark side and killed it. I always thought that was supposed to be, like, metaphor stuff, but I guess that isn't the weirdest thing we've talked about. And with that victory, Jon finally claimed dominance over his monstrous identity, and committed himself to a life of compassion. But Jon will always be a Darkstalker. If he relapses, he'll be as deadly as ever. There will always be a monster inside of him, just waiting to be let loose.

## The Battle

In a dojo surrounded by cherry blossom trees, Terry Bogard is cheered on by fellow King of Fighters Mai, Robert, and his brother Andy as he defeats Ryo Sakazaki with a punch to the face. A shadowed figure arrives to the dojo's door and quickly turns it open, surprising everyone. The figure, revealed to be Jon Talbain, challenges Terry to a fight.

*Terry: C'mon!*

Terry leaps backwards and accepts. Jon than turns into his werewolf form with a howl to the sky, shocking everyone.

**IT'S SHOWTIME... FIGHT!**

Jon dashes for Terry and tries delivering some kicks, which Terry blocks. He manages to get Terry on the ground with a claw uppercut and a backwards throw Wild Circular. Jon leaps up in the air as Terry gets up.

Jon tries pounding Terry's face on the ground, but Terry evades the blow with a Rising Tackle. The two trade blows until Jon slashes Terry back with a low, Climb Laser. Terry adjusts his hat and regains his stance.

*Terry: All right!*

Terry then steps up his game by increasing the speed and power of his punches, Jon dodges a flaming blow which cracks one of the dojo's pillars. Terry then leaps in the air to deliver a powerful blow, but Jon dodges, resulting in Terry completely taking out one of the wooden pillars.

Jon swings his nunchaku around after firing a Dragon Cannon which Terry avoids. The cannon makes a giant hole in one of the dojo's windows, surprising the other King of Fighters. After missing a Crack Shoot, Terry runs up to Jon, who counters one of Terry's punches and tries hitting the evading Terry with a Beast Cannon. Jon and Terry then repeatedly counter each others blows at such high speeds and power that the whole dojo starts falling apart. The other King of Fighters abandon the arena.

Terry finally lands a hit in with an overhead Crack Shoot, which knocks Jon in the head so hard he starts coughing blood. Jon starts breathing heavily out of exhaustion. Terry, seeing an opportunity, unleashes his Buster Wolf on the weakened Darkstalker.

*Terry: Buster Wolf!*

Jon manages to stop the attack with his signature uppercut, knocking Terry into another pillar. After regaining himself, Jon starts swinging nunchucks and charging up his Dragon Cannon, which Terry responds by charging up his Hakkyokuseiken.

Jon releases his blast, which Terry responds by activating his Power Geyser. The Geyser manages to tear through the Dragon Cannon and seemingly dies out when it reaches Jon's feet.

However, it unleashes a powerful beam that nearly tears Jon apart. The two attacks cause a massive cloud of dust to fill the dojo. When it settles, Terry is exhausted, but still able to fight. Jon on the other hand was critically injured by the Power Geyser and is barely able to stand. Terry turns his cap backward.

*Terry: You're dead!*

Terry than kicks Jon in the jaw, as a full blood moon rises, Jon's eye's glow red, as he can't control himself, he lashes out on Terry slashing him with his claws, and impaling his claws in Terry's stomach, as the King of Fighters coughs up a big splat of blood, Jon tears out Terry's stomach, and than smacks Terry with his nunchucks, and than incinerates Terry with a fullpowered Dragon Cannon. Over Terry's ashes fly away in the wind, Jon howls to the blood moon, over the nearly destroyed dojo.

**KO!**

## Results

**Michael:** Wow... I think I need to see a therapist... TO TELL THEM HOW AWESOME THAT WAS!

**F.A.C.T.S.:** Terry had a lot of obvious advantages, he was far more experienced, being that he was trained in the ways of combat since he was a kid, and he's mastered more martial arts than Jon has, but Jon had a lot going for him in most regards. And while Terry can dodge bullets, Jon claimed he could move at lightspeed.

**Michael:** But wasn't he just bragging?

**F.A.C.T.S.:** Hardly. Those Huitzil units Jon fought were capable of flying across the galaxy, hundreds of millions of light years in only a short time. This is important because fellow Darkstalkers Morrigan and Demitri have intercepted Huitzils in mid-flight combat. While two are A-Class Darkstalker, B+ Class Darkstalkers like Jon have kept up with the higher classes in speed plenty of times. Like, B.B. Hood and she's a C-Class! When it comes to the Darkstalker class system, speed is much less of a factor than power or energy levels. To be frank, even if Jon was half of Morrigan's speed, he'd still be alot faster than Terry. So if anything, he wasn't bragging enough! And he was *way* stronger too. Q-Bee's also a B+ Class Darkstalker and she lifted that 30 million ton bee hive. Way more than anything Terry can pull off!

**Michael:** Terry can also pull chi from the earth, so he can span his attacks as long as he wanted, keeping Jon at a distance, right?

**F.A.C.T.S.:** Sure, but while his application is different, we can gauge the level of ki Jon has at his disposal by factoring Anakaris sinking all of Egypt.

**Michael:** So the only logical thing to do was measure the total weight of Ancient Egypt. No really. FACTS did that.

**F.A.C.T.S.;** Most buildings in the period were made of clay bricks and about 4.3 meters tall. Adding the known volume of the pyramids and considering additional land, we determined Anakaris's ki had to be strong enough to move a civilization weighing over 1.2 trillion tons. And that's not even counting all the people! I know that sounds crazy for an old-school horror monster like a mummy or a werewolf, but Darkstalkers aren't quite like the classics. According to the Darkstalkers Graphic File, Anakaris' labor force alone consisted of at least 60 million people, 20 times greater than the estimated population of actual Ancient Egypt. It is likely his general populace was greater in size as well. Therefor, Jon was just to fast, tough, and way too strong for Terry to land a fatal hit.

**Michael:** Wonder how much blood was in there, probably at least... A *Gallon*. But seriously, when Andy hears about this, he's gonna feel... *"Terry-ble"*. The Winner is Jon Talbain.

## F.A.C.T.S. Final Verdict

**Lifting Strength: Jon Talbain**

**Striking Strength: Terry Bogard**

**Speed: Jon Talbain**

**Durability: Jon Talbain**

**Attack Potency: Jon Talbain**

**Arsenal: Terry Bogard**

**Hand-to-Hand Combat: Terry Bogard**

**Intelligence: Jon Talbain**

**Experience: Terry Bogard**