(Megamix Dome)
The sun hung high in the sky over a huge city, showing that it was a clear afternoon. This was VG Central, the center point of all nodes, where people from every node imaginable came to hang around regularly.
In the middle of the city was an enormous hotel big enough to house more than three hundred rooms. Connected to it was a huge dome-like building that stood about half as tall as the hotel.
This dome was soon to become the home of the Megamix Tournament, hosted by a couple of young men, the leader of which being a fan of the original tournament theirs was based off of.
Inside the dome, a young man that looked almost twenty, flipped through papers on a clipboard as he paced around an announcer's booth, making sure that he didn't forget anything. He had a full head of blonde hair, a blonde mustache, a small soul patch and bushy sideburns that went just past his ears. He was clearly that taller of the two hosts.
SSBFreak looked up from the clipboard at his friend, another blonde young man. "All of the preparations have been made?"
Unknown1 looked at a similar clipboard for a few seconds and nodded. "Yep."
"Invitations for fighters?"
"All 270 of them."
"The hotel is ready?"
"The hotel staff is too."
"How about the security force?"
"I hired five of the best people I could find to lead the force. Will that do?"
SSBFreak's eyebrows lifted. "Who did you get?"
Unknown1 walked towards the door to the announcer's booth and pushed open the door. Five people walked in.
"Master Chief." Unknown1 pointed at a soldier in futuristic, green armour. "He's got attitude problems, but he's the best I could get."
"Knuckles the Echidna." The next one was a short, red echidna with spiked gloves. "The strongest thing with fur."
Next in line was a crazed-looking man with dreadlocks. "Psymon Stark, snowboarder extreme."
Psymon grinned. "Yep! Me and my buddy will be there when there's something that needs to be done!" He turned to his shoulder, where his tattoo rested. "Don't talk like that! These guys were kind enough to hire us, so at least TRY to look excited!" The other members of the force slowly moved away from him.
Unknown1 leaned sideways, closer to SSBFreak. "He doesn't exactly have both oars in the water." He whispered.
The next member, the lone woman, was next. "Joanna Dark. She's got the most experience for security forces, so she was definitely a must."
Finally, there was a chubby, yet tall, man with a samurai sword on his back. "Last, but not least, Samurai Goroh. It took a while to get him to come, but when I told him Captain Falcon was competing, he agreed. I have no idea why he suddenly changed his mind."
"That'll do." SSBFreak looked at the five security force leaders. "You five are aware that you'll all be in charge of more than two-hundred fifty fighters, right?" After all five nodded, SSBFreak continued. "Good. Now, the fighters should be receiving the invitations by now, so I suggest you all get ready.
(Southtown; Streets)
Terry Bogard walked down a sidewalk as he studied an invitation in his hand.
"Hmm…This doesn't look like a KOF invitation. This looks more like what I received from that guy at the UVR." He mused.
"That's exactly what it is."
Terry looked over his shoulder and saw Kyo Kusanagi walking over, a similar invitation in his hand.
"Everyone from the KOF node is supposed to meet here to get picked up with the guys from the Fatal Fury node." Kyo explained.
"You're going too?" Terry asked.
Kyo nodded. "Yeah. So is the rest of Team Japan."
"What do you make of it?" Terry asked.
"I don't know. It may turn out to be a huge plot by several of the villains from different nodes, just like how it is everywhere else, but then again, maybe this time it'll just be a normal tournament." Kyo shrugged.
"The chances of that happening are pretty slim, but there's always the hope." Terry sighed.
"Well, look who it is!"
Terry and Kyo turned in the direction of the voice and saw the USA Sports Team walking over.
Terry's eyes widened in surprise. "You guys were invited?"
"Well, two of us were." Lucky sighed. "Brian didn't get an invitation, but he's opted to sit in the audience and watch D! and I fight."
"Ah, I'm not too upset." Brian shrugged. "Lucky and D! are entering and that's all that matters."
"Well, it's great to see you guys back in the action." Kyo said with a smile. "Hopefully, you guys do better than in KOF."
Heavy D! raised his hand as if to stop Kyo. "Hey, now. Your team was the one to beat us and you guys ended up winning the tournament."
Terry turned to Kyo. "He has a point."
Kyo shrugged. "Yeah. I guess."
(Japan; Ryu's Training Ground)
Ryu continued training in solitude, making sure that he was all ready for the tournament he had been invited to. He was almost certain that the likes of Sagat, Kyo, Terry Bogard, Gesse Howard and M. Bison had been invited as well and wanted to make sure that he was ready to take all of them on at once if he had to.
"Hey, Ryu!"
Turning around, Ryu saw Ken and his family coming over.
Ryu nodded. "Hello, Ken. I take it you received an invitation to this tournament as well?"
Ken nodded in reply. "I did. So did Guile, Chun-Li, Sakura, Dan and the rest of the gang. Even R. Mika got an invitation."
"Guy and Cody too?"
"As well as Rolento and Sodom. These Metro City guys are gonna be tough to beat, especially if they all take to the ring at the same time."
"Well, I have confidence that you two can take them all out if you're both in the ring." Eliza pointed out.
"Yeah! You guys are awesome when you team up!" Mel added.
Ryu smirked. "Thanks, Mel."
(Budehuc Castle)
"Are you sure that it says what it says?" Geddoe asked.
Thomas, the young castle master looked over the many invitations he held, each one addressed to a specific person in the castle. "Yes. More than thirty-five of us have been invited to fight in this tournament, even some of us who don't fight."
"What do you make of it, noble Hugo?" Shiba, the huge lizardman, asked as Thomas gave him an invitation.
"Well, I personally think we should accept!" Hugo, the young leader of the army, said cheerily. "I mean, we're from an RPG game! No one will be able to figure out how we fight and that'll give us the advantage!" He gave a shrug. "Who knows? We may surprise everyone!"
"Yeah." Percival muttered. "One of us may get an elimination."
"Yuh-Huh-Huh." Landis chuckled, eyeing the invitation in his hand. "The Grim Reaper will be very happy at this tournament."
(Unknown location; SSB HQ)
"Mama mia!" Mario said in astonishment. "We've-a actually been-a invited to a-this a-tournament!"
"This is amazing!" Fox McCloud said as he looked at the invitation in his hand. "We're actually going to fight against the finest fighters in the VG universe!"
"Even we were invited!" Bowser gave a hearty laugh. Gannondorf quickly joined.
"Well, our top priority is to pack, and then train. We will probably be unfamiliar to a lot of the fighters and will need to be on our toes the whole time." Luigi pointed out. Donkey Kong nodded.
Everyone left the main lobby of the SSB HQ to go pack. Mewtwo was about to follow when he saw Ness starting to look uneasy.
"What's wrong, Ness?" Mewtwo asked his fellow psychic.
"I'm getting an uneasy feeling." Ness said. "Something's going to happen. I just know it."
Mewtwo was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly felt the same weird vibe. It was definitely dark and evil, whatever it was.
"We'll keep it to ourselves for now." Mewtwo said. "There's no use getting everyone worried if nothing's going to happen. But when we get to the dome this tournament will be held in, I say we keep our eyes and minds open."
"I agree." Ness said. For being a mere boy, the young psychic was definitely more mature than he should be. "I say we go pack. We need to leave soon."
(Shadaloo HQ)
Bison laughed as he played with the invitation in his hand as he sat in his throne. He knew for a fact that Ryu had been invited, and figured this was a great chance to get him.
Looking at his three commanders, Bison rose from his seat. "I imagine that you got invitations as well?" He asked.
Balrog nodded. "I got mine right here."
Vega also nodded. "This tournament will be perfect for us to strike."
Birde, however, shrugged. "Gee, I didn't get an invitation."
Bison looked at Birdie. Ever since Sagat had left Shadaloo, Birdie had become his replacement, although Sagat clearly did a better job.
"It doesn't matter. You shall accompany us and still strike when we do, but you just won't be in the ring." Bison said.
Birdie nodded. "As you wish, boss."
"You three go pack and get ready." Bison said. "I have to get some serious planning done.
