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"Hey there everyone!" Shad called out with a smile as she walked out on stage. "Welcome to episode 18 of the one, the only…W.T.F.!" Pressing a button she had in her hand, Shad grinned as excited screams come pouring out of the state of the art stereo system Jim just had to have put in. "I do love a good audio track." She said, snapping her fingers and waiting as her favorite table and chair came down from the ceiling. Raising an eyebrow, Shad began to tap her foot as she impatiently waited for the rest of her equipment. "That's enough Jim, get my stuff on the stage now or I'll take away all of your funding." She growled in annoyance. Seconds later the ring and an extra chair were both on the stage. "Thanks." Shad said with a smile.
Plopping down in her chair, Shad picked through the stack of papers she never managed to get rid of until finding the one she wanted. "Alright, how about we get this show started. First of all, I'd like to introduce you to our announcer for the evening…Kyoshiro Mibu!" She said, clapping her hands as the slightly pathetic looking medicine seller came walking out on stage.
"Thank you for inviting me." Kyoshiro said with a smile as he took the seat next to Shad. "I'm honored to be here."
Shad couldn't decide whether to laugh at how ridiculous he sounded, or squeal and hug him for what he said. In the end she chose to simply smile and continue on with her show. "That's great. Since you're here now, MakubeX, what's our first fight going to be?" She asked as the large screen dropped down and began to run.
A few moments later the screen stopped and Kyoshiro sat up in his chair. "The first fight of the night is going to be a race. First one to run around the entire warehouse wins. Weapons are not allowed, but basically everything else is legal." He said, pulling a microphone out of thin air and jumping out of his seat. "And the fighters are…Miki and Ichigo!"
"…well that was unexpected." Shad said in slight shock. "I had no idea you'd be so into announcing."
"What can I say; I've always wanted to be on TV." Kyoshiro said with a grin as the two fighters walked out on stage.
The ramen girl Miki cracked her knuckles as she walked to the line on the floor that said start/finish. "I would've preferred an actual fight, but I guess a race isn't so bad. Especially one where anything goes." She said with a smirk. Dropping into a slight crouch, she waited.
Ichigo on the other hand really had no desire to race around the large building. Walking up to the table, he spoke up. "Since anything other than weapons is allowed, does that mean I can let my hollow take over?" He asked curiously. "I really don't feel like running, but he's always up for a match."
Shad tapped her chin in thought for several seconds before shrugging. "Sure, why not. As long as he doesn't use any actual weapons during the race, it's fine with me." She replied.
Nodding, Ichigo pulled his hand down over his face to reveal a black and white mask. "Hehehe, so I get to come out and play finally." The dark voice of Ichigo's hollow said with a laugh. "It's about damn time." Walking up next to Miki, he stood there with his arms crossed as he awaited the start of the match.
"Let's get ready to rumble!" Kyoshiro announced in a booming voice only to be hit upside the head moments later by a very irate Shad.
"Don't steal lines from other show's you idiot." Shad hissed in annoyance. "That could get me in some serious trouble."
"…oops, sorry." Kyoshiro said sheepishly. Turning back towards the fighters, he continued. "Ready, race!"
And just like that the fighters took off, flying off the stage and down the hallway, the small camera's placed around the warehouse following the action and playing it up on the large screen. "Miki takes the lead as they exit the building and round the first corner." Kyoshiro said as he watched the screen with wide eyes while Shad sat back in her chair and started going through her mail. "She's practically running circles around Ichigo."
Seconds ticked by and still Miki was in the lead with Ichigo's hollow trailing far behind. "Now Miki's approaching the final corner and it appears she'll cross the finish line long before Ichigo." Kyoshiro announced. "And here she comes through the door and back down the hallway. It looks like Miki's the winn-…" Trailing off, he couldn't believe his eyes.
"You were saying?" Shad asked as she watched Ichigo's hollow smirking from the other side of the finish line.
"…I don't believe it." Kyoshiro muttered in shock. "How could he have caught up so fast? He was so far behind."
Shaking her head, Shad simply smiled. "He's not human, that's why." Turning a glare towards the hollow, she continued. "You'd better not have hurt her too badly, or I'll make her the winner instead of you."
"Relax." The hollow replied with a wave of his hand. "All I did was knock her out when I passed her. She'll be fine in a few hou-…" He trailed off as the mask disappeared and Ichigo was once again standing before them. "Sorry about interrupting like that, I never quite know how long he'll be in control." Ichigo apologized.
"It's fine, I found out what I needed so it's no problem." Shad said as she pulled out a token and tossed it to the orange haired teen. "Congratulations, here's your token."
Pocketing the token, Ichigo waved as he walked off the stage.
"I'm so confused." Kyoshiro mumbled from his seat.
"You'll get used to it." Shad said, sitting back and getting comfortable once more. "Ok MakubeX who's up next?"
The giant screen began to run and once it stopped Kyoshiro shook his head and jumped up to announce the next fight. "Alright, this is going to be a no weapons K.O. match. The fighters are…Jiro and Hiei!" Kyoshiro said, putting his foot up on the chair and throwing an arm out in his excitement.
While the fighters walked out on stage, or more accurately appeared inside the ring since both the short black haired demon and the tall vampire with the red hat and coat were incredibly fast, Shad quickly cleared off the table and put her paperwork in a safe she hid underneath. Putting on some safety goggles and a hard hat, she handed an identical pair to Kyoshiro as well. "You may want to put these on." Shad suggested. "Hiei tends to make a mess when he fights."
"…um, ok." Kyoshiro said with a shrug as he donned the protective gear as well. Looking towards the ring, he realized that both fighters were already inside so he cleared his throat and started the match. "Ready, fight!"
Five seconds later there was a rather loud explosion and dust and debris went flying everywhere. Blinking, Kyoshiro wiped the layer of dirt that had accumulated on his goggles and glanced around in confusion. "…um, what just happened?" He asked as the dust continued to swirl around the room. "I didn't even see anyone move."
With a groan, Shad shook her head in annoyance and made a mental note to start buying titanium enforced rings, maybe they'd last longer. Pulling a remote from her pocket, she tossed her hard hat and goggles to the side before nodding her head towards the screen. "How about we watch an instant replay of the fight while we're waiting for the dust to settle." Shad said as she pushed play. "Oh, and Jim, make sure you slow it down for us so we can see what's going on."
The replay began and each second seemed to take forever. Kyoshiro watched in fascination as his double on the screen took almost a minute to start the match. The moment his mouth closed, the two fighters in the ring flew at each other, and even with the video slowed down substantially, it was difficult to keep up with what they were doing.
Hiei made the first hit with a punch to Jiro's side, but since Jiro had turned at the last second the hit barely made contact. Continuing in his turn, Jiro counterattacked with a low kick, hoping to distract his opponent long enough to land a deadly hit to the chest. Hiei, however, was prepared for this and jumped over the leg that was aimed at him. Doing a back flip, he landed in a crouch before pushing off and sending a kick of his own towards Jiro's stomach. Catching the fist millimeters before it connected, Jiro used Hiei's momentum to launch him across the ring and into one of the ring posts.
Without giving Hiei time to get up, Jiro went on the offensive with a flurry of punches all aimed at vital spots on his opponent's body. Hiei managed to block them all, but was unable to launch a counterattack of his own since keeping up with the vampire was proving to be quite difficult. Deciding he'd had enough, Hiei let one of Jiro's hits through and deliberately took a punch to the chest. Jiro, figuring that he'd broken through Hiei's defense at last, continued with his assault. This was exactly what Hiei had been hoping for. While Jiro was concentrating his attention on his upper body, Hiei quickly kicked out his leg and caught Jiro completely by surprise. Jiro's legs went out from underneath him and he fell to the ground with a 'thud'.
Nowhere near being finished with the vampire, Hiei continued to kick Jiro as he tried to roll away from the vicious attacks. Hiei would have none of that though and he followed after the taller man intent on finishing the match quickly. Blocking as many vital spots as he could Jiro continued to try and dodge the kicks Hiei was sending his way, but it was becoming increasingly more difficult as time passed and he knew he had to get up off the ground or losing would be inevitable.
Just then Hiei backed off for a split second and Jiro had the opening he was looking for. Kicking himself off the ground, Jiro did a spin kick towards Hiei's head and as soon as his opponent dodged it, Jiro followed up with a sweeping kick to his legs. Hiei fell backwards, but continued to roll until he neared the ring post on the other side of the ring. Bracing his right foot against the post, Hiei pushed himself into the air and after a few flips, aimed a downward kick straight at Jiro's head. Now normally Jiro would be able to dodge such a predictable attack like that, but he was still somewhat disoriented by all the kicks he'd received earlier and his reaction time was slightly slower than usual. Which was all Hiei needed to land a devastating blow to Jiro's skull. Jiro hit the ground hard, with Hiei landing gracefully a moment later and it looked as if the fight was over.
"If Hiei won, then what happened to the ring?" Kyoshiro questioned curiously as his eyes remained on the screen.
"Give it a second and I'm sure we'll find out." Shad said as she waited for the fight to continue.
Sure enough, seconds after Hiei knocked him to the ground; Jiro was back on his feet and looking quite pissed. Giving what appeared to be a growl, there was no sound since the video was being played back in slow motion, Jiro bared his fangs and flew at Hiei in a rage. Even with the video slowed down, the next few seconds were a blur of kicks and punches from both fighters and it looked as though the match would come down to who's body was able to take the most abuse. One punch from Hiei missed its mark and instead put a ten inch hole in the ring's floor. The damage simply escalated from there. For every hit that was landed, another two ended up destroying the ring and soon pieces of the ring were flying around the fighters as they chased each other around.
Shad rubbed her forehead as the dust and debris covered up the cameras and the image became nothing more than dirty static. "As spectacular as the fight was, I really wish they hadn't destroyed my poor ring. Those things are expensive to replace you know." She finished with a sigh. Turning to look at her announcer for the evening, Shad nearly laughed at the look on his face. "What's wrong?" She asked with a barely suppressed chuckle.
"…those two were very scary." Kyoshiro mumbled quietly. "I need to get out of here before they decide to go on a rampage and destroy everyone in the building." Jumping up, he glanced at the ring nervously before bolting towards the exit. "Sorry, but I value my life more than my acting career!" He shouted back as he disappeared from sight.
"I guess I can't really blame him for his reaction." Shad said to no one in particular. "Those two would be pretty frightening to someone who didn't know them." Noticing that the dust was almost all gone, she turned her eyes to the ring to call the winner of the match. The scene that unveiled was not quite what she was expecting.
Hiei and Jiro were sprawled out on opposite sides of the ring, breathing hard and neither of them were moving an inch. It was safe to say they'd completely worn each other out.
"Well how about that." Shad said with a shake of her head. "It's a tie. I never thought the two of you would be so evenly matched." Tapping her chin in thought, she came to a decision. "Ok, since neither or you actually won I don't have to give out a token, but I was impressed by your fight so I think I'll give you each one anyway for putting on such a good show." Seeing as neither fighter looked inclined to move, she pressed a button on the table and called in the FRT (Fighter Removal Team) to get them off the stage.
As the fighters were taken away, Shad wrote a note to remind herself to give them both tokens when they were able to move again. Until then, she'd hold onto the tokens for them. Putting down her pen, she sat back and crossed her arms as she looked up at the screen. "MakubeX, why don't you run the next match stipulations while Jim gets this trashed ring off the stage." And just like that the screen began to run as the ruined ring was pulled into the air and replaced by a new one that came up out of the ground.
The screen stopped and Shad kicked her feet up as her eyes scanned the match info. "So this is going to be a DDR contest. The fighter with the highest score at the end of the song wins. And the fighters are…Aisha and Agito!" She said as a game system was dropped down from the ceiling.
Aisha came out on stage cracking her knuckles and smiling an evil grin. "I feel sorry for my opponent; I'm a natural at DDR." She said, climbing into the ring and choosing the left side on the machine.
Agito, however, was quite displeased when he came strolling out on stage in his Kogarasumaru outfit. "What the fuck kind of fight is this woman?" He growled angrily. "There's no way I'd ever compete in such a stupid match."
Ignoring the comments, she was quite used to his arrogant behavior by now, Shad waited for Agito to get closer to her table before jumping up and sliding the eye patch to his other eye. "How about it Akito, are you up for a little DDR?" She asked sweetly.
Akito rubbed his head nervously. "Well I've haven't played in awhile, but I do enjoy it." He replied softly.
"That's good, then why don't you go and join Aisha in the ring so we can get this match started." Shad said, pointing to the Ctarl-Ctarl who was starting to tap her foot impatiently.
With a nod of his head, Akito climbed into the ring and took the pad on the right.
"Are you two ready?" Shad asked, and seeing the fighters nod, she continued. "Then get your groove on." Chuckling behind her hand, she shook her head. "Sorry about that, I couldn't help myself." She said between laughs. After calming down, she pressed a few buttons on the remote that was lying on the table and set the DDR machine up for a random song. "Ready, dance!"
As the music started playing, Akito and Aisha moved their feet to the beat and nailed combo after combo. The machine was constantly calling out "Perfect", "Nice Moves", "Combo", and various other words used to describe how great they were doing. About halfway through the song, the two were evenly tied with neither missing a single step, but the hardest part of the song was still to come.
The music slowed down for a few beats and then sped up so fast it was nearly impossible to follow the moves that were quickly flying up the screen. Holding on to the bars behind them, the two fighters feet flew across the dance pads as their scores climbed higher and higher.
"Wow, they're doing very good." Shad said as she gave up watching the moves and instead focused on the two scores at the top of the screen. "It's going to be a very close match."
Finally the song came to an end and Aisha and Akito collapsed to the ground, their breaths coming out in pants. "N-next time d-don't set it on expert." Aisha wheezed, fanning her face to try and cool down.
Akito nodded his head in agreement since he was too busy trying to breath to speak at the moment.
"To be honest I set everything up as random so I really didn't know it would wind up being set on expert." Shad said with a shrug. "Though I'm glad it was, otherwise you two would've been re-." The rest of her sentence was cut off by the loud blaring of "Winner!" coming from the machine. Glancing up, Shad called the match. "And it looks like Aisha won with a score of 8,580 and Akito came in with 8,495. A very close match indeed." As the fighters finally stood up, she continued. "Since you lost Akito, you have to give one of your tokens to Aisha."
Pulling a token out of his jacket pocket, Akito handed it over to his opponent. "That was a good game; I'm up for rematch anytime." He said with a smile. Nodding his head at Shad, he climbed out of the ring and walked off the stage.
"Bye Akito, I'll see you later." Shad called after the young teen. "Tell Agito next time he has t-." Her sentence was once again cut off, only this time it was from Aisha's triumphant yell. Raising an eyebrow, she looked at the woman strangely. "Are you feeling alright?"
Grinning from ear to ear, Aisha nodded her head vigorously. "Absolutely, I have six tokens now so that means I can use the prize machine again." She said happily.
Slightly surprised at Aisha's cheerful attitude, most people didn't want to use it the first time let alone a second; Shad snapped her fingers and watched as the DDR machine disappeared into the rafters to be replaced by her rather large prize machine. "Well you know what to do so have at it." She said, leaning back in her chair.
Turning towards the prize machine, Aisha dropped her tokens in one at a time and then pulled the lever. The machine made several noises and soon a 'thunk' was heard as her prize dropped down into the small opening. Aisha clapped her hands together in glee before sticking one inside and pulling out her prize. Or at least trying to, apparently it had gotten jammed in a corner and didn't want to budge.
Watching as Aisha continued to pry and pull at the prize that was just out of sight, Shad sat up. "Do you need some help there?" She asked curiously. "I'm sure I can get Jim to open it up if you can't get it out."
"I'll get it." Aisha said as she pulled even harder. "Just give me a mo-." The rest of her sentence went unsaid as the prize broke free and both her and the item went flying away from the machine. Rubbing her head, she'd hit the ring post and had the beginnings of a killer headache forming, Aisha stood up slowly and lifted her hand to see what she'd won. And promptly froze as her eyes landed on the black belt with red flames that swung from her hand. "…no way…I won." She whispered in surprise before thrusting her hand into the air. "Hahaha! I won, I won, I won!" Aisha chanted as she danced around the stage.
Watching the slightly disturbing dance with a raised eyebrow, Shad turned towards the camera. "And there you have if folks. The winner of W.T.F.'s second season is Aisha!" Tuning out the ecstatic woman on the stage, she proceeded to end the show. "Thank you all for watching this past season; I hope you had as much fun as I did. Until next season. Later." Waving, she stood up and headed onto the stage as the camera faded to black.
Behind the Scenes
"Miki, I've got a delivery for you." Makiko called out. "You're to take this ramen to a warehouse downtown and deliver it to a woman named Shad. Try not to get distracted on the way there!"
"I won't, I promise!" Miki replied as she grabbed the container and took off down the street.
A few minutes later Miki found herself wandering through the warehouse district looking for any signs of life. "I thought she said this was where I was supposed to go." Miki grumbled in annoyance. "There's nobody here." Turning a corner, she nearly ran into a woman with shoulder length dark brown hair and a cool black shirt with red flames on it. "Hey, I'm kinda lost, could you help me out?" She asked.
"Sure, where are you trying to go?" The woman questioned.
"I'm looking for this warehouse and a woman named Shad." Miki said as she held up the paper that had her instructions written on it.
"Well I'm Shad, and this is my warehouse." Shad said, waving her hand at the building to her left. "Who are you?"
"My name is Miki and I'm here to deliver some ramen you ordered." Miki said as she held up the container in her hand.
Shad's eyes glanced at the container for a second before going right back to focus on Miki. "Perfect timing, I'm just about to get started. Please follow me." She said as she headed towards a nearby door.
With a shrug, Miki followed Shad into the warehouse and down a hallway.
"You can put the food over there." Shad said, pointing towards a table in the corner. Once the food was down, she continued. "Now I've got a proposition for you, how'd you like to come fight on my show?"
As soon as Miki heard the word fight, her eyes took on an evil glow and she cracked her knuckles. "Fight? I'd love to fight. Where's my opponent?" She asked as her eyes scanned the rather large room they'd stopped in.
"Not so fast, first you have to sign my contract, and then you'll have to wait for your name to be called." Shad said, whipping a contract out of thin air. "Not to worry though, I'll guarantee you a match tonight."
Not even bothering to read the papers, Miki scrawled her name across the bottom and handed them back with a grin. "So what do I do now?" She asked.
"Just go and wait in that room over there. When you hear you name, come out and you'll get your match." Shad replied, and then smirked when Miki took off. "That was way too easy."
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Aisha leaned back in her seat onboard the Outlaw Star, arms crossed behind her head and W.T.F. belt loosely resting around her hips. Ignoring the rest of the crew, she closed her eyes and decided a well deserved nap was in order. Hey, it was a lot of work being a champion.
Jim rolled his eyes and whacked Aisha upside the head with the manual he was using. "Stop wasting time and get to work." He said before ducking back under the main console.
Yawning, Aisha stretched and then proceeded to get comfortable once again. "Nah, I'm a champion. I shouldn't have to work." She said with another yawn. "Why don't you take care of it for me." Waving her hand dismissively, she rolled onto her side and dozed off to sleep.
"Why you little…" Jim growled, his fist clenching at his side. Before he could do anything, a hand on his shoulder stopped him.
"Just let her be." Suzuka said calmly. "This is probably the only time she'll ever be the champion of anything so let her bask in the glory for a few hours. Then she'll go back to being her annoying, useless self."
"Who cares about that crazy woman's show anyway." Gene muttered as he walking into the cockpit to join his crew. "It's just a stupid tournament hosted by an evil lady who's out to rule the world."
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In her office, Shad sneezed. "Someone must be talking about me." She said absently before sneezing again and again. "I feel so loved." Smirking, she piled all the paperwork for the second season into a box and shoved it into the closet next to the one from the first season. "One of these days I should go through all that paperwork and see who I still have under contract." Shaking her head, she turned around. "Later, I've got better things to do than dig through paper right now." Grabbing her coat, Shad turned off the light and closed the door to her office. "Now, what should I do for the next season?"
Fighter's Standings
Sephiroth—Taken away by men in white lab coats.
Ryu Hayabusa (Controlled by Kharma)—Blown up during his fight with Sephiroth. Presumed dead.
Vash the Stampede—3—
Church—3—Left the show.
Tucker—2—Left the show.
Sasuke—4—Left the show.
Naruto—2—Left the show.
Caboose—2—Left the show. Season 1 W.T.F. Champion.
Ichigo—3—Beat Miki. 1 token awarded.
Kurama—3—
Aisha—1—Beat Akito/Agito. Used prize machine. New W.T.F. Champion.
Donut—4—Left the show.
Hiei—8—Tied with Jiro. 1 token awarded.
Grif—Left the show.
Shikamaru—Left the show permanently.
Train—Left the show permanently.
Sesshomaru—Left the show permanently.
Jenos— Left the show permanently.
Mario—Invited for 1 fight only.
S.P. (Narumi, Ochiai, Kiri and Kei)— Left the show permanently.
Sub-Zero—Left the show permanently.
Kyo—1— Left the show permanently.
Gaku—Left the show permanently.
Ryuk— Left the show permanently.
Suitengu—Left the show permanently.
Alucard— Left the show.
Light—Left the show permanently.
Agito—2—Beaten by Aisha.
Kyuuzo—Left the show permanently.
L—Left the show.
Sousuke—2—
Miki—Beaten by Ichigo.
Jiro—1—Tied with Hiei. 1 token awarded.
Now I know there were more fighters last season, but my list was getting pretty long so I decided to cut out the fighters that have left the show permanently, the ones who have been banned and the fighters who will probably not return. This doesn't mean that they are gone permanently, who knows, some of them may be back eventually. If you'd like to see a running list of all the fighters who have been on the show then click on the Fighters Standings link on my web page.
And on to Anime Trivia!
1.) In One Piece, what does Luffy always wear on his head?
2.) In Pokemon, Jessie and James are part of what organization?
3.) In Cowboy Bebop, who was cryogenically frozen?
4.) In Kingdom Hearts, whose weapon is the Keyblade?
5.) In Spiral, what is Ayumi looking for?
Bonus Question:
In my fanfic Get Back the Shinigami, what is Rukia doing when Ban and Ginji find her?
And to make things even more fun, the first person to review and answer all the questions correctly can choose something from the list below:
May add a question to the anime trivia.
May set up a match, pick out fighters and match stipulations and who you'd like to win. (Keep in mind it may be changed slightly to fit with the story) Or you can write a match and I'll try to include it in the show.
May add/remove a fighter from the show. (Excludes Ryu Hayabusa)
