Chapter 9: Nine Remain
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Mewtwo, Sonic, and Megaman had reached the hilltop that stood above the first fight. Mewtwo was still being double-teamed by Sonic and Megaman, and so far they were winning. Sonic dodged a shadow ball and disappeared for a second, then reappeared right above Mewtwo, kicking him into the ground. Megaman charged up another blast and fired at Mewtwo. Mewtwo teleported away and the blast hit Sonic and sent him rolling down the hill. Megaman looked around for Mewtwo, but didn't realize that Mewtwo was high above his head, charging up another shadow ball. Mewtwo aimed the ball right at Megaman's head and fired. Megaman heard the shadow ball coming towards him, but only had time to look up before it hit him. He was engulfed in the blast and all of his particles split apart. Mewtwo floated down, convinced that Megaman was defeated, and looked at the other 5 on the ground, Sonic included. Sonic saw a figure behind Mewtwo and smirked. Mewtwo was confused on why he was smirking and turned around to see Megaman, good as new, standing right behind him with his most powerful attack in hand. Mewtwo didn't even have time to dodge before Megaman fired the blast right at his chest. Mewtwo was thrown into the air and never came down, because he disappeared in the blinding light and deep male voice yelling "DEFEATED" that we've all come to get used to, as well as the female voice yelling "EIGHT REMAIN". Megaman jumped into the air in triumph and threw Sonic a thumbs-up. Though his victory was short lived, for two giant figures came up behind in and grabbed him. Megaman, frozen in fear, turned around and saw Wario and Bowser right behind him. They looked at each other and nodded. They pulled as hard as they could and completely ripped Megaman in half, right down the middle. His particles split apart and floated into the air. Wario and Bowser walked down the mountain towards the others. Sonic glared at the two new fighters, but before he could charge at them Megaman came shooting down once more.
Megaman had 3 lives, and 2 of them had already been taken away. One more and Megaman was history, so he was doing all the damage he could in that one life. He shot several small blasts at Bowser, but all of them seemed to reflect off of his shell. Bowser growled and charged at him. Mario and Luigi looked at each other and joined them in their fight. This left Sonic, Link, Pikachu, and Wario to fight as well. Sonic disappeared, leaving the others confused, but their confusion didn't last long, for Sonic reappeared behind Wario and kicked him in the back. Link charged at Sonic and brought his sword down, but Sonic once again disappeared. Link looked around, and then heard footsteps behind him coming fast. He swung his sword around and caught Sonic in the neck. Sonic was thrown into the air and landed on the ground. He glared at Link, but was shocked from behind. He turned around and saw Pikachu glaring at him. Wario decided to join in and punched Pikachu in the back, sending him flying into Sonic. Sonic jumped into the air, flipped around, and kicked Pikachu into the ground. Pikachu laid there, dazed, but still in the fight. Wario laughed and charged at Sonic. Sonic sighed and ran around behind Wario. Wario turned around and was met by a blue foot to the face. He was thrown into the air, where Link hook-shot him, brought him close, and started slicing him with his sword. Wario broke free of the hook shot and punched Link right as he brought his shield up. Wario waved his hand around and breathed on it to keep the pain down, making both Link and Sonic sigh and shake their heads.
Megaman and Bowser stood there, staring at each other, when Mario and Luigi came in. Mario tackled Bowser and Luigi tackled Megaman. Mario punched Bowser in the head and backflipped off of him. Luigi grabbed Megaman's arm and aimed it at his head, then fired two blasts. Megaman took both blasts, and then kicked Luigi off of him. Mario and Luigi stood together, waiting for the others to make their moves. Bowser glared at Mario, but turned to Megaman and charged. Megaman walked backwards to keep his distance, but couldn't fire at the same time. So Bowser managed to catch up with him, grabbed him by the head with both arms, and twisted it around so hard that they all heard the mechanics break. Megaman dropped to the ground before floating into the air. He disappeared and the male and female voices both called out "DEFEATED" and "SEVEN REMAIN". Bowser nodded and turned towards the Mario Bros. Both of whom were shocked at Bowser's power. They turned to either side of him and waited for the other to give the signal. Finally Mario said "Lets-a-go!" and they both charged. Mario jumped onto Bowser's shoulders and punched him in the head, then quickly jumped off before Bowser could react. Luigi then came and kicked Bowser in the stomach, sending him to the ground and allowing both of them to start jumping on him. Bowser growled and grabbed both of them by the overalls at the same time. They stared in horror at each other, and then Mario quickly reacted by throwing his cape around, causing Bowser to let go. Bowser was still holding onto Luigi, so Mario had to act fast. He jumped onto Bowser's other arm, but was shaken off. Bowser raised his arm and threw Luigi as hard as he could in the direction of the other fight. Both of them watched Luigi shriek as he hit Wario. Sending both of them flying into a tree, which Wario's weight broke it down. All 5 of the other fighters watched and winced as Wario and Luigi hit another tree, and then saw Wario float into the air. The male's voice said "DEFEATED" for the twentieth time, and the female's voice said "SIX REMAIN"
Luigi came out of the trees, shaken, but okay. He ran at Mario's fight, but was stopped by Pikachu, who shocked him to the ground. Luigi pushed Pikachu away, but Pikachu head butted him to the ground. Luigi flipped back up and glared at Pikachu, but decided to fight him anyway. He charged at Pikachu, who quick-attacked to a safe distance and sent a thunder bolt heading towards Luigi. Luigi rolled to the left and brought out his hammer. He raised it up and ran at Pikachu. Pikachu tried shocking Luigi, but all of the thunder attacks somehow were directed up into Luigi's hammer. Luigi swung down, but Pikachu jumped out of the way. Luigi swung his hammer down again and again, but Pikachu dodged them all. Luigi was getting angry and tired, so he put his hammer away and ignored Pikachu completely. Pikachu yelled "PIKA!" and head butted Luigi again. Luigi got right back up and ran towards Mario's fight. Pikachu jumped onto Luigi's head and yelled "PIKACHU!" as hard as he could, sending a thunder cloud above his head to shoot down a giant lightning bolt, shocking both Pikachu and Luigi. Luigi dropped to the ground and Pikachu jumped off of his head. Luigi was surprised at Pikachu's power, but he couldn't move. He was paralyzed. Pikachu jumped above Luigi and brought his head down into, yes, into Luigi's back and drilled in. Pikachu jumped off and watched Luigi float into the air. The male's voice yelled "DEFEATED!" and the female's voice yelled "FIVE REMAIN!" causing all of the other fighters to stop and stare at Pikachu, who scratched his ear modestly and say "Pi-Pikachu!" They stared in disbelief, but all of them formed a 5 sided circle, all 5 of them glared at each other to begin the final fight: Pikachu, Mario, Link, Sonic, and Bowser.
