(The Arena)

"Take this, scumbag!" Chang Koehan, now calling himself 'The Koehan', roared at Balrog heroically as he lashed out his huge foot. "This will teach you to attack a lady! Especially one as skilled as Athena Asamiya!"

Although everyone in the arena was extremely creeping out at Chang's sudden conversion from criminal to superhero, they tried to resume fighting with their respective opponents as much as they could.

Mario and Sonic, ever since teaming up against Ling Xiaoyu, had stopped fighting each other and started fights with some of the others. Mario and Yoshi were currently in a fight with Bruce Irvin while Sonic was busy trying to take down Geddoe on his own.

Reed, in the meantime, had his hands full. Lilly, his employer, had dragged him from his mission of trying to get help and was making him help her fight Nightcrawler.

The blonde man was thinking heavily as he fought. He had to come up with a plan to get away from Lilly and get back to gathering allies.

"Come on, Reed! Take him down!" Lilly ordered as she watched Reed from aside. "Just make sure that you leave throwing him from the ring to me!"

Nightcrawler shook his head and dodged a slash from Reed. "How do you put up viff her, zir?" He asked.

Reed sighed. "I've been putting up with her for ten years. I've gotten used to it."

(Announcer's Booth)

SSBFreak flipped off his mic again. "Hey, Unknown1?"

"Yeah?"

"You notice how a couple fighters get their theme songs changed?"

Unknown1 scratched his head. "Yeah, but I didn't really pay much attention."

"Well, when it happened to Sonic, I just thought that it was a joke." SSBFreak explained. "But now it happened to Maxi as well. I'm starting to get suspicious here."

"Well, what do we do?" Unknown1 asked.

"Call up a few guards and have them stand outside the sound booth." The taller announcer explained. "If someone else gets his or her theme song changed, have them enter and confront the culprit before he or she has a chance to escape."

"Got it." Unknown1 grabbed the phone and started dialing.

(KOF Locker Room)

"Chang's gone NUTS!" Choi held his head in panic. "Something happened to him backstage and now he thinks he's some kind of superhero!"

"What can we do to get him to snap out of it?" Terry asked.

"Why try to stop it?" Kim countered. "He thinks he's a superhero, so none of us have to worry about him pulling any criminal stunts."

"He has a point." Ralf added.

"True, but leaving Chang to believe something he isn't is wrong." Whip said.

"Well, I guess the only thing we can do is try to get him to snap out of it either when one of us enters the ring, or when he gets eliminated." Mai sighed.

(The Arena)

Lilly Pendragon stamped her foot. "Come ON, Reed! Wear him down for me! It's taking you way too long!"

"I'm trying the best I can, milady!" Reed tried to reason.

Reed slashed the air again, but Nightcrawler evaded with a quick teleport. The blue-skinned German mutant appeared overtop of Reed and slammed his feet down, firing the blonde man into the canvas. Reed slowly got to his feet and, for once, ignored the annoyed shouts coming from Lilly.

Suddenly, Reed came up with an idea. The Tinto soldier jabbed at Nightcrawler with his sword, but the blue-skinned man was far too quick. After dodging to the side, Nightcrawler slammed his fist into Reed's face, sending him to the ground, where he lay unmoving.

Lilly's face turned red with fury. "Oh, Reed! You clumsy, stupid idiot!" She shouted. "I ask you to do ONE stinking little thing and you fail miserably!" She stamped her feet repeatedly. "Now, because of your incompetence, I have to take this guy out myself! And show you how easy it is!"

A shadow suddenly fell over Lilly. She turned to see Nightcrawler perched on the turnbuckle at the corner of the arena, looking down at her in anger.

"Haf you no reespect for ze unconscious?" Nightcrawler asked.

Lilly growled and swung her sword. Nightcrawler responded by vanishing in a cloud of purple smoke.

Nightcrawler appeared behind Lilly, grabbed her and threw her into the ground. Using his pointed tail, the blue-skinned man lifted Lilly up by her ankle and tossed her aside.

Once she landed, Lilly stood up and looked at Nightcrawler in fury. "You'll pay for that, you freak!" The female brat charged forward and prepared to run Nightcrawler through.

However, Nightcrawler was prepared. Just as Lilly came within arms reach, Nightcrawler grabbed her jacket and vanished again, this time taking Lilly with him.

Nightcrawler, with Lilly, appeared outside of the ring. The pair quickly tumbled down towards the elimination portal.

The blue-skinned mutant quickly released Lilly and teleported back into the ring just in time to watch Lilly, screaming angrily, fall through the portal.

As soon as he heard the announcement, Reed stopped playing possum and stood up again. He looked around and saw the Lilly was indeed gone from the arena.

"Guess my plan worked." Reed smirked.

Geddoe flew over the gap between the two sections of the arena and landed on his side. Standing up, the one-eyed man saw Sonic, his opponent on the other side. The long-haired mercenary stood to his feet and readied his sword. This hedgehog, despite being small, was an incredibly tough opponent to beat.

Sonic, on the other hand, was feeling extremely confident. Curling into a ball, Sonic charged up a Spin Dash and sent himself flying over the gap in the arena and towards Geddoe.

However, this was exactly what Geddoe was planning. The mercenary slammed his right hand into the ground, making a pillar of lightning shoot into the air. This was unfortunately in Sonic's path. As the hedgehog passed through the pillar of lightning, he was brought out of his dash and fell to the ground, twitching.

Geddoe smirked. "Looks like I finally have the advantage." He said aloud.

Just as Geddoe reached down to throw Sonic from the arena, the blue hedgehog snapped out of his daze and jumped to his feet.

Geddoe shook his head. "You sure are persistent." He said.

Sonic smirked. "Thanks, pops. I try."

When Sonic called him 'pops', Geddoe narrowed his good eye. Sure, he had a few wrinkles. Sure he was one hundred and twelve years old. Sure, the True Rune he had prevented him from aging, but he still hated to be called 'pops'.

"Watch your tongue, hedgehog." Geddoe warned. "I don't want to hurt you any more than I need you."

"Oh, is the big, bad man with the eyepatch gonna kill me?" Sonic mocked. "I've already shown that I can recover from your electricity attacks. What makes you think you can take me down now?"

Geddoe responded by sending his fist into Sonic's face. As Sonic staggered back, Geddoe focused his power on his right hand, where the True Lightning Rune was embedded. The mercenary quickly put his sword back in its holster.

As fast as Sonic was, he was completely unprepared for what happened. Geddoe grabbed him by the chest, turned and threw him out of the ring.

"Folks, keep your eyes on Geddoe!" SSBFreak's voice came through all the speakers. "His magic is completely charged!"

SSBFreak was right. Geddoe thrust his hand out at Sonic, whom was falling away. A strange, green energy started forming a ball in front of Geddoe's hand. Once the ball got big enough, a huge beam of electricity fired from it, slamming into the airborne hedgehog. The sheer power from the blast sent Sonic flying far enough to strike the forcefield protecting the audience from stray attacks.

Sonic peeled from the forcefield and fell headlong into the elimination portal.

Sonic landed on a concrete freeway. Standing up and looking around, Sonic figured that he had landed back in Station Square.

"Man! This stinks!" Sonic said. "I'm one of gaming's biggest names and I only get ONE elimination! And to top it all off, the guy that eliminates me is from a series where almost no characters return for the sequel!" The hedgehog sighed. "I don't think I can take any more torment."

Suddenly, a purple rodent clad in a yellow tanktop, denim shorts and sneakers ran by at speeds that even Sonic himself would be jealous of. His red spike hairdo seemed like it was struggling to keep up with him.

Rocky Rodent looked back. "Then I suggest you start running, pal!" He shouted as he ran off down the freeway.

His eyebrows raised in confusion, Sonic looked back. He saw a huge oil tanker barreling in his direction, a psychotic-looking mole behind the wheel.

Sonic let out an 'eep' and ran off after Rocky.

(Koopa Castle)

Lilly walked down a stone hallway, her newfound friend beside her. This newcomer, a female Koopa, had a polka-dotted bow resting on her head. For once, Lilly was in a friendly conversation.

"You simply MUST tell me where you get your lipstick." Lilly said to the female Koopa.

"Really? Does it look THAT good?" Wendy O. Koopa asked.

"Are you kidding?" Lilly asked. "I've been DYING to find that colour!"

"Well, I'll gladly tell you where you can find some if you can share one of YOUR secrets." Wendy said.

"Such as?" Lilly raised an eyebrow.

"What shampoo do you use? That hair of yours is absolutely STUNNING!" Wendy replied. "I've been trying all sorts of shampoo, but I can never seem to get any hair."

"Oh, that's no problem." Lilly smiled. "I can give you some tips if you like."

"Say!" Wendy's eyes widened. "We should swap mailing addresses! That way, we can stay in touch!"

Lilly brightened. "WONDERFUL idea! But we'd better hurry. I'm only here for ten minutes."

As Lilly and Wendy started writing down their mailing addresses, two figures watched them from the shadows.

Larry Koopa shuddered in fear. "What do we do now, Ludwig? There's TWO of them!"

Ludwig, for once in his life, was unable to answer.

(SSB Locker Room)

Roy looked at Bowser in time to see him wiping a tear from his eye. "Uh…Bowser? You're…Crying."

Bowser smiled. "My little Wendy has finally found a friend. I can't help myself."

As Bowser continued sniffling in happiness, everyone sitting or standing near him promptly moved away a couple steps.

(The Arena)

Chang's iron wrecking ball collided with Balrog's cheek, sending the black boxer flying several feet away. As Balrog staggered to his feet, he saw Chang lumbering over to him.

Ever since he saw Balrog picking on Athena, Chang hadn't given the boxer a break. Athena, deciding it was wise not to bother them, teleported away and ended up starting a fight with Brad Burns.

Balrog growled and slammed his gloves together. "Okay, fat boy! It's time for me to get serious!"

Chang smirked. "I guess that means 'The Koehan' can stop going easy on you, then."

As Balrog charged forward, Chang stood his ground. Once Balrog got close enough, Chang grabbed him with his extra-thick arm and tossed him over the gap like a ragdoll. Balrog landed on the other half of the arena, on his back.

Looking up, Balrog snapped out of his daze in time to see Chang jumping over the gap and starting to fall towards him. Balrog's eyes snapped open as he rolled out of the way just in time. Chang landed on his feet, directly where Balrog was lying a second earlier.

"You could have KILLED me, man!" Balrog shouted.

If Chang had any hair, a shadow would have fallen over his face. A very Kim-like glint appeared in his eye.

"Evil is unforgivable!" Chang shouted, ignoring Balrog.

Chang lunged forward at Balrog, whom prepared to deliver his Gigaton Blow.

Balrog thrust his fist out, but Chang was somehow quick enough to sidestep it. Chang quickly swung his iron wrecking ball, sending Balrog flying again. Balrog landed and tried standing up, although he was starting to feel a little weak.

When Balrog was standing straight, he looked forward just in time to see Chang lunging at him again.

"HEIZAN!" Chang roared and lifted his foot.

Everyone knew how Chang fought. When Chang tried the Heinzan, he always missed, flipped into the air and landed on his opponent.

However, this time, Chang's foot connected.

Everyone in the arena, audience and locker rooms watched in shock as Chang pulled off a move that he could never seem to get right and make it look like he had been doing it for years. With a noise that sounded like a cannon being fired, Chang successfully kicked Balrog in the chest, launching the boxer out of the arena.

Chang lowered his foot, his expression unsurprised. Standing straight, Chang turned and charged off to start another fight.

Balrog, in the meantime, landed in River City Ransom. Standing up, he found that he was standing in front of a building.

Suddenly, Moose appeared and landed a kick to Balrog's back.

Balrog turned and slammed his fist into Moose's face angrily, instantly knocking him out.

Balrog was about to walk off when he saw a coin jumping in place instead of Moose lying on the ground. In curiosity, Balrog picked it up and stared at it for a few seconds. Suddenly, a grin appeared on his face.

"I got paid!"

With that, Balrog pummeled whatever gang member he could find and swiped whatever coins they left behind. The total amount of money he had was quickly rising.

(Announcer's Booth)

"Well, whaddya know?" Unknown1 said as he watched the monitor. "Looks like he's finally found his calling."

(Dome; Gym Room)

Gozu started to think that taking on his current opponent wasn't such a good idea as he flew into a rack of weights. Taking on a skilled ninja was tough enough, but someone like him taking on Eiji Kasaragi, now THAT was suicide.

Then again, it didn't really help matters that Gozu and Mezu were from the Kizuna Encounter node.

As Gozu struggled to get to his feet, Mezu attacked Eiji with his blade. Eiji, however, saw this coming. The ninja with the mullet casually backhanded Mezu away and watched the blue-clad man fly into a wall.

While Eiji was dealing with Mezu, Gozu had managed to stand. Charging forward, Gozu prepared to take out the purple-clad ninja from behind. Eiji looked over his shoulder, saw Gozu coming and took quick action.

Spinning in place, Eiji lined his vision up with Gozu and lashed out his ninja sword. Suddenly, a crescent-shaped energy projectile launched from Eiji's blade and slammed into Gozu, knocking him away again.

"Is that all you got?" Eiji asked. "If you want to be better ninjas, you need a lot more skill than that!"

Gozu grunted as he got to his feet. "Well, at least Mezu and I have actually seen work recently." He chuckled weakly. "When was your last job again? 1995?"

Eiji's eyes flared up. "Shut up!" He roared as he lunged at Gozu.

Seeing Eiji charging at him furiously, Gozu realized all too late that he had just said something extremely stupid.

Luckily for the red-clad ninja, his brother Mezu decided to lend a hand. Diving in from the side, Mezu slammed his body into Eiji, knocking him away from Gozu.

After landing on his side, Eiji leapt to his feet again. "Impressive, blue ninja." Eiji said. "I should've seen that one coming."

Ripping his sword from its holster, Eiji threw himself at Mezu and prepared a vertical slash. However, Mezu raised his arm as two blades of steel shot from the knuckles of his gauntlet. They parried Eiji's blow perfectly.

Using his other hand, Mezu waved it around a few times, causing an explosion of water to erupt underneath Eiji's feet. The purple-clad ninja rocketed into the air and landed on the ground.

Mezu looked back. "Gozu! Finish it!" He said.

Gozu nodded as he leapt to his feet and ran forward. Waving his hand as he ran, Gozu created a wave of fire and launched it at Eiji.

Eiji snapped out of his daze in time to see Gozu's fire wave coming at him. Acting with amazing speed, Eiji rolled to the side, avoiding the fire. He stood straight and looked at Gozu and Mezu.

"I see the you control the elements." Eiji said. "Interesting. However, I must finish this battle now."

Lashing out his sword again, Eiji sent another beam of crescent-shaped energy at the two ninjas, this one bigger than the first.

Gozu and Mezu looked at each other and realized that they were in deep trouble.

The slicing energy slammed into both ninjas, knocking them away and cutting off a piece of each of their gauntlets.

Gozu and Mezu landed on the ground, looked at Eiji, looked back and saw that they were close to the door.

"Let's get out of here, Mezu." Gozu said.

Mezu nodded. "Right."

The elemental ninja brothers stood up and bolted from the gym, leaving Eiji Kisaragi alone and victorious.

Eiji smirked behind his mask as he shoved his sword back into the holster. "Those two may have surprised me, but I still come out victorious."

The ninja with the mullet was about to leave the gym himself when he suddenly spotted the two pieces of Gozu and Mezu's gauntlets lying on the floor. It was clear to tell which one was which because one was red and the other was blue.

His eyebrow raised in confusion, Eiji walked over to the two pieces of metal, bent down and picked them up, one in each hand.

Eiji was holding the two pieces for exactly three seconds before he suddenly felt a severe surge of pain flow through his body. Looking at himself in horror, he saw red and blue energy flowing all over himself.

In sheer pain, Eiji let out a scream of agony and collapsed to the floor in a dead faint.

(The Arena)

Speaking of ninjas, Watari was currently in the middle of a battle with Raiden. Ever since before Samus Aran was eliminated, these two fighters had been dueling. Watari, despite the fatigue, was currently winning, although Raiden was definitely holding his own.

Watari saw Raiden lunge at him and tried teleporting, but fatigue was starting to tire him out and he just wasn't fast enough. Raiden wrapped his arms around the young ninja and slammed him into the canvas. The huge wrestler waited patiently for Watari to stand up.

The white-haired ninja rubbed his chin. "You're good for someone who hasn't seen a lot of work in a while."

Raiden grinned. "Thank you. I gained a little more popularity after I was invited to the CVS tournament. You're not bad yourself."

Watari nodded. "I appreciate the comment."

"Well, let's continue our battle." Raiden suggested. "I am eager to find out which of us defeats the other."

"Quite."

Raiden lunged at Watari and thrust his fist forward. Using his quick 'ninja skillz', Watari leaned to the side swiftly and avoided the blow. The ninja then leapt into the air and landed his foot against the larger man's chin, making Raiden stagger back.

Quickly recovering, Raiden patted his chest a couple of times and bent over, preparing to belch again.

Watari quickly remembered what happened to Percival and took evasive action.

Raiden's epic belch again echoed throughout the arena, although it didn't smell as bad as the one from the last section.

Standing straight, Raiden was about to grab Watari and throw him from the arena when he stopped himself. Lying on the canvas was not Watari but a now very smelly log. The wrestler looked around for Watari.

Suddenly, Raiden felt a sharp blow to the back of the head, making him stagger forward, towards the gap in the arena.

Watari quickly slammed his foot against Raiden's back again. This kick was too much for the large wrestle to handle. Raiden tumbled off the edge, through the gap and into the elimination portal.

Watari looked down at the wooden log on the ground and kicked it off the edge to rid the arena of the smell.

Raiden, in the meantime, landed in the node of Looney Tunes. In fact, he landed on a very familiar black duck.

Daffy Duck crawled out from underneath Raiden and glared at him. "You dethpicable…Wrethler! How could you jutht land on a thtar like me? I haff tha power ta thue you, ya know! And furthermore-"

Daffy was cut off by Watari's teleportation log landing directly on his head.

Raiden decided that he had seen stranger things in his life and laid down to take a nap.

Back in the arena, Brad Burns was successfully fighting Athena, showing an amazing amount of skill for a Thai fighter.

"Psycho Ball!"

"Ack!"

Okay, maybe not. He was doing terrible because he didn't have any projectiles to counter Athena's psychic power. Brad dodged the Psycho Ball and attempted to run at Athena to strike.

Athena, however, saw this coming and performed another Phoenix Arrow, leaping into the air and diving straight into Brad's face. As Brad staggered back, Athena sent out another Psycho Ball, firing the kickboxer back several feet.

Brad staggered to his feet. "This is cheap!" He said. "You keep doing the same moves on me!"

"I'm sorry, but I just need to stay in the ring." Athena said.

"So you resort to cheap tactics?" Brad challenged as he ran forward.

Athena didn't answer. She simply teleported behind Brad and kicked him in the back, knocking him to the ground. As Brad started to get up, Athena leapt into the air and did another Phoenix Arrow, striking him before he could get up. Athena then grabbed Brad using her Psycho power and picked him up, despite him being a lot heavier than she was.

Using a lot of her remaining strength, Athena spun Brad around a few times and let go, sending him out of the arena.

Brad landed in Sonic Adventure. In fact, he landed directly on top of a beach chair sitting alongside the hotel pool in Station Square. Brad looked around, shrugged, put on his shades and relaxed.

Back in the arena, Athena breathed heavily. "Whew. I finally got him." Athena said as she turned around to start another fight.

However, once she turned around, she saw Geddoe standing in front of her, a stern expression on his face. "What?" Athena asked.

"Although you DID eliminate him, I must agree that you resorted to cheap tactics." Geddoe replied, his expression unchanging.

"But I'm being weighed down by fatigue!" Athena insisted. "What else am I supposed to do?"

Geddoe pointed behind himself. "I don't see Bruce Irvin or Watari using any cheap tactics and they've been in the ring as long as you have."

Athena put up her fists and prepared to take the long-haired mercenary on. "Looks like I have to take you out too."

The young Psycho Soldier launched a Psycho Ball at Geddoe, which the mercenary quickly and easily parried with his sword. "You'll have to do better than that." Geddoe said.

Athena tried teleporting behind Geddoe to take him down that way. The black-haired man, however, was anticipating this. Doing a backhanded slap, Geddoe struck Athena in the face just as she appeared behind him. Geddoe continued by grabbing Athena and shoving her into the canvas and charging his True Lightning Rune.

The young girl stood, only to feel the full effect of a lightning bolt. Athena staggered back, towards the gap in the arena.

Geddoe grabbed Athena by the collar of her outfit and held her two feet off the ground. He stood in silence for a few seconds before sighing.

"I just can't punch a woman." Geddoe said. "So I'll do the next best thing to eliminated you."

With that, Geddoe released Athena over the gap in the arena and watched as she fell downwards into elimination.

Athena fell a long ways before crashing into a pool. Brad Burns, sitting on a chair to the side, lifted his shades and smirked.

"Well, well, well. Look who it is." Brad chuckled.

"Uh…A little help here, Mr. Burns?" Athena said from the pool. "The water's pretty cold."

Brad wondered if he should actually help the girl that used cheap tactics to eliminate him, then smirked. "Sure thing. I'll grab the first thing I see and throw it in the pool for you to grab."

Athena nodded, thankful that Brad decided to help her.

Unfortunately for Athena, the first thing Brad saw was Doctor Eggman.

The resulting tidal wave sent Athena not only out of the pool, but clear into the beach, where she landed headfirst into the sand.

(Eliminated Seating)

"Ouch." Conan winced. "That looked like it hurt."

"Looks like Brad got the last laugh after all." Pai Chan shrugged.

However, as it turned out, those two fighters were the only ones in the Eliminated Seating to actually be watching the monitors. Everyone else was watching a battle in their section between two very distinctive fighters.

"Stand still, darn it!" Ash shouted as he ignited his fist in green flames and thrust it at his opponent.

"I'm a-Wario!" Gadget Z replied with a strange, Italian accent as he rolled out of the way. "I'm a-gonna win!"

"Not likely!" Ash growled as he prepared another attack. "I'm a far more superior fighter than you!"

"At least Gadget Z was responsible for an elimination!" Cammy White shouted from somewhere in the crowd of eliminated fighters. Almost everyone else cheered her on, agreeing with her.

Ash turned to Cammy, the one who had eliminated him, and pointed his finger at her. "Shut up, missy!" He threatened. "You're next!"

That distraction proved to be a setback for Ash. Gadget Z slammed his bolt-shaped hammer into the side of his face, knocking the prettyboy down several of the stairs in the Elimination Seating.

Gadget Z then said something in a high-pitched voice, and not a lot of the fighters knew what he had said because it was in Japanese. What he had actually said translated into 'Don't hold anything back!'. (In the ring, Asuka Kazama recognized the voice as hers and looked around, wondering if she was hearing things)

Ash growled as he jumped to his feet. "I have no idea what you just said, but I'm betting that it was something insulting!" In anger, Ash lunged at Gadget Z again, preparing to turn the small, wooden robot to ashes.

However, Gadget Z saw him coming and pulled his hammer into the air and slammed it down hard, spiking Ash straight into the floor. "PEGGI'S WEAPONS ARE PHAT!" He screamed loudly, imitating his lizard nodal companion perfectly. He then looked down at Ash and started talking in a voice that sounded amazingly similar to Lucky Glauber. "Wake up! It's too early for bedtime!"

The white-haired prettyboy staggered to his feet at glared at the malfunctioning robot. "Alright, that does it." He seethed. "I'm going to take you down once and for all, to bucket of bolts."

Gadget Z scratched his head. "Sounds funny coming from a guy in a green wig." He muttered.

Ash's left eye started twitching at Gadget Z's last remark. By now, he had lost his last shred of sanity. "WIG? WIG? THIS ISN'T A WIG!" He screamed. "IT ISN'T EVEN GREEN!" He picked up Gadget Z and looked him in the eyes. "DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A WIG TO YOU? HUH?" He narrowed his eyes. "LAST CHANCE! GET OUT OF MY WAY!"

"LAST CHANCE!" Gadget Z shouted back. "GET A BREATH MINT!"

Gadget Z slammed his face into Ash's forehead, making the prettyboy let go of him. Gadget Z swung his hammer again, striking Ash in the foot. As Ash gripped his foot in pain, Gadget Z slammed his hammer into his back, sending Ash flying towards the exit door leading out of the Eliminated Seating.

Ash stood up and saw that he was by the exit door. He looked back at Gadget Z. "You've won this round, pal." He said. "However, I'll have the last laugh. I always do."

With that, Ash turned around and ran out of the section, just as Vivian showed up, having just showed back up in the recovery room. The Shadow Siren scratched her head. "What's with him?"

Jin Chonrei saw her and motioned her to come over, knowing that she was a fighter that it was safe for him to tell about this evil force he felt. "Miss Vivian, come over here!"

(The Arena)

Moriya Minakata lashed out with his sword again, hoping to do some more damage to his current opponent, Heavy D!. The tall boxer had taking a bit of a beating from the long-haired swordsman. His jacket was ripped in a couple of places and he had a cut on his left cheek, but he was otherwise unharmed.

Moriya kept his guard up as D! put up his fists again. "You're a stubborn fellow, aren't you?" He asked. "Don't you realize that someone that fists with their fists can't win against someone with a sword?"

D! smirked. "You're just feeling a little cocky because you managed to land a spot in NGBC." He said. "I can still take you on."

"Are you feeling upset that you and your team still haven't been brought back into KOF or any crossover games?" Moriya challenged as he lashed at D! again. The boxer sidestepped. "Face it. You three are completely washed up."

D!'s smirk instantly vanished. "Washed up? I'll show you washed up!"

The tall boxer performed an R.S.D., nailing Moriya in the face several times. The purple-haired man recovered quickly and lashed out his sword again. D! dodged, but not without getting his jacket clipped again.

D! recovered and lashed out his fist, sending several energy streaks at Moriya. The long-haired man felt the full effect of the attack and was sent flying clear over the gap. Moriya landed on his back on the other piece of the arena (and almost crushing Yoshi), then quickly jumped to his feet and watched his opponent jump over the gap and land safely on his feet.

"Okay." Moriya sighed. "So I underestimated you. So what? You're still going to have a rough time taking me out."

Heavy D! banged his fists together. "I think not!" He said as he put up his fists and charged forward.

Moriya was anticipating this and lashed out his sword again, hoping to damage the boxer enough to throw him from the arena.

However, the laugh was on him. D! was also anticipating this and dodged to the side as he ran. He quickly approached Moriya, grabbed him and threw him high into the air.

As Moriya was in the air, he looked around, unbelieving of how high Heavy D! had thrown him. He was at least twenty feet in the air, and could see everyone in the stands all the way to the back row. Looking at the Eliminated Fighters Section as he started falling towards the canvas again, he saw Okina sighing and shaking his head, as if he knew exactly what was going to happen. Amano was gone from the section completely.

Meanwhile, D! was standing directly underneath the falling Moriya. Just as the purple-haired man came close to the canvas, Heavy D! took action. Slamming his fist into the ground, D! performed a powerful Soul Flower, creating a small explosion of energy. This blasted Moriya up again and over the ropes of the arena. Moriya could do nothing as he fell straight into the portal.

Moriya landed in Star Fox 64. In fact, he landed on Fortuna, during Star Fox's first battle with Star Wolf. The purple-haired man scratched his head in confusion.

"UNCLE ANDROSS!" A terrified scream pierced through the battle.

Looking up, Moriya saw the Wolfen of Andrew Oikonney, a member of Star Wolf, spiraling out of control towards him.

"Oh, crap." Moriya said quietly.

Back in the arena, Reed was doing battle with Asuka Kazama. Although he was really kicking himself for fighting an unarmed girl, Reed was noticing that Asuka was really holding her own in the battle.

"You are doing amazingly well, Miss Kazama." Reed complimented. "I was really starting to worry that I would hurt you."

"Not to worry." Asuka chuckled. "Yoshimitsu fights with a sword. I'm used to it."

A light went on inside Reed's head as he dodged a hard kick from Asuka. She could prove to be an excellent addition to Dan's team.

"Miss Kazama?"

"Yes?"

"I'm sure you've heard of Dan Hibiki, am I right?" Reed asked.

Asuka thought for a second, then nodded. "The guy in the pink? Yeah, I believe so."

"Well, before I entered the arena, he and a friend of his came upon some sort of plot being brewed by some of the villains here." Reed explained.

"Really?" Asuka asked as she stopped fighting. "That probably means that Heihachi's in on it somehow."

"I think we should continue fighting as we talk, Miss Kazama." Reed said. "It'll be less suspicious."

"You're quite right, sir." Asuka nodded as the two continued their battle, although it was a mock battle. "Now, have you found out what this plot is about yet?"

Reed nodded as he lashed out his sword, purposefully missing Asuka. "It's some sort of kidnapping plot." He explained. "Unfortunately, we have absolutely no idea on whom the targets are."

Asuka gasped as she thrust his fist out, which Reed easily blocked. "A kidnapping plot?" She asked, trying to keep quiet.

"Yes." Reed said. He looked around a few times. "Now, I'd like you to eliminate me so I can get back to the others."

"Are you kidding?" Asuka asked. "I'M the one that needs to get out there! You need to stay in the arena and get more help!"

"Well, why can't you do that?"

"I feel that I can be of more service outside of the arena than inside." Asuka explained. "Now, I just need you to throw me from the arena."

Reed sighed, realizing that Asuka wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer. "Okay. Just remember to keep an eye open for Dan Hibiki."

Asuka nodded. "Got it."

The blonde soldier of Tinto grabbed Asuka by her jacket and vaulted her over the ropes, sending her into the elimination portal.

Reed sighed. "I really hate myself for doing that." With that, Reed turned around and ran off to try and get more help.

Asuka landed on a cold, concrete street. Getting up and dusting herself off, she looked around, seeing that she was in a strange city. Suddenly, a yellow convertible taxi pulled up to Asuka and the green-haired driver flashed a smile at her.

"Need a lift, baby?" Axel asked.

Asuka scratched her head, shrugged and got into the backseat. As soon as she was inside the taxi, Axel floored the gas, making the cab take off with breakneck speeds.

(Announcer's Booth)

Unknown1 stared at the monitor in confusion. "…Huh?"

"It's the Crazy Taxi node." SSBFreak explained.

"Oh. Crazy Taxi, huh?"

"Yep. Let's just say that with all the crazy stunts Axel pulls during his trips, Asuka's going to be kissing the ground when she gets out of the cab."

(Hotel; Lobby)

Dan Hibiki, Rainbow Mika and Samus of the Suikoden node walked into the Hotel lobby, wondering where they should go to look for information on this kidnapping plot. They were currently not having very much luck, and were starting to run out of ideas on where to go.

"Well, there was nothing in the Lounge." Mika sighed. Something suddenly hit her mind. "Although it DID look like a battle had taken place there."

Dan nodded. "How about we spend another five minutes in the Hotel. If we don't find anything by then, we'll start searching the Dome."

"Sounds good to me." Samus replied.

Suddenly, Mika saw something out of the corner of her eye. Looking towards the elevator, she saw a red mutant-like figure sneak over to the elevator, look around and press a button.

"Hey, I don't recognize that guy over there." Mika pointed.

Dan and Samus looked just in time to see the figure vanish into the elevator. "Hey! That was Carnage!" Dan exclaimed. "He's from the Marvel node, but I didn't see him come with the others!"

Samus nodded. "It looks like we've found something, then." He stated. "Come on. Let's see what floor he's heading to."

The trio walked over to the elevator and looked at the number count above the door. The watched the numbers rise before stopping at 30.

"Looks like the thirtieth floor is the what we're after." Dan said.

"We'd better take the stairs." Mika suggested. "If we wait for the elevator, we might take too long."

"You're right, Mika. Let's go!" Dan said as he led Mika and Samus towards the door leading to the stairs.

(The Arena)

Captain Kidd lashed out his fist at Ukyo Tachibana, performing his Pirate Ship Punch. Ukyo, however, saw the ghostly image of the ship coming at him and dodged to the side. The blue-haired man quickly lashed out with his sword, barely missing the pirate captain as Kidd leaned to his left.

"Are you sure you're alright, man?" Kidd asked as he watched Ukyo stop fighting to let out several good coughs. "You really shouldn't be fighting if you're sick."

"*cough* I'm *hack* *hack* Fine. Really." Ukyo said.

"I'm not really buying that, pal." Kidd said as he lunged forward with his foot, performing his Shark Kick again. Ukyo quickly parried the blow with his sword.

The main reason Kidd was fighting Ukyo was that he wished to get him out of the arena quickly so he could get medical help from the doctors in the Recovery Room. However, Ukyo wasn't really letting him do so. In fact, because Kidd was weighed down by fatigue a little, Uyko was actually getting the upper hand.

Kidd thrust his fist at Ukyo's stomach, hoping to stun him long enough to throw him from the arena. However, Ukyo blocked that, too. The blue-haired man quickly retaliated with a hard slash with his sword, making Kidd stagger back.

"Sorry about *cough* That. But I must *hack* *hack* Eliminate you now." Ukyo said, covering his mouth with his hand every time he coughed.

"No, I should be sorry." Kidd said. "I need to eliminate you so you can get medical attention."

"There's no *hack!* cure for my disease." Ukyo said simply as he rushed at Kidd, preparing to deliver the final blow.

Kidd was unprepared for the attack. Ukyo threw an apple at him, then lunged forward and slashed multiple times. The attack not only diced the apple into several even slices, but it sent Kidd out of the ring as well. Ukyo took a moment to catch his breath before turning and running off to find another opponent.

Kidd, in the meantime, landed in Suikoden 4, on one of the battleships in the midst of a battle. Once Kidd figured out how the Rune Cannons worked, the enemy was defeated in a matter of minutes.

(Hotel; Bison's Room)

"Psycho Crusher!" Bison shouted as he lunged at Geese Howard, engulfed in blue energy.

Geese, on the other hand, saw this coming and stepped aside, allowing Bison to drive himself into the wall. As Bison was in the middle of his move, Geese slammed his fist straight down onto the dictator's back, sending him into the floor.

Bison slowly stood up and growled. "You're starting to become annoying, Geese." He said. "All this could have been avoided if you had chosen to stick on our side."

The blonde man shook his head. "I've told you! I can't betray Billy after all he's done for me!" He roared. "I won't let you take his sister!"

"Suit yourself." Bison said as he thrust his fist forward, firing a ball of dark psycho energy at Geese. Geese quickly leapt over the projectile and landed his foot against Bison's chin.

As soon as Geese was on the ground, Bison took action. Sliding forward on his feet, the dictator knocked the Southtown crimeboss off his feet. As Geese stood up, Bison continued with a flip kick, nailing the top of Geese's head with his feet. Geese, although his head hurt, grabbed Bison, lifted him into the air and slammed him into the floor with all his might. Bison stood up, showing several cracks in the floor.

"Do you realize how much it's going to cost to fix that floor?" Bison asked.

Geese didn't answer. He simply waited as Bison charged forward. At the last second before Bison's shoulder connected with his face, Geese lifted his hand.

Bison realized all too late what Geese had planned. The next thing he knew, he was lifted off the ground, thrown over Geese's shoulder and was thrown headfirst into the wall.

Rubbing his chin, Bison got back to his feet and stared at Geese. "I guess I should have seen that one coming, Howard." Bison said. "I'm starting to let my guard down."

"All the easier for me." Geese replied with a smirk.

"Unfortunately, you cannot win against me." Bison added confidently. "I have far more skill than you do."

Geese narrowed his eyes. "We'll see about that."

The two charged each other again, each of them preparing to deliver their most powerful attack.

"Ultimate Psycho Crusher!" Bison shouted as he flew forward in a huge burst of energy.

Geese froze in his place and raised his hands into the air. "Raging…"

Bison suddenly realized what Geese was about to do and tried to stop himself from attacking. Unfortunately, it was already too late.

"…STORM!"

Geese slammed his palms into the ground, creating a tower of energy around him. Bison flew headfirst into the attack, not only canceling out the Ultimate Psycho Crusher, but damaging Bison to the point where he could barely stand. When the attack finished, Bison flew back several feet before landing on his back.

The Southtown crime boss stood over the defeated body of Bison and folded his arms. "It seems like I have won, Bison." Geese said simply. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to warn Billy about this."

Before Geese could turn around to leave the room, something slammed into the back of his head, making him collapse. He was unconscious before he hit the ground.

Bison chuckled as he stood up. "Good job, Vega." He said to the person who had just knocked Geese out.

Vega lowered his fist and nodded. "Thank you, sir. I apologize for not assisting sooner, but he had knocked me out for a while there."

"You're forgiven." Bison smirked evilly as he looked down at Geese's unconscious form. "It looks like we'll have to make Geese want to help us again."

(Dome; Hallways)

Another basketball bounced off Setsuna's head, making the dark assassin stagger back. Setsuna's eyes narrowed at the tall basketball player that was currently fighting him. "You'll pay for that one, scum." Setsuna spat.

Lucky Glauber smirked as he caught another basketball (where it had come from, Setsuna still hadn't figured out) and started dribbling it. "If you're going to make me pay, why don't you try a little harder?" he taunted. "I'm barely working up a sweat here!"

Setsuna growled at the insult. "I'll kill you for that!" He roared as he lunged forward and prepared to deliver a fatal slash to the tall man's chest.

The dark man lashed out his sword, but only hit air. He looked around for his target before he felt Lucky's leg hit his back. Lucky, as it turned out, had used a Lucky Vision and 'teleported' behind the assassin. Setsuna spun around just in time to see Lucky's fist flying at his face.

Lucky punched Setsuna with enough power to send the assassin into the hallway wall. Setsuna lunged at Lucky again and slashed at him. The basketball player leapt overtop of the blade of steel and decided to add something else, delivering a Cyclone Break to Setsuna's head, knocking the dark man to the ground.

Before Setsuna got to his feet, Lucky did a sweep kick, knocking the assassin back a couple more feet. Setsuna leapt to his feet and charged forward thrusting his sword out, preparing to run Lucky through. Luckily for Lucky (sorry, I couldn't resist), he saw the attack coming and leaned to the side as the sword passed beside him.

Lucky leapt back several feet and caught another basketball. Performing a Death Shoot, Lucky leapt into the air and tossed the basketball at Setsuna, hitting him in the head again. The basketball player used Setsuna's stunned state to his advantage and charged forward. Doing another Lucky Vision, Lucky zoomed past Setsuna just as the dark assassin snapped out of his daze. Appearing behind Setsuna, Lucky did another sweep kick, knocking him off his feet. While the dark man was still on the ground, Lucky leapt back and did a Death Dunk, leaping into the air and hurling another basketball downwards, straight into Setsuna's stomach

"This is nothing!" Lucky laughed. "No wonder you guys from the Last Blade node haven't been having a good run so far in the tournament!"

Setsuna leapt to his feet and snarled. "You've got more experience than I gave you credit for, I'll give you that." He raised his sword again. "However, the only reason you're still alive is because you keep catching me off guard."

Actually, the real reason was because Setsuna had no experience fighting against basketballs and people with Lucky's techniques, but he wasn't about to tell that to Lucky.

"I need to finish this now!" Lucky thought. "If I don't hurry and catch up to Ryoko and Bridget, something may happen to them!"

Lucky raised his hand into the air and caught another basketball.

Setsuna smirked. "That won't work this time, basketball player." He chuckled vilely. "I know what you planning."

Lucky, to Setsuna's surprise, smirked back, only slyly. "Do you, now?"

The taller man charged forward and pulled his fist, holding the basketball, back and into the air.

"HELLBOUND!" Lucky shouted, slamming the basketball into the ground with as much strength as he could muster. A tall pillar of orange energy shot from the ground where the basketball had hit, catching Setsuna completely off guard. Sure, the pillar vanished one second later, but it didn't matter. The damage was done. Setsuna flew into the air, hit his head on a light hanging from the ceiling and fell back down to the ground, utterly defeated. His last thought before blacking out was how much trouble he'd be in for losing.

Lucky stood tall, victorious. Turning around, Lucky charged off down the hallway, hoping to catch up with Bridget and Ryoko.

(The Arena)

Yoshi fluttered into the air, overtop of Bruce Irvin. Spinning in midair, Yoshi piledrived himself into the ground, landed directly on top of Bruce's head, sending the black kickboxer to the ground. Bruce staggered to his feet, only to be hit with a Coinbox Jump from Mario.

Ever since Yoshi had stepped into the arena, Bruce had been double-teamed by both Mario and the green dinosaur. He was trying to at least get one of them away from the other so he could at least eliminate one of them.

Mario thrust his palm out, firing a ball of red flames from his hand. Bruce saw this coming and easily sidestepped the fireball. He then sent his knee flying into Yoshi's face. As Yoshi stepped back a couple of steps, Bruce grabbed him and threw him over the ropes. He sighed. "Well, that's one down." He turned around to continue the fight with Mario, unaware that Yoshi was doing a flutter jump, approaching the arena again to go back in.

Bruce shoved his fist out, catching Mario in the face. Mario quickly recovered and saw that Bruce was about to attack again. The portly plumber lashed out his yellow cape, attacking Bruce, spinning him in place. When Bruce actually attacked, he saw that he was no longer facing Mario. The short plumber took this opportunity to leap into the air and slam his fist into the back of Bruce's head. In the meantime, Yoshi had managed to climb back into the arena

Mario shoved his hand out again, striking Bruce in the stomach. Bruce landed on his back, rolled to the side and stood up. He quickly grabbed Mario and, without giving him a chance to attack, threw him over the gap in the arena, making Mario collide with Maxi.

When Bruce turned around to start another fight, he saw Yoshi standing there, looking up at him angrily. Despite being a little surprised at how Yoshi could be back in the arena after being thrown out.

"Yoshi!" The green dinosaur shouted. "Yoshi! Yosh-Yoshi!"

Pulling a white egg with green spots out from behind his back, Yoshi leaned back and threw it at Bruce. The egg hit Bruce in the forehead and shattered into a million pieces. Yoshi, feeling confident, turned himself into an egg and rolled forward, preparing to run Bruce over.

Bruce, however, saw Yoshi coming and took action. Reaching out, Bruce grabbed the egg containing Yoshi and threw it over the ropes. Because he was still inside the egg, Yoshi couldn't flutter jump back in.

Yoshi, still inside the egg, landed in Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg. Chick Poacher saw the white egg, scratched his head, shrugged and started pushing it around, hoping to see what would hatch.

After Bruce had thrown him over the gap in the arena, Mario had continued his time in the arena fighting against Maxi, the latest Mystery Fighter. The Elvis-lookalike was definitely holding his own against the gaming giant, using his nunchucks to attack amazingly quickly.

"You're a-not a-bad." Mario said as he launched a fireball at his opponent.

Maxi spun his nunchucks, striking the fireball and canceling it out. "Thanks. I've had lots of practice." He replied.

"Unfortunately, you are a-facing against a-one of the a-biggest names in a-gaming here." Mario added. "You're a-chances aren't a-very good."

"Well, I'm fresher than you are." Maxi replied. "That gives me a slight advantage here."

Mario thought about this and realized that Maxi was right. Mario had already been in the ring a little bit (sure, it wasn't as long as Bruce or Watari, but still…) while Maxi was almost a newcomer.

The portly plumber did his well-known one-two punch, attacking Maxi with two quick punches, then finished it off with a kick, knocking Maxi back a little bit.

"He's a-right." Mario muttered to himself as he ran forward. "I'm a-weighed down by a little a-fatigue. If I don't a-do something a-fast, he'll a-beat me."

Mario leapt into the air and struck Maxi in the face with his foot. As Maxi stood there, stunned, Mario landed on the ground and grabbed his legs. The portly plumber started spinning in place, taking Maxi with him.

"SO A-LONG!" Mario shouted as he finally let go of Maxi, sending the black-haired man completely out of the arena.

Maxi landed in some sort of diner. Getting up, he looked around as 60's rock music played through the jukebox. Maxi walked over to a table and grabbed a menu.

Nearby, a very familiar man in a leather jacket saw the newcomer and stuck his thumb in the air. "Eeeeeeeeyyyyyy. Great hair, man." He said.

(Eliminated Seating)

"So that's pretty much it." Chonrei said.

After Vivian had arrived, Chonrei had told her about this strange and evil presence he had felt. After Chonrei had finished, the Shadow Siren stared at him in shock.

"You think something may be going on?" Vivian asked.

Chonrei nodded. "Yes. Mr. Hyo Amano already left here to find some sort of psychics to find out if my suspicion is correct."

Vivian nodded, then suddenly realized something. "You think Ash Crimson may have something to do with it? He left the Elimination Seating in a hurry."

"I wouldn't be surprised in the least if he was." Chonrei replied. He stood up. "I say we go and try to find Amano and see if we can figure out more."

"I'm with you."

(The Arena)

Heavy D! coughed as purple smoke flew in his face. Nightcrawler, the boxer's opponent, had vanished yet again, and appeared behind the tall man. The German mutant delivered a hard kick, knocking D! forward. Heavy D! spun in place and thrust his fist out blindly, hoping to strike the mutant man. The boxer's sudden movement caught Nightcrawler off guard and the fist struck his face, making him slightly recoil.

Nightcrawler shook off the effects of the punch just in time to see D! lunging at him, doing an R.S.D. The German man leapt into the air and landed directly on top of the boxer's shoulder. Nightcrawler continued by flipping himself off the boxer, making D! do a front flip himself before landing on his back.

The tall boxer stood to his feet. "Pretty good move there, buddy." D! complimented. "I can see why you already got an elimination."

Nightcrawler, slightly surprised that D! wasn't freaked out at his appearance, nodded. "Vell, zank you, comrade." He said. "I neever vould have expeected zuch a compleement from a normal human."

"You kidding?" D! asked. "Half the people from my node can do things that make them seem unusual, but no one seems to care."

Nightcrawler stood in shock. Was there really such a place where humans could co-exist with mutants? "Really?"

D! nodded, then suddenly remembered the plot he had been put up against. "Say, buddy? You have a name?" He thrust his fist at Nightcrawler, missing on purpose.

"Vagner. Kurt Vagner." Nightcrawler replied humbly. "But I am alzo called ze incredible Nightcrawler."

D! nodded again. "Look, I head that you were part of the X-Men and they're fighters on the side of good."

"Yes."

"Well, I've sorta come across an evil plot and my friends and I could use some extra help." D! rubbed the back of his head. "I was wondering if you'd be interested in helping."

Nightcrawler quickly came to his decision and nodded. "I vould be honoured if I could do zuch a theeng."

"Okay. I need to eliminate you so you can find my friends."

Noghtcrawler nodded. "Go ahead. Zees violent tournament ees not for me, anyvay."

D! nodded. "Look for my best friend. He's a real tall basketball player named Lucky Glauber."

"Not a problem."

With that, D! did a light R.S.D., knocking the blue-skinned man over the ropes. Nightcrawler feigned tiredness so he wouldn't have to teleport back into the arena.

Nightcrawler landed in Mario Party 6, where he, Toad, Boo and Toadette outsmarted several cheesy 'Koopa Kids' at their own games.

Back in the arena, two armed men, one ninja and one samurai, were dueling with their respective swords. Watari lunged forward and clashed swords with Ukyo, causing several sparks to fly from the weapons.

Ukyo lunged forward in an attempt to slice Watari in half, but only succeeded in splitted a log in half instead. Watari materialized behind Ukyo and thrust his foot into the blue-haired man's back.

The samurai spun in place and lashed out his sword, but Watari saw this coming and leapt back, throwing two ninja stars. Ukyo, coughing, quickly attacked them with his sword, slicing them in half as well.

Watari used this distraction to his advantage and ran forward.

Ukyo smirked slyly. "It'll take more *cough* *cough* than that to *hack* *cough* take me out. *HACK*"

While Watari was running at him headfirst, Ukyo threw an apple at him, then lunged forward. The white-haired ninja also saw this coming and leapt high into the air, leaving Ukyo to slice the apple in thin air.

"Take this!" Watari shouted as he planted his foot into the square of Ukyo's back, knocking the blue-haired man to the ground.

"Impossible. *cough* I can't be *hack* *hack* be defeated so soon…" Ukyo wheezed.

"Believe it." Watari said as he grabbed Ukyo by the back of his outfit, lifted him into the air and threw him over the ropes, into elimination.

Ukyo landed in Bubsy: Claws Encountered of the Furred Kind. He quickly aided Bubsy in destroying a Woolie UFO. The Woolies later decided never to mess with someone with a sword again.

In the arena, Watari exhaled as he turned around. There were now only seven people in the ring, with himself being one of them. Chang Koehan was currently having a friendly duel with Geddoe, as Reed was more the less playing defensive against Bruce Irvin. Heavy D! was sitting on the canvas, recovering from his fight with Nightcrawler. Watari quickly saw a very familiar portly plumber running over to start a fight with him.

However, before Watari could move, he, along with everyone else, heard two very loud laughs coming from above the arena, signaling another arena alteration.

RESULTS

GEDDOE (S3)

HEAVY D! (KOF)

WATARI (S3)

BRUCE IRVIN (T5)

MARIO MARIO (SSB)

REED (S3)

CHANG KOEHAN (KOF)

(ELIMINATED)

UKYO TACHIBANA (SS)

NIGHTCRAWLER (MC)

ATHENA ASAMIYA (KOF)

RAIDEN (FF)

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (StH)

CAPTAIN KIDD (WH)

ASUKA KAZAMA (T5)

MORIYA MINAKATA (LB)

BRAD BURNS (VF)

MAXI (SC3)

YOSHI (SSB)

BALROG (SFA3)

LILLY PENDRAGON (S3)

BONUS MATCHES:

"Ninja Masters"

EIJI KISARAGI (KOF 95) shows his ninja skillz against GOZU and MEZU (KE)

"Revenge of the Prettyboy"

GADGET Z (S3) annoys ASH CRIMSON (KOF)

"Geese's Redemption"

M. BISON (SFA3) takes down GEESE HOWARD (FF) (with a little help from Vega)

"White Men Can't Fight"

LUCKY GLAUBER (KOF) slam-dunks SETSUNA (LB)

Eliminations: Geddoe, D! and Watari, 2; Bruce, Mario, Reed, Chang, Ukyo, Nightcrawler and Athena, 1

Current Elimination Leaders: Jubei Yagyu (4), Bruce Irvin (4), Athena Asamiya (4), Watari (4), Mario Mario (3)

It's a Surprise to Us All: Watari, so far, is Suikoden 3's heavy hitter. Sure, Geddoe and Reed each have two, but they still have a bit to go.

An Explanation Needed: Maxi landed in the Happy Days node and the guy in the leather jacket is Fonzie.

Research, It Does You Good: After some research, I found that Guzu and Mezu controlled fire and water respectively. (I had never played the game before) This gives me a good idea for a sidestory here concerning good ol' Eiji.