IGP Central Office
Crinos smiled to Washuu, "So, is the sound system back up?"
Washuu nodded, "Yep, It was knocked out by mistake once we started the dimensional vortex transporter. But now it's back online."
Vash chose this point to enter the room, the gunman looked even more world weary than usual.
"Hey Vash," Crinos said, "How's Jedah?"
Vash shrugged, "No real damage, he should be fine to fight in a few sections. Incidentally, where are the protesters?"
Crinos shrugged, "Gary the rat wasn't working out, so Knives shot one of the protestors, that quieted them down."
Vash sighed, he hoped Crinos was joking, but he knew he wasn't. "What else is up?"
"Well, we got the sound system up and running again, so we can start playing theme music again. All we need is someone to run the system for us."
Vash thought about it and smiled, he had just the guys in mind.
IGP: The Infinity grand prix
Section four
The ring
When the dimensional vortex effect faded, the five fighters found themselves in new surroundings.
Which, Ironically looked like their previous surroundings, a large Chinese city, with cars and trucks strewn across the street. There were some differences though. There were no mobs of people, what replaced them was green coated Nazi like soldiers, bound POW's, and an assortment of military vehicles including tanks and planes.
The five fighters took one look at their surroundings, shrugged, then went on fighting.
Up in the eliminated seating, Mars's people had a conniption fit.
Central Office
"Yes ladies and gentlemen, this section of the IGP will be held in the scenic Chinese City from Metal Slug 2. Lots of weapons, lots of hazards. And watch out for the food, it will really pile up on ya!"
Crinos flipped off the microphone and turned to the US sports team, "Alright guys, I wanted to say thank you for helping keep Jedah under control, so how would you like to run the sound booth?"
Lucky scratched his head, "I don't know, that sounds kinda complicated…"
Crinos smiled assuredly, "No worries friend, it's a snap to operate thanks to Washuu's user friendly software…"
Knives took this opportunity to but in, "Yeah, even an inferior life form such as yourself should be able to figure it OOF!"
Knives's taunting was suddenly halted by a basketball that somehow inexplicably got lodged down his throat, as the even humanoid fell to the ground Heavy D! Entered the conversation. "So, what exactly will we be doing?"
"Basically you'll be picking out theme music for fighters who haven't requested their own music. Think you can manage?" Crinos responded.
Brian asked the obvious question, "Will we get beer?"
Crinos thought about it for about half a second. "Sure, why not?"
Brain, Lucky, and Heavy D! looked at each other and smiled, Crinos then suddenly realized he may have made a major mistake.
The ring
Li Xiangfei (KOF 2k1)
The young Chinese lass had mixed feelings as she made her way down to the ring. On the one hand she had a terrain advantage, along with the heart and determination that came with being a member of the Women's team. On the other hand she had lost a bit of confidence considering the fate of every other female Chinese fighter who had gotten into the ring before her. Plus the fact she was hungry, she only had fifteen plates of dim sum for breakfast, a fraction of what she usually ate.
Entering the "Ring", Li rushed over and grabbed Q from behind, trying to throttle the Cyborg. Q didn't even notice the Chinese girl hanging off him as he swung at Hinata.
Li's stomach growled again, she really hoped there was some good food in this node.
Kyosuke Kagami (CvS2)
Kyosuke stepped onto the ramp and pushed up his glasses. As he did, the speakers fired up, courtesy of the Sports team.
No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher's
Dirty looks
Out for summer
Out till fall
We might not come
Back at all
Kyosuke stopped walking down to the ring long enough to cast a quizzical look to the sound booth, which was visible from the ring. He then shrugged and took to the ring.
School's out for the summer
Entering the ring, Kyosuke ran up behind Demitri and delivered a flying kick to the vampire's head, knocking him dizzy. As he rolled away, Kyosuke stepped up to Sakura.
"Hey Sakura, long time no see, what's up with the suntan?" Kyosuke asked. Sakura stared at the felled Demitri and scowled.
"You should not have interfered, he's my opponent." Sakura muttered. Kyosuke was understandably confused.
"What? But I'm your friend! We fought against my brother and Justice high school together, of course I'm gonna help you fight vampires or whatever and-GURK"
Before Kyosuke could finish his thought, Dark Sakura grabbed the young schoolboy by the collar, her eyes lit up like the end of the world.
"I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!" The dark Shoto in training yelled as she threw Kyosuke across the road into a building, causing several soldiers to panic and flee. Getting up, Kyosuke decided that something was terribly wrong with Sakura, and that she needed his help, whether she wanted it or not.
Unfortunately, Chipp Zanuff stepped in the way as he got up, and hit him with an alpha blade. Chipp was feeling much better since the last section, and was ready to kick ass once again.
B.B Hood (MvC2)
Let's talk this over
It's not like we're dead
Was it something I did?
Was it something You said?
Don't leave me hanging
In a city so dead
Held up so high
On such a breakable thread
Heavy D! and Lucky both stared at Brian, who had selected the theme music for BB hood, as the young girl skipped merrily down to the ring.
"Avril Lavinge?" was all Lucky could get out.
"That's, it, your drunk, well, more drunk, anyway." Heavy D! muttered, his voice pure disgust.
Brian just smiled sagely, "Wait for it."
BB hood hummed a merry ditty as she stepped into the "Ring", her little puppy following close behind, butterflies floating around her. Even as she skipped up to Q, who had since thrown Li Xiangfei into Hinata and gotten them to fighting, Avril Lavinge continued to play.
You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
All of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
"Why Hello there Mr. masked man sir? Would you like an apple?" BB Hood gave a smiled that would give lesser men diabetes as she held out an apple. Q shrugged and took the apple, not noticing the lit fuse on it.
Three seconds and a large explosion later Q was on the ground, and Hood was on top of him, guns in hand, trying to turn Q into a human (?) slice of Swiss cheese.
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending
Abandoned warehouse, near IGP arena
"Well isn't this nice?" Shang Tsung muttered as he observed the scene. The demon sorcerer had recently arrived on the scene, and the demonic hideout resembled nothing less of a war zone.
Shang Tsung had hoped to arrive earlier so he could forewarn his allies of Kikyo's recent recruitment. But between his meeting with the Orochi tribe and being a spectator to the misadventures of the covenant of seven he did not get the chance to tell the other demons of the current situation.
Which meant when Blackheart, Shuma Gorath, Kusaregedo and the Red Aremeer got back from their various errands, and found Kikyo, who had not 24 hours ago attacked them, the predictable occurred.
What was happening now was a traditional Mexican standoff. Kikyo stood with her back against a crate, a sacred arrow drawn in her bow as she nervously switched her target between Blackheart and Shuma Gorath. The smoldering remains of boxes indicated that Blackheart had been throwing dark lightning rather liberally, and the arrow holes in his hide indicated that he had gotten as much as he gave. He stood there, his hand charged with demonic electricity, flanked by Shuma Gorath, who glared menacingly at Kikyo and flicked his tentacles. Red Aremeer perched on the stacked boxes high above, content to watch the unfolding events with vague disinterest, as if something else was on his mind. In the shadows, Kusaregedo shuffled from side to side, obviously not caring who won as long as he got to eat the loser. Shang Tsung was unaware why Jedah and Asmodeus were absent (As well as there respective parties; Queen Bee had gone to fetch Jedah from the medical bay, and Al Rashid, Grendal and Ichiro Tsunami had met Taria half way to go get Deimos and the Executioner out of the slammer.) But honestly, he didn't give a rat's ass.
Shang's own subordinates, Kano and Reptile, both leaned against crates between the two warring factions and watched. Kano's good eye darted between the two as he wore a sinister leer, as if he was trying to make up his mind on which faction he wanted to back. Reptile was just waiting for his master to return so he could get a definite idea on how to handle things.
"Blackheart, Kikyo, stop!" Shang Tsung yelled as he stepped between the pair. Kikyo did not lower her bow, and Blackheart scowled. "Kikyo is on our side now."
"Are you mad? She attacked me!" Blackheart snarled, electricity coursing through his body, "She is dangerous, a loose cannon!"
"She's also the only one who can keep the half demon Inuyasha away from us." Shang Tsung calmly stated. "By now that mummified freak Jack should be returning from the medical bay, and soon he will bring us the Shikon Jewel. Which means having Kikyo around to dissuade the half demon and his friends is more important than ever."
The knowledge that the Shikon Jewel had been secured made Blackheart calm a bit, and he released his fist. "Very well Tsung, I will tolerate the priestess for now, but only under protest." The demon lord leaned forward, "And if you ever go behind my back like that again, I will tear you limb from limb."
"So, the Shikon Jewel, that's your goal aye demons?" a mysterious voice boomed from above, The demons and Kikyo watched as an orange cloaked strange dropped from the rafters, landing in the center of the room. "But know this, whatever intentions you had for the gem, forget them now, as I will not let you live long enough to enact them!"
Shuma Gorath whipped his tentacle against the floor in irritation, And who are you to threaten us in such a bold manner? The Lovecraftian fiend hissed. The stranger stripped his cloak away, revealing a ninja gi of the same orange as the cloak.
"I am Guy, the 39th master of Bushin style Ninjitsu. You and your kind are opposed to nature, and thus are opposed to Bushin. As such, I will not allow you or your evil to fester any more! Prepare to defend yourselves!"
Without a moments hesitation Guy Bushin ran at Blackheart and Shuma Gorath, who chuckled silently to himself.
Foolish human, why do they always come to die?
The Ring
Ness (SSBM)
Ness rubbed his stomach as he walked down to the "ring". He had been having stomachaches since he arrived in the IGP node yesterday. At first he thought it was something he ate, or that he was homesick, but after a phone-call home and some antacid failed to clear it up he began to suspect a sinister force manipulating the tournament.
Once he entered the "Ring", his stomachache got worse, Ness knew whatever was causing his bad vibe was approaching the ring and would be there soon. Till then, Ness decided to fight with BB Hood (And by fight, I mean run away while she shoots in random directions.)
Bridget (GGXX)
"Alright Roger" Bridget whispered to his teddy bear as he skipped down to the ring, "Once we get down there and show how tough we are, we'll prove I'm not unlucky and mom and dad will HAVE to let me act more manly!"
"Your Logic is sound Master Bridget," The robotic bear responded in a voice that seemed to sinister to come from something so sweet, "But may I please remind you that the competition in this tournament is unusually fierce, it may not be so easy to survive long."
Bridget laughed, "Oh come on, if that wannabe ninja Zanuff can do it so can I, all I have to do is not act too hasty."
Sound advice, until Bridget got an earful of the music the sports team had selected for him.
Love put me wise to her love in disguise
She had the body of a Venus
Lord imagine my surprise
Dude look like a lady
Dude look like a lady
Dude look like a lady
Dude look like a lady
What a funky lady
Bridget screamed in a way that most Metallica fans would find offensive and charged into the ring, wrapping his yo-yo around Chipp Zanuff's neck and slamming him up against a wall.
Room 444, IGP hotel
Leona groaned as she slowly returned to the conscious world. The young Ikari warrior attempted to move but found herself chained to a wall. Looming over her was someone that Leona prayed she would never see again.
"Goentiz", Leona hissed as she struggled against her chains. The Orochi general smiled at Leona and ran his fingers through her hair, which made her struggle more.
"Now hush my child, you'll need your energy, don't want to thrash around too much." Goentiz purred as he moved back, giving room for Orochimaru to come in.
"I wouldn't worry my dear, you have a good one in ten chance of surviving the procedure," Orochimaru said as he licked his lips with a tongue that looked better on a king cobra than a man, "and if you die, at least your suffering will be over…"
Leona struggled impotently as Orochimaru set to work, while Goentiz watched all the while.
IGP locker rooms
"Hey, are you alright?"
Lei-Lei shook her head as the world came back into focus. King, Mai and Hinako were perched over her. They were set to go on in a few sections and wanted to freshen up, and were surprised to find the young priestess unconcious on the floor covered in blood.
"Uh, what… where…" Suddenly Lei-Lei remembered what happened and leapt up.
"OH MY GOD! MY SISTER! WHERE IS SHE?" Lei-Lei looked around frantically as King tried to calm her down.
"Hey, relax, your sister is the zombie girl right? She's in the medical bay right now." King said in a reassuring tone. Lei-Lei bolted past the female team and down the hallway like a bat out of hell.
In the adjacent males locker room, Kevin Mask laced up his shoes, he was a bit surprised that Buffaloman, Starface, and even Warsman, his families long time ally, had been defeated with relative ease. But Kevin was certain that the new generation of Chojin fighters would break this trend. First Checkmate, then himself in the next section.
"Excuse me…"
Kevin looked up to see a sexy young woman with long pink hair standing across from him.
"Women's locker room is next door lady," Kevin snorted, "This is the men's side."
The woman smiled in a way that made Kevin feel uncomfortable, "That's alright, I can be in here." The woman chuckled to herself, as if she was making a joke only she got, "I'm Poison, manager of the HWA."
Kevin raised an eyebrow, "The HWA?"
Poison produced a light pink T-shirt emblazoned with the letters HWA, "The Huge Wrestling Army. I've heard you're a strong wrestler, and I want you to join."
"Sorry love," Kevin said as he got up, his voice riddled with contempt, "I already tried the evil organization membership thing, didn't like it. I'm flattered though. Try asking Eskara or Bone cold, they might be into that sort of thing."
Poison smiled wickedly, "Oh HUUUUUUGO!"
Kevin felt the earth shaking beneath his feet. At first he thought there was an earthquake, but that changed when he saw the single biggest wrestler he had ever seen in his life looming over him, a giant who dwarfed even Sunshine, the largest wrestler from Kevin's home node.
"This is Hugo, the top wrestler of the Huge Wrestling Army." Poison said, savoring the moment, "You see, I always get what I want, and I want you in the HWA. The only way you can get out of here without my shirt on your back is if you beat Hugo." Poison leaned forward and smirked, "So, you think you can manage it?"
Kevin looked at Poison, then at Hugo, the giant German snorted at Kevin, blowing him back a few feet. Kevin smiled.
"Alright, I'm game. I was hoping for a little workout before I fight next section anyway."
The Ring
Blue Mary Ryan (KOF 2k1)
She grew up in an indiana town
Had a good lookin' momma who never was around
But she grew up tall and she grew up right
With them indiana boys on an indiana night
Well she moved down here at the age of 18
She blew the boys away, it was more than they'd se en
I was introduced and we both started groovin'
She said, "i dig you baby but i got to keep movin'"
...on, keep movin' on
As Blue Mary walked down to the ring, she listened to the music the sports team had picked out for her. Smiling, she gave thumbs up to the drunken sport superstars, who gave her thumbs up back, and made it down into the "Ring".
Last dance with mary jane
One more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin' in and i'm
Tired of this town again
Once in the ring, Mary looked around the scene, then noticed Li Xiangfei fall at her feet, knocked down by Hinata. Mary groaned in annoyance and helped the Chinese girl to her feet.
"Honestly can't you go five minutes without humiliating yourself?" Mary muttered as Li pulled away, huffing indignantly.
"Hey, these guys are tougher than they look, and besides I haven't had anything to eat since I got in the ring, I'm hungry!"
As if on cue, a bazooka shell, courtesy of BB hood, whizzed passed the duo and hit a nearby truck, causing fruit and vegetables to scatter all around. Li's eyes lit up at the sight of this, and she ran towards the food. Mary smiled sadly, shrugged, and picked up a banana that had rolled to her feet. She then turned to find another fight.
Rock lee (N: NH2)
Risin' up -- back on the street,
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance now i'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive --
So many times, it happens too fast,
You trade your passion for glory,
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past,
You must fight just to keep them alive
The azure beast of the hidden leaf cracked his knuckles as he stepped out to the ultimate underdog scrapper song. He had promised Neji he would watch out for Hinata in the ring, (And it was a good guy promise, so you knew he was gonna keep It.), So Lee wasted no time discarding his weights before heading down to the ring.
it's the eye of the tiger,
It's the thrill of the fight,
Rising up to the challenge of our rival,
And the last known survivor
Stalks his prey in the night,
And he's watching us all
With the eye of the tiger
Room 123, IGP hotel
Most of the hidden leaf Genin, the Ikari warriors, and Iori Yagami watched as Rock Lee took to the ring and proceeded to punt Bridget (who was menacing Hinata by the time he got into the ring,) around like a basketball. Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, Jiraya and Kyo were not among them. They were sitting around a table, looking at the transmogrified Naruto.
"Cant he just use the art of transformation to make himself human again?" Sakura asked, leaning forward in her chair.
Sasuke shook his head, "No, he cant use any Justus because he doesn't have workable hands. So unless we manage to figure out some chicken based ninja arts he's stuck like this."
Jiraya let out a heavy sigh and leaned back in his chair, "What are we going to do now?"
"Ill tell you what were going to do," The ninjas and assorted heroes turned to see Chizuru Kagura standing in the doorway.
"Were going to stop sitting around watching TV and get to work. Goentiz has had the run of the place long enough, I think its time to show him we mean business."
Kyo and Iori looked at another and smiled. The assorted ninja's in attendance got up, most of them glad they were finally going to see some action.
Naruto, still a chicken, clucked irritably.
Backstage
Rock Howard put his change in the vending machine and pressed a button, he picked up his soda and sipped it, then sighed.
Rock had a lot on his mind. He had not seen hide or hair of his father since he had arrived, and he was starting to get miffed about it. Rock had never known anything about his father other than what Terry had told him. Although the young fighter knew his dad was no good, it didn't stop him from wanting to know him better.
"I see my brother in law is as attentive to you as he ever was." A voice from behind Rock announced, Rock crushed the soda can in his hand when he recognized it.
"Kain R. Heinlein," Rock muttered bitterly as he turned to his wicked uncle. Kain smirked evilly as he leaned against the wall adjacent to Rock, "What do you want?"
Kain shrugged, "Same as you I suppose, you want to see Geese Howard suffer for what he did to you, and to your mother," Rock's eyes narrowed, "And I want to make him pay as well. You're fighting in the same section correct?"
Rock didn't speak, he simply nodded.
"Good," Kain smirked, "All you have to do is eliminate him, and I can orchestrate the rest. What do you say nephew? You up to it?"
Rock didn't respond, he just turned and walked away, Kain frowned. Sensing this, Rock stopped walking.
"Listen 'uncle', I may be related to Geese, but that doesn't mean I'm anything like him. I was raised as a Bogard, and that's what I consider myself. And we Bogard's don't let other people fight our battles for us, and we certainly don't team up with criminal sleaze balls like yourself." Kain's frown turned into a scowl, Rock smiled, "Besides, If I was going to go teaming up with criminals I'd team up with my dad, not a second rate Geese wannabe like you." Rock chuckled to himself and started walking. Kain sighed.
"So that's your final answer then?" Kain muttered as he raised his hand and snapped his finger. Suddenly the wall next to rock exploded, knocking him to the ground. When the dust cleared, a huge man with a demonic looking red mask loomed over Rock.
Kain turned and walked away, "Sorry, but you went too far with that 'Geese wannabe' crack. Grant, Kill him."
Grant nodded to Kain as he rounded a corner, and reached down to grab Rock. As he hoisted the junior Howard up the possessed fighter heard something he wish he hadn't.
"Kaiser… WAVE!"
Both Grant and Rock went flying across the hall. (Kain was already long gone by this point, rejoining the party up in the SkyBox.) As Rock got up he saw his other uncle Wolfgang Krauser standing across from Grant, the two staring at one another intently.
"Your father would never forgive me if I let you get killed by this weakling." Krauser said, his eyes never leaving Grant, "Now you go get ready for your fight. I'll deal with this minor annoyance."
Grant growled at the obvious disrespect and tore into Krauser. Rock, not wanting to stick around to see who would win, turned a corner and headed for the locker room.
"Man, I really hate my family." The young Howard muttered to himself as the sound of cracking bones and war cries echoed through the hallway.
The Ring
Sasquatch (DS3)
The huge and lovable king of the far north bounded down to the ring, grinning and pumping his fists. As he did the females in the audience went totally nuts over the adorable monster. In the central office, Crinos decided merchandising would be a prudent business venture as far as Sasquatch was concerned.
Once he entered the "Ring", Sasquatch was approached by Ness, who smiled and waved at the giant.
"Hello there big guy," Ness said politely, "Are you getting a wicked vibe from this place as well?"
"Chuffle!" Sasquatch replied. Ness nodded sagely, "yeah, me too. So how's things with you?"
"Chuffle!" Sasquatch said.
Ness nodded again, "I understand, I didn't know that Yeti ate bananas. Ill have to tell my friend Jeff."
BB Hood watched the exchange, then decided she had seen stranger things in her life, and decided to break up to monotony by opening fire on the two. The two fighters ran down the street to escape the barrage.
Cy-5 (WG)
"WAR GODS SUCK! WAR GODS SUCK! WAR GODS SUCK!"
Cy-5 ignored the jeering of the crowd as he took to the ring. As he stepped onto the site of the war torn city, the cyborg made a scan of the surrounding area, coming to the conclusion that he was the only war god in the ring currently, and that the other fighters were non gods, and thus not a threat.
When Kyosuke casually swatted Cy-5 out of the way as he fought a running battle with Chipp Zanuff, Cy-5 decided to rethink his assessment.
Checkmate (GWFUM)
The chess themed Chojin stepped onto the ramp in a stately manner. Waving to the crowd as he made his way down to the ring. Thusfar, he had not been impressed with the performance of the other galactic wrestlers who had entered the ring before him, but he simply attributed this to the fact they were older wrestlers. What this tournament called for were younger fighters, with fire and passion, like himself.
Upon entering the ring, Rock scooped up Rock Lee and slammed him into the mat. The irritated ninja retaliated by sending him airborne with a lightning fast kick. In midair, Checkmate pushed a button on his right shoulder and switched his head with the tower on his right arm. Transforming into a giant tower. He planned on crushing Rock Lee on his descent, but only succeeded in getting sent flying across the landscape by another strike from the young ninja.
At this point, Checkmate decided to start looking into health insurance.
IGP hotel, room 789
Faust knocked on the door, waited, then knocked again. He tapped his foot and looked at his watch, then knocked again.
"Hello?" Faust yelled, "Kodachi Kuno? Tatewaki? Anybody? I come in peace!"
The devil doctor received no response for his yelling, only more silence.
"Something's wrong." Faust muttered, stating the painful obvious. Faust kicked in the door and stepped into the hotel. A scene of slaughter awaited him.
The room was covered with blood, how one human could produce so much was a mystery even to Faust. On the floor, a badly carved up Tatewaki Kuno lay, close to death. On the bed behind the unconcious Kuno sat Genjuro, his sword coated in blood, Kodachi unconcious behind him.
(It also became apparent to the author at that point that he could not write Genjuro and Haohmaru the way they are normally written in other votefics of this nature, therefore he was no longer going to even attempt to do so. Don't like it? Go watch anime.)
"Welcome." The evil samurai said, licking some blood off his sword.
Faust did not respond to Genjuro, he simply walked over to Kuno and crouched down, examining the young boy.
"Wow, you sure did a number on him," Faust muttered as he pulled gauze and scissors from his bag, "I'm surprised he's even alive after all this."
Genjuro shrugged, "he had it coming. Real mouth on him. He actually had the audacity to think I was working for this Saotome kid. Can you believe it?"
Faust did not look up as he wrapped up Kuno, "At any rate, he wont be in any shape to fight in the tournament. No great loss I suppose, the fighters from Saotome's clique don't seem to be doing to well anyway."
Genjuro nodded, "Yeah, I wonder why Maximov is interested in these four women anyway, seems kind of silly to me." Genjuro suddenly noticed something odd, "You know, it's kinda creepy."
Faust looked up at Genjuro, "What is?"
"You are!" Genjuro said, pointing at the doctor, "most of the time when people come in on me after I do something like this there either shocked, enraged, or deeply impressed. But you act like its no big deal."
Faust stood up and pulled out his giant scalpel. "It isn't a big deal. I'm not impressed because from what I've heard from Saotome beating up Tatewaki Kuno is insultingly easy. I'm not shocked because, as a doctor and former serial killer, I've seen and participated in scenes far more gruesome than this."
Genjuro stood up and rested his sword on his shoulder, "And what about anger, why aren't you angry?"
Faust glared at Genjuro and pointed his scalpel at Genjuro. "Who said I'm not angry? I'm just good at hiding it. And now that Kuno taken care of," Faust leaned forward, "Its time for your checkup."
Genjuro leaped back and assumed a fighting stance, Faust hunched down into his fighting stance as well, and Genjuro smiled to himself as the two circled one another. It was all going according to plan.
Retrieval room
Naraku snarled to himself as he stepped through the rooms of the medical lab. He should have known that taking the Shikon jewel into the ring with him was a bad move. Hopefully his hastily made contingency plans would hold through and allow him to get back what was taken from him.
Naraku was so deep in thought he failed to watch where he was going, and accidentally bumped into someone.
"OOF… Oh, so sorry about that, I wasn't watching where I was…"
"…Naraku…"
Naraku gulped, he knew that voice anywhere. Looking up, he saw Inuyasha looming over him, an uncharacteristically evil smile on his face. Behind him, Sango and Miroku stood weapons in hand. Behind them, Kilala snarled and bared her fangs, while Kagome aimed a sacred arrow. (Shippo was not present, as he was still in the medical bay.)
Naraku looked at the group, smiled nervously, and took off running. Inuyasha's group taking chase. As the groups fled down the halls, Jack exited the medical lab, ogling the Shikon jewel as he tried to remember the directions Shang Tsung had given him.
The Ring
Veemon (DRA)
Veemon and his Digidestined partner Davis stepped out into the arena, both pumping their fists in the air. Halfway down, Davis pulled out a mike and addressed the cheering crowd.
"Bet you folks are tired of regular digivolving right?" Davis asked the crowd, their response prompted Washuu to want to invent a new way to measure decibels.
"Bet you guys want to see something fresh!" Veemon said, the crowd continued cheering.
Davis looked down at Veemon. "You ready?"
"You bet Davis!" Veemon cheered. Davis smiled and pulled out his D-3.
"DIGI ARMOR ENERGIZE!" Davis yelled. One energy cocoon and a red egg later and Veemon had transformed into a large blue humanoid with red armor.
"Flamedramon, the fire of courage!" The new creature said proudly.
Davis and Flamedramon entered the ring, where Flamedramon was promptly knocked flat on his ass by Q.
Master Higgins (DMTV: WF)
The boys in the jungle had me on the run
When something heavy hit me like an atomic bomb
When I woke up and my head started to clear
I had a strange feeling I was cooking gear
I smelled something cooking and I looked to see
That's when I found out they was cookin' me
Ooga booga, lemme outta here!
As it turns out, the crowd gave neither a rat, an ass, nor any combination of the above for Davis of Veemon. The cheering they heard was simply a warm up for the massive cheering they were going to give Master Higgins as he rode a skateboard down to the ring. Reaching the ring itself, Higgins leapt off his board and into the battlefield, bringing a hail of stone axes with him as he did. One of the axes, hit Cy-5, causing him to begin to sputter electricity. This made Higgins smile.
Slash (WW7)
The young demon hunter had planned a huge entrance, but realizing he couldn't possibly top Higgins entrance, he decided not to bother. He simply summoned his plasma sword and entered the ring quietly. He then promptly started carving into Sasquatch, who reminded him too much of that pest Mauru.
My victims are rich or poor, young or old, strong or weak
I cause millions of accidents, I am cancer in your bones
I fathered the lie, twist what you say, speak not the truth
I am insidious, impartial, deep inside your chromosomes
Slash suddenly stopped, he sensed something foul in the air, as if something evil was coming. This moment of indecisiveness gave Sasquatch ample time to eat him.
I take what you love, and leave you in tears
I imprison your soul, your hopes are my games
I strip you of pride, my promise is in vain
While you burn at the stake I dance with the flames
Ness, who was currently in a yo-yo duel with Bridget, suddenly felt like throwing up, it was as if whatever was aggravating his stomach condition was getting worse. Looking down, he saw a strange symbol, similar to a pentagram, start taking form on the ground beneath him.
"Uh oh," the young psychic muttered.
I bring poverty, sickness and death
A worthless handshake, the slickest thief, I steal your wealth
I answer your prayers for greed and lust
More than evil, I laugh at your trust
Dark Sakura threw Demitri across the street, then noticed the dark energy beginning to come forth from beneath her. Looking down, she saw as the pentagram continued to form.
Normally, a demonic looking pentagram from nowhere would be cause for concern from the young Shotokan, but all she felt was excitement.
"At last," Sakura said, cracking her knuckles, "A worthy challenge."
I am more powerful than all the armies of the world
I am more violent than violence, more deadly than death
I have destroyed more men than all the nation's wars
I am relentless, unpredictable, waiting for your last breath
Hinata, who was at this point dodging BB Hood's bullets while Rock Lee bounced Checkmate around like a ping pong ball, was not ignorant of the demonic presence beneath her. Thanks to her Byakhyugan she could evade Hood's gunfire and watch the pentagram like symbol finish completion at once. Which meant when she saw it begin to glow with a demonic light, she was the one who sounded the warning alarm.
"EVERYONE MOVE NOW!" The Ninja yelled as she took off. Most of the fighters followed her advice and move away; Q and Demitri slinked into alleyways, Sakura and Higgen's backed up to face the threat head on, while Kyosuke and Sasquatch just ran.
BB Hood was not paying attention to Hinata, and if she was she wouldn't have given a damn anyway. Which meant she was standing on top of the pentacle when the fourth mystery fighter made his grand entrance…
Asmodeus (M:TDA)
My kingdom corrupt with dissent
Your sins erupt by my intent
I loathe your prayer, I wallow in sin
Let the nightmare begin
Prince of darkness, your satanic highness
Prince of darkness, the devilish serpent, the dreaded Lucifer
Prince of darkness
Everyone stared in awe at the…thing which had emerged from the portal. It was easily the largest creature that had been in the ring up to this point. A humongous four armed demon with red scales and sharp teeth. Many of the more canny fighters noted that he his lower half was still anchored beneath the portal, which considering how big his upper torso was, could probably be considered a good thing.
BB Hood struggled in vain, she had been scooped up by Asmodeus as the demon made his grand entrance and was now desperately hacking at the beasts arms in an attempt to make him let go of her. The demon glared at Hood, lifted her up, and got ready to bite her head off. BB closed her eyes, expecting the worst.
Clank
Asmodeus howled in inhuman agony as he swung around BB Hood. The young mercenary took advantage of the beast's distraction to shimmy out of his grip. Landing on the ground, he saw the reason why she had not been eaten.
A round shield with red and blue circles adorning it, a white star in the middle. Hood picked it up and examined it, then realized from her dossier who its owner was: the final fighter of this section…
Captain America (MvC2)
Captain America ran down to the ring, he had planned to shake some hands on the way down, but with a child eating demon in the ring he couldn't be idle. As per his request, the Star Spangled Banner played him down to the ring.
Until the sports team got a better idea.
Cap stopped as he heard a loud screeching from the speakers, the music had stopped, and new music was playing.
America, America
In the central office, Crinos and Washuu looked at each other.
"They didn't…" Washuu whispered.
Crinos shook his head and fought back a laugh, "They did."
America, Fuck Yeah!
Coming again to save the mutherfucking day yeah
America, Fuck Yeah!
Freedom is the only way, yeah
Terrorist your game is through, now you have to answer to
America, Fuck Yeah!
So lick my butt, and suck on my balls
America, Fuck Yeah!
Whatcha going to do when we come for you now?
Cap stared up at the sound booth, and got big thumbs up from the now very drunken sports team. The avenger just shook his head and went into the ring, there was nothing he could do at the moment, but he would have to remember to give those three a stern talking too when he was done in the ring.
Once in the Ring, Cap scooped up his shield and stood before Asmodeus, Dark Sakura and BB hood on his flank. On either side of the giant demon Bridget and Ness readied their yo-yo's for action. From behind a newly regurgitated and defrosted Slash readied his blade to take a slice out of the demon.
Asmodeus looked at the multitude of fighters now surrounding him, and he laughed.
"Foolish mortals,"
The demon rumbled, smashing a nearby building to pieces and scattering Dim sum all over the place, (Which brought Li Xiangfei over in a stampede) "You will all fall to Asmodeus."Captain America clenched his fist. "Not likely."
In the seats, John Crawley watched the fight with excitement. An all American himself, seeing Captain America in the ring made him reminisce about his old army days and wish he hadn't turned down that mission to save tweeter.
It was then that John noticed a tiny piece of metal near his foot. Tentatively, he picked it up and looked it over. Then shrugged and put it in his pocket. He assumed that it chipped off one of the bio freaks that had been skewered earlier when Jedah was tearing up the stands. If nothing else, he could at least sell it on E-bay for a few bucks.
Little did John Crawley know that a shard of the soul edge was now resting in his pocket, giving off a soft hum that could only be heard by the dammed
THE MULTIVERSE IS THE RING
THE PRIZE IS ULTIMATE POWER
AND THE US SPORTS TEAM IS RUNNING THE SOUND BOOTH. (Be afraid, be very afraid)