(The Arena)

"Raging…STORM!"

A lot of people were surprised at the strange, almost monotone voice Geese was using as he hammered Rasputin and Kazuya with his strongest attack. No one knew that Bison now had control of the Southtown crime boss' mind, and that only made them even more confused. Luckily, neither Rasputin nor Kazuya were eliminated. Kazuya flew over the ropes, but quickly swung back in, and Rasputin was lucky enough to land on Sgt. Joe.

Geese turned and saw Dan, Mika and Ryoko running over.

"Targets pose a threat to Master Bison's plan." Geese thought. "They must be destroyed."

Dan was the first to jump in, lashing out a Gadouken. The pink-clad fighter knew that Geese was the master of physical counters, but a projectile would prove to be somewhat effective. The small fireball slammed into Geese's face, providing an opening for Mika to grapple him and slam him into the canvas.

Geese tried getting up, but quickly felt Ryoko slam a palm into his back, knocking him back down again.

"Something's going on." Dan said. "Geese looks like he's drained."

"I dunno, but I don't like it." Mika replied. "Maybe we'd better get him out of here as quick as we can."

Meanwhile, Kaede ducked again as Charlotte's sword swung over his head. He had been avoiding the blonde woman's attacks ever since she had entered the arena and it looked like he was starting to tire out.

Charlotte saw this as well. She smirked and lashed out her sword again. Kaede frantically ducked and scrambled off, but Charlotte was on him like a hawk, chasing him down. On his way of escaping, Kaede ended up tripping over Chin Gensai, whom had been knocked down by a very-angry Duck King.

Kaede landed on his stomach, but quickly jumped to his feet and ran off.

(Announcer's Booth)

"I'm not really sure of Kaede's chances." Unknown1 scratched his chin. "I mean, Charlotte's been aiming to eliminate him ever since she entered."

"Heh. Maybe now that guy'll learn not to be so cocky anymore." SSBFreak said with a smirk.

Suddenly, the phone sitting on the desk started ringing. Unknown1 was the one to pick it up.

"Hello?…Yes…What? Then get over there, quick!" With that, Unknown1 hung up the phone.

"What is it now?"

"Vice and Mature are attacking the doctors. Faust is trying to hold them off."

The two stared at each other in silence, suddenly thinking something really big was going on behind their backs.

(Dome; Hallway)

Heavy D! led his newfound allies down a hallway, going towards the Recovery Room to join the rest of the gang to fetch Lucky. During the trek, he had filled them in on what had happened so far.

"Such a foul plot!" Chang said in shock. "'The Koehan' shall destroy these evildoers and assist in saving these poor youngsters!"

Heavy D! looked at Clark, hoping that the Ikari warrior knew what was going on with the giant mountain of man's strange personality change. Seeing D!'s look, Clark simply shrugged.

"It really makes me wonder what he wants with Bruce." Sagat said. "It just doesn't make sense."

"Well, we can't think of that right now." Falco shook his head. "We have to complete this mission and we'll cross that bridge when we get there."

Ryu nodded. "Quite. I can only hope that this other group we're meeting up with is big."

"It is." D! replied. "In fact, we have three others still in the arena: Dan Hibiki, Rainbow Mika and Ryoko."

"Ryoko? That little girl I saw running down the ramp to the arena wearing that 'I LUV HEAVY D!' shirt?" Jacky asked.

D! sighed. "Yeah. That's her."

(The Arena)

Speaking of Ryoko, the young World Hero lashed out her palms, striking Geese with a quick energy blast. This attack sent the brainwashed crime boss back several feet.

While Geese was on his back, R. Mika climbed onto another turnbuckle and leapt off, letting out a high-pitched battle cry. Her elbow landed squarely on Geese's stomach, knocking the wind out of her.

As Geese slowly got to his feet, he received three kicks to the face courtesy of Dan Hibiki.

Geese snarled at his three opponents and got into his stance.

Kaede screamed as he ran past the fight with Charlotte hot on his tail.

The blonde woman, getting to tire of the fight, decided to end it. Swinging her sword in the shape of a triangle, Charlotte actually DREW a triangle in the air, which quickly chased after Kaede.

The pentagram slammed into Kaede's back, knocking him to the ground.

Charlotte ran over to Kaede's prone form, picked him up and pitched him away, firing him over the ropes and out of the arena.

Kaede landed in Unreal Championship. He lasted a little longer than the average person did before a grenade landed at his feet.

Duck King rolled into a ball and slammed into Chin's stomach several times. Chin flew back and landed in the scuffle Goh and Kung Pow were having with Magneto. Duck ran in to continue taking his rare aggression out on the old drunk.

"No one hurts MY duck and gets away with it!" Everyone in the arena heard Duck shout as he vanished into the group of fighters.

Just as Duck was about to attack Chin further, he received a painful blow to the head from Goh (which was aimed at Magneto). The breakdancer, unmoved, lunged at Chin in another rolling ball.

"Magnetic Shockwave!" Everyone heard Magneto shout from somewhere in the massive fight.

The resulting attack sent Goh and Kung Pow flying away, but the two quickly recovered and ran back into the fray. While they were running over, Chin had accidentally bonked Magneto on the head with his bottle. This earned him a strong blow to the back.

"He's MY elimination, man!" Duck shouted as he headbutted Magneto, knocking him back.

"Stay away from him, man!" Goh shouted as he and Kung Pow rejoined the fight. "He'll kill you!"

"He's trying to eliminate that old guy! I'M the one to eliminate him!" Duck said.

Kung Pow pulled out a pan and beat Magneto over the head with it. "Then why not eliminate him now? We still fight magnetic man."

Duck stood in silence for a few seconds before turning and running back towards Chin, whom was slowly standing up. Chin brushed himself off, unknowing of the breakdancer currently charging in from behind. When he got close enough, Duck rolled into a ball.

The breakdancer plowed into Chin's back at full force. As he approached the end of the roll, Duck launched himself into a kick, lifting Chin up and over the ropes.

Chin landed in Super Star Wars, in the Cantina level. He got up, stumbled over to the bar and ordered a drink, oblivious to the furious melee Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca were having with a bunch of thugs.

Rasputin lashed out his hand, firing another Lightning Orb at Cecile. The young girl held up her shield, easily blocking the projectile.

"You'll have to do better than that, mister!" Cecile said with a confident smirk. "I'm not the commander of the Budehuc Guard for no reason, you know!"

At the mention of Cecile's title, Rasputin's eyes widened. "You? The commander of a castle guard? How could this be possible for such a young girl?"

"You kidding?" Cecile asked. "I was the commander LONG before Thomas became the castle master!"

"Then you are obviously more skilled than what I had originally thought." Rasputin nodded. "I'm very impressed."

"Thanks."

"So it would bring me great pleasure if you could eliminate me."

Cecile did a double-take. "W-What? You actually WANT to be eliminated?"

"Yes. This tournament means little to me, you see. All these people being violent and no matter how much I try, I can never get anyone to change." Rasputin replied. "I've got the information I needed, so I no longer need to be here. In fact, there's someone outside of the arena right now whom requires my assistance."

Cecile nodded. "Okay. Get ready, then."

Rasputin nodded, than ran at Cecile. Swinging his fist, he purposefully missed Cecile, who grabbed him and threw him from the arena. Cecile then went off to start a fight with the Stormtrooper.

Rasputin landed in Megaman, where he started rehabilitating Robot Masters (making Megaman's job considerably easier).

The brainwashed Geese Howard lashed out with his hands, firing a blue energy projectile across the canvas. Dan and Mika dodged to the side, but Ryoko wasn't so lucky. The young girl took the projectile head on and became stunned.

Geese took this chance and charged. The Southtown crime boss grabbed Ryoko and flipped her over his shoulder, sending her across the arena.

"One down, two to go." Geese said as he looked at Dan and Mika. He motioned for them to 'Come on'.

Ryoko landed on the other side of the arena, on her back. Looking ahead, Ryoko saw the arena lights floating above her. She suddenly saw a blonde, purple-clad girl poke her head into the top of her line of sight.

"Oh, goody! An easy elimination!" Hinako said as she reached down to throw Ryoko from the arena.

Ryoko snapped out of her daze and narrowed her eyes. "Not likely!"

Rolling to the side, Ryoko jumped to her feet and looked at Hinako. "If you think I'm just gonna let myself be eliminated so easily, you're highly mistaken!"

Hinako sighed. "Looks like I'll need to wear you down before I toss you out."

Ryoko smoothed out her new fangirl shirt, looked at Hinako and ran at her.

Just as Ryoko came within reach, Hinako grabbed her and threw her to the ground in a sumo-grapple. Hinako pulled her fot into the air and prepared to slam it down on Ryoko's stomach.

Again, Ryoko rolled to the side and got to her feet. Just before Hinako performed her stomp attack, Ryoko performed a more powerful energy blast, striking the female sumo wrestler with full power. Hinako flew from the arena with no hope of coming back.

Hinako landed in Tekken 5. Getting up, she looked around and saw that she was in a dojo.

"What brings you to my dojo?"

Hinako turned and saw a sumo wrestler in black garb walking over. She gasped and squealed in glee. "You're Ganryu! Oh, I've heard so much about you, sir!" Hinako said as she ran over. "News of your amazing sumo skills have reached my school and I've been wanting to meet you ever since I took up the art!"

Ganryu did a double-take. "You do sumo?" He asked.

"Yes! Yes!" Hinako nodded furiously. "And I must say that it would be an honor if you would let me challenge you!"

Ganryu scratched his head. "Well, okay."

"Thank you, sir!" Hinako got into her stance. "Don't hold back!"

The battle lasted about thirty seconds. During that time, Hinako managed to hit Ganryu a grand total of two times.

(Hotel; K's Room)

K' landed on his side, feeling the pain of one of Bison's Psycho Crushers. Getting up, K' wiped a trickle of blood from his mouth as he looked at his opponent.

Bison, in the meantime, was engulfed in Psycho Energy and floating about two inches off the ground. The brim of his cap was covering his eyes, but if anyone could have seen them, they would have seen his eyes turn a slight shade of blue.

"You're quite an annoying little punk." Bison said as he floated towards K', whom had gotten back into his stance again. "However, you shall make a good addition to my forces when I brainwash you."

"Forget it." K' replied. "I couldn't care less about you. The same goes for that stupid organization you run."

Bison narrowed his eyes. "That was the wrong answer, and I'll see to it that you pay dearly for that."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." K' muttered as he engulfed his hand in fire. "Just bring it, ugly!"

"Ugly, am I?" Bison said as he stepped back.

"You bet. As much as I hate to admit it, I think K9999 is less ugly than you!"

Bison's eyes narrowed. "ULTIMATE PSYCHO CRUSHER!"

K' smirked. "HEAT DRIVER!"

Bison flew headfirst into a stream of fire from K', but it did little more than bring him out of his attack.

Seeing his attack getting nullified, Bison growled and flipped forward. This strike was luckier, as both of Bison's heels slammed into K's forehead. The white-haired clone staggered back a couple of steps, but quickly recovered and lashed out his foot, striking Bison in the face.

Clutching the side of his face, Bison lashed out with his other hand, firing a slow-moving projectile at K'. K' luckily had done research and knew that this projectile was pure Psycho Energy, and if that struck him with enough force, his wind could be warped.

K' quickly sidestepped the projectile and rushed at Bison, striking Bison in the other side of the head. This knocked the cap off Bison's head, showing K' the two eyes the evil dictator had.

Seeing the pure blue of Bison's eyes, K' smirked again and whipped out a pair of sunglasses. "Here, man. You could use these to cover up those ugly eyes."

Not really expecting what would happen, Bison allowed the sunglasses to strike his chest.

Big mistake.

"CHAIN DRIVER!"

K' lunged at Bison and performed his most powerful attack. Bison may have been an overpowered dictator, but even he couldn't stand up to the might of K's Chain Driver.

Bison flew back-first into the wall, his energy gone. Slowly, Bison got up and glared daggers at K'.

"You are more annoying than I anticipated." Bison said as he picked up his cap and put it back on. "Very well. I'll let you live this time."

Without giving K' a chance to reply, Bison teleported out of the room. This left K' once again alone.

K' sighed as he put on his own pair of shades. "Man. That guy gives me the creeps."

With that, K' left the room, not really caring about the condition of his now-destroyed room.

(The Arena)

Sgt. Joe let out an awkward-sounding quack as Luigi, his current opponent, took his legs out from under him. The giant mallard landed on his face, but quickly lashed out his weapon at Luigi's legs. Showing the natural amount of leg power for a Mario brother to have, Luigi leapt over the weapon and landed gracefully on his feet again.

Luigi jumping into the air gave Sgt. Joe enough time to get to his feet. The duck waited for Luigi to land, and once he did, Sgt. Joe charged. Luigi saw him coming and tossed a green fireball at the oncoming duck.

The fireball struck Sgt. Joe's jacket. Before the duck had time to wonder why the fireball didn't set his jacket on fire, Luigi delivered a sharp karate chop to his head. Unfortunately for Luigi, Sgt. Joe's helmet is tougher than the average human hand, and the only thing he succeeded in doing was create a searing pain in his hand.

Seeing Luigi hurt himself, Sgt. Joe charged again, feeling lucky.

Unfortunately, he wasn't lucky. Luigi saw him coming again and broke into his patented Luigi Cyclone. People were expecting to see Sgt. Joe get attacked with a flurry of punches, but were surprised to see the duck fly into the air after the first strike.

"A lot of you folks are probably confused." Unknown1 explained. "You see, one of the things that sets Luigi's moveset apart from Mario's beside the karate moves is the fact that the Luigi Cyclone doesn't hit multiple times, but sends the opponent flying further."

Unknown1 was right. Sgt. Joe had flown so high and far that he was getting close to the ropes. Luigi leapt into the air and delivered an aerial kick, eliminating the military duck.

Sgt. Joe landed in a field of tall grass. He looked around, confused as to why all these ducks were flying around.

Suddenly hearing the sound of a gun being loaded, Sgt. Joe quickly decided to run.

Kung Pow and Goh were still fighting Magneto, and surprisingly looked like they were losing. Goh was sporting a very new back injury and Kung Pow's jaw looked even looser than it already did (if that was at all possible).

Goh looked at his newfound ally. "This guy is killing us! How're we supposed to take him down?"

The kung fu chef cracked his huge knuckles. "We keep trying." He replied. "He fall eventually. Maybe we wear him down."

Goh nodded. "Since I have no plans, we'll go with that."

Magneto chuckled. "You fools REALLY think you can take me on and win?" He asked. "The X-Men can barely do it as a small army! What makes you think you can defeat me with just the two of you!"

"Because we've actually got skill." Goh replied with a smirk.

(Marvel Locker Room)

Jubilee scratched her head. "Is he insulting us or Magneto?" She asked.

Iceman shook his head. "Both, I'd say."

(The Arena)

Magneto narrowed his eyes. "If that's the way you want to play, then so be it."

The mutant villain lifted his hands into the air, activating his powers again. Everyone watched in surprised as Charlotte and the Stormtrooper rose off the ground by the metallic armour they were wearing and floated over to Magneto's side.

"Let's see if you can hit me now with these two in the way." Magneto said triumphantly.

Kung Pow's mouth fell open. "Him cheat!" The Clayfighter pointed out.

"Looks like we'll need to get those two out of the way before we can take metal-head on again." Goh sighed, not really used to playing the part of 'hero'.

Kung Pow nodded. "You get man if funny outfit. I get woman."

Goh nodded in reply as the two ran in.

Kung Pow leapt into the air, grabbed Charlotte and kicked Magneto in the head, making him break his iron grip on the two prisoners. Goh quickly grabbed the Stormtrooper and pulled him away.

Charlotte sighed in relief as she landed on the canvas again. "Thanks for the help."

"No problem, but I must get you out of arena!" Kung Pow replied. "You not safe here!"

"What? No, I'm alright." Charlotte replied. "I don't need to-"

"Kung Fu Grip!"

Charlotte took too long getting the info through Kung Pow's thick skull. The Frenchwoman flew out of the arena.

Charlotte landed on the hunter in Duck Hunt. Sgt. Joe sighed in relief.

Brushing his hands off, Kung Pow turned around.

"What the heck did you do that for?" Goh asked.

"What? You say we need to get them out of way." Kung Pow replied.

Goh was about to smack Kung Pow upside the head when a familiar voice rose once again.

"PEGGI SHALL TAKE YOU OUT, MERE HUMAN!" The hammer-wielding lizardman screamed.

"Don't make me laugh." Kazuya replied. "A lizard like you take out a man as powerful as me? Get real."

"ARE YOU KIDDING?" Peggi shouted back. "YOU MAKE ME LAUGH IN YOUR FACE! HA HA HA! SEE? I'M LAUGHING!"

"AND you're annoying." Kazuya muttered as he thrust his fist out.

Peggi swerved to the side and lifted his hammer into the air. "YOU CALL THAT AN ATTACK? THIS IS AN ATTCK! PEGGI SMASH!"

*KA-WHAM!*

Peggi's hammer slammed into the canvas with full power. Kazuya was lucky enough to dodge the blow, but the massive tremor that went through the arena knocked everyone but the floating Magneto to the canvas.

Kazuya got up and glared daggers at Peggi. "You irk me."

The loud lizardman stared in silence for a few seconds. "IF I KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT, I BET I'D BE OFFENDED!"

"Good." Kazuya ran at Peggi and booted him out of the arena while he was distracted.

Peggi landed in Crono Trigger. He saw Crono and started talking (yelling) to him, confused as to why he wasn't answering.

(Dome; Recovery Room)

"What the heck's going on, here?" Was the first thing out of Kojiroh's mouth after appearing back in the Recovery Room.

"I dunno. They've been going at it since before I appeared here." Benimaru scratched his head.

Vice and Mature lashed out with their arms, which Faust was able to block with his giant scalpel. The bag-headed doctor jumped over the two secretaries of Rugal and landed behind them. Once he landed, he swung his weapon, making the blunt end connect with Mature's shoulder.

As the blonde secretary staggered away a few steps, clutching her shoulder, Vice leapt at Faust, hands scratching like they were razor-sharp claws. Faust was lucky enough to block most of the attacks, but he received several sharp cuts that would definitely require medical treatment after the fight.

"Someone needs to help him!" Kojiroh was about to jump out of her bed and help Faust when Mio held her back.

"You're injured, Miss Sanada." Mio insisted. "Please don't risk it any further."

Vice kicked Faust in the head, knocking him away from her. "You okay, Mature?"

Mature shook her head to regain her senses and nodded. "Yeah. My shoulder doesn't hurt that much." She replied. "Let's kill the guy!"

Vice smirked evilly. "Now you're talking!"

If anyone would have been able to see Faust's face, they would have seen him smirk slightly. "Prepare for your annual checkups, you two!" He said. "The doctor is in!"

Vice and Mature jumped at Faust together, hoping to tear the insane doctor apart.

One swing from Faust's weapon and Vice was sent flying into the wall. Mature, seeing her friend getting attacked, continued the onslaught on Faust. The bag-headed doctor held up his scalpel and blocked five strikes from Mature before she whipped him in the leg with her arm.

"Great. Another injury to require attention." Faust said as a searing pain flowed through his leg.

Mature smirked, seeing Faust's defense drop. "Vice, we've almost got him! Let's finish him off!"

Vice ran back to Mature's side. "You got it!"

"HELLBOUND!"

*KA-BLAM!*

Before either secretary had any time to react, they found themselves airborne. Vice and Mature landed face-up on two beds with wheels. Tuta and Hanma, seeing their chance, ran over to the beds and strapped Vice and Mature down to them.

All medical personnel turned to see a newly-arrived Lucky Glauber standing on the floor, basketball in hand.

"Mr. Glauber!" Mio said. "These two came in here looking to kill you!"

Lucky smirked at Faust. "Then let's get them out of the room."

Faust, seeing what Lucky was suggesting, nodded. He and Lucky each grabbed the end of a bed the two secretaries were still strapped to and wheeled them towards the door to the Recovery Room.

"What do you think you're doing?" Vice asked.

Lucky didn't answer. He simply pushed the bed out the door with all his might, making Vice shoot down the hallway on the other side.

The strike force had just arrived at the doors to the Recovery Room and quickly pressed themselves against the wall as Vice was sent rolling down the hallway. Faust quickly pushed Mature out after her, sending both secretaries roaring down the hallway with no way to slow down.

Vivian looked into the room and saw Lucky. "Mr. Glauber! We've been waiting for you to arrive here!"

Lucky, seeing Bridget in the crowd, nodded. "No problem. Let's get going."

(The Arena)

R. Mika backhanded Geese across the face, knocking him back into a high kick from Dan. The three 'good' fighters were still fighting Geese and the crime boss, although still brainwashed, was definitely holding his own against all three.

Seeing Ryoko coming at him again, Geese lashed out another Reppuken, striking the young judo fighter with enough force to stun her. Geese broke away from Dan and ran at Ryoko, performing a Deadly Rave. Geese slammed into Ryoko with full force, sending her flying towards a duel Luigi was having with Cecile.

Luigi ducked as Cecile's spear jabbed the air above him. The green-clad plumber quickly kicked Cecile in the leg, making her stop attacking long enough to stand up. Once he got up, Luigi threw two fireballs at the young guard, but Cecile was quick enough to raise her shield, blocking both burning balls of fire.

Cecile quickly ran at Luigi and smashed her shield against his face, making him back away from her several feet.

Rubbing his face, Luigi looked at Cecile. "Okay, that does it!" He said. "Time to dish out my ultimate attack!"

Luigi crouched low and started pulsating with a strange, green energy. Cecile, not really sure what to expect, lifted her shield to protect her.

"Somehow, I don't think it's going to help." Cecile thought.

"GREEN MISSILE!" Luigi shouted as he launched forward like a rocket, head-first, towards Cecile.

Suddenly, Ryoko chose that time to fly in between the two. Luigi's head connected with Ryoko's back, unintentionally sending her flying out of the arena.

Ryoko landed in a boxing ring. Standing up, she saw that she had landed on Little Mac, knocking him out.

"Hey! Who do you think you are, knocking out my opponent?"

Ryoko turned around and saw Piston Hurricane standing on the other side of the ring.

The black boxer suddenly saw Ryoko's tee-shirt and read it. "Heavy D! You're a fan of that reject? How can someone actually LIKE that guy?"

Ryoko's face turned red and Hurricane could have sworn he saw steam shooting from her ears.

"No one calls D!-san a reject and gets away with it! Not while I'm around!" Ryoko lunged at Hurricane. "Take this, putz!"

(Dome; Outside Recovery Room)

"Hey, wait!"

Lucky turned to Asuka. "What is it?"

"Ryoko's just been eliminated. I say we wait for her to appear again before we go on." Asuka replied.

Cody nodded. "Might be better that way."

(The Arena)

"Well, there goes one of our allies." Dan muttered.

"We can defeat him, Dan! Just keep fighting!" Mika said as he kicked Geese in the head.

"Get away from him, Mika!" Dan shouted, leaping into the air. "Dan-Dan-Kick!"

Mika saw Dan coming and ducked out of the way as Dan flew by, nailing Geese with three kicks to the chest.

Geese growled. "These pests are getting annoying." He said to himself. "If I'm to continue, I need to take them both out." He lifted his hands into the air. "Raging…STORM!"

Geese slammed his hands into the canvas again, creating a huge pillar of energy around him. Both Dan and Mika were nailed with the attack and flew off in opposite directions. Dan flew into a turnbuckles, preventing him from flying out of the arena. Mika, however, landed on the canvas several yards away.

Mika looked up and saw Kula Diamond staring down at her.

"Hmm…You're the current leader in the tournament." Kula mused, rubbing her chin. "Maybe I should throw you from the arena and end the run."

Mika narrowed her eyes and thrust her foot out. Her blue-haired opponent easily caught Mika's foot, blocking the blow.

Showing a surprising amount of strength, Kula lifted Mika off the ground by her foot and tossed her over her shoulder. Mika flew over the ropes and was too tired to try and get back in.

R. Mika landed in WCW vs. NWO, where she spent the next ten minutes utterly destroying a gauntlet of wrestlers.

"And R. Mika, our current leader, has been eliminated!" SSBFreak said. "Well, I was expecting it sooner or later."

(Dome; Outside Recovery Room)

"Well, there goes Mika." Lucky sighed. "Now we'd better wait for her as well."

(The Arena)

Goh lashed out his fist, catching Magneto in the stomach. Magneto quickly retaliated with a Magnetic Shockwave, launching the assassin back several feet, landing on his back.

Magneto approached Goh and prepared to toss him from the arena when he felt a light tapping against the back of his helmet. Turning around, the master of magnetism saw Kung Pow poking him with chopsticks.

"You really think those get through my helmet, fool?" Magneto asked.

Kung Pow didn't answer. He simply slammed a pan into Magneto's face, knocking him back.

"Chop Suey!" Kung Pow shouted and lunged forward in a move that looked remarkably similar to Dan's triple kick. He landed four kicks to Magneto's chest and landed on his feet. Once he did, he fired his foot into the mutant's stomach.

By now, Goh had recovered and ran over to assist the Clayfighter. The assassin leapt into the air and landed a kick against Magneto's back. Once he landed, Goh grabbed Magneto's arm and threw him over his shoulder.

Magneto landed on the canvas, but quickly recovered. He jumped up and continued floating in the air.

"You fools have been getting on my nerves ever since we started fighting." Magneto said. "But this has gone far enough. It is time for me to end this!"

Once again, Magneto raised his arms. Everyone in the arena suddenly felt the ground starting to shake. The tremor knocked most of the fighters off their feet again, but the quake only lasted about ten seconds.

"What the heck was that about?" The Stormtrooper shouted.

His question was answered when everyone saw two huge pieces of metal (that used to be part of the arena underside) floating above the ropes.

"Take this!" Magneto roared as he lashed out his hands, launching the two huge pieces of debris at Goh and Kung Pow.

Kung Pow smirked and jumped in front of Goh. Crouching low, a blue light suddenly emitted from his head. Letting out an awkward-sounding battle cry, Kung Pow leapt into the air and started spinning in an attack that looked like a goofy version of Ryu and Ken's Hurricane Kick. Both pieces of the arena struck Kung Pow's feet during the attack and were sent flying out of the arena (where they made a round of Mario Kart extremely difficult).

Magneto growled and approached Kung Pow, starting to get furious.

Kung Pow smirked and crouched even lower. Once Magneto got close enough, the goofy Clayfighter stuck his foot into the air.

"De Cobra!"

Magneto floated right into the seemingly weak attack. Kung Pow's big toe struck Magneto in the face, launching him fifty feet into the air. Everyone in the arena watched in shock at the power of Kung Pow's attack as Magneto fell past the ropes and through the elimination vortex.

Magneto landed in Streets of Rage 2. Max grabbed him and piledrived him into the ground.

Kung Pow turned around and saw Goh staring at him, slack-jawed.

"H-How the heck did you just do that?" Goh asked.

The Clayfighter placed his hands together and bowed. "You need more training."

(Dome; Hallway)

"Julia, w-wait a second." Eiji said.

Julia, jogging down the hallway, looked over her shoulder and saw Eiji starting to slow down, holding his head. Eiji wavered around for a couple of seconds and collapsed against the wall.

"Eiji! You alright?" Julia asked as she ran over.

Eiji shook his head as Julia helped him to his feet. "I'm not sure. These elements are still fighting and I just can't figure out a way to get them to stop."

"Say, you think maybe the pain would die down a bit if you actually tried to use these elements during a fight?" Julia asked.

The purple-clad ninja scratched his chin, thinking over the question. "I'm not sure if it would or not."

"Well, try it now. Just try throwing an element projectile at the wall." Julia suggested, stepping aside.

"I suppose I could give it a shot." Eiji said.

Concentrating heavily, Eiji lashed out his right hand. To his and Julia's shock, a small wave of water shot from his hand, across the floor and slammed against the wall, disappearing in an instant.

Pausing in wonder, Eiji lashed out his left arm, and sure enough, a steady stream of fire emitted from it.

Julia looked at Eiji as he examined his hand. "Did the pain die down a little?"

Eiji was about to reply when his left hand started shaking uncontrollably. Grasping hold of his arm, Eiji tried desperately to stop it from moving.

"What is it?" Julia asked.

"I don't know!" Eiji cried as he tightened his grip on his arm. "It's almost as if my arm wants to continue attacking!"

Julia's eyes widened. "The fire element wasn't satisfied with the attack you did! It's craving more!"

Eiji finally got the fire element to calm down, and his arm stopped shaking. "I'll have to avoid using these elements as much as possible." He said.

"We need to continue on, Eiji! Rasputin said he'd meet up with us in the basement after he got eliminated!" Julia said, grabbing Eiji's arm.

Eiji nodded as the two ran off, continuing their trek down the hallway.

After the two were gone, a lone man wearing a Shogun helmet rounded a different corner. He approached the intersection of hallways and looked around frantically. Finally deciding on which way to go, he ran off in the direction Eiji and Julia had just come from.

"Must…Find…Lilly Kane…" Sodom panted. "I must…Save her…"

(The Arena)

Dan wasn't really liking his chances anymore. Both Mika and Ryoko had been eliminated, leaving him to face Geese all by himself.

Geese saw Dan's fear and smirked evilly. Dan leapt at Geese in a flying kick, and at the last second, Geese put his hand up.

Dan's foot made contact with Geese's hand, but the evil man then grabbed him and slammed him into the canvas. Dan tiredly got up and looked up at Geese.

Geese smirked cockily. "Young fool. You have no chance whatsoever in beating me." He said. "Just face it."

The pink-clad man narrowed his eyes. "No way! I can still take you out!" Dan shouted.

"Heh. C'mon." Geese said, motioning for Dan to come forward.

Dan charged again, this time executing his triple kick. Geese again raised his hand, countering the attack. Dan once again found himself on the canvas, lying on his back.

Rolling backwards and jumping into a standing position, Dan thought to himself. {If Geese keeps this up, I'm toast! I need to find out a way to beat him!}

Suddenly, Dan's luck made a turn for the better. A stray laser bolt (from the Stormtrooper) ricocheted off of Cecile's shield and struck the unprepared Geese in the back. As Geese recoiled in pain, Dan took his chance and ran at Geese, performing an uppercut to his chin.

Geese flew back several feet and landed on his back, but quickly jumped up. When he saw Dan, he noticed that the pink-clad man was writing his name down on a picture of himself.

Smirking at the easy elimination, Geese charged forward in another Deadly Rave.

Just as Geese came within range, Dan cancelled the autograph and pulled his hand back.

"Shinkuu…Gadouken!"

You see, one of the things that sets Dan apart from the other Street Fighters is that he had the ability to cancel out of the autograph and do another move. This meant that he could pull off an unexpected super.

Geese, however, didn't know that.

The audience watched in disbelief as Geese took the full blast from Dan's super and flew straight out of the arena.

Geese landed in a very familiar tower. He got up and dusted himself off.

"Geeeeeeeeese…."

Turning around, Geese saw a much younger Terry Bogard (the Final Fight 1 version) charging at him.

"Yeah!" Dan shouted, shoving his fists into the air. "Who da man? I da man! You da man? You can't be da man cause I da man!"

People cheered Dan on like crazy, seeing as he just eliminated one of the stronger fighters in the tournament.

Goh also noticed this and came over to the pink-clad man. "So, you think you're 'da man', eh?" He asked.

"Well, I DID just eliminate Geese Howard there." Dan shrugged.

"So?"

"He's the most powerful character in his node."

"So?"

"I eliminated him."

"And?"

"That makes me 'da man'!" Dan replied, striking a heroic pose. He quickly dropped out of it. "Although I kinda need to get out of here now that my friends are gone."

Goh smirked. "Can I eliminate you, then?"

"Well, I-"

"Gee, what a pal!" Goh shouted as he grabbed Dan and threw him out of the arena.

Dan landed in Loony Toons B-Ball. Thanks to the pink-clad fighter landing on the opposing team, Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam were able to win the game.

(Dome; Outside Recovery Room)

"Now we have to wait for Dan as well." Vivian sighed. "This is going to take forever."

"I still can't believe that all three of the fighters in our group get eliminated in the same section." Lucky shook his head.

(The Arena)

Cecile swung her spear, but her opponent, the Stormtrooper, ducked under it. Spinning on the ground, the white-clad foot soldier knocked Cecile off her feet and onto her back.

The blonde girl leapt onto her feet and glared at the Stormtrooper. Said armoured man pulled out his rifle and fired three laser shots at Cecile, each aim at a different part of her body. Using her quick reflexes, Cecile was able to block all three shots.

"You're a good fighter, I'll give you that." The Stormtrooper said. "If you weren't so young, you would make an excellent addition to the empire."

"Something tells me that's an evil organization." Cecile said. "I wouldn't be interested anyway."

The Stormtrooper shrugged and leveled his rifle at Cecile's head. "Very well. That was the last mistake you'll ever make."

A bolt of red laser shot from the barrel of the Stormtrooper's rifle and shot at Cecile. The young girl couldn't get her shield up in time and took the blow. However, the laser struck the top of her helmet and bounced into the air, blowing out one of the lights above the arena.

Cecile opened here eyes, then narrowed them. She charged forward and swung her spear with all her might. The Stormtrooper, unprepared for Cecile to remain unharmed from his last attack, took the blow. The power from Cecile's swing sent the Stormtrooper out of the park and through the elimination vortex.

(Death Star)

Darth Vader stroked his masked chin. "Well, it was to be expected."

Suddenly, he heard a strange noise coming from behind him. Darth Vader turned his chair around, half expecting to see Luke Skywalker rushing him with his lightsaber. What he saw instead was his loyal Stormtrooper falling out of a portal and landing on the floor.

"Hmm. Well, what do you know?" Darth Vader said. "It seems THIS node is the random elimination node this time."

Hearing the voice, the Stormtrooper jumped up and stood at attention. "L-Lord Vader!" He stuttered. "I beg forgiveness for not winning the competition, sir."

"Don't worry. I wasn't expecting you to win, so I am not disappointed." Darth Vader replied. "However, I must admit that I am impressed with your success in the ring."

The Stormtrooper nodded. "Thank you so much, sir."

"Well, now that I have tested this tournament out, I should start considering entering next year." Darth Vader mused as he turned his chair back to the screen to continue watching the tournament.

(The Arena)

There were now only seven fighters left in the arena, and they were all cautiously looking at each other. Kula's hair was slightly messed up, but she was otherwise alright. Duck looked slightly worse, a couple of bruises on his face. Kazuya brushed off his purple tux, not taking his eyes off anyone. Goh had his fists raised, repeatedly telling himself in his mind not to attack Kung Pow. Said Clayfighter grinned toothily as he fingered a pair of chopsticks in his hand. Cecile sweated nervously, really starting to hope the next Suikoden fighter would enter soon. Finally, Luigi breathed in and out as he readied his fists for the next wave of fighters.

Which would be coming out incredibly soon.

RESULTS

LUIGI MARIO (SSB)

CECILE (S3)

KUNG POW (CF63 1/3)

KULA DIAMOND (KOF)

DUCK KING (FF)

GOH HINOGAMI (VF)

KAZUYA MISHIMA (T5)

(ELIMINATED)

CHARLOTTE (SS)

DAN HIBIKI (SFA3)

RYOKO (WH)

RAINBOW MIKA (SFA3)

RASPUTIN (WH)

GEESE HOWARD (FF)

STORMTROOPER (SW)

PEGGI (S3)

MAGNETO (MC)

SGT. JOE (S3)

HINAKO (KOF)

CHIN GENSAI (KOF)

KAEDE (LB)

BONUS MATCHES:

"K's Vengeance"

K' (KOF) sets fire to M. BISON (SFA3)

"Two New Patients"

FAUST (GG) slices and dices VICE and MATURE (KOF)

Eliminations: Luigi, Cecile and Kung Pow, 2; Kula, Duck, Goh, Kazuya, Charlotte, Dan and Ryoko, 1

Current Elimination Leaders: R. Mika (8), King (7), Bruce Irvin (6), Peach Toadstool (5), Lucky Glauber (5), Chang Koehan (5), Heavy D! (5)

At Long Last: Kazuya gets an elimination in this round, finally making the number of Tekken fighters to get one go to two.