(The Arena)
The last section had taken a lot of the remaining twelve fighters so they decided to use whatever time they had to rest up. In fact, the only people who weren't taking the time to converse energy were the Hunter, Lucario and Raven for obvious reasons. Soon, they heard cheering. They all looked up to see who was entering the next.
"ARINA!" (WW7)
The bunny-eared brunette girl jumped up and down a couple of times while her theme song played through the speakers. She then wasted no time rushing down the ramp as fast as she could before leaping straight into the arena.
Once in, she made a beeline for the fight between Dandy-J and Rikuo leaping straight at the latter giving him a hard kick to the face causing him to stagger back.
Dandy-J raised an eyebrow. "Um, don't mean to sound ungrateful but I am doing fine on my own so far."
"And I could see that." Arina said narrowing her eyes. "But this is the first time thus far that two Waku Waku 7 representatives are in the arena together and as much as you are a bit of a jerk, I don't want to waste this chance."
Dandy-J paused before shrugging. "Fair enough. All right, you win. Just try not to weigh me down."
"You are the one who is fatigued…" Arina muttered with a twitching eyebrow.
With that, both Waku Waku 7 fighters glared at Rikuo getting into their stances. The merman gulped nervously.
"Mother…"
"IVY VALENTINE!" (SCIV)
The white-haired noblewoman came out to a series of cat-calls and wolf-whistles. However, she didn't seem to mind as she beat her sword into her palm making her way down the ramp.
"Cervantes isn't in the arena yet. I suppose I have to wait a while for me to slay that monster." Ivy muttered while eyeing the fighting. "But as long as I am here anyway."
Stepping into the ring, she swung her sword at Hunter which she revealed was actually a whip sword as it extended slashing the Hunter in the back.
"Get away from that thing!" Raven called out. "That creature is dangerous!"
"Why do you think I attacked it, you imbecile!?" Ivy scolded as she swung her whip-sword as the Hunter pounced at her. "To slay this evil creature!"
Raven looked at Lucario. "Do you think she would be able to handle him?"
"Well, she seems to be one of the very few who wants to help us." The Pokemon mused.
"Good point."
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… TWENTY-ONE!"
"WRECK-IT RALPH!" (Wreck-It Ralph)
"M. BISON!" (SF: EX)
Most of the audience erupted in cheers for the brown-haired large-fisted fellow. They were so happy to see them that the people that would normally give the red-clad dictator a negative reaction didn't notice him. However, either of them noticed the crowd as they were talking with each other.
"And even though Nightmare is still with us, I don't think I could trust him seeing that he doesn't seem to trust us." Bison sighed.
"Geez, you seemed to have gotten yourself in a real pickle this time, Bison." Ralph winced.
"Tell me about it." Bison said rubbing his temples. "AND there is the fact that Veigue knows that he could wield Soul Calibur to its first extent."
Ralph paused. "You know, I probably shouldn't tell you this but you don't want that Veigue guy to kick your butt into next week, I strongly recommend finding certain people that may want to stop him."
Bison paused wondering what Ralph said.
"Now if you excuse me…" Ralph said getting forward. "I am going to wreck it!"
The cheers got even louder as he excited got into the ring before running off to get into a fight. Meanwhile, Bison slowly floated in the ring. He then noticed Eugene making his way over with a determined look on his face obviously wanting to eliminate him because he is a threat.
"I suppose there is no use worrying about it for now." Bison said igniting purple energy in his hand.
"LILITH AENSLAND!" (DS)
The purple-haired succubus happily skipped down the ramp while waving to the crowd. Rikuo sighed in relief when he saw him enter the arena.
"Finally! Help!" Rikuo said before ducking underneath a kick from Arina. "Lilith, over here!"
The young-looking girl skipped over. "What is it, Rikuo?"
"Please help me fight off these two!" Rikuo begged pointing to Dandy-J and Arina.
Lilith tilted her head in confusion. "Um, why me?"
Rikuo's eyes bugged out. "Why yo… Because you are my nodal companion!"
"Oh yeah. I guess you are." Lilith said before she giggled. "Sorry, I keep forgetting because practically everyone had forgotten about your existence.
Dandy-J and Arina cringed at this as Rikuo's non-existent eyebrow twitched.
"Still as "open" as ever I see." Rikuo muttered.
"STAHN AILERON!" (To)
The blonde swordsman let out a loud shout engulfing his sword, Dymlos in fire as the crowd cheered him on. Rushing down the ramp with a huge grin on his face, he jumped straight in.
"Stahn!" Eugene called out waving the blonde man over. "Over here!"
"I'm on my way, Eugene!" The flame-wielder said jumping up towards Bison. "Hell Pyre!"
He then sent a flaming wheel at Bison who stepped to the side avoiding it. "That is an interesting sword you have there. Maybe I should take it for my own!"
"The hell you will!" Stahn roared. "Dymlos is more than a weapon, he is my friend and even still, I would never give him to an evil man you! ORA!"
Bison winced as he held his ears. "A mother gave birth to THAT?"
(Dome; Hallway)
Nightmare and Tira had walked down the hallway still looking for Veigue Lungberg. Unfortunately, they haven't had much luck so far.
"Ugh, this is a nightmare!" Nightmare said ironically. "We have to find Veigue before Siegfried does!"
"Please have hope, Lord Nightmare." Tira reassured. "Everyone knows that it is all over if Veigue gets his hands on Soul Calibur."
"Unfortunately, knowing our luck AND the competence of Bison and the others, they probably told Siegfried about it." The Azure Knight said shaking his head.
Tira was about to say something until they heard heavy footsteps. Turning their heads, they saw that Malomyotismon was making his way around the corner.
The Digimon quickly noticed them. "Nightmare, oh thank Hell I found you!"
"Why? Did you found Veigue?" The dark knight asked.
"Yes but I also found Siegfried!" Malomyotismon exclaimed. "AND he had given Soul Calibur to Veigue!"
Nightmare and Tira's eyes bugged out when he saw this.
"What!?" Nightmare exclaimed.
"Yes, I tried to kill him but the group of people he was in prevented me from doing so!" Malomyotismon said.
Nightmare held his head not believing this was happening.
"We have to inform Bison at all!" Malomyotismon explained.
"Bison is in the arena now…" Tira muttered pointing up at the screen. Malomyotismon looked up to find out that their current leader WAS in the ring.
"Just plain perfect." Malomyotismon groaned.
"Not like it would matter…" Nightmare muttered getting the two's attention. "Even Soul Edge would barely be enough to match Soul Calibur's new strength."
"Great… Now what?" Malomyotismon asked.
Tira paused. "What else? Find the goody-goodies!"
Malomyotismon blinked twice. "Um, hello? The goody-goodies have Veigue with Soul Calibur! If anything we should AVOID the goody-goodies!"
"I know that!" Tira snapped. "I was talking about finding the goody-goodies WITHOUT Veigue!"
Nightmare and Malomyotismon's eyes widened at this.
"Wait… You are not suggesting what I think you are suggesting, right?" Malomyotismon asked.
"I am. And this is probably our best chance of beating Soul Calibur." Tira said.
Nightmare paused before letting out a sigh. "Very well. It is a risk but it is like you said, there are no better options at the moment."
"I guess…" Malomyotismon said.
With that, they walked off to try to find the group opposing WITHOUT finding Veigue.
(The Arena)
"BIG McINTOSH!" (MLP: FiM)
The bulky red stallion calmly walked out of the Ready Room with his usually quiet look on his face. He looked up to see Applejack cheering her on. Big Mac smiled before nodding and making his way down the ramp and into the ring.
Once in, Fluttershy flew over to him. "Big Mac, I still that our draws aren't that far from each other."
"Eeyup." Big Mac said.
"Do you want to double-team with me, I mean only for a bit?" Fluttershy asked.
Big Mac paused raising an eyebrow. "Are ya sure that is a good idea?"
"Um, yes?" Fluttershy asked surprised that Big Mac actually said a full sentence. "Why not?"
"Oh my gosh! Fluttershy and Big Mac are going to double-team! That means they are a Battle Couple!" Someone shouted from the audience.
"No, they are not! That would be implied that they would date each other instead of with Cheerilee!" Another person pointed out.
The first person glared at him. "Excuse me!? Everyone know that Big Mac and Fluttershy is forever!"
"Like hell they are! Everyone knows that Rainbow Dash X Fluttershy is where it's at!" A third person yelled.
"AW HELL NAW!"
Big Mac and Fluttershy winced at they witnessed a fight appear in the audience.
"Oh, right…" Fluttershy said. "THAT."
"NASH!" (CB)
The scuba-wearing shark leapt from behind the Entrance Curtain and ran in place before doing a few punches while playing to the ground making a spectacle of himself grinning the entire time.
However, it quickly faltered when he saw that Bison was in the arena. He gave a feral growl before dashing down the ramp while kicking up dust doing so. He then leapt into the arena and ran towards him.
Bison swatted away a fireball before noticing the shark coming. "Ah, Nash. Long time no see. How did you enjoyed fighting for our needs last year?"
"Shut the hell up!" Nash roared. "How dare you brainwashed me and made me look like a chump!?"
"Okay, first of all, I didn't brainwashed you, Kurow did." Bison said. "Second, either of us need to brainwash you to make YOU look like a chump!"
"Oh that's it! It's Jaws for you, creep!" Nash said pouncing forward.
"It seems that we got a new ally." Eugene mused.
Stahn scratched his head. "Wait. If he is mechanical, how did that Kurow guy brainwash him?"
"Please try to focus on the task at hand…"
"MAXI!" (SCIV)
The dark-haired pirate gave a confident smirk as he carried his trademark nun-chucks over his shoulder. His sworn enemy, Astaroth wasn't in the arena yet so he knew that he had a lot of work instead of him if he wanted to survive until he could slay him.
However before he could jump into the ring, something struck him into the back of his head hard. He turned around and looked down to see that there was an empty soda can on the ramp. He then looked up at the Elimination Seating to see Vulcano Russo whistling while twiddling his fingers together. Maxi growled before stepping into the ring.
Once in, he made his way over to Roy. "All right, hot-head. I am in a bad mood so unless you want to make his defeat a little less humiliating, I suggest you better give me everything you got!"
The swordsman narrowed his eyes. "What's YOUR beef?"
Maxi pointed up at the Elimination Seating. "See that jerk with the hair similar to mine? He just can't get over that he didn't come up with that style first, I did! He is just a style thief!"
Roy paused. "If it makes you feel any better, I think Elvis had that style first so BOTH of you are thieves."
Maxi blinked twice before smacking his nun-chucks into Roy's head. "That's it. I am going to make your end the most humiliating and painful one ever!"
"FLAMON!" (DRA)
The lion cub Digimon excitedly threw a few punches as his fists ignited in passionate fire. Letting out a loud shout, he dashed down the ramp at blindly speeds and leapt into the arena without a second thought.
He then ran towards the first person he laid his eyes on this. In this case, Yoshi.
"Hey, greenie! Think fast!" Flamon shouted. "Flame Toss!"
With that, he tried a fireball straight at Yoshi. However, the dinosaur thought quickly and opened his mouth allowing the fireball in before swallowing it much to Flamon's shock.
"How… How did you manage to eat a whole fireball?" Flamon asked in disbelief.
Yoshi's response was to let out a large burp sending three large fireballs crashing into Flamon knocking him onto the ground.
Flamon groaned. "Excuse you."
Yoshi put his hand to his mouth while blushing in embarrassment.
"SETH!" (KoF: MI)
The dark-skinned agent adjusted his tie and chest holster while looking at the arena to see Bison fending off Eugene, Stahn and Nash.
"Rosalina was right. I already more or less got allies that would help me." Seth mused making his way down the ramp.
Bison saw him coming over and growl. "Oh great."
Eugene saw him coming as well. "Hey, careful! This man is no pushover!"
"Don't I know it? However, HE knows that I am no quitter, isn't that right, Bison?" Seth asked.
The dictator paused before getting into his stance. "Whatever. Like you could take me in a fight."
"We'll see about that." Seth said getting into a stance of his own.
"Hmm… Should I or shouldn't I? And even if I should, is now the best time?" Bison asked.
"ALVIN!" (To)
The dark-haired man smirked carrying a large sword in one hand and a pistol in the other. People were quick to notice that he swapped his clothes from last year for a business suit and even grew a smirk. Whistling a jovial tune, he made his way down the ramp and stepped into the ring.
He then decided to make his way over to Big Mac who was standing to the side. "Hey, big boy!"
The stallion turned his head. "Eeyup?"
"You look like you are about to fall asleep at any minute now. Here, I have a good solution for that." Alvin smirked. "A good old-fashioned fight with yours truly!"
Big Mac paused before readying himself. "Eeyup."
Alvin paused. "You don't like to speak much, do you?"
"Eenope." Big Mac said.
"All right, then…" Alvin said scratching his head with his pistol hand.
(Dome; Bar)
Veigue groaned as he slowly fluttering his eyes open.
"He is waking up!"
"Veigue, are you all right?"
"Hey, give him some air, idiots!"
Veigue slowly came to see most of the people were looking at him in concern.
"Veigue, are you all right?" Megaman asked.
The swordsman paused for a moment. "Y-Yes… What happened?"
"The power of Soul Calibur was too much for you and you blacked out." Rock said pointing to Soul Calibur which was lying against a table. "We managed to scare Malomyotismon again before he could do serious damage to you."
"And I healed you!" Teddie said proudly.
Veigue paused. "I see. Thank you, Teddie and thank you all for looking after me."
"Hey, what are friends for?" Palmon asked.
Veigue nodded his head. "Anyway, I had spoken to the spirit of Soul Calibur herself."
This startled everyone.
"Wait, what?" Amy asked.
"Indeed, she told me what I had to do to wield Soul Calibur." Veigue nodded.
Kokonoe just scoffed. "You crashed into that wall hardly than I thought."
"I know it sounds strange but it was more than a dream." Veigue said before looking down. "When I held her hand, I really felt like I was holding…
"…Holding?" Teddie asked stepping forward looking excited. "Holding what?"
Veigue shook his head. "Nothing. In any case, I am ready to give Soul Calibur another go."
Little Norm's eyes bugged out as Sheep Man stepped forward. "Are you stupid? Do you really think we would let you go everywhere near Soul Calibur after what had just happened?"
"Don't worry, the reason that I couldn't wield it properly because Soul Calibur and I didn't saw eye-to-eye seeing that I merely just thinking about the people inside the hotel." Veigue explained.
This confused everyone.
"What do you mean?" Black Widow asked.
"It is a long story." Veigue said before looking around. "Wait. Where is Siegfried? In fact, where is Ken and Skullomania?"
"Well, while some of us think that you trying to use Soul Calibur is a bad idea, there are still some who have faith in it." Kokonoe said. "However, with you having Soul Calibur, that makes Siegfried useless. So they decided to fix that."
Veigue paused. "I understand. Unfortunately, we had wasted enough time."
"Wait, you don't want to wait for Siegfried and the others?" Megaman asked.
"Sadly, I can't. Once Malomyotismon tell Nightmare and the others that I am with Soul Calibur, there will send an army after me." Veigue said.
Kokonoe raised an eyebrow. "Okay, I bite. What do you have in mind?"
Veigue crossed his arms. "Well, it is a long shot but…"
(Dome; Hallway)
Barbatos Goetia walked down the halls looking around for Veigue. Just like Nightmare and Tira, he was having trouble trying to locate him. However, he wasn't too upset as he was thinking about the situation at hand.
"I must admit, a part of me actually want to see how strong Veigue gets if he gets Soul Calibur." Barbatos mused. "On the other hand, it would be disastrous for our side. Hmm…"
The berserker continued his line of thought until he heard a sound. Looking ahead, he saw three figures walking into a hallway. His eyes bugged out when he saw that it was Siegfried Schtauffen, Ken Masters and Skullomania.
"Isn't that Soul Calibur's wielder? And two of the group Veigue is in?" Barbatos asked to himself. "This is not good. I have to trail them."
With that, he had gone after the three people going towards the hallway that they had went into. Raising an eyebrow, he saw the three sending in front of a door. Skullomania knocked on the door.
"Coming." A female voice said behind the door. Soon, a woman answered it. "Hello and welcome! How may I help you?"
"Well, my friend here could use a new sword." Skullomania said motioning to Siegfried. "The current sword he had is… Being preoccupied by someone else."
Barbatos' eyes bugged out in shock. "Veigue DOES have Soul Calibur right now?"
The knight stepped forward. "If it is not too much trouble, could you make it a broadsword?"
"Of course, of course! Please come in and take a look!" The woman said.
"Thank you." Siegfried said as the three men walked in. The woman then slammed the door behind her. Barbatos paused looking at the door.
"If Veigue has Soul Calibur, the others especially Nightmare would want to hear this." Barbatos said before turning around.
However, he then froze in his spot as realization just hit him. Slowly turning back to the door, he raised an eyebrow.
"Wait, didn't I saw the woman before?" Barbatos said in himself. "Yes, yes, I did. She was one of the people from last year. In fact, she was that…"
Then, Barbatos' pupils shrank as whatever thoughts of mercy he had left his mind. His eyebrows started to twitch violently for a moment. He then growled before stomping over to the door. Without a second thought, he kicked the door hard breaking it open. Ken, Skullomania, Siegfried and the woman jumped seeing Barbatos barge in as his eyes scanned around the room in rage.
On the shelves were several vials with different coloured liquids in them and on the walls were a good amount of weapons and shields. Every time he looked around, he got more angrier. Finally, he glared at the woman who shrank back.
"YOU!" Barbatos roared.
The woman yelped as Ken, Skullomania and Siegfried (now with a new broadsword) immediately got in front of her to protect her.
"Mel of Power Stone, how dare you insult me!?" Barbatos snapped. "Me!? By holding an item shop! AN ITEM SHOP! When you along with everyone and their grandma know that I'M here!"
Mel winced as she stepped back. "You… You weren't supposed to find out!"
"Oh yeah! Well, I DID find out and I will not take this lying down!" Barbatos roared. "I will destroy each and every despicable item in this god-forsaken shop!"
"Oh no you won't, villain!" Skullomania said raising his fists. "Mel created this shop to HELP fighters! There is no way I am going to let you literally crush her ambitions!"
"Agreed. I don't care how strong you are, we are NOT going to let you destroy this place." Siegfried said darkly.
"Looks like you have some competition if you want to tear this place apart." Ken said.
"So? You actually wish to get in the way of destroying this place!" Barbatos asked. "Do you know what I say to that?"
He then let out a loud yell that made Ken, Skullomania, Siegfried and Mel cover their ears in pain.
"BBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
(The Arena)
"HONEY THE CAT!" (StH)
The yellow-furred red-clad feline jumped up and down excitedly waving happily to the crowd. While the people who knew her gave her a surprisingly positive reaction, everyone else was drawing a blank wondering who was she.
Despite this, she skipped down the ramp happily before falling into the ring before rushing over to her fellow cat, Gatomon.
"Hey there!" Honey said cheerfully. "Seeing that we are both cats, want to have a catfight?"
"Um, sure, lame pun aside, why not?" Gatomon asked before looking over Honey. "Um, sorry but who are you again?"
"I am Honey the Cat. From the game Sonic the Fighters." Honey said cheerfully. "Though initially as an incomplete character."
"An incomplete whatnow?" Gatomon asked blinking twice.
"It is a long story." Honey sighed.
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… TWENTY-TWO!"
"I-NO!" (Guilty Gear)
The red-clad green-haired witch came out to a loud cheer from the male part of the audience. She smirked as she strutted down the ring with her trademark guitar.
"Thank you, thank you, you're beautiful!" I-No said blowing kisses with her free hand. "Maybe if you are lucky, maybe I even do my signature victory pose!"
This made the crowd cheer even louder. I-No chuckled as she stepped in the ring. Once in, she saw Raven, Lucario and Ivy still trying to detain the Hunter. She smirked before swinging her hand down on her guitar sending a wave at Raven. The Teen Titans saw the attack coming and quickly raised her hands activating her barrier blocking but found herself holding her ears in pain.
"Ugh, my ears." Raven said before glaring at I-No walking over. "Can't you see we are busy?"
"Oh, it is not that I don't see, it is just that I don't CARE." I-No giggled.
Raven groaned as she rolled her eyes. "What do you want anyway? You know BESIDES being a troll."
"Well, how could I put it like this?" I-No mused. "Besides Lust of course, Pride is my greatest sin. I take pride with my ability as a witch. So I'm afraid I have to prove it by killing a fellow witch."
Raven's eyes flashed white. "While the out-of-place seductive tone is a good attempt, is this really the part where I am supposed to get scared?"
"FARAH OERSTED!" (To)
The green-haired orange-clad teenager did a few practice stretches though people couldn't help but wonder how she managed to do so with her large dress.
Once she was done, she darted down the ramp and jumped in wanting to help Stahn and Eugene with Bison.
However, Lilith suddenly appeared in her way. "Hiya, wanna fight?"
"Sorry but I have to go help my nodal companions." Farah said.
"Oh, them?" Lilith asked. "Helping your nodal companions is overrated! I was just doing that just now and I got bored after the first couple of minutes!"
"I could ensure you that I, for one, was NOT bored!" Rikuo shouted from across the ring.
"Well, that is because you are a boring person!" Lilith shouted back before looking back at Farah. "So are we fighting or what?"
Farah's eyebrow twitched before getting into a stance. "Okay, fine. But only to teach you some respect."
"PLATINUM THE TRINITY!" (BB)
The blonde magical girl happily skipped out of the entrance curtain while carrying her long staff with her.
"Come on, Sena! Let's go!" The girl said. She then spoke again in a boy's voice.
"All right, Luna. Just don't say anything that will get us into hot water, okay?"
"Hmph. Way to be supportive." Luna spat as she walked down the ramp and stepped in before making her way over to Bianca.
"Hey, bunny-girl, stop staring into space and fight us!" Luna demanded.
"Excuse me?" Bianca asked appalled.
"Pardon me but we are looking for an opponent and you are one of the very few who ISN'T without an opponent so here we are." Sena said.
Bianca blinked twice. "Um, okay?"
"Good, now stop gawking at my legs like a Pedobunny and show me what you got!" Luna snapped.
Bianca paused. "Kid, you got problems."
"Sadly, that is an understatement." Sena sighed.
"XIAO LON!" (KoF: MI)
The pale-skinned green-clad assassin stood outside the Ready Room with a quiet look on her face. She walked down the ramp before stepping into the ring.
Once in, she darted straight at Noel who saw coming. Noel yelped when she saw blades pop out of her long sleeves slashing at her. Thinking quickly, she blocked with her own blades.
"Where did those blades come from!?" Noel exclaimed. "What are you!?"
Xiao Lon paused. "You could say that I am nothing more than a killing machine."
"What? You don't really mean that, do you?" Noel asked.
"I know." Xiao Lon said before looking to the side. "It is… What I had been taught to do."
"And now, the final fighter of this section…"
"DONKEY KONG!" (SSB)
(He's the leader of the bunch)
(You know him well)
(He's finally back)
(To turn some tail!)
(His coconut gun)
(Will fire in spurts)
(If he shoots ya)
(It's gonna hurt)
The brown-furred gorilla came out to a loud cheer. He then grinned at the more than warm reception before beating his chest and rushing down the ramp on all fours before leaping in.
This was when Ralph rushed over to him. "Hey, DK! Looks like we are in the same section in!"
The Kong nodded his head with his trademark dopey grin.
"Well, there had been a lot of discussing but I think it is time to make the old-age question to rest." Ralph said before getting into a stance. "Whose punches hurt more? Yours or mine?"
DK grinned before getting into a stance as well readying his fists.