(The Arena)

The eleven remaining fighters in the ring appeared to be on the edge, cautiously watching everyone else as if to dare them into acting first. The only obvious exceptions were Batman and the Joker, the former still chasing the latter. These two eternal rivals were also the only ones not to notice that the next wave of fighters was going to enter, as everyone else was looking up at the curtain.

"KEN MASTERRRRRRS!"

"RUFUS!" (SF4)

The grotesquely-overweight man burst from the curtain and charged down the ramp like a raging bull. Rufus leapt into the ring (landing with a tremor) and made a beeline for the surprised Reed.

Reed jumped back as Rufus swung a leg at him. "Hey! What's YOUR problem?!" He asked.

"Don't give me dat, Masters! I know yer trying ta throw me off yer trail! So what better way ta ditch that bad haircut fer an even stupider one and pick up a weapon!" Rufus said.

Reed gingerly felt his hair. "…Stupid?" He asked.

"I mean, I gotta hand it to ya, you were able to throw me off guard for a moment, but yer gonna have to do more than that to pull the wool over my eyes, let me tell ya!" Rufus continued. "I mean, picking up a sword and fighting with it? Dat's actually pretty smart, Masters! I mean, it's still not as smart as me on a bad day, but I gotta admit that it was a clever move!"

Reed looked around awkwardly before deciding to slink off and see if Rufus wouldn't notice. He wouldn't be so lucky, as Rufus quickly lashed out a fist, soaring beside Reed's head.

"And now you're trying ta run away like a coward while I'm talkin'?! Oh, you really ARE Ken Masters, aren't ya! I got ya cornered now!" Rufus said, getting into a stance. "When I'm through with you, I'll become the best fighter in America, bar none!"

Reed sighed and pulled out his sword.

"ROLL!" (MM)

Bass' eyes widened as he turned to face the entrance curtain. Indeed, there was the sister of that blue annoyance. Bass tried to stay back with hopes of Roll not seeing him, but unfortunately for him, Roll saw him and made her way over when she entered the arena.

"Oh, hello Bass." Roll said with a smile. "Good to see that you seem like you're enjoying yourself."

Bass scoffed. "Please. I only have one elimination and my opponent needed those accursed stones in order to have a decent chance." He replied.

"Need an energy tank? I think I've got a couple spares…"

"No!" Bass hissed. "If that brother of yours found out that I accepted help from his sister, he'd never let me hear the end of it!"

Roll shrugged. "Suit yourself." She said. "Just don't come crawling to me when your energy is depleted."

Bass sighed and watched Roll rush off to fight Pink Monkey. "That girl…" He muttered.

"MEWTWO!" (SSB)

The crowd cheered the psychic Pokemon on as he floated down to the ring. He gave a nod of acknowledgement to Pikachu, who was waving cheerily at him from across the ring.

Mewtwo floated over to Pikachu and looked down at him. "I'm not surprised to see you still in the ring, Pikachu." Mewtwo said. "But I was a little surprised to see us get draws so close to each other."

"Pika!"

Mewtwo folded his arms. "We have two options, Pikachu. We can either work on getting rid of everyone else and then save each other for last, or we can simply fight here and now and save us the risk of one of us getting eliminated by someone else." He responded.

Pikachu appeared to be in thought for a few seconds. "Pi…Pikachu?" He asked.

A ball of purple energy appeared in Mewtwo's hand as he formed a light smirk. "Very well. We'll fight each other now." He said.

"LION RAFALE!" (VF)

The blonde-haired prettyboy emerged from the curtain and made his way down to the ring, waving to the crowd as he did. Stepping down to the ring, Lion jumped in and prepared to start his run.

"Looks like Vanessa got tossed. Rats. I was hoping to give her a hand." Lion muttered. "I guess I'm on my own for now."

Seeing Deadpool off to the side, eating a chimichanga, Lion made his way over. "How about the two of us fight?" He asked. "I've always wanted to fight with someone who had an unpredictable style."

Deadpool lifted an eyebrow behind his mask and held up a finger. "Excuse me a minute, will you?" He asked before looking up at his thought bubbles.

"Dude, come on! He's from Virtua Fighter! Those guys are easy pickings!"

"They're a hit and miss, you idiot. That woman from the last section got an elimination before she got tossed."

"Yeah, but she was tall and muscular! This guy's a shrimp!"

"He's also likely to be much faster than either of us are expecting."

"…Well…He looks like a girl!"

"…Yeah, you've got me on that one."

"BOO-YAH!"

Deadpool turned back to Lion. "Sure thing, kid. Humour me and let's see what you've got." He said, pulling out a katana.

"You won't be disappointed." Lion smirked.

"KING LION!" (KE)

The crowd gave a surprisingly-warm reception to the final boss of Kizuna Encounter as the tall man emerged from the curtain, sword at his side. King Lion proudly marched down to the ring and stepped in, scanning the ring.

The Joker saw King Lion come in and gave a smirk. "Oh, finally! Some help!" He said. "Could you do me a favour and help me deal with Mr. Dark-And-Broody over there?"

King Lion responded by punching Joker across the face, sending the clown prince of crime sprawling. "After what happened during those last tournaments, I'm not associating with Bison anymore!" He snapped. "Didn't you know that?!"

"Must have…Missed the memo." Joker coughed as he got to his feet.

King Lion looked over at Batman. "Do you mind if I help you take out the trash?" He asked. "This clown reminds me too much of a certain other clown named Joker that comes from my node."

Although surprised at the turn of events, Batman welcomed the help from the powerful-looking man. "Just be careful." He said. "He knows every dirty trick in the book."

"Good thing I know a few of them myself." King Lion said as he reached for his sword.

Joker cursed himself. "This isn't fun! This isn't fun at all!" He shouted.

"MAKOTO!" (SF4)

The dark-haired young girl emerged from the curtain and was quick to scan the ring for big threats. If she wanted to attract more people to her dojo, she needed to fight someone big and popular.

Deciding to ignore Batman and the Joker (she wasn't stupid), Makoto set her sights on the Heavy Weapons Guy and rushed over. "Hey, you!" She said.

Heavy looked around curiously. "Who say that?" He asked.

"Down here, dipwad!"

Heavy looked down and saw Makoto, who was short enough to stare into his midsection. "You wish to fight Heavy Weapons Guy?" He asked.

"Yeah! Put 'em up, big guy!" Makoto said, getting into a stance.

Heavy laughed. "Heavy does not fight little children!" He scoffed. "Go run home to mama, little boy!"

Makoto's eye twitched.

Her palm found Heavy's stomach.

"I'm a GIRL!" Makoto screamed as her attack launched the much-larger Heavy across the ring like a rocket.

"AUGH! Why are all the weak-looking baby fighters so strong?!" Heavy screamed in midair.

(Announcer's Booth)

"Watching Mewtwo and Pikachu fighting it out reminds me of my tournament." Tinyrocket said. "That was a good finale…"

"Oh, yeah. I heard they were the final two?" Blazeman asked.

"Yeah. Made for quite the show."

"How goes the casting for the second one, by the way?" SSBFreak asked.

"Uh…Still working on it." Tinyrocket admitted.

The phone started ringing on the table. SSBFreak picked it up. "Announcer's Booth…Stryker! Where have you guys been?! I've received numerous calls that you haven't been checking in and doing your rounds!" SSBFreak said. "…Maggey? What does she have to do with this? Are you blaming this on MAGGEY? Seriously? She wouldn't want to do things out of protocol in a million years!...Uh…What do you mean I may want to rethink that?"

"I don't think I like the sound of that." Tinyrocket lifted an eyebrow.

"Look, whatever it is, just get it under control, okay?...How could I dock Psymon and Max's pay if they're at fault? I don't pay them in the first place." SSBFreak said into the phone. "…Yeah, they do this voluntarily. Why do you think I've had them come back numerous times?"

"That…Actually explains a lot." Blazeman sighed.

(Dome; Hallway)

"You guys aren't getting paid for doing this?!" Stryker asked as the security team ran down the hallway, trying to keep up with an enraged Maggey, who was in turn still chasing down Houngan.

"Why would we accept any money? This job is way too much fun!" Psymon laughed.

"Yeah! If I accepted any money for doing a job like this, I'd get a severe and very-rare taste of guilt-trip!" Max added. "…It doesn't taste that good. Tastes a bit like coconut, actually."

"Guys, can it! We have more-pressing matters right now!" Jo-Beth snapped. "Like do we have any elephant tranquilizers for Maggey?!"

"I left mine in my other pants back in my home node." Psymon replied.

"Sam won't let me carry them anymore for reasons I don't really get." Max shrugged.

"Get back here, you bony freak!" Maggey shouted at Houngan as she carried Stryker's tazer.

"No way, mon! You'll just hit me with another thousand volts!" Houngan said. "Yer crazy!"

"Oh, I haven't even BEGUN to hit crazy!" Maggey roared. "And if you don't want to see it firsthand, I suggest you do as I say and stop running!"

Maggey was quick to grab a fire extinguisher from the wall as she ran past it. However, instead of activating it and shooting a wall of foam at the escaping witch doctor, Maggey decided to instead hurl the entire thing at Houngan like a projectile. The fire extinguisher's aim was spot on and it struck the fleeing Houngan in the head, making him collapse.

"Okay. The normal interrogation methods were no good." Maggey said as she approached the downed Houngan. "We're going to have to do things a different way."

"Great! I hope my chainsaw's all fueled up…" Max mused.

"Maggey, whatever it is you're going to do, I can tell you that it's not legal!" Stryker said.

Maggey glared at Stryker. "You want to put this off any longer?! We've wasted too much time as it is!" She replied.

Jo-Beth sighed. "I'm REALLY regretting agreeing to let that kook put Maggey into that machine." She said before turning to Gonzo. "Um…Gonzo, aren't we missing a member?"

Gonzo did a quick head count. "Nope. We're all here." He said.

"Where's that little guy that stowed away?"

"Oh, Niko? I dunno, he seemed to vanish before we went to that lab." Gonzo sighed. "Now that I see what's been happening, I kind of wish I went with him."

"Well, maybe he realized that he was in way over his head when he saw what we were doing and decided that he didn't want to play security anymore." Jo-Beth reasoned.

"I know Niko. He's probably already in some form of trouble…"

(Hotel; Lounge)

Niko sat in one of the comfy lounge chairs (that was way to big for him in the first place) and scribbled a few things down on a notepad. He was so wrapped up in his writing and thinking that he didn't notice someone enter the lounge.

"Oh! Niko! Imagine running into you here!"

Niko looked up and saw Aryll walking over to him. "Oh. Hey, Aryll." He nodded.

"Whatcha doing? I thought you were with the rest of the security guys." Aryll said. "You on break?"

"Well, as it turns out, the others weren't taking me very seriously." Niko said. "I've decided to open up a little side investigation and do things on my own since it looked like the others were off doing their own thing that I didn't really wanna be a part of."

"Side investigation?" Aryll asked as she climbed into the chair beside Niko's. "What's up?"

"I've been wandering the dome and hotel for a little bit and I've managed to pick up a few things. I'm just trying to piece things together." Niko said. "For starters, you know that Ash Crimson guy?"

"Ew. Yeah. What about him?"

"Well, I've seen him paying a few others guys for their services in something. I still don't know what it is." Niko said. "They were all hired thugs, from the looks of things."

"Wait…Who were they?"

"Um…There were at least three, but Ash could have done more: Deathstroke, Yamazaki and Super Macho Man."

"I saw two of them chasing some other guy through the snack bar not that long ago!" Aryll said. "I think it was that…Tir McDohl guy from Suikoden!"

"Tir McDohl? Hmm…They could be after his rune." Niko said. "Okay! That's another clue! Boy, if I can solve this, then the others are sure to take me seriously!"

Aryll blinked. "So…What are you going to do?" She asked.

"Look into it more and see what else I can dig up! This could be big!" Niko grinned as he jumped off the chair. "You wanna come along, Aryll?"

Aryll shrugged. "Sure. The tournament's kind of drawing out a bit by now, anyway." She admitted.

"Then let's go! The game's afoot!" Niko laughed. "Oh, I've always wanted to say that!"

With that, Niko and Aryll ran out of the lounge to continue Niko's investigation. What they didn't notice, however, was the faint image of a scythe-holding being imprinted onto Aryll's wrist…

(The Arena)

"KING K!" (PM)

The yellow-shelled Koopa emerged from the curtain and played to the cheering crowd a few times before ducking into his shell and launching himself into the arena.

King K hit the canvas, jumped out of his shell and ran over to Bandy Andy. "Yo, dawg! Andy, I'm totally surprised that you're still here!" He said, clapping Bandy Andy on the back.

"It's only been a section." Bandy Andy reasoned.

"But hey, we both remember how well you did last year, B-Man!" King K joked.

Bandy Andy rolled his eyes. "Yes, Mr. Sixth-Place-Finalist." He moaned.

"Come on. All jokes aside, how about we team up?" King K asked. "We make a good team! We could take all these other chumps apart!"

The green-clad bandit shrugged. "Sure. Whatever you want." He said.

"Awesome!"

"HULK!" (MC)

The crowd cheered as the green-skinned giant burst from the entrance curtain and stared down at the ring, seething in anger. The crowd was chanting "HULK SMASH!" several times, and Hulk decided to give the audience what they wanted.

"HULK SMASH!" Hulk roared as he charged down to the ring and leapt in, earing a huge cheer from the crowd.

Heavy Weapons Guy looked up and saw Hulk coming over to him. Heavy shouted in fear and held up a hand, catching Hulk's fist as it was coming down towards him. This seemed to momentarily catch Hulk by surprise.

"Bald man strong…" Hulk said. "But still not as strong as Hulk!"

Heavy grunted and pushed Hulk back, making the green giant stagger back and giving Heavy the time he needed to stand up. Heavy growled and got into a stance. "You think painting your skin will make me scared of you?!" He asked. "Heavy will show you why people say his fists are made of steel!"

Hulk narrowed his eyes. "Steel means nothing! Hulk can bend steel like butter!" He said. "Your puny attacks will do nothing to Hulk!"

Heavy scoffed and cracked his knuckles. 'There is only one way to find out, da?" He asked.

"BRIAN BATTLER!" (KOF)

Like King K, Brian emerged from the curtain and instantly started playing to the crowd. Giving a toothy smirk, the huge football player rotated his head a few times before charging headfirst down to the ring and leaping in.

His first target was Antivenom. Brian charged at the white symbiote shoulder first, but Antivenom was quick to counter the attack with a swing of a huge arm. Brian, seeing his attack getting countered, jumped back to a safe distance.

"Those attacks of your are real powerful, buddy." Brian smirked. "This could be fun."

"You are a fool if you think you can beat us with football-based attacks!" Antivenom taunted. "We can go toe-to-toe with Spiderman!"

"Dude, I made the final three back in the first tournament using nothing but brute strength." Brian replied. "Even when you were NORMAL Venom, you couldn't beat me."

Antivenom snarled. "Okay. We were going to let you live, but you have officially crossed the line!" He said, getting into a stance. "We shall show you that we don't take kindly to people mocking us!"

"Another word of advice, Brock?" Brian said. "The third-person speak was SO last decade."

Antivenom roared and charged at Brian.

"LADY LIBERTY!" (CF)

The audience stared in surprise. True to her name, Lady Liberty was a miniaturized, living version of the actual Statue of Liberty, albeit with a cartoonish look to her. Torch held high, Lady Liberty rushed down to the ring and jumped in.

Lady Liberty rushed at Pink Monkey and lashed out with her torch. Pink ducked under the blow and jumped back. "Hey! What was that for?!" She asked.

Lady Liberty stood tall. "I am the symbol of justice, and I shall smite all evil I can see!" She said.

"Yeesh. Get a life, lady." Pink said, gathering up some white energy. "Besides, it's not like I'm super-evil, is it? I mean, all I want is to be a singer!"

"You assist in world domination!" Lady Liberty said. "Now fess up to your crimes and fight!"

Pink growled. "Fine. Now that I have nothing to vent my anger out on since the yellow chicken got tossed, I could use a punching bag." She said.

"BUSUZIMA!" (BR)

The odd-looking, green-haired mad scientist emerged from the curtain, giving a creepy smirk as he scanned the arena, ignoring the mixed reaction the crowd was giving him.

"I think it's about time we kicked things into high gear." Busuzima said before activating his animal form and engulfing himself in a white light.

Bandy Andy jumped back as a long tongue suddenly struck the canvas. Busuzima pulled himself into the ring, showing that he had transformed into a huge chameleon.

"Dude, this guy looks creepier than Rawk Hawk before he has his morning coffee!" King K said.

"Eh…I wouldn't go that far." Bandy Andy noted. "But it doesn't look like he's going to be an easy opponent."

"Whatever. We'll double-team him!" King K said.

Busuzima got into his stance as the two Glitz Pit fighters approached him together. These fighters may have been small, but Busuzima was smart enough to know that they were likely fast and unpredictable.

King Lion punched Joker across the face and sent the clown prince of crime sprawling. Joker slowly got up and prepared to face Batman and King Lion together, pulling out his crowbar again.

"Give it up, Joker! You can't take us both!" Batman ordered.

"I've fought much worse odds, Bats!" Joker taunted.

Suddenly a ball of electricity flew into Joker's back, electrocuting him. It had come from the entrance curtain.

"And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Sixteen!"

Joker spun around and was about to demand who had shot him, but he saw that it was actually the next Mystery Fighter, standing outside the curtain, shock pistol in hand…

"CARMELITA FOX!" (Sly Cooper)

Holding a smoking shock pistol and staring down at Joker with narrowed eyes was a tall vixen with flowing hair and a very-visible police badge at her waist. Carmelita, pistol in hand, charged down to the ring and leapt in, making a break for Joker.

"Taste justice, scumbag!" Carmelita shouted in a Latino accent, firing another shot at Joker.

Joker jumped back as Carmelita's next shot hit the canvas. "W-What's your beef with me, dollface?!" He asked, trying to sound innocent.

"Lady, we've got this!" King Lion shouted.

"No way I'm backing out of this arrest!" Carmelita said. "This clown's been at the top of Interpol's most-wanted list for a LONG time and now I've finally got a chance to bring him in!"

"I hate to say it, but no prison can hold him, officer." Batman shook his head. "He belongs in an asylum."

"Then I guess it's a good thing Interpol has given all officers the okay to shoot him on sight." Carmelita smirked, taking aim.

Joker suddenly didn't like where this was going. It was true that he had faced worse odds against Batman and King Lion, but now that this crazy cop with the gun was in the fray as well, there was no telling how this would end…

"SAMUS!" (ST)

Waving to the crowd a few times, the dark-skinned swordsman drew his sword and quickly started charging his wind rune. Racing down to the ring, Samus leapt in and ran over to help his best friend, Reed, with Rufus.

Quickly reaching the battle, Samus swung his sword and cast his magic at the same time, sending a burst of wind energy at Rufus and sending the overweight, crazy man flying to the side several feet.

Reed gave a visible sigh of relief. "Thanks, Samus." He said. "This guy is a LOT faster than he looks."

"A guy THAT fat being a fast fighter?" Samus asked as Rufus came charging over angrily.

"I know. I had a hard time believing it, myself." Reed shook his head.

"Oh, so THAT'S how it's gonna be, is it?! You think you can beat me by teaming up with a pal, Masters?! Well, I sure ain't gonna be against it since I can STILL take the two a' you on all by myself!" Rufus ranted. "It ain't even gonna matter that I'm outnumbered! Heck, if ya had a bunch other friends decide ta help ya, I'd STILL be able ta beat ya!"

Samus blinked. "This guy REALLY likes to talk." He said.

"He's been giving me a real headache. Could you help me get rid of him?" Reed sighed.

"Sure."

(Dome; Hallway)

"If Bison's got both main targets now, why the heck are we just killing time doing nothing?" Bonker asked as he and Zant walked down a hall.

"Because there's still one more target. Were you even paying attention?" Zant asked coldly.

"Look, pal. My loyalty's with Kiln. Not Bison." Bonker said. "I assume it's the same with you and that Ganon guy."

Zant sighed. As much as he didn't want to admit it, Bonker was right. The only reason he was helping Bison at all was because Ganondorf had told him to. "Just stay on watch. Bison doesn't want anyone getting in the way of his plan and he wants us to take care of anyone suspicious." He said.

"If that's the case, I'm surprised we haven't already turned on each other." Bonker replied dryly.

Bonker's words were obviously a joke, but Zant's mind was still drawn back to his visit to Rose's magic room. "That wasn't funny, you know." He accused, trying to sound annoyed.

Bonker gave a smirk. "Did I just strike a nerve?" He asked.

"And I'll thank you not to strike it again."

"We'll see." Bonker smirked.

Zant muttered something under his breath. It was almost as if he was waiting for Bonker to attack him at this point, but the prince of darkness knew that he couldn't just act unless he knew for sure what would happen. Lord Ganon would have his head if he turned on an ally without reason…

"Well, look what the cat dragged in!"

The two mismatched villains turned and saw some of Von Kaiser's team coming over. Bad Mr. Frosty and Usopp.

"Tell me something, Bonker. Is Kiln in on this thing with Bison?" Bad Mr. Frosty asked. "I wouldn't put it past that hunchbacked freak to join forces with others."

Bonker growled. "What we do is none of your beeswax, Frosty!" He snapped. "Now get outta here before I flatten you with my mallet!"

"You DO know something!" The snowman said, stepping forward and cracking his knuckles.

"I don't think we need to take it this far!" Usopp half-pleaded. "How about we just go back and meets the others at the Recovery Room?"

"I don't need you chickening out now, long-nose!" Bad Mr. Frosty said, grabbing Usopp by the collar. "We gotta find out what's going on around here!"

Boner glanced up at Zant. "I guess it's time to find out if Bison was right about putting us together." He said.

Zant summoned his swords. "I suppose so." He said. "Don't hold me back."

"Right back at ya."

"Am I seriously the only one that doesn't wanna do this?!" Usopp asked. His cries went unanswered.

(The Arena)

"J. CARN!" (WH)

The crowd gave a mixed reaction as the portly Mongolian warrior emerged from the curtain. Giving a loud battle cry, J. Carn ran down to the ring and leapt in headfirst.

Roll saw J. Carn coming in and saw that he was running over to her. Roll quickly shot a Roll Buster into the oncoming fighter's face, bringing him out of his charge and stunning him.

"You know? Screaming at the top of your lungs isn't exactly the most-subtle opening move." Roll said as she switched weapons to the Leaf Shield.

"It shows that you are more-powerful." J. Carn replied. "And it intimidates your opponent!"

"Well, it didn't exactly scare me." Roll shook her head as she activated the Leaf Shield and surrounded herself with several leafs. Roll then activated her weapon again and sent the ring of leafs flying forward, slapping J. Carn several times.

J. Carn grunted in annoyance. "Maybe it's time I showed you why people call me a conqueror!" He said. "Prepare for battle!"

"KNUCKLES NADINE!" (B&B)

Stepping out from behind the curtain was a tall, orange-haired woman with a reed of hay in her mouth, dressed in a blue top and Daisy Dukes. Nadine pounded her gloved fists together a few times before forming a smirk and rushing down to the ring.

King K had just received a backhand to the face (from Busuzima) and saw Nadine making her way over to join the fray. "Bro! We got someone else coming over!" He called out.

Bandy Andy darted around some of Busuzima's attacks, as the green-haired scientist was still in chameleon form. "YOU deal with it, K! I'm sorta busy at the moment!" He said.

King K waited for Nadine to come over. "So, what brings you over this way, sister?" King K asked, looking up at the tall woman.

"Just lookin' fer a fight, darlin'." Nadine said in a Southern accent. "And since it seems ta be two-on-one over here, Ah think Ah just may make it a fair fight."

Busuzima chose this time to turn back into a human. "I don't need your help, woman!" He said. "They're both small fighters!"

"Ya seem ta be doin' a great job at takin' care of them, darlin'." Nadine smirked before looking down at King K. "Now put up yer dukes, turtle!"

King K sighed and got into a stance. "Looks like your not taking no for an answer." He said.

"ROBERT GARCIA!" (KOF)

Brushing his way past the curtain, Robert waved to the cheering crowd and took the time to toss a coin to himself, catching it stylishly and putting it back in his pocket before running down to the ring.

Joker took the time to look up at Robert as he ran down to the ring. "Two-Face probably wouldn't like that boy stealing his schtick." He noted before Carmelita shot him with her pistol again.

Robert rushed over to the fight between Deadpool and Lion Rafale and took the time to kick the merc with a mouth in the torso on his way over.

"Ow! My kidney!" Deadpool cursed. "Lemme guess. You wanna piece of the 'pool as well, don't you?"

"Not that I can blame him, seeing as how we're a drop-dead gorgeous and awesome superhero with legions of fans that no one can beat!"

"I think you're referring to Squirrel Girl."

"…Oh, yeah. What would that make US, then?"

Deadpool blocked out his dialogue boxes in time to see Robert swinging his foot at him. Deadpool jumped back and got into a stance. "Okay! I can take you both on easy! Bring it, you prettyboys!" He said.

"Thanks. I said that I wanted to fight someone with an unpredictable style, but this guy is beyond crazy." Lion said.

"He doesn't seem any worse than Yamazaki." Robert noted. "I can take him."

"CAPTAIN BOOMERANG!" (DC)

The audience gave a surprisingly warm reception to the thug-like villain as he emerged from the curtain. Pulling out a couple of his trademark razor-sharp boomerangs, Captain Boomerang gave a smirk and scanned the arena.

"Without the Flash here ta ruin my fun, Ah think Ah'll have a good time." Captain Boomerang said in an Australian accent as he made his way down to the ring, leaping in and quickly hurling his boomerangs at the fight between Reed, Samus and Rufus.

Samus' ears picked up the sound of something cutting through the air and looked. "Reed! Boomerangs at two o'clock!" He said.

"I see them! I see them!" Reed said as he and Samus quickly swung their swords and knocked the boomerangs out of the air.

"Impressive hearing, mate." Captain Boomerang said as he came over. "Not many people can pick up the sounds of my boomerangs."

"It comes with being skilled at wind magic." Samus replied darkly.

"Oh. This could be interesting…" Captain Boomerang smirked.

Reed watched as Captain Boomerang started fighting with Samus. "I…Guess this leaves me alone again?" He asked.

"KEN MASTERS!" Rufus screamed as he jumped at Reed in a fury.

"DUO LON!" (KOF)

Slinking out onto the entrance curtain silently, Duo Lon glanced around at the cheering crowd for a few seconds before staring down at the ring. "Hmm…The clown has the darkest aura in the ring by far, but he seems to be preoccupied at the moment." He noted.

Suddenly, Duo Lon set his sights on Pink Monkey, who was still fighting Lady Liberty. "She's got the next-darkest aura. I'd better go after her first." He said.

Pink blocked an attack from Lady Liberty as a foot suddenly shot from the canvas, striking her in the face and stunning her. Pink staggered back and looked to see Duo Lon pulling his foot out of the canvas before coming over.

"Ugh. Some freaky magician." Pink said, throwing a ball of energy at Duo Lon, only to watch him teleport out of the way without blinking.

Lady Liberty watched Duo Lon come over. "I take it you're a defender of justice as well?" She asked.

"Hardly. I'm just focusing on the people with the darkest auras. They're the most-dangerous." Duo Lon. "It's either her or the clown."

"Well, I appreciate the help regardless." Lady Liberty nodded.

Pink narrowed her eyes as they started to turn white. "How'd you like it if I showed you how dark my aura REALLY is?!" She asked.

"And now, the final fighter of this section…"

"BOWSER!" (SSB)

Peach's eyes snapped open as she spun around to see Bowser outside the curtain, playing to a cheering crowd. Bowser stepped down to the ring and jumped in to start fighting.

"Bowser! Eek!" Stay away!" Peach shrieked.

"Relax, princess. I'm not kidnapping you tonight." Bowser said.

"Um…You're not?" Peach asked, lowering her umbrella.

"Where the heck would I go? We're in an arena." Bowser quizzed. "Don't worry though. After this is over, my schedule opens up more."

Peach sighed as Bowser walked off. "Perfect." She moaned. "I can't wait."

Bowser lumbered over to Bass and stood over him. "So you're this Bass guy I keep hearing about?" He asked.

"What's it to you, turtle?" Bass asked.

"Megaman's in the next Smash Bros and he's been telling us about you." Bowser mentioned. "Frankly, he's always said you were a great rival, but I'm not really seeing anything interesting, here."

Bass narrowed his eyes. "Oh, I'll make you pay for that one, lizard!" He shouted, taking aim with his Bass Buster.

"Come on! I'm a REPTILE! Even WARIO knows that!" Bowser moaned as Bass charged him.