(The Arena)
The remaining ten fighters were in no hurry to start the next section and for good reason. The last section took a lot out of them. However, they knew that they had to start fighting again sooner or later. Suddenly, they heard cheering.
"RUCA MILDA!"
The white-haired boy nervously looked around at the decent cheer. Taking a deep gulp, he slowly made his way down the ramp carrying his sword on his back which was as big as he was.
Once he got in, Amber walked over.
"Gee, Ruca. You sure look nervous." Amber noted.
The swordsman gave a nervous chuckle. "Why should I be worried? I mean in the arena, we got two master thieves, a mercenary who got wield a two-handed sword with one hand and someone who had gotten the most amount of eliminations by far. AND the section literally just started."
"If you are THAT worried about the tournament, then why don't we double-team?" Amber offered.
Ruca sighed in relief. "Thank you, Amber. That means a lot."
"DR. NEFARIOUS TROPY!" (CB)
The blue-skinned time traveller exited the riding room with his giant tuning fork. Giving a crowd a small bow, he proudly marched down the ramp.
Aila saw him and raised an eyebrow.
"Hey, bandicoot!" Aila shouted getting Coco's attention. "Is that guy up there a villain?"
"Yeah, a notorious one at that!" The blonde nodded.
"Then, what are we waiting for?" Aila asked as she and Shoma ran towards the man with Coco scratching her head.
N. Tropy stepped into the ring to see the two stomping over.
"And may I help you?" He said in his British accent.
"Don't you try to sweet-talk us!" Shoma snapped. "You are with that conspiracy, aren't you?"
N. Tropy looked hurt by this. "How could you accuse me of such an act?"
"Save it." Aila spat.
N. Tropy sighed before getting into a stance. "You have no idea what you are getting yourself into.
"ROUGE!" (PS)
"WHAT!?" A lot of fighters especially Rouge the Bat said looking up at the entrance curtain.
The Arabian fortune teller came out a series of cat-calls and wolf-whistles. Rolling her eyes, she tried to ignore it when she made her way down the ramp.
However, once jumping in, Rouge the Bat stormed over.
"So your name is Rouge too, huh?" Rouge the Bat said putting her hands on her hips.
"Um, apparently so. Small world, huh?" Rouge PS shrugged.
"Well, this ring isn't big enough for the both of us!" Rouge the Bat said getting into a stance. "Put up your dukes! Or legs! Or whatever you fight with!"
Rouge PS blinked twice before shrugging and getting into a stance. "All right. If you say so."
"RAI!" (WW7)
The blue-clad main character of the Waku Waku 7 node let out a loud shout before adjusting his goggles and scarf. Once he was done, he charged all the way down to the ring and leaped in with a second thought.
Once in the arena, he made a beeline for Sailor Jupiter. The Sailor Scout looked to narrowly dodge an electric punch from Rai.
"Whoa! You wield electricity too!" Sailor Jupiter asked in awe.
"Yep!" Rai said getting into a stance. "Now put up your dukes! I had been waiting all night for this moment!"
"You don't like to mess around, do you?" Sailor Jupiter raising her fists.
"DUKE!" (KoF: MI)
The muscular red-and-black clad crime boss came out to a mixed reaction. However, he paid it no mind and made his way down the ramp.
Stepping in, he saw Ike standing to the side. Smirking, he punched the ground sending a dark red large shockwave at the mercenary. Ike looked up too late and got knocked down.
Ike groaned before weakly getting up to see Duke advancing. "What was THAT for!?"
"I was getting pretty bored waiting in the Ready Room and was looking for someone to cure that boredom." Duke said clutching his fist. "And I think you are just the man to do that."
Ike narrowed his eyes with a snarl. "What is it with me being popular with all of the over-powered villains?"
"TAOKAKA!" (BB)
Coming out to a loud cheer and her theme song, the cloaked cat girl waved happily to the warm reception and skipped down to the ring.
Leaping in, she saw Pikachu standing to the side. With a cheeky grin, she made her way over to the electric rodent.
Pikachu looked down and his ears drooped when he saw Taokaka crouching down ready to pounce with a hungry look on her face.
"Tao hungry! Tao thinks this little mouse would make an excellent snack!" Taokaka grinned.
Pikachu yelped before shocking Taokaka causing the cat girl to cry in pain.
"Ow!" Taokaka yelled not black and charred. "Suddenly, Tao thinks Mousey isn't going to be that tasty after all!"
"DIZZY!" (GG)
The blue-haired winged angel came out to a series of cat-calls. Dizzy winced at the reception flying off the ground with her dark green and light blue wings.
May sat in the elimination seating crossing her arms not looking pleased. She then got up.
"SHE'S THREE YEARS OLD, YOU PERVERTS!"
Almost immediately, the shouts from the men stopped immediately. Dizzy looked around and deciding down was the best time to enter the arena.
Floating in, she made over to the fight between Ike and Duke. Suddenly, Dizzy's green wing took form in a Grim Reaper and slashed Duke's back causing him to roar in pain.
"What the?" Duke said turning around.
"Get away from this man! He is dangerous!" Ike shouted.
"I know. That is why I want to help you." Dizzy said.
Ike sighed. "All right. Just don't go in over your head."
"Pfft. Go ahead." Duke scoffed. "I will have your wings as my trophy."
(Eliminated Seating)
May sat down in annoyance. "Ugh! I hate perverts!"
"Said the girl who is smitten with one of the biggest perverts of all time." Sharon said flatly.
May gave an appalled look before hugging Johnny's arm. "How could you say such a thing? I am sure Johnny drafted Dizzy not because she wear very revealing clothes. Right, Johnny?"
"Um, of course! I do not have Dizzy join us for such perverted reasons!" The black-clad man said nervously putting his hat over his face.
May raised a suspicious eyebrow. She was about to say until she froze.
Kongman whistled a jovial tune walking down the stairs. "That was a great workout!"
The muscular man had spent the rest of the tournament after his elimination in the training room. Just because he was eliminated doesn't mean he can't train. He was about to take until Raven held out his hand stopping him.
"Trust me, bud. You do NOT want to sit here." Raven said.
"Why not?" Kongman asked confused.
The bald man then looked ahead and his eyes widened in horror when she saw May getting up.
"Bald man! Go away!" The pirate said raising her anchor over her head.
Kongman screamed before running out of the Eliminated Seating with May giving chase. Johnny shook his head before running over after the two.
"That girl got some serious issues." Sharon muttered.
(Dome; Hallway)
On one of the many hallways of the dome was a janitor's closet where there were nothing put brooms, mops and buckets in it. Suddenly, there was some kind of noise.
Komodo Joe and Moe both walked out of the closet looking dazed. The latter had a bucket over his eyes.
"All right. I never, ever, EVER want to do that again." Joe said holding his head.
"Me neither." Moe groaned. "I think whatever that doctor did made me blind."
Joe blinked twice. He then slammed his fist over the bucket causing it to ring and make Moe cry in pain.
"You idiot!" Joe said pulling the bucket off of his brother's head. "Now ssssstop goofing around! We have to find that power sssssource before the goody-goodies too!"
"I sssssure hope we find them sssssoon." Moe said holding his head. "I ssssstill have to enter the arena."
Joe merely scoffed. "If I didn't do too well, what good would YOU do?"
Moe immediately took offense. "Excuse me! I am jussssst as good a ssssswordsman asssss you! Maybe even better!"
"If you are sssssooooo much better than me, then how come I got to be a bossssss character in Crash Team Racing while you weren't even mentioned at all?" Joe asked.
"Hey! That is cold! Why do you alwaysssss have to be sssssuch a jerk?" Moe quizzed.
"Ahem." A third voice said.
"Well, maybe I wouldn't have to be sssssuch a jerk if you weren't ssssso ssssslow!" Joe snapped.
"Well, maybe I wouldn't have to be sssssuch ssssso ssssslow if you weren't sssssuch a jerk!" Moe said.
"Ahem!"
"I can't be that we actually related by blood!" Joe said in disbelief.
"Wow! Finally something we can agree on it!" Moe snapped.
"AHEM!"
The two brothers jumped before turning their heads. They then saw Blaze the Cat crossing her arms not looking amused.
"Oh, great! It'sssss YOU again!" Joe said rolling his eyes.
"You know her, Joe?" Moe asked.
"Not really. We jussssst entered the sssssame sssssection together." Joe said before turning to Blaze. "What do you want?"
Blaze narrowed her eyes. "Take me to Eggman Nega."
The two reptiles looked at each other in disbelief before turning back at Blaze.
"I beg your pardon?" Joe asked.
"You heard me! You are with him, aren't you?" Blaze demanded. "Take me to him now!"
The Komodo Dragons stood in their place stunned. Suddenly, they both started to laugh hysterically.
"What is so funny?" Blaze asked looking angry.
"You! You have sssssome nerve walking up to usssss and demand usssss to take you to Eggman Nega!" Joe laughed.
Blaze narrowed her eyes. "Don't make me kick your butts?"
"Kick our buttsss…" Moe said before laughing. "Or please! A small purple kitten! I am real ssssscared!"
Blaze growled. Holding out her hand, she ignited a flame in it.
Suddenly, something happened that shocked Blaze, Joe and Moe. The flame spread from her hand to her entire arm. At first, Blaze looked terrified. But then she realized that the flames weren't hurting her in any way.
"What… What is going on?" Blaze said softly. "Is… Is this the power of that red light?"
She then looked at Joe and Moe who had their jaws dropped. Blaze stared for a moment before giving a small smirk.
"Well, I think I could make you talk now." Blaze smirked.
Joe and Moe blinked twice before looking at each other.
"We are ssssscrewed, aren't we?"
"Big time.
(The Arena)
"PETE!" (PS)
The green-clad puppet held onto the straps on his backpack and walked down the ramp with an excited look on his face. He wasted no time jumping in.
Once in, he made a beeline for the battle between the two Rouges.
"Hey, Rouge!" Pete said cheerfully getting the two's attention. "Wanna double-team?"
Rouge the Bat raised an eyebrow at this. "Well, I was certainly counting on someone to come up and double-team with me but since you are so eager about it, sure, why not?"
Pete blinked twice before pointing at the fortune teller. "Um, I was talking to her."
Rouge looked stunned at this. "Excuse me? What does she have that I don't?"
"Well, for one thing we are both from the same node." Rouge PS said flatly.
Rouge's face fell. "Oh."
"CAIUS QUALLS!" (To)
The brown-haired swordsman stood outside the entrance curtain to a mixed reaction. He paid it no mind though that was because he was brainwashed. Carrying his sword over his shoulder, he stepped in.
Amber saw him enter and looked over to Ruca. "Hey, look! There's Caius!"
The two then made their way over to Caius.
"There you are, Caius! We got worried about you!" Ruca said. "Where were you, anyway?"
Caius didn't reply.
"Um, Caius?" Ruca asked confused.
Suddenly, the young man swung his sword at Ruca. The white-haired man yelped before raising his sword to block the attack.
"Caius, what did you attack Ruca like that?" Amber shrieked.
Caius didn't listen. He merely slashed at Ruca again.
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Twenty-Five!"
"KOROMARU!" (Persona 3)
The white-furred dog leaped out of the Ready Room panting heavily. People went in awe at how cute he was. Getting out a knife from his back, he ran down the ramp and leaped in without a second though.
He then made a beeline towards the fight between Pikachu and Taokaka. Charging forward, he did a head-butt straight into Taokaka's feet knocking her off her feet.
"Ow! That hurt!" Taokaka cried before seeing Koromaru. "Grr! Should had known a bad doggie attacked Tao!"
"Oh, thank goodness you came!" Pikachu said in relief. "This cat-girl was actually trying to eat me!"
"I had figured." Koromaru said narrowing his eyes. "Wanna team-up for a while?"
"Sure, anything to be taken off the main course!" Pikachu said in relief.
Taokaka blinked twice. "Tao don't know what Mousey and Bad Doggie is talking about but you are probably taking about bad things about Tao!"
"BATSU ICHIMONJI!" (RS)
The main character of Rival Schools came out to a loud cheer. Letting out a loud shout, he charged down the ramp and leaped in without a second thought.
Once in, he decided to go help his nodal companion, Shoma with N. Tropy. However, that was until Coco ran in his line of sight.
"So you are from Rival Schools, huh?" Coco asked.
"Um, yeah. Main character too." Batsu said.
"In that case, why don't you show me what you are made of?" Coco smirked getting into a stance.
Batsu blinked twice and looked over to see Aila helping Shoma so he should be okay for now.
"All right. Let's see what you got." Batsu shrugged.
"BLACKWARGREYMON!"
The dark version of Agumon's final form coolly stood tall outside the entrance curtain. Truth be told, he was still trying to erase his humiliating against Hunter from his memory. Trying not to let it cloud his eyes, he stepped in.
The Digimon then made him way over to the fight between Ike & Dizzy against Duke.
Ike got ready to block a blow from Duke until Blackwargreymon came to and blocked the blow for him.
"What's this?" Duke asked with a raised eyebrow.
Blackwargreymon looked back at Ike and Dizzy. "Go take a fight someone else. This guy is dangerous."
"Are you sure?" Dizzy asked.
"Positive. Now go." Blackwargreymon said.
Ike and Dizzy looked at each other, shrugged and walked off.
Duke looked up and down at Blackwargreymon and smirked. "You know, you may give a better challenge than those two ever will."
The Digimon narrowed his eyes. "Oh, you have no idea."
"GEARY!" (CB)
The brown robot stood on the entrance ramp glaring down at the opponents below. His green eyes turned red.
"Are you kidding me? All I have to do is beat those inferiors to survive?" Geary scoffed. "Only a robot could achieve perfecti… ACK!"
He then looked down at the ramp.
"This ramp… It's dirty!" Geary cried. He then turned his arms into a vacuum and started to clean up much to everyone's amazement.
"What is that robot's issue?" Batsu asked in disbelief.
"Geary got so many issues, it is unbelievable." Coco said shaking her head.
When Geary had finally cleaned up the ramp, he jumped in next to a confused Sly. The robot then noticed the raccoon.
"Oh my! There is dirt all over your mask!" Geary said getting out a vacuum. "Let me get that!"
Sly smacked it away with his cane looking surprisingly angry. "Touch my mask and I will send you on an one-way ticket to the scrapyard!"
(Dome; Bar)
Snake's group sat down to discuss their next move. Or that would have been the case if Princess Peach wasn't in there still trying to drown her sorrows.
"Follow me inside! Outside! Through the stratosphere!" Peach sang.
"Looks like she is still upset over the Mario Party fiasco." Tails frowned.
"I am so happy Luigi isn't here." Fio said shaking her head. "Otherwise, things would have been awkward."
"I think things are already awkward so far." Gemel said.
"Tsk. Forget her." Snake said. "Let's tell to figure what is going on."
"Right. Apparently this power source is made up of several powerful items from other nodes." Flynn noted. "Said power should be extremely unstable which is why we can't let the villains have it."
"Also, Crunch and Nash aren't the only people who had been captured and brainwashed." Chloe said.
"Which is really confusing because some of said victims aren't even that good as fighters." Gemel noted. "Why choose them why they are a lot of better choices?"
"The positive thing we can say is that the power source is out of the villains' reach." Tails said. "But with so many people looking for it. It would be difficult to find it on our own."
"And we can't split up again. That was the main reason Crunch and Nash got captured and Espio got injured." Fio said.
"Also, I am no good at math but the numbers on our side aren't so good." Guilmon frowned. "There are only seven of us and Bison probably have double that number even with Momo captured.
"Dang it!" Snake said crossing his arms. "Now what?"
"Why don't you just reunite with the rest of the group?"
Everyone's eyes widened before turning to the direction of the voice to see the bartender trying to calm Peach down.
"Huh? The rest of our group?" Fio asked confused.
"Yeah. The one that Fox McCloud and Samus Aran is leading." The bartender said.
Snake's pupils shrank at this.
"I can't say where they gone because they left this place quite a while ago but still, they should be around." The bartender said.
The group looked at each other with blank stares.
"Find this group?" Gemel asked.
"Duh." Snake said.
(Dome; Gym)
The group of Barbatos, Vega and Hazama searched around for the power source in the gym.
"Ugh! Where is it?" Vega growled.
"Calm down. It has to be these two buildings somewhere." Barbatos said.
"Like YOU have any right to criticize anyone for being not calming down." Hazama taunted.
Barbatos scoffed. "It is no mystery why everyone in your node hates you."
"That's right. It is because they are a much of killjoys." Hazama said.
"Hmph." Barbatos scoffed.
Unknown to the three, the security team was spying on them watching their every move.
"Psst. What are we waiting for?" Hunter whispered.
"We are waiting for them to make their move." Kanji whispered back.
"What move?" Mel asked. "They said it themselves that they are just as stumped as we are."
"So what now?" Kanji asked. "Interrogate them?"
"With Barbatos there?" Vivi asked in disbelief. "The odds would be against us if we faced him alone!"
"I guess you are right." Ally sighed. "Come on, before they see us."
The security team crept away upset that they were unable to find out anywhere.
"This must be how the security team left back at the Megamix Tournaments…" Ally lamented. "Constantly running around in circles only to run into dead ends."
"Now hold on! The only reason we didn't fight those guys was because of that Barbatos guy, right?" Kanji asked.
"Hey, that's right." Ally said. "We just need to find another villain to interrogate."
"But where can we find one?" Vivi asked.
Ally was about to answer until they all heard footsteps. They all turned to Rilla Roo looked around. They all blinked twice.
"Um, who's that?" Hunter asked.
"Rilla Roo from the Crash Bandicoot node. He was in the very poorly-received game Crash Bash and one of Cortex's cronies." Vivi said.
Kanji's eyes lit up at this. "You mean…"
The security team looked at each other for a moment before getting evil smirks. They all then turned to Rilla Roo.
"Hey, monkey-roo!" Ally shouted.
Rilla Roo turned to the direction of the voice to the security team rushing over.
"You're busted!" Ally yelled.
Rilla Roo yelped before turning around and darting off with the security team giving chase. Why do these things always happen to him?
(The Arena)
"ATHENA ASAMIYA!" (KoF: MI)
Everyone cheered for the purple-haired pop idol. In fact, the only person who didn't cheer was Mignon Beart who crossed her arms in jealousy. The young girl waved happily to the crowd as her theme song played through the speakers. Spinning around, she surrounded herself in a pink energy.
In a flash, she teleported into the ring. She was about to go find an opponent until Pete crashed in front of her a victim of Rouge's kicks.
"Oh my gosh! Are you all right?" Athena asked concerned helping Pete.
"Ugh! Yeah." The puppet said looking up and down at Athena. "Wow, you're pretty."
"And you remind me a lot like Bao." Athena giggled.
Pete scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "Aw, gee. Thanks!"
"I played the games that kid was in!" Rainbow Dash shouted from across the arena. "That wasn't a compliment at all!"
Athena glared at the pony as Pete looked confused.
"KEN MASTERS!" (SF: EX)
The blonde red-clad man out to a loud cheer. Grinning at the warm reception, he played to the crowd that was cheering him on.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Ken yelled. "You're beautiful!"
When he was done showboating, he ran down to the ring and made a beeline for Ike. The blue-haired man looked up too late.
"Shoryuken!" Ken shouted doing a flaming uppercut on Ike's chin causing him to land on his back in pain.
Ike sat up holding his chin. "What is with the cheap shots tonight?"
"It is a free-for-all tournament." Ken said with a smirk. "You have to be ready for anything."
Ike growled. "Well, let's see how confident you are not that you have my full attention."
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Twenty-Six!"
"BLITZ!" (Road Rovers)
The German Doberman walked out blowing kisses to the crowd.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Blitz smiled in his Arnold Schwarzenegger accent. "Your cheers are music to my ears!"
With that, he proudly made his way down the ring and stepped in. However, once he did, he wisely chose to inch away from the fight between Duke and Blackwargreymon.
"Okay, Blitz. You can do this." Blitz said to himself. "All you have to do is find an opponent who won't kill you."
Suddenly, he noticed Dizzy. Giving a big grin, he ran over to the young Gear.
"Hey, kiddo!" Blitz said trying to sound cool. "Do you think you are able to beat the strong, quick and uber-sexy Blitz?"
Dizzy blinked twice. "Are you challenging me to a fight?"
"Da!" Blitz said.
"Well, all right, then…" Dizzy said. Blitz smirked. However, it immediately faltered when Dizzy's green wing turned into its Grim Reaper form. Blitz blinked twice.
Before running in the other direction screaming likes a little girl. Dizzy watched him leave in confusion.
"Was it something I said?" Dizzy asked as the Grim Reaper slapped his head.
"BLACK DOOM!" (StH)
Rouge the Bat's eyes widened before looking up. "Oh no!"
"What's wrong?" Rouge PS asked concerned.
"Nothing if something keeps that thing under control." Rouge the Bat muttered.
The black demon came out to a mixed reaction but he made it no mind as he floated down the ramp and descended in.
Once in, he made his way over to the fight between Blackwargreymon and Duke.
"Ah, I sense a lot of dark power from both of you." Black Doom said. "Join me and I will give you all the power you want."
Blackwargreymon scoffed. "Pfft. Whatever. I am done taking orders!"
"Same here." Duke said. "Beat it, you bug or I will squash you like one!"
Black Doom snarled. "How dare you talk that way to me!? You have no idea who you are up against."
That was when the deadly duel turned into a terrible three-way.
"KYLE DUNAMIS!" (To)
The son of Stahn Aileron (yeah, you read right.) walked out of the curtain looking upset that his father had been eliminated.
"Look like I have to hope to survive so I could double-team with Mom." Kyle lamented walking down getting out his sword.
(Announcer's Booth)
"So Kyle is Stahn's son?" SSBFreak asked in disbelief.
"Yep." Tinyrocket said.
"But that doesn't even make sense!" Orange-Ratchet said in disbelief. "They look more like brothers than father and son!"
"That's the problem with sequel that take a long Time Skip." Tinyrocket shrugged. "Time paradoxes."
(The Arena)
Once in the ring, he opted to help Ruca and Amber with Caius who looked like he gone crazy. However, Blitz saw him come in.
"Hmm… Doesn't look dangerous or scary." Blitz said rushing over. "You there! You seem... like you are barely on my level. What about a fight?"
Kyle looked up. "Wait. Aren't you one of those Road Rovers?"
"Yep!" Blitz said cheerfully.
Kyle suddenly grinned. "All right! I get to spar with an actual hero and maybe even learn how to be a hero myself! Awesome!"
"Well, you have come to the right place." Blitz said before muffling a chortle. "He actually called me a hero."
"KYOKO MINAZUKI!" (RS)
Once again, the men went wild as the school nurse walked out of the Ready Room holding her clipboard. She smirked at all of the attention she was getting.
"Sorry, boys. Already engaged." Kyoko said walking down.
She then stepped in and walked over to Rainbow Dash.
The pony saw her coming and immediately got into a stance. "What do you want, lady?"
"I think you had your fun." Kyoko said. "I have to get you out of the arena before you make your injuries worse."
"What? No! I am in tip-toe shape!" Rainbow Dash lied.
"If that's the case, why aren't you flying?" Kyoko said raising an eyebrow.
"Um, um, exercise for the hooves!" Rainbow Dash said marching in place.
Kyoko rolled her eyes. "Please…"
"And now, the final fighter of this section…"
"LUIGI MARIO!" (SSB)
Coming out to a loud cheer and his theme from Luigi's Mansion, the green-clad plumber nervously exited the Ready Room slowly walked down.
"Things are getting way too complicated." Luigi said walking down and stepping in. "All I wanted to do is investigate some kind of power source and now I find myself facing off who knows how many villains. I really wish that I could get some more support."
Suddenly, Shoma fell towards him. Despite shrieking in fear, Luigi caught the young man before they could crash to the floor.
"Are you all right?" Luigi asked.
"Yeah, that creep just caught me off-guard." Shoma said getting up and running off.
Luigi scratched his head before walking off. Suddenly, he saw Caius violently attacking Ruca and Amber despite them trying to get them to stop. Despite a coward, Luigi couldn't stand for such bullying and ran over getting in the middle of the fight.
"All right, young man, that is more than enough." Luigi scolded. "Stop attacking your own nodal companions like this!"
Caius merely stood in his face. Suddenly, a white light engulfed. Luigi's face fell when Caius turned into a brown snarling wolf readying his claws.
"OH, S…." Luigi said before Caius pounced forward.
