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(The Arena)
The arena was a danger zone and everyone knew it.
If the arena just had Nightmare or just had Pyramid Head, it wouldn't have been that bad. But now that the two beings of pure evil were in the arena at the same time, the others were either steering clear of them or trying to eliminate them.
Victor was managing to fend of Nightmare easily enough, considering that he didn't hold a soul in his artificial body. Needless to say, this infuriated Nightmare, and the fact that there was a very loud barbarian helping the bulky monster made things even more annoying.
"You worms think you can take me out simply by double-teaming me?!" Nightmare asked. "You're only delaying your imminent demise!"
"We've already proved that you can't take the soul from a soulless being." Victor countered. "You need to admit that we have an advantage here."
"It makes no difference! I'll just throw you from the arena!" Nightmare shouted as he charged.
Link was having a heck of a hard time trying to fight, because the Master Sword would always be drawn to the silent juggler known as Toppo for reasons Link still couldn't understand.
"Why is this happening?!" Link asked. "The Master Sword's never behaved like this before!" He struggled to lift the Master Sword up so he could block a blow from Potemkin, but only barely managed to do it.
Toppo ducked under a kick from Shermie and watched as the Master Sword continued to struggle against Link's grip.
"You know what's up with that sword, don't you, dearie?" Shermie asked with a smirk. "Care to tell me what it is?"
Toppo, being Toppo, shook his head and threw one of his juggling balls against Shermie's forehead, knocking her backwards a couple of steps.
"Okay. Poor choice of question." Shermie muttered.
A small, black penguin zipped around the feet of several of the fighters on it's belly, knocking over a few of them (Fox, Rico, Kid Muscle and Ryo) on his way across the arena. However, the penguin looked back as he was sliding forward and wasn't looking where he was going. The penguin slammed into something hard, hitting itself in the head.
Maxima looked down at the penguin, whom had just ran into his metallic leg, as it turned back into Cronos, whom was sitting on the canvas, rubbing his head. "You really thought you could trip a man of metal in the form of a penguin?" He asked.
"If I say no, would you believe me?" Cronos asked hopefully.
"I'm afraid not."
"I thought so."
(Announcer's Booth)
"For your sake I hope that you haven't invited any more demonic, murderous beings to the tournament." Unknown1 threatened SSBFreak. "We've already had Nemesis, Hell's Chef, Nightmare and now Pyramid Head."
"No! I swear that Pyramid Head was the last one!" SSBFreak assured. "The next Mystery Fighter is a normal person!"
"Good." Unknown1 said. "Who's coming out, anyway?"
Unknown1 inspected the clipboard of fighters and his eyes widened. "You call THAT normal?!" He demanded.
Tinyrocket inspected the clipboard. "Hey, you have to admit that it's way more normal than some of the other Mystery Fighters." He pointed out.
"Quit taking his side!"
(Hotel; Lounge)
The team of fighters had managed to elude the mutated Trident for now and had taken refuge in the hotel lounge to regroup. Needless to say, everyone was still surprised at the turn of events.
"Who are you guys?" Cream asked the three newcomers that had possibly saved the rest of their lives.
"They call me…Yellow-skinned wacky man!" Gadget Z piped up.
"Please don't try to understand him." The Servbot shook his head. "I admit that I am to blame for his current condition." The Rabbid nodded rapidly, making a rattling noise as he did.
"Well, the point is that you came at a great time." Xavier explained. "I'm not sure if we would have lasted much longer."
"So, Knuckles. Why can't we use that Master Emerald to fight off that thing?" Blue Mary asked.
"I don't have enough pieces to fight it." Knuckles shook his head. "As it stands now, the emerald won't be capable of any magic until it's more complete."
"Gravity cat not amused." Gadget Z explained randomly. He was ignored.
"So we CAN fight it, then?" Mickey Rogers asked hopefully.
"If I can collect a few more shards of the emerald, it will be enough to give out the power needed to counter Trident." Knuckles explained. "If we can manage to defeat Trident, I'll be able to remove the shards he's already absorbed and hopefully restore the emerald to normal."
"So how long do you think it would take us to collect the right amount of shards?" Ky Kiske asked.
"Long enough to know you've got a pretty mouth! INCOMING!" Gadget Z shouted as he jumped up and kicked Ky in the face with one of his wheels.
"Not long. From the looks of things, I only need four more shards." Knuckles explained. "Listen. We need to find those shards."
"But we need to take out Bison." Koopinator reminded. "We still don't know what he's planning."
"He can wait. Having Trident wandering the dome the way he is makes him way too dangerous to be left alone." Knuckles informed. "He's probably already scared a few people half to death."
(The Arena)
Charlotte swung her sword at Yamazaki, but the thug simply yanked his dagger from his pocket and blocked the blow with it. Grinning like a madman, Yamazaki gave Charlotte a headbutt, knocking her away from him.
The blonde knight staggered backwards a couple of steps and shook her head to regain her senses. She was about to rush Yamazaki again when Wario jumped in and gave her a hard kick to the head.
"You two stop this!" Charlotte ordered. "Joining forces beat me won't help you!"
"You keep telling yourself that, lady." Yamazaki grinned. "I deal with Hon-Fu on a daily basis and he's ten times worse than you are."
"And you'd be surprised at the things I deal with on a daily basis." Wario added. "My fights with Mario get pretty intense."
Charlotte narrowed her eyes and slashed her sword a few times, creating a shape in midair. Said shape was sent flying straight into Wario's face. Yamazaki looked back at Wario, then at Charlotte.
"…That's a new one on me." Yamazaki stated. "It takes a lot to blow my mind, but I have to say that came pretty close."
While Yamazaki was distracted, Charlotte lunged at the thug and swung her sword again. Yamazaki kept using his dagger to block the blows and the two exchanged attacks for a few seconds.
Wario suddenly jumped in and performed a shoulder-ram, plowing into Charlotte and knocking her back. Wario dusted his hands off as Charlotte climbed to her feet.
"If we don't take her out now, she may get the better of us." Yamazaki pointed out.
Wario paused for a few seconds, then smirked. "You thinking what I'm thinking?" He asked.
"Why the heck not?" Yamazaki asked.
The two promptly turned around to face their backs to Charlotte, then waved their behinds at her. "Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-naaaaah!" The two taunted.
Charlotte's eyes widened, then narrowed. The blonde knight rushed forward and swung at the two, but Yamazaki was quick to act and lashed out his hand, snapping it against Charlotte's forehead as Wario backed away. This stunned Charlotte for a little bit, but she looked in Wario's direction when she heard an engine revving up.
Wario was now riding atop a motorcycle and was barreling towards her, grinning like a maniac. Wario drove right over Charlotte, nearly flattening her, before jumping off the bike (which crashed into Musafar and exploded; the robot didn't notice).
"Is she down?" Yamazaki asked, kicking Charlotte's side with his foot.
"Yep. Now how do we figure out who eliminates her?" Wario asked.
Yamazaki held out his fist. "Evens."
Wario smirked and held out his own fist. "Odds."
"SHOOT!" The two shouted as one and displayed a combined number of five fingers. Wario grinned, picked up Charlotte's prone form and chucked her out of the ring.
Charlotte landed in a field. While this may have been good because she was unconscious, this left her unprepared for the small army of Advance Wars tanks that were coming straight at her.
Victor slammed a huge fist into the side of Nightmare's head, making the Azure Knight stagger to the side a couple of steps. Hallec took the opportunity presented to him and swung one of his battle axes, but the demonic soul-stealer quickly snapped to attention and blocked the blow with his sword.
"We're getting to him." Victor explained. "Just keep at it and we'll beat him before too long."
"We beat sadistic creature and protect land!!" Hallec roared. "He no kill anyone else!!"
"You're getting irritating, you puny mortal!" Nightmare shouted at Hallec. "If I didn't have to worry about the machine with no soul, I'd have already taken yours!"
"Keep you attention focused." Victor pointed out as he kicked Nightmare in the head. "You'll do better."
Nightmare growled, grabbed Hallec and threw him away before turning back to Victor. "There. Now you have my full attention." He said coldly.
Hallec hit the canvas and rolled on his side for a little bit before climbing to his feet. "You pay for low blow, demon!!" Hallec roared.
"Ugh! Keep it down!"
Hallec turned and saw Sagat and Donkey Kong standing close to where Hallec had landed, holding their ears. It became clear that they were in the middle of their fight before Hallec had interrupted them.
Sagat stood at his full height, managing to stand taller than the already-tall barbarian by a couple of inches. "Some of us have a hard enough time concentrating on our fights without having to listen to your loud rants!" He ordered.
"Funny man with no shirt think he can talk that way to me?" Hallec asked. "I have you know I strongest warrior in clan! I easily take you apart, then go fight demon again! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Sagat held his ears in pain at Hallec's loud battle cry before he decided that he had enough. Grabbing Hallec, Sagat turned and pitched him over the ropes and out of the ring.
Hallec landed in Pokemon, where his inhuman battle cry proved to be an effective weapon against almost all monsters.
Victor watched Hallec getting tossed and shook his head. "I'm not surprised to see him getting eliminated so early." He mused as he kicked at Nightmare's sword, blocking an attempted swing from the Azure Knight.
"Well, now the playing field has been leveled!" Nightmare laughed. "Without the added distraction, I'll have no problem taking you apart piece by piece!"
"And at the same time, it'll be much easier to fight you without having to worry about you stealing the soul of an ally." Victor countered as he swatted Nightmare across the face.
Nightmare growled and swung his sword again, slashing Victor in the arm. "You prosthetic fool! You really think a machine is capable of defeating the Azure Knight?!" He challenged.
"I've fought Pyron and Jedah in the past." Victor pointed out. "You're not much worse than them."
"Then let's see if you change your mind when I impale you on my sword!" Nightmare roared as he shoved Soul Edge straight at Victor's torso. The machine fighter grabbed Soul Edge before it could have the chance to run his through.
"Let go, you fool!" Nightmare ordered.
"You really think that's going to work?" Victor asked with a smirk as he engulfed himself with electricity, sending a huge jolt of lightning through Soul Edge and through Nightmare. The Azure Knight roared in pain as Victor stopped his attack. Once Victor ceased, Nightmare crumpled to the canvas in a head.
"Some Azure Knight." Victor mused with a smirk as he pitched Nightmare's prone form out of the ring.
Nightmare fell headlong into the middle of the desert in Super Mario Bros. 3, getting his head stuck in the sand. The Azure Knight screamed death threats as he futilely tried to get his head un-stuck.
Back in the ring, Victor turned in time to see Athena Asamiya sending Shadow Man out of the ring with a rising uppercut (sending the robot master into Tenchu, where being a robot put him at a disadvantage in the stealth department).
Pai Chan was really trying to fend off Captain Falcon as best as she could, but her broken hand was really impeding her process. Still, Pai wasn't one to give up easily, and wasn't about to let a broken hand stop her (she still remembered the original UVR, where Chun-Li scored multiple eliminations even after one of her arms had been hacked off).
The Chinese woman saw Falcon lunging at her in a Raptor Boost, and this made Pai rush to the side to avoid the blow. Falcon swung his flaming uppercut at nothing but air now that Pai wasn't there, and the F-Zero pilot received a hard kick to the side of the face while he was recovering from his failed move.
Rubbing his jaw, Falcon looked at Pai. "You've got a broken hand, kid. You can't continue." He pointed out.
"Just because I'm injured doesn't mean I can't continue!" Pai insisted. "This isn't even my good hand!"
As if to prove her point, Pai rushed forward and lashed out the palm that wasn't broken. Falcon swerved to the side and allowed the palm to slip past his head. Captain Falcon quickly spun on one foot and kicked her in the side of the head, knocking her away from him.
Although the captain's attack hurt Pai, it did little to slow her down. The Chinese woman quickly got to her feet and rushed Falcon again. Ducking under another kick from Falcon, Pai grabbed him by the collar using her unbroken hand. Pai surprised Falcon by throwing him over her shoulder with just one hand, sending him rolling on the canvas for a few feet.
Falcon groaned as he got to his feet. "If you fight like this with just one hand, I'd hate to think what you fight like at full strength." He noted.
Once again, Falcon rushed his opponent, whom stood in place, anticipating anything the pilot would throw at her. Falcon shoved his elbow at Pai, but the Chinese girl was quick to block the attempted attack. However, she wasn't quick enough to avoid the kick to the stomach that followed right afterwards.
Pai flew backwards a few feet, but managed to stagger back into a standing position, the wind knocked out of her. Falcon took this as an opportunity and raced up to Pai, pulling his fist back. "Falcon…"
"PUNCH!!!"
The audience went ballistic as a flame shaped like a bird engulfed Falcon's fist, striking Pai with his trademark and most powerful attack. The Chinese girl went flying straight out of the arena.
Pai landed on a subway in Final Fight. Seeing Cody, Guy and Hagger race through the train, beating up thugs, Pai went over to a bench and sat down to watch the carnage.
Falcon dusted his hands off. He hated eliminating an injured girl like that, but she was incredibly stubborn and probably wouldn't have been eliminated any other way. Falcon turned to see R. Mika hurling Rico out of the ring (and into Hammerin' Hero, where she assisted the main character in his quest) and decided that she was probably the biggest threat, racing over to challenge her.
(Dome; Hallway)
Three shouts were heard in this particular hallway, but they were very different shouts. One was a shout of laughter and the other two were shouts of pain as they were attacked with a shell loaded with spikes.
Bowser felt that taking the two evil sorcerers from Mortal Kombat was good exercise for him. Neither Shang Tsung nor Quan Chi had managed to inflict very much damage themselves, leaving Bowser to deal out all of the pain since the fight for the emerald shard had started.
"You guys are the main villains of Mortal Kombat?" Bowser asked as he easily blocked a punch from Quan Chi with his forearm. "Man. If I invaded your world, I'd probably have taken over by now."
"How is this fool beating us so badly?!" Shang Tsung growled as he started to gather up some green energy in his hands. "We've never had this much trouble with an opponent in one-on-one fights and he's winning against the both of us combined!"
"Just keep at him. We're bound to find a weak point sooner or later." Quan Chi said. "I'll distract him and you take his soul."
"You think I'm going to let a couple of pansy sorcerers covered with makeup steal my soul?" Bowser asked. "You shmucks have another thing coming!"
Quan Chi raced at Bowser, whom in turn raced at him. As if you were expecting something else to happen, Bowser's unstoppable power was far too much for Quan Chi to overcome and the koopa king easily steamrolled over the bald sorcerer.
This left Shang Tsung open for attack, and Bowser was quick to drive his head into the sorcerer's midsection, stopping the soul-stealing spell. Shang Tsung flew into the far wall and landed on the floor.
"Look, this can all be avoided if you just hand over that shard." Quan Chi said.
"You ain't exactly winning, so you're not really in the position to be making that sort of statement." Bowser said with a grin. "Instead, I should be saying that this could all have been avoided if you putzes hadn't stupidly decided to start a fight with a guy that outclasses you in strength."
Quan Chi growled and drew his swords. "I'll make you eat those words!" He shouted and he lunged at Bowser with the intent of taking off the koopa's head.
However, while Quan Chi was in midair, Bowser had pulled his head back and gave the sorcerer a massive headbutt, sending the already-knocked-out Quan Chi straight into the wall.
Seeing his partner unconscious, Shang Tsung growled and got into his stance. "We need that shard. You'll pay for that!" He said as he hurled a green fireball at Bowser.
Bowser grunted in annoyance as he swatted the fireball out of the way. "Never give me orders." He said. "I've never really been a follower."
With that, Bowser gave Shang Tsung a hard punch to the face, sending the sorcerer into the wall again. Shang Tsung crumpled to the floor beside his partner, unconscious.
Bowser grinned as he put the shard away and lumbered off down the hallway. "It's going to take more than that to get rid of me." He mused to himself. "Bison should know better than that."
(The Arena)
It had taken Ryo a bit, but he had managed to regain his concentration and was managing to hold his own against Blazeman, whom had challenged him a few minutes after entering the ring.
Ryo Sakazaki shoved his hands forward, launching a fireball at Blazeman. The brown-haired young man jumped to the side and lashed out his yoyo, bouncing it off Ryo's head. The blonde fighter was quick to act and leapt at Blazeman, kicking him in the head.
Staggering to the side, Blazeman snapped to attention and drew his sword. "Looks like I'm slipping. I let my guard down there." He noted.
"Is that an insult?" Ryo asked. "Cause it sounds like an insult."
Blazeman didn't answer, but instead lunged forward and swung his sword at Ryo. The young man quickly dodged the blow and struck Blazeman in the face with his palm. Blazeman stepped back, but recovered in time to see Ryo's fist coming at his head.
"Not today!" Blazeman shouted as he ducked under the punch and kicked Ryo in the stomach, launching him back.
Ryo landed on his feet and slid backwards a few paces before coming to a halt. Not wanting to give up so easily, Ryo rushed Blazeman again, dodging another swing of a sword as he did. Ryo swung his fist, landing an uppercut to Blazeman's jaw, sending the younger man flying backwards, landing on his back.
"Had enough yet?" Ryo asked, though still on the defense just in case Blazeman had another plan.
Blazeman smirked as he climbed to his feet. "Actually, I'm nowhere NEAR done." He said as he rushed Ryo and struck him with a yoyo, making the blonde man stagger to the side, holding his face.
Taking the opportunity, Blazeman jumped at Ryo and kicked him in the back, knocking him to the canvas. While Ryo was down, Blazeman lifted his sword into the air, but wasn't expecting Ryo to kick at him while he was down. The sword was forced out of Blazeman's hands and he was pushed him backwards a couple of steps.
As Blazeman was recovering, Ryo got to his feet and approached the forum member, preparing to knock him out with a punch to the face.
That's when Blazeman snapped to attention and saw the attack coming. Grabbing Ryo's fist, Blazeman pushed it away, forcing Ryo backwards. Blazeman rushed the stunned Ryo and gave him a hard kick to the chin, sending the blonde fighter out of the arena.
Ryo landed in Mario Strikers: Charged. Unfortunately, he was standing in front of a Kritter goalie, in the path of five Megastrike shots from Diddy Kong. This would hurt tremendously.
Iori Yagami ducked under a juggling ball thrown by Toppo. The big-nosed bard rushed the red-haired orochi, attempting a kick to the face. Iori saw the attack coming and drove his head into the oncoming juggler's stomach, forcing Toppo back and knocking the wind out of him.
"I admire your determination. Simply coming at me the way you are is quite the feat for a simple juggler." Iori noted. "However, it's also extremely stupid."
Toppo, being Toppo, didn't answer. He simply leapt at Iori again, clocking the redhead in the face while he was distracted. Iori growled and engulfed his hand in a purple fire, launching it at Toppo.
The flames quickly reached Toppo and blasted him with a powerful energy, launching him backwards a little bit. Landing on his back, Toppo rolled backwards into a crouching position, one hand clutching a juggling ball to prepare for throwing. Toppo threw the ball at Iori's head, then raced after it.
Iori swatted the juggling ball out of the air, but wasn't prepared for Toppo's powerful knee to the face that followed it. Iori recoiled backwards, rubbing his face and glaring daggers at the silent juggler.
"I refuse to let you get the best of me!" Iori shouted as he raced forward and clawed at Toppo with his hands. The juggler received several sharp blows to the torso, but recovered fast enough to drive his fist into the side of Iori's head.
Stepping to the side for a second, Iori spun in place and saw Toppo rushing again. Iori was quick to kick Toppo in the chest, knocking the juggler backwards a couple of steps. Toppo quickly recovered and took out two more juggling balls, throwing them both at Iori at the same time.
Iori was able to take one of the two projectiles out of the way, the second juggling ball bounced off his head, stunning him long enough for Toppo to spike his fist into the back of his head, sending the redhead crashing into the canvas.
"How many of those things do you have, anyway?" Iori asked. "It seems like you never run out of them."
Of course, because he never talked, asking Toppo a question was a very stupid thing to do. Not bothering to answer Iori's question, Toppo rushed at Iori, attempting to kick him in the stomach.
However, Iori was expecting this. Ducking slightly, Iori allowed Toppo to overshoot his mark. Grabbing Toppo while he was ducking, Iori flipped the juggler up and over the ropes.
Toppo landed in the Sims. When he saw a green diamond floating above his head, he threw a juggling ball at it. Meanwhile, the house's kitchen had just spontaneously combusted.
"Psycho Ball!" Athena shouted as she lashed out her hands, firing a pink energy orb at Yamazaki. The psychotic thug took the attack to the chest and was sent flying backwards a few steps.
Quick to recover, Yamazaki stood at his full height and rotated his head a couple of times with a grin. "You think something like that's going to stop me?" He quizzed. "You obviously don't know me very well."
"I know that you're a bad man with very serious problems." Athena said, her eyes narrowed. "I'm not going to stop trying."
"Good to see that you don't know when to quit, sister." Yamazaki said. "Makes things a lot more fun for me."
Athena teleported behind Yamazaki, appearing and kicking him in the back at the same time. As Yamazaki stepped forward, Athena jumped into the air and engulfed herself in pink energy, flying straight down and clobbering the thug in the back.
Yamazaki fell flat on his face, but was quick to get up. He got to his feet and turned around to stare at Athena. His mouth twitched a couple of times as he smirked. "You're still as sneaky as you always are." He said. "Let's see if I can counter any of that."
Athena started to gather up energy. "It's time for me to do what Hon-Fu couldn't!" She said. "Psycho Ball!"
With that, Athena lashed out another Psycho Ball, sending it at Yamazaki. The thug raced at Athena and skillfully ducked under the Psycho Ball as he ran. Once he got close enough to Athena, Yamazaki kicked her in the face, sending her flying backwards.
Athena landed on her back and the Psycho Soldier slowly managed to get into a sitting position. "A lucky shot." She insisted. "I can still take you down."
Yamazaki smirked. "And you're still as delusional as always as well." He said as he started shaking one of his arms back and forth slowly. "Izuke…"
Athena saw what Yamazaki was doing and scrambled to her feet.
"…Ikuze…" Yamazaki continued, starting to sound a little more crazy.
Wanting to stop Yamazaki from attacking, Athena raced at the thug.
"…Ikuze…" Yamazaki continued, his voice on the verge of cracking.
Athena pulled her fist back and prepared to punch.
"SHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" Yamazaki screamed, lashing out his hand and snapping it off of Athena's forehead. Athena stood in silence for a second before collapsing onto her face.
"They're always one second too late." Yamazaki said as he picked up Athena's prone form and threw her out of the ring.
Athena landed in Toejam & Earl, on a bed of pink sponge foam. Her unconscious form bounced up and down for the next ten minutes.
Yamazaki chuckled as he turned. He saw his temporary partner Wario chucking Shermie out of the ring (and into Clock Tower, where she spent the next ten minutes running from a creature with a huge pair of scissors). Deciding to leave the portly anti-hero alone for now, Yamazaki decided to try and find another fight.
The Eternal Champion dodged to the side as Pyramid Head's huge sword swung past him. The glowing entity focused a little bit of energy into his hands and he shoved his palm forward, catching Pyramid Head in the chest. The demonic creature was sent recoiling backwards, but landed on its feet and slid backwards, managing to stop itself easily.
Pyramid Head let out an inhuman roar as it rushed the Champion and swung its huge weapon. The blue immortal took the attack to the face and flew backwards several feet, landing on his back.
To any other being, this would have been fatal. Unfortunately for Pyramid Head, the Champion wasn't exactly a normal fighter.
"You can try all you want. I cannot die." The Champion pointed out. "Then again, neither can you."
With that, the Champion rushed Pyramid Head, shoving his hands forward. Pyramid Head managed to block the attacks using its huge sword, but it didn't stop the Champion from forcing it back towards the ropes.
When he got close enough, Pyramid Head swerved to the side as the Champion was taking another swing. The Champion flew past Pyramid Head and the demonic being took the opportunity to swing its sword like a club and send the Champion over the ropes.
However, at the last minute, the Champion grabbed the top rope and swung back down sliding under the ropes and back into the ring, saving himself from elimination. Pyramid Head wasn't expecting this, and received a sharp blow to the helmet for its troubles.
"I suppose I am to blame for falling for such a trick." The Champion shook his head.
Pyramid Head lifted its sword above its head and brought it down, attempting to cut the Champion in two. However, the Champion was aware of this and rushed to the side, avoiding the attack. The Champion gave Pyramid Head a hard punch, knocking it away.
Seeing that Pyramid Head was close to elimination, the Champion rushed forward and shoved out his fist.
Meanwhile, Cronos had set his sights on the fight R. Mika was having with Link and was rushing over to interrupt the fight and take both of the two off guard. However, to do this, Cronos had unknowingly run in the path of the Champion. He received a powerful blow from the side and the sheer power of the surprise attack sent the stunned Cronos spiraling out of the arena sideways.
Cronos landed in Zoo Tycoon, where he spent the next ten minutes fighting off the workers after turning into a penguin.
The Champion stopped in surprise at what had just happened. He looked at where Pyramid Head had been standing and saw that it was gone. The blue entity cursed his luck and started looking around for the demonic creature.
Link received one heck of a clothesline from R. Mika and was sent straight to the canvas, but not before flipping in the air before landing flat on his face. The spandex-clad wrestler played to the crowd before leaping off a turnbuckle, aiming her elbow at Link's downed form.
However, this was what the Hero of Time was anticipating and he rolled to the side, allowing R. Mika to strike the canvas. Link gave her a hard kick while she was distracted.
Link had to admit that the Master Sword was acting much more normal now that Toppo had been tossed. He still couldn't picture how the juggler's presence could have made the Master Sword act the way it was. Link decided to think about it later, because as long as the sword was behaving normally, he was happy.
R. Mika jumped to her feet and cracked her knuckles. "You ready for this, fairy boy?" She asked. "I'll have you know I can pound you flat with my power."
"You have power, but you lack experience." Link explained, pulling out his Gale Boomerang. "I have accomplished more in my life right now than you probably ever will as a wrestler."
"Take that back, punk!" R. Mika growled. "Wrestling is everything to me!"
The Gale Boomerang flew past R. Mika, spinning her around in a small tornado for a second. The boomerang returned to Link's hand. "But I have traversed countless dungeons and defeated creatures a hundred times my size in order to save my land. Tell me what a wrestler can do that comes close to that type of experience."
R. Mika was silent, but not because she was thinking. It was because she was freaking angry. Roaring in fury, R. Mika rushed the Hero of Time and swatted him aside with a backhand.
As Link was recovering, R. Mika bounced at him hip-first, slamming her hip into Link's face and knocking him away.
Link rolled on the canvas before breaking into a crouching position. "Looks like I failed to get through to her." He said. "Maybe a Bomb will get her to listen."
Link pulled out a Bomb and hurled it at R. Mika. The female wrestler, not expecting this, took the item to the face, where it exploded the instant it made contact.
Seeing the cloud of smoke where Mika had been standing, Link looked around, wondering if she had managed to rush around the bomb as it was exploding.
However, as he was looking back, someone tapped him on the shoulder. Link turned and found himself staring into the blackened, angry face of R. Mika. Her mask had been burned off, her entire face was covered in soot and her ponytails were now standing on end, but she was otherwise no worse for wear.
As R. Mika proved this by grabbing Link and throwing him out of the arena with all of her might.
Link appeared high above the surface of a planet in Mario Galaxy. Seeing that he was falling directly towards a Piranha Plant, Link held his sword under him and braced for impact.
R. Mika softened her gaze and sighed at the loss of her trademark mask. Still, she had won the fight, so she turned to see who she should fight next. She saw Fox booting Victor from the arena (and into Halo, where he ended up electrocuting all of the Covenant soldiers in the area after falling into a lake), but decided to leave him along for now and raced off to start a fight elsewhere.
(Dome; Hallway)
O'Chunks tore down the hallway, frantically calling out Nastasia's name. Ever since Peach had told him Nastasia had been rescued, the bearded warrior had spent the majority of his time back at the dome searching for her.
"Nastasia! Are ye here?" O'Chunks called out as he ran. After spending over half of the tournament forced to work for Bison, all the fighter wanted to do was see his petite friend alright.
As the Scottish fist-fighter rounded another corner, he froze at what he saw. He saw Nastasia walking down the hallway with two elven men, probably the ones Peach told him about. Nastasia was missing her glasses and she looked a little shaken, but she looked otherwise okay.
"Nastasia!" O'Chunks said as he rushed towards his friend and scooped her up in a huge hug. "Aye'm so glad ta see ye alright!"
"O-O'Chunks…" Nastasia said as O'Chunks put her down. "I…I was hoping I'd get to tell you I'd been rescued before you entered the ring, but I guess it didn't work out that way."
"Where were ye all this time?" O'Chunks asked. "Aye've been tryin' ta find ye all night."
"Bison stuffed me into a locker by the pool." Nastasia sighed. "There was barely enough room in there for me to move."
"If she hadn't kicked the door when we went in, we may never have found her." Torn explained.
O'Chunks suddenly became aware of the two elven men and stood up, holding out his hand to them. "Ye two have saved my friend from Bison. Aye am in yer debt, lads." He explained. "Any time yer node needs muscle, give meh a shout."
"O'Chunks, we're not in the clear yet." Nastasia pointed out as O'Chunks shook the hands of Jak & Torn. "They've got Mimi. Didn't Peach tell you in the ring?"
"She did, and Aye'm not worried about the little lass, Nastasia." O'Chunks said with a grin. "She can either take them all off guard and escape on her own or let herself stay captive while making them all miserable."
"So what do you propose we do, big guy?" Jak asked.
"Aye hear there's a group of people tryin' ta take Bison down." O'Chunks explained. "We could try ta find them."
With that, the united quartet wandered off, now with the new objective of finding the group of heroes.
(The Arena)
"Tiger!" Sagat shouted as he launched his trademark projectile at Donkey Kong. The huge monkey took the attack to the chest as staggered back a few steps, although he was quick to regain his composure. Once DK was focused again, he pulled his hand back and gave Sagat a hard slap to the face, sending the tall, bald man across the ring.
Sagat slowly got to his feet as DK clapped in amusement. "Amazing. He's the strongest being I've ever seen with half the intelligence." He said. "How am I supposed to beat him when he considers the entire fight to be a game?"
Deciding to rush DK, Sagat started running straight at the monkey with the intent on delivering a Tiger Uppercut once he got close enough. However, when Sagat got close enough, DK slapped the canvas, creating a small shockwave that sent the tall man into the air. Sagat landed flat on his back as DK cheered happily.
"Okay, seriously! How is this thing winning?!" Sagat asked. "How did it even beat Ryu?! It must be playing with my mind!"
DK cleaned out his ear.
Sagat growled as he crouched low. "Let's see you take this, you cheeky ape!" He shouted. "Tiger Uppercut!"
Sagat launched into the air, striking DK in the chin with his fist. The attack was so powerful that even someone DK's size was sent flying back a good distance before landing flat on his back.
DK got to his feet, looking a little cross now. The huge monkey marched towards Sagat, winding up his fist at the same time. Sagat, in the meantime, stood prepared for anything his opponent would dish out.
As DK continued walking, he started picking up speed. The entire time, his fist was winding up, charging a Great Punch. Once he reached Sagat, he let loose the power of the fully-charged punch.
However, Sagat had anticipated this and dodged to the side. DK's huge fist soared past Sagat's head as the tall man pulled his own fist back.
Everything seemed to go in slow-motion for DK. Sagat managed to avoid his attack and was about to unleash another uppercut. Unfortunately, because he was still recovering from his own attack, there was nothing DK could do to avoid the oncoming punch. The huge monkey took the powerful punch to the face, stunning him.
Sagat wasn't done, however, as he leapt straight at DK's face. "Tiger Knee!" He shouted, striking DK with his oversized knee on the way up. This made DK step back towards the ropes.
Unfortunately for DK, Sagat noticed this and smirked. "Looks like I've gotten the upper hand." He said. "Now to finish you off!"
Without giving DK a chance to respond, Sagat gave him the hardest kick he could muster, striking the ape with his leg. DK staggered to the side before tumbling over the ropes and out of the ring.
DK landed in Rhythm Heaven where, because of his experience with rhythm games, he was able to clear the stages easily.
Potemkin held up a huge hand and blocked the equally-large, metallic fist of Musafar. The Galaxy Fight robot quickly shoved his other fist at Potemkin, managing to slip it past his defenses and punching the mountain of man in the side of the head.
The attack had taken Potemkin off guard and he stepped to the side a couple of steps. However, he was able to regain his footing quickly and thrust out his huge foot at the large robot.
Musafar took the kick to the face and was sent back several feet. Musafar, laying on his back, looked up in time to see Potemkin coming down towards him, attempting to land on him. Showing a surprising amount of agility for a robot, Musafar dodged the attack, got to his feet and gave the unprepared Potemkin a hard punch as soon as the mountain of man had landed.
"I wouldn't have expected a robot to have reflexes like that." Potemkin noted, rubbing his jaw with his huge hand. "This could actually be pretty interesting."
Musafar locked onto Potemkin and approached, rapidly swinging his fists in attempt to attack the huge man with a flurry. However, because of the size of Potemkin's limbs, all the huge man had to do to block all of Musafar's punches was hold his arm out in the path of the attacks.
Seeing that his punches were getting blocked with little to no effort, Musafar decided to change things up and delivered an uppercut at the end of the flurry. The powerful punch managed to knock Potemkin's arm away from his face, giving Musafar the chance to deliver another hard punch.
"Man. This thing's tougher than I thought." Potemkin noted.
Potemkin saw that Musafar was attempting another punch, so the huge man quickly caught the blow and hefted the robot onto his shoulders, then tossed him aside like a ragdoll. Musafar hit the canvas (creating a shockwave that sent everyone standing on the canvas into the air) and managed to get to his feet. The robot fighter turned to stare at Potemkin, then activated his leg jets, launching straight at the mountain of man.
Because he wasn't expecting such an attack from Musafar, Potemkin only had enough time to stare dumbfounded before Musafar plowed into him. Musafar continued going, racing towards the ropes.
Musafar suddenly came to an abrupt halt, throwing Musafar away from him. Musafar followed up with a powerful uppercut, finishing Potemkin off and sending the mountain of man over the ropes.
Musafar, his job done, turned to start another fight. However, he stopped when he saw who was standing in front of him.
Pyramid Head stood in place, although wavering back and forth and twitching slightly. Musafar, unsure as to what was in front of him, approached.
That was a bad move. Pyramid Head sprung to life and leapt at the robot, swinging its sword and sending the robot out of the arena.
Musafar landed in Bioshock, where the Big Daddies accepted him (and Potemkin, whom had just arrived) as one of their own.
Kathy snapped her whip, catching Kid Muscle in the shoulder. The wrestler backed away, clutching his wound as he stared at his opponent, trying to put together a strategy.
"What's wrong, partner?" Kathy quizzed. "Not used to fighting someone not a wrestler?"
"That's part of the equation." Kid Muscle replied.
Deciding to try a new tactic, Kid Muscle rushed the blonde cowgirl. Kathy snapped her whip again, but Kid Muscle managed to avoid the attack as he ran and tackled the cowgirl to the canvas. He wrenched the whip from Kathy's hands and threw it aside.
"There. Now what are you going to do now that your weapon's gone?" Kid Muscle asked with a smirk.
Kathy, much to Kid Muscle's surprise, gave a smirk in return. "The exact same thing I did to Wolf Hawkfield last year." She said as she pulled her foot back and gave Kid Muscle a hard kick to the crotch.
Kid Muscle's eyes widened with pain as he collapsed to the canvas. Kathy, in the meantime, raced over to her whip to gather it up again.
"Ya still think you can beat me, partner?" Kathy asked, standing over Kid Muscle's downed form.
"Yeah." Kid Muscle said in a high-pitched voice before clearing his throat. "Yeah. As a matter of fact, I do."
Kid Muscle slowly got to his feet and held up his fists, as if waiting for Kathy to strike first. Kathy took the bait and snapped her whip at him again. Kid Muscle quickly grabbed Kathy's whip, stopping the attack and preventing her from pulling it back.
"H-Hey! Let go, ya creep!" Kathy shouted.
Kid Muscle smirked. "I don't think so." He said as he grabbed Kathy's whip with both hands and started spinning. Kathy, unprepared for this, was lifted off the ground and was sent spinning along with her whip.
The Audience watched as Mid Muscle spun around countless times, spinning Kathy's whip harder and harder. Kathy was holding onto the other end of her whip for dear life, afraid that if she let go she'd be thrown from the arena.
Ironically, that's exactly what happened, although it was Kid Muscle to let go. After one final spin, Kid Muscle let go of Kathy's whip and sent the screaming cowgirl flying out of the arena.
Kathy landed in Sunset Riders. Seeing a stampede of horses coming at her, Kathy shrugged and jumped just as the lead one was passing underneath her. Kathy landed on top of the horse and let out a cheer as she was taken for a ride.
Kid Muscle winced and was extremely tempted to grab his still-aching crotch, but resisted it in fear of looking indecent. The young wrestler turned in time for Blazeman to fly over his head and out of the arena (courtesy of a throw by the Eternal Champion; Blazeman landed in Earthbound and stared beating up members of the Blue Blue Cult). Kid Muscle did a double-take, looking at where Blazeman had gone, then shrugged as he wandered off.
Gordon Boman held up a tonfa and blocked a punch from Maxima. The overweight cop quickly kicked the Canadian cyborg in the chest and knocked him backwards a couple of steps. Maxima retaliated with a kick (which was blocked), but followed up with a surprise punch while Boman was distracted.
Boman growled. "You're a tough one, but you'll fall eventually." He warned. "I have a lot more stamina than you do."
"I doubt that." Maxima said with a smirk. "I'm a cyborg."
"It makes no difference to me. You'll go down just as hard as a human." Boman said as he swung his tonfas at Maxima.
The cyborg ducked under Boman's weapons and gave the cop a hard uppercut, actually managing to lift Boman off his feet for a few seconds. Boman landed on his feet and narrowed his eyes, wiping him mouth with his arm.
"Okay. You're going to pay for that one." Boman said.
"You Kizuna people have been saying that all night." Maxima taunted. "A lot of good it's done you."
"Okay, pal. You've just unleashed my wrath." Boman said as he smashed one of his tonfas across Maxima's face. "Don't say I didn't warn you."
Rubbing his face, Maxima quickly regained his composure and attempted another jab at the cop's face. Boman quickly held up his tonfas to block the blow, but was unprepared for the heavy blow to the stomach that followed.
Boman felt the wind getting knocked out of him as he staggered back. "Hey! I've got a sensitive stomach, you know!" He shouted.
"If that's the case, then why the heck do you walk around with an open vest, with nothing protecting it?" Maxima asked. "Not a very smart move if you ask me."
"Well, I didn't ask you, punk!" Boman shouted as he lunged at Maxima and smashed his tonfas over the cyborg's head.
Amazingly, the strike was hard enough to stun Maxima. This gave Boman the opportunity to grab the cyborg by the arm and hurl him out of the ring.
Maxima landed in Lego Star Wars, accidentally breaking the Lego Qui-Gon. In response, the Lego Jar Jar curiously picked up the discarded lightsaber. Chaos ensued.
Back in the ring, Boman rotated his arm with a smirk on his face. Scoring an elimination was a rewarding feeling, but doing it against a strong opponent made the feeling that much better. Turning around, Boman saw the others remaining in the ring. Wario and Yamazaki were laughing their heads off at the Eternal Champion, whom was chasing Pyramid Head around the ring. Kid Muscle looked like he was in pain for some odd reason, but Boman didn't bother to question it. and Fox still looked relatively fresh, although the former was still cleaning soot off of her face. Captain Falcon looked around the ring, wondering which fighter was the biggest threat. Iori and Sagat stood off to the side, not really involved in anything.
Boman made a quick head count and smirked when he saw that he had survived the section. The overweight cop glanced up towards the entrance curtain to 'welcome' the next wave of fighters.
FINAL SCORE: (8 votes)
(Live Votes: Die Votes) = Final Score
WARIO (SSB) (7:1) = 6 (Charlotte, Shermie)
ETERNAL CHAMPION (EC) (6:2) = 4 (Cronos, Blazeman)
SAGAT (SFA3) (6:2) = 4 (Hallec, Donkey Kong)
RAINBOW MIKA (SFA3) (6:3) = 3 (Rico, Link)
FOX MCCLOUD (SSB) (6:3) = 3 (Victor)
GORDON BOMAN (KE) (5:3) = 2 (Maxima)
PYRAMID HEAD (SH) (5:3) = 2 (Musafar)
CAPTAIN FALCON (SSB) (5:3) = 2 (Pai Chan)
RYUJI YAMAZAKI (FF) (5:4) = 1 (Athena Asamiya)
KID MUSCLE (UM) (5:4) = 1 (Kathy)
IORI YAGAMI (KOF) (5:4) = 1 (Toppo)
(ELIMINATED)
VICTOR (DS) (4:4) = 0 (Nightmare)
MUSAFAR (GF) (4:4) = 0 (Potemkin)
BLAZEMAN (FT) (4:4) = 0 (Ryo Sakazaki)
ATHENA ASAMIYA (KOF) (5:5) = 0 (Shadow Man)
LINK (SSB) (4:5) = -1
NIGHTMARE (SC) (4:5) = -1
DONKEY KONG (SSB) (4:5) = -1
CRONOS (BR) (3:5) = -2
MAXIMA (KOF) (3:5) = -2
SHERMIE (KOF) (3:5) = -2
POTEMKIN (GG) (3:5) = -2
SHADOW MAN (MM) (3:5) = -2
PAI CHAN (VF) (3:6) = -3
KATHY (S3) (3:6) = -3
TOPPO (S3) (2:6) = -4
RICO (S3) (2:6) = -4
CHARLOTTE (SS) (2:6) = -4
RYO SAKAZAKI (KOF) (2:6) = -4
HALLEC (S3) (1:7) = -6
BONUS MATCHES:
"Muscle vs. Magic"
BOWSER (SSB) slaughters SHANG TSUNG and QUAN CHI (MK)
8 to 0