(The Arena)
"Just when I was hoping there wouldn't be as many Big Guys this section, they throw a total of FIVE into the ring." Xigbar muttered as he shot at Sandman and Hallec. "Now it'll require more eliminations to survive."
While the laser bolts were going straight at the respective targets, both fighters reacted. Hallec raised one of his axes and reflected the bolts shot at him while Sandman dissolved into a pile of sand and moved out of the way to avoid the shots.
Unfortunately, the laser bolts that bounced off of Hallec's axe ricocheted around the arena. Faust, Mukuro, Whip, Mewtwo and Lau Chan were the only ones aside from Xigbar, Sandman and Hallec that managed to avoid the bolts. Everyone else was struck at least once.
Billy Kane collapsed to one knee as two bolts slammed into his back. The elder Kane looked up into the jeering face of Mukuro.
"Not as quick as you think you are, eh?" Mukuro laughed creepily.
Narrowing his eyes, Billy stepped to his feet. "You're gonna tell me what you know, pal." Billy said. "My sister's in danger, and I know that you're in on what's going on."
Mukuro smirked. "And what if I do?" The psychotic zombie asked.
"Then I'll BEAT the info out of you!" Billy shouted, lunging at Mukuro.
Mewtwo waited patiently as Wan-Fu stood up, rubbing his shoulder, where a stray laser bolt had struck. "You finished?" The psychic Pokemon asked.
Wan-Fu nodded as he hefted the 'Pillar of Pain' onto his shoulder again. "Quite."
"I must say that I'm impressed with your vast knowledge of fighting with different weapons." Mewtwo said, unfolding his arms. "If my memory serves right, which it always does, you've had three weapons in the different games you were in."
Again, Wan-Fu nodded. "Yeah. But the old sword was too plain and the new weapon I was given just doesn't suit me that well." He patted the stone pillar on his shoulder. "This baby's always been my favourite."
"Well, let's see how good you fight with it." Mewtwo said, lifting an almost non-existent eyebrow with a smirk.
On the other side of the arena, Yuri was having a difficult time fighting off Kirby (whom had copied her and was sporting a head of brown hair, complete with ponytail). Kirby was a fast-attacking fighter to begin with, so mixing it up with Yuri's quick attacks weren't exactly the best thing for the young Sakazaki. The ball of puff was now twice as fast as he usually was, and still held all of the main attacks in Yuri's arsenal.
"Will you just hold still?" Yuri shouted, lashing out a fireball at Kirby, whom easily jumped over it.
Kirby landed on his feet and rushed at Yuri. "CHOO UPPAH!" Kirby shouted.
Yuri could block in time and felt the miniaturized version of her Cho Upper strike her in the chin, sending her flying. The young girl landed on her back, but quickly got to her feet.
"Okay, that thing's REALLY got me mad, now!" She fumed as she ran into battle again.
(Announcer's Booth)
Unknown1 looked over at SSBFreak and saw him going over a few pages on a clipboard. "You've been reading over the Fighter Roster ever since Mewtwo eliminated Akuma. What's bothering you?"
"I've noticed that we've only got thirty-two fighters, not counting the Mystery Fighters, left whom haven't entered the arena yet."
"So?"
"Ten of those thirty-two are Big Guys." SSBFreak explained. "The way things are going, we'll have WAY less than twenty fighters in the ring during the final section."
"So what's your solution?" Unknown1 asked.
"For starters, I've decided to negate the Big Guy status of Heihachi Mishima, Wolfgang Krauser, E. Honda and Ryuji Yamazaki."
The other blonde, young man was silent for a few seconds. "Okay. Honda, Krauser and Yamazaki I can understand, but why Heihachi?"
"Well, he technically wasn't the boss of Tekken 5, was he?"
"…No, I guess not." Unknown1 admitted. "But what else are you planning?"
"Bring in two Mystery Fighters in at least one section, then scan the audience for any more until we have twenty fighters in the arena during the last section." SSBFreak suggested. "Bringing in people from the audience won't cost us anything, after all."
"Okay. Sounds like a plan."
"Yeah, but now we need to find people in the audience good enough to enter the arena."
(Dome; Unknown Location)
Bison paced back and forth, walking in front of a huge machine. In the middle of this machine was a metal chair, where the main target would sit until the essences from all of the kidnapped youth are transferred into his or her body.
As much as Bison didn't want to admit it, he was getting nervous. This team he had heard about had proven to be more annoying than expected, and he was losing henchmen. Blob was hospitalized and probably wouldn't be okay to fight, Gannondorf no longer wanted to help, Lee Chaolan and Anna Williams were who-knows-where and Seth & Vanessa had been set free of the brainwashing Bison had on them.
And what made matters worse was that Guile and J. Maxx were part of this team. Now, normally, Bison wouldn't have cared, but he had both of their kids kidnapped and knew first-hand how dangerous the two could get when family is invovled.
"I guess there's only one thing to do, then." Bison said as he grabbed a phone and dialed Birdie's cell phone number.
"Yello?" Birdie's voice asked.
"Birdie, are all of the targets in place?" Bison asked.
"That they are." Birdie said.
"Drain their essences." Bison ordered. "NOW."
"What's the rush, boss?" Birdie asked. "You get the main target early?"
"No, but I don't want to take any chances." Bison sighed. "This team coming to stop us is proving to be more annoying than I though they would be, and if they rescue even one of those youth before their essences are drained, nothing will work."
"All righty roosky, boss." Birdie said. "I'll give word to the others."
"You do that." Bison said, hanging up the phone. "I can't let this fail. I've been planning this for far too long."
(The Arena)
J. Carn groaned as he got to his feet, still feeling the pain from Chun-Li's kick in his jaw.
"Maybe I should try to survive the section and see if any attractive women come in during the next one." The Mongolian muttered. "It would probably be safer than risk it with women like Chun-Li."
J. Carn looked around. He looked to his right just in time for a gloved hand to smash into his forehead, sending the portly man to the ground. J. Carn stood up as the culprit, Captain Falcon, stood in his stance.
"What's your problem?" J. Carn asked.
Captain Falcon scratched his head and shrugged. "Well, I noticed that you didn't have an opponent, so I decided to give you one."
J. Carn smirked. "Good. An easy elimination."
The F-Zero racer's eyes narrowed. "Oh, I don't think so."
J. Carn approached Falcon and kicked (pretty slowly). Falcon easily avoided the kick, pulled his arm back and lunged forward in his Raptor Boost. The flaming uppercut was a direct hit,striking J. Carn in the chin, sending him upwards.
However, Falcon failed to realize that he had just sent J. Carn flying over himself until all 250 pounds of Mongolian landed directly on top of him.
It took a good amount of effort, but Falcon was able to push J. Carn off of him, sending the portly man rolling a couple of feet away.
J. Carn slowly got to his feet as Falcon charged forward, stopping just beside of him. Falcon clenched a fist and pulled it back.
The audience went nuts.
"Falcon…"
J. Carn looked at his opponent.
"PUNCH!"
Forget falling just past the ropes. J. Carn was sent flying clear out of the arena with no hope of return.
J. Carn landed in Unreal Championship. Let's just say that once he figured out how to use a gun, things didn't get pretty.
Xigbar ducked as Sandman's huge fist of sand soared over his head. The cloaked Nobody then drove his knee into the larger man's face. Sandman, taken aback by the attack, held his face as he stepped back a couple of steps. Sandman then turned his right hand into a spike and charged again.
"Oh, snap!" Xigbar shouted, taking aim with his guns and firing several laser bolts at Sandman.
Sandman would lose the spike if he dissolved, so he was more focused on that than he was at what was coming at him. A few bolts struck him, but it did little to stop him. However, one laser bolt struck his spike arm, which weakened it as Sandman swung it.
The blunt end of the spike slammed into Xigbar's shoulder. However, he was extremely lucky that it was weakened, otherwise it would have amputated his arm. Instead, Xigbar stepped back, clutching his shoulder.
Xigbar narrowed his eyes. "You're almost as sneaky as I am, man." He muttered.
"I'll take that as a compliment." Sandman said with a smirk.
Standing straight, Xigbar took a couple of deep breaths and charged forward, throwing himself at Sandman.
However, just as the cloaked Nobody came close, Sandman dissolved again. Xigbar flew right through his opponent, but still went flying forward.
Chung Paihu had been sneaking up on Sandman, hoping to do some damage when this occurred. The old man wasn't expecting Xigbar to fly at him and was unable to block in time. Xigbar flew straight into Chung's stomach, sending the surprised old man tumbling over the ropes.
Chung landed in River City Ransom. Seemingly oblivious to Ryan and Alex kicking the tar out of Moose in the background, Chung walked off to find something to eat.
Kirby soared through the air, still feeling the after effects of Yuri's last punch. The force from the blow had even negated the powers he had copied from her, so the long, brown hair was gone from Kirby's head.
The round ball of pink continued falling towards the ground before bouncing off of Hallec's head. As Kirby landed on the ground, Hallec turned and looked down at him.
"Why did you do that, friend?" Hallec asked. "WAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Hallec's roar sent Kirby flying into the ropes. Luckily for him, he didn't fall out of the arena, because that attack left him too dazed to try floating back in.
Kirby landed on his stomach (or what would be his stomach), but quickly jumped to his feet and looked at the huge native with a comedic-looking frown.
Hallec swung one of his axes at Kirby, but the pink puffball was able to jumped over the attack in time. Kirby then shoved his pointy foot into Hallec's face, making the native stagger back with a roar of pain.
While Hallec was distracted, Kirby took his chance and rushed forward. Kirby rushed over to Hallec and came to a halt. He then lightly tapped Hallec in the leg.
Hallec looked down. "Yes?"
Kirby flipped himself over, kicking at the same time. Both of the Dreamlander's feet slammed into Hallec's chin, knocking the large man back even further.
Hallec slowly stood to his feet, knowing that he'd have to be more careful to take Kirby out. The huge man lumbered forward as Kirby did the same.
Kirby tried another airborne kick, but Hallec was ready this time. The huge man caught Kirby's foot with one hand and gave a hard punch with the other. Kirby flew backwards ten feet until crashing into one of the turnbuckles.
Hallec watched Kirby as the ball of puff stood, but failed to notice how unusually angry he looked. Hallec advanced anyway.
Very bad mistake.
Kirby grabbed him and then leapt what seemed like thirty feet into the air (how he was able to do that while holding someone Hallec's size no one knew, but no one really pressed matters). Then, Kirby came crashing down, piledriving Hallec into the canvas. This was more than enough to knock the oversized native out. Kirby then picked him up and threw him over the ropes.
With Hallec gone, Kirby rushed back over to Yuri to continue their battle.
Hallec landed in the node of Whiplash. Spanx, thinking him to be a guard, swung his unwilling partner, Redmond the Rabbit, at the unconscious man several times.
Mewtwo leaned to the side as Wan-Fu's stone pillar swung at him. The psychic Pokemon then lashed out his tail at the large man, striking him in the chest.
However, this did little to slow Wan-Fu down. The large man demonstrated this by spinning his pillar at Mewtwo, engulfing the end of it in fire. Mewtwo wasn't expecting this and the pillar smashed into his face, sending him flying over the ropes.
Mewtwo wasn't one to go out so easily though, and easily uprighted himself in midair before teleporting back into the arena. The instant he was back in, Mewtwo kicked Wan-Fu in the face, taking the large man off guard.
Wan-Fu quickly regained his composure and swung his stone pillar again, smashing it into Mewtwo's side. This made the psychic Pokemon collapse to one knee.
In spite of the condidtion he was in, Mewtwo couldn't help but smirk. It had been a long time since he had fought someone as strong as Wan-Fu, and in all honesty, Mewtwo was enjoying every minute of it.
"I'm afraid I must end this battle, but I hope to challenge you again sometime." Mewtwo said.
"Likewise, pal." Wan-Fu replied. "However, it is I whom must end the battle."
The two advanced on each other again. Wan-Fu swung his stone pillar with all his might, but Mewtwo ducked under it. The psychic then slashed at Wan-Fu with his claws, catching him in the chest. Although it didn't hurt Wan-Fu very much, it did distract him long enough for Mewtwo to attack the canvas underneath his feet with dark flames. The resulting explosion sent Wan-Fu flying towards the fight Lau Chan was having with Sodom.
Sodom saw Wan-Fu coming and pointed behind Lau. "Uh, you MAY wanna turn around."
Lau turned and saw Wan-Fu flying at him. "Thank you." He said to Sodom as he leapt into the air and sent Wan-Fu out of the arena with a flying kick. He landed on his feet again and resumed his fight.
Wan-Fu landed in Tekken, where he pounded Paul Phoenix into the ground.
Mewtwo, seeing someone else take his elimination, sighed and turned around. Mewtwo then saw the fight between Billy Kane and Mukuro and floated over, silently charging a Shadow Ball.
Billy, in the meantime, had finally defeated Mukuro. The undead assassin was laying n the ground, panting, as Billy stood over him, staff in hand.
"Okay, pal. I've given you enough chances already." Billy said, narrowing his eyes. "Now tell me what's going on!"
Mukuro smirked. "You kidding me? Heh. You're stupider than you look."
Billy growled. "I'll kill you if you don't tell me!"
"Good luck with that." Mukuro's smirk got even bigger. "I'm already dead."
Billy was about to respond when he heard a noise coming from behind. Acting quickly, Billy spun in place and swung his staff like a golf club, striking the unsuspecting Mewtwo in the face and sending him over the ropes. Mewtwo was too taken aback and dazed to try teleporting back in again.
Billy turned to Mukuro again, only to see that the assassin had scampered away.
Billy cursed. Loudly.
Mewtwo landed in Bubble Bobble, where Bub and Bob pelted him with multicoloured bubbles.
(Eliminated Seating)
Pai Chan watched her father in awe. She was elated to see him get an elimination, and was rooting for him to get even more.
Needless to say, Pai was the most excited out of her node about Lau's performance. Goh couldn't really have cared any less, Sarah was off having an argument with Nina Williams, Akira and Kagemaru weren't really paying attention, Wolf was still recovering from Kathy's 'finishing blow' in the Recovery Room and Brad and Jacky were gone from the Eliminated Seating altogether.
In fact, Lion was the only one besides Pai to really be paying any sort of attention to Lau. He turned to his nodal companion. "Your father's doing pretty good."
Pai nodded vigorously. "He's a much better fighter than I am! He'll bring true honour to the 'Chan' name!"
Lion chuckled. "In all honesty, I'm surprised how many of us have been getting eliminations."
Again, Pai nodded. "Yeah. Out of all of us that have entered the arena so far, Jacky, Sarah and Brad are the only ones to not get an elimination!"
"And next year, we'll have a bigger roster." Lion added. "I know El Blaze and Eileen would have loved to come here."
"I sure hope so." Pai nodded. "It would be great to enter a tournament with the entire gang present."
Gabby Jay, in the meantime, had just arrived, having spent a little longer trying to recover. The aging boxer suddenly saw the cold glares of Maxi, Busuzima, Sonic and the Stormtrooper. It was clear that none of the mentioned Mystery Fighters were too pleased with the fact that someone like Gabby Jay did better than they did in the ring. Gabby wisely chose to avoid them and find a seat elsewhere.
The old boxer quickly scanned the area for an empty seat and eventually found one in the front row by the railing overlooking the arena itself. He went down to it.
"Is this seat taken?" Gabby asked.
The two people next to the empty seat looked at him, revealing themselves to be Larcen Tyler and Scorpion. Gabby stepped back again, thinking that the two of them would be just as cold.
"Nah. Have a seat, pal." Larcen shrugged.
Gabby sighed in relief. "Thanks." He said. "It's good to see that some of the Mystery Fighters aren't acting cold to me."
"Because you did better than they did?" Larcen asked.
"Yeah."
"I don't care for such pointless matters." Scorpion pointed out. "My hatred is reserved only for Quan-Chi."
"Yeah, I don't care for that stuff anymore." Larcen agreed. "Not after the gang and I were given second chances at life. A lot of us have learned not to hold grudges."
"Man. I know a couple of guys on my boxing circuit that can learn a few things from you." Gabby sighed.
"Why do you stick on that circuit, anyway?" Scorpion asked.
"What are you talking about?" The British boxer asked.
"You saw how well you did in the arena." Larcen pointed out. "You seem to be better at rumbles than you are at fighting opponents one-on-one."
"Ah, I couldn't do that." Gabby shook his head. "Boxing's in my blood."
"Well, at least you should try and get better training." Scorpion suggested, lifting an eyebrow. "Glass Joe isn't exactly the best role model."
"I'll…Think about it."
"Say, why don't you come with us to the bar after the tournament finishes?" Larcen asked. "You seem like an okay guy."
"I'd appreciate it, thanks." Gabby replied with a nod and smile.
(The Arena)
Whip's whip snapped at Blazeman, cracking him in the shoulder. The TFS'er staggered back, clutching his shoulder, but not taking his eyes off of Whip. The young Ikari Warrior smirked and cracked her whip again, this time at Blazeman's knee.
Luckily, Blazeman saw the attack coming and lifted his sword, blocking the attack. By now, his shoulder was feeling a little better, so he advanced on Whip again and kicked at her head.
Blazeman's attack was a direct hit. Whip flew backwards several feet and landed on her back, but quickly got to her feet.
Brushing a few strands of hair out of her eyes, Whip smirked. "I must admit that you caught me off guard there." She said as she reached into her jacket. "However, I'd say it's time for me to bring out a different weapon." In the blink of an eye, Whip had pulled a new weapon from her jacket.
A Magnum.
Blazeman's eyes snapped open as Whip took aim. "Oh, CRAP!" He said as he dove to the side.
Whip fired her gun and stepped back a step because of the recoil. The shot that had launched from the barrel of the gun struck one of the turnbuckles, creating a small explosion.
Blazeman's heart skipped a beat, realized that that would have hurt royally if the shot had actually hit him. He regained his composure and glared at Whip. "Okay. That's how you wanna play, eh?" He asked. "Okay."
The TFS'er put his sword away, then pulled another weapon out: A staff, as long as he was tall. Where he had gotten it from Whip didn't know, but she didn't care enough to ask.
The two advanced on each other again. Because aiming it would take too much time, Whip put her gun away and went back to her whip.
Whip tried attacking, but Blazeman was too quick, holding up his staff with both hands. The end of the whip wrapped around the middle of Blazeman's staff several times, and once it did, Blazeman pulled hard, yanking the whip out of Whip's hand.
Blazeman smirked as he shook his staff, making the whip fall from it. He then started spinning his staff in circles, a ring of fire starting to form around him (which looked a lot like one of Billy Kane's super moves). Whip could have run away, but she was still without her weapon, and without it, she couldn't really do much.
Once he had fully charged, the TFS'er lashed out, swinging his staff and firing the fire wheel at Whip. It slammed into her with full force and sent her flying over the ropes. Blazeman picked up Whip's whip and tossed it out after her.
Whip landed in front of a huge tree, on what looked like a gigantic board game. Whip looked around at the multicoloured spaces around her and suddenly saw a dice rolling above her head.
"What the heck?" Whip asked as she jumped, hitting the dice and coming up with a six.
Whip shrugged and walked forward six spaces. However, the space she had landed on was that of a ghost-like figure. A spiked shell appeared over her head. Whip noticed this. "Oh, crap." She whimpered.
(Announcer's Booth)
"Ouch. That looked like it hurt."
"Well, the Spiny Orb in Mario Party 6 does that."
(The Arena)
"That's not food, you little puffball!" Yuri shouted as Kirby wrapped his mouth around her right hand. Yuri then tried to get Kirby to let go by waving her arm around, but nothing was working.
Yuri then rushed over to a turnbuckle (one that HADN'T been assaulted thus far) and started whacking Kirby against it. Although it still hurt her hand, she managed to get Kirby off of her hand. Kirby collapsed in a heap, stars spinning around his head.
While Kirby was distracted, Yuri looked at her arm to see if any damage had been done. Her eyes widened when she realized that she was missing a glove.
"Oh, no you DIDN'T!" Yuri shouted at the still-dizzy Kirby. "You did NOT just swallow my glove!"
Yuri then grabbed Kirby mouth and forced it wide open with both hands. Yuri looked inside his mouth. "Oh, wait! There's my glove there! So you DIDN'T swallow it yet!"
Opening Kirby's mouth even more, Yuri stepped inside. Once Yuri was inside Kirby, the puffball's mouth closed.
(Eliminated Seating)
Robert spat out his drink again. Hugo (now wearing a raincoat) sighed with a 'Why me?'.
(The Arena)
"It's just at the back of your throat here." Yuri's voice echoed from within Kirby's body. "Man. I never thought it could be so spacious in here. Well, I've got my glove back, so I guess I'm done here."
Suddenly, Kirby's mouth was forced open again, this time from the inside. Yuri got out of Kirby's mouth, now wearing both gloves again. She then picked up the still-dazed puffball and tossed him out of the arena.
Kirby landed back in his home node, where he fell asleep.
Leo lashed out with his axe, but Mukuro leaned abnormally far back to avoid the blow, his tongue hanging out of his mouth the entire time. Mukuro got back into a standing position and smirked.
"This guy's creepier than Yuber." Leo muttered. "I didn't think that was possible."
Mukuro swung one of his swords, but Leo was quick to block the attack, holding up his axe. While Mukuro was distracted, the pony-tailed knight struck the zombie with his fist, and because he was wearing a gauntlet, the punch was that much more powerful.
However, although it DID leave a painful-looking bruise, Mukuro looked unfazed and continued to stare down Leo with a haunting look.
Leo growled. "You're getting annoying." He grunted. "I don't like people that annoy me."
"Heh. What're ya going to do about it?" Mukuro asked with a creepy grin.
Leo narrowed his eyes and pulled his head back. Mukuro, for the first time the entire night, dropped his smile.
The brash knight's head connected with Mukuro's with full force. Mukuro flew back several feet, landed on his back and slid headfirst into a turnbuckle. In spite of this, Mukuro was quick to get to his feet.
Mukuro turned and saw Leo advancing on him, a wild look in his eyes. He was holding his axe with both hands and prepared to chop the undead assassin in half with it.
Once again, Mukuro smirked.
Leo swung his axe, but Mukuro leaned to the side and grabbed the knight's arm. It was easy for Mukuro to toss Leo out of the arena from there.
Mukuro chuckled. "Too easy." He paused to rub his forehead. "But that headbutt really hurt."
Leo landed in an open field. Looking around, the knight stoo up and saw that it was deserted.
Well, except for a small, white rabbit standing upright, staring at him with an odd expression.
"Hey there…Uh…You know where I am?" Leo asked.
The rabbit stood in silence for a few seconds before pulling a plunger around from behind his back. It let out a psychotic scream.
(Announcer's Booth)
"…Huh?"
"The new Rayman game. Heh. I loved those commercials."
(The Arena)
"I never thought I'd think this, but Demyx would come in SO handy right about now." Xigbar thought.
The cloaked Nobody was still having trouble fighting off Sandman, because he found that the only part of his opponent's body that could be attacked was his head. Any shots fired at the arms or torso of Sandman went right through him.
"Maybe I need to break his concentration." Xigbar thought as he narrowly avoided a right hook from Sandman. "If he loses his concentration, maybe he'll become solid again."
Unfortunately, no matter how much Xigbar threw at him, it seemed like nothing was making him lose concentration. Sandman then turned his left hand into a spiked club and swung it down.
Xigbar saw this coming and leapt back. He then repeatedly fired laser bolts at Sandman, hoping to do some damage.
Luckily, a few of the shots took Sandman by surprise, making him step back. Xigbar took his chance and sent his foot flying straight into Sandman's stomach. This caught Sandman's attention, and he tried getting his concentration back. He succeeded, but not before Xigbar landed two more strikes.
"Okay, that does it!" Sandman shouted. "You're in for a world of hurt now, pal!"
"As if!" Xigbar shouted back, earning a cheer from the crowd (because it was the first time during the entire night he had used his catchphrase). "Bring it!"
"You asked for it." Sandman replied with a smirk, making his sand-like fists grow twice their normal size.
Xigbar had to admit that he felt a little intimidated, but he wasn't about to let anyone else know that and let them live to tell about it. The free-shooting Nobody fired his guns again several times, straight at Sandman's head. The brown-haired man simply smirked and held his hands in front of his face, blocking all of the shots. Once Xigbar stopped shooting, Sandman pulled one hand up.
Sandman swung with all his might. His hand slapped Xigbar with full power, sending the Nobody out of the arena.
Xigbar landed what looked like a circular room shrouded in darkness. The cloaked Nobody sighed and stood up. "Well, if was great while it lasted. Five eliminations isn't bad."
Suddenly hearing a loud laugh coming from behind, Xigbar turned and saw a ghostly version of Gannondorf floating on a dark horse.
Xigbar sighed, took aim and fired a laser bolt straight into Phantom Gannon's forehead.
Sodom ducked as Lau Chan's palms went over his head. The American samurai then lashed out with his sai, hoping to cut into the older man's stomach. Lau quickly and gracefully jumped back and avoided the slash, then sent his foot into Sodom's face while he was in the air.
The Japanese wannabe stepped back and held his head (or he would have had he not been wearing a mask). Sodom looked at Lau and stepped back a few steps before lunging forward, head-first. Lau held his hands out and caught Sodom's head, stopping the headbutt. Lau then drove his knee into Sodom's face, sending him flying.
In all honesty, Sodom wasn't really trying. He just wanted to make it look like he was fighting normally so none of the villains watching the tournament would get suspicious. He wanted to get out of the arena as quick as he could so he could track down and help Joe, but he didn't want to get eliminated too quickly and run the risk of blowing his cover.
However, during the time Sodom had been thinking, Lau intervened and kicked one of the samurai's sai out of his hand, sending it spinning out of the arena (where it was decided that Spongebob Squarepants should never be allowed to touch anything sharp). Lau then thrust his fist into Sodom's stomach, sending the samurai flying backwards.
Sodom landed on his back and shakily rose to his feet. He looked around the arena. "Hmm…A good number of people have already been eliminated. I guess I can head out." He said to himself.
Because of his decision, Sodom didn't resist Lau's powerful punch that followed, sending him flailing out of the arena.
Lau stood straight and glanced at the Eliminated Seating. He saw his daughter cheering wildly and smiled.
Sodom landed in what looked like a warehouse. "I wonder where I am." He mused.
"Well, look who decided to show up again." A familiar voice said.
Sodom looked over his shoulder and saw Haggar (the Final Fight 3 version) coming over, cracking his knuckles. Sodom stepped back. "Wait! I-I don't wanna fight! I'm not even supposed to be here!"
Haggar didn't listen.
(Hotel; Hallway)
The brainwashed Roy swung his sword at Bridget, but the young bounty hunter was quick to avoid the blow. Bridget rolled along the carpet in the hallway and got into a kneeling position, unknowingly right in the middle of the battle between Lei Wulong and Earthquake.
And it was just as Earthquake was about to swing his weapon down.
Lei's eyes snapped open. "Hey! Watch out!" He said as he grabbed Bridget and leapt to the side as Earthquake's weapon smashed into the carpet where Bridget had been only a couple seconds before.
"Keep your eyes open, kid." Lei said as he got up.
"I'll keep that in mind." Bridget said. "Thanks for saving my skin, there."
Lei simply saluted and leapt at Earthquake, jumping high enough to kick the giant man in the jaw.
Bridget, in the meantime, had gone back to kicking the tar out of Roy. Bridget sent a yoyo into the back of the swordsman's head, which stalled Roy long enough for Bridget to sweep his feet out from under himself.
As Roy got to his feet, he saw Bridget rushing at him with another kick. Roy snapped to attention quickly and caught Bridget's foot with one hand, then pushed him away. Bridget couldn't keep his balance on one foot and fell onto his back. Roy stood up and walked over.
Heihachi Mishima and Andy Bogard had both pretty much been on the defense ever since their fight started. The two spent a lot of time circling each other carefully and whenever one of them advanced to attack, the other would easily block the blows.
"This fight is beginning to bore me." Heihachi said. "I enter the arena soon and I look forward to it if this is all you have to offer me."
Andy smirked and crouched low, finally ready to bring out a special attack, which was something Heihachi was lacking. "I'll show you what I have to offer."
Andy then lunged at Heihachi in a spiral, feet-first. Heihachi took the blow to the face and flew into a wall. Andy then thrust out his hand, firing a blue ball of energy at the old man.
Heihachi saw this coming and rolled out of the way, allowing Andy's projectile to strike the wall where he had been sitting. Heihachi smirked. "Okay. NOW thing's are getting interesting."
Earthquake's weapon smashed into Lei's side, sending the Hong Kong cop to the ground. Lei quickly jumped to his feet and rushed Earthquake again, hoping to do more damage.
Unfortunately, he wouldn't get the chance. Earthquake swung his weapon again, striking Lei while he was in the air. The weapon struck Lei in the side and sent him crashing headfirst into the wall, knocking him out.
Earthquake chuckled and spun his weapon in his hand. "Now it's time to finish the runt off." He said.
"Attention, please." SSBFreak's voice came from the speakers. "Will Heihachi Mishima please report to the Ready Room to prepare to enter the arena?"
"Earthquake!"
The giant thief stopped and looked over his shoulder at Heihachi. "I must depart, now." He said. "You grab Roy and go regroup with the others."
Earthquake sighed, realizing that this meant he had to let Lei live. "Yes, sir." He moaned.
Heihachi turned to Andy, gave a smirk and rushed off. Andy didn't bother running after him, because he wasn't allowed back in the arena. Earthquake proceeded to grab Roy's unconscious body and walk off with it.
Andy sighed and looked around. Lei was out like a light, but Bridget was still standing with minimal wounds. "We'd better try and wake Lei up, Bridget."
(Hotel; Geese's Room)
Lilly Kane was struggling against the ropes binding her to a chair when Birdie entered and looked at Geese, whom was standing aside. "Bison says to extract the essences now." Birdie said.
Lilly gulped. "What are you going to do to me?" She asked, figuring that she wouldn't like the answer.
"Aw, relax, would you?" Birdie laughed. "It's not like we're gonna KILL you guys or anything. And the essence you guys have in your bodies will regenerate over time, so it's not like you'll lose anything."
With that, Birdie closed the door. Geese silently and mechanically walked over to a switch attached to a machine Lilly was hooked up to.
"Mr. Howard, please!" Lilly pleaded. "I know you're in there somewhere! Don't do this! Please!"
Unfortunately, her cries went unanswered. The brainwashed Geese Howard pulled the switch, starting the machine.
Surprisingly, Lilly didn't feel a thing. She just watched in shock as a light blue mist floated from her body. Once it had gotten almost to the roof, the essence took off, flying through the wall and out of the room, starting towards the middle of the building.
(Dome; Hallway)
"What the heck was that?" Vivian asked as she watched another essence fly above them, soaring straight into a wall.
"I don't know, but I've got a real bad feeling that we might be too late!" Guile said.
(The Arena)
Faust swung his gigantic scalpel at Chun-Li, but the policewoman saw it coming a mile away and leapt over it. Chun-Li gracefully landed on her feet and kicked Faust in the chest.
"What I don't get is why you so willingly left your job at the Recovery Room to fight here." Chun-Li said. "Shouldn't you be back with the others, helping everyone else heal?"
Faust stood tall (which was very tall) and shrugged. "Well, the owner of this tournament gave me the opportunity and I took it." He explained. "Besides, I'm not one to turn down some excitement, after all."
Chun-Li sighed, realizing that she wouldn't get through to the crazed doctor. She then thrust her foot upwards, catching Faust in the chin. The tall doctor was sent high into the air and landed on his back, but he quickly got back to his feet as if nothing had happened.
Faust straightened the paper bag on his head and looked down at Chun-Li. "From the looks of things, you'll have to be committed. Please, allow me to operate! Perhaps I can save your sanity!"
Chun-Li's eyes widened. "Are you KIDDING me?" She asked. She was too frozen to avoid Faust's next move: striking her with the blunt end of his scalpel. Chun-Li collapsed to the ground, rubbing her head gingerly.
Suddenly, Chun-Li's eyes narrowed as she sprang to her feet, surprising Faust. She then leapt into the air and turned upside-down. "Spinning Bird Kick!" She announced, kicking the air wildly.
Faust couldn't block in time and received six painful kicks to the chest (had he been of normal height, they would have hit his face). However, as Chun-Li landed on her feet, Faust brushed off his suit and resumed attacking, kicking his opponent in the face.
Although Chun-Li was taken by surprise with Faust's first kick, she saw him getting ready to kick again. Thinking quickly, Chun-Li stepped to the side and allowed Faust to kick the air beside her. Thinking quickly, Chun-Li grabbed the suit Faust was wearing with both hands and threw the oversized man over her shoulder and out of the arena.
Faust landed in Dr. Mario, where he made a killing at destroying viruses in record times.
Sandman laughed as he swung a huge, sandy fist at Yuri. Ryo's sister jumped back to avoid the blow and sent a fireball straight into Sandman's face. As Sandman recoiled, Yuri jumped at him and kicked him.
However, Sandman was quick to recover. He turned himself into a pile of sand, went around Yuri, turned back into his full self and grabbed Yuri by the back of her shirt. He casually tossed her over his shoulder, making her land on her side.
Yuri slowly got to her feet. "How the heck am I supposed to throw this guy from the arena?" She asked herself. "There's no way ANYONE would be able to pick him up."
However, Yuri wasn't one to give up. The young Sakazaki charged forward and leapt at Sandman again. Sandman, knowing what Yuri was about to try, held his hands in front of his face.
Even though Sandman was blocking, Yuri pressed the attack, lashing out her hand with all her might. Then, much to her opponent's surprise, Yuri's hand went straight through Sandman's hands and struck his face with another fireball. Sandman roared in pain as he stepped back, dropping Yuri.
Once she landed on the ground, Yuri advanced, knowing that Sandman had lost his concentation. Once she reached Sandman, she tested out something, pushing on his torso. To her glee, she pushed Sandman back a bit. Yuri continued pushing Sandman back, towards the ropes.
Had Sandman been paying attention, he could have regained his concentration and let Yuri fly right through him, but he was still feeling the effects of Yuri's fireball to the face and was still trying to shake them off. Because of this, there was nothing Sandman could do to prevent himself from getting pushed backwards.
Yuri finally arrived at the ropes and gave Sandman one more good push. Everyone in the audience watched as Sandman went through the ropes, splitting himself into four section, which quickly rejoined after passing through them. Sandman fell downwards into the elimination portal.
Sandman landed in Rival Schools. Akira, Edge and Gan pounded the tar out of him.
Blazeman was now wielding his yoyos again, and lashed one at his current opponent, Captain Falcon. Falcon easily lifted his leg and blocked the attack with his knee, then rushed at Blazeman in another Raptor Boost. Blazeman wasn't expecting this and took the attack to the chin.
Falcon waited for Blazeman to hit the ground before continuing his attack, lunging at him with a flurry of punches.
Lying on his back, Blazeman saw the attack coming and held out his sword. Falcon's punches struck the sword several times, but none of them went through to his Blazeman. After Falcon stopped the attack, Blazeman gave him a kick to the stomach and stood up.
After standing up, Blazeman whipped out one of his yoyos and sent it flying into Falcon's head. However, it did nothing more than ricochet off the racer's helmet. Falcon stepped to the side for a couple of seconds and held his helmet to get it to stop ringing. Once he was okay, Falcon rushed Blazeman again, then slid forward with his foot outstretched.
"Falcon Kick!"
This attack took Blazeman by surprise. When Falcon's foot made contact with his stomach, Blazeman was sent flying away, engulfed in flames. When Blazeman landed again, the flames put themselves out. Once again, Blazeman stood up, although fatigue was starting to weigh him down a bit. Even still, he motioned for Falcon to step forward.
Falcon smirked and rushed at Blazeman, whom did the same.
Once he got close enough, Blazeman swung his sword horizontally. However, he had struck nothing but air, as Falcon ducked under the blade. Blazeman's eyes widened.
Falcon delivered a strong uppercut, sending Blazeman up and over the ropes.
"And so ends the run of Blazeman, the only fan-fighter in the tournament." SSBFreak said.
"Well, he did fairly well." Unknown1 added. "He should be proud of that."
Blazeman landed in Zelda: Ocarina of Time. However, he had landed in Hyrule Field, and it was night out. Blazeman watched as Stalfos rose from the ground all over, quickly surrounding him.
Blazeman smirked and drew his sword again.
"KIKOKEN!" Chun-Li screamed, launching a fireball at Billy Kane. The British fighter was quick to raise his staff and block the attack.
Billy had been searching the arena for Mukuro, hoping to get some info from him, and had finally found the undead assassin fighting off Goro Daimon. However, before he could get very far, Chun-Li, whom had just defeated Faust, stepped in to challenge him. Billy wanted to get this fight done quickly so he could continue to chase down Mukuro.
"You'll have to try harder than that, lady." Billy said. "I'm determined to win this battle."
"So am I." Chun-Li said, getting into her stance. "I won't make the fight easy for you."
Billy rushed at Chun-Li, stuck his staff into the canvas and vaulted at his opponent, kicking at the same time. Chun-Li tried blocking but Billy's foot broke through her guard and kicked her in the face, sending her flying backwards.
Chun-Li was quick to get to her feet. The policewoman lunged at Billy and thrust her foot out, striking the British fighter in the face. The force from the kick sent Billy across the arena, landing on his back.
Billy groaned as he got to his feet. "Okay. Forget about the undead guy for a second. I'm going after her." He said as he ran forward again.
Once he got close enough, Billy lunged at Chun-Li, swinging his staff three times in the air. Chun-Li was able to block this time, and all of Billy's strikes hit her arms rather than he face.
Billy landed on his feet and got another kick for his troubles, this time in the chest. Billy was quick to respond, smashing his staff into Chun-Li's side.
The two continued to trade blows like this for the next minute or so before Billy finally found an opening. As he blocked another kick from Chun-Li, Billy shot his foot into her stomach, knocking the wind out of her and bringing her to her knees.
Billy sighed in relief as he picked Chun-Li up and threw her from the ring. "She wasn't that bad, and if I wasn't so determined, she might have won." He mused.
Chun-Li landed in Road Rash, where she placed every bike rider she saw under arrest for assaulting each other with blunt objects.
While Billy and Chun-Li were fighting, Mukuro was having a similar fight with Goro Daimon. The large Japanese man was easily showing that he outclassed Mukuro in the strength department, picking up the zombie and throwing him around left and right.
Mukuro, however, was a zombie, and outclassed Daimon in the stamina department. No matter how much he was thrown around, Mukuro would always get back up and never lose any speed. Mukuro showed this by attacking Daimon with both of his weapons. Daimon stepped back as one of Mukuro's weapons cut into his stomach.
Daimon stood straight, rushed at Mukuro and leapt at him, rolling over at the same time. Mukuro was unable to get out of the way in time and was crushed underneath Daimon's weight. Daimon got off the zombie, allowing him to get up.
"Heh. That almost hurt." Mukuro said with a grin.
Mukruo rushed Daimon again, delivering a hard kick to the head. Daimon seemed unfazed by the weak attack, grabbed Mukuro and threw the undead assassin over his shoulder. Mukuro easily turned himself over in midair and landed gracefully on his feet like a cat.
The two advanced each other again, Mukuro swinging his weapons and Daimon lashing out his foot.
Mukuro's swords just barely missed Daimon, but the larger man was much more successful, striking Mukuro in the face, sending him back to where he had started his run. Mukuro got to his feet and smirked evilly. "Finally. A challenge."
Seeing Daimon rush at him, Mukuro smirked even harder and jumped.
Daimon tried kicking again, but Mukuro was already in the air above him. The zombie landed behind the large Japanese man and pushed him forward.
Unfortunately, the two were close enough to the ropes as it was, so Daimon could do nothing but tumble over the ropes and out of the arena.
Daimon landed in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Hookbill the Koopa stepped on him.
Back in the arena, Mukuro chuckled darkly at his second elimination. The undead man turned around and saw the other four fighters left in the arena, scattered around. Yuri was looking relatively fresh, but one of her gloves had been chewed up a bit (probably by Kirby). Currently, she was dueling with Lau Chan, whom was looking just as fresh. Captain Falcon was standing aside, brushing off his outfit and preparing himself for the next wave of fighters, which would be very soon.
Mukuro suddenly saw an angry Billy Kane storming over. He smirked.
RESULTS
YURI SAKAZAKI (KOF)
LAU CHAN (VF)
BILLY KANE (FF)
CAPTAIN FALCON (SSB)
MUKURO (LB)
(ELIMINATED)
SANDMAN (MC)
BLAZEMAN (TFS)
CHUN-LI (SFA3)
KIRBY (SSB)
XIGBAR (KH2)
WAN-FU (SS)
MEWTWO (SSB)
GORO DAIMON (KOF)
FAUST (GG)
LEO GALLEN (S3)
SODOM (SFA3)
WHIP (KOF)
HALLEC (S3)
CHUNG PAIHU (KE)
J. CARN (WH)
BONUS MATCHES:
"Providing Time"
ANDY BOGARD (KOF), BRIDGET (GG) and LEI WULONG (T5)
draw with
HEIHACHI MISHIMA (T5), EARTHQUAKE (SS) and ROY (SSB)
Eliminations: Yuri, Lau, Billy, Captain Falcon and Mukuro, 2; Sandman, Blazeman, Chun-Li, Kirby and Xigbar, 1
Current Elimination Leaders: R. Mika (8), King (7), Billy Kane (7), Xigbar (6), Bruce Irvin (6), Chun-Li (5), Peach Toadstool (5)
Finally Falling: This late in the tournament, Xigbar is eliminated with six eliminations. I don't think that any other Mystery Fighter after him will be able to top that.