Most of the remaining fighters looked at the top of the entrance ramp, once the crowd began cheering. They knew the drill, this signified the start of the third section. Everyone stopped what they were doing and anxiously waited to see who would be next.
"THE WINK!" (MN:ROTI)
Coming out to a decent cheer, Benedetta Gaetani, also known as The Wink, stood out at the ring a little wrapped in her own thoughts at the moment.
"Fault Zone managed to get an elimination before getting tossed, time to see if I can add to that number." She said with humility as she disappeared and reappeared inside the ring.
Settling on Menat for her first opponent, The Wink drew out her arm blades and approached the purple-haired girl.
"A fight?" Menat said with her eyes closed.
"Yes, you're one of the six remaining from the first section, which shows how good of a fighter you must be, show me some of that greatness in a spar." The Wink requested boldly.
Menat smiled as she got off the turnbuckle. "Very well then."
"YURI SAKAZAKI!" (KOFXIV)
The younger sister of Ryo Sakazaki eagerly stepped out from the Ready Room and let out an excited squeal as she waved to the crowd whilst making her way down to the ring. Once in she made a beeline for Alice.
"Hey, Alice! Glad to see you're still here!" Yuri said as she gave the Terry fangirl a greeting hug, to which Alice returned the gesture.
"Me too! Say, you wanna double-team for a while?" Alice offered.
"Sure! Let's take on whoever's next!"
Alice nodded, and with that the two girls turned to the entrance curtain.
"GLOBOX!" (RM)
Rayman's best friend stepped out of the Ready Room with a smile on his face, he still wasn't really sure why Rayman seemed to be looking forward to this tournament so much, but he figured whatever reason it was, it had to be a good one.
Like Yuri, Globox waved to the crowd as he made his way down to the ring. Once he reached the end, he climbed over the ropes and landed in.
Making good on their vow, Alice and Yuri saw Globox enter and made their way to him.
"Excuse us, but were looking for a spar, and we were wondering if you were interested in having one."
Globox blinked. "A…..spar? Like a fight? Umm, sure…." He trailed off.
"Great! Don't hold back." The two girls said in unison.
(Rayman Locker Room)
"Did Globox already forget that this was a fighting tournament?" Rayman asked, snickering at his friend's confusion.
"Knowing him, I wouldn't be surprised." Barbara replied
(Dome; Recovery Room)
Fault Zone walked out of the Recovery Room with a proud smile on her face. Sure, she didn't survive the section she was in, but she was at least able to showcase herself and even manage to get an elimination.
However, her happiness would not last, as she remembered that she was to report to Van Roekel as soon as she was out of the Recovery Room.
Sighing, she began making her way to her new destination: Dr. Van Roekel's room.
"Why must it be this way?" Fault Zone lamented as she turned around a corner.
And around that corner she saw an unconscious Gozu and Mezu lying on the ground, two cracks in the wall hanging above them.
This took Fault Zone by surprise, who was strong enough to cause this much damage?
Deciding to see what happened, she went over to Mezu and shook him awake.
"What happened? Why does it look as if war passed through here?" Fault Zone questioned.
"S-Silver….." Was all Mezu could say before falling back into his unconscious state.
"Silver?" Fault Zone repeated, raising an eyebrow. Who around here did she know was called Silver?
That was when Fault Zone came to a conclusion. "They must be one of the heroes! Why else would they attack these two? But still, why cause so much damage?" She asked rhetorically.
Standing back up, she knew she couldn't be late to see Dr. Van Roekel, so she for now she had to continue on her way as if nothing had happened.
Though now, she was happy again, someone was already looking to stop Bison, and in turn, Dr. Van Roekel, maybe things didn't have to be this way after all.
(The Arena)
"LUCINA!" (SSB)
Tightening her grip on her sword, the blue-haired girl ran down and entrance ramp and leapt in without a second thought.
Having already had her mind set on a target, Lucina continues her spring towards Lana and Tingle.
"Lana, look! Another blue-haired girl has come to play with us!" Tingle shouted to Lana in warning.
Lana, hearing this and immediately knew what Lucina as wanted, getting out her Book of Sorcery, she jumped off the turnbuckle.
"I challenge the two of you to a bout. Both of you have proven to be threats in the ring, having both gotten two eliminations in the sections you entered. So please, show me how threatening you are!" Lucina challenged, getting into a stance.
Lana looked at Tingle. "Ready?"
"Tingle always ready to show new tricks to those who want to see!"
"CHARIZARD!" (PKMN)
The name alone drawing a thunderous amount of cheers from the crowd, the dragon Pokémon flew out of the Ready Room, letting out a stream of fire as a trail.
Wanting to play to the crowd, Charizard flew over the ring before suddenly diving downward, then flipping back upward at the last second, leaving a cloud of dust as he landed.
"Show off." Staraptor muttered, or rather tried to.
Letting out a roar, Charizard decided to wait and fight whoever came out next. It then turned it's eyes toward the entrance curtain.
"LOVE HEART!" (KOFXIV)
"How did Mui Mui end up not doing well?" The pirate asked herself as she came out of Ready Room with her sword on her shoulder.
"Oh well, Nakoruru and I will help get eliminations for the time, speaking of Nakoruru, I should have told her to remind me to beat the everliving daylights out the guy eliminated Mui Mui." She again said to herself as she approached the ring and entered.
Seeing Lucina as the only other sword user in the ring, Love Heart's first instinct was to fight her, until she saw that she was already occupied with Lana and Tingle.
But then she got the idea that she could spar with her if she helped, so she ran forward and approached her anyway.
"Need some help." Love Heart said as she stood at Lucina's side.
Lucina simply shrugged as she dodged a page attack from Lana. "I prefer the challenge, but if you wish to provide assistance, I will not stop you."
"Nice! Okay, let's do this together!"
Meanwhile, Charizard, who was simply ignored entirely, shook it's head and turned back to the entrance curtain.
"SAKURA KASUGANO!" (SFV)
The crowd gave loud cheer for the champion of the second Megamix Tournament as she stood out and stared at all the fans.
She smiled, grateful to know that she still had all these fans who remembered in spite of the years that have passed since her victory.
Giving a high-five to members of the crowd as she walked down the entrance ramp, Sakura looked to the ring and saw Charizard's eyes watching her.
Smirking, she then raced down the entrance curtain, though still remembering to give an occasional high-five.
Stepping into the ring, she slowly walked to Charizard, a determined smirk on her face.
"Looking for a challenge, well, you got one!"
"And now, Mystery…..Fighter…Number…FIVE!"
"ERRON BLACK!" (Mortal Kombat 11)
The gunslinger loaded his dual pistols as he stared out at the fight that lay before him.
"Well, so far just by looks. Seems like I'm gonna get what I asked for at the very least: A couple of thrills. Ah, just the way I like it."
Entering the ring, Erron drew his pistols and immediately set eye on Ace and Sylveon, firing a warning shot that flew right between them.
Both fighters stepping back, Erron got himself ready to fire another shot.
The two looked at each other, then back at Erron.
"Looks like we got another one to deal with." Ace remarked as he drew his cut cards, throwing one above his head that somehow stayed in place.
Sylveon looked confused at this for a moment before setting her sights back on her and her unlikely partner's new opponent.
"JOKER!" (KE)
Almost as soon as his name was announced, the mad clown skated down the entrance ramp and used the momentum to launch himself into the ring. Seemingly doing this to avoid the boos he got from the crowd.
Looking over to the Villager, Joker gave a laugh as he skated over.
"You lasted this long?! Ha, I refuse to believe it! How could someone as puny and pathetic as you ever make it this far!" Joker asked mockingly before he started laughing.
The Villager for once actually sported an angry look on it's face, noting that he was still laughing, he got out a bowling ball and walked over the where Joker's foot rested.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Joker cried out as he rushed to get the bowling ball off.
Growling, Joker pointed a finger at The Villager.
"You. You'll pay for that you little jerk!"
(Announcer's Booth)
Both announcer's took their hands away from their ears which they covered once they heard Joker's loud scream.
"Answer me this. How could someone possibly scream that loud?" Grey asked, turning his head to face Livia, who looked as if she didn't even hear him.
Though to show that she did, she shook her head. "I don't know. I can only imagine what it was like for the fans. In any case, that's all gonna be on us."
Grey sighed. "Yep. The amount of hope that Kizuna Encounter will do well just shot up, because right now, it's not looking good for them."
(Dome; Restaurant)
Silver uncomfortably sat at a table, waiting for whoever summoned him to arrive. He didn't quite understand, this was the place the person who sent him that letter said to meet, right?
Truth be told, Silver had other things on his mind right now, such as the strange feeling that something wasn't right, a feeling he had ever since he had arrived at the dome.
He couldn't explain it, something, just something felt off, as if there was something going on behind the scenes that he didn't know about. He decided to hide it from Blaze, mostly because he remembered what happened the first time they came to these tournaments, he couldn't quite remember the details, but he knew it involved Dr. Eggman Nega, who wasn't invited with them this time, at least to his knowledge.
Looking back, he probably should have just told Blaze, it would have taken a lot off his shoulders if he got some reassurance that everything was fine. But then again, that likely wasn't the case.
Still, Silver pondered why he was feeling like this now, when he never felt like this the previous times. He shook his head, he was getting lost in his thoughts, he needed to stay on the lookout for whoever sent him that letter. Which laid on the table he was sitting at.
The day previous, Silver had received a letter from an unknown source telling him to meet them at the restaurant, while he would have just dismissed it as someone messing with him, the letter also said that they knew how he was feeling about the weird aura he felt, and that they were feeling the same way. This was enough for Silver to at least consider believing the letter being real. After all, if this other person also felt like something wasn't right, maybe they could help each other figure it out and stop the feeling together.
Now, the other thing on his mind was this Bison he learned about just today. Now he knew who was likely responsible for bringing Dr. Eggman Nega to Blaze, but he still didn't know much about him. All he knew was that he had something planned for this tournament, and that he has enlisted other villains to help him with his plot whatever it was.
Though one thing was for certain, whatever this Bison was planning, Silver was now dedicated to putting a stop to it. He just needed to know more, needed to uncover more.
Silver then heard a weird twinkling noise that sounded close, way too close, looking to his side, he saw the figure of Fi looking down at him.
"Excuse me, are you Silver the Hedgehog?" The sword spirit asked in a monotone voice, to which Silver nodded.
"Yes, and you are?"
"I am a sword spirit created by the goddess Hylia. If you mean what is my name, you can call me Fi." Fi said.
"Okay, Fi. So, are you the one who sent me this letter?" He asked, holding it up to her.
"Yes, I sent that to you for reasons that I'm sure you know. Ever since my arrival at this dome, I have sensed a dark aura emanating from a source I had, at the time, not yet figured out."
"Right, now, forgive me for asking, but, how exactly did you know I shared this feeling of worry?" Silver asked, a little confused.
"I'm observant. That, and I have overheard you stating these facts to yourself. My apologies, I simply desired to see if my worry was misplaced."
"Oh…..well, I suppose it's okay, I guess. Although I'd prefer you never do that again. Now, what exactly are we going to do about this?"
Fi took a seat next to Silver. "In addition to confirming my worries. I also found out that a character named Bison is known to hatch plans at these events to obtain some sort of higher power, likely for use to dominate the entire gaming multiverse."
Silver's eyes widened at this revelation. "Really? I learned about Bison when I overheard these two ninjas talking about him. I knew he was planning something but I didn't know it was this serious. You think he is responsible for this dark aura we feel?"
Fi nodded. "I believe so, and I also believe that he has another plan for this tournament. That is why we must put a stop to it."
"Put a stop to it? That's what I want to do, but we don't even know exactly what his plan is. All I know is that he had a meeting with most of the other villains who came here." Silver noted.
Fi nodded, processing this information. "If that is the case, then surely they would have come out of hiding now. They can't complete their plan if they just sit around and do nothing."
"You're right, we must figure out what he's planning. I'll look around, see if I can find anything that might give us clues."
Fi nodded at his words. "I must also say something, I enter the arena next section. Isn't your friend Blaze also currently in the arena?"
"I think so, if she isn't, I'll relay everything to her when she comes out of the Recovery Room."
Suddenly, the two heard the sound of a speaker turning on. "Excuse me, but will the fighter known as Fi please make her way to the ready room. Repeat. Will the fighter known as Fi please make her way to the ready room."
"Looks like I must take my leave now. Remember, once get an idea of what Bison is planning we must recruit others to join our cause." Fi informed.
Silver nodded, a determined look on his face. "Got it. Now let's go!" He exclaimed as him and Fi went their separate ways for the time being.
Whatever you're planning Bison, I'll put a stop to it. That's a promise! Silver thought as he floated away to go hunting for information.
(The Arena)
"MERLINA!" (StH)
The young wizard nervously stepped out onto the entrance ramp as "Live Life" blared through the speakers.
The crowd in response gave her a small cheer, as they knew she was no longer a villain. Merlina smiled, and being slightly more confident, walked a little faster down to the ring.
Eventually reaching the ropes, Merlina climbed through them and scanned around for an opponent.
Seeing the Piranha Plant alone, Merlina nodded to herself as if confirming it as her target and approached.
However, the plant saw her coming and quickly retreated back into it's pot before suddenly lunging at her, chomping it's teeth as the wizard fell over and just missed being bitten.
Getting back up, Merlina saw the plant now sported a cocky grin on it's face, if one could even call it that.
"Okay, this will be much harder than I thought….."
"ZEKU!" (SFV)
Guy's mentor stood at the top of the entrance ramp, giving a stern look at two particular fighters as he began running down quickly, likely to confront them.
"Those two. Their fighting will not end well for anyone. They must be stopped." Zeku said, as he leapt into the ring.
Velvet avoided a Wing Attack from Staraptor and was about to counter with an attack of her own when she turned and saw Zeku flying towards them.
Both fighters quickly backed away as Zeku flew past them and rolled onto his feet upon landing.
"You two will not finish your fight. I myself will see to that." Was all Zeku had to say before getting into his fighting stance.
The two looked at each other, nodded, and then turned back to Zeku. Having silently forged an alliance against him.
Unfazed, Zeku simply motioned for them to come forward.
"YUGA!" (HW)
Both Tingle and Lana silently froze in fear at the mention of the name. This got both Lucina and Love Heart confused.
"What?" Love Heart asked, slightly annoyed, she got hands pointing at the entrance ramp in response.
Staring at all four fighters from the entrance ramp was the evil sorcerer known as Yuga, he gave a dark smile as he eyed the four and began making his way down to them. Ignoring the boos and screams he evoked from the crowd.
Knowing he was coming for them, the four fighters each got ready as he approached.
"Ah, 3 beautiful maidens. 3 beautiful paintings that will soon belong to me." Yuga said darkly before laughing.
(Hotel; Cia's Room)
Cia had just gotten off the phone with Ganondorf, having told him about Bison possibly being onto him about the Triforce.
She knew now that she had to get the other pieces before Bison did. If he got his hands on them, one could only imagine what he would do with the complete Triforce.
Before the tournament, Ganondorf was contacted by Bison regarding his new plan, however, Bison in addition to his services, also asked for his piece of the Triforce.
Enraged, Ganondorf refused, and knowing Bison wouldn't take no for an answer requested the help of Link and Zelda to split the Triforce into 24 pieces, 8 pieces for each side.
Scattering them around the both the Dome and the Hotel, Ganondorf had hoped Bison wouldn't get a clue on what he did with the Triforce, but obviously, that hope went away quickly.
Opening a drawer and pulling out the piece she found, Cia knew she had to assist Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf in retrieving the other 23 pieces before Bison…..
"Hand it over, Cia."
Found out.
Having teleported into her room, Bison simply crossed his arms and motioned for Cia to hand it over.
"No! I will not." Cia defiantly said.
"If you do not comply, I'll just have to take it by force." He said darkly.
"Looks like you will." Cia once again responded in defiance as she readied herself to fight.
(The Arena)
"And now, Mystery…Fighter…Number…SIX!"
"TEGAN NOX!" (WWE)
The Welsh wrestler came out jamming to her theme song as the crowd paid her literally no reaction, due to just how unknown and unexpected she was.
This didn't bother her though, and so she took her time a bit getting to the ring, using said time to rile up the crowd and pump them up by waving her arms up and down lightly, gesturing for them to cheer, and even offering a few high-fives.
Her playing to the crowd worked and by the time she entered the ring she had more than a few small cheers on her side.
Electing to challenge Josie due to her elimination of Angel, Tegan walked toward the turnbuckle she was resting on.
"Hey you, how's about a match? I saw you eliminate that other wrestler, so why not?" Tegan offered.
Josie nodded reluctantly. "Alright. I suppose."
(Announcer's Booth)
Livia had a slack-jawed look on her face as she turned to look at Grey.
"Seriously? Her?! Why her of all people." Livia screamed in a mix of shock and anger.
Grey honestly had no comeback. He just hung his head and let out a meek "I like her."
(The Arena)
"MIAN!" (KOFXIV)
The masked dancer twirled out of the Ready Room and, due to her shy nature, quickly ran down the ramp and stepped into the ring.
Daisy, having saw her come in the ring in a hurry and also that she wore a mask, quickly deduced that she was shy.
Like with Josie, Daisy wanted to wake her up a bit so she skipped forward to the masked girl, who stood around looking lost in the scuffle.
"Hi!" Daisy shouted once again in her loud voice.
This startled Mian and made her fall over. "Oh, hi." She greeted quietly as she got up.
"You look a little worn, how about a pick me up! Wanna fight?" Daisy asked, a grin plastered on her face.
Mian blinked, before nodding. "Okay, sure, I guess."
"LILITH AENSLAND!" (DS)
The purple-haired succubus giggled as she emerged from the Ready Room to a positive reception from the crowd, although granted, most of the cheers came from men.
It didn't bother the girl though, as she happily waved out to the crowd whilst she skipped down the ramp.
Once in the ring, she made a beeline for Porygon-Z, who was currently floating idly with his eyes closed.
Porygon-Z bolted awake once he got Lilith's foot in his face. Scrambling back, he glared daggers at the girl, who simply stood idle with a smirk on her face.
"What's the big idea?! You want to fight? Fine! I'll eliminate you like I did your nodal companion!"
"ROB!" (SSB)
The robot wasted no time heading to the ring, using it's rockets to soar over the ropes and landed firmly in the ring.
Scanning everyone in the ring, it soon found that everyone was currently occupied.
Measuring it's chances against everyone, the robot had a choice, risk getting eliminated or fight the final person to come out.
Looking back and forth a few times before finally making a decision, the robot then turned towards the entrance curtain. Deciding to fight whoever was last.
"And now, the final fighter for this section…."
"FIRION!" (DFFNT)
The archer and hero from Final Fantasy 2 checked to see if his bow was in proper condition before nodding to himself and racing down to the ring.
Seeing it's chance, Rob quickly stopped the hero in his tracks once he entered, and used it's arms to motion for a fight.
Firion raised an eyebrow. "What is it? You want a bout?" He asked, to which Rob nodded.
Firion looked around, pondering his options. Originally, he was going to go help Ace, but seeing as he was handling his own rather well, and he also had Sylveon alongside him…..
Sighing, Firion nodded at Rob. "Very well, we'll fight, but you better prove yourself to not be a waste of time."
