A/N: This is THE finalized list of characters. The last three are introduced here and now.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z, Digimon, Outlaw Star, Zoids, Cowboy Bebop, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cardcaptors, Hamtaro, Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!/Tenchi Universe, Pokémon, Rorouni Kenshin, InuYasha or Yu-Yu Hakusho. If I did, then they'd all be on one channel in a huge block. But they're not, and I don't own them. But one day I will...I'm hoping so, anyway.
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The Super Anime World Tournament
By Hayabusa Will (TheNameIsWill@AOL.Com)
Chapter Three-Destined Battles
And one by one, the competitors arrived. First Tenchi and Ayeka came, Kagato not far behind. Spike and Jet were next, Vicious trailing them, as well as Gene a few paces back. Mewtwo had teleported himself in a few second later. Team Dragonball came in as well. The Sailor Scouts, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars, walked in soon after, followed by Hamtaro and Boss. Sakura Avalon, Li Showron, Yugi Mouto and Yusuke Urameshi came soon after. Pikachu, Charizard and Guilmon arrived, not accompanied by Ash or Takato, as the two were not allowed to enter the central arena.
Bit Cloud followed, Cell a few moments later. A smirking Harry McDougall entered, and then the next new fighter, Van. There was a red-haired swordsman named Himura Kenshin in the corner, who had just arrived, as well as a strange long-haired man with a red robe, that nobody could tell who he was. And last but not least, Hercule, the champion.
"Hey, who's the weirdo in the corner?" Yusuke whispered to Bit, pointing to the man int he red robe.
"I'm guessing he's someone new" Bit shrugged. "I don't know, I never saw him before. Ah well, doesn't matter. I don't think he'll have too much impact on the whole tournament anyway"
Master Hand in the human form stood looking at them. "Well...that's thirty...and we expect another to come later on. Where is--"
"Prepare for trouble, we're meeting the fighters!" Came the voice of a woman.
"And make it double, we're hotter than lighters!" A man's voice accompanied.
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Two shapes jumped down. They each wore a similar uniform, with white shirts with red Rs and black gloves. The man, who had purple hair, wore pants, while the woman, with long red hair, had a short skirt, with boots that were much longer than the man's.
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right!" A catlike Pokémon jumped down by Jessie and James. All of the fighters looked strangely at these two.
"Er--right" Master Hand couldn't think of anything else to say. "Did you bring the Pokémon that I sent the invitation for"
"I don't know why you asked for it..." Jessie took out a Pokéball and opened it. What emerged was a light blue blob. It had strange flaps for feet, divided into two on each side. Its long, black tail resembling that of a beaver, only it appeared to have eyes on it. Its eyes were contorted to a somewhat painful-looking expression, and it's mouth was twisted in the same way.
"Wobba wob!" The Pokémon's voice was somewhat, well, the best word for it would be 'goofy'. It put one handless arm on its head in somewhat of a salute.
"Ah, yes, Wobbuffet. Precisely" Master Hand patted Wobbuffet's head. He turned towards Jessie, James and Meowth clearing his throat. "You three may go now"
"Go? We're not leaving" Jessie stamped a foot on the ground. "I'm not going to leave here, my Wobbuffet is going to stay"
"You will leave, or else you will be dealt with" Stated Master Hand.
"Dealt with? By whom?" James asked.
"By them" Master Hand motioned to the thirty-one other fighters around.
The three of them took a look around. As they more closely inspected the fighters, Team Rocket began to become more fearful. As Jessie looked around, two of them caught her eye immediatley. "It's Pikachu! And Charizard!"
"And you think they're the only ones?" Kenshin unsheathed his sword and pointed it at them. Spike and Jet got to their feet. Harry cracked his knuckles, while Goku, Vegeta and Gohan all walked over. The three Sailor Scouts stood up, hands on their hips, all looking angry. Team Rocket began to tremble.
"We better get out of here...they took tough!" Meowth said. Jessie and James nodded, and the trio dashed off.
"Looks like Team Rocket's running off again!"
A few of the competitors chuckled at the retreating Rockets, a few more just looked annoyed at the antics of the three of them.
"Load of dumbasses..." Yusuke rolled his eyes. Van and Gohan nodded in agreement to this.
Master Hand cleared his throat. "All right then. Now that we have that...unpleasantness done with, it's time to draw your numbers for the fights. Let me see...yes, I beleive that all of you are here. Now, the rules are simple. You fight until you knock your opponent out of the ring, they are unable to fight any longer or they submit. Killing is forbidden, and those who unfortunately kill their opponent will be disqualified from the tournament and both fighters from the following fight will be advanced to fight in the next round. Am I clear on the rules?" All of the competitors nodded. "Good. Now, Hamtaro, you may pick first as you won the last tournament"
"Ticky ticky ticky ticky..." Hamtaro walked up to a large jar, which had several slips of paper inside. Hamtaro reached in and grabbed one. He opened the paper to show a twelve. "I'm number twelve"
"Okay, good. Now, Goku, please draw your number"
Goku nodded and walked over. Goku was pretty confident, being the winner of the first tournament and one of the stronger fighters of all. He took one small slip of paper and opened it. "Twenty-seven"
Master Hand marked Goku as number twenty-seven. "Gene Starwind"
Gene took a few steps over and took the top number from the pile of papers. "Five. I guess I have an early match, then"
"Can I get Tenchi Masaki up here now, please?"
Tenchi nodded and walked over. He pulled out his numbered paper. "Seventeen"
"Sailor Moon"
Seeming a bit nervous, Sailor Moon stepped up to the jar. She reached in and pulled out number "Nine"
Master Hand wrote Sailor Moon's name in the ninth spot. "Now, Bit Cloud"
The veteran fighter Bit grinned and walked over. He took his number from the bottom of the barrel. "Lucky number seven! I guess that puts me in the fourth fight, right?"
"Right" Replied Master Hand. "Now, Yugi Mouto"
Yugi nodded and walked over calmly. He picked up the first slip he grabbed a hold of in the jar and opened it. "Three. Great, I get an early battle. I'm glad I don't have to wait"
"Guilmon?"
The Digimon nodded and took a few steps forward, taking his own number. "Fourteen"
"Now, Pikachu"
Pikachu dashed forward, as he needed to due to his small size. He jumped onto the table and pulled out a number, which he opened to reveal thirteen. "Pika!" Pikachu looked surprised. He turned his face to Guilmon, shocked that he would be against the Digimon in round one. Guilmon was sharing similar feelings as he looked towards Pikachu. This would be one to tell their humans.
"Spike Spiegel?"
One of the tournament favorites took a few steps forward, picking a number from the side of the jar. "Twenty-one"
Nodding, Master Hand wrote Spike's name down as twenty-one. "Vegeta?"
Vegeta walked over for his number. He reached in and brushed his hand around a bit before settling on a number. "Twenty-eight" It was then that Vegeta realized his opponent would be Goku. "So, Kakarot, it looks like we're opponents in round one. I for one am glad, we never did fight in front of an audience, after all. It will be much more satisfying that way when I defeat you"
"Now, would the Great Saiyaman draw?"
Gohan walked over and took his own number. "Eighteen" Gohan looked over at Tenchi, knowing that it was his opponent. The two of them nodded towards each other as a sign of respect, now that they knew they would be facing each other.
"Android Eighteen?"
Number Eighteen followed and took her number. "Ten" Eighteen saw as her name was marked down that her opponent would be Sailor Moon. Both gave a half-smile, as both females were confident in their abilities to fight and thought that they could win.
"Cell"
Cell chuckled to himself, walking up. He picked up a paper in the middle and opened it. He showed everyone his number. "Number one. Look at that, because that's what they'll be calling me"
"I'd say you were lucky Cell, most want to fight in the first match" Master Hand looked out to the characters, who were crowded around the arena, as there were no chairs. "Jet Black"
Jet nodded and took a few steps forward, not being too far from the table with the numbers. Jet took his own. "Twenty-five"
"Okay...the Cardcaptors, Sakura and Li"
Sakura walked up by herself while Li stayed behind. She reached in the jar. "Thirty-one? Oh, that makes us the last fight of the round..."
"Princess Ayeka Jurai?"
Ayeka walked over towards the table and nervously took her number. "I'm number twenty-four"
"Kagato"
Grinning, Kagato began to slowly walk to the table, his robes behind him. He took a number. "Twenty-two. That would make my opponent Spiegel. Hm, today, I show you true pain, Spiegel"
"In your dreams" Was Spike's reply.
"Charizard, please come up"
The huge Charizard stomped over and reached a large, clawed hand in for a number. Charizard gave a small growl, showing number twenty on his paper.
"Mewtwo"
Mewtwo used his Psychic powers to make a number float from the jar and into the air. "It is four" Mewtwo didn't bother to even look at the number, he somehow knew, because four was indeed the number on the slip of paper.
"Himura Kenshin"
Kenshin walked over quietly, pulling a number from the basket. He looked over it. "I am....twenty-three. I'm against Ayeka..." He looked over to Ayeka and nodded. They both decided in their minds that it would be a tough match.
"Majin Buu"
The childlike Buu took a few steps over, nearly bumping into Gene and Kagato along the way, due to his size. He looked a the numbers.
"Pick one, Buu" Master Hand instructed.
"Oh, yeah" Buu reached in for his number. "Buu pick two!"
"Hahahaha!" Cell's evil laughter immediatley began to echo. "How perfect, I will be fighting against you. This should be an incredibly easy first round"
"Erm...Harry McDougall?" Master Hand called, marking Buu as Cell's opponent.
Harry got up from where he sat on the floor and took one slip of paper. "Hey, Starwind...guess what?" Harry showed Gene the number on his paper, which was six.
"How about that. A round one duel with you" Gene said.
"Sailor Mars"
Sailor Mars took a few steps forward and took one of the papers from the jar. "Thirty"
"Sailor Mercury, please come for your number"
Sailor Mercury followed Sailor Mars, looking a bit nervous as some of the other competitors had. She drew her own number. "Thirty-two...that means I'm in the last fight against the Cardcaptors" Sakura and Li looked seriously at Sailor Mercury, who looked seriously back. They wordlessly accepted each other as a challenge.
"Van Freiheit"
Van got up and walked to the table, looking the most nervous of all. He quickly took a number. "Eight" He glanced over at Bit. Bit looked back. Now, they could see what each other were made of.
"Boss, please draw"
"Dobbo dabba dobbo dabba..." Boss took a few steps forward. "Twenty-nine. What do you know, I'm against that Martian girl"
"I'm Sailor Mars, not a Martian" Sailor Mars' face became somewhat annoyed. Still, she wasn't mad, and looked forward to the match.
"Um...Vicious?"
"Ahem"
"Er...Vicious, Leader of the Red Dragons"
Vicious got up and calmly stepped forward, taking his time with each step. He took one of the remaining four numbers, and spoke for the first time. "Twenty-six"
"Wobbuffet, you may come now"
"Wobb..." Wobbuffet walked strangely over and took his number immediatley after arriving. "Wobbuffet!"
"Yes, sixteen..." Master Hand marked Wobbuffet up. "Yusuke Urameshi"
The newcomer, Yusuke, walked over for the number to decide his first fight. He pulled out his number. "Eleven" He grinned at Hamtaro. One of the first competitors he met was his opponent. Yusuke was confident that he'd win this one, while Hamtaro thought there was a more even chance.
"And...InuYasha"
The fighters in the room immediatley began to speak. They had heard about InuYasha before, and knew he was dangerous. They didn't know why he wasn't a part of the second tournament, but he couldn't really be that dangerous...could he?
The young man in the red robes stood up. As the long, blue-gray hair moved to the back of his head, they saw the face he was covering, a rather handsome one. There were two dog ears on the top of his head, although they were more straight, like cat ears. His fingers had large claws on them. He bore a serious look as he went over. He took the last number, which he announced as "Not really sure, but I guess I'm fifteen, or whatever"
Not noticing that every other person was looking at InuYasha, Master Hand wrote down InuYasha's name. He turned to the audience. "Well, Hercule specifically requested to pick last, and the remaining number is nineteen. So, that puts Hercule is the tenth match"
"YEAH!" Hercule thrust an arm into the air. Everyone just looked at him. "Uh..."
Master Hand decided to be kind and pull the embarassment away from Hercule as he held up the bracket for everyone to see. "All right now. Ladies and gentlemen, here is the first round of the third annual Super Anime World Tournament"
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The Third Annual Super Anime World Tournament
Round One
01. Cell Vs. Majin Buu
02. Yugi Mouto Vs. Mewtwo
03. Gene Starwind Vs. Harry McDougall
04. Bit Cloud Vs. Van Fleiheit
05. Sailor Moon Vs. Android 18
06. Yusuke Urameshi Vs. Hamtaro
07. Pikachu Vs. Guilmon
08. InuYasha Vs. Wobbuffet
09. Tenchi Masaki Vs. The Great Saiyaman
10. Hercule Vs. Charizard
11. Spike Spiegel Vs. Kagato
12. Kenshin Himura Vs. Ayeka Jurai
13. Jet Black Vs. Vicious
14. Goku Vs. Vegeta
15. Boss Vs. Sailor Mars
16. Cardcaptors Vs. Sailor Mercury
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Preview of Next Chapter
Next chapter, some of the other fighters approach InuYasha. The Ham-Hams Hamtaro and Boss discuss their fights with each others and others. And round one kicks off, when Cell fights against Buu. The biggest threats to earth thus far go at it, to decide who will go onto round two. Goku and Vegeta are excited, and, oddly enough, so is Hercule.
Next Chapter: Battle of the Villains
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z, Digimon, Outlaw Star, Zoids, Cowboy Bebop, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cardcaptors, Hamtaro, Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!/Tenchi Universe, Pokémon, Rorouni Kenshin, InuYasha or Yu-Yu Hakusho. If I did, then they'd all be on one channel in a huge block. But they're not, and I don't own them. But one day I will...I'm hoping so, anyway.
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The Super Anime World Tournament
By Hayabusa Will (TheNameIsWill@AOL.Com)
Chapter Three-Destined Battles
And one by one, the competitors arrived. First Tenchi and Ayeka came, Kagato not far behind. Spike and Jet were next, Vicious trailing them, as well as Gene a few paces back. Mewtwo had teleported himself in a few second later. Team Dragonball came in as well. The Sailor Scouts, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars, walked in soon after, followed by Hamtaro and Boss. Sakura Avalon, Li Showron, Yugi Mouto and Yusuke Urameshi came soon after. Pikachu, Charizard and Guilmon arrived, not accompanied by Ash or Takato, as the two were not allowed to enter the central arena.
Bit Cloud followed, Cell a few moments later. A smirking Harry McDougall entered, and then the next new fighter, Van. There was a red-haired swordsman named Himura Kenshin in the corner, who had just arrived, as well as a strange long-haired man with a red robe, that nobody could tell who he was. And last but not least, Hercule, the champion.
"Hey, who's the weirdo in the corner?" Yusuke whispered to Bit, pointing to the man int he red robe.
"I'm guessing he's someone new" Bit shrugged. "I don't know, I never saw him before. Ah well, doesn't matter. I don't think he'll have too much impact on the whole tournament anyway"
Master Hand in the human form stood looking at them. "Well...that's thirty...and we expect another to come later on. Where is--"
"Prepare for trouble, we're meeting the fighters!" Came the voice of a woman.
"And make it double, we're hotter than lighters!" A man's voice accompanied.
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Two shapes jumped down. They each wore a similar uniform, with white shirts with red Rs and black gloves. The man, who had purple hair, wore pants, while the woman, with long red hair, had a short skirt, with boots that were much longer than the man's.
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right!" A catlike Pokémon jumped down by Jessie and James. All of the fighters looked strangely at these two.
"Er--right" Master Hand couldn't think of anything else to say. "Did you bring the Pokémon that I sent the invitation for"
"I don't know why you asked for it..." Jessie took out a Pokéball and opened it. What emerged was a light blue blob. It had strange flaps for feet, divided into two on each side. Its long, black tail resembling that of a beaver, only it appeared to have eyes on it. Its eyes were contorted to a somewhat painful-looking expression, and it's mouth was twisted in the same way.
"Wobba wob!" The Pokémon's voice was somewhat, well, the best word for it would be 'goofy'. It put one handless arm on its head in somewhat of a salute.
"Ah, yes, Wobbuffet. Precisely" Master Hand patted Wobbuffet's head. He turned towards Jessie, James and Meowth clearing his throat. "You three may go now"
"Go? We're not leaving" Jessie stamped a foot on the ground. "I'm not going to leave here, my Wobbuffet is going to stay"
"You will leave, or else you will be dealt with" Stated Master Hand.
"Dealt with? By whom?" James asked.
"By them" Master Hand motioned to the thirty-one other fighters around.
The three of them took a look around. As they more closely inspected the fighters, Team Rocket began to become more fearful. As Jessie looked around, two of them caught her eye immediatley. "It's Pikachu! And Charizard!"
"And you think they're the only ones?" Kenshin unsheathed his sword and pointed it at them. Spike and Jet got to their feet. Harry cracked his knuckles, while Goku, Vegeta and Gohan all walked over. The three Sailor Scouts stood up, hands on their hips, all looking angry. Team Rocket began to tremble.
"We better get out of here...they took tough!" Meowth said. Jessie and James nodded, and the trio dashed off.
"Looks like Team Rocket's running off again!"
A few of the competitors chuckled at the retreating Rockets, a few more just looked annoyed at the antics of the three of them.
"Load of dumbasses..." Yusuke rolled his eyes. Van and Gohan nodded in agreement to this.
Master Hand cleared his throat. "All right then. Now that we have that...unpleasantness done with, it's time to draw your numbers for the fights. Let me see...yes, I beleive that all of you are here. Now, the rules are simple. You fight until you knock your opponent out of the ring, they are unable to fight any longer or they submit. Killing is forbidden, and those who unfortunately kill their opponent will be disqualified from the tournament and both fighters from the following fight will be advanced to fight in the next round. Am I clear on the rules?" All of the competitors nodded. "Good. Now, Hamtaro, you may pick first as you won the last tournament"
"Ticky ticky ticky ticky..." Hamtaro walked up to a large jar, which had several slips of paper inside. Hamtaro reached in and grabbed one. He opened the paper to show a twelve. "I'm number twelve"
"Okay, good. Now, Goku, please draw your number"
Goku nodded and walked over. Goku was pretty confident, being the winner of the first tournament and one of the stronger fighters of all. He took one small slip of paper and opened it. "Twenty-seven"
Master Hand marked Goku as number twenty-seven. "Gene Starwind"
Gene took a few steps over and took the top number from the pile of papers. "Five. I guess I have an early match, then"
"Can I get Tenchi Masaki up here now, please?"
Tenchi nodded and walked over. He pulled out his numbered paper. "Seventeen"
"Sailor Moon"
Seeming a bit nervous, Sailor Moon stepped up to the jar. She reached in and pulled out number "Nine"
Master Hand wrote Sailor Moon's name in the ninth spot. "Now, Bit Cloud"
The veteran fighter Bit grinned and walked over. He took his number from the bottom of the barrel. "Lucky number seven! I guess that puts me in the fourth fight, right?"
"Right" Replied Master Hand. "Now, Yugi Mouto"
Yugi nodded and walked over calmly. He picked up the first slip he grabbed a hold of in the jar and opened it. "Three. Great, I get an early battle. I'm glad I don't have to wait"
"Guilmon?"
The Digimon nodded and took a few steps forward, taking his own number. "Fourteen"
"Now, Pikachu"
Pikachu dashed forward, as he needed to due to his small size. He jumped onto the table and pulled out a number, which he opened to reveal thirteen. "Pika!" Pikachu looked surprised. He turned his face to Guilmon, shocked that he would be against the Digimon in round one. Guilmon was sharing similar feelings as he looked towards Pikachu. This would be one to tell their humans.
"Spike Spiegel?"
One of the tournament favorites took a few steps forward, picking a number from the side of the jar. "Twenty-one"
Nodding, Master Hand wrote Spike's name down as twenty-one. "Vegeta?"
Vegeta walked over for his number. He reached in and brushed his hand around a bit before settling on a number. "Twenty-eight" It was then that Vegeta realized his opponent would be Goku. "So, Kakarot, it looks like we're opponents in round one. I for one am glad, we never did fight in front of an audience, after all. It will be much more satisfying that way when I defeat you"
"Now, would the Great Saiyaman draw?"
Gohan walked over and took his own number. "Eighteen" Gohan looked over at Tenchi, knowing that it was his opponent. The two of them nodded towards each other as a sign of respect, now that they knew they would be facing each other.
"Android Eighteen?"
Number Eighteen followed and took her number. "Ten" Eighteen saw as her name was marked down that her opponent would be Sailor Moon. Both gave a half-smile, as both females were confident in their abilities to fight and thought that they could win.
"Cell"
Cell chuckled to himself, walking up. He picked up a paper in the middle and opened it. He showed everyone his number. "Number one. Look at that, because that's what they'll be calling me"
"I'd say you were lucky Cell, most want to fight in the first match" Master Hand looked out to the characters, who were crowded around the arena, as there were no chairs. "Jet Black"
Jet nodded and took a few steps forward, not being too far from the table with the numbers. Jet took his own. "Twenty-five"
"Okay...the Cardcaptors, Sakura and Li"
Sakura walked up by herself while Li stayed behind. She reached in the jar. "Thirty-one? Oh, that makes us the last fight of the round..."
"Princess Ayeka Jurai?"
Ayeka walked over towards the table and nervously took her number. "I'm number twenty-four"
"Kagato"
Grinning, Kagato began to slowly walk to the table, his robes behind him. He took a number. "Twenty-two. That would make my opponent Spiegel. Hm, today, I show you true pain, Spiegel"
"In your dreams" Was Spike's reply.
"Charizard, please come up"
The huge Charizard stomped over and reached a large, clawed hand in for a number. Charizard gave a small growl, showing number twenty on his paper.
"Mewtwo"
Mewtwo used his Psychic powers to make a number float from the jar and into the air. "It is four" Mewtwo didn't bother to even look at the number, he somehow knew, because four was indeed the number on the slip of paper.
"Himura Kenshin"
Kenshin walked over quietly, pulling a number from the basket. He looked over it. "I am....twenty-three. I'm against Ayeka..." He looked over to Ayeka and nodded. They both decided in their minds that it would be a tough match.
"Majin Buu"
The childlike Buu took a few steps over, nearly bumping into Gene and Kagato along the way, due to his size. He looked a the numbers.
"Pick one, Buu" Master Hand instructed.
"Oh, yeah" Buu reached in for his number. "Buu pick two!"
"Hahahaha!" Cell's evil laughter immediatley began to echo. "How perfect, I will be fighting against you. This should be an incredibly easy first round"
"Erm...Harry McDougall?" Master Hand called, marking Buu as Cell's opponent.
Harry got up from where he sat on the floor and took one slip of paper. "Hey, Starwind...guess what?" Harry showed Gene the number on his paper, which was six.
"How about that. A round one duel with you" Gene said.
"Sailor Mars"
Sailor Mars took a few steps forward and took one of the papers from the jar. "Thirty"
"Sailor Mercury, please come for your number"
Sailor Mercury followed Sailor Mars, looking a bit nervous as some of the other competitors had. She drew her own number. "Thirty-two...that means I'm in the last fight against the Cardcaptors" Sakura and Li looked seriously at Sailor Mercury, who looked seriously back. They wordlessly accepted each other as a challenge.
"Van Freiheit"
Van got up and walked to the table, looking the most nervous of all. He quickly took a number. "Eight" He glanced over at Bit. Bit looked back. Now, they could see what each other were made of.
"Boss, please draw"
"Dobbo dabba dobbo dabba..." Boss took a few steps forward. "Twenty-nine. What do you know, I'm against that Martian girl"
"I'm Sailor Mars, not a Martian" Sailor Mars' face became somewhat annoyed. Still, she wasn't mad, and looked forward to the match.
"Um...Vicious?"
"Ahem"
"Er...Vicious, Leader of the Red Dragons"
Vicious got up and calmly stepped forward, taking his time with each step. He took one of the remaining four numbers, and spoke for the first time. "Twenty-six"
"Wobbuffet, you may come now"
"Wobb..." Wobbuffet walked strangely over and took his number immediatley after arriving. "Wobbuffet!"
"Yes, sixteen..." Master Hand marked Wobbuffet up. "Yusuke Urameshi"
The newcomer, Yusuke, walked over for the number to decide his first fight. He pulled out his number. "Eleven" He grinned at Hamtaro. One of the first competitors he met was his opponent. Yusuke was confident that he'd win this one, while Hamtaro thought there was a more even chance.
"And...InuYasha"
The fighters in the room immediatley began to speak. They had heard about InuYasha before, and knew he was dangerous. They didn't know why he wasn't a part of the second tournament, but he couldn't really be that dangerous...could he?
The young man in the red robes stood up. As the long, blue-gray hair moved to the back of his head, they saw the face he was covering, a rather handsome one. There were two dog ears on the top of his head, although they were more straight, like cat ears. His fingers had large claws on them. He bore a serious look as he went over. He took the last number, which he announced as "Not really sure, but I guess I'm fifteen, or whatever"
Not noticing that every other person was looking at InuYasha, Master Hand wrote down InuYasha's name. He turned to the audience. "Well, Hercule specifically requested to pick last, and the remaining number is nineteen. So, that puts Hercule is the tenth match"
"YEAH!" Hercule thrust an arm into the air. Everyone just looked at him. "Uh..."
Master Hand decided to be kind and pull the embarassment away from Hercule as he held up the bracket for everyone to see. "All right now. Ladies and gentlemen, here is the first round of the third annual Super Anime World Tournament"
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The Third Annual Super Anime World Tournament
Round One
01. Cell Vs. Majin Buu
02. Yugi Mouto Vs. Mewtwo
03. Gene Starwind Vs. Harry McDougall
04. Bit Cloud Vs. Van Fleiheit
05. Sailor Moon Vs. Android 18
06. Yusuke Urameshi Vs. Hamtaro
07. Pikachu Vs. Guilmon
08. InuYasha Vs. Wobbuffet
09. Tenchi Masaki Vs. The Great Saiyaman
10. Hercule Vs. Charizard
11. Spike Spiegel Vs. Kagato
12. Kenshin Himura Vs. Ayeka Jurai
13. Jet Black Vs. Vicious
14. Goku Vs. Vegeta
15. Boss Vs. Sailor Mars
16. Cardcaptors Vs. Sailor Mercury
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Preview of Next Chapter
Next chapter, some of the other fighters approach InuYasha. The Ham-Hams Hamtaro and Boss discuss their fights with each others and others. And round one kicks off, when Cell fights against Buu. The biggest threats to earth thus far go at it, to decide who will go onto round two. Goku and Vegeta are excited, and, oddly enough, so is Hercule.
Next Chapter: Battle of the Villains