Chapter 8:The Dead Ninja Appears

Foreword: So far, it's Arcadians:3 and Outworld:1. The first match, which pitted Sonic against Reptile, ended in Sonic's victory. The second match, Mega Man vs. Kano, ended in a disqualification for Mega Man. The third match, Tenchi vs. Ermac, finished in the Arcadians favor with a narrow victory for Tenchi. The last bout so far, Ryu vs. Noob Saibot, Ryu won without much effort. Now, our heroes are headed back to the guest mansion to rest up for tomorrow, not knowing they are being followed by a mysterious figure in yellow...........................

Our heroes were currently walking to the guest mansion, well, Tenchi and Ryu were currently being helped by there friends. "Man, this tournament's psychotic, the opposing fighters want to kill you and it's legal!" Arcadia Sonic complained. "Well, if feel that way, you shouldn't have come." Kung Lao said. Zindakku was currently walking with the others, when suddenly he stopped and looked around. Dove noticed this and said "Hey Zin, what's wrong?" "I thought I felt something." Zin replied. "You're just imaging things, Zin." Dove said, as she continued to walk with the others. "Maybe it was nothing." Zin said as he joined the others, not noticing the yellow figure in the trees.

Soon the mansion was in sight. Chibi-Trunks then said "Hey Goten, race ya there!" "You're on Trunks!" As soon as the two half saiyan boys began to run to the mansion, Zin felt the strange presence again. Then out of nowhere a voice boomed "GET OVER HERE!!!" Then a kunai attached to a rope struck the ground in front of Goten and Trunks. Everyone looked to see who threw the weapon. Then, up in the trees, they saw him. A ninja dressed in yellow, with eyes that were pure white. "Oh, great, it's Scorpion!" Sub-zero said.

{Battle Music: Mortal Kombat movie theme}

The yellow ninja just stared down at the heroes, causing some of the younger ones quiver with fear. "Okay, what's his deal?" Tails asked. "We don't know......" Cage said. Then Scorpion withdrew his spear, brought out his katana, jump off from where he was, landed on the ground ready to fight. "Well, if it's a fight you want," Vegeta said, while he and the battle-ready Arcadians got into position, "then you got one!"

The yellow ninja only stared right at the Arcadians. Hoping to gain the advantage, all of the Arcadians charged right at Scorpion. But, before they were at least a foot in front of him, he disappeared. Then, out of nowhere, Scorpion appeared behind them and was about to strike with his sword. The heroes manage to dodge his assault. Knuckles tried to pound him with his fists, but Scorpion evaded him. Then he launched his spear right at Bass, who managed to dodge it in time. Spider-Man launched his webbing at Scorpion, but the ninja caught it and pulled Spidey towards him saying "COME HERE!!!" , kicking the web-slinger in the face. The Mortal Kombatants tried their luck ,but Scorpion persistently kept on blocking or their blows.

Zin joined in the battle, matching blow to blow against Scorpion's sword with his staff. Scorpion then tripped the masked sage and was about to impaled him with his sword. Dove shouted with fear in her voice"ZIN!" Just as the sword was about to strike, another sword deflected it. Zin looked to see the owner of the sword. It was a black hedgehog with the wings of an angel and a demon. "Sota Darklight?!" Zin said astonished. "Hey, Hirokai." the hedgehog, known as Sota greeted. The yellow ninja jumped back and stared right at Sota. "How the hell you knew where I was, Sota?" Zin asked. " your friends, the water elemental and that Poke'mon hybrid." "Oh, right." Scorpion then launched his harpoon right at Sota, but was only blocked by the staff of a familiar wizard. "N3Mazter, but how!?" Zin asked. "Met him at your rook, Hirokai." Sota said.

Now Scorpion was angry. He charged in at high speed, deflecting sword and staff blows from the four Gamemasters, Zin, N3, Link, Marth, Hotsuma, Merc, Mirai-Trunks, and Tenchi, while dodging every punch, kick bullet, bomb and ki blast that came right at him. The yellow ninja soon came face to face with Sub-Zero.Soon the age-old struggle began again. Both ninjas began fighting each other, each matching move for move.

"Wow, look's like they both did this before." Goku complemented .

The fight between the two ninjas was starting to look like a stalemate, until Sub-Zero delivered a heavy kick to Scorpion. The yellow ninja was sent flying towards a nearby tree, creating a body shaped crater on impact. Ryoko seized this opportunity to finish the ninja off, and score some serious points with Tenchi. She appeared right in front of the ninja, who recovering from Sub-Zero's kick, and drove her energy sword into Scorpion's gut. The yellow ninja gasped and flailed over like he was dead. All of the Heroes sighed in relief, all except for Anthony, Zin, and the Mortal Kombatants. Ryoko turned around , smiled and did a peace sign, saying "I got him." Anthony, who had a worried look on his face, shouted "Ryoko, that won't work!!" Ryoko, a bit confused, replied "Why? I just killed him." Anthony, looking even more worried, answered "That's the problem, Scorpion is already dead!!!" Ryoko turned around to see the ninja's head had lifted up and was staring right at her! She was so shocked by this, she didn't have time to block his punch, which sent her to the ground.

The dead ninja got out of the tree and landed on the ground. His wound where Ryoko pierced him had healed. All of the Heroes were worried and scared(even though Vegeta would not admit it). "How do we defeat someone dead?" Jenna asked in desperation. Then Scorpion began to take off his mask. The Arcadians had curious looks on their faces, while Anthony, Zin and the Mortal Kombatants started to sweat. "Oh, shit." Cage said.

What was under Scorpions mask was just plain scary. Instead of a face, a skull was revealed. Several Arcadians tried not to throw-up. "That's just disgusting!!" Vegeta shouted. "Unfortunately, that's not the worst of it." Sub-Zero said, as Scorpion began to open his jaw, hell-fire began spew around his skull. "Now that's bad."Goku said. With that, Scorpion reared his head, and spat out a river of fire. All of the heroes moved out of the way of the stream when it hit the ground, creating a blazing inferno. As the heroes looked on to the inferno, they saw a figure come through the flames. It was Scorpion!!!!

"What is this guy?!" Sailor Moon shouted. Then, Sub-Zero took the front and said "Everyone stand back, I'll take care of this!!!" As Scorpion began to launch another attack, Sub-Zero began to gather water vapors around him. Then the dead ninja spat out another fire attack, while the ice ninja sent a blast of ice. The two attacks collided and caused a blue and orange explosion. The two ninjas were about to go at it again, when a lighting blot appeared and hit the ground between them. When the dust cleared, the thunder god, Raiden, was standing there. "Scorpion, ENOUGH!!!" he shouted towards the dead ninja.

Anthony made his way towards Raiden and asked "You had something to do with this?" Raiden looked at the Gamemaster "Yes. I convinced Scorpion to join us to help out in the tournament." All of the Arcadians were angry at Raiden. "Why in the hell did you do that?!!!" Anthony shouted. "Him being dead could prove useful." Raiden calmly replied. "Raiden," a voice, being Scorpions, said, "I am not here to make friends! You said that Quan Chi would here!" "You are correct." the thunder god replied. "Well remember this: HE IS MINE AND NO ONE ELSE'S!!!! GOT IT?!" Scorpion shouted and then disappeared in a puff of smoke. Raiden looked towards the confused Arcadians. "I not even gonna ask." Arcadia Sonic said as he and the rest of the Arcadians went back towards the mansion.

Next Chapter: The third pair of bouts begins the next with the powerful psychic Poke'mon, Mewtwo, against the oni, Draheim. They will fighting in a room with a strange thing called the Soulnado, where anyone thrown into there will have their bodies shredded and souls lost forever..............................Chapter 9: Mewtwo vs. Draheim

Author's note: I've really got to stop being lazy.