The Great Fictional Character Tournament

By: EWMHop

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters used in this fic with the exception of EWMHop who is of course myself.

Round 1 Fight 1

#43 Riku vs #27 Gannondorf

"Why is it I always get stuck fighting cocky kids with swords?" Gannondorf crouched into a stance.

"Well if your past record against cocky kids with swords is any indication then I have this fight in the bag." Riku smirked and held out his Keyblade.

"You'll eat those words punk!" Gannondorf yelled as he charged in and threw a punch right at Riku's head.

Riku easily twisted out of the way and slashed at Gannondorf's side. The larger man showed surprising speed and the Keyblade only caught cape. Gannondorf grabbed Riku's sword wielding arm and sent a wave of dark energy into it. Riku screamed in pain as muscle paralysis set in and his sword fell from his grasp. Gannondorf held onto Riku's arm and swung a kick into the spine of the boy. Riku crashed into the wall of the grand hall he'd fought Sora in before and then fell to the ground, out of breath.

"Pathetic fool!" Gannondorf laughed as he slowly walked toward his fallen opponent. "This was easier than fooling the King of Hyrule!" He powered dark magic into his hand and just as he was about to let it go it dissipated.

It was then that Gannondorf noticed extreme pain coming from his chest. Looking down he saw the tip of the Keyblade protruding from his chest, this time it was his turn to fall.

"B-but how, how did you?" The dark King sputtered out blood as Riku slowly got to his feet.

"You may have dislodged the Keyblade from my hand but my mind and my hear still had a firm grasp on it." Riku walked to the fallen Gerudo, grabbed his sword and twisted it. "It still obeys my mental commands," Riku repeated the twisting motion with his sword, thoroughly enjoying each of the screams elicited from Gannondorf's blood filled mouth.

"Now you die, at the hands…of a kid!" Riku removed the blade and, after taking a few steps backward, powered a Firaga into the top of his sword. He pointed it straight at the celing above Gannondorf's head and fired until he had no power left to cast another bolt. Bricks, wood, and steel rained down upon the bloody, broken body of the Evil King. Gannondorf didn't have time to scream before he was buried beneath the rubble.

A confused Riku looked around for a bit before asking aloud, "Ok, I've claimed my victory, now how do I leave?"

"Y-you…don't…" a whisper came.

"Impossible!" Riku gasped, "After all…all that and he's…n-no way!"

The pile of rubble exploded and there floating above what was just his grave was Gannondorf. Still bleeding and sweating profusely he raised his right arm showing the back of his hand to Riku. The symbol of the Triforce appeared and he began to glow a sickly evil green.

"Did you think it would be that easy?" Gannondorf's voice became more menacing as the light got brighter. "I told you that you would EAT YOUR WORDS!"

Riku had to cover his eyes until he felt the light fade away from the room. When he opened them again what he saw could only be described in nightmares he'd had as a young boy. Gannondorf was nowhere to be seen, all that stood in front of him was an enormous pig demon with two colossal blades. It roared loudly and swung its blades wildly. Riku jumped back and gathered his wits.

'OK Riku,' he thought, 'you're hurt, out of energy and up against something half the size of Darkside.' After a split second of thinking he decided to do the only thing he could do in his situation, he charged in and began to slash wildly at any opening he could find. His Keyblade did little damage to the think hide of Ganon but it did help him recharge a bit of energy to cast spells. Riku rolled between Ganon's legs and stood up behind the behemoth. Before the beast could turn around Riku had a Graviga charged into his sword. He fired right at Ganon's luminescent tail and prayed he'd do some damage. Ganon's body twisted and deformed for a while but then returned to normal.

"Damn, that was….all I had left," Riku hit his knees.

"Fool, you've met your end!" Ganon raised his swords and brought them down with incredible force across Riku's neck, decapitating him.

"Victory has been claimed!" Ganon yelled, "This kid was no challenge to me, bring be back to the stadium!"

The Hallow Bastion faded and faded until the scene returned to the World Tournament Ring. Riku's body glowed and was raised into the air. The glowing diminished and the boy was returned to life. The first sound he heard was the booing of the crowd as Gannondorf, who had already returned to his original form, showed off to them.

"But, I died. What happened?" Riku looked at his own hands.

"Well Riku," Little Mac started, "You lost the match and were eliminated from the tournament, but no one will die here, any fatalities will be undone by magic."

"An incredible fight Riku but I think using all your magic power up so soon was your mistake. Using it for defense instead of attacking when you recharged a bit would have helped you as well, but still in a fight against the evil Ganon I think you did fairly well." Duo added in his comments on the battle.

"Well put Duo." Mac said, "That means that Gannondorf will move on in the tournament and face the winner or our next battle."

"And what is our next battle Champ?" Duo asked, "Which of these warriors will square off against each other?"

"Our next battle will be between…#29 Superman and #18 Iceman!" The crowd cheered ecstatically as I once again stepped to the center of the ring and took a coin and a microphone from my pocket.

"Once again we will flip to see who gets home field advantage. Superman will be heads and Iceman tails. The coin is up and the result is…..TAILS! Iceman gets home field advantage against the man of steel!"

"Incredible Duo! A match between the greatest hero to grace the inside of an American comic book vs quite possibly the cockiest hero to ever grace the inside of ANY comic book." Mac laughed, "I'm gonna take Iceman on this one I just got a feeling he'll put Superman in his place. Your thoughts oh mighty God of Death?"

"Shinigami chooses Superman! He may not be renown as the brightest hero around; but I think his heat vision will melt the competition away! Yet only time will tell, by the way Mac, you think we oughta keep score of our picks? If we do I'm already 1-0 to your 0-1." Duo smiled in victory.

"Sure thing. But don't get too confident yet, I still got a few star punches to throw at you." The two men laughed as the next two fighters stepped into the ring and once again the ring itself disappeared.

The next thing either man knew they were standing in the Danger Room at Professor X's school.

"May the best man win," Superman extended his hand.

Ice man simply folded his arms and smiled, "If you insist, then I will!"

Who will win the next battle of this amazing tournament? Read the next chapter and find out!

Please remember to RnR to give me the inspiration to keep this going!