Chapter 7: The First Four Matches for Bout 3

(To Looneyman: The reason Buzz is in for the Semi-finals is because he won a fight. Sure, he lost to Bugs, but he still gets in to the Semi-Finals. Besides, Bugs is still in for the Semi-Finals as well. Your confusion has been solved.)

Another day of battles has ended. While everyone was sleeping in the cave, Teeko was still up. He had to calcluate the recent winners since Bout 1. He would have Lawrence to help him out, but he was already asleep and Teeko didn't want to disturb him.

"Okay, now," He started. "The first 7 winners from bout 1: Buzz Bunny, Kunimitsu, Lola Bunny, AiAi, Tails, Cream, and Armor King. Then, Bout 2's winners: Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny… again, Gon, Bowser Jr., Ty, Yang, and Knuckles. Since Lola won twice, she will have the honor of fighting Ratchet for the Semi-Finals. Kay says he wants to fight, too. So, I guess he'll fight Kunimitsu in the Semi-Finals. It'll be a weapon-to-weapon combat. Won't the other ladies be jealous when they hear about this in the morning?" He chuckled as he turned off his desk light and silently walked over to his part of the cave and fell asleep as well after he looked at his clock. It was 12:19 am when he fell asleep.

In the morning, at breakfast…

"Attention, everyone!" Teeko announced. "I am pleased to congradulate our recent winners of the torunament who will advance to the Semi-Final bout after this one: Buzz Bunny, Kunimitsu, Lola Bunny, AiAi, Tails, Cream, Armor King, Bugs Bunny, Gon, Bowser Jr., Ty, Yang, and Knuckles! Instead of fighting in the semi-finals, there will be two competitions: archery and, my favorite, Baby Dragon wrestling. But, note, there will be the final two fights of this event: Lola Bunny versus Ratchet and Kunimitsu versus Kay. Whoever wins those will go to the Finals. Any questions?"

"How come those two girls get to fight the cute boys and I have to fight a lousy experiment?" Karin asked.

"Well, I wanted it to be fair for Cream, since she's fighting an experiment herself."

"Oh! Okay. Nevermind."

"Good. Anymore questions?" Nobody made a sound as they looked at the bat whilst eating. "Now, as soon as you finish your breakfast and rest break, Bout 3 will begin."

As soon as Teeko was about to begin the bout, a knock came to the door. Lawrence looked through the keyhole and gasped.

"She's here!" He exclaimed. "Tikal's here!"

"Just in time! I hope she ate breakfast before she got here." Teeko replied. "Let her in!"

Lawrence opened the door by a red button and Tikal walked in, dressed in a purple t-shirt with blue jeans and white shoes.

"Did you eat before you got here?" Teeko asked her. Tikal nodded.

"Yeah. Sorry I was a little late." She replied.

"No, no! You're not late. You actually made it right on time. I was just about to start the bout for today."

"Well, lucky me."

Later…

"Splodyhead and Karin Kanzuki, please report to the arena to begin the match!" Teeko announced. Splodyhead crawled into the arena while Karin was following him. As soon as they arrived, they faced each other with anger in their eyes, for they hated each other deeply.

"You're not gonna win that easily." Karin said to the experiment. Splodyhead growled.

"Meega chatooka tiko-tiko machooba!" He swore back. Karin's eyelids lowered in anger as she heard this.

"Are you two ready?" Teeko asked from the PA. "BEGIN!"

Splodyhead began to fire his plasma ammunition, but Karin managed to dodge the shot by performing a backflip and landing perfectly on her feet. Splodyhead growled as he saw this and ran towards her. Karin knew she was defenseless because Splodyhead was too short. What could she do? She showed a sly smirk on her face as she allowed the experiment to come closer. Then, at the very right moment, she kneeled down quickly and swiped her leg under him, knocking him to the ground. This gave Karin the advantage. She picked up the experiment and held him in one hand as she snapped her fingers twice with the free hand. On cue, a butler of hers came out of nowhere and laid out a big pot full of a boiling green substance.

"Thank you, Henry." She said to the butler as he nodded and ran off. Splodyhead stopped struggling for a moment and looked down at the green liquid.

"Gaba?" He asked himself. Karin chuckled.

"Don't know what this stuff is? This is what I call Experiment Exterminator. Once I drop you in this stuff, your brain cells will be demolished and you won't be smart enough to fight!" She explained. This made Splodyhead gulp with horror. He frantically tried to free himself from Karin's hand, but her grip was too tight. As she lowered him deeper into the substance, he struggled even faster until finally…

"AHHHHHHH!" Karin screamed as she felt a plasma shot hit her right leg. She quickly dropped the experiment, who nearly missed the large pot. Splodyhead chuckled as he used his hands and picked up the Japanese girl by her sore leg and pulled her up to him. Then, when her leg was held in front of his face, he simply held her leg as if it was a stick and literally snapped her leg hard. She screamed at the top of her lungs in extreme pain as he did this and everybody geered at the sight of it.

"Ouch. Dat's gotta hoit." Bugs cringed.

"I couldn't agree with you more. Ahem… the winner of this match is Splodyhead. He will be advancing to the Semi-Finals!" Teeko announced as the crowd cheered. "Well, we know what to do with Karin…"

Minutes later…

Karin was in a hospital bed in the recovery room with her arms crossed in anger and disappointment. She had her bandaged and broken leg held up by a sturdy rope. Yoshi was laughing his head off, even though his bandaged wounds were burning him a little. Lexi managed to hold her laugh.

"Ah, shut up! He was just lucky, that's all." Karin complained. Teeko looked at the three injured contenders from his announcer stand and shook his head with disappointment.

"Shame, shame, shame." He started. "We already have three contenders injured and the 3rd bout has just begun. Talk about a hard tournament."

"I'll have to agree with ya on that one." Lawrence agreed. "Next fight please."

"Alright. Kixx and Cream, report to the arena to begin your match!"

Cream gulped while Kixx just walked in the arena without hesitation.

"Here I go again." Cream muttered to herself as she stood and slowly walked towards the arena, where Kixx was ready to begin.

"Hai, hai, hai!" He chanted as he punched the thin air, raring to go. Cream kept her cool and showed a determined look on her face.

'I defeated one experiment… I know I can beat another.' She thought to herself.

"Ready?" Teeko announced. "BEGIN!"

"Akamonga!" Kixx yelled as he ran towards Cream for a strong punch. She flew up and gave him a good kick with both of her feet and that knocked the purple experiment to the ground, face first. Cream remained floating in mid-air by her ears as she waited for Kixx to get up. He then formed into a twister and charged for the cream-colored rabbit. She floated out of the way and landed perfectly on her feet. Kixx was fed up with this and decided to normal hand-to-hand combat. He walked up to Cream and he began punching her hard. She got punched twice across her face before she finally regained herself and managed to block the third punch and kick him in his stomach, then give him a clean uppercut under his chin and that mad ehim lose his balance for a moment. Cream was in her fighting stance this time as Kixx charged for her again for another punch. She blocked one punch after another and they were beginning to fight Dragonball Z style. Kixx decided to show his strength and lift up a piece of the arena floor where Cream was standing. She gulped with nervousness.

"Uh, oh." She muttered before Kixx flinged the piece of land and caused Cream to fly towards the other end of the ring and land face first in the ground. That made her unconcious. Kixx growled as he walked up to the unconcious Cream and watched her carefully. Then, picked her up from under her arms. When he noticed at the last minute that she was still breathing, she gave him a hard kick in his face and that knocked him out along with his bleeding nose. Cream fell back on the floor, due to Kixx dropping her in the process, but this time, she stood up and held her hands up in victory.

"TEEKO, I'VE FINALLY DEFEATED ANOTHER EXPERIMENT!" She yelled at the balcony. Teeko chuckled.

"Indeed, you did!" He replied from the speakers. "Cream has won this battle! She'll absloutely move on to the Semi-Finals!"

Minutes later…

Kixx was found in the recovery room with Karin, Lexi, and Yoshi. He had a tissue stuck in his left nostril where his nose was bleeding. Lexi clapped softly.

"Great match, Kixx." She said to the exhausted experiment, who just nodded in response.

"Goodness, Cream." Teeko said to the 6-year-old rabbit. "You won twice as well… and they were both experiments. Amazing!"

"Thanks." Cream replied. "I remember fighting ML to save Sonic and I really showed him… but, he was a good friend."

"Well, as people say: 'What's in the past is done.' Our next battle will probably be just as interesting as Knuckles and Rouge's."

"Which is…?"

"Sonic versus NiGHTS."

The two looked at him wide eyed.

"Huh?" Sonic and NiGHTS asked in unison.

"Yes. Your match is next. Approach the arena to begin your match."

Minutes later…

"I can't believe we have to fight each other, Sonic!" NiGHTS exclaimed as she straightened her long, purple hair. Sonic was dusting his shoes.

"I can't believe it, either… but, if the King of all the Creatures says we gotta do it, we gotta do it." The blue hedgehog agreed.

"And he wants a battle unlike any other."

"Just like Knuckles and Rouge's…" They stared at each other for a minute, then smiled slyly.

"Yeah!" They said in unison as they got into their fighting stances.

"Are you two ready?" Teeko asked from the intercom.

"I am far from ready." NiGHTS replied smoothly.

"Ready when you are." Sonic agreed.

"BEGIN!" Teeko exclaimed.

Sonic began his spinball move as NiGHTS began to float up just inches from the ground. She held her arm in front of her for defense as a purple shield formed in front of her and Sonic bounced right off without any harm. He skidded backward on his feet as he decided to to a different move. He ran up to her and tried a perfect karate kick to her face. Again, NiGHTS was able to block it with her hands, then slam him towards the ground by the same foot. She chuckled as Sonic slowly sat up and wiped some dust of his face.

"You're tougher than I expected." He said to her.

"Well, maybe you weren't expecting this." She replied as she flew up to him and gave him a strong punch to his stomach, knocking wind out of him. Then, gave him a punch across the face while he was dazed. Then, gave him a strong plasma blast from her hand and blasted the blue hedgehog towards the other end of the arena. Tumbling lifelessly until he landed face first with unconciousness. NiGHTS landed on her feet and crossed her arms with satisfaction.

"You must expect the unexpected, Sonic." She said in a deep expert tone. Teeko cooed at the human nightmaren's voice.

"My God! She's one hot nightmaren!" He said in a dazed voice before he quickly snapped out of it and resumed his announcing duty. "Uh… the winner is NiGHTS! Congratulations! She'll move on to the semi-finals!"

NiGHTS flew inside, carrying Sonic. She skipped the trip to the recovery room and just healed Sonic completely. Teeko was impressed by raising an eyebrow in amazement. NiGHTS just winked, telling him to comtinue.

"Well, now! She's amazing!" He said to himself. "Finally, our last battle before our next lunch break: Jax versus Chun-Li. Please report to the arena to begin your match."

"Finally!" Daffy yelled. "A human-versthusth-human match! Thisth should be interesthting!"

"Say that again, duck!" Jax exclaimed to Daffy, who gulped while sweating immensely. "That's what I thought!" He continued on towards the arena, where Chun-Li was ready to fight.

"Ready?" Teeko asked from the PA. "BEGIN!"

"You do look pretty hot for a Street Fighter." Jax began. "Why don't you show me how good of a girl you are?"

"With pleasure." Chun-Li replied as she ran up to him for a strong kick against his face. He cringed in pain, but still kept going. He used one of his metal arms and attempted to punch her across her face, but she amazingly blocked it with her hands. She smiled as she kneed him in his stomach, then tripped him up from a sneak sweep with her foot, making him land on his back.

"Dang! You really know how to fight, do you?" Jax asked in amazement as he sat up. Chun-Li prepared herself for her next attack, but was caught off guard when he offered a hand to her.

"I give, girl! I hand this match over to you." He said in truce. Chun-Li was taken aback by this as she stood in her normal posture, but then took his hand anyway. "I really don't wanna embarrass myself, a Mortal Kombat character, by bein' beaten by a female Street Fighter."

"I see you have some honesty in you somewhere." She agreed as she held her other hand up, telling Teeko that she wins.

"O… kay." The giant bat said sarcastically. "That was an… awkward battle. Jax actually forfeit the match over to Chun-Li, therefore she wins this match! She will move on to the semi-finals!"

Later…

"Well, I must admit, the first half of Bout 3 was pretty sensational, except for Jax and Chun-Li's. Overall, it was great." Teeko started. "May I congradulate the following winners of our first half of Bout 3: Splodyhead, Cream, NiGHTS, and Chun-Li. As an entrée for our lunch break, how about we have seafood for lunch?" Everybody, except for Lola, Bugs, Lexi, and Buzz, agreed on this. Teeko noticed. "So, I'm guessing the rabbits will be having tossed salads again, huh?" The rabbits nodded. "Very well. Please report to the lunch room and I'll order the food. Lawrence, I want you to write down the last four remaining matches for Bout 3."

"Yes, sir." Lawrence replied as he did as he was told. Here's the final four matches for Bout 3:

E.) Vector vs. Lola Bunny

F.) Mighty vs. Tikal

G.)Big vs. Kunimitsu

H.) Bowser vs. Bianca

To be continued…