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The camera turned back to reveal Drake and Ashley looking at them with smiles.

"Welcome back!" Ashley greeted. "As you could see, Section 1 has ended and wow, what a section it was!"

"And that is the NEXT way of putting it!" Drake grinned. "I thought that the Tournament of Kikai was just something to sound cool!"

"As did I, but it seems that Orange-Ratchet has put more thought into this than we initially thought." Ashley noted.

Drake nodded before looking at the camera. "For those who are just turning in, we just discovered that the Tournament of Kikai has something that differentiates itself from other UVR spin-offs."

"At the start of every section, a magic roulette will appear in the middle of the arena with the fighters' heads on them." Ashley explained. "It will spin and whoever it lands on will get something good or bad."

"So basically, this could really give a fighter an extra edge or royally screw them over!" Drake said, beaming with excitement. "It is definitely something to look forward to!"

"Also, it doesn't stop at just the start of the section." Ashley added. "After every five eliminations, it will spin ahead. Excluding the ones who already got eliminated, of course. So we should be seeing that wheel… About four times every section."

"It truly is a Tournament of Kikai! Or rather a Tournament of Chance!" Drake grinned.

Ashley chuckled. "All this and we did not get into the actual eliminations!"

"I know, right?" Drake grinned. "So let's get to it!"

"Hold up, Drake." Ashley warned before looking at the camera. "What we are about the reveal is spoilers."

"Oh, good call, man!" The vampire realized. "If you don't want to read the episode spoiled, go to the links of the previous chapters."

"Other than that, let's go!" Ashley beamed. "We will go through the people who got at least one elimination from bottom to top in terms of ranking."

"Which means we will be covering the people who have gotten an elimination, but fail to survive the section." Drake said, solemnly.

ATHENA ASAMIYA

NODE: KING OF FIGHTERS XIV

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 5

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

Drake gave a descending whistle. "Hoo boy… This is an… Interesting elimination to talk about."

"For context, Athena was in an alliance with Riku, Hunter, Hercules and Gill against Slade and Napalm Man." Ashley started to explain. "Despite being at a horrible disadvantage, the latter two were surprisingly holding their own against the five. Not that said five was slouching off."

"Not too far away was a 2v2 of Cole and Pai versus Duke and Arthur." Drake explained. "Cole has managed to get the upper-hand and threw Duke into the former fight."

"And RIGHT into Athena's Psycho Ball, knocking the first Battle Arena Toshinden representative out of the ring." Ashley winced.

"Just goes to show that anything could happen in a free-for-all tournament like this. If you are not careful, your elimination could be taken away…" Drake said before snapping his fingers. "Just like that, it didn't even have to be someone who did it on purpose."

"Tis a shame about that because she was actually giving it her all." Ashley frowned. "As for who eliminated her, we will get to that when we come to said fighter."

RICHTER BELMONT

NODE: SUPER SMASH BROS.

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 6

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"Even someone who dislikes the Belmonts has no choice, but to give one of them a thumbs-up!" Drake grinned, doing just that. "He has proven to Poison from Street Fighter V when you should never challenge a Belmont to a whip fight!"

"Poison actually did a great job fighting, but while she spent all of her combat life fighting with whips against her enemies, the Belmonts have been fighting creatures of the night with theirs." Ashley noted.

HUNTER

NODE: SPYRO THE DRAGON

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 8

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

Drake's grin vanished. "Ooh, between Athena and Hunter's eliminations, we could clearly see that their fight against Slade and Napalm Man was really chaotic."

"Indeed… Athena eliminated Duke because he literally flew in her projectile." Ashley sighed, shaking his head. "And Hunter eliminated Mighty the Armadillo by flying right into him behind, thanks to Slade throwing him."

"Just goes to show you that you have to keep your eyes open at all times at these things. Otherwise…" Drake said before snapping his fingers. "Your time in the ring is over in an instant."

ARTHUR

NODE: SUPER GHOULS N' GHOSTS

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 10

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

Drake then chuckled. "Aw, man. Where do you even begin with THIS one?"

Ashley shook his head with a sigh. "Remember that fight of Arthur and Duke teaming up against Cole and Pai? Well, some time Duke has gotten eliminated, Cole and Pai… Decided to do a little experiment."

"Basically, they combined their respective powers and encased Arthur in an electric tornado. It was actually pretty badass!" Drake grinned. He then chortled. "But then it got funny when said tornado literally took off Arthur's armour piece by piece and sent them flying, leaving him in nothing, but his boxers!"

"Poor Arthur…" Ashley lamented. "But at the very least, he more or less got revenge on the main character on Infamous by tackling him out of the ring while he was too busy laughing at his misfortune."

"The dude has been stripped to his boxers so many times that he doesn't have much shame about it happening anymore." Drake shrugged.

Ashley shrank back. "I don't think that is a good thing…"

MIGHTY THE ARMADILLO

NODE: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 16

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"Mighty really shows that his reappearance in Sonic Mania Plus is not just a fluke!" Drake smirked. "And Cynder from Spyro the Dragon learned that the hard way!"

"Cynder showed an impressive display of close-range combat and dark breath attacks, but in the end, Mighty's speed AND strength overwhelmed the dragon and took her off-guard." Ashley smiled.

"Too bad he didn't have much time to celebrate his elimination." Drake muttered.

"Especially saddening that if there was one less Big Guy, he would have made it." Ashley lamented. "But alas, that is just the nature of this tournament."

"Indeed…" Drake frowned. He then brightened up. "But hey! Let's not worry about the past and go towards the future! Where the survivors of Section One will be fighting in!"

CHANG KOEHAN

NODE: KING OF FIGHTERS XIV

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 17

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"Chang may seem like a slob and a brute, but his strength and endurance is nothing to scoff at!" Ashley noted.

"Yeah, not only was he able to trade blows with Bizarro from DC Comics, someone with SUPER STRENGTH, but he was also able to tank some of his elemental attacks." Drake noted.

Ashley raised an eyebrow. "But considering the wide-array of KoF characters that could wield elements, that is not saying much."

"True, but then again, only people like Chang could actually tank them." Drake shrugged.

"Also true." Ashley nodded.

TORO INOUE

NODE: PLAYSTATION ALL STAR BATTLE ROYALE

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 29

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"Before we will get into Toro's elimination, we are going to talk about the roulette because he was the first fighter so far to be affected by it." Ashley noted.

"To be honest, he more or less got the short end of the stick." Drake frowned. "He will basically stuck in his "martial artist" costume until the next round."

"Notice how Drake said "More or less" because despite having a handicap, he was still able to eliminate Richter Belmont from Super Smash Bros." Ashley explained.

"Still sucks that his options are so limited because I wanted to see more of his costumes." Drake lamented before shrugging his shoulders. "Eh… Oh, well."

BIG THE CAT

NODE: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 4

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

Drake gave a descending whistle. "Big may seem like a joke to some people, and honestly, I don't think he minds people thinking he is a joke."

"But Don Octavio from Sly Cooper has learned a valuable lesson today." Ashley nodded.

"You do NOT mess with the frog." Drake and Ashley said in unison.

"Initially Octavio was the only one fighting as Big was mostly playing defensive, much to the former's frustration." Ashley explained. He then sighed. "So he purposefully threatened Big to force him to fight more fiercely. And boy, did he get his wish."

"I could understand Octavio not wanting to fight someone who doesn't give it their own in the battle, but you do NOT mess with a dude's friend." Drake said, sternly.

Ashley nodded. "Anyway, not only did Big get the first elimination of the tournament, but he also found the roulette and has gotten a Smash Ball."

"Ooh… With that, baby, the dude could do some serious damage if he wanted to!" Drake grinned. His face then fell. "Too bad he would most likely won't use it unless forced to."

"As rude as this sounds, I would be pleasantly surprised if he even remembers it." Ashley noted.

GRIM

NODE: CARTOON NETWORK: PUNCH TIME EXPLOSION

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 11

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

Ashley scratched his cheek with his finger. "Well… This was an… Interesting way to end the section."

"Yeah, Grim and Eliza from Skullgirls have been fighting ever since the former entered the arena." Drake said before sighing. "But it was less fighting and sparring."

"In the end, they acknowledge that it would be unfair for somebody to go through an entire section without getting a single elimination so they decided to end it…" Ashley said before trailing off. "By playing Rock-Paper-Scissors."

Drake scratched the back of his head. "Um, yay for sportsmanship, I guess?"

NAPALM MAN

NODE: MEGAMAN

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 16

OVERALL ELIMINATION: 1

"Going back to the fight of Riku, Athena, Hunter, Hercules and Grim against Slade and Napalm Man, we forget to mention that the former group has decided to separate the latter two because of how well they work in tandem." Drake explained.

"With Hercules and Grim distracting Napalm Man and stopping him from supporting Slade." Ashley explained. "At first, it seemed like the tables had been turned as the Robot Master was against not one, but TWO demi-gods."

"But just like I said, one lucky strike is all you need to win." Drake noted. "While shooting out missiles at the two, one missile had managed to snag onto Hercules' shirt and send him soaring out of the ring."

"If it wasn't for that, it would be Hercules' name you would be seeing here." Ashley explained.

STITCH

NODE: KINGDOM HEARTS

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 22

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

"Heh! What did I tell you!?" Drake grinned. "The little alien koala is a major force to be reckoned with!"

"Indeed! First, he has proven himself for more of a match against Gourmand from Power Stone."

"I KNEW that boy was an angel in alien form!" Catherine shouted from off-screen.

Drake's eyebrow twitched. "Shut up, Catherine!"

Ashley shook his head in hopelessness. "Speaking of aliens, it seems that he believes in alien pride."

"Yeah, he eliminated Arthur from Super Ghouls n' Ghosts just as he was about to take revenge on Pai Ikisatashi for that combination attack with Cole that stripped him of his armour!" Drake said with his grin returning.

"...Um, considering that they are ALL from different worlds, aren't they ALL aliens?" Ashley piped up.

"This is not the time and place to be philosophical, man…" Drake muttered.

CAMMY WHITE

NODE: STREET FIGHTER V

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 25

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

"Cammy showed why she is the one of the first women in fighting games with her two eliminations!" Drake grinned.

"Yes, even though her elimination of Hunter from Spyro the Dragon… Shown less of her skill and more of her temper…" Ashley mused.

Drake's grin vanished. "Oh yeah. What the hell did Hunter say to her?"

"Well, considering that he approached both her AND Angel from King of Fighters XIV aka the two "bold" women we mentioned earlier, I don't think I want to know." Ashley muttered, shaking his head.

Drake returned the gesture, but immediately brightened up. "But hey, it is still an elimination and as if on cue, she got selected by the roulette and gave his bow and quiver full of arrows!"

"Even though she doesn't seem to have much interest with them." Ashley mused.

"She is a resourceful woman, I am sure that she will find SOME way to make use of them." Drake shrugged. "Going back to Angel, Cammy DEFINITELY proved her skill by eliminating her, even with her truly gained weapons is more of a detriment to her!"

RIKU

NODE: KINGDOM HEARTS

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 28

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

"And that is why Kingdom Hearts heroes are so overpowered in their games!" Drake grinned.

"Indeed, Riku has gotten two eliminations." Ashley smiled. "After spending most of the section having to team up with four different people take down TWO guys, he actually managed to eliminate Slade on his own!"

"Yeah!" Drake nodded. His face fell. "Yeah, though his elimination of his ally, Gill isn't as graceful."

"Personally, I blame Cammy more." Ashley noted, looking cross. "No, seriously, you would think that she would know better than to randomly shoot arrows in a free-for-all tournament like this."

"Yeahhhh… I guess even serious fighters like her could have their moments in tournaments like these." Drake said, chuckling nervously.

LUIGI MARIO

NODE: SUPER SMASH BROS

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 30

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

Drake and Ashley just stared on with blank faces. They then looked at each other before letting out a deep sigh in unison.

"Should have known…"

"Well… Does this count as Luigi winning by doing absolutely nothing?" Drake asked.

"More like Nack the Weasel losing by doing absolutely nothing!" Ashley spat in disgust. "Seriously, how old IS Xero again?"

"Something in his late thirties." Drake said, rolling his eyes.

"Seriously!? The other vampires are more mature than this! Hell, even SHANNON is more mature than this!" Ashley exclaimed.

Drake let out a deep sigh. "Anyway, on the flip side, Luigi may not be able to continue his "Doing Nothing Streak" with Athena Asamiya from King of Fighters XIV."

"Indeed… He truly showed off his skills without a biased unprofessional host helping him." Ashley muttered.

"To be fair, Xero would most likely help GOURMAND if Nack fought him first." Drake frowned.

"THAT DOESN'T HELP!" Ashley (and Catherine) roared at the top of his (their) lungs.

KING DEDEDE

NODE: SUPER SMASH BROS

ENTERED IN: Section 1; Number 20

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

Drake smirked. "Before we get into Dedede's eliminations, let's get into another feature of the roulette wheel!"

"Apparently at the end of every section, the wheel will spin and whoever it lands on will get an advantage will change up the next section." Ashley explained.

"Randomly." Drake said before scoffing. "It is basically the top fighter every time in the votes."

"In their defense, most of the fighters doesn't know that the tournaments are actually votefic." Ashley shrugged.

"Fair, fair." Drake sighed before brightening up. "Anyway, the top fighter will be awarded with one of three things. "You're the Boss" "King of Smashers" or "Mystery Reserves"."

"They only get one of these so they have to choose wisely." Ashley mused.

"And I couldn't think of a single person who earned it more than King Dedede!" Drake grinned. "Sure, he may be rotund and selfish, but he has a lot of power to back up his bragging!"

"Indeed, he eliminated both Luong from King of Fighters XIV and Pai Ikisatishi!" Ashley explained. "Showing great strength and endurance!"

"Well, that is everyone!" Drake nodded. "Unfortunately, we have to say one final farewell to Athena, Richter, Hunter, Arthur and Mighty. They fought well, but they were against some tough competition."

Ashley nodded his head. "And we will congratulate Big, Grim, Napalm Man, Chang, Dedede, Stitch, Cammy, Riku, Toro and Luigi."

"Now let's go to the scoring board, shall we?" Drake asked.

CURRENT MVPS

STREET FIGHTER V: Cammy White - 2 (Still in the ring)

KING OF FIGHTERS XIV: Athena Asamiya - 1 (Eliminated)/Chang Koehan - 1 (Still in the ring)

SUPER SMASH BROTHERS: King Dedede - 2 (Still in the ring)/Luigi Mario - 2 (Still in the ring)

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: Big the Cat - 1 (Still in the ring)/Mighty the Armadillo - 1 (Eliminated)

SPYRO THE DRAGON: Hunter - 1 (Eliminated)

SLY COOPER: Nobody so far…

KINGDOM HEARTS: Stitch - 2 (Still in the ring)/Riku - 2 (Still in the ring)

PLAYSTATION ALL-STARS BATTLE ROYALE: Toro Inoue - 1 (Still in the ring)

MEGAMAN: Napalm Man - 1 (Still in the ring)

DC COMICS: Nobody so far…

TOKYO MEW MEW: Nobody so far…

SKULLGIRLS: Nobody so far…

BATTLE ARENA TOSHINDEN: Nobody so far…

CARTOON NETWORK: PUNCH TIME EXPLOSION: Grim - 2 (Still in the ring)

TOP 10 ELIMINATIONS: King Dedede (2), Stitch (2), Cammy White (2), Riku (2), Luigi (2), Big the Cat (1), Grim (1), Napalm Man (1), Chang Koehan (1), Toro Inoue (1)

"I don't think this needs any mentioning, but Super Smash Bros and Kingdom Hearts are already starting strong." Drake noted.

"Indeed. However, the tournament just started." Ashley said.

"That's right, man!" Drake grinned before looking at the camera. "We will take a short break, but when we get back, we will get into the next section and what will be Dedede's choice from the prize!"

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