(Eliminated Seating)
"Come on, Mario!" Marth shouted. "You can beat that blue rodent!"
"You go, Bruce!" Julia added. "Keep going!"
Amano looked around. Despite the fact that his node wasn't doing especially well thus far, he was more focused on the strong, evil force that Chonrei had said he had felt earlier. Amano was currently thinking of something he could do to confirm that something was up.
Suddenly seeing Marth, Amano remembered that the SSB gang had two psychics with them. The perfect type of people to look for.
Amano smirked as he stood up and left the Eliminated Seating, passing by Jack, whom had appeared in the recovery room several minutes ago and had just arrived at the Eliminated Seating.
(The Arena)
Everyone in the ring was wisely leaving the battle between Mario and Sonic alone. Even Earthquake, one of the denser fighters in the arena, was smart enough not to bother the fighting rivals. The fight cloud containing the two fighters was constantly rolling around the huge hole in the floor, occasionally trampling an unfortunate fighter (which, two times out of three, was Alvan).
Reed, in the meantime, was the only one in the ring aware of this brewing plot. He was trying to get Cody's attention, but Clark Steele had decided to interfere and start a duel. Although Reed didn't like the idea of using a sword on an unarmed man, Clark was quickly proving to be a strong fighter for someone that only used his fists.
"How long have you been fighting in your life?" Reed asked.
Clark smirked. "Most of my life. I think that fists can be a more lethal weapon than swords."
"Yeah?" Reed asked as he slashed at Clark. "Well, where I come from, most of the creatures are so tough that a weapon is almost a necessity."
"Well, we'll just see about that." Clark cracked his knuckles.
(Announcer's Booth)
"Boy, folks!" SSBFreak said into the mic. "The instant Mario stepped into the ring, neither he nor Sonic has had a second without getting attacked by the other!" He turned to look at his friend. "Who do you think will win, Unknown1?"
Unknown1 squinted down at the ring and shrugged. "It's too hard to tell through that fight cloud."
"Well, whenever a victor is declared, I'd say that he would have earned it! Both fighters aren't slowing down anytime soon!"
(The Arena)
Percival Fraulein dove out of the way to avoid the fight cloud containing the plumber and hedgehog duo. Landing on the canvas, Percival rolled forward a couple of feet, then stood up.
"Okay, that does it!" Percival drew his sword. "I have to stop those two. They're a hazard to everyone in the arena!"
Suddenly, a huge, blue-clad wrestler with a blonde beard stepped into Percival's way.
"Sorry, pal." Raiden said, crossing his arms. "If you know enough about those two, you know it's not wise to interrupt their fight."
"I don't care!" Percival said. "If things keep going the way they're going, those two will take everyone else out before they finish! Now, kindly move so I can put a stop to this nonsense."
Raiden refused to budge.
Percival pulled his sword back. "Very well. It looks like I have to eliminate you first to get to them." Percival slashed at Raiden with his sword, hoping to hurt the wrestler.
Imagine his surprise when the blade of steel bounced off Raiden's belly, doing no damage.
"What the heck?" Percival asked aloud. He tried attacking again, but this attack too bounced off the huge wrestler's round stomach.
Percival tried a couple more times. Raiden, looking bored, simply smacked his lips a couple of times.
"Why won't this stupid sword do anything?" Percival repeatedly slashed at Raiden, each attack doing no damage whatsoever. Raiden quickly found an opening and lunged his stomach forward, striking Percival in the head.
*BOING!*
Percival bounced off of Raiden's stomach and was sent flying a good ten feet away. The huge wrestler lumbered over to the brown-haired knight as the prettyboy staggered to his feet.
Raiden lightly pounded on his chest a couple of times, then leaned down. Opening his mouth, Raiden projected a belch so loud that the people sitting in the far back seats of the bleachers could still hear it clearly.
The worst part was the stench. Raiden's burp smelled so bad that, in the stands, Pepe Le Pew from the Loony Toons node shoved a clothespin onto his nose in disgust.
Percival, however, got the worst of it. A cloud of green gas projected from Raiden's mouth, containing the horrible smell, which quickly engulfed the poor knight.
As Percival was reduced to a severe coughing spell, Raiden leapt into the air and landed, stomach first, on top of the knight. Luckily for Percival, his shining armour was the only thing that prevented him from being crushed flat. Raiden stood up, grabbed the defeated Percival and threw him out of the arena.
Dusting his hands off, Raiden looked into the crowd and saw Zangief, one of the non-participating Street Fighters, laughing and giving him a thumbs-up. Raiden smiled.
Percival landed in the node of Ratchet and Clank, where the game's star character promptly turned the knight into a chicken.
(Suikoden Locker Room)
Borus, naturally, found the sight of his rival being turned into a chicken hilarious and laughed hard, earning him strange glares from everyone else in the Locker Room.
(The Arena)
Reed and Clark were still dueling, wanting to eventually pull out the victor. Clark wanted to win because he wanted to prove that fists were better than swords and Reed wanted to win because he still needed to gather allies.
"You're not bad." Clark said. "You're a lot better than that 'Queen' lady I tossed out a few minutes ago."
"She's actually a good fighter." Reed countered.
"Then how come she stooped to double-teaming with that Pokemon thing?" Clark lashed out his fist, catching Reed in the jaw.
"That wasn't her fault." Reed explained. "I didn't see it, but I assume that she and Pichu just so happened to attack you at the same time."
Meanwhile, Athena was watching the battle between Mario and Sonic occur, pondering about what she could do. The fight cloud was still going around the gaping hole in the center of the ring.
Suddenly a light went on in the young woman's head. Pulling her arms back, she concentrated, using all of her psychic power. Heck, if she timed it right, it would send both mascots out of the arena at the same time.
"Psycho Ball!"
Athena lashed out her arms, firing a ball of glowing, red, psychic energy at the fight cloud.
However, Sonic and Mario heard the shout. The two stopped fighting for a second to see the Psycho Ball coming at them. Mario took quick action, whipping out his yellow cape. Spinning in place, Mario spun the cape and struck the Psycho Ball with perfect timing, firing the projectile away. He and Sonic (whom was waiting patiently for Mario to deal with it) quickly resumed fighting.
Athena's eyes widened as the Psycho Ball flew past her and went towards Clark and Reed.
"Why are you so determined to beat me?" Clark asked.
"Nothing personal." Reed replied, feeling it was safe to reveal the secret because Clark was on the good side. "I need to stay in the arena as long as I can to gather allies."
"For what?" Clark asked, becoming a little more interested.
"Dan Hibiki found out that-"
*WHAM!*
The next thing Reed knew, he was watching Clark sail out of the arena. A strange projectile had slammed into the Ikari Warrior's side with enough power to eliminate him.
Athena stared at the scene in shock. Out of all people, the person the Psycho Ball eliminated just HAD to be someone from her node, didn't it?
Clark landed in Claymates. When he saw Ben, the gigantic dog, flapping his ears to hop around some sort of battle arena as a strange ball of blue clay repeatedly punched him, Clark decided that he had been hit way too hard.
Back in the arena, Mario and Sonic had broken away from each other for a few seconds. The two stared each other down, each of them breathing heavily.
"You've a-improved since a-the last a-time we a-fought." The Italian plumber said.
"Thanks. You ain't doing too shabby either, tubby." Sonic added.
Alvan saw that the two of them weren't fighting anymore and decided that this would be a good time to eliminate one of them. Cracking his knuckles, Alvan charged at the one with his back turned to the oncoming man, Sonic.
Mario, however, saw Alvan. "Sonic, look a-out!" Mario pushed Sonic to the ground and leapt over the blue hedgehog's prone body. Mario crouched low, and Alvan was coming in way too fast to try stopping.
Everyone in the arena stopped what he or she was doing to watch Mario slam Alvan with a Coinbox Jump. Mario leapt up in an uppercut, striking Alvan in the chin several times. Each time the Galaxy Fighter was struck, a coin was sent into the air.
When Mario finished the attack, he fell to the ground as Alvan continued going up. When Alvan started falling down, Mario stood underneath the falling man.
"Folks, I give you…" Unknown1's voice came through the speakers. "The Mario Tornado!"
Unknown1 was 100% right in predicting Mario's next move. The portly plumber spun in place, fists outstretched. Alvan, having landed close to Mario when the move started, felt every strike. When Mario finished, the plumber sent Alvan into the air, just overtop of the hole in the canvas. Mario leapt up after him.
In midair, Mario pulled his fist back and waited for Alvan to come within range. With perfect timing, Mario slammed his fist into Alvan's head, spiking the Galaxy Fighter straight down the hole and into the vortex.
Mario landed safely on the canvas, turned around and looked at Sonic.
"Hey, thanks man." Sonic said.
"No a-problem. I a-couldn't let my a-best rival be a-beaten by a a-wannabe." Mario laughed.
"Well, should we continue our spar?"
"Let's a-go!"
Alvan landed in Roller Coaster Tycoon, landing on a car on one of the roller coasters. However, not only was there a thunderstorm going on, but the ride was still running. A lightning bolt struck the roller coaster Alvan was on, resulting in a breathtaking explosion.
(Announcer's Booth)
"Ouch!" SSBFreak winced as he watched the monitor. "Alvan'll be feeling THAT in the morning."
Suddenly, the phone inside the booth rang. Unknown1 flipped off his mic and answered it.
"Hello?…Yes?…What?…Well, put a stop to it!" Unknown1 hung up the phone.
"What is it?" SSBFreak asked.
"Master Chief, Joanna and Goroh are in the Snack Bar, fighting Gannondorf and Yuber." Unknown1 rubbed his temples. "All of the guards that are there are placing bets."
(Dome; Snack Bar)
Gannondorf slammed his fist into Samurai Goroh's head, sending the overweight man into a table.
The Gerudo King smirked evilly. "This is almost too easy." He said.
Suddenly, Ganndorf felt something latch onto him. Looking over his shoulder, he saw that a glowing, blue orb was stuck to his behind.
*BOOM!*
The resulting explosion knocked Gannondorf into the wall, but the evil man was otherwise unharmed. He spun and snarled at Master Chief.
The futuristic man smiled behind his helmet. "I just LOVE those Plasma Grenades."
"You'll pay for that, you fool." Gannondorf growled.
Master Chief responded by pulling an Assault Rifle from out of nowhere and started unloading bullets. Luckily for the evil man, the bullets all struck his chest-plate, preventing himself from getting harmed.
Joanna had decided to unload her pistol on Yuber, her current opponent. However, despite Yuber not having any armour to protect him, the bullets did absolutely nothing. Joanna was shocked at how eight bullets would do nothing. In fact, Yuber was smiling.
A dark, evil version of Kim Kaphwan's trademark glint sparkling from his eye, Yuber chuckled. "You think your pathetic weapon can harm someone like me, woman?"
Joanna stammered. "You're…You're not human!"
"What tipped you off?" Yuber grinned evilly as he lunged at Joanna and pulled both swords back in an attempt to cut the secret agent in two. Joanna closed her eyes and prepared for the worst.
*CLANG!*
When Joanna opened her eyes, she saw Samurai Goroh, his own two swords blocking Yuber's, preventing them from harming her. Joanna quickly took the chance and slammed her fist into Yuber's face, knocking him away.
Gannondorf charged at Master Chief and pulled his fist back, winding up for a Warlock Punch. However, when he saw the purple flames coming from the evil king's hand, Master Chief knew what was going to happen. The green-clad man spun in place and slammed Gannondorf's face with the butt of his Assault Rifle, making the evil king stop the attack.
"Do you have a death wish?" Gannondorf growled.
"We saw your friend carrying Ken Masters' kid away." Master Chief replied. "There's no way something like this can be ignored."
Before Gannondorf had time to reply, Master Chief landed his fist against his chin. This was too much for the evil man to take, and he collapsed to the ground.
Joanna slammed her pistol against Yuber's head, annoying him. Samurai Goroh quickly slashed one of his swords across Yuber's chest, then performed a head-butt, finally knocking the black-clad killing machine to the ground.
Joanna looked at Goroh. "My bullets didn't affect him."
Goroh nodded. "I kinda figured that's what would happen. There's this guy in my node: Zoda. Bullets don't do much to hurt him either, and this freak sorta reminds me of him."
"Well, let's put these two in the brig." Master Chief walked over.
The other two agreed and turned, but saw that both Yuber and Gannondorf were gone, probably running off down a hallway.
"Rats!" Joanna stamped her foot. "They got away!"
(The Arena)
Jubei Yagyu again slashed at Takuma Sakazaki, whom dodged to the side. The two had been fighting ever since Takuma stepped into the ring. Both middle-aged fighters were extremely impressed with one another, and were enjoying the duel fully.
Takuma shoved his hands out, launching a fireball at Jubei. The one-eyed samurai blocked, but still felt a little bit of pain. Takuma's fireball was clearly more powerful than Robert's.
"You are one of the most worthy fighters I have witnessed in the tournament thus far." Jubei smirked. "Robert was not lying when he said that you were that much better than him."
"My students are the most loyal students a dojo owner could ask for." Takuma said proudly. "They never let me down in terms of fighting."
Jubei slashed at Takuma. "How so?"
"Robert and both of my children constantly enter the KOF tournaments." Takuma said. "While they never seem to win, they go far enough to get the dojo some new students."
Jubei raised his swords. "It's been a pleasure fighting you, Takuma Sakazaki." He said. "But I'm afraid we must finish this duel."
Takuma nodded with a smirk. "You got that right."
The middle-aged men clashed again. Takuma thrust out his fist, catching Jubei in the stomach. Jubei recoiled slightly, but quickly recovered.
Jubei slashed both swords in an X pattern, sending Takuma flying into the rubbers ropes. As Takuma bounced off and back towards Jubei, the one-eyed samurai swung both swords again, this time in an upward arc. The power of the swing and the position of the arc was just enough to send Takuma over the ropes.
Takuma landed in Resident Evil. He saw several zombies approaching the unmoving body of Jill Valentine and took action. After taking out the zombies, Takuma hoisted Jill over his shoulder and ran away.
Now that Clark was gone from the arena, Reed could ask for help from Cody. The blonde soldier approached the former hero of Metro City.
"Excuse me?"
Cody lashed out a Criminal Upper, knocking Watari away, then turned to Reed. "Yeah? What is it?" He asked.
"I heard that you're on the side of good."
"You might say that." Cody folded his arms. "Why?"
Reed suddenly saw Earthquake eavesdropping on them. Reed lashed out his sword, knocking the huge thief into Galford's awaiting arms. He turned back to Cody. "Dan Hibiki has come across a plot and needs allies."
Cody's eyes widened. "Dan actually found out a plot?" He shook his head. "What is it about?"
"It's a kidnapping plot." Reed explained. "Sadly, we don't know who's leading these villains or how many targets there are, but we need serious help and fast."
Cody nodded. "I'm in."
Reed smiled. "Great!" He turned to walk away. "Okay, now I need to find someone else to get help from."
Cody placed a hand on Reed's shoulder. "Just a minute, pal."
Reed looked over his shoulder. "Yes?"
"You have to eliminate me. I need to get out there as fast as I can." Cody explained.
"But…What about the tournament?" Reed asked, wide-eyed.
Cody shrugged. "Ah, there's always next year."
Reed sighed. "Okay. I'll push you down the hole."
"Make it look real."
Cody lashed his arm into the air, performing another Criminal Upper, purposefully missing Reed. The blonde swordsman quickly pushed Cody off the edge of the arena and down the hole.
Cody landed in Joe and Mac. The blonde man stood up, looked around and heard an Earth-shaking roar. Looking back, Cody saw Joe fly past him, screaming in terror, as a Tyrannosaurus was hot on his tail.
Seeing the dinosaur coming, Cody smirked and cracked his knuckles.
(Announcer's Booth)
Unknown1 looked at the monitor. "Boy. Cody's wasting that thing."
SSBFreak shrugged. "Yeah, but that's the boss for level 1. Just wait until he comes across the Wooly Mammoth. THEN things'll get interesting.
(Hotel; Geese's Room)
Geese Howard sat in a chair, alone in his room. The criminal boss had his eyes closed in deep thought. Ripper and Hopper, knowing never to disturb Geese when he was thinking, had decided to guard the door outside.
Geese was really starting to regret agreeing to help Bison with this plan. Now that Lily Kane had been proclaimed a target, Geese knew that if Billy ever found out his own boss was in on the plan, he would not only quit the organization, but probably teach Geese a severe lessen himself.
"No." Geese opened his eyes and stood up. "I can't do this." Looking out the window, he sighed. "I can't do this to him."
"To who?"
Geese spun around in place, ready to take the attacker on, but instead saw Billy Kane, leaning against his staff.
"B-Billy. Uh…How long were you there?" Geese asked.
"I just entered the room through the side door." Billy explained. "Look, boss. I know that Ripper and Hopper are supposed to guard you heavily, but shouldn't at least ONE of them be at the other door?"
"I'll…Keep that in mind."
"Say, boss? Who WERE you talking about just now?"
"Uh…No one, Billy." Geese replied. "Look, you're not going to enter the ring for a while, so why don't you take a walk?"
Billy raised an eyebrow. "What for? You don't need anything done?"
"No. Not right now."
Billy shrugged. "Okay. Thanks, Geese." With that, Billy turned and left the room.
Once Billy was gone, Geese collapsed into another chair. "I have to get out of this plot before it's too late."
(The Arena)
Now that Jubei had eliminated Takuma, Reed could now try and get his help as well. "Mr. Yagyu!" The blonde man called out and ran over.
The one-eyed samurai turned. "Yes?"
Reed breathed heavily. "I need your help."
"I'm listening."
"Look, Dan Hibiki and R. Mika found out a plot and-"
For the second time in a matter of minutes, Reed got interrupted. This time, Sakura Kusanago was the one to step in. Doing her running uppercut, Sakura knocked Reed away. Turning, she saw Jubei staring at her with a stern expression.
"That man was about to tell me something very important, young lady." Jubei said.
"We're supposed to be fighting, mister." Sakura replied. "Not talking."
"So, you want to fight?" Jubei held up is swords. "Looks like I'll have to take you down before I can finish my conversation with that man."
Jubei rushed at Sakura, but the young schoolgirl was ready. When Jubei got close enough, Sakura lashed out her hands, creating an energy blast. This knocked Jubei away a little, allowing Sakura to continue the onslaught. Leaping into the air, Sakura spun around and landed her foot against Jubei's chin a couple of times.
As Jubei held his face, he failed to realize that he was dangerously close to the hole.
Sakura ran forward and performed another running uppercut, sending Jubei into the air. Tired from his fight with Takuma Sakazaki, Jubei fell limply down the hole and through the portal.
Jubei landed in Mario Golf. Jubei scratched his head as he stood to his feet and looked around.
"Well, that man said that Dan Hibiki and R. Mika found out this plot." Jubei said to himself. "When I get back to the dome, I should probably look for them."
Suddenly, Jubei saw something out of the corner of his good eye. Looking down, he saw a cheery mushroom person holding up a golf club for him to take.
Jubei stood in silence before shrugging and accepting the golf club. "I guess I have time for a few holes."
(Announcer's Booth)
"And so ends the run of Jubei Yagyu." SSBFreak said. "A pretty impressive showing for the veteran fighter."
"For sure." Unknown1 agreed. "Four eliminations is certainly nothing to laugh at."
(Dome; Hallways)
Chang's iron wrecking ball slammed into Valgas' face, sending the giant man into the wall. Valgas slowly got to his feet, holding his chin, but smiling at the same time.
"You're better than I anticipated." Valgas chuckled. "That almost hurt."
Valgas lunged at Chang and thrust his fist out. Chang raised his arms to block the blow, but it did next to no good. Even though he was blocking, Chang was still sent flying down the hallway a good ten feet before landing on his behind and sliding an additional three feet.
Chang leapt to his feet and rumbled at Valgas, preparing the ultimate move that he just could never seem to get right. When Chang ran close enough, he raised his foot.
"Heinzan! ACK!"
Chang missed his mark by a mile and the power of his attempt launched him into the air. Chang did a flip before landing directly on top of Valgas, belly-first. Although it hurt the evil man a little, Valgas leapt into the air with Chang still on his shoulders and slammed him into the ceiling.
Valgas landed on his feet and tossed Chang to the ground. The huge mountain of man slowly stood up as bits of access concrete tapped against his bald noggin.
"You think you can beat me without something like the Power Stones?" Valgas asked. "That alone was why I got defeated in the first place."
Chang seethed as he glared daggers at Valgas. He gripped the chain of his iron ball in anger.
"Although I must admit that you're persistent." Valgas continued. "I admire the fact that you have a lot of determination."
"I'm not…Letting you…Get the boy." Chang growled.
"Sabretooth must have caught him by now." Valgas said confidently. "He's faster than any normal kid." An evil smirk on his face, Valgas looked at Chang. "Now, allow me to finish you off so I can continue."
Chang wasn't as stupid as he looked. He knew that unless he did something extremely drastic right about now, he'd be toast. In one last ditch attempt, Chang let out a battle cry and charged at Valgas, who charged forward as well.
The Korean man pulled his head back and prepared to deliver the hardest head-butt he could muster.
However, that's what Valgas was about to do as well. Both heads collided with such amazing force that it actually caused the ground to shake.
(The Arena)
The remaining fighters in the arena were trying to get the total number of fighters down to eight when a loud, muffled rumble was heard, followed by a hard quake, which shook everyone in the ring. With the exception of Vivian, who didn't have any legs, everyone was sent to the canvas.
Sonic looked up and asked the question everyone else was thinking.
"What the heck was that?"
(Announcer's Booth)
SSBFreak and Unknown1 felt the quake as well. As the whole booth shook, the two friends had to hold their drinks to prevent them from spilling.
When the quake died down, SSBFreak looked at the other announcer. "What was that?"
Unknown1 shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe it was an earthquake, but I have to say that I've never heard an earthquake THAT loud before."
(Dome; Hallways)
Chang Koehan was barely standing. He breathed heavily as he looked down at the defeated figure of Valgas.
Before Chang could do anything else, he blacked out and fell to the ground.
Sabretooth suddenly rounded a corner, carrying an unconscious Junior Maximum. He saw Valgas' body and shook his head. "I can't believe you, Valgas. I leave you for three minutes and you get your butt whooped."
Sabretooth grabbed Valgas and walked off, dragging the unconscious man behind him.
When they were gone, Chang stirred, then woke up. Rubbing his head, Chang sat up.
The first thing Chang realized was that he couldn't remember anything. The only thing he could remember was that his name was Chang Koehan. Looking at his outfit and weapon, he suddenly decided that he must be an absolute master at Tae Kwon Do and strong enough to be the wielder of a powerful weapon.
"Chang Koehan?" Unknown1's voice rang through the speaker on the wall. "We need you to get ready to enter the arena."
Chang stood up to get ready to enter this 'arena', but suddenly remembered the boy being chased and the two freaks saying that they were going to kidnap him.
Eyes narrowed, Chang turned around and jogged off.
(The Arena)
Captain Kidd stood up after being stunned by that strange earthquake and dusted himself off. He looked around to find someone to eliminate.
"Another World Hero, eh? This'll be easy."
Kidd smirked. Perfect.
Turning around, Kidd saw Sakura. The schoolgirl cracked her knuckles. "That Viking from the last section said that you might be a good fighter, but as far as I'm concerned, you're all toast."
Kidd walked forward. "That's what you think." He replied. "Come on. Give me your best shot!"
Sakura smirked. "You asked for it." With that, Sakura charged forward.
However, Kidd had anticipated this and lashed out his arm, performing his Shark Punch. A ghostly image of a shark appeared over Kidd's fist and slammed into Sakura's face, making her drop out of her charge. Kidd continued by landed four more quick punches to her face, forcing her towards the ropes.
Sakura shook her head to regain her senses. "Okay. So maybe a few of you World Heroes have some skill, but that doesn't mean that any of you can win this!"
Kidd smirked and shrugged. "We know that. The main reason we're in this is to see if any of us can get any eliminations." Lashing out, Kidd quickly grasped the schoolgirl's arms. "Like this!"
The pirate captain spun in place, lifting Sakura off her feet. After spinning several times, Kidd let go of the schoolgirl, sending Sakura, arms flailing, clear out of the arena. Captain Kidd saluted Sakura as she vanished into the portal.
Sakura landed in Taz-Mania. When the Tazmanian Devil saw her land, he instantly fell in love and offered her a steak.
In the arena, Earthquake pulled his spiked weapon into the air and prepared to kill Watari with it. However, when he slammed it into the canvas, the only thing he managed to do was split a log.
The giant man looked around for Watari. "Where'd that punk go?"
"Up here, fatty!"
Earthquake looked up and saw Watari hanging onto one of the rafters. Suddenly, the ninja disappeared again, making a log appear in his place, which quickly fell from the sky. Earthquake didn't move and the log landed square on the forehead.
When Earthquake recovered from the blow, he saw Watari standing on the canvas, looking at him. Earthquake lifted his weapon and swung it downward. Watari quickly held up his ninja dagger, blocking the blow. Earthquake turned around and jumped back, preparing to sit on Watari.
The white-haired ninja saw this coming and ran backwards. As Earthquake hit the canvas, Watari quickly leapt over him and delivered a hard kick to the face.
Earthquake quickly got up and prepared to deliver a kick. Watari saw this coming, grabbed Earthquake's extra-thick leg and threw him over his shoulder using a shocking amount of ninja strength. Earthquake, too shocked to defend against falling to the canvas, landed on his head and got the daylights knocked out of him.
Watari quickly moved up to Earthquake and literally rolled him forward. Now if the hole wasn't in the middle of the arena, Earthquake wouldn't have been in trouble, but since it was, the giant man fell through and into the portal.
Earthquake ended up doing a belly-flop onto a sandy beach in Donkey Kong Country. The giant man sat up, looked around and grinned.
"I think I'm gonna like it here!"
Back in the arena, Watari turned around to see Galford and Poppy staring at him angrily.
"What's YOUR problem?" Watari asked. "Look, I eliminated your enemy for you."
"That's just the thing!" Galford replied, waving his index finger in the air. "He was MINE to eliminate! No one else's!"
Watari rolled his eyes, grabbed Galford and threw him over to the continuing duel between Mario and Sonic. The white-haired ninja then went on to start a fight with Raiden.
Mario stopped attacking in time to see Galford coming. "Here a-comes another a-one."
Sonic turned and also saw the American ninja coming. "You're right." He looked at the plumber. "I'll take this one."
The blue hedgehog curled into a ball and flew forward, attacking Galford with a Light Speed Attack. As Galford recoiled, Sonic leapt into the air and performed a series of Homing Attacks to Galford's head, giving the ninja a bigger headache with each strike.
As Sonic landed, he ran at the airborne Galford and leapt after him.
"He's actually doing it!" SSBFreak shouted through the speakers. "Folks, take a look at Sonic's next move, the 'Sonic Wind'!"
While in midair, Sonic spun around Galford several times, creating a blue tornado. Galford spun around inside for a few seconds before getting launched straight into the air. Sonic landed on the canvas again, lined himself up with Galford and charged up another Light Speed Attack.
Once fully-charged, Sonic shot upwards and landed a direct hit to Galford's chest, firing the ninja out of the arena. Galford was way too tired to try and teleport back in. Poppy jumped out after him.
Sonic turned back to Mario, who stared back with an impressed look.
"Very a-good, Sonic." Mario said. "You're a-getting better."
Sonic smirked. "Thanks, man. Now let's continue our fight."
Galford landed on a sandy beach with Poppy appearing beside him. The first thing he saw was an unmistakable form laying close to the water.
Galford grinned. "Well, well, well. Look who it is, Poppy."
Earthquake instantly recognized the voice and shot into a sitting position. Looking back, he saw his worst nightmare starting at him.
"I may not have gotten the chance to eliminate you, but I'll settle for defeating you here." And with that, Galford charged forward.
"Mommy!" Earthquake shouted in fear.
In the arena, Vivian landed a hard punch to Bruce Irvin's stomach, knocking the black kick-boxer away a few feet. Bruce jumped to his feet, rushed forward and landed a few hard kicks to the Shadow Siren's face.
Vivian looked up at Bruce, angry. "How could you hit a lady like that?" She demanded.
Bruce shook his head. "You're no ordinary lady." He replied. "I deal with the Williams sisters all the time."
Vivian smirked and snapped her fingers quickly.
Quickly remembering what happened to Cammy White several minutes ago, Bruce leapt to the side just as the area he was previously standing on exploded. Bruce quickly rushed at Vivian, leapt into the air and landed an airborne kick to her head.
The Shadow Siren looked up at Bruce, smirked and waved. "Bye-bye!" With that, Vivian started sinking into the ground to become a shadow again.
"Oh, no you don't!" Bruce shouted as he grabbed Vivian's hair and pulled her back out of the canvas. Vivian looked Bruce in the eyes and started sweating.
Knowing that he couldn't simply throw her from the arena due to the fact that Vivian was always anchored to the ground, Bruce decided to do the alternative. The black kick-boxer dragged Vivian to the hole in the canvas and held her over it. The spout connecting Vivian to the floor moved out and connected to the elimination portal.
Bruce smirked as he let go of Vivian and watched as she was pulled downwards, straight into the portal.
Vivian landed in Maximo: Army of Zin. She looked around and saw that she was in a gloomy village.
Suddenly, she felt a tap on her shoulder. Vivian looked back and saw a hooded, skeletal face grinning at her.
"Hey, baby!" The Grim Reaper said. "Say, are you doing anything Friday night?"
Vivian didn't know how to answer that.
(Suikoden Locker Room)
Landis' uncovered eye lit up in excitement. "Grim Reaper!" He started bouncing in his seat repeatedly. "Grim Reaper! Grim Reaper! Grim Reaper! Grim Reaper! Grim Reaper! Grim Reaper! Grim Reaper! Grim Reaper! Grim-"
"SHADDAP, ALREADY!" Everyone else in the Locker Room shouted at the same time.
(The Arena)
"Psycho Ball!"
Athena fired another Psycho Ball at Samus Aran, who, like usual, dodged it. Samus in turn ran at Athena and fired a missile at her. Athena teleported around the missile (which, in turn, struck Raiden in the back) and leapt into the air, flying downwards in a Phoenix Arrow.
Samus saw Athena coming down, pulled her arm cannon back and lashed it out, nailing Athena in the face.
When Athena landed, she looked up in time to see Samus fire a fully charged Charge Shot at her. Thinking quickly, Athena rolled out of the way and jumped to her feet. The young woman ran at Samus and slammed her foot into her helmet, making the bounty hunter stagger back.
Samus quickly retaliated with a kick of her own. The only difference was that Samus was wearing a metal suit, making the kick that much more powerful. Athena felt the full power of the blow and was sent flying back.
Athena stood up to take Samus on again, but was cut short when she saw the bounty hunter fire her blue grappling beam out of her arm cannon. The beam touched Athena and quickly wrapped itself around her, pinning her arms to her sides. Athena could do nothing but watch herself get pulled back towards Samus, whom was getting ready to deliver a punch.
The Psycho Soldier thought quickly and kicked as soon as she got within range. As Samus grasped her stomach in pain, Athena was released from the grappling beam. Athena took this opportunity to perform her rising uppercut, knocking Samus into the air and above the ropes. Athena quickly fixed that by firing a final Psycho Ball, hitting Samus with just enough power to tap her over the ropes and out of the arena.
Samus landed in a dark cave. Activating her night visor, Samus saw a huge, snarling beast bearing down on a young man with a strange, glowing, green sword of light.
Cocking her arm cannon, Samus ran forward, deciding to help Luke Skywalker kill the dreaded Rancor.
In the ring, Ling Xiaoyu ran towards the dueling pair of Sonic and Mario (which any of you know by now is pretty much a suicide attempt) in hopes of breaking them up.
"That's it, you two!" Xiaoyu shouted. "Stop this right now!"
Much to her surprise, Mario and Sonic froze, staring at her. Both of them were about half Xiaoyu's height.
"You two have been fighting ever since this section started!" Xiaoyu continued. "Fighting like this is just silly! It's almost like Haohmaru and Genjuro when they're fighting each other! Do you guys want to end up like them?"
Mario and Sonic stared in silence.
"Now, are you guys going to act like men and stop this nonsense?" Xiaoyu asked.
Mario and Sonic looked at each other, then back at Xiaoyu. "Nah." They said at the same time.
Before Xiaoyu had time to react, Mario ran at her and slid forward, knocking her off her feet. While Xiaoyu was on the ground, Sonic continued the attack with a Homing Attack to her head, knocking her to her back.
Mario continued with another Coinbox Jump, lifting Xiaoyu into the air. Sonic jumped into the air after her, doing another Sonic Wind. Xiaoyu was now at least twenty feet in the air.
The portly plumber did one of his patented super jumps, soaring straight into the air, quickly catching up with Xiaoyu. Once he reached her, Mario pulled his fist back and smashed it into Xiaoyu's forehead, firing her straight back into the canvas.
While Xiaoyu was on the ground again, Sonic curled into a ball and started revving up.
"Heads up, Mario!" Sonic called out as he shot forward and slammed into Xiaoyu, sending her flying towards Mario again.
Mario leapt into the air and waited for Xiaoyu to come close. Once she was close enough, Mario landed a kick with both legs, firing the schoolgirl out of the arena.
Xiaoyu landed in Kung Fu. Some goons mistook Xiaoyu for Sylvia, girlfriend of the game's hero, Thomas, and tried to kidnap her.
Veeeeeeeeeeeeeery stupid mistake.
Back in the arena, the crowd was going nuts, cheering for both Mario and Sonic for the breathtaking display.
Mario laughed heartily and slapped Sonic on the back. "That a-was a-so awesome!"
Sonic was laughing just as loud. "Yeah, man!" He held up both hands. "High five! (slap) Low five! (slap)"
Around the arena, the other six remaining fighters were scattered around. Currently, Bruce Irvin was having another alliance, this one with Captain Kidd. They were currently fighting Athena and Reed. Watari waited patiently as his opponent, Raiden, finally pulled Samus Aran's dud missile from his back. Raiden shrugged and tossed the missile out of the ring. (However, some unfortunate fighters from the Mortal Kombat node found out that the missile WASN'T a dud)
Suddenly, everyone heard two laughs coming from above. Everyone knew by now that the two hands were about to alter the arena again.
RESULTS
MARIO MARIO (SSB)
ATHENA ASAMIYA (KOF)
WATARI (S3)
BRUCE IRVIN (T5)
RAIDEN (FF)
REED (S3)
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (StH)
CAPTAIN KIDD (WH)
(ELIMINATED)
JUBEI YAGYU (SS)
SAKURA KUSANAGO (SFA3)
VIVIAN (PM2)
CLARK STEELE (KOF)
LING XIAOYU (T5)
TAKUMA SAKAZAKI (KOF)
CODY (SFA3)
EARTHQUAKE (SS)
GALFORD (SS)
SAMUS ARAN (SSB)
ALVAN (GF)
PERCIVAL FRAULEIN (S3)
BONUS MATCHES:
"Big Guy Bashing"
CHANG KOEHAN (KOF) crushes VALGAS (Power Stone)
"Security Smash"
MASTER CHIEF (Halo), JOANNA DARK (PD) and SAMURAI GOROH (F-Z)
triumph over
GANNONDORF DRAGMIRE (SSB) and YUBER (S3)
Eliminations: Mario and Athena, 2; Watari, Bruce, Raiden, Reed, Sonic, Kidd, Jubei and Sakura, 1
Current Elimination Leaders: Jubei Yagyu (4), Bruce Irvin (3), Athena Asamiya (3)
Reversal of Fortune: In one round, every single Samurai Showdowner gets eliminated. Even Jubei Yagyu, the tournament's current heavy-hitter, got tossed.