(The Arena)
Basara recoiled as King's foot made contact with his face. The undead man rolled back a few feet, but quickly got back into a standing position as he watched his two opponents, Bruce and King, approaching him.
The blue haired man smirked evilly. "You two are really asking for it." Basara thrust his arm out, sending a bladed, spinning disk at the two kick boxers. Bruce and King quickly ran away from each other as Basara's disk drove itself into the canvas. As Basara took time in pulling his weapon back, Bruce drove his knee into his face.
Meanwhile, Hayate was running around the arena in a terrified frenzy, as he had two fighters chasing him. Rouwe, the Galaxy Fighter, was simply looking for an easy elimination while Borus Redrum was much rather looking for something to take his anger out on for getting his theme song changed on him. The Kizuna Encounter warrior quickly realized that unless he did something fast, he'd be eliminated within the next ten seconds.
Hayate spun in place and stopped running, making Rouwe and Borus stop chasing him. "Okay! You guys got me! Do whatever you want to eliminate me!"
Rouwe smirked. "My. This IS an easy elimination." The old man stepped forward, only to have an armoured arm stop him.
"Back off, old man." Borus threatened. "This guy is MINE."
"Show some respect for your elders, son!" Rouwe said. "Your node has already got a fair amount of eliminations! My node has only got one so far! The very least you could do is let me eliminate him!"
"Look. No offense, gramps, but I'm really not in the mood for this." Borus pointed out, poking Rouwe in the chest in annoyance. "I'm really steamed about having my theme song changed on me, and I'm looking for a pathetic fighter to take out my aggression on!"
Hayate winced at that remark, but said nothing as Borus and Rouwe continued arguing.
"Your manners are horrible, sonny!" Rouwe shouted at the blonde knight. "From the way you're acting, you need to be taught a lesson!"
"I don't wish to fight an elderly person." Borus said. "They prove to be not much of a challenge."
Rouwe narrowed his eyes. "With a remark like that, I'd say that your changed theme song actually FITS you!"
Borus' eyes snapped open, then narrowed. "OKAY! THAT'S IT!"
Borus and Rouwe lunged at each other, forming a fight cloud similar to what it looked like when Mario and Sonic first saw each other.
Hayate, in the meantime, took this opportunity to slink away.
(Announcer's Booth)
"He may not be very good when it comes to fighting, but you have to admire Hayate for his quick thinking there, folks!" Unknown1 said into the mic before switching it off and turning in his chair to look at the three figures the security force had recently brought in. SSBFreak did the same.
Shadow the Hedgehog folded his arms. "What did you guys want us in here for?'
"We understand that you guys are the ones that switched theme songs for Sonic, Maxi and now Borus." SSBFreak said.
"Yeah. We are." Aila sighed. "Are you guys going to lock us up or something?"
Unknown1 smirked. "On the contrary, SSBFreak and I have come up with an offer for you guys."
Astaroth raised an almost non-existent eyebrow. "What?"
"You guys may not know this, but every time a theme song got changed, our ratings went up." SSBFreak explained. "It seems that people like it when the fighters get messed around with."
Shadow, Astaroth and Aila looked at each other curiously, then back at the two announcers.
"We'd like all three of you guys to work the Sound Booth for the rest of the tournament." Unknown1 said.
Shadow did a double take. "What?"
"Hey, you guys had fun, didn't you?" SSBFreak smirked.
"Yeah, we did." Astaroth replied. "You mean that you want us to do what we were doing for the rest of the night?"
"Yeah. As well as provide theme songs for those that didn't request any." SSBFreak added. "So. You guys interested?"
"I'm in."
"Me too!"
"Sounds like fun!"
"Okay." Unknown1 said. "You guys go back to the Sound Booth and look at the order the fighters are coming out, then put up a theme song when they enter the arena."
"Sure thing." Shadow said as he, Astaroth and Aila left the Announcer's Booth.
As the three new friends walked down the hallway, they looked at each other and smirked slyly. This new job would DEFINITELY be entertaining.
(The Arena)
Mario shoved his fist at Dee Jay, firing a ball of red ember at the Jamaican. The portly plumber watched as Dee Jay launched an orange projectile out, canceling out the fireball. Mario quickly ran forward and leapt into the air, slamming his fist into Dee Jay's forehead, knocking the cheery guy to the ground.
Dee Jay, rubbing his head, got up. "What's yo problem, mon?" He asked. "That hurt."
"What a-did you a-expect?" Mario shrugged. "We're a-supposed to be a-fighting."
The tall Jamaican grinned. "Then that's what you get, mon!" Without giving Mario a chance to reply, Dee Jay lunged forward and struck Mario with his fist. As the plumber recovered, Dee Jay grabbed him and tossed him over his shoulder. Mario would have gone further than he did if the one corner of the arena hadn't been raised above the ropes. Mario slammed into it and collapsed to the ground.
The red-clad plumber slowly got to his feet and looked at Dee Jay. "That's a-it! You're a-in for it a-now!"
Rather than attack directly, Mario started spinning in place, doing another Mario Tornado. However, this attack was different, because Mario was repeatedly tossing fireballs as he spun in place. Dee Jay quickly moved around to avoid the many fireballs getting thrown at him.
The arena was quickly filled with stray fireballs, and some of the fighters were really noticing (Hayate, one of the unlucky ones, got his hair set on fire). Everyone was quickly moving to avoid the barrage of flames.
When the fire finally died down (and the sprinkler system turned on, drenching the arena), Mario stopped spinning and looked forward. He expected to see Dee Jay running around with his pants on fire or something like that, but instead saw the Jamaican man glaring at him as the water from the sprinkler system continued to fall.
"You…Aren't a-burned…" Mario said.
"Right you are, mon!" Dee Jay quickly grabbed Mario and threw him out of the arena. Dee Jay quickly slipped on the wet canvas and landed on his back.
Mario didn't exactly know where he had landed, as it was completely black. Looking around, Mario still saw nothing. Curiously, Mario created a flame in his hand, lighting up the arena.
The plumber's face drooped when he saw the giant Nemesis standing in front of him.
Back in the arena, King and Bruce continued to double-team Basara. The undead man was currently thinking of re-planning his strategy. These two kick boxers may have looked ordinary, but their fast attacks were starting to get annoying.
Basara pulled his fist back to prepare to strike Bruce in the face when King delivered a Trap Shot to his back. Basara staggered forward, away from both of the fighters.
Turning in place, Basara snarled. "You two are in for it now!" Hoping to have a turn in fortune for him, Basara lashed out his arm and sent another bladed disk at the two kickboxers.
King and Bruce leaned in opposite directions and watched as Basara's disk shot straight past them. This time, the disk didn't stop by landing into the canvas. This time, the bladed weapon shot straight into Scorpion's back. The yellow-clad ninja flinched, but otherwise didn't feel a thing.
Slowly turning in place from his battle with Heavy D!, Scorpion pulled the bladed disk out of his back in annoyance and glared daggers at Basara. The undead ninja took very slow steps in walking over.
Bruce quickly looked at King. "Let's get out of here. I have a feeling of what's going to happen next."
King nodded as she and Bruce ran off, leaving nothing in between Scorpion and Basara.
Scorpion held up the bladed disk in his hand. "Is this yours?" He asked coldly.
Basara nodded, a little unsure of what his opponent was going to do.
Scorpion stopped walking, let go of the bladed disk and watched as it retracted back into Basara's hand.
The yellow-clad ninja quickly lashed out his hand. "GET OVER HERE!" He roared.
The crowd went nuts as a familiar spear shot from Scorpion's hand and plunged into Basara's stomach. As the blue haired man was quickly reeled in, Basara could do nothing but watch as Scorpion wound up his fist.
*POW!*
Once he had reeled Basara in close enough, Scorpion sent his fist flying, performing his deadly uppercut on Basara. This was more than enough to send Basara out of the arena and into the vortex.
Basara fell headlong into Silent Hill. He fit right in.
Back in the arena, Hayate breathed heavily in relief. The sprinkler system was still pumping out water and had managed to put out the fire in his hair. Hayate stood straight and looked around as a steady stream of smoke continued to rise from his hair. Now it was time to try and eliminate someone.
Looking in one corner of the arena, Hayate saw Heady D! and Geddoe still dueling. Thinking that he could eliminate one of them if their back was turned, Hayate pulled his sword from its holster and ran forward.
Unfortunately for him, D! saw him coming, then looked at Geddoe. "Looks like we've got a bogey coming."
Geddoe turned and saw Hayate running over, then looked back at D!. "I'll be right back."
"Sure thing."
Geddoe turned completely and pulled his fist back. Once Hayate came within range, Geddoe thrust his fist out, nailing the oncoming Hayate in the face with perfect timing. The younger fighter was instantly sent to the floor.
The long-haired mercenary looked down at Hayate and shook his head. "Your node should have reconsidered coming to this tournament." Grabbing Hayate by his pant legs, Geddoe lifted the younger fighter off the ground and started spinning in place. After spinning a good several times, Geddoe released Hayate, sending the younger fighter flying straight towards the duel between Baek Doo San and Chang Koehan.
Chang's ears perked up from underneath his skincap as he momentarily stopped fighting Baek. "Excuse me for a moment, citizen." The huge man said. "'The Koehan' senses something coming this way and I need to deal with it."
Baek nodded. "By all means. Go ahead."
Chang gripped his iron wrecking ball and spun in place, slamming his weapon into the oncoming Hayate's body, firing the very unsurprised fighter out of the arena. Chang then turned back to Baek. "Thank you. May we continue?"
Hayate, like Mario, wasn't sure where he had landed. From the looks of things, he had landed on a huge drum of some sort. Hayate stood up and sighed in relief. He was half expecting some huge monster or something to attack him.
Suddenly, Hayate heard a low growl coming from behind. Slowly looking over his shoulder, he saw Don Bongo (of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) hovering over the drum, both of his huge fists getting ready to beat the musical instrument.
On another side of the arena, a less violent duel was taking place.
Nei lashed out her fist at Reed, purposefully missing his head. "You're saying that there's some sort of plot going on?" The elf girl asked, wide-eyed.
Reed nodded as he did a weak sweep kick, which Nei quickly and easily jumped over. "Yes. We're still not exactly sure who the targets are, but we DO know that there ones behind it are villains from several different nodes."
"I'd bet anything that Yuber's in on it, too." Nei muttered.
"No bet here."
The mock duel continued as Reed jabbed with his sword slowly. Nei sidestepped it. "So what would you like me to do?" Nei asked. "You want me out of here so I can help?"
"On the contrary, I want YOU to eliminate ME." Reed replied.
Nei's eyes widened. "Why would you want me to do that? You've been in the ring way longer than I have!"
"That's just the problem." Reed replied. "I'm starting to get weighed down by fatigue. I'm eventually going to fall anyway. Plus, I'd much rather be eliminated by someone from my node rather than someone from another node."
"But what can I do, then?" Nei countered.
"I need you to stay in the arena as long as you can, Nei." Reed replied. "You're my team's only ally in the ring right now. You have to try and get help from others." He looked up at the Eliminated Seating. "I just feel that I need to get out of here and find Samus. I think I'm needed more outside the arena."
Nei sighed, realizing that there was no way out of this. "Okay. I'll throw you out."
"Great. Just remember the rest of the team in case one of them enters the arena soon."
Nei nodded as she grabbed Reed and tossed him over the ropes and out of the arena. The elf girl sighed sadly as she ran off.
Reed landed in Megaman 8. Getting up, the blonde man looked around and saw that he was in some sort of ruins.
"Is that a sword, sir?" A British voice asked from behind.
Reed turned and saw Sword Man standing there. "Yeah. Why?"
"I am the only one here good enough to wield a sword, my boy!" Sword Man shouted angrily. "Prepare to-"
That was all the robot could get out before Reed cut him in half with one swing.
(Dome; Vending Machines)
Julia Chang hummed a cheerful song as she pressed a couple of buttons on the vending machine, making an energy bar drop from the rack inside and land in the dispensing tray. Reaching into the machine, Julia pulled out the snack and unwrapped it part-way.
Out of all the eliminated fighters, Julia was probably taking it the best. She had a feeling she wasn't going to win the tournament with her draw being so early and all, so she wasn't all that surprised when she was tossed from the arena.
She HAD met a god amount of people so far, though. She had even exchanged mailing addresses with Pai Chan, becoming fast friends with her.
Julia was about to take a bite out of her snack bar when she suddenly thought of the tournament so far. So far, Bruce was the only fighter from the Tekken node to get an elimination. She, Howarang, Xiaoyu and now Asuka had all been eliminated pretty quickly, although Julia would've bet that Asuka was eliminated on purpose. The native girl shrugged. The heavy hitters from their node had yet to come out. Jin, Yoshimitsu, Kazuya and Jack-5 still hadn't entered, and Julia bet that at least one of them could score an elimination.
The young woman took one bite of her energy bar before something caught her attention. A man dressed in purple was coming around a nearby corner, looking like he was struggling to stay conscious. When Julia first looked at him, the man was limping, but he was quickly brought to all fours as he continued to drag himself along the hall.
Julia dropped her snack and rushed to the man's side. "Are you alright?" She asked.
Eiji Kisaragi looked up into the face of Julia weakly. "Please…Help…" Was all he could manage before his collapsed completely, blacking out again.
(Dome; Main Hallway)
A ball of webbing shot past Gen-An's face and splattered against the wall. The green hunchback growled and lunged at Venom, the one that fired the webbing, preparing to take the mutant's head off.
Venom, however, saw the attack coming and struck a pose. "Death Bite!" The alien mutant shouted as two fanged mouths shot from the ground around him and encircled him, taking a good bite out of Gen-An. The green hunchback was sent flying back into the wall.
Venom chuckled. "Is that all you got?" He asked. "We could take you blindfolded!"
Gen-An leapt to his feet and glared at the mutant. "I think not! I have yet to do my ultimate attack!"
With that, Gen-An rolled forward in a ball and shoved his claw out, attempting to strike Venom multiple times.
Venom groaned in annoyance and stepped out of the way. "Great. Another Vega-ripoff."
Gen-An unrolled himself and looked at Venom. "What was that?" He shrieked.
"You heard us." Venom replied. "You've got claws, you've got a high-pitched voice and you roll around in a ball." He shrugged. "If that doesn't just scream 'Vega', we don't know what does."
A vein appeared on Gen-An's forehead in anger. "YOU!" The green freak jumped at Venom, slashing wildly.
Meanwhile, two more figures were fighting. Earthquake was big and strong, but he had an incredibly hard time hitting Landis, whom was using his quick agility to his advantage. Every time Earthquake swung his weapon, Landis swiftly moved to the side, resulting in the floor getting cracked a few times.
Seeing the smug grin on his foe's face, Earthquake growled. "You little punk! Stand still!" Raising his weapon into the air, Earthquake prepared to take Landis down.
Landis only chuckled. "The Grim Reaper doesn't listen to fat pigs like you." The Winghorde snickered. "He kills them instead."
The Grim Reaper fanatic crouched low and spread his wings. Jumping off the ground, Landis took to the air and flew circles around Earthquake. The giant mountain of man tried attacking him, but Landis was simply flying way too fast.
Earthquake continued turning in place, starting to get dizzy from trying to keep an eye on Landis. Suddenly, Landis vanished from the giant's point of view. Earthquake stopped turning and looked around curiously.
"Where are you, punk?" Earthquake shouted. "Where'd you go?"
"Over here!"
Earthquake looked in the direction of the voice and saw Landis perched on his shoulder like a parrot. Landis stared at Earthquake for a few seconds, his creepy grin plastered on his face, before slamming his head into the thief's forehead. As Earthquake staggered back, Landis leapt off his shoulder and landed on the ground.
The giant looked down at Landis, growled and pulled his weapon into the air again. Just as he swung it down, Landis lifted his scythe, parrying the blow perfectly.
Landis' good eye twinkled in excitement. "THE GRIM REAPER COMES!" He shouted as he leapt into the air and slammed his fist into Earthquake's face.
Venom did a wall-jump to leap over the attacking Gen-An. Eddie Brock landed behind the green hunchback and kicked him in the back of the head.
Rubbing his head in annoyance, Gen-An turned and got ready to take Venom's face off.
And got a face full of webbing for his troubles.
As Gen-An furiously scratched at the webbing covering his face, Venom created another web-line. Venom shot it out and watched as it wrapped around the green man's waist. Venom leapt into the air, pulling Gen-An up with him. Venom spun in midair and swung his web-line down, slamming Gen-An into the floor with amazing force. This was too much for the green man to handle, as he didn't get back up from the attack.
Venom landed gracefully on his feet and looked down at the defeated Gen-An in triumph. The alien's head pulled away from the human body it was engulfing, revealing the head and shoulders of Eddie Brock, who smirked. "No offense, pal. You were just really creepin' me out." After Eddie said that, the alien's head reattached to him, forming Venom again. The mutant turned to help his new friend with Earthquake, but was surprised to see the giant man down for the count. Landis was perched on Earthquake's huge gut, looking at the thief's face with a smug grin. "The Grim Reaper warned you." Landis jumped off the defeated giant and saw that Venom had won his battle as well.
"The Grim Reaper likes how you fight, Venom." Landis chuckled.
"We are pleased to see that you won as well." Venom replied. "Now, let's get out of here before they wake up."
"Works for me!"
Landis and Venom ran off down the hallway, leaving Earthquake and Gen-An on the ground, defeated.
(The Arena)
Rouwe swung his fist, catching Borus in the face. The blonde knight retaliated with a punch to the older man's stomach.
Ever since Hayate got them arguing, Rouwe and Borus were at each other's throats, unaware that their intended target had already been eliminated. Borus, furious that this old man was starting to get the better of him, ripped his sword from its holster and charged at Rouwe, attempting to run him through.
Rouwe saw the attack coming and dodged to the side, allowing Borus' blade of steel to pass by him. The elder fighter quickly punched Borus in the face before he could recover.
Borus rubbed his face and looked at Rouwe. "You have been annoying me long enough, old man!" He shouted. "Once I'm through with you, I'll take out that pathetic fighter I was supposed to eliminate!"
"Not if I take you down first, sonny!" Rouwe shouted back.
Borus let out a battle cry, raised his sword and charged forward, getting ready to tear Rouwe to shreds.
The old man, however, knew ahead of time that Borus would try this. Rouwe rolled to the side as Borus ran by. Quickly bringing himself out of the roll, Rouwe grabbed Borus and threw him away, using an amazing amount of strength.
The throw wasn't nearly enough to send Borus out of the arena, but it WAS strong enough to send him over to the duel King was having with Bruce.
King looked in the direction Borus was coming from and sighed. "It looks like people are getting thrown around left and right here." She turned to look at Bruce. "I'll be right back."
Looking at Borus, she faced the airborne knight. "Trap Shot!" She shouted, launching her trademark projectile at Borus. Once the blue energy shot struck Borus, he was instantly brought out of the air, landing face first on the canvas.
King grabbed Borus, hauled him to his feet and continually drove her knee into his face. After about five attacks, King let go of Borus and kicked him hard. The power from King's kick sent Borus up onto one of the platforms above the ropes. King jumped up after him.
When she landed on the platform, King slowly approached Borus and looked down at him. "You really need to learn how to control your anger." She said simply.
Picking up Borus again, King decided to put him out of his misery and threw him off the platform, making him fall out of the arena. King jumped off the platform and continued her duel with Bruce.
Borus landed in Power Stone. Getting up, he saw the concerned look from the Arabian girl Rouge. Looking behind her, Borus saw the huge native man Galuda standing there.
"Are you alright, sir?" Rouge asked.
Borus grunted and pulled away from her, starting to walk away. "Get away from me, barbarian."
The Swordsman of Rage was walking off when a shadow fell over him. Looking back, he saw Galuda standing over him with an angry expression.
"What did you just call Rouge?" Galuda asked.
"A barbarian." Borus spat. "In fact, I think that-"
The last thing Borus saw was Galuda bringing his giant hand down on the knight's head.
(The Arena)
Rouwe watched as King eliminated Borus and laughed. "Serves that whippersnapper right." He said. He then started looking around. "Now, where did that Hayate fellow get to?"
"He was eliminated already!" Janne called out to him.
"What?" Rouwe asked. "By who?"
Almost instantly, every fighter in the arena was pointing at Chang Koehan. The large man saw this and laughed. "'The Koehan' may have been the one to eliminate him, but someone had already thrown him over to me."
"Then who was it?" Rouwe asked, clearly mad that his easy elimination had been taken from him.
"That was me." Geddoe said aloud. "You have a problem with that?"
Rouwe rolled up his sleeves. "I guess I'll just have to settle for you, sonny." With that, Rouwe charged forward.
Geddoe narrowed his eye and lashed out with his sword, making a cut in Rouwe's outfit. "Don't call me sonny." Geddoe said. "I've got about forty years on you."
The older-looking man staggered to his feet and shook his head a couple of times. "You'll pay for that!"
Suddenly, a fist collided with Rouwe's cheek, knocking him away. Rouwe got up and looked at his attacker, seeing the elf girl Nei.
"That's for trying to take out Geddoe!" Nei shouted. "Unlike you, he's actually a leader in an army! He'll be able to mop the floor with you without breaking a sweat!"
"It's quite alright, Nei." Geddoe walked over. "You don't have to defend me from this guy. I'll take it from here."
Nei nodded and ran off again, leaving Geddoe and Rouwe alone.
Geddoe grabbed Rouwe by the collar of his outfit, pulled his hand back and started charging his True Lightning Rune.
Rouwe gulped, realizing that he was pretty much eliminated by now.
The old man was right. Geddoe thrust his fist out, creating a pillar of electricity that sent Rouwe straight up into the air. As Rouwe came down, Geddoe finished the attack off with a horizontal slash with his sword, knocking Rouwe over the ropes.
Rouwe landed in Crash Team Racing. He unfortunately landed on Nitrus Oxide during the alien's race with Crash Bandicoot. Rouwe had covered Oxide's eyes, and pretty soon, the blind alien drove himself (and Rouwe) into a wall, resulting in a small explosion.
(The Crowd)
Craig Marduk couldn't stop laughing when he saw Rouwe get blown up. "That was great!" The giant man laughed. "That old geezer totally felt the wrath of the tournament there!" He slowed his laughing down to a chuckle as he continued. "These old people are way too weak. They shouldn't be allowed to be fighting at all."
*THWACK!*
Less than one second later, Craig was rubbing his head, where a hard, wooden cane had just hit him. Looking at his attacker, he saw a ticked-off Cranky Kong.
"Now, you listen to me, sonny!" Cranky said from his seat beside Marduk. "There's nothing wrong with us old people fighting! We are actually far more experienced than you young people, giving us the edge!"
"That's what you think! You old timers wouldn't last three minutes in the arena without having a heart attack!" Marduk retaliated. "You especially!"
"You take that back, you whippersnapper!"
As Cranky continued arguing with Marduk, Wang Jinrei shook his head from a few rows of seats back.
"This is worse than when the Williams sisters argue." Wang sighed.
"That's nothing." Vector the Crocodile said from beside the old man. "You should hear it when Sonic and Shadow go at it. THAT'S when things get loud."
(The Arena)
Falco Lombardi fired another bolt of purple laser from his blaster. Li Xiangfei saw this coming and leaned to the side, although the laser grazed her shoulder. The Chinese girl quickly recovered and ran and Falco, delivering three hard punches to his face.
The blue falcon rubbed his beak and glared at Xiangfei. "You're good. I'll give you that. However, I doubt that you'll be able to take me down."
Xiangfei smirked as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a meat bun. She, downed it, chewed a few times, swallowed and gave her response. "To me, you're nothing but a full course meal, mister bird." Smacking her lips at the thought of roast duck, she grinned. "How good do you think you would taste?"
Falco's eyes snapped open. After seeing how fast his opponent ate that meat bun, Falco realized that she was perfectly capable of eating him. He quickly realized that the only way to save himself from being the main course for Xiangfei's dinner was to eliminate her, and fast.
Falco crouched low and zoomed forward in a split second, knocking Xiangfei off her feet. Falco quickly got up and thrust his foot into his opponent's stomach. Xiangfei quickly got up and kicked Falco, knocking him away from her.
Xiangfei cracked her knuckles and watched as Falco stood up and charged at her, his blaster ready to fire. As soon as Falco got close enough, Xiangfei grabbed him and spun him around, finally flipping him over her shoulder. Falco landed on his back, then looked back at Xiangfei.
The Chinese girl pulled her hands back and started gathering energy. "This final attack will take you out for good, mister bird!" Xiangfei chuckled.
Xiangfei thrust her arms out, firing a huge beam of energy at the blue falcon. Falco, breathing heavily, decided to use his last ditch attack.
Shoving his arms out on either side of him, Falco activated some kind of blue octagon that surrounded him. Xiangfei's beam struck the prism head on, but to the Chinese girl's surprise, bounced right back. Falco had put up his reflector and had put it to good use.
Xianfei, unable to overcome the shock of what had just happened, took full force from her own energy beam. The Chinese girl rocketed straight out of the arena as the beam continued going (burning a hole in the back of Chang's outfit at the same time; he didn't really notice).
Falco grasped his knees and sighed in relief.
Xiangfei landed in Banjo-Kazooie. Looking around, she saw a brown bear walking over to her.
"Hey, there!" The bear greeted with a Southern accept. "The name's Banjo. Ah live around here." He scratched his head. "You don't look too familiar, missy. Are ya from that there tournament Ah've been hearin' so much about?"
Xiangfei was about to answer when a red bird popped out of Banjo's backpack.
"Hey, Banjo! Who's your friend?" Kazooie asked.
At the sight of the red bird, Xiangfei's mouth started watering. "Chicken…Chicken…Must…Eat…Chicken!" She said as she slowly approached the bear and bird.
Kazooie sweated as she nervously tapped her beak against Banjo's head. "Start running, Banjo! This crazy girl thinks I'm supper!"
Banjo didn't need to be told twice. Turning around, the brown bear ran off with Xiangfei in hot pursuit.
(Hotel; Floor 30)
King Lion was on thin ice, and he knew it.
Despite his team having higher numbers, this team of four was quickly overpowering them. And to top it all off, the person leading the opposing team was Dan Hibiki, someone who usually isn't taken too seriously.
King Lion tried lashing out his fist at the pink-clad man, but Dan proved superior yet again. Dan rolled back as King Lion threw the punch, stood up and taunted. Dan quickly lashed his own hand out, creating a very small fireball. It didn't travel very far, but King Lion was standing within range. The fireball slammed into the taller man's stomach.
"Ha! How do you like THAT?" Dan laughed.
King Lion growled. "You're in for it now, you loser." He muttered. "Carnage! Give me a hand, here!"
Dan looked up in time to see a red version of Venom falling towards him. Rolling out of the way again, Dan watched as Carnage landed on his feet, directly where the man in pink had been standing only a second before.
Carnage laughed. "I'm gonna break you in two!" He shouted in a high-pitched voice.
Dan shuddered at the annoying pitch of Carnage's voice, but quickly regained his senses. "That's what you think!"
He pink-clad man looked ahead and saw that King Lion and Carnage were approaching him together. Cracking his knuckles, Dan threw himself at the two.
Lee Chaolan staggered forward, clutching the back of his head. "Man. This wrestler is more skilled than I thought." Turning, Lee was prepared to take Rainbow Mika down, but stopped himself when he saw Mika soaring through the air at him, hip-first.
Mika's hip slammed into Lee's face, knocking the silver-haired man back even further.
Standing up straight, Mika looked at Lee and cracked her knuckles. "I'll show you how evil never wins!" Mika paused to think about what she just said, then smacked herself on the forehead. "I'm starting to sound like Kim Kaphwan." Mika continued, running at Lee and wrapping her arms around him.
Lee could do nothing as Mika lifted him off the ground and slammed him into the floor several times in succession. After finishing, Mika ran at the wall, jumped off of it and landed on Lee's prone figure, elbow-first.
"I'm coming, buddy!" A new voice shouted.
Mika looked ahead in time to see Birdie charging at her, preparing to deliver his trademark head-butt. Mika tried getting up and running off, but it was already too late. Birdie had successfully connected his head with Mika, firing the young wrestler into the wall. Birdie quickly helped Lee to his feet.
"What kept you, bone brain?" Lee asked in annoyance.
Birdie scratched his head. "Well, no one was fighting me, so when I saw you in trouble, I decided to lend a hand."
Lee stood in silence for a few seconds before bonking Birdie on the head. However, neither of them noticed Mika slowly getting to her feet.
Mika popped her neck and breathed heavily. "Okay! No more miss nice-girl!"
Cody, on the other hand, was having a blast. Taking on Ripper and Hopper at the same time was no sweat, Cody was thinking. The former hero of Metro City was figuring that he could mop the floor with these two losers and still have enough energy to help someone else.
"Criminal Upper!" Cody shouted, lashing out his arm at Ripper. A small tornado that appeared quickly lifted the black-haired bodyguard off the ground and straight into the low ceiling of the room the battle was taking place in.
As Ripper fell to the ground, Cody spun around and slammed his fist into Hopper's face. The bald man had been attempting to sneak up behind the ex-convict and Cody sensed that easily.
As Hopper staggered back, Cody looked into another corner of the room. "How're ya holding up, Samus?"
Samus, the dark-skinned warrior, looked back at Cody as he parried another blow from Yuber. "Not bad. Give me about five minutes and I'll join you." He called back.
Yuber fumed. "It does not take THAT short of time to beat me!"
Samus smirked. "You'd be surprised, Yuber." Lashing out his sword again, Samus managed to clip Yuber's shoulder. Somehow, it still didn't draw any blood.
"I see you're still as invulnerable as ever." Samus said.
Yuber smirked evilly. "I'm so glad to see that you noticed."
Samus started charging his Wind Rune as he lashed out his sword again. "What're you up to this time, Yuber?" He asked. "I know that it has something to do with kidnapping, but who are the targets?"
Yuber's smirk got even darker. "You really think I'm going to tell you? You really ARE as stupid as you look!"
Samus' eyes narrowed as he shoved his arm into the air, casting some wind magic. A powerful gust of wind shot through the door, slamming into Yuber with full power. The power from the wind knocked Yuber off his feet and sent him flying into a wall. Yuber collapsed and didn't get back up.
"It wouldn't have hurt as much if you didn't call me 'stupid'." Samus said. He turned to help out Cody, but stopped himself.
Cody had already taken out Ripper, and was going to town with attacking Hopper. Cody's punches were so quick that Hopper didn't have a chance to counter anything. With one final punch, Cody sent Hopper to the ground, knocked out.
"Not bad, Cody." Samus said.
"It was nothing." Cody replied. "These guys are like punching bags with shades."
"Well, let's go help Dan and Mika."
"Okay. Let's go!"
Cody quickly rushed over to the two-on-one battle Dan was having with King Lion and Carnage. Currently, Carnage was holding Dan's arms as King Lion was punching his stomach. Cody quickly pulled Carnage off of Dan and delivered a hard punch to the mutant's face. Dan quickly kicked King Lion in revenge.
Samus, in the meantime, had grabbed Birdie and thrown him into a wall, leaving Mika to fight Lee. Samus slammed the handle of his sword into Birdie's forehead, knocking the giant thug down again.
Dan quickly connected his fist with King Lion's face. The dark boxer was starting to weaken, and Dan knew it. Backing up, Dan prepared to finish his opponent off.
"Dan-Dan-Kick!" Dan announced, leaping at King Lion and striking his chest with three consecutive kicks.
King Lion, having received too much pain to handle, collapsed, utterly defeated.
Dan stood over his fallen opponent and breathed heavily. He then looked around at the rest of his team. Samus looked a little rough, but he had managed to take down Birdie. Cody looked almost untouched, having quickly defeated Carnage, and almost looked like he wanted more action. Ripper, Hopper and Yuber lay sprawled out on the floor, knocked out. Lee Chaolan was the only villain left standing, and he was starting to look a little nervous as R. Mika approached him angrily.
"Uh…" Lee looked around for a way out. "I gotta go."
Without giving anyone a chance to reply, Lee turned around and bolted out the door.
"I got him!" Mika shouted to the rest of the team as she ran out the door after him.
(The Arena)
King ducked as Bruce's foot swung over her head. She retaliated with a hard kick of her own, which Bruce easily blocked. The two of them had been fighting a long while now, and neither of them was showing any signs of stopping anytime soon.
"You have to wear down sometime!" King shouted. "You're been in the ring so long you MUST be getting tired by now!"
"Are you kidding?" Bruce asked with a smirk. "I'm just getting started."
Despite not having any projectiles, Bruce was definitely holding his own against King, who lashed out Trap Shots and Venom Strikes with any chance she could get.
Bruce got ready to drive his knee into King's stomach when something struck the back of his head. Momentarily stopping himself from attacking, Bruce felt the back of his head as he looked down.
"Hello. What's this?" Bruce asked as he bent over and picked up the object that had hit him.
King's eyes snapped open when she saw that Bruce was holding a pair of shades. "LOOK OUT!" King shouted, pushing Bruce down.
"Chain Driver!" K' shouted as he ran forward and lashed out his hand, sending out a wave of fire. However, since King had pushed Bruce to the ground, she was the one that took the full blow from K's attack. Screaming in pain, King flew through the air, landed on her side and rolled for a few feet before she finally stopped.
Bruce jumped to his feet and looked at K' angrily. "You'll pay for that one, you anti-social, white-haired, Kyo clone!"
K's eyes widened, the narrowed. "Kyo clone? I'm way better than that loser!"
K' ran at Bruce and swung his fist, but Bruce was far too quick, even with the fatigue starting to tire him out. After ducking below K's punch, Bruce leapt into the air and slammed his heel into the white-haired clone's forehead. K' staggered back, but Bruce wasn't done. The black kick boxer drove his knee into K's face, knocking him away. As K' slowly stood up, Bruce ran headlong at him.
Shaking his head to regain his senses, K' looked forward angrily, only to see Bruce's foot coming at his face.
The crowd cheered Bruce on as he watched K' fly from the arena. Lowering his leg, Bruce ran over to King to she if she was alright.
"You okay, King?" Bruce asked as he helped the bartender to her feet.
"Yeah. I'll manage." King nodded.
"Hey, thanks for saving my neck back there." Bruce said. "I owe you one."
King smiled. "No problem."
K' landed in Sparkster. In pure annoyance at how horribly he had done in the arena, he destroyed an army of enemy tanks in a matter of seconds.
Back in the arena, Baek Doo San dodged as Chang's iron wrecking ball swung through the air. Baek quickly kicked the fat man in the stomach, but he wasn't sure if Chang felt it or not.
"You are definitely worthy of the title of 'Tae Kwon Do Master', Baek!" Chang laughed. "'The Koehan' has never seen anyone as good at it as you!"
"Although I am severely surprised, you are one of the best Tae Kwon Do fighters I have ever seen as well." Baek replied as he lashed out his foot again. Chang quickly blocked it. "By looking at you, I never would have guessed that you even had any knowledge of the martial art."
"I appreciate the compliment, mister Doo San." Chang bowed politely. "Now, let's continue fighting and see which one of us pulls out on top!"
"Now you're talking." Baek said with a smirk.
Baek continued attacking, performing his three-kick combo. Chang managed to block the first two, but the third kick struck his face, making him step back a couple of steps.
The older fighter quickly used Chang's stunned state to his advantage, running at the overweight man and driving his knee into his stomach. The sheer power from the kick actually hurt Chang, knocking him away several feet.
Chang leapt to his feet and watched as Baek ran at him again. Baek lashed out his foot yet again, but Chang grabbed it before it came into contact with his face. Chang then spun his wrist, yanking Baek off the ground and spinning him in midair before making him land on his stomach.
The demented superhero stepped forward and looked down at Baek. "It appears I have gotten the upper hand, mister Doo San." He said. "I apologize, but I must eliminate you now."
Picking Baek up, Chang easily tossed him from the arena. Chang bowed in the direction of Baek as he watched the older man vanish into the portal.
Baek landed in Superman 64, where he nearly died of boredom.
(The Crowd)
Craig Marduk continued laughing. "I told you that you were out of your time, Baek!" He shouted. "You couldn't even get an elimination! You old fogeys should go back to playing bingo!"
*THWACK!*
Marduk rubbed his head again, watching as Cranky Kong held his cane, getting ready to strike him a third time.
"You're starting to get on my nerves, old ape!" Marduk pointed out.
"Listen here, sonny!" Cranky replied. "Show some respect to the older generation or else I'll be forced to do something drastic!"
"Ah, shut it, old man! I could take you on any day!"
"Is that a challenge?" Cranky narrowed his eyes.
Suddenly, both Marduk and Cranky were hoisted out of their seats by the person sitting directly behind them.
"I can't take much more of you two arguing." Mike Haggar said to the two bickering characters. "I apologize in advance to you guys, no matter where you end up."
With that, Haggar threw both oversized man and wrinkled, old ape out of the bleachers, sending them both over the railings of the stands, straight into an elimination portal at exactly the same time.
Haggar sat back down as he received a standing ovation from everyone else in the arena.
(The Arena)
Geddoe lashed out his sword, but his opponent, Heavy D!, leaned back and allowed it to pass over him. The long-haired man was getting frustrated at how long it was taking him to eliminate D!. The man didn't even use his feet, and yet the two of them had been fighting ever since before the current section even started.
"You're going to be eliminated sooner or later." Geddoe said. "It may as well be now."
D! smirked. "I'm afraid I have to stick around a little while longer." The boxer performed an R.S.D., striking Geddoe in the face.
As Geddoe stepped back, D! continued, punching the mercenary in the stomach. Geddoe quickly recovered and lashed out his hand, engulfing it in electricity. Geddoe slammed his fist into D!'s stomach, electrocuting him.
After the mercenary's attack ended, Heavy D! got to his feet and shook his head several times. Looking at his opponent, he narrowed his eyes. "That does it!"
D! quickly lashed out his fist, catching Geddoe in the face. As Geddoe staggered back, D! pulled his hand back.
"D! MAGNUM!"
*KA-POW!*
The audience gave D! a loud cheer as the thunderous explosion echoed throughout the bleachers. The sheer power of the blow sent Geddoe clear out of the arena.
Geddoe landed in an old warehouse of some sort. Looking around, he spotted a strange-looking glass object on the ground.
Curiously, Geddoe picked it up, not realizing that he was now holding a light bulb, and the hand he was holding it in held the True Lightning Rune. The electricity flowed from Geddoe's hand and quickly lit up the light bulb.
Geddoe suddenly heard a loud shriek. Turning his head, he saw a huge, lanky rat in a yellow jumpsuit staring at him in shock.
"That poor, defenseless lightbulb!" Megavolt screamed as he threw himself at Geddoe. "Release him this instant!"
(Dome; Outside SSB Locker Room)
Bowser opened his mouth and exhaled, sending a steady stream of fire at his opponent, Hyo Amano. The pink-clad man quickly ran to the side as the fire pelted the wall he was standing in front of.
Amano sweated as he tried to think of some way he could defeat Bowser without killing him. He had never wanted trouble to begin with. The only thing he wanted was to ask Ness and Mewtwo what they thought about this dark force Jin Chonrei had felt earlier. Now he was in a fierce battle with a gigantic turtle that could breathe fire and he had no idea on how to defeat him.
The middle-aged man leapt at Bowser and struck him in the face with his foot, but it did little more than make the giant turtle flinch.
Bowser laughed heartily. "You've gotta be kidding me!" He said. "That didn't even hurt!"
Amano response to that was smashing his sword holster, still containing his sword, over the Koopa's head.
Bowser rubbed his head in annoyance. "Okay. THAT hurt."
"Please just let me through!" Amano pleaded as he stepped back. "I just came here to talk with Ness and Mewtwo before they enter the arena!"
"Yeah, right!" Bowser scoffed. "I ain't buying your story, pal!"
"I'm serious!" Amano said. "I'm not even interested in Peach!"
Bowser froze, his eye starting to twitch. "ARE YOU SAYING THAT PEACH ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU? THAT DOES IT! YOU'RE GOING DOWN, BUDDY!" He roared.
The giant Koopa lunged at Amano, slashing his razor-sharp claws repeatedly. Amano leapt into the air to avoid the claws, landed on Bowser's head and ran down the turtle's shell, doing his best to avoid stepping on one of the shell's spikes.
Bowser, however, foresaw this. Whipping his tail upwards just as Amano approached it, he smacked the middle-aged man in the face, knocking him off Bowser's back.
Amano landed on his back, looking up at the ceiling. He quickly saw Bowser poke his head into view, looking down at him.
Bowser grabbed Amano and hauled him off the ground. Lifting Amano into the air, Bowser smirked, showing his sharp fangs.
"Try and steal Peach from me, will ya?" He asked.
Bowser turned to face down the hallway and pulled Amano back. The giant Koopa lashed out his arm, bowling Amano down the long hall. The pink-clad man screamed in terror as he slid headfirst down the hallway, leaving Bowser to watch him sail off, smirking.
The door to the Locker Room opened as Peach stuck her head out. "Who was it, Bowser?"
Bowser smirked and walked back into the Locker Room. "Just another fanboy, Peach."
(The Arena)
Janne swung her sword at Watari again. Like before, the white-haired ninja dodged by teleporting aside. The two had been dueling for a while now. Sure, they had become allies, but that wouldn't stop them from fighting and possibly eliminating each other.
"I must admit that you are a great ninja." Janne said as Watari appeared again. "Hanzou and Fuuma could learn a few things from you."
Watari lashed out his sword, but Janne quickly parried it. "I appriciate it, miss Janne." He stepped back and threw a couple of ninja stars, which Janne easily blocked. "I apologize, but I must put our little conversation to an end by eliminating you."
Janne smirked. "If anyone's going to eliminate someone, it's me." She replied. Charging forward, Janne lashed out her sword again.
Watari quickly saw the danger he was in and teleported away again, leaving nothing for Janne to cut in two but a log. Janne looked around for her opponent, but saw nothing.
"Where'd you go now?" Janne called out.
Suddenly, Janne heard something being thrown. Leaping to the side, she watched as a ninja star flew past here where her back would have been (the ninja star instead made a severe cut in Dee Jay's pants). Looking back, the French woman saw Watari standing on one of the corners that was raised above the ropes.
Janne quickly jumped up onto the platform and lashed out her sword at Watari again. Watari pulled out his ninja katana and parried the blow quickly. The two swords locked as both fighters tried to wear each other down. They continued pushing against one another in hopes of breaking the sword apart.
Watari, using his 'madskillz', quickly sensed that he was getting pushed a little too close to the edge of the platform for his liking. Unless he did something fast, Janne would easily eliminate him.
Running out of tricks, Watari teleported again.
Janne, however, anticipated where Watari would end up and thrust her fist behind her. Sure enough, she struck Watari in the face, stunning him.
The French woman quickly used this to her advantage and pushed the stunned Watari off the platform and out of the arena.
Watari landed in Naruto. Looking around, he saw that he was in a forest.
"What the hey? Are you some sort of fanboy or something?"
Watari looked over his shoulder and saw another ninja standing a few yards away. Aside from the fact that the ninja's outfit was a slightly different colour, the ninja looked amazingly similar to Watari.
Watari narrowed his eyes. "I think not. From the looks of things, I'd say that YOU were the fanboy."
Both ninjas promptly pulled their respective katana from their holsters and rushed at each other, preparing for battle.
(Announcer's Booth)
Unknown1 glared at SSBFreak accusingly. "You did that on purpose, didn't you?"
SSBFreak smirked slyly. "I do everything on purpose."
(The Arena)
Janne sighed in relief as she leapt off the platform. Finally, she had eliminated him. As much as she hated to admit it, she was feeling pretty close to elimination already. Watari had taken a lot out of her to eliminate, and Janne wasn't sure how much more she could take.
Still, Janne wasn't one to give up. Walking forward, she looked around for someone to take on.
A purple laser bolt suddenly slammed into her stomach. However, since she was wearing armour, the shot simply bounced off again (it struck Scorpion in the face, but he didn't really notice much). Looking in the direction the laser came from, she saw Falco Lombardi standing there, his pistol smoking.
Janne sighed. "You want to fight me, do you, Mr. Lombardi?" She shrugged. "Okay. I guess I could use a little more exercise."
Falco smirked. "You're asking for it, lady." Placing his blaster back, Falco cracked his knuckles. "I could use another elimination. That Chinese girl was hardly a challenge."
The French woman smirked. "Weren't you freaking out when you found out that she wanted to make you her meal?"
Falco's eyes snapped open. "Sh-Shut up!" He shouted. Crouching low, Falco zoomed forward in a Falco Phantasm, creating a blue image of himself as it doubled the attack power. Falco (and his image) plowed through Janne, knocking her to the canvas.
The falcon quickly picked Janne up and threw her over his shoulder, sending her towards the ropes. Turning in place, Falco fired his blaster several times, each of the shots nailing Janne in the stomach. The power from each blaster bolt forced the airborne Janne back even further, and when Falco had fired the final shot, Janne was already two feet past the ropes. The French woman could do nothing as she fell headlong into the vortex.
Janne landed in Halo 2. After watching her decapitate an advancing Covenant foot soldier in one slash, Master Chief instantly started asking her where she got the really cool Plasma Sword.
In the arena, Dee Jay finally pulled Watari's ninja star from the threads of his pants and inspected the damage. Shaking his head at the huge tear, Dee Jay tossed the ninja star away (it quickly planted itself in the square of Scorpion's back, but, as usual, he didn't notice). Standing straight, Dee Jay looked around to find someone to fight and quickly saw the kick boxing duel King and Bruce were still having.
Performing his Max Out attack, Dee Jay fired a familiar, orange projectile at the two dueling kick boxers.
Bruce saw the projectile coming. "King, don't look now, but I think everyone in the arena wants to take us down."
Turning around, King saw Dee Jay's projectile coming at her. Thinking quickly, King lashed out a Venom Strike. King blue projectile quickly cancelled out Dee Jay's orange one, resulting in both attacks blasting into nothingness.
King rolled up her sleeves and looked at the Jamaican. "Why is it that everyone wants to take us out?"
"Something tells me that it's because I'm the current heavy-hitter now." Bruce muttered, blaming himself for putting King in danger of getting eliminated.
The female bartender stepped forward and launched herself at Dee Jay, driving her knee into his face. As Dee Jay staggered back, King continued by kicking the air several times, firing three Trap Shots at Dee Jay. The Jamaican man managed to block the first two, but the third one broke through his guard. King took advantage of the situation by running at Dee Jay and landed three hard kicks to his face.
Dee Jay was sent flying back-first into the ropes. The Jamaican bounced off the ropes and staggered back towards King. The female bartender quickly leapt up and slammed her knee into Dee Jay's face, finally knocking the Jamaican out of the arena.
Dee Jay landed in NHL 2K4. At the sight of seeing a strange man with no shirt land on the ice, the hockey player with the puck collided with the referee, which quickly escalated into an all-out war between both teams. Dee Jay quickly slinked off the rink and ran off.
Back in the ring, the seven fighters left in the arena took this opportunity to relax a little bit and see how everyone was doing. King, Nei and Falco looked pretty much untouched, and were pretty much ready for the next wave of fighters. Scorpion was just as fresh, although it looked a little weird with Watari's ninja star sticking out of his back. Heavy D! had a few rips and tears in his jacket and a couple of bruises, but was otherwise unharmed. Chang Koehan had a severe hole in the back of his outfit, but was still ready for anything. Bruce Irvin looked like a total wreck. He had several bruises all over his body, a black eye, his shirt had a couple of rips and he looked like he was struggling to stand on his left leg. Everyone had about seven seconds of relaxation before they heard the laughs of Master Hand and Crazy Hand, signaling another arena change.
RESULTS
FALCO LOMBARDI (SSB)
KING (KOF)
CHANG KOEHAN (KOF)
HEAVY D! (KOF)
BRUCE IRVIN (T5)
NEI (S3)
SCORPION (MK)
(ELIMINATED)
DEE JAY MAXIMUM (SFA3)
JANNE (WH)
GEDDOE (S3)
WATARI (S3)
K' (KOF)
LI XIANGFEI (FF)
MARIO MARIO (SSB)
REED (S3)
BASARA (SS)
BORUS REDRUM (S3)
BAEK DOO SAN (T5)
ROUWE (GF)
HAYATE (KE)
BONUS MATCHES:
"Dark Doubles"
VENOM (MC) and LANDIS (S3) spook EARTHQUAKE and GEN-AN (SS)
"Rumble of Floor 30"
DAN HIBIKI, RAINBOW MIKA, CODY (SFA3), and SAMUS (S3)
overcome
KING LION (KE), YUBER (S3), LEE CHAOLAN (T5), CARNAGE (MC), RIPPER, HOPPER (FF) and BIRDIE (SFA3)
"King Koopa"
BOWSER (SSB) char-broils HYO AMANO (LB)
Eliminations: Falco, King and Chang, 2; D!, Bruce, Nei, Scorpion, Dee Jay, Janne and Geddoe, 1
Current Elimination Leaders: Bruce Irvin (5), Jubei Yagyu (4), Watari (4), Athena Asamiya (4), Heavy D! (3), Chang Koehan (3)
Bruce the Bruiser: So far, not only has Bruce Irvin lasted longer than anyone else, but he is also the only Tekken 5 fighter thus far to get an elimination.
Domination to Elimination: Five Suikoden 3 characters entered this round. At the end, Nei is the only one left standing.