(The Arena)

Because Falco was hysterically throwing everything (including the kitchen sink) at Busuzima, the arena was turned into a hazard zone. Even if someone had the guts to go over to the avian and say that Busuzima actually WASN'T Leon Powalski, they wouldn't have had a chance to say anything. Several laser bolts burned several more holes in Chang's shirt, but the giant man again didn't notice and resumed his fight with Shiba. Fuuma was unlucky enough to get thrown (by Heavy D!) onto a proximity mine, then get blasted onto another one. Using his 'ninja skillz', Kagemaru managed to create a log in his hands and use it to protect himself, King and Jigglypuff at the same time, thus being one of the luckier fighters.

Oblivious to all the gunfire going on around her, R. Mika continued to beat the snot out of Lee Chaolan in a furious attempt to get answers from him. Hoisting Lee off the ground, Mika leapt into the air and slammed her opponent into the canvas.

"Ready to talk yet?" Mika asked through her teeth.

If Lee was still feeling any senses, he would have said yes, but because Mika's attacks were so powerful, Lee didn't have the energy to say anything.

Mika took Lee's silence into account and narrowed her eyes. "So, you won't talk, huh?" Lifting Lee off the ground again, Mika put him on his feet and pushed him in the direction of the ropes.

Lee staggered into the ropes and was pushed back towards Mika, who promptly clotheslined him.

Ryu scratched his head. "I've never seen Mika fight this furiously before. Something must have happened to her."

(Eliminated Seating)

Borus Redrum stormed into the Eliminated Seating, feeling furious about his performance in the ring. It wasn't enough that he didn't manage to get an elimination, but the fact that characters like Gadget Z, whom was now signing the Oscar Meyer song in his seat, did better than he did infuriated him even more.

Percival saw his rival's anger and smirked. "Great performance, Borus." He said.

"Shove it, Percival." Borus said as he took a seat. "It's not like you did any better. At least the person that eliminated me has some skill." He suddenly saw Raiden sitting down several rows away. "Wasn't that fat wrestler the one to throw you from the ring?"

Percival's smirk vanished. "Watch it, pal. You push that any further and you'll end up with a black eye."

Sitting in the row in front of the two knights, Queen sighed and shook her head. "Those two are almost as bad as Ace and Joker." She said.

Geddoe, sitting beside her, nodded. He looked around, then back at Queen. "Say, where'd Reed end up going a couple minutes ago?"

Queen shrugged. "For all I know, he could have gone to find that redhead punk from this anime node and blame him for stealing his hairstyle." She was silent for a few seconds. "You know? I could never really pronounce the name of that node. It was so long it was hard for me to say."

Geddoe nodded again as he started snapping his fingers to jog his memory. "Yeah. It's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't seem to get it to come out. It's like…Yu Yu something…"

(Suikoden Locker Room)

Little Shabon watched the monitor and scratched her head. The fact that she saw Toppo angry was confusing enough, but the fact that he seemed bent on eliminating the strange, blue, bird creature puzzled the young musician even more.

Deciding to ask someone, Shabon looked at Jacques. "Why is Toppo so mad at the bird with the pretty, blue feathers, Jacques?"

"Well…You see…" Jacques, not being one for talking, tried to come up with a way to give the answer with as few words as possible. "That bird eliminated Nei."

Shabon paused for a second, then nodded. "I see. (Jacques exhaled in relief) He's mad because he was hoping to fight alongside Nei and take out everyone in the ring, so he's trying to make it up by taking out the bird-man."

"…Something like that…" Jacques shrugged.

"I'm surprised that Nei actually managed to do better than some of us knights." Leo added. "Borus and Percival are two of the six knights of Zexen, and Nei managed to outlast them."

Shabon beamed. "And Toppo will do just as good!" She looked back at the monitor. "As soon as Toppo can get the birdman away from the strange man with the green hair, he'll eliminate him in a matter of seconds!"

(The Arena)

Fuuma slowly stood to his feet and shook his head several times. That stupid boxer had been throwing him onto Falco's proximity mines for a good while now, and a fair amount of the red ninja's hair was burnt.

Once he was standing straight, Fuuma turned and looked at Heavy D! with a cold glare. "Why did you throw me onto that thing?" He demanded.

"No offense, pal." D! replied as he put up his fists. "But you're a loser."

Fuuma narrowed his eyes. "No offense? NO OFFENSE? How is calling me a loser not supposed to mean any offense?"

D! smirked. "I just thought that you would be used to it by now. That's all."

Fuuma fumed (pun intended). "That's IT!"

Showing a very un-ninja-like case of un-stealthyness, Fuuma charged at D! and dove at him in a flying tackle.

D! saw this coming and swerved to the side. As Fuuma passed beside him, D! lashed out an R.S.D., bringing the ninja out of his tackle. As Fuuma collapsed to the canvas, D! continued the onslaught with a Soul Flower, firing the red-clad man into the air.

Looking up, D! saw that Fuuma was getting close to the ropes around the arena. He shook his head. "This has gotta be the easiest elimination I've had yet."

Lashing out his fist, D! sent several streaks of energy into the air, slamming into Fuuma with full effect. The power from the attack was more than enough, as Fuuma was sent flying out of the arena, screaming words in Japanese that would make the rating for this fiction go up about three levels.

Kagemaru walked over to D!. "That has got to be the WORST ninja I have ever seen."

D! nodded. "Yeah. I think those wannabes from the Kizuna Encounter node may even be better than him."

(Announcer's Booth)

SSBFreak shook his head. "Man. Fuuma didn't even last as long as Muscle Power. That's pretty bad."

Unknown1 looked at his watch. "Yeah. Muscle Power lasted a full thirty seconds longer than Fuuma did."

"Say, where'd Fuuma end up, anyway?"

Unknown1 looked at the monitor. "Apparently, Fuuma is learning the hard way that he can't fly."

"…Huh?

"He's landed in Pilotwings. He landed on Goose's hang glider and they're both plummeting towards the ocean."

"Ah."

(The Arena)

"Enough with your pathetic disguises, Leon!" Falco roared as he continued pounding on Busuzima. "That has got to be the WORST human disguise I've ever seen!"

The green-haired man quickly held up his palm and stopped a punch from the blue avian. "Look! I'm not this 'Leon' you speak of!" Busuzima tried to reason. "I'm Dr. Busuzima!"

Falco quickly tried sweeping Busuzima off his feet, but the odd scientist proved too quick and leapt over Falco's foot as it sailed under him.

As he landed on his feet, Busuzima suddenly saw Toppo running over to Falco in a stampede. The murderous look on the juggler's face told the mad scientist that he wasn't going to say 'hi' to Falco.

Busuzima smirked. "You may want to turn around. You've got a psychotic juggler coming up from behind."

"Yeah right, Leon!" Falco scoffed. "I stopped falling for that trick when you told me that a purple octopus with two heads was in the middle of stealing my Caesar Salad!"

Suddenly, Falco felt a firm hand grasp the back of his flight jacket.

With one hand, Toppo threw Falco over his shoulder, making the avian land on his side. Busuzima quickly looked back at Ryu, Larcen and Seth and smirked. "Let's finish our fight!" He laughed before turning into a chameleon again.

Falco looked up and saw Toppo standing over him, a dark expression on his face.

"What the heck is your problem, man?" Falco asked.

Toppo, being Toppo, didn't answer. He simply bent over, grabbed Falco and hauled him to his feet. As soon as the bird was on his feet, Toppo struck him with his fist.

Clutching the side of his beak, Falco staggered back a couple of steps. Narrowing his eyes at Toppo, Falco drew his blaster. "There must be a good reason why you're so mad at me."

As he tried to remember who Toppo was in the Suikoden node, Falco fired his blaster several times. Using amazing agility, Toppo jumped into the air and over the first couple of bolts and landed on his hands. Then, Toppo sprung from his hands and did another half-flip, over three more laser bolts, landing on his feet again. Seeing one more bolt coming at him, Toppo grapped one of his juggling balls and hurled it at Falco. The ball struck the bolt, negating it.

"Now I think I know!" Falco said suddenly, making Toppo jump in surprise. "You're friends with that elf girl I eliminated in the last section!"

Toppo growled, his eyes glaring daggers at Falco, who laughed.

"Man! I don't believe it! You're so mad at me just because I eliminated your friend! What, are you in LOVE with her or something?" Falco laughed.

Less than two seconds later and Falco's laughing stopped. But it wasn't because he had wanted to stop, but it was because he found it hard to laugh as he was flying headfirst out of the arena. His last thought before vanishing into the vortex was how one punch could eliminate him.

In the ring, Toppo finally lowered his fist and breathed heavily through his teeth. He was SO glad Nei wasn't around to hear Falco say that.

Falco landed in Megaman X. Looking around, he saw that he was in some sort of forest arena.

Rubbing his head, Falco looked around. "That's odd. I can tell that I'm inside a building, but there's still a forest in here."

Suddenly, a figure dropped from the ceiling of the room and landed a good several feet away from Falco.

Seeing what the newcomer was, Falco's eyes snapped open as he let out a scream that made him sound like a six year-old girl. "LEON! Why are you following me everywhere I go?" Lunging at the newcomer, Falco drew his blaster. "DIE, ALREADY!"

Sting Chameleon looked at Falco and let out a roar.

(Star Wolf HQ)

"This is an outrage!" Leon shouted in rage. "That idiot now thinks that that ROBOT is me!"

"Is he ALWAYS like this?" Panther asked Wolf.

"This is nothing." Wolf said. "You should see how he reacted when Falco thought Leon was a polar bear."

(The Arena)

Shiba leaned to the side and allowed Chang's iron wrecking ball to swing past his head. The giant lizardman quickly lashed out with his three-pointed blade, which Chang jumped over, showing a shocking amount of agility for a fat man.

The two giants had been fighting ever since Shiba entered the arena. Not wanting to endanger any innocents (although they probably wouldn't have minded taking a couple swings at Busuzima), the two had been fighting in a distant corner of the ring, away from the three-on-one battle that Busuzima was losing badly. The two were so into their battle that neither of them noticed Lee Chaolan getting thrown over them, screaming like a little girl. R. Mika ran after him and continued pounding the snot out of him.

"I must thank you for allowing me to fight you." Shiba said. "You're are a very worthy adversary, and you have proven that by lasting this long."

"Bruce Irvin is the better fighter." Chang said with a cheesy smile. "He eliminated six people. 'The Koehan' has only eliminated four."

"Even still, you are my size." Shiba said. "If I were to battle someone smaller, I would have an unfair advantage."

"Well, after we are both eliminated, we should talk. 'The Koehan' thinks you would be a valuable ally in my war against evil."

Shiba chuckled. "I appreciate it. Maybe if I end up leaving my home node, I see if I can find you."

However, neither of the two giants noticed that Link and Genjuro were continuing their little battle with Spiral. Now, she may have been a mutant, but fighting against two amazingly skilled swordsmen was just way out of her league. She already had several cuts on all six of her arms and her helmet was cracked in several places.

"You really think that you can try to interrupt a fight?" Link asked with a smirk. "You should know what's happened to everyone that HAS so far."

For the first time all night, Spiral was scared.

Link lashed out his boomerang and Spiral barely managed to duck under it as it passed by. Genjuro lunged forward and stabbed with his sword, but Spiral jumped back as the purple-haired swordsman's weapon stopped two inches from her stomach.

Deciding not to face this danger any longer, Spiral turned around and ran away from the two swordsmen.

She got about two feet before Link's boomerang decided to return. It clocked Spiral in the head, knocking the senses out of her. Holding her forehead with her top left arm, Spiral staggered forward, unknowingly going towards the battle between Chang and Shiba.

Shiba leapt over Chang's iron ball as it was swung at his feet. Once he landed on his feet, the lizardman shoved his shoulder out, slamming it into Chang's face.

Chang shook his head several times, then looked back at Shiba. "Very powerful attack there, fellow freedom-fighter." The giant man said. "But let's see how well you can defend against this!"

With all of his might, Chang pulled his wrecking ball back and prepared to swing it at Shiba, but stopped himself when he felt his weapon make contact with something.

Chang and Shiba stood in silence. Chang looked at Shiba. "Did you see 'The Koehan' eliminate anyone?"

Shiba shook his head. "I didn't notice. I was only paying attention to our fight."

Chang's confused expression quickly vanished. "Well, then let's finish it!"

Spiral landed in Unreal Championship. She lasted about three seconds longer than Ash Crimson did in section one before getting blown sky high.

(Dome; Snack Bar)

The snack bar owner watched in despair as the three fighters tore through the eating area with ease. Sure the majority of the damage was being done by the huge behemoth with the metal head, but the native girl and the ninja with the mullet were doing a fair share of demolition themselves.

Eiji Kisaragi lashed out his sword, sending a crescent-shaped energy projectile at the Juggernaut. The attack did little more than make the giant flinch. In frustration, Eiji ran at the giant man and leapt at him in a flying kick to the head. Unfortunately, this did absolutely nothing other than hurt his foot.

Julia Chang saw Eiji hurt himself and decided to lend a hand. Running up to the Juggernaut, Julia lashed out her foot. She knew for a fact that she wouldn't be able to grab him, so she figured that attacking him physically was the next best thing.

The native girl got lucky, and her kick to Juggernaut's stomach DID hurt him. She quickly looked at her new friend. "Eiji! Go for his stomach! His head's too heavily protected!"

Eiji got to his feet and nodded. "Got it." Drawing his sword again, Eiji lunged forward.

Juggernaut growled. "You shrimps think you can take me on?" He roared. "Forget about it!"

Swinging his huge hand, Juggernaut struck Julia with a backhanded attack, knocking the young woman away. Eiji quickly avenged her by slashing his sword across Juggernaut's stomach.

"You little punk!" Juggernaut shouted. "Why don't you just give up now?"

"Not until you tell me everything you know about Gozu and Mezu!" Eiji snapped back. "They gave me these stupid elemental powers and I want them gone!"

"Well, I'm afraid you won't get anything from me!" Juggernaut replied.

"Then I guess I'll have to beat the info from you." Eiji narrowed his eyes.

Meanwhile, Julia slowly got to her feet and shook off the effects of Juggernaut's powerful attack. Looking ahead, she saw Eiji furiously attacking Juggernaut, although the giant was blocking most of the attacks. Juggernaut suddenly found an opening and lashed out a huge fist. Although Eiji blocked the attack, he was still sent back several feet.

Julia's eye snapped open when she saw the Juggernaut pull his head back. She had heard about the Juggernaut's powerful attacks and knew what was coming next.

Without thinking, Julia ran at her new friend. "EIJI! LOOK OUT!" She shrieked as she dove at Eiji.

The native woman lunged at Eiji in a flying tackle and bowled him over, knocking him to the side. No sooner had the two new friends dived to safety when the Juggernaut shot forward in a charging headbutt. Eiji felt the sheer power from Juggernaut's attack and knew right away that it would kill an unprepared person almost instantly. Looking at Julia as she got up, Eiji realized that he owed her his life now, and was determined to make it up to her somehow.

Julia ran at the Juggernaut, whom had stopped his headbutt and turned just in time to see her coming. Like what she had done with Eiji, Juli dove at the giant villain in a flying tackle and knocked the behemoth to the floor. Quickly getting into a sitting position on the Juggernaut's stomach, Julia repeatedly drove her fists into the giant's chest, severely damaging him.

Quickly standing up, Julia walked over to the Juggernaut's head and looked down at him. She narrowed her eyes and stared into the villain's eye for a couple of seconds before sighing and pulling her foot into the air.

The last thing Juggernaut saw was Julia's foot coming down upon his forehead.

Eiji watched in amazement as Julia walked away from the defeated behemoth. "He doesn't know anything about these elemental powers you received." She explained.

"But…You didn't talk to him." Eiji stammered as his eyes widened in shock. "How do you now that?"

"I sensed it." Julia replied simply. "Come on. We need to find Rasputin before he enters the arena."

Eiji nodded and followed Julia out of the snack bar.

(The Arena)

Ryu, Larcen and Seth continued fighting Busuzima, whom had recently ran out of superpower, detransforming him back into a human again. Even still, the mad scientist was still managing to hold his own against the three others.

The green-haired man flashed a grin as he thrust his palm out, nailing Ryu in the stomach. "You three really think you can take someone like me on? I've got twice the power than all of you combined!"

Larcen shook his head at the other Mystery Fighter. "Only when you're a chameleon, and from what we've seen, you can only stay transformed for about thirty seconds."

Because Larcen was talking, he wasn't really paying attention to his opponent. When he finished talking, the first thing the burglar saw was Busuzima's foot coming at his face.

Ryu and Seth watched as Larcen was knocked away. "Well, there goes one of us." Seth muttered. "We're going to have to take him out on our own."

"Fine with me." Ryu said. "This guy seems determined to turn me into a lab rat."

Ryu shoved his hands out, launching his trademark fireball at the strange man. Busuzima quickly swatted the projectile with his hand, canceling it out.

The young martial artist's eyes widened. "But…How? You attacked my fireball and you didn't get hurt!"

Busuzima smiled slyly. "I told you I was stronger." He replied, ignoring the searing pain flowing through his hand.

Seth got into a stance and ran at Busuzima as Ryu did the same. The green-haired man shoved his elbow into Seth's stomach as the dark-skinned man was approaching, then grabbed him and threw him aside. However, Busuzima wasn't quick enough and Ryu's fist slammed into his cheek. Although he staggered back a couple of steps, Busuzima quickly regained his footing and saw Ryu's fist coming at him again. The green-haired man quickly held up his hand and watched as Ryu's fist buried into it, nullifying the attack.

Busuzima quickly picked Ryu up and threw him over his shoulder. While Ryu did fly out of the arena, Ryu grabbed the ropes around the edges and slid back in.

Seth recovered from Busuzima's attack and looked at the madman. Seeing his opponent's back turned to him, Seth sensed an opportunity and rushed forward again. Thrusting his fist out as he ran, Seth prepared to deliver a punch that could stun Busuzima long enough to be thrown from the arena.

Unfortunately for the dark-skinned man, Busuzima saw him coming. Crouching low, Busuzima allowed Seth to punch the air above him. Acting quickly, Busuzima got into a standing position again while Seth was still hanging above him. Seth found himself lifted off the ground. Busuzima quickly finished the battle by flipping Seth over the ropes and out of the arena.

Seth landed in Jet Grind Radio. Beat, mistaking him for a police officer, knocked Seth over and sprayed him with graffiti.

Back in the arena, R. Mika continued to do some serious damage to Lee Chaolan. The silver-haired man was receiving so much pain that he thought he was still fighting Kazuya back in Tekken 5. Ever since entering the arena, Lee just wasn't able to even get a hit in on the female wrestler he was facing. Apparently, she was extremely determined to get some info from him. However, even in an intense amount of pain, Lee vowed not to reveal anything, although he had to admit that he was definitely tempted.

Currently, Lee was laying on the spiraling ramp that was connected to the spike rising from the center of the arena. Looking ahead, Lee saw Mika leap into the air and land on the ramp herself, landing directly beside Lee.

"Okay, buster!" Mika said as she looked Lee in the eyes. "You're going to tell me sooner or later!"

Lee smirked weakly. "You'll…Have to…Eliminate me."

Mika narrowed her eyes. "You're a stubborn fellow." She said as she hauled Lee to his feet and, with one hand, threw Lee off the ramp, making him fly headfirst towards the edge of the arena. Lee landed on his stomach and slid forward a few feet before finally coming to a halt.

Lee sighed in relief as he rolled himself onto his back. Finally, he was left alone.

Suddenly, the silver-haired man heard a high-pitched battle cry. Look up, he saw Mika leaping off the ramp and flying towards him. Lee's eyes snapped open.

The audience winced in pain as Mika landed elbow-first on Lee's stomach. Link and Genjuro even stopped dueling for a second to wince in pain as well.

Getting to her feet, Mika shook her head. "I tried to give you the chance, pal." She sighed. "Looks like I have no choice."

Grabbing Lee, Mika spun around once, taking Lee with her. Finally realizing that Lee wouldn't say anything, Mika decided to eliminate him. After spinning, Mika let go of the hapless Lee, sending him out of the arena. Strangely, as he was flying through the vortex, Lee looked relieved.

Lee landed in Wario Ware. In fact, he landed in Diamond City, inside a pizzeria.

Mona, the red-haired owner of the shop, smiled when she saw Lee appear and walked over. "Hello there, sir!" She greeted cheerily. "Say, judging by the way you just appeared there, I'm guessing that you've just been eliminated from this tournament I've been hearing about."

Lee grabbed his head as he slowly got to his feet.

"Say, while you're here, could I interest you in a slice of my world-famous pizza?" Mona offered. "Wario eats no other kind."

The silver-haired villain snapped out of his daze when Mona said 'Wario'. He looked at Mona and raised an eyebrow. "Wario? As in the stinking-rich, money-loving Wario? You know him?"

"Yeah." Mona nodded. "He comes in here all the time because he appreciates the fact that I help him out so much."

Lee thought about this for a few seconds and smirked slyly. "So, would you consider yourself his friend?"

Mona slowly started backing away, feeling a little uneasy. "Uh…Yeah. Why?"

"Oh, no real reason." Lee replied as he approached Mona. "It's just that I'm a little short on cash at the moment."

"I don't believe it!" SSBFreak said. "He actually kidnapping Mona!"

"I thought that all the villains made an agreement not to do this!" Unknown1 added. "What do we do?"

"We can't do anything ourselves, but I think I have a plan." SSBFreak quickly started typing on a keyboard. "But it looks like we're going to have the bend the rule of 'random elimination node' just this once."

(The Arena)

"Heinzan!"

The crowd roared in approval as Chang successfully performed another Heinzan (so far, this was the fifth) and kicked Shiba in the chest. However, because of the

lizardman's huge stature, Shiba wasn't kicked high or far enough to be eliminated. Shiba landed on his side, but quickly leapt to his feet.

"You have amazing skills, my friend." Shiba smirked. "I didn't even see that coming."

Shiba suddenly surprised Chang by running at him, showing an amazing amount of speed for such a large fighter. Shiba quickly lashed out his weapon at Chang's feet. The unlikely superhero jumped into the air and watched as Shiba's weapon soared underneath him. Shiba was anticipating this and quickly jabbed the airborne man in the stomach with his elbow. This threw Chang off as he landed awkwardly on his side.

Chang laughed as he jumped to his feet. "You have amazing speed for someone your size, friend Shiba!" Chang complimented as he threw his wrecking ball aside. "'The Koehan' now knows that he has chosen a worthy opponent!" Shiba smirked as he dropped his weapon.

The two giants rushed each other again with the intent on giving the audience a good show. They each reared back and lunged forward, shoulder-first. Both fighters collided with enough combined force to tip over a train. Anyone that remembered the minor earthquake from when Chang fought Valgas wasn't instantly reminded of it, as the following tremor felt at least five times more powerful. Kagemaru and Jigglypuff were the only ones in the air at the time, so they were the only fighters in the arena that weren't knocked to the canvas.

Chang and Shiba each breathed heavily as they looked at each other, neither of them believing that the other was still standing. The two giants panted as they each struggled to recover fast enough to remove the other from the arena.

Much to the surprise of everyone in the arena, audience and Eliminated Seating, Chang and Shiba started chuckling. "You must have an inhuman amount of stamina and strength, friend Koehan." Shiba smirked. "You are the first opponent I've ever had that actually took that attack and remained standing."

Chang smirked in return. "It is only natural that 'The Koehan' has this amount of power." He said. "He wouldn't be able to fight the evil scum of the Earth any other way."

"Well, let's finish this fight." Shiba said. "I'm looking forward to getting this over with."

Chang nodded as the two giants advanced on each other again.

Man and lizard instantly started grappling each other, and the two started punching each other, resorting on their fists rather than their weapons to eliminate the other.

After a little bit, Chang broke away from Shiba and jumped back. "It is time that 'The Koehan' finished this!" Running forward, Chang approached Shiba and raised his foot. "Heinzan!"

However, rather than strike his opponent, Chang felt his foot strike nothing but air. He realized all too late that Shiba had sidestepped the attack. Shiba quickly took this opportunity and grabbed Chang, throwing him out of the arena. Shiba quickly picked up Chang's iron wrecking ball, which had been on the canvas since the two had thrown down their weapons. The lizardman tossed the ball out of the arena after Chang, knowing that he'd need it wherever he'd end up. Shiba picked up his weapon and went off to start another fight.

(Announcer's Booth)

"Did it work?"

Unknown1 looked at the monitor and nodded. "Yep. He's where we want him."

"Good."

(Dome; Recovery Room)

Electro slowly sat up on the medical bead, rubbing his head. "Man. What happened."

Dr. Tuta chuckled. "You landed in Ecco the Dolphin. Apparently, you and water don't mix very well."

Faust, standing aside, laughed through the paper bag on his head. "I haven't seen someone so shocked since I told Johnny that I-No had stolen his hairgel!"

Shaking his head to clear his mind, Electro stood up. "As much as I'd love to stand around here." His voice dripped with sarcasm, but he wasn't sure if either of the two medical officers noticed. (Mio, the nurse, did. She quickly whapped Electro over the head with her clipboard) "I have somewhere to go. Now, if you'll excuse me."

Electro pushed his way past the doctors and walked out the door to the Recovery Room. However, the green-clad supervillain froze when he saw the barrel of a gun jammed into his face.

"Freeze, buster." Joanna Dark said…Well…Darkly.

Tossing a Fragmentation Grenade to himself, Master Chief nodded. "Listen to the lady, pal."

The insanely sharp tips of Knuckles' gloves were dangerously close to Electro's stomach. "Just tell us what you know about this kidnapping plot and you won't get hurt."

Samurai Goroh pressed the tip of one of his swords up to Electro's throat. "Mel Masters has gone missing, and we have a feeling that you villains are behind it."

"So spill it, buddy!" Psymon Stark concluded before looking at the tattoo on his shoulder. "No, we're not going to kill him, you putz! We're going to make him tell us what he knows!"

Sweat dripped down Electro's face, but he wasn't about to let these security leaders get the best of him. Luckily for him, all of the others looked at Psymon as the Canadian psycho continued to argue with his tattoo. Electro took the chance and slipped by. He instantly started running down the hallway.

"Hey! He's getting away!" Joanna shouted.

"After him!" Knuckles added.

All five of the security leaders instantly started running after Electro in an attempt to take him down.

(Hotel; Cafeteria)

Rasputin took another sip of his tea, savoring the comfortingly warm taste, before looking around the table he was at. "I can't thank you all enough for coming here just to cheer me on."

Rose shrugged. "Hey, we've all been friends for years, Rasputin. We couldn't pass up the opportunity to see you fight again."

Nightwolf placed a comforting hand on Rasputin's shoulder. "You would have done the same for any of us, right?" Rasputin nodded. "See? Why should it surprise you that we showed up?"

"Well, maybe I can make it up to you guys." Rasputin said. "After this is done, maybe I could find the ones in charge and see if I can get you guys to come fight next year."

Tikal, the orange echidna, smiled warmly. "That's very kind of you, Rasputin."

"Thank you. In fact, I-"

Rasputin was cut short when he suddenly sensed something very disturbing. He furrowed his brow as he looked at the doorway to the cafeteria. "Do you guys sense that?"

The others focused and, like Rasputin, sensed something.

"Yes. It feels almost like two amazingly strong elemental powers." Tikal said suspiciously.

"But they're both concentrated in the same area." Rose shook her head. "How can that be possible?"

Suddenly, the door flew open and two figures came into the cafeteria. Well, it was more like the first one, the female, was almost dragging the second one in. The male of the two looked like he was struggling to walk.

Julia Chang suddenly saw Rasputin sitting at the table. "Look, Eiji! There he is!"

"W-What?" Eiji asked before seeing the bearded mage. "Oh, thank goodness."

"Mister Rasputin!" Julia said. "My friend Eiji needs your help!"

Rasputin stood up. "Certainly. What seems to be the problem?"

(The Arena)

Larcen slowly got to his feet. The last thing he remembered was Busuzima tossing him aside and knocking him out. Amazingly, no one had taken the opportunity to eliminate him. Larcen looked around the arena to see what had happened while he was unconscious.

The burglar quickly saw that Seth had been eliminated, and now it was just Ryu fighting Busuzima, although Kagemaru was running over to help the martial artist. Shiba had apparently eliminated that strange superhero and was now helping Toppo with Lion Rafale. And finally, R. Mika had gotten Lee Chaolan out of the arena and was now fighting Shingo Yabuki.

Quickly deciding to help Ryu and Kagemaru with Busuzima, Larcen reached into his trench coat and pulled out another Sai. Throwing it with all his might, Larcen watched as his weapon cut through the air like…Well…A knife. It sailed for a good while before finding a home in Busuzima's shoulder. The mad scientist, a chameleon at the time, roared in pain before yanking the Sai out of his skin. Almost right after he did, he turned into a human again.

Larcen's eyes narrowed as he charged forward at Busuzima. The green-haired man returned the glare, but didn't move.

"That hurt, you punk!" Busuzima shouted. "I think I'll take you down first before I turn the martial artist into my next experiment!"

"You'll have to take me down before I let you do that!" Larcen shouted back as he raised his knee.

Larcen slid forward the final few feet, his knee outstretched. Unprepared for this, Busuzima took the knee right to the nose. Larcen continued with six quick punches to the madman's chest, making him stagger back a little bit.

The gangster quickly turned to Ryu. "You'd better get out of here, pal. Ninja-boy and I will fight this guy."

Ryu nodded. "Thanks." He said as he ran off to challenge King and Jigglypuff.

Busuzima narrowed his eyes. "You'll pay for that."

Kagemaru quickly kicked him in the back. "I think not!"

Larcen reached into his trench coat again and pulled out his grappling hook. Spinning it above his head several times, Larcen clocked Busuzima in the head four times before lashing it out, striking him in the chest.

Kagemaru jumped into the air and gracefully landed on Busuzima's shoulders, knocking the mad scientist to the ground. While Busuzima was on the ground, both burglar and ninja repeatedly attacked him before the green-haired man rolled out of the way and stood straight.

Despite the numbing pain flooding his body, Busuzima smirked. "You guys are in for it, now!" With that, the green-haired man was engulfed in a white light, turning him into a chameleon again.

Busuzima lashed out his long tongue at Larcen and Kagemaru. However, Larcen surprised the madman by grabbing the tongue and holding it, preventing it from going back into his mouth.

"Okay, ninja-boy! I got him!" Larcen said to Kagemaru. "You take him down!"

Kagemaru nodded and ran at the giant chameleon. The blue-clad ninja slammed into Busuzima, shoulder first. This made Busuzima recoil in pain, and Larcen quickly added to it by releasing the long tongue, making it snap back into the chameleon's mouth. Busuzima continued to stagger back, towards the ropes.

"This should fix you!" Kagemaru shouted as he leapt into the air and brought his foot up to Busuzima's chin. This sent the transformed mad scientist over the ropes and out of the arena, the power from Kagemaru's kick reverting him back to his human form.

Busuzima landed in Clayfighter 63 1/3. There, he started a heated argument with Dr. Kiln about being a mad scientist. Busuzima was winning until High Five came in and swatted them both.

Genjuro ducked again and watched as Link's sword sailed above his head. The two swordsmen had been dueling ever since Chang had unknowingly eliminated Spiral. Right now, the fight looked like it would go either way, but Genjuro was showing a little more determination.

"Why do you seem to determined to eliminate me?" Link asked as he lashed out his boomerang.

"Nothing personal." Genjuro replied as he quickly and easily blocked the boomerang. "No, wait. It IS personal. Haohmaru comes out in several sections and I want to eliminate him. You seem to be standing in my way of surviving the round, so in order to last, I need to eliminate you."

Link paused for a few seconds, then held his head. "Oh, man. Brain cramp! Brain cramp!"

Seeing his chance, Genjuro lunged forward and slashed at Link. Despite his brain hurting, Link saw the attack coming and blocked the blow with the Master Sword. The two warriors locked swords and started an epic battle to wear the other down.

Eventually, the two swords locked again. In the end, Genjuro won the battle and forced Link's weapon to go in a complete circle before finally making it fly from the Hylian's hands. The Master Sword flew several feet away before coming to a rest beside Toppo's feet. The juggler picked it up, looked at it, shrugged and continued fighting, this time with it.

Genjuro laughed heartily. "Looks like your weapon is gone, Hero of Time!" The purple-haired swordsman gloated. "What will you use for a weapon now?"

Link smirked and reached into his tunic.

Genjuro stared in shock and horror as Link pulled a huge, wide sword that was almost as tall as he was out from his tunic.

"The Biggoron Sword." Link replied simply.

Genjuro gulped and watched as Link pulled his new weapon into the air. Genjuro, thinking quickly, held his own sword up and parried the blow, although Link was definitely stronger with the huge weapon. Link smirked slyly as he started to force Genjuro back towards the ropes.

Once the Hero of Time had forced the purple-haired swordsman back far enough, he took action. Link pulled the Biggoron sword back and lashed out with it quickly. Genjuro parried the blow again, but staggered back even further. Link put the sword away and grabbed the Hylian Shield in his arms with both hands. Swinging it like a weapon, Link struck Genjuro across the face with the shield, resulting in a very painful sound.

Link quickly grabbed and threw the angry swordsman out of the arena while he still had the chance.

"Well, that's that." Link said. He looked around the arena. "Now, where'd the Master Sword get to?"

Meanwhile, King and Jigglypuff were fighting Ryu, whom was definitely holding his own against the two. Lashing out a fireball, Ryu struck Jigglypuff to send her from the arena, but the round Pokemon easily floated back in.

Ryu held up his arms as King's foot slammed into them, blocking her kick. Ryu lowered his arms just in time for Jigglypuff to slam a stubby flipper into his cheek.

The young martial artist staggered back and rubbed his face. "Very impressive. You two make a good team."

King smirked. "Thank you, Ryu. But unfortunately, that won't stop us from eliminating you." Leaping into the air, King lashed out a Trap Shot. The projectile soared straight at Ryu, but the young man quickly leapt to the side.

Ryu was so focused on King coming at him in a flurry of kicks that he didn't notice Jigglypuff sit down and slowly start spinning in place until she was spinning rapidly.

"PUFF!" Jigglypuff screamed as she shot forward in a high-speed ball of pink.

Ryu couldn't block the attack in time and could only watch as Jigglypuff slammed into his knee with amazing power. Ryu hunched over in pain and grasped his knee, but that didn't stop King from driving her foot into his face. King and Jigglypuff quickly started attacking Ryu while the young man was reduced to simply trying to block rather than counter.

In the meantime, Larcen and Kagemaru were approaching the battle Toppo (with the Master Sword) and Shiba were having against Lion Rafale.

"Two against one." Larcen said. "I think I'll even the odds by eliminating one of those two."

Kagemaru nodded. "You go ahead. You let me eliminate that reptilian scientist."

Larcen quickly grabbed his grappling hook and spun it around a few times before throwing it towards the lights again. The grappling hook wrapped around one of the beams tightly, and Larcen tugged on it a couple of times to test it.

Once he was satisfied, Larcen stepped back a couple of steps before running forward and leaping into the air, sailing at Shiba with his feet outstretched.

Toppo turned his head in time to see Larcen coming. He tapped Shiba on the shoulder and pointed in Larcen's direction. Shiba turned in time to see Larcen's feet getting dangerously close to his face.

"Ack!" Shiba shouted as he ducked out of harm's way. Larcen, taken aback by Shiba's avoidance, sailed over the lizardman. This threw Larcen off, and he started spinning out of control, careening around the arena. As Larcen struggled to regain control of which way he was going, he suddenly saw that he was flying feet-first towards the trio of Ryu, King and Jigglypuff.

"Get outta the way!" Larcen shouted.

King and Jigglypuff turned to see Larcen coming, kicking the air and trying to stop himself. Unfortunately, there was nothing anyone could do. Larcen's feet slammed into Jigglypuff, sending the round Pokemon out of the arena. This time, she didn't have any time to float back in.

Jigglypuff landed in Kareoke Revolution, where she got unanimous results (she would have won the competition, but she put the judges to sleep).

(Possum Lodge)

"It's time for the Possum Lodge Word Game!" Mike Hammer shouted excitedly. The audience went ballistic as Mike approached the round table where Red Green was sitting with a newly-arrived Genjuro.

"Today, Mr. Genjuro here is playing for this real delicious piece of Pepper Steak!" Mike held up a huge piece of steak with his hands. "Be sure that you have a lot of water when you eat this and get ready to call the fire department afterwards." He looked at Genjuro. "Mr. Genjuro? Cover your ears."

Genjuro shrugged and covered his ears as Mike picked up a small sign.

"Mr. Green? You have thirty seconds to get Mr. Genjuro to say this word:" Mike turned the sign around, showing the word 'kill'. "Kill…Kill…"

"Yeah, alright, Mike." Red sighed, annoyed.

"Oh, right." Mike quickly put the sign down. "And go!" Genjuro quickly uncovered his ears.

"Alright, Genjuro. When you murder someone, you…"

"Make me happy." Genjuro replied simply.

"Uh…No." Red said. "You're a swordsman, so you must have done this to a lot of people."

"Made fun of them for not having a weapon?" Genjuro asked.

Red was silent. "…Okay...Okay, you want to do this to your sworn rival."

Genjuro stayed quiet for a few seconds. "…Haohmaru…" He seethed. "When I get my hands on him, I'll defeat him in a sword battle single-handedly and then make fun at him for being such a pathetic loser and complete wimp at sword fighting. Then I shall drive my sword through his stomach and taking extreme pleasure in ridding the world of his pathetic life. Then, to ensure his death I will repeatedly jump up and down many times on his so-called 'legendary' body and scream various insults into his ears as I drag him all over the village to show everyone that I killed him and-"

"I heard it in there somewhere!" Red said as he repeatedly slammed his palm onto a bell on the table. The audience errupted in cheers as Genjuro snapped out of his constant rambling. Mike shoved the huge piece of Pepper Steak into the hands.

(Dome; Hallway)

"Maybe joining Bison wasn't such a good idea." Ash Crimson thought as another basketball bounced off his head. Ash staggered back and had about three seconds to himself before a yo-yo slammed into the other side of his head.

Despite Ash's team consisting of two giants like Valgas and the Rhino, they were still getting wasted. Lucky Glauber and his team-mates Ryoko and Bridget were, to be frank, demolishing the evil team. Then again, all three of the evil fighters had fatigue weighing them down. Valgas still had a headache from his defeat from Chang Koehan, the Rhino still was feeling a little woozy after his fight against the Tinto soldiers Samus and Reed, and Ash Crimson was still trying to recover after Gadget Z humiliated him in the Eliminated Seating.

Ryoko shoved her hands out, firing an energy blast at Valgas. The spiky-haired giant felt the full effects of the attack and was sent flying into the wall. As the giant man landed on the ground and slowly stood up, bits of access concrete from the wall lightly tapped against his head.

"You'll pay for that, girl!" Valgas growled. "It's not enough that a fat loser defeats me, but now I'm losing to a pathetic little girl!"

A split second later and Valgas was attacking from behind, receiving a very painful blow to the head. Lucky Glauber stood over him.

"That'll teach you to pick on little girls!" Lucky shouted.

"Thank you, Mr. Glauber." Ryoko smirked and rolled up her sleeves. "But I think I can handle this."

Lucky nodded. "Okay. You go, girl." With that, Lucky quickly turned around and did an instant Cyclone Break, slamming his heel into the Rhino's forehead.

Bridget was having an easy time, as his opponent was nowhere near as strong as the others. Now the bounty hunter could almost see why the prettyboy had done so horribly in the ring. Lashing out his hand, Bridget sent another yo-yo at Ash, making it bounce off his knee. As Ash quickly grasped his knee in pain, Bridget ran at him, leapt into the air and landed a hard kick to the face.

"Boy, if this is how you fight, the KOF Tournaments must REALLY be lacking talent." Bridget said as he kicked Ash in the side.

Ash ignited his fist in fury. "At least I don't look like a girl!" He shouted as he lashed out his hand, sending a wave of green flames at Bridget.

The young bounty hunter quickly leaned to the side, avoiding the flames (which, in turn, set Valgas' pants on fire). "I wouldn't be so sure about that." Bridget smirked.

Ash's eyes snapped open as he let out an infuriated scream. "You're almost as bad as that stupid malfunctioning robot!" He roared.

"I'll take that as a compliment." Bridget replied as he spun another yo-yo in the air, doing a round-the-world, which slammed into Ash's chin.

Valgas quickly slapped his pants, putting out the fire that Ash's flames had started. "Man. That idiot is going to get me killed."

"Before or after I pound you into a pulp?" Ryoko asked as she grabbed Valgas' arm.

The giant stared in shock as Ryoko showed more strength than possible for someone her age and size as she flipped Valgas, whom was at least three times her size, over her shoulder.

Valgas landed on his side and looked at Ryoko with wide eyes. "But…How'd you do that?"

Ryoko smirked. "Surprised that a little girl just kicked your butt?" She asked as she released another energy blast from her hands, sending it straight into Valgas' forehead.

Lucky lifted his arm into the air. The Rhino watched as a basketball fell from the sky and landed in his palm. The mutant man was so busy looking around to find out where the orange ball had come from that he didn't notice Lucky throwing it at him. The basketball slammed into the Rhino's face, stunning him.

"If this is what the villains we're going to be up against are like, I don't think we have anything to worry about." Lucky smirked. "First that Setsuna fellow and now you three. You guys are all snaps to beat."

The Rhino growled. "I'll make you eat those words, punk!"

Lucky watched as the Rhino charged forward in a flying headbutt. The lanky basketball player leapt into the air and waited until the Rhino was underneath him. Once he was, Lucky drove both of his feet into the top of the mutant man's head, sending him to the ground.

Seeing that this was his chance to finish the battle, Lucky sprang forward. "LUCKY DRIVER!" He shouted as he flipped onto his hands and did a handspring into the air, twirling in circles, both of his feet outstretched. The Rhino was caught in the attack and was lifted of the ground by Lucky's propeller flurry of kicks.

After Lucky's attack finished, the Rhino was still hanging two feet in the air. The gray mutant fell the rest of the way until he landed on his back, defeated.

Lucky landed gracefully on his feet and dusted his hands off. "Heh. All brawn and no brains. I figured that." He looked around to see how his young friends were faring. "Ryoko? Bridget?"

As it turned out, Lucky's friends had managed to finish their respective battles as well. Ryoko has apparently finished a good while ago and was sitting on Valgas' unconscious body. Bridget delivered one final yo-yo strike, sending Ash to the ground for the final time.

"Well guys. Now we just need to go find Amy Guile before she gets-" Lucky started.

"Will Lucky Glauber please report to the ready room? You enter the ring in the next section." SSBFreak's voice came through the speakers.

Lucky sighed. "Well, it looks like you guys are on your own. I gotta get to the arena. With any luck, D! will still be there and I'll be able to give him a full report on what's happened so far."

Ryoko and Bridget nodded, Ryoko responding with an 'Okay'.

With that, Lucky ran off to get ready to enter the arena, leaving Ryoko and Bridget standing amongst three defeated villains.

Bridget quickly grabbed Ryoko's shoulder and pulled her aside. No sooner as he did that when a screaming Electro flew past them, all five of the security force leaders chasing him.

(The Arena)

Shingo Yabuki decided all too late never to bother a seven-foot lizard with a giant sword again. Shiba blocked every punch the young boy threw, and all it took to throw Shingo across the arena was a simple grab and throw.

Shingo landed on his side about twenty feet away from Shiba, whom had now resumed helping Toppo. The younger fighter was tempted to go try and take down Shiba again, but decided against it. Turning around, Shingo started walking off to find someone else to fight.

Kagemaru jumped away from an ensuing battle between King and Ryu and landed right in front of Shingo.

"Say, blue ninja, would you like a battle? You see, I'm currently without an opponent." Shingo asked.

Kage scratched his head, then shrugged. "Okay, but just remember that I'm not going to go easy on you just because you're a kid."

Shingo nodded. "I understand."

Shingo ran at Kagemaru, whom simply stood still, staring at him.

"Shingo Kick!" The young fighter shouted as he lunged at his opponent in a flying kick.

Kage simply swerved to the side and allowed Shingo to pass by him. Once Shingo had flown by, Kage quickly attacked him with his fist. As Shingo staggered forward, Kage leapt into the air and landed on his opponent's back, feet-first.

Shingo quickly leapt to his feet, pushing Kage off his back. Spinning around, the younger fighter lashed out his fist, creating a small spark of flames. Kage quickly held up his hands and blocked the attack.

"Unfortunately for you, I must finish this." Kage said. "My node hasn't been doing especially well so far. I need the elimination."

Before Shingo had time to react, Kage grasped his hand even tighter and threw Shingo over his shoulder. This sent the younger fighter out of the arena with no hope of getting back in.

Shingo landed in the node of The Three Stooges. It was quickly re-named to 'The Four Stooges'.

Lion Rafale, Kage's nodal companion, was having a rougher time fighting Toppo and Shiba. And now that Toppo was holding the Master Sword made things even tougher. Lion lashed out his fists and struck Shiba in the stomach, stalling the lizardman long enough for Lion to land his foot against his head. Toppo quickly lashed out with his new weapon and made a deep cut in the back of Lion's shirt.

The young fighter quickly leapt into the air and flipped over Toppo before striking the silent juggler with his foot in midair.

"What is it with you guys and double-teaming?" Lion asked. "Everywhere I look, there's at least two of you guys teaming up!"

"It's not our fault that we have a lot of people." Shiba shrugged. "At least two of us enter every section."

Lion sighed. It was times like this that made him with there were more fighters in his node.

Nevertheless, Lion continued fighting. Although he hated to admit it, he was starting to weaken.

Meanwhile, Larcen was still swinging around wildly, gripping the rope attached to his grappling hook for dear life. Kicking the air as he flew around the arena uncontrollably, Larcen was shouting at everyone in his path to get out of the way. After accidentally eliminating Jigglypuff, Larcen had almost done the same with Link, Heavy D! and R. Mika.

Looking ahead, Larcen saw that he was flying towards King again. "Look out!" He shouted.

Luckily, King spotted Larcen coming at him, but the burglar wasn't exactly thrilled about her way of avoiding him. Leaping into the air, King slammed her foot into Larcen's stomach, sending him flying in a completely different direction, back-first.

Unknown to Larcen, he was flying towards the battle Lion was having with Toppo and Shiba.

Of all the things Toppo and Shiba were expecting to happen, Larcen flying in between them and slamming into Lion with his back wasn't one of them. Like Jigglypuff, Lion was sent flying out of the arena from the attack as Larcen continued spinning wildly out of control.

Lion landed in LEGO Star Wars. He attacked and destroyed Darth Sideous, but the dark LEGO character's head promptly ricocheted off his head.

"That guy stole our elimination!" Shiba shouted as he watched Larcen twirl out of control, still hanging onto the grappling rope. "Let's get him, Toppo!"

Toppo was about to nod his head when Rainbow Mika tackled Shiba from the side. "He didn't mean to!" She shouted at the lizardman.

Shiba groaned as he got to his feet. "Look, missy. I don't want any trouble." He assured. "I just want to eliminate that guy."

Mika quickly dropped into her stance. "You'll have to get through me first!"

Shiba sighed, realizing that there was no way around a fight now. "Very well. It looks like I'll have to beat some sense into you."

The giant lizardman lashed out his weapon, attempting to strike Mika in the side. The female wrestler, seeing this coming, leapt into the air and arched over her attacker. Landing behind Shiba, Mika leapt into the air and kicked with both feet, slamming them into the square of the giant's back. As Mika landed gracefully on her feet, Shiba staggered forward a couple of steps.

Toppo would have helped his fellow nodal companion, but Larcen had chosen that particular time to collide with him, knocking the silent juggler (and the Master Sword) several feet away from the battle.

Shiba turned around to try and attack Mika, but the first thing he saw was Mika's hip coming at his face.

"RAIN-BOW!" Mika shouted as her hip collided with Shiba's face, knocking the giant reptile back even further.

Mika ran at Shiba and leapt into the air in what looked like an uppercut headbutt. The female wrestler's head collided with Shiba's chin, sending him into the air a good seven feet.

Deciding to finish the battle, Mika ran underneath the falling lizardman and held out her arms, catching him. Then, Mika proceeded to flip over several times in succession, slamming Shiba into the canvas several times in a row. After about the fifth time, Shiba was feeling too dizzy to try and do any more. He was easy pickings for Mika to boot out of the arena.

Shiba landed in Donkey Kong Country 3. Dixie mistook him for a Kremling and started jumping on his head, wondering why this wouldn't defeat him.

Ryu lashed out another fireball, which King tiredly blocked with her leg. Fatigue was really starting to weigh the female Thai fighter down, although she kept pressing on to prevent herself from falling.

"You have to fall sooner or later." Ryu said as he narrowed his eyes. "You've been in the arena long enough."

Breathing heavily, King lashed out a Venom Strike, which slammed into Ryu's chest. Clutching his gi, Ryu stepped back in pain, but quickly regained his composure.

Ryu lunged at King and sent his fist into the air in a Dragon Uppercut. King felt the full force of the blast, as Ryu's fist slammed into her chin, sending the bartender into the air a good several feet.

In the air, King quickly repositioned herself and lashe dout her foot before she hit the ground, managing to catch Ryu in the side of the face.

After she landed on the ground, King ran at Ryu again and thrust her foot into his face again, knocking him away. King lashed out a couple of Trap Shots at Ryu, further stalling him. This allowed King about ten seconds to try and recover as much energy as she could before Ryu got up and ran at her again.

Once he got within range, Ryu leapt into the air and started kicking wildly, spinning in circles. King managed to bring her arms up to block the attack, but not before Ryu landed five kicks to her face.

As soon as Ryu performed his final kick, King struck him in midair with her knee, knocking him away from her again. Ryu landed on his back, but quickly rolled into a standing position.

Ryu, deciding to end the fight, pulled his hands back and started gathering energy. King's eyes snapped open, realizing what was going to happen next, and unless she did something quick, she'd be eliminated for sure.

The martial artist lashed out his hands, firing a huge beam of fire energy at King. Ryu himself was so blinded by his attack that he didn't notice King at all.

Once the attack finished, the beam of energy died down. Once Ryu could see clearly again, he could see that King was no longer in sight. Ryu sighed, knowing that he had finally eliminated his opponent.

"Trap Shot!"

Ryu realized all too late that King had avoided his attack. After receiving a Trap Shot to the stomach, Ryu was grabbed and thrown out of the arena.

Ryu landed in River City Ransom. He aided Alex and Ryan in taking down the Dragon Twins.

Back in the arena, King sighed in relief. After all her hard work, she had finally eliminated Ryu.

"You!" A feminine voice screamed angrily.

King turned and saw Rainbow Mika charging at her. "You eliminated Ryu!" She shouted accusingly.

King had about three seconds to look around the arena before Mika pounced her. Toppo, still wielding the Master Sword, was still trying to stop Larcen, whom was still spinning wildly out of control. Link, the owner of the Master Sword, was busy in a spar with Heavy D!. Kagemaru simply sat down to recover his energy before the next wave of fighters entered.

And judging by how the two hands floating above the arena were laughing again, that time would be really soon.

RESULTS

RAINBOW MIKA (SFA3)

KAGEMARU (VF)

LARCEN TYLER (EC)

HEAVY D! (KOF)

TOPPO (S3)

KING (KOF)

LINK (SSB)

(ELIMINATED)

CHANG KOEHAN (KOF)

BUSUZIMA (BR4)

SHIBA (S3)

SHINGO YABUKI (KOF)

FALCO LOMBARDI (SSB)

SETH (KOF)

GENJURO (SS)

RYU (SFA3)

LION RAFALE (VF)

JIGGLYPUFF (SSB)

LEE CHAOLAN (T5)

SPIRAL (MC)

FUUMA (WH)

BONUS MATCHES:

"Towering Titan"

EIJI KISARAGI (KOF 95) and JULIA CHANG (T5) cut down JUGGERNAUT (MC)

"Creepy Villains"

LUCKY GLAUBER (KOF), RYOKO (WH) and BRIDGET (GG)

take down

VALGAS (PS), THE RHINO (MC) and ASH CRIMSON (KOF)

Eliminations: Mika, Kage and Larcen, 2; D!, Toppo, King, Link, Chang, Busuzima and Shiba, 1

Current Elimination Leaders: Bruce Irvin (6), Heavy D! (5), King (5), Chang Koehan (5), Jubei Yagyu (4), Watari (4), Athena Asamiya (4)

Behold, Ninja Power: Kagemaru is the first Virtua Fighter to score two eliminations. Not bad for a plain ninja…