(The Arena)
The five fighters in the arena watched as Master Hand and Crazy Hand started changing the arena again. After a few seconds, they noticed that the black energy streaks on the canvas vanished from sight.
Soon, the two finished altering the arena. Mika looked around and scratched her head as she looked at the square arena with ropes around the edges.
"But…The arena's the same as Section One." She said aloud.
Suddenly, Master Hand pointed at Crazy Hand accusingly and flew at him, barreling into the crazier glove with full force. The two gloves, in a fighting ball, fell through the elimination vortex.
(Announcer's Booth)
SSBFreak and Unknown1 looked at the monitor, slack-jawed, as they watched the hands land directly on top of Crono in Crono Trigger.
"What the heck just happened?" SSBFreak asked.
"I think they just did that as an excuse to get out of here." Unknown1 replied. "I honestly think they ran out of ideas for arena alterations."
"You think we should go along with it?"
"Why not?" Unknown1 shrugged as he turned on his mike. "Well, folks, with the Hands gone from the arena, it looks like we're stuck with this arena alteration for the rest of the tournament."
(The Arena)
The five fighters looked at each other, shrugged and resumed waiting for the next wave of fighters.
"STEVE FOX!" (T5)
The British boxer came out from behind the curtain and waved to the crowd as he walked down the ramp to the ring. It was a real pity that Heavy D! was no longer in the arena, he lamented, as he had been hoping for a good challenge when he hit the arena.
Steve tried stepping into the arena, but tripped over the ropes and landed on his stomach.
Lucky sighed and beaned him with a basketball.
"BELLE!" (S3)
The young mechanic almost didn't hear the loud cheer the audience was giving her. Instead, she was too busy talking to herself.
"I can't BELIEVE it!" Belle said to herself. "Gadget Z malfunctioned as soon as he got into the arena and attacked Hugo! Now Hugo will think I'm a horrible mechanic and get mad at me and refuse to go out with me!"
As Belle continued her rant, she unknowingly stepped into the ring and walked right through the wave of the six fighters in the arena and continued walking. Lucky looked at Mika and spun his index finger around his ear.
"Now if I'm to make up for that, I have to eliminate everyone in the arena and show Hugo that I'm strong enough to-"
"Hey!" Kojiroh shouted.
Belle snapped out of her daze and looked around, finding herself on the other side of the arena. She turned around and saw the six fighters looking at her strangely. Belle blushed furiously as she grabbed her hammer and charged.
"RASPUTIN!" (WH)
As 'All You Need is Love' came from the speakers, Rasputin came out from behind the curtain.
"Now, I know this is against my policy, but if I'm to help Eiji, I need to get information out of Mezu when he enters the arena." Rasputin said to himself. "I can only hope I can stay in the arena until then."
The first thing Rasputin did when he got into the arena was lash out a lightning orb at Liquidator.
Imagine everyone's surprise when Liquidator jerked back in pain, covered in electricity.
Peach quickly looked at Rasputin. "Alright! You found out how to defeat him!"
"BENIMARU NIKAIDO!" (KOF)
His hair let down, Benimaru came out to a loud cheer (and about a million screams from the fangirls). He quickly ran his fingers through his hair, surging it with electricity, making his hair stand on end.
"Well, I guess it's time to make my fans proud." Benimaru said with a smirk as he ran into the arena.
Liquidator, seeing Benimaru come in, looked back and forth between him and Rasputin and gulped.
(Dome; Hallway)
Sodom ran down the hallway as he tucked Rolento's grenades into his pocket.
"I need to find Lilly Kane before her brother enters the arena!" Sodom said in between breaths, although he never stopped running. "But he enters in only a few sections! I'm running out of time!"
Despite what some people thought of him, Sodom was no idiot. After hearing Balrog and Hopper say that they were targeting Lilly Kane, he knew that they would only go after her once Billy Kane had entered the arena, meaning he wouldn't interfere with the kidnapping. If Sodom was to have any chance of preventing Lilly from getting kidnapped, he had to figure out where in the bleachers her seat was.
So far, Sodom had gone into two sections of the bleachers and did a quick scan of each area, coming up with nothing both times.
Sodom was about to turn a corner and continue running when he caught something out of the corner of his eye. Quickly coming to a halt, Sodom watched in shock as a burst of green flame erupted from around the corner and shot right where he would have been if he hadn't stopped running.
"Sh-Show yourself!" Sodom ordered.
"Very well." Ash Crimson stepped into view. "From you talking to yourself just now, I gather that you're trying to stop this plot of Bison's as well."
Sodom looked around for an exit. He really didn't want to fight, as that would delay him a good while. "Look, can't you just let me go on?"
"No can do." Ash said, igniting his hand. "You are not to interfere, and I will see to it personally that I redeem myself for the past two losses by defeating you and preventing you from continuing."
Sodom nervously pulled his Sai out and prepared for a fight. He needed to finish this quickly if he was to continue his search.
(The Arena)
"T. HAWK!" (SFA3)
The huge Native American came out to a decent amount of cheering. Looking down into the arena, T. Hawk saw Mika still in the arena and decided to go down and help her out.
That is, until he heard the theme music Shadow and co. had chosen for him. A strange, fast-paced tune instantly started playing.
"Out West in Gopher Gulch lived the Indian tribe"
"Then come the pioneers and pushed them aside"
"All Indians leave but two. They're bound to fight"
"What can two Indians do?"
"!"
T. Hawk froze and looked up at the Sound Booth, where Shadow, Astaroth and Aila were all doubled over in laughter once again.
"Go, Go, Gophers! Watch'em Go, Go, Go!"
"Go, Go, Gophers! Watch'em Go, Go, Go!"
T. Hawk sighed and climbed into the arena, stepping over Benimaru as he made his way over to help Mika.
Mika saw him coming over and knocked Belle away. "How's it going, T. Hawk?"
"Not too good now that I hear what those guys in the Sound Booth gave me for a theme song." T. Hawk replied.
Liquidator dodged another Lightning Orb from Rasputin, but didn't see Benimaru sneaking up behind him until it was too late.
About two seconds later and Liquidator was standing up, even more electricity surging through his body. This was just perfect, he thought, now that these guys knew his weakness, he was actually vulnerable to harm. Now all he needed was a third electric fighter in the fray.
"PIKACHU!" (SSB)
Liquidator slapped himself in the forehead.
Coming out to a loud cheer (and the Pokemon theme song), Pikachu merrily scurried down to the arena.
"PIKA!" The rat Pokemon shouted gleefully as he jumped into the arena and landed a headbutt into Liquidator's side, surging him with even more electricity.
Everyone quickly stood aside as Rasputin, Benimaru and Pikachu threw every electric attack know to man at the Liquidator. Sure, the water-dog was getting a few hits in, but it didn't look very promising and his chances of surving the next section went down a good amount.
"MIZUKI!" (SS)
The leading villain of the Samurai Showdown node smirked evilly and looked at her hands as she wiggled her intensely sharp fingernails up and down to test them. Satisfied, Mizuki continued to the arena.
Leaping in, Mizuki let out a psychotic scream and threw herself at Steve Fox, attempting to slice him to ribbons.
Steve saw Mizuki coming at him and frantically lashed his fist out, nailing the villainess with a hard left hook, knocking her to the ground.
Mizuki slowly got up and wiped the blood from her mouth. "You'll pay for that, young one." She hissed.
Steve gulped and ran with Mizuki hot on his heels.
"SILVER SAMURAI!" (MC)
The people sitting close to the entrance ramp were promptly blinded.
The Samurai's armour was giving off a bright sheen as he readied his katana. The mutant supervillain charged down the ramp and jumped into the ring.
His first target was Kojiroh Sanada. That girl had proven herself in the last section and the Silver Samurai was looking for a worthy opponent.
Kojiroh saw the Samurai coming over and smirked. "I have heard of you." She said. "You have been known as a deadly samurai. I take it you wish to challenge me?"
The Samurai smirked himself. "You are quite right."
Kojiroh nodded. "Very well. Don't expect me to hold back."
"I don't expect you to."
(Dome; Gym Room)
The gym was currently empty, and it had been since Eiji's fight with Gozu and Mezu. Sure, people had come in to train, but after they saw the condition of the gym, they had second thoughts and turned around.
Billy Kane wasn't one of those people.
The elder Kane sibling walked into the gym, but stopped short when he saw the holes in the walls and floor. He looked around in confusion.
"What the heck could cause such a wreckage?" Billy asked aloud. He saw that the punching bag hanging from the ceiling, his main reason for coming to the gym, was still intact, so he shrugged and walked over to it to start training from when he entered in the next couple sections.
Billy struck the punching bag a few times with his staff. The British fighter didn't know how good his chances were. Sure, he was entering a good bit into the tournament, but he could be fighting against the likes of Kyo Kusanagi or Jin Kazama for all he knew.
Just as he struck the bag the seventh time, he froze. Having spent years as Geese Howard's bodyguard, Billy had been able to hear footsteps amazingly easily. Turning around, Billy saw Sabretooth passing by the gym.
Sabretooth, on the other hand, had advanced senses, and heard the sound of Billy's shoes squeaking against the gym floor as he turned. Sabretooth looked into the gym and saw Billy staring at him.
Almost instantly, a thousand thoughts went through Sabretooth's head. Lilly Kane, Billy's sister, was one of the last targets on the list, and Billy had been known to be extremely overprotective. Sabretooth quickly became afraid due to the fact that he wasn't even invited to the tournament, and yet Billy had spotted him wandering the dome. Thinking Billy would get suspicious, Sabretooth quickly decided to get rid of Billy and then he would have no problem nabbing his sister.
Sabretooth roared and charged into the gym, straight at Billy.
Billy raised his staff in defense as Sabretooth clawed at it. "What the freaking heck?"
(The Arena)
"KAZUMA!" (GF)
By now, people were unsure of how to react to the Galaxy Fight gang. They had imagined that only one or two of them, if any, would get an elimination. And yet Musafar and G. Done were now sitting in the Eliminated Seating with one elimination credited to each of them. People questioned around, wondering if Kazuma could do any better.
The Galaxy Fight ninja ran down to the arena and jumped in, hoping to match Musafar and G. Done and get an elimination.
The instant Kazuma hit the arena, a stray lightning bolt (who it had come from was anyone's guess) struck him in the back.
Kazuma slowly got up. Maybe this would be more difficult than he thought…
"DUCK KING!" (FF)
"Yeah, man!" Duck shouted to the crowd as 'Disco Duck' came through the speakers (as if you were expecting something else). The audience instantly started cheering.
Duck smirked as he danced his way down to the arena. Now that he had been invited to the new KOF tournament, he had some new fans, and BOY did it feel good!
"Heya, Benimaru!" Duck greeted as he jumped into the arena with P-Chan, his favourite baby duckling, following behind him. "Still wearing that tacky leopard print top, eh?"
Benimaru blasted Duck with a bolt of lightning and quickly went back to pounding Liquidator with electricity.
Duck stood up and shook his head. It was then that he noticed the spotlights shining on the entrance curtain.
"And now…Mystery Fighter…Number…TEN!"
"STORMTROOPER!" (Star Wars)
Everyone in the arena suddenly stopped what they were doing and looked at the entrance curtain. Even the three electric fighters pounding Liquidator stopped. The water-dog didn't even take advantage of the situation and instead looked at the entrance curtain himself.
Indeed, a lone Stormtrooper stood outside the entrance curtain, laser rifle ready to take on the arena. The arena stood in silence for about three seconds.
Then everyone burst out laughing.
The Stormtrooper fumed. "You'll all pay for that!" He shouted as he ran down to the arena. "I'll take anyone on!"
(Death Star)
Darth Vader watched the monitor intently. It was time to see if it was a good idea sending a lone and single Stormtrooper into the tournament.
Only time would tell.
(The Arena)
"PEGGI!" (S3)
"PEGGI'S WEAPONS ARE PHAT!"
Belle looked up at the entrance curtain and indeed saw the giant lizardman standing outside the curtain, a huge hammer slung over his shoulder.
Anyone not familiar with Suikoden watched in shock as Peggi limped down to the arena. It took him about four times longer than anyone else, but Peggi managed to get to the arena and climb in.
(Announcer's Booth)
Unknown1 looked at SSBFreak. "Are you sure it was a good idea to invite someone with an injury to fight?"
"Just watch."
(The Arena)
Kazuma, seeing an easy elimination, ran at Peggi.
Peggi saw him coming a mile away and swung his hammer. His timing was perfect, as Kazuma was sent flying to the other side of the arena.
(Suikoden Locker Room)
"I don't know about this, guys." Cecile shook her head. "Peggi's got an injury and who knows how long he'll actually be able to last. He could get seriously hurt and make his injury that much worse."
"Hey, maybe he'll surprise us." Rico shrugged.
"There's always the hope." Juan yawned from his spot on the floor, not really interested.
(Dome; Security Sector)
Electro screamed as he flew down another hallway with all five of the security leaders chasing after him. Master Chief was in the lead, followed closely by Joanna Dark and Psymon. Knuckles and Samurai Goroh were bringing up the rear, but still running pretty fast.
The five had been chasing Electro and even Psymon had to admit that this was getting pretty old. They needed to stop Electro quickly if they were to get back to their job and start looking for Mel Masters, but they currently had no way to do that.
A light suddenly went on inside Joanna's head. Pulling out a Proximity Mine, the special agent hurled it down the hallway, causing it to land directly in Electro's path.
The green-clad supervillain unknowingly stepped right on the Proximity Mine, causing it to explode. Electro was launched ahead several more feet until landing on his stomach.
Electro quickly looked back and saw the five Security Leaders approaching him. He saw Knuckles push his way to the front.
"Okay, pal! We know you're in cohorts with whoever took Masters' kid, so spill it!" Knuckles demanded. "What do you know?"
Electro quickly jumped to his feet and looked down at the red echidna. "If you can defeat me all by your lonesome, maybe I'll tell." He said with a smirk.
Knuckles quickly put up his fists. It wasn't a guarantee, but at least it was something. "You got it, buster!" He said. "Let's rock!"
(The Arena)
"MEZU!" (KE)
In the ring, Rasputin's ears instantly perked up at the mention of Mezu's name. He quickly looked at the others helping him electrocute Liquidator. "I apologize, but I have a more important engagement to attend."
Benimaru nodded. "Quite alright. I'm sure the little guy and I can clean up here."
"Pika!"
Rasputin quickly went over to Mezu, whom had just jumped into the arena. "Excuse me?"
"Yes?" Mezu asked.
"I am a friend of Eiji Kisaragi."
Mezu instantly slashed at Rasputin. "Just for that, you die." He said. "It wasn't enough that that 80's reject defeated Gozu and I, but he broke off a piece of each of our gauntlets!" He showed Rasputin his gauntlet, which had a reasonable-sized piece missing from it. "Now they don't look as good!"
Rasputin stared at Mezu with wide eyes. "Don't you have any idea what you two have unleashed?"
Mezu didn't respond. Instead, he sent a wave of water at Rasputin.
Which was promptly frozen.
As the water, now a block of ice, fell to the canvas, Mezu looked at the entrance curtain.
"KULA DIAMOND!" (KOF)
Unfortunately, the announcement came too late. With 'Winter Wonderland' blaring through the speakers, Kula had already jumped into the arena. Mezu didn't have time to react, and Kula had quickly frozen him. The blue-haired girl pushed the block of ice containing Mezu away.
"Why, thank you, miss." Rasputin said, looking down at Kula.
In all honesty, Kula hadn't done that to save Rasputin. She was instead looking for people to eliminate so she could make up for K's performance.
Kula opened her mouth to reply to Rasputin when Benimaru cut him off.
"Hey! It's that ice girl from NESTS!"
Kula's eye twitched, memories of NESTS flooding through her in an instant. Being ordered to kill K', Candy sacrificing herself to save her, K9999 backstabbing Foxy (literally)…
Letting out an uncharacteristic scream of fury, Kula threw herself at Benimaru.
"And now, the final fighter in this section…"
"MR. GAME & WATCH!" (SSB)
In the Eliminated Seating, Robert once again spat out his drink at Hugo (who still held his umbrella into the air).
There was Game & Watch. He was a 2-dimensional, completely black man with no face and only slightly taller than a Pokemon. The retro gaming giant ran down to the arena, doing his patented two-frame walk.
Strange, black sausages littered the arena as soon as he hit the arena. Pulling a frying pan out of who-knows-where, Game & Watch started flipping his endless supply of sausages at any fighter he could see.
Once he finished, Game & Watch waddled over to Lucky an performed his 'Judgement' attack. Holding a sign above his head, the small, black man struck Luck with a hammer. A '1' appeared on the sign.
"Hey. That tickled." Lucky chuckled.
Game & Watch looked at the canvas, let down that the move wasn't as powerful as he had hoped.