(The Arena)
If Mezu was worried, he was hiding it extremely well. Ever since he entered the ring, Rasputin hadn't left him alone. The peace-loving hippie was lashing out lightning orbs whenever he could, which was something very out of character for him. Up in the Eliminated Seating, Captain Kidd and Erik looked at each other, confused.
"You must tell me what you know about those elements that were in those gauntlets, my boy!" Rasputin ordered.
"Why should I help that 80's reject?" Mezu asked, clutching his stomach. "I could really care less about what happens to him."
Rasputin's eyes narrowed and shoved a huge fist into Mezu's face. "That, my friend, was the wrong answer."
Meanwhile, the Stormtrooper was repeatedly firing laser bolts from his Imperial Rifle at Duck King, hoping to do some damage to the breakdancer. However, Duck was proving to be as fast on his feet as a Jedi, and skillfully did several dance moves to avoid the blaster shots.
The white-clad soldier fumed. Even that annoying little duck was avoiding the shots, mimicing its master perfectly.
"This guy is starting to get on my nerves." The Stormtrooper muttered.
"OUTTATHEWAY! OUTTATHEWAY!" Steve Fox suddenly flew by the Stormtrooper.
The foot soldier jumped back in surprise and accidentally shot the oncoming Mizuki in the leg. The evil woman howled in pain as she grasped her leg.
"You'll pay for that, you fool!" Mizuki roared.
Duck and Stormtrooper stared at Mizuki, then looked at each other.
"Truce?" Duck asked, holding out his hand.
"Truce." The Stormtrooper replied, shaking Duck's hand before they advanced on Mizuki together.
Steve, seeing Mizuki getting distracted, sighed in relief and clutched his knees, trying to catch his breath.
Suddenly, a basketball bounced off the boxer's head, making him stagger back, where T. Hawk spiked him into the ground.
(Hotel; Lounge)
Lee Chaolan slowly opened his eyes, feeling a massive headache. He tried reaching to feel his forehead, but quickly realized that he couldn't move his arm. It didn't take him long to realize that he had been tied to one of the lounge chairs.
"Finally. You're awake."
His eyes snapping open fully, Lee found himself staring into the eyes of Heavy D!.
"Okay, man. We know you're in on this kidnapping plot going on." The black boxer said. "So spill it."
"I'll tell you nothing." Lee snarled.
"I kinda figured that." D! sighed before looking at another corner of the Lounge. "Hey, Dan! You having any luck with Anna?"
Lee looked over his shoulder and could see Dan Hibiki and Andy Bogard standing in front of Anna Williams, whom was bound to another chair in a similar fashion as he was.
"Sorry, man." Dan replied. "She's not talking either."
"Well, we'll just have to try harder to get the info we need." Heavy D! looked back at Lee.
Lee smirked. "There's nothing you can do that will make me blab, pal."
D! narrowed his eyes behind his shades and slapped his fist into his palm.
Lee's eyes snapped open. "Okay! I'll talk! I'll talk!" He shouted desperately, not really wanting to go through another beating.
Anna grumbled.
(Eliminated Seating)
Marth looked at Samus. "What do you think our chances are, here?"
Samus shrugged. "We're not doing too bad thus far. Peach has four eliminations already. That's more than what MARIO got." The futuristic bounty hunter replied. "And now we've got three representatives in the arena."
Marth looked into the arena. "Maybe so, but so far all Pikachu's been doing is pounding that water-dog with electricity. And Game & Watch is losing to that Galaxy Fighter over there."
"Well, let's just keep watching."
The blue haired prince nodded before looking around. "Where IS Mario, anyway? Doesn't he wanna see Luigi fight in the next section?"
"He's at the restaurant."
"But he could be there all day!"
"*sigh* I know."
(The Arena)
Mezu lashed out his hand, sending a wave of water in Rasputin's direction. The peace-lover dodged to the side and lashed out another lightning orb, striking the water-ninja's arm. Mezu shrieked and staggered back, which allowed Rasputin to strike the Kizuna Encounter fighter with his large foot.
"Look, friend. I detest violence, so I'll give you one more chance." Rasputin stepped forward. "Please tell me what you know about the elements in the gauntlet so I can help Eiji."
"How many times must I say 'forget it' to get it through that thick skull of yours?" Mezu shouted. "I do NOT want to help the ninja whom embarrassed Gozu and I!"
"Now just a minute-" Rasputin started.
"And furthermore!" Mezu continued. "Why would ANYONE want to help that guy? He hasn't seen any work since 1995!"
Duck was tempted to go over and tell Mezu that Eiji had, in fact, been invited to the latest KOF tournament. However, there was very little he could do as he dodged a blow from Mizuki.
"He's such a loser!" Mezu shouted. "And anyone that would actually WANT to help him is considered just as useless in my book!"
Mezu ended his rant and started breathing heavily. It took him a full six seconds to realize that the whole arena; no, the whole audience as well, had gone deathly silent. All battles had been dropped to stare at Mezu in shock. Mezu then noticed that Rasputin was starting to turn red.
(Eliminated Seating)
Hayate stared at Mezu in shock, horrified at what his nodal companion had just said. "He's toast." He shook his head.
(Audience)
Brian Battler stared, a piece of popcorn still in his hand. He may not have been the smartest person to enter KOF, but he knew never to insult a friend of Eiji Kisaragi like that. He was so shocked that he didn't react when several Monkeys from the Monkey Island node stole his box of popcorn.
(Dome; Hallway)
Eiji and Julia stared at a monitor, slack-jawed.
"Did he just say what I think he said?" Julia asked.
Eiji nodded. "I believe so."
(The Arena)
"HOW DARE YOU INSULT EIJI!" Rasputin roared as Mezu stepped back. "I HAVE SEEN HIM FIGHT IN THE PAST, AND I MUST SAY THAT HE IS FAR BETTER THAN ANYONE FROM YOUR NODE!"
(Eliminated Seating)
"Aren't you insulted at that?" Watari asked Hayate.
Hayate shook his head. "He ain't telling anything that isn't true."
(The Arena)
Rasputin slammed his fist into Mezu's head for what seemed to be the hundredth time in ten seconds. Another two seconds was all it took for the hippie to toss the blue-clad ninja out of the arena.
Rasputin, seeing his opponent eliminated, smoothed out his robe and ran off.
Mezu landed in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. He was about to sit down and try to recover his strength when a hoofed arm grabbed him.
The blue ninja could do nothing as Rouge-Hog slammed him into the ground.
On the topic of villains that fight using water, let's see how Liquidator's doing.
"ELECTRIGGER!"
*BZZT!*
I thought so.
Liquidator again fell to the canvas, but quickly slid out of the way before Pikachu could piledrive into him.
He may have been made of water, but Liquidator figured that these two were lashing out every electrical attack known to man. The water-dog knew that unless he tried something extremely desperate, he would get eliminated easily.
Turning himself into a puddle, Liquidator slipped away from his two attackers, quickly reformed away from them and lifted his hands into the air.
"Our weatherman, the Liquidator, predicts heavy rain over the weekend!" Liquidator shouted.
Suddenly two geysers of water erupted from the canvas, launching both Benimaru and Pikachu into the air. Benimaru was lucky enough not to fly from the arena, but Pikachu wasn't so lucky. The entire Anime fan section of the audience watched in horror as their favourite Pokemon was sent out of the arena.
They sighed in relief two seconds later when Pikachu performed a Quick Attack, zipping himself back into the arena again.
Benimaru, in the meantime, was continuing the assault on Liquidator, thinking Pikachu had been eliminated.
"PIKA!"
Benimaru paused in mid-attack and looked over his shoulder, where he saw Pikachu pulsating with a strange energy.
The tall-haired man's eyes widened. "Crap!" He said as he dropped Liquidator and ran off, having an idea of what Pikachu was planning on doing.
Liquidator staggered to his feet ad held his head. Looking around, he saw that Benimaru had ceased to attack him, and wondered what the deal was.
"CHU!"
The water-dog snapped to attention just in time for Pikachu, spinning in midair and covered in electricity, torpedoed into his stomach.
Liquidator was surged with electricity for about half a second before getting launched out of the arena. He went so far that he splattered against the forcefield and slowly slid down into the vortex.
Liquidator landed in the jungle. He stood up and quickly froze at the scene that lay before him.
Rouge-Hog, with Mezu's body in his grasp, saw the water-dog come in. Liquidator saw the giant warthog's right hoof become engulfed in electricity and ran.
He got about three feet when an electrified watermelon slammed into his back.
Duck King leapt towards Mizuki and slammed his palm into her face. Mizuki quickly blocked the attack and lashed out with her razor-sharp nails. Duck rolled backwards, avoiding the blow. The black breakdancer leapt out of his roll, springing over Mizuki's head. On his way back down, Duck kicked the evil woman in the back.
Mizuki could have easily retaliated, but Duck's baby duck, P-Chan, landed a surprisingly hard kick against her chin. Mizuki growled and lashed out at the small animal. The back of the evil woman's hand struck the small animal, sending it flying across the arena.
Duck's eyes snapped open. "P-CHAN!" He cried and ran over to his fallen pet's side.
Mizuki let out a very rare sigh of relief, but that stopped when she realized that she had forgotten all about the Stormtrooper. She had realized this all too late, as several laser bolts struck her in the back. Mizuki spun around and glared daggers at the Stormtrooper.
"That was a cheap shot." The Stormtrooper said darkly. "I may work for the Empire, but I never resort to harming the defenseless animals, as they're never a threat to the Empire's reign."
The foot soldier, being the expendable grunt he was, blindly ran at Mizuki. The evil woman lashed out with both handfuls of fingernails, but the Stormtrooper showed a rare case of awareness and dodged to the side before bringing his leg up, smashing it across Mizuki's face.
"No one hurts P-Chan and gets away with it! NO ONE!"
Mizuki turned and saw a very angry Duck King stampeding over with a trail of dust following behind him. An equally-angry P-Chan was by his side.
Mizuki growled as Duck rolled into her stomach and launched himself into a kick, slamming into her chin. How could a pair of ordinary fools like these be beating her so badly?
She didn't have time to think further, as both Duck and the Stormtrooper punched her from either side, Duck in the head and the Stormtrooper in the stomach, finally knocking the wind out of her. Mizuki collapsed to the canvas as her opponents stood over her.
The Stormtrooper and Duck again turned to each other and each held out a fist.
"Evens."
"Odds."
"SHOOT!" They both shouted.
The amount of fingers that came up was seven. Duck smirked as he turned and booted Mizuki out of the arena.
The Stormtrooper grumbled. "The next opponent we take down, I get the elimination."
"Deal."
Mizuki landed in Sonic Adventure. Unfortunately, she landed in the Sky Chase mini-game, and Tails' plane obviously wasn't underneath her to prevent her from falling hundreds of feet down into the ocean.
Lucky Glauber looked around the arena. Somehow, the giant basketball player felt that he was needed outside of the arena helping D!.
"Well, I got four eliminations." Lucky said. "That should be good."
Of course, the biggest problem Lucky was having was finding someone to eliminate him. Mika was busy with Peach, Duck and the Stormtrooper were now doing battle with Benimaru and Pikachu, and Kula was running into the fray as well. T. Hawk was doing battle with Steve Fox as Kojiroh Sanada was dueling with the Silver Samurai. Peggi and Belle were currently having a nodal alliance and were fighting Rasputin together.
Lucky quickly saw the fighting pair of Kazuma and Mr. Game & Watch. Coming to a decision, Lucky ran over. As the giant basketball player ran over, Game & Watch knocked Kazuma away.
"Hey…Uh…2-dimensional guy…Thing." Lucky said
Game & Watch turned his head (making it look like he vanished) and looked up at Lucky.
"Sorry for being blunt, man." Lucky said. "But I sorta need you to eliminate me."
The black, flat creature held up a sign with a big, black question mark on it.
"Long story." Lucky replied. "Look. I'll send out an attack and you avoid it. Then you throw me out of the arena."
Not one to turn down an easy elimination, Game & Watch nodded.
Lucky nodded and raised his hand, catching another basketball. "Get ready, man!"
Performing a weak Death Bound, Lucky bounced the basketball off the ground. However, Game & Watch couldn't move out of the way in time and received a blow to the face. Being an extreme lightweight, Game & Watch was sent into the air, just barely falling over the ropes.
Lucky slapped himself in the forehead.
Game & Watch landed in Unreal Championship. Seeing the severe carnage going on, the 2-D creature simply turned. Being 2-dimensional, Game & Watch blended into the background as all of the gun-toting fighters ran right past him.
(Dome; Gym Room)
Billy Kane smashed his fighting staff over Sabretooth's head as the giant mutant lashed out with his claws. The British fighter leapt back as Sabretooth slowly got to his feet.
Sabretooth growled. "You'll pay for that with your life!" He shouted.
"Hey! YOU were the one to start the freaking fight!" Billy replied, holding up his staff to block Sabretooth's following attack. "I'm just trying to keep myself from getting killed here!"
The fur-coated mutant crouched low and charged, lashing out with his claws. Billy saw this coming ad leapt into the air, arcing himself over Sabretooth as he passed underneath.
As Billy landed gracefully on his feet, Sabretooth screeched to a halt, just barely managing to prevent himself from going into the wall. Sabretooth spun around and snarled.
"This punk is almost as bad as Logan." Sabretooth muttered to himself. "If I'm gonna have any chance at taking him down, I need to be fast."
"Why is this guy so intent on killing me?" Billy thought. "I don't even know the freak!"
"Berserker Claw!" Sabretooth shouted and lunged at Billy at high speeds.
This time, Billy didn't avoid the blow. He simply pulled his staff back like a bat and swung with all his might, smashing it across Sabretooth's face, negating the attack.
As Sabretooth stepped back, stunned, Billy plunged his staff into the ground and lifted himself into the air, kicking with both his feet. Both kicks landed against Sabretooth's chin, knocking the mutant back even further.
Sabretooth shook off the effects of the attack and charged again, slashing his claws. This time, Billy couldn't dodge the attack in time. He received a couple of tears in his outfit and a few small cuts, but nothing too major.
Billy narrowed his eyes and stepped back a couple of steps. Sabretooth saw the glare in the British fighter's eye and stepped back himself, a little unsure of what Billy was going to do.
"Take this!" Billy shouted, lunging into the air and swinging his staff a couple of times. Sabretooth received every blow and was sent flying back into the wall.
The furry mutant stood up and quickly knew that he was treading on thin ice. Deciding not to risk injury any further, Sabretooth started running for the door.
"Not on my account!" Billy shouted, spinning his staff in his hands.
Sabretooth may have been fast, but he still wasn't faster than Billy's Fire Wheel. Billy launched the spinning, flaming projectile straight into the retreating mutant's back, sending Sabretooth clear out of the gym doors. Sabretooth staggered to his feet and scrambled off, leaving Billy alone in the gym once more.
Billy, seeing his opponent gone, lowered his stance. "What the heck was that about?"
(The Arena)
Now that Liquidator was gone from the arena, Benimaru and Pikachu could fight opponents on their own.
Unfortunately, Benimaru had come across a very angry Kula Diamond.
Although Benimaru was a little confused as to why Kula was attacking her own nodal companion like this, he didn't realize that it was because he accidentally brought up bad memories of NESTS in the back of Kula's memory when she had entered the arena.
The blue-haired girl lashed our her hand, firing a stream of ice at Benimaru. The tall-haired man quickly avoided the shot as the part of the canvas he was previously standing on got covered with a layer of ice.
"I don't really wanna do this to my nodal companion, Kula." Benimaru said. "But right now, it doesn't look like I have much choice."
Engulfing his hand in electricity, Benimaru lunged at Kula. Grasping her shoulder, Benimaru started sending electricity into the ice-girl's body.
Kula, although in severe pain from Benimaru's attack, managed to grasp hold of the tall-haired man's arm and activate her freezing powers.
Benimaru was so busy doing his attack that he didn't really notice himself starting to feet extremely cold.
Five seconds later and Benimaru's electric attack stopped, but it wasn't because he stopped willingly. It was because he was now inside a block of ice.
It took Kula a good amount of her energy, but she managed to lift the block of ice over her head and toss it from the arena.
Benimaru landed in Mario Brothers 3. Luckily, the Angry Sun managed to thaw him out. Unluckily, said Angry Sun then proceeded to divebomb him.
Meanwhile, Lucky was still trying to find a way to get out of the ring and find D!. Unfortunately, after eliminating Mr. Game & Watch, he was having a hard time finding someone to eliminate him. In some way or another, every fighter was busy.
Suddenly seeing Mika knocking Peach away (where she started a fight with Kazuma), Lucky ran over to the female wrestler.
"Hey, Mika!" He called out.
Mika turned and saw Lucky coming over. "What is it, Lucky?"
"I need to get out of here." Lucky explained. "Could you eliminate me?"
"Are you sure?" Mika asked. "I could probably get eliminated instead."
"That's just the thing." Lucky replied. "Look, Mika. There's no denying that you're the stronger one out of the two of us. I would think that you could wait for a couple more villains to enter. You would probably have a better chance at getting info from them than I could."
Mika paused, then shrugged. "Whatever you want, Lucky. If you want out so badly, sure, I'll eliminate you."
Lucky nodded. "Thanks. Just make it look real."
"No problem."
Lucky advanced on Mika, and the female wrestler grabbed him and threw him over the ropes. Dusting her hands off, Mika ran off again.
Lucky landed on a basketball court. He stood up and looked around, wondering where he had landed.
"Hey, man!"
Lucky turned and saw a black, equally-tall basketball player coming over.
"You up for a round of hoops?" The newcomer asked, dribbling a basketball.
Lucky shrugged. "Sure. Who might you be, man?"
"The name's Lucky Glauber."
Lucky's eyes snapped open, then he passed out.
(Announcer's Booth)
"Okay. What the heck is that supposed to be?"
"Street Hoops. That's what Lucky was originally in before SNK brought him into KOF."
"Yeah? Well, how many members of the crowd are gonna know THAT?"
(The Arena)
Peach smashed her frying pan against Kazuma's head, then kicked him in the chin. The Galaxy Fighter recoiled, but quickly shook his head to regain his senses. He lunged at Peach and thrust his fist out, hoping to knock the princess away from him long enough to pick her up and throw her from the arena.
The Mushroom princess, however, saw the attack coming and gracefully swerved to the side, allowing Kazuma to pass by her. After Kazuma was safely past her, Peach kicked him in the behind, knocking him to the ground.
Kazuma slowly got to his feet, ignoring the three following vegetables that bounced off his head. Turning around, the ninja stared at Peach, wondering how he was going to remove her from the arena if he was losing the fight so badly.
Deciding to try one last attack, Kazuma put his ninja skills to use and vanished into thin air.
Now, because the Smash Brothers tournament never had any ninjas participate, Peach didn't know what was going to happen. Because of this, she was unprepared for Kazuma to appear behind her and kick her in the back.
While Peach was stunned, Kazuma picked her up and started carrying her over to the ropes, intending to throw her out.
However, Peach managed to wrestle free of Kazuma's grasp and land on her feet. She grabbed Kazuma and angrily threw him out of the arena.
Peach sighed in relief, turned around and ran off to resume her fight with .
Kazuma landed in Kung Fu Chaos, where he was instantly tossed out of a window with a mass amount of stuntmen, falling towards the docks.
Luckily, one of the cast members was standing on the dock, holding a trampoline. Of course, after striking the trampoline, Kazuma bounced into the lake, but the ninja couldn't really blame the sap for trying.
(Dome; Hallway)
Sodom crossed his arms in front of his face as another green flame wave from Ash Crimson slammed into them. As soon as the flame died down, Sodom dropped his guard and lunged forward with his sai. The red-clad prettyboy smirked and swung his arm again, striking Sodom with a direct hit of green flames.
The American, Japanese wannabe landed on the ground and rolled for a couple of feet. Sodom found that he had been extremely lucky that his jersey hadn't been set on fire, but paid it no mind. Jumping to his feet, Sodom ran at Ash again.
"You must have a death wish." Ash chuckled. "At least you're stupider than that robot. I feel I can actually beat you here."
Ash concentrated and a huge, spiraling beam of green fire rose from the ground and touched the ceiling above his head. Sodom had unfortunately jumped at Ash when the attack started, and flew right into the pillar.
As quickly as it started, the move ended. However, Sodom had received full power of the attack, and was sent back to the ground again.
Sodom quickly got to his feet again and stared at Ash. He was running out of precious time to find Lilly Kane and Ash was really intent on taking him down. He had to finish this fight fast.
As quickly as he could, Sodom ripped out his sai again and charged, slashing at Ash. This time, the prettyboy didn't have time to counter, and received a painful slash to the chest.
Ash staggered back, clutching his chest in pain. He narrowed his eyes at Sodom. "Okay. So you've got some slight skill. That doesn't mean I can't beat you."
"I have to…Take you down…" Sodom breathed, the fight starting to take its toll on his lungs. "You're…Helping…Bison…"
"Of course I am." Ash replied with a cocky smirk. "He asked for my help and I accepted."
Sodom ran at Ash once again and leapt into the air. Ash tried lashing out another wave of fire, but Sodom managed to avoid it in midair and slammed both feet into the white-haired man's face.
As much as Ash hated to admit it, this guy was pretty skilled. Knowing that he would fall to this wannabe eventually, Ash decided to put his on mouth to use. He grabbed Sodom and tossed him aside, making him land on his back.
"My real intent wasn't on beating you, you know." Ash said with a triumphant smirk. "I was more focused on stalling you for a good while, and seeing as how we've been fighting for a good fifteen minutes here, I'd say that you're even shorter on time to find miss Kane before Bison's men get to her first."
Noticing Sodom's shocked eyes through the mask, Ash realized that his verbal plan was working. He saluted Sodom. "I'll be taking my leave now. Consider yourself lucky that I don't have time to kill you."
Ash turned around and walked away casually, rounded a corner and left Sodom alone in the hallway.
Realizing that he now had fifteen less minutes to find Lily, Sodom staggered to his feet and ran down the hallway, ignoring the pain in his legs.
"I must…Find…Lilly Kane…" Sodom panted as he ran. "I…Must…Find her…"
Meanwhile, Ash had pressed himself up against the wall and waited for Sodom to vanish from sight. As soon as the Japanese wannabe was gone, Ash grabbed his cell-phone and dialed a number. He pressed the phone against his ear and waited for someone to pick up on the other end.
"Hello, Bison?" Ash asked. "Some meddler from your node is onto us. I think you'll need to 'influence' some more fighters into helping us."
(Hotel; Lounge)
"That's all I know! I swear!" Lee Chaolan insisted.
For the past while, Lee had blabbed every part of the plan to Heavy D!, not really looking forward to another beating.
"You're a total wuss, Chaolan!" Anna Williams growled. "I can't believe that you actually told them EVERYTHING!"
"It's not my fault I value my face!" Lee insisted.
"Well, it's all starting to make a little sense, now." Reed rubbed his chin.
"Yeah, but we don't know what the whole point of it is." Vivian shrugged. "How are we going to find out?"
"Find what out?"
Everyone looked at the entrance to the lounge and saw a very angry Guile and J. Maxx coming in.
"Lucky told me that my daughter is in extreme danger." Guile said. "What the heck is going on?"
Dan sighed. "We just found out that your daughter, among a few other targets, is going to be used as some sort of energy source because they have some sort of connection with some of the fighters in the tournament."
"Who would the other connections be?" Guile asked, coming into the room further.
"Johnny Maximum, Chris Lightfellow, King, Billy Kane, that silent juggler guy Toppo and your good ol' brother-in-law." Dan replied, counting on his fingers.
"So what's the big significance?" Guile asked.
"Apparently, there's this main target that's going to be powered by the youthful energy sources given off by the other targets." Asuka Kazama added. "This main target will then be transferred into Bison's latest machine and be turned into a loyal slave. If this is successful, this slave will become the most powerful fighter in existence, giving Bison an incredible edge."
Guile was silent through this explanation, his body shaking. Veins were bulging and his eyes were narrowing, showing that he was getting extremely angry.
"He's actually using my DAUGHTER for a plan like this?" Guile shouted. "When I get my hands on him-"
Somehow knowing what was going to come, Samus quickly placed his hands over Ryoko's ears.
From Ryoko's point of view, she saw Guile rapidly shouting several things in a row, but she couldn't hear any part of it (which, she figured, was probably a good thing). After a little bit, Guile stopped his rant and Samus uncovered Ryoko's ears.
"So what do we do?" Cody asked. "We have no idea where these guys are hiding out."
"Actually, I remember Electro saying a while back that their hideout room is on the 57th floor." Bridget piped up. "When he hired me, he had given me the info."
"Well, what're we waiting for?" Chonrei asked. "Let's go!"
"Attention, please." Unknown1's voice came from the speakers. "Will Dan Hibiki and Ryoko please report to the Ready Room and prepare to enter the arena?"
Ryoko sighed. "Well, it looks like I gotta get going."
"Yeah." Dan added. "So do I."
"Well, while you're in the arena, I'll drop by the Eliminated Seating one more time and grab a few more allies." D! added. "Everyone else? Some wait in the lobby of the hotel while the other go to the Recovery Room and wait for Lucky to come out."
As everyone else agreed, Heavy D!, Dan and Ryoko left the lounge.
(The Arena)
"PEGGI SMASH!"
A huge hammer slammed into the canvas where Rasputin had previously been standing. Luckily, the peace-lover had seen the attack coming and avoided the blow.
Belle pulled out her own hammer, although it wasn't nearly as big as Peggi's. "Come on, Peggi! Let's take him out!"
"SURE THING, BELLE!" Peggi screamed. "MY HAMMER WILL THWART ALL OPPONENTS!"
Rasputin quickly lashed out his hand, firing another lightning orb at the duo. Peggi held out his huge, iron hammer in front of Belle, blocking the electric projectile.
"My! You're a stubborn fellow, aren't you?" Rasputin asked.
"YES, I AM!" Peggi shouted. "IN FACT, I SHALL NOW SMITE YOU WITH MY ULTIMATE ATTACK!"
Peggi crouched low and struck a stance. "SUPER…SPINNING…" His hammer started glowing with a strange, yellow energy. "…CYCLONE ALPHA!"
The loud lizardman put his attack into effect and started spinning rapidly on one foot, giant hammer outstretched. However, while his intended target was Rasputin, Peggi started spinning wildly out of control, actually going away from the peace-lover. Instead, the hammer-wielding reptile spun right towards the duel between Kojiroh and the Silver Samurai.
Peggi struck both swordfighters with his hammer, knocking them both away. The Silver Samurai was sent flying towards the alliance between Duck and the Stormtrooper. Kojiroh, on the other hand, went flying straight out of the arena.
Peggi's attack finally stopped. The lizardman wobbled on one foot for a couple of seconds and collapsed to his side.
Kojiroh landed in Samurai Showdown 4, where she broke up a very-intense fight between Kazuki and Sogetsu.
(Announcer's Booth)
"And THAT is why Peggi isn't a fighting member in Suikoden 3." SSBFreak spoke into his mic.
"Why's that?" Unknown1 asked.
"Because that injury of his makes him extremely inaccurate."
(The Arena)
With Peggi gone, Belle was having a real rough time with Rasputin. The young mechanic swung her hammer at the hippie, hoping to do some damage. Unfortunately for her, Rasputin was more agile than he looked, and avoided the blow.
Rasputin slammed a huge palm into Belle's head, knocking her back a few feet. He really hated himself for attacking a girl less than half his age, but she, along with the giant lizard now laying on his side in the middle of the arena, had attacked him first.
Knowing that he'd have to finish this, Rasputin looked at Belle. "I'm terribly sorry about this, miss." He apologized.
A couple of quick kits with his feet was all it took to send Belle packing.
Belle landed in Dr. Mario. Several multi-coloured pills promptly crushed her.
Or course, with Kojiroh gone, Silver Samurai was without an opponent. Unfortunately for him, Duck King and the Stormtrooper were making up for that in spades.
The Silver Samurai swung his sword at Duck, who bent over limbo-style as the blade of steel went over his head. The Samurai's blade continued slicing through the air, until it stopped suddenly when the Stortrooper shot at it, causing a resistance. The Stormtrooper's white-clad leg slammed into the Samurai's helmet, but it didn't hurt a lot.
A spinning roll to the stomach from Duck King, however, did. The Samurai toppled.
The Stormtrooper fired several more shots at the Samurai while he was on the ground, but they all reflected off the evil mutant's armour and shot around the arena (Steve Fox was among one of the unlucky fighters, receiving a few sharp shots to the back).
The Samurai jumped to his feet and growled. "You pests are starting to annoy me." He said.
Duck chuckled. "Bring it, shine-boy!"
The response Duck got was the Silver Samurai raising his sword into the air. Suddenly, a blue energy bolt struck his sword, coating it in a frosty layer of strange energy.
"Take this!" The Samurai shouted and lashed out his sword, sending a frozen ninja star in Duck's direction.
The breakdancer froze in shock as the ninja star shot at him, but luckily, the Stormtrooper fired a couple more shots, melting the projectile in midair.
Duck wiped his brow. "Hey. Thanks, man."
The Stormtrooper nodded. "Let's get him."
From that point on, the Silver Samurai couldn't get a shot in. The two new allies were dishing out whatever they could, and Duck managed to bring him down with a well-placed kick to the head. The Samurai fell to the ground and didn't get back up.
Duck looked at the Stormtrooper. "Your turn, man."
The foot soldier again nodded. "Thanks." He said as he picked up the Samurai and dumped him over the ropes.
The Silver Samurai landed in Captain Commando. The good Captain and his team saw him, thought he was an enemy and dove in for the attack.
Let's just say that they'll never be making that mistake again.
Meanwhile, Mika and Peach were still dueling. The female wrestler tried a backhanded attack, but Peach once again pulled out Toad and countered the attack. As soon as Mika's hand struck the living fungus, several spores shot into her face, knocking her into the air.
Peach, seeing her counter work, lunged into the air with a parasol and jabbed it into the airborne Mika's stomach.
Mika landed on her side while the Mushroom princess landed gracefully on her feet. The female wrestler propped herself up onto her arms and looked at Peach.
"You're REALLY wanting to eliminate me, aren't you?" Mika asked as she got to her feet.
Peach nodded. "My node needs the eliminations and so far I've got the most."
Mika nodded. "Well, don't expect to see me let up."
Mika was about the advance on Peach when they both heard Steve Fox scream in pain. Looking in the direction of the scream, they saw T. Hawk standing over Steve, whom was laying on his back, having leg spasms.
"What the heck happened, T. Hawk?" Mika asked.
"I'm not sure." T. Hawk scratched his head. "I pointed out that the Stormtrooper had shot him and he collapsed."
"Well, you'd better put the sap out of his misery and eliminate him."
T. Hawk nodded, grabbed Steve and pitched him out of the arena.
Now, Steve wasn't conscious when he was eliminated, but if he was, he would have seen that he had landed in the node of Sonic R. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy (whom was actually driving a car) tripped over his body and landed off the track, allowing Tails Doll to win (unfortunately).
(Dome; Security Sector)
Speaking of Knuckles, the present Knuckles was still fighting against Electro. The small, red echidna glided about three feet in the air before latching himself onto the wall beside Electro. Leaping of the wall, Knuckles spun down and drove himself into Electro's back.
Knuckles knew that if the Security Force was to get answers out of Electro, he had to beat him. So far, the others could see that Knuckles was winning.
However, as soon as Knuckles had spun into his back, Electro thought quickly and engulfed himself in electricity, sending a huge jolt of pan through the small echidna's body. Once Electro stopped his attack, Knuckles was sent flying back into the wall.
Knuckles peeled himself from the wall and landed on his side. Slowly getting up, he narrowed his eyes at Electro. "You wanna fight, cheap, eh?" Knuckles shouted. "Alright! It's on!"
Knuckles ran at Electro and drove his spiked fist into the supervillain's stomach. Electro hunched over in pain, but quickly recovered, picked up Knuckles and threw him away.
The small echidna landed on his back and slid for about two feet before leaping to his feet.
Electro smirked, seeing that he was gaining the upper hand. "You had enough, echidna?"
Knuckles narrowed his eyes. Electro backed up a bit, seeing the echidna start to glow yellow.
"Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack!" Knuckles screamed.
In a high-moving blur of red, Knuckles charged. Had anyone been able to see Knuckles clearly, they would have seen both his fists punching the air about five times a second.
Knuckles slammed into Electro and delivered more than fifty blows in ten seconds without giving the green-clad man any time to counter. After Knuckles delivered the final blow, Electro was sent flying backwards about ten feet, landing on his back. Knuckles sighed in relief and lowered his guard.
"Well, it looks like our friend here is down for the count at last." Master Chief said as he approached.
Knuckles nodded. "Let's see what he knows."
Suddenly, the five heard a laugh coming from Electro. Looking at him, they saw Electro floating in the air, completely engulfed in electricity.
"But…How?" Knuckles stammered. "That was my most powerful attack without the help from the Chaos Emeralds!"
"You punks thought I could be defeated that easily?" Electro laughed. "Allow me to show you how wrong you are!"
Electro raised higher into the air, did an arial backflip and flew straight at Knuckles with top speed.
The electric supervillain slammed into Knuckles body, surging him with more electricity than before.
Once the attack stopped, Knuckles was sent flying backwards down the hallway, heading straight towards a door leading to the crowd. The others watched in shock as Knuckles flew through the door.
Knuckles shot through the door and flew straight past the crowd, whom were surprised to see the echidna burst in. Knuckles shot past the lowest seats in the stands and ended up falling downwards directly into the elimination vortex.
Knuckles had landed Ultimate Spider-Man, where he spent the next ten minutes taking his aggression out on a younger-looking Electro.
Samurai Goroh drew his sword and pointed it at Electro, only to see that he was gone, having taken his chance to escape while the other security officers were watching Knuckles go down the hallway.
The overweight swordsman lowered his head. "He got away again."
(The Arena)
"What the heck was that about?" Mika asked, looking at where Knuckles had vanished.
"Whatever it was, that looked like Knuckles the Echidna that vanished through the portal." Peach pointed out.
Mika shrugged. "Well, it's over. We may as well go back to our fight."
Peach nodded and did a backhanded slap across Mika's face. Mika staggered back, but Peach continued with another slap across the other side of the face.
The female wrestler shook her head to regain her senses and looked at Peach, only to see the princess flying at her, hip-first. Mika thought about the irony of the situation for about one second before Peach slammed into her.
The only difference between Mika's hip attack and Peach's hip attack is that Peach's actually creates a small explosion upon impact, as Mika quickly found out. The blue-clad woman was sent flying into the air and landed on her back.
Mika jumped to her feet and narrowed her eyes at Peach. "I'll need to finish this quickly." She said to herself as she charged. Peach, thinking Mika would do another hip attack, prepared to block.
Unfortunately, you can't block a grab.
Mika, holding Peach, flipped over backwards and suplexed the Mushroom princess several times. After finishing, Mika grabbed the stunned Peach and threw her out of the arena. Peach was so dizzy that she couldn't activate her parasol or try hovering back in.
Peach landed in Bubsy: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind. On her way to the ground, she regained her senses and pulled out her parasol, floating safely towards the ground.
Unfortunately, a red convertible chose that time to drive underneath her. Peach landed in the backseat of the car, but before she could jump out, the doors locked and the roof closed over her, preventing her from escaping. The red convertible, with Peach still inside, continued driving.
(Announcer's Booth)
Unknown1 shook his head in hopelessness. "Amazing. No matter where she goes, that girl just can't stay out of trouble."
"I know." SSBFreak sighed. "It's almost like she's got a sign that says 'kidnap me' taped to her back.
(The Arena)
Duck King barreled into T. Hawk's stomach as the huge native bent forward. Ever since the Silver Samurai was eliminated, the Stormtrooper had gone on to fight Rasputin, and Duck had been forced to go it alone.
As soon as Duck's attack ended, T. Hawk raised his hand and spiked Duck into the canvas. The mohawked breakdancer quickly jumped to his feet and landed his foot against the giant man's face. T. Hawk staggered back as Duck continued the onslaught, slamming his palm into T. Hawk's chest several times.
Duck leapt into the air and grabbed T. Hawk's shoulders. Pushing himself over the giant native, Duck landed several sharp kicks into the square of T. Hawk's back. The baby duck quickly kicked T. Hawk in the chin afterwards.
When Duck landed, he saw that T. Hawk was getting close to the ropes. Duck stepped back a couple of steps, charged forward and went into a roll, continually striking T. Hawk from behind. T. Hawk flew towards the ropes and bounced off, where Duck easily booted him out of the arena.
T. Hawk landed in Luigi's Mansion. Once he found the Fire Medallion, the ghosts instantly started swarming him.
Back in the arena, Pikachu performed a Thundershock, bringing a lightning bolt down on Kula's head. The ice girl, although hurt, quickly shook off the effects of the attack and lashed out her hands, firing a freeze beam at the small Pokemon. Pikachu saw the attack coming and did a Quick Attack to avoid the blow.
Kula was getting intensely frustrated with how difficult it was to actually strike the rat Pokemon due to his size, but pressed on anyway. She suddenly saw Pikachu lunging at her and thrust her foot into his face, bringing him out of the charge.
Pikachu quickly jumped to his feet and shoved his face forward. "Pikachu!" He shouted, firing a bolt into the ground. The bolt crawled over to Kula, but the blue-haired girl easily avoided the attack. The rat Pokemon, feeling confident, ran at Kula again.
However, Kula saw him coming and grabbed him in midair. With a mighty swing, Kula threw Pikachu out of the arena. She then shoved her hand in the direction Pikachu was falling.
Luckily for Pikachu, he hadn't gone far enough for the Quick Attack not to help him recover. He did a Quick Attack and zoomed towards the arena again.
The Quick Attack suddenly stopped when Pikachu slammed headfirst into a sheet of ice that was attached to the ropes, thus preventing the Pokemon from re-entry. The senses knocked out of him, Pikachu tumbled into the vortex.
Pikachu landed in his home node. Luckily for him, he landed on a soft patch of grass, curled up and fell asleep.
Back in the arena, Kula watched as the block of ice melted away. The ice girl turned to see how everyone else was faring. Kula was amazed to see that Mika was still in the arena, and was now sitting on the ground, trying to catch enough breath to be ready for the next wave of fighters. Duck King (and his faithful pet P-Chan) danced around, keeping himself ready for anything. Rasputin adjusted his cloak and exhaled once, clearing his mind. The Stormtrooper, a couple of dents in his armour, checked over his rifle to make sure it was working properly. Peggi, giving a big, toothy grin, leaned on his hammer, taking some pressure off his injury.
Although the hands weren't around anymore, everyone knew that the next wave of fighters were about to enter.
RESULTS
DUCK KING (FF)
KULA DIAMOND (KOF)
RASPUTIN (WH)
RAINBOW MIKA (SFA3)
PEGGI (S3)
STORMTROOPER (SW)
(ELIMINATED)
LUCKY GLAUBER (KOF)
PEACH TOADSTOOL (SSB)
PIKACHU (SSB)
T. HAWK (SFA3)
LIQUIDATOR (DWD)
SILVER SAMURAI (MC)
KOJIROH SANADA (LB)
KAZUMA (GF)
BENIMARU NIKAIDO (KOF)
BELLE (S3)
STEVE FOX (T5)
MR. GAME & WATCH (SSB)
MIZUKI (SS)
MEZU (KE)
BONUS MATCHES:
"Third Time's a Charm, Ash?"
SODOM (SFA3) stalemates with ASH CRIMSON (KOF)
"Fur-Coated Felon"
BILLY KANE (FF) shreds SABRETOOTH (MC)
"Security Smash II"
ELECTRO (MC) shocks KNUCKLES (StH)
Eliminations: Duck, Kula, Rasputin and Mika, 2; Peggi, Stormtrooper, Lucky, Peach, Pikachu and T. Hawk, 1
Current Elimination Leaders: R. Mika (8), King (7), Bruce Irvin (6), Peach Toadstool (5), Lucky Glauber (5), Chang Koehan (5), Heavy D! (5)
R. Mika, Record-Breaker: In only four sections, R. Mika now has more eliminations than anyone else in the MMT.
New Guys Rule: After this section finished, R. Mika is the only one left in the arena that survived more that one round.