(The Arena)

The seven fighters in the arena continued to rest, unsure as to whom was going to enter the arena next. Suddenly, they heard the crowd cheering. Turning to the entrance curtain, they saw the next fighter coming out.

"RUGAL BERENSTIEN!" (KOF)

The one-eyed villain came out to a positive crowd reaction. Rugal looked around the arena and smirked. No one in the arena looked particularly threatening, especially since R. Mika had already been eliminated.

When Rugal hit the arena, he noticed Kazuya Mishima. Thinking Kazuya, the son of Heihachi, to be an ally, Rugal went over to him.

"Excuse me, but you ARE Heihachi's son, am I right?" Rugal asked.

A foot was instantly driven into Rugal's face.

"I am, but I will not hear ANYTHING about that heartless jerk!" Kazuya roared. "You know him, don't you? Then you're in for a world of hurt, buddy!"

"NINA WILLIAMS!" (T5)

Nina was extremely confused. She had seen Anna wandering around the dome, talking to people such as Vega and Setsuna. However, she didn't remember Anna actually being INVITED to the tournament to begin with. This either meant that Anna was simply coming to watch the tournament and have fun or there was something big going on and Anna was in on it.

"Somehow," Nina thought as she jumped into the arena. "I don't think it's the former."

Nina's first instincts were to go help Kazuya, but when she saw him screaming psychotically while beating the tar out of the strange man in the red tux, she decided to look for a challenge in Goh Hinogami.

"VENOM!" (MC)

The cheer for Venom was louder than anyone else in the Marvel node thus far. Venom stepped outside of the entrance curtain, shot a line of web to a beam above the arena and did a web swing over the ropes and into the ring.

Landing in the arena, Venom looked around. "We shall prove that we can dominate the tournament and become the winners, destroying everyone in our way!" He shouted. "No one else shall hold a candle to our might!"

Luigi cracked his knuckles and approached. "We'll soon see about that."

(Dome; Hallway)

Heavy D! ran down the hallway with his newfound allies behind him. He was currently trying to get to the lobby of the hotel to meet up with part of the group that was waiting there.

"How many are in this group?" Sagat asked. "We'll need a lot to take down Bison."

"Believe me, there's a lot." D! replied. "I think we can do this."

"Hopefully, we can pull this off before these youngsters get hurt." Jacky said.

"Quite right, fellow freedom fighter!" Chang added. "We shall vanquish these evildoers and save those poor children!"

The decent-sized group continued running down the hallway a little longer when a wave of fire shot from the side and slammed into Heavy D!. The black boxer roared in pain as he collapsed to one knee.

"D!" Clark shouted as he and Falco helped D! to his feet. "What the heck was that?"

"That would have come from me!"

The group turned and saw Ash Crimson stepping into view.

Clark's eyes narrowed. "Why am I not surprised you're in on this, Crimson?"

Ash shrugged with a smirk, then got straight to the point. "I have orders to kill you, my friend. I'll see to it that I succeed."

"You and what army?" Watari asked, holding his sword cautiously.

Ash smirked cockily. "Why, THIS army."

With a snap of his fingers, several more figures joined Ash: Yuber, Toad, Mystique, Balrog, Earthquake, Gen-An and Heihachi Mishima. Then, to the good fighters' surprise, came Roy, Seth, Borus, Percival, Jin Chonshu and Marrow.

"What the heck?" Falco asked. "You guys are supposed to be on our side!"

Ryu held Falco back with one arm. "It must be Bison's work. He has been known to have the ability to warp people's minds."

Sagat nodded. "He did this with Cammy and the rest of the dolls. He's done it again."

"Then let's put a stop to this!" Clark cracked his knuckles.

"IF you live that long." Heihachi said. "Okay, team. Let's take 'em out!"

"Ah, yes. It is finally time for me to show my true power." Ash said with a smirk.

"That wasn't your true power you showed in the ring?" Jack asked with an equally-big smirk.

Ash narrowed his eyes. "You die first. En guard!"

(The Arena)

"DHALSIM!" (SFA3)

Dhalsim didn't need to come out of the entrance curtain. He simply teleported into the arena and started attacking the first person he saw. That was Rugal Berenstien, whom Kazuya was still pounding into the ground.

Kazuya glared at the skinny monk. "I don't need any help with this guy, thank you very much."

Dhalsim shrugged. "Whatever you say." He then shot his fist at Kung Pow (whom was on the other side of the arena) and stretched his arm out to nail the goofy Clayfighter in the jaw.

"HAOHMARU!" (SS)

"And here comes Haohmaru, Samurai Showdown's lead character." SSBFreak announced.

"I often wonder how much money he ends up spending on hairgel…" Unknown1 mused.

The crazy-haired fighter came out to traditional, oriental music as he walked down to the arena. He stopped partway down to look around.

"Hmm…Each fighter is skilled in some way or another." Haohmaru observed. "I guess I can go challenge that Chinese man with the funny hair. He looks like he could pose the biggest challenge." And so, Haohmaru entered the arena, drew his sword and went over to challenge Kung Pow.

(Eliminated Seating)

Of course, no one in the Eliminated Seating was really paying attention to what Haohmaru was doing. This was because as soon as Haohmaru's name was announced, Genjuro got up, ran over to the barrier and started screaming murder at his sworn rival.

Fuuma looked at Genjuro's show and shook his head. "Look at that guy. Screaming at his rival like it's the most important thing in his life. You won't catch ME doing anything like that."

(The Arena)

"HANZOU!" (WH)

Almost instantly, Fuuma was right beside Genjuro and joined him in screaming murder and certain words that would make the rating for this fanfic go up.

Hanzou was mildly amused at this, but continued down to the arena. Upon his landing, he went over to challenge Duck, and would've made it there had Cecile accidentally beaned him with her shield.

Holding his head in pain, Hanzou glared down at Cecile, whom looked nervous.

"S-Sorry, sir! It was a total accident! Honest!" Cecile stammered, not really wanting to get on a ninja's bad side.

Hanzou put up his fists. "Save it."

Most people were so focused on Genjuro and Fuuma still shouting at their rivals (as security was now taking them away), that they didn't notice the familiar spotlight shining on the entrance curtain.

"And now…Mystery Fighter…Number…TWELVE!"

"GABBY JAY!" (Super Punch Out!)

The crowd, surprisingly, applauded decently for the old boxer that emerged from the curtain. Gabby Jay looked around in disbelief.

"Th-They're cheering for me…They're actually cheering for me!" Gabby said excitedly. "This is my big chance to prove myself!"

Gabby leapt into the arena and instantly went for the fight Nina was having with Goh. The old man wound up his fist as he ran and thrust it out, slamming Goh with enough force to send him across the arena.

Nina marveled at the sight. "Wow. That was some punch." She complimented. "I'm impressed."

Gabby looked at his glove, not really believing that he did that himself. "So am I."

(Announcer's Booth)

Unknown1 looked at SSBFreak. "You invited GABBY JAY?"

"Yeah? So?"

"He's the first freaking opponent you fight in Super Punch Out! Couldn't you have gotten someone a little more talented?"

"Hey, now. I tried looking for the most popular fighter in the game. Bald Bull wouldn't do it, Mad Clown was busy and Super Macho Man was posing for a magazine." SSBFreak explained.

"Well, why not invite Nick Bruiser? He's the final opponent in the game."

"Do you know how much hate mail we'd get if we invited that overpowered, unoriginal jerk to the tournament?"

"Yeah. I guess you're right….But still, GABBY JAY?"

(Hotel; Lobby)

"Man! Where the heck are they?" Reed complained as he paced back and forth.

"Be patient, Reed." Nei said. "Heavy D! is just getting some more allies and the others should be on their way back with Lucky."

"We need to get going, though." Guile grumbled. "If we're to have any chance at stopping Bison, we need to move fast."

The small group either sat or stood in the lobby, waiting for the others to show up. They had been waiting for the better part of ten minutes now and some of them, like Reed and Guile, were growing impatient.

"He's right, Nei." Chonrei sighed. "If we don't hurry, Bison's plan may succeed and none of us really want that to happen."

Suddenly, the group caught someone coming into the lobby. It was a tall man dressed in black, with short hair. The group had a hard time figuring out which colour was the man's natural hair colour, as the top of his hair was blonde while the sides were black. He had a pretty large and insane grin on his face and walked with one hand in his pocket.

"Who the heck is that?" Samus asked.

"Ryuji Yamazaki." Chonrei explained. "He's a thug that does anything for money."

"You think he's working for Bison?"

"Wouldn't be surprised."

Meanwhile, Yamazaki was pleased with his luck. Bison had offered him a large sum of money to help him out, so it was definitely an offer he couldn't refuse. And the job that he had seemed so easy!

{Easiest cash I ever made.} Yamazaki thought as he made his way to the elevator.

Suddenly, the thug saw something out of the corner of his eye that made him turn his head: A blonde man with a strange hairstyle coming over to him. A sword dangled at his side.

"May I help you?" Yamazaki asked with a smirk.

"I'll get straight to the point." Reed explained. "Do you know anything about Bison?"

Knowing what Reed was talking about, Yamazaki smirked even bigger. "And what if I do?" He toyed.

Yamazaki suddenly found himself staring down the blade of a long, thin sword. Reed narrowed his eyes. "Then I'll force the info out of you."

"Oh. I get what you're saying." Yamazaki chuckled. "You have a death wish."

(The Arena)

"KIM SUE IL!" (KE)

Staff in hand, Kim Sue ran down to the ring, getting ready to take out any villain he came across. Right now, that was only Rugal, although Kazuya and Venom were also possibilities.

Landing in the arena, Kim Sue was about to make a run at Rugal when Duck rolled up, followed closely by P-Chan.

"Hey, man! Wanna fight?" Duck asked.

"Uh…"

"Great!" Duck rolled at the descendant of Kim Kapwhan.

"SHABON!" (S3)

Loud cheers arose for the youngest competitor in the tournament. The little girl waved to the crowd and ran down to the arena. As she jumped in, Shabon landed a flying kick to Haohmaru's back.

Haohmaru turned around. "Yes?"

"Hi! Shabon wishes to fight you!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that. You're only a little girl."

"Aw, c'mon!" Shabon pouted.

Rugal, seeing Shabon enter, kicked Kazuya off of him. Remembering that Shabon was one of the targets, he advanced.

"DONKEY KONG!" (SSB)

"He's the leader of the bunch"

"You know him well"

"He's finally back"

"To kick some tail!"

"His coconut gun"

"Can fire in spurts"

"If he shoots ya"

"It's gonna hurt!"

"He's bigger, faster and stronger too"

"It's the first member of the DK Crew"

"Huh!"

The huge ape burst out from behind the curtain, dancing to the (in)famous 'DK Rap'. A good amount of the audience clapped the beat as DK started dancing down to the ring showing that he was indeed a 'hip-hop masta monkey'.

"D-K!"

"Donkey Kong!"

"D-K!"

"Donkey Kong is here!"

DK leapt into the arena and made a mad dash to help Luigi. The green-clad plumber knocked Kula away and saw the large ape coming over. "Hey, DK! You up for some double-teaming?"

The large simian pounded his chest and let out a loud ape cry, clearly agreeing.

(SSB Locker Room)

"We're doing pretty well." Captain Falcon nodded as he watched the monitor. "Only a select few of us got eliminated easily."

"I'm pretty confident that one of us can actually win this thing." Fox agreed.

"You're probably saying that because you got such a late draw."

"Sooooo?"

Meanwhile, Ness and Mewtwo sat aside, each in deep thought and in total silence. Aside from the light snoring still coming from Zelda, their part of the Locker Room was completely silent.

"Mewtwo?"

"Yeah?"

"I've got a really bad feeling that something's gonna happen."

"I know. I sense it too."

(The Arena)

"GUY!" (SFA3)

The orange-clad ninja jumped out from behind the curtain and sprinted down to the ring. When Guy landed, he quickly ran over to Rugal and kicked him in the back. This gave Kazuya time to grab Rugal and slam him into the canvas again.

Seeing his job done, Guy ran off and started a fight with Kula Diamond.

"Say. Aren't you that guy from Final Fight?" Kula asked.

"Yeah. Why?" Guy replied.

Kula shrugged. "No real reason. You were cool and all, but I tended to play as Cody more often."

Guy sighed.

"VANESSA!" (KOF)

The redhead woman came out from behind the curtain and went down into the ring. When she entered, Vanessa went over to Gabby Jay and punched him in the face. The old boxer, quickly retaliated with a blow to her stomach. Fortunately, Vanessa didn't feel the attack.

Unfortunately, this was mainly because Bison had warped her mind and she couldn't feel a thing.

The two boxers exchanged blows, each one hitting the other several times. Many people were amazed that Gabby had lasted as long as he had, even if it was only a few minutes.

Holding his jaw in pain, Gabby lashed out his right hand, nailing Vanessa with a hard hook.

"Sun goes down into the west again"

"Night wind blowing through my hair"

Venom's eyes lit up, recognizing the theme song and knowing who was entering next.

"Starlight shin and moonlight glow"

"On the streets and out of control"

Through a hole in the roof, a winged shadow fell over the arena.

"And now, the final fighter of this section…"

"On the prowl till the sun comes up again…"

"LANDIS!" (S3)

"Alright! Alright!"

"Alright! Alright!"

"Come dusk I feel at home"

"Sun goes down, we rule the night!"

"Alright! Alright!"

"Alright! Alright!"

"An through the night I will roam"

"Sun goes down, we rule the night!"

Letting out a loud 'YUH-HUH-HUH!', Landis swooped down from the hole in the roof and flew into the arena rather than use the entrance curtain. The song playing in the background was Squad Five *O playing 'We Rule the Night'.

Venom went over to greet his new friend as he touched down.

"Landis! We are glad to see you enter the same section as we did!" Venom said.

"Heh-heh. No problem." Landis said. "Now let's waste everyone here!"

"Alright!" Venom shoute, pumping his fist into the air.

Landis raised his scythe into the air as a creepy and insane look appeared in his eye.

"THE GRIM REAPER WILL KILL YOU ALL!"

Landis charged.