(The Arena)
There were eight fighters currently in the arena, and fatigue was starting to weigh a few of them down. Still, the remaining fighters prepared for the next wave to start entering the arena, and they everyone knew that it would be anytime now. Once they all heard cheering, they looked at the entrance curtain. People didn't even notice the ropes that Kim Sue had broken in the last section repair themselves, forming a four-sided arena again.
"KEN MASTERS!" (SFA3)
Anyone in the stands that was a fan of Ryo Sakazaki instantly booed, but the majority of the crowd cheered for the blonde-haired man.
Ken looked up into the stands and was surprised to see that his son and wife were gone. He shrugged, figuring that they were probably just at the snack bar, as he continued walking down the ramp, waving to the crowd.
(Eliminated Seating)
Ryo looked at a fork in his hands, then at Ken, walking down to the arena. A sly smirk found its way onto Ryo's face about two seconds before he hurled the fork with all his might.
Ken was just about to jump into the arena when the fork Ryo had thrown slammed into his behind. Ken yowled in pain as he leapt into the arena, and once he landed, he spent about five seconds trying to get the fork out of his outfit. Once he saw what it was, Ken cast an accusing look at the Eliminated Seating, where Ryo was doubled over in laughter.
The blonde man shook his head and turned only to have Goh throw him over his shoulder.
"GANNONDORF DRAGMIRE!" (SSB)
The Gerudo king laughed evilly as he walked down to the arena. He received a mixed crowd reaction, but he didn't seem to care.
It was a pity that Rugal had been eliminated, Gannondorf lamented, because then there would have been a better chance of some double-teaming. However, he was pleased that the likes of Venom and Goh were still in the arena. They were skilled, and would give Gannondorf a great, almost Link-like, challenge.
However, before Gannondorf could get very far, Luigi approached. "What're you up to this time, Gannondorf?" The green-clad plumber asked, folding his arms.
"Excuse me?" Gannondorf asked, pretending to look insulted. "What possibly makes you think I'm up to something?"
"You forget that we've got two, count 'em, TWO psychics in our group?" Luigi quizzed.
Gannondorf sighed and lunged at Luigi in a Gerudo Dragon.
"JUBILEE!" (MC)
The young, explosive mutant waved to the crowd as she ran headfirst down the ramp leading to the arena.
Words couldn't describe how excited Jubilee was. This was the first tournament of its kind Jubilee was invited to, and one of the main things Prof. X told her before leaving the mansion was to keep a close eye on Magneto when he got into the arena.
However, since Magneto was already eliminated, that meant Jubilee could focus on having a blast (literally) in the arena.
Once she hit the arena, the first thing Jubilee did was look for a challenge with who she thought was the strongest fighter.
To her, however, that was Donkey Kong.
"You wanna fight?" Jubilee asked.
DK scratched his head before giving his signature "O-Kay!"
"Great!" With that, Jubile lashed out a hand, creating several small explosions around it.
DK looked at the small fireworks display in awe, the reached out to touch one of the explosions.
(Dome; Basement)
"You in here, Rasputin?" Julia Chang asked as she opened the door leading into the basement.
"Ah! Eiji! Julia! I'm down here!" Rasputin's voice called up the staircase that lay before Eiji and Julia.
Eiji sighed and started walking down the steps. "Why did he chose to meet us in the BASEMENT?"
"Probably because it's out of the way." Julia reasoned. "The last thing we want is the wrong people finding about your predicament."
"I guess you're right."
The two went down a short flight of steps before they saw a bit of light. At first, they thought it was a light bulb in the middle of the basement, but as they got closer, they saw that almost the entire basement was lit up. The source of it was a machine in the corner of the room, where a miniature lab was set up. Sitting at the desk, reading a newspaper, was Wile E. Coyote.
"Charming, isn't it?" Eiji and Julia saw Rasputin walking over to them. "The officials said he could set up a lab down here so he felt at home."
"Is he okay with us being down here, then?" Julia asked.
"Oh, yes. Definitely." Rasputin turned to the desk. "Isn't that right, good sir?"
A brown thumb's up stuck into the air, the owner of it not taking his eyes off the paper.
"Well, that's good." Eiji said. "So, did you find out anything?"
Rasputin sighed. "Alas, no. That Mezu wasn't willing to say anything."
"Oh, well." Julia sighed sadly. "At least you tried."
"Well, now you can try to survive us, then!"
Eiji, Julia and Rasputin focused on one of the corners of the room that wasn't lit up. Even Wile E folded one corner of the paper so he could see.
Two very familiar ninjas walked into view.
Eiji's eyes widened, then narrowed in hatred. "You two." He spat.
Gozu nodded. "We're here for those gauntlet pieces, pal. Now hand them over or we'll be forced to…Er…Use force."
"Well, you're out of luck." Eiji growled. "I don't have them anymore. They vanished the instant I picked them up."
"Then I guess we'll have to kill you to get the essences back, then." Mezu muttered as he and Gozu approached.
Julia bravely stood in the path, preventing the red and blue ninjas from going near Eiji. "Stay away, jerks." She said with malice. "I'm not letting you get anywhere near him."
"Fine then." Gozu said. "It looks like we'll have to kill you first."
"Julia, don't! I can take them!" Eiji insisted.
"We can't risk you using those elements, Eiji." Julia said. "I'll handle this."
Wile E, in the meantime, sighed and went back to reading the paper.
(The Arena)
"MAI SHIRANUI!" (KOF)
Mai burst out of the entrance curtain and ran headfirst down the ramp leading to the arena. Mai leapt in, hoping to make up for Andy's somewhat poor performance.
The instant Mai hit the arena, Cecile clocked her with her shield. The brunette woman, rubbing her head, looked down at Cecile questioningly. "What was that for?"
"Put some clothes on, for pete's sake!" Cecile shouted. "The way you fight in clothes like that sickens me!"
Mai sighed as she threw a fan at Cecile. "Why is it wherever I go, I always run into at least one of these people?"
"ELAINE!" (S3)
The blonde swordswoman quickly ran down to the ring and jumped in. The first thing she did was plow her shoulder into Mai, sending the female ninja flying.
Mai slowly got to her feet. "What is it with you people?"
"Cecile, you go. I'll deal with her." Elaine said to her nodal companion. Cecile nodded and ran off to fight Ken. Elaine looked at Mai. "I must say that I agree with Cecile in saying that you need a new wardrobe."
"Whatever for?" Mai asked.
"Well, the fact that you've been wearing that one outfit since 1994 helps."
"But this one attracts a lot of attention." Mai shrugged.
"GEE! Ya THINK?" Elaine asked.
"JUZOH KANZAKI!" (LB)
The huge man laughed heartily as 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' came through the speakers. Juzoh marched down to the ring, his weapon, a club, slung over his shoulder.
"Well, Akari doesn't enter for a little bit, so I guess I can forget about double-teaming." Juzoh mused as he stepped into the arena. "Well, I guess I just need to do some fighting on my own, then."
Once he got into the arena, Juzoh walked over to the fight Gannondorf was having with Luigi. Pulling his weapon into the air, Juzoh smashed it over Gannondorf's head.
The Gerudo king rubbed his head and glared daggers at Juzoh. "What do you think you're doing, punk?"
"Uh…Fighting?"
"Good, because I'm going to do that just for you attacking me." Gannondorf said as he engulfed a fist in dark flames.
Luigi sighed. From the looks of things, he had just gotten an ally, whether he liked it or not.
(Hotel; Lobby)
Reed groaned as he rocked his head back and forth. It was hard to see, but he could tell by the blurred images surrounding him that people were gathered around and looking down at him.
"Well, look who's up." Someone chuckled. Reed knew by the voice that it was Samus.
"You had us worried for a second." Nei said. "It's good to see that you're alright.
Reed slowly sat up and felt his head, having a severe headache from his fight with Ryuji Yamazaki. "What happened?"
"Yamazaki defeated you." Chonrei explained. "You should know not to misjudge your opponents, Reed."
"Well, we have no idea what's going on, or where the villains are hiding." J. Maxx said.
"OR where he keeping the kids." Guile grumbled.
"I'm afraid that's not the last of our worries!"
The group turned to see the remaining two groups coming into the lobby.
"There you guys are." Reed said as he slowly got to his feet. "But what do you mean?"
"Bison's brainwashed a few of our friends to fight for him." Clark explained. "Including Jin Chonshu."
Chonrei's eyes snapped open. "Ch-Chonshu?" He asked.
"Yes, Chonrei. Your brother's mind had been warped." Clark sighed. "However, I didn't know we had so many people on the team. At first, I wasn't too sure about our chances, but now that I see the entire team, I think we have a shot at defeating Bison."
"The only problem is that we don't know where he's keeping the kids." Guile repeated.
"Leave that to me." Vivian said with a smirk.
Chonrei nodded. "You think you could go now?"
"Of course." Vivian said as she sank into the floor, surprising a few members of the team.
"Like that, Vivian can sneak through the hotel without being noticed incredibly quickly." Chonrei explained as Vivian went off. "She can locate all of the kids and relay the message to us."
"Then we'll find out where they're being kept!" Asuka Kazama said.
"Brilliant!" Chang agreed. "'The Koehan' couldn't have come up with a better plan himself!"
Everyone that wasn't aware of Chang's unusual transformation wisely chose to ignore him.
(The Arena)
"BROCKEN!" (WH)
The German robot saluted the parts of the audience that cheered him on as he activated his leg jets. The audience watched as Brocken, arms behind his back, hovered through the air, over the arena and landed gently on his feet. A few more people cheered because of the great entrance.
However, Brocken didn't notice Gabby Jay running in from the side and received a painful blow to the face.
Brocken looked at Gabby Jay with a dark glare. "You really shouldn't have done that." He said as he lashed out his arm, extending it to great lengths and socking the old boxer back.
"Oh, come ON!" Goh complained. "We just got RID of the rubber mummy!"
"YUBER!" (S3)
"Cause I'm stronger, yeah!"
"Than the devil, yeah, yeah!"
"Cause I'm stronger, yeah!"
"Than the devil, yeah, yeah!"
"The fear tries to take me!"
"The flesh tries to pull!"
"Blackness all around me"
"But I'm undefeatable!"
As Skillet came through the speakers, the black knight himself appeared on the ramp leading down to the arena. He looked at the arena and smirked evilly, the thought of severe bloodshed on his mind.
Letting out an evil chuckle, Yuber ran down to the arena and jumped in.
"Oh, crap! It's Yuber!" Cecile shouted.
"Stay away!" Elaine warned. "He's lethal!"
"Heehee, he's the Grim Reaper's worst enemy." Landis added from a turnbuckle.
Yuber again chuckled as he watched Venom, Jubilee, Kula and DK running over to fight him. "You really should have listened, fools."
"ROLENTO SHUGERG!" (SFA3)
"Boom!"
"Here comes the Boom!"
"Ready or not, here come the boys from the South!"
"Boom!"
"Here comes the Boom!"
"How you like me now!"
As P.O.D.'s song 'Boom' came through the speakers, Rolento did the one thing we have all come to know him to do to get to the arena.
He rolled the whole way down.
Once he got to the arena edge, Rolento broke out of the roll and leapt into the arena. While in the air, Rolento bombarded Gannondorf, Brocken and Goh with grenades before he landed gracefully on his feet.
Rolento smirked as he pulled out his baton, ran over to Landis and smacked him over the head with it.
"Yuh-Huh. What did you hit the Grim Reaper for?" Landis asked with a glint in his eye.
"Well, comrade. We need to fight, no?" Rolento shrugged.
Landis scratched his head. "I guess."
"Well then, let us do so!"
(Dome, Snack Bar)
"What's up with this?" Benimaru asked aloud when he walked into the still-demolished snack bar. "This place is a dump."
The owner sighed. "Some people fought in here." He explained. "I still haven't gotten around to cleaning the place up."
"Make sense." Benimaru said. "Well, I'll just have some rice, please."
"Coming right up, sir."
As Benimaru waited for his food to arrive, he felt a light tap on the shoulder. He turned his head. "Yes?"
A watery fist met his face, knocking Benimaru against the counter. Benimaru looked ahead and saw a familiar water-dog standing in front of him.
"Congratulations, you have just won the contest of 'Let's beat up the Liquidator'!" The Liquidator said angrily. "You have won a beating! Like this one!"
Benimaru sighed. From the looks of things, the Liquidator was a little upset at his elimination. "I guess I can't avoid it, right?"
"CHU!"
The Liquidator turned as a small, yellow and black, mouse-like creature slammed into his stomach, surging with electricity. The Liquidator flew straight into a wall, yet peeled himself from it.
"Sorry, but the Liquidator requires all annoyances to take a number and await their prize." The Liquidator said as he looked at his attacker. "However, in this case, he'll make an exception!"
Pichu charged up another electrical attack and prepared for a fight.
Benimaru sighed as the snack bar owner ducked under the counter.
(The Arena)
"NESS!" (SSB)
The young, psychic boy came out to a loud cheer (mainly from the Japanese audience). He waved a few times as he pulled out his yo-yo and ran down to the ring.
The first thing Ness did was lash out the yo-yo at Yuber. He would have gone for Gannondorf, but the Gerudo king was currently fighting Luigi and Juzoh and it didn't look like they needed more help.
That and Yuber's dark aura was about ten times more powerful than Gannondorf's.
Without looking, Yuber raised one of his swords and blocked the yo-yo. "Please. It'll take more than cheap toys to defeat me."
"And now…Mystery Fighter…Number…THIRTEEN!"
"PESMERGA!" (Suikoden 2)
"…Yuuuuuuuuuuuberrrrrr…"
Yuber's eyes snapped open. He let out a whimper as he slowly turned to the entrance curtain, where his worst nightmare was indeed standing outside the entrance curtain.
"YUUUUUBERRRRR! I SHALL DESTROY YOU!" Pesmerga screamed as he charged down the ramp with a cloud of dust building up behind him.
Yuber stood still for about three seconds, screamed like a little girl and scrambled off.
"And now, the final fighter of this section…"
"KYO KUSANAGI!" (KOF)
Every fangirl in the audience instantly went wild. The main character of KOF chuckled as he waved, walking down to the arena.
Once he hit the arena, Kyo could only ponder what to do next. From the looks of things, everyone already had an opponent. After pondering for a few seconds, Kyo shrugged and sent a wave of fire at Brocken and Gabby Jay.
The fire wave hit both boxer and robot, sending them both to the ground. The two stood up, looking accusingly at Kyo.
"I think a truce is in order, wouldn't you say?" Brocken asked.
"Quite." Gabby Jay said.
With that, the two rushed Kyo together.