(The Arena)
Blue Mary ducked as Yamazaki's fist snapped above her. The policewoman (and former team-mate of the deranged psycho) kicked at Yamazaki's kneecap. Yamazaki easily avoided the attempt, grabbed Mary and threw her aside.
Mary landed on her side, but quickly recovered and rolled into a kneeling position. "Still quick, I see." She said.
Yamazaki smirked. "Always have been." He replied with a shrug. "Far quicker than you are, toots."
Mary's eye twitched. "I thought I told you never to call me that!" She shouted as she sprung to her feet and rushed the thug.
Seeing her coming, Yamazaki smirked again. "Great. She's mad. She fights better when she's mad."
Fox McCloud fired several laser bolts at Spiderman, but the masked marvel was just too quick for him and avoided all of the shots with ease, firing weblines all over the arena to get around quickly.
Seeing that he wasn't getting anywhere, Fox narrowed his eyes and put his blaster away. "Okay. I guess it's time to try something different."
Concentrating deeply, Fox surrounded himself with a flame-like energy. Spiderman, not really sure what to expect, paused a good distance away from the young pilot.
Unfortunately, he wasn't far enough away. Fox lunged upwards in his trademark Fire Fox and nailed Spiderman (whom had been hanging from a webline attached to a beam above the ring) in the chest. This knocked the spunky superhero off his webline and onto the canvas.
Spiderman jumped to his feet. "So you've got a couple of tricks. Meh. Big deal. Half the people in my node are quicker than you." He pointed out.
"You're probably right, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm still the quickest in MY node." Fox replied with a smirk.
"So why don't you prove it?" Spiderman taunted.
"You asked for it." Fox said as he crouched low and shot forward in a Fox Illusion, flying into Spiderman at amazing speeds and sending him into the air.
Spiderman landed on his back and got to his feet. Maybe he should start rethinking his strategy…
Samus continued to parry attacks from Axl' guns with his sword, as he had been doing almost ever since he had entered the ring. Even still, Samus found himself backing up as he parried, as Axl wasn't letting up and continued to pelt the dark-skinned man with his seemingly endless supply of bullets.
At the same time, Kasumi Todoh and Ally Gator were also doing battle, but using their respective fists rather than weapons. Much like Samus and Axl, one was managing to force the other backwards using a series of parried strikes. Ally was on the receiving end and thus was the one getting forced backwards. Unknowingly, she was backing towards Samus, whom was still backing up as well.
Tinto soldier and redhead boxer backed into each other and froze. Samus took a glance over his shoulder. "Sorry about that." He apologized.
"Don't be." Ally assured. "I backed into you."
"Uh…Switch opponents?"
"Sure."
Samus and Ally spun around, charged past each other and rushed their surprised opponents, resuming different fights.
(Dome; Hallway)
"Come on, Eiji!" Julia urged. "We're almost there!"
"Why are we going to the room of those rejects, anyway?" Eiji asked as he staggered after Julia, still trying to keep the elements fighting in his body under control.
"We need to find Gozu and Mezu!" Julia replied. "They'r ethe only ones whom can get rid of these elements! Oh, I feel so stupid for leaving them back at Wile E's lab!"
"Don't hit yourself over it, Julia." Eiji said. "But if it'll help get rid of these elements battling for my body, I'm all for it."
Unknown to the two, a silent figure stood in the shadows, watching them. A smirk floated across the figure's face as the glint of a sword appeared.
"Julia, wait." Eiji said.
"Yes?" Julia asked, stopping.
"I know I've been saying this a lot, but I can't thank you enough for everything you've done for me since you found out about my predicament." Eiji explained. "No one's ever shown me kindness like you have, and I just wanted to let you know that I am extremely grateful for you helping me."
Julia chuckled. "And I know I've been saying this a lot, but it's alright. I'll gladly help you, because no one deserves what you're going through." She replied. "It's been my absolute pleasure to help you, Eiji."
Eiji was about to reply when his ninja senses kicked into gear. Staring into the shadows with an odd expression, Eiji's eyes narrowed.
Julia saw this. "What's up, Eiji?"
"There's someone watching us." Eiji replied. "I can hear him breathing."
"Very sharp ninja skills." A voice said from the shadows, this time getting Julia's attention as well.
The two friends watched as Setsuna stepped from the shadows. "I was expecting you to take a little longer than that to locate me."
"His aura is darker than Geese Howard." Eiji murmured, his eyes wide. "I didn't even think that was possible."
"What do you want?" Julia asked.
"Quite simply, your friend's life." Setsuna replied casually. "I sensed an amazing power coming from his body and decided to come take it for myself. I honestly had no idea those ninja rejects held such power at their fingertips and yet they failed to notice it."
"Why do you have to kill Eiji to get the powers?" Julia asked.
"Because from previous experiences, the only way for me to extract the power is to slay the host." Setsuna explained with an evil smirk, lifting his sword. "So, if you please."
"Forget it!" Julia shouted, standing in front of Eiji again.
"Julia, don't!" Eiji said. "This guy is much worse than those wannabes!"
"And leave you to get killed? No way!" Julia insisted.
Setsuna smirked. "How touching, and yet so foolish at the same time."
With that, Setsuna lunged at Julia. Eiji tried to stop him, but all his got was a hard hook to the face (whom it had come from was anyone's guess). Eiji had blacked out before he even hit the ground.
(Dome; Overhead Balcony)
The Overhead Balcony was an amazing sight to behold. The entire thing was like a long hallway leading from one side of the room the ring was in to the other, hanging a hundred feet above the stands and arena. The Overhead Balcony was even above the Rented Boxes and the entire side of it was made of glass, providing anyone inside it with a way to see the ring. However, due to the fact that the action in the ring was still hard to see, no one was inside the balcony to watch the fights.
Instead, the only people inside were Heavy D!, Lucky, Ryoko, Chang, Sagat and Jack the World Hero, and these people were simply walking through the balcony to get to the door on the other side, which would take them not only to where Jan, King's bother, was being held, but where Bison was supposedly hiding as well.
"I'm scared, D!-san." Ryoko said, clutching D!'s arm. "What if Bison knows we're coming?"
Although still feeling unusual being called 'D!-san', Heavy D! shrugged it off. "Well, we just need to hope that he's not aware of us coming."
"Fear not, for 'The Koehan' will show this vile evildoer the true meaning of pain!" Chang said determinedly.
"Chang, buddy. We already discussed this." Lucky sighed. "You, me and Sagat are gonna go save King's brother."
Chang was silent. "Oh, yes."
"Hold it right there." A new voice ordered.
Everyone stopped and turned around. Ash Crimson approached, firearm in hand.
"Ash Crimson." Chang growled, having met the white-haired prettyboy in KOF2K3. "Such a vile man. You stole from Chizuru Kagura, the poor woman!" He said. "Prepare for a fierce beating at the hands of 'The Koehan'!"
Ash paused and lifted an eyebrow at Chang's unusual behavior, but shook it off and continued to aim his gun at the team. "Seeing as how many losses I've had today, I figured that a firearm would be helpful here."
"You really are a pitiful man, resorting to the use of guns." Sagat said in disgust.
Ash narrowed his eyes at the taller man. "Watch it, old man. I won't hesitate to shoot you first." He said. "Now, if you all want to live, I suggest that you turn around and leave now."
D! looked around for a way out. Unfortunately, he couldn't find one. He sighed in defeat and prepared to walk forward.
"Go on." A voice beside him said.
D! looked down and to his right and saw Jack staring at Ash, an insane smirk on his face. "What?"
"You go on." Jack repeated, crouching low. His hair cast a shadow over his face as he looked at Ash, waving his clawed fingers around. "I can take him."
Without giving anyone a chance to react, Jack sprung to life, tearing at Ash. Ash tried shooting a couple of times, but Jack proved to be too quick. In a split second, Jack had pounced Ash and sliced his gun in half, making it useless.
Now, Jack had jumped in from the side, and knocked Ash that way as well. Unfortunately, he was falling in the direction of the huge, glass window at the side of the balcony. Both fighters crashed through the window.
"Jack!" Ryoko shrieked and rushed over to the part of the window the two had fallen through and looked out.
Surprising everyone in the stands and arena, Jack and Ash continued to deliver punches while in midair. The two fell past the stands, but didn't go as far as the ring. This, unfortunately, meant that the only place for the two to go was through the elimination vortex, where they both vanished from sight.
(The Arena)
"What was up with that?" Karin asked. Her question was never answered, as the others shrugged the recent event off and resumed their respective battles.
Yamazaki continued to swing punches (with the hand that wasn't in his pocket) at Blue Mary. Said policewoman was still managing to avoid the blows, but the last one caught her off guard and struck her in the face. Mary stepped back clutching her face.
Seeing an attack land, Yamazaki smirked and advanced preparing for a super move. "Time for my all-time favourite move, toots! The Guillotine!" He shouted.
"Oh, crap!" Mary said in realization. Unfortunately, before she had time to get out of the way, Yamazaki grabbed her face in the middle of a jump, then shoved her to the ground. Still clutching Mary's face, Yamazaki then proceeded to drag her for about fifteen feet, laughing insanely, before throwing her away like a rag doll.
Mary landed on her side and looked at Yamazaki, whom was smirking triumphantly down at her.
"Pity. You should have avoided fighting me in the first place, Mary." Yamazaki said as he pulled his hand from his pocket, pulling out a knife at the same time. Without giving Mary time to react, Yamazaki lunged at her, swinging his knife.
However, before he reached Mary, a terrified Rimururu stepped in the way, using her small dagger to block Yamazaki's knife swing and protect Mary from further injury.
Seeing his attack getting nullified, Yamazaki looked at the girl responsible and saw that she was shaking like a leaf. He chuckled, slightly amused. "May I help you?" He asked.
"Y-You shall do no more of this!" Rimururu stuttered. "C-Can't you see that she's d-down?"
"And what do you intend to do to stop me?" Yamzaki asked, lifting an eyebrow.
Rimururu responded by kicking the thug in the stomach while their weapons were locked. This made Yamazaki back away, but Rimururu still advanced, kicking the taller man again, forcing him towards the ropes.
"I was afraid I was going to have to do this, but it looks like I have no choice!" Rimururu said, feeling a little less scared now.
"And what might that be?" Yamazaki asked.
Rimururu pulled her arms into the air as the diamond of ice floating behind her started moving towards the canvas. The young girl then slammed her palms into the canvas, causing the a huge stone of ice to rise from the ground under Yamazaki's feet. The attack knocked Yamazaki into the air, but not quite out of the arena.
However, Yamazaki landed on the ropes, and then proceeded to bounce off then, out of the arena.
Yamazaki landed in the node of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Casey Jones saw him and whacked him with his bat.
Jacques fired another bolt from his crossbow. Captain Falcon wasn't quick enough to avoid it, but he was lucky enough that the arrow hit his metal shoulder pad and bounced off (where it landed in Brian Battler's jersey). Falcon then rushed at the blonde mercenary and delivered a Raptor Boost to his chin. This launched Jacques into the air and sent him flying a couple feet away.
Slowly getting up, Jacques wiped a drop of blood from his mouth and looked at Falcon. "You're fast on your feet." He complimented.
"You're pretty fast yourself." Falcon replied, standing in his stance. "You almost don't eve need to aim that thing."
"Center of the target every time." Jacques replied. "Observe."
Jacques took aim again and let another bolt fly. It found a home directly in the middle of the metal bird on Falcon's helmet.
Falcon took the time to pluck the bolt from his helmet. "I'm impressed, but I'm afraid that you just crossed the line." He said.
"How so?" Jacques asked, preparing for Falcon to attack.
Falcon felt his helmet and found a hole in the golden bird. "You just made a hole in my helmet." He replied. "For that, I'm gonna have to take you down."
"We'll just have to see about that." Jacques replied, lifting his crossbow again.
Falcon rushed the blonde mercenary crouched low and lunged forward in a Falcon Kick. Jacques was prepared for this and leapt into the air. As Falcon passed underneath him, Jacques shot downward and fire two bolts at Falco. The first buried itself in his shoulder pad, but the second landed in his arm.
Grunting in pain, Falcon got out of his attack, stood up and removed the arrow from his arm. The only reason he didn't act like he was in pain was because he had experience more than that (usually at the hands of Black Shadow or Samurai Goroh).
"Game over, pal!" Falcon shouted as he rushed at Jacques again.
Jacques was so surprised at Falcon not acting like he was in pain that he wasn't prepared for Falcon's next attack. The hotshot F-Zero racer performed a Falcon Dive, latching onto the blonde mercenary and jumping off him, kicking him at the same time, knocking him back. This distracted Jacques, making him easy pickings for Falcon to throw from he ring.
Jacques landed in Unreal Championship, where he proved to be a better sniper than most of the people playing the game.
Kasumi Todoh swung her hands down, sending an energy wave at Samus. Said swordsman jumped to the side and allowed the wave to fly beside his head. Samus jabbed forward with his sword, but all he managed to do was attack the air.
Samus realized all too late that Kasumi had dodged his attack, because a sharp palm strike was delivered to his face, making him stagger back. Shaking his head back and forth to regain his senses, Samus charged at Kasumi, swinging his sword. Kasumi jumped back, but it wasn't enough. Samus' sword made a tear in her outfit, but it wasn't much.
As Samus recovered from his own attack, Kasumi jumped at him and delivered another blow to his head.
"You're a lot tougher to take down than I thought." Samus said as he rubbed his head.
"I am determined to show everyone that my father's art of Todoh style is far superior to any other fighting styles around." Kasumi replied.
"Then why don't you prove it?" Samus asked, getting into his stance again.
"Very well." Kasumi replied as the two rushed each other again and started trading blows.
Samus, being careful not to hurt Kasumi (she WAS unarmed, after all), jabbed forward several times. After she avoided three blows, Kasumi shot her palm forward again. Samus quickly raised his free hand and caught Kasumi's palm, then pushed her away.
The two stared each other down before Samus caught sight of something behind his opponent. Kasumi saw the change in his glare, spun in place and charged her energy, preparing for a massive, powerful version of her energy wave.
Swinging her arms downwards, Kasumi sent an energy wave much bigger and more powerful than normal. Raven, whom had been sneaking up on the blue-haired girl, took the attack to the face and was sent flying out of the ring.
Raven landed in Teen Titans, where the Raven of that node pounded his behind into the ground.
(Hotel; Magneto's Room)
Toppo slammed into the far wall of Magneto's room, the metal-controlling mutant having thrown him. Even still, Toppo refused to let go of the Master Sword, as the mystical blade seemed to be the only reason the silent juggler had lasted this long. Had Toppo simply been using the juggling balls he always carried, Magneto probably would he killed him by now.
Dusting some access plaster off his shoulder with his free hand, Toppo charged into battle again. Magneto saw him coming and scoffed. "You really don't know when to give up, do you?" He asked. "Fool."
Toppo swung the Master Sword, but it did very little to damage Magnto with him being in a suit of armour and all. Still, the force from the blow managed to knock the evil mutant to the ground.
Magneto grunted as he got to his feet, trying to find some way to beat Toppo. {I can't use my powers on that weapon he's wielding.} He thought. {Something about that sword is keeping me from using my powers on it. It looks like I'll have to figure out something else.}
Focusing his attention on a metal chair sitting by a desk, Magneto activated his powers and pulled the chair over to him. Toppo stopped running and held up the Master Sword.
"Let's see you stop this." Magneto said as he, with a flick of his wrist, hurled the metal chair at Toppo.
Toppo growled and rolled underneath the chair (which then slammed into the door, making a very nasty-looking mark). Breaking out of the roll, Toppo jumped at Magneto and kicked him in the head, knocking him back and sending his helmet flying off, revealing the gray hair underneath. Magneto's helmet landed at Toppo's feet.
"I hope you know how little that did." Magneto said as he advanced on Toppo, although still without his helmet.
Thinking quickly, Toppo picked up Magneto's helmet, ripped one of Sodom's (or Rolento's) grenades from his belt and ripped the pin out. Toppo tossed the live grenade into Magneto's helmet and threw it back at the evil mutant.
Magneto, thinking just as quickly, used his powers again and stopped his helmet in midair. "You really are a fool for trying that." He chuckled. "Maybe I should show you just how stupid that was."
Toppo's eyes snapped open in horror as Magneto magnetically pulled his helmet over to where Shabon was sitting. The little girl struggled to break free even harder now, but there was nothing she could do.
"NO!" Toppo screamed as he rushed at Shabon and swung the Master Sword, striking the helmet and ejecting the grenade from it. The deadly weapon of destruction flew a few feet away from Shabon and exploded harmlessly (well, if you call taking out the far wall harmlessly).
Seeing that Shabon was almost killed, Toppo cast an incredibly dark glare at Magneto, his eyes narrowed and his teeth clenched. Magneto couldn't remember the last time he had seen a glare this dark coming from someone on the 'good' side, but he wasn't given the chance to think about it any further.
"YOU WILL NOT TOUCH SHABON!" Toppo roared, leaping at Magneto, slashing wildly.
Magneto was suddenly extremely grateful that he was wearing a suit of armour, otherwise Toppo would have killed him instantly with all the sword attacks given to him. However, Toppo saw that he was getting anywhere and then proceeded to use his fists, striking Magneto's aging face with punch after punch.
"Finish him, Toppo!" Shabon cheered. "Shabon wants to get out of here!"
Toppo was only too happy to oblige. With one final punch, Toppo sent Magneto flying into a table, knocking him out cold.
Breathing heavily, Toppo quickly turned around, ran over to Shabon and untied her from the chair. Once she was free, Shabon's arms were instantly around her guardian. Toppo lovingly lifted Shabon into the air and held her for dear life, swearing that he wouldn't let anything like this happen to her again.
"Okay! We're-" A new voice said. "Huh?"
Toppo turned around and saw Dan and R. Mika standing at the door, looking around the room.
"Well, it looks like that fellow did our job for us." R. Mika shrugged.
"I'm not complaining." Dan replied. "Say, buddy. You must have had some sort of powerful weapon to take Magneto out all by yourself."
Toppo silently looked at the chair Shabon had been tied to and glanced at the Master Sword. He turned back to Dan, smiled and nodded.
(The Arena)
Balrog landed on his back painfully, but managed to get to his feet. The black boxer's opponent, Ally Gator, stood ready for him.
Balrog was suddenly engulfed in a white light, and when it settled, Axl stood in his place. "Okay. That didn't really work." He sighed. "Okay. Let's try something else."
Another flash of light happened, and this time, Axl had turned into Heavy D!. However, the instant he did, Brian Battler came in and punched him in the face, making him turn back to normal again.
"What was that for?" Axl asked.
"You impersonate my homeboy again and I'll set you up for an American Supernova!" Brian threatened as he stormed off to resume his fight with Jeffry McWild.
Ally couldn't help but laugh at the sight. Axl glared at her. "What's so funny?" He asked.
"You." Ally replied simply before chuckling again.
"I'll show you!" Axl threatened as he rushed at Ally and started firing from his pistols again.
Ally suddenly saw that her opponent was shooting again, but it was too late for her to do anything. The pellets slammed into her body, making Ally extremely thankful that Axl wasn't using real bullets (which SSBFreak and Unknown1 had forbidden).
Once he had shot several times, Axl stopped shooting and rushed at Ally, only to receive a strong uppercut to the chin. Axl flew back several feet and landed on his back.
"So that's the way you want to play, eh?" Ally asked, cracking her knuckles (which was very hard to do while wearing boxing gloves). "Okay. Let's see you put up with THIS!"
Ally rushed at Axl and delivered several extremely fast punches to his face. Once she finished, Axl stepped back and shook his head. "What the heck was that?" He asked, surprised at the speed of Ally's flurry.
"Ah, you like that, don't you?" Ally asked. "That was what the people in my node call a 'Triple-Link Combo'. Makes all of our punches extremely fast and almost impossible to block." Ally smirked and charged at Axl again, her gloves glowing a bright gray.
"What the heck?" Axl asked once he saw the hue the gloves were glowing. That was all he could get out before Ally punched him in the face.
However, Ally's punch was amplified with her node's 'Anvil Powerup', which she always had on her. The increased force of Ally's punch sent Axl flying out of the ring and out of the tournament.
Axl landed in Timesplitters, where he made short work of the evil, alien race before the game heroes arrived.
Kasumi and Samus were still fighting, and looked like they were evenly matched. Kasumi tried another energy wave, but Samus saw her attack coming and stepped to the side. The Tinto soldier then swung his sword lightly, but Kasumi ducked under his blade, then swept his feet out from underneath him, bringing Samus to the canvas.
Groaning in pain, Samus got to his feet, clutching his side. Quickly shaking off the attack, Samus rushed forward, only to receive a socked foot to the face. Grabbing his nose, Samus stepped back, but like before, he shook the attack off.
"Okay. I think it's about time I pulled out all the stops here." Samus said as he charged his Wind Rune.
Suddenly, Akari Ichijo jumped in and kicked him in the back. Samus fell to the canvas, but got to his feet. "What your problem?" He asked.
"Duh! I'm looking for a fight!" Akari replied.
"I'm sort of in the middle of a fight right now." Samus said, eyes narrowed.
"So? Can't you drop it and fight me?" Akari asked. "I'm bored!"
"Can't you just go find someone else?" Samus asked, trying not to get mad. Thankfully, Kasumi had stopped attacking once Akari had jumped in.
"No, because I want to fight you." Akari said. "I would have gone for that blonde mercenary friend of yours, but he's been eliminated already."
"Okay, tell you what. If you survive this, I'll fight you." Samus replied, waving his arm in the air.
"Uh…Survive what?"
Unfortunately for Akari, during the time she had been talking to Samus, his Wind Rune had become fully charged. A huge twister appeared where Akari was standing and lifted her off the ground. Akari spun around for about ten seconds before getting flung from the twister and ejected from the ring. Samus then went back to fighting Kasumi.
Akari landed in Maniac Mansion, where she spent the next ten minutes running from a strange-looking monster.
Brian Battler and Jeffry McWild clashed again, grappling each other with hopes of gaining the upper hand. However, both large men ended up at a stalemate (again) and broke away from each other.
Deciding to try something different, Jeffry swung his leg at Brian, aiming for the side of his head. Brian ducked under Jeffry's foot, then lunged at him in a flying tackle. Brian's head connected with Jeffry's stomach, knocking the fisherman to the ground.
Jeffry slowly got to his feet. "You have more skill than people give you credit for, I must admit." He said. "I am surprised as to why your team hasn't been invited back to the fighting scene in such a while."
"Not popular enough." Brian sighed. "At least not in Japan. Believe me, we've been trying to get back into the fighting scene since 1998."
"Well, maybe you'll get some popularity here." Jeffry offered as he kicked at Brian again. "After all, both of your friends have done well here."
"Yeah. You're right on that" Brian replied as he blocked Jeffry's kick with his shoulder pad. "Well, I guess we should finish our fight here."
"I suppose so." Jeffry nodded.
Brian jumped away from Jeffry and crouched low. "Prepare for my ultimate attack, then!" He warned. "The American Supernova!"
Brian charged forward, shoulder pad first. Jeffry jumped to the side and allowed Brian to pass by, but wasn't expecting Brian to do an about face and charge into him from behind. Jeffry was plowed over, knocking him to the canvas as Brian raced past.
Slowly getting to his feet, Jeffry narrowed his eyes at Brian. "Okay. You are deeply asking for it, friend." He said as he rushed Brian again.
However, Brian was prepared, delivered a high kick/punt to Jeffry's face. Jeffry was sent flying backwards, towards the ropes. Brian charged forward.
Jeffry got to his feet and suddenly felt a turnbuckle behind him. {I'd better be careful. I'm pretty close to the edge of the ring.} He thought.
Looking ahead, Jeffry was prepared to take out Brian. However, he saw that Brian was already stampeding towards him.
Jeffry wasn't given the chance to block. In a rising uppercut with his shoulder pad, Brian sent Jeffry out of the ring.
Jeffry landed in Monkey Island 3, where he joined a trio of singing pirates in annoying Guybrush Threepwood.
Rolf got to his feet and looked around. He had been tossed around several times and received more punishment than he dished out, but he was still standing (Rolf didn't bother to wonder how. He was just thankful that he was). Scanning the arena with his robotic eyepiece, Rolf saw that several fighters had already been eliminated, giving him some elbow room to move around.
Deciding to try another fight, Rolf charged ahead blindly, hoping to strike someone.
Of course, in a brawl, running ahead blindly is a very stupid thing to do. Rolf found this out when Karin saw him coming and spiked him into the ground. The blonde girl then went back to fighting Fox McCloud.
Once again, Rolf slowly got to his feet. "Man. This almost seems routine." He muttered as he looked around again. "Okay. She wasn't the best target. Maybe I should try someone that looks weaker."
Setting his sights on Roll, Rolf rushed ahead again, pulling his fist back and preparing to knock the robot girl out of the arena.
Roll's advanced senses picked up the footsteps coming in her direction. The robot girl spun around and saw Rolf running at her. Seeing that he wasn't as scary as others, Roll didn't bother screaming, but that didn't stop her from hysterically pressing a button on her arm cannon, firing a Rock Ball from the barrel and kicking it into the oncoming Galaxy Fighter's face.
"Gah!" Rolf said as he clutched his face. "That hurt!"
Roll wasted no time in running behind the distracted Rolf and kicking him to the ground. Roll then pushed at Rolf's side, pushing the Galaxy Fighter towards the ropes. Before Rolf could get that chance to recover from Roll's attack, she had already pushed him underneath the ropes and out of the arena. The blonde robot girl sighed in relief.
Rolf landed in War of the Monsters, right in the middle of a battle between a lizard, an ape, a rock monster and a huge bug. We'll leave it to your imagination to figure out what happened.
(Dome; Storage Room)
The storage room was huge and spacious, which was a given due to the size of the entire building. The entire room was even lit up, allowing people to see what was around them. However, what people would have seen would have been Amy Guile tied to a chair, three goons guarding her.
Mystique growled. "How did I get paired up with such incompetents?" She asked herself.
Mukuro narrowed his undead eyes. "Hey! I resent that!" He shouted back.
"Good. Now that I know your hearing works, I assume that you're aware that I'm in charge here." Mystique replied.
"What? Why you?" Mukuro asked.
"Because you're an idiot and he clearly can't lead!" Mystique shouted back, pointing at Jin Chonshu, whom was staring off into space with a brainwashed look in his eyes.
"Well, just because you're the smartest doesn't mean you're a good leader!" Mukuro defended. "If you think I'm just going to-"
"Just stop, will you?" Amy shouted. "Your bickering is giving me a headache!"
Mystique and Mukuro looked at Amy, at each other and muttered a 'sorry' before turning and walking away from each other.
Amy sighed. "If only Bison hadn't taken away my pocket knife." She thought. "I'd be able to cut through these ropes and get out of here." Letting out another sigh in defeat, Amy sulked. "Well, I guess that the only thing I can do is wait for someone to rescue me."
Suddenly, a circular shadow slid under the door. A purple figure extended from it, revealing Vivian.
Mystique saw this. "Hey, you!" She shouted.
Vivian quickly grabbed the doorknob and twisted it, unlocking the door and opening it at the same time. Guile, Chonrei and Reed rushed into the room to join the Shadow Siren.
Amy's eyes lit up. "Daddy!" She shouted in glee.
"Amy!" Guile replied as he rushed towards his daughter. However, before he could get very far, Mystique stepped in his way, aiming her gun at him. Guile narrowed his eyes. "Get out of my way." He said coldly.
"Make me." Mystique replied.
"Fine." Guile said, jumping Mystique and knocking her away from Amy.
Mukuro drew his swords and jumped at Guile, hoping to remove a limb. Before he got there, another sword appeared and slammed into his weapons, stopping the attack. Mukuro looked at the owner of the sword and saw an angry Reed staring back.
"Not a very smart choice." Reed warned, getting into is stance.
"Chonshu, snap out of it!" Chonrei pleaded with his brainwashed brother, whom was advancing on him. "Come on! I'm your brother! Don't you remember me?"
"Target poses a threat to Master Bison's plan." Chonshu drone. "Target must be eliminated."
"Looks like you can't get through to him." Vivian sighed. "We've got no choice, Chonrei. We need to fight him."
Chonrei sighed and got into his stance. "Forgive me, brother."
(The Arena)
Karin's foot smashed against Fox's face, knocking the furry pilot backwards. Fox quickly retaliated by lunging at the schoolgirl and kicking her in the stomach several times. Fox then added in a backflip, kicking Karin in the jaw and sending her flying back.
Although the fall hurt her a bit, Karin quickly got to her feet. Dusting her dress off, Karin rushed Fox again, backhanding him with one hand and punching him with the other.
Fox landed on his back and jumped to his feet. "This is getting annoying." He muttered. "Looks like I'll have to stop fooling around."
Karin laughed as Fox held his ears in pain (he really hated being a dog sometimes). "You still think you can beat me? That's rich! Well, let's see what you can do."
Uncovering his ears, Fox nodded and crouched low. "Okay. Don't say you didn't ask for it." He warned.
Fox shot through Karin in a Fox Illusion, knocking the blonde girl into the air. But Fox wasn't finished, because he quickly followed up with two more Fox Illusions, sending her into the air each time he hit.
By the time she landed, Karin was in a lot of pain. Even still, she refused to admit defeat to an animal and stood up. "You call that an attack? That was nothing!" She said. "Come on! Bring it!"
Fox narrowed his eyes and raced at Karin delivering a hard kick to her stomach. Although she was in pain, Karin didn't show it and instead punched Fox in the chest, knocking him away from her.
Seeing her chance at elimination, Karin ran at Fox in an attempt to throw him from the arena.
Unfortunately for her, Fox saw her coming. Stepping to the side, Fox allowed Karin to run past him. As Karin struggled to regain her footing for her miss, Fox booted her from the arena.
Karin landed in Super Mario World, where she cleared a Ghost House with her high-pitched laugher.
Spiderman swung across the arena on a webline and kicked Blue Mary in the stomach, sending her flying ten feet back. Mary landed on her back, but was quick to get to her feet.
"Okay! Time for me to bring out the big guns, you mutant freak!" Mary said.
"Ouch. Lady, that really hurt." Spiderman replied. "We mutant freaks have feelings too, you know."
Mary didn't respond. She simply rushed at Spiderman and jumped at him. The move took Spiderman by surprise, and Mary's foot landed against his face. Spiderman stepped back a bit, but quickly recovered and fired a webline at Mary's legs, pulling them out from under her.
Spiderman watched as Mary got to her feet again. "You've got determination, lady. I'll give you that." He said. "But why won't you just give up?"
"Not my style." Mary said, smirking. "And besides, I can still beat you."
"Well, I don't think I agree with you on that, but let's see what you can do."
Mary advanced on Spiderman again, but this time, he was ready. Mary attempted a flying kick again, but Spiderman caught her foot and tossed her away from him. Mary landed on her foot and struggled to regain her balance again. Once she did, she rushed Spiderman, diving at his legs.
This time, Mary was successful. Mary took Spiderman's legs out, knocking him down. While Spiderman was on the ground, Mary walked over to him, kneeled by his face and started punching him.
However, Spiderman recovered in mid-punch and kicked Mary off of him. The blonde policewoman landed on her back.
"I'd better finish this." Spiderman said as he walked over to Mary.
Mary looked up, and the last thing she saw was Spiderman firing a line of webbing at her face.
It took Spiderman about fifteen seconds to encase Mary in a cocoon of webbing. Once he finished, Spiderman picked her up and threw her over the ropes.
Mary landed in Metal Slug. Fio ran by and, thinking Mary to be a prisoner of war, released her from her cocoon. However, she was surprised when she didn't get anything for doing so.
"Ack!" Choi shouted as he jumped out of the way. Both of the Ice Climbers' mallets spiked into the canvas where he had been standing.
"That was a little too close for comfort." Choi sighed as he jumped at Popo.
Popo received a hard kick to the face and stepped back. Nana saw him get hurt and swung her mallet again, striking Choi out of revenge and sending him flying away. "You okay, Popo?" She asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine." Popo replied.
"Good, because here he comes again!"
Popo looked ahead and saw Choi running at the two Eskimos. "Get ready, Nana!"
"But what if we can't beat him?" Nana asked.
"We took out that huge guy in the last section!" Popo pointed out. "This guy is our size! We'll have no trouble!"
"Well, since you put it THAT way…"
The two Eskimos charged into battle together and swung their mallets at Choi. The clawed midget jumped over the two and vanished from sight.
"Where'd he go?" Nana asked, looking around.
"Maybe he accidentally jumped out of the arena." Popo suggested.
"Not likely!"
The two turned and saw Choi perched on a turnbuckle. The clawed Korean leapt from it and dove at the two siblings, clawing at them at the same time. The two Eskimos, taken aback by the powerful attack, were sent flying towards the ropes. Choi rushed after them and finished the job, kicking them out at the same time.
The Ice Climbers landed in Space Quest, where they hid in the shadows for the ten minutes from the armed soldiers chasing Roger Wilco around.
Back in the arena, the ten remaining fighters looked at each other one last time before continuing the battle as the final ten fighters in the tournament. Captain Falcon, the longest runner in the ring, was breathing heavily, trying to catch his breath. Fox pulled out his blaster and checked it over a couple of times to make sure it was working properly. Brian stood straight and rotated his head a couple of times before getting back into his stance. Ally Gator was looking pretty fresh, but was still wondering if she would be able to go on any further. Kasumi, surprised at how well she had done, eyed Captain Falcon, seeing him as the biggest threat. Roll, on the other hand, was looking back and forth between Falcon and Brian, nervously wondering who was more dangerous. Rimururu didn't look much more confident, and nervously eyed Choi, whom had just eliminated the Ice Climbers. Spiderman stood to the side of the ring, preparing to get out of dodge if forced to. Lastly, Samus had his sword drawn and was prepared to take anyone on, seeing how it was anyone's game now.
"Let's get this show on the road!" Brian shouted.
That was like a starting bell for everyone, because after Brian shouted that, the fighting started again, beginning the battle for the championship.
RESULTS
RIMURURU (SS)
BRIAN BATTLER (KOF98)
SPIDERMAN (MC)
KASUMI TODOH (KOF)
FOX MCCLOUD (SSB)
SAMUS (S3)
ROLL (MM)
CAPTAIN FALCON (SSB)
ALLY GATOR (B&B)
CHOI BOUNGE (KOF)
(ELIMINATED)
JACQUES (S3)
ICE CLIMBERS (SSB)
KARIN (SFA3)
BLUE MARY RYAN (FF)
AXL (MMX7)
RYUJI YAMAZAKI (FF)
AKARI ICHIJO (LB)
JEFFRY MCWILD (VF)
RAVEN (T5)
ROLF (GF)
BONUS MATCHES:
"Shabon's Rescue"
TOPPO (with the Master Sword) (S3) vanquishes MAGNETO (MC)
Eliminations: Rimururu, Brian, Spiderman, Kasumi, Fox, Samus, Roll, Captain Falcon, Ally and Choi, 1
Current Elimination Leaders: Billy Kane (8), Rainbow Mika (8), King (7), Xigbar (6), Bruce Irvin (6), Roll (5), Captain Falcon (5)