A/N: The next chapter is here everyone! This chapter is inspired by MemeKing and UnchartedCoast2's take on the VR challenges, along with a little bit thenewsubwayguy when it comes to the different matches(the Smash ones at least), which were one of my favorite challenges in their respective stories. Even with this inspiration I hope to bring some fresh ideas to the table.
Also if you haven't voted for the late character entry yet in the poll or on chapter 22 for guests on FF Dot Net or AO3 users, now's the time to do so! The poll will remain open until the next Aftermath so if there's a character you want to see in make sure you check that out!
The title is a reference to Sega's Fighting Game Virtua Fighter. I've only played the first game(the original arcade version) so there may be things that I don't know about from the games that I may unintentionally make a mistake in regards to. I apologize in advance if that happens.
Ginrai12: Glad you enjoyed it! And yeah, the entire Acceleracers soundtrack is awesome! Definitely has some gems on there. Go is one of them.
1602jaw: Yeah, I really wanted to make sure my take on the Aftermath show was just as entertaining as the original, even with new faces running the show. The Action set and Aftermath are very underused when it comes to stories I've seen so this was a chance to bring them back. Was also disappointed that Aftermath didn't make a return in All-Stars, Revenge of the Island or Pahkitew Island, so that was another reason why I have it here.
thenewsubwayguy: No worries. Your stories are some of the stories that inspired me to try my hand at it myself so I still think it's cool to see that you're reading it(and most importantly enjoying it) regardless.
This chapter will also be 3 rounds/parts like in an actual fighting game. I don't know how long each will be but the reason for me doing this has nothing to do with length unlike Camper Season. It's more of to have this mimic a fighting game with the usual 3 rounds and to have different elements in each round when it comes to the obstacles the contestants have to face.
Teams:
Fighting Lions: KO, Fred Jones, Shaggy & Scooby, Daphne, Velma, Older Ben, Huey, Goku, Joey, Reimu, Izzy, Ash, Misty, Richie, Virgil, Ryoma, Ed, Eddy, Dipper,Mabel(And Jerry), Raphael, Leshawna, Brandy, Rally, Ippo, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna as a trio), Yang, Sam, Clover and Alex(The Spies Trio), Lindsay,Luz, Frank West, Anne, Numbuh 3, 4 and 5(KND Trio), and Marty.
Soaring Phoenixes: Adam and Jake, Hawkeye, Jack, Younger Ben, Rigby, Morty, Spongebob, Lance,Edward Falcon, Mordecai, Mandy and Grim, Billy, Marinette, Jinja & Beyal, Dax, Beast Boy and Cyborg, Heather, Peter Parker, Riley, Rick, Gary, Dan Hibiki, Vicky, Dan Kuso, Sokka, Mac and Bloo, Harold,Owen , Vert, Homer, Zoey, Mariah, Bridgette and Geoff, and Vegeta.
No Team/Team TBD:
Dan Mandel(Dan Vs.)
Eliminated(by order of elimination with overall placement):
1. Noah(Soaring Phoenixes)-Total Drama(76th)
2. Patrick Star(Soaring Phoenixes)-Spongebob Squarepants(75th)
3. Jake Long(Fighting Lions)- American Dragon, Jake Long(74th)
4. Edd(Fighting Lions)- Ed, Edd n Eddy(73rd)
5. Courtney(Soaring Phoenixes)- Total Drama(72nd)
6. Juniper Lee(Soaring Phoenixes)- Life and Times of Juniper Lee(71st)
7. Azula & Ty Lee(Fighting Lions)- Avatar: The Last Airbender(70th)
8. Squidward(Fighting Lions)-Spongebob Squarepants(69th)
TD Recap OST Plays
"Last time on Total Drama Island: Multiverse Edition! The contestants were presented with the challenge of a talent show! But not just in front of their peers, Chef and myself, but in front of the Total Drama Aftermath crew! From contestants that were eliminated to judges, to even the peanut gallery of some Total Drama veterans!" Chris recapped.
Footage of the Total Drama Aftermath crew introducing themselves was seen.
"During the show itself, some true feelings were revealed, and apologies were made. And, a potentially new competitor that I honestly didn't expect to follow through on his word, appeared."
Azula revealing how she felt about being eliminated and Courtney apologizing to Harold was seen. Dan Mandel was also seen entering the stage and making a deal with Chris for a spot in the game.
"But as for the challenge, some talents were good. Some great, some surprising, some eh, and one that was downright horrendous. And the winner for the last one goes to Squidward."
Ryoma, Hawkeye, Brandy, Spongebob and Morty were seen doing their talents. Squidward was seen last and was shown getting tomatoes thrown at him along with the judges giving him low scores.
"Squidward's terrible performance ended up costing his team the game, and his chance at the prize money, after being the first to be eliminated in the return to the Action set."
"Now, their next challenge today! And along with that, I have to figure out what challenge I'll present Dan, as he'll be competing for the right to have a chance at the $300,000! Who will win today's challenge! Will Dan be able to persevere whatever I have in store? Find out on Total…. Drama…. Island! Multiverse Edition!"
*TDI: MV(Action) Intro TBD until after this episode with Dan Mandel joining*
Some special Guests for Today's episode:
Miko Kubota & Hector Nieves(Glitch Techs)
Gill(Street Fighter)
Sakura?(Street Fighter)
Ryu?(Street Fighter)
Akuma(Street Fighter)
Dural(Virtua Fighter)
Marucho(Bakugan)
Donatello(TMNT 2003)
Seto Kaiba(Yu-Gi-oh)
Omega Shredder(TMNT X Justice League Turbo Fan Game)
Jeredy Suno(Monsuno)
Bren(Monsuno)
Tom Majors(Chaotic)
?(Ben 10)
?(TMNT 2003)
?(Ben 10)
?(Marvel VS Capcom)
?(X Men Children of the Atom Video Game)
?(X-Men VS Street Fighter/Marvel VS Street Fighter)
?(Marvel VS Capcom 2)
?(Marvel VS Capcom 3)
?(Bakugan)
Zero(Mega Man X)
X(Mega Man X)
Shang Tsung(Mortal Kombat)
Medea(Monsuno)(A/N: Think of her as Monsuno's Mileena(Mortal Kombat) or Poison(Street Fighter) as they share the same VA but obviously a more kid friendly version compared to those two. Also, unlike those two, in Monsuno, she and her team Darkspin are mercenaries for hire)
Sigma(Mega Man X)
Ultron(Marvel/Marvel VS Capcom Infinite)
Ingrid(Capcom/Street Fighter)(Another obscure Capcom character that's only appeared in crossover games and Alpha 3 on PSP because why not lol)
Plus other surprises!
The contestants, along with Chris Pearson and Dan Mandel were all outside near the cabins.
"As I said yesterday, your challenge for today will not be based on movies or TV shows! In fact, you won't have to move a muscle today!" Chris said.
"Wait, seriously?" Clover asked, already overjoyed at the possibility of not having to do anything for the day.
"Yes! But that doesn't mean there will be no challenge! But it won't be here! It'll be in the digital world of virtual reality!" Chris said as Chef brought in helmets.
"Wow, you got Virtual Reality? That's awesome!" Ben16 said.
***Confessional***
Ben10(Soaring Phoenixes):
"If this is like the time I went into Sumo Slammers Smackdown with Gwen, this is gonna be fun!"
***End Confessional***
"Virtual Reality? What's that?" Falcon asked.
"It's basically like a digital world. It feels like you're really in it like real life, but you actually aren't." Alex said.
"So it's like video games then." Marty assumed.
"Yep! But way more immersive." Alex said.
Falcon gave her a bit of a confused smile. "I think I'd have to experience it for myself. I still don't get it, sorry."
***Confessional***
Marty(Fighting Lions):
"You know sometimes I forget Falcon and that samurai guy Ryoma are from the 19th century. But I guess it's not too crazy to me because I've been there before."
***End Confessional***
"Now then, only five spots have been reserved! The rest will be completely random picks! I thought about doing first come, first serve, but I'd rather not have this tech broken!" Chris said.
"The five spots reserved are for Dan Kuso, Joey, Beyal, Dax, and Jinja!" Chris said.
"Wait, why those five?" Brandy asked.
"Don't know. The guys that sent me this specifically told me that those five needed to participate. Why? I don't know." Chris said.
"Hey, if it means I get to try this tech then I'm all for it." Dax said.
"Yeah, I feel the same way!" Joey said.
"I was also told that Dan Kuso and Joey needed to have these." Chris said before handing Dan Kuso a bakugan gauntlet and Joey a duel disk.
"All right! A duel disk!" Joey said, putting it on.
"I have a feeling I know what this is gonna lead to. You ready buddy?" Dan Kuso asked Drago as he put on the gauntlet.
"Of course." Drago said, hovering next to him.
"The challenge will consist of 40 total contestants! 20 from each team! Everyone else will be randomized so when I call your name, you'll be participating! Now the random part is on me either! I was specifically asked to randomize the choices. Again, this is all from the people that sent my this. I didn't ask too many questions so I can't answer why." Chris said.
"As for the challenge itself, it'll be an all-out no holds barred brawl! All of your powers can be put to use here! Including ones that aren't possible to use in the real world for whatever reason. At least that's what the guys that gave me this told me." Chris said.
***Confessional***
Anne(Fighting Lions):
"So if that's the case, I'm wondering if I could use my calamity powers for this challenge? Only one way to find out."
***End Confessional***
***Confessional***
Luz(Fighting Lions):
"If we can use anything that isn't normally possible for us to use here, then I should be able to use my glyphs! I'm hoping I'm picked so I can show my team what I can really do."
***End Confessional***
"And what about the people here that aren't superpowered?" Heather asked.
"I'll explain that after the picks are made." Chris said.
"Lions! When I call your name, come up and get a helmet!" Chris said.
"Reimu!"
"Anne!"
"Sweet!" Anne said, excited.
"Luz!"
"Yes!" Luz said, just as excited as Anne is.
"Goku!"
"Kuki!"
"Yay!" Kuki said, skipping to get one of the helmets.
"Dipper!"
***Confessional***
Dipper(Fighting Lions):
"I play a lot of video games at the arcade. I've also had to deal with a real video game character coming to life. And got beat up by him. And still survived. And against a character from a dating sim game that tried to trap Soos in her game. I think I'm more than capable of holding my own here."
***End Confessional***
"Leshawna!"
"Blake!"
"Ed!"
"Izzy!"
"Sam!"
"Lindsay!"
Lindsay clapped with joy at being able to get one of the helmets.
"Hey Chris, do these come in other colors?" Lindsay asked.
"Nope. Black and blue is all they've got." Chris said.
"Virgil!"
"Rally!"
"Marty!"
"Aw sweet!" Marty said, going to get one of the helmets.
"Clover!"
"Velma!"
"Weiss!"
"KO!"
"Yes!" KO said, excited to be able to get one of the helmets.
"Now for the Phoenixes!"
"Billy!"
"Harold!"
"Homer!"
"Rigby!"
"Aw yeauh!" Rigby said.
"Adam!"
"Mariah!"
"Lance!"
"Mac!"
"Gary!"
"Vert!"
"All right!" Vert said.
"Ben!"
"Yes!"
"Mordecai!"
"Sweet!" Mordecai said. "We're gonna totally rock this challenge." Mordecai said to Rigby after getting a helmet before fist bumping him.
"Spongebob!"
"Mandy!"
"Peter!"
"Hawkeye!"
"And those are your 40! Go ahead and put on the VR helmets guys!" Chris said.
Everyone puts the helmets on.
Chris does as well.
"Okay! If you guys will turn your attention over here!" Chris said. "And yes, it's actually me! I'm in the world with you guys!" He added when he saw some of the contestants giving a few confused looks.
"Alright! Once I finish up here with the rest of your instructions, you guys will be able to get started!" Chris said.
"For starters, you all will not be battling in this arena! Once I'm done, all 40 of you will be teleported somewhere else! What those places are I don't know, but I have been told that there are several surprises waiting for you both good and bad so watch out!"
"You said you were going to explain what happens when it comes to powers. So what's actually going to happen?" Sam asked.
"Don't worry, you'll all be on an equal playing field in the beginning. If you don't have powers, abilities based on your personalities will be given to you, so the best thing to do in that case is well…. be yourself! As for those that do, you'll have access to all of those abilities here so go all out!" Chris said.
"There are also some bosses at the end like most video games! They will attack both teams, so be careful! Defeating them will cause them to drop things that may be useful in going up against the other team so be sure to be on the lookout for those. Your goal is to knock the other team members out! Also like in games, you'll all have a health bar! Once it reaches zero you're out! Once the game starts, everyone can see it above your head so keep that in mind! The team that survives wins the challenge and immunity! The team that doesn't survive will be sending someone home! Does everyone understand the rules?"
"Yeah." Sam said, nodding.
"I'm down for kicking some digital booty." Leshawna said. "Let's get started!"
"Well, what are waitin' for Chris! It looks like everybody's ready to go and so am I!" Dan Kuso said.
"Alrighty then! Your challenge will start in ten seconds! Good luck!" Chris said before leaving out of the world.
After ten seconds passed, they were all warped out of the place they were in.
Lions: Joey, Reimu, Anne, Luz, Goku, Kuki, Dipper, Leshawna, Blake, Ed, Izzy, Sam, Lindsay, Virgil, Rally, Marty, Clover, Velma, Weiss, KO
VS
Phoenixes: Billy, Harold, Homer, Rigby, Adam, Mariah, Lance, Mac, Gary, Vert, Ben, Mordecai, Spongebob, Mandy, Peter, Hawkeye, Dan Kuso, Dax, Jinja, Beyal
Area 1: Desert Rooftop(Killer Instinct SNES)(Think of it as a desert but there's a skyscraper just randomly in the middle. In other words, this is a flat/omega Smash Bros stage for this challenge)
Anne & Clover VS Billy & Beyal
The four teleported in.
"Are we just... in the middle of a desert?" Clover asked to no one in particular.
"Looks like it." Anne said.
Clover looked behind her and saw the sand below her that was wayyyyy down below.
Clover screamed after seeing the height. "Okay, yeah it definitely is a desert."
Beyal looked down.
"It would definitely be unwise for us to fall. I am certain it would mean our demise." Beyal said
"FIGHTERS!" A voice boomed from above. It was the voice of the Master Hand. "This battle will be a standard survival smash game! Each fighter will have three stocks or lives! Your life bars will be replaced with percentages! The higher the percentage, the further you'll be knocked back! Fall off the stage, or get knocked out of bounds from above, the sides, or even the screen or the distant desert and you will lose a stock! Lose all three of your stocks and it is game over! The last team standing wins and will be set to advance! Does everyone understand the rules?" The Master Hand asked.
Anne and Clover nodded.
"Yes." Beyal said.
"I'M READY TO SMASH!" Billy shouted confidently, shaking his fist.
"Then the battle begins in 3...2... 1... GO!" Master Hand says.
Killer Instinct-Cinder Stage Arcade OST Plays
Beyal went in the pocket of his robe to reach for one of his Monsuno cores but came up empty.
"My cores! They are gone!" Beyal said.
"Then I hope you know how to fight hand-to-hand!" Clover said confidently.
"It appears that this is what Chris meant when he said that everyone would start off on an equal playing field." Beyal thought.
Meanwhile back in the real world, Chris, Chef and the non-participating contestants watched the action on a monitor.
"I'm guessing that's what you meant when you said something about an equal playing field." Ben16 said.
"Yep!" Chris replied.
"Then that means Clover and Anne have an advantage. Even without abilities or anything else helping them, they're still proficient fighters." Vegeta thought.
And it showed, Beyal was struggling against Clover's quick attacks, not being a natural fighter himself.
Billy, however was a different story. He was aimlessly trying to hit Anne. But thanks to her training, she was able to dodge his attempts at trying to hit her.
"STAND STILL!" Billy yelled, trying to hit her.
Beyal was trying more to survive than win against Clover as he was trying to evade her attacks without falling off the rooftop.
Billy jumped back.
"Well then. If my fists won't work. I guess I'll have to use... my secret weapon." Billy said before yelling as he tried a leaping kick at her. Anne ducked it. Billy ended up kicking himself off the stage, losing a stock. He respawned on a floating platform.
"Hey! How'd I get here?" Billy asked. He then tried to kick at her again. The same thing happened.
"That idiot!" Vegeta said. "STOP DOING THAT! IT'S NOT WORKING!" Vegeta yelled.
"You do realize they can't hear you right?" Cyborg asked.
"I DON'T CARE! I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOSE!" Vegeta yelled.
"HEY I'M RIGHT HERE! YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL!" Cyborg yelled back.
"SO AM I!" Vegeta said.
"YOU DID IT FIRST!" Cyborg said.
"Guys! I can't hear the-" Beast boy started before they both yelled at him.
"BE QUIET!" Cyborg and Vegeta shouted at Beast Boy which caused him to turn into a dog and cry.
"Beast Boy's right. Could you two please quiet down? We can't hear the match!" Misty asked.
"Oh, look at the little doggy! He's so cute!" Alex said before picking Beast Boy up, who was still a dog.
"At least fight back! What are you doing!" Vegeta said as Beyal continued to try to dodge Clover's attacks instead of trying to fight.
Not long after Vegeta said this did two items appear. One was an Ore Club while the other was a banana. Billy goes for the Ore Club as it was closest to him and tries to pick it up, but struggles doing so. Anne punches him in the face and knocks him back. Anne picks up the club but was struggling trying not to drop it.
Billy was now at 20% after the punch. Beyal dives and accidentally pushes the banana peel past him. Clover almost jumps on it but avoids it. When she kicks him he slips on the banana peel, causing him to bump into Anne. Anne tosses him off and sends him off stage.
Beyal Stocks Left: 2
Billy Stocks Left: 1
Clover continues to attack Beyal.
"Come on, at least make this a little challenging!" Clover said. Beyal throws out a desperate punch, eyes closed. Which misses completely. Clover grabs his arm and throws him off stage.
Beyal Stocks Left: 1
Cinder Stage Arcade Danger Theme Plays
"Beyal and Billy are on their last stocks!" Chris said. "The situation really looks bleak!"
"We already lost. It's hopeless." Vegeta said.
Billy was constantly getting hit, while Clover kept pummeling Beyal with combos. He was on the ledge.
"Wait! Clover, I... never noticed how pretty you looked." Beyal said, smiling at her.
Clover blushed. "Oh wow! Thank you!" This gave Beyal the distraction he needed to grab one of Clover's legs and pulls her down.
"That was a dirty trick! Let go!" Clover said, trying to get free.
A box dropped down behind Clover. She desperately tried to get him off. She was successful, but not without her going down too. Both yelled as they fell down off the rooftop.
Clover Stocks Left: 2
"Fighter Beyal! Defeated!" The announcer called out.
Clover looked around, blinking confused. "Wow! I'm okay!" She jumped off the floating platform she was on and saw the box.
"I wonder what's in here." Clover said before opening the box. In it were two items. A red shell and a rocket belt. Clover gets the rocket belt. She then tries to pick up the red shell but it moves, knocking her back a little. Instead of going off the edge it comes back. Clover jumps over it.
Billy knocks down Anne. He tries to hit her, but she moves her head out of the way, causing his fist to hit the ground instead.
"Anne! Get out of the way!" Clover calls out. Anne kicks Billy in the nose and jumps out of the way. Billy gets knocked down.
Billy was surrounded.
"So... it's just me." Billy said calmy. "I guess I'll have to take both of you out."
Billy charges but ends up slipping on the red shell again. He gets kicked off the stage and onto the screen before falling down.
"GAME!"
Cinder theme Stops
Clover and Anne high five each other.
Totally Spies & Amphibia Victory theme plays
"Blue Team Wins!"
"Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!"
"We totally killed it!" Clover said.
*Last five seconds of Amphibia's intro theme plays*
"Heck yeah!" Anne said.
***Confessional***
Sokka(Soaring Phoenixes):
"That was terrible to watch. I get it they were overmatched but Beyal didn't even really try! He's way too reliant on his Monsuno. He didn't even have to be good, I just wanted him to at least try. At least Billy did. And he kicked himself off stage twice!"
***End Confessional***
"And it looks like Anne and Clover are moving on!" Chris said.
Melee All-Star Rest Area Theme Plays
"Fighters! For your victory here, you have earned these rewards! Take them and use them wisely!" The Master Hand said as several random items dropped.
Anne picked up a sword and some boots and a gladiator helmet. When she put it on a status appeared above her head and in front of her so that she could see it too that read "Temporary defense increase!"
Clover found a laser gun and a grappling hook. "Perfect!" Clover said as she was already familiar with using these items.
But they actually weren't done yet.
"New challengers approach!"
The fighters appeared from above.
New Enemies: Dark Sakura & Evil Ryu(Street Fighter)
"Who the heck are these guys?" Anne asked.
"I don't know, but they don't look like they're here to help us!"
"Ready? Go!"
Street Fighter Alpha 3 OST- Evil Ryu Theme Plays
Sakura ran at Anne and threw out a Shouken, a multi-hit uppercut, but Anne ducked it.
"You guys look like you're strong! I'm excited!" Sakura said.
"If it wasn't for the fact that we need to win to help out our team, I'd be a little more excited too." Anne said, slicing at Sakura. Though she was able to avoid the attack by dashing back. She performs a standing kick forward, forcing Anne to have to keep up her guard. But it didn't take long for the two to get back into close quarter combat.
As for Clover and Ryu, it was the exact opposite. Ryu and Clover were in ranged combat, with Clover using her laser gun and Ryu throwing out his hadokens, though this began to interfere with the battle between Anne and Sakura. Clover realized this and tried to use her grappling hook to get closer to Ryu but he used it as an opportunity to attack, performing a well-timed shoryuken to knock her out of the air.
"Is that the best you can do?" Evil Ryu asked.
"If you think that's all I've got, you're in for a long fight." Clover said, confidently.
"I hope so. Otherwise, I would be greatly disappointed.
Items appeared. She grabbed a bomb and it exploded in four different directions, sending him over the edge of where the rooftop was. Clover shot lasers to prevent him from recovering back ton the edge. But he saved himself by performing a Tatsumaki Senpukyaku airborne to prevent any of the lasers from hitting him and was able to recover. Clover performed several quick kicks before performing a long low kick to try and get him off balance but he rolled back and threw out a Shakunetsu hadoken, a variant of the hadoken imbued with fire, knocking her down as she wasn't expecting the fast speed.
Sakura dodged a side slice before quickly performing a long low kick and a Shippukyaku, a spinning kick that elevated her off the ground a bit before kicking upward, knocking Anne in the air and allowing her to follow up with an air combo, knocking Anne down after finishing. Anne rolled backwards as she got up.
Anne and Clover were now back to back.
"Got any ideas?" Anne asked.
"The items. It looks like that can't or don't want to pick them up. We should use that to our advantage." Clover said.
As they said this more items dropped.
Clover picked up the fire flower, hitting Ryu for a couple of seconds before he rolls back. He keeps his distance, not wiling to take a risk getting burned again to try and counter. She realized this and threw it. Ryu goes for a sweeping kick, tripping up Clover. She rolls forward with the intent of fighting the martial arts warrior in hand to hand combat.
Anne seemed to be having an easier time with Sakura. She thought that now would have been the best time to try the boots she got. These were the Boots of Hermes*. They increased her speed greatly. It was harder for Sakura to keep up with her attacks, and a lot easier for Anne to be relentless. Eventually, she knocked Sakura off the stage and timed her jump well enough for a long distance jump and attack that prevented her from getting back on stage, knocking her out and defeating her as she only had one stock.
"Dark Sakura, defeated!"
Ryu grabbed Clover off of a missed kick to the chest. He kneed her two times before throwing her over his head.
Before he could follow up, Anne knocked him off stage with a hammer strike thanks to an item.
Evil Ryu Stocks Left: 1
Evil Ryu reappeared on a platform.
"Items. Is that the only way you two can defeat me? Can you not use your own skill?" Evil Ryu asked.
"It's called playing the game, hello? Besides, if it's working why wouldn't I try to use it to win?" Clover asked.
"And by the way, it's just you now." Anne said.
"So Sakura was defeated. She should have trained harder. No matter. I will crush both of you myself." Evil Ryu said.
Though this proved to be easier said than done. Although he was able to use a focus attack to make both crumble, that wouldn't be enough to stock either.
Anne swung the hammer again, knocking him off stage. Thankfully for him, he was able to recover. Then, he performed a move that he hasn't done the entire match, the Ashura Senkuu teleport. Anne tried to hit him with the hammer as he was going through, but it didn't work. Instead, he found himself in a position to counter Anne. So he took it.
He hit her in the chest.
"You're finished!" He said before performing a Shin Shoryuken, knocking her upwards so hard, she went out of the stage.
Anne Stocks Left: 2
"Is that all you've got?" Evil Ryu said. "Get serious or neither of you will make it out of here!"
Both Clover and Anne silently agreed on trying to overwhelm Ryu with attacks, hoping he would make a mistake. Though that would also be easier said than done. He stayed discipline and avoided or blocked many of their attacks. Although an item would be he his undoing. This time it was the Final Smash ball.
Anne got it, and her eyes turned blue.
"What is this? This... power I'm sensing?" Evil Ryu said in surprise.
"You wanted me to get serious? Well here... I... am!" Anne said before her hair turned blue and a matching blue aura surrounded her. She flew at Evil Ryu.
"You're stronger. But not strong enough! Shinkuuuuuuuuuu..." Ryu said, charging up a purple fireball. "HADOKENNNN!" She said, launching a fireball forward. She flew at the fireball instead of around it, both clashing.
"Anne!" Clover called out.
"I'm fine! I got this! Trust me!" Anne said confidently before overpowering the fireball and turning it into nothing.
"What?" Evil Ryu said, before Anne flew right into him and causing him to fly off the stage.
"DOOAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He yelled as he flew off in the distance before disappearing as if he was a star.
"Evil Ryu, defeated!"
"GAME!"
"Woah. Was that the game or..." Clover said in awe.
"Nope. That was all me." Anne said, returning to normal. "Calamity powers." She said.
"So, you could do that the whole time?" Clover said, still in shock.
"Well, actually no. When I fought the Core for the final time to save the Earth, the gems, and later the shards, got disintegrated. Until now, I was never able to use those powers again." Anne explained.
"So you're kind of like those two guys with those stones then." Clover said.
'Yeah, I guess." Anne said.
Their health bars reappeared. But Clover's health was reduced by a third, along with Anne's.
"Clover, your health went down!" Anne said.
"Seriously?" Clover said before seeing it herself.
"But how? I didn't even get hit since we won!" Clover said.
"I think it's the stocks. Because those were three stocks, each is a third of our health. Because you lost one, you lost a third of your health." Anne explained before looking at her own health. "Mine too."
"That makes sense." Clover said. "I guess I need to be more careful from here on out, because it doesn't look like the challenge is over." She said.
A portal appeared.
But before they entered, Sakura reappeared.
They turned.
"Ready for another fight?" Clover asked Sakura.
"Actually I'm not here to fight. I have to say I was right. You guys really are strong!" Sakura said. "But... something's wrong with Ryu. Some of the things he was saying. That's not like him at all. But I can't seem to find him. And I have a feeling that you two will probably run into him again. I want to come along with you two." Sakura said.
"We'll take all the help we can get. Sure!" Anne said.
"I don't see why not. As long as she doesn't try anything it's fine by me." Clover said.
"Awesome!" Sakura said before triumphantly raising her fist into the air as a bright light surrounded her before going into a capsule.
New Assist Ally Available: Sakura(Street Fighter)
They both entered the portal, awaiting whatever challenge lied ahead.
Music Stops
Phoenixes Left: 18
Anne & Clover Advance for the Lions
As they did and the portal closed, Ryu reappeared, falling on the ground. He gets up.
"Not... strong enough! Must get stronger!" Evil Ryu said as he could feel his heart beating from the surge of power. He then yelled in agony as a part of his gi was ripped from the overwhelming dark power surging within him.
"I can feel it... surging within me! Ultimate power! The dark hado! Now I see... I must find it! A fight! To the death! Nothing less!" He said before yelling again as he was surrounding by a dark aura.
Area 2: The Pit(Bottom)(Mortal Kombat 9)(Test Your Luck and Klassic Mode are active) A/N: All modifiers from the game, including new ones I came up with are here)
Luz & Goku VS Mac & Vert(Tag Team Match)
Mortal Kombat 1 OST- The Pit plays
"Test your Luck!" Shao Kahn, the Mortal Kombat 9 announcer said.
"WOAHHHHH!" Luz yelled as she was suddenly falling to the ground. Thankfully for her she was able to land safe.
"Luz!" He said as she fell.
Luz screamed when she saw the spikes next to her.
"Goku!" Goku fell beside her.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Mac fell on the other side.
"Mac!"
"OOOAAHHHH!" Vert also dropped down.
"Vert!"
Seven reels suddenly appeared on the side of them. They all started to spin.
"Ooh Mortal Kombat! Oh this is gonna be good!" Chris said, grinning.
The first slot selects Vampire Touch(Absorb health with each hit) and applies this to both teams. Their hands become red.
Zombie Kombat is also applied to both teams.
"Woah. Am I... a zombie?" Goku said, looking at himself.
"Okay, as weird as this is, is it wrong to say that I think this is kinda cool?" Luz said aloud.
"Just treat it like it's Halloween." Vert said.
Narcolepsy(Character will randomly fall asleep) was applied to Vert and Mac, causing them to both fall asleep suddenly before waking up.
"What was that?" Mac asked.
"I think it's the modifier that you guys got." Luz said.
"You mean you guys didn't get it?" Vert asked.
"Nope." Luz said.
"That is so not fair." Mac said.
Dashing Disabled was applied to Vert and Mac for the fourth modifier.
Psychosis was applied to the arena, causing it to turn upside down.
"Dude, this is insane." Geoff said.
"I know. And I absolutely love it!" Chris said.
Overpowered(Normal attacks are unblockable) was applied to Luz and Goku
"Come on!" Vegeta said.
"I know sometimes it's just luck, but this seems a little biased to the other team right now." Zoey said.
Headless Kombat(Kombatant must fight with no head, disabling head based attacks for the affected fighter and X-Rays for both fighters) was applied to Goku and Luz.
"Okay. I stand corrected." Zoey said.
"Okay, this is gonna be weird." Bridgette said.
"Round 1. Fight!"
"Can they even still fight without a head?" Mac asked as Vert went to spectate along with Goku as this was a tag match.
Luz hit Mac with a kick.
"Guess that answers that question." Mac said.
Mac tried to jump for a jumping kick but she got out of the way. He then tried for some punches and kicks but Luz blocked them. But you couldn't say the same thing for Mac.
"What am I supposed to do? How am I sup-" Mac said before falling asleep.
Luz winds up a punch, knocking him back. He wakes up. Mac has to jump back to avoid Luz's attacks before tagging out. But Vert didn't have much luck either. Because of the unblockable modifier, Luz was able to reign free with her attacks and there was nothing the either could do about it.
They were both defeated.
"Luz wins!"
Mac gets up.
"Round 2. Fight!"
Mac and Vert tried a hit and run strategy next but because of the fact that Luz had more movement options, she could still catch them even if she had trouble. But to try and avoid the time running out, she tagged in Goku who was able to make quick work of the two thanks to his speed.
"Goku wins!"
"Come on! Not again! That one was totally rigged against us!" Sokka said.
"I'll admit, it kinda was. But hey, that's why they call it 'test your luck'." Chris said.
The arena returned to normal. Along with Luz and Goku, regaining their heads. Vert and Mac both disappeared.
But the two weren't done. A ninja in green dropped down.
"Reptile!"
Mini-Boss: Reptile(Mortal Kombat)(Klassic Boss Moveset)
"I thought Chris said we weren't fighting bosses until the end? Was this what he was talking about?" Goku asked.
"No. I think this guy is one of the surprises he mentioned." Luz said.
This time only one reel showed up. It spun.
This time, only Psychosis was active, flipping the screen upside down again.
"Not again!" Luz said as the screen was flipped.
"Round 1. Fight!"
While he didn't ability to fly here, he didn't need it. Goku threw a combination of punches and kicks, keeping Reptile on his guard. He eventually attempted to perform a slide, but Goku was able to block it and punish it by tripping him up.
Reptile threw out a standing roundhouse but Goku was able to block it easily, uppercutting him after the block. Reptile got up and threw out an ice ball.
"Uh oh! Better jump over it!" Goku said. While he was able to avoid the ice ball, he wasn't close enough to be able to hit Reptile. Reptile threw out a three hit combo which was a low poke with his foot and ended with a two-hit drop kick. But Goku blocked the combo. He counteted with his own combo as Reptile was recovering from the attack, depleting his health to zero.
"Goku wins!"
Reptile got up quickly.
"Round 2. Fight!"
This time, Reptile attempted to throw out a spear, which Goku jumped over. Because Reptile had to cover from the spear throw, Goku got the time he needed to punish the attack. And it was more of the same for the rest of the round. Goku's reaction time didn't allow Reptile to get any hits in that weren't blocked and he was able to singlehandedly defeat the ninja. Due to the game being Test Your Luck, the option to perform finishers is disabled without the modifier that reenables it.
"Goku wins!"
For defeating Reptile, a reward was given to both Luz and Goku, each being something that they recognize. For Goku, it was a block of sorts. Once he touched it, he regained the ability to fly, send out energy blasts, and use his Kamehameha wave.
Luz gained the ability to use fire, ice and plant glyphs.
"And it looks like Goku and Luz got some of their abilities from defeating Reptile! Looking forward to seeing them put them to good use!" Chris said.
"I'm not!" Sokka said.
Phoenixes Left: 16
Goku & Luz Advance
Arena 3: Londo(Power Stone)
Ed VS Hawkeye
Power Stone OST- Londo Stage/Falcon's Theme Plays
"Okay, now this should be a more favorable matchup!" Sokka said as they appeared in the city. While specifics weren't given as to where they were in the city, one part of the area they were in was a river, but neither one would be able to jump in it. Though Hawkeye wouldn't have much of a reason to do that in the first place.
There were buildings on every other side of the arena with a fountain in the middle of it.
"I am ready for action!" Ed said before laughing. "Where is the camera man?"
"All right, bow and arrow or not, you're goin' down unibrow." Hawkeye said.
"Are you ready? Action!" The Power Stone announcer called out.
Ed notices a treasure chest in the distance on the orange and red awning of a building. He completely ignored Hawkeye.
"Treasure!" Ed said before going to pick it up. But it opened on its own. Out of it came an extendable pole.
"Yeah all of that's great but none of it is-" Hawkeye said before seeing something out the corner of his eye. "Well would you look at that." He said, noticing a red gem under a table. He goes by it by nothing happens. So he moves the table. The minute he goes to pick up the gem, the "power up" status effect is seen.
"Of course it doesn't work with me." Hawkeye said.
"I've got a new pogo stick!" Ed said, jumping around on the extendable pole as if it was a pogo stick, extending and shrinking, but not having a care in the world that it was doing that.
Hawkeye used one of the chairs from the table he moved and swipes it at the pogo stick, causing Ed to fall.
"Hey, it's VR. Long as he's good in real life it's fair game." Hawkeye said aloud as Ed was on his back. But Ed quickly got up. A treasure chest appeared next to the fountain. Hawkeye hit Ed with the chair. Although he did take some damage from it according to his health, he didn't flinch.
"Maybe I should have said we were doing wrestling. Then he would have actually flinched." Hawkeye said.
"WE'RE DOING WRESTLING?!" Ed shouted. "I WANNA PLAY TOO!" Ed said before picking up a bench as if it was a prop and swinging it at him. Hawkeye had to duck and then eventually jump back from the swings.
"Seriously!?" Sokka said.
"Ed doesn't need any powers. What he's doing right now is his power!" Eddy said. "Hit 'em Ed! Knock 'em out of the park!"
Out of the chest appeared a flamethrower. Hawkeye rolled to pick it up. He fired flames from it at Ed, causing him to fall and lose his gem.
Hawkeye runs to get it. Once he does, he feels a surge of power. He and Ed unknowingly had one stone at the start of the match so now Hawkeye has three.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Hawkeye said as he was in the air before he was transformed. He now donned the appearance of a ronin.
Power Stone OST- Power Fusion Plays
"New threads. I like it." Hawkeye said looking at himself. He also felt something on his back and on the side of him.
"A sword? And my bow and arrows!" He said confidently before pulling them out.
"Run Ed!" Eddy shouted, even though Ed wouldn't be able to hear him.
"Hey Ed, wanna play catch?" Hawkeye asked.
"I am open!" Ed said, throwing the bench, causing it to smash into one of the buildings.
Hawkeye shot an arrow at him. Ed caught it. After about two seconds, it exploded in his face. Which didn't effect him much either.
"Let's see if you can catch three." Hawkeye said before shooting three at him. And he catches all three. One with his mouth and the other two with each of his hands.
One froze him, one exploded and one shocked him.
"Something smells like chicken." Ed said.
"It's like he's too stupid to feel pain." Vegeta commented.
"That's Ed for ya." Eddy said.
"Even so, his health's still taking a hit." Chris said, causing everyone to turn their attention towards it. It was still dropping regardless, but not by as much.
Ed sees a Bazooka and picks it up, thinking it was a spyglass for a pirate and accidentally shoots it, causing Hawkeye to have to dodge out of the way.
Hawkeye, picks up his sword, and unknowingly activates one of his super moves, which was where he performs rapid slices before ending with an exploding arrow in the face before leaping away. This was the move that did it in for Ed's health. He was knocked down but he as able to get back up. Hawkeye reverted to normal. All of the benches, chairs and tables also returned as if they weren't thrown or smashed.
Power Stone OST- Londo Plays
"So that was only a temporary thing? And it looks like it took my bow and arrows with it. Great." Hawkeye said.
Round 2
"Are you ready? Action!"
"More treasure!" Ed says, seeing a treasure chest. Out of it came a large bomb. "Catch!" Ed said, thinking he was still playing 'catch' with Hawkeye, the explosion knocking Hawkeye back and causing him to lose the yellow power stone he had.
Ed runs, barreling over Hawkeye to get it, thinking it was treasure.
"I don't even wanna know what Ed would transform into if he got one of those stones." Sokka said.
"It's just VR alright. Still hurts like it's real life." Hawkeye said, getting back up. But by the time he did, Ed was shooting a flamethrower everywhere, destroying several of the furniture that was brought back. Hawkeye had to dodge the flames. The final red stone was in the corner on the side of Ed. Hawkeye made a gamble to try and get it once Ed was unable to shoot the flamethrower anymore.
A box appeared. This box had a purple question mark over. Ed went to try and open it but couldn't, now matter how hard he tried to pull on it. "Can you help me open this?" He asked Hawkeye.
"Sure. I guess." Hawkeye said before going to open it. In it was none other than his bow and arrows.
"All right. Now we're talkin'." He said before putting it on.
"Is there anything in here for me?" Ed said, shaking the box before it suddenly disappeared.
"I wanted treasure too!" Ed said.
"I've got your treasure right here." Hawkeye said before Ed turned and said, "where". He shot him with a bola arrow containing him. Even though it was for a second, it was long enough for him to shoot an exploding arrow at him. He catches it but what Ed does next surprises him. He throws the arrow back. It explodes and knocks Hawkeye back, causing him to lose his stone. Ed goes to pick it up.
"I feel funny." Ed says as he was in the air.
Power Stone OST- Power Fusion Plays
Ed sees slime dripping from himself.
"Cool!" Ed said. "This must mean... THAT I AM MUTATOR! KING OF SLIME!"
"He turns into slime!?" Sokka said.
"Hey he's kinda like Goop." Ben16 said.
"Let's play superheroes Hawkeye!" Ed said.
"Actually, let's not play superheroes!" Hawkeye said.
"Okay! Then I shall be the villain!" Ed said before performing an evil laugh.
"Eat slime hero scum!" Ed said, shooting balls of slime at him from his mouth. Hawkeye had to run to avoid the shots. But what he didn't expect Ed to do, and what Ed himself didn't expect himself to do, was stretch himself out as if he was a rubber band. Instead of doing something strategic with it, in typical Ed fashion, he twists himself around in different shapes before contorting himself back to normal, sending slime everywhere. And Hawkeye couldn't avoid all of it. He was knocked out
Ed returns to normal.
"Aww. No more superpowers." Ed said, sad.
"Definitely gonna have to get this washed." Hawkeye said.
Power Stone OST- Londo Plays
Round 3
"Are you ready? Action!"
Hawkeye's outfit was also clean as if nothing happened.
"Correction. I guess I don't." He said before spotting a laser gun. He and Ed and were running for the same thing.
"Hawkeye tried to leap to grab it out of the air, which turned out to be a bad idea for him as he was hit out of the air, unintentionally, by Ed as he stopped to grab the laser gun.
"I am like a space commander!" Ed said. "Take that evil alien!" He said, shooting Hawkeye. But none of hit shots connected as Hawkeye kept moving as Ed was shooting the gun. The blue gem spawned again, this time on top of the awning. He runs and then jumps up the awning to get it. Hawkeye now had 2 to Ed's 1.
"Hey Ed! I think it's about time we play catch again! What do ya say?" Hawkeye asked as he found a bomb next to him.
"I say... that I am ready!" Ed said, ready to catch whatever Hawkeye threw at him. What Hawkeye didn't expect was for him to swing it back. There was an iron pipe item that he could have used that was next to him. Instead, he picks up the lamppost and then swings it at the bomb.
"I've got a better game! Baseball!" Ed said. While Hawkeye was able to duck the lamppost, he wasn't able to avoid the bomb, which exploded in his face and caused him to lose one of his stones.
Ed puts down the lamppost and goes to get the "treasure", which was the yellow power stone.
"And it looks like Ed's making this a lot more interesting than people thought. Could he win? Or can Hawkeye pull out the victory even without his trusty bow and arrow? He has proven before that he can win without it so it's not out of the question." Chris said.
Hawkeye runs and leaps over Ed's head before kicking him in the back, something that knocked Ed back a little but not enough for him to lose a stone. He then starts to throw more furniture at Ed along with the menu sign, which proved to have no effect. When Ed threw back a table, he jumped over the table and came at him with a dive kick, jumping off him but also causing Ed to fall and lose a stone in the process.
Hawkeye quickly gets the red stone that Ed dropped. He then jumps on one of the lampposts. When Ed goes to pick up a sword. That was when he jumped off and attacked him. Ed turns around quickly, accidentally hitting Hawkeye in the process, causing him to lose this blue stone.
"Now all I need is an eye patch and a little parrot." Ed said. He also gets the blue stone.
Although neither were able to transform, the issue was that Hawkeye's health was lower than Ed's due to his stronger attacks.
"Scallywags avast! We are on a hunt for treasure!" Ed shouted to no one in particular before swinging wildly. Because of all the random swinging, Ed lost the sword fairly early.
A chest spawned not far from where Hawkeye was. It opens and a piece of meat came out of it.
"Please tell me this is health." Hawkeye said. And it was. Though he lost some of that when Ed ran into him.
"I wanted some chicken too!" Ed said, also noticing the meat before Hawkeye got it, and most importantly, also causing him to lose his stone. Ed picked it up.
"I feel funny again." Ed said before transforming.
Power Stone OST- Power Fusion Theme
"I am a superhero again! Oops I mean supervillain!" Ed said. "Prepare yourself as I unleash my supervillain special attack!" Ed said before stretching himself back horizontally and launching himself at Hawkeye, but Hawkeye dodges it, causing him to splat against the wall. But he took no damage. Instead, he goes along the ground.
"No ya don't!" Hawkeye said before shooting an arrow on the ground some of the slime was. The ground and the slime started to be covered with ice. While most of his body was frozen, there was still some slime left that he could have went to. But he didn't. Instead, he used his head to smash some of the ice that was on his body.
"Of course." Hawkeye said, no longer being surprised anymore.
He quickly drew out another arrow, which hits its target, but Ed goes along the ground and avoids feeling the effects of the freeze shot.
He goes behind Hawkeye before knocking him back.
But Hawkeye wasn't about to give up just yet. He shot several arrows up in the air. The arrows eventually came back down from above.
"The sky is falling!" Ed said before going back into the ground.
He then tackles Hawkeye. "You must hide too!" He yelled.
"The sky is not falling! Those are just arrows that I shot!" Hawkeye said.
"Then we can still play then!" Ed said before attacking him again. "Prepare to be slimed!" He said before unleashing a larger than normal slime ball, another benefit from the transformation, but because his time was running low on the transformation, would use all of the time he had left. But thankfully for him, he was still able to hit his target, defeating Hawkeye.
He regained his senses. "I'm just glad this isn't gonna be on my once I'm done." Hawkeye said before disappearing. Ed's health returned to normal, but he was now at half due to losing one round against Hawkeye. Replacing him was a hulking man wearing black. He had three scars from a scratch on his right cheek and his blonde hair was in a ponytail. His tattoos on his left and right arm were instantly recognized by Raph.
"Hun!?" Raph said.
"We've got another mini-boss! And he doesn't look like he's here to make friends!" Chris said.
Mini-Boss: Hun(TMNT 2003)
TMNT 2 Battle Nexus OST- Foot Boss Plays
"It's the boss!" Ed yelled as he saw Hun's health bar was shown. Chris and everyone else could see his health bar at the bottom of the screen.
Hun runs at him and tries to hit him with a three hit combo composed of two hooks and a two-handed overhead smash, which all miss. He continues to try and pursue him before eventually jumping to try and damage him with a body splash before missing and being unable to get up for a few seconds.
"Attack!" Ed said before constantly slamming Hun with a bench. This took about a fifth of his life before he got up. He then ran at Ed and tried to spin around and hit him with his fists when he felt he was close enough.
"With how he was strugglin' tryin' to get up I'm surprised he can even do that." Raph said.
"Now be crushed!" Hun said before smashing the ground causing debris to fall from above.
"Where's the debris coming from? The sky? They're outside." Sokka said as Ed continuously tried running around in a circle so he wouldn't get hit.
"Who knows? It's VR." Chris said, shrugging.
"Why does he keep running? He's going to have to fight sooner or later." Heather said.
"Game strategy." Ben16 said.
"What?" Heather asked, confused.
"The places that they've been in and things they've had to do are like video games. My guess is that he's treating Hun like he's a video game boss. Which, he kinda is. Even though it says that he's a mini-boss." Alex explained.
"Well, it looks like it's working. He's doing it again." Sokka said as Ed constantly hits him what a table.
Hun was at about 60% health. Once that happened, he turned to a hue of red, entering an enraged state. He started to move faster. He would also be tougher to knock down and gain the ability to knock down on a dash. He spun around and this time, he was able to catch Ed, knocking him down.
"Now be crushed!" Hun said before slamming onto the ground again, causing more debris to fall. All of which missed. Hun then tried for a longer combo than the three hit. The three hit combo from earlier, an uppercut, and a headbutt was what composed the new combo. While everything else missed, the headbutt connected, but it didn't do as much damage as people would expect.
"Now be crushed!" Hun said before sending more debris.
"Why does he keep saying the same thing over and over again?" Sokka asked.
"If he's doing that, that means that he's just a program. That's not a real person." Richie said.
"Which means that's not the real Hun." Raph said. "Even an oaf like him isn't that illiterate."
The fight was a lot more hectic than before since Hun could move faster. He fell again when he tried for another body splash. But his recovery was faster. Ed was only able to hit him a couple of time, not making that much of a dent in his health. But even a little would make a difference against a boss.
"Now be crushed!"
He then dashed and spun right after the dash. A totem hammer item appeared next to Hun. But he didn't pick it up. Not because he didn't want to. But because he couldn't. He would not be able to use any items. But Ed could.
A cake also appeared. And instead of going for the weapon, Ed went for the food, which turned out to be a good choice. The cake increased his life to about 80%.
Ed continued to run. When he believed he was close enough, Hun tried clapping twice before doing the same extended combo that he did earlier, ending it with a now multi-hit spin attack and a body splash. Ed, instead of picking up the hammer that was abovethe fountain, Ed picks up the entire fountain, something that usually can't be picked up by anyone in the game, and hits Hun with it. Even when Hun got up, he was knocked down again, and he continued to hit Hun with it even after his health was at 0. Eventually, Hun disappeared.
Music stops
"And Ed, with a bit of overkill at the end, wins!" Chris said.
"I BEAT THE BOSS! I AM THE CHAMPION!" Ed yelled. "Where is the secret ending?" He asked before being teleported out.
***Confessional***
Raph(Fighting Lions):
"Where was he when we needed to fight the Foot? If he could take out Hun that easy, imagine what he could have done against all of those Foot goons."
***End Confessional***
Phoenixes Left: 15
Ed Advances
Area 4: Sewers(Mega Man X3)
Leshawna VS Mariah
Mega Man X3-Lost Love in the Sewers ~ Toxic Seahorse (SNES Remix) Plays
A blue "READY" was on the screen before blinking away as both teleported in on opposite sides of the stage, but seemingly identical starts to the stage.
"What is that smell?" Leshawna said, covering her nose.
"PU!" Mariah said, also covering her nose.
A box that contained armor awaited for them not long after they started running. Once the box opened, the armor automatically equipped onto them. Because of how adaptive technology was in 21XX, it was one size fits all and automatically adjusted to make sure both felt comfortable enough to be able to move and run around as efficiently as possible. Helmets were also given to them to protect them from the fumes and the upcoming toxic sewers as they would find out would be there soon enough. Their armors also adjusted to the colors of their outfits. Leshawna's was red and beige, while Mariah's was pink and white.
"What the heck happened to those sewers?" Raph asked as they climbed up ladders where they could see sewer water running down beside each of them.
"They've been poisoned. That's probably why they were given the armor." Huey said.
"Well it looks like it's good for more than just protection. They pack a pretty powerful punch too." Chris said as they were able to shoot several enemies that they encountered with each armor's equipped buster blaster.
Mariah and Leshawna both got to an area that required them to cling onto the walls and jump to ascend.
Mariah was able to get through without problems for the most part, taking down the turrets that were on the opposite of the wall they were clinging onto with their busters.
"Woo!" Leshawna said, having to take a break after the second series of wall jumps. "This dang level is gonna give me a workout!" After catching her breath, she got ready for the third, fourth and fifth series of wall jumps.
"They gave us weapons and armor but they couldn't think of giving us dang jetpacks? Or at least better jet boots than what we got now?" Leshawna said after floating in the air for about a second and then going back to the ground.
"I'm sorry, but I need a break. Give me a second." Leshawna said.
"And I need to when I'm going to get my challenge!" Dan Mandel said impatiently.
"You'll get your challenge! All you need to do right now is wait." Chris said.
"Fine!" Dan Mandel said, folding his arms.
"You obviously don't know Dan. This is not going to hold up very long." Chris Pearson said.
"Unless something happens where everyone finishes quickly, which I doubt it is, he's going to have to." Chris McLean said.
By the time Leshawna continued, Mariah was already past the dam area and was already back down below in the sewers about to go underwater, which was where her training with the White Tigers paid off. Her extra endurance and stamina allowed for her to run longer without needing to take a break. She was also able to find a Heart Tank Powerup, which increased her overall health. It wasn't a significant increase by any means, but that increase could mean the difference between her surviving and her being another member on her team out of the game.
"I didn't expect either of them to be able to shoot that well." Heather said as Leshawna shot a large green robot from a distance. Because she was too far, it wouldn't retaliate back.
"Just goes to show that everyone here can be full of surprises. Even after the whole truth challenge." Chris said as Leshawna found the same Heart Tank powerup, but she was starting to get exhausted again.
"Yeah." Morty said, as he continued to keep an eye on Rick.
"What do you want Morty?" Rick asked, as he felt Morty looking at him.
"It's nothing Rick." Morty said.
"You have been looking at him a lot. Is there something wrong?" Zoey asked.
"I-I have to tell you something." Morty said.
"Sure! Anything!" Zoey said.
"Not here." He said low.
"A pretty easy encounter with another mini-boss it seems. Just keep your distance and watch out for the bombs and you'll be okay." Chris said as Mariah makes quick work of the underwater Maverick mini-boss.
As Mariah ascended and Leshawna descended underwater, Morty was about to tell Zoey what he needed to say.
"I'll tell you what it is that's bothering me, but you have to promise me to not tell Rick or anyone else. Especially Chris." Morty said low.
"I don't know. Especially if it's something with Chris. I really think you should tell someone if it's big enough for even Chris to not know." Zoey said low.
"Please. You're one of the few people I can actually trust to say this too and not tell anyone." Morty said.
Zoey sighs. "Okay. I won't tell."
"Yesterday during the Aftermath show, I was outside talking to this fortune teller. I asked her to tell me about what would happen with Rick." Morty started to explain. "She said we'd be in some other world. Like now. And that someone would be battling a dragon for the fate of both teams. Just like when Rick was a dragon on the other show." Morty said.
"And how do you know any of that was real?" Zoey asked.
"I saw it. She showed it in her crystal ball and I actually saw it." Morty said.
"So if this does happen to be true, what are you going to do to try and stop it?" Zoey asked.
"I don't know. Take preventative measures I guess. That's why I'm keeping an eye on him." Morty said.
"I don't get it, why not tell Rick about this?" Zoey asked.
"Because, he's gonna brush it off just like he did when he saw himself on the interdimensional cable. If you're skeptical about the fortune, think about how Rick's going to be." Morty said.
"All right. I won't tell." Zoey said, reluctantly going along.
"Thank you so much!" Morty said.
"No problem. Now let's get back to the game. I wanna see if Mariah's able to win!" Zoey said, returning to having an excited mood.
***Confessional***
Zoey(Soaring Phoenixes):
"I really don't like doing this. I already can't tell anyone about the alliance I have with Mandy. And now I can't tell anyone about Rick. I just hope that fortune stuff wasn't true and we can pretend that all of that never happened."
***End Confessional***
"Phew. It took me a bit to get here, but I'm here! And that's all that matters." Leshawna said as she entered the room as Mariah was on the opposite side.
"You won't be here for long!" Mariah said confidently.
"I hate to do this to ya girl, but you're goin' down!" Leshawna said.
"Don't be sorry. It won't be as fun if you hold back!" Mariah said.
"Okay then. Don't say I didn't warn you!" Leshawna said.
Suddenly, something crashed from above. And it wasn't the original boss from this level. Or in this case rather, someone. He had on a metallic mask over his face and hands, with his eyes and mouth being hidden in the shadows. He was also wearing a medieval tunic and pants.
"Michael Morningstar is no more! I am Darkstar!" The man said.
Mini-Boss: Darkstar(Ben 10)
"How about we form a temporary alliance and have him seein' stars?" Leshawna asked Mariah.
"Sure thing!" Mariah said.
Because of the area being a flat area, or in game terms, 2D, there was nowhere for any of the three to be able to sidestep anything that comes their way. As seen by when Darkstar sent dark energy blasts their way. Both got hit and took damage.
"The walls! Use the walls!" Mariah called out.
"Man, I was hopin' I was done with that!" Leshawna said. But she did it anyway to give her team a better shot at winning.
After shooting in both directions, he stopped after toxic sewage was let in. He became exhausted.
"He's open! Now's our chance to attack!" Mariah said.
Leshawna and Mariah both continue to barrage him with as many buster shots as they can before the sewage drains out. Once it does he starts shooting dark energy blasts again, hitting both of them due to the fact that they didn't expect him to recover as quick as he did.
When they tried the walls again, he didn't look as if he was going to make any attempt to shoot them off the wall.
Only this time, when they tried to wait for a while for the sewage to be let in, there was none.
"Come on where's that sewage! I'm gettin' tired!" Leshawna said.
Mariah looked around. She saw a switch under Leshawna. She looked beloewherself. She also saw a switch below her too.
"There's switches below us! What if those switches let in the sewage?" Mariah said.
"If that's the case, then why didn't we have to do it the first time?" Leshawna asked, clinging onto the wall for dear life, but she was really, really struggling to do so.
"Maybe it was just to show how to weaken him." Mariah said. "Come on! We won't know unless we find out."
"If it means us gettin' off this wall. I'm all for it." Leshawna said.
Once they found an opening they shot the blasters at the switches. They went downward but quickly went back up without letting in any sewage.
"Why the heck didn't it work?" Leshawna asked.
"Hmm..." Mariah thought as they clung onto the walls. "I got it! The charged shots! That should be enough force to keep the switches down!"
"Okay then." Leshawna said before getting hit for coming down too early, being too eager on not having to cling from walls anymore.
They both sent charged shots at the switches and it worked. He was tired again.
"Send charged shots at him too!" Mariah said.
"Okay!"
Leshawna and Mariah both send charged shots at Darkstar.
"Wow, this fight looks way too easy." Sokka said.
"That's for a good few bosses in games actually. You find a strategy and once you find it, just keep doing it until you win." Ben16 said.
And that's exactly what Leshawna and Mariah did. It was a rinse and repeat strategy until he was defeated, falling to the ground and losing his helmet, revealing his face.
"No wonder he wears that mask!" Leshawna said.
Darkstar disappeared and so did the sewage.
Music Stops
It was just the two girls now.
"Now, about that battle." Leshawna said.
"I wouldn't be in such a hurry to lose if I were you." Mariah said.
But what happened next was what no one expected. Both were warped out.
"Was that supposed to happen?" Yang asked.
"No idea." Chris said.
Mariah and Leshawna advance
Area 5: New Metro City(Marvel VS Capcom Infinite)
Tag Battle(Marvel VS Capcom Infinite Style): KO & Velma VS Rigby & Lance
Velma uses her Multiversus moveset here
All four teleport in.
"So it looks like it's us two then. Let's go!" KO said.
"I'll give it my best shot." Velma said.
"You two are going down!" Rigby said.
"Select your stones." The Marvel VS Capcom announcer said as the Infinity Stones were seen in front of them.
"Woah." Rigby said.
"Cool!" KO said.
Both teams could also see the abilities of each stone for the context of this battle.
"They're all good choices. But which one should we go with?" KO said, thinking. "Hey Velma, what do you think?"
"I would suggest either the power or soul stones. The power stone could make up for our lack of strength and the soul stone could revive one of us if one of us were to be knocked out." Velma said.
"I'll go with... the Soul Stone!" KO said, choosing the orange soul stone.
"I say we go with the Power or Reality stones. I think we've already got the speed part covered." Lance said.
"And the space stone's kinda dumb." Rigby said.
"I'm going with the Power Stone!" Rigby said, choosing said stone.
After choosing their stones, each fighter was given 2 extra abilities or special moves they could use in the fight.
"Ready?"
Velma and Lance go off screen, awaiting to be tagged in.
"Fight!"
Rigby ran at KO who tried to throw punches at him, all of which KO blocked.
KO countered with an uppercut before being able to follow him in the air for a follow up air combo, knocking Rigby back down after about three hits.
Once Rigby got up, KO continued to try and attack Rigby but he blocked the attacks. When he found an opening, Rigby tried using the power stone.
"Power Stone!" Rigby declared. Although Rigby wasn't able to hit him with it the first time, he tried again and it connected, knocking KO into the wall before leaving him in the air vulnerable for a follow up combo. Something that Rigby wasn't exactly creative with. He only hit KO again with the Power Stone.
"Let's see you get past that Power Stone!" Rigby said confidently. He ran at KO before forming up into a ball and charging at him, one of the special moves he was given for the fight. But it was a special move that KO was able to block.
"Stop blocking!" Rigby said before continuing to try and strike him.
"Soul Stone!" KO called out, getting health from Rigby as he didn't make an attempt to block the stone attack.
"Hey, this stone's got some pretty good range!" KO said before attacking with it again from a distance.
"Pfft, come on, you really think I'd fall for that again?" Rigby said.
"Velma!" KO called out before she ran into the battle, tagging in for KO and causing her to run right into Rigby, and knocking him down.
"Hey Rigby! Listen up!" Velma shouted into her super megaphone. In the case of VR, her words were literally a weapon. By no means was she a fighter, but that still didn't mean she wouldn't be of any help. Which was shown by the fact that Rigby was taken aback by her words. Literally. He was knocked back by her words.
"Tag me in!" Lance called out.
"No! I got this!" Rigby said. Rigby ran at Velma. Although she used her megaphone move again, this time Rigby jumped to avoid it. What he didn't expect was for a speech bubble to come at him that said "Jinkies!". Thankfully, he was able to react in enough time to dodge it While air blocking was possible due to the rules here, Rigby was able to use agility to dodge the slow moving speech bubble.
"Power Stone!" Rigby yelled, knocking Velma back.
"KO! A little help here!" She said before tagging out.
"You got it!" KO said.
"Power Stone! Power Stone! Power Stone! Power Stone!" Rigby said, relentlessly using the stone over and over again even though KO continued to block it.
"He's got him cornered. Problem is, that stone's not gonna do damage if he keeps blocking it." Chris said.
"Not that I'd want him to since I want our team to win, but is there any way for him to get out of it?" Zoey asked.
"Maybe, maybe not. Who knows. It looks like that Stone's range is bad, but it's hard to really counter whenever you're in range." Richie said.
Eventually, Rigby used the stone so much it started to actually glow in his hand as a message came up saying "Infinity Storm Ready".
"Oh yeah! You guys are in trouble now!" Rigby said. He holds up the stone triumphantly.
"YEAHHHHHHHH!" Rigby yelled as the surrounds around them changed purple.
INFINITY STORM: POWER STONE
"Prepare to face the Death Punch!" Rigby said before performing said punch which broke KO's block. Because this was considered one of Rigby's hyper combos, this had a recovery time, so Rigby couldn't do anything after the attack, which is he called in Lance, who was able to do something. After tripping him up he launched him into the air for a follow up air combo before performing an air kick to send him back down into the ground.
KO knew he had to do something because that combo did a lot more damage than it would usually be because of the Power Stone's effects of increasing damage during its infinity storm. So he tried to jump, something that Lance was able to read and counter, performing an Infinity Surge in the air, knocking KO back again.
"DANGER!" was heard from the MVCI announcer, indicating that KO was close to being defeated, and because Marvel VS Capcom matches are one round, if he was defeated, he would be out of the game.
"Don't get knocked out! Tag me in!" Velma said.
"Velma!" KO called out, signaling the tag out.
Not long after, the Infinity Storm ended. Along with that, Lance, even though wasn't knocked over like Rigby because he blocked the tag in attack, he was still pushed back.
"ARE YOU LISTENING?" Velma shouted into her megaphone. But unlike Rigby, Lance was willing to wait until she finished to retaliate and blocked the attack.
"Lance is definitely playing a more patient game compared to Rigby. And I think that'll lead to a win for us." Sokka said. "Don't get me wrong, I like the enthusiasm and energy from Rigby, but he's letting his guard down too much."
"The question is, will he be able to get in? Velma may not be a fighter, but she definitely has been given things to keep Lance and Rigby out." Richie said.
"Even with that, I still think Lance can find a way around and attack back." Sokka said.
"I think he has." Yang said as Lance pulled out a Galalunian blaster and began shooting it.
Velma having to block was what he needed to have a chance at attacking back. What he didn't expect was for her to perform her signature run as he was jumping, which allowed for her to get out of the corner. But because the run was also considered an attack that would send opponents into the air, she fell onto the ground, recovering from the attack.
Lance thought about deciding to keep it ranged and at least get some type of damage in, attacking Velma with the Galalunian blaster, but he decided to close the gap and not play to her strength.
Although she was able to block his attempted attacks, Lance wasn't done yet.
"Rigby! Get ready!" He called out. He went in the air for some air attacks before following it up with a mixture of mid and low attacks on the ground. He suddenly called in Rigby to tag him in. However, the tag in attack was blocked, leaving Rigby vulnerable for a counter. Velma sent him into the air.
"This is annoying!" Rigby yelled. "Lance!" Lance tags in for Rigby.
Like last time, Lance stayed patient before attacking, using the power stone a couple of times to ensure that she keeps having to respect it.
She tried using the soul stone's range to keep him back and get a bit of life back in the process but that didn't work.
"I'm ready to go! Tag me in!" KO implored.
"You got it! KO!" She said, tagging him in.
"Take this! Power fist!" KO said, sending a larger power fist than normal, which was his hyper combo, knocking Lance back.
Because it looked as if KO didn't have that many ranged options, Lance decided to try and make him dodge or block projectiles by shooting his laser gun again. Which he was successful at doing. What he wasn't able to block was the Power Stone surge, knocking him back again.
He then tried his hand at his own Hyper Combo, pulling out an energy sword and slashing at him with it several times in strong, precise strikes, causing him to spin in the air before falling to the ground. It wasn't long until he was back into having low health again.
"Tag out! Let me help!" Velma said.
"No! I've got it!" KO said. But he didn't. He was knocked out.
When KO was knocked out, the soul stone shined brighter and the message "Infinity Storm Ready" was seen.
Knowing the ability that the stone had, she decided to use. "Here goes nothing!" She said, embracing the stone.
INFINITY SURGE: SOUL STONE
KO had risen and was fighting alongside Velma simultaneously against Lance.
"Rigby!" Lance called out, disrupting their strike.
"IT'S OVER! DEATH PUNCH!" Rigby said before throwing out the signature Death Kwon Do punch, knocking KO out but leaving Velma in the danger area when it came to her health. And it was only a matter of time before she was defeated too.
"KO!"
"Aw yeah!" Rigby said, celebrating.
"HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER!" The MVCI announcer said.
"Aw, what? I thought we were done!" Rigby said.
"Well apparently, he thought wrong." Chris said.
Mini-Bosses: Gill & Q(Street Fighter III)
"That Gill guy's got some nice hair." Heather commented as he appeared wearing a long-gray robe. Q, the mysterious fighter also dropped down from above.
"Welcome to your death!" Gill said, taking off his robe, revealing his half-red and half-blue body. He was also wearing nothing but a white loin-cloth. Q was the exact opposite when it came to clothing. He was wearing a trench coat, gloves, brown pants, black dress shoes and a matching brown hat, with a metallic mask covering his face. Nothing about him would be revealed. His face, his personality, not even how he talks as he was silent.
However, unlike Rigby and Lance, these two could not select a stone. Q tagged out and so did Rigby. Thankfully for the two heroes, their health would be restored back to full.
"Ready? Fight!"
Street Fighter III New Generation OST- Judgement Day(Gill Theme) Plays
Gill dashed forward to perform an overhead elbow which Lance blocked. He then tried an ice-powered low sweep, an attack which Lance also blocked. Gill tried to go for a throw, but his grab whiffed. Lance took the missed attack as an opportunity to use the Power Stone and knock him back into the wall before he bounced forward. Lance went to town on him and performed a ground-to-air combo, knocking him down.
"Cryokinesis!" Gill calls out before sending a slow-moving ice-ball forward. Lance timed his jump right and jumped over it.
"Cryokinesis!" Gill tried another, which proved to be a mistake. Lance hit him with an airborne kick before performing another air combo. As soon as Gill woke up he dashed at Lance with a fiery punch.
"Die!" Gill said as he performed the punch, knocking down Lance and taking a chunk of his health with that attack.
"Wow, just that one attack? This guy must be strong." Ruby said.
Gill tried performing some quick jabs, all of which were out of range for them to be able to connect. He then switched it up with an upward, fire-infused elbow.
Lance tripped him up when he slightly missed the elbow.
Gill got up to try and perform a low kick attack, pushing Lance back a little. It didn't do as much damage as the dash punch, but it still did an amount that was above average for those type of attacks.
Gill performed a straight punch, which Lance blocked. He then performed a low kick before saying, "Pyrokinesis!", launching out a faster moving fire ball. It pushed him back a little. Lance thought he was about to attack again but he didn't. Instead, he grabbed Lance, performing a suplex. Which took off a lot more damage than anyone expected, taking off more than a fourth of his health.
When Gill went airborne, Lance anticipated this as an opportunity for him to counter with anti-air. But the way he descended wasn't a way that allowed for Lance's counter to work. Gill wasn't just in the air to jump or perform an air attack. He was performing his knee drop special move, which was able to connect just enough. He then followed it up with an upward elbow. Lance was in danger of being knocked out.
"Dude, you're about lose! Tag out!" Rigby called out.
As much as Lance didn't want to tag out, he knew Rigby was right. "Rigby!" He tags out for Rigby.
Rigby's smaller size made it harder for Gill to hit him compared to Lance and he used this to his advantage, using the stone, low attacks and combos to get down Gill's health to a danger state.
Gill charged at him with a dash punch but missed because of Rigby's small size. Rigby hit him with the power stone again and hitting him with another simple but effective combo.
He also tried a headbutt, hopping off the ground a little as he performed it. And did so twice, but missed both times. Rigby did the same thing he did earlier, which allowed him to knock out Gill.
"And it looks like the worst part of the fight is over! Maybe!" Chris said.
"I don't know. What about that Q guy?" Morty said, as he kept an eye on Rick.
"We're about to find out." Yang said as he dashed in.
Street Fighter III Third Strike: Q Theme Plays
Q attempted to hit Rigby with constant low chops, grunting each time as he did so. Every time Rigby tried to attack, he would keep getting hit by the low chops. Rigby dashed back a little before jumping a little, hitting him with the power stone as Q tried a standing kick forward which whiffed.
Q grunted in pain as he was being hit, but even then the grunts didn't show signs of emotion at all.
But unlike Gill, he performed a reversal, surprising Rigby with a grab as he got up, punching him in the air and then dashing towards him for a punch to follow it up. As Rigby was on the ground. He stomped on the ground before looking upwards a few times. He dashed towards Rigby again for a high dash punch but missed. Rigby decided to try the same thing he did with Gill, hit him with the power stone before performing a simple ground-to-air combo. The message "Infinity Storm Ready" appeared after Rigby used the Power Stone.
"I'm endin' this now!" Rigby said before activating the surge.
INFINITY SURGE: POWER STONE
Suddenly, Q began to grab his helmet before flashing orange.
Rigby was about to run at him for a Death Punch.
"Rigby! Wait! There's something wrong!" Lance said.
"No! I've gotta beat him now before the time on the stone runs out!" Rigby said. He ran at him, not listening to Lance's warning, which he should have heeded. Q jumped over the attempted Death Punch and then grabbed Rigby while he was recovering. An explosion was heard, knocking Rigby and Q back.
"DANGER!" was heard from the MVCI announcer, but not from Q as he didn't take any damage. It was from Rigby. One more hit and he was done.
"Tag out now!" Lance said.
"Lance!" Rigby said tagging out.
Q dashed at Lance for a neutral punch before performing a combo of punches and swipes. Lance countered with two jabs and a standing sweeping kick, tripping up the mysterious fighter.
Q then performed an overhead knee and then held his hat as he tried an inversion attack, going low with a kick before falling down. Lance used this opportunity to combine the power of Galalunian Tech with the Power Stone to finish the fight, hitting him with a combo of sword attacks. And thanks to the power of the Power Stone enhancing those attacks, he was able to knock Q out, as he grunted in defeat.
"KO!"
Q disappeared.
But someone else took his place. Lance was prepared to fight.
"No need. I'm not an enemy." The man said, holding up a hand. He had a rather long, and unkempt beard, which contrasted with his clothing, which consisted of a very tall top hat with decorative patterns around the base, a black string bow tie at the neck, and a black waistcoat with tails, decorated with highly ornate patterns, shiny red satin lining material seen inside the tails and rolled-up sleeves. The area around his left and arm also appeared to be gold.
"My name is G. President of the Earth." He said before bowing. And I see you've taken care of Gill. You have my gratitude. Perhaps this will encounter will be a learning experience for him and he'll become an ally. How about I repay you with my assistance in return? Know now that for the rest of your fight, the power of the Earth is on your side!" G said, tipping his cap as disappeared into a capsule.
The message New Assist Ally Available: G(Street Fighter) was shown on screen for Lance and Rigby to see.
"President of Earth? Just who was that?" Lance wondered.
"I don't know, but if he's here to help us I'll take it." Rigby said.
They disappeared.
Lions Left: 18
Lance & Rigby advance
"RESURRECTION!" Gill declared before rising once again and disappearing. However, no one saw this as the monitor was already changed into the next area.
Area 6: Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab(Castlevania Lament of Innocence)
Blake VS Adam
Castlevania Lament of Innocence OST- Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab Plays
Blake and Adam appeared on different sides of the lab.
"Woah, where am I?" Adam asked, looking around.
Skeletons appeared before Adam and Blake as soon as they started moving.
"Uh oh! That's not good!" Adam said before immediately trying to run. He made a mad dash for the door.
Blake however, even without her semblance or weapons, was willing to fight the two skeletons that were there. Although they wielded clubs, their movements and their attacks were slow. The only way they would be effective was if they had numbers. And while theyh technically did, with it being a 2v1, it wouldn't be enough to stop Blake, who used her speed to make quick work of the skeletons, breaking them apart and defeating them. She then entered the door that was in front of her.
In front of Blake was a map and a gauntlet. She picked both up.
"And it looks like they found a map." Chris said.
"And some gauntlets too." Yang said.
The info from the gauntlet said that it grants the person that wielded them protection, including against magic based attacks. Both put the gauntlet on.
Adam had already picked it up. A center circular-like area was marked.
"This must be the place where I have to go." Adam said.
Blake and Adam continued to move, following the map to their destination. They both entered an area full of more skeletons, this time, in larger numbers and armed with more diverse weaponry.
"I don't have any weapons! How the heck am I supposed to fight these guys?" Adam asked.
Thankfully for him, the skeletons were pretty slow. They would only become a problem for him if he tried to fight and let them surround him. But he didn't. He went straight for the other door, rolling out of the way of a skeleton that attempted to hit him with a leaping sword attack and ducked other another that tried to swipe at him with its sword as it also had a shield in its other hand.
While Blake was more than capable of fighting the skeletons, she thought it would have been a waste of energy doing so. Instead, she went straight for the door. They both headed down another corridor before entering another room. This time with an armored knight. The knight flashed purple. And while Adam avoided that like he did every other enemy, which was a lot easier because of how slow the knight was, even compared to the skeletons, Blake was willing to fight it since it was a one-on-one. After it flashed purple, it attempted to strike with its spear. She blocked the attack with the gauntlet, and she started to flash purple. A magic meter below her health increased after the guard. And while this would usually be tied to certain abilities found, this meter would be tied to her semblance instead. When she guarded the attack, she felt something within her aura that let her know that she could use her semblance with the magic meter.
"So that magic meter. I wonder if that's tied to her semblance?" Ruby asked.
"I would guess so. If she has abilities, more than likely it's based on that. Or their personality. Or what's in the game itself." Chris said.
"Wow. That was really helpful in dwindling it down." Sokka said sarcastically.
Because of how simple the knight's pattern was, she didn't even need to use it. Other than the magic strike, it performed a slow, two-hit attack with both the spear and shield.
Eventually, it was defeated and fell over. It dropped a weapon. While it wasn't her Gamboul Shroud, being able to find anything to wield against enemies there would be a welcome sight.
The message Whip of Alchemy Discovered was shown and she wielded it.
It made dealing with the flame zombies and knights she would come across in the next corridor a lot easier to deal with. And the same thing applied to the enemies in the library, including the silver knights, gaining more magic energy while she was at it. She saw something interesting the distance from above her on a higher bookshelf. She rand on the wall for a short bit before jumping and grabbing onto the ledge and climbing up. It was another weapon. This time it was her Gamboul Shroud. While she could keep the whip, she stuck to what she was comfortable with using.
As for Adam, it wasn't until after he made it into the library and dodged the spinning blade of a floating eye demon that he found his first weapon. It was an ax. And with it came 100 hearts.
The two wouldn't run into each other until they got into a platform area where there were two large poison plants.
"So I guess you're who I'm going up against huh?" Adam said.
"Yeah." Blake said before Adam suddenly yelled and got out of the way of one of the plants that burrowed into the ground.
"Um, don't you have weapons to defend yourself with?" Blake asked, not understanding why he was so afraid.
"Well yeah, but I can only use it so many times." Adam said.
"So many times?" Blake asked.
"Yeah. The hearts are ammo. Don't you have that?" Adam asked.
"No. All I found was a whip and my own weapon." Blake said.
"Huh. Guess since we started in different places, we had to get different weapons." Adam said.
Blake looks at her map. "Well, since this is probably the only way we're getting outta here, why not help each other out?" Blake asked.
"Sure!" Adam said.
They both got rid of the plants before heading back up the stairs and going through the door. They eventually found the room they were supposed to go to and inside it was a stone tablet and a pile of stones. Once they got next to it a message was shown.
It read, "The word 'meth' is carved into the wall. There is a hole gouged into the middle."
"My guess is that we have to find the rest of the wall." Blake said.
"So we have to go back out there?" Adam said, not wanting to face all of those enemies again.
"You have a weapon, right? You can defend yourself. Even if it's limited, that's a lot more than what some people could say. If you can't even get through those slow moving skeletons, how could you expect to beat me if I was trying to defeat you early?" Blake said.
"Okay. I'll do it." Adam said, knowing that he couldn't be seen as a wimp in front of the team that he created. If they lost, he knew that he'd be a candidate to be voted off if he decided to cower away.
The pair fought through rooms of enemies, Adam cutting them down by throwing axes, and Blake using her speed and her weapon to cut down the enemies that they came across, including the flame zombies and flame swords.
In one of the rooms they cleared, they found an ancient text scroll.
Adam picked it up. "Meth means death. Emeth mean life." He read.
"And there's our answer to what we have to find. The stone tablet has to have an 'e' on it." Blake said.
Another room identical to the one they were in before had a red cyclops in it with a club.
"That's a really huge cyclops." Adam said.
"Just use your speed. It can't attack both of us at once." Blake said.
It swung in different directions, trying to attack either one it saw, also flashing purple occasionally, allowing for Blake to increase her magic meter.
The outcome was just as Blake believed it would be. The cyclops, while powerful, was very slow. Blake jumped over the cyclops' head before hitting it with several quick slices and a couple of her shots from the pistol mode for good measure. It slowly tumbled over to the ground, defeated. It dropped two items. A box and another ancient text scroll was there.
"Well, go ahead." Blake said, gesturing to the box.
"Really?" Adam asked.
"You said you have nothing but that axe. Wouldn't you want a better weapon?" Blake asked.
"Thanks!" Adam said.
"Don't thank me yet. You're still gonna lose before we got outta here." Blake said.
"We'll see about that." Adam said before picking up the scroll.
"Beware the foe that claims to be a friend." Adam said. "What does that mean?"
"Maybe they're talking about you." Blake joked.
"Nah. They're probably talking about you." He joked back. He goes in the box. His body suddenly becomes buff. His cargo shorts were also replaced with camoflauge pants.
Blake gave him a look after his appearance changed.
"What?" Adam asked.
"A little ironic." Blake said.
"Is it possible for you to keep some of those things once you leave the VR world? Like looks?" Mabel asked.
"Probably not." Chris said.
"Aw." Mabel said.
***Confessional***
Mabel(Fighting Lions):
"Now if only that's how he really looked." She said, referring to Adam. "Though he's still just as brave and cool regardless."
****End Confessional***
They found another library. Adam puled a lever that he found. Several blocks of stone came out of the wall.
"I think you're better suited for something like that." Adam said.
Using her speed and her Gamboul Shroud as a grappling hook, she was able to ascend the wall on the block ledges easily. She found a door that lead to another corridor. Down the hall was a door that led to a throne. The throne had exactly what they were looking for. A stone tablet that had the letter "e". She returned to where Adam was.
"Got it." Blake said, showing the stone tablet.
"Great!" Adam said. They retraced their steps, going back to the room where the wall was. Except before they entered, they heard noises in the room. It was the sounds of stones, stomping, chains and whip sounds.
"That's the sounds of a battle." Blake said.
The noises continued for about an additional minute before they stopped.
"Who could have gotten there before us?" Adam asked.
"And who won?" Blake asked. They both carefully entered.
When they entered, they saw a man wearing red and white and had the appearance of a knight during the current time period. A red whip was also by his side.
"Looks like you got here before us and took care of whatever was in here. Thanks." Adam said as he noticed the "e" was already inserted.
The man turned around. He was surrounded in blue aura. He said nothing as he looked at the two.
"Something's wrong." Blake said.
He ran at Blake and immediately started to attack her.
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence OST - Resonance of Malevolent Souls Plays
Mini-Boss: Fake Leon Belmont/Doppleganger(Castlevania: Lament of Innocence)
Fortunately for her, she was able to dodge the whip attacks. Except for the last one. Because his second to last whip attack was shorter than Blake expected it to be, she didn't anticipate for him to perform a long ranged, heavy attack with it, knocking her back.
Adam threw axes at him, going through him each time and causing him to flinch and take damage. However, after the third time, he blocked the fourth attempt and all of Blake's attacks with the same gauntlet that Blake and Adam have.
"So the real Leon is who the gauntlet originally belonged too." Ruby commented.
"If there's one thing I'm sure of though, fakes have nothin' on the originals. Sure, he might know some stuff the original does, but there's a reason why he's a fake." Richie said.
"And I'm more than confident that Blake is gonna show everyone here why." Yang said.
Although it was Blake doing most of the close quarter combat, Adam was still able to consistently chip away at the Fake Leon's health.
Blake continued to try and slash at the clone of the first Belmont, and while some hits were able to connect, he proved to be just as agile as the original, dodging some of the attacks but sidestepping, or flipping to the side or backwards. Although unlike against the axes, he seemed to be allergic to blocking. If the attacks Blake threw weren't dodged, he would get hit.
The clone tried to counter a missed slash from Blake with quick whip strikes before ending with a long whip strike. Blake used this opening to quickly dash at him, but he stopped the advance by surrounding himself with holy, or in the evil clone's case, unholy water. With his fists engulfed in flames, he charged at her. Instead of blocking, she creates a clone of herself infused with fire dust, causing the doppelganger to be knocked back, tumbling on the ground. Because Adam was the closest, he ran at Adam and started to attack him, throwing unholy water in his direction before sending slower, but stronger whip strikes at him that Adam was able to guard. At least for the first two. He broke Adam's guard on the third.
But oddly enough, instead of attacking, he jumped backwards.
Blake ran towards the clone for a bit and then jumped in the air, attempting to grapple onto him. But the clone blocked it, causing her to have to go on the ground and roll forward towards the clone.
"It looks like the clone's only blocking ranged attacks." Sokka said.
"Which means they're gonna have to get up close and personal if they wanna win. My kind of fight." Yang said.
"But how come the axes are working?" Ruby asked.
"The first few will probably work like you saw before. It's the ones after." Richie said.
The clone ran up to Blake and suddenly flashed purple. It sent a wave of energy in four directions, using an ability called the Cross Blazer, combining the power of the green orb and unholy water. It then used another attack, combining the red orb it got from defeating the golem in the room with the unholy water, Roaring Flames, surrounding itself with flames. But it proved to be useless as Blake was out of its effective range.
After two ax strikes, the clone was at less than half health. But the roaring flames proved to be the last of the clone's surprises. In some way or another, it performed all of the previous mentioned attacks with the unholy water subweapon along with a mixture of heavy and quick whip strike combos. Blake and Adam were able to eventually defeat it. But it didn't disappear or fall to the ground as the two expected. Instead it ran out of the room.
"Well, looks like our little truce is over." Blake said.
"Yeah." Adam said.
There was silence. Until Blake suddenly ran at him. Adam threw an axe but instead of hitting the actual Blake, it only hit a clone. She uses it to propel herself upward and then strike Adam, forcing him to block. But as seen against the doppelganger, stronger attacks would break the block. And Blake used this knowledge to her advantage and attack enough to force him to break his guard.
Although Adam tried the best he could with dodging and regaining hearts from the candles that Blake inadvertently destroyed and landing a few hits, he was greatly overmatched with Blake's speed and combat experience compared to a kid that goes to middle school and has no type of experience in fighting, other than against Bull. And in those cases, it was him on the losing end.
"And Blake wins! With yet another loss from the Phoenixes. Seriously, you guys suck right now." Chris said.
***Confesional***
Sokka(Soaring Phoenixes):
"Eh. It kinda wasn't hard to see that one coming. But hey, at least he tried. Unlike some people." Sokka said, referring to Beyal on the last part.
***End Confessional***
Phoenixes Left: 14
Blake Advances
Area 7: Graveyard(Mortal Kombat 3)
Tournament Mode: Sam, Kuki, Dipper, Izzy, Virgil VS Harold, Homer, Gary, Mordecai, Spongebob
Other Notes: 3 Special moves are available for each character
Mortal Kombat 3 Arcade OST- Graveyard
Sam and Harold were the first two to appear.
"Woah." Harold said, looking around.
"FIGHT!" The Mortal Kombat 3 announcer, also known as Shao Kahn said.
Sam was already in a fighting stance.
"Wait, wha-" Harold said before being hit in the face.
Sam relentlessly hit him with punches and kicks.
Harold gets up. "You may have gotten the jump on me, but now I'm ready!" Haerold said before getting into a martial arts fighting stance. Impressively enough, he was able to keep up with Sam in the beginning, but after that, he was overmatched. Sam wasn't about to waste any time against him and used her spy experience to quickly get rid of Harold.
Homer was next. And from how he was looking when he was in, he was surprised, as if he was thrown in.
"Wait, what the- am I dead? I still had so many things to do in life!" He said, looking around him at the graveyard.
"You're not dead, it's V- oh never mind." Sam said before immediately attacking him. What he didn't expect was for Homer to bounce off the wall as if there were ropes and hit her as if he was performing a wrestling move, comically getting rid of over a third of her health.
"You're telling me Homer's that strong? I refuse to believe it." Vegeta said.
"It's video games man. Honestly, I find it hilarious." Richie said.
Sam wasn't about to waste any time with Homer either. When Homer attempted to charge at Sam with a crude version of what Gill performs with his charging punch, he then attempted to perform the traditional Mortal Kombat uppercut. But Sam ducked it and quickly got rid of him as well.
Gary was next.
"Aw man!" Gary said, looking around and seeing his health bar. And a sprint meter. "Oh. So I'm up against you huh? Well, let's do this!" Gary said, getting into a fighting stance. He ran at Sam and attempted to just throw a flurry of punches. All of which were ducked. Sam countered with an uppercut.
Though what Gary did next was something that no one predicted. He pulled out his blaster rifle and started to shoot.
"Wait, how is he even able to do that? I thought no one was supposed to be able to start with any moves." Misty asked.
"Special moves! A staple trademark in video games!" Ruby said.
"Yep! Although some can be more broken then other in some cases." Alex said as Sam tried to use her hairbrush grapple to grapple forward, but Gary kept shooting at her.
"Yeah! You can't get past this now can you?" Gary said continuing to shoot.
"I think we might have found one of those cases." Richie said as Sam was eventually knocked out due to block damage.
***Confessional***
Richie(Fighting Lions):
"Don't get me wrong I still find this funny, but to be on the receiving end of a broken or abused attack? Yeah, definitely got mixed feelings on this one."
***End Confessional***
"Look, I know I'm part of the empire, but do I really have to fight some kid? Like I don't feel comfortable hurting child-" Gary started before being comboes in the air and then being shot with mustard and a candy weapon.
"Come on! I wasn't rea-" Gary said before Kuki threw rainbow monkeys at Gary.
"Wait a second, how is that even-" Gary said before Kuki threw more rainbow monkeys at him, causing his health to go to zero.
"Okay, what just happened!?" Sokka said, before turning around. "Don't say it!" He said, pointing at Alex, Richie, and Ruby.
"I just saw a stormtrooper get beat up by some kid throwing stuffed animals and shooting candy. Trust me, I never thought I'd be saying that either. And I got trapped in a mall full of zombies." Frank said.
"YAY I WIN!" Kuki said, jumping in the air. Even though she didn't. There was still Mordecai and Spongebob left.
"Woah. Wonder what kind of special moves I have?" Mordecai said, looking around.
"Oh. Looks like I don't win yet." Kuki said.
"Sorry I gotta do this kid, but you're goin' down." Mordecai said, pointing at her, which unintentionally sent out Pope at Kuki, leaping at her and kicking her.
"Woah. That's a weird special move to have. But I'll take it." Mordecai said. "But if this is supposed to be based on our personalities, then I wonder..." Mordecai said before Kuki threw more rainbow monkeys. He blocked it, but didn't take any damage.
"Aw sweet! The death bloooooock!" Mordecai said. "Good luck gettin' past my defenses now!" Mordecai said.
Kuki continued to throw projectiles and tried to hit him until eventually time expired, making Mordecai the winner by default.
Dipper was next.
"Woah!" Dipper said, trying not fall as he was pushed into the game.
"Looks like I'm in a fighting game?" Dipper said, looking around.
"Yep." Mordecai said.
"Oh. Well then. Let's see what kinda special moves I've got." Dipper said before running up to Mordecai and performing an uppercut as if he was Rumble McSkirmish.
"Sweet! I've got an uppercut!" Dipper said before realizing that it was blocked. "Uh oh." Mordecai hit him with a combo that was only punches.
"That's the power of punchies." Mordecai said.
"Oh yeah, well I bet your punchies can't match this!" Dipper said before charging up energy. He threw out a blue fireball. It hit Mordecai. But he took no damage.
"What? You didn't take any damage?" Dipper asked.
"Nope. You obviously haven't heard of the death block." Mordecai said, confidently.
"The death block?" Dipper asked, eyebrows raised.
"Yep. And with it, as long as I block, I don't take any damage. So you might as well just give up now." Mordecai said confidently.
"I never give up!" Dipper said before running at him. And instead of throwing punches like Mordecai expected, instead, he grabs Mordecai.
"Ha! Simple fighting game strategy! Can't get past their guard, throw 'em!" Dipper said.
"Looks like Mordecai's strategy has been countered as fast as he figured it out! Now he's going to have to fight!" Chris said.
Which looked like something he was more than comfortable with doing. Although he had to hit lower because of Dipper's smaller size. Something that he used to his advantage.
Dipper performed two punches before throwing out a hadouken-like projectile.
Suddenly, both felt a surge of speed, thanks to the AGGRESSOR bar at the bottom. It was a flurry of punches as afterimages of the fighters were seen as they attacked.
"Afterimages? It seems this technology can even give the powerless a chance." Vegeta said.
In the end, it was Mordecai that won after the flurry of attacks.
Izzy swung in on a vine and hit Mordecai. She then ran at Mordecai with a flurry of attacks herself. And she didn't take long to perform one of her special moves, which was throwing a fire starter made from tree sap and sand.
"What the-?" Mordecai started before an explosion was seen on screen.
Everyone's jaw dropped.
"Yeah. Wow." Chris said. Once the dust cleared however, Mordecai was still standing.
"Wow, you actually survived that? I thought you would have died." Izzy said.
"Check it. The death block!" Mordecai said.
"So the block even lets you survive one-hit moves? Awesome." Izzy said.
Izzy and Mordecai ran at each other again. Except this time, Izzy surrounded herself in electricity, shocking Mordecai,similar to how Blanka does in the Street Fighter games.
"Oh wow. That felt so good. I wanna do that again!" Izzy said before surrounding herself in electricity again.
Mordecai sent Pops to attack again. Even if he didn't think it made sense, if it worked, he was going to continue to roll with it.
Mordecai was about to run at Izzy again, but she rolled into a ball and jumped over his head, and then grabbed him by his shoulders before tossing him. But Mordecai wasn't about to give up yet, even if his health was low. He ran at Izzy and grabbed her before throwing her. He then called out Pops again to kick Izzy and then performed a special move that has him bring out The Power piano and send a wave of energy at Izzy, eliminating her.
"And now it's down to Virgil! Can he win it for the Lions?" Chris said.
"Sorry Mordecai, but I gotta end this." Virgil said. Using his saucer, he hit Mordecai with it, which connected before sending static electricity his way.
"No way!" Mordecai said before bringing out The Power again. Virgil and Mordecai were locked into a beam struggle.
"I'm not... gonna lose!" Virgil said, sending a stronger surge of static electricity.
Mordecai then started to play the Power, which somehow was able to give it more power.
"Now is where you face your doom! 'Cause this is where you to go to the moon!" Mordecai said, as he played.
"You... first!" Virgil said, overpowering Mordecai.
It was now down to Virgil and the web slinger.
Though it wasn't him that appeared. A robot of some sort appeared.
New Enemy: Ultron(Marvel)
"Worthless human. Prepare to meet your end." Ultron said.
"I don't think so, tin man!" Virgil said.
Marvel VS Capcom Infinite Ultron Theme Plays
Ultron swiped at Virgil, causing him to have to dodge back.
He then wielded a red gem in his hand.
"Reality stone!" Ultron called out sending out a projectile at Virgil.
With his static electricity, Static was able to get rid of the projectile easily.
"Feelin' a little tingly inside?" Static asked.
"It will take more than that to defeat me." Ultron said before calling one of his drones to assist him.
As he did, he attempted to grab Virgil and was successful.
"Fool. Did you really think you stood a chance against me? Your inferior human intellect is nothing to mine!" Sigma said.
"Well then, how come your superior intellect didn't account for this?" Virgil said before grabbing onto him and sending a surge of static electricity up his body.
"You imbecile! Your electricity is only rejuvenating my systems!" Ultron said.
"Yeah. But how much can you take?" Virgil said before sending more and more power into his systems.
"As much as necessary. You cannot sustain this forever!" Ultron said.
But Static didn't listen. He continued to send more and more power into Ultron before he lost his grip on Virgil.
And it was all thanks to Weiss.
"You can thank me after we take care of him." Weiss said, referring to Ultron. Reimu also joined in.
Someone in black along with someone in green armor appeared behind Ultron.
The smaller person in black slashed at Ultron with a red saber, knocking him away.
"It would seem that I am greatly outnumbered. Hmph." Ultron said before disappearing.
Music Stops
"Thanks. But... who are those two you guys brought along?" Virgil asked.
"We didn't bring those two along." Weiss said.
"Who are you two?" Reimu asked before looking at them more closely. "Are you youkai?" She asked, referring to their rather strange appearance. Stranger than everyone else that was on the island.
"I don't know of these 'youkai' you speak of. But regardless, all of you will face your end here. X included." Sigma said. "Zero. Deal with them." He said.
It was then that X appeared, dashing in, and knocking back Zero.
"I see you were looking for me Sigma. Well here I am." The blue robot said. "And I see you've got another failed attempt at recreating Zero. Try all you want, but you'll never truly be able to get him on your side."
"Ah, X. You'll be yet another added to the casualty list today. But, I shall have the pleasure of dealing with you myself." Sigma said, before revealing his own green sword.
New Ally: X(Mega Man X)
Mini-Bosses: Zero & Sigma(Mega Man X)
While Zero and Sigma's health appeared, X's did not. X nodded at the others before their fight began.
Mega Man X5 OST- X VS Zero(Touhou Soundfont) Plays
It was a frenzy of attacks, even with the arena being widened for all of the fighters. Zero would send out three charged Z-Buster shots before slashing with his Z-sword, sending out a shot that went in an upward angle. He and Sigma then dashed at the four heroes. While everyone, except for X was ready to strike them when they came at them, instead, Reimu, Weiss and Static all took damage just for colliding with them and the additional damage from Sigma and Zero's slices with their blades.
"Okay. So it looks like we can't even touch 'em without taking damage." Static said.
"Take this!" Sigma said before coming at them at an upward angle until he hit the wall of the arena. He then went the opposite direction towards the other wall and repeated this until he was back on the ground.
Reimu, Static and X fired shots back as he was on the ground. But he blocked all of them with his beam saber and then retaliates by shooting projectiles from his head. Static blocks them with an electric forcefield, while X, Reimu and Weiss all dodge them.
Zero slams into the ground, performing an altered version of the C-Flasher or Messenkou sending large blue projectiles from under the ground, catching all of them off guard and causing them to be hit by the projectiles. He then dashes forward with Sigma to slice at them again.
While Zero stays on the ground to fire at them, Sigma goes into the air again, jumping from wall to wall.
Static fires at Sigma as he was on the opposite side of him and was able to connect with no issues.
"He's vulnerable while in the air! Strike him then!" Static said.
"Right!" Weiss said, nodding. "But first, we need to do something about him!" She said, referring to Zero who continuously shot z-buster shots.
She loads ice dust into her Myrtenaster to try and freeze him, which proves to be useless, though it still caused damage to him. So she continued, with the assistance of her glyphs, to send projectiles Zero's way while jumping to avoid. Though this was put to an end when Sigma returned to the ground and blocked all attempts at shooting projectiles. Only X and Reimu were able to dodge the projectiles perfectly. This includes Zero's C-Flasher. Which he did twice in a row.
"I know my reflexes are pretty good, but those two gotta be from the Matrix!" Static said, referring to X and Reimu.
"The what?" Weiss said, confused.
"Never mind. Just keep shootin'!" Static said.
Eventually, everyone figured out that the two each had an attack pattern, with Virgil explaining that it's "like video game bosses" and they used those patterns to their advantage. Although Virgil and Weiss were still hit a few more times in this pattern. Reimu and X were each only hit one additional time after this, dodging the rest perfectly.
While Zero was at half health, Sigma only had about a third of his health gone.
Zero stood by Sigma on the side of the screen opposite to X and the others.
Music Stops
"Impressive. Your friends are quite formidable. But..." Sigma started.
"Can you withstand the true might of Zero do I wonder? Show them! Awaken your true power!"
Red Aura began to emanate from Zero.
Sigma also did away with his sword. And instead, he grew claws from his knuckles.
"First Star Wars, now Wolverine Mr. Buzz Lightyear?" Static said. Though no one else got his references. "Nobody?"
Weiss could only shrug.
"Sorry." Reimu said.
"What's Star Wars?" X asked.
"Forget I said anything." Static said.
"Enough talk! Prepare to be destroyed!" Sigma said.
Marvel VS Capcom Infinite Sigma Theme Plays
Sigma dashes at them before disappearing.
"Where'd he go?" Weiss asked.
"Above you!" X said.
He descended downward, with everyone dodging before he could hit anyone.
He then surrounded himself with purple orbs before sending them all out at the four.
As for Zero, his "Awakened" state came with a new attack. A shot from his Z-buster where the energy spins in a ring-like shape and lingers for a few seconds before leaving. When X tried to jump over his head, he slammed the ground again, sending projectiles and now debris upward, debris that Weiss found out, caused slight damage when touched.
Sigma jumped off a wall like he did last time. But as everyone clinked onto the wall, he did what no one expected him to do. Disappear.
He reappeared below, hitting Static. He then charged at them all, with Zero following suit as before, Sigma slicing downward with one of his claws. As Sigma jumped on the wall, Zero slammed onto the ground again.
"It looks like it's mostly the same pattern." Weiss said. Which it was... for the most part other than the tweaked attacks. That is until Sigma took a little more damage and then started to flash yellow. He then sent a vertical wave of electricity everyone's way. Static was hit, but that was his intention. By getting hit, his health increased.
Other than the new addition of the electric wave, everything else was the same. Even though that didn't make it easier to dodge. It was a rinse and repeat pattern for about another minute or so.
But Static's health was getting low and Weiss wasn't too far behind. Zero's was the third lowest.
"Zero's the real problem here. His attacks are messing up my concentration." Weiss said as she and the others avoided the z-buster shots.
"Then, how about we put you out of your misery then?" Sigma said. "Zero! Finish them!"
Zero pulled out his Z-Saber before sending out two large crescents of energy at them, the Genmu Zero, obliterating everyone.
Everyone except Reimu. While X was still intact, he was damaged and could not battle any longer.
Music Stops
"What? Impossible! Once launched that move obliterates everyone in its path!" Sigma said.
"Fine then. If you wish to die by my hand, then so be it!" He said before retracting the claws.
Mega Man X6 OST Sigma 2nd Plays
Sigma sends out electric blasts from his hands. He then dashes at Reimu, although it was slower than when he had the saber sword.
"Aren't you supposed to be stronger when you transform? You're even slower than before." Reimu said.
"Zero! Destroy her!" Sigma said. Following his commands, he performs the same attack patterns as before, assisting Sigma. Though neither were able to touch her at all.
Sigma brings out his saber again.
He uses it to block Reimu's shots and fires electricity back with one hand.
Sigma and Zero quickly retaliate with shots of their own. Zero with quicker, but weaker uncharged Z buster shots and Sigma with shots from both his forehead and purple orbs.
Sigma floats in the air and sends out a large blue wave of energy while Zero sends out charged buster shots. Finding the smallest gap between the shots, she was able to avoid them both and get around Zero charging at her unscathed.
Zero, on the opposite screen, tries again while Sigma remains in place, sending a lower shot, which made the shots a lot easier to doge for her as all she had to do was go over both in the air.
Sigma teleports back on the ground before teleporting again, coming from above with his claws.
He then goes from wall to wall with his saber before suddenly teleporting, trying to catch her off guard as Zero repeatedly slammed the ground, sending shots upward.
"Why... can't I hit you?" Sigma said in frustration. "Zero! I order you to finish her!"
He sends another Genmu Zero, which somehow has no effect even though it makes contact with her.
"You may be able to handle that. But can you handle... this?" Sigma said before revealing a stone in his hands.
"Behold! The power of the space stone!" He said as he attempts to pull Reimu towards him. "With this, I will annihilate you myself!"
Suddenly, another Genmu Zero comes from behind Reimu. But this one obliterates Zero and leaves Sigma on one knee, damaged.
A robot looking similar to the black Zero dashed beside Reimu.
Mega Man X3(Expanded)- Zero Theme
"There's two of you?" Reimu asked.
"No. There's only one Zero." The robot said to Reimu. "What you saw was a poor excuse for a knock-off by Sigma."
"No matter how many forms you take. No matter what you try. The outcome will never change. Just like you won't." Zero said to Sigma before raising his blaster and charging it to destroy Sigma for good.
"You think you've won? You've won nothing!" Sigma said before disappearing.
"Are you two alright? X, can you stand?" Zero asked, lowering his buster.
"Yeah. I'm fine. Damaged, but I should be able to get back to base for repairs on my own." X said.
"Same here." Reimu said.
"Heh. You should be. She was able to deal with that fake Zero and Sigma on her own pretty easily." X said.
"Really?" Zero said, not believing it.
"Yeah. You should have seen her. Her skills were impressive. Sigma wasn't even able to touch her." X said.
"Well if they're that good she should join the Maverick Hunters." Zero said.
"Hmm, I don't know. Does it pay well?" Reimu asked.
Zero blinked in confusion. "Pay?"
Reimu sighs. "Forget I asked."
"Regardless, the offer still stands if you ever change your mind." X said.
"An enemy of Sigma's is a friend in my book, unless they show otherwise. We're more than happy to take all the help we can get." Zero said. "X, return to base."
"What about you Zero?" X asked.
"I'm going to try and find out what Sigma's up to." Zero said.
"What he's up to? He looks like he could use some rest himself." Reimu said.
"As much as I want to believe Sigma's done, Zero's probably right. We've fought Sigma countless times. And he's never given up this easily before. He's got another trick or two up his sleeve." X said. "I'd go with him but I'm in no condition to fight."
"If we cross paths again, know that I'll be more than glad to fight with you. Just make sure it doesn't end up with you weighing me down." Zero said before dashing off.
"He means well. I know you'll be a lot of help if you two do meet again." X said. "Farewell." He added before dashing off.
Before Reimu could even react, she was teleported out.
Phoenixes Left: 10
Lions Left: 12
Reimu and Spider-Man Advance
As she teleports away, several hands reach out of several graves.
A screen shows up on the monitors, indicating that Round 1 was over.
Chris went back in the world. The 22 remaining were back in the same arena they were in before.
"Fighters! Looks like you've all gotten past the first round! Now I know some of you didn't get to participate. While I'm not sure about the details as to why that's the case myself, just know that with less fighters left, there's a bigger chance that you'll have to answer the call this time, so stay prepared! I have a feeling that what you just saw was only the beginning!" Chris said before disappearing.
"All right Dan! This is where your challenge comes in! I've placed a very important item back in Camp Wawanakwa. Your job is to find it before this round ends! Once you do, further instructions will be given. If you don't find it before the round ends, you lose the opportunity to compete this season. Got it?" Chris explained.
"Yes, but I'd like to add another condition." Dan Mandel said.
"What is it?"
"Since you mad me wait so long, not only do I want a guaranteed spot in another season if I win, but Chris here gets to compete too!" Dan Mandel said.
"What? Why?" Chris Pearson asked.
"Come on, you mean you don't want the chance at 300k? Don't you think it'll make it Elise happy?" Dan asked.
"Elise and I are already happy. And well, money isn't everything Dan..." Chris Pearson said.
"Well if money isn't everything, then how come I have to pay bills, half of which I don't even know where they come from every month just to avoid being out on the street? Or to watch TV? Or to make calls? Or to turn the lights on and off whenever I want to? Or to be able to drive? Or to get gas? Or to-" Dan Mandel reasoned.
"Okay, okay I get it. Look, don't you know how dangerous this show is? I really don't want to risk hurting myself for nothing." Chris Pearson said.
"That, is what you have teammates for. If you don't think you can handle the dangerous challenges, then just let them do it. But that's just for teams. If you make it past the merger and you don't have alliances, friends, or people that like you and you can't do the dangerous stuff, then yeah, you're screwed." Dan Mandel explained.
"Wait, you think I can make it to the merger?" Chris Pearson said, surprised that Dan Mandel would think that highly of him.
"Well, if someone like Beth can, then anything's possible." Dan Mandel said.
"Wow, I didn't think I'd be have that good of a chance. Okay, I'll do it!" Chris Pearson said.
***Confessional***
Dan Mandel:
"Did he not know that that wasn't a compliment? I've got nothing against Beth as she isn't a bad person or anything, but I would have rather seen a Harold vs Duncan finale. That would have been the best time for Harold to really stand up to Duncan and beat him in a challenge, and win the money."
"And if you're wondering why I asked to be in another season, it's simple. If I enter now, chances are I might get voted off by some of the stronger competitors here because they might see my late entry as a threat. If I enter another season, that's two chances I've got a crack at the money. And I get to know who I'm dealing with from the very beginning."
***End Confessional***
"Fine. But, if you fail this challenge, you can never compete in a future Total Drama season. Ever. I'll do everything I can to make sure the producers stop you from signing up. Seriously, I don't think I've ever met someone as persistent... and annoying as you over an entry into this show." Chris McLean said.
"Deal!" Dan Mandel said.
"Okay! Take this. It's the only freebie clue I'm gonna give you. The rest you're going to have to figure out on your own." Chris said as the eliminated contestants in the challenge took off the VR helmets.
"Come on Chris! Let's go!" Dan Mandel said as he and Chris Pearson started to run.
"Well that was an... experience." Sam said.
"Dude, that was awesome! I want to go back in there!" Mordecai said.
"Yeah, same here." Gary said.
"Too bad. You'll have to stick with watching like everyone else." Chris said.
"As the remaining fighters prepare to square off, Dan gets his challenge? Will he be able to win? Will he be in my hair for another season? Who on the Lions and Phoenixes will be able to survive? What surprises await in the second round? Find out next time on Total... Drama... Island! Multiverse Edition!"
A/N: So this one took a lot longer than I expected. But getting it right is what matters to me more than speed so it's not too big of a deal.
*Boots of Hermes is not a Smash item. Rather it's an item in both God of War Ascension's online Multiplayer and PS All-Stars Battle Royale.
Also, the Touhou/Mega Man thing was something that I thought of after hearing some Mega Man music in the Touhou soundfont. Both games, even if it's in different ways are just as fast paced, and require good reflexes just to be able to do well. Also, what Reimu did is an ability(or in the context of this being a fighting game stage with MK3 mechanics, at least until the Sigma fight, a special move) from a spell card called "Innate Dream" where she just cannot be attacked. MK Jade wishes she had something like that(as cool as a character as Jade is, she's annoying to fight when the AI's using her) lol. Fitting that only Reimu would be able to legitimately get around the Genmu Zero, a move that instant kills in Mega Man X5 once enough time passes for him to trigger it.
Almost forgot about the boss battle references:
Darkstar(Ben 10 Alien Force Vilgax Attacks DS)
Zero(Fake Zero From Mega Man X2 in appearance, X5 in moveset outside of the debris damage, which is an X2 move)
Sigma(His movesets from Mega Man X1, X2, and X5 all combined)