I apologize if this one seems kind of rushed. Since there are going to be a lot more characters, it's going to be really hard giving everyone dialogue if they are all bunched up together. So, we'll see what happens. In this one, we get two newcomers. Thing is, I don't know if I want to introduce everyone else over the next few chapters, or kinda pan it out and introduce others over time. I'm going with the latter for now. Hopefully I don't get too far behind and Capcom reveals like four new characters right as I'm starting chapter 5 or something. Haha. Oh well, we'll see.
I'm going to also be using character themes in the future, to give ya something to listen to. (:
Another thing...I just noticed, but my chapters are long. REALLY long. They are going to be shorter, definitely. Especially now that I'm not going to have all the characters together as often. Sorry about that. XD
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS
3. V for Viewtiful
9:00 A.M.
It was a sunny day in Metro City. Humans were up and about, going about their usual repetitive schedules. Wake up. Be angry. Go to work. Leave angry. Sleep. Repeat.
For these roommates however, waking up...was the most difficult task.
Sunlight shined through Iron Man's window, who was sound asleep. That wouldn't last long however, unfortunately for Tony Stark.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM.
The constant beating of a door is probably the most irritating noise a sleepy-head will hear in the morning. Either that, or a vacuum cleaner. For Tony, it was the former.
The beating increased to an even faster tempo. And yelling could be heard from outside.
Iron Man's eyes creaked open. They were red and his pupils were barely visible. He grabbed his pillow and slammed it on his head.
Iron Man: GO AWAY!
The beating increased. And increased. And increased. The yelling started to sync with the beating and Iron Man made out the tune that the person was trying to imitate.
It was Enter Sandman. One of Tony's favorite songs of all time. He quickly sat up and cheered in amusement. He stretched and walked toward the door, intent on finding out who this genius was.
As Iron Man opened the door, his eyes went wide in terror. No one was beating on the door on purpose...in fact..it was the other way around.
It was Ryu sleepwalking. He had been repeatedly running into the door. Figures.
Tony Stark scratched his head and caught Ryu as he fell to the floor. He lifted him over his shoulder and took him into the living room.
Deadpool opened his door immediately afterward.
Deadpool: HEY! That was my jam!
Iron Man looked down the hallway and shrugged.
Iron Man: Sorry Deadpool.
Deadpool's eyes began to fill with tears. He slowly limped down the hallway as if his soul was wounded. He stared at Tony and held out his arms.
Tony reluctantly embraced Deadpool and calmed him with a soft "There, there." He patted Deadpool on the back and Deadpool belched afterward.
Super Skrull had just walked into the kitchen. He looked over at the two and quietly muttered, "gay" to himself. He laughed afterward and opened the fridge which had been magically restocked by Ono overnight. He grabbed a Red Bull and pulled up a stool.
Tony looked over at Skrull as Deadpool joyfully skipped towards the couch.
Iron Man: So, Skrull, how's Doom?
Skrull: He's fine. A little...twisted...but fine.
Iron Man tilted his head to the side like a lost dog.
Iron Man: Twisted?
Skrull sipped his Red Bull and groaned. He scratched his head and cleared his throat.
Skrull: Uhh..yeah.
Afterward, screams could be heard from Skrull's room. Skrull immediately hopped from his position and bolted down the hallway.
Iron Man didn't even bother to ponder the situation. He muttered to himself. "Gay."
Dante emerged from his room moments later, yawning and scratching. He lazily entered the living room and stared at Deadpool, who was watching a TV show called Onimuuusha!
Dante shifted his eyes to Iron Man, who sat in the recliner half-asleep.
Soon after, Chris Redfield, Chun-Li, Trish, and Morrigan emerged from their respective rooms. Captain America and Amaterasu joined them.
They all sat in the living room, still not fully awake. They occasionally opened their eyes to Deadpool's constant "Oooooo's!" and "Ahhhh's!"
A piece of board randomly fell from the hole in the ceiling and nailed Ryu in the face. He immediately sat up screaming and shot a Hadouken, which proceeded to hit Captain America in the chest. He was knocked off of his feet and landed on Amaterasu, who proceeded to bite the fuck out of him.
Captain America layed there, twitching. Dante laughed at him.
Dante: I'm bored.
Chris: Me too.
Dante: What do you guys wanna do?
Morrigan: Let's go for some breakfast.
Iron Man: Where?
Chun: Umm...Ihop, maybe?
Dante: Sounds good.
Ryu was puzzled. Ihop set off an alarm in his mind. The mere name made him cringe in disgust.
Ryu: Ihop? No, I jump!
Deadpool laughed at Ryu's stupidity once again. He pointed at Ryu.
Deadpool: This guy is hilarious!
Amaterasu howled with laughter.
Ryu: What?
Chun: Ryu, that's the name of the place we're going to eat at.
Ryu: That's the most ridiculous name for a business I have ever heard!
Dante: If you owned it, you wouldn't complain.
Ryu: This is blasphemy! No one should own a business so...so...preposterous!
Trish: Calm down Ryu.
Ryu: I will not! By the power of Gouken, I will not calm down! Who invented such horse feces? I demand to know!
Dante began to grow impatient with Ryu's constant outbursts.
Dante: Ryu, if your so angry about it, why don't your start your own business? You could name it whatever you want!
Ryu was still going on about Ihop until Dante's idea lit up a bulb in Ryu's barren mind.
Ryu: Perfect!
Chun looked at Dante and glared daggers into him.
Chun: Now you've done it.
Dante shrugged.
Ryu: I'm going to start my own resteraunt! No more Ihop! No more..Red Lobster! No more McDonalds! No more Burger King! No more Dairy Queen! No more Vegetable Prince! Oh wait...I made that one up...
Iron Man facepalmed.
Ryu: My resteraunt will be called...Dragon Punch!
Chris cut his eye at Ryu's determined face and laughed his ass off.
Chris: What will you serve there Ryu? Hadouken Burgers?
Dante: Tatsumaki Chicken?
Chris: Shinku Pie?
Dante: With extra-large Metsu Fries?
Deadpool: With sweet and sour SHORYUKEN SAUCE!
Ryu grinned, not knowing he was being made fun of. He gave the three a thumbs up.
Iron Man: You've got to start somewhere first...Ryu..
Morrigan: Right. You need money. A venue. A team. Sponsors...
Ryu just looked at Morrigan. Morrigan stared at Ryu's blank face and groaned.
Morrigan: Nevermind. Good luck, Ryu.
The housemates all stood up and walked toward the door. Chun-Li patted Ryu on the head as she walked by.
Ryu just sat there. He was determined to start a successfull business.
IN THE HUMMER
Dante, Chris, Chun-Li, Trish, Morrigan, Deadpool, and Amaterasu were on their way to Ihop. The roads were calmer than usual, surprisingly, but the heat was killer outside.
Deadpool and Amaterasu sat in the very back. Deadpool was reading a japanese manga called 'Phoenix Wrong: Objections Abound'. Amaterasu just read along, and the two laughed at the ridiculous cases.
Deadpool: Hey guys, Phoenix just threw a boot at Dan Hibiki for having such a horrible dojo. Dan got sued because one of his students hurt himself by lifting a basket! HAHAHAHAHA.
Dante chuckled at Deadpool's enthusiasm. Deadpool was laughing hysterically in the back, getting slightly on Chun's nerves.
Trish: Wow..haha
Chris: Yeah, I'm surprised Phoenix hasn't gone insane yet. Every single one of his cases are crazy odd.
Dante: Yeah. I've only read one issue and man, that was some fucked up shit.
Deadpool's eyes filled with wonder.
Deadpool: What happened?
Dante: Well, Phoenix had an extremely close case. You see, there was this guy named Viewtiful Joe or something like that and he got sued too.
Chris: I've heard of him..
Dante: Yeah, apparently some asshole named Proto Man sued him because they looked alike.
Morrigan: That's stupid.
Dante: Indeed. Joe ended up having to pay a fine, but nothing drastic occured. The guy rebounded pretty quick afterwards though.
Trish: Poor guy..
Deadpool: I haven't read that one...hmm..interesting.
Amaterasu nodded in agreement.
Dante made a right at the intersection, and drove slowly towards the lone resteraunt. They were here. Ihop.
AT THE HOUSE
Ryu sat on the floor thinking. His brain was about to explode from all of this brainstorming. He needed help. Ryu clenched his fists and stood up. He looked at the hole in the ceiling and closed his eyes.
Super Skrull walked in a couple of minutes later, and sat on the couch. He stared at Ryu for two seconds and shrugged. Doctor Doom appeared 15 seconds later, looking like his normal self, except he was missing an arm.
Doom: SKRULL! WHERE IS MY ARM!
Skrull: It's up your ass Doom! FIND IT!
Doom: I'm going to vaporize-
Doom immediately stopped his threat when he noticed Skrull had his arm in his hands, intent on crushing it.
Skrull: -you were saying, Doctor?
Doom: I'll lick your shoes clean. Please...my arm.
Skrull: You must also vaccuum for me. Deal?
Doom: ...Deal.
Skrull tossed Doom his arm. Doom caught it, and immediately snapped it on. His eyes burned with hatred. Skrull may have saved his life, but Skrull was a sneaky bastard.
Doom immediately zapped Skrull in the back when he wasn't looking and Skrull fell to the floor.
Skrull: WHAT THE HELL DOOM!
Doom: THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR TEARING UP MY YU-GI-OH DECK!
Skrull rolled on the floor in pain. Doom laughed maniacally at Skrull's agony.
Ryu's eyebrows furrowed. He was trying to concentrate and thse two clowns were interrupting him. Not long after, Captain Amercia entered the living room. After getting the shit beat out of him earlier, he wanted to sit down and watch TV. He saw Skrull rolling around, Doom laughing, and Ryu focusing.
"What is wrong with this picture?" he thought to himself.
Felicia, Wolverine, and The Hulk entered seconds later and they all thought the same thing. The Hulk stretched, and his yawn shook the whole house. He walked through the living room and out the door. Captain America followed.
Wolverine: Where is everybody?
Ryu: They went to...Ihop...
Wolverine snorted. He walked outside behind Captain Amercia and Felicia followed him. Ryu looked around finally, and did the same.
Skrull got up and pointed at Doom.
Skrull: DOOM! THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR! I'LL ELIMINATE YOU.
Doom: You couldn't eliminate a math equation!
Skrull: YOU KNOW THAT'S MY WEAKEST SUBJECT! HOW DARE YOU!
Doom laughed maniacally once again, weezing and gasping for air.
Skrull stretched his arm out and slapped the hell out of Doom. Doom was shocked. After that, Skrull began to laugh.
Doom frowned. He walked over to Skrull and slapped him back. He slapped Skrull so hard his neck stretched backwards. Skrull stared at Doom. They both clenched their fists. Doom reared back his foot while Skrull drew back his fist. They both released at the same time and the result was hilarious.
Doom kicked Skrull square in the nuts while Skrull gave Doom an uppercut to his family jewels. Both of their eyes began to water and the two crumbled, groaning. They both lay there. Motionless.
IN THE GARAGE
The Hulk gathered his toolbox and began to climb the ladder to the top of the house. He had to fix the roof and he dreaded the thought. He hated Iron Man for this. So. So. Much.
Wolverine just watched.
Wolverine: Be careful big guy!
Hulk waved at Wolverine. As soon as he made his first step, he immediately lost his balance and slipped. He rolled off the house and landed hard on the lawn. Really hard. He quickly recovered and glanced at his foot. It was magic ice. There was only one man responsible for such a prank.
Wolverine and Hulk stared at each other.
"Dante."
The Hulk sighed, and made his way to the roof. Again.
Wolverine pulled out a chair and sunbathed with Felicia. Captain America began to grab paint from the garage to begin his chore.
Ryu just sat there. He immediately smiled.
Ryu: HEY!
Everyone looked at Ryu, puzzled.
Ryu: I need help guys. I need money.
Wolverine: You ain't gettin' none from me, bub.
Ryu: No, not like that! I'm going to start my own business! Morrigan said that I needed to begin somewhere, and so I thought! I'm going to make a lemonade stand!
The Hulk stared at Ryu. Once he saw the look on Ryu's face, he couldn't help but smile.
Ryu: It's hot out here! People are gonna want some good ole' Shotokan Lemonade!
Wolverine: What do you want us to do?
Ryu: Wolverine, you can slash the lemons for easy juice! Felicia can be the eye candy for male and female customers! The Hulk can build the stand! I will help with the juice and distribution, and Captain America can hold the money!
Wolverine looked around and then back at Ryu. He scratched his chin slowly.
Wolverine: Hmm...not bad. I guess this could work out.
Felicia: Yeah! I like this idea!
Hulk: How are we going to split the cash?
Ryu: There's five of us. So, we each get 20%?
Wolverine liked this idea more and more. A sly grin formed on his face and he cut his eye at the Hulk. The Hulk did the same. The two nodded in conjunction and were apparently having the exact same thoughts.
Wolverine: Sounds good.
Hulk: I agree.
Ryu: I'll keep whatever bonuses we may end up with.
Hulk: Hmm, a sound idea Ryu. I'm impressed.
Wolverine: Yeah, what Bruce said!
Wolverine was almost too excited...but he wasn't as bad as the Hulk. Hulk began to drool as he daydreamed.
Ryu: I thought about it long and hard. Haha! Let's get to work!
At Ihop
"15 BUCKS FOR PANCAKE AND EGGS!"
Deadpool's roar could be heard from Jupiter. The prices were astouding at this place.
Iron Man had flew in a couple of minutes late, and even he was surprised by the prices.
Morrigan silently flipped through her menu. She finally laid eyes on what she wanted, and set her menu down. Chun-Li did the same.
Dante was steadily flipping through his. Not sure about what he wanted.
Amaterasu settled shortly after and so did Iron Man and Trish. Dante and Chris were bamboozled. They had no idea what they wanted.
About 10 seconds later, the waiter came through. It was none other than El Fuerte, who had quit his job at Sonic's after the murder of Gen. He sat there, with pen and pad in hand.
El Fuerte: SWEET QUESADILLAS! It's you guys!
Iron Man: Yeah it's us.
Tony eyed El Fuerte as if surprised.
Iron Man: Wait..what happened to you at Sonic's?
Fuerte just shook his head as he looked downward.
El Fuerte: I quit holmes. Gen getting murdered...that was fucked up guacamole amigo. El Fuerte didn't want to be apart of that shit.
Iron Man chuckled.
Iron Man: I understand, amigo. What about Sagat? And that other guy?
El Fuerte: Barry got framed for stealing at a local bank. He's currently under house arrest. Sagat...well..Sagat is travelling.
Iron Man: Gotcha.
El Fuerte: Adon works at the zoo now. He...plays with the jaguars...
El Fuerte began to sob at the thought.
Deadpool: Would Barry by any chance be on an issue of Phoenix Wrong?
El Fuerte: Yep. The newest issue. #87
Deadpool and Amaterasu squealed in delight.
El Fuerte: Now then...may I take your ord-
Just as El Fuerte said this, a huge rumble could be heard from afar. A giant hole in the ceiling could be seen, and debris was flying everywhere. The customers in the resteraunt all got out of their seats and ran towards the exit, screaming at the top of their lungs.
El Fuerte's eyes went giant. It was happening again. A huge wet mark could be seen on his pants and he quickly fainted. A shadowy figure was seen in the rubble, it quickly stood and a large hammer-like object could be seen in his hands. The shadow screamed at the top of his lungs.
?: FOR ASGARD!
The shadow used electricity gathered in his hammer to demolish the right half of the resteraunt, obviously attacking something.
Dante stood up immediately and drew his sword. Chris pulled out his magnun and Iron Man stood as well. Amaterasu growled.
The shadow laughed. Then, after that, another shadow appeared behind it.
"STOP RIGHT THERE, EVIL-DOER!" the shadow screamed.
The other shadow paid no heed to the small shadow's demand. Instead he walked away, toward the housemates. The light shined on the figure's face and he could be made out easily.
It was Thor of Marvel fame. One of Hulk's old buddies.
Thor looked at the crowd at smiled. His helmet casted a mean glare that almost blinded Chris.
Thor: So, I'm guessing you guys are in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 too?
Deadpool: Yeah! We're in! What about you Thor?
Thor: I'm in as well. Ono sent some ninja lackeys after me. But I took care of those hoodlums.
Morrigan: Ninjas? Oh boy.
Thor: Yes. One had an extremely long ponytail and wore a mask. I called him a flamboyant cur and he had a temper tantrum. I laughed at him.
Deadpool looked at Iron Man. Iron Man looked back and nodded at Deadpool.
Iron Man: Agev...
Thor: That's his name, is it? Hmm. He's an odd one. But, enough with the formalities. I'll introduce myself later. I have to take care of these assassins.
Iron Man: I'm going too.
The other shadow that had been chasing Thor appeared as well. Doing various poses and crap in the dark.
Amaterasu turned her attention away from Thor and growled at the other shadow. She darted towards the shadow and tackled it to the ground. The shadow flailed violently for a time, but revealed himself afterwards.
?: Hey hey hey! Lay off the suit!
Amaterasu: (growl) Who are you?
?: Get off! Please!
Amaterasu got off of him and the man in red stood up. He did numerous poses before he finally revealed himself.
?: I am the King of Style! The Master of Slow-Mo! The Daimyo of Viewtifulness! I am Viewtiful Joe, baby!
Dante's mouth hit the floor. Chris was debating whether or not to put his own magnum bullet through his skull.
Morrigan and Trish laughed.
Morrigan: He's...different!
Iron Man: Very.
Thor: You've got business with me, little man?
Viewtiful Joe: Nope! Not anymore! You explained your case! But...you're not the one I was following. The one I saw was way more stealthier and arrogant than you. I must've lost track of him and thought he was you.
Joe stuck out his tongue and did more poses. He looked at everybody, but stared extremely hard at Trish and Chun-Li.
Viewtiful Joe: Wow...
Thor patted Joe on the head.
Thor: Way out of your league, my friend.
Viewtiful Joe grinned.
Viewtiful Joe: Maybe..but I get to live with you guys! Haha. It's gonna be great!
Dante slapped himself a couple of times. Chris did the same. They both looked at each other and slapped each other.
Dante: You...
Chris: are...
Dante: in...?
Chris: this game!
Viewtiful Joe did a spectacular pose and nodded as he slid along the floor.
Joe: YEAH!
Deadpool: SERIOUSLY? This is awesome! Dante told a story about you in an issue of Phoenix Wrong!
Viewtiful Joe: Yeah, because Proto Man is a douche. I hate that guy. I almost got cut from the game because of that.
Trish: That was a pretty bitch move by him.
Viewtiful Joe: Yeah, but it's in the past! Just gotta move on! Haters gonna hate!
Trish: What's with the poses?
Joe: Eh, it's my mentality! I wouldn't be Viewtiful Joe without my poses!
Chun immediately spoke up.
Chun: Now I remember! You were in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom! With me! Your the guy that always made jokes about my thighs!
Joe's face was filled with nothing but pure terror. He remembered that. All of it. And she was going to kick his ass for it.
Dante grinned.
"This guy could be useful.." he thought to himself.
Just as Chun-Li made her way over to Joe, a shockwave abruptly rattled what was left of Ihop. It wasn't an earthquake, but more like..a small tremor. Morrigan peeked out the window. The only things she saw were, a giant robot and ninjas. They were back.
Morrigan: A giant robot...and ninjas. Fantastic.
Iron Man clenched his fists and looked at Thor. Dante looked at Tony Stark and they both nodded. It was time they showed the ninjas who was really boss.
Chris followed suit. Thor, Viewtiful Joe, Deadpool, and Amaterasu were all ready to rumble as well.
Morrigan, Chun-Li, and Trish reluctantly stood as well.
Chun-Li: Well, this can't be good.
Trish: Nope.
Morrigan: We have to keep an eye on Tony. No telling what he's going to do.
Chun-Li: Yeah.
Iron Man bolted outside and stood before the ninjas. They eyed him mailiciously. Agev was standing on the robot, chuckling to himself.
Iron Man: WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW!
Agev eyed Iron Man. He shifted his attention to Thor and Viewtiful Joe as well.
Agev: Nothing. We just wanted to mess with you guys. I didn't forget what you said to me, Metal Man.
Iron Man: Good.
Agev: Meet PTX-40, a slayer bot designed to eliminate anyone who stands in my way. Ono gave this baby to me. 'Told me to "play" with Pitiful Joe and Thor if I caught them anywhere but at the House.
Iron Man: Cute.
Thor glared at Agev. Joe shook his fist at Agev and angrily shouted at him.
Joe: "PITIFUL" Joe? I dare you to come down here and say that to my face! 'With your ugly ponytail!
Agev smiled.
Agev: You are in NO position to call something ugly. Look at you.
Joe: How about you take off that mask and show us who you really are? I know from a friend that you are somehow associated with an evil organization.
Agev: You are correct. But you do not know the name of said organization. Therefore, you shouldn't stick your head into things that don't concern you.
Chun-Li glared daggers into Agev and studied him. She was going to figure out who he was.
Agev: ENOUGH BANTER!
The PTX robot had rockets emerge from its torso, arms, and legs, focused on annhilating everyone.
Iron Man smiled. Dante stood beside him and grinned also. Chris joined, Thor joined, and soon, the whole crew joined in. Side-by-side anticipating Agev's next move.
Agev sat there, smiling under his mask. He snapped his fingers and the PTX moved forward.
Chris: Let's go, Agev. Show us what you and your action figure are made of!
The gang did not flinch, and the battle was about to begin, outside of the demolished Ihop.