(VG Central; Megamix Dome)
In the vast and bustling city of VG Central, the sun was beaming down as everyone walked around doing their everyday business. Our attention turns to a certain building.
There was a very tall hotel-like building standing higher than the others. Next to it was a dome which was just as huge at the hotel. This was the Megamix Dome. Home of one of the biggest tournaments ever. The Megamix Tournament.
However, a new story will played out here.
The lobby that connected the hotel and the dome was completely empty. However, the door into the lobby slowly opened up spreading light into the room. Then, the lights went on revealing how big it really was.
Two figures walked in. The first one was a man with dark skin and glasses. He was holding a giant clipboard in his hand. The second one was a man with blonde hair and a soul patch. He had a large number of keys in his hand.
"Dude, you have no idea how grateful I am for you to loan the Megamix Dome to me, man!" The dark-skinned man said with an excited grin on his face.
The blonde man simply chuckled. "It's okay. Not only are you a good friend of mine but you had helped me run the last two tournaments of mine. I don't see how I could not return the favour."
"Still, I can't believe this is really happening." The dark-skinned man said walking forward. "The Megamix Dome… I had been here lots of time but to actually have complete control over it. It is like a dream come true."
The blonde man merely chuckled. "You are acting like you just won said tournament's prize money."
"I know but…" Tiny said before running in place like a little kid. "I am just so excited!"
"All right, Tinyrocket! But first things first." The blonde man said. "Have you made all of the preparations?"
"Of course." The man said walking over and handing over the clipboard. "See for yourself, SSBFreak."
The blonde man took the clipboard and examined it. Nodding his head a couple of times, he smiled. "Very good."
"Thanks… I was worried because of the small amount of nodes for this season." Tinyrocket said scratching the back of his head.
"Now, now. The number of nodes is not important." SSBFreak scolded. "But the number of the fighters excluding Mystery Fighters are."
"Right. We got more than 300 fighters. That should be enough to take us to at least twenty sections, right?" Tiny asked.
"We have to see." SSBFreak said. "But remember to be wary with Big Guys. They can easily make or break the Final number in the last section."
Tinyrocket nodded. "Right."
SSBFreak then looked around. "Hey, I thought you said there was going to be another announcer."
"There is. In fact, before I met up with you, I asked him to find the security team." Tinyrocket beamed.
"Oh yeah… I wonder why I even bother with one since they could only do so little." SSBFreak said scratching the back of his head.
Tinyrocket merely shrugged. "Still, the less fights the better. Here's hoping that we won't have any trouble just like in the Megamix Tournament."
"Same here." SSBFreak sighed. "Even now, it perplexes me that all that chaos had completely crawled under my nose.
"There you guys are!"
The two turned to the direction of the voice to see a young man with short brown hair.
"Orange-Ratchet!" SSBFreak grinned. "Long time no see!"
"Same here!" The man smiled running over.
"Thank you again for doing this for me!" Tiny thanked.
"No problem." Orange Ratchet grinned. "When I heard that you are making an UVR-esque tournament and asked me to be an announcer, I just couldn't resist!"
"Thanks… Even though I am uber-excited for this, I am also very nervous." Tiny said looking down. "I need all the help I could get!"
"Hey, come on! That's what friends are for!" Orange-Ratchet asked.
"Right. We are here to help." SSBFreak nodded with a smile.
Tiny slowly looked back and forth between his friends before giving a small smile. "Thanks, guys."
"Anyway, the security team is here!" Orange-Ratchet grinned.
"Ah, the security team." SSBFreak said. "I sure hope that you had been a well-rounded team."
Tinyrocket and Orange-Ratchet paused at this.
"This is coming from the guy who invited Max from Sam & Max TWICE and Psymon freaking Stark ALL three times." Orange-Ratchet said.
"Hey, humour is a good way to balance it out." SSBFreak countered.
Tinyrocket and Orange-Ratchet looked at each other before shrugging.
"Come in, guys!" Orange-Ratchet yelled.
The five walked in.
The first one was a red-headed woman with a teal attire complete with a backwards cap and boxing gloves on.
"First, we have Ally Gator from Black & Bruised." Tinyrocket introduced. "She may have a short temper and violent streak but she is one of the very few from her circuit that fights for a selfish reason."
"I must admit that I am more of a peace-breaker than a peace-maker." Ally said punching her fists together. "But I WILL make sure somebody won't fight for a stupid reason."
SSBFreak couldn't help but smile. "I am liking this team already."
The next one was an anthro cheetah with a quiver of arrows over his shoulder.
"Next, we have Hunter from Spyro the Dragon." Tinyrocket said. "Some people may see him a joker but that doesn't affect his athletic prowess and accuracy in archery."
"Heh. If you are looking for a cool guy, then you called the right guy." Hunter smirked pointing to himself. "I may stand on the sidelines a lot but when the time comes, I could kick some serious tail!"
"We'll see." Orange-Ratchet chuckled.
The next person was a tall teenaged boy with bleached-blonde hair. He was dressed entirely like a delinquent and was holding a folding chair by his side.
"Next, we have Kanji Tatsumi from Persona 4." Tinyrocket said. "All that fighting on the street had made him a powerhouse for his team. No doubt he will make unruly fighters listen to reason."
"Dang right, I will!" Kanji smirked punching his fist. "I may not be the voice of reason but I WILL make sure no one has a scrap on MY account!"
"Heh. I don't even know this guy and I like him already." SSBFreak smirked.
The next person was a very young boy who was dressed like some kind of mage. His giant pointy hat covered his face in complete darkness save for his eerie yeloow eyes.
"Next, we have Vivi Orniter from Final Fantasy IX." Tinyrocket said. "Though young, small and shy, he literally has enough firepower to rival one of a flamethrower."
Vivi nervously fiddled with his fingers. "Um, I won't do much but I will do my best to help."
"Hey, chin up. I am sure you wouldn't even be here if you couldn't do much." Orange-Ratchet urged.
The last person was a young teenaged girl with a blue and white dress, brown hair and a pink bow. The most noticeable feature is the wolf puppet on her hand.
"Last but not least, we have Mel from Suikoden III." Tinyrocket said. "Not only is her puppet friend, Branky is good at feral close-combat but she is also good for back-up magic."
"Yeah, I am sure my fire magic will make that little runt look like he just has a cigarette lighter!" Branky "spoke".
Vivi flinched before looking down at the other security team members glared at the wolf puppet.
"Branky! That wasn't very nice!" Mel scolded. "You hurt his feelings!"
"Meh. I don't even think he HAS feelings." The puppet said rudely. "I mean look at him… He is like an alien!"
Mel gasped before glaring at her friend. "That was just offensive! You know what that means for offensive little puppets?"
Branky shrank back. "Um, well…"
Mel walked over to a wall. Much to everyone's surprise, she started to beat Branky against it.
"OW! OW! OW!" Branky cried in pain. "Please stop!"
"Apologize! Apologize right now!" Mel scolded.
"Okay! Okay! I will!" Branky begged.
Mel nodded before she stopped the assault. She then walked back to the others.
"Well?" Mel asked making Branky bow her head.
"I am sorry, short-stuff." Branky apologized.
"Um, it's… Okay…" Vivi reassured.
Orange-Ratchet looked at Tinyrocket in disbelief. "Okay, the others I could understand but HE… THEM?"
"How can I say? I like them…" The host said shrinking back.
"Well, they are more or less well-balanced." SSBFreak said.
"Yes, all that is left is to give the invitations." Tiny nodded.
(Suzaku Castle)
In an old fashioned dojo, birds were around on a decent day. A man crouched down with his legs together on a rock meditating in thought.
Ryu stood in complete focus training himself as usual. Even with all the stuff he had been through, he still needed training.
"Yo, Ryu!"
Ryu opened up his eyes with a startle and nearly lost his balance off of the rock. He then turned around to see his old friend, Ken Masters making his way over.
"Ken!" Ryu said getting up. "Long time no see!"
"I hear you, man!" The blonde man said fist-bumping him.
"So what are you doing here?" Ryu asked.
"To train for the upcoming tournament, of course!" Ken grinned.
Ryu's eyes widened before taking out a letter. "Of course! That new tournament!"
"Yeah, not only that we will have new rivals but also new nodal companions as well!" Ken pointed out.
"How so?" Ryu asked.
Ken merely fingered his letter. "We are representing Street Fighter EX."
Ryu's eyes widened at this. "You mean the EX tournament? The one where we fought people like Kairi and Hokuto?"
"You guessed it." Ken smirked. "That's why I came to train. I haven't seen those guys in a long while so I needed to be prepared."
"Agreed. Especially with people like Garuda." Ryu agreed eyeing his letter. "I think his power is on the same level as Akuma."
(Southtown)
Kyo Kusanagi walked down the streets of Southtown with his long-time teammates, Benimaru and Daimon by his side each.
"So then I said "Aw, shut up"." Benimaru said. "And then shocked him."
Kyo merely chuckled. "Good ol' Benimaru."
"You are so restless, Benimaru." Daimon said shaking his head.
"So I heard that there is a party in a club tomorrow night. You guys wanna go?" The blonde said.
"Pass. I have to get ready." Kyo said.
Benimaru raised an eyebrow. "Get ready for what?"
"That new tournament I been invited to." Kyo said casually taking a letter out of his jacket.
Daimon looked surprised at this. "There is another KOF tournament?"
"No, it is a tournament like the UVR or the Megamix Tournament." Kyo said fingering his hand.
"Wait. How come you get an invitation but WE don't?" Benimaru grumbled. "I mean I know that you are the poster boy for KOF but Daimon and I usually go to those things."
"That's because we are representative Maximum Impact." Kyo said.
"Maximum Impact? You mean the tournament that Mephistopheles held twice?" Benimaru asked.
"Yeah, I finally get to have that rematch with Alba Meira." Kyo smirked.
"I wish that I could have come. You sound like you had faced-off against a lot of different fighters." Daimon lamented.
"Oh, trust me. Even though half of them are not on my level, they are still interesting." Kyo smirked.
(Tales of Viva Gumi Show Set)
A series of people had set in chairs in a TV studio waiting patiently to be addressed. Suddenly, two figures had walked on stages.
"Greeting, everyone and thank you for waiting." Jade said with his hands behind his back.
"Sorry, all you beautiful ladies for keeping you waiting." Zelos grinned. "You must be crying rivers of tears that I was not here."
"Yeah… Of joy." Sheena said flatly.
Zelos winced at this. "Sheena, you have the beauty of an ice maiden and a personality of one too."
Lloyd merely rolled his eyes. "What do you want?"
Jade put his fist to his mouth and coughed. "Something very big had come up. We of all people had be invited to a fighting tournament."
"You mean like in VS?" Senel asked.
"No. We are actually going to fight against people from OTHER nodes." Jade explained surprising everyone.
"Seriously?" Cless asked in disbelief.
"That's right." Jade nodded as he started to hand-out invitations to everyone. "AND we got a major advantage in terms of numbers on our side."
"All right! Another belt to add to my muscular waist!" Kongman smirked.
"Um, do you think we have a chance?" Ruca asked. "I mean, this is our first time doing a crossover tournament like this?"
"Hey, don't sweat it, kid!" Tytree cheered. "We got numbers on our side!"
"Right and depending on the opponents, we also may have the element of surprise on our side." Tear offered.
"Nonetheless, it wouldn't hurt to be our guard." Kratos warned. "Remember, it could have the element of surprise too."
(N. Sanity Island)
Things had been the same as always for the Bandicoot trio. Crash was sleeping on the beach, Coco was typing away on her computer and Crunch was weight-lifting while the pets were playing around.
However, Aku Aku floated outside of the house levitating several letters.
"Children, may I have your attention please?" The mask asked.
"What is it, Aku-Aku?" Coco asked looking away from her work for once.
"We had just been invited to a fighting tournament." Aku Aku explained.
Crunch's eyes lit up at this. "You serious?"
"Yes, we are to represent our node in something called an UVR spinoff." Aku Aku explained.
"Oh man! I heard of those tournaments!" Crunch grinned. "Man, I am SO happy to hear that! I had been waiting forever for some action!"
"Now, now. There is also just bad news." Aku Aku warned. "Some of our foes had also been invited."
"Oh no…" Coco frowned.
"Yes, and it gets worse. The ratio in terms of heroes and villains is horrible in our favour." Aku Aku lamented.
"Hey, don't sweat. We beat those losers here, we beat those losers there!" Crunch grinned.
"Yeah, besides we have the world's greatest hero, right, Crash?" Coco asked. She was met with silence. "Crash?"
Everyone looked to see the bandicoot was STILL sleeping. Everyone blinked twice at this.
"On second thought, maybe we shouldn't get so cocky…" Coco said.
(VG Central; Megamix Dome)
"I must say, Tiny. I am impressed by the variety of this list." SSBFreak smiled. "I mean you have the usual stuff like Super Smash Bros but also have nodes like Sonic the Hedgehog and Crash Bandicoot as well."
"Hey, I wanted it to be unique." Tinyrocket shrugged.
"And it is." SSBFreak nodded.
"Still, I don't know having an unknown node like Tales of with the most representatives is a good idea." Orange-Ratchet frowned.
"Hey, Suikoden III had done well despite being an unknown node." Tinyrocket shrugged. "Maybe lightning could strike twice."
"Maybe… From what you described, you picked some real keepers but we have to wait and see if they are any good." SSBFreak mused. "Anyway, that's about it."
"How many is that altogether?" Orange-Ratchet asked.
"311." Tinyrocket said. "I think."
"Not a bad number for your first tournament." SSBFreak said.
"Right. But we still got a lot of work ahead of us." Tinyrocket said. "Come on. We have to rent out rooms for all of the fighters, including the Mystery Fighters."
The other two nodded before they got to work. Everything had to be perfect for Tinyrocket's very first fighting tournament.