(The Arena)

What took like forever for everyone, the day of the tournament had finally arrived. All of the fighters, including Mystery Fighters had arrived at the hotel. For the last two days, they had been mingling with each other to pass the time.

The audience had also arrived and surprisingly there was a huge number for a first time. The tickets had been sold out and the bleachers were completely packed with a lot of excited fans.

Just like in the Megamix Tournament, the arena was a simple yet huge square ring with a turnbuckle at each corner with rubber ropes connecting them. It was seemingly floating above the ground. That was because it was being suspended by a giant forcefield that also protects the audience from stray attacks.

Tinyrocket, SSBFreak and Orange-Ratchet sat in the announcer's booth. It was a great way to take a good look at the action.

"All right. Final check." Tinyrocket said. "Microphones."

SSBFreak fiddled with the microphones after turning them on. "Check."

"Lights?"

Orange-Ratchet flipped on a switch summoning lights on her. "Check."

"Sound booth?"

"Just checked. The crew is all there." SSBFreak winked.

"First section?"

"Everyone is there and accounted for." Orange-Ratchet said.

Tinyrocket smiled while shaking his head. "I can't believe it. The tournament is finally about to begin."

"Now, now. Don't get like this now. You haven't even made the opening announcement." SSBFreak chuckled.

"Oh, right!" Tiny said before turning on the microphone. "Greetings, everyone and welcome to the first ever Battle Of The Luminaries!"

Everyone started to cheer wildly.

"I see that you are all excited." Tinyrocket smiled. "I am Tinyrocket and these are my co-hosts, SSBFreak and Orange-Ratchet. We will be your hosts and will make sure that you have the time of your life!"

SSBFreak then spoke. "Now, just like most UVR-like tournaments, everyone who gets thrown out of the ring will fall into a portal where they have to fend themselves in a random node for ten minutes before going back to the dome where our team of skilled doctors and healers will nurse them back to health."

When he said this, he flipped on a switch summoning a giant portal over the ring. However, it vanished as it soon as it appeared turning invisible. Monitors all over the bleachers turned on.

"Now we know that not all of you got lucky with seat-arrangements." Orange-Ratchet said. "So we set up those monitors to make sure that nobody misses out on the fun."

"Now some people never even heard of the UVR so I will explain the basic rules." Tinyrocket said.

(Unknown Location)

In a random room, a good number of villains had gathered around a table waiting impatiently for the person in the front of the table to speak.

M. Bison gave a dark smirk before speaking up. "Thank you for coming. I'll just get to the chase. I assume you all know why I gathered you here."

"Of course. You wish to have a villain alliance." Dr. Eggman said.

"That's right. I must admit that even I, M. Bison need help." Bison explained. "I need all of the help I could get."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. That is all fine and good but what's in it for us?" Dr. Cortex asked rudely.

"Yes, I fight for the sake of my people while YOU fight for the greedy pursuit of power." Dhaos said crossing his arms.

Bison actually chuckled at this. "So true. I do care about power. But I am also a businessman. Join me and we will get enough power to crush our enemies."

A glint appeared in Valgas' eye. "You mean it?"

"I know. However, all I ask is your cooperation." Bison said.

Everyone looked at each other pondering if they should go with it. However, they all nodded.

"Good." Bison smirked. "Now first things off how many minions you got… The only one I got is Vega."

"Don't look at me, I am the only Legend Of Zelda villain here." Ganondorf said. "I don't even think Bowser, King Dedede and Wolf will join us."

"I got Eggman Nega and possibly Black Doom but that's about it…" Dr. Eggman offered.

"Hmm… I think I could get Nagase if I play to her needs." Jivatma mused. "I WOULD suggest Geese Howard but I heard that you two had some man blood with each other."

"I KNOW that I get Barbatos on our side but that's about it." Dhaos said.

Hazama coolly put his fedora over his eyes. "Just Relius. The others are a bunch of killjoys."

"Just Momo for me." Kurow said before holding up a flute. "But I MAY be able to "persuade" others to join us."

"Kraken, I guess." Valgas said with a shrug.

"Just little ol' me." I-No said with a wink.

Cortex looked around at everyone before grinning. "Ha. I clearly got the advantage in terms of numbers. I got more than 10 people on my side."

"Interesting." Bison said. "Perhaps that will be enough. We have to wait and see."

(The Arena)

"…I think that covers everything." Tinyrocket said. "So is everyone ready to see some action?"

The audience erupted in cheers.

"I guess that's a yes." SSBFreak chuckled.

"Okay! Without further ado, let's kick off the first-ever Battle Of The Luminaries!" Tiny yelled.

Everyone continued cheering as they focused their attention to the entrance curtain to see who was coming out first. For the first time, the Battle Of The Luminaries will begin.