All eleven fighters waited for the next set of fighters to come down. Some people like Link and Rainbow Dash were getting impatient for the section to begin while people like Lucas and Wormmon still needed time to catch their breath. Suddenly, they all heard cheering making them all look up.
"PHILLIA FELICE!" (To)
The green-haired priest nervously adjusted her glasses before making her way down carrying her giant sword.
"Leon didn't get a single elimination and he was one of our strongest fighters." Phillia lamented.
"There, there…" The sword spoke. "Remember, anything could happen so just say focused."
Phillia nodded her head before stepping in. Once in, she noticed Bean still dribbling his bomb. Raising an eyebrow, she made her way over to Bean.
"That's a cute little antique you got there." Phillia said.
Bean took offense of this. "Antique! What's that supposed to mean?"
Phillia's glasses flashed white before giving a small evil smirk.
"PHILLIA BOMB!" She shouted throwing a bomb at the duck which exploded light in his face knocking him down.
Bean fell on his back before sitting up with a surprisingly serious face. "Hmm… Explodes into light instead of flames and yet still had that destructive nature… Nice job."
"K'!" (KoF: MI)
The white-haired leather-clad man came out to a crowd of cheering fan-girls. However, K' being K' didn't paid it any mind and walked towards the ring with his hands in his pockets.
Stepping in, he had his sights set on Fox. Making his way over, he swung his hand sending a wave of fire at him. However, Fox saw the attack coming and narrowly ducked under it.
"ANOTHER fire-user!" Fox said in disbelief. "I am still cooling down from eliminating the last one!"
"Sucks to be you, fox-boy." K' said igniting his hand in fire. "I am actually looking for a little fun and I do not take kindly to disappointment."
Fox narrowed his eyes. "You got some issues, you know that, kid?"
"Ah, stuff it!" K' snapped.
"NINA CORTEX!" (CB)
The niece of Dr. Cortex crossed her mechanical arms before coolly making her way down to the ring. Once she jumped in, Tiny walked over to her.
"Hello, Nina!" Tiny said cheerfully.
"Hello, Tiny." The blue-skinned girl said rolling her eyes. "I see that you eliminated Crunch."
The tiger smirked before pounding his chest. "Tiny way more stronger than Crunch."
"Whatever." Nina said rolling her eyes. "Anyway, have you seen Dingodile around?"
Tiny's grin vanished remembering his promise. "No…"
"Ugh, that worthless flames-for-brains!" Nina scowled. "Doesn't he know how important this was?"
Tiny stayed silent hoping that Dingodile would stay out of trouble.
"HINATA WAKABA!" (RS)
The young schoolgirl leaped from the entrance and jumped up waving excitedly to the crowd. Despite her node's poor performance so far, she was never one to get down.
She rushed down the ramp and leaped in. Hokuto raised an eyebrow before making her way over.
"Hmm… I don't suppose you are a friend of Sakura's friend by any chance?" Hokuto mused.
"Yep! How did you know?" Hinata asked.
"Sakura told me tales about how you sparred with her." Hokuto said before bowing. "Please. Anyone who good enough to spar with Sakura has to be good. Spar with me."
"Can't say I am not embarrassed by the formal entrance." Hinata said before getting into a stance. "But I am never one to turn down a bout. Put em up!"
"GABUMON!" (DRA)
The yellow lizard adjusted the wolf fur on him. No way was he was about to lose it during a fight. Once he was done, he made his way down and stepped in.
After jumping in, Wormmon immediately rushed over.
"Gabumon, you have no idea how glad I am to see you!" Wormmon said in relief.
"What's wrong, Wormmon?" The horned Digimon asked.
"I used my Smash Ball earlier on that snow leopard and now I am stuck on Rookie level for the rest of the night." Wormmon lamented.
"I see. Well, if you wanted to double-team, all you had to do is ask." Gabumon said with a small smile.
Wormmon nodded. "Thank you. You are truly the Digimon of Friendship."
"MR. GAME AND WATCH!" (SSB)
The two-dimensional black sprite stepped out looking around making his way trademark beeping noises. Making his way down to the ring, he jumped in before getting out his parachute.
Rainbow Dash turned to see him coming over and raised an eyebrow. "Um, may I help you?"
Mr. G&W didn't say anything. Instead, he jumped up and reopened his parachute in Rainbow Dash's face knocking her away.
"Ow! That hurt!" Rainbow Dash growled. "All right! That's it! I am going to turn you into paper dolls, flat-face! What do you say to that?"
Mr. G&W simply beeped.
"Yeah…" Rainbow Dash said hanging her head. "That was a stupid question."
(Hotel; Boiler Room)
Kurow Kirishima waited patiently in the boiler room with his arms crossed. After confirming that the boiler room was empty, that was where he chose to wait.
Looking to the side, he found a number of unconscious fighters all in a pile. He gave a dark smirk. Everything was all going according to plan.
Suddenly, he noticed that the door was being opened up. Looking to the side, he saw two figures walking in.
Hazama and Relius Clover walked in. Behind them was Ignis (who looked like Ada only magenta.) carrying a fighting person in her arms. Kurow raised his eyebrow as he identified the captive. Tsubaki Yayoi.
"Unhand me at once!" Tsubaki demanded struggling to break free.
Hazama gave a haughty laugh. "That's our little white knight! Determined to the very end!"
"Indeed." Relius said before turning to Ignis. "Ignis, unhand her."
The marionette promptly obliged dropping Tsubaki onto the ground.
"Ah, you brought her." Kurow said with a sick smirk. "I actually thought that she would be the hardest!"
"Nah, nothing really. All I had to help to hide behind the corner yelling "Help! Help!" and she ran into our trap swinging her sword!" Hazama sneered. "Man, what a yutz!"
Tsubaki glared up at the green-haired man. "Why, you!"
Suddenly, she noticed something. Turning her head, she gasped when she found the pile of unconscious fighters and gasped.
"What have you done to these poor people?" Tsubaki asked.
"Don't worry. They are just resting." Kurow said with a smirk. "Being reborn takes a lot of energy."
Tsubaki looked at the white-haired man confused. "Reborn?"
"Yes." Kurow said with his smirk getting bigger.
Tsubaki growled before getting up. "You won't get away with this!"
Kurow laughed at this. "Oh yeah… And who's going to stop me?"
"I will!" Tsubaki said getting out her sword and shield.
"Now, now." Kurow said. "I may be a villain but at least I try to settle things without meaningless fighting.
He then held up a flute.
"In fact, let me play you a tune. It's called Ode to Noel Vermillion."
Tsubaki's eyes bugged out. "Noel Vermillion! Why…"
However, that was all she got out before he started to play his flute. Suddenly, Tsubaki cried in pain and held her head going on her knees. Hazama and Relius watched with sadistic smirks on their faces.
Soon, Tsubaki fell onto the floor unconscious.
Kurow smirked stopping his tune. "Rest, young woman. For soon you will be reborn."
(Dome; Hallway)
Solid Snake ran through the halls panting heavily.
"Dang it! Where is that shameless recolor!" Snake growled looking around the area.
He then angrily kicked the ground. There was no way to put it nicely. He had failed. Eggman Nega had escaped and was probably doing who-knows-what by now. Snake sighed before getting out his codec.
"Otacon, the recolor got away." Snake said.
"Dang… He was the only person who knew what the power was about." Otacon lamented.
"Well, it can't be helped." Snake said. "While I am going to be looking for him, I am also going to find where that red light gone."
"What? Snake? You can't be serious!" Otacon asked. "You are actually going to investigate alone!"
"Why not?" The mercenary asked. "I'd done so before without nothing with my gadgets and your support."
"I don't know, Snake. I heard some crazy stories about that place." Otacon said.
"Yeah, they are all true." Snake said. "Falco and Bowser confirmed it for us."
"Yes and Falco and Bowser didn't do it alone." Otacon said. "They had helped by other people. People they never even met before."
"You mean winning by the power of teamwork?" Snake asked. "Not my thing."
"But Snake! Even you needed help! Remember when you fought Tabuu?" Otacon asked.
Snake gave a small sigh. "Yeah… All right, you win."
"Thank goodness." Otacon said in relief. "Now if you want to form a team, you need to go to the Eliminate Seating, there should be a good number of people there by now."
Snake rubbed his chin in thought. Suddenly, he smirked.
"Hmm… All right but first I am going to get our first team member." Snake mused.
"Oh, you already had someone in mind?" Otacon asked.
"Of course." Snake smirked.
(The Arena)
"ROBO-KY!" (GG)
The robot impersonator of Ky Kiske scanned the arena looking for potential threats. He soon had his sights on a certain figure. Making his way over to the ring, he jumped in with his sword.
He then made a beeline for the fight between Hinata and Hokuto.
Hinata blocked a palm strike to see the robot coming. "Um, may I help you?"
"HMM…" Robo-Ky said with a robotic voice. "YOU ARE A MIXED BAG."
Hinata blinked twice. "I beg your pardon?"
"YOUR UPPER BODY IS MINISCULE. LIKE ONE OF A CHILD." Robo-Ky said. "BUT YOUR LOWER BODY IS ONE OF LOVELINESS!"
He got a kick to his face for his troubles.
"Get away for me, you pervert!" Hinata shouted angrily.
"Let's dispose of this crime against nature." Hokuto said getting into a stance.
"YOUR PERSONALITIES ARE HORRID!" Robo-Ky snapped readying his sword.
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number Seven!"
"THE SCORPION!" (Saturday Night Slam Masters)
The masked heel wrestler stood outside the curtain with his arms crossed. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning hit him startling the audience.
Everyone looked in awe as he teleported for the top of the ramp into the ring. The crowd went wild at his display. The Scorpion then ran over to Clark and kicked him in the face.
"Hey! What was THAT for?" Clark demanded rubbing his jaw.
"You had robbed me of my chance to fight the Red Cyclone." The Scorpion said darkly.
"Well, excuse me for not letting myself get eliminated by him just so you can fight him." Clark shrugged.
"No matter. There is no way I will call you a true wrestler but you are still a grappler nonetheless." The Scorpion said getting into a stance. "Let's see how you can face against the Scorpion's sting.
Clark shrugged before getting into a stance. "Sure, you look like I could have some fun with.
"COLETTE BRUNEL!" (To)
"MIGNON BEART!" (KoF: MI)
The two teenaged girls came out of the Ready Room together talking to each other while walking down to the ring.
"Look, you are fighting for world peace?" Colette asked.
"Yep, Mignon is working to be a great witch so she could bring peace and serenity to all!" Mignon said.
"So you are going to cast a spell that will actually bring people together?" Colette asked in awe.
"Mignon dunno." Mignon shrugged. "But if there WAS a spell out there, Mignon would find it and learn it!"
"Wow, Mignon, that is soooooo!"
The two had spent so much time talking to each other that they failed to notice that they were at the end of the ramp. Colette tripped over accidentally grabbing Mignon's arm in the progress.
CRASH!
Everyone stopped what they were doing to see the two girls struggling to get off of each other.
"Ow! Get off Mignon's leg!" Mignon yelled.
"Sorry! Sorry!" Colette apologized. "Ouch! My hair!"
All of the fighters blinked twice at this.
"I think we better help them up." Wormmon said to Gabumon.
"Yeah, at this rate, they could be there for the entire section." The lizard sighed.
"SLASH!" (WW7)
The light blue-haired swordsman stood outside to the Ready Room in a cool fashion. Suddenly, a thin, long pillar of purple light appeared in front of him. He then grabbed his sword.
"Hmm… Arina had been able to get an elimination but then again, she IS one of our more popular characters." Slash mused making his way down. "I just have to be prepared for anything."
Once he got in, he made his way over to Phillia who managed to force Bean. She then noticed Slash.
"Oh, Woodrow. I didn't know…" Phillia started before adjusting her glasses. "I-I am sorry. I mistook you for someone else.
"Well, sorry for the mistake." Slash said before readying his sword. "Anyway, shall we fight? Your giant sword intrigues me."
"Um, okay…" Phillia said. "But I should warn you that you may not get what you were hoping for.
Slash raised a confused eyebrow at this but got himself ready nonetheless.
(Eliminated Seating)
"What's THAT supposed to mean?" Akira asked turning to Leon.
"Phillia is more a mage than a sword-fighter." The dark-haired man said waving it off.
(The Arena)
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Eight!"
"ASTAROTH!" (Soul Calibur)
People standing near the entrance curtain screamed in fear as the axe-wielding giant laughed manically. He ran down to the ring and leaped in.
Once there, he made his way over to Link who was already into a fighting position.
"Ah, green-boy!" Astaroth smirked. "Just the person I wanted to see!"
"What, you monster? You want a fight?" Link asked narrowing his eyes.
"That and I want to address your comment to that broad with the weird hat." Astaroth said.
Link blinked twice remembering his elimination of Chloe.
"Every character in my node are always at each other's throats but one thing we DO have in common." Astaroth smirked. "We all think your fighting style is cheap."
Link growled at this. "This again? Okay, you know what? I don't know if my fighting style IS cheap, that doesn't mean I am going to let you on the loose!"
Astaroth laughed at this. "You wish, you overgrown leprechaun!"
"GUILE!" (ST: EX)
The blonde America soldier came to his trademark theme and a loud cheer. Getting out a comb, he combed his broom-like hair. Once he was done, he put it away and stepped in.
Carl watched him come in a raised eyebrow. "Hmm… Another potential threat. Let's go, sis."
Guile then turned to see the two coming over. "Um, hey."
"Greetings, sir." Carl said adjusted his glasses. "We had heard a lot of things about you. A lot to know a threat when we see one."
Guile raised an eyebrow before putting up his dukes. "Yeah, I see where THIS is going but don't think I am going to lose to someone who lets a puppet doing their fighting for them."
Carl gasped before getting upset. "Insulting me AND my sister. NOT a wise move, sir. Not a wise move at all."
Guile blinked twice. "And of course the first guy I fight is completely off his rocker.
(Dome; Bar)
Normally when someone sees the damages of the place done by the fight between Solid Snake and Eggman Nega, they would turn back. But instead, a couple of people had decided to go there completely ignoring the carnage. The bartender was happy to be able to have some customers but not like this.
D. Dark snarled at the screen behind his back. "If it wasn't that aquatic piece of scrap, I would had been about to gut that scum, Guile by now!"
"No, you wouldn't because then you would have been dead!"
D. Dark turned his head to glare at his fellow patron.
Iori Yagami took a drink from his glass.
"Shut up! I would had been killed you instead!" D. Dark snapped. "Besides, that scum is responsible for my suffering along with the death of my comrades!"
"Hey, quit your angsting." Iori scolded. "I had been robbed of my chance to kill my rival too."
"Quit MY angsting!" D. Dark snapped. "You only want to kill that Kyo kid because of some stupid family tradition!"
"Say it how you like but I would never be at peace until Kyo's blood is on my hands." Iori said taking another drink.
"Yeah, same here." D. Dark sighed.
The bartender wisely inched away from them. Suddenly, a ball of purple energy hit him in the chest and sending him into a wall knocking him out.
D. Dark and Iori jumped before they looked at the culprit.
M. Bison was standing behind them floating in mid-air with an evil smirk on his face.
"Bison." D. Dark said narrowing his eyes.
"What do you want, Bison?" Iori asked looking annoyed.
"My apologies, men but I just couldn't help but overhear your dilemma." The red man smirked. "Such a shame that you came into this tournament to fight your rivals and now you will never get the chance tonight."
"What's it to YOU?" Iori asked.
"I have an offer. We are forming a little group." Bison said. "Join us and we may give you the strength to defeat your rivals."
"Forget it. I work alone." D. Dark said turning back to the counter.
"Yeah, the only reason I form teams in the King of Fighters tournaments was just to defeat Kyo." Iori said doing the same.
Bison looked offended by this. "Gentlemen, please. Don't insult my intelligence."
He then smirked darkly.
"Did you really think I would just shrug and go away if you say no?"
Iori and D. Dark looked at each other.
"This guy is annoying us." Iori said flatly.
"Indeed, wanna form a truce?" D. Dark asked.
"I am not one for truces." Iori said.
"Then, how about this?" D. Dark suggested getting out a blade. "Whoever gets in the way of the other while fighting this guy has no one to blame for themself."
"That's better." Iori said igniting his hand in fire.
Bison smirked before surging Psycho Power through his hands. "You fools don't know who you're up against."
(The Arena)
"WARIO!" (SSB)
The overweight yellow-and-purple came out to a loud cheer. Wario played to the crowd trying to get them as hyped as possible.
He then charged over to the arena and jumped in. Lucas winced in disgust and walking off not wanting anything to do with him.
Nina on the other hand plugged her nose in disgust before making her way over. "PU, tubby! Two words, breath mints!"
"Beat it, kid!" Wario snapped. "Or else I gotta give you a spanking!"
Suddenly, Tiny came out of nowhere and kicked Wario in the face knocking him down.
"Smelly Man no hit Niece of Boss!" Tiny growled punching his fist in his palm. "Tiny knock you out!"
Wario growled before getting up. "Okay, you know what? Fine! You look like you could make a good throw-rug anyway!"
"FARAH OERSTED!" (To)
The green-haired bare-fisted fighter jumped up and down twice excitedly before making a beeline for the ring knowing exactly who to go for first.
Taking a big leap, she did a flying kick straight into Astaroth's face. (Though it seemed impossible considering the enormous dress she was wearing.)
"Are you crazy, woman!" Link shouted as Farah landed on the ground. "This guy is dangerous!"
"Don't you think I know that?" Farah snapped. "We need to get this monster out of the arena before he hurts anyone!"
Astaroth merely smirked. "Sure, why not? More souls for me!"
"Not on my watch, bub!" Farah growled getting into a stance.
Link sighed. Looked like he now had an ally whether he wanted one or not.
"MAKOTO NANAYA!" (BB)
The orange-clad squirrel-girl came out to a series of cat-calls and wolf whistles from the crowd. However, Makoto actually took this as regular cheering.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Makoto said waving to everyone. "You're beautiful!"
Carl looked up at the entrance ramp with wide eyes. Looking around frantically, he ran over to Lucas and grabbed him by the hand.
"H-Hey!" Lucas said.
"You'll thank me later!" Carl said running off dragging Lucas with him.
Makoto then jumped in. "All right. Who is my first victim?"
Suddenly, Robo-Ky crashed in front of her the victim of an energy blast from Hinata.
"Enjoying the view down there?" Makoto asked putting her hands on her hips.
Robo-Ky then looked at the squirrel before getting up. "YOUR CHEST. YOUR LEGS. YOUR ATTIRE. EVERYTHING IS PERFECT. PLEASE. MARRY ME!"
Makoto blinked twice before getting into a stance. "Not what I had in mind but I am going to have fun with this nonetheless."
"GALUDA!" (PS)
The Native-American stood tall with his arms crossed while smoking a pipe. After putting it away, he made his way down to the ring.
Ayame saw her friend come in and waved to him. "Yoo-hoo! Galuda!"
The large man made his way over. "Ah, Ayame! Glad to see you survived the section."
"Yeah, I feel a lot more confident now." The ninja grinned. "And I feel even MORE confident now that I have a teammate."
Galuda chuckled at this. "I must say I feel the same way. Who do you had in mind?"
"I was thinking about going after the two Digimon first." Ayame said.
Galuda nodded his head. "If that's what you think.
"ALLEN STRIDER!" (ST: EX)
The red-haired purple-clad fighter punched the air a few times before making his way down to the ring.
"Ken isn't in yet. I just hope that I am still in when he enters." Allen said. "In the meantime, who should I go for?"
However, he noticed that the only person who WASN'T preoccupied was Bean. Allen blinked twice.
"You gotta be kidding me." He said walking over anyway.
Bean looked up. "Hey, Red."
"Um, hey? Can we fight?" Allen asked.
"Sure!" Bean grinned before getting out a bomb. "Let's have a blast!"
"Oh, great! It's a family-friendly Doctrine Dark." Allen muttered.
"And now, the final fighter of the section…"
"SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG!" (StH)
(All hail Shadow!)
(Heroes rise again!)
(Obliterating everything)
(That's not your friend!)
(Nothing could stop you now!)
(No ghost could bring you down!)
(When there's nothing left to lose)
(You win!)
The crowd cheered loudly as the black-furred hedgehog stood on the ramp. Despite the warm reception he was getting, Shadow acted like he ignored it. Getting out a gun, he skated down the ramp and jumped in.
He quickly made his way over to the fight between Link and Farah against Astaroth. The latter turned his head to see the hedgehog.
"Shadow! Long time, no see, man!" Astaroth grinned crouching down and bumping fists with the smaller man. "Didn't expect to appear in the same section as you."
"Well, I didn't expect you see you appear at all." Shadow smirked.
"Yeah, hey, listen." Astaroth said jerking his thumb behind him. "Normally I don't ask for favours when fighting but could you get that green-haired girl off my back? I got a small vendetta with Linky over there."
"Meh. I am only here until that faker shows up." Shadow shrugged. "So sure, man. I could help you out."
Link and Farah watched the entire conversation with wide eyes.
"Um, what's going on?" Farah asked.
"They worked the Sound Booth in the Megamix Tournament." Link said shaking his head.
"Hmm… Nope, I'm still confused."