(The Arena)
The twelve fighters got themselves ready for the next section and prepared themselves for anything except for Mignon, Colette and Robo-Ky where the former two were still talking and the latter were eyeing them. Suddenly, they heard cheering. Looking up, they watched the person stand outside the entrance curtain.
"PURA!" (CB)
The tiger cub and pet of Coco Bandicoot yawned as it stretched. Most of the audience gaped at how cute he was. Once he was done, he bounded his way to the ring.
Leaping in, he made a beeline for Robo-Ky who had his back turned to him. Pura then leapt on the robot's back and scratched it causing him to give a monotone cry of pain.
Robo-Ky threw him off before glaring down at feline. "YOU MISERABLE HOTEL FOR FLEAS! I SHALL GIVE YOU!"
Pura didn't say anything. Instead he just leaped up to Robo-Ky and scratched him in his face causing his head to literally spin around.
The blonde imposter stopped his head with his hands. "I LOATHE WHEN THAT HAPPENS."
"ROCK HOWARD!" (KoF: MI)
The blonde son of Geese Howard came out to a bunch of cheering fan-girls. Scratching the back of his head in embarrassment, he made his way down to the ring.
"That creep, Geese is in a long while." Rock snarled. "Dang it. Well, I might as well make the most of it…"
Once in, he made a beeline for Shadow who was still adjusting his gun.
The hedgehog then looked up. "May I help you, kid?"
"I had heard a lot about you, Mr. Ultimate Life Form." Rock said crossing his arms. "I want a fight with you and I better not find out that title was just bragging."
Shadow smirked. "Oh, don't you worry. I CAN back-up my claims. But can you?"
Rock returned the smirk. "Don't worry, I can."
"SHADOWGEIST!" (SF: EX)
The anti-hero and rival of Skullomania walked out of the Ready Room giving a dark and creepy chuckle. Rushing down to the ring, he immediately jumped in.
Once there, he stomped to Hokuto.
"What do you want, Shadowgeist?" Hokuto said getting into her stance.
"Don't worry, I am only here for a short while." Shadowgeist said cracking his knuckles together. "I just need something to do until a villain comes out."
"So you would go after your own nodal companion?" Hokuto asked in disgust.
"There is that and you are literally one of the very few threats so far." Shadowgeist pointed out.
As if on cue, Robo-Ky ran past trying to get Pura off of him. Rainbow Dash decided to help the tiger and followed the two.
Hokuto blinked twice. "Very well… Prepare yourself."
"SAMUS ARAN!" (SSB)
Coming out to a loud cheer and the classic Metroid theme, the armour-clad woman adjusted her arm cannon before rushing down to the arena.
Once she used her Screw Attack to get in, she ran over to Link and Lucas.
"Hey, guys." Samus greeted. "Glad to see two of my fellow Smashers still in the arena."
"Um, Wario is in the arena as well." Link pointed out.
"I know but I don't really like him so I pretended to ignore him." Samus shrugged.
Link chuckled. "True."
"So who are the biggest threats so far?" Samus asked.
"So far, I think it is the hedgehog, the older brunette woman and the pony." Lucas said.
Samus blinked twice behind her helmet. "Um, are you sure about the last part?"
"Fatigued or not, she eliminated Fox." Link said.
Samus paused. "Hmm… Maybe it couldn't help to keep an eye on her."
"SHING METEORYTE!" (To)
"And thus the first main lead of many from the Tales series had made his appearance!" Tinyrocket announced.
The brown-haired young man excitedly raised his golden sword in the air before rushing down the ramp with an excited look on his face. Once he did, he decided to help out Colette for a bit so he made his way over.
That was until a fist connected with his face causing him to stagger back stunned. He looked to see Mignon staring angrily at him.
"Hey! You just tried to attack Mignon's friend with a cheap shot!" Mignon snapped.
Shing's eyes widened. "No-no-no, that is not what I was trying to do at all."
Mignon showed the bottom of her eye and stuck out her tongue. "Uh-uh-uh! You can't fool Mignon! You are a very bad man! Mignon is going to teach you how to treat a lady!"
"No, wait!" Shing insisted before Mignon pounced.
Colette on the other hand looked up to see the exchange.
"Oh, looks like Mignon and Shing decided to spar for a bit." The blonde said. "I better leave them alone."
"RAY THE FLYING SQUIRREL!"
The yellow squirrel jumped up and down excitedly before leaping up and flying all the way to the ring.
He continued flying despite pasting the ropes and stopped his flight right in front of Rainbow Dash.
"I take it you want a fight, squirrel boy?" Rainbow Dash said raising her eyebrow.
"You know it, baby!" Ray grinned punching his fist in his palm.
"Hey, you sure sound confident to think you can keep up with ME!" Rainbow Dash taunted putting up her dukes. "Listen, just because you are… You are…"
She then paused.
"Um, who are you again?"
Ray's smile vanished as he looked to the ground.
(Dome; Hallway)
Blaze the Cat walked down the hall with a content look on her face. Sure, she had been eliminated but she was done so with a bang. She had scored four eliminations and so far that was the record. Also, the person who had eliminated her was a skilled one so she felt just as happy.
"I hope Silver, Sonic and the others will be just as successful." Blaze mused.
She was about to make way around the corner until she stopped. She felt something glowing inside of her. Letting curiosity get the better of her and reaching into her pocket, she pulled out a red emerald.
This was a Sol Emerald. Now Blaze was not part of Sonic's world but rather from another dimension and that dimension had its very own set of seven powerful emeralds. Blaze had one Sol Emerald at the time and decided to bring it along just keep it out of the wrong hands.
But suddenly it started to react with a bright glow. Blaze looked in curiosity.
"What… What is going on?" Blaze asked. "The only time it reacts like this if there was another Sol Emerald close by and that is impossible."
Looking around, she tried to see the emerald as some kind of radar. Raising an eyebrow, she waved it around.
Suddenly, the light increased when she went down a hall.
"Hmm… It is getting bigger." Blaze mused looking around.
Then, she heard another noise. Looking up, she saw another bright red light hovering over her. Blaze stepped back in surprise getting into a defensive position.
"What the?" Blaze asked in surprised.
Suddenly, the red light came its way to the glowing Sol Emerald until it had touched it. Then, the Sol Emerald was engulfed with a strange red aura. Before Blaze could react, it spread to the rest of her.
The purple princess screamed in pain as the red light took over her. She then collapsed on her hands and knees.
"What's… What's going on…?"
With that, she slowly lost consciousness.
(De Vil's Mansion)
Gabumon cautiously made his way through the mansion of Cruella De Vil trying not to stir up any noise. The Digimon had cursed his luck. Of all of the places he could have landed in, he had to land in the home of one of the vilest villains in Disney history.
He knew for a fact that Cruella was obsessed with fur fashion and was not above killing cute, innocent puppies to do so. If she would do that to them, imagine what she would do to him.
"Now, now, Gabumon. Stay calm." He told himself. "She doesn't even know that you are in here. Just make it to the exit…"
With that, Gabumon tiptoed through the hallways in hopes of having a way out.
Suddenly, he had heard shouting coming from one of the nearby doors. Gabumon yelped recognizing the yelling. Thinking quickly, he ran into another hallway.
Only to find out that it was a dead end. The horned Digimon gasped in horror before looking to back and forth. She was coming.
The door slammed open to reveal an angry skinny woman with black and white hair and an enormous white fur coat. Just the sight of it made her want to puke. Following her were a tall, lean man and a short, fat man.
"UGH! Those miserable mutts!" Cruella snapped. "I was so close to getting those puppies all for myself!"
"Please calm down, Miss De Vil!" The lean one known as Jasper begged.
"Calm down? Calm down!" The woman said with a snarl. "I will NOT calm down! Especially since YOU two clods have messed up once again!"
"But Miss De Vil, it is not our fault!" Horace, the fat one insisted. "We were outnumbered!"
"Yes, by PUPPIES!" The monochrome-haired woman snapped.
"With teeth…" Jasper said rubbing his behind.
"How am I supposed to make my latest fashion line if I can't get any material for it?" Cruella growled.
"Have you considered new material?" Horace asked. Jasper was quick to slap him around the head but the damage had already been done.
"Don't you think I ALREADY considered that!" Cruella growled. "If it was that easy, I would have done so AGES ago! Besides, what could I get to…"
CRASH!
Cruella, Horace and Jasper jumped before turning to the direction of the noise to see Gabumon standing over the remains of a broken vase with a horrified look on his face. How could he be so clumsy when trying to sneak past the three?
"What the heck is that?" Horace asked.
"I-I dunno but it is an abomination of nature, that's what it is!" Jasper said picking up a nearby umbrella and beat it in his hand. "Stay back, Miss De Vil!"
Suddenly, he noticed that Cruella didn't say anything. In fact, she just stood in her place stunned.
"Um, De Vil?" Jasper asked as Cruella sent forward.
"That fur…" Cruella said in awe. "It's lovely…."
"Um, thank you, Miss…" Gabumon said startling Horace and Jasper. "I…"
"HORACE! JASPER!" Cruella shouted making everyone jump.
"Um, yes, Miss De Vil?" Jasper asked.
"Get me that fur!" Cruella demanded.
"What but Miss De Vil?" Horace quizzed.
"I don't know that you had to burn, drown or bash the skull in of that little scale-ball, just get me that fur!" Cruella yelled.
Jasper and Horace looked at each other in disbelief.
"I am not the only one who finds it completely weird that this… thing is standing right in front of us and talking, right?" Horace asked.
"Nope. But I don't think Cruella cares." Jasper sighed.
With that, the two returned their attention to Gabumon who was frozen in his place. With a sigh, he looked down to the ground in defeat. He was SO not looking forward to this.
(The Arena)
"VENOM!" (GG)
The dark-skinned pool-player rubbed the end of his pool cue with a chalk cube. However, he was done, he walked down scanning the arena (though one wonders how he could see with his hair literally covering his face.)
"Master Zato is in yet. Why didn't I threaten the hosts into giving us closer draws." Venom lamented. "No matter. Even if I won't appear in the way section of him, I will eliminate major threats to make it easier to win for him."
With that, he jumped in and made a beeline for Wario. The overweight man looked up only to narrowly avoiding it.
"What the-a freaking heck was THAT for!" Wario demanded angrily.
"I made it my mission to get rid of as many threats as I can before Master Zato come in." Venom said sternly. "Even if said threats are disgusting, obnoxious and disrespectful."
Wario scratched the back of his head with a chuckle. "Aw… Flattener."
Venom blinked twice before growling. "I KNEW you were going to say that and yet I am STILL upset."
"LITCHI FAYE-LING!" (BB)
The Chinese nurse came out to classic Chinese music along with a series of cat-calls and wolf-whistles. She shook her head despite politely waving to the crowd while making her way down. She then jumped in with her long staff on her back.
"Feels a bit weird healing people and then coming into the arena to hurt more people only to get eliminated and heal them again." Litchi mused. She then shrugged. "Oh well…"
She then noticed Hinata running over. "Looks like someone is eager for a fight."
The young girl nodded her head. "I am always ready to take on any challenger."
Litchi merely giggled. "All right. Let's see what you got."
With that, she got into her stance. As she did so, her chest bounced. Hinata noticed this.
"I wish I could bounce too…" Hinata lamented.
"What was that?"
"Nothing!"
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number Nine!"
"PEACOCK!" (Skullgirls)
The audience couldn't help but look in awe. Standing on the ramp was a purple-clad young girl with a top hat and very long and thin arms with feathers on them. With her was a bunch of creatures that looked like they came out of the old-fashioned cartoons.
"All right, boys! It is time to paint the town red!" Peacock grinned.
"Squawk! You got it, Peacock!" A bird dressed the same as Peacock.
"Let's go to town with these scrubs!" An anvil with boxing gloves said pounding his fists together.
With that, the creatures disappeared behind Peacock. By turning her legs into a blurry wheel, she ran down the ramp and leaped in.
Once she was in, she got out a gun.
"Garbage Day!" Peacock shouted before shooting a large bullet at Bean. The duck looked up in time only to duck in time.
"What the?" Bean asked surprised.
"It's duck season, bub!" Peacock said pointing her gun at Bean. "And there is not a wascally wabbit in sight!"
Bean smirked before getting out a bomb. "Oh yeah! I just know that this would be fun!"
"BARBATOS GOETIA!" (To)
Colette before looking up. "Oh no!"
"It's Barbatos!" Shing yelled before getting a fist to the face courtesy of Mignon.
The blue-haired axe-wielder hero killer stood outside the entrance curtain to a surprisingly warm reception. Letting out a loud roar, he stormed over to the ring and stampeded towards Link.
The green-clad man yelped before blocking with the Biggoron Sword. "Aw, come on! I just got rid of the axe-wielding maniac!"
"Crash!"
Suddenly, Shadowgeist came out of nowhere and barged in his chest shoulder-first causing multiple hits causing him to stagger back.
Barbatos regained his footing to glare at Shadowgeist. "Got a death wish?"
"I may not be familiar with the Tales series but I know enough to know that you are a dangerous villain." Shadowgeist said cracking his knuckles.
"Indeed." Hokuto said stepping forward. "We need to stop you before you kill somebody."
Barbatos merely smirked. "Ha! If you want your bones crushed, very well!"
"BIG THE CAT! (StH)
(Hey, big guy!)
(Hey, little guy!)
(Can you tell me who came first?)
(Sorry but I don't know.)
(We are simply natural)
(Okay all you have to do is…)
(Sit up, look left, right, up and down)
The overweight purple cat stepped out with his best friend, Froggy on one shoulder and his fishing pole resting on the other. He wasn't looking that confident.
"I don't think this is a good idea, Froggy…" Big said. "I don't like fighting."
Froggy croaked. Big gulped before making his way down and leaping in making a small tremor knocking those near him.
Suddenly, he saw Robo-Ky throw off Pura and boot him away. Seeing this, he charged over.
Robo-Ky was going to stab Pura until a fishing hook stopped him before he got stab forward. Turning around, he saw Big.
"Hey, that wasn't very nice!" Big scolded. "You nearly stabbed him!"
Robo-Ky paused. "YOU DO REALIZE THAT WAS THE INTENTION, YOU OBESE FELINE?"
"ROY BROWELL!" (RS)
The blonde fighter jumped up and down twice before playing to the crowd. With a smirk, he ran down to the ring and jumped in.
Rock saw him come in after being knocked away from Shadow and made his way over.
"So you are the Terry Bogard of Capcom?" Rock asked crossing his arms.
"You can say that." Roy shrugged.
"Hmm… I have you know that I grew up under Terry's wing so I think I should see if you are worthy of the title." Rock said getting into a stance.
"Hey, I may be similar but most of my moves are original." Roy said before smirking. "Unlike yours."
Rock growled before pouncing. "That low blow was uncalled for!"
(Dome; Janitor's Closet)
Snake walked over to the janitor's closet and looked around. Once he made sure that no one was looking, he turned the doorknob and walked in.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Snake asked looking back. "Come on!"
Luigi gave a small gulp before walking inside as well. Snake smirked before closing the door.
"YAAAAHHH!" Luigi yelled as the whole room went dark.
"Sheesh, calm down." Snake said turning on the light. "Okay. I don't think anyone could hear us."
Luigi sighed in relief. "What do-a you want, Snake? Surely you had-a a reason to drag me all the way here."
Snake nodded. "Luigi, I need your help…"
"Huh?" The green-clad man said not liking where this was going.
"Yeah, you remember Otacon?" Snake asked as Luigi nodded. "Well, he picked up a huge energy reading."
"Energy reading?" Luigi asked.
"Yeah, I fought this recolor from the Sonic the Hedgehog node and when I defeated him, it released this red light and flew off." Snake said. "I KNOW that light is dangerous but I don't have any leads…"
"S-So what do you want me for?" Luigi asked.
"What else? I am forming an investigation team and YOU are part of it." Snake grinned.
"What? ME?" Luigi asked in disbelief. "Why don't you just ask my brother?"
"Come on, Luigi." Snake said. "How many times have you sat at home while your brother went on big adventures?"
The plumber counted his fingers. "Um… Are you looking for a specific number?"
Snake slapped his head. "You see? This is your big chance to prove that you are a hero too and not just some sidekick."
"But Snake…" Luigi asked. "This sounds dangerous!"
"All the reason for us to find out about the light." The mercenary said. "Who knows what may happen if that light of untapped power is let alone?"
Luigi looked down. "Well, since you put it THAT way…"
"Exactly." Snake said. "This is why I need your help."
Luigi paused for a moment. Snake was right. If what he was saying was true, then if the light falls into the wrong hands, who knows what may happen. But still, it sounded dangerous and he may run into scary people like Bison. However, this may be chance to do something exciting while Mario was off minding his own business.
After a moment, he sighed in defeat. "All right… You win."
Snake smirked. "Glad to hear that..."
"So any ideas of who to recruit yet?" Luigi asked.
"Not really. In fact, you were my only definite pick." Snake said. "I was thinking of going to the Eliminated Seating."
"Are you-a sure we could find some good allies this early in the tournament?" Luigi asked.
"Yeah, just because it is nowhere near as half-full, the Eliminated Seating has GOT to have some good fighters." Snake explained.
"I just hope that we could solve this problem but it gets out of control." Luigi said.
(Dome; Hallway)
"Come on! Surely you know where it is!" Shoma asked in disbelief.
Lloyd Irving shook his head. "Sorry. I was thinking of just asking around when I get eliminated."
With that, he walked off leaving Shoma steamed and Nagare crossing his arms. Ever since the two had gotten together, the two had been asking around wondering where was the Eliminated Seating was to get more allies. However, every person they turned to either forget where it was or didn't knew. This got irritating for Shoma real fast.
Shoma growled before throwing down his baseball cap. "This is ridiculous! What are the chances of every fighter we talk to forget where it was! Isn't it one of the most important functions for them?"
"Calm down, Shoma." Nagare warned.
"Calm down? No offense, Nagare but we are lost!" Shoma said. "And worse of all, Bison and Kurow must be kidnapping more people by now."
The swimmer nodded his head. "Don't worry, all we have to do is keep a cool head.
Shoma sighed and nodded. Aside from his older brother, Nagare was the only person that could get him to cool down which was good because Shoma was an extremely violent teenager. Picking back up his cap, he looked at his senior.
"So what now?" Shoma asked.
"Keep continuing." Nagare said.
Shoma nodded before he noticed someone. "Hey, there's another one! Hey, buddy! Can you tell us where the Eliminated Seating is?"
The figure didn't respond.
This struck a nerve on Shoma's head. "Hey, are you deaf? Where is the Eliminated Seating?"
Again, the figure stayed silent.
However, he then attacked. Shoma's eyes widened before he got a kick to the face knocking him the ground.
Shoma immediately sat up rubbing his chin. "Ow! That hurt! What was THAT for?"
He then took a good look at the attacker. It was Richard Meyer.
"Aren't you that Capeoira guy from the first Fatal Fury game?" Shoma asked before narrowing his eyes. "What was THAT for?"
Nagare stayed silent. "Shoma, look."
The white-clad man blinked twice before looking at Richard again. He then noticed that his eyes had an emotionless stare in them.
"It seems this man was one of Kurow's victims." Nagare said.
Shoma growled. "Dang it!"
Richard then got into a stance before speaking in a monotone. "Eliminate Shoma Sawamura."
The young man's eyes widened before he narrowed them while getting up. He may not be the brightest tool in the shed but he knew that Valgas and Kraken must had told the other villains about him and sent one of their brainwashed cronies after him.
Shoma got out his baseball bat. "If it's a fight you want, you got it! Don't think I will go easy on you just because you are brainwashed!"
Suddenly, Nagare put his hand in front of Shoma. "No, wait. Let me handle this."
"What? But Nagare, he is GOING after me!" Shoma insisted.
"Exactly. That is how we are going to defeat." Nagare said.
Shoma blinked twice. "Huh?"
"I'll explain later." Nagare said. "For now, stay back…"
Shoma paused for a moment before growling a bit. To have a close friend fight his battle even though he was the main target put a bad taste in his mouth.
"Fine, but be careful…" Shoma warned.
Nagare nodded his head. "I will."
(The Arena)
"JIGGLYPUFF!" (SSB)
The cute, pink balloon Pokemon waddled out of the Ready Room and waved to the crowd. Puffing herself full of air, she floated all the way to the ring.
Once she was in, she kicked Robo-Ky in the face with two feet causing him to stagger back.
"INSOLENT BAGS OF FLESH!" Robo-Ky growled. "DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD DEFEAT ME?"
"Hey, are you sure you want to help us fight this creep?" Pura asked. "This guy may be a yutz but he is pretty unpredictable."
"So are the other Smashers but I can fend for myself just fine." Jigglypuff reassured.
"Well, all right. We appreciate the help." Froggy said. "Just be careful."
"You too. Now let's get this hunk of junk!" Jigglypuff said.
Robo-Ky paused. "CURIOUS. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR CONVERSATION?"
"Froggy and the tiger were worried that about the Pokemon helping us but she said that she would be all right." Big said.
Robo-Ky's arm slumped. "YOU AS TRANSLATOR DOES NOT COMPUTE."
"VEIGUE LUNGBERG!" (To)
The light blue-haired swordsman stared at the arena with a stoic look on his face. Making his way down with his strangely-shaped sword, he stepped in.
Once in, Colette immediately flew over. "Oh, Veigue! Thank goodness you are here! Barbatos in the arena."
"I know." Veigue nodded.
"So far he has three people fighting him but I was waiting for somebody who had actually fought him before to help." Colette explained.
Veigue raised an eyebrow. "Isn't Shing in the arena as well?"
Colette shrugged. "Yeah but he is sparring with my new friend, Mignon."
Veigue blinked twice before looking to the side to see Mignon dancing on top of Shing's back.
"Um, I don't think…" He said before slapping his head. "Never mind. Facing Barbatos is our top priority."
"JIVATMA!" (KoF: MI)
The long-haired alien stood outside the entrance curtain with his arms crossed and a small smirk. Making his way down to the arena in a weird walk, he stepped in.
"Hmm… Barbatos seems to be Mr. Popular so far." Jivatma mused. "Still, I need an ally since villains aren't exactly well-liked."
With that, he stretched out his arm striking Samus in the face surprising Lucas.
However, all this did was annoy her. "What the heck was THAT for!"
"I have my reasons." Jivatma shrugged. "In any case, this IS a free-for-all, after all."
Samus growled before loading her arm cannon. "Stay back, kid."
"No, I had heard nasty rumours about this guy." Lucas said. "I think it is better to fight this guy with a partner."
Jivatma merely laughed. "Sure, why not? I am intrigued by both your limitless arsenal of weapons AND your psychic powers.
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number Ten!"
"KAIRI!" (Kingdom Hearts)
The pink-clad brunette came out to a decent cheer. Smiling happily and waving to the crowd, she summoned her trademark Keyblade and made her way down the ring.
Once in, she made a beeline for Slash. The swordsman looked up to see the young woman running over.
Slash raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know you can fight."
"Just because I never appeared in an official battle doesn't mean I can't fight." Kairi pointed out holding out her Keyblade. "I can show that I can be a threat too."
Slash looked over Kairi's weapon.
"Miss, as a representative of Waku Waku 7, I know I should be the last person to say this." Slash frowned. "But it is a little hard to take your last statement seriously with a weapon like that."
Kairi puffed out her cheeks in annoyance. "Oh, hush."
"KRUNK!" (CB)
The blue baboon roared before beating his chest and making to the crowd. Once he was done, he ran down the ramp and jumped in.
Once there, he made a beeline for Big who staggered back from a strike from Robo-Ky.
"You!" Krunk said getting Big's attention. "I could sense that you have the strength of a true warrior."
The cat blinked twice before looking around and pointing to himself. "Who? Me?"
Krunk laughed heartily. "Don't be modest! I know a warrior when I see one! Come at me!"
Big gulped nervously. "I don't think I like where this is going, Froggy."
"Croak!"
"And now, the final fighter of the section…"
"RYU!" (SF: EX)
The white-clad fighter came out to a loud cheer. Adjusting his gauntlets and tying his trademark headband, he made his way down to the ring with a determined look on his face.
However, once he was in, Hokuto fell on her side in front of him.
"Are you okay, Hokuto?" Ryu asked helping the brunette up.
"Yes, but the arena won't be if we don't get rid of that fighter." Hokuto said pointing at Barbatos.
"Need any help?" Ryu asked.
Hokuto nodded. "I think that goes without saying."