(The Arena)

Half of the ten fighters (Link and Rainbow Dash) left in the ring got themselves ready for the next section to begin. However, the other half (Mignon, Colette and Pura) was completely unfocused. Suddenly, they all heard cheering. Looking up, they saw the next fighter come out.

"ACCEL!" (PS)

The masked blue-clad cowboy came from behind the entrance curtain with a loud yell. "Yee-haw!"

Rushing straight down to the ring with his twin revolvers, he leaped in without a second thought. He immediately opened fire on Wario who took several non-lethal bullets to the body.

"Hey! What is THAT for?" Wario demanded.

"I can't stand varmints like ya!" Accel said narrowing his eyes. "Your cap is going to be a trophy room on my wall!"

Wario's eyes widened at this. "Oh no! Touch the hat and you die!"

"Okay!" Accel smirked spinning a revolver in his hand. "Wouldn't be the first time I gambled with death anyway!"

"RAVEN!" (To)

Coming out to a loud cheer, the purple-clad dark-skinned man came out grinning at the warm reception he was getting.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Raven said playing to the crowd. "Cheer on the old man!"

Feeling twice as confident he ran towards to the ring carrying his strange bow and jumped in making a beeline for Mignon and Colette.

Mignon saw him coming narrowed her eyes. "Colette, watch out! Another bad guy is coming this way!"

Colette looked up. "Huh? Oh, don't worry, Mignon. That is Raven. Professor Sage and Chloe really like him."

Raven's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Really?"

"Yeah, both of them agreed that Raven is as shallow as a kiddie pool." Colette smiled.

Raven's grin vanished in an instant while Mignon blinked twice in confusion.

"Um, Colette? Mignon don't think that's a compliment." Mignon pointed out.

"Really? Because Professor Sage and Chloe can't swim so they would prefer to be in shallow water." Colette shrugged.

"Oh! That's makes sense!" Mignon said punching her fist in her palm. Raven sighed as he held his head.

"NANASE!" (ST: EX)

The little sister of Kairi and Hokuto came out with a small pout and her arms crossed making her way down to the ring and stepped in.

"Figures when I actually thought Hokuto and I could double-team, she got eliminated." Nanase pouted. "And Kairi is not out for a while."

"Yes?"

Nanase turned her head to see Kairi walking over.

"Oh, sorry. I was talking about my brother." Nanase said.

Kairi's eyes widened at this. "Wait. Your BROTHER is named Kairi?"

Nanase put her hands on her hips. "Why not? Your friends have names also used by girls."

"Oh yeah! I guess I never realized that." Kairi said before giggling. "They do, don't they?"

(Destiny Islands)

Sora and Riku watched the TV with blank looks on their faces.

"We are never going to hear the end of this, are we?" Sora said.

"Nope…" Riku said flatly.

(The Arena)

"HANZO HATTORI!" (KoF: MI)

The black-clad ninja stood outside the entrance curtain with his arms crossed. Suddenly, he disappeared in a small cloud of smoke leaving nothing but a log behind.

Hanzo appeared in the ring right in front of Link. Despite startled, Link went into his stance.

"Is there something you want, ninja?" Link asked.

"Yes… A fight." Hanzo said readying his ninja sword. "I intend to take out the biggest threat in the ring and that is you."

Link smirked at this. "Oh, really. Well, I am flattered."

"Don't worry. The competition isn't that great." Hanzo snapped pointing to the side.

Link turned to see Jigglypuff sleeping. Pura decided to curl up next to him and do the same.

"Oh, right. Sorry." Link said sheepishly.

"PATAMON!" (DRA)

Coming out to a loud cheer, the smallest Digimon in the Digimon Rumble Arena cast (even for their standards) excitedly rushed out of the Ready Room.

Unfortunately it was only until it was too late when he found the same log that Hanzo had dropped after his teleportation. Stars encircled his head before shaking his head. Flapping his bat-wing ears, he made his way down to the ring with a blush.

Once over the ring, he looked around. "Hm… I wonder who should if I go for first."

Then, he saw Jigglypuff and realized that she was barely bigger than him. He then flew.

"Boom Bubble!" Patamon shouted letting out a ball of air at the puffball striking her out of her nap.

Jigglypuff rolled backwards before she self-righted herself looking furious. "Jiggly! Jigglypuff!"

"Um, I don't know what you said but obviously it isn't have a nice day." Patamon said. "Before this is a FIGHTING tournament and you shouldn't really be taking a nap."

Jigglypuff puffed herself full of air. It was time to teach this boy some respect.

"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Eleven!"

"WELKIN GUNTHER!" (Valkyria Chronicles)

The brown-haired general readied his rifle dressed in his military uniform before waving to the crowd.

"I sure hope that I can make a name for my node." Welkin said. "Granted, WE are getting a bit of screentime with the incoming Sega, Capcom and Namco crossover RPG but still."

Suddenly, he stumbled over the same log Patamon bumped into. With a small blush, he made his way down to the ring and jumped in.

Looking around, he scanned for a target. Suddenly, he found Pura still sleeping on the floor. He made his way over.

"A tiger!" Welkin smiled. "I never saw one by close! The stripes! It is different from other tigers."

Pura woke up with a confused look on his face.

"JOHNNY!" (GG)

The black-clad pirate came out to screaming fan-girls. He smirked while holding his sheath holding his sword.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Johnny smiled. "Remember! You are free to audition to join my crew!"

Suddenly, he noticed Kairi and Nanase. "Speaking of new members…"

He then stepped in and made his way over to the two girls. But not before tripping because of the log. Johnny got up with a snarl and threw it out of the ring (where it landed on Nanette Manoir again.)

Johnny said walking over. "Excuse me, ladies. I don't suppose that you may want to join my crew now."

"You mean the Jellyfish Pirates?" Kairi asked before narrowing her eyes. "Sorry, there is one thing stopping me from joining you."

"And that is?" Johnny asked raising an eyebrow behind his shades.

"One word. Sora." Kairi said darkly. "He and I have a thing for each other and I don't think he would like it if one joined you."

Johnny's face paled hearing about how insanely strong Sora was.

"And don't forget about my sister, Hokuto." Nanase snapped. "Just be happy that she just been eliminated because she has a bloody side that leaves up to its name."

Johnny stepped back not liking where this was going. "Um, sorry. I just realized. We don't open auditions until next month so bye!"

With that, he darted off. Kairi and Nagase then giggled.

"That should show HIM!" Kairi laughed.

"I know right?" Nagase said.

(Hotel; Lobby)

Solid Snake looked over his newly-formed investigation team as they sat down awaiting Snake.

"Well… We are all here." Gemel said crossing his arms. "What is this all about?"

Snake sighed. "All right. I'll start at the beginning. I was in the bar talking to Otacon on my Codec. Suddenly, he had picked up a large energy reading."

"Energy reading?" Guilmon asked.

"Yes. And it is not like anything he had ever read before." Snake said. "When I went to investigate for myself, I find that someone was holding a red light in his hands."

"Eggman Nega." Tails said narrowing his eyes.

"Correct. I "politely" asked him for it and when he refused, I beat the living snot out of him." Snake smirked. It then faltered. "But then the light floated up from Eggman Nega and out of sight."

"But where did it disappear to?" Luigi asked.

"That is EXACTLY when I formed this team." Snake said pacing back and forth. "To find that light before it gets out of control."

"But how can we find it?" Fio asked.

"We can do two things." Snake said. "One is split up and search for clues like strange activity. Or two. Find Eggman Nega and interrogate him."

"Ooh, I like the sound of number two." Nash said rubbing his hands together.

"Question. Does Eggman Nega have any henchmen?" Flynn asked as everyone turned to Tails, Espio and Gemel.

"Well, Eggman Nega DID had a couple of alliances with Eggman." Tails said looking down in thought. "But that's it."

"Is it?" Espio asked. "Tell me. Why do you think Eggman Nega had brought this power here of all places?"

"I dunno." Luigi shrugged.

"Now that I think about it. There was a conspiracy at the first and second Megamix Tournaments respectively." Snake mused. "And there was a ragtag team that stopped it."

"Wait! You mean those were REAL!" Nash shouted in disbelief. "I thought that was a ruse."

"No. It is no ruse." Tails said shaking his head. "A couple of friends of ours were there. They saw it."

"So basically the same thing that is happening at the Megamix Tournament could be happening here." Crunch said punching his fist into his metal hand.

"So what now?" Chloe asked.

"Split up to find to find the light OR any villains." Snake instructed. "If anyone DO run into a villain, make sure you PERSUADE them to tell you what Eggman Nega is planning."

"Well, it is about time we are finally doing some action!" Nash said punching his fists together. "I had been waiting too long for us to take initial!"

Tails blinked twice. "My… He sure is… Eager."

"That's ONE way of putting it nicely, kid." Crunch said rolling his eyes.

Luigi on the other hand was the complete opposite of Nash. He was shaking in his seat sweating as if he was inside of a sauna.

"What have-a I gotten myself into THIS time?"

(Dome; Hallway)

Pain. All Blaze went was pain through her entire body. It hurt to try to move a single muscle. The purple cat groaned as she tried to open her eyes.

Her vision was blurred but she saw a red checkered light. Suddenly, her vision slowly cleared up when she found out that it was her body decorated in the red checkered light.

Blaze slowly looked up to see if there was anyone around. Suddenly, her faint hearing had heard heavy footsteps.

Trying to prop herself on her hands, she tried to move towards the person.

Blaze was always a strong woman. She mostly relied on herself and rarely asked help unless she absolutely needed it. She was a princess and she needed to be strong for her people.

That was why because of the pain she was in, she was reduced to calling out for help.

"Please… Help… Me…"

The person had heard her cry and turned their head to see the poor woman down. With a gasp, they ran over and crouched down.

Tiny Tiger looked down at the woman with wide eyes. "Is Purple Cat Okay?"

Blaze weakly groaned before coughing. Tiny winced before looking around wondering what he should do. He was on his way to see Cortex and asked for his job but he also felt sympathy for the poor woman and wanted to do something to help her.

Tiny then picked up Blaze gently. Normally, the word "gentle" was never part of his vocabulary but he knew despite his lack of intelligence, anything he did to harm her could make the condition worse. Looking around, she carried Blaze bridal side back to the Recovery Room.

(The Arena)

"SHARON!" (ST: EX)

The red-head agent came out to a series of cat-calls and wolf whistles. Unlike some people, she actually chose to ignore loading her pistol and making her way down to the ring.

However, once she was in, Raven was immediately by her side.

"Well, hello there, miss!" Raven grinned. "You seem like the type of women who would love candlelit dinners!"

Suddenly, Johnny shoved his aside. "Don't listen to this old fossil! Join the Jellyfish Pirates and you would get free dinner every day!"

Raven pushed Johnny's head down. "What does a whippersnapper know about how a mature woman wants?"

Johnny slammed his sheath into Raven's stomach. "Surely you hate museums therefore would hate going out with his yutz!"

"Actually, do you know what is a turn-on for me?" Sharon asked.

Raven and Johnny looked at the woman.

"Those who would literally stand on top of a rival just to get a gal's affection."

Raven and Johnny blinked twice. They immediately glared at each other before getting into their stances before charging at each other.

Sharon smirked before walking off. "If only ALL womanisers were as stupid as these two. Safe me a lot of bullets."

"RAIZO IMAWANO!" (RS)

The giant principal straightened his tie and soothed out his suit. "I believe it is high time these youngsters learn to respect their elders!"

With that, he ran down to ring and stepped in. However, once he did so, he staggered back by a rainbow blur. Raizo shook his head to see Rainbow Dash flying over him with a smirk.

"So you are a principal?" Rainbow Dash grinned slamming her hooves together. "Well, allow me to teach you something you rarely learn in books, gramps!"

Raizo narrowed his eyes in annoyance. He then showed his very sharp claws. "Indeed. And in return, let me teach you a lesson in respect."

Rainbow Dash's face fell. "Ah, horsefeathers…"

"AMY ROSE!" (StH)

"MAI SHIRANUI!" (KoF: MI)

(Sweet sweet you're so sweet)

(So many things I want)

(Sweet sweet you're so sweet)

(I wanna be a wonderful girl)

(Sweet sweet you're so sweet)

(I'm not simple-minded)

(Sweet sweet you're so sweet)

(And I won't be a pearl.)

The pink-furred hedgehog and the red-clad ninja came out to a loud cheer (though most of the cheering was aimed at Mai thanks to the men.) However, despite the warm reception, they both looked upset. The two then glared up at the announcer's booth.

"WHY COULDN'T MY DRAW AT LEAST BE CLOSER TO SONIC'S!" Amy shouted.

"AND WHY IS ANDY NOT EVEN HERE!" Mai yelled.

The three hosts hugged each other in fear. Amy and Mai both stormed down the ramp looking furious.

"Okay, here is the deal." Amy said as they step in. "We do the tournament as always and then after, we will make the hosts wish they were never born."

"Sounds good to me." Mai said before she noticed Big coming over. "Speaking of the tournament, I think someone wants to double-team with you."

As Mai walked, Amy immediately greeted Big. "Big! I am so glad you are still in the arena!"

"I am so glad I am okay." Big said sighing in relief.

"I think you are giving yourself not enough credit." Amy said getting out her Piko Piko Hammer. "But if you are really that unconfident, I will gladly fight with you."

Big nodded his head. "Thank you, Amy. That is very sweet."

"LONI DUNAMIS!" (To)

The dark-skinned white-haired man grinned tapping his axe against his back. "Barbatos had been eliminated. Definitely for the best though I wish I could have had a hand in taking his down."

With a shrug, he walked down to the ring and stepped in making a beeline for Welkin who was still examining a confused Pura.

However, the brown-haired man picked up his rifle and immediately went on his guard. "What do you want?"

"You had spent your entire time in the arena so far admiring that tiger!" Loni grinned. "How about you take on a REAL threat!"

Pura immediately took offense of this and pounced forward biting Loni on the leg causing him to cry out in pain.

"Ow! Ow! Ow!" Loni yelled in pain.

Welkin merely chuckled. "Looks like I got an ally this early in the section."

"CAPTAIN OLIMAR!" (SSB)

Coming out to the classic Pikmin theme, the small astronaut nervously looked at the arena with a red, yellow and blue Pikmin behind him.

Olimar gulped before turning around. "All right, guys. Just stick behind me and we will be fine."

With that, Olimar scampered to the arena and jumped in with his Pikmin friend imitating their leader's every moment. However, once they were in, they fail to notice a stray shuriken from Hanzo heading towards them.

"PK Fire!"

Olimar jumped before turning around to see the shuriken turned to ashes right before his eyes. Lucas dusted his hands off.

"Oh, Lucas! Thank you!" Olimar said running over. "You saved my life."

The psychic nervously scratched the back of his head. "No problem. I could easily see anyone else doing the same thing."

"Well, anyway, can I stick with you for a while?" Olimar asked. "This tournament is NOTHING like our usual one."

Lucas sighed. "Tell me about it. Of course, you can stick with me. The other Smashers stayed by my side throughout so far so why not return the favour?"

(Boiler Room)

The security team wasted no time through the hallways.

"Come on! Come on! Come on!" Ally said. "Every second we waste could be another fighter getting brainwashed!"

"We know! We know!" Hunter yelled.

The security team had finally reached a breaking point. Thanks to Pinstripe, they had mostly learned what Bison and his goons were planning and where they might be. This could be their big chance to stop Bison.

However, they were so focused on reaching the goal that they neglected to notice that Vivi tripped and fell flat on his face. The others just ran on leaving Vivi.

Soon, the security had reached the boiler room. Ally wasted no time busting it open.

"All right, Kurow!" Ally shouted as the team charged in. "Gig is up!"

However, everyone had noticed that the place was completely empty. No prisoners. No villains. Not a single person was there.

Ally went on her knees. "Are you FREAKING serious?"

"That rat lied!" Kanji growled.

"I don't know… That guy was acting as if that gun was an actual child." Hunter said scratching the back of his head.

Ally angrily punched the ground. "Darn it! We were so close! So close!"

The security team looked down in defeat. All this time, they thought that they had it but they were wrong. Dead wrong.

SLAM!

The four jumped behind turning around to see the door closed. Suddenly, they heard some strange noise as if someone was moving something.

"What the?" Kanji said running over to the door and pulled it opened.

It opened up easily but to reveal that there was a stone wall blocking the way

"Hey, who put that rock wall there?" Hunter shouted.

Ally narrowed her eyes. "I don't think this was an accident."

Suddenly, they heard dark laughter from the outside of the boiler room.

"Who's there?" Kanji demanded.

"It doesn't matter." The voice said revealing to be Dhaos from the Tales node. "What does matter you will literally boil alive in there."

Ally growled at this. "You are with Bison, aren't you? Where is Kurow? Where is the rest of the fighters?"

"That is obviously none of your business." Dhaos snapped. "In fact, it is because of you, we had to change our location! Perhaps this will teach you not to mess with other people's affairs."

"But we are the security team! That's our job!" Hunter insisted.

"Yeah! It is our job to keep peace!" Mel said. "And if you let you guys be, who knows what may happen?"

Dhaos laughed as this. "I admit that you guys are determined. Unfortuntely, Bison and Kurow think you are TOO determined. I strongly recommend not wasting too much energy in there. You are going to be there for a while."

With that, the blonde man floated off hearing the muffled growls of the security team.

Until he got a searing pain in his back. Screaming in pain, he whirled around to glare at the guilty party. Vivi stood with his staff out shivering in his boots.

"I thought you counted one less." Dhaos growled. "You have a lot of nerve attacking ME, boy."

Vivi gulped nervously. "Let my friends go!"

Dhaos merely scoffed. "I'm afraid not. You had been far too nosy and now that I found out that you are free, I have no choice but get my hands bloodied."

Vivi stepped back. He then got into his stance. Dhaos raised an eyebrow.

"Taking ME on with magic?" Dhaos smirked. "My, you ARE determined! But I strongly doubt your magic is on the same level as Arche."

Vivi narrowed his eyes despite being nervous. He knew that he was getting himself in trouble but he needed to go save his friends.

(The Arena)

"LUCARIO!" (SSB)

The canine-like Pokemon came out to a mixed reaction. People cheered for him because he was one of the most popular Pokemon ever. People booed for him because they thought he stole Mewtwo's spot in the roster. Nonetheless, Lucario calmly crossed his arms and scanned the arena.

"Hmm… The only person with a dark aura here is Wario." Lucario mused. "And even then, his aura is not that dark as most people assume."

With that, he ran over to the ring and leapt in. However, the second he was in, he swerved his head to the side to avoid a gunshot. Turning to the side, she saw Sharon walking over.

"Hmm… Pretty slick reflexes you got there." Sharon smirked.

Lucario narrowed his eyes. "I trained myself for any kind of battles. You have to do a lot better than that to get an easy elimination!"

"That's okay. That means I don't have to hold any punches." Sharon said getting into her stance.

"POLITANK-Z!" (WW7)

The giant robot stepped out from behind the entrance curtain. Suddenly, a very short man that looked suspiciously like Mario and a dog poked their heads out of the robot.

"Oh dear… Look at all of those fighters…" The dog, Hamusuke lamented. "When this thing is over, poor Politank-Z would have bumps all over his body."

"Who cares?" The man, Chojuro scolded. "You can't drill for oil without digging in the mud! Now help me!"

Hamusuke whimpered before the two retreated back in the robot. Turning their legs into the bottom of a tank, it rolled down to the ring before activating its jets to jump in. There, it made a beeline for the fight between Wario and Accel. It promptly kicked Wario in the face.

Wario staggered back before glaring at the robot. "What was WITH-A people attacking me!"

Chojuro pointed his head out of the robot again. "You had done a crime that was absolutely unforgivable!"

"And what's that?" Wario demanded.

"You had copied my moustache!" Chojuro scolded.

Wario blinked twice at this. "I… Beg your pardon."

"You heard me! You had stolen my moustache!" Chojuro snapped rubbing his moustache. "And to make things worse, you made it into an ugly design."

"Say what!" Wario growled. "This moustache is a Wario original! How do I know that YOU are not the faker?"

"Excuse me!" Chojuro growled. "That's it! You asked for it!"

Accel blinked twice rubbing his head. "Well… At least I more or less got an ally."

"JET THE HAWK!" (StH)

Normally, the green-feathered hawk would play to the ground and get them cheering for him but that was the case because he was brainwashed.

Carrying his board, he walked down to the ring and jumped in making his way over to Amy.

Amy looked up to see him coming and groaned. "Great. What do you want, Jet? Sonic isn't here yet and no thanks to those romance-hating hosts, he may not be here for a while?"

Jet merely stood in his place. Amy raised an eyebrow.

"Um, Jet?" Amy asked.

"You are one of Sonic's friends." Jet said getting out a leaf with his free hand. "If I capture you, I could hold you for ransom for Sonic with his life."

Amy yelped before she blocked the attack with her hammer. "Get away from me, you creep!"

Suddenly, Jet felt a fishing pole slammed against his head. Looking up, he found Big looking surprisingly angry.

"Leave Amy alone!" Big scolded.

Jet merely got on his board and flew forward.

"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Twelve!"

"JON TALBAIN!" (DS)

Coming out a loud cheer, the kung-fu werewolf let out a loud howl and going on all fours and charging straight down to the ring.

Leaping in, he saw Lucario kick Sharon away. Sensing a lot of skill from the Pokemon, he made his way over.

Lucario turned his head and immediately into his stance. "I take it you want a fight as well?"

"Of course." Talbain said. "I haven't seen work for a long while and I had been looking forward to this for a while."

"Well, I will gladly give you the fight you want." Lucario said readying himself. "I just hope that you had trained before this."

Talbain smirked before getting into his stance as well. "Oh, you have no idea."

"RILLA ROO!" (CB)

Coming out to a negative reaction, the gorilla-kangaroo hybrid jumped in place a couple of times before making his way down to the ring.

After he leaped in, he looked to see who was an easy elimination. Then, he saw Mignon and Colette walking off. With a smirk, he started to charge towards the girls in hopes of a double elimination.

Suddenly, Colette tripped and fell to the ground accidentally tackling Mignon along with her. Rilla Roo charged right over the girls.

"Oh my gosh, Mignon! I am so sorry!" Colette apologized.

"It's all right." The white magician said. "Mignon always make a goofy-poo like that, anyway…"

Suddenly, the two girls noticed that Rilla-Roo standing out of a turnbuckle head-first as if he was a javelin that was thrown onto a target.

"Silly monkey!" Mignon scolded. "You are supposed to attack the other fighters! Not the turnbuckles!"

Rilla Roo fell onto his face with stars around his head. This was going to be harder than he thought.

"JAY!" (To)

The purple-clad ninja stood on the entrance ramp with his hands on his hips and his foot tapping against the floor. He then swiftly ran down the ramp as fast as he could before skilfully flipping into the air and landing gracefully.

Mai saw this and walked over. "All right, kiddo. Sure, you can flip but can you actually fight?"

Jay nodded his head. "Of course. I am a ninja, after all."

Mai's eyes widened at this. "What? YOU? A ninja? People can see you from miles away!"

Jay growled. "At least my outfit is built to attract people."

"Seriously, look at what you are wearing." Mai pointed out. "And what's with the face paint?"

Suddenly, Hanzo teleported in front of them. "If it makes you feel any better, BOTH of you are disgraces to ninjas."

Mai and Jay slumped their shoulders.

"Seriously, I can't think of a more visible ninja." Hanzo groaned holding his head.

Suddenly, he heard loud rock music.

"And now, the final fighter in this section…"

"BANG SHISHIGAMI!" (BB)

The brown-haired ninja came out to a cheering crowd. Bang grinned with his arms crossed.

"Thank you all for gracing and supporting me with your cheers!" Bang announced. "To return the favour, I shall not be defeated so easily!"

With that, Bang ran down to the ring and zoomed past Hanzo, Jay and Mai who were staring at him the entire time.

Hanzo slapped his forehead. "Ugh… I stand corrected."

Bang ran over to the fight between Amy and Big against Jet. Getting out his giant nail on his back, he slammed it down onto Jet's head narrowly missing Big.

"Hey! Watch it!" Amy scolded. "You also hurt my friend!"

"Now, now, Amy. I'm sure he was just trying to help." Big said before turning to Bang. "Thank you, sir. We need all the help we can get."

"Um, don't worry…" Bang said scratching the back of his head. Should he tell him that he WAS aiming for Big because he eliminated his crush, Litchi?