(The Arena)
The twelve fighters waiting patiently for the next section to begin. Well, eleven of them. The Witch was still on the ground crying. After made it clear in their minds not to go anywhere near that creature. Suddenly, they heard cheering.
"KULA DIAMOND!" (KoF: MI)
The blue-haired young girl pouted despite the big cheer she was getting. Creating a path of ice in front of her, she skated down to the ring.
"K' is long gone and Maxima isn't out for a while." Kula pouted. "I just hope that I am still in the arena by the time Unc comes out."
With that, she jumped in and skated over to Kairi. "Hey!"
Kairi raised an eyebrow. "Um, hey."
"Let's have a bet! Whoever loses this fight have to buy the winner a lot of ice cream!" Kula smiled.
"Well, THAT'S an interesting motivation for fighting…" Kairi said scratching her head. She then giggled. "Okay, I'll take your bet but just this once."
"CHARMY BEE!" (StH)
The young bee excitedly flew out from behind the curtain spinning around making a spaz out of himself. He then flew down to the bee with a big grin on his face.
With a smirk, he flew towards Richard's back who was still talking to Lucas.
POINK!
"YOW!" Richard cried holding his butt before landing hard on the ground before flying off to a different part of the arena.
"Oh boy! I never miss!" Charmy laughed.
"Hey! That guy was telling me something very important!" Lucas scolded not liking the bee's antics.
"Um, hello? This is a FIGHTING tournament, not a talking tournament." Charmy said getting ready to charge. "Soooo FIGHT me!"
Lucas shook his head. This may take a while.
"HISUI HEARTS!" (To)
The dark-haired young man came out with a smirk. Putting his goggles over his eyes, he made his way down with his strange bow-like gauntlets on his wrists.
Suddenly, he froze when he heard a record screeching.
"I mean… JADEITE HEARTS!"
The young man blinked twice at the announcer's booth before snarling and stomping down to the ring.
(Announcer's Booth)
"What was that for?" Orange-Ratchet asked.
Tinyrocket sighed turning off the mic. "Namco had legally changed Hisui and Kohak's names to Jadeite and Amber."
"Well, THAT'S not confusing."
(The Arena)
H… Jadeite made his way to Richard who was still rubbing his rear after Charmy's stinging strike.
"You, gramps! Fight me, now!" Jadeite demanded.
Richard narrowed his eyes. "What's YOUR beef?"
"This may be the last time I get to keep my original name and those stupid names ruined it for me!" Jadeite snapped.
Richard blinked twice before scratching his head. "I doubt I would be in the minority when I say what you said made no sense."
"RENAMON!" (DRA)
The yellow fox came to a loud cheer (partly due to Rule 34 if you know what I mean). She didn't paid it any mind. She dashed down to the ring before skilfully flipping into the ring.
Olimar saw the display and immediately rushed over with his Pikmin friends following. "Miss, can I ask you for a huge favour?"
Renamon raised an eyebrow. "Depends."
"You mean that zombie?" Olimar asked. "She may seem harmless but if startled, she will become extremely violent."
"So I heard." Renamon nodded. "Don't worry, I know a threat when I see one. However, I need a plan."
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Fifteen!"
"GASTON!" (Beauty and the Beast)
(No one… Slick as Gaston!)
(No one quick as Gaston!)
(No one's neck is)
(Incredibly thick as Gaston!)
(For there's no man in time half as manly)
(Perfect, a pure paragon!)
(You can ask any Tom, Dick or Stanley)
(And they'll tell you whose team)
(They prefer to be one)
The red-clad brawny man came out to a mixed reaction. He merely waved to the crowd with a smug smirk on his face carrying a musket over his shoulder.
"Yes, yes. I know that there are haters that don't get the power that IS Gaston." Gaston said. "But when I dominate this tournament, you will be BEGGING for my autograph."
"Oh no, it's HIM." Kairi said rolling eyes before turning to Kula. "Hey, Kula, was it? Can we take our fight somewhere?"
"Um, okay." The ice-wielder before the two girls walked off.
Gaston decided to go for an easy elimination and aimed for the Witch.
That was until Olimar ran in front of him. "What are you doing? That creature is dangerous!"
Gaston laughed heartily at this. "A woman who dressed like she is a hobo? Are you serious?"
"But…" Olimar said before he was punted across the arena. Gaston then aimed and fired one shot at the Witch.
"GASTON STARTLED THE WITCH!"
The Witch jumped up with a scream before she ran towards Gaston with her claws out screaming like a banshee.
Gaston's face fell. "Oh, crud…"
Renamon watched as the Witch started to chase Gaston. "Well… At least I don't have to worry about it going after me."
"PINSTRIPE POTOROO!" (CB)
The wannabe-gangster soothed out his greased hair with his free hand while holding his Tommy gun with the other hand.
"All right, the good news is that everyone is able to relocate the brainwashed army." Pinstripe said making his way down. "The bad news is now everyone is going to be mad."
Once in, he saw that Richard was still in the arena. "Maybe if I eliminate grandpa over there, they could forget about Kong and my screw-up. Or at least me, anyway."
With that, he aimed at Richard. Suddenly, he heard a familiar noise. But not in a good way. Turning his head with a horrified look on his face, he saw Crash running over.
"OH, SON OF A B…."
(Hotel; Lobby)
Gemel, Flynn, Chloe, Guilmon and Fio waited in the lobby patiently for the others to return.
"Are you sure that Tails would find them?" Fio asked. "This IS a huge place, after all."
"Tails is resourceful. I'll sure he'll find his way." Gemel said.
Suddenly, they heard footsteps. Turning their heads, they saw Tails, Snake and Luigi coming back.
"Guys!" Guilmon said cheerfully. He then frowned. "Where's Crunch and Nash?"
Snake growled crossed his arms. "We had into Ganondorf and that moss-head from Blazblue. Luigi made me retreat allowing Crunch and Nash to fight them instead."
"They were-a after you for a reason, Snake! We can't-a afford to have you captured!" Luigi scolded.
"Wait. Crunch and Nash are fighting those two by themselves?" Chloe asked. "Come on! Let's go and help them!"
"But what about Espio?" Flynn asked.
"What ABOUT Espio?" Luigi asked in confusion.
Snake looked around. "Yeah, he is not here."
Tails gave a deep breath. "That's because he is inside of a meeting between the villains."
Luigi's eyes widened at this. "What! Is he-a out of his mind?"
"Don't worry. He is a chameleon. He should be able to avoid detection." Gemel reassured. "This could be our biggest shot to finding out about how those guys are up too."
Flynn put a finger to his chin. "Good point. But what about Crunch and Nash?"
"They are both strong." Snake said crossing his arms. "Besides, they are merely fighting to be a… ugh, distraction."
"Snake…" Luigi groaned shaking his head.
"So I guess we'll wait for Espio." Flynn said.
"I just hope that he didn't go over his head."
(Hotel; Bison's Room)
"So THAT'S why we need to find that light as soon as possible." Eggman Nega said. "If any of our enemies get that power, it could be game over."
"I see." Bison nodded. "Well, you definitely have me convinced."
"Indeed." Relius said with a big smirk on his face. "I definitely want to see that power. Preferably on our side."
Everyone slowly agreed as Tiny put his head down. Espio watched shaking his head not believing his non-existent ears.
"In that case…" Bison said before the phone started to answer it. "Hello? Yes, Ganondorf? Uh-huh. Yes. Ah, I see! Good work!"
With that, he hanged up.
"Did they get him?" Vega asked.
"No. He escaped." Bison said with a smirk. "But they DID captured the two meddlers that let him get away. And Ganondorf and Hazama think they need an attitude adjustment if they know what I mean."
Kurow returned the smirk getting out his flute. "Way ahead of you. Who are our future recruits, anyway?"
"Crunch Bandicoot and Nash!" Bison said.
Espio's eyes widened in horror. "Oh no!"
Cortex smirked. "So Crunch is going back to our side? Maybe that will teach him not to backstab him!"
"In any case, Kurow, meet up with Ganondorf and Hazama for the recruiting." Bison said. "As for the rest of you, stay here while I give the orders."
Everyone nodded as Kurow went to the door and opened up. While he was going out, Espio dashed out of the door without making a sound.
Suddenly, Ignis appeared behind Relius.
Relius raised an eyebrow behind his mask before turning around. "Ignis, what is it?"
The magenta marionette didn't say anything. However, Relius nodded twice.
"Vega, how confident are you in your speed?" Relius asked confusing everyone, including the matador in question.
"I believe it is my second most valuable trait next to my radiant beauty, of course." Vega said. "Why?"
Meanwhile, Espio ran towards the hallways at a blinding speed looking frantic which was a rare emotion for him
"Have to hurry! Have to tell the others about the power source, Crunch and Nash's kidnapping!" Espio said. "Everything!"
Suddenly, his ninja instincts had picked up something from behind him. Turning around, he saw Vega literally bouncing off the walls.
Espio's eyes widened before back-flipping to avoid a claw slash from Vega.
"Ew… I should have known that our sneaky little snake was an actual ugly reptile." Vega said in disgust.
Espio looked in awe. "How did you know I was in there?"
"To be honest, Relius' weird puppet had signalled you out." Vega said before getting into a stance. "But that does not matter… After all, nothing matters after death."
Espio narrowed his eyes. "After hearing about your plans, do you think I am just going to sit back and just let you kill me?"
"I know that I would be hoping for too much but I hope so." Vega said readying out his claw. "Seeing your purple scales is overbearing."
Espio narrowed his eyes before getting out his kunai. "You aren't that tolerable yourself."
(The Arena)
"SHEENA FUJIBAYASHI!" (To)
The purple-clad ninja came out to a loud cheer. Sheena smirked at the warm reception before running down the ramp at blinding speeds holding
After she leaped in, he saw Gaston screaming in terror with the Witch running after him. Suddenly, Renamon landed in front of her.
"Hey, need any help?" Sheena asked.
Renamon raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure you want to?"
"Of course I do!" Sheena said narrowing her eyes. "That zombie is a danger to everyone in this arena! If we don't get her out, she might kill somebody!"
"No, I mean are you sure you want to help out THAT guy?" Renamon said pointing to Gaston.
Sheena groaned while rolling her eyes. "Well, he is keeping the Witch out of trouble so that makes his presence tolerable… For now."
"CRACKER JACK!" (ST: EX)
The tan-skinned man came to a loud cheer. Putting his pink mafia-like hat over his eyes, he casually made his way down to the ring before jumping in.
Once he made his way over to the fight between Blanka and Papu. The former back-flipped in front of C. Jack.
"Hey… Need any help?" C. Jack asked getting the green-skinned man's attention.
Blanka nodded his head. "Yeah! This village chief thinks he is better than everyone just because he is the biggest!"
"That because Papu IS better than puny fighters!" Papu taunted.
"Well, do you know the saying the bigger they are, the harder they fall?" C. Jack asked. "Well, you are about to head for a huge fall, buddy."
"ROB!" (SSB)
The white robot made out to a mixed reaction. However, he didn't pay it any mind and instead scanned the arena for a moment. Suddenly, his sensors locked onto Rainbow Dash who was still catching her breath.
Once confirming his target, he made his way to the ring and used his jet boosters to hover to the pony.
Rainbow Dash looked up to see ROB coming. "What do YOU want, Rusty?"
"Current scores indicate you have the most eliminations in the tournament thus far." ROB said. "Therefore, you are the biggest threat and need to be dealt with immediately."
Rainbow Dash gave a weak smirk. "Flattered. But don't think I am going to lose to someone who doesn't even have his own franchise."
ROB's eyes turned blood red. "Low blow unnecessary."
"LEONA!" (KoF: MI)
The blue-haired woman came out to a loud cheer. Saluting the crowd a stoic look on her face, she ran down to the ring and flipped in.
Once in the ring, she made her way over to Yoshi who was curiously making his way around the arena. Suddenly, he snapped his head to attention when he saw Leona coming.
"You. As you are Mario Mario's most faithful companion." Leona said. "Care to show me that isn't just a name."
Yoshi blinked twice before cheerfully chirping. "Yoshi!"
"Understood." Leona said getting into a stance. "Let's begin."
"BONUS KUN!" (WW7)
Crash was about to fire his bazooka at Pinstripe until he looked up at the entrance curtain.
"What? You're freaking stupid?" Pinstriped asked looking up as well.
Soon, everyone stopped what they were doing to look up. Even Gaston, the Witch, Renamon and Sheena skidded in their tracks to see.
Standing outside the curtain was a white punching bag with a red headbead. He was literally a bag with no hands or feet but eyes and a mouth that had a big grin. Hopping his way down to the ring, he leaped in.
"Hello, fighters!" Bonus-Kun cheerfully announced. "Bonus-Kun had arrived!"
Everyone blinked twice.
Then, they all started laughing. Even Leona and Renamon were trying so hard not to let out a giggle. Bonus-Kun looked around looking hurt and furious.
"How dare you!" Bonus-Kun said angrily. "Haven't you even heard the term never underestimate your opponents?"
Charmy on the other hand flew over. "Oh, I heard of these things! If I hit you, you will give me a cool item!"
"That is a SANDBAG, you disrespectful twit!" Bonus-Kun said head-butting Charmy.
"ANJI MITO!" (GG)
The blue-clad fan-wielder blinked twice while fanning himself with his one of his large twin fans.
"Well, better than them laughing him than them laughing at my outfit and choice of weapons." Anji said walking down. "I had enough of that as it is."
With that, he stepped in making his way over to Banjo & Kazooie who were still snickering.
"Pardon me but I am looking for a fight and you look like you could help me with that." Anji said.
"Sure. I don't really like fighting but due to the nature of the tournament, it is best to go with the flow." Banjo shrugged before turning to Kazooie. "Ready, Kazooie?"
"Ha ha ha! Wow! Bonus-kun had arrived!" The bird laughed. "He actually thinks he DESERVES to be in this tournament! Ha ha!"
Banjo rolled his eyes with a sigh. "Could you give me a minute? I need to get my friend to calm down."
"Um, all right." Anji said scratching his head.
(Dome; Bar)
"Where are we going?" Wang-Tang asked as Fox and Samus held the pack.
"Somewhere that no one will go." Samus said. "We can't afford to cause any attention."
"Good idea but where?" Roberto asked.
Suddenly, the ten people had heard sobbing. Fox and Samus sighed before leading the pack. They then went into the bar.
To see Princess Peach literally drowning her sorrows with the bartender looking exasperated.
"Another Shroom Shake!" Peach said slamming her glass on the counter.
The bartender looked in disgust. "Don't you think I have enough?"
"Excuse me! I am the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom! One of the biggest places in gaming history!" Peach snapped. "I have the right to ask, nay, DEMAND for another Shroom Shake! Because I am not well right now!"
Peach then started to cry again.
"WHY, Mario! It is already hurtful enough for Daisy to say those harsh things to me to think you were in on it too?" Peach asked. "Is it because I don't bake you good enough cakes? It is not my fault I always land on spaces full of hidden blocks?"
"All right, all right!" The bartender said.
Everyone blinked as Peach blew hard into a napkin.
"Um, I am glad that she is keeping away any potential annoyances but shouldn't we help her?" Wang-Tang asked scratching his head.
"Don't you think we TRIED that?" Samus asked in disbelief.
Fox shook his head. "In any case, could you tell us exactly what happened, guys?"
Shoma nodded. "I was on the way back to the Rival Schools locker room after getting my stuff but then I overheard those Valgas and Kraken creeps saying something about a kidnapping plot."
Samus' eyes widened behind her mask. "Did you hear who the victim was?"
"Unfortunately, no. I lost both of them." Shoma groaned. "That is when I met up with Nagare and we literally wandered the halls for the Eliminated Seating."
"Um, you DO know that there are signs that has "ES" written on them, right?" Bean asked raising a finger.
"Yes, we know about the stupid signs!" Shoma snarled ready to get out his back.
"Shoma, calm down!" Roberto scolded.
"Anyway, apparently Valgas and Kraken had told the others and hired a brainwashed Richard Meyer to kill him. I defeated him and saved him." Nagare said.
"Wait. Richard Meyer? Is THAT why he attacked Momo and that gorilla-kangaroo hybrid?" Roberto asked.
"Apparently so." Nagare said. "In any case, with Richard in the arena, he should be able to get some help."
"Good. We need all the help we could get." Fox nodded. "This group so far is an okay start but we definitely need more to take down those punks."
"So what now?" Bean asked eagerly getting his bomb. "Find the villain's rooms and blew them all up with them in it!"
"Or better yet." Astaroth smirked readying his axe. "I could take their souls! I would even let you hear the information of them."
Wang-Tang and Ayame wisely inched away from the two.
"YOU invited them. I sure didn't." Samus said to Fox who rolled their eyes.
"Look, I think the best course of action is to wait at the Recovery Room before making a move." Fox said.
"What!" Shoma, Bean and Astaroth said.
"Just stick put!" Shoma said in disbelief. "While that creep, Kurow is brainwashing people left to right?"
"Look, we need to regroup with Richard and whoever he recruits." Fox scolded. "We need all the help we can get."
"He's right, Shoma." Roberto said. "We had more than ten people to win both battles at Justice High."
Shoma grumbled under his breath. "All right but the allies Richard recruits better be good."
"Well, shall we get a move on?" Ayame asked.
"We're flying first-class up in the sky! Popping Champenge! Living the life in the fast lane! I won't change by the glamorous! Oh, the flossy, the flossy!"
Everyone winced at Peach's drunken singing.
"I think that goes without saying, kid." Shadow said flatly.
(Dome; Locker Room Hallways)
"Really?" Mighty the Armadillo said in shock.
"Yes, you are one of the main targets that a group of villains want." Ally nodded.
Mighty looked down. "But… Why do they want me? I mean I am strong but not as strong as people like Knuckles and Vector."
"They are probably picking out names out of a hat." Hunter said waving it off.
Without looking, Ally punched Hunter in the face knocking him down. "Ignore him. He is an idiot. Now shall we continue?"
"Um, all right." Mighty said.
Hunter groaned before rubbing his head. Man, Ally hurts hard. He was started to see why the others eventually accepted her as the leader. He was about to get up until he saw something.
Walking around a corner was a black muscular anthro dinosaur covered in armour. At first, Hunter thought he looked like Agumon's final form, Wargreymon but then the colour scheme was way off.
It was Wargreymon's darker form, Blackwargreymon. Hunter narrowed his eyes. He knew an evil twin when he saw one.
"So the Babylon Rogues were never in the locker room?" Ally asked.
"No, ma'am." Mighty said shaking his head.
"And you never saw the other two targets on the list?" Ally asked.
"No." Mighty said hanging his head. "Sorry. Here you are warning me about a kidnapping and I am useless."
"Don't say that." Ally scolded.
"In any case, is there any way to repay you?" Mighty asked.
"Don't worry about it." Ally reassured. "We are just doing our job. I would appreciate if you would keep the whole plot on a down-low if that's all right."
"Right. I understand. Thank you." Mighty said before walking back into the Sonic the Hedgehog locker room.
Ally nodded. "Well, that's one person safe but the others are still in danger. Let's go, Hunter."
No reply.
"Hunter?" Ally asked looking around to see the archer was long gone. "Ugh! That flighty feline!"
Meanwhile, Blackwargreymon walked down a hallway. Suddenly, he felt some bounce off his back. Turning around, he saw Hunter storming over getting out an arrow from his quiver.
Blackwargreymon narrowed his eyes before speaking in a deep voice. "I don't know who you are but you just made a stupid mistake."
"The only one making stupid mistakes is YOU." Hunter said pointing his bow at the larger anthro. "For thinking you would cause trouble under OUR watch!"
Blackwargreymon raised an eyebrow. "I beg your pardon?"
"You heard me! You are part of the kidnapping plot! You're kidnapping a lot of innocent people!" Hunter snapped. "People like you make me sick?"
"Um… I have no idea what are you yammering about but whatever it is, I am not a part of it." Blackwargreymon said coolly.
"Oh-ho-ho! LYING now?" Hunter said getting into a stance. "All right! If you don't tell me what you know, I am going to skewer you full of arrows!"
Blackwargreymon growled before readying his claw.
"Just like I said before. You just made a stupid mistake."
(The Arena)
"BLAIR DAME!" (ST: EX)
The blue-haired woman came out to a series of cat-calls and wolf-whistles. Blair merely smirked loving the attention she was getting before jumping into the ring.
Once in, she made a beeline for C. Jack who was still helping Blanka with Papu.
"Hey, Cracker!" Blair said.
"Oh, hey, Blair." C. Jack said. "Lucky for us to get our draws so close to each other, eh?"
"I'll say." The kick-fighter smirked. "So is triple-teaming open?"
"Go straight ahead." C. Jack said returning the smirk.
"HIDEO SHIMAZU!" (RS)
The dark-haired teacher straightened his tied and adjusted his glasses. Once he was done, he made way done to the ring.
"I am actually kinda glad Zaki got eliminated." Hideo said stepping in. "Sure, she was my nodal companion but her hatred for teachers would cause her to attack me and not that is not good considering how well we had been doing so far."
Once in, Bonus-Kun hopped in front of him after somehow booting away Charmy.
"Ah, you use Shimazu-style, right?" Bonus-Kun said. "My style is quite similar. Let's see which one is stronger!"
Hideo blinked twice before eyeing the punching bag. "Pardon me if I am not impressed."
Bonus-Kun narrowed his eyes. "So let me get this straight. A rainbow-mane pony is holding the current record of this tournament nine eliminations, one of said eliminated people is your boss, and yet you still underestimate people base on appearance?"
Hideo paused for a moment. "Well, since you put it like THAT?"
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Sixteen!"
"BEARTANK!" (Rakugakids)
Everyone watched as a poorly-drawn chalk drawing of a green teddy with a gun turret on his head sat on the entrance ramp. A few people gaped at how cute she was. She would have more people going "Aww" at him if they actually knew who she was.
Letting out a big yawn, she turned her body into a snowboard and rode her way down to the ring. However, when she got in, she actually crashed into Jigglypuff knocking her down.
Jigglypuff got up angrily. "Jiggly! Jigglypuff! Jig jig jig!"
Beartank blinked twice in confusion. She then turned her body into a miniature tank. Jigglypuff's eyes widened before stepping back nervously
"SPADA BELFORMA!" (To)
The green-haired delinquent adjusted his flat cap before getting out his twin swords with a big grin on his face. He then ran down to the ring and jumped in.
Once in, he made a beeline for Jadeite who was fighting Richard and Lucas by himself. Kicking Richard in the chest, he sent him back.
"Hey! This is MY battle!" Jadeite snapped.
"They call it a free-for-all for a reason." Spada smirked.
"I actually don't mind the battle being 2-on-2." Richard said rubbing his chest.
"Yeah, the only reason we are double-teaming you is because you seemed determined to fight Richard." Lucas pointed our.
Jadeite looked back and forth between the three before sighing in annoyance.
"TSUBAKI YAYOI!" (BB)
The red-head knight came out of the Ready Room with a blank stare on her face. Yet another victim of Kurow's brainwashing. Making her way down to the ring, she stepped in knowing who her first target was.
Leona kicked Yoshi away. She was about to chase after him until her military instincts kicked in. Ducking down, she avoiding a sword slash from Tsubaki.
Leona got up with her eyes narrowed. "You have a lot of nerve trying to attack me like that."
"Your blood is evil. I must kill you to cleanse this arena of your darkness." Tsubaki said.
Leona's eyes widened realizing she was talking about her Orochi blood. "I understand what you see me as a threat but I can control. I had been to these tournament without turning crazy."
"That means nothing. You may awaken here." Tsubaki said stabbing forward.
Leona leapt back to avoid the attack. "You are really asking for it."
"And now, the final fighter of this section…"
"BOWSER!" (SSB)
Coming out the classic Bowser's Castle theme, the King of the Koopas laughed heartily while playing to the cheering crowd.
"That's right! Cheer on! You know you love me!" Bowser grinned loving the attention he was getting.
Once he was done show-boating, he walked down to the ring and jumped in. He ran made his way over to the fight with Papu, Blanka, C. Jack and Blair.
"Hey, big guy!" Bowser shouted to Papu getting his attention. "How about you ditch these middle-weights and fight a REAL heavy-weight?"
Papu eyed Bowser for a moment. "Koopa not as big as Papu but Papu sense that brute strength."
Bowser gave a smirk. "Nice to know that even with people having simple speech patterns could still be smart! Now hit me with that staff so I could snap it like a toothpick!"
Blanka, C. Jack and Blair blinked twice.
"Um, did we just got ignored?" Blair asked.
"Now I'm mad. I'm a heavyweight too…" Blanka pouted crossing his arms. C. Jack patted his shoulder in an attempt to make him feel better.