(The Arena)
Seven fighters nervously eyed Bison knowing that he could strike at any moment. In fact, the only person not making attention was Juliet, Arakune and of course Ripper Roo. Suddenly, they looked up hoping that the next fighter would be able to fight him.
"GEESE HOWARD!" (KoF: MI)
Bison's eyes widened before looking up.
The blonde crime boss came out to a mixed reaction. However, he acted as if he didn't hear this. He merely crossed his arms with an unamused look on his face. Making his way down to the ring, he stepped in.
Lilly immediately walked over. "Mr. Howard, never had I been so glad to see you! Listen, you have to get Bison out of here."
"Don't worry, Lilly. That is my extent." Geese said not keeping his eyes off of Bison. "Now stay back. I admit that I don't even want to get on your brother's bad side if you got caught in the crossfire."
Lilly nodded as Geese made his way over to Bison.
"So we meet again." Geese said getting into his stance. "I finally get the chance to get my revenge for the first tournament."
Bison merely smirked. "Like I am going to be intimidated by a man who had spent the rest of the days in hiding from the tournament."
Geese scowled. "You just stepped on a landmine."
"NESS!" (SSB)
The crowd cheered as the psychic boy came out to the classic Earthbound theme. Despite waving politely to the ground, he didn't look very happy.
"Figures that when Lucas and I were one section away from double-teaming, he got eliminated." Ness sighed tapping his bat on his shoulder. "Still, I am quite proud at his progress so far."
He then made his way over to Bonus-Kun who was eyeing the fight between Bison and Geese.
The punching bag turned his head to see Ness. "Oh, are you related to that young blonde fellow?"
"We represent the same node outside of Super Smash Bros." The dark-haired boy shrugged.
Bonus-Kun's eyes lit up. "Glorious! Does that mean you are as strong as him?"
"Well, I don't know if I could beat or even tie his score." Ness said before readying his bat. "But I am sure going to try.
"MAY!" (GG)
The orange-clad pirate came out of a mixed reaction. Carrying her anchor (which looked much heavier than her), she looked around at the negative part of the audience.
"Geez, used a cheap trick to eliminate the Champion at the second Megamix Tournament and you pay for it for the rest of your life." May muttered.
With a gulp, she nervously walked down to the ring in contrast to her usual cheery personality. She then stepped in the ring. Once in, she saw that Ike, Kairi and Lilly were glaring at her in disgust.
May chuckled nervously. "How y'all doing?"
The people glaring at her merely rolled their eyes before walking off. May sighed in relief.
"…All right. Unless something weird happens, I should be all right." The pirate said.
"KONGMAN!" (To)
May's face paled.
The bald muscular fighter came out of the Ready Room flexing his muscles for the crowd resulting in a loud cheer.
"I am the Champion!" Kongman flexed as everyone went wild.
Once he was done show-boating, he walked down the ramp and stepped in. He then noticed May staring at him.
"Why, hello there, little miss?" Kongman asked. "Stunned by my large muscles? Why, thank you. I spent half of my day training to get this build!"
May blinked twice.
"Bald…"
Kongman's grin vanished. "Come again?"
May raised her anchor over her.
"Bald man! Go away!"
Kongman's face paled as May leaped forward.
"JUPITER POWER! MAKE UP!"
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Nineteen!"
Despite awed by May chasing Kongman around with her anchor, everyone looked at the entrance curtain in confusion. The anime fans of the audience suddenly went wild.
Suddenly, a glowing figure of a woman appeared from behind the curtain holding some kind of small staff. She spun around surrounding herself with green electricity. Soon, she transformed into a girl wearing a pimped-out version of a Japanese school uniform.
"SAILOR JUPITER!" (Sailor Moon)
Makoto Kino (or Lita Kino depending of which Sailor Moon you watched) proudly stood outside the entrance curtain with the anime fans cheering. With a nod, she dashed down to the ramp and leaped in.
Once in she made her way over to the fight between Juliet and Arakune. Suddenly, some kind of rod rose from her tiara.
"Supreme Thunder!" Sailor Jupiter shouted as a bolt of lightning crashed down on her hand. Then, the bolt flew straight towards Arakune zapping him with electricity.
Juliet looked up to see Sailor Jupiter walking off. "Oh my gosh! Is that a sailor fuku? Man, I had always wanted to wear one of those!"
"Um, thank you?" Sailor Jupiter asked. "Um, do you need some help?"
"Oh, yes! This thing is much more persistent than any zombie I faced." Juliet nodded.
"I a…. Ot a zom…" Arakune said indignantly.
"SAKURA KUSAGANO!" (SF: EX)
The brunette high-school student came to a loud cheer. Due to her winning the second Megamix Tournament, her popularity at these things had spiked up. She smiled before waving to the crowd before rushing down to the ring and jumping in.
Once in, Ike saw her and made his way over. "So the winner of the second Megamix Tournament is here. I never got the chance to face you in a battle."
"Well, we are both here now so what about you and me go at it for a while?" Sakura smirked.
Ike returned the smirk before getting into his stance. "Sure, just don't expect me to hold back just because you are unarmed."
"Oh, don't you worry." Sakura winked. "I had faced off against people with weapons."
(Recovery Room)
Blaze watched from her bed as the doctors attend to an injured Espio. Litchi Faye-Ling saw this and made her way over.
"Are you all right, Blaze?" Litchi asked.
"Yes… I am just concerned about Espio." The purple cat said looking down.
"Don't worry, we are doing our best to heal him." Litchi offered.
"I know…" Blaze said looking down. "I mean I don't know what is going on. First, I absorbed some kind of light that put me in a state. Next, someone from Bison. And now this…"
"I agree…" Litchi said biting her lip. "This is getting out of control."
Blaze looked down a sigh. So much was happening around her and she wasn't doing a single thing to help.
"I am sorry for being a bother." Blaze apologized.
"What? No! It is no bother!" Litchi insisted. "We are doctors! That is what we do!"
"But… I am a princess. I shouldn't just sit back while stuff like this happen." Blaze said looking down.
"Ha! If anything, that is exactly what you SHOULD be doing!" Gaston yelled from across the room as he was being bandaged up by Kyoko.
Kyoko blinked twice before pointing Gaston's arm.
"YOW!"
Litchi rolled her eyes. "Just ignore him."
"I know… I just wish I could help." Blaze said.
"I am sorry, Blaze but until we find out what is causing your power, that is completely out of the question." Litchi said shaking her head.
"I know…"
Suddenly, the door opened up. Blaze and Litchi turned their heads only for them to gasp.
The security team walked in with Kanji carrying the injured and unconscious Barbatos.
"Um, got room for one more?" Kanji asked casually.
Meanwhile, the group waiting outside of the Recovery Room stared with wide eyes. Expect for Shadow who merely smirked.
(The Arena)
"KIM KAPHWAN!" (KoF: MI)
The white-clad soldier of justice came out to a loud cheer. Giving his trademark mark smile (and blinding a few people close-by), he shook his legs before rushing down to the ring.
Once in, he made a beeline for Bison and Geese seeing the both of them were evil. However, his plan was interrupted by Ripper Roo coming out of nowhere and landing on top of him pinning him down.
Kim growled before getting up. "So THAT is how you want to play? Attack me when I am down! I should have known better from a villain!"
Ripper Roo merely laughed maniacally.
Kim growled before narrowing his eyes. "Okay, you know what? I wanted to go after Geese and Bison first but a villain a villain, especially when they are insane. You will pay for your crimes."
Ripper Roo surprisingly blinked twice before kicking Kim in the face.
"CAPTAIN FALCON!" (SSB)
(Forever he will be my hero…)
(And I believe he knows the way!)
(And not just only for tonight…)
(And now that I'm not just a dreamer…)
(And I know I've got what he's got!)
(And not just only for tonight!)
The hotshot pilot came out an enormous cheer. He merely saluted the crowd before rushing down to the ring at an alarming speed and jumped in.
Rainbow Dash watched this with a slack jaw. "Omigosh! Omigosh! Omigosh! It is Captain Falcon! THE Captain Falcon! If I fight this guy… And possible WIN. The Wonderbolts would HAVE to take me."
She then turned around. "But how am I going to keep up with this guy being in the arena so long as I did. All right, Rainbow? Calm down. All you have to show him that you are boss. Should be easy considering that I had gotten the most eliminations and…"
"Um…"
Rainbow Dash yelped before turned around to see Captain Falcon with a confused face.
"I take it you wanted to fight me?" Captain Falcon said flatly.
Rainbow Dash gulped nervously. "So much for making a grand entrance…"
"ESTELLE SIDOS HEURASSEIN!" (To)
The pink-haired pink-clad princess exited the Ready Room with other thoughts besides the tournament going through her mind.
"First, that cat shows up literally glowing and then we had to escort the chameleon into the Recovery Room after Vega after him." Estelle said shaking her head. "What is going on?"
Deciding to ignore it, Estelle stepped into the ring. Looking at the chase between Kongman and May, she decided to help her nodal companion getting out her sword and shield.
"Cavalry!" Estelle yelled raising up her shield. Much to everyone's surprise, she had managed to block the huge anchor.
"Hey, toots! Get out of my way!" May yelled. "I have to get that bald man!"
"You had been chasing Kongman ever since he had entered for no reason." Estelle scolded.
"I said get out of my way! If you don't, I will MAKE you get out of my way!" May demanded.
Estelle looked back at Kongman. "Kongman! What did you do to this girl!?"
"How the heck am I supposed to do!?" The large man insisted. "She just started attacking me yelling "Bald!" every time!"
"KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA!" (StH)
(Won't be frightened. I'll stand up)
(To all the pain and turmoil)
(Just believe in myself)
(Won't rely on others)
(Get this power to wipe out)
(The havoc and anarchy)
(This is my planet)
(Gonna fight for my destiny)
The red-furred echidna came out a loud cheer and his theme from Sonic Adventure. Throwing a few practice punches, he had his eyes locked on his target. Jumping up and gliding all of the way down to the ring, he avoided Kim flying past and Ripper Roo hopped after him.
Bison blocked a blow from Geese only for Knuckles to punch him the face knocking him away.
Geese was not amused. "That was MY target, fuzzball!"
"Well, tough luck!" Knuckles snapped. "The Master Emerald had been shattered into pieces at the second tournament because of his stupid plot and now I want revenge!"
Geese merely scoffed. "Just don't blame me if you get the way of one of my attacks."
"Same to you, buddy!" Knuckles snapped.
Bison merely narrowed his eyes. "It seems I am the celebrity of the evening."
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… "Twenty!"
"BAHN!" (Fighting Vipers)
Coming out to a decent cheer, the blue-clad fighter punched his fist into his palm with the visor of his cap covering his eyes.
"This tournament would be more than good enough practice for the crossover RPG I am going to start in." Bahn said walking down and stepping. "Hopefully, I should be able to join everyone what the Vipers could do."
"Hey, Bahn!"
The young man's eyes widened under his hat before turning to see Nack making his way over.
"Oh, great. What do you want, Nack?" Bahn asked rolling his eyes.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Come on, we are both fellow forgotten Sega stars." The gunslinger said. "We gotta stick together."
"Any time you get buddy-buddy like that, it means you had something in mind." Bahn said crossing his arms.
"Heh. What can I say? You read me like a book." Nack said pointing to the fight between Ike and Sakura. "I think those two are some of the biggest threats in the arena. I must admit that I would be massacred if I tried to interrupt on my own but if I had a temporary ally."
Bahn paused hearing about how strong Ike and Sakura were. He then sighed. "All right. I'll play your game. For now."
"GAN ISURUGI!" (RS)
The green-clad overweight delinquent came out with a hearty laugh. Lumbering down to the ring, he leaped in (resulting in a tremor that knocked everyone off their feet.)
Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a rice ball. Licking his lips, he put the rice ball to his mouth. That was until a long tongue came out of nowhere and took the rice ball resulting in Gan biting nothing but air.
Gan winced as he opened his eyes. He looked horrified to see his rice ball to see his rice ball gone. Looking around frantically, he saw Yoshi chewing. Gan may not be the brightest bulb in the box but he didn't need to put two and two to know what happened.
"Hey! That was my rice ball!" Gan snapped stomping over.
Yoshi looked up to see the large man standing over.
"There are some things you should do and some things you should NOT do." Gan said narrowing his eyes. "And buddy, you had done something you done something you shouldn't had done.
Yoshi blinked twice before throwing an egg.
"NORM!" (CB)
Everyone blinked twice as a French mime with elf-like ears stood outside the entrance curtain reading a book. A few people started laughing as he made his way down to the ring before stepping in.
Ness saw him and blinked twice. "Is it me or are these fighters getting more and more ridiculous?"
"Don't be rude. I am sure that this guy has something up his sleeve." Bonus-Kun said hopping over. "Pardon me, my good man but this is no time to be reading. This is a time to be fighting."
Norm merely looked from his book and gave a small sigh. Much to everyone's surprise, he turned into a blue pile of goo with his beret on it. Suddenly, it split into the two piles of goo with one noticeably bigger.
Then, the two blobs changed form. One of them because Norm again but the other one was a large overweight man wearing the first Norm's outfit over the shirt was way too small as it shown his belly.
"Oh, goody! A punching bag!" Big Norm said punching his palm. "I get to get a few punches in!"
Bonus-Kun narrowed his eyes. "I have you know that this punching bag will gladly return the favour!"
Ness watched the scene with a slack jaw. "This is without a doubt one of the freakiest things I had ever seen in my entire life. And I am the main character of Earthbound."
(Dome; Hallway)
Snake's group made their way through the dome looking around the hallway. Snake was leading the pack keeping a good distance from everyone. Luigi saw this with a small frown.
"He's blaming-a himself. I just know it." Luigi said.
"There is nothing that could have been done." Flynn said. "It was too dangerous for him to be out in the open."
"Yeah, but-a Snake is not that type of person." Luigi lamented. "He doesn't like being useless and sit back as other people protect him."
"I guess that is true… But I wonder why they are after Snake in the first place." Flynn frowned.
Fio raised an eyebrow. "Um, because he knew something that he wasn't supposed to know anything."
"Truth. But Snake told us about the plot anyway so just taking Snake wouldn't stop us from stopping them." Flynn said.
Everyone went silent at this. Flynn was right. If they all knew about it, why concentrate on kidnapping just Snake? Why was he so important?
Suddenly, Guilmon sniffed the air. With his eyes widening, he ran past the group and past Snake.
"Hey!" Snake snapped.
Guilmon immediately shushed him before hiding behind a corner motioning everyone to come over. The group looked at each other before creeping over quietly.
Snake and Flynn curiously peeked from behind the corner.
To see Momo Karuisawa and Nagase talking with Wave standing in the background
"I don't know what the others were smoking when they let that scary whack-job join." Joe scoffed.
"Meh. It's not like he wouldn't fit in." Nagase shrugged.
"Ugh. Don't remind me." Momo said rolling her eyes. "I still can't believe they put us together again! Even after you caused us to lose against the security team."
"Excuse me?" Nagase asked. "At least I didn't get knocked out so easily!"
"Hey! I am an adorable fragile peach!" Momo insisted.
"You're more of a pineapple." Nagase said rolling her eyes.
"What was that?" Momo asked.
The two then glared sparks at each other with the group blinking twice.
"This is why I hate kids…" Snake muttered.
"Look, the sooner we'll find that red light, the sooner we can get from each other!" Nagase said.
Everyone's eyes widened at this.
"Agreed! Let's just find it and report back to Eggman Nega!" Momo said.
That was the entire group needed. They all leaped out of their hiding place startling everyone.
"All right! Surrender!" Chloe said readying her sword.
"W-Who are you guys?" Momo asked.
"Wait a minute. Isn't that our target?" Nagase asked.
Snake narrowed his eyes. "That's right! He's here! So come and get him!"
Nagase smirked before getting out a kunai. "Gladly."
"What!? We are outnumbered eight to three!" Momo exclaimed.
Nagase paused for a moment before snarling. "Tsk. Fine. I still haven't entered the arena yet anyway so I couldn't afford to have any more injuries."
With that, she disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"H-Hey! Don't leave without me!" Momo sputtered before turning to Wave. "Come on! Let's go!"
Wave merely readied her board and got on with Momo climbing on and clinging onto her leg.
"Hey! Get back here!" Chloe demanded.
"I'll get them." Gemel said using his jets to chase down the girls.
"Hey! Gemel! Concentrate on slowing down the girls!" Tails yelled. "Don't try to defeat them by yourself!"
The robot nodded before firing bullets at the two girls causing Momo to scream.
"Hey! What is with you people attacking a lady!?" Momo demanded looking back.
"I don't see any of my bullets going near a lady." Gemel countered.
Momo growled. "You heap of junk!"
(The Arena)
"ASBEL LHANT!" (To)
The white-clad swordsman came out of the Ready Room holding his sheath looking quite upset.
"Sophie is long gone and with the draw Cheria got, I may not be able to survive long enough." Asbel lamented. "I won't be able to protect her."
He then saw Kongman and Estelle trying to fend off a frantic May. He blinked twice before stepping in.
"Well, might as well make the best of it and protect Estelle and Kongman." Asbel said.
Suddenly, Kairi jumped in his way. "Heya! Wanna spar for a bit?"
Asbel blinked twice before looking at the fight before looking back at Kairi. "Um, all right. But only for a short while. I had to make sure that I protect my nodal companions."
Kairi blinked twice. "Uh, all right?"
"SILVER THE HEDGEHOG!" (StH)
The white-furred hedgehog was confused. He went to the Eliminated Seating to meet up with Blaze but she wasn't there. He asked the others where she was but they said that she had never gone to the Eliminated Seating. On top of that, several of his nodal companions were missing.
"Something fishy is going on." Silver mused. "I guess I'll ask the others about after the tournament."
After stepping in, he made his way over to Ness who was still looking in awe at the fight between Bonus-Kun and the two Norms.
"Hey!" Silver said getting Ness' attention. "Are you a psychic?"
"Indeed, I am." The young boy said. "Why?"
"I am a psychic too!" Silver said with a faint green aura around him. "Let's see whose psychic power is stronger."
Ness raised an eyebrow before giving a small smirk. "Sure, why not?"
"GATOMON!" (DRA)
The white-furred cat came out to a loud cheer. Stretching herself to get herself ready, she nodded to herself before bounding down the ramp into the ring. Once she was in, she made her way over to Lilly.
"Hey. That elimination over that robot is quite impressive." Gatomon said readying her claws. "How about you and me go at it?"
Lilly raised an eyebrow before eyeing's Gatomon's small stature. "I don't know. I don't feel right fighting so much smaller than me."
"Tell that to the person that blonde psychic boy eliminated." The feline said putting her hands on her hips. "It just goes how much size doesn't matter."
Lilly bit her lip before sighing. "All right. Let's see what you got."
"PIKACHU!" (SSB)
The yellow electric rodent came out a huge cheer from the crowd. Cutely scratching his ear, he bounded down the ramp with a bright look on his adorable face.
After jumping in, he ran over to Gan and sent a jolt of electricity into him causing the large young man to wince.
"Huh? What the?" Gan said looking down.
"Thanks for the assist, Pikachu." Yoshi said sighing in relief. "This guy had been going after me ever since I ate his rice ball."
"No problem…" Pikachu said. "Though that was your own fault."
"But it looked so delicious and tasted even more yummy!" Yoshi said with teary eyes.
Pikachu merely rolled his eyes. "Well, it doesn't matter because I wanted to double-team, anyway. So what do you say?"
Yoshi nodded cheerfully. "Yeah, let's take this guy down!"
The two then focused their attention back onto Gan who was blinking twice.
"Um, could you repeat that?" Gan asked.
"JIN KISARAGI!" (BB)
The blonde swordsman came out to a series of screaming fan-girls but he didn't pay it much mind. In fact, he was solely thinking about surviving.
"Brother comes out in a few sections." Jim said walking down carrying his sheath. "And the best part is that looking at the competition, I should be able to be in the same section as him."
With that, he leaped down and made his way over to Bonus-Kun and the two Norms. Swinging his katana out of his sheath, he sent a wave of ice at Little Norm turning him into a block of ice.
"Hey! What was THAT for?" Big Norm demanded.
"I despise jokes and you three are easily the biggest clowns in this circus." Jin snarked.
"Hey, we have a right to be in this tournament just like everyone else!" Bonus-Kun snapped. "Big Norm, shall we?"
"Agreed." Big Norm said breaking his smaller self out of the ice block. "Nobody does that to my little buddy and gets away with it."
"And now, the final fighter of this section…"
"KYO KUSANAGI!" (KoF: MI)
Again, the fan-girls went wild as the poster-boy came out of the room with a flame in his hand. With a smirk, he crushed it before casually walking down to the ring and jumping in.
He then rushed over to the fight between Ike & Sakura and Bahn & Nack. Swinging his hand, he sent a wave of fire at Nack knocking him down. This startled Bahn leaving him open to a couple of kicks to the stomach followed up a punch to the face from the flame-wielder knocking him down.
"Thanks, Kyo." Sakura said.
"Don't take this the wrong way, Sakura." Kyo said. "But I only did it because I wanted an easy elimination."
Bahn got up looking furious. "Oh, I just KNOW you did not just say that."
"And what if I did?" Kyo said with a smirk.
Bahn snarled. "I don't care how strong you are. You will NOT get away from that comment."
Ike on the other hand scratched the back of his head. "Well, at least we got another ally…"