(The Arena)
The twelve remaining fighters got ready for the next section. Well, at least seven of them were. Impmon, Gatomon and Polar were still trying to beat Cortex and Ripper Roo. Suddenly, they all heard cheering. Looking up, they wondered who was coming out next.
"COCO BANDICOOT!" (CB)
Cortex's eyes bugged out upon hearing this. "Oh no! Not HER!"
The blonde sister of Crash Bandicoot jumped up a couple of times before waving politely to the crowd. Already confirming her target, she darted down to the ring and leaped in.
Thinking quickly, Cortex shot a laser at Coco who easily leaped over it and kicked Ripper Roo in the face knocking him to the side.
"Not YOU again!" Cortex snarled.
"Oh, yes me again!" Coco said putting her hands on her hips.
"Ugh! Why do you bandicoots always insist of interrupting my plans for world domination?" Cortex complained. "Is it too much to ask for a mad scientist to be ambitious?"
Coco, Impmon, Gatomon and Polar paused at this.
"Um, is that a trick question?" Coco asked before turning to the Digimon. "Need any help?"
"No. But you are welcome to stay away." Impmon said ducking underneath a laser shot from Cortex.
Coco blinked twice. "Um, all right?"
"KY KISKE!" (GG)
The fan-girls went wild as the blonde white-clad swordsman stepped from the entrance curtain. Doing a couple of practice swings with his sword, he nodded his head before stepping down the ramp and stepping in.
Once in, he made his way over to Sly Cooper who was still lying against his cane.
Sly looked up. "May I help you?"
"I am Ky Kiske. A police officer of my node." Ky said sternly.
Sly blinked twice at this. He then gave an exasperated sigh while rolling his eyes.
"I am afraid that there are worse criminals in your node but you are still a thief." Ky said readying his sword. "I think I should hand you in over to that Carmelita woman."
Sly scratched the back of his head. "Sheesh, and I accepted this thing because I wanted a small vacation. Sheesh."
"ASH CRISMON!" (KOF: MI)
Almost immediately, everyone in the crowd erupted in boos. The white-haired Frenchman looked around annoyed by the negative reaction.
"And I was hoping that being at a different tournament would be different." Ash grumbled walking down the ramp.
Stepping in, he looked around unaware that Tesse was floating at him from behind.
"Um, excuse me, miss?" Tesse asked. Ash angrily turned around showing his face. "Oh! Oh, sorry! I thought you were a girl!"
"So being pretty means I can't also be a male?" Ash asked igniting a green flame in his hand. "Thank you very much for volunteering to be my first victim."
Tesse yelped before turning her hand into a spray bottle. Ash blinked twice before laughing.
"Oh, please! I know that water beats fire but do you really think a mere spray bottle drowse my radiant f…" Ash started.
That was when Tesse used her spray bottle showing that it was more powerful than it looked hitting Ash with a stream of water sending him straight into a turnbuckle.
Ash peeled off onto the ground soaking wet. "It is the Megamix Tournament all over again.
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Twenty-Three!"
"AILA!" (Suikoden III)
The dark-skinned archer dressed in her Karayan attire. She looked up at the Eliminated Seating with a grin hoping to a surprised Shadow and Astaroth. Much to her disappointment though, they weren't even in the seating.
"Well, this sucks." Aila grumbled. "Where did those two went anyway?"
She then walked down at the ring and stepped in. Once in, she made her way over to Pikachu.
"Hey, short-stuff!" Aila said getting Pikachu's attention. "You seemed excited. Why not show me that your energy is not misplaced!"
Pikachu paused before smiled. "Pika!"
"Good. Show me what you're working with." Aila said getting out an arrow out of her quiver.
"GARUDA!" (SF: EX)
The demonic armour stood outside the entrance curtain with his arms crossed. Once he was done picking a target, he darted down to the ring and leaped in.
Once in, he made a beeline for Ike. The mercenary saw him coming and quickly raised his sword to block anything Garuda threw at him.
Imagine in surprise when Garuda stuck out two spikes out of his stomach drilling into Ike's sword. Despite stunned, the blue-haired man stood strong.
"What… What are you?" Ike asked slowly. "This is incredible even by Nintendo standards!"
"Only in death where you find the answer." Garuda said in a deep voice. "Speaking of which, if you even let up for a moment, you WILL be dead."
Ike narrowed his eyes. "I had gathered.
"JUDITH!" (To)
The blue-haired spearwoman came out to a series of cat-calls and wolf-whistles. Despite this, she stayed calm and waved as if she was waving to normal cheering. She then stepped in.
She then made her way over to Rainbow Dash who was still trying to get the feeling back in her wings.
"Aw, crud!" Rainbow Dash said before coughing. "May I help you, miss?"
"Yes. You had the most eliminations by far." Judith said readying herself. "I want to see if you still got some bite in you."
"Of course I do! I wouldn't even still be here if I haven't!" Rainbow Dash smirked. "In fact, I think I can beat without using my wings!"
Judith's eyes widened at this. "Really? Without your wings? In that case, I am definitely interested because most of the time you were in the arena, you were in the air."
Rainbow Dash growled. "Don't remind me…"
(Recovery Room)
Blaze the Cat laid on her bed staring up at the ceiling. Ever since she had woken up in the Recovery Room, she had been doing nothing but stay in bed. A victim of this power source.
"What would my kingdom think of me when they saw their princess?" Blaze asked. "Weak. Defenceless. Doing nothing but rely on the company of other people."
She groaned before putting her hand over her forehead. Even though she needs help from time to time, she refused to acknowledge that two people were risking their necks trying to save her. Even though one of them was an eccentric doctor and the other was supposedly evil. Worse of all, they don't even know so she had to reply on the help of strangers. Blaze sighed.
"Please watch your step, Mr. Silver."
Blaze's eyes widened to the fullest before turning to the side. Indeed, Nurse Joy and Chansey were helping her friend, Silver the Hedgehog to a bed.
"Are you feeling all right?" Joy asked.
"As all right as being tortured by a ghost could be." Silver groaned.
Blaze shook her head. What would Silver say, think or do if he saw her like this? Sure, for everyone else so far, she would just explained the situation about how she needed to lie in but she can't tell Silver. He may take things the wrong way and run head-long into the hotel trying to find the cause of her pain. That means she would have THREE people going out of their way for her.
"No." Blaze said narrowing her eyes. "Weak constitution or not, I am a princess and I refuse to be the damsel-in-distress."
Meanwhile, Joy was trying to heal up Silver. "Also, I think you should know that your cat friend is here too."
The psychic's eyes widened at this. "Blaze too!? Where is she? Is she all right? What happened?"
"Please, please. It is a long story." Joy said. "But for now, Blaze is just fine. Look, she is right over…"
She then pointed to Blaze's bed. However, she then gasped in horror.
Blaze's bed was completely empty.
(Hotel; Lobby)
The group waited patiently for the Smashers and Bean to return in the lobby.
"I wonder if Fox's group had found anything." Ayame asked.
"We won't know unless we ask them when they come up." Roberto shrugged.
"I guess." Ayame said with a sigh.
Nagare stayed silent putting his hands to his back listening to them talk. Suddenly, he heard talking from the side. Turning his head, he saw three figures walk in. Faust and the Komodo brothers.
"Psst." Nagare whispered getting the others' attention. "Isn't that man with the paper bag on his head a doctor?"
"Yeah. What is he doing out of the Recovery Room?" Wang-Tang asked.
"More importantly. Why is he with doing with two villains from the Crash Bandicoot node?" Shadow mused.
The three looked around the lobby before noticing that the group was looking at him.
"What are YOU looking at?" Joe asked rudely.
"Someone who flunked manners class." Ayame said crossing her arms not amused.
"Pfft, whatever." Joe scoffed before turning to Moe and Faust. "Moe. Faust. Let's go."
The other two nodded as they walked past the group to enter the dome.
That would be the case until Shadow warped in front of them with his arms crossed.
"Do you really think we were born yesterday?" Shadow asked. "Don't you think we know that you are up to something?"
"Yeah! You are with Bison, aren't you?" Wang-Tang snapped.
"Why are you…" Moe asked before his eyes widened. "Are you the group that had been causing usssss trouble?"
"Yes!" Richard said crossing his arms. "And if I was you, I would give myself up and tell everyone what is going on."
Faust put a finger to his bagged face as Komodo Joe and Moe got out their swords.
"It is ssssseven against three. How many can you take?" Joe asked his brother.
Moe raised his eyebrow. "Dependsssss. How do you divide again?"
Joe slapped his forehead.
"No."
The Komodo brothers looked up to see Faust.
"This mission is too valuable to lose. You two go on ahead." Faust said reaching on the ground.
Much to everyone's surprise, a door opened up from the ground leading to a series of stairs.
"Go on! While you still have the chance!" Faust exclaimed.
"Dude… If you think I am going down THERE…" Joe said.
That was all he got out he smacked Joe and Moe with the blunt end of his scalpel sending the two in. He then closed the door before it disappeared.
"All right. Now THAT is…" Faust started.
That was before Shadow fired a shot from gun. Thinking quickly, Faust quickly deflected it with his gun.
"All right, tons-of-fun." Shadow said. "Here is what is going to go down. I am going to beat you down and after that, you will tell us what is going on. Got it?"
"What? You aren't going to take on this creep by yourself?" Roberto asked in disbelief.
"Don't worry. I got this." Shadow reassured.
"Listen to Shadow." Astaroth smirked. "He is way stronger than he looks.
Faust blinked his uncovered eye twice before readying his scalpel. "I don't suppose you are willing to talk this out."
"Nope." Shadow said with a small smirk.
Faust sighed before getting into his stance. "All right. I need to operate your chest hair anyway."
(The Arena)
"VALGAS!" (PS)
The blonde muscular man let out a manianical laugh with his arms crossed. He looked down at the ring to see who was worth fighting.
Suddenly, he noticed Aila fighting Pikachu and his eyes widened in realization.
"Hey! Isn't that archer girl the one who ran the Sound Booth with that hedgehog and golem at the Megamix Tournament?" Valgas asked before smirking. "Hmm… I wonder how her friends will react if under the control of Kurow's flute."
With that, he walked down the ramp and stepped in. Making his way over to the fight, he punted Pikachu away startling Aila.
"Hey! What was THAT for?" Aila snapped.
Valgas merely shrugged. "I wanted a fight and I chose you but that pipsqueak in the way."
Aila growled. "All right, bub. You got a fight. But man are you in the fight of your life!"
Valgas just smirked. "That's my line, dearie."
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Twenty-Four!"
"LEO!" (Warzard)
The lion-head warrior clad in nothing but a loincloth and boots let out a loud roar. Carrying his sword and shield in each of his hands, he nodded before stampeding down the ramp and leaping in.
Once in, he made his way over to DK who was still eating a banana.
"So you are the infamous Donkey Kong." Leo said getting the gorilla's strength. "I had heard legends about your strength. Could you give me the privilege of showing me your power?"
DK blinked twice for a moment. He then grinned and gave a thumbs-up.
"Glorious!" Leo grinned. "Now even though that this is not a fight-to-the-death, fight as if your life depends on it!"
DK nodded as he cracked his knuckles. First time someone actually asked him NOT to hold back.
"ROY!" (SSB)
The red-haired swordsman gave an excited grin as he ignited his sword in fire. With the fan-girls cheering him on, he darted down to the ring and leaped in without a second thought.
"All right! Who's my next victim?" Roy grinned.
However much to his dismay, everyone else was already preoccupied with a fight of some kind.
"Well, now what?" Roy grumbled.
"STAHN AILERON!" (To)
Coming out a loud cheer, the blonde swordsman let out a loud yell that everyone in the audience could hear.
"Let's tear this thing apart!" Stahn yelled as his sword ignited in fire.
"Don't get cocky!" The sword spoke.
Stahn's grin vanished. "Way to be a killjoy as always…"
With that, he charged down the ramp and leaped in. Looking around, he scanned for an opponent. He then saw Roy walking over with a blank look on his face.
"Um, hey?" Stahn said.
"Um, hey. Is that a fire-elemental sword?" Roy asked.
"Yeah?" Stahn asked.
"That's not fair! I'M the supposed to be the hot-blooded hot-headed swordsman here!" Roy snarled.
Stahn blinked twice. "Um… Sorry?"
"That is not going to cut it!" Roy snarled getting into a stance. "I will fight you AND I will win!"
Stahn paused. "Um, I don't know what you are getting butt-hurt about but I came here for a fight anyway so yay?"
"SHOMA SAWAMURA!" (RS)
The white-clad baseball player put his bat over his shoulder grumbling under his breath about how things came out.
"This sucks. By the time I had been eliminated, it may be too late." Shoma grumbled. "All I could hope is find any villains and beat any info out of him."
As Shoma walked down to the ring and looked around, his eyes widened as his gaze locked on one particular figure. Valgas.
Shoma narrowed his eyes.
Valgas easily caught an arrow shot from Aila until a red baseball bat hit him in the back of his head.
"What the?" Valgas asked turning around to see Shoma. "Oh. It's YOU again."
"We got some unfinished business, ugly." Shoma growled pulling his bat over him.
Valgas merely scoffed. "Sure. I am up for a handicap. Show me what you got, shorty."
Shoma's face turned red. "Don't call me shorty!"
"YURI SAKAZAKI!" (KoF: MI)
The brunette sister of Ryo Sakazaki came out from the entrance curtain jumping up and down in excitement waving to the crowd. When she was done show-boating, she dashed down the ramp and leaped in.
Once in, she immediately ran up to Sailor Jupiter and stopped right in front of her startling her.
"Whoa! Where did YOU come from?" Sailor Jupiter asked surprised.
"The Ready Room." Yuri said simply before cracking her knuckles. "Anyway, your last elimination on that psychic boy is quite impressive. Care to show me that it wasn't an one-time thing?"
Sailor Jupiter merely smirked before getting into her stance. "Oh no! There is still more where THAT come from!"
Yuri laughed. "That is what I like to hear! Come on! Bring it on!"
(Unknown Location)
Kratos Aurion wandered around some old ruins. Looking around at the location, he scanned the area with his sword and shield out.
"There is something about this area puts me on edge." Kratos said looking around. "The fact I don't even know where this place is makes it even more unnerving."
The red-haired man continued walking around the area on-guard.
CRASH!
Kratos' eyes widened in shock as he looked to side to part of a wall crashed into leaving a small cloud of smoke. The cloud slowly cleared up to see a bruised and bloodied man standing on the ground in pain.
Then, somebody came from the wall. He was a bald large, muscular man with white skin and a loincloth. He had one red scar on his left eye and his stomach. In his hands were two twin blades.
"No… Stop… Spare mercy!" The man begged.
"Mercy is for the weak!" The bald man snapped.
He then stabbed the man in the chest with one of his swords. Kratos' eyes widened as the victim cried in pain. But Kratos wasn't done yet. He continued to stab the man in the chest multiple with no signs of stopping despite he was already dead.
"That is enough!"
The bald man's eyes widened before turning to the side to see Kratos advancing forward.
"I don't know who that man is or what he did to make you stab him like that." Kratos said readying himself. "But he is dead. There is no reason for disgraceful play."
The bald man narrowed his eyes. "And who are YOU to tell ME what to do?"
Kratos returned the glare. "I do not like your attitude."
The bald man growled at this. "Do you even know who I am? I had slayed gods! And who are you to talk that way to me!?"
Kratos got into a stance. "I am only here for ten minutes and I will gladly use them wisely to teach you a lesson!"
The bald man roared upon hearing this. He immediately started to stampede towards Kratos.
"Did you know who you are challenging? You are challenging Kratos!" The man roared.
Kratos Aurion's eyes widened at this. "What!?"
(The Arena)
"VALKENHAYN R. HELLSING!" (BB)
The tall butler adjusted his gloves before calmly making his way down the ramp with his hands behind his back. Once he reached the edge of the ramp, he stepped in.
Already deciding on his opponent, he made his way over to Pikachu. The Pokemon saw him coming and looked up.
"So you are the one who eliminated Miss Rachel." Valkenhayn said narrowing his eyes. "Normally I am a very passive man but I was looking forward to double-teaming with her. I am afraid I have no choice but avenge her."
Pikachu blinked twice before surging electricity towards his cheeks.
"I see that you had accepted my challenge." Valkenhayn said.
With that, he had started to transform. He had turned into himself in a grey ferocious wolf. Pikachu's ears drooped not really very confident.
"ROUGE THE BAT!" (StH)
The white-furred bat came out a loud cheer (thanks to Rule 34). She just smiled and waved to the crowd before strutting down the ramp.
"Knucklehead didn't survive the section." Rouge said before flying in. "Such a pity. I wanted to have a bit of fun with him."
Once over the arena, she flew over to Ky and kick him in the back.
"What the?" Ky asked looking down. "ANOTHER thief?"
"That's TREASURE HUNTER!" Rouge said snobbily.
Ky gave an unimpressed look. "Please don't insult my intelligence. I saw your records. While you do work for the government, you are still a jewel thief."
"You know. It is not good to hide who you are inside." Sly said with a smirk.
"SHUT UP!" Rogue snapped. "Both of you!"
"KIRBY!" (SSB)
The pink puffball came out to a loud cheer. He curiously looked around and smiled at the warm reception.
"Hiii!" Kirby said cutely waving to the crowd before waddling down the ramp and floating in.
Once there, he made his way over to the fight between Ash and Tesse. Tesse was about to hit Ash with a broom until he noticed Kirby.
"What?" Ash asked looking behind him. Only for Kirby to open his mouth and sucked him into his mouth like a vacuum.
A second later, Ash reappeared on his rear stunned. He looked down to see Kirby with his hairstyle, Alice Brand and freckles.
"This Alice Brand. You can't afford this Alice Brand." Kirby said snobbily in a cheesy French accent.
"Hey! I do not talk like that!" Ash snapped.
"Oh please! You WISH you could talk like that!" Kirby said walking off.
"Hey! Get back here!" Ash said running after him.
With Tesse' eyes were visible, they would had been blinking three times by now.
"KOH… I mean, AMBER HEARTS!" (To)
Unlike her brother, the dark-haired girl was not upset that they changed her name in the announcements. Carrying her strange baton, she walked down the ramp humming a jovial tune. She then stepped in.
Seeing Stahn fight off Roy, she walked over.
"Hey, Stahn!" Amber said. "Need some help?"
"Um, sure. This guy got some kind of grudge against me and my flames." Stahn said.
"Oh really?" Amber asked before spinning her baton around. "I can produce flames too!"
Roy looked in awe as a wheel of fire surrounded the baton.
"MORE competition!" Roy said in disbelief. "Ugh."
"ZAPPA!" (GG)
The brown-haired man nervously stood outside the entrance curtain wringing his wrists together. Slowly stepping down the ramp, he stepped in.
As he scanned around, Sailor Jupiter and Yuri watched him.
"Hey, buddy!" Yuri shouted getting the man's attention. "Are you sure you are all right to fight?"
"Yeah! You look like you don't even want to be here." Sailor Jupiter said.
"I don't!" Zappa exclaimed. "I don't even know what I am doing here! I hate fighting!"
Sailor Jupiter's eyes widened at this. "What? But surely you know SOME kind of self-defence?"
"No. I don't! I don't know why they left an invitation to someone who can't even…"
That was all he got out before he froze up. Sailor Jupiter and Yuri stepped back. Suddenly, Zappa's eyes went blank and his mouth went open. Twisting his body back in a painful-looking way, he let out an eerie scream.
"Um, SJ? I think I had figured out why this guy got invited." Yuri said.
Sailor Jupiter narrowed his eyes. "On your guard! Here he comes!"
"And now, the final fighter of this section…"
"SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!" (StH)
(It doesn't matter)
(Now what happens)
(I will never)
(Give up the fight)
(Long the voice inside)
(Drives me to run and fight)
(It doesn't matter)
(Who is wrong and who is right!)
The blue-furred hedgehog came out a huge cheer. With a grin, he played to the crowd shaking lot of hands. By the time he was done show-boating, he zoomed down the ramp at a blinding speed and jumped in.
Once in, he curled into a ball and did a homing attack in the back of Garuda's head. The possessed armour turned annoyed.
"Sheesh, I could tell you wear that mask to cover your ugly face but at least pick a presentable mask to wear!" Sonic said in disgust.
Garuda growled. "Hold your tongue. Before I do it myself."
"Sonic! Don't underestimate this guy!" Ike said. "This guy could literally poke spikes from anywhere on his body!"
"Ike, take it from someone who had experience with the subject." Sonic said wringing his finger in his ear. "Spikes aren't that dangerous as everyone thinks they are."
Ike got annoyed at this. "Oh, I see. But I would just like to remind that not EVERYONE has rings on them!"