(The Arena)
The remaining twelve fighters waited for the next section to begin. Or rather half of the fighters were. Luigi was fighting for his life against Kurow and Caius and Judas was still trying to defeat Ragna and Blitz. Suddenly, they all heard cheering. The six people who WEREN'T fighting looked up to see who was next.
"HAYATO NEKKETSU!" (RS)
The red-clad gym teacher stood tall tapping his wooden sword against his shoulder with a reed in his mouth. Narrowing his eyes, he stampeded down the arena and leaped in without a second thought.
Once in, he made a beeline for the fight between Luigi against Kurow and Caius. He came just in time to parry one of Kurow's claws.
"What?" Kurow said before looking up. "Oh, great! It's that annoying gym teacher."
"Oh yes, it is that annoying gym teacher!" Hayato snapped before turning to Luigi. "Greenie, could you distract that kid for a bit while I give this brat personal detention?"
"Um, sure. The less scary fighters, the better." The younger Mario Bro said kicking Caius away. "I keep forgetting that creep is a TEENAGER."
"SAGAT!" (SF: EX)
Coming out to a loud cheer, the bald one-eyed Thai fighter crossed his arms scanning the arena for potential challenges.
"As much as I knew it would be difficult that Ryu would last that long, it is a shame that I can't get that rematch." Sagat mused. "On the bright side, I now have a better chance of winning seeing I am this late in the game."
With that, he stepped down. He stomped over to Blackwargreymon. The Digimon coolly looked up to see the large man coming. The two crossed their arms.
"So you believe you can beat me?" Blackwargreymon asked.
"I know so seeing that you had to rely on hiding behind armour." Sagat said.
Blackwargreymon growled. "Nobody could say arrogant statements while lying face-down on the canvas."
"Indeed. And that person who would be down is you." Sagat said getting into a stance.
"RELIUS CLOVER!" (BB)
Ragna's eyes sprang open before looking up. "Are you kidding me!?"
Standing on the entrance curtain was Carl Clover's father where Ignis flying behind her. Scanning the arena in mild interest, he made his way down with Ignis following his every move. Carl Clover glared at the man with pure hatred.
Once in, he made his way over to Ragna, Blitz and Judas.
"Ah, Ragna. Long time, no see." Relius smirked.
"Not long enough!" The white-haired man growled.
"Back off! This is MY prey!" Judas snapped.
Relius raised an eyebrow behind his mask. "Oh, you must be that Judas guy who had been brought back from the dead."
Judas' eyes widened at this.
"Hmm… I am not into the undead but you move like you are a living human once more." Relius said. "Perhaps I should get into it."
Judas growled. "Do you really think I would let you do that to me!?"
Meanwhile, Ragna and Blitz had managed to slink off taking advantage of Judas being distracted.
"RYOMA!" (PS)
The resident samurai of Power Stone coolly got out his katana and scanned the arena. Nodding his head to confirm his target, he walked down the ring and stepped in.
Ragna looked away from the fight between Relius and Judas for a moment to have a katana pointed in his face.
"What the!?" Ragna snapped.
"I had heard a lot about you, Ragna the Bloodedge." Ryoma said coolly. "How about you show me that sword isn't just for flash?"
The white-haired man narrowed his eyes. "Fine! Anything to distract me from those two creeps over there!"
"BILLY KANE!" (KoF: MI)
The blonde right-hand man of Geese Howard gave an excited grin carrying his trademark red staff. Dashing down the ring, he used said staff to pole-vault straight into the ring.
He landed straight in front of Geary startling the perfection-obsessed robot.
"What is WITH all these people and their over-fancy ways of getting into the ring?" Geary said putting his hands on his hips.
"What can I say? I got impatient!" Billy said smacking his staff in his hand. "Now put up your robotic dukes! If you let up, I will SMASH you!"
"NO! If you do that, I would stain this arena with my own oil!" Geary said getting into a stance. "For the sake of perfection, I shall not lose!"
Billy blinked twice. "Um… That's good to hear."
"GUY CECIL!" (To)
The blonde young man came to a series of screaming fan-girls. This actually made him nervous due to his huge fear of girls.
"Um, thank you, girls… For your, um… support…" Guy said looking nervous while getting his sword out of his sheath.
Once in the arena, he sighed in relief. Caius saw this and narrowed his eyes.
"I don't recall girls cheering for ME when I came into the ring!" Caius snarled stomping over.
However, Luigi tackled him to the ground. "NO! I had watched as you-a eliminated two of your own nodal companions!"
Caius growled. "Get off me!"
"And be slashed in half? No, thank you!" Luigi snapped.
Guy noticed the struggle between Caius and Luigi before walking over. "I don't know what is going on with Caius but this is getting ridiculous."
(Hotel; Basement)
Blaze weakly opened her eyes with a groan after feeling a familiar pain. Looking up, she looked around her.
She gaped when she saw that she was some kind of giant orb. Her eyes widened before around to find a handful of villains watching her.
"Well, well, well." Joe smirked. "Sssssleeping beauty had finally awoken!"
Blaze looked around before narrowing her eyes. "Release me!"
"After all the trouble we had to get the power which YOU had the whole time?" Eggman Nega asked. "I don't think so."
"By, for just an elegant feline, you sure aren't smart." Hazama smirked. "Where we are going around in circles trying to find the power and you particularly gave it to us?"
Blaze looked defeated. What was she thinking when she went to find Eggman Nega alone? She had exactly what they were looking for. All she wanted to do was make sure that she wasn't a burden but instead she ended up giving the villains what they want.
When looking around, she noticed Tiny with a hopeless look on his face. She gave a pleading look as if asking for help. Tiny slowly looked around wondering what to do. He wanted to give Blaze but he couldn't do it in front of the others.
He absent-mindedly looked to the side, he noticed something. A large plug. Raising an eyebrow, he noticed that it was connected to the machine. Getting a small idea in his head, he looked around.
Making sure that nobody was looking, he scooted over to the plug trying not to get seen by the others.
"Now with this machine, I would be able extract the power from our young Blaze here." Eggman Nega explained.
"And where does it go?" Moe asked.
"Easy. Back into my possession for us to use." Eggman Nega smirked.
"Good because I think that group that is trying to stop us is getting bigger." Vega said.
Blaze didn't paid too much attention to the conversation. She was too busy watching Tiny inching over to the plug trying to make sure that nobody noticed this. Tiny had finally reached his destination, he grabbed the plug.
However, Blaze noticed that static was surging from the socket almost reaching Tiny's hands.
"Tiny, NO!" Blaze screamed in horror.
However, it was too late. Tiny had pulled on the plug knocking it out of the socket.
BOOM!
(Hotel; Hallway)
The resulting explosion had been heard throughout the hotel and dome. Including the hallway where Tails, Gemel and Bean were.
"What was that?" Tails asked in shock.
"Man, that was one big boom!" Bean grinned.
"Yeah, but where did it come from?" Gemel asked.
Bean immediately close his eyes and cross his arms. "It sounded like an explosion made by some kind of power overload of some sort and judging of the small tremors it felt, it must had been below us."
Tails and Gemel looked in awe.
"Um, how did you know this?" Gemel asked.
"What can I say? I know my boom-booms!" Bean grinned.
Tails stepped back. "Riiiiight."
"I could tell you more but we are on a time-limit right now." Bean said.
"Oh, right! They said that they would be here!" Tails nodded. "I just hope that it would be all right if just the three of us."
"We have to. At least we are facing brainwashed people." Gemel said.
"Yeah." Tails said.
Bean looked ahead and his eyes widened. "Hey!"
The others stopped in their tracks and looked ahead. Standing in front of them were three figures. Jet the Hawk, Storm the Albatross and Bark the Polar Bear.
"Bark…" Bean said quietly.
Gemel immediately readied his gun. "All right, guys. If you aren't willing to come to your senses, we have to fight you."
"Why?" Bark asked startling the three heroes.
"What?" Gemel asked.
"What is the point of fighting?" Bark asked.
Tails blinked twice in awe. "Had you… Gone back to the side of good?"
"No! We are still on Kurow's side and so should you!" Jet snapped.
"What? Why?" Gemel demanded.
Bark crossed his arms. "Bean, why was the last time you had appeared in a game?"
"Um..." The green duck said looking at his hands. "In the Fighters Megamix game."
"Yeah, that is far too long!" Bean snapped. "Why should Sonic get game after game when we never got a cameo!"
"Um, because he is the main character?" Gemel asked as if he was talking to an idiot.
"Don't talk like that! How could you be so happy being in only one game?" Jet snapped.
"Yeah, even you squirt!" Storm asked.
"Huh?" Tails asked.
"Why should that blue rodent get all of the attention when you stand in the shadows?" Jet asked. "You only got two games of your own and they suck."
Tails growled. "Again with that."
"Wait? Is THAT what this is about?" Gemel asked. "You join Bison of all people because you want to "get back" at Sonic for getting more screen-time than you?"
"Yeah!" Jet scowled. "If we help Kurow, he will help us kill Sonic and thus Sega have no choice but to give US games!"
"Kurow…" Tails said softly. "Guys, you are not thinking straight! You are still being controlled!"
"What? Are you sure?" Gemel asked.
"Yes!" Tails said. "This is what Kurow did to brainwash them! Take advantage of their jealousy!"
"So what if we're jealous?" Jet asked. "We deserved it just as much as Sonic! So why don't you join us?"
"No! Sonic is my friend and what you are doing is wrong!" Tails snapped.
"Yeah, I know that I am not in other games but that's all right!" Gemel said. "If being in more games means siding with EGGMAN, I'll forget it!"
Bark looked down. "Bean, you know me, right?"
Bean sighed. "Yes, I do. I know that what it is like not to get much work for a while."
He then looked up determined.
"But this isn't like you! You wouldn't side with them just to get some more work!" Bean scolded. "You are better than that! Or as better than an overgrown kill-joy could get!"
Bark narrowed his eyes. "So even you are against me. Very well. You will be a warm-up for when we kill Sonic!"
(The Arena)
"AGUMON!" (DRA)
The yellow dinosaur Digimon came out to a loud cheer. Giving a big grin, he waved to the crowd before making him way down.
"I want to help Blackwargreymon with the man in the underwear but knowing him, he won't accept it." Agumon said narrowing his eyes. "Doesn't matter. I already decided on a fight the minute I got my invitation here."
With that, he stomped into the ring. He then made his way over to Pikachu and Pichu. The two looked up to see him coming.
Pichu narrowed his eyes before surging electricity through his body. However, Pikachu put his hand out in front of him stopping him. The "older" Pokemon had a serious look on his face.
Agumon crossed his arms. "Looks like we are finally about to settle our rivalry. Who is greater? Digimon or Pokemon?"
Pikachu narrowed his eyes before surging electricity through his body.
Agumon narrowed his eyes before readying his claws. "I take that as an acceptation to my offer! Let's bring it!"
"MAKOTO MIZOGUCHI!" (KoF: MI)
The dark-haired young man let out a loud yell hurting the ears of those who sat nearby. Tying his trademark long headband around his head, he stampeded down the ground and leaped in without a second thought.
Once in, he made a beeline for Vector who was speaking with Cream. Vector's head perked up to see Makoto skidding to a stop in front of him.
"Um, may I help you?" Vector asked.
"Yeah, you got muscles on ya." Makoto mused. "How about you and me go at it?"
"Um, all right?" Cream asked. "Are you ready, Cheese?"
"Chao!" Cheese cheered.
Makoto blinked twice. "You have to resort to double-teaming with little girls and their pets!"
Vector growled. "Shut up!"
"DINGODILE!" (CB)
The hybrid pyromaniac cursed his luck seeing both Kurow AND Relius in the arena together. He sighed before gripping his trademark flame-thrower.
"Maybe if Ah'm real quiet, they won't notice me." Dingodile said moving down.
He then stepped in decided to stay away from as far as Kurow and Relius as possible. He then noticed Blitz. Giving an evil smirk, he spat out some fire at the Doberman.
Blitz looked up just in time to narrowly duck underneath the attack. "Hey! What was that for?"
"Oh, Ah just wanted ta see if that armour of yers is flame-proof." Dingodile smirked. "And if it is, Ah could cook ya like a Pop Tart!"
Blitz's face fell. "This night just gets worse and worse."
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Twenty-Nine!"
"SPYRO THE DRAGON!" (Spyro the Dragon)
Coming out to the classic Spyro theme, the purple dragon came out to a loud cheer. The dragon smirked before making his way down.
"I can't believe one of the hosts actually came to me in the audience and asked ME to fill in for a Mystery Fighter!" Spyro grinned. "Aw, man! I wish Hunter was watching this!"
Jumping in the air, he glided down to the ring. Pichu looked away from the match between Pikachu and Agumon to see him come in. Giving a mischievous smirk, he charged electricity in himself.
He sent a bolt of electricity at Spyro. However, the dragon looked up in time and swerved to the side narrowly avoiding the bolt. After the attack, Pichu wandered in place dizzy.
Spyro noticed this. "What kind of attack dizzies its own user?"
Pichu shook his head hearing this and growled before scampering over.
"SENEL COOLIDGE!" (To)
The white-haired dark-skinned fist-fighter adjusted his gloves before jumping up and down a few times. Charging down the ring, he made a beeline to help with Judas with Relius with Ignis.
"Hey, Judas. Need any help?" Senel asked.
The masked man scoffed. "Fine. But don't get in my way."
"Oh? And what a mere fist-fighter can do?" Relius asked. "Ignis, if you may?"
With that, the purple marionette went forward to scratch Senel with her sharp claws. That was until Senel ducked underneath the attack and grabbed Ignis' legs. Much to everyone's surprise, he swung Ignis around a couple of times before slamming on the ground.
"How's THAT for a mere fist-fighter?" Senel taunted.
Relius looked in awe before giving a small smirk. "Interesting.
(Eliminated Seating)
"Go on, Senel!" Moses cried out. "Beat that masked freak into the ground! YEE-HAW!"
Millia Rage and Venom looked at the red-head with annoyed looks.
"Tsk! Someone needs to rip that man's tongue out." Venom said.
"For once I agree with you." Millia said narrowing her eyes. "You'll never see ME acting like that."
(The Arena)
"ZATO-1!" (GG)
"YOU CAN DO IT, MASTER ZATO! THESE FIGHTERS DON'T EVEN DESERVE TO BE IN THE SAME SECTION AS YOU!"
"YOU! I HOPE YOUR FIRST OPPONENT ELIMINATES YOU IN A PAINFUL AND HUMILIATING FASHION BEFORE DROPPING IN A FIRE!"
The blonde black-clad man looked up at the Eliminated Seating to see Venom and Millia at the edge of the seating giving out cheers and death threats respectively. He then saw security being forced to drag them away.
Shaking his head, he made his way down with a ring of black shadows dancing around him. Once he, he made his way over to Billy and Geary summoning a shadow.
The two fighters looked up from their fights just in time to jump back from the attack.
"Oy! What was THAT for!?" Billy growled.
"Well, everyone else was already preoccupied and you two look like you may give me a bit of fun." Zato smirked.
Geary narrowed his eyes. "Truce?"
"Only until this freak is off our case." Billy spat.
"Agreed."
(?)
The security team struggled to break out of the chains that were constricting them.
"Ugh! I can't use my magic!" Vivi grunted.
"Me neither!" Branky growled.
"Don't even bother." Barbatos said without turning his head. "Those chains are created by Dhaos. Built just to withstand any kind of magic."
"So? I bet that we…" Hunter grunted trying to break free. "We… Can break these chains."
"You can't break those chains." Barbatos said flatly.
"Rrrrrrgggggghhhhh!" Hunter yelled.
Ally shook her head the only one besides Kanji not trying to break out.
"Why is this happening?" Ally asked.
"Why is WHAT happening, Ally?" Kanji whispered.
"Every time we tried to go somewhere, we keep running into a dead end." The boxer sighed. "And in the end, we got captured."
"So?" Kanji asked.
"So? We had failed our jobs as a security team!" Ally said.
"No, we haven't!" Kanji snapped. "They still haven't gone through with their plot yet!"
"But what can we do?" Ally asked. "We are chained here!"
"Ally, snap out of it!" Kanji scolded trying not to get Barbatos' attention. "You had been part of a group that stopped a plot, right?"
"Um, right?" Ally asked.
"Which means that there is a chance that we can win." Kanji scolded. "Or at least stop somebody from getting killed!"
Ally looked down for a moment. She remembered at the second tournament that his older brother had to fight a super-powered monstrosity. Granted, he was as super-powerful as said monster but Ally felt like she was headed into an one-sided battle.
"The reason you appointed yourself as leader was because you knew something like this would happen!" Kanji scolded.
Ally paused before narrowing her eyes. "You're right, Kanji. But we need to get out of here first."
Kanji then smirked. "Don't worry. I am just waiting until big, blue and ugly over there is distracted."
Ally paused before looking to see Barbatos with his back turned. She turned back to Kanji to see him with a certain floating card in front of him.
"PERSONA!" Kanji shouted head-butting the card.
"What the?" Barbatos asked turning around.
He then saw a giant muscular skeleton charging at him.
(Dome; Hallway)
Guilmon curiously sniffed the ground with Fio slowly following.
"Well, have you found your scent anywhere?" Fio asked.
Guilmon shook his head. "Not yet. As you sure, they are here."
"Or at least around here." Fio shrugged. "That weird doctor said that they should be around here. I just hope we aren't going over our heads by going by ourselves."
Guilmon continued sniffing. "Fio, the reason we are by ourselves is because there should only be those two. While brainwashed, I might add."
"True." Fio nodded.
Guilmon continued his search. Suddenly, something tingled up inside of his nose. "I got a stench!"
"Really?" Fio asked. "Is it…"
"Yes, it is!" Guilmon said. "Come on!"
With that, he ran ahead.
"H-Hey! Don't go off alone!" Fio said running after him.
The two continued running until they went around a corner. However once they did, they both skidded to a stop.
Crunch and Nash both turned around to reveal that they were eyes were blank signalling that they were still brainwashed.
"Guys…" Fio said.
"Guys, please, snap out of it!" Guilmon begged. "Can't you see you are being puppets of Kurow?"
Crunch snarled. "No, WE are the puppets!"
Guilmon's eyes widened. "You can talk?"
"Yeah, we have a lot to say!" Nash growled. "Both of us have a lot of potential to be a lot of games!"
"But in nearly every newer game, I literally play as some kind of Mr. T rip-off!" Crunch snapped.
"And me and the other champions haven't even seen the light of day!" Nash agreed. "It is not fair!"
"Is THAT how Kurow is controlling you?" Fio asked.
"We are helping Kurow to get revenge of our one of many companies to get revenge!" Crunch growled.
"But those creeps injured Espio! How could you side with them?" Fio scolded.
"Like you would know, Little Miss Guest Character and one of Agumon's rivals for most popular characters!" Nash snapped. "You never knew what we went through!"
Fio frowned. "Guys, don't make us have to get through to you."
Crunch and Nash both snarled before into their stances.
Fio sighed before getting out her tonfas. "I was able of this. Crunch, are you ready?"
Guilmon's weird ears drooped before readying his claws. "Right…"
(The Arena)
"BOMAN DELGADO!" (RS)
The dark-skinned muscular high-school student (yes, you read right.) knelt down before grasping his hands together muttering a prayer. Once he was done, he walked down the ramp and stepped in.
Cream saw him come in and walked over seeing that Makoto had managed to convince her to stay back for a while.
"Excuse me? Are you one of those Christian people I heard about?" Cream asked.
"Indeed. I am a strong believer that God is our saviour." Boman nodded crouching down.
"Um, then why are you here? Is this goes against what you stand for?" Cream asked.
"That is why I was praying up here." Boman said. "I was asking our Lord to forgive me for the possible damage I may inflict here."
Cream and Cheese looked at each other strangely. "All right, then. I hope he does forgive you."
"PENTA PENGUIN!" (CB)
The small blue penguin cutely waddled from behind the entrance curtain. Narrowing her eyes, she leaped forward and slid on the belly making all the way to the arena.
Once in, she did a spin attack similar to Crash Bandicoot's own attack zooming straight at Dingodile. The resulting attack literally knocked the hybrid off of his feet making him fall on his rear.
"Ow! What the?" Dingodile asked before noticing the penguin. "Oh, so we meet again."
Blitz blinked twice before looking down. "Are you… Actually here to help me?"
Penta proudly nodded. Blitz paused. Suddenly, he scooped Penta in his arms and started to smother her with kisses disgusting her AND Dingodile.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Blitz said between kisses. "Nobody had ever done that for me before! Not even my own teammates!"
Dingodile stuck out his tongue. "Don't be weird mate."
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… Thirty!"
"WADDLE DEE!" (Kirby)
Half of the audience looked in awe. A lone Waddle Dee with a blue bandana and a spear waddled out of the Ready Room. Looking up at the Eliminated Seating, he saw Kirby waving happily for him. Metaknight, while nowhere near as ecstatic as Kirby, waved as well. Waddle Dee gave a non-existent smile waving back and running down to the ring.
Jumping in, he suddenly noticed Vector and Makoto was watching him.
"One lone Waddle Dee? What good THAT would do?" Makoto asked.
Waddle Dee narrowed his eyes before running in front of Makoto. Putting his spear over him, he spun it around. Makoto and Vector looked in awe as Waddle Dee had actually managed to hover upwards using the technique. He then whacked Makoto on the head with the blunt end of his spear.
"Ow! That hurt!" Makoto said holding his head.
"I don't think he appreciate that comment." Vector chuckled.
"RITA MORDIO!" (To)
The brunette mage came out of the Ready Room with her arms crossed looking around.
"Ugh! I can't believe that I actually liked them talk me into entering this stupid tournament! I could have been studying blastia!" Rita complained stomping them. "What's the point of even entering when you know if you get an early draw, you are screwed?"
She then stepped into the ring. However, she continued walking straight as if oblivious to the chaos going around her.
"I mean if you have a late draw and suck at fighting, you could win this thing! How is that fair? Speaking of unfair, how dare that host ban some of my favourite spells?" Rita ranted walking past a confused Spyro and Pichu. "It is not my fault that these people can't find something to counter Tidal Wave!"
She then literally stomped between the fight of Ragna and Ryoma. The two swordsmen watched her walk off. Ragna put his finger around his ear while Ryoma nodded.
"Furthermore, this ramp goes on forever! What, have they actually made this long on purpose just to create dramatic effect? This isn't dramatic, this is boring! When I am going to be in the arena already?"
"You are already in it."
Rita paused before noticing that she was at the end of the ring opposite of the ramp. Turning around, he saw half of the fighters staring at her. She then realized how much of a tool she made herself look.
"I… I knew that!" Rita growled with a blush."
"TESTAMENT!" (GG)
The dark-haired androgynous man carried his blood-red scythe down to the ring with a raven flying after him. Walking down to the ring, he stepped in.
Making his way over to the fight between Pikachu and Agumon. Testament slammed his scythe down startling them.
"Hey! Haven't your mother ever told you it is rude to interrupt people's fights?" Agumon snapped.
"Pika Pika!" Pikachu said angrily.
"Everyone else is already preoccupied." Testament said coldly. "Curse your luck that I chose to attack you!"
"No, curse YOUR luck!" Agumon snapped before he and Pikachu pounced.
"And now, the final fighter of this section…"
"MARIO MARIO!" (SSB)
The red-clad plumber came out to the classic Mario Bros theme and an enormous cheer. With a smile, he politely waved to the crowd before making him way down the ramp.
Luigi looked up in hope to see Mario coming. "Mario! Am-a I glad to see you!"
"Same-a here." The older brother grinned. "I thought you had fallen in the toilet!"
"Yeah, well…" Luigi started. "Huh? What?"
"Well, you had-a been in the bathroom for a long while." Mario shrugged. "I just assumed-a that something happened in there."
Luigi blinked twice. "Bro, I had been gone from the locker room for who-knows-how many sections and you think I was in the bathroom?"
"I know. Weird, huh?" Mario asked. "Well, it's-a okey-dokey! I am-a here for you!"
Luigi paused for a moment. He then narrowed his eyes in a surprisingly dark glare.
"Forget it! I-a already got my own ally helping me, anyway!" Luigi spat.
With that, he stomped off back to helping Guy with Caius leaving Mario to scratch his head in confusion.