Luckily for everyone, there is a hotel the size of an entire mountain located on the island, so there were rooms for all of them. In one room, Cassie was bunked with Kung Jin.

"Somethin' wrong?" Kung Jin asked her.

"Nah, just a bit nervous is all," Cassie admitted. "I got a fight scheduled for tomorrow. With who, I don't know." There were slips handed out to those who would be fighting the next day to tell them exactly that.

"Listen, don't beat yourself up over it," Jin told her. "I mean, it's gonna be one hell of a ride, that's for sure. I don't even know if I'm even gonna have a match at all. What if that Belial guy's pullin' some of our legs?"

"I don't think he'd do anything like that."

"Ya sure? He is the freakin' devil after all."

"You got me there. Let's just sleep on it."

"You got it." With that, Kung Jin went to his bed and laid down. "G'night."

"Night," Cassie replied before she turned off the light.

Round 1, Day 1 standings

Cassie Cage vs Erron Black

John Ginger vs Jason Voorhees

Solid Snake vs Yandere-Chan

Kano vs Edmund Gareth

SCP-953 vs Felis, Lightsworn Archer

The very next morning, everyone was gathered around the arena after breakfast, waiting for Belial to show up and introduce the first match. Twenty minutes later, he appeared via hellfire in his usual getup.

"Welcome, combatants and spectators, to the first match of the day and the tournament," Belial announced. "Last night, I posted this list online and the matches for the first round were randomized. Today, there will be five matches, and will continue to be until Round 1 has ended. And now for the first fight: Cassie Cage..."

Cassie stepped up to the arena upon hearing her name. She now wondered who her opponent would be.

"...vs Erron Black," Belial finished. Erron, a bit surprised, stepped up to the arena to face Cassie.

"Never thought we'd be the first to dance," Erron quipped.

"Save it, cowboy," Cassie shot back. "Let's just focus on the fight."

"BEGIN!" Belial shouted. The first move of the tournament came from Erron Black, who did a slide kick towards Cassie, who dodged it with a getaway flip. She retaliated with a tackle, pinning Erron down, followed by a punch in the face.

After he got up, Erron tossed a few coins into the air and fired his pistol at them, the shots ricocheting onto to the ground in front of Cassie, who managed to avoid all of the bullets. She countered with a glowing dash kick, a move she inherited from her father. Erron got knocked back a bit. With a hidden smirk, he dropped some caltraps in front of him, planning to limit Cassie's movement options. He also rolled a few sand balls forward and shot at them, causing them to explode.

Not one to give up, Cassie avoided the exploding sand balls and hopped over the caltraps and landed to deliver a bitch slap to Erron Black's face before getting on her knees and punching him in the testicles twice. "Ding. Dong." She quipped while punching. This caused Erron to fall slowly onto the ground. Desperate, he pulled out a six-shooter, but before he could shoot, Cassie kicked it away. Exhausted, Erron breathed heavily as he laid on the ground on all fours.

"Winner: Cassie Cage!" Belial announced. "Now finish him!"

"Nah, I'll pass," Cassie declined before the crowd whined in disappointment. She then helped Erron to her feet. "Not bad," Erron complimented.

"You didn't do shabby yourself," Cassie replied. "Next time, try to hit me or something."

Erron let out a small chuckle as he and Cassie went back into the audience.

to be continued...