RDJ and Sprig were shooting at each other across the battlefield. Sprig took out Triple Threat, his slingshot with two long sticks that were tied by a total of three slings, allowing him to shoot three bills at once, whilst RDJ unleashed a barrage of rapid magic blasts with his Dual Vipers. Whilst the bounty hunter had a better aim, Sprig's acrobatics made it hard to hit him.

"Take that!" the pink frog exclaimed as he shot three boomshrooms at once, creating a huge explosion. RDJ managed to avoid it, though the strength of the explosion made him fall off balance and lose his cowboy hat.

"I must admit you're impressing me, my young amphibian friend," the bounty hunter recognized as he retrieved his hat and smiled. "I haven't faced such a skilled shooter since that time I fought against Boba Fett. And even then, you're only using slingshots instead of technologically advanced equipment like most of the other participants here are doing. Making the best out of what you have... I understand why Logan wanted to team up with you."

"Eh, when you're the best shooter in Amphibia, you gotta live up to your reputation," Sprig shrugged.

"True, but I also have a reputation to build here. Backup Weapon: Zurg's Blaster!" Pulling away his Dual Vipers, the RDJ summoned a perfect replica of Zurg's slide-action ball blaster with three rotating barrels from the Toy Story movies.

"Hey! You stole my weapon!" Emperor Zurg bellowed from the audience.

"I didn't steal anything; I bought it at a weapon shop!" RDJ responded, turning the power dial on the side to 5 to rise the power level of his shots. Then, he started running around whilst shooting at his opponent. His new weapon could shoot three sets of triple ion balls before having to be reloaded.

Sprig pushed exclamations as he hopped all around to avoid the potentially dangerous projectiles shot at him. Eventually, he switched Triple Threat for Silverbolt (his red slingshot with silver tape, band and gem designed like a lightning bolt) to be able to shoot from a bigger distance and sent a bill that released glue all over RDJ's feet, keeping him immobilized. Then, he shot another bill that turned mid-way into a boxing glove and hit RDJ in the face with the strength of an actual jab.

"I felt that one!" the bounty hunter groaned just before the arena's countdown came to an end.

('Gargoyles Main Theme' by Geek Music)

A shadow was cast from above as a figure flew above the arena, diving straight into the fighting zone. This shadow was a teal-skinned gargoyle with fin-like ears and a blue loincloth. Every fan of the Gargoyles series recognized him as Broadway of the rookery trio. As he looked around for an opponent, he noticed RDJ just as he got back to his feet and blasted Sprig away with his ion balls. "A gun?! I hate guns!" he exclaimed.

"Huh?" RDJ asked, turning toward Broadway.

"Guns are evil and bring nothing but trouble! Drop it down right now!" the gargoyle ordered.

"Oh, you must be one of those gargoyles Elisa told me about," the bounty hunter said with a grin. "I've been longing to meet you for a while now."

Hearing this name, Broadway tilted his head. "Wait, you know Elisa?"

"Sure do! I helped her with some problems in her home in the past. In return, she offered me a nice reward. Backup Weapon: Manhattan Mauler!" RDJ pulled away Zurg's Blaster and instead summoned a little pistol that was stripped in black and yellow with a white star on the sides to make it look like a police weapon, two aiming rings on the upper part and a laser sigh on the bottom front. "I say that Elisa gave me this, but actually, she only furnished the prototype; I needed help from a few magicians to build it in this form. But it came together perfectly."

"I don't care it was given to you by Elisa; guns are bad, so throw it away!"

"Not a chance: fighting with guns is my thing, partner. If you want to get rid of my guns, then come and get them!"

As Broadway charged at him, RDJ shot magic blasts with his Manhattan Mauler. The little pistol wasn't the most powerful, but it shot quickly and could be recharged just as quickly. Broadway protected himself with his wings before swinging his fists that RDJ ducked. After avoiding one swing, he attempted to shoot the gargoyle down, only to get caught by the arm and smacked with force on the ground multiple times.

The poor bounty hunter groaned in pain before opening his eyes to see Broadway's foot about to stomp on his face. Mumbling a swear, he rolled out of the way and shot many magic blasts into Broadway's back to make him stumble forward. The gargoyle managed to resist the pain and grabbed RDJ in his arms before taking off in the air with the intention to throw him out of the fighting zone.

"Gnnnh! Gadget: stun rod!" RDJ made a green sigil appear out of which came a stun rod that he used to shock Broadway, forcing him to drop the bounty hunter to the ground. "You dislike firearms? Then I suppose you won't mind me using that little bad boy!"

Moving away from RDJ and Broadway's fight, Jameson was still bouncing around the battlefield on Meow Wow's back. "Okay, that's enough," he stopped his friend and got off his back. "Get some rest now, Meow Wow; I'll call for you again if I need your help." Patting the Dream Eater on the head, Jameson sent him back to the Dream Realm.

Toren flew down from the skies and landed near the little black owl. "So you're the new youngest member of the gang, right?"

"Huh, you mean the Dream Defenders? I never officially joined your group, but I do like helping when I can," Jameson explained with rubbing the back of his head.

"That counts as being part of the group for me," Toren assured, patting the owlet on the head. "Hey, I got an idea: wanna play a game of Catch Me If You Can? Me, the Dream Keeper of Animal Kingdom, versus you, the Dream Walker!"

"You really wanna play a game? In the middle of a competition? But aren't we supposed to...you know, fight?" Jameson asked.

"That doesn't mean we can't play around a bit. We're still kids after all! Besides, as Logan always say, the goal of these competitions is to have as much fun as possible!" Toren beamed, taking off the ground. "Now, let's see if you can catch me!"

Jameson smiled, glad to have found himself a new game partner. He pointed his baseball bat forward and summoned a magenta, striped goat-like Dream Eater. "Come on, Cyber Yog, let's catch this cat guy!" He hopped onto his friend's back and chased after Toren until the countdown ended, announcing the arrival of the 27th participant.

('Sky's the Limit' by CFO$)

Had a dream I had it made and

Now there's nothing dragging down me, yeah

'Cause I gon' gon' push it all out the way

Walking through the arena's entrance was none other than Aline, the Dream Keeper of Magic Kingdom. Everybody instantly recognized her and welcomed her with a chorus of cheers, which felt weird to the young girl after receiving so many boos during the Sorcerer's Arena Tournament.

Destined to break in

I found my way, yeah

Now I'm made, nobody gonna take it

'Cause I gon' gon' pushed 'em all out the way

Aline waved at everyone as she made her way into the fighting zone with energy, but without losing her dignified stance for more. Upon getting into the fighting zone, the first participant she came across just so happened to be Logan.

"I should've expected you to be here today, Aline," the young man said with a little chuckle.

"You know I always like a good competition. Though maybe not as much as you," the cat girl confirmed, giving a little wink. She then assumed her fighting stance. "Ready to go at it?"

"You bet! Show me everything Gabriel has taught you during your time in the Mirrorverse!" Logan yelled as he got ready to fight with his Fenrir Keyblade.

"WAIT!" Toren suddenly came flying down between the two, holding his paws up to prevent them from fighting. "Guys, guys, don't waste your energy like this! Why fight each other? I say we all team up together!"

"Team up?" Logan questioned.

"You do know this is supposed to be every man and every woman for themselves in this competition, right, Toren?" Aline asked, rising an eyebrow with a hand on her hip.

"I know, but think about it: we've reached almost 3/4 of the competition and the end is near. If we combine our strengths, then imagine all the participants we can take out! We would also increase our chances of reaching the end and have one of us win the entire thing! Even if we have to fight each other at the end of it all, we could at least ensure one of us three wins." He held a paw forward. "So? what do you say, Shifter Trio?"

Logan and Aline exchanged a look at their Jaquin friend's proposition. The young man rubbed his beard with a thoughtful look. "I actually don't dislike this idea. It's not uncommon in pro wrestling to form temporary alliances with enemies for the mutual benefice of everyone."

"Yeah. Besides, it's always funnier to fight enemies with friends than by yourself," Aline agreed. She used her Transformation Magic to turn into her cat form with black, pink and blue fur, reaching her own paw to touch Toren's. "Shifter Trio!"

Understanding what he had to do, Logan assumed his anthropomorphic snowy owl form and placed his wing on top of his two friends' paws. "Shifter Trio! Let's take out the competition! However, I refuse to gang up on Destiny, okay?"

"Nor on Amity," Aline added.

"Okay, okay, we don't gang up on any of our close friends," Toren nodded. "Now, let's cause some chaos! I suggest we take out that wolf Jedi girl first; she's been causing trouble around for a while now."

"Are you sure it's not just because you don't like Star Wars?" Aline asked, rising an eyebrow.

"... That too."

The three friends charged together with Toren taking off to the skies and turning his crystalline scarf blue to summon a rainstorm against the wolfess. She managed to push it back by using the Force, only to then get knocked away by Aline, who used a Fire Glyph to send a fireball. Logan attacked next by engaging her in a Keyblade versus lightsaber duel.

"What's with you guys ganging up on me? Did I do something to offend you?" Liquorice asked whilst parrying Logan's attacks.

"No, it's nothing personal; we just wanna take out the strong participants before they do so with us!" Logan replied, swinging Fenrir vertically from over his head to hit the ground as Liquorice jumped back.

The wolfess hoped into the air and began sending Force pushes at the snowy owl, who blocked it with his Keyblade. However, by doing so, she left herself open to Aline, who used a Plant Glyph to summon vines that grabbed her left arm and leg whilst Toren used the power of love to turn his scarf pink and catch her right arm and leg with vines of his own. With their enemy immobilized, Aline approached her.

"Let me go!" Liquorice bellowed whilst squirming in her bonds.

Aline grinned and held the wolfess' head with one paw as she sang a little lullaby in her ear. Soon, Liquorice stopped squirming, her eyes getting heavier until they closed, making her fall asleep. The two Dream Keepers swung their vines and tossed the unconscious Padawan outside the fighting zone.

"Liquorice Loup has been eliminated!"

"I didn't know you were still using that trick," Logan remarked as he joined his friends.

"It's true that I'm not very fond of what I did with my Lullaby before, but as long as its used for non-lethal purposes, I guess it's right," the cat explained with a little shrug. She turned her attention to their next target, that being Vicky. She charged at the lady, swinging her claws, which forced her to get on the defensive. "I like your dress," Aline remarked whilst attacking.

"Why, thank you, young one. You look pretty adorable yourself," Vicky complimented the cat whilst blocking her claws with her parasol. "Believe it or not, but some rude young lady ruined my dress not so long ago. Thankfully, that kind peahen had the generosity to patch it up in time."

Vicky spat some of her perfume at Aline, making her jump away. In doing so, she got the chance to see Amity in the middle of a fight with Almyra. "Hey, I recognize her; she's that peahen girl ho danced with Gazelle at the Hocus Pocus Bash! Maybe I'll ask her to make me a dress one of these days."

With Aline distracting her, Toren used his Sadness Magic to create a long slide of water right behind her. Logan then used his boosted Ice Magic to freeze the water, just as Aline knocked Vicky back with a good kick, causing her to slide along the slipping surface. The poor lady was unable to stop herself before sliding outside the fighting zone.

"Victoria Alexandria Violet has been eliminated!"

"That's two for the Shapeshifter Trio!" Toren beamed, exchanging high-fives with his two friends. "At this rate, we can already consider ourselves the winners!"

"Who do you wanna take out next?" Logan asked.

"I know who," Aline said, pointing in Sora's direction. "We better take out the hero of the Kingdom Hearts franchise before he becomes a problem for us."

As much as he didn't want to attack one of his teachers, Logan agreed and approached said teacher with his two friends. Looking around him, Sora quickly realized he was in quite the pickle. "Two Dream Keepers and one Dream Defender? Looks like I'm gonna have to go hard with this. Ultimate Form!" Holding Ultima Weapon above his head, Sora made tens of colorful swords fly from the ground as his attire turned silvery-white and black in colors. He now hovered above the ground with his Keyblade now a rainbow-colored sword.

"Oh no! I remember that form from KH3!" Logan exclaimed, quickly getting on the offensive by swinging his Fenrir Keyblade at the transformed Sora. Unfortunately, this last one blocked the attack with ease and used his Counter Blade ability to strike back with blades of light, knocking the Owl away.

Aline used a Fire Glyph that she combined with a fireball from Toren's Anger Magic to create a powerful fire spell. Sora protected himself with his Blade Barrier ability, summoning many swords around him that easily stopped the fire attack. He then teleported himself straight to the two animals and delivered a series of strikes both with the sword he was holding and the other ones to Toren, ending with his Spiral Dove attack that saw the Keyblade Hero summon a circle of blades that dove at the Jaquin like a bird.

"Okay, things aren't going very well," Aline realized, dashing across the battlefield on all four to avoid the numerous swords sent in her direction by Sora. At the same time, the timer ran out of time.

('Sheepherder' by Jim Johnston)

As the soft, harmonious song played, the titantron displayed the beautiful landscape of a green forest, until a name appeared in front of it all: 'Bambi'. Surely enough, a buck with dark brown fur walked through the entrance and started walking toward the fighting zone. Bambi was in his adult form with a muscular frame rather than the small, adorable kid buck he was mostly known as. The Great Prince of the Forest entered the battlefield, meeting Sora who immediately floated down, ending his chase of Aline.

"Bambi! I'm so glad to see you!" Sora beamed, patting the buck on the head. This last one affectionately licked the Keyblade Hero's cheek in response. "You arrive just in time; I can't keep my Ultimate Form for long. Mind backing me up like we did during the Heartless invasion of our worlds?"

Bambi nodded a yes. As Sora's ultimate Form ended, the buck began hopping around the Keyblade Hero, dropping numerous MP orbs that recharged his magic energy. The Shifter Trio engaged him again, with Logan shooting elemental spells, Toren attacking with his Emotion Magic, and Aline launching different glyphs, all to no success. "Don't you have any magic trick in your arsenal that could help us right now, Logan?" questioned Toren.

"Sorry, but I've been fighting for a long time now, and I'm getting tired. Plus, I don't have a friend that can back me up by constantly recharging my magic energy," Logan replied, shooting his boosted blizzard spells at his mentor's best friend. "Alright, time to change tactics. Toren, go after Bambi and take him out while Aline and I take care of Sora!"

"You got it!" the Jaquin beamed, giving two thumb's up as he chased after the Great Prince of the Forest. Logan and Aline then charged and engaged Sora in close combat.

Whilst the Shifter Trio was struggling against Sora and Bambi, Destiny and Ahsoka were locked in a water versus Force duel, the whale sending water attacks whilst the former Jedi fought back with Force techniques. More precisely, Destiny sent water jets that collided with Ahsoka's Force pushes, the attacks canceling one another. Destiny soon decided to change tactics by attacking her opponent with water tentacles. In response, Ahsoka cut them away with her lightsabers, damaging their tips without destroying them for more.

"Ice Blades!" Destiny exclaimed, spinning on herself and freezing her water tentacles to serve as a buzz saw.

Ahsoka found herself having to jump to avoid the frozen blades. During this process, Destiny noticed that the Togruta was moving with less energy and speed than before, probably due to the fatigue from being in the Hero's Rumble for so long. A little grin of confidence formed on her face as she realized the advantage she had in this struggle.

Eventually, Ahsoka used her lightsabers to cut down the ice blades and charged straight at Destiny, forcing her to bring back her seven water tentacles to protect herself. Despite her expertise, the Togruta could not break through the whale's aquatic defense. At one point, Destiny gathered all the water tentacles into one big jet of water that she launched at Ahsoka, the former Jedi easily stopping it with the Force.

"It's over now!" Ahsoka declared, launching a powerful Force push that forced Destiny to create an ice pillar before her to stop the attack.

"Ice Trail!" Stomping her foot on the ground, Destiny used the water from her previous attacks to send a trail of water right to Ahsoka's feet, freezing her legs and preventing her from moving. "And now, Ice Bullets!" She swung her fists forward to send little shards of ice at an elevated speed, making them work almost like bullets. Ahsoka easily parried the projectiles with her lightsabers and also used them to free herself from the ice.

Forced on close combat once more, Destiny covered her arms in water and turned it to ice so that she could use them as gauntlets against Ahsoka's lightsabers. Unfortunately, there was no way for the whale to outmaneuver the more experienced combatant, so she soon found herself down on her back after a Force push. Ahsoka pointed her lightsaber at her.

"Looks like this little confrontation is over," Destiny remarked, shyly rubbing the back of her head.

"Feel no shame, Water Magician; you pulled on a remarkable performance," Ahsoka assured her. "With more training, I have no doubt you could stand your grounds against the likes of me."

"No, you don't understand. I meant this confrontation's over...for you." Destiny suddenly rose her hands and summoned water jets that wrapped themselves around Ahsoka, trapping her into a ball of water that Destiny instantly turned into ice. With the Togruta immobilized, Destiny kicked to her feet and then delivered a smack of her tail to send the ice prison and Ahsoka in it outside the fighting zone.

"Ahsoka Tano has been eliminated!"

"D-Did she just eliminate one of the most famous Star Wars characters?!" Sprig asked in shock. A proud smile then formed on his face. "Wow, that's so cool! She's one of my former teammates!"

"Don't get on your high horses too fast, kid," RDJ stopped him. "The only reason she won this encounter is because Ahsoka was tired from being in this match for so long and fighting guys like me. That being said, credit where credit is due, that was an impressive feat nonetheless." The bounty hunter looked at the arena's counter. "Looks like the 29th player is about to join us."

('Death The Kid (So Crazy)' from Soul Eater Soundtrack)

Uh, huh, yeah

Death the Kid one time

Introducing my crew, uh, huh

So crazy how we get down

Never thought it would be like this

So crazy how we get down

Blaze the place time for some action

The lights turned dark, purple mist emanated around the arena's entrance. A flock of ravens flew all around, one of them landing in the middle of the mist before transforming into a familiar green duck dressed in black.

"Poe!" Rachel exclaimed with a smile.

"U-Uncle?" Jameson mumbled to himself whilst flying in the air, looking at the arriving duck in shock.

So crazy how we get down

Y'all and me we got it going on

So crazy how we get down

Anything you need you got me right here

Poe De Spell walked into the fighting zone, taking his girlfriend's hand to kiss it. "What a pleasure to meet you here, my dear Rachel. I was hoping you would last long enough for me to come and see you."

"And I should've guessed you were going to follow me wherever I go," the Sword Mage mused and kissed her boyfriend on the cheek. "Of course, I wasn't going to be eliminated before all 40 participants had entered; I like to put up a challenge for everybody. In that case, it's mostly for Logan. So? Wanna fight it out or team up for the time being?"

"Huh, I think I will go with the team up; I don't want to hurt the lady of my life. Not that I don't think you can defend yourself," the sorcerer duck explained with his hands raised in defense.

"In that case, let's show the others what we can do together. Starting with a certain dancer," Rachel said, looking at Almyra, who performed a spin and kicked a ball of magic to knock Amity away. The Sword Mage went to one side of their target whilst Poe went to the other. "I hope you're ready to show us the extent of your potential, Almyra!"

"Ganging up on a girl? Have you no shame?" the Indian peafowl asked with an offended expression. However, she then laughed in amusement. "Just kidding, come at me!"

Rachel charged forward, swinging Maleficent's Bane at Almyra, who found herself performing dance moves both to evade the attacks and to build up her magic energy. When Poe shot a ball of shadow at her, the peahen opened her train feathers to summon a magic barrier that blocked the attack. She then jumped in the air and shot magic daggers at opponents, Rachel deflecting them with her sword while Poe protected himself with a darkness shield.

After landing back on the ground, Almyra began shaking her hips and wings to summon an elephant made of magic that she sent at her opponents. Rachel easily managed to cut it in two with her sword, just before Poe stepped forward and held his pendant. "Creeping Darkness!" He summoned a shapeless cloud of blackness that went to wrap itself around Almyra, effectively immobilizing her. "My apologies; I don't usually like attacking ladies like this."

"It's okay; this is a fighting competition after all," Almyra assured with an uncomfortable smile. Rachel took advantage of the situation by smacking the flat side of her sword into the peahen's torso, knocking her away.

With their first enemy pulled away for now, Rachel turned her attention to something else: the Shifter Trio was still struggling against the duo of Sora and Bambi, Logan and Aline clashing against the former whilst Toren tried in vain to catch the later. The Great Prince of the Forest was still giving endless supplies of magic to Sora whilst hopping all around. "I forgot just how broken a summon Bambi was in the first KH games. Mind taking care of that, Poe?"

Poe shook his head a no and used his pendant to send a shadow hand to grab the buck, holding him up in the air. "I am sorry, little one, but Lady Rachel saw how big of a problem you are for us." With a snap of his fingers, he swung the shadow hand and tossed the animal out of the fighting zone.

"Bambi has been eliminated!"

"Shoot! I was counting on Bambi to help me last as long as possible!" Sora exclaimed.

Rachel approached the Shifter Trio, resting Maleficent's Bane on her shoulder. "Alright, Logan, how about you take a break from fighting one of your mentors and continue where we left off?"

Logan stared at his friend in silence before turning to his companions. "You don't mind if I step away for a bit, guys?"

"Not at all; go and have fun with her!" Aline assured with a thumb's up. "Toren and I can handle Sora on our own. Just be careful not to get eliminated, alright, Fluffy?"

"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Logan bellowed before turning to Rachel. "Alright, Rachel, let's get to it!"

"Before we start, can I make a request? I'd like you to use that form you revealed earlier."

"What? My Blizzard Form?"

"No; the other one. The one with that strange beetle mask and Keyblade I've never seen before," Rachel explained.

"Oh, I see. Alright." Logan turned back into his human form before reaching Fenrir forward. "Limit Form!" Surrounding himself with black, red-outlined magic energy, the Owl once again assumed his Drive Form with his beetle attire and Bug's Justice Keyblade.

"Excellent!" Pulling away Maleficent's Bane, Rachel summoned the Eight Honors Saber instead. "Now, allow me to show you one of my own new tricks. Brown Honor: Wind Princess Gear!" She turned the saber's dial on the brown kanji, causing a light to envelop both her and her sword. Once the light faded away, not only did she had a new sword, but her whole attire changed as well. A white sarashi was wrapped around her chest, leaving her shoulders and abdomen exposed, whilst her legs were covered by brown fisherman pants that had silver-white wind patterns on the side. The Eight Honors Saber turned into a regular katana with a long handle, a rope dangling from the tip of the handle, a brown, circular collar, and a silver-white blade with wind patterns on it.

Both Poe and Logan's faces turned red from seeing the always well-dressed Sword Mage wearing a not so modest attire. "W-What's this, Rachel?"

"The Wind Princess Gear. Unlike the other honors, it not only gives me a sword, but also this special attire that grants me access to a fighting style based on speed, just like your Limit Form, as well as boosted Wind Magic" Rachel explained. "Just like you, I didn't get much time to get used to this attire. But anyway, let's find out who's faster, shall we?"

She didn't had to ask twice: the two friends charged forward at tremendous speed, Logan with his bug wings and Rachel with her Wind Magic. They clashed their blades all around, not only on the ground, but also in the air, Rachel using wind to fly high. At one point, Logan sent a black and red energy slash whilst Rachel sent a wind slash, the two attacks colliding and creating an explosion in the air.

From the ground, Destiny watched the encounter with interest. "You've noticed it too, haven't you, Lady Destiny?" Poe questioned.

"Huh? Yes," the whale replied. "Their moves aren't as fast and their attacks as strong as before. They've been considerably reduced..."

"This is not surprising, considering the two of them have been from the start. They have been fighting nonstop for one hour and a half now," Poe said. A little smile then formed on his face. "But knowing Lady Rachel and young Logan, they are too stubborn to stop and will do anything to push all the way to the end. That's just the way they are."

"I couldn't agree more," Destiny mused. She then grinned and summoned some balls of water. "Now, while they have their duel, what do you say we do one of our own, Poe? Your shadow against my water!"

"As you wish, Lady Destiny," Poe replied, grinning and summoning some shadows.

The clash of magic energy against wind between Logan and Rachel as well as the clash of water against shadow between Destiny and Poe went on until the countdown ended once more, announcing the arrival of the 30th entrant.

('Forces' by Susumu Hirasawa *Japanese lyrics*)

The titantron showed an anime-like scene of wolves running under a full moon in the background. The camera then panned on said full moon to show a name appearing over it, written in black: 'Roman Volk'.

Toki wa kumo o tsuku yoo

Na nami o tate osou yo

Kesarete yomichi o hau

Koe tachi ni kotaete

Roman walked through the entrance gate, clad in his green military camouflage vest left unzipped at the chest and camouflage pants along with his black fingerless gloves. He gave a serious look all around, the crowd getting pumped by the intensity of his entrance theme.

Wasure wa shinai Kimi no koto wa

Kanawanu michi ni Nao hitori tachi

Utareta tori no yoo na

Yuugasa de ame ni tae

Never losing his serious demeanor, the wolf began approaching the fighting zone whilst giving jabs and strikes in the air to get himself warmed up. "This must be the other wolf friend Logan talked about," Toren noticed. "He honestly doesn't look that impressive compared to Sunny and Liquorice. To me, he looks more like a bodyguard or something."

"You shouldn't underestimate him," Jameson advised his friend. "Would you believe me if I told you he managed to defeat Xaldin during our rescue mission in the Virtual World?"

"Xaldin?! That strong guy with spears from Kingdom Hearts 2?!" the Jaquin asked in disbelief.

Upon finally entering the fighting zone, Roman took a deep breath and looked all around. "Hopefully I haven't arrived too late to fight with the good guys. Let's see who's gonna pose the bigger challenge around here." Barely did he take a few steps in that a gargoyle came to plant himself in his way. "What do you want?"

"Drop that crossbow on your back; guns are evil!" Broadway ordered.

Far from looking intimidated, the wolf simply scoffed. "Out of my way; I came here to fight real opponents, not just some mindless muscleheads."

"How did you call me?! I'm gonna show you who's a mindless musclehead!" Broadway began swinging his fists at Roman, who effortlessly avoided the attacks thanks to his own fighting experience. When the gargoyle stopped attacking, Roman gave him a little grin before hitting a headbutt right on his nose, making him clutch it in pain. "Aaargh!"

Roman unleashed a barrage of strikes, jabs and knees from his kickboxing experience that left Broadway lying on the ground in pain. "Now, who can really give an interesting confrontation around here?" Looking all around the battlefield, Roman's attention landed on Poe De Spell, who just finished his duel with Destiny by knocking her away with a shadow ball. "Hey, duck guy, you're a shadow magician, aren't you?"

Poe turned his attention to Roman. "Indeed I am, young one. Would you happen to be one of the wolf friends young Logan talked about?"

"Yeah. So you know Logan, then. Is he here? I haven't seen him anywhere," Roman demanded. In response, Poe simply pointed a finger upwards, making the wolf look up to see his human friend dashing across the air in his fight against Rachel. "W-When did he learn to move that quickly? And who's that gal he's fighting with?"

"That would happen to be one of his co-Dream Defenders, one of the ten strongest mages in the entire Magical World, and my beloved girlfriend, Rachel Goodfey," Poe replied.

"That girl's one of the ten strongest guys around here?!" Roman asked in shock, pointing at the girl in question. "Alright, it's official; she's the one I wanna fight now."

"I'm afraid you will have to go through me first. Lady Rachel does not like being interrupted in the middle of a duel," Poe warned him. Reaching to his pendant, he summoned many shadows that surrounded the wolf.

"Alright, now the real fun begins!" Roman declared, an almost sadistic smirk forming on his face as he grabbed the survival knives tied to his belt and assumed his fighting stance.

The shadows all jumped on Roman, who destroyed them one by one either with punches, knee strikes, kicks or slashes of his knives. Once they were all gone, the hunter closed his eyes and focused to make his body disappear. "W-Where is he?!" Poe asked in shock as he could no longer detect the magic signature of his opponent. He suddenly felt a hand touching his shoulder from behind.

"Too bad, but magic isn't everything that counts around here." Before he could react, Poe received a knee in the stomach followed by a spinning foot across the face that knocked him away. Before he could attack him again, Roman was stopped when Jameson flew down to get between him and the Shadow Magician. "Huh? Jameson? what are you doing here?"

"I'm, hum...participating in the Rumble," the little black owl explained. He took out his baseball bat and gave a somewhat hostile expression. "Leave him alone; fight me!"

"Why do you want us to fight?"

"Huh... Because...I want to?" Jameson replied with a somewhat unconvincing smile.

Roman raised a suspicious eyebrow, but then shrugged. "Okay, if that's what you want, it's fine by me. Just know that I won't hold back my punches just because we're friends."

"I'm okay with that!" Jameson opened his wings and made the Dream Eater symbol appear. "Come to me, Cera Terror and Kooma Panda!" From the symbol appeared the triceratops and panda Dream Eaters, the two of them standing at Jameson's sides while the little owl pointed his baseball bat forward.

A grin formed on Roman's face as he brandished his survival knives. "Alright, this is gonna be fun!"

Author's note: Hey, guys! I got a lot of things to address in this AN. First off, sorry for not updating this story in two weeks: I studied hard because I wanted to finish an exam before the start of my Holidays vacations. But now that it's done, I have a full two weeks to finish the Hero's Rumble!

We learned from his interaction with Broadway that RDJ's got a past with Elisa from the Gargoyles TV show. An interesting piece of exposition for sure. Also, THE SHIFTER TRIO IN ACTION! I may have done a little favoritism here, but I REALLY wanted to see Logan, Aline and Toren working together for the first time in an official competition since becoming friends. That's why I practically jumped of happiness when Aline's turn to enter finally arrived.

Before you all get mad at me for having Destiny taking out Ahsoka, bear in mind that our beloved former Jedi has been in here for a long time thus burned a lot of energy. It's a problem that Logan and Rachel now have to deal with as well. Speaking of Rachel, we discovered another form of her Eight Honors Saber; the Wind Princess Gear. My idea for this gear was that I wanted Rachel to have a means to fight on equal foot with Logan's Limit Form. In terms of design, I was inspired by the Clear Heart Armor of Fairy Tail's Erza Scarlet. Looks like it's Poe's turn to get flustered, XD!

Bambi giving magic energy to Sora is a reference to his role as a summon in the original Kingdom Hearts game. That little guy was a great help to me when I completed the game, back in 2021, especially against Maleficent's dragon form. I gave him his adult buck form in this as I wouldn't have felt comfortable having him potentially getting hurt as a baby buck. Before you say it, yes, Jameson's also technically a kid, but he's got solid fighting skills and magic powers while Bambi has not.

New entrants:

-26: Broadway

-27: Aline

-28: Bambi

-29: Poe De Spell

-30: Roman Volk

New eliminations:

-Liquorice Loup: eliminated by the Shifter Trio

-Vicky: eliminated by the Shifter Trio

-Ahsoka Tano: eliminated by Destiny

-Bambi: eliminated by Poe De Spell

I'd like to finish this AN by wishing you all a merry Christmas!