Battle Of The Luminaries 3

by Tinyhammer

Votefic. UVR Spinoff. Cross-Pasted On ArchiveOfOurOwn. After at least a decade when the second tournament was unfortunately been cancelled, the Battle of the Luminaries is finally back with its largest roster yet. Who will win? YOU DECIDE! Also, I WILL NOT TAKE MYSTERY FIGHTER REQUESTS!

5. Section One

The audience continued to cheer. Drake smirked while Ashley smiled before the former grabbed the microphone.

"And here is the person who drew Number One!" Drake announced.

"PRINCE CHARMING!" (SSS)

(Don't you ever)

(Don't you ever)

(Stop being dandy)

(Showing me you're handsome)

(Prince Charming)

(Prince Charming)

(Ridicule is nothing to be afraid of)

The blond prettyboy prince came out to a mixed reaction and Adam and the Ants's Prince Charming. The positive part was because he, while a villain, was still part of a beloved franchise. The negative part was because he was the main antagonist of arguably the weakest Shrek movie.

Regardless, he ignored the negative part of the audience as he ran his hand through his hair with one hand while proudly carrying his sword with his other hand, placing his way down the ramp in a regal fashion before stepping down. He then made his way to the centre to the arena before thinking around and getting into a stance with a sly smirk. Sure, he has arguably the worst draw in the tournament, but at the very least, he could make up for being the best opening act in UVR history.

It was Ashley's turn to grab the mic. "Now for the person who drew Number TWO!"

"KEN MASTERS!"

Charming's smirk grew bigger before getting into a stance. He has gotten the perfect opponent! On the other hand, Ken is a good fighter in Street Fighter and Super Smash Bros so their fight should give the crowd a chance to see how strong he could be. On the OTHER hand, Ken has a poor UVR track record so Charming shouldn't be overwhelmed if he lost. Not like he would.

Then, his smirk vanished when he realised something. Where's the bold and node initials?

"Umm… RUFUS!" (SFAS)

(Don't want to be an American idiot)

(Don't want a nation under the new media)

(And can you hear the sound of hysteria)

(The subliminal mind fuck America)

All Charming could do was look at disgust and disbelief as a yellow-clad overweight ran down the ramp with a determined face on his face, completely ignoring the huge mixed reaction he was getting or he was arguably the Sound Booth's first victim as they played Green Day's American Idiot for him.

With a deceptive amount of agility and ran over and skidding to a stop in front of the still stunned Charming.

"Ha! They couldn't resist rigging the draws so we could start the third Battle of the Luminaries and having US one after the others, Ken Masters!" Rufus sneered.

"I… I'm sorry, what?" Charming sputtered.

"Isn't it obvious? Because of what happened at the last Battle of the Luminaries, that vampire got all paranoid that people would ditch before the section so he gave us the first draws!" Rufus ranted. "Normally, I WOULD be pissed, but I suppose after what happened, I can't blame them! Even though I am more focused on taking you down, I acknowledge that it is us, mostly me, to save the Battle of the Luminaries by…"

"STOP!" Charming roared at the top of his lungs. Surprisingly, this made Rufus stop his ranting. "Why did you call me Ken Masters!?"

"Oh, don't tell me that you are STILL putting up lame disguises to try to hide from me!" Rufus scolded, rolling his eyes. "I mean, come on, this has to be your worst disguise yet! At least the other ones had SOME kind of logic by either wearing white, stealing MY beautiful physique or even stealing some stupid haircut from that old anime! You just ditched your banana-hair, which thank God, that was embarrassing even for YOU! But it is back to normal and you are just wearing a suit of armour, wielding a sword, which, by the way, is cheap and…"

Suddenly, out of the blue, much to everyone's relief, he stopped ranting. He raised an eyebrow before walking over to Charming who stepped back.

Then, Rufus grabbed Charming by the collar, pulled him off and… Literally licked Charming's lips. Everyone grunted in disgust with some looking like they were going to puke. When Rufus was done, Charming dropped his sword and held his mouth with a look of horror on his face. Rufus just smacked his lips before looking at Charming with a bored look.

"Dude, you tried to disguise your lips with CHERRY-flavoured glitter?" Rufus muttered. "Could have at least tried to use coconut or something. Nobody likes coconut!"

Charming growled before crouching down and picking up his sword and lunging forward at Rufus. "YOU DIE NOW!"

Yolei Inoue in the crowd grunted in disgust. "Ugh… Go whoever…"

"TAWNA BANDICOOT!" (CB)

The alternate universe of the blonde bandicoot bombshell came out to a huge amount of cat-calls and wolf whistles from the male part of the audience. She acted like she didn't mind as she calmly made her way down the ramp.

Suddenly, she launched out her grappling hook close to the loudest group of cat-callers near the ramp. She then lunged herself forward while readying a fist and angry face. The cat-callers yelped before covering their heads.

…Only for nothing to help. Daring to open their eyes, they saw Tawna watching over them with a smirk.

"Look, just because I do not like you looking at my cheeks like that, I admit that there is nothing I could do about it." Tawna said. She then leaned over with a dark shadow over her eyes. "But expecting to walk on and just ignore them is a little much, don't you think?"

The cat-callers gulped nervously before saluting.

"Good. Glad we at least have this understanding." Tawna winked.

With that, she made her way down the ramp with the crowd cheering her (except for the cat-callers who obviously went quiet). After stepping in, she winced at the fight between Charming and Rufus.

"I was up for going after the first opponent I saw, but I have a bit too much dignity to get involved." Tawna muttered.

She then looked up the Entrance Ramp to challenge the next person to come out.

"MINT ADENADE!" (ToAS)

The blonde woman clad in her white nurse-like attire, held her staff before making her way down to the ramp with a nervous look on her face. People who were familiar with her looked on in confusion, realising that while she was more of a healer than an offensive mage.

When she finally reached the door, she stepped down. Tawna raised an eyebrow before Mint made her way over to her.

"Um, pardon me, but can I ask for a favour?" Mint asked.

"Um, it depends, but shoot." Tawna said.

"Could we double-team for a bit?" Mint offered. "It doesn't have to be for a while. It just has to be until my nodal companion comes out."

Tawna paused before shrugging. "Eh. A weird request to ask in literally in the beginning, but there is not like I got anything interesting to do right now."

Mint blinked twice. "But there are at least two other fighters right now."

"I meant the GOOD kind of interesting." Tawna elaborated.

(Announcer's Booth)

"...I am still stunned that you talked me into inviting Mint." Drake frowned.

"Hey, she is the heroine of the first game and the heroines are just as important as the heroes." Ashley explained. "The only heroines I didn't include were Rebirth and Xillia 2 because THEIR heroines are non-combatants. Maybe Zestiria as well. Depending if you may or may not view Mikleo as the heroine."

"Yeah, but Mint is not a fighter!" Drake elaborated

"No, she is not a DIRECT fighter!" Ashley scolded. "If there is one thing that the Tournament of Kikai showed us is that mages could be just as effective fighters as the direct ones."

"But Mint isn't a black mage OR even a red mage!" Drake snapped. "She is a WHITE mage!"

Ashley blinked twice. "...You know. When someone told me that we will be arguing about people being invited, I thought it would be ME complaining with YOU trying to deflect."

Drake groaned before holding his head. "Just announce the next fighter."

(The Arena)

"RYUJI YAMAZAKI!" (KoFAS)

The blonde black-clad yakuza came out to a loud cheer. He laughed maniacally with one hand inside of his pocket before rushing down forward with his tongue out. When he reached the edge of the ramp, he leapt in without a second thought.

When in the arena, he swung his arm forward which somehow turned into an extended blur, striking Tawna in the forehead, making Mint gasp.

Tawna staggered back before shaking her head before glaring at the guilty party. "So THAT is how you want to play, huh!?"

"This tournament is off to a boring start between you girls being all buddy-buddy and the comedy routine between Prince Charmless and American Cheng Sinzan!" Yamazaki smirked.

Tawna and Mint looked at each other in confusion before looking back at Yamazaki.

"American Cheng Who?" The girls asked in unison.

"Exactly!" Yamazaki laughed. "Anyway, heroes suck ass, but someone has to spice up things and it looks like I am wearing the cape for today!"

"Well, in that case, allow us to go Edna Mode on your tail!" Tawna said, punching her fist into her palm before looking back. "Think you could take him?"

"As long as I am with an ally, I feel more confident." Mint nodded, readying her staff with a stern face.

"RAGNA THE BLOODEDGE!" (BB)

The white-haired protagonist of Blazblue came out of a loud cheer, especially from the fangirls. However, he mostly didn't pay it any mind before using his free hand as a visor while holding his large, strange sword, Aramasa.

"Damn… Is the arena at these things ALWAYS this big or is it just because this is my first time entering a section EARLY?" Ragna mused. He then shrugged his shoulders. "Eh. Considering who else I saw in the Ready Room, it can't be helped."

He then calmly made his way down the ramp before stepping in. He then looked back and forth between the two fighters. As much as he wanted to help Tawna and Mint with Yamazaki, he also knew that the other fight may unintentionally make things difficult for the girls. So with his mind made up, he walked over Charming and Rufus and swung his sword upwards.

"Dead Spike!" Ragna shouted.

This created dark energy in the form of a sharp-toothed demon's head that crashed into Charming and Rufus, knocking the two down.

Charming angrily sat up. "And WHAT may I ASK was THAT for?"

"I only knew you two for a few minutes and I already know you two are without some of the most annoying people I have ever seen in my life!" Ragna said, glaring down at the door. "And considering what I have to deal with on a regular basis, that is SOME insult!"

"Why you!? How dare you try to ruin my match with my rival, Ken Masters!" Rufus roared.

Charming growled before glaring at Rufus. "I am NOT Ken Masters! He may be rich, but he still goes around in those rags that martial artists call 'Gis'!"

"See? Annoying?" Ragna muttered before getting into a stance. "Now get up. Whether it is a three-way and handicap match, I KNOW I can take both of you on!"

"RIMURURU!" (SS)

The blue-clad cryomancer and Nakoruru's younger sister, excitedly put her hand to her forehead as a visor as her ice crystal spirit friend, Konru floated by her side. A major contrast to the timid girl who made her debut in the Megamix Tournament.

"Let's go, Konru!" She cheered, jumping up in the air.

With that, she ran the ramp as if she was a ninja before leaping into the ring without a second thought.

"Here's our ice ball!" Rimururu grinned before holding Konru on her hand and lobbing them upwards, turning into a spiky frozen orb before descending before towards Yamazaki.

However, the black-clad man saw the attack coming and actually took out his pocketed hand out before swinging it up while engulfed in red energy upwards, not going negating the projectile (Don't worry, around that Konru has mysteriously returned to Rimururu's side) before swinging it downwards, sending out a dark red energy ball. The young girl yelped before throwing herself to the ground, avoiding the projectile. Yamazaki sneered at his success.

"Get over here!"

Yamazaki's sneer vanished as Tawna's grappling hook snagged the former by his collar before he was sent backwards into the she-bandicoot who grabbed him and suplexed him by the ground.

In the crowd, Scorpion from Mortal Kombat threw up his hands in the air. "Oh my Satan! We didn't even make it to the FIRST ten before someone said it!"

Tawna let go of Yamazaki before looking at Rimururu and giving a thumbs-up. "Thanks for the distraction, kid!"

"No problem! I've been wanting to do that ever since we were in the final twenty at the second Battle of the Luminaries!" Rimururu sneered. "Now come on! It's bullying time!"

"WII FIT TRAINER!" (SSB)

(Work it out, Work it out)

(Think about it)

(Work it out, Work it out)

(Talk about it)

(Work it out, work out)

(Make it happen)

(Let's work it out, work it out)

(We got to make it real!

The pale-skinned fitness buff and yoga instructor (An oxymoron of a description of itself) came out to a cheer from the men and Work It Out from Sonic R. However, she didn't pay any mind. Indeed, she focused on her stretches as usual. Once she was done, she nodded her head before jogging down the ramp.

After stepping in the ring, she jogged over to the three-way between Ragna, Charming and Rufus, knowing what she wanted to do first.

"Messiah Kick!" Rufus shouted before doing an athletic flying kick. Ragna was understandably stunned by this and took the kick to the face, knocking him down. It was happening at the same time that Charming was trying to slash Ragna from behind, but as the red-jacketed man was knocked down, Charming ended up taking the full brunt of the follow-up flip to his chin sending him flying up. Rufus smirked before going to continue the assault.

"Um, excuse me?"

Rufus raised an eyebrow before turning around to see the Wii Fit Trainer. "Woah…"

"That was some impressive aerobatics despite your frame." Wii Fit Trainer complimented. "I am curious to know your secret!"

"My secret?" Rufus asked. He then looked at Charming who was just getting up, with a smug smirk. "Well, that's easy! It is called being awesome!"

"So all of this is natural!" Wii Fit Trainer gasped. "I find that hard to believe!"

"Well, if it IS! Buttttt if you are doubtful…" Rufus offered before looking back to a stunned Charming and Ragna "Yo, Ken! I am still going to kick your ass! But first, I have to appease a potential fan!"

"I am NOT Ken…" Charming roared. However, Ragna quickly put his free hand over the prince's mouth.

"Go nuts." Ragna muttered before dragging Charming off, not wanting to deal with it.

Wii Fit Trainer smiled. "What a nice fellow!"

"Yeah, well, ANY guy can be nice." Rufus muttered. He then looked at Wii Fit Trainer with a grin. "I am nice, cool AND handsome!"

"HINATA WAKABA!" (RS)

The young cheery brunette clad in her sailor fuku did a few arm stretches before skipping down the ramp.

"Akira may not be the protagonist of Rival Schools, but she is definitely the HERO!" She smiled. "If it wasn't for her appearing in Street Fighter V, the hosts probably even thought about entering us back!"

When she finally reached the ramp and jumped in. She then used her hand as a visor and looked around. Everyone more or less seemed to be preoccupied. She just shrugged before going over to help Tawna, Rimururu and Mint with Yamazaki.

That was something that struck her in the back, making her stagger forward. After recovering, she turned to see a bo staff retreating into the Ready Room.

"SANANE!" (FEXL)

The young Bojutsu practitioner grinned cheekily as she put her staff onto her shoulders. Hinata just frowned in disapproval as she watched her fellow brunette making her way down the ramp and stepped in.

"What was THAT for!?" Hinata scolded. "I barely even got into the ring!"

"I know. But you should also know that the moment you step into the ring, there are no breaks!" Sanane sneered.

Hinata puffed her cheeks. "You know what? Whatever. I was looking for a fight, anyway. Just one thing."

"Oh?" Sanane asked, still sneering.

"What did you change your name in the Fighting Ex Layer?" Hinata asked.

Sanane's smirk vanished as she looked to the side, sadly. Hinata noticed this and looked concerned.

Suddenly, Sanane looked back at Hinata. "Who has time for silly questions like that? Let's fight!"

The sailor fuku-clad girl blinked twice. "Um, not wrong."

(Street Fighter All-Stars Locker Room)

Nash, Rashid, Ed and Menat looked in awe and disbelief at Rufus while everyone looked on in exasperation. Especially Ken.

"Um, Ken, is…" Rashid started.

"YES!" The red-clad fighter roared, startling everyone. "He is ALWAYS like that!"

"He once mistook ME for Ken." Cammy muttered. "I've never been so insulted in my whole life."

Nash blinked twice. "...I probably shouldn't say that, but I am glad that I was dead during IV."

"Trust me. It would have saved you from a LOT of weirdos." Guile said, rolling his eyes behind his shades.

Nash shook his head. "Speaking of weirdos, I haven't seen Vega and F.A.N.G. in here all night."

"Me neither. Looks like Bison is over with his little vacation at the Tournament of Kikai." Guile mused.

Nash gritted his teeth. "I could only imagine what type of twisted plans he has this time!"

(Hotel; Bison's Room)

Bison was in excruciating pain. No matter how he tried to fight against the two intruders, they quickly overwhelmed him and they weren't letting up anytime soon.

"He's MINE, Otane!"

"In your dreams, Oume! He's MINE!"

That was the cries of the Goketsuji sisters as they pulled on each of Bison's arms, trying to take him away from the other. Ganondorf, Vega and F.A.N.G. sat on Bison's bed while looking in disbelief.

"Why must you take every little ray of light away from me!?" Otane scolded.

"Because I am stronger than you and it is survival of the fittest!" Oume retorted. "Bison, you told me what I am telling you!"

"Bison, don't pay her any mind! You need me!" Otane snapped.

F.A.N.G. blinked twice behind his shades. "...Umm, I am lost."

Ganondorf looked at F.A.N.G. stunned before looking at Vega. "You didn't tell him?"

The matador scoffed in disgust. "As if I would interact with that literal toxic toothpick!"

F..A.N.G. glared at Vega. "Okay, first off, I outrank you! I am number TWO! Second off, you know about it too, Ganondorf?"

"More or less." The king admitted. "How much do you know about the ending of the first Battle of the Luminaries?"

"Um, I know that Master Bison was tragically defeated by Solid Snake and was sent into a machine used to transport Luigi from his elimination node to him." F.A.N.G. explained.

"Well, the node where he ended up was Power Instinct." Ganondorf explained. "Practically where he met the Goketsuji sisters, Oume and Otane."

"To add insult to injury, when Bison got eliminated at the second tournament, he went back there." Vega explained.

"And now, he has to deal with him in the tournament." Ganondorf sighed. "I am starting to think that someone is rigging these 'chance encounters'."

"Well, what are we going to do? We have better things to do than watch some kind of twisted romcom!" F.A.N.G. frowned.

"You wanna tell THEM that?" Vega muttered.

"I am just saying, Bison. Otane is too weak to satisfy your needs!" Oume insisted.

"Weak!? What he needs is a woman's special touch!" Otane countered.

"Tch! Special touch?" Oume scoffed. "It is only 'special' because of how wrinkly you are.

Otane gasped, offended. "Oh, and YOU'RE one to talk! I saw softer hands at the gorilla exhibit at the zoo!"

"What was that!?"

"That was that!"

"ENOUGH!"

Everyone, even the Goketsuji sisters jumped at this. Bison panted heavily, looking furious.

"Alright… Alright… It is time that I'll be a man about this…" Bison muttered.

"What… What do you mean, Bison-poo?" Otane frowned.

"Why I refused to give you an answer to your proposals until now." The red-clad man sighed.

Otane and Oume blinked twice before looking at each other.

"Here is the thing… The reason why I didn't want to commit to either of you is because I want an heir." Bison admitted.

Everyone jumped at this.

"If I want to settle down, I want to do it with someone else as ambitious as me. Someone who wants to take the world as their oyster." Bison explained.

"Ooh, I could easily give you that heir!" Oume pleaded.

"No, neither of you are unable to give me my hair!" Bison roared.

Otane and Oume jumped at this.

"All you two have fought over who gets to be head of the Goketsuji clan and that's it! You have goals outside of it and if you did, it is superficial stuff!" Bison scolded.

Otane shrank back with tears in her eyes. "B-Bison-poo…"

"I am NOBODY'S sugar daddy! I want my partner to work just as hard as I do and as far as I am concerned, you only see me as a trophy!" The dictator snapped. "Well, guess what? You LOSE! BEGONE, THOTS!"

By this time, both Goketsuji sisters were both crying. Bison just scoffed before looking away. Much to the surprise of Ganondorf, Vega and F.A.N.G., they both let go of Bison's arms and sulked off, trying not to break down before leaving. Bison just crossed his arms, still not looking at them.

Finally, they left the room without looking back. By this time, Bison opened one eye to see if they were still in the room. Once he confirmed that they were, he looked just as stunned as the others.

Bison then grinned, clenching his fists in Psycho Power.

"YES! YES!"

F.A.N.G. happily clapped his hidden hands together. "As expected from you, Master Bison!"

"Such a beautiful execution!" Vega smirked behind his mask. "I am actually inspired!"

"I. Have to use that technique sometime!" Ganondorf grinned.

"Thank you! Thank you! Words cannot express how good that felt!" Bison grinned. He then stifled a cough. "However, that doesn't mean nothing in the grand scheme of things! But if there was any good to come out of this… Encounter, it will show that this Battle of the Luminaries will be different!"

Ganondorf, Vega and F.A.N.G. nodded their heads feeling better about their chances. If Bison could get two super-powerful stalkers off of his back, he could do anything. The red-clad man currently feels that way.

(The Arena)

"PRINCESS SISSY!" (PI)

The adolescent blonde princess came out to a mixed reaction. People unfamiliar with her were confused to hear a variation of 'Here Comes The Bride' through the speakers. But Sissy didn't seem to mind. She just watched the carnage that was happening while using her hand as a visor.

"So THIS is the fated UVR tournament!" She beamed. "It is barely one third of a full section and already this looks like fun!"

With that, she leaned forward and much to everyone's surprise, she vanished into thin air. A few seconds later, she appeared in the ring near the fight with Yamazaki against Tawna, Rimururu and Mint. Sissy then casually walked over to them.

"Excuse me, Yamazaki, was it?" Sissy said, getting everyone's attention. "You seemed to be doing a decent job fighting those three women. How about you take me on!?"

The blond man merely laughed. "ANOTHER little girl who wants to fight me!? Fine, I'll take all four of you on!"

Sissy blinked twice. "Um, no. As in just you and me."

The women looked bewildered by this. Even Yamazaki blinked twice.

"What are you doing!? This man is dangerous!" Mint gaped.

"Oh, I know. Fortunately, so am I!" Sissy beamed. "I am the final boss of Matrimelee!"

All four looked stunned at this. Suddenly, Yamazaki started to laugh, much to Sissy's shock.

"Okay, WOW! I was thinking that your node would be the bottom feeder node of this tournament, but damn!" Yamazaki taunted.

Sissy growled before reaching into her cloak and pulling out a treasure chest. She then opened it. Suddenly, a sword popped out of it. Yamazaki's grin vanished as he jumped to the side, avoiding being swerved. However, Sissy wasn't done as she closed her chest before kicking forward with a drill blocking out of her shoe. Yamazaki thought quickly and took off his knife to block the drill.

"...Would this suffice in convincing you that I am capable of fighting on my own?" Sissy asked.

Tawna, Mint and Rimururu blinked twice before looking at each other. They then silently shrugged before walking off. Yamazaki watched them leave before looking at the young girl.

"I do hope that you are not one of those people who are all talk and no bite." Sissy said, snobbily. "I am SO over there!"

Yamazaki growled before readying his knife. "Final boss or not, you have a lot of nerve, runt!"

"BANG SHISHIGAMI!" (BB)

Coming out to his iconic uplifting theme song and a loud cheer, the hot-blooded ninja crossed his arms with a huge grin on his face before looking around the crowd.

"Thank you for all of your cheers, people!" He grinned before spreading his arms out. "I promise that as long as the flames of justice burn brightly in my heart, I will NOT be defeated!"

The crowd cheered loudly, making Bang's grin bigger. Being a ninja, he ran down the ramp at an alarming speed before jumping in. Rimururu was watching him from the start and got an evil look on her face.

She then walked over and silently instructed Konru to float in front of her. By the time Bang finally noticed her, Rimururu blew on Konru and sent out a gust of cold air at the muscular man making him wince, especially since his chest and sides were exposed.

"What… What was THAT for, young Miss?" Bang asked, trying to fight the cold.

"Oh, I heard your whole spiel up there about your flames of justice burning brightly." Rimururu smirked. "I couldn't help, but see for yourself."

"A-A-Ah, I see." Bang said before smirking and getting into a stance. "Very well. I will accept your challenge! I should warn you, child, that I never caught a cold in my life!"

Rimururu's smirk vanished. "Um, I don't think that is something to gloat about."

"LLOYD IRVING!" (ToAS)

Mint's eyes lit up before looking up at the Entrance Ramp.

"That's the one you were looking for?" Tawna asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes." Mint nodded.

The brown-haired twin swordsman came out to a loud cheer. He took the time to wave to the crowd before getting out his swords.

"Okay, so I didn't get into Super Smash Bros like I hoped." Lloyd frowned. "But hey, I still got a costume in the game so at least people know about me in recent times."

With that, he stepped in. Needless to say, he made his way over to Mint and Tawna.

"Hey, Mint. How are you holding out?" Lloyd offered.

"Just fine, thank you." The white mage smiled before gesturing to Tawna. "This woman helped me against that yakuza."

The she-bandicoot laughed heartily. "Don't sell yourself short! Creepazoid attacked ME!"

"Regardless, thank you so much for looking after Mint." Lloyd smiled.

"Indeed. I don't want people to get mad at me for being cheap and spamming Time Stop all of the time!" Mint beamed.

"Hey, it is more than alright. I…" Tawna reassured. She then did a double-take. "Wait… Get mad at you for being what?"

Before either of the Tales fighters could answer, a different announcement could be heard.

"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… ONE!"

"WADE HIXTON!" (Wade Hixton's Counter Punch)

Lloyd jerked his head up. "Wait…"

Mint tilted her head to the side. "What?"

Tawna slumped her arms. "Who?"

Everyone looked in pure confusion as the Southern mulleted boxer stood outside the Ready Room while pumping his arms in the air with a big grin on his face. After doing a few jumps to psyche himself up, he started to hop down to the ring while playing to the crowd. However, everyone just continued to look bewildered. However, Wade didn't care as he made his way inside.

As he looked around for a potential fight, Lloyd, Mint and Tawna looked at each other before making his way over to him.

"Goodness, you are quite the optimist!" Mint noted, getting Wade's attention.

"Yeah, if I got a fan reception that is colder than Prince Charming and Rufus, I would want to bury my head in the sand like an ostrich!" Lloyd added.

"Normally, I would be upset by being unknown, but as of right now, after two failed attempts, I am just happy to be here!" Wade grinned.

"Two failed attempts? What do you mean?" Tawna asked.

"Well, I was actually a Mystery Fighter at the first AND second Battle of the Luminaries. However, I got involved in that huge fight and ended up hospitalised in the first tournament." Wade frowned. "And the second tournament speaks for itself."

"Ouch." Lloyd winced.

"So yeah, win or lose, I am going to go out and give my 100%!" Wade grinned. He then looked at Tawna. "And as long as I am here, when you came out, the hosts called you TAWNA Bandicoot, right?"

At first, the tall woman was confused, but then quickly realised what Wade meant. "Ohhh. Well, other than Crash Team Racing and that party game that made CRASH BASH look dignified, the original Tawna wasn't playable. I wouldn't be surprised if she DOES have a proper playable appearance, I would be replaced."

Wade looked up and down at Tawna. "Huh. Female bandicoots are interesting."

The she-bandicoot blinked twice. "Uh, why?"

"They are able to convert all of the width of their chest into their rear!" Wade grinned.

Lloyd and Mint's pupils shrink when they hear this. They both turned to Tawna blinking twice.

She then gave a small smile. "Hey… I think we wasted enough time talking. Let's fight."

"Well said!" Wade grinned before getting into a stance. "Alright, hit me with your best…"

That was then Tawna did a spin kick to Wade's torso, sending him flying through the air. She wasted no time running after him as Lloyd and Mint looked in bewilderment.

"...And people say I put my foot in my mouth." Lloyd muttered.

"REN & STIMPY!" (NASB)

Coming out to a mixed reaction, the Asthma Hound Chihuahua and the Manx cat stepped out from behind the curtain. Stimpy looked around at the crowd while biting his hands excitedly while Ren was more reserved, carefully eyeing the competition in the ring.

"Oh, joy! Look at all of the colourful friends!" Stimpy smirked.

"Well, that's ONE way of looking at it." Ren muttered. He then turned towards Stimpy. "Now, Stimpy, I know that you are excited, but I want you to control yourself."

The cat frowned at this. "Aww, come on, Ren!"

"I know, I know, but this tournament is NOTHING like our All-Star Brawl." The dog warned. "If we want a chance to succeed, we need to…"

(Happy Happy Joy Joy)

Ren's pupils shrink while Stimpy's eyes lit up like stars

(Happy Happy Joy Joy)

(Happy Happy Joy Joy)

Ren looked up at the Sound Booth to see Shadow, Astaroth and Aila laughing their heads off. Stimpy didn't mind as he started to dance to the familiar song.

(Happy Happy Joy Joy)

(Happy Happy Joy Joy)

By this time, everyone was either laughing and singing along to the music. Ren's eyebrow started to twitch.

(I don't think you're happy)

Ren let out a loud roar before glaring up at the Sound Booth. "YOU FILTHY SWINES! I WILL KEEL YOU!"

The crowd then started to either cheer louder or laugh louder. Stimpy didn't seem to notice as he continued dancing. Then, Ren jumped onto Stimpy from behind.

"COME ON!" Ren roared, slapping Stimpy in the head "If we can't take out my anger on those eediots, we have to take it out on one of those freaks!"

The cat mistook this as a chance to have fun and pranced down the ramp before leaping. Immediately, Ren looked around frantically for a punching bag. He then laid his eyes on Ragna and Charming.

"Over there! The sissy prince has been nothing, but a punching bag so far and the Dante-wannabe… Have been the WORLD'S punching bag!" Ren instructed. "Go over and let them have it!"

Stimpy gave a surprisingly determined look before saluting and rushed towards the two swordsmen just as the two got into a power struggle. Ragna noticed the two coming at the corner of his eye. Then, Stimpy jumped and lunged at Ragna.

Before puckering his lips.

Ragna's pupils shrank before grabbing Charming and using him as a human shield. Just in time as Stimpy's lips collided with Charming's own, much to everyone's disgust. After said kiss, Stimpy and by extension, Ren, collapsed on the ground. Immediately, the latter climbed onto Stimpy and started to beat his head in while Charming collapsed on his knees while looking like he was about to cry.

"You eediot!" Ren shouted, during beatings.

"Whyyyyy!? Why can't a beautiful woman do that to me!?" Charming whined. "No, scratch that! It doesn't have to be a woman! Just as long as it is beautiful or handsome!"

"...I am in awe at even when you are genuinely being progressive, you are still managing to find a way to be shallow about it." Ragna muttered.

"STICKS THE BADGER!" (StH)

The conspiracy theorist held her boomerang with one hand while using her hand as a visor with the other.

"I've seen less red flags at that shoddy amusement park called Nine Flags." She muttered. "First things first, start from the top!"

With that, she ran down the ramp. People noticed that despite being a Sonic character, she wasn't as fast as the rest of her nodal companions. Regardless, she wasn't a slouch either.

The moment she landed in the ring and threw her boomerang forward towards her targets. That was Hinata and Sanane as the weapon struck them in the faces before it went back to Sticks.

"Ow! What is WITH the cheap shots today!?" Hinata grunted as she and Sanane rubbed their faces.

"I am onto you two!" Sticks snapped.

Sanane blinked twice. "Huh?"

Sticks pointed at Hinata. "You are hiding some kind of form of eternal youth! Rival Schools is now canon to the Street Fighter universe and yet you look like you are still in middle-school, yet alone in high-school!"

Sanane raised an eyebrow. "I… WAS wondering about that."

The Taiyo High student angrily stomped her foot. "Hey! It is not MY fault! Our series is called Rival SCHOOLS!"

Sticks then pointed at Sanane. "You! Considering that you are not actually Nanase, but rather a conveniently identical stranger who was given the memories of the ORIGINAL Nanase when she went to become Hokuto after the original Hokuto became Shirase!"

Hinata looked stunned before looking at Sanane. "She's… She's exaggerating, right?"

The bo-staff practitioner winced before looking down. "I wish…"

"In other words, I wonder what secrets this so-called Mizugami clan has." Sticks said, beating her boomerang in her hand. "Same with your secret of eternal youth!"

Hinata and Sanane blinked twice before looking at each other.

"Truce?" Hinata asked.

"Duh?" Sanane answered.

"Good." Hinata concluded.

"KANJI TATSUMI!" (P4A)

The bleached-haired delinquent came out to a loud cheer as he eagerly cracked his knuckles with a smirk with his folding chair by his side.

"Oh hell yeah! Arena isn't getting a good game, but we are definitely going to be relevant again!" He grinned. "This will be more than enough practice!"

With that, he grabbed his folding chair and ran down the ramp. Lloyd saw him come in and looked at Mint.

"Wanna go against this guy, Mint?" Lloyd offered.

"I don't think it is a bad idea." The healer mused. "He doesn't look too dangerous, but still strong enough to take on two people at first."

Lloyd nodded his head. "Well, start us off!"

Mint returned the nod before charging up her magic. Once she was done, she raised her staff in the air. "Deep Mist!"

Then, the area in front of the ramp was covered in a large cloud of mist just as Kanji jumped in.

"H-Huh? Where did this mist come from?" Kanji asked, looking around.

Then, Lloyd dashed into the mist and started to slash multiple times with his swords. The delinquent cried out in pain, making Mint frown.

"Oh dear… I hope we aren't overdoing it." Mint lamented.

Suddenly, she felt like a wind blowing through her clothes and hair. Then, the mist vanished to reveal Kanji swinging Lloyd by his legs giant swing-style before finally letting go of the twin swordsman, sending him crashing into Mint and knocking them both down.

"So you aren't above cheap tricks and double-teaming, huh?" Kanji asked, cracking his knuckles with an annoyed look on his face. "Well, I guess you don't mind if I go all-out on you two!"

Mint groaned as she propped herself on her hands. "...I think I jinxed it."

"PINSTRIPE POTOROO!" (CB)

"Woah-oh!" Tawna gasped, looking up at the Entrance Curtain. She then looked back at Wade. "Sorry, pal. Something personal has just come up. Actually, technically it isn't, but I still feel like I have to ditch ya.""

The boxer in-question was sprawled on the ground with bruises all over his body. Despite the pain, he still gave a thumbs-up with one hand. (Which should be impossible seeing he was wearing boxing gloves).

"C-Cool. I think I could afford to not be in a fight for a bit." Wade groaned.

Meanwhile, the well-dressed potoroo grinned as he looked around at the cheering ladies. Carrying his trademark Tommy Gun with one hand, he blew kisses to the warm reception with his other. After walking down the ramp, he stepped in.

However, the moment he did so, a grappling hook snagged onto his suit. Before he had a chance to yelp, he was yanked towards Tawna.

"Hey! What's the big…" Pinstripe started before seeing who grabbed him. "Oh."

"Yeah, oh. So yeah, apparently there is this weird thing going around that the original Tawna dumped Crash for a rat like you." Tawna said, calmly.

Pinstripe gulped nervously before giving a nervous grin. "Well, you know what the internet is like."

"...Oh, trust me, I know." Tawna muttered. "Regardless of whether or not it is true, the people who DO think it is true think I would feel the same way."

She then gave a dark grin.

"I… Just wanted to dispel the notion." Tawna said.

Pinstripe's face fell.

"TWINTELLE!" (A)

(You awoke me)

(Unleash the fire in my heart)

(I will dance and I'll defeat them)

(Through the light and the dark)

(Your mistake was to)

(Underestimate my power)

(Won't let go of the fight)

(Until tomorrow is mine!)

The dark-skinned platinum-haired movie star came with an enormous cheer from the male part of the audience as well as one of Bayonetta's iconic songs.. She smirked at the more-or-less warm reception before she calmly strutted down the ramp with her arms while managing to carry her enormous twintails.

"I must say, Min Min really made us proud. If it wasn't for her, the thought of us entering as a whole node would be simply out of the question." She mused in her French accent. "Regardless, she is only one fighter and she could only show off so much."

When she got to the bottom of the ramp before jumping in. Then, golden rose petals surrounded her and she gracefully descended to the ground. Once she finally landed, she strutted over to Wade who had just got up.

"My, my, that bandicoot sure did a number on you." Twintelle giggled.

"Yeah… I know that I wanted to go in 100%, but that was more than a little much…" Wade sighed. He then looked up at Twintelle and jumped. "Woah! You are supposed to be some form of Rapunzel!"

"No, even though I DID play the role a couple of times." Twintelle corrected. "These twintails are more than just for show though. I actually used them to box!"

Wade's eyes widened in realisation. "Wait, what? Oh! You must be one of those fancy-schmancy ARMS boxers!"

"That I am. Care to show me the world of normal boxing?" Twintelle smirked.

"Oh, but of course." Wade said, returning the smirk. "This isn't my first time throwing fists with a woman!"

The two then shared an awkward silence between each other.

"..I swear it sounded much better in my head." Wade said, sheepishly.

Twintelle just sighed as she shook her head. "Why do I have a feeling that is your catchphrase where you are from?"

"DUCK KING!" (KoFAS)

The tan-skinned street dancer with the vividly-coloured mohawk came out to a loud cheer and his theme song "Duck Dub Dub". He grinned before he started to literally break down the ramp with his blue-mohawked baby chick, P-Chan accompanied while copying his owner.

Wii Fit Trainer used one of her stretch poses to get out of the way of a kick. She was about to counter until she saw Duck King. Rufus raised an eyebrow before looking up as well. The two looked at each other before making their way over just as Duck King got into the ring.

"Wow, you clearly have been training a lot." Wii Fit Trainer complimented. "Even your chick is in unison with you!"

"Hey, dancing is my life!" Duck King grinned. "I can't go through life WITHOUT dancing!"

"Well, dancing IS a form of exercise so that lifestyle is good in my books!" Wii Fit Trainer offered. Her smile then vanished. "But everything has to be taken in moderation."

Duck King blinked twice behind his shades. "Huh? What do you mean?"

"I think she means that you spent so much time dancing that you already wasted a good chunk of energy! In a normal tournament, that is not good, but in a tournament with no breaks, that is a death sentence!" Rufus scolded. "I get being attached to your craft, but you can't waste all of your energy at one time!"

"Hold still, you little… Whatever you ares!"

Rufus frowned before looking to the side. "I know that it is to be expected, but this tournament could get noisy real…"

He then saw the person who shouted was Charming. Almost immediately, he took off like a bullet making Wii Fit Trainer and Duck King's hair blow in the wind and P-Chan flying off.

Duck King paused. "...Dude would make a killing in dancing videos if he wasn't obsessed with being number one."

(Dome; Restaurant)

Just like at the Tournament of Kikai, most, if not all of the staff were being replaced by fictional characters at the advice Xero gave Drake to give the place more personality. After all, who said you can't have both?

In charge of the restaurant were three people. Chef Gino Delicioso from MySims was the Italian food specialist, especially with pizza. Jill Evans from Cake Mania was the dessert specialist and Cooking Mama from… Cooking Mama was the "all-rounder" and therefore the de facto leader. Of course, they couldn't run the place by themselves so they had several Swatchlings waiters (from Deltarune).

Mama smiled as she walked to the counter. "Here you go, dear!"

With that, she placed a tub of ice cream on the counter for a customer.

"Thanks." The customer sighed.

Mama frowned. "Is something the matter, dear?"

"Um, no…" The customer sighed. "Well, yes, but it is not something to be concerned with."

"Pardon me for being nosy, but I cannot ignore a sad face." Mama said, sternly, crossing her arms.

The customer paused. Whip has been unhappy ever since she has gotten the letter to intend the Battle of the Luminaries. Not that she didn't want to as she was always jealous of the Ikari Warriors and her brother's team always got to go. However, she did some research and… Going to the tournament may bring up some awful memories for her.

"Well, there is this… Guy on the roster." Whip explained.

"As in THIS tournament roster?" Mama asked.

"Yes, particularly the King of Fighters: All-Stars one." Whip explained. "He is… Someone I haven't seen for a long time. And frankly, I thought that you would never see him again."

"Ah…" Mama frowned.

"And here is the thing… I know that sooner or later, he would want to confront me…" Whip said before wincing. "Or my brother… And if he does with the latter, things may get ugly."

"Oh dear… I could only imagine." Mama frowned, putting her hand on her heart, knowing how anti-social K' was.

"I am… Just worried about how things will turn out." Whip said.

Mama paused, biting her lip. "In that case, how about instead of worrying about him confronting you, YOU confront him."

Whip looked up, surprised. "H-Huh?"

"I am just saying. If you are THAT concerned that what's going to happen is inevitable, might as well nip it in the bud." Mama offered. "Well, the situation seems more serious here, it is like I always say. Don't put off tomorrow when you could do today."

Whip paused.

"But that is just my advice. You are young, but you are still technically an adult. I feel like you could make the right choice." Mama said with a small smile.

Whip hesitant, but gave a thankful nod before grabbing the tub of ice cream about to leave the restaurant. Until she saw two figures. The first one was an anthro Komodo Dragon clad in purple and the second was…

…HIM.

"Miss Mama!?" Whip shouted, making the vertically-challenged teacher (and everyone else) jump.

"Y-Yes?" Mama asked.

Whip slammed the tub of ice cream back onto the table. "Please look after this for me!"

"Um, okay, but w…" Mama started.

However, all Whip was waiting for was the confirmation and immediately rushed towards the door with everyone watching groaned.

"Now what could be HER problem?" Gino asked in his Italian accent.

"I don't know… But if it is anything like the previous tournaments, not anything good." Jill frowned.

Mama just stayed silent, praying for Whip's safety. The Ikari Warrior rushed off to see Komodo Joe talking to a dark-skinned, white-haired man wearing a dark purple coat with a giant black fur collar.

"So that isssss the gisssst of it." Joe explained.

The dark-skinned man blinked twice. "So let me get this straight. You just admitted that this is a last-minute thing and you want me to go along with it."

"Heh, that isssss what I sssssaid." Joe chuckled. "But there isssss actually a lot of good logic to it."

"And are you sure that I will get what I need?" The dark-skinned man challenged.

"I mean… I got sssssomething I didn't thought I needed so I don't doubt that it is the same thing with you." Joe shrugged.

The dark-skinned man let out a sigh. "Fine… I will give you the benefit. Let's go to Bison's room."

That was all Whip could take.

"KRIZALID!"

Joe and the dark-skinned man jumped before turning around to see Whip.

"...Seirah." Krizalid said, softly.

"What are you doing!?" The Ikari Warrior scolded.

"...So you overheard." Krizalid frowned. Though Whip and Joe couldn't tell because his mouth was obscured by the collar of his coat.

"I did and I can't believe you!" Whip roared. "NESTS was ONE thing, but how could you willingly side with BISON?"

Krizalid's eyes widened before narrowing them. "So that is what you think of me. He is merely a means to an end!"

"A means to an end? A means to an end for what!?" Whip growled.

"...I don't feel I have to disclose myself to you. After all, you are NOT my sister." Krizalid challenged. "You said it yourself."

Whip winced at this before looking to the side. Joe looked back and forth between the two former NESTS agents and realised that this was more complicated than it looked.

"Why should YOU care about my affairs?" Krizalid challenged.

Whip glared back at Krizalid. "If you are getting involved with Bison, I have to!"

"Do NOT interfere, Seirah!" The purple-clad man roared.

"Alright, alright, that'sssss enough."

The two looked at Joe who was stepping forward while getting out his Scimitar.

"I don't know what the hell isssss going on between you too and frankly, I don't think I want to know." Joe admitted, shaking his head. He then looked up, sternly. "I DO know that thisssss woman isssssn't going to let up and dessssspite you may ssssay otherwissssse, you don't want to fight her."

Krizalid paused at the last part. He then let down a deep sigh before glaring at Joe.

"...I swear if you hurt her." Krizalid threatened.

"Umm… Kinda a tall order for sssssomeone wielding a ssssssword." Joe said, blinking twice. This made Krizalid growl. "Alright, alright, just tell them that I may be late!"

The white-haired man nodded his head. He then gave a sad stare before walking off. Whip returned the stare before growling and reaching into her hood and pulling out her namesake weapon called Voodoo.

"Out of my way, Scales!" Whip snapped.

"Um, no. You ssssshould be lucky that he ssssstill have feelingsssss for you or otherwise, I wouldn't hold back." Joe challenged.

"Oh, like that would make a difference!" Whip taunted.

Unknown to the three, someone was behind the corner poking their head out from behind the hallway. They obviously poked their head back when Krizalid was walking their way, but when he went, the figure continued to watch.

"Hoo boy… What is it THIS time?"

(The Arena)

(Sorry, but could I have the music louder?)

(Yeah! Drop the bomb!)

"BEAN THE DYNAMITE!" (StH)

(Just drop the bomb!)

The green-feathered woodpecker (Yeah, woodpecker, not duck.) excitedly ran in place as 'Drop The Bomb' from Dance Dance Revolution played as his theme song.

"Oh, I am going to Drop the Bomb, alright!" He smirked before running down the ramp.

However, before he was about to reach the end of it, he skidded to a stop before turning around. He then covered his eyes before getting out a cartoon bomb with the other one. He then threw it up before doing a bicycle kick to hit the ball into the way.

This ended up between the… Interesting four-way of Ragna, Charming, Rufus and Ren & Stimpy. The bomb exploded, sending all five of them flying into different directions. Bean cheered, finally leaping into the ring at the same time.

"Woo! A quintuple hit!" Bean beamed. He then paused before putting his hand on his beak. "Or is it a quadruple hit seeing that that cat and dog are a duo?"

Bean didn't get a chance to ponder further before Ragna landed on his feet a few feet away from Bean.

"You!" Ragna roared, angrily pointing his finger at the guilty party. "That bomb was yours!"

"Yep!" Bean said, cheerfully as if he did nothing wrong.

Ragna's eyebrow twitched before getting a stance. "Oh hell no! We already got enough crazies in the ring! We don't need a mad bomber!"

"VEEMON!" (DRA)

The blue-scaled dinosaur-like Digimon excitedly bounded out of the Ready before looking up at the crowd to see the Digidestined were sitting. All of them cheered for him, especially Davis.

Veemon nodded his head before hopping down the ramp while playing to the rest of the crowd like a boxer. Once in, he knew what he wanted to do and ran over to the fight between Hinata & Sanane and Sticks.

"Vee-Knockout!" Veemon shouted, doing a hard punch to Sticks' side, sending her flying into the nearest turnbuckle. "Are you girls okay!?"

"Yeah, just creeped out…" Sanane winced.

"That girl is nuts!" Hinata nodded. "She spent the entire time thinking I am using some kind of eternal youth to make me look young just because I am an adult!"

Veemon blinked twice. "Wait, you mean you are NOT a teenager?"

"THEY ASKED US TO WEAR OUR OLD SCHOOL UNIFORMS!" Hinata roared, angrily before pointing at the announcer's booth, making Veemon and Sanane jump.

"I'm…" Veemon gulped before walking off. "...Going to keep that badger from interrupting your fight again."

By this time, Sticks has finally snapped out of her daze before glaring at the guilty party.

"And why are you interfering with my interrogation?" Sticks snapped.

"I don't know what you ate before coming here, but you can't just interrupt a fight just like that!" Veemon scolded, getting into a stance.

Sticks scoffed before getting up. "Fine, I'll humour you for now. Even though I may not get that much information, I still need intel on the Leomon sacrificial cult."

Veemon slumped his arms. "...I'm sorry. What?"

"JACK-O' VALENTINE!" (GG)

(Piping hot)

(Popping like popcorn)

(It's all mine)

(Can you hear the bells ding dong)

(This is it)

The white-clad redhead looked around at the cheering with an excited smile on her face before waving at the crowd. She then got onto her chained ball around her leg and started to roll down the ramp. (It is Guilty Gear, just go with it.) The crowd continued to cheer.

Suddenly, all of the lights have gone off, engulfing the arena in darkness and startling everyone.

"What the!?" Lloyd exclaimed.

"Hey, who turned off the lights?" Stimpy asked.

"Wait, you don't think…" Kanji frowned.

"NO!" Sissy cried. "I have been waiting SO LONG for this!"

Then, the spotlights turned on, but only in the arena. Then, a spotlight turned on where Jack-O' was. Everyone looked to see her giving a serious face. A major contrast to her cheery one when she came out.

"You." Jack-O' said, pointing her finger at the arena. "I challenge you!"

Everyone blinked twice before looking at each other. They then crouched down and…

(Announcer's Booth)

Drake and Ashley looked on with wide eyes.

"They wouldn't…" Ashley muttered.

"Oh, but they are." Drake said before grinning while taking the mic. "This is unexpected, but we have the Jack-O' pose Challenge!"

Ashley slumped in his seat. "It's the first section. It is literally too early for this!"

(The Arena)

By this time, all of the light came back as everyone struggled to do Jack-O' challenge. Sissy, Mint and Stimpy failed immediately. Everyone else tried to do better, but one fell one-by-one. Soon, the only ones 'standing' were Wii Fit Trainer, Tawna, Twintelle, Sticks, Bang and surprisingly, Rufus.

Charming looked on in disbelief. "In what manner of physics does THIS make sense!?"

Rufus just smirked. "Aww, can't stand being Number 2 in America, Masters?"

As Charming growled and lunged at Rufus while he was… Vulnerable, Jack-O' made her way over to the nearest 'winner' which was Wii Fit Trainer.

"Should have known that someone who weaponizes fitness would just be another day at the gym for them." Jack-O' giggled.

"I don't like to brag, but it kinda is." Wii Fit Trainer said, returning the giggling. She then got back up. "Hey, can we fight? It would be an honour to fight the one behind the Jack-O' Challenge."

"Um, I don't see how the Jack-O' Challenge has to do with fighting." The redhead admitted, scratching the back of her head. "But I suppose there is no harm."

"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… TWO!"

"ELMYRA DUFF!" (Tiny Toons Adventures)

Immediately, all of the anthros and animals near the ramp screamed in fear before ducking now as the light blue-clad redhead little girl stood outside of the Ready Room.

(Oh, she's sweet but a psycho)

(A little bit psycho)

(At night she's screaming)

(I'm-ma-ma-ma out of mind)

Despite the huge mixed reaction she was getting, Elmyra didn't mind. She was too busy using her hand as a visor before eyeing the arena, particularly the animals.

"Oooh, look at all of the cute little animals!" She squealed. "I wanna love them just like all of the other cuddly-wuddlies at Acme Looniversity!"

She then looked surprisingly grumpy.

"Or if I would if those stupidheads let me into the eventual reboot." She muttered.

Regardless, she skipped down the ramp as Ava Max's Sweet but Psycho continued to play.

(Oh, she's hot but a psycho)

(So left but she's right though)

(At night she's screaming)

(I'm-ma-ma-ma out of mind)

Needless to say, all of the animals were scared out of their minds. Sticks and Veemon were hugging each other, Pinstripe jumped into Tawna's arms who was too terrified to violent deny him, Bean latched onto Ragna's face who was struggling to get him off, Duck King petted a crying P-Chan while giving Elmyra a surprisingly dark look. Finally, Ren was struggling to drag a confused Stimpy out of Elmyra's sight.

When Elmyra finally reached the bottom of the ramp, she looked around for a moment, wondering where to start.

"Eeny-meeny-miney…" Elmyra said before laying her eyes on Tawna and Pinstripe. "MO!"

Pinstripe's face paled. "...We're in trouble."

"No, YOU'RE in trouble." Tawna said, simply.

With that, he let go of Pinstripe before using her grappling hook to latch onto the farest turnbuckle and use it to get away. Pinstripe glared at the retreating she-bandicoot.

"I don't care if we ARE enemies! What you did just now makes you a class traitor!" Pinstripe angrily, roared.

He then turned around to see Elmyra rushing over. She had a face full of excitement and innocence, but him, it looked like a face a serial killer has before killing.

"OH…"

"DAN HIBIKI!" (SFAS)

Normally, the pink-clad self-taught practitioner would spend the entire time on his ramp either promoting his dojo or doing as many taunts as possible. However, he was too busy rubbing his back.

"Ugh, how does that woman do that?" He muttered. "It is a miracle I didn't throw out my back trying to do the Jack-O' Challenge just now."

Regardless, he was never one to miss a chance to play to the crowd so he did a series of poses and taunts, much to the audience's delight.

Ren saw him and smirked. "Well, what do you know? I think we found ourselves a punching bag!"

"Where!? Where!?" Stimpy asked, looking around frantically.

Ren grabbed Stimpy's head and turned him in the direction. "Why not give him a log?"

Stimpy happily nodded his head before throwing a log which somehow bounced across the ground. Around that time, Dan finally entered the arena, only to land on top of said log. The poor schmuck yelped before he struggled to stay on said log. It kept bouncing after it crashed into the turnbuckle where Dan ended up upside-down.

Dan groaned before looking up. Only to see an upside-down Ren riding Stimpy like a skateboard. He yelped before managing to get himself off of the turnbuckle, just in time for Stimpy to crash into the turnbuckle.

"What the hell was THAT for!?" Dan angrily, roared.

"Nothing personal, buddy, but I already said it with all of these freaks." Ren shrugged as Stimpy laid on the ground stunned. "I want to take out my anger on the biggest loser in the arena and that's you!"

Dan's eyebrow twitched. "Who are you calling a loser!? And where you get off being angry by freaks! I saw your cartoon! You are literally the biggest freak in the ring! And may I remind you that Rufus is my nodal companion!?"

Ren's eyebrow twitched before getting out a hammer. "I'LL KEEL YOU!"

Dan's face fell as Ren lunged forward.

"CORRIN!" (SSB)

(You're the ocean's grey waves, destined to seek)

(Life beyond the shore just out of reach)

(Yet the waters ever change, flowing like time)

(The path is yours to climb)

Coming out to a mixed reaction and Lost In Thoughts All Alone, the white-haired princess of Nohr AND Hoshido paid it no mind (or rather she tried not to pay it any mind). Readying her chainsaw-like sword, the Yato, she made her way down the ramp.

Once in, she saw Elmyra chasing Pinstripe around the arena. She shook her head.

"He may be a villain, but no one deserves a fate like this." Corrin sighed.

With that, she made her way running between Pinstripe and Elmyra, causing the latter to crash into her leg before falling into her ear.

"Owie." Elmyra groaned before looking up. "Hey, why did you get in my way?"

"I am sorry. I understand that you have nothing, but love for animals." Corrin frowned. "But your way of showing your love is hurting them, more than helping."

"What? No! I just want to hug the little mousey!" Elmyra whined.

"I'll have you know that my species is scientifically classified as a mousey-KANGAROO!" Pinstripe snapped, readying his Tommy Gun in case Corrin's plan failed.

"You are being like those old fuddy-duddies who wouldn't let me into the reboot!" Elmyra roared before beating the ground like a spoiled brat. "I want the mousey! I want it! I want it!"

Corrin winced, unsure what to do while Pinstripe looked on in annoyance. The latter then thought of an idea.

"Um, hey,, kid, why don't you try to scare her straight?" Pinstripe offered. "What is how some parents deal with their runts?"

"Um, okay." Corrin said before taking a deep breath.

Suddenly, a giant whirlpool surrounded Corrin, startling Pinstripe and actually making Elmyra stop her tantrum. When the tantrum cleared, Corrin was now white and black dragon.

"I tried to be civil and sympathetic with you, but if you insist on…" Corrin spoke in a booming voice.

That was when Elmyra jumped up and grabbed her neck before hugging her in her godly strength.

"Ooh, look at the pretty dragon! We could play princess and wear pretty dresses and sip tea and pretend we are in a beautiful castle!" Elmyra smiled.

With that, she walked off with Corrin, trying in vain to escape from the child's grasp. Pinstripe smirked before doing a salute with his free hand.

"Farewell, kid! Your sacrifice will not be forgotten!" Pinstripe said in a mock dramatic tone.

(Super Smash Bros Locker Room)

Sora narrowed his eyes at this. "Well, THAT'S a dirty trick!"

"In that potoroo's defence, he didn't exactly tell Corrin outright to transform into her dragon form." Samus said, shaking her head.

"Yeah, I know the kid's a good person and all. But she has NO common sense!" Snake added.

Banjo blinked twice. "...Couldn't Corrin just transform back into her human form?"

"I am not repeating myself, Banjo."

(The Arena)

"ORCANE!" (RoA)

The strange, but still adorable whale-dog hybrid happily waved his tail as everyone "awwed" at how cute he was. He then bounced down the ramp while squirting water out of his blowhole before pouncing into the ring

Duck King saw him coming in and gave a mischievous grin. "Yo, whale-dog-dude!"

Orcane looked at the dancer.

"Think fast!" Duck King yelled.

With that, he rolled forward, not unlike Blanka from Street Fighter towards Orcane. However, instead of reacting with fear, he looked excited. Acting quickly, he threw himself to the ground.

However, he didn't do that to let Duck King roll past. Instead, he blew a pillar of water out of his blowhole, sending the dark-skinned man up into the air. However, Orcane wasn't done as he continued to squirt water at Duck King, not letting him hit the ground. The latter tried in vain to try to break out of the cycle.

P-Chan angrily hopped up and down. "Stop treating my human like a circus act!"

"Hey, he is the one who wanted to act like a ball! I am just humouring him!" Orcane scolded.

"BLACK ORCHID!" (KI)

(Search your feeling)

(Search your feeling)

(Search your feeling)

(Killer feeling!)

(Search your feeling)

(Search your feeling)

(Search your feeling)

The dark-haired green-clad agent came to a loud cheer from the male part of the audience, however she paid it no mind as she focused on the announcer's booth, giving it a suspicious glare.

"I still can't believe the others talked me into this." She muttered. "After what happened at the second Battle of the Luminaries AND the third Megamix Tournament, you would think that the UVRs tournaments would end period, let alone with the third tournament. Not helping is the owner's taste in stand-ins… Leave a lot to be desired."

She then shook her head before getting in the ring. She then looked around for any potential villains. Yamazaki was still fighting Sissy and Charming was still trying to get rid of Rufus. Which left Pinstripe.

Nodding her head, she got out her plasma eskrima sticks and rushed towards her target. Pinstripe turned his head just in time to duck underneath a kick from Orchid.

"Okay, what is WITH the crazy dames going after me tonight!?" Pinstripe roared, angrily.

"You are a villain so that means you are most likely part of a villain plot." Orchid added. "I am going to get everything about it, one way or another."

Pinstripe blinked twice. "...You're new here, aren't you?"

Orchid looked confused before narrowing her eyes. "And what does THAT mean?"

"Because if you know anything about these things, you would know the villains that showed up in Section One have no idea what the plan will do." Pinstripe muttered. "Usually the head honcho just wings it. So how are you going to get intel about a plan I know nothing about."

Orchid's eyes widened in realisation before her dark skin turned bright red.

"Look, I like strong women, but that doesn't mean you can't also be beautiful." Pinstripe smirked with a winking. "I bet your moody aura will vanish in an instant the moment you smile."

Orchid growled before getting into a stance. "Okay, I'll smile when I have you underneath my foot!"

"PAI CHAN!" (VF)

The blue-clad Chinese movie star came out to a large cheer. She smiled before waving to the crowd and even shaking a few hands.

"Thank you for your support, everyone! It is most likely because of that is the reason why we got that updated version of our fifth game and possibly a SIXTH game!" She smiled. "Now if you excuse me, I have to make sure that everyone's kung-fu is enough!"

The crowd cheered loudly at this. Pai nodded her head before making her way down the ramp and stepping in. She then made her way over to literally the only one without an opponent which was Tawna.

"Hey." Pai greeted.

Tawna raised an eyebrow. "Hey."

"I heard good things about your kicks. I am impressed at how far you could send enemies with one attack." Pai noted, crossing. "Though I always wondered if you could do more with them or if they are just a one-trick pony."

"And you want to see for yourself?" Tawna asked.

"Of course." Pai smiled before getting into a stance. "That and you are the only one who isn't fighting so that checks out!"

Tawna smirked before getting into a stance. "Maybe my kung-fu isn't enough, but that doesn't mean the same for my skill!"

"And now, the final fighter of this section…"

"HAOHMARU!" (SS)

The dark-haired ronin and winner of the very first Ultimate Video Rumble came out to a loud cheer. He looked around at the warm reception he was getting.

"HA! HA! HA! SO I HAVE ARRIVED!"

Rimururu froze in her spot when she heard this.

"I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY TO COME EVER SINCE I HAD GOTTEN MY INVITATION TO THE LITERAL BATTLE OF THE LUMINARIES!" Haohmaru announced in a loud and hammy fashion. "IT IS DUE TO OUR NEW GAME IS WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY-NEW, IT STILL HAVE OUR NODE MUCH NEEDED RELEVANCE AND A PLACE IN THE CURRENT COMPETITIVE FIGHTING GAME COMMUNITY!"

Rimururu looked at the entrance ramp in horror while Bang blinked twice as Haohmaru ran down the ramp.

"...But how? We all made sure he didn't drink that coffee." Rimururu said.

Bang blinked twice. "...Coffee? You mean that drink he took after you entered the arena?"

Rimururu looked at Bang with wide eyes. "...What?"

"Yeah, the moment it was your turn to enter, he drank out of his sake gourd." The ninja frowned. "And he was practically exhaling it! I thought he was going to kill himself before he entered the ring, but by the time I tried to do something about it, it was my turn and, well…"

"...Cover your ears. This may be loud." Rimururu said with a blank face before breathing in.

As Rimururu let out a loud scream, Haohmaru ran over to the fight between Yamazaki and Sissy.

"I, THE LEGENDARY HAOHMARU, HAVE ARRIVED!" Haohmaru shouted, getting the two's attention. "I WILL NOT SETTLE FOR ANY SIMPLE FIGHT! SO I SHALL CHALLENGE TWO BIG GUYS! OR RATHER ONE BIG GUY AND ONE FIGHTER WHO COULD EASILY BE A BIG GUY IF IT WASN'T FOR THE STRICT RESTRICTIONS OF THE STATUS!"

Yamazaki blinked twice while Sissy's eyes sparkled at this.

"Oh my goodness! I didn't even notice that the original UVR winner was here!" Sissy gasped.

"THAT IS BECAUSE I WAS LYING IN WAIT FOR MY NODAL COMPANIONS WOULDN'T LET ME, THE LEGENDARY HAOHMARU, SHOW OFF MY TRUE COLOURS!" Haohmaru explained. "HOWEVER, NOTHING CAN STOP ME! HA! HA HA!"

"Oh, wow! I would be honoured if you joined our fight!" Sissy smiled, holding her hands. "I was excited for this!"

"HA! HA! I LIKE YOUR SPIRIT, LASS! IT WILL NOT GIVE YOU ANY MERCY THOUGH THAT SHOULD BE AN INSULT TO YOU IF I DID IT!" Haohmaru grinned. "ALLOW ME, ALONG WITH THE MASTER OF THE COMBATIVE HOMICIDE, TO ENLIGHTEN ON HOW AN UVR TOURNAMENT!"

"Yes! Yes!" Sissy said, readying her treasure chest.

Yamazaki shifted his eyes between Haohmaru and Sissy before turning his head towards the nearest Lakitu (The cameramen Drake hired for the tournament).

"So THIS is what it feels like to be the sane one…"

And thus all of the fighters of the first section of the third Battle of the Luminaries have all assembled. Already everyone was preoccupied with their respective fights.

They were so preoccupied that they didn't notice bits of stardust falling down now and then.