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!

8. Section Two Results

(The Arena)

Twintelle sent out her Chilla twintail at Minerva who raised her arms to block the incoming attack. Quickly grabbing Celica A. Mercury with one hand (She was programmed to REFUSE to leave the white mage alone after all), she activated her thrusters before launching herself at Twintelle.

However, Twintelle just smirked before summoning herself with an aura of golden rose petals. This actually made the robot go in slow-motion. Twintelle then nodded before spinning around, smacking Minerva with her Parasol twintail, making Minerva skid backwards.

"Wow!" Celica said in awe. "You are a Chronomancer?"

"You could say that." Twintelle mused. "Though it is actually my literal Actress Aura where I make people too starstruck to do their attacks on time."

"Woah…" Celica said before pausing. "But wait, if THAT'S the case, then why did it work on MINERVA?"

"What can I say? I am JUST that astonishing." Twintelle giggled.

Before either girl could say or do anything, a blur came past them leaving a line of blocks before them, separating them.

"Sacré bleu!" Twintelle gasped. "What was that?"

Suddenly, she felt something on one of her twintails. Looking down, she saw a few Pikmin trying to attack it. She then looked up to see Captain Olimar rushing forward.

"Sorry, but we wish to interrupt your fight!" Olimar apologised with a stern look on his face.

The scythe-arm of Reapermon clashed with Haohmaru's katana, Eugene Gallardo's spear AND Kanji Tatsumi's folding chair. Despite the numbers being against him, the Digimon was actually doing a decent job, holding all three of them in a power struggle.

That was until a glowing blue ball of energy and a green bolt of electricity (courtesy of Luise Meyrink and Tecna respectively) struck him in the back. As the Digimon let out a cry of pain, the three muscular men shoved him until he was sent flying into a turnbuckle. Despite this, Reapermon then got up and dusted himself off with his "regular" hand.

"Not bad, but it is going to take a lot more than THAT to take ME down." Reapermon taunted.

"That is the point of us ganging up on you, dumbass!" Kanji taunted.

"Cute. However, it is going to take a lot more than…" Reapermon said before stopping himself.

"WHAT!? ARE YOU JUST NOW REALISING THE PRESENCE OF THE LEGENDARY HAOHMARU!?" Haohmaru taunted.

Reapermon paused before looking at Eugene. "Um, Panthro, how much do you know about the Tower of Salvation?"

This confused everyone.

"Um, what kind of question is that? It is one of the most prominent locations in Tales of Symphonia." Eugene reminded. "That is why it is Lloyd's 'home' stage in…"

Suddenly, his eyes bugged out in realisation.

"W-Wait… You are a virus Digimon and they are basically made of darkness, right?" Eugene asked, looking worried.

"Yyyyyep." Reapermon muttered.

Everyone looked on in confusion and concern.

"Umm, what is going on?" Tecna asked.

"What the hell!?"

"Who is THAT!?"

"How did he get past the force field!?"

Everyone turned to see someone floating up over there. A young man with long blond hair and clad in white with glowing angelic wings of energy. He looked down the arena with a stern look on his face.

"N-No! It can't be!" Lloyd exclaimed.

"Umm… Who is that guy?" Isla asked, not liking where this was going.

"Mithos Yggdrasill!" Lloyd said, gritting his teeth.

Everyone looked confused and scared before Yggdrasill just smirked.

"DEATH EATER!"

With that, he flew down to the ground and slammed his fist into it. This summoned four pillars of light around him, knocking Cortex and Ren away. With his work down, Yggdrasill nodded his head, proud before flying off and vanishing in a bright light, leaving everyone stunned.

Then, Isla spoke the thoughts of everyone.

"What the freaking hell just happened!?"

"Um, sorry, that is our bad!" Tumble apologised, getting everyone's attention.

"When I recreated the Tower of Salvation's Super Smash Flash 2's form, I thought that I have to do a PERFECT job, even with the stage hazards." The Millennium Star explained with an unseen frown.

"So you invited YGGDRASILL!?" Lloyd exclaimed in disbelief.

"No… I merely recreated a spitting image on him, but it is only limiting to how his AI worked in the Flash game." The Millennium Star admitted.

"For those we are confused, Mithos Yggdrasill appeared as a stage hazard in the Tower of Salvation." Tumble frowned.

Drake blinked twice in the Announcer's Booth. "...So let me get this straight. You can create near-perfect copies of people that could potentially mess with the arena?"

The Millennium Star winced at this. "Yes…"

Drake paused for a moment.

"...Cool."

Needless to say, everyone in the arena and as well as the Millennium Star, Tumble and ESPECIALLY Ashley glared at Drake.

"Drake! Oh my god, I WILL zap you!" Ashley snapped.

"Okay, okay!" The vampire said before looking at the arena. "Look, we COULD remove it, but I think this will teach future Superstars a valuable lesson. Think before you choose!"

"How was I supposed to know that you would create a clone of Yggdrasill!?" Lloyd roared, angrily.

"Yeah, it is a bit unfair that Lloyd and the other fighters have to deal with OUR mistake." Tumble frowned. "We should have at least asked first."

"Perhaps. But what's done is done. Just be more wary in the future." Drake warned. "And I am talking to the fighters AND the Millennium Star!"

"That's bullcrap!" Kanji snapped as several fighters angrily agreed.

"I am sorry, but if I have MS remove Yggdrasill altogether, I might as well take back the entire gimmick." Drake apologised. "Now if you are REALLY that vocal about this, then kick each other's asses as soon as possible. He should stop coming after all of the quota of eliminated fighters has been filled!"

Lloyd groaned while shaking his head. Suddenly, he felt a feeling of dread. Looking around, he saw more than HALF of the fighters glaring at him.

Lloyd yelped before giving a sheepish grin. "So how about them Packers?"

Isla gritted her teeth. "Like I didn't have a motive to kick your ass before…"

(Announcer's Booth)

"I can't believe you okayed this!" Ashley exclaimed in disbelief

"Aw, come on, Ash, you know fully well that I incorporated this gimmick for the chaotic situations it would create!" Drake scolded, narrowing his eyes.

"But the Millennium Star and Tumble CLEARLY would have never put in Yggdrasill if they just bothered talking to each other or Lloyd!" The wizard scolded as the two benefactors floated inside of the Announcer's Booth, looking down in shame.

"Look, to say that this is all a miscommunication is an understatement, but we DID warn Lloyd to choose wisely!" Drake countered before shrugging. "Besides, for all we know, it may be the ONLY stage with hazards like this! Even if it is just one section, I can't let this chance go away!"

Ashley slapped his forehead, exasperated by his friend while the Millennium Star and Tumble looked on in disbelief.

"...I am sure that Xero will pat you on the back if it wasn't for… You know."

Everyone's eyes bugged out before Drake looked down at his phone.

"Maurice, dude, I am SO sorry!" Drake apologised.

"Nah, it's fine. I understand that this is a big thing to talk over." The voice on the phone reassured.

"Well, glad to hear it." Drake said before smirking. "I have to ask. Did Xero calm down yet?"

"Well, he isn't throwing a f-bomb every ten seconds if THAT'S what you're asking." Maurice sighed.

Drake chuckled nervously. "Yeah, that is exactly what I am asking."

Despite being annoyed by Drake earlier, Ashley couldn't help, but smirk at this. Then, HIS phone rang. Raising an eyebrow, he put his phone to his ear as Drake and Maurice continued their conversation.

"Hello, MacGrath? Uh-huh." Ashley said before rolling his eyes with a smile. "Yes and no. Drake is currently talking about 'Steve the Trooper', but not with Xero. Regardless, you were wise to call me instead of him. So what do you need?"

Then, Ashley's pupils shrank as his smile vanished.

"So yeah… We need a new lamp." Maurice groaned.

Drake frowned. "Sorry, man. I completely forgot that you would be near Xero's tornado tantrum…"

"Eh, it's fine. Xero had it coming for a long while." Maurice admitted. "At the same time, you REALLY hit below the belt, didn't you?"

"Hey, unless SSBFreak restarts the Megamix Tournament soon, this may be Steve's first and ONLY UVR tournament for a while." Drake said, rolling his eyes. "I distinctly remembered Xero saying that he would invite Alex instead of Steve."

"Oh, he did. You think people on Twitter were salty about Steve's inclusion in Smash, you ain't seen nothing yet…" Maurice groaned.

"Besides, the more I think about it, the more I am actually HELPING Steve. The Pikmin one I mean" Drake added.

Maurice paused. "I beg your pardon?"

"Hear me out. When you think about Captain Olimar or as Xero puts it, Steve the One-Leaf Pikmin haven't been getting a good track record." Drake noted. "He barely survived his first section in the Tournament of Kikai and got out in his next section. Hell, he didn't even get an elimination in his debut section at the Okron Tournament."

"Ugh, don't remind me…" Maurice groaned.

"It is clear that people will not even acknowledge the Steve meme if it wasn't Xero bashing them over the head with it." Drake chuckled. "So by having arguably a more popular Steve arrive alongside him, people will get invested."

"Yeah, because YOU basically more or less, REPLACED Steve!" Maurice scolded.

"Heh heh. Fair enough. Besides, tell Xero that if he truly believes in the power of Steve, then there is no reason for him to worry." Drake offered.

"Okayyyyy, but don't be surprised if he comes to your house with a garlic necklace." Maurice offered.

"Yeah, well…" Drake started with a chuckle

Suddenly, Ashley swiped Drake's phone out of his hand.

"TELL HIM IF HE DOES, I WILL CRAM EVERY LAST PIECE OF HIS STEVE MERCHANDISE UP WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE!" Ashley roared, making Drake (and the Millennium Star and Tumble) jump.

"W-What the!? Ashley!?" Maurice asked.

The purple-haired man panted heavily. "S-Sorry, sorry, I… Just tell Xero sulk in his hole or something for all I care. We got bigger fish to fry!"

"W-What? Ashley, what is…" Maurice started.

Then, the wizard hung up the phone. Drake looked on in disbelief before narrowing his eyes.

"What the hell was THAT? NOT cool!" Drake scolded.

Ashley looked at Drake with a concerned look.

"I… Think you may want to listen to this."

(Dome; Recovery Room)

"How are you feeling, Ragna?" Litchi Faye-Ling asked, concerned.

"Nothing hurt but my pride." The protagonist of Blazblue sighed. "I STILL can't believe that it is possible to literally die laughing."

"To be fair, we had to revive Tear Grants from dying of… Cuteness overload and Charmy Bee from dying of… Boredom at the first and second Battle of the Luminaries respectively." Litchi said, shaking her head. "It seems that the elimination nodes have unique ways to die."

"Ah… Well, like I said, the only thing that feels off is my ego." Ragna reassured before giving a solemn look. "Besides, there are clearly bigger victims to look after at the moment."

Litchi nodded her head with a sad look. She then looked around the Recovery Room. Normally, it would be full of eliminated fighters that have returned from their respective elimination nodes. However, this time, it was different.

The Count, Vinnie Stoker and Wilhelmina all laid unconscious in beds as their respective friends and families looked at them in concern. All of them were wearing hospital gowns.

"My poor wife…" Bernard frowned.

"Count…" Mina said with a soft sob while hugging Nurse Joy from Pokemon.

The pink-haired woman frowned before crouching down and putting a hand on Mina's shoulder. "There, there, he is just unconscious. He just has to stay here for a bit."

"Will he get better?" Mina asked.

"Yes, just give him some time." Joy offered.

Mina sadly nodded. Athena and Pepper looked on, feeling sorry for everyone.

"Poor little kid." Athena said, struggling not to cry.

"Poor big EVERYONE." Pepper frowned.

"Well, I am back,"

The two girls turned around to see Horkeukamui walking over to them.

"Ah, that was quick!" Athena said in awe. "You have gotten everyone's clothes in the laundry room already?"

"Not me, but the head of the cleaning crew." Horkeukamui corrected, shaking his head. "I ran into her and she offered to take them off of my hands."

"Good because that is HER job." Pepper muttered, crossing her arms. "Seriously, do you have any idea how pissed Carmelita would get if you spent a good chunk of your time doing laundry?

Horkeukamui narrowed his eyes. "It is clear that nobody here wants to abandon their respective vampire friend and obviously having them wearing their clothes with garlic on them is simply out of the question."

"Yeah, about that." Athena frowned. "What do you think happened? We asked the vampires' friends, but they all had the same story. The cloud of garlic came out of nowhere."

"All we KNOW is that it is a villain plot." Pepper said. "And that goes without saying."

Horkeukamui nodded his head before looking to the side. He then saw Pinstripe Potoroo getting ready to leave. Narrowing his eyes, he rushed over to him and just as the gangster was about to exit the Recovery Room, Horkeukamui slammed his hand on the door, preventing the startled Pinstripe from leaving.

Pinstripe glared up at Horkeukamui. "Oi, what's the big idea!?"

"You wouldn't have anything to know about the garlic attack, do you?" The wolf asked, sternly.

Pinstripe slapped his forehead. "Ugh, THIS again!? Just like I told Cheetah Girl in the arena, how could I know about something happening outside of the arena when I was too busy getting ready to appear in the first section?"

Horkeukamui paused. "Not… Wrong."

"Also, for the sake of argument, let's say I AM involved in something nefarious." Pinstripe added, raising a finger. "I didn't hear all of the full details, but apparently the garlic attack happened near the hallway leading up the Announcer's Booth, right?"

"That IS what we heard." Horkeukamui nodded.

"Well, if I had something planned, I wouldn't want to risk alerting the hosts and end up getting detained by them, would I?" Pinstripe asked.

Horkeukamui raised an eyebrow. He then sighed.

"Very well. You made your point." He admitted.

"Good, now if you excuse me…" Pinstripe nodded.

"However…"

Pinstripe looked up at Horkeukamui's stern face.

"If what you say is true, then if you ARE doing something, then you wouldn't mind taking some time off to investigate what happened so it wouldn't interfere with the tournament and by extension, your plan." Horkeukamui said.

Pinstripe paused for a moment. "Yeah… I suppose I could do that…"

He then grinned.

"That IS if I was actually doing anything, of course! Now this game of 'What If?' has been fun, but I gotta jet!" Pinstripe said before winking and walking out of the door. "Ciao!"

Pepper blinked twice. "...You are just going to let him go?"

"It is as he said. He has no knowledge of ANYTHING happening outside of the ring." Horkeukamui sighed. "Besides, even if he is, the garlic attack is actually more dangerous."

"Umm… What do you mean?" Athena frowned.

"Well, if it IS a plot, they will most likely use any and all tools to make it succeed and only go out of their way to attack people if they were in the way." Horkeukamui explained before narrowing his eyes. "However, if what we thought about the target behind the garlic attack is right, then the three vampire victims are nothing more than collobotal damage.

Athena and Pepper's eyes widened in realisation before looking at the unconscious vampires. Sure, the medical team of Nurse Joy, Blissey, Litchi Faye-Ling, Kyoko Minazuki Jude Mathis, Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Cheria Barnes and the recently-arrived Mine Arenade were a good set of healers, but not even them could look after the eliminated fighters AND the unconscious vampires and friends around them.

"...Who would even do such a thing?" Athena asked.

(The Arena)

The legs of Duck King and Elena clashed with each other. The two then continued to exchange blows and clash. However, despite the fact that they were trying to hurt each other, judging by their big grins and rhythmic fighting styles, they looked like they were having a dance-off. Not that the audience minded them as they cheered them on.

Elena did a horizontal kick forward, but Duck King backflipped out of the way before rolling forward. However, Elena raised her leg to block the incoming attack. When Duck King was recovering from his own attack, Elena did a flip and struck Duck King in his chin, sending him in the air.

Duck King landed hard on his back, but quickly flipped back onto his feet. Just in time to slide on his knees underneath another one of Elena's kicks and counter by punching Elena in the stomach. Elena felt the wind knocked out of her before staggering back. Despite this, Duck King looked up with a grin.

"It seems that you managed to get your rhythm back!" Elena smiled.

"Yeah, the more I think about it, the more wack it is fretting about who is the most hype." Duck King admitted.

"Exactly! As long as everyone is having a great time, THAT is the biggest hype!" Elena beamed.

"Ha! You are speaking my language, lady!" Duck King smirked. "Let's show them how WE roll!"

Elena eagerly nodded her head. The two dance battlers then ran forward before leaping onto their hands and kicking at each other while doing a handstand. They kicked at each other for a few moments. However, Elena won the kick-war, striking Duck King in the back and knocking him down.

Elena then flipped herself forward and landed on top of Duck King's back. The breakdancer cried out in pain, but quickly recovered by breakdancing in place and getting the stunned Elena in a combo before ending and sending the Capoeirista flying away. Duck King then flipped onto his feet before rushing forward.

But while still on the ground, Elena kicked her foot out and struck Duck King in the chest. The tan-skinned man staggered back while holding his chest, giving Elena enough time to get up and rushed over to do a spin kick. Duck King yelped before ducking underneath the kick, but was able to avoid the second kick to his head. Duck King staggered back, holding his head.

"No wonder they call it 'Legs For Days'." Duck King muttered. "She could out-range me anytime, anywhere. No wonder people found her playstyle annoying in IV!"

Deciding to try to do a different move, Duck King got low and spun towards Elena. However, not only the Kenyan girl was prepared, she was EXCITED before doing a series of Capoeira low spins at the incoming Duck King, striking him and leaving him on the ground dazed. Elena then ran over to Duck King, grabbed him by the vest and… Took him into a big bear hug.

"That was SO fun! Thanks for the dance!" Elena beamed. "I hope to continue this more, but I also must respect the rules of the tournament! Let's meet up after the tournament!"

With that, she threw Duck King out of the ring. P-Chan shook his head before leaping after his owner.

Duck King landed in Mario Party 2. Unfortunately, it was on the spinning record in the minigame "Dizzy Dancing" and wouldn't you know it, said minigame was about to start.

Metal Sonic swung his claw at a boomerang, knocking it away before dashing straight at Sticks. The badger yelped before leaping over the robotic clone of Sonic leapfrog-style, avoiding being slashed into two. Despite his attack missed by a mile, he kicked out his foot behind him and caught Sticks in the back. Sticks was sent flying forward until she was skidding on her stomach.

Metal Sonic then turned around and tried to skewer her with his hand. However, Sticks looked back in time before yelping and rolling to the side to avoid getting impaled. She then recoiled her boomerang back before throwing it again. Metal Sonic just scoffed before swatting it away again and charging forward. …Only for him to stagger back after getting an arrow in the hole in his chest.

Sticks smirked as she held up a bow. "Have you forgotten that I was the 'rival' character in the Archery events in the Olympics games?"

Metal Sonic growled before activating his thrusters again. Sticks' smirk vanished as she shot out her Enerbeam at the ceiling lights to avoid getting rammed in. After a good distance up in the air, Sticks fired a bunch of arrows at Metal Sonic one-by-one. But the blue robot quickly recovered and spun around with arms outstretched, sending the arrows flying everywhere.

Metal Sonic then went to try to punish Sticks while she was landing back on the ground. That was until Sticks made her boomerang come back from behind. While it did little to make him flinch, it was enough to stop his counter attack, giving Sticks enough time to recover AND get her boomerang. Metal Sonic just narrowed his eyes.

"Do you wish to know the problem with your games?" Metal Sonic challenged.

Sticks rolled her eyes. "Hoo boy. Here we go."

"The problem is that they have decent ideas. But more than flawed executions." Metal Sonic pointed out.

"Yeah, that's the NICEST thing the critics have to say. What's your point?" Sticks shot, narrowing her eyes.

"Well, what I am trying to say is that I admit that I genuinely believe the ideas your games have could be brilliant under the right hands." Metal Sonic admitted.

Then, he raised his arms a bit. Then, much to Sticks' horror and everyone's shock, one arm was engulfed in fire and the other was engulfed with an icy aura.

"Let's demonstrate that theory, shall we?" Metal Sonic said, coolly.

With that, he dashed forward, readying his flaming arm. Sticks shrieked before backflipping, avoiding the attack. However, she was off-guard while Metal Sonic scraped his icy arm across the ground and sent small chunks of ice into Sticks's face. The conspiracy theorist grunted in pain before Metal Sonic kicked her hard in the stomach, sending her flying away.

Sticks bounced around the ground hard before weakly propping herself on her hands and knees. Her eyes then bugged out when she saw Metal Sonic advancing forward again. Acting quickly, she got out three arrows and encased them in ice before firing them at Metal Sonic at once. However, the robot merely slashed at the incoming arrows with his flaming arm before swinging the other arm, sending out a wave of ice forward.

Sticks jumped over said projectile, not feeling confident about her chances. How could she not realise that Metal Sonic could copy certain attacks and easily imitate her powers from Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice? She had to think of something quick.

Then, she saw Yggdrasill floating above the arena again. Sticks' eyes widened in realisation before looking around to see that she was close to one of the two floating platforms just little from the ring and over the elimination portal. Acting quickly, she launched her Enerbeam at one of them before pulling herself towards it.

"Ha! Do you really think literally getting the higher ground will help you!?" Metal Sonic taunted.

With that, he adjusted his thrusted hovered after Sticks who already climbed onto the platform. As Metal Sonic approached with his elemental-infused arms, Sticks got out her boomerang and got into a defensive stance. Metal Sonic landed on the platform and if he had a mouth, he would have a dark one.

"HOLY LANCE!"

Metal Sonic raised a non-existent eyebrow. "Holy whatnow?"

Suddenly, he saw Sticks DOVE OFF THE PLATFORM WHERE THE ELIMINATION PORTAL WAS. Before he could even say something along the lines of "WTF?", Spears made out of compressed light appeared from above the platform and fell onto it, striking Metal Sonic multiple times, knocking him down and making his elemental disappear.

When the attack was done, Sticks climbed back onto the platform after using her Enerbeam to recover. After engulfing her boomerang in fire, she ran over to the downed Metal Sonic and swung it as hard as she could, sending the robot out of the ring before he had a second to recover.

Sticks panted heavily before turning her head towards Yggdrasill who was vanishing once again.

"...Only at these types of tournaments where I am forced to rely on a religious zealot's rampage." Sticks muttered.

Metal Sonic landed in Super Smash Bros 64. Not even someone as deadly as he could take down Metal Mario so easily.

Cortex screamed as he fell through the air before landing on his head hard. He groaned as he lay dazed while looking at the upside-down view of the boots of a tall woman.

"Get up, Cortex!" Tawna demanded, cracking her knuckles. "I am NOT done yet!"

"So I noticed…" The mad scientist muttered.

With that, he awkwardly plopped on his side. Despite the ungraceful fall, he aimed his blaster at Tawna and fired it. The she-bandicoot wasn't expecting this and took it to the chest. With her stunned, Cortex got up before jumping in the air and doing a rushing headbutt in mid-air to Tawna's stomach. Despite his short size, his big head made the attack stronger than it has any right to be.

Tawna fell onto her back, gripping her stomach in pain. Cortex then aimed his blaster at the downed Tawna and fired. However, the multi-coloured woman rolled to the side to avoid getting zapped. She then sent out her grappling hook, sending it forward and snagging Cortex. With the yellow-skinned man giving a yelp, he was yanked towards Tawna before she slammed him in the ground before kicking him away.

However, despite not being good in close-range combat, he was more durable than he looks. (He has to be able to survive the continuous beatings). He then opened fire from his blaster, but Tawna kept dodging him with a series of rolls and jumps before doing a sliding kick forward. However, Cortex switched the dial on his blaster to a certain setting before aiming at Tawna.

The projectile was a success as Tawna was zapped with green electricity. The kick chick winced before literally freezing up and falling onto her side. Cortex smirked before walking over to Tawna. However, the she-bandicoot broke out of her paralysis and kicked Cortex in the face, knocking him away.

Tawna glared at Cortex as he weakly got up. "Do you really think that you would take me down THAT easily?"

The vertically-challenged narrowed his eyes before pointing at the Announcer's Booth. "I WOULD if the stupid hosts let me have my paralsying shots last longer! Seriously, THAT is too much, but having the equivalent of an archangel constantly interfere with our fights IS?"

Tawna shook her head before running over and jumping up before doing an axe kick downwards. Cortex yelped before diving out of the way. As much as he hated to admit it, he was forced to use a plan that he was hoping to save until a little later, but Tawna forced his head. He then looked around for a moment.

He then saw Stahn Aileron fighting both Rimururu and Wu Ruixiang at the same time. He then grinned before aiming his blaster at Tawna, who merely moved her head to the side to avoid the shot. Cortex just stepped back while continuing to fire at Tawna who just continued to dodge it.

However, as he did this, he kept looking back and forth between his opponent and the fight between Stahn and Rimururu & Ruixiang, waiting for the right moment…

"Rising Phoenix!" Stahn shouted, jumping up in the air and diving downwards while engulfing himself in fire towards Ruixiang.

Cortex smirked. "Bingo."

Turning the dial on his blaster again, he aimed and fired at Ruixiang with two purple shots. Because the Chinese woman was too focused on blocking Stahn's attack, she ended up taking them, turning into a purple block of concrete before turning into a block of jelly.

When Stahn collided with said jelly, he got broken out of his attack and was sent bouncing off of it in an unflattering fashion with a stunned look on his face.

Straight towards Tawna.

The she-bandicoot's eyes widened before thinking quickly and grabbing Stahn by his chest and throwing herself on her back, throwing the swordsman over her. However, in doing so, she ended up throwing him over the ropes.

Stahn landed in Suikoden where he quickly bonded with Viktor. Dymlos and the Star Dragon Sword also bonded… On how stupid their wielders were.

Tawna sat up before looking back to see that she was near the ropes and Stahn was nowhere in sight. Realising that she accidentally eliminated Stahn, she growled before turning to Cortex who had his hands behind his back and an infuriating smug look on his face.

"So you think you are smart, forcing me to eliminate an innocent yet annoyingly loud man?" Tawna snapped before stomping over. "Well, you are NOT because you just…"

BOOM!

Before Tawna could finish her threat, she found herself flying into the air from an explosion before falling out of the ring. Cortex continued to smirk as he saw Tawna vanish into the portal.

"Oh, I DO love me some proximity mines." Cortex chuckled.

Tawna landed in Megaman. Needless to say, after being made a fool of by an egotistical mad scientist, she took her aggressions out on Dr. Wily.

From the moment Ruixiang was turned into the jelly block the first time, Rimururu watched the entire scene play out with a deer-stuck-in-the-headlights look on her face. However, the moment Ruixiang turned back to normal before lying on her side dazed, Rimururu quickly ran over to her side before glaring at Cortex.

"What's up with that!?" Rimururu roared, angrily while getting Cortex's attention. "I don't even know WHERE to begin on how messed up your actions were just now!?"

"I am a mad scientist, what do you expect?" Cortex asked, condescendingly (and earning a loud cheer from the crowd). "Now normally, I WOULD humour you on your petty revenge quest, but I want to observe the chaos instead of being a part of it for once. So it's Karma Houdini Time!"

With that, he activated his jetpack and flew off, leaving a steamed Rimururu. After reaching the higher floor, he sat on it before looking at Reapermon fending himself off against six fighters. However, he only had his eye on one.

"Grim Crusher!" Reapermon shouted before doing a series of slashes with his scythe-arm forward towards Eugene. However, the panther Gajuma was prepared for this as he managed to block every strike thrown at him. But the last strike, while blocked, still made him stagger back while dropping his guard. Reapermon smirked before getting ready to strike.

Until Kanji ran up to him from behind and did a German Suplex. Haohmaru nodded his head before taking advantage of Reapermon's pinned state.

"EARTHQUAKE SLICE!" Haohmaru shouted, flipping forward and swinging his katana downwards on Reapermon. The virus-type grunted in pain before kicking Kanji, knocking the delinquent off of him. He was about to slash Kanji while he was down. Suddenly, Jigglypuff floated in front of him and did a series of aerial dropkicks to his face. However, all this did was annoy Reapermon before he swatted the Digimon away

"Static Sphere!"

Suddenly, Reapermon found himself floating in place in a green grid-like sphere. Tecna nodded to herself after trapping the Digimon. Eugene, Haohmaru, Kanji and Jigglypuff then ran over and struck Reapermon while he was vulnerable with Luise and Tecna shooting him with projectiles from the air from above.

However, Reapermon growled before spinning around with his scythe-arm out, not only slashing through the sphere, but also knocking away all four close-range combatants (and sending Eugene and Kanji into Luise and Tecna respectively.).

Reapermon chuckled at his success as Haohmaru, Eugene and Luise got up groaning.

"I knew that ganging up on him would do little to make him falter." Luise lamented.

"He GOT to have a weakness!" Eugene growled. His eyes then widened in realisation. "Wait, remember how he sensed Yggdrasill's presence before everyone else?"

Luise gasped. "Oh, that's right! Virus-type Digimon or ANY creature made out of darkness is weak to holy light!"

"HA HA HA! GOOD THINKING, PANTHER WARRIOR! WE JUST NEED TO USE THE HOLY POWERS TO OUR ADVANTAGE!" Haohmaru laughed. He then noticed Yggdrasill returning. "AND OUR CHANCE HAVE ARRIVED!"

"Only one problem…" Luise frowned. "Reapermon isn't going to go anywhere near him willingly."

"WELL, LET'S FORCE HIM!" Haohmaru smirked. "FOLLOW THE LEGENDARY HAOHMARU TO VICTORY! PILE-ON!"

With that, he ran forward to Reapermon with Kanji and Jigglypuff following suit. Kanji threw his folding chair at Reapermon who swatted the chair away. However, this left him wide open for Jigglypuff to use her Rollout move, knocking him onto his rear. Tecna then flew in and zapped him with green electricity. Haohmaru then ran forward.

…And sheathed his katana.

Grabbing Reapermon from behind, he ran towards the middle of the arena, taking advantage of the Digimon's bewilderment state. Everyone's eyes widened in realisation at this.

"He wouldn't…" Eugene said.

"MITHOS YGGDRASILL! I, THE LEGENDARY HAOHMARU, CHALLENGE YOUR STRENGTH, YOUR RESOLVE AND EVEN YOUR MANHOOD SEEING THAT YOUR DEFAULT FORM IS OF A SMALL BOY!" Haohmaru taunted while he continued to drag Reapermon.

The angel in-question growled as Reapermon's eyes bugged out in horror. (If he had normal eyes, anyway.)

"W-What are you doing!?" Reapermon demanded, struggling

"DIDN'T THE LEGENDARY HAOHMARU ALREADY EXPLAINED!? I INTEND TO INFLICT THE SAME FEAR AND TRAUMA YOU HAVE CAUSED FOR MANY CHILDREN PLAYING THE FIRST DIGIMON RUMBLE ARENA!" Haohmaru grinned.

"But at this range, you will be caught in the blast too!" Reapermon insisted.

A glint appeared in Haohmaru's eye. "SO BE IT!"

By this time, they were already close enough to the middle of the arena. It was when Yggdrasill decided to attack.

"DEATH EATER!"

With that, Yggadrasill slammed his fist on the ground, summoning four pillars of lights around him. Reapermon looked in horror as the last one crashed onto him and Haohmaru

"HAOHMARU!" Eugene gasped.

Everyone stopped what they were doing before looking in the direction of the attack to see Yggdrasill flying away, leaving behind two unmoving bodies.

Then, one of said bodies started to move before getting up while holding the other one over his head.

"HA HA HA! I AM TRIUMPHANT ONCE AGAIN!"

Everyone looked in awe while the crowd cheered as Haohmaru walked over to the ropes so he could toss the unconscious Reapermon over the ropes. After doing so, he started to play to the crowd.

Tecna blinked twice. "I know that he won the first UVR when appearing in the SECOND section, but how could he tank it?"

"...If I may, I distinctly heard that the original Ultimate Video Rumble trilogy was… Eccentric. Even making the TOURNAMENT OF KIKAI sane by comparison." Luise added.

"And then some…" Eugene sighed, shaking his head. "Well, at least the worst is over."

"KITTY!"

Eugene's pupils shrank before turning around to see Elmyra Duff skipping over.

"...Can we go back to fighting Reapermon?" Eugene muttered.

"Aw, Mr. Kitty, we could pretend that we are idols and sing!" Elmyra offered.

Jigglypuff's eyes lit up at this before floating over, making the others go wide-eyed.

"Jigglypuff, NO!" Kanji cried, holding his hand.

But it was too late. The balloon Pokemon was already close enough to Elmyra who looked like she was already going to hug the life out of her.

Then, Jigglypuff started to sing.

"Oh, wow, your singing is SO pretty!" Elmyra smiled before her eyelids looked heavy. "It is so pretty that…"

Then, Elmyra started to curl up onto the ground and started to suck her thumb while asleep. By this time, Jigglypuff stopped singing and noticed that Elmyra was fast asleep. The Pokemon blinked twice before puffing herself up in annoyance.

She then got out a marker, took off the cap and started to doodle all over Elmyra's face. When she was done, Jigglypuff put away her marker before walking behind Elmyra, pulling her foot back and kicking the redhead so hard in the rear that she was sent flying out of the ring while still asleep.

Eugene, Luise, Tecna and Kanji blinked twice as Jigglypuff snuck up her non-existent nose in a snooty fashion.

"...I have to ask. Do you think Elmyra even knew the thing she was entering was a FIGHTING tournament?" Kanji asked.

Eugene, Luise and Tecna slowly shook their heads.

By the time Elmyra had finally woken up, she found her on a weird floating island.

"Huh? Where am I?" Elmyra asked, wiping the sleep from her eyes.

"Tch. So even MY domain is not safe from that random node generator. What a pain."

Elmyra turned her head to see Beerus from Dragonball floating in front of her with an annoyed look on his face.

"I WANT to kill you for defiling my domain, but I suppose I should be reasonable and save my wrath for those hosts." Beerus muttered before waving his hand in a dismissive fashion. "You are still on thin ice though so just don't annoy me too much and your ten minutes here will…"

Suddenly, Beerus found himself getting pulled in a crushing hug by Elmyra.

"Ooh, look at the pretty kitty! You're so skinny though!" Elmyra said.

"W-What is this power!? Is this child… A god? It… It can't be!" Beerus said, trying to escape.

"Come on, Mr. Kitty, we will find some food and get you nice and fed!" Elmyra offered, skipping off while slamming Beerus from side to side.

Unknown to the girl, Goku, Vegeta and Whis watched the whole scene with wide eyes.

"Shouldn't we do something?" Goku asked before looking at the other two. "Like, seriously?"

Vegeta smirked. "I mean, she is only here for ten minutes. Let the kid have her fun."

(Endsville; Mandy's House)

"And because Mom is sick, I want to make things easier for her so I want you to reorganise her files so that it is easier for her to do her work." Mandy said in her usual annoyed demeanour.

Grim rolled his eyes while dressed in his home-cleaning gear. "Yes, Mandy…"

Mandy then turned her head to Reapermon… Wearing the same attire as Grim.

"As for you, seeing that you have enough time to drag Grim away from my chores to attend those stupid Grim Reaper meetings, you clearly have more than enough time to cut the grass" And while you are there, clean up after Saliva." Mandy commanded.

"I… I…" Reapermon sputtered.

Mandy narrowed her already-glaring eyes further. "Did I sputter?"

Grim ran in front of Reapermon while looking down at Mandy. "He will get to it! I will make sure of it! Even though he shouldn't HAVE because I was attending those meetings CENTURIES before finding out about his existence"

The blonde girl rolled her eyes. "Whatever… As long as he gets it done before his ten minutes are up. Come on, Billy. Let's watch TV."

"Oh boy! TV! TV!" The dimwitted boy said, cheerfully.

With that, the two walked off. Grim looked at Reapermon with a sympathetic stare while putting his hand on his shoulder.

"But… But… I am the final boss of Digimon Rumble Arena… I am one of the most feared bosses in platform fighter history… I shouldn't be relegated to a glorified lawnmower for a little girl in the span of a minute…" Reapermon sputtered. "I… I…"

"I know, I know…" Grim frowned, gently gesturing Reapermon away. "I could assure you that it is not just you and me that she has a way with."

(Dome; Crowd Entrance A)

Carmelita, Gabe and Naesala finally reached the location where they heard the garlic attack happened. It was as they suspected. The entire hallway reeked of the stench of garlic. They also see a bunch of people, half invited fighters, half audience members. They were all talking to each other, looking worried. Then, one particular fighter saw them and narrowed her eyes.

"Oh, nice of you to show up!" Wave the Swallow spat.

Carmelita growled. "Watch your tongue, bird!"

"Oh, right, you are all still new here!" Wave taunted. "Then, you don't know that the security team is ALWAYS trailing behind when it comes to these things!"

"Nice to see that you are as likeable as ever." Naesala spat.

"Wave, that is enough."

Everyone turned their heads to see a Causaian man with shaved hair and wearing a simple attire of a short-sleeved shirt and jeans with a hoister carrying a weapon on his back.

"Cole MacGrath…" Gabe said, softly

"Please excuse Wave. Turns out when she isn't taunting her enemies, she is actually quite the nagging mother." The electromancer reassured.

The purple-feather mechanic just scoffed and crossed her arms while looking away.

"What happened?" Carmelita asked. "We were dealing with something at the restaurant and the next thing we knew, so many people were on their way to the Recovery Room after being dunked in garlic!"

"Yeah, I am still trying to figure out the full story, but here is the rundown." Cole said. "Someone set off a series of stinkbombs in this area. However, obviously these stinkbombs are loaded with garlic."

"Well, duh." Naesala spat.

"But here is the thing." Cole said. "I am no expert on pranks, but doesn't stinkbombs usually go off and spread around?"

"Umm, as opposed to what?" Gabe asked, not liking where this was going.

"Well, in the large cloud that the stinkbomb made, it went through THAT way." Cole explained.

With that, he pointed to a certain hallway. Carmelita, Gabe and Naesala's eyes widened at this,

"I knew it…" Carmelita said, solemnly.

"I think I already know what you are talking about so I'll get to the chase." Wave offered. "After Electro used his electromancy to open up one of the stinkbombs and it turns out that they are mini-fans on side. We haven't checked all of them yet, but it is a safe bet that they all have it."

Gabe narrowed his eyes. "Someone was trying to kill Drake,"

"Then, why are you loitering around here!?" Carmelita exclaimed. "We HAVE to warn them!"

"Don't worry, a bunch of aeromancers managed to stop the stink cloud from going too far and managed to neutralise it." Wave frowned before grunting in disgust. "But it is too little, too late to worry about the stench."

"Unfortunately, I think even the vampires would agree that is the least of our problems." Cole sighed. "Hey, speaking of aeromancers, Wave, where's YOURS?"

The mechanic looked worried. "I was thinking the same thing. All I know is that he better be doing something worthwhile."

(Dome; Hallway Near Announcer's Booth)

Jet the Hawk was about to swing one of his leaf warfans until he suddenly sneezed, stopping his attack. Before he could wonder why he would suddenly sneeze, he found himself getting blown away by a strong burst of wind until he crashed into the wall. Jet groaned before glaring at the guilty party. Dingodile just sneered while patting his vacuum cannon.

Jet then got back onto his Extreme Gear hoverboard and swung his leaf fan, sending a gust of wind forward. However, Dingodile sent out his own burst of wind, causing the two aero projectiles to collide with each other and cancel each other out. However, Jet got back onto his board and rode forward. Dingodile's smirk vanished, not expecting Jet to be so fast and took a punch to his large gut.

Despite Jet's punch by itself wasn't enough, the added speed made it hurt even more. With his cheeks puffing out, Dingodile growled before spinning around with his crocodile tail outstretched. However, Jet saw the attack coming and jumped over it before doing an upwards kick to Dingodile's snout. As the dingo-crocodile staggered back, Jet sent his fan palm upwards, sending an arc of wind pushing him into the wall.

Dingodile shook his head before glaring at Jet. "Look, ya bugger! Ah am actually TRYING not ta cause trouble!"

"Well, in that case, you failed the moment that you tried to send that garlic cloud!" Jet countered.

"Fer the last time, Ah didn't even KNOW what yer are talking about!?" Dingodile scolded. "Hell, Ah literally just NOW smelt garlic the minute ya came into mah line of sight!"

"Well, if you are so innocent, why are you being so defensive about your reasoning for being here!?" Jet challenged.

Dingodile winced at this, remembering his promise to Joe not to tell anyone what he was doing.

"Ah ha! Can't even think of a suitable excuse!" Jet snapped.

"Look, mate, Ah can't tell ya why Ah am here, but Ah could promise ya that it is not ta kill the host!" Dingodile insisted.

"Tch! Excuses, excuses!" Jet spat before riding forward. Dingodile jumped before reading his vacuum cannon. However, Jet didn't ride all of the way forward, but instead rode to the side. He then swung his leaf fan and sent a gust of wind into Dingodile's side, sending him onto his head. Jet narrowed his eyes before flying around Dingodile while swinging his fan at the same time.

This resulted in Dingodile being knocked around from side to side by various wind blasts. After ten or so, aero projectiles, Jet rode over to Dingodile while he was going off in mid-flight before doing a downwards axe kick to the dingo-crocodile's stomach, knocking him down. Jet then rode over to continue the assault while Dingodile was down.

But the latter snapped out of his daze, swinging his tail into Jet's face, knocking the hawk off of his board and sprawling on the ground. Dingodile then smirked before looking at the board floating away. Jet groaned before propping himself on his knees. He then heard the sounds of something being sucked. Turning his head, he saw that his board was attached to the cannon of Dingodile's vacuum.

Jet's eyes bugged out before he narrowed his eyes. "Hey, give it back before you damage it NOW!"

Dingodile's smirk grew bigger as he aimed his cannon straight at Jet, whose face fell.

"...That was a horrible choice of words." Jet muttered.

"Pretty much." Dingodile smirked.

With that, he opened fire, sending the board like a projectile into Jet's face. The green-feathered thief fell onto his back, out cold. Dingodile smirked before beating his cannon against his shoulder.

"Aight… Ah knocked him out. Now make myself scarce before someone ELSE catches me." Dingodile said, nodding to himself.

"Oh, really?"

Dingodile's pupils shrink before turning around to see Carmelita, Gabe, Naesala, Cole and Wave crossing their arms, not looking pleased.

"Do tell. Make yourself scarce before someone else catches you doing what?" Cole challenged.

Dingodile's face was immediately caked with sweat. "Um, well, ya see..."

"Dingodile from the Crash Bandicoot node, put down your vacuum cannon!" Carmelita demanded, aiming her shock pistol. "You are under arrest for suspicsion of attempted murder of the host of the tournament!"

The Australian-accented hybrid frowned before dropping his cannon and holding up his arms.

"...Ah guess the third time isn't the charm when trying ta avoid these crazy plots." Dingodile muttered.

(The Arena)

"Hailing Downpour!" Edna shouted, aiming her closed umbrella like a gun and fired three golden energy balls forward. Sticks the Badger yelped before rolling to the side to avoid the incoming projectiles. She then readied her bow and fired an arrow forward, but Edna quickly swatted it away. Sticks growled before getting out her boomerang and throwing it forward.

"Cloudy Swirl!" Edna shouted, swinging around with her umbrella outstretched with a mist surrounding it. However, that was what Sticks was hoping for as she fired her bow. This time, igniting an arrow with fire and firing into Edna's stomach. The Seraph cried out in pain before falling onto her rear. Sticks then continued the barrage with a series of flaming arrows. But Edna acted quickly before doing her Cloudy Swirl arte before…

"Stormy Rain!" Edna shouted while spinning her umbrella while opening, knocking the flaming arrows away. One of them went back. Sticks shrieked before ducking underneath it. Seeing that Sticks was stunned, Edna decided to try to cast a spell. However, Sticks saw this and her eyes bugged out.

"Rock Lance!" Edna shouted as a tall, singular stalagmite appeared out of the ground. But Sticks rolled to the side, avoiding it. She then fired an arrow with icy mist, but Edna rolled her eyes.

"Spare me. If you are truly the stereotypical conspiracy theorist, then you should know that our game revolves around using various elements." Edna taunted. "You don't even have the element of surprise on your side."

"Hey, that is not MY fault! That stupid Sonic robo-clone spoiled the surprise!" Sticks countered. "Seriously, me and my friends spent an entire hour trying to figure out the right punny one-liners! …For EACH element!"

"Well, considering how underdeveloped your elements are, it probably won't help you." Edna said, matter-of-factly. She then shrugged her shoulders. "But hey, talk is cheap. Let me demonstrate for you."

With that, she ran over to Sticks and jumped up before doing a series of punts at her. However, the conspiracy theorist ducked underneath the attack before ready to use her boomerang as a close-range weapon. However, then drops of snow fell from Edna's umbrella while she was still in the air with some of them falling on her head.

"ACK! NON-SNOWCONE BRAIN FREEZE! NON-SNOWCONE BRAIN FREEZE!" Sticks yelped as Edna landed on the ground.

"Petal Whirlwind!" Edna shouted while spinning around with a literal whirlwind of petals around her, striking Sticks multiple times. The badger was sent sprawling on the ground before propping herself on knees.

"Weather Vane!"

Sticks' eyes bugged out when she saw Edna riding her umbrella upside-down. Edna's eyes bugged out before jumping up to avoid the attack. She then grabbed onto Edna while she was still spinning. When she stopped, Edna gave a low growl.

"Get… OFF!" Edna demanded.

"Not yet!" Sticks spat.

With that, she used her boomerang to restrain Edna's arm. The Seraph may be a powerful geomancer and literally much older than he looks, she still had the body of a petite little girl. However, Sticks wasn't done yet and activated her cryomancy around her boomerang. Edna's eyes bugged out as she found her upper body freezing. Sticks smirked as she got up before swiftly booting Edna out of the ring.

"Sometimes it is not how much elemental coverage you use, it is how you use it!" Sticks taunted, dusting her hands together.

Edna landed in Kid Icarus Uprising where she spent the next ten minutes with Viridi, snarking about humans.

A katana clashes with a knife. Normally, this would be suicidal for the knife-wielder, but said wielder manages to clash with said katana. It helps that said knife-wielder was a muscular yakuza with Orochi blood. Ryuji Yamazaki grinned as he clashed with Shin Hisako who glared at him with her cold eyes.

Yamazaki then used his long leg to kick Shin Hisako in the stomach, sending her stagger bacK. Yamazaki then leapt forward and did a series of knife-stabs to Shin Hisako's face and chest. Normally, this would kill or at least brutally wound them, but seeing that Shin Hisako was an Onryo, she could take most of them.

Shin to life and leapt forward, doing a downward slash, but Yamazaki just scoffed before jumping back to avoid the slash. However, Shin Hisako demonstrated that she was faster than she looked by doing a series of fast slashes forward. Yamazaki just continued to jump back to avoid the slashes.

Only to receive a horizontal slash catching him in the chest. As Yamazaki winced, Shin Hisako swung her katana at his face. However, the black-clad man snapped back to reality before CATCHING THE KATANA'S BLADE WITH HIS TEETH. Shin Hisako's eyes widened as she got into another power struggle with the katana. This time, they were pulling instead of pushing.

Yamazaki then lunged his knife into Shin Hisako's face, stunning her long enough for Yamazaki to kick the Onryo in the chest, knocking her away from her blade. With his katana still in his mouth, Yamazaki smirked as he gestured with his free hand to come over while putting his knife hand into his pocket. Shin Hisako growled before dashing forward.

Until Yamazaki lashed out his arm in a snake-like fashion, striking Shin Hisako in the forehead and knocking her away. Yamazaki just laughed (while not dropping the katana somehow) Shin Hisako growled before dashing forwards. Yamazaki just sent out his snake-arm again.

Only for Shin Hisako to slam her hands on the ground. This resulted in a large shadow to appear in a large, black circle with shadowy hands popping out of it. Yamazaki's smirk vanished as he struggled to step back. However, he was so focused on the shadowy hands, he didn't notice Shin Hisako pouncing him to the ground, pinning him down.

Yamazaki tried to break free and normally, it would work. However, he found himself getting pulled under. Shin Hisako just took her katana back.

"H-Hey! Where are these things taking me!?" Yamazaki demanded.

"Where you SHOULD go permanently." Shin Hisako said, sternly. "But I suppose a few seconds will have to do…"

Before Yamazaki could snap back verbally, he found himself inside of the dark portal. A few people stopped fighting to see what was happening. Then suddenly, after a few seconds, Yamazaki was sent flying into the air as if he was shot out of a vertical cannon. Shin Hisako leapt up after him and slashed at the yakuza with her blade, knocking him out of the ring.

Yamazaki landed in Yakuza. For better or for worse, he fit right in.

Shin Hisako glared as Yamazaki disappeared in the portal. She then nodded her head.

"DEATH EATER!"

"EEEEE!"

"STIMPY, MAKE LIKE RIHANNA AND SHUT UP AND DRIVE!"

Shin Hisako's eyes bugged out before turning her head to see Yggadrasill once again slamming on the ground and creating light pillars around him. Ren & Stimpy were almost victims until they got into a car. However, while driving away, they looked back at what had happened. However, they didn't fail to see that they were heading towards Shin Hisako.

The good news was Shin Hisako easily dodged out of the way.

The bad news was Kanji Tatsumi wasn't as lucky.

BAM!

Shin Hisako, Ren & Stimpy and Jigglypuff's eyes bugged out as Kanji was sent flying in the air, screaming before falling out of the ring.

Kanji landed in Animal Crossing: New Horizons where he died of cuteness overload from the villagers.

Jigglypuff looked at the whole thing with wide eyes. She then glared at the guilty party who looked stunned.

"Umm…" Ren started.

Jigglypuff then floated over to Ren & Stimpy and started to slap the mismatched duo for losing her ally. Tiffany Lords shrieked before scampering over to stop the Pokemon, almost bumping into Shin Hisako.

The swordswoman just blinked at the entire series of events. She then scowled before looking at the fight between Lloyd Irving and Isla. Particularly Lloyd.

"I may long stop fighting with hatred and rage…" Shin Hisako muttered before raising her katana. "That DOESN'T mean I lost the ability to feel anger."

With that, she made her way over to said fight. Eugene Gallardo was actually watching the whole display with a worried frown.

"Uh-oh…" Eugene said before rushing off after Shin Hisako.

"Watch out, Minerva!" Celica A. Mercury warned. The monochrome robot didn't need to be told twice as she grabbed her protectate and turned into a mini-jet before zooming forward. Steve (The Minecraft one) quickly dove out of the way as Minerva crashed into his crafting table.

Steve angrily made his way towards the two (Or at least he SEEMED angry. It is hard to tell) and got out a stone sword before swinging it at the two. However, Minerva raised her arms, protecting the two from the assault before kicking her foot into his stomach, knocking him onto his back.

Minerva ran over to strike Steve while he was done, but the literally-blocky man got up and raised a wooden shield, just in time to block Minerva's punch. While the guard was a success, he still found himself before being forced back. Minerva then rushed forward.

But if Steve was dazed, he quickly snapped out of it before getting out a bucket and tossing it forward. Minerva immediately stopped her assault. This gave Steve enough time to get a block with a spring attached to it before launching it forward into Celica and Mercury sending them back. As the two crashed onto the ground, Steve started to mine into the canvas. Celica groaned before looking up.

"Careful, Minerva!" Celica warned before healing her robot buddy with a green glow. "The more we let Steve mine or craft, the harder our opponent is!"

Minerva didn't need to be told twice before turning herself into a cannon. She then shot an orb of energy forward. However, Steve noticed this and jumped out of the way. Seeing that Minerva had a projectile, Steve decided to go on the offensive.

Unknown to them, Twintelle and Captain Olimar were watching them with blank faces.

"...And I thought OUR fight is weird." Olimar muttered.

"...You would think that being from ARMS would more or less give you the ability to not be fazed, but I guess not." Twintelle sighed. She then glared at Olimar. "Speaking of which, you two have a lot of nerve interrupting our fight!"

"Hey, nearly everyone else was taken. We HAD to interrupt a fight." Olimar insisted.

"I suppose I cannot deny that logic." Twintelle muttered before getting into a stance. "However, I WILL show you why it is a bad move to interrupt MY fight!"

With that, she launched her Chilla twintail forward. However, that was what Olimar was hoping for as he launched a bunch of blue Pikmin at the incoming twintail fist where grabbed onto it. However, it wasn't enough to slow down Twintelle punching Olimar. But while the astronaut flew back, she noticed that he didn't have any frost on him. It seemed that the blue Pikmin negated the elemental effects of her Chilla.

However, Twintelle just scoffed. "Well, I admit that elementals are a major part of our fighting style, surely you know that we are still right without them, non?"

With that, she sent out her Parasol twintail forward. However, Olimar recovered and easily dodged out of the way of the slow attack with his Pikmin following him. But the Parasol was just a disadvantage for her to disequip her Chilla (and make the blue Pikmin fall off) before equipping a blue bird with yellow lightning bolts on it.

After putting on the Thunderbird, Twintelle launched it at Olimar who was getting ready to duck underneath it. However, unlike other curving ARMS, the Thunderbird could curve left & right AND up & down. Because of that, it went down to hit the already-short ducking Olimar and not only struck him, but also zapped.

As his Pikmin huddled around their own master in concern. Twintelle sent her Parasol forward and while Olimar was still stunned, the Parasol opened up and cried out a burst of wind which sent Olimar and the Pikmin flying away (with some of the poor things dying). Olimar crashed on his stomach.

Only to see the Thunderbird flying at him again. Olimar narrowed his closed eyes before grabbing a couple of yellow Pikmin and jumping up not only leaping over said Thunderbird, but also sending the two yellow Pikmin onto it. While the two Pikmin were still on the Thunderbird twintail while it was retreating, Olimar latched onto it as well.

However, Twintelle learned her lesson from her fight with Wade Hixton and sent out her Parasol at Olimar and the two Pikmin as the twintail was retreating back.

Unfortunately, Olimar was also prepared. He then revealed that he has gotten ANOTHER Pikmin. However, it wasn't organic or multi-coloured, but rather a regular rock with eyes and the trademark Pikmin leaf. Said Rock Pikmin crashed into the Parasol, clashing with it. Twintelle was so stunned by this that by the time her Thunderbird twintail finally returned, she didn't notice Olimar holding both yellow Pikmin outstretched.

The attack hit Twintelle head-on and while it didn't hurt that much, it was more than enough to make the French woman stagger back to the ropes where all it took was a decent jumping headbutt to knock her out of the ring.

Twintelle landed in The Movies where she naturally proved to be a hit in filming.

Olimar breathed in and out in relief before looking at the Rock Pikmin who was waddling towards him.

"It is a good thing that we are allowed to use more than our regular Smash movesets." Olimar mused. "Even though there aren't any Wollywogs here, it is still nice to have Rock Pikmin around."

He then turned to see Steve managing to shove Celica and Mercury out of the arena. The crafter then jumped up and down twice before walking towards the middle of the arena while mining. Olimar just nodded at his ally's success.

Celica & Minerva landed in Dry Dry Desert of Paper Mario. The former got up and dusted the sand off of herself.

"Well, we tried our best, Minerva. At least we weren't booted immediately." Celica lamented. She then used her hand as a visor from the sun. "And while a desert isn't the ideal place to spend ten minutes in, I know that we could definitely do worse. Regardless, let's go find a town, an oasis or even shelter."

With that, she walked off. Minerva followed her before looking back. …Particularly at the path that would have led them to Dry Dry Outpost. Oh well, at least they would just be wandering around for just ten minutes, right?

Normally, most, if not all fights in the arena would be landlocked. However, when both fighters could fly, why stay on the ground? And that was the silent agreement of fairy fighters styles as they flew around the arena.

Tecna narrowed her eyes before sending out her palms, sending out green electricity forward. However, Luise Meyrink surrounded her hands in pale blue energy before rotating them in a circle, making a glowing circle which reflected the electricity back at Tecna. The magenta-haired young woman's eyes bugged out.

"Firewall!" Tecna shouted, summoning a large green energy shield and protecting herself from the electricity. Seeing how limiting her spells were thanks to that deflector, Tecna decided to fly forward, using her shield as a battering ram. However, Luise flew out of the way at the last moment before doing a series of spinning kicks to Tecna's back.

Tecna dropped her shield and nearly fell like a stone to canvas. However, she recovered herself before crashing on the ground and flew back into the air. She then sent out a small bolt of forward before charging forward. Luise then swung her arm at Tecna, sending a ball of energy forward, but Tecna quickly blocked it.

"Your power is incredible!" Tecna said in awe. "I wish you to know more about it."

"Unfortunately, you may never find out." Luise sighed. "My series never got a proper third game and conclusion. The closest thing we have to Maximum Impact being relevant is Krohnen."

"Aww, that's too bad. I…" Tecna frowned. She then paused. "Wait… The blue-haired guy from the NESTS saga team?"

"Well, for starters, not only is his appearance similar to Alba Meira, he also has a…" Luise said, shaking her head. "Never mind. I will inform you after the tournament if we get the chance."

"Um, okay… Let's continue." Tecna said before sending out her free hand forward. "Static Sphere!"

Luise flew to the side as Tecna sent out a stream of green electricity forward before dashing forward. However, Tecna quickly recovered from her own spell before charging forward with her Firewall, into Luise. The white-haired woman was sent flying back until she recovered herself and narrowed her eyes.

"Dreams of a star!" Luise said before swinging her hand. At the same time, a long blade of energy appeared where her hand was. Tecna's eyes widened before raising her shield to block it. Only to be spent sprawling back from the powerful attack. Luise then flew over and did a kick forward, but Tecna snapped out of her daze and flew behind Luise before zapping her with electricity.

Luise was sent staggering forward before recovering. She then got into a stance. Tecna did the same… Until she noticed something.

"Wait, isn't that Yggdrasill?" Tecna pointed out.

Luise blinked twice before looking to the side to indeed see the blond angel before looking back at Tecna in confusion. "Um, yes, why?"

"Why isn't he floating in the middle of the arena?" Tecna asked.

"Well, when the robotic clone of Sonic and the badger were on the platforms, Yggadrasill would use an arte on said platform." Luise offered.

"By THAT logic, why is he there when there is NO ONE on the platforms?" Tecna added.

Luise's eyes widened before looking back at Yggdrasill. Only to see them looking at THEM.

"YGGDRASILL LASER!" Yggdrasill shouted, sending his palm out and creating a white beam of light. Luise and Tecna's eyes widened at this.

"FIREWALL!" Tecna shouted, creating a green energy shield at the incoming beam to block it. However, she was sent flying back.

And straight into Luise.

The two women were sent falling on the ground. Tecna landed close to the ropes and Luise… Was not as lucky and fell straight into the portal. Tecna groaned before looking around.

"Um, Luise?" Tecna asked.

She then looked up at the screen to see an instant replay of her "eliminating" Luise. She blinked twice before slapping her forehead.

"I am SO over this section theme!" She muttered.

Luise landed in Let's Go Jungle! Where she protected the two protagonists from the giant, mutated butterfly final boss. Yeah, you read right.

(Dome; Restaurant)

"Ooh… Sure, the security team may be distracted by the garlic attack, but surely they will come back! Especially since what goes well with pizza? Garlic!" Chef Gino ranted while pacing back and forth. "Ooh, they are going to find out that we lied to their faces! They tell the hosts and have the restaurant closed down! What if no one wants to eat my world-famous pizza after this! I am doomed!"

Everyone watched as Gino continued to rant while pacing about with the Swatchlings trying to get him to calm down.

"Um, is he okay?" Ralf asked.

"Ugh, don't worry. Gino is a perfectionist and tends to flip out whenever something isn't at least 100%!" Jill groaned, rolling her eyes.

"Normally, we would be more supportive of him, but right now, I am afraid that I must ask us to be selfish and let the Swatchlings do it for us while we focus on the task at hand." Mama sighed.

"Um, yeah, about that." Whip said before nodding her head. "Thank you for covering for us, Mama!"

"Oh, it is no problem, dear!" The vertically-challenged woman reassured. "I realise how personal it is for you and while I respect Carmelita's drive, it is not the best thing to have in this situation."

Whip let out a sigh. "Yeah… Even though Krizalid deserves consequences for siding with Bison, I still don't want him to make the same mistake twice."

"Seirah…" Kula said, sadly while eating from a tub of ice cream with a spoon.

"So what's the plan?" Mama asked. "Seeing that the security team only knew that Komodo Joe was involved in a fight, it should be safe to investigate the area where the garlic attack happened."

"Wait, we don't even know that it was even Bison though!" Jill corrected.

"Yeah, The villains usually try NOT to alert the hosts." Ralf added. "If what we heard is correct, then this was an attack on Drake."

"But… Why?" Kula asked.

"I don't know, but unless we can confirm the two events are linked, we should ignore it for now." Whip frowned.

"So what now?" Jill asked. "Go to the Elimination Seating and recruit some allies?"

"Normally, yes, but it is too early to do so." Ralf said. "We don't even know if half of the eliminated fighters from Section One even made it to the Elimination Seating?"

"Okkkkkay, so recruit fighters from your node locker room?" Mama offered.

"I don't think that is a smart idea." Kula frowned. "We need to stop Krizalid and Bison as soon as possible and it would be hard to do so if we felt stuffy the entire time."

Whip, Jill and Mama blinked twice before turning towards Ralf with an exasperated face.

"Let's just say that the Ice Princess is right and leave it at that…" Ralf muttered.

"Ugh, but where can we go? Our only lead was that Komodo Dragon and he is who-knows-where by now!" Whip groaned.

"Well, you DID told us that he said that they were meeting up in Bison's room." Mama offered with a shrug. "Of course, the villains must be going around putting their plan into action, but still…"

"I mean, yeah, but we don't even know where his room IS and I doubt that there is anyone who would…" Ralf started.

"RALF! Don't finish that sentence!" Mama exclaimed as Jill looked just as horrified.

"W-Why? Why can't I…" Ralf said before turning his head.

Only to meet a pair of dead eyes.

"PLEASE TAKE THIS MAP."

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!"

Ralf found himself falling off of his chair after someone literally came up in his face. He wasn't the only one. Kula clung onto Whip scared with the latter comforting the cryomancer with one hand while readying her whip with the other one, looking worried. Mama and Jill just look… Exasperated.

The person who got into Ralf's face was a white robot with glasses and a light blue hat.

"TAKE THIS MAP." The robot said, offering a map.

Ralf blinked twice before narrowing his eyes. "Really? REALLY!? Drake invited a KILLER ROBOT as part of the staff!?"

"Oh, don't be like that!" Mama scolded, putting her hands on her hips. "The Map Bots are one of the few robots that doesn't trigger a Game Over in Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach!"

"And yet they arguably have the scariest jumpscare." Julie muttered.

Ralf growled before glaring at the robot, still trying to offer the free map. The Ikari Warriors swiped it out of the Map Bot's hands.

The Map Bot bowed its head. "GLAD TO BE OF SERVICE. PLEASE REMEMBER TO RESPECT THE FIGHTERS' PRIVACY WHEN VISITING THEIR ROOMS."

With that, it turned around and wheeled off with everyone staring at it.

"...I have to ask. Did Drake recruit these robots because they are more or less efficient at their job or as a sick joke?" Whip muttered.

"...I am not sure. Maybe even BOTH." Jill groaned, shaking her head.

"Yeah, well, for better or for worse, we should at least know where Bison's room is." Ralf muttered, holding his map. "Let's go, Whippy!"

"Hey, I wanna come too!" Kula whined.

Whip frowned. "You sure, Kula? It is quite dangerous!"

"So? I am used to danger!" The cryomancer scoffed. "Besides, I never met Krizalid in person, but he is making you upset, Seirah! So I want to smack him at least once!"

"Well said, little lady!" Ralf laughed.

"Alright, alright… I know how hard it is for you to stand down when your mind has been made up." Whip sighed before turning to Mama and Jill. "We are leaving for now, but we may or may not come back with a full team."

"That is alright, dear." Mama reassured. "Just be careful."

Whip nodded her head. "Come on, guys."

With that, she, Ralf and Kula made their way towards the exit. Mama and Jill looked at them in concern.

"I do hope that they will be alright." Jill said.

"I suppose that hoping is all we CAN do at this time unfortunately…" Mama frowned. "Then again, it is still better thinking of the negative."

Jill turned her head towards Gino, literally sobbing into a Swatchling's torso.

"Touche."

(Dome; Bar)

Rainbow Mika Nanakawa's eyes bugged out before she jumped to the side to avoid getting skewered by a spear. The Shredder tried again, this time swinging his spear in a horizontal fashion. R. Mika ducked underneath the attack before headbutting the Shredder in the stomach.

As the armoured ninja staggered back while gripping his stomach, R. Mika ran over and did a stunner on him, knocking him to the ground. The wrestler was about to grab the Shredder's legs, but the latter snapped out of his daze in time before kicking R. Mika in the stomach, knocking her way.

The Shredder then flipped back onto his feet before dashing forward and slashing R. Mika in the stomach. As the blonde cried out in pain, the Shredder added insult to injury by kneeing where he slashed her. R. Mika staggered back while gripping her wound. However, she managed to jump out of the way of a claw slash.

"You really don't mess around, do you?" R. Mika asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Well, ignoring the fact that I don't show mercy to my foes, I have a LOT of rage to let out." The Shredder said, narrowing his eyes. "I am still mad at that stupid vampire for bumping the release date of this tournament earlier thus making me miss the roster."

"Not like it would help you." R. Mika taunted with a weak smirk. "Seriously, all that muscles and armour and you are STILL somehow a lightweight?"

"Hey!" The Shredder roared before pouncing forward. R. Mika ducked underneath the attack before doing a jumping headbutt to the Shredder's stomach, knocking him out of the air. Before he could land on the ground, R. Mika flipped herself forward so he could pin down the Shredder.

The Shredder grunted in pain before kicking R. Mika off of her and rushed over before doing a series of blade strikes forward. R. Mika kept jumping back to avoid the stabs before finding an opening and grabbing the Shredder by the arm before making him run into the wall.

You would think that a power struggle between a large, heavyset crocodile and a petite, teenage girl would be in favour of said crocodile. But no, Hinako Shijou was demonstrating otherwise as she was able to go toe-to-toe with King K. Rool. The two glared into each other's eyes.

Then, Hinako showed off her sumo-training by slamming K. Rool across the ground. The Kremling growled before getting back up and punching his fist out, Hinako raised her hands to block the attack, but despite it being a perfect block, she showed that she was still a lightweight as she was sent skidding back on her feet before crashing into the wall.

Hinako groaned before turning her head. Her eyes bugged out when she saw that K. Rool was rushing towards her. Acting quickly, she dove out of the way just in time for K. Rool to crash into the wall, leaving an unsightly mark inside of it. Hinako then ran behind K. Rool while he was recovering and did a series of palm strikes to his back.

K. Rool grunted in annoyance before turning around. "You are extremely persistent, girlie!"

"Of course I am! Not only are you a villain, but you are a villain with the perfect body!" Hinako scolded. "You could have used your body for sumo, but no, you actively use it to hurt people!"

K. Rool blinked twice. "Well, THAT'S not the weirdest 'You Could Have Used Your Powers For Good' Spiel I ever heard."

Hinako didn't say anything and instead slammed her palms forward. However, K. Rool saw this coming and readied himself with his golden gut glowing and when the palms struck K. Rool, Hinako was sent flying backwards and crashing backfirst into the wall. K. Rool laughed while slapping his belly.

"Come on, how could we let evil go unchecked!?" Kim groaned, struggling to break out of King's grasp while still drunk.

"Because you could barely stand yet alone do your stance!" The bartender scolded. "You are NOT Chin Gentsai!"

"Then, why aren't YOU going to help?" Kim asked before hiccuping.

"Someone has to man the fort so they don't take the bar inside!" King countered. "Seriously, you know how many fights start outside of the bar or restaurant only to end up inside for some reason or another!"

K. Rool growled before dashing forward on all fours. Hinako just narrowed her eyes before raising her leg up and slamming it down sumo-style, making another tremor that made K. Rool fall onto his face. Hinako then rushed forward before swinging her hands downwards, striking K. Rool.

K. Rool grunted in pain before launching Hinako by her leg and getting up, lifting her up in the air. The purple-clad girl shrieked as she saw thrown into the wall. However, K. Rool wasn't done. He got out a blunderbuss and fired a cannonball from it. However, Hinako snapped out of her daze in time to run out of the way.

"Hey, that's not fair! You already have a lot of power and girth! You don't need a projectile yet alone a gun!" Hinako scolded.

"As Billie Eilish puts it… I'm the baddddd guy!" K. Rool said, patting his blunderbuss against his shoulder. "Duh!"

Hinako growled before doing another sumo stomp, but K. Rool predicted this and did his own sumo stomp. This resulted in everyone wobbling in place for a moment. However, K. Rool recovered first and fired another cannonball from his blunderbuss. But Hinako recovered as well and managed to catch the cannonball in her hands, making her skid back a bit. She then rushed over to throw the cannonball back at him. K. Rool's eyes bugged out.

Until he smirked before aiming his blunderbuss again as Hinako threw the cannonball. However, the blunderbuss acted like a VACUUM and sucked the cannonball back in.

Hinako's eyes widened in horror. "W-What!? How!?"

"Make no mistake, I am all for going in with brute strength like Bowser and Donkey Kong." K. Rool said before giving a dark grin. "But I like to add in some trickery in the mix!"

With that, he fired the cannonball back from Hinako.

The Shredder grunted in pain after being kicked in the face by R. Mika. However, he snapped out of his daze and grabbed R. Mika in the middle of another one of her kicks before spinning her around until she landed on her back hard.

"Ha! Do you really think that someone like YOU would defeat ME!?" The Shredder boasted.

R. Mika glared up at the Shredder. "Hey, I may not be on the same level as Ryu or Chun-Li, but I am strong in my own right!"

"Then, why are you considered low-tier in your DEBUT game?" The ninja said before rolling his eyes. "No wonder Capcom had you humiliated by Decapre!"

"HEY!" R. Mika roared, angrily before kicking the Shredder in the chest, sending him staggering back. R. Mika then launched herself forward before wrapping her legs around his head before slamming him to the ground. The Shredder grunted in pain before scratching R. Mika's leg.

R. Mika cried out before letting go of the Shredder. The armoured man then got up on one knee and swung his claw downward before R. Mika rolled backwards to avoid the claw slash before sending herself out rear-first into the Shredder's face. As the large man staggered back, R. Mika got a microphone out of nowhere.

"You know what really grinds my gears? Glamour muscles!" R. Mika shouted into the mic.

The Shredder blinked twice at this.

"Like, look at the Shredder! He has a decent build of muscles and wears armour and yet a common housecat is heavier than him! Sure, he is supposed to be a ninja, but come on!" R. Mika boasted. "When focusing on your skills, you have to have the perfect balance of muscle, speed AND weight and I am going to throw the latter in his chrome-covered face!"

With that, she slammed the mic on the ground with the Shredder looking stunned.

"Um, okay, I KNEW that you were full of hot air, but just wow." The Shredder said, raising a finger.

R. Mika just narrowed her eyes at the Shredder before rushing forward. The latter readied himself. However, that was what R. Mika was hoping for before sliding past the Shredder and got up before wrapping her arms around his waist from behind.

CRASH!

Normally, while still hard-hitting, a suplex wouldn't have hurt that much. However, R. Mika was using her V-Skill where she powered up her grab-and-throws. So when she suplexed the Shredder, it was so hard that it left a crater in the floor. R. Mika then let go of her opponent, allowing him to fall to the ground unconscious.

R. Mika dusted her hands together. "Low-tier, huh…?"

"Tch, chrome-dome had it coming, anyway."

R. Mika's eyes widened before turning around to see K. Rool standing triumphantly over Hinako's unconscious body.

"Well, I don't doubt that a fight will break out regardless, that was one of the dumbest ways to blow a cover I had ever seen." K. Rool muttered, crossing his arms. "Part-turtle, really?"

R. Mika narrowed her eyes while advancing forward.. "Well, it looks like it is just you and me!"

K. Rool was about to say something until he noticed something that made him grin. "Not yet. It seems that our 2-on-2 turned out to be a gauntlet."

R. Mika raised an eyebrow before turning her head and once she did, her eyes bugged out to see M. Bison, Vega and F.A.N.G.

"Bison…" Kim said, gritting his teeth.

"Hey, guys, your timing couldn't be more perfect!" K. Rool said, waving his arm and pointing to R. Mika. "Could you distract Rainbow Bomber? Normally, I would do it myself, but…"

Bison paused before nodding his head. "Very well…"

"Great!" K. Rool grinned.

With that, he ran over to R. Mika while she was stunned by the revelation of having the mastermind here and swatted her towards them. He then crouched down and picked up the unconscious Shredder and put him over his shoulders.

"Thanks, guys!" K. Rool grinned, giving a thumbs up.

Bison just scoffed. "I merely offered because we have business here. While we are technically on the same side, I still expect Oume and the rest of you all to pull her weight."

"Aight! Fair enough!" K. Rool chuckled before looking at R. Mika. "I hope you have your handicap matches because HOO-boy! You have one heck of one ahead of you!"

With that, he walked off while carrying the Shredder. Normally, R. Mika wouldn't let someone let that walk away, but she knew that there were bigger fish to fry as she glared at the three Shadaloo men.

"Well? What is this so-called business we have here?" R. Mika asked, crossing her arms.

"With YOU? Nothing if you stay out of my way." Bison said before growling. "My personal business is with King."

The blonde Frenchwoman's eyes widened before narrowing them as she walked out of the bar.

"What is it…?" King spat, remembering what happened at the first Megamix Tournament.

Bison gritted his teeth before reaching into his pocket. R. Mika and King got into their stances.

...Only to pull out a large wad of cash.

"Bring me the strongest drink you got!" Bison demanded.

"And seeing how powerful Master Bison is, there is no doubt that he wouldn't be a lightweight!" F.A.N.G. added, sternly.

R. Mika and King both looked completely thunderstruck when they heard this. They then looked at each other, not liking where this was going.

(The Arena)

After somehow managing to calm Jigglypuff down and send her on her way, Tiffany Lords went back to fighting Ren & Stimpy. Or rather, she was using her cheerleader skills to avoid getting hit by projectile hairballs shot from Stimpy's mouth being used as a gun.

"Ew! Stop it! They don't even hurt that much!" Tiffany scolded.

"If they don't, then why are you running away!?" Ren smirked during shots.

Tiffany shrieked before ducking underneath a furball. She then ran forward while dodging the strange projectiles. When she was close enough, she did a sliding kick to Stimpy, knocking him out of Ren's hands. While still on the ground, Tiffany kicked Ren in the face.

The chihuahua staggered back before quickly recovering and lunged forward with his hammer out. Tiffany yelped rolled to the side and avoided it. However, Stimpy then pounced onto her face and held it tightly. Tiffany stumbled to get Stimpy off of her, but Ren then bit into her legs

Tiffany cried out in pain before managing to get Stimpy off of her and swung him into Ren, knocking the two away. As Tiffany gripped her leg, she got up and ran over to the downed Ren & Stimpy, grabbed him and…

Started to squeeze them both against her chest. Everyone in the audience looked in awe and even the fighters stopped what they were doing to see what was going on.

"Ooh, I SO envy those two!" Suezo exclaimed.

Rimururu grunted in disgust while crossing her arms. "I don't even know where to begin."

Soon, Ren had got out a crowbar out of nowhere and used it to pry himself and Stimpy free. Tiffany wasn't expecting him and all three ended up falling onto their rears.

"...Um, how are you able to recover?" Tiffany asked.

"Heh! Do you really think we will be taken down that easily!?" Ren smirked. "We went through worse!"

Tiffany frowned. "Okay, fair… But that still doesn't explain how come you don't have any fevers."

Ren blinked twice. "I'm sorry… What?"

"Yeah, that move, while not always an easy-win attack, still makes my opponents feverish." Tiffany added.

Ren's eyes widened in realisation as Stimpy looked confused.

"Maybe… It is like Ren said?" Stimpy offered. "We are from a wacky cartoon!"

"No, I am SURE that a few times I remembered giving people from cartoons fevers before like." Tiffany added. "If anything, they are MORE affected seeing that their tongues stick out, eyes popped out of their skulls and their hearts popped out of their chest."

Ren's pupils shrink before looking around to see everyone still staring at them. However, the moment Ren looked around, they all turned away and tried to go back to their fights. Ren knew fully well what they THINK was the reason.

"Wow, I don't know…" Stimpy started.

"ENOUGH TIME!"

Tiffany and Stimpy jumped as Ren got up.

"THE TIME FOR TALKING IS OVER! LET'S RUN OVER THIS EEDIOT!" Ren exclaimed.

"W-What!? What's wrong, Ren? This is scary even for…" Stimpy started.

"NOW!"

With that, he summoned the same car that they used to escape Yggdrasill's attack and dragged Stimpy before starting it. Tiffany's eyes bugged out before running away, screaming as Ren rode like a madman after the Pacific High student, zig-zagging a few times.

Tiffany then ran up the stairs leading to the upper floor. However, cartoon cars don't follow logic and just follow her up the stairs. When Tiffany reached the top of the stairs, she turned around and rotated her fist with a yellow aura around it. This did little to make Ren falter as he continued to chase after Tiffany with a face of pure rage on his own.

"PUNCH!"

That was the sound of Tiffany sending a fully-charged Groovy Punch into the car, not only making the car explode into different pieces, but also sending Ren & Stimpy flying out of the arena, screaming at the top of their lungs.

Ren & Stimpy landed in Schnookums & Meat. While Stimpy and Meat made good friends with each other, Ren and Schnookums meant the next ten minutes at each other's throats.

Tiffany heavily before walking over to the edge. "Okay, what the hell was that? I knew that dog had an attitude problem, but from what I saw from the cat, that was extreme, even for him."

"Ren is over the 'Are Ren and Stimpy are gay' rumours."

Tiffany blinked twice before looking to the side to see an exasperated Cortex, still on the edge.

"H-Huh?" Tiffany asked.

"It is as I said. Because Ren & Stimpy live in the same house, people think that they are in a relationship." Cortex said.

Tiffany tilted her head in confusion. "But… What does THAT have to do with Ren's sudden outburst? Furthermore, we never found out why both of them were immune to the effects of my attack!"

Cortex paused for a moment. He then got up and started to walk towards the stairs.

"H-Hey, where are you going?" Tiffany asked, confused.

"Downstairs. I am NOT opening that can of worms." Cortex muttered as he made his way down. "Besides, two people that may want to eliminate me out of revenge are too preoccupied to even notice me."

Indeed, Rimururu and Wu Ruixiang have found not one, but two new opponents. The latter two seemed to be working well together, getting into a minecart while the front person literally put tracks ahead of them. However, Ruixiang sent her giant compass downwards, creating a golden puddle of sand and when the minecart rode over it, thorny sprouted out of it and sent it flying in the air.

Captain Olimar screamed as he, his Pikmin and Steve crashed onto the ground hard. Rimururu smirked before sending Konru towards the ground and creating a sheet of ice across the ground, making the mismatched duo and the Pikmin slide away from them. Rimururu then sent some icy projectiles across the ground while sending balls of compressed water forward. However, Steve thought quickly and created a barricade of blocks, stopping the attack.

"Keep going!" Ruixiang offered. "The less breathing room they have, the less they have to gather their resources!"

"Well, you don't have to tell ME twice!" Rimururu smirked as the two Samurai Shodown ladies continued the assault of projectiles.

Even though Rimururu and Ruixiang chose to challenge Olimar and Steve, the two have been surprisingly relentless, not giving their opponent a chance to move. Steve was already running out of resources from making his barricade to protect them from the assault and they all knew it.

"Steve! Let's fly!" Olimar shouted.

The dark-skinned man nodded his head before Olimar jumped onto him before the former spouted wings and started to fly towards the two with sparkles flying from them. The two girls' eyes bugged out at this. Rimururu then had Konru creating an ice mirror before making an icicle appear out of it and into Steve and knocking him and Olimar to the ground.

However, Olimar was able to summon two Winged Pikmin to save him from a hard fall. They then carried them over to Rimururu before he latched onto the stunned sister' face.

"I got the cryomancer!" Olimar shouted. "The Chinese woman is yours!"

Ruixiang, who was too taken back by Olimar recovering that quickly, turned her head towards Steve who was rushing over to her. Ruixiang yelped before raising her compass to block the incoming attack. However, Steve rarely swung his sword just once as he continued the assault.

Ruixiang merely raised her compass, blocking the incoming assault from Steve. However, she was unable to do anything when Steve "crouched down" and lit a fire on the bottom part of her dress. The bespetculated woman yelped before patting her flames on her dress. Steve then swung his sword at Ruixiang, not only knocking her down, but also making her drop her compass and her glasses.

Ruixiang groaned before weakly got up, looking blind. "Oh no… Why is it that whenever I drop my compass or glasses, it is never without losing the other item?"

Steve then walked over to finish off Ruixiang.

However, despite clearly being vision-impaired without her glasses AND being clumsy, Ruixiang was able to not only sense that Steve was swinging, but also caught it with HER HANDS. Acting quickly, she kicked Steve in the stomach, knocking him away. Needless to say, everyone who was watching the exchange looked in awe.

"Allow me to inform those who are clearly dumbfounded by what happened just now." Drake offered from the Announcer's Booth. "In the latest Samurai Shodown game, there is a mechanic where if a character is separated from their weapon, they could still counter by grabbing their opponent's weapon and knock them away, making them lose THEIR weapon."

Indeed, Steve lost his sword while Ruixiang had more than enough time to grab her compass and glasses and got up while putting on the latter item. She then started to fire water balls at Steve who was getting up. The minecrafter tried to make his way around them, but got struck in the chest, causing him to stagger back. Ruixiang thought that she had Steve.

Until Steve jumped up and created a floating block over him. At first, she was TOO intimidated, but then Steve got an anvil out of nowhere and dropped it. The shockwave was enough to knock Ruixiang onto her rear. Steve then ran over getting out his axe and swung it downward, sending the Chinese woman sprawling out of the ring.

Ruixiang landed in Sonic Unleashed where she explored Chun-Nan and saw how it compared to her own China.

Steve nodded his head at his second elimination.

"The only reason you were able to overtake me was because of those blue Pikmin!"

"Perhaps, but that is the nature of these tournaments."

Steve turned around to see a crowd of Pikmin carrying an angry thrashing Rimururu out of the ring (and into Snow Bros where the titular protagonists mistook her for an enemy and belted her with snowballs). He also saw a floating ball of blue Pikmin. However, the moment Olimar blew his whistle, said Pikmin jumped off and revealed Konru who floated after Rimururu.

Lloyd Irving gritted his teeth before blocking a katana swing from Shin Hisako. The two got into a power struggle with each other, glaring into each other's eyes. Then, Lloyd jumped backwards.

"Demonic Chaos!" Lloyd yelled, seeing his swords and sending a series of shockwaves. The first one managed to knock Shin Hisako onto her side before the rest crashed into her. Lloyd sighed in relief before getting on the defensive.

Then, when Shin Hisako got back to her feet, she sent out a blue wisp forward at a slow rate. She then swung her katana at it, sending a cross-shaped projectile at Lloyd. The twin swordsman's eyes widened at this.

"She has projectiles too!?" Lloyd exclaimed before growling. "Sonic Thrust!"

With that, he sent his sword forward, easily breaking through the projectile. However, that was what Shin Hisako was hoping as she rushed forward and swung her katana. Lloyd yelped before raising his swords to block the incoming attack. However, Shin Hisako didn't let up before doing a series of slashes forward. Lloyd staggered back while trying to parry all of them.

Then, Lloyd got slashed in the arm. As he winced from the pain, Shin Hisako used her katana as a pole vault and kicked Lloyd in the chest, sending him skidding back towards the ropes. As much as she was mad at the boy, she didn't want to kill or even seriously hurt him. Unless forced, of course.

Lloyd groaned before looking up. His eyes then bugged out when she saw Shin Hisako dashing forward before jumping up in the air.

"Rising Phoenix!" Lloyd shouted, engulfing himself in fire before diving down and crashing into Shin Hisako and sending her flying back with a few flames on her.

"Grave Blade!" Lloyd yelled, slamming his sword forward and sending bits of earth into the downed Shin Hisako. The Onryo roared in pain before angrily pouncing forward.

Lloyd gulped before blocking the attack. "What happened to the good ol' days when zombies were slow?"

Eugene Gallardo saw the whole thing before gritting his teeth and turning his attention back to his opponent to block one purple fist with his spear. However, he was unable to block the other purple fist to the stomach. Isla then ran over and did a backflip, striking Eugene in the chin and making him stagger back.

"Listen, Panthro! I have no beef with you!" Isla spat. "You got in my way!"

"I was merely trying to protect my nodal companion from being overwhelmed." Eugene insisted.

Isla blinked twice. "That's… Some crappy logic. Not only is that zombie more lethal than I am, but I was at least fighting him so I could get a chance at being the Superstar, not take my anger out on him!"

Eugene winced at this. "You… Are a crude one."

A glint appeared in Isla's eye. "Buddy, you ain't nothing yet! Amanda, let's add some colour to his life!"

With that, she pulled out a spray can and threw it up into the air. Amanda then swatted it down and struck Eugene in the torso, resulting in an explosion of spray paint and staining his outfit with purple. Eugene grunted in annoyance before swinging his spear at Isla. However, the graffiti artist flipped backwards before landing on Amanda before the latter boosted her back towards Eugene and kicked him in the face.

While the kick hurt, it wasn't enough to stun Eugene long enough as he grabbed Isla's leg before she could touch the ground before throwing her into the nearest turnbuckle. Isla groaned before sitting up and glaring at the guilty party. Whistling with her fingers, she had Amanda do a series of punches. However, Eugene was ready.

"Roaring Storm!" Eugene shouted, slamming his spear on the canvas and creating a burst of wind around him, knocking the hands. He then turned his attention back at Isla who was rushing forward before going for a jumping kick. Eugene got ready to punish his younger opponent.

Until Amanda reappeared and grabbed Isla before the spear could hurt her and swung her upwards. From there, Isla flipped in midair before doing a diving kick to Eugene's face. The Gajuma staggered back before readying an arte.

"Roaring Spear!" Eugene shouted, slamming his spear on the ground again. This time, creating a lot of stalagmites around him. While Isla was already out of harm's way, the arte was more of a get-off-me attack as he ran forward.

"Thunder Lancer!" Eugene shouted, swinging his spear upwards. However, this also missed Isla by just a few feet. What DIDN'T miss was the bolt of electricity, striking her. Eugene then headbutted her in the stomach before kicking her in the stomach, sending her flying away. Eugene ran after her.

Until he noticed that while flying back, she inadvertently grabbed onto Yggdrasill while he was floating back in the arena. The next thing she knew, she was latching onto him. The angel growled angrily before grabbing Isla and throwing her off of him. Eugene got ready to take advantage of this.

Until she saw Isla get out a spray can and send it downwards into Eugene's face. The panther cried out in pain as he staggered back while crossing his eyes. Isla then landed on her feet with a grin.

"Yo, Amanda! Let's show them the first Climax Finish of the tournament!" Isla boasted.

With that, she ran over to Eugene and did a backflip to the panther's chin. Despite the major size and weight difference, it was more than enough to send Eugene flying in the air. Then, Amanda grabbed Eugene from behind and hoisted him forward. At the same time, Isla put on the ventilation mask around her neck while readying a kick.

She then did a diving kick with the spray can on her foot towards the advancing Eugene, resulting in an explosion of spray paint. When the attack ended, she gracefully landed on the ground as Eugene fell out of the ring while completely covered in pain.

Eugene landed in Nintendogs + Cats where the disembodied hand cleaned him of all of the paint on .

"Nice combination!" Isla grinned, high-fiving Amanda.

"Tiger Blade!"

Isla's eyes bugged out before turning around to see Lloyd striking Shin Hisako with an upwards slash and knocking her out of the ring (and into Fatal Frame where she protected the protagonist from the monsters, much to the latter's pleasant surprise). At first, she was about to go after him again, but then she did a quick head count.

"Aw, crap. There should be one more elimination before the section ends." Isla frowned. "If I want that Superstar status, I better make it count!"

With that, she ran over to Lloyd.

Suezo screamed before crashing hard on the ground. He laid there. groaning until he heard laughter. Looking up, he saw Orcana wagging his tail.

Suezo growled. "So you think that was cute, huh?"

With that, he hopped forward and before doing a jumping tail attack forward. However, Orcane flipped backwards, not only dodging the attack, but also slapping Suezo in the face with his tail. Suezo staggered back a few hops before shaking his head and sticking out his long tongue.

THIS was what took Orcane off-guard as the tongue smacked him across the face and made him sprawled on the ground. Suezo let out a hearty laugh before flipping himself forward and landed on top of Orcane's back. The orca-dog hybrid cried out in pain, squirting out water out of his blowhole.

Orcane then rolled to the side, knocking Suezo off of him, but the one-eyed monster got back onto his… Um, tail. Suezo then went on the assault before doing a tail attack forward. Until Orcane disappeared into the canvas. Before Suezo could go "WTF", he crashed into the wall of the upper floor.

After skidding off and groaning in pain, he looked back to see a puddle on the ground turn into Orcane. Seeing this made Suezo growl.

"You are not the only one who's fighting style revolves around teleporting!" Suezo snapped.

With that, he disappeared into thin air before reappearing aside Orcane and kicking him in the side. Orcane staggered to the side before spinning around to hit Suezo, but the yellow monster once again vanished before doing an upside-down headbutt onto Orcane's head.

Orcane grunted in pain before spitting out a puddle onto the ground. However, Suezo narrowed his eyes before hopping over to the puddle and… Licking it clean, much to Orcane's shock and disgust. Suezo noticed this and smirked.

"What? It is just water." Suezo taunted. "Real talk. I am surprised that your opponents don't try this!"

Orcane just grumbled before sending out another puddle on the ground. Suezo just scoffed before hopping to clean it again. …So imagine his surprise when the puddle literally turned into bubbles, striking him multiple times. Orcane then rolled over and sent Suezo into the air before leaping up after him and spinning around (While looking more orca than dog) multiple times.

When Orcane was done, Suezo crashed on the ground hard. He groaned before slowly getting up. He then growled before glaring at the guilty party.

"Okay, that's it! I have no choice, but to humiliate you!" Suezo roared. He then hopped forward. "SLOBBER KISS!"

Immediately, all of the joy and excitement were replaced by pure, unadulterated horror as Suezo puckered his lips. Acting quickly, Orcane threw himself onto his back, allowing Suezo to go past. However, Orcane wasn't done as he shot out water out of his blowhole. But, seeing that he was on his back, this ended up propelling him UPWARDS and crashing into Suezo. While they were in the air, Orcane did a flip and struck Suezo with his tail, knocking the monster out of the ring.

Suezo landed in Monsters Inc. where he got into a shouting match with Mike Wazowski.

Orcane breathed in and out heavily, relieved that he didn't get kissed by… Him. Once he realised that he was safe, he barked happily before looking to see who was left. Haohmaru was cleaning his katana with a cloth while Sticks looked back and forth between her boomerang and bow, wondering what she should use next. Tecna used her magic to make quick notes while Cortex did the same with his phone. Elena looked around happy that she lived to see another section while Tiffany kicked her legs from the ledge she was on. Lloyd and Isla finally stopped their fight, seeing that the section was over while Olimar watched Steve mine for materials. Finally, Jigglypuff… Took a nap.

"Well then!" The Millennium Star offered with an unseen smile as he and Tumble floated above the arena. "Is everyone ready?"

Both the fighters and audience agreed. The Millennium Star nodded before making his moustache twitch and everyone was covered with a white aura. Then, the fighters appeared on the star platforms (and made Jigglypuff wake up).

Then, the following platforms disappeared. Orcane. Isla. Cortex. Jigglypuff. Tiffany. Lloyd. Haohmaru. Elena. Then, Tecna. Leaving Olimar, Steve and Sticks.

Isla slapped her forehead. "Ugh, I knew that getting two eliminations in one section would help!"

"THIS LOGICALLY MAKES SENSE!" Haohmaru added. "AFTER ALL,THE AUDIENCE ARE ALWAYS ENTHRALLED BY FIGHTERS GETTING A LOT OF ELIMINATIONS!"

Then, Sticks' platform disappeared. Seeing this made everyone's eyes bugged out.

"Huh… I am not even mad. I would actually be upset if it WASN'T between those two." Sticks admitted.

Everyone was on the edge of their seats. Olimar slapped his helmet in exasperation before looking at Steve.

"Brace yourself, Steve, but I just KNOW that someone is going to get upset…" Olimar muttered.

Steve being Steve, didn't say or do anything.

Then, a platform vanished, making everyone gasp.

"Congratulations, Steve! You are the Superstar!" The Millennium Star cheered.

Everyone cheered at this as the dark-skinned man looked around at the warm reception he was getting. Inside of the Announcer's Booth, Drake and Ashley smirked before looking at each other.

"It's official, you absolutely murdered the meme." Ashley chuckled

"Welp, if Xero somehow had any doubts about replacing Steve with Alex at the second Tournament of Kikai before..." Drake added.

VOTES: (10 Votes)

STEVE (SSB): 9:1 = 8 (Celica A. Mercury, Wu Ruixiang)

CAPTAIN OLIMAR (SSB) 8:2 = 6 (Twintelle, Rimururu)

STICKS THE BADGER (StH): 8:3 = 5 (Metal Sonic, Edna)

TECNA (WC): 7:3 = 4 (Luise Meyrink)

ELENA (SFEX): 7:3 = 4 (Duck King)

HAOHMARU (SS): 7:4 = 3 (Reapermon)

LLOYD IRVING (ToAS): 7:4 = 3 (Shin Hisako)

TIFFANY LORDS (RS): 6:4 = 2 (Ren & Stimpy)

JIGGLYPUFF (SSB): 6:4 = 2 (Elmyra Duff)

DR. NEO CORTEX (CB): 6:4 = 2 (Tawna Bandicoot)

ISLA (KoFAS): 6:4 = 2 (Eugene Gallardo)

ORCANE (RoA) 6:5 = 1 (Suezo)

(ELIMINATED)

REN & STIMPY (NASB): 6:5 = 1 (Kanji Tatsumi)

TAWNA BANDICOOT (CB): 6:5 = 1 (Stahn Aileron)

SHIN HISAKO (KI): 5:5 = 0 (Ryuji Yamazaki)

LUISE MEYRINK (KoFAS): 5:5 = 0

KANJI TATSUMI (P4A): 5:6 = -1

SUEZO (MR): 4:6 = -2

REAPERMON (DRA): 4:6 = -2

TWINTELLE (A): 4:7 - -3

RIMURURU (SS): 4:7 = -3

RYUJI YAMAZAKI (KoFAS): 4:7 = -3

METAL SONIC (StH): 3:7 = -4

WU RUIXIANG (SS): 3:7 = -4

EDNA (ToAS): 3:7 = -4

ELMYRA DUFF (TTA): 3:8 = -5

DUCK KING (KoFAS): 3:8 = -5

STAHN AILERON (ToAS): 2:8 = -6

CELICA A. MERCURY (BB): 2:8 = -6

EUGENE GALLARDO (ToAS): 1:9 = -8

SIDE BATTLES

"Finally In The Line Of Fire"

DINGODILE (CB) nearly evades citizen's arrest from JET THE HAWK (StH)

6 to 4

"Power Blondes"

RAINBOW MIKA NANAKAWA (SFA3) AND HINAKO SHIJOU (KoF2000) stalemates with THE SHREDDER (TMNT) AND KING K. ROOL (SSB)

5 to 5

Smashingly Late: Despite Super Smash Bros actually failing to survive the section in the first one, they more than made up for it by not only having all three Smash fighters survive the section, but also have the two of them take the top slots. Speaking of which…

The TRUE Steve the Trooper: For those you don't know, Olimar didn't do too well in recent tournaments. He only got two eliminations at the Tournament of Kikai (Where he BARELY survived his first section) and did horrible at the Okron Tournament (Granted, there is a strong chance that he will be the Second Chance fighter for his section, but still). And yet here he is… Making a comeback. …After I PURPOSEFULLY made him ride Steve's coattails. Steve getting the top slot is officially the final nail in his coffin. Damn… I BURIED the Steve the Trooper meme…