(The Arena?)

Drake frowned as he spoke in his microphone from the Announcer's Booth. "O-Okay, I admit that mistakes were made, but…"

"But NOTHING!"

Drake and Ashley winced as everyone, even the fighters, stopped when they were doing to see the exchange.

"How the hell did you make a mistake like this!? Didn't you see what happened to that bunny in the last tournament!? Did you think that copying him was a good idea!?"

"I wasn't! If I changed it, I would…" Drake pleaded.

"Then, change my name!"

Iria Animi growled as she pointed her revolvers at the hosts.

"Oh, come on! Don't be unreasonable, Illia!" Ashley scolded. ""It would take a lot of work to change your name to your modern name!"

"Oh, really? It didn;t take that much work for the OTHERS who had a modern name change?" Illia scolded. "I outta…"

Suddenly, she was engulfed in a large pillar of fire.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

Everyone looked on in pure horror as Illia's body was burning. Korra quickly ran over and used her waterbending to stop the flames, but it was already too late. Illia was crying out in pain. Peach, Mignon and Reala ran over to try to heal her.

And Nine blinked twice while holding out her hand…

"Damn, I AM pissed." Nine said in awe. "I was just trying to knock her out of the ring."

(The Present)

Shulk's eyes stopped glowing.

"What do you mean why did Reala call me Illia!?"

Shulk's pupils shrank before looking to see Illia Animi glaring at Vector the Crocodile with Reala looking confused.

"I mean, it is different from your name." Vector frowned.

"Wow, despite being 20, you sure as a boomer, aren't you?" Illia asked. "While my name was Iria at the first two Battle of the Luminaries, THIS one took into account that my name had been changed!"

Vector blinked twice. "Then, why did the screen…?"

Suddenly, Shulk's Monado extended before swinging it at Illia. The gunslinger yelped before jumping back while Vector and Reala jumped.

"What was THAT for!?" Illia roared, angrily.

"This isn't the time for talking!" Shulk roared before getting into a stance. "Now is the time for fighting!"

Illia's eyebrow twitched. "And whose fault is that!? Your handbag ally!"

Vector's eyes bugged out. "What did you say!?"

Reala frowned. "Oh dear…"

"Fire!"

That was the shout of Mignon Beart sending out a fireball. Nine the Phantom just rolled her eyes before sending a burst of fire, destroying the projectile. As Mignon yelped, a red glowing floating band appeared behind her for some reason.

"You call THAT fire? Honey, let me educate you." Nine said, darkly. "CORAL OF CATASTROPHE!"

With that, she sent out her palm to send out a skull made out of fire at Mignon. The pink-haired girl yelped before suddenly phrasing into the canvas. At first, Nine was startled by this. However, she just narrowed her eyes. She then sent out her palms three times, sending out two bursts of water, ending with a small gust of wind. This resulted in two blue bands with a green band behind Nine. All while eyeing a small, round shadow on the ground.

"Celestite of the Covenant!" Nine yelled..

With that, she summoned an orb of dark energy onto the small shadow. Suddenly, Vivian and Mignon were pulled from the ground, much to the former's shock. Nine then sent out a blast of fire forward.

Until a vertically-challenged mushroom man ran in the way with his hands outstretched. The moment that the fiery projectile touched said mushroom man, instead of burning him, not only did he create an explosion of spores stopping the projectile, but sent it back at Nine and sent her flying back.

"Nice one, Toad!" Princess Peach Toadstool smiled before she and Dudley ran over to Vivian and Mignon.

"Anytime, Princess!" The retainer reassured before disappearing.

"Are you ladies alright?" Dudley asked, concerned.

Vivian gave a smile. "Yes. I knew that you would come to join us sooner or later."

"I am terribly sorry for not going to you immediately." Peach frowned. "I had to calm down."

By this time, Nine got up while growling.

"So I won't be able to send as many spells as I usually throw at you! So what!?" She snarled before summoning a flame in one hand and a windy wisp in the other hand. "There is nothing you could do to quell the intense hatred and anger I feel so far!"

Vivian narrowed her hidden eyes. "And why are you acting like this!?"

Nine just glared at the Shadow Siren.

"...I don't have the foggiest idea!"

Immediately, the four dropped their arms in disbelief and confusion.

"Look, trust me. I have been trying to figure it out when I woke up and chose violence tonight! Like, more so than usual!" Nine spat. "Look, trust me. Trying to make sense out of it will just make an even bigger headache!"

Mignon blinked twice. "You're sure? Maybe the problem is right under your nose."

"DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT!?" Nine roared before pouncing forward.

(Announcer's Booth)

"She knows…" Ashley frowned before looking at Drake with a freaked out look on his face. "She may not know the exact reason and she doesn't even know it is related to us, but knows that SOMETHING is up!"

"I know, I know!" The vampire said, sharing the same fear. "Even if she does so well in this tournament, she won't stay in the tournament forever like original UVR Haohmaru!"

Ashley shook his head. "No! I keep looking at where Celica ended up!"

"Then, look up the location!" Drake suggested. "Secret passageways! Glitches! Everything!"

"I looked over the footage nearly upside-down and there are no signs that Celica & Minerva endured anything that Mario and his party would endure in the Dry Dry Desert!" Ashley insisted. "She just started to wander around the desert the entire time! Nothing happened!"

"Well, they… Well, ANYONE must have done SOMETHING?" Drake asked. "Out of all people, THEY are the only ones who DIDN'T appear in the Recovery Room."

"Actually, according to Nurse Joy, Pichu didn't show up either." Ashley noted. "But it is clear that it is responsible for what happened in the arena."

Drake frowned. "Oh, great…"

"AND there is apparently ANOTHER no-show to the Recovery Room, but according to the medical team, other than Celica & Minerva and Pichu, EVERYONE has been eliminated so far returned." Ashley exclaimed. "What's going on!?"

"Um, I know this sounds selfish, but how are we going to find out what is going on if we are magical punching bags?" Drake asked.

"Y-Yeah… Yeah…" Ashley said. "I keep looking at where Celica keeps ending up."

"Y-Yeah, you do that." Drake nodded.

Ashley returned the nod before looking through the footage. Drake looked at him for a moment. Then, he got out his phone. However, he did so in a way so Ashley wouldn't see it. He then started to dial someone. A few seconds later, someone picked it up.

"Yes, Drake?"

"Shh!" The mayor scolded. "I need a huge favour from you…"

(Dome; Restaurant)

"And that is the extent of Bison's plans…" Ralf concluded.

By this time, the ragtag group of misfits that Whip, Ralf and Kula formed stared with wide eyes and a slack jaw. The staff there were also horrified.

"Of all of the deceitful, cruel, heartless things to do…" Bang growled, gritting his teeth together.

"...Bison is really his A-Game this time around, isn't he?" Lloyd added, narrowing his eyes.

"Yeah, we were joking about his losing streak at these things and said the closest thing he had to a victory was to go on vacation and AVOID all of this madness." Maxima frowned. "It seemed that we may have gotten too comfortable."

"Yeah. That was a rookie mistake." Ralf sighed. He then narrowed his eyes before punching his fist into his palm. "But what's done is done! We have to nip this in the bud!"

"However, we understand that it may be a bit more than you could chew." Whip offered. "If you want to go back to the Eliminated Seating, we won't stop you."

Kanji narrowed his eyes. "There is no way in hell I am turning my back on this."

"Yeah, it is a little late to go back now." Isla agreed. "And honestly, it would be a little lame to go back."

"Exactly! Warriors of justice don't just sit idle when things like this are happening!" Bang nodded before looking at Ragna. "Right, Ragna?"

"Actually, I would if you literally dragged me away." The white-haired man muttered. He then sighed. "But yeah, can't just go back after hearing THAT."

A few others agreed, making Ralf smirk.

"Now THAT's what I want to hear" Ralf nodded. "So I think we should split up and try to investigate the locations Bison's team are going to go."

"Why? They most likely already gathered everything they needed." Hibiki reminded.

"Perhaps maybe we could find out more information about said locations." Maxima mused. "Trust me. I was in an investigation group where our only leads were to wander around looking for villains. It sucked."

Ralf shuddered. "Having a giant disembowelled hand as your only ally doesn't help matters I could imagine."

Rimururu's eyes bugged out at this. "Wait, what!?"

Before anyone else could say anything, Kula piped up. "Wait, if we are splitting up to go to the locations, who is going to try to find Krizalid?"

Whip's eyes widened.

"Oh, that's right. I heard that name dropped from the Ikari Warriors a few times." Isla noted, raising an eyebrow. "Who is he?"

Kanji's eyes widened. "Wait, you DON'T know who he is! He is your nodal companion!"

"Hey, I am still new to King of Fighters, remember?" Isla scolded. She then turned to Ralf. "Um, well…"

The bandana-wearing man frowned. "Um, you see…"

"It is alright…" Whip sighed.

Ralf looked down at Whip surprised. "Are you sure, Whip?"

"Of course. I don't WANT to say it, but they have a right to know." The whip-wielder said before looking at the others. "It all started in 99 aka the start of the NESTS saga arc. That was me, Maxima, K'... And Krizalid. He was one of NESTS' subordinates and was in charge of the first tournament."

Everyone nodded as Whip continued.

"Also, he thought that he and I were siblings." She explained.

Everyone jumped at this.

"Wait, what!?" Isla gasped.

"Well, he thought that way because he was a clone of K' implemented with his memories." Whip sighed.

Lloyd winced. "Ouch…"

"Yes… And when my actual brother's team won the tournament and defeated Krizalid, he was betrayed by his superior and was killed." Whip said before looking to the side. "One of his last moments was me revealing the truth to him."

Everyone looked horrified at this.

"But… If that is the case, then why…?" Claude asked.

"He is here. For starters, Team Orochi was in the second and third Megamix Tournament because they were canonically brought back to life." Whip said. "And even then, there is a strong chance he got revived when Verse was defeated in XIV. I knew that I had to face him, but I had no idea that he would be invited to THIS tournament."

"Seirah…" Kula said, sadly.

Everyone paused, feeling sorry for her.

"...Which is why I want to stop him from making the same mistake twice." Whip said. "If that mech-riding snake was right, there is no way that Krizalid knows about it."

"...Um, Whip, don't take this the wrong way, but even if he did, do you think it will matter?" Claude frowned.

Whip winced before looking to the side. A few like Kula and Isla glared at Claude.

Ralf sighed before shaking his head. "Look, regardless of what Krizalid feels on the matter, Whip NEEDS to confront him."

"That's right. That is why we should also find him, Otane Goketsuji or anyone from their team." Kula nodded.

Bang paused. "...What about the third team run by the other Goketsuji sister?"

"Oh, them?" Kula asked before shrugging. "Eh. Sure they are planning something too, but compared to Bison's plan and helping Seirah, who cares?"

Everyone blinked twice.

"I mean… Not wrong, but that is a little…" Isla frowned.

Ragna gave a descending whistle. "And I thought I had a one-track mind in the beginning of my series…"

"I admit that the princess' suggestion is… K'-ish." Maxima said, chuckling nervously before looking stern. "But he is not wrong. We should keep an eye on Oume's team, but compared to Bison and arguably Otane's teams, we can't afford to wasted too much time."

"Yeah, but…" Bang frowned.

"Bang, dude, trust me if it was before the first Battle of the Luminaries, I would be just as hesitant as you. But after spending much of my time on the security team wandering in circles." Kanji sighed. "Yeah, no… I think we should go with this."

"Um, guys, I don't mind this approach. But do we even KNOW who is on who's team?" Ragna frowned.

"I mean, unfortunately no. We DO know a few, but…" Whip frowned.

Suddenly, someone stomped over to the table that everyone was sitting around and climbed up it. They then grabbed a napkin and furiously scribbled on it.

"C-Cortex!?" Kanji exclaimed.

Rimururu narrowed her eyes, remembering what he did in the arena. "What are YOU doing here!?"

Cortex didn't say anything. He merely continued to furiously scribble on the napkin. After a minute, he glared at Kula.

"Say 'Ah'." Cortex demanded.

The cryomancer blinked twice. "Ahhh…?"

That was when Cortex shoved it into her mouth, startling everyone.

"Kula!" Whip gasped.

"Hey! What is your problem!?" Maxima roared.

"I literally wrote my problem down!" Cortex scolded. With that, he jumped off of the table. "Boys, we are leaving!"

Everyone looked ahead to see Invader Zim and the Shredder in the hallway, looking as annoyed as Cortex.

"Hmph. If those turtles were here, they would have argued to make more time for our team!" The Shredder scoffed.

"The very nerve!" Zim nodded.

With that, they along with Cortex stomped out of the restaurant. Everyone blinked twice.

"...I think they were part of Oume's team." Claude piped up.

Suddenly, Kula started to speak because of the napkin still in her mouth.

Whip blinked twice before sighing. "Please don't talk with your mouth full."

With that, she took the napkin out of Kula's mouth.

"I saw Otane's name!" Kula pointed out.

Whip's eyes widened. "Really?"

"Yeah, on the napkin!" Kula added.

Whip then read the napkin. Indeed, there was a large number of people on said napkin.

"Hey, she is right! Not only that, there is Mukai, the Komodo Brothers, Elliana and…" Whip said before pausing. "...Krizalid."

Claude paused. "...And this is why it is usually best to have one big team instead of three seperate ones. One of them was BOUND to backstab each other."

"Yeah, one from each of the Goketsuji sisters literally fought right in front of us." Whip muttered. "Yeah, if we had any doubt who was in charge of the respective teams before…"

"Um, go team?" Rimururu asked.

The head staff just watched the whole thing with varying expressions.

"Oh no! With that plan, it will be a threat to the entire dome! Which means the tournament may be closed down!" Gino groaned while holding his face. "Which means no one will eat my world-famous pizza!"

Jill gave Gino an exasperated look. "Your priorities are on the ball."

Mama didn't say anything. She merely looked at the group in concern. Especially Whip.

"I hope for your sake it all works out…"

(The Arena)

Normally, Ashe wouldn't insult her own intelligence by trying to cover behind a thin metal pipe, but obviously where she was, she couldn't complain. Then a cross was tossed at her. Ashe quickly ran to the side and shot an arrow at her assailant. Simon Belmont thought quickly sent the front part of his whip revolving around and negating the arrow.

Ashe grunted in annoyance before running around the pipe and fired another icy arrow forward, but Simon easily ran around said projectile before running forward. However, Ashe thought quickly and fired a few arrows on the ground in front of her, freezing it. Simon's eyes widened before skidding to a stop, right in front of the ice and narrowly stopping himself from a potential humiliating fall.

However, he didn't stop Ashe from firing another icy arrow into his chest. As Simon climbed out in pain, Ashe fired more icy arrows into Simon. The barbarian winced in pain as he could feel himself slowly freezing from the arrow. However, he still found the strength to do his jumping uppercut to avoid another arrow from.

But while he escaped another projectile, his legs still felt cold and sluggish. Despite this, Ashe ran around Simon shooting more arrows at him, But Simon merely narrowed his eyes before using his whip to deflect any and all arrows coming at him. Then, he sent his cross out at Ashe again. On one hand, the archer dodged the attack. On the other hand, she had to throw herself to the ground to do so.

"Hm. You live up to your reputation, Mr. Belmont." Ashe noted.

"So do you." The vampire hunter nodded before pausing. "Even if I noticed your moveset is more limited than I would expect from a League of Legends character."

Ashe just frowned at this. "It can't be helped. My second ability, Volley, is situational against a single target. My third ability,Hawkshot, is next to useless here and while I still have my Ultimate ability, it could easily backfire if I am not careful. I have to rely on my passive and my first ability."

Simon paused. "...Um, it is alright to entertain the notion that I do not know any of those terms.

Ashe merely shook her head before aiming her Bow of True Ice and firing another arrow. Simon merely sent out his arrow while throwing a couple of hand-axes. As the cross negated the arrow, Ashe aimed at the two projectiles and sent out a couple of arrows at them, knocking them out of the air.

However, this felt her wide open for a whip strike, sending her sprawling to the ground. Ashe groaned before looking up. Only to see Simon throwing a vial forward. Ashe's eyes widened before rolling to the side as it broke and created a pillar of fire before getting out and sending out several arrows in a cone-shaped arc.

But Simon quickly lashed his whip at the bar over him and swung over said arrows. However, he wasn't done yet as he went towards Ashe and grabbed her. He then unhooked his whip from the bar and quickly lashed it onto another bar before swinging from it just like Tarzan. All Ashe struggled in vain to escape.

"W-What kind of foolishness is this!?" Ashe demanded.

"Just showing that while I may not be fighting on the jungle gym like the others, I could still use it to my advantage!" Simon smirked.

He then continued swinging from bar to bar until he reached the ropes. Once there, he used the momentum to send Ashe flying straight out of the ring. Once Simon was done, he gracefully landed on the ground and started to beat his chest.

"AH-EE-AH-EE-AAAAAAAAARGH!" Simon cried as the crowd cheered.

Ashe landed in Pokemon Unite, particularly in the central area where Zapdos would spawn. Normally, she would have a decent chance of fending off against the Legendary Pokemon, but seeing that she literally landed ON TOP of them…

Using his psychic powers, Ness did a floaty jump and landed on top of a horizontal bar before grabbing the nearest vertical one to try his balance. However, a blur immediately ran towards him to kick him off of the bar, but he got out of the way in time by "float-jumping" to another bar.

This didn't affect Saizo Hattori as he lunged at Ness with another kick again. However, the psychic narrowed his eyes before raising his baseball bat to block the incoming kick. Because he kicked while in midair, this made Saizo fall down, but the ninja quickly grabbed the bar to prevent him from falling to the ground.

However, a yo-yo found its way into his stomach. While it knocked the wind out of him, Saizo still managed to recover and to move out of the way and rushed ahead to send a palm strike but Ness float-jumped to escape. But while Ness was decently fast, Saizo was still a ninja and kicked him in the face.

Ness fell off of the bar, but Saizo grabbed his arm before he could crash onto the canvas and helped him up. However, he was merely doing it so he could continuously knee his face. Ness cried out in pain and sent out his palm with psychic energy around it(Which appeared as violet rings) into Saizo's stomach and sent him flying back. However, the sociophobic managed to grab a vertical bar and save himself.

Ness raised an eyebrow. "You are really determined to have our fight in the air."

"But of course. I saw online matches of you. Your specials and grabs are devastating." Saizo noted. "I have to force you on less solid ground to make it easier to eliminate you."

Ness narrowed his eyes at this. "I am not Little Mac."

"Perhaps you are not helpless, but your options are still limited." Saizo said before rushing forward. "Allow me to demonstrate."

"PK Fire!" Ness shouted, sending out a bolt of energy forward. However, Saizo easily dodged out of the way.

"Shinku Senpuzan!" Saizo shouted, engulfing himself in fire and barreling forward. Ness' eyes widened before float-jumping upwards and latching onto a vertical bar. Saizo then went to kick Ness while he was stuck. However, Ness thought quickly and climbed up the bar and avoided a kick. However, Saizo ran after him.

Then, Ness latched out his yo-yo at a horizontal bar and used it as a grappling hook, not only dodging Saizo's assault, but also went all of the way around said horizontal bar and kicked Saizo in the back of his head. The ninja found himself falling towards a lower horizontal bar and crashing onto it, knocking the wind out of him. Ness then landed on the bar and used his telekinesis to throw Saizo. Between Ness' infamous strong throws and the momentum from the height, Saizo fell out of the ring.

Saizo landed in Girls Bravo. Unfortunately, he landed in the world of Seiren where he was forced to run away from a bunch of lustful women.

Korra sent her palm out, making a burst of wind go forward. However, Rashid easily jumped over and before landing on the horizontal bar he was on. Korra then sent out her palms, sending out a series of wind projectiles. However, despite having very limited footing, Rashid managed to easily avoid them. Even dodging while posing dramatically. When Korra was done, Rashid was smirking.

Until a giant bionic arm zoomed in and punched him in the back. Rashid was sent flying towards Korra, who was too taken back to move out of the way in time. After Rashid crashed into her, the two fell off the bar, but barely grabbed it before they could fall. They looked up to see Area riding on top of her bionic arm, typing on a tablet.

"My previous theory was incorrect. Rashid does not have heightened senses. Or at least from all directions. It is only limited to his line of sight thus making him susceptible to sneak attacks." Area confirmed, finishing her memo. "Alright, I am done! Time in!"

Korra and Rashid looked at each other in annoyance before glaring back at Area. …Only to see her riding her bionic arm towards them. The both of them yelped before making their way to opposite vertical arms, along Area to zoom past. They then both quickly got back up as Area turned around.

Korra growled before sending a burst of wind forward. However, Area managed to swerve around it before going at them. Rashid merely frowned before kicking his leg up and sending a small tornado towards the bionic arm. While the projectile wasn't that big, it was more than enough to make said arm shake. Area's eyes widened as she struggled to lose balance. Rashid sighed in relief.

Only for Area to grab onto Rashid and demonstrate some deceptive aerobatics, flipped over him and made him fall off of the bar before her bionic arm came back so she could land on top of it. Behind Rashid barely grabbed onto a lower bar as Korra looked in disbelief.

"Whew, that was too close!" Area said in relief. She then brightened up. "Ooh, I had just realised something about my Alternative Catch! I could grab people while falling down! I gotta put that down!"

Korra just blinked twice as Rashid slowly climbed back up.

"I… I can't take this anymore." Korra said in disbelief. "At this rate, I am going to end up like that electric mouse who I was trying to STOP two sections."

"Unfortunately, there is no getting to that girl." Rashid frowned, finally standing up. "The only way to get rid of her is to eliminate her."

Korra narrowed her eyes. "Alright, got it. Let's 'continue' our fight. Though I gave the signal, you sent one of your mini-tornado."

"Um, what signal?" Rashid asked.

"Trust me you will know when the crowd gets lit." Korra smirked.

Rashid blinked twice before shrugging. Around this time, Area finished her memo and went back into the fray. Korra just narrowed her eyes before sending a wind blast forward. However, Area made her way around the projectile and went on with her target behind Rashid.

However, Rashid quickly jumped and grabbed the horizontal bar above and flipped on it, allowing Area to go back. Despite this, the blonde technician grabbed a vertical car to direct her bionic arm back to Korra while readying a kick. Korra narrowed her eyes before avoiding a kick.

"I AM THE AVATAR! YOU BETTER DEAL WITH IT!"

Area jumped at this as the crowd cheered. Rashid's eyes lit up and jumped back down on the bar that Korra was on and kicked a mini-tornado at the Avatar. The latter thought quickly and grabbed it. She then used her airbending on it.

"You like airbending so much? How much do you like it now!?" Korra smirked.

With that, she sent Rashid's tornado at Area. However, due to Korra using her own airbending on it, the tornado was much bigger. Everyone watching the fight looked in shock.

Unaware that Rashid was looking in horror.

"Korra, NO!" He pleaded.

Before the Avatar could ask what was going, Area thought quickly and crouched down to push something on her arm. This made the hand of said arm open up with energy surrounding it. This managed to absorb the tornado. Korra's jaw dropped when she saw this.

"Oh, thank you! Having a powered-up aero projectile would help my research quite a bit!" Area grinned.

Rashid slapped his forehead. "Area's arm could absorb projectiles."

Korra slumped her arms. "Ugh, can this section get any worse?"

"Okay, now is the next part!" Area said, brightly.

"What?" Korra muttered, with venom in her words.

"Let's see if you can catch this tornado!" Area beamed.

Korra and Rashid's eyes bugged out before Area crouched down and pushed the button again. This released the tornado and sent it back at the two tan-skinned people. Rashid immediately latched onto the nearest vertical bar for dear life.

Korra on the other hand wasn't as lucky as she was sucked into the tornado. Several fighters held on for dear life as Korra was sent flying through the jungle gym, screaming at the top of her lungs. Soon, the tornado was done and Korra was sent flying out of the ring, too dizzy to try to get back.

Korra landed in Captain Planet. While she had no qualms teaming up the titular character against the literal wasteful villains, she couldn't help but be creeped out by said hero.

Rashid just continued to look on with wide eyes and a slack jaw at his first opponent being eliminated like that.

"Oh, wow. It seems like not even the Avatar could take on a large tornado. It seems that Cancer could take on the power of one!" Area smiled. "AND I have gotten an elimination for my node! So, Rashid, shall we continue the experiment?"

The Middle-Eastern's eyebrow twitched as he lowered his head so that his shemagh would cover his eyes.

"Sure… Let's experiment…" He muttered.

Suddenly, he sprang to life at Area and landed on top of her arm, startling her.

"What are you doing!?" Area exclaimed.

"Continuing the experiment!" Rashid smirked. "Let's see how many people this arm could carry!"

Almost immediately, Cancer started to fly around and go crazy with Area struggling to keep it steady and Rashid struggling to keep balance. This went on for a bit, ducking and diving between several bars. Soon, they were close to the edge.

That was when Rashid struck by stepping onto Area's back while she was trying to gain balance and using her as a boost pad, flipping off of her and perching on a higher horizontal arm. This sent Area falling like a rock into the portal with Cancer soaring around helplessly before finally falling out of the ring.

"Heh. Looks like that is back to square one for you!" Rashid smirked.

Area landed in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise where she chased Sprocket, Ribbot and Cephalobot around the main island, trying to research them.

"Wind Slash!"

That was the sound of Iroha swinging her butterfly swords and sending a white feather-like blade forward. However, Velvet Crowe just narrowed her eyes before swinging her boot-blade and negating the projectile. She then rushed forward towards her opponent, but Iroha just returned the determined glare before getting into a defensive stance.

"Soaring Dragon!" Velvet shouted before doing two fiery kicks. However, Iroha managed to parry both kicks with ease before performing a counter attack.

"Dew Drizzle!" Iroha shouted before rolling upwards with her blades and slashed Velvet multiple times. When the move was done, Velvet crashed onto the ground hard. Despite being in pain, Velvet managed to swing her leg and catch Iroha off her feet. (Not too hard because she was fighting on one leg for some reason.) When Iroha crashed onto the, Velvet jumped.

"Rising Falcon!" Velvet shouted, doing a downward kick forward. However, Iroha quickly recovered and rolled to the side. Iroha then slashed Velvet in the leg.

"Pinwheel!" Iroha shouted, getting up and spinning around with her. But Velvet was able to jump back and avoid the attack when Iroha was recovering from her own attack and did a series of slicing kicks. The two first managed to hit Iroha, but the maid was able to parry the third attack. She then kicked Velvet in the stomach.

Velvet staggered back before glaring at her opponent. "...You are at the top of my game."

"Of course! My master is going to vote for me so I am going to make sure that he isn't the only one to do so." Iroha insisted.

Velvet blinked twice. "What…"

"I know that this is a long shot because of how hit-and-mess Samurai Shodown has been so far." Iroha admitted. "However, I think I have a decent chance. I am not the first or second elimination so that means I may not be in the Bottom Five."

Velvet paused. "...We are continuing this fight. SHADOW FLOW!"

With that, she held out her hand and created a sphere of dark energy engulfed Iroha and struck her multiple times. Velvet then got out her hand-blade and swung it horizontally, knocking her down. Velvet then flipped forward to do a downward kick on Iroha. However, the Japanese woman snapped out of her daze in time to block the attack. Iroha then rolled to the side, but Velvet continued the assault.

"Cerberus Wave!" Velvet shouted, swinging her blade and sending a fiery vortex forward. However, Iroha hopped (Yes, hopped) to the side to avoid the attack. But Velvet then ran over and did a slicing kick. However, Iroha thought quickly parried it, However, that was what Velvet was hoping for by getting out her hand-blade and swung it at Iroha's blades, knocking them out of her hands.

Velvet smirked. "Looks like I won."

Iroha paused before narrowing her eyes. "Oh contraire. You just forced me to use my trump card earlier than I would have liked."

Velvet's smirk vanished. "What do you…"

Suddenly, Iroha grabbed her with a stern look on her face.

She then looked at the nearest Lakitu with a shy face.

"Please don't look…"

All of a sudden, four shoji doors appeared out of nowhere around Iroha and Velvet with a roof covering the top, shrouding the two women in silhouettes. Immediately, the men started to go wild.

Ashley, on the other hand, blinked twice. "Wait, if she is doing what I think she is going to do, doesn't she need her blades?"

"Wait for it…" Drake smirked.

The silhouette of Iroha then took off her outfit and proceeded to do a series of punches and kicks to Velvet as the crowd cheered. Followed by a totally random and unrelated silhouette of a crane kicking her.

Then, she grabbed Velvet and… Suplexed her to the ground. Then, Iroha's clothes fell down so she could put them back on. Then, the shoji walls and roof vanished as quickly as they appeared to show Velvet on the ground dazed. Iroha then walked to her and while she had a tough time doing so due to her slim frame, carried her to the ring and threw her out.

"For those who are confused, in her debut game, if Iroha uses her special without her weapons, she will use a suplex as the final blow!" Drake announced from the Announcer's Booth.

Ashley raised an eyebrow.

Velvet landed in Prototype where she took out her aggressions on Alex Mercer.

Mignon Beart rushed straight forward. Nine the Phantom just narrowed her eyes before sending a burst of fire forward. Mignon yelped before diving herself to the ground while letting the flame go past. Nine was about to fire another spell while Mignon was down.

Until she saw a rose being thrown at her. Nine just scoffed before firing another stream of flames burning it immediately. Then, Vivian appeared in front of Mignon before doing an uppercut with flaming around her to her stomach. Nine's eyes bugged out in pain before growling and kicking her foot out. Vivian then grabbed Mignon and pulled her into the shadows before moving back to Princess Peach Toadstool and Dudley before reappearing.

"Mignon, you of all people should know that you can't just rush a mage that has little to no casting time recklessly!" Vivian scolded.

"But if we DON'T rush her, her spells are going to get even more dangerouser!" The white magician frowned.

You are both right! We can't be impetuous, but also have to stop her from stocking her spells!" Dudley lamented.

"Like you knowing that will change anything!" Nine boasted. "Morganite of Malice!"

Nine then threw a giant seed on the ground and created some giant vines that went towards the four. Peach thought quickly by floating over the vines and Mignon showed some deceptive athleticism by jumping onto the vines and running along them like a cat. Dudley and Vivian weren't as lucky as they found themselves being attacked and forced back by the vines.

However, Mignon sent out another fireball forward. Nine just scoffed before sending water at the projectile negating it. However, while she was distracted dealing with Mignon's projectile, she could do nothing about the turnip thrown at her head by Peach's turnip. Mignon then spun around to send a mini-tornado forward.

"Crimson Raider!" Nine shouted, engulfing herself in flames and flying forward. Mignon and Peach yelped before diving out of the way, allowing her to fly back. However, the moment Nine broke out of her attack, Dudley dashed forward before doing a series of body blows to Nine.

"Uppercut!" Dudley shouted, doing a jumping uppercut to Nine's shin and knocking her into the air. Vivian then waved her finger with red sparkles around it which resulted in an explosion of fire in front of Nine, knocking her into a bar. Mignon then threw a fireball up at Nine.

However, Nine vanished in a glowing purple light, much to the four's shock and horror. Suddenly, Nine reappeared behind Dudley and sent her palms forward, resulting in a burst of wind into the boxer's back, sending him into his allies, knocking all four of them down. As they stood on the ground groaning, Nine fired a fireball forward. However, Vivian got up and fired her hands while engulfed in fire to catch the projectile before throwing it back.

"Citrine of Change!" Vivian shouted, sending a purple hexagonal mirror forward. This not only negated the projectile, but also sent a different one at Vivian, knocking in the head and knocking her down.

"Vivian!" Mignon gasped.

"I-I'm fine…" The Shadow Siren said, weakly "sitting up". "Unfortunately, we won't be if we don't eliminate her."

"She IS a final boss." Peach frowned. "Not helping is that she is absolutely livid for some reason that is unknown even to her."

"Indeed. I don't think even a cup of English Milk Tea will help." Dudley frowned. "What could be her problem?"

(Announcer's Booth)

"For better or for worse, Nine is too angry to get eliminated that easily so we should have enough time." Ashley frowned.

"Yeah, yeah, sure." Drake nodded.

Ashley glared at Drake. "Hey! This is serious!"

"I know! That is why I am trying to concentrate and figure out what is happening!" Drake insisted.

Ashley was about to retort until stopping himself.

"Alright, I will focus on the arena while you do that…" Ashley offered.

"Thanks, man." Drake nodded.

Ashley returned the nod before looking back at the action.

"Okay, he is distracted. What is the next step?" Drake asked, whispering into a phone.

"Well, first, choose your victim, in this case, Nine, and…"

"AH HA!"

Drake jumped before turning to see Ashley glare at him.

"I KNEW that I heard a familiar voice from inside of the Announcer's Booth when Iroha did her super!" Ashley scolded.

Drake winced before glaring at his phone. "Thanks, Xero. You compromised us!"

"Aw, come on, man! She was NAKED! Sure, we didn't exactly SEE her naked, but still!" Xero's voice complained.

"Really, man?" Drake asked in disbelief. "Not even a single 'My bad'?"

"What are you doing!?" Ashley demanded.

Drake shifted his eyes from left to right for a moment. Finally, he stopped and glared at his friend.

"I am going to trap Nine in a loop of various elimination nodes when she is out of the ring." He concluded.

"What!?" Ashley gasped.

"What else can we do!?" Drake snapped. "She is already pissed and she will want to kill us when she finds out what happened!"

"Do you think that THIS will help!?" Ashley scolded.

"Maybe." Drake said before looking at the phone. "Xero, please finish the instructions."

"Alright, you should be sent." The bunny offered. "Just dial in the computations I gave you."

Drake nodded his head before going to fiddle with the controls for the elimination node. However, Ashley quickly dove at him, grabbing Drake's hand.

"H-Hey!" Drake exclaimed.

"What did I tell ya, Drake!?" Ashley scolded. "I said if you pull a Xero at this tournament, I will neuter you with my magic!"

The vampire narrowed his eyes. "Then, what am I supposed to do? Just let Nine destroy us!?"

"Um, guys?" Xero's voice piped up.

"Do you really think that this will stop her from doing so!?" Ashley scolded. "If anything, it will give her more reason to do so!?"

"Not if we get Celica back to the dome before then!" Drake insisted.

"Guys…" Xero said.

"So just put Nine in the same elimination node as Celica!" Ashley scolded.

"Do you really think that would make a difference!?" Drake scolded. "We don't know what is the cause of the node-hopping! And in case you forget, Nurse Joy and YOU automatically assumed that I was the one who did it to her on PURPOSE!"

"Of course we assumed YOU did it! That is what happened with Eddy Gordo, Chang Koehan, Nack the Weasel and Captain Olimar!" Ashley snapped. "Even if I know you have no reason to do it, I can't help accusing you!"

"Okay, WOW! Just wow! Stab my heart with a holy knife why don't ya!?" Drake snapped.

"GUYS!"

Drake and Ashley glared at the phone. "What!?"

"Look at the arena!" Xero scolded.

Drake and Ashley turned their heads to see everyone in the arena looking up at them with worry.

And Nine was tapping her foot while crossing her arms and gritting her teeth, making an unsatisfying noise.

"...Raise your arm, Ashley." Xero muttered.

Drake and Ashley blinked twice before looking down. …To see Ashley's elbow on the button. Drake and Ashley's pupils shrank before looking in the arena.

"Umm…" Drake started.

"Take me to her…" Nine muttered.

"H-Huh?" Drake asked.

"TAKE ME TO HER!" Nine shouted, startling everyone. "Trust me, I WILL come after you bozos AFTER we are back at the dome! For now, just drop me in the same elimination node as Celica! NOW!"

Drake gulped nervously. "Yes, ma'am. Psst, Xero, did you hear Nine?"

"Kinda hard NOT to…" The bunny muttered. "Okay, listen carefully."

Drake nodded before following Xero's instructions as everyone looked at each other.

"Um, the node should be set." The vampire offered.

Nine nodded before stomping over to the group that was previously fighting her and grabbed the hand of the closest person to her. Which was Peach. Before the women could protest, Nine dragged her over to the ropes.

"Eliminate me!" Nine commanded.

"H-Huh?" Peach yelped.

"NOW!" Nine roared.

Peach yelped before lunging herself at Nine hip-first. This resulted in an explosion of hearts which sent the witch flying out of the ring and into an elimination portal.

Nine landed in Dynasty Warriors where she spent the next ten minutes ploughing through thousands of soldiers to try to find Celica.

Drake and Ashley looked at the screen with a look of pure horror on their face.

"...Nine didn't end up in the same node as Celica." Xero piped up.

"No, she did. The problem is that Nine is going the OPPOSITE direction where Celica is right now." Ashley said.

"Oof. Well, look on the bright side." Xero offered.

Drake and Ashley glared down at the phone.

"WHAT bright side?" Drake spat.

"With Nine tearing you a new one when she comes back to the dome, you don't have to sleep with one eye for me for that horrible disrespect of Steve." Xero said. He then paused. "The trooper, of course!"

Drake growled and Ashley looked down at the elimination nodes monitors again. His eyes then bugged out.

"Oh no! This is worse than you think!" Ashley gasped.

Drake groaned. "What is it NOW!?"

Ashley looked at Drake in horror. "Well…"

"Umm…"

Drake and Ashley turned to see Tumble nervously rubbing his floating hands together.

"Nobody is complaining yet, but I think they all want to know when they could go back to the fight." Tumble offered.

Drake and Ashley paused to see everyone in the arena looking at them with varying negative reactions.

Drake yelped before taking the microphone. "Sorry, sorry! I promise that we will devote our full time to getting her back while announcing!"

Yuri paused. "...I mean considering you don't have much of a choice, I don't think we have much reason to doubt you.

Everyone slowly agreed before going back to their fights. Drake and Ashley groaned before slinking in their seats.

"We're doomed…" Drake muttered.

"Oh, you have NO idea…" Ashley groaned. "Nine may be the biggest complainer by a long shot, but she won't be the only one!"

(China; Medical Tent)

Zhou Yu of the Wu Kingdom was about to enter the tent where their soldiers were recovering from their wounds.

"Commander Zhou Yu!"

The strategist raised an eyebrow before turning to see two Chinese soldiers walking over, looking worried.

"What is it?" Zhou Yu commanded. "Speak."

"We got some intel that some woman is tearing through Lu Bu's forces!" The first soldier explained.

Zhou Yu's pupils shrank at this. "What!?"

"Yes, some kind of foreign witch with powerful control over the elements!" The second soldier added. "Tore through the army like it was butter! Even Lu Bu fell to her easily!"

Zhou Yu looked horrified when he heard this, Lu Bu was infamous for being a powerful warrior, to the point where even the bravest soldiers immediately ran out of his way in pure terror.

"She is going the opposite way of our camp so she shouldn't come here anytime soon!" The first soldier noted. "But still, it seems that we could use your immediate guidance.

Zhou Yu frowned before looking to the side with gears turning in his head. He then looked at the soldiers with a stern look.

"We don't know if she is an ally or a foe, but if she could even make Lu Bu fall to his knees, we cannot afford to take any risks." Zhou Yu explained. "Gather the troops. We are falling back!"

The second soldier bowed. "Yes, commander."

With that, the two soldiers ran off. Zhou Yu then finally entered the medical tent.

To see Celica using her healing magic on a soldier's leg. Said soldier was curiously eyeing Minerva. Celica looked up to see Zhou Yu.

"Ah, Commander Zhou Yu!" Celica smiled. "How is it going?"

"Not too good, I am afraid." Zhou Yu frowned. "We have to gather everything we can and retreat."

Celica's smile vanished. "W-Why?"

"Nothing you should be concerned about seeing that you are only here for ten minutes." Zhou Yu reassured. "However, it will be a concern for US if we stay here. So I must ask you and your friends."

"Um, okay?" Celica asked before looking to the side. "What do you think?"

Azura Miura frowned. "Ala ala, I don't like the thought of that, but if it is making someone like Commander Zhou Yu rattled, I don't think I want to stay here either."

"Okay, we will try to finish up the healing." Celica offered.

Zhou Yu nodded his head. "That is all I ask from you ladies."

With that, he walked out. Celica looked at Azura concerned.

"Azura, I am SO sorry about this!" Celica apologised.

"Celica, I already told you, it is alright." The idol reassured. "You said it yourself. Accidentally pulling someone who is in an elimination node with you hasn't happened before. And you also said that I wasn't the first person you had contact with when your ten minutes were up which means the problem isn't you."

The white mage frowned. "Still, I wonder what is going on. I hope we are the only victims of this…"

(Dome; Recovery Room)

"I am sorry, everyone, but Pichu never entered this Recovery Room." Nurse Joy frowned.

Samus Aran, Pikachu and Geese Howard slumped their arms at this.

"Ugh, this one is on us. We should have realised that whoever brainwashed Pichu wouldn't let people try to walk out." Geese groaned, slapping his forehead. "Especially after what happened to Shabon from Suikoden III at the first Megamix tournament,"

"And Luigi at the first Battle of the Luminaries." Samus lamented.

Pikachu's ears drooped. "Pika…"

Despite this, Geese was not willing to give up. He then looked around the Recovery Room for a moment. He then saw Rugal Bernstein getting ready to leave. Narrowing his eyes, he stomped over.

The red-eyed man in-question looked up and once he saw Geese, he paused. "Ah, Geese. How is it going?"

"Cut the crap, Rugal!" The crime boss scolded. "Where is Billy!?"

The grey-haired man merely crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow. "Your pet dog? I do not know what you are talking about."

"Don't give me that!" Geese scolded. "After being absent from the first two Battle of the Luminaries, the Okron Tournament and the Tournament of Kikai, there is no way you would miss out on being part of a villain group!"

"...I worked with a lot of different villains before. You are going to have to be more specific." Rugal scolded.

"Going to play it the hard way, eh?" Samus asked, walking over to Geese's side, firing her arm cannon. "Fine by me! We also want to find out where Pichu is!"

The electric mouse walked to the other side of Geese and started to charge up electricity. Everyone looked worried. However, Rugal just smirked

Chloe Valens then narrowed her eyes. "You are pretty bold for someone who is in a room full of fighters."

"What's there to hide?" Rugal asked.

"Then, we will beat it out of you." Geese spat.

Samus and Pikachu then got into their stances. Suddenly, they all heard a phone ringing.

Geese growled. "Do you mind taking your phone call outside? We are about to interrogate someone here!"

Litchi Faye-Ling blinked twice. "Um, I think that is YOUR phone."

Geese's eyes widened before getting out his phone. Blushing a bit, he answered it.

"Hello?" Geese asked. "Ah, Ripper, did you find anything?"

Then, his pupils shrank.

"What!? He actually did that!?" Geese exclaimed. "Okay, okay, I will be right over!"

With that, he hung up before looking at Samus.

"Come! They said they found Billy!" Geese exclaimed.

Samus' eyes widened at this. "Wait, really!?"

"Yeah, but we have to be quick!" Geese urged. "Come on!"

"But what about Rugal?" Samus asked.

"I can't believe I am saying this, but there is no time!" Geese offered. "We need to GO!"

With that, he picked up Samus and Pikachu.

"H-Hey!" Samus demanded.

"Pika!" Pikachu shouted.

With that, Geese ran out of the Recovery Room while carrying the two. Everyone looked in shock. They then turned to glare at Rugal.

"...And of course everyone thinks that I had something to do with it." Rugal muttered, rolling his good eye. "Look, I may boast I am a god, but I can't be in here and do… Whatever got Geese so spooked. I am leaving."

With that, he got up and walked off with everyone staring at him in suspicion.

"Are we actually going to believe him?" Chun-Li asked in disbelief.

"It is not that he is trustworthy in any way. But…" Sagat said before frowning. "Considering Bison is not leading the pack, but drinking him drunk in the bar, I don't know WHAT to believe anymore."

Chun-Li frowned. "I-I suppose there is truth in that logic."

Reptile just watched the exchange while blinking twice. Suddenly, he felt something thrown at his head. Turning around, he saw Basara on his bed with a big grin on his face and pointing down.

Reptile looked down to see a paper ball. Raising an eyebrow, he picked it up, uncurled it and read it. His eyes bugged out at what he read.

(Hotel; Lounge)

"LILLYYYYYYYYYY!"

The British young woman winced with tears in her eyes as his brother, Billy lunged his cudgel staff forward, multiple times. However, Ryuji Yamazaki grinned while using his knife to parry it somehow. Billy just roared before continuing the assault. Then,Yamazaki stuck his tongue forward which Billy hit.

Big mistake as Yamazaki managed to slam his head against Billy's forehead which sent the British man flying back and sprawled on the ground. He then used his staff to hold himself up before growling and poking his staff, extending it towards Yamazaki. But the yakuza merely jumped out of the way to avoid the move.

Or at least the move worked as normal. While Billy's extended move usually explodes, but the explosion wasn't that big. THIS time, the explosion was bigger, not only catching Yamazaki off-guard, but also sending him flying into the wall. Yamazaki groaned before looking up.

Only for his eyes to bug out when he saw Billy rushing over. The staff fighter used his weapon to pole vault forward to Yamazaki. The black-clad man quickly jumped to the side, just in time for Billy to crash into the wall, making an unlikely hole in the wall. Yamazaki gave a descending whistle at this.

"Damn, whoever is in charge of the brainwashing is actually doing a decent job this time around!" Yamazaki laughed. "Billy WISHES that he could kick through a wall like this!"

"Where is my sister!?" Billy roared. "Where is she!?"

Yamazaki paused. "I know that you are brainwashed and all, but you are not blind!"

Dan Hibiki screamed before crashing on the ground, face-first. He groaned for a moment before getting up. He then growled before rushing forward. Magilou rolled her eyes before extending her card doll on the ground and lifting it upwards, hitting Dan in the chin and knocking him. However, the pink-clad man staggered back before rushing forward.

"Gadoken!" Dan shouted, sending a small, slow green energy ball forward. Magilou merely swung her doll and sent an orb of water forward, not only negating the projectile, but also struck Dan in the chest. Magilou then started to cast a spell.

"Flood Wall!" Magilou shouted, creating a wall of surging water in front of Dan, striking him and sending him flying in the air before crashing into a large puddle on the ground. Magilou shook her head.

"I could understand Billy Kane, but why did Oume's team brainwashed YOU?" Magilou asked. "As far as I could see, you are not seeing that many changes."

Dan then got up to his feet and flexed his arm forward. "ORA!"

Magilou rolled her eyes before extending her paper doll again and spinning it around.

However, before it hit Dan, the Saikyo-style practitioner jumped up high like a Final Fantasy Dragoon. But he hit his head on the ceiling and fell like a stone to the ground. However, the moment he crashed onto his stomach, he immediately rolled towards Magilou who was stunned the entire time.

"Koryuken!" Dan shouted, doing an uppercut to Magilou's chin, knocking her high into the air before crashing on her back hard. She then sat up while blinking twice.

"...What?" Magilou asked, finally.

Then, Dan got a rose out of nowhere.

"Gutter Trash!" He shouted, throwing it over his shoulder towards Magilou.

(The Arena)

Immediately, Dudley shuddered.

"What's wrong, Dudley?" Peach asked, concerned.

"I don't know." The boxer frowned.

(Hotel; Lounge)

Magilou scoffed before easily swatting the rose again. Dan just ran over and jumped up to do an axe kick. However, Magilou rolled out of the way.

But Magilou was unable to stop the shockwave which sent Magilou flying back screaming. The mage groaned before weakly looking up at the crater Dan made after copying Dudley's taunt.

"Ohh…. That makes sense." Magilou noted.

"Please let me go!" Lilly pleaded as she struggled to break free from Ripper and Hopper.

"It is too dangerous, Miss Kane!" Ripper pleaded.

"He doesn't even recognise you in this state!" Hopper added.

"But…" Lilly sputtered.

"No… This is wrong… I have to stop them…" Rainbow Mika said, softly.

"But you saw what happened. Dan is powered-up! You have to give it your all!" Hinako frowned. "And nothing personal, I don't think you can right now."

R. Mika winced at this.

The Gloomba and Galoomba looked at each other, worried about what was going on.

"See? This is why we Gloomba rarely leave the sewers." Gloomba muttered.

Magilou growled before creating three orbs of fire, water and ice respectively. Dan just narrowed his eyes. Suddenly, he put one hand behind his back while doing a slight chop with the other with an apologetic look on his face.

"Gomen ne!"

After copying Chun-Li's taunt, Dan did a series of punches, easily breaking through Magilou's projectiles. However, the platinum-blonde started to cast a spell.

"Blood Moon!" Magilou shouted, creating a fiery moon-like sphere where Dan was. Or it would have if Dan didn't roll forward out of the way in time. However, Magilou acted quickly and ran over to kick Dan like a soccer ball. Magilou then smirked before raising her hand to summon a meteor to fall down and crashed in front of Dan.

This sent Dan flying back and crashing back-first against the wall before falling onto the ground. Magilou then puts her card doll on the ground before using it as a launch pad and lands on Dan's back. The pink-clad man cried out in pain before Magilou smirked and she started to tap dance on top of Dan's back,

Dan grunted in pain before rolling forward and sending Magilou on her rear. Dan then crouched down and… Put a cardboard box out of nowhere and put it over his head. Magilou blinked twice before getting up. Suddenly, Dan got up and threw the box where it landed on top of Magilou's head obscuring her vision. Dan then turned around and did a series of punches to Magilou's stomach before ending with a roundhouse kick, sending her sprawling to the ground.

Magilou groaned before looking up. "I know that taunting is more or less what Dan does best… But this is getting silly."

Yamazaki crashed back-first into a chair, knocking it over. Despite the hard fall, he got up and grabbed said chair with his unpocketed hand and ran forward. Billy groaned before running forward as well before the two got into a power struggle with each other. Yamazaki's smirk grew large while Billy gritted his teeth.

Then, Billy ignited his staff in flames, making the chair catch on fire. At first, Yamazaki was taken back by this, but he smirked before pulling the chair back and swinging it like a baseball bat into Billy and sending him crashing into the wall making everyone gasp.

"Yamazaki, what are you doing!?" Hinako yelled.

"Stop it! You are going to hurt him!" Hopper scolded.

Yamazaki looked at them in disbelief. "Tell HIM that!"

Indeed, around this time, Billy was already back on his feet and lunging at Yamazaki. However, the blond man easily blocked the attack with his still-flaming chair. Billy then swung his staff around forward with Yamazaki blocking it. However, this destroyed the chair. Billy then jabbed his staff into Yamazaki's stomach and proceeded to slam it back and forth before throwing him away.

"...Whoever is brainwashing them is upping their game." Ripper lamented. "I never seen Billy fight like this before…"

"Okay, if you don't put us down right now, you will run to the lounge with a limp!"

"Pika!"

Everyone turned to see Geese carrying Samus and Pikachu in the lounge.

"Mr. Howard!" Lilly gasped.

"I came as soon as I heard!" Geese offered before putting down Samus and Pikachu.. "And I brought two more allies!"

"Like we have a choice…" Samus muttered, glaring at Geese. She then turned to see the fight. "Woah! That's Billy!"

"Yes, he and Dan were brainwashed like what happened to that electric mouse." Ripper frowned. "Yamazaki and that witch from Tales of Berseria are trying to fend them off."

"What!?" Geese gasped as Samus and Pikachu looked just as horrified. "You let YAMAZAKI fight Billy ALONE!? Paid upfront or not, there is still a chance that he may go too far!"

"We know… Lilly and the wrestler are too stunned to fight and the other blonde girl and the two idiots are looking after her." The Gloomba piped.

Ripper glared at said Gloomba. "Hey, we said we were sorry, didn't we?"

Geese shook his head. "I 'tagging in' with Yamazaki!"

With that, he got ready to run over.

"BILLY!"

Everyone jumped before looking in the direction of the voice. Even the British man stopped his assault to turn.

To see Kurow Kirishima and Gargos standing outside of the room with smirks and crossed arms.

"I think I know who took your precious sister!" Kurow offered.

"Really? Where!" Billy exclaimed.

Kurow then got out his flute and pointed at… Lilly.

"Her. She took your Lilly." Kurow frowned. "Oh, the poor girl was crying."

Everyone's pupils shrank in realisation of what Kurow was doing. Billy then glared at Lilly.

"N-No, Billy! He is lying! I AM Lilly!" Lilly insisted, looking absolutely terrified.

The older Kane sibling growled. "GIVE ME MY SISTER!"

Then, Yamazaki tackled Billy to the ground. "Oh hell no! No one is going to ruin MY payday! Now even the person who I was supposed to bring back safely!"

Billy growled before igniting his staff in fire before slamming it on the ground. This resulted in a large explosion that engulfed Billy and Yamazaki.

"BILLY!" Lilly gasped.

Ripper then looked to the side. "You are a mage, right? Do you have water magic?"

"Sure, I am on the case!" Magilou shouted before casting a spell. "After all, only you could stop…"

"Haoh…"

Magilou's eyes bugged out before looking back to see Dan charging up energy in his hands. Her face then fell.

"You know what… This one's on me."

"GADOKEN!"

Dan then sent out a surprisingly large energy ball into Magilou's back, striking her multiple times and flying back (and also making Dan fly back) and crash onto the ground where she laid unconscious. Everyone looked in horror at this.

Suddenly, they saw Billy walk out of the fire that he had made. His clothes were burnt, but he was fine. Yamazaki on the other hand, was on the ground unconscious. He had a look of pure hatred on his face.

"LILLYYYYYYY!"

With that, he lunged straight at Lilly. Ripper and Hopper immediately ran in front of them and held out their hands.

Suddenly, Geese zoomed in between them and Billy and parried his staff with a serious look of him.

"Billy!? Do you realise what you are doing!?" Geese roared. "I don't know what he did to you, but I know that you will never hurt your sister!"

"Let me go! That bitch has hurt Lilly!" The pole-fighter roared. "I will kill her!"

Lilly just stood terrified at this.

"I don't know how I will stop you, but I am not letting you get away!" Geese roared.

Suddenly, a portal opened up behind Billy and a demonic hard grabbed the back of his suit and pulled him back into the portal, startling everyone. Then, they saw Gargos pull Billy out of another portal where Dan also rejoined them.

"H-Hey! What are you…!?" Billy roared.

"Patience, Billy. Killing that woman won't get you any closer to finding Lilly." Gargos smirked.

"Oh, for now, let's keep looking for her." Kurow nodded. He then looked to the others. "Thanks to each and every one of you. Your scared looks. They are like ecstasy."

"However, we should take a break for now." Gargos offered. "Have fun."

With that, he created another portal where he, Kurow, Billy and Dan walked into it.

"N-No!" R. Mika exclaimed before getting up and running them. "Don't go with him!"

However, it was too late. The two brainwashed men already entered with the last thing everyone saw was Dan's back. The portal then closed. Everyone then looked in horror.

Then, Lilly collapsed on her knees and sobbed into her hands. Hinako and Pikachu ran to her side.

"They… They had Billy attack Lilly on purpose…" Ripper said.

"This… Was some kind of personal attack." Hopper added.

Geese growled, clenching his fists. "I'll kill them… I'll kill every last one of those assholes!"

R. Mika then collapsed on her hands and knees.

"I… I just stood there. Dan and Billy needed help and I just stood there…"

(The Arena)

Wolf O'Donnell got out his bayonet-like blaster and fired a shot forward. Wolf Hawkfield thought quickly and ran to the side to avoid the projectile before rushing forward. However, Wolf O'Donnell jumped out of the way to avoid his opponent's punch before scratching him in the side.

Wolf Hawkfield winced as he held his wound. Wolf O'Donnell smirked before kicking his foot out. However, Wolf Hawkfield quickly recovered and grabbed his opponent's leg. The actual wolf's good eye bugged out before Wolf Hawkfield threw him against a vertical pole hard.

Wolf O'Donnell groaned before looking up. His good eye bugged when he saw Wolf Hawkfield rushing forward and kicking his foot out. The mercenary rolled to the side to avoid the kick before kicking his opponent to the side. The Canadian staggered to the side as Wolf O'Donnell jumped on the vertical bar and swung it into his foe, knocking him down.

Wolf Hawkfield landed on the ground hard, but managed to get up in a kneeling position just in time to catch Wolf O'Donnell's wrist before he could scratch him and threw himself back, slamming him into the ground. Wolf O'Donnell groaned as his opponent got up to perform an elbow drop. However, the actual lupine snapped out of his daze and rolled to the side, allowing the attack to miss.

"Tch. You wrestlers are all the same." Wolf O'Donnell scoffed. "Sure, you hit and especially throw hard, but what is the point if you can't reach your opponent?"

"Ha, that is rich coming from the heavyweight of the StarFox trio." Wolf Hawkfield countered.

"Heh, I am not saying you are wrong, but is that really your best 'gotcha' moment?" Wolf O'Donnell smirked. "Sure, I may lag behind Fox and Falco, but I could still run circles around the 'regular' heavyweights. AND I am not as squishy as those two."

"Alright, let's put your money where your mouth is!" Wolf Hawkfield growled, punching his palm.

With that, he ran forward towards Wolf O'Donnell and did a flying dropkick. However, the mercenary just smirked before pouncing forward at an alarming speed and scratching with his claws and knocking Wolf Hawkfield to the ground. Wolf O;Donnell then turned around to continue the assault, but Wolf Hawkfield recovered and kicked the actual wolf in the stomach and made him stagger back. The wrestler was about to pounce at him.

Then, a pair of hands came from the ground, grabbed him and pulled him down into the canvas, making Wolf O'Donnell jump.

"What in the…" Wolf O'Donnell started. Suddenly, he heard squeaky noises behind him and groaned while slumping his arms. "You GOTTA be kidding me…"

Almost immediately, he ducked his head, allowing Mignon Beart to miss her flying kick and crash onto her rear.

"Owie! Ouch!" Mignon groaned, rubbing her rear. She then turned around. "How come you are able to dodge Mignon's kick?"

"...You can't be serious." Wolf muttered before pointing to his ear. "Ignoring the fact that I have canine hearing, did you really expect to sneak up on ANYONE with those squeaky shoes!"

Mignon angrily puffed out her cheeks. "Wow, Mignon knew you are a big bad wolf, but Mignon didn't think you are so rude!"

With that, she got up to her feet and sent out a fireball. However, Wolf just smirked before activating a pink, elliptical deflector around him, sending the fireball back at Mignon, The pink-haired girl yelped before ducking underneath her own projectile. Wolf then ran over and kicked Mignon in the head.

Mignon sprawled onto her back. She then groaned as she laid staring at the arena lights. Then, Wolf pounced in her line of sight. Mignon yelped before scampering to the side and avoided getting mauled. Wolf was about to chase after her to punish the white magician for running away.

Until Mignon spun around and did a roundhouse kick, striking Wolf in the face and making him stagger back. Mignon then ran over and did a series of punches and kicks before ending with a flip to Wolf's chin. The mercenary flew up into the air before crashing on the ground. He then got up to his feet.

Just in time to time to block a forward flip kick. He then shoved Mignon forward, but she merely flipped back onto her feet. However, she did stumble on back. Wolf then fired his blaster and hit Mignon in the chest. The pink-haired girl staggered back before crouching down and making a cat-like gesture with her hand.

Wolf blinked his good eye twice. "Um, what kind of stance is THAT?"

"It is my Kitty style!" Mignon boasted, proudly.

Wolf's eyebrow twitched. "Alright… Let's see how it works against my WOLFIE style!"

With that, he got down on all fours like a quadruped lupine and got ready to pounce. Mignon yelped before running away on all fours. Wolf smirked before he chased after Mignon. The two then started a weird cat-and-dog chase around the bottom vertical bars, much to several fighters' disbelief.

"I wonder if Wolf knows that this looks sillier than he initially thought he did." Shulk frowned.

"What do YOU think?" Illia muttered.

The chase continued for a while with Mignon running towards a bar. Wolf's smirk grew larger. Only for it to falter when he saw Mignon scamper up the bar like a… Well, cat before flipping off of it….

"What the heck?" Wolf asked.

As the audience cheered, Mignon landed behind Wolf and quickly kicked him in the rear. The mercenary flew forward before banging his head against said bar. Wolf groaned before gripping his head.

"How the hell could someone be so aerobatic and yet so clumsy!" Wolf groaned in pain. "I demand consistency!"

"The only thing you should demand for a trip to obedience school, you bad doggy!" Mignon scolded.

With that, she grabbed Wolf and forced him to stand up. Mignon then put her hand on Wolf's stomach and started to charge up pink electricity. Soon, Mignon sent out electricity into Wolf's torso, sending him flying towards the ropes and over them.

Wolf landed in Power Rangers SPD where he got involved in another chase. This time, with HIM being chased to avoid being arrested by Doggie Kruger.

Mignon finally jumped up in the air in happiness. "Yay! Mignon continues to do good at all three Battle of the Luminaries!"

"GET BACK HERE AND FIGHT LIKE… WELL, A WOMAN!"

Mignon's eyes widened before turning her head to see Wolf Hawkfield trying to hit his current opponent. Emphasis on 'try' because Vivian kept going in and out within the shadows to not only avoid the attack, but strike Wolf from behind.

Wolf staggered forward before glaring back at Vivian. "This is cheap! You keep sinking into the ground whenever I face you!"

"Perhaps, but your punches will hurt much more than my punches." The Shadow Siren reminded. "So I think that balances it out."

"Don't be a wiseass!" Wolf scolded before going to grab Vivian. However, the pyromancer slipped back into the canvas. However, this time, Wolf decided to act smart by following the circular shadow Vivian went into. And the moment he saw the tip of a peppermint hat.

Wolf thought quickly and did a body slam forward, just as Vivian was getting up, pinning her to the ground and making Mignon shriek in horror. Wolf laughed in success.

Only to feel his torso getting hot. Suddenly, a pillar of fire appeared underneath Wolf and sent him flying through the air and straight through the jungle gym. When said pillar reached the outside, Wolf was sent flying away from it, screaming at the top of his lungs before falling out of the ring.

Wolf landed in Skullgirls where he got into a wrestling match against Beowulf.

Vivian groaned while getting up while holding her arm. Mignon ran over concerned.

"Are you alright, Vivian?" Mignon asked.

"Yes… I underestimated that guy and thought he would just try to chase after me forever." The Shadow Siren admitted. "I just hope that our other allies will be fine with their own fights."

Yuri Lowell and Baiken locked swords with each other, trying to gain ground while glaring into each other's eyes with Baiken frowning and Yuri smirking. The two then got away from each other.

"Azure Edge!" Yuri shouted, swinging his sword and sending a ball of light blue energy forward. Baiken quickly slashed through the projectile, negating it. However, Yuri wasn't done yet.

"Destruction Field!" Yuri shouted, jumping up and doing a downward slash. Baiken thought quickly and blocked the attack. However, not even she could block the following explosion of fire from Yuri's blade, knocking her to the ground. Despite having a hard fall, Baiken thought quickly and spun around with her katana out.

However, Yuri just jumped over and kicked Baiken in the face, sending her sprawling further back. Baiken groaned before getting up in a kneeling position. However, she growled before sending out her rope bell out of her armless sleeve. Yuri thought quickly and used his sword to block it.

…Only to find out just block the rope bell attack, it still found itself wrapping around Yuri. Baiken then ran forward to slash Yuri, but the long-haired man quickly blocked it as they got into another power struggle. However, Baiken quickly broke it off by kicking Yuri in the stomach, knocking him away with the rope more or less helping him keep his balance.

"Heh, you DO live up to your reputation. Usually that move takes people off-guard." Baiken noted.

"When you are a part of two mega crossover games, you don't get too surprised nowadays." Yuri muttered, rolling his eyes.

"Ah, the Project X Zone games. That makes sense." Baiken noted. "You faced a lot of different opponents."

Yuri paused. "Sure… That is TOTALLY what I am thinking about."

Baiken then decided to continue the fight by releasing her rope ball off of Yuri, but then got out a dragon-like cannon. Yuri's eyes bugged out before rolling to the side.

"Shining Gale!" Yuri shouted, spinning his sword around. Baiken quickly raised her sword to block the arte, resulting in a firework display of sparks.

"Brutal Fang!" Yuri shouted, punching Baiken in the stomach several times with his free hand and forcing the wind out of her. Yuri then ended with an uppercut, knocking Baiken away. Yuri then went to continue the assault. Only Baiken lashed out her bell rope at a horizontal bar and used it as a grappling hook to escape.

After landing on the bar, Baiken got out a pistol and fired a firework shell. Yuri's eyes widened before running away. However, the actual fireworks from the shell still sent Yuri flying and crashing into another bar and knocking the wind out of him. Baiken chuckled as she watched Yuri get up on the bar.

"Face it, Lowell. You are strong, but you might as well borrow someone else's power to eliminate me!" Baiken boasted

The dark-haired man narrowed his eyes. "I don't need to borrow someone else's power to eliminate you."

He then smirked.

"Butttttt if that is how you want to go out, then who am I to refuse?" Yuri asked.

Baiken's smirk vanished as she blinked her good eye. "W-What?"

Yuri didn't say anything. He then jumped onto another horizontal bar near the one Baiken was on and readied his fist.

"DHAOS BLAST!"

The crowd cheered as Yuri punched the vertical bar that was closest to Baiken, which resulted in a large burst of energy which not only hit Baiken, but sent her flying back so hard that she fell out of the ring.

Yuri smirked as he waved his free hand. "Sorry, Cress and Mint, but I CAN'T let cameo artes go to waste."

Baiken landed in Rurouni Kenshin where she challenged Himura Kenshin to a fight.

Antonov narrowed his eyes behind his shades before pulling his fist back and punching his fist forward as hard as he could against the weapon of his opponent.

A golf club.

Despite the comical sight at first glance, this resulted in a clash. Antonov retreated his fist back and tried again, this time with a kick. Princess Peach Toadstool used the range of her club to result in another clash. Next, Antonov tried to grab Peach, but the princess stepped back before whacking the hand with her.

As Antonov staggered back, gripping his hand, Peach switched her golf club for a tennis racket and swung it at Antonov, sending him sprawling away. As the blond man sprawled on the ground, Peach then proceeded to pluck a series of turnips out of the ground and threw him at the downed man.

Antonov grunted in annoyance as each unorthodox projectile hit him before getting up. After swerving his head to slam his hands on the ground. This resulted in a shockwave that knocked Peach onto her rear. Antonov then ran over to do a body splash while Peach was on the ground. The pink-clad woman yelped before scampering back.

While somehow summoning Toad in her place. When the body splash hit him instead, the mushroom man let out spores around him and struck Antonov multiple times which sent the Russian man flying in the air. Peach then got up before running forward and sending out her palms with magical sparks around them, knocking Antonov out of the air and sending him sprawling again. Antonov then got up while dusting himself up.

"Look, make no mistake, a champion accepts any and all challengers, but why are you so insistent on interrupting my current fight?" Antonov frowned.

"We DID have our reservations about doing so." Peach admitted. "But said fight was getting too chaotic, even for this tournament's standards."

Antonov winced with a beet red face. "Hey! I tried to get him to calm down, but he wouldn't listen."

Peach just frowned. "Perhaps you shouldn't have mentioned the problem at hand at all."

Antonov just sighed before deciding to try again. Peach just got out her golf club again and got into a stance to parry any of Antonov's punches and kicks. However, not even a golf club could parry Antonov literally shoving his back into Peach. This time, it was the princess' turn to be sent sprawling back until she crashed on the ground.

Antonov rushed forward again. However, instead of doing a body splash, Antonov did a baseball slide, not only striking Peach, but also sending her high into the air. Antonov smirked before quickly getting up to do his weird chest-bumping uppercut. Only for Peach to not only recover in time, but float out of the way and allow Antonov to crash into a horizontal bar, knocking the wind out of him. Peach landed on the ground with a frown.

"His status as the 'first champion may be… Questionable, this strength is definitely not." Peach mused. "It seems that I have to use the element of surprise to eliminate him."

By this time, Antonov snapped out of his daze and dropped to the ground before facing Peach. The pink-clad woman narrowed her eyes before getting out her parasol (which she didn't get out at all until now) and swung it at Antonov. However, the muscular man saw it coming and easily grabbed it with one hand with a big grin on his face.

"Heh. Nice try, princess, but it is going to take a lot more than THAT to…" Antonov boasted.

Suddenly, he noticed something that made him blink twice behind his shades.

"Umm… Kinda random thing to ask, but isn't your parasol the same colour as your dress instead of being yellow with blue frills?" Antonov asked.

Peach smirked. "Really? I respectfully disagree on the random part."

Suddenly, a hole opened up and…

CHOMP!

"YOW!"

Antonov retreated his hand back before holding it with a look of shock on his face.

"It BIT me! The PARASOL actually bit me!" He exclaimed.

He then looked at Peach hoping to get some answers, only to see Peach pointing said parasol at him with it glowing. After a second had passed, yellow energy in the shape of the parasol flew at Antonov. The projectile hit the Russian man head-on before he was sent flying back until he went over the ropes.

Antonov landed in Tales of Destiny where he had a flex-off with Bruiser Khang.

Peach sighed in relief before looking at the parasol. "Thank you so much…"

Suddenly, the parasol grew eyes and a mouth.

"It is more than alright, Princess!" The parasol reassured with a smile. "After all, this is the least I could do after you asked the hosts if you could use me as your parasol!"

"I already told you, it is fine, Perry!" Peach smiled "After seeing the likes of Dumbo & Timothy, Peter Pan & Tinker Bell and to a certain extent, Big Daddy & Little Sister, I realised that I could bring you. After all, it would be unfair to be able to use my Vibe Powers and NOT bring my partner from my one and only solo game."

"Hold still and take your punishment like a man!" Shoma Sawamura angrily roared before swinging his large baseball bat in a horizontal fashion. However, Dudley just jumped back to avoid the blow. However, Shoma tried again with a vertical swing. But Dudley ran to the side and did a swift blow to Shoma's face.

Shoma staggered back before swinging his bat again. Dudley just jumped back to avoid the blow. He then ran forward to punch forward, but Shoma actually recovered in time to use his bat to block the punch. Dudley was not expecting and was off-guard before taking two kicks to the stomach before Shoma swung his bat, knocking him away.

Dudley was sent sprawling onto his back before groaning while looking up at the ceiling. Then, Shoma was in his line-of-sight getting ready to stomp on him from the air. Dudley's eyes bugged out before rolling to the side to avoid the blow. While Shoma was recovering from his own attack, Dudley punched him in the side. Shoma gripped said side before glaring at Dudley.

"Super Fast Ball!" Shoma shouted, throwing a baseball forward. Dudley quickly raised his gloves to block the projectile before rushing forward before proceeding to do a series of punches to Shoma's face, making the white-clad young man stagger back.

Shoma growled before glaring at Dudley. "You have a lot of nerve interrupting our fight with that Russian man!"

"You were acting too violent. If Princess Peach and I let you do your own thing, you will interrupt a lot of fights." The dark-skinned man frowned.

"Hey, it is not MY fault that Prototype Maximum Impact Duke decided to piss me off!" Shoma roared. "Same for you thinking that you could intimidate me with your size! I am strong!"

"If by strong, you mean you hit hard then I will definitely agree." Dudley said, shaking his head. "But you waste so much trying to make your attacks hurt that they have a lot of recovery time which makes you a book that I could easily read without opening it."

"SHUT UP!" Shoma roared before poking his bat forward. This managed to catch Dudley in his stomach. Not only that, but Shoma managed to lift him up into the air. The baseball player then swung Dudley around before sending him flying in the air before crashing on a horizontal bar. Shoma smirked before leaping up into the air until he landed on a different horizontal bar on the same level as Dudley who was slowly getting up.

"Super Fast Ball!" Shoma shouted, throwing a baseball at Dudley again. However, unlike the last time, Dudley was still trying to find his balance and instead clumsily dodged while grabbing onto the nearest vertical bar. Shoma then leapt onto the bar his opponent was on while swinging his bat at Dudley.

This sent Dudley flying through the bars before crashing into a vertical bar before holding onto a horizontal bar with both of his hands. Shoma wasted no time, rushing after Dudley to strike him while he was vulnerable.

That was until Dudley let go of the bar he was holding onto to land on the vertical bar below him, allowing Shoma to stumble onto the former aforementioned bar.

"THUNDER BOLT!"

Dudley then jumped up at an alarming height towards Shoma before punching him hard in the face. However, he wasn't done with his fist still in Shoma's face, taking him straight down before crashing onto the ground. Shoma laid there unconscious as Dudley stood up.

"I confess that in the air, you would have been the superior fighter." Dudley confessed, sternly. "But that is no excuse for underestimating my abilities."

With that, he crouched down to pick up Shoma and walked over to the nearest ropes before throwing him out of the ring.

Shoma landed in Fullmetal Alchemist where he became quick friends with Edward Elric. …After some poor schmuck insulted both of their heights.

"Speed!"

"Sessive Bullet!"

Vector the Crocodile and Shulk (with a green blow around his feet) both ran in opposite directions to avoid being hit by the bullets from Illia Animi's twin revolvers. They rushed towards the side. Illia just narrowed her eyes before aiming her pistols at Vector.

"Freeze Lancer!" Illia shouted, creating a blue vertical ring and using her guns to fire large shards of ice at Vector. The crocodile yelped before rolling to the side. Shulk on the other hand got ready to use his Back Slash on Illia.

"Splash!"

Suddenly, geysers of water appeared around Shulk before one sent him flying through the air until he crashed into a horizontal bar above him. Reala sighed in relief before Vector gasped before growling and rushing forward.

"Oh no, you don't! Reala, come here!" The pink-clad brunette nodded before running to Illia's side. "FREEZE BULLET!"

Illia then jumped up and started to fire bullets all around her and Reala. This created giant icy stalagmites around them. Vector ran into one of them and crashed on the ground, taking more damage than usual from the arte seeing that he was cold-blooded. Illia smirked before casting a spell.

"Ice Tornado!" Illia shouted. Vector was then engulfed in a tornado with ice chunks in it and was sent flying around with the chunks hitting him. For better or for worse, he escaped the arte when he bounced off of the bar and sprawled across the ground.

"Geyser Blast!" Reala shouted, swinging her staff three times, sending a block of water each time. However, Shulk managed to block each of them.

"Aqua Spiral!" Illia shouted, firing a large spiralling burst of water. Shulk blocked it again. However, the arte was much stronger than Reala's last one and Shulk found himself skidding back on his feet until he crashed into a wall. Illia gave a dark smirk.

"Ishishishishi! I almost feel bad for them!" Illia said before aiming her pistols again. "Freeze Lancer!"

She then fired ice shards at Shulk. The Monado-wielder yelped before running away and over to Vector's side who was finally getting up while holding his arm.

"Ugh, this is dread fighting a pair of zoners in doubles." Shulk muttered.

"Yeah, there is no way that we could even outspeed their teamwork and long-range artes." Vector agreed. "What do we do?"

Shulk paused. "Say, Vector, I don't suppose you know how to do a Spin Dash, do you?"

"Um, yeah, nearly all of us can. Even Cream can do so in her debut game." Vector explained. "The moment is ours isn't as strong or in this case, as fast as the likes of Sonic and Shadow."

Shulk smirked. "Then, we should fix that, shouldn't we?"

"Icicle!"

Shulk and Vector's eyes bugged out before they jumped back. Just in time to avoid a giant stalagmite appearing from the ground. Realising that they didn't have much time, Shulk ran to Vector's side.

Illia scoffed, watching her spell miss. "They are persistent, I'll give them that."

"We shouldn't underestimate them, Illia." Reala scolded.

"Ah, come on. We already established that even though the crocodile is a Sonic character and the seer has a 'Speed' mode, they can't match up to my bullets." Illia reassured.

"Even still, that won't stop them from trying." Reala offered. She then saw Vector walking in front of Shulk. "See? That crocodile is still coming at this."

"Ha, even though he is cold-blooded?" Illia asked before laughing. "I think my Ice Tornado hit him more than I thought!"

They then noticed Vector crouching down. They also noticed Shulk was about to use his Forward Smash… Behind Vector.

"...I don't know, man. I don't have a good feeling about this." Vector frowned.

"Really? Well, don't worry!" Shulk offered before smirking. "I am REALLY feeling it!"

With that, the crowd cheered and Shulk extended his Monado, turning into a blade of light into Vector. This sent the detective flying forward like a billiards ball towards the two mages, who were startled by this. Reala quickly ran out of the way, but Illia wasn't as lucky as Vector in his Spin Ball form crashed into her and soared straight out of the ring.

Illia landed in Wild ARMs. Seeing that the game was a classic JRPG/Wild West hybrid, she fit right in.

"Illia!" Reala gasped.

Vector got up from his ball form. "Heh! You were right, Shulk! The plan worked out perfectly!"

Shulk nodded his head before sending forward.. "It was a risk, but it paid up perfectly. Now to collect MY elimination for the sect…"

"LONE WOLF CHARGE!"

Then, a ghostly image of a wolf crashed into Shulk's back and sent him flying and crashing into Vector and making Reala jump. As the two men groaned, Reala looked in the direction to see Yuri Lowell.

"Yuri!" Reala said, happily.

"Hey, Reala!" The dark-haired man grinned. "Sorry about Illia. Thought you both had that fight in the bag."

"It is alright! It is our fault for letting our guard down!" Reala offered. "Still, thanks for the help!"

"No problem. Let me take the place as your partner for now!" Yuri smirked.

Shulk groaned as a dazed Vector pinned him to the ground. "Suddenly, I am not feeling it anymore."

(Dome; Bar)

Bison took a large chug of his beer, finishing before slamming it on the counter.

"Another beer, King." Bison demanded.

"Yeah, no, I am cutting you off." The bartender muttered.

Bison and F.A.N.G. jumped at this. "Excuse me!?"

"Yeah, you had enough." King nodded.

"How dare you!? Do you realise who you are speaking with!?" Bison roared. "I am the Emperor of Evil! I am THE wielder of Psycho Power! I am THE Mighty Bison!"

"I don't care if you are the Queen of England, I am a bartender, I know this stuff!" King scolded. "Besides, don't you have a tournament to enter?"

F.A.N.G.'s eyes widened behind his shades. "That's right, Lord Bison! According to the numbering, you should be in the NEXT section!"

Bison raised an eyebrow. "Oh, you don't say. Very well. I will overlook this act of defiance. For now."

King narrowed her eyes. "Okay, wow. You would think that having your plan literally taken over by two thirsty old women would humble you, but no, here you are STILL pretending that you are a threat!"

F.A.N.G. growled. "How dare you talk that way to Master Bison!? If he didn't have a tournament to enter, he'll…"

"No, it is alright. As much as I hate to admit it, but this is definitely my worst night yet." Bison admitted, holding out his hand.

"M-Master Bison?" F.A.N.G. asked, surprised. Even King raised an eyebrow.

"Indeed. I confess that people may look at my failures not only at these tournaments, but in the canon games." Bison admitted. "I have a lot of work to do to remind everyone of my days of war crimes."

He then smirked.

"In fact… One could say I should STEP it up?"

With that, he dropped some money for King before making his way towards the exit, leaving F.A.N.G and King blinking twice.

"Um, Master Bison? Why did you put that much emphasis on 'step'?" F.A.N.G. asked.

"Don't worry, you will find out everything when I appear." Bison offered while floating backwards. "For now, I have to make a call for the Sound Booth Trio and command them to change my theme song."

With that, he exited the bar, leaving everyone looking in confusion.

"Huh. That was weird." F.A.N.G. noted before shrugging. "But Master Bison knows what he is doing."

King on the other hand, blinked twice. She then turned towards Vega who was quiet the entire time.

"Sooo Vega?" King asked. "How are you holding out? I noticed that you haven't touched your drink."

"That is because I am far too enthralled with my beauty." The assassin answered. "Seriously, even though this unholy water, my reflection still shines through."

F.A.N.G. paused. "...Okay, that is over-the-top, even for YOU."

By this time though, King was starting to look worried. "Oh no…"

F.A.N.G. turned towards King. "What? What's wrong?"

The Frenchwoman looked at F.A.N.G. "Um, are you feeling drunk?"

"Oh, you didn't know?" The purple-clad man asked before proudly putting his hands on his hips. "I CAN'T get drunk!"

"Really?" King asked, looking even more worried for some reason.

"That's right. Because of my experimentation with toxics, I developed an immunity. Not to all of them, admittedly." F.A.N.G. explained. "However, that means I could drink all of that alcohol and NOT get…"

By this time, F.A.N.G. slowly trailed off and realised what King was referring too. He then looked towards the exit where Bison exited.

"...Uh-oh." F.A.N.G. frowned.

"Oh, I LOVE that this situation actually made you the SANE one of the trio by default." King muttered.

Before F.A.N.G. could snap back and try in vain to argue that he was also sane, she heard arguing from outside.

"DO NOT MESS WITH THE LEGENDARY HAOHMARU, BISON, I KNOW FULLY WELL THAT YOU ARE UP TO SOMETHING! AGAIN!"

Everyone's eyes bugged out looking in the direction of the voice.

"...Are you SERIOUS!?" King roared.

She then straight out of the exit with F.A.N.G. following her. They then exited to see a grinning Bison being interrogated by a furious Haohmaru and…

King's eyes bugged out. "JAN!?"

The younger French sibling turned towards his sister. "Oh, sis, I didn't notice that we were near the bar!"

"NOW I WILL NOT ASK AGAIN! WHAT NEFARIOUS PLAN ARE YOU CONDUCTING THIS TIME!?" Haohmaru roared.

Bison just smirked. "So even the Legendary Haohmaru trembles in fear at what I am planning!"

"IN YOUR UNDREAMY DREAMS! I DO NOT FEEL FEAR, I ONLY FEEL RAGE!" Haohmaru shouted, angrily getting his katana. "AND I SHALL FEEL EVEN MORE RAGE IF YOU TELL ME RIGHT NOW!"

Bison just arrogantly wagged his finger. "I could understand your impatience, but I must have you wait a little longer. Don't worry, you WILL find out soon enough!"

"THE LEGENDARY HAOHMARU SHALL FIND OUT NOW!" Haohmaru roared.

"Get his ass, Haohmaru!" Jan shouted, pumping his fist in the air.

F.A.N.G. looked at King in disbelief. "...This is clearly the worst time to ask, but did he learn that from you?"

The bartender acted like she didn't hear that. Immediately, she ran between Bison and Haohmaru, startling everyone and spreading her arms out.

"Sis!?" Jan gasped.

"Bison isn't behind it this time!" King insisted.

"W-WHAT FOOLISHNESS IS THIS!?" Haohmaru demanded.

"It is as I said!" King repeated. "Bison, Vega and F.A.N.G. have been in the bar ever since Section Two!"

Jan's pupils shrunk when he heard this. "WHAT!?"

"SO WAIT? BISON IS ON A SECOND VACATION TO REST FROM BEING THE BIG BAD!?" Haohmaru asked, bewildered.

"Oh please… With every living thing being my toy, EVERY day is a vacation for me." Bison boasted.

"Ugh, I don't get paid enough for this. Hey, F.A.N.G., you may want to escort 'Master' Bison to the arena." King muttered. "Lord knows that his drunk ass is going to put his foot in his mouth before he reaches the Ready Room? Oh, and remember to come back to pick up your narcissist dumbass friend!

F.A.N.G. glared at King. "Ask a stupid question on the way someone raises their kids."

Despite this, F.A.N.G. ran over to Bison and tried to carry Bison to the Ready Room (emphasis on tried).

"Ha ha ha! Look at their faces! They are truly dumbfounded!" Bison laughed.

"That's right, Master Bison!" F.A.N.G. chuckled nervously while escorting his boss. "Now let's continue that streak in the Ready Room."

Haohmaru and Jan looked at this in disbelief while King shook her head.

"I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON…" Haohmaru admitted before narrowing his eyes. "BUT I DO KNOW THAT THIS IS A WASTE OF MY TIME TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION!"

"That makes two of us…" King muttered, slapping her forehead.

"THANK YOU FOR REDIRECTING ME AWAY FROM GOING AFTER A RED HERRING, GUARDIAN OF THE BAR!" Haohmaru said while bowing. "HOWEVER, I MUST GO!"

With that, he ran off. Jan just watched the whole thing with a slack jaw before looking up at King.

"Since when did you start serving the guy who kidnapped me at the first Megamix Tournament?" Jan asked in disbelief.

"Since when did YOU start going off on your own after being kidnapped at the first Megamix Tournament?" King countered, narrowing her eyes. "I specifically told you not to wander around the dome on your own! It is not safe!"

Jan paused. "I mean, it is currently not safe in the arcade so I think that balances it out."

The two siblings shared an awkward silence. Suddenly, Sally poked her head out.

"Um, King, Vega is literally trying to drown himself in his own glass, trying to be the modern day Narcissus." Sally frowned.

King and Jan blinked twice before looking at each other.

"...We need to talk." King said, finally.

"...Definitely." Jan nodded.

(Dome; Arcade)

Two katanas clashed with each other, resulting in an explosion of sparks before their wielders glared at each other's eyes. Normally, this would be a standard starting line. However, what WASN'T standard were the others. One was a violent warrior. Honestly, not only was HE the one attacked, the person who attacked him wasn't even a fighter.

Genjuro Kibagami gritted his teeth before using the size difference to shove Shizu back and into an arcade machine. The yamato nadeshiko groaned before looking up. Only for her eyes to bug out when she saw Genjuro rushing over. Acting quickly, she ran to the side to avoid being slashed in two, resulting in the arcade machine being slashed instead.

Vic Vector gripped his head. "DUDE! That was a classic!"

Genjuro and Shizu didn't listen as the latter swung her katana downward at her opponent. But the magenta-haired man thought quickly and blocked the blow. Shizu jumped back to get more space, but Genjuro rushed over.

"Crescent Moon Slash!" Shizu shouted, imitating her boyfriend's signature jumping sword uppercut, only with a hot pink light around it instead of an orange one. The attack hit Genjuro head-on and was sent flying in the air. Shizu then ran up to follow-up the attack, but Genjuro then self-righted himself in midair before blocking the blow.

"FANG!

Genjuro then slashed and made an image of a hanamura card appear. However, Genjuro wasn't done yet as he slashed Shizu again.

"Horn!" Genjuro yelled, making another hanamura card appear. " TRIPLE DEATH HACK: ELEMENT!"

Genjuro then finished the combo, ending the "set" and sending Shizu flying back against the wall. Genjuro smirked at his success. Suddenly, he heard booing. Turning his head, he saw that everyone was glaring at him.

"Wow, I knew ya were a prick, but Jesus Christ!" Mickey McFist said, disgusted.

"You do NOT treat women like that, eh." Tiny frowned, shaking his head while crossing his arms.

Genjuro looked in disbelief. "Never have I been so insulted to be labelled as the heel. SHE attacked ME! Also, where do YOU two get off scolding ME for hitting women?"

"Aye, but the lasses in our node could routinely rip men a new one!" Mickey countered. "She clearly never fought a day in her life!"

Genjuro growled before attempting to continue the argument that she wasn't acting like that NOW until he heard something.

"Cyclone Slash!"

Genjuro's eyes bugged out before turning his head to see a small pink tornado with cherry blossoms around them heading towards him. Genjuro was about to counter with his own projectile until the tornado stopped. Genjuro blinked twice before laughing.

"I was jesting when I suggested you would fight with a watered-down version of your boyfriend!" Genjuro taunted. "He would have reached the other side of this arcade by now!"

"I am forced to confess that you are right. I haven't reached the same level as my beloved, the legendary Haohmaru." Shizu admitted. "However, that makes it even more convincing that you are unfit to be Haohmaru's rival."

Genjuro's smirk vanished. "Okay, seriously, I am still going to kill you regardless, but what is your problem? Did you drink that accursed coffee that Haohmaru drank?"

"First off, I do not drink any coffee or anything caffeine-related for me to act like this." Shizu explained. "Secondly, why should I reveal to you the plot twist this early in the tournament?" Maybe it will be revealed in a few sections and viewers who are savvy could easily figure it out much later, but still."

Genjuro's eyebrow twitched. "SHUT UP!"

With that, he swung his katana, sending a hanamura card forward. Shizu acted quickly and blocked the projectile. However, when the hanamura card was blocked, it went upwards before going back down. Shizu saw this coming and blocked it. However, Genjuro ran at Shizu before grabbing with his free hand and threw him in the air before leaping up and slashing herself, resulting in another hanamura card appearing.

Shizu crashed on the ground hard while Genjuro gracefully landed on his feet. The hitokiri narrowed his eyes before lifting his leg to slam it down on Shizu. However, the dark-haired woman rolled to the side to avoid the attack. She then got up and jumped back before pulling her katana back.

"CYCLONE!" Shizu yelled.

Genjuro instantly sent a counter projectile to Shizu's tornado. However, the yamato nadeshiko never sent out a projectile. Instead, Shizu got out a paper fan with her free hand and swung it at the incoming hanamura card, deflecting it back at Genjuro who just looked with a look of horror.

The projectile hit Genjuro dead-on, stunning her. Shizu then ran forward before pulling back her katana, charging it with pink energy.

"FLAME OF THE CONQUEROR!" Shizu yelled.

With that, she sent a powerful energy slash into Genjuro, sending the magenta-haired man flying back with his own katana soaring away from him (and burying its way into a Fighters' History's arcade cabinet). Genjuro crashed back-first into a wall, leaving an unseemly hole before sliding off it until he sat against it unconscious. Shizu glared at Genjuro for a moment.

She then nodded. "Indeed, I am virtuous. As I expected, you will fool for my beloved's fake Cyclone Slash which is used to fake up attacks. You are unfit to be his rival. And now, I shall finish the job so you never bother him again."

With that, she proceeded to make her way towards the unconscious man to finish. Needless to say, a few people wanted to stop her. Until…

"OSHIZU!"

Everyone's eyes bugged out before looking in the direction of the voice to see Haohmaru with a worried look on his face.

"Ah, my love, the legendary Haohmaru, I did not expect our destined reunion to appear this early in the tournament." Shizu noted.

"OSHIZU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? I WAS CONFUSED WHEN KING'S YOUNGER BROTHER CAME INTO THE ELIMINATING SEATING AND TOLD ME THAT YOU OF ALL PEOPLE, NOT ONLY TRIED TO FIGHT HIM, BUT KILL HIM!" Haohmaru shouted.

"It is because Genjuro doesn't deserve to be your rival. He doesn't share the same ideals as you as all he cares about is killing for the sake of killing." The dark-haired woman frowned. "You deserve a better rival like Ukyo."

"OSHIZU, THAT MAY BE TRUE IN THE PAST THAT UKYO WAS MY RIVAL, BUT GENJURO FITS SO MUCH BETTER!" Haohmaru frowned. "WE STUDIED UNDER THE SAME TEACHER! WE EVEN HAVE THE SAME STANCES, ALBEIT IN MIRRORED WAYS."

"A rival is supposed to challenge the way you view things. All he does is make you prepare to survive." Shizu retorted, narrowing her eyes. "Your views on combat aren't as barbaric as his. That is why I decided to kill him so you could find a new rival."

Haohmaru stepped forward. "OSHIZU… I… WHY MADE YOU ACT LIKE THIS? FURTHERMORE, HOW ARE YOU HERE? THE LAST TIME I MET YOU WAS IN…"

Then, everyone heard a weird noise. Everyone turned their heads.

Only for a car to literally drive behind Haohmaru and Shizu, startling the two and making everyone else scream and ducking for cover. The driver then looked up at Haohmaru with a smirk.

"Oh, don't get me wrong, I was enjoying your interaction. I was even lamenting not having any popcorn." Happy Chaos shrugged. "But alas, the show is still going on so we can't have the grand finale yet."

"Indeed, Happy Chaos is right. I am afraid that I have to leave you so we could have our own destined battle." Shizu nodded.

Haohmaru stepped back horrified. "D-D-DESTINED BATTLE? ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT YOU AND I WILL…"

Shizu then opened the car door to the passenger seat and got in. "FAREWELL, HAOHMARU. I DO HOPE THAT YOU WILL WIN ALL OF YOUR SIDE BATTLES IN THE NEARBY FUTURE!"

"But until then, toodles!" Happy Chaos smirked.

Haohmaru gritted his teeth before getting out his katana. "HOW DARE YOU! RELEASE MY BELOVED AT ONCE, YOU ATTACK TO THE WORLD OF FASHION!"

Happy Chaos didn't say anything. He merely started the car. Haohmaru growled before swinging his katana downwards at Happy Chaos. However, by this time, the car actually zoomed into a portal making Haohmaru miss his attack.

"HEY! YOU DARE DRIVE AWAY FROM THE LEGENDARY HAOHMARU!" Haohmaru roared. "I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO WITH OSHIZU! I WILL KILL YOU! I WILL BURY YOU! I WILL MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE COMES TO YOUR FUNERAL! OVERALL, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE! YOU HEARD ME!? NEVER!"

With that, he started to swing his katana in a fit of complete rage. Everyone wisely stepped back, not wanting to be near him.

"Sooo…" Mickey piped up.

"Hm?" Tiny asked.

"Does this mean I could keep my money seeing that the game has been cancelled?" Mickey asked.

Tiny blinked twice. He then moved his hand over to Mickey's forehead and flicked it. It was more than enough to send the Irish crashing onto the ground.

(The Arena)

Both Reptar and the King of Dinosaurs roared before running at each other and locking arms with each other, trying to gain ground while glaring into each other's eyes. Then, the King of Dinosaurs managed to win the struggle by lifting Reptar over him and throwing him into a nearby vertical bar.

Reptar groaned as he sat against said bar while holding his head. His eyes bugged out when he saw the King of Dinosaurs rushing over. Acting quickly, Reptar ran out of the way just in time to avoid a dropkick. The cereal mascot then swung his tail into the King of Dinosaur's side while he was recovering from his own attack.

The King of Dinosaur staggered to the side while gripping where he was struck before growling and swung his own tail. However, Reptar swung his head forward, making the two attacks clash. Reptar then breathed in and sent a fireball forward. However, the King of Dinosaurs just swatted it away, making Reptar jump.

Taking advantage of Reptar's stunned state, the King of Dinosaurs pounced forward and latched onto the cereal mascot before biting him a few times and ending by slamming his fists on top of him, knocking him down. The King of Dinosaurs wasn't done yet and he bit Reptar's leg and threw him into a vertical bar.

The King of Dinosaurs let out a hearty laugh before flexing his arms. "Hah! You call yourself the King of Dinosaurs! Bro, do you even lift!?"

Reptar growled before getting up. "It is basic knowledge that T-Rexes have small arms! If anything, me 'skipping arm day' proves that I am more of a dinosaur than you ever be!"

If the King of Dinosaurs' mask could smile in the place, it would have vanished by now. "Hey! At least I don't give in to the stereotype that T-Rexes should have muscles all over! That proves that I am more of a rebel than you!"

"Well, at least when I want to get revenge on someone, I'll be consistent with it!" Reptar scoffed, crossing his small arms. "Seriously, wasn't the entire reason you became the King of Dinosaurs was to get revenge on that Nelson guy? He didn't even appear in XV and you clearly don't mind!"

"SHUT UP!" The King of Dinosaurs roared.

With that, he ran forward head-first. Reptar just held out his hands and caught the King of Dinosaur's head. However, he still found himself being forced back. So Reptar breathed in and let out fire from his mouth onto the King of Dinosaur's head, making the wrestler's mask catch on fire.

The King of Dinosaurs screamed before trying to pat out the flames off of his head. This left him wide open for a headbutt to the head followed by a tail whip to the stomach. The King of Dinosaurs flew back until he crashed into a vertical bar. As the wrestler lay dazed, Reptar breathed in for a moment. He then sent out a large beam of fire forward.

However, the King of Dinosaurs snapped out of his daze in time and yelped before running out of the way. While he managed to get out of the way unscatched, his tail still caught on fire. The King of Dinosaurs taught quickly as he tried to put out the flames. Reptar then smirked before crouching down.

By the time the King of Dinosaurs killed the flames and looked up, Reptar ran headfirst into his stomach, knocking the wind out of him. However, the green-skinned reptile wasn't done yet as he continued running while carrying the King of Dinosaurs with him. Once he was close to the ropes, he stopped and let the King of Dinosaurs fly out of the ring. After that, he did a victory roar.

The King of Dinosaurs landed in Kinnikuman where he challenged Rex King.

Rouge the Bat flew backwards before diving down. Narrowing his eyes, Leonardo raised his twin ninjato to block a kick from Rouge's boots. However, the treasure hunter refused to let up as she did a series of kicks which Leonardo raised his blades to block, resulting in a firework display of sparks.

Finally, Rouge ended the barrage with a double kick. While Leonardo successfully guarded against the blow, he still found himself falling off of the bar he was on from the force. Despite this, Leonardo acted quickly and grabbed the bar. However, Rouge did a drill kick forward into Leonardo, sending him flying away.

"Endless Screw!" Leonardo shouted, spinning around and managing to recover himself and safely land on a lower horizontal bar. Rouge just flew over, hoping to take advantage of this, but Leonardo just narrowed his eyes.

"Shining Cutter!" Leonardo yelled, swinging his ninjato and sending out a crescent-shaped wave. The projectile hit Rouge and sent her flying back. Leonardo then leapt off the bar he was on to do an aerial sword combo to Rouge, hitting her multiple times. Once he was done, Leonardo landed on another horizontal bar while Rouge flew back before barely managing to recover her.

Rouge gripped her arm while glaring at Leonardo. "You're at the top of your game."

"Hey, I WAS the one who selected this stage so it would look silly if I ended up losing when I had the 'home field advantage'." The ninja turtle admitted.

"That may be so, but it CAN happen. You of all people should know that after dealing with that electromancer superhero." Rouge reminded before smirking. "And I intend to do so with you, coming up like a bed of roses."

Leonardo paused before returning the smirk. "Not with your mascara like that."

Rouge winced, realising that he was talking about how his mascara was stained from crying earlier.

"Hey! Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to get Shadow to do ANYTHING silly?" Rouge scolded while pointing at the Sound Booth. "Especially since knowing him, Astaroth and Aila most likely forced him into doing it!"

"I could confirm that." Shadow's voice muttered through the microphone from the Sound Booth.

"Oh, don't be like that!" Aila scolded. "You were clearly having fun!"

Shadow paused before smirking. "True…"

"Oh, I am SOOO pleased that you have a grand old time at MY expense!" Peach roared, angrily.

Everyone either snickered or shook their heads in disgust.

"Real talk though. Being the Superstar does NOT mean having an easy ride to the next section, but I intend to show you that I am not a flash in the pan." Leonardo offered.

"You are more than welcome to try!" Rouge smirked.

She then put her hands to her mouth and let out a sonar blast in the form of a sparkly orb. Leonardo didn't have enough time to grab the projectile before taking it to the chest and was sent flying back. Rouge smirked before getting out a small spherical object that looked like a chibi version of her.

Meanwhile, Leonardo barely managed to grab a horizontal bar with one hand before he could crash to the ground. However, he saw Rouge heading towards him with her. Acting quickly, he swung the ninjato in his free hand at Rouge who deflected the attack with her kick.

Leonardo then took the time to flip onto the bar. Rouge then let out her sonar attack, but Leonardo thought quickly and grabbed the projectile. Despite this, Rouge merely narrowed her eyes before flying back. Leonardo raised an eyebrow at this. However, he merely flipped so he could end up on the bar above him.

THIS took Rouge off-guard as Leonardo finally saw Rouge's strange sphere moving up towards him. Leonardo blinked twice before narrowing them. He then threw away Rouge's sonar attack before leaping down. While he did so, he grabbed Rouge's sphere as it came up at her. And he passed Rouge on the way down, he threw the sphere into the bat's face.

BOOM!

Yeah, in case you couldn't figure it out, the sphere was a bomb. After being caught up in the explosion, Rouge fell to the ground like a rock. Just as Leonardo was pulling his ninjato after. When Rouge reached him, Leonardo swung his weapons as hard as he could and sent Rouge flying out of the ring.

Rouge landed in Bloody Roar where she got into a fight with Jenny.

"Burn Strike!" Reala shouted, sending fireballs flying onto the ground. Shulk was knocked onto his back. However, Vector was able to roll around and avoid them. However, before he could recover Yuri Lowell was waiting for him.

"Brutal Fang!" Yuri yelled before doing a series of punches to Vector's chest and stomach before sending him flying back with one final punch. Vector landed on his back hard, but slowly got up.

"Frigid Blast!"

Vector's pupils shrink as Yuri swung his sword twice in a X-shaped, making a frozen cross before sending it at the crocodile. Fortunately, Shulk ran over and slashed through it with his Monado.

Vector narrowed his eyes. "Okay, what is THAT you Tales fighters and cryomancy this section?"

Yuri just smirked. "Hey, it's not our fault it is a common element!"

Vector growled before jumping up while pulling his fist slamming his fists on the ground and making Yuri, Reala and Shulk fall down. Vector then rushed over, but Yuri quickly got into a kneeling position.

"Crushing Eagle!" Yuri shouted, planting his sword into the ground and making a yellow burst of energy on the ground while Vector ran into, making him fly up into the air.

"Hey, Reala, do you think you could go solo for a while?" Yuri offered.

"Um, sure, if you think you will be able to keep him up there." Reala asked.

Yuri nodded his head. "Just give me a moment! Severing Fang!"

With that, he jumped up while spinning forward onto a horizontal bar. By this time, Shulk ran over, but Reala was ready.

"Beseech the Wind!" Reala shouted, swinging her staff and sending a mini-tornado forward. However, Shulk quickly blocked it. Meanwhile, Vector groaned as he sat up on the bar he crashed on. He looked up to see Yuri lunging at him.

"Hailing Havoc!" Yuri shouted, doing a series of slashes to Vector, knocking him away. However, Vector then recovered and landed on another horizontal bar.

"Alright, that's it… Just for that, I am going to give you the smackdown!" Vector roared.

"Heh. If you could keep up, more power to ya!" Yuri smirked.

With that, the two lunged at each other. Vector then reached out at Yuri.

"Pyre Havoc!" Yuri shouted, igniting his sword in fire and swinging it forward.

Only for Vector to parry away the flaming sword with his free hand and grab Yuri, who looked horrified. Acting quickly, he put Yuri upside-down before spinning down and crashing on the ground hard and near Shulk and Reala.

"Yuri!" Reala gasped.

The swordsman didn't answer. He was out cold by Vector's attack. The crocodile grinned before putting up Yuri, holding him over his head and throwing him out of the ring.

Yuri landed in the Witcher where when he came to, he got into a match with Geralt of Rivia.

Shulk and Reala stood jaw-dropped.

"Was that…?" Shulk asked.

"ZANGIEF'S Spinning Pile Driver?" Reala added.

Vector looked at the two with a smirk while dusting his hands together. "Yep! May I remind you that at the Tournament of Kikai, Samurai Jack would use shurikens and a club from one of the official flash games."

"S-So?" Reala asked.

"So we have a fan game called Sonic Smackdown. Not only is it a traditional fighting game, but we have several moves from several games." Vector explained. "It is kinda niche, but it actually has its own following in the gaming community."

"That's incredible." Shulk said in awe.

"Oh, speaking of said game!" Vector brightened up.

With that, he walked over to Shulk and grabbed his jacket, much to his and Reala's shock.

"W-What are you doing!?" Shulk demanded.

"Returning the favour, temporary Charmy!" Vector grinned. "Now hold still! I don't want to eliminate you by mistake!"

With that, he started to spin Shulk around by the legs making the poor boy scream at the top of his lungs. Reala just looked in shock, horror and confusion. Then, Vector finally let Shulk go. In Reala's path.

Shulk then shot out like a bullet into Reala, sending the mage flying through the air and straight out of the ring with no hope of returning. Shulk on the other hand, bounced off of the ropes so hard that he was sent recoiling back and skidding on his back towards a grinning Vector.

Shulk groaned before glaring up at Vector. "Hey! What was THAT for!?"

"Hey, remember that pool idea you had to eliminate that gunslinger?" Vector asked. "That was more your idea and yet I got the elimination and it would be unfair for you not to get one!"

"Okay, well, you could do so WITHOUT throwing me like a discus!" Shulk scolded.

Vector's grin vanished. "You would THINK, but considering how many people were interrupting our fight so far, I am NOT taking any chances."

Shulk raised a finger of his free hand to retort until he realised that Vector was right and sighed in defeat.

Reala landed in NiGHTS into Dreams where she was forced to fend against the Reala of THAT node.

Rashid looked surprisingly serious as he looked around the arena while on top of a high horizontal bar. Suddenly, he noticed a black dot on one of the vertical bars. Acting quickly, he jumped back to avoid a flaming punch coming out of said dot. Seeing Vivian was recovering from her own attack, Rashid dashed forward while spinning around with wind around him, striking her multiple times.

Vivian screamed in pain before retreating back into the shadow. Rashid just narrowed his eyes as he watched the spot make its way over to a horizontal bar before poking out of it. Vivian then wagged her finger with red sparkles around it. However, Rashid immediately jumped to another bar, just in time to avoid an explosion of fire where he was previously standing.

"Look, lady, I do not know why you are so intent on fighting me." Rashid frowned.

"Between that ninja turtle and you, you two are the biggest threats in this ring thanks to this jungle gym." Vivian explained. "That is why we are double-teaming you."

Rashid blinked twice. "Wait… I am being double-teamed?"

Vivian paused before looking down. Rashid looked where Vivian was looking to see Mignon climbing up the jungle gym. However, it was clear that she was having trouble doing so. The pink-haired girl groaned before looking up to see Vivian staring at her. She yelped.

"D-Don't worry, Vivian! Mignon will be right there!" Mignon reassured. "Just keep at it!"

Rashid paused. "Um… I think you are going to have to go solo here."

Vivian shook her head before igniting her hand in fire before sending a fireball at Rashid. The aeromancer just jumped to the side, avoiding the projectile before doing a flying kick forward. Vivian yelped before diving into the shadow to avoid it. Rashid quickly grabbed onto a nearby vertical bar and quickly spun himself safely onto a horizontal one.

Then, Vivian reappeared and upper-cutted Rashid in the stomach with a flaming punch, not only knocking the wind out of him, but also burning him. Rashid winced as he staggered back while gripping his stomach. Vivian then went ahead for another flaming punch. However, Rashid thought quickly and not only leapt over the punch, but also used Vivian's head to leapfrog over.

After landing on the bar, he gripped his stomach again. "Ugh, this is NOT just one point of damage per turn."

Despite this, Rashid still found the strength to spin around with his leg out, hoping to kick Vivian in the face. However, the Shadow Siren slunk into the bar to avoid. Rashid narrowed his eyes before swinging on the bar again. Around this time, Vivian popped out of the shadow so Rashid kicked her in the face and made her stagger back.

Rashid then did another flying kick, but Vivian quickly dodged out of the way while Rashid landed on another bar. Vivian's shadow then started to move under the bar. Rashid just narrowed his eyes and watched carefully to see that Vivian wasn't pulling a fast one.

Suddenly, he smelled something burning. Then, his feet started to get really hot to the point that they were in pain. He yelped before hopping on top of the bar as it started to glow red. Then, he stumbled and fell off of the bar.

Only to stop falling almost immediately. He looked up to see Vivian upside-down and holding onto his leg. Rashid then realised that Vivian was making the bar hot while under the bar. The two looked at each other for a moment… Before smiling, but obviously for different reasons, considering the situation. Vivian then dragged Rashid by the leg (and making the latter hit his head on several vertical bars) before ending up near the edge before throwing him out and letting him fall out of the ring.

Rashid landed in Prince of Persia. Needless to say with his parkour skills, he fit right into the levels.

Gabumon yelped as he dove out of the way to avoid a Scimitar. From a bar high by from the ground, Komodo Joe snickered before summoning another Scimitar in a cloud of purple smoke. Joe then started to throw down more Scimitars on the ground. Gabumon thought quickly and ran out of the way. Gabumon ducked his head towards the ground.

"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon shouted, aiming his mouth at the ground and sending a stream of blue fire. This acted as a boost which sent him flying up the sky before landing on the bar. At first, Joe was stunned, but just scoffed before throwing some more Scimitars.

"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon yelled, sending out another stream of fire forward and not only blasting through the Scimitars, but also sending at Joe. The Komodo Dragon yelped before leaping to another bar. He growled before dashing from bar to bar, rushing towards Gabumon. However, the Digimon just narrowed his eyes.

"Horn Attack!" Gabumon shouted with his horn glowing before leaping upwards just as Joe swung his Scimitar at him. The swordsman found himself struggling to keep balance. Gabumon narrowed his eyes before punching Joe in the stomach and knocking him off of the bar. Fortunately for Joe, he was able to grab the bar to stop him from falling. Joe then dropped onto a lower bar before glaring up at Gabumon.

"Not bad for a fake lizard." Joe noted.

"Well, at least I know more than one trick." Gabumon countered.

"Oh, how naive. You are ssssstill thinking that we are ssssstill fighting at the third Battle of the Luminariesssss." Joe smirked with a glint in his eyes.

Gabumon blinked twice. "Um, as opposed to what?"

Joe then got out a smoke pellet and threw it on the ground, engulfing himself in purple smoke. A couple of seconds later, Joe revealed that he was gone. Gabumon looked around in shock. Then, Joe came out of nowhere and kicked Gabumon in the back, knocking him down. Gabumon screamed before barely managing to grab onto the bar. Joe smirked before jumping off to land on top of Gabumon's hands to make him drop.

"Horn Attack!" Gabumon shouted, thrusting his horn to not only get up and land on a horizontal bar. Joe gracefully landed before lunging at Gabumon to slash him.

"Blue Cyclone!" Gabumon shouted, spinning around while breathing fire. This hit Joe and made him fly back until he crashed stomach-first into a bar, knocking the wind out of him. Joe groaned before slowly getting up.

"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon yelled, sending another stream of fire down at Joe. The Komodo Dragon's eyes widened before jumping back.

"...Didn't think I would be forced to use thisssss sssssoon." Joe muttered.

With that, he threw down another smoke pellet on the ground and engulfed himself. Gabumon got ready in case he was about to teleport again. But he didn't. Instead, he just stayed in his spot. However, his clothes were different. He was clad in a purple wizard attire, complete with the hat and mage. He then got out a staff with one hand and got out… Some kind of sky blue orb with a silver band around with runes on it.

(Announcer's Booth)

Ashley's pupils shrank in shock

"Heh. So Komodo Joe is going to use his Wizard skin. Question is what type of spells is he going to fight…" Drake started. Suddenly, Ashley started to shake. "H-H-Hey! What gives!?"

"He's going to do it!" The purple-haired man exclaimed. "He is going to use what I thought Bianca would use to fight at the Tournament of Kikai!"

Drake's eyes widened at this. "Seriously!?"

(The Arena)

Joe then placed the orb on top of his staff and aimed it at Gabumon. The orb then glowed before sending out a burst of wind. The fur-wearing lizard's eyes bugged out before moving to the side. However, because it was a wind projectile, while he didn't immediately feel balance, he still lost his balance and struggled to keep it.

Joe smirked before aiming his staff underneath him and fired a burst of wind below that sent him flying towards Gabumon and did a dropkick, knocking him clear off of his staff. Joe then quickly took off the orb of his staff and put on a different orb. It looked similar to the first orb while the band was white with light blue runes. Joe then jumped off of the bar.

Gabumon groaned before looking up to see Joe falling down towards him while holding a makeshift spear of ice. Gabumon yelped before rolling to the side and narrowly avoiding the moment. While Joe was recovering from his own attack, Gabumon kicked him in the side and made him stagger away.

"Okay, what gives!? You did NOT have that in your podium victory!" Gabumon demanded.

"I know. Thessssse are the wheelsssss that debuted from the SSSSSpyro Grand Prix!" Joe smirked, pointing to the orb. "Aka the sssssame one I got my wizard ssssskin from."

Gabumon blinked twice. "Wait, the wheels could be used for things OTHER for aesthetics!?"

"Maybe not-so-much for the other wheels, but that is the thing about things for magic." Joe smirked. "The sky's the limit!"

With that, he aimed his staff (which still looked like a spear) and fired a large gust of cold wind. Gabumon just narrowed his eyes before getting into a blocking position. The wind then slowly started to freeze the Digimon. Joe was sneering the entire time.

Though it quickly faltered when despite being partly-frozen, Gabumon managed to charge and headbutt the swordsman-turned-wizard in the stomach. Gabumon wasn't done as he carried his opponent to the ropes. Not only did Joe have the wind knocked out of him, but the ice on top of Gabumon was clashing with his cold-blooded. He could do nothing from being taken out of the ring.

Joe landed in Professor Layton. After landing in the streets, he sat up looking angry.

"Are you kidding me!? I actually almosssss had it!" He growled. "If I didn't had to help him, I would be absssssolutely outraged."

"Oh? And who would that someone be?"

Joe raised an eyebrow before turning around to see the titular Professor Layton and a confused Luke.

"Forgive me for eavesdropping, but we couldn't help, but overhear you talking to yourself." Layton noted.

"Yeah, well, it ISSSSS hard to ignore a walking, talking Komodo Dragon." Joe muttered. He then realised something. "Wait, you are Professsssor Layton, right?"

"That is correct." The gentleman said, taking off his hat and bowing. "It is quite flattering that my reputation is still well-known after all of these years."

Joe paused for a moment. "Um, how well are you doing puzzlessss with limited piecesssss?"

"Hm? Oh, you wouldn't believe how many situations that actually happen." Layton chuckled. "It is all a matter of perception. I assume that you have one."

Joe let out a deep sigh. "You have NO idea."

"Very well. Let's go somewhere less crowded while talking about it." Layton offered. "I don't know what type of puzzle you are talking about, but ten minutes may not be enough to talk fully about it."

Joe slowly nodded his head.

Meanwhile, back in the arena, Gabumon dusted the ice off of himself.

"I may not be an ice-elemental Digimon, but my fur is." He noted. "Having access to so many elements could only get you so wrong if you use the wrong one on your opponent."

With that, he turned around to see who was left. Peach was holding Perry out so Mignon could ask him a lot of questions while Vector and Shulk finally decided to stop fighting each other for now. Simon pumped his whip to hype up the crowd while Ness decided to play with his yo-yo. Vivian fixed her hair while Dudley adjusted his bow tie. Leonardo sat on one of the bars while humming his show's theme song while Iroha calmly sat on an opposite one (Gabumon could have sworn he saw feathers float from her). Finally, Reptar stomped around the arena. Fortunately, he looked content with just doing that for now.

Gabumon sighed in relief before inadvertently looking up at the dome. However, his eyes bugged out for some reason. Though he had no reason to dwell on it before everyone was involved in the Millennium Star's aura. The star platforms that appeared underneath them.

First was Leonardo. Normally, the first one to fall didn't get much response, but this time, EVERYONE was shocked.

"H-Huh? Didn't the Millennium Star say the platforms fall in from the least hype?" Mignon asked.

"Yes, it seems almost blasphemous to think that he would be in first place to last." Simon frowned.

"I also thought that Static Shock and Puss in Boots would be long-term rivals." Shulk reminded, crossing his arms. "I guess anything could happen at these things."

Leonardo paused. "...I knew that what that bat said was true, but dang."

Despite this, the rest of the star platforms fell. Shulk. Ness. Mignon. Iroha. Simon. Reptar. Gabumon. And Dudley, leaving Vector, Peach and Vivian.

Vector gave a descending whistle. "Dang, I knew I had my fans, but how did I manage to make the top 3 TWICE? In the last section, I was merely reacting to people interrupting my fight."

"Well, at least you didn't get here because of a stupid prank." Peach muttered.

Then, Vector's star platform fell, leaving Peach and Vivian.

Ness rolled his eyes. "Shocker. The Superstar will be one of the first two Mario fighters."

Peach and Vivian just smiled, happy that a friend of theirs would be the Superstar.

Then, the last platform fell.

"Congratulations, Vivian! You are the Superstar!" The Millennium Star offered.

Vivian gasped as she put her hands on her cheeks as the crowd cheered her on.

"Oh wow! Thank you!" Vivian smiled, putting her hands together. "I was really worried that I may be rusty because I haven't been in a game OR an UVR tournament in such a long time. I am so happy that I am still loved!"

Everyone cheered for him. Unknown to everyone, someone was chuckling darkly behind the Entrance Curtain.

"These fools won't know what hit them."

VOTES: (12 Votes)

VIVIAN (PM:TTYD): 11:1 = 10 (Wolf Hawkfield, Rashid)

PRINCESS PEACH TOADSTOOL (SSB): 9:3 = 6 (Nine the Phantom, Antonov)

VECTOR THE CROCODILE (StH): 9:4 = 5 (Illia Animi, Yuri Lowell)

DUDLEY (SFAS): 8:4 = 4 (Shoma Sawamura)

GABUMON (DRA): 8:4 = 4 (Komodo Joe)

REPTAR (NASB): 8:4 = 4 (King of Dinosaurs)

SIMON BELMONT (SSB): 8:5 = 3 (Ashe)

IROHA (SS): 7:5 = 2 (Velvet Crowe)

MIGNON BEART (KoFAS): 7:5 = 2 (Wolf O'Donnell)

NESS (SSB): 7:5 = 2 (Saizo Hattori)

SHULK (SSB): 8:6 = 2 (Reala)

LEONARDO (NASB): 7:6 = 1 (Rouge the Bat)

(ELIMINATED)

RASHID (SFAS): 7:6 = 1 (Area)

YURI LOWELL (ToAS): 6:6 = 0 (Baiken)

AREA (FEXL): 6:6 = 0 (Korra)

REALA (ToAS): 6:6 = 0

ROUGE THE BAT (StH): 6:6 = 0

KOMODO JOE (CB): 5:7 = -2

ILLIA ANIMI (ToAS): 5:7 = -2

SHOMA SAWAMURA (RS): 5:7 = -2

KING OF DINOSAURS (KoFAS): 5:7 = -2

WOLF O'DONNELL (SSB): 5:8 = -3

ANTONOV (KoFAS): 5:8 = -3

BAIKEN (GG): 5:8 = -3

KORRA (NASB): 5:10 = -5

ASHE (LoL): 3:9 = -6

VELVET CROWE (ToAS): 4:10 = -6

SAIZO HATTORI (PI): 3:10 = -7

WOLF HAWKFIELD (VF): 2:10 = -8

NINE THE PHANTOM (BB): 0:12 = -12

Side Battles:

"Unlikely Brainwashed Targets"

Billy Kane (KoFAS) and Dan Hibiki (SFAS) physically and mentally burns out Ryuji Yamazaki (KoFAS) and Magilou (ToB)

7 to 5

"Adaptional Legendary Warrior"

Shizu (SS) humiliates Genjuro Kibagami (SS)

8 to 4

Everyone Is Here! ...On The Board: While through the skin of her teeth, Area has gotten an elimination thus giving Fighting Ex Layer an elimination giving all of the nodes one at least.