(The Arena)
"Well, Vivian, you are the next Superstar!" Drake smiled. "What is it you want?"
The Shadow Siren paused. "Oh, wow. I actually never thought ahead."
"It's fine. Take your time." The Millennium Star offered.
Vivian then put her finger on her chin in thought. She then realised something. She then slammed her fist into her hand.
"Oh, I think I got it!" Vivian realised. "It occurred to me during my fight against that aeromancer. Well, my Veil ability could potentially be sneaky, it could only do so much seeing that there is a tellsign with my shadow."
"Uh-huh. Uh-huh." The Millennium Star nodded.
"Well, my request is this." Vivian offered. "I would like to cover the entire arena in mist."
Everyone's eyes bugged out at this before looking at each other.
"W-Why? Is that going to be a problem?" Vivian asked.
"That's… A good question." Drake mused. "Would the lead Lakitu come here please?"
One of the Lakitu wasted no time flying over to the Announcer's Booth. The Millennium Star and Tumble joined them as they all started to talk. Everyone looked at each other, wondering what was going to happen.
Finally, they all looked at Vivian.
"Okay, this is a first, but we make the mist appear AFTER the final fighter is revealed?" Drake asked. "The lead Lakitu said that it will take a while for the cameras to set up."
Vivian nodded her head. "That is more than alright. A part of me wanted to hold off of my idea because I wanted to see the next batch of fighters entering."
"Alright, well. First things first!" The Millennium Star said.
He then floated to the jungle gym. He then started to spin around while emitting a bright light, engulfing everyone. When the light cleared, the jungle gym vanished. Vivian's platform then made its way to the ground with most of the fighters giving her a raised eyebrow.
Gabumon blinked twice. "So the mist makes it easier for her to sneak in the shadows, but she is still arguably just as blind as everyone else."
"That may be true, but you have to remember that Vivian is a pyromancer." Leonardo reminded.
"That's right. She could potentially make her own torch." Iroha nodded.
Meanwhile, Vivian regrouped with Mignon, Peach and Dudley.
"Sorry, guys for making this section harder than the last one for you." Vivian frowned. "I promise that I will do everything in my power to help you."
"It is quite alright!" Mignon giggled. "What kind of white magician can't stand through the darkness?"
"Indeed. And while it isn't my ideal way to fight, it still allows us to test our reflexes." Dudley chuckled.
"And don't forget. While obviously not the same situation, all of the fighters were invisible thanks to the Skull Kid at the Okron Tournament." Peach nodded. "At least everyone more or less has a chance to prepare."
Vivian nodded his head.
"M. BISON!" (SFAS)
The red-clad dictator came out to a large mixed reaction. However, he didn't pay it any mind as he floated a couple of feet off of the ground while crossing his arms with a dark grin on his face. Everyone looked at him with various negative reactions like anger or fear.
Then, cheery J-Pop music started to play through the speakers. Everyone immediately thought that the Sound Booth trio had decided to make Bison their next victim.
Then, Bison got out a microphone.
(Even if I mope)
(Nothing good will happen!)
Then, everyone froze when Bison started to sing.
(If I worked hard today, today will be)
(PERFECT!)
Bison then started to float around the ramp while grinning darkly and singing.
(There's no need to worry)
(With my big heart)
(Tomorrow will take care of itself!)
Gabumon blinked twice before feeling his forehead, wondering if he hit his head harder than he thought in his last fight.
(With all my effort!)
(With all my might!)
(I'll enjoy my moment!)
In the Elimination Seating, Elena, Rufus and Sanane looked on in disbelief. Even Shadowgeist dropped the bag of popcorn in his hands.
(Let's spread out hands and proceed further)
(Raise your face and always go at full power!)
The Millennium Star flew over to the Sound Booth to ask for questions, but quickly saw that they were just as dumbfounded as everyone else.
(Is your heart OK?)
(When I stretch out and RELAX)
Bison then used his free hand to make an arch of Psycho Power in the game.
(Let's draw a rainbow in the sky)
Perry closed shut looking terrified by this action of Bison than he had ever been before.
(Follow your heart and steadily move forward GO!)
(Raise your face and keep up with your pace GO!)
"It finally happened…" Dudley muttered. "He is having a midlife crisis."
(Walk tall IT'S OK)
(Take a deep breath and RELAX)
(Let's start dashing towards tomorrow!)
When the song ended, everyone was watching with wide eyes and slack jaws. Bison looked around and nodded his head before floating up and making his way to the middle of the arena.
"Psycho Mic Drop!" Bison yelled.
With that, he engulfed his microphone in purple energy before throwing it on the ground. Simon and Leonardo's eyes widened before diving out of the way of the explosion of Psycho Power.
Bison laughed as he descended down to the ground. "Now you face the Almighty Bison!"
Finally, Drake had enough and spoke from the Announcer's Booth. "Um, Bison, what was that?"
"Fool! Haven't you heard? It is Step from the Idolm ster! The song of war crimes!" The white-haired man laughed. "Do you really think I would enter without making a grand entrance?"
"...Well, you made one alright." Ashley muttered. "That one is right up there with Pete's from the Tournament of Kikai."
Bison nodded his head before crossing his arms while turning to Vivian.
"You." Bison said.
Vivian jumped at this. "M-Me?"
"Thank you for this stage." Bison smirked. "I could think of a more fitting stage to showcase my Psycho Power!"
Mignon narrowed her eyes. "Vivian would never help someone evil like you!"
"Even if that is not her intention, she still did!" Bison smirked.
"I don't know what you are doing, but I won't let you do what you want!" Simon roared, lashing his whip against the ground. "You may be human, but even some children of the night are more docile than you!"
"You are more than willing to try!" Bison smirked. "Your Vampire Killer will make an excellent jump rope!"
With that, Simon pounced at Bison. Everyone just blinked twice.
"...Well, THIS is totally not an omen." Vector muttered.
"VANESSA!" (KoFAS)
The redhead boxer held the top of her head while scratching it, trying to figure out what the hell was going on.
"I WAS going to confront Bison for brainwashing me and Seth at the first Megamix Tournament." She admitted before frowning. "However, yeah… Good thing I had a second plan."
She then jogged down the ramp and threw a few punches. Once she finally reached the bottom, she leapt in and made her way over to the group of Peach, Dudley, Vivian and Mignon.
Dudley's eyes lit up. "Ah, Miss, I assume that you wish to have a fight with me?"
"Well, I suppose that IS kinda accurate." Vanessa admitted.
Dudley blinked twice. "...I beg your pardon?"
"I noticed that you four have formed a little alliance." Vanessa noted.
"Oh, yes! Peach and Vivian are nodal companions, Dudley helped Peach when those Sound Booth meanies did that horrible prank on her and Mignon and Vivian…" Mignon started.
"S-S-So as you could see, it makes sense why we are an alliance!" Vivian piped up
Mignon blinked twice after being interrupted. Vanessa, Dudley and Peach raised an eyebrow, but decided to ignore it for now.
"Fair enough. Regardless, you have the potential to be a strong alliance." Vanessa explained. She then smirked. "In fact, you almost looked like that late-tournament alliance of Bubbles, Garnet, Isabelle, Penny and Ellis."
The four shrank back, realising what Vanessa was getting at.
"S-So, what do you intend to do?" Peach asked.
"Nothing. Yet." Vanessa said, crossing her arms in a cool manner. "Though I think you may realise why."
The four looked at each other.
"TAOKAKA!" (BB)
Vanessa's smirk grew bigger at this. "Well, what do you know? If the answer were not going to reveal itself for us."
The four looked up as the crowd cheered up the hooded cat-girl as she waved her claws (actually a pair of fish bones) from left to right. However, she ignored it. Not that she didn't appreciate it, but rather she was using one of her hands as a visor.
Once she found her target, she excitedly jumped up before running down the ramp on all fours and leaping in. In case you didn't catch on, she immediately ran towards Vanessa.
"Tao's here, Fire-Head! Tao's here!" Taokaka cheered. "And I am ready to fight!"
Vanessa chuckled. "Glad to hear it."
Mignon narrowed her eyes. "Oh, Mignon see now. This is a fight between good and evil!"
Taokaka blinked twice at this before turning to Vanessa. "Fire-Head didn't tell Tao that the group we are fighting are bad guys."
Mignon looked appalled at this. "Who are you calling evil!?"
Taokaka blinked twice. "Um, Tao did. After Pink-Swirl announced it for you."
Mignon angrily stomped on the ground. "Mignon is NOT evil!"
Taokaka narrowed her eyes. "Oh yeah? Well, who are Pink-Swirl calling evil? Certainly not Tao!"
"It certainly IS Tao!" Mignon snapped.
"What was that!?" The cat-girl roared.
"That was that!" Mignon countered.
Vanessa, Peach, Perry, Vivian and Dudley blinked twice as the two started to argue.
"...So in case it isn't obvious already, Taokaka is my counter-Mignon." Vanessa muttered.
"LUDGER WILL KRESNIK!" (ToAS)
The white-haired cook adjusted his tie before reaching out behind him and pulling out a pair of swords. However, he carried them in a versus grip before making his way down the ramp.
"It is nice of the hosts to invite Julius to this tournament." He smiled. "Granted, it can't be helped, but while I still had Jude, Milla and Alvin, I still felt a little lonely and out of my element."
When he finally stepped in, Leonardo immediately ran over to him, startling him.
"Oh, wow, what luck! I was bummed out about failing to fight Lloyd Irving in my debut section!" Leonardo grinned. "Now I get to fight another Tales twin swordsman."
Ludger blinked twice. "Um, good for you?"
"Oh, right, sorry, that was a little rude." Leonardo frowned. "But yeah, if it is not too much trouble, can I fight you?"
Ludger paused. "Do I have to fight with my twin swords the entire time?"
Leonardo looked confused. "Um, as opposed to what?"
Ludger then spun his swords in his hands. Suddenly, the swords turned into twin guns. Leonardo jumped at this.
"Wait, you could switch between two different weapons!" Leonardo exclaimed.
"Not two weapons." Ludger offered before spinning his pistols around and making a hammer appear. "Three. Well, technically four, but the last one is situational."
"Woah…" Leonardo said in awe.
"But if you still want to fight me using only the twin swords, I won't hesitate." Ludger offered.
"Hmm… I still do, but I admit not letting you use your own weapons would be a waste." Leonardo mused. "Let's start with just the twin swords and see where we go from there."
Ludger smiled and nodded before re-equipping his swords. "Alright. Let's do it."
"ELLIANA!" (RoA)
The purple snake used her tail to scratch the top of her head as he looked at Bison currently fighting Simon as she sat in her mecha.
"Wow, Bison must be doing well with his plan. He wouldn't be so confident otherwise to do an entrance like… That." She noted.
She then started to fiddled with her steampunk mecha and activated its thrusters to make her way down the ramp at an alarming speed. She then made her way down the ramp and used her thrusters to vault herself into the ring, earning a small cheer.
Once in the ring, she let out a small sigh. "Knowing Otane, she would want me to help Bison to try to earn some brownie points. But there is something I can't ignore."
She then gave a dark glare at one particular fighter before manuering them towards them.
Iroha raised an eyebrow. "Yes. May I help you?"
"Yes, how familiar are you with Rivals of Aether lore?" Elliana asked.
Iroha blinked twice. "Um, only a fair amount. Why?"
"Alright. Are you familiar with MY backstory?" Elliana continued.
Iroha's pupils shrank at this.
"I'll take that as a yes. Look, I am not going to shout it loud because you give your kind any kind of attention!" Elliana spat, narrowing her eyes. "But I am STILL going to make your life miserable!"
Iroha narrowed her eyes. "Your anger is understandable, but not if you are going to take out your anger on anyone that reminds you of the Air Armada."
"Ah, tell it to someone who cares!" Elliana spat before charging forward.
"IVYSAUR!" (SSB)
The plant-dinosaur hybrid came out to a decent cheer. Despite this, he didn't look that happy. He (and Squirtle) missed being a fully-evolved Pokemon and actually being put on the same playing field as Charizard. But no, Sakurai and Master Hand just had to revert him back into an Ivysaur.
Letting out a sigh and realising that there is no point complaining about it, he made his way down the ramp before using the vines from his bud to carry himself in the ring. He then saw Gabumon staring up at the ceiling for some reason. Giving a mischievous smirk, he extended one of his vines to go towards Gabumon and whip him in the face, knocking him down.
Gabumon sat up to glare at the guilty party. "Hey! Not only was that cheap, but it was rude!"
Ivysaur just used his vines to shrug while walking over.
Gabumon sternly got up. "For a Grass-type Pokemon, you have a lot of nerve ticking off a fire-elemental Digimon."
Ivysaur again shrugged. If he could talk, he would point out that a lot of fighters could use fire so there is no point going out of his way to avoid every single one unless it counted.
"Very well. Let's see if your confidence is misplaced or that." Gabumon noted, getting into a stance. "What I saw earlier was probably just my imagination, anyway. It seems that I haven't 100% recovered."
(Dome; Rooftop)
Whip, Claude Von Riegan and Hibiki Takane made their way up the stairs towards the top of the dome.
"Okay, so how come ANY kind of fighters have access to the roof, let alone the ones on Bison's team?" Claude piped up.
"To be fair, the villains rarely used it for any part of their plans." Whip explained. "At best, they used it as a hiding place."
"So technically this is the first time the rooftop is used other than hiding?" Hibiki asked.
"Pretty much. But if what Bison's blueprints say is correct, he needs to have people on the highest place in both buildings." Whip noted.
Soon, the three made it over to the door. Suddenly, the three could hear arguing from behind it, startling them.
"...Looks like whoever is in charge of the roof isn't so keen and working with each other." Claude noted.
"In that case, let's use this to our advantage." Whip said, narrowing her eyes. She looked at Claude and Hibiki. "Normally, I would opt for a stealthy plan, but I don't think we could afford to give them a minute. So we may need to fight."
Claude nodded his head with a grin while tapping his bow against his shoulder. A major contrast to Hibiki timidly holding her sheath while nodding her head.
"Alright, on the count of three." Whip said before putting her hand on the doorknob. "One… Two… THREE!"
With that, she turned the doorknob and opened the door. The three stepped outside.
Only to see three people fighting with each other. The first one was a skinny woman with black and white hair and wore an enormous white fur coat. The other two were a skinny and fat man respectively wearing drab brown-coloured clothes. The men were pulling on the woman's fur coat with the latter trying to pull it back.
"Get your filthy cotton-picking hands off of my fur coat!"
"Aw, come on, lady! We are freezing here!"
"Yeah, just because you are… Well, you, that doesn't mean you get the right to be so selfish!"
Whip, Claude and Hibiki blinked twice when they heard this.
"...Cruella De Vil?" Hibiki asked, finally.
Somehow, the three stopped their fighting and looked in the direction of the voice. Their eyes lit up when they saw the others.
"Oh, thank Disney, we are saved!" Jasper grinned.
"About time someone came to save us!" Cruella added.
With that, Cruella, Jasper and Horace ran towards the door. Then, Whip cracked her whip in front of the three, making them skid to a stop.
"Oh no you don't. I don't know what is going on, but you are not going ANYWHERE until we get some answers." Whip demanded.
Cruella growled. "How dare you! I…"
"...Would love to answer any and all questions!" Horace insisted.
"So PLEASE let us in!" Jasper pleaded.
"First off, what are you doing back here?" Whip demanded. "There is no way that Drake would let you come back after what happened at the LAST Battle of the Luminaries."
"They didn't! We were specifically told that we are banned from the Crossover Dome!" Jasper admitted.
"Which I find hypocritical because B.B. Hood and Gnasty Gnorc were invited to the Okron Tournament and the Tournament of Kikai respectively." Cruella muttered.
Hibiki blinked twice. "Um, okay? What are you doing up here?"
"You really want to know? Revenge, of course!" Cruella spat. "How DARE they banned ME from the Crossover Dome! Me!? Cruella De Vil!"
"You more or less inadvertently caused an outbreak of crystals and vines to not only ruin the tournament and destroy the Megamix Done." Claude said, matter-of-factly.
Cruella growled. "For the last time, it is not my fault!"
"At least not with the crystals." Horace piped up.
"Shut up!" Cruella roared before looking back at the trio. "So that is why we are up here! Because they wouldn't let us through the front door so we managed to climb up here so we could go through that door!"
"...Only to find it was locked." Jasper groaned.
"...How did you manage to climb up here in the first place?" Whip muttered.
"Oh, it was surprisingly easy. Just like a cat climbing a tree." Horace admitted. He then hung his head. "But that also applies to getting back down."
"We also tried calling for help from the dome." Cruella frowned. "Well, I tried calling from the dome. Jasper and Horace kept pulling me back!"
Jasper glared at his boss. "Do you remember how much trouble we got into at the last tournament!? Do you really think it is wise to alert an entire audience to us!?"
"We don't have to alert the entire audience! We just have to alert one of them!" Cruella offered. "I almost had the attention of that wolf-lizard-unicorn Digimon!"
Jasper and Horace's eyes widened before looking at each other. They then narrowed their eyes before glaring back at Cruella.
"THAT'S EVEN WORSE!"
"Woah, woah, woah, woah, WOAH!"
Everyone turned to see Claude making a "time-out" gesture with his hands.
"So you are trying to tell us that you have been here the entire time?" Claude asked
Whip and Hibiki's eyes widened in realisation at this.
"Unfortunately, yes." Jasper sighed. "We even got stuck here LONG before the first section happened."
"And you never saw anyone come up here?" Hibiki asked.
Cruella, Jasper and Horace blinked twice at this.
"Haven't you been listening!? If they did, we would have begged them to let us go inside!" Cruella scolded.
Whip, Claude and Hibiki paused before looking at each other.
"What's going on? If they are telling the truth, they would have crossed paths with Bison's group." Hibiki asked.
"Yeah, did we come here AHEAD of time?" Whip asked.
"I don't know. Bison doesn't seem like the type of guy to mess around." Claude frowned before turning towards Cruella's group. "And if Bison's team DID come here, they would have killed them."
Cruella chuckled nervously. "So yes, nobody came here. Sooo can we come back inside?"
Whip, Claude and Hibiki blinked twice before looking back at each other. They then looked back at Cruella's group and gave the same answer in unison.
"No."
With that, Whip slammed the door. Cruella, Jasper and Horace jumped before running over and banging on the door.
"How dare you treat Cruella De Vil like this!?" Cruella roared. "I've been to this tournament long before you three!"
"We are sorry that we came here even though we are not supposed to!" Horace cried. "We just wanted to fit in!"
"You are supposed to be the HEROES, right? You can't just let us freeze to death up here!" Jasper begged. "Other than attempting to break in, we didn't even do anything bad!"
"I mean, not yet." Horace admitted.
Cruella and Jasper glared at Horace.
"SHUT THE BALD MOUNTAIN UP!"
Whip, Claude and Hibiki could hear their cries through the door, but as they made their way down the stairs, they soon started to drown out with nothing but the wind as their only friend.
(Dome; Crowd Entrance A)
Carmelita, Athena, Naesala, Pepper and Sakuya stood around in a corner.
"Okay, so after redoing the scene so many times, we can confirm that there is no way that the stinkbombs would all go in one direction." Athena confirmed.
"Agreed. Only this particular path was covered in garlic." Sakuya nodded.
"So that must be one thing." Athena said, holding up a finger. "The culprit must be the OPPOSITE of where Dingodile was standing."
"Oh?" Carmelita asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, it is actually simple. The culprit must have used some kind of aeromancy or at least an item to produce a similar effect." Athena offered. "They have to be standing AWAY from the hallway to the Announcer's Booth to use it."
Naesala raised an eyebrow. "But couldn't they just use some kind of stationary item?"
"Dude, if that was the case, it would have shown up during the investigation." Gabe muttered.
"And even if it was moved, surely SOMEONE would have seen it." Athena said. "It had to be one person."
Carmelita paused. "...I concede that you may be right."
Athena grinned at this.
"But we don't know for sure that Dingodile was innocent."
Athena's grin vanished. "W-What? Why would you say that? I just proved that."
"No, you just proved that there is a second person." Carmelita pointed out.
"A-A second person?" Pepper asked.
"Let's review." Carmelita offered. "Look at all of these stinkbombs. Whoever the culprit or culpritS are, put a lot of them the opposite where Dingodile was, right?"
Sakura raised an eyebrow. "Riiiiiight."
"Well, wouldn't it be more efficient to put the stinkbombs NEARER to the Announcer's Booth?" Carmelita asked.
The others' eyes bugged out in realisation.
"Now why go through all of the trouble to do the opposite when it would be easier to foil?" Carmelita asked.
Naesala paused. "Now that you mentioned it. There IS something that was bugging me."
"Oh?" Carmelita asked, raising an eyebrow. "Never thought I would hear these words, but speak your mind."
"Well, sure, the hallway is a one-way track to the Announcer' Booth. But is it enough for the garlic to reach it before the hosts find out what was happening?" Naesala asked.
"No, it isn;t, Naesala." Carmelita nodded. "But if ANOTHER person was there with some kind of aeromancy OR a vacuum gun, they would have easily brought the garlic cloud over to the Announcer's Booth before the hosts could react."
Pepper paused. "...So the locations of the stinkbombs was merely to stop whoever was near the Announcer's Booth from getting caught?"
"Pretty much." Carmelita shrugged.
"W-We don't know for sure it was Dingodile!" Athena insisted.
Carmelita looked at Athena in disbelief. "Don't be ridiculous. Even if I don't have any concrete evidence, it still matches up. His vacuum gun, him being in the right position and of course seeing that I will NEVER let this go, still acting like he is hiding something."
Athena, Pepper and Sakuya frowned at this.
"If anything, now I have even more reason to suspect, but it is clear that he is covering for someone." Carmelita said. "I think we should pay Dingodile another visit and…"
Suddenly, her phone started to ring. Raising an eyebrow, she picked up the phone. "Hello? Oh, hi, Drake. No, we may be a little busy, but not enough to take on a new task. What is it you need?"
With that, she walked to the side. Naesala followed her out of curiosity while Athena looked in disdain.
"I blew it…" Athena muttered.
"No, it is me who made the mistake." Sakuya admitted, putting her hand on her chest. "I thought this would help Dingodile."
"No, no, you didn't do anything wrong. It is just that…" Athena started.
Suddenly, her eyes widened in realisation.
"Wait, YOU think that Dingodile is innocent too?" Athena asked.
"Well, I confess that I have no reason to believe so, but his friend certainly thinks so." Sakuya admitted.
"Oh, and who is this friend?" Pepper asked, raising an eyebrow and putting her hands on her hips.
"They wanted to stay anonymous. The only thing they said that I could tell you is that they were the one that made Miss Cykes the paper hair accessory." Sakuya explained before frowning. "I admit that it isn't much to go off of, but apparently they were convinced that you will understand."
Pepper let out an exasperated sigh. "Well, we know. We don't UNDERSTAND, but we know."
Athena paused. "They… Must be really determined."
"And then some. I know that I said that I will not talk about their identity, but I can talk about how worried they are." Pepper frowned. "They went ballistic when they found out that I cleaned up all of the evidence and had to summon at least a hundred knives to get him to calm down."
Athena and Pepper winced at this.
"Oh, calm down! It is just to bluff!" Sakuya muttered, rolling her eyes. "Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to clean blood?"
"Because that last line is SO necessary." Pepper muttered.
"But yes, after listening to why he was acting this way, I told them about my chronomancy and they begged me to not only help them with their explanation, but to also tell YOU." Sakuya explained.
Athena paused. "...They really have a lot of faith in me, huh?"
By this time, Carmelita and Naesala came back, looking worried.
"Yeah, if we weren't already going straight back to the security team before, we would be done." Carmelita said.
"W-What? What is it now?" Pepper asked.
"Long story short, the hosts pissed off one of the fighters and they asked US to stop her from approaching the Announcer's Booth." Carmelita frowned.
"In any words, have us do the dirty work." Naesala muttered.
"Not that I don't disagree with you, Naesala, but regardless of the situation, we can't let her disrupt the Announcer's Booth." Carmelita scolded. "Come on, we need to run a course of action and we may need Horkeukamui's strength."
"Um, alright." Athena said before turning towards Sakuya. "Thank you for your help, Sakuya."
The maid bowed her head. "It is quite alright. Anything to stop a second mess like this happening. Speaking of which, I think the clothes in the laundry room should be almost dry. I need to go give them to the vampire victims and their friends and families."
With that, she walked off.
"Come on, we have a lot of work to do!" Carmelita offered.
Athena sternly nodded. "Indeed, we do. Let's go."
(The Arena)
"GAIUS!" (ToAS)
The tan-skinned, well-dressed king of Rieze Maxia came out to a loud cheer. However, he paid it no mind and he sternly looked down at the arena while carrying his overly-long katana that would even make Sephiroth jealous. He then stepped down the ramp.
"Demon Fang!" He shouted, sending his katana upwards and sending his node's iconic projectile forward.
Except the ground wave was much bigger than a normal Demon Fang and much quicker before it crashed into Reptar knocking him down to the ground. Everyone was shocked by this. Except for Ludger.
"Oh, that is NOT a Demon Fang!" Leonardo piped up. "I call hax!"
Ludger chuckled at this. "Gaius may not show a lot of emotions, but he makes up for it with PASSION."
By this time, Reptar got up while holding his head. He then glared at the guilty party, who confidently walked towards him.
"So people call YOU a king?" Gaius asked. "Very well. Let us have a duel of kings. Just a warning though. Even though this is a non-killing tournament, if you disappoint me, I will make you WISH that this is a killing tournament."
Reptar's non-existent eyebrow twitched. "What is WITH me and attracting these big-headed fools!?"
(Announcer's Booth)
"...This is a little late to ask this NOW, but are you sure you want to go through with this?" Ashley asked.
"Of course! I mean, if I don't, that means I don't have any confidence that things will be different!" Drake offered with a grin. "And there will be thanks to Xero's advice!"
Ashley raised an eyebrow. "THAT'S a rare sentence. But yes, I suppose what he said IS more or less correct and it clearly has been working so far so why not?"
Drake nodded his head before looking at the Sound Booth. Shadow gave a thumbs-up before putting on the next song.
(The Arena)
A familiar song then started to play through the speakers. A lot of people then started to get excited. Then, laughter could be heard. However, it was different from what they expected. But it only made the crowd even more hype.
Then, a lot of people, even some people in the arena started to do a familiar dance.
(Helloooooo Nurse!)
(Uhhhhh)
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… THIRTEEN!"
(I am NOT trying to be annoying!)
(Aight!)
"DOT WARNER!" (Animaniacs!)
The black-furred Warner Sister came out to an enormous cheer. And it would be louder if people weren't dancing the Macarena. Dot was also dancing along while singing through a microphone.
(I act like a nut so they called me Macadamia)
(I dance like a klutz on a show called Anamania)
(Am I a cutie? Absolute-y!)
(And a beauty you can bet your patooie!)
(But if you touch me or even go near me)
(I'll have you arrested, do you hear me?)
With that, she started to power-walk down the ramp while blowing kisses. "Thank you! Thank you! It is good to be back! Granted, I have actually been a little while ago with my reboot, but still."
(Dot is a nut, so they call her Macadamia)
(She's cracked in the head and kooky in the brain-a)
(Each line in the song sounds pretty much the same-ia)
(OY, Macadamia)
Once she finally reached the bottom of the ramp, she leapt up on all fours. Before landing like a ballerina when she reached the canvas. Once in, she gave a surprisingly dark glare to Bison before stomping over.
"Okay, buddy, I want to start this off wacky, but not even I could overlook all of the creepy things you have done to those poor girls." Dot spat, getting Bison and Simon's attention.
Bison let out a laugh. "Of course I have done those things to those girls! Men, women, children, elderly, all is fair game for me!"
Dot then blew a kiss. "Goodnight, every…"
She then paused.
"Actually, no, that is actually WORSE!" Dot grunted in disgust.
"Careful, little one. This one is dangerous!" Simon warned.
"Oh, Simon Says, you have NOT met me, have you?" Dot giggled.
"Very well. I will gladly use you as one of my Dolls!" Bison said before growling. "This will be the perfect revenge of having the audacity of stealing my thunder by being their own line!"
"Uh-uh, it is YOU who stole MY thunder!" Dot roared.
"Agreed! We will take back her electromancy, even if you have to pry it from your cold, vile hands!" Simon roared.
"Ha! All your shock belongs to ME!" Bison boasted.
Gaius and Reptar paused before looking at each other.
"...I suppose this is a good time to point out that I would have gone after Bison earlier, but the situation is far too dignity-draining for me to go near them." Gaius muttered.
Reptar hastily nodded his head.
"LUNA!" (SSS)
(I'll put a spell on you)
(And now you're gone)
(Gone, gone, gone, so long!)
(My whammy fell on you)
(And it was strong)
(So strong, so strong, so strong, strong!)
The gothic witch stood outside of the Ready Room while holding her broom with one hand and her other one on her hip. The crowd gave her a decent cheer. There would most likely be more cheers if she appeared in more Shrek media OTHER than Shrek Super Slam.
Despite this, she acted like she didn't notice the crowd as she sat on top of her broom and rode it into the ring while "I Put A Spell On You" from the movie, Hocus Pocus.
(Your wretched little lives)
(Have you been cursed)
(Cause of all the witches working)
(I'm the worst)
(I'll put a spell on you)
(And now you're gone)
She then flew over to Vanessa and Taokaka and the alliance that they would be facing.
"Ah, so you DID decide to join our counter-alliance!" Vanessa smiled.
"Eh. Didn't really have that idea of where to start regardless so that's why I am here." Luna admitted, getting off her broom.
Vivian paused. "Let me guess. The counter-Vivian?"
"You could say that." Luna noted, tapping her broom against her shoulder. "I must say though, while I could see why people would see you as the so-called 'threat' of this section. But not me. Not only would I fly over the ground to avoid her punches, but do you really think I am not used to heavy mist?"
Vivian narrowed her eyes underneath her hat. "So I just knocked you off of said broom."
"Honey, I ain't no Magikoopa!" Luna smirked. "Though you are still more than welcome to try!"
"SOGETSU KAZAMA!" (SS)
The blue-haired aquamancer ninja came out to a loud cheer from the fangirls. However, he paid it no mind as he put his hand on his chin with a frown.
"Tch. They truly let ANYONE enter a fighting tournament just because they could 'fight'." He muttered. "Well, probably too little, too late to complain about it. Might as well show everyone how a true warrior fights."
With that, he was about to teleport in the arena.
(Ocean Man)
(Take me by the hand)
(To the land)
(That you understand)
Sogetsu's eyes widened before glaring up at the Sound Booth to see the trio doing a hula-like dance to Ween's Ocean Man.
(Ocean Man)
(The voyage to the corner of the globe)
(Is a real trip)
Sogetsu just rolled his eyes. "Then again… You could only do so much with an arguably even more absurd staff."
With that, he vanished in a giant puddle of water. A second puddle of water appeared in the arena where he appeared. He then put his hand on his water-aura kodachi and concentrated on making a pillar of water appear between Ivysaur and Gabumon, making them jump.
"W-What just happened?" Gabumon asked.
"I interrupted your fight." Sogetsu said, matter-of-factly before walking over and getting the two's attention.
"Why? You could have wet my fur!" Gabumon roared, angrily.
"Well you are a fire-elemental Digimon and the Pokemon is a part Grass-type." Sogetsu said, matter-of-factly. "And I am a water ninja. However, I believe that I am more skilled than the both of you. So I request a three-way to demonstrate that despite having a bigger elemental advantage over the other, I could still take you down just as easily.
Gabumon jumped at this. "What kind of invitation is THAT!?"
"Ivy! Ivysaur!" Ivysaur roared, trying to convey that Sogetsu doesn't scare him because he faced Greninja before.
Sogetsu raised an eyebrow. "I strongly doubt it will make a difference, but I suppose it WOULD be absurd to at least try."
"PITTOO!"
"DRAKE!"
"Alright, alright… DARK PIT!" (SSB)
The dark-clad angel came out to a loud cheer from the fangirls as his theme played through the speakers. However, he scowled before glaring up at the Announcer's Booth. Ashley was scolding Drake who was grinning. He rolled his eyes before making his way down the ramp with his Silver Bow.
Suddenly, the Millennium Star floated in front of him with a stern glare, startling him.
"I am merely warning you, I am keeping your eye on you." The Millennium Star said.
Dark Pit rolled his eyes. "Ugh, do you really think that I wanted to be humiliated just like that stupid angel at the last tournament?"
The Millennium Star raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah? Then, why do you have your Goddess with you?"
Dark Pit's eyes bugged out before turning around to see the transparent figure of a grinning young-looking blonde little girl clad in red.
"S'up!" She grinned.
"W-W-What in heaven and hell are you doing, Viridi!?" Dark Pit roared, angrily. "You are going to get me disqualified and ruin my chance in the tournament!"
"Pshaw! Considering your chances at these things are poor, I doubt it would make much of a difference." Viridi scoffed.
Dark Pit winced. "Hey!"
"Sheesh, relax, will ya? I only appeared to see if you actually think I would actively get you disqualified." Viridi muttered, rolling her eyes. "You may be the complete opposite of Pit, but you are just as dumb as him!"
"I swear, Viridi, one of these days…" Dark Pit started.
POW!
Everyone jumped as a long arm punched Dark Pit in the face and knocked him onto his back. The arm then retreated into the Ready Room.
"Um… NINA CORTEX!" (CB)
The gothic cyborg niece of Dr. Neo Cortex stood outside of the Entrance Curtain while grumpily crossing their arms while tapping her foot against the ramp.
Dark Pit rubbed his chin before getting up. "What was THAT for?"
"Your little Boke and Tsukkomi routine is getting old and delaying MY entrance!" Nina spat.
"Pshaw. Why would anyone care about an irrelevant character like you!?" Dark Pit scolded.
"Irrelevant? At least I am my own character! You are literally just Generic Edgy Clone #37539!" Nina snapped.
"At least I HAVE a personality! Didn't you start out as a gothic Elmyra Duff!" Dark Pit spat.
"We do NOT talk about the Spyro crossover games!" Nina roared.
Suddenly, the two started to float up in the air with sparkles.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Dark Pit exclaimed.
"Put me down you Christmas ornament!" Nina demanded.
"Gladly!" The Millennium Star said, sternly.
With that, they took him over to the arena and dropped them in.
"You are free to misbehave, but don't do it on the ramp!" The Millennium Star scolded. "There are still more people who need to enter the arena!"
Dark Pit and Nina glared up at the Millennium Star before speaking in unison.
"Okay, boomer."
The two then got up and stomped off, leaving the Millennium Star appalled.
"B-B-Boomer!?" He exclaimed.
"Bruh, you are the MILLENNIUM Star! What do you think was going to happen?" Viridi asked.
The Millennium Star glared up at the Entrance Ramp. "GET OUT!"
"Fine." Viridi scoffed before vanishing.
(Dome; Electrician Office)
Wave knocked on the door as her group stood before her. After a few seconds, Cole MacGrath answered the door. Needless to say, he raised an eyebrow at the odd group.
"Um, hey…" Cole greeted.
"Hey, Cole." Wave nodded. "I know this is sudden, but I was wondering if we could look at the remains of the stinkbombs."
"Um, sure." The electromancer said, looking around. "Do I even want to know…"
"No, you don't." Everyone said without missing a beat.
"Alright then. Come on in." Cole offered.
With that, the five followed Cole inside of his office.
"So you are free to look, but what is it you are trying to find out?" Cole asked.
"Good question. Are you trying to find fur or something?" Gabe asked.
"I want to see if I can find out who made these puppies." Wave offered. "Whatever they are, you do NOT buy them in a shop."
"Well, get to-a it!" Wario ordered. "We need to-a prove that hybrid did it!"
"Alright, alright. Keep your overalls." Wave muttered, rolling her eyes. "Figuratively and literally."
"Seriously." Gabe muttered before gesturing to some devices on the table. "I didn't touch them that much so everything should be there."
Wave nodded her head before walking over to the stinkbombs. "Alright, let's see what this is."
She then looked through them while everyone waited patiently. (Or impatiently in Jet and Wario's case) Suddenly, her eyes bugged out.
"H-Huh?" Wave asked. "This can't be right."
Jet raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong, Wave?"
"I thought the mini-fans were to direct the garlic clouds towards the Announcer's Booth." The purple-feathered avian frowned.
"Um, as opposed to what?" Gabe asked.
"These fans aren't created for direction, they are created for exhaust!" Wave explained.
Storm blinked twice. "Exhaust?"
"Basically, making a larger garlic cloud!" Wave explained.
"Um, what does THAT-A matter?" Wario challenged.
"Yeah, if the cloud is bigger, that means it has a stronger chance of making the Announcer's Booth!" Storm agreed, narrowing his eyes.
Wave glared at the two. "Oh yeah? Well, if that is the case, why come we never heard anything about more places being covered in garlic?"
Storm blinked twice. "Wait, what?"
"Wait, she's right! It was only that particular path that was affected!" Cole realised. "That is why we all thought the mini-fans were meant to direct the cloud towards the path."
Gabe blinked twice. "But if the mini-fans didn't direct it, what did…"
Wave frowned. "Good question. We didn't find any other tools during the investigation. And…"
Suddenly, her eyes widened in realisation.
"W-What is it, Wave?" Jet asked, confused.
The mechanic narrowed her eyes. "How do you know that Dingodile did this alone?"
Everyone's eyes bugged out at this.
"Wait, he had a partner-in-crime?" Storm asked.
"If Dingodile IS-A guilty, then this is the only explanation because that means someone has to be standing in the opposite of where he is to fan the cloud." Wario noted.
"Exactly! It all makes sense!" Wave exclaimed. "He is covering for someone else!"
Cole blinked twice. "But hold on. Dingodile is threatened with not entering the tournament. What does he have to gain by taking the heat for someone else?"
"I don't know…" Wave frowned. "At first, I thought that Dingodile was the only culprit, but now there are MORE of them?"
"Which means…" Cole said before frowning "They may be a second person trying to kill Drake."
Everyone looked at each other in worry. And Wario…
"Which means not one, but TWO people stole MY-A garlic!" Wario roared. "Someone being-a so bold to take my garlic is one thing, but TWO!?"
Everyone blinked twice.
"...Why is he here again?" Storm piped up.
Wave groaned. "How many times do I have to explain to you, Storm?"
"No, no, I am with him." Gabe muttered. "I was there and I am STILL confused…"
(Dome; Hallway Near Recovery Room)
Mukai, Tiny and Basara were talking to Reptile about their plan.
"So yes, basically we are joined together because we more or less emphasised with each other." Mukai explained.
"YYYYYep! That is what I was trying to talk to you about!" Basara grinned.
Reptile looked in awe. "So THAT'S why Rugal kept trying to take me away from you."
Basara's grin vanished as he growled. "Yeah… Not only all three teams have their own goals, it is clear that Oume's team have no problem with messing with us."
"Worse old lady team is full of meanies!" Tiny nodded.
"So yeah, you are the perfect candidate for our team." Basara offered.
Reptile paused, shifting his eyes between the three who looked at him with smiles.
"Um, listen, I could see why you would think I would be drawn by a group and before I would have jumped ship to do so." Reptile admitted. "But I am going to have to refuse."
The three's smiles vanished.
"Aw, come on!" Tiny frowned.
"Look, I appreciate your offer. But I believe I finally found someone who actually respects me." Reptile explained. "Kotal Kahn. He treated me with more dignity than any of my previous bosses ever did."
"If I may, you don't have to abandon him to join us." Mukai offered.
"That may be true, but honestly I am sick and tired of switching from boss to boss and just to get screwed over." Reptile muttered.
"But we are not like that!" Basara insisted. "I didn't kill you, remember?"
Tiny, Mukai and Reptile gave him weird looks.
"Um, right. Regardless, I am done with siding with people just for safety." Reptile explained. "Don't get me wrong, I wish you the best of luck, but…"
"WHERE IS THAT ACID-SPEWING PUNCHING BAG!?"
Reptile's pupils shrank as Tiny, Mukai and Basara jumped before turning around to see Scorpion entering the area with Sub-Zero and Larcen Tyler running after him trying in vain to get him to calm down.
"Dude, please!" Larcen pleaded.
"No, I will NOT calm down! First, that fake Millennium Star humiliated me in front of everyone!" Scorpion roared.
"YOU humiliated yourself. YOU made yourself look like a tool by ranting like a maniac." Sub-Zero muttered.
"Yes, AFTER Reptile goaded me!" Scorpion insisted. "NEXT, that stupid Pokemon sang to me and ruined my chance for revenge!"
"Because you would have turned the Recovery Room into an UN-Recovery Room!" Larcen scolded.
"Whatever! I am going to look for him and rip his spine out!" Scorpion growled.
"Oi, don't steal my Fatality. Isn't this why you are like this?" Sub-Zero muttered.
Scorpion didn't listen before stomping off. Sub-Zero and Larcen looked at each other with deep sighs.
"Is he ALWAYS like this?" Sub-Zero asked.
"YYYYYep." Larcen muttered.
"...I think I liked it when we were enemies." Sub-Zero groaned.
With that, they followed him. While doing so, they passed Mukai, Tiny and Basara. When the odd trio of friends left the area, Reptile then reappeared after becoming invisible.
"...Sooo, what is the plan again?" Reptile asked.
Mukai, Tiny and Basara brightened up.
"And you just made a very stupid mistake, lizard-boy."
Everyone's eyes bugged out when they saw Ralf, Maxima and Bang glaring at them.
"M-M-Maxima, Ralf, whatever is the prob…" Mukai started.
"Save it. Cortex gave us the list and other than Mr. Acid Puke, all of your names are on the list." Ralf spat.
Tiny growled. "Is Cortex always this annoying?"
"Yeah, I do sympathise with you being screwed over by scum like him, but you guys are not much better." Maxima snarked.
"Indeed, those who follow the way of evil cannot be forgiven!" Bang agreed.
"Ugh, we have no time for this!" Mukai groaned, slapping his forehead. "Basara, take Reptile and go!"
"Aight!" Basara nodded.
With that, the yurei grabbed onto Reptile and before the green-scaled warrior could refuse, he pulled him into a dark portal.
"H-Hey!" Ralf roared.
"I'll try to go after them!" Bang offered. "You two go after THESE two villains!"
Maxima nodded. "Good. Keep at it!"
Bang returned the nod before running off.
"This is NOT part of the plan…" Mukai frowned.
Suddenly, he gave a dark, toothy grin.
"But I would be lying if I said I wasn't dying for some action." Mukai admitted.
"Tiny promise Weird Fashion Man Tiny won't hurt Whip!" Tiny shouted before baring his claws. "But Weird Fashion Man said nothing about Bandana Man and Cyborg!"
"That's fine! I don't feel like it!" Ralf smirked, punching his palm.
"Agreed. We mostly want to know where Krizalid is." Maxima nodded, rotating his neck. "But we won't waste any time beating you down!"
(The Arena)
"KOHAKU HEARTS!" (ToAS)
The dark-haired white teenage girl led her baton in one hand while waving to the crowd with a smile with the other. She then held up her free hand before she proceeded to do a series of cartwheels down the ramp. The crowd went wild at this.
She then flipped in the arena. Ness raised an eyebrow before walking over.
"Heh. You sure love playing to the crowd." Ness noted.
"I mean that is the name of the game, right?" Kohaku asked. "This tournament puts even more emphasis on hyping on the crowd, right?"
Ness chuckled at this. "I guess that is true. Hey, is it okay that we can fight?"
"Sure, why not?" Kohaku giggled. "We ARE the only ones with an opponent right now."
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… FOURTEEN!"
"OBELIX!" (Asterix)
The heavyset red-haired Gaul happily hopped on his feet while clapping his hands together like a little child.
"Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy!" He said, excitedly. "It isn't enough that we had that beat-em-up a year ago and a future Netflix series, but I get to enter this fighting tournament! These people probably are not as fun to fight as Romans, but I will still try, anyway!"
He then ran down the ramp before leaping up and landing on the canvas, making it shake and everyone stumble. Obelix ran over to the fight between Gaius and Reptar.
"Heyo!" Obelix said, brightly. "Can we make this a three-way?"
Gaius narrowed his eyes. "You have a lot of nerve trying to interrupt a fight."
Obelix's smile vanished. "Aw, come on! Everyone is already taken and you look like the most fun to fight!"
"I'll show you 'fun'." Gaius spat.
With that, he swung his katana at Obelix. However, the Gaul caught the katana before he touched him with his bare hand, taking Gaius and Reptar off-guard.
"...What in the?" Gaius asked.
Then, while still holding onto the blade, Obelix lifted it up with Gaius still holding onto him and slammed the latter into Reptar, knocking the two of them down to the canvas.
"Eh. I'll give that a 7 out of 10." Obelix shrugged. "Still fun, but definitely room for improvement."
Gaius groaned. "Obelix, was it?"
The red-haired blinked twice. "Yes?"
"You could join us." Gaius said.
"Oh, goody!" Obelix beamed.
"EYEDOL!" (KI)
Everyone looked in disgust at the undead ogre with its head split in two. He paid it no mind as he roared in stereo before stomping down the ramp while carrying his club before leaping into the ring.
He made a beeline towards Vector and Shulk making the two jumps. Vector acted quickly by catching Eyedol's club before it could hit him. Shulk then ran behind him.
"Back Slash!" Shulk shouted, extending his Monado and doing a slash to Eyedol's back, knocking him down.
Eyedol crashed on the ground before glaring at the guilty party. "How DARE you mess with my revenge?"
"Revenge? What are you talking about?" Vector asked in disbelief.
"I want to stay in the arena until Gargos shows up and I will eliminate him!" Eyedol roared. "And to do that, I have to throw people out of the ring!"
"Um, that's…" Shulk said, raising a finger. "A little more complicated than that."
"Oh yeah, well… Well…" Eyedol said.
Suddenly, he punched one side of his head. This made his red eyes turn purple.
"Well, I know that is not that simple considering how some of the eliminations worked so far." Eyedol admitted, sounding a lot more intelligent. "But as long as I am still in the ring, does it really matter how it happens."
Vector and Shulk both blinked twice at this.
"...I think I liked it better when you are a one-note brute." Vector muttered.
"YUKARI TAKEBA!" (P4A)
The pink-clad brunette glared at the arena while wielding her bow. She then used her free hand to point to the arena.
"Phoenix Rangers! Featherman Victory!" She shouted.
Then, an explosion of pink smoke appeared behind her, making the Persona fans go wild. Nodding her head, she ran down the ramp before flipping in. Once she was in the arena, she made her way over to one particular group.
"Oh, Pink Feather, that was flashy!" Taokaka said in awe.
"Um, thanks, Taokaka." Yukari said. "Stupei made me do it, but in the end, I'm actually glad for once he did."
Vanessa blinked twice. "Oh, right. I keep forgetting that Blazblue and Persona 4 Arena had that crossover."
"Yeah, we never met face-to-face until now, we definitely heard about each other from our respective nodal companions." Yukari nodded.
Peach raised an eyebrow. "Let me guess. The Counter-Peach. You DO realise that I could DEFLECT projectiles."
"Oh, because you are the only person with a projectile deflector I fought before." Yukari countered. "I am a zoner, but I got other tricks up my sleeve!"
"You definitely seem like a solid alliance." Vivian noted. "But you clearly just formed just now."
"So did Bubbles' alliance and you saw how well THAT DID." Vanessa smirked.
"Okay, we got your game!" Mignon nodded. "Four on four! We got this, guys!"
"That's our line, girlie!" Luna smirked.
(The full moon)
(Bright balloons)
(Only my feelings will ever grow)
(An off season)
"MAY!" (GG)
(Swallow. So that's me)
(Non-stop love song)
(I will follow you)
(Wherever you go)
The orange-clad brunette pirate came out to a warm reception while carrying her enormous anchor over her shoulder as if it was nothing. She waved to the crowd with her free hand while skipping down the ramp (and somehow making puddles on each step) as her catchy theme song plays.
(I can't wait to)
(Catch up before the sun sleeps)
(Not if you're short of breath)
(I'm the disaster of passion!)
Once in, she used her free hand as a visor while scanning around the arena.
"Hmm… Everyone is already involved in a match." She mused. "Should I wait for the next person or should I just go in and interrupt a fight."
"And the final fighter of this section…"
May raised an eyebrow before shrugging. "The former it is."
"KASUMI TODOH!" (KoFAS)
May's pupils shrank as the blue-haired heir to the Todoh dojo and winner of the first Megamix Tournament came out to an enormous cheer. She held an old-fashioned oil parasol before putting it back into the Ready Room and waving to the crowd.
"It feels nice to finally be a part of the main roster of an UVR tournament again." She smiled. "Sure, I was a Mystery Fighter in the Tournament of Kikai, but it was nice to actually sit with everyone in the locker room."
May blinked twice before glaring up at the Announcer's Booth while giving a "Bruh" gesture. Drake just whistled innocently while Ashley glared at him.
"I WARNED you that they will figure it out." Ashley muttered.
Drake chuckled nervously, scratching the back of his head. "Yeah, that was a dumbass move on my part."
Finally, Kasumi entered the arena. She stared at May. May stared at Kasumi. Everyone held their breath.
Suddenly, the two shook hands together.
"Let's have a good, clean rematch!" May grinned.
"Even. Let's." Kasumi smiled.
With that, they got into a stance with the crowd cheering both girls on.
"Well, THIS is a pleasant surprise." Ashley smiled.
"Makes sense. It has been YEARS since the second Megamix Tournament." Drake mused.
Ashley rolled his eyes. "And yet you thought otherwise when you rigged the draws."
Drake chuckled nervously. Then, the head Lakitu flew over to the Announcer's Booth.
"Oh, you need more time?" Drake frowned.
"Quite the opposite actually!" The head Lakitu smiled. "We actually somehow prepared our cameras before the final fighter!"
Drake's eyes lit up. "That's awesome! In that case…"
He then grabbed his microphone.
"Bring on the mist!"
The Millennium Star nodded before flying into the middle of the arena. He then started to spin around. However, instead of light, he was emitting mist which covered the entire arena. Fortunately, the screens managed to show everyone. Bison then started to laugh.
"I will claim this mist in the name of Shadaloo!" Bison boasted.
"You will claim NOTHING!" Simon roared.
Yeah, the arena itself didn't really change that much, but with everyone's vision mostly impaired, we may see a lot of messy fights this time around…