Battle Of The Luminaries 3

by Tinyhammer

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

18. Section Seven Results

(The Arena)

Vanessa and Dudley narrowed their eyes as they circled around each other with their fists up. Naturally, this was inevitable when two boxers were facing off against each other. However, the entire arena was covered in mist, limiting everyone's vision.

After some time, Vanessa ran over and did a series of punches forward. However, Dudley quickly blocked the incoming barrage before sending a fist of his own out. But Vanessa easily swerved her head to avoid the blow and did a hard uppercut to Dudley's stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Vanessa then went for a punch to Dudley's face.

However, Dudley managed to recover in time to punch the blow. The British man then proceeded to do a series of blows to Vanessa's body before ending the combo with an uppercut. The redhead flew into the air and landed on her back, but immediately she got up.

…And ran in the opposite direction. Dudley saw Vanessa vanish in the mist before narrowing his eyes while looking around. She then noticed a silhouette dashing through the mist and tried to keep her eyes on it. Then, suddenly, Vanessa sprang to life and dashed from the side, siding a punch into Dudley's face. As the dark-skinned man cried out in pain, Vanessa did a punch to his chin, knocking him onto his back.

Vanessa smirked as she watched Dudley slowly get up. "It seems that your own ally's stage choice is being used against you."

"I confess that you benefit greatly from this mist, I must warn you that I am deceptively fast and easily take advantage of this well." The British man reminded.

Vanessa's smirk vanished as she blinked twice. "Um, don't get me wrong, the former IS accurate, but you have a bulky silhouette. How can anyone be jumped on by someone with a loud presence?"

"Psycho Crusher!"

Vanessa and Dudley's eyes widened before looking to the side. Only to be both barreled to the ground by a purple spiral. The spiral stopped to reveal floating in the air and crossing his arms with a smirk.

"Fools! This is your punishment for standing up to me!" Bison boasted.

Dudley glared up at Bison. "We never stood up to you! We didn't even know you were nearby!"

"You entered the same section as me. That gives you the GALL to think you have the privilege of being near me!" The dictator scolded.

Before Dudley and Vanessa could counter Bison's logic, a morning star whip wrapped its away around Bison. Before the dictator could do anything, Dot Warner walked on top of the chain of said whip while using a parasol to balance on it in a graceful manner. …Only to start whacking with said parasol.

"Quit terrorising those civilians, monster!" Simon Belmont roared (though the boxers couldn't tell from the mist).

"Never! Anyone who doesn't run in fear from me DESERVES to be terrorised!" Bison snapped.

"Then, WE have to terrorise YOU!" Simon yelled. "Right, Dot?"

"Oh, honey, you REALLY don't know who you are talking about." Dot smirked.

"Heh? Me being terrorised? I am too powerful to be terrorised!" Bison laughed.

Simon then pulled on his whip, pulling Bison and Dot back towards him. Vanessa and Dudley blinked twice.

"Yeah, about what we were talking about earlier." Vanessa said before narrowing her eyes. "Not. One. Word."

"...To be fair, I don't really have the right to criticise seeing I got knocked down too." Dudley admitted.

(Announcer's Booth)

"So did you find anything about what in heaven and hell what Bison did just now?" Ashley asked as he watched Drake flip through a phone.

"Um, I think so." Drake said. "Apparently it is based on how Mio Honda, the original singer of the song, is a memetic war criminal."

Ashley blinked twice. "What?"

"That is what it says. It is based on this cute video based on the song. It turned out to be really popular." Drake mused. "And it turned out so popular that it ended up appearing… Everywhere."

"...But what does that have to do with war crimes?" Ashley asked.

Drake frowned. "I'm… Not sure. I tried looking it up online for the exact reason, but apparently it just… Happened."

Ashley paused before groaning. "Meme culture is scary!"

"Ironically enough, Bison of all people, knowing about the meme, let alone reenacting it, is even more scarier." Drake muttered.

"...Do you think that is the reaction he was hoping for?" Ashley asked.

"Hell if I know, man!" Drake insisted. "Only Bison knows what is going through his mind!"

Ashley just shook his head before continuing to go through the elimination nodes.

(Dome; Street Fighter Locker Room)

Everyone continued to look with wide eyes and slack jaws at Bison's actions.

"...See? This is why alcohol is overrated." Birdie muttered. "Why drink when you could eat?"

"Even with the typical food comment at the end, that is without a doubt the most intelligent thing you ever said." Ibuki nodded.

"THIS is the man who killed me?" Nash asked in disbelief.

"That only makes me even more worried." Cammy frowned. "The last time Bison got usurped by another villain, it destroyed the entire Megamix Dome."

"Don't worry. Mika said that she will see into it." Karin reassured, waving it off. "She should get all of the intel from Bison."

"Woah, woah, woah, woah, WOAH!" Ed said. "She is going to trust BISON!?"

"I mean, normally in any other situation, I would agree." Karin admitted before frowning. "But considering he must have been upstaged in a humiliating fashion, he shouldn't have that much issue."

"Well, I hope that she knows what she is getting herself into..." Cammy frowned. "At least at the Tournament of Kikai, Bison WILLINGLY let someone else take the reins."

"Pshaw! Worry not! All the villains have to remember that I'M in the roster!" Adon sneered. "I AM the king of Muay Thai after all!"

Everyone looked at Adon for a moment.

"Um, who are you again?" Menat asked.

Adon's sneer vanished at this. "What!? I was in the first Street Fighter!"

"Huh. That is weird." Birdie said, blinking twice. "You would think I would remember you more.

Adon jumped. "What!? How could YOU forget me!? ME forgetting YOU is one thing, but the other way around!? I was the penultimate boss! The one who is trying to return the glory to Muay Thai after Sagat ruined it by losing to Ryu."

Ibuki slumped her arms. "But if you are the penultimate boss, doesn't that mean YOU lost to Ryu too?"

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Adon roared. "Seriously, does anyone ELSE have anything to insult me with?"

"Um, yeah, what is up with that hair?" Ed asked without missing a beat.

Adon's jaw dropped at this.

"Well, you asked." Cody smirked.

"I never got the chance to ask, but I WAS always wondering about the hair." Abel piped up.

As Adon roared in anger and started to rant, Guile and Nash blinked twice.

"...I died and THESE guys somehow lived?" Nash asked.

"Don't think too much about it." Guile sighed.

(The Arena)

Luna narrowed her eyes as she rode around in the mist while glaring downwards at the ground. Suddenly, she noticed a silhouette rising from the ground. Luna smirked before riding forward. Just in time to not only avoid a fiery explosion where she was, but also to ram into Vivian after using her Fiery Jinx.

Vivian crashed onto the ground before quickly slinked back into the shadows. Luna just scoffed before she continued to keep an eye on the ground. After a few seconds, she saw another silhouette appear from the ground. Letting out an evil cackle, she took off her hat and a bunch of bats flew out of it.

Vivian shrieked before igniting her hands in fire before waving it to try to scare away the bats. However, this left her open for a beaker to fall onto her, causing her to fall onto the ground. With the Shadow Sirens stunned, Luna got more potions out of her hats and threw them on the spot where Vivian was lying, resulting in an odd firework-display. Vivian cried out in pain again before slinking into the shadows again. Luna smirked as she tossed a potion to herself.

"Well, well, well. It seems that your little 'home field advantage' backfired on you!" Luna taunted. "Must suck to find that out when fighting someone that LIVES in misty areas!"

Vivian just literally grumbled in the shadows like peeking her head (or rather her hat) to look around. She could make out Luna's silhouette flying around the air. Narrowing her covered eyes, she started to ignite her hands in fire. However, Luna saw the flame and let out a quick laugh before throwing the beaker at the flame.

Only for it to hit nothing, but the flame. While Luna was distracted by her own attack, Vivian reappeared in another spot and quickly wagged her finger. Luna's eyes bugged out before she was about to throw her potions, but it was too late as an explosion appeared where she was.

Luna screamed as she fell to the ground. Despite the harsh fall, she immediately checked the broom for damages before seeing that it was on fire. Acting quickly, she took off her hand and used it to smother the flames. Vivian couldn't help but giggle at this. Luna growled before glaring at the guilty party.

"What in the hell?" Luna scolded. "Do you know how to find perfectly good brooms?"

"It is YOUR fault to fight a PYROMANCER with a WOODEN broom." Vivian countered.

Luna growled before getting a frog out of nowhere. Said frog latched out its super-long tongue at Vivian. The pyromancer's smirk vanished as she found herself being pulled towards Luna before the purple-haired girl started to whack Vivian with said frog (with the poor thing making croaking noises.)

Vivian grunted in pain before igniting her fists in fire and blocked the incoming frog strike. Said amphibian cried out in pain before landing on top of Luna's face. The human cried out in strike as she took a couple of steps back. Vivian then punched her fist into Luna's stomach to knock her away.

Luna was sent flying back before sprawling on the ground. She then got up on her side, holding her downed burned stomach. She then saw Vivian's silhouette approaching her. Realising that she had little time to react, she got onto her broom and flew into the air. Just in time to avoid another fiery explosion.

Suddenly, she found herself flying around the air in a sporadic manner while screaming at the top of her lungs. Vivian looked in awe as Luna turned behind her. She then saw that the broom head was mostly burned. Because of this, her steering was handicapped. After all, she may debut in a spin-off, she was STILL a Shrek character.

Luna screamed as she continued to fly in the air for a few seconds before falling to the ground. Vivian just watched with wide eyes behind her hat.

"Elimination: Vivian!"

The aforementioned Shadow Siren jumped at this. So did several other fighters.

"Sorry for the scare!" Drake's voice piped up. "It is something we would add from the start!"

"Because of how misty the arena is right now, we decided to take back what SSBFreak did in the first Megamix Tournament!" Ashley added. "Whenever someone eliminates a person, we will tell who got the elimination so the fighters will keep an eye on the eliminated fighter quota for this section."

"Oh, so she fell out of the ring." Vivian noted. "Good thing they had that announcement or I would have been lying in wait, thinking she would try to do a sneak attack.

Luna landed in Final Fantasy IX. Unfortunately, it was in Oeilvert which had an anti-magic she had no way to fend against the monsters in there.

Gabumon and Ivysaur narrowed their eyes before encircling each other, waiting for the other person to make the next move.

Suddenly, a geyser of water appeared underneath Ivysaur and sent him into the air. As Gabumon jumped, a blur came through the mist and kicked Ivysaur, sending him towards Gabumon. The lizard Digimon yelped before diving to the side to avoid Ivysaur crashing into him. He then growled before glaring at the attacker.

"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon shouted, sending out a stream of blue fire towards the guilty party. However, he could hear the sound of water vanishing, showing that his foe teleported. Gabumon growled. Suddenly, he felt vines wrapping him. Before he could try to escape, Ivysaur used his vines to slam Gabumon.

The fire-elemental lizard groaned before glaring up at Ivysaur, getting ready to send out another Blue Blaster. Then, he noticed an orb of water sending towards his way.

"Blue Cyclone!" Gabumon shouted, spinning around while breathing fire to negate the incoming projectile. However, the moment Gabumon recovered from his own attack, Sogetsu leapt at him and kicked him to the side. Ivysaur then threw out a razor-sharp leaf, but Sogetsu teleported in a puddle of water again.

Gabumon groaned before sitting up. "Why are we fighting each other!? That ninja is clearly the bigger threat here!"

If Digimon could understand Pokemon, Ivysaur would have told him that while he acknowledged that Sogetsu had the advantage with the mist, Ivysaur still had the elemental advantage so it would be foolish to go after Sogetsu. Or at least without focusing on Gabumon as well. But seeing that they COULDN'T understand him.

"Ivy!"

Gabumon blinked twice before slapping his forehead. Then, a pillar of water appeared over him, sending him flying in the air. Despite being understandably shocked at first, he then growled before self-righting himself in midair.

"Blue Cyclone!" Gabumon shouted, spinning around while breathing blue fire. This was predicted as Sogetsu ended up flying into the spinning fire when he was going to kick Gabumon. Sogetsu cried out in pain as he fell to the ground while using his aquamancy to hold his wound.

Gabumon then ran forward and landed on top of Sogetsu, knocking the wind out of him. Despite being in pain, the aquamancer managed to sink into a puddle of water before Gabumon could continue the assault. Before the Digimon could complain about getting his fur wet for nothing, Ivysaur whipped his vine out and struck Gabumon in the back. The latter cried out in pain before glaring back.

"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon shouted, sending a stream of blue fire forward. Ivysaur wasn't expecting the quick projectile and took it to the bud. Ivysaur screamed as he started to run around. Normally, Gabumon would try to capitalise on this, but he knew that there was another foe to look out for.

Then, he heard a puddle from behind him.

"BLUE BLASTER!"

Gabumon then sent out his signature projectile… At the ground, propelling himself backwards from the recoil. Right into Sogetsu who reappeared behind Gabumon to attack him from behind. With the wind out of him, he fell backwards. And over the ropes.

"Elimination: Gabumon!"

Sogetsu landed in Naruto where Kakashi beat him into the ground with his ninja skills and elecmancy.

Gabumon dusted his fur with a stern face. "Well, that is ONE pest taken care of. The other one shouldn't be that hard to pick off."

"Gomu Gomu no…"

Gabumon blinked twice as he looked up. "Um, are the speakers playing One Piece audio?"

"BAZOOKA!"

Unknown to him, Ivysaur used his vines to propel himself towards Gabumon, crashing into him and sending the Digimon flying off where Sogetsu fell.

"Elimination: Ivysaur!"

The grass-type Pokemon finally jumped up for his successful elimination.

Gabumon landed in 101 Dalmatians. Fortunately, not only is Cruella and her cronies stuck on top of the Crossover Dome (though nobody knew that at the time), but he landed in the home of the titular dogs. They all happily swarmed him, hearing about how he took down Cruella at the last Battle of the Luminaries.

(Sound Booth)

"Nice call, Aila!" Shadow smirked, fist-pumping the archer.

"Hey! When I saw Ivysaur doing a move similar to Monkey D. Luffy, I just KNEW I had to put in a fitting thing to put in!" Aila smirked.

(The Arena)

Gaius narrowed his eyes before spinning around with his katana out, managing to catch both Reptar and Obelix. Both large figures fell onto their rear. Reptar growled before breathing a stream of fire forward.

"Demon Fang!" Gaius shouted, swinging his katana at Reptar and sending out a giant ground wave at the stream of fire, negating the incoming attack. Obelix then ran over to punch Gaius. However, the king saw this coming and rolled his eyes before raising his sword to block the attack.

Although Obelix should have easily won with his insane strength earlier, Gaius not only managed to parry it and engulfed his katana in light and swung it at Obelix, knocking him away. However, this left him open for Reptar to ram into his side. Gaius was sent sprawling on the ground. Reptar ran after him, but Gaius got into a kneeling position.

"Tiger Blade!" Gaius shouted, swinging his katana upwards, striking Reptar into the air. He wasn't done yet and jumping up before doing an aerial combo to the cereal mascot before knocking him down with one final slash. As Reptar crashed on the ground, he gracefully landed on the ground.

"You know what your problem is? Neither of you fought anyone with any skill." Gaius scolded.

Obelix got annoyed at this as he was walking over. "What is THAT supposed to mean!?"

"It is as I said. Make no mistake, the opponents you faced are strong. But nothing more." Gaius scoffed.

"Oh, now I am REALLY angry!" Obelix growled before running over.

"Calamity Stance." Gaius said, matter-of-factly, getting into a defensive stance. Then, Gaius moved to the side and slashed Obelix in the side. However, Reptar then fired a couple of fireballs at them. Gaius was able to avoid the fireball aimed at him, but Obelix wasn't as lucky as the fireball struck him in the face. The Gaul staggered back while patting his face so his moustache wouldn't catch on fire.

"Beast!" Gaius shouted, sending an enormous red ghostly lion's head into Obelix's back and sent him towards Gaius. However, Reptar just narrowed his eyes before spinning around and tail whipping Obelix, acting as a projectile deflector. THIS finally took Gaius off-guard as Obelix crashed into Gaius, sending the two crashing to the ground.

Reptar sneered before giving in and letting out a large stream of fire when the two men were down. However, both Gaius and Obelix got up and ran in different directions to avoid the fire. Gaius then pointed his katana at Reptar.

"Incineration Wave!" Gaius yelled. Then, a bright red laser shot from his katana like a gun. Reptar then ran out of the way to avoid said laser before dashing at Gaius. However, Obelix was also running at Gaius at the same time. The tan-skinned man just narrowed his eyes before raising his katana to block the incoming attack.

The three then got into a strange yet strong power struggle with them shifting eyes between each other, wondering who was the bigger threat. In the end, both Gaius and Obelix decided on Reptar, shoving against the dinosaur. However, the latter stood his ground. He then started to breathe fire. Gaius saw this and jumped away.

Obelix on the other hand, narrowed his eyes before doing an uppercut to Reptar's stomach. The dinosaur's eyes bugged out before he let out a giant stream of fire that was much bigger than his usual one due to having the wind knocked out of him. Said fire hit Gaius who was unable to properly guard against it and he was sent flying back and over the ropes.

"Elimination: Reptar!"

Gaius landed in Shovel Knight where he found King Knight to be a disgrace to the name of King and beat him into the ground.

Obelix blinked twice before looking in the direction where Gaius was sent flying as Reptar collapsed on his knees, holding his stomach from the punch.

"Oops. I didn't want to do that. At least in THAT way." Obelix admitted, sheepishly.

By this time, Reptar got up and growled before going to bite Obelix. However, the red-haired man saw the attack coming and caught his jaw before they could bite him.

"I am always up for a good fight, but you take things a little TOO intense." Obelix frowned. "If it is just me and my fellow Gauls, I don't mind, but there are others so…"

With that, he picked up Reptar and threw him in the direction where Gaius flew off to.

"Elimination: Obelix!"

He groaned, not happy to be taken out by a heavyset man. He was about to take out his aggression on any building. Until he noticed a particular sign. His eyes widened in realisation where he might be.

"If I can't prove my strength, I might as well prove the OTHER thing I have going for me." Reptar smirked.

"Shining Cutter!"

"Azure Edge!"

Two projectiles collide with each other, cancelling each other out. Leonardo and Ludger Will Kresnik then ran from the mist from opposite sides and locked their twin swords at each other, getting into a power struggle. After a few seconds, they both leapt away from each other. Ludger then ran over, but Leonardo got ready to block any incoming attacks. However, that was what the former was looking for.

"Armour Crusher!" Ludger shouted, swinging one of his swords downward. Despite it seeming like Leonardo did a perfect block, the turtle still found his guard being broken. Ludger then struck Leonardo a few times with his blades before kicking Ludger in the stomach, knocking him away and sprawling on the ground.

"Demon Fang!" Ludger yelled, swinging his sword upwards and sending a wave forward. However, Leonardo leapt up to his feet and ran off to the side. Ludger's eyes widened in realisation before looking around for his opponent.

"Shining Cutter!"

Ludger's eyes widened before looking in the direction of the shout and easily blocked the incoming wave. However, he was unable to do anything about Leonardo running up behind him and slashing the chef in the back. Ludger fell forward and had an unflattering crash. Despite the painful fall, he thought quickly and swung his sword behind him. However, Leonardo flipped backward to not only move out of his way of the attack, but also went back into the mist.

"Serves me right for accepting a fight against a ninja knowing that the entire arena would be shrouded in mist." Ludger lamented. "Oh well. I didn't think I would switch weapons THIS soon."

With that, he swung his blades around and replaced them with pistols. He then looked around cautiously. Then, Leonardo ran in and kicked Ludger in the side. The white-haired man cried out in pain, but acted quickly with another arte.

"Rolling Thunder!" Ludger shouted, rolling to the side and shooting both of his bullets in Leonardo. As the ninja staggered back in pain, Ludger fired again.

"Zero Divide!" Ludger shouted, shooting again. This time, sending two shots of dark energy towards Leonardo. The arte not only hit the latter, but also managed him to go closer to Ludger. The chef then got back out his twin swords.

"Whirling Assault!" Ludger shouted, doing a series of slashes to Leonardo, striking him multiple times with the final strike sending him flying away. However, Ludger ran after him, knowing better than to leave him alone in this mist.

"Falling Thunder!" Ludger shouted, jumping up and swinging his sword downwards. However, Leonardo snapped out of his daze and used both of his ninjato to block the incoming strike. While Ludger was about to recover from his own arte, Leonardo spun on his shell like a breakdancer, knocking Ludger off of his feet. The turtle then flipped back onto his feet and backflipped.

Before flashing once and zooming forward with a blue aura around him, charging into the downed Ludger and sending him flying off. When the attack from his node's (or rather sub-node's) game ended, Leonardo gritted his teeth with a hopeful look on his eyes.

"Come on, come on…" Leonardo urged.

"Elimination: Leonardo!"

The turtle jumped up in the air in triumph after being confirmed that Ludger fell out of the ring. "YES!"

Ludger landed in Animal Crossing: New Horizons where he exchanged cooking recipes with the villagers.

(Unknown Location)

"I think she is coming too."

"Ugh, who faints like THAT?"

"To be fair, I think fainting is a legitimate reaction. MY problem is that she fainted for the wrong reason."

"Seriously…"

Oume groaned as she slowly fluttered her eyes open. Her blurry vision slowly revealed to show the other members of her team, looking at her in exasperation.

"H-Huh?" Oume asked. "What happened?"

"You swooned over your man." I-No muttered.

Oume's eyes snapped open at this. "Wait, so Bison singing and dancing to Step ISN'T a dream?"

"...I was going to say no." Pinstripe frowned. "But there isn't that much that could tell me otherwise."

Koala Kong nodded his head with a look of disgust on his face.

Oume blinked twice at this.

N. Gin stifled a cough. "As much as it is hard to ignore… THAT. I think we should focus on the progress so far."

Oume's eyes lit up at this. "Ooh, how did we do?"

"So far, so good." Kurow smirked. "We have officially gotten the first half of the second phase down!"

"But the bad news is that there is a second hero group." Cortex frowned.

Oume raised an eyebrow. "Oh, in that case, we better make sure to keep those two apart."

"Um, that is not the issue." The Shredder sighed.

"They are solely focused on Bison and Otane's group!" Zim added.

Oume's eyes widened at this. "What? I mean I could understand focusing mostly on Bison, but why OTANE'S team!?"

"Apparently, the only reason is because of Krizalid." Sho spat.

Oume blinked twice. "The Irish kid who doesn't even SEEM Irish?"

"Ooh, he doesn't seem Irish, does he?" Pinstripe realised.

Cortex ignored him. "Yes, the main reason why they are going after them was because he and that whip-wielder from the King of Fighters node had some kind of history!"

Azrael blinked twice. "Um, am I the only one who thinks that it isn't a big deal?"

Several people glared at him. "It IS a big deal!"

Azrael raised his hands in defence. "Alright then."

"May I remind you that while our main goal is to support Bison, we are also trying to show that WE are better?" Oume asked.

Malemyotismon slumped his arms. "Whip's team priorities Otane's team because of ONE person."

"For a giant vampiric monster, you sure as naive, Malemyotismon." Zim scoffed.

The Digimon paused. "...A lot of things, but naive is something I have never been called before."

"Am I the only one who thinks the reason that Bison chose to do that performance is to subtly show to everyone how far along he is with his plan?" Zim asked.

The Shredder's eyes widened in realisation. "That's right. Perhaps this was his way of showing that no matter how much of a fool he makes in the arena, in the end, it is HE who will come up smiling."

"First off, screw you. That was brilliant." Oume scolded.

"Of course YOU would think so." Ridley muttered, rolling his eyes.

"But yes, this proves how Bison has gone with his plan." Oume said before frowning. "Which means even though the night is still young, we may not have that much time."

"Not helping that if we are going to stick the plan, we are going to be fucking waiting around and twiddling our thumbs." Sho muttered.

With that, he pointed to a screen. It showed the arena. Or what the Lakitu were trying to keep up with.

"Of course we COULD hasten the plan by setting up the machine earlier." N. Gin mused.

"That WOULD be quicker, but would it be more efficient?" Zim frowned.

"You are both right." Oume frowned. "We don't stray away from the plan, but we have to step it up."

I-No raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah? How!"

Oume then gave a dark grin.

"Never thought I would mutter these words, but let's give my dear inferior sister a visit."

(Hotel; Lounge)

Ripper gave a sympathetic look as he handed. "Have you calmed down, Miss Kane?"

Lilly sniffed as she wiped her eyes. "I… I think so.

"...I can't believe I lost to Geese Howard's dog." Yamazaki muttered, regaining consciousness not too long ago.

"At least you didn't lose to DAN HIBIKI." Magilou sighed, just recently woken up at this.

Hinako glared at the two. "Can you NOT talk down about the people who were brainwashed to try to hurt their loved ones?"

"Pika!" Pikachu angrily agreed.

"Seriously…" Geese muttered.

Yamazaki and Magilou just scoffed. Samus shook her head before walking over to Rainbow Mika who was sitting in a chair stunned.

"Are you okay, Mika?" Hinako asked.

"I… I just stood there." The wrestler said.

Samus just frowned behind her helmet as Mika looked at her hands.

"I was just right there. I was ready to fight alongside Yamazaki to stop him from overdoing it." Mika explained.

"You didn't want to fight him…" Samus offered.

"THAT IS NO EXCUSE!?" Mika roared.

Everyone jumped as Lilly shrieked before holding her head while Hinako tried to get her to calm down. Geese glared at him while Mika's eyes widened before looking to the side.

"I'm… Sorry. It is just that I am so mad at myself right now…" Mika said.

Samus put her hand on Mika's shoulder. "Mika…"

"It is so frustrating! This isn't even the first time I am forced to face brainwashed people!" The blonde woman exclaimed. "It is especially worse that I wasn't the first person who had to face their loved one."

"You would THINK that it would be easy when someone else faces them, but that is your biggest mistake." Samus said, solemnly. "It NEVER is."

Geese winced before looking to the side, Lilly hugged her knees and Pikachu's ears drooped.

"No one will blame you for hesitating." Samus said.

"Especially since they do not want us to hesitate."

Everyone turned towards Geese, looking cross.

"They specifically had Billy and Dan attack us knowing fully well Lilly and Mika were here." Geese said before gritting his teeth. "They are taunting us!"

"But… Why?" Hinako asked.

"I do not know. However, what I DO know is that they would be a fool to think that they will mess with Geese Howard." Geese scoffed.

The blond man then looked at Lilly with a softer look.

"If you are feeling up to it, I think we should go to the Elimination Seating next." Geese said.

"T-To get a group together?" Lilly asked.

"Well, that would definitely help, but I was thinking more along the lines of seeing where he had been." Geese said.

"Oh, that's right. Pinky was eliminated so he should have been to the Elimination Seating at least once." Yamazaki realised.

"But how do you know that he wasn't kidnapped BEFORE entering the Elimination Seating?" Magilou asked.

"A valid complaint, but unfortunately we don't have that many leads." Samus admitted.

"Um, actually, we DO have more or less a lead." Mika piped up, getting out a piece of paper. "Here is the list of people who should be involved in the brainwashing plot."

Samus raised an eyebrow before taking the note and reading it. She then paused.

"Um, this list is kinda small." Samus noted. "Sure, there are a lot of names on here, but the villain group that Bison was running at the first Battle of the Luminaries had more than this."

Suddenly, Yamazaki started to laugh. Geese, Samus, Pikachu, Ripper and Hopper jumped before looking at him. The others looked exasperated.

"What is SO funny!?" Geese demanded.

"Do any of you broads wanna tell them or do I?" Yamazaki asked.

Mika let out a deep sigh"...I know that we shouldn't waste any more time and investigate the Elimination Seating, but I think you should sit down for this."

"Well, THIS isn't going to get old real quick." Magilou muttered, crossing her arms.

Geese, Samus and Pikachu looked at each other, not liking where this was going.

(The Arena)

Simon Belmont got out a cross and threw it forward. However, Bison used his Psycho Power to create a small swirling vortex in front of him, deflecting the projectile right back at its owner. The vampire hunter took it to the chest and staggered back. Bison smirked before getting ready to float and continue the assault.

Only for a frying pan to smash its way into his face. As Bison staggered back, Dot Warner swung her pan again, this time into his leg. The dictator grunted in pain before kicking at the Warner Sister. However, this left him wide open for a whip strike to the chest, knocking him down.

While Bison was on his back, Dot jumped onto and started to beat his face. Bison grunted in pain and annoyance before igniting his hand in Psycho Energy, knocking her off of him. He then floated up to punish Dot, unaware that Simon lashed out his whip at him.

Only for Bison to sway to the side to avoid getting struck. Simon jumped at this. Bison was clearly focusing on Dot. How was he able to sense his attack? Dot on the other hand, didn't notice (or cared) and merely enlarged her pan and swung it downwards. However, Bison managed to send out a burst of Psycho Power into the pan, barely managing to deflect it.

"Fools? What do you hope to accomplish by facing the almighty Bison!?" Bison boasted.

"You are kidding me, right?" Dot asked in disbelief. "After all of the trouble you caused those so-called Dolls do you…"

"PK Flash!"

Dot paused. "...Do you really think I will let you get away?"

"I am pleasantly surprised, Miss Warner." Simon noted, raising an eyebrow. "I never thought that you would be so serious."

"Oh, make no mistake, I am still as wacky after all of these years. I am also a…" Dot started.

"PK Fire!"

Dot winced at this. While not seeing her face, Simon saw her silhouette and frowned.

"Uh-oh…" Simon said, not liking where this was going.

"...Also a feminist. Especially in the reboot." Dot reminded. "Heck, there is a song about me singing about women's rights."

"Take all of our your feminism against me all you like!" Bison boasted. "I will convert it into Bisonism!"

"...Wow. I knew you were a megalomaniac, but I didn't think you were a narcissist either." Simon muttered.

"No wonder you convinced Vega to work for you." Dot agreed before narrowing her eyes. "Regardless, tonight isn't your night. You showed up in the same section as me and I am not going to be so distracted that…"

"PK Thunder!"

Finally, Dot had enough and let out a loud roar of anguish. She then started to stomp off in the direction of the shouts.

"A-Ah, Dot! Wait!" Simon pleaded.

Bison just crossed his arms and laughed. "So she realised who she was up against and ran off!"

Simon glared at Bison. "Oh, get over yourself!"

Meanwhile, a ball of electricity flew through the mist. However, Kohaku Hearts just flipped to the side to avoid the projectile. The electric ball then turned around to try to zap her, but Kohaku moved out of the way again. Soon, the electric ball finally fizzled out. Kohaku then jumped in the air to punish Ness for his failed attack.

"Rising Phoenix!" Kohaku shouted, doing a flaming diving kick forward. However, Ness saw the arte coming and ran to the side.

…For Kohaku to land on a trampoline.

BOING!

AIEEEEEEE!

Ness jumped as he saw Kohaku's silhouette fly away. He then noticed Dot leaning her elbow against said trampoline.

"Hey, what was THAT for!?" Ness roared. "She didn't deserve that!"

"You're right, she didn't. YOU did." Dot countered. "Do you realise how annoying and distracting your spamming of your attacks are!?"

"Ugh, this again!?" Ness groaned before jerking his thumb to the side. "You don't like it? Take your fight to another part of the arena!"

"Except the person I am fighting is M. BISON who is somehow even MORE big-headed than usual!" Dot scolded. "What do you want me to do? Drag him!"

"Alright, I see how it is." Ness said, darkly. "Very well. I'll GIVE you a reason to hate my attack spam. PK FIRE!"

With that, he sent out a spark at Dot. When it hit her, it engulfed her in a pillar of fire, making her cry out in pain.

"PK Fire! PK Fire! PK Fire!"

Ness continued to send sparks into Dot, making the pillar of fire last longer. After the fourth spark, he ran over to said fire while readying his bat with a smirk on his face.

…Only for Dot while still in the fire to get out an even BIGGER bat of her own and swung it.

CRACK!

After being hit by the giant, flaming bat, Ness was sent flying through the air, not only out of the giant cloud of mist, but also crashing into the barrier. The audience winced before Ness fell like a rock into the elimination portal.

"Elimination: Dot Warner!"

The black-furred girl tapped her scorched bat against her shoulder. Despite looking charred and smoking, she was obviously fine despite looking indignant.

"Good riddance. Though to be fair, he wasn't exaggerating that what he did just now was even more annoying than what he was doing before I came over." Dot muttered. She then started to walk off. "Regardless, he is gone now. Now… To help Simon with Bison."

She then stopped.

"Umm… Where are they again?"

Ness landed in a suburban neighbourhood. Particularly right next to a certain person. Ness groaned as he sat up holding his head.

"ya okay, kid?"

"Ugh, nothing hurt but my pride." Ness sighed before looking up. "Thanks for asking…"

He then found that he was looking at a vertically-challenged skeleton with his hands in his blue hoodie. Ness blinked twice before slapping his head.

"Aw, why not?" Ness muttered.

"yeah, i don't get why matpat thinks that you are me." Sans admitted. "he is clearly stretching the… like-ness."

Ness groaned. "Hey, as long as I am forced to stay with you, could you direct me to a decent place to get a hot dog with the works?"

"oh, don't worry, kid. i may be lazy, but i would still relish the opportunity to help you." Sans reassured before doing his trademark chuckle.

Eyedol narrowed the purple eyes while carefully eyeing the mist-covered arena. He then saw a large silhouette running towards him. Acting quickly, he fired a bolt of purple electricity from his club. However, despite the silhouette being large (But not as big as Eyedol), it easily moved out of the way of the bolt.

However, Eyedol thought quickly and stomped on the ground, creating a burst of fire from the ground. This time, it hit Vector the Crocodile, making him stagger. Eyedol then grabbed him by the head with his free hand and proceeded to charge him with electricity, making the crocodile cry out in pain.

"Back Slash!"

That was the sound of Shulk swinging his sword in Eyedol's back. The ogre cried out in pain, but quickly swung around while using Vector as a bludgeoning weapon. However, due to the range of Shulk's Monado, Shulk was easily already a reasonable distance away from Eyedol so he was out of range.

Vector was stunned for a bit, but quickly recovered before growling and biting Eyedol in the arm. The undead cried out in pain before letting go of Vector. The detective then landed on the ground before punching his opponent in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Shulk then ran over and did an upward slash to Eyedol.

Eyedol staggered back before glaring at the two. "I admit I have underestimated you. However, that still doesn't change the fact that you are both heavily fatigued."

"You seem like a smart guy." Vector countered. He then paused. "At the moment, at least. Point is, this is nothing."

"Indeed. While the fatigue we are feeling right now could make or break us, this is nothing compared to the likes of Bowser Jr, King Dedede, Luna Loud and Bubbles right through." Shulk agreed.

"Be that as it may, while it is not impossible, it could still feel like that in an arena of strong opponents." Eyedol reminded. "Allow me to demonstrate."

With that, he raised his club and summoned a meteor from the sky. Howeven, even with all of the mist, Vector and Shulk saw the meteor coming from a mile away and ran in opposite directions to avoid the projectile. However, that was what Eyedol was hoping for as he slammed his club on the ground with electricity surrounding it.

Vector and Shulk cried out in pain as the electricity spread and hit them. Eyedol then went to strike Shulk while he was stunned. Suddenly, the swordsman's eyes glowed blue before swerving back to avoid getting knocked away. After overcoming his vision, Shulk swung Eyedol in the torso, knocking him away.

However, in doing so, the attack inadvertently made Eyedol's eyes turn red before growling.

"I had it! Just hold still and let me pulverise you!" Eyedol roared, sounding more brutish before charging at Shulk. However, the blond boy just narrowed his eyes.

"Shield!" Shulk shouted, creating a yellow aura around himself and guarding with his sword, easily blocking the blow. Eyedol just roared in anger before he proceeded to swing his club, hoping to bash Shulk's skill in, but the swordsman continued to block the barrage.

Vector then ran behind Eyedol with a mischievous grin and wrapped his arms around his waist. Before the ogre could react, Vector got ready to do a suplex toss. Then, Shulk's eyes flashed again. When his vision ended, he looked horrified.

"Vector, NO!" Shulk cried out, holding his free hand.

However, it was too late as the green-scaled reptile tossed Eyedol over him and sent him flying further back in the mist.

CRASH!

"AIEEEEEEEEEEE!"

BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!

Vector's eyes bugged out in horror. "Oh no! What have I done!?"

With that, he ran towards the direction of the noise. Shulk was about to shout after him, but realised that he had already gone off. Shulk shook his head before running after Vector. Soon, Vector managed to run up to the first person he met.

Kasumi Todoh narrowed her eyes. "Were YOU the one who tossed that two-headed ogre to our fight?"

Vector winced. "Yes, my bad… Look, I am sorry! Let me save your opponent!"

Kasumi frowned. "Yes, about that. You… May want to take a closer look. But not too close."

Vector blinked twice before looking in the direction of where Eyedol was tossed and once he did, his eyes widened.

May was on top of Eyedol, beating him repeatedly with her anchor. The ogre was now on the ground holding his heads while shivering in fear and pain.

"Bald! Bald! Bald!" May cried out, hysterically.

"Alright, alright! I am sorry! I promise to get my revenge on Gargos WITHOUT hurting another person!" Eyedol pleaded with tears in his eyes.

Vector blinked twice as Shulk finally caught up to Vector with an exasperated look on his face.

"...What I was trying to tell you, Vector, is that Eyedol may need more saving than the person he crashed into." Shulk muttered.

"So it seems that after all of these years, May STILL hasn't gotten over her fear of bald people." Kasumi sighed, shaking her head.

"I am surprised that she didn't immediately go after Eyedol after entering the arena." Vector added, scratching the back of his head.

After a few hits, May then picked up the physically-and-mentally beaten Eyedol over his head and sent him flying away.

"Elimination: May!"

Eyedol landed in, of all nodes, Dragon Tales. For better or for worse though, he was too traumatised to do anything violent so instead Zak & Wheezy spent the entire ten minutes trying in their individual ways to deal with the sobbing ogre.

Princess Peach Toadstool and Toad frowned as they carefully looked around the arena. Suddenly, they both saw a flash in the mist. Acting quickly, Toad ran in front of Peach to protect her. However, what they weren't expecting was a blur to flip forward through the air before aiming their bow and striking Peach in the shoulder.

With Peach crying out in pain (and Toad reacting in horror), Yukari Takeba proceeded to unload more arrows in the former. Toad thought quickly and jumped up, fire to reflect any more projectiles. However, Yukari anticipated this and ran to the side, firing more arrows at Peach.

However, Peach managed to recover in time and used Perry as a shield, blocking the incoming projectiles. Despite seeing her attack fail, Yukari just changed tactics and ran forward before doing a sliding kick to Peach. The princess shrieked as she was sent flying off of her feet.

Yukari turned around and aimed her bow to shoot at Peach while she was downed. …Only to find her floating a good distance off of the ground with pink sparkles descending from her dress. Taking advantage of Yukari's stunned state, she floated over and slammed her parasol on top onto Yukari's head. The archer staggered back, holding her head.

"You seemed tougher to shoot down than I thought." Yukari noted. "I thought for sure that your retainer will be the biggest issue."

"Sweetie, while one of the first specialised archers I faced, I still faced quite a few bow-wielders." Peach reminded. "The Links and Byleth more or less showed me how to face them."

"That may be so, but I am more than just an archer!" Yukari boasted. "Let's show her, Iris!"

With that, she summoned her Persona, Iris, some kind of winged creature (No, really, what would be written couldn't be explained in words). Said Persona created a ball of green wind and sent it forward. Peach just narrowed her eyes before putting away Perry and getting out her tennis racket.

Yukari then fired an energy arrow into the wind ball which sent out several more arrows. Normally, this would take Peach off-guard, however she reacted quickly and deflected the arrows away. When she was done, Yukari looked stunned.

"Mario Tennis Aces made me more reactive with my racket swings." Peach smirked.

Yukari stepped back, not liking where this was going. Suddenly, she felt something before looking back. She then paused before glaring at Peach.

"So you truly believe you could take on anything?" Yukari challenged.

"Well, for better or for worse, Bowser's kidnapping helped me explore as many places as Mario does." Peach admitted.

"Um, right." Yukari said, blinking twice. She then shook her head. "In THAT case, you don't mind… A TAG-IN!"

With that, she turned around and ran off into the mist. Before Peach could ask what was going on, she saw Vanessa dashing towards her, ready to punch her.

Meanwhile, Dudley found himself being barraged by energy arrows, followed by a kick to the shin. He flew through the air before landing on his back. Dudley groaned before sitting up. However, he thought quickly and rolled to the side to avoid an energy arrow. Acting quickly, the boxer got out a rose and threw it forward.

But Yukari shot an arrow at it before she proceeded to run around Dudley, firing arrows at him. However, the British man was quicker than he looked as he managed to dodge around the projectile, despite his bulky frame. Dudley then ran forward towards the direction of Yukari.

"IRIS!" Yukari shouted.

Then, her Persona appeared and crashed into Dudley, not only stopping his assault, but going forward and sending the boxer flying away. Yukari then carefully aimed her bow and fired an energy arrow at Dudley. The projectile hit him dead-on and sent him flying straight out of the arena.

"Elimination: Yukari Takeba!"

Dudley landed in Black & Bruised. Seeing Royal Pain as a disgrace to British boxers, he beat him down into the ground. Elegantly, of course.

Yukari clenched her free hand in victory. "Alright, not only is that another elimination for our node, but assuming that pyromancer mage eliminated OUR mage, we even the score!"

"Elimination: Princess Peach Toadstool!"

Yukari slumped her arms when she heard this. "Please tell me that Peach did a clumsy elimination and got rid of someone else besides Vanessa."

"I am afraid not, dear." Peach's voice piped up through the mist. "While the boxer didn't make it easy, neither did I."

Yukari groaned as she slumped her arms.

Vanessa landed in Fatal Fury where he got into a match with Rick Strowd.

Dark Pit gritted his teeth as he looked around the arena for his opponent. Suddenly, an extendable arm punched him in the side. The dark angel cried out in pain before holding his side. He then aimed his bow in the direction of the attack. However, his dark energy bow hit nothing.

However, he heard running from the side. Acting quickly, Dark Pit looked in the direction of the noise and raised his bow to block the next extendable punch. When the fist was retreating back, Dark Pit ran over and did a one-two slash. Nina Cortex cried out in pain as she staggered back.

After recovering Nina did a non-extended punch to which Dark Pit blocked it. However, because the punch was made of metal, the archer found himself skidding back on his feet. Nina then ran to the side and back into the mist. Dark Pit growled before starting to open firing, trying to aim in the direction Nina ran off to.

However, all this resulted were various people crying out in pain. None of them sound like Nina.

"Dark Pit, I recognise those arrows as your own!" Simon Belmont scolded.

"You are not the only one in the arena!" Leonardo added as several others agreed.

"I was aiming for that buck-toothed cyborg!" Dark Pit countered.

"Does Mignon look like she has buck teeth or is a cyborg!?" Mignon Beart shouted, sounding offended.

"Might as well be in this stupid mist!" Dark Pit scolded.

Before anyone could shout more angry insults at Dark Pit, Nina smirked before extending her fists and grabbing his legs. She then pulled on them and sent Dark Pit crashing onto his face. As she laughed and pointed at Dark Pit's misery, the dark angel growled before glaring at the guilty party.

Dark Pit then got out a somewhat electronic arm and dashed forward. However, Nina easily saw it coming and rolled her eyes before jumping back. But she was unable to do anything when Dark Pit jumped up in the air and punched the ground, zapping the arena with electricity.

Nina cried out in pain as Dark Pit got back out his bow and spun it around, striking Cortex's niece multiple times before ending with a kick to Nina's chin, knocking her away. Dark Pit then ran after her, making sure that she didn't get away again. However, Nina recovered and swung her arm at Dark Pit's feet, knocking him off of his feet.

Despite being taken off-guard, Dark Pit surrounded his wings in a rainbow glow before starting to glide forward. Dark Pit then started to open fire on Nina while she was under, resulting in Nina crying out in pain. Then, she got out something before running off. Dark Pit then landed on the canvas and aimed his bow at Nina.

"I got you now, Buck-Tooth!" Dark Pit smirked. He then paused. "Wait, is it me or does her silhouette look SHORTER?"

BEEP.

Dark Pit's eyes widened before looking down. He then noticed that he wasn't standing on the canvas, but a crate. A crate that was flashing and beeping. Dark Pit gulped nervously.

"Mother Goddess…"

BOOM!

When the countdown of the TNT crate exploded, Dark Pit was sent flying through the air and out of the arena, too stunned to try to glide back.

"Elimination: Nina Cortex!"

The goth smirked as she dusted her hands together. "I knew that guy was a poser to think I was able to successfully land on a TNT crate and not get off before it was too late."

"Agreed. So let's kick it up a notch for you!"

Nina's eyes widened before turning to see Dot Warner emerging from the mist with a stern glare.

"My beef is with Bison, but until I can find him in all of this mist, I have to make due with his cronies." Dot said, crossing her arms.

Nina paused.

"So yeah, you are my 'special friend' for the moment. You are free to run away, but let me tell you, it is not easy to escape a Warner Brother. Or Warner Sister." Dot scoffed.

Nina blinked twice.

"So champ, might as well try and hit me with your best shot." Dot taunted. "Go on and…"

Suddenly, Nina extended her arms and grabbed Dot. Pulling the cartoon over to her, Nina… Started to hug the life out of Dot.

"Your songs weren't exaggerating! You ARE cuter in person!" Nina squealed, looking more uncharacteristically cheerful.

Dot winced as she weakly gave her response. "Good shot."

Dark Pit landed in Granblue Fantasy. Normally, he would face Belial head-on. But he kept making lewd comments and basically went "Yeah, no" and got as far away from him as possible.

Simon Belmont got out a vial of holy water and threw it at . However, the red-clad man teleported out of the water as it broke and created a pillar of fire. Bison then reappeared to the side.

"Fool! My Psycho Power is literal darkness!" Bison boasted. "Because of that, I am literally in my element!"

He then teleported literally right next to Simon, startling the vampire hunter.

"Am I here?" Bison asked before teleporting to the other side of Simon. "Or here?"

Simon blinked twice. He then sent out his face right into Bison's face. The dictator was sent flying back while skidding on his back. After groaning, he sat up looking surprised.

"What is this!?" Bison demanded. "How were you able to see me in the mist?"

"This isn't like that Skull Kid's invisibility!" Simon scolded. "I could make out your silhouette! ESPECIALLY when you are standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!"

Bison growled. "Then, I have no choice, but to make you blind!"

Simon returned the growl as he readied his whip and cracked it forward. However, Bison swerved to the side and punched Simon to the face. The blond man staggered to the side. Bison then tried another punch, this time encased with Psycho Power. But Simon thought quickly and used his whip to block the punch.

Bison merely scoffed in annoyance before putting his other hand and used Psycho Power to shove against Simon's whip. Normally, this would be more than enough to push Simon away, but because his whip was the fabled Vampire Killer, it clashed with Bison's power, resulting in a firework display of sparks, illuminating the misty area where they were.

The two then got into a power struggle, glaring into each other's eyes. However, Bison lost his balance and found himself being shoved onto his back. Simon wasn't expecting this and ended up falling down as well. Despite the unsightly fall, Bison flew up in the air and before falling like a rock on top of Simon's back.

As Simon cried out in pain, Bison sneered before he proceeded to stomp onto his back. The vampire hunter cried in pain before managing to get out another vial and threw it backwards towards Bison. This time, it hit the red-clad man, breaking and setting his coat on fire. Bison grunted in pain before getting off of Bison. Simon then turned around and threw a cross at Bison.

However, the dictator swayed to the side, avoiding the projectile. Simon's eyes bugged at this. He then realised something. Bison was moving from left and right. It seems that he has developed a new stance so it would be easy for him to dodge attacks. Narrowing his eyes, he decided to do what he does best.

Alternate being throwing his cross and axes. Bison managed to dodge a couple of projectiles but a cross found its way in the chest. Simon then threw an axe. But Bison then teleported out of harm's way and behind Simon… And put his hands around his eyes.

"Now you are truly blind!" Bison laughed.

"Get off me!" Simon roared.

With that, he slammed his head back, striking Bison in the forehead. The white-haired man floated back in pain. He then glared at the guilty party as he was turning around.

"Psycho Crusher!"

With that, Bison engulfed himself in purple energy and spiralled forward. Simon just narrowed his eyes before lashing out his whip to counter the attack.

However, Bison ended up erratically spiralling to the side and towards Simon. Bison then crashed into him, forcibly carrying him along for the ride. When the attack ended, Bison crashed on his face in an ungraceful manner while Simon was sent flying away.

"Elimination: M. Bison!"

The dictator lifted his head while laughing. "See? What did I warn you about? All fall to M. Bison!"

Mignon Beart puffed her cheeks as she sent out a fireball from her hands. However, her target, Taokaka ran on all fours and not only ducked underneath the projectile, but also dashed towards Mignon. The pink-haired girl yelped before jumping up over a claw swipe. Taokaka was about to try again.

Until a pair of hands appeared from the canvas to grab Taokaka's hind legs, making her fall onto her face. Mignon sighed in relief before leaping onto Taokaka's back and started to stomp on her back. Taokaka cried out in pain before falling to the side and sending Mignon onto her rear. Taokaka then growled before pouncing at Mignon.

"Come on, water spirits!" Mignon shouted, sending a light blue barrier around her, striking Taokaka. The cat-girl was sent flying in the air, but quickly recovered and landed on all fours. She was about to launch herself at Mignon again. Then, she saw Vivian appear from the shadows.

Vivian did a flaming punch forward, but Taokaka acted quickly and blocked it with her claws. The bounty hunter then kicked Vivian in the face and sent her onto her back. Mignon gasped before growling and running forward to do a series of punches to Taokaka's face. However, after the fifth punch. Taokaka kicked Mignon in the face to send her away.

"Pink-swirls are strong!" Taokaka growled. "But Tao is stronger!"

"Oh yeah! Well, Mignon and Vivian have magic!" Mignon retorted while recovering. "Do YOU have magic!?"

Taokaka narrowed her eyes. "Yes."

Mignon (and Vivian) jumped at this. "Wait, what?"

"Yeah, Booby Lady and Tail Person told me that I could use magic!" Taokaka explained.

Vivian paused. "Then, how come we didn't see any of that magic until now!?"

Taokaka merely shrugged. "Tao don't know."

Mignon's face turned red with anger. "Hey, no fair! How dare you keep magic from Mignon!? Mignon is going to make you use magic!"

With that, she spun around and sent a mini-tornado. Taokaka yelped as she was sent spinning around said tornado before flying back.

"Vivian, now!" Mignon shouted. Despite being stunned by the exchange her friend and Taokaka had, Vivian wagged her finger to use her Fiery Jinx. However, literally milliseconds before an explosion could appear where Taokaka was, the cat-girl leapt forward and narrowly avoided it.

Mignon then sent out a fireball at Taokaka, but the latter easily slashed through the projectile and pounced forward. Vivian quickly grabbed Mignon and pulled her into the canvas to avoid Taokaka's pounce.

Taokaka landed gracefully before looking around confused. "Huh? Where Pink-Swirls go?"

By this time, Vivian pulled Mignon back onto the surface.

"She is too fast." Vivian frowned. "I can't reliably get a clean Fiery Jinx on her!"

Mignon narrowed her eyes. "Well, in THAT case, there is only one thing to do!"

"And that is?" Vivian asked.

Mignon dramatically pointed to the sky. "A Limit Break!"

Vivian blinked twice from underneath her hat. "W-What?"

"You know? Like at the Tournament of Kikai!" Mignon reminded.

"I-I know, but I haven't seen a single pair since we got here!" Vivian offered.

"That's great! That means we will be the first!" Mignon insisted. "Now come on! Stand behind Mignon and concentrate on your magic!"

"Um, okay." Vivian said.

With that, Mignon and Vivian stood back-to-back to each other and started to concentrate. By this time, Taokaka had finally found them (Yes, it took her that long to turn around). She then looked in awe as a red rune surrounded the two.

"O Flames of the Avian Paragon…" Mignon chanted.

"Ignite thy flames not from hatred, but from passion." Vivian chanted.

The two then raised their hands in the air.

"PHOENIX RISING!"

Then, a giant phoenix made of flames appeared above Mignon and Vivian and lit the dark mist. Taokaka's eyes sparkled at the bird. Then, the phoenix roared before flying towards Taokaka. Said cat-girl yelped. The phoenix crashed into the ground, resulting in an explosion of fire. Mignon and Vivian looked ecstatic at this.

Only to see when the attack ended, Taokaka was unharmed. In fact, it looked like she had a warm red aura surrounding her, healing her wounds. As Taokaka looked in awe, Mignon and Vivian blinked twice.

"Um, you are supposed to go flying out of the ring." Mignon said, getting Taokaka's attention.

"Well, Pink-Swirls probably misread instructions." Taokaka said. "Because Tao felt like she was hit with Antenna Girl's magic."

Mignon slumped her arms with a slack jaw with Vivian slapping her forehead. In fact, Mignon was so stunned that she didn't do anything when Taokaka ran over to her and wound up a punch before releasing it into Mignon's face. Vivian shrieked as her ally was sent flying and over the ropes.

"Elimination: Taokaka!"

Mignon landed in Tokyo Mew Mew where she made quick friends with Ichigo.

(Announcer's Booth)

Drake blinked twice after Ashley finished the announcement of Taokaka's elimination. The latter then noticed his friend's stunned face.

"...Well, what do you expect when two people that rarely fought together perform a Limit Break?" Ashley asked, matter-of-factly.

(Videoland; Palace of Power)

Simon Belmont crossed his arms with a stern look on his face. He was glaring at one particular person.

Simon Belmont. Or rather Simon Belmont with tan skin , blonde hair and dressed like a mountain explorer. Said Simon was sweating nervously before gulping. The original Simon continued to glare at him before sighing.

"...Alright, I could have easily beaten you up, but I decided to look the other way and properly teach you to carry my name." Original!Simon said before he started to write on a chalkboard with a piece of chalk.

Captain N!Simon looked nervously as he sat at a student's desk.

"Now, I am going here for ten minutes so I have to make this quick." Original!Simon said. "First off, your outfit."

Captain N!Simon blinked twice before looking at his outfit. "What is wrong with the way I am dressed? It is fashionable AND functional."

"...I am going to be generous and ignore the fashionable part. Because we WILL get into that aspect of you." Original!Simon muttered. "But while your attire isn't exactly bad for a vampire hunter, it goes against what my name stands for."

"Oh, so should I change my outfit?" Captain N!Simon asked.

"I mean, it is going to take a lot more than that, but yes." Original!Simon nodded.

"Well, I suppose that kinda works out." Captain N!Simon admitted. "I kinda wanted to wear one of your outfits from the official games."

Original!Simon actually smiled up at this. "Oh, really? Which one?"

"The one where you entered that fighting game with the art style of Death Note!" Captain N!Simon grinned.

Original!Simon paused, though he continued to keep on smiling. However, his eyebrow started to twitch with his face turning an unseemly shade of red.

The others winced as Original!Simon proceeded to verbally tear Captain N!Simon a new one.

"Shouldn't we do something?" Lana frowned.

"It is not that I DON'T want to." Kevin noted. "But honestly, I am a little scared too."

(Hotel; Pool)

"So you never saw anyone enter the pool area?" Kula asked, surprised.

The lifeguard, a bulky red lobster wearing nothing but swim trunks, shook his head.

"Fraid not, dudettes." Larry the Lobster confirmed. "I was here the entire time. Only one person came in and he never came out."

With that, he, Kula, Rimururu and Isla looked towards the pool. They then saw Nagare Namikawa doing backstrokes in it.

"I mean I COULD stop him and ask for a second witness, but…" Larry shrugged.

"Yeah, no, I don't think he is currently in the same world to be one." Isla muttered.

Kula blinked twice. "What's going on? We followed Ralf's instructions perfectly."

"I almost said maybe we came early but why wait until the seventh section?" Isla asked. "Is it because the lifeguard and Mr. Speedo are here?"

"Bison should have a decently-sized group with him. He should have just sent at least three people to enter the pool." Rimururu reminded.

"Then, what the hell is going on?" Isla asked.

Kula shook her head and got out her phone. She then started to type into her phone. After a few minutes, someone answered the phone.

"Yes, Kula?"

"Um, Seirah, I think we did something wrong." The strawberry blonde frowned. "We went to the pool just like you and Ralf told us, but…"

"But someone was there the entire time and they saw that no villains went in." The whip-wielder sighed.

Kula gasped. "W-What!? How did you…"

"The same thing happened with OUR team?" Whip muttered.

"Wowie…" Kula frowned before pausing. "But wait, you are going to the roof right? Why would someone be there the entire time?"

Whip chuckled nervously. "Um, it is a long story. Actually, that is a lie. I just don't want to talk about it."

"Um, okay." Kula said, blinking twice. "But if that is the case, did we come too early?"

"I am not sure." Whip frowned. "But it is still too early to jump to conclusions. You call your uncle while I will call the team heading towards the boiler room."

"Okay-doke! See you later!" Kula nodded.

With that, she hangs up her phone leaving Isla, Rimururu and Larry blinking twice as the former starts to call.

"Um, what is going on?" Rimururu asked.

"I don't know. I don't even know if it is US who did something wrong or Bison's team." Kula muttered. Finally, someone answered. "Oh, hey, Uncle!"

"Hey, Princess, is something wrong?" Maxima's voice asked.

"Um, I don't know. My team and Seirah's team went to the locations that we are supposed to do and the bad guys weren't there." Kula frowned.

"Oh, so they went ahead of time." Maxima mused.

"No, they were at least someone standing there the entire time and apparently, they never went there." Kula explained.

"What? Oh dear, in that case…" Maxima started. "OW!"

Kula jumped. "Are you alright?"

"Y-Yeah, just a rude man." Maxima reassured. "Listen, we may not get some answers for Bison's plot, but I think we may get some answers for where Krizalid is, so can we call back later?"

"Um, sure." Kula said. "See you later?"

With that, she hung up.

"Um, I think they are in a fight." Kula said.

"Oh, sure, let the meathead have all of the fun!" Isla muttered, rolling her eyes.

(Dome; Hallway Near Recover Room)

Maxima glared at his attacker. "You have a lot of nerve interrupting a phone call."

"And you have a lot of nerve trying to talk to your ally as if I was not there." Mukai scolded, narrowing his eyes.

"Forgive me for not wanting to give you the time of day normally." Maxima muttered.

Mukai rolled his eyes before creating a rock with his hands and threw it forward. Maxima quickly swatted it away. The Canadian then activated his thrusters to do a charging tackle. However, Mukai raised his arms to block the incoming attack. While the guard was a success, Mukai was sent dragged into a wall.

Normally, this would stun even someone as big as Mukai, the geomancer has turned himself in stone to prevent damage. Mukai then returned back to organic and tried to grab Maxima's shoulder. However, the cyborg was anticipating this and ducked underneath before doing an uppercut to Mukai's stomach, knocking the wind out of him.

Maxima then went to continue the assault by punching Mukai in the wall, but the grey-skinned man managed to swerve his head to avoid it getting punched in the wall. Mukai then kicked Maxima in the stomach, sending the Canadian flying away. The latter sprawled on the ground.

Mukai then slammed his heel on the ground. This made a stone pillar appear over Maxima and fell onto his back. The cyborg cried out in pain as Mukai slammed his heel on the ground and summoned another pillar. However, Maxima rolled out of the way and got up.

"Still as slow as ever I see." Maxima smirked.

"Well, THAT'S not hypocritical." Mukai frowned.

"Maybe it is, at least I got something to move around." Maxima noted. "And aren't SNK bosses supposed to have NO weaknesses?"

"You are free to continue your boasting." Mukai scoffed. "Just remember it may make your defeat even more painful."

Tiny Tiger grunted in pain as he staggered back. After recovering, he growled before pouncing at the guilty party. However, Ralf Jones smirked before ducking underneath a horizontal claw swiper from him and started to do a series of lightning-fast literal-explosive punches to the Tasmanian Tiger's stomach.

After Tiny clenched his uppercut, Ralf did an uppercut to the former's chin and sent him flipping backwards until he landed on his stomach, Tiny groaned before getting up on all fours and running towards Ralf. The Ikari Warriors just groaned his eyes before dodging to the side.

However, Ralf wasn't expecting to turn around so fast and rammed head-first into his stomach. As the bandana-clad man's eyes widened in pain, Tiny continued to charge ahead until he stopped and let Ralf go flying into a wall. The latter groaned before looking up. His eyes then bugged out before moving to the side to avoid getting punched into the wall.

Realising that could have killed Ralf wrapped his arms around Tiny's waist and suplexed him into the ground. The marsupial tried to break free, but due to how pitiful his legs were, he struggled to do so. Ralf finally let him go before kicking him away.

Ralf punched his palm as Tiny got up. "I am STILL in awe that Clark got eliminated by you in the first Battle of the Luminaries."

"Mean Shade Man thought that Tiny was weak!" Tiny retorted. "Tiny proved wrong!"

"Well, considering how easy both of your bosses are, that isn't a surprise." Ralf smirked.

Tiny growled before pouncing. "Bandana Man is just as mean as Shade Man!"

"Vapour Cannon!" Maxima shouted, punching forward while emitting steam from his arm. However, Mukai just turned into stone to block the attack. However, Maxima grabbed Mukai while he was still a statue and pile-drived him into the ground. While this did no damage to Mukai, he did end up breaking out of stone and sprawling on the ground.

Maxima then jumped up and did a body slam, striking him with four-hundred-and-eighty pounds. After Mukai's cheeks puffed out with painful air, Maxima smirked at his success. However, it quickly faltered when he felt himself being picked into the air. Mukai gave a dark sneer.

"I believe it is high time that you will have some rock-hard defence!" Mukai boasted.

With that, the veins around Mukai's hands started to glow white and in an instant, it was Maxima's turn to be petrified. Mukai then placed him on the ground and proceeded to do a series of literally rock-hard punches to Maxima's face and stomach. When the attack ended, Maxima collapsed on one knee. Mukai then raised his leg to slam down on Maxima.

Only for Maxima to snap out of his daze and get up to grab Mukai so he could activate his thrusters to try to slam the geomancer into the wall again. However, Mukai thought quickly and used his petrifying touch on Maxima. The move was a success, but due to the sudden momentum, Mukai was still sent flying into the wall. Despite the ungraceful fall, Mukai got up as Maxima broke out of his frozen state.

"Heh, it is nice to know that one of the members of the team to take me down hasn't lost his touch." Mukai smirked.

"Thanks. Can't say the feeling is mutual because I definitely remembered you giving me, K' and Whip more trouble." Maxima said, punching his palm.

Mukai's smirk vanished as he vanished. "I… Admit that I am more than a little rusty…"

"No, no, that is alright." Maxima said with false reassurance. He then smirked. "It IS hard to fully recover from going down to a bitch to a palette swap of Ash Crimson."

Then, Mukai's white irises shrank at this, remembering what happened in XIII. Sure, it was technically retconned thanks to Ash Crimson's Cosmic Retcon, but for him, it still happened. How he was betrayed by the very person he swore his loyalty to. How he was stabbed through the stomach and drained all of his energy. It was a quick progress, but it isn't painless. And what was his crime? Daring to offer to fight in Saiki's place.

Mukai gritted his sharp teeth before slamming his heel on the ground. Maxima just smirked before moving to the side.

So imagine his shock and horror when Mukai summoned a stone pillar underneath HIMSELF and used it as a boost pad to lunge himself at Maxima while screaming like a madman.

Tiny pounced at Ralf, but the Ikari Warrior thought quickly and punched the ground, resulting in an explosion. Tiny was sent flying back into a wall before skidding off. After the marsupial groaned before getting up. His eyes bugged out when he saw Ralf doing a drop-kick forward.

Tiny yelped before jumping up to the side. He then growled before getting out his claws and swinging upwards at Ralf. However, the bandana-clad man easily rolled backwards to avoid the blow. Ralf then countered by punching his fist into Tiny's chest and sending him sprawling back on his feet.

"You know, I may be a brawler, but even now I know that you can't do more than going in fists a-swinging!" Ralf boasted.

"Tiny no like Bandana Man's words!" Tiny scoffed, narrowing his eyes. "But Tiny admits Bandana Man was right."

With that, he reached into behind his back and pulled out something. A trident. Tiny then ran forward at Ralf and swung it at him. Despite the Ikari Warrior being initially startled by this, Ralf thought quickly and jumped back to avoid the blow. However, Tiny then continued the assault.

Ralf continued to jump back and avoided the assault. Though due to the trident having more range, Ralf was having a tougher time trying to break through. On the other hand, Tiny knew that he wasn't getting anywhere so he slammed his trident on the ground. Ralf thought quickly and jumped back to dodge the attack and got ready to do a counter attack.

But he wasn't prepared for the fissure that followed which went over to him and made him crash on the ground. Tiny smirked before putting away his trident and picking up Ralf by his collar.

"Bandana Man go night-night now." Tiny said, pulling his fist back.

POW!

Ralf was sent flying back until he crashed into the wall so that his bandana fell from his head. After leaving an unsightly mark in it, he skidded off of it, unconscious.

Tiny waved the hand he used to punch Ralf. "Ikari Warrior never learn."

CRASH!

Tiny jumped before looking to the side and once he did, his pupils shrank.

Mukai was beating down an unconscious Maxima with a stone pillar, multiple times with a furious look on his face.

"What is wrong? Are you unable to say the sacred word of 'Uncle'?" Mukai roared, during slams.

Even this unnerved Tiny looked around awkwardly, trying to figure out what to do to try to calm Mukai down. Fortunately, he didn't have to wait too late as a blast of fire came out of nowhere and into Mukai's back, startling Tiny. However, this only annoyed Mukai further as he glared at the guilty party.

Krizalid returned the glare with Komodo Joe behind him, crossing his arms.

"And WHAT, may I ask, was THAT for?" Mukai demanded.

"You idiot! Are you trying to alert the entire dome?" Krizalid scolded.

By this time, Mukai realised what he had done as he looked shocked. He then dropped the stone pillar he was carrying with a look of shame on his face.

"F-Forgive me…" Mukai apologised.

Krizalid merely sighed. "It's fine… I have my meltdowns too. If I could literally slam a stone pillar against someone, I would do so."

Tiny paused. "Wait, what Weird Fashion Man doing here? Tiny could see Joe because he was eliminated, but you?"

"We noticed that you guys didn't return so they sent me to investigate what was going on." Krizalid explained. "I passed Joe by chance."

"Indeed. I have no idea how I, let alone anyone elssssse, could misssss your fight." Joe muttered.

"Sorry…" Tiny frowned. He then brightened up. "But hey, at least Tiny and Golem Man beat Bandana Man and Cyborg!"

Krizalid paused as he looked down at the two.

"We don't know about how Basara and Reptile are doing as they are trying to escape that ninja from the Blazblue node." Mukai added.

Joe blinked twice. "Reptile? The sssssame one from Mortal Kombat?"

"Indeed, we managed to convince him to join in return for protection." Mukai offered with a smile.

Joe raised a suspicious eyebrow. "Protection from who?"

Mukai and Tiny's smiles vanished at this.

"Um, Scary flaming skeleton from Mortal Kombat?" Tiny asked, sheepishly.

Reptile's eyes bugged out at this. "SSSSScorpion!? You more or less put SSSSSCORPION on our potential enemy lisssssst!?"

"Acid-Breath Man wouldn't come either way." Tiny said, poking his fingers together.

"Enough!" Krizalid snapped, getting everyone's attention. "I know there is a lot to talk about and even more considering what Otane was talking about, we may have more to talk about. Regardless, we should take these two back before anyone finds us."

"Indeed." Mukai nodded before looking at Tiny. "Shall we carry our respective targets?"

The Tasmanian Tiger nodded his head happily as the two went over to their respective unconscious opponents. Joe raised an eyebrow.

"You sssssure you want to do this?" Joe asked.

Krizalid looked at Joe with the same expression. "What do you mean, am I sure?"

"Make no missssstake. Taking thessssse two prisssssoner issssss sssssmart by itssssself." The Komodo Dragon said. "But in doing ssssso, you are giving Whip even MORE reassssson to go after usssss?"

Krizalid paused, knowing how close Whip was to Ralf and Maxima.

"Well, you know what they say. There is strength in numbers." Krizalid recalled. "So naturally, there is weakness in a lack of them."

Joe paused. "I am not ssssstopping anyone from going through with thisssss, but I would like to remind you that I fought her. This never reachesssss anyone elssssse'ssssss earsssss, but I can tell when sssssomeone isssss desssssperate to protect a loved one."

With that, he walked off after Tiny and Mukai who carried Ralf and Maxima over their shoulders respectively. Krizalid stood stunned by Joe's words. He then paused before walking after them, deep in thought.

(The Arena)

Princess Peach Toadstool frowned as she looked around the arena, once again. However, things were even more difficult.

"Princess, arrow at six o'clock!" Perry shouted.

The pink-clad woman narrowed her eyes. "Toad!"

With that, the vertically-challenged mushroom man appeared, just in time to deflect the energy arrow back at Yukari Takeba. The archer did not expect this and took the projectile to the chest, knocking her down. Peach then thought quickly and ran over before Yukari could get back.

Only for Kokaku Hearts to run in front of her with a stern face.

"Heartbreaker!" Kohaku shouted, kicking her foot out and catching Peach in the stomach. The blonde's eyes widened in pain as she was sent sprawling across the ground. Kohaku then started to cast a spell.

"Crosswind!" Kohaku shouted. This summoned four blades of wind around Peach. They then soared at her.

However, she then vanished into the ground, making the wind arte miss. Despite this, Kohaku and Yukari didn't look surprised. In fact, they just narrowed their eyes before Kohaku made flames appear on one end of her baton and raised it to partly light up. After a few seconds, Yukari saw something come out of the shadows.

Acting quickly, she shot an energy arrow at the uprising Peach. However, Perry was able to act quickly and eat the arrow before it could hit Peach. The princess and Vivian sighed in relief.

"Hey, why are YOU getting involved?" Vivian scolded, looking at Kohaku.

"Admittedly, I came here by accident after that psychic boy used his powers to make me fly away." The dark-haired woman shrugged. "I couldn't find him again when I saw you two ganging up on this archer."

"She has an ally!" Peach countered.

"Oh yeah?" Kohaku asked, narrowing her eyes. "Then, why haven't I heard said ally yet."

Yukari shifted her eyes to the side, knowing exactly the reason.

Meanwhile, Taokaka was wandering around the arena.

"Hm. What was Tao doing earlier?" She mused. "Maybe Tao would remember if Tao didn't have to deal with all of this mist. Someone should have closed the window."

Back to the fight, the four realised that there was no point in continuing the conversation so they went back to the battle. Yukari then sent out arrows at Vivian, seeing her as the bigger threat. As Vivian slinked into the shadows, Kohaku went over to Peach.

"Burning Wheel!" Kohaku shouted, igniting her baton on fire and spinning around forward. However, Peach thought quickly and replaced Perry with her frying pan to block the incoming blow. She then swung her pan at Kohaku, but the kick chick easily swerved around the attack and moved behind Peach to kick the blonde in the back.

"Blossom Bomb!" Kohaku shouted, doing a series of strikes to Peach's back, stunning her forward. She then fell onto her stomach, dazed.

"Alright, trying this again. Rising Phoenix!" Kohaku shouted, jumping up in the air and doing a fiery kick downwards. Acting quickly, Peach raised her frying pan to block the blow. However, Kohaku just backflipped from her failed arte and landed on her feet. After Peach got up, Kohaku went back to the offensive.

Kohaku did a series of baton swings and kicks, trying to break through Peach's defence. The blonde was doing a decent job blocking the barrage, but one stray kick to the stomach sent her skidding back. Kohaku then jumped up.

"Scarlet Halo!" Kohaku shouted, swinging her baton downwards and ending a ring of fire downwards. Peach then ran off to the side while throwing something away. Kohaku got ready to chase after her.

Only to feel something against her feet. Looking down, she saw a rubber ducky next to her foot.

"Oh dear. In all of the madness, someone lost their rubber ducky." Kohaku frowned. She then noticed something. "Um, why is the rubber ducky BEEPING?"

BOOM!

The rubber duck then exploded and sent Kohaku flying towards Peach. The princess smirked before crouching down and doing a jumping uppercut with Perry, striking Kohaku multiple times and sending Kohaku flying back.

"Elimination: Princess Peach Toadstool!"

Peach giggled. "Snake was right. Hitting people with grenades never gets old!"

Kohaku landed in Final Fight 3 where she spent the next ten minutes helping Lucia take down the thugs of the Skull Cross Gang.

Dot Warner panted heavily after stopping from running for a bit and putting her hands on her knees. She then looked up. …Only to see a pair of hands extending towards her. She shrieked before ducking underneath them to avoid getting grabbed. Nina retreated her arms before grumpily snapping her fingers.

Despite this, Nina extended her right arm, trying to grab Dot. However, the Warner Sister saw the grab coming and jumped up to land on her hand on the arm (while putting on a gymnast leotard). Nina smirked before retreating her back. However, Dot, still in her leotard, did a series of flips before performing a three-point landing.

Then, a crowd (different from the main one) started to cheer, bouquets of roses started to be thrown at her feet as Dot bowed. However, she stopped when she saw Nina rushing towards her. But Dot's legs ran so fast that it became a wheel before running off. Nina just scoffed before trying something different.

Nina sent out one of her arms at the ceiling. She then grabbed onto one of the lights before swinging off of it. She did the same with the other arm and pretty soon, she was using the ceiling like Tarzan. Dot shrieked as she started to run (dressed just like Jane from Disney's Tarzan).

"Aw, come on! The section is almost over, anyway!" Nina pleaded. "Just let me hug you until the mist cleared!"

"Are you kidding!?" Dot said in disbelief. "That edgelord angel is right! You ARE basically a gothic Elmyra Duff!"

"Okay, first off, I am miles more smarter than that airhead!" Nina scolded. "Secondly, you are a cartoon! Which means I squeeze you all I want without fear of killing you! Just give me this!"

"Oh, what a riveting argument." Dot muttered.

Nina growled before sending her arm during a swing. Dot yelped before using her parasol as she was still in her Jane outfit and floated up in the air like Mary Poppins, missing the grab. Nina then landed on the ground, seeing that she didn't have a free hand. She growled before looking up.

Only for a bunch of sugar to fall onto her. Nina poked her head out of the sugar pile to see Dot holding a comically-large spoon with one hand while still riding on her parasol and humming A Spoonful of Sugar. Nina gritted her teeth before extending her arm around. Dot just floated to the side. However, Nina wasn't aiming for her this time and instead grabbed the parasol.

Dot shrieked as she crashed onto the ground. Nina then thought quickly and extended to grab Dot. However, the cartoon thought quickly and burrowed underground. Nina just narrowed her eyes.

"Give it up! Even if you managed to escape me, you won't escape Bugs Bunny's lawsuit!" Nina boasted. She then started to put her ear to the ground and started to listen out for any movements. Then, Dot popped out from the ground behind Nina and kicked her in the rear. Nina crashed onto her face hard. Dot smirked.

However, Nina quickly turned around and finally managed to grab onto Dot. The Warner Sister yelped as she was pulled into a big hug, squeezing the life out of her. Dot winced as she struggled to break free as Nina happily sighed.

Only for Dot to fly out of Nina's grasp like a balloon. The goth jumped before running after her, but Dot continue to fly around the arena until she went out of sight.

"Elimination: Nina Cortex!"

Cortex's niece slumped her arms. "Ugh, this ALWAYS happens. Ah well. At least I got two eliminations."

"Bold of you to forget about the bold."

Nina's eyes widened before looking behind her to see Dot standing behind her holding a match. She also noticed that a giant red firework was attached to her back. With a smirk, Dot lit the fuse. Nina blinked before slumping her arms.

"Aww… Sky Balls…"

By this time, the rock finally took off. This time, it was Nina that was flying around the arena, screaming at the top of her lungs. Dot then started to put on a wig and started to sing into a microphone.

"Cause baby you're a FIREWORK!" Dot sighed.

By this time, the firework finally exploded, resulting in a large colourful explosion making the crowd and even some fighters "ooh".

"Ahem… Elimination: Dot Warner!"

Nina landed in Ristar where she gushed over the titular character and tried to hug HIM. Ristar sensed something was up and tried to escape Nina using the level, but seeing that Nina's arms worked similarly to Ristar's own, she was able to navigate around the level just as well as she did.

Elliana growled before making an iron ball out of the arm from a mech forward. However, they clashed with a pair of butterfly swords. Normally, this wouldn't be enough to stop it, but Iroha managed to parry it, much to Elliana's shock.

"Pinwheel!" Iroha shouted, spinning around with her swords out and struck Elliana's mech multiple times. Said mech staggered back and as Elliana tried to make it regain balance. Iroha then ran up and slashed at the mech a couple of times. Elliana growled before activating a hatch in the middle, sending out a boot.

However, Iroha jumped before to avoid the attack. But Elliana just sneered before pushing another button and releasing a cloud of steam. Normally, Iroha could easily move out of the way, but due to the mist, she couldn't tell which was which and didn't realise until it was too late.

Iroha cried out in pain, giving Elliana the chance to activate her rotors again and attack the maid multiple times before ending with a boxing glove popping out of his hatch and into Iroha's face, sending her sprawling onto the ground. Elliana then made her mech go forward to run over Iroha. However, the maid snapped out of her daze and rolled out of the way.

"Your mech may have a lot of gadgets." Iroha noted. "But if you just continue to charge in like a raging bull, it wouldn't matter."

Elliana stopped to glare at her opponent. "Shut up! You have no idea what I went through back to that prejudiced Air Armada!"

"Well, isn't that the way YOU are doing?" Iroha asked. "Considering you are going after being a you-know-what?"

"I said shut up!" Elliana roared before charging forward. "You think you are so all that just because you could fly!"

Iroha paused before easily jumping out of the way again. "By THAT logic, shouldn't you go after ANY and ALL fighters that could fly?"

Meanwhile, not too far from the fight between Elliana and Iroha, May swung her enormous anchor horizontally. However, Kasumi Todoh got into a defensive stance to manage to catch said weapon and send May onto her back. Kasumi then crouched down and punched May in the chest. The pirate girl grunted in pain.

"Mr. Dolphin!" May shouted. Then, a large puddle appeared underneath her and then a dolphin managed to come out of said puddle and underneath May, diving into Kasumi's stomach. The blue-haired woman didn't expect this and took the attack to the torso, making her stagger back.

May then got up to her feet and ran forward to swing her anchor, but Kasumi managed to recover and jumped back to avoid the blow. Kasumi then went for a counter attack, but May raised her anchor to block a palm strike. Kasumi then continued the assault with a series of strikes and kicks but May managed to block all of them.

However, a palm strike managed to hit May in the face. The orange-clad girl staggered back before recovering to swing her anchor upwards just as Kasumi swung her arms downwards, sending a few energy streaks. The two attacks slashed with each other.

"You seemed to have gotten stronger since I last saw you." Kasumi noted.

"But of course. Not only have we seen a lot of work since the UVR tournament craze died down for a while, but even now, we are STILL getting work!" May smirked.

"So I heard. King of Fighters XV is still ongoing so there is a strong chance that we will show up for me and many more of us to show up." Kasumi offered.

"It looks like this is the right time for fighting games so let's show what we got!" May grinned.

Kasumi happily nodded before the two continued their fight. May then summoned Mr. Dolphin and rode him towards Kasumi, but Kasumi quickly held out her hands and caught Mr. Dolphin before it could hit her. She then threw him away (and sent him into another puddle). May then crashed onto the ground as Kasumi pulled her arms back.

"Cho…"

May's eyes bugged out, snapping out of her daze before whistling with her fingers.

"...KASATE ATE!"

With that, Kasumi swung her arms downwards and sent out a stronger version of her energy streak attack, going into the mist. Kasumi could hear someone crying out in pain and getting hit by her attack

"DOUBLE Elimination: Kasumi Todoh!"

The young woman's eyes widened at this. "Oh no! Did I eliminate someone by mistake!?"

"Um, TWO someones."

Kasumi looked to the side to see May walking over, looking sheepish.

"I resummoned Mr. Dolphin to rescue me at the last minute." May admitted.

Kasumi blinked twice before slapping her forehead. "Oh no."

"If it is any consolation, there is no way in hell you could be the only one to get a clumsy elimination in THIS mist." May offered.

In case you haven't figured it out, Kasumi's inadvertent victims were Elliana and Iroha. Both of them landed in the Rito Village of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Due to Elliana's dislike of birds, she tried to take them down. She failed. Meanwhile, the Rito couldn't find Iroha, but they DID find a foreign bird flying around.

Vector the Crocodile and Shulk narrowed their eyes as they circled around each other while making sure that the other didn't use the mist to their advantage. Vector then jumped up in the air to slam his fists on the ground, making a loud tremor that knocked nearly all of the fighters off of their feet.

Everyone except Shulk who saw the attack coming and jumped up to not only dodging Vector's tremor, but also giving him the chance to extend his Monado and swung it into Vector's face, knocking him away. The crocodile staggered back before recovering only to receive a strike to the face.

Shulk went for another swing, only for Vector to grab the former's sword. Vector then slammed Shulk on the other side. The blond boy groaned as he lay dazed. His eyes then bugged out when he saw Vector preparing to do an elbow drop. Shulk thought quickly and rolled to the side to allow the elbow drop.

"Back Slash!" Shulk shouted doing a downward slash forward. However, the moment Vector heard "Back", he rolled to the side to avoid the attack. He then spun around and swung his tail into Shulk's chest. The seer was sent sprawling across the side. He groaned before using his Monado to prop himself up.

"It seems that we know each other's moves." Shulk mused.

"Not surprising." Vector muttered, rolling his eyes. "We more or less learned each other's moves from trying to stop people from interrupting our fight. Seriously, about five people interrupted our fight so far?"

"Six. Depending on how you view that purple-haired girl from the Tales node." Shulk said, chuckling nervously. "But yeah, at least this made our fight more climatic."

Vector smirked at this. "True dat, true dat! Let's see if we truly joined each other in what we have done!"

"Oh, I intend to! SMASH!" Shulk smirked. With that, he engulfed his hands in red energy. He then swung his sword without extending it at Vector. The crocodile raised his hands to catch the sword. At first, it looked like the catch was a success. But then he found himself skidding back on his feet.

When Vector stopped skidding, he found himself struggling to keep his balance. He then saw Shulk running around. Vector's eyes bugged out before rolling to the side. Shulk thought quickly and spun around in place, but Vector already ran out of harm's way. The detective then ran over and punched forward.

However, Shulk saw it coming and swung his sword upwards to clash with the punch. The impact sent both fighters staggering back. Shulk then recovered first and swung his Monado horizontally. But Vector not only jumped over the attack, but dropkicked Shulk in the face and sent him flying away.

Shulk was sent crashing on his back hard. Despite being in pain, he was able to sit up to see Vector revving up a Spin Dash. Shulk's eyes bugged out before acting quickly and extending his sword before planting into the ground in a diagonal fashion. Vector then rolled off of the Monado like a ramp and was sent flying away. Shulk smirked as he pulled his Monado out of the ground.

However, said smirk vanished after some time passed. "Um, shouldn't the hosts be piping in by now? Sure, it is hard to tell, but he should have been sent flying out of the ring."

Suddenly, he saw something approaching him. Shulk got into his stance to see… A purple giant bubble heading towards him. Shulk blinked twice.

Then, Vector ran up from the side and gave Shulk's side a hard punch, sending him flying away. Vector put his hand to his non-existent ear with a grin.

"Elimination: Vector the Crocodile!"

"Ha! It looks like you didn't see what I could do yet, Shulk!" Vector boasted. He then paused. "Then again, for all of the crazy situations we got into, I never needed to 'glide' back to safety yet."

Shulk landed in Raven's Home where he compared how visions work with the titular character. He was stunned to find out that while his visions were both life-threatening, Raven's own somehow managed to be more chaotic.

Obelix gritted his teeth in frustration before looking around.

"Shining Cutter!"

Then, a wave clashed with his back. Obelix roared in anger before rushing over at the guilty part and punching his fist. However, Leonardo not only ran around the easily-telegraphed attack, but also slashed Obelix in the side while he was passing by. However, this only made Obelix angrier.

Obelix ran after Leonardo, but not only was the ninja turtle able to outspeed him, but he easily ran into the mist and disappeared. Obelix angrily stomped on the ground after losing Leonardo… Again. He then started to look around the arena while trying to find Leonardo again.

"Endless Screw!" Leonardo shouted, running behind Obelix again and spinning around, striking him multiple times. Obelix grunted in a bit of pain before kicking his foot behind him. However, Leonardo easily backflipped and ran into the shadows. Obelix gritted his teeth.

"Aw, come on!" Obelix whined. "It is no fun for anyone if you just keep running away!"

"Any punch by you would send me flying out of the ring." Leonardo retorted. "I don't know about you, but that is definitely not fun for ME."

"What is the big deal!? You are a ninja, aren't you?" Obelix scolded. "Shouldn't you go into shuriken-a-blazing and destroy everything in your track?"

Leonardo frowned. "Don't get me wrong, I think Ryu Hayubusa and Joe Musashi are cool and all, but it seems they left a misleading impact on ninjas."

Seeing that this conversation will go nowhere (that and it would be too much to learn), Obelix charged straight at Leonardo. But the twin swordsman backflipped out of the way before doing a divekick into Obelix's face. The Gaul staggered back, but recovered before going to grab Obelix again.

However, Leonardo swung his ninjato at Obelix's hand just as the latter was about to grab him. Not only did it parried the attempted grab, but sent him flipping over Obelix and landing behind him.

"Okay, Leo, you could do it." Leonardo reassured himself. "Just keep hitting him and recharging your energy."

While it looks like the fight was a one-sided one in Leonardo's favour, that was not accurate. Sure, Obelix was unable to land a single hit on his opponent, but Leonardo was able to do so and then some, the issue was that none of Leonardo's attacks were strong enough to knock Obelix out of the ring. Not helping was that he didn't know where the ropes were.

Leonardo decided to wait until his special energy charges up. After all, it was not like Obelix was smart enough to change up his battle plans any time soon. He then heard Obelix stomping towards Leonardo. The turtle rolled his eyes before jumping up and leaping over Obelix's charge while swinging his ninjato behind him and striking Obelix in the back of his head. Obelix was about to turn around until he turned around.

"Ah, my helmet!" Obelix gasped.

The Gaul then crouched down to pick up his helmet.

BOING.

Obelix then used his elbow to dust off his helmet before putting it back on his head. He then gritted his teeth.

"Alright, that's it! I am REALLY going to give you a reason to run away from me!" Obelix roared.

"Elimination: Obelix!"

The red-haired man blinked twice as he scratched the back of his head. "Umm, wow, THAT works out, but don't usually people ask 'Oh, what' or 'Oh yeah'?"

What Obelix didn't know was when he crouched down to pick up his helmet, he ended up bumping his rear into Leonardo. While it was by accident, it was more than enough to send Leonardo soaring like a bullet and crashing into the barrier before falling into a portal.

Leonardo landed in Paper Mario where he took out his aggressions for his humiliating elimination on the Koopa Bros.

As Obelix continued to wonder what in the world just happened, he then noticed that the mist was starting to clear, showing that the section. Ivysaur laid them to regain some energy while Vector also sat down happy that he FINALLY finished his fight with Shulk. Kasumi and May decided to stop their fight, a major contrast to Dot rolling up her black-furred sleeves and stomping over to Bison who spent the entire section laughing loudly after Simon was eliminated. Finally, Taokaka was wandering around the arena, oblivious to Yukari angrily stomping over to her to scold her while Peach and Vivian both giggled.

Obelix continued to blink twice. Then, the Millennium Star's aura surrounded them and everyone. Then, the fighters all appeared on the star platforms. Soon, the following star vanished.

Yukari. May. Vivian. Vector. Bison. Taokaka. And Ivysaur. Leaving Peach, Kasumi, Dot and Obelix.

"Maybe this is a little early to say." Dot said before smirking. "But nearly more than a decade later and I still got the fans' love!"

Peach giggled. "Should have known that YOU would be in the running for the Superstar."

Then, Obelix's star platform disappeared. And Peach's.

"Heh. Should have known that my main rival would be an UVR winner." Dot smirked.

Kasumi giggled. "And I definitely know never underestimate the power of cartoon love."

Then, one platform fell off, revealing the winner.

"Congratulations, Kasumi Todoh!" The Millennium Star grinned. "You are the Superstar!"

The crowd cheered as the blue-haired woman smiled and bowed to the crowd.

"Thank you very much for your support." Kasumi nodded. "Even though I am a previous winner, I know that there are still a lot of different challenges ahead of me. I could only hope that you will keep impressing you all and supporting me."

The crowd continued to cheer her on.

"So as the next Superstar, you get to be in charge of what the next stage is." The Millennium Star offered. "Did you have any thoughts?"

Kasumi nodded her head. "Indeed. Normally, I would suggest something that would test my fighting style. However…"

Everyone leaned their heads forward

"...I think we are well due for a proper change of scenery.

VOTES: (12 Votes)

KASUMI TODOH (KoFAS): 10:2 = 8 (Elliana, Iroha)

DOT WARNER (A!): 10:2 = 8 (Ness, Nina Cortex)

PRINCESS PEACH TOADSTOOL (SSB): 10:3 = 7 (Vanessa, Kohaku Hearts)

OBELIX (A): 9:3 = 6 (Reptar, Leonardo)

IVYSAUR (SSB): 9:3 = 6 (Gabumon)

TAOKAKA (BB): 9:3 = 6 (Mignon Beart)

M. BISON (SFAS): 9:3 = 6 (Simon Belmont)

VECTOR THE CROCODILE (StH): 9:5 = 4 (Shulk)

VIVIAN (PM:TTYD): 8:5 = 3 (Luna)

MAY (GG): 7:5 = 2 (Eyedol)

YUKARI TAKEBA (P4A): 7:5 = 2 (Dudley)

(ELIMINATED)

GABUMON (DRA): 7:6 = 1 (Sogetsu Kazama)

REPTAR (NASB): 7:6 = 1 (Gaius)

NINA CORTEX (CB): 6:6 = 0 (Dark Pit)

LEONARDO (NASB): 7:7 = 0 (Ludger Will Kresnik)

DUDLEY (SFAS): 6:7 = -1

MIGNON BEART (KoFAS): 6:7 = -1

DARK PIT (SSB): 5:7 = -2

ELLIANA (RoA): 5:7 = -2

EYEDOL (KI): 4:8 = -4

LUDGER WILL KRESNIK (ToAS): 4:8 = -4

VANESSA (KoFAS): 4:8 = -4

NESS (SSB): 4:9 = -5

SHULK (SSB): 5:10 = -5

SIMON BELMONT (SSB): 4:10 = -6

KOHAKU HEARTS (ToAS): 2:10 = -8

SOGETSU KAZAMA (SS): 2:10 = -8

LUNA (SSS): 2:10 = -8

GAIUS (KoFAS): 2:10 = -8

IROHA (SS): 1:12 = -11

Side Battles:

"Muscle Tank Wars"

Tiny Tiger (CB) and Mukai (KoFAS) outmuscle Ralf Jones and Maxima (KoFAS)

9 to 3

Always Smile At A Crocodile: Vector has officially tied with Steve for most overall eliminations with his fifth one of Shulk.