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!

20. Section Eight Results

(The Arena)

As the restaurant-themed arena revolved around, Crunch Bandicoot gritted his teeth before raising his arms to block a downwards kick. However, Juri Han merely scoffed before doing a spinning kick to the side of Crunch's head, all while still in midair. After the bandicoot staggered to the side, Juri then proceeded to do a couple of swift kicks to Crunch's chest.

Crunch staggered back while holding his chest. Juri then rushed in to do another kick, but Crunch thought quickly and grabbed Juri by the leg. This finally made the Taekwondo practitioner's smirk vanish as Crunch swung her around a couple of times before letting go of her and sending her crashing into a table, knocking it down.

Despite the hard fall, Juri not only quickly flipped back onto her feet and used her legs to kick up a knocked over chair like a soccer ball and sent it flying straight at Crunch. The muscular marsupial just easily swatted it away, but that was what Juri was hoping for as she ran over and did a series of kicks forward, but Crunch raised his arms to block them.

"Is that all you got!?" Crunch boasted. "I was on the security team in the Tournament of Kikai, remember!? And I fought against Junko Enoshima and her brainwashed army!"

"Yeah, for how long?" Juri taunted.

Crunch was taken back by this. "H-Huh?"

"Let me clarify. How long have you been wandering around the dome and hotel aimlessly before finally walking into the main problem?" Juri elaborated with a smirk. "Unlike me who had a gauntlet of assholes coming after me from Section ONE! I saw more action than you!"

Crunch growled at this. Suddenly, he smirked.

"If you are so involved, how come the special DVD for the Okron Tournament is only shown half of its footage?" Crunch asked.

Juri winced before growling. "Hey, Said DVD had a bit of a hiatus, but if you have been doing your homework, you would have found out that it recently got back on track!"

"Oh, really? Well, good for them." Crunch said, looking genuinely surprised and happy. He then smirked. "But until then… All you got are your words."

Juri growled before charging forward.

Bowser narrowed his eyes before punching his fist out. However, Zetterburn moved around the punch and slashed the Koopa in the side with his claw. Bowser cried out in pain before swinging his own claw. However, Zetterburn saw the attack coming and did another slash for the two attacks to clash.

Bowser then kicked his foot out and caught Zetterburn in the stomach, sending him sprawling on the back. Bowser smirked before running forward to do a body slam. However, Zetterburn snapped out of his daze in time before rolling backwards to avoid the attack. But while he was able to avoid said move, he wasn't able to avoid the tremor. So Bowser decided to make up for his mistake by grabbing Zetterburn by the leg.

Or he would have if Flamemon didn't land on top of his head. However, due to his HUGE experience with being jumped on, all this did annoy Bowser, but it was more than enough to give Zetterburn time to get out of the way. He and Flamemon got ready to attack Bowser at the same time.

Until two explosions appeared next to Zetterburn and Flamemon, knocking them down and giving Bowser time to get up before looking back to see Vivian moving over.

"You know, I could have tanked it on your own." Bowser muttered.

"It isn't a matter of whether you could tank their attacks or not, we are in an ALLIANCE." Vivian scolded.

"Alright, alright." Bowser said, rolling his eyes.

Meanwhile, Zetterburn and Flamemon both flipped onto their feets, not looking fazed by the attack.

"Not bad! Too bad, knocking us down is all your little spell could do!" Flamemon taunted with a smirk.

"Indeed! Now only are we fire elementals, but we are also lions! Kings of the Animal Kingdom!" Zetterburn boasted.

Flamemon's cocky smirk turned into a sheepish smile. "Um, yeah, about that… I was starstruck at the time but…"

"Ha! The only reason why lions are considered the king of the Animal Kingdom is because they never met ME!" Bowser boasted.

"Bold claims! Very well! It is time to put your money where your mouth is!" Zetterburn retorted before looking down at Flamemon. "Let's show him and his ally what a true animal king looks like!"

"Um, sure." Flamemon said. "Good thing someone like DK or Diddy isn't in their alliance or this would have been even MORE awkward."

(Announcer's Booth)

Ashley blinked twice. "So wait, Flamemon is actually a MONKEY?"

"Yeah, and I didn't realise it until Carver pointed it out in their recap show." Drake groaned, slapping his forehead (while having a dark aura around him to protect him from Marie's sunlight). "Ugh, I feel like such an idiot! When I saw that he and Zetterburn were in the same section, I purposefully had those two come out together!"

"...Your priorities are on point as usual." Ashley muttered.

"Well, sorryyyyyyyy for trying to make a flaming lion alliance." Drake said, rolling his eyes.

"No, really, Horkeukamui, Naesala and Pepper are most likely fighting for their lives to keep Nine from storming up here and you are concerned about things like THESE!" Ashley scolded.

Drake's eyes bugged out at this. "Wait, just those three? Where are the others?"

"Well, Carmelita said in our phone call that someone needed to be with Athena while looking after Dingodile and letting Athena go anywhere near Nine is simply out of the question." Ashley said.

"And Gabe?" Drake asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Carmelita said that she doesn't want to talk about it. And apparently neither does Gabe." Ashley shrugged.

"Um, okay?" Drake asked.

"Okay, seriously, not even the Tournament of Kikai had a single person trying to kill the hosts directly!" Ashley spat. "And that was the one where Xero inadvertently put the ENTIRE multiverse in danger!"

"Yeah, and along with Nine, we STILL don't know who tried to kill me first." Drake frowned.

"OR if Dingodile was the culprit. Even Carmelita admits that while she thinks that he is up to something, she doesn't know for certain if it is related to the garlic attack." Ashley added. "So we have to deal with Nine. AND Celica being the next Eddy and/or Chang. AND the garlic attack. AND whatever Dingodile is truly doing. AND Pichu's drastic change in attitude."

"Yeah, it is a lot to take in." Drake frowned.

"And all we know for certain is that Nine will want to go after us no matter what!" Ashley insisted.

Then, Drake's eyes bugged out.

"Wait, say that again." Drake said.

Ashley blinked twice. "Um, Nine will want to go after us no matter what. Why?"

Drake then smirked.

"I think I may have an idea for our unknown hitman to stay as far away from the Announcer's Booth as possible."

(Dome; Gym)

"It is not that I don't appreciate your concern, Dragaux, but are you sure that escorting me to the Ready Room is really necessary?" Ryu asked. "If there is one thing that the villains do not like doing is alerting attention from the people watching the arena."

The dragon narrowed his eyes. "I can't take any chances. Drake entrusted looking after the gym to me. And that includes its patrons. If something happens to you, I will never forgive myself."

Ryu frowned. "Well, even if I still believe that I should be safe, it WOULD be selfish to disregard your feelings."

"Good. Now let's go." Dragaux nodded.

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!"

Ryu and Dragaux jumped before turning into a stance towards the direction of the voice. However, they quickly saw that it was just Haohmaru. With Genjuro, Tiny and Mickey following him.

Ryu blinked twice. "Um, greetings, Haohmaru? I see that you are under the effects of the coffee."

"AH HA HA!" The ronin laughed. "DID YOU REALLY ASSUME THAT I, THE LEGENDARY HAOHMARU, DIDN'T DRINK ENOUGH COFFEE IN THE RARE CHANCE THAT I MAY BE ABLE TO RECREATE MY STREAK AT THE ULTIMATE VIDEO RUMBLE!"

"...I am not saying it didn't give you results, but I don't think your method is very healthy." Dragaux frowned.

Mickey rolled his eyes before snapping his fingers (somehow).

"UM, RIGHT." Haohmaru said before turning to Ryu. "LISTEN, RYU. WE HAVE HEARD THAT FROM THE HOTEL LOBBY RECEPTIONIST THAT YOU WERE IN A DUEL AGAINST RUGAL BERNSTEIN!"

"Um, yes, that is correct." The bearded man said before frowning. "Unfortunately, I cannot tell you why we were fighting because he refused to disclose."

"He DID try to kidnap Ryu. THAT'S for sure." Dragaux growled.

"AH, I SEE. VERY WELL, IN THAT CASE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN OUR PARTY?" Haohmaru asked.

"You mean an investigation party?" Ryu asked, earning a nod from the others. "Sure, why not? I was actually in one in the first Megamix Tournament."

"Not going to lie, I DO feel more confident with you on our side." Tiny smiled.

"On the flip side, I feel much happier knowing that Ryu will be in a group that will protect him from any potential kidnappers." Dragaux smiled.

"Tch. Whatever. At least we have SOMEONE who wouldn't slow us down that much." Genjuro scoffed.

"Aye, screw you too, buddy." Mickey spat.

"Incidentally, how DID you four formed this group?" Ryu asked.

"Well, you see…" Tiny started.

"Having the details isn't important right now!" Genjuro roared, startling everyone. "For now, we have to escort Ryu to the Ready Room so he can enter the tournament!"

Dragaux paused. "...One of the villains fought Genjuro and he lost, didn't he?"

"More or less." Mickey shrugged.

"ENOUGH!" Genjuro roared.

"INDEED. FIRST OFF, WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL RYU IS FINISHED IN THE ARENA." Haohmaru nodded. "UNTIL THEN, TRY TO INTERROGATE ANY AND ALL VILLAIN YOU SEE!"

"Um, alright." Ryu said before looking at Dragaux. "Thank you for looking after me."

"Oh, trust me. It is the least I could do for the patrons of the gym I am in charge of." The bodybuilder chuckled before winking. "Just remember to show no mercy."

The brown-haired man chuckled. "Don't worry, I will. Well, shall we be off?"

"Finally." Genjuro growled.

With that, Haohmaru's group, along with Ryu made their way towards the Ready Room with Dragaux looking in concern.

"I don't know who I should be more worried about. The people who are trying to kidnap Ryu." The dragon said before sighing. "Or the people who are currently WITH Ryu."

(The Arena)

TJ Combo flew until crashing into a turnbuckle. He groaned while looking up before his pupils shrank when he saw Obelix rushing forward. Acting quickly, Combo rolled to the side to avoid a hard body slam into the turnbuckle. While Obelix was recovering from his own attack, TJ Combo proceeded to do a series of punches to Obelix's side.

However, Obelix merely grunted in annoyance before using his arm to try to swat Combo away, but the MMA fighter anticipated this and ducked down before dealing an uppercut to Obelix's chin. Despite the attack hurting, the Gaul managed to thrust his belly forward, but Combo blocked it.

…But it didn't do any good as he was sent sprawling across the ground, bouncing painfully across it. Obelix then ran forward. Combo groaned before slowly sitting up. Despite this, he still found the strength to not only run forward towards Obelix, but also grabbed him by the legs, somehow managing to lift up the red-haired man, but also slammed on the ground.

Combo then proceeded to climb on top of Obelix and proceeded to punch his face in. The Gaul grunted in pain before using his stomach to knock Combo off of him. The two then got up to their feet and glared at each other. Obelix then made the next move, slapping his hand at Combo. However, the dark-skinned man jumped over it doing a flying knee into Obelix's face.

The Gaul staggered back while holding his face before glaring at Combo. "Hey, aren't you supposed to use only your arms!"

"That was when I was a boxer." The MMA fighter smirked, punching his fists together. "I am a MMA fighter. Hell, I even had that flying knee attack when I was a boxer."

"But isn't that against the rules?" Obelix frowned.

Combo rolled his eyes. "You should have met the cast of Punch-out."

Obelix blinked twice before almost asking what Combo meant. However, he decided to avoid the fight. Even someone like him knew that he can't just throw punches forever so he decided to grab a nearby chair and threw it forward. Combo's eyes widened before rolling to the side. Obelix just scoffed before he proceeded to grab a chair one by one.

Combo proceeded to manoeuvre around the projectile furniture with a series of rolls. Obelix growled before going over to a table and lifting him over his head. Combo's eyes bugged out.

"You gotta be shitting me!" Combo cried out in disbelief.

"No, I am not… Pooping you." Obelix said, sternly.

With that, he threw the table at Combo. However, the dark-skinned man just narrowed his eyes before pulling his arm back while summoning some kind of wind around his fist. He then did an uppercut to the incoming table, not only breaking it, but sending the tablecloth flying away.

And onto Obelix. The Gaul cried out in surprise as his world went whit. Combo smirked before running over to the distracted Obelix and pulled his fist back with light blue energy surrounding it. By the time Obelix finally managed to get it off, Combo sent his fist into Obelix's chest.

However, a series of shadowy afterimages appeared after Combo as his sole punch did a series of hits to Obelix's chest. Despite the weight difference, it was more than enough to send Obelix flying straight out of the ring.

Obelix landed in Mario Party 7. Particularly in the Weight For It minigame on Waluigi's side after the latter managed to get five weighted balls into Toadette's side. When the timer went down… It was Waluigi and Obelix that fell to the floor and not Toadette due to the… Last-minute weight.

"Dhaos Corridor!"

That was the sound of Dhaos slamming his fist on the ground and creating a large cone of energy around him. However, Kasumi Todoh and Zelos Wilder all got knocked away. However, May managed to block the arte with her anchor. While she was sent skidding back a few feet, it gave enough time for Kasumi and Zelos to get up to his feet.

"Sonic Thrust!" Zelos shouted, thrusting his sword forward. However, Dhaos floated out of harm's way before punching Zelos away. He then went to kick Kasumi. However, the blue-haired woman grabbed Dhaos' leg and easily sent him spinning on his back. Only he would have if he didn't manage to recover and float backwards.

"Indignation!"

Dhaos' eyes bugged out as a pink bolt of lightning shot down from above and zapped Dhaos. The blond man cried out in pain. Kasumi and May looked in… Disbelief.

"...THAT'S an Indignation?" May asked.

"I know that the spell visuals vary from game to game, but isn't it much… Bigger?" Kasumi asked.

Shirley's smirk vanished after casting the spell.

Dhaos recovered from the spell while rolling his eyes. "I know, right?"

"Hey, come on! I know that Shirley's Indignation is a little… Underwhelming compared to others." Zelos scolded. "But at least she isn't Will Reynard or Arria Ekberg."

"Ugh, why are we even talking about this!? This isn't about my magic!" Shirley scolded. "This is getting a dangerous villain out of the ring!"

"Wasn't you the one who said that I should fear your Indignation?" Dhaos asked with a smirk.

Shirley gritted her teeth. "ZELOS!"

"On it, honey!" Zelos said, quickly. "Lightning Blade!"

With that, Zelos thrusted his sword into Dhaos, not only striking the archmage, but also zapping him with electricity. After crying out in pain, he looked up to see Shirley casting another spell. He narrowed his eyes before pulling his hands back.

"Dhaos Laser!" Dhaos shouted, sending his hands out to create a beam of light, striking Shirley and knocking her down. However, while he was distracted, Kasumi sent streaks of light into Dhaos' back and sent him crashing into the fountain. Zelos got a mischievous smirk as he started to cast a spell.

"Thunder Blade!" Zelos shouted.

With that, he summoned an electric sword over where Dhaos was and fell into the fountain. Everyone winced as Dhaos was promptly electrocuted. When the arte was done, Dhaos laid unmoving in the fountain.

May blinked twice. "Kinda extra, don't you think?"

"Honey, extra is what I am all about." Zelos smirked.

"Even if, villain or not, you will be in a lot of trouble if he dies." Kasumi frowned.

With that, she made her way over to Dhaos to check if he was unconscious or not. May just watched.

Then, her pupils shrink when she sees Dhaos clutching his fist.

"LOOK OUT!"

"DHAOS CORRIDOR!"

Dhaos then sprung to life and floated upwards, startling Kasumi before slamming his palm on the ground. However, May ran over and pushed Kasumi out of the way. She then sent flying by the cone of energy.

Meanwhile, Ivysaur lashed out a vine at Elisabeth Blanctorche who jumped to the side. ROB then tried to punish Elisabeth while she was distracted by spinning their arms around. However, the Frenchwoman saw the attack coming and blocked it before vanishing in a flash of light.

Leaving ROB to hit the incoming May herself. After striking the pirate multiple times, ROB sent her flying straight out of the ring. Elisabeth and Ivysaur watched with wide eyes and slack jaws as ROB realised what he did.

"SEARCHING APPROPRIATE RESPONSE." ROB said. "RESPONSE FOUND: OOPS."

May landed in Suikoden V. Unfortunately, she landed right in the path of the Shining Scalp Unite Attack. For those who don't know, it is when Isato, Wabon and Alhazred attack the enemies with the light reflected from their bald heads. Yeah, I leave it up to you to imagine the rest.

Kasumi, Zelos and Shirley looked in horror as Dhaos ignited a flame in his hand in an attempt to dry himself off.

"Personally, I would have liked to get the elimination myself, but beggars can't be choosers." Dhaos sighed.

Zelos glared at Dhaos. "Hey, that was a cheap shot!"

"You used an electric spell while I was in the fountain." The blond man retorted. "I do not wish to hear it. Besides, from what I skimmed through, she had it coming for a long time."

Kasumi growled. "It's been so long since the second Megamix Tournament! Heck, she shouldn't even be getting nasty glares at the first Battle of the Luminaries!"

"Tch. I strongly recommend wasting your breath because as far as I am concerned, there is one less foe against me." Dhaos narrowed his eyes.

Kasumi had enough and ran forward, sending her palm out. However, Dhaos raised his arms to block the attack. However, Kasumi continued with the assault with a series of palm strikes and kicks. Dhaos was doing a decent job of avoiding them.

However, he wasn't expecting Kasumi to grab him by the arm and throw him up in the air. Before Dhaos could recover in mid-air, Kasumi grabbed him out of the air and put her palm on his stomach.

"Todohryu Ougi!" Kasumi shouted.

She then sent out a powerful blast of energy in Dhaos' stomach. The archmage's eyes widened in pain before collapsing on his knees. Before he could pass out, Kasumi sent out more streaks of light, sending him flying out of the ring.

Dhaos landed in Final Fantasy VI. Not even he could stand up to Kefka.

Taokaka pounced forward while swinging her claws. However, Chrom thought quickly and raised his sword to block the barrage. However, Taokaka continued the assault by swinging her claws wildly, but Chrom stayed persistent and continued the assault. Soon, Chrom found an opening and raised his sword to block a slash, activating his Counter and slashing Taokaka away.

"YEET!"

Suddenly, Toad was sent flying in front of Chrom. Just in time to be struck by an energy arrow and released a bunch of spores, sending the arrow back at Yukari. The pink-clad woman rolled to the side and sent out a spread shot of arrows forward. However, Princess Peach Toadstool ran forward and raised Perry to block the incoming arrows.

However, Eduardo ran to the side.

"CUICIDO!"

Then, a large purple blur grabbed Peach and Chrom and ran off with them. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck down from the ground, striking where Peach and Chrom were standing. Eduardo sighed in relief.

"Thank you, Eduardo." Peach said.

"De nada." The imaginary friend frowned.

Then, Taokaka bounced onto Eduardo's back and dug her claws into his back. As Eduardo cried out in pain, Chrom ran over to try to get Taokaka off of his ally, but Yukari quickly shot an arrow into Chrom's chest.

"Kaguya!" Maria shouted, summoning a white-haired red woman behind and created a golden floating Magatama in front of her opponents.

"Tao, get back!" Marie commanded. Taokaka didn't even have to be told twice as she pounced from Eduardo and back to her alliance. The Magatama exploded, knocking the three to the ground. They groaned before getting up.

"It is no use. They are too strong." Eduardo frowned.

"And Bowser and Vivian are still preoccupied with the fiery lions." Peach lamented.

"We have to find a way to eliminate one of them, but how?" Chrom asked.

Then, his eyes bugged out. He then looked ahead to see Yukari, Marie and Taokaka getting into stances. Chrom narrowed his eyes.

"Hey, shouldn't that buffet to the side be opening up now!" Chrom shouted.

Taokaka's eyes widened before looking up and around. "Buffet? Where!?"

"Tao, no!" Yukari cried out in horror.

However, it was too late. Chrom has already charged forward and tackled Taokaka, sending her flying back. Chrom then ran over to continue the assault. Yukari aimed an arrow at the blue-haired man, but Peach (Still stunned by Chrom's act), quickly threw a turnip at Yukari's head. Chrom then swung his sword downwards at the downed Taokaka.

However, the catgirl raised her claws to block the incoming attack.

"Google Chrome lied to Tao! There is no food!" Taokaka said, angrily. "Now Google Chrome must pay!"

Chrom paused. "...Google Chrome? Really?"

Taokaka didn't listen. She merely did a dance, showing afterimages of herself. She then proceeded to do a series of punches and kicks to Chrom's face and stomach, not giving him a chance to react. She then stopped to wind-up a punch with Chrom too dazed to escape. She then sent her fist into his face, sending him flying out of the ring.

"Ha! Tao punish bad liars!" Taokaka cheered, pumping her arms in the air. "Tao is invincible! Invincible! In…"

CRASH!

That was when a table was thrown at her at high-speed, knocking her (and said table) clear out of the ring. Peach, Yukari and Marie watched with slack jaws before they turned to Eduardo sheepishly poking his fingers together.

"What the hell was THAT!?" Marie roared.

"You gotta admit, Eduardo. That WAS a little more than necessary." Peach frowned.

"S-Sorry, I panicked when I saw we lost Senor Chrom." The purple-furred man confessed.

Taokaka landed in Megaquarium where the staff spent ten minutes in vain trying to stop her from eating all of the fish there.

Ivysaur gritted his teeth before lashing out of his vines at Elisabeth Blanctorche. However, the blue-haired woman did a short-range teleport to move out of harm's way. Elisabeth then reappeared and sent out a ball of rainbow light forward. ROB thought quickly and shot out a laser blast at said ball of light.

However, ROB's laser went THROUGH Elisabeth's projectile with the latter going on as if nothing could happen. Before ROB could ask what was going on, the ball of light burst in front of ROB knocking him away. While Ivysaur was looking in horror at what happened to his nodal companion, Elisabeth ran over and did an uppercut while her arm was engulfed in light.

While Ivysaur flew into the air, Elisabeth readied her hands and sent it forward in a burst of more light, sending the Pokemon crashing in ROB. Elisabeth went over to continue the assault. However, robots didn't get dazed so ROB rolled to the side and swung their arm at Elisabeth's legs.

After Elisabeth crashed onto the ground, Ivysaur broke out in his daze and ran over to do a body slam on top of her. However, the Frenchwoman managed to snap out of HER daze and raised her arm to parry the attack. This was a success as Elisabeth managed to teleport out of harm's way in time and a good distance away.

"You two are most vigilant in your own right. However, I believe I have the upper-ground." Elisabeth boasted. "I could easily counter any and all of your projectiles and while you may be best in close-range combat, I am too fast to give you the option."

"UNFORTUNATE, SHE IS ACCURATE, IVYSAUR." ROB lamented turning their head towards his nodal companion. "WE CAN'T USE OUR USUAL TACTICS IF ONE OF US DESIRES TO ELIMINATE HER WITHOUT HER ELIMINATING ONE OF US FIRST."

"I know! I know! Maybe we could use something from our surroundings, but what?" The plant-dinosaur hybrid agreed, gritting his teeth. "But what? She should know that projectile furniture is the norm. Knocking her into the fountain would do nothing. I kinda don't want to give the elimination to anyone else but me and Rob so knocking him into one of the other fights like the one Peach and Bowser…"

Then, his eyes widened in realisation.

"Full-on assault!" Ivysaur announced.

"...ONCE MORE WITH CLARITY?" ROB asked, tilting their head.

"I have an idea! Just trust me on this!" Ivysaur insisted. With that, Ivysaur did a handstand and shot seeds at the speed of… Well, bullets at Elisabeth. While initially startled by the rashness of Ivysaur, the photomancer thought quickly and swung her arm in an arc with light around it, sending the seeds back at Ivysaur.

While the seeds didn't hurt Ivysaur due to him being part-Grass type, it was still more than enough to send Ivysaur crashing down. ROB then ran forward, intending to ram Elisabeth with their entire body. However, the Frenchwoman used her parry-teleport to move behind ROB and blast the scaled-up toy with a burst of light. However, Ivysaur then quickly grabbed one of Elisabeth's legs with his legs and threw her to the side.

Then, the bud on Ivysaur's back started to glow. Elisabeth got up on one knee and looked up… Only for Ivysaur to send a beam of light from said bud. Not even Elisabeth could react in time and not only was she hit by said beam, but was carried by the projectile out of the ring and into the force field. Everyone winced before she fell like a stone into the portal below.

Elisabeth landed in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia where she teamed up with Shanoa to take down the monsters.

Ivysaur looked in awe at what he had done, just like everyone else. Then, he started to laugh.

"I did it… I actually did it!" Ivysaur cheered.

"I AM AWARE THAT YOU, ALONG WITH THE REST OF RED'S POKEMON COULD USE YOUR INDIVIDUAL FINAL SMASH ATTACKS OUTSIDE OF TRIPLE FINISH, ALBEIT AT THE COST OF START-UP TIME." ROB admitted. "BUT I DIDN'T THINK THAT YOU COULD USE IT THAT QUICKLY UNDER HEAVY SUNLIGHT!"

"Neither did I! And I didn't even have to be a Venusaur to do it!" Ivysaur laughed. He then smirked. "And the best part is!? I could use this move for as much as I want for the rest of the section with little downgrade! Nothing is going to stop me! Nothing!"

Then, the sunlight faded. Ivysaur's smirk vanished as it started to rain. ROB looked around the arena for a bit before turning towards the stunned Ivysaur.

"ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT FIERY ATTACKS LESS THAN YOU USUALLY DO." ROB reassured.

Ivysaur groaned before slinking to the ground.

(Dome; Boiler Room)

Ragna and Lloyd sat down as they watched Kanji pace back and forth relentlessly as they stayed in the boiler room.

"Dude, you are going to make a hole in the floor." Ragna groaned.

"Well, I can't help it. The last time I was in a boiler room at an UVR tournament, it was because we fell into a trap and our youngest member had to fight Dhaos on his own!" Kanji said, glaring at his allies.

"Ouch…" Lloyd winced.

"So excuse me that I am a little on edge sitting here." Kanji said.

"Yeah, about that. Do we even KNOW if the villains are coming?" Ragna asked.

"I was thinking that. Whip and Kula confirmed that they have eye-witnesses that none of the villains went to the roof or the pool all night." Lloyd nodded. "But even still, we don't want to miss them."

"I know, I know, it is just…" Kanji said, groaning while holding his head. "Ugh, what is with hot and steamy places that I have the worst memories with?"

"Wait, what?" Lloyd asked.

"What?" Kanji asked without missing a beat.

This caused an awkward silence between the three. Then, Ragna's phone started to ring. Raising an eyebrow, he took it out and read it. He then groaned.

"Oh boy…" Ragna muttered before answering the phone. "Hey, Bang…"

He then winced in pain.

"Ugh, do you HAVE to shout EVERYTHING you know?" Ragna groaned.

His pupils then shrank.

"What!? A-Are you sure?" Ragna asked. "O-Okay, calm down. Remember, heroes of justice never give up. Just keep on looking. I promise that we will be right there. So try to keep at it."

With that, he hung up with Lloyd and Kanji looking in concern.

"W-What happened?" Kanji asked.

"Apparently Bang can't find Ralf and Maxima!" Ragna concluded.

Lloyd and Kanji look horrified at this. "What!?"

"Yeah, apparently Bang's group found four members from Otane's team and they split up to try to take them down." Ragna explained. "However, Bang lost his targets and when he came back to see if his allies had any help, all he found was a banged up hallway. And Ralf's bandana."

Lloyd's pupils shrank. "That is like Ralf's most iconic item… He would never go anywhere without it."

"Thus why Bang is freaking out." Ragna said before getting up. "Come on."

"But what about the villains on BISON'S team?" Kanji frowned.

"I know that this goes against what I said right now, but things have changed." Lloyd said, narrowing his eyes while getting up as well. "If Ralf and Maxima are in danger, we can't just ignore them."

"Y-Yeah… I am sure that the others will understand." Kanji nodded. "Come on. Let's go."

With that, the three ran out of the boiler room, completely abandoning their post to go to Bang's, hoping that this was all a misunderstanding of some kind.

(Scotland; Outdoor Eating Area)

"Thank you again for giving us all of these mini-cereal boxes!" Celica smiled as she and Azusa held a bag each.

"It is quite alright!" Toucan Sam chuckled as he and various other cereal mascots sat at various tables. "It is the least we can do for your dilemma."

"Yeah, we watched that happen to that weasel-jerboa hybrid at the Tournament of Kikai." The Trix Rabbit winced. "And I thought I had people out for me."

"If it makes you feel any better, I don't think it was THAT bad." Azusa reassured. "We had to move around so we didn't get into trouble, but for that matter, it wasn't scary."

"Yes, I don't think I have any memes based on me." Celica agreed.

"Even still, I hope what we have given you will give you something to like when you get back." Lucky the Leprechaun offered, tipping his hat.

"Oh, we will!" Azusa encouraged with a smile. "I always drink a lot of milk, anyway!"

Snap (along with his brother, Crackle and Pop) eyed Azusa up and down. "So that explains it."

Before anyone could say anything, Celica, Minerva and Azusa started to fade in and out.

"Oh dear. It seems that it is time to go to our next elimination node." Azusa said.

"It was nice meeting you guys! I didn't even know that cereal mascots had their own node." Celica said with a bow.

Buzzy Bee chuckled. "Yeah, it is an obscure place, but it exists."

"You keep yourself safe, you hear?" Cap'n Crunch offered.

The other cereal mascots said their goodbyes and so did Celica and Azusa. Soon, the two vanished.

"I hope those girls will be alright." Coco the Monkey frowned.

"Unfortunately, it is out of our hands." Sugar Bear shrugged. "MY concern is that Tony missed it."

"Tony is doing a commercial as we speak. Knowing him, it will be a hit with the fan. As always…" Chip the Wolf said, rolling his eyes.

"Now, now, don't be getting all jealous of Tony." Sonny the Cuckoo Bird scolded with a smirk. "After all, HE didn't take a certain burglar and dog's place."

"Shut up, you G-Rated addict!" Chip roared with a deep blush as the other cereal mascots laughed.

(Kunlun Mountains; Cooper Hideout)

Celica, Minerva and Azusa then appeared in the hideout for the Cooper Gang, startling Bentley.

"Oh, hello. You must be Bentley from Sly Cooper!" Celica realised.

The turtle nervously scratched the back of his head. "Um, yeah? Nice to meet you…?""

"Oh dear. Did we come at a bad time?" Azusa frowned.

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

(Kunlun Mountains; Tsao's Palace)

Sly Cooper, the Panda King and the Guru were being dragged to General Tsao while their hands were restrained by the tiger guards. They all glared at the fourth captive who shrank back

"I could forgive the first few vases broken seeing that you literally came out of nowhere…" Sly said, looking uncharastically pissed. "But how in all forms of multiverse hells did you manage to break the REST!?"

Chrom let out a deep sigh. "...I am just as disappointed in myself as you guys. I know that I was known as the one who broke the most things, but still."

(Scotland; Curling Rink)

Tony the Tiger and Reptar both roared before charging at each other and locking arms with their eyes narrowed. The two tried to gain ground on each other, but they seemed to be in a stalemate. Reptar noticed this and opened his mouth to breathe fire. Tony's eyes widened before throwing himself on his back, not only saving himself but sending the startled Reptar onto the ground stopping his attack.

Tony then grabbed Reptar's leg and took it in a leg lock. The dinosaur roared in pain as he grabbed his fists against the ground, but Tony just continued his lock, not giving Reptar a chance to escape. Reptar however, whipped his tail in Tony's side, knocking the tiger off of him.

While the tail whip didn't hurt Tony that much it was more than enough to leave him on the ground stunned. Reptar then demonstrated deceptive athleticism by flipping in the air and landing on top of Tony. The feline cried out in pain before quickly getting up, sending Reptar onto his rear.

Tony then kicked his foot back, catching Reptar in the face. The reptile roared in anger before breathing out a fireball. However, Tony managed to swerve out of the way while getting into a boxing stance before dashing over and doing an uppercut to Reptar's stomach, knocking the wind out of him and making him stagger back. Tony ran over to continue the assault.

Only for Reptar to somehow elegantly move out of harm's way. Tony wasn't expecting such a manoeuvre and stumbled because of it. Reptar then skated over and rammed into Tony, knocking the tiger onto his back. Tony groaned before sitting up to see Reptar… Doing figure skater spins. Everyone looked on in disbelief.

Tony then narrowed his eyes. "Hey! You can't skate on a curling rink! The ice isn't smooth like in hockey! It has little bumps called pebbled ice made by spraying tiny droplets of water on the ice that freeze! Reptar On Ice or not!"

All Reptar did to the random sports face was stop spinning to stick out his tongue. Tony growled before crouching down.

"Twenty-Two! Two! Ninety! Hut-Hut-Hike!" Tony shouted before doing a football tackle forward. Not even Reptar's graceful skating could react that quickly and Tony ended up ploughing through his stomach and carrying all of the way towards the wall where the feline stopped and stopped to send him flying towards the wall panel, crashing through it.

Tony dusted his hands together. "Sorry about the wall panel, y'all. I promise that I will pay for…"

That was when a stream of fire was sent flying out from behind the broken wall panel and struck Tony and sent him flying. Everyone watching looked on in horror as Tony rolled around, using the ice to try to cool off the flames.

"Whew… That could have been bad." Tony said, sighing in relief. He then glared at Reptar. "Why you…"

That was when Reptar crashed into him head-first, knocking him not only flying back, but also in the air. Reptar then skated after Tony and jumped into the air and spun around skater-style. He then smacked the airprone Tony in the face hard. Reptar then landed on the ground, Tony also fell on the ground.

"Mr. Tiger!" One of the kids gasped.

Tony didn't say anything. Reptar smirked as he roared and breathed fire. The director then looked at the cameraman.

"Did you get all that?" The director asked.

"Yeah." The cameraman grinned.

"Good! We could use this for our commercial!" The director smirked.

The cameraman's smirk vanished. "W-Wait, wouldn't it be counterproductive if we had a Kelloggs' Frosted Flakes commercial with the mascot LOSING? He is not the Trix Rabbit."

"Um, duh. We will just edit to make it seem like TONY won!" The director said.

The cameraman blinked twice. "...So you want us to lie?"

"Oh, because not only that this would be the most egregious example of Executive Meddling, but I want to reward the monster who literally ruined my original image for this commercial!" The director scolded, rolling his eyes.

(The Arena)

As the revolving restaurant arena now turned into an outdoor one on a rainy day, fans of the Sonic the Hedgehog games looked on with slack jaws. They not only have THE titular character in the arena, but also with Sash Lilac, the main protagonist of Freedom Planet, one of the most popular, if not THE Sonic-inspired game in the universe.

…And yet they were both sitting at a table, drinking tea with each other.

"Ugh, it is clear that the stage Kasumi chose is most likely an indoor restaurant." Lilac muttered, sticking out her tongue. "The rain drops are ruining Peach's tea."

Sonic paused. "...Sorry."

Lilac looked up. "H-Huh? For what?"

"For not giving you a proper fight. I could only imagine how excited you were when we showed up in the same section together." Sonic sighed.

"Hey, hey, hey! It's fine! I… Actually forgotten how much Shadow loves to troll you in the Megamix Tournaments." Lilac winced.

"Well, I didn't. And you would think that I will get used to them by now, he managed to outdo himself in annoying me." Sonic muttered. "I mean Bubsy the Bobcat really? The worst Sonic clone in multiverse history?"

"Aw, I don't know… I think Awesome Possum is worse." Lilac frowned.

"Okay, I would actually agree with that BEFORE Bubsy 3D. But that game completely destroyed what little reputation Bubsy had and by some undeserved miracle, he has gotten not one, but TWO…" Sonic roared before slapping his forehead. "Never mind… I am going off-track."

He then sighed while Lilac looked sorry for him.

"Ugh, I just wish I could get Shadow back. I don't care how you will feel about Bubsy, changing my theme should be considered unforgivable." Sonic spat.

"Well, how close are your draws?" Lilac asked.

"Not too close, but too far." Sonic sighed. "So while it is not out of the question that I will be in the same section as when Shadow came out, I will be too tired to take my anger out on him."

"Ouch…" Lilac frowned. "I could only imagine how hard that would be seeing that the number of nodes outside of Mystery Fighters are arguably the most we have seen in a long while."

"Yeah, I knew I had to deal with Street Fighter, King of Fighters and Super Smash Brothers along with Crash Bandicoot, Fighter EX Layer and the Tales series." Sonic sighed. "But I also have to deal with Samurai Shodown, Guilty Gear, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and even…"

Then, Sonic's eyes widened in realisation.

"W-What? What is it?" Lilac asked.

"Nothing… For now…" Sonic mused. "For now, let's try to make up to the people who were psyched to see us fight."

Meanwhile, ROB was looking down at Ivysaur who has recovered from having his taste of power taken away from him so abruptly.

"AS THE BUDDY PART OF MY ALIAS, I AM INCLINED TO PATIENTLY WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE FULLY MENTALLY READY FOR BATTLE." ROB said. "BUT THAT SAME PART COMMANDS ME TO REMIND YOU THAT WE SHOULDN'T LET OUR INDIVIDUAL FANS DOWN BY BEING IDLE."

"Yeah, you are right… I am sorry." Ivysaur sighed.

"IT IS ALRIGHT. LET'S JUST FOCUS ON MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME." ROB reassured.

"Couldn't have said it better myself, ROB!"

Before either robot or Pokemon could react, a blue blur knocked into the former and knocked him into the air. Sonic then broke out of Spin Dash and leapt up after the airborne ROB before doing a flip kick to make sure he continues to stay in the air. Ivysaur looked in horror before glaring at Sonic and lashing out his whip at Sonic, knocking him down.

Or he would have if he didn't get knocked up into the air as well by a purple and blue blur. Lilac broke out of her dash and jumped up, swinging her long twintails upwards to make sure that Ivysaur was still in the air.

"Cyclone!" Lilac shouted, spinning forward with sparkles around her to strike Ivysaur multiple times. "Sonic!"

"Ready when you are!" The hedgehog smirked.

The two then landed on the ground and held hands before running around each other. This made a tornado of blue and purple that spun ROB and Ivysaur around further. Then, the two jumped up while still linking hands and riding the wind. When they both got high enough to their victims, they both let go and kicked them hard with ROB flying out of the ring from Sonic's side and Ivysaur going into the portal from Lilac's.

ROB and Ivysaur landed in the Wooden Kingdom of Super Mario Odyssey. After they both talked about the odds of a robot and a grass-type Pokemon landing in a location that combines natural gardens and futuristic technology, they both decided to explore said kingdom.

After the two landed on the ground again, Sonic and Lilac were met with an enormous cheer from the crowd. The two cheered before high-fiving each other.

"W-We did it!" Lilac squealed. "We actually did it!"

"Yeah, I admit that the plan was a last-minute thing so I am glad that it worked out!" Sonic grinned.

Lilac's smile then vanished. "But do you think the rest of the plan will work? I already feel bad for doing that cheap shot to those Smashers. I would feel even worse with no payoff."

"Let's count down and see." Sonic offered. "Five… Four…"

"Hey!"

"Ha! Didn't even wait until I got to one!" Sonic smirked. "Just the way I like it!"

The two then turned to see Crunch glaring at them and Juri raising an eyebrow.

"What's up with that!? You eliminated them for no reason!" Crunch scolded.

"Yeah, you guys are both crazy!" Juri frowned. She then smirked. "I love it! Hey, Muscles, you said that you wouldn't get on my case if my target was a dangerous villain right? Well, these aren't villains, but they are definitely dangerous!"

"Got it. Let's double-team for now. We could decide whether or not to continue our fight later." Crunch said, narrowing his eyes.

"Well, it looks like your plan is a success, Sonic." Lilac said, raising an eyebrow.

The blue-furred speedster punched his palm with a smirk. "So it seems, but we are not done yet."

"May I show you to your table?" Bowser smirked while speaking like a stereotypical waiter before throwing a table at Zetterburn. However, the lion merely burst into fire in the form of a sphere. He then ran over to Bowser to try to punish him for his mistake. The dragon-turtle hybrid just smirked before jumping up to do a Bowser Bomb on top of Zetterburn.

However, Zetterburn saw the attack coming and leapt to the side, not only avoiding Bowser, but the incoming tremor. Zetterburn then started up fire in midair before charging straight at Bowser. However, the start-up was slow and Bowser was able to get up and block the incoming charge.

Not only was the guard a success, but Bowser easily grabbed Zetterburn's face while the latter was recovering from his own attack and headbutted him a couple of times before slamming him into the ground. Bowser then tried to do a body slam, but Zetterburn quickly managed to snap out of his daze and rolled backwards, avoiding the attack.

Zetterburn then did an axe kick on top of Bowser's head, dizzying him before exploding in another burst of fire. While the attack didn't hurt that much, it did send Bowser flying onto his back. Zetterburn then pounced onto Bowser and proceeded to slash his chest multiple times. Bowser grunted in pain before swatting Zetterburn off of him. The King Koopa then got up holding his chest.

"Not bad. But at the end of the day, you fight like a modified mixture of Fox and Wolf." Bowser taunted. "And I already fight those two on a regular basis."

"Don't insult my strength. While Fox incorporates pyromancy in his attacks, he WISHES that he has the affinity for the element like I do." Zetterburn scoffed.

"Yeah, I know." Bowser admitted with a smirk. "But standing against someone who gets dunked in lava more than a few times to the point that your flames don't do much at all, you might as well be."

Zetterburn blinked twice. "What kind of boast is THAT!?"

Bowser's smirk vanished. "Shut up!"

Zetterburn shook his head in hopelessness. "Any luck, Flamemon?"

"Well, yes and no! I will get back to you on that!" The monkey shouted back.

With that, he started to continue his search underneath a table looking for a certain shadow. Unaware that said shadow was right behind. Vivian gave a mischievous smirk before igniting her hands in fire and sending it into Flamemon's back. While the flames weren't that painful, it was more than enough to send Flamemon crashing into a table. Vivian giggled but despite the painful (and humiliating) fall, Flamemon quickly sprang to life.

"Flame Toss!" Flamemon shouted, throwing a fireball in an arc. Vivian yelped, slinking into the shadows again and going away. Flamon just narrowed his eyes before running on all fours after the shadow. Vivian was about to hide underneath another table, but Flamemon was not having any of that.

"Monkey Ball!" Flamemon shouted, flipping forward while igniting his paws in fire and crashing into the table that Vivian was about to go under, knocking it down. Vivian tried to go to another table, but Flamemon did the same. Vivian then popped out of the shadow and threw a fiery punch. However, Flamemon thought quickly and caught the fist with the flames not doing that much damage.

"Noble Heart!" Flamemon shouted, doing a flaming uppercut to Vivian's chin. The Shadow Siren flew high into the air before crashing onto her back. Flamemon then flipped forward to land on top of Vivian's stomach. The pink-haired mage slinked into the shadows to avoid the attack. Vivian reappeared holding her arm.

"Give up! Your flames may be hotter, but that doesn't mean anything if you can't burn me more than I could burn you." Flamemon boasted.

Vivian frowned for a moment. She then giggled, confusing Flamon.

"Oh wow. You are so right! As a pyromancer monkey, you could not only tank my Shade Fist and Fiery Jinx, but you could easily chase after me when I am using my Veil!" Vivian said in a cheery tone. "Despite fighting with fire, you are so cool!"

Flamemon nervously shifted his eyes from left to right. "Um, thank you?""

"In fact, you are SO cool that despite forgetting that I have one more move, you still manage to look amazing." Vivian giggled.

"Um, and what move is that?" Flamemon asked, not liking where this was going.

Vivian then blew a kiss.

"Infatuate…"

Suddenly, Flamemon's eyes turned into hearts as he started to hop up and down like an excited monkey.

"VIVIAN-CHAN!"

Meanwhile, Bowser raised arms to block a slash from Zetterburn. The Koopa was going to counter with his own claw. Then, Flamemon landed on top of Bowser's head and started to attack his head. At first, Zetterburn was startled, but then he smirked.

"Good job, Flamemon!" Zetterburn complimented. "Now…"

Then, the Digimon pounced on HIM. Zetterburn yelped as Flamon started to beat his face in. The lion cried out in pain before throwing Flamemon off of him.

"Flamemon, what has gotten into you!" Zetterburn scolded.

The monkey then started to roll around the ground, acting all excitedly. Zetterburn and Bowser looked on in disbelief. Vivian then appeared next to Flamemon and did an uppercut to the Digimon's chin, sending him straight out of the arena.

Flamemon landed in Pokemon. When the effects of Vivian's Infatuate wore off, he got into a fight with Monferno.

Vivian gave a deep sigh. "I hope Eduardo didn't see that."

"Oh, worry not."

Vivian looked up to see Zetterburn glaring down at her.

"He will be too busy getting angry at ME to be upset with what you did." Zetterburn growled, baring his claws. "How dare you turn a proud lion into a lovestruck monkey?"

"Um, you DO know that he IS a monkey, right?" Vivian asked, blinking twice from behind her hat.

Zetterburn (and Bowser who was about to attack his opponent when his guard was down) froze in his spot in disbelief.

"He is a whatnow?" Zetterburn asked.

"A monkey. He told me while we split off from you and Bowser to fight." Vivian elaborated.

"Now that I think about it, he seems to feel a little uneasy whenever you bring up lions in plural." Bowser added, rubbing his chin.

"But… But… His mane….." Zetterburn sputtered.

"To be fair, regardless of species, flaming hair mostly looks like a lion's mane." Vivian admitted.

"So THAT'S why there are so many fiery lions in fictions to the point that it got its own trope on TVTropes." Bowser realised, snapping his fingers.

"B-B-But he never tried to correct me." Zetterburn said.

"I think he was too starstruck to do so." Bowser reminded.

"And by the time he realised the misunderstanding, you were too caught up in the battle to listen to him." Vivian shrugged.

Zetterburn blinked twice before collapsing on his knees. "A monkey… Like, there is nothing wrong with a fiery monkey… But I spent so much of my time boasting about the strength of lions with him… If I can't even tell apart my species… How could I…?"

Bowser and Vivian paused before looking at each other and shrugging. Bowser then walked over to Zetterburn, gently picked him up and tossed him out of the ring.

Zetterburn landed in Kingdom Hearts III right in the path of Simba's King Flare form. Normally, Zetterburn could easily run out of the way of his fellow fiery lion, but seeing that he is still stunned by the revelation that Flamemon was not a lion…

"In his defences… I had those meltdowns a few times." Bowser sighed. "Even to this day, I am still stunned that Pikachu is a mouse and not a RABBIT."

"Ooh, Pikachu DOES look like a rabbit, doesn't he?" Vivian admitted.

"HA-CHA!"

Bowser and Vivian jumped to see Princess Peach Toadstool fly rear-first into Yukari Takeba. In an explosion of hearts, the latter fell out of the ring (and into Fire Emblem Fates where she was forced into an archery duel against Takumi). Marie gasped in horror before gritting her teeth with sparks flying around her.

"Ha! We are destroying them!" Bowser smirked.

"In terms of numbers, anyway." Vivian admitted before frowning. "But something tells me that this last battle may be our hardest one yet."

M. Bison smirked as he raised his arms just in time to block… a boxing glove with a pair of nunchucks, a frozen mackerel and…

"NO, THIS IS PATRICK!"

…A phone. As the crowd cheered for the shout, Bison staggered back. Dot Warner bounced at him and slapped him in the air sending him spinning around. Dot and Patrick smirked before running over.

"Psycho Crusher!" Bison shouted, engulfing himself in Psycho Power while spiralling around the air erratically, startling his attackers. Bison then broke out his spin. Lola then aimed her Multi-shot ARM at Bison, striking him in the body and splatting a series of stamps that looked like Biff over his face and body.

"Hey! How dare you blind me with faces that aren't me!" Bison roared. Dot then got out a grappling hook, spun it around and threw it up at Bison's feet wrapping it around his leg. Dot smirked for a moment. Then, Bison started to fly around with Dot riding around.

"AAAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEE!"

Despite flying off against her will, Dot managed to recover and land on top of a chair and ride it like a wakeboard. She then started to ride around the arena and knocked through various fights. Soon, Dot rode back towards Patrick and Lola. Acting quickly, Patrick grabbed onto Dot.

With a surprising amount of strength, Patrick managed to pull Dot so hard that he was sent flying towards the others. Lola then inflated herself just like a balloon and bounced Bison off of her like a bumper. The red-clad groaned before getting up. He then glared at the three who glared back. Then, Patrick spoke.

"Okay, randomise!" Patrick shouted.

Dot, Lola and Bison looked at Patrick confused.

"Um, what?" Dot asked.

"We should fight different opponents!" Patrick elaborated.

"Wait… What? WHY?" Lola asked.

"Because this is the Patrick Show! Something random HAS to happen!" Patrick offered. "So I think we should stop fighting each other and go after someone else!"

"Ooh, I think that is a great idea! It keeps our fights from getting boring!" Lola beamed.

"Of course, the clown agrees." Dot muttered, rolling her eyes.

"Heh. For once, I agree with you, starfish." Bison mused.

Dot looked at Bison with wide eyes. "Wait, SERIOUSLY!?"

"Indeed. I want to punish you three for going after me, but honestly, I want any and all people to tremble before me." Bison frowned. "If I continue to waste my time with you, people may think I won't go after them."

Dot slumped her arms.

"I am actually surprised, Dot." Lola noted. "I thought that the Warner Brothers revel in randomness like this."

"They do and so do the Warner Sister, but…" The black-furred creature frowned.

"Focusing on going after any person who goes against me is nice but at the same time, we have to show that NO ONE is safe." Bison nodded. "Something YOU demonstrated."

"True but…." Dot said.

"Dot, I specifically went after you and Bison first because you two are the best chances of bringing hype in my show." Patrick frowned. "And while I like eating stale bread, apparently most people don't so…"

"Alright, alright, alright!" Dot groaned, throwing up her hands in defeat. "I am in too!"

"Yay!" Patrick, Lola and even Bison cheered, pumping their fists in the air.

"Come on, girlie! You're with me!" Lola grinned, picking up Dot and walking off somewhere.

"So you have any idea who to go after, Bison?" Patrick asked, looking up at the red-clad man. "Again, due to how my show works, any will do."

Bison looked around while wobbling in midair. He then saw Vector the Crocodile and Rock Howard fighting each other.

"I got it! Follow my lead!" Bison smirked. "PSYCHO CRUSHER!"

With that, he spiralled straight (well, erratically around in the direction he was going) and crashed into Rock, startling Vector.

Vector then growled before angrily stomping the ground. "Are you kidding me!?"

"I AM A STAR!"

Vector groaned before turning to see Patrick cartwheeling towards him. The crocodile thought quickly and grabbed the incoming attack by his leg. He then slammed him on the other side on the ground. As Patrick laid on the ground stunned, Vector did an elbow drop onto Patrick's stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Vector then got ready to continue the assault.

"Oh boy! It is 3 AM somewhere in the multiverse!" Patrick cheered, swinging his hand up with a Krabby Patty in it, uppercutting Vector off of him. After Patrick ate the burger, he ran over and returned the favour by jumping and doing a belly flop onto Vector. The detective's cheeks puffed out in pain before pushing Patrick off of him while holding his stomach. Patrick then ran out and stuck his belly back, but Vector blocked it.

However, Vector still found himself skidding back on his feet. Despite this, the moment he saw that he was next to a knocked over chair, he picked up and threw it at Patrick. However, the aquatic creature quickly caught it and threw it back. Acting quickly, he punched his fist at the incoming projectile.

"Crud. Forgotten that the Nicktoons could catch and deflect projectiles." Vector lamented.

Realising that he has no choice but to fight close-range by punching his fist out. However, Patrick did the same and despite the blatant difference build, it was a stalemate. They then got into a power struggle.

"Oh, goodie! Is this like sumo?" Patrick asked.

"You could say that…" Vector muttered.

"Oh, cool!" Patrick beamed.

With that, he started to win the power struggle much to the shock and horror of Vector. Soon, Patrick pushed Vector into another table, crashing in it.

"Um, I think I should eliminate you now." Patrick said.

Vector weakly got up, holding his arm. "And what makes you think I will be that easy to eliminate."

"I dunno. According to Sandy, if someone else gets winded before I do, that is a very bad sign." Patrick shrugged.

Vector winced, realising Patrick was right. The fatigue was one thing, he spent most of his rounds trying to deal with OTHER fights interrupting them.

"N-No. I could still fight." Vector insisted.

With that, he punched his fist at Patrick. However, the starfish easily caught it before holding Vector's entire body over him.

"Sorry, bud. But I don't think you could continue on my show." Patrick apologised. "Maybe next time."

With that, he threw Vector out of the ring.

Vector landed in BROK the InvestiGATOR where he teamed up with the titular character to beat up thugs and solve mysteries.

Rock gritted his teeth before out of the way to avoid a punch full of Psycho Power by Bison. He then engulfed his hand with his own dark energy and punched Bison in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Despite this, Bison engulfed his hand in purple energy to try to grab Rock. But the blond man quickly crouched down under the attempted grab.

"Rising Tackle!" Rock shouted, doing Terry's upside-down spinning kick upwards, striking Bison in the chin and sending him flying in the air and crashing on the ground. Rock then landed on the ground and readied another move.

"Double Reppuken!" Rock shouted, swinging his hands in an underhand fashion and sent a strong ground wave across the floor, striking Bison to send him sprawling back further. Rock then ran over and did a flipping axe kick on top of his opponent. Or that would be the case if Bison didn't teleport out of the way. Rock gritted his teeth, looking around to see where Bison went.

Then, Bison crashed onto him from above. The red-clad man blinked twice before looking down to see him pinning down Rock. He then started to laugh.

"I knew that I will top you!" Bison boasted.

"GET OFF ME!" Rock roared, grabbing Bison's arm. Using some of his power, he managed to get Bison off of him, allowing the son of Geese to get up.

"I must say, I always admired the power that your father had." Bison mused.

Rock scoffed. "What is it to YOU?"

"Just lamenting that I was unable to take it when I literally had him in my grasp in the first Megamix Tournament." Bison confessed before smirking. "Well, at least I could make up for lost time."

"Oh hell no!" Rock roared. "I don't want this power, but I'd rather be stuck with it for the rest of my life than give it to someone like YOU!"

"How adorable! You think that I wouldn't try to!" Bison smirked.

Rock growled before running over and punching his fist out (while making a purple wing). However, Bison unwittingly moved to the side and avoided the attack. Bison then swung his head forward, head-butting Rock. The blond youth staggered back as Bison pulled his hands back, charging with Psycho Power and sending his palms forward. However, Rock raised his arms to block the attack.

"CRACK COUNTER!" Rock shouted, doing a forward flip and a backflip, catching Bison in the chin and sending him flying towards a fountain, making a large splash. Rock smirked, cracking his knuckles together.

Then, his smirk vanished when he saw the fountain levitating. Everyone looked in awe and horror as they saw Bison levitate while holding the fountain over his head.

"W-W-What the hell!?" Rock roared in fear and anger. "Even YOU should know that killing is not allowed in this tournament!"

"Then, don't die! Just submit!" Bison retorted.

With that, he threw the fountain at Rock. The youth yelped before diving out of the fountain as it fell out of the ring (and into Persona 5 where Yusuke being the eccentric artist that he was, somehow made it work into a piece of art). Rock sighed in relief.

Only to be grabbed by Bison while he was levitating.

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

"Teaching you never to mess with me!" Bison smirked.

Rock was about to shout something until he sniffed something. He sniffed Bison's face a few times and his eyes bugged out.

"Oh my god, you are drunnnnnnnnnk!"

That was the sound of Bison being dropped into the elimination portal.

Rock landed in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night where he bonded with Alucard over their love for their mothers and hatred for their fathers.

Bison floated back into the ring and laughed. "Another victim! So who else wishes to challenge me?"

Then, it stopped raining and started to snow. Bison blinked twice.

He then sneered. "Oh, you think Mother Nature is my next opponent! Ha! I will show you that I am stronger than nature itself!"

With that, he ignited his hands in Psycho Power before he started to swat at the incoming snowflakes like they were flies.

(Dome; Ready Room)

I-No blinked twice as she stood outside of the Ready Room, watching what was going on in the arena while Oume got into a boxing pose, throwing punches.

"This is it, I-No! Between me and you, along with the fact that two of my pathetic sister's equally-pathetic team failed to get an elimination while Bison is his own, this is our best chance of currying favour on my side!" Oume smirked.

"Yeahhhhh, about that." The guitarist piped up. "I know that you say that he has most of his plans completed, but don't you think he is being a little… TOO relaxed?"

Oume looked up at I-No with a raised eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"I don't know… His mannerisms just seem more… Child-like. He is usually so serious." The witch shrugged.

"Really? I think he is acting like this BECAUSE of how his plans are going." Oume corrected. "I mean, I am obviously in love with the guy, but even I know he hasn't got the best track record at these things."

"Yeah, I suppose if he was succeeding, he would be more… Ecstatic." I-No noted.

"Good. Now quit worrying and focus. Impressing Bison is our main concern but we also have two more missions we have to do!" Oume scolded.

"I know. Don't worry, I am more than happy to do this." I-No admitted. "I don't think I had much of a buzz after I turned that Goomba into one of my simps and made him trick Geese and Billy that the latter's precious little sister is hurt."

"I know, right?" Oume laughed. "I could remember Billy calling out for his sister when he came!"

"YOU!"

Oume and I-No jumped before looking in the direction of the shout to see Lilly, Ripper and Hopper. If looks could kill, Lilly would have already murdered Oume and I-No as she was giving a dangerous glare. Ripper and Hopper were also mad.

Oume and I-No paused before looking at each other.

"It is a good thing we do not give a crap about her, otherwise we would look really silly about now." Oume said with a blank face.

"I know, right?" I-No asked with the same blank face. She then smirked. "Now, let's get you changed!"

"Oh, honey, like I needed to be told THAT!" Oume laughed.

With that, the two women walked into the Ready Room, but not before giving Lilly, Ripper and Hopper final smug smirks. Ripper and Hopper looked insulted by this.

Hopper growled before getting out his gun. "Why you…"

"No…"

Ripper and Hopper looked down to see Lilly looking down with her hair covering her eyes.

"...These bitches are mine." Lilly said, coldly.

Ripper and Hopper winced before looking at each other as Lilly walked into the Ready Room.

"...Women are scary." Ripper shuddered.

"Preach it, brother." Hopper gulped.

(Dome; Hallway)

A giant raven was sent flying into Horkeukamui and the two men were crashing into the wall hard. As the two laid groaning, Nine was about to aim fire at the two. However, a purple potion found its way in front of Nine's feet and in an explosion of techno particles, Nine was sent flying back in the opposite wall. After Nine was distracted by Pepper's Potion Launcher (which is playing catchy chiptune music), Naesala, now in his raven form, managed to get up and flew over to the downed Nine.

However, the purple-clad witch was now taken down that easily and sent a stream of wind forward. But Naesala saw this coming and moved to the side to avoid, but Nine already had three green runes behind her.

"Malacite of Malice!" Nine shouted, sending a horizontal purple tornado forward. While Naesala managed to move out of the way, he was sent flying away. However, before Nine could take care of them, Horkeukamui and Pepper sent out spheres of ice and potions respectively. Nine grunted in annoyance before sending out flames from each of her hands, burning through the respective projectile.

Nine then sent out a flame at Pepper, but Naesala flew in her protection, taking the fiery projectile and was sent flying back, but quickly recovered. Nine scoffed before she was about to use a wind spell. But she ended up using it against more of Horkeukamui's spheres of ice, sending them back at his user. With her two green runes and one red rune, she used her next spell.

"Morganite of Malice!" Nine shouted, throwing a seed onto the ground. This made vines come out of said seed and made its way across the floor. Pepper easily jumped over the vine, but Horkeukamui was still stunned by his reflected projectiles and was knocked to the ground. Fortunately, before Nine could send a spell towards the downed wolf, Naesala flew straight towards her.

However, Nine used the wind spell on Naesala and he was sent flying back again and crashing on the ground. Pepper gasped before getting out a green potion and throwing it near the downed Naesala, healing him with an explosion of techno particles. Nine growled.

"For the last time, my grudge isn't with you! It is with the hosts!" Nine scolded.

"And for the last time, they are just as in the dark as everyone else about what happened!" Pepper insisted. "Going after them will accomplish NOTHING!?"

"If they didn't do a shitty job, my sister wouldn't be going through random nodes!" Nine roared.

"How are you so sure that Drake and Ashley had anything to do with it!?" Horkeukamui added, using his cryomancer to free himself from the ice.

"Because the last time the hosts stupidly put the entire MULTIVERSE in danger!" Nine roared. "How could I NOT think they would do the same thing?"

Horkeukamui, Naesala and Pepper's eyes widened at this.

"Um, well…" Pepper said before grinning nervously. "Because vampires are easier to forgive than bunnies?"

Nine blinked twice before looking exasperated. "On second thought, I wish to kill you."

With that, she sent out two fireballs at Nine, but Naesala flew out of harm's way and dove straight into Nine, slashing with his talons and sending her flying into a wall. Despite this, Nine used her runes for her next spell.

"Kunzite of Keep Breaker!" Nine shouted, summoning a giant meteor with ice crystals above Naesala and knocking him down.

"Naesala!"Horkeukamui gasped. He then growled before engulfing his fist in ice and punching forward. However, Nine saw the attack coming and engulfed her foot in water, kicking Horkeukamui in the stomach. The lupine's eyes widened before collapsing on his knees while gripping his gut.

"I knew that people are usually cast for your muscle and nothing, but to be so foolish to run a mage head-on." Nine scoffed.

"I know. That was stupid." Horkeukamui admitted, quickly. He then smirked. "Thus why such an action should only be used as a distraction."

Nine's eyes widened as Naesala flew over to Horkeukamui. The latter grabbed onto his ally as he was carried to safety. Nine turned to see Pepper aiming her potion launcher at her with a smirk.

"Let's make this interesting!" Pepper boasted.

With that, she sent a potion, resulting in another explosion of techno particles. And Nine turned into a… Chicken wearing clothes that looked like they were going to a club and had a similar colour scheme to Pepper. Horkeukamui and Naesala blinked twice at this.

"Your target turns into a hip-hop chicken?" Horkeukamui asked.

"Hey, even my need to be stylish!" Pepper smirked. "Now stop gawking and start overkilling!"

With that, the three sent out various projectiles at the transformed Nine. Horkeukamui's cryomancy, Naesala's wind magic and Pepper's Potion Launcher and occasional explosive flask. Soon, Horkeukamui ended the attack before sending a cold wind forward, freezing Nine.

"D-Did we do it?" Horkeukamui asked.

Suddenly, the three saw a red spot in the ice. Before they could react, Nine broke out of it while panting heavily and holding her arm.

"Does THAT answer your question?" Naesala snarked, even though he knew that Horkeukamui and Pepper wouldn't be able to understand him.

"Don't rage-quit! She is clearly weakening!" Pepper shouted, holding a healing potion to cure some of her allies' injuries.

Nine growled. "Don't get cocky! This fight is far from over!"

"We know…" Horkeukamui admitted, sternly. He then summoned ice in his hands.

"WAIT!"

The four's eyes bugged out before looking in the direction of the voice to see a familiar figure. The security team looked horrified while Nine narrowed her eyes.

"You…" Nine roared, gritting her teeth.

(The Arena)

"Look out!"

That was the sound of Zelos Wilder before diving at Shirley Fennes and knocking out of harm's way. …Of Lola Pop skidding on the ground and crashing into a table with a set of chairs around it, knocking them down like bowling pins. The clown dizzily got up while holding her hand. She then smirked before advancing…

…While slipping and sliding on the snow. Zelos and Shirley turned around to see Dot Warner doing the same thing. Despite this, they both had mischievous looks on their faces. Before singing.

"We're slipping on the ice!" Lola sang while extending her arms to grab onto a knocked over table to try to use it to balance. However, she ended up swinging from it and knocking Zelos and Shirley over. "Just slipping on the ice."

"For a fabulous pratfall!" Dot sang, slipping onto her rear and sliding towards the downed three. "Just follow this advice."

"Let your feet take a flip!" Lola sang as she watched Zelos and Dot slowly getting up. Suddenly, Dot slipped again, ending up flip-kicking Zelos in the chin. The two then crashed down again.

"I've broken my hip!" Dot sang, dramatically putting her hand on her forehead. Lola then used her long arms to pull Dot, Zelos and Shirley back on their feet.

"We're slipping and sliding on the ice!" Dot and Lola sang. They then all crashed on the snowy floor where they laid groaning.

"I've fallen and I can't get up…" Dot groaned.

As the crowd cheered, Shirley groaned while holding her head. "This isn't even ice! It's snow! And even then, it hasn't been snowing THAT much!"

"Hey, cut us some slack! We didn't have much to work with in the rain!" Dot scolded.

Zelos narrowed his eyes, having enough. "LIGHT SPEAR!"

With that, he spun around with his sword out, not only flying upwards, but striking Dot and Lola with his sword. Zelos then landed on the ground.

"Grave Blade!" Zelos shouted, slamming his sword on the ground and sending bits of earth in Dot and Lola striking them multiple times.

"I'll show YOU a grave!" Dot boasted, getting out a shovel and pouncing forward, swinging it Zelos who quickly blocked it with his shield.

"Shooting Stars!" Stella shouted, summoning a pink star-shaped portal over Dot, Lola and Zelos. Then, multiple smaller stars flew out. The latter acted quickly, using his shield to block the incoming projectiles. Lola then got in front of Dot and inflated herself to block not just herself from the stars, but also Dot. Lola then deflated and went out her Funchuk. However, Shirley swung her arm and sent a butterfly at the attack, deflecting it.

"Sonic Thrust!" Zelos shouted, doing a thrust forward and knocking Lola onto her rear. Dot then ran to Lola's side.

"You know that balloon thing you could do?" Dot asked. "Can't you do that and move at the same time?"

"I mean I CAN bounce, but otherwise not that far." Lola frowned.

Dot then smirked. "Then, in THAT case, let's do something about it."

With that, she climbed onto Lola. Immediately, the candy-themed woman realised what Dot meant and inflated herself again. Dot then started to roll Lola towards Shirley. The blonde's eyes bugged out when she realised that she had no time to dodge.

BAM!

After Lola crashed into her, Shirley was sent flying out of the ring with no hopes of returning.

Shirley landed in SMITE. Normally, she and Jing Wei would get along but due to the former's affinity with the ocean and the latter's revenge quest AGAINST the ocean (Yeah, you heard right), the two had a falling out.

Zelos looked horrified at this as Dot and Lola both got up and bowed to the crowd. The former then glared at the two.

"You're lucky you two are cute, you know that?" Zelos muttered.

"Oh, I know!" Dot smirked, looking back at Zelos.

The pink-clad man sighed, shaking his head. "You are the definition of a rose, Dottie."

Then, everyone in the arena, nay, the entire dome, stopped what they were doing to look at Zelos with wide eyes and slack jaws.

(Dome; Random Hallway)

This was the same with Lloyd, Ragna and Kanji looking at a screen.

"PLEASE don't tell me that Zelos is stupid enough to call Dot 'Dotty'." Lloyd groaned.

"Zelos is stupd enough to call Dot 'Dotty'." Ragna frowned.

"I told you not to tell me that!"

(The Arena)

Dot blinked twice. "What did you call me?"

"Dottie, of course! I mean it is the cuter version of Dot! I don't see why I can't call you that! After all, Dottie fits you bet…" Zelos started.

He then paused before looking around.

"Um, why is everyone backing away with terrified looks on their faces?" Zelos asked.

"Take a look down, moron." Bison muttered. Not even his drunk state would make him blind to the dangers that Zelos has unleashed.

The womaniser blinked twice before looking down at Dot. To see with glowing red eyes and a matching pulsing aura around her.

Zelos winced. "Umm…"

Then, Dot raised her leg and did an Akuma-like teleport towards him before she stretched her arm up and grabbed Zelos' collar before pulling him towards her.

"This elimination has been brought to you by the number…" Dot shouted, sounding like a demon.

Then, Dot and Zelos were engulfed in a dust cloud

POW! BIFF! WHACK! SLAM! SWISH! SPLAT! CLANG! BABY CRYING! ELEPHANT NOISE! WILHELM SCREAM!

When the dust cleared, Zelos was on the ground unconscious while Dot stood over with a glowing red kanji for "ten" on her back.

"TEN!"

After her personal Raging Demon, Dot made her way over to the downed man and grabbed him by the leg. With a stern face, she dragged Zelos over to the ropes and pushed him underneath the bottom one.

Zelos landed in Dead or Alive: Beach Volleyball. Normally, this would be heaven for him, but seeing that he was going to be out cold the entire time, he couldn't see the beautiful bikini-clad woman swarming around him in confusion.

Dot panted heavily a few times before glaring at everyone.

"Anyone ELSE wanna call me Dottie!?" Dot roared. "Anyone!?"

Everyone immediately shook their heads saying stuff like "No" "I'm good" and "I gotta go iron my dog".

"Good." Dot smiled. She then turned to Sonic the Hedgehog and Juri Han. "Okay, it is your turn!"

Sonic blinked twice. "Um, our turn to what?"

"Hell if I know. But do you REALLY want to question her right now!?" Juri challenged.

Sonic didn't need to be told twice as the two continued their fight. Sonic dashed over to Juri and punched his fist, but the Korean woman raised her leg to easily block the attack. Juri then tried to counter, but Sonic jumped out of the way before doing a sliding kick forward, knocking Juri off of her feet. However, the Taekwondo practitioner thought quickly and did a spinning kick to Sonic, who didn't expect Juri to recover so fast and got knocked away.

After Sonic sprawled on the ground, Juri did three upward kicks with black and white mist around them. When Sonic got up, he jumped in the air and started to charge up his Homing Attack. Juri's smirk just grew larger as Sonic launched forward, but Juri thought quickly and kicked at the attack. Sonic tried to try again with two more attacks, but Juri just kicked twice with nearly the same speed.

When Sonic landed on the ground, Juri used one of her stored moves and did a downwards axe kick. Sonic quickly used his arms to block the attack, but due to the size difference, he still found himself skidding back on his feet. Juri then dashed forward so fast that she was already behind Sonic and before the Blue Blur could react, Juri kicked her and sent him flying towards the air. Juri ran after him.

Then, Sonic recovered in mid-air and turned into a ball dropping to the ground before landing on top of Juri to knock her onto the ground. Sonic then started to breakdance, striking Juri multiple times. The Korean woman cried out in pain before spinning around in place, kicking Sonic away. However, the hedgehog landed on his hands and flipped back onto his feet while Juri got up.

"Give up, devil-horns! You may be crazy but so is Zazz. And considering how I make him a joke on a regular basis, you aren't going to be different." Sonic boasted, punching his fist into his palm.

"Heh. That is rich coming from someone who conspired with someone to do a brutal sneak attack on two fighters!" Juri boasted. "You pissed Muscles off so much that he wanted to fight you two instead of me!"

"Yeah, I know." Sonic said, matter-of-factly. "That is the plan."

Juri's smirk vanished. "Wait, what?"

"You know how I was… Recovering from my entrance and inadvertently forcing Lilac to wait for me?" Sonic asked, wincing at the memory. "Well, when I fully recovered, I knew that we had to make up for spending the first third of the section idle so I chose the idea for us to go after a random pair in an over-the-top and cheap fashion that would get back favour for us, but also anger more people."

Juri blinked twice. "So let me get this straight? Basically, you used me and Furry Bara Bait as stepping stones so you could try to make yourselves look good by pissing us off and attacking you relentlessly to force you to use your stuff."

"Pretty much." Sonic said with a shrug and smirk.

Juri paused before smiling. "I am respecting your guile by acknowledging your ability to win back a crowd, but asserting my authority as a bad bitch to turn you into a fur hat for using me, anyway!"

With that, a glint appeared in her electronic eye before she ran over and kicked her leg out. Sonic easily dodged it, but before he could punish Juri for her mistake, the Korean woman kicked again at an alarming speed, striking Sonic and sending him flying away with Juri chasing after before running up and doing an axe kick, knocking Sonic into a chair. Juri gave a crazed smirk before flipping forward to do another axe kick.

That was when Sonic did a Spin Dash in place, clashing with Juri's kick. However initially startled, Juri just scoffed before doing a series of spinning kicks. Sonic flew backwards before landing on one knee. Juri then ran forward while Sonic was still on said knee.

"SUPER SONIC WIND!"

Sonic then did a breakdance, sending a tall, blue tornado forward. Juri's smirk vanished as she flew through the tornado a few times before she was soaring away.

"I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!" Juri roared before falling out of the ring as the crowd cheered.

"Yeah, that is what they all say!" Sonic shouted, cupping one hand to his mouth. "Seriously, why didn't we remember our moves in Sonic Smackdown in the Tournament of Kikai?"

Juri landed in King of Fighters where she got into a fight with May Lee.

Sash Lilac gritted her teeth as she ran around the arena at blinding speeds. She looked to the right to see nothing. She then looked to the left.

…To see a glaring Crunch Bandicoot clad in a race car driver jumpsuit with a matching cap, running at the same speed as Lilac. Before the Water Dragon had a chance to react, Crunch ran shoulder-first into her, sending her flying into a turnbuckle. Lilac groaned before propping herself on her hands and knees. Then, Crunch zoomed over to her and grabbed her by the scruff of her neck.

"Heh. And Coco said it wouldn't do much to bring my Racer costume." Crunch smirked. However, Lilac flipped, kicking Crunch in the chin, making him let go of her. Lilac then spun around, whipping the bandicoot in the stomach. Crunch winced, holding his torso. Lilac then jumped up to kick Crunch in the face. But the latter recovered in time to block the attack.

Crunch then tried to punish Lilac for her mistake, but the purple-scaled girl dropped to the ground and swung her twintails again at Crunch's feet. The muscular marsupial crashed onto his back, but quickly rolled backwards into a kneeling position. Deciding to use his experience from Wrath of Cortex and Tournament of Kikai, he sent out his metallic arm and sent out a ball of electricity forward.

Lilac easily ran out of the way, but Crunch chased after her, sending out a series of electric orbs, trying to zap her. Lilac then jumping and ducking to avoid them. Seeing his projectiles, Crunch grabbed a chair with his free hand and threw it along with another electric orb. While Lilac was able to avoid the orb, the chair crashed into her, knocking down. Lilac got up, holding her arm.

"You are not letting up, are you?" Lilac asked.

"Of course!" Crunch said sternly. "After what you and Sonic did to his own nodal companions, it shows that you will do that to anyone!"

Lilac blinked twice. "Um, can we classify the Pokemon and robot Sonic's nodal companions? Like ever? Maybe in Super Smash Bros, of course! In an UVR tournament."

Crunch growled before he was about to retort. Only to find himself freezing in his mouth wide open.

"Oh right… Whether it is as a Mystery Fighter or the owner of his own node, he never once fought on the same 'team' as Super Smash Bros." Crunch noted. "And like Ryu, Ken and Terry, maybe he never will."

(The Crowd)

A blonde, bearded red-clad Canadian man used a napkin from his tray to stop a sneeze. He then blinked twice.

"...Not exactly where I expected me and my project to cameo, but alright." The man said.

(The Arena)

"Okay, okay, I admit Sonic doesn't need to stay loyal to the Smashers." Crunch sighed before narrowing his eyes. "But what you did to them for no reason was still messed up."

Lilac sighed. "I will not try to excuse my actions. However, I won't let you eliminate me that easily."

"Fine by me!" Crunch scoffed. With that, he summoned a flaming rock in his hand and threw it forward. Lilac spun around, whipping it with her hair. She then raised forward to punch Crunch in the stomach before the bandicoot spun around while kicking Lilac in the face. The Water Dragon was sent flying away, but then rolled into a kneeling position. Crunch then clapped his hands, sending a wave of water forward. Lilac easily jumped over it.

"Cyclone!" Lilac shouted while in mid-air, spinning forward with her twintails out. Crunch then summoned a barrier of rocks in front of him, blocking the attack. When the move ended, Crunch put down the barrier to grab Lilac and threw her out of the ring. However, Lilac easily grabbed the ropes and swung herself out of danger before landing back in the ring. Crunch just scoffed before engulfing his fist in energy before rushing forward and punching towards Lilac who didn't have much time to dodge.

Then, Lilac raised her twintails to guard and not only to block the punch, but sending Crunch stumbling backwards before falling on his bum.

"H-How!?" Crunch exclaimed, looking thunderstruck. "I thought only that dog version of Cream the Rabbit could block attacks."

"First off, good job on doing your homework on my first game." Lilac smirked. "Too bad, you didn't do the same for the second game."

"Of course I didn't do any research for your second game!" Crunch countered. "It isn't out yet!"

"True. Even still, what little is shown should tell you that Carol and I could block attacks now." Lilac smirked. "So anyway, this has been fun, but I really want to get back to my battle with Sonic."

Lilac started to rev up in a ball again. Crunch thought quickly and created another rock barrier. However, what he wasn't expecting was for Lilac to dash ABOVE Crunch and grab his head with her legs. Despite the major size and strength difference, the speed and momentum was more than enough to send Crunch flying out of the ring via hurricanrana.

Crunch landed in Super Monkey Ball. Due to his earth elemental boss in Wrath of Cortex and playable Atlasphere levels in N-Tranced, once he got into a ball, he easily got into the groove.

Bowser, Peach, Vivian and Eduardo all cried out in pain as the ground they were standing on was electrifried before they all collapsed on their knees (Or what seems like knees in Vivian's case.) Marie crossed her arms with a stern glare as her Persona, Kaguya, stood behind her. She then reached into her bag and pulled out a gift box before throwing it at the alliance.

The box opened up to see a chocolate monstrosity coming out of it and lashing out its tongue forward. Vivian shrieked before sending a fireball forward at said monstrosity, making it explode and sending chocolate everywhere. However, this just made Marie angrily as she ran over while swinging her bag at Vivian. Then, Eduardo sprang to life and grabbed the bag before it could smack her.

However, Marie just engulfed herself in electricity, zapping Eduardo. As the purple-furred Spaniard cried out in pain, Bowser then ran over and punched his fist out, knocking Marie back. Peach then clasped her hands before spreading her arms, creating a pink heart around her and summoning blue stars around her and her allies, healing their injuries.

Bowser and Eduardo then ran over to the downed Maria and dog-piled on her.

"Ha! You can't use your electricity if you are!" Bowser boasted with a smirk.

Marie gritted her teeth. "StupidjerkIhateyou!"

With that, she engulfed herself in electricity again, zapping both Bowser and Eduardo, allowing her to push them off. Then, Vivian waved her finger, making an explosion of fire which knocked Marie down again. Bowser then got up on one knee and breathed a stream of fire on top of Marie. The poet cried out in pain before summoning Kaguya as a barrier to protect her from the fire. Marie then got up.

"Give up! The rain and snow must have fatigued you much more than usual!" Marie pointed out. "Me? I am actually a goddess where I am from so I could go on all time!"

"So? I helped Mario take down the Shadow Queen." Vivian boasted. "And let's be honest, you are definitely less scary."

Marie narrowed her eyes. "Fine. I will make you scared of me."

"She is not wrong." Eduardo said with a gulp. "She is surprisingly strong."

"Don't encourage her!" Bowser scolded.

Marie then reached into her bag and threw a jack-in-the-box involving Igor at Eduardo. The imaginary friend being the lovable coward he was, got spooked before falling on his rear. Marie then ran forward while engulfing her bag in electricity before swinging it forward. However, Bowser slid in front of Eduardo and used his shell to block the attack. Vivian slinked into the shadows before moving over to Marie and punched at with a fiery punch. However, Marie used her bag to block the flaming punch.

Meanwhile, Eduardo reached behind him and pulled out a pink capsule egg. He then unscrewed it.

"Please be something good! Please be something good!" Eduardo pleaded. His eyes then lit up. "SI!"

Meanwhile, Bowser and Vivian knocked down another burst of electricity. She was about to continue her assault. Until she saw Eduardo running over with a stern glare.. Marie rolled her eyes before engulfing her hands in electricity again before shoving them forward.

Only for Eduardo to grab them without getting hurt. At first, Marie was ironically thunderstruck, but then she noticed something on Eduardo's hands.

"...Rubber gloves." Marie said.

"Si, Senorita. Rubber gloves." Eduardo repeated.

Marie paused before scoffing. "Kinda cheap if you ask."

Eduardo shook his head before picking up Marie and throwing her out of the ring.

Marie landed in Animal Crossing New Horizons where she bonded with Pietro the Smug Sheep over comparing their ba… I mean, unorthodox poetry.

Eduardo sighed in relief, collapsing on his knees. Vivian looked up at her boyfriend in concern before putting a hand on his arm.

"Oh, so you have those eggs from your Coco friend too just like Mac & Bloo?" Peach asked, walking over.

"Si, it worked perfectly well for them so that is why I asked Coco to give me some." Eduardo nodded.

"Well, regardless of how we do it, she is gone, along with her funky weather.." Bowser said before looking around. "And even after all of that, there is still ONE more elimination needed to end the section. I wonder what dramatic way is going to close off THIS time."

"If you are now turning in, I am going to fight Bowser."

The Koopa's eyes widened before looking to the side to see Patrick talking to a Lakitu's camera through his microphone

"I decided to end it normally and beat him up." Patrick explained.

Peach and Eduardo's eyes widened in horror at this. Vivian would have done the same thing if she had her revealed. Bowser… Just blinked twice.

"You see, the Mario games usually end with whoever is the main character defeating him and humiliating him." Patrick explained. "And it usually ends with Bowser looking very pathetic."

Bowser paused. He then smiled before walking over to Patrick. Peach, Eduardo and Vivian looked at each other in worry. They weren't the only ones. Combo looked back and forth between Bowser and Patrick before shaking his head in disgust. Kasumi just frowned at what was going to happen before giving an exasperated sigh. Lilac was about to stop Bowser, but Sonic grabbed her hand. Despite Lilac wanting him to let go, the hedgehog just shook his head with a solemn look on his face. Lola would try to stop Bowser too, but she was too busy doing snow angels with Bison who was doing so to try to "defeat" the snow. Finally, Dot sat on one of the remaining unbroken chairs and drank tea from a cup and saucer, taking time to breathe.

"So I am going to treat you with one of those funny humiliations! Maybe it will go viral!" Patrick smiled. "Here I go!"

With that, he turned to the direction where he saw Bowser last.

BIFF!

…Only to be punted like an American football and flying through the air until he fell into the elimination portal too stunned to soar back.

Patrick landed on a strange grassy area. He groaned before getting up while holding his head.

"Ah, tartar sauce. I didn't even make it long enough to see if I would be the Superstar." He lamented. "And I was so close."

"Indeed, sorry about Bowser. He has gotten better in recent years, but he is still a bit of a troublemaker."

Patrick raised an eyebrow before turning his head. His eyes bugged out when he saw an overweight purple star with blue chequered pants.

"Hello, I am Lubba, owner of the Starship…" The large star introduced.

"Nickelodeon gave me ANOTHER family member!" Patrick exclaimed.

He then ran away from Lubba screaming at the top of his lungs. The latter just blinked twice. Then, a few moments later, Patrick ran in on the opposite side of Lubba.

The starfish skidded to a stop in horror when he saw Lubba again. "Oh no! A twin!"

With that, he ran off again screaming. A few moments later, Patrick ran from the other side of Lubba again,

"TRIPLETS!"

As you may have guessed, Patrick continued to run away from Lubba, only to keep "running into him" because the Starship Mario was literally a spherical hub. The Luma (and his allies) just blinked twice in disbelief.

Bowser snorted out literal steam. "...I jinxed it."

Then, the Millennium Star's aura surrounded everyone before appearing on the star platforms. Then, the following platforms vanished. Lola. Combo. Bison. Dot. Kasumi. Vivian. And then, Peach. Leaving Sonic, Bowser, Lilac and Eduardo.

Lilac's eyes lit up and she excitedly hopped up and down. "We did it, Sonic! We won back the crowd!"

"Yeah, still a little crummy for what happened to Ivysaur, ROB and the muscular bandicoot, but as long as we made it." The hedgehog chuckled.

Meanwhile, Bowser looked at Eduardo with a smirk. "Well, well, well. Look who has gotten a glow up from their first tournament."

The imaginary friend blushed as he scratched the back of his head. "Oh, please. I was just trying to find my girlfriend and her alliance!"

Then, Eduardo's platform fell off, followed by Lilac.

"I wouldn't have the final two for this section be any other way." Bowser said, crossing his arms with a frown. "I know that you are the main character of your node, but I still call Bully about you getting the last draw of the section instead of him."

Sonic just sneered with one hand on his hip. "Sucks to be you."

Then, one of the platforms fell.

"Congratulations, Bowser!" The Millennium Star beamed. "You are this section's Superstar!"

"Ha! I knew that I could count on you guys to give me love!" The Koopa laughed, playing to the crowd. "You know that you can't help but adore me!"

The audience cheered as Bowser's smirk grew larger as he continued to look around the place. Suddenly, he saw something that made his smirk drop.

"Um, dude?" Bowser asked, pointing in the direction of the Announcer's Booth.

Everyone looked in the direction of where Bowser was pointing before gasping. Right behind an oblivious Drake was an angry Nine. The vampire raised an eyebrow before turning around to see her glaring down at him in his seat.

"Ah, Nine, you made it!" Drake grinned, purposefully leaving his microphone on.

"You make it sound like I wouldn't come either way!" The witch scolded.

"True." Drake chuckled. "Hey, as long as you are here, why don't you introduce yourself?"

"Don't dare speak as if we are buddies" Nine scolded.

Despite this, she obliged as she made her way over to the microphone.

"Hello, I am Nine the Phantom from Blazblue." She said to everyone watching. "And I will be the third host. Effective immediately."

Everyone blinked three times when they heard this.

"EHHHH!?"

Meanwhile, Ashley walked into the Announcer's Booth with an exasperated look on his face with the stunned trio of Horkeukamui, Naesala and Pepper with the former security team member carrying in a chair, similar to the ones Drake and Ashley were sitting in.

"Ashley, what is with OC main hosts having IQs below room temperature?" Naesala asked.

"I do not have the foggiest idea." The long-haired man groaned, slapping his forehead.

RESULTS: (14 Votes; 13 For Second Side Battle due to one voter misunderstanding and voting for Pepper AND Nine)

BOWSER (SSB): 12:2 = 10 (Zetterburn, Patrick Star)

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (StH): 11:3 = 8 (ROB, Juri Han)

SASH LILAC (FP): 10:4 = 6 (Ivysaur, Crunch Bandicoot)

EDUARDO (FHfIF): 9:5 = 4 (Taokaka, Marie)

PRINCESS PEACH TOADSTOOL (SSB): 10:6 = 4 (Yukari Takeba)

VIVIAN (PM:TTYD): 10:6 = 4 (Flamemon)

KASUMI TODOH (KoFAS): 9:6 = 3 (Dhaos)

DOT WARNER (A!): 9:6 = 3 (Zelos Wilder)

M. BISON (SFAS): 9:6 = 3 (Rock Howard)

TJ COMBO (KI): 8:6 = 2 (Obelix)

LOLA POP (A): 8:6 = 2 (Shirley Fennes)

(ELIMINATED)

PATRICK STAR (NASB): 8:6 = 2 (Vector the Crocodile)

IVYSAUR (SSB): 8:7 = 1 (Elisabeth Blanctorhe)

TAOKAKA (BB): 8:7 = 1 (Chrom)

ROB (SSB): 7:7 = 0 (May)

ROCK HOWARD (KoFAS): 7:7 = 0

JURI HAN (SFAS): 7:7 = 0

CRUNCH BANDICOOT (CB): 7:7 = 0

ZETTERBURN (RoA): 7:7 = 0

ZELOS WILDER (ToAS): 6:8 = -2

FLAMEMON (DRA): 6:8 = -2

VECTOR THE CROCODILE (StH): 7:10 = -3

CHROM (SSB): 5:9 = -4

MARIE (P4A): 4:10 = -6

ELISABETH BLANCTORHE (KoFAS): 4:10 = -6

YUKARI TAKEBA (P4A): 4:11 = -7

OBELIX (A): 4:11 = -7

MAY (GG): 3:12 = -9

SHIRLEY FENNES (ToAS): 2:12 = -10

DHAOS (ToAS): 1:13 = -12

Side Battles:

"War of the Cereal Mascots"

Reptar (NASB) takes a bite out of Tony the Tiger (KFF)

8 to 6

"And You Thought YOUR Karens Were Bad!?"

Horkeukamui (TAS), Naesala (FE:T) and Pepper (P:CotR) chills out Nine (BB)

8 to 5

Possible Peachy Queen Crowning: Vector may have failed to overtake Steve's record despite tying with him, but Peach may have a shot now tying with both of them.

Bringing Mysterious Back: From the start, Mystery Fighters have been going slow. Here, five Mystery Fighters entered the arena and four managed to survive.

Day of the Superstar: I didn't notice until the deadline passed but the deadline of this section is on the same day as Bowser Day. So he may be the most real-life time appropriate Superstar thus far.