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!

26. Section Eleven Results

(The Arena)

Lemmy Koopa's Superstar stage was one of the most ambitious ones yet. A mixture of an ice level and a circus one. If people didn't have to worry about the bitter cold, they also had to worry about the chaotic gimmicks of the circus. Needless to say, this was polarising as people like King Dedede and Gomamon obviously felt like they were in their element, but others?

Nova gritted her teeth before she shook while gripping her arms while looking around at all of the snow. Suddenly, she yelped before flipping back to avoid a burly punch. Nova growled before punching her giant fist out, just in time to clash with Donkey Kong's fist. The gorilla let out a cheeky grin.

"So that is how you wanna play?" Nova asked. "Alright. Let's start monkeying around! Boom Boom Wake Up!"

With that, she and DK launched their fists at each other again only to clash. The two primates continued to trade blows, having a stalemate in their power struggle, despite the comical size difference. DK jumped up and did a spinning kick. Nova wasn't expecting said kick and took it to the face and sprawled on the ground.

Nova grunted in annoyance as she got up with snow all over her before glaring at DK. Only for her face to fall when she saw him leaping over with his hands over his head. Nova yelped before flipping backwards to avoid being smashed into the ground. While she was able to avoid the attack, but has gotten snow all over her from the impact. Nova gritted her teeth before roaring.

"Okay, why am I the only one having an issue with all of this snow!?" Nova roared.

For those unfamiliar with Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go, Nova has a huge hatred of the cold due to her former a-hole of a teammate forcing her to go through harsh training using the elements. So naturally, she was dreading entering an arena that was covered in ice. Sure, she didn't look like that when she was entering the arena, but that was Donkey Kong, but the honeymoon phase was over…

"Okay, seriously, I could understand the polar bears, the penguin and the seal Digimon." Nova pointed out. "But some of these people here are fighting with no shirts on or in skirts! Heck, you are from a TROPICAL ISLAND!? How are you so cool!? No pun intended!"

If Donkey Kong could talk, he would tell Nova not only he had been in a lot of snowy areas in the past, but he actually had his home island taken over by Vikings and had it freeze over. While he and the rest of his fellow Kongs could take the cold, it was actually quite daunting for them to see their tropical paradise turn into a frozen wasteland and he would empathise with Nova and reassure her.

But instead he just shrugged. Nova paused before shaking her head.

"I don't know what I was expecting."

Shadow the Hedgehog narrowed his eyes before flipping backwards to avoid a large, green fist. When Shrek was recovering from his own attack, Shadow skated over to the orge's side and kicked him. Despite Shrek grunted in pain, he immediately grabbed at Shadow, but the hedgehog did a flip with flames emitting from his rocket skates. Shrek cried out in pain, holding his hand. Shadow then rolled up into a ball and launched himself at Shrek.

Only for Shadow to bounce off of Shrek and fall onto his back. The latter blinked twice.

"Um, I like to consider myself a tank, but even I know that should hurt like hell." Shrek admitted.

"Take a closer look."

Shrek raised an eyebrow before looking down to see that there were yellow glowing shields revolving around him. He looked up to see shields surrounding Princess Peach Toadstool as well.

"Hey, thanks, Princess!" Shrek grinned.

Peach giggled. "No problem. Now let's continue getting our revenge."

With that, they both glared at Shadow. The edgelord just looked back and forth between the two before sighing.

"Look, I admit it. I deserved having Peach going after me for doing that song." Shadow confessed before looking at Shrek. "But why are YOU going after me? I am just as big of a victim as you are."

"I, along with the rest of the multiverse, wouldn't have to be reminded of that cursed Shadow X Shrek meme if YOU and your fellow idiots weren't always messing around with everyone!" Shrek retorted. "YOU deserved it! I didn't!"

"Neither did everyone else." Peach muttered.

"Tch. Do what you want." Shadow scoffed. "Just know that your anger will only get you so far against me! Ignoring the fact that I am the Ultimate Lifeform, I am up against the most fatigued fighter in the arena and someone who is bottom-tier in the very game they are representing!"

Shrek snorted out steam out of his nostrils.

"Hey, I may be heavily fatigued, but won't…" Peach started. She then did a double-take. "Wait… Shrek, he isn't exaggerating? You are a low-tier in SHREK Super Slam?"

"The game wasn't made with competitive play in mind, alright!" The green-skinned Scotsman roared.

(Announcer's Booth)

"...Could somebody tell me how that cursed pairing got to be?" Nine asked in disbelief.

"Apparently, according to KnowYourMeme, it all started when someone named Cmara drew an emotional comic with them." Ashley said, reading his tablet. "However, it was supposed to be platonic, not romantic."

"So basically, the internet took it seriously and shipped it ironically AND unironically…" Nine muttered. "Yeah, that sounds about right."

"Poor Cmara. She must feel like Frankenstein except she actually has a reason to shun her creation outside of shallow reasons." Ashley frowned.

"Frankenstein?" Drake asked. His eyes then bugged out. "Oh crap! I nearly forgot!"

With that, he got out his phone and started to push a few buttons. As he put it to his own, Ashley and Nine looked at each other in confusion. Soon, someone answered it.

"Yes, Drake?" Danglars's voice answered.

"Oh, Danglars, we are going to have the Halloween section for this round." The vampire said.

Nine blinked twice. "Um, Halloween?"

"Oh, that's right! I remember Orange-Ratchet saying that you wanted to have one soon." Danglars noted. "So you want us to announce it at the next recap."

"Well, yes, but also two things." Drake said before taking a deep breath. "First off, one of the Mystery Fighters will be a Disney character."

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

Drake, Ashley and Nine winced at the loud noise.

"I was wondering if Tybalt was right there or not…" Drake muttered.

Danglars could be heard sighing. "We more or less prepared for this when we realised that Sora was in the cast. At least you have the decency to warn us."

"Sorry, but when looking at potential Mystery Fighters, I can NOT have this person along with a certain other Disney character." Drake frowned.

"No, no. As much as Tybalt and I are NOT looking forward to HIS appearance, it is selfish for us to not invite any Disney Mystery Fighters for our sake." Danglars admitted.

Drake brightened up. "Hey, thanks, guys!"

"It's cool. I admit that outside of you-know-who, we are actually excited to see who you would pick." Danglars confessed. "So what is the second thing you wanted to talk about?"

"Oh, you know how Carver and Blunny asked how I sort out the Mystery Fighters?" Drake asked. "Ashley actually chose the second Mystery Fighter."

"Oh, that is great!" Danglars reassured.

"Thanks." Ashley said before grumpily crossing his arms. "Though this is more of a way to balance out Drake's Mystery Fighter pick for the next round."

"...Huh? What do you mean?" Danglars asked.

"Oh, don't worry, you will find out!" Drake grinned. "Ashley has a perfect idea for this round for the two Mystery Fighters to be foils to each other."

"...I am only doing so to try to tone down the chaos of the first Mystery Fighter, but go off, I guess." Ashley snarked.

"...Okay, now I am getting more reasons to be afraid of the incoming Mystery Fighter." Danglars said with worry in his voice.

"Good. That means you will be getting into the Halloween Spirit." Drake smirked.

"...Hoo boy. Okay, see you guys later." Danglars offered.

With that, he hung up. Nine blinked twice during the entire conversation. She then narrowed her eyes before getting out a list and started to write down on it.

"Doing holiday-themed sections when the timing is way off." Nine said, writing it down. "Yep, you are definitely an idiot like Xero."

Drake frowned. "Hey, running this tournament is hard so that is why we are doing a Halloween special in 2023.."

Nine paused. "...It is still 2022."

"IN-universe."

(Hotel; Secret Laboratory)

"I STILL THINK IT IS AN UNWISE DECISION." ARIA frowned.

"For once I 100% agree with ARIA!" Cinder scoffed, crossing his arms. "Do you really think that we could go 'Hey, we are the bad guys! But we are not YOUR bad guys so can we join you'?"

Otane paused. "Well, Lilly Kane didn't hesitate to side with you."

"IT IS NOT THAT I DO NOT GET YOUR LINE OF LOGIC, OUME. BUT EVEN THOUGH THAT IS A PROBABILITY THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE PEOPLE LIKE LILLY WHO WOULD SIDE WITH US BASED ON HAVING THE SAME ENEMIES, DO YOU REALLY THINK THERE WILL IGNORE US?" ARIA recalled.

Komodo Moe frowned. "SSSSShe is not wrong."

He then narrowed his eyes.

"But I don't care. I know for a fact that Ace guy is lying about what happened to Terry Bogard." Moe said, sternly.

"Oh, really? What makes you so sure that he isn't playing like he is playing everywhere else?" Ralf piped up.

"Told ya we should have gagged him." Cinder muttered.

Moe glared at Ralf. "My brother may gleefully lives up to the negative ssssstereotypes of reptilesssss, but he would never lie to ME!"

"Oh? So he wasn't being shady when he finally regrouped with you and Mukai outside of Bison's room?" The Ikari Warrior challenged.

Moe and Mukai's eyes bugged out at this.

"Don't lie. You two said it yourself. It shouldn't have taken Lean, Mean & Green that long to come back from his fight with Whip!" Ralf reminded. "I should know! He somehow managed to disappear after said fight when our backs were turned!"

Moe winced. "That's…"

"Okay, wow, I know that we are enemies, but you really have love putting families against each other, right?" Krizalid scoffed.

"I am just calling it like I see it." Ralf scoffed, looking to the side.

Krizalid growled. "You know what? Fuck you! Moe, if you are that worried, you shouldn't waste time with this motorhead!"

"Y-Yeah…" The heavyset Komodo Brother said before narrowing his eyes. "Yeah…"

"So yeah. That is me, Moe, Tiny and Elliana going out." Oume nodded, crossing her arms. "Can't forget about Reptile scouting for us and Krizalid before he enters the arena."

"Are you sure you don't need more strength?" Mukai frowned, crossing his arms.

"Unfortunately, this place needs more strength." Otane sighed. "I don't know what the deal is with Rena, but it is clear that she is a mole for my sister and I KNOW that sooner or later that she will come here. With friends."

"ALL THE MORE REASONS TO STAY HERE AND HAVE YOU GUYS TO FORTIFY THE LABORATORY." ARIA warned.

"...If I do that, I would be just like my sister and that is actually WORSE than losing Bison-poo to her." Oume said, shaking her head.

"Besidessssss we already esthablisssssshed this! I would know if Joe killed Terry!" Moe insisted.

"And Tiny would know that Dingodile didn't help with murder!" Tiny nodded, clenching his fists.

"I don't know what the hell is going on or if this is even related to our respective plans." Elliana admitted before narrowing her eyes. "But I DO know that two of my fellow reptiles are going through a lot of bullcrap and that is all I need to know. …Well, one and a half of my fellow reptiles but my point still stands."

"Then, what are we waiting for?" Krizalid asked. "The sooner we get out of here, the more chances we have to catch up with Kasumi Todoh."

"Brio, despite what I said, I still expect you to continue our plan." Otane said, sternly.

The mad scientist saluted. "But of course. I may be just as worried as Joe as you guys, but science waits for no person."

The group nodded their heads before going to leave the lab. Unknown to everyone, Maxima was having a secret conversation.

"Are you sure?" Maxima frowned, trying not to raise his voice.

"Unfortunately, yes. I called literally every one of your allies' phones and nothing happened." Dexter's voice answered.

"Something's wrong… Most of Otane's team have been here the entire time." Maxima said.

"I know. It is not like they are turned off." Dexter noted. "Having TEN people not answer your calls."

"Well, keep at it." Maxima noted. "Now that they came up with a plan to deal with this, there would be more eyes on me ironically."

"I know. Just stay there." Dexter offered.

"Duh." Maxima said, rolling his eyes.

(The Arena)

Ribbon Girl launched an electric glove forward. However, Soiree Meira acted quickly before flipping to the side. The teal-clad man then ran over, but Ribbon Girl sent out her Popper ARM at the ground in front of Soiree. This resulted in a burst of wind which sent snow all over Soiree. The latter cried out before holding his arms. Ribbon Girl giggled at this before launching out both of her ribbon arms.

Ribbon Girl then grabbed Soiree before spinning around and throwing Soiree away, sending him crashing into the snow. The Capoeirista got up and shuddered again. His pupils shrank as Ribbon Girl launched her Popper at him.

"Big Wednesday!" Soiree shouted, spinning around and kicking his leg out, resulting in a large spiral of teal wind. This resulted in a spiralling blizzard going forward, not only deflecting Ribbon Girl's punch away, but also sent it towards the idol. Ribbon Girl yelped as she was pelted by the incoming snow. While Ribbon Girl was stunned, Soiree ran over to her and kicked her in the stomach.

Soiree then followed up with a couple of more kicks which knocked Ribbon Girl to the ground. Soiree then flipped forward to land on top of Ribbon Girl, but the blonde snapped out of her daze and rolled backwards to avoid getting landed on. She then got up on one knee and swung one of her ribbon arms in an attempt to trip Soiree up, but the latter jumped up to avoid the attack.

"Heh. Looks like you could dance the dance just like you talk the talk!" Ribbon Girl noted with a smirk.

"But of course! What kind of Capoeirista would I be if I don't give a girl a proper dance?" Soiree answered, returning the smirk.

"Alright, you have proven that you are not all talk." Ribbon Girl noted. "But it is going to take more than that to keep up with ME!"

"Wouldn't have it any other way!" Soiree reassured, still keeping his smirk.

With that, he kicked his leg out horizontally, but Ribbon Girl jumped over it. Soiree tried to kick again, but she did her double jump before punching forward with her Shocker, striking Soiree in the face. Not only was Soiree knocked to the ground, but electricity surging through his body. Despite this, the teal-clad man quickly got up as if nothing happened. However, Ribbon Girl launched her Popper at the ground in front of Soiree again.

However, Soiree narrowed his eyes before flipping forward on his hands and launching himself over the incoming burst of wind and snow from the incoming Popper. Soiree then swung his leg downwards while Ribbon Girl was recovering his own attack, kicking her onto her head and knocking down. Soiree then landed on the ground before doing the splits and spinning himself around, striking Ribbon Girl with his legs. Ribbon Girl was sent sprawling into the snow. Soiree smirked before crouching down.

"Double Wednesday!" Soiree shouted, kicking twice which sent two spirals of winds, sending a large blizzard onto Ribbon Girl. He smirked as he was the idol being covered in snow.

Only to see a red whip-like blur launch forward and hit him in the chest. Soiree winced as he held his chest, feeling a searing pain. He then looked up to see an electric fist launch forward and hit him in the face, sending him flying backwards. And right over the ropes.

Ribbon Girl got up with a smirk, replacing her Popper with a red scorched-looking glove.

"Your moves may be hot, but they are not hot enough for my Slapmander." Ribbon Girl boasted.

Soiree landed in Rushdown Revolt where he hit on Velora. However, seeing that the latter was a misandrist, she immediately beat him into the ground.

Blue Mary Ryan yelped before diving to the ground to avoid a series of swords being sent at her. She gritted her teeth before getting up and running towards her target. However, Nu-13 merely swung the swords floating behind her and sent them at Mary. The blonde yelped before throwing to her ground to avoid getting skewered. However, despite this desperate dive, Mary got out a taser and jammed it into Nu-13's legs.

As Nu-13 let out a monotone cry of pain, Mary then got up and ran behind the android before performing a German Suplex on her. However, Nu-13 quickly floated up and swung her sword horizontally. However, Mary flipped forward and swung her leg downwards.

"Spin Fall!" Mary shouted, sending her leg onto Nu-13. However, the yandere kicked her own leg out and caught Mary in the stomach, sending her flying until she crashed into the cannon. Mary groaned, sitting up while holding her head. Her eyes then bugged out when she saw Nu-13 send out blades at her. Mary then slid underneath the projectiles before getting up and rushing over.

Then, Nu-13 activated a purple glyph in between her and Mary, causing the agent to run into it. The good news was that she didn't get hurt, but the bad news was that she was going at a lot slower pace. Nu-13 then swung her sword wings at Mary who was too slowed down to react and could only block with her resulted in a large cut on her arms, making her cry in pain.

She then turned around and ran off while trying to stop the bleeding, but Nu-13 sent blades at her. Mary thought quickly and ran off to the side, but it made the pain in her arms hurt even more.

"YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE TO RETREAT AND INSTEAD YOU ATTEMPTED TO INTERFERED WITH MY PLANS." Nu-13 scolded. "BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU MUST DIE FOR THINKING YOU ARE ANYTHING MORE THAN RAGNA."

With that, she sent out a series of swords forward. Mary winced, bracing for the worst.

Then, a light blue hexagon came in front of Mary, not only protecting her from the blades, but also sent the blades back at Nu-13, striking her multiple times. The android then recoiled back, but recovered. Only to be pelted by a series of red shots from Fox McCloud's blaster. Nu-13 merely used her blade wings to block the barrage while advancing forward.

"Sonic Boom!"

Then, a yellow energy disc hit Nu-13 in the side of her head. She turned her head to see Guile lowering his arms with a stern glare. Nu-13 then sent out blades over to Guile. However, the soldier summoned yellow swirling winds around his hands.

"Sonic Break!" Guile shouted before alternating punches and sending a series of Sonic Booms at the blades, negating each other's projectile barrage. Fox then ran over and leapt at Nu-13 before doing a series of aerial kicks to Nu-13's face before landing on the face. Nu-13 swung her wings at Fox before flipping backwards.

Guile then ran over before doing a somersault to Nu-13's chin and was sent flying up into the air. Guile pulled his arms back and sent a large arch of energy into the airborne Nu-13. Guile then leapt up after the stunned Nu-13.

"Crossfire…"

Guile then landed on Nu-13's torso before doing another somersault kick to Nu-13.

"...SOMERSAULT!"

After the final somersault, Guile gracefully landed on the ground before Nu-13 dropped like a stone inside of the elimination portal.

Nu-13 landed in Devil May Cry where he saw Dante, a poor imitation of Ragna and tried to kill him. Emphasis on "try".

Guile dusted his hands together before turning to see Fox kneeling down to the injured Mary.

"How are you holding out?" Fox asked, concerned.

Mary winced. "Not good."

Guile walked over while shaking his head. "What were you thinking? You are a rushdown-grappler hybrid going after a ZONER boss."

"...I guess I thought that my anger would be more than enough to beat her." Mary frowned.

"Oh, right…" Fox frowned.

Mary shook her head. "Look, please eliminate me. There is no point staying here for any further."

Fox's ears drooped. "Alright…"

With that, he gently picked up Mary and carefully tossed her over the ropes.

"I am not a fan of doing that way to get an elimination." Fox lamented.

"If it is any consolation, even though the elimination in MY name, that elimination of Nu-13 is just as much yours as mine." Guile offered.

Mary landed in Ace Attorney. The good news was that she landed inside of a clinic. The bad news was that it was run by Director Hotti. Needless to say, she would rather spend the next ten minutes bleeding in pain than be treated by that pervert so she promptly killed him before trying to rest on a bed.

"Nimble Fang!"

That was the shout of Asbel Lhant before kicking his legs out. However, Buntaro Kuno did the same thing with his own legs (while somehow kicking one hand on his pocket), causing the two to clash their kicks with each other. Despite this, Asbel swung his sheathed sword downwards, but Buntaro actually took out his hand to use both arms to block.

"Asbel! Now!"

The white-clad man nodded before jumping from a confused Buntaro.

"Lighting!"

"Look out! BUBBLE DEFLECTOR!"

Then, Gomamon leapt over Buntaro while engulfing himself in a bubble aura, just in time to block a bolt of electricity. Buntaro's eyes lit up after Gomamon landed on the ground from protecting the delinquent from Spada Belforma's spell.

"As expected from the Digimon of Reliability and Faith!" Buntaro grinned, giving a thumbs-up.

"Um, yeah…" Gomamon said, blinking twice. He then turned his attention to Spada and rushed forward at the twin swordsman. Spada narrowed his eyes before pulling his leg back.

"Dust Bath!" Spada shouted, kicking dust (or rather snow) into Gomamon. Being an ice/water-elemental Digimon meant that the attack didn't hurt much, but it was more than enough to stun Gomamon long enough before pulling his leg back before punting Gomamon away. Spada chased after him, but Gomamon quickly recovered.

"Marching Fishes!" Gomamon shouted, several bright fish forward.

"Voltaic Roar!" Spada shouted, engulfing himself with a sphere of electricity, negating the fish. Spada then ran over and swung one of his swords at Gomamon. But the seal used his claws to parry said blow.

"Icedragon Flurry!" Asbel shouted, swinging his sheath upwards and summoned an upwards tornado of ice dragons, striking Buntaro multiple times with them hitting hard due to the already-cold atmosphere. When Buntaro fell to the ground, Asbel kicked his foot out to send the blond young man sprawling. Asbel then jumped up into the air as Buntaro slowly got up.

"Concussive Bolt!" Asbel shouted, getting his sword out of his sheath with electricity around it before pelting it down. However, Buntaro got into a taunting pose and when the arte clashed with him, Buntaro immediately did a forward kick to Asbel's stomach. The Iaijutsu practitioner was sent sprawling. Buntaro then pounced onto Asbel to punch his face in.

However, Asbel raised his sheath to block the punch before throwing him. Asbel then got back up and got his sword out.

"Demon Fang!"

"Demon Fang!"

Buntaro raised an eyebrow before side-stepping to avoid the shockwave that Asbel sent at him, but found himself getting hit by SPADA'S Demon Fang, knocking him onto his rear. Meanwhile, Asbel's Demon Fang went into the back of an equally-confused Gomamon, knocking him down.

"Hey, nice one, Asbel!" Spada smirked.

"Same to you!" The white-clad teen smiled, giving a thumbs-up.

However, Buntaro and Gomamon got up and glared at their respective attackers. The two Tales swordsmen got into their stances.

Suddenly, a black blur crashed into Buntaro's legs and sent the delinquent flying up into the air. Asbel, Spada and Gomamon jumped as Buntaro fell out of the ring.

"Woah, woah… Oh my…"

Asbel turned his head to see Princess Peach Toadstool trying to run forward and ended up skating on the snow. She ended up falling onto her rear and was sent spinning around until she crashed into Asbel back-first. Which means she inadvertently used her Peach Bomber which sent the Iaijutsu practitioner flying over the ropes as well.

Shadow the Hedgehog smirked. "It is a good thing that this happened LONG before SlimKirby did that song about you, otherwise, he would add 'clumsy'."

Peach glared at the hedgehog. "Oh, because your elimination of that delinquent was planned!"

"Okay, what the hell!? I don't know who the biggest dumbasses are!" Spada snarked. "You guys or the people who were just eliminated just now!"

"Woah, woah, WOAH!"

Spada blinked twice before turning around.

…Only to be body-checked by a slipping Shrek, sending flying not only over the ropes, but into a barrier before falling into a portal.

Gomamon blinked twice before narrowing his eyes. "No, no, no. You guys are doing it wrong! But you are supposed to completely clumsily eliminate ALL innocent bystanders with your stupid fight! I am supposed to get caught up in some Bullmon chase!"

Suddenly, another blur crashed into Gomamon from the back. Shadow, Shrek and Peach jumped as the blur turned out to be Polar, running while ramming his back into Gomamon's back. On top of the disgruntled Polar was Zim, but the latter didn't notice Gomamon because he was too busy flying laser shots at Lilly, who was using her staff to deflect them while riding on top of a humiliated Etalus.

"The Crystal is mine!" Zim boasted during shots.

"The only thing that is yours is frostbite!" Lilly shot back.

"...My nodal companions will never let me hear this down." Etalus muttered.

Polar then did a hard turn, inadvertently sending Gomamon flying over the ropes with Lilly & Etalus chasing after them. Shadow, Shrek and Peach blinked twice at this.

"...Well, he offered." Shrek piped up.

(Dome; Sonic the Hedgehog Locker Room)

"What!? Me!? Having an irrational hatred for tournament hosts!? Where did you get such an insane preposition like THAT?"

Athena and Pepper looked exasperated after Nack the Weasel stood outside of his node's locker room with a smug face.

"Nack, this is serious. If whoever is behind the garlic attack is doing it for a dislike for tournament hosts, you are the number one suspect." Athena said, sternly.

"And whose fault is that?" Nack asked, crossing his arms.

"Hey, if you wanna hold a grudge against Xero for all of the crap you put in the Tournament of Kikai, you're valid." Pepper shrugged before narrowing her eyes. "But I swear if we find out that you are the one trying to go after Drake..."

"Relax. I was in my locker room around the time of the garlic attack. You could ask the people inside to confirm my alibi." Nack said, shrugging his shoulders. "And secondly, I have no reason to go after Drake. He seems like a cool dude and while he did bring up the Steve meme, it is to SPITE XERO. Why would I go after someone like that?"

He then paused.

"Well, unless I was paid to, of course." Nack said.

"...How could you be so sleazy and honest at the same time?" Athena muttered, slumping her arms.

Suddenly, her eyes widened.

"Look, if you are so doubtful, you can come on in." Nack offered. "The only people that weren't here at the time are Bean, Sticks, Metal Sonic, the Babylon Rogues, Shadow, Knuckles, Chaos and Infinite."

Pepper blinked twice. "...Wait, if you are telling the truth, then you are saying EGGMAN is in there?"

"Yeah, I don't get it either." Nack said with a shrug. "Last tournament he simply says that he is on vacation, but here, he is extremely hesitant to answer."

"Well, regardless, we have an alibi to verify." Pepper nodded. "Come on, Athena."

"Um, actually, Pepper, could you do it without me?" The yellow-clad woman asked. "I have a potential witness to find."

The Vulpin jumped at this. "W-What!? On your own!? But…"

"Don't worry…" Athena reassured. "I KNOW this witness is an ally."

Pepper paused, having a good idea what Athena meant. "Um, alright. Come on, Nang the Weaper."

Despite looking confused by Athena's words (and glaring at Pepper for her obvious dig at his names in different regions), Nack led Pepper into the locker room. Athena nodded her head before making her way to a rubbish bin.

"...I know you are in there." Athena said before narrowing her eyes. "Komodo Joe."

The Komodo Dragon then poked his head out of the bin with a stunned look.

"How the Sky Ballsssss did you know it wasssss me!?" Joe exclaimed. "I am basically a Middle-Eastern ninja."

"It is actually basic logic. If you played Dual Destinies or Spirit of Justice, you would know that I could sense the discord in people's hearts." Athena explained.

Joe blinked twice. "I think I heard about sssssomething like that."

"Well, the discord in your heart now is similar to the one when you put that note in my hair." Athena said before putting her hands on her hips. "Oh. And by the way, Dingodile name-dropped you to me."

Joe paused. "How… Isssss Dingodile?"

"Well, he seems to be holding out okay." Athena frowned. "But when Ace name-dropped you two in front of the entire multiverse, he went ballistic."

Joe scoffed. "I don't blame him… I ssssswear if I ever find the true culpritsssss, I will give the security team a legit reason to arressssst me for murder."

Athena chuckled, nervously. "Let's not resort to murder. But yeah, I don't suppose you found anything, have you?"

"Unfortunately, no." Joe frowned. "Ever since Ace made that bogusssss announcement, just sneaking around period, let along looking for cluessss is a chore."

"I could imagine…" Athena lamented.

"For the mossssst part, I am jusssssst hanging around the dome, looking to find someone suspiciousssss, but nothing." Joe sighed.

Athena paused. "You are working for a villain group at the moment. Maybe you could ask them to help you?"

Joe winced. "They're… Are too busssssy with their plan to try to help."

"...Even without all of the discord buzzing in my ear, you are still a poor liar." Athena paused. "Even still, Ace's lie has to interfere with their plan, right? They have more reason to help, even if it is just to spite the mastermind."

Joe slowly slunk into the rubbish bin while muttering something.

"What was that?" Athena asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I ssssssaid if I did that, I would never live it down." Joe said.

Athena looked exasperated. "...Really? You wanna be the tough guy here?"

Joe glared up. "I don't like people fighting my battlesssss for me, alright?"

"I could understand that to a certain extent, but may I remind you that whoever the culprits managed to kill one of the biggest faces in fighting game history?" Athena reminded. "And that is not even getting into the LAST time there was a murder at these things."

Joe paused. So did Athena.

"Even if it is for a macho reason, it is clear he is not having a fun time." Athena said. "Look, the rest of the security team is going to be interrogating Ace. Wanna go see Dingodile?"

"Really?" Joe asked before immediately stopping himself. "Uh, really? There issssssn't much intel I will get by talking to himself."

Athena put her hands on her hips with an unimpressed face. "Come on. This is probably one of the only times that you will have a safe space. Take advantage of this."

Joe paused. "Um, alright… But mostly for the sssssafe place."

"Mm-hmm." Athena said, crossing her arms.

"No, really. I do not like hiding in rubbisssssh bins." Joe frowned. "I do not like ducking into them."

Then, the two heard a gasp.

"The accomplice of Ace's murderer!"

Athena and Joe's eyes bugged before dove back into the rubbish bin. Athena then turned her head to see… A laughing Pepper.

"Oh, wow, I KNEW that he will do that and it is STILL hilarious!" Pepper said while pointing with one hand and holding her stomach.

Athena narrowed her eyes. "Pepper!"

"Alright, alright… Come on." The alchemist said, holding up her hands. "Come on, Joey. We may have a lot of time to get back to the security team room, but not much."

The purple-clad lizard raised his head to reveal that he had a tub of ice cream dripping down his head. Needless to say, he was annoyed.

"...Who throwsssss away a full small tub of ice cream?" Joe muttered.

(Gex Cave; Mission Control)

Inteleon narrowed his eyes as he raised his pointer finger like a pistol as he scanned around the hub area. Leon wasn't that far away from him, taking a good look around, sternly as well. Celica, Minerva and Azusa were on the higher floor with the humans looking worried for them. One could cut the tension with a knife.

"Here'sssss Gexxy!"

Leon's eyes widened. "Over there!"

Inteleon raised no time and pointed his finger in the direction of the voice to fire a high-pressure shot of water from his finger at a spot on the wall. However, Gex who was on said spot, scampered away from the wall.

"Keep at it with your Sniper Shot, Inteleon!" Leon commanded. The secret agent nodded his head before carefully aiming his finger and firing. However, Gex somehow managed to sense this and scampered out of the way to avoid a bullet of water. Gex then leapt off off the wall and did a flying kick towards Inteleon.

The latter's eyes bugged out before rolling to the side to avoid the kick. Inteleon then recovered before spinning around to strike Gex with his tail. However, the gecko leapt over and spun around to do his own tail whip to Inteleon's face, knocking him down.

"Trying to out-Tail Time OUI? Oh, if I wasn't going to kick it before!" Gex sneered. He then used his tail as a spring to launch himself high into the air before going to land on top of Inteleon. The Pokemon's eyes bugged before rolling backwards to avoid the attack. Sure, Gex was smaller than Inteleon, but considering how lean the latter was, Gex's attack would have hurt much more.

"He's fast! Let's go with Operation 'We Can Use Weather Strats Too, Raihan!" Leon offered. Inteleon looked back with a nod and a smirk before turning his attention back to Gex before pointing his finger at him. This time, surrounding it by a sphere of mud before firing. Gex yelped before diving to the side to avoid it as it splattered all over the ground.

"Are you crazy, dude!? This robe is 100% silk!" Gex roared. Inteleon rolled his eyes before aiming his finger at Gex and started up another Mud Shot. However, the gecko was more prepared and used his tail to bounce off to the side to not only avoid the projectile, but launch towards Inteleon. However, Inteleon flipped backwards and landed onto one of the control panels before running over another Mud Shot. Gex growled before running off to the side.

This continued on for a good while with Inteleon continuing to fire off Mud Shots and Gex dodging after his opponent, trying to chase him down. Leon even ran behind a control panel to avoid some of the shots. Soon, Inteleon stepped back to avoid a kick before aiming his finger at Gex and firing a Mud Shot. …Only for nothing to come out. Inteleon's eyes widened, realising that he ran out of PP for Mud Shot.

"Ha! Here's no more mud in your eyes!" Gex smirked. He then ran over to Inteleon to tail whip him. Until he realised that he was going slower than usual. Inteleon sneered before kicking his foot out and caught Gex in the face, sending the secret agent and onto his back. Only to feel himself getting wet and dirty. Looking around, he saw that the entire area was covered with mud, making it hard to go around the area. His eyes bugged out before glaring at Inteleon

"You… You… Me rip-off!"

With that, he got up and used his tail to bounce at Inteleon. However, the Pokemon's smirk grew larger before rolling to the side. Leon sternly nodded his head.

"Now, finish him with one Dark Pulse" Leon shouted.

Inteleon nodded his head before aiming his finger at Gex and summoned a sphere of dark energy. Before Gex could react, the sphere dispersed and struck the gecko head-on and sent him onto his back where he laid unmoving.

"Heh, we did it, Inteleon!" Leon smirked, giving a thumbs-up.

The Pokemon returned the gesture to his trainer.

"What have you done!?"

Leon and Inteleon raised an eyebrow to see Celica rushing down with Azusa following her.

"Oh, don't worry, girls, this is a Pokemon battle!" Leon reassured with a chuckle. "This is nothing!"

Azusa frowned. "Um, I may not be a major Pokemon fan, but even I know that the gecko was NOT a Pokemon."

Leon and Inteleon's eyes widened in realisation.

"Also, now he has even more reason to be mad at us!" Celica scolded while healing Gex with her magic. "Look at the mess you two made!"

Leon and Inteleon winced before looking around to see all of the mud splattered all over the ground.

"Using Mud Shot to slow down his speed SEEMS like a good idea at the time." Leon frowned.

Celica shook her head. "How long do you think we have here? Maybe clean up this mess.

"I don't think we will be able to clean this mess even if we had a full ten minutes." Leon lamented before sighing.

"Great… Now what?" Celica groaned.

"I am telling ya, man. There is nothing wrong with sprinkling the word 'protect' in your sentences. But you have to make it count."

"I could see that. Do tell me when I should use it."

The four turned their heads to see Asbel Lhant, Buntaro Kuno, Spada Belforma and Gomamon walking into the hub.

"Well, it is actually quite simple. Do it when someone feels scared or when someone is questioning your resolve." Buntaro explained. "That hits the most. At least for me, anyway."

"Ah, I see. So basically in dire times." Asbel nodded. "Very well. I will remember it."

"My ass you will." Spada muttered with his hands in his pocket.

Gomamon shook his head before looking ahead. His eyes then bugged out when he saw the mismatched group.

"What in the!?" Gomamon gasped, getting the others' attention.

"Is that Celica A. Mercury?" Spada asked.

"Um, yes. That is me." The white mage said.

"Lady, you have no idea how CRAZY things got because of your disappearance." Buntaro said, shaking his head.

Celica frowned. "Why? Is my sister worried?"

"And then some!" Asbel groaned, slapping his forehead. "It has gotten to the point where…"

Suddenly, Celica's group started to vanish.

"Oh no!" Asbel gasped.

"Not again!" Celica exclaimed before looking at Asbel's group. "Please! Tell my sister I am fine! I am not alone and…"

By this time, Celica's group vanished, leaving the four looking in awe.

"...I knew that she was node-hopping, but to actually run into her." Asbel noted.

"And wait. Who were the other two?" Gomamon asked.

"Well, the other chick is Azura Miura, one of Haruki Amami's friends." Spada explained.

"And the dude is Leon, the champion of Galar." Buntaro added before pausing. "Or EX-Champion seeing that he is dressed in his Battle Tower outfit."

"What is going on? I don't remember anything about either of them falling into the portal!" Gomamon added.

"I… Don't think they even did." Buntaro frowned. "I think they appeared from their respective nodes."

"But… How? That never happened at the Tournament of Kikai with Olimar and Nack!" Asbel nodded.

"Wait… Leon is there, remember?" Buntaro asked.

"Um, yeah, we literally just established that." Spada said.

"Yeah, well, I think we should call the hosts and ask them about Celica's…" Buntaro started.

"Ahem…"

The four turned their heads to see Gex back on his feet with a furious look on his face while holding mops and buckets.

"Okay, you know what? You people want to trespass in MY Gex Cave, fine!" Gex roared. "But don't think that you will stay here with it like this!"

The four's eyes bugged before looking around at the muddied cave.

"...If I had a nickel for everything I am forced to clean someone's house by someone that would pass for a Rookie Digimon, I would have two dimes." Gomamon frowned. "Which isn't a lot, but still weird it happened."

(The Arena)

Mikleo narrowed his eyes in determination before readying his staff. He was up against a genius of the worst kind. He then swung his staff upwards.

"Rising Geyser!" He shouted, summoning a pillar of water underneath his foe.

Said geyser started to keep a bouncy ball. Despite this, Lemmy managed to balance on the uprising ball while laughing heartily. Mikleo narrowed his eyes before he started to cast a spell.

"Splash!" Mikleo shouted, summoning some orbs of water over Lemmy and splashing down on the Koopa to send him falling onto the ground. Mikleo then ran over and swung his staff like a golf club before swinging it into Lemmy and sending him flying away. The rainbow-haired reptile bounced off of the ground. However, he immediately retreated into his shell and advanced towards Mikleo while spinning around. The aquamancer merely kept his stern glare.

"Misty Reef!" Mikleo shouted, slamming his staff which resulted in a pillar of flames and steam which crashed into Lemmy's shell and sent him flying over. However, he landed on top of the trampoline and went flying back in the way. Lemmy then got out his wand and sent another bouncy ball downwards towards Mikleo.

"Lunar Strain!" Mikleo shouted, spinning his staff around to deflect the bouncy ball away. Despite this, Lemmy managed to manoeuvre himself to land on top of the ball before rolling towards Mikleo. The blue-haired youth acted quickly and dove to the side.

"I knew it. The way he fights is smarter." Mikleo said, sternly. "What attack is he going to try?"

Lemmy balanced on the ball for a moment. His eyes then lit up when he noticed something before rolling towards something. Mikleo turned his head before his eyes bugged out when he saw where Lemmy was heading.

The clown car. Lemmy then jumped off of his ball (which vanished in a puff of smoke) and got into the car and started to rev it up before driving after Mikleo. The Water Seraph's eyes bugged out before turning around and ran off with the car chasing after him.

"Ugh, how could I be so naive to think he won't use the surroundings of his own stage pick." Mikleo lamented.

Despite this, he used his staff to pole vault straight up into the air, leaping over Lemmy's car to allow him to go over him. Mikleo then started to cast a spell. Lemmy then started to whirl around and ride the car towards him.

"Aqua Serpent!"

With that, Mikleo sent out a serpent made of water at the car, hitting it dead-on which resulted in a burst of water.

…Only to see the clown car floating around in a bubble. Mikleo looked in horror as said bubble slowly.

"Oh no! He could use my own magic against me!" Mikleo gasped.

Then, the bubble popped and allowed Lemmy to drive the car into Mikleo. The blue-haired man didn't have much time to react and had the car crash into, sending him flying high into the air until he flew out of the arena. Lemmy then opened the car and got up with an excited look.

"Oh, wow! I don't know why people hate the Bubble item from Mario Kart Tour!" Lemmy laughed. "That was awesome!"

Mikleo landed in MySims where he helped Roxie Road with her ice cream shop.

Kim Wu narrowed her eyes before flipping backwards to avoid a surge of electricity. She then did a flying kick (while shouting a Bruce Lee Kiai). Sylvie Paula Paula smirked before ducking under the kick and rolling into a crouching position. Just in time to use her nunchucks to block a kick from Sylvie. Not only was the guard a success, but resulted in a burst of spiritual energy which sent Sylvie flying back.

After Sylvie slid on her back in the snow, Kim Wu got up with an energy dragon slowly going around. Kim Wu then flipped forward and did an axe kick onto Sylvie, but the electromancer rolled backwards to avoid the attack. Sylvie then engulfed her hands with electricity, but Kim Wu swung her nunchucks rapidly to act as a makeshift shield, causing the two attacks to clash, resulting in a firework display of sparks.

The two women then jumped back from each other, but Sylvie then sent out electricity from her hands at the ground. This somehow managed to make her hover off the ground before dashing towards Kim Wu. The redhead's eyes widened before raising her arms to block an incoming headbutt from Sylvie. Kim Wu then quickly blocked the headbut before kicking Sylvie in the stomach.

Sylvie staggered back, but recovered in time to block a series of kicks from Kim Wu. However, the Asian made up for her blocked kicks by crouching down and doing a sweeping kick to Sylvie. The blonde was about to crash but she flipped backwards and used her electromancy hover off the ground while kicking both feet into Kim Wu. As the redhead staggered, Sylvie smirked.

"Fu fu fu!" Sylvie laughed, sounding like a noblewoman. "Paula bet you thought that her over-the-top outfit would make her weak."

Kim Wu paused. "I mean… You are not wrong."

"Sorry, but I can't afford to play with you for too long." Sylvie shrugged. "I have to get this quick so I can give Lucina fashion tips."

Kim Wu's eyes bugged out. "Oh no, you are not getting away THAT easy!"

"Wow. She must have really thought I was a good opponent to want to fight me THAT much." Sylvie thought.

With that, she ran over and used her electricity to propel herself forward, this time in the form of a rising jump while kicking her legs downwards. However, Kim Wu ignited her foot in blue fire while kicking upwards, managing to knock Sylvie high up into the air. Kim Wu then crouched down to a flying kick while Sylvie was falling down, but the blonde managed to snap out of her daze and use her electromancy to hover.

Kim Wu wasn't expecting this and ended up doing a large crash into the ground. Fortunately, the snow cushioned her fall, but it was still embarrassing for her. Sylvie smirked before jumping her electromancy and landing on top of Kim Wu's stomach. The Asian's eyes widened in pain as Sylvie crouched down.

"I think it is time to give you a new hairstyle." Sylvie smirked, igniting her hand in electricity.

Kim Wu's eyes bugged out at this. "Oh hell no!"

With that, she threw Sylvie over her and got back. Sylvie did the same thing and turned around to see Kim Wu doing a flying kick forward. Sylvie smirked before jumping to the side.

Only for Kim Wu to suddenly break out of the kick and slam her nunchucks on top of Sylvie's stunned. With the electromancer stunned, Kim Wu proceeded to do a series of nunchucks strikes and kicks to her opponent, not giving her a chance to block and counter. Soon, Kim Wu ended with a flip kick, sending Sylvie flying high in the air and out of the ring.

Kim Wu smirked before flailing her nunchucks around. "Man, I love dragon cancelling so much!"

Sylvie landed in a giant white castle, startling several patrons.

"Ugh, Paula was just getting into the groove." Sylvie groaned, sitting up.

"Great God of Fashion!"

Sylvie jumped before turning her head to see a young woman dressed in an extravagant pink and red gown with a matching parasol. Said woman was looking in awe.

"Out of all of my years, I have never laid my eyes on such a scene." Josephine (from Suikoden V) sputtered.

Sylvie blinked twice.

"You are…" Josephine said before her eyes lit up. "A fashion icon!"

Sylvie returned the expression. "Really?"

"Of course! The eyes, the bows, the bright colours!" Josephine said. "Not even the people of Haud Village could come up with a design like that!"

Sylvie smiled while holding up her finger. "Well, it IS a Paula-original!"

"Oh, you GOT to tell me your secrets!" Josephine pleaded.

"Oh, I will!" Sylvie beamed.

With that, Sylvie started to give Josephine "fashion" advice. Everyone else looked in horror. Shula turned towards Lucretia.

"Lady Lucretia, please tell me that you have a plan to prevent this… Hopelessness." Shula frowned.

The strategist shook her head. "...Unfortunately, I do not. All we could hope is that ten minutes isn't enough to cause COMPLETE chaos."

(The Arena)

Ryu and Kairi narrowed their eyes as they encircled around each other while glaring into the others' eyes and holding up their fists. They then charged up energy into their palms.

"Hadoken!"

"Shinki-Hatsudou!"

The two projectiles zoomed at each other before clashing with each other. However, the moment both energy balls disappeared, the Shotoclones ran at each other before punching at each other with their fists clashing with each other. After the exchange, they proceeded to take turns sending out punches and kicks, only for the others to easily block and dodge each blow.

"Shoryuken!"

"Maryu-Rekkou!"

Ryu and Kairi then did their respective jumping uppercuts, causing the two to clash with each other before falling on the ground. Everyone cheered at the display as Ryu and Kairi leapt from each other. Though Kairi ran back and leapt up before doing a diving kick forward. However, Ryu caught Kairi's foot and spun him around in the air. Ryu then prepared to strike Kairi out of the air.

"Mouryo-Kasen!" Kairi shouted, quickly recovering by doing a Hurricane Kick and struck Ryu in the face and sent him skidding on his back. While still in midair, Kairi did another diving kick forward. However, Ryu rolled to the side to not only avoid the attack, but punched Kairi in the stomach. The white-haired man staggered back, but quickly did a downward kick, but Ryu managed to block it and shoved Kairi away from him.

"I should have expected that the face of fighting games will fight as if he just came out in this section." Kairi noted. "However, that is going to take a lot more than that to take me down."

"I am aware of that and normally I wouldn't have it any other way." Ryu frowned. "But you caught me at a really bad time. I have to go help Lilly Kane."

Kairi blinked twice before looking to the side to see Lilly was still riding on an unwilling Etalus while chasing Zim on an equally-unwilling Polar.

"So let me get this straight…" Kairi said. "Joining that Scooby Doo chase is more important than fighting ME?"

Ryu winced. "Look, it is a little more complicated than that."

"Okay, very well." Kairi said with his eyebrow twitching. "Then, let me simplify it by showing how important facing me is."

With that, he rushed over to Ryu and punched forward. The brown-haired man raised his arms to block, but Kairi continued the assault of punches with the blue wisps around his fists burning brighter. Ryu winced as he found an opening by kicking Kairi in the stomach and knocking him onto his back. However, the white-haired man rolled backwards and got back into a standing position.

Kairi then raised his arms and did an Akuma teleport forward. Of course, Ryu was no stranger to these types of teleports.

"Hadoken!" Ryu shouted, sending an energy ball forward towards the direction of where Kairi would reappear. The projectile hit Kairi head-on in the chest and caused him to stagger back, but he quickly recovered. Ryu frowned.

"It will take me all section to eliminate Kairi." Ryu frowned. "I have to find a quicker way to get rid of him."

Then, his eyes widened in realisation. Narrowing his eyes, he ran forward. Kairi did the same thing. Suddenly, Ryu leapt up over Kairi and landed behind the latter before grabbing him and throwing him away.

And into the cannon where he ended up getting stuck in it with his feet sticking Ryu smirked before running over to it.

"Forgive me, Kairi, but something came up and I can't do this fight normally." He said.

Then, his smirk vanished as he looked around the cannon for a moment.

"Um, where is the… Button?" Ryu frowned. "There should be one here."

Suddenly, he went a finger tap against his shoulder. Ryu turned his head, only to see the Pyro crossing his arms and tapping his foot.

"Umm…" Ryu started.

The Pyro then pushed him to the side and started to fiddle with the cannon. Then, they pulled on a fuse. This sent Kairi flying through the air while roaring in anger until he crashed into the audience-protecting barrier before dropping like a stone into it.

Kairi landed in Kingdom Hearts where Riku fought in an attempt to get the former to control the darkness inside of him.

Ryu blinked twice before looking at the Pyro who was crossing their arms.

"Um, thank you?" Ryu said.

The Pyro nodded their head before skipping over. Ryu just watched with a bewildered look.

"Shouldn't cannons be more of the Demoman or Engineer's expertise?" Ryu asked.

He then shrugged before running over to the odd cause.

"This is ridiculous!" Lilly Kane roared, using her staff as a jousting lance before glaring down at Etalus. "How is a polar bear CUB able to outrun a FULLY-GROWN one?"

"Maybe because he was more or less for being a mount and I had my dignity fully intact before tonight." The larger polar bear muttered.

Lilly growled. "Oh, I could assure you. I will break something much worse than your dignity."

Etalus winced before looking ahead. Only to be pelted by a series of lasers.

"Gwa ha ha!" Zim laughed. "I lack the bandicoot genes, but I will make you all crash!"

Lilly's eyebrow twitched. "...I swear that you better do nothing than run."

Etalus winced before opening his mouth and sent a breath of cold air, freezing the already-cold floor and running over it. This actually made Etalus go faster. Zim, who was looking back and firing while riding Polar, went wide-eyed. Acting quickly, he activated his jetpack which sent him and Polar out of Etalus' way.

Which he continued to run straight into a stunned Ryu.

Before Etalus could understand what was going on, he crashed right into Ryu and sent him flying straight over the ropes.

Ryu landed in Animal Crossing New Horizons where he spent the entire ten minutes running from a tarantula. …What? Ryu is canonically afraid of spiders. Look it up.

Lilly and Etalus both looked in horror at what had just happened. She then growled before she proceeded to hit Etalus in the head with her staff.

"You idiot!" Lilly roared, during whacks. "You just eliminated my ally!"

"It was an accident!" Etalus insisted. "Furthermore, how was I supposed to know that you two were aligned?"

"No excuses!" Lilly scolded.

Zim then laughed at this. "Gah ha ha! Zim laughs at your pitiful attempts to defeat him!"

Polar's eyebrow twitched, losing the final strand of his patience. He then started to roll in place, not unlike a Spin Dash and sent a startled Zim forward. The Irken crashed into a stunned Lilly and sent her flying out of the ring.

Lilly landed in Final Fantasy VIII where Raijin hit on her. Needless to say, she took out all of the aggression on him.

Etalus blinked twice as Zim groaned while holding his head. He then glared at Polar.

"Hey, how dare you…" Zim started.

His face fell when he saw that Polar was now clad in Mad Max-style gear and he had a pink Mohawk and green face paint over his right eye. He was then beating a baseball bat in his hands with a pissed off look on his face.

"Umm, where did you acquire all of that stuff?" Zim asked.

"I do not know."

Zim paused before looking up to see Etalus glaring down at him.

"What I DO know is that you will learn the hard way never to mess with polar bears." Etalus said, coldly.

Zim gulped nervously.

Kyoko shrieked before jumping to the side to avoid a hammer swing from King Dedede. The former then puffed her cheeks in annoyance before rushing over while Dedede was recovering from his own attack and a punch combo to his face. Dedede staggered back but quickly recovered and got out a Gordo and hit it forward. However, Kyoko ran to the side and did a kick forward.

However, Dedede quickly raised his hammer to block it. After Kyoko retreated back while holding her aching foot. Dedede smirked before doing a kick on his face to Kyoko, knocking the redhead to the ground. The penguin then ran forward before sliding forward on his stomach. But Kyoko snapped out of her daze and yelped before doing a drill kick forward and struck Dedede in the head. The latter grunted in pain before getting up, holding his head.

"Oh, I am SO going to get up like Cammy White's lawsuit!" Dedede roared. He was promptly nailed in the face by a snowball. After throwing the makeshift projectile, Kyoko ran over and kicked Dedede's stomach, knocking the wind out of him. After having his cheeks puff out in pain, the king growled before swinging his hammer horizontally but Kyoko flipped forward while rolling herself into a ball, striking her larger opponent in the face.

Dedede then pulled his hammer back, but Kyoko jumped back with a smirk. However, he wasn't aiming at her, but rather swinging his weapon like a golf swing to send snow into Kyoko. The redhead shrieked before staggering back. Dedede smirked before pulling his hammer and igniting it with fire while advancing forward. Kyoko wiped her face to see Dedede getting ready to swing. She yelped as she realised that it was too late to block, but Dedede swung with full might.

…Only to swing no hammer but instead air. Kyoko and Dedede both froze in their poses with their respective horrified and smirking faces. They then fell backwards on their rear/forward on their face.

Kyoko then sat up. "Umm… Was that supposed to happen?"

"Um, no." Dedede frowned.

He then started to look around for his hammer frantically. His eyes widened when he saw the group of Ukikis running off with his hammer.

"H-Hey!" Dedede roared, angrily. "That is MINE!"

Some of the Ukikis looked back while sticking out their tongues. Dedede growled before getting ready to chase after them.

Suddenly, he felt a pair of arms wrapped around his waist from behind. He was promptly suplexed to the ground. Dedede groaned as he laid on the ground while Kyoko cracked her knuckles.

"Well, well, well. Let's see how strong you really are without your hammer." Kyoko smirked.

Dedede growled before punching his fist out. However, Kyoko caught it and threw him over his shoulder and sent him flying into the nearest corner post which he laid upside-down. Dedede groaned as he watched Kyoko advancing. He yelped before getting up and wrapping his arms around the corner post.

Suddenly, Dedede managed to pull the corner post right out of the ground, startling everyone, especially Kyoko.

Goro Majima gave a descending whistle from the Eliminated Seating. "Okay, I admit it. That… Would be a little unfun if I was still hiding in there."

Dedede then glared back at Kyoko with a dark smirk, making the high-school student stagger back. Dedede then leapt up into the air and swung the corner post downwards. Kyoko yelped before jumping back, avoiding the attack.

"Heh! It doesn't matter how big your weapon is if it is still too easy to avoid it!" Kyoko gloated.

"Wasn't aiming for ya!" Dedede smirked back. "Didn't need to!"

Kyoko blinked twice. Suddenly, she heard a cracking noise from underneath her. Looking down, she saw that there were cracks in the snow. Said cracks started to glow white.

Kyoko's face fell. "...Oh, this won't end well."

Then, a bunch of icicles spawned from the cracks which sent Kyoko flying high into the air until she fell like a stone into an elimination portal.

Kyoko landed in a city before getting up while holding her head.

"Oh, poop. I sure hope Hasabe and Mami didn't see that." Kyoko groaned.

She then noticed that standing a good distance away were a bunch of obviously-evil villains. They seemed to be absolutely terrified as they shifted eyes between her and a different direction. Kyoko blinked twice before looking towards said direction.

To see three young girls floating in the air. Noticeably, their costumes, hair and eyes reminded Kyoko of the Powerpuff Girls except older. The most noticeable thing was that the one that looked like Blossom also looked like KYOKO (and Buttercup looked like Misako). Needless to say, the Powerpuff Girls also noticed this and looked in awe.

The villain continued to shift their eyes between the Powerpuff Girls and Kyoko. They then screamed bloody murder before running off. Kyoko and Blossom paused before slowly approaching each other.

"Sooo…" Blossom said. "Any boys you are into?"

Kyoko's eyes lit up. "Oh, am I? I am into my Riki-poo!"

With that, she got out a picture of Riki and showed it to Blossom. The Powerpuff Girl's eyes lit up.

"Oh, wow! He is a total hunk!" Blossom beamed.

"I know, right!?" Kyoko grinned. "And he is not only hunky, but also cool, protective, stoic and all of those cool tropes!"

With that, the two redheads started to gush over the girls. Bubbles and Buttercup along with a few bystanders look on in disbelief.

"...If someone told me that Blossom will meet another one of her, I would assume that it would be with the original Blossom." Bubbles said, chuckling nervously.

"At least the original would have realised how much of a headache this is." Buttercup muttered.

(The Arena)

"Watch out, fighters! King Dedede has taken out one of the corner posts!" Drake announced. "Don't worry, the Millennium Star will fix it at the end of the section, but for now, half of the arena will have no ropes for the final third so be careful!"

Dedede nodded his head with a smirk. "Getting dragged to the Forgotten Land did wonders for me! Now where were we?"

Then, the group of Ukikis ran past while still carrying his hammer, startling Dedede.

"Oh right…" Dedede said before narrowing his eyes and giving chase. "Come back here, banana-breath!"

(Unknown Location)

The eyes of Pomme widened to the fullest. After spending all ten minutes in her elimination node. After doing so, he ended up in a dark void. However, she wasn't alone as she noticed all of the previous eliminated fighters in there as well.

"Oh, wow. This is how the Recovery Room works." Pomme said, getting everyone's attention. "Huh. Neat. Well, seeing that I, the last eliminated person of this section, am here. We should come in now."

Everyone paused before looking at each other.

"...We should have been in the Recovery Room a while ago." Pomme frowned.

Everyone solemnly nodded their heads.

"...We shouldn't even BE in here in the first place." Pomme continued.

Everyone shook their heads.

"And no, it is not MY fault!" Dot snapped. "Seriously, we could start a drinking game on people blaming ME for what happened."

"I don't see why people will immediately blame you as well, Dot." Jude Mathis frowned. "You were not the first wacky cartoon to go through the Recovery Room."

"Exactly. And this tournament started long before SSBFreak revealed HIS tournament gimmick to the world." The Warner Sister nodded.

"Wait, what?" Kyo Kusanagi asked, blinking twice.

"What?" Dot asked without missing a beat.

Everyone blinked twice at this. Genjuro Kibagami then glared up at Azrael.

"Azrael, you better have a good explanation for this." Genjuro roared.

"Woah, woah!" The blue-haired man insisted. "I had nothing to do with this!"

Kasumi Todoh raised an eyebrow. "Maybe not by yourself."

"...Miss Todoh, I could assure you that all of the fighters of this particular section being stuck in this void would cause more harm than good." Azrael said.

Sooga crossed his arms. "...Notice how he said 'THIS particular section'."

"Oh, I noticed." Hayato Nekketsu said, narrowing his eyes.

"Do not trust me if you don't believe me, but still stand that I am just as much in the dark as everyone else." Azrael insisted.

"I think he is telling the truth." Jude piped up.

"Really? We are just going to take his word that easily?" Shionne Vymer Imeris Daymore said, crossing her arms in disbelief.

"We should if we think about this logically." Jude said, raising his finger. "If we somehow ignored being stuck in this void, then what else would be different."

"Um, why would anything be different?" Bowser asked, scratching the back of his head. "All that would change would be the security team coming to the Recovery Room to interrogate..."

Then, everyone's eyes bugged out before looking at one particular person: Ace. The Ditto fighter shrank back.

"Woah, woah, WOAH!" Ace insisted. "I am just as confused why we got stuck in this void as everyone else!"

"That may be so, but you got the most to lose by going to the Recovery Room." Zelda recalled.

"That reminds me." Kyo said before engulfing his hand in flames. "Mary, Jude and I didn't get a chance to get answers out of you on your association with Terry Bogard's murder."

This caught the majority of the eliminated fighters off-guard.

"Wait… Terry got KILLED!?" Popo gasped.

"I WAS wondering where he was during all of this time." Doctrine Dark admitted, raising an eyebrow. "But this is still surprising."

"I-I can't believe this…" Kasumi said, narrowing her eyes. "How many times did someone who has no place being in the tournament have to steal someone else's invitation ?"

"AND after what happened at the Tournament of Kikai, which even YOU could have been a victim of!" G scolded.

"You are going DOWN, buddy!" Nana said, beating her mallet in her palm.

Ace then nervously looked around at all of the angry glares before gulping nervously.

"Guys, if THIS is you then I only got one word to say: HURRY!"

(Recovery Room)

Gabe Logan knelt behind a turned-over cot while holding a pistol as much as he quickly pondered what his next move should be. Suddenly, he heard a familiar noise of something bouncing towards his barrier. His eyes bugged out before rolling to the side to grab a grenade. However, that was what "Mercenary" was hoping for and fired a Desert Eagle at Gabe's arm.

However, Gabe's body suit was fitted with resistance towards bullets so the dark-clad man was able to grab the grenade which "Mercenary" threw and tossed it towards outside of the door where it exploded before it could damage the Recovery Room or any of the unconscious patrons. Realising how much "Mercenary" was willing to use explosives in an enclosed space, Gabe did what he did best.

Run and gun. Getting out his pistol, he ran towards his opponent's hiding place. "Mercenary" peeked from his cover and opened fire with his own gun. However, Gabe returned fire with his gun while using his other arm to shield it from the bullets. When he was close enough, Gabe kicked the turned cot and sent it crashing into "Mercenary", knocking him down. Gabe then got out a taser and got ready to fire it at the downed man.

However, "Mercenary" got out a rocket launcher out of nowhere and fired it at the cot, sending it flying upwards and crashing towards the ceiling. With Gabe taken back by this, "Mercenary" got out a knife while getting up and swinging it at the dark-haired man. However, the latter managed to see the knife before it slash him. Gabe's eyes widened before catching "Mercenary's" wrist.

But he found himself being forced on top of his back with "Mercenary" on top of him. The latter then tried to stab his opponent with Gabe struggling not to let his knife go near his face. The black-clad man then threw "Mercenary" over him. He then quickly got up to use his taser, only for "Mercenary" to do a diving attack forward, headbutting Gabe in the face and sending him skidding on the ground.

"Mercenary" then got out a rocket launcher and aimed it at the downed Gabe. The dark-clad man's eyes bugged out before quickly rolling backwards. While he was able to move out of the way of the rocket-launcher's shot, he wasn't able to avoid the explosion that sent him (and several unconscious people) flying away. Gabe crashed back-first into the wall and skidded off before groaning while holding his head. He then shook his head before glaring at the guilty party.

"Are you crazy!?" Gabe roared. "You fired that rocket launcher almost point-blank at me!"

"Mercenary" just smirked. "If you saw me fight, you would probably…"

Suddenly, his smirk vanished as he looked like he realised something. He then scowled before glaring at Gabe.

"You know what? Words are pointless to you." "Mercenary" scoffed. "Let's continue our fight."

Gabe blinked twice, wondering what "Mercenary" meant by that. Suddenly, his eyes bugged out when he saw the latter get out another grenade before throwing it. However, it was towards a small group of unconscious people. Acting quickly, Gabe ran towards the grenade and grabbed it before throwing it away towards a part of the Recovery Room where it harmlessly exploded.

However, "Mercenary" pounced onto Gabe from behind and tackled him to the ground before putting a knife to his throat while pinning him to the ground.

"Should have known that someone who is behind the death of Terry Bogard would resort to cheap tricks." Gabe scoffed with venom in his voice.

"Mercenary" just sneered. "Should have just passed out like everyone else. Would have survived."

"Syphon Filter may be an obscure game at this point, but there is a reason why we got so many games." Gabe scoffed.

Before "Mercenary" could ask what the hell Gabe meant, the latter managed to get out a taser and jabbed it into his adversary's side. However, due to "Mercenary" being literally on top of him, both had electricity surging through their bodies. Despite this and having both men collapse on the ground, Gabe recovered quickly and climbed onto "Mercenary" while getting out a pair of handcuffs.

"Whoever you are from whichever Resident Evil you are from… You are under arrest for suspicion of the attempted murder of the main host, Drake and the actual murder of Terry Bogard!" Gabe said.

"Mercenary's" eyebrow twitched at this. He then reacted quickly before swinging his head back, headbutting inside of Gabe's forehead. After the agent recoiled back in pain, "Mercenary" then got up, throwing off his opponent before climbing onto them.

"So you think that you got a few full games under your belt and you get to be on the security team that means you are better than us!?" "Mercenary" roared before he started to punch Gabe's face in. "Don't get so cocky! I bet your little buddies never even heard of Syphon Filter before coming to the tournament! You are a filler spot seeing that Solid Snake is a mainstay at these tournaments!"

Gabe tried to block or counter, but not only was "Mercenary" punching so hard, but also so fast. After ten good punches, "Mercenary" grabbed Gabe up his collar and lifted him close to his face with him barely keeping conscious.

"So get your head out of your ass and back into the shadows with you!" "Mercenary" spat.

With that, he sent one final punch into Gabe, knocking him out for good. "Mercenary" scoffed before getting up.

"Pretentious boomer." He muttered. "Now to get Ace…"

With that, he walked over to a control panel.

"Okay, which is the button to let out the eliminated fighters?" "Mercenary" mused before hovering his finger over a button. "This one?"

With that, he pushed it.

CRASH!

"OW!"

"Mercenary" jumped before turning to the direction of the shout to see Ace crashing on the ground with a few bruises on them. The former ran over to the downed Ditto fighter.

"Hey, you're okay, man?" "Mercenary" asked, crouching down.

Ace glared up. "Oh yeahhhhh. I just love getting my ass kicked no matter where I am."

"Mercenary" rolled his eyes behind his sunglasses. "Hey, it is not easy for me either! That Solid Snake wannabe didn't get knocked out so I had to fight for both of our sakes!"

Ace looked up confused. "You didn't kill him?"

"Trust me, a part of me wanted to, but there is no benefit in doing so." "Mercenary" shrugged. "They don't even know who I am."

"True…" Ace lamented.

CRASH!

"Mercenary" and Ace jumped before turning to see Nitros Oxide crashing onto his face with his leg sticking up and twitching with his hovercraft floating behind him.

"Oh, crap! We gotta go!" "Mercenary" winced.

"Yeah, trust me… The eliminated fighters are just as… Eager to find out what the hell is going on." Ace groaned, rubbing his chin.

With that, the two ran out of the Recovery Room. Around this time, both Hayato Nekketsu and Doctrine Dark crashed into the room. They both groaned before getting up.

"That… Wasn't supposed to happen." D. Dark groaned.

"Seriously, what the hell is going…" Hayato muttered.

He then heard groaning. His eyes widened before turning to see everyone on the ground, unconscious.

"Kyoko!" Hayato gasped before getting up and rushing over to his downed nodal companion and cradling her in his arms.

"H-Hayato?" The chemistry teacher asked, weakly.

"Y-Yeah." The red-clad man said, softly. "What happened?"

"I-I don't know. I think the Recovery Room was filled with knockout gas." Kyoko said, softly.

"They attacked the RECOVERY Room?" Hayato asked in disgust. "How low can they get?"

"Speaking of low, notice who ISN'T here?" D. Dark snarked, crossing his arms.

Hayato's eyes bugged out before turning his head to see that Ace was long gone.

"Damn it!" Hayato growled as several people slowly started to regain consciousness.

"Ugh, my head…" Carmelita groaned, sitting up and holding her head. Suddenly, her eyes bugged out. "Ace! We have to find Ace before…"

"...It's too late." D. Dark said, matter-of-factly.

"H-Huh?" Carmelita asked.

"It is as I said. He is most likely long gone!" D. Dark scolded.

"How could you let that wannabe escape!?" Bowser roared (after HIS own ungraceful fall).

D. Dark glared at the Koopa. "May I remind you that Ace was the first one to get eliminated so he has a lot of time to escape."

"Still, the second eliminated fighter should have seen him." Hayato said before looking at Oxide. "Well…"

"Umm… I can't say much. I was too busy being dazed." Oxide said.

Hayato narrowed his eyes. "Damn, you really are useless if you are not allowed to cheat, aren't you?"

"Hey, what can I do!? I wasn't prepared for that!" Oxide snapped.

"Maybe we should ask Gabe after he wakes up."

Everyone looked in the direction to see Flynn Scifo using his healing magic on an unconscious Gabe.

"Hm? Why him?" Bowser asked.

"Because it is a little hard to see now, but he got bruises on his face." Flynn pointed out. "I strongly doubt he got them from falling unconscious so… There is a strong chance that he fought the person who knocked out everyone."

Carmelita angrily slammed her fist on the ground. "Damn it! We were so close!

"...And I think THEY knew that." Naesala lamented, rubbing his aching head.

Suddenly, a voice could be seen through the speakers.

"Attention: Could Kula Diamond make her way to the Ready Room?"

Everyone blinked twice before looking in the direction of a certain cryomancer, getting up on her rear. She blinked twice before looking up at the ceiling.

"...Was that Satan?"

(The Arena)

Zim yelped before using his jetpack to fly off to the side to avoid a white blur. However, despite going straight, the blur managed to self-adjust him mid-charge and lunged at Zim, swatting its large paw at the Irken, knocking him out of the way and onto the snow. After being knocked in the snowbank where he laid with his feet comically sticking out. After performing his attack, Etalus smirked.

"How about we will have a little Monster Party, shall we?" Etalus asked.

Polar, still in his Rustland skin, nodded while sharing the same smirk. He then ran over to the stuck Zim while running on his hind legs and proceeded to beat Zim's own legs with his baseball bat (and making a small part of the crowd cheer for some reason). The alien cried out in pain before tumbling out of the snowbank.

"My shins! My standing-on-top-of-people's-heads shins!" Zim shrieked in agony. He then raised his head to see Polar swinging his bat at him again. Zim yelped before throwing himself to the ground to avoid a horizontal swing. He then sent out his spider legs at Polar and zapping him with electricity before tumbling back. Zim then used his jetpack while going up.

Only to fly back out of the way to avoid a rain of icicles. Despite missing his target, Etalus ran over and swung his claw downwards, but Zim flew to the side and fired a couple of shots at Etalus. The larger polar bear just scoffed at the shots and tried again. However, he was going noticeably slower (due to having Cupid's shots). However, Polar pounced onto Etalus and did another Spin Dash-like roll and sent himself at Zim. The Irken yelped before flying to the side. However, Etalus then grabbed him out of the air.

"Okay, I call foul! How can someone so big be so fast!?" Zim demanded. "You are supposed to be trapped to the status of… Well, a Mighty Glacier!"

"Well, that may be true. Normally. However, I could use my cryomancy to go faster around the place." Etalus explained. "And last time, I checked, this entire arena is full of ice and snow!"

Zim gritted his teeth. "So you got an advantage over the snow! When I take over the world, I will ban winter forever and you will have no extra speed!"

Etalus blinked twice. "...Would it do ANY good to point out that this is not how winter works?"

Instead of having an equally insane rebuttal, Zim just threw a gnome into Etalus's face, zapping the larger polar bear. After the latter cried out in pain, Zim then flew out of the way but Polar lunged at Zim, putting his bat over his head and swinging it downwards. Zim yelped before throwing GIR, making Polar hit him instead.

"I believe I could fly!" GIR sang as he was sent flying away. Etalus then rushed at Zim again. However, the Irken flew out of the way but Etalus summoned a floating ice platform and leapt onto it before launching off of it. Zim's eyes widened before Etalus spiked Zim like a volleyball.

The alien was sent sprawling across the snow until he literally was underneath before crashing against one of the three remaining corner posts. Etalus and Polar laughed at this as Zim poked his head out of the snow. He then snarled at the laughing polar bears.

"You dare laugh at Zim!? It is ZIM who should laugh at YOU!" Zim roared.

With that, he zoomed forward on his jetpack. However, he ended up going much faster than the polar bears thought (while leaving a glowing line with Irken symbols behind for some reason) with Polar being his target. The younger ursine yelped before closing his eyes and preferring for the worst.

…Only for nothing to happen. Blinking twice, he saw that he was unharmed. He DID notice that his bat was gone. His eyes widened before looking around.

"Looking for this?"

Polar and Etalus turned their heads to see Zim floating while holding the former's bat with a sneer.

"Yes, I now have your bat! Now victory is MINE!" Zim boasted.

Etalus and Polar blinked twice before looking at each other, thinking that Zim was just as deluded as he was in the cartoon.

Only to be pelted by a snowball in the face each. The two polar bears yelped before they proceeded to be pelted by snowballs. They both groaned before looking up to see… Zim wearing a purple batter's helmet while holding the bat like a baseball player. Behind him was GIR holding a microphone.

"Um, what…?" Etalus asked.

"You fool!" Zim boasted. "Have you not heard of Nicktoons MLB!? It is where us Nicktoons play side-by-side with real-life MLB players!?"

Etalus and Polar paused before the former voiced both of their thoughts. "...Come again?"

"That's right! Not even the Mario cast have the honour!" Zim smirked before looking around. "GIR! Provide the appropriate baseball commentary!"

"I love peanuts! I prefer Garfield though!" GIR said through the microphone.

As if this was a starting line, Zim rushed over and did a sliding kick, sending snow onto Etalus and Polar. While both polar bears were stunned, Zim ran over to Polar and ready his bat. By the time the smaller ursine recovered, it was too little, too little.

CRACK!

That was the sound of the bat colliding with Polar, sending the poor bear flying through the air. Everyone looked in awe (and Etalus in horror) as Polar was sent all of the way out of the arena, almost colliding with the barrier before falling into the portal with Zim laughing like a maniac.

Polar landed in Mad Max. Sure, being a polar bear cub caught him more than a few raised eyebrows, but seeing that he was wearing his Rustland skin, he fit right in.

BOING. BOING. BOING. BOING.

That was the sound of two fighters bouncing onto a trampoline. After dealing with their respective previous opponents, the two ran into each other and both decided to make use of the trampoline seeing that they wanted to fight on it.

Ribbon Girl shrieked before using one of her multiple jumps to avoid getting hit by a spinning shell. The idol then turned around and lashed out her electric fist at said shell. Despite Ribbon Girl not doing any damage, it did send the shell outbalance and onto the trampoline. However, the moment it bounced off the trampoline, Lemmy popped out of his shell and readied his wand before sending out a bouncy ball.

However, Ribbon Girl easily jumped to the side to avoid the ball and sent out her other ARM which was the Slapmander, a fiery slapping glove. However, Lemmy did a flip in mid-jump to avoid it. After the Koopaling bounced off of the trampoline, he went over to Ribbon Girl. But the blonde launched her Sparky ARM forward, but Lemmy managed to manoeuvre to the side before continuing forward before doing a headbutt forward.

But Ribbon Girl did another jump to the side before swinging her Slapmander into Lemmy's side from above and sending him flying down to the ground. Or rather the trampoline before bouncing off of it before soaring straight up into the air. Ribbon Girl then did a one-two combo with her ARMs to Lemmy. The rainbow-Mohawked reptile cried out in pain, but retreated back into his shell.

Ribbon Girl just smirked as Lemmy sent his shell spinning towards her. The former then did a double jump to move to the side. Lemmy then spun his shell around and turned around, but Ribbon Girl swapped her Slapmander with her Popper and activated it onto Lemmy, sending him flying high. However, the Koopaling self-righted himself and grabbed onto the trapeze and sat onto it.

"Wow! You ARMS fighters are bigger performers than I thought!" Lemmy said in awe. "How come your node just didn't get more than one elimination until now?"

Ribbon Girl did her multiple times onto the second trapeze before sighing. "I was thinking the same thing. I thought that Min Min being in Smash, we would do a little better but I guess not.""

"Hey, it is not all bad." Lemmy offered. "Technically speaking, most of the people that came out thus far at least got an elimination compared to other nodes."

Ribbon Girl giggled at this. "True. Maybe my three eliminations help me set up the spotlight for my node!"

Lemmy blinked twice. "But I thought you only got two eliminations."

"I know what I said." Ribbon Girl smirked.

With that, she jumped off of the trapeze, but the moment she did so, the idol dropped to the ground like a stone onto the trampoline. She then sprang back up. Lemmy's eyes widened before pulling his wand back and sending a green ball of magic. Ribbon Girl, however, sent out her Popper at the incoming projectile and negated the attack. The latter then lashed out her Sparky at Lemmy.

However, Lemmy leapt off of the trapeze and towards Ribbon Girl, but the blonde jumped and did a double jump out of the way. However, she wasn't what Lemmy was aiming for as he was aiming for the opposite trapeze, grabbing it with both hands and flipping back onto it. Lemmy then used his wand to summon a series of bouncy balls at Ribbon Girl which the latter proceeded to dodge.

But then Lemmy jumped from the trapeze and everyone thought that he was going to bounce on the trampoline, but instead he landed on top of the balls that were bouncing off of the trampoline and leapt up from it. Ribbon Girl was not expecting this and took a dropkick to her face.

However, as the blonde was falling back onto the trampoline, Lemmy then proceeded to hop from bouncing ball to bouncing ball. After Ribbon Girl bounced back up, Lemmy spun forward while spinning in his shell, sending one of his bouncy balls into his opponents, sending her flying away. While the attack didn't send her that far horizontal-wise, because she was flying in midair, the momentum was enough to send her flying out of the ring.

Ribbon Girl landed in Kim Possible where she did a cheerleading duet with the titular character.

Princess Peach Toadstool cried out in pain before collapsing on her side. She groaned before looking up, only for her eyes to bug out and roll to the side to avoid a black furry ball. Said ball uncurled to reveal that it was Shadow the Hedgehog who quickly skated towards Peach (while melting the snow in his way) and leapt at her to do a flaming kick. However, Peach raised her frying pan to block the incoming attack.

Peach then went for a counter-attack, but Shadow easily flipped out of the way before launching at his opponent with a shoulder-barge. However, Peach acted quickly and did a jumping uppercut with her Boom-Brella to avoid the attack. After Shadow rolled onto the ground, Peach landed on the ground and pulled out a turnip out of the snow before throwing it forward.

However, Shadow quickly recovered and did a spin kick, knocking it away before jumping up while curling up into a ball and doing a Homing Attack forward. However, Peach summoned Toad to block the attack, resulting in an explosion of spores which sent Shadow multiple times before sending him. Despite this, the black-furred rodent self-righted himself in mid-air before landing on the ground.

Shadow then did another Spin Jump, but this time started to circle around the spot he was in. This resulted in a black tornado, which turned into a snowy one that advanced towards Peach. However, the pink-clad princess just narrowed her eyes and gritted her teeth before summoning a flaming aura around herself which easily melted the snow tornado when it came close to her. Shadow raised an eyebrow.

"I have to ask… Is the reason why you are fighting so hard was to prove me wrong?" Shadow asked.

"Yes and no. Honestly, I was fighting to try to FORGET about it." Peach muttered. "Half of the time, I actually FORGOTTEN about it because I was too busy trying to keep focused."

"Yes, while it clearly got you this far, it wouldn't do that much against…" Shadow started with a smirk.

"Against the Ultimate Life Form." Peach groaned, rolling her eyes. "Honestly, Shadow, Bowser may be thrice the braggart you are, but at least he more or less has variety with HIS brags."

The hedgehog's smirk vanished. "Hey!"

With that, he held up his hand and summoned a spear of yellow energy before throwing it forward. However, Peach got out her tennis racket and hit it back at Shadow. The black-furred rodent then jumped to the side. Realising that he can't use projectiles, he snapped his fingers which resulted in a small burst of purple energy from underneath Peach's feet, sending the blonde flying into the air.

Shadow then smirked before using his Homing Attack on her, but Peach managed to not only self-right in time but also managed to float out of the way. But the moment that Shadow landed on the ground, he immediately went into another Homing Attack, knocking Peach out of the air and onto the ground. Shadow then landed on the ground and did a flaming sweeping kick, sending Peach sprawling further.

Peach painfully stopped before getting up on her hands and knees. She then pulled out another turnip. However, it wasn't a turnip, but a laser sword. At first, Peach was startled, but then she smirked before running straight at Shadow. However, the hedgehog just narrowed his eyes.

CLANG.

Peach's eyes widened when she saw that her beam sword clashed with an odachi or rather a very long katana. At the other end was a smirking Shadow.

Peach paused. "...So you are still using your weapons from your solo game?"

"Only the Special weapons. Drake made me use them." Shadow offered.

Peach just scoffed. "So what? I have been pulling Beam Swords out of the ground for years and you only used it in one game."

"Well, let's put it to the test, shall we?" Shadow smirked.

With that, he jumped up and swung his samurai blade downwards, but Peach thought quickly and blocked with her own blade. However, Shadow then did a Spin Jump in midair with his blade out, forcing Peach to continue to guard which resulted in a firework display of sparks. However, Peach found her fatigue getting the better of her as she collapsed on one knee. Shadow smirked before doing a flip, catching Peach in the chin and sending her flying into the air.

"You did well, but not enough to match up to me!" Shadow smirked. With that, he pulled his odachi back and swung it as hard as he could, sending a purple wave forward and towards the falling Peach, which sent her flying towards the edge. Normally, she would bounce off of the ropes, but it was part of the arena that didn't have them due to Dedede tearing out the corner posts so she fell straight in.

Peach landed inside of an old-fashioned mansion. She groaned before sitting up while holding her arm.

"So much for getting my revenge." Peach lamented. "Aw well. At least I am currently the overall MVP. Especially in an already low-scoring tournament. Even if there is a chance that someone may beat me, as long as Shadow doesn't, I will be more than content."

"Help, Tom! Help, Dick! Help, Larry!"

Peach's eyes widened before turning her head to see a brunette young woman clad in light blue beating on a door, trying to escape. Behind her was a green-skinned man with dark hair and a purple suit walking towards her while looking creepy. Peach immediately tried to get up to save her.

…Only for the woman to grab the green-skinned man was he close enough and threw him around like a rag doll before tossing him away. She then proceeded to beat on the door while calling for help. Peach watched the whole thing with blinking twice.

"...So this is what most of my hatedom sees most of the time." Peach mused, shifting her eyes between Dan Backslide and Dora Standpipe.

Back in the arena, Shrek looked in horror after his ally was eliminated. He then growled before glaring at the reason why he wasn't helping her fight Shadow.

"Now look at what you did!? Thanks to you, I lost my partner!" Shrek scolded.

Kim Wu just rolled her eyes. "Oh, wah wah. I got my ally eliminated because someone interrupted my fight. It is not like the same thing didn't want to happen to two certain Tales swordsman and a Japanese delinquent.

Shrek winced, realising what she was talking about. "Aw, come on! What happened was an accident! Besides, we weren't the only chaotic fight in this stupid arena!"

"Really? Sure, the fight between the Irken and the polar bear is still weird, it definitely became less crazy after the cryomancer was eliminated." Kim Wu retorted.

Shrek's eyes twitched before grabbing at Kim Wu. However, the redhead smirked before waving her nunchucks around, striking Shrek's hand. The ogre winced after retreating his hand, making Kim Wu do a flip and kicking him in the chin. She then ran over and proceeded to do a barrage of nunchaku strikes. However, Shrek snapped off of his daze and raised his arms to block the assault.

Seeing her barrage was blocked, she did a sweeping kick which managed to knock Shrek onto his back. Kim Wu then jumped onto Shrek's stomach and proceeded to do a pseudo-tap dance on top of it. Shrek felt the wind being knocked out of him before managing to grab Kim Wu by her leg. With the Asian's eyes widened, Shrek got up while holding Kim Wu upside-down. Despite this, the latter refuses to give up.

"Ugh, let go! You are supposed to SUBVERT fairy-tale expectations!" Kim Wu scolded before swinging her nunchucks into Shrek's leg. The green-clad Scotsman winced before throwing Kim Wu away like a rag doll. The redhead flew until she was sent sprawled across the ground. Shrek just narrowed his eyes before crouching down and picking up a bit of the snow.

Kim Wu groaned before sitting up. Only to yelp before rolling to the side to avoid having a large snowball being thrown at her. Shrek smirked as he crouched down to create another large snowball and threw it at Kim Wu. However, the redhead narrowed her eyes before swinging her nunchucks wildly and sending an energy dragon forward. Shrek's smirk vanished as he yelped before diving the ground to avoid the projectile.

Kim Wu let out a laugh. "Hah! I have a frigging dragon! Of course you would be having a hard time!"

Shrek narrowed his eyes. "I faced dragons too."

"Yeah, but you never actually DEFEATED one!" Kim Wu recalled. "Hell, one could argue DONKEY is more of a dragon-defeater than you, seeing that he is still alive even after he and Dragon…"

"Yeah, no, we are ending this exchange." Shrek muttered. Realising that Kim Wu could reflect projectiles, he ran over to Kim Wu head on. However, the Asian woman got into a defensive stance and swung her nunchucks. Despite this, Shrek narrowed his eyes before reaching his arms out. Despite his arms being struck multiple times, Shrek winced before grabbing Kim Wu wrists.

"Ew! You are married! Get off!" Kim Wu roared before kicking her feet out at Shrek's stomach before flipping off of him, making the ogre stagger back before Kim Wu did a flying kick towards Shrek's head, knocking him down and sending him skidding across the snow until…

CRASH!

Shrek winced after gripping his throbbing head. "Ugh… What the hell!? I never felt a corner post before but it shouldn't hurt THAT hard. It is almost like metal…"

With that, he looked up at the corner post. …Only to see it wasn't a corner post, but a Chain Chomp. And he was looking down at Shrek with a furious look on his face. The Scotsman blinked twice.

"Ohhh… I actually nearly forgot about you." Shrek admitted. "For a Chain Chomp, your presence has been surprisingly small this section."

The Chain Chomp growled before pouncing on top of Shrek. Upon seeing this, Kim Wu let out a laugh while holding her sides.

"Okay, wow! I didn't mean to do that! But I am glad that I did!" Kim Wu said, during laughs. "What a moron! What a fool!"

CLICK.

Kim Wu paused upon hearing a noise from below her. Looking down, she saw that there was now a chain attempted to her foot. Looking up, she saw that said chain was attached to a dazed Chain Chomp and standing right next to her was a smirking Shrek.

Kim Wu blinked twice before grinning. "Um, be the bigger man?"

"In case you didn't know, I am NOT your traditional good guy." Shrek said.

With that, he slapped the back of the Chain Chomp. Said dog-like creature yelped, snapping out of his daze before going forward, painfully dragging Kim Wu against the snow. As the Asian woman cried out in humiliation, the Chain Chomp leapt out of the ring, dragging Kim Wu with her.

Now because the Chain Chomp was created by the Millennium Star's magic, the portal the canine hit the portal, it immediately turned into stardust. Didn't stop Kim Wu from falling straight in though.

Kim Wu landed in Jackie Chan Adventures where she teamed up with the titular character to take down the Shadowkhan.

Two blades collided with each other resulting in an explosion of sparks. Lucina and Yu Narukami narrowed their eyes before getting into a power struggle with each other. Suddenly, they both jumped back at each other. Just in time to avoid a bunch of Ukikis running past while carrying King Dedede's mallet with the latter running over them, shouting Yosemite Sam-esque swears.

When the comical chase passed, Lucina saw that there was someone behind them. A tall dark-clad figure with a strange white mask and an old-fashioned and obscure blade. Said Persona swung their blade upwards, sending a wave of blue electricity forward. However, Lucina just narrowed her eyes before raising her sword to block the projectile. Yu then launched his Persona, Izanagi, at her.

However, when Izanagi swung its blade in a horizontal fashion, Lucina did a backflip to move out of the way before lunging at Izanagi. As the Persona disappeared, Yu winced, feeling the pain. Lucina then rushed over to continue the assault, but Yu recovered before raising his katana to block the attack. He then engulfed his own blade with electricity. While Lucina didn't get shocked, she was still taken off-guard which gave Yu the chance to kick Lucina in the stomach.

Lucina staggered back, but quickly recovered before… Sheathing her sword. She then pulled out a bow and arrow and fired a shot forward. Yu raised an eyebrow before swinging his katana with electricity around it to negate the attack. Lucina continued to fire arrows, but Yu continued to slash them away. He then resummoned Izanagi where they did a literal electric slide forward. However, Lucina ran to the side.

"Joker was right about you. You are worthy of being the protagonist of your game." Lucina complimented.

"And he was right about you earning your spot as one of the faces of Fire Emblem Awakening." Yu noted. "I knew that you could potentially be ANY class in the game, but I am still taken off-guard."

"Indeed. Seeing that my fellow nodal companions used more moves outside of Smash, I decided to do the same thing." Lucina smiled. "I am really happy to show that off to you. I don't even mind that I missed my chance to get fashion tips from Sylvie."

Yu chuckled nervously, just now remembering the reason they were fighting. "Um, glad to hear that. I better make sure to step it up."

With that, he electrified his katana and ran over, but Lucina got back her sword and used her blade to block the attack. The two then got into another power struggle. Then, Yu somehow summoned Izanagi out-of-nowhere and had them swing downwards. However, Lucina saw him coming and jumped back to avoid the attack. However, Yu and Izanagi then lunged forward together.

However, Lucina merely got into a defensive stance. This was her Counter attack which immediately swung her blade, not only striking both Yu and Izanagi and sending the silver-haired youth flying away. Yu then flipped backwards before landing on his feet, just in time to see Lucina going on the offensive. Acting quickly, Yu raised his blade to block the incoming barrage. Resulting in another power struggle.

"C-Calm down, Jumbo!"

Yu and Lucina's eyes widened before turning to see Dedede heading towards them again. Or to be specific, the elephant was heading towards them while Dedede was using his strength to make him the back was the Ukikis snickering still over what was going on.

"Dedede! What in Naga's name!?" Lucina gasped.

"...I don't want to talk about it." The penguin muttered, still pushing on the elephant.

Lucina shook her head. "Well, as long as that elephant is here. Let's hope that my skills from Code Name: STEAM haven't gone rusty…"

She then ran over and did a series of front flips before landing on the elephant. She then got out her bow and proceeded to fire a series of arrows down at Yu. The Persona-user's eyes widened before running away from the incoming arrows. It seemed that Lucina literally had the high ground to snipe him. Yu can't just depend on his fighting prowess seeing that he didn't have that many aerial attacks but also all of his cunning and intelligence.

"Eek! Is that a mouse!?" Yu yelled, pointing at a spot in front of the elephant.

The elephant's eyes bugged out at this before screaming and lifting up his front legs and knocking over a stunned Dedede away. Lucina shrieked as she fell off, but she managed to grab onto the elephant's saddle. However, the elephant ran off in the opposite direction and in doing so, they crashed into the Ukikis who didn't have much time to move out of the way.

The elephant continued running before it literally ran out of the arena with Lucina and the Ukikis hanging on for dear life still. Just like with the Chain Chomp, the moment the animals touched the portal, they immediately turned into stardust. Needless to say, it was a foregone conclusion for Lucina falling into the portal.

Everyone, audience and fighters, looked in disbelief. The only exception was Yu with a calm look on his face and Dedede who was too busy, dusting the snow off of himself before glaring at Yu.

"I don't care that we ARE in a cold area." Dedede scoffed. "What you did was THAT cool!"

Yu chuckled nervously before scratching the back of his head. "Sorry. I should have realised you would be caught in the crossfire. But at least you got your mallet back."

Dedede's eyes widened in realisation. "Oh, good point!"

Lucina landed in Star Gladiator 2 where she teamed up with Ele to double-team on Prince.

Nova blinked twice at this."...What is with elephants being afraid of mice?"

Donkey Kong, having an elephant for an Animal Friend, (or rather Dixie & Kiddy having her as one) would agree by explaining that a good chunk of said elephant's gameplay was running away the moment she saw a single mouse and the Kong Family was grateful that actually very few mice on Donkey Kong Country.

But seeing that he couldn't talk. He just shrugged.

Nova just sighed before shaking her head. "Let's just continue our fight."

DK happily nodded his head before punching his fist out. Nova narrowed her eyes before returning the punch, causing the two attacks to clash with each other. Nova then went in with a hook, but DK demonstrated that he was faster than he looked and easily jumped over the attack before kicking Nova in the face. The yellow monkey staggered to the side before recovering.

Nova growled before leapt onto DK and punched her fist out but the gorilla raised his arms to block the incoming punch before spreading his arms out, sending Nova flying away. The cyborg managed to recover before she hit the ground and landed on her hands. However, it was more than enough to make her shiver.

"Flame Fist Fury!" Nova shouted, sending her palm out and sending a fireball forward. DK wasn't expecting a projectile, but still managed to jump over it. He then smirked before getting out a wooden bazooka. Nova's eyes widened, realising what it was before looking determined and igniting her hands in fire. DK's grin grew larger as he fired his bazookas, sending coconuts at Nova, but the cyborg returned fire… With fire and fired at the abnormal projectiles.

The two proceeded to send projectiles at each other with the fireballs and coconuts cancelling each other out. Soon, Nova had enough and decided to stop sending out fireballs and catch a coconut before returning it. However, DK thought quickly and put a boxing glove on his dominant hand before punching at it, sending it at a comet straight in Nova's direction. Fortunately, it just managed to fall short and crash in front of her. However, she ended up getting snow all over her.

"...Okay, I am SO glad that this section is almost over because I am getting SICK of all of this snow." Nova muttered with a non-existent twitching eyebrow.

She then noticed DK rolling forward. Acting quickly, Nova jumped up and landed on top of the larger primate. However, she ended up struggling to keep balancing while DK' s roll somehow got faster as they rolled across the arena. When she saw that they were getting close to the cannon, she leapt off and bounced off of it before landing on top of it. When DK felt that Nova was no longer on top of him, he stopped rolling to turn around.

Only to see Nova holding the cannon over her head with a big smirk on her face. She then threw it at DK. However, the gorilla just narrowed his eyes before winding up his arm and punching it as hard as he could, sending debris everything. Nova stopped to raise her fists to block before sending out another fireball forward, making to catch DK in the chest and setting a part of his tie on fire.

DK yelped before he struggled to put out the flames. Nova then ran over to do a hard running punch. However, DK managed to save his tie in time before spinning around with his arms outstretched and sending snow all over the place. Nova yelped as she was pelted by said snow. When DK stopped his spinning attack, he looked up to see Nova shivering before snickering. Nova heard this and growled.

Suddenly, a flaming aura surrounded her, immediately making DK stop snickering.

"Oh, that is IT!"

With that, she started to levitate up into the air with her flaming aura surrounding her getting bigger. She then aimed her palms down at DK who was actually looking worried.

"You love fighting in the elements so much, how much you like it now!" Nova roared. "Flame Fist Fury!"

With that, she heard a large beam of fire straight into DK's chest. This resulted in a large explosion which covered the entire arena, obscuring everyone else's view. Then, they saw DK fly straight towards the barrier and crash against it with burn marks all over him. He then dropped to the portal like a stone, looking like he was out cold long before hitting said barrier.

DK landed in Clayfighters. After spending the first half of his ten minutes unconscious, he spent the second half chasing down Nanaman, a sentient banana.

After eliminating DK, Nova slowly descended to the ground with her aura slowly dying while panting heavily, still looking angry. Suddenly, a bouncy ball struck her in the back of her head.

Nova whirled around angrily. "Hey, what is the big enemy?"

It was then she saw the remaining fighters were all covered in char marks and glaring at her. Shrek and Shadow actually stopped fighting and looked like they were this close to start fighting TOGETHER against Nova. King Dedede beat his hammer against his free palm while Zim tapped his bat against his shoulder. Fox looked like he was the least affected due to his experience with fire, but was still miffed while Guile was combing his hair while keeping his angry eye on Nova. Etalus growled while using his cryomancy to cool himself down while Yu actually looked the least angry and looked like a disappointed parent. Finally, the Pyro was excitedly raising a sign that said "10/10" while Lemmy… Was looking the MOST angry, beating his wand against his palm. She also noticed that all of the snow was gone and the remaining circus equipment was burned down.

"What in the Underwhere!?" Lemmy roared. "Just because you are almost done with this section, that doesn't mean you have to ruin it for everyone!"

Nova gulped nervously before grinning sheepishly. "My bad…"

Fortunately for Nova, the Millennium Star's aura started to go over the audience again before going over the fighters. Then, they all appeared on star platforms before the following fell off. Guile, Yu, Nova, Dedede, the Pyro, Etalus and then Fox. Leaving Shrek, Shadow, Zim and Lemmy.

Everyone blinked twice at the four. Then, Zim laughed.

"Ah ha ha! Zim has broken the streak of villains doing poorly in the ring!" Zim boasted. "Now he is going to beat the streak of being the first fighter from a previous section to become the Superstar!"

His face then fell.

"R-Right?"

As if on cue, Zim's platform fell. Followed by Lemmy making everyone either groan or laugh. Shrek and Shadow slumped their arms in disbelief.

"...So even if one of us becomes the Superstar, it will most likely be because of that song choice?" Shadow asked.

"...Yyyyyep." Shrek said.

"...I hate my life." Shadow groaned.

"...I hate your life more." Shrek muttered.

Despite the outcome being the same either way for the two, somebody's platform has to fall, leaving only one."

"Now I could understand that you find this more of a bane than a boon due to… Circumstances." The Millennium Star said with an unseen frown. "Regardless, becoming the Superstar is no small feat, Shrek!"

The ogre let out a deep sigh. Despite some of the crowd still laughing, most were genuinely cheering. Despite this, Shrek was waving to the ground with a weak smile.

(Somebody once told me)

Shrek's ears immediately perked up as Smash Mouth's All-Star played through the speakers.

(The world is gonna be roll me)

(I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed)

Shrek gave a big grin. "Now THAT is more like it!"

With that, he started to play to the crowd, looking more happy. Shadow sighed in relief before looking up at the Sound Booth to see Astaroth and Aila giving him a thumbs-up. Shadow smiled and returned the gesture… Before collapsing on his back in the now-wet arena with the fighters watching with mixed reactions.

"It is so nice to have some amazing friends." Yu smiled.

"...I suppose 'amazing' isn't exactly inaccurate." Guile muttered.

RESULTS (16 Votes)

SHREK (SSS): 11:5 = 6 (Spada Belforma, Kim Wu)

SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG (StH): 11:5 = 6 (Buntaro Kuno, Princess Peach Toadstool)

LEMMY KOOPA (SMB): 11:6 = 5 (Mikleo, Ribbon Girl)

ZIM (NASB): 11:6 = 5 (Lilly Kane, Polar)

FOX McCLOUD (SSB): 10:6 = 4 (Blue Mary Ryan)

ETALUS (RoA): 10:6 = 4 (Ryu)

THE PYRO (TF2): 11:7 = 4 (Kairi)

KING DEDEDE (SSB): 10:7 = 3 (Kyoko)

NOVA (SRMTHFG!): 9:7 = 2 (Donkey Kong)

YU NARUKAMI (P4A): 9:7 = 2 (Lucina)

GUILE (SFAS): 9:7 = 2 (Nu-13)

(ELIMINATED)

POLAR (CB): 9:7 = 2 (Gomamon)

RIBBON GIRL (A): 9:8 = 1 (Soiree Meira)

PRINCESS PEACH TOADSTOOL (SSB): 11:10 = 1 (Asbel Lhant)

KIM WU (KI): 8:8 = 0 (Sylvie Paula Paula)

BUNTARO KUNO (PI): 8:8 = 0

KYOKO (RCG): 8:8 = 0

DONKEY KONG (SSB): 8:9 = -1

LUCINA (SSB): 7:9 = -2

SPADA BELFORMA (ToAS): 7:9 = -2

BLUE MARY RYAN (KoFAS): 7:10 = -3

MIKLEO (ToAS): 6:10 = -4

ASBEL LHANT (ToAS): 6:10 = -4

SYLVIE PAULA PAULA (KoFAS): 6:10 = -4

GOMAMON (DRA): 6:11 = -5

KAIRI (FEXL): 5:11 = -6

LILLY KANE (KoFAS): 6:12 = -6

SOIREE MEIRA (KoFAS): 4:12 = -8

RYU (SFAS): 5:13 = -8

NU-13 (BB): 2:14 = -12

Side Battles:

"Smug Suave Spy… Umm, Salamanders?"

Inteleon (PKMN) snipes Gex (G)

11 to 5

"First Glimpse of True Culprits…?"

"Mercenary" (?) blindsides Gabriel "Gabe" Logan (SF)

9 to 7

Queen Peach… For Now: Peach has finally been taken down, but with an impressive nine elimination streak under her dress. Granted, it is still somewhat early so it wouldn't be a stretch for someone else to beat it, but still not bad for someone who arguably got one of the most humiliating entrances in the tournament.

S X S Is Eternal: …So Shadow and Shrek both tied for being the Superstar with the latter getting it for his late draw. Ah ha ha… That Sound Booth joke was supposed to be one-off but I inadvertently made the pairing stronger. Umm… Oops…

Fight for that Superstar Spot: I noticed in these last two sections that it wasn't actually a blow-out for getting the top slot but quite close with multiple fighters not only tying for it AND having some more fighters taking it if they got one more Live vote, BUT ALSO even then, the top slot had a few Die Votes.