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!

30. Section Thirteen Results

(The Arena)

Lincoln Loud yelped before jumping back to avoid a kick from Rin Oyama. Acting quickly, he got out his yo-yo and swung it at Rin. However, the karateka managed to catch the yo-yo before it could hit her and swung it around while taking a stunned Lincoln and sending him sprawling on the ground. Lincoln groaned before looking up to see Rin advancing forward. Letting out a yelp, he got out a top and threw it forward, hitting Rin in the chin.

Only to bounce off of Rin as if she was a pinball bumper. The top then went back to crash into Lincoln, only to the top to bounce off of HIM. The top then spun towards the ropes and went out of the ring (and into Beyblade right in the middle of the titular matches). The two youths blinked twice before slapping his forehead.

"Ugh, I have forgotten that we all have Franklin Badges for this section!" Lincoln groaned.

Indeed, at the request at Mewtwo, the Millennium Star gave everyone Franklin Badges from Super Smash Bros or to be more specific, the Mother series to wear. This deflects any and all projectiles. Unlike other Superstars who made their choice to gain some advantage of any kind, Mewtwo's choice wasn't to do but to give someone ELSE a disadvantage.

Despite the awkward blunder, Lincoln and Rin went back to their fight as if nothing had happened. Lincoln got out his baseball bat and swung it at Rin, but the teenage girl raised her hands in a defensive position and when the bat collided with her, she did a karate chop, knocking Lincoln to the ground. Rin was about to continue the assault until Lincoln managed to snap out of his daze and swung his yo-yo at Rin. This time, the yo-yo wrapped around Rin's feet before sending her onto her rear.

Rin sat up with a grunt. "You are quite determined."

"Of course! Even though I made it into Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and not Luna, that doesn't mean that I shouldn't take her record likely." Lincoln said, narrowing his eyes.

"I totally know the feeling. As the cousin of Uncle Reiji, I know that he should decently see that he was in my node's series for all but one game." Rin nodded.

Lincoln blinked twice. "Wait, he was absent from one game. But he is one of the more prominent characters from Power Instinct. Which game was he absent from?"

"...It is not that we don't WANT to talk about it." Rin frowned. "We just don't know what to talk about if it is not relevant to the current topic."

Lincoln blinked twice in confusion.

"Out of my way! Out of my way!" Homer Simpson shouted, frantically while bowling into Byte and Springtron and knocking the robots down. As Bark let out a startled monotone yelp, Iori Yagami ran past him while igniting his hand in his trademark purple flame. Crouching down like a feral animal, he pounced forward at Homer.

Fortunately for Homer though, he turned his around at the last time to see the red-haired man coming. Homer yelped before throwing himself to the ground, allowing Iori to soar past. Despite the last-minute dodge, Iori managed to roll into a kneeling position before whirling around and kicking Homer in the head, knocking the yellow-skinned man onto his back.

Iori then lunged at Homer, igniting his hand in fire and swinging it downwards. However, Homer snapped out of his daze almost immediately and rolled out of the way before pushing Iori onto his side.

"This is ridiculous!" Homer roared, angrily. "Why are you going after me!? I am a victim here too!"

"True… I strongly doubt you appreciate being invited just because you stole my moves." Iori admitted, getting up to his feet. "But maybe we wouldn't be in this mess if you didn't do so in the first place!"

"Oh, go to hell! Why are you getting a stick in your ass over me stealing your moveset which YOU stole from Kyo!?" Homer snapped.

Iori's pupils shrank before narrowing his eyes. Homer blinked twice.

"Umm, I am going back to running, alright?" Homer asked, raising a finger.

"So you DO have self-perseverance." Iori noted, igniting his hand in fire again.

(Announcer's Booth)

"...Okay, after Christopher Robin, this is actually tame." Nine admitted before frowning. "But did you really invite Homer Simpson just to have a stupid chase with Iori?"

"Oi! It is like a tradition at these things!" Drake scolded. "At least it is not another similar name like with Lei-Fang from Dead or Alive, Raven from Tekken 5 AND Teen Titans and Roger Smith from the Big O AND American Dad!"

Nine rolled her eyes. "You are such an idiot…"

"Oh, wow, what an original comment." Drake snarked. "Now if you excuse me, I have to triple-check that Penny Proud is in her seat."

Nine blinked twice. "The latest UVR tournament winner?"

"She isn't going anywhere, Drake! Good grief!" Ashley scolded. "From what you told me, she is almost as excited as you are for this!"

"Y-Yeah, sorry. While I can't say that this is the biggest thing to happen in the tournament, it is the biggest for TINYHAMMER." The vampire admitted. "And it wouldn't have happened because of HER!"

"...Something tells me that I am going to regret asking this. Again. But what are you talking about?" Nine asked.

"...I can't say too much yet. However, I WILL say this." Drake said, narrowing his eyes. "Penny's win at the Tournament of Kikai has proven that ANYONE could at least do well at these things. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be this confident with this choice…"

With that, he looked back at the arena with a stern look in his face. Suddenly, his eyes widened before slapping his forehead.

"Oh great…" Drake muttered.

Nine and Ashley paused before turning to see a particular fighter glaring up at the Announcer's Booth while jumping up and down.

"Oh, so the Franklin Badges ARE based on its original series." Ashley frowned.

(Hotel; Bison's Room)

Bison groaned as F.A.N.G. helped him enter his room. Vega drunkenly swayed after them.

"Are you alright, Lord Bison?" F.A.N.G. frowned.

"...Do you really want me to answer that question?" Bison shot back.

F.A.N.G. winced. "No…"

"You can ask me, F.A.N.G." Vega piped up. "I will gladly say yes every time."

"Of course you would…" The assassin muttered, rolling his eyes behind his shades.

"Ugh, this is stupid. What was I thinking, getting myself drunk before entering a tournament!?" Bison groaned.

"If it is any consolation, Lord Bison… You have gotten two eliminations and you only got eliminated because you basically quit." F.A.N.G. groaned.

"Ugh, don't remind me… I think my lips are cursed for life." Bison muttered before holding his head. "Ugh, this stupid hangover…"

"Are you sure that you do not want me to forfeit my place in the tournament to help you, Lord Bison?" F.A.N.G. offered. "Especially since if I do, the only person that you will have for a while is VEGA."

"What else does he need?" Vega said, smugly. "I am all anyone needs."

"...If you forfeit your place, a couple of our nodal companions will get suspicious and give me an even bigger headache." Bison muttered.

"True…" F.A.N.G. frowned. He then helped Bison into bed. "There you go, Lord Bison. I will fight to live up to your status, but the moment I get eliminated and appear in the Recovery Room, I will immediately return back."

"Thank you, F.A.N.G. I must admit that it is nice to have a mindless slave without having to brainwash them." Bison said, sighing in relief.

"Oh, it is quite alright, Lord Bison." The purple-clad man said with a small smile.

He then realised what Bison said.

"Wait, what…?"

Despite this, F.A.N.G. shook his head before glaring at Vega.

"Now Vega, you better not do or say anything to make Lord Bison's headache worse!" F.A.N.G. scolded.

"Excuse me? Why would I want to do ANYTHING with Bison's ugly head when I have this?" Vega asked, pointing to a mirror. "I would be far too busy to even go near him!"

Normally, F.A.N.G. would heavily chide Vega for disrespecting Bison, but F.A.N.G. was mentally drained and just wanted the rest of the night to go as smoothly as possible. At least he knows for a fact that Vega would be far too distracted to make things harder for better or for worse. Shaking his head, he made his way out of the room so he could make his way to the Ready Room.

"...I am starting to see why Balrog never joined Lord Bison and Vega when they went to the Battle of the Luminaries." F.A.N.G. muttered.

He then pulled out something to examine it.

"At the very least, I have this Star Piece to distract me from what happened tonight when we go back home." F.A.N.G. mused.

(The Arena)

"Okay, small things like these by themselves are forgivable, but this is getting absurd!"

The Millennium Star winced as everyone in the arena stopped what they were doing to look at the scene. Except for Iori and Homer, of course, with the former still chasing the latter.

"L-Look, I am sorry!" The Millennium Star apologised. "When I created those Franklin Badges, I was thinking about their origin!"

"I am perfectly aware that the Franklin Badges were their own item long before appearing in Super Smash Bros but…"

Ky Kiske then narrowed his eyes.

"...When Mewtwo asked to give everyone these badges, he literally meant to make the arena a no-projectile zone and that's it!" Ky scolded. "Not make it a no-projectile AND no-electromancer zone! Seriously, even Mewtwo was confused that my close-range electric attacks were not even that much damage to him!"

"To be fair, the Franklin Badges didn't deflect electricity in the Super Smash Bros games because it would be unfair to the likes of Pikachu and Pichu." Drake shrugged.

"And it isn't unfair here!?" Ky scolded. "And where do YOU get off trying to downplay the situation? Mewtwo wouldn't even suggest these Franklin Badges if you didn't invite Christopher Robin in the first place!"

"He DOES have a point." Christopher Robin piped up.

"Sorry, rules are rules." Drake said. "If I didn't have the Millennium Star remove Yggdrasil and the pumpkin enemies before, it would be pointless to remove the Franklin Badges' immunity to electricity.."

"I KNEW that you were going to say that and yet I am STILL annoyed." Ky muttered. "Look, I understand that you feel the need to make things grand, especially since it's been so long after the second Battle of the Luminaries. But as the next UVR host after Xero, you have a lot to redeem seeing that everyone is on edge after the multiverse was engulfed in despair. It is up to you to lead us to a bright hope."

Drake actually winced at this.

"And you, Millennium Star, don't misunderstand, you are a lot more trustworthy than Junko Enoshima, especially since if it wasn't for Drake forcing you to live with your mistakes." Ky added. "But at the same time, I could also see Drake's logic of living with your mistakes. Fraud or not, your power is still strong and that comes with a lot of responsibility."

Millennium Star sinked downwards, looking embarrassed.

"Look, what's done is done. If I have to fight without electromancy, I have to fight without electromancy. And despite being a vampire and a star, you still have human emotions like the rest of us, thus making mistakes." Ky said before narrowing his eyes. "But that is no excuse to better yourselves."

Drake and the Millennium Star winced before looking down. "We're sorry…"

"Well, at least you bothered to feel shame, unlike Xero, so I suppose I could forgive you." Ky sighed. He then turned towards everyone in the arena. "Sorry for that everyone. Hopefully, I will be the only interruption."

Everyone just looked in awe before Ky turned towards Eagle and Mewtwo.

"Nothing personal, Mewtwo, but I think it is best for me and Eagle to double-team against you." Ky said. "Seeing that we are already handicapped as it is."

"Um, that is more than alright." Mewtwo offered.

"...Wouldn't be the craziest thing that happened in this section." Eagle muttered.

"Just like an ideal king…" Mewtwo and Eagle thought in unison.

Despite the awkward interruption, everyone went back to their fights. Eagle ran over to Mewtwo and swung his bow like a blunt weapon. However, Mewtwo raised his arms to block the blow. The Pokemon then kicked his foot out, but Eagle easily flipped to the side. Ky then rushed over and swung his sword. Despite lacking electricity, Mewtwo knew that a hit from the sword would still hurt and summoned a barrier around him.

When Ky's sword hit the barrier, he staggered back. Then, the barrier vanished which left Mewtwo to do a counter attack. That was until Eagle's avian spirit zoomed downwards at Mewtwo's face. With the psychic stunned, Eagle smirked before dashing forward with a series of bow strikes and kicks to Mewtwo's face and stomach. Eagle wasn't done as he ran behind Mewtwo and used his bow to put Mewtwo's head into a hold.

"Ky!" Eagle shouted. The king nodded his head before running forward and slashing at Mewtwo multiple times with his sword. Despite Mewtwo being on the losing end, he managed to recover in time and teleport away just as Ky swung his sword. Fortunately, Eagle raised his bow to block the incoming blow.

"Ack! Sorry!" Ky apologised.

"It is fine!" Eagle offered.

They then turned to see Mewtwo floating a good distance away. Eagle then sent his spirit at Mewtwo. The feline-like Pokemon swerved his head to the side, but Eagle then did a sliding kick and caught Mewtwo in the stomach. Ky then leapt forward and swung his downwards, knocking Mewtwo to the ground. Ky and Eagle then leapt onto Mewtwo, pinning him to the ground. However, Mewtwo managed to teleport out of their way and reappeared.

"Keep at it! Because my spirit is its own person, it doesn't count as a projectile!" Eagle offered. He then smirked. "Heh! Now that is an oversight I could actually see as a good thing!"

With that, Eagle's spirit dove at Mewtwo, but the psychic engulfed his claw in purple energy and swung it at the avian. But the archer sprang at Mewtwo at an alarming speed and swung his bow downwards and onto Mewtwo's head before spinning around and kicking Mewtwo in the head. The Pokemon groaned before looking up. …Only to use his hands to catch a downwards slash from Ky.

Acting quickly, Mewtwo used his telekinesis to throw Ky at Eagle. However, the Native American leapt to the side. Eagle then ran forward, now feeling much more confident about his chances. However, Mewtwo narrowed his eyes before engulfing his fist in elemental energy, but Eagle got ready to dodge at the last moment.

However, he wasn't expecting Mewtwo to punch the ground in front of him, covering the area around him in ice. THIS took Eagle off-guard and he tried to stop himself. However, he ended up slipping on the ice and falling onto his back. As the archer's back ached in pain, Mewtwo smirked before snapping his fingers and getting out a… Giant spoon. He then grabbed it and held it like a golf club. By this time, Eagle snapped out of his daze to look up at Mewtwo's smirking face.

"FORE!"

Mewtwo then swung his spoon at full force at Eagle, using the ice the latter was on for more momentum and sending the Native American sliding underneath the bottom rope. Ky blinked twice at this.

"I didn't know that you wielded a spoon as a weapon…" Ky piped up.

"To be fair, I only used it in the Adventures manga." Mewtwo explained. "But seeing that a good number of my options are dealt with."

Eagle landed in Mortal Kombat where after landing in his elimination node, he decided to make himself feel better by fighting the first person he saw. Unfortunately, it was Motaro who was IMMUNE to projectiles.

Cyclops let out a loud roar before swinging both of his fists downwards. Jacky Bryant and Edge then ran to opposite sides before striking the one-eyed man in each of his sides. Despite being in pain, Cyclops managed to do a spinning lariat and knocked both Jacky and Edge to the ground. Cyclops then ran over to Jacky, seeing him at the bigger threat and did an elbow drop.

However, Jacky snapped out of his daze and rolled to the side, managing to avoid the elbow drop. Unfortunately, he was unable to avoid the incoming mini-tremor made by said elbow drop, temporarily knocking away again. Cyclops got up to continue the assault. However, Edge dove at Cyclops while getting out a knife with each hand and slashing Cyclops in the leg.

Cyclops winced before gripping his leg. Jacky then recovered and did a sweeping kick to Cyclops' legs and knocked him down his rear. Jacky then got up and did a spinning kick to Cyclops' face. The burly man groaned before getting up and punching his fist out. But Jacky leapt up and used Cyclops' fist as a vault to not only launch him over Cyclops and kicked the one-eyed man in the back.

Edge then ran over to slash Cyclops with one of his knives but Cyclops thought quickly and raised his arm to block the incoming slash. While Edge was stunned by this, Cyclops kicked the delinquent in the stomach and sent him flying away. He then turned around while swinging his fist intending to hit Jacky. The racer then yelped before ducking underneath the attack before flipping backwards, catching Cyclops in the chin.

Cyclops rubbed his chin before narrowing his good eye. "Not bad, kids. However, you should know that it is going to take a lot more than that to take ME down."

Jacky paused. "Um… We DON'T know."

Cyclops blinked twice. "...Huh?"

"Seriously, you are a freaking original character for Shrek Super Slam just like that Luna broad." Edge muttered.

"H-Huh? But I was the doorman at the Poison Apple in Shrek 2!" Cyclops gloated.

Edge slumped his arms. "Are you really gloating about that unironically?"

"I was also part of Prince Charming's group in the third movie." Cyclops added.

Jacky frowned. "Well, that movie kinda sucked sooo…"

"Be fucking grateful that you are from Shrek. Because you wouldn't get ANY fans otherwise." Edge scoffed.

Cyclops' sole eyebrow twitched. "Why you little brats! Alright, I will make you remember!"

With that, he ran over to Edge. The purple-clad boy's eyes bugged out before leaping up and allowing Cyclops to run past. However, the bouncer managed to turn himself away and charged right into Edge, sending him flying into Jacky, knocking both blond men down. They both groaned before looking up to see Cyclops running back over. The two's eyes bugged out before getting up and rushing to the side.

Cyclops then ran over to Jacky, but the racer thought quickly and flipped backwards to avoid being smashed into the ground by Cyclops' fists. Jacky then did a flying kick into the Cyclops' face, sending him flying back. However, the one-eyed man recovered before running over.

Only for Edge to run in-between Cyclops and Jacky and kick sand into his sole eye. Cyclops cried out in pain before holding his head.

"What the hell, you a-hole!? They call me CYCLOPS for a reason!" Cyclops roared.

"Thanks for the help, but I don't think it will do much against him." Jacky lamented.

"Ugh, don't remind me… As much as I hate to admit it, he deserves his Big Guy status." Edge muttered.

"Yeah…" Jacky said before his eyes bugged out. "Wait, you are a Rival Schools character, aren't you?"

"Um, duh. Why would you ask such a fucking…" Edge started. Then, HIS eyes bugged out.

Soon, Cyclops finally wiped the sand from his eye and glaring at the guilty party. "Alright, you little brats! Now you are going to get it!"

"Oh no, it is YOU who is going to get it!" Jacky sneered.

He then ran over. Suddenly, a sphere grid surrounded him, startling Shrek and several people.

"LET'S RIDE!" Jacky shouted.

He then did a spin kick to Cyclops. The burly man wasn't expecting this and staggered back while Jacky flipped backwards, a good distance away from Cyclops.

"Let's rip and tear!" Edge smirked, suddenly standing on the opposite side of Cyclops and getting out his knives.

With that, the two blond men zoomed at Cyclops, striking while Edge laughed. However, they quickly turned around and did it again. Soon, they went for one final zoom, striking Cyclops. The one-eyed spun around for a moment before collapsing on his knees and finally on his face.

"And there you have it! Our first physical Team-Up Technique!" Drake grinned.

The crowd then cheered for them. However, Jacky and Edge didn't look happy. Instead, they walked towards each other with a stern look on their face. They then readied a fist before launching it towards each other.

Then, Jacky's fist spread out into his palm while Edge had up two fingers.

"Heh! Scissors cut paper!" Edge grinned.

"Aw, man…" Jacky said, snapping his fingers.

Edge snickered before walking over to the unconscious Cyclops and crouched down. It took a bit of energy but he managed to get him from underneath the bottom rope.

Cyclops landed in Mario Party 2 where he got trampled by Mr. I spell. (Which is just him being trampled by the rolling eye.

Kor Meteor gritted his teeth and raised his sword to block a downward slash from a nagamaki. The brown-haired boy then tried to punish his attacker for his mistake and slashed at him. However, Yashamaru Kuruma managed to flip backwards and land onto his feet.

"Impact Event!" Kor shouted, swinging his sword downwards. However, Yashamaru easily blocked the blow and kicked his opponent in the stomach. Normally, Yashamaru would continue the assault, but Kor wasn't his target so he ran around him and towards his intended opponent.

Christopher Robin yelped before leaping back to avoid a swing from Yashamaru's nagamaki. The vigilante merely scoffed before swinging his weapon again a few times, but Christopher Robin managed to jump back while avoiding the attacks.

"It seems that taking away your offence does not make you completely helpless." Yashamaru admitted. "However, even you can't keep it forever!"

"Well, maybe I can. Maybe I can't." Christopher Robin shrugged before smiling. "But HE intends to not give you the chance."

"Hell Sword!"

Yashamaru rolled his eyes before flipping to the side to avoid a flaming sword from Kor. Despite having his arte fail, the swordsman narrowed his eyes before lunging forward with his sword, causing Yashamaru to block it with his blade. The two then got into a power struggle with each other, glaring at their opponent.

"I don't care if you ARE a villain!" Kor scolded. "There are literally twenty-seven other people you could go after instead of the defenceless child!"

"Okay, I heard you name-dropped the dinosaur, Irken and boy as 'bullies' which means you may have seen SOME part of the last section." Yashamaru said in disbelief. "Did you NOT see how he eliminated that effeminate sorcerer?"

"So? That doesn't prove that he is a threat! It was a clumsy elimination!" Kor argued. "You should know that there is at least one in every section by now!"

"...I can't tell if you are really that dumb or you are a Winnie the Pooh purist" Yashamaru muttered. "Or both."

Kor rolled his eyes before finding the strength to shove forward, sending Yashamaru forward. "Meteoric Iron!"

With that, Kor shouted out the name of his next art, swinging his sword at Yashamaru. However, the latter sprang his nagamaki around to clash with Kor's combo, resulting in sparks to fly.

"Rising Star!" Kor lunged forwards at an upwards angle, but Yashamaru did the same, causing the two to clash with each other. Christopher Robin was looking at the two fighters. Normally, you would think he would be smiling, but he wasn't.

"Okay, I got someone to help me make up for my lack of power for this section…" Christopher Robin admitted. "But still, I can't just use that swordsman as a meatshield for the entire section."

Then, his eyes bugged out in realisation. He then got out a baseball and pulled his arm back… To roll it along the canvas towards the fight between Kor and Yashamaru. The latter managed to shove Kor away before getting ready to slash at the brown-haired youth.

Only to step on top of the baseball.

"AAAACK!"

That was the sound of Yashamaru after he slipped on the baseball and was sent flying into the air, startling Kor. While confused, the swordsman wasted no time taking advantage of this.

"Phoenix Ascendant!" Kor shouted, engulfing his sword in flames and doing a jumping uppercut with it, striking Yashamaru in the air and knocking Yashamaru to the ground. However, the white-haired man got up to his feet and lunged himself at Christopher Robin. …Only for the British boy to summon a giant baseball the size of King Dedede and hold it like a shield, making Yashamaru's incoming attack.

While Yashamaru (and Kor) was obviously stunned by this, he narrowed his eyes before leaping up on top of the baseball and got ready to leap off of it. However, Christopher Robin quickly pushed it forward. While this wouldn't be that bad, the baseball ended up going at an alarming speed. As athletic as Yashamaru was, not only he could recover from that and landed on his face.

"Wow… Maybe Mr. Kor was right and you ARE a creepypasta poser." Christopher Robin said in awe. "You are definitely not a ninja."

Yashamaru's eye twitched before getting up to his feet. "Oh, that's it! You little brat! I am going to…"

"Um, are baseballs usually sticky like that…?"

"...Huh?" Yashamaru asked.

After Kor's question, Yashamaru looked down to find a baseball sticking to his leg. His eyes then bugged out, realising what was happening.

BOOM!

Kor yelped as Yashamaru was engulfed in an explosion before the latter flew through the air and over the ropes.

Yashamaru landed in Disney's Robin Hood where he took out his aggressions on Prince John and his cronies.

Kor blinked twice before walking forward while looking around. "Um, where did that explosion come from?"

Christopher Robin chuckled nervously. "Well, like you said, these clumsy eliminations happen. I guess explosions that appear from the ground don't count as projectiles."

"Yeesh, so much for this being a more subdued round." Kor winced. He then brightened up. "Well, the most important thing is that you are safe now."

Christopher Robin returned the smile. "Indeed… Now we just have to survive until the end of the…"

Suddenly, a green-and-red blur zoomed into Christopher Robin's side. Kor jumped as Christoper Robin flew over the ropes and out of the ring.

"Gwa ha ha! That is payback for making Zim look like a fool in the last section!" Zim laughed.

Kor narrowed his eyes. "Hey! What was THAT for!?

"I do not see the need to explain myself to someone who is blinder than me after the time I stared in the Earth's sun." Zim scoffed.

Kor gritted his teeth. "Oh, that is it, I am going to…"

Suddenly, before he could do anything, Ladiva suddenly ran in between them.

"Hey, you know how the rat fights back when in a corner?" Ladiva asked. "Surely, you Tales fighters want to battle for the love from the crowd much more than most of the other nodes!"

Kor blinked twice. "Well, some people won't see that as a good thing, but at the same time?"

"In that case, let's fight! I want to see you fight with all of your love!" Ladiva grinned.

"Um, well, I want to but…" Kor started.

"Great!" Ladiva grinned.

With that, she grabbed Kor and ran off with him. Zim blinked twice before letting out a deep sigh.

"Zim is above truces. But until I find out Christopher Robin's weakness, I have no choice but to accept that love-obsessed woman's proposal." Zim muttered.

Meanwhile, Christopher Robin stood up before dusting himself off with a frown in the city streets.

"Ugh… As much as I hated to admit, my time in the ring was numbered the moment that Pokemon suggested everyone to have Franklin Badges." Christopher Robin grumbled. "At least I still managed to get an elimination without most of my powers so I didn't go out with a whimper."

He noticed a sign. Raising an eyebrow, he started to read it out loud.

"Welcome to Co…" Christopher Robin started.

Then, his eyes bugged out when he realised where he was. He then smirked.

"...Well. This could be interesting." Christopher Robin mused.

With that, he ran off. On the other side of the road, a certain group watched him.

"Hey, I think that boy is Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh!" Celica pointed out.

Leon frowned. "Um, Celica, don't take this the wrong way, but that is impossible."

"Yes, if what you are saying is true, that means he came from being eliminated from the current tournament and I don't see why anyone would invite a boy with no combat experience to a fighting tournament." Azusa added.

"Yeah, you are probably right… Probably just a coincidence…" Celica mused.

Back in the arena, Kula Diamond narrowed her eyes before skating over with a surprising serious look on her face and leaping forward while spinning around with her ice skates. Krizalid just returned the serious face by raising his arms. Not only did he manage to block the spinning bladed attack, but he managed to grab Kula by her leg and threw her to the side.

Despite the painful fall, Kula managed to get into a kneeling position. She then rushed over and sent out her palms to send an icicle forward (not like a projectile, of course), but Krizalid just raised his fists while igniting them in fire, melting the icicle. He then raised his leg upwards to swing it downwards. However, Kula easily saw it coming and ran around before doing a sliding kick, knocking Krizalid off of his feet.

While Krizalid was on the ground, Kula did her own axe kick onto the former's back. However, after the dark-skinned man cried out in pain, Krizalid gave Kula's leg and sent her onto her ground. Krizalid then got up to his feet and ignited his fist in fire before punching it downward. But Kula quickly created a barrier of ice to block the incoming attack. Once it was blocked, the two got into a power struggle.

However, Krizalid was obviously more muscular, he was able to win said power struggle and sent Kula onto her rear. Krizalid then rushed over, but Kula did her jumping uppercut with ice around her hand, striking Krizalid in the chin. While the white-haired man was stunned, Kula did a series of punches to Krizalid's stomach. The latter grunted in pain before kicking Kula in her own stomach, causing her to stagger back. However, she easily recovered.

"...I could see why NESTS chose you as the Anti K." Krizalid admitted.

"Yeah, I don't even care about that anymore but if I get to punish people like you, I will use as much Anti K stuff as I want!" Kula roared.

"You are definitely determined." Krizalid muttered.

"Of course! Uncle and Ralf are in your clutches and you are going to kill them just like you did with Terry!" Kula exclaimed.

Krizalid paused before sighing. "...We had nothing to do with Terry's death."

Kula's eyes widened. "W-What?"

"I don't know what that Ditto Fighter was talking about but apparently he is lying." Krizalid explained.

Kula narrowed her eyes. "You are lying!"

"Okay… You don't believe me? Fair enough." Krizalid shrugged. "But at the same time, you are inadvertently trusting someone who kills a beloved character and impersonates him. Just saying. He isn't going to be that much trustworthy."

Kula paused.

"Look, some of us are going to try to find out who really killed Terry." Krizalid explained. "This is affecting us just as much as it is affecting you guys."

Kula blinked twice. "But… If that is the truth, what about Uncle and Ralf?"

Krizalid let out a deep sigh. "They…"

Suddenly, something came out of nowhere and gave Krizalid a large kick, sending the latter flying over the ropes and making Kula yelp. N. Gin laughed after directing his mecha towards the fight between Kula and Krizalid.

"Hey! What was THAT for!?" Kula roared.

"Nothing personal, kiddo, but someone involved in the Goketsuji wars, I have to make things miserable for anyone for Otane's group!" N. Gin sneered.

"Yeah, but you are making ME miserable too!" Kula scolded.

N. Gin paused before shrugging. "Meh."

By this time, Bullet and Isabelle ran over.

"So you like going off and interrupting other people's fights just for kicks?" Bullet asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Oh, thank goodness you are here! Could you do me a big favour?" Kula pleaded.

"Of course! Anything!" Isabelle offered.

"Could you eliminate me?" Kula asked.

This took Bullet, Isabelle and even N. Gin was taken back by this.

"...Wait? What?" Isabelle asked.

"You heard me! Who do you think I am going to ask?" Kula asked before jerking her thumb towards N. Gin. "THIS creep?"

The cyborg grunted in disgust before crossing his arms and looking away.

"Um, okay, but why?" Isabelle asked.

"There is no time to explain!" Kula shouted before jumping up and down. "Just get me out of the arena!"

Isabelle then got out a fishing rod and launched the lure at Kula. When it connected with her chest, Isabelle then used a deceptive amount of strength and sent Kula over the ropes.

Kula conveniently landed in the same node as Krizalid. Unfortunately, they landed in the 1974 version of The Year Without A Santa Claus where they ended up on the respective sides of Snow Miser and Heat Miser as they were about to battle. It seems that they won't be talking in the elimination node.

After eliminating Kula, Isabelle blinked twice before she and Bullet looked up at N. Gin, who merely shrugged.

"Don't ask."

(Dome; King of Fighters All-Stars Locker Room)

"So wait. There is a version of you as a moveset clone for HEIDERN of people, Athena?" Alice said in awe.

"Yeah, and… It is not like I had some of my old moves in that version, but rather I am completely using Heidern's moves." The idol frowned. "I am even wearing his outfit from the very first two KoF games."

"Oh, wow. You weren't exaggerating when you said that M.U.G.E.N. was wild." Luong said in awe.

"And then some. Hell, I could remember all of the fanmade clones of K' and Kul…" Mai started.

"...Yo, old man, I know that the aptly-named poindexter said that you shouldn't call at the moment, but don't you think enough time has passed?" K' piped up. "If you are going to sit on your ass, at least do it while checking up on you."

Heidern frowned before getting out his phone. "...You always have to go out of your way to say the rudest things possible. Even when doing an already rude action while forcibly changing the subject."

K' scoffed before looking away. Everyone rolled their eyes before Heidern tried again with Whip. Fortunately, after a few seconds, someone answered it.

"Whip reporting, sir."

Heidern sighed in relief. "Ah, Whip, how come the rescue of Ralf and Maxima?"

"H-How did you…?" The whip-wielder said, looking shocked.

"Dexter has informed me." Heidern said, matter-of-factly.

"But he got into YOUR phone too? I knew that he was a boy genius, but…" Whip started. "Never mind that for now. Don't worry, Ralf and Maxima are with us as we speak!"

"Ah. That is good to hear." Heidern smiled. It faltered. "But how about the villain plot?"

"Well, Otane's third in the villain plot is definitely thwarted as most of their members have been arrested by the security team." Whip explained. "We are currently telling them from our side of the story."

"Well, that is good to hear. I would be very disappointed if you went around my back and didn't even succeed." Heidern scolded.

"...Forgive me, sir." Whip apologised.

"It is more than alright. I could only imagine how personal it was for you so I do not blame you for wanting to go with only Ralf for this." Heidern nodded. He then paused. "Speaking of Ralf, Kula has just been eliminated. You should go take him and Maxima to the Recovery Room. She… Really seemed high-strung in the arena."

"And then some… Don't worry, we were just talking about that." Whip offered. "But for now, we are getting intel from most of Otane's group."

"Understood. Keep at it." Heidern nodded. "And Whip?"

"Yes, sir?" The Ikari Warrior asked.

"...Please be careful." Heidern pleaded.

"Understood… Thank you." Whip said.

"It is alright. You may continue." Heidern nodded.

"Alright. Whip, over and out." Whip nodded.

With that, Heidern hung up the phone with a few people staring.

"If Whip is going to the Recovery Room…" Leona frowned.

"Indeed… We just have to hope that Ralf, Maxima and Kula will be there for her." Heidern nodded.

An awkward silence then went around the locker room. Jivatma and Nagase both blinked twice before looking at each other.

"And you wonder why I am not 100% into your missions?" Nagase muttered.

(Dome; Security Team Room)

"...I know that they are villains and all, but this is a little extra, don't you think?" Sub-Zero piped up.

"Well, what do you expect?" Carmelita asked. "Obviously they ALL can't fit in the interrogation room."

The security team, the Babylon Rogues, Whip's group, Wario, Barbatos, Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Larcen paused before looking at the members of Otane's group which they took in. However, they were all in a cage, along with Dingodile. Needless to say, all of them were not happy.

"Okay, there is no denying that part." Lloyd admitted. "MY issue is where the cage came from."

"From the Recovery Room where they used to keep the villains in the Tournament of Kikai." Carmelita said, matter-of-factly. She then paused. "Though that bears the question where it appeared BEFORE that."

"It doesn't matter where it came from because I don't remember inventing it!" Brio roared, angrily.

Carmelita glared at Brio. "Alright, then. Let's focus on the stuff you actually created like that machine!"

"Oh, gladly!" The biologist said, brightly. "It is not by myself as Oume was the one who came up with the idea and Ripper Roo wrote the blueprints, but everything else… That was mine!"

Carmelita blinked twice before narrowing her eyes. "I didn't mean that in a…"

"I UNDERSTAND YOUR NEED TO CORRECT HIM, BUT I COULD ASSURE YOU THAT THE CONVERSATION WILL BE MORE CLEAR IF YOU ENABLED HIS ANTICS." ARIA sighed.

Carmelita paused before rolling her eyes. "Okay, so let's bring it from the top. You are all working for Bison, albeit from three different teams. Otane, Oume and of course, Bison himself. However, despite all three teams fighting for Bison's goals, the teams of the Goketsuji sisters are fighters against each other."

"Yes, pretty much." Dhaos said before glaring at Barbatos. "Because there is no way in hell a hero group would willingly side with HIM!"

Barbatos smirked before waving his fingers at Dhaos.

"The plan was simple. Especially compared to all of the previous convoluted plans of the past." Cinder admitted. "Whenever a member from our group enters the arena, we will have a Star Piece that will also act as a magnet for stardust. After that, we will take it back to the machine so it can be extracted."

Ripper Roo whimpered at his invention being ruined.

"But now Oume's team not only ratted us out to Barbatos and Scorpion, but also the hero group going after us and of course the security team!" Basara snapped.

"...And you can't tell us ANYTHING about Bison and Oume's groups." Naesala offered.

"NO, WE DID NOT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO RISK JEOPARDISING BISON'S PLANS WHEN GOING OUT OF OUR WAYS TO CONFRONTING ONE OF THEM." ARIA admitted, shaking her head.

Brio grumpily crossed his arms. "And it is obvious if we knew anything about the plans of Oume's group, we would have sang like a flock of birds."

"Well, the battle is far from over, but it is clear that YOUR group is done for!" Carmelita snapped. "You are to be put in here until further notice!"

"Oh, that is NOT fair!" Brio roared. "Half of us haven't entered the arena yet!"

"...You willingly admitted that you were siding with Bison and wanted to give him a lot of power and you still think you had the chance to enter the arena?" Gabe asked in disbelief (while holding an ice pack to his head from his fight with 'Mercenary').

"Oh, come now. Like there are bigger threats than us that are allowed to enter the tournament without fail." Mukai frowned.

Kilgore angrily shook its gatling arms, unhappy that he had a chance to miss out of the tournament.

"We can't let you go now!" Carmelita scoffed.

"Where else can we go!?" Dhaos exclaimed. "It is clear that Oume is most likely going to win our silly contest between us so why stick to them?"

"Yeah! I would rather die than slack off to Bison and say that we lost to Oume and Cortex!" Brio roared.

Several members of Otane's group started to agree with the others rolling his eyes.

"...As intelligent as this conversation is, we are missing the main point." Wave piped up. "Where is Komodo Joe?"

"We do not know. And no. He isn't the one who killed Terry Bogard." Brio said, sternly.

"So he claims. But Moe admitted that not even his own brother is willing to tell him anything." Maxima piped up.

Otane's group winced at this while the others looked confused.

"Wait… What do you mean?" Claude asked.

"Well, I don't know for sure that Joe was the one who killed Terry or not, but if he did, then he did it as a lone agent." Ralf explained.

"But Terry and Joe aren't friends." Storm piped up. He then paused. "Komodo Joe. Not Joe Higashi."

Ralf blinked twice. "Come again?"

"Long story short, we theorised that whoever killed Terry was close to him and the killer used his own trust to distract him long enough for Joe to kill him." Wave piped up.

In the same, Dingodile scoffed before looking away. Brio and Ripper Roo looked at him in concern. Wave heard this, but continued.

"But here is the question: Like Storm said, Terry and Joe are not friends. Neither is Dingodile." Wave said. "And the closest connection that Terry and Ace have is that they both know the original EX characters."

"Couldn't Terry trust Ace based on what said EX characters told him?" Jet piped up.

"Oh, don't be naive, Jet!" Wave scolded. "Do you really think the EX characters will bring up someone that has no personality and only showed up as a create-your-own-character?"

"Yeah, you are right." The hawk admitted without missing a beat.

Everyone but the Babylon Rogues looked exasperated at this. Suddenly, Jet's eyes widened.

"Um, Wave?" Jet asked.

"What is it now, Jet?" The swallow muttered.

"Is it me or have you been giving off your arguments without contest?" Jet asked.

This confused a lot of people. However, everyone that was working with the garlic attack case soon realised.

"Um, Horkeukamui? Where is Athena?" Carmelita asked.

The wolf winced as all eyes were on him.

"Um, well…" Horkeukamui winced. "She thought that seeing that with me looking after Dingodile, Pepper looking after Gabe and you and Naesala arresting most of Otane's group, Athena decided… To continue investigating on her own."

Several people's eyes bugged out at this.

"What!? You let her go on her own!?" Carmelita roared.

"...Well, me joining her and leaving DINGODILE on her own is simply out of the question so I chose the lesser of two evils." Horkeukamui said, poking his fingers together.

Wave paused. "...Why did she need to go?"

"Um, well, because if she stays here with me, then no one, not from the security team or from YOUR group will get anything done." Horkeukamui explained.

Wave's pupils shrank at this.

"W-What?" Storm asked. "You thought of something?"

"Um, no… Just realised that he was right." Wave said.

"Well, it can't be helped, right?" Jet asked.

"Even still, we wasted far too much-a time on this!" Wario scolded. "And at the end of the day, I don't think-a interrogating these guys will get us any closer to finding out the truth about the garlic attack!"

"Indeed. I am going back to the laboratory to wait for Reptile." Scorpion nodded. "I don't know if he knows that the lab is totalled or not, I am willing to play the patient game for a while."

Sub-Zero rolled his eyes. "Really, Scorpion?"

"At least we don't have to worry about running around in circles for a while?" Larcen muttered.

"Yeah, I gotta jet too. I still have to find the item shop to destroy it." Barbatos shrugged.

Lloyd glared up at Barbatos. "Do you really think that we will just let you leave after saying that?"

"Do you really think you will have time to stop me when there are literally at least two more villain plots to foil?" The axe-wielder shot back

Lloyd winced before looking down. "...Also true."

Barbatos grinned. "I am so glad that I didn't show the villain team this time around! Now they will distract the hero groups and the security team while I deal with the item shop!"

With that, he gave one smug smirk to Otane's team.

"Bye, bitches!" Barbatos smirked.

Otane's group growled as he, along with Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Larcen left the room.

"DO I EVEN NEED TO POINT OUT THE HYPOCRISY OF THESE ACTIONS?" ARIA asked.

"I must admit, it doesn't seem fair to just lock up these villains while someone who is much stronger than them runs free." Bang frowned.

"BARBATOS isn't interested in gaining power or killing the host!" Carmelita scolded, gripping her head. "You actually think I WANT a man like that to walk!? NO! But I have to pick my battles!"

"Even still, you should at least call Drake so he could have a say in entering the tournament." Mukai frowned.

"Yeah, that is probably the best move." Horkeukamui admitted before sighing. "Though knowing him, he will probably give the go-ahead."

"If he somehow doesn't, I will eat my non-existent hat…" Pepper muttered.

Bang's eyes widened at this. "Hat? Oh, right! How could I forget?"

Then, the ninja pulled out a folded up bandana and held it towards Ralf.

"Oh, Ralf, I have kept your iconic headwear after those fiends have carelessly left it on the ground." Bang said, proudly. "I have kept it for atonement!"

Everyone blinked three times at this.

"...Um, what?" Ralf asked.

"Just nod and take it." Ragna muttered. "He was really worried about you when he came back to find you guys gone."

Ralf paused before taking the bandana. "Um, thanks, Bang… I am sorry I worried you…"

The brown-haired man nodded his head. "I am sorry for not coming with you in time."

"It is fine. It is more our fault than yours." Maxima offered. He then paused. "Speaking of people worried for us, should we go back to the Recovery Room to see Kula?"

"Yeah, while she wasn't as… Loud as Bang, she was definitely worried about you…" Rimururu frowned.

Ralf then put on his bandana with a surprising stern look on his face. "Well, in that case, let's go. We also have some unfinished ends there, anyway."

Whip solemnly nodded her head. "Indeed…"

"Normally, we will join you but we still have to decide what to do with THESE guys." Carmelita said, gesturing towards Otane's group. "AND we still have to find Athena."

"Well, we will see if we can relay any information back to you." Whip offered. "Until then."

With that, Whip's group exited the room.

"...Sooo what now?" Storm asked.

"Yeah, if Joe is working apart from Otane's group in all of this, we are back to square one!" Pepper frowned.

"And if it is linked to the garlic attack, then Bison and Oume have no reason to kill Drake and ruin the tournament." Gabe added.

"Well, we could see what Athena is doing. Or trying to do it." Carmelita muttered.

Wave narrowed her eyes. "Right…"

Meanwhile, Brio walked over to Dingodile.

"Sooo… I don't suppose you can fill in on what happened." Brio frowned.

Dingodile let out a sigh. "Ah will tell ya everything. But not now. Not when THEY are looking."

(The Arena)

King Dedede narrowed his eyes before raising his mallet to block the incoming attack. While the guard was technically a success, a chain wrapped around it. Birdie smirked before he tried to pull Dedede's mallet away from him. However, Dedede learned his lesson from dealing with the Ukikis and held on tight. Not only did he keep his mallet, but he was winning in the tug-of-war. Dedede smirked as Birdie's own vanished.

"ABEL!" Birdie shouted at the top of his lungs.

The Frenchman immediately ran behind Abel and grabbed Birdie from behind, helping him with the tug-of-war. This actually helped even the scales. Dedede just scoffed.

"KIRBY!" Birdie yelled, at the same volume as Birdie.

The puffball then ran behind Dedede and grabbed him as well. Which just looked comical due to the two gluttons' size difference. Birdie and Abel even looked at each other with amused faces.

Then, Kirby did a German suplex to Dedede, slamming him to the ground. In doing so, the latter ended up inadvertently using his mallet as a fishing rod, pulling on the chain and sending Birdie and Abel flying over with stunned faces before crashing on the ground. The three large men groaned before Dedede sat up and glared down at Kirby.

"Thanks…" Dedede muttered.

Kirby just smiled and nodded, taking Dedede's sarcasm as sincerity. The penguin just rolled his eyes before getting up and making his way to the nearest Street Fighter while readying his mallet. This was Abel, but the blond man snapped out of his daze in time before rolling to the side to avoid the mallet slamming downwards in the canvas. Abel then rushed over to hit Dedede in the face with a one-two punch combo.

Dedede staggered back but managed to recover in time to raise his mallet to block a third punch. After Abel retreated his fist back in pain, Dedede swung his head into Abel's forehead and sent him staggering back. However, when Dedede did another mallet swing, Abel recovered in time to catch the incoming attack. The two then got into another power struggle with each other.

Suddenly, Dedede leapt away from the power struggle, making Abel stumble forward. The former then leapt up high into the air like a Dragoon Knight before falling straight down. However, Abel was able to recover in time and looked up just in time to grab Dedede out of his descending fall before throwing him onto the ground.

Dedede got up with a stunned look on his face. "H-How are you able to grab me when I was coming down like a radiant comet!?"

Abel merely shrugged his shoulders. "I have an anti-air grab."

Dedede rolled his eyes. "Oh, why not? I already have to deal with Incineroar grabbing him after turning into Sonic for a moment."

"Incineroar, he's the fire tiger, isn't he?" Abel piped up. "I am more of a dog person, but I would be lying if I said that I didn't want to pet him. Not only does he look fuzzy, but he also looks like he would be literally warm!"

Dedede blinked twice. "Um… I know that people complain about having no personality in the base game, but I don't think going with the one that Street Fighter X Tekken gave you is the right way to address it…"

Meanwhile, Birdie gritted his teeth while spinning his chain around before lashing it forward. However, Kirby just floated around the incoming chain. While Birdie was recovered from his own attack, Kirby then ran over and got out a mallet of his own before slamming it onto Birdie's foot. The dark-skinned man cried out in pain before holding his injured foot while hopping on his other one.

Kirby then opened his up and got ready to vacuum in Birdie. However, the British man managed to see the attack coming and thinking quickly (at least for him, anyway), he lashed out his chain at the nearest corner post. This managed to be a good move as this saved him getting sucked in as he held on for dear life.

"Hey, don't try to eat me! You will just turn into ANOTHER glutton!" Birdie scolded. "Nothing will change!"

With that, he got out a pepper and was about to eat it. However, Kirby was still inhaling and managed to take in the vegetable. Birdie's eyes widened as Kirby yelped before holding his mouth.

Birdie sneered. "Aww… No. But the little guy can't take the hea…"

Suddenly, Kirby started to run in place while breathing out fire. Birdie yelped as Kirby started to run towards the glutton. He winced before preparing for the worst. Suddenly, Birdie had a strange noise. Raising an eyebrow, he looked down to see the fire deflecting off of it. Birdie blinked twice before letting out a laugh.

"Heh! It seems that fire breathing counts as projectiles!" Birdie sneered before pulling his leg back and kicking Kirby away. He then lashed out his chain at the pink hero, this time managing to snag him and pulled him over to him before Birdie did a powerful clothesline.

…Only for Kirby to completely fly over Birdie completely. The latter blinked twice, trying to figure out what happened. Suddenly, he realised something.

"Ah, right. Even the toothpicks like F.A.N.G. and Dhalsim aren't as small and light as the little marshmallow." Birdie said.

With that, he turned around, only to see Kirby rushing over to him before turning into a flaming comet and charging right into his stomach. With his eyes widening from getting the wind knocked out of him, Birdie fell backwards. However, he did end up crashing into something before falling onto his head.

"Ugh… I know I shouldn't complain, but what a weird place to put a corner post." Birdie muttered.

"I was thinking the same thing… Isn't this ring supposed to be a perfect square?"

Birdie's eyes widened before looking back to see Abel holding his head again. He also saw Dedede beating his mallet into his hand with a dark look on their face. Birdie and Abel then got up to see that they were surrounded by Kirby and Dedede.

"Um, don't take this the wrong way, Abel, but I think you are going to lose that deal." Birdie frowned.

"Yeah, they are just as strong as ever. Especially with that HD Remaster of Return to Dreamland." Abel noted.

"Um, I don't suppose you remember any tactics that will help us in this." Birdie asked.

"Um, focus more on Dedede? Not only is Kirby stronger, but he is also fresher." Abel suggested. "Question is, how to get him off of our backs long enough to deal with Dedede?"

"Oh, that's all?" Birdie asked, looking more confident. "Don't worry, I got it! Just see if you could deal with the penguin for a little longer. I'll try to catch up."

"Um, alright." Abel said.

With that, he ran after Dedede. Birdie just nodded before looking at Kirby with a smirk. He then got out something. Kirby didn't notice as he decided to help Dedede with Abel. However, Birdie then threw what he was holding down.

A banana peel.

Kirby yelped before slipping on the banana peel and was sent flying due to his light weight. Birdie nodded his head before turning his attention to Abel and Dedede with the latter getting ready to swing his hammer again. …Only for Birdie to launch his chain at Dedede's wrist, startling him.

Abel immediately took advantage of Dedede's distraction and proceeded to do a series of punches to Dedede's face. While having his chain around Dedede's wrist, Birdie ran over and dealt his own punches. While they weren't too fast, they were more than enough to overwhelm Dedede, making him too stunned to react.

Then, Abel and Birdie ran on opposite sides with Dedede wobbling in place, dazed. They then ran back at Dedede while reading their arms and performing a double lariat which was more than enough to send Dedede flying away.

However, Dedede didn't fly towards the ropes, but rather the fight between Banjo & Kazooie and Cream the Rabbit. The former was getting out Kazooie for a Breegull Bash. However, the moment he was preparing for the swing, Dedede flew into Kazooie and went flying out of the ring.

Dedede landed in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise where he was swarmed by a bunch of penguins. Dedede blinked twice before rolling his eyes.

"Oh boy… It's an entire group of Penta Penguins…" Dedede muttered.

Back in the arena, everyone involved in the incident started with wide eyes and slack jaws. Banjo in particular was absolutely horrified that he had eliminated his own nodal companion and slowly collapsed on his knees.

"...On the other hand, we Smashers have already done well enough that we could afford to go against each other without that much repercussions." Kazooie piped up.

Meanwhile, Birdie, Abel and Kirby were thunderstruck for different reasons.

"So wait… Does that mean Banjo & Kazooie win the deal?" Birdie asked in disbelief.

"No fair! They get to see Dedede all the time at the Smash Mansion!" Abel frowned.

"Ugh, these 'last person to touch them' eliminations will be the death of us." Birdie muttered, rolling his eyes. "At least things should only go up from…"

Suddenly, the two heard a cracking noise. Turning their heads, they saw Kirby with a rainbow aura and a surprisingly cold glare on his face. Birdie and Abel blinked twice before looking at each other.

"...Should we start running?" Birdie asked.

"...Oh, yes. We shall." Abel replied.

With that, the two tried to run off in opposite directions, but it was too late as Kirby already activated his Final Smash, getting out a giant sword out of nowhere and doing a horizontal slash at the two Street Fighters. However, instead of being sent flying, they just ended up rolling in place. Kirby then did a series of lightning-fast slashes to the two, even teleporting to opposite sides with each slash. Soon, Kirby pulled his sword back before sending out one final slash which sent both Birdie and Abel flying out of the ring.

Birdie and Abel landed in Wave Race 64, particularly in the water. However, Birdie's chain ended up snagging onto a passing jetski, sending him flying off with Abel holding onto him for dear life, inadvertently using him as a human wakeboard.

N. Gin raised the arm of his robot and punched it forward. However, Bullet managed to jump out of the way before punching the robot in the torso with a burst of fire, causing N. Gin to stagger back. The mad scientist managed to get his robot to recover before kicking its foot. Bullet quickly blocked it, but ended up skidding backwards on her feet. N. Gin smirked at this.

Suddenly, Isabelle leapt onto the robot and got out a squeaky mallet to hit N. Gin all over his head. However, N. Gin rolled his eyes.

"Eh. Three out of ten." N. Gin muttered. With that, he used his robot's arm to grab Isabelle and throw her away. However, the Shih-Tzu managed to self-right herself in midair before landing on a swing held up by balloons. Meanwhile, Bullet summoned a red glyph around herself just as N. Gin punched his fist out at her. Bullet moved to the side before zooming at N. Gin at an alarming speed.

After N. Gin's robot collapsed on his rear, Bullet yelped onto it and proceeded to punch the cyborg in the face. N. Gin kept grunting in pain, but also… Pleasure.

"Oh, wow! I knew that you would really put so much punch into your… Punches." N. Gin said between punches.

Bullet blinked twice before turning to see Isabelle rushing over. "Do you think I am doing damage to this thing? I am genuinely curious."

"I am not sure." The secretary frowned. "Still, it is better to be safe than sorry."

"Don't need to tell ME twice." Bullet scoffed before continuing the assault. With that, she continued to punch N. Gin in the face.

However, N. Gin acted quickly and activated the flames from the missile lodged in his head, sending a burst of fire. They didn't shoot in the direction of Bullet, but it was more than enough to take Bullet off-guard for N. Gin pushes the white-haired woman onto her rear before proceeding to stomp on top of Bullet.

Until a fishing lure wrapped it away around N. Gin's robot leg. Isabelle was about to pull on it. However, N. Gin acted quickly and sent out a laser to destroy the line.

"Heh, it seems like the Franklin Badges don't affect your own weapons!" N. Gin taunted.

"So it seems. But I think that is the only loophole you will find." Isabelle admitted.

"Yeah, I saw your boss fight. All of them revolve around shooting projectiles at the bandicoots." Bullet added. "The only reason why you didn't get eliminated almost immediately like that archer was because that robot makes it harder to get you out of the arena and even then, it is only delaying the inevitable."

"Yes, I must confess that most of my weapons are next to useless here." N. Gin lamented.

He then gave a dark grin.

"Then, I just have to have OTHER people fight for me, won't I?"

With that, N. Gin activated his jet thruster on his robot and zoomed off to the side, startling Bullet and Isabelle. In doing so, he ran over to the fight between Byte & Bark and Springtron.

"HEY! WATCH WHERE YOU ARE RIDING! YOU ARE INTERRUPTING OUR FIGHT!" Springtron snapped.

"I know. That is the point." N. Gin smirked.

With that, he had his robot pull both robots in a bearhug, making Bark bark angrily.

"H-HEY! UNHAND US OR WE WILL BE FORCED TO USE FORCE!" Byte demanded.

"That IS quite tempting. But alas, victory is just as tasteful as pain." N. Gin admitted.

With that, he got out a couple of strange devices.

"H-HEY! WHAT ARE…" Springtron demanded.

Then, N. Gin jammed both of his devices into the necks of Byte and Springtron, surging with electricity and making both robots cry out in pain and startling Bark, Bullet and Isabelle.

"What are you doing!?" Isabelle exclaimed.

"Making up for my lack of projectiles." N. Gin offered before pushing a few buttons on his panel. Then, the electricity on Springtron and Byte stopped with them hanging their heads. N. Gin then let them go.

"H-Hey, are you okay?" Bullet asked.

Suddenly, Bullet and Isabelle were both punched in the fists by extendable fists, startling Bark and knocking them to the ground. They groaned before sitting up to see Byte and Springtron retreated their respective fists back.

Bullet got up, rubbing her chin. "H-Hey, what is THAT for!?"

"Oh, haven't you forgotten that robotics is kinda my thing?" N. Gin sneered. "When I realised that Byte & Bark were going to be surviving the last section, I grabbed a couple of collars that could control robots to my will. Of course, the second one is for Bark, but when I saw that the strong midboss of ARMS was ALSO entering the arena, I couldn't resist."

"That is horrible! They have nothing to do with our fight!" Isabelle scolded.

"And I deserve a horrible beating later on, but I am still glad I did it. Not only for said beating, but to make up for my lack of projectiles." N. Gin admitted before pushing a few buttons on his panels. "Now boys?"

Byte and Springtron then sent out their fists at Bullet and Isabelle respectively again. However, the latter two had more time to react with Bullet blocking the incoming punch while Isabelle ran to the side. However, N. Gin activated the thrusters of his robot and went towards Bullet, seeing her as the bigger threat. However, the white-haired woman saw him coming and rolled out of the way.

However, Byte then sent his Cracker arm into Bullet's face and sent out a burst of fire. It didn't feel that far at all to count as a projectile so Bullet's Franklin Badge didn't stop the burst of fire, erupting in Bullet's face and knocking her down. N. Gin then picked up Bullet with his robot's arms and proceeded to slam her from left to right.

Despite being in pain, Bullet managed to recover and sent a burst of fire at the spot where she was about to be slammed against and sent out a burst of fire, knocking her down again. N. Gin then kicked Bullet in the side, sending the tan-skinned woman sprawling on the ground. Byte then rushed over and got ready to send out another punch.

Suddenly, Bark moved in-between Byte and Bullet before barking angrily at his owner. Byte then pulled his Bubb arm back and was about to punch Bark. The dog yelped before whimpering.

Only for Byte to suddenly freeze up. N. Gin noticed this and blinked his good eye.

"H-Hey! What is going on!?" N. Gin started before typing a few buttons on his panel. "Springtron, go see what is going on!"

The chrome-and-red robot nodded before he was about to go over. However, Isabelle realised what was going on and narrowed her eyes before leaping at Springtron. Meanwhile, Byte continued to struggle in pain.

"B-BULLET…" Byte piped up.

"Y-Yeah…" The white-haired woman raised an eyebrow.

"ELIMINATE… ME… PLEASE…" Byte pleaded. "BEFORE I… HURT HIM…"

Bullet paused before sternly nodding her head. "Alright… I will heed your request."

With that, she ran over to Byte and grabbed the cop while he was still struggling to disobey Byte. She then tossed him out of the ring. She wasn't done as she ran over to the ropes and pulled the middle and bottom ropes apart from each other before looking at Bark.

"Come on… Your partner should be alright if he is out of Rockethead's range." Bullet offered.

Bark did a monotone whimper before going towards Bullet and moving his way through the gap in the ropes that Bullet made for him to enter the portal.

"H-Hey, what's going on!? Sure, there weren't that many enemy robots in my node, but I made sure that it would work without fail!" N. Gin said in disbelief.

"...Maybe it WOULD work without fail." Bullet muttered before narrowing her eyes. "But then, you tried to pit an unbreaking duo against each other."

"Aw, come on! If my plans will blow up in my way, at least make it a literal one!" N. Gin grumbled.

Suddenly, a giant metallic object crashed against the back of N. Gin's head, slamming his forehead against the front of his robot. The mad scientist groaned before raising his head with a dazed look on his face.

"Not an explosion, but I will definitely take it." N. Gin admitted, dizzily.

N. Gin then noticed what hit him from behind. Springtron was on the ground with his arms tied up around him. Despite being put in their vulnerable position, he tried to get through. N. Gin and Bullet both blinked twice before Isabelle casually walked over to the downed Springtron.

"I am sorry, Mr. Springtron, but I have to punish N. Gin for his misdeeds just now and I knew that it would be very difficult with you being in the ring seeing that you are a Big Guy and all." Isabelle apologised. "I hope that you and Dr. Coyle can forgive for being so violent."

With that, she picked up Springtron over her head. Despite the comical scene, she was able to throw him over the ropes with no problem.

"...Oh, so you DO learn some techniques from the Doom Slayer." Bullet concluded.

"Pretty much. I tried to avoid them seeing that this IS a non-killing tournament, but seeing that Springtron IS a robot and a tough one at that." Isabelle shrugged.

With that, Bullet and Isabelle glared at N. Gin. The latter blinked twice.

"Oh, well… At least I am going to get my face rearranged." N. Gin shrugged. "...Again."

Byte & Bark and Springtron both landed in Megaman. Fortunately, they landed in Dr. Light's lab so the good doctor could easily free Byte and Springtron from their brainwashing.

"Swift Strike!"

Yoshi yelped before diving to the side to avoid a dashing attack. After dodging, he then kicked his attacker in his back. Julius Will Kresnik staggered forward before quickly recovering and swung one of his twin swords in a horizontal fashion. However, Yoshi ducked underneath the attack before kicking Julius in the stomach.

With the wind knocked out of him, Julius stepped back, but recovered in time to block another kick from Yoshi with his twin swords before shoving Yoshi onto his back. Despite the sudden attack, the dinosaur flipped back onto his feet and got rolled into an egg, going towards him.

"Armour Crusher!" Julius shouted, swinging his twin swords downwards at the egg. Due to the arte being an automatic guard-breaker, Yoshi crashed out of his egg and collapsed on the ground.

"Falling Thunder!" Julius shouted, leaping forward and swinging one of his swords downwards where Yoshi was. Or it would if the green-scaled reptile didn't roll backwards and leapt up to do a flutter jump, kicking Julius in the head multiple times. While the twin swordsman were dazed, Yoshi did a spinning kick to Julius' side. The latter winced before standing up straight.

"I could see why you are one of Mario's most trusted friends." Julius admitted. "Even if your egg throwing ability is useless here."

"Be grateful that I am unable to use my Rumblebang and Rocket in this section." Yoshi thought. "Though considering who I had to deal with in the last section, I can't really complain TOO much."

"In any case, I have to bring my all. Especially since my brother didn't even get an elimination." Julius mused. "Whirling Assault!"

With that, he did a series of lightning-fast slashes forward. However, while taken off-guard, Yoshi managed to jump back and avoided them with equal speed. Though after the arte, Julius kicked him in the nose and sent him staggering back. Julius then ran over to strike Yoshi, but the dinosaur recovered and sent out his tongue to hit Julius and pulled him into the mouth.

Yoshi then laid an egg with Julius inside. He then proceeded to do a series of headbutts and kicks to the egg. Then, Julius broke out of the egg while looking dazed. Yoshi then did a flip kick, striking Julius in the chin. The bespectacled man staggered back, realising that he was losing and needed to think hard. Yoshi then turned into an egg and started to roll forward.

"Falling Snow!" Julius shouted, dashing to the side and avoided the incoming egg. However, Yoshi managed to turn around and rolled towards him. But Julius jumped over the egg, easily letting Yoshi go past. The latter then turned around before breaking out of his egg. Yoshi then launched his tongue forward again.

Then, Julius dropped one of his swords and managed to grab his tongue with said hand. Yoshi's eyes bugged out when he saw this. And his pupils shrank even further when he saw Julius pulled on the tongue with a stern look on his face before releasing the tongue.

POW!

That was the sound of Yoshi's tongue recoiling back into him like a rubber band, sending the reptile onto his back. As Yoshi laid down dazed, Julius glared down at Yoshi for a moment.

…Before looking at his drool-filled hand in disgust.

"Ugh, no wonder why no one tried to grab Yoshi's tongue like that." Julius muttered. "Aw, well."

With that, he walked over to the downed Yoshi to pick him up and throw him out of the ring.

Yoshi landed in Billy Hatcher where he tried to hide his egg. The titular character shrugged before rolling him around.

After Julius nodded his head, he crouched down to pick up the sword he dropped before looking up at the Eliminated Seating. There, most of the Tales of All-Stars fighters were cheering for him. Especially Ludger. Julius smiled and nodded.

"Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Out of so many fighters with far more screentime under their belts, I managed to succeed all over them." Julius mused. "Maybe I could keep the momentum…"

CRASH!

That was when a yellow blur crashed into him. However, instead of falling to the ground, he ended up being stuck on said blur. So when he finally snapped out of his daze, one could only imagine his shock when he saw Homer Simpson, running at a surprising speed while looking back at Iori Yagami chasing him.

Finally, Homer looked forward to seeing Julius being dragged along with him. "Hey! What are you doing!? You are going to slow me down, jerkass!"

With that, he threw Julius away which was actually over the ropes before continuing the chase.

Julius landed in Shrek 2 the video game where he got run over by a giant tomato.

(Dome; Junko's Hideout)

Rainbow Mika and Sakura Kasugano's eyes bugged out to avoid a series of lightning-fast projectiles as they zoomed into the wall. They looked in the direction where the projectiles went as they stuck into the wall. Pictures of a certain grinning pink-clad man giving a thumbs up.

They then looked back at the thrower of the projectiles only for Dan Hibiki to do a flying kick towards Sakura. The Pachinko worker yelped before raising her arms to block the incoming kick. Acting quickly, Sakura grabbed Dan's foot and sent him spinning around until he crashed onto his back. Despite the hard (and humiliating fall), Dan kicked his foot out and actually managed to catch Sakura in the stomach.

Dan then leapt to his feet and punched his fist out, but R. Mika skidded between him and Sakura and caught her boyfriend's fist. She then acted quickly and put one of Dan's arms behind his back while wrapping his arm behind his back.

"Dan! Please try to fight it!" R. Mika pleaded. "I know that you do not want to hurt me or Sakura! You do not want to fight for Oume and Kurow!"

"ORA!" The brown-haired man roared. He then moved his body forward, ending up taking a startled R. Mika with her. He ended up rolling around while dragging R. Mika with her. When the roll ended, the wrestler was laid dazed on her back while Dan got up.

"Hadoken!" Sakura shouted, sending an energy ball forward. However, Dan turned around while aiming a finger gun at the incoming projectile.

"Bang! Ha ha!" Dan shouted in an exaggerated Russian accent. This made Sakura's Hadoken disappear. Sakura's eyes widened as Dan aimed his finger gun at the brunette again. However, Sakura rolled to the side and avoided the invisible bullet. Suddenly, R. Mika wrapped her arms around Dan from behind and performed a German Suplex, knocking Dan to the ground. However, R. Mika wasn't done as he hoisted up Dan to his feet and got him into a full nelson.

"Sakura, time to have some Rival Schools nostalgia!" R. Mika shouted.

"Sorry, Dan, this is for your own good!" The Pachinko worker frowned before rushing forward towards Dan. Then, they along with R. Mika got engulfed in a bright light. Then, several hits could be heard. Then, the light cleared, Dan was on the ground with several cherry blossom petals falling down. Sakura and R. Mike looked down at him with solemn looks on their faces.

Unknown to the two of them, Rugal Bernstein was looking at them with an evil smirk on his face. He then pulled his arms back, ready to do a Kaiser Wave. Suddenly, he found himself shoved to the ground. Rugal groaned before propping himself on his hands. He then growled before glaring back to see Hinako Shijou staring down at them.

"It is quite rude to interrupt a fight when you are already in one." Hinako scolded.

"Don't talk down to me as if I only appeared in a few games like you!" Rugal snapped, getting back to his feet and rushing over. "Genocide Cutter!"

With that, Rugal did an upwards kick with the leg acting like a blade. However, Hinako, being his nodal companion, was prepared for his basic tactics and rolled to the side. Unfortunately, she didn't count as Rugal actually had a partner and got slashed in the back, knocking her down. Rugal sneered before looking up at the equally-smirking Kurow before the two proceeded to stomp on the downed Hinako.

"Fairy Circle!"

Then, two butterfly-winged fairies appeared out of nowhere and spiralled around Hinako, striking Rugal and Kurow a couple of times which knocked them away from the poor girl. Not only that, this created a green glyph on the ground that sprouted flowers and healed Hinako's wounds. The purple-clad girl sighed before looking up and nodded at Magilou. The mage smirked before giving a thumbs-up. Before Rugal and Kurow got up, glaring at Magilou.

"I'll take the mage bitch! You'll deal with your nodal companion!" Kurow offered.

With that, he ran towards Magilou while readying his claw, but Magilou just smirked.

"Gliding Blast!" She shouted, summoning another giant paper doll and riding it like a hoverboard riding out of the way of a downwards slash. However, Kurow started to chase after her, running like a ninja. Despite this, Magilou looked back with a smirk.

"Make a wish!" Magilou shouted, summoning an energy ball and sending it downwards towards Kurow. However, the assassin just scoffed.

"I wish you that you will come at me with less feeble attempts!" Kurow taunted, sliding underneath the meteor before continuing his chasing.

Meanwhile, Rugal and Hinako got into a power struggle with each other. Despite the blatant size difference, they managed to be evenly matched. However, Rugal didn't play fair as he punted Hinako hard in the stomach. As the blonde's eyes widened in pain, she was picked up by Rugal and threw away into the nearest wall.

That was when Magilou had managed to grab her on her paper doll with Kurow still chasing after her.

"T-Thanks for saving me!" Hinako offered.

Rugal narrowed his eyes before running over and jumping up before curling up into a ball and launching himself at Magilou and Hinako, not unlike Sonic's Homing Attack. The two girls yelped, but Hinako narrowed her eyes and leapt off, managing to grab Rugal out of the air and slam him onto the ground. She wasn't done yet as she threw him into the chasing Kurow, knocking him down. Magilou smirked before casting a spell.

"Blood Moon!" Magilou shouted, summoning a sphere of fire where Rugal and Kurow, burning them multiple times and causing them to cry out in pain. Despite this, Magilou looked worried as she rode over to Hinako.

"I don't know… We are doing surprisingly well, but can we really beat them?" Magilou frowned.

"Well, victory is beneficial, the main point is to stop them from stopping our other allies from saving the brainwashed victims." Hinako offered. "Besides, while Rugal is not going to make it easy, we should be able to help quicker if we knock out Kurow."

"Can't say for certain it will work, but if it does and speeds up this fight." Magilou said.

"LILLY!"

Geese frowned before raising his arms to block a series of fiery staff jabs. While each attack looked like it hurt, the mob boss was unfazed as he continued to block. He then raised his hand to grab the fiery staff.

"TOO EASY!"

With that, he swung the staff over him, taking the owner of the staff, Billy Kane with him and slamming him into the air. Despite this, the British man got up to his feet, igniting his staff in fire again and swinging it horizontally, sending an arch of fire forward.

"Reppuken!" Geese shouted, swinging his arm and sending a wave of purple energy forward, causing the two projectiles to clash with each other. Billy then rushed forward and spun his staff around, but Geese managed to move back and evade all of them. However, not even he could avoid Billy slamming the ground between them, creating a small explosion which sent Geese flying back into the nearest wall.

Geese groaned before looking up with a dazed look. His eyes then bugged out when Billy extended his staff at him. Acting quickly, Geese ran to the side and threw out another Reppuken. While Billy was able to easily step to the side, Geese ran over and did a series of palm strikes and kicks to Billy's face and chest before knocking him away the wall with one good palm strike.

Despite crashing into the wall, Billy got up and angrily glared at Geese.

"Lilly, where is my sister!?" Billy roared.

"...This must be my long-awaited karma. For going behind your back and getting your sister involved on the way back in the first Megamix Tournament." Geese lamented before closing his eyes. "I caused both you and Lilly a lot of hardship, especially when I got brainwashed so it is only natural to feel the torment she must have gone through."

Billy, still in his brainwashed state, didn't listen and ran over to swing his staff onto Geese's head.

Only for Geese to catch it without looking up. A couple of seconds later, he opened his eyes with a stern glare.

"As such, it is my responsibility to get you back to your senses and to your sister." Geese said, sternly.

Yuri Sakazaki yelped before jumping to avoid a blue ball of energy. She then glared at the guilty party. Dr. Neo Cortex just sneered before adjusting his ray gun and fired another projectile forward while riding on his jetpack. But this time, Yuri was prepared.

"Saiha!" Yuri shouted, making an upwards energy shield, deflecting the shot back at Cortex. The mad scientist's smirk vanished as he was sent flipping backwards in midair. He managed to self-right himself, but was still dazed. Yuri then smirked before rushing forward.

"Chou Upper!" Yuri shouted, doing her jumping uppercut to Cortex's chin. The yellow-skinned man flew straight up, hitting his head on the ceiling before peeling off with a dazed look on his face. After shaking his head, he glared down and aimed his ray gun downwards. Yuri got ready to use her Saiha. …Only for the ray gun shots to go to the side.

Yuri blinked twice before smirking. "Ha! You missed!"

"That is the beauty of being a genius like me." Cortex sneered. "You don't have to aim!"

Yuri's smirk vanished as she looked confused before looking around at all of the spots that Cortex shot. …Only to see said shots heading towards her each side. Yuri yelped before scampering to move to avoid the shots. Fortunately, she was able to avoid it. However, this left her open for Cortex to lunge forward head-first, into Yuri and knocked her down.

Cortex then sneered before getting out a bunch of proximity mines and proceeded to make them on the ground in front of Yuri. The brunette raised her head before yelping and scampering off to avoid the explosions.

"Oh, please do give me more of a challenge." Cortex sneered. "No, really, I do love curb-stomping my foes, but I still need more practice for Crash Team Rumble!"

Yuri glared at Cortex. "Gladly. So you could get overshadowed by the future characters showing up in that MOBA because you got a basic kit because you were there by the start!"

The yellow-skinned man was about to retort until he paused before realising something that made his jaw drop. Yuri saw this and smirked.

"Aww, it's all right. You still have a long way to go before you will be irrelevant." Yuri taunted.

"Shut up!" Cortex roared before zooming straight at Yuri.

Koala Kong grunted in pain as he staggered back. However, he quickly recovered and glared at his opponent before rushing over to do a punch. But Ryuji Yamazaki just smirked before running to the side and letting the punch go past. Getting out a knife, he stabbed Kong in the side.

The koala cried out in pain, but recovered to throw another punch, but again Yamazaki easily jumped to the side. Yamazaki then grabbed Kong's tank top and did three explosive headbutts to his chest. As Kong was stunned, Yamazaki did a powerful sweeping kick to Kong's legs. Due to how absurdly they were, the koala ended up falling down.

"Timber!" Yamazaki shouted, cupping his hand to his mouth as Kong crashed on the ground in an unsatisfying fashion. Yamazaki then proceeded to stomp onto Kong's back. The giant marsupial grunted in annoyance before getting up before turning around and kicking at Yamazaki. However, the yakuza merely caught the kick with a bored look on his face.

"...Really? Kicking at me with those twig legs?" Yamazaki snarked. With that, he shoved Kong onto his rear. "Seriously? I met a lot of meatheads who just threw their muscles around like Antonov and Raiden."

Kong winced, remembering the harsh beatdown he had received from Raiden all of the way from the first Battle of the Luminaries. Yamazaki then continued.

"Hell, even Crunch Bandicoot and Tiny Tiger have more to offer than you!" Yamazaki taunted. "Crunch has affinity with the classic elemental quartet and even Tiny is seeing more use of his trident in recent years. But you? What have YOU got?"

Kong narrowed his eyes. "...I throw boulders."

Yamazaki let out a laugh at this. "Okay, WOW! You really said that as if that counted! Because Crunch and Tiny don't have ANY way to pick up and throw boulders! And poor you! There is not a single boulder in sight!"

Kong just glared at Yamazaki for a second before raising his arm into the air. Suddenly, a boulder dropped from the ceiling and right into Kong's hand. Needless to say, Yamazaki's smirk dropped as he blinked twice.

"What kind of Power Fighters Gutsman bullshit…?" Yamazaki asked.

Kong didn't give Yamazaki much time to ponder what the hell just happened as he threw the boulder at Yamazaki. The black-clad man yelped before diving to the ground. Kong smirked before doing a pec flex with his fists on his hips. Suddenly, three lava rocks fly over him and onto in front of him before rolling over. Yamazaki got up to see one of said rocks rolling towards him.

He then sneered before doing an uppercut with dark red energy around his hand at the incoming rock, deflecting it and sending a projectile right into Kong's face, knocking him down. Yamazaki snickered.

"Okay, I admit it. You got your own niche." Yamazaki admitted. "A niche that is useless around anyone with a projectile-deflector like me, but a niche nonetheless."

"GAH HA HA HA HA HA!"

Ripper and Hopper hid in fear behind a chair. Somehow, this managed to block a barrage of bullets from the Tommy Gun of a manically-laughing Pinstripe Potoroo.

"Oh, boyssssss! Come out and playyyyyyyy!" Pinstripe taunted between laughs.

Ripper glared at Hopper. "Let's go after the potoroo, you said. He doesn't have that much fighting experience outside of his spray and pray as evident by being the second person eliminated, you said."

"Hey, you actually wanna go after the koala that puts the muscles of Tizoc to shame or one of the few villains that managed to get more than one elimination?" Hopper retorted.

"Regardless, you are a gunslinger too, right? You are more suited to fight him than me!" Ripper urged.

"If close-range combat is his weakness, wouldn't it make more sense for YOU with the knife to face him!?" Hopper scolded.

"Um, dude, don't you watch the Indiana Jones movies?" Ripper asked, holding up his knife. "Never give a knife to a gunfight!"

"LILLYYYYYYY!"

Ripper and Hopper winced before looking in the direction of Billy's shout. They then looked at each other with frowns.

Then, Ripper let out a deep sigh. "Alright… I will see if I can find an opening in the potoroo's firing."

"Not yet. Sooner or later, that gun of his is going to jam up." Hopper offered.

As if on cue, that was what happened to Pinstripe's Tommy gun. The potoroo's eyes widened at this before diving to the side. Just in time as Hopper fired his gun at him. Pinstripe gritted his teeth before reading his own gun. However, Ripper rushed towards Pinstripe with his knife. The marsupial yelped before raising his gun to block the incoming knife swing.

Pinstripe then kicked Ripper in the stomach while moving so that the latter was between him and Hopper. Then, Pinstripe got out a remote out of nowhere and pushed. This summoned a wall of barrels (that looked like it was carrying toxic chemicals) between him & Ripper and Hopper. Both bodyguards of Geese looked frustrated at this.

"Are you kidding me!?" Ripper muttered. With that, he swung his knife at Pinstripe who also blocked it with his gun. However, that was what the former was hoping for as he kicked Pinstripe in the head.

"PICHUUUUUUUU!"

Static Shock raised his hand to absorb an incoming lightning strike. Sure, the attack wouldn't hurt him or Pikachu if it did, but considering that Pichu was able to almost cause a power shortage.

"Pichu, please stop it! You are hurting everyone, including, nay, ESPECIALLY yourself!" Pikachu pleaded.

"NO! I must defeat everyone! I must be a champion like YOU!" Pichu yelled.

Pikachu's eyes widened at this.

"I was always inspired to be you, Pikachu! Even before you won the first Battle of the Luminaries!" Pichu explained. "To have the best champion elimination streak next to Haohmaru himself, I have to be stronger! I have to defeat everyone! Even you!"

Pikachu's ears drooped. "Pichu…"

"Um…"

Pikachu looked up at Static looking down at him with a sympathetic look.

"I don't know what is going on." Static said. "But I DO know that there is a lot that you two should talk about with each other. But after you saved him."

Pikachu nodded his head before narrowing his eyes and rushing towards Pichu. The smaller version then ran over, surging with electricity. Then, Pikachu's tail started to glow as he swung it downwards at the incoming tackle. The two attacks collided with each other. However, surprisingly, Pikachu was sent flying backwards and into the wall. Pichu then ran over to continue the assault.

Until Static floated in front of Pikachu and raised his hands to create a barrier of electricity and used it to stop Pichu's tackle. While it seemed like it worked at first, it seems the two got into a power struggle with each other trying to gain ground. Static then narrowed his eyes before standing firm on his saucer. Suddenly, Pikachu ran to the side and tackled Pichu to the ground.

Static then sent out a stream of electricity at Pichu in hopes of pinning him to the ground, but the baby Pokemon moved out of the way. He then tried to tackle Pikachu, but the latter moved out of the way. Pikachu tried to return the favour, but Pichu dodged it as well. The two Pokemon then went into a weird stalemate as they kept dodging each other's attacks. Static frowned before trying to keep up with the two.

"Ugh, just focusing on one was already a hassle in the ring…" Static grumbled.

Eventually, Pichu was actually winning as he was actually faster and stronger (in terms of electromancy) than Pikachu. The bigger Pokemon crashed onto the ground. Pichu was about to ram into him. Suddenly, Static shot out another stream of electricity. However, this time, he was zapping Pikachu. At first, the Pokemon felt light pain, but also felt stronger.

"Let's turn this Pokemon battle into an Overwatch duel and let me be your Mercy!" Static offered.

Pikachu nodded his head before standing tall, getting used to the pain.

Meanwhile, Ridley and Malomyotismon stood next to each other while glaring at their current opponent.

"...Well?" Malomyotismon asked.

Ridley looked at the Digimon, confused. "Well, what?"

"She IS your nodal companion, isn't she? You fought her countless times, didn't you?" Malomyotismon recalled.

"Indeed. But… I never fought her like this. Like I KNEW that she could always fight like this, but still…" Ridley frowned.

Ridley and Malomyotismon then looked back at their opponent only to go wide-eyed when they saw that their opponent was about to attack.

"JI-GG-LY!"

Ridley and Malomyotismon cried out in pain as they held their respective heads by the disarming voice of a charming cry. Jigglypuff then ran over with the two looking stunned and ran over to the nearest person which was Ridley before floating up and doing a dropkick to his face. As the dragon staggered back, Malomyotismon recovered from the pain and went on the counter attack.

"Chaos Crusher!" Malomyotismon shouted, swinging his arms upwards with dark energy around it and striking Jigglypuff. The balloon was sent flying away. However, she managed to self-right herself almost immediately and floated back as if nothing had happened. This time, Ridley recovered and flew forward, slashing with one of his claws. But Jigglypuff saw this coming and deflated herself (she WAS a balloon Pokemon after all) to easily dodge it.

However, Ridley was expecting this and flew towards while spiralling around. This time, he managed to strike Jigglypuff and knocked her away. Malomyotismon sneered before aiming the shoulder cannons at the downed Jigglypuff.

"Screaming Darkness!" Malomyotismon shouted, sending a giant orb from each of his shoulder cannons towards Jigglypuff. However, the Pokemon was able to get up in time and raised her arms to block the incoming projectiles. Despite the huge size difference between Jigglypuff and the projectiles, she managed to block them perfectly, even at the cost of being forced back. Malomyotismon blinked twice before narrowing his eyes.

"Alright, time out! I know that Jigglypuff is a Fairy-type Pokemon and she clearly picked up some TMs of the same type before coming here." Malomyotismon admitted. "But that was NOT a Pokemon type before! She just blocked!"

"To be fair, the Fairy-type could also be considered the Light-type and you of all people should know how much light-elementals have been a pain in your side." Ridley explained.

"Then, why didn't GameFreak just call it the Light type if that is the case!?" Malomyotismon roared.

Ridley just shrugged with a look of frustration on his face. The two then looked back at Jigglypuff in frustration. Only to see Jigglypuff being surrounded by a dazzling gleam. Ridley's eyes bugged out before flying up while grabbing a stunned Malomyotismon's hand. Just in time to soar over Jigglypuff sending a wall of said dazzling gleam at them. Despite missing her attack, Jigglypuff just smirked before rushing over.

Samus Aran saw this and smirked behind her helmet. "Heh. I am still upset that I don't get to shoot Ridley in the face as always, but seeing Jigglypuff's moves are treating him like a Dragon-type Pokemon, I am actually okay letting someone else deal with him."

Suddenly, she curled up her entire body into a literal ball, allowing a certain green-and-gold blur to fly over her before crashing onto the ground. Samus then broke out of her Morph Ball to stare down at the downed King K. Rool in exasperation after getting up.

"Really? Should have known that you would take any cheap shot you could get." Samus muttered.

K. Rool growled before glaring back at Samus. "So? What is the big deal? You dealt with enemies like that all of the time in your home subnode!"

"True… While you aren't as dangerous as them, the pest levels are roughly the same." The bounty hunter shrugged.

K. Rool growled before getting out a blunderbuss and firing a giant cannonball at Samus. The armoured woman just sent out an uncharged Charge Shot at said projectile. While it was weak, it was more than enough to send the cannonball out of the air. While annoyed at this, K. Rool merely picked up the cannonball and threw it at Samus.

Ironically, this was actually faster than just firing from his gun as Samus had time to dodge or counter-shoot so instead she raised her arms to block the incoming cannonball. While the guard was a success, it did manage to step back a couple of steps. This gave K. Rool the chance to run over and grab Samus by her helmet before violently slamming her against the ground.

K. Rool wasn't done yet as he dragged Samus across the ground like he was dragging a rag doll before throwing her into the wall. The Kremling then leapt at Samus and body-slammed into the wall further. As Samus cried out in pain, K. Rool smirked before reading his boxing glove. However, Samus acted quickly, despite being in pain and fired a beam of ice from her arm cannon into K. Rool.

Being a reptile, the attack did more damage to K. Rool as the king cried out in pain. Samus then swung her arm cannon at K. Rool, clubbing him in the head before turning into her Morph Ball to not only roll underneath K. Rool and leave behind a bomb which explodes and knocks him down. Samus then charged up an energy shot and sent it at the downed K. Rool.

However, the Kremling got back to his feet to not only face Samus, but also made his golden belly glow which acted as a deflector and sent the energy ball into Samus, sending her flying away. Samus groaned before getting up to her feet, only to swerve her head to avoid a crown being used as a boomerang.

"Ugh… While not the craziest thing I saw in Smash, why did Sakurai give the heaviest fighter besides Bowser two projectiles AND a projectile-deflector?" Samus muttered.

Blurs of red and black clashed with each other at lightning-fast speed. Guy and Rena both stood on opposite sides to each other and after clashing with each other. They then stood up straight before looking at each other with stern looks before walking over to each other. Rena then did a palm strike forward, causing Guy to block the incoming attack.

The red-clad man tried to punish Rena for his mistake when he did a horizontal chop to Rena's head. But the dark-haired woman ducked underneath the attack and kicked Guy in the stomach. The latter staggered back, but recovered just in time to catch a kick from Rena and spent her spinning around.

"Bushin Senpuukyaku!" Guy shouted, doing a spinning kick upwards and striking Rena multiple times. Rena crashed onto her back, but quickly rolled backwards. She then got out a spray can out of nowhere. Despite the weird weapon, Guy just narrowed his eyes as he got into a stance. Rena then threw the spray can downwards at Guy, but the brown-haired man leapt over it.

Guy then grabbed Rena by her shoulders and flipped forward while holding onto her and slamming her into the ground. When Rena fell to the floor, Guy did a sliding kick to her and struck her multiple times. Suddenly, Rena was engulfed in an explosion of colourful smoke. Guy grunted before raising his arms to his face to shield his eyes. Rena then ran over and did a kick to Guy's side.

"Well done, Guy." Rena admitted. "You leave up to your status as the 30th Grandmaster of Bushinryu. However, I know all of its tricks so you can't take me off-guard."

The red-clad man narrowed his eyes. "Ignoring the fact that those moves are only implemented into you, it is clear that the moves that you are using are based on the mainline Street Fighter games."

"Guy, I love you, but do not insult my intelligence." Rena scoffed. "You have been in a few crossover games but not that many that I couldn't keep track of."

Guy just narrowed his eyes before running forward and did an elbow strike forward. However, Rena easily blocked it before doing a kick. However, Guy got into a defensive stance and when Rena's kick connected with him, Guy vanished in a puff of smoke and reappeared a few feet in the air behind Rena and kicked her in the back, knocking her down.

Guy landed on the ground. "It seems that Kurow has forgotten about IV's Omega Mode."

Leonardo crashed on his back hard. The turtle groaned before sitting up.

"Aura Crusher!"

Leonardo's eyes bugged out before the Shredder dashed forward while lowering his claw. Acting quickly, Leonardo rolled to the side by kicking Shredder in his side. The chrome-clad man staggered back to the side before quickly recovered and rushed over with his claws. Leonardo then raised his ninjato, blocking the claws. The two then got into a power struggle, glaring into each other's eyes.

However, the Shredder was bigger than Leonardo and ended up winning the power struggle. But Leonardo realised this and threw himself onto his shell, inadvertently throwing Shredder forward. While the villain was taken off-guard, he managed to land onto his hands before flipping forward onto his feet.

"Shining Cutter!" Leonardo shouted, swinging one of his swords and sending a horizontal wave forward. However, the Shredder quickly whirled around.

"Aura!" The Shredder shouted, summoning a green aura in front of him. This acted as a deflector, sending the wave back at Leonardo. The blue-masked ninja just narrowed his eyes before raising his ninjato to block the incoming projectile. The Shredder narrowed his eyes before getting out a smoke pellet and threw it onto the ground, engulfing himself in a puff of smoke.

Leonardo's eyes widened before three Shredders surrounded Leonardo. The three armoured men all smirked behind their masks before reading their claws. However, Leonardo just narrowed his eyes before closing his eyes and concentrating. This summoned three wispy tethers to all of the three Shredders to Leonardo.

All three Shredder's eyes widened, recognising this as Osiris' Judgement Tether from Smite, not only weakening their damage but causing an instant stun if they are close enough. The Shredders then turned around to run off, but Leonardo wasn't going to let them go as he threw one of his ninjatos at one of the Shredders, managing to inhale him in the side of his torso.

However, Leonardo didn't not step as he raised his ninjato and sent out blue wind before it went down on a second Shredder. Both targets were slowed. Leonardo then ran over to the two retreating Shredders. Suddenly, the stun of the Judgement Tether activated and both Shredders fell onto their knees.

"Endless Screw!" Leonardo shouted, spinning out with his ninjatos and slashing them multiple times. However, both of them vanished in an explosion of smoke. Leonardo's eyes widened before doing a flip. Just in time to avoid two dark purple claws lunging forward. The real Shredder scoffed behind his mask.

"Ugh, I thought I would have the advantage with my SMITE abilities." The Shredder scoffed.

"What, you assumed that I would not use them?" Leonardo asked.

"Well, you didn't use them in your time in the arena." The Shredder scolded.

Leonardo's smirk vanished as he winced. The Shredder blinked twice before narrowing his eyes.

"Oh no… Don't tell me that you didn't remember them until you saw Zim use them in the arena?" The Shredder asked.

"Um, well…" Leonardo said before realising something. "Wait, how did you know that was when I remembered about them?"

This time, it was the Shredder's turn to wince and Leonardo's turn to glare at him.

"You know as well as I do that guy does NOTHING subtle AND you obviously spent more time than him in this dome than me!" Leonardo scolded. "Zim probably bragged about it at least once! How did YOU forget!?"

"I-I didn't!" The Shredder insisted. "I just never got a chance to use my SMITE skills."

"Don't even try it. Mika told me how you two fought each other and she never described any of the skills you got from Ravana." Leonardo scolded.

"T-The time for talk is over!" The Shredder scolded. "This isn't about our abilities, but how we use them to destroy each other!"

Leonardo shook his head. "I am so over going to tell my brothers about this."

Rilla Roo growled before reading an arm cannon (which looked like the top of a tank turret) and fired two small energy balls forward. However, Veemon easily swerved along the projectile and rushed forward. Acting quickly, Rilla Roo spun around with his kangaroo tail out, however, Veemon got ready.

"Vee Headbutt!" Veemon shouted, doing an upwards diagonal headbutt into Rilla Roo's face. The hybrid winced before collapsing on his back before sprawling from right to left while holding his face. Veemon then rushed over and did a downward punch into Rilla Roo's stomach. The latter's eyes widened in pain as he got up while holding his stomach.

"Vee Knockout!" Veemon shouted, doing a punch forward. Rilla Roo's eyes bugged out before running to the side and got out his flame-powered pogo stick and started to bounce up and down. Rilla Roo then bounced towards Veemon to land onto the Digimon. Veemon's eyes bugged out before rolling to the side to avoid getting landed on. Rilla Roo then tried to jump onto Veemon, trying to burn him with his fire.

While on his pogo stick, Rilla Roo got out his spiked mallet and swung it downwards, managing to hit Veemon and sending him flying into the wall. After the lizard collapsed on the ground, Rilla Roo smirked before bouncing over to him.

…Only for a dark purple blur to crash into the back of Rilla Roo, knocking him down. Veemon jumped as Rilla Roo crashed on the ground along with Impmon. The latter groaned while holding his head. Suddenly, Veemon saw a black blur heading towards him. With his eyes bugged out, Veemon ran and made a diving save, tackling Impmon out of the way. Infinite crashed on the ground, however quickly got up before glaring at the two Digimon.

"HOLD STILL AND LET ME GUT YOU LIKE A FISH!" Infinite roared, readying his sword.

With that, he lunged at the Digimon, but they both ran on opposite sides to avoid a slash from his sword.

"...Do I even want to know what you said to him?" Veemon asked, looking at Impmon in exasperation.

"All you need to know is that he deserves it." The Virus-type shrugged with a smirk.

"Not wrong." Veemon said, rolling his eyes.

Infinite then growled behind his mask before dashing at Impmon while surrounded in a dark red energy. Impmon's smirk vanished as he threw himself at the ground to avoid being blasted. Infinite then broke out of the bullet and ran at Impmon while raising his sword. Suddenly, Veemon dashed in front of Impmon.

"Vee Knockout!" Veemon shouted, sending a punch into Infinite's stomach and sending the jackal flying backwards and crashing into the wall. Impmon smirked at this. He was about to say another quip, but then his eyes bugged out when he heard running behind him.

"Summon!" Impmon shouted, turning around and summoning several ice crystals and sending them forward. Rilla Roo yelped before raising his mallet to block the incoming barrage and while he managed to do so with some of the crystals, some ended up being embedded in him. Impmon sneered.

"Yo, wanna switch opponents?" Impmon asked.

"Might as well. Infinite looks so angry that I think he has forgotten about literally everyone else EXCEPT you." Veemon mused.

"Yeah, I will wanna mess with me a little more, but I suppose ignoring him is the biggest slap to the face for someone like him." Impmon smirked.

Veemon rolled his eyes at this. Infinite then ran at him from behind (of course, he was aiming for Impmon, but the dinosaur was literally standing between them). Without looking, he punched Infinite in the face.

Tiny raised his arms to block an attack covered by black and dark green energy. Despite his large size, he was sent skidding back on his feet and crashing backfirst into the wall opposite of him. The Canadian winced, rubbing his shoulder for a moment. After looking up, his eyes bugged out when he saw Yuuki Terumi lunging at him with a knife in one hand and a very, very, VERY twisted look on his face.

Tiny acted quickly and raised his fists and despite going against basic logic, they managed to block the incoming knife slash. Tiny then went for a combo punch but Terumi easily ran to the side before stabbing the boxer in the side with his knife and summoning the same black-and-green energy around his leg and kicking at Tiny. The Canadian staggered to the side before recovering and sending out another punch, but Terumi easily swerved his head to the side.

"Fighting you is like fighting Jumping Janet." Tiny frowned. He then paused. "If Janet was somehow even LESS unpleasant!"

"Oh, don't compare me to one of those shitty boxers!" Terumi taunted. "I am far more memorable than any of those Punch-Out clones! Not like that is just hard!"

"What are you talking about? Sure, we are based on stereotypes but we aren't directly copying anyone!" Tiny asked, blinking twice. "Didn't you and Hazama used to be the same person? Hell, it gets worse with Susanoo because you literally just stole Hakumen's body and gave him YOUR favourite colour scheme?"

Terumi's smirk vanished. "...Ugh, I should really learn my lesson with trying to talk to dumbasses like you and Taokaka."

Seeing that there was no point in trying to get into Tiny's mind, Terumi did a flip while surrounding his feet in energy and striking the green-haired man in the chin. Tiny staggered back a couple of steps before trying a body blow, but Terumi leapt over the blow and did a downward kick onto Tiny's head.

The Canadian shook his head. "Almost there…"

Terumi then went on the offensive, leaping at Tiny and doing a cross slash with his arms, sending an energy cross at the boxer. Tiny easily blocked it, but not even he could block a grab as Terumi flipped over Tiny and grabbed him, seeing the momentum to slam Terumi onto the ground. The yellow-jacketed man then smirked before stomping multiple times onto Tiny's back.

However, the moment he did so, Terumi ended up hopping back while holding his foot and crying out in pain.

"Ack! What the FUCK!?" Terumi cried out.

He then noticed that Tiny's body was surrounded by a transparent chrome body as the muscular man stood up.

"This is the Damage Shield power up." Tiny explained. "Whenever you hit me, it will just hurt you."

Terumi blinked twice before rolling his eyes. "...Your node is still shitty."

Tiny promptly sent his fist over Terumi's head.

Mickey McFist's eyes bugged out before jumping back to avoid a pair of katanas. Sho Minazuki sneered before swinging one of his blades downwards, but Mickey narrowed his eyes before rushing to the side and clocking Sho in the head with a hook. Sho staggered to the side before recovering and doing a horizontal swing. This time, this managed to catch Mickey in the torso.

As Mickey winced in pain, Sho smirked before leaping forward while swinging his katanas. However, Mickey managed to recover in time before not only ducking underneath the attack, but giving Sho a hard body blow. With the wind knocked out of him, Mickey ran over and did a series of punches to Sho's face. However, when Mickey went for a hook, Sho managed to zoom out of the way so fast that it also seemed like he teleported. After failing his punch, Mickey looked around confused.

"Where did he…" Mickey asked. Then, Sho did a cross slash into his back, sending the boxer flying forward and crashing onto his stomach. He groaned before slowly getting up and turning around. Only to swerve his head to the side to avoid it. Sho then dashed over to Mickey's side, but the Irishman ducked down and clocking Sho in the side of his body.

The twin swordsman winced before looking up with an annoyed look. "Okay, how the fuck are you giving me such a hard time!?"

Despite the pain from the slashes, Mickey just smirked. "Laddie, I am an Irishman! I am used to dealing with weapons during bar fights."

Sho blinked twice before narrowing his eyes. "Oh fuck off, I doubt you seen katanas like these inside of a generic bar fight!"

"You would be surprised." Mickey shrugged.

Sho's eyes twitched before roaring and lunging forward. Mickey's eyes bugged out before crouching down and doing an uppercut into Sho's stomach, not only knocking the wind out of him, but also sending Sho over him. The green-clad young man groaned as he laid on his back.

His eyes then bugged out when he saw Mickey leaping up into the air and was about to do a downwards punch. Sho yelped before rolling to the side to avoid the punch and kicked Mickey in the side. As Mickey staggered to the side, Sho ran over and swung his katana in a horizontal fashion. Mickey managed to leap over the attack, but Sho did a flip, catching Mickey in the chin and knocking him away.

"Final Embrace!"

That was the sound of Edna casting one of her spells. However, she was aiming at her target, but rather in front of herself to create a barrier of icy stalagmites. Said barrier blocked a barrage of bullets, resulting in a firework display of mist and ice shards. However, Edna was casting another spell.

"Rock Lance!" Edna shouted. Then, a stalagmite appeared from the ground and into Happy Chaos' torso. The blue-skinned man staggered back but recovered and aimed his guns at Edna.

"Stormy Rain!" Edna shouted, spinning her umbrella with wind around her umbrella and deflecting the bullets away from her. She then ran forward while she continued to spin her umbrella and ride on top of it. However, Happy Chaos just jumped over it while kicking her in the back. Edna staggered forward, but acting quickly and pointed her umbrella at Happy Chaos like a gun.

"Rainbow Bolt!" Edna shouted, firing a ball of energy at Happy Chaos. The projectile then hit the white-haired man in the chest. Edna then started to cast another spell and when she was done, she raised her umbrella to finish said spell. …And nothing happened. Despite this, Edna ran over to Happy Chaos who just recovered just in time to block an umbrella swing from the blonde.

"Cloudy Swirl!" Edna shouted, doing two spins with her umbrella. However, Happy Chaos jumped back before kicking Edna in the face. He then proceeded to fire a series of bullets in her. The Earth Seraph cried out in pain from the barrage. Then, Happy Chaos ran out of bullets in his guns. The blue-skinned man merely shrugged before going to reload. By this time, Edna recovered and ran over before leaping while opening her parasol.

"Snowy Fall!" Edna shouted, emitting parts of snow from the umbrella onto Happy Chaos, making the latter shudder from the cold. Edna then landed on the ground and spun around with flower petals encircling her.

"Petal Whirlwind!" Edna shouted, striking Happy Chaos multiple times. Suddenly, the last spell that Edna cast has finally activated, creating a gravitational sphere in Happy Chaos, striking him multiple times before making him collapse on one knee.

"I do love my trigger spells." Edna smirked. She then ran towards Happy Chaos for another attack. Suddenly, she heard a sudden ringing.

"Sorry! Mine!" Happy Chaos shouted, getting out his phone and pushing a button, stopping the ringing. "My bad. But I gotta jet! I am entering the next section."

Edna blinked twice. "...So everyone is fighting for the loved ones of the UVR winners who are currently brainwashed and fighting against each other and as such, this will be the most important fight in this tournament and yet you just want to go."

"Yeah, I know. But I am being a spoilsport. But I don't like saying in one place, anyway sooo…" Happy Chaos said before bowing. "Farewell. If you truly cared about the winners, then I suggest you realise what hope is."

With that, he jumped up as a portal appeared underneath him before falling into it as if he was jumping in a swimming pool. Edna paused before tilting her head.

"...I know that it is foolish to make sense by someone who willingly calls himself 'Happy Chaos', but what does he mean by realising what hope is?" Edna asked.

She then shrugged before going to help Mickey and Tiny with their respective opponents.

Finally, Haohmaru and Shizu locked katanas with each other, glaring at their opponents. Haohmaru gritted his teeth while Shizu had a stern look on her face. Haohmaru then used his more muscular frame to shove Shizu away. The dark-haired woman staggered back, but recovered before reading her blade.

"Cyclone Slash!" Shizu shouted, sending out a pink tornado forward with an uppercut. However, Haohmaru just readied his sake bottle and swung it at the incoming tornado, deflecting back at Shizu. But the young woman got out a paper fan and swung it at the incoming ground projectile, sending it back. The two then swung their respective deflecting weapons at each other, creating a tennis match. Soon, Shizu realised that they were equal.

"Earthquake Slice!" Shizu shouted, flipping forward to not only leap over the tornado but also readied her katana before swinging it downward. Haohmaru raised his blade to block the incoming attack before kicking Shizu in the stomach and sending her staggering back. Haohmaru frowned before rushing forward for a slash, but Shizu quickly raised her katana to block the incoming blow. The two then went at each other.

"CRESCENT MOON SLASH!" Haohmaru and Shizu shouted, doing a spinning sword uppercut towards each other. However, the two ended up crashing with each other and falling on their backs. Despite the abrupt fall, the two got up.

"It seems that we are evenly matched. Just as I hoped for. Even though I acknowledge that I will never overtake you, I could see hope to fight you to a stalemate." Shizu nodded. "Especially since we are using each other's moves."

Haohmaru just frowned. "I CONFESS THAT YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF COPYING MY STYLE. IF I WANT SOMEONE TO BE A MOVESET CLONE OF THE LEGENDARY HAOHMARU, IT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE YOU JUST LIKE LILLY KANE BECAME A MOVESET CLONE FOR BILLY! BUT SURELY YOU CANNOT BE DELUSIONS DOING MY MOVES IS ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH ME!"

"I admit that it takes more than using your moves to do well. That Ditto Fighter masquerading as Terry Bogard learned that the hard way." Shizu confessed. "But YOU have to admit that you hardly took me off surprise so far."

Haohmaru paused. "I SUPPOSE SO."

With that, he ran straight at Shizu while reading an upwards slash. The latter just narrowed her eyes before getting into a stance, ready to block the incoming attack. However, Haohmaru swung a little early.

"CYCLONE WAVE!" Haohmaru shouted, swinging his katana upwards and sending a large wave of energy into Shizu, striking her multiple times.

"SHOCK BLAST!" Haohmaru shouted, doing a forward elbow charge into Shizu's face and knocking the young woman to the ground. She looked up in shock.

"H-How!?" Shizu gasped.

"IT SEEMS THAT MY NEW MOVES AT THE LATEST KING OF FIGHTERS XV HAVEN'T REACHED EVERYONE YET!" Haohmaru noted.

Shizu narrowed her eyes before getting up to her feet. Haohmaru then looked around at all of the fights that were going on before nodding and focusing his attention on Shizu.

"Oshizu, I WILL save you…"

(Dome; Secret Path)

Kasumi Todoh fell backwards into the wall, leading to Junko's former hideout. She groaned before looking up. Only for her eyes to bug out before running to the side to avoid streaks of energy, causing a large mark in the wall. Kasumi looked up at the guilty party. Ryuhaku Todoh narrowed his eyes before crossing his arms.

"Absolutely shameful!" Ryuhaku scolded. "Do you think that you will be a former UVR champion with that attitude?"

Kasumi frowned before getting up and returning into her stance. Ryuhaku sternly did the same. The two Todohs encircled each other. Kasumi then rushed forward and sent her palm forward. However, Ryuhaku grabbed it and threw her over his shoulder and onto the ground. Or it would be the case if Kasumi didn't recover and managed to land firmly on her feet and managed to do the same to her.

However, Ryuhaku also landed square on his feet. Instead of going to throw Kasumi again, he merely did a palm strike forward. Kasumi blocked the attack so Ryuhaku made up for his mistake by doing a series of palm strikes and kicks. Kasumi continued to block the incoming barrage. However, one strong kick had sent Kasumi skidding on her feet.

But the blue-haired woman recovered before rushing straight at Ryuhaku. This time, she leapt forward and sent down energy streaks. However, Ryuhaku did it at the same time and caused the two projectiles to clash. When Kasumi landed on the ground, Ryuhaku did a palm strike forward. But Kasumi grabbed his palm before throwing Ryuhaku up into the air.

"Cho Kasate Ate!" Kasumi shouted, sending more streaks of energy forward towards Ryuhaku. However, the older man managed to self-right himself in the air and sent out a Cho Kasate Ate as well, only in midair. Kasumi's eyes widened as the two supers clashed with each other.

"You could use our family's super in midair!?" Kasumi said in awe. She then paused. "No, it is obvious the results of that assassin's brainwashing. But how much is because of brainwashing and how much is because of your natural strength?"

"Brainwashing? How foolishness are you talking about?" Ryuhaku scoffed. "Like the founder of the Todohryu style will be so easily brainwashed. You should know that by now…"

"That is just the issue…" Kasumi lamented. "This is technically the first time that I have seen you since your defeat in the first Art of Fighting game. And you are not even MY father."

"What is this you are going on about?" Ryuhaku asked. "If you don't focus, you will lose in a humiliating fashion."

"Indeed, you are correct." Kasumi nodded. "Let's continue."

Lilly looked at Kasumi with a frown. "...I do hope that Kasumi will be alright."

"Less focusing on her and more focusing on OUR battle!" Genjuro Kibagami scolded.

"While brash, your ally is right. Though I could see why you are getting distracted." Azrael piped up before smirking. "Allow me to give you a reason to stay focused."

With that, he ran over towards Lilly. However, the cryomancer narrowed her eyes before using her staff to launch herself into the air, just in time to block a punch from Azrael. Genjuro then ran behind and stabbed the blue-haired man from behind. He then started to twist his katana further literally. Azwael winced, but quickly smirked before kicking out behind him, striking Genjuro and sending him away.

However, Lilly descended downwards with her staff down and struck Azrael in the head. She then jumped up and extended her staff towards Azrael, but the muscular man caught it in his head easily.

"Shoryuken!" Ryu shouted, doing a jumping uppercut to Azrael's chin and sending him flying into the air. Genjuro then ran towards the airborne opponent.

"Lightning Wings!" Genjuro shouted, doing his own jumping uppercut with pink energy around his katana. Lilly then ran over and swung her staff downwards to knock Azrael down to the ground. She, Ryu and Genjuro then swarmed around him, striking him down multiple times.

Suddenly, Azwael sprang to life and knocked away all three of his attackers and sent him crashing into walls. As the three groaned, Azwael smirked before dusting his hands.

"Ugh, I don't suppose you have another Smash Ball, do you, Ryu?" Lilly asked.

"Unfortunately, I do not." The brown-haired man lamented. His eyes then widened. "However, I DO have something that will give me a power boost."

"Well, whatever it is, now is the perfect time to use it!" Genjuro muttered.

Ryu then got out and pulled out some kind of coin and held it forward with a stern look on his face.

"IT'S MORPHIN TIME!"

Suddenly, Ryu got engulfed in a white light. Azrael, Lilly and Genjuro (along with everyone else) looked in awe as Ryu was dressed like a white and red Power Ranger. Ryu then got into a stance.

"CRIMSON HAWK!"

Lilly blinked twice. "...Oh, right. Ryu and Chun-Li were in that Power Rangers fighting game, right?"

Azwael then smirked. "Now this is getting interesting! However, that armour just helps you tank hits better! It will take a lot more than that to take me down!"

"I do not doubt that!" Ryu said before getting into a stance. "Lilly! Genjuro! Behind me!"

"We are on your six, Ryu!" Lilly said, sternly.

"...The things I do to quench my bloodlust." Genjuro muttered.

Moe and Elliana cried out in pain as their non-existent ears hurt from a loud guitar noise. After strumming on her guitar, I-No lunged at Moe and swung the very musical instrument into the Komodo Dragon's face, knocking him down. Elliana's eyes bugged out before narrowing her eyes and launching out a ball of chain out of one of her mecha arms. However, I-No acted quickly and raised her guitar to easily block the attack.

However, it did go I-No skidding back and allowing Moe to get up while groaning. The latter then growled before he proceeded to throw a series of Scimitars at I-No. The witch just raised an eyebrow before zooming to the side and avoiding the incoming Scimitars. Elliana then launched a fist out of her mecha arm at I-No. While the latter wasn't able to avoid it, I-No strummed her guitar and knocked the fist onto the ground.

I-No then zoomed at Moe while pulling her guitar over her to swing it down onto his head. The green-scaled lizard's eyes bugged before raising the Scimitar in the hand, blocking the guitar. At first, I-No just rolled her eyes before trying to shove Moe forward. However, imagine her surprise when SHE ended up not being shoved back but sent in the wall. The guitarist groaned before looking up.

Only for her eyes to bug out when she saw a missile heading towards her. Acting quickly, she jumped to the side to avoid it. I-No scoffed before getting ready for a counter-attack. Only for the missile to fly back and crash into her back. As Elliana smirked from correctly directly the missile into I-No, the witch was sent flying towards Moe.

The heavyset Komodo Brother narrowed his eyes before getting out a pair of Scimitar. However, they were bright orange and yellow. Moe then gave I-No a few slashes, not only hurting her but burning her as steam emitted from her skin. After I-No crashed onto the ground, Elliana's eyes sparkled.

"Woah! Those lightsaber Scimitars you asked Mel to make are better than I thought!" Elliana praised.

"Thanksssss!" Moe grinned. "I didn't wanted to have Joe have all of the fun with his magic so I decided to sssssay 'Hey, why not take my Scimitars from my Star Wars-inspired Master skin and actually make them lightsabers?'"

By this time, I-No got up with a snarl. "I am not going to let you get away with this! I still haven't forgotten that you abandoned me, Ganondorf and Hazama to get dragged away by that edgelord hedgehog and that literal golem in the first Battle of the Luminaries!"

Moe winced at this. "Hey, I know a bad sssssign when I see one! Especially since you guys LOST to them!"

"Even still you abandoned us like a coward!" I-No scolded. "What makes you think you won't convince me that you won't run away this time!"

Moe paused. "...Beccccause I have something I may lose if I do."

I-No then smirked. "Ohhh… Is it your precious big bro? If so, then there is actually no shame in running away because whatever he got himself involved in."

Moe gritted his teeth before turning to Elliana. "Elliana, pleassssse help me wrap this up."

"Don't need to tell ME twice!?" The snake offered before emitting a cloud of steam forward at I-No.

Tiny Tiger gritted his teeth before throwing his trident like a javelin. However, Gargos sneered before flying over the trident. He then punched his fist out. Into a portal. And another portal opened up in front of Tiny's face, punching the Tasmanian Tiger. As he staggered back, Gargos proceeded to do a series of punches into portals where his fists reappeared in different portals, striking Tiny all over his face and body.

Reptile tried to run at Gargos while reading his claw to slash him, seeing that his arms were too preoccupied by portal-punching Tiny. However, Gargos saw him come and flapped his wings towards Reptile and struck him, sending him flying back and crashing into Tiny, knocking the two down. Gargos sneered before continuing his portal punch assault, this time bringing Reptile in the mix.

Soon, Tiny had enough and reached out a nearby portal and managed to grab Gargos' hand. The demon's sneer vanished as he ended up pulling Gargos through his own portal. Tiny growled before going to punch Gargos. However, the latter grabbed Tiny and flapped his wings before flying up into a portal before pile-driving him into the ground. Gargos sneered as he looked down at his downed foe.

Only to scream out after feeling pain in his wings. Looking back, he saw Reptile with his mask off to spit his acid. Gargos then swung his wings back but this time, Reptile was able to prepare for it and slid underneath it. Gargos then snapped his fingers.

"Izzit! Dretch!" Gargos shouted.

Then, another portal appeared. This time, two demons appeared out of it. A pale blue one with a pitchfork and a small, stout dark red one. They both ran towards Reptile. However, the green-clad man just narrowed his eyes before spitting out a puddle of acid in front of him. The two demons ended up running over them like Lemmings and ended up crying out in pain before collapsing in the acid pool. Tiny winced, looking like he was about to puke while Reptile… Just smirked while crossing his arms.

However, his smirk vanished when Gargos flew at Reptile and grabbed him before flying towards the air and dragging him against the wall. The Saurian cried out in pain, making Gargos sneer. Suddenly, the winged demi-god started to cough for some reason. Looking down, he saw that Reptile had a noxious gas around him. Realising that the gas was poison, Gargos quickly threw Reptile away. The Saurian groaned before getting up, holding his head.

"...Any time now, Tiny." Reptile muttered.

The muscular marsupial blinked twice. "Any time now what?"

"Come on! Apparently, you and that Hulk Hogan bird have both defeated SHAO KAHN of all people in the second Megamix Tournament!" Reptile recalled. "Surely you must have used some kind of special technique to win!"

"No, that would be when Tiny fought Barbatos Goetia. Tiny doesn't know how he and Rawk Hawk win." Tiny frowned.

Reptile slumped his arms. "So you won by dumb luck? No wonder Shao Kahn doesn't want to talk about it!"

"In that case, this win will technically mean that I could beat Shao Kahn." Gargos sneered.

With that, he spread his wings and flew towards Tiny. However, the Tasmanian Tiger narrowed his eyes before crouching down.

"Eleventeen! Thirty-Twelve! Minus Four!" Tiny shouted. "Hut Hut Hike!"

Suddenly, he appeared wearing a football uniform before charging forward. Gargos was obviously not expecting this and took a shoulder-charge in the stomach. With the wind knocked out of him, Tiny continued to carry him until he crashed him into the wall.

"Reptile! Gargoyle down! Pile on!" Tiny shouted.

The green-clad man blinked twice before walking out. "...Did he use imaginary numbers from Calvin and Hobbes?"

Otane and Oume lunged at each other and proceeded to do a series of knife-hand blows towards each other, causing them to clash. Otane gritted her teeth while Oume's smirk grew bigger. They then leapt from each other and sent out a series of green energy balls, causing the two projectiles to clash. However, during the projectile clash, Oume leapt over the barrage and opened her mouth, sending out her dentures out of her mouth (while engulfing in energy for some reason).

Otane narrowed her eyes before swatting the teeth away. However, Oume did a downward kick towards Otane. However, the younger twin grabbed Oume by her leg and threw her away. But Oume landed on her hands and flipped back onto her feet. Just in time to block a punch from her sister. The two then continued to exchange blows while trash-talking each other.

"Not going to lie, I was planning on beating you into the ground AFTER finishing off my plan!" Oume sneered. "And here you are literally walking into it!"

"Shut up, Oume!" Otane roared. "Seriously, I knew that you valued our mother's values but to use the methods of JUNKO ENOSHIMA!?"

"Hey, it is not like we are begging her to come here!" The older sister insisted. "Her methods are just a means to an end!"

"Even if that is the case, I have to stop you!" Otane said, narrowing her eyes. "Whatever you have planned would probably be more dangerous than even Bison have thought of!"

"Aww… Even if your opinions are pointless, I still appreciate the compliment!" Oume smiled.

Otane rolled her eyes before leaping forward and attempted to jumpscare Oume by summoning a flaming head of herself around her. This had sent Oume flying back onto her back, but she quickly rolled back into a standing position and got out a mirror. Said mirror then sent out a ghostly image of Oume towards Otane. However, the latter just narrowed her eyes before leaping over the image.

Oume leapt after her and the two got into another display of punches and kicks in the midair. However, Oume managed to grab Otane's arm and then slammed her into the ground. With Otane stunned, Oume climbed her and proceeded to punch her in the face multiple times. However, Otane managed to recover and shoved Oume off before climbing onto her sister and proceeded to do the same thing to her. Oume then kicked Otane in the chest and flipped onto her feet.

Suddenly, the two sisters heard a ringing noise. Acting quickly, Oume got out a phone.

"MINE!" Oume said before putting the phone to her ear. "Ello?"

Otane blinked twice with her eyebrow twitching and rushing towards Oume. The latter merely leapt over the flying kick while still talking on the phone.

"Yeah, technically I am busy, but I think I could pencil you in!" Oume said, landing on her feet as if nothing happened. "What do you need, Kurow?"

She then ran off while avoiding a series of energy balls from Otane.

"So you are losing? Ugh, I know that we prepared for it, but still that is saddening." Oume frowned. "Regardless, if that is the case, you know what to do, Kurow."

Otane was about to attack Oume until she heard what the latter said and paused. "Wait… Know what to do?"

Oume glared at her sister. "What? Don't you know it is rude to listen to other people's phone calls? Weak AND rude? You have no redeeming qualities!"

Otane growled before rushing forward. Oume quickly pocketed her phone and got into a stance.

"Almost there…"

Ryuhaku grunted in pain before flying back and crashing backfirst into the wall. He groaned before looking up and raising his arms to block the incoming palm strike.

"Well done, Kasumi." Ryuhaku noted. "I could see why you won the first Megamix Tournament. However, while that mountain must have been tough to climb, this will be your toughest battle yet."

The blue-haired woman narrowed her eyes. "I know…"

With that, the two Todohs then got into their stances. Ryuhaku looked up as he was about to do a special move.

Until he suddenly froze in his spot. Kasumi noticed this and raised an eyebrow.

"F-Father? Why do you hesitate?" Kasumi asked.

Ryuhaku didn't say anything. He just reached out and pulled out some kind of vial. As Kasumi raised an eyebrow, Ryuhaku unscrewed the top and started to drown the contents in the vial. Kasumi then got into a stance, expecting it to be a healing potion.

However, she was quickly proven wrong.

Ryuhaku then started to cough after drinking the contents from the vial, making Kasumi concerned.

"F-Father, what is wrong?" Kasumi asked.

Then, she noticed that blood was coming from Ryuhaku's mouth. Kasumi's pupils shrank before running over to her alternate father and holding him. Just in time as Ryuhaku felt his body feel weaker as he slowly went on his knees. Kasumi continued to grow even more worried as she went on her knees as well. Ryuhaku then gripped his heart as he started to cough before collapsing in Kasumi's hands.

"Father… FATHER!" Kasumi shouted.

By this time, everyone stopped fighting to look in the direction of the Todohs. The people in Kasumi and Otane's groups looked in shock and horror. However, Oume's group was smirking the entire time. Otane then glared at Oume.

"What… Did… You… Do?" Otane asked through gritted teeth.

"Just the next step of my plan!" Oume sneered, crossing her arms.

Ryu quickly ran over to the two Todohs and crouched down to put his finger to Ryukahu's neck. His eyes then bugged out.

"I… Don't feel a pulse." Ryu said.

The hero group's eyes widened at this. Especially Kasumi who started to shake with pupils shrinking.

"N-No! That can't be true! He can't be… Dead!" Kasumi pleaded, shaking her head.

"I am sorry, Kasumi, but that seems to be the case." Ryu lamented.

By this time, Kasumi started to form in her eyes. "No… No…"

Suddenly, Ryuhaku jolted up in Kasumi's eyes, startling everyone.

"F-Father!?" Kasumi gasped.

"T-That's impossible!" Ryu gasped. "I saw him dead!"

Ryuhaku then started to writhe in pain in Kasumi's grasp.

"Hang on, father! We will get you the proper medical assistance!" The blue-haired woman shouted. She then looked at the others. "Please! Help me escort him to the Recovery Room!"

"Don't be selfish! What about Oume and her cronies!?" Genjuro scolded.

"...We'll give up." Azrael piped up.

Genjuro looked up at Azrael in disbelief. "W-What?"

"Indeed. I will withdraw from battle thus giving you the win by default." Azrael nodded.

"Yeah, despite what I said about Moe ditching us in the second Battle of the Luminaries, I am actually willing to give you the win for this one." I-No shrugged.

"Be grateful because this is something we WOULDN'T do." Gargos scolded.

"Well, as much as this would normally make me wanna die than say this, I have no choice, but to eat crow." Oume frowned before clapping her hands. "Congratulations on your victory, Otane."

Needless to say, the hero team were completely bewildered by this.

"Oh, by the by, Lilly, isn't there somewhere you need to be?" Oume piped up.

The staff-wielder's eyes bugged in horror and realisation.

"BILLY!"

Almost immediately, she ran off. Surprisingly, Genjuro ran after her.

"H-Hey! Lilly! Genjuro! Wait!" Ryu shouted.

"Um, Tiny don't know what is going on, but Kasumi's daddy needs help." Tiny frowned.

"Y-Yeah, but…" Elliana started.

"Please!" Kasumi pleaded with tears in her eyes.

Ryu frowned before getting up and picking up Ryuhaku and helping Kasumi carry him away. However, while they were doing so, black particles started to float up from Kasumi. Otane and her group then glared at the others.

"Oh, and before you start to bitch about what I have planned, I think you should regroup in your group's hideout first, sis." Oume smirked.

Otane narrowed her eyes. "What do you mean?"

"Oh, nothing. Just thought that to tell you that we invited a certain item-hating brute and a certain spectre that is protective about his catchphrase to it." I-No sneered.

This made Otane's group's eyes bugged out.

"WHAT!? Worse Old Lady Group sent BARBATOS!?" Tiny exclaimed.

"AND Scorpion!?" Reptile added, gripping his head in horror.

"Yessssss, I recommend going back there and checking up. Surely, there is at least something or someONE still in one piece." Gargos shrugged.

Otane's group looked on in horror. They then looked at each other.

"W-What should we do?" Moe asked.

"I-I don't know… We are only here to try to lessen the load of things to do so we could focus on finding out who really helped Ace." Otane frowned.

"So wait, you guys have nothing to do with the death of Terry Bogard?" Azrael asked. "That… Actually makes sense."

"...Dear Otane, let me tell you a rare piece of advice. It would be better to go to your place to see for yourself." Oume said.

The younger Goketsuji twin stared for a moment. She then narrowed her eyes.

"...Let's go back." Oume said.

"Y-Yeah…" Tiny nodded.

With that, the five ran off while giving Oume's group one final death glare. The latter group just smirked while waving to them.

"Gargos, do you mind?" Oume asked.

"Do I mind?" The demi-god asked before laughing. "I thought you would never ask!"

With that, Gargos spread his arms and opened up a portal. With that, he, Oume, I-No and Azrael entered it.

(Dome; Junko's Hideout)

The four then exited the portal to look at what they were seeing.

"Hey, guys, did we miss anything?" Oume asked.

"NOOO!"

Oume winced at this before scratching the back of her head with a nervous chuckle. "Ask a stupid question."

That was the sound of Lilly collapsing on her knees with tears forming in her eyes at the sight of a writhing Billy, crying out in pain in Geese's hands. For once, the mob boss looked at a complete loss as what to do. Yuri and Hinako ran over to Lilly's side when they heard her shout in an attempt to comfort her.

Geese and Lilly weren't the only ones that had to deal with their loved ones writhing in pain. R. Mika and Sakura looked over, practically freaking out as Magilou attempted to heal Dan. Pikachu's ears drooped as his eyes went misty as Samus gently picked up Pichu. Guy… Merely frowned as he and Leonardo gently picked up Rena. And Haohmaru… Just looked stunned as Edna attempted to heal Shizu with her magic. Surprisingly, Genjuro immediately ran to his side.

Everyone else were glaring down all of Oume's group. Surprisingly, the latter made no attempts to make a move.

"What have you done?" Static asked through gritted teeth.

"Nothing. Just a little something Junko Enoshima left behind." Kurow sneered.

"To be specific, it is a couple of blueprints on a special kind of poison." Cortex said.

"P-Poison?" Veemon asked.

"Yes. Basically, it is a mixture of a lethal poison and a Life Bottle from the Tales series. Whoever drinks the poison will immediately die a painful death." Oume sneered.

"W-What?" Magilou asked while still trying to heal Dan. "But… But they weren't dead. I would know!"

"True… They are still kicking. Because they were revived!" Oume sneered.

"Let me pick things clearly. Your friends will feel pain all over their body. They will drop dead. Then, they come back to life." Terumi grinned. "In other words, they suffer, they die, they come back. They suffer, they die, they come back."

Everyone's eyes widened in horror at this.

"W-Why…? Why would you even do such a thing?" Hinako asked.

"Why? Because you know who Bison is like! He only wants the cream of the crop!" Oume grinned. "So we have to go big or go home!"

Everyone looked at Oume's group with looks of sadness, horror, confusion, fear and most of all, anger.

"Okay, here is our next course of action!" Geese shouted. "Yamazaki!"

"Y-Yeah…" The yakuza sputtered. Even he was stunned by what was happening.

"Most of us will transport our loved ones to the Recovery Room!" Geese said. "YOU, take the rest to finish the job!"

Yamazaki paused. "...I mean if I am getting paid, I can't complain. But wouldn't having less of us and more of THEM be harder to fight against?"

Geese narrowed his eyes. "And use THAT secret weapons?"

Everyone in the hero group went wide-eyed at this while Oume's group looked confused.

"Ooh, THAT secret weapon!" Yamazaki said before smirking. "Heh. I was looking forward to this so much that I almost offered to do it for free. Almost!"

Geese nodded his head. "Everyone, come on!"

With that, he, R. Mika, Sakura, Pikachu, Guy, Haohmaru, Hinako, Yuri, Lilly, Ripper & Hopper, Jigglypuff, Samus, Static, Leonardo and Veemon leaving Yamazaki, Magilou, Edna, Mickey, Tiny, Impmon and Genjuro. Yamazaki looked around and sneered.

"Heh. This should be a solid group to use our secret weapon with." Yamazaki noted.

Oume's group blinked twice at this.

"Umm, I don't know what you have planned but there is no way in hell that seven of you could take on over twenty people." Sho pointed out.

"You'll see." Yamazaki snickered before looking around. "On the count of three, alright?"

Everyone with Yamazaki sternly nodded their heads.

"Okay, one, two…" Yamazaki said. "THREE!"

Everyone then took a deep breath.

"BISON WAS LYING ABOUT GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO MARRY HIM!"

Needless to say, everyone was thunderstruck when they heard this. Especially Oume.

"H-Huh?" Oume asked, blinking twice.

"It is as we said. Bison doesn't give a crap about what you and your sister's petty little feud." Yamazaki laughed.

"W-What are you talking about?" Oume asked. "Of course he does! He told me and my sister straight up that we have to step up our game to get into bed with him!"

"Yeah, no… That was a lie to try to get both of you off of his back." Magilou said, matter-of-factly.

"W-What!? But we worked so hard to give him the power that he wanted!" Oume insisted.

"Yeah, about that. I know the point of both groups was to aid Bison, but actually you guys RUINED his plans." Edna shrugged.

This took Oume, along with everyone else by surprise.

"WHAT!?" Oume exclaimed.

"You see, Bison's plan this time around involved a LOT of people. About most of the people in your AND your sister's groups." Mickey explained. "And your harlots TOOK most of those people, leaving little to help carry out his plan. He had to cancel it."

"No… No… You guys are just sore losers." Oume said, shaking her head. She then growled. "You are lying!"

"If we are lying, how come we are the only ones who are sticking up for you?" Tiny pointed out.

Oume's eyes bugged out before looking around at her group. Everyone looked away from her.

"W-What? You all knew the entire time?" Oume asked, softly.

"Well, yes and no. We knew that Bison wanted NOTHING to do with you, but we actually thought he was playing you to use you for power." Cortex admitted. "We never thought he would abandon US."

"S-So we were USING me?" Oume asked.

"I mean, yes and no." The Shredder said, sheepishly poking his fingers. "We genuinely agreed with your mindset and joined your side to spite your sister's side."

"I can't believe I am saying this, but I thought you followed me for MORE than being petty towards my sister!" Oume roared, angrily.

Half of Oume's group winced as she continued.

"What the fuck was going to happen if I gave Bison my power!?" Oume ranted. "Would you all watch with popcorn as he rejected me in front of you guys!?"

"H-Hey, let's take a deep breath." K. Rool frowned. "Bison played with our expectations too."

"Fuck off! You didn't know that until AFTER you found out that we were dicking around in his room all night!" Oume roared.

"Actually, he was in the bar." Impmon piped up. "That is why he did his Pete performance. He was drunker than a Nanimon!"

Oume's group looked at Impmon with wide eyes. "WHAT!?"

"Don't believe me. Go ask King. She was the one who was serving him." Impmon shrugged.

"So let's review. You guys kidnapped one loved one of each of the winners, besides Penny Proud due to her being too new and brainwashed them, amplifying their power and doing ways to cause them despair. Ultimately, ending by causing said loved one a never-ending amount of grief." Genjuro said before narrowing his eyes. "And for what? For someone who never gave you guys the time of day from the start? For someone who actually wanted to work with you but decided that you were not worth your time? Or for Junko Enoshima because lord knows that if she was here, she would get a kick out of this."

Everyone, especially Cortex, Ridley and K. Rool, winced at this.

"Ugh… I am so mentally drained with you all that I do not want to kill you anymore! Especially since you clearly don't have the will to go on anymore." Genjuro scoffed. "If so, then stop whatever you are planning and salvage the little dignity to have left! Come on, guys, let's jet!"

Impmon scoffed. "Don't need to tell ME twice."

With that, the seven walked off, not even Oume's group a single glance. Said group just looked dumbfounded as Oume collapsed on her knees.

Cortex frowned before walking over to Oume. "...Oume?"

The older Goketsuji twin growled before turning around and sending her palm into Cortex's chest, sending him flying back into Koala Kong who caught him.

"O-Oume, I know that you are mad but let's take a deep breath!" Azrael frowned.

"Oh, fuck off! You were just using me! I was the one who went out of your way to reach out to your tastes!" Oume roared with tears in her eyes. She then glared at Cortex. "I thought you and the people who stayed loyal to me would have my back after Brio and my sister did to you! How could you treat someone who you had your back like this!? It is not like I am a rival mad scientist!"

Cortex winced, actually looking down in shame. "Y-Yeah, but…"

"And Kurow? I have basically given you the best glow-up in terms of using your powers in… Ever!" Oume added.

The assassin nervously poked his claws together. "S-Sorry…"

"And I-No, I thought you were my sister! Sure, I know you are a sadistic bitch, but I thought we had some kind of girl pact!" Oume frowned.

The red-clad woman frowned before sighing. She then looked up at Oume with a stern look.

"Look, Oume, it is true. There is not a single one that had any fate of mating with Bison." I-No admitted. "But that doesn't mean everyone doesn't love your plan."

"Y-Yeah, Bison WISHES that he would think up with a plan like this. Hell, you managed to outdo JUNKO. At first, she didn't resort to brainwashing and actually tried to invoke genuine despair in people!" Ridley said with a weak smile.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! The only good thing about this is despite me being the biggest loser in the room, I am far from the only one!" Oume roared. "Bison may have played me for a chump! But the same goes with you guys! If what they said was true, then Bison most likely lost all respect for you!"

Everyone winced before looking at each other in shame. In fact, they were so distraught by the words of Yamazaki's group and Oume that they didn't notice that most of them had black particles floating from them. The very same particles that were emitting from Kasumi.

And the winners and R. Mika.

"Now all I got is some leftovers by some crazy teenage girl who CLEARLY is the embodiment of first-world problems with NOTHING to show for it!" Oume roared.

Everyone then paused.

"...Look, I am going to my room." Oume groaned. "I SO need a shower."

With that, she stomped off with everyone looking at each other with varying negative reactions.

"But… But… We won! We gave the champions a chance to fall into despair, which should power up the next part of our plan!" Infinite insisted. "Why are we acting like we lost!?"

Rugal let out a deep sigh. "...Because no matter how you look at it, NOBODY won in this case."

Unknown to everyone, a certain someone was watching them with wide eyes. Giving a smirk, he walked off.

"...And here I thought we would have to take what they have from under their noses! But if they are acting like this, maybe it is easier to make Drake feel like he was dead than we thought."

(Unknown Node; Unknown Location)

In a dark and misty room, several people were sitting around and watching the third Battle of the Luminaries on a television. However, one particular person's head jerked up with wide eyes before looking around. One other person noticed this.

"Hey, you okay, FK?"

"Um, yeahhhh…" The person mused, rubbing their chin. "I think I want to see the big guy first."

"Um, okay. But don't bitch if we don't save you any nachos."

"Um, yeah, I think I'll take that chance."

With that, he got up from his seat and walked off. Everyone else looked at him in confusion before looking at each other and shrugging and going back to watch the arena.

Maybe we should do the same too…

(The Arena)

Banjo & Kazooie were in their Talon Trot form with the latter running around the arena while carrying the heavier Banjo. However, Cream the Rabbit and Cheese the Chao ran in from the side at about the same speed as Kazooie, running side-by-side.

Banjo saw this and frowned. "Um, Kazooie?"

"What? The little brats are catching up?" The breegull asked.

As if to answer her question, Cream leapt at the bear-and-bird duo while curling up in a ball and rolling into the two, knocking the two to the ground and sending them sprawling and groaning.

"Ask a stupid question." Kazooie muttered.

Banjo then got out before running over and trying to grab Cream, but the rabbit flapped her ears and flew out of his grasp. However, Kazooie was faster than Banjo and pecked her beak out and managed to catch Cream a few times. Cheese gasped before narrowing his eyes before flying over and punching Kazooie in the face. This actually dazed the bird, long enough for Cream to recover.

"Cheese, get em!" Cream shouted, pointing her finger. Banjo's eyes widened before diving to the side to avoid Cheese engulfing himself in blue energy and launching himself like a bullet. Banjo sighed in relief before getting up, but Cream quickly flew over to him and kicked him in the face. The ursine staggered back as Cream got ready and got another attack.

However, Banjo not only recovered and got out a golden feather. Banjo then charged forward with Kazooie's wings around him and golden feathers surrounding them, charging into Cream and sending her flying away.

"Talon Trot!" Banjo shouted. Kazooie nodded before they switched positions again and Kazooie ran towards the soaring Cream. Then, a green pad appeared underneath Kazooie's feet and launched the pair into the air with Banjo ending up kick-flipping Cream. Kazooie then flapped her wings to adjust Banjo so he could continue the aerial assault.

Only for Cheese to zoom in at the last moment and grab the stunned Cream to carry out Banjo's attack. The bear was not expecting this so when he swung his fist, he fell downwards like a stone. Thankfully, Kazooie was able to flap her wings to hover a few feet off of the ground so Banjo didn't have a humiliating fall.

Banjo sighed in relief. "Thanks, Kazooie."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can return the favour by helping me figure out how to beat those two!" Kazooie muttered. "Seriously, how is bunny-girl doing her 'Cheese, Get Em'. Shouldn't the Franklin Badges just bounce her out of it?"

"I mean sure it DOES seem like a projectile." Banjo admitted. "But then again, Cheese is not just a projectile. He is a living being."

"Again, the hosts didn't announce 'Cream AND Cheese'." Kazooie snarked. She then paused. "Wait, do you still have that ANOTHER pad?"

"Um, yeah, why?" Banjo asked.

"Throw it on the ground! I have an idea!" Kazooie shouted.

Banjo raised an eyebrow before picking up another pad. This time, one that was blue with red feathers on it before placing it on the ground, much to Cream and Cheese's confusion. Then, Kazooie actually came out of Banjo's backpack and landed on it. With a loud cheer, she started to fly up and made her way downwards Cream and Cheese.

Particularly towards Cheese. The chao yelped before flying backwards out of the way, but the breegull didn't give up and chased after him.

"Cheese!" Cream gasped.

"What's wrong!? Don't you know Chao Karate!?" Kazooie taunted.

Banjo blinked twice. "Ohhh, I think I am seeing Kazooie's plan now. Divide and conquer."

Nodding his head, he ran towards Cream. The orange-clad girl was about to help her friend until she saw Banjo rushing over. After quickly, she flapped her wings to send herself backwards to avoid a punch from Banjo. However, instead of punching, the bear took out his backpack itself and swung it, sending Cream flying backwards. The rabbit managed to recover in mid-air as Banjo ran over to her.

Banjo then proceeded to swing his backpack multiple times, but this time, Cream was able to see them coming and flew around them. Cream then flew forward and kicked Banjo to the face. The bear staggered back, but quickly recovered and swung his backpack downwards. Cream frowned before flying out of the way of the attack. She then flew over and grabbed Banjo by the fur on his back. She then flew over and grabbed Banjo's leg. Despite clearly being lighter than the bear, she was able to lift him up into the air while hanging upside-down. Banjo blinked twice.

"Um, how?" Banjo asked.

"I was able to carry Miss Amy AND Mr. Big around." Cream recalled. "At the same time."

"Oh, right…" Banjo realised.

Cream then casually flew over to the ropes and gently dropped Banjo into the portal. At some point, both Kazooie and Cheese stopped their chase and watched the two with blank stares.

"Well, THAT backfired…" Kazooie frowned.

"Sorry, Kazooie, but seeing that Banjo has fallen out of the ring…" Drake piped up from the Announcer's Booth.

"Yeah, yeah, I saw what happened to the titular characters for Peter Pan Syndrome and Tinkerbell Syndrome respectively." The red-feathered bird muttered. With that, she flew straight out of the arena and into the portal.

Banjo & Kazooie landed in Yooka-Laylee where they teamed up with the titular duo to take down Capital B.

"Streaking Comet!"

That was the shout from a blur zooming past Ladiva and slashing her in the side. Despite wincing from said slash, the wrestler then turned her foot back to try to kick her attacker. However, Kor Meteor jumped to the side to avoid the kick before doing another slash to Ladiva.

"Phoenix Ascendant!" Kor shouted, engulfing his sword in fire and doing an upwards slash to Ladiva. However, the Draph swerved her upper body to avoid the attack and grabbed Kor while he was recovering from his attack before slamming him into the ground. Kor groaned before looking up. His eyes then bugged out before rolling to the side just in time to avoid a body slam from Ladiva.

"Photon Conductor!" Kor shouted, planting his sword into the ground which resulted in a burst of light which sent Ladiva sprawling away. However, she quickly got up to her feet as Kor ran over.

"Impact Event!" Kor shouted, leaping forward and swinging his sword downwards. However, Ladiva managed to catch the sword with her hands, making Kor go wide-eyed. Ladiva just gave a sweet smile before kicking Kor in the stomach, sending him flying backwards until he crashed onto his back. Kor winced before using his sword to hoist himself up while wincing.

"...What a time to fight a grappler with all of my projectiles and electricity-based attacks useless." Kor muttered. He then rushed over to try again. "Meteoric Beast!"

With that, Kor swung his sword at Ladiva twice, forcing the wrestler to block them with her arms. However, Kor then zoomed behind Ladiva and did a combo to her back, ending with a jumping sword slash and a Beast, sending a ghostly image of a lion's head into Ladiva and knocking her down. Despite this, she got up while laughing.

"Such fighting spirit. As expected as the main protagonist from a game where you go into people's hearts and purge people of despair!" Ladiva grinned.

Kor's eyes widened at this. "You know about the story about my game?"

"Of course! I can't overlook a story about love!" Ladiva grinned.

"Um, I know that hearts are technically a major part of, um, well, Hearts." Kor said, sheepishly. "But it isn't solely about lov…"

"I am so happy that I have chosen YOU as my opponent!" Ladiva said, brightly.

"...Something tells me that it is going to take all night for me to convince her otherwise." Kor muttered. "I-In any case, shall we continue this fight of… Love?"

"Gladly!" Ladiva grinned.

With that, she leapt up and did a jumping dropkick forward. Kor yelped before rolling to the side to avoid the attack before reading another arte.

"Streaking Comet!" Kor shouted, lunging forward with his sword out. However, Ladiva managed to recover from her own attack before rolling to the side to avoid the attack.

"Can't fool me with the same trick twice!" Ladiva smirked before kicking Kor in the side. The swordsman staggered away for a bit before recovering.

"Beast!" Kor shouted, sending out his free hand to summon another ghostly lion head forward. Ladiva, however, saw it coming and raised her arms to block the arte. But it still sent her skidding back on her feet. Kor then ran forward before poking his sword out.

"Celestial Rupture!" Kor shouted, summoning light in his sword and making it longer before thrusting it into Ladiva's chest. The Draph staggered back as Kor smirked. As long as he continued to use his fire and light elemental artes along with his speed and range, he should be fine.

"Hell Sword!" Kor shouted before swinging his sword downwards while engulfing his sword in fire. However, Ladiva punched her fist out with said sword. Much to Kor's shock, not only did Ladiva's punch manage to deflect the attack, but sent Kor onto his rear.

"H-How?" Kor asked. "I knew you were strong but to punch a FLAMING SWORD?"

"I want to say that it is the power of love but realistically it is my elemental affinity." Ladiva explained. "Everyone in my node has one and mine is earth."

Kor blinked twice. "...Okay, but simply punching very hard isn't how earth elementals work."

"Indeed, it doesn't." Ladiva admitted before smiling. "How about THIS for earthy?"

With that, she slammed both of her hands on the ground and made a tremor that sent Kor flying upwards (and knocking several fighters off of their feet). Ladiva then ran at Kor and caught him before holding him up over her head.

"DEVOTED BODY SLAM!" Ladiva shouted before throwing Kor out of the ring.

Kor landed in Suikoden V. Unfortunately, he landed in the middle of a group of monsters where Zerase summoned a giant meteor onto them.

Lincoln yelped before using his scooter to ride out of the way. Just in time to avoid Edge diving at him with his knives. Despite missing Lincoln, Edge rolled into a standing position and started to chase after Lincoln. However, the white-haired boy continued to ride on his scooter. Edge just smirked before getting out several knives and throwing them forward. Some hit Lincoln but due to the Franklin Badge, it just bounced off of Lincoln (before bouncing off of Edge and several fighters).

However, Edge wasn't aiming for Lincoln, but rather in front of the adolescent boy, planting several knives in the ground and acting like a small barricade. Lincoln yelped before skidding to a step. Edge then ran over and did a baseball slide, knocking Lincoln to the ground. Despite the harsh fall, Lincoln quickly sat up and launched his yo-yo at Edge. However, the blond man raised his knives to block the incoming yo-yo attack.

Edge then lunged forward and swung his knife downwards but Lincoln yelped before rushing to the side. He then got out a baseball bat and swung it into Edge's leg. The delinquent cried out in pain so Lincoln went in for another swing. But Edge managed to jump backwards to avoid the blow. He then growled before kicking again, but Lincoln thought quickly to block it with his bat.

However, due to Lincoln being lighter, the white-haired boy was sent staggering back. Edge then gave a third kick into his smaller opponent and sent him sprawling away. Edge then got out another knife while giving a sneer before rushing forward. Suddenly, Lincoln summoned a trio of furious raccoons that ran off while dragging him out of Edge's attack. Though to be accurate, Edge was too stunned by said raccoons to attack. Lincoln groaned before dusting himself off and glaring at Edge.

"Hey! What gives!? I thought you were so determined to fight that racer!" Lincoln roared. "Why are you deciding to interrupt my fight with the karateka!?"

"True, I was determined to fight Jacky before, but after we knocked down those cyclops, we actually found each other pretty cool." Edge chuckled. "So we didn't want to fight each other and decided to interrupt a fight together!"

Lincoln blinked twice. "...You two became friends despite acting like you hate each other just because ONE incident forced you to work with each other?"

"If you are truly stunned, then you would never make it my node, kid!" Edge laughed.

Lincoln rolled his eyes before getting out a toy laser blade and rushing forward to jump up for a downwards slash. Edge just scoffed before raising a knife in each hand to block the incoming attack. Edge then went for a counter slash, but Lincoln thought quickly and raised his laser blade to block it. Edge was startled before growling doing a couple of more swings but Lincoln managed to block those as well.

However, he was unprepared for when Edge did a headbutt, striking Lincoln with his hair. After the adolescent cried out in pain, Edge picked up Lincoln and threw him high into the air. The delinquent then leapt after Lincoln and proceeded to do a series of punches and kicks to the young boy before ending with an axe kick knocking him down towards the ropes. Despite being in pain, Lincoln managed to self-right himself in time before getting out a water gun and fired it at the ground, using it to slow down its fall.

While still in midair, Edge just scoffed before getting out a knife in both hands before diving downwards. However, Lincoln saw him coming, he merely narrowed his eyes. Getting out a toy rocket, he thrusted it upwards and into Edge's chin. The blond man not only flew back up into the air, but fell over the ropes like a stone.

Edge landed in Dream Daddy. While he initially had a bad meeting with Robert, the two bonded when Edge gushed over Robert's knife collection.

Rin Oyama raised her arms to block a series of punches from Jacky Bryant. Seeing that his punches were not going anywhere, Jacky crouched down and did a sweeping kick to Rin's legs. The karateta crashed onto her back, but acted quickly and did her own sweeping kick to Jacky's legs. Despite the sudden trip, the blond man landed on his hands and flipped back onto his feet.

Just in time to go on the defensive when Rin ran over and kicked at a blocking Jacky. The racer then did a counter-punch but Rin swerved her head to the side. The teenage girl then sent her palm out. Jacky then grabbed Rin by her arm and pulled on her so that she was running forward. Jacky then kicked Rin in the back. The latter staggered forward further but she then kicked her leg out.

This managed to catch Jacky in the stomach and sent him staggering back. Rin then did a jumping uppercut to Jacky's chin, sending him flying into the air and crashing onto the ground. Rin then flipped forward to do a downwards kick, but Jacky snapped out of his daze before rolling backwards to avoid the incoming kick. Jacky then did a flying kick but Rin thought quickly and grabbed it before sending Jacky flipping back.

However, Jacky managed to self-right himself and landed on his feet. The two fighters then ran at each other with Jacky punching his fist at alarming speeds with Rin doing the same with her legs. The two attacks clashed with each other, causing the crowd to cheer wildly for the two. Then, Jacky did a flip during the barrage, striking Rin in the chin and sending her flying into the air before crashing onto her back. Rubbing her chin, Rin got up.

"Amazing. Very few have such a fast speed." Rin said in awe.

"Eh. As much as I love to gloat about my speed, you ain't seen speed until you fought against El Blaze and Eileen." Jacky muttered, rolling her eyes.

"I see. I also noticed that you didn't name-dropped Kage." Rin noted.

Jacky raised an eyebrow. "I mean HE'S fast too, but compared to the two I just mentioned."

"Ah. So just because a person is not a ninja, that doesn't mean that they will be the fastest in their roster." Rin mused. "Thank you for this lesson. It has humbled me from assuming who is the fastest."

Jacky blinked twice. "Um, no problem."

Realising that he needed to continue the fight, he kicked his leg out. However, Rin did the same, causing the two legs to clash with each other. Jacky then did a spinning kick but Rin ducked underneath the attack. She then raised her arms to block a downwards kick from Jacky. Rin then shoved her arms back, sending Jacky flying back. The blond man crashed onto the ground before rolling backwards. He then saw Rin running over but Jacky quickly raised his arms to block.

However, you can't block a grab. Rin then grabbed Jacky by the collar and slammed him on the other side of her with just one hand. She then slammed him back on the opposite side. She then proceeded to do this several times before finally slamming him on the ground. However, after doing so, she looked like she was struggling to hold back tears as she shyly put her fist to her mouth while Jacky laid on his back, dazed.

She then looked down at Jacky. She then got out a marker. "You have fought well, Mr. Bryant. However, I must fight for my node."

With that, she crouched down and proceeded to draw on Jacky's face. When she was done, Jacky's face had hot rods painted over it. She then pushed him underneath the bottom rope.

Jacky landed in Outrun. The bad news was that he landed in front of the speeding Ferrari. The good news was… Nobody got to see his embarrassing face paint?

Normally, most people would question clashing their swords against a giant spoon. However, for Ky Kiske, it was just another day in his node as he raised his sword to block Mewtwo's unorthodox weapon. However, despite his first attack failing, the Pokemon swung his tail and whipped Ky in the side. The blond man staggered to the side but they quickly recovered to block another slash from Mewtwo.

The two then got into a power struggle with each other. While not immediately, it looked like Ky was winning, shoving ahead. However, Mewtwo realised this and vanished, making Ky stagger forward. Despite this, the swordsman quickly swung his sword behind him, managing to block Mewtwo's spoon when the psychic reappeared behind him. This actually took Mewtwo off-guard long enough for Ky to swing around and slash Ky in the side.

Ky then rushed over and did a series of slashes to Mewtwo. But despite feeling the pain from each slash, Mewtwo managed to raise his spoon to block the next slash. The two then went into another power struggle. However, this time, Mewtwo surrounded himself with psychic energy to give him a fighting stance. But Ky narrowed his eyes before summoning electricity around his sword.

You would think that this would be pointless, but remember the Franklin Badges are on the people, not the weapons. So Ky was able to use his electricity without actually touching Mewtwo and used it to shove the Pokemon forward. Ky then swung his sword downwards for a hard slash (not as hard seeing that the electricity was automatically deflected but still).

"I confess that I am at a disadvantage with not having most of my electromancy and projectiles." Ky admitted. "But it seems that you are at a disadvantage too. This manga that you used your spoon, I don't know the exact date by how you wield it, you haven't used it for a very long while."

"...I admit you are accurate." Mewtwo frowned. "In hindsight, I should have used it in the Tournament of Kikai."

"Or at least on someone who despite lacking their powers could still fight." Ky scolded. "My electromancy may work in tandem with my swordplay, that doesn't mean I need them together."

With that, he rushed over to Mewtwo and swung again. But the psychic floated upwards, hoping to use height as an advantage. Ky just narrowed his eyes before igniting his sword with electricity again. This time, he sent a burst of electricity at the ground, using the blast to propel himself (or to be specific, his sword while Ky was leaning against it for dear life) up into the air.

Mewtwo's eyes widened before raising his spoon to block the sword. Ky however swung his blade a few more times. While Mewtwo was still blocking, he was sent descending downwards. Ky then landed on the ground and swung to do a jumping sword uppercut to Mewtwo. The feline groaned before recovering. He then THREW his spoon at Ky, sending it spiralling. The king's eyes widened before raising his sword.

However, Mewtwo used his telekinesis with one hand to make his spoon continue spinning at Ky and forcing the king to continue blocking. Mewtwo then floated to the side of Ky and sent out a burst of psychic energy from his other palm. This sent Ky flying away. Mewtwo then grabbed his spoon again before teleporting in front of Ky and swinging his weapon downwards and sent Ky out of the ring.

Ky landed in Devil May Cry. Fortunately, he has gotten his electromancy and projectiles back. The bad news was that he now had to use all of them and then some when Vergil challenged him.

Mewtwo floated down to the ground with a sigh. "Maybe I should save my spoon until further notice."

Suddenly, he heard something behind him. Rolling his eyes, he teleported out of the way. Just in time to avoid being crashed into by Homer Jay Simpson just like Julius did with Iori Yagami still chasing after him. Mewtwo then reappeared with an annoyed look.

"If I were you two, I would eliminate the other before the section ends!" Mewtwo shouted, cupping his free hand to his mouth.

Iori looked back with a scowl. "Tch! Fine! I'll drop trying to use his yellow lard-tub as a punching bag, I will just eliminate him as soon as possible!"

"Hey, no fair! How come YOU get the elimination!?" Homer scolded.

"Because you already got one, fool!" Iori snapped.

Homer growled before running backwards. "With YOUR help!"

Iori looked confused while still running. "...Is that supposed to be a compliment?"

Homer just kept his angry look. "I don't know!"

While Homer was running backwards, Kirby absent-mindedly walked into his line of sight. Before either side could realise, Homer ended up tripping over Kirby and falling onto his back. Iori's eyes widened before he tried to stop himself but ended up tripping over Kirby as well, sending him falling right on top of Homer. The two groaned before looking into each other's eyes.

"...In Japan, this is the part where we act all cutesy and girly." Homer piped up.

Iori growled before engulfing his hand in purple fire and slashing downwards. Homer yelped before swerving his head to the side and narrowly avoiding it. Acting quickly, he threw Iori off of him before getting up. However, Iori got up just as quickly and slashed at Homer's chest. The yellow-skinned man winced before staggering back while holding his head. He then glared at the guilty party.

"Okay, you don't like me stealing your moves? Fine!" Homer scoffed. "Then, I will beat you with my own moves!"

With that, he ran over and threw a punch. But Iori easily swerved at the face and punched Homer in the face with a flaming punch. However, Homer recovered almost immediately and returned Iori the favour with a punch to the face of his own. The attack itself didn't hurt so much, but the sudden recovery was more than enough to leave Iori stunned. Homer then continued the assault by punching Iori twice in the face.

Iori grunted in pain and annoyance before kicking Homer in the stomach and causing him to stagger back. Iori then leapt forward while engulfing his hand in purple fire. However, Homer yelped before raising his arms to block the attack, but ended up flailing his hands around with burns on his wrists. Iori went for another slash but Homer crouched down to duck underneath the attack. Homer then grabbed Iori by his legs and threw him over him. The red-haired man crashed onto his back before getting up and glaring at the guilty party.

Only to see Homer snacking onto a box of donuts. Iori blinked twice before rolling his eyes and igniting his hand in a purple flame.

Then, he noticed that Homer was growing larger. Iori's eyes bugged out at this while Homer was done.

"H-How!?" Iori exclaimed.

"Bruh, I may be from a Slice-of-Life cartoon, but we have several cartoons where I have been in combat." Homer smirked. "Hell, our beat-em-up is one of the most popular ones in the genre of all time!"

Iori growled. "Yeah, but it was made when your show was finding its leggings! Do you really think the Waylon Smithers of today would rob a jewellery store or kidnap a baby!?"

"Yeah, I never understand why he did that either. Especially since even though Mr. Burns is stingy as hell, he could still just buy the jewel." Homer admitted before shrugging.

"Furthermore, isn't that move you used just now from that horrible 'wrestling' game?" Iori asked in disbelief. "You are really scraping from the bottom of the barrel if you are referencing THAT game? Suddenly, you stealing my moves makes sense…"

Homer growled.

"Why you little!"

With that, he ran Iori by the neck and started to strangle, not unlike with Bart. And just like Bart, Iori's eyes widened as he struggled for air. Acting quickly, he ignited both of his hands in fire, burning Homer's hands. The yellow-skinned man cried out in pain before throwing Iori away. However, with his temporary large size, he ended up throwing Iori just hard enough for him to go over the ropes.

Iori landed inside of a house. He groaned before getting up.

"Ugh, as much as I hate to admit it, but I have gotten used to not having a draw near Kusanagi or doing that well at these things…" Iori groaned. "But to let that moveset thief get the better of me with moves from one of the worst 'wrestling' games in history? Great! Now I have to find someone to take my frustrations out on!"

POW!

Iori's eyes widened before turning to the side to see Peter Griffin with a bored look on his face while lowering his fist. On the ground unconscious in front of Peter was Meg.

"Shut up, Meg." Peter spat.

Iori blinked twice before igniting his hand in fire.

"...You know what, this one's on me. Ever since that stupid vampire put our draws together with Homer Simpson., I don't know how it could be any other node but this one." Iori said with a blank face before walking towards Peter."

Back in the arena, Homer winced as he blew on his hands.

"Ooh… I know we haven't had a Simpsons video game for a long time, but I don't remember fighting other video game characters being THIS hard." Homer groaned.

By this time, Homer finally shrank down to normal size. When the pain finally died down, he looked around to see who was left. Mewtwo sat in a levitating lotus position to meditate while Cream used her healing powers on Cheese. Lincoln and Rin decided to slow down their fight for now in contrast to Bullet and Isabelle attacking N. Gin for what he did to Byte and Springtron. Ladiva played to the crowd doing various poses while Zim did his iconic laugh… For to start coughing from lasting so long. Finally, Kirby continued to wander around the arena as if Homer and Iori never tripped on him.

As per usual, the silver aura surrounded the fighters before surrounding the arena. Then, everyone appeared on the star platforms before the following ones fell: Bullet, Ladiva, N. Gin, Cream, Rin, Zim and Lincoln leaving Mewtwo, Kirby, Isabelle and Homer.

Isabelle looked between her two Smashers. "Correct me if I am wrong but is this the first time THREE Smashers are this close to being the Superstar of one section?"

"I noticed that too." Mewtwo mused. "I suggest we proceed with caution though. It is around this time, more people will see them as threats."

Then, Isabelle and Mewtwo's platforms fell down, leaving Kirby and Homer. Everyone's eyes bugged out at this.

"Wait, if one of THOSE two is going to be the Superstar, then does that mean?" Zim frowned.

"It is a little early to say, but there is a strong chance that would be the case." Lincoln sighed.

Then, the final star platform fell off.

"Congratulations, Homer Simpson!" The Millennium Star said, floating over. "You are the Superstar!"

The yellow-skinned man grinned before pumping his fists in the air.

"WOO-HOO!"

Homer then looked down at the fighters.

"I am the Superstar! I am officially the biggest threat in the arena!" Homer grinned. "Y'all will have a hard time trying to survive with me in the arena!"

Isabelle blinked twice. "He… He DOES remember that Static Shock and Shrek didn't survive their second sections and Leonardo actually collected the LEAST hype in HIS second section."

"What do YOU think?" Bullet muttered.

"Which means I am going to outlast YOU." Homer taunted while pointing at the various fighters. "I am going to outlast YOU. I am going to outlast YOU. And I am SO going to outlast YOUUUUUUU!"

That was when Homer stumbled while pointing at another fighter on the edge of his star. He then fell off it. Homer winced, preparing for the worst. …Only to not feel pain for once. Opening one eye, he noticed that he was floating with sparkles around him. Turning his head, he saw the Millennium Star giving him an unimpressed look.

"...How are you going to outlast everyone if you are just going to get hurt WITHOUT being in a fight?" The Millennium Star muttered.

Homer chuckled nervously as everyone either snickered or rolled their eyes.

RESULTS (17 VOTES)

HOMER JAY SIMPSON (TS): 17:0 = 17 (Julius Will Kresnik, Iori Yagami)

KIRBY (SSB): 14:3 = 11 (Birdie, Abel)

MEWTWO (SSB): 14:4 = 10 (Eagle, Ky Kiske)

ISABELLE (SSB): 12:5 = 7 (Kula Diamond, Springtron)

LINCOLN LOUD (NASB): 12:6 = 6 (Edge)

ZIM (NASB): 13:7 = 6 (Christopher Robin)

RIN OYAMA (PI): 11:6 = 5 (Jacky Bryant)

CREAM THE RABBIT (StH): 11:6 = 5 (Banjo-Kazooie)

DR N. GIN (CB): 10:7 = 3 (Krizalid)

LADIVA (GF): 9:8 = 1 (Kor Meteor)

BULLET (BB): 9:8 = 1 (Byte & Bark)

(ELIMINATED)

EDGE (RS): 9:8 = 1 (Cyclops)

BANJO & KAZOOIE (SSB): 9:9 = 0 (King Dedede)

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (WtP): 9:9 = 0 (Yashamaru Kuruma)

JULIUS WILL KRESNIK (ToAS): 8:9 = -1 (Yoshi)

YOSHI (SSB): 8:10 = -2

KING DEDEDE (SSB): 9:11 = -2

ABEL (SFAS): 7:10 = -3

IORI YAGAMI (KoFAS): 7:10 = -3

KY KISKE (GG): 7:10 = -3

KULA DIAMOND (KoFAS): 7:11 = -4

KOR METEOR (ToAS): 6:11 = -5

SPRINGTRON (A): 6:11 = -5

JACKY BRYANT (VF): 6:12 = -6

BYTE & BARK (A): 6:12 = -6

YASHAMARU KURUMA (SS): 5:12 = -7

BIRDIE (SFAS): 5:12 = -7

CYCLOPS (SSS): 4:13 = -9

EAGLE (KI): 3:14 = -11

KRIZALID (KoFAS): 3:14 = -11

Side Battles:

"Dan's Rescue"

Rainbow Mika (SF), Sakura Kasugano (SFAS), Hinako Shijou (KoF) and Magilou (ToB) "girl-overpowered" Dan Hibiki (SFAS), Kurow Kirishima (RS) and Rugal Bernstein (KoFAS)

17 to 0

"Billy's Rescue"

Geese Howard, Ryuji Yamazaki, Yuri Sakazaki (KoFAS) and Ripper & Hopper (FF) "put cement shoes on" Billy Kane (KoFAS), Dr. Neo Cortex, Pinstripe Potoroo and Koala Kong (CB)

14 to 3

"Pichu's Rescue"

Pikachu, Samus Aran, Jigglypuff (SSB) and Static Shock (SS) "overloads" Pichu, Ridley, King K. Rool (SSB) and Malemyotismon (DRA)

17 to 0

"Rena's Rescue"

Guy (SFAS), Leonardo (NASB), Veemon and Impmon (DRA) "outspeeds" Rena (FF2), The Shredder (NASB), Infinite (StH) and Rilla Roo (CB)

15 to 2

"Shizu's Rescue"

Haohmaru (SS), Mickey McFist, Tiny (BB) and Edna (ToAS) "gave a legendary defeat to" Shizu (SS), Happy Chaos (GG), Terumi (BB) and Sho Minazuki (P4A)

13 to 4

"Todoh's Rescue"

Kasumi Todoh, Lilly Kane (KoFAS), Ryu (SFAS), Genjuro Kibagami (SS) "outsmarts" Ryuhaku Todoh (AoF) and Azrael (BB)

16 to 1

"We Don't Have Personal Stakes In This But…"

Komodo Moe, Tiny Tiger (CB), Elliana (RoA) and Reptile (MK) "pull a darkhorse victory over" I-No (GG) and Gargos (KI)

13 to 4

"The… Final Battle?"

Otane Goketsuji (PI) didn't immediately lost her purpose unlike Oume Goketsuji (PI)

13 to 4

Unscatched Yellow Star: While some Superstars came close, Homer is the first fighter to get ZERO die votes. This is especially impressive considering how many votes I got compared to when the tournament started.