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!

36. Section Sixteen Results

NOTE: Due to me wanting to introduce the true antagonists, the first obligatory out-of-arena scene will be much longer than usually. Admittedly most of somewhat exposition-y but please bare with me.

(The Arena)

Despite none of the characters from Multiversus are in the Battle of the Luminaries, it sure felt like that who played the game when the arena looked like Scooby's Haunted Mansion as a square arena. Not only that but it felt like a proper Halloween section than the 'official' Halloween section. A creepy mansion with various Scooby Doo villains going around.

Out of all projectile clashes the audience had seen at these things, a flaming head of an old woman and a bubble flew at each other was definitely new. Otane Goketsuji narrowed her eyes before jumping up and sending a pair of dentures forward out of her mouth. Spongebob Squarepants yelped before running to the side to avoid the pair of dentures. Otane then ran over and pushed her fist into his face.

…Only for Spongebob to absorb the attack of the blow with his… Sponginess. Otane blinked for three seconds before doing a sweeping kick to Spongebob's legs. THIS actually did something because not only did it send Spongebob off of his feet but sent him flying high into the air screaming due to his light weight. Otane then leapt up into the air and did a series of punches and kicks before ending the combo with an axe kick.

Spongebob soared towards the ground before bouncing off of the ground a few times. Despite this, Spongebob merely got up holding his head, dizzy more from the bouncing than the actual attack. She then saw Otane sending out a flaming head of her face forward. Spongebob yelped before reaching out and grabbed the incoming projectile with one hand. With the other hand, he got out his bubble wand with a big smile.

He then blew into it and sent out a bubble which was shaped on a torpedo. Spongebob then put Otane's head projectile and sent it at the elderly woman. Otane's eyes widened before jumping over the projectile and letting it pass. However, she didn't expect the bubble torpedo to swerve around and back into Otane's back, with both projectiles striking her towards Spongebob. The fry cook smirked before holding his hands over him.

"IMAGINATION!" Spongbob said, spreading his arms out. Not only did this result in a cheer from the crowd, it also resulted in a rainbow which struck Otane when she crashed it and knocked her to the ground. Otane then groaned before sitting up.

"Are you feeling better?" Spongebob asked.

Otane paused. "...Well, I am too distracted by our fight to worry about what is happening out of the ring."

"Perfect! Let's keep that momentum!" Spongebob grinned.

Otane blinked twice before getting up. "I mean it is not like this CAN'T be seen as a positive."

Galford D. Weller narrowed his eyes before rushing forward and swinging his ninjato at Vega. However, the Spaniard swerved his body in a drunken fashion to avoid the blow. Galford did not expect the erratic dodge and was sent off-guard long enough for Vega to kick him in the face with an upwards kick.

The latter then continued the assault by swinging his claw wildly (and clumsily). However, Galford snapped out of his daze and jumped back to avoid the claw slash before kicking Vega in the stomach, forcing the narcissist to grip it in pain.

"Ack! My beautiful abs!" Vega cried out in pain. Then, Poppy ran in and bit Vega in the leg. "OW! My beautiful shin!"

Vega then managed to shake Poppy off of him. Galford then ran forward while getting out his ninjato and swinging it at him. However, the Spaniard jumped up high in the air to avoid the move. Galford gritted his teeth, preparing for an aerial attack Vega would do. …Only for him to land a good distance away from him. As Galford and Poppy were taken back from this as Vega stood up.

And started to do a drunken flamenco dance. Galford and Poppy blinked twice, completely stunned by this.

"H-Hey!" Galford roared. "We are in the middle of a fight!"

Vega gave the American ninja a bored look. "I am aware of that. However, as much as I wish to kill you, I have to take a break to stop looking at your ugly face."

Galford gritted his teeth before pointing his finger. "GO, POPPY!"

The husky didn't need to be told twice and vanished in a cloud of smoke before reappearing over Vega. However, the drunken narcissist wobbled to the side to avoid Poppy's attack.

"Ole!" Vega shouted before kicking Poppy away. Galford gasped before narrowing his eyes.

"It seems that Vega has learned some new moves since I last saw him!" Galford mused. "Regardless, I will not be fooled by his confusing tactics!"

With that, he rushed forward. Unknown to him, Guy and Ryo Sakazaki were watching him from afar with blank faces.

"Um, shouldn't you tell him what you told ME?" Ryo asked.

"What would be the point?" Guy sighed. "If I did, he would completely lose his cool and make this fight even MORE chaotic."

"Good point… I know that I wouldn't." Ryo frowned.

(Announcer's Booth)

"So wait? The reason why Bison and Vega pulled a Pete is because both were DRUNK?" Nine asked in disbelief.

"That is what King told me." Drake sighed.

"I don't know which is worse: That or Pete!" Nine said in disbelief. "Pete was definitely sober when he made the decision to enter the tournament in a ballet tutu but who would enter a fighting tournament drunk?"

"Um, Chin Gentsai and Shun Di?" Ashley asked.

"They don't count! They were entering fights drunk long before Ultimate Video Rumble was even a thing!" Nine roared.

"Also true." Ashley sighed. "Though I have to ask: Why would they drink so much? And furthermore, if King didn't say anything about Oume, what is the reason behind HER performance?"

"I think she just wanted to impress Bison and decided to do the same." Drake offered before sighing. "This is a shot in the dark but I think Otane figured out that Bison was drunk this entire time so that is why she didn't do a performance."

Nine paused. "Wait… How did YOU know that?"

"The Goketsuji sisters apparently met Bison and both fell head over heels over him." Drake explained. "Bison is also AFRAID of them for some reason."

Ashley blinked twice. "...Drake?"

"Yes, Ashley?" The vampire asked.

"Did you invite Power Instinct JUST for that reason?" The purple-haired man questioned.

Nine's eyes bugged out before turning towards Drake who had grown a small smirk.

"Maybeeeeeee." Drake finally said.

"Drake!" Ashley groaned, slapping his forehead.

"Oh, what is the big deal?" The mayor laughed. "Considering the amount of crap Bison does at these things, he usually deserves it."

"Yeah if that is the case, then it is YOUR fault we have to deal with these stupid 'talent' performances!" Nine roared.

"The reason Bison got drunk is most likely because of the Goketsuji sisters!" Ashley added.

Drake's smirk vanished as his pupils shrank. "Um, oops?"

Nine gritted her teeth before summoning a flame. "It's the end of the world, Drake…"

(Unknown Location)

The leader of the cast of Xuan Dou Zhi Wang crossed his arms. "Well, are you ready?"

"Um, kinda. I got the gist of everything." Freddy said.

"Good. Now start from the top." The leader instructed.

Freddy nodded his head before stifling a cough with his fist. "Xuan Dou Zhi Wang, which is Chinese for 'The King of Dazzling Fights'. It is a 2D fighting game created by Tencent Games and Jade Studios and unlike most fighting games, it is free-to-play."

The leader nodded his head. "Uh-huh. Uh-huh."

"It is basically a King of Fighters clone in more ways than one." Freddy said, matter-of-factly.

The cast winced before glaring at Freddy.

"Hey!" The leader roared.

"Hey, you said to repeat everything you told us!" Freddy insisted with a smirk. "You didn't say that I wouldn't add my own spice to it."

"...Just continue on." The leader muttered.

Freddy nodded while still smirking. "Despite what I just said, there are a lot of things that differ from King of Fighters like two button throws which is more of a Street Fighter thing, 3D models converted into sprites not unlike the early Killer Instinct and Donkey Kong Country games. It even has a RPG levelling system where the more games you play, the more experience you will get, even when you lose matches. In fact, online play is the most important thing about the game. Yeah, you are from Tencent, alright."

"Oi…"

"Also, apparently SNK not only didn't mind Tencent copying them but was flattered and even allowed them to use Terry Bogard and Benimaru Nikaido as guest fighters." Freddy explained. "Eventually, you even had a beat-em-up spinoff where it is like Majora's Mask or Deltarune where it takes place in a different universe but still have familiar characters alongside Kyo Kusanagi and Mai Shiranui."

"That is correct."

"However, both games have been discontinued by Tencent, even with its support from SNK." Freddy said. "But even then, SNK took back Terry, Benimaru, Kyo and Mai making you guys another obscure node."

The leader growled. "Hey!"

"Hey, just telling the truth!" Freddy shrugged. "Okay, I am going to go through you guys right now. However, not only am I going to breeze through you guys because of how many you are, I am going to do it similar to Junko or Nine."

The cast of Xuan Dou Zhi Wang looked horrified.

"Wait, what!?"

"Look, I told you that I will repeat what I learned about you. You never said that I have to be nice about it!" Freddy smirked. "Besides, I have to do SOMETHING to keep myself from getting bored to sleep!"

The group paused before some of them pushed the leader forward. The latter wasn't expecting this and fell onto his stomach. He then propped himself on his hands before glaring at his nodal companions.

"What the hell is your PROBLEM!?" The leader roared.

"YOU allowed him to stay. YOU take the first bullet."

The leader rolled his eyes. "Alright, alright, I will do it, you big babies."

With that, he got up to his feet and started to dust himself off.

"First thing first, you have to explain the basic plot of our game." The leader said. "While this doesn't affect all of us, most ARE connected to the terms used in said plot."

Freddy rolled his eyes. "Aight, aight! In the year 20XX a meteor called The Messiah landed in Peru, carrying with it mysterious 'CORE crystals, containing a microscopic form of life called "The EVA". The United Nations formed a group of scientists called the CRD which stood for CORE Research and Development."

He then took a deep breath.

"In order to obtain and investigate the properties of the CORE. The CORE is a life form in the middle of a virus and a compound, and it can bond to living hosts. The first contact with the scientists, labelled as the 'First Baptism' was lethal, but after discovering the CORE is a potential unlimited source of energy, they developed a way to create Human-EVA hybrids, granting amazing powers to the subjects of the test."

He then started to pace left and right.

"In China, the powerful Fung Family or the stupidly-named 'Maple Group' consortium decided to begin its own line of investigations, but found problems on getting their own CORE samples. That changes when a mysterious sect called 'SHINE' appears and offers them an amount of CORE crystals, with unknown intentions."

He then looked at the group.

"Realising only the strongest subjects can resist the bond with the CORE crystals, the Fung Family announces a worldwide fighting tournament called the XD Tournament, and many martial artists representing various organisations sign up to win the prizes."

The leader nodded his head as he crossed his arms. He was a young man in his early twenties clad in a modern blue and black outfit with blue hair tied in a short ponytail with bangs covering his right eye. He also had some kind of futuristic headphones.

"You are Ell Blue. Not only are you the protagonist of the game but you are also an agent for CRD fighting to become the head." Freddy noted.

"That is correct." Ell Blue nodded. "I was also the one who led everyone here to get revenge on Drake. But we can talk about THAT later."

"You are also an electromancer. But your main power is manipulating and absorbing energy from your fellow Hybrids." Freddy said before smirking. "But because fighting game protagonists usually have to be basic bitches for the player to get into, you are just a glorified electromancer. Especially when a more well-known electromancer joins your roster in the form of Benimaru."

Ell Blue's eyebrow twitched. "Are you really going to do this for ALL of us?"

"Of course!" Freddy grinned. "Like I said, I have to do something to keep myself from getting bored out of my mind!"

Everyone groaned as they rolled their eyes. Freddy then turned towards the next person. He was another young man with white hair, a black shirt, red pants and black boots. He had an unfriendly look on his face.

"Andddddd here we have the token edgelord, Brazel." Freddy muttered. "Seriously, your energy is made out of chaos and looks like a mixture of dark fire and blood."

Brazel snarled before giving a middle finger. "Fuck you!"

"No, really, you are the president of a cult/science organisation hybrid, you were the first one to 'awaken' during the First Baptism and in the end, your own goal is to destroy humanity." Freddy snarked. "Which, to be fair, by itself is a mood, but considering everything I mentioned is just making you an even bigger edgelord than Iori Yagami, K' AND Gato put together!"

Brazel's eyebrow twitched before glaring at Ell Blue. "Ell Blue, you BETTER have a fucking good reason we have to deal with this bullshit."

Everyone else immediately agreed.

"I know, I know, trust me. It will make sense in the end." Ell Blue insisted before looking at Freddy with a sigh. "Carry on."

The serial killer nodded his head before turning to the next person. She was a teenage Asian girl with long pinkish hair while wearing a white idol-like dress.

"...Okay, I know I roasted Ell Blue and Brazel for being basic KoF protagonists and rivals respectively but Miss Kaoru Kuraki is just Athena Asamiya wearing an alternate costume!" Freddy spat, jerking his thumb towards the girl.

Kaoru puffed out her cheeks. "How rude! I'll let you know that I have some differences from Athena!"

"You are an idol singer that throws a bright purple energy ball, can teleport short distances and even have a projectile deflector!" Freddy retorted. "Literally the only difference is that you have pink hair! And even then, that is just Athena's ORIGINAL hair colour in the original Psycho Soldier!"

"So? Athena is one of the most well-known idols in the multiverse, of course people would want to recreate her likeness!" Kaoru insisted.

"Bruh! A lot of children are idol stans! Out of all of the dreams I corrupted, not a single one that ISN'T Athena looked like her!" Freddy shot back.

Kaoru paused, looking uncomfortable. "...I will concede defeat. But not because you made a good point but only because I don't want you to go into detail."

Freddy pumped his fists in the air. "Freddy wins!"

Everyone rolled their eyes. Except for one person who was merely reading a book. She was an Asian woman with long green-blue hair with aviator glasses. The most noticeable thing was her scantily-clad version of a secretary.

"Ah, Shirley, secretary of SHINE, treasurer, blatant older fanservice character." Freddy said with a lecherous smirk. "Of course, not tropes are bad."

Everyone grunted in disgust from said face. Shirley on the other hand merely raised her face on her book.

"It is too bad that you are so obscure because fighting-wise, you are basically a balanced Goenitz with your razor wind attack and even the dreaded 'Koko Desu Ka'. People would prefer to play as female Goentiz." Freddy said. "But then they made rule 63 canon in KOF All-Star making you redundant."

"Yes, despite technically being the 'original canon' female Goenitz, therefore giving a lazy genderswapped coming from M.U.G.E.N. of all things is absolutely humiliating." Shirley said, matter-of-factly.

Freddy's smirk vanished as he blinked twice.

"There, you roasted me. Now could you refrain from talking to me directly unless it is related to the assassination plan?" Shirley asked.

With that, she went back to reading her book. Several people smirked while someone laughed. Freddy growled before glaring at the latter.

"Alright, laughing boy, you are next!" Freddy growled.

The person immediately stopped laughing with a look of horror on his face. He was a young man with lightly tanned skin clashing with spiky, blonde hair. All he wore was wraps around his hands and feet, red Muay Thai shorts and a champion belt.

"Prayuth. Because every normal fighting game has to have a basic Muay Thai kickboxer." Freddy noted. "At first, I thought you were like Joe Higashi but now I think you are more like Shura from World Heroes."

"Hey, don't compare me to him!" Prayuth roared. "I have more dignity than the guy who gets pussy-whipped by his family!"

"Dude… Your plot description described your having your balls destroyed." Freddy snarked. "THAT sounds like a plotline for Shura to ME."

Prayuth gritted his teeth. "...Fuck you, man."

"I didn't hear a no." Freddy sneered.

Prayuth's face turned beet red before Freddy turned towards his next victim. He was an androgynous man in a very flashy and flamboyant purple outfit with long pink hair. His mannerisms were just as flamboyant. Freddy's smirk vanished.

"...Okay, fighting style-wise, you are literally just Benimaru Nikaido if he traded his electromancy for poisonous perfume and is somehow even MORE of a femboy!" Freddy pointed out. "Which makes you even more ridiculous when we got the ACTUAL Benimaru in here, Sheva!"

Sheva just frowned. "Well, I do not care for the opinion of those who are not only ugly on the outside but is ugly on the inside. Seriously, I could forgive the burned skin, even though it is YOUR fault you got it but with the fedora and the ugly Christmas sweater combo. No, darling, just NO."

"I am a SERIAL KILLER! I am not SUPPOSED to be fashionable!" Freddy roared.

"Yeah, no, Ji-Woon Hak is a serial killer and even though he has an ugly heart, I cannot deny how fabulous he is. You have no excuse!" Sheva scolded. He then paused. "Though to be fair, it is unfair to single you out. All of you could learn some fashion tips from Ji-Woon."

Freddy's eyebrow twitched before looking at Ell Blue while pointing at Sheva. "Can I shave his hair!?"

Sheva gasped in horror as he stepped back.

"...Just continue on." Ell Blue muttered.

Freddy grumbled under his breath before looking at the next person. She was a young woman in her late teens with blonde hair tied in a small ponytail. She wore a simple outfit of sea blue jacket, a blue shirt and black pants.

"...How could a moveset clone of Kula Diamond, thus having cryomancy be so thirsty, Claire Fox?" Freddy asked in disbelief.

Claire grunted in disgust before crossing her arms. "Umm… Rude!"

"No, really, despite being the daughter of the President of the Fung Family European branch, you waste most of it by simping for Yan even though you broke up years ago!" Freddy elaborated.

"Yeah, but over things outside of our control!" Claire scolded. "Yan and I are destined to be together!"

Freddy paused. "...I am surprised that you weren't the one who spearheaded this entire plan."

"...Because if she did, then everyone and their grandma would know it was us." Brazel muttered.

"Good point." Freddy said.

"Hey!" Claire roared.

Freddy shook his head before looking at the next person. She was a teenage brunette Asian girl. She was wearing a purple school uniform with matching fingerless gloves. She was chowing down on a cookie that looked like Yoshi.

"...So let's get this over with. Linn, despite everything I described about the plot of the game so far, you are entering the tournament… Just to eat foods from all over the world?" Freddy asked.

"Yep!" Linn said, cheerfully. "This fighting tournament is a great way to go around the world without paying too much money!"

Freddy slumped his arms. "...That is one of the dumbest reasons to enter a fighting tournament I ever heard."

Linn's smile vanished as she puffed out her cheeks in annoyance. "Hey! Like YOU would ever understand! You are so busy killing people that you haven't forgotten what food tastes like!"

"...Okay, it's totally obvious like they merely wanted a Yuri Sakazaki and created your personality and story later." Freddy muttered.

Linn showed the eyelid of her eye while sticking out her tongue. Freddy shook his head before looking at the next person. He was a young Asian man with brown hair tied in a neat ponytail with a yellow Chinese top and dull green pants.

"So Wuxie or Barry Wu?" Freddy asked. "I KNOW for a fact that I go by both."

"Well, in the theatre I am Barry Wu but in the fighting tournament, I go by Wuxie." The man explained. "Considering we are here because our fighting game has been promoted here, I will go by Wuxie."

"Uh-huh. And you called yourself that because you are Chinese-American and want to feel more with your Chinese ancestry." Freddy noted.

"Of course! Even though I am the owner of a Chinese theatre, I still want to embrace all of my Chinese self!" Wuxie nodded with a smirk.

Freddy paused. "...Okay, I KNOW for a fact that you are rip-offing SOMEONE. I just don't know what that something is."

Wuxie blinked twice before looking around. "...Am I supposed to take that as a compliment? I am not even being sarcastic."

Everyone, even Freddy, merely shrugged at this. The latter decided to go to his next verbal victim. He was another young Asian man. However, he wasn't as clean-cut as some of the others. He had sickly pale skin and blood red. He was also shirtless with sea green pants and matching long hair. Freddy blinked twice.

"Okay… I know that y'all are upset that Ell Blue that he allowed ME to join you." Freddy admitted. "But you should really see it coming when he decided to give this guy an ascension in the CRD hierarchy AFTER he completely totalled one of its labs.

Several people reluctantly agreed. Ell Blue just growled.

"Tsukikage Arashi has too much potential to leave as an enemy instead of an ally! The CRD needs him!" Ell Blue scolded.

"I know that it is weird for me to scold people about endangering others but I think the scientists of the destroyed lab would believe otherwise." Freddy snapped.

Arashi just gave a dark chuckle. "Relax. I am actually having so much fun with the missions I am sent on that I actually don't mind behaving. Especially with this one!"

"Well, as much as I could roast you for being Freeman and Basara's love child, I can't be TOO harsh on someone who is eager to kill." Freddy shrugged.

"Thank you. I do hope that you do not disappoint us." Arashi smirked.

Freddy let out a hearty laugh. "I do not intend to!"

Everyone grunted in disgust before turning to the next person. She was a young-looking woman wearing a butterfly-themed magenta sexy out with long, beautiful purple hair.

"Okay, first off, Ameth, thank you for giving me a laugh on Prayuth's part!" Freddy smirked.

"I didn't destroy his balls for YOUR entertainment but you're welcome, I guess." Ameth said, rubbing her hair through her purple hair.

Prayuth growled with his face turning deep red. Wuxie put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"But real talk though: You are actually some kind of fox spirit that has been hunting down souls in hopes of being immortal! And apparently Yan is supposed to be your lover from another life?" Freddy asked.

This time, it was Claire who growled.

"Indeed. I actually don't mind not feeding on souls for a while as long as I get to be with Yan." Ameth said.

Freddy paused before smirking. "Okay, who is Yan's CANON love interest?"

"I am!" Ameth and Claire said in unison. Immediately, they glared at each other in hatred.

"Oh, I am sorry, it seems that you have forgotten that we were LOVERS in a previous life." Ameth smirked.

"So? That is the past and this is the present!" Claire shot back.

"I distinctly remember hearing that you are his EX." Ameth taunted. "Besides, despite not remembering who I am, you are clearly into me!"

"Oh, that is IT, bitch!" Claire roared.

With that, she turned to rush Ameth but Prayuth and Wuxie grabbed her by the arms, stopping her advance. That didn't stop Claire from trying to break out of their grasp while Ameth just smirked.

"ENOUGH!" Ell Blue shouted, startling everyone. "Remember the plan! We are supposed to kill Drake! Not simp for Yan!"

Claire paused before calming down. She then cast Ameth one final glare. The latter just smirked and winked at Claire. The cryomancer then used her ice to create a middle finger.

"Freddy, can you PLEASE continue on without purposefully trying to pit us against each other?" Ell Blue asked through gritted teeth.

"No promises!" The nightmare weaver said with a big grin.

Everyone groaned as Freddy went to his next victim.

He was an Asian man with short dark hair and wearing a yellow jumpsuit. He looked… Familiar. Freddy blinked twice. It was actually a large panda while wearing green pants. Freddy blinked twice.

"...So not only are you copying from SNK but you are also copying from Dreamworks too, eh, Panda Wojownik?" Freddy smirked. "Then again, Kung Fu Rabbit and the Little Panda Fighter, you are not the most egregious ripoff."

Panda merely rolled his eyes while crossing his arms. "Oh, because Po was the first person who did martial arts."

"True but still, your backstory looks like it is trying way too hard to stand out from other pandas." Freddy noted. "Like seriously? You were a scientist that turned INTO a panda and when you are not teaching kids martial arts by day, you are sulking and thinking about leaving what is basically house arrest."

"Well, why else would a panda be entering a fighting tournament?" Panda shot back.

Freddy blinked twice. "...I know that the Panda from Tekken isn't the most popular character, but you can't forget about her, for better or for worse."

Panda just scoffed. Freddy merely shrugged before looking at the next person. He was a well-built older man with spiky white hair, tan skin and a dark blue karate gi with one half of the upper part ripped off. He had a serious look on his face.

"And we cannot forget about the older, no-nonsense karate fighter." Freddy noted. "The Legend himself. No, really, that is your name."

"Well, anything else you wish to insult me about?" Legend asked, coolly crossing his arms.

"Not really. At least nothing that you are a mixture of the tropes I just mentioned like Akuma, Gouken and Mr. Karate." Freddy pointed out. "Also, your story is similar to Norse Kratos."

Legend paused. "...I appeared first."

"I kinda figured but that still doesn't change the fact you became far more calmer and raised a son could still be seen as 'Hey, that is Kratos'!" Kratos pointed out.

Legend merely rolled his eyes. Freddy chuckled before turning to the next person. However, his smirk immediately vanished. It was a young boy around eleven years old. He had brown hair, a long-sleeved white shirt and a red vest, shorts and shoes.

Freddy blinked twice before looking at Ell Blue while pointing at the boy. "Umm… Can I skip this one?"

"I am actually with him on this." Brazel muttered.

The boy looked angry. "Hey!"

"Now, now, Freddy, rules are rules." Ell Blue scolded.

Freddy rolled his eyes. "Alright, alright, you are…

He then winced.

"CoolB. As in with a capital b at the end with no space. You are from the little world of 'QQ ', a realm in another dimension." Freddy muttered, sounding like it was physically painful to say the words. "The main reason you are in the 'main' dimension of Xuan Dou Zhi Wang is because the First Impact opened up a portal, dropping him off here."

"Yep, that's right! Despite looking like I fit in with everyone else, I am actually the most ALIEN out of this cast." CoolB said with a big grin.

"You fight with… Sugar bubbles and various mechanical toys to fight. Said sugar bubbles showing up in bright orange sparkly stuff. And…" Freddy said before glaring at everyone. "Okay, I can't do this! I know I roasted some of y'all for being ripoffs of other people, but sometimes being completely unique isn't exactly a good thing either!"

CoolB puffed out his cheeks. "What is THAT supposed to mean!?"

Freddy glared down at the boy. "...I know that you are literally from another dimension but even still, you stand out like a sore thumb! Or in this case, a sugar-coated thumb!"

"Well, that is just how things are!" CoolB insisted.

"You are a glorified Klonoa knockoff!" Freddy shot back. "Also, how the hell did you manage to get sued by Disney for that Mickey Mouse-looking special!?"

"Oh because Foxy from the Looney Tunes NEVER used the same shape as Mickey!" CoolB snarked.

The two then started to exchange insults with each other. Everyone rolled their eyes.

"Okay, do we have to do this every time!?" Ell Blue roared. "Get back to continuing!"

Freddy and CoolB glared at each other. "Fine!"

With that, he looked at his next victim. She was a young Asian woman in her late teens with brunette hair tied in pigtails and wore a white top with white and blue Taekwondo pants.

"Lee Won Hee, you are like a goody-goody version of Juri Han." Freddy noted.

"Oh, because SHE created the fashion sense." Lee muttered, rolling her eyes while crossing her arms.

"I also want to be nice to you because you are one of the best… Well, normal in this entire cast of freakshows." Freddy frowned. "But I can't… Because you are just so… Boring. Entering the tournament just to get money for your dojo?"

"Oi, not everyone has to have a complicated reason to enter the tournament!" Lee scolded. "Especially a MARTIAL ARTS tournament?"

"Yeah, but your legs are fully clothed, what is the point of kicking high?" Freddy challenged.

Lee paused before speaking in a dark tone. "...You better move to the next person."

"Damn straight I do." Freddy spat.

With that, he did what Lee threatened. He was an Asian young man wearing a yellow jumpsuit and had black hair. Freddy blinked twice at this.

"...Well, I can't exactly give points for originality, but out of all of the clones of Bruce Lee, it is somewhat refreshing for one of said clones to say 'Actually, I am a LITERAL clone of Bruce Lee', Long." Freddy noted.

Long just rolled his eyes. "I'll have you know that despite arguably being the living definition of a Bruce Lee Clone, I have you know that I stand out more than the ones in various fighting games."

"Why? Because you are an actor by day and a crime-fighter by night?" Freddy snarked.

"No, because I am wearing a yellow jumpsuit as a default outfit and wield nunchucks in my fighting style." Long said.

Freddy blinked twice. "Um, I am going to do you a solid… You want me to actually say 'When you put it THAT way' unironically?"

Long growled. "Shut up! You would be surprised by how rare those two qualities are in fighting game Bruce Lee Clones!"

Freddy merely shook his head before turning to the next person. He was the most muscular man in the group. He was a large, Asian man with brown hair with mutton chops. He was also shirtless with blue pants and black boots.

"And we can't have a proper fighting game without a standard Mighty Glacier grappler." Freddy admitted. "I admit, Ray, I do not have anything who you could be a ripoff of, but that is only because you can only do so much to make a grappler fully unique."

Ray growled. "Do you want me to yeet a giant pot of water at you?"

"Eh. Do what you want." Freddy shrugged. "You need all of the stuff to make you standard from your standard military wrestler. Like I think that Clark Still, Gunloc and Gear would want to sue."

Ray blinked twice before narrowing his eyes. "...So let me get this straight? You could remember Gear from Big Fight: Trouble on the Atlantic Ocean but not YES?"

Freddy merely shrugged his shoulders. The eyebrows of Ray, along with a few others, twitched at this. Freddy just shrugged and looked at the next person. A young man clad in purple mercenary gear with sunglasses. While he was unfamiliar to Freddy, Gabe Logan would have definitely recognised him.

"Long way away from Raccoon City, eh, Cloud? Then again, being a soldier for the CRD Black Guards is more safer than dealing with Umbrella." Freddy smirked.

Cloud rolled his eyes behind his sunglasses. "Oh hardy-har-har."

"But yeah, despite it being a MARTIAL ARTS tournament, you give stuff like handguns, shotguns, miniguns and even an AIRSTRIKE!?" Freddy said in disbelief.

"What? Fio brought her arsenal in the second Maximum Impact game." Cloud retorted.

"Dude, Fio is an unlockable character from that game. You… On the other hand was on the main roster with the moveset of a misplaced first-person shooter." Freddy shot back.

"Oi, I kicked the ass of the actual Solid Snake ripoff, didn't I?" Cloud offered.

Freddy rolled his eyes before turning to the next person. He was a young-looking man with short white hair. He wore blue transparent glasses, a purple long coat and a black shirt with matching pants and boots. He also wielded a long, slim sword.

Freddy blinked twice before rolling his eyes. "Okay, Jack is just Vergil from Devil May Cry if he wore purple instead of blue!"

Jack merely scoffed. "Again, Vergil didn't invent the white-haired long coat swordsman look."

"Still, your backstory is kinda cool. Being an auctioneer only actually meant to be a thief of rich collections but your father got kidnapped by one of your victims and you wish to get revenge and rescue them?" Freddy asked. "Not going to lie, I wouldn't mind seeing a movie like that."

"...I suppose I could take that as a compliment considering your personality to others thus far." Jack said with a shrug.

Freddy nodded his head. He then turned to the next person. She was a young Asian woman in her early twenties with long dark hair tied in a slim ponytail. She wore a white outfit with one sleeve black and the other one red.

"...An exorcist. Ruriy, as weird as that sounds, is somehow one of the more normal roles in this tournament." Freddy spat.

"...I am just going to be blunt." Ruriy said, narrowing her eyes. "If it wasn't for Ell Blue and whatever he had planned, I would have attempted to purify you with my Tao magic."

Freddy smirked, crossing his arms. "I have to ask. Are you doing so because it is your duty or the large payment of all of the rich people with childrens they would actually give their fortune for?"

Ruriy just continued to glare at Freddy. "...Yes?"

The serial killer held up his hands in defence. "Alright, can't argue with THAT!"

Ruriy just scoffed as Freddy looked at the next person. He was a young man in late teens with spiky hair. He wore a white vest, a black shirt, leather pants and dark red shoes.

"Okay, WOW, King. They really went to 'Oh crap, we need to ripoff the face of fighting games' so they just gave you Ryu's moveset first and gave the rest to you." Freddy muttered.

King growled. "Hey, every game has to have a Shotoclone, alright?"

"Even still, that would be alright if you are one of the EARLIER characters revealed, but apparently you were revealed quite late." Freddy added. "Hell, your bio didn't even mention WHY you entered a tournament, just that you are your basic Stock Shonen Hero who wanted an easy life without studies! Besides, Linn already got that down pat!"

"Hey, I fired an upwards diagonal Kamehamehadoken that tore off the clothes of my upper body!" King shot back.

Freddy paused. "...The fact that this is your 'gotcha' moment genuinely worries me. And you should know that I DON'T do worrying."

King scoffed before Freddy looked at the next person. She was an Asian teenage girl with long dark hair and wore a purple sideways cap, a white and blue midriff top and purple pants. The most noticeable thing about it was the roller skates on her feet.

"...Ciel, I have to ask, do you EVER take off those roller skates?" Freddy asked.

"Okay, when I am going to bed, why?" Ciel asked, blinking twice.

Freddy crossed his arms with a scoff. "It is clear that they are running out of people to rip-off so they decided to act more… 'Unique."

Ciel got angry. "Hey, what are you talking about!? I AM fully original!"

She then paused.

"...Except for Area from Fighting Ex Layer. And Lilica Felchenerow from Arcana Heart. And Grace from Fighting Vipers." Ciel said, putting her finger on her lip.

Everyone blinked twice.

"Oh, and do Yang from Street Fighter, right?" Ciel asked.

"...You are so lucky that you are attractive." Freddy muttered.

Needless to say, he looked at the next person. He was an Asian tan-skinned bulky man with white hair. He wore a red suit jacket and pants with a black shirt with a white tie and black shoes. The most noticeable thing about him was a pair of mechanical gauntlets.

"Finally, we are back to the 'plot' where you are part of the CRD… German Division, Xero?" Freddy asked.

Xeno gave a smirk, cracking his gauntlets. "That's right!"

"But… Your bio says that you are ASIAN." Freddy pointed out.

"Yeah, I don't get why the German Division went to me instead of the Chinese Division." Xero shrugged. He then smirked. "But I can't say that I am complaining! I got these sick arms!"

"What sick are they? They don't even have claws on them!" Freddy challenged.

Xeno's smirk vanished as he rolled his eyes. "...Dude. You seriously need a hobby besides killing children in their dreams. And no, looking up the search history of Haiji To…"

"...We are not doing this again." Freddy spat.

With that, he looked at the next person. He was another Asian man with tattoos on his shoulders and dark hair with a short dreadlock ponytail. He was in a simple outfit of a blue leather vest, a white tank top, black joggers and black shoes.

"And here we have, Shanwoo. The down-on-his-luck guy writing for the children or some diabetes crap without an undefined fighting style and a lot of determination." Freddy muttered.

Shanwoo gave a bored look while crossing his arms. "...Is this the part where I am supposed to care about what you say?"

"Eh. Just wanted to get my two cents across." Freddy shrugged. "But really, your story is so basic that even your original outfit fitted that. You didn't have your cool vest! You had zero drip!"

"...Please never say 'drip' again." Shanwoo spat, cracking his knuckles. "Otherwise, we will have a problem!"

Freddy snickered before looking at the next person. He was an Asian young man in his late teens with dark red hair holding up a monochrome-striped headband. He wore a dark red and black jacket and dark pants. He had a dark red guitar on his head.

"...Blast, you managed to be in the middle of the side of the Stock Shonen Hero and the Stock Shonen Rival at the same time." Freddy noted. "...As a rock star."

Blast growled. "What the fuck is it for you!?"

Freddy laughed as he held his hands in defence. "Hoo boy! You are just as explosive as your fire! Though I admit that you having a guitar only made you stand out a little. Especially since we already have Yan."

"Because the King of Fighters NEVER oversaturated pyromancers." Blast spat.

"Even still, it seems that you are only here to have one half of a pair." Freddy scoffed. "Even though we technically already have Yan and Claire, even with the restraining order."

"AW, COME ON!" Claire roared as Ameth giggled.

Blast on the other hand just scoffed before Freddy looked to the side to see a man around the same age as Blast. In fact, he was dressed similar to Blast even with the guitar, but with a more blue colour scheme with blond hair and a softer face.

"No, really, other than a few moves and the obvious fact that you are a cryomancer and Blast is a pyromancer, both of you are Moveset Clones of each other!" Freddy pointed out.

Seal frowned. "What is wrong? People like K' and Kula are also similar."

"Yeah, they literally only have one, maybe TWO moves together!" Freddy pointed out. "Seriously, out of all the people in Fantasy Fighter, why do YOU get to be in it!? Like, your hair is the same but your weapons and powers are completely different!? Why not create a new fighting style for someone else!?"

Seal blinked twice. "Um, because Tencent said so?"

Freddy rolled his eyes. "...Why not? It is not the worst of Tencent's flaws."

He then looked at the next person. He was a young man with short, blond hair. He was shirtless with red pants and black boots with red gloves.

"A blond Russian boxer wearing red pants?" Freddy asked. "Sure, why not? We are already ripping off Bruce Lee with Long? Why not do the same with Ivan Drago and Andrei."

Andrei narrowed his eyes. "Hey, I am more expressive than Drago."

"I mean that is technically a good thing, being a stone-cold fighting machine is kind of Drago's thing." Freddy shrugged. "That and you are not even that big."

Andrei's eyebrow twitched before getting into a stance. "Do you wanna find out if a fully burned face could be bruised?"

"Nah, I am good." Freddy sneered.

With that, he looked at the one of the last ones. He was a middle-aged Asian man (though he looked younger) with dark blue hair and glasses. As he wore a royal blue and white butler-like outfit, he carried a sheathed sword in an elegant fashion.

"So here we have Yan's butler, Kuya." Freddy said.

Kuya adjusted his glasses. "I am not his butler, I am his tutor."

"Bitch, please, I've seen enough butlers in the media to know that you are a butler!" Freddy scolded. "I mean not only do you have the looks and attitude of a butler but while Iaijutsu practitioners and butlers are not too common, they still fit together."

"I suppose that I AM Yan's butler." Kuya confessed. "Heaven knows how much I have to keep that boy out of trouble!"

Ameth then frowned. "Um, guys? Where IS Yan?"

All of the group went wide-eyed before looking around while Freddy looked confused.

"Wait… He was never here? I thought he was and left halfway when I was talking to Claire." Freddy piped up.

"D-Do you think that he got caught by someone?" Claire asked, worried.

"He IS taking too long." Kuya frowned.

"And while he isn't the most disciplined, there is no way that he would take a 'snack break'." Cloud scoffed.

Linn immediately glared at Cloud. "Hey, I immediately ran back here the moment I heard that Terry's dead body is now public knowledge, didn't I!?"

"W-What do you do?" Kaoru frowned, holding her hand.

"Ugh, we will get to him later." Ell Blue groaned before looking at Freddy. "Is there anyone besides Yan who you DIDN'T cover?"

"Umm… Well, there is the Orochi form of Brazel… And technically, Ace." Freddy said.

"...As much as I am happy to get to have an introduction, I more or less introduced myself to the entire multiverse." The ditto fighter muttered.

"And then some!" Freddy laughed. "But yeah. How did you guys meet up?"

Ace sighed. "It is nothing too complicated. Ell Blue found me sulking around the dome about how everyone from my old node gets to enter and yet I am left out."

"Yeah, when I overheard him and remembered that he was a Ditto Fighter, I knew that he was a useful asset to our cause." Ell Blue nodded.

"Useful? He flubbed his impersonation of Terry horrible! Sure, me and the other killers didn't notice right away but it was clear to anyone with a brain after he used a WATER-type move!" Freddy pointed out.

Ace winced before glaring at Freddy. "H-Hey, excuse me from not wanting to get burned by LAVA!"

"But yeah, going back to Yan, it is ironic that he is the only one not here when it is technically HIM that you guys are here." Freddy noted.

Claire frowned. "We gotta go wait for HIM."

"Now yet." Ell Blue scolded. "I think you, along with everyone else, still need to know why I decided to invite Freddy."

"I should hope so." Long said, narrowing his eyes. "I know that we are doing villainous things to willingly side with FREDDY KRUEGER!"

"Yes, before that." Ell Blue said before looking at Freddy. "Tell me. Can you transform just like in the films?"

"Um, yes and no." The serial killer frowned. "I could transform in the dream realm, but while I DO still have combat experience due to being in Mortal Kombat, my abilities are still very limited, let alone be able to transform."

Jack narrowed his eyes. "Then, what is the point of asking to join us if you can't even help us?"

"Oi, my powers may be situational, but surely it is USEFUL for ONE part of your plan." Freddy snapped.

"I mean you are not wrong…" Ell Blue said before sighing. "But if what you say is true, then I wouldn't be able to carry out what I had in mind."

"...Okay, I'll bite." Ruriy said. "What IS you wanted to carry out?"

Ell Blue took a deep breath. "I will tell you."

(The Arena)

"What is with this stupid tournament forcing me to… To EXERCISE!?"

That was the shout (or thought depending on the person) of Garfield as he ran past various fights. Looking back behind him, Decker was skating towards him on his skateboard. Acting quickly, Garfield got out a pie and threw it forward, nailing Decker dead on the face as it completely covered his face. Garfield smirked as he got out his chicken leg to strike Decker while he was stunned.

However, not only this didn't stun Decker for long, but the wolf managed to get out a pie of his own out of nowhere and threw it at Garfield, striking him in the face. The cat staggered back before… Licking the cream off of his face, looking more pleased than annoyed or hurt. However, his smile vanished as Decker skated over and did a clothesline to Garfield, knocking him to the ground.

As Garfield laid on the ground groaning, Decker swerved around and made his way towards Garfield. Fortunately for the latter, his eyes bugged out before rolling to the side to avoid getting rammed. Decker turned around to try to ram into Garfield again. However, the cat got out a newspaper and whacked Decker on his head, striking the skateboarder.

But despite this, Decker groaned before grabbing Garfield by his foot and skated off, dragging the feline across the ground (while having an unsightly mark on his face). Garfield groaned as he was dragged across the wooden floorboards of the ground. He then used his claws in a vain attempt to try to slow Decker down which somehow worked, forcing Decker to let go. Despite this, Decker skated around Garfield with a sneer.

"Face it, kitty kat, you are out of luck!" Decker taunted. "My game not only has me dealing with painful situations but actually ENCOURAGES to get hurt!"

Garfield looked at Decker with an exasperated look. "Are you really gloating over getting yourself hurt on a regular basis?"

"I may not be a 'traditional' fighter, but I could tank any and all attacks in this arena!" The wolf continued. "You should have known better than to take a toon head on!"

Garfield narrowed his eyes. "Okay, I got your game!"

With that, he got up and ran off. Decker just laughed before skating off against him. Garfield suddenly got out his chicken leg and pulled it over his head. However, Decker saw the attack coming from a mile away and his smirk grew bigger before getting ready to do a counter attack.

However, Garfield wasn't aiming for Decker but rather the floorboard he was about to ride over.

BAM!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

That was the sound of Decker after he and his skateboard flew through the air, victims of Garfield's makeshift seesaw catapult. After spending some time flying through the air screaming, he and his skateboard fell like stones straight into the elimination portal. Garfield smirked as he tapped his chicken leg against his shoulder.

"You may be able to tank all of the attacks of the world but what good would that do if you fall to the most basic of cartoon tricks?" Garfield smirked.

Decker landed in The Simpsons Skateboarding where he got promptly rammed in by Chief Wiggum riding on HIS board.

Two legs clashed with each other. Blair Dame and Yoko "Yoyo" Kishibojin then kicked their legs at each other again resulting in another clash. This continued on a few times before the two flipped away from each other. Yoko then got out her yoyo and did a horizontal swing but Blair did a side flip over the attack before rushing forward.

"Lightning Knee!" Blair shouted, doing a leaping forward knee attack. However, Yoko raised her arms to block the incoming attack and while Blair was recovering from her own attack, Yoko countered with a flip, sending Blair high in the air. The blue-haired woman crashed on her back hard but managed to roll backwards to avoid an axe kick before doing her own counter-kick to Yoko's stomach.

Yoko staggered back while holding her stomach but recovered in time to jump back to avoid another kick. Blair tried again with another kick but Yoko then got out her yoyo again and sent it around Blair's leg before pulling on it to throw her off-balance. However, the heiress managed to keep her balance and did a spinning kick. Yoko was not expecting this and ended up staggering forward.

"Shoot Kick!" Blair shouted, doing a series of kicks to Yoko and knocked her down. After the Interpol agent sprawled on her side, Blair did a forward flip before doing an axe kick. However, Yoko snapped out of her daze before rolling to the side to avoid the attack. She then kicked her leg out, sweeping Blair off of her feet. However, the blue-haired woman managed to land on her feet.

"Heh, you are playing for keeps." Blair noted.

"Of course. For some reason, I feel like there is a major weight on my shoulders seeing that I am the Mystery Fighter rep for my node." Yoko explained.

"Yes, I kinda know how you feel. Our node isn't doing too hot either." Blair admitted.

"Even still, your game may be going to be relevant again soon, right?" Yoko asked.

Blair frowned. "Um, depends on how you look at it. It could be just an update for the game."

"But still, what an update!? New stages? Free roaming like in the Street Fighter days? AERIAL combos!?" Yoko pointed.

"Perhaps… But it is still in the works. And we don't know if it will come out or not." Blair said. "But enough talk! SLIDING ARROW!"

Blair then did a sliding kick forward and when she got close enough, she grabbed Yoko's legs before slamming her to the ground. The teenager groaned in pain, but she then lashed out her yoyo at the ropes and used it as a grappling hook to pull her away, just in time to avoid a kick from Blair. Yoko then got out some steel balls and threw them down on the ground, sending them rolling towards Blair.

Blair then leaped over them but Yoko then lashed out her yoyo at the airborne Blair with it lassoing around her leg before pulling her hard out of the air and onto the ground hard. Yoko then ran over and did a series of spinning low kicks. Blair cried out in pain before sprawling backwards, leaving Yoko to run over. However, Blair recovered in time before kicking Yoko in the stomach. She then stood up.

"SPIN SIDE SHOOT!"

Blair then did a cartwheel kick to Yoko, followed by a roundhouse kick and an axe kick before grabbing Yoko's leg, sending the both of them to the ground and…

CRACK!

Yoko's eyes bugged out before crying in pain. She then held her leg while Blair stood up with a smirk.

"Y-Y-You broke my leg!?" Yoko shouted in pain with tears in her eyes. "Are you crazy!?"

"Relax, I have broken legs many times before." Blair offered. "I broke it so the medics in the Recovery Room can heal it immediately!"

"How many legs did you break before realising that you could do that!?" Yoko roared.

Blair paused before shrugging. She then crouched down to gently push Yoko out of the ring.

Yoko landed in Sukeban Deka where she was surrounded by delinquents. Luckily, Saki Asamiya was able to protect her for the next ten minutes with her broken leg.

"Angel Feathers!"

Three glowing rings with pink feathers around them flew from Colette Brunel. However, Nagoriyuki easily used his odachi to block the incoming projectiles. He was about to go over to punish her for her failed spell. Only to swing his blade to the side. Eizen quickly did a knee slide to avoid the slash before getting up and doing a series of punches to Nagoriyuki's stomach.

Despite not giving Nagoriyuki a break between punches, the vampire managed to swing his head forward, headbutting Eizen's own which knocked on his back. Nagoriyuki then did a downward axe kick, Eizen managed to roll backwards to avoid it. He then ran over to Colette who was casting a spell. The angel yelped before flying backwards to avoid the attack.

"Para Ball!" Colette shouted, throwing the electrified spiky balls but Nagoriyuki easily slashed through them. However, Eizen then did a spell of his own.

"Air Thrust!" Eizen shouted, summoning three blades of green wind around Nagoriyuki before slashing through him. As the samurai cried out in pain, Eizen ran over and proceeded to run around Nagoriyuki and did a series of blows to his body. However, Nagoriyuki managed to recover and put his odachi behind him to block a punch from Eizen who was about to strike him. Nagoriyuki then kicked his foot out, catching Eizen in the stomach.

"Grand Cross!"

Then, a cross of holy light appeared over Nagoriyuki and struck him in a bright flash. As the samurai collapsed on one knee, Eizen ran over to do a series of punches to Nagoriyuki's face.

"Deceiving Pummel!" Eizen shouted, holding his open palm to the ground and summoned a portal underneath Nagoriyuki to send chains upwards, striking the samurai multiple times. He winced before standing up straight.

"Your angel friend's powers are strong, but I never estimated a mere fist-fighter to give me THIS much trouble." Nagoriyuki mused.

"Don't underestimate me." Eizen said, narrowing his eyes before getting into a stance.

"Yes, just because Eizen hasn't found Junko Enoshima, that doesn't mean that he isn't good at what he does!" Colette nodded with the same stern glare.

"Exactly." Eizen nodded.

Suddenly, he and Nagoriyuki paused before looking at Colette.

"Um, what?" Eizen asked.

"Junko Enoshima?" Nagoriyuki asked before pointing at Eizen with his free hand. "Does that mean this guy?"

"Um, duh? He has the Reaper's Curse. Isn't it obvious that he is in the Grim Reaper society." Colette said.

Eizen blinked twice. "Um, actually, while my curse could be SEEN as the power of a reaper, I am not actually one. In fact, technically it is supposed to be a 'blessing' which is the opposite of…"

"...It seems that I underestimated you. That was a folly on my part." Nagoriyuki admitted before getting into a stance. "Regardless, even standing in front of Death itself, I will not falter."

"Okay, the good news is that this guy is not looking down on us anymore." Colette said, sternly. "The bad news is that he is not going to hold anything back so let's do our best, Eizen!"

The pirate paused before getting back into his stance.

"Andddddd nobody is going to listen to me. …I better not have a Grim Reaper try to sue me for 'impersonating' one of them." Eizen muttered before letting out a deep sigh. "Colette, do you mind being on the frontline for a minute? I want to cast a spell."

"I'm on it!" Colette offered before flying over to Nagoriyuki. The vampire just narrowed his eyes before swinging his odachi downwards towards Colette. However, the blond girl managed to raise her chakrams to block the incoming strike. Much to Nagoriyuki's surprise, Colette managed to hold her ground. Despite this, the two then got into a power struggle with each other. Long enough for Eizen to finish his spell.

"Quickness!" Eizen shouted, summoning a ball of green energy to fall on top of him. This made his movement quickly as he dashed towards Nagoriyuki. However, the vampire was still keeping his eye on him and quickly grabbed Colette before throwing him at Eizen, knocking the two down. Nagoriyuki then got into a stance for a mirror image of himself to dash forward and did a sweeping slash, striking both Eizen and Colette while they were down.

Suddenly, Nagoriyuki let out a loud shout as his mask broke off while a bloody aura surrounded his odachi. By this time, Eizen and Colette got up only to gasp when they saw this.

"You two have fought well, but how well can you fight when I unleash my Blood Rage!?" Nagoriyuki boasted.

Eizen blinked twice. "Um, look at your sword."

Nagoriyuki paused. "Why? What's wrong with…?"

He then noticed that droplets of blood from his odachi were floating to the side. Blinking twice, he turned his head.

To see said droplets entering Sponebob Squarepants with Otane Goketsuji standing to the side of him. They were making him bigger while making him reddish.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to take the water from your attack!" Spongebob insisted before looking down at himself. "I must say though, I've never seen aquamancy quite like yours. Not only is it red but it is also thick."

Otane frowned. "Um, dearie?"

Colette winced. "That's…"

"Blood." Nagoriyuki concluded.

Spongebob's pupils at this.

"WHAT!?"

Almost immediately, Spongebob squeezed the side of his cheeks which sent out all of the blood in his body which resulted in a large stream. Said stream hit Nagoriyuki dead-on in the chest and sent him flying straight over the ropes with no hope of return. Spongebob, now back to his regular size, collapsed on his knees while creeped out by absorbing blood. Otane and Colette ran over to his side to try to calm him down. Eizen blinked twice.

"...I can't tell if this whole string of events is because of Colette's good luck or my bad luck." Eizen muttered.

Nagoriyuki landed in Blade where he teamed up with the titular character to take down antagonistic vampires.

Folding fans and throwing knives flew across the arena as Yukiko Amagi and Tear Grants threw their projectile weapons while running around.

"Nocturnal Light!" Tear shouted, throwing several knives in a fan manner. However, Yukiko summoned her Persona to create a pillar of light to negate the incoming projectiles. However, Tear started to cast a spell and waited for Yukiko to recover from her own attack.

"Eclair de Larmes!" Tear shouted, summoning a cross-shaped crest on the ground underneath Yukiko and striking her multiple times with light. After the pyromancer collapsed on her knees, Tear ran forward and swung her staff from left to right, sending balls of light which struck Yukiko multiple times. Yukiko cried out in pain before resummoning her Persona and sending it forward.

Tear's eyes widened before diving to the side to avoid Konohana-Sakuya. However, Yukiko commanded her Persona to side a wave of fire towards Tear.

"Banishing Sorrow!" Tear shouted, pointing her staff at the incoming wave and created a ball of light to negate the wave of fire. She then got out another throwing knife before tossing at Yukiko but the red-clad girl ran to the side before throwing some more fans. Tear quickly sent her staff to more balls of light at the incoming projectiles.

Tear then started to sing for some reason. When Yukiko noticed a rune circling Tear, she realised that it was another spell and sent out Konohana-Sakuya towards Tear. However, the moment that Tear finished her song, she summoned a beehive barrier around her which protected her from all damage. Tear then started to cast another spell. However, after she did so, a red circular appeared on the ground.

"Flamme Rouge!" Tear shouted. This summoned a red glyph on the ground, striking Yukiko with an upward pillar of fire. The pyromancer cried out in pain, knocking her on the ground. Fortunately, her Persona's affinity with fire lessened the blow but it still hurt a lot.

"I can see why she is the only Persona representative to get more than one fighter." Tear noted. "Even still, I know that I am the one to get through her defences."

With that, she got out another throwing knife. Yukiko groaned before looking up, turning to see Tear getting ready to throw a knife.

"Oh, wow, not only are you strong, but you are also resourceful!" Yukiko said in awe.

Tear blinked her uncovered eye. "Um, resourceful?"

Yukiko paused. "...Then, who is your new ally?"

"Ally?" Tear asked. With that, she turned around.

To see a ghost in green robes that covered their faces save for their orange eyes and mouth. Tear's pupil shrank.

"AAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Tear then immediately ran off away from the Green Ghost and towards the direction of Yukiko. The latter's eyes bugged out before summoning Konohana-Sakuya to swing her wing-like arm at the incoming Tear and send her flying over the ropes. Yukiko just blinked twice before looking at the Green Ghost.

"...What was THAT about?" Yukiko asked.

The Green Ghost merely shrugged.

Tear landed in Luigi's Mansion 3. Needless to say, she fell right out of the frying pan and into the fire.

"YODEL-AY-HEE-HOO!"

That was the sound of Vega before landing on the bannister of the upper hand. Galford D. Waller growled before he and Poppy ran up the steps to chase after him. Vega then threw out a rose and threw it. However, due to how drunk he was, he ended up throwing it in a completely different direction. Galford turned towards the direction of the rose, wondering what was happening.

Vega then did another yodel before pouncing like a frog onto Galford from behind and started to ride him down the stairs as a sled. Galford cried out in pain on each step until he crashed into the bottom of the stair. Poppy ran towards them and pounced onto Vega from behind, knocking Vega on top of Galford.

"H-Hey, get off me!" Vega roared. "It is ME who should be on top of YOU! Not the other way around!"

Galford growled while still pinning underneath Vega. "How dare you!? It is justice that should top evil!"

Poppy's eyebrow twitched. "Will you two stop with the accidental innuendos!?"

Galford then got up, throwing Vega off of him. The Spaniard grunted in pain before getting up and swinging his claw wildly which Galford easily jumped back before kicking Vega in the head. Needless to say, after regaining his balance (mostly), Vega felt like it was a direct attack to his face so he pounced forward. However, Galford jumped to the side to avoid it.

"Plasma Blade!" Galford shouted, throwing two electric kunai forward. However, Vega did a long jump into the air to not only avoid the attack but try to land on top of Poppy. However, the husky yelped before jumping out of the way. Galford then ran forward.

BAM!

Poppy jumped at Galford's body spread out while he was looking in midair. As if he ran into a wall. Vega just proudly smirked before his mask as Galford peeled off and landed on his back.

"It is a good thing I could create invisible walls." Vega said, crossing his arms. "I have to protect my existence after ugly people like you!"

Galford sat up while growling. "You are almost as annoying to fight against than Genan!"

"How DARE you!? I would rather kill myself than be THAT thing!" Vega spat.

"I could save you the effort!" Galford scoffed.

With that, he got up and into a stance. Vega then did the same.

Only for Link and Sora to crash into Vega and Galford back-first respectively and send them out of the ring. Poppy yelped before running after her master. The two swordsmen groaned while rubbing their heads. Duskmon then walked over while crossing his arms.

"Be grateful." Duskmon offered. "Even if you two will be victims of mine, at least you will leave the ring with at least one elimination."

Link and Sora growled while glaring at Duskmon before getting up and running over.

Meanwhile, Vega and Galford groaned before getting up while in a giant forest.

"Well, THAT was disappointing." Galford frowned. "Even if I do have an elimination to my name, it is still sad that I got eliminated by a random attack."

"Um, no, it isn't. It is sad for ME." Vega scolded.

Galford's eyes twitched. "You never stop, will you?"

"Why would I?" Vega sneered. "I am the most handsome fighter in the multiverse! With my face, I am invincible, indestructible and…"

Suddenly, a flash of light surrounded Vega's face, startling him, Galford and Poppy. Then, the light turned into a ball before rising upwards while carrying Vega's face.

"ACK! My face!" Vega gasped.

The ball of light then zoomed over towards something and went on… The giant, detailed butt of a turkey.

"AUGH! Why am I on a hideous monster!?" Vega shouted. "You! Body! Help me!"

Vega's faceless body didn't react. They were merely feeling over their upper body.

"How dare you!? I am your face and you should obey me!" Vega's face roared.

Vega's body merely flipped him off. Vega's face growled before trying to escape the Twerkey's butt in vain. Galford and Poppy blinked twice, looking at each other, looked back at the scene. And finally turned around and walked off.

(Announcer's Booth)

Ashley and Nine looked at the scene unfolding with wide eyes and slack jaws.

"Do I… Ow… Even want to know what is going on?" Drake asked while on the ground, groaning in pain with flames all over him.

"No." Nine muttered.

"...I am still confused by how the Twerkey made it in ANY kind of Nintendo game, let alone Miitopia." Ashley added.

(Dome; Security Team Room)

The security team, Whip's group, Otane's group minus Otane, the Babylon Rogues, Kyo Kusanagi, Wario and a nearly conscious Yan all got ready. Dingodile was actually out of the cage but was handcuffed so he wouldn't escape.

"Okay, is everyone seated?" Carmelita asked.

"Barely." Isla spat. "There isn't that much roof."

"It can't be helped." Horkeukamui frowned. "Nobody expected THESE many people to be in the security team room at once."

Gabe turned a tablet that was being held up by a stand. "How about you, Benimaru? Are you hearing us, loud and clear?"

"Um, crystal." Benimaru Nikaido's voice said from the tablet.

"Alright, then let's not waste any more." Carmelita nodded. "The trial for the case of Dingodile, Komodo Joe and Athena Cykes will now begin."

Wave then smirked. "I feel like my team is the closest thing to a lead prosecutor, it is only fitting for me to give the opening statement."

"OPENING STATEMENT? WHILE THIS IS A TRIAL, IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ONE." ARIA piped up from inside of the cage.

"It might as well be because of how important it is. Now without further ado, I will start." Wave offered. "First, I will go over in order. The trial is an attempted attack on Drake, the main host for this tournament via a large garlic cloud from all of it stolen from Wario's locker in the Super Smash Bros Locker Room. The prime and only suspect at the time was Dingodile because my nodal companion not only saw him near the destination of the target, but also refused to disclose any information on why he was there."

Dingodile just scoffed.

"We also learned that there may be more than one culprit and that was more or less confirmed when our investigation team found Terry Bogard's dead body in a closet." Wave said, wincing at the memory. "Along with the garlic on his clothes, confirming that he was informed of the crime. Not only that, the Scimitar of the Komodo Brothers was the murder weapon and was IDed by his nodal companion. That and Terry's imposter name-dropped Dingodile AND Komodo Joe."

Joe hissed while Moe looked at his brother in worry.

"Finally, we have the potential mole. Admittedly, this is what I have the least evidence on, but considering what happened in the Tournament of Kikai, it is not too far-fetched to hear that one of the SECURITY TEAM could be a potential mole." Wave said. "Between being the only security member not in a fight, playing Devil's Advocate for Dingodile and as of recently, going off on your own. It is not a surprise why I think Athena Cykes is suspicious."

Athena sighed as she shook her head.

"So if they are all aligned with each other, it only makes sense to have a trial for all of them at once." Wave explained. "As if, huge emphasis on if one is innocent then through one way or another, they are all innocent."

Kanji paused. "...So where do we start?"

"Well, it is only natural that we should start from chronological order." Wave offered. "We should cover the first suspect: Thus we will start with the witness who saw him first. Jet, if you will."

The hawk nodded. "Some of you may already know this and I will go over for some who weren't at the time. Wave and I were near one of the crowd entrances that was nearest to the Announcer's Booth. I am 100% sure that it is during when Drake and the Millennium Star is explaining everything about the Superstar system."

"...Can't we use proper time terms instead of saying 'Section One'?" Gabe muttered. He was ignored.

"That was when the garlic cloud came in out of nowhere. Wave and I didn't know what was happening but already vampires were getting sick and even Cole MacGrath had to leave the electrician's office to investigate." Jet frowned. "We also noticed that the clouds of garlic were heading towards the Announcer's Booth so several aeromancers, including myself, needed to direct it away. However, as I am the fastest one, I went to direct the garlic clouds away."

"...What is it with you rivals of Sonic and being obsessed with speed?" Rimururu asked, slumping her arms.

"When I reached far enough, I just noticed him." Jet said, narrowing his eyes and pointing at Dingodile. "Dingodile standing there. Naturally, I questioned him and he refused to give me a straight answer. I had no choice but to assume the worst and fight him."

"...And lost." Dingodile sneered.

Athena gasped before glaring at Dingodile. "Shh!"

Jet growled. "Anywayyyyy, I was actually out after the fight so you have to go ask Wave, Carmelita, Gabe and Naesala about what happened."

"Could you elaborate on the said questions?" Wave asked.

"Well, I asked him what he was doing there but he simply refused, acting defensive." Jet added. "Of course what he was doing was suspicious."

Dingodile scoffed.

"So as you could see, while not concrete evidence, his refusal to say anything even after hearing about the attempt on Drake's life is more than enough to think he is one of the culprits." Wave started.

"Well, do you guys have anything to say about this?" Carmelita asked.

Athena paused. "Actually, yes.

"Oh, really?" Wave asked, crossing her arms.

Athena nodded her head before looking at Dingodile. "...I think it is more than safe to tell the truth."

The hybrid paused before letting out a deep sigh. "Alright…"

He then looked forward.

"The reason why Ah was there is because… We were hiding from the hero group opposing Otane's group." Dingodile explained.

"Huh? Hero group?" Storm asked.

"Aye, ya know how at every one of these things, there is always a hero group to counter which villain group." Dingodile said. "Well, there are three villain groups this time around."

"So we heard. Even though trying to figure out the identity of the garlic attack and Terry's murder is our top priority, we should get on that later." Carmelita winced.

Needless to say, groups of Whip and Krizalid looked at each other before looking at each other. Naesala noticed this.

"Um, what's wrong?" Naesala asked.

"...Look, I promise that we will explain everything later, but if we do it now, we will never get anything done." Krizalid said.

"I am actually with him on this." Maxima nodded.

The rest slowly agreed while everyone else looked confused.

"A-Anyway, the entire reason why we were there was because we thought that no one would dare go near the Announcer's Booth." Dingodile offered. "Otherwise, THAT plan didn't go well, but aye…"

"You're too slow!"

Everyone jumped before looking at Wave.

"So basically you and Joe just HAPPENED to be there by chance?" Wave said, raising an eyebrow while crossing her arms. "And no one could tell you about your whereabouts?"

Dingodile winced. "That's…"

"OBJECTION!" Athena shouted.

Dhaos groaned before holding his head. "My eardrums are going to be destroyed at this rate."

"True, Dingodile and Joe may not be able to give us any witnesses about them near the Announcer's Booth but we at least have a few that could confirm that they were somewhere else!" Athena added.

"Oh yeah? Who?" Wave challenged.

"Well, quite a few but three are right here." Athena said before taking a deep breath. "Whip, Ralf Jones and Kula Diamond."

"Oh, that's right! Krizalid was jussssst mentioning that!" Moe said in awe.

"Um, I probably shouldn't sssssay this but I only remember Whip." Joe piped up.

"That's because Ralf and Kula showed up AFTER Whip knocked you out." Athena reminded.

"Um, could someone explain?" Carmelita asked.

Whip let out a sigh. "Okay, I will explain everything while only including details related to the case. It all started in the first section where I saw Joe and Krizalid talking about joining Bison."

"Wait, if that is the case, then it was YOU who was Joe's opponent?" Horkeukamui asked.

"Yes, that was actually what I wanted to tell you guys when we came to the Recovery Room." Whip said. "But then the knockout gas attack happened and obviously we had bigger things to worry about."

"Ugh, don't remind me…" Gabe muttered.

"Anyway, we fought, I won and knocked him out. That is why Ralf and Kula came in. We talked about what I learned and…" Whip said before looking to the side. "...Dingodile, or at least SOMEONE must have come in while we were talking and took him away."

"You're too slow!" Wave shouted. "So assuming it IS Dingodile, you're telling me that neither of you noticed a fat dingo-crocodile hybrid coming in, picking Komodo Joe and walking out?"

"There's no way in hell Dingodile had even half of his stealth stat, let alone max!" Pepper muttered.

"...Yeah, I do not doubt that Whip is telling the truth, still not a good look." Athena frowned.

"Umm, fuck y'all too." Dingodile muttered.

"But it's the truth! He was the first thing I saw when I woke up!" Joe insisted.

"More to the point, if Joe was too busy trying to fight Whip, he wouldn't be able to join the plan to assassinate Drake." Athena added.

"Especially since apparently Whip shot him with a Desert Eagle."" Claude smirked.

This startled a lot of people.

"WHAT!? Villain or not, that is just evil!" Horkeukamui scolded.

Whip groaned. "NON-LETHAL bullets, people!"

"E-Even still, it should be more than enough for Joe to be unconscious and unable to join the plan." Athena said.

"You're too slow!" Wave scolded. "In case you have forgotten, we are trying to conclude Dingodile's guilt."

"Objection!" Athena countered. "And if Dingodile was the one who carried him all of the way there, would he have enough time!? And even if he did, what was he doing AWAY from the garlic attack at the time of Joe and Whip's fight?"

"You're too slow! Even if Dingodile was near the restaurant fight, he wasn't THAT far away." Wave scolded.

"Yeah, Vlad from Mina and the Count managed to make his way over to the restaurant on his own before passing out." Naesala concluded.

"Again, still a weird post to be at. Furthermore, why carry the unconscious Joe?" Athena asked.

"Okay, going onto Joe at the moment, sure you may have proven that Joe couldn't have been on the plan from the start, but how did we know that he didn't join LATER?" Wave asked.

Joe and Moe both hissed at her.

"I am assuming we are moving on to Terry Bogard's murder?" Gabe asked.

"We are. We can go back to talking about Dingodile's guilt later." Wave said. "Especially since there is one thing going back against him…"

Athena narrowed her eyes. "Would it do ANY good…"

"...To point out that Ace aka Terry Bogard's impersonator's words are untrustworthy?" Wave asked. "Fair point and I won't bring it up until further notice. However, that was not what I am referring to."

"The murder weapon." Wario said.

"Exactly! And it wasn't just IDed by someone who was partially responsible by his death, it was IDed by Crunch Bandicoot, a previous security team member." Wave added. "So if that doesn't prove that Joe is Terry's murderer, I don't know what is!"

"Objection!" Athena scolded. "Didn't you literally admit that Ace was responsible for Terry's death, indirectly or otherwise?"

"So?" Wave asked.

"So he is a Ditto fighter, he could easily replicate the Komodo Brothers' sword summoning abilities!" Athena scolded.

Wave shrieked while inadvertently throwing up her wrench high into the air before it landed on top of her head. She cried out in pain before holding it while most people winced while others laughed.

"Hey, look on-a the bright side, now you could tune up your head for better rebuttals!" Wario said during laughs.

"Looks like Athena threw a monkey wrench into YOUR plans!" Kyo smirked.

Wave groaned before glaring at Athena. "E-Even still, why Komodo Joe?"

"Objection! The culprits must have seen him being carried in by Dingodile and saw a potential scapegoat!" Athena scolded.

"How? Dingodile is SUCH a stealth expert." Storm snarked.

Whip, Ralf and Kula glared at Storm, knowing that it was a dig at them for failing to meet a spot check.

"To be fair, Dingodile was making sure that no one was IN THE PATH towards the Announcer's Booth." Athena reminded. "No one would have expected that someone would actually be there."

"Even still, as far as 'the true culprits' know, Dingodile is the only one who anyone realises was up to something." Wave pointed.

"Well, correct me if I am wrong, but Dingodile never wielded any bladed weapons in the game." Athena admitted. "Furthermore, Joe was the only one who actually knew what had happened."

Wave paused. "...You know. I was going to save this until later but you do know a lot about this."

"Hey, yeah, you did!" Storm winced.

Athena winced. "I guess it is my turn now…"

"Indeed. Athena Cykes, what is YOUR excuse?" Wave asked.

Athena let out a deep sigh. "It is not that complicated. Around the start of the third section, while I didn't know at the time, Joe gave a note telling me that Dingodile was innocent."

"...And you believe him?" Rimururu asked in disbelief.

"I admit that I had my suspicions but when I returned to the security team room, I realised that there is a chance that he could be innocent." Athena said.

"Could it be? You practically took every chance you got to defend him!" Gabe scolded.

"Let's just say I have my ways." Athena offered. "So yeah, I invoked the 'Let He And Them Fight' trope with Carmelita and Wario so that everyone would be so focused on their fight."

The aforementioned fighters looked offended by this.

"Okay, WOW." Carmelita spat.

"It serves the both of you right for being so easily manipulated." Naesala scolded.

"Shut up, Naesala!" Carmelita roared.

Athena chuckled nervously. "That is when I talked to Dingodile and he told me what Joe told him. Thus, I was doing everything I could to find evidence of Dingodile's innocence while being subtle."

"SUBTLE?" Carmelita, Gabe, Naesala, Horkeukamui and Pepper said in disbelief.

Athena winced. "Okay, okay, I was a little in-your-face."

"Wait a minute. You said that you got our note in the third section. That should be when you are with Horkeukamui and Pepper." Gabe said.

Horkeukamui let out a sigh. "Yes, we were there when he got her note."

"Like, seriously, dude, I know that you didn't want to confront us directly at the time, but you nearly gave Athena a heart attack." Pepper said, glaring at Joe.

"I am not sssssorry." Joe said, matter-of-factly.

"So wait… Horkeukamui AND Pepper are potential moles too!?" Storm gasped.

"Nah. They were in a fight with Naesala against Nine, remember?" Wave asked.

"But nobody knows them! They could have spat out rainbow colours and nobody would know the difference!" Storm pointed out.

Pepper's eyebrow twitched as Horkeukamui frowned.

"Ooh, I am going to MAKE you remember me!" Pepper growled.

"Okay, I looked up what little I could find on Horkeukamui and Pepper." Naesala piped up. "Cryomancer fist-fighter. Combat medic and having a potion launcher. Adds up."

"Indeed. At worst, they are gullible idiots who completely believe Athena's theory." Wave nodded. "For now, let's focus on Athena."

"...Should I be grateful that Wave isn't at least going after EVERYONE who is on our side." Athena thought. "S-So you are basing Horkeukamui and Pepper's innocence on Tsugumi's characteristics as Sans in the Tournament of Kikai."

"Of course! That blunder literally almost sent the entire multiverse in eternal despair!" Wave exclaimed.

"Look, not being in a fight can't be helped." Athena said. "I am not a fighter! Or at least in comparison to the rest of the team!"

"Then, why are you here?" Wave challenged.

"I don't know!" Athena insisted. "Ask and blame Drake!"

"Oh, don't worry, I will and do but don't think you could get away that easily!" Wave scolded.

"Look, if I was a mole, what would be my purpose?" Athena asked. "I don't know if YOU know but I wasn't anywhere near the garlic attack OR Terry's body!"

"You're too slow! I know and that's not for debate!" Wave sneered. "Despite thinking you are a mole for acting similar to Tsugumi, the latter is more proactive while you are basically a failsafe."

"A failsafe?" Kula asked.

"In case someone gets caught by the security team or a hero group." Wave added.

"...What do I have to do to prove that I am not a mole?" Athena frowned.

"Personally, I don't need any info! I got all of the information I got!" Wave offered. "However, I AM curious about one bit of suspicious behaviour that I never got much detail on."

With that, she looked at Yan.

"Yan, was it? Care to explain what happened when you saw Athena and Joe at the entrance to the Elimination Seating?" Wave asked.

The red-haired young man nodded his head with a stern look. "Oh, don't worry, I will."

Athena narrowed her eyes.

"This is it…"

(The Arena)

"Thunder!"

Duskmon merely rolled his eyes before stepping to the side to avoid a bolt of lightning coming from the sky where he previously was. Link then got out his bow and arrow and fired a projectile at Duskmon but the Digimon merely swatted it away with his wrist blades.

"Deadly Gaze!" Duskmon said, shooting lasers from all of the eyes all over his armour towards Link. However, Sora ran in front of Link and summoned a beehive barrier around him and Link, which reflected the lasers back at Duskmon.

"Ghost Mode!" Duskmon said before teleporting in a red flash. Link and Sora's eyes bugged out before diving in opposite directions. Just in time to avoid Duskmon reappearing and slashing his wrist blade out. Sora then turned towards Duskmon after diving and firing a fireball from his Keyblade but Duskmon then slashed at the incoming projectile. Link then rushed at Duskmon from behind.

Only for Duskmon to raise a blade to block Link's sword without looking. Sora then helped out with his own blade but Duskmon used his other wrist blade to block Sora's Keyblade. Despite having both of their attacks blocked, Link and Sora shoved against Duskmon attempting to send him against a turnbuckle.

"Ghost Mode!" Duskmon shouted before teleporting again and reappearing behind Link and Sora and kicking them in the back, knocking them down. They both groaned before getting up. Then, Sora raised his Keyblade to block a slash from Duskmon. He then kicked his foot out before Duskmon jumped back.

"Ugh, what is this guy?" Sora asked in disbelief. "It is like he sees our attacks from miles away."

"That is correct." Duskmon said. "That is because I read your mind."

Link and Sora's eyes bugged out at this.

"Wait, what!?" Link gasped.

"Indeed. It is almost amazing how I am writing to two people with a wide array of abilities and still being bored." Duskmon said with a dark chuckle.

Sora growled before glaring up at the Announcer's Booth. "How is THAT fair!?"

"After Christopher Robin, I don't think anyone is off the table." Link sighed.

Sora returned the sigh before glaring at Duskmon, wanting to think up a plan. Then, he had a thought that Duskmon read and made him go wide-eyed.

"Okay, wow, you are quite arrogant, you know that, kid?" Duskmon asked.

Sora jumped. "H-Huh? What is THAT supposed to mean?"

"You wanted to ask Link to do a Limit Break together." Duskmon challenged.

"So?" Sora shot back. "How is that arrogant?"

"Because you will think that it will work in the Tournament of Kikai." Duskmon said.

"What is your point?" Sora asked, sounding more impatient with each passing second.

"Because unlike the Tournament of Kikai, NOBODY tries it HERE." Duskmon shot back.

Sora winced. "T-That may be true but…"

"...But it could still work? That white mage thought the same thing and she and her ally ended up HEALING her target!" Duskmon reminded.

Sora growled. "I still fail to see why I am arrogant."

"Well, Riku technically started the phase in the first section, right?" Duskmon asked.

"Yes, when he and the others were fighting Slade and Napalm Man." Sora confirmed. "He helped them because he had the most experience."

"See? Arrogant? Several none-Kingdom Hearts fighters were a part of a Limit Break. Some fared better than ever but they didn't need someone from Kingdom Hearts to hold their hand." Duskmon added.

Sora frowned. "Um, well, that's…"

"And the arrogance doesn't stop there. Why is it called a LIMIT BREAK? Why not an Unite Attack? Or double techs or triple techs?" Duskmon continued. "You know, terms for combination attacks that came out BEFORE the first very Kingdom Hearts."

By this time, Sora held his head down with his hair covering his eyes. Link looked at him in worry.

"Furthermore, in terms of TVTropes logic, it shouldn't even be called Limit Breaks. They should just be Combination Attacks!" Duskmon added. "And you can't even use the term Limit Break because we have Final Smash for that."

Link looked down at Sora for a moment. He then narrowed his eyes, making up his mind. Duskmon's eyes widened.

"Oh no! Don't tell me that YOU want to propose Sora's stupid plan?" Duskmon asked.

Sora's eyes bugged out before looking up at Link. The Hero of Time just gave a soft smile and nodded. Sora looked in awe for a moment before returning the smile and nod. Duskmon rolled his eyes, knowing what was coming.

"Link! The Hero of Time!" Sora shouted as he started to glow.

"Sora! The Hero of Hearts!" Link shouted, emitting the same glow.

Duskmon gave a bored look. "Ghost Mode…"

With that, he teleported on the upper floor of the staircase.

"...Even if I was confident that I could survive, do those idiots really think that I will just stand still and…" Duskmon started.

"STOP!"

"STASIS!"

Then, a ring of Roman numerals surrounded Duskmon, followed by a set of gold chains with a lock appeared on top of the Digimon, making him freeze up.

"H-How?" Duskmon thought that he couldn't move a muscle. "They weren't even looking at me!"

Duskmon wasn't exaggerating as after they used their time-stopping powers, they were looking around for where Duskmon teleported to. Link then saw him on the upper floor.

"Over there!" Sora shouted, pointing up to him.

"Come on!" Link urged.

With that, he placed his shield on the ground before he and Sora got onto it and started to shield on top of it. They then proceeded to ride up the stairs, defying all laws of gravity as they made it up until they were on the top. They then continued to ride the shield towards Duskmon with Sora getting out his Keyblade and Link getting out… A rod wand.

When they got close enough to Duskmon, they spun around with a vortex of fire around them striking Duskmon multiple times. Next, Link replaced his red wand for a blue one before the two spun around into Duskmon, this time with a vortex of ice. Link then got out a yellow one, striking him with a vortex of electricity. Finally, they got off the shield and readied their respective blades.

"Master Sword! Kingdom Key!" Link shouted.

"Vanquish the darkness in our enemies' hearts!" Sora shouted.

The two then did a cross-shaped slash, leaving behind trails of lights and ending up with Link and Sora. By this time, the effects of their chronomancy was about to wear off with an audible ticking down. Duskmon was sent straight towards the barrier like a rocket, crashing back-first into it.

Duskmon winced as he laid against the barrier. "G-Ghost…"

"GRAVITY!"

That was when an orb of dark energy engulfed Duskmon when he was about to use his teleportation move. He then dropped like a stone. The crowd cheered as Link and Sora looked at each other with grins before high-fiving each other.

"We did it!" Link grinned.

"Yeah!" Sora nodded before his smile vanished. "But why did the Limit Break work for us and not the pinkette mages?"

"...Well, I don't know how long they were friends, I don't think they fought TOGETHER." Link offered. "WE on the other hand, had fought at least one doubles match. Heck, I think we all did."

Sora's eyes widened. "So that means…"

"...Well, technically Duskmon is right that Limit Breaks is a 'glorified placeholder term'." Link admitted before smiling again. "But as long as we get through with the power of friendship, who cares what the 'proper term' is?"

Sora beamed at this.

Duskmon landed in Dark Souls where he got swarmed by a pair of Channelers.

"Air Thrust!"

"Angel Feathers!"

Eizen and Colette Brunel then sent out wind buzzsaws and glowing angelic rings forward. However, a barrier of plasma came up and negated the incoming projectiles. When the barrier vanished, a large blur appeared where the barrier was. Eizen's eyes widened before pushing Colette out of the way before jumping back to avoid a long blade.

However, Eizen wasn't fazed as he narrowed his eyes. Ike merely returned the glare while getting into a stance. Clairen went to join him, readying her plasma sword.

"Why are you interrupting our fight?" Clairen asked, sternly.

"We're sorry. I know that it was rude of us to do so." Colette frowned. "But we also know that it is rude to make it to the next section without getting one elimination sooo we are stuck."

"Not exactly the wording I would have used, but otherwise she is 100% correct." Eizen shrugged. "Win or lose, we NEED to get into a fight and we happen to choose you."

"Fine… We'll humour you." Ike said, rolling his eyes. "Just don't expect us to go easy on you guys."

Colette nodded her head before throwing up a ball of yellow energy up in the air. "Stardust Cross!"

The ball of light then turned into several stars, falling downwards towards Ike and Clairen. The two sword-fighters used their respective blades to block them. Eizen then dashed over to Ike while he was distracted before dealing a heavy body blow to Ike. The blue-haired man's eyes bugged out as the wind was knocked out of him before dealing an uppercut to Ike's chin, knocking him away from Eizen.

Ike was sent painfully rolling around the ground before lying on his stomach. Eizen then rushed forward. However, Ike was dazed, he snapped out of it just in time to slam his blade into the ground, resulting in a small burst of blue fire which sent Eizen flying back. However, the Malak self-righted before landing on his feet. Eizen then started to cast a spell.

"Wind Lance!" Eizen shouted, sending a lance of green wind forward. However, Ike used his sword to block the incoming projectile. Eizen then cast a spell, however Ike crouched down while reading his sword.

"Stone Lance!" Eizen shouted, summoning a stone pillar underneath from where Ike was standing. However, the mercenary dashed forward out of the spell and towards Eizen. Despite this, the pirate narrowed his eyes before swinging his fist at the incoming blade. Much to Ike's shock, Eizen's fist managed to clash with the sword as if it was an actual blade. Despite this, Ike narrowed his eyes before the two got into a power struggle with each other.

"Triple Ray Thrust!" Colette shouted, throwing three rings forward. However, Clairen slashed through them before dashing forward. However, Colette yelped before flying over a horizontal slash from Clairen. While up in the air, Colette threw one of her rings into Clairen's head, causing her to stagger back. Colette then threw her other ring but Clairen quickly recovered and blocked the incoming projectile.

"Para Ball!" Colette shouted, throwing electric spiky balls forward. Clairen however, ran to the side to avoid them. Despite missing Colette continued to fly up. Normally, this would be an issue for Clairen, but due to the added staircase, she merely ran up the stairs before she was on top of it. Colette raised an eyebrow, even for someone like her, she knew that simply running up some stairs was enough to get an advantage on someone with wings.

Then, Colette gave one of the pictures (which the person in said picture looked horrified) before running towards the bannister and throwing it at Colette. The blonde girl yelped before flying to the side to avoid it as it harmlessly crashed on the ground. However, this left her wide open for Clairen to leap from the top of the bannister and onto Colette, using her weight to pin her down and sending her crashing onto the ground. Eizen saw this and his eyes bugged out.

"Colette!" Eizen exclaimed.

He was about to go over to help her. Unfortunately, he was stopped by Ike rushing into his way. Eizen narrowed his eyes before punching his fist out. However, Ike immediately got into a defensive stance and once Eizen's punch connected, Ike swung his sword with a blue flame around it, sending Eizen up into the air. Ike then leapt up before spinning his sword around him in a circular motion, doing his infamous 'Nair' move which sent Eizen sprawling onto her back right next to Colette who just snapped out of HER daze and saw Eizen.

"Oh, hi, Eizen!" Colette said, cheerfully.

The Malak just blinked twice. However, before the two could say anything else, they both looked up to see Ike and Clairen charging up their respective elements. Before they react, the sword-fighters slammed their swords into the ground and created a burst of flames and plasma which respectively sent Eizen and Colette soaring out of the ring with no hope of returning.

Eizen and Colette both landed in Milo Murphy's Law where the latter got into a friendly conversation with the titular character. …While several heavy objects flew from the sky around them. Eizen just blinked twice, wondering how those two could be so chipper.

Turok narrowed his eyes while Donkey shrieked in fear before running in opposite directions to avoid a stream of fire. Turok then fired his Tek Bow and fired a Tek arrow at his target. However, the winged lizard flew out of the way and flew straight down at Turok while engulfing himself in flames. However, Turok rolled to the side and fired another Tek arrow into Charizard's side.

Charizard cried out in pain but quickly recovered before flying at Turok and spinning around, whipping his tail against Turok's chest, knocking him down. Then, Donkey ran behind him from behind and kicked him in the back with both of his hind legs. This was actually enough to send Charizard onto his stomach with a hard fall. By this time, Turok shook away the star before getting out an assault rifle and firing several shots into Charizard's body.

Charizard winced from the non-lethal but still painful shots before getting out a rock to use it as a shield. Realising that he needed more firepower, Turok got out a grenade launcher and fired a shot into Charizard's rock, resulting in a burst of rock shards into Charizard which made it even more painful due to Charizard's weakness to Rock-type moves. The Pokemon then flew up into the air.

Charizard then breathed a stream of fire again towards Turok and Donkey. The latter yelped before they both ran off with the stream chasing after them. After a while, Charizard stopped breathing fire before zooming towards them. Turok then turned around and fired a grenade shot at him. However, Charizard merely raised his arms to block and when the shot exploded in Charizard, the winged lizard was unfazed.

Turok's eyes bugged out at this. "He just tanked my grenade launcher as if it was nothing!"

"Um, duh? Explosions are considered to be fiery and he IS a Fire-type." Donkey reminded. He then paused. "...Though that begs the question why Self-Destruct and Explosion are Normal-types. On the other hand, what counts as a Normal move. Like I could see Tackle and Scratch but…"

"Um, Donkey, is this really the best time?" Turok asked.

"Probably not." The burro said without missing a beat. "Hey, how good are you at hitting your targets without hitting allies?"

"Um, I think I am mostly confident, why?" Turok questioned.

A glint appeared in Donkey's eye. "Perfect."

Suddenly, while running, Donkey did a backflip going high into the air. Charizard was not expecting this and flew underneath Donkey while he was at the apex of his flip. Once he was done, Donkey landed on top of Charizard's back.

"Okay, lizard boy! You wanna be treated like a dragon, fine!" Donkey smirked. "Then, I will ride you like my wife!"

Charizard's eyes bugged out at this. "G-Get off me, you sicko!"

Donkey's grin vanished. "W-What? No! I was referring to the games where I ride Dragon as a…"

Unfortunately, it was too late, Charizard had already tried to get Donkey off of him. However, while the latter was taken off-guard, Donkey managed to hold on for dear life (despite not having hands let alone thumbs). Turok looked in awe as Charizard continued to fly around.

(Elimination Seating)

Kim Wu looked at Shrek with a sneer. "Told you that Donkey is more of a Dragon Tamer than you."

"Shut up…" The ogre spat.

(The Arena)

Realising that this could be his chance, Turok got out a shotgun and fired several shots into Charizard, striking him multiple times. The orange Pokemon cried out in pain. Donkey then smirked before climbing forward and pulling one of his front legs back.

POW!

With all of his might, Donkey had sent his leg into the back of Charizard's head. Almost immediately, Charizard lost consciousness as he was sent dropping towards the ground.

…And towards a stunned Turok.

CRASH!

The unconscious body of Charizard crashed into Turok which sent the Native American flying backwards and straight over the ropes until he fell out of the ring.

Turok landed in Dino Crisis where he double-teamed with Regina to take down dinosaurs.

Donkey blinked twice after seeing what happened. "Umm… Oops?"

Despite feeling embarrassed at inadvertently getting Turok eliminated, he looked down at Charizard still out cold.

"...Well, at least I could say that I brought down one of the biggest Pokemon of all time." Donkey shrugged. "Still, this is an anti-climatic way to get an elimination."

Then, his eyes widened in realisation before giving a dark smirk. He then jumped off before rushing towards one of the two levers before standing in front of him while looking back at it.

"Have fun on the elevator to Loserville!" Donkey sneered before kicking the lever.

With that, part of the ground started to shake while fans of Multiversus cheered at this. At last, the gimmick of Scooby's Haunted Mansion was finally going to be used and part of the stage would go into the ground.

…Too bad Charizard wasn't on said part.

"AAAAAIIIIIEEEEE!"

Donkey blinked twice before turning his head to see Blair Dame standing on the descending section. The latter immediately tried to run to safety but at that point, she could only make a desperate grab towards the ledge and while she did manage to get a hold with one hand, it wasn't for long as she dropped into the elimination portal. Everyone paused.

"Donkey, wrong lever!"

Donkey (and everyone else) looked towards a frowning Scooby.

"It is the OTHER lever that you need to hit!" Scooby scolded.

"Oh, um, right, I knew that!" Donkey lied with his face turning beet-red.

With that, he ran towards the direction of the lever.

Only for a stream of fire to fly in-between him and said lever. Donkey yelped before turning his head to see Charizard getting up to his feet while rubbing his head and looking VERY pissed. Donkey's ears drooped.

"...I just HAD to make it flashy. I just couldn't do it the boring way, can I?"

(Dome; Recovery Room)

Samus put her hand on top of her helmet. "So let me get this straight. Not only did you morons use items from Junko Enoshima aka the very person who BRAINWASHED you in the Tournament of Kikai but said items got STOLEN by a potential copycat."

Ridley and K. Rool winced before looking at each other as they, Samus and Pikachu stood outside of the Ready Room. Needless to say, the latter two and especially Pikachu did not look pleased.

"We thought we only had to worry about Junko and Tsugumi!" K. Rool insisted. "We didn't know that there would be someone ELSE that would use their tactics!"

"You DO realise that if the knockout gas attack on you villains is the same that happened in this very Recovery Room, then you had inadvertently been helping Terry's murderer AND Drake's potential assassin!" Samus scolded.

"Oh, come on! How would WE supposed that there was a hidden villain?" Ridley insisted.

"Because there was one in not only the second Battle of the Luminaries but also the Tournament of Kikai?" Samus challenged.

K. Rool scoffed. "Some hidden villain… Everything would have been stopped if Xero and Maurice saw the red flags of 'Junk O. Eno-Shi-Mar?"

"EXCUSE ME!?" Samus roared, charging up her arm cannon while Pikachu charged up electricity with a dark look on his face.

K. Rool yelped before running behind Ridley, who merely frowned.

"Look, we are sorry, alright?" Ridley insisted. "You have to believe us that we never wanted to kill Drake!"

"Because if he does, then your entire plan will be ruined?" Samus shot back.

Ridley sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "Um, yeah, about that."

Samus let out a deep groan. "Seriously, what would you do if this plan DID succeed? Do you really think that Sakurai and Master Hand would accept that you helped KILLED Pichu for real?"

"No, no!" K. Rool insisted. "You see, the plan was to put the UVR champion in near-despair! We will show off to Bison, we will give you the antidote!"

"And you expect us to believe you?" Samus asked.

"...Bruh. If Pichu dies for good, Sakurai may actually give our spots to Waluigi out of spite." K. Rool frowned. "Or worse, LORD FREDRIK!"

Samus gritted her teeth. "Then, why are you just standing around here instead of telling us the antidote!"

"We've already been over this! Only OUME knows what the antidote is!" K. Rool insisted. "Everyone else is going to try to convince her!"

"I remembered that both of your draws are close to each other so you need to enter the arena soon so we need to tell you." Ridley nodded.

"...And we drew straws and we both got the short ends." K. Rool sighed.

Samus groaned as she slapped her helmet. "Ugh, you guys are sooo…"

Pikachu paused, still giving Samus a dark glare. He then walked off while purposefully moving between the two villains. The moment he was right between them, he emitted a bolt of electricity which shocked the both of them. As the two cried out in pain, Pikachu walked off. Samus frowned behind her mask before glaring at the two and charging up energy in her arm cannon before aiming it in Ridley's face.

"...Ridley, you BETTER get that antidote." Samus spat. "You know damn well that I don't ask for ANYTHING from you. So do NOT make me regret this. Do I make myself clear?"

K. Rool shuddered in pure fear at Samus' threat. Ridley on the other hand just frowned before sighing.

"...Crystal."

Samus nodded her head before running off after Pikachu, leaving the two villains.

"...We are dead when we go back to the Smash Mansion, aren't we?" K. Rool frowned.

"Yyyyyyep." Ridley sighed.

(Neopia; Meridell Outskirts)

Linkle narrowed her eyes before aiming her crossbows forward. However, Tormund Ellis raised his shield to block the incoming bolts. Linkle then ran to the side while firing even more bolts. However, Tormund continued to block, making sure that he was facing Linkle at all times. While still firing, Linkle advanced forward and when she was close enough, she pounced at Tormund with her feet out.

While the kick managed to only hit Tormund's shield, it was still enough to send Lupe staggering back, Linkle then ran over and did a flip, kicking Tormund in the chin and sending him onto his back. Linkle then ran over to do another leaping kick but Tormund snapped out of his daze in time and raised his shield. However, he had an aura of wind around it and when it connected with his shield.

This resulted in a burst of wind which sent Linkle flying away. As the "heroine of time" screamed before painfully crashing on the ground, Tormund got up before summoning a stony aura around his sword. He then rushed forward just as Linkle was getting up on her rear. Upon seeing the incoming Tormund, she rolled backwards to avoid the attack but ended up being struck by multiple bits of rock.

As Linke cried out in pain, Tormund ran forward and charged into Linkle's shield-first which resulted in a burst of wind which sent Linkle flying backwards before crashing on the ground. She winced before getting up while holding her arms. Her eyes then went before looking to see Tormund charging forward, reading her sword. Acting quickly, Linkle did a flip which not went over Tormund's charge but also kicked the canine in the back, sending him forward.

Tormund recovered before glaring back behind him. "I admit that you are more skilled than you look. It is too bad that you waste most of your potential on slavery."

Linkle frowned. "Look, I know how this looks but the bonds between people and Pokemon is a little more than that."

Tormund turned to face Linkle. "So you mean to tell me that the 'bond' of someone carrying a large fighter inside of a tiny ball as if it was their property?"

Linkle winced. "Um, well?"

"Save it." Tormund spat.

With that, he swung his sword downwards. Linkle yelped before raising her crossbows in an attempt to block the incoming attack before sighing.

On the sidelines, Azusa frowned. "...Well, at least she tried."

Leon shook his head. "I can't take it. I gotta help her!"

"I know how you feel but we are trying to PREVENT more combat!" Celica insisted.

"Y-Yeah, but…" Leon frowned.

"Look, I want to help but if you go join Linkle, it would prove that we ARE villains by ganging up on them." Celica offered with a sigh.

Linkle quickly did a flip to avoid a downward sword slash with water around it. After doing said flip, Linkle did a diving kick into Tormund's head. The Lupe staggered back but recovered before summoning stones around his shield to block some incoming shots.

"You may want to give up!" Tormund taunted. "You may have skill but I have Motes!"

"Motes?" Azusa asked.

"I think that elemental aura around his sword and shield." Leon offered.

"Ohh." Azusa realised.

Linkle just frowned before putting away her crossbows. At first, Tormund thought that she was surrendering but then she got out a giant orange mallet before rushing forward. Tormund's eyes bugged out before raising his shield to block the incoming mallet. While the guard was a success, Tormund ended up skidding back on his feet.

Linkle then ran over with the hammer. Tormund's eyes widened before summoning stones around both his sword AND shield to raise them and block the incoming mallet strike. Tormund then shoved back, sending Linkle staggered back before Tormund ran forward. However, Linkle got out a hookshot and launched it at the nearest tree out of the way of Tormund's slash.

After getting to safety, Linkie got out another weapon. Tormund quickly raised his shield to block the incoming projectile. However, said projectile was a curving boomerang which smacked him in the side of his head. As Tormund stumbled to the side, Linkle ran forward before leaping forward. By this time, Tormund had raised his shield again. However, Linkle did a Hurricane Kick with flames around her, striking the shield multiple times. The canine was not expecting and stumbled back. Linkle then kicked her leg out one more time.

POW!

After Linkle's boot collided with the side of Tormund's head. The Lupe staggered back for a few steps before glaring at Linkle. Then, his eyes lowered before he collapsed on his knees before falling on his stomach out cold. Almost immediately, Celica ran over to him while Linkle stood over him victorious.

"I tried to hold back as much as I could but in the end, I had to knock him out." Linkle frowned.

"It is alright. At least the fight ended without making a mess." Celica sighed, healing Tormund up with her magic.

Leon shook his head before walking over. "Even still, we should take him somewhere with a bed. Even if this place is peaceful, it is still irresponsible to leave him out here.

"Yeah, let's go before we go to the next elimination node." Azusa nodded.

Leon then picked up Tormund bridal-style before the four ran off. As always though, if they went in the OPPOSITE direction, they would have actually met a lot more knights.

However, all of said knights were unconscious as a fuming Blair stood over them.

"That lass looked like a shaved baboon, especially with her rear end." Blair said in a mocking tone. "What can anyone call themselves a knight if they don't even know how to treat a lady?"

(The Arena)

Otane Goketsuji ran up the rail of the staircase before getting out a mirror out of nowhere and sending a spirit version of herself forward. However, Spongebob Squarepants was holding onto a propeller-like spatula with one hand, Spongebob managed to catch the incoming projectile. However, Otane responded by sending out several energy balls from her hands.

Spongebob yelped before using the spirit to block the incoming shots. However, Otane then leapt off of the railing and did an axe kick to Spongebob knocking him off of the air and onto the ground. Otane then did a spinning dive kick into the downed Spongebob. Or she would if Spongebob's… sponginess didn't bounce off the ground after crashing down and inadvertently out of Otane's attack.

Spongebob then managed to land on his feet but struggled to keep his balance. Otane then saw her chance and ran to do an uppercut but Spongebob managed to recover in time before putting on his red foam karate gloves to block the incoming attack. After putting on his matching helmet (somehow), he countered with a spinning kick. Otane staggered to the side before recovering just in time to block the incoming kick.

The two then exchanged punches and kicks with each other. Then, Otane went for another sweeping kick. However, Spongebob learned from his mistake and jumped up before spinning around with his legs outstretched, kicking Otane in the face. The ageing woman then crouched down and literally buried her face in the ground. This resulted in a fiery image of Oume which sent Spongebob in the face. The fry cook staggered back.

"Oh, wow! You are really strong!" Spongebob said in awe. "No wonder you and your sister have the Big Guy status."

"And yet I felt like we lost our right to them…" Otane muttered. "I really envy you."

"Huh? Why?" Spongebob asked.

"Well, like I said earlier, you are like the FACE of Nickelodeon. You and your node are ALWAYS the main priority whenever there is a Nickelodeon crossover." Otane pointed out before sighing. "Even now, you are still going strong. You are on top of the world."

Spongebob paused at this.

"...You never watched the dark era of Spongebob, did you." Spongebob piped up before sighing.

Otane looked up. "The dark era."

"Seasons 5 through 8. Technically 5 through the first half of 9 if someone is asking." Spongebob frowned. "So many bad episodes that the viewers hated. At some point, people thought that the franchise was dead."

Otane's eyes widened. "Oh wow…"

"And there is the case that people complain that Nickelodeon prioritises me over other Nicktoons. Which admittedly is true since I wasn't part of the original trilogy of Rugrats, Doug and Ren & Stimpy." Spongebob explained. "At the time, people talked about me more negatively than positively."

He then brightened up.

"But hey, I think I have bounced back. I am on my thirteenth season, The Cosmic Shake has been doing well and even my nodal companions are getting their own movies." Spongebob beamed. "Because of the people who never gave up on me and were by one side from the start."

Otane paused.

"...Oh, that is just WHAT I like to think. That dark era felt like a nightmare when I was asleep." Spongebob said, scratching the back of his head. "I don't actually know how I got through it.

"...Sometimes that is all it takes, huh?" Otane muttered.

Spongebob looked up. "Hm? What was that?"

"Nothing. Look, I think we kept the crowd waiting for too long." Otane said before getting into a stance.

Spongebob paused before shrugging and getting back into his stance. He then got out a bubble wand and blew onto it, sending a bubble forward. However, Otane stepped to the side before pointing forward. Then, a giant weight that looked like Otane came from the sky before landing on top of Spongebob. Everyone winced as the weight went straight up to see Spongebob flattered.

Otane smirked before running over to the flattered Spongebob and grabbing him. She then proceeded to… Turn him into a paper plane. Once she was in, she then threw Spongebob over the ropes. However, the sponge managed to free his arms while getting out a pizza box. Then, the top opened up to have a pizza be used as a parachute.

Before the people unfamiliar with Spongebob questioned the logic of this, Spongebob managed to not only swerve himself around before he could descend into the elimination portal but also make it back. Otane's eyes widened before turning around and running off.

Normally, she would have easily escaped but she had forgotten the trap door opened up by Donkey was still open. Skidding to a stop, she struggled to not fall, Spongebob glided over to him and collided with her back. While said collison wasn't a big one, it was more than enough to send into the elimination portal. By this time, Spongebob changed back to his regular form and looked in where Otane fell.

"Sorry!" Spongebob apologised. "I do hope that she finds what she is looking for during the time we were fighting."

Otane landed in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise. She then dusted herself off after landing in the sand.

"...So much for that." Otane lamented. "At the very least, I should have some time to think about what I should do."

"Um, excuse me?"

Otane raised an eyebrow before turning around to see Lottie and Niko walking over.

"I know that you just finished doing a huge tournament but as long as you are stuck here, do you want a dream voice?" Lottie asked.

Otane paused before shrugging. "Sure, why not? Don't wanna reach the dome empty-handed."

"Great, if you just come with us." Lottie offered.

"Um, sure. Just one question." Otane said. "Why are you willing to ask a random person who fell from another node to join your tournament?"

Lottie let out a deep sigh. "...You are far from the first. If we are going to deal with random people coming into our node, we might as well take advantage of it."

Back in the arena, Sho Minazuki growled before rushing forward while swinging his twin katanas forward. However, they both collided with a curved sword. Sho just scoffed before shoving his swords forward. While this easily sent Kirby flying away, the puffball easily recovered before floating back. Suddenly, Sho heard sounds from the side of him.

Acting quickly, he raised his katanas to block some incoming crystals. He also noticed several painted Waddle Dees running towards him but Sho easily slashed towards them. The twin swordsmen were about to run after Adeleine & Ribbon to punish them for their failed projectiles but Kirby floated behind him and performed a German suplex onto him.

Sho cried out in pain before sprawling onto his side. He then looked up to see Adeleine painting on her easel. Realising how dangerous Adeleine's paintings could be and throwing a spinning knife towards.

"Adeleine, projectile coming towards her!" Ribbon shouted. The artist immediately reacted before raising her easel to use it as an easel to block the incoming projectile. However, this left him wide open for Kirby to do a series of kicks to Sho. As the red-haired young man staggered back, Kirby opened his mouth and sucked Sho before swallowing him.

Suddenly, Sho reappeared on his rear and Kirby was now had Sho's blood red hair while carrying a pair of katanas. He then gave a cocky smirk.

"...This is why I am Kirby because everyone who stands before me sucks!" Kirby smirked, in a high-pitched version of Sho's voice.

Adeleine and Ribbon (and several nearby fighters) looked at Kirby in disbelief. Sho on the other hand, blinked twice.

"That's… Actually a good line." Sho admitted before shaking his head and glaring down at Kirby. "Even still, you are just a glorified Ditto Fighter. You can't beat the original!"

"Oh, yeah, then let's start the ultimate SHOdown!" Kirby taunted.

"Hey, that's my line!" Sho snapped.

As several people groaned, Sho and Kirby lunged at each other and swung their respective katanas at each other, resulting in a firework display of sparks. After a while, Sho and Kirby yelped away with each other before shouting the same thing in unison.

"Tsukuyomi!"

With that, they both summoned a Persona with a black and red suit-like outfit with a pinstripe fashion before the two lunged at each other and got into a power struggle with a sword each.

"Tch, I was going to save my Persona until the end of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax." Sho muttered. He then paused. "Then again, I would have probably beaten that literal snake in the mech and Irish has-been…"

"KIRBY!"

Sho's eyes widened before looking up to see Adeleine using her paintbrush to direct a red ball and a blue one towards Kirby. The puffball then ran over towards said orbs. Sho's eyes widened before running after him but it was too late as Kirby held his katanas and had the orbs merge with each of the katanas, resulting in a fiery and watery aura in each blade.

"Heh, now I am hot AND cool!" Kirby gloated, pumping his katanas in the air

With that, he ran over to Sho and leapt up, swinging his katanas wildly. Sho winced before leaping back to avoid the incoming barrage but the blade with the watery aura slashing Sho in the chest and sending the twin swordsman staggering back. As much as he hated to admit it, but he made a big mistake fighting Kirby, let alone with a couple of his allies.

Suddenly, Sho's eyes widened.

"Heh, you see that! I am the best Kirby AND Sho!" Kirby taunted.

"But can you really say that?" Sho asked.

Kirby looked in disbelief. "What are you going on about!? I am beating up!"

"Perhaps… But with the artist girl." Sho reminded, pointing to Adeleine.

Kirby blinked twice. "H-Huh?"

"You wouldn't have those elemental auras around those with which she didn't draw them." Sho pointed out.

Kirby winced. "S-So? I could absorb enemies to gain them without her."

"True. But not at the same time." Sho reminded.

"Actually I can. In the Crystal Shards." Kirby retorted.

"You mean the very game where your friends helped you row around rivers, paint secrets for you or break through walls for you?" Sho asked.

"Y-Yeah, but I was still the main protagonist." Kirby said. "You know… Kirby, Kirby, Kirby, I am the star of the show."

"And don't forget Star Allies where you HAVE to resort to having friends." Sho pointed out. "And you wouldn't get anywhere if it was Elfilin's part."

"S-Shut up!" Kirby roared.

"Face it, the only reason you are as strong as you are is because of the power of friendship." Sho said.

"I SAID SHUT UP!" Kirby yelled.

With that, he dove forward while pulling his twin katanas back while Adeleine and Ribbon looked in horror. Then, Sho gave a smirk before vanishing in a dark portal, allowing Kirby's attack to run past. Sho then reappeared behind Kirby via his Persona and reappeared before swinging his dual weapons into Kirby's back. The puffball then flew forward and over the ropes, too stunned to float back.

Kirby landed in the Peach's Birthday Cake board of Mario Party. By the time his ten minutes up, he managed to eat about 95% of the titular dessert.

Adeleine & Ribbon looked in horror as Sho let out a dark laugh. The former then glared at Sho.

"Hey! That was a cheap shot!" Ribbon scolded, getting Sho's attention.

"Hey, he was the one who copied ME!" The red-haired young man laughed. "It is HIS fault that he copied MY flaws!"

Adeleine blinked twice. "...Um, are you roasting Kirby or yourself?"

"Okay, that's it! I refuse to let you stay in this arena for a second longer!" Ribbon scolded.

"Okay, WOW, I am SO scared of the rejected Zelda fairy." Sho sneered.

Ribbon jumped at this. "E-Excuse me?"

"Sure, it is called Adeleine AND RIBBON, but let's face it! Addy is the one who is doing most of the heavy lifting!" Sho smirked. "You are not only a glorified flight power-up!"

Ribbon narrowed her eyes. "Then, I have to give YOU a 'glorified flight power-up'!"

Sho paused before laughing while covering his sides. "Okay, WOW, are you telling me that you intend to beat me on your own!? Oh, spare me! You don't even shoot your own crystal gun in Star Allies! AH HA HA HA!"

He then continued to laugh. Suddenly, he felt his body feel a little lighter. Blinking twice, he looked down to see that he was floating a few feet off of the ground. He then looked up to see Ribbon holding up Sho by the scruff of his shirt while carrying him in the air. Before Sho could react, Ribbon had already carried him over the ropes before dropping into the elimination portal.

Ribbon then dusted her hands together before flying back in the arena. Once in, she saw several fighters looking at her in surprise.

"...What? If a bunny and a bee could carry a heavyset cat and a crocodile respectively, why can't I carry that boy?" Ribbon challenged.

"You gotta admit, Ribbon, the heaviest person you carried was me." Adeleine chuckled, nervously while scratching her cheek with her finger.

Sho landed in Under Night In-Birth where he got into a swear-off against Carmine.

Guy and Ryo Sakazaki narrowed their eyes before they encircled each other while raising their arms in their respective stances. Finally, Guy managed the first move and rushed forward. However, Ryo just got into a defensive stance and when Guy did a sliding kick, Ryo parried the incoming attack and did a downward karate chop onto Guy's torso, knocking the wind out of him. Ryo then did a hard sweeping kick, knocking him away. Guy sprawled for a bit before quickly rolling into a kneeling position.

"Hien Shipuu Kyaku!" Ryo shouted, doing a flying kick forward. However, Guy rolled to the side to not only avoid the incoming attack and kicked Ryo in the side while recovering from his own attack. Guy then ran over and did a series of punches and kicks to Ryo's face and stomach. While it was clear that Guy had the advantage, Ryo managed to recover during the attack and caught a punch with his palm.

"Kohou!" Ryo shouted, doing a jumping uppercut to Guy's chin and sending him high into the air. However, Guy managed to self-right himself before landing his feet. Despite the quick recovery, he took time to wipe some blood from the mouth. Ryo then ran forward and punched his fist out but Guy thought quickly and blocked into the incoming punch.

However, while the guard was a success, he ended up skidding back on his feet before colliding with the ropes, rebounding back onto his stomach. He groaned before looking up. Only for his eyes to bug up when he saw Ryo leaping up into the air. Acting quickly, Guy rolled to the side to avoid a downwards punch by Ryo. Guy then did an upward hurricane kick, striking Ryo in the face multiple times and sending him staggering back until he recovered.

"Correct me if I am wrong, you are fighting even MORE fierce than usual." Guy noted.

"Well, I kinda have." Ryo sighed, shaking his head. "I rarely do well at these things."

"Yeah, I noticed that too. I don't get why though." Guy mused. "Wasn't the first King of Fighters story in-canon in Art of Fighting thus making you the very first winner?"

"...I am pleasantly surprised." Ryo said, raising an eyebrow. "I thought everyone forgot about that."

"While I admit that Art of Fighting has a lot of competition competing with Fatal Fury, I think there is still SOME merit." Guy offered. "Kasumi IS the first non-Ultimate Video Rumble winner, after all."

"True… And she is arguably from the least popular game of our trilogy." Ryo noted before sighing. "I just wish there were more chances for our node to show our stuff."

"Well, for now, you could focus on the present as the last remaining Art of Fighting representative." Guy offered.

Ryo nodded his head before pulling his hand back and sending out a short-ranged energy ball. "Ko-Ou Ken!"

However, Guy ran around the attack and grabbed Ryo's arm before throwing him over his shoulder. Guy then got onto Ryo and started to beat his face in. The orange-clad man grunted in pain before throwing a punch and sending Guy off of him. The two men then got up. Then, Guy noticed a suit of armour standing nearby. Acting quickly, he ran towards it and grabbed the sword it was holding before getting into a stance.

At first, Ryo was startled but then narrowed his eyes before getting into a stance. Guy then ran over and swung his newly-acquired weapon at Ryo but the Kyokugen practitioner just started to jump back to avoid the incoming slashes. Ryo then found an opening and raised his hand to block an incoming sword slash with his backhand, startling Guy.

"Hien Shipuu Kyaku!" Ryo shouted, doing a series of kicks to Guy's face before ending with one final kick, knocking him away. Guy was sent sprawling to the ground before sat up before swinging his sword at the incoming Ryo. But the orange-clad man jumped over it before kicking his foot out. Guy quickly rolled to the side to avoid it and slashed Guy in the torso. Ryo winced before stepping back but didn't take long to stand back up straight.

"Do you really think that wielding a sword will be enough?" Ryo boasted. "Even in the mainline games, facing swordsmen is pretty much the norm at this point for me."

"Not wrong. But I wield swords AND ninjutsu." Guy reminded.

With that, he ran forward towards Ryo. However, the Kyokugen practitioner just got into a defensive stance. However, he wasn't prepared for Guy to flip over Ryo and slash him in the back the moment Guy was behind him. Ryo staggered forward while crying out in pain. Guy then used the sword as a vaulting pole to kick Ryo in the back, stunning him further. The red-clad ninja then leapt forward while grabbing the shoulders of Ryo and flipped while taking his opponent with him, throwing him out of the ring.

"I am victorious." Guy said after landing on his feet. "Though it is a shame for his sub-node. Maybe it will find its time in the limelight someday."

Ryo landed in Road Rash where a biker wiped out right in front of him. Ryo blinked twice before shrugging, taking the downed biker's vehicle and riding off.

Yashiro Nanakase and Homer Simpson blinked twice before looking at each other and looking back forward. Only for them to yelp before running in the opposite direction to avoid a vertical blur of white, orange and brown.

"Stabilise, you idiot! You are breaking up!" Garfield scolded as he held onto Scooby's tail.

"I am trying!" Snoopy shot back who was holding GARFIELD'S legs. "YOU are just too heavy!"

"Don't even try that! YOU were the one who decided that we should have our own 'Sonic Heroes Flight Formation'!" Garfield scolded.

"I am actually with Garfield on this one! What are you hoping to accomplish!?" Scooby added while holding the sword from the OTHER suit of armour.

"Hey, if that fairy can carry an average-sized human out of the ring, just wonder how I could do it." Snoopy insisted.

"Status report: You are not doing a good job." Garfield muttered.

Snoopy growled as Garfield's comment made him more determined to go through with this and he carried the unstable Fly formation towards Yashiro and Homer. Scooby narrowed his eyes before swinging his sword at the two men. However, said men saw the attack coming from a mile away and jumped back to avoid the slash.

Though Scooby didn't give up and he continued to swing his sword at the two. Yashiro then swerved his head to avoid a slash before punching his fist into Scooby's face and sending him flying backwards while dragging Garfield and Snoopy who were put holding onto him, sending them all on the ground. As the three animals groaned, Yashiro cracked his knuckles.

"Truce, Homer?" Yashiro asked.

"Yeah, it should be ME interrupting other people's fights! Not the other way around!" The yellow-skinned man agreed, narrowing his eyes.

Homer then ran over before leaping and doing a body slam. However, by this time, Snoopy and Garfield snapped out of their daze before yelping and running off. Scooby on the other hand wasn't as lucky and found himself getting the wind knocked out of him. Snoopy ran over to help him. However, he noticed Yashiro rushing over. Snoopy yelped before jumping to the side to avoid being punted.

Snoopy growled before swinging his tennis racket into Yashiro's chin. The white-haired man's eyes bugged out before hopping up and down on his uninjured leg while holding his other leg. Snoopy then flew up and struck Yashiro in the face. The latter staggered back before recovering and growling. He then swung his fists at Snoopy, however, the beagle stuck out his tongue.

Meanwhile, Scooby was trying to push Homer off of him. The family man just smirked while crossing his arms.

"Um, Garfield, a little help here?" Scooby asked.

"Nah, this is karma for that time to trip and fall onto me." Garfield sneered.

"GARFIELD!" Scooby roared.

"Alright, alright…" Garfield muttered, rolling his eyes.

With that, he leapt up at Homer and latched onto him, managing to knock Homer off of him. The yellow-skinned man groaned before throwing Garfield off of him. By this time, Scooby weakly got up but then recovered before reading the sword he picked up. He then swung his blade at Homer but the latter looked up in time before yelping and jumping back out of the way.

Homer then got out a bowling ball and threw it at Scooby. The Great Dane yelped before jumping up to avoid the projectile but ended up landing on top of the bowling ball and ending up struggling to balance on it. Homer smirked before kicking Garfield and sending the cat sprawling towards Yashiro's side. At first, the guitarist was stunned at this but he smirked before picking up Garfield and throwing him towards Snoopy.

Snoopy gasped before flying to the side to avoid Garfield. However, this left him off-guard before Yashiro punched Snoopy out of the air and sprawled right next to him. He and Homer then went to attack Snoopy and Garfield. Only for Yashiro to be struck in the back of his head by a pie. Homer blinked twice before turning his head to be struck in the face by a pie as well.

"Mmm! Creamy!" Homer grinned before licking his face. Scooby continued to throw more pies but Homer proceeded to eat them through his mouth. Yashiro saw this and nodded before walking towards Snoopy and Garfield who was just getting up. Snoopy narrowed his eyes before getting out a flaming object and throwing it at Yashiro. However, the white-haired man swerved his head to the side.

"Ha! You miss…"

BAM!

Suddenly, Snoopy's thrown weapon crashed into the back of Yashiro's head. The guitarist's pupils shrank in pain before collapsing on his knees and falling on his face. Snoopy smirked as he started to spin around again before flying over to the now-unconscious man before dragging him to the bottom rope and into the elimination portal.

Yashiro landed in God Hand where Gorilla Mask grabbed him and continuously slammed him across the ground.

As Snoopy flew back, Garfield blinked twice.

"Um, what was that?" Garfield asked.

"My fire boomerang! It is my strongest weapon from the Snoopy VS The Red Baron game." Snoopy smirked.

"Wait, but aren't those weapons specific to your doghouse?" Garfield asked.

"Sopwith Camel. And secondly, yeah, I had those weapons made the instant I heard of the Superstar gimmick for this tournament." Snoopy said before growling. "Or at least I would if that stupid killjoy cat wasn't totalled by Sopwith Camel. I specifically chose that stage change just to ride it for the entire section!"

As Snoopy and Garfield talked, Scooby noticed this.

"I think that was… the sixteenth elimination." Scooby mused. "Which means either Homer and I should leave seeing that we are the only ones that didn't get an elimination."

He then looked at Homer who got into a fisticuffs stance. Scooby just smirked before running off, startling Homer. The brown-furred dog then kicked the lever which made part of the arena shake before descending down. However, unlike with Blair, nobody was on top of it. Everyone blinked twice.

Homer then smirked before looking at Scooby. "Hah! You missed!"

The Great Dane merely sneered before pointing in the gap with his sword. Homer blinked twice before looking in the direction where Scooby was pointing to see something floating over the elimination portal.

"Is that… A caveman in a giant block of ice?" Homer asked.

Scooby then walked over to Homer until he was right next to him before looking at the caveman as well.

"Am I glad that he is frozen out here and that we're out here…" Scooby said.

Suddenly, Homer noticed the caveman was wearing a cowboy hat and a sheriff's badge.

"And that he's the sheriff…" Scooby continued.

Then, Scooby and Homer got frozen in a block of ice. The two immediately held their arms while shivering.

"And we're frozen out here…"

Then, Scooby and Homer suddenly teleported inside of the caveman's block of ice.

"And we're in there…"

Then, Scooby slammed his fist into his palm with a look of realisation.

"I just remembered!"

Scooby and Homer then reappeared in the spots where they were standing as if nothing had happened.

"We're out here!" Scooby said. "What I wanna know is… Where's the caveman?"

Homer turned to Scooby to answer the latter's question. Then, everyone started to become colourful and distorted. Homer then exhaled some kind of white smoke out of his mouth as Scooby had a smoking blunt in his mouth. Homer grinned before falling onto his rear.

"SMOKE ON THE WATER!" Homer then started to sing.

He then started to sing around the guitar solo. Scooby then smirked before standing up straight and walked over to Homer while still having his blunt in his mouth. He then proceeded to roll Homer like a log who was now too high to do anything and singing Smoke on the Water. While Homer was definitely heavy, it didn't take Scooby too long to roll him into the gap.

Homer landed in the Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy level of Yoshi's Island. For better or for worse, he fit right in. If you know why, you know why.

Scooby dusted his hands off with a smirk before looking around the arena. …Only to see that they were staring at HIM. Ike and Clairen stopped their fight to silently ask each other what the hell just happened as well as Donkey and Charizard (which looked comical before Charizard was holding up Donkey about to set him on fire). Sora was recounting the events with his fingers with Link looking at him intently while Adeleine resorted to painting the events before ending with a question mark. Yukiko tilted her head in confusion while Spongebob scratched his head. Finally, Guy put his hand on his head while Snoopy and Garfield looked at each other before walking over to Scooby.

"...Okay, I think I know what happened. I've seen enough 'Scooby Caveman' memes." Garfield said. "Especially since you are a… Well, Scooby character but…"

"But didn't Fred AND Shaggy end up high at the end of that skit?" Snoopy asked. "How are YOU not affected?"

Scooby just smirked before pulling out his still-smoking blunt only to reveal… It was a lollipop. Everyone blinked twice.

"Amazing! Scooby had successfully used the 'Where the Caveman' meme to incapacitate him by getting him high!" Drake shouted through the microphone. "However, in order to avoid getting high himself, Scooby used a different meme tactic! By sucking on a lollipop so fast, the end smokes as if it was a cigarette or in this case, a blunt! Now only Scooby gave us a meme from his own node but also GINTAMA of all things!"

Nine looked at Drake with wide eyes. "...Why do you fill your brain with random knowledge?"

Fortunately, the crowd didn't share Nine's exasperation and cheered Scooby on. The Great Dane just proudly crossed his arms. By this time, the Millennium Star's aura surrounded the remaining fighters before summoning the audience as well before the fighters appeared on star platforms.

Then, the following people fell: Charizard, Adeleine & Ribbon, Clairen, Scooby, Yukiko, Snoopy, Guy, Ike, Donkey, Garfield and Link. Which left Spongebob and Sora. The two's eyes lit up before looking at each other.

"Oh, wow! One of us is about to affect the next stage!" Sora grinned.

"Yeah, that is all what Patrick and I were talking about!" Spongebob agreed, just as excited.

"I don't know whether to go with a location from my node and from one of the various Disney crossovers!" Sora added.

"I can't even go over the amount of locations that I could use from my node!" Spongebob added.

Soon, the final star platform fell down.

"Spongebob Squarepants, congratulations on being this section's Superstar!" The Millennium Star beamed.

The fry cook's eyes lit up as he held his face while the crowd cheered him on. He then jumped up and down while waving to the crowd.

"Oh, thank you so much! After seeing Patrick falter at the last minute on HIS section, I was worried about how well I would do!" Spongebob grinned. "I am so happy that even now, I have so much support after all of this time!"

The crowd continued to cheer them on. However, one particular person standing right outside of the Ready Room was grumbling underneath their breath.

"Enjoy it while you can… Because I am going to make you and a couple more pay for getting on MY turf!"

RESULTS (19 Votes)

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (NASB): 14:5 = 9 (Nagoriyuki, Otane Goketsuji)

SORA (SSB): 14:5 = 9 (Galford D. Weller, Duskmon)

LINK (SSB): 14:5 = 9 (Vega)

GARFIELD (NASB): 15:6 = 9 (Decker)

DONKEY (SSS): 13:6 = 7 (Blair Dame)

IKE (SSB): 12:7 = 5 (Eizen)

GUY (SFAS): 11:9 = 2 (Ryo Sakazaki)

SNOOPY (P): 11:10 = 1 (Yashiro Nanakase)

YUKIKO AMAGI (P4A): 11:10 = 1 (Tear Grants)

SCOOBY DOO (SD): 11:10 = 1 (Homer Jay Simpson)

CLAIREN (RoA): 10:10 = 0 (Colette Brunel)

ADELEINE & RIBBON (K64:TCS): 10:10 = 0 (Sho Minazuki)

CHARIZARD (SSB): 10:10 = 0 (Turok)

(ELIMINATED)

SHO MINAZUKI (P4A): 9:10 = -1 (Kirby)

BLAIR DAME (FEXL): 9:10 = -1 (Yoko "Yoyo" Kishibojin)

YASHIRO NANAKASE (KoFAS): 9:10 = -1

RYO SAKAZAKI (KoFAS): 9:10 = -1

VEGA (SFAS): 9:10 = -1

KIRBY (SSB): 10:12 = -2

HOMER JAY SIMPSON (TS): 10:12 = -2

GALFORD D. WELLER (SS): 8:12 = -4

TUROK (T:DH): 7:12 = -5

EIZEN (ToAS): 7:12 = -5

TEAR GRANTS (ToAS): 7:12 = -5

OTANE GOKETSUJI (PI): 7:12 = -5

COLETTE BRUNEL (ToAS): 7:13 = -6

DUSKMON (DRA): 6:13 = = 7

YOKO "YOKO" KISHIBOJIN (E: GBtR): 6:14 = -8

NAGORIYUKI (GG): 5:14 = -9

DECKER (G!G!HG): 4:15 = -11

Side Battles:

"Farm Grown Heroes"

Linke (HW) comes out triumphantly over Tormund (NP:TDF)

19 to 0

The Oldies Are Fighting Back: Maybe it is because of the recent two-Big Guy rounds but there are more fighters that survived PREVIOUS one in this than usual.

Best For Last: Spongebob got the Superstar status due to him being the final fighter of the section. However, I was this close to debating that Link or Sora would get their spot as well so it is incredible that all three candidates all tied for the top slot.