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!

42. Section Nineteen Results

(The Arena)

Due to Pikachu being the first fighter to get the Superstar status two times in a row, it was unsurprising that the next Superstar gimmick was a Pokemon-themed stage. However, instead of having a bunch of Pokeballs with so many Pokemon inside, we instead had a stage from Super Smash Bros, focusing more on conveyor belts carrying people around with only a couple of Pokemon, minding their own business in the background. Meaning that more land-locked people had a trickier time.

Donkey growled as he ran on the conveyor belts to try to keep up with his opponent. Unfortunately, said opponent was a flying squirrel. Not helping because whenever he fell on a conveyor belt, he kept being pulled to different directions. So whenever he tried to chase or run away, he ended up going the opposite direction. Ray the Flying Squirrel smirked before flying over and punching Donkey in the face.

While the punch wasn't that hard, it was more than enough to send Donkey onto the ground due to losing his balance because of the conveyor belt. Ray just let himself fall to the ground and spun into a ball and rolled into Donkey. The burro was sent sprawling backwards with Ray flying forward for another attack. However, Donkey snapped out of his daze before running to the side to avoid Ray's punch.

Ray wasn't expecting Donkey to dodge and ended up struggling to try to self-right himself. Donkey then got up and ran forward head-first towards the yellow-furred rodent and managed to headbutt Ray and knocked him down before bouncing across the conveyor belts before landing onto his stomach. Donkey then ran over and leapt up into the air to land onto Ray.

However, Ray rolled up into a ball and made his way to dodge Donkey's attack. The quadruped then sent his front leg like a punch. Ray yelped before ducking underneath the attack. Donkey then stood up on his hind legs and proceeded to use his front legs in a "fisticuffs" pose and punching at Ray. …Or he would if they weren't standing on different conveyor belts at the time so Donkey ended up missing without him doing anything wrong or Ray doing anything to avoid it. They blinked twice.

Donkey then growled. "Ugh… These conveyor belts are going to be annoying to deal with!? Why are they all over the place!? Didn't the original electric stage for Pokemon Stadium too only had two conveyor belts?"

Ray scratched the back of his head. "Well, only two conveyor belts would be enough for a normal Smash match but not for a UVR section arena so the Millennium Star had added more belts so it would make it feel like the actual electric stage."

"But if it is accurate, then MS failed big time! The conveyor belts carry fighters towards the edge of the stage, not all over the place!" Donkey roared before leaping on a conveyor belt so he didn't go too far from Ray.

Ray just smirked. "Stinks to be you!"

Suddenly, he heard a loud yelp. Turning his head, he saw Jean Kujo standing on a nearby conveyor belt. For some reason, he had his hands behind his back with a scowl on his face. He was also shaking in place.

"Um, kinda weird time and place to try out a new dance, don't you think?" Ray asked, raising an eyebrow.

Jean growled before he was about to speak. Suddenly, his head jerked back as if someone grabbed his hair.

"Oui, oui, it is the dance of my people!" Jean said. "Oui, oui, could you please leave? Your non-French presence is ruining my Frenchness."

Ray gave an annoyed look. "Whatever. You would think that coming from a more down-to-earth fighting game, you Virtua Fighter guys would be more sane."

With that, he got up and flew off. Jean growled before thrusting his elbow behind him, resulting in a cry of pain. Jean then reached his arms behind him before throwing Roy Bromwell onto his back in front of him.

Jean gritted his teeth as Roy sat up while rubbing his back. "What… The fuck… Was THAT!?"

Roy looked back with an annoyed look. "It is not MY fault that you are a worse hiding place than that mummy!"

Jean's pupils shrank. "What!?"

"You should have thought about that before you dragged me away from him!" Roy scolded.

"I can't believe you are being scared of someone who is not even a mainstream character!" Jean said in disbelief.

Roy winced before putting his finger on his mouth. "You never met him! Sure, he seems harmless now but that's because he hasn't seen anyone on his shit list yet! And if you kept talking shit like that, YOU would be on his shit list too!"

Jean slumped his arms. "...Imagine being traumatised by a tiny flying squirrel."

(Announcer's Booth)

Ashley looked at Drake with an exasperated look. "...You couldn't resist putting Roy and Ray's draws together, could you?"

The vampire had a big grin on his face. "Hey, when I decided to invite Rival Schools, I KNEW I just had to have them together when I remembered that huge incident. Besides, it isn't the only reunion I have done so far."

"Honestly, Drake…" Ashley sighed.

"To be fair though, I thought for sure that they would have buried the hatchet just like Kasumi Todoh and May." The mayor admitted. He then winced. "Then again, having your 'generation screwed' is not something you could get over."

Ashley rolled his eyes before reaching down. Drake raised an eyebrow.

"Um, what are you doing?" Drake asked.

Ashley picked up a cardboard box with a confused look on his face. "Umm… I am going to get ready for the next section."

Drake blinked twice. "Um, why? What is happening in the next section?"

Ashley's eyes widened at this. He then opened the box to reveal what was inside. Drake looked on and his eyes bugged out in realisation.

"Oh, right… I nearly forgot about that." Drake admitted, scratching the back of his head.

"YOU nearly FORGOT!? It was YOU who kept begging the Millennium Star and Tumble to go through with it despite them actually saying they would dip out if you tried to do so!?" Ashley said in disbelief.

Drake winced before looking to the side. Ashley frowned before putting his hand on Drake's shoulder with his free hand.

"Hey, do you need to rest?" Ashley asked.

Drake looked up in surprise. "H-Huh?"

"Seriously, you have been worrying me for a while now." Ashley frowned. "I mean I get that you are going through a lot with Xuan Dou Zhi Wang mentally attacking you in some way or another but it is clearly affecting you. Forgetting about THAT section would be blasphemous for you."

Drake winced before looking to the side.

"I… Just think how much would be avoided if I did invite Yan." Drake lamented.

Ashley's eyes widened at this. "What!? You are actually BLAMING YOURSELF for their actions?"

"I mean they DO have a point right. I gave Jago and Fiona their own nodes and even invited Wolfrun and WADE HIXTON." Drake reminded. "It's… Not fair for Yan and by extension, Xuan Dou Zhi Wang, to be left out."

Ashley narrowed his eyes. "Drake, listen to me, what happened is NOT your fault!"

"But…" Drake frowned.

"No buts. Is the reason they are doing it because YOU didn't invite their nodal companion? Perhaps." Ashley scolded. "But despite you 'starting' it, THEY escalated it. Even the VILLAINS made it an unwritten rule not to disrupt the tournament. Why do you think none of them trust Junko Enoshima even BEFORE she made her grand entrance in the Tournament of Kikai?"

"But… They are doing this because I made them feel like dirt." Drake said.

"Yeah, well, they are doing a horrible job to make people NOT think that they are dirt." Ashley scoffed. "And I think the vampires involved in the garlic attack, Terry Bogard and Snoopy would also have the same thought of me."

Drake paused. Ashley then sighed.

"...Why are you defending Xuan Dou Zhi Wang after all that they have done?" Ashley asked. "You would be more vocal about banning them."

Drake stayed silent. "...But wouldn't that go against the UVR?"

"Huh?"

"Think about it, the UVR is a tournament where all sorts of franchises from all over the multiverse come together to show everyone what they could do." Drake explained. "Sure, it was mostly fighting games, but SSBFreak took a risk and brought in not only a JRPG but a very obscure one at that. Slowly, but surely, the UVR writers brought in more diverse fighters to the point where it is not out of the question to see Slice-of-Life characters in."

Ashley raised an eyebrow. "Yesssss?"

"Who am I to deny Xuan Dou Zhi Wang a shot in this tournament? Over Wade Hixton? Over Snoopy? Over Decker?" Drake asked.

Ashley paused for a moment. He then let out a deep sigh.

"Look, you most likely have your reasons for not inviting them. After all, at the end of the day, Yan was a Kyo Kusanagi clone. And considering that Kyo already canonically has a lot of clones, it made Yan's appearance more redundant." Ashley explained.

"But the node actually have a lot of potential." Drake insisted.

"Yeah, and they are squandering it by hurting people, not hyping them up." Ashley said. "Isn't that what you are trying to express?"

Drake paused. Ashley sighed before getting up and walking over before hugging him, startling the vampire.

"Look, what is happening is not your choice. No matter how you try to do anything, you can't help everyone." Ashley said.

Drake's pupils shrank at this.

"All we can do is what we can do." Ashley offered.

Drake paused for a moment. He then returned the hug. However, it didn't make him feel better. If anything, he felt WORSE.

"I guess…"

(Unknown Location)

"Ack! It's the monster!"

"Get away from us!"

"Haven't you caused enough trouble!?"

That was the sounds of several humans with burn marks all over their body as they stood in the middle of a destroyed city. They then held their differences as they looked on in a mixture of fear, anger and horror at the person who caused all of this pain.

Cole MacGrath just frowned as he watched everyone's reaction. However, despite not liking everyone's reactions, he just walked off while trying to ignore everyone. A little boy then crouched down and picked up a piece of debris.

"You monster!" The boy roared before throwing the piece of debris at Cole.

The debris hit the electromancer in the back of his head, drawing a bit of blood. Despite this, he just rubbed his head before he continued walking. Normally, this would be his biggest nightmare. Ultimately, his biggest nightmare would be failing to protect his hometown, Empire City, and everyone would hate him for it.

…But that was what it was… A nightmare.

"I have to wake up." Cole frowned. "Freddy hasn't shown up at all so it is clear that he wanted something to do with the lights and considering how much of an asshole he is, it can't be any good."

He then looked around, ignoring several people running away in fear.

"Okay, so in Dead by Daylight, for the Survivors to wake up, they have to find alarm clocks." Cole mused.

He again frowned before looking up.

"...But considering that he pretty much recreated a destroyed yet still large city of Empire City, having one of them is like finding a needle in a haystack." Cole noted.

He then shook his head before running forward.

"No, I can't give up! The last time there was a blackout at an UVR tournament, it ruined the entire tournament!" Cole exclaimed, looking determined. "I have to go back to the literal realm of the awake!"

With that, he decided to run into a torn down building, knowing that Freddy wouldn't leave an alarm clock in plain sight. All he could hope was that he could wake up before it was too late.

(The Arena)

Two spinning fans with a wispy aura around them flew forward. However, Danny Phantom and Jake Long easily flew around them. The latter then flew forward and punched Shizuka Gozen in the face. However, the yokai hardly fazed at all. She just summoned a couple more fans before throwing them forward. Jake narrowed his eyes before raising his arms to block it.

However, when the fan connected with Jake's arms, it stuck to them as if it was a sticky bomb. Before he could ask what was going on, another fan appeared behind the American Dragon and also stuck to his back. Then, the fans ascended upwards with dark energy surrounding him before falling back to the ground, slamming him. With Jake on the ground stunned, Shizuka Gozen sent out more fans at the downed youth.

But Juniper Lee leapt to Jake's side and grabbed before leaping off, narrowingly avoiding the fans. Meanwhile, Danny flew in front of Shizuka Gozen and got out a thermos and opened it for it to shine like a flashlight in her face. The Japanese woman cried out in pain before engulfing in a dark aura. When the aura ended, she turned into a more human-sized form with a glowing body. Danny and Jake's eyes widened at this.

"Woah…" Danny said in awe.

June looked at Danny and Jake in disbelief. "Really?"

"What? She has a nice body." Jake shrugged.

June rolled her eyes before running over to Shizuka Gozen while she was stunned and did a series of punches to her face and body, not giving her a chance to react. June then ended her combo with a jumping uppercut to Shizuka Gozen's chin and sent the youkai high into the air. Danny then zoomed at Shizuka Gozen, striking her before going around and striking her again, proceeding to do so multiple times. Jake then flew over to Shizuka Gozen and grabbed her by the legs.

"What goes around, comes around!" Jake taunted before flipping forward and throwing Shizuka Gozen to the ground. However, the moment she collided with the ground, she got engulfed in a dark aura again. This time, going back to her Final Boss form. She then summoned several fans above her and sent them flying downwards. However, Danny, Jake and June ran out of the way.

"Her projectiles are fast but are not too hard to avoid if you learn her patterns." Danny noted.

"Yeah, just keep an eye out and keep whaling on her!" Jake agreed.

"No, DON'T keep whaling on her!" June shouted.

Danny and Jake looked down at the landlocked June with wide eyes. Though they were able to fly out of the way to avoid another fan.

"What do you mean DON'T keep whaling on her?" Jake asked in disbelief. "She is a Final Boss! She could take it!"

"But that's the thing! She is a Final Boss with TWO forms!" June insisted, ducking underneath a fan. "If we defeat her in the first form, she will go into her stronger form."

Jake's eyes widened in disbelief. "Wait, REALLY!? Aw, man! Now what?"

"Remember, we don't HAVE to beat her. We just have to eliminate her!" Danny reassured before turning intangible to dodge a fan. "I'll try to freeze her blood just like the chronomancer."

"Can yokai blood even BE frozen?" Jake frowned before breathing fire at another fan.

Before anyone could answer Jake's question, Shizuka Gozen summoned a bunch of fans all over the air above the arena, aka surrounding Danny and Jake. The fans then proceeded to strike him multiple times. June gasped at this. She then glared at Shizuka Gozen before running forward. The Japanese woman then summoned two fans between June to grab her but Te Xuan Ze flipped forward over them and ran over.

…Before grabbing the end of Shizuka Gozen's robe. Before the youkai could do anything, June ran off while still holding onto Shizuka Gozen's robe at a fast pace, not even giving the woman a chance to react. When June was close to the ropes, she threw Shizuka Gozen out of the ring. The woman then recovered and floated up. …Only for June to leap out of the ring after her and landing on top of the woman. Using her as a vault, June flipped backward into the ring while Shizuka Gozen fell into the portal from the recoil.

Danny and Jake looked in awe at what June had done.

"...Huh. It is always the simple solution." Danny noted.

Jake then let out a laugh before descending down to June's level. "Nice one, Te Xuan Xena! You did it!"

However, his grin vanished when he saw June squatted down on the ground while putting her chin on her hands. Jake and Danny looked at each other before flying after June (she WAS on a conveyor belt after all).

"Hey, what's up?" Jake frowned.

"Oh, nothing…" June said before looking grumpy. "Just at this rate, we will never have our three-way battle at this point."

"Yeah…" Jake sighed. "Most of the time we are just playing hero here just like we have always been at home when we wanna take a BREAK from it."

"Yeah, even in the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, I have to keep my eye out for Zim, the Shredder and on a bad day, Reptar." Danny lamented.

Jake paused for a moment. He then smirked.

"Well, if we are going to be stuck here doing heroic work. Let's make the best of it." Jake noted.

Danny and June looked at Jake confused.

"Huh? How do we make the best of it?" Danny asked.

"Well, first, we decided to form a truce for good and stop fighting each other and survive as long as possible." Jake offered.

June raised an eyebrow. "Anddddd…."

Jake's smirk grew bigger. "We will protect the arena from all threats. Until then…"

Shizuka Gozen landed in Care Bears where the titular characters' Care Bear Stare purified her out of her despair. …What? Weirder things had happened.

Two energy balls clashed with each other. However, after the projectile cancelled each other out, two arms stretched out forward. Megaman's eyes widened before taking the double punch to the face. Seth let out a creepy grin before rushing forward and crouching low.

"Shoryuken!" Seth shouted, doing the signature uppercut of the Shotos to Megaman's chin, sending him flying into the air. Seth was about to continue the assault. Until they found themselves moving BACKWARDS. Despite them being on a conveyor belt going in the OPPOSITE direction. They looked back to see a floating gear with blue crackling energy around it, attracting Seth towards them. Kokonoe stood next to it with her arms crossed.

"Have your head up your ass that you have forgotten that this is a TWO-ON-ONE?" Kokonoe snarked while holding her lollipop.

Seth just growled before firing a Hadoken towards Kokonoe. However, the scientist snapped her fingers, somehow summoning a red pad underneath her. It then teleported her out of the Hadoken's way and reappeared to the side. Seth was about to try again until they noticed Megaman got out a Metal Blade and threw it forward. Seth just smirked before creating their arms up and down and summoning a pink energy barrier.

Using Athena Asamiya's Psycho Reflector, Seth sent the Metal Blade right back at Megaman. However, Megaman summoned the Skull Barrier to deflect the projectile back at Seth. The projectile tennis match is going to bounce the Metal Blade between the two. Then, Kokonoe ran behind Seth and slammed her wrench against the back of the Ditto Fighter's head. Seth staggered forward before taking the Metal Blade to the forehead.

Seth growled before spinning around with their leg out but Kokonoe used her teleportation pad to move to the other side of Kokonoe. The pinkette then put up another floating gear, only it emitted yellow energy which repelled Seth away. The chrome fighter narrowed their eyes before spinning their yin-yang stomach which acted as a vacuum, sucking Kokonoe towards them, making the latter drop their uninterested expression for once.

Seth then uppercutted Kokonoe in the air before leaping up after her and doing a series of aerial punches and kicks before ending with an axe kick. Megaman's pupils shrink in horror.

"Rush!" Megaman shouted.

Suddenly, a red pillar of light fell from the sky out of nowhere and in its place was a red robotic dog. Said dog then pounced forward before landing underneath the falling Kokonoe. A spring then appeared from Rush's back, springing Kokonoe and sending her back into the air. Fortunately, she gave her enough time to recover in mid-air. Seth then smirked before pouncing right at Kokonoe.

By this time, Kokonoe got out a freezy ray and sent out a short-range spray of ice and when it hit Seth, it turned him into a giant block of ice. It then landed on the ground. Megaman then charged up energy in his Mega Buster. However, Seth's frozen body turns red. A second later, the ice quickly melted. Megaman's eyes widened at this before narrowing them. Seth smirked at this.

"Surprised? I went out of my way collecting data on all sorts of fighters before entering this tournament!" Seth boasted.

Megaman frowned. "As much as I say to admit it, but they are right."

Kokonoe merely scoffed. "Hmm… Don't worry. I got an idea."

"Really? What is it?" Megaman asked.

Kokonoe just smirked before getting out a device. She then threw it on the ground. Seth saw this and got into a defensive stance, expecting a trap.

Then, a hologram appeared. Seth's eyes bugged out when they saw what it was.

M. Bison.

Seth growled as a dark aura surrounded them. "So, not even being eliminated would stop you from getting in my way! Well, if we are breaking rules, then I will be the first one to break the no-killing rule by destroying you!"

With that, they turned their hands into claws before pouncing at the hologram before swinging like a feral animal while laughing like a maniac. Megaman winced as the audience and several fighters looked in disgust. Megaman ran forward and grabbed Seth with one hand before easily holding them over him. Seth was still trying to claw at the hologram of Bison though. Megaman then threw them over the ropes.

Kokonoe smirked before looking at Megaman. However, said smirk vanished when she saw the robot, crossing his arms with a stern look on his face. Kokonoe rolled her eyes.

"Really…? You are upset for doing that to SETH?" Kokonoe asked.

"That wasn't very nice!" Megaman scolded.

"That wasn't SUPPOSED to be nice!" Kokonoe shot back.

Megaman's non-existent eyebrow twitched.

Seth landed in Super Smash Bros Brawl where they got dominated by Tabuu.

"Supreme Thunder!"

Tohru Adachi just smirked before jumping to the side to avoid a green electric beast head. He then aimed his pistol at Sailor Jupiter and fired a bullet into her stomach. As the electromancer held her stomach in pain. Adachi then summoned Magatsu-Izanagi and sent them forward. Sailor Jupiter yelped before diving to the side to avoid the blade. Adachi then fired another shot, this time into Sailor Jupiter's back.

Sailor Jupiter gritted her teeth in pain and anger before getting up and running towards Adachi. The ex-cop just sneered before summoning Magatsu Izanagi again to swing their blade. However, Sailor Jupiter did a sliding kick to not only duck underneath the attack and also manage to kick Adachi in the stomach, making him drop his smirk and stagger back.

Sailor Jupiter then flipped onto her feet and proceeded to do a series of punches to Adachi's face before ending with a kick to his stomach, sending him flying back into a corner. The serial killer groaned before looking up. His eyes then bugged out before scampering to the side to avoid a dropkick from Sailor Jupiter. The two then got up with Adachi getting up first and whipping Sailor Jupiter in the head with his gun.

Adachi was about to continue the assault but then Sailor Jupiter managed to recover before grabbing Adachi's wrist before throwing him onto the ground. The Sailor Sensei then did an elbow drop onto Adachi's torso, knocking the wind out of him. Sailor Jupiter then got up on one knee before punching Adachi in the face. The ex-cop grunted in pain before kicking Sailor Jupiter off of him. He then got up while rubbing his face.

"Ow! You fight with so much fire, I mistook you for Sailor Mars instead." Adachi groaned.

"But of course! Don't think I could forget what you did to those two women!" Sailor Jupiter said, sternly while cracking her knuckles.

Adachi rolled his eyes. "Aw, come on. I don't hate women. I just hate EVERYONE."

Sailor Jupiter looked in disbelief. "So you killed them not just because they are women but how CONVENIENT it is."

"Pretty much." Adachi shrugged. He then smirked. "Though if she breathes…."

Immediately, a fist found its way into Adachi's face, knocking him down to the ground. Sailor Jupiter gritted her teeth in anger before an antenna appeared from her tiara where lightning shot down from it, charging it up.

"Supreme Thunder… DRAGON!" Sailor Jupiter shouted.

With that, she sent out a bolt of electricity shaped like a dragon's head towards the still-downed Adachi.

"You're too slow!"

"I dare you to say that when I track you down!"

Sailor Jupiter's eyes bugged out at Wave the Swallow rode between her and Adachi on her board. She was too busy sneering at a chasing Adon to notice Sailor Jupiter's opponent until it was too late. The dragon head hit Wave head on and sent her and her board flying backwards and over the ropes.

Wave landed in Super Mario Bros. 3 where she was bombarded by projectile wrenches by Rocky Wrenches.

Sailor Jupiter put her hands on her mouth in pure horror while Adon stood with his jaw dropped. By this time, Adachi recovered to notice what just happened. He then started to laugh.

"All hail Sailor Jupiter, defender of women everywhere!" Adachi taunted.

The electromancer glared at Adachi with her face turning beet red. "S-Shut up!"

Adon glared at Sailor Jupiter. "Hey! How dare you elimination-steal from ME!?"

Sailor Jupiter frantically waved the hands in front of her. "Wait, I…"

"Hey, come on, dude."

Adon, Sailor Jupiter and Adachi turned their heads to see Hayate and Dr. Nitrus Brio standing to the side.

"It is not HER fault." Hayate frowned.

"How is it NOT her fault!?" Adon shot back. "HER projectile crashed into MY target!"

"But YOU and YOUR 'target' ran between HER fight." Hayate scolded. "You two should know by now how dangerous a tournament like this is! If anything, you could have easily eliminated her or HER opponent."

"I wasn't going to say anything because I wanted to see Sailor Dupe-Iter writhe in grief, but now that Mr 'Young And Hip' has ruined my fun, yeah, this is all on you." Adachi piped up.

Sailor Jupiter, Adon and Hayate glared at Adachi for various reasons.

"Look, I did not come all of this way to be lectured by someone who gave up on life and someone who is elimination fodder!" Adon spat.

Hayate's eyes bugged out. "Elimination fodder!? Are you talking about ME!?"

"Considering the brats in my node got my case for 'not living my life', yeah, he is definitely talking about you." Adachi shrugged.

"Yeah, who else would I be talking about!?" Adon agreed.

"Uh-oh…" Sailor Jupiter frowned.

"Hey, at least I got an elimination, didn't I!?" Hayate roared.

"Yes, ONE elimination. That seems to be your node's limit here. Nothing more." Adon spat. "The moment you eliminated that 'Extreme' ARMS fighter, you sealed your fate."

Hayate's eyebrow twitched before glaring down at Brio. "...Brio, can we postpone our fight? I wish to teach our friend here some manners?"

The mad scientist merely shrugged before looking at a couple of slime monsters before making a T with his hands. "Time out!"

Almost immediately, Hayate got out his sword and swung it at Adon. However, the red-haired man saw it from a mile away and flipped backwards to avoid the slash. That didn't deter Hayate as he chased after Adon.

"Umm… We will just stay here." Sailor Jupiter said, sheepishly.

Hayate continued to chase away Adon but again, the Muay Thai fighter flipped backwards.

"Jaguar Tooth!" Adon shouted, doing a swift diving kick to Hayate. The brown-haired youth was sent sprawling to the ground. Adon landed on his hand gracefully with a smirk before flipping forward.

"Jaguar Kick!" Adon shouted, doing an axe kick onto Hayate's back. The latter cried out in pain before Adon punted him away. The red-haired man then jumped up before doing another diving kick. However, Hayate just recovered in time to get out his sword to block the incoming attack. Adon winced at this but quickly used his momentum to flip backwards away from Hayate.

Hayate then ran forward before swinging his katana at Adon while he was recovering, slashing him in the chest. The latter staggered back while holding his chest, but looking up to see Hayate doing another slash, this time vertically. However, Adon ran to the side and elbowed Hayate in the face. The swordsman staggered back, giving Adon enough time to run forward.

However, Hayate ducked underneath another elbow from Adon before ducking underneath it and punching Adon in the stomach. Seeing the Muay Thai fighter's cheeks puff out with his own hair, Hayate went to continue the assault but Adon thought quickly and used his elbows and one raised leg to block Hayate's incoming combo. Adon then kicked his raised leg out, catching Hayate back and sending him onto his rear.

"Ugh… As much as I hate to admit it, he actually backs up about 75% of his boasting." Hayate muttered.

"Face it. Ever since Fighting EX Layer became separated by Street Fighter, you lost your edge!" Adon boasted.

Hayate got up. "YOUR node has been up-and-down too."

"I won't deny that my node has some clowns bringing it down, even with ME in the roster." Adon shrugged. "We're still doing better than you! In fact, I could count the node NOT better than you with just one hand."

Hayate growled before getting out his sword and slashed forward. However, Adon just sneered before easily side-stepping it. He then punched Hayate in the face, sending him staggering away. Adon then rushed over.

"Rising Jaguar" Adon shouted, doing a rising knee strike to Hayate's face and sending him flying into the air. Adon then did a Jaguar Kick, flipping forward and knocking him out of the air. Adon then crouched down onto Hayate and proceeded to punch him in the face. Hayate then grunted in pain before kicking Adon off of him. Despite this, Adon got up with a smirk.

"Face it, there is a reason why you, or rather your ascendant, did not show up in Street Fighter EX3!" Adon taunted.

Hayate's eyebrow twitched at this. "That's it! RESSHINKAMAITACHI!"

With that, he swung his katana at Adon. However, the red-haired man just jumped back to avoid the slash before getting ready to dodge again.

"RAIZANSHOU!"

Hayate then did a jumping uppercut with his katana. THIS was not what Adon was anticipating as he ended up before taking into the air along with Hayate, but also was struck multiple times.

"TSUMUJIKAGEROU-KYOKU!"

Hayate then spun around diagonally down, continuing to strike Adon multiple times. Once he was done, Adon was sent flying away and over the ropes with no hope of return. Hayate then gracefully landed on the ground before panting heavily with an angry look on his face.

He then smirked. "Heh. I suppose THAT will prove why me and my ascendant deserve to be in the EX series."

Adon landed in Zootopia. Particularly in the Rainforest District. He growled before getting up.

"I can't believe I got eliminated with a single elimination under my name! Even Nash, Capcom's equivalent to South Park's Kenny, got an elimination!" Adon exclaimed. "This can't get any worse!"

Suddenly, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde scampered past him, screaming in fear and nearly knocked him.

"Hey! I don't care if I AM an early elimination, I will NOT have my dignity all scratched back!" Adon roared.

Then, he heard a roar behind him. Raising an eyebrow, he turned around. Only for his face to fall when he saw the savage Manchas running towards him on all fours.

"OH…"

Back in the arena, a whip wrapped around the leg of Luca Milda. Before the swordsman could do anything about it, Whip pulled her namesake weapon and sent him onto his rear. She then lashed out her whip again, but Luca quickly raised his broadsword to block the incoming whiplash. When Whip retreated her whip, Luca rose up into the air.

"Hell Pyre!" Luca shouted, swinging his sword and sending a fireball downwards. Whip quickly lashed her whip downwards at the projectile which created a ball of wind, going towards Luca. However, it was going too slow so all Luca had to do was sidestep. However, Whip lashed out her weapon at one of the three floating platforms in the arena and used it as a grappling kick to ride towards Luca and kick him in the face. However, she wasn't expecting Luca to recover almost immediately.

"Dragon Slayer!" Luca shouted, planting his broadsword into the ground which resulted in a burst of fire around which sent Whip flying away and sprawling onto her back. The Ikari Warrior groaned before looking up. Only for her eyes to bug out to see Luca casting a spell.

"Spiral Flare!" Luca shouted, sending a spiralling fireball at Whip. The brunette didn't have enough time to deflect the projectile but she had enough to lash out her whip at the ropes before pulling herself to safety and avoiding the fireball. Whip then reached into her hood and pulled out a Desert Eagle. Luca's eyes bugged out before raising his sword to block the incoming shot. Not wanting her to fire another shot.

"Tempest Strike!" Luca shouted, flipping forward with his sword out towards Whip. It wasn't enough to actually hit Whip but more than enough to close the distance between the two. Whip raised an eyebrow.

"Your name may mean bringing light but that doesn't mean it will be enough to beat me!" Whip shot back.

Luca blinked twice. "My name means what…"

"That is what your name translates to in Italian." Whip noted.

Luca paused before his eyes widened. "Oh, you mean L-U-C-A!"

Whip blinked twice. "As opposed to what?"

"Instead of a 'L', my name is spelt with a 'R'." Luca explained.

Whip's eyes widened. "But your name is spelt with a L on the screen!"

"It did? I didn't notice." Ruca said before shrugging. "Then again, it IS an easy mistake to make. Heck, our TVTropes page has me and Illia going by our original names as opposed to the main ones."

"Really? What was HER original name?" Whip asked.

"Iria. I-R-I-A." Ruca explained. "Now it is I-L-L-I-A."

"WHAT!?"

Ruca and Whip's (along with nearly everyone else) eyes widened before looking up at the Elimination Seating to see a certain redhead getting up in her seat.

(Elimination Seating)

Illia read the pamphlet with a look of anger on her face before glaring up at the Announcer's Booth.

"So you are able to put in the names for the three newcomers from Samurai Shodown 2019 but NOT update my and Ruca's names!" Illia roared, marching in place. "I always knew that you were Xero-lite but this is just ridiculous! If you actually BOTHERED looking at the OFFICIAL Tales of Wiki instead of TVTropes, you wouldn't be in this mess! I…"

As Illia began to rant, everyone else looked on in disbelief.

"...Is this why you stopped our fight in the jungle gym Section?" Vector the Crocodile muttered.

"Yes, about 60%." Shulk sighed.

Vector looked at Shulk confused. "Wait… 60%. As opposed to what?"

"Trust me, you do NOT want to know…" The clairvoyance groaned.

"HOW DARE YOU PICK ME UP!?"

Vector and Shulk jerked their heads to see Illia floating up in the air by the Millennium Star's magic. She angrily thrashed in the air as the Millennium Star floated over to her with an annoyed look on his face.

"You would think that after the THIRD time I have to do this to someone in the crowd, they would learn." The Millennium Star muttered.

With that, he sent Illia out of the Elimination Seating and into the dome.

(The Arena)

Ruca and Whip stared at the entire scene with wide eyes. They then looked at each other with frowns.

"Sorry, if I knew it was a touchy subject for your friend, I wouldn't have prodded you about it." Whip apologised.

"It is fine. I was the one who brought it up in the first place." Ruca admitted.

The two let out a sigh in unison before silently deciding to go back to their fight. Whip lashed out her weapon. However, Ruca held up his broadsword, causing the whip to wrap around it. The two got into a power struggle. However, despite the slight height difference, Ruca was winning.

Whip winced before quickly getting out an earring from her ear and throwing it at Ruca. Said earring EXPLODED which knocked Ruca gone and had Whip retreat her weapon back.

"Despite his size, he hits AND takes hits like a tank." Whip noted. "But he is as slow as one too."

With that, she jumped up into the air towards Ruca. The white-haired boy narrowed his eyes before swinging his sword upwards. However, Whip somehow FLIPPED BACKWARDS in mid-air, causing his attack to miss. With Ruca recovering from his own attack, Whip lashed out her weapon at Ruca, striking him multiple times which caused him to cry out in pain.

Before Ruca could recover, Whip swung her weapon at the nearest platform and swung from it. As she did so, she ended up grabbing Ruca while he was still stunned. While the boy was as strong as a tank, he still wasn't as heavy as one so Whip was able to carry him by surprise easily. When she swung near the ropes, she tossed Ruca over the ropes.

Ruca landed in Arcana Heart where he was forced to fend himself against Fiona Mayfield.

Hodan looked intently at the conveyor belts. Particularly the ones that had orange ink on them. Suddenly, a tiny squid in the same colour of the ink rose from the paint puddle. She then raised into her kid form before firing her Splattershot at Hodan. However, the ape just smirked before rolling like a ball to avoid the ink shots. Hodan then returned the favour by whipping his towel like a whip.

However, Inkling quickly dove back into another ink puddle avoiding the attack. But this didn't deter Hodan as he leapt over to do a hip drop in the puddle. The good news is that it freaked Inkling out and forced her to jump out the puddle. The bad news was that he inadvertently splattered more puddles all over the other conveyor belts. However, he didn't notice as he whipped his towel at Inkling again, this time, connecting.

As Inkling staggered back, Hodan "charged" up before sending out a steam spirit forward and hit Inkling head on, making her cry out in pain (steam IS technically water). Hodan then rolled forward but Inkling recovered in time before turning in her squid form and blasting off high into the air to avoid the attack. When she was in the air, she turned back into her kid form before getting out a paintbrush and swinging it down when gravity let her fall down.

However, Hodan raised his towel to block the incoming Inkbrush strike. The elementalist then kicked his foot out but Inkling turned into her squid form, making her body smaller thus easier to avoid the attack. When Hodan was recovering from his own attack, Inkling turned back into her kid form and landed on the ground before swinging her Inkbrush at Hodan, knocking him onto his rear.

Despite this, Hodan let out a hearty laugh. "As expected from one of a species that weaponized ink for combat AND leisure. You would fit in my node!"

Inkling paused at this, mulling it over. In some ways, ink WAS a liquid so technically it would be considered water.

"Maybe you should come over some time and test your might against the rest of my nodal companions." Hodan offered.

Inkling put her hand on her chin in thought, thinking it over. Sure, just because something is a "Smash Clone", that doesn't mean it can't be fun like Rivals of Aether or Brawlhalla.

THEN, she realised that the main gimmick of all of the characters of Rivals of Aether was that they all had an "element" based on the classical elemental quartet. There would be a lot of aquamancers. And she always has enough of that fighting Squirtle, Greninja and Corrin. She then frantically shook her head.

"Ah, Turf Wars are your life and you wouldn't trade that for the world." Hodan mused, misunderstanding Inkling's thoughts. "Well, I can't force you to change your lifestyle. Just remember you go out every once in a while to try new things."

Inkling paused at the awkward situation she was in. At the same time, ignorance is bliss in this particular scene so she just nodded her head. Realising that it was up to her to get things back on track, she got out her Splattershot and shot ink at Hodan. While it didn't hurt the ape that much, it was more than enough to cover a good chunk of his body in ink.

Inkling smirked before getting out her Inkbrush and swinging it at Hodan. Normally, the attack would only hurt a moderate amount at most but due to the ink on Hodan, it increased the power of the Inkbrush once it interacted with Hodan's body. The elementalist winced as Inkling continued the assault with a series of Inkbrush strikes, not giving him a chance to charge. However, he did find the speed to block it.

However, almost immediately, Inkling dropped her Inkbrush before getting out a giant paint roller and rolling it forward. Despite the major size difference, Inkling ended up BURYING Hodan's lower half into the ground. As the crowd let out a huge mixed reaction (especially those who fought Inkling in Smash online matches), Inkling ran back to her Inkbrush, picked up and got ready to swing it like a baseball bat, charging up.

Despite this, Hodan just gave a small smile. "It is nice for even someone as old as me to get humbled now and then."

Inkling then swung the Inkbrush with all of her might into Hodan and with a deceptively amount of strength, sent him flying through the air and clear out of the arena.

Hodan landed in Earthbound where he spent the next ten minutes relaxing in a hot spring.

(Hotel; Arcade)

"Ehhh!? Even the arcade is closed!"

That was the sound of Bowser Junior after finding a huge "Closed" sign on top of the door. He wanted to go there to play a few games before entering the arena but obviously that wasn't going to plan.

"That… Actually makes sense. Arcade machines need electricity to run right."

Bowser Jr looked to the side before turning his head up at the person next to him. He was a large, burly anthro goat man with white fur and a full mane of blond hair with a matching. His attire was simple with a pink floral shirt and purple pants.

"Ugh, this stinks! Papa told me how unfun the blackout in the third Megamix Tournament was, but I didn't think it was THIS bad!" Bowser Jr muttered.

"Yes, I was so used to having electricity on the surface that I have forgotten what it was like to have limited power." The goat frowned.

Bowser Jr. looked up at the goat in horror. "Oh no! Don't tell the underground don't have the internet or even cable, Asgore!"

The goat chuckled nervously. "Okay, I WON'T tell you…?"

"Ugh… The more I hear about the underground, the more I never want to live there." Bowser Jr. groaned.

"Oh, it is not that bad." Asgore offered.

"Dude, isn't the entire motive of the monsters to escape to the surface?" Bowser Jr. muttered.

Asgore winced at this. "Y-Y-Yes, I suppose that is not wrong."

Bowser Jr sighed looking at the closed sign again. "Now what? I wanted us to spend some time together and yet this place is closed!"

"Well, we could go swimming in the pool." Asgore offered, holding up a finger.

"Nah, it is apparently too dangerous to swim without lights or what I was told at the many Olympic Games." Bowser Jr muttered. "So both the pool and gym should be closed."

"Oh, okay, then, how about the restaurant?" Asgore asked.

"With the power out, all they are serving are snacks and for once, I am not satisfied with that." Bowser Jr. muttered.

"I see…" Asgore frowned. His eyes then brightened up. "Ooh, how about you take us to the garden?"

"What garden?" Bowser Jr. asked, without missing a beat.

Asgore frowned. "Oooo…"

Bowser Jr. let out a sigh. "Come on, let's go annoy Moseby in the lobby. HE should still be there."

Asgore blinked twice. "But why would we do that? Is Moseby doing his best trying to run this hotel?"

Bowser Jr. gave an exasperated face. "You'll learn."

With that, he took Asgore's hand as he led him towards the lobby. The goat looked confused but obliged his boyfriend's biological child's suggestion.

Then, someone walked in front of the two, startling them.

"Oh, hello, didn't see you there." Asgore apologised.

Then, he and Bowser Jr.'s eyes widened in pure horror at who was standing in front of them.

A grinning Barbatos Goetia.

"Um, Mr Goetia, this must be some misunderstanding!" Asgore said, holding out his free hand while still holding onto Bowser Jr.'s. "We've never even been near an item!"

"Oh, don't worry, I am not here to kill you." Barbatos reassured.

He then grabbed Asgore's shirt, startling him and Bowser Jr. Barbatos then pulled his fist back.

"...I just want you to hurt you." The blue-haired man sneered.

With that, he sent his fist into Asgore's face.

(Dome; Crowd Entrance G)

"Earthquake Slice!"

Penny Proud yelped before jumping back to avoid a forward flip slash from Haohmaru. The ronin then continued the assault by slashing his katana at Penny. But the dark-skinned girl quickly ducked underneath the attack and acting quickly, she ran over and punched him in the stomach. Haohmaru's eyes widened as the wind got knocked out of him and Penny continued the assault with a kick to his chest.

However, Haohmaru recovered in time before kicking his foot out and catching Penny in the stomach. The red-clad girl yelped as she sprawled onto her back while Trudy and especially Oscar. Haohmaru then ran forward and swung his katana downwards. Fortunately, Penny snapped out of her daze in time and rolled to the side to avoid it. She then kicked her foot out and caught Haohmaru in the side, giving Penny enough time to get up.

"Cyclone Slash!" Haohmaru shouted, swinging his katana and sending a tornado towards Penny. The dark-skinned girl yelped before running to the side before getting out a yellow futuristic blaster and fired a plasma shot at Haohmaru. However, all the white-clad man had to do was sidestep to avoid it. Penny then continued to fire more shots at Haohmaru.

However, not all Haohmaru had to do was sidestep some of the shots or not even move at all, only raising his katana to block just two. He then blocked a third one, sending it flying towards the rest of the Proud Family, Shuichi and Himiko. Everyone jumped at this but Himiko narrowed her eyes before holding out her hands and surrounding a barrier around her and the other spectators. It only lasted for a couple of seconds but it was more than enough to block the incoming shot. Regardless, Penny winced realising she almost shot her own family.

"Sorry, y'all!" Penny apologised before looking down at her blaster with a frown. "Man, do I need to hit the shooting range before the second Tournament of Kikai comes around!"

"It seems that despite your win at the Tournament of Kikai, you are still green." Haohmaru said, shaking his head.

Penny glared at Haohmaru. "Y-Yeah, so what?"

"If seasoned champions like us couldn't take the pain that comes with being an UVR champion, what makes you think that YOU, somehow whose first fight was literally in a recent tournament, could endure it?" Haohmaru challenged.

"Well, it is a good time that you are NOT seasoned champions, are you?" Penny shot back, narrowing her eyes. "Do you really intend to tell me that YOU'RE the same guy who won the very first UVR all of the way from the SECOND section?"

"I was foolish. While my feat was impressive, it gave me an undeserved sense of invulnerability." Haohmaru frowned.

"Ugh, even if you are not being a fraud, you are SO annoying!" Penny roared. With that, she sent out another plasma shot. However, Haohmaru got out his sake bottle and swung it downward, deflecting the shot right into Penny's forehead, sending her staggering back. Haohmaru then pulled his katana back.

"Cyclone Slash!" Haohmaru shouted, sending a mini-tornado at Penny. The red-clad girl didn't snap out of her daze in time and ended up inside of the tornado, sending her spinning around while screaming. Haohmaru just looked emotionless while the Proud Family, even Suga Mama, looked in horror.

Suddenly, the tornado started to move around the hallway from left to right erratically for some reason. Haohmaru looked with wide eyes as the tornado continued to move around wildly. In fact, he was so stunned that he was completely unprepared for the tornado to crash into Haohmaru. As the ronin was taken to the ground, the tornado stopped to show a dizzy Penny, gingerly rubbing her head in an attempt to stop the spinning.

"Okay, the good news is that I could use the Kansas Tornado to counter wind projectiles." Penny said before groaning. "The bad news is I suck at using it effectively!"

"Keep at it, Grandbaby! You are doing good!" Suga Mama urged, cupping her hand to her mouth.

Suddenly, a palm found its way in her face, causing her to stagger back. Despite this, she quickly recovered looking more angry than hurt or dazed.

"Oh, I KNOW that you didn't hit me in the way!" Suga Mama roared.

With that, she ran forward and punched her fist out. However, her target saw it from a mile away and caught it with one hand.

"PREDICTABO!"

That was the sound of Geese Howard, grabbing Suga Mama and slamming him on the other side of him. However, Geese wasn't done yet as he picked up the stunned elderly woman from the ground, forced her onto her face and did a series of palm strikes and kicks to Suga Mama's face and stomach.

However, despite being in pain, Suga Mama just grunted in annoyance before slamming her head into Geese's own. As the crime lord was stunned by the headbutt, Suga Mama returned the favour with a series of cane whacks to the head, not giving him a chance to use his counter throws. Suga Mama then ended the combo by kicking Geese in the stomach.

The latter soared straight into the wall and crashed into it, making an unsightly mark in it before he groaned before looking up. His eyes widened when he saw Suga Mama rushing forward with a furious look on her face. Acting quickly, he scampered to the side just in time to avoid a flying hip attack. Suga Mama hit the wall instead, making the crack even more bigger.

"Reppuken!" Geese shouted, sending his hand upwards and sending a wave of blue energy forward. However, Suga Mama then raised her leg before stomping on the projectile, destroying it immediately.

"Even if you are the real Geese Howard or not, you definitely need a rump-beating!" Suga Mama said, beating her cane into her hand.

"Please… I know you can't trust the words of a villain, but I genuinely wish to save your granddaughter from harm." Geese reassured.

Suga Mama's usually closed eyes widened at this. "How is attacking her and her family saving her from harm!?"

"It is called tough love. To show her how the UVR works." Geese explained. "It is quite unforgivable."

"Ooh, despite how I actually want to give the actual Geese the one-two, at least HE wouldn't talk like this!" Suga Mama roared. "All the more reason to beat you into the ground!"

With that, she ran over like a blinded bull. Geese just sighed before raising his hand to counter anything Suga Mama threw at him. However, you can't counter a throw. Suga Mama then grabbed Geese's arm by throwing him onto the ground.

"Okay, now it is time to show you what TRUE grappling is!" Suga Mama sneered, cracking her knuckles.

Maki Harukawa narrowed her eyes before throwing a couple of throwing knives forward. However, Kasumi Todoh merely swung her arms downwards, creating streaks of lights to knock the projectile blades out of the air. Maki then got out a grappling hook gun and fired it at the ceiling before riding it. She then got out a couple of more knives and threw them downwards.

However, Kasumi got out an oil-paper parasol out of nowhere and used it to block the incoming attack, preventing the blades from touching her. Kasumi then threw down the ruined parasol before running forward and sending out more streaks of light when Maki was recovering from her own swing. The attack hit her dead-on, forcing her to stagger back. Kasumi then went in for a palm strike.

But Maki quickly recovered and threw herself to the ground before doing a sweeping kick, knocking Kasumi off of her feet and onto her back. Maki got out another knife and swung it at the downed Kasumi, but the blue-haired woman quickly parried Maki's wrist without the blade touching her before throwing Maki over her, causing the assassin to crash on her back. Maki groaned before standing up.

"She may be a fake but that doesn't mean her counters are." Maki mused. "Better stay at range unless it is safe."

With that, she got out three knives with each other before throwing all six of them forward. However, Kasumi just side-stepped before using her Kasate Ate to deflect the knives that she could avoid away from her. She then rushed forward at Maki, but the red-clad girl just narrowed her eyes before getting out a katana to swing it downwards. However, Kasumi managed to catch the blade with her hands. Maki raised an eyebrow.

"I must admit you fakes are pretty good imitating the real champions." Maki noted as the two got into a power struggle. "Too bad that all your imitation skills could get you."

"And how am I the fake when YOUR skills are literally artificial?" Kasumi challenged.

Maki winced.

"You and your friends are like us. Nothing but puppets for the world to face off against each other for their entertainment." Kasumi explained. "You should be on OUR side."

Maki narrowed her eyes. "You are wrong. The Ultimate Video Rumble is nothing like Danganronpa. Sure, the audience cheers at every little thing that they find exciting but unlike with Danganronpa, it gives ACTUAL hope."

"...You were in the audience the entire time. You have NO idea what despair the UVR brings." Kasumi said in disgust.

"Actually, I do. The problem isn't with UVR itself but rather a certain pink-haired wretch." Maki growled before kicking Kasumi in the stomach.

"Hadoken!"

A blue energy ball then flew forward from Sakura Kasugano's hands. However, said projectile merely went into a baseball catcher's pit. Dot Warner, wearing a baseball outfit, smirked before picking up the Hadoken with her other hand and threw it forward.

"Throw it home!" Dot shouted, throwing it forward at Sakura. However, the Pachinko worker just easily sidestepped to the way. She then ran forward to Dot.

"Shunpukyaku!" Sakura shouted before spinning around with her leg out. However, Dot did the same attack, only it looked more like a ballet pirouette. The two attacks clashed with each other, ending with a stalemate. Dot then landed on the ground and got out a twirling ribbon, lashing at Sakura's leg. This tripped up the brunette and sent her onto her rear. Dot then did a curtsy as a spotlight shined on her out of nowhere and roses fell on her feet.

Sakura did a sweeping kick while Dot was curtsying, knocking her down. Sakura then climbed onto Dot and proceeded to punch her in the face while using her larger stature to pin Dot down. However, the Warner Sister just grunted in annoyance before slinking underneath Sakura before turning around and kicking her opponent in the rear.

Sakura flew forward before crashing onto her face. Sakura then turned around while getting out a blue cannon with a cherry blossom symbol. Dot blinked twice at this.

"...Oh, right. I forgot that Brawlhalla did a Street Fighter collaboration." Dot noted.

Sakura then aimed the cannon at Dot and fired a shot, sending the toon flying backwards while rolling backwards. Suddenly, a cannon appeared behind Dot allowing her to fall into it. Then, the fuse started to get lit out of nowhere. Dot was then shot out of it and fired a cannonball right into Sakura's stomach, knocking her down. As Sakura groaned before sitting up.

"You know… Maybe you would do better if you use your skills from Pocket Fighter just like Ryu did in the arena." Dot noted. "Maybe you would do better if you did that."

"I am sorry but it is hard to be wacky while enduring the consequences of the UVR champion." Sakura frowned.

Dot gave a bored look. "Okay, this must be the 'People stink at impersonating people tournament'. First, Ace helped kill and replace Terry and almost immediately, two people found him out."

Suddenly, her eyes slowly widened.

"Next, what seemed to be Psycho Mantis ended up being ANOTHER fake who thinks the real one acts like a high school bully." Dot noted.

She then narrowed her eyes.

"And now you are impersonating the champions just like Ace and the fake Freddy Krueger." Dot said. "As if you are ALL in cahoots."

"I don't know what to tell you." Sakura frowned.

"Oh, really…?" Dot asked.

She then spun around in a tornado. A few moments later, she stopped to show her wearing a yellow jumpsuit while wielding a katana.

"Well, let's hope for your sake that you are just lying." Dot said, surprisingly darkly.

Pikachu ran to the side to avoid a stream of fire. The Pyro just gave a muffled grunt of annoyance before turning around and shooting their flamethrower at again but Pikachu just dodged it again by jumping over it and towards the Pyro. Pikachu then turned his tail metallic and swung it down onto the Pyro's head. The red-clad person cried out in pain while rubbing their head gingerly.

The Pyro growled before getting out their fire axe and swinging it downwards at Pikachu. However, the mouse Pokemon was too quick to dodge it and slammed his head into the Pyro's leg and zapped them with electricity. As the Pyro was stunned, Pikachu swung his tail around at the mercenary's feet, knocking them off of their feet and onto their feet.

The Pyro kicked their feet angrily before aiming their flamethrower at their feet and fired it, resulting in them being covered by a pillar of fire. However, Pikachu easily saw it coming a mile away and jumped back to avoid it. However, what he wasn't expecting was a flare to find from the pillar and struck him in the face, knocking him down. The Pyro then walked from the pillar of fire while holding a flare gun.

The Pyro then switched to a shotgun and fired some non-lethal shots from it into Pikachu hitting him multiple times. The Pokemon grunted in pain but then used his Quick Attack to zoom out of the shotgun blast. Pikachu then ran over before leaping at the Pyro and did an Iron Tail but the Pyro used their axe to block the incoming attack.

Pikachu landed on the ground with a frown. "Pika… Pika Pi…"

The Pyro paused, lowering their axe. "Murr hurr?"

"Pika Pikachu Pika Pi." Pikachu said before lowering his head.

"Murr!? Hudda hudda hurr!" The Pyro scolded.

Pikachu shook his head. "Pikachu Pi…"

The Pyro angrily stomped their foot. "Hudda! Hrmmm Hudda hud!"

The rest of the Proud Family, Shuichi and Himiko blinked twice at the conversation.

"What are they saying?" Himiko asked.

"I mean it is obvious they are talking for and against the UVR respectively but HOW they are doing so will eternally be a mystery that not even I could solve." Shuichi said, shaking his head.

"How could you be so calm!?" Oscar exclaimed. "My daughter is being attacked by evil clones of the UVR champions!?"

"Yes, about that…" Shuichi frowned. "Before we came here, did the clones tell you anything?"

"Heck if I know! They were acting all angsty and saying stuff that the UVR is actually a PAIN for them!" Oscar exclaimed.

"As you could guess, the complete OPPOSITE of the actual champions." Trudy said in disgust. She then paused. "Wait… Is THIS what that villain plot is about?"

Shuichi's eyes widened. "Huh? What villain plot?"

"Apparently, there was a villain plot that involved the UVR champions." Trudy frowned. "Pikachu, Samus Aran, Jigglypuff, Veemon and Impmon approached us to warn us not to go back into the dome alone."

"And you actually WENT in alone?" Shuichi asked in disbelief.

Trudy winced. "Well, Pikachu's group approached us in Section Eleven so we assumed that things would have wrapped up by then! Besides, Penny insisted that we go to the Recovery Room."

Shuichi blinked twice. "The Recovery Room? Why? As far as I know, none of Penny's old allies or opponents were eliminated around this time, if they were even in the tournament at all."

Trudy frowned. "Well…"

Meanwhile, Penny yelped as she ran to the side to avoid a downward slash from Haohmaru's katana. The ronin then made up for his mistake by doing a sliding shoulder-tackle forward before Penny thought quickly and doing a roll to the side.

"Never get hit. Never get hit." Penny said to herself. "Remember Sifu's teachings."

Haohmaru just frowned before pulling his katana back. "Cyclone…"

Penny narrowed her eyes before running to the side to avoid the incoming tornado projectile. However, she learned far too late that Haohmaru didn't finish saying his attack until she saw him flipping forward and creating a shockwave which sent Penny flying backwards and crashing back-first into a wall. Oscar and Penny gasped as Haohmaru readied himself.

"May this scar I inflict on you humble you." Haohmaru frowned.

With that, he pulled his katana over his head as he approached the stunned Penny. When she snapped out of her daze, she saw Haohmaru approaching. She yelped before clicking her feet together.

This summoned yellow stars around her just as Haohmaru's katana came down.

Only to hit nothing. Haohmaru blinked twice when he saw that Penny had disappeared.

"Hm? Where did she go?" Haohmaru asked.

Then, he felt a shadow fall over him. Turning around, he looked around to see what it was.

…To be a large bear glaring down at him.

The bear then wrapped their arms around Haohmaru in a back-breaking hug. The dark-haired man winced as he struggled to break free with no avail. He then looked around for support.

Unfortunately, it looked like he wasn't getting that soon. Suga Mama had Geese in a Boston Crab and despite the crime boss kept tapping the ground, Suga Mama refused to let him go. Maki had found a way around Kasumi's counter by slashing off her hands with her katana (fortunately, Kasumi didn't seem to be in pain but merely found it an inconvenience). At least Kasumi was doing better than Sakura who was in literal pieces thanks to Dot's own katana with the Warner Sister looking surprisingly serious. Finally, the Pyro was blowing a… Horn-like instrument, striking Pikachu with colourful bubbles and rainbows.

"This gotta teach you to attack MY grandbaby!" Suga Mama snapped, during her Boston Crab.

"AND impersonate the UVR champions." Maki said, coldly.

"AND use MY man as a puppet!" Dot roared.

Almost immediately, everyone, even the despair clones (except for the Pyro who just continued spraying) looked at Dot with wide eyes.

"Wait, what?" Suga Mama asked.

Dot looked at Suga Mama. "Oh, you see…"

Suddenly, a tornado appeared out of nowhere and engulfed her, sending her flying into the air while everyone looked stunned. Before anyone could express their shock, a similar tornado engulfed Suga Mama, sending her spiralling away as well. The same then happened to Maki, the Pyro and even the bear, knocking them away from their respective opponents.

The bear then crashed onto their back before engulfing a puff of smoke to reveal it was Penny. "Ow, what the!?"

"Despair clones!"

Everyone turned their heads. At first, it seemed like an unfamiliar woman but they quickly realised who it was.

"Hey, I think I've seen that woman before!" Oscar exclaimed.

"Yes, that is that Shirley woman from the Xuan Dou Zhi Wang group." Himiko added.

The secretary just narrowed her eyes. "Regroup and get behind me!"

The despair clones nodded before running towards her. Noticeably, Kasumi and Sakura managed to reconnect with their respective missing parts as if nothing had happened at all.

Dot narrowed her eyes. "Hey, you get over here!"

However, the despair clones had run behind Shirley. The green-haired woman then sent out a tornado.

"Okay, emergency exit NOW!" Shirley shouted.

The despair clones nodded their heads before raising their arms.

"Cyclone Slash!"

"Raging Storm!"

"Cho Kasate Ate!"

"Shinku Hadoken!"

"Pikaaaaaaaa!"

Everyone's eyes widened as the despair clones' respective attacks went into Shirley's mini-tornado. This had made it larger, stronger and more unstable. Realising this, Himiko ran forward and towards the tornado. Before Maki and Shuichi could try to stop her, Himiko quickly spread out her hands and created a giant magic barrier, managing to block the powerful tornado.

When the tornado was done, Himiko dropped her barrier before collapsing on her knees. Maki immediately ran over to her in concern and crouched down to her level.

"Are you okay?" Maki asked.

"Yeah…" Himiko said before giving a weak smile. "Guess I really DO have low MP."

Maki gave a sigh of relief before turning her head. Shirley and the other despair clones were long gone.

"...Typical." Maki muttered.

"Penny!"

Maki and Himiko turned to see Oscar running over to Penny and putting his hands on her shoulders.

"Are you alright, baby girl? Did he slash you?" Oscar asked before holding up his fingers. "How many fingers are you holding up?"

"Don't worry, Daddy, I am fine." Penny offered.

"R-Really? Are you sure you are not acting tough?" Oscar asked.

"The girl is fine, boy!" Suga Mama scolded. "She may be YOUR daughter but that doesn't mean she is EXACTLY like you!"

Oscar turned to glare at Suga Mama. "Oi…"

"Even still, I felt horrible just sitting back and watching you fight." Trudy sighed.

"It is okay, mama." Penny reassured. "I admit that I was scared but doing some extra training with Suga Mama really helped."

"Honestly, I know that our one game is very obscure and the only combat is in a minigame, but I am still stunned that you only used ONE move when you had SIX to work with." Suga Mama said.

Shuichi blinked twice. "I WAS wondering why Penny suddenly teleported AND turned into a bear."

"Is everyone alright?"

Everyone turned to see Guy, R. Mika and Genjuro look stunned.

"We heard something like a tornado INDOORS and ran right over." Guy elaborated.

"Oh, you didn't miss much." Suga Mama said before shrugging. "Just us kicking the tails of some wannabe champions."

"Wannabe champions?" Guy asked with his eyes widening. "Wait, don't tell me that they looked like Heartless from Kingdom Hearts."

"Covered in black. Glowing yellow eyes." Himiko frowned. "Yep, definitely Heartless-like."

"What are you doing here?" Guy asked before narrowing his eyes. "I believe that the group that went to warn you about the villain plot asked you not to go alone."

"I know but after a certain event… I couldn't sit still!" Penny insisted.

"Yeah, about that…"

Everyone turned to see a frowning Shuichi.

"...I don't think that Snoopy getting his brain hijacked by the fake Psycho Mantis and you and your family getting attacked by the fake champions is a coincidence." Shuichi said.

Everyone's eyes widened at this. Suddenly, Dot gritted her teeth.

"I knew it…"

Everyone turned towards who got an enormous mallet out of nowhere and proceeded to angrily slam it on the ground making another unlikely mark.

"I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! I KNEW that those fakers are in the rest of the fakers!" Dot roared during slams. "And I let them slip through my cartoon gloved fingers!"

Mostly everyone stepped back besides Suga Mama and the Pyro. The latter paused before walking over to Dot. Before anyone could do anything, the Pyro got down on their knees and put their hands on Dot's shoulders from behind. Much to everyone's pleasant surprise, Dot slowly stopped thrashing heavily and started to breathe heavily. Everyone looked at each other in worry before Penny stepped forward.

"Dot, you're okay?" Penny asked.

"Yeah, you NEVER acted like this in the cartoons." Himiko agreed. She then paused. "Well, at least not SERIOUS-angry."

Dot let out a deep sigh before looking back with a surprising solemn look on her face.

"You would be too if YOUR boyfriend has gotten their mind hijacked for a horrible scheme." Dot muttered.

Everyone's pupils shrank at this.

"...I mean it doesn't beat Trudy marrying Oscar." Suga Mama piped up (earning a side-glare from Oscar though he immediately went back to going wide-eyed at everyone else). "But this is still surprising."

(The Arena)

"Dynamite!"

Jean Kujo raised his arms to block a fist full with orange energy, forcing him to skid backwards and even nearly tumble due to the conveyor belt he was on. However, he quickly recovered to block Roy Bromwell's fist before doing a sweeping kick to the football player's legs, knocking him onto his back. Jean then crouched down and did a hard punch into Roy's stomach. Roy grunted, feeling the wind knocked out of him but quickly recovered when he saw Jean getting strike again.

"Twister!" Roy shouted, doing a spinning uppercut with a vortex around him, not only saving himself but hitting Jean multiple times. The white-haired man fell hard on his back but quickly flipped back on his feet before kicking his leg out but Roy quickly raised his arms to block it. The two then exchanged punches and kicks with each other, but while they managed to get a couple of hits in, they both managed to dodge or block the other's attacks. However, Jean demonstrated that you couldn't block a grab as he wrapped his hands around Roy's wrist and threw him onto the ground. Despite this, Roy was far from helpless.

"Touchdown!" Roy shouted, punching the ground and creating a pillar of red energy, knocking Jean away from him and allowing Roy to get up. The blond young man then ran forward and jumped up before attempting to land on top of Jean. However, the karateta snapped out of his daze before rolling to the side to avoid it. Roy just smirked before getting ready to throw a punch.

Only for him to suddenly yelp before rushing to the side of Jean and using the latter's body as a hiding spot, startling the white-haired man. Jean blinked twice before looking to the side. To see that the fight between Ray the Flying Squirrel and Donkey were close to them. Needless to say, he growled before glaring down at Roy.

"...Okay, I WOULD say that this isn't funny anymore but that would assume that this circus act was ever funny to begin with." Jean muttered.

Roy looked up at Jean offended. "You think I am having a laugh!?"

"Look, it's been literally a DECADE since your fall-out in the first Battle of the Luminaries!" Jean scolded. "I don't think ANYONE remembers you, let alone the squirrel!"

Roy narrowed his eyes. "I think most people, even those who like Virtua Fighter, remember me more than you."

Jean's eyebrow twitched. "You know what? Just for that, I am going to punish you."

"Oh yeah?" Roy asked, crossing his arms. "How?"

"I am going to alert that rodent to us." Jean snapped.

Roy's confident look fell as his eyes widened in horror. Jean just turned towards the fight between Ray and Donkey and cupped his hands to his mouth to call out to the squirrel.

"NO!"

Roy then leapt onto Jean, tackling him onto the ground. While the white-haired man grunted in pain, he then tried to get up but Roy kept shoving his head to the ground to prevent him from speaking. The two then got into a power struggle with each other. Most of the people had stopped what they were doing while looking in disbelief. Except for two certain… Yeah, you already knew who they were. Even Ell Blue and "Psycho Mantis" slumped their arms.

"...I saw more intelligent scenes on Deviantart." Loona muttered.

"...Youth is truly wasted on the young." Master Mummy sighed, shaking his head.

Thankfully, the power struggle didn't last long as Jean threw Roy off of him. He then got up to his feet before breathing in. Roy's eyes bugged out before getting up.

"DYNAMITE…"

Roy then did a football tackle and struck Jean into the back, hitting him multiple times.

"...JUSTICE!"

Roy then did a hard punch to Jean and sent him flying away, crashing on the ground. Jean groaned before glaring at Roy.

"Why you little…" Jean growled.

Then, he heard tapping from the side. Turning his head, he saw Pikachu and Kilgore crossing their arms and tapping their feet against the ground. Jean blinked twice before looking down to see that he was sitting on top of Agumon who was glaring up at him.

Jean paused before looking grumpy. "...Fuck my life."

"CLAW UPPERCUT!"

That was the angry shout of Agumon before doing a jumping uppercut to Jean's chin and sending him flying high into the air before he dropped like a stone out of the arena.

Jean landed in Bloody Roar where he promptly got inhaled by Xion's Unborn Form.

Roy let out a laugh as he crossed his arms. "Ha! Serves you right!"

However, his face faltered, knowing (or thinking) he was not out of the woods yet, he turned to the fight between Ray and Donkey. Neither of them noticed him. Roy sighed in relief.

"Okay, so far, so good. Now let's continue." Roy said before turning to run off.

Only to stop himself when he saw that the Inkling was looking up at him with a bewildered look on her face.

"Oh, hey there, little girl." Roy greeted. Then, his eyes widened in realisation. "Hey, while kid-friendly, Splatoon is STILL a shooter game so that means you should be experienced with ducking and covering, right?"

While still confused, the Inkling immediately nodded her head.

"Great! Do you know how to hide from that flying squirrel?" Roy asked, pointing to Ray.

The Inkling looked at Roy for a moment while rubbing her chin. Suddenly, her eyes widened as she slammed her fist into her palm.

Roy's eyes lit up. "Oh, you thought of something?"

The Inkling eagerly nodded.

"Well, let me have it!" Roy grinned.

SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!

That was the sound of the Inkling's Splattershot, splattering him with orange ink. Roy cried out in surprise and disgust.

"Ack! What was THAT for…" Roy exclaimed.

Then, he noticed that the Inkling was holding her Paint Roller over her head, getting ready to swing it downwards. Roy blinked twice before turning around to see that he wasn't that far from the ropes.

"Ohhh…" Roy said in realisation.

SPLASH!

With one mighty downwards swing from the Paint Roller, the Inkling sent a large splash of ink into Roy which was strong enough to get him flying over the ropes. The Inkling let out a cheeky grin.

"Hey, wasn't that the blond guy from the Rival Schools node?"

The Inkling's grin vanished before turning towards the direction of the voice. In fact, everyone who saw Ray FINALLY noticed Roy. They all winced for a moment.

"...Huh. I didn't know that we were in the same section just like the first Battle of the Luminaries." Ray said in awe.

Everyone blinked twice at this.

"That's… A very subdued reaction." Donkey said, speaking what was on everyone's minds.

Ray looked confused. "As opposed to what?"

"Oh, I don't know… I expected more… Anger?" Donkey asked.

Ray blinked twice. "Umm… Why? Because of our falling out in the first Battle of the Luminaries? Dude, that literally at least a decade ago. Sure, the stuff he said was mean to say the least but I got over it. Especially since I was in Sonic Mania Plus and even though five years has already passed since said game, I KNOW for a fact that people will remember it much more than SegaSonic the Hedgehog."

Donkey blinked twice. "So if you actually have no negative feelings at all towards Roy."

"No. In fact, I actually wanted to APOLOGISE to Roy because even though he was being a bully, I DID admit that I went a little too far." Ray said, sheepishly scratching the back of his head. "Who knows? Maybe we would even double-team each other."

Donkey paused. He then looked exasperated. "...Yeah, that sounds about right."

Ray tilted his head to the side. "Um, what sounds about right."

"Nothing. What you don't know can't hurt you." Donkey sighed.

Ray blinked twice.

Roy landed in Super Mario Bros U where he spent the next ten minutes running in fear from a bunch of confused Waddlewings.

Hayate blinked twice before swinging his katana to slash through a projectile beaker where it broke harmlessly. Dr. Nitrus Brio just laughed before throwing another beaker. However, this time, Hayate opted to run forward before running forward towards him while swinging his sword but Brio raised his beakers to somehow block the incoming attack. Despite this, Hayate just kicked Brio in the head.

As Brio staggered back, Hayate swung his sword downwards. But Brio snapped out of his daze in time before throwing the beaker in front of his feet and using it to propel himself backwards to avoid the slash. Brio then threw another beaker forward but Hayate easily sidestepped it. However, he didn't dodge the incoming purple shockwave that took him by surprise and knocked him out of his feet.

Brio laughed in success as he threw down a beaker and in a green mushroom-cloud explosion, a green slime monster appeared out of nowhere and made their way towards Hayate. However, they did so quite slowly so the swordsman was able to slash at the slime monster and sent it flying back towards Brio. The mad scientist cried out in pain before falling onto his back.

Hayate smirked before running over and doing a sliding kick towards the downed Brio. The latter cried out as he was sent sprawling further before slowly sat up. Acting quickly, he got out some kind of ray gun with a satellite attached to it. Acting quickly, Brio shot out a large green energy ball forward. However, Hayate raised his sword to deflect the shot away from Brio.

Despite this, Brio laughed. "Your reflexes are quite refined. It is not as athletic as Crash but you are quite sharp."

Hayate blinked twice. "Um, thanks."

"But I think we already took the agility test." Brio said. "Now let's test its actual sharpness."

With that, he held up both beakers and poured the contents into his mouth. Hayate's eyes widened before narrowing his eyes and getting into a stance, knowing what was going to happen next. Suddenly, Brio's body started to react erratically before he started to bulk up while his yellow skin slowly turned green. Soon, part of his clothes ripped off while he hulked out.

"Thank God his pants stayed on." Homer Simpson said from the Elimination Seating.

Brio roared before beating his chest like a gorilla before charging forward while slamming his fists on the ground. However, Hayate wasn't fazed as he merely ran backwards to avoid the incoming barrage. Hayate then easily ran around Brio and slashed him hard in the back. However, this just made the hulked-out man roar in anger before swinging around to swat Hayate away. But the swordsman ducked underneath the attack.

"Hisen-Zan!" Hayate shouted, rolling upwards with his katana out and striking Hayate multiple times. However, Brio was hardly fazed and merely grabbed Hayate out of the air before throwing him away towards the nearest corner post. Hayate groaned before looking up to see Brio rampaging him forward.

Only for Brio to start twitching in place. A second later, he lost all of his bulk and went back to his normal size (somehow having his clothes go back). Hayate blinked twice before smirking.

"Ha! Looks like that experiment to go right!" Hayate taunted.

"Yes, I suppose you are right." Brio frowned. "Let's try your running speed next."

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

Brio then threw another beaker forward. Hayate then raised his sword to easily block it. Big mistake as this resulted in an explosion of red smoke. Hayate coughed a couple of times.

Suddenly, he felt rain. Looking up, he saw that there was a dark rain cloud over his head. He then looked back at Brio who threw another beaker, this time at the area in front of Hayate, resulting in a purple shockwave. The brown-haired man's eyes widened before getting ready to jump but the rain had him too slow and it hit him. Hayate then flew backwards and sent him sprawling over the ropes. Brio blinked twice.

"Whoops. Didn't mean to eliminate him." Brio said, sheepishly. "Well, not TOO early."

Hayate landed in Star Gladiator where he fit right in.

Lucario did a backflip, just in time to avoid a claw slash. Making up for her mistake, Loona swung her claw again at Lucario but the Pokemon leapt over the attack before kicking Loona in the face. The hellhound staggered back which gave Lucario the chance to continue the assault. But Loona recovered immediately and kicked Lucario in the stomach and sent him flying backwards.

Lucario then landed on his hands before flipping back onto his feet. Just in time to raise his arms to block a slash from Loona. However, it did send him skidding on his feet before struggling to not stumble. Loona then saw her chance to run on all fours towards Lucario but the latter merely zoomed behind Loona at an alarming speed before sweeping her off of her feet with a kick.

However, Loona managed to self-right herself during the short time she was in the air and landed on his feet. The two then exchanged blows with each other (which admittedly looked silly because Loona was much taller than Lucario) but they managed to avoid each other. Then, Loona found an opening and grabbed Lucario before throwing him high into the air. The goth then leapt after him and swung her claw.

Only for Lucario to summon something out of nowhere and raise it to block the incoming claw attack. Loona's eyes widened before she and Lucario landed on the ground. It was then Loona saw what Lucario was holding. A light blue bone being wielded like a bo staff. Loona blinked twice.

"...So you could give the signature move of the Cubone line but you only have THREE Steel-types moves naturally?" Loona asked in disbelief. "One of them isn't even an attacking move."

Lucario's eyes widened in disbelief. "H-Hey! My Steel-type is connected to my Aura Manipulation!"

"Oh? Then, how come you are not Fighting/PSYCHIC?" Loona shot back.

"I said Aura MANIPULATION! It is much different from Aura Vision!" Lucario scolded.

Loona rolled her eyes before she got ready to pounce forward. Suddenly, she noticed something appearing behind her. A gear.

"What the fuck…?" Loona asked.

Suddenly, a giant fireball came out of nowhere and towards the gear which exploded towards Loona and Lucario knocked them to the ground. The two canines groaned before looking up.

There, they saw Kokonoe holding up a gun with a smirk with Megaman looking with wide eyes and both hands over his mouth.

"Got them!" Kokonoe sneered.

"Y-You can't just interrupt a fight like that!" Megaman scolded.

Kokonoe looked at Megaman in disbelief. "Why not? Sure, sometimes it is an instant trip to the elimination portal but the odds are us being successful is roughly about the same."

Loona narrowed her eyes. "Hey, what the fuck was THAT for!?"

"What else? We are two people fighting as a duo and you are two people." Kokonoe said, matter-of-factly. "It is not Blazblue Lore History."

"Tough talk coming from a bitch who spent more time in the background!" Loona snapped back.

"True, even when I was promoted to playable, I always took a backseat to fighting." Kokonoe admitted, rubbing her chin.

She then smirked.

"But at least I'M relevant to my own franchise." Kokonoe taunted.

Lucario and Megaman's eyes widened as Loona's eyes flared up with anger.

"Fuck the no-killing rule! You are going DOWN!" Loona roared.

With that, she pounced at Kokonoe with a roar. Lucario and Megaman paused before looking at each other in exasperation.

"...How did you and Kokonoe become the founders of your hero group again?" Lucario asked.

"...I swear it made sense in context." Megaman sighed.

"If you say so…" Lucario shrugged. "Hey, as long as we are here, wanna fight?"

"Sure, why not? Anything to distract me from THOSE two." Megaman groaned.

Lucario and Megaman then narrowed their eyes at each other before getting into stances. Megaman then fired several energy pellets at Lucario, but the Pokemon got out his bone and spun it around, deflecting the pellets away. He then ran forward and swung his bone downwards but Megaman turned his Mega Buster into a flaming sword and used it to block it.

Megaman then kicked his foot out but Lucario jumped backwards before spinning his bone around. Megaman ducked underneath the attack before doing a sliding kick to Lucario's legs. The canine painfully crashed on the ground but quickly spun around to kick Megaman in the side. While it didn't hurt that much, it was more than enough to send Megaman sprawling away and allowing Lucario to get up.

Lucario then ran forward. However, Megaman summoned rotating leaves around him and hit Lucario multiple times. Megaman then got up and spun around like a ballerina with a wind vortex striking him multiple times. As Lucario staggering back, Megaman aimed his Mega Buster and fired several water balloons, hitting him multiple times. Megaman then fired a small, electric ball striking him and engulfing him with electricity which caused him to collapse on one knee.

Drake blinked twice. "Umm… What?"

"What's wrong, Drake?" Ashley asked.

"In order, Megaman used the Charge Kick, Leaf Shield, Top Spin, Water Balloon and now the Spark Shock." The vampire pointed out. "Considering the worst weapons in the classic era of Megaman."

"...I think that's the point." Ashley said.

Drake looked at Ashley confused. "Huh?"

"Well, I know that is not how YOU play Super Smash Bros but whether I face Lucario offline, I am always conscious about using my stronger moves unless I KNOW they can KO him." The wizard explained.

"So Megaman is purposefully limiting his choices so it wouldn't bite him in the ass?" Drake asked, earning a nod from Ashley. "I mean that is NOT a bad strategy but it also has the potential to bite him in the ass. Just wait and see."

Meanwhile, Loona angrily pounced at Kokonoe. Only for one of the latter to get out another Graviton which managed to propel Loona away mid-bounce. Kokonoe then got another cannon which shot out a grappling hook which wrapped its way around Loona's waist and pulled her towards the pinkette. Kokonoe then got out her freeze ray and fired a stream of cold wind at the incoming hellhound.

This froze Loona in a block of ice. Kokonoe then put away her freeze ray before summoning another portal to get out a minigun and fired into the block of ice multiple times before getting out her wrench and swinging it downwards, smashing it into pieces and sending Loona onto her back. The goth groaned as she laid on the ground. Then, she heard something place in front of her.

Looking up, she saw some kind of device next to her. Before she could say anything, the device summoned a pillar of electricity from the device, zapping Loona. The latter cried out in pain as she instinctively jumped to her. She then looked up to yelp and dive to the side to avoid a punch from Kokonoe dashing forward with a rocket-fueled gauntlet.

Loona growled. "Okay, what the fuck!? How could you be this cheap when you are not even a boss?"

"You're bitching now, you would absolutely explode if you fought me when I came out." Kokonoe smirked. "Besides, it is not MY fault YOU chose to fight like a wild beast."

Loona looked offended. "Excuse me!?"

"Oh, come now. Surely you of all people know that the people the I.M.P. goes after a bunch of dumbasses." Kokonoe shot back.

Loona winced, knowing that Kokonoe was right.

"Face it, you can't beat me with brute strength." Kokonoe boasted.

Loona narrowed her eyes. "Alright… I get it…"

"Good. Now just let me eliminate you and…" Kokonoe started.

Suddenly, she felt something metallic wrap around her leg. Blinking twice, she looked down to see a metallic ball attached to a chain. She then looked up to see Loona smirking while holding a kusarigama.

"...Well, fuck." Kokonoe said.

Loona then pulled on her kusarigama while sending Kokonoe with her and slamming onto her on the other side of her. Loona then swung Kokonoe and sent the mad scientist back where she previously was.

While she continued to do so, Megaman staggered back in pain before growling and running forward while summoning pink leaves with yellow spots around him. Lucario just raised his bone to block the attack but much to his shock, the Plant Barrier managed to break through Lucario's guard. Megaman then did a series of punches to Lucario, knocking the wind out of him. Megaman then aimed his Mega Buster at Lucario's head while the canine was gripping his gut.

…And fired several energy pellets into Lucario's head. This hardly stunned the latter at all as he had enough time to recover and did a series of palm strikes to Megaman's face, causing him to stagger backwards. Lucario then ran forward to Megaman's chest and created a burst of aura from his palm. While it was weak due to Lucario just entering the section, it was more than enough and sent Megaman onto his back. However, it would take much more than that to take down the super fighting robot.

The barely-conscious body of Kokonoe heading towards him as a catgirl flails on the other hand…

CRASH!

Lucario's eyes widened as Kokonoe crashed right onto Megaman, managing to knock the two out. Loona blinked twice when this happened.

"...It is a good thing that Megaboy was an ally of that catgirl bitch, otherwise I would feel REALLY stupid right now." Loona said.

Lucario shook his head as he walked over to Megaman and picked him up. "...Where do you get that kusarigama from?"

"Oh, I used it in that one episode when Blitzo and Moxxie were kidnapped by the D.H.O.R.K.S bastards and one of them used it against me." Loona explained, picking up Kokonoe by her collar.

Lucario blinked twice as he and Loona walked over to the ropes. "...You are using a weapon that wasn't even yours to begin with."

"Tell that to the people who did fanart of me with one." The hellhound said, rolling her eyes. At the same time, she tossed Kokonoe like a rag doll over the ropes.

"...And to be fair, the kusarigama IS an underrated weapon so even if it is for a shallow reason, there is no problem with wielding one." Lucario shrugged before tossing Megaman over the ropes, though much more gently than what Loona did.

"Hey, never said I didn't like said pictures." Loona smirked. "They were actually fucking sweet!"

"Supreme Thunder!"

"Maziodyne!"

Green and red lighting flew at each other while clashing at each other, resulting in sparks flying everywhere. When the projectiles cleared, it revealed the stern face of Sailor Jupiter and sneering face of Tohru Adachi. Sailor Jupiter then ran forward but Adachi merely snapped his fingers and resummoned Magatsu-Izanagi to ready his blade.

However, Sailor Jupiter saw this coming and ran to the side as Magatsu-Izanagi swung his blade downwards. But Adachi just gestured for his Persona to swing his blade to the side, but Sailor Jupiter quickly rolled to the side to avoid the attack before punching her fist into Magatsu-Izanagi's stomach. Adachi felt his Persona's pain and left the wind knocked out of him.

Sailor Jupiter then ran over to Adachi and did a series of punches to the dark-haired man's face, not giving him a chance to block or counter before ending the combo with an uppercut, sending Adachi onto his back. Sailor Jupiter then jumped up into the air before diving down knees-first with electricity around said knees towards Adachi.

However, the ex-cop snapped out of his daze before yelping and rolling to the side. Sailor Jupiter winced as her knees hit the conveyor belts but quickly spun herself around and kicked Adachi in the side, sending him sprawling away. The latter groaned, realising that he needs to think of something. He then summoned Magatsu-Izanagi who grabbed Adachi with his free hand.

Magatsu-Izanagi then jumped up and onto one of the floating platforms, placing Adachi on it. The serial killer smirked before aiming his pistol at Sailor Jupiter and shooting at them. The Sailor Scout's eyes bugged out before raising her arms to block the incoming bullets. She cried out in pain as Adachi continued to fire while he laughed until he ran out of ammo so he proceeded to reload.

"Looks like I have the higher ground, girlie!" Adachi smirked.

Sailor Jupiter glared up at Adachi. "Come down here and fight like a man!"

"Yeah, no… If I get to dominate you without much effort, why should I be fair!" The ex-cop taunted. "Not much of an electromancer if you can't hit me from here!"

Sailor Jupiter greeted her teeth before looking around the arena. Suddenly, her eyes lit up when she saw something and ran off. Adachi just sneered.

"Hey, that's right! Run with your tail between your legs!" Adachi taunted, cupping his free hand to his mouth.

Then, his smirk vanished as he saw Sailor Jupiter approaching a certain person.

"Um, excuse me?" Sailor Jupiter asked, getting their attention. "I am sorry to bother you. I know that you technically wouldn't help someone like me but could you make an exception?"

The person paused as Sailor Jupiter continued to talk while pointing to Adachi on his platform. He blinked twice.

"She is not really going to…" Adachi asked.

The person Sailor Jupiter was talking about paused before shrugging. They then crouched down. Sailor Jupiter's eyes lit up before climbing onto them. When she was on, the person stood up as Sailor Jupiter smirked.

"Alright, let's go, Electivire!" Sailor Jupiter shouted.

"Electivire!" The Pokemon shouted, pumping his fists into the air before running over.

Despite this, Adachi just laughed. "Aw, how cute! You got an ally! Now you got yourself AND someone else shot!"

With that, he aimed his pistol at the two. Despite this, Sailor Jupiter narrowed her eyes before the antenna of her tiara rose up, charging up electricity.

BANG!

Suddenly, Electrivire managed to outrun Adachi's shot and made their way towards the platform Adachi was standing on. Immediately, Sailor Jupiter stood up on Electrivire's shoulders and reached towards Adachi's leg, grabbing it and throwing him off of the platform. Despite the painful crash on the ground, Adachi quickly propped himself on his hands and resummoned Magatsu–Izanagi to lunge at the two.

…Only for Electrivire to grab Magatsu-Izanagi's blade before it could hurt him. The Persona then engulfed the blade with red electricity but Electrivire seemed to absorb it. Adachi looked in shock and horror.

"Electrivire's Ability is Motor Drive." Tumble piped up. "When hit with an electric move, not only does it do no damage but also raises his Speed stat.

Adachi blinked twice, realising why Electrivire was moving so fast earlier. Looking up, he saw Sailor Jupiter glaring down at him.

"...Kinda cheap if you ask me." Adachi muttered.

Sailor Jupiter's eyebrow twitched. "I knew that you were going to say that and yet I am still annoyed."

With that, she picked up Adachi by his jacket and threw him out of the arena. She then looked at Electivire.

"Hey, thanks!" Sailor Jupiter grinned.

The Pokemon happily gave a thumbs up. Meanwhile, Adachi groaned before getting up and rubbing his head.

"Ugh, I completely forgot that the Pokemon could be interacted with just like the cows in the Minecraft section." Adachi muttered. "At least the worst is over."

"Well, well, well!"

Adachi raised an eyebrow before looking around. It was then he noticed that he was surrounded by a lot of female police officers, glaring at him. However, they all looked the same with even the sea-green hairstyle

"I know that it is impossible here because this is not your node." One policewoman said sternly. "But let's see if you are able to push us Officer Jennys into the TV World just as easily as those poor victims."

Adachi blinked twice before looking around at all of the angry stares. He then let out a deep sigh.

"...Well, I am going to die, anyway sooo…" Adachi admitted before smirking and started to speak.

Upon doing so, all of the Officer Jennys watched with wide eyes and shrunken pupils. They then gritted their teeth with their faces turning red in complete rage before stomping forward.

(Eliminated Seating)

The Eliminated Seating looked at the screen in disgust as the Officer Jennys ripped Adachi a new one. Richter Abend then looked at Yu Narukami.

"...Remind me why he is your FRIEND again!?" Richter asked.

Yu winced. "It's… Complicated."

(Videoland; Palace of Power)

"And that is why I am blue. Believe it or not, at the time, blue was not a common colour for a robot and Inafune even considered it gross for some reason." Megaman explained, standing in front of a blackboard.

Standing at a desk was a robot just like him. However, he was smaller and had green armour with a visor.

"Oh, wow, that is Mega-informative!" The smaller robot said in awe while speaking in a VERY deep voice.

Megaman winced.

"Priorities, Megaman. You can worry about that Mega tic later." Original!Megaman muttered before giving a small smile. "Well, I hope you understand now!"

"I think so. So if I changed my metal to blue, it would make you look like you." Captain N!Megaman asked.

Original!Megaman paused. "Um, no, it doesn't work like that."

Captain N!Megaman blinked twice. "...But it worked with YOU."

"...What?" Original!Megaman asked.

"When you went into Street Fighter X Tekken, for some reason, you merged your blue with yellow accents." Captain N!Megaman explained.

Original!Megaman blinked twice.

"For some reason, you decided on a Mega-new look but it made you look like you were about thirty years old and even more overweight." Captain N!Megaman frowned.

Original!Megaman paused at this. He then smiled.

"That is a very good point. Let's write that down next!" Original!Megaman offered, holding up a finger. "But first, let's see if we have the proper writing utensils. Number 2 pencil or Hyper Bomber?"

Captain N!Megaman blinked twice. "Wait… Hyper Bomber?"

Suddenly, Original!Megaman got out a cartoon bomb before throwing it forward while keeping his smile (though one could swear that his eyes didn't match said smile). Captain N!Megaman's pupils shrink.

"Catch!"

"OH, MEGA-POO…"

BOOM!

At first, Kokonoe jumped as she looked up to see part of the Palace of Power explode, resulting in black smoke emerging from it. However, she quickly smirked.

"Nice to see that the re-education of the Captain N version of Megaman is going well." Kokonoe chuckled.

Her smirk vanished before looking at an electronic device in her hands.

"Ugh, come on, Celica, my mom will murder when she finds out that I ended up in the same elimination node as you and yet I am not able to find you." Kokonoe muttered.

"Celica?"

Kokonoe paused before turning towards what looked like a Goomba but much uglier and poorly-drawn.

"You mean that ponytailed girl with the cape?" The Goomba asked.

Kokonoe's eyes widened. "Yes, have you seen her?"

"Yeah, she and her friends were looking for the Palace of Power." The Goomba explained. "Something about asking Princess Lana and Kevin to find the eliminated fighter of this node."

"A-And you went with them right?" Kokonoe asked.

"Um, no, I literally pointed to that big ol' castle." The Goomba said, looking confused. "How could a group of five people miss something that big."

Kokonoe paused.

"...If the Lakitu were here, I would look at the closest one as if I was in the Office."

(Videoland; Metroid)

"So that is the situation. We are trying to find Captain N and his allies so they could help us locate the eliminated fighter of this node." Celica frowned. She then brightened up. "But regardless, even though we haven't found them, we still found their allies!"

Mother Brain, King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard looked at Celica's group in disbelief before looking at each other and then looking back at the group.

"...Wow. When you said that you were not from around here, you weren't exaggerating, weren't you." King Hippo said.

Leon blinked twice at the boxer. "Um, why are you blue?"

(Videoland; Palace of Power)

"Ugh, I can't believe this! It is just like An American Tail where the people the main protagonist has to see keep missing each other!" Kokonoe growled. "Worst of all, this is Section NINETEEN so I somehow don't find her now, the insanity will escalate!"

The Goomba blinked twice. "Umm… Why?"

Kokonoe just looked in disbelief. "If it isn't obvious by now, then there is no point talking about it."

(Hotel; Bison's Room)

Otane, Oume, Ragna and Bang stood outside of Bison's room. They stared at it for a good moment. The former two then looked at each other.

"Well?" Otane asked.

Oume paused before letting out a deep sigh before knocking the door. After a few seconds, they didn't hear anything. But then, they heard groaning.

"F.A.N.G., I swear if this is you, so help me…"

The four paused as they heard footsteps, heading towards the door. Then, someone answered it. As if you expected anyone else, it was an exhausted Bison. Needless to say, the moment he saw the Goketsuji sisters, his eyes bugged out before groaning.

"Oh great… You two." Bison winced

Oume gave a growl while Otane just frowned.

"Look, I am going to be blunt. I literally just dealt with one of you a section ago." Bison spat.

The four looked confused by this.

"Wait, Otane, I thought that you DIDN'T speak with him directly." Oume said, looking at her sister.

"I didn't. This is the first I heard of it." Otane frowned.

"Well, technically it is not Oume but her Heartless clone or something like that." Bison muttered.

Otane, Ragna and Bang looked confused by this.

"Um, Heartless clone?" Ragna asked.

Oume's eyes then bugged out at this. "Wait… You mean as if my body was completely black with eerie, yellow eyes?"

"Yeah, I actually thought I was having a fever dream from all of the alcohol I drank." Bison muttered. "Especially after the fight, somehow I got MY own Heartless clone!"

Oume's pupils shrank. "What!?"

"Yeah, it wasn't until F.A.N.G came in and told me, telling me he saw the same thing that made me realise it was real…" Bison sighed.

"But… That's impossible!" Oume exclaimed. "That would be…"

Everyone looked down at Oume who then stopped herself before looking to the side. She then shook her head.

"...Look, Bison, you have a lot to answer for." Oume said.

"Um, no, I don't. I already told you that I told your Heartless clone about it." Bison said with venom in her voice.

"You know that is not the real me!" Oume scolded. "I want the truth!"

Bison paused. He then let out a deep breath.

"You want the truth… First off, tell me how much you both know?" Bison asked, narrowing his eyes. "Because I already ranted to the other Oume and I am NOT repeating myself, at least too much."

Oume paused. "Well, apparently you never had any faith in us and that you only told us to go for bigger and better things. And that we apparently RUINED your plans because I took most of your allies."

Bison nodded his head. "Good… It seems that I don't have to repeat THAT much."

Oume growled. "I can't believe you! We took your allies to HELP you!"

"Regardless of what you did, you DID ruined my plan." Bison snapped. "You didn't even bother to tell me about it."

"Well, where else are we supposed to find them!?" Oume scolded. "Most of the villains usually answer to you."

"Well, now you could take all the villains you like because thanks to you two, none of the villains will take me seriously ever again!" Bison scolded.

"In the Goketsuji sisters' defence, I think it is more like you get drunk and pull a Pete in front of the entire multiverse." Ragna piped up.

Otane glared at Ragna. "Ragna, please…"

Bang raised an eyebrow. "...You are being quiet, Otane."

"Yeah, I must admit that I am pleasantly surprised but also worried, knowing that this is the calm before the storm." Bison said, crossing his arms.

Otane paused for a moment when she realised that the others' eyes were on her. She paused before looking for a way.

"...Make no mistake, just like Oume, I wanted to be with you, Bison." Otane admitted. "However, unlike Oume, while I briefly forgot the secondary reason, I soon remembered."

Oume put her hand on her hips. "Oh? And please tell me, sister. What is the reason you have forgotten?"

Otane looked at her sister. "To show off my philosophy."

Oume's eyes widened at this.

"Look, to say that a lot has happened is an understatement and I don't know how to explain it in one sitting." Otane said. "My philosophy turned out to be more beneficial."

Oume growled. "I don't give a crap what the hell has happened since I left Junko's old hideout, there is no way that you would prove me wrong!"

Otane paused before looking to the side. She then looked back at Oume.

"...You're right. I DIDN'T prove you wrong. YOU did." Otane challenged.

Oume's pupils shrank. Otane then looked at Bison.

"Look, I don't know if your plan really needed all of those villains but you gave up too easily as well." Otane said.

"In Bison's defence, for his plan to work, we needed a lot of villains, even if it is for something minor like guarding specific locations or keeping an eye out for hero groups." Ragna muttered.

"See?" Bison asked.

"Don't encourage villains, friend!" Bang scolded, slapping Ragna in the arm.

"Like, I am not saying that I can't find villains but on such short notice?" Bison asked before scoffing. "By the time I somehow managed to get the proper numbers I needed, half of the tournament would be over."

He then growled.

"Look, maybe this is karma or not, but I NEVER tricked you into working for me. I tricked you into GETTING AWAY from you. I don't know how YOUR women remembered but you brought nothing hell when I got transported to your node after fighting Solid Snake." Bison scolded.

Otane winced before rubbing her arm and Oume just scoffed. Both looked to the side.

"...I had my best plan yet which managed to impress Ganondorf, despite our falling out in the Okron Tournament." Bison reminded. "And yet I felt like a Tekken character."

The Goketsuji sisters, along with Ragna and Bang looked in confusion.

"...You know. Basically any character that ISN'T a Mishima." Bison said.

"Oh, THAT makes more sense." Ragna said.

"But at least the Mishima storyline is literally causing World Wars." Bison said. "YOU two are just fighting over one piece of estate."

"Hey, I know that it is a very big piece of estate!" Oume snapped.

"Oh, if you are so hung up over it, then why are you wasting time fawning over ME!?" Bison snapped.

Oume's pupils shrank.

"I already got a simp and he literally has NOTHING with me." Bison pointed out. "NO ONE is getting accomplished with this. A part of me wants to say my enemies but I think at least got affected by your fight! Be grateful that you didn't end up under a pile of debris and God forbid, be transported to another world!"

Otane and Oume paused.

"...Is there anything else?" Bison asked, crossing his arms.

Oume stayed silent before sighing. "Just one… This Heartless clone of yours? Did it really just appear out of nowhere?"

Bison blinked twice. "Um, yeah. He just appeared when I was fighting YOUR Heartless clone of yours. And it is not like they came together because they talked like this was the first time since the arena that they… Em, we spoke."

Bang blinked twice. "And you're not the least bit confused why would not only Heartless clone your unwanted admirer AND you are going around.

"You can't pay me enough to care right now. Now THAT is taken care of, will you fuck off? ALL of you?" Bison asked.

With that, he slammed the door. Otane just frowned while Oume gritted her teeth.

"...I don't know what I saw with you." Oume muttered.

"Understatement of the year." Ragna grumbled. "Seriously, I could understand Sephiroth and Albert Wesker but THIS guy?"

Otane sighed. "...Well?"

Oume paused for a moment.

"Fine… I will go help create the antidote." Oume muttered.

Ragna and Bang's eyes widened at this.

"Wait, really?" Ragna asked.

"HOWEVER, I am merely doing this because what would happen if the champions' loved ones died for good." Oume said. "I would have permanently caused six people's deaths… Because I was throwing my feelings towards a man who doesn't even TRY to give me the time of the day. How would THAT look in the history books?"

Otane paused, sheepishly scratching the back of her head, Ragna gave a bored look while Bang's face turned red in anger. He was about to shoot until Ragna put his hand on the ninja's shoulder. Bang looked at Ragna who just shook his head with a solemn look. Bang paused before sighing.

"W-Well, in that case, we should get going." Otane urged.

"Yes, might as well…" Oume sighed.

With that, the four then walked off to go back to the dome to enter the Recovery Room.

(Moon World; Lunar Dome)

Janga gritted his teeth before raising his claws to block a sword. He then swung one of them for a counter attack but the sword swung at it to block. Janga tried again with a couple more swings but the sword easily blocked it. The two then got into a power struggle but while the duel was a stalemate so far, Janga easily won it and shoved his opponent away.

Snoopy flew backwards for a moment but quickly used his whirling ears to recover in mid-air and self-right himself before glaring at Janga. Janga then scoffed before pouncing forward and swinging downwards, using his weight advantage and momentum from the pounce to knock Snoopy down, even if he blocked. However, while Snoopy was shoved to the ground, he quickly held up his free hand to land on it before landing on his feet.

Janga growled. Suddenly, he split into two before rushing forward. Snoopy's eyes widened before whirling his ears and flying off while both Jangas ran after him with sneers on both of their faces before dashing after him. Snoopy then flew on top of a rock to gain more ground but it did little to make the Jangas falter as they used their claws to scale up the rock. Despite this, Snoopy narrowed his eyes before throwing his sword at one of them but they easily dodged it.

"Okay, WOW, TVTropes was right! Dogs ARE…" One of them sneered.

Suddenly, the sword came spinning back like a boomerang and slashing the Janga that came back. This resulted in him vanishing into purple smoke as the sword went back into Snoopy's hand. As Janga looked in shock, Snoopy jumped from the rock and swung his sword downwards, knocking the cat off of the rock and onto his back while Snoopy gracefully landed on his feet.

Janga then glared up at Snoopy. "Okay, what is this bullshit!? If that sword is a benefit from the tournament's gimmick, then it should have vanished the moment you entered this place!"

The beagle frowned before speaking back. …Only to jump when he realised that barks came out of it. Janga blinked twice in confusion.

"What's the matter? I got your tongue?" Janga taunted.

Snoopy held his throat with his free hand. "What's going on!? All of this and I lost my voice!?"

Janga, being the pragmatic fighter he was, swung his claws at Snoopy while he was distracted. However, the dog snapped out of his daze and raised his sword to block the claw slash. Snoopy then flew to the side and slashed Janga in the side. The purple-furred feline winced before holding his wound before swinging it again. However, Snoopy did a thrusting motion to zoom off to the side to avoid the attack.

Janga gritted his teeth before slamming his claw on the ground. This time, he split up into three. Two of them then ran to the side of Snoopy while the last one stayed where they were. Snoopy frowned before looking around. Each Janga then got out some kind of boomerang-like blades before throwing them at Snoopy. However, the beagle easily flew over them.

But the blades didn't vanish as they continued to fly around the area, resulting in Snoopy flying around to avoid them. However, the Jangas went at the dog. The latter yelped before either dodging or blocking with his blade. But a Janga slashed Snoopy in the back, causing the beagle to fall onto his face. He tried to get up and not only did the slash in the back hurt but he felt sick. The Jangas then laughed.

"Feeling sick?" One of them boasted. "My claws are literally toxic."

Snoopy's eyes widened at this while wincing in pain. The Jangas continued to laugh cruelly. Snoopy then weakly raised his sword in the air. This summoned a bright green spiralling light around him. The Jangas stopped laughing before looking in disbelief as Snoopy slowly got up. They then noticed that the slash part was partly healed.

"At least the poison is gone." Snoopy said before frowning. "But still First Aid is nothing compared to Cure."

With that, he looked around to see the three Jangas pouncing down at him at the same time. His eyes widened before flying upwards to avoid the pincer attack. However, instead of crashing into each other, Janga just turned back into one while releasing orbs of green goo around him. At the same time, while not hurt, it seemed that merging back with his clones made him tired as he panted heavily.

Seeing this, Snoopy ran over and did a series of slashes to Janga, resulting in multiple cuts everywhere. Janga cried out in pain before retreating backwards after Snoopy ended the combo with a spiralling cut. He then growled before rushing forward but Snoopy flew backwards from the attack and avoided it. Janga just glared at the retreating Snoopy.

Only for his face fell when he saw fire surrounding Snoopy's sword. The beagle then narrowed his eyes before swinging it down, making Janga's pupils shrank.

BAM!

After a now flaming-sword collided with Janga's face, the feline fell onto his back and went completely out-cold. Snoopy landed on his feet while panting heavily, glaring down at his fallen opponent.

"Sometimes being a Gladiator with elemental blades helps." Snoopy admitted.

He then frowned.

"At first, I thought this cat kidnapped me but his words make no sense. Tournaments? Nodes?" Snoopy asked. "Furthermore, I can't talk."

Then, his body started to flicker in and out of existence. Normally, this was normal as it was about time for him to return to the node. However, Snoopy looked absolutely terrified.

"W-W-What is happening to me!?" Snoopy exclaimed. "Garfield! Scooby! Anyone!"

That was when he completely vanished, leaving the unconscious Janga. Just then, Klonoa, Guntz and Pango ran in, looking determined.

"Alright, time to pay the piper, Janga, you son of a…" Guntz spat, aiming his pistol.

Suddenly, they noticed that Janga was unconscious. They blinked twice before Klonoa looked at Guntz.

"Looks like we are not the only ones who want revenge on Janga." Klonoa said.

(Dome; Recovery Room)

Snoopy found himself reappearing in a cot. He blinked twice before looking around.

"Wait, he is AWAKE!?"

Snoopy raised an eyebrow before turning to see a bewildered Nurse Joy and Blissey.

"Oh, um, sorry for the intrusion but do you know where I am?" Snoopy asked.

Blissey blinked twice. "Umm, you are in the Recovery Room."

"Recovery Room?" Snoopy asked, confused. He then looked around. "This DOES seem like a hospital room, but…"

Then, his eyes widened when his eyes locked onto two certain people.

"Garfield! Scooby!" Snoopy exclaimed.

Almost immediately, he leapt from the bed and ran over, despite the protests from Nurse Joy and Blissey. He then wrapped his arms around Garfield, startling him.

"You have NO idea how glad I am to see you!" Snoopy exclaimed. "I just appeared in this weird place all over and this evil and strange cat tried to use me as a hostage! I defeated him but still, I was so confused!"

Garfield and Scooby both stood with wide eyes before looking at each other. Snoopy's eyes then opened up and his eyes lit up further.

"Spongebob! Sora! Even LANDIS! You are here too!?" Snoopy exclaimed. "I am so glad that whatever is happening, I am not alone!"

Scooby paused. "...Um, Snoopy?"

The beagle looked up, beaming brightly. "Yes?"

"Are you okay?" Scooby asked.

"Well, to say that I had a scare here and there, but at the end of the day, I was through worse." Snoopy said before letting out a hearty laugh. "But nothing, the Heroes of Heart can't handle."

Garfield, Scooby and Blissey (along with Jigglypuff and Quickie) blinked twice at this.

"Um, Heroes of Heart?" Scooby asked, confused.

Snoopy's smile vanished as he looked up at Scooby in confusion.

"H-Huh? What do you mean, Scooby?" Snoopy asked.

"What is… A Hero of Heart?" The Great Dane elaborated.

Snoopy jumped at this. "W-W-What kind of question is THAT!? Don't you remember, Scooby? How you, me and Garfield were chosen to become the Heroes of Heart? The fact that we fought against so many monsters and enemies! The fact that we won against Linus, the Great Pumpkin and even Sin itself!"

The people who could understand Snoopy blinked twice at this. The beagle then continued.

"W-Wait, maybe this will jog your memory!" Snoopy said, looking desperate.

With that, he summoned the sword he was fighting with earlier in a flash of light, startling everyone.

"See? This is the Sword of Courage!" Snoopy exclaimed.

Garfield and Scooby paused before looking at each other in worry.

"Is this… Part of the symptoms of getting your mind hijacked by Psycho Mantis?" Scooby frowned.

"If it is, then he wouldn't have fought like an anime character against that cat!" Garfield shot back.

Scooby's eyes bugged out at this. "Wait, WHAT!?"

"He is right, Scooby! Snoopy managed to fight against his attacker with that sword! Not only did he look completely unaffected from the usual symptoms but he fought as if he was a natural!" Blissey exclaimed.

Snoopy looked around confused. "Wait, Psycho Mantis? Who is Psycho Mantis?"

Garfield let out a deep sigh. He then walked over to Snoopy and put his hands on his shoulders with a stern look on his face.

"Snoopy… Go back into your cot…" Garfield said, softly yet sternly. "This may take a while."

The beagle just blinked in pure confusion.

(The Arena)

Cloud swung his Buster Sword downwards. However, Wario just smirked before catching said broadsword with his hands. While Cloud was recovering from his attack, Wario somehow did a suplex while still holding onto Cloud's sword, slamming the swordsman onto his back. Cloud groaned as Wario got up and did an elbow drop. However, Cloud snapped out of his daze to raise his sword to block said elbow drop.

Wario cried out in pain before holding his elbow which gave Cloud enough time to get up and swung his sword downward at Wario, sending him flying away. The greedy man then fell onto his rear. However, he saw Cloud charging up energy. Realising the blond man was charging up his Mana Meter, Wario got out his bike and rode it towards Cloud. However, the latter stopped casting before rolling to the side.

Cloud then swung his sword upwards and sent a wave of green energy at Wario. However, the yellow-clad man rode to the side to avoid the projectile before turning around and running towards Cloud to ram his bike into him. However, the blond man just smirked before jumping up and managing to kick Wario off of his bike. But he wasn't done yet as Cloud ran over to the bike, picked it up and got onto it.

As Final Fantasy VII fans cheered at this, Wario's pupils shrank and Cloud rode forward towards, riding the bike with one hand and holding out his Buster Sword, getting ready to swing it at his opponent. Suddenly, Wario zoomed straight up into the air, avoiding the attack. Cloud's eyes widened before looking up to see Wario with a jetpack. He smirked before playing to the crowd.

"You like it? Ever since-a I was given a jetpack in the game of Get It Together, I annoyed… Um, asked Dr. Crygor to make me one?" Wario sneered. His eyes then widened before looking at the audience. "Oh, that's speaking of Get It Together, hey, chumps! Buy-a WarioWare: Move It!"

Cloud looked in disbelief. "Are you seriously promoting your latest game NOW!?"

Wario looked down with a smirk. "But of course! I didn't-a do so when I exited the Ready Room because I was-a focused on getting revenge on Xuan Dou Zhi Wang."

Cloud rolled his eyes. "Typical shameless Wario."

The yellow-clad man's smirk vanished. "I don't-a need to hear that from YOU, Mr. My Reboot is Plastered All Over The Internet!"

Cloud just shook his head before deciding to ride off. However, Wario just smirked before flying after Cloud. The swordsman looked up to see his opponent coming, but he just narrowed his eyes. Then, energy surrounds him while riding his motorcycle. Suddenly, a bolt of electricity shot down out of the sky and nearly hit Wario. The greedy man yelped before flying to the side.

Realising that it was a Thunder spell from Cloud, Wario growled before using his signature shoulder-barge to build up speed and chase after Cloud. The blond man just continues to ride around the arena and try to cast another spell. Cloud then sent out a series of ice shards at Wario but the latter flew to the side to avoid it before he continued to chase after him. Cloud tried again with a different spell and sent a fireball towards Wario.

However, instead of flying out of the way, Wario took a deep breath and… Just floated in place and let the fireball fly towards him. It then immediately engulfed himself completely.

"YYYYYYOOOOOOWWWWWW!"

Crying out in pain, Wario flew forward while flailing his arms. As he did so, his movement speed increased by a lot as he flew towards Cloud. The blond man looked back before his eyes widened in pure horror as Wario's comical and pained face flew towards him.

CRASH!

After Wario collided straight into Cloud, the latter, along with the motorcycle, was sent flying backwards like a comet until they flew over the ropes and into the elimination portal. By this time, the flames on Wario slowly started to die. He then sighed before patting down the remaining flames.

"I really-a gotta find a way to go faster without my motorcycle…" Wario muttered. "Even now, going into Flaming Wario never-a gets any easier."

Cloud landed in Bowser's Keep of Super Mario RPG. Unfortunately, this was when Exor, the literal-skyscraper sized sword came crashing right into it.

Jivatma and Master Mummy both narrowed their eyes before getting ready with their respective arms. You would think that they were about to use them against each other but rather they were using them TOGETHER, launching them forward.

Danny Phantom and Jake Long smirked before flying out of the way of the attacks. Then they shot out ectoplasm shots and fiery breath shots respectively at the two. Jivatma and Master Mummy cried out in pain as they took the projectiles head-on. They then growled before glaring up at the guilty party.

Then, Juniper Lee came out of nowhere and did a flying kick into Master Mummy's face. Despite the size difference, it was more than enough to send Master Mummy sliding onto his back. June then turned around to do a spinning kick to Jivatma. However, the alien crouched down on all fours like a cockroach to duck underneath the attack. Jivatma then grabbed June by her leg before throwing her into the air and stretching his arm to stab her.

However, June self-righted herself in midair before blocking the attack. Danny then flew over and punched Jivatma in the face, knocking him down. The cockroach-like man growled before spreading his arm and swinging it horizontally but Danny and June flew over and under underneath it respectively. Meanwhile, Jake and Master Mummy locked arms with each other. Despite Master Mummy having the bulkier build, they were easily matched.

"Why are you interrupting our fight?" Master Mummy growled. "Especially when you were fighting each other earlier?"

"Well, we tried to but we kept having to take care of some dangerous villain." Jake admitted. "So seeing that we are just going to keep triple-teaming with each other, why not form an alliance?"

"Okay, but again I have to ask, why are you interrupting OUR fight in particular?" Master Mummy repeated.

"Chillax, you both look like you could take it!" Jake said before sneering. "Unless the Mummy wants his Mommy!"

Master Mummy growled before punting Jake in the stomach. The dragon's smirk vanished as he held his gut, feeling the wind knocked out of him. Master Mummy then grabbed Jake in a bearhug, holding him tightly. Jake cried out in pain from the crushing hold but then sent out a flame from his mouth into Master Mummy's face. It doesn't hurt the latter that much being a mummy, but it was more than enough to loosen his grip a bit.

That was more than enough for Jake to free one hand and uppercutted Master Mummy in the chin and sent him staggering back. However, the purple-skinned man recovered and sent out his Phoenix, a bird ARM at Jake but the Asian-American easily flew out of the way before zooming forward and punching Master Mummy in the face.

The bulky grunted in pain before swinging his head forward for a headbutt but Jake flew behind Master Mummy and wrapped his arms around his waist before performing a German Suplex. Jake then got up while Master Mummy laid in an awkward position but then he sent out his Megaton ARM, a giant pink sphere, struck Jake in the face and sent him flying away.

Meanwhile, Jivatma cried out in pain before crashing onto his back. He then looked up to see Danny and June, cracking their knuckles with evil smirks on his face. He then frowned before looking around. His eyes then lit up when he found something. Acting quickly, he lashed one of his arms at the object and used it as a grappling hook. Danny and June looked in awe before turning to the direction.

Their pupils then shrank when they saw that Jivatma was on top of a mixture of a UFO and a magnet. Jivatma smirked as he crossed his arms.

"Ha! Magnezone is not only an Electric type but also a STEEL type." Jivatma boasted. "Your ghost AND ice attacks won't be as effective!"

Danny narrowed his eyes. "So? HE may be strong against my attacks but YOU are still not!"

With that, he flew after Jivatma. Meanwhile, June slumped her arms in disbelief.

"...Seriously? Even the landlocked ones are going to gain higher ground than me?" June complained. She then groaned before going to help Jake with Master Mummy.

Jivatma smirked before looking down at Magnezone. "Magnezone, ascend."

"...I AM UNABLE TO COMPREHEND WHY I AM FOLLOWING THE COMMANDS OF A RANDOM MAN." The Pokemon muttered. "EH. THIS BEATS BOREDOM."

With that, he did ascend which caused Danny to punch Magnezone instead. As the ghost retreated his fist back. Jivatma winced before kicking Danny in the head, knocking him away. The alien then proceeded to do a series of punches to Danny, not giving him a chance to block or move around it. However, Danny DID had the chance to turn intangible and fly forward.

Danny then reappeared and fired an Ectoplasm beam at Jivatma. The attack hit the cockroach-like man in the chest and sent him off of the Magnezone. He managed to grab onto the magnet Pokemon with one hand. Danny smirked before running forward. Jivatma saw this and frowned.

"Magnezone, use Metal Sound!" Jivatma shouted. He then put his free claw to his temporary ally and…

SSSSSCCCCCRRRRAAAATTTTTCCCCCHHHHH!

Everyone in the arena, nay, the dome covered their ears in pain as an unsatisfying noise filled the air. By this time, Jivatma climbed back up onto Magnezone who merely looked back with a blank stare.

"...YOU ARE AWARE THAT I COULD DO THAT ON MY OWN WITHOUT YOU RUINING MY ARMOUR." Magnezone said.

By this time, Danny shook his head to get rid of the ringing. He then glared at Jivatma.

"So you like shattering people's eardrums, huh?" Danny asked. "Well, let's see how YOU like it!"

With that, he breathed in. Jivatma's smirk vanished when he realised what Danny was going to do. The latter then let out a loud shriek, sending a green sound wave from his mouth towards Jivatma and Magnezone, knocking them away. Magnezone was able to recover but Jivatma was not as lucky as he fell down, too stunned to use his arms to grapple hook back into the arena and he fell into the portal.

Jivatma landed in Mario Paint. He was promptly flatter by a giant fly swatter.

Danny smirked as he dusted his hands together. "Gotta love the Ghostly Wail."

"PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!"

Danny raised an eyebrow before looking down to see the fight between Jake, June and Master Mummy. Or rather the makeshift volleyball match between Jake and June as he bounced Master Mummy to each other like a ball. Needless to say, the latter was pissed.

"What? You have super armour." Jake boasted. "You could take it."

"I guess a mummy by any other build is still lightweight." June chuckled.

"Alright, alright, I think you had your fun." Danny smirked. "Time to put him out of his misery."

Jake then flew up and did a hard spike to Master Mummy. This went to the undead man flying away and over the ropes with no hope of return.

Master Mummy landed in Darkstalkers where he got into a fight with Anakaris.

Pikachu and Agumon ran in opposite directions to avoid a barrage of bullets. Kilgore just let out a robotic war cry before he continued firing, focusing his arms at Pikachu because he saw the mouse as the bigger threat. However, Pikachu just used his speed to run out of Kilgore's firing rate. However, this left Kilgore wide open for Agumon to run over from behind.

"Claw Attack!" Agumon shouted, doing a rolling slash into Kilgore's back. Of course, with the latter being a robot, it didn't hurt him much but it did make Kilgore stagger forward. Pikachu then ran over and did an uncharged Skull Bash to Kilgore's torso. Pikachu and Agumon then proceeded to alternate attacks with each other. However, Kilgore just gave an annoyed (yet still monotone) grunt as he kicked the two away. A hatch in Kilgore's chest then opened and fired three missiles from it and towards his opponents. However, Pikachu and Agumon just narrowed their eyes.

"Pepper Breath!" Agumon shouted, shooting a fireball from his mouth while Pikachu fired a bolt of electricity at the incoming missiles. However, this left them fired open from a series of bullets from his gatling gun arms into Pikachu and Agumon, leaving them unable to evade them and just took the incoming barrage. However, as Kilgore did so, their gatling guns started to glow red and in doing so lowers the firing rate.

"H-Hey, I think it is overheating! GET 'EM!" Agumon shouted.

Pikachu nodded as they ran over to Kilgore and proceeded to do a series of tail whips and claw swipes. However, Kilgore just aimed one of his guns at the two and fired. This resulted in a large burst of fire, knocking both Pikachu and Agumon. However, because Agumon was a fire-elemental Digimon, it didn't affect him that much but Pikachu took a little longer to recover.

"Claw Uppercut!" Agumon shouted, doing a jumping uppercut to Kilgore's chin, stunning the gunslinger for a moment before doing a series of slashes to Kilgore's torso. However, the latter recovered and slammed one of his still-heated gatling arms onto Agumon's head, knocking him down. By this time, Pikachu ran over and did a front flip, using Iron Tail but Kilgore quickly blocked it with his arms.

"Okay, this is ridiculous! Why is this guy giving BOTH of us so much trouble!?" Agumon exclaimed. "He is Fulgore if he was thrown into the trash and then crawled out!"

Hearing this, this struck a nerve with Kilgore. Letting out a metallic roar, his chest opened up while aiming his gatling arms at the same time. Pikachu and Agumon's eyes widened before running in opposite directions as Kilgore opened fire with both bullets and missiles. While Pikachu was able to easily avoid it, Agumon was a little slow and took a missile to the back, knocking him down.

Seeing this, Kilgore ran straight at Agumon and pounced on top of him before proceeding to smack Agumon in the face with his arms. Pikachu gasped before narrowing his eyes and running over to Kilgore and leaping onto his back before summoning a thunder cloud over Kilgore's head and summoning a bolt of electricity onto Kilgore.

The robot roared in anger before throwing Pikachu off of him. However, the electric Pokemon flipped to self-right himself and landed on all fours before charging up a Skull Bash. A couple of seconds later, he sent himself flying straight at Kilgore headfirst.

…Only for Kilgore to suddenly vanish into thin air. While startled, Pikachu managed to land on his feet with wide eyes. He then growled.

"Okay, who was the sadist that gave an aggressive zoner a TELEPORT!?" Pikachu muttered.

"PIKACHU, ON YOUR SIX!"

Upon hearing his friendly rival's shout, Pikachu's eyes bugged out before turning around. Just in time to see Kilgore firing three missiles from his chest with no time for Pikachu to move out of the way.

BOOM!

Agumon's eyes widened in horror as all three missiles hit Pikachu dead-on, sending the rodent flying backwards until he soared over the ropes, too stunned to use Quick Attack to come back.

Pikachu landed in Animal Crossing: New Horizons where he used his electricity as an "alarm clock" for an unconscious Gullivar.

Agumon continued to look dismayed at what happened to Pikachu. He then glared at Kilgore.

"Hey, Pikachu was FINALLY getting his groove back and then you came in and eliminated him!" Agumon snapped.

All Kilgore did was beat his chest as if he was a gorilla. Agumon's eyebrow twitched.

"Alright, that's it. You want a fight?" Agumon asked. "I will give you a fight!"

With that, he got out a Smash Ball. The Digimon fans went wild when they saw it. Agumon then crushed it with his hand, creating an aura around him. He then engulfed himself in a white light.

"Agumon digivolve to…"

Then, the light cleared to reveal that Agumon had transformed. He was not a larger reptile, looking more like an orange dinosaur with blue scratch marks on his side with a brown cow skull helmet on his head.

"...GREYMON!"

"And we finally have our first Digivolution of the tournament!" Drake grinned. "And to think it took us NINETEEN sections to get there!"

As the crowd went well, Greymon crossed his arms and glared down at Kilgore.

"Well, have you finally realised the mistake you made or are you just going to come in guns-a-blazing?" Greymon boasted.

Kilgore paused for a moment. He then aimed his gatling guns at Greymon and started to open fire. The Digimon rolled his eyes before raising his arms to block the bullets.

"...You know what? That's on me." Greymon muttered. "I keep mistaking you for someone who downloaded the basics of self-preservation."

Greymon then continued blocking Kilgore's bullets, letting the gunslinger's arms overheat. When they finally did so, Kilgore just shrugged before running over and doing a series of punches with said overheated arms. However, that was what Greymon was hoping for as he grabbed Kilgore and picked him up.

"Nova Blast!" Greymon shouted, breathing out a large stream of fire onto Kilgore. The robot struggled to break free but could do nothing as their entire body was overheating. Greymon then threw him up into the air and when Kilgore came back down, Greymon swung around and used his much bigger tail to whip Kilgore and send him out of the arena.

Kilgore landed in Unreal Tournament. For better or for worse, he fit right in.

Donkey yelped as he dove out of the way to avoid a ball of golden fur. However, Ray the Flying Squirrel broke out of his roll and flew towards Donkey and punched him in the face. The burro staggered back as Ray continued his assault with a series of dropkicks, alternating between attacks and flying. Soon, Donkey ran enough and swung his head forward, headbutting Ray and sending him out of the air.

Ray groaned before sitting up. His eyes then widened when he saw Donkey leap into the air with the intent of landing on Ray's head. He yelped before diving out of the way but after landing, Donkey ran after Ray and not giving him a chance to escape. The rodent then jumped up to fly off and Donkey leapt up before somehow charging forward in midair, ramming Ray out of the air again.

Ray ended up falling on his face in a comical yet painful fashion. Donkey then turned around and did a back kick to Ray and sent him flying away. However, the flying squirrel managed to recover in time, using his patagia. Donkey cursed after seeing that he gave Ray the advantage again. Thinking quickly, he looked around for an advantage.

Then, his eyes locked onto the platforms. Acting quickly, he ran towards the nearest one and leapt up at it before grabbing it with his teeth. While clearly having trouble at first, he managed to bring himself onto the platform. After sighing in relief, he turned around to see Ray flying over. However, Donkey easily stepped to the side to avoid it. Ray did an U-Turn.

"Okay, what is with squirrels being this annoying to deal with!?" Donkey exclaimed.

Ray narrowed his eyes. "Boy, THAT'S not the pot calling the kettle black!"

"Yeah, but I am more general-annoying, you are video game combat-annoying!" Donkey shot back.

Ray blinked twice. "...What is the difference?"

"There is a big difference! There is rarely a Little Red Riding Hood that we dislike and yet EVERYONE hates fighting her in Super Slam!" Donkey continued.

Ray paused, silently telling him that it was better not to continue the conversation. He then flew towards Donkey with a fist out. However, the burro smirked before pulling out his own "fist" and punched out. The two punches connected with each other and Ray learned the hard way that a donkey's hoof was stronger than a flying squirrel's one.

Ray cried out in pain before retreating his hand back and dropping to the stone like a rock. Donkey just smirked as he watched the squirrel holding his aching hand in pain. When the pain lessened (or at least enough for Ray to sit up properly), he grumpily crossed his arms while he asked himself what to do. Then, his eyes lit up. He then got out an item box.

"I wasn't going to use this until later but this is an emergency." Ray said.

Meanwhile, Donkey looked down to see if Ray was coming up and hiding. He then saw a familiar golden ball jump up before turning around and flying towards Donkey. The quadruped smirked before getting ready to punch back.

…Only for his smirk to vanish when he saw a red transparent barrier surrounding Ray. Said barrier continued engulfing the latter completely.

BAM!

The red barrier hit Donkey dead on and sent the burro straight off of his platform before crashing on his back. Donkey groaned before looking up. His eyes then went when he saw Ray flying up and blocking out the lights in the arena before zooming downwards. Donkey yelped before rolling to the side to avoid being smashed in the ground. Ray then broke out of his dash before rushing forward and kicking Donkey in the head.

Donkey staggered back before recovering in time to duck underneath a dropkick from Ray. The rodent ended up stumbling on the ground before Donkey rushed over to punch forward with his front leg. However, Ray used the Fire Shield to zoom upwards and out of Donkey's reach. Ray then broke out of the attack before doing a loop-de-loop and zooming downwards. However, Donkey narrowed his eyes.

"BURRO BLAST!"

With that, he kicked both of his hind legs forward. This resulted in a sonic boom-like noise as Ray was not only taken out of his attack and sent painfully bouncing against the conveyor belts. Donkey sneered before charging over head-first towards the dazed Ray. The flying squirrel then looked up and his eyes widened in horror when he saw Donkey rushing over.

With a yelp, Ray dove FORWARD and then rolled into a ball. Due to Ray's small size, Donkey's head charge went over Ray and ended up tripping over the rodent. Ray then broke up out of the ball and grabbed onto the downed Donkey.

"Come on… Come on… I am a Flight character so I should do this." Ray mused before pulling his foot back. "THUNDER SHOOT!"

With that, he kicked Donkey as hard as he could. The burro then turned into a ball with electricity surging through him as he went straight towards the ropes. While he didn't go over them, he did end up tumbling over them and ended up over the ropes.

Donkey landed in a familiar place in ancient China. He then sat up while dazed.

"Ugh… Did someone get the number of that dryer I was shoved into?" Donkey asked.

"Well, THIS is a pleasant surprise!"

Donkey's eyes widened when he heard a voice that sounded like HIS. Turning around, he saw a certain shoulder-sized Eastern dragon. Not too far were an Asian young woman, a black horse and a purple cricket.

Donkey's eyes lit up. "Mushu!"

"Come here and give me some hoof, brother!" The dragon grinned.

The two then ran over and fist-bumped each other.

"Man, I thought for sure that you had that squirrel!" Mushu chuckled.

"Yeah, well…" Donkey started. He then paused. "Wait, this is China in the past right? How did you know about my time in the tournament?"

Mushu merely jerked his thumb to the side. Looking up, he saw a floating mirror, not too far off.

"Our node isn't as fantasy-based as you, but hey, but we got our own magic mirror." Mushu explained.

"Ah." Donkey said before sighing. "I really thought I would be the one to be MVP of my node."

"I mean to be fair, while the stat screen would say otherwise, you ARE the MVP of Shrek Super Slam so far." Mushu offered.

"Hm?" Donkey asked, looking up (or looking down in Mushu's case).

"Sure, you… Have a poor start compared to Shrek and Puss, but you did something that either of them could do." Mushu explained. "Not only you survived your second section but also your THIRD one. Something that neither of them could do."

Donkey's eyes widened at this. "Hey, yeah! Though I wonder if it is because I was introduced where the tournament had back-to-back two Big Guy sections. Especially since I think Shrek would have survived if his final section weren't a FIVE Big Guy round."

"Perhaps. Regardless, besides the winner of the first Battle of the Luminaries, you were the only surviving fighter from the last section." Mushu said. "If that doesn't make you a big deal, I don't know what will!"

Donkey's eyes lit at this. "Hey, you're right! I AM a big deal! In fact, numbers are just numbers! I am the true MVP of Shrek Super Slam!"

"And don't you forget it!" Mushu laughed.

The two Eddie Murphy-voiced animals then began to talk with each other, hyping Donkey up. Mulan, Crikee and Khan looked in disbelief.

"...Who's the moron that thought introducing these two was a good idea?" Mulan muttered. She then noticed Crikee and Khan giving her weird looks. "Oh, right… Xero…"

Back in the arena, Ray jumped up and down for joy after not only getting an elimination but surviving the section. He then turned around to see who was left. Inkling was deciding on which weapon to use next while Brio did the same with his beakers, even almost pouring the contents of one in his mouth. Sailor Jupiter punched her palm, heading for more while Whip did a couple of practice swings with her weapon. Lucario and Loona stopped their fight though it looked like they wanted to continue and Danny, Jake and June don't know whether they want to cause more mischief or wait until the next boss. Finally, Greymon roared while breathing out fire, playing to the crowd while Wario examined his jetpack (while muttering that Crygor would give him an earful if it gets destroyed).

Then, the Millennium Star's aura surrounded the fighters and the crowd. The star platforms then appeared underneath everyone's feet before the following ones fell: Wario, June, Ray, Danny, Jake, Whip, Loona, Lucario and Brio leaving Greymon, Inkling and Sailor Jupiter.

"I am still in awe that you managed to get four eliminations in just two sections, Agu… Um, Greymon." Sailor Jupiter noted. "You gotta admit, you Digimon were going a little slow.

"Yeah, I noticed that too." The dinosaur frowned. He then smirked. "Sometimes you gotta use a little mascot power."

Despite this, Greymon's platform disappeared. Sailor Jupiter and Inkling's eyes lit up.

"Woah, I knew that we both had our fans but I never thought that we would be THIS close to being the Superstar!" Sailor Jupiter said in awe.

The Inkling eagerly nodded in agreement. Then, the final platform fell down. The last one standing's eyes widened.

"Congratulations, Sailor Jupiter!" The Millennium Star chuckled. "You are this section's Superstar!"

Sailor Jupiter gasped, putting her hands to her mouth as the crowd cheered her on.

"Oh, wow… This is so overwhelming…" Sailor Jupiter said in awe, scratching her head with a blush. "I know that Sailor Moon is still relevant because we had a movie not too long ago but still, it is nice to know that I am still loved. With people like Lucario and Inkling in the same section as me."

"Well, you clearly are." The Millennium Star chuckled. "So have you thought about what I wanted to do?"

Sailor Jupiter paused before putting her hand on her chin. "Well, I DID want to be a little selfish and chose an arena that mostly benefits me. Like, at first, I wanted to have an ice rink because, spoiler, I guess, I am actually quite skilled at ice skating but there is also…"

"DID SOMEONE SAY ICE SKATING!?"

Everyone jumped before looking at the direction of the voice to see Drake with an excited grin on his face. The Millennium Star and Tumble immediately groaned.

"Oh dear… Here we go…" The Millennium Star muttered.

RESULTS (19 Votes)

SAILOR JUPITER (SM): 16:3 = 13 (Wave the Swallow, Tohru Adachi)

INKLING (SSB): 16:3 = 13 (Hodan, Roy Bromwell)

AGU… UM, GREYMON (DRA): 16:4 = 12 (Jean Kujo, Kilgore)

DR. NITRUS BRIO (CB): 15:4 = 11 (Hayate)

LUCARIO (SSB): 14:5 = 9 (Megaman)

LOONA (HB): 12:7 = 5 (Kokonoe)

WHIP (KoFAS): 12:7 = 5 (Ruca Milda)

JAKE LONG (AD:JL): 12:8 = 4 (Master Mummy)

DANNY PHANTOM (NASB): 12:8 = 4 (Jivatma)

RAY THE FLYING SQUIRREL (StH): 11:8 = 3 (Donkey)

JUNIPER LEE (TL&ToJL): 11:9 = 2 (Shizuka Gozen)

WARIO (SSB): 11:9 = 2 (Cloud Strife)

(ELIMINATED)

KILGORE (KI): 10:9 = 1 (Pikachu)

HAYATE (FEXL): 10:10 = 0 (Adon)

MEGAMAN (SSB): 10:10 = 0 (Seth)

JIVATMA (KoFAS): 9:10 = -1

PIKACHU (SSB): 10:11 = -1

DONKEY (SSS): 10:12 = -2

ADON (SFAS): 8:11 = -3

ROY BROMWELL (RS): 8:11 = -3

CLOUD STRIFE (SSB): 8:12 = -4

MASTER MUMMY (A): 7:12 = -5

KOKONOE (BB): 6:13 = -7

TOHRU ADACHI (P4A): 6:14 = -8

HODAN (RoA): 6:14 = -8

SETH (SFAS): 5:14 = -9

JEAN KUJO (VF): 4:15 = -11

RUCA MILDA (ToAS): 4:15 = -11

WAVE THE SWALLOW (StH): 4:16 = -12

SHIZUKA GOZEN (SS): 2:17 = -15

Side Battles:

"What is a Champion?"

Penny Proud, Suga Mama Proud (TPF), Maki Harukawa (DRV3), Dot Warner (A!) and the Pyro (TF2) slaps some sense into Haohmaru (SS), Geese Howard, Kasumi Todoh (KoFAS), Sakura Kasugano (SFAS) and Pikachu (SSB)

15 to 4

"A Cartoon's Fantasy Is Final But Not Finished"

Snoopy (P) vanquishes Janga (K)

14 to 5

No More Stalemates: Agumon and Hayate have solely taken the MVP spot for their respective nodes with the former even DOUBLING it, ending the tie that Digimon Rumble Arena and Fighting EX Layer had.