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!

44. Section Twenty Results

(The Arena)

Just like in the twelfth section, this tournament had a holiday special. This time, Christmas. And due to the arena change, the ground was completely covered with ice, the ropes were surrounded by Christmas lights and in the middle of the arena was a giant Christmas tree. Everyone was struggling to keep balanced on the ice. While some take to the ice perfectly, others were having a lot more trouble.

Ray the Flying Squirrel straight up gave up on trying to balance on the ice altogether and tried to stay in the air as long as possible. To be fair, he could do so indefinitely if he did get enough momentum which was more than for him to fly around Guadua. As the panda narrowed her eyes as Ray encircled her. While this was going on, several bamboo stalks were scattered around their fight for some reason.

Suddenly, Guadua did a side kick to one of the stalks. It immediately snapped in two before flying up towards Ray. The squirrel yelped before ducking underneath the projectile. However, he WAS able to avoid Guadua lashing out a vine from one of her tree trunk gauntlets towards the airborne stalk and despite breaking all forms of logic, managed to zoom towards the stalk just like a grappling hook pistol.

Needless to say, Ray screamed and immediately dropped himself to the ground to avoid being smashed by the full weight of an incoming Guadua. However, that was what Guadua was hoping for as she landed on the ice before punting Ray and sending the rodent sprawling away. Guadua then ran forward (but still making sure to keep her balance).

However, Ray managed to notice in time before using his hands to slide out of Guadua's own slide. Acting quickly, Ray rolled up into a ball, preparing for a Spin Dash. Guadua noticed this and narrowed her eyes as Ray let himself go towards Guadua. However, the panda then stomped her foot on the ground, summoning another bamboo stalk. This managed to strike Ray into the air. The squirrel then crashed onto the ground hard.

Ray groaned before looking up at Guadua. "Hey, why isn't the ice giving you that much trouble? Aren't you a Grass-type?"

"While Rivals of Aether uses animals that use elements as a major part of our fighting style, we are NOT Pokemon." Guadua said, rolling her eyes.

"Even still, don't plants get weak to the cold?" Ray asked.

"Let's just say that being able to fight Etalus is the definition of 'Misery Build Character'." Guadua sighed, shaking her head.

Loona gritted her teeth as she aimed a blaster rifle at her opponents. Lucario took some of the shots dead-on, however, Blizzard Wolfang easily used his Reploid arms to block the projectile. After a few, he ran forward on all fours towards Loona. The hellhound cursed loudly before getting out her kusarigama and lashing it at the ropes to use it to grapple hook out of Blizzard Wolfang's pounce.

While Blizzard Wolfang was distracted with Loona, Lucario charged up blue energy in his hands before sending out an Aura Sphere forward into Blizzard Wolfang's back. However, the wolf just staggered one step forward before turning around. Opening his mouth, he sent out a large ice sphere at Lucario. However, the Pokemon managed to use Extremespeed to zoom out of the way.

However, Lucario ended up struggling to keep his balance, slipping on the ice and moving towards Loona. The hellhound smirked before grabbing the short Pokemon by his head and proceeding to slam him from left to the right. However, Blizzard Wolfang took some time to charge up energy in his mouth before sending out four ice balls forward.

Loona noticed this and used Lucario as a meat shield, taking the ice projectiles. However, this left Lucario flying out of Loona's arms. The goth just shrugged before going to slash Lucario while he was down. However, the canine snapped out of his daze before rolling to the side to avoid a downward slash. …Only for Loona to crash onto her face. Lucario and Blizzard Wolfang blinked twice. The latter then walked over.

"Hey, how about you go and find an opponent that doesn't have such an advantage?" Blizzard Wolfang asked.

"Or you and I could team up against Blizzard Wolfang?" Lucario offered.

"What? I did not literally walk out of hell just to let some Pokemon twink do my battles for me!" Loona spat.

Lucario paused. "...I am a twink? Tell that to the internet."

As Blizzard Wolfang gave Lucario a weird look, Loona frowned before looking around for any ropes to grab onto to see something appearing on the ground. A brightly-coloured box with a ribbon around it. Her eyes lit up in realisation before sliding herself over to it and grabbing it.

"It looks like Loona is the first one to get a present!" Drake noted.

"Let's see what she gets!" Ashley asked.

Everyone stopped what they were doing before watching Loona open the present. With an eager grin, she took the contents of it.

Then, Loona's smirk vanished when she realised that it was some kind of staff.

"Oh, Loona has gotten the Healing Staff from Final Fantasy. While the effects vary from game to game, this one is the one where if you smack someone with it, they would heal themselves!" Ashley noted.

Loona blinked twice before looking at the staff. "...What the fuck am I supposed to do with something like THIS?"

"Hit yourself on your face or rear after falling down again?" Lucario asked.

Loona growled before glaring at Lucario. "I don't need your sarcasm!"

The Pokemon frowned. "...I WASN'T being sarcastic."

(Announcer's Booth)

"...I don't think Loona likes that present." Ashley frowned.

"Well, it can't be helped." Drake shrugged. "Loona is a HELLhound. They don't really USE holy weapons. Not helping is that heaven is actually full of self-righteous assholes."

"Of course the first present of the Christmas section AND one of the ones I personally chose would be seen as a bother by the person who found it!" Ashley said, throwing his arms up in the air.

Drake chuckled nervously. "Now, now. Here, I got something to cheer you up."

With that, he reached down, making Ashley raise an eyebrow. Drake then pulled out a present.

"You think I am going to be out-gifted by Xero?" Drake smirked. "His own to Maurice is the only presentable one, after all."

Ashley gave a smile before accepting it. He then slowly tore off the wrapping, wondering what it was. He then took it off. It then revealed itself to be a new rod.

"To say that you had your own old rod forever would be an understatement." Drake chuckled. "You could use a new one."

Ashley's eyes lit up. "Why, thank you! I've been using this old rod since… Well, ever since Tinyhammer first wrote for us."

"Yeah, even since, I told you that you still want to practise your magic." Drake offered.

Ashley gave a small smile. "Thanks, Drake. It is a shame that I won't be able to give your present in the Christmas section."

Drake blinked twice. "Um, why not?"

Ashley just winked. "That is a secret."

"...It's not tying me up to fireworks, is it?" Drake frowned.

"Nah, I will leave THAT present to the fighters." Ashley chuckled.

Drake rolled his eyes. "Gee, thanks."

Ashley put a hand on Drake's shoulder. "Don't worry. I promise that it will be worth the wait."

(Dome; Electrician's Office)

"Well?" Ell Blue asked.

"Yeah, Drake seems to be doing well." Freddy frowned. "In fact, if I didn't know any better, I would say that he has forgotten what happened."

"In other words, we should do our next attack." Brazel mused.

"But how? EVERYONE knows that they would end up like that beagle and yet they are still fighting anyway." Kaoru frowned.

"Maybe we should burn the Christmas tree or replace the presents with bad ones?" Freddy asked.

"That's just the Christmas section in the Tournament of Kikai though." Kaoru pointed out.

"Yeah, what made hijacking Snoopy's brain work so well was that not even Junko did something like that." Ell Blue frowned. "We need to pull all of the stops."

Suddenly, Ell Blue's eyes widened in realisation.

"Wait… I got an idea!" Ell Blue said, snapping his fingers.

"I should hope so. I had a lot of fun treating Snoopy as my puppet!" Freddy smirked.

"Well…" Ell Blue said.

With that, he explained his plan to everyone. Their eyes widened at this.

"Oh, right. I can't believe we didn't just do that from the start!" Brazel smirked.

"Well, to be fair, we didn't think it was possible." Ell Blue admitted. "Then again, we didn't think of mind-hijacking Snoopy at the start."

"Yeah, but now that we know that I could do that, doing so should be a snap!" Freddy smirked.

"Okay, first things first, we have to make sure that everybody is doing well with their search." Ell Blue explained. "The better we are doing, the more Drake has no choice but to be scared."

"Shirley told us that the champion clones failed to get Penny's despair so we should take her out of the running until further notice." Kaoru frowned.

"And if the villains that originally had the despair extractor didn't get Guy's despair after the big showdown, there is a low chance that WE will get it." Brazel noted, putting his hand on his chin.

"Well, we got five out of seven champions and who knows? Maybe we will get much more PLUS the remaining two." Ell Blue offered. "Until then, let's turn this white Christmas into a Black one."

(The Arena)

"Devour! Our… Our…!"

The Inkling yelped before Mario (still in his Santa suit) grabbed her and left up into the air out of the way of Necalli's lunge. Mario then did what he did best and landed on top of Necalli's head, sending the Aztec warrior onto his face. Mario then landed on the ground before placing the Inkling on the ground.

"Well, ready to-a try again?" Mario asked.

The Inkling paused before nodding her head.

"Good. Now just remember what I-a taught." Mario offered. "Don't go too fast."

The Inkling nodded before trying to move forward while keeping her balance. She then got out her Splattershot and shot orange ink onto Necalli. The dreadlocked man cried out in anger at this but Inkling didn't let it faze her (or at least on the outside) and she got out her Inkbrush and smacked Necalli in the face, knocking him to the ground. The Inkling then skated before smacking Necalli's body a few times.

However, one of Necalli's biggest traits (for better or for worse) was that he never gave up and managed to kick his leg out, catching Inkling in the face. The orange-tentacled girl fell onto the ground before Necalli managed to put himself onto his stomach. Using his claws to boost himself forward, he managed to do a sliding headbutt into Inkling, sending them back even further.

The Inkling was sent sprawling until she got out her Splat Roller, using its big size to slow her down. However, Necalli tried the same tactic again, sliding himself towards her. However, Inkling shot up into the air in her squid from high above the ground. This resulted in Necalli sliding right past. The Aztec Warrior then struggled to stop himself and ended up crashing into a corner post. Meanwhile, the Inkling landed on her feet but ended up falling onto her rear.

"Keep at it! Necalli is-a stunned!" Mario shouted, cupping his hands to his mouth.

The Inkling nodded her head while rubbing her rear before scooting her way towards the dazed Necalli and got out a pyramid full of orange ink to throw at Necalli. This resulted in an explosion of ink, splattering Necalli with ink. The Inkling then struggled to get up before getting out her Splat Roller before swinging it.

However, due to the weight of her Splat Roller throwing off her balance, she ended up splitting on crashing onto her back. By this time, Necalli snapped out of his daze and saw Inkling in front of him. Acting quickly, he scooted over before swinging his claw at the Inkling. The art attacker yelped before getting out her Inkbrush to block an incoming claw.

However, Necalli continued to swing downwards at the Inkling, causing the latter to keep assaulting. Soon, due to the huge size, Necalli managed to slash Inkling in the ground. Giving a dark grin, Necalli held his claw downwards, for bigger damage.

BOING.

BONK!

Suddenly, a wooden mallet slammed onto Necalli's head, making the Aztec warrior's eyes widened. Necalli laid on his knees with a stunned look on his face. Then, his eyes lowered before collapsing on his face. Mario lowered his hammer before skating over to the Inkling with a concerned look on his face.

"Are you okay, Inkling?" Mario asked.

The orange-tentacled girl nodded her head, though it was clear that she was a bit scared.

"IT SEEMS THAT DESPITE GOING AFTER SOMEONE THAT IS EVEN MORE DISADVANTAGE IN THIS ARENA GIMMICK, HAVING THE INKLING TRY TO FIGHT WAS NOT A WISE DECISION." F.L.U.D.D. noted while on Mario's back.

The Inkling hung her head. Mario frowned before putting his hand on her shoulder.

"Hey, it is not-a your fault. It is mine for forcing you to fight on your own." Mario frowned.

He then looked down at the downed Necalli.

"I would also apologise to-a Necalli if he was still conscious. I kinda made his time in the arena more painful than it needed to be." Mario sighed.

"...I mean I doubt that anything will change but…" Cappy trailed off.

Mario then got up and grabbed Necalli by both of his legs. He then spun around a few times, showing a surprising amount of strength.

"So long, Big Necalli!" Mario yelled before throwing the unconscious Necalli over the ropes.

Necalli landed in Mortal Kombat. When he came to, he saw he landed close to a Soulnado. Needless to say, he ran towards it to devour it. However, they call it a SoulNADO for a reason.

Wario gritted his teeth as he flew on his jetpack to chase after Chris. However, despite having an aerial disadvantage, the brown-haired boy gave a sly smirk before skating on the ice. His confidence wasn't misplaced as he was able to outrun the flying Wario while skillfully moving around various fights without little trouble.

Wario grunted in annoyance before switching out his trademark cap for his Dragon one. He then shot a fireball from the snout in it downwards towards Chris. While it actually missed the teenager, it did make him yelp before looking back in surprise to see Wario's Dragon cap. Chris frowned before he continued to skate forward while making sure to avoid Wario's aerial fireballs.

"Okay, this is-a ridiculous. You, or at least your Orochi form is a PYROMANCER!?" Wario muttered. "Why are you moving so well on the ICE!?"

Chris looked back with a smirk. "Elemental stereotyping? That is a new flaw, even for you!"

Despite this, deep down, he was actually worried seeing that Wario had flight AND firepower so he couldn't just skate around the arena forever, avoiding him. He then frantically looked around for something to use.

Suddenly, he locked his eyes on Sailor Jupiter and Doris. Giving a smirk, he skated towards the two women while looking at Wario. Just on time, he shot out a fireball from his cap. Chris nodded before skating past the two women. The fireball then hit THEM themselves, knocking them down onto the ice.

"Ow! What the?" Sailor Jupiter grunted before looking up to see Wario flying over them. She then narrowed her eyes.

Wario frowned. "Woah-oh!"

"Hey, watch where you are firing!" Doris scolded before cracking her knuckles together. "Maybe we should teach you some battle etiquette!"

"Naughty, naughty, Mr. Wario." Chris said, wagging his finger. "It is a good thing that Mr. Krampus is too busy fighting that goddess to punish you!"

Doris glared at the teenager. "We are going to punish you too!"

Chris jumped at this. "Excuse me?"

"Do you think that we are stupid enough for you to not notice that we skated on purpose so one of Wario's fireballs would hit us?" Sailor Jupiter accused.

Chris blinked twice before shifting his eyes before the two angry women. He then frowned.

"...Yes."

Sailor Jupiter and Doris went blank-faced at this.

"I mean it is clear that you are going to fight me angrily anyway so why should I walk on eggshells around you two?" Chris shrugged.

The two women blinked twice. Wario on the other hand lowered down on his jetpack with an exasperated look on his face.

"Alright, alright." Wario muttered, getting the two's attention. "One of you could fight me for revenge. Just as-a long as the other punch that kid's lights out."

Doris narrowed her eyes. "Can I take 'Everyone Hates Chris', SJ?"

"Sure, I'll take Mr. Vampire Bane." Sailor Jupiter said, punching her fist.

Doris blinked twice. "But he could turn into a vampire in Wario Land 3."

Sailor Jupiter and Chris paused before turning their heads towards Wario. The yellow-and-purple-clad man paused before shrugging. Deciding not to go with it, they decided to go after their respective opponents.

Wario smirked before zooming towards Sailor Jupiter with his jetpack. However, the Sailor Scout narrowed her eyes before raising up her arms to catch the incoming shoulder-barge. Much to Wario's shock, Sailor Jupiter managed to slowly stop him while making skid marks on the ice. When Sailor Jupiter had finally stopped, she threw Wario onto the back. Sailor Jupiter then leapt onto Wario and proceeded to punch him in the face.

However, Wario just grunted in annoyance before grabbing Sailor Jupiter to throw her off of him and into the air. Wario then zoomed towards the electromancer and got ready to do an uppercut. But Sailor Jupiter was able to recover in time.

"Coconut Cyclone!" Sailor Jupiter shouted, sending an orb of electricity downward onto Wario. This resulted in the ball becoming a pillar of electricity, knocking Wario to the ground. Sailor Jupiter then did an elbow drop onto Wario's stomach. The greedy man grunted in pain before spinning himself around and knocking Sailor Jupiter down. He then got up before going to do a ground pound onto Sailor Jupiter.

Sailor Jupiter yelped before rolling to the side to avoid the attack but when Wario slammed his rear on the ice, Sailor Jupiter (along with several other fighters) flew up into the air. Wario then grabbed her by the leg and slammed her on the other side of her. Needless to say, this hurt Sailor Jupiter a lot but the ice made the slam even more painful.

"Ugh… Maybe having an arena made of ice isn't the best idea I had…" Sailor Jupiter winced.

Meanwhile, Doris on the other hand, growled before swinging her fist but Chris just smirked before skating off to the side. Giving an annoyed grunt, Doris did a side kick, only for Chris to do a side-flip before not only gracefully landing on the ice but also dashed forward and did a palm strike to Doris' stomach.

The purple-clad woman felt the wind being knocked out of her before quickly recovering to block another palm strike from Chris. She then reached out to attempt to grab her opponent but the brown-haired boy flipped backwards out of her reach. Chris then lunged forward before grabbing Doris and flipping himself over her to land behind her to kick Doris in the back and sending her onto her face.

"I know that Shrek is known for subverting stereotypes, but you are just as ungraceful as you look." Chris said.

Doris plopped herself on her hands before glaring at Chris. "And YOU are not as cute as you look!"

"I mean I am STILL cuter than you so I could live with that." The host of Orochi sneered.

Doris growled before getting up and doing a one-hand handstand before spinning around with her legs outstretched. This took Chris off-guard and hit him multiple times before sending him skidding on the ice. When Doris was done with her attack, she flipped back onto the ice before skating towards the downed Chris to slide right into him.

However, Chris snapped out of his daze before rolling to the side to avoid getting rammed into. He then got up and kicked his leg out to catch Doris in the side. The ugly stepsister staggered to the side before recovering just in time to kick under a flip kick from Chris but was able to block the punch to the stomach, causing her to stagger back. Suddenly, she tripped over something going onto her rear, making Chris groan.

Doris groaned before rubbing her rear and looking down what she tripped over. Her eyes then lit up when she saw a present. Acting quickly, she grabbed and ripped it open. Chris' smirk vanished before Doris pulled out the item from the box.

A Smash Ball.

Seeing this, Doris smirked. "Looks like I don't have to worry about using the Smash Ball I got before entering the section too soon."

With that, she got up and got ready to smash it with her hand. However, while Chris was initially taken off-guard, Chris just smirked.

"Okay, Super Slams are powerful but not unavoidable." Chris mused. "All I have to do is keep dodging and I will be fine."

However, he wasn't expecting Doris to spin around while throwing shuriken all around her. Not even Chris could avoid such a fast projectile as one of them hit him. Because it was a Super Slam, Chris flying like a comet backwards and ping-ponging around the barrier surrounding the arena, making Doris laugh.

Meanwhile, Sailor Jupiter managed to get the jump on Wario by throwing him on the ground. Then, she raised the antenna of her tiara while charging up electricity.

"Supreme Thunder Dragon!" Sailor Jupiter shouted, sending a dragon made out of electricity at the downed Wario.

However, the yellow-and-purple-man saw it coming and narrowed his eyes before closing them and breathing in and out. The attack then hit Wario head-on, surging him with electricity.

But instead of getting knocked out of the arena, Wario ended up bouncing back three times before stopping. Soon, the surge around Wario stopped before he shook his head. He then looked at Sailor Jupiter with a smirk.

"Heh! Ever since-a Wario Land 3, I could easily tank any and all electric attacks!" Wario boasted. "Your anime powers are useless to me!"

Sailor Jupiter narrowed her eyes. "It looks like it. It seems that I have to use my manga powers."

Wario's smirk vanished. "Um, what is the difference?"

Sailor Jupiter then smirked before she started to do a pirouette with green energy surging around her.

"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"

Sailor Jupiter then sent multiple green leaves around her. Unlike with electricity, there was no way for Wario to have an elemental "transformation" for plants and took the attacks multiple times and sent Wario flying back until he soared over the ropes with no chance of using his jetpack to go back.

Suddenly, he saw the prone body of Chris falling down in nearly the same spot Wario disappeared into.

"Woah, SJ, that was beautiful!"

Sailor Jupiter turned around to see Doris skating over with sparkling eyes.

The electromancer chuckled. "Thanks."

Doris blinked twice. "Isn't that more of a plant move?"

"Ooh, didn't you know? In the manga, I was more of a herbomancer with my electromancy actually being a SECONDARY power?" Sailor Jupiter said.

"Really?" Doris said in awe. "Huh. The anime definitely says the opposite."

"Yeah, I get that a lot." Sailor Jupiter said, rolling her eyes.

Meanwhile, Wario and Chris both landed in some kind of weird building. The two groaned before looking up.

"Ugh, I knew that I shouldn't stay-a in the arena forever but SECOND out of the section?" Wario muttered.

"I mean that seems normal for YOU." Chris shrugged. "I am pleasantly surprised that you managed to last your second section."

Wario growled before glaring at Chris. "I am going to smack ya, boy!"

The brown-haired man smirked. "Spare me. No matter where we'll have our fight, the outcome will always be the same."

Chris' smirk then vanished.

"Good thing too." Chris said. "Because I have no idea where I am."

Wario paused before looking around. "Hm. I DID notice that this place looked familiar."

Chris looked at Wario with wide eyes. "Wait, you've been here before?"

"Well, not exactly." The greedy man mused. "But at the same time, it feels like I SHOULD know this…"

"OUT OF MY WAY! OUT OF MY WAY!"

Chris jumped as Wario raised an eyebrow. The latter then turned around. …To see a stout man dressed like a pizza chef running towards with a look of pure rage and frustration on his face.

POW!

Chef Peppino rammed into Wario and sent the latter flying up into the air. A second later, he came down towards Chris who's eyes widened and tried to zoom away but it was too late.

CRASH!

Wario blinked twice as he sat up, completely unaware that he was on top of Chris, trying in vain to escape.

"Ohhh, how can I forget about Pizza Tower?" Wario asked as if oblivious to Chris being in pain. "After all, it is considered the modern Wario Land."

"Nova Blast!"

Greymon then breathed out a stream of fire from his mouth. However, King K. Rool smirked before thrusting his stomach out with the gold armour around him and glowing. This deflected the stream of fire back onto Greymon. Due to being a fire-elemental Digimon, it didn't hurt him but it did make him stagger back. K. Rool smirked before going to continue the assault.

"Dosukoi!"

That was when Taka-Arashi ran from the side and grabbed K. Rool before lifting him up and throwing him into Greymon, knocking the two heavyweight animals down. Taka-Arashi then rushed forward and did a body slam onto the two knocking the wind out of both of them. Greymon growled before getting up and managing to hold the two above him before throwing them on the ground.

Despite the hard fall, K. Rool and Taka-Arashi got back up. However, K. Rool then grabbed Taka-Arashi and held him over him before spiking himself into the ground. Or that would be the case if K. Rool wasn't going so slow trying to lift up Taka-Arashi. By the time K. Rool finished his down throw, Taka-Arashi managed to hold out his hands to stop himself from spiking him into the ground. K. Rool and Greymon looked in awe while Taka-Arashi self-righted himself.

"H-How!? Not even BOWSER would be able to slow down my throws!" K. Rool said in awe.

Taka-Arashi just let out a hearty laugh. "Didn't I tell you? I was taken out of the series for a while because I am so heavy that even Wolf and Jeffrey have trouble throwing me."

K. Rool narrowed his good eye. "Alright, alright, I admit that you are good but it is going to take more than to take me down!"

Greymon then smirked. "And yet Donkey Kong managed to do so to you on a regular basis."

K. Rool winced before glaring at Greymon. "Hey!"

"He DOES have a point. Despite boasting about your girth, you don't use it directly and mostly use cheap tricks like your blunderbuss to fight him." Taka-Arashi frowned. "Tragic. I genuinely believe if you stop doing that and actually use your natural body the same way I use it, you would actually beat him."

K. Rool and Greymon slumped his arms as they looked at Taka-Arashi in disbelief.

"...If I had a nickel for everyone who told me to retire from villainy and become a sumo-wrestler, I would have two nickels." K. Rool muttered. "Which isn't a lot but it is weird that it happened twice."

Greymon raised an eyebrow. "Meme aside, that IS a good point. Who was the first one?"

K. Rool winced. "I-I-In any case, this is not a talking tournament! This is a FIGHTING tournament!"

"I admit that maybe this isn't the best place to talk about your life choices." Taka-Arashi sighed. "Let's continue on."

Greymon gave K. Rool a suspicious look. "...Right."

With that, he made the first move, using what he has that K. Rool and Taka-Arashi doesn't have: A tail. Spinning it around, he tripped both of his opponents and knocked them onto the ground. He then ran over to Taka-Arashi to do a hip-drop but the sumo wrestler managed to snap out of his daze and hold his arms out to catch Greymon before throwing him off of him.

K. Rool then got up while getting out his Blunderbuss and firing a cannonball from it. However, Taka-Arashi just smirked before getting into a stance and sending his palm out, managing to knock the projectile out of the air. K. Rool then scoffed before firing another shot but Taka-Arashi merely did the same thing towards the next shot.

However, the shot wasn't a cannonball but a spiked ball. Taka-Arashi cried out in pain while holding his now-pierced hand. K. Rool then let out a dark laugh at this.

"Great Horn Attack!" Greymon shouted, doing a running headbutt into K. Rool and knocked the green-scaled reptile skidding on the ice, knocking him away. He then looked towards Taka-Arashi who was trying to ignore the pain in his hand. Greymon then ran over to him and swung his claw at him. However, Taka-Arashi recovered in time to catch Greymon's claw.

The two then got into a power struggle, trying to gain ground on each other. However, Taka-Arashi easily won it by throwing Greymon to the side. He then looked up to see K. Rool preparing his Blunderbuss. Taka-Arashi just smirked before getting ready for K. Rool's incoming projectile.

Only for K. Rool to aim the Blunderbuss BEHIND him. Then, a stream of fire shot from it which acted as a recoil, sending himself towards Taka-Arashi. The Japanese man was not expecting this and ended up being tackled, being taken on K. Rool's ride towards the ropes. Taka-Arashi then tried to grab K. Rool and throw him onto the ground. But the Kremling then threw himself on the ground and did a belly flop which created a shockwave which was enough to even send Taka-Arashi over the ropes.

Taka-Arashi landed in Buriki One where he got into a match against Akatsuki-Maru.

Danny Phantom frowned before sending out a shot of ectoplasm downwards at his opponent, Shirase. The assassin then raised her dominant hand… To show that it was covered with a white glove. She then gave a finger gun.

BLAP BLAP BLAP BLAP.

Shirase then fired a series of blue energy shots from her finger gun at the incoming ectoplasm shot, destroying it immediately. She then proceeded to fire shots at Danny, but the ghost floated around to avoid the shots. However, Shirase just gave a small frown before looking at her glove and proceeded to concentrate for a few moments.

She then fired more shots from her finger. However, instead of blue tiny energy shots, she fired green stars. While startled, Danny flew to the side to avoid them. Only for said stars to home in on him and hit him. While it didn't hurt that much, it still stunned him long enough for Shirase to start charging up energy and sending out a larger shot at Danny, knocking him out of the air and onto the ice.

"Amazing! You would think that a serious fighter like Shirase would have trouble dealing with Cuphead's gloves from one of the presents." Ashley mused.

"Then again, she IS an assassin so it is her nature to adapt to any weapon, even the more comical ones." Drake noted.

Danny groaned. "...Season of good feeling, my ghostly butt."

Then, Shirase stood over Danny's downed form before raising her leg up. The white-haired boy yelped before floating to the side to avoid the incoming axe kick. However, Shirase was quicker than she looked before doing a series of palm strikes and kicks to Danny before ending with a point-blank energy shot in the face. Danny ended up floating away.

Shirase went to continue the assault with a palm strike. However, Danny then vanished in a green portal before reappearing into another portal behind Shirase. He then summoned another portal, this time on the ground underneath Shirase's feet. The emotionless woman then fell through the portal before reappearing underneath an above portal. Danny then flew straight at Shirase and did a flying punch at the latter's stomach.

Shirase was sent sprawling on the ground before Danny proceeded to alternating between ectoplasm and cryomancy shots at the downed Shirase multiple times. Despite grunting in pain (despite still sounding monotone), the assassin then sent several energy shots at the incoming projectiles stopping them. After a few moments, she rolled to the side before sending out more shots. This time, light blue mini-tornados flying upwards towards Danny. The ghost yelped before flying to the side.

Danny then glared at the Announcer's Booth. "You included the DLC weapons!?"

"Why not? The Delicious Last Course has been out for a while now." Drake shrugged.

"That's NOT what I meant!" Danny snapped.

He then looked back to see Shirase firing a red energy pellet. Danny acted quickly to avoid it, only for the pellet to send out a smaller shot into Danny's face which sent him back. Shirase then proceeded to send a series of energy shots into Danny, making the ghost cry out in pain. He then turned himself intangible to avoid them. Seeing this, Shirase stopped firing. Danny then flew off behind the Christmas tree. However, Shirase just narrowed her eyes before reading her finger gun, knowing that he could easily appear from behind it.

Suddenly, she heard something breaking. Raising an eyebrow, she realised that it was a Final Smash.

"THROUGH TIME AND SPACE!"

Suddenly, an orb of green and black surging energy appeared from the Christmas tree. Shirase then sent out a charged shot at the incoming projectile but the energy ball easily negated it before hitting her dead on. Shirase was sent flying backwards and over the ropes.

As Shirase dropped into the elimination portal, the crowd started to cheer for Danny, chanting the words "SNIPE! SNIPE! SNIPE!" The ghost just smirked while crossing his arms.

"Don't misunderstand. I can't wait to use my new Final Smash in the second Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl." Danny mused. "But still, doing a Janus snipe never gets old."

Shirase landed in Persona 4 Arena where she took out her aggressions (not like anyone could tell) on Shadow Labrys.

Whip lashed out her namesake weapon forward. However, Palutena raised her staff to not only block the incoming attack, but sent the whip back with a burst of holy light. However, Whip merely scoffed before retreating her weapon back before lashing it out away. This time, she managed to snag Palutena with her leg. Whip then pulled back on her whip, sending the goddess towards her.

However, Palutena managed to summon long, angelic wings on her back and flapped them downwards, creating a burst of wind which knocked Whip onto the hard ice. As the Ikari Warrior cried out in pain, Palutena pointed her staff downwards at her and proceeded to zap her multiple times with weak blasts of light. Whip grunted in agony before lashing out her whip at the Christmas tree's lower trunk to grapple hook out of the way.

"Autoreticle!" Palutena shouted, aiming her staff and creating a reticle forward before shooting out small balls of light from her weapon at Whip. However, the brunette got up and swung her whip downwards at the balls of light. This turned the projectile into a ball of wind before Whip turned around it before making her way towards Palutena, but the goddess just smirked.

"Explosive Flame!"

Whip's eyes widened as Palutena pointed at her staff and summoned a giant ball of fire in Whip's spot. However, the Ikari Warriors jumped up before performing a double jump to not only move over the explosion. Whip then lashed out at her whip downwards at Palutena. However, the green-haired woman got into a defensive stance.

"Counter!" Palutena shouted before jabbing her staff forward. However, Whip managed to move in midair to avoid the counter hit. Due to Whip wielding a… Well, whip, her attack was mid-range which makes it easier to be out of range of Palutena's attack despite her staff being considered a mid-range weapon herself.

"I must say, for a mortal, you are doing a good job fighting a goddess." Palutena noted.

"Spare me! You were only put in Smash 4 as a template for the Custom Moves mechanic!" Whip scolded. "Sure, you showed up in Ultimate. But considering that literally everyone else, even SOLID SNAKE got back in, that is not a good argument!

Palutena frowned. "Oh, come now! I have a good chance to return if there is a new Smash game."

"Oh? And when was the last time Kid Icarus got a new game?" Whip taunted with a smirk.

Palutena paused for a moment. She then gave a warm smile. However, a shadow crossed over her closed eyes.

"Looks like someone is in need of some divine intervention." Palutena said, calmly. "SUPER SPEED!"

Whip's eyes widened as Palutena's halo grew brighter before charging forward and ramming into Whip. The brunette was knocked to the ground and found herself skidding on the ice. However, Palutena then dashed forward while still going at super speed. But Whip snapped out of her daze before lashing out her whip and striking Palutena in the torso, making her stop in her spot.

Whip then got up on her knees and proceeded to do a series of whip strikes to Palutena. As the green-haired woman cried out her pain, Whip lashed out her whip at the sky (and somehow managed to snag an invisible roof) before swinging forward and kicking Palutena in the face with both feet. The goddess ended up crashing on her back.

"Just have to keep at it using my whip." Whip mused. "She can't use her Counter at close-range and it is not like she could Reflective Barrier since my whip isn't a projectile."

With that, she lashed out her weapon.

"Warp!" Palutena shouted before disappearing out of harm's way. She then reappeared behind Whip and jabbed her staff into her back before zapping her multiple times with bursts of light. As Whip staggered forward, Palutena smirked before crouching down and charging up.

"Angelic Missile!"

With that, she launched herself straight into Whip's back. The Ikari Warrior cried out in pain before flying away from the attack. She then dashed on the ice, Palutena's smirk grew larger before floating after her.

Until her smirk vanished where Whip was sprawling off towards the fight between Toph Beifong and Juniper Lee. The former child "heard" her coming and without turning her head, she smirked before slamming her foot on the ground. This resulted in a pillar of ice to shoot up from the ground where Whip was, sending the brunette fly up into the air before diving out of the portal like a stone.

Toph put her hand to her ear, still smirking. "I don't hear a crash. That means I eliminated her."

June raised an eyebrow. "I am actually surprised, Toph. I thought the ice would WORSEN your hearing."

"I mean I am not going to pretend that my vision is what you non-Toph people call 'blurry', but it is going to take much more than that to get the jump on me!" The Earthbender smirked.

Meanwhile, Palutena watched the whole thing with a frown before putting her face on her free hand.

"Oh dear… It looks like asking Santa to slow down the amount of clumsy eliminations in this section is even too much for him." Palutena lamented.

Meanwhile, Whip sat up after landing in her elimination node.

"Well, so much for that. At least I have gotten an elimination for the Ikari Warriors." Whip sighed. "At least I have more time to help stop Xuan Dou Zhi Wang. Now where am I…"

"Um, yo?"

Whip raised an eyebrow before turning his head to see a certain group looking down at her in confusion, though one of them was looking with a lovestruck look.

"Oh, I know you guys. You are the St…" Whip started.

Suddenly, her pupils shrank in realisation before looking around.

"Um, is this all of you?" Whip asked, not liking where this was going.

"Um, no. One of us is not here."

Whip then slapped her forehead. "And of course it had to be HIM, didn't it?"

Everyone paused before looking at each other.

"Um, what?"

Whip frowned. "...I think your friend is in trouble."

(Hotel; Bison's Room)

Bison found himself lying on his back with his hand over his eyes. He couldn't find himself going back to sleep but at the same time, he was too physically and mentally drained. At least now he could try to get some peace and quiet.

Unfortunately, he couldn't even get that. For a while now, he has been wearing what looked like arguing outside. Bison growled, trying to drown it out while thinking that they would stop or leave soon. However, while the fighting DID stopped, a new noise could be heard.

What sounded like classic 8-bit video game noises. As if someone was playing a video game right outside of his room. And then…

CRASH!

Bison jumped in his bed as a loud noise could be heard. Turning towards his door, he now heard talking again. He growled before getting up from his bed and stomping over to the entrance. Turning the knob, he opened it.

"Who dares use the outside of my room as their personal lounge!?" Bison roared.

Then, his eyes widened at who was outside of his door. A certain bulky man wearing a red plaid shirt and overalls with messy, brown hair. Said man blinked twice.

"Um, I dare…?" The man said, sheepishly.

"R-Ralph?" Bison asked.

The burly man gave a weak smile. "Hey, Bison."

"B-B-But how?" The dictator asked. "When I showed up at my elimination node, I met YOU and your friends. How?"

Ralph paused before jerking his head to the side. Bison turned to see F.A.N.G. sheepishly standing to the side. However, he also saw Sora there, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and an uncharacteristically grumpy look on his face.

"Forgive me, Master Bison, but I knew that even you needed a pick-me-up after everything you went through tonight." F.A.N.G. said with a bow. "So that is why I dragged Sora here to summon Master Ralph from his node."

"Sora? You mean like a Link from Kingdom Hearts III?" Bison asked. "Wait, those work OUTSIDE of that game?"

"Yeah, I am surprised too." Ralph shrugged. "Then again, the whole point of Kingdom Hearts is going to other worlds sooo…"

Bison raised an eyebrow. "And you managed to convince Sora?"

"Make no mistake. I am only doing this because I know that Ralph would want to if he was him." Sora said before scoffing while throwing a blue cube to himself. "At least I don't have to use MY ethers to Ralph in this node."

Bison paused for a moment as Ralph let out a deep sigh.

"So apparently F.A.N.G. told me that someone has sic a heartless clone of Oume onto you and it ended up making another clone of YOU and you are okay with it?" Ralph asked.

Bison rolled his eyes. "F.A.N.G. exaggerates things as always. I am not okay with it. I am too fed up to care. There is a big difference."

"Even still, the Bison I know would never stand for this. And if he does, it would be because he would be too busy trying to use it to his advantage." Ralph frowned.

F.A.N.G. solemnly nodded at this while Sora just looked in disbelief and exasperation.

Ralph then let out another sigh. "...Do you wish to talk about it?"

Bison blinked twice. "Um, I don't remember but didn't I more or less tell you when I am drunk?"

"More or less." Ralph said, shifting his eyes to the side. "But it is the short version. I know that there is more to the story."

Bison paused before sighing. "Very well… Thank you for offering to listen."

Ralph gave a sad smile while F.A.N.G. looked in awe.

"Even now, I couldn't help but in awe of Master Ralph." F.A.N.G. noted. "There are very few individuals that he considered as equals."

"...Yeah, Ralph is charismatic like that." Sora said, shrugging his shoulders.

F.A.N.G turned to Sora with a confused face. "If that is the case, then why…"

"...Please don't ask about Ralph Breaks the Internet." The Keyblade warrior muttered, closing his eyes. "I don't think even Ralph and the others know what happened there."

(Dome; Recovery Room)

Snoopy sat in his cot with a look of pure shock on his face. Scooby, Blissey and even Garfield looked at him with sympathetic faces.

"...Woah." Snoopy said in awe.

"And that's not even getting into the multiple parodies of you." Garfield added.

"So wait… We are NOT the Heroes of Heart destined to protect all worlds from the Great Pumpkin?" Snoopy asked.

"...The fact that you said the last part unironically makes me genuinely worry that you didn't realise the absurdity of your story until you spoke it out." Garfield muttered.

Blissey immediately slapped Garfield in the back of the head.

"But… But… I could summon the Sword of Courage. I could use my Gladiator skills!" Snoopy insisted.

"Yeah… I don't know what to tell you… It is a mystery that not even Mystery Inc could find out." Scooby frowned. "And Velma is one of the very few that could actually have Black Adam arrested."

Snoopy looked down, taking all of the information he had taken. Garfield, Scooby and Blissey frowned before looking at each other.

"But… If what you all say is true, then why am I here?" Snoopy asked.

"I mean the closest we got is that because the Psycho Mantis who mind-hijacked you is fake so that is why the process is different when the real one did the same to Drake and Rosalina." Scooby mused before sighing.

"So wait… Are you saying that my memories… Are they all lies?" Snoopy asked.

Scooby winced. "Um, well…"

Snoopy paused before looking down, feeling like he was about to cry. Garfield, Scooby and Blissey looked at each other, wondering what they should do. What COULD they do?

"Um, Sakura?"

Garfield, Scooby and Blissey turned their heads to see a worried Ryu pointing at the Recovery Room entrance. They all turned their heads and their eyes widened when they saw… The Danganronpa V3 trio, Dot, the Pyro, R. Mika, Genjuro and most of all, the Proud Family.

"P-Penny!" Sakura gasped.

"Hey, y'all." The red-clad girl frowned.

The champions (except for Pikachu who hasn't returned yet) frowned before looking away in shame and turning their attention to their respective loved ones. Penny's group looked around at the latter group.

"I heard about what happened to the champion's loved ones, but it looked worse than I thought." Maki lamented.

Meanwhile, Dot ran over to Snoopy's cot.

"My man!" Dot cried out.

Scooby's eyes widened. "Dot, wait!"

However, the Warner Sister practically did a swan dive, leaping straight towards Snoopy and latching onto the startled beagle.

"Oh, Snoopy, I was SOOO worried when I saw that faker mind-hijack IN THE ARENA!" Dot exclaimed.

"Dot…" The white-furred dog said, softly.

The black-furred toon raised her eyebrow. "Sooo? How are you feeling?"

"Um, I am feeling fine physically." Snoopy offered.

"Are you sure? Rosalina had to give up due to what happened to her with Psycho Mantis in the Tournament of Kikai." Dot frowned. "Do you feel groggy?"

"I mean I did when I woke up but…" Snoopy admitted.

Suddenly, he felt a thermometer being stuck in his mouth.

"Then, you should stay in!" Dot scolded. "Toons don't get sick and I will stay by your side!"

Blissey blinked twice. "I don't think that the symptoms of Psycho Mantis' mind-hijacking are contagious either way."

Everyone just watched the scene with stunned faces.

"Even now, this STILL weirds me out." Garfield muttered.

However, one particular person was watching with wide eyes.

"Um, Dot, can I ask you something?" Snoopy asked.

"Of course, Snoopy? What is it?" The Warner Sister asked.

"Do you… Know what a Hero of Heart is?" The beagle asked.

Dot's smile vanished as she blinked twice. "Um, you mean like the novel?"

Snoopy then let out a sigh. "Yeah, I…"

"Wait, Hero of Heart!?"

Everyone's eyes widened before turning to the direction of the voice.

"Penny?" Trudy asked, confused.

The teenager stepped forward towards Snoopy's cot.

"Snoopy said Hero of Heart." Penny said with a stunned look on her face.

"Um, yeah, but I don't get…" Dot started.

Then, her eyes widened.

"Wait, how did YOU know what Snoopy said?" Dot asked.

"Because… I could understand him." Penny said.

Everyone's eyes bugged out at this.

"Wait, you CAN!?" Shuichi exclaimed.

Penny nodded her head until she was at the end of Snoopy's cot. The latter looked stunned.

"Wait… If you could understand me, then… Are you here I'm from." Snoopy asked.

"Um, I think I know what you mean, but no." Penny frowned, scratching the back of her head.

Snoopy hung his head.

"However, I think I mostly know where you are from." Penny said.

Snoopy looked up with wide eyes.

Penny nodded before taking a deep breath and looking around at the Recovery Room.

"Um, I will explain everything. But I think we may need more chairs." Penny frowned.

Nurse Joy rolled her eyes. "...Why not? This room is already being used as a lounge as it is."

(The Arena)

"Alright, let's-a try this again."

Inkling nodded as Mario Mario held onto both of her hands as they skated around the arena. Unlike most fighters, Mario and Inkling were focused on fighting but rather the former helping the latter make it through the icy arena.

"Just keep at it." Mario offered.

The Inkling nervously frowned as they continued to go around the arena while trying to avoid the various fights. Meanwhile, at the same time, Greymon and King K. Rool got into another power struggle. Now that Taka-Arashi was out of the arena, the latter two had an easier time focusing on each other.

Then, Greymon slammed his helmeted head against K. Rool's own. The Kremling cried out in pain before holding his head, making Greymon smirk before proceeding to do a series of claw swipes, tail whips and kicks to K. Rool. However, the latter snapped out of his daze before thrusting his stomach out. The gold armour around it then glowed just as Greymon swiped at K. Rool.

This made K. Rool's stomach expanded and sent Greymon back. Normally, he would use the claws on his feet to stop himself, but due to the ice, the dinosaur found himself slipping on the ice, trying to keep his balance.

As if you expected anything else, Greymon started to go towards Mario and Inkling.

Cappy's eyes popped out of the Santa hat. "Mario, look out!"

The red-clad man's eyes bugged out before grabbing a startled Inkling and leapt up, just to avoid getting rammed into by Greymon. Mario then landed on top of Greymon's head, forcing onto his rear. The Digimon groaned before rubbing his rear before glaring at the guilty party who was glaring back at him.

"Hey! Be-a more careful!" Mario scolded.

"ME!?" Greymon exclaimed in disbelief. "At least I am doing what I am SUPPOSED to be doing in this arena? FIGHTING! You are treating it like a skating rink!"

Mario blinked twice. "That's because-a it IS a skating rink."

"Even still, it is only for this one section!" Greymon reminded. "The fighting tournament is forever!"

Mario let out a deep sigh before turning towards Inkling. "Do you think that you could stay safe on your own for a while?"

The orange-tentacled girl pauses before sighing and nodding her head. She then scooted off to the side. Once she was safe, Mario nodded before glaring up at Greymon.

"Look, this whole thing-a was an accident. But if you are going to act like an elitist about it, I am going to have to deal with you." Mario said.

Greymon growled. "Yeah, bring it!"

K. Rool blinked his good eye twice. "...Is this the part where I rant about being left out, but I don't want to face any nodal companions besides Ridley unless I could help it."

"Great Horn Attack!" Greymon shouted before charging forward, headfirst. However, Mario was no stranger to charging enemies as he leapt up into the air and landed on top of Greymon's head. However, due to the dinosaur's skull helmet, it didn't affect Greymon that much. However, Mario continued to bounce off of his head multiple times.

However, Greymon had enough and swung his head upwards. While this didn't hit Mario, it did throw off his timing as he fell off of Greymon and landed on the icy ground. Greymon then fired his next move before summoning fire in his mouth, but Mario saw this and charged up his own pyromancy.

"NOVA BLAST!"

"FIRE!"

The two then sent out streams of fire at each other.

…However, as they did so, they ended up sliding off to the side and missing each other completely.

Greymon's fire stream instead hit Blizzard Wolfang while Mario's own attack struck Guadua. Due to their weakness to pyromancy to their respective elements, they immediately got engulfed in flames while crying out in pain, startling their opponents. Blizzard Wolfang and Guadua fell onto the ground to stop, drop and roll. However, they both managed to roll underneath the top ropes.

Fortunately, Blizzard Wolfang and Guadua managed to land in the river of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. UNFORTUNATELY, it was right near Lobo who was fishing, not only scaring away the fish but also splashing water all over him, much to the cranky wolf's frustration.

Back in the arena, everyone watched with wide eyes and slack jaws. Mario and Greymon put their hands on their mouths in horror at what had just happened. Greymon then looked at Blizzard Wolfang's opponents, Lucario and Loona.

"Um, you saw nothing?" Greymon said, sheepishly.

Loona then narrowed her eyes before giving her response.

"Damn right we saw nothing! I hated that guy who came in with an unfair advantage, anyway!" Loona spat.

Lucario groaned as he slapped his forehead. However, Ray the Flying Squirrel was not as forgiving as he angrily stomped over to Mario. …Only to slip and fall onto his face. Despite the hard fall, he then scooted towards Mario, not caring that he was failing to look serious.

"Hey! What's the big idea!? Guadua didn't deserve that!" Ray scolded. He then paused. "Granted, she was far from the only fighter that has gotten an unfair elimination so far but still!"

Mario held up his hands in defence. "N-Now, now! I…"

Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning his head, his eyes widened when he saw the Inkling. However, she was actually STANDING on the ice, unfazed with a confident look on her face.

"I-Inkling?" Mario asked, stunned.

"Oh, so you could learn to stand on the ice! Big whoop!" Ray scoffed. "I could FLY over the ice!"

To prove his worth, Ray struggled to get up and jump. That jump was all he needed to start flying around the arena. However, the Inkling just smirked before skating forward. The two then encircled each other while everyone looked in awe. The Inkling then got out her Splattershot and fired ink at Ray. The squirrel yelped before flying up to avoid it. He then growled before flying over to punch the Inkling.

However, the Inkling turned into her squid form before and dove into the ink to avoid the attack. Ray nearly crashed into the ground but recovered him, however, he was unable to avoid the Splattershot shots, getting orange ink all over him. Ray cried out in shock and disgust, the Inkling skated over and got out her Inkbrush before swinging it downwards towards Ray.

But Ray saw the attack coming in time before yelping and flying to the side to avoid it. As the Inkling fell onto the ground, Ray let himself drop to the ground before doing a Spin Dash into the Inkling, sending her sliding on her back in pain. Ray then got up before flying towards the Inkling. However, the cephalopod snapped out of her daze before throwing a Splat Bomb forward.

However, Ray threw himself to the ground to avoid the projectile before using his hands to slide over. But Inkling kicked her foot out, catching Ray in the head. The golden-furred rodent grunt out in pain before scampering to go towards the Inkling. The orange-tentacled girl reacted by getting out some kind of beaker before throwing it on the ground.

This covered both Inkling and Ray in a cloud of deep, orange mist. The latter started to cough heavily. However, the Inkling didn't seem fazed.

"Hey, someone open a window! I think a gas pipe has broken!" Ray shouted during coughs.

While under the effects of the Inkling's Toxic Mist subweapon, she smirked before getting out her Inkbrush and proceeded to use it to cover Ray with paint.

"H-Hey, stop it!" Ray yelled, coughing AND laughing. "That tickles!"

The Inkling then swung her Inkbrush upwards, knocking Ray into the air. The former then leapt up after them before swinging her weapon downwards at the squirrel, sending him crashing on the ground. Normally, he was simply sprawling, but due to the ice, he ended up slipping underneath the bottom rope.

Ray landed in Super Mario World. Seeing that his flying ability was similar to the Cape Feather, he easily made his way around the levels.

Once Ray was out of the arena, the Inkling dusted her hands together with a satisfied look on her face. She then skated back to Mario, who was still looking in awe.

"That… That was-a amazing!" Mario said before grinning.

The Inkling returned the grin before the two shared a high-five. Mario then noticed that the Inkling was wearing ice skates.

"Oh, I get it! You found a present and-a ice skates were inside." Mario realised.

"OH, COME ON!" Loona roared.

"So which game is it from?" Mario asked.

The Inkling's smile vanished before reaching out in her pocket and pulling a tag. Mario then took it and examined it.

"Oh, it is-a from Chip's Challenge? I knew that there would be at least one obscure game item in one of the presents, but to-a think that we would see THAT game." Mario mused with a look of nostalgia on his face. "It is a shame that it is forgotten. It is truly an underrated game."

He then noticed the Inkling giving him a weird look. Looking around, he saw Greymon, K. Rool, Lucario and Loona giving him the same look.

"What? I am the face of-a not only Nintendo, but gaming itself." Mario reminded. "You don't think I don't know most, if not all, of the older games?"

"...Um, right?" Greymon asked before looking at K. Rool. "Hey, sorry about that. Wanna continue our fight?"

"Um, sure." The Kremling said as the two reptiles walked off.

"So seeing that we-a both could skate AND both have eliminations under our belt, wanna make the best of it?" Mario asked, offering his hand.

The Inkling smiled before taking Mario's hand and the two skated off, leaving Lucario and Loona, blinking twice.

"...Well, that happened." Lucario said.

"Look out!"

Biyomon's eyes widened before Krampus did a diving catch to her. Just in time to avoid three purple pointed triangles at her. Krampus and Biyomon then looked up at the arena to see Izanami floating down with her eternal emotionless look on her face. She then raised her hand before summoning a giant ball of pale blue energy and throwing downwards. However, The two ran to the side to avoid it.

"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon shouted, sending a spiral of green fire at Izanami. However, the goddess just sent her bits in front of her to block the incoming projectile. Izanami then returned the favour by sending the projectile back at her, but the bird flew to the side to avoid it.

Biyomon then flew forward towards Izanami but the latter then sent out a dark spirit at the Digimon. However, Biyomon thought quickly and flew underneath the attack. However, Izanami floated upwards and did an axe kick, striking Biyomon out of the air. Krampus gasped before glaring up at Izanami.

"Come down and take a spanking!" Krampus boasted. He then took off the chains around his neck before launching it at Izanami. It wrapped around the goddess' leg before Krampus yanked her out of the air before she crashed onto the ground. Krampus then followed it up with an elbow drop before pulling her into an arm bar.

"Biyomon, share the punishment!" Krampus yelled.

"Um, alright." The bird creeped out by Krampus' sadistic nature. "Spiral Twister!"

Biyomon then sent another fire spiral into Izanami while she was still being grappled, striking her. However, the purple-haired woman merely let out a sigh before summoning her bits around her, striking Krampus multiple times. As the lion cried out in pain, Izanami got up before punching her fist forward. However, Krampus recovered in time before catching Izanami's fist.

Letting out a creepy laugh, he proceeded to slash Izanami multiple times with his claws. Despite the brutal assault, Izanami merely gave an annoyed scoff (though she still sounded stoic) before summoning dark purple ghostly hands to summon her to wrap around herself to protect her from Krampus' claw strike. Then, the hands turned into various spirits, encircling Izanami and knocking Krampus away.

The Black Santa groaned before sitting up with a snarl. "It is as if my debuffs are not affecting you!"

"You have debuffs." Izanami asked before looking at her hand. "I DID notice that my power was lowering by a tiny percent."

Krampus growled before he was about to take a retort.

"Krampus!"

The black-furred lion's eyes widened before looking back to see Biyomon flying over while carrying a present in her talons.

"I don't know how much it would help but…" Biyomon noted.

Krampus gave a toothy smirk. "Hey, any tool used to punish bad kids is a good one!"

With that, he took the present and used his claw to slash off the top. He and Biyomon then looked inside. Then, Krampus' eyes lit up before taking the item. Suddenly, Krampus got engulfed in a puff of smoke. Biyomon coughed a couple of times while Izanami raised an eyebrow.

When the smoke cleared, Krampus showed up wearing a different outfit. A full body suit of a brown-furred tanuki. Biyomon blinked before Krampus looked down at himself. Mario saw him and his eyes lit up.

"Oh, I haven't-a seen the Tanooki Suit in a long while!" Mario beamed.

"Why do I have a feeling that Gyobu and Goemon are going to be pissed?" Krampus muttered. He then sighed before slapping his cheeks together. "Let's-a fly!"

Biyomon nodded her head before flying up. Krampus then skated forward for a few seconds before jumping up. Then, the tail of the suit started to flap up and down, making a noise. This made Krampus hover in the air. Izanami just gave a bored look before sending out her bits. However, Krampus flew forward before swinging around and using his tail to knock the bits away.

"Talon Twist!" Biyomon shouted, doing a cartwheel forward before managing to kick Izanami in the face before proceeding to do a series of pecks with her. However, Izanami merely grabbed the bird before throwing her away. However, Krampus then flew up to Izanami before doing a dropkick to her face. But the purple-haired woman hardly fazed before grabbing Krampus by his leg before throwing him down onto the ice.

"Krampus!" Biyomon shouted before flying down to Krampus' level. "I think we may be over our heads when challenging her!"

The black Santa gave a small smirk. "Now, now. The goal isn't to beat them. It is to eliminate them. See if you could lead her over the ropes!"

"Um, okay." Biyomon said before flying forward. "Hey, Sunshine! You may think that you are a Final Boss, but you are just a glorified zoner!"

"...Now this is obviously a blatant ploy to act as a decoy. But seeing that I am stronger than the both of you put together, thus it doesn't matter how I defeat you, I suppose I could humour you." Izanami said.

With that, she floated towards Biyomon. However, she did so at an alarming speed before backhanding Biyomon away. The pink-feathered Digimon flew backwards before managing to self-right herself in midair before shaking her head to get rid of the dizziness. She then gasped before flying to the side to avoid a kick from Izanami. Biyomon then flew away with Izanami chasing after her. Krampus smirked before taking a deep breath and cupping his hands to his mouth.

"BIYOMON!"

The bird turned around.

"THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR OFFERING TO DOUBLE-TEAM WITH ME AND GIVING ME A CONFIDENCE BOOST!" Krampus shouted with a big grin on his face.

Biyomon blinked twice. "H-Huh?"

Then, Krampus started to skate off towards the ropes before leaping off before using the tail of the Tanooki suit to fly up. Izanami merely gave a bored look before getting ready to counter Krampus' attack. However, even when the lion was close enough, he just kept flying up until he was above Izanami. Biyomon's pupils shrink.

"Krampus, NO!" Biyomon shouted.

The black-furred lion just looks at Biyomon before giving a thumbs-up and a grin before engulfing himself in a cloud of smoke.

Only to turn into a stone statue.

POW!

Due to the sudden drop, the statue of Krampus went onto Izanami like a… Well, a stone. While it didn't hurt Izanami that much (despite how it looked said otherwise), it did take her by surprise and spiked her down, sending her and Krampus in the elimination portal. Everyone watching looked with wide eyes and slack jaws.

"...Wow. I knew that the Tanooki Suit's statue power would be used in interesting ways, but still…" Ashley said in awe.

"Now seeing that Krampus and Izanami were more or less touching each other when they dropped into the elimination portal, I think it is safe to give the elimination to EACH OTHER." Drake added.

"Is that a first?" Ashley asked.

"Well, it is for the Battle of the Luminaries." Drake reminded. "However, a similar thing happened with Donkey Kong and Tom in the Tournament of Kikai."

Meanwhile, Biyomon looked in awe before making her way back into the arena. Greymon saw her come back in and frowned.

"You okay, Biyomon?" Greymon asked.

"I… If I knew he was going to sacrifice himself to eliminate that goddess, I would have tried to stop him." The bird sighed.

Greymon let out a deep sigh. "Well, you pretty much explained when he hid it from me. At least he exited the arena, feeling like a confident and heroic fighter. Especially since I don't think people will even know about his node until Drake puts that wolf on the security team."

"Yeah…" Biyomon said, sadly.

Krampus and Izanami both landed in a grassy field. Several people jumped before running off. The two then got up while looking at each other.

"Ah, I see. You knew that defeating me is a fool's errand so you opted to sacrifice yourself to eliminate me." Izanami noted.

"Oh, don't misunderstand! I knew that you were too dangerous to keep around!" Krampus said before reading his claws with a toothy grin. "But don't think that is enough to escape your punishment!"

"...So you are more willing to fight me here because not even a death by MY hands would be permanent in an elimination node." Izanami mused. "Brutish logic, but not unreasonable."

With that, the two got into a stance.

"Hold it right there, villains!"

Krampus' eyes widened before he and Izanami turned towards the direction of the voice. Then, the former's pupils shrank.

There, they saw six people clad in brightly-coloured outfits with matching helmets.

"We don't know what you are doing in Ocean Bluff, but if you think you will come here and do whatever you want, you have…" The white-clad people said.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

The people held their heads in pain as a loud squeal could be heard.

"You are the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! I thought that I wouldn't run into you guys besides technically Ryu and Chun-Li!" Krampus said, holding onto his hood while grinning like a little kid on Christmas. "You are like the gateway to the Western audience for Sentai anime!"

"Um, thank you?" The Pink Ranger said, scratching the back of her head.

"Hey, I know that this may seem rude but can I see your weapons?" Krampus asked. "Please, please, please!"

The Power Rangers looked at each other, clearly looking in pure confusion. They then got out their respective weapons.

"So coollllllll!" Krampus said with sparkling eyes. "They are even more awesome close up! I actually have a figure of each of you guys in awesome poses like…"

As Krampus started to fanboy over the bewildered Power Rangers, Izanami just watched the whole thing with a bored look before floating off.

"...So this is what it is like to want to leave a situation by retreating when you could just kill everyone involved easily." Izanami mused. "What an… Educational experience."

(Unknown Island)

Celica's group all wandered around the sandy beaches of a jungle island. However, Azusa was trailing behind. Leon looked back and frowned.

"Come on, Azusa. For all we know this could be an island or a vacation hotspot, but it is dangerous to trail behind." Leon scolded.

"I know and I am sorry." The idol frowned. "But I am just too tired."

"We HAVE been walking non-stop from elimination node to elimination node for a while now." Celica admitted.

"Yeah, I think we should take a break." Leon nodded.

"Um, I get that going around until we pass out from exhaustion is a bad thing but what about finding the eliminated fighter of this node?" Linkle asked.

"Yes, about that…" Azusa said.

"Hm? What is it, Azusa?" Leon asked.

"I have a thought. But can we sit down first?" The blue-haired woman asked.

"Sure, Azusa." Celica said.

With that, the four lost people sat in a circle in the sand.

"Well, Linkle, I think we already told you this but at the moment, the Battle of the Luminaries is being hijacked by Psycho Mantis and the cast of Xuan Dou Zhi Wang." Azusa explained.

The blonde raised an eyebrow. "Uh-huh…"

"Well, if we DO finally interact with the elimination fighter of the elimination node we are in AND we end up back in the dome…" Azusa said before frowning. "Do we really want that?"

Leon paused before putting a hand on his chin. "Hm. Good point. It may be a little dangerous to go back at that moment."

"But even still, we HAVE to go to the dome eventually!" Linkle reminded. "What if the tournament ends and we are still node-hopping?"

"That IS a legitimate concern." Leon mused, rubbing his chin. "But I remembered in the DVD of the Tournament of Kikai that Xero said that if he had his way, Nack and Olimar would automatically show up at the end of the tournament regardless."

"...This is the same dude who trapped said two because Nac… Fang had the audacity to participate in the tournament and eliminate Olimar just like everyone else over a meme." Linkle muttered. "Also, is it kinda dangerous to use that particular meme at the moment? Or other memes? Social-wise, I mean?"

"It can't be helped. By the time the tournament started, no one even knew." Leon frowned.

"Also true. But you don't think Xero would actually go through with it in the Tournament of Kikai, would he?" Linkle frowned.

"Okay, I think the multiverse agrees that Xero is an idiot but surely even HE knows how much of a can of worms that would be." Leon said.

"Um, I know that it is hard to think about Xero, Olimar and Fang without thinking about the Steve meme so it is inevitable." Azusa said, looking disturbed. "But can we NOT talk about it until further notice?"

Leon, Linkle and Celica looked at Azusa in concern.

"O-Oh, sorry, Azusa…" Leon frowned.

Celica paused. "Going back on topic…"

The three looked at Celica.

"I know that it is selfish to drag you to a potentially dangerous place, but I have to return. My nodal companions, especially my sister, are worried sick." The white mage frowned, putting her hand on chest. "They already have enough problems in the dome without me being missing."

Azusa paused. "That's… Not wrong. Especially since Nine was left co-host to stop what happened."

"Can't blame her. Those a-holes nearly caused a blackout." Linkle said, sternly. "If they succeed, the elimination portal may be affected in some way."

"If that happens and the elimination node we end up in is a very dangerous one, we could be in trouble." Leon frowned.

"Exactly! While the dome is not a safe place at the moment, it will be more dangerous for my friends if I continue to node-hop." Celica sighed.

Azusa frowned. "Yeah, you are right…"

Unknown to everyone, some came out of the jungle and onto the beach a good distance away from them. However, after looking around for a bit, he noticed them before raising an eyebrow and walking over.

"Okay, so go back to trying to find the elimination fighter of this node?" Linkle asked.

"Indeed. But we have to be careful." Celica said. "We don't want to bring in ANOTHER person from an elimination node."

"Indeed. This is getting ridiculous." Azusa frowned.

"What is really jarring is if we are going by people who were with us before we disappeared into another node, we would have had at least TEN people with us by now." Leon noted.

"Yeah, why are WE node-hopping with Celica, but not the others?" Linkle asked.

"Maybe there is something that WE have in common." Leon offered.

"I think so too. But what is it?" Linkle offered.

"I am sure that we will find out eventually." Celica mused. "For now, let's be careful who we interact with from now on."

"Yo."

The four's eyes widened before turning to see a green-haired man with one scar over his eye.

"You need help or something?" Roronoa Zoro asked.

Celica's eyes lit up at this. "Do we!?"

Meanwhile, Whip along with the Strawhats ran through a different part of the jungle.

"Come on, come on, come on!" Usopp urged. "We have to find Zoro before he runs into Celica and the others!"

"That idiot will make the already-bad situation for them worse!" Nami agreed.

"We can't let Marimo bring his dangerous aura to Celica-chan, Linkle-chan and Azusa-chan!" Sanji roared.

"What about that Leon guy?" Jimbei piped up.

Sanji paused. "Oh yeah. Him too, I guess."

"Then, let's go!" Luffy grinned. "I wanna go node-hopping too!"

"WE ARE TRYING TO STOP ZORO, LUFFY!" Nami, Usopp, Sanji and Chopper shouted in unison.

Whip blinked twice as she ran with the others. "...Now I see why SSBFreak wanted to have you have your own node in the third Megamix Tournament, for better or for worse."

(Dome; Hallway Outside Elimination Seating)

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

"BUREAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Bowser and Barbatos Goetia let out loud roars before getting into a power struggle with each other. Bowser gritted his teeth in pure rage while Barbatos gave an infuriating smirk on his face. Soon, Bowser found the struggle before throwing Barbatos towards the wall. The Koopa then ran towards his opponent before ramming his shoulder into his stomach, knocking the wind out of him and making his eyes bugged out.

Bowser wasn't done as he proceeded to punch Barbatos in the face multiple times. But Barbatos merely grunted in annoyance before grabbing Bowser by his snout before pulling him into a bearhug. The Koopa winced in pain before ultimately breathing out a small burst of fire into Barbatos' face. The dark-skinned man cried out in agony before holding his face with his free hand. Bowser then did a dropkick, knocking Barbatos away.

However, Barbatos recovered before using his axe to plant it into the ground to stop himself from flying into the wall. Just in time to use said weapon to block a giant, spinning spiked shell. Said shell clashed with Barbatos' axe, resulting in a firework display of sparks. When Bowser's attack ended, Barbatos picked up Bowser before turning him upside-down. Barbatos then gave a dark smirk.

Before he proceeded to shake Bowser like a pair of maracas. The king felt himself getting dizzy and when Barbatos was finally done, he looked over his dazed opponent. However, he looked up and down at Bowser's body. The latter then snapped out of his daze before growling and kicking Barbatos in the face, dropping him. Bowser then got up.

"You like that!? While that is just a taste of what I would do when I am through with it!" Bowser roared.

"Yeah, like I would lose to a quitter!" Barbatos shot back.

Bowser blinked twice. "Quitter. What the Underworld does THAT mean!?"

"Well, I thought it was obvious. You basically give up on getting Peach as your wife and settle for the most unpopular main character in Undertale." Barbatos explained.

Bowser's pupils shrank at this.

"I know that I am the last person to scold people about ethics but going after any person that is too mentally-drained to protest against?" Barbatos frowned. "Not cool, dude!"

Bowser growled. "Fine, if you don't think I am cool, that's your opinion! But I am eternal HOT!"

With that, he breathed out a giant stream of fire forward. Barbatos raised his axe to block it, but while the guard was a success, he found himself getting forced on his feet until he ended up with his back literally against the wall. Despite this, he let out his trademark shout before rushing forward while blocking. Bowser was not expecting this and got a shoulder-ram into his chest.

Bowser was then knocked down. Barbatos smirked before kicking Bowser in the side and onto his stomach. Barbatos then climbed on his opponent and used his hands… To survey Bowser's shell. Suddenly, his eyes lit up when he felt something. The Koopa growled before getting up on his hands and knees before tucking into his shell before spinning around like a top and sending Barbatos flying away.

Barbatos crashed into a wall hard before peeling off and falling onto his face. He groaned before propping himself on his hands. Only to feel something. Blinking twice, he looked down and his eyes lit up. Suddenly, he felt magic. Turning his head, he saw Bowser was casting a spell.

"CRUSHER!"

Then, a giant stalagmite appeared underneath Barbatos' feet. The axe-wielder flew upwards before hitting his head on the ceiling hard before crashing down on the ground. Barbatos groaned before getting up on his hands to see Bowser cracking his knuckles. Barbatos narrowed his eyes before getting up and…

"I give up."

Bowser's eyes widened at this.

"W-Wait, what?" The king asked.

"You heard me. You fight this fight." Barbatos said, crossing his arms.

Bowser blinked twice. "So let me get this straight. You knocked out my son and boyfriend, lured me outside, attacked both of them while they were unconscious, started a fight with me and then you just expect me to let you walk off?"

"Yeah, pretty much." Babartos said, matter-of-factly.

Bowser paused before gritting his teeth. "You insufferable…"

"Oh my stars! Junior!"

"And isn't that Asgore guy!?"

Bowser and Barbatos' eyes widened before turning his head to see Snake, Rosalina, Wade and Wolfrun looking in shock and horror. Rosalina floated over to the unconscious Bowser Jr. while Snake decided to check up on Asgore.

"Rosalina! Snake!" Bowser gasped.

Barbatos turned his head to see Bowser was distracted by the sudden appearances. Giving a smirk, he walked behind Bowser and kicked him hard in the back. While the kick didn't hurt much due to Bowser's shell, it still sent him flying forward before crashing onto his stomach.

"You can tend to your precious son and boyfriend, King of Koopas!" Barbatos boasted. "I already got what I needed!"

With that, he ran off, leaving Bowser looking back steamed.

"Bowser! I don't know what happened here but I do know that Junior and Asgore's health comes first!" Rosalina scolded, narrowing her uncovered eye.

The Koopa's eyes widened before getting up and ran over to Rosalina who was cradling Bowser Jr in her hands.

"How is he?" Bowser asked, concerned.

"Well, his injuries don't look that bad. We should go ask Peach to heal him." Rosalina frowned. "Worse case scenario, we just take him to the Recovery Room."

"And Asgore?" Bowser asked.

"He is actually looking better than Junior." Snake reassured while still crouching to the unconscious Asgore's level.

"Oh, thank goodness…" Bowser said, sighing in relief.

"What in the hang happened?" Wade asked. "I know that Barbatos fellow is not the most friendly of folks but still!"

"Underworld I know! All I know is that he was carrying Junior and Asgore unconscious and out of the blue, he started to provoke me when ATTACKING them!" Bowser exclaimed.

"Wait, what!? Even for HIM, that seems too much!" Snake said.

"Yeah, and it is not like he said ANYTHING about items so I don't think either of them used an item!" Bowser frowned.

Snake and Rosalina's eyes widened at this.

"Um, Bowser?" Rosalina asked.

"Yes, Rosalina?" The king asked.

"I know that this sounds random but could you show me your Star Piece for a moment?" The blue-clad woman asked.

Bowser blinked twice. "Um, sure, don't know why though. Just like me…"

With that, he started to pat himself all over. Then, his eyes widened a little before looking around.

"It's gone." Bowser said.

Snake paused. "...What?"

"Yeah, and it is not like I lost it recently. I literally checked I still had it the second I exited the Recovery Room." Bowser frowned. "Maybe I dropped it during the fight."

"Um, Bowser, have Barbatos been fighting… Differently?" Rosalina asked, not liking where this was going.

"Um, yeah, now that you mentioned it, he was mostly fighting defensively most of the time." Bowser admitted. "He even grappled me more than a few times but instead of taking advantage of that, he…"

Suddenly, his pupils shrank before looking at Rosalina who had a sad look on her face. He then turned to Snake who had his face buried in his hand. Wolfrun frowned while Wade blinked twice.

"...So the whole thing was just to get Bowser's Star Piece." Wolfrun muttered.

"You got pickpocketed by a large guy that is voiced by one of the most hammiest Japanese voice actors in history?" Wade asked in disbelief. "I knew that you were slow in terms of speed AND intelligence but WOW!"

Bowser promptly punched Wade lights out.

"...And now we have a third patient for Peach." Wolfrun sighed, shaking his head.

(The Arena)

Juniper Lee yelped after a pillar of ice shot from the ground and sent her flying into the air. However, she managed to self-right herself in midair. Just in time to punch her fist at an incoming projectile, destroying it into pieces. As June landed back on the ground, Toph smirked before moving forward with ice literally around her feet, using it to move forward.

Toph then swung her arm upwards before creating a series of icicles from the ground in front of her but June then did a downwards kick, creating the icicles into various pieces all around. Now Toph was always able to face stuff like this, being an Earthbender (in fact, she LIKED it), however, this wasn't earth but rather ice so the sudden chill from the ice pieces took her off-guard as she yelped.

June then ran over and did a hard kick to Toph' stomach. The blind girl's pupils shrank in pain as she flew backwards and skidded back on the ice. Despite being in agony, she used her Earthbending to stop herself from slipping underneath the bottom rope. June smirked before skating over. However, Toph saw her coming and launched some rocks at June, but the Te Xuan Ze raised her arms to block the attack.

Only for the ice rocks to cover her with dust and cold air surrounding her and pinning her to the ground. June cried out in shock, Toph got up smirking how much she was glad that she finally appeared in SMITE as a skin for Scylla before she sent more ice rocks, striking her multiple times. The Earthbender then did an axe kick and summoned a pillar of ice. …Only for it to appear to the side. Both girls blinked twice.

"...You really never tried to bend ice before this tournament, did you?" June asked.

"Hey, cut me some slack! I never fought in a skating rink before!" Toph retorted.

June smirked. "Well, looks like you are the first person to be considered literally doubleblind."

Toph's eyebrow twitched. "Go ahead, make all of the taunts you want. It will make your defeat even more better for me!"

With that, she swung her arm upwards and sent a pillar of ice forward. However, June saw it coming and swerved herself to the side to avoid being skewered. She then ran forward before engulfing her fists in rock and punched forward. This resulted in a loud cLash between the two. The two then continued to exchange punches, constantly clashing with each other.

Suddenly, The two girls felt something slimy around her leg. Raising an eyebrow, the two looked down to notice that slime monsters were attempting to bite at their legs.

"Oh, yuck, really!?" June said in disgust. "I hate fighting slime monsters!"

"Even me who can't look at the internet knows that you are giving those creeps on DeviantArt ammo!" Toph roared.

With that, the two easily stomped and destroyed the slime monsters. Once they were done, June yelped a bit of slime from her leg before glaring at the guilty party. Dr. Nitrus Brio who was fighting Prince in his ugly form.

"Hey! The Un-incredible Hulk!" June roared, angrily.

Brio's eyes lit up before looking around. "Really? Where? I always wanted a bit of his DNA!"

Prince blinked twice. "Um, I think she was referring to YOU."

"Totally!" June snapped. "Watch where you are unleashing your slime monsters! They don't discriminate between fighters!"

"Oh, I should hope so! Sure, I know I should focus on one test subject at a time but at the same time, I know that there are a lot of different test subjects!" Brio beamed. "I am glad that my monsters, WHICH I INVENTED, went after you!"

June and Toph blinked twice before looking at each other.

"Truce?" June asked

"Only until this guy is out of the ring." Toph answered.

"Duh." June said.

With that, the two glared at Brio and got into their stance. The mad scientist smirked before pouring the content of his beakers in his mouth. His body then started to shake before he started to change into his mutated form. Brio then raised his arm up in the air. Suddenly, a boulder fell out of nowhere and into Brio's hand. He then smirked before throwing it forward.

Toph blinked twice before holding his hand and easily stopping the boulder with just one hand. Brio's eyes widened at this.

"...Really? You tried to throw a boulder at an EARTHBENDER, let alone the greatest one in the multiverse?" Toph asked in disbelief. "Did you experiment on your own brain as well?"

Brio blinked twice. "Um, yeah, how did you know?"

Toph paused before pushing her hand out, sending the boulder rolling back at Brio. The hulking man was not unable to block it in time and got hit by it. Even with his large form, he was sent flying before soaring over the ropes with no hope of return.

Brio landed in Paladins. Pip promptly turned him into a chicken.

As Toph dusted her hands together, Prince frowned as he bit the fingernails on his hands.

"Oh, fudge… These girls are scary. I wouldn't be able to survive the section with those two in the arena." Prince noted. His eyes then lit up. "Good thing I still have the present I found. I was going to save this for that mad scientist but he is obviously long gone."

With that, he pulled out a golden mechanical beetle out of his pocket before throwing it forward towards the girls. Said beetle then flapped its wings before making its way towards the girls. June saw it coming before yelping and punching fist at the beetle.

Which made it literally turn around and fly back Prince. The white-haired man was not expecting this and the pincer of the beetle clamped around Prince's neck. Then, the beetle started to fly up VERTICALLY while somehow carrying the heavyset prince with him. June, along with everyone else in the arena, looked on with wide eyes.

Soon, the beetle flew up to the stage lights until it slammed Prince's head against one of them. This made the beetle fly go as Prince fell to the ground dazed by what happened. However, when he fell, he fell near the Christmas tree. As such, his shirt scruff got caught on the top of the tree as he continued falling. However, his descent slowly stopped with the tree bending from the weight.

By this time, Prince slowly snapped out of his daze. He groaned before looking down to see that he was covering a foot off of the ground. Blinking twice, he looked up to see where he was. He then frowned.

"Oh, crumbs…"

As if the tree waited for Prince to give his verbal reaction, it then snapped back while launching Prince like a catapult, scattering Christmas baubles everywhere. With the speed of a bullet, he was sent flying into the barrier. Everyone winced as those unfortunate to be in front of the scene had to see Prince's squished up face. A couple of seconds later, Prince peeled off of the wall and fell into the portal like a stone.

Prince landed in My World, My Way where he tried to be a gentleman to the protagonist, Elise. However, he just ended up being bossed around by her for the next ten minutes.

Everyone stood slack-jawed by what just happened. Except for Toph who blinked twice.

"...Do I even want to know?" Toph asked.

"That's… Actually a good question." June said, scratching the top of her head.

(Announcer's Booth)

Drake and Ashley also watched just as thunderstruck.

"...Drake?" Ashley asked.

"Yes, Ashley?" The vampire answered.

"Did you insist on having the Beetle from Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, or to be specific, the Super Smash Bros version of it because you think an elimination like THAT would happen?" Ashley asked.

"I mean not EXACTLY like what happened." Drake said before giving a small smirk. "But I knew that it would cause a chaotic elimination and hoo boy, I was right!"

Ashley let out a deep sigh. "Not even the Tournament of Kikai's Christmas section was THIS chaotic."

(The Arena)

"...Oh, right. I just remembered how much I hated the Beetle item." Lucario muttered.

"Meh. I personally think the Gust Bellows is worse." Loona shrugged.

"Ugh, don't even get me started on that accursed item!" Lucario asked. "Like I can't tell you how many times I had a low percentage in a fight and yet I was easily edge-guarded as if I was Little M…"

That was when a furry fist found its way into his face. Lucario was sent flying backwards and skidding on his back onto the ice. He groaned before looking up at Loona to see her waving at him with a smirk. Lucario blinked twice before narrowing his eyes.

"You know what? That's on me." Lucario muttered. "I shouldn't have expected a Vivziepop character to play fair."

As if Loona heard this and wanted to confirm it, she got out her rifle and fired at Lucario. The Pokemon yelped before using his Extremespeed to zoom out of the way of the rifle shots. Loona just aimed her rifle at Lucario while firing. The latter then started to charge up blue energy in his hands and used his Aura Sphere as a shield for the rifle shots. Lucario then launched it at Loona, but the hellhound moved to the side.

But that was when Lucario skated after Loona. The goth thought quickly and aimed her rifle, but slid on the ice and so her aim was off, missing Lucario completely. The jackal-like fighter then jammed his elbow into Loona's stomach. After the latter got the wind knocked out of her, Lucario did a sweeping kick which knocked Loona off of her feet and onto the ground. Lucario then did a chop to the downed Loona.

Loona cursed out loud before launching her hand out at Lucario. The Pokemon was not expecting this and had his head grabbed. Loona then took advantage of the size advantage by slamming Lucario to the ground before using her to punch his face multiple times. However, despite being in heavy pain, Lucario launched his palm out of Loona's torso, resulting in a large burst.

Loona was sent sprawling back on the ice. The goth groaned before getting up on her side. She then noticed Lucario getting into a stance. Loona also saw that the aura around Lucario's hands grew larger. It seemed that his aura had gotten bigger from the fatigue has gone through this far.

"Damn it, I nearly forgot that he gets stronger the more he is attacked." Loona muttered. "Now what?"

Suddenly, her eyes widened before narrowing them. Growling, she then ran forward on all fours. However, Lucario leapt up before doing an axe kick downwards. But Loona ran to the side to avoid the attack and lashing out one claw at Lucario, but the jackal-like fighter raised his arms to use his spikes to block the attack. However, that was what Loona was hoping for and she got out something and hit Lucario as hard as she could.

…Only for Lucario to not feel any pain at all. He blinked twice before looking up at Loona to see her raising the Healing Staff she had gotten from her present and slammed it down onto Lucario's head. Again, it did no damage. Instead, it HEALED him. Before Lucario could ask what Loona was doing, the goth suddenly kicked Lucario in the stomach and sent him skidding back.

Loona then got out her rifle firing onto the downed Lucario. The Pokemon cried out in pain before getting out his bone using Bone Rush and spun it around to deflect any bullets. However, Loona put away her gun before throwing her Healing Staff and smacking Lucario in the head. While it HEALED Lucario again, the force still sent the latter on the ground. Loona then ran over to the staff while trying to retrieve (barely seeing that she was still slipping due to the ice).

Lucario then thought quickly and sent out a burst of aura at Loona. However, it wasn't as big as it didn't reached her. Lucario's eyes widened in horror and his pupils shrank even more when Loona aimed her rifle into his between his eyes with a dark smirk on her face.

BANG!

After Loona fired point-blank in Lucario's face, the latter fell onto his back, out cold before it hit the ice. Loona smirked before crouching down and picking up Lucario. As she did so, the hosts spoke up.

"Heh, that is one way of dealing with Lucario's aura powers without purposely holding back just like Megaman did." Drake noted.

"It seems that the Healing staff WAS useful for Loona." Ashley added as he watched Loona throwing Lucario out of the ring. "Just not in a way anyone would expect."

Lucario landed in Sonic Unleashed. After a couple of minutes, he slowly came up while holding his head.

"Ugh, who knew that getting healed would be to my detriment?" Lucario groaned, getting up. "Can't say that I am too upset, though I clearly remembered doing better than getting one elimination."

He then shook his head.

"No, it can't be helped. This is a low-scoring tournament where even us Smashers don't do as well as usual." Lucario admitted. "Besides, at least I still felt out like a Smashers and not getting distracted by superficial desires."

"Um, hey?"

Lucario raised an eyebrow before turning his head to see Chip flying over.

"Um, hello." Lucario said.

Chip then gave a grin before getting out a bar of chocolate out of nowhere. "Want some chocolate?"

Lucario's eyes lit up at this.

"Do I ever?"

"Autoreticle!"

Biyomon yelped before flying to the side to avoid a series of light balls. She then flew towards her opponent. Palutena just smirked before getting out her angelic wings and flapping forward, smacking Biyomon and knocking her away. The pink-feathered Digimon was sent flying away but managed to recover in time.

"Warp!" Palutena shouted before teleporting in a flash of light before reappearing behind Biyomon. The bird shrieked before flying forward but Palutena then smacked her out of the air and sent her sprawling on the ground. Palutena then summoned her Autoreticle. Biyomon cried out in pain before getting up.

"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon shouted, sending swirling green fire forward. However, Palutena saw it coming and smirked before getting into a defensive stance, letting the projectile hit her.

"Reflective Barrier!" Palutena shouted, summoning a barrier and sending the spiral twister back at Biyomon. However, the pink-feathered Digimon saw this coming and flew over it before zooming forward and doing a dropkick to Palutena's face. With the goddess stunned, Biyomon flew around Palutena doing a series of pecks at her. Palutena grunted in pain before raising her staff.

"Heavenly Light!" Palutena shouted, summoning a pillar of descending light onto Biyomon, striking her multiple times. While it didn't hurt the bird that much, it still managed Biyomon flinch for a second which was all Palutena needed before smacking Biyomon away. She then pointed her staff at the Digimon.

"Explosive Flame!" Palutena smirked.

A sphere of fire then engulfed Biyomon before exploding, resulting in a large cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared, it revealed… Biyomon was still flying with charred marks all over her body.

The pink-feathered Digimon blinked twice before dusting herself off. "Ugh, I just had these feathers cleaned."

Palutena looked in awe. "How are you able to tank my attack?"

"Um, have you forgotten that I am a FIRE-elemental Digimon?" Biyomon muttered.

Palutena paused. "...Well, yes?"

Biyomon blinked twice at this.

"I mean think about it. When you think of fire-elemental Digimon, you think of Agumon." Palutena said with a smirk. "Not helping is that said Digimon is the arena when you appeared."

"She does get you there." Greymon piped up a good distance away with a smirk.

Biyomon growled before flying over to her nodal companion and kicking Greymon in the snout. However, all the champion Digimon did was laugh. K. Rool also laughed while Palutena smirked.

"As much as I love watching comedy acts, I should focus on my next move." Palutena mused before raising up her staff. "Lightweight!"

Soon, Greymon smiled and waved at Biyomon. The Rookie Digimon just flew back to Palutena, still grumpy about Greymon's comment. Just in time to see Palutena floating forward at a faster rate. Biyomon yelped before flying to the side but Palutena ascended upwards, taking advantage of her literal light weight and swinging his staff up, striking Biyomon in the air.

Palutena then continued before performing her infamous Nair move by spinning her staff around and striking Biyomon multiple times before ending with a pillar of light which sent Biyomon in the air. The Digimon flew through the air in pain before managing to recover in air. She then growled before looking down at the guilty party. Biyomon then flew back down. Palutena smirked before getting ready.

Suddenly, her smirk vanished when she saw something in Biyomon's talons. A light blue orb.

"Um, what is that?" Palutena asked, not liking where this was going.

"Apparently, it is an item from Crash Bash." Biyomon answered.

"Okayyyyy, but how did you get it?" Palutena continued. "I had my eye on you most of the fight so there is no way that you had the chance to grab it."

"You're right. I didn't." Biyomon said. She then smirked. "But Greymon did. He found it and gave it to me after I kicked it."

"Regifting, huh?" Palutena mused before shrugging. "Well, it doesn't matter. I am one of the only Smashers to have twelve unique custom moves so I shouldn't have at least one to counter it."

Biyomon narrowed her eyes before clutching the orb tightly and sending a blue light out of it. Palutena just smirked before getting ready to activate her Reflective Barrier. Only to the light to start encircling her, startling. Biyomon then activated the orb again, sending another light to encircle Palutena.

The green-haired woman looked around not only to see which one to deflect. Then, one of the lights struck Palutena in the back and sent her flying towards Biyomon who just smirked.

"Talon Twist!" Biyomon shouted, doing a midair cartwheel which struck Palutena multiple times and sent her flying back. By this time, the other light then flew up at the airborne goddess and hit her, sending her further up in the air. Biyomon then flew up to Palutena and fired one more orb. Due to the projectile being hit point-blank, this sent Palutena flying over the ropes, too stunned to see any of her recovery moves to get back. The orb then vanished, showing that it was all out of lights.

Palutena landed in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic where she had a nice talk with Princess Celestia over watching their respective students grow. …And how much they troll them.

Out of all things Heidern expected to clash his razor-sharp hand against, he didn't expect a kick by a green spirit wolf. Regardless, Heidern was never one to back down in a fight and as he swung his hand downwards. But Giovanna just kicked her leg upwards with Rei surrounding it, causing the two attacks to clash. Upon seeing that the match-up was ending in a stalemate, Heidern zoomed forward and before either Giovanna and Rei could react, he slashed through the former.

Heidern then recovered and swung both of his arms upwards and sent a cyan energy cross right into Giovanna's back, knocking her down onto her stomach. As Rei floated over to her master up, Heidern sent out another cross. However, Rei barked, alerting Giovanna to the incoming projectile. Giovanna then did a dropkick forward with Rei surrounding her, not only destroying the energy cross but going towards Heidern.

Heidern was not expecting this so when Giovanna broke out of her attack, the redhead did a series of kicks before ending the combo with a roundhouse kick, this time accompanied by Rei. This knocked Heidern down and sent him skidding on his back. Giovanna then made her way over before flipping forward and doing a wolf-powered axe kick. However, Heidern snapped out of his daze before rolling to the side to avoid the attack.

Giovanna then did another axe kick but Heidern swung his hand downward with blue energy around it, not only clashing with Giovanna's leg but also sending her onto her rear. Heidern then rushed forward but Rei thought quickly and flew in front of Giovanna to take the attack for her. As the spirit wolf flew back, Giovanna did a flip (somehow at the time she was still on her rear), kicking Heidern in the chin and sending him flying up in the air. As Giovanna gracefully landed on the ground while Heidern crashed hard on his back.

Heidern got up while rubbing his chin. "You and your wolf friend are in sync."

"Of course. Rei is more than my familiar, she is my best friend." Giovanna said, rubbing the back of Rei's head.

"Hmm… We WERE thinking of training animals to help us but at the same time, we are concerned about having them as soldiers." Heidern mused, rubbing his chin.

"Hey, there is a reason why dogs are trained in the army. Still, it is nice to think about the animals themselves." Giovanna smirked. "Personally, I think nice guys are overrated but one coming from a mercenary leader is a surprising turn-on."

Heidern winced. "What kind of Secret Service agent are you!?"

"Um, a Guilty Gear one." Giovanna pointed out. "In fact, I am considered one of the more NORMAL ones."

Heidern shook his head in disgust, deciding to silently continue the fight by dashing forward. However, Giovanna just smirked before doing a side flip, going over Heidern's dashing attack. The Ikari Warrior then turned around while putting one hand on the ice to turn before standing up straight and sending an energy cross at Giovanna. However, the Secret Service agent then kicked at the projectile destroying it.

However, Heidern then did a flip forward, going towards Giovanna and Rei. He then grabbed onto Rei's neck and started to spin around her while striking the wolf multiple times (somehow). As Giovanna looked in horror, Heidern let go of Rei before stabbing his hand in Giovanni's stomach. As the redhead's eyes widened in pain, Heidern then started to drain energy out of Giovanna. Once he was done, Heidern retreated his hand back which caused Giovanna to collapse on her back. Rei retreated toward her master in worry.

Then, Giovanna groaned before sitting back. Heidern's good eye then went wide-eyed. As did several people in the audience and even a few fighters.

"Um, Giovanna?" Heidern asked.

"What?" The Secret Service agent asked.

"You… May want to look at the screen." Heidern frowned.

Giovanna raised an eyebrow before looking up at the skin and once she did, her pupils shrink when she saw that on the screen, her skin was completely green.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Giovanna then started to grip her head with a look of horror on her face. Rei frowned before nuzzling against her in an attempt to calm her down.

"What is happening to me!?" Giovanna screamed. "How could I look like this!?"

Heidern frowned. "I do not know. Maybe someone opened a present and you landed on it when you…"

"I have a ZIT!" Giovanna exclaimed.

Heidern blinked his good eye twice. "...What?"

"Hold up, wait a minute…" Giovanna said before looking up at the screen showing up and rubbing her face. "Oh…."

She then looked around at the fighters while scratching the back of her head with an embarrassed look on her face.

"Sorry, sorry, false alarm! There is no zit!" Giovanna said, holding up her hands while Rei sighed in relief. Giovanna then turned towards Heidern with her skin still green. "Thanks for the zit watch, but it seems to be for nothing!"

"I…. Um, no, I was referring to your…" Heidern started.

"Okay, time in!" Giovanna said before skating over.

Heidern's eyes widened before raising his arms to block a kick from Giovanna. However, while the guard was a success, he found himself skidding back on his feet towards the ropes. While he didn't tumble over the ropes, he ended up rebounded off of them and was sent flying towards Giovanna. The redhead smirked before doing a flip kick, knocking Heidern into the air before leaping up after him.

Giovanna then did a series of kicks to the airborne Heidern. Each kick hurt much more than the ones before Giovanna's skin turned green. The Secret Service agent finished the aerial combo with an axe kick, sending Heidern crashing onto the ice so hard that he bounced off of it. Giovanna then landed on the ground.

"Rei, as one!" Giovanna shouted.

The green spirit gave a howl of affirmation before Giovanna did an one-handed handstand before spinning around with her legs out with Rei encircling them, kicking Heidern multiple times before he could land on the ice again. When the combo ended, Heidern was sent flying towards the ropes again, this time over them so he had no chance of returning.

Heidern landed in Hokuto No Ken where Kenshiro mistook him for Colonel and beat him into the ground.

Back in the arena, Giovanna smiled before scratching Rei's head.

"Well, what do you know? We are complete rookies to the world of UVR and yet WE are some of the few that got an elimination when other veterans didn't!" Giovanna smirked.

Rei paused before barking. This made Giovanna frown.

"Yeah, you're right. The recap team would probably focus more about my zit freakout than the actual elimination." Giovanna muttered, rolling her eyes. "Oh well…"

Needless to say, the remaining fighters watched with wide eyes.

"Okay, it is clear dat' bein' a redhead She-Hulk is an in-game mechanic." Labrys said, scratching the side of her head. "But was de whole zit freakout ting real or she was just messin' wit' dat Ikari Warriowh?"

"You tell me, yo. Not only is your fighting game developed by Arc System Works, but aren't you just as much an original character for that company as you are an Atlus character." Jake Long reminded.

The two then shrugged. They then narrowed their eyes with smirks before getting into stances. Jake then breathed out a fire out of his mouth towards Labrys but the android raised her axe to block the attack. She then rushed forward while still blocking the incoming stream before swinging her axe downwards. However, Jake held up his hands to catch the axe and the two got into a power struggle.

Jake then thought quickly and let go before flying to the side. Labrys was not expecting this and staggered forward. Jake then kicked Labrys in the back and sent the white-haired girl onto her stomach. Jake then did an elbow drop into Labrys back, but the latter just grunted in pain before swinging her axe into Jake. While the head wasn't anywhere near Jake, the blunt end still hit him.

While the attack didn't hurt, it was more than enough for Labrys to get up and swing her axe at Jake. But the American Dragon flew up into the air to avoid the attack. Jake then smirked before sticking out his tongue at Labrys. The android narrowed her eyes before reaching out her free hand at Jake. Said hand then shot out of her wrist with a chain connected to it.

Jake was not expecting this and the hand grabbed Jake. Everyone expected Labrys to yank Jake towards her. But instead she WENT to him, even when the latter was flying in the air before swinging her axe downstairs, knocking Jake to the ground.

"Pin him down, Ariadne!" Labrys shouted, summoning her person. A feminine humanoid clad in white with flowing pale blue hair. The Persona then sent out arrows that looked like they were weaved together with bright red energy thread, hitting him. Jake cried out in pain as Labrys landed on the ground. Jake groaned before getting up.

"You are pretty strong." Jake noted. "But I have been fighting all types of magical creatures?."

"So? I was literally created tuh fight Shadows!" Labrys shot back.

"You think gramps don't know that there is a chance for shadows to end up in our node?" Jake smirked. "Also I am the American Dragon! I am destined to go off any era of foes!"

"Den, why do yuh tawhk like yuh are stuck in a 'younguh and cooluh' era?" Labrys smirked.

Jake's smirk vanished. "Hey!"

With that, he ran forward and did a hard punch forward. However, Labrys easily blocked it, though ending up skidding back on her feet. Jake then flew forward with another punch. However, Labrys saw the attack coming and swung her axe, causing the two attacks to clash. Labrys then went for another swing but Jake was much faster than her as he easily flew to the side and smacked Labrys in the side with his wing before uppercutting her away.

He was about to continue the assault until he noticed a present to the side. He smirked before flying over it and using his claw to rip the top open.

"Come on, Santa. The years of protecting New York have to give me a spot on the good list, right?" Jake asked, looking inside. His eyes then lit up. "Yes!"

With that, he pulled out what he had in the box. It was a large futuristic rifle that needed to be held with both hands. He then aimed it at Labrys and fired: Sending three red energy shots in a fan-like fashion. Labrys' eyes widened before raising her axe to block the shots. However, Jake kept firing, sending more fan-like shots at her.

"Out of all people, why did it have tuh be MY opponent dat got de Spread Gun from Contra!?" Labrys growled while blocking.

"Sucks to be you, gurl!" Jake taunted.

With that, he proceeded to fly around Labrys, pelting her with Spread Shots from all around. While the white-haired girl was able to block some of them, most of it kept hitting her, draining her energy quickly. Acting quickly, she ran over while putting her axe behind her in a vain attempt to stop any back attacks. Jake smirked before flying after her while continuing firing.

While Labrys was able to block any shots that would have hit the back of her head, the rest of her body was still being pelted by spread shots. She frantically looked around.

"Come on… Come on…" Labrys said before noticing a present. "Yes!"

With that, she used her free hand to launch at the present and grab it before anyone nearby had the chance to. She then ripped off the top before checking inside. Once she did, her eyes bugged out.

"Like anything could match the power of a Spread Gun!" Jake taunted before opening fire again.

However, Labrys narrowed her eyes before turning around. Jake didn't look fazed as he laughed like a maniac while continuing fire.

Only to see that most, if not ALL of his shots were being negated. With his smirk vanishing, he stopped firing to see Labrys wearing a pair of dark gloves and holding them up, creating a green vortex.

"Hey, Jake?" Labrys asked.

"Um, yo?" The dragon asked, not liking where this was going.

"Here's your shots back, okay?" Labrys said.

With that, the vortex then sent a large green energy blast straight into Jake's chest. This sent the Asian-American shooting back like a rocket until he crashed backfirst into the vortex. After the audience winced at this, Jake peeled off of the barrier before dropping like a stone in the portal, too stunned to fly back.

Jake landed in Spyro the Dragon where he took turns with the titular character beating down Gnasty Gnorc.

Labrys smirked as she examined her black gloves she got.

"It is one ting fawh somethin' from Paladins tuh be used." Labrys noted. "But something is technically not an item but an ABILITY, let alone Androxus' Reversal? That's one way to end a section!"

She then chuckled before looking at who was left. Giovanna was sitting against a corner post, rubbing Rei as if the latter was a normal dog while Loona sat against the opposite post, taking a short nap. Sailor Jupiter and Doris decided to stop their fight and enjoy the final moments of the Christmas stage in contrast to Greymon and K. Rool still going at it with Biyomon watching from afar. Finally, Mario and Inkling continued to skate around the arena while Danny looked at Labrys with wide eyes and a slack jaw. He then turned towards June and Toph.

"June, we just lost Jake!" Danny warned.

The Asian-American girl did a double take. "What!? Oh no!"

"Really? That is a surprise." Toph said, raising an eyebrow. "I thought that it would be YOU who would be the first one to fall."

June glared at Toph. "You never mince your words, do you?"

Fortunately, before the exchange could get ugly, a familiar aura surrounded the fighters and then the audience. Soon, they all appeared on star platforms before the following vanished: Inkling, Labrys, Loona, Danny, June, Giovanna & Rei, Doris, Greymon, K. Rool, Sailor Jupiter and Biyomon. Leaving Mario and Toph.

Toph smirked, crossing her arms. "Heh! Should have known I would overcome everyone for the spot of Superstar save for the face of gaming himself!"

Mario blinked twice. "Um, how did you know that I was the only one besides you left?"

"Because when everyone else fell, they didn't make that classic 'BOING' noise." Toph said, rolling her eyes.

Mario blushed at this. "Oh, right…"

Then, the last one fell. Nobody was surprised but still they all cheered.

"Congratulations, Mario! You are the Superstar!" The Millennium Star beamed.

The red-clad man's eyes lit up before doing a cheery victory dance.

"Yes! Mario's the Superstar!"

RESULTS (19 Votes)

MARIO MARIO (SSB): 18:1 = 17 (Necalli, Guadua)

TOPH BEIFONG (NASB): 15:4 = 11 (Whip, Dr. Nitrus Brio)

BIYOMON (DRA): 14:5 = 9 (Palutena)

SAILOR JUPITER (SM): 14:6 = 8 (Wario)

KING K. ROOL (SSB): 12:7 = 5 (Taka-Arashi)

GREYMON (DRA): 13:8 = 5 (Blizzard Wolfang)

DORIS (SSS): 11:8 = 3 (Chris)

GIOVANNA & REI (GG): 11:8 = 3 (Heidern)

JUNIPER LEE (TF&ToJL): 12:9 = 3 (Prince)

DANNY PHANTOM (NASB): 12:9 = 3 (Shirase)

LOONA (HB): 11:9 = 2 (Lucario)

LABRYS (P4A): 10:9 = 1 (Jake Long)

INKLING (SSB): 10:10 = 0 (Ray the Flying Squirrel)

(ELIMINATED)

IZANAMI (BB): 9:10 = -1 (Krampus)

KRAMPUS (TAS): 9:10 = -1 (Izanami)

GUADUA (RoA): 9:10 = -1

BLIZZARD WOLFANG (MMX6): 9:10 = -1

JAKE LONG (AD:JL): 10:11 = -1

WHIP (KoFAS): 9:11 = -2

SHIRASE (FEXL): 8:11 = -3

PALUTENA (SSB): 8:11 = -3

HEIDERN (KoFAS): 8:11 = -3

WARIO (SSB): 9:12 = -3

TAKA-ARASHI (VF): 7:12 = -5

LUCARIO (SSB): 7:13 = -6

DR. NITRUS BRIO (CB): 5:15 = -10

PRINCE (PI): 4:15 = -11

NECALLI (SFAS): 4:15 = -11

CHRIS (KoFAS): 4:15 = -11

RAY THE FLYING SQUIRREL (StH): 4:16 = -12

Side Battles:

"Barbatos Anti-Item Crusade Part 2"

Bowser (SSB) gets pickpocketed by Barbatos Goetia (ToAS)

17 to 2

For Those Who Think The Sections Are Getting Too Repetitive, Never Fear: For a good while except for the electric Pokemon gym section, there have been nothing but two Big Guy rounds. As such while people like Yukiko were able to last longer than they would have in the majority of the tournament, it also meant that things had been going slow in terms of whittling down the numbers AND ranking up the elimination streak. After this section, we will go back to three Big Guys per round until further notice.