The hotel guests were discussing the two fighters, this being the season premiere, they decided to split into two rooms to discuss why they thought their guy would win. Some attended, others didn't.

Yang, Tifa, Iron Man, Red, Felicia, and Beast were all on 'Team Dante.'

"Dante's bringing in his favorite guns, Ebony and Ivory. The guy likes to name his weapons. I think he'd fit into your world, Yang."

"I doubt it Red. His name isn't reminiscent of a color, and he doesn't have an aura."

"Well, he's got a healing factor, and fights soulless monsters regularly, I'd say he'd fit right in." Tifa pointed out.

"Your girlfriend has a point there, Yang." Red noted.

"She's not my girlfriend!" The two brawlers yelled at the same time.

Yang recovered from the shock first, "That was weird."

"Yeah, I'd have to agree with Red on that." Iron Man noted, "Dante would fit right into your world, blondie."

"Tch, whatever." Yang scoffed, "How's my replacement arm coming along?"

"Still working on it," Stark replied, "Any other features you wanted to add? I have time, and I want to give it the full package." he bragged.

"You got my shotgun attachment?" A nod was the response Yang got, "The hidden blade?" Another nod, "Music player?" Yet another nod, "Nervous system synchronization?" A pause, then another nod, "If there's anything you want to add, you do it."

"Add a form of Link's clawshot to it." Tifa added.

Yang stared at her friend with a quizzical look on her face.

"What? Getting an item from a long distance would be helpful," She defended, "It was Link's strategic mind and versatile arsenal that let him beat Cloud after all."

Beast added in his own opinion, "Actually, I agree with that result, I always told my students to choose brains over brawns."

"Wait," Felicia started, "Link didn't win because Cloud was nerfed?"

Tifa pinched the bridge of her nose, "No. None of us lost by being nerfed." She sighed, "I am sick and tired of people always making that assumption, can we get back to Dante?"

"Yamato cuts through friggin' dimensions!" Iron Man squealed, "I'd have to put my money on him."

"I agree with that, and I'm totally rooting for Dante, but I'd have to give credit on the one who has the superior experience, AKA: Bayonetta" Yang argued, "Hell, I thought T was going to win, so I was perfectly fine with playing 'The bad guy' in our fight."

"I still think it would have been better if it was the two of us breaking into a factory or something." Tifa huffed.

"What? What could possibly be the story behind that?" Yang asked.

"Easy," Tifa rebuttled, not missing a beat, "I'm there because the factory is connected to Shinra," Yang nodded, "And you're there because there's some potential clues to lead you to your mother," Tifa continued, "We see each other, think the other is a worker, and then duke it out over a misunderstanding or something." She finished.

"Or a hate plague the factory would release."

"Stark has a point there, T. A hate plague would be a more probable cause for a fight." Yang pointed out. "Oh!" She added, "We could've made it all symbolic and stuff by having the winner solemnly carrying the loser's body out Cain and Abel Style."

"Ohh, that would've been pretty cool to see." Tifa noted with enthusiasm.

Red then interjected, "Is everyone just going to ignore the fact that Tony Stark squealed like Yang's sister when talking about Dante's dimension-cutting sword?"

Yang, Tifa, and Beast all paused for a moment, then burst into laughter alongside Red.

"Oh haha, very funny." Stark sarcastically replied, "Just wait for that sword to become a deciding factor in the fight."

"Whatever," Yang replied between laughs, "Go Dante!"


Cloud, Sonic, Tails, Wade, Knuckles, Shadow, Orchid, and Goliath were discussing The other fighter.

"I can't believe Tifa wanted to root for Dante." Cloud muttered.

"I think it has something to do with her liking his abs more or something." Sonic said.

"It also probably didn't help that you were kinda ogling Bayo's picture earlier, Cloud."

"Knuck's!" Sonic reprimanded.

"What? It's the reason you, me, Tails, and Wade chose to root for her, right?" Knuckles was oblivious to Tails' embarrassment.

"You said that right before you told me 'Don't mention it in front of the other guys', right?"

A vein on Sonic's forehead looked like it was about to pop, Orchid shot a glare at the others, while Goliath simply sighed.

"I'm only here because Bayonetta has superior experience, but credit where credit is due, Dante has defeated many demons, and is currently in possession of some of their abilities a la Mega Man." The gargoyle continued, "But now, I am starting to regret that decision."

"What? Why would you say that?" Knuckles asked, still oblivious to Orchid's death glares.

"Well, to be fair," Tails said, trying to change the subject, "Both of them can slow down time to a degree."

"How much of a degree?" Goliath asked, genuinely curious.

"Eh, hard to say. The scenes are difficult to judge." Tails noted, "But running the math, each of them should slow time to a similar degree, maybe."

"Ah I see." Goliath concluded.

"I'd like to point out that neither of them actually slow down time, they only slow their perception of time." Cloud mentioned.

"Is there a difference?" Knuckles asked,

Cloud pinched the bridge of his nose, "Yes. There is a difference. I'm tired of people thinking that there isn't one." He sighed, "What do you think, Shadow?"

Shadow only glared.

"I don't care."

Deadpool then interjected, "To answer the questions from last chapter: Yes, Duh, and yes."

Goliath stared at the merc, Orchid brushed it off, "Don't question it, the guy's insane. He wants to bury his face in her cleavage."

"Isn't it surrounded by her hair?"

"... Ugh, and I thought Sindel grappling her opponents with her hair was weird." Orchid muttered.

Knuckles broke the mood with a laugh, "I just got what they meant by 'monkey witch'!"

Cloud merely facepalmed, "Whatever. Kick some ass Bayonetta!"


"Alright gal, just relax." Samus was prepping Bayonetta for the fight ahead, "You might not know how the guy fights, but all you have to do is go all out."

"Well aware of that Aran." The Umbra Witch replied, "I'm just concerned about killing him is all, you saw the rage that spawned from Goku vs. Superman, Kirby vs. Majin Buu, and Yang vs. Tifa!"

"Don't worry about it," Samus replied, "The fans always react poorly to their favorite character losing." She reasoned.

"I guess, but…" Bayonetta seemed worried, "What if they get a piece of information wrong? What if the fans bring up what our creator said? What if-"

"Then they probably got something on the other side wrong that would counter-balance the faulty info on the first side." Samus replied, "There's no proof that Gaara kept that gold dust in his gourd, and Toph can't bend gold in the first place, so it balances out." She reasoned. "And let's not forget what really matters here: Stats and feats. As far as these guys are concerned, that statement is non-canon."

"But-"

Samus cut her off, "Power doesn't equal automatic victory Bayo. That's like saying that 'Because Guts has less power than Nightmare, he should've lost.' It simply doesn't make sense."

"Okay, okay." Bayonetta took a deep breath, "Let's do this then." She walked towards the doorway to the battlefield, "Any words of encouragement?"

"None." Samus' smirk was visible even under her helmet, "But we all know what time it is…"


Spider-Man was busy giving a pep-talk to Dante at the same time, "Okay Dante," He continued from his upside-down webline, "You're entering the arena, you ready to throw down with Bayonetta?"

"I don't know, web-head," Dante replied, "The Guy vs Girl win-loss ratio isn't giving me much confidence…"

Spidey sighed, "Don't worry about it man," He flipped back on his feet, "I think Riptor was technically female, so Yoshi at least gave us Y-Chromosonians a win."

"... 'Y-Chromosonians?'" Dante asked, a laugh threatening to escape his lungs.

"Whatever." Spidey waved off, "Be the first guy to give us a confirmed win over someone who is blatantly female." He patted the half-demon on the back. "I think you can do it, we'll be watching from the theatre room, and we have the resurrection-chamber prepared for the non-victor."

"'Non-victor'?"

"Some of the more lighthearted fighters prefer it over the word 'loser'"

"That's stupid." Dante deadpanned.

"Yeah, yeah it is. It really is." Spider-man agreed. The signal light flashed, "Alright Dante, you're up."

"Okay, okay." Dante took in a deep breath, "Anything else to say?"

A grin was visible under the web-slinger's mask, "Six words come to mind…"


The entire hotel shook from the combined shout from all of its guests.

"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!"


An: Alright, the combatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all! Check out on March 16th to see who wins! See who dies! And see why! And check in a few days after to find out what the other fighters thought of it. In other words, after the fight, it'll be TIME FOR THE AFTERMATH!

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