"Way to go!"
"Congrats on the win!"
"It was hard fought, but you earned it!"
Dante was receiving praise from the fighters who were rooting for him, and even blushed a bit when Felicia complimented him on his skill.
"Thanks guys."
Spidey hung upside-down, "See D'? I told you that you could be one of the only male fighters to claim victory over a woman!"
"You're right, webhead. You're right." He smirked, "Glad us 'Y-Chromosonians' could get a point over the 'Double-Xians'."
"'Double-Xians'?" Iron Man asked.
"Inside joke spidey and I have. We'll have to explain it later."
Yang walked up to him, "Okay, this feels a little unprofessional, but can we see one of your weapons? I wanna send a pic to my sis."
"Actually, why not send a vid?" Dante bust out his his briefcase, and showed off his bladed top. He spun it around, cleanly slicing several empty wine bottles that Tifa had thrown in the air.
Yang finished recording, "Ohh, man. Ruby's gonna be so jealous!"
"Hey, what's up with your arm? It looks… Unnatural."
"That, is one of Stark Industries artificial arms. Upgraded by yours truly to have a bunch of different extras." Tony chipped in, "Finalized it a bit after your fight while we were getting your things here."
"What was that like?"
A few days ago...
"So, this robot arm has all the extras I asked for?"
Stark had a smug smirk on his face, "Yep. The hidden blade for catching opponents off-guard, the music player you requested, and all those weapons you wanted. Your sister would be jealous of my work."
Yang scoffed, "Doubt it, but she'd be impressed at how you managed to include all of that in one robot arm."
"Looks impressive Xiao Long," Tifa noted, "Wanna take that thing out for a test drive in the gym?"
Yang had a grin on her face, "Yeah! Let's break 'er in!" She ran towards the door, "Race ya!"
"Hey!"
The two brawlers raced towards the gym as the Golden Avenger looked off.
"Something bothering you?"
He turned around, "Heh, forgot you were adept in ninjutsu," he trailed off, "What brings you here Steve?"
"What, I can't visit a good friend of mine?" The Star-Spangled Avenger questioned jokingly.
"It's just," Stark trailed off yet again, "I'm concerned about the movie. We both know what went wrong with the comic storyline, and I'm just concerned is all." He looked out the window again.
"Yeah, I'm concerned too." Tony looked at him questioningly, "But that's no reason to coop yourself up in your lab constantly 'tinkering' with everything. We know what happened the last time you did that." He said in both a concerned and stern voice.
"Yeah well, that film did well at the box office, so whatever." Tony brushed off.
"Stark c'mon," Steve said with a smug smirk, "Out of the two of us, who had the more popular sequel movie?"
"Tch, you did." Tony said begrudgingly.
"And who was our company's first superhero?"
"You were." Tony replied in an annoyed voice.
"And who was it that led the Avengers?"
"You." Tony replied in an aggravated tone.
"And who got-"
"Oh quiet Steve. You lost to Batman when Spider-Man kicked his ass." Stark replied.
"Now there's the Stark I know." Steve replied with a smile.
Tony sighed, "Thanks Steve," He smiled, "I guess I needed that."
"You guess?"
"Alright, alright. I needed that." Tony conceded.
"Thought so." That smug smirk again.
"Now," Stark stretched his arms, "Wanna go laugh at the angry fans?"
Steve laughed "I love the calm before the storm."
"Me too buddy," Stark wrapped his arm around Steve's shoulder, "Me too…"
"You fought good"
"Maybe someone else from your company will win the next bout."
"You have to admit that the fight was awesome to see, even if it didn't go in your favor."
Bayonetta had an ice pack on her stomach, having lost the fight against Dante. How the hell was he so durable?
"Shame that his healing factor kept him going for so long." Cloud mentioned.
Oh yeah, that's why.
"Ugh, total bull. Just… Total bull."
"Hmm? Something wrong Sonic?"
"It's just that…" Sonic paused, "Bayo here knocked giant demons and angels into the sun! How'd she lose to that casanova wannabe?"
"Because he could tank more hits, had better weaponry, and was more consistent in his feats." Shadow had walked in, tossing a senzu bean in his hand, "Here, take this. It should help with the pain."
"Thanks." Bayonetta took the bean and popped it in her mouth, "Hmm, interesting flavor." She swallowed, "Why do you have these?"
"Goku left these here because he doesn't like seeing people in pain." Shadow replied.
"He's a nice guy like that." Knuckles offered.
"He sure sounds like it." Bayonetta mentioned, "I'm hopping that his wife doesn't appear in a fight."
"Why?"
"A big, strong, kindhearted man like that? I want him."
"You should know, him and Superman aren't around that often."
"A girl can dream red one."
AN: I want to go on record here, and say that some of this chapter (like the first three lines) were actually written way way in advance…
Okay, it was about a week in advance, but still.
Well, there goes my running gag of the characters getting their names mispronounced...
Well, now that the hype is out of the way, we can focus on some antics and drama. It's about time Yang got that Stark Industries brand robot arm! It comes equipped with shotgun knuckles, a flamethrower, a hand-shot, music player, and several other little gadgets and doodads that may or may not be integral to future chapters.
The fight is available on Screwattack , watch it today, and see the bloodshed!
Coming up next: Guts and Dante meet, and a certain request is fulfilled. This should be fun.
