(The Arena)
To say the suspense was killing the crowd was an understatement, they showed their eagerness to get the tournament started by their applause. Which only grew once the spotlight finally reached the entrance curtain.
"Alright, the moment you've been waiting for, here's who drew number one!" Roxas announced.
"AERITH GAINSBOROUGH!" (D:FF)
Doing a small spin with her staff as her name was called out, Aerith playfully giggled at the immense positive reception she got. Supplementing her fans with a wave and a thanks.
In most cases, one would probably be a bit more upset at getting first draw, but that really wasn't her. She was just happy she got to be included with her allies in this tournament.
Reaching the ring, Aerith twirled her staff as she turned to look back to the entrance ramp. Patiently waiting to see who her first opponent was.
"Now, the person who drew number two!" Said Roxas over the speakers once more.
"JOHNNY OHM!" (MN:ROTI)
Air shredding to the song blaring for him through the speakers, which was Jimi Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower. The electrical warrior Imperfect finishing his mini performance with a blast of electricity for extra flair to pump himself up.
"Woo! Oh man, is it great to finally get a break, time to show what Johnny Savage is capable of!" He said as he used his power to pull electricity out of the air and use it to levitate himself into the air to enter the ring.
Aerith looked at this man with curiosity, wondering how he came to get his power for a bit before taking a deep breath to prepare herself to fight.
Upon arriving and seeing Aerith and her weapon, Johnny scoffed in amusement.
"Girl, what the hell are you think'in? Fighting me with a metal pole? Ha!"
Using his power, Johnny began to pull Aerith's staff toward him, and considering she was still holding onto it, Aerith herself.
As she was pulled closer to Johnny, Aerith fought for control over her staff, managing to wrestle enough control from Johnny to wave it at him and send a magic orb from the tip of it.
Johnny groaned as he was struck by the orb, briefly stunning him, but recovering quickly enough to prevent Aerith from getting too close with his electricity.
"Alright, girl. I see what you laying down, but, you know? It's never good to fight against the current…"
"ELECTIVIRE!" (PKMN)
Johnny's face fell once the third entrant was revealed.
Roaring of excitement, Electivire jumped up and down to pump himself up, causing electricity to surge around him.
This also had the effect of interfering with Johnny's electric fields, which naturally disrupted his ability to levitate, causing him to fall to the ground.
Realizing what he had to do, he swiftly turned to Aerith.
"Don't go anywhere. I got some stranglers to wash away." He said as he ran to Electivire, leaving Aerith confused.
The now hyped up Electivire finally entered the ring just as Johnny made his way over, cross look plastered on his face.
"Hey, man! Sup? Listen, I don't need you and your biz messing with my flow, so how about you keep yourself under control so I can fight, capiche?"
Electivire's response was to launch a Fire Punch Johnny's way, sending him crashing into the ropes, which launched him face-first onto the ground.
Coughing, Johnny looked up to see Electivire barreling toward him.
"Aw, come on, man! This ain't how I wanted to start this!"
In spite of how he almost tried to attack her when this started, Aerith couldn't help but shoot a look of pity his way.
"GOZU!" (KE)
Coming out to a lukewarm reception, which is putting it nicely, Gozu tried his best to tune them out as he got to mentally preparing himself for this tournament.
"Just….keep your wits about you, I guess. Don't engage in anything stupid, and you'll do fine." He repeated to himself like a mantra.
When he was done, he burst down the ramp and entered the ring. Almost immediately, he passed on Aerith and looked to attack Electivire, launching a fireball at the Pokémon's back.
Grunting as it hit him, Electivire let go of Johnny and turned to where Gozu stood, who still remained firm.
"Yeah! That was me! Come on electro yeti!" Gozu said, taunting the Pokémon.
Just as he was about to run at the ninja, Johnny launched his own burst of electricity at the Pokémon, who took the attack and seemed to briefly shut down, lowering it's head to the ground.
Aerith saw this and was about to intervene on Electivire's behalf, when sparks began to crackle around him.
Unbeknownst to them, Johnny hitting Electivire with his electric attack triggered the Pokémon's ability Motor Drive, which granted a speed boost when hit with electric attacks.
Electivire stood up again, and when his head faced back upwards, a sinister grin was wreaked across his face. He then took off, barreling even faster at Gozu, who quickly realized his fate.
"Crap…" Was all he got out before he got slammed into at mach speed.
"VELORA!" (RR)
The most recent fighter released into Rushdown Revolt, the pirate woman known as the Scourge of the Seven Skies.
Looking out at the very mild reaction she received, likely due to being so new, she shrugged as she walked down to the ring.
"Still new to this whole gaming gig, so no surprise people don't know me yet…But they will soon." She said, finishing her sentence with a smirk.
Stepping into the ring, she saw Aerith all alone as Johnny, still struggling to use his own power due to Electivire. Was simply trying to help Gozu in getting rid of the Pokémon.
Approaching Aerith, Velora pointed her gunblade at her. "So, I got too much dignity to really interfere in that scuffle, not my scene. How's about you and me instead?"
Aerith took one look at Gozu and Johnny's failed attempts to take down Electivire and shook her head, as much as she wanted to help, maybe it was best she sit this one out.
"I would love to, thanks!"
"FOREST LEDOYEN!" (TotT)
The well built dark-skinned man brandished his axe while he looked down at the ring with a shake of his head.
"Looks like those two need help, best to not let them get killed…" He said hesitantly as he quickly made his way down.
Once in the ring, he dropped his axe as a bright light engulfed him, once it went away, he made his way over to Electivire.
His powers still useless, Johnny tried throwing a punch at Electivire, but the Pokémon swiftly caught it, before grabbing the electric warrior and swinging him into Gozu, who had tried to sneak attack him.
Electivire was going to unleash more electricity on them when he felt the tap of someone his shoulder
When he turned around, Forest, having transformed into his Leymon form, threw a punch at the Pokémon, causing him to stagger.
Quickly, Forest took the opportunity to motion for Johnny and Gozu to get away, to which they did. With that done, he glared at the recovering Electivire.
"Alright, just you and me now."
"SCORPION!" (MK)
The thunderous applause the crowd gave for the iconic fire ninja was quickly silenced as he had disappeared in a veil of fire as soon as he stepped out onto the entrance ramp, target already in mind.
Gozu heard the name being called and froze in fright as he turned to the entrance curtain. Only to sigh in relief as he saw no one awaiting at the top.
However, his relief didn't last long, as he would sense someone behind him. Turning ever so slightly, he then broke into a sprint as he saw the netherrealm spectre behind him, having immediately teleported to the ring upon his name being called.
Stopping, Gozu turned and flung a fireball in Scorpion's direction, only for the ninja to catch it in his hand before firing one of his own at Gozu.
Gozu took the attack and collided with the ground, after a few seconds of reeling he rolled back onto his feet, knowing running was pointless. So he had no choice but to stand his guard.
"So, taking any sort of inspiration from you, personally, huh?" Gozu asked, only to get a shake of the head from Scorpion.
"It is insulting, yes. But that is not to say you and your node's reputation doesn't make the idea of going after you to conserve as much energy fighting as possible any less attractive."
Gozu rolled his eyes. "Really? Well, since you're so petty, I think I'm gonna make this as hard for you as possible!"
He then took off running again, his strategy instead to be to tire out Scorpion by running. The spectre simply gave an exasperated look before disappearing to chase after Gozu.
"PERCIVAL!" (GF:V)
The fangirls went wild for the red-headed swordsman, who simply took it humbly as any other cheer for him.
"Ah, so this is it? The fabled UVR-spinoff. Quite an odd start from the looks of it, but I'll make due. My spirit burns with ambition and vision, I shall see to it that it carries me to victory." He said, taking note of Gozu and Scorpion's fight, as well as Johnny Ohm's continued struggle to get his power to work again.
Not wanting to take up too much time, Percival ran down to the ring as fast as he could given his armor and sword.
Johnny had finally got his levitation to work again after putting as much distance between him and Electivire as possible. Smirking, he looked to go find Aerith again until he saw Percival approach.
"Man, I ain't one to judge. But, you got a lot going on here, buddy!" Johnny said, taking note of Percival's outfit and sword.
Choosing to ignore that, Percival simply held up his sword. "I take it your powers are restored. Good to know, it would be a great shame if I had to take it easy on you due to your faulty powers "
Johnny blinked before growling. "Oh, really? You so sure you can take Johnny Amazing that you won't go one hundred percent while he's down? What the hell do you know, huh? You know what? How about I take you down before I go teach lightning rod over there not to mess with my current!"
"MILES "TAILS" PROWER!" (StH)
In any other instance, the young Inventor and sidekick of Sonic would be thrilled about the immense cheers the crowd was affording him. However, instead the two-tailed fox had narrowed eyes with a look of disdain on his face as he looked out at the ring.
Ignoring the crowd entirely, Tails pulled out a cannon and attached it to his arm. He then began to spin his twin-tails and fly down to the ring. His expression unchanged from his entrance.
"Take this, love!" Velora said as she avoided a magic swipe from Aerith's staff, and fired a shot from her gunblade.
"WEEB CHARACTER!"
Just as Aerith was about to dodge the shot, Tail's voice rang out a few feet from her, throwing her off-guard and causing her to take the hit. This also left her open to another shot from Tails arm cannon.
Moaning a bit in pain before she got up, Aerith shot a confused look at Tails.
"May I ask, what was that for?" She said, slightly stern along with her confusion.
Velora, sensing this wasn't her fight anymore, slipped away.
Tails simply shrugged. "You're a weeb-appeal character…" He started, before his neutral expression changed to a more angry one. "I despise weebs! Everything about them! They're the scum of the Earth if you ask me! So, in turn, I despise you! Now make this easy and let me destroy you!"
Aerith didn't seem too intimidated as she avoided a blast from the cannon, if anything she just seemed more confused.
(Sonic the Hedgehog Locker Room)
To say confusion was the universal feeling in the room was an understatement. The members of the node that chose to sit in there all looked at the large monitor, then back at each other, in complete befuddlement.
After a few seconds of Tails' little display, Sonic was the first to life a finger up to say something, but was still too stunned to properly speak for a few seconds.
Eventually, he was able to get his bearings as he simply looked at everyone who was there. "Uh….since when did Tails have a thing against weebs? And since when was Aerith considered a weeb-appeal character?"
Amy, who still looked at the screen as Tails continued to fight Aerith, simply slowly shook her head at Sonic's question. "I have no idea…."
(The Arena)
"THE MAGICIAN!" (RM)
Appearing on the entrance ramp in a purple puff of smoke, the dark-clad teensie simply rubbed his hands together in excitement.
"People think I can't fight, huh? Well, Teensies aren't masterminds of offensive innovation, but we aren't completely helpless! I'll show these fools just that!" He said to himself as he eagerly made how way to the ring.
Upon entering, he noticed a newly fightless Velora standing a feet from him, observing the fight with Aerith and Tails with interest.
Chuckling to himself he began a running start at her before looking to slide into her legs to knock her off her balance and take advantage.
Sadly for him, Velora senses weren't failing her, she backflipped out of the way before kicking The Magician upwards. Then jumping up to grab his leg and slam him into the canvas, finishing with a blast from her gunblade for good measure before landing back on the canvas herself.
"I admire your confidence, dearie. Thinking you actually had a shot at getting the jump on me. Wasn't meant to be, but now that you're here, looks like your choice is already made, huh?" Velora said with a twirl of her gunblade.
The Magician simply gave a weak thumbs up as he let out a sigh of anguish.
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… ONE!"
"TERUKO TAWAKI!" (Danganronpa: Despair Time)
The protagonist of her Danganronpa series, the girl who adorned the title of Ultimate Lucky Student, in spite of the only luck she's had throughout her life being bad luck. Teruko simply looked out at the crowd in a cautious manner, not entirely sure how to react.
Shaking her head, she decided to not waste too much time and elected to run on down to the ring, avoiding or outright ignoring the cheering crowd.
Upon entering, she quickly noticed that everyone was currently occupied in some manner. Looking up at the entrance ramp, she sighed and got ready for whoever came out next.
"Let's see what being the universe's punching bag gets me…" She said dryly.
"GANONDORF!" (HW)
"Yup. Just my luck." Teruko said with an accepting tone upon hearing the name of her opponent.
Normally, the dark sorcerer would be relishing in the fear the crowd showed. Taking it all in with a dark chuckle, but the man seemed to have something on his mind as he was strangely quiet.
"This…This feeling of familiarity. Why do I feel like I've been at this tournament before? When a tournament of this name is only the first of it's kind? I just can't shake it…the feeling like this has happened before…." He said to himself, still pondering.
Eventually, he took a deep breath, smiling evilly when he was finished. These trivial thoughts could wait, he had a tournament to win after all, and no early draw was gonna get in his way.
Leaping up into the ring, he ignited his foot in powerful dark magic before slamming it into the canvas, causing a small explosion of purple where he struck. Obviously looking to make an entrance.
He then set eyes on the one person who was not preoccupied, of course that being Teruko. Who looked at him unimpressed.
"Geez, overdoing it much?" Teruko asked quite bravely.
Ganondorf smirked. "Quite a lot of gall you have, girl. Talking to me like that. The winner must make his entrance at least a little showy, lest he fall overshadowed by lesser fighters."
Teruko rolled her eyes. "Sounds like you expect this to be a cakewalk."
Ganondorf chuckled. "Ah, but is that not the right mentality for this? To walk into any fight thinking you are to win? It's that confidence that allows you to succeed, something you very clearly know nothing about."
Looking away for a second, Teruko turned back to face Ganondorf, a look of anger on her face.
"Okay. I'm obviously outmatched on the surface, but if you think you can beat someone by simply acting and believing it, then you know what? I'd be happy to prove you right."
"ENCHANTRESS!" (JLD)
Walking out onto the ramp was a very distressed June Moone, who simply looked around at the crowd around her with a longing expression.
Her thoughts were interrupted when the Enchantress appeared out from behind her, placing her hands on her shoulders.
"Oh, June. Freedom is a highway, one you haven't even started going down, and likely never will. Now, go to sleep. This evil hag has some wrinkles that need sorting out." The Enchantress had said before she had taken over June's body once more.
Once back in control, the Enchantress looked out at the ring, bored, as it seemed everyone has already found a fight. Was that going to stop her, though? Of course not.
"If there are no openings, I'll make one myself." The Enchantress said as she teleported into the ring
Forest and Electivire collided with each other, although when the two made impact, Forest had let out a small groan of pain.
He grew weaker until Electivire was able to gain the upper hand, allowing him to pick Forest up and shock him with his tails.
Forest fell to the floor on his knees, breathing heavily as he attempted to regain his footing.
When he was ready he stood back up to continue fighting, only to be met face-to-face with the Enchantress, Electivire standing behind her with a green aura surrounding his head and a dazed look on his face.
"Wha-.." Forest started until he was interrupted by the witch.
"The Pokémon is my property now, a worthy enough ally, at least until I find something better. As for you? An intriguing form…..is the most I can give you, I'm afraid you'll have to die now."
She then lashed out with a burst of green energy at Forest, causing him to fall backwards.
As he sat back up, he groaned when he looked forward at the approaching Enchantress and Electivire. His night just got a whole lot harder.
"NECO-ARC!" (MB)
The crowd was confused and befuddled at this next fighter, offering no reaction to them out of surprise.
Standing at the top of the entrance ramp was a very small cat-like person, with a very vaguely similar look to Arcueid Brunestud, almost as if she was a parody of the character. (Which she was.)
Not bothered by the lack of a reaction, Neco-Arc simply swerved in place as if doing a little dance for a few minutes.
"You know?" She asked to no one in particular. "I wonder how the author expects this first section to go. It's obvious he wants to give every node a chance in the first section like he did the first time around. But with more nodes, it can get a bit hard to do…oh well! Better make the most of my WTF character status and rock this place while I can!"
Upon finishing that train of thought, Neco-Arc ran down the ramp and into the ring, she then expectedly turned around back to the ramp.
"Well, looks like I get that position! The one where everyone is in a fight and whoever enters next has to wait for another person. How about a little drinking game? Take a shot every time someone gets this position, five bucks says you won't last past Section 5….in 2024!" She said while waiting, again, to no one in particular.
"RENA ROUGE!" (M:ToL&C-N)
Alya Césaire, also known as Rena Rouge, burst out onto the entrance ramp in excited fashion. With the crowd offering her a decent cheer, causing her to smirk.
"Heh, and here I was thinking we weren't well-known! Nice to see the love is extended to all of us, not just Ladybug & Cat-Noir." Rena said to herself.
Deciding to take it in a bit, Rena elected to take a bit of time getting to the ring, using it to shake a few hands and offer a few high-fives to the cheering fans.
Leaping into the ring, the fox-themed superhero looked around for an opponent, seeing no one available, she pulled out her flute and turned around to the entrance ramp.
That was, until Neco-Arc leaped onto her face.
"Confused, huh? So am I! Why would the host only invite the superheroes to the tournament? The list of akumatized victims can't be that big, right? Is it just laziness on his part?" Neco-Arc asked in rapid fashion, surprisingly showing no trouble at all staying on Rena Rouge's face, in spite of her struggles.
Eventually, Rena was able to pull off Neco-Arc and throw her off to the side.
"I…I have no idea? Although, I think it's for the best that no one get akumatized to compete in this tournament. Also, what the heck are you supposed to be?" Rena asked in genuine confusion, looking Neco-Arc over.
"I could tell you, but we don't have any time because we have to get to the next fighter! So, let's fight! Take this!"
Neco-Arc then launched a stream of fire breath from her mouth, causing Rena to yelp and back out of the way.
"Okay, this thing can actually fight! Good to know! As for what it is…. Still not sure." Rena said, still confused as she held up her flute, ready to fight.
"ROBERT GARCIA!" (KOFXV)
Flipping a coin in his hand, Robert looked out around him with a curious expression. As if evaluating something in his head.
Whatever it was, he shook it off as he pocketed the coin and made his way to the ring.
Upon entering, he took notice of Teruko throwing a punch at Ganondorf, only for the Gerudo-king to catch it and kick his foot into her stomach. The kick knocking the wind out of her and causing her to fall on her back, where she struggled to catch her breath.
Seeing this display, Robert sighed as he tightened his gloves and took a deep breath.
"Don't let me regret this…" Robert said, as he ran toward the two.
Ganondorf brought out his sword and lifted it up at Teruko, who was still trying to catch her breath while scrambling away from the Gerudo-king.
"Maybe I was wrong, a dash of realism is needed to succeed, any thought of winning despite the immense difference in power is simply defiance. I commend you for that, but at least you see now." Ganondorf said, before slamming his sword hard at where Teruko stood.
Rolling out of the way, letting him strike the canvas. Teruko swiftly jumped to her feet and channelled all her might into kneeing Ganondorf in the face as hard as she could.
The hard knee actually managed to make the Gerudo-king stagger, and he would fall as he turned in a daze to a series of multiple kicks courtesy of Robert.
Once he hit the canvas, Teruko wasted no time running over and kicking him as he was down.
Sensing the danger that came with this decision, Robert quickly grabbed Teruko and pulled her away from him.
"Okay, miss. You think he's gonna feel that? No, so you should get outta here, not doing yourself any favors with those kicks." Robert said as he stood Teruko up.
The Ultimate Lucky Student wrangled out of Robert's grasp and turned to face him, a stubborn expression gracing her face.
"It's more for me. I know he can take plenty, and no, I'm not going anywhere. This guy thinks he can last hours fighting? I'd be happy to send him out in the first round!" Teruko said, stubbornly.
Before Robert could respond, both looked over to see Ganondorf starting to get up, shooting an icy glare at Teruko while doing so, who returned the gesture.
Then Teruko suddenly got an idea, not caring and shrugging off Robert's attempt to grab her. She ran up to Ganondorf and slammed her foot down on his hand, before reaching for his sword and pulling it out of it's sheath.
Before he could try and stop her, he got a fireball to the face from Robert. Giving Teruko enough time to take the sword and scamper back to where the Italian man stood.
"That worth it? If you insist on using it, you better be the greatest sword user in the world." Robert said in a stern manner.
Teruko smirked. "Far from it, but don't worry, now he's riled up."
Growling, Ganondorf finally got to his feet and pounded his fast against his palm. Unleashing a burst of dark purple energy from it. Fury evident in his eyes.
Seeing this and Teruko with a thrilled smile on her face, Robert simply sighed as he got back into a fighting position.
"You sure love living dangerous, kid. Ah, well, just try not to die."
"RAI!" (WW7)
The main character of Waku Waku 7 adjusted his goggles to sit on his head as came out onto the entrance ramp, smirk on his face from the crowds decent reception.
Crossing his arms, Rai looked to be taking all the cheers in for a brief moment. After all, the Battle of the Luminaries had done wonders at giving his node a good reputation, good enough to get invited to another UVR-spinoff, and he sure didn't intend to waste away this opportunity.
Figuring that was enough time to soak up everything, Rai dashed down to the ring, leaping in without hesitation, not losing any momentum, he ran toward his chosen opponent.
"Beastly Blow!"
Forest had tried to lash out with a blow at the Enchantress, but Electivire intercepted with a Thunder Punch, cutting the attack short.
With Forest down, Enchantress motioned for Electivire to hold him in place as she created a sword made of green energy in her hand.
Swiftly, she heard Rai approaching and turned to swing said sword at him, the boy managed to side-step it and run right past her.
Setting his sights on Electivire, Rai ran up to him and gave a pair of punches to the Pokémon's face before finishing with a rising uppercut.
With the electric-type dealt with briefly, Rai set his eyes on Enchantress, who looked unfazed at his little display.
"Bravo, boy. What draws you to me specifically?"
Rai looked at the recovering Forest and pointed to him. "I figured if you were just gonna toy with him, I'd lend a helping hand. By the way, isn't the Enchantress from Justice League Dark supposed to be a hero?"
Enchantress gave a brief chuckle. "Whatever Enchantress you speak of is not me, though June does think she can try channel my power for good. She is sadly mistaken."
Responding to that with a shrug, Rai headed to the now recovered Forest's side. "Well, whatever Enchantress you are, I never liked old hags! So, come on! I've been aching for the chance to fight again!"
Turning to see Electivire had recovered and still under her mind-control, Enchantress simply grinned as she turned back to face Forest and Rai.
"Fine. But be warned, you've never met a hag like me."
Forest quickly turned to Rai with a grateful nod. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it, now let's go!"
"ALEX!" (SFV)
Giving a few spins of his arm as a last-minute preparation for the tournament. The muscular blonde man appeared to be in thought about something, unbeknownst to everyone, it was about Bison.
"Bison hasn't been spearheading anything lately, could be a virtue, but I'm keeping my guard up. Probably what he wants us to think, that he has given up completely, only to catch us off-guard, won't work on me though." Alex said to himself as he made his way to the ring.
Stepping in, he looked over at Tails, and shook his head. He didn't know what had gotten into him, but he figured he'd put a stop to it.
So far, neither Tails or Aerith had much luck in hitting one another. The problem being that both fighters were able to avoid the others attacks, and both could keep the other from getting too close, which meant the fight went nowhere.
Realizing this, Tails growled as he decided to just wing it and rush at Aerith again, who launched another magic orb at him.
Deciding to just take the attack, Tails was launched back a bit, but managed to barely keep his balance and kept moving forward.
Before he could get more than a couple steps in, Alex came up and grabbed him by the head.
"Alright, what gives? What's with your problem against anime characters?" Alex asked in a stern manner as Tails struggled to escape his grip.
"What's to understand? Weebs suck, so any character that weebs like suck too!"
Aerith then approached the two, still not quite understanding Tails' vendetta against her. "I'm sorry, but how am I the most offensive example here? And how do I qualify as a weeb character?"
Tails groaned. "Because anything with the slightest bit of anime influence attracts weebs! Especially RPG's! Now, if you're both going to get in the way of my quest of eliminating all weeb-appeal characters, then you both can be my first victims!"
Kicking at Alex's arm to break himself free, Tails spun his tails to fly up, avoiding any attacks from the two.
Alex took to Aerith's side as they dodged more blasts from Tails' arm cannon.
"Something has to be up with this kid. I'm going to find out what." Alex said to Aerith.
"Indeed. I would love to try sit down and come to an understanding, as it seems to be a bit of a miscommunication. Final Fantasy certainly isn't a weeb-appeal franchise, is it?"
Alex shifted his eyes for a brief moment. Avoiding answering the question a bit before nodding.
"Of course not."
(Hotel; Bison's Room)
Hearing the sounds of brawling outside only made Bison, angrier. Top that, with Shao Kahn's threat, and the dictator was promptly fuming.
Slamming his hand on the table next to him, he turned to the still smug former emperor.
"Shao, you threaten me?! I advise you, these are dangerous waters you are treading." Bison said darkly.
Shao Kahn could only scoff as he looked back up at Bison. "Empty threat to a conqueror of Outworld! You see, I have heard of your many failures since the second Megamix Tournament, it is clear you are not worth working for. I, on the other hand, have forged wars on other realms and seized them as my own! But, naivety keeps me from getting all the allegiances. Everyone comes to you because no one chooses to oppose you right from the start, I'll show them how easy it is! And once I bring them you, they'll flock to me, and my conquest shall begin!"
In response, Bison ignited his fist in Psycho Energy and threw a punch at Shao, who lunged out of the way and looked to bring his hammer down on the dictator's back.
Smirking, Bison teleported out of the way and launched a Psycho Blast right at Shao upon reappearing. The quickness of this caused Shao to be unable to block or dodge, taking the projectile and falling to the ground as a result.
Before he could even fully back up, Bison torpedoed toward him in a Psycho Crusher, picking him up and sending them both through the bedroom door to the large main room of the penthouse.
Finally getting a look at what was going on, Bison saw his Shadaloo subordinates were fending off Shao's own. Vega backflipped out of the range of Sindel's scream before leaping over it and kicking her in the face to take advantage.
Balrog swerved out of the way of Kollector's mace before grabbing the chain and pulling the Naknada toward him, though he forgot about his extra limbs which caught his intended uppercut, leaving him open to get kicked, knocking him to his knees. Before the Kollector could plunge his sickle into the boxer though, F.A.N.G. shot a burst of poison into his face, causing him to scream in pain and stagger back, giving Balrog time to recover and deliver a few hard punches.
Speaking of F.A.N.G., upon saving Balrog, he got ambushed by Skarlet, who unleashed a flurry of strikes with her daggers at alarming speed, eventually finding an opening and letting her stab him with her blood tendrils, pick him up and throw him into a wall.
She immediately noticed Bison and the recovering Shao. Looking to buy him time to recover, she transformed into blood to teleport right above him. Dropping down and looking to pierce him with her daggers.
Bison sensed where she was and caught her, quickly shooting a blast of Psycho Power right into her face, and launching her back a few feet. Where a recovered F.A.N.G. leaped at her and looked to slam his poisoned fists into her, only for her to roll out of the way before resuming their fight.
By this time, Shao Kahn had got back to his feet, laughing. He ignited his arm in a green aura and charged forward at Bison, the speed of the attack catching him off-guard and causing him to a few steps back.
Sensing the tide turning in his favor, Shao swung his hammer upwards to catch Bison, who was aware enough to duck under it and spin forward in another Psycho Crusher.
As Shao hit the ground again, Sindel used her Kwan Dao to deflect Vega's claw swipes before screaming at him, launching him to Bison's feet while she took Shao's side.
Following this, Balrog finally uppercutted Kollector strong enough to send him flying over to where his team lay. While Skarlet did the same with F.A.N.G., slashing him with her blood scythe and following with a kick to send him staggering back to his respective side of the room.
Once all four fighters on each side got back to their feet, they stared each other down for a brief few moments.
Eventually both Shao and Bison pointed forward, instinctively commanding their respective fighters to continue the fight while they remained still. Fiercely glaring into the others eyes.
(The Arena)
"NESS!" (SSB)
Adjusting his hat as the main theme of Earthbound played through the speakers, the psychic boy couldn't help but frown as he remembered his past performances.
"Okay, so my track record at these things….not great. But, there is always room for improvement! I hope.." Ness said to himself.
Before long, the young boy climbed into the ring. Looking around, he quickly saw that everyone was currently occupied, and from what it seemed, nobody seemed to need any help, at least from what he saw.
"Oh, well, looks like I'm fighting whoever is next." He said with a little uncertainty, turning to face back at the entrance ramp.
Meanwhile, clawing at Rena Rouge, missing but managing to duck under the counter attack. Neco-Arc looked at Ness' decision to wait for the next fighter and held two fingers up.
"That's two! Down another shot!" She said before resuming her fight.
"NANASE!" (UNI-B)
Twirling with her large sword, the young middle-school student stopped and looked out around her in an annoyed huff.
"Who knows when Hyde is entering, but whenever it is, I'm finally gonna have my revenge!" She declared as she made her way down to the ring.
Upon her entering, Ness shot her a very perplexed look.
"I thought your little grudge against Hyde was resolved? He asked.
Nanase shook her head with a smile. "It was, at first, but the I figured, why would I be attacked by a void out of the blue? Hyde must have had something to do with it!"
Ness tilted his head, not entirely sure what to think, but eventually he shrugged. "That is true, I guess. Anyway, want to fight?"
Nanase nodded, holding up her sword. "I got much choice? You're on!"
"PRINCESS REMEDY!" (SC)
Doing a curtsey to the cheering crowd around her, the young princess smiled at the reception, giving a regal wave as she walked down to the ring.
So, she was to be the first of her node to enter the tournament? How exciting! She couldn't wait to give everyone a great first impression of Slap City! Even if some of it's fighters were quite…odd.
Stepping into the ring, she gave a gander at everyone currently in, stopping to ponder who to fight at the moment, however, it seemed that like the fighters before her, there was no one free.
Giving a frown, Remedy turned her gaze to look at the curtain. Looks like she had to wait off the side for now.
Shooting her foot out at Rena Rouge, before leaping on top the fox superhero's head to disorient her, Neco-Arc shook her head, annoyed.
"Come on, Roxas! That's gotta be like two shots of vodka at this point! You started strong, now finish strong! Next fighter!"
"LORD RAPTOR!" (DS)
Coming out to Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water, the British zombie rocker jammed out to the song for a bit on his guitar, getting a few more cheers from the crowd.
When he was done, he put away his guitar, where was anyone's guess, and made his way to the ring. Holding up his hands in the signature rock and roll hand horns gesture.
Jumping into the ring, he quickly made a beehive to help Johnny Ohm, shoving Princess Remedy to the side.
Percival swept his sword ignited in flames at Johnny's feet, successful tripping him and allowing him to combo sword slash Johnny.
Johnny winced as he got up, looking over the slashes across his body, hopefully he wouldn't feel any of this at the end of the night.
Before Percival could continue attacking, Raptor came up behind him and smashed his hand across his guitar, emitting a loud noise that caused Percival to cover his ears in pain.
Leaping onto and over the swordsman, planting his face in the ground, Raptor then took to Johnny's side.
"Thanks, man! Nice little display on top there, you find of rock?" Johnny asked with a smirk.
Raptor laughed. "Live and breath it! Couldn't leave a fellow rocker hangin'! Now, let's teach pretty-boy here that there is such a thing as too much to an outfit!"
Morphing his arm into a chainsaw, Raptor stabbed forward at Percival, who looked ready to block with his sword.
Before either could make contact, a giant syringe shot toward the chainsaw, deflecting it.
Remedy, having not taken too kindly to being ignored and shoved. Deciding to lend a hand to Percival, making this fight a two versus two.
"Oh, it's you, love. Didn't feel like waiting? Very well, you're welcome to help your boyfriend out, not that it will make much of a difference."
Remedy simply gave a playful smile at the zombie in response. Nodding to Percival, the two got into shape for battle.
"And now, Mystery Fighter… Number… TWO!"
"JEANNE D'ARC!" (Fate/Apocrypha)
A major character from the Fate series, known under one name as the Maiden of Orleans. Jeanne planted her flag in the ground, leaning on it to say a prayer to herself. Tuning out the crowd around her for a brief moment.
When she was done, she nodded to herself and regally marched down to the ring, looking out to see any potential opponents.
Upon stepping into the ring, Jeanne eyed one person in particular, with a sigh of regard for his fate. She continued marching over.
Swiping his fists at Teruko to try and knock her down so he can grab his sword, Ganondorf would find himself almost a victim of another series of kicks from Robert. Luckily, he managed to catch the love interest of Yuri and swing him into Teruko, who jumped straight over Robert and swung at the dark king.
Ducking under the swing, Ganondorf lunged forward and caught Teruko by the head, holding her up to prep her for his hand energy burst.
Before he could though, Jeanne rushed in and slashed him a few times across the chest with her flag, causing him to drop her.
As Robert recovered, and Jeanne helped Teruko up, Ganondorf looked over at his slash wound and paled when he saw that it glowed white.
"Th-That flag….it-it's a HOLY weapon?!" Ganondorf, showing a surprising amount of shock as he came to the realization.
Jeanne nodded. "Yes, it is. I'm afraid your vision of conquest ends here."
Ganondorf looked at Jeanne, still stunned. This was not how he had imagined this might would go.
"SHEN LONG!" (BR)
Coolly walking out on the entrance ramp, the purple-clad clone of Long gave a bored yawn as he looked out onto the ring.
Turning his attention to Ness and Nanase's fight, Shen Long smirked. A couple of kids, easy prey for him.
Chuckling, Shen Long engulfed himself in a white light, transforming into a white tiger when it went away. Wasting no more time, he barrelled down the ramp.
Once more than a third of the way down, he leaped over the ropes and toward where Ness and Nanase were fighting.
Having just used his PSI Magnet to push Nanase back, Ness was about to pull out his home-run bat and wack the girl with it. When he noticed Shen Long flying towards them.
Quickly, he pointed toward the advancing white tiger to warn Nanase. "White tiger, twelve o'clock!"
Having just recovered, Nanase let out a "huh?" before turning around to see Shen Long just feet away from her.
Yelping, Nanase quickly grabbed Ness' bat as he pulled it out, winded up, and put every ounce of strength into swinging it as hard as she could at Shen Long once he was close enough.
The resulting blow ended up causing the white tiger to flip backward, making him land on his face as he hit the canvas hard.
Nanase huffed. "You should be ashamed! Going after children? Please, where is your sense of dignity!?" She said, berating the clone of Long.
Unfortunately, Shen Long probably didn't hear any of it, as he got up and gasped for air.
"G-Girl has an arm…" He said between huffs.
Ness, meanwhile, simply wondered why she bothered to use his bat when she was carrying a sword almost twice her size.
"PULLUM PURNA!" (FEXL)
Dancing to both her tambourine playing as well as the music playing through the speakers. The Arabian heiress danced the entire way from the ramp to the ring. The resulting dancing earning her more cheers from the crowd, though those that were more perverse simply increased the volume of their cat calls and wolf whistles.
Of course, she did this for a reason. Immediately she figured out that once again, the fights currently in the ring lent themselves to no openings unless one were to interrupt.
Not bothered by it, Pullum simply chose to continue dancing to her heart's content, or until the next fighter made their entrance.
Elsewhere, Neco-Arc simply slapped her arm against her forehead. To her count, that was three times this moment had occurred, and at this point, she was done pointing it out.
"YATTERMAN-2!" (TAS)
Ai Kaminari, better known as Yatterman-2, came out to a mildly positive reception, though maybe some of that can be placed on Doronjo's own popularity? Who knows.
Just being happy people were cheering, Yatterman-2 struck a series of poses for those that did cheer for her. Once done, she smiled and ran down to the ring.
Pullum saw her come in and smiled when she came up to her.
"Dance-fighting? Never heard of it before, is it fun? Sure sounds like it! I bet if I start doing it, I'd be as graceful as a swan, and Gan-chan would love me even more…" Yatterman-2 said dreamily, as if she was imagining it in her head.
Pullum let out a small nervous laugh at her wide imagination. Tapping her to wake her up from her daydreaming, she took a step back and got into her fighting position.
"I'm not entirely sure, maybe! I do welcome more people to try it! But, um, it's time to fight is it not?... You can fight, right?" Pullum asked, stopping and standing in place when asking that last question.
Yatterman-2 giggled and pulled out her trusty baton, the Electric Stick as she called it, spinning it around as if to somehow show her proficiency.
"Of course I can! Now, Gan-chan, watch and wish me luck!"
"ROCK HOWARD!" (KOFXV)
Taking a deep breath as the crowd cheered around him. The blonde son of Geese Howard crossed his arms and studied the ring for an individual, the identity of which clear to those familiar with him.
"Geese isn't coming, not yet at least. I have no idea when he'll come, but, just have to focus on surviving for awhile, then I can...-GAH!"
Neco-Arc, somehow aware of Rock's little monologue to himself, had shot lasers out of her eyes at him in annoyance, meanwhile, Rena Rouge still struggled as getting her off her head.
"Ah, please! So edgy! It's like it's the only thing about you that's interesting is your inner struggle and your obsession with Geese! There is so much more to you than that, like how you like to play bass, or drive cars, or even that you're a genuinely nice person! No one ever focuses on that part of you!" Neco-Arc had yelled out to Rock, listing everything on her non-existent fingers.
Finally, Rena had grabbed her off her head in spite of her dragon's grip and quickly threw her toward Rock, who had now entered the ring, not happy about that little attack.
Catching her, Rock shot her a glare. "I need to face Geese, after everything, I refuse to not have some sort of closure to this!"
Neco-Arc simply shrugged. "Whatever."
She then transformed the lower half of her body into a rocket and flew out of Rock's hand, the heat burning them a little.
As Rock groaned at his slightly singed hands, Rena then rushed at the little cat-like person, who simply soared upward to avoid her flute swing entirely.
When Rena had tried to leap up to catch her, Neco-Arc had simply transformed back to normal and shot her elongated foot at Rena's face, continuing with a few claw slashes.
As both fighters landed on the canvas, Rock took to Rena's side.
"This thing is like an anomaly of a fighter. What is it?"
Rena shook her head. "I'm still asking that question, now come on! She's beating us by the virtue of being weird, if we can learn everything in her bag of tricks, she'll be powerless."
Neco-Arc, again transformed into a part rocket, flew in behind them a few feet away.
"Ha! I haven't even scratched the bottom of my bag of tricks! Heck, it's probably endless! Next fighter! Or fighters, because I totally get this, using loopholes to avoid having to take four shots, huh? Eh, you got me."
"KARIN KANZUKI!" (SFV)
"TERRA BRANFORD!" (DFFNT)
In spite of the bizarre decision to have two of the last three fighters enter together. The crowd was willing to look past that from the looks of it, giving both girls thunderous cheers as they walked down to the ring together.
Doing her signature laugh while walking down to the ring, Karin approached Terra and gave a friendly nod as she looked over her outfit.
"Nice, saving the world in style! You could've beaten Kefka through your looks alone." Karin complimented.
Terra, a little confused at the compliment, but grateful all the same, nodded and did a little curtsey. "Thank you, but, I couldn't have done it on my own! Everyone helped and did their part!"
Karin playfully rolled her eyes. "Yeah, suppose so."
As the two entered the ring, Karin immediately turned to Terra and pointed up.
"Now, I'm not gonna pretend like that last fighter to come out isn't there, care to help me show him how to fight and win like a person of high-class?" Karin asked Terra, who looked up with a conflicted expression.
After a brief moment of being unsure, Terra nodded, a more determined look on her.
"Yes, I yearn to keep others safe, this time shall be no different."
"And now, the final fighter of this section…"
"KAZUYA MISHIMA!" (SSB)
Giving a devious laugh as he step foot on the entrance ramp. The son of Heihachi and father of Jin, crossed his arms arrogantly as he looked out at the ring, unimpressed at his competition so far.
"I decided to compete, for this?" He asked in a condescending manner.
Shaking his head, he slowly walked down to the ring, taking note of the other villains currently fighting and seeing that they were either faced with multiple opponents like Ganondorf, or needed someone to fight alongside them like Enchantress.
Pathetic, it was. He could potentially take this tournament head-on all by himself and win easily, with nothing but pure raw strength and skill. At least, that was what he thought.
Upon entering, he immediately came face-to-face with Terra and Karin, who looked battle ready.
Raising an eyebrow for a few seconds, before chuckling, Kazuya got into position.
"You? You wish to face me? Girls?" Kazuya asked jokingly.
Terra nodded, still defiant. "Do not underestimate us. I have been through my fair share of hardships, and it has made me more resilient."
Kazuya scoffed. "You wouldn't know the first thing about hardships, girl. But, I will not deter from a challenge, no matter how in-vain it is!"