The Okron Tournament: Revisioned

by Roxas-Gramarye

It's finally back! When the Megamix Dome is rented out for use, the opportunity to host what could be the biggest UVR-spinoff ever is taken! Over 500 fighters have accepted the offer to compete, and which one of these fighters will come out on top? That is up for you! The viewers, to decide!

8. Section 2 Results

Special thanks to Orange-Ratchet who wrote the Aerith vs Orbeetle and Fang vs B. Jenet fights. Make sure to check out his own UVR-Spinoff over on AO3!

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(The Arena)

The Luminary raised his shield to block a kick from Teruko. Successful, he used to clobber the abrasive student across the face. Which did little to slow her down, surprisingly. Beyond piss her off even more.

"You're not going to stop me from getting to that warlock, pretty boy." She growled with gritted teeth while holding her nose.

The Luminary couldn't help but look a little surprised. "You don't even have powers, how are you still so vigorous!?"

Teruko smirked. "Call me a Black Knight. You want to stop me this time? You're gonna have to kill me. Not let me pass to that desert cactus, or face me and my bad luck!"

The Hero sighed. "She has fight in her, admirable. I'll give her that." He muttered to himself.

In the background of their fight, Mattholomule was summoning another stone construct with his magic. Preparing a surprise for his fight with the winner of that one.

Elsewhere, a spear, bladed whip, and an arrow each made contact with each other. The impact causing the three weapons to scatter, before being retrieved by their respective wielder.

"So you're saying that prior to your timeline. I was actually Kenshi's son!?" Takeda asked shocked as he retracted his whip.

Nightwolf nodded. "Correct. If not for another timeline reset, Shang Tsung would potentially have conquered all."

Kuai Liang took this chance to try and intercept Nightwolf with a flaming punch, but it was blocked by his axe. The Shaman then knocked him away.

Scorpion got back up none the worse for wear. "Intriguing, Shaman. But let us not get too carried away. There is still a tournament to fight through."

Nightwolf would nod his head. "I have forgotten. Now, tell me about your life, Hanzo Hasashi."

Scorpion tensed. "What? The boy I have taken in!?"

(Dome; Restaurant)

"What a mess. And it just keeps getting weirder…" Sighed a young blonde woman.

Said blonde woman was Cassandra Cage, who held her head tiredly while taking her seat on a small table to the side.

Oddly, so far the area and it's inhabitants were unaware of the fight unfolding on the other side of the room. Were they used to it at this point? Or was something else at play here?

Nevermind. Let's put the focus on Cassie, who sighed once more while rubbing her hands down her face in exasperation.

Really, that would happen when your Father is replaced with a younger counterpart. But not even then. It was one that seemingly hadn't even met your Mother! From yet another new timeline! Seriously. All these resets and rewrites were getting out of hand. And Cassie needed no more evidence than the fact that they were now merged together apparently.

"Would a tea set your mind at ease, Miss Cage?" Asked a server. The inquiry snapped Cassie out of her thoughts when she looked up to face her.

The woman held in her hands a small teacup with the hot beverage inside. If not with a little greenish glow to it. Eh, probably just green tea.

"You know what? A tea sounds just like what I need right now. Thanks. How much is it?"

The server smiled and simply handed it to her. "On the house! Consider it a small coverage."

Cassie blinked before her smile grew. A pleasant surprise to the girl. "Oh! Well, thanks. Really."

"Of course. Let me know if you need a refill, also free of charge." And with a nod the server walked off to tend to a beckoning squad of Koopalings demanding their order of fried Cheep Cheep fillets.

From another small table, just behind Cassie and out of view. An elderly looking green-haired woman put down the paper she was reading. Grinning at Cassie as she took a sip of the concoction in her hands.

"Perfect. And all too easy. Just like the Fox…"

(The Arena)

Aerith swung her Guard Stick down, trying to catch Metera while she had attempted to slide past her. But the Erune blocked it with her bow before sweeping the back end of it under her feet. Tripping up the flower girl. Metera then got back to her own feet and fired an arrow to the sky, which soon exploded into a cavalcade of arrows that rained down toward Aerith. The young woman barely got out of the way, using her Guard Stick to block one or two arrows as she escaped.

Metera laughed as Aerith got to her feet. "See what happens when you keep me from my fun? That Pokémon was my ticket to a fun time, and you just took it from me!"

Aerith nodded, a bit sheepish. "Sorry, but I had to fight someone. That man with the bat offered to clear out the two Sonic characters for me, so I took my chance and ran away."

The Erune looked surprised for a second, then switched to teasing. "Is that what you plan to always do? Let others fight your battles for you? Preferably men?"

Aerith immediately waved her arms in denial. "What!? No! Of course not! They told me to stay away, I'm just doing as told. That two-tailed Fox has some strange grudge against me!"

Metera tilted her head and shrugged. "Maybe that's true. But it definitely feels deliberate. Not that I don't like it! If I were you, I'd be doing my best 'Damsel in Distress' impression too to make the men do my dirty work!"

Aerith's eyebrow twitched. "I am not..! That's it!"

The flower girl ran forward with her raised Guard Stick. An act which confused Metera, who shook her head before riding her bow into the girl, tripping her up and sending her into the air. Where an arrow to the face awaited her, launching her across the canvas right on her face.

"I'll be the first to ask. What the heck was that? What were you hoping to accomplish? Man, I expected more fun out of someone who got two eliminations. But, hey! Have a kiss on me!" The Erune did as said and blew a literal kiss toward Aerith. Anyone familiar with Granblue knew this as one of her Aetherial Seals.

Metera hummed while firing an arrow through the kiss, which turned it into a column of magic that quickly descended down onto Aerith's head.

Luckily, she would get up and roll over just in time. Before sitting up and hurling her Guard Stick like a boomerang at the Erune. Who easily ducked under it while it flew past her.

"Okay. This is just getting sad now, what was the point of that-OW!" Metera yelled when the stick flew back to her, hitting her in the head.

What had happened was Aerith actually threw her Guard Stick toward an unsuspecting Orbeetle, who had lingered around as it had no one to fight, but had caught it with his Psychic ability and threw it back to her. Making sure to hit Metera on the trip back.

Aerith caught her Guard Stick and nodded to the Pokémon, before turning her attention to a recovering Metera.

"Seal Evil!"

A darkened orb with a golden ring surrounded Metera. Who could only stare at it in confusion for about a moment before throwing her head back in pain. Only adding to her plight was that she had become paralyzed in place.

"Make this number three!" Aerith smiled as she began swinging away, knocking Metera closer and closer to the ropes. Finishing with an staff uppercut which sent Metera flying over the ropes. Too pained to try and use Zephyr to get back in.

Metera landed in Arrow. Where she got into a spar of arrows with the titular character.

Aerith did a light clap in excitement at her victory and third elimination. Her attention got put back to Orbeetle, and she ran over to start a new fight.

"This really isn't an improvement from the last section…" Rock muttered as he and Fox chased after Neco-Arc.

"Yeah, no. Times really haven't changed, have they? Especially since Fox's father is still dead!" Neco-Arc smiled.

Fox growled and tried jumping up to unleash a fury of kicks at the chibi clone. But Neco-Arc simply turned her lower half into a rocket, aimed at Fox, she blasted him back toward Rock. Colliding with him and sending both to the ground.

Neco-Arc laughed. "Borrowed that little trick from your companion, R.O.B.!"

Fox turned back to look at Neco-Arc, and then back to Rock. Who was still groggy from the impact. "Nnnngh! What the Hell, Einstein? I'm on your side!" He said once his view came into focus and he saw Fox in front of him.

The lupine's pupils narrowed upon hearing that. And before he knew it Rock was kicked upward and then fell to the ground.

Rock grunted from the pain. Quickly getting up and trying to quash the problem. "Hey, man. I'm sorry! I forgot that that was a bit of a…"

He wasn't allowed the luxury of finishing due to eating two shots from Fox's blaster. The lupine then spun forward with a butterfly kick, knocking him back further. Rock shook his head in acceptance that they were fighting now before blocking Fox's jab and responding with a jab of his own. Followed by a leaping overhead kick.

Scrambling to maintain his balance for a moment, Fox turned to face Rock and performed a Fox Illusion. But Rock anticipated this and was ready to counter with another overhead kick once Fox made contact.

"Crack Counter!"

Rock's plan succeeded. The second kick sent Fox sprawling to the ground, this time leaving himself open again. Rock took advantage and lunged forward with his fist.

But he ended up getting bounced back a few feet, a consequence of hitting Fox's reflector. Known to many as the Shine.

Rock huffed upon stopping himself. "We don't have to fight, you know. It was just a little mistake!"

Fox scoffed. "Tell me, would you have used those words if it wasn't me?"

The young son of Geese Howard opened his mouth to answer, but to his detriment no sound came out.

The lupine shook his head and grinned. "That's what I thought."

Fox used another Fox Illusion, this time he was fast enough to hit Rock and launch him up slightly. Setting up perfectly for a spinning back kick to the face. Rock clutched his jaw once he hit the ground, but wouldn't get much time to recoup as Fox immediately was rushing toward him again.

"Look, man. I'll say this again. I'm. SORRY!" He yelled to the advancing lupine.

"Crack Counter!"

Once more when Fox tried to attack, he would be met with an overhead kick which pushed him forward without any control.

"Hard Edge!"

When Fox turned, all he would be faced with was Rock's shoulder strike. Then a ki-enhanced palm thrust that knocked him back more.

"Rising Tackle!"

This time Rock propelled himself up using his arms, catching Fox in the chin with his foot and lifting them both up while the blonde continuously drill-kicked him. When it was done, Fox fell to the ground, seemingly prone.

Rock simply sighed softly and rubbed the back of his head while he approached the downed lupine. "Hate to do it, but I have to-Nerghh!"

Fox's reflector activated again, pushing Rock back while Fox sprang to life and delivered a flurry of kicks to the stunned blonde. One final kick knocked him away, but the lupine easily closed the distance using a Fox Illusion.

"Let this be a lesson, accidental or not, I take insults about my late father quite personally."

With a Fire Fox to seal this fight for him, Fox rocketed forward with Rock in tow. The force from the fiery blow being enough to knock Rock over the ropes and out of the arena.

Rock landed in Art of Fighting 2. Where he would use this chance to fight his father, albeit a younger version of him.

Back in the ring, Fox panted as he held his chest. Wincing at the pain Rock had inflicted on him despite his victory. However, this was short-lived….

"Good job! Your father would've done the same thing! You know? Your dead father!" Said Neco-Arc with a big smile still on her face.

Fox's pupils shrank again. "Right. Still have you to deal with."

Teruko ducked under a sword swing from Hero. Enabling her to try and wrestle the sword away from him. This wouldn't last long as Hero's sword then became engulfed in electricity. Making her take a step back in surprise.

"A-ha!"

Seeing his chance, he put up his shield and rammed it into Teruko, beginning to push her back. The Ultimate Lucky Student wouldn't give up so easily, however. Fighting back with her own surprising amount of strength to keep the locked in place

Only this would make Hero get another idea. "Acceleratle!"

Suddenly Hero dashed forward with blazing speed, effectively picking up Teruko on his shield while he dashed toward the ropes. Hoping to use his momentum to launch Teruko off and over them. But Teruko realized this and swiftly wrapped her legs around his head and used his momentum against him with a Hurricanrana to send him into the ropes.

Hero hit the ropes and then was launched back into a high kick from Teruko right to the face.

"I am a lot of things, but an idiot isn't one of them, pretty boy." She taunted as she went to pick him up.

Only to be taken by surprise when he suddenly grabbed onto her arms, standing up and beginning to spin around. Whatever he was trying to do didn't work as Teruko slammed her own feet into the ground to stop them both. She then stomped on his own foot making him yelp in pain before tackling him again.

The two would get locked into another struggle. But this time Hero didn't intend to hold back, while Teruko had him mostly restrained, he was able to grab his sword and prepare another spell.

"Hatchet Man!"

With additional force applied, Hero swing his sword down hard at Teruko who rolled out of the way. But was still launched back by the shockwave produced by the attack.

Just to give himself some breathing room he would send a fireball toward Teruko for good measure. But the brunette teen slid right under it and jumped onto the magic knight, locking his arm in some type of hold which would bring the two to the ground.

"Ow! Wh-What are you doing!?"

Teruko groaned as she tried to apply more pressure. "Trying to get this sword of yours! What does it look like!?"

Before she could wrestle it out of his grip, and very nearly break his arm in the process, Hero rolled forward. This made Teruko roll with him unexpectedly and loosened her grip enough for him to wrestle his sword back from her.

The Hero stood up to his feet with another spell ready. "Thwack!"

His hand outstretched in front of him, Hero sent out a large dark purple blast out just a few feet from him. Teruko managed to get out of the way to avoid taking the full blast but still got caught by the tail end of it. Sending her several ways back.

Hero finally sighed with himself having seemingly won when Teruko didn't get back up. Still being cautious and not wanting to waste time he walked over to pick her up and throw her over the ropes.

Much to the crowd's, mostly the males, displeasure. A very high-pitched girly yelp came out of the Hero once he got close. Teruko's foot set squarely right between his legs.

Teruko sat up and smirked mischievously. "One of the unfortunate parts of being a man. Sorry about your pride, but now I'm gonna be taking that sword."

When he could only offer a breathless gasp for a response to her, Teruko swiped his sword from him. Then picked him up and dropped him past the ropes down to the portal.

Back in the ring, Teruko eyed the Hero's sword for a moment. It looked regal and strong enough. Perfect for taking on Ganondorf! Great, now it was time to…

"Hey! Over here! I got an obligation to face the winner of your literal scrap, and I ain't takin' no for an answer!" Called out Mattholomule, motioning Teruko over toward him and his stone structures.

Rolling her eyes, Teruko gripped her new weapon and charged over.

Electivire coated his fist in his signature electricity, throwing a punch toward Uranus. But the Zoanthrope merely teleported out of the way and appeared behind him.

"You missed." Uranus said darkly before starting a series of fast kicks and punches that Electivire couldn't actually keep up with. One last kick would have him reeling. But to his credit, he recovered quickly before leaping upward and then bringing his fists down hard into the ground, producing the move Earthquake around the area they were fighting in.

Only there was one small problem.

Uranus pointed to her feet, which were hovering above the shaking ground. "I can float, Neanderthal."

The attack subsided with no progress made for Electivire. Immediately thinking up a Plan B, he summoned a row of stars courtesy of Swift and sent them flying at Uranus. But the Zoanthrope proved too fast for them as they would fly past her and redirect into each other.

No matter, that was all according to plan for Electivire. Distract her and catch her off-guard! With her back turned watching the last star combust, he'd come up behind her and perform Low Kick. Taking out her legs and setting up for a powerful Thunder Punch to the back of the head.

Uranus sneered. "Low, even for a wild animal." She got back up and teleported out of view, coming back to surprise Electivire with a spinning heel kick. Followed by another cavalcade of strong punches and kicks that pushed them closer to the ropes.

"Now, time to finally unleash my full potential. You're gonna like this." Smirked Uranus before she became enveloped in a flash of light while holding Electivire.

Electivire's eyes grew when he saw her Beast Form, a Chimera whose size and height rivaled that of his own. If not outclassed.

Sporting a toothy grin, Uranus threw him to the ground. Then came two giant swipes from the Beast, each one tearing flesh from the Pokémon who could only cry out in pain.

Electivire got an idea amidst avoiding more swipes, barreling forward he tried his best to wrap up Uranus with his arms. It was a struggle, especially since the Chimera showed obvious resistance but Electivire was able to keep her in place for him to jam his tails into her shoulders.

The Chimera howled in distress as electricity surged through her body, and it didn't seem to be stopping not until she finally turned back and could teleport out of the Pokémon's grip.

Uranus didn't take kindly to having her Beast Form duration wasted, shooting daggers at the Pokémon before a lightbulb went off in her own head.

"You fight with electricity. Well, sorry for you. But so do I."

Teleporting behind Electivire again, Uranus let out a pulse of electricity. Then unleashed bursts of the element from her hands continuously as the Electivire seemingly winced with each blow.

Electricity crackled along the Pokémon's entire body by the time Uranus was done. Smiling, pleased at her work. Especially once Electivire looked up at her with gritted teeth.

Which slowly turned into a grin as it begun to absorb the electricity flowing around it. Much to Uranus' confusion.

See, it looked as if Uranus hadn't paid attention to Electivire. Otherwise she would've known about its Motor Drive ability. To which she had just maxed out the multiplier on how much his speed could increase.

A fact she wouldn't soon forget once Electivire rocketed into her, running at blazing speed to the ropes where he would throw her overboard. Using Thunderbolt to hit her in the head and daze her enough to prevent any attempts to get back in. Which succeeded.

Lord Raptor turned his leg into a buzzsaw and tried to swipe and catch Karin, who avoided the attack and kicked his leg to make it turn back to normal. Delivering an elbow strike to the stomach and then a palm strike to the face.

Edric then stepped in and used his telekinetic magic to push her back. This didn't hold her back much as she soon grabbed the middle Blight's arm and bent it.

The green-haired twin immediately cowered and held his hands up. "No, no! Please! I break easy!"

"ROCK ON!" A loud soundwave came from the side of Karin, courtesy of Lord Raptors guitar. Allowing Edric to escape while Karin held her hands to her ears.

The aristocrat looked up at her opposition. "Must you two insist on this folly? You're keeping me from my fight with the prosecutor!" She turned to Edric. "And I would expect better from one of the Boiling Isles' most esteemed families."

Edric's only response was to shrug with a cheeky smile on his face. Lord Raptor immediately put a hand on his shoulder in assurance. "He's offered to help me out, so for now he stays with me. But we needed a neutral party to listen to my next gig. Speaking of, mind going on the front? I'll be in the back to lend a hand."

The middle Blight nodded and stepped forward to continue fighting Karin while Raptor took a step back and began strumming on his guitar.

(Standin' in the rain, with his head hung low…)

(Couldn't get a ticket, it was a sold out show…)

Karin threw a few jabs Edric's way, the prankster ducking under each one until he pulled out a rope and spun it for a few seconds before lassoing it around Karin's waist.

"Hey! What the…!?"

(Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene…)

(Put his ear to the wall, then like a distant scream…)

Edric snidely walked over and placed a finger to the rope, making it glow. Karin would feel the effect of the magic causing the rope to become tighter. Then no sooner did Edric magically unravel the rope, causing Karin to spin around helplessly.

When she finally stopped, she hopelessly looked around for Edric through all the blurriness. Unable to see him smashing two potions together in his hands, then blowing the liquid which turned into a colored most around Karin. Disorienting her more.

(He heard one guitar, just blew him away…)

(He saw stars in his eyes! And the very next day!)

"Always wanted to try this one out!" Beamed Edric as he threw a blue potion at the ground, creating a small gelatinous blue mound. He would then shove Karin back, making her lose her balance and fall rear-first onto it. It's effect being to launch her sky-high.

When Karin hit the ground she pounded it and spun her feet out toward Edric when he approached her, knocking him down. Her vision finally coming back to normal, she picked him up. Only for him to throw a red potion at her which exploded in her face.

(Bought a beat-up six string, in a second-hand store…)

(Didn't know how to play it, but he knew for sure…)

(That one guitar! Felt good in his hands!)

(Didn't take long, to understand!)

Karin would begin to feel that rope being hoisted around her again, and this time she wasn't about to let herself be disoriented. "I don't think so, Blight."

"Huh?" Edric said before Karin twirled and got herself free of the rope. Flipping the tables and making it so that she was the one thing him up. She then gave him an elbow strike, followed by another palm to the face and then a kick to the midsection.

(Just one guitar! Slung way down low!)

(Was a one-way ticket, only one way to go!)

(So he started rockin', ain't never gonna stop!)

(Gotta keep on rockin'! Someday he's gonna make it to the top!)

With Edric all tied up and subdued, Karin's mind immediately went to Lord Raptor. One down, one to go.

(And be a Juke Box Hero! Got stars in his eyes!)

Raptor already anticipated this however, and unleashed another soundwave from his guitar to incapacitate her.

(He's a Juke Box Hero!)

With one mighty swing of the side of his chainsaw arm, he struck Karin and launched her into the air.

(Juke Box Hero! He'll come alive tonight!)

Then with one more swing of his guitar, putting as much force into it as he could, he punted Karin right over the ropes, eliminating her.

Karin landed in Charm School. Unlike the actual hosts, she served as a much better teacher of charm and class than they ever could.

Raptor did one last solo on his guitar before he stopped. Grinning at his now second elimination, now to go help his little green ally…

A red potion would get flung in his face. The explosion disorienting him and leaving his vision foggy. Perfect for Edric to come strolling up whistling, a giant firework in his hands.

"Like this? I call it the 'Ed Ricochet 12'. Leave me to face the aristocrat alone? You get to be the first tester!"

He then stuck it in Raptor's mouth. The zombie finding himself unable to move due to Edric's magic. The green-haired twin then ignited a fire spell and lit the fuse.

"By the way? That tied up image of me? All an illusion! Now, bye~eeee!"

The firework ignited and started flying upwards before bursting into an array of colorful explosions above the crowd. Said explosions also launched Lord Raptor into the barrier. He quickly peeled off and fell into the portal.

Lord Raptor landed in Guitar Hero. He effortlessly shredded his way to a high score.

(Hotel; 30th Floor Hallways)

Luna leaned back to avoid Sareena's punches and kicks. Wordlessly leading her into a circle until the demon bumped into Soren, who held Darrius' leg in his arm.

"Tell us what your friend Havik is planning?"

Sareena scoffed. "You expect us to fall for that?"

Soren made a buzzer noise in response, pushing Darrius to fall on his rear in the process. "Wrong answer! Luna? If you please?"

Luna waved her arm, wand in hand. "Wingardium Leviosa!"

Sareena begun floating in the air upon being targeted by the spell, as retaliation she pulled out her fellow demon sister Kia's boomerangs and threw them at the young wizard.

"Reducto!"

So much for that. Sareena gasped upon seeing her sister's weapons destroyed and opted to try maneuver through the air to Luna. Who watched her curiously.

Darrius tried to sweep Soren's legs out from under him, but the blonde knight did a complete no-sell.

"Really? Fool me once, shame on me. I don't know about you. But I don't get fooled twice. Well, depends…"

He swiped his sword at Darrius, putting a cut on his pants and causing a small amulet to fall out.

"Hmm? Oo~ooh! Don't mind if I…" Soren reached for it.

"No!" Only to pull his hand up to prevent it getting kicked by Darrius' foot.

"Okay! I can play hard ball, and I can make you the ball…uh, baldie!"

The rest of the Security Team watched the fight continue on, Sindel and General Shao behind them, impatient looks on their faces. The sound of Bison's door unceremoniously closing doing little to help the awkwardness.

Having enough faith that his two teammates had this covered. Vyse turned back to Sindel. "Do you know anyone with enough power in which to cause a time disruption? Merge timelines?"

The Empress shook her head. "No. Power that vast I have only heard in a dream. Though perhaps someone like Liu Kang's close friend Geras could. But I have no reason to suspect any untoward acts on behalf of Lord Liu Kang's allies."

General Shao stepped into the conversation. "Empress. We cannot rule out any possibilities. If others have changed, then perhaps Geras could have a different alignment. He is a good lead to this time discrepancy."

Sindel turned to him with a rather incredulous look. "If we have been replaced, then all from the timeline we know have replaced their counterparts. I will be cautious, but I retain faith that Geras is not behind this."

He nodded at first, but the three security team members couldn't help but briefly see his expression contort to a scowl for the briefest of moments.

Vyse didn't comment on it, instead asking Sindel another question. "Perhaps you should find the others from your timeline. I can't help but imagine a sudden sandy wind would cause a bit of chaos and confusion. We can tag along! Help clear things up."

Vanille was quick to agree. "Yes! It shouldn't take us too long, that is, unless specific people got replaced and caused some…"

Steve piped in to finish for her. "Little… bit of… existential freak outs. I mean, people you know, replaced with people you don't know? I would freak out and question crap too."

"Okay! Okay!" Came a battered Darrius, tears rigoring his clothes.

"Sorry about the outfit. But at least it wasn't your skin." Soren chimed with a dopey smile, then leaned in with his voice low. "Now, talk."

Darrius looked past Soren to see Sareena unconscious to his right, a victim of the Stunning Spell. And everyone else to his left, included the Empress and General of Outworld.

He sighed. "Shang Tsung and Quan Chi. They're having Havik, Nitara, Sareena and I scout out the other timeline fighters, and areas around the Dome for plans involving Soul Stealers."

Sindel gasped. "Just like what happened in the Living Forest." She walked up to the rebel, her body language foreboding. "Did they cause this time anomaly?"

Soren smirked at Darrius. "You better answer this ladies' question, air."

Darrius groaned. "I don't know, for real. They know about it. In fact, we have someone else on our side. An old plant witch, not unlike Sindel here…"

Soren smacked him across the head. "Woah! You crazy!? Can't say that right in front of her. You have gotta have stones of steel, and I admire it. But not your penchant to disrespect royalty."

"Soren." Luna called.

"Right, right." He looked back to her and then to Sindel's cross expression. "Whose the plant witch?"

Darrius shook his head. "Terra Snapdragon. No idea what she's done, but she also has two other witches on her side. Apparently they set up base at the restaurant."

Soren nodded and turned to the others. "This all we're gonna get outta him?"

Vyse stepped forward and looked at him, before nodding. "Let's take him with us. He can pinpoint this 'Terra Snapdragon'." His eyes fell to Sareena. "And grab her too."

"Roger!" Soren hoisted Darrius on his shoulder (also pocketing the amulet that fell in the process) and then did the same with Sareena. "Man, do I work out or not? If only you could see my sweet cannons under this armor!"

Before they would leave, Sindel would grab Vyse's shoulder. "Myself and General Shao will accompany you. If Shang Tsung and Quan Chi are behind this, then they will have to answer for any chaos they may cause. General Shao can also…"

The Empress would turn to face where she thought the General to be standing. Only to be met with wind and air.

"General?"

The entire group looked around for any saw of Shao, but to their surprise there appeared to be no trace of him.

"How did we lose a guy that big?" Inquired Steve.

(The Arena)

JP gave a bored sigh when he ducked under a flying dropkick from Prishe, acting quick and swinging his cane back to catch her in the mouth.

"Ow! Ermhh! I think you chopped a tooth! Damn you!"

The Russian criminal only narrowed his eyes in disappointment. "And still you talk."

Prishe sneered and tried to use Howling Fist, but JP caught it in his hand. Undeterred, he used his cane to smack her fist away and uppercut the girl.

"I do find your immortal status, intriguing. What Bison has sought all this time by choice, you managed to achieve by accident. The irony is not lost on me." He regaled while slowly walking toward her.

Prishe stood up. "Pfft. Yeah, tell that to Bison. I didn't even have to try to become immortal! Just like how I won't have to try to beat your old ass!"

The small purple-haired woman then attempted to use Dragon Kick. But JP caught her attempt with his cane and used it to smack her a couple times, then deliver a heavy kick.

"You're annoying me, old man! Stand still and put away that damned cane!"

JP looked at his cane incredulously, and then back to Prishe. "Now, pray tell, where would the satisfaction in beating me be in that?"

Prishe stood still silent for a few second until she growled at not having an answer.

"Just, just shut up and take this! Banish!"

Much like all her attempts so far at attacking JP, the small bullet orb of light was swatted away with JP's cane. She tried again, only to him to hold up his cane and take the attack. Though this did succeed in pushing him back ever so slightly.

"I'll take it! You're going down! I beat Garland before, so you won't be much trouble!" The young girl boasted as she ran as fast as she could to try and make a combo happen.

Only for JP to parry her Shoulder Tackle, then use his free arm to hoist her upside down.

All he could do was sigh. "It dawns on me that this 'Garland' may just be worthless in combat, especially if someone such as yourself could defeat him. Alas, I grow tired of this farce. Let it be known that you did not lack ardor and courage. Though such things are worthless to me, I'm afraid."

Ignoring the struggling Prishe's efforts to break free, JP moved her over the ropes and softly dropped her down to the portal.

Prishe landed in the original Final Fantasy. She took her anger out on the Garland of that node for ten minutes straight. The party certainly had no complaints.

"That was… quite inadequate. If I must say." Said JP with a shake of his head, before deciding to walk off to a turnbuckle to observe until the section was over.

Nightwolf held up his tomahawk to catch Takeda's whip, the Shaman smirked before pulling the whip and by extension, Takeda, toward him.

Takeda immediately recognized what was happening and used his other whip to knock the tomahawk out of Nightwolf's hand.

The Shaman wasn't too concerned, summoning his bow and arrow and taking aim at Takeda. Kuai Liang would intercept this attack with a fireball. To which Takeda showed gratitude by whipping his former teacher a few times, the last strike sending him flying at Nightwolf.

Nightwolf would prepare to dodge the flying ninja, but it was unnecessary as Kuai Liang caught himself without trouble. Takeda took this moment to try and restart the conversation.

"So in your timeline, Bi-Han gets turned into a wraith known as Noob Saibot?"

The sudden question took Nightwolf by surprise, but he soon replied with a nod. Engaging in a power struggle with Kuai Liang. "Yes." His eyes shifted to Scorpion. "Your brother thinks little of you as a result."

Kuai Liang shook his head solemnly. "Seems it is destined to always happen. He no longer regards me as blood in my timeline either."

Takeda would then cut off the conversation as soon as it started by throwing two shurikens at them. But both fighters kicked them back at him before they could explode. The explosions didn't quite reach him, and he used this to catch the two by surprise. Striking both in the face with his whips, then hitting both with a jumping kick to the face.

Kuai Liang spun back to his feet and launched a fireball. Takeda swerved out of the way and inadvertently sending it into Nightwolf, who activated his magic to reflect it back to Kuai Liang.

Nightwolf adopted a green glow and dashed forward at Takeda. The swift attack making the former Yakuza stagger.

Kuai Liang then reappeared and struck Takeda with a fire-imbued punch. Takeda forced himself to stay balanced and threw another shuriken, this time his quick draw proved useful and the pyromancer was knocked back by the explosion.

In his hubris in getting Kuai Liang, he had forgotten about Nightwolf. And boy would he pay for it when he ended up eating an arrow to the chest.

"Hana! Attack!"

The eagle spirit did exactly as told. Flying straight at Takeda and delivering a vicious strike. This left him open to being tackled out of the ring by the Shaman.

Nightwolf wouldn't have time to relish in his elimination as he was immediately struck with an all too familiar spear.

"GET OVER HERE!" Kuai Liang shouted. Much to the crowd's delight.

Kuai Liang delivered a hard kick to Nightwolf's face. Then ignited his kusarigama in flames before whipping it around to hit Nightwolf more.

Refusing to let the pain deter him enough to lose just yet, Nightwolf fought through it and grabbed Kuai Liang by the neck and raise him up prior to doing his shoulder tackle to launch him back.

Kuai Liang slammed his fist into the ground. Determination setting in, he wasn't going to lose this.

And he wouldn't, using his pyromancer he'd summon a pillar of fire under Nightwolf. The Shaman cried out from the burns and fell to one knee. Unable to do anything to block the incoming slashes from Kuai Liang's ignited kusarigama this time.

"It's over, Shaman."

One more blow from the kusarigama was enough to launch Nightwolf up and over the ropes, letting Kuai Liang be the winner of their three-way fight.

Nightwolf landed in Killer Instinct. There he and Chief Thunder got into an argument about their respective tribes and whether both even exist.

Heathcliff let out a war cry, swinging his bat toward Tails, who in return held up one of his wrenches. Despite the difference in mass and weapon size neither side seemed to gain an upper hand, at least not after a minute or so. Where the Sinner would slowly start to overpower the Fox.

"Bugger, mate. What ails you? Couldn't be a deep-rooted complex that got you up in arms with women, ain't it?"

Tails didn't answer as he was losing, but he would manage to get his tails around Heathcliff's legs. He'd have the Sinner all tangled up and tripped not a moment later.

"No." Was all Tails had to say, and for a moment Heathcliff could have sworn he heard his voice… strain.

"No?" Despite his confusion, he wasn't one to really muck around too much with words. Never was, really. He kicked Tails back and swung his bat in an uppercut.

The young Fox caught himself in mid-air using his tails to hover above the ground. He would open his mouth to respond but once again his voice sounded like it was struggling to put together words.

"In the R-Restaurant…." He stuttered out to Heathcliff, landing on the ground.

Heathcliff blinked and set his bat on his shoulder. "Restaurant? What about it, lad?"

His whole body was shaking now, slowly walking over to Heathcliff as if he could barely walk. Not long after would he wince as if fighting some unseen force. Fighting off the pain he looked up to Heathcliff.

"The tea! Don't… drink… the… tea…"

The Sinner would carefully mull over his words. What tea? Was that what had caused this? Man, he was just curious about what had made him react like this. But now it seemed like he just got himself wrapped up in something bigger…

"ALL WEEBS MUST BE DESTROYED!"

Oh, yeah! He had forgotten about the young Fox at his feet who after warning him about the tea had fallen to the ground. And was now up and back to his insane weeb-hating persona.

It was a decision he would pay dearly for with his tournament life. As Tails now had his arm cannon on and blasted Heathcliff with a few shots. Then turned his back to him and used his tails to deliver a few more blows. Finally wrapping up with grabbing the Sinner's bat when he tried to retaliate and showcasing a surprising amount of strength by managing to hurl him straight out of the ring.

Heathcliff elected to not try and get back in. Seems he now had another part to his assignment here on his hands. Eh, it didn't matter to him. So long as he got a chance to clobber some heads in.

B. Jenet gave a small snort as she put her hands behind her head and started to walk towards her opponent, looking down on him as she gave a frown. "You know, for a little guy that managed to push me down, you sure are full of surprises…"

The purple weasel/jerboa just rolled his eyes as he adjusted his hat. "Believe me, lady, it wasn't my intention…"

"Oh, I know… but you reap what you sow. And seeing that you managed to push me out in the middle of a battle I was having, I'm going to have to take you down, out and now… hmmm… by the way, are you known as Nack or Fang?" B. Jenet asked.

Nack gave a small pause as he adjusted his hat. "Believe me, I've been known as Nack the Weasel in America ever since the Archie Comics, but thanks to a certain game, I think I'm finally starting to embrace the name I was ORIGINALLY known for… so, if you'd like…"

The jerboa smirked as he looked up. "Call me Fang… Fang the Hunter!"

"…you mean Sniper?" B. Jenet asked in confusion.

"Hunter, Sniper… whatever you prefer to call me." Fang laughed as he readied himself. "Either way, you won't be sticking around for very long…"

"Funny, considering how you got SO easily eliminated in the Tournament of Kikai." B. Jenet smiriked.

Fang's eyes widened in shock, before growling a bit. "It was that stupid bunny and his introduction to that wheel twist! If you've at least watched the recap show of the Battle of the Luminaries AND seen what I had to go through in the side stories of the Tournament of Kikai, you know perfectly WELL he had a vendetta towards me!"

"Oh, believe me, I'm perfectly WELL aware of what happened to you, and I sympathize with you, really, I do…" B. Jenet said, before giving a chuckle. "Yeah, ever since the whole 'Monokuma' incident, I don't think Xero's been taken any seriously…"

"Tell me about it." Fang sighed as he shook his head, before giving a chuckle. "At least I gave him what for before I went in the Battle of the Luminaries 3… partly…"

"Oh, like the fireworks show you set up in the ending of the first Tournament of Kikai wasn't enough?" B. Jenet asked.

"You know, we're getting a little off-track here…" Fang said as he whipped out his popguns.

"You're right. We can discuss this a little more AFTER I eliminate you out of here." B. Jenet smirked as she readied a fighting pose.

"You mean… after I eliminate YOU." Fang said as he bent his knees down.

"We'll see about that." B. Jenet smirked before the pirate woman jumped over and kicked Fang in the air, surprising the jerboa.

She then quickly followed it up by grabbing Fang and throwing him down on the ground, with the pirate woman jumping on top of the animal and spinning around on her shoe, kicking his stomach before jumping backwards. Fang quickly coughed a bit before getting up as he narrowed his eyes, before jumping backwards and using his popguns to shoot out a few corks at B. Jenet's direction.

The pirate woman felt the corks hitting her in the stomach as she gave a small yelp. Those corks may have been small, but she had to admit, they packed quite a bit of a punch in the gut. B. Jenet looked over and started to move towards Fang as if to try for another attack…

But Fang was already preparing himself rather well as he used his tail to jump up into the air, leaping over B. Jenet before using his popgun to nail her in the back. B. Jenet staggered for a moment, before turning towards the jerboa with a small glare on her face.

"Why, you puny little rat!" B. Jenet growled before rushing forward to try to ready herself with a kick. Only, as she went close, Fang quickly lifted his foot and stepped on her left foot, causing the girl to yelp and stagger as she fell down to the ground.

The pirate girl got up and dusted herself up before turning towards the jerboa with a small glare on her face, before leaping forward and using her dress to create a gust of wind, entrapping the purple animal and sending him backwards towards the ropes. Taking advantage of the jerboa's dizziness, she glided forward and slammed her legs at Fang, hitting him five times before sending him to a corner post.

Fang groaned as he shook his head, before trying to get focused… before his eyes widened as he looked over towards the announcer's booth and squinted. His eyes widened in shock, before a small smirk came to his face.

"…this just got interesting…"

(Announcer's Booth)

Oddly enough, Roxas was not in the Announcer's Booth, but for some strange reason, a familiar yellow furred bunny wearing a red shirt and one ear was sitting where Roxas was, giving a small smile as he was looking down at the fights below.

"Oooooohhhh, it looks like the fighters are doing quite well this time… oh, and…" The rabbit noted Fang getting dizzy and looking around. "…looks like the Steve killer is still there… well, at least a hot girl is fighting him, so he'll be out very soo- wait, he's looking this way… he's somehow summoning a vehicle and lifting himself up… wait… did he notice I'm here?"

Indeed, as the rabbit was narrating all of this, Fang gave a sharp whistle as he summoned a familiar vehicle with everybody applauding, recognizing the yellow hoverbike from Sonic Superstars (and the Archie comics) as they gave a loud cheer. B. Jenet could only watch in confusion as Fang used the bike up to eye level as he kept a sharp eye on the rabbit, staring at him.

The rabbit's eyes widened in shock, before giving a nervous grin. "Uhhhhh… hi there, Nack… or… I guess your name is Fang now? How's every little trick?"

Fang didn't say a word as he pushed a button on his hoverbike. Three laser cannons then appeared from out of the hoverbike as they floated in front of the purple jerboa as they specifically aimed for the rabbit in particular.

"…still sore about me sending you off on a multiversal adventure that… I may have sent you on on purpose?" The rabbit grinned nervously. "Because it looks like you're pretty sore on that…"

Fang just pushed a button as the lasers activated. The rabbit could only scream in pain as the lasers activated and shot right at the announcer's booth. Everybody in the audience who had just noticed now couldn't help but give a chuckle at this happening. As soon as the mess was done, Fang closed his eyes and smiled in satisfaction before flying away from the Announcer's Booth. The rabbit slowly got up, now pretty charred up and groaning. "Ugh, can't believe he did that… and on a poor, defenseless bunny, to-"

"Xero, what are you doing here?"

The one-eared rabbit, known as Xero, yelped as he turned around to see a frowning Roxas coming in, holding a soda. "I left for five minutes to get a drink from the vending machine, and you just came in without my permission to commentate?"

"Uhhhh…" Xero smiled nervously. "I noticed you didn't have a co-commentator, you want one?"

"GET. OUT." Roxas growled as he pointed towards the door.

"Sheesh, I'm going…" Xero grumbled angrily before walking out of the room.

"And take your stupid banners with you!" Roxas frowned as he picked up some nearby banners that were torn up like laundry and thrown directly at the bunny, then grumbled angrily as he closed the door. "Note to self, lock the door when you leave for a drink…"

(The Arena)

B. Jenet blinked twice as Fang came flying back in, looking ready to continue the fight. "What was all that just now?"

"I saw a certain bunny being where he shouldn't be. I'm only doing what felt right." Fang explained, before chuckling as he noted the audience cheering. "Besides, the minute everyone noticed who was in the announcer's booth, I'm pretty sure they were going to cheer. Besides, I think this is what they expected…"

"Huh." B. Jenet blinked, before going into a fighting pose. "So I see you managed to upgrade to Tails' level when it comes to vehicles?"

"I may not be a scientific genius as much as Tails, but I do know my way around inventions." Fang laughed as he patted the hoverbike. "The Marvelous Queen is my baby, a thing of beauty! I never take this thing out for a spin, and seeing as how Tails was allowed to use the Tornado… I figured using THIS was fair game!"

B. Jenet gave a small laugh. "I think you're about to be washed up if you think your little advantage scares me!"

"Let's test this, then!" Fang smirked before lifting himself up to the ground.

B. Jenet smirked before leaping forward in the air to try to slam her legs towards the Marvelous Queen, only for Fang to veer his vehicle to the left, causing the pirate woman to crash down to the floor. She got up and turned around to try to fight, only for small yellow energy pellets to come flying out from the vehicle and charging straight towards the pirate woman in purple.

B. Jenet took quite a few good hits from the pellets, knocking her back a bit as she started to stagger. She quickly frowned as she looked up at Fang, still riding comfortably in the vehicle, before leaping forward and attempting to do a dive kick towards the vehicle he was on in hoping to damage him.

However, Fang quickly saw her coming as he pushed another button in his vehicle, causing a missile launcher to activate as a few missiles fired directly at the lady. B. Jenet yelped as a missile made direct contact with her, exploding in her face as she flew towards the ropes.

She managed to save herself on the rebound, but B. Jenet shook her head and turned around to see Fang still riding on the Marvelous Queen, giving a small laugh to himself before pushing a button as a small floating grey square with a red dot was seen floating towards B. Jenet.

"What is that?" B. Jenet whispered to herself as the square opened up, a large red laser coming out from both ends. Her eyes popped open as she recognized the laser wall. "Ohhhh… snap…"

She tried to run away, but the only distance she could go was near the edge of the ropes as she gave a yelp. She had no choice but to let the laser wall run her over as the pirate girl gave a loud scream of pain, causing her to tumble over.

Fang couldn't help but shake his head. "Heh, and you call yourself a clever pirate. Perhaps you should take a few lessons from a professional treasure hunter such as myself. Between you and me, nothing was going to stop me from winning. Off you go!"

With that, Fang backed himself up in the Marvelous Queen, before ramming her, sending her flying to the wall. She then slid down through the wall before going straight to the portal below.

The purple jerboa paused, before giving a small nod to himself. "Well, it ain't much, but at least I'm back in my prime!"

Terra and Van Zieks clashed with their swords, the prosecutor showing a stunning amount of proficiency with his blade. He easily found an opening and poked the half-Esper with the tip of his sword.

"He's good. Wouldn't of expected this from an Ace Attorney character." Terra whispered to herself prior to going back in to try again.

Again they locked blades, Terra trying to find a way through his so far unbreakable guard. But the young Lord proved impregnable, matching her swings step for step until he saw another path through and poked her again.

A slight bit of frustration staining her face, Terra lifted her sword and tried to do an overhead strike. Van Zieks simply held up his own sword to block and kicked her away.

"Do not be beguiled by my node, Miss Branford. I am no mere amateur to fighting outside the courtroom." Van Zieks told her sternly.

Terra took a deep breath and nodded. "I can see that, if all your node is like you. It's a wonder why Ace Attorney hasn't ever been invited to fight more."

Van Zieks chose to not give an answer to that. Instead choosing to thrust his sword forward, the advancing strike crippled much of Terra's defense allowing him to get a few more swipes in creating a few tears in Terra's dress.

The prosecutor then lifted his leg up and brought it down on Terra's head, the half-Esper colliding with the ground hard. Okay, this was starting to get a little ridiculous, and embarrassing. Looks like it was time to start bringing magic into the mix.

Terra got back up slowly. "I'm sorry Lord Van Zieks, but… Fira!"

Van Zieks to his credit managed to dodge nearly all the fireballs, but one would end up catching his cape igniting it. But the prosecutor wasn't bothered by it at all, simply casting it aside to the wind where it fell into the portal.

"Acknowledged that I am your superior in matters of the sword, Miss Branford?"

Terra begrudgingly nodded. "I must concede to that fact. However, I am unfortunately much better at magic! Blizzara!"

The prosecutor would use his sword to deflect the hurling ice shards to the best of his ability. But just like with the fireballs one would catch him in the face. Giving Terra the opening she needed to charge in with her sword and put him on the defensive.

"Maybe we'll see more like you in the future. Either way, you definitely proved you could seemingly hang with the rest of us!"

With one last shove, Terra pushed Van Zieks through the ropes. Earning her victory from the fight, and her second elimination.

(Dome; Hallways outside Restaurant)

Nitara let out an inhumane shriek while lunging towards Raine. The Bard witch struggling to avoid being drained by the vampire's fangs.

"So what does Terra want with you and your benefactor!?" They asked before managing to whistle and create a soundwave that made Nitara retreat screeching.

When her ears stopped ringing, Nitara shook her head at Raine. "That is something you'll have to forget, witch!"

Raine's glasses glistened. "You know, we banished all vampires from the Demon Realm. For the exact reasons you'd expect!"

Summoning their violin they strung on it once and created a cutting shockwave that Nitara barely managed to avoid.

"We can't help what we.."

Raine put the kibosh on that nonsense immediately. "Save it. Your problem is entirely your own fault.

Letting out another enraged shriek, Nitara practically through herself at Raine. She would've succeeded too, had she noticed the witch drawing a magic circle on the ground and then stomping on it once Nitara flew over. Creating a big pillar of light that completed soaked the vampire and launched her into the ceiling.

When she landed, Raine ran over to check on her. Which was when Nitara came alive and slashed herself across the chest to gain a red aura around her while grabbing Raine and holding her close.

Nitara chuckled as she watched Raine slowly become more tired from being caught in her Blood Sacrifice. "You aren't gonna be able to stop the Soul Stealers. Especially once we find the perfect subjects to be blessed with the power of many souls!"

As weak as Raine was now, this new information made their eyes light up. Mustering enough strength they were able to whistle and send Nitara back.

When Nitara was about to fly into them again, Raine summoned a flute and immediately began playing a little tune on it. The music traveled to Nitara and slowly began to soothe her to sleep against her will.

A solid minute of playing, and the vampire was down and out for the count.

Clapping could be heard from behind Raine. And the Bard witch had a good idea of who they were, sure enough they turned and there was Terra Snapdragon. Flanked by Cassie Cage now.

"Well done, Raine. A pity you couldn't have fallen under my control, you even ordered the tea by choice."

Raine panted, still a bit drained from the fight. "Why get in touch with those from the Mortal Kombat node?"

Terra wagged her finger. "Ah-Ah-Ah! Not just them, dearie. A few other nodes as well. I'm sure you'll see them when you're off chasing your tail around this forsaken Dome."

It was then that Raine took notice of Cassie and her blank look. Their face immediately turning to concern. "The girl behind you. She drank the tea."

Terra beamed. "And so will many others. I've replaced the brew with my own. I even have a little test subject in the ring, currently. We've taken the Restaurant, good luck finding where the others are. Nitara here was checking to see if it was secure."

Raine pondered her words and then came to the one conclusion. "'We.' You, Vitimir, and Adrian. Hmph! I won't let you get away with this!"

The Plant witch just laughed. "Oh it's just like you, Raine! Always the hero! It's adorable! It really is! But I'm afraid it won't be happening this time."

Raine internally cursed when they didn't notice the giant plant growing behind them. With a snap of Terra's finger it wrapped around their leg and flung them into the wall. Already drained somewhat from Nitara they soon succumbed to unconsciousness.

Terra smiled, and placed a hand on Cassie's shoulder. Leaning into her ear. "Weebs are the scum of the Earth."

Cassie nodded and repeated her words. "Weebs are the scum of the Earth."

(The Arena)

"Drill Purrus!"

Pullum's drill kick managed to break DK's defense a little, the gorilla grunting in pain from the attack. Signified by his fanning of his hands.

"That worked! Somewhat." Taking what she could get, the Arabian heiress then gave the gorilla a series of overhead kicks. A little overestimating of her luck would be her end of that combo when DK the last one she tried and shoved her back.

"Eep! Got a little too greedy there. Hmm… oh! Try… this! Pullum Kick!"

Pullum caught DK in the chin, lifting him up and leaving him to crash onto his back while her landing was more graceful. The Arabian-girl ran over to continue attacking, but got a powerful backhand slap that took her off her feet.

Pushing up back to his own feet, DK started spinning while holding his fists out. Pullum couldn't get up in time and ended up receiving every spinning punch.

Landing on her back, Pullum pulled herself back up and got out her tambourine. Leaping at DK and smashing it over his head. However, this wouldn't phase him so much as it did Yatterman-2. He easily pulled it off and threw it back at her head before she could land.

"Ow! Drat! That usually works!" Pullum cursed before ducking under a Giant Punch from DK. This granted the power of another Pullum Kick.

But this time DK would be ready, he immediately got out of his daze and brought both of his hands down onto Pullum's head. Spiking her into the ground.

As Pullum collided with the ground, DK got out a banana and threw it near where Pullum stood. The heiress wouldn't see it right away and would fall flat onto her rear from slipping on it.

Laughing at how his little trick worked, DK ran up and grabbed Pullum throwing her to the side by a good amount of distance. Her prone form making her easy fodder to be bowled right over.

Or so he thought. Pullum recovered and gave him another Drill Purrus, then did a number of twirling kicks to the face.

"CYCLONE!"

Shrouded in green wind again, Pullum did another pirouette, striking DK many times over and making him fall back several feet. Letting out several grunts of pain.

It didn't always happen, but it was always possible. DK got an idea on how to end this fight. Pulling out his Smash Ball and crushing it in his hands, DK turned to face Pullum…

And then activated his previous Final Smash. Rather than his current one. That's right, that meant he got out a pair of bongos and with the help of Roxas'. Began playing along to the beat of 'DK Island Swing' which just happened to start playing from the speakers.

Pullum was confused at first, but slowly she would get into the song as well. Pulling out her tambourine to add some background music to it. Unaware that the soundwaves DK was producing were pushing her towards the ropes.

With one final beat to the song, DK slammed the top of his bongos creating a huge soundwave which was just enough to push a shocked and duped Pullum through the ropes.

Pullum landed in Power Stone. Where she provided a nice little beat for Rouge to dance to.

"PK Fire!"

The small bolt projectile was fired at Chizuru who gracefully swerved to the side to avoid it. As well as the second PK Fire.

Chizuru brought her open-faced hand down at Ness, chopping his head and following with a palm strike.

Ness shook his head and used his yo-yo to wrap around her leg and pull it out from under her. It worked and opened the door for her to take a back kick laced with PSI Power.

Chizuru sat up and rolled back to avoid a downward PK Fire. She leaped over to Ness and caught him with a low kick, and using the Yata Mirrors abilities granted to her, she conjured a clone to spin upward and strike him multiple times.

"Ugh! Really trying hard to not mess up this tournament, huh?" Ness spoke telepathically to her.

Chizuru nodded. "Yes. It is my first time in these tournaments. A bit surprising I haven't been in one before, is it not?"

Ness agreed, getting back up. "It is kind of puzzling. You are a proven main character of the KoF series. You should be a mainstay at these tournaments."

Chizuru shook her head in agreement. "One of those mysteries with no real answer. Shall we continue our fight?"

"Let's."

Per the agreement the fight was back on, Ness swing his bat at Chizuru who ducked and looked to chop him upside the head again. Ness foresaw this and clocked her in the face with his yo-yo.

"PK Thunder!"

Ness redirected the lightning tail back into himself. Flinging his own body rapidly toward Chizuru, who gasped and leapt over the giant psychic rocket.

When Ness stopped, he swiftly turned and swung his bat at Chizuru's face. The Yata clan descendant yelped and leaned back. Ness took advantage and telekinetically grabbed her and threw her into the ground.

Chizuru immediately got back up and swung her hand upward to catch Ness in the face. Then summoned another clone who struck him with her hand engulfed in blue energy.

Ness tried for a PK Flash this time, the slow moving ball of light struck the clone and made it disappear. Leaving the real Chizuru to swiftly grab his leg and pull it out from under him. Spinning him around with graceful precision.

Ness fell rear-first onto the ground. He didn't let himself stay grounded, using his yo-yo to hit Chizuru in the face then give her a face full of PSI. Followed with another throw into the ground.

Despite the attacks thrown her way Chizuru still stood her ground. She used the Yata Mirror to summon another clone forward who waved her hands in a loop hitting Ness a number of times.

"I believe this is where I win." Chizuru noted. Then activated her Climax Super.

A pair of silvery orbs surrounded the Yata descendant and then Ness once Chizuru landed another chop. The orbs circled him while he could only stare on confused. Not a second later did the orbs combust into him creating an explosion that knocked him clear out of the ring.

Ness landed in Mario Strikers Charged. Using his psychic powers along with the power-ups made him a pretty clear MVP for his team.

Chizuru respectfully bowed at her fallen opponent. A tad bit proud to have gotten her first elimination. "Not too bad for a newcomer."

She then paused when she saw Ganondorf lying in wait. His eyes darting every which way. The act no doubt confused the white-clad woman.

"What are you doing?"

Ganondorf turned to glare at her. "Swatting away a little annoying gnat."

That was when he saw a yellow bolt flying closer to him out of the corner of his eyes, causing him to smirk.

"There!"

The warlock coated his arm in darkness and then let loose a huge uppercut when the yellow blur got close enough. The blur then revealed itself to be Electivire, looking a little too hopped on its speed. It took the full attack and hit the ground hard.

Ganondorf'a grin grew wide as he picked up the Pokémon by the leg and hurled him over the ropes.

Electivire landed in The Walking Dead. Where his excessive electricity helped bring power back to the world! For all of about ten minutes.

Chizuru observed the act with an unimpressed look. "Couldn't take a fair fight with him?"

Ganondorf rolled his eyes. "I tried to fight him straight up. But whoever powered him up through his ability made him too fast for his own good, and a good deal of my moveset is electricity. A fair fight wasn't in the cards. I had to catch him off-guard."

Chizuru put up her hands. "How about a fight with me, then?"

This elicited a smile from the warlock who pounded his fists letting dark energy burst from them. "Then what are you standing still for?"

Teruko swung Hero's sword into a stone pick owned by Mattholomule. The boy struggled for a moment before kicking her in the stomach and then heading up one of his conjured stone pillars.

The Ultimate Lucky Student clutched her chest before noticing he was gone and up above her. Seething in rage she would swing into the pillar he was above to make it rumble and fall apart.

"Ha! Good luck! My magic isn't baby spells! It's the real deal! And so are my illusions." Called Mattholomule from another stone pillar.

"Wha-?" Teruko looked to see the Mattholomule on top the pillar she just hit was an illusion, which then disappeared.

"Think you need a better view? Come on up!" Mattholomule spun a magic circle with his finger, creating a stone construct right under Teruko and lifting her up to his level.

"I really don't have the time to eff around here! I have to get back to that overgrown cactus." Teruko growled, pointing Hero's sword at Mattholomule.

"Pfft." Mattholomule scoffed, pulling Hero's sword down and leaning on the blunt end. "You're pretty brave for a girl with no magic or powers."

The brunette yelped when Teruko pointed the sword up against his forehead. "Call me stubborn and determined. Now, will you let me try and get even?"

"Hmm? Let me think…" He held a finger to his chin in thought before contorting his mouth into a devious smirk. "Nah!"

Mattholomule used both his feet to kick Teruko off the pillar she was on to the ground below. But she wasn't one to stay down so easily, she got up with a growl and lifted Hero's sword to slash into the pillar.

"Oh, but which one will let you win? Oh, I don't know! Find out!" Came what sounded like a plethora of voices, but all the exact same sound.

Teruko turned her gaze upward to see an assortment of Mattholomule's occupying the top of every stone pillar. Every single one blew raspberries to taunt her.

"Come on, Miss Tawaki! Wanna try my guessing game? Or do you concede defeat?"

The Ultimate Lucky Student immediately answered. "Never!"

"Aw, really? Because you know, you've already outdone yourself. I mean one elimination isn't so bad. You can leave this tournament with some pride in it. Especially for someone without magic or powers!"

Teruko shook her head again, reaffirming her choice. "I said never!"

She tightened her grip on Hero's sword and slashed at one stone pillar. This time her anger helped her break it in one go. Too bad it wasn't the right one.

"Oh, look at that! You can't touch me! Probably because I'm an illusion!" The illusion Mattholomule said before disappearing.

Teruko seethed and swung the sword into the next tower. Again, no dice.

"Ouch! Double Whammy! There goes all your bonuses, AND your money!"

Teruko panted and directed her death glare to that illusion Mattholomule. "Will you please shut up!?"

"Hmm? Should I? What do you guys think? No? Okay, yeah agreed. Sorry, no can do!"

All Teruko could do at the moment was groan before she swung and knocked down another stone pillar. For the third time, nothing.

"Oops! Third strike, loser! Better luck next time!"

At this point Teruko had had enough. Channelling all her rage and anger she hurled Hero's sword into center stone pillar. Despite it's bigger width, it started to crack and crumble.

"Uh, oh." Were all the Mattholomule's could say before it collapsed. The pieces scattering toward the other pillars and knocking them down too. Creating a small burst of stone dust that covered the area for a brief moment.

When it cleared, the real Mattholomule gasped and jumped out of the stone that covered him. Then attempted to crawl free of the wreckage.

But then Teruko came into his vision, looking up he saw her with a seething look on her face.

All he could offer was a very nervous chuckle. "Mercy?"

"No." She said darkly, and then she picked him out of the wreckage and threw him out of the ring as hard as she could.

Tails just gave a small grunt as he tried to keep his focus. As much as he wanted to make sure Aerith went down, even he had to admit there was a little bit of a bigger threat in front of him… in the form of a bug type Pokemon that had just dodged all of his wrenches.

"HOLD STILL!" Tails shouted in frustration as he kept throwing a few more wrenches in the beetle's direction, only for Orbeetle to swiftly dodge them.

Aerith, having just recovered from her fight with Metera, just watched near the ropes as she noted Tails trying all he could to hit the bug. "I don't mean to be rude, but for someone who's smart, you're certainly letting your anger get to you."

"I do NOT need to hear it from you!" Tails groaned as the small fox turned towards the girl… before taking a deep breath and giving a sigh. "All right, all right… as much as I despise weebs… even I admit, I'll need all the help I can get… and considering my partner got THROWN by that bug when it and the other girl were interrupting our battle…"

"Are you trying to say…?" Aerith asked with a curious look on her face.

Tails shut his eyes and groaned, before swallowing. "I still despise weebs, but… if you help me with this annoying little early Bug Type… I promise that I…" He gave a small sigh. "I'll give you a small break for the rest of the round. After this round, I'm going back to fighting you."

Aerith crossed her arms as she gave a small hum. "I don't think that's a good enough offer…"

"Oh come on! This is the best I can give you!" Tails argued… before being lifted up in the air and thrown by Orbeetle, who had just used its Psychic move and threw the fox to the ropes. Tails quickly got up and brushed himself off before turning to Aerith with a glare. "What else do you want me to do?"

"Well, since you talked mean to me for the past couple of rounds and tried to hit a lady… I don't think I want to fight with you… unless you say you're sorry." Aerith said as she gave a small giggle.

"WHAT? SORRY?! I'm not- you can't be-" Tails stammered a bit… before growling in frustration as he turned towards the Bug/Psychic type, who was setting up a Reflect move, an invisible screen shining over the bug for a moment. Tails then started to fly forward with his two tails as he readied another wrench to attack the bug with.

Tails gave a loud scream as he hit the bug in succession, only to let loose a loud, terrifying sound that buzzed right at Tails' eardrums, causing the two-tailed fox to yelp a bit as he covered his ears.

"Ahhh!" Tails yelped as he rubbed his ears, feeling the effect of Orbeetle's Bug Buzz attack. The young fox shook his head, before narrowing his eyes at the bug, before pulling out some boxing gloves. "All right, you may be a psychic type, but have you ever competed in the Olympics before? Because I had some skills there as well!"

With that, Tails jumped in and slammed Orbeetle in the face a couple of times, giving the small fox a laugh. "Try to top that! Your little Reflect may have reduced damage to you, but nothing can compare to hitting you multiple times with-"

Orbeetle could only respond by sending out waves of psychic energy as if through a beam, causing the fox to yelp as he felt the effects. After recovering from the Psybeam, he looked back towards Aerith, who seemed to be focusing on drawing what looked to be some flowers on the floor. Tails just grunted in anger… before giving a small sigh.

"Okay, fine!" Tails said as he marched over to Aerith. "I'm sorry. Now help me fight that thing!"

Aerith could only look up as she looked at the fox… before shaking her head. "Nope, I don't think that was sincere enough. I want you to actually MEAN that apology."

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Tails shouted in anger. "I am not apologizing for what I stand for!"

"Good luck." Aerith simply said before going back to her drawing a picture of the flower.

Tails's eyes shrank as he looked back towards the small beetle, as it started to zoom upwards and about. Tails closed his eyes and took a deep breath through his nose. "Okay, okay, Tails… you played Pokemon Shield… and judging from what you've studied on Pokemon… this Orbeetle seems to have its Hidden Ability… it also has Bug Buzz, Psybeam, Psychic and Reflect… it also has a few more moves up its sleeve, and since the Pokemon are playing by anime rules in knowing more than four moves, that's out the window… weaknesses… dark types, rock types… its own primary typing, I don't quite get that… another study to think about later…"

The small fox's eyes lit up and snapped his fingers. "Ah ha! Flying types!"

Giving a small laugh, the fox positioned himself and jumped up in the air as he started to use his own two tails to fly up in the air, causing the beetle with the large ladybug shell head to look at its equally flying foe in awe. Tails gave a chuckle to himself. "I may use the Tornado a lot more often, but I never forgot my own born ability! Let's see you take this!"

With that, Tails spun around a bit slapping, Orbeetle with its tails as the flying bug winced at the attack, giving a slight cough before glaring at its opponent.

The young fox couldn't help but give a small cheer as he laughed. "Not so cocky now, are you, Mr. Psychic type?"

"I wouldn't berate your opponent so quickly if I were you." Aerith said, still focused on her flower drawing, as she was now adding a nice little sun to it and giving it some lines pointing towards the flower, as if it was showing some rays affecting the flower.

Tails turned his head towards the flower girl with a frown. "Like you're one to talk, Miss I'd-Rather-Draw-On-The-Floor?"

"You know, I can simply help you out if you just say you're sorry… and actually mean it." Aerith said, not even looking up.

"Ha! Like I need your help!" Tails argued as Orbeetle recovered and narrowed its eyes on the small fox as it held out its hand, materializing something from it. "Okay, I was thrown off a bit, but I think I finally figured out its weaknesses! I don't think I even needed your help to begin-"

SMASH!

That immediately stopped Tails's line of talking as the fox slowly turned to see that Orbeetle had started to glow blue, as if it activated a Final Smash.

Up on the announcer's booth, Roxas looked in awe before grabbing the microphone. "Uh, ladies and gentlemen, I didn't think I was going to talk about this already, BUT the Pokemon from Smash are NOT the only ones to have Smash Balls on them. No, ALL the Pokemon have come equipped with their OWN Smash Ball in order to perform their own Final Smash… and they have a few methods if they have options. One is for Pokemon that are capable of Mega Evolution. Another is for Pokemon that can't Mega Evolve, but do have the power to Terastilizing, which I'll get into when the time comes. And the last option can either go down to Dynamaxing, OR, in Orbeetle's case…"

Tails just looked up in awe as the flying Pokemon started to grow big and transform into something rather… huge. While most of the size of the Pokemon remained the same, the ladybug-like shell on Orbeetle had now grown gargantuan, acting like a red UFO, with its spots now glowing with blue ring like targets, and even having yellow blobs and a large light underneath. Orbeetle then let out a large cry, looking ready for a battle.

"GIGANTIMAXING!" Roxas said in awe at the creature. "Now, unlike most Final Smashes, the Pokemon will STAY Mega Evolved, Dynamaxed, Gigantimaxed or Terastilized until either the end of the round or IF they're eliminated! And unlike SOME Pokemon that didn't have self control last time… this time, these Pokemon ARE made self aware in their transformed state… don't want another Volcarona incident to happen after last time, after all…"

"Huh?" Tails asked as he (and most of the others still in the arena) looked up to the announcer's booth in confusion.

"…nothing. Forget I said anything." Roxas said, as if shifting his eyes a bit.

Tails blinked twice, before looking up at the large Pokemon. "A giant UFO? What are you going to do, abduct me and have aliens suck my brain dry? Come on, I've dealt my fair share of deal with aliens before."

Orbeetle, staring down at the still flying creature, gave out a loud roar as it lifted its arms up in the air, as a small, blue ball was summoned from its antennae.

The small ball then went up in the air and started to open up, revealing some sort of black-reddish hole as it summoned various blue rings as they landed around the flying Tails, the little fox grunting as he felt the damage.

"Whoa! Th-that's one… large attack!" Tails grunted as he looked up at the large UFO-like ladybug-like Pokemon.

All of a sudden, the fox groaned as he started to feel heavy, his tails stopped twirling around as he fell directly on the ground below. "OOOF!"

Tails grunted as he got up and tried to shake off being thrown off before looking up at the large UFO Pokemon with a sharp glare. He tried to twirl his tails to fly up again… only he couldn't find himself lifting off the ground.

"Wh-what?" Tails asked in shock as he snapped his fingers, summoning the Tornado. He tried to lift off with it, only for it to immediately crash into the ground. Tails gave a gasp. "NOOO! What-what did that ladybug do to me?"

Tails took a few deep breaths, but tried to analyze the situation. "Okay, okay, Orbeetle is in its Gigantimax form for the rest of the round… meaning its using G-Moves on me… and the one it just used on me now must have been G-Max Gravitas… meaning that it damaged me a bit… but it also intensified gravity for a while… meaning it…"

He slowed down as his eyes started shrinking. "…nullified… my… flight… and all… of… my… planes… that… I can… summon."

Tails slowly turned his head towards the large Gigantimax Pokemon as it sent out a large dark reddish fist to slam down right on the small fox. Tails screamed before jumping away. He looked over at Aerith, who had now finished her drawing on the arena floor. The drawing was that of a nice flower being shined by the sun, and a small house, with a drawing of herself and what looked to be Cloud nearby, holding hands, and a heart over their heads. Aerith was admiring the masterpiece to herself as she seemed rather proud.

Tails shut his eyes in anguish, trying to think about what he should do in this situation… he still had his hatred of weeb-appeal characters, but, at the same time, he knew that Aerith was just a good person in nature… and he knew he was coming off as harsh… even if he couldn't help himself… he still made it his mission to eliminate any weeb-appeal characters… but sometimes, the fox had to admit, he had to swallow his pride…

Another dark red fist came down on Tails, causing the small fox to yelp as he got blasted away. Tails immediately crawled back to Aerith as he went down on his knees, shut his eyes and started to cry. "I'm sorry! And I do mean I'm sorry! I only acted out on you because I was never a fan of weeb characters, but I know it's not your fault! I should be angry at the people who do the weeb thing, not the characters that are drawn as weeb bait! I can't help it, though! It's a bit of a YouTube channel thing I've been doing! You don't deserve my scorn! And I took it too far! I admit that! Please, I'm sorry…"

(Dome; Restaurant)

"Terra. I thought you said he drank the tea!? What is this all about!?" A cross Adrian asked Terra, who was patting her fingers together nervously.

"I… took inspiration from his rants? But I saw him drink it! Not unless…"

It took a few seconds before it dawned on her. Raine was here since everything began. Relaxing at the same table, and who was sitting near her when he first came in….?

"Raine! Even when unconscious. You ail us!"

Adrian's stood slack-jawed. "He was pretending this whole time!? No wonder I found it off that he could fight off the effects!"

(The Arena)

He sniffled as he laid his head down. "Can you please help me with this large Pokemon?"

At first, Aerith wasn't paying much attention to Tails as she seemed more focused on her drawing on the floor that she was rather proud of. But, after a moment, though, she looked up at the small fox, who seemed to be suffering from an anxiety attack and… maybe there was a hint of remorse in this fox somewhere?

Nevertheless, Aerith gave a smile as she got up. "There, that is MUCH better. Now, was it really THAT hard?"

"So… you'll help me?" Tails asked, looking up with eyes sparkling in hope.

"Well…" Aerith looked up at the large Pokemon before her, as it seemed to be readying for another attack. "I'll see what I can do."

With that, Aerith picked up her staff and gave a small stretch before looking up at the large UFO ladybug-like creature before looking up and giving a nod. "Okay, let's keep 'em at bay!"

With that, the flower girl waved her staff around as a large flower like shield started to materialize in front of her, blocking the large red fist that had materialized from Gigantimax Orbeetle's aura. While Aerith was knocked back a bit, the young flower girl recovered as she looked up and waved her staff, sending out various energy orbs directly at the large Pokemon, causing Gigantimax Orbeetle to yelp at the attacks.

Tails looked up and smiled as he waved his arms. "Go get 'em, Aerith!"

Aerith nodded before waving her staff once more. "Ready? And…" Her staff started to glow as Gigantimax Orbeetle was about to prepare another attack. "RAY OF JUDGMENT!"

A large blue beam of light then emerged from her staff as it blasted Gigantimax Orbeetle directly in the cranium, causing the large UFO-shaped Pokemon to let out a cry of pain, before locking eyes with the adorable flower girl before her. Aerith then closed her eyes as she waved her staff, sending another large beam towards Gigantimax Orbeetle, before the large UFO Pokemon's blue circles started to glow, summoning green butterflies to zoom forward towards Aerith.

Aerith then waved her staff around like a bo staff before slamming it down on the ground, causing various lighting bolts to strike down each of the butterflies as they tried to go through, but only a couple of butterflies hit Aerith, causing a large green forcefield to explode around her. People who were in radius of the forcefield wisely ducked away as some of them turned and looked up to watch the large UFO/ladybug/beetle Pokemon narrowing its eyes.

The area cleared as Aerith was still standing, huffing a bit as she looked up, an orange circle surrounding her for a brief moment as a sound as if something was powering down was heard somewhere.

"Special attack drop?" Aerith asked before giving a giggle. "No issue at all. Now, Mister Large UFO, I believe it's time for your nap… Tails, maybe you'd like to assist?"

The fox paused, before giving a nod towards Aerith. "Gladly!"

With that, Tails jumped in (or rather, slowly hopped as best as he could) before pulling out his Energy Ball arm cannon and holding it up. "Light 'em up!"

"Like dynamite!" Aerith smiled as she pulled out some sunglasses and put them on, before giving a pose behind Tails as the fox did a smirk, pulling out a similar pair of shades and put them on, doing a similar pose to Aerith's friend, Barrett. Then Tails and Aerith aimed their weapons, with Aerith shooting her holy light, and Tails shooting out energy balls from his arm cannon faster than normal.

Both attacks struck the UFO-ladybug-esque Pokemon as it let out a loud sound of pain as it tried to keep itself together. The small fox and young flower girl looked to each other before jumping and posing towards each other as they jumped to the opposite end, with Aerith yelling, "This one's for you!"

With that, Tails managed to shoot rapid fire at Gigantimax Orbeetle, causing the large beetle to let loose as it felt ready to give out… but one more hit from Aerith's staff and her rays of holy light was the final trick as the UFO started to go down right out of the ring and into the portal below. Both Tails and Aerith could only watch as the large UFO-like creature (who, even now, as it was entering through the portal below, was slowly shrinking down back to normal upon being eliminated) sunk down.

"Well, I guess that's it." Aerith smiled as Tails took a small breath.

"Y-yeah…" Tails paused before twirling his tails to see if he could get himself back up… but frowned as he noticed he couldn't get himself up. "Ugh, yeah, just as I thought… the intensified gravity is still in effect… probably will last until next round, if I have to give an approximate…"

The two-tailed fox then looked over to Aerith as she seemed to give an innocent smile towards the fox. After a moment, Tails closed his eyes and gave a sigh. "All right, all right. You may be a weeb-appeal character, but…" He gave a small smile. "We did work great as a team back there. I still don't like you, but I will acknowledge… we do work good together."

"Awwww, you're so sweet, Tails." Aerith smiled as she patted the young fox on the head.

Tails shuddered a bit, before giving a sigh. "All right, look, how about we extend that promise I made? Not only will I leave you alone for the rest of the round, but I'll find someone else to battle next section… could be another weeb-appeal character, could be somebody else entirely… either way, if you're still here after the next two rounds, all bets are off."

"And what if I'm not?" Aerith asked, cocking her head.

"Then…" Tails paused, before sighing. "I don't know yet, but trust me, I have my ways."

"I suppose I'll take it." Aerith smiled as she walked back to her drawing she made on the floor and bent down. "Hmmm… you know, maybe I should add some grass here…"

Tails blinked twice, before giving a small shrug and walking off, just deciding to relax to the side and wait until the round is over, just so he could get his flight back…

"Have to get you credit, Fox. You're proving quite the capable leader! Just like your Father! You know, the one that died?"

"Quiet!" Was the angry reply.

Fox fired more shots at Neco-Arc, the chibi clone flying her way past each one. She then would reach into her bag of tricks and pull out…

A trident. One that looked crazy similar to the one that Ganondorf wielded in Hyrule Warriors.

The lupine's eyes bugged out once he saw it. "Where!?.." He started, but opted to just sigh and slap his forehead. "Pointless to ask."

Neco-Arc nodded in approval. "Good lupine."

The chibi clone sent it hurling into the ground, where a giant crater formed where it landed, as well as a burst of dark energy.

Fox had enough sense to jump out of the blast radius. Neco-Arc would rush down to where to was to retrieve it. Giving it a good swing at Fox, who jumped out of the way and then again at another swing.

This was his chance! Using Fire Fox he rushed into her and managed to get her caught in the flames, making her comically spin with swirls in her eyes.

"Woah!"

With her still debilitated he ran over and kicked her multiple times. When she recovered she fired a laser from her eyes at Fox, who used his Shine reflector to send it right back at her.

"That reminds me…" She reached into her bag of tricks again. "Draw, McCloud!"

Her next trick had her pulling out two blasters identical to the one's the StarFox trio used. Taking the shock as her cue, she fired shots rapidly at Fox. Who again used his reflector to send them all right back at her. Pushing her ever closer to the ropes.

"Are you trying to eliminate me!?" She asked with her hands on her hips. "Need I remind you that you are great and just like your dear old Father who…"

Fox completed her sentence, his rage evident. "Died! Yes, he died! But why you have to keep bringing it up over and over is beyond me! It's not even funny as a meme anymore!"

Neco-Arc remained unfazed. "True. But I needed something to make this part of the section easier."

Fox's eyebrows twitched violently. "What are you…?" He didn't have the patience to finish that question. "No, forget it! I don't care! Because…"

He would pull out his Smash Ball and break it in his hands. "You're about to lose."

The lupine summoned a Landmaster tank for his Final Smash. Hopping inside and immediately beginning to charge up energy to fire.

Neco-Arc simply stood in place, but not before reaching into her bag of tricks and pulling out a small target sign to put over her tiny body. "Well, folks that brings my run to an end. It was a fun two sections! And I'm betting one million cents that I'm gonna be the Melty Blood MVP! Mark that down Carver and Blunny!"

The Landmaster finished charging and fired. Hitting Neco-Arc with a huge blast that torpedoed her into the barrier surrounding the ring. She peeled off and feel down like a limp piece of meat.

"TELL MY STORY!" She said before she hit the portal.

Neco-Arc landed in Marvel Comics. Where she and Deadpool immediately became friends and took turns annoying the heck out of Taskmaster.

His Final Smash duration finished, Fox hopped out of the Landmaster before it disappeared and wiped his hands at his second elimination.

It took him a quick minute but he noticed that the fighting had stopped, and a quick headcount would tell him why; the Section was over! He looked around again to gauge what all the survivors were doing.

Fang was trying to keep a still enraged Tails from going after Aerith, who could only clutch her staff while giving the Fox a concerned expression, Teruko was helping Chizuru hold off Ganondorf, DK was absentmindedly eating a banana, Terra was doing a little deep breathing in preparation for the next section, JP was silently observing the survivors before him with a look of disdain, and Edric was laughing to himself at the unamused Scorpion who now spotted a drawn-on moustache and glasses.

Roxas' voice came on to announce that they would need just a minute to prepare for Section Three. Well, that was a lot less than a couple of minutes. An extra minute of breathing room, but would it be enough to carry through past this next round?

(RESULTS):(16 votes on the Main Event, 15 votes on the Side Battles)

TERUKO TAWAKI (D:DT) (13:3) = 10 (Hero, Matt Tholomule)

FOX MCCLOUD (SSB) (13:3) = 10 (Rock Howard, Neco-Arc)

AERITH GAINSBOROUGH (D:FF) (13:4) = 9 (Metera, Orbeetle)

NA…erm.. FANG THE SNIPER (StH)) (12:4) = 8 (B. Jenet)

SCORPION (MK) (12:5) = 7 (Nightwolf)

DONKEY KONG (SSB) (11:5) = 6 (Pullum Purna)

CHIZURU KAGURA (KOFXV) (11:5) = 6 (Ness)

GANONDORF (HW) (11:6) = 5 (Electivire)

MILES 'TAILS' PROWER (StH) (11:6) = 5 (Heathcliff)

EDRIC BLIGHT (TOH) (10:6) = 4 (Lord Raptor)

JP (SFV-VI) (9:7) = 2 (Prishe)

TERRA BRANFORD (D:FF) (9:8) = 1 (Barok van Zieks)

(ELIMINATED)

LORD RAPTOR (DS) (9:8) = 1 (Karin Kanzuki)

ELECTIVIRE (PKMN) (8:9) = -1 (Uranus)

NIGHTWOLF (MK) (7:9) = -2 (Takeda Takahashi)

TAKEDA TAKAHASHI (MK) (7:9) = -2

KARIN KANZUKI (SFV-VI) (7:10) = -3

PULLUM PURNA (FEXL) (7:10) = -3

NECO-ARC (MB) (7:10) = -3

URANUS (BR) (6:10) = -4

ORBEETLE (PKMN) (6:10) = -4

HEATHCLIFF (LC) (6:10) = -4

B. JENET (KOFXV) (6:10) = -4

BAROK VAN ZIEKS (TGAAC) (5:11) = -6

ROCK HOWARD (KOFXV) (5:12) = -7

HERO (SSB) (4:12) = -8

MATT THOLOMULE (TOH) (4:12) = -8

PRISHE (D:FF) (4:12) = -8

NESS (SSB) (3:14) = -11

METERA (GF:V) (2:14) = -12

SIDE BATTLES:

"Of Swords and Sorcery"

LUNA LOVEGOOD (HP) and SOREN (DTP) interrogate DARRIUS and SAREENA (MK)

14 to 1

"Whispers in the Wind"

RAINE WHISPERS (TOH) lulls NITARA (MK) to sleep

11 to 4

A Strong Start: Aerith manages her second string of two eliminations. Putting her node into an early lead with Terra's help as well!

My Greatest Second Chance: Teruko taking the top slot after coming back from being an instant elimination in Section One! What a hiatus will do for you, still, talk about making the most of your Second Chance!