Heavy D! ducked as O’Chunks swung a huge fist over his head. The black boxer quickly lashed out his own fist, catching the bearded warrior in the stomach.
“What is it you have against me?” Heavy D! asked. “I’ve never even met you before.”
“Aye have orders, lad.” O’Chunks sighed. “Aye dun wanna do this, but Aye got no choice in the matter.”
“Orders from whom?” Heavy D! asked.
“Aye can’t tell ye.” The bearded giant shook his head. “Dun take this personal, lad.”
Suddenly, Ryoko jumped onto O’Chunks’ shoulders from behind and started attacking him. “Leave D!-san alone!” She ordered.
“Ryoko, get off him!” Heavy D! said. “He’s at least ten times stronger than you are!”
As if to prove the boxer’s point, O’Chunks plucked Ryoko from his shoulders and hurled her into the turnbuckle across the ring. As soon as Ryoko was gone, O’Chunks turned to Heavy D! and continued attacking.
Ryoko slowly got to her feet and staggered in place for a couple of steps before regaining her senses. She looked at O’Chunks and narrowed her eyes.
“That guy’s asking for it!” Ryoko said as she cracked her knuckles.
However, before Ryoko could take two steps forward, Hol Horse shot past her, Hell’s Chef still chasing after him, waving his giant meat cleaver in the air.
“Get away from me!!” Hol Horse shouted.
“I’ll teach you to ruin your taste buds with those cursed cigarettes!!” Chef roared back. “You brought this on yourself!!”
Suddenly, Kirby flew in from the side, courtesy of a throw by Chun-Li. The ball of puff bounced off Chef’s face , causing the demonic cook to stop chasing Hol Horse. The cowboy saw this and screeched to a halt to catch his breath.
“My quarrel isn’t with you.” Chef said. “Let me continue.”
Kirby blinked a couple of times, flashed a cheeky smile and inhaled.
(Announcer’s Booth)
“…Please tell me Kirby didn’t just copy Hell’s Chef.”
“He copied Hell’s Chef.”
“I asked you not to tell me that.”
(The Arena)
Hell’s Chef moaned as he got to his feet. He looked down at Kirby to take the ball of puff out, only to stop when he saw what had happened to the Pop Star resident.
Kirby was now wearing a red neckerchief and a chef’s hat like the cook’s own, complete with a flame on top of it. Kirby’s face was blackened and his eyes were now glowing. Kirby stared back at Chef silently, neither one making a move.
Hell’s Chef stared at Kirby for several seconds as many thoughts started going through his head. Some people would have seen this as a chance to fight themselves and gives themselves the ultimate challenge. Some people would have seen this as an insult and would have made it their goal to wipe Kirby off the face of the Earth.
However, Hell’s Chef saw this as a golden opportunity.
Slowly, Chef looked at Hol Horse, turning as he did. “No smoking…” He said.
Kirby followed suite. “Nah smokeeng…” He said.
Hol Horse frantically looked at the two for a couple of seconds. “THERE’S TWO OF THEM!!!” He screamed as he turned around and ran off, Hell’s Chef and Kirby both chasing him down, waving cleavers.
(Announcer’s Booth)
SSBFreak slapped himself in the forehead. “As if Hell’s Chef wasn’t bad enough on his own.” He muttered. “Now with two of him, the arena’s a danger zone.”
“We just need to hope someone knocks those powers out of Kirby soon.” Unknown1 pointed out.
“Speaking of Hell’s Chef, I wonder how Thomas is faring in Gregory House…” Tinyrocket said as he turned his attention to a small screen. After a couple of seconds, his eyes widened. “Why is there a cactus shooting at him?!”
“Consider Thomas lucky.” SSBFreak said. “Cactus Gunman has horrible aim and is actually one of the less-dangerous residents of Gregory House.”
“How are his chances of making it out?” Unknown1 asked.
“Well, since Hell’s Chef is here, a little better. If that cook was still in that hotel, I don’t think Thomas would still be alive by now.”
(Dome; Hallway)
Peach rushed through the hallways of the dome, trying to find someone that could help her. She was too late to stop O’Chunks and now the pink-clad princess was forced to find help in a different way.
“I feel so sorry for the poor guy…” Peach sighed. “With both Nastasia and Mimi being used as leverage against him, there won’t be anything he can do to counter Bison.”
“O’Chunks!” A familiar voice called out. “You around?!”
Peach’s eyes widened as she turned her head in the direction of the voice. The blonde princess saw Nastasia approaching with Jak and Torn following her, all three looking around.
“What’s this guy you’re looking for look like?” Jak asked.
“He’s big, muscular, bearded and has a Scottish accent, k?” Nastasia replied.
“He can’t be that hard to miss, then.” Torn added. “We just need to find him before he enters the ring.”
“If he hasn’t already.” Jak piped up.
“Nastasia!” Peach said as she rushed towards the petite, blue woman and threw her arms around her in a tight hug.
“P-Peach! What’s wrong?” Nastasia asked.
“I heard you had been kidnapped!” The princess replied hysterically. “Are you alright?!”
“These two saved me, k?” Nastasia replied, motioning her hand towards Jak and Torn. “How’d you know I was kidnapped, anyway?”
“Some guy I know explained everything!” Peach replied. “It’s too late to stop O’Chunks to tell him you’re alright, though. He just entered the ring.”
Nastasia sighed. “Well, at least Bison doesn’t hold any more power over him.
Peach bit her lip. “Uh…Not exactly.” She replied. “Now Bison’s got Mimi.”
Nastasia did a double-take. “W-What?!” She asked. “Why would they go after Mimi?!”
“Obviously to keep O’Chunks from betraying the villains.” Peach replied. “I just need to hope O’Chunks can stay in the ring until I enter in a couple of sections so I can tell him.”
“We need to hurry and save Mimi, k?! She’s terrified of tight, enclosed spaces!” Nastasia said. “If they treat her like they treated me and stuff her in a locker, she’ll go crazy, k?!”
(The Arena)
Metaknight ducked under the sword of Borus Redrum, not like it was very hard considering the masked warrior’s short stature. The Swordsman of Rage was becoming quite frustrated with his opponent and was letting the little fighter know that.
“Quit moving!” Borus shouted. “You’re making me look like an idiot!”
“You’re doing it to yourself, my friend.” Metaknight replied as he spread his wings and started hovering above the canvas, slashing at Borus. “I am merely fighting back as I normally would.”
Borus growled and slashed his own sword, blocking Metaknight’s attacks furiously. “How could I be such evenly matched against a pipsqueak?!” He shouted aloud.
Metaknight narrowed his eyes behind his mask. “I see you have quite a big mouth.” He noted. “Maybe I’ll teach you to keep it shut once in a while.”
The blonde knight’s eyes flared up in anger. “Allow me to show you why they call me the ‘Swordsman of Rage’!” He said as he jumped at the still-flying Metaknight and swung his sword down.
Metaknight saw the attack coming from a mile away and casually swooped to the side. Spinning around in midair, Metaknight drove himself into Borus’ side in an orange tornado, striking the blonde man several times. Even with his armour, Borus still felt the pain of the attack. The Swordsman of Rage backed off, clutching his side.
“I’m going to make you pay for that, shrimp!” Borus roared as he lunged at Metaknight.
“Once again, I sincerely doubt it.” The masked warrior replied simply as he wrapped himself in his cape, vanishing from sight. Borus charged past the area where Metaknight had been a second ago and the short fighter reappeared on the canvas after Borus has passed.
It took a couple of seconds, but Borus managed to stop himself from running. However, he had gotten close to the ropes and Metaknight saw this.
“Perfect.” Metaknight said as he rushed at Borus and knocked the Swordsman of Rage over the ropes with a well-placed airborne attack.
Borus landed in Loonatics Unleashed. He and Ace Bunny got into a swordfight, one Ace easily defeated the knight in.
King Lion grunted as he blocked a kick from Duck King. The large boxer quickly lashed out his fist, catching the breakdancer in the face. Duck recoiled from the blow, but did a flip in midair and landed in a crouching position. P-Chan scurried over to stand by its owner again.
“Looks like this guy’s going to cause me nothing but trouble.” Duck noted as he put a beat into his head and started dancing again, getting into his stance. P-Chan seemed to almost mimic the dance.
In the meantime, King Lion stood in his stance, studying Duck and waiting for him to move. “This fighter looks pretty unpredictable.” He noted. “I’d better be prepared for anything he may dish out.”
Suddenly, Duck broke into a run and charged headfirst at King Lion. The large boxer waited for Duck to get close and shoved his fist out again. However, Duck dropped to the canvas and started spinning on his back, kicking the surprised King Lion in the stomach several times. The last kick sent King Lion flying away several feet.
Landing flat on his back, King Lion groaned as he got to his feet. “Okay. Hold still!” He shouted as he rushed Duck. “You can’t keep that dancing up forever!”
Duck smirked. “You don’t know me very well, do you?” He asked as he pulled his head backwards and swung it ahead, bashing the oncoming King Lion with a massive headbutt. Duck followed up with another headbutt, finishing the combo by jumping into the air and striking King Lion in the chest.
“You like my moves, old man?” Duck quizzed.
“Not in the slightest, thank you.” King Lion growled. “Now hold still!”
King Lion kept punching at Duck, but the breakdancer swerved to the side for each punch, swiftly and easily avoiding everything the large boxer dished out. Duck then started to force King Lion back towards the ropes, then ejected the boxer from the ring with a backflip kick.
“And that is that.” Duck said as he and P-Chan moonwalked away.
King Lion landed in 1080 Snowboarding. A racer in a panda costume tripped over the boxer’s body, allowing Rob Haywood to win the race to the bottom of the mountain.
Tam Tam jumped over Stun and slashed at the enhanced human with his sword. Stun took the attack to the back, but didn’t feel it as much due to his enhanced endurance. Quickly spinning in place, Stun grabbed hold of the savage tribesman and punched him in his masked face, sending Tam Tam sprawling and knocking the mask off his face.
It took a couple of seconds, but Tam Tam quickly grabbed his misplaced mask and slid it back onto his face. “You no do that! You make Tam Tam mad!” He roared as he lunged at Stun, swinging his sword wildly.
Stun stood his ground and held up his arms as Tam Tam approached. He managed to block the savage’s first attack, but was surprised when Tam Tam slipped in a kick to the stomach. This made Stun drop his guard and Tam Tam used this to his advantage, picking up the enhanced human and throwing him away.
However, Stun was a lot more agile than he looked and easily landed on his feet. Reminding himself to watch out for Tam Tam’s sneaky tricks, Stun rushed forward in an attempt to take the savage man on. Stun shoved his fist at Tam Tam, but the dark-haired tribesman swerved to the side and gave the enhanced human another slash to the chest, then kicked Stun in the stomach, knocking him over.
Landing on his back, Stun let out an inhuman moan and got to his feet, staring down Tam Tam. However, before the enhanced human could react, Fred Maximillion jumped in and shoved him aside.
This also took Tam Tam by surprise and the savage lifted a finger into the air. “Why for you do that?” He asked.
“I have seen the fighting the two of you have done and I can safely say that you are both too violent and savage to be on the same side as me.” Fred pointed out, unaware of the white flash that erupted off to the side. “I, Fred Maximillion, shall take great pleasure in vanquishing you two vile beasts!”
“Uh…You make opponent angry.” Tam Tam reminded.
Fred’s eyebrow lifted as he looked to his left. However, instead of seeing an enhanced human, Fred saw a ticked-off blue rhino beetle humanoid stampeding towards him, horn first.
Before Fred had time to react, the transformed Stun plowed into him and continued running. Once he reached the ropes, Stun lifted his horn and sent Fred flying out of the ring. With the knight gone, Stun turned and charged at Tam Tam again.
Fred landed in Jet Set Radio Future, where he chased the GG’s around until they knocked him over and sprayed him with graffiti.
Kim Kaphwan watched his ally get tossed and shook his head. “Looks like I’m on my own for now.” He noted. He looked up and saw Hol Horse running towards him. “No matter. Here comes a lowlife I can teach a lesson right now.”
Pulling his foot back, Kim waited until Hol Horse got close. “Phoenix Flattener!” He shouted as he shoved his foot straight into the oncoming Hol Horse’s face, sending the cowboy high into the air and launching him across the ring.
Of course, Hol Horse’s two followers saw this and were none too pleased. Hell’s Chef looked down at Kirby. “Take care of him.” He said. “I’ll go after the black-lunged lowlife.”
“No smokeeng…” Kirby said.
As Chef turned and rushed off to intercept Hol Horse when he landed, Kirby rushed over to Kim, whom looked down at him.
“Look at what that demonic monster turned you into.” Kim shook his head. “Absolutely unforgivable! Fear not! I shall vanquish the demon in your soul!”
“Ah’ll turn yoo eento mincemeet…” Kirby said as he leapt into the air and did a flip-kick, striking Kim in the face and sending the soldier of justice toppling over the ropes. However, as Kim was going over, he accidentally kicked Kirby in the face, knocking Chef’s copied powers out of the puff ball. Now back to normal, Kirby shook his head a couple of times and waddled off with a cheery smile.
Kim landed in Mario Superstar Baseball. Unfortunately, Birdo had just managed to land a super-powerful hit and Kim was directly in the path of the ball.
Two Anji Mitos clashed, swinging fans at each other. It was obvious that Axl was fighting Anji and had turned into a replica of the Guilty Gear fighter, but no one wanted to interfere because they didn’t know which was the real Anji.
The real Anji lashed out one of his fans and attempted to knock Axl back into his normal form. “Why don’t you just turn back to normal and save everyone else the confusion?” He asked.
“It’s so much more fun when the audience is confused.” Axl replied in Anji’s voice. “Keeps the people guessing.”
The real Anji sighed, knowing that he’d get nowhere fast with trying to talk to Axl. Anji swung his fans again, but Axl held up fans of his own and blocked the attack. Axl quickly gave Anji a kick to the head, knocking him onto his back.
“Looks like it’s about time for me to finish this!” Axl said as he rushed at Anji.
Anji narrowed his eyes. “That’s what you think.” He said as he grabbed the oncoming Axl’s arms and flipped him over. Now it was Axl laying flat on his back and Anji was standing over him, although no one would have been able to tell that.
“What did you think of that, you imposter?” Anji asked.
“Actually, I don’t think much of it at all.” Axl replied as he jumped to his feet and swung a fan at Anji, whom blocked the attack.
The two Anjis clashed for a good while, sometimes sneaking in the occasional hit to their opponent. After what seemed like an eternity, one of the Anjis started to gain the upper hand and forced the other towards the ropes.
“Had enough, yet?” The winning Anji asked.
“No. I can still beat you.” The other Anji replied as he blocked a hit from his opponent.
“With the way the fight’s going, I wouldn’t say that.”
The losing Anji growled and pushed the winning Anji backwards, then jumped at him, swinging one of his fans downwards. The second Anji took the blow to the face, but quickly recovered and blocked the following attack from the first Anji.
The second Anji smirked. “And there’s an opening.” He said he broke his guard and slashed the first Anji while he was in the air, sending him just past the ropes and out of the ring.
The victorious Anji stood in silence for a couple of seconds before turning back into Axl. “That was actually pretty fun.” He chuckled.
Anji landed in Wario World. Thinking he was an enemy, Wario grabbed him and wound up for a massive piledriver.
Back in the ring, Axl turned and looked around for a fight. After seeing Chun-Li kicking Brad Burns out of the ring (where he hit on Blaze in Streets of Rage (bad idea)), Axl decided not to bother Street Fighter’s leading lady and rushed off to start a fight elsewhere.
(Hotel; Lobby)
Ky Kiske and Kid USA jumped out of the way as Dee Jay flew in between them, crashing into a wall. The Jamaican man of rhythm quickly recovered, getting to his feet and rushing at Kano again.
The Australian Black Dragon smirked as he saw Dee Jay approaching and shot a laser beam from his cybernetic eye. However, Dee Jay saw this coming and jumped to the side, not stopping his run. Dee Jay plowed into Kano and knocked the thug away.
Kano growled as he got to his feet. “Yer becoming a lot more trouble than yer worth, mate.” He noted. “Now hold still so Ah can shoot ya in the chest!”
Firing another laser bolt from his eye, Kano shot it straight at Dee Jay’s heart. The attack would have landed as well has Dee Jay not seen the attack coming.
“Max Out!” He shouted, shoving his fist out and firing his trademark orange projectile at the oncoming laser, cancelling the attack. The Jamaican quickly ran at Kano again and gave him a hard kick to the face, flipping backwards at the same time.
Kano landed on his back and got to his feet, pulling out his two butterfly knives. “It’s about time Ah gutted ya like a fish.” He said with a smirk.
“That’s not fair!” Cream accused. “Mr. Maximum doesn’t have any weapons!”
“Don’t worry about me, kid.” Dee Jay replied, not taking his eyes off Kano. “I’ve fought armed people unarmed before.”
“Then let’s see how well ya do, mate.” Kano challenged.
“You asked for it, mon.”
The two rushed each other again and Kano was the first to act, swinging his knives several times. Dee Jay showed an impressive amount of swiftness and dodged the blows, but wasn’t prepared for a hard kick from Kano that followed shortly after the last swing of the knives. Dee Jay was knocked to the floor, the wind knocked out of him.
Kano smirked and crouched low, preparing to pounce. “Say goodnight, mate.” He said, baring his knives as he leapt at the downed Jamaican.
“Dee Jay, look alive!” Koopinator shouted.
Hearing his comrade’s shouts, Dee Jay snapped to attention and rolled out of the way as Kano came down hard, spiking his knives into the floor where Dee Jay had just been.
“You’re really making me mad, mon!” Dee Jay shouted. “And that’s not an easy thing to do!”
With that, Dee Jay shot to his feet and rushed Kano, attacking him with a flurry of punches and kicks, not giving the thug any time to react, block or counter. Pulling his foot backwards, Dee Jay kicked Kano in the face, launching him clear across the lobby. Kano landed on his back and skidded to a halt after sliding for about ten feet.
Suddenly realizing that he was at the exit he was heading towards, Kano jumped to his feet. “Ya win this round, mate. But watch yer back!” He warned. “Ya never know when Ah’m gonna stab it.”
With that, Kano turned tail and rushed off, leaving everyone else standing alone in the lobby.
Blue Mary suddenly remembered something. “We never checked him for those emerald shards!” She said.
“Thug escape and him probably have gems!” Tiny agreed.
“Come on! Let’s chase him down!” Brian finished.
Dee Jay smirked. “Not necessary, mon.” He said, pulling a Master Emerald shard from his pocket. “I picked his pocket while I was giving him the flurry of attacks at the end.” He explained as he tossed the shard to Cream. “He only had one on him, though.”
“Great! We’re finding more shards!” Cream cheered as the shards fused together, now forming an even bigger gem shard.
“We’ll keep our eyes open for more as we try to find out what Bison’s up to.” Kid USA. “I say we split up for now and meet back here in about half an hour.”
“Sounds like a good idea.” J. Maxx agreed. “We’ll cover a lot more ground that way and we’ll have a better chance at finding out something.”
After a couple of minutes to split into teams, the ground wandered off to start searching.
(The Arena)
Leon Powalski, once again invisible, looked around the ring at all of the carnage happening. Stepping forward to let Hol Horse fly past screaming, the chameleon decided to sneak up on Heavy D! and Ryoko, whom were still fighting O’Chunks.
“Maybe if I can surprise them, I can get rid of them.” Leon said to himself.
However, Heavy D! had just been given a hard punch to the face and the boxer was sent flying into the invisible chameleon, knocking both over.
“Huh? What’d I hit?” D! asked. Leon suddenly appeared on the canvas underneath the boxer. “Oh.” He said as he got to his feet.
“Well, so much for that plan.” Leon said as he got to his feet as well.
“Look, mac. I don’t have time for this.” D! said. “I need to help Ryoko with that big lug.”
“My good man, I’m afraid you don’t have a choice.” Leon replied with a smirk as he swung his hand at the boxer, slicing through the air like a knife.
D! leaned back to avoid the blow. “Whoa!” He shouted as the attack missed. “Looks like I need to finish you off before I go back and help Ryoko.”
“That’s more like it.” The chameleon assassin said with an evil grin as he rushed D! and lashed out with his sharp tail.
D! swerved to the side and avoided the tail. He then lashed out his fist in a Rolling Soul Driver, catching the reptilian assassin in the face and sending Leon recoiling.
Leon landed in a crouching position and cursed himself for letting his guard down like that. “He’s fast for a human.” He said to himself as he rushed at D! again. “I need to keep my eyes open so I don’t leave myself open like that.”
He chameleon swung his fists a couple more times, but D! proved to be too fast, giving Leon a quick combo and making him stagger backwards. D! added to the attack by lashing out his hand and sending several streaks of energy into Leon’s face.
As Leon stepped back and attempted to regain his footing, D! gathered up some energy and jumped at the reptile. “Eat this, greenie!” He shouted as he performed a Soul Flower, slamming his hand into the canvas.
A burst of powerful energy erupted from D!’s hand and sent Leon flying into the air. The chameleon was sent flying out of the ring and wasn’t able to make his way back in. After Leon was gone, D! rushed back to help Ryoko with O’Chunks.
Leon landed in Resident Evil 2, where he and the Leon of that node got into a fight.
The lone TFS resident in the ring, RyouKysler, swung one of his swords at Sodom, hoping to do some damage. The American shogun held up his sai and blocked the attack, then shoved his foot into RyouKysler’s stomach.
Gripping his stomach for a second, the TFS resident stood straight again. “I’ll make you pay for that one.” RyouKysler said as he clenched his fist, engulfing it in another claw of magma.
RyouKysler leapt at Sodom and lashed out with his claw. Sodom tried to block, but the attack broke through his guard and sent the shogun reeling backwards a couple of feet.
“Okay. This guy’s a lot tougher than he looks.” Sodom said. “I need to stay on my toes for this.”
The two rushed each other again lashed out their respective weapons, clashing a couple of times. However, Sodom managed to get the upper hand and stabbed RyouKysler’s magma claw with one of his sai. Thankfully, the sai didn’t go through the TFS resident’s real hand, but it was enough to make RyouKysler back off in pain and dissipate his magma claw.
While RyouKysler was distracted, Sodom rushed at him and used both of his sai to lift the redhead off the ground like a forklift. Slamming RyouKysler into the canvas, Sodom charged forward and pushed the TFS resident across the ring.
However, as Sdom was getting close to the ropes, RyouKysler managed to break out of the attack and used his feet to vault the still-running Sodom over him. Sodom landed on his back, but quickly got to his feet again.
“So that’s how you want to play?” Sodom asked. “Okay. I’ll teach you to mess with a shogun master such as myself!”
“Uh…Huh. Right.” RyouKysler said with a slow nod. Seeing Sodom rushing him again, RyouKysler whipped out both of his swords and slashed them at the same time, striking the oncoming shogun with the full force of both weapons. Sodom was sent into the air.
“This fight is over.” RyouKysler said with a smirk as he jumped after Sodom and sent him out of the ring with a hard kick.
Sodom landed in Way of the Samurai, where he practically pleaded the main character to teach him his ways.
Chris landed on his side in pain, but was quick to jump to his feet again. He rushed at Brocken and performed a flying kick, knocking the cyborg’s head back several inches, revealing that it was attached to the body via a long rail of notches.
Grabbing his own head and pulling it back down into place, Brocken shoved his fist at Chris, only for K’ to interfere and grab it. Swinging his hand, K’ sent a wave of fire directly into Brocken’s face, knocking him away.
“I didn’t need you help.” Chris pointed out. “I’m perfectly capable of eliminating him myself.”
“I’m aware of that.” K’ said. “But I’m also looking for an easy elimination and I think that robot will suffice.”
“Look, pal. That robot’s mine to eliminate.” Chris pointed out, jabbing his finger into the chest of the much-taller K’.
K’ suddenly noticed Brocken approaching from behind Chris. Grabbed Orochi’s host by the shoulder and shoving him aside, K’ caught an extending fist from Brocken and pushed him backwards.
As Brocken stepped back, K’ pulled out a pair of shades. “Time to finish that thing off with a Chain Driver.” He commented as he prepared to throw the shades at the German robot.
“Oh, no you don’t!” Chris said as he kicked K’ in the back and leapt at Brocken, doing repeated backflips in the air and kicking the robot three times.
Chris landed on his feet as Brocken landed in a crumpled heap. Chris stood up and cracked his knuckles, preparing to finish the robot off.
However, that’s when Hol Horse barreled into him from the side, still on the run from an angry Hell’s Chef. Chris found himself getting carried across the ring and was too stunned to try and get away from the scared cowboy.
Hol Horse suddenly took a notice to Chris. “Where did you come from?!” He asked. “You’ll only slow me down!” He shouted as he chucked Chris out of the ring and kept running.
Seeing Chris get tossed and Brocken getting to his feet, K’ shrugged. “Whatever works.” He said as he dashed forward and booted Brocken from the ring.
Brocken landed in Mario Strikers: Charged, where his head was kicked off. Unfortunately for him, Chris had landed there as well and was playing with one of the teams. Orochi’s host enjoyed kicking Brocken’s head around for ten minutes.
“How is this guy so fast?” Snake asked himself as he pulled a pin from a grenade with his teeth and hurled it at Duck King. The breakdancer simply leaned to the side, allowing the grenade to fly past him, where it exploded off to the side.
“You’re gonna have to try harder than that!” Duck pointed out with a grin.
Snake narrowed his eyes and pulled out his rocket launcher. “Let’s see you avoid a heat-seeking missile.” He said as he pulled the trigger, sending a long missile at Duck, which quickly locked on and started homing in on him.
Duck’s eyes widened as he looked at his pet. “You ready, little buddy?” He asked. P-Chan chirped in agreement. “Okay! Let’s do this!” Duck and P-Chan stepped back before running forward, straight at the oncoming missile. “Do a barrel roll!”
The breakdancer and his favourite pet rolled forward, directly underneath the missile. With its targets out of range, the missile collapsed to the canvas, useless.
Seeing this, Snake growled. “Looks like it’s time for a little melee action.” He said as he dashed forward and swung his foot, kicking Duck’s rolling form and bringing him out of the ball.
“Ouch!” Duck said as he looked up at Snake. “That hurt!”
“Good. If that didn’t hurt, my training was for nothing.” Snake said as he picked Duck up with one hand and hurled him over his shoulder.
Duck landed on the canvas and slid backwards, coming to a rest two feet from the ropes surrounding the ring. Getting up, Duck saw how close he was to sliding underneath the ropes and make a note not to let his guard down.
“Time to get serious, man!” Duck said as he rushed Snake.
“Okay. This guy’s already pretty unpredictable, but if I block, I should be alright.” Snake told himself as he lifted his guard to block whatever Duck had in store for him.
Duck swung his head forward, attempting another headbutt. Snake’s arms blocked the attack, as well as the second headbutt that followed. However, it was the third attack, the palm strike to the face, that snuck through the mercenary’s defenses and landed a hit.
As Snake stepped backwards, Duck smirked. “Alright, everyone! Let’s…” He said as he crouched low and prepared to spring forward.
Snake looked up.
“…BOOGIE!!” Duck shouted as he flew straight at Snake, spinning wildly. Duck cannonballed into Snake’s stomach, pelting him several times. The last attack sent the mercenary tumbling over the ropes.
Snake landed in Pokemon. Once he got his hands on an Electrode, he literally had a blast defeating opponents.
Ryoko lashed out her palms, sending an energy burst at Nakoruru. The nature girl easily blocked the attack with her dagger, then rushed forward, slashing at Ryoko, clipping her shoulder.
The judo expert backed off, holding her wound. “How did I get myself into this?” She asked herself before remembering that O’Chunks had punched her clear across the arena. She would have gone clear out of the ring had she not flown into Nakoruru. Since then, the two girls had been fighting, trying to beat the other.
“It is cowardly to hit from behind.” Nakoruru noted as she lifted her dagger and charged again. “I must show you just how wrong that move was.”
“It was an accident!” Ryoko insisted. “That big lug fighting D!-san over there punched me across the ring!”
“A likely story.” Nakoruru said as she slashed at Ryoko, whom jumped backwards to avoid the blow. “I don’t want to do this, but I have to teach you a lesson for that cheap shot.”
“I can see that I need to take care of you before I go back over to help D!-san.” Ryoko muttered, more to herself.
The two girls rushed each other and attacked, Nakoruru with her dagger and Ryoko with her fist. Nakoruru’s dagger swung past the judo expert, but Ryoko’s fist smashed the nature-lover in the side of the face, sending her sprawling.
Nakoruru slowly got to her feet as Ryoko stood in her stance, preparing to continue the fight. Nakoruru charged at Ryoko and attempted a kick, but Ryoko easily caught the foot, blocking the blow.
While holding Nakoruru’s foot, Ryoko drove her own foot into the nature girl’s face, knoking her to the canvas. While she was down, Ryoko charged up another energy blast and lashed out her palms. However, Nakoruru was more awake than Ryoko thought and rolled out of the way to avoid the attack. Nakoruru jumped to her feet and kick the surprised Ryoko in the chest, making her back off a couple of steps before tripping and falling on her back.
Nakoruru sighed as she approached, baring her dagger. “The fight is over.” She said. “Hopefully, this will teach you not to attack from behind.”
Ryoko growled. “It was a freaking accident!” She shouted as she shot to her feet and punched Nakoruru, stunning her. “When are you going to get it through that head of yours?!” Pulling her hands back, Ryoko charged up another energy burst and lashed out her palms again. This time, the attack was a success and Nakoruru was sent hurtling out of the ring.
Nakoruru landed in MySims, where she planted a tree and made it grow, only to watch it sprout black apples.
Hol Horse didn’t want to admit it, but he was running out of steam. He had been running from Hell’s Chef since the section started and the demonic cook still wasn’t slowing down.
“That guy’s not even human!” Hol Horse panted. “I need to think of some way to get this guy off my back.”
Suddenly, Hol Horse tripped over something on the canvas (actually, it was Kirby, whom was just passing by), making him fly forward, landing flat on his face.
Chef grabbed Hol Horse by the back of the vest and held him off the canvas, pulling his cleaver back.
“W-Wait! Wait!” Hol Horse insisted. “You don’t want to kill me!”
“Why not?” Chef asked, deciding to let Hol Horse humour him.
“Uh…Look around!” Hol Horse replied. “There’s an elimination portal surrounding the ring!”
“…I have no idea what you mean by that.” Chef pointed out. “…I don’t like being confused…I think I’ll kill you now.”
“W-Wait!” The cowboy said. “What would the fun of killing me now be when you have so many opportunities? You could send me out of the ring and I could get killed wherever I end up!”
Chef paused for a few seconds. “That’s actually not a bad idea…” He said as he pitched Hol Horse out of the ring. His job done, Chef hefted his cleaver and walked off to find another fight.
(Gregory House)
A portal opened up as Hol Horse was deposited into a dark hallway. Slowly standing up, the cowboy brushed himself off and looked around.
“Well, that gets me away from Mr. Homicidal Maniac for a while.” Hol Horse noted. “Hopefully, I can avoid him when-”
Suddenly, a screaming Thomas flew past, running down the hallway without looking back, taking Hol Horse off guard.
“What the heck?!” Hol Horse asked. “Hey! You almost ran into me there!”
Hol Horse was unaware of the pink lizard with the giant syringe behind him until she spoke. “Time for a blood test…” Catharine said. Hol Horse’s eyes snapped open.
As Hol Horse’s screams echoed throughout the hotel, Thomas continued running, trying to find a way out of Gregory House before its demented inhabitants tore him apart.
Suddenly, Cactus Gunman slid around the corner of the upcoming hallway, staring down Thomas. “You! Prepare to draw, amigo!” He said.
“Nice try, but I know you have horrible aim!” Thomas shouted.
Cactus Gunman whipped out his pistols and shot several times at Thomas. However, true to form, his aim was horrible and all the bullets missed Thomas by a mile. Thomas body-checked Cactus Gunman out of the way as he continued running.
Thomas continued running through the hallways of the hotel before passing a set of stairs. He paused and looked at the steps. “Those look sorta familiar.” He noted.
“Give it back…Give it back…”
Thomas’ eyes snapped open as he looked up the stairs and saw Lost Doll coming down them, crying.
“GIVE IT BACK!!!” Lost Doll screamed, her head turning around to become blue and demonic.
“Oh, no! Not you again!” Thomas said as he turned tail and started running.
“There has to be a way out of here!” Thomas said, frantically looking around as he ran.
“Do you know my name?” A familiar voice sang cheerily (in a creepy way). “They call me Judgment Boy…”
Thomas’ eyes widened as he saw Judgment Boy rolling into view, hanging by a track on the ceiling. Thomas came to a halt as he looked around for a way out, but couldn’t find anywhere to run.
“You are twenty-three years old and still the master of a prospering Budehuc Castle.” Judgment Boy said, as if predicting the future for the teenage boy. “You hire a new employee and he quickly becomes responsible for bringing in more money for the castle than ever before. However, you eventually find out that he fancies your Garrison Commander Cecile and that he has tried to force himself upon her more than once.”
Thomas’ eyes widened, but remained silent as the orange scale-like creature continued. He suddenly noticed that Judgment Boy was holding a cage in each of his scale-like hands, one containing a glass heart and the other containing a golden dollar sign.
“You have a choice.” Judgment Boy said, cocking an eyebrow. “What do you do?”
It took Thomas all of three seconds to make his decision, but he found out that he only needed to think of it, as Judgment Boy reacted before he can say anything.
“JUDGMENT!” Judgment Boy shouted, spinning around several times before coming to a stop. “Judgment now!”
The dollar sign dropped from its cage, shattering on the floor.
“The instant you find out about your new employee’s deeds, you fire him. Budehuc loses money fast, but you have earned more respect from the rest of your staff, including a potential relationship with Cecile.” Judgment Boy explained. “The exit you seek is in the lobby of the hotel. Leave this place as fast as you can and don’t look back.”
With that, Judgment Boy turned around and wheeled off, humming his song until he vanished into the shadows.
Thomas suddenly realized what the scale had said. “The lobby!” He said as he broke into a run. “The exit’s in the lobby!”
The young master of Budehuc rushed through the hallways of the hotel until he reached the lobby. Rushing towards the two double-doors, Thomas threw them open and ran out of the hotel, finally free of the demented inhabitants.
An old mouse watched him go. “Amazing. He managed to get out of here within ten minutes.” Gregory said. “Pity. His soul is strong and would have made a good addition to mother’s collection.” He gave another creepy-sounding chuckle.
(The Arena)
Luigi blocked as Cammy’s leg struck his arms. Having been fighting her for the past while, Luigi was quickly realizing that Cammy was amazingly fast and her kicks hurt a lot.
“Maybe it’s because she’s a lot fresher than I am.” Luigi said. “I need to pick up the pace if I want to keep up with her.”
After blocking another kick, Luigi pushed Cammy backwards and pulled his hand back, charging his Thunderhand. Once it gathered up enough electricity, Luigi lashed out his hand and engulfed a small area around his hand with lightning. Cammy took the attack and was surged with electricity.
“What the heck was that?!” Cammy asked.
“Something I picked up on one of our adventures.” Luigi explained. “There’s also a few other moves I picked up then.” Pulling out a mallet, Luigi rushed Cammy and swung the weapon, but the blonde woman flipped backwards and kicked the plumber in the face before landing on her feet.
“You’re going to have to try harder than that.” Cammy explained.
“I can see that.” Luigi noted.
The two rushed each other again and swung their respective fists. Because of her longer reach, Cammy’s fist was the one that connected and Luigi recoiled backwards, landing on his back.
“Time to end this!” Cammy said as she rushed Luigi.
Luigi slowly got to his feet and saw Cammy rushing him, then held up his hands, preparing to block.
“Cannon Spike!” Cammy shouted, launching herself into the air with an uppercut-like kick. The kick connected with Luigi’s face and sent him flying out of the ring.
Luigi landed on the roof of a moving car in Cruisn’ USA, eventually causing a fifteen-car pileup.
One big punch from O’Chunks had sent Heavy D! flying into a turnbuckle headfirst. Getting up and holding his head, D! was about to rush back into battle to help out Ryoko when RyouKysler walked in his way. The redhead smirked and pulled out his swords.
“I’ve got no quarrel with you, man.” D! pointed out. “I need to help Ryoko with that big lug over there.”
“I’m afraid you’re out of luck, there.” RyouKysler said. “I need a fight and I think you’ll suffice.”
“You’re bringing this down on yourself, bro.” D! shook his head as he put up his fists and rushed forward.
RyouKysler held up one of his swords and blocked a hard punch from the black boxer, then lashed out his second sword. D! saw the sword coming at him and jumped backwards to avoid the blow. Because RyouKysler was now left open now that his attack had missed, D! clocked him in the side of the face, knocking him to the side.
Slowly getting to his feet, RyouKysler narrowed his eyes at D!. “You’re starting to annoy me.” He said as he pulled both swords into the air and slashed them down, sending a wave of energy at D!.
Not expecting the attack, D! took the attack to the face and was sent sprawling. RyouKysler saw his chance and rushed D!, jumping into the air and holding both swords under him.
D! looked up in time to see RyouKysler coming down towards his chest. Rolling out of the way, D! escaped death as both of RyouKysler’s swords went through the canvas. Sighing loudly, RyouKysler plucked the weapons from the canvas and turned to face D! again.
“I don’t like using a move so much in such a short amount of time, but you leave me no choice.” The TFS resident said as he clenched his fist, creating another Magma Claw.
“Not this again.” D! muttered as RyouKysler rushed him.
The redhead TFS resident lashed out with his Magma Claw. D! tried blocking, but the attack was too strong and sent the boxer flying backwards with full force. Heavy D! got to his feet again, eyes narrowed behind his shades.
“Okay. Looks like I need to get rid of that claw.” D! said to himself as he rushed forward. “I hope this works.”
RyouKysler smirked as he saw D! running over. He held up his Magma Claw to block whatever D! was planning. “This can block almost-”
“D! MAGNUM!!”
*KA-POW!!*
That was all RyouKysler could get out before D!’s devastating attack obliterated the Magma Claw. The force from the attack was still more than enough to send the TFS resident clear out of the ring.
RyouKysler landed in F-Zero GX. Seeing Black Shadow racing towards him, RyouKysler sliced the cockpit clean off the machine, resulting in an explosion.
Back in the ring, Heavy D! turned to help Ryoko with O’Chunks when he saw the Scottish warrior throwing Axl (whom had tried to interfere) out of the ring (and into the world of Marvel, where he destroyed a Sentinal). Seeing Ryoko alright and still fighting, D! charged in to assist her.
Geddoe jumped backwards to avoid Anakaris’ long reach and quickly charged his True Lightning Rune. Jumping to his feet, Geddoe rushed the living mummy and slashed his sword a couple of times, hoping to do some damage. Unfortunately, Anakaris saw the attack coming and lifted his upper torso off his lower torso, allowing Geddoe’s sword to pass through the gap.
“Magical abilities.” Geddoe muttered. “Suddenly, I’m not liking this battle very much.”
Casting his True Lightning Rune, Geddoe sent a barrage of lightning at Anakaris, pumping the mummy with electricity.
“No mortal should be able to pull off the things you do.” Anakaris said. “Such powerful magic…”
“I should be saying the same thing to you.” Geddoe countered. “Since when do people separate their torsos to avoid an attack.”
“I’m undead, my friend.” Anakaris said. “I though it would be obvious since I was a mummy.”
“Sorry. My mistake.” Geddoe noted. “I thought you were some joker going to a costume ball.”
“Hmm…A sharp tongue to boot.” Anakaris said, more to himself.
Geddoe started casting his True Lightning Rune again as he continued. “I think we should get this over with. I feel my immortal self getting older by the minute.”
The two immortals rushed each other again, but before they could reach each other, Tam Tam flew in between them, soaring out of the ring (and into Donkey Kong Country, where he sat down to peel a banana). Geddoe and Anakaris paused to look at the cause of the distraction and saw Stun dusting his hands off. The enhanced soldier turned and wandered off to start another fight.
Although temporarily distracted, Geddoe and Anakaris clashed again. Anakaris performed several magic-enhanced attacks, but Geddoe managed to block most of them. The one attack that slipped by was when Anakaris swung his feet, his legs suddenly vanishing from sight. The mummy’s legs suddenly shot from the canvas and straight into Geddoe’s face, sending the one-eyed man sprawling.
Geddoe moaned as he got up onto one knee, holding his head. “Those attacks shouldn’t even be possible, even for an undead guy.” He said. “I need to finish this.”
Anakaris jumped into the air, seemingly floating in midair. Swinging his hand downwards, the mummy landed a chop to Geddoe’s head, stunning him long enough for Anakaris to grab him and throw him over his shoulder.
Crashing onto his side, Geddoe got up and smirked. “Perfect. I’m a good enough distance away.” He said as he lifted his hand, the one with the True Lightning Rune embedded into it, into the air. “Soaring Bolt!”
A ball of lightning formed above Geddoe, then quickly broke off into several smaller orbs, which homed in of Anakaris. Each orb pelted the mummy with electricity, and the combined force of all of the orbs forced Anakaris backwards enough for him to topple over the ropes and out of the ring.
Anakaris landed in No More Heroes, where Travis Touchdown wondered why nothing would kill him.
“Hold still, you ball of puff!” Chun-Li shouted as she kicked at Kirby.
Kirby cheered happily as he jumped into the air and somersaulted several times over Chun-Li’s leg. Landing on his feet, Kirby ran at the fighting cop and started doing his rapid flutter punch on her.
Unfortunately, Kirby was so short that all he could punch was Chun-Li’s legs, and that didn’t do a whole lot. “Stop doing that, you annoying little-” Chun-Li muttered as she kicked the Dreamlander across the ring.
Metaknight paused his fight with Duck King to look up as Kirby sailed overhead. “Hmm…That’s about three feet higher than the last time he got knocked across an arena…” He noted.
Kirby landed on his head and bounced a couple of times before coming to a stop. Rubbing his head with a sour look on his face, Kirby got up and dashed at Chun-Li, pulling out a blade-like weapon.
“Ya!!” Kirby shouted as he performed his Final Cutter, jumping into the air with his blade out and striking Chun-Li on the way up, bringing her with him. Kirby slammed his blade down towards the canvas and slammed Chun-Li into the ground hard.
Chun-Li moaned as she got to her feet. “That hurt a bit.” She noted as she grabbed Kirby and threw him into a turnbuckle, knocking the wind out of him (not an easy task).
Seeing her opponent stunned, Chun-Li smirked. “This is my big chance to get rid of him.” She said as she grabbed Kirby and threw him out of the ring. “Well, that’s that.” She said as she turned.
However, Chun-Li wasn’t expecting Kirby to float back into the ring and land silently behind her. Chun-Li suddenly became aware of Kirby once he grabbed her, but by the time she realized it, Kirby had already thrown her out of the ring.
Chun-Li landed in Leisure Suit Larry, where she promptly killed the perverted protagonist.
Back in the ring, Kirby hummed a cheerful tune as he turned and skipped off. Metaknight, still fighting Duck King, shook his head in hopelessness. D! and Ryoko didn’t notice the ball of puff eliminated Chun-Li, as they still had their hands full with O’Chunks. Geddoe, having known that it’s always best to conserve energy, was simply resting to wait for the next wave of fighters. Stun had a similar plan, as he stood to the side and casually kept his eyes on the entrance curtain. K’ and Cammy were also waiting for the next wave of fighters, although they were in their stances to prepare t continue the fight. Finally, Hell’s Chef stood off to the side. So long as no one bothered him, he would remain still.
Judging by the next wave of fighters soon to enter the ring, that may not last too long…
FINAL SCORE: (10 votes)
(Live Votes: Die Votes) = Final Score
DUCK KING (FF) (8:2) = 6 (King Lion, Solid Snake)
HEAVY D! (KOF) (8:3) = 5 (Leon Powalski, RyouKysler)
STUN (BR) (7:3) = 4 (Fred Maximillion, Tam Tam)
KIRBY (SSB) (7:3) = 4 (Kim Kaphwan, Chun-Li)
METAKNIGHT (SSB) (8:4) = 4 (Borus Redrum)
RYOKO (WH) (7:4) = 3 (Nakoruru)
GEDDOE (S3) (6:4) = 2 (Anakaris)
CAMMY WHITE (SFA3) (6:4) = 2 (Luigi Mario)
HELL’S CHEF (GHS) (6:4) = 2 (Hol Horse)
K’ (KOF) (6:4) = 2 (Brocken)
O’CHUNKS (PM) (6:4) = 2 (Axl)
(ELIMINATED)
CHUN-LI (SFA3) (7:5) = 3 (Brad Burns)
AXL (MM) (5:5) = 0 (Anji Mito)
RYOUKYSLER (TFS) (5:5) = 0 (Sodom)
HOL HORSE (JJBA) (5:5) = 0 (Chris)
LUIGI MARIO (SSB) (7:7) = 0
NAKORURU (SS) (5:6) = -1
SOLID SNAKE (SSB) (5:6) = -1
TAM TAM (SS) (4:6) = -2
ANAKARIS (DS) (4:6) = -2
LEON POWALSKI (SF) (5:7) = -2
KING LION (KE) (4:7) = -3
SODOM (SFA3) (4:7) = -3
BRAD BURNS (VF) (3:7) = -4
CHRIS (KOF) (3:7) = -4
BROCKEN (WH) (3:7) = -4
ANJI MITO (GG) (3:7) = -4
KIM KAPHWAN (KOF) (3:7) = -4
FRED MAXIMILLION (S3) (1:9) = -8
BORUS REDRUM (S3) (0:10) = -10
BONUS MATCHES:
“Jamaican vs. Australian”
DEE JAY MAXIMUM (SFA3) pounds KANO (MK)
6 to 4
“Maniac Mansion”
THOMAS (S3) escapes GREGORY HOUSE (GHS)
7 to 3
Flash in the Pan: Solid Snake. First place to instant elimination over the course of one section…
A Word of Explanation: Most of the people whom voted on the side matches voted for Thomas because they had no idea ‘whom’ Gregory House was. I should have explained that ‘Gregory House’ was the name of the hotel itself and Thomas was going against everyone in it…