The eleven fighters still in the ring were waiting for the next wave of fighters to enter, although the only ones not paying attention were Heavy D!, Ryoko and O’Chunks, the former two still trying to take on the latter, whom seemed bent on taking down D!.
The audience started cheering again, signaling the next entrant to the tournament.
“SHEN WOO!” (KOF)
Punching the air a couple of times, Shen Woo charged down to the ring and leapt in, hoping to make up for Ash’s performance earlier in the tournament.
“Where’s Heavy D!?” Shen Woo asked himself. “I’ll show that has-been who the better boxer is!”
Seeing D! still fighting O’Chunks, Shen Woo smirked and ran over, preparing to give the black boxer a punch to the head from behind.
However, he was prepared for O’Chunks to take a swing at D!, or for D! to duck under the huge fist. O’Chunks’ fist connected with Shen Woo’s face, sending the boxer flying into a turnbuckle.
“JUBEI YAGYU!” (SS)
Jubei felt that he was coming it at a good spot. Not too late that he couldn’t fight anyone worth fighting, and not too early that he didn’t have a chance at winning the entire tournament. The one-eyed samurai clutched both of his swords as he rushed down to the ring and jumped in.
The one-eyed samurai rushed over to Metaknight, whom he considered the best fighter still in the ring. The masked warrior turned and saw Jubei coming. “Yes? Can I help you?” He asked, a little suspiciously.
“I want a fight and I think that you’re the best swordsman still in the ring.” Jubei explained. “You think you can live up to your name?”
Metaknight smirked behind his mask as he kicked Duck King away. “Why don’t you just find that out?” He asked as he got into a stance.
“NEO DIO!” (WH)
“Oh, no!” Ryoko exclaimed. “Not him!”
The main boss of World Heroes came out to a mixed reaction. He had to admit that his popularity had increased due to his inclusion in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, much like King Lion’s.
“Let’s see if any of these mortals can give me a challenge.” Neo Dio said to himself as he floated down to the ring.
Once he landed in the ring, Neo Dio set his sights on Stun and wandered over. “You seem like a strong being.” The enigmatic creature noted. “I don’t suppose you’d be interested in fighting an immortal, would you?”
Stun gave Neo Dio a look that read ‘It wouldn’t be the first time’ and got into his stance.
“GUY!” (SFA3)
“Looks like Sodom got tossed.” The co-star of Final Fight noted as he scanned the ring as he walked down the ramp. “Well, I suppose he IS one of the lesser-evil members of Mad Gear, so it’s not like he’s a top priority.”
Dashing down to the ring, Guy made a beeline for the first person he saw and performed a flying kick to the back of his head.
The figure turned around to revealed a very-angry Hell’s Chef, whom raised his cleaver into the air. “I’ll make mincemeat out of you!” The evil cook shouted.
Guy got into his stance, wondering if he had just done something incredibly stupid.
“ZT!” (TFS)
The brown-haired human-like being, stood outside the curtain for a few seconds, scanning the ring for a fight. Setting his sights on K’, ZT charged down to the ring and leapt in.
The white-haired clone of Kyo turned his head and saw ZT charging over to him. “Looks like someone wants a fight.” He noted dully.
Pulling his hands back, ZT started gathering energy. “Take this!” He shouted, lashing out his hands and firing a beam of energy at K’.
K’ swiftly avoided the blow and narrowed his eyes. “This could be trickier than I thought…” He said as he ignited his hand in fire.
“SGT. JOE!” (S3)
The military duck stood outside the curtain, holding his halberd with one hand. Adjusting the helmet on his head, Sgt. Joe noticed Geddoe joining Stun in fighting Neo Dio. “Looks like Captain Geddoe could use a little help.” The duck said to himself as he rushed down to the ring.
Geddoe ducked a slash from Neo Dio and saw Sgt. Joe coming over. “You need something, sergeant?” He asked.
“I’m here to help you fight this thing.” Sgt. Joe replied.
“Help is appreciated. This thing is tougher than it looks.” Geddoe replied, jerking his thumb towards Neo Dio.
“Excuse me, but I’m not a ‘thing’!” Neo Dio snapped.
(Hotel; Hallway)
A small group of the ‘good’ fighters walked down one of the hotel hallways, trying to find something that could help them find out what Bison was up to. Kid USA, Ally Gator, Cream, Kasumi Todoh, Gutsman and J. Maxx had been walking for a bit, but hadn’t come upon anything yet.
“Something tells me this’ll be like looking for a needle in a haystack…” Ally said as she looked at Kid USA. “You even know what we’re looking for, bro?”
“Anything that can help us. Information, clues and anything else we can find out.” Kid USA replied. “Heck, even if we can find a few Master Emerald shards, the trip wouldn’t have been a waste.”
“Too bad we don’t have Mr. Knuckles’ emerald radar.” Cream sighed. “That would have helped us a lot for searching for the shards.”
“I just want to find someone helping Bison.” J. Maxx said, cracking his knuckles. “My fists could use a punching bag for a few minutes.”
“We’d better hurry. We’ve still got a lot of ground to cover.” Gutsman pointed out.
“He’s right. We need to focus on our mission and keep our eyes open for anything.” Kasumi nodded.
The six figures continued walking down the hallway when they heard a couple of voices approaching.
“Are you always this pathetic or are you just having an off-day?” A female voice asked.
“Hey! It’s not my fault! That two-headed robot just caught me of guard!” A male voice insisted.
“And you failed to realize that you were fighting the completely WRONG robot?”
“How was I supposed to know there was more than one robot here?!”
“Aside from the fact that an entire NODE of them entered the tournament?!” The female voice snapped. “Honestly, I don’t know why Bison still keeps you around…”
Everyone’s eyes widened at the mention of Bison’s name. They looked ahead and watched as I-No and Balrog walked past them. The ‘good’ team stood in silence, as if waiting for one of their own to act first and confront the villains.
I-No was the one to act first and slowly turned her head to look at the group. Seeing Gutsman in the group, she punched Balrog in the shoulder and pointed at the large robot. “There! THAT’S the robot Bison told you to go after!” She pointed out.
“It is?” Balrog asked. “Well, I guess there’s nothing stopping me from taking it out, now.”
“You looking for a fight, shrimp?” Gutsman asked. “I’ll have you know that those punches of yours can only dent my armour!”
I-No was about to add a statement when she noticed something else about the group. The dark-haired woman smirked evilly. “Well, look at who else is in that little group.” She said. “And look at the rabbit girl with the gem. That’s a piece of the Master Emerald.”
“Those shards Bison’s after?” Balrog asked. “Sweet! We can get two birds with one stone, then!”
“Indeed.” I-No said as she got into her stance.
Kid USA turned to J. Maxx. “Get everyone else out of here!” He ordered. “I’ll catch up!”
“You can’t be serious.” J. Maxx said. “We outnumber them six to two.”
“They’re after Gutsman and the Master Emerald.” Kid USA pointed out. “We can’t risk letting them get either one.”
“Well, if you’re fighting, then I am, too.” Ally said, stepping beside her older brother.
Kid USA smirked. “Sure thing, sis.” He nodded as everyone else in the group rushed off to continue the search. “Okay! Let’s take these two out!”
“Age before beauty?” Ally asked with a smirk.
“Very funny.” Kid USA shook his head. “Come on!”
(The Arena)
“YOSHI!” (SSB)
The Yoshi’s Island theme song played as the crowd cheered. Mario’s faithful pet skipped down to the ring happily and performed his trademark flutter jump to enter the arena.
When he hit the ring, Yoshi’s happy attitude faded slightly when he saw that both Mario and Luigi had been eliminated. Still, Yoshi was never one to let something get him down easily and perked up, running towards O’Chunks and kicking him several times in the back.
“Ack!” The Scottish warrior said as he turned. “What’s yer problem, lad?!”
“Looks like we’ve got a little extra help, D!-san.” Ryoko noted.
“Good. We could use it.” Heavy D! nodded.
“MAI SHIRANUI!” (KOF)
Mai huffed as she walked down to the ring. “Why did Andy and I get our two draws so far away from each other?” She asked herself. “If that owner didn’t have such a strong conscience, I would have bribed him to enter Andy and I in the same section.”
Suddenly aware that she was at the end of the ramp, Mai jumped in and landed on her feet. “I guess I should just hope I can survive until he enters…”
Geddoe suddenly landed at her feet, leaving Sgt. Joe to face off with Neo Dio alone with Stun. The one-eyed mercenary stood up, only to have Mai whack him over the head with a fan. Rubbing his head, Geddoe glared at Mai with his good eye. “Is there something I can help you with?” He asked, slightly annoyed.
“You can give me a fight, for starters.” Mai said, getting into her stance.
“You any good?” Geddoe asked.
“Yep. The men like to fight me a lot for some reason…” The female ninja pondered.
Geddoe scanned over Mai’s outfit and shook his head. “Gee, I wonder why…” He muttered.
“And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Twenty-Five!”
“HULK DAVIDSON!” (Viewtiful Joe)
Standing outside the curtain, the huge green dinosaur laughed as he pulled a microphone from out of nowhere and held it to his mouth.
“Davidson is in the house!” Davidson sang. “Hulk Davidson was born to be wild!” The song brought a cheer from hardcore fans of Viewtiful Joe.
Giving a laugh and throwing the microphone away, Davidson clutched his huge axe and lumbered down to the ring. He had done amazingly well in the Tournament of Legends and now he had been invited to this! Wondering if he could match his KO count, Davidson jumped into the arena.
Once Davidson landed in the ring, he saw O’Chunks and saw him as a worthy opponent due to his size and strength. “Someone my own size!” The green dinosaur said as he lumbered over.
However, he tripped over Kirby, whom was taking a nap in the middle of the ring. Davidson fell flat on his face and Kirby woke up, turning to look straight into Davidson’s eyes.
“What’s the big idea, you ball of fluff?!” Davidson roared, getting to his feet.
Kirby blinked three times, then inhaled.
The next thing Davidson knew, he was staring at Kirby, whom was now green, wearing a cap and sporting a long, dinosaur-like beak.
“Daveedson ees een the house!” Kirby sang (in a strange voice). “Hoolk Daveedson was burn ta bee wild!”
“Hey! That’s my signature theme song!” Davidson roared. “Give it back, you shrimp!”
“EMILY!” (S3)
(And I’ll be everything that I wanna be!)
(I have confidence in insecurity!)
(I am the voice that’s waiting to be heard!)
(I shoot the shot (Bang!) that you hear round the world!)
(And I’m a One Girl Revolution!)
Deciding to leave Kirby, a potential threat to her, to Hulk Davidson, the redhead one-woman fighting machine walked down to the ring, cracking her knuckles, as Superchick’s ‘One Girl Revolution’ played through the speakers.
“Let’s see…Geddoe’s fighting that scantily-clad ninja and Sgt. Joe is fighting that genetically-altered thing with the bug-man…” Emily noted. “I think Sgt. Joe may need the help more at the moment…”
However, before Emily could get very far, Duck King jumped into view and stepped into her way. “What say you and I have a competition, kid?” The breakdancer asked.
“Such as?” An unamused Emily asked.
“A dancing competition!” Duck replied, spinning in place (with P-Chan doing the same thing). “The better dancer kicks the loser out of the ring!”
“I can’t dance, though!” Emily pointed out.
“All the better for me!”
“I’ll dance all over your back!” The redhead teenager shouted as she rushed at Duck.
“LARCEN TYLER!” (EC)
Out of the Eternal Champions, Larcen’s cheer was by far the loudest. The former 40’s gangster spun his grappling hook in his hand a few times as he strolled down to the ring, preparing to enter the Megamix Tournament for the second time.
“At least I’m not alone and the rest of my node is entering as well.” Larcen noted as he stepped into the ring. “Too bad we haven’t had much success so far…”
Seeing Shen Woo rushing Heavy D! again, Larcen walked over, lashing out his grappling hook. The weapon’s rope wrapped around Shen Woo’s leg a couple of times, and when it did, Larcen yanked it, pulling the surprised Shen Woo off his feet.
“What the heck?!” Shen Woo asked as he freed his leg from the grappling hook. “What was that for?!”
“Hey, you’ve been rushing that other boxer since you entered.” Larcen pointed out. “I figure that it’s best for me to give you something else to do other than get your face punched in.
“Wise guy, huh?” Shen Woo asked as he put up his fists. “Well, allow me to show you how much things have changed over the past sixty-five years.”
“SOL BADGUY!” (GG)
The fans erupted with cheers as one of Guilty Gear’s main characters exited the curtain. Sol smirked and pumped his fist a couple of times, walking down to the ring with his sword at his side.
Sol leapt into the ring and pulled his sword above his head as he directed himself towards Heavy D!. The black boxer blocked a punch from O’Chunks and looked up in time to see Sol falling towards him.
His eyes widening behind his shades, D! jumped away and Sol crashed into the canvas, performing his slash on nothing now that D! was out of the way.
“Impressive sense of awareness.” Sol said with a smirk. “Care to show me more of your power?”
“I’d love to, but I have to help my partner with that big lug over there.” D! pointed out.
“She can wait.” Sol explained. “Put up your fists.”
D! sighed.
“GOOMBARIO!” (PM)
The audience stared in shock as a lone goomba wearing a blue baseball cap waddled down to the ring and jumped in. Most people wondered how a goomba could fare in the ring but stayed silent to see what happened.
K’ saw the goomba come in and lifted an eyebrow before asking what everyone else was thinking. “A goomba? What can you do that makes you a good fighter?” He asked.
Goombario beamed. “I can do THIS!” He shouted as he jumped into the air and bonked K’ in the head with his own head.
K’ staggered backwards, holding his head, reminding himself never to ask that again.
(Hotel; Pool)
“Found it!” Birdie announced, poking his head above the water of the pool while holding a shard of the Master Emerald.
Standing aside, Ash Crimson nodded. “Good. Now we can take it back to Bison before any of those other fighters interrupt and take it from us.” He replied.
Birdie got out of the pool. “Yeah. We don’t wanna get yelled at like Kano did when he got those shards stolen from him.”
“For once, you’re right.” The white-haired Frenchman nodded again. “Now come on. We need to get out of here before people notice what we’re doing.”
Birdie nodded and took a couple of steps before stopping, looking around with curiosity.
“What is it now?” Ash asked with a sigh.
“You hear that?” Birdie asked.
“Hear what?”
“Sounds like…Claws digging into a wall…”
Ash groaned. “Stop playing the fool and get a move on.” He ordered.
Suddenly, a blur of red flew past Birdie, surprising him, snatching the shard from his hand with a “Gimmie!” and knocking him back into the pool.
Ash’s eyes widened as he did a double-take, but when he got a better look at the perpetrator, he was Knuckles the Echidna fingering the shard he had just swiped from Birdie.
“Give that back, you little runt!” Ash growled.
“Why should I?” Knuckles asked. “It’s mine to begin with.” Pounding his fists together, Knuckles approached Ash. “In fact, maybe I should check and see if you have any more of those on you.”
Ash stepped back in fear. “W-Wait! Don’t you have an emerald radar or something?!” He asked. “I’m not carrying any more!”
“I know.” Knuckles replied. “I just wanted to pound you.” Turning, Knuckles made his way towards the door before looking over his shoulder. “Now stay away from MY emeralds!” He warned as he fled the scene.
Ash sighed. “Now the guardian of the emerald is after the shards as well.” He moaned as Birdie climbed out of the pool again. “Bison’s not going to like this…”
(The Arena)
“DUKE!” (S3)
Geddoe’s good eye widened as he looked up towards the entrance curtain.
Indeed, there was Duke. The orange-haired mercenary saw Geddoe and smirked pulling out his two-handed sword and making his way down to the ring, his eyes set on his rival.
Geddoe grabbed Mai and threw her away, then turned to greet his opponent. “Duke.” He greeted.
“Geddoe.” Duke nodded. “Fancy seeing you still in the ring.”
“You sound surprised.” The one-eyed man said without emotion.
“Look, I’ve never really been good with conversations.” Duke shrugged. “You think we can skip straight to the fight?”
“Can’t think of a reason not to.” Geddoe noted as he charged at Duke.
“LION RAFALE!” (VF)
The teenage girls in the audience went crazy as the blonde-haired young man exited the curtain and made his way down to the arena, waving to the crowd.
Hitting the ring, Lion looked around for a fight. Ryoko suddenly landed in front of him, the wind knocked out of her. And because of D! still fighting Sol Badguy, this was leaving Yoshi fighting O’Chunks alone. O’Chunks tried to go over and get D!, but Yoshi wasn’t giving him any breathing space.
Lion raised an eyebrow. “She’s pretty cute.” He noted to himself. “Excuse me, miss? Would you be interested in a duel for a bit?”
Ryoko narrowed her eyes. “I’m sorta busy at the moment.” She said.
“That’s okay.” Lion shrugged as he got into a stance. “This will only take a minute.”
“I’ll see to it that it does.” Ryoko muttered.
“And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Twenty-Six!”
“PINTEL & RAGETTI!” (Pirates of the Caribbean)
The audience cheered as their two favourite bumbling pirates exited the curtain together. The short, balding form of Pintel and the tall, lanky form of Ragetti waved to the crowd as he walked down to the ring, each holding a sword.
“Ready for this, Rags?” Pintel asked his best friend.
“Heh. Bring ‘em on, Pintel!” Ragetti said with a smirk.
Metaknight ducked a slash from Jubei Yagyu and saw the two coming over. “Hold it.” He told Jubei as he looked at the oncoming duo. “If there’s two of you, won’t you have an unfair advantage?”
Pintel and Ragetti held up their hands, showing that they were handcuffed together. “The owner wanted ta make it fair, so he cuffed us together.” Pintel explained. “That way, we can only do one fight at a time and if one of us goes, the other goes with him.”
“Sorta like those kids from your node that wear those parkas.” Ragetti pointed out.
“SETH!” (KOF)
Taking the time to adjust his gloves and suspenders, Seth walked down to the ring and stepped in without a word, his hands in his pockets.
Deciding to go help Stun with Neo Dio, the dark-skinned agent rushed over and kicked the enigmatic creature in the back. Neo Dio turned and narrowed his eyes.
“You are a fool to think you can beat me while my back is turned.” Neo Dio said.
Stun looked at Seth and gave a thumbs-up, thankful for some help.
“No problem. This thing is a major threat and needs to be taken care of.” Seth said.
“How many times do I have to tell you people?!” Neo Dio asked. “I’m not a ‘thing’!”
“JIGGLYPUFF!” (SSB)
The balloon Pokemon came out from behind the curtain, singing into a microphone. Once she was done, Jigglypuff put the microphone away and floated into the ring, going over to help Yoshi with O’Chunks.
“Puff!” Jigglypuff shouted, performing her Pound attack on O’Chunks and knocking him to the ground. Jigglypuff landed gracefully beside Yoshi.
“Yosh! Yoshi-yosh, yoshi!” Yoshi greeted.
“Puff! Jig, jiggly puff-puff!” Jigglypuff nodded.
“Yoshi, yosh-yoshi?” Yoshi asked, jerking his thumb towards O’Chunks.
“Puff! Jigglypuff!” Jigglypuff agreed.
“Um…What?” O’Chunks asked as Yoshi and Jigglypuff jumped him together.
“And now, the final fighter of this section…”
“BASS!” (MM)
The black-armoured robot exited the curtain to a loud cheer. Bass smirked as he strode down to the ring, preparing to take anyone on.
“That blue bomber couldn’t even get one elimination and that brother of his didn’t fare any better.” Bass chuckled to himself as he stepped into the ring. “Time for me to show that I AM the superior creation!”
Bass hit the ring and started charging his blaster, looking around for a fight. Seeing Hulk Davidson fighting Kirby (or at least trying to; Kirby’s a pretty small target), Bass smirked and let a fully-charged blaster shot go, firing the projectile straight into the green dinosaur’s back.
Davidson turned around and glared at Bass, angry. “What did you do that for?!” He asked.
“You look like a worthy opponent.” Bass said. “If I can beat you, I can show that blue bomber how much better I am!”
“You sound like you think you can actually win.” Davidson noted as he hefted his huge axe.
“I don’t ‘think’ I can win.” Bass said with a smirk. “I know I can!”
