The eleven fighters still in the ring waited for the next set of fighters to enter the arena. The only exceptions were Heavy D!, O’Chunks and Yoshi (the former two were fighting each other and the latter was still breakdancing). Some people (such as Cammy and Pintel & Ragetti) nervously waited to see whom would enter while others (like Metaknight and Jubei Yagyu) were eagerly anticipating the challenges to comes. People like Larcen and Stun were indifferent and simply stood calmly to the side.
Hearing the crowd cheering, everyone waiting looked up to the entrance curtain as the nest fighter came into the open.
“GENJURO!” (SS)
The purple-haired samurai and rival of Haohmaru came out to a cheer. Ignoring it, Genjuro stepped down to the ring, his sword ready to attack.
“Too bad Haohmaru didn’t last long. I was hoping to eliminate him myself.” Genjuro said to himself. “Well, looks like I’ll have to settle for beating his elimination record.”
Jubei Yagyu saw Genjuro come in walked over, readying his two katanas. “Greetings.” He said, somewhat darkly.
“Ah. Yagyu. I take it you want a fight.” Genjuro said with a smirk.
“You guess correctly.” Jubei replied. “Now get ready!”
“Very well.” Genjuro said as he got into his stance.
“KIM SUE IL!” (KE)
Kim Sue received a relatively-warm reception (for the Kizuna Encounter gang) as he exited the curtain. The descendent of Kim Kapwhan walked down to the ring, staff in one hand and his other hand in his pocket.
“Looks like there’s no evil to be vanquished in the arena yet.” Kim Sue noted. He was tempted to go over and help D! with O’Chunks, but decided against it.
Kim Sue walked towards Cammy when Jigglypuff floated in front of him. The brown-haired man stepped back a bit in surprise.
“What in the world is that?” Kim Sue asked.
“Ji~gglypuff…” Jigglypuff sang as she rocked back and forth. “Ji~gglypuff…”
Suddenly feeling very tired, Kim Sue collapsed to his knees and fell asleep. Once he was out like a light, Jigglypuff stopped singing and noticed that he was asleep. Eyes narrowing in anger, Jigglypuff pulled out her marker.
“SAMUS ARAN!” (SSB)
The crowd cheered as the female bounty hunter exited the curtain, inspecting her arm cannon to make sure it was working. Once she was satisfied, Samus charged down to the ring and jumped in.
Wisely deciding to ignore Yoshi doing a skilled breakdance in the middle of the ring, Samus rushed over to Metaknight, whom was currently fighting Larcen. “Need any help, Metaknight?” She asked.
“Not yet.” Metaknight replied. “I may have been in the ring for a few sections, but I’m still going strong.”
The metal-clad bounty hunter jerked her thumb over at Yoshi. “What’s up with Yoshi?” She asked.
“I don’t know. He’s been dancing ever since he eliminated Duck King.” Metaknight shook his ‘head’.
“TWAIKIN!” (S3)
The audience watched as a dwarf dressed as a miner stepped down to the ring, holding a shovel in his hand. Reaching the end of the ramp, Twaikin stepped over the ropes and into the ring.
Twaikin scanned the ring and lifted an eyebrow. “I’m the only one?” He asked. “Looks like I’ll have to wait for my next nodal companion to enter.”
Setting his sights on Pintel & Ragetti, Twaikin walked over and gripped his shovel. Ragetti saw him coming and poked Pintel on the shoulder. “Pinty? Someone’s coming.” He said.
“Ah. Just a runt.” Pintel said. “Hmm…Ya think Marty’s bigger than him?”
“I think it’s about the same.” Ragetti shrugged. “Should we fight him?”
The two pirates rushed over and swung their swords, only to have Twaikin block the attacks with his shovel. The dwarf smirked. “That was a mistake.” He said as he swung his shovel, striking Pintel and sending him flying away. The heavier Pintel pulled Ragetti across the ring on his way to the canvas again.
“RUGAL BERENSTEIN!” (KOF)
The tall man exited the curtain, one hand on his hips. Rugal chuckled and walked down to the ring, setting his sights on O’Chunks. Reaching the end of the ramp, Rugal stepped in and made his way over.
O’Chunks picked up D! and hurled him away, then turned in time to see Rugal (whom was about the same height as him) coming over. O’Chunks stepped back in surprise. “Uh…Rugal.” He said.
“You’ve been doing a good job at fighting that boxer thus far. You’re starting to wear him down.” Rugal said as he noticed D! slowly getting to his feet. “But remember that you have to eliminate him. He’s the one that destroyed Bison’s plan last year.”
“Aye know. Ye told me several times before Aye entered.” O’Chunks sighed.
“And remember what will happen to your lady friend if you fail.”
“…Aye.”
“JENNY!” (BR)
The men in the audience cheered as the blonde woman exited the curtain and strutted down to the ring.
“Stun’s still in the ring, but I think I’ll go on my own for a second.” Jenny said to herself.
Reaching the end of the ramp, Jenny leapt into the air and engulfed herself in a bright light.
Everyone waited for Jenny to hit the canvas, but she never did. Curiously, everyone looked up and saw Jenny flapping her wings in the form of a brown bat-like humanoid. She swooped down towards Kim Sue, whom was just waking up, and landed on her feet.
“Man. What happened?” Kim Sue asked as he rubbed his head. He turned to look at Jenny, making her freeze.
Kim Sue now had glasses, a mustache and the words ‘kick me’ written on his forehead, all done in marker. The humanoid bat snickered, then burst out laughing.
“What’s so funny?” Kim Sue asked.
Jigglypuff, across the ring, happily skipped away.
(Dome; Storage Room)
“Why the heck are we in here?” Gumshoe asked with a sigh as he followed Psymon and Max into the Storage Room (Sergei and Marilyn were right behind him). “I told you I got a call from the bosses and they’re not pleased with our progress. We should be searching the dome and hotel for someone working for Bison.”
“Guh.” Marilyn nodded. Sergei silently nodded as well.
“Because the script says that a couple of bad guys are going to come in here, soon!” Max said, showing Gumshoe the script again.
“Not that stupid script again!” Gumshoe moaned.
Max whipped out a pen and wrote something on the script. One of the lights on the ceiling suddenly fell and landed on Gumshoe’s head for no reason.
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.” Max pointed out. “Don’t disrespect the script.”
The members of the security force suddenly heard the door on the other side of the room opening. Looking over some boxes, they saw Birdie and Ash Crimson entering the room.
“You just HAD to let that red rodent get that shard, didn’t you?” Ash asked, shaking his head. “Can’t you do anything right at all?”
“Well, where were YOU?!” Birdie asked.
“Just drop it. We need to get something in here, so let’s just find it and take it back to Bison.”
“Looks like we’ve got our bad guys.” Psymon said with a smirk.
“Yep. Sure looks like it.” Max nodded.
“So whom does the script say to go and fight them?”
The white rabbit-like creature checked the script again. “Uh…You and me.” He replied. He looked at Gumshoe (whom had just gotten to his feet, rubbing his head) and gave him the script. “Hold onto this for a sec, will ya, pal?”
“What?” Gumshoe asked as he took the script.
However, the instant Gumshoe had the script, Psymon and Max had just jumped over the crates and were rushing over to confront Ash and Birdie.
Ash looked up and saw them coming. “Looks like we’ve got more company. Great.” He sighed. “I just can’t get a break…” With that, the two villains got into their stances.
“Okay, kiddies! Fun time is about to start!!” Psymon laughed crazily.
“I call dibs on the big guy’s bling!” Max called out.
“Hey! This bling is mine!” Birdie insisted.
(The Arena)
“ATHENA ASAMIYA!” (KOF)
To a loud cheer, the leader of the Psycho Soldiers Team came out and waved to the crowd as she walked down to the ring. Activating her magic, Athena teleported into the arena.
Cammy saw Athena enter and rushed over to start a fight. Athena saw Cammy coming and teleported to the side as Cammy performed a Cannon Spike on the area she had just been standing.
“Hey! That wasn’t very nice!” Athena pointed out. “You could have hurt me!”
“Well, I just saw a chance and I took it.” Cammy replied.
Athena placed her hands on her hips. “Well, let’s see how well you can keep up when I keep my eyes on you.” She said.
“And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Twenty-seven!”
“WILE E. COYOTE!” (Looney Tunes)
The audience erupted with cheers as the brown-furred coyote stood outside the entrance curtain, observing the ring and rubbing his chin in thought. Smirking, Wile E. pulled a stick of dynamite from behind his back, lit the fuse and rushed down the ramp, jumping in.
While in the air, Wile E. threw the dynamite at Samus. The bounty hunter saw the dynamite coming and shot it from the canvas, destroying it. As she did, Wile E. landed on the canvas and rushed Samus, kicking her in the chest.
Although the kick didn’t hurt her (with the power suit and all), Samus stepped back from the force. “I remember you from last year.” She noted. “You back for another go?”
Wile E. held up a sign that said ‘You got it, sister!’.
“Looks like you still aren’t able to talk.” Samus said as she got into her stance.
“JUNK MAN!” (MM)
The audience watched in shock as Junk Man, a literal robot of scrap metal, made his way down to the ring. Leaping in, Junk Man swung his arms, sending both of them flying straight at Kirby.
Kirby saw Junk Man’s arms coming at him and swiftly jumped over them. Junk Man landed on his feet and summoned his arms back to him as he made his way over. “You think you have what it takes to get rid of me when I can put myself back together whenever I want?” He asked.
Kirby stood in silence for a few seconds, smiled and pulled out a mallet.
“ERIK!” (WH)
The portly blue-clad Viking emerged from the curtain and made his way down to the ring, brandishing his axe and wooden shield. Reaching the end of the ramp, Erik leapt in and landed on his feet with a loud thud.
Larcen saw him come in and wandered over, whipping out a sai from somewhere in his trenchcoat. Larcen approached Erik and swung his weapon, but the Viking proved to be faster than he looked and blocked the attack.
“Want to try that again?” Erik asked with a smirk.
Larcen narrowed his eyes. “Gladly.” He replied.
“SALOME HARRAS!” (S3)
Sighing to himself, the eldest member of the Six Knights of Zexen walked down to the ring, mace in hand.
“We haven’t had much luck so far, and Roland and I are the only ones left.” Salome said as he stepped into the ring. “We definitely need to further our training for the future.”
Seeing Stun without a fight, Salome picked up the pace and rushed at the enhanced warrior, preparing to swing his mace at Stun’s head. The enhanced warrior saw the attack coming and ducked under the mace, then shoved his elbow into Salome’s stomach.
Salome stepped back, clutching his stomach, before readying his mace again as Stun transformed into a beetle again. “Looks like this man isn’t fully human.” He noted. “I’ll need to dish out everything I’ve got for this.”
“DUSKSTALKER!” (FT)
Standing outside of the curtain, the black-clad ninja scanned the arena, trying to find someone to fight. Reminding himself to stay away from Samus Aran (his motto was to never start a fight with someone he knew was stronger than him), Duskstalker ran down to the ring and whipped out a shuriken, charging it with fire.
Once he hit the ring, Duskstalker made a beeline straight for the fight between Jenny and Kim Sue. Throwing the enhanced shuriken at Kim Sue, Duskstalker started gathering up some shadow energy.
Kim Sue saw the projectile coming out of the corner of his eye and held up his staff, blocking the attack. However, in doing so, he showed the black-clad ninja his marker-covered face.
Duskstalker paused. “Uh…You notice that-” He pointed out.
“Don’t tell him.” Jenny, back to her human form, whispered. “It’s funny.”
Duskstalker looked at Jenny and shrugged. “Okay. Whatever floats your boat.” He said as he sent a wave of shadow energy into her face.
“PEACH TOADSTOOL!” (SSB)
Normally, Peach would have waved to the crowd that cheered her as she made her way down to the ring. However, because of the current situation, Peach wasted no time in rushing down to the ring, holding her dress up slightly so she wouldn’t trip over it. Leaping into the air, Peach hovered into the ring.
Landing on the canvas, she saw O’Chunks fighting D!. Rushing over, Peach hoped to get O’Chunks to snap out of it. “O’Chunks!” She called out.
However, before the pink-clad princess could get very far, a very tall figure stepped into her line of sight with an evil smirk.
“Going somewhere, princess?” Rugal asked.
“I know why you’re making O’Chunks work for Bison!” Peach snapped. “I’m going over to tell him everything!”
“I’m afraid I can’t let you do that.” Rugal said, getting into his stance. “We need his strength.”
“Fine. I’m not afraid to beat you down before I tell him, anyway.” Peach said.
(Kongo Jungle)
Beavers screamed and ran as the one-eyed mercenary tore through the jungle, sword slicing through trees as he ran. Those that tried to stand up to him were quickly jumped on.
Geddoe jumped on the head of a passing kremling as he ran through the jungle, slicing down branches as he ran to give himself a better idea of where he was running. Kicking a few beavers out of his way, Geddoe eventually rushed out into a clearing and looked around.
“Hmm…Nothing but jungle.” Geddoe said. “And none of these enemies are proving to be any problem for me.” Scratching his head, Geddoe looked around. “Where are all the TOUGH enemies? Is this the first level or something?”
Suddenly seeing an ancient temple off in the distance, Geddoe decided to try and look there and see if he could find something to fight.
Jumping on the heads of a few more kremlings that decided to get in his way, Geddoe reached the stairs leading up to the temple and made his way up until he was high above the trees.
Once he was at the top of the stairs, Geddoe took a moment to look at the view.
“Wow. That’s what I call a sight.” Geddoe said as he looked around.
“Hold it right there, soldier!”
Geddoe turned and saw two kremlings approaching him. One, the overweight one, was wearing an army hardhat and the larger, blue-skinned one had a lot of muscles.
“You’ve got some nerve treadin’ on King K. Rool’s territory!” Klump, the overweight kremling, snapped. “If you don’t get outta here right now, we’ll be forced to MAKE you leave!”
Geddoe smirked as he turned, drawing his sword. “You and what army?” He asked.
Klump smirked back. “Why, THIS army!” He said as he turned to the larger kremling. “Krusha?”
“Duh, right away!” Krusha said as he approached the one-eyed mercenary.
Geddoe shook his head. “One kremling?” He asked.
“One kremling with the strength of a hundred.” Klump pointed out. “Make sure ya leave him alive so we can interrogate him later, Krusha.”
“Duh, yes sir!”
(The Arena)
“BANDY ANDY!” (PM)
Chuckling to himself, a green-cloaked Bandit rushed down to the arena. Andy jumped into the ring, looked around for a second, then spotted Kim Sue fighting Duskstalker and Jenny.
“Hmm…Let’s see if that guy has anything.” Andy said as he scurried over.
Andy slipped into the battle unnoticed and approached Kim Sue. Acting quickly, Andy jumped at Kim Sue and started moving around him, appearing somewhere else around Kim Sue every split second.
After about three seconds, Andy was casually walking away from Kim Sue with a wallet.
“H-Hey! That’s mine!” Kim Sue shouted.
Andy smirked. “It don’t have your name on it, mac.” The Bandit chuckled as he turned and joined the fight, turning it into a four-way free-for-all.
“AYAME!” (S3)
Up in the Eliminated Seating, Watari narrowed his eyes as he watched his rival/enemy striding down to the ring. Ayame didn’t even spare Watari a glance as she jumped into the arena.
The purple-clad,black-haired ninja landed on the canvas and scanned the arena. She suddenly spotted Yoshi in the middle of the arena, spinning on his saddle. Ayame walked over, pulling out a throwing needle at the same time.
“Hey, lizard.” Ayame said. “Get up.”
Yoshi snapped to attention and skillfully leapt off his shoulders to land on his feet.
“You haven’t done anything since the section started.” The purple-clad ninja pointed out casually. “Why don’t you start?”
Yoshi grinned and pulled an egg from out of nowhere. “Yoshi!” He said as he threw the egg.
“And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Twenty-eight!”
“DEMOMAN!” (Team Fortress 2)
(Boom!)
(Here comes the boom!)
(Ready or not!)
(Here come the boys from the south!)
(Boom!)
(Here comes the boom!)
(How you like me now!)
The dark-skinned, one-eyed, Scottish demolitionist laughed heartily as he gripped his grenade launcher with both hands. Charging down to the ring to ‘Boom’ by P.O.D., Demoman had a smirk of anticipation on his face the entire way down.
Leaping into the ring, Demoman mad a beeline directly for Samus and Wile E. Pulling the trigger on his grenade launcher, Demoman launched a few explosives towards the fighting pair.
Samus turned her head and saw the explosives coming. “Get away!” She order as she jumped backwards.
Wile E. turned his head just as one of Demoman’s explosives touched his foot. The resulting explosion blew up Wile E., but per usual, it did little good other than singe all of the coyote’s fur and dizzy him. Wile E. shook himself clean again as Samus stepped back into view.
“Ah! A tough one ta crack are ye, laddie?” Demoman laughed. “This’ll be pretty entertainin’, then!”
The three stared each other down, Samus charging her arm canon, Wile E. lighting a stick of dynamite and Demoman preparing to launch another round of explosives.
(Announcer’s Booth)
“Samus, Wile E. and Demoman in the ring at the same time?!?!” Unknown1 shouted at SSBFreak. “Are you TRYING to destroy the arena?!?!”
“The thought hadn’t occurred to me, but now that I think about it, it probably WOULD bring in more ratings…” SSBFreak pondered.
(The Arena)
“TSUGUMI SENDO!” (FF)
Throwing a few practice punches in the air, the cheery young wrestler charged down to the ring, waving to the crowd as she went.
However, when she jumped, she tripped over the top rope and fell facefirst into the ring, landing on the canvas with a dull thud. Quickly getting back up to her feet, Tsugumi gave a nervous chuckle before rushing over to help Kirby with Junk Man.
Pulling her fist back as she ran, Tsugumi shoved it into Junk Man’s torso, launching it forward and away from the rest of his limbs. Junk Man quickly summoned his torso back t its original position and turned to stare down at Tsugumi.
“Uh…Your limbs aren’t attached to your body…” Tsugumi pointed out.
“Yep.” Junk Man said simply.
“I suppose a suplex wouldn’t be too effective, would it?”
“Right again.”
Tsugumi gulped.
“ELISABETH!” (KOF)
“Crimson is long gone.” Elisabeth said with a smirk as she walked down to the ring. “Pity. I would have loved to take him out myself.”
Staring at Rugal and Peach, Elisabeth entered the ring and wandered over, then kicked Rugal in the back of the head.
Rugal spun around and narrowed his eyes. “Stay out of this.” He ordered. “I have an important matter to deal with.
“So you’re saying you can’t fit in more time?” Elisabeth asked with a smirk, getting into her stance.
Peach tried to slip behind Rugal while he wasn’t looking, but Rugal quickly spun in place and sent a wave of energy into her stomach.
“And don’t you even think about going over there.” Rugal continued.
“And now, the final fighter of this section…”
“RYU!” (SFA3)
To one of the loudest cheers of the night, Street Fighter’s poster boy emerged from the curtain and walked down to the ring.
Stepping into the ring, Ryu casually strode across the arena, stepping around some of the fights. He ducked under a stray explosive from Demoman, paused to allow one of Athena’s Psycho Balls to fly past him and walked around Larcen’s fight with Erik.
Eventually, he arrived at his destination. Lashing out his hands, Ryu sent a fireball into Junk Man’s face, making the robot master’s head fly backwards a few feet.
“That hurt!” Junk Man shouted as he summoned his head back. “You know what? I’m gonna take all of you out for that!”
“You’ve made him mad!” Tsugumi pointed out. Kirby simply smiled dumbly.
“Exactly. Now get ready, because here he comes.” Ryu said as Junk Man approached, towering over everyone.
