There were thirteen fighters left in the arena after the dust from the last section settled. However, May was currently on the receiving end of a massive attack. Several of the fighters didn’t like May’s underhanded trick to eliminate the reigning champion far too early, and were all trying to take her down together (although the Servbot joined in just for the heck of it). The other fighters wisely chose to relax to save their energy for the next wave of fighters, which would start entering pretty soon.
“PIKACHU!” (SSB)
Coming out to a loud cheer (and the Pokemon theme song), everyone’s favourite rat cheerily ran down to the ring and leapt in.
Mewtwo turned and saw Pikachu leap into the ring. “Sooner than I expected.” He mused. Not wanting to bother with Pikachu at the moment, Mewtwo floated off to the other side of the arena as the yellow rat made his way over to the crowd of fighters beating on May.
The Servbot saw Pikachu coming and grinned maniacally, pulling out a cattle prod from out of nowhere. Pikachu saw this and his ears drooped.
“MEL!” (S3)
(Everybody, shake your body)
(Lift your hands)
(Stop fronting, you’re just a puppet)
(Everybody, shake your body)
(Lift your hands)
(Stop fronting, you’re just a puppet!)
“You ready, Branky?” The cheery, dark-haired girl asked her black and white wolf puppet as Thousand Foot Krutch blared through the speakers.
“You bet, Mel!” The puppet replied. “Let’s go tear the arena up!”
With that, Mel ran down to the ring and leapt in. When she landed, Mel suddenly saw that she was the only Suikoden fighter in the ring. Deciding to make the best of it, Mel made her way over to the fight Adam McCloud was havign with Search Man.
“Excuse us? Can we have a fight?” Mel asked Adam.
“Uh…I’m sorta busy right now.” Adam replied as he blocked a kick from Search Man (which head did it he didn’t know).
“Too bad, buster! We want to fight!” Branky insisted.
“Branky! You’re being rude again!” Mel scolded as she walked over to a turnbuckle and started whacking her puppet against it. “How many times have I told not to be rude to someone when they’re busy?!”
“Owowowowowowowowowow!” Branky whined.
Adam and Search Man took a second to watch the display, then looked at each other. Search Man spun a finger around where the ear on his left head would be. Adam nodded silently.
“THOMAS COMPONENT MKII!” (TFS)
The silver, dark-looking hedgehog came out from behind the curtain and silently walked down to the ring, cracking his knuckles and ignoring the crowd. Thomas stepped into the ring and walked over to Mewtwo.
“Yes? May I help you?” Mewtwo asked.
“I need some entertainment until my rival enters the ring.” Thomas replied coldly. “I hope that you don’t disappoint, because he’s not due to come out for a while.”
Mewtwo lifted a non-existent eyebrow. “Well, allow me to put those wishes of yours to rest.” He said as he started charging a Shadow Ball. He unleashed the attack, but Thomas simply snapped his fingers, creating a dark shield in his hand, which he used to easily block the attack.
If possible, Mewtwo gave a smirk. “Oh, this is going to be interesting.” He said.
“DUO LON!” (KOF)
On his way down to the arena, Duo Lon concentrated to see if he could sense and evil presence. Mewtwo was giving off an unusual aura, but it wasn’t entirely dark. That newcomer from the TFS node was giving off a dark aura, but it wasn’t what Duo Lon was looking for. If the Servbot was an organic lifeform, he would be giving off a REALLY warped aura, but Duo Lon decided to leave it be for now.
When Duo Lon got into the arena, he decided to pick a fight with the biggest threat in the arena currently. Right now, that was Roy because of his multiple eliminations.
Roy turned and saw Duo Lon coming over. “I take it you want a fight?” He asked.
“At least until someone with a dark aura comes in.” Duo Lon replied simply.
“Sure. I’m game.” Roy shrugged.
“FELICIA!” (DS)
The blue-haired catgirl came out to a loud cheer as she rolled down to the ring and leapt in headfirst. The instant she landed, Felicia scampered across the arena and leapt over several of the fighters, attacking May in the face.
“Hey!” May shouted as she pushed Felicia off of her. “I’ve already got enough people on my back as it is! What’s your problem?!”
“I thought it looked like fun to join in!” Felicia replied with a shrug.
“Welcome to the club, Felicia.” Cody greeted, not taking his eyes off of May.
May growled. This was going to be a VERY long night.
“CHUNG PAIHU!” (KE)
The old man of the Kizuna Encounter node came out and ran down to the ring, clutching his staff with both hands. Chung leapt into the ring and made a break for Falco Lombardi. Falco turned to see the old geezer coming, but wasn’t quick enough to avoid a strike to the face with the staff.
Falco stepped back, but quickly recovered and glared daggers at the old man. “You wanna play like that, old man?” He asked. “Okay. You got it!”
Falco rushed forward and flipped over, kick Chung in the face. This, unfortunately, sent the baseball cap the old man was wearing flying off. Once Falco landed, he found himself staring in the shades of an immensely ticked-off Chung.
“YOU DARE DO THAT TO MY HAT?!?!” Chung screamed. “THE GREAT TERRY BOGARD GAVE ME THAT HAT WHEN I WAS JUST A BOY!!! HOW COULD YOU JUST DISRESPECT HIM LIKE THAT?!?!”
Falco lifted an eyebrow and prepared to reply.
“Don’t answer that!” Chung shouted. “In the name of Terry Bogard, I shall take you down for disrespecting his name!!”
(KOF Locker Room)
Terry stared at the monitor strangely. He gave the old man that cap when the old man was just a boy? And yet here he was, at least half the age of the old man.
“I’m…Pretty confused…” Terry noted.
“Darn games taking place in the future.” Joe Higashi muttered, clenching a fist. “They’re going to take over one day! Just you wait!”
K’ glared at the half-naked man and snapped his fingers, setting him on fire.
(Hotel; Arcade)
Kid USA slowly sat up and held his throbbing head. He could hear the surprised murmurs of the other people in the arcade, but he didn’t pay it any mind. His thoughts were on how he could still be alive after the amount of times Mileena had stabbed him.
“You’re awake!” Cream the Rabbit said in glee from beside Kid USA. “It worked! It actually worked!”
Kid USA looked over himself and his eyes widened when he saw that he looked almost untouched. All of the cuts and wounds he had received were healed completely, making it look like he hadn’t even gotten into a fight in the first place.
Still with wide eyes, the blonde boxer looked at the little rabbit girl that had apparently saved his life. “Hoe…How did you heal me?” He asked.
“With this! It’s a piece of the Master Emerald!” Cream announced, holding up the jewel sharp she had found. “Mr. Knuckles taught me how to use a bit of magic with the emerald and healing spells were one of them!”
“Wait a minute.” Kid USA said. “I’ve heard of that emerald. Isn’t it supposed to be…You know…Bigger?”
“Yeah. Because I’m holding a piece of it, it means that the Master Emerald’s been shattered again.” Cream replied. “But the main thing is that I healed all of those cuts that mean woman gave you.”
“You saved my life, kid.” Kid USA said. “I don’t know if there’s a way I can repay you.”
“Where is he?! I sure hope he’s…Huh?!” An Irish voice came from the door. “Maiagaru, Kid’s alive!”
“What?!”
Kid USA looked in the direction of the voices and saw two familiar figures coming over. The male had orange hair, a green shirt and green shorts and the female had black hair and was wearing a red gi with white face paint.
“Those security guys came to us in the crowd and told us ye had gotten yerself killed!” Mickey McFist, the Irishman, said as he came over.
Kid USA slowly stood up. “If it weren’t for this little girl, I would be by now.” He said.
Suddenly, the Japanese woman thrust her fist forward and clocked Kid USA in the face, sending him back to the floor.
“What was that for?!” Kid USA demanded.
“Do not EVER scare us like that again!!” Maiagaru, the Japanese woman, roared down at the American.
Kid USA got to his feet and wobbled in place for a couple of seconds. “I need to go after those people.” He said.
“The security force?” Mickey asked.
“No. The ones that are with the woman I fought.” Kid USA replied.
Cream’s eyes snapped open. “Mister, you can’t be serious! She almost killed you!” She exclaimed.
“She’s up to something! Something bad!” Kid USA replied. “I can’t just sit back and allow something to happen!”
Without giving anyone a chance to reply, Kid USA started walking towards the doorway. Cream started to follow when Amy held her back.
“Cream, you can’t be thinking about going with him!” Amy said. “When I brought you here, I promised your mother that I wouldn’t let anything happen to you!”
“I’ll be fine, Amy.” Cream insisted. “I just feel like I need to go with him.”
Seeing that she wouldn’t be able to get Cream to change her mind, Amy released her and reluctantly allowed her to follow Kid USA.
Maiagaru gave a hopeless sigh and turned to Mickey. “We had better go make sure he does not get hurt.” She pointed out.
With that, the two boxers followed, leaving the arcade.
(The Arena)
“JOHNNY!” (GG)
The black-clad pirate came out from behind the curtain and waved to the crowd as he walked down to the ring and stepped into the ring.
When Johnny hit the ring, he started to make his way over to the big fight against May to give the pirate girl a hand. However, before he could get very far, Ally Gator flew backwards and landed at his feet, a victim to May’s anchor.
Johnny stopped, looked Ally over and smirked. “You’re a fine-looking young woman.” He noted.
Ally got to her feet and turned. “Excuse me?” She asked, slightly suspicious.
“I’m always looking for more crew members.” Johnny replied. “How would you like to join my crew?”
Ally narrowed her eyes, having heard of Johnny and his flying ship of girls. “Oh, you did NOT just ask me that.” She growled as she pounded her fists together.
“BRIAN BATTLER!” (KOF)
“JOHNNY MAXIMUM!” (WH)
The two large football players came out together and to the NFL theme. They waved to the crowd as they walked down to the ring.
“Ready, Maximum?” Brian asked.
“You bet.” J. Maxx replied. “You wanna double-team right off the bat or just avoid attacking each other?”
“Let’s go our own ways for a bit.” Brian suggested. “Let’s see how we do before we need to team up.”
“Sounds like a plan to me.”
The two football players hit the arena canvas at the same time and rushed off in opposite directions, preparing to cause mischief.
“And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Five!”
“RABBID!” (Rayman: Raving Rabbids)
A lone Rabbid stood outside the entrance curtain, then looked around curiously at the cheering crowd. After a couple of seconds, the Rabbid looked at the arena and stood in silence for a couple of seconds more.
Once the couple of seconds were up, the Rabbid pulled a spatula from out of nowhere and let out a deranged and psychotic scream before charging down to the ring and leaping in.
The Servbot saw the insane bunny running in his direction and smirked darkly. “Finally! A worthy opponent!” He said as he pulled out a mallet, let out a battle cry of his own and rushed towards the oncoming enemy.
“SARAH BRYANT!” (VF)
Everyone was expecting to see Sarah crack her knuckles and charge headfirst down to the ring before attempting to take everyone in the ring down.
However, when they say Sarah merrily skipping down to the ring, then backflip into the arena with an excited yell of glee, everyone suddenly realized that things wouldn’t be going so normal.
When Sarah hit the ring, she quickly went over to Mel. “Hiya!” She greeted unusually cheerfully. “You wanna do something fun after all this is over?”
“Sure! Like what?” Mel asked.
“Gee, I’m sure it’ll come to me!”
“Works for me!” Mel said.
Meanwhile, Duo Lon looked at Sarah strangely. She was giving off a pretty dark aura, and yet she was acting like this. Wondering how it was all possible, Duo Lon went back to his fight.
(Virtua Fighter Locker Room)
All eyes were instantly on Lion Rafale.
“What the crap did you do to my sister?!” Jacky Bryant demanded.
Lion chuckled nervously as he held up a bottle of caffeine pills. “I saw how effective these things were on Zelda last year, so I asked Captain Falcon and he gave me some.” He replied.
“And what possessed you to do that in the first place?” Akira asked.
“Hey, she needed a break from that cold attitude of hers.” Lion shrugged.
(Dome; Hallways)
Ash Crimson smirked as he strode down a hallway, on his way to the Recovery Room.
“That was earlier than expected.” Ash noted. “This’ll be easier that I had anticipated.”
Bison had sent Ash on a mission, and said that it had to be done quick, because they may have had only one chance at it before it became difficult. Ash had assured Bison that he could get the job done quickly and the mission would go flawlessly.
Unfortunately, Ash didn’t count on what happened next.
Ash turned a corner and accidentally bumped into Trident, whom was returning from the Recovery Room to head over to the Eliminated Seating to watch the rest of the tournament. Trident muttered an apology, but because it was in Atlantean, Ash didn’t understand it.
It could have ended then, but Ash, being Ash, decided to open his big mouth. “Watch where you’re going, you freak.” He said.
Trident froze in place, then slowly turned to face the white-haired man.
“You heard what I said.” Ash added. “Now get out of my sight before I catch the disease that makes your skin look green.”
That was the last straw for Trident. Shouting several words in Atlantean, Trident pulled out his pitchfork and got into his stance, narrowing his eyes and beckoning Ash to step forth.
Ash smirked and cracked his knuckles. “Well, this could be fairly entertaining.” He mused.
(The Arena)
“DHALSIM!” (SFA3)
The skinny, rubber-like monk came out from the curtain and walked down to the ring, stretching his leg out to step in.
Dhalsim hit the ring and instantly stretched his arm out to strike Pikachu in the face. After recovering, Pikachu glared daggers at the newcomer for a couple of seconds.
“PIKA PIKA PIKA!!” Pikachu screamed, waving his hands in the air.
“My, my. Such language.” Dhalsim shook his head as he watched Pikachu rush him.
“UKYO TACHIBANA!” (SS)
Coughing and hacking, Ukyo staggered down to the ring, his sword at his side. In fact, Ukyo was too wrapped up in trying to keep his coughing under control that he didn’t see how close he was to the edge of the arena and tripped in.
Landing on his face, Ukyo slowly stood up and looked around for someone to fight. Roy saw him and walked over.
“That was some nasty coughing.” Roy noted. “You need medical attention.”
“No.” Ukyo coughed. “I’m…Fine.”
With that, Ukyo took a swing at Roy, whom blocked the attack with his sword. Roy stepped back and shrugged. “Okay. If that’s how you want to play.”
“RAWK HAWK!” (PM)
Coming out to his theme song, Rawk Hawk played to the crowd for a bit as he ran down to the ring, leaping in without a second thought. The yellow-haired bird instantly set his sights on Eduardo and made his way over.
“Hey, chuckles! I’m looking for a fight!” Rawk Hawk announced.
Eduardo turned and raised his eyebrow. “Who are you, senor?” He asked.
Rawk Hawk’s face fell. “Huh?! I’m Rawk Hawk! Champion of the Glitz Pit!” He replied, striking a pose.
Eduardo scratched his head. “Sorry. Still nothing.” He shrugged.
Rawk Hawk fumed. “Fine! You don’t know me! I’ll MAKE you know me!” He said as he pounced.
“And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Six!”
“TINY TIGER!” (Crash Bandicoot)
Coming out to what sounded like techno jungle music, the huge tiger came out to a loud cheer. Tiny waved to the crowd as he ran down to the ring and jumped in. Setting his sights on J. Maxx, Tiny made his way over, avoiding the twisted battle the Servbot and Rabbid were having.
Unfortunately, before he could get very far, Ally Gator flew into his side, although it did little to throw the huge tiger off guard. Tiny caught Ally before she hit the ground and helped her up again.
“Thanks a bunch.” Ally said.
“Does boxer want to fight Tiny?” Tiny asked.
“Not right now. I’m still not finished with the pervert.” Ally sad as she leapt at Johnny again.
Tiny scratched his head, shrugged and continued over to start a fight with J. Maxx.
“GAU!” (S3)
The tough, one-eyed, no-nonsense kobold came out from behind the curtain and started walking down to the ring, scanning it as he approached to look for a decent opponent.
(Who let the dogs out?!)
(Woof! Woof, woof!)
(Who let the dogs out?!)
(Woof! Woof, woof!)
Gau froze in place and instantly cast a dark glare up at the Sound Booth, where Shadow, Astaroth and Aila were laughing their behinds off. Gau let out a growl and continued on his way.
When Gau hit the ring, Mewtwo saw him come in and floated over. “What seems to be your problem?” He asked, seeing Gau’s mad look.
“Did you even HEAR that theme song those morons in the Sound Booth came me?!” Gau quizzed.
“Why should that matter?” Mewtwo asked.
“And now, the final fighter of this section…”
“ROLL!” (MM)
Coming out much more confident than last year, Roll charged down to the ring and leapt in. Roll made a mental note not to go near the Servbot right now, as the danger seemed to have increased now that the psychotic bunny was fighting it.
“Look, righty. There’s Roll.” The left head of Search Man said. “Let’s go eliminate her.”
“Dude! Don’t! She’s WAY out of our league!” The right head said.
“Excuse me?”
“Didn’t you see how well she did last year?!” The right head challenged.
Roll looked around and sighed. She was really hoping to get a rematch with Kasumi, but she was no longer in the ring.
“Hey, Roll! You want a piece of this girl?” Cody asked, pointing at May.
“Why would I?” Roll asked as she made her way over.
“She’s the one that eliminated Kasumi!”
Roll narrowed her eyes and pulled out her Roll Buster.
