The twelve fighters in the arena looked up towards the entrance curtain, some of them occasionally looking at the competition to make sure they weren’t going to try attacking from behind. The crowd started cheering, meaning that the next entry was about to make his or her appearance in the ring.
“TRON BONNE!” (MM)
Sitting in her small, green mech that she rode in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Tron gave her signature laugh before piloting the mech down to the ring. Activating the rocket boosters on the feet, Tron lifted herself into the ring and landed on the canvas with a loud thud.
Roll and Gutsman saw Tron make her entrance and went over. “What’s up, Tron?” Roll asked.
“That stupid Servbot is still acting crazy.” Tron explained. “I’ve tried to reprogram him, but no dice.”
“You mean that he’s being left unattended?!” Roll asked.
“Calm down. I put a wristband on him before I left. I can keep track of his every movement.” Tron insisted as she looked at a radar on the dash of her mech. “See? He’s going to the vending machines.”
“WATARI” (S3)
The silent ninja (and the Suikoden 3 MVP of last year) came out to a loud cheer. Watari’s cheer was the loudest of the Suikoden gang thus far. The black-and-white-haired ninja paid it no mind and ran down to the ring, eyes focused and one hand on the katana at his back.
When he hit the ring, Watari saw that the rest of his nodal companions had been eliminated in the previous section. Not that he was complaining, mind you.
“Just saves me from having to double-team.” Watari reasoned as he ran towards Mewtwo, whom he considered the biggest threat.
“GAIRA CAFFEINE!” (SS)
The huge monk came out to a decent cheer. Adjusting the huge necklace of beads he was wearing, Gaira made his way down to the ring and stepped in.
When he entered the ring, Gaira looked and saw Akuma the Hedgehog making his way over.
“I desire a fight.” Akuma explained simply as he walked over, arms folded.
“Sorry, but I have this thing against fighting animals.” Gaira replied.
“Just try to hit me.”
Gaira sighed. “Okay. I warned you.” He said as he swung his bead necklace.
Akuma held up one hand and blocked the attack easily.
Gaira did a double-take. “Okay. Maybe you’re not as defenseless as I thought.” He said.
“BOMBETTE!” (PM)
A lone, pink Bomb-omb with a ponytail-like fuse came out from behind the curtain and waddled down to the ring, jumping in headfirst.
Joe Higashi came over and scratched his head. “One single Bomb-omb?” He asked aloud. “What good will this do?”
“You wanna know what I can do?” Bombette asked, narrowing her eyes. Taking a deep breath, Bombette exploded at Joe’s feet, rocketing the Thai fighter into the air and making him crash into the canvas.
“Well, I guess that takes care of-” Joe said as he got up and suddenly saw that Bombette was still there, looking completely unharmed. “But…You just exploded!”
“Your point being?” Bombette asked.
“EL BLAZE!” (VF)
One of the two newest additions to the Virtua Fighter roster came out to a loud cheer. After playing to the crowd for a bit, the Maxican wrestler charged headfirst down to the ring and jumped in.
El Blaze made a beeline for Guile, leaping into the air and delivering a hard kick to the American’s face. Guile stepped back a couple of feet, holding his face, before recovering and glaring at El Blaze.
“What was that for?!” Guile demanded.
“We’re in a tournament, amigo.” El Blaze replied with a smirk. “I say that we start.”
“Okay. You’re asking for it.” Guile said, narrowing his eyes.
“RALF JONES!” (KOF)
One of the original Ikari Warriors came out to a loud cheer. Rotating his arm a couple of times, Ralf raced down to the ring and leapt in.
When he landed in the ring, Ralf charged headfirst towards Gutsman and pulled his fist back. “GALACTICA PHANTOM!” He screamed.
Gutsman turned. “Huh?”
Ralf’s fist slammed straight into Gutsman’s iron stomach. Both fighters looked at the point of impact, Gutsman looking impressed and Ralf looking sharp.
“Hey, that was a pretty tough punch.” Gutsman noted. “I actually felt that one.”
Ralf didn’t like where this was going, anymore.
(Dome; Vending Machines)
The Servbot smirked as he approached a vending machine with a crowbar.
“No black-haired broad is gonna keep me from having fun.” The Servbot said as he slapped his crowbar into his small hand. “Let’s see what I can break outta that thing.”
The Servbot quickly smashed his crowbar into one of the vending machines, breaking it open. The Servbot then picked up a bag of snacks, turned around and started walking away.
After taking about five steps, someone passing by accidentally bumped into the Servbot, making him stagger forward and drop the crowbar. Although it went without saying, the Servbot wasn’t very thrilled.
“What the heck’s wrong with you, bub?!” The Servbot demanded before noticing that he had bumped into a robot that looked like a barrel.
“Uh…Look, I’m sorry.” Gadget Z pointed out. “I’m entering the ring in the next section and I’m sorta in a hurry.”
The Servbot picked up his crowbar again, keeping his eyes narrowed at the Suikoden barrel robot. “You trying to start something?” He asked.
“N-No! I’m not!” Gadget Z insisted.
“My crowbar thinks you are!” The Servbot said, waving his crowbar in Gadget Z’s face.
“I swear I don’t want to cause any trouble!” Gadget Z replied.
“ARE YOU CALLING MY CROWBAR A LIAR?!?!” The Servbot roared as he pulled his crowbar above his head.
“Mommy…” Gadget Z whimpered.
(The Arena)
“J. CARN!” (WH)
The portly Mongolian came out from behind the curtain and strode down to the ring. When he reached the end of the ramp, J. Carn jumped into the ring and scanned it for a pretty woman.
Most of the girls in the ring were either too young for him or not human at all (Felicia and Roll). However, J. Carn suddenly set his sights on Zelda. His eyes widened as a smile floated across his face as he made his way over.
“Greetings, my darling.” J. Carn said as he took Zelda’s hand and kissed it.
“Ugh.” Zelda said as she pulled her hand back and shook it a few times. “May…May I help you?”
“Well, you can give me your number for starters.”
J. Carn was instantly kicked across the arena, sending him flying into a turnbuckle.
“DEE JAY MAXIMUM!” (SFA3)
Dee Jay waved to the crowd and shook nearby hands as he walked down to the ring. He was hoping to make a better entrance, but this sudden mission he and the Koopinator had stumbled upon had caused him to lose focus of it and forget it altogether.
“Okay, mon. I just need to find some people that can help us.” Dee Jay told himself as he stepped into the ring. “Now I just gotta find some people that would be willing to do so.”
The Jamaican man looked around as he stepped into the ring, wondering whom he should ask for help first. Thinking that the Kanes could be helpful, Dee Jay walked over. As he did, Gutsman threw Ralf over Dee Jay’s head. The Jamaican didn’t seem to notice.
“BOWSER!” (SSB)
Wiggling his fingers in anticipation, the king of Koopas lumbered down to the ring with a sly grin on his face, wondering whom he should take apart first.
Bowser stepped into the ring and walked forward three steps when Felicia threw herself onto his back.
“Oh, Mr. Bowser! I’m such a big fan of big guys like you!” Felicia said. “Please kidnap me like you do with that princess!”
“Why doesn’t Peach ever act like this?” Bowser asked himself with a sigh. “That would make my life SO much easier.”
And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Eleven!”
“SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!” (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Cracking his knuckles, Sonic stepped down to the ring with a smirk. After so long, Sonic finally had his confidence back.
“Now that I’m gonna be in the next Smash Bros. game, maybe I can get some fans back.” Sonic said optimistically. “I’ll start with this tournament and see how my popularity gets affected.”
(All Hail Shadow!)
(Heroes rise again!)
Sonic’s eyes snapped open as he stopped walking. Looking up to the Sound Booth in horror, he saw Shadow smirking evilly and waving to him. Aila and Astaroth were laughing harder than ever.
(Obliterating everything that’s not your friend!)
Looking around, the blue hedgehog saw that most of the audience was laughing just as hard as Aila and Astaroth up in the Sound Booth.
(Nothing can stop you now!)
(No ghosts to bring you down!)
(When there’s nothing left to lose, you win!)
Sonic hit the ring and stormed over to Rimururu. The ice girl saw him angry and raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong?” She asked.
“That black and red faker up in the Sound Booth put his theme song on instead of mine!” Sonic replied.
Rimururu shrugged. “They’ve been doing that all night.” She replied. “I don’t know how that could bug you so much.”
“GADO!” (BR)
The tall, blonde man came out from behind the curtain and raced down to the ring. When he hit the end of the ramp, Gado jumped into the air and engulfed himself in a white light.
When Gado hit the canvas, he was now a ferocious-looking lion wearing a shirt and pants. Gado roared in challenge for whomever wanted to fight.
“TIGERMAN!” (TFS)
Seeing Gado in the ring, the tiger-like being that just made his entrance smirked. “Great. This’ll be fun.” Tigerman said as he ran down to the ring and jumped in.
While in the air, Tigerman landed a hard kick to the back of Gado’s head. The large lion staggered forward before spinning around.
“Tiger vs. Lion, pal!” Tigerman smirked. “Let’s see what you’ve got!”
If possible, Gado’s lion form smirked as he leapt at the TFS’er.
(Dome; Arcade)
“Yeesh. What happened in here?” A tall man with black hair and a short beard asked.
“You got me.” A helmeted being with purple armour and an arm cannon replied. “How’re we supposed to play a game when there’s security guards everywhere?”
The two of them, both from TFS, had decided to come to the arcade to waste a few quarters since everyone would be watching the tournament and not be playing games. However, upon entering, the two had noticed that there was yellow police tape around a marked area as security officers were guarding the spot.
“What happened?” Wildfox, the tall man, asked a guard. “Did someone get killed in here?”
“Yes and no.” The guard replied. “A fight broke out in here earlier and that resulted in the man getting stabbed multiple times. Everyone was expecting him to be dead, but when we finally arrive on the scene, the body was gone.”
“So maybe he wasn’t really dead.” Cador, the armoured figure, suggested.
“Impossible.” The guard shook his head. “No one can take that many stabs and walk away without leaving a trail of blood.”
“Sir, look!”
The three turned and saw another guard pointing at a passing Baraka and Reptile, whom were walking past the entrance to the arcade.
“From what we were told, those two are with the woman responsible for the stabbing!” The second guard pointed out.
“Well, that settles it.” The first guard nodded. “We’ll apprehend them.”
“If we may, do you think we can have a go at fighting them?” Cador asked.
“It’s too dangerous.” The guard explained.
“Not for us.” Wildfox smirked as he pulled out a large axe. “Cador and I wanted to get into the tournament, but we were too late to sign up.”
“Yeah. This’ll make us feel better.” Cador nodded.
The guard sighed. “I’m going to hate myself for doing this, but okay. You guys just be careful.”
Wildfox turned and looked down at Cador. “You ready?” He asked.
“Bring it on.” Cador smirked behind his helmet.
The two TFS’ers charged through the arcade and rushed the two Mortal Kombat fighters. Baraka and Reptile turned to see the two TFS’ers jumping at them.
(The Arena)
“YASHIRO NANAKASE!” (KOF)
As the audience cheered, Yashiro stood outside of the entrance curtain, a bottle of water in his hand. Opening the bottle, Yashiro dumped its contents over his face. Once the bottle was empty, Yashiro tossed it into the crowd and ran down to the ring.
Hitting the ring, Yashiro made a break for Billy Kane, having to step around the fight between Gado and Tigerman. Lilly was off talking with Dee Jay for reasons he didn’t know.
“Look who it is.” Yashiro said with a smirk. “Mr. Kane himself.”
“If I remember correctly, your team DIED back in 97.” Billy pointed out. “How are you still alive?”
“What can I say?’ Yashiro asked with a shrug. “The fans love my team.”
“Enough to bring you back from the dead?”
“Hey. I’m not complaining.”
“ZAPPA!” (GG)
Coming out to creepy music, the possessed man crawled down to the ring backwards. When he reached the end of the ramp, Zappa raised his legs and flipped himself over into the ring limply.
Zappa staggered ahead for a second before turning, showing the monstrous face on his back. The mouth of the face opened and shot a fireball forward, straight at Akuma, whom was still fighting Gaira.
Akuma’s ears perked up at the sound of the fireball getting launched and spun in place, thrusting his fist into the oncoming projectile and negating it.
Seeing Zappa coming forward, the red hedgehog smirked. “Now THIS is going to be interesting.” He said as he ran forward.
“LILLY PENDRAGON!” (S3)
Like during last year’s tournament, the audience erupted in boos for the snobbish aristocrat that exited the curtain. Lilly looked around, offended.
“How can you simpletons boo me and cheer for that boy band reject?!” Lilly screamed, pointing her accusation at Yashiro.
Giving a loud huff, Lilly stamped down to the ring.
Lilly Kane looked up and saw Lilly Pendragon coming over. “Why is she coming over here?” She asked nervously.
“Uh…Looks like ya have a fight coming.” Dee Jay said. “I’ll talk to ya again once ya finish.”
As Dee Jay went off to start a fight elsewhere, Lilly Pendragon approached. “You! Fight me this instant!” She ordered.
“Why would I take orders from someone as rude as you?” Lilly Kane asked.
“Because I’m far more rich and important that you will ever be!” Lilly Pendragon shouted.
Lilly Kane narrowed her eyes and got into her stance.
“There. THAT’S better.” Lilly Pendragon nodded. “Now, you’re going to let me win so-”
Lilly Kane promptly smashed her staff across the snob’s face.
“And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Twelve!”
“DEMYX!” (Kingdom Hearts 2)
The fangirls went wild for the young-looking Nobody that exited the curtain. Unlike most of the other fighters in the tournament, Demyx didn’t have a theme song playing. This was because he was making his own, playing hard rock music from his sitar.
Still playing his sitar wildly, Demyx was lifted into the air by a pillar of water. Once the pillar was seven feet tall, it turned into a wave and sailed straight towards the ring, Demyx riding atop it and playing his sitar like he was doing an insane guitar solo. The fans went wild at Demyx’s display.
Sonic looked up and saw the wave of water coming towards him. His eyes sprang open. “WATER! I HATE WATER!” Sonic screamed. “I CAN’T SWIM!!”
With that, Sonic had run off, leaving Rimururu to fend for herself.
In spite of her situation, Rimururu smirked. “This guy doesn’t know me very well, does he?” She asked.
Waving her hand, Rimururu cast her ice magic and turned the wave of water into a wave of ice, which froze solid instantly.
Seeing that his attack was no longer effective, Demyx shrugged and jumped onto the canvas.
“ALVAN!” (GF)
The young prince of Galaxy Fight knew that he wouldn’t be able to top Demyx’s entrance, so he simply ran down to the ring, holding his sword, and jumped in.
While in midair, Alvan steered himself towards Gaira Caffeine and swung his sword. The giant monk looked up, saw Alvan coming down and raised his beads. The sword struck the beads and Alvan’s attack was successfully blocked.
“How can a set of beads be able to block a sword?!” Alvan asked.
“You get used to it.” Gaira shrugged,
“And now, the final fighter of this section…”
“MORRIGAN AENSLAND!” (DS)
The males in the crowd went wild as the leading lady of Darkstalkers came out from behind the curtain and floated down to the ring. The green-haired bat-woman stepped into the ring and looked around for a potential opponent.
“Hmm…Whom should I go for first?” She asked herself before setting her sights on Mewtwo. Smirking evilly, Morrigan floated over.
However, Mewtwo had better senses than she had anticipated and spun in place, throwing a Shadow Ball at her. Morrigan quickly and swiftly avoided the projectile.
“Remind yourself not to sneak up on me.” Mewtwo told Morrigan. “It won’t work.”
“And here I was thinking this night would be boring.” Morrigan’s smirk increased.
