To say Bowser was upset was an understatement. He may have been a villain, but he would never double-cross his nodal companions (unless it was the Mario brothers). However, El Blaze and Sonic had just caused Bowser to accidentally eliminate his nodal companion and he wasn’t exactly thrilled about it. In fact, it was taking the combined efforts of J. Talbain and Wise Idiot to slow Bowser down from chasing down the two Sega characters, and even then the huge Koopa king was dragging the two of them around as he continued chasing.
“We could use a little help!” Wise shouted at Watari.
“You’re on your own.” Watari said, his arms folded. “I’m not going to go anywhere near that turtle when he’s that angry.”
“SWORD MAN!” (MM)
To a mixed reaction, the tall robot master came out and strode down to the ring, his levitating top half hovering mere inches above his lower torso.
“It’s a pity Megaman was eliminated.” Sword Man lamented. “I was hoping to give him a piece of my mind for the last fight we had.”
Entering the ring, Sword Man went over to Alice and silently swung his arm (the one with the sword attached) at the Bloody Roar leading lady. Alice saw the attack coming and ducked under the blow.
“You could have killed me!” Alice shouted.
“You don’t seem to understand the concept of a fighting tournament, my dear.” Sword Man pointed out.
“If that’s the case, then let me introduce you to my fist!” Alice said as she threw her fist.
“PYRON!” (DS)
The flaming boss of Darkstalkers came out and walked down to the ring, leaving a trail of flaming footprints as he walked.
Seeing Bowser dragging J. Talbain and Wise Idiot, Pyron smirked. “Three targets in one.” He said. “This’ll be good.”
With that, Pyron threw a fireball at Bowser. J. Talbain looked at him while he was being dragged.
“Let go!” J. Talbain ordered to Wise.
With that, both wolfman and swordsman let go of Bowser, falling onto the canvas as Pyron’s fireball flew straight into Bowser.
“Who the crap did that?!” Bowser shouted as he saw Pyron. “Oh! So you wanna go at it as well, fire guy?! Okay! Let’s do this!”
“CHOI BOUNGE!” (KOF)
Coming out to a decent-sized cheer, the small man ran down to the ring and leapt in with enough agility to make anyone jealous. Landing in the ring, Choi made a beeline for El Blaze, swinging his claws.
El Blaze saw Choi coming and stepped to the side to avoid the attack. Choi’s attack missed and the claws slashed beside El Blaze, whom gave the small man a kick to the side, sending him flying away.
Choi landed on his face several feet away and got to his feet. “That’s one of the reasons why I hate being short.” Choi sighed as he got up and charged El Blaze again.
“M. BISON!” (SFA3)
Lilly Kane’s eyes snapped open as she looked fearfully at the entrance curtain and saw Bison floating down to the ring. Lilly started backing away as memories of her getting kidnapped in the previous tournament flooded back into her mind.
Bison saw Lilly’s fear and smirked, floating over. “Why hello, Ms. Kane.” Bison greeted. “Judging by that look on your face, you remember last year.”
Lilly continued backing away, cursing her horrible luck. Not only was Lilly the only one left in the ring that was going against this plot Bison was brewing, but now that Billy was gone, there was no one left to help her ward off this sick attacker.
“You’d make a good doll, young lady.” Bison said as he gripped the terrified Lilly by the face. “Don’t worry. Once I fill you with psycho power, you will serve only me.”
Lilly’s eyes were wide with fright by now, but she was just too scared to scream. She could only pray for a miracle.
“GALFORD!” (SS)
“Unhand the girl, you fiend!” The blonde knight roared as he charged down the ramp and leapt in, ignoring the cheer the crowd was giving him. Galford’s dog, Poppy, followed him.
Once he was in the ring, Galford charged at Bison, going straight through the fight Bowser was having with Pyron.
Bison looked over his shoulder. Cursing, Bison teleported out of harm’s way, releasing Lilly at the same time. The blonde girl collapsed to her knees, shaking in fear.
“Are you okay, miss?” Galford asked.
Lilly nodded shakily as she got up. “Thank you so much for the assistance.” She said. “Had you taken a second longer, he would have brainwashed me.”
Galford growled as he turned to face Bison, whom had appeared a few feet away. “Prepare to be vanquished, vile beast!” Galford roared as he charged at Bison.
“And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Fifteen!”
“STINKOMAN!” (Homestar Runner)
The ‘Japanimation’ version of Strong Bad came out to a loud cheer and ran down to the ring, his short blue hair wafting as he ran.
“Now let’s see…Where can I find a decent challenge?” Stinkoman asked himself (with his mouth moving out of sync to the words he was saying). “I think that ninja over there would provide a good fight for a while.”
Watari looked and saw Stinkoman jogging over. “Uh…Can I help you?” The ninja asked.
“I’m looking for a good challenge. Can I interest you in a fight?” Stinkoman asked.
Watari shrugged. “Okay. Humour me.” He challenged.
Stinkoman struck a pose and started glowing white. “DOUBLE DEUUUUUUCEEEE!!!!!” He screamed as he lunged at Watari.
“Yeesh. This guy has a serious problem.” Watari said as he stepped to the side to avoid Stinkoman’s punch.
“QUEEN!” (S3)
Brushing a bit of black hair out of her eyes, Queen scanned the arena as she made her way down. The female mercenary stepped into the ring and decided that Wise Idiot would prove to be a good opponent.
Walking over to the blue-faced swordsman, Queen drew her sword and swung.
However, Wise had an extremely keen sense of awareness and blocked the blow with his own sword without even looking. “I see that you won’t hesitate to backstab me.” He noted.
“You were aware of my presence?” Queen asked.
“I’m a swordsman. It comes with the job.” Wise replied as he turned and readied himself. “Let’s see how well you fare against me when I’m fully aware.”
(Hotel; Lounge)
Balrog wandered into the empty Lounge area of the hotel and looked around. After he was satisfied that no one he was working with was watching, Balrog rushed over to a chair and sat down.
“Man. I may be getting paid a lot, but it sure feels good to relax once in a while.” Balrog said with a satisfied smile. “I just hope no one catches me relaxing. Bison would have my head.”
In all honesty, Balrog hadn’t had a chance to sit down since the tournament started. He was too busy running errands and making preparations for Bison’s plan, so he figured he earned it.
Balrog frowned when he remembered what Bison was up to. He didn’t trust Maximov one bit, and didn’t like where the plan was going. Unfortunately, because he was nothing but a simple lackey, Balrog could only comply with his boss’ wishes.
“So that vampire creep is looking for a wife?” Balrog muttered. “Why can’t he just get her himself? He shouldn’t be needing Bison’s help for something like this.”
The next thing Balrog thought, he was thinking about his latest mission that had been passed out to the rest of Bison’s underlings. Everyone had been ordered to keep their eyes open for the robot that O’Chunks fought in the lobby. Unfortunately, they weren’t given a description, so they had nothing to go on.
“Meh. It’s not like this’ll be very hard.” Balrog shrugged. “I can’t think of any robots in the dome or hotel off the top of my head…”
(Megaman Locker Room)
Everyone still in the locker room suddenly let out a collective sneeze, everyone falling onto their backs.
“What the heck was that?” Protoman asked as he got to his feet.
“Yeah. We all sneezed at the same time.” Axl nodded.
“But we’re robots.” Skull Man reminded. “We shouldn’t HAVE the ability to sneeze.”
(Hotel; Lobby)
“So I guess that there’s nothing for me to do other than just take a ten minute break before I head off to continue my search.” Balrog shrugged.
However, just as Balrog was starting to relax, he heard some voices coming from outside the door.
“I still can’t believe you got us eliminated.”
“Hey, it wasn’t MY fault!”
“Then whose fault is it, then?! Because it certainly isn’t mine!”
“…………………”
“I thought so. Shut up.”
Balrog looked at the doorway to the lounge, expecting to see two people come in. However, he instead saw one figure walking in. The most distinct feature was the two heads that were currently squabbling.
“But we were attached to each other!” The right, goofy-looking head of Search Man insisted. “I couldn’t get tossed out of the ring without you!”
“Yes you could have.” The left, more-serious head, replied. “Your head could be cut off, allowing you to be eliminated while I could have been still in the ring.”
“But who would do a thing like that?”
“I would, for starters.”
Balrog scanned Search Man. After a few seconds, he realized that this robot must have been the one Bison told him to go after. Although he was upset that his alone time had been interrupted, Balrog considered the situation.
“If I can get rid of this robot now, Bison might give me a raise!” Balrog said to himself before leaping off of the chair he was sitting on and rushing over to fight Search Man.
The right head saw Balrog coming and willed Search Man’s right hand to tap the left head on the noggin. “There’s someone coming to fight us, lefty.” He pointed out.
“Looks like we’re not done with the tournament, yet.” The left head smirked. “If anything goes wrong, I’ll say that you did it.”
“Sounds fair.” The right head nodded. It took him a full eight seconds before he added to it. “Wait. What?”
(The Arena)
“URIKO!” (BR)
“Alice!” The young girl called out, waving one of her arms (which looked funny considering that her jacket’s arms were much longer than her own). The teenage fighter ran down to the ring and jumped in, rushing over to help Alice with Sword Man. On the way over, Uriko engulfed herself in a white light.
“What in the world?” Sword Man asked as he turned his head. A furry paw slammed into his face, making him stagger back.
“Thanks for the help, Uriko.” Alice nodded.
“Mew.” The transformed Uriko said. The teenager had transformed into a catgirl, almost like a half-beast.
“So it’s a two-on-one, is it?” Sword Man asked as he got into his stance as Alice transformed into a rabbit again. “Very well. Let’s see how well you two young ladies can stand against me.”
“LESSE’EL DEATHBRINGER!” (TFS)
Rather than a normal TFS’er, the figure that emerged from the curtain was a huge, floating alien. Snapping its pincer claws a couple of times, the dark being floated down to the ring.
Wise looked up to the entrance curtain. “Crap.” He muttered.
“What?” Queen asked.
“Stay away from that thing if you value your life.” Wise informed. “Man. Why the heck did Ekoi enter that thing instead of coming himself? That alien won’t get along with anyone.”
“Not even the nodal companions?” Queen asked.
“Lady, that thing comes from a race of aliens so ruthless and vile that you wouldn’t understand.”
“I think I might.” Queen said, thinking of Yuber.
Leese’el floated over to El Blaze and Sonic, thinking that they would be a good fight. The two Sega characters had been resting for a bit since Bowser started the fight with Pyron, but Sonic looked up and saw the alien floating over.
“Dude, creepy-looking alien at two o’clock.” Sonic pointed out.
“At least it doesn’t look as mad as Bowser.” El Blaze supported.
“BRIDGET!” (GG)
Spinning his yoyo in his hand, Bridget walked down to the ring and stepped in wondering where he could go to find a fight.
That’s when he saw Bison fighting Galford. The young bounty hunter’s eyes narrowed, remembering how Bison played him for a fool last year and sent him to abduct some kids to help the evil man with his plan. Thankfully, Bridget had some sense knocked into him before any real damage was done, but the memory was still there.
Bridget whipped out his yoyos and ran over. “Hey, Bison!” He called out.
Bison blocked a blow from Galford and turned.
“This one’s for last year!” Bridget shouted as he hurled one of his yoyos with all of his might.
“Fool.” Bison said as he waved his hand, canceling the attack and sending the yoyo crashing onto the canvas. “You’ll have to do better than that.”
“Stay out of this, kid!” Galford ordered. “This guy is too dangerous!”
“I think I’m capable of looking after myself.” Bridget said as he charged again.
“MIMI!” (PM)
“SHABON!” (S3)
Mimi’s theme song played through the speakers as the two small girls walked down to the ring together, talking with one another.
“Shabon thinks those pigtails look cute!” Shabon pointed out, referring to herself in the third person. “Shabon always wanted hair like that.”
“Why, thank you!” Mimi said. “And I must say that your outfit is amazing! Where’d you get it?”
“Oh, Nei made it for Shabon.” Shabon explained with a smile. “Shabon wears it all the time when she performs with Nei and Toppo.”
Continuing to talk, the two girls hit the ring and looked around, wondering where they should go first.
That’s when Shabon spotted Bison. She gulped, having remembered being one of the kidnapped kids Bison used in his plan last year. She quickly turned to her new friend. “Don’t go fight that mean-looking man over there, Mimi.” Shabon instructed. “He did horrible things last year and Shabon witnessed them firsthand.”
Mimi smirked. “But can he fight himself?” She asked as she engulfed herself in purple smoke. When the smoke cleared, Mimi had transformed herself into a perfect replica of Bison.
Shabon watched as Mimi flew off after Bison, worried about what could happen if she screwed up.
“JEFFRY MCWILD!” (VF)
The huge, hairy man came out to a loud cheer. Cracking his knuckles, Jeffry ran down to the ring.
When Jeffry landed in the ring, he found himself staring down at Shabon, whom probably was at the same level of height as his kneecaps.
“Would you mind stepping aside, young lady?” Jeffry asked politely. “I wouldn’t want to hurt you fighting someone.”
“Shabon is just as good a fighter as anyone else here.” Shabon explained, folding her arms. “Do you wish for Shabon to demonstrate?”
Jeffry shrugged. “Okay.”
Shabon quickly reached up, grabbed Jeffry’s hand and threw the much larger man across the ring, landing beside a surprised Gabby Jay.
Jeffry groaned and got up. “Note to self: Never ask someone to give a demonstration of his or her power.” He said.
(Hotel; Metaknight’s Room)
Despite what some people might have thought, Kirby’s rival was looking forward to the tournament. He had been training himself to take on anyone with a different fighting style until he thought he was ready.
Even after all of the training he had put himself through, Metaknight was still unsure of whether or not he was ready. He had to make absolute certain that he could handle the ring, no matter what the condition he was in.
Currently, Metaknight was practicing some punches and kicks just in case someone separated him from his sword. However, while he was about halfway through his training, he heard the door open.
“Look, Kirby. I’m busy right now.” Metaknight explained without looking. “I’ve told you already that I’m not interested in a buffet.”
“Mistaking me for that ball of fluff? I’m insulted.”
Metaknight raised a non-existent eyebrow at the new voice and turned to see a blue demon with a dark blue outfit walking into the room.
Jedah of Darkstalkers.
“I apologize for not knocking, but the door was unlocked.” The demon explained.
“Then what business do you have in my hotel room?” Metaknight asked, pulling out his trusty sword.
“I mean you no harm, my friend.” Jedah explained. “I’m just here because I have a little proposition for you.”
“Such as?” Metaknight asked, not lowering his stance.
“Bison needs help with a plan he’s brewing and he wants you help.” Jedah said.
“I’m not interested.” Metaknight replied coldly. “Now get out.”
“I don’t recall saying you had a choice.” Jedah explained, flashing a crooked smirk.
“Sorry to disappoint you, but I work alone.” Metaknight said as he spread his wings and flew straight at Jedah.
(The Arena)
“CAPTAIN KIDD!” (WH)
The pirate captain came out to a loud cheer (for the World Heroes gang) as he strode down to the ring and jumped in.
Setting his sights on Blanka, Kidd walked over and lashed out his hand. “Pirate Ship Punch!”
Lashing out his hand, Kidd sent the ghostly image of a pirate ship crashing into the green-skinned mutant. Blanka stepped back in pain, but quickly recovered and narrowed his eyes.
Seeing Blanka jump at him, Kidd smirked. “Let’s see what this one can do.” He said.
“KING!” (KOF)
King wasted no time in running down to the ring and jumping in. Looking around, King tried to find someone she could double-team with and spotted Lilly. The female bartender ran over to Lilly’s side.
“Hey, Lilly.” King greeted.
“Hey, King.” Lilly nodded.
“Do you want to double-team someone for a bit?” King asked.
“Anything if it takes my mind off of Bison.” Lilly sighed. “So what should we do first?”
“Normally, I’d say Bowser, but he seems to have his hands full with Pyron.” King pointed out.
“Maybe we should go help him, then.” Lilly shrugged.
“And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Sixteen!”
“ASHELIN!” (Jak & Daxter)
Spinning her pistol in her hand, the redheaded woman walked down to the ring, preparing to go after the biggest threat in the ring. Now that Mewtwo was eliminated, that was Bison.
Suddenly, Ashelin heard a very loud wolf whistle coming from the audience. Turning around, Ashelin took aim and fired, striking the pervert in the forehead. Her job done, Ashelin continued down to the ring.
(Announcer’s Booth)
“Uh…Did she just kill that guy?”
“Meh. It was just Hsu Hao from Mortal Kombat. No one’s gonna miss him.”
(The Arena)
Bison turned and saw Ashelin running over. “Looks like I have another opponent coming.” He said as he grabbed Bridget and threw him into the oncoming redhead.
Ashelin seemed to ignore this and continued running at Bison, taking aim at his head.
“GOZU!” (KE)
Ignoring the jeering crowd, the red-clad, gasmask-wearing ninja walked down to the ring and jumped in.
Choi saw him come in and charged, swinging his claws. However, Gozu blocked the attack with his own claws that were attached to his gauntlet. Taking the short man off guard, Gozu knocked him away.
“This shouldn’t be too hard.” Gozu said. “Now that my mind’s focused, I may be able to stand a chance.”
“EIJI KISARAGI!” (KOF)
Gozu’s eyes snapped open behind his mask as he spun around to look at the entrance curtain.
Indeed, there was Eiji, arms folded and a cross look on his face. Eiji obviously remembered the incident he had after touching a piece of both Gozu and Mezu’s gauntlets during the last tournament. After doing so, Eiji was flooded with the fire and water elements of the two ninjas. Because of conflict between the two, Eiji was almost killed until the two elements finally decided to work together to help the purple-clad ninja win a vital fight.
Eiji landed in the ring and stared down Gozu silently.
“Uh…Hi?” Gozu said.
“I’ll give you a three-second head start.” Eiji explained.
Gozu quickly turned tail and ran.
“WAN FU!” (S3)
(How come you’re always such a fussy young man?)
(Don’t want no Captain Crunch, don’t want no Raisin Bran)
(Well don’t you know that other kids are starving in Japan?)
(So eat it. Eat it.)
Suikoden 3’s resident glutton (even though he was still pretty skinny) came out to Weird Al’s ‘Eat It’, finishing off a shish-kabob. After eating his food, Wan Fu held his staff in his hands and ran down to the ring.
(Don’t wanna argue, I don’t wanna debate)
(Don’t wanna hear about the kind of foods you hate)
(You won’t get no desert until you clean up your plate)
(So eat it)
(I don’t care if you’re full)
(Eat It! Eat It!)
(Grab yourself an egg and beat it!)
(Have some more chicken! Have some more pie!)
(It doesn’t matter if it’s boiled or fried!)
(Just Eat It!)
Hitting the ring, Wan Fu instantly went over to Leese’el Deathbringer and smashed his staff over the alien’s head.
The alien turned and stared down Wan Fu, whom simply stood in place, smirking.
“Bring it on, alien.” Wan Fu said.
“Wan Fu, get away from that thing!” Queen shouted from across the ring. “That thing’s a killer!”
“Oh, come on.” Wan Fu laughed. “What’s the worst it can do?”
Leese’el responded simply by snapping its razor-sharp pincer claws.
Wan Fu’s face fell. “Oh.”
“And now, the final fighter of this section…”
“LUIGI MARIO!” (SSB)
(Tired of being what you want me to be)
(Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface)
(Don’t know what you’re expecting of me)
(Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes)
The younger Mario brother came out to a very loud cheer and Linkin Park’s ‘Numb’ (simply because he really thought the song suited him when Shadow and co. chose it for him last year). Waving to the crowd, Luigi made his way down to the ring.
(Caught in the undertow)
(Just caught in the undertow)
(Every step that I take is another mistake for you)
(Caught in the undertow)
(Just caught in the undertow)
Bowser turned and saw Luigi come in. “Great. Just when I was having fun, one of those plumbers decides to enter and ruin it.” He pouted.
Pyron decided to take advantage of the situation and attacked. Bowser easily blocked it.
(I’ve become so numb!)
(I can’t feel you there!)
(I’ve become so tired!)
(So much more aware!)
(I’m becoming this!)
(All I want to do!)
(Is be more like me!)
(And be less like you!)
Luigi was tempted to go fight Bowser, but saw that he was busy fighting Pyron. Looking around, Luigi saw the fight Watari was having with Stinkoman and went over.
Watari knocked Stinkoman away and looked. “Hmm…Luigi Mario. Definitely a worthy opponent.” He noted.
“Did someone say a worthy opponent?!” Stinkoman asked as he ran back over. “Where is he?! I can take him!”
“Uh…What’s his problem?” Luigi asked Watari.
“You got me.” Watari shrugged.
