A week ago...
"PLEEEEEEASE?!" he begged.
A-kun stared at the man on his knees.
"Why?" A-kun asked.
"Because I'm bored! There's not much else to do! And one of the Seiya
clones has been giving me this strange look." the man pleaded.
"Fine. Go talk with Urd and see if she'll let you share her interviewing
job." A-kun said.
"WHOO-HOO!" Bastion cried, leaping to his feet and running off.
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Anime Death Tournament
Round 1 - The Battles Begin
Outcomes by ????? and C-chan
Typing by A-kun
Plot by..... um, say, who IS doing the plot? ........................
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Present Day
The arena was packed with the curious, the foolish, the normal, oh and
members of the FFML. The surly ticket-takers kindly spit in the faces of
celebrities and blow their bad breath at the rest of the crowd to give that
authentic "arena" feel. Some carnies have set up shop despite the
regulations against carnies setting up shop. The carnies offer the standard
carnival "Knock over the Evangelion", "Fit the oversized ball through the
undersized hoop", "Use a crappy cork gun with a bent barrel and sight to hit
a wooden tag superglued to a quarter-ton weight" and "Kill the carnie"
games.
Various hotshots threw softballs at the six Evas standing in a pyramid
formation only to have the Evas activate their AT fields to block it. As it
was, the "Kill the carnie" game was the most popular.
Once most of the crowd had had the chance to stand in line for food, drinks
and kidney punches, they began filing into the Arena for the Pre-Round 1
entertainment which was basically anime, manga and fanfiction characters
dancing in the ring for the crowd to the tune of Right Said Fred's "I'm Too
Sexy". Quite a few characters don't know how to dance, but since EVERYONE
can strut, those that can't dance, strut instead. No one seems to notice
much.
Finally, after Security escorts Katsuhiko Jinnai to the incinerator for
grossing everyone out by taking off his shirt and trying to look impressive,
the room lights dim down and two spotlights burst to life, focusing on two
women as they walk down toward the ring.
The first is a tall purple-haired woman wearing a stunning blue dress with
slits up the sides. She smiles brightly and waves. The second one is a
shorter woman with brown hair who is wearing camo-gear with knives, grenades
and guns in every pocket and looks like she could vanish in the blink of an
eye if the spotlight wasn't on her. She grins evilly at various audience
members and gives everyone the finger.
They both walk up to the posts and enter the ring. A microphone is
spastically lowered to the center where the first girl grabs it and yanks on
it, tugging the tech lowering it off balance. He screams, falls and hits
the mat behind the two girls. Both ignore him.
"Greetings and welcome to the very FIRST annual Anime Death Tournament.
I'm ?????." the first girl introduces herself.
The second girl snatches the microphone.
"And I'm C-chan, great to see all ya muthaf^(kas. Wassup?" the second girl
asked as the tech tugged at her ankle.
"Little help?" the man groaned.
"Huh?, you are SUCH a baby." C-chan said, grabbing him and pulling him up
by his shirt as she hands the microphone to ?????.
????? ignores C-chan as she throws Huh? out of the ring to land in a girl's
lap. He scrambles to his feet, apologizes and leaves.
????? continued with her spiel as a giant four-way screen lowers from the
ceiling, displaying random fight scenes from old Anime Death Matches, "We'll
be your hosts tonight. But, before our first match, we'd like to give you a
little background into Anime Death Match, the series that's lead to this
event. Anime Death Match started in the caffeinated brain of our own A-kun
as he watched MTV's Celebrity Death Match. He took the idea and, with my
help, began a trend of violently tearing apart animates, fanfiction
characters and Manga-ites and the occasional real-life star."
The pictures run through the fights between Mai Shiranui vs. Shampoo, the
Power Rangers vs. the Senshi, Gryphon vs. Megazone and Marilyn Manson vs.
Kodachi Kuno.
As the clips run, ????? continues on, "Through the months, C-chan, A-kun
and I strived to make those fights that the fans wanted to see, mixed with
whatever twisted fights we, TharzZzDunN, Huh? and A-chan could come up
with."
"And tonight, the fights will continue in their usual strange, twisted
ways. All the embarrassment, all the silliness, all the stupidity and all
the GORE!" C-chan yelled into the mic.
The crowd erupts in cheers, boos, yells and airhorns. A few people faint
from the noise while others spontaneously combust while still others
explode. C-chan and ????? leave the ring and walk over to a tower that's
constructed of Author-Grade Titanium, built by Animates with an SI
character's tools and mineral deposits from Mangas. As they climb up the
ladder, a few people whistle, but C-chan fires a few blanks (sheeya-right)
at them to shut them up. The two Authors took their seats as the four-way
TV raised back into the ceiling.
"Now for the rules. The combatants are not to leave the ring. If both are
knocked out of the ring, the first back in the ring is the winner. Victory
can be achieved by killing, pinning, sending your opponent out of the ring
or rendering your opponent completely unconscious." C-chan explained.
"And for those worried about losing their chance at getting to the the
later rounds, Round 5 are for those who lose on their first fights. It's a
special Round dedicated to help fighters get over their first loss and
re-enter the tournament." ????? explained.
"Yeah, cause ????? was a wuss and didn't want to disappoint some fighters."
C-chan grumbled.
"Anyway, on to our first match, Matt "Gavin" Campbell vs. Demona the
Gargoyle!" ????? declared.
To the cue of Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping", a scarlet blur appears in
various places, stopping every so often to listen to the cheers (or boos)
from the crowd. Suddenly, it zipped into the blue aisle where it started
from and created a cyclone that began moving towards the ring, a few ki
bolts shooting in and out of it to stike against the barriers set up to
protect the audience from death. The cyclone entered the ring, leaving the
ropes swinging and dissipated.
Mathew "Gavin" Campbell, dressed in a casual scarlet jumpsuit, stood atop a
post, munching on some pie. Banana Cream. Various parts of his jumpsuit
bulged with concealed items and across his back was a large sketchpad. He
waved to the crowd and hopped down into the ring as Hiroshi and Daisuke
walked up behind him from the blue doors and began messing around with a
machine.
Suddenly, the red doors opposite of him were kicked open as the song
Unforgiven by Metallica began playing. A large blue woman with long unruly
red hair stormed in, her wings wrapped around her like a cloak. She grabbed
various fans and threw them across the room before leaping into the ring and
glaring at Gavin. Gavin grinned and gave her the finger.
Shao Khan, sitting next on a table next to the ring, roared out,
"AAAANIIIIIMEEEEE DEEEEEEAAAAATH TOOOOUUURNAAAAAAMEEEEENT!"
Both combatants neared the center of the ring as Referee Robo (from Crono
Trigger) stood just outside the ring, just in case the fight got too dirty.
"Regular viewers of Anime Death Match will note that Setsuna Meiou is not
the referee for this tournament. It's because she'd earned so much vacation
time from the Anime Death Matches to be able to take a month off. And she
chose this month." ????? replied.
"So, we picked Robo from Crono Trigger. Made of extremely sturdy
construction, Robo is now outfitted with the latest in
Spell/Ki/Psionic-immune ceramic-adamantium-iron armor. Not to mention he
has no connection with anyone in this entire Arena, thus he'll be quite
immune to persuasion. And he can dish out more than he can take with his
high-powered lasers." C-chan answered.
"FIGHT!" Shao Khan declared.
Gavin began whipping out hatchets and throwing them at incredible speeds.
"Valominus Catarivalus Unum!" Demona cried, pulling out an ancient tome of
magic (no, not the Grimorum).
The hatchets bounced off of the magical shield that Demona had constructed.
Suddenly, Demona felt Gavin jump-kicking her in the back. She rolled and
turned just in time to get a pie in the face. She flopped onto her back.
Everyone heard Demona slowly counting to five before taking the pie off her
face, wiping off the remains and turning to look for Gavin just in time to
get yet another pie in the face, this one piping hot, thanks to Hiroshi and
Daisuke, who were currently making more pies for Matt's use.
She repeated the process of taking the pie off and wiping off the hot
filling before she noticed Gavin making an ugly picture of her mother. She
grabbed the ancient tome and chanted another spell. Gavin was about to
snatch the ancient tome out of her hands when suddenly, his speed cut out.
"EEP!" Gavin yelped before Demona grabbed him.
Gavin found himself on the receiving end of a punch. He went flying
backwards to slam into his corner post. He looked up and saw Demona
marching towards him, death on her mind. He had one last chance. Daisuke
grabbed a nearby hatchet and tossed it to Matt, who grabbed it, charged it
with ki and threw it at Demona, who wasn't expecting the weapon and caught
it in the left arm. She howled in pain and looked to see Gavin lunging at
her. She got yet another really hot pie in the face, followed by about six
ki bolts in the stomach before Gavin grabbed the ancient tome and began
flipping through it, chanting random words that caught his eye.
Suddenly, the ring exploded, sending both combatants back out the way they
entered and forcing Hiroshi and Daisuke to look up from behind their hiding
place behind the portable oven. Gavin, now free of the slowing spell, raced
back in. To see Demona was pinned inbetween all the four posts, which meant
she was still in the ring when he wasn't.
"SONOVABIT-" Gavin began.
The bell rang, ending the match. *DING**DING**DING*
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"-and Demona is the winner!" ????? cried.
"What a turn around! Gavin starts out strong, then Demona turns the
tables, then Gavin turns the tables AGAIN, and finally by sheer coincidence,
Demona wins by remaining in the ring!" C-chan declared.
"Oh, this is quite exciting! The ring is on auto-repair, so we've got time
for three interviews. Let's go LIVE to Urd in with A-kun, who's getting
ready for his match." ????? said.
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"Thanks, ?????. I'm here with A-kun, who's getting ready for his fight."
Urd answered, turning to a brown-haired young man wearing a black gi and a
red belt. His blue eyes narrow as the bright light flashes in his eyes.
"Hey." A-kun responded, trying to get his eyes to re-focus.
"A-kun, why did you enter this tournament?" Urd inquired, smiling.
"I entered because I wanna prove that I'm more than just words and hollow
threats. I originally wanted to fight Ryu, but now I just want to go as far
as I can." A-kun answered, fixing his belt.
"So, what about the rumor that you won't hit girls?" Urd asked.
"That's false. I will strike a woman in a fight such as this tournament.
I'm chivalrous, but I believe in fairness between the sexes. I'm weird in
that way. Some people would say this qualifies me as insane, but they
haven't gotten me yet!" A-kun answered.
"........ Next over to Skuld for an interview with an after-fight
interview with Gavin." Urd answered.
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"Hello, I'm here with Matt 'Gavin' Campbell. Matt, how do you feel about
this latest fight?" Skuld inquired.
"Don't get me started! That was pure luck on Demona's part. I'm not out
of this yet, Demona. And if we meet again, you ain't gonna be so lucky!"
Gavin growled.
"Hey, Gavin. They've got pie in the cafeteria." Daisuke said, popping his
head into the room (yes, it's still connected to his neck and body).
"Oooooh! PIE!" Gavin cried, racing out of the room.
"....... go to Belldandy-oneechan." Skuld grumbled, storming out of the
room.
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"Ohayo. I'm here with a Mr...." Belldandy began.
"Seiya." the young man answered.
"Seiya-san, you're a Starlight, correct?" Belldandy asked.
Seiya nodded.
"And you're here to support Usagi-san, correct?" Belldandy inquired.
"That's correct. Usagi decided to have family with her. I respect that.
When I enter the tournament next time, I'll be wanting my brother with me
for support." Seiya answered.
"On another note, how do you feel about the fanfics you've starred in ever
since you appeared in Sailor Moon Starlights?" Belldandy inquired.
"I feel bad about a lot of them. Quite a few people think I'll do anything
to take Usagi from Mamoru, which is a complete lie. I'd like it if Usagi
came to me naturally, but otherwise, I would do nothing like what some of
these authors have me do." Seiya declared, before adding in a menacing tone,
"I'd also like to talk with Jim Waldo Vials or whatever his name is for
having me, Haruka and Michiru in such an affair! LIES, ALL LIES!"
"Um, back to you, ?????." Belldandy said as Seiya launched into a
long-winded rant about how he wouldn't mind getting between two lesbians,
but they always demand that he transform first, and when he refuses, they
pour good, scalding hot coffee in his crotch and kick him off a moving
vehicle, like a car, a truck, a train, etc.
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"Uh, thanks... Anyway, on to the next match, A-kun vs. Sailor Moon!" ?????
said, smiling weakly.
C-chan was reading a copy of Gun-Wielding-Maniacs Weekly and thus, busy
ignoring Seiya's rant.
Brittany Spears' song "Baby, One More Time" begins playing. When it's
halfway done, the blue doors burst open and A-kun shoots through, lands on
the blue post and belches loudly. Most of the males (and a few females)
burst into cheers while others get a disgusted look on their faces. A-kun
cups a hand over one ear and starts stomping around, much like Hulk Hogan
did. (Basically, he looks like a doof)
As the opening theme to Sailor Moon began playing, the red doors opened and
Usagi Tsukino (aka. Sailor Moon) walked through, waving to the crowd.
Mamoru, Shingo and Chibi-Usa, wearing black tuxedos, dark shades and
ear-phones follow, making sure no hentai otakus try anything. Chibi-Usa
waves to her fans and flips off her enemies. Shingo and Mamoru wave to
those who like them and ignore those who don't.
Usagi steps into the ring and transforms into Sailor Moon (A censorship
chip keeps the hentais from seeing her nude (that includes TharzZzDunN)
{BOO! Fine then! I'll make my own naked Sailor Moon! With hookers and
Blackjack! In fact, forget the hookers!} ).
"FIGHT!" Shao Khan roared before Sonya and Jax mugged him and took his
wallet. Robo ignored this as he was only paid to focus on the match.
A-kun leapt at Sailor Moon, then stopped and jumped straight up as Sailor
Moon threw her tiara. The heat-seeking Tiara boomeranged, but A-kun just
ducked down and the Frisbee of Doom returned to Sailor Moon.
"STRESS BURST!" A-kun roared.
Sailor Moon leapt out of the way of the gigantic ki blast and threw a Moon
Princess Halation at A-kun, who teleported behind Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon
drove an elbow into his stomach, which did little to stop him from putting
her into a bear-hug. Sailor Moon struggled against A-kun's
adrenaline-charged berserker strength as he began crushing her ribs.
Suddenly, A-kun was blasted aside and someone leapt and glomped onto Sailor
Moon.
"USAGI-CHAN!" Seiya cried happily, nuzzling himself into Sailor Moon's
breasts.
"SEIYA NO BAKA!!" Sailor Moon roared.
"STRESS BURST!" A-kun roared.
"EEP!" Sailor Moon and Seiya yelped in unison as A-kun blasted both of
them.
".....ha... I can.." Sailor Moon began as she started to get back up.
"LUMINARE!" A-kun chanted.
All light in the room was drawn to a point right in front of Usagi, then
exploded outward, sending Sailor Moon and Seiya flying out of the arena.
A-kun turned and waved once to the crowd, then collapsed.
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"It's lucky that Seiya was so stupid or A-kun might've lost." C-chan
replied.
"Yeah, but it's odd that Seiya did that after he told Belldandy that he
would never do that." ????? said, frowning.
"I can answer that question. It's because _that_ Seiya isn't the one I
interviewed." Belldandy answered as she and Seiya enjoyed a nice cup of tea.
Seiya waved to the camera.
"Um, why don't we go to Skuld for an interview with one of the many people
in the crowd tonight, then to Urd with an after-fight interview with Sailor
Moon." ????? asked, smiling with a sweatdrop.
"I can't believe you forgot we're in a multi-dimensional plane. Thousands
of copies of anyone can show up." C-chan scolded.
"Shut uuuuup." ????? replied.
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"Welcome. I'm here with one of A-kun's first characters, Shana." Skuld
said.
"It's a pleasure to be here." Shana answered.
"It's astounding that you, Orion and Alleana hold no resentment against
A-kun." Skuld commented.
"Yes, we're here to support our author, despite the horrible story he made
us go through." Shana answered.
"And all those crappy plots, cheap gags and such. And the way he rejected
the story so completely as a failure." Skuld added.
Shana's right eye twitched.
"Yes." Shana replied.
"I mean, he was so disgusted with it, he probably went to the bathroom to
puke a few times, right?" Skuld inquired.
"Right." Shana responded through clenched teeth.
"Anyway, to Urd with an interview with Sailor Moon, then to Belldandy with
an interview with Hello Kitty." Skuld said, happy that her interview didn't
turn out like the last one, while behind her, Shana was snarling and clawing
at the air.
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"Hi, I'm here with the legendary Senshi, Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon, how do
you feel about tonight's match?" Urd inquired, holding the microphone out to
Sailor Moon.
"If it wasn't for that perverted Seiya, I probably would've pulled off a
spectacular escape and won the match." Sailor Moon grumbled.
"So, what are you going to do for the rest of the evening?" Urd asked.
"I may be out of the tournament, but that doesn't mean I can't cheer for my
fellow senshi. Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, if you meet A-kun, kick his ass!"
Sailor Moon told Urd.
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"Ohayo, I'm here with the infamous Kitty from Hello Kitty." Belldandy said,
smiling brightly.
She turned and held the microphone out to Kitty.
"Hi! I'm so very happy to be here!" Kitty said, smiling brightly.
"Kitty, I know that you and your friends are no doubt very nice, but why
are you three here at the Death Tournament? It's not exactly the place one
would expect to see you." Belldandy asked.
"Well, I got into a little side-bet with Pekkle and Kerropi. If I don't do
this, I lose my spot on TV for a month." Kitty answered, blushing with
embarrassment that she'd be caught in any form of gambling.
"Well, I hope you do your best." Belldandy replied.
"Oh, I will. Mweheheheheheheheheheh!" Kitty laughed, rubbing her hands
together and going off to some place where only she existed.
Belldandy sweatdropped and turned to the camera.
"Well, back to you, ?????." Belldandy said.
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????? snored quietly, her chair tilted backwards in a reclining position.
She looked very peaceful and very cute as she slept on. However, it wasn't
meant to last. ????? burst awake as C-chan slapped her upside the head.
"We're back for the next match, Kitty vs. Azerath." ????? said, before
reclining and falling asleep again.
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The blue doors opened and Azerath walked in. No songs were played for the
lone swordsman as he approached the ring and entered. The red doors opened
to reveal a small white Super Deformed-kitten-girl wearing pink overalls and
a small yellow flower in her hair. Behind her was a SD-frog wearing a red
shirt and a SD-duck wearing a blue shirt. The happy tune of Aqua's "Happy
Boys & Girls" played as they approached the ring and Kitty got in.
Azerath snorted at the kawaii sight and drew his sword. Kitty smiled and
began dancing. Azerath stared at the kawaii Kitty and shivered.
"That's really disgustingly cute, you know." Azerath commented.
"Thanks!" Kitty said, smiling.
"FIGHT!" a bloody Shao Khan roared before Jax and Sonya tackled and beat
him up again, stealing his facemask and revealing him to be Woody Allen.
Robo, once again, ignored this as it did not affect the match.
Azerath lunged at Kitty, who dodged the blade easily and giggled. Azerath
snarled and began slashing at Kitty rapidly, only to find that the SD-kitten
was always one step ahead of him. Finally, angered to the point that he
wanted to rip his own hair out, Azerath summoned his power and cast a spell.
"FLARE!" He cried.
Kitty was completely unprepared for the fiery onslaught and was engulfed in
flames. Keroppi and Pekkle cried in fear as Kitty screamed, then in horror
as a form emerged from the flames. Even long-time fans were unprepared at
the sight of the HK-666666 Satan Kitty, an upgraded version of the older
HK-666 Hell Kitty. It was eight feet tall, with massive arms and legs.
Huge wings extended from it's back. It was painted black and it's beady red
eyes caught sight of a startled Azerath.
Keroppi and Pekkle gasped and cried out in unison, "YOU'RE NOT KITTY!"
Satan Kitty laughed at them, then extended her arms, flattening said limbs
into thin ribbons. Azerath screamed in agony as his arms were sliced off at
his shoulders, Angel 14 style. The limbs fell to the ground as Satan
Kitty's arms returned to her. She levitated up into the sky, then crossed
her arms, causing deep slash to appear on Azerath's chest.
Azerath staggered back and fell to one knee. Satan Kitty pulled her chest
open and twin particle beams blasted the hapless swordsman out of the ring
and onto a stretcher. He was rushed to the emergency ward as a medical team
member grabbed his severed arms.
Satan Kitty began laughing a hauntingly terrifying laugh, flaring with blue
energy. She licked Azerath's blood off of her hands and continued laughing
again.
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"I WASN'T expecting that." C-chan said, arching an eyebrow.
"Hmmm, maybe Azerath would've done better with a sword that destroyed
boomers..." ????? mused.
"Nah, he just got a bad draw." C-chan answered.
"Well, all the matches _are_ between two fighters that have the potential
for defeating each other, no matter what one or the other is hiding." ?????
said, shrugging.
"Your point of this ramble?" C-chan inquired.
"I hope Azerath's going to be okay." ????? commented.
"He'll be fine. His arms have already been reattached and they're pumping
him full of painkillers now. See?" C-chan asked, pointing to a monitor
where Azerath was currently reciting the entire script to every Cheech and
Chong film ever made while giggling and pausing every so often to blow on a
kazoo or to eat a twinkie. Finally, he goes to sleep and the bongs (aka.
painkillers) are put away.
????? stared at the monitor, her right eye twitching.
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A-kun watched Satan Kitty as it marched back to it's changing room with
Keroppi and Pekkle hesistantly following. Shaking, they finally entered the
room and closed the door. A-kun heard the lock being turned. His eyes
narrowed. This was going to get dangerous. Especially since even HE hadn't
known about Satan Kitty. He figured, at most, Hell Kitty 2, but that wasn't
the case. Someone was going to have to take Satan Kitty down and he prayed
it wouldn't have to be him. Satan Kitty give him the willies.
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"Um, shouldn't we be interviewing someone?" Belldandy inquired.
"Nah, I like this." Skuld replied, gobbling down ice cream like no one's
business.
Nearby, in a tanning booth, Urd was wearing a tan-through bikini and
enjoying every minute of it.
"I'm going to go interview someone." Belldandy said, standing up.
"I'll go with you." Keichii said, standing up with the camera.
"Let me help you with the camera." Megumi said, rolling up a wide-legged
rolling tripod.
Keichii blinked. The camera DID get heavy after about twenty minutes and
his shoulder was still sore from the interviews with Seiya and Kitty.
"Okay, Bell-chan, who are we going to go interview?" Keichii asked as he
and Megumi began rolling the tripod forward.
"Anyone want to be interviewed?" Belldandy asked, poking her head into a
random dressing room.
"Sure." Amelia wil Tesla Sailoon replied, turned to face Belldandy.
"All right, may I ask your name?" Belldandy inquired.
"I'm Amelia wil Tesla Sailoon, Champion of Justice!" Amelia answered,
striking a dramatic pose.
"I'm Belldandy, a first-class goddess and these are my friends Keichii
Morisato and his sister Megumi." Belldandy said, finishing the
introductions.
"Wow! I don't think I've ever met a first-class Goddess before. Then
again, I don't get to meet very many people that Lina-san doesn't blow up in
a day or two." Amelia answered, sighing.
"So, why did you enter this tournament?" Belldandy asked.
Amelia looked left, then right, then left again. She then raced to the
door and locked it. Out of a nearby wooden chest, Lina Inverse popped out
and Zelgadis Greywiers stepped out from behind a rack of clothes.
"We're here to take down a dangerous person. They've been threatening to
destroy the Death Dome's protective field for a week now." Lina responded.
"What will that do?" Keichii asked, naively.
"The Death Dome's field prevents people from dying completely..." Zelgadis
received blank looks.
"There are two states of death. Dead-alive and Dead-dead. Dead-dead means
you can't be brought back to life. Dead-alive means you can be." Lina
explained.
"Dead-alive is what the Field keeps everyone at. Everyone who dies can be
revived and restored so long as the Field remains in place. Otherwise, it's
a toss-up over who lives and dies permenantly." Zelgadis finished.
"So, why didn't you enter the tournament?" Megumi asked.
"Because we figure that whoever is going to destroy the ring is probably
going to try and show off their talents by annihilating everyone else in the
tournament. But, just in case they aren't fighters, Zelgadis and I are
going to be running solo to see if we can't find them before they make their
move." Lina answered.
"Why is taking out the field so important? Couldn't they just bring
healers in to restore people before they died in the first place?" Keichii
asked.
"That's another thing that we're trying to figure out. Even with the Death
Dome's field taken out, the healers are good enough to stop death from
occurring." Lina said.
"Hey, what if they're going to break the defensive barrier around the
crowd? THEY COULD START A MASSACRE THAT EVEN THE HEALERS COULDN'T STOP!"
Amelia cried, panicking.
"...... And even the security force would wind up as useless." Zelgadis
added.
"Say, who IS in charge of Security?" Megumi asked.
"Some self-proclaimed Ultra-Mage by the name of Drayko. He's been taking
precautions, like hiring us, but I think not even he's going to be ready if
they start a massacre." Lina answered.
"Should we warn the crowd?" Belldandy asked.
"No. That'll cause a stampede which'll be just as bad if someone manages
to seal off the Death Dome's field." Lina answered.
"We've got to get going, Lina. Someone might be spying on us." Zelgadis
replied.
"Right." Lina said.
"By the way, I've taken the liberty of destroying your tape. Nothing
personal, just precautions." Zelgadis answered.
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????? slept on as C-chan cleaned her gun. C-chan suddenly noticed the
glowing red light on top of the camera and smiled.
"The next fight is between Tracer Zen and Amelia wil Tesla Sailoon." C-chan
said, trying to smile pleasantly, but wound up giving a menacing snarl.
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"Ultra" by KMFDM begins playing as a lean man entered the arena via the red
doors and approached the ring with the stealth of a shadow. His head is
lowered and his eyes glaring at the ring before him, his long, greasy black
hair hanging in view, shielding the audience from his deep scowl. His fists
clenched and his teeth ground as the stalker entered the ring. Slowly and
timidly, Sebastion Fitsroy <aka. Bastion> walked down the aisle after Tracer
Zen.
From the blue doors, Amelia wil Tesla Sailoon and Zelgadis entered as
R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People" plays. The small bundle of joy that was the
Princess of Sailoon made her way down to the ring slowly, pausing to sign
autographs and pose for pictures. Zelgadis, who seemed to be a big hit with
the women, stopped to sign autographs as well, but hurried on his ways as
some women began tearing at his clothes.
When the duo reached the ring, Zelgadis was minus several pieces of his
pants and his entire shirt, but luckily he could cover himself up with his
cloak. Amelia performed a flawless backflip into the ring (to the Purists'
combined surprise, she didn't slip or fall flat on her face) and bowed to
the applauding audience and blantantly ignored the boos from the few losers
who thought that Amelia should've fallen on her face or slipped in some
manner.
She turned and smiled at Tracer, who merely scowled more. Tracer briefly
considered opening the fight with a brutal telekinetic blast, but decided to
go hand-to-hand. It felt better when he pummeled the snot out of something
cute. He was also decided that using the gun would rob him of the chance to
eliminate this source of CUTE with his own bare hands.
Shao Khan, who was sick and tired of being mugged, but was bound by
contract to stay until the tournament's end, had hired some goons to protect
him, so he was still ready to let out the famous guttural "FIGHT!"
Tracer lunged at Amelia and punched at her. Amelia blocked the punch and
counter-punched him in the stomach. Tracer didn't even bother to flinch
before kicking and punching at Amelia, who flipped out of the way, using a
handspring to gain even more distance. She almost slipped on a banana peel
that a purist had thrown into the ring, but wisely swatted it over at
Tracer, who was charging her. He stepped on it and slipped, crashing
face-first onto the ground.
"In the name of Justice, I, Amelia wil Tesla Sailoon do hereby punish you,
Tracer Zen-san, for being far too dark and mean!" Amelia cried.
"Shut up." Tracer snarled.
"FIREBALL!" Amelia cried.
Tracer leapt out of the way and unleashed a telekinetic blast at Amelia,
who sensed it and leapt away. He formed his hand into a blade and leapt at
Amelia, who replied by casting a Valis Wall spell, causing Tracer to slam
into the wall and bounce away.
"FIREBALL!" Amelia cried, once again releasing the devastatingly powerful,
yet excessively common, fire spell while letting the Valis Wall drop.
Tracer managed to use his telekinesis to float out of the way. He snarled
and leapt at Amelia once again, this time he managed to make a deep gash
along her right arm. However, that cost him a precious thing. Distance to
avoid the fireball that Amelia had prepared. *WA-BOOM*
Tracer went flying back against the ropes and sort of just stayed there.
After about six seconds, Tracer regained enough consciousness to stand back
up only to grabbed by Amelia and slammed into the ground. A quick Freeze
Arrow made sure that he wouldn't make his morphing hand into anything else.
He found himself in a submission hold. He gritted his teeth and summoned
his telekinetic powers to toss Amelia across the ring. Amelia catapulted
off the ropes and performed a flying clothesline on Tracer, sending the dark
warrior to the ground once again. As he laid stunned on the ground, his
mind came up with one peculiar thought.
[My, those are pretty lights. How much do nachos cost anyway? I'll just
lay here for a bit until I remember.]
The uncharacteristic thought cost him precious time as Amelia pinned him
and he lost the match. Amelia gave a "V" sign to everyone and the crowd
roared with cheers, hoots and whistles as Amelia's shirt had been torn
slightly by Tracer's wild attack on her arm. She healed her arm as she
approached Zelgadis, who handed her his cape so she could keep her dignity.
"Um, why are there all those coins there?" Amelia asked, pointing to a
small pile of coins behind Zelgadis that had suddenly appeared.
"Oooh, they're right! You CAN bounce quarters off his butt!" one
particular fangirl said, watching another coin bounce off Zelgadis's
rearend.
Amelia and a blushing Zelgadis left the arena in a hurry. Sebastion
grabbed Tracer Zen and dragged the still dazed swordsman out of the arena,
hoping that Tracer wouldn't wake for quite some time. And thankfully for
Sebastion, Tracer was unconscious all the way to the psycho-ward of the
hospital.
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"That was quite a match. Tracer put up a good fight, even if he did slowly
lose. He, Matt, Azerath and Sailor Moon are all going to be in our bonus
round as we continue on with the first round." ????? said, smiling the Crest
Smile (tm).
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. We're half-way through the show, and you know what
that means." C-chan answered.
"Right, time to show the idiots a Leslie Nielson movie, take the time to go
take a leak and get some more food." ????? said, standing up.
"Righty-o. Show... Naked Gun 2 1/2." C-chan ordered.
"Why that one?" ????? asked.
"Just felt like it." C-chan answered.
The duo left the tower as the four-way TV lowered and began playing.
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Interlude - Go rent Naked Gun 2 1/2 if you wanna see it. Otherwise, just
read on.
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"We're back. Welcome once again to Round 1 of the semi-annual Anime Death
Tournament." ????? said, now sporting a tight white t-shirt that showed her
tight midriff, stone-washed blue jeans and one of those novelty clapping
hats. She's also slurping on an Ultra-Soda (7 gallons of carbonated sugar
water (aka. pop)).
"Now, on to more GORE!" C-chan cried, having stripped off more of the
camo-gear, but still wearing the make-up, a green muscle shirt and
camo-pants. She was shaking uncontrollably as she sipped at a 12 oz. can of
Jolt.
"It's Silphion versus Morrigan." ????? finished.
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As the variant on Terra's music from FF3 (FF6 in Japan) begins playing (go
to http://members.aol.com/SilphionS/ if you want to listen), the lights
suddenly go out, and the piercing roar of a dragon blasts through the room.
When the lights go back on, a whisper of wind brushes through the hair of
audience members, almost as if to reassure them of something. After a
while, a tall slender elf silently makes his way from the entrance.
Waist-length silver hair gently drifts behind him as he moves fluidly, his
silver eyes gazing about here and there before looking straight towards the
ring.
He makes his way down the ramp, flanked by a tall and skinny guy with long
dark hair tied into a ponytail, a not-too-shabby-looking nerd, but a
business wise one. The elf pauses a moment, his sapphire blue cloak
whispering about him as he pauses before the ring. Unclasping his cloak and
tossing it aside while adjusting his forest green poet's shirt as he places
one booted foot upon the edge of the ring and deftly leaps over the ropes
and landing deftly on the mat. He reaches around him, fingering the bladed
dancer fighter staff strapped to his back as he silently waits for his
opponent.
The lights dimmed once again as a sexy song by Barry White begins playing
(choose your favorite!) and the door opposite of Silphion opened. Morrigan
walks into the room, grinning at Silphion while caressing a random and very
rabid fan on the cheek. Those lucky enough to be touched by the
green-haired sex-bomb start grinning like idiots and collapsed to the floor
where someone stole their wallets.
The succubus stepped into the ring, she smiled and sat on her post, causing
many fanboys (and a few fangirls) to gulp and stare intently at her.
Morrigan finally stood up and assumed a fighting stance.
"FIGHT!" roared Shao Khan.
Silphion took up a defensive stance. Morrigan leapt at him. He dodged and
struck her in the back only to receive a reverse crescent kick to the face.
Morrigan elbowed him in the gut, spun and hit him with a roundhouse kick to
his face and punched him solidly in the gut twice before Silphion launched a
spell at her, sending her crashing back against the ropes. She got up and
smiled at him.
Silphion smiled grimly back at Morrigan as she leapt at him. He readied
his staff to deliver a devastating series of attacks at her only to feel a
well place kick in the back. The elf stumbled forward, then whirled,
confused, only to be battered from both sides by twin Morrigans. He lashed
out with his staff, but it struck nothing as the second Morrigan vanished
and Morrigan put the elf in a sleeper hold.
Silphion, while having been battered so quickly, still managed to pull
together a plan of attack. He elbowed Morrigan in the left kidney, causing
her to flinch, before grabbing her and flipping her off of him. He grabbed
his staff and slashed at her. She leapt back and up into the air before
reforming her wings into twenty spears which shot down to strike Silphion.
Silphion managed to dodge skillfully before he suddenly became a copy of
Morrigan, leapt into the air above the real Morrigan and rained similiar
looking spears down on her. She dodged skillfully as Silphion reverted to
normal and performed a descending rider kick. She dodged again, and lashed
out with a strong kick. He grunted and backed off.
Morrigan didn't relent as she formed a powerful Soul Fist and launched it
at him. He rolled out of the way and got to his feet before preparing for a
spell. Two different forms of energy began swirling around Silphion, one
white, one dark. With no warning, twin lightning bolts surged towards
Morrigan, who brought her wings in front her to block the spell.
Silphion used her forced defense to use a powerful spell. He didn't really
have to worry, as the healers were able to undo the damage from any of his
spells. He released the energy as Morrigan dropped her shield and launched
herself at him. She noticed she was slowing down. She tried to fly, but
her wings were too heavy. She looked down and gasped. She was turning to
stone. She knew the counter spell, but it was too late. Before she could
even begin the spell, she was completely stone.
Silphion slumped to the ground, exhuasted. Casting that spell so quickly
was draining and he had had to put a great deal of energy into the spell to
make sure that it wouldn't be blocked by any magic-resistance that Morrigan
might've had. Slowly, Silphion rose and bowed to Morrigan's prone form
after the Med-Techs poured a Soft on her, returning her to flesh and blood.
He turned and nodded to the audience before leaving with Michael.
Various women tossed their underwear at Silphion, but half missed.
Michael, walking behind Silphion was soon draped in panties and bras.
Silphion had a pair of panties dangling over each ear as he left, blushing
at the inappropriate behavior of the crowd.
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"What an incredible match! Full of action!" ????? said, trying to pep up
the crowd.
"Yeah, yeah. Interview and nap time." C-chan said, yawning as she fell
asleep, leaving ????? in the same predicament that she had been in earlier.
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Skuld looked around. Something was wrong. She couldn't find Urd.
Normally, Skuld might cheer, but Urd wasn't anywhere. A bad premonition
began filling the young goddess's stomach. She checked around for any sign
of Urd. Bastion was busy in a studio room with more interviews. Urd wasn't
with him. Wasn't he the one that, when he should've been making a Sailor
Moon fanfic, popped into the Utena universe to make out with Utena? Or was
that a mistake that A-kun made? It didn't really matter now.
She checked with Keiichi and Megumi in the studio room next to the one
Bastion was using. Urd wasn't there either. Belldandy might know, but
Skuld didn't want to bug Belldandy with what might be nothing more than a
wild goose chase. Still, Skuld felt she should consult someone.
That was when she saw someone who would DEFINITELY be able to find Urd.
Washu Hakubi was busy snacking away on some potato chips. Skuld raced over
to her.
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"We're back for the next battle. Misato versus Selonian." ????? said.
C-chan was sleeping in her chair, her chin resting on her right arm as a
trickle of saliva ran from the side of her mouth. ????? nudged C-chan
awake. She smacked her lips, wiped the drool off her arm and leaned on her
other arm, falling asleep again.
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A fine mist floated to the center of the ring and formed into Selonian, who
had his head down and his arms at his sides. His eyes were closed. As
Ukyou Kuonji and Yuffie Kisaragi made their way down the blue aisle,
Selonian's eyes opened and he moved to his corner. Ukyou and Yuffie reached
the post at the same time that Selonian did.
Suddenly, to break the murmur of the crowd, the speakers blast to life and
begin broadcasting "Dare to be Stupid" by Weird Al Yankovic. Misato jogged
down the aisle with Shinji, Ritsuko and Asuka following closely behind.
Misato was wearing a purple jogging suit and has a blue headband. Shinji
was carrying a towel and handed to Misato so she could dry her hair before
getting into the ring. She waved to her roaring fans and gave the "Peace"
symbol to everyone. Then, to get even more cheers, she switched to the
Vulcan hand symbol for "Live Long and Prosper". Trekkies roared in a happy
frenzy. Misato turned to face Selonian who was eyeing her garb.
"What's with the get-up?" Selonian inquired.
"Sorry, but I was in hurry and someone made big holes in all my other
pants." Misato answered.
"Ah." Selonian replied.
"FIGHT!" Shao Khan roared before cowering under his desk as Golgo 13 began
taking potshots at his bodyguards. Robo glanced to make sure the bullets
wouldn't hit him, then returned to paying attention to the match.
Selonian raised his arm to the sky and caused magically formed comets to
fall towards Misato, who leapt over to Selonian and elbowed him in the gut
while the comets exploded where she had been standing. Selonian leapt back,
clutching his gut and wincing. He was about to cast Ultima on Misato when
he noticed something was wrong. He checked himself for the materia. It was
missing. He looked over at Misato who was now holding the materia and
grinning at him.
"Eep." Selonian "eep"ed.
"ULTIMA!" Misato cried.
Selonian could only watch as the bright green ball of magic that made up
the Ultima spell struck him.
*THOOM*
He crashed to the ground where the comets had struck, dazed and confused as
he should've gone shooting out of the ring. That was before he realized
that the ropes on the opposite side of the ring were shaking back as forth
and Misato was now laying flat on her back, just as dazed as he was. The
rebound had sent him right back through the magical energy, causing further
pain. Unfortunately, he was hurting too much to care. Then he sat up
abruptly and let out a scream that should've been attributed to someone with
a higher-pitched tone that Selonian.
He glanced over to see Yuffie using his manipulate materia (which had
apparently rolled free from him after the Ultima spell went off) to move him
against his will. He began walking over to Misato and he began to see
visions of victory, despite the incredible pain he was in. Then, Shinji,
marble champion of Tokyo 3, shot Selonian's Contain materia under his foot,
sending poor Selonian to the ground and breaking Yuffie's control of him.
Selonian groaned in pain and cursed the gods and goddesses that were toying
with him.
Suddenly, a gun shot was heard, a maid screamed, lightning crashed, a
pirate ship appeared on the horizon and a two hundred pound sand bag that
was hanging over the ring for some reason fell and hit the ground next to
Selonian.
"That's cheating!" Ukyou growled as she glared at Ritsuko who had shot at
the rope holding the sand bag up.
"That's okay, we'll just cut the ones over Misato." Yuffie said, throwing
her Conformer.
The stupidly big weapon flew and cut six sand bags down. Five of the sand
bags slammed down around Selonian.
"SELONIAN!" Yuffie and Ukyou yelped.
The last one hit Misato on the gut, knocking the poor woman unconscious.
Selonian sat up and managed to stumble to his feet. He began stumbling over
to his corner, but tripped on Misato. With the count of three, Selonian was
declared the winner and Misato was rushed to the medical ward. Ukyou pulled
the hapless man out of the ring and Yuffie collected his materia.
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"Ooohh. Looks like Misato will be spending a few weeks in the recovery
ward of our hospital. Well, it's interview time, so go right ahead. I've
gotta go to the bathroom." ????? said, leaving the tower.
C-chan continued to snore away.
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"So, will Misato be competing in the next tournament?" Belldandy inquired.
"You bet your sweet ass, I will! I won't forgive Selonian!" Misato snarled
from her bed.
"Why is that?" Belldandy asked, her brow furrowing.
"Well, if I didn't win against him, I have to-" Misato began, in a very
angry tone.
"Hey, love-bug, wanna go out now or wait until you're eating solids again?"
Ryoji Kaji asked.
*BLAM*
Ryoji Kaji fell dead to the floor. Suddenly, Marller appeared, waved at
Belldandy and Misato, grabbed Ryoji's dead body and vanished. After staring
at the burn mark on the floor that had been Ryoji Kaji and Marller for a few
minutes, Ritsuko put her gun away.
"Thanks, Ritsuko." Misato said.
"I just couldn't let my best friend go out with a sleazeball like him a
second time. I would've done it before, but I was out of ammo or I didn't
have my gun on me almost every single time." Ritsuko answered.
Belldandy sweatdropped.
"Okay, I'll be going now..." Belldandy said as she, Keichii and Megumi
slowly walked backwards out of the room, facing Ritsuko until they were out
of the room. They then turned and ran down the hall.
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????? returned from the bathroom and sat down. C-chan continued snoring
away.
"And now, Jason vs. Cloud." ????? announced, smiling and waving before
raising a sign that read, "HI MOM! HI DAD!"
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With a flash of green energy, three figures appeared in the ring as the
opening theme to Duke Nukem 3D begins playing. The first was about 5'10",
wearing thick glasses that never seem to fall off. He had dark blond/light
brown hair and a full red (yes, RED) beard without mustache. He was about
three feet wide at the shoulders and was wearing a grey t-shirt, loose blue
jeans, steel-toed boots, a beige trenchcoat (which concealed armor from
Blood) and a thick backpack full of the crap he wanted to use in combat.
The shotgun in his hands and the look in his eye told everyone that he was
Jason.
The next one was a hot babe with reddish-brown hair and bluish-green eyes.
Standing at about 5'5", she was wearing TIGHT clothes. She was one of
Jason's escorts, Medea.
The third and final resembled like a cybernated version of Birdie from
Street Fighter Alpha/Zero. He looked like a black-skinned Birdie with dark
blue hair and was dressed in grey. This was Shadow B.
Suddenly, the song "Of Wolf and Man" by Metalica begins playing. Cloud
exited from the red doors and walked down to the ring. He was dressed in
his grey and black SOLDIER's uniform and was surrounded by Tifa Lockheart,
Aerith Gainsborough and Red XIII. (It should be noted that Cloud is from a
hacked game where Aerith didn't die and went on to marry both Aerith and
Tifa)
Cloud got into the ring and drew his Ultima Sword. The materia glowed
briefly as he took a few test swings to make sure he was still in fighting
shape.
"Cloooouuddd..." Tifa purred.
Cloud turned to look at Tifa.
"If you wiiiiiin..." Aerith said, tugging on Tifa's shirt suggestively.
A perverted grin formed on Cloud's face. Aerith and Tifa grinned. Red
XIII just sighed in disgust. Humans could be so stupid at times. Then, he
heard something. He turned to see a panther-sized elseworld Ura purring and
winking at him. He began drooling and licking his lips. Tifa and Aerith
looked at the cat and just sighed in disgust. He could be so stupid at
times.
Cloud turned to Jason, glowing with a super-hentai battle-aura. Jason
readied his shotgun.
"FIGHT, FOR @#%!@#$%!%!$%!%!#%! FROZEN CUCUMBERS BEING SHOVED UP GREAT
WHITE SERPENT'S !@#$%@%!#$%!#$%@!#$^!#$^!#@#!%$#^%!#^!#$^! SAKE!" Cid yelled
over the intercom.
"GET 'IM!" Shao Khan yelled, leaping at Cid Highwind. Robo ignored the
fighting as it did not concern him as to who said "FIGHT!"
Jason fired both barrels at once, but Cloud ignored the small amount of
damage as he leapt and proceeded to cleave Jason's corner post in half and
would've gotten Jason as well had Jason not managed to barely roll out of
the way. Cloud slashed Jason's shotgun in half, forcing Jason to back off
so he could pull another weapon out.
"Hey, you know what they say about guys with really big swords, don't you?"
Jason asked, pulling out his Tesla Cannon.
"The same thing they say about guys with big guns?" Cloud inquired.
"Um, yeah. We're cool." Jason said, sweatdropping.
"Ah." Cloud answered.
Cloud leapt at Jason, who fired his Tesla Cannon, only to miss Cloud and
hit his Ultima Sword, which didn't seem to conduct the lightning, so Jason
was forced to dodge as Cloud slashed, however, Jason couldn't move fast
enough as Cloud's sword tore off the left arm of his armor and trenchcoat.
Cloud's eyes flared with green energy as he cast an Ice spell on Jason.
Jason shivered and almost dropped his cannon as thick layer of frost covered
him. He shook it off, but more bits of armor flaked off and fell out of the
trenchcoat.
Cloud's eyes flared with yellow energy as he ran up and slashed at Jason
four times. More armor and his trenchcoat were ripped off at Cloud's swift
strikes. Jason leapt back and threw a spiked grenade at Cloud.
"BOMBS AWAY!" Jason yelled.
Cloud was about to leap out of the way when Shadow B grabbed his right leg.
The grenade exploded, coating Cloud in a sticky film. Jason blinked, not
expecting THAT reaction, but he put his Tesla Cannon away and pulled out a
sword that he had taken from Hexen II.
"FIRE 3!" came the yell.
Jason found himself blasted forward by Red XIII's spell. Tifa, Aerith and
Red XIII leapt into the ring, allowing Medea and Shadow B to leap in as
well. A general brawl broke out, kicking up the sand which hadn't been
cleaned off from the last fight. The audience watched for any signs of one
side or the other winning. Taunts about Cloud's mother, Red XIII's problem
of reaching a litter box, Tifa's implants and Aerith's personality came from
the dust cloud, followed closely by roars and the sharp *CRACK* of bone or
the tearing of either ligament or clothing.
When the sand finally settled back to the ground, Red XIII was nowhere to
be seen; Shadow B was imbedded in the mat; Medea was babbling gibberish
while flicking her index finger over her lips and staring off into space;
Jason was leaning heavily against the ropes; Cloud was unconscious and
tangled in the ropes on the opposite side from Jason; Tifa was snoring
peacefully face-down on the mat, her shirt tattered in a manner that would
make most hentais begin smacking their lips; and Aerith was sticky-bombed to
one of the two-hundred lbs. bags of sand.
"WHOO-HOO!" Jason cheered as he realized he had won.
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As the theme from FlashDance began playing, a ivory-skinned young woman
with blonde hair that ran down the length of her back began walking down
from the blue doors. Her amber eyes were focused on the ring, if that.
Hentais liked the fact that she was built like Onna-Ranma Saotome, but
something about her scared off any thoughts of getting naughty with her.
She climbed in the ring.
Ranka stood motionless on the far side of the ring, eyes focused on the
ground before her as the wind lightly tossed back her golden mane of hair.
Amber eyes stared off into nothing as her face put on a emotionless mask as
an aura of sadness seemed to radiate out from her...
The more upbeat song, "Fire Escape" by Fastball began playing as Makoto
Kino, aka. Sailor Jupiter, entered the arena via the red doors. She was
escorted by Haruka Ten'ou and Michiru Kaioh, Sailor Uranus and Neptune
respectively.
Makoto climbed in the ring and smiled brightly to her fans. She turned to
Ranka and smiled to her, but Ranka didn't react.
"FIGHT!" Shao Khan roared, finally having gotten his microphone back.
Jupiter made the first attack, anticipating that Ranka would do her shadow
attack on her. She was surprised when her target faded like a ghost from her
view as she spun around as she
felt a presence behind her. She watched as Ranka turned around and faced her
again, eyes sad. Jupiter launched a lightning ball at her. And as the ball
of lightning streaked towards her, Ranka's body slowly began to lose color
as if she was fading, almost transparent as the ball
of lightning streaked through her and impacted on the wall behind her.
Jupiter was really pissed. She launched her most powerful attack.
Ranka screamed as she felt the wave of lightning hit her, the psionic
shield she had cast wasn't enough to hold Jupiter's attack that it collapsed
under pressure. She felt like she'd screamed for eternity as she felt her
knees weaken as her wounded body collapsed under its own weight. She lay
there prone for a while, shaking a few times as Jupiter gave a cheer of
delight at her 'victory'. She basked in the cheers of the crowd when she
suddenly felt a very dark presence behind her, the cheers of the crowd died
slowly as Jupiter slowly turned around and watched in morbid fascination as
the girl she thought she had beaten slowly got up. A dark aura was
definitely noticeable around her as well as the feeling of overwhelming
sadness could be
seen from her eyes as a tear fell and splattered on the ground. And her eyes
glowed then with dark fire...
"Are...are you a youma!" Jupiter gasped as she backed a step from the girl
who gave a wicked smile as she laughed her attack.
They fought again, Jupiter was pushed back and fell, Ranka landed right on
top of her, straddling her as she readied herself to give the killing blow.
"Ranka! Stop!" a man's voice cried from the bleachers as Ranka paused in
her attack and looked up.
"Ke...Ken...Kentaro?"
The man in question ran and leaped down to the Arena floor as Ranka slowly
got off of Jupiter and slowly backed away, the aura of darkness surrounding
her also went away as her
eyes fixed on the form of Kentaro.
Kentaro began to walk towards her right hand stretched out towards her.
"Stay back!" Ranka screamed in alarm as she took another step back.
"Ranka... No, Ranka, wait!" Kentaro screamed at her as he watched in dismay
as she turned and ran away and inside the Arena complex. Kentaro ran after
her...
"Um, so how do we award that?" ????? inquired.
"No clue." C-chan replied.
"Let's ask the judges." ????? said.
"Judges?" C-chan inquired.
Vegita, Goku, Gohan and Piccolo stood muttering to each other. They turned
to ????? and C-chan.
"Ahem, we feel that Ranka WOULD have delivered a finishing blow. Thus, the
win goes to her. However, in all future cases, anyone who leaves the ring
of their own will shall be disqualified." Goku announced.
"So, Ranka's going on to the next level, eh? Well, that's the ruling."
????? declared.
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"MWEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH! Once I destroy the Death Dome's protective
field and the barrier protecting the crowd, my revenge on this pitiful
planet will begin.
MWEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"
cackled the figure in the sauna.
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"Well, we'll be back again in the future for Round 2, but don't hold your
breath." ????? said.
"Yeah, these things are hard to write, no da." C-chan commented.
TO BE CONTINUED IN ROUND 2
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Apologies to those who did NOT get to do their finishing moves or their
victory signs due to physical or mental inabilities.
Anyone who is confused as to how someone can appear on someone's team, then
someone else's should remember that there are a lot of elseworlds out there.
Signed, ????? and C-chan
And part-time writer, A-kun
To contact any of the three people above, contact A-kun at
akun15@hotmail.com
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