Private/Closed Bootleg Bros: Melee

[ArmedBlue]

Didn't you just eat that thing a second ago? Gunvolt thought as Kirby got on his Warp Star again and flew away to dodge both of his attacks. A star barrage was headed his way, so he crouched and hid behind Luxcalibur to block them. Their combined strength, however, was enough for it to be knocked out of his hands a fair distance away, so he'd have to go get it back soon. Gotta get rid of that ride of his first! Wanting to get Kirby back, he switched dart types to Orochi and deployed the drone behind him, which began to answer back with a dart barrage of its own. Gunvolt himself deployed his Flashfield and shot a few darts, leading his shots so that Kirby would ride the Warp Star into them, which would tag the vehicle and destroy it. While he did so, he began walking towards his lost weapon to retrieve it.

 

[Gamingfan]

Kirby saw the Luxcaliber land, and made his way toward it. He continued shooting back, until a stray dart pierced his warp star. It poofed into smaller stars, and Kirby fell. He spun again, and the stars around him prevented any darts to damage him. He landed on the floor and rolled, now in between Gunvolt and his Luxcaliber He shot a star at the Drone, eliminating it, before continuing his assault on Gunvolt.

 

[ArmedBlue]

Gunvolt was glad he managed to get rid of the Warp Star, dodging to the sides to avoid each star launched at him. He couldn't keep it up for long, so he had to act fast. He switched dart types to Technos, shooting five darts along the floor before running straight at Kirby, switching to Mizuchi and shooting two more darts that went at an angle above Kirby, but then turned around midair and went for his back. Gunvolt had gotten hit by a couple stars as he went, but he had gone through worse and his armor was definitely doing its job.

 

[Nukas]

Bandana Dee
Bandana Dee felt his spear get deflected right before he was rammed in the back by Metal's cold, hard exterior. The shock of the hit made Dee drop both his parasol and spear. It hurt quite a bit, especially since he was recently scratched there by Metal; however, instead of just sitting there hurting, he decided to use his new position. He grabbed onto Metal's head behind him and aimed to flip onto his back, once he was there, he would summon his spear again and put it around Metal's neck to give him a good grip on Metal. Then he would squeeze, hoping to do some damage to any wires connecting Metal's head to the rest of his body.

Bowie
Bowie just sat there in silence as the purple clown came out of the sky. He tried hard to place the figure but couldn't recognize him from any of the sonic gamed he's played. Then he started talking about something called an Ideya and Bowie just felt lost. "Wait NiGHTS? I don't remember a NiGHTS in any of your games... and what does any of this have to do with an idea? Oh well, any friend of Sonic is a friend of mine. Nice to meet you NiGHTS. I'm Bowie and this is my best friend Blob, and Masaru has already introduced himself.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

NiGHTS nodded their head to what Sonic said, somewhat explaining Masaru’s placement on the bracket thus far. So he’s an aggressive visitor, looks can be deceiving. NiGHTS then snapped out of their thoughts, looking over to Bowie with a smile.

“Pleasure to meet you all!” They bowed in the air. “Aren’t you two a striking pair, keepin’ him out of trouble Blobster?”

NiGHTS pointed finger guns to gooey mass, seeming to understand them a bit more than what met the eye.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Metal made a beep that resembled annoyance if anything as Dee climbed on his back. However, this problem could be resolved easily. Metal used Ring Spark Field, covering his body and the area around them with electricity, most likely badly shocking Dee, either forcing him to let go or most likely dying if he held on long enough. If this somehow didn't work, Metal had another plan.
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Eggman pointed at the Egg Robo and one of the Egg Lancers shot its laser at it, blowing it up, Sturm most likely being caught in the explosion as he was at point blank range of the explosion. At the same time, the other Egg Lancer shot at Sturm himself. The Interceptor moved out of the way so it didn't get hit. Then, after the laser past, whether it hit Sturm or not, the Interceptor flew towards Sturm and tried to punch him. If the first punch failed, it would go for another, then fly away quickly. Meanwhile, Eggman fired tracking missiles at Sturm, which would follow him wherever he went. However, this time, 10 of the missiles went after Sturm from the front, and the other 10 would go for him at the front as well, then quickly swerve behind him, and try to run into him from behind. Eggman then summoned an Egg Cannon next to him to protect him. (The series of events after the Egg Robo explosion will only happen if Sturm survives aforementioned explosion. Btw sorry for the lack of a Sonic post, I just don't have any ideas for him.)
@DevVoid

 

[Nukas]

Bandana Dee
Bandana Dee felt an electric surge go through metal making him want to let go. However, the electric current through his muscles only made his grip tighter. Dee could barely withstand the pain surging through his body, but no matter what he tried, he was forced to keep holding on and just kept squeezing his Spear into Metal's neck. It was then that his spear broke around Metal's neck. He should've known that his wooden spear would give out long before Metal's exterior did. When Dee's spear gave out, so did his body. His nerves were shot, so he started to fall to the ground below. The waddle dee, with his bandana gone and his spear broken, was defeated. He failed in his quest, not only to prove that he was more than just a waddle dee with a bandana, but also to get cake for him and his best friend. A crater was created as he made impact with ground. As the dust settled, there was Dee, on the ground, with the two broken pieces of his spear scattered beside him.

Bowie
Blob perked up when NiGHTS talked to him, and responded to the finger guns by transforming into a shield. Of course, it was more of a shield-like blob since he didn't have the jellybean to actually turn into the shield. "Blob really seems to like you NiGHTS. So what's the deal, I haven't really seen you in any Sonic games, did you two meet at the tournament like Masaru and me? This isn't the guy you lost to right Sonic?"

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

NiGHTS giggles at Blob’s response, liking the spunk of the gooey being. After Bowie popped a question to the Jester, they waved him off, stifling a laugh.

“Oh ho, we ain’t strangers. Ol’ blue and I go waaaaay back.” NiGHTS twirled around Sonic. “First it started by watching his dreams like I do most visitors, but after I got involved with one of his dreams about a certain egg fellow, we really hit it off! Next thing you know, he’s invitin’ me to places, we even got so crazy that I won a hotel in a bet! I wonder how it’s doing...”

“Maaaaan that sounds like fun! Maybe I should get a hotel named after me too...” Masaru thought out loud. “The Hero’s Hotel! Rolls off the tongue don’t ya think?”

 

[DevVoid]

Sturm was blown upward by the Egg Robo being destroyed, mostly protected by his metal suit, but taking some amount of damage in the process from the blast itself. Some of his jets were damaged, but not out of the game yet, and followed their leader up. From the speed of the velocity he was shot upwards, he flew past the lasers shot at him. Using the rockets to his advantage, Sturm let his jets destroy the rockets as they got close with their own, most likely blowing up the Interceptor as it tried to follow Sturm for its first punch. Sturm snapped his fingers, destroying all but two of his fighter jets, just so the last two could keep him in the air.

Using the remaining two fighter jets for support, Sturm flew straight toward Eggman and the Egg Cannon infront of him. However, Sturm had something else planned, a plan which he could finally take out this egghead with, should his robots be dumb enough to try and shoot Sturm out of the sky.. which, knowing robots, they most likely are. @Captain Pokémon

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Metal looked down as his opponent fell down to the ground, making a crater. He vented then rolled his shoulders. He flew down to the ground and looked down at his opponent. He definitely had to try more in that fight than the others. He made a beep that sounded similar to a scoff. He walked up to his opponent and picked up the parasol that was next to him. He looked at it for a second, then snapped it in two with his knee, and threw it down to the streets below. He looked to the side and his opponent's bandanna was there. He fired a small ball of energy at it from his chest, reducing it to a crisp. He then flew into the portal leading back to the plaza. He was doing good so far. He looked at a nearby screen which was showing Eggman's battle. He wondered if his creator would win.
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The Interceptor was hit by the edge of the explosions, but wasn't out of the fight. It flew beside Sturm and tried to punch him again. Eggman signaled the Egg Lancers and they deactivated their boosters, falling into the mega mack below. They were more suited for long range, this was a close range situation. Eggman pointed at Sturm and the Egg Cannon flew towards him at high speeds, drills out in front of it, trying to drill into him. Eggman summoned two more Egg Cannons to hover next to him just in case, and Eggman himself began flying backwards while pressing a button, the rocket launchers being replaced by miniguns, just in case he needed them.
@DevVoid
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Sonic chuckled at Bowie's question. "Nah, we're buddies." He said as NiGHTS twirled around him. He chuckled again as NiGHTS listed off things they had done. "Yep, me and this goof go way back." Sonic looked at Masaru and stifled a third chuckle. "Don't you think you're a little young to own a hotel?" He asked. "But hey, Tails is 8 and he can fly a plane, so anything's possible I guess." He pondered.

 

[DevVoid]

Sturm re-directed his Jets, then looped around the Interceptor in the last moments, moving behind it so it would punch a large tube of Mega Mack Sturm was guiding it to and most likely end up destroying itself. Sturm did the same with the approaching egg cannon to hopefully have its drills be stuck in the Interceptor and hopefully be melted, too.

Sturm zoomed with his jets at Eggman, snapping to assure all but his two jets were destroyed so he could place his next move perfectly. Sturm expected Eggman and his Egg Cannons would try to shoot him down, so Sturm prepared to guide his jets; He would fly in a spiral circle around the Egg Cannons and loop around to Eggman's back, summoning Battle Helicopters to surround Eggman from all sides, then use up his remaining slots to summon Bombers above and below Eggman;

Above to blow him up, and below to prevent him from escaping by dropping below the bullets that would be flying at Eggman from all directions. Should he be able to pull this off, Sturm would loop back around to the front to distract the Egg Cannons and bait them into attacking him. @Captain Pokémon

 

[Captain Pokémon]

(Received permission from @DevVoid for this light autoing.)
The Interceptor tried to punch Sturm but ended up punching a tube of mega mack instead. It let out one more loud beep before being melted by the mega mack, along with the Egg Cannon, who couldn’t stop quickly enough to avoid the mega mack.

Eggman’s Egg Cannons fired their lasers at Sturm, but he swerved around them and set up a deliberate attack. Eggman thought fast and pressed a button, a saw on a chain dropping out below the Eggmobile, cutting right through the bomber below him, allowing him to quickly fly out below all the units, then quickly fly forwards to avoid the bombs. He was now below Sturm and took advantage of the situation and fired missiles at him from below, then quickly flew away just in case. At the same time, the Egg Cannons fired missiles of their own at Sturm. Eggman was now high above Sturm and then noticed the broken mega mack tube. That wasn’t good, he had to end this quickly. He summoned two Aero-Chasers next to him just in case.
@DevVoid

 

[DevVoid]

Sturm figured Eggman would've had something planned, remembering that saw from earlier, and flew along with his Jets, gathering all the missiles after him in one neat, big pack via multiple loops. His bombers went on to fly straight toward the Aero-Chasers, planning to grab their attention and possibly fly into them, giving all the eight battle helicopters to shoot at Eggman and his Aero-Chasers in relative safety with their own missiles. Keeping these three distracted, Sturm started flying in upward spirals behind Eggman, and had the Egghead been distracted enough with being assaulted with missiles, Sturm would end up flying past him from behind, before he would have his Battle Helicopters destroy all these missiles with their miniguns to hopefully both damage Eggman from the back with the chain of explosions, and to launch him right into the hail of bullets the Helicopters would remain firing after they would've destroyed the tracking rockets. @Captain Pokémon

 

[Gamingfan]

Again, darts were flying at Kirby. The star warrior sighed, before rolling backwards, letting the darts land on the floor. Kirby jumped and puffed his body, slowing his decent as to let the bottom darts pass from below. With those out of the way, Kirby focused and thrusted the star rod, sending a stream of stars toward Gunvolt, hoping to pierce the flash field and get Gunvolt in the middle.

 

[ArmedBlue]

With a stream of stars coming his way, Gunvolt didn't plan to stand still. He had a little bit of time before they came close, so he shot more Technos darts along the floor at Kirby before dash jumping above the stream, which was just moving horizontally at that moment. His Flashfield's electricity was now brighter, wanting to keep Kirby's attention on him. He used an Air Dash followed by an Air Jump to dodge the stream, managing to avoid it even when Kirby began to follow his movements with the stream. He was eventually on the opposite side of Kirby, recharging his EP again and hoping his Technos darts had gone unnoticed.

 

[Gamingfan]

They hadn't. Darts have been shot quite a lot this fight. Kirby jumped, and his warp star was summoned beneath him again. He took to the skies, evading the darts. Kirby swung his star rod, shooting larger stars at a slower pace, towards Gunvolt, making sure every other shot went towards his sides.

 

[ArmedBlue]

Gunvolt's darts didn't hit, and Kirby was on his Warp Star yet again. This move meant he could grab Luxcalibur again without any problems at all, which he quickly did. Larger stars were now headed his way, which he had a way to counter. He switched dart types to Vasuki, launching three purple darts into one of the stars headed towards him before moving out of the way to dodge it. The darts tagged the star briefly before jumping to the next one, then the next and so on until Kirby was their next closest target, flying towards him at high speed. Meanwhile Gunvolt kept avoiding the projectiles, while preparing an attack in case Kirby dodged.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Eggman snapped his fingers and one of the Aero-Chasers flew in front of him and took the bullets. It fell down into the mega mack. Eggman saw Sturm spiraling up behind him. Fighter jets carrying a man in a metal suit were hard to miss or not hear, even with the bullets just now. Eggman quickly flew upwards, avoiding whatever the bombers were trying to do, and also made his other Aero-Chaser fly behind him. Good thing too, as it turned out Sturm had tried something sneaky. The robot took the edge of the blast for him, being damaged but not out, losing only about half of its health. Eggman pointed at Sturm and the two Egg Cannons who were still on the field flew at him with their drills out in front of them, but instead of ramming him head on, one suddenly swerved diagonally to fly in front of Sturm once it was close, hopefully blocking his path. The other swerved around behind Sturm and tried to ram him from behind. Eggman summoned another Egg Cannon next to him along with the Aero-Chaser. The Egg Cannon fired its laser to Sturm's left, while the Aero-Chaser fired at his right. They effectively covered all sides. Eggman himself also took out his laser from earlier just in case. He also kept flying upwards, as the mega mack continued to rise.
@DevVoid

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Dimitri
Johnny’s grip was stronger than the young prince imagined and next thing he knew, Dimitri was flung straight into Cage’s incoming attack. The blow sent Dimitri flying back and down to the ground, dropping his spear, with it sliding a fair distance away. Dimitri rolled into a slide, breaking the fall ever so slightly. Still Dimitri was in a hard disadvantage, and he needed to get back to his spear if he ever wanted a chance to win. It was on the other side of His opponet. Winning this would be nearly impossible. Still he had to try. He ran forward, running around Cage to hopefullY reach the spear before he got hit.

Joker
Shepard didn’t seem too fazed by the counter attack. ‘That armour must do wonders for him...’ Joker though to himself, as he watched his opponent move around the attacks and get closer. Joker just barely dodged the blade attack, it cutting his arm as he dodged out of the way and under the bullet’s trajectory. Now low to the ground, Joker shot his pistol up towards Shepard. “Arsene, Nocturnal Flash!” The Persona flew in quick between the two combatants, and quickly filled the area with a blinding light.

@ThAtGuY101

 

[Nukas]

Bowie
"Tails is only 8? I thought he was like at least 12. He's a genius! He's so fun to play as in the games, I wish he would get the spotlight some more. Not that I don't love playing as you sonic, Tails and Knuckles just have fun mechanics." Bowie looked up at the bracket to see it constantly changing with each fight that finished, the most recent one being the fight between someone named Bandana Dee and... Metal Sonic? Bowie guessed it would be too good to be true if Sonic was in this tournament and none of his enemies were. He just had to hope that Metal didn't end up getting his wish granted, not that he stood a chance against Masaru anyway.

"Well, I think Masaru and I should get going, the final matches are finishing up soon and we don't want to keep the hand guy waiting. Good luck in your battle NiGHTS, go show that Joker who's boss!" Bowie didn't know what exactly NiGHTS powers were, but if they were able to make it this far, they had to be pretty good. Hopefully, Masaru didn't end up fighting them, but if they did end up fighting, Bowie would cheer on Masaru all the way.

Bandana Dee
As Metal left the Arena, Bandana Dee felt all the wounds on his body start to heal. He lied where he was just a little longer, still upset with his loss. He realized he couldn't mourn over his loss forever, so he hopped up from his spot on the ground. He found his Bandana, put it back on, and walked out of the arena. He looked at the scoreboard to see that he had indeed been crossed off the list. That's when he saw that Kirby had also been in the tournament. He waited by the gate to the arenas, to see Kirby after his match, he needed a friend right now.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

NiGHTS nodded their head, giving a gleeful wave to the triad of children and blob. “Yeah, gotta fight the guy that took out ol’ blue! Good luck to you guys!”

NiGHTS was stoked to fight Joker, the man that put up so much a fight that he beat Sonic. Finally someone who would be a real challenge. This was gonna be so much fun!

“Gotta go to my match, wanna come watch me?” They said to their blue friend.


Meanwhile, Masaru strutted over to the portal entrance, waiting for courier to show up. He remembered him from the image being a demon just by looking at him. Masaru huffed, crossing his arms.

“Leave it to a DEMON to keep us waiting, it’s almost like they are too scared to face someone as strong as me, hah! I must be sooo intimidating.”

 

[DevVoid]

An Egg Cannon infront of him, one trying to drill into him from behind and two lasers approaching. Below was Mega Mack, so the only way was up. Sturm jumped up from his fighter jets, letting them be destroyed in the midst of the chaos, destroying his remaining units, which included his battle helicopters, and summoned two transport helicopters above him that he held on to and flew above, out of the danger.

Sturm couldn't however avoid the lasers in time, and his legs were hit by them. The Aero-Chasers laser didn't hurt much, but the Egg Cannon's laser definitely hurt more. Sturm clenched his teeth..? under his mask, putting his focus entirely on Eggman rather than the pain in his leg.

Setting up what hopefully would be the last trap, Sturm summoned Bombers in the general area above Eggman, which would hopefully make the scientist hover directly into the dropped missiles and end up dooming himself. @Captain Pokémon

 

[ThAtGuY101]

Johnny kicked the spear out of the arena before Dimitri could pick it up. Now with Dimitri's weapon out of the way it was time to finish the match, Johnny began to have a red aura appear ,and just like that he used his red shadow kick. A red blazing trail was left behind as he used his kick. His intent was to yeet the boy right out of the arena.

~Commander John Shepard...~

As a bright flash went off, Shepard shot out a shockwave then followed up with a supernova. He couldn't tell if his attacks would land or not due to the flash ,but as soon as the flash wore off he'd be ready for what came next.

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Dimitri
With his spear even farther away now, he knew that there wasn’t much of chance left for him. ‘I’m sorry professor... I let you down...’ Dimitri thought to himself as he saw the strong kick rocket towards him, hitting him square in the chest and knocking his farther back and out of the arena. With that the match came to an end. The young prince stared up at the ceiling. He may be the next in line to be king. But he was still a student, and had much to learn. He let out a sigh and slowly got to his feet and grabbed his spear. “Thank you Mr. Cage, this was a learning experience. I’ll use this to better myself.”

Joker
With the light seemingly blinding Shepard, Joker used the opportunity to try and get in close, quickly grappling to the ceiling to get out range of his attacks. The blast of the supernova caused Joker to fumble, and the rope came lose from the ceiling. Using this new downward momentum, he swung his blade down towards Shepard, while Arsene, sticking close to Shepard swiped at The blinded soldier with his claws.
@ThAtGuY101

 

[ThAtGuY101]

~Johnny Cage...~

After Dimitri was knocked out of the arena, Johnny looked over the edge to see if he was honest to goodness defeated. "Not bad kid" Johnny said. He popped his knuckles, "Likewise" Johnny said afterwards. Johnny began stretching his legs in preparation for part 3 of the tournament to begin.

~Commander John Shepard...~

After being stunned by the first attack, Shepard was hit a second time ,and knocked out of the arena. Within moments he was in the stands. It would appear Joker won this round. "Nice work there kid" Shepard said. Shepard took a seat and was now casually laying back ready to watch the remainder of the tournament...

~Meanwhile...~

Sly was laying there in the stands passed out asleep ,and with a slight snore. After a few minute nap he got up and looked around to notice the fights were mostly coming to a end for this round. "Huh..." Sly went as he saw several of the contenders beaten... Must have been out longer than I thought... I wonder of that weird glove hand thing is still around here watching the fights" Sly said looking around at the remainder of the contestants still fighting.

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Dimitri
After the fight had ended, Dimitri had found himself suddenly back in the stands, all the lingering pain now gone. He let out a sigh, and took a seat, ready to observe the final few matches, eager to soak up any knowledge that would help him back home.

Joker
Joker saw Shepard fly out the arena, letting out a relaxed breath, while Arsene disappeared. His opponent wasn’t as fast as the hedgehog, but his fire power and damage output was certainly up there. Two distinctly different fighters, each giving Joker a bit more insight. He’d need to be prepared for whatever came next.

 

[ArmedBlue]

(Permission to auto Kirby given by @Shen: King of the Mist)

The purple darts that were bouncing from star to star eventually made their way to Kirby's Warp Star, Gunvolt's Flashfield shooting out electricity at it once it was successfully tagged. The pink puffball's vehicle was destroyed, and now he was falling towards the ground again. Gunvolt was a bit further away than he wanted to, but he didn't need to get close to finish this off. He pointed Luxcalibur at his opponent, before yelling "Launch!". Suddenly, the massive weapon shot out towards Kirby at high speeds, which would hit Kirby if both kept going as they were. The Star Warrior tried to shoot stars at Luxcalibur to throw it off course, but the weapon plowed through them and went through Kirby as well, finishing the match.

Gunvolt walked through the rift as soon as it was open, wanting to take a breather before his next match. He had secured his spot in the quarterfinals, so he deserved a little break. He was surprised to see Kirby hadn't been sent back to his universe, but instead back to the plaza. "Good fight there, it was pretty close." He told the puffball, who simply gave him a "poyo" back.

"GV, look over there!" Joule exclaimed, Gunvolt somehow knowing where to look. There was another puffball in this tournament? Wearing a bandana, no less! He seemed kind of down, though... Kirby seemed to know him though, waving at the other puffball with a smile. Gunvolt still had some time before his next match, might as well chat a bit while he had the chance.
@Nukas

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Eggman grinned as his opponent was hit by the lasers, but frowned as he survived. He started to press another button, then heard something beside him. A bomb exploded. "What?!" He said, and began to be hit by more bombs. He panicked and began to fly away, but then one of his thrusters was destroyed by a bomb. He was barely in the air now, the engine sputtering. The eggmobile was severely damaged and Eggman couldn't stay in the air much longer. He looked up at Sturm and his eyebrows (Not really eyebrows but you know how his face is animated.) rose. "Ah! I yield!" He said, knowing he couldn't win now.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

Master hand suddenly emerged from a rift that had opened for the gloved host. A bit of perspiration on him from his long fight with Terrarian’s hell spawn, he gave a long sigh. Never inviting HIM again...

Seeing as the remaining fights had been tidied away, Master hand snapped his fingers, updating the Remaining board.

“Welcome to the Quartfinals! I hope you are all rested up and ready, ‘Cause here we go!”

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Masaru looked at the new board In boredom. He had been waiting way too long for this guy to show up, how long was he gonna keep him waiting?? Just as he thought he couldn’t be any more bored, Courier showed his face.

“About time! I’ve been waiting here for a bajillion years!” The boy stomped. “You. Me. FIGHT! I’m gonna kill you, Demon!”


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NiGHTS floated over to Joker, giving him a wave now that the quarterfinals had arrives.

“So you bested Ol’ blue, eh? The hand in the sky says your my next matchup, and I have to admit, I’m super excited! Are we ready to duel?!”

They were brimming with positivity despite the fact that this implied the Nightmaren would be brutally fighting with their foe.

 

[Nukas]

Bandana Dee
Dee was just contemplating his loss in the last match when he heard the familiar "poyo" to his right, he turned and saw his best friend waving for him to come over. Bandana Dee ran over and tackled Kirby in a hug. "Kirby! You're just in time, I really needed a friend. I was trying to get us a years supply of cake to share with the wish, but I accidentally angered my duck friend, and this Blue Metal Hedgehog beat me in the last match, how'd your match go?" Just then, Master Hand announced the quarter-finals, and Dee saw Gunvolt move up instead of his friend.

"Oh, so I guess you didn't win either then. Well... that's fine, there's always next time. Plus now we have more time to just be with each other." Then Bandana Dee waddled over to the tall striking figure with the bright blonde hair. "So you're the one that beat Kirby? That's no easy feat, trust me. He is the strongest person throughout all of Planet Popstar after all. Anyway, it's nice to meet you Mr... Volt?" Dee always wanted to try and make friends, and seeing as this guy was kind enough to stick by Kirby despite their most recent duel, Dee figured he couldn't be too bad. He reached out his arm... nub in an attempt to shake the guy's hand.

 

[ArmedBlue]

"Uh, you can call me GV. Mr. Volt is fine though." Gunvolt replied, chuckling a bit at how formally he was being addressed by the orange puffball. Unlike Kirby, Dee seemed capable of speaking English, not the usual poyos from the former. How's he talking, though? He doesn't seem to have a mouth. Is it telepathy or something? He wondered as he accepted Dee's nubshake, crouching to grab his nub. "Bandana Dee, right? Looks like the two of you are close friends." He said, before looking over at Master Hand's quarterfinals announcement. His opponent's name moved up next to his own...

Sturm. Gunvolt had had the time to watch his match during Round One, and he knew he had a lot of troops at his disposal. A commander of sorts, dictating armies to do his bidding. Wouldn't be easy to take him down, but at least he'd know what to expect.
@Nukas

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Joker looked up as he was heading out from the previous fight. The Jester like figure from earlier was floating down towards him. He glanced back the screen which showed off the next set of matches. “Quarterfinals already, we’re just moving right along.” He muttered to himself, before moving his eyes back to his next opponent. “Yeah, you were Sonic’s friend weren’t you? Hope you put up as good of a fight as he did.” Joker said, a slight smirk growing on the corner of his lips.

@Shen: King of the Mist

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

“Hehe, I won’t be going easy if that’s what you mean. What are we waiting for? Let’s go!”

NiGHTS fluttered into the rift, disappearing and then reappearing in the stage. Cupping their hands, they yelled back through the other side.

“Hope you don’t mind me picking the map now do you?”

Taking the silence as a yes, they decided to choose the map. Calling out their map choice, the map began to warp. They had chosen soft museum, a dream world NiGHTS visited often, and one that their brother Jackle used to have authority over.

A large grassy hill scape erupted forth that felt like it was made of trampolines, and large granite and marble looking structures erupted in random locations. Lamp posts and benches also emerged, a wobbly looking sidewalk laying down aside them. it was as if they had just entered a park world of elastic and history.

 

[DevVoid]

Sturm lowered himself to the ground as the Arena started to shift back to its usual appearance. Leaping off of his jets, they landed behind him and disappeared into pixelated explosions.

Sturm laughed triumphantly, speaking up. " ANOTHER BATTLE WON BY THE MIGHTY BLACK HOLE ARMY! LET THE NEXT OPPONENT BE WARNED; EVERY ATTACK THEY LAUNCH WILL BE MET WITH DESTRUCTION AND FURY! EVERY ALLY THEY SEND WILL BE ANNIHILATED! " Sturm bellowed out, before pointing at Eggman, directing his speech at the doctor.

" YOUR ROBOTS ARE GOOD, BUT KNOW THAT THE BLACK HOLE NATION ALWAYS STANDS AT THE TOP! FEEL PROUD THAT YOU HAVE LOST AT THE HANDS OF I, STURM! NOTHING WILL STOP ME FROM CONQUERING THESE WORLDS! NOT EVEN YOU, YOU WORM! "

And with that being said, Sturm turned, his cloak fluttering behind him, and he exited the arena back to the lobby via the gateway. Where the giant alien dictator stood by the gateway and stared down Gunvolt without a word, completely silent, knowing who he was from the pictures on the board.
@ArmedBlue
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Courier finished swapping his equipment around with his companions, and swapped out Arcade Gannon, calling him back and instead getting Boone to appear. The Courier, having a plan in the back of his mind, gave Boone a stealth boy, and cast him and ED-E away again before getting up from the bench and approaching Masaru. Examining the youngster, The Courier looked Masaru up and down..

[Perception 4, Intelligence 6] Very confident, and very aggressive. It was blatantly obvious that Masaru wanted to do nothing else but tear him apart. The Courier could use this to his advantage. After all, having your head clouded with such hatred can easily lead to tunnel vision, focusing only your target.. that, and it would be much easier to trick Masaru with lies and acting, like how The Courier tried with Specter before Specter foiled his plan with that explosion technique.

[Perception 6, Science 100] Despite being so confident, Masaru did not look powerful, nor did he look like someone who could possibly have a supernatural power, like Specter had it. As it IS common that a supernatural power either affects your appearance or personality, neither of which Masaru had shown. The Courier put together that Masaru must have a powerful weapon, like a gadget or a robot, to his name. Good thing the Courier decided to pack Energy Weapons for an extra punch, not to mention switching it up.

[Perception 6, Intelligence 6] Seeing how Masaru seemed to interact just fine with the other boy just now, it seems Masaru is harboring a hatred against adults. The Courier figured it must be from a deep-rooted traumatic experience. However, as bad as The Courier felt for the boy, he still had to teach Masaru a lesson regardless that hatred leads to nothing but problems, not to mention give the boy a reality check that his problems are not the biggest issue in the world. It is a harsh truth, but the truth nonetheless.

The Courier finished his examination of Masaru and spoke up.
[ A demon, huh? Interesting.. considering you have nothing on me, and how I've seen you interact with that other kid just fine, you must hold a serious grudge against all grown-ups. I can understand it partially, but to think everyone is the same.. that's not healthy. At all. Anyhow, onto the battlegrounds.. ]

The Courier commented, not really leaving Masaru any opportunity for a rebuttal, knowing that it didn't seem like he could get through Masaru for now, as he headed into the gateway, choosing the stage.

It feels like the kid doesn't know too much about other problems in the world, he seems too self-centered on his own hatred for adults.. let's give him a taste of the outside world's problems.. The Courier thought, just before speaking up his arena request. [ Courier's Mile, in The Divide. ]

Upon his words being spoken, the area changed into a much darker, much more depressing scenery.. somehow even worse than the Sierra Madre. Ruins everywhere, with radiation tingling in the air like a summer breeze, a protective barrier was formed to shield the two fighters from it. The arena itself was a large crossroads area, completely worn down with cracked and broken concrete. The Barrier wasn't just protecting the fighters from the radiation the place had, but also from the irradiated deathclaws and the mad ghoul people that were the irradiated marked men, both of which were wandering the area and every now and again glancing at the barrier that was created, sometimes trying to ram it or shoot it, failing to break it/in. Some of the walls had strange markings; black overall, with outlines of human beings on them. Strangely, some outlines were... smaller than others.. some below half the size of other outlines..

Checking up on all his weapons, the Courier made sure everything was in order, and awaited Masaru's Arrival.
@Shen: King of the Mist

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

“DUH! Of course your a demon! Why should I believe anything you say? Why don’t I just beat you do a bloody pulp so I can show you who is the real top dog here!”

Masaru chalked him up to another demon spouting off grown up nonsense. After Courier went in first, Masaru gestured to him with his thumb to Bowie, sticking out his tongue and crossing his eyes in a mocking fashion.

After that, he followed suit with Courier, coming just in time to See the map change. As it took an even more depressing tone than that tone Courier exhibited, Masaru rolled his eyes, bringing out his controller. It reminded him of home somehow, with the destroyed scenery. A war that Demons had caused. This reinvigorated him to press a button on the controller.

Suddenly, Mark Guyver drilled up from the ground, breaking forth with a pair of mighty drills. Masaru snickered as the new Hero Bot stood above Courier.

“This one will be easy. For a demon like you, this’ll be child’s play, literally! Go Mark Guyver! Show this stinky demon just who he’s messing with!”

He used the controller to command the giant robot, who was still in the air, to rocket down toward courier, using gravity as well as it’s jets to smash him with it’s powerful drills.

 

[Nukas]

Bandana Dee
"Well, it's nice to meet you GV! That's right, Bandana Waddle Dee, but you can just call me Dee. Kirby and I go way back, we competed in a strength competition to see which one of us was the strongest. Since then, we've fought as enemies and side by side as best friends." Dee's eyes showed that he would've been smiling if he had a mouth. Then he saw a giant figure approach from behind Gunvolt. "Uhh GV, I think your opponent is here... Go get him, Kirby and I will be cheering you on, right Kirby?" Kirby just gave a "Kaiby!" in response, which was basically a yes. Gunvolt's opponent looked terrifying, Bandana Dee hoped he would be ok.

Bowie
Bowie laughed at Masaru's gestures towards the Courier. Bowie still believed that not all adults were demons, but the ones in this tournament definitely had to be brought down a peg or two. Bowie ran in behind Masaru so he could get a good seat for the fight. He was just in time to see Mark Guyver come out of the ground, ready to take on Courier.

 

[ArmedBlue]

Gunvolt smiled at Dee, seemed like a nice guy. "Well, looks like you two have been on your own adventure-" He cut himself off, Sturm's menacing aura could be felt in the air, even more so thanks to his Septima. Someone really wanted to do battle. "I'll do my best, Dee." He gave him a thumbs up, turning around to face the alien dictator who towered over him. He didn't feel scared, it was more like a necessity for him to take his opponent down. "So you're Sturm, right?" He said, walking closer to the nearby gateway. "Let's do this." He stated, and without another word, walked into the gateway to begin the battle.
@DevVoid

 

[ThAtGuY101]

As Johnny wandered around outside the arenas, he spotted the strange looking robot, "Yep... No doubt about it... That's my opponent" Cage said. He decided to walk over to Metal Sonic and introduce himself. "You must be Metal Sanic? I'm Johnny Cage ,but my friends just call me Johnny. You can call me Johnny too bud" Johnny Said extending his hand to shake. Johnny was interested in seeing how his fight would go.

~Sly Cooper...~

Sly Cooper began looking around to see if there were any other slackers who've been disqualified ,and were now simply watching the fights.

~Commander John Shepard...~

Commander John Shepard was about to send a picture to Ashley Williams ,but for some reason the message didn't go through, "Huh... Guess I'll have to send it another time... Or when this tournament is over, show her in person" Shepard said. He sat back to continue watching the fights.

 

[DevVoid]

The Courier looked closely at Mark Guyver as soon as it erupted from the ground, quickly glancing at what could be a weak point. Having fought a lot of robots, the Courier reckoned the middle part, which had a different design than the giant robot's other parts, was covering its weakpoint. And considering the shields on its arms, the cover couldnt be that strong. Quickly calculating Mark Guyver's landing position, the Courier leapt back, lobbing a plasma grenade to bounce it off the ground and have it explode where Mark Guyver was gonna land; specifically, where the cover of its weakpoint was gonna be positioned when it landed. The Courier got some distance between himself and the giant robot before crouching and taking out his trusty missile launcher, preparing to either fire it at Mark Guyver's center piece or to use it as an escape. @Shen: King of the Mist
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Sturm looked at Gunvolt, not figuring him to be much of a threat, and entered the gateway. As he arrived at the arena, he chose what the stage will terraform into;

A similiar island to the one he fought Geralt on, only; a river was running from the top part of the island down to the bottom, separating Sturm and Gunvolt to each respective left and right side. The island was in the center of a small ocean, which had the surrounding other sides of land fit with large mountains. The island was desolate of life, though every now and again, high above the arena, flew life-sized Green Earth, Blue Moon, Orange Star and/or Black Hole aerial war machines, some clashing against- and destroying each other, either with kamikazes or by blowing eachother up with their own weaponry.

Deciding to take the first move, Sturm summoned four Anti-Air Tanks and four Battle Helicopters, letting them form a barrier infront of him while firing a stream of bullets at Gunvolt's general area, the Battle Helicopters using their machine guns and the Anti-Air Tanks using their Vulcan Cannons. He covered his position behind him by summoning two Rocket Launchers, who were ready to fire a hail of rockets at Gunvolt should he try to attack Sturm from behind. @ArmedBlue

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

Mark Guyver landed on the ground with a smash, it’s drill arm’s shield facing Courier as the plasma grenade went off on it. It seemed to kindly damage the shield, but thankfully it was built to sustain damage, so it wasn’t breaking just from one grenade.

“So THATS what to your planning!” Masaru scoffed. “I know your tricks now demon, they aren’t gonna work on me!”

As courier brought out their rocket launcher, he knew he had to aim and either be stationary or slow. Using this to his advantage, the grinning demon hunter had mark Guyver protect his core with one drill arm whilst he fired the other drill. The now A.I. Controlled shield would spiral toward his foe and seek him out