Private/Closed Bootleg Bros: Melee

[The Alright Attorney]

As Joker started to fall to the ground, his eyes trailed back up as he heard movement. Sure enough, NiGHTS was traveling down to hit him head on while he fell. At least Joker could only assume that was his opponent, consider their shapeshifting abilities. Gotta act fast, I don't have many options here... Joker thought to himself, silently commanding Arsene to his side. Hate to use this so early, but it's my only option! With his Persona with him, he shouted out. "Tetrakarn!" Just as Joker landed on the ground, and before the shapeshifting Jester could hit them, a protective Shield surrounded him, and if NiGHTS made contact, they'd feel all the pain meant for Joker.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

The explosion rocked the Soft Museum, the terrain wriggling and jiggling after the explosion. NiGHTS was sent flying back, now in their jester form. Cracks were on their face from the shield they hit, alongside fractures in their chest. Whatever happened seemed to not like them touching it...

The explosion however seemed to go through, the sparkly fumes of it obscuring everything inside. Oi...this visitor has a prickly predicament. Better play it safe.

As joker was obscured by the smoke and couldn’t see out, NiGHTS took advantage of this by spinning a paraloop around the blast radius, hoping to bring a swift end to the fight.

 

[DevVoid]

No room for dodging, a giant robot sprinting at him, ready to shred him.. how did the Courier always end up in these situations? Well, it seems he'll have to repeat a previous tactic as it didn't seem like there was another way. Taking out his first and final mine, the fat mine, as he had given two of them to another companion, the Courier ran at Mark Guyver. Performing the same move as before, the Courier got into a roll and went to try and slide, or better said roll, inbetween Mark Guyver's legs. However, at this point, the Courier would drop the fat mine right at the center if he successfully rolled through, and would just keep on running to make as much distance as possible before it went off. @Shen: King of the Mist
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The Infantry were all zapped and reduced to a 4. However, the infantries had went inside eachother again as if absorbing one another, joining up to fully restore their health, becoming one. Since the Medium Tanks were not targeted by the Electroshock, they had all the time they needed to turn themselves around and begun firing their machine guns at Gunvolt, as had the one remaining Infanfry done the same with his G11 Rifle. The Transport Copter did its part as, may it have been too late to take in the Electroshock, it was just fast enough to catch the Dullahan projectiles, being destroyed when taking the last one in.

Sturm on the other hand was fired back from the Electroshock, being zapped heavily from his metal suit. While it didn't give him much air time, it certainly let him slide on the ground and into the river that split the island into two parts, creating a dirt trail leading into it.

However, while Sturm was sinking deeper into the water, a ship appeared beneath him, raising him back up; It was a Submarine, which Sturm had then used as a platform to jump up, destroy it, and replace it with a Lander. Sturm used this moment to rest up by.. just standing still on the Lander.

However, Sturm did prepare for when Gunvolt would try to chase after him again, and summoned six Battle Helicopters, all of which were ready to fire their everything at Gunvolt should he try to come closer, as a safety pre-caution. @ArmedBlue

 

[ArmedBlue]

Gunvolt smirked as he managed to get out from below Sturm, moving about a meter away from him. His opponent had been sent into the river, though he stayed afloat using one of his units. He was surprised to see the Infantry merge together to become one, and now he was being faced with gunfire from five different units. He summoned two Crashbolts in front of him to protect himself from the gunfire, a third one raining down near the river to electrocute the water and keep pressuring Sturm, which would bypass the six Battle Helicopters and their frontal defense.

The Crashbolts still active and protecting him, Gunvolt had a little bit of time to breathe and think of how to attack next. It wouldn't be too long before he was back at three SP, which would give him more attack options. For now he'd just have to wait for his Overheat to be over. He summoned a Dragonsphere in his hands, launching it at the closest Medium Tank, commanding it to move around and hit as many of the attacking units as it could. As he did so, Gunvolt kept shooting Dullahan darts at the Medium Tanks and the Infantry, wanting to rack up damage quickly and take them out combined with the Dragonsphere's damage.
@DevVoid

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Thankfully for Joker, NiGHTS hit straight into his shield, and the Jester was sent flying backwards. Not as good, was that the attack had a second function, an energy based explosion that Tetrakarn couldn't protect him from. He was blown backwards, feeling his back hit the same pillar he stood upon seconds earlier. Smoke and dust billowed around him, and Joker knew he was in a bad position. He needed to get up and out of there as soon as he could. Glancing down at his feet, Joker remembered the strange rules of this world. Nothing was how it appeared to be, and after a quick jump, Joker launched himself into the air and out of the way of NiGHTS attack. Not going down that easy... He thought to himself, as now that he was in the air, he grappled to another near by pillar to try and put some distance between him and his opponent. Arsene appeared at the Phantom Thief's side. He could still feel a stinging pain in his chest from that rocket attack. "Arsene, Diarama." A pleasant green light shined onto Joker, and he felt himself heal up. There was still a slight lingering pain in his chest, and if he were to be hit there again he'd feel it for sure. Joker needed to think harder. NiGHTS is by far the most complicated opponent he fought here yet, their ability to fly adding a whole new dimension that he needed to strategize around.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

Seeing the boy leap up from the ground and then grapple to a nearby pillar, NiGHTS twirled out of the circular formation, the paraloop missing it’s target completely. This frustrated the jester s little bit, the purple flying entity crossing its arms in an almost pout.

“That guy sure does like bouncing around...two can play at that game!”

NiGHTS pinched their nose, or rather where their nose would be. They then puffed up their cheeks, and then suddenly their entire body began to inflate like a balloon. Now inflated to the shape of a 8 foot bouncy ball, NiGHTS bounced up to where Joker was, using the floor and the bouncy nature of their body to gain extra height. their goal? To collide right into Joker and turn them into a pancake, increasing their weight as they fell.

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Joker observed as once again, NiGHTS transformed, changing their shape to look like a giant bouncy ball. "The hell....They can turn into anything by the looks of it." Joker muttered, quickly jumping down off the pillar and down the ground below to once again spring into the air and try to get away from NiGHTS. As he flew threw the air, Joker fired off his pistol on his opponent's direction. "Arsene! Riot gun!" He called out to his Persona, who cast down what appeared to be a bolt of lightning in NiGHTS' direction. While it looked like lightning, its properties were more that of a large, fast, powerful bullet, and would hit like one.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

NiGHTS continued to pursue Joker in their bouncy ball form. Right as they leaped again with a bound toward him...they were struck down the middle with lightning- no. A bullet! The billet has far more intensity than what he normally shot.

Puncturing the ball sent NiGHTS fizzing and flipping everywhere in the ball state, air shooting out of their body. It was as if they punctured a balloon. As it appeared to be flopping around without any purpose, it suddenly turned course toward Joker, turning back into the jester form that is more known: this time with a large gaping hole in their chest.

NiGHTS prepared to deliver a punch to his mask wearing face, hoping to plow the man with the momentum they had received.

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Joker finally landed back on the main large museum like structure in the arena, waiting to see where NiGHTS would land next. Instead, the deflating balloon started to fly back in his direction once again, shifting back to normal and flying faster than before. Thinking back to his bout with Sonic, Joker came up with the best plan he could. He stood in place, and waited for NiGHTS to reach him. Sure enough, the Jester's punch made contact, but before he blew backwards, Joker shot off his pistol three times, right next to his opponent.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

The pistol’s shots rang through NiGHTS’s body, breaking through their arms and back. It was apparent that the Jester was hollow on the inside, as now there were holes protruding to the back of the Jester, cracks forming from the bullet hole. The only thing keeping the center body tethered was the small bridges to the side of the main body.

NiGHTS gave a long breath as if the shots more so tired them out rather than give physical pain. Finding it harder and harder to be as nimble as they used to be, NiGHTS attempted to follow up the punch with a drill drive, flying toward Joker midair and aiming to drill into his chest cavity.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Metal quickly jumped up and cancelled the technique, just barely avoiding the kick. Now that he was in close proximity to Johnny, he decided to try something. He quickly activated V.Maxiumum Overdrive, attempting to blitz through Johnny. He only activated it for a moment though, less than half a second, in order to minimize vent time. He then flew up into the air, although not as fast as usual as he was venting while he was flying.
@ThAtGuY101
(Sorry for the lack of an Eggman post, I’m kind of at a loss of ideas.)

 

[The Alright Attorney]

The impact from the last hit caused Joker to slide back and away, his face stinging and a slight ringing in his ears. He managed to roll to a stop, looking up just long enough to see the results of his previous attack. It certainly seemed to slow the dream jester down a bit. Joker observed NiGHTS' body, seeing the cracks becoming more prominent. He was getting close to shattering them. Before he could attack, NiGHTS lunged towards Joker once again with a similar drill attack to before. I can only use this two more times, so I have to do it where it counts! "Tetrakarn!" Arsene was summoned once again to Joker's side, and swung its arm out, the counter shield once again surrounding Joker. He stood firm, waiting for NiGHTS' impact.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

*CRASH!*

NiGHTS’s body broke in two, the top half and bottom half separating completely. As the shield blocked the first half’s drill and send it flying, the back half continued to fly forward to bash him the guy whilst the shield began to fall.

“Awaaah!”

The upper half tumbled over the bouncy terrain, slowly screeching to a halt as they had found themselves in quite a...interesting situation. NiGHTS looked to the camera, putting a hand on their chin whilst they rolled their fingers on the ground.

“Well now, ain’t this a situation?”

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Joker was shocked, needless to say. Way too shocked for him to dodge the lower half of his opponent's body, it hitting him in the gut, while NiGHTS other half, the talking one flew far off and away from him. The thief cursed out quietly, backing away from the disembodied legs, before directing Arsene to fly towards NiGHTS upper half. Even if they weren't attached, Joker was sure the legs would be a threat, so he fired off his pistol at it, hoping to shatter it further and eliminate it. While he did that, Arsene reached the other half, and using his claws swung down at NiGHTS from above.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

As Joker brought out their pistol to shoot at NiGHTS’s legs, the Jester saw this and yelled out.

“Oh no you don’t!”

Sticking her tongue out to the side of the mouth in Concentration, they made the legs due a pirouette in place, managing to dodge the bullets in an acrobatic fashion. It would then go to a dance to the death, stepping on it’s tippy toes and attacking with it’s outstretched feet. Using dance moves and choreography to kick and strike Joker.

However, NiGHTS didn’t expect to see the flying Persona coming their way. Panicking, the hands of NiGHTS picked up their head and chuckled it further away, allowing the Persona to destroy the main upper body with another resounding crashing noise.

The head was thrust into a wall...which stretched before shooting the head back to hit Arsene like a bowling ball.

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Joker leaped back slightly at the legs just... got up performing a little dance, before leaping at him to attack. Joker cursed, using his blade to parry the hits as best he could while stepping back. A couple of the kicks got past his defense, hitting him in the gut. Cursing under his breath, Joker started to grip his grappling hook, and throwing the Jester's lower half, hoping to wrap up one of the legs and tripping it up.

All while this was happening, Joker heard the sound of breaking glass. Arsene take care of the other half? Joker thought to himself, before hearing the whizzing sound of....NiGHTS' incoming head. Back down there, Arsene simply faded away and teleported back to Joker, causing NiGHTS to just go flying after launching themselves off the wall.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

As Arsene vanished, NiGHTS couldn’t stop their own head without hands or feet, so they flew into a wall and bounced off...into another wall...and into another...

“Ahhh! I’m gettin’ dizzy!”

The lower half was expertly fighting off Joker in melee, blow for blow...that is, until it suddenly began attacking at random, wobbly shaking all over the place. Due to NiGHTS’s head bouncing and bouncing all over the place, they couldn’t see where to coordinate the legs, allowing them to be tripped by Joker.

When the legs were tripped, they felt around, feeling the grappling hook cable that had tripped them. Using the sense of touch rather than sight, the legs pulled hard on the cable, hoping to yoink Joker their way so they can give him a ballerina kick in the forehead from the ground.

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Joker cursed, making sure to dodge NiGHTS' wayward head whenever it got close, keeping up the fight with the legs. However, he started to notice the more NiGHTS bounced, the more unstable the legs seemed to grow. So the legs were still connected to the head in some way and not acting on their own. Once Joker was able to get the legs down, he looked around for the head that was rocketing around the stadium. That moment was enough for the legs to take him by surprise, pulling him down. Joker felt a foot hit him hard on the head. Just as he was getting blown back from the impact, he swiped his blade at the leg that made contact, while Arsene followed up, swiping at them, as well as blocking the Leg's path to it's user.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

Joker swung his blade in retaliation. To the leg strike, breaking a gash into the foot...but the blade itself couldn’t cut all the way through the harder than ceramic substance. It was imbedded in the leg, enough so for the leg to pull itself up from the ground, using Joker as an anchor point.

Unknowingly avoiding the attack of Arsene, the legs which now had a branching point to joker would bash him down on his neck, hoping to knock the man unconscious.

...Meanwhile NiGHTS’s bouncing head began to get swirls in their eyes as they bounced around even more. They hoped the match would end soon...or else they wouldn’t be able to fly straight for days.

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Joker cursed as he fell onto his back, and saw the legs coming in to strike him. I only have one Tetrakarn left, I can't waste it. Joker thought, before looking to Arsene. "BUFUDYNE!" He shouted out, and the Persona complied. Pointing it's fingers right in between Joker and the Legs, the Persona shot a blast of cold energy.

Like before, a giant tree like ice sculpture grew in place, as well as icing up the platform below Joker. Quickly, he kicked his legs off the ice tree, and used the icy ground to slide back and away from the leg's incoming attack. Next, he aimed his now loose grappling hook, aiming it at the top of the tree. He shot up and into the air, before releasing the hook.

Now, high up in the air, he aimed himself at the trampoline like ground, gaining momentum as he crashed down....and sprung back high into the air, directly in the path of NiGHTS incoming head. "TETRAKARN, NOW!" Using his last Tetrakarn, Joker felt the shield surround him, waiting for his opponent's head to crash into it.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

The head kept bouncing and bouncing, not able to comprehend anything that was happening outside the feelings in their head and feet. Right as they felt as if they had the upper hand, they got a glimpse of Joker, rising up to eye level with them. And for one glimmer of a second...they locked eyes.

Uh oh...

“TETRAKARN, NOW!”

*WHAM!!!*

NiGHTS’s head exploded into a flurry of sparkles and glitter, their legs vanishing a long with it after it was destroyed. The little glitter specs rained down as a bell was sounded.

“Excellent match! Well done!”

Master hand descended down from the heavens as the hologram of the stage disappeared. He pointed his finger at Joker, giving a hearty laugh.

“I like your spunk! Edgy and young, just like what every teenage boy and girl would love to see on screen! Great for ratings, especially when you win. Good show!”

Meanwhile, NiGHTS’s body re-materialized outside of the match gates, looking dazed and confused, swirls in their eyes...it seems the dizziness they had didn’t quite wear off from that fight.

 

[The Alright Attorney]

Joker let out a slow relaxed sigh, glad to be standing on ground that actually felt like ground again. He patted his chest up and down, making sure he was all healed up after the fight. "Semi-Finals..." He muttered out, glancing up at the list of matches. "Metal Sonic or Cage." Joker thought back to his match up with the real Sonic, wondering how his robot doppelganger holds up in comparison. He decided he'd head to the stands to watch that fight play out. As he made his way out, Joker saw NiGHTS, and smiled softly. "Great fight out there. You really put me to the test." He said, offering a handshake.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

NiGHTS rubbed their head as they sat up, the blurred vision beginning to subside. They lost their match? They hadn’t expected it to end the way it did, literally hanging on by a head in the game.

“Ouch...that one was a whopper.”

That’s when Joker emerged from the gateway, his wounds and damage healing as he did so. NiGHTS expected a fight from him, but they didn’t expect THAT big of one. Suppose looks can be deceiving. When Joker offered a hand to the sitting purple nightmaren, they gave a wide smile, taking the hand and flying back to their energetic state.

“You too! I wanted an exciting match, and you gave that and more! Oi, I can see why ol’ blue lost. Your impressive, but don’t think that’s the end of it all. We can get a do-over tonight when you go to bed, I think I can give ya a run for your money! What do ya think??”

They seemed raring to go already, their energetic spirit never fading from their ever present personality.

 

[ThAtGuY101]

~Johnny Cage...~

Johnny rolled out of the way to avoid the blitz attack. As metal sonic was flying, Johnny took the opportunity to green shadow uppercut followed up my a jump kick. Johnny made sure to keep his brass knuckles in handy in case he needed them in case he needed them to finish the fight, and Johnny needed to figure out a plan to end the fight quickly.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

As Courier attempted to slide under Mark Guyver, he placed a Nuka mine right as he began to flee. Seeing the man dive under him, Masaru commanded Guyver to stomp down on Courier before he could get away. While courier managed to escape, the mine he placed was directly hit.

“BOOM!”

The entire lower half of Mark Guyver was battered, armor breaking off and the feet themselves being vaporized. What was worse was Courier was even closer, being erased from his own nuke mine. Masaru tried to regain his balance after his robot suddenly lost it’s feet, plopping down onto the crown.

before he knew it, Mark Guyver began to slow it’s spinning as the fight came to a close. The terrain vanished from sight as Master hand descended.

“Ha! Looks like Courier will be carrying that shame for some time! The winner goes to the messed up kid!”

As Mark Guyver disappeared from some sort of Master hand magic, Masaru dropped to the ground. He looked to the crowd to Bowie, pounding his chest and giving a toothy grin. He wasn’t going down to some demon, and his determination shown through to the semifinals.

He left the gateway, hoping to meet up with Bowie as well as his new opponent before he had to move on.

@Nukas

 

[DevVoid]

Sturm thought as he summoned a transport helicopter to move himself back onto land. He realized that he didn't really need to win. All the fighters he had met, they were already enough to inspire him for new units. Units that could help him conquer all kinds of worlds even without the wish. Sturm held his hand up at Gunvolt, speaking up. " Halt. I surrender. I no longer wish to fight. " Sturm said, willingly surrendering, despite this putting a dent into his pride. With this spoken, his units stopped attacking and started self-destructing one by one. @Shen: King of the Mist @ArmedBlue

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

As the units began to explode one at a time, the hologram of the location they were in began to fade. Suddenly, Master hand appeared from above, looking incredibly irritated.

“Now why would you do THAT! We were getting to the good part!” Master hand grumbled, pointing to the exit. “Leave. Sternum. Now.”

Cursing under his gloved breath, master hand snapped his fingers, disappearing in a moment.

 

[ArmedBlue]

Gunvolt was shocked to see Sturm surrender, his words echoing throughout the arena as it went back to normal. Why would he do that? Giving up on the chance for a wish all of a sudden? It didn't make sense to him, the Crashbolts ceasing and the Dragonsphere dissipating.

"...something isn't right. Just what is your goal here...?" He muttered as Master Hand came down and told "Sternum" to leave. The alien dictator was most certainly planning something, but there wasn't anything Gunvolt could do about it. No way to stop him before he left, no way to chase him back to his world. He could only focus on his own battles, and that wish if he won.

"Whatever it is you're planning, I can guarantee someone will put a stop to it." He said, letting Sturm know there would always be a hero to make things right. Without another word, he turned around and went through the newly opened gateway, now back to the plaza. His name moved up on the list to match that of a boy named Masaru. Didn't seem like much at first glance, but he definitely had a trick up his sleeve if he had made it this far. Two fights to go...

He decided to walk around and look for this Masaru kid, wondering if he could learn anything from him before their fight began.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

As soon as Masaru stepped out of his portal, he was met with another guy in the plaza...looking for someone. Normally, he wouldn’t think anything of it, but since he was one of four people here in the plaza, two of them being Sonic and NiGHTS, he knew the competition was thinning.

So he looked at the board, seeing his next fight. Sure enough, his next opponent was the guy who was looking around all creepy like. Gun-Volt? What? Does he have a thunder gun or somethin? Psssht, imagine being beaten cause someone had a fancy gun. I got this.

Masaru marched over to Gunvolt, putting his hands on his hips.

“Ah! So your the guy I’m fighting next. Gotta say though, glad a demon wasn’t the one who moved on. Better you than that other guy.”

Automatically assuming Gunvolt knew about the Warriors of hope, Masaru flashed him a confident grin.

“How does it feel to know your gonna fight your leader and Hero??”

 

[ArmedBlue]

The Masaru kid had walked up to him, Gunvolt smiling at him since he seemed pretty nice. The mention of a demon moving on took him by surprise, he already knew someone with that kind of talk all too well. Just like Copen... but what exactly does he consider a "demon"? He thought as the boy began to talk about him fighting his leader and hero, chuckling at those titles that probably were earned judging by how far he had made it.

"Sorry, but I'm not really sure what you're on about. But I bet you must be pretty well known wherever you're from for you to be called a leader and a hero. Not many people can get that level of praise, y'know?" He replied, trying to find any clues as to what had gotten him all the way to the semifinals. He couldn't find anything though, he just seemed like a regular kid. Disregarding the demon talk, of course.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

“Wha- Well of COURSE I’m well known!” Masaru replied, a bit taken aback. “I’m like the biggest, baddest, most totally awesome kid around!”

Geez, does everyone live under a rock? Even if they are from other dimensions it’s no excuse not to of heard of me or the warriors of hope.

Masaru puffer up his chest. “Yeah! Not many others do cause they are all demons and cowards. Unlike those adults, I, Masaru Daimon, fight bravely on the front lines!”

He took great pride in that fact. His egotism was pretty apparent, as he didn’t ask Gunvolt what his story way, rather choosing to gloat about his own titles.

 

[ArmedBlue]

Well, he sure does seem pretty confident. Gunvolt thought, now knowing Masaru referred to adults as demons. Things must have gone pretty badly for him to think of them like that...

"Sounds like you're a good fighter. No wonder you've made it all the way to the semifinals." He replied, chuckling a bit as he hadn't expected a kid to fight such strong opponents yet prevail over them. Which brought him back to what he was thinking earlier: How did he do that? He had to find a way for him to spill the beans, kids were usually bad at keeping secrets. Just gotta keep him boasting...

"Speaking of which, how did you make it this far? One wouldn't expect a kid to prevail over such fierce opponents, and you don't look like you have any sort of superpower to aid you in battle."

 

[Nukas]

Bowie
Bowie looked down as Masaru started to pound on his chest up at him. He was excited for his friend and Blob was already hopping down to meet up with him. It took Bowie a little bit to get over to the portal, but he did eventually see Masaru and tackle him from behind... again. Masaru might've been getting annoyed by this, but he was happy that his friend was getting so far in the tournament. "That was awesome Masaru! That was a cool end to the battle as well, It was exciting to see!"

Bowie had overheard some of Masaru's conversation with this golden haired teen, and decided to butt in before Masaru's head got the better of him. "He got this far because he's that good. If you want to know more, you're just gonna have to wait for your chance to fight him, I'm warning you that it's going to be tough though. After all, he is Masaru Daimon, leader of the Warriors of Ho- WHAT ARE THOSE TWO ADORABLE PUFFBALLS!" Bowie ran over to them immediately stopping his sentence rather abruptly when he noticed the pair of Orange and Pink characters.

Dee
Bandana Dee was coming out of theGunvolt's battle. It was a well fought battle, but for the life of him he couldn't understand why the other guy had forfeited. He was hungry now, and he knew Kirby was always hungry so he was about to suggest to Gunvolt that they could all go grab a bite to eat when a kid started running at him and Kirby. He of course went to kirby first, being the more adorable and well known of the two. "Hey GV, care to introduce us to your new friends before this one cuddles us to death?" Waddle of course wanted a cuddle from the kid, but being an esteemed Waddle Dee such as himself, he couldn't just admit that. He had a reputation to uphold.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

(Received auto permission from @ThAtGuY101 . Also, sorry if it doesn't look like a good fight, I don't know very much about Johnny other than the information I received from this rp.)

Due to his need to vent, Metal wasn't able to fly as fast and got hit by the uppercut, being launched upwards by the force of it. However, his vent time quickly finished due to the short time the move was used, and he quickly performed a U-Turn and flew down towards Johnny. Johnny tried to kick him again but he flew above him then dive bombed downwards to the ground, landing on his feet. Johnny quickly turned around and punched Metal in the robotic jaw. Metal staggered back a bit, but then looked back at Johnny with a menacing glare. Johnny moved forward while launching a barrage of kicks and punches, trying to force Metal to the edge of the stage. Metal kept backing up, acting as if the strategy was working, then suddenly grabbed Johnny's leg mid-kick. Metal kicked him in the gut, then swung off of Johnny's arm and landed behind him, then kicked him powerfully, sending him off the stage due to how close they were to the edge. Just for good measure, he shot 3 energy orbs at him, making sure he couldn't get back on the platform. As soon as Johnny was out of sight, Metal walked away from the edge and back to the center of the stage.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

As Metal Sonic’s fight came to a close, Master hand arrived on the scene per usual, an applause track playing in the background as he gave himself a ‘Hand’.

“Haha! I wasn’t much for Johnny Cash, it’s all about heavy metal! Let’s hope he can get this next match up, over, and gone!”

With that, he snapped his fingers, the rift opening for metal sonic to leave.



.......



Masaru was about to gloat about how awesome Mark Guyver was before he was decked from behind by Bowie, which he completely forgot was coming behind him. Falling to the ground comically from the tackle, he was at first annoyed by the thump, that is, until Bowie began to compliment him and stroke his ego, which he couldn’t help but start giggling too.

“Hehe...! You really think so? I was cool??”

As Bowie rose up off of him, he got up next to him, striking a pose as Bowie talked him up, flexing what he thought was a strong bicep. Then as soon a Bowie dipped, Masaru looked over to where he ran, a sweatdrop forming.

“Erm...anyway!” He said? Getting back his composure. “I AM totally awesome. Your gonna have a tough time with me Voltgun, after all, in a story a hero always wins! So that’s why I’m gonna win this time!”

 

[ArmedBlue]

Right when Masaru was going to answer his question, another kid came in and answered for him, saving the red haired boy from telling him his plans. They seemed to be good friends, he wasn't surprised they had each others backs like that. "Oh well, guess I'll find out soon enough." He said with a shrug, before hearing a familiar voice nearby which the other kid ran towards. He turned around to see Kirby and Bandanna Dee, the former tackled by the kid who definitely found him adorable.

"Hey Dee, looks like Kirby's got a fan right here." He said, chuckling at the kid cuddling the pink puffball. "The redhead here is Masaru, leader of the Warriors of Hope or something like that, he's gonna be my next opponent. As for the other kid who's cuddling Kirby here, I think he's Masaru's friend." Masaru began speaking again, embracing the boy's praise and saying he was going to win.

"We're all the heroes of our own stories, aren't we?" He replied to Masaru's statement, chuckling as he got the Gun and Volt parts of his name mixed up. "I'll let you know I won't go easy on you. I have too many people counting on me, though I'd assume that's your case as well."

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

Masaru flashed a peace sign over to the pink fighter than strolled up to them, his way of greeting her...him...them? Shaking his head out of that thought, he grinned in determination at his foe.

“Heh! You got guts, looks like this’ll be a good fight! Fine! But before we fight, shall we say our motto? Surely you know it. If you do, follow along!”

Clearing his throat, he threw his fist toward the sky.

“A Child’s ears are?!?” He called out, before answering himself. “Wonderful Ears!”

“A Child’s Eyes are?!” He Called out once more, pointing to Bowie.

 

[Nukas]

Bowie and Dee
Oh uhh, sorry... Kirby, you just looked really cute and I wanted a hug. I should apologize to you too Dee. I should've probably asked you before just tackling your friend like that. Anyway, I'm Bowie, and this here is my friend Blob!" Blob, however, was not paying much attention to the group as he had hopped away when Bowie tackled the pink puffball. He would be lying if he said he wasn't a little jealous... luckily he couldn't talk so he wouldn't have to lie. Once he was more or less alone, he started to try and take the form of the pink puffball that had shown up to make sure that Bowie wouldn't end up liking it more than him.

Meanwhile, Bowie looked around for a bit and decided he would look for Blob later, it wasn't exactly fair for him to demand that he spend all his time with Bowie, sometimes a Blob needed alone time. Bowie wasn't that worried about it but since he was actively thinking about it, he was completely caught off guard when Masaru started shouting some call and response thing. Taking note of how Masaru had answered his own question before he meekly gave out his answer, unsure if it was correct. "Ummm... Wonderul eyes?"

Dee had accepted the Boy's apology and was just happy they were making new friends. He didn't see the companion the boy had talked about, but didn't think too much of it since Bowie seemed rather unphased by it. He had decided to watch the two kids to see what they were like and was surprised to find that they started chanting. Their world seemed pretty strange.

 

[DevVoid]

Sturm exited the arena and looked around. He had witnessed enough for two new units, but there was something missing in him.. a component for the greatest of the trio. His attention was caught by that blob that used to be following that one boy around. The boy did not peak his interests, rather, it was the blob itself. This alien lifeform, like himself, had to have something stored, something which the boy could have used to pass pre-eliminaries. This was enough to be certain about Sturm's next decision. Pretending as if walking to the large rift, Sturm went to walk past the Blob, not without summoning one of his 'human' units out of the Blob's vision. It wasn't a unit that was carrying firearms however, it was a Black Hole Scientist carrying syringes. The small, 4'2ft unit had tried to sneak up to the blob to try and take a sample from it using its syringe, planning to frantically run back to its leader afterward. @Nukas

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

“Adorable eyes!!!” Masaru corrected and continued at the same time. “A Child’s mouth is?! A Great. big. mouth!! And why is it so big?!?”

He laughed out loud, turning back to Gunvolt with an almost threatening stomp, a determined snicker plastering his face.

“To gobble up the demons!!”