As dawn approached, fighters got up and stretched their bodies.
Some in more hentai or ecchi ways than others. This particular morning
found Skyler Sands sitting in the cafeteria facing away from the window
which only showed a grey barrier that prevented those who entered to leave.
No one, not even C-chan, ?????, Nabiki or Washu knew who had constructed the
barrier, but it was one way. Entering was fine, it was leaving that was the
problem. Washu had attempted to get around the barrier by going into
another dimension, but the barrier was there in all the other dimensions as
well. Drayko had even tried blasting it with all of his power, but to no
avail. Whoever had made the barrier was very thorough about making sure no
one got out. It would take Washu a few days to figure out the barrier's
construction and at least three more to break it or devise a way to break
it.
Oddly, messages got out, though. Washu had tried various methods of
transmitting items out via sound and other forms of energy, but nothing
would get through in it's original form. Even the messages that were being
received back were in doubt.
Thankfully, the Death Dome Field hadn't been affected by the giant
grey barrier, so the tournament could be continue as usual. However,
security was even tighter as they wanted to make sure no one died for real.
Skyler wasn't exactly keen on the idea of dying for good.
Especially after one match had been won so... strangely. As he munched on
his breakfast, he pondered as to who might bother doing it. It was unlikely
that someone has just put up the barrier as a prank. Someone, probably a
participant in the tournament who wanted to draw attention from something
else they were doing.
If they wanted to kill someone forever, they'd have to take down the
special barrier that prevented permenant death from occuring. But if they
were after someone in the audience, they'd also have to take down the
high-powered barrier that prevented the audience from being hit. Of all the
fighters he had seen so far, Satan Kitty seemed to be the most likely. It
would most likely delight in the deaths of so many. Then again, he couldn't
leave out the idea of the wizards, succubi or the psychos. What with the
chance to permenantly kill off any future resistance, they could,
potentially, take over the whole multiverse. Which meant that this might
not be a single person. It might even be a collaboration.
Normally, Skyler didn't want to get involved in affairs like this,
where finding the truth could spell death, but in this case, not doing
something about it beforehand might spell death as well. Plus he had woken
up with a really nifty laptop on his chest with a post-it that read, "Swift
and painful will this be. Matters does it not. Bring you only carry-on
luggage shall you. Extra servings of pudding shall dinner bring. Juri hot
for you is she." that had all of the information available on the situation
so far, some of the data was encrypted 'for his eyes only'. But, he still
needed to know so much about the Death Dome Field. How was it powered? Did
they perform maintenance on it between matches? Could it be shut down? How
many safeties were there for the system? How much WAS the special of the
day? The sign didn't say. Skyler realized his eyes were wandering a tad
too much.
Then, Skyler saw someone who might be able to answer the questions
he had. He had been an integral person in the construction of the whole
idea and thus, he should have some answers.
A-kun entered and bought three 420 oz. Cokes at the counter. Skyler
wondered who the other two were for before he saw A-kun chug each and every
one of the bottles himself. He let out a belch which shook the counter.
Skyler began to question whether or not he should bother to try and find
anything out when A-kun turned around.
"Um, Skyler Sands, right?" A-kun asked as he walked over to Skyler's
table.
"That's right." Skyler replied.
"A-kun. So, how've you been enjoying yourself?" A-kun asked.
"Okay, I guess. What with impending doom lurking out there." Skyler
said, motioning to the barrier.
"Oh, that's nothing. I've seen worse. And a lot more
intimidating." A-kun said, grabbing a chair, turning it around and sitting
down on it awkwardly.
"Right." Skyler said, deadpanning.
"Hey, ever seen some of my cooking? Almost looks worse than one of
Akane's concoctions." A-kun said.
"Really?" Skyler inquired.
"Yeah. Not to mention Thar-er, another one of my friends is
completely-" A-kun began.
TharzZzDunN, the ever-changing, ever-unchanging, never-changing his
socks, dimensional flux mack-truck, burst into flames as he leapt from the
fire sprinklers and sang, "DID SOMEBODY SAY 'MARK BERGER'?!"
TharzZzDunN began screaming "NO! No. NOOOOOOOoOOWAMBA! DON'T WriTe
dat! Ayanami-Os are a registered trademark of Eyrie Production UnInc."
before he vanished in a puff of marketing by SquareSoft for FF10.
A-kun and Skyler were about to take their eyes off the spot where
TharzZzDunN had vanished from when he appeared behind both of them and cried
in a whiny Lucy Lawless voice, "RICKY! I WANNA BE IN THE PORNOOOOOO-SHOW!"
Skyler and A-kun yelped and spun around. Skyler fainted into the
lap of a startled Juri Arisugawa. A-kun wondered for a moment where she had
come from, but decided, like he did after all TharzZzDunN moments, to just
forget it ever happened and left the room as quickly as possible as Juri, as
a side-effect of being teleported around by TharzZzDunN, was overwhelmed by
three moments of insatiable lust for Skyler before returning to her wits and
dumping the unconscious boy to the ground.
She stood up return to their single room (a "type-o" as Touga told
them) to get out of the black leather spike heels, the g-string bikini
bottom and black leather school jacket. Skyler woke up and pondered if the
last minute had been a dream only to catch a "panty" shot as Juri stepped
over him. He returned to blissful slumber with a stupid smile on his face
and a trickle of blood running from his nose.
Thankfully, Skyler didn't have a fight today or tomorrow or the
following day or the next following day because it would take him that long
to recover due to blood loss caused by TharzZzDunN's unwillful actions.
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Anime Death Tournament
Round 3 - The Battles Rage On
Outcomes by ????? and C-chan
Typing by A-kun
Plot by..... um, say, who IS doing the plot?
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"Greetings and welcome once again to Anime Death Tournament. We're
currently at Round 3, which will lead to Round 4 and our special bonus Round
where fighters who were defeated earlier and late applicants beat the snot
out of each other for the chance to enter or re-enter the tournament." ?????
explained.
"Our first fight is Justy Ueki Tyler vs. Sakura." C-chan added.
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As the song "Lucky Love" by Ace of Base began playing, Justy Ueki
Tylor, wearing his usual red Captain's uniform and his light tan overcoat,
began walking to the ring from the red doors, followed closely by Yuriko
Star, Azalyn and Harumi. All three girls wished Tylor luck, who smiled and
gave them a thumbs up. He got into the ring, but his right foot snagged on
a rope, sending him face-first into the mat. He got up, rubbed his chin and
stood up to smile again.
Then, Ozzy Osborne's "Crazy Train" began playing as Sakura entered
from the blue doors and began walking to the ring. Fans hooted and
hollered, showing as much of their support as they could. Sakura smiled and
waved to all of them. She entered the ring and gritted her teeth. Tylor
waved to her.
"You don't look like a fighter." Sakura commented.
"Fighter? Me? Say, why am I in here? Yuriko?" Tylor asked,
turning around and leaning on the corner post to look balefully at Yuriko.
"I really don't know, Captain. The Admiral said something about
building up support, but he wasn't specific." Yuriko replied.
"Well, I really don't wanna fight. How about I give up?" Tylor
asked.
"Captain! The Admiral said you'd be removed from the military if
you didn't fight!" Yuriko protested.
"Ah! I'll just lose." Justy said.
"......" Sakura replied.
"FIGHT!" Shao Khan roared, having finally gotten smart and had Washu
build him a quick electrified cage to prevent people from harrassing him.
Robo didn't care. He liked the buzz he got from grabbing the bars.
Sakura poked Justy in the forehead. Justy collapsed like a sack of
tomatoes. Sakura put her foot on Justy's. Referee Robo stopped grabbing
the cage long enough to count to three and declare that Justy was out.
Sakura just shrugged and left. The crowd waited a bit before Med-Techs
walked in to carry out a very unconscious Justy.
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"...... that was....... different." C-chan commented.
"Indeed." ????? replied.
"Um, well, let's not disappoint the audience. On with the next
fight, Sagat vs. Thor Odinson!" C-chan blurted.
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The song "Flight of the Valkyries" by Wagner began playing. The sky
went dark, thunder and lightning danced in the distance. When the music
reached it's climax, a lightning bolt soared from the sky, through the
roof/ceiling into the ring. Once the brightness settled and the dust
cleared, the audience saw Thor, son of Odin, as well as an alternate Urd,
Belldandy and Skuld. The three goddesses of time and fate exited the ring
as Thor swung Mjolnir a few times.
"Special" by Garbage began playing. Sagat, wearing his usual garb,
marched down the ring from the blue doors, ignoring spectators. He climbed
into the ring and sized Thor up with a long glare. Sagat took up a fighting
stance.
"FIGHT!" Shao Khan yelled before turning off the microphone and
crying, "QUIT IT!" as Raiden, Shang Tsung, Jax, Sonya, Sub-Zero, Scorpion,
Reptile, Baraka jabbed long sticks, brooms and other not conductive items
through the cage to annoy Shao Khan. Robo had made a webpage that declared
loudly that he didn't care what happened.
Sagat bowed slightly to Thor before leaping at him and kicking the
mighty Thunder God in the chest. Thor stumbled a bit, but grabbed Sagat's
foot and slammed the tall kickboxer into the ground as hard as he could.
Sagat got up quickly, much to Thor's surprise. Sagat attacked the Thunder
God with surprisingly fast punches, kicks, sweeps and elbow jabs, barely
giving Thor time to block or even think of counter-attacking.
Thor was getting mad and quickly. Sagat was a worthy fighter, but
he was getting annoying. Thor's left eye twitched dangerously as he took
another elbow jab to the ribs. Something began to build in the Thunder God
as Sagat finally backed off and powered up a strong ki blast.
Sagat released the ki bolt as Thor summoned the power of Mjolnir and
released a lightning bolt. Sagat flew back against the ropes as Thor dodged
the ki bolt. Thor's eyes locked on Sagat as the experienced street fighter
returned to his feet again. Sagat began another fast battery of attacks,
only to be interupted in the middle as Thor roared in anger and swatted him
into his corner post. Thor marched forward, grabbed Sagat and slammed him
against the ground, almost ignoring the cries from Belldandy and the bombs
and scotch bottles thrown by Skuld and Urd respectively.
Finally, the berserker blood in Thor's body slowed and rational
thought returned to him. Sagat, beaten, bruised and bloody, managed to get
up again, despite the incredible beating he had received from the Thunder
God. Thor was more than impressed. Few could withstand such a beating and
most of those were Gods themselves. The rest were demons. But, Sagat was
neither. Sagat bowed to Thor.
"You are a powerful opponent. I shall concede." Sagat said.
"You are a gifted warrior. Mayhaps we shall share some brew
afterwards." Thor replied.
"Perhaps we shall." Sagat replied.
Sagat bowed to Thor before staggering out of the ring. Med-Techs
helped him to the hospital.
Thor raised Mjolnir to the sky and bellowed, "For Honor! For Glory!
For Asagard and MIDGARD!!!"
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C-chan and ????? shared a high-five.
"That was a kick-ass fight! Sagat and Thor proved themselves to be
great sports as well as good fighters." C-chan said, bouncing in her seat as
she waited impatiently for the next fight.
"But first, another interview by Bastion!" ????? said.
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The Essential Anime Death Tournament Interviews....
With correspondent, Bastion Fitsroy
Interview #3
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Interview #3: A-kun McCrillis
[Scene: A slightly damaged studio stage with a poorly sewn
together black backdrop and a wrecked neon sign held together
with ducktape, the remaining glowing parts saying "Celebity Date
Math." In front of this backdrop, Bastion, dressed in just his
jean shorts and a blue T-shirt, sits across from A-kun wearing
his favorite pastel blue tuxedo. Both are seated quite
comfortably on bean bags. Bastion turns to the camera and gives
his audience a knowing wink.]
Bastion: Hello, faithful viewers! <voice becomes demure> Hello
????? and C-chan, you're very welcome. <points and winks> So
I'm here with the ever-so charismatic A-kun McCrillis. Say
hello, A-kun.
A-kun: *Buurrp!* <tosses aside a Peppi can> Sorry about that.
Bastion: Close enough. I hear that you've won the first round
against Sailor Moon. I'm sure that you're all excited and ready
to enter the next round!
A-kun: <relaxes in the bean bag, lost in its cuddly softness> Yep.
Bastion: <looking nervous> Uh, so, um, out of all the combatants
in the Tourney, who's your pick to float to the top, besides
yourself?
A-kun: <props head up> Um, well, I don't really know... uh, I
think I'd choose... uh, I guess Shade Eternal. But, that's
going purely by name. I haven't had time to study my opponents
as well as ????? and C-chan have.
Bastion: Ahh, A-kun, I thought you would be fighting your own
battles. Now, you've involved C-chan and ????? <winks at
camera> in this? I'm apalled! Such disregard for morality.
A-kun: <lifts entire upperbody up> Hey now. I'm not reading up
on them, I just save them. The reason I said study up on my
opponents is the fact that quite a few are animates and I wanna
make sure I don't get caught off-guard by some secret technique.
Not that I have much surveilance anyway. Mostly the girls in
the bathroom or the locker room...er, <notices little red light
flashing> Forget you ever heard that.
Bastion: I hate to say it, but we're live.
A-kun: <leaps out of bean bag> WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'RE LIVE?!
Bastion: <someone off camera says something to him> Oh, sorry.
I forgot this is pre-recorded.
A-kun: <wipes forehead> Whew. <slumps back into bean bag> So
they'll take it out later?
Bastion: Of course, the editors always get my errors. <grins and
gives his patented thumbs-up> Trust me. Now, on to the juicy
questions, <notice A-kun salivating> uhhh, I hear that Nabiki is
filing a restraining order on you, any truth to that rumor?
A-kun: Look, I know NOTHING about that camera or why it had a
direct link to my VCR or why my VCR only seemed to record when
she was dressing, undressing, in the shower, etc. I deny any
and all allegations. [looks left, then right, then left, then
right again.] By the way, my newest video will be out after the
tournament. You can purchase a copy for only $59.95 or reserve
a copy for $49.95.
Bastion: <aghast> I'm appalled at you A-kun! <looks left, then
right, then up, down, and all around before pulling out a wad of
cash> Here, I'll reserve a copy, but it's a long way from that
Usagi and Rei video...
A-kun: <snatches wad of cash> Oh, don't worry. I'll get one of
those by the end of the Tournament <snickers, then giggles, then
bursts into full Evil Villain Laugh>
Bastion: <looks at blue card and reads off the next question>
Let's say your were Fate and you had somehow had complete
control over who wins the Tourney, who would you more than
likely favor on the list?
A-kun: No one. I'd kind like to see how things would just turn
out on pure luck and skill. As it is, ????? and C-chan STILL
haven't told me how they've resolved some of the fights. All I
know is that they've got a completely unbiased way because a lot
of fights have turned out differently from what I would've
expected.
Bastion: <blinks trying to comprehend something, beyond him> Are
you insiuating, A-kun, that ????? and C-chan are actually the
Fates? Geez, maybe I shouldn't have tried those pick-up lines
on ?????. Eeek.
A-kun: <twiddles thumbs and whistles innocently> Possibly.
Bastion: Well, I'm still here, so that's good. I hope. Anyway,
speaking of those two really neatorrific women, I must ask is
C-chan legal? <drool>
A-kun: <stratches head>.... I'm not sure what you mean. If you're
referring to her guns, I assure you that she's done everything but
dumping the bodies completely by the book. Oh... you were referring to
that. Yes, she's going to be eighteen and a half in about a
month or so.
Bastion: <nods> Cool, <suddenly restrains self> one <urk> more
<uh> month...Waitta minute, and a half you say? See ya <Bastion
jumps out bean bag>
A-kun: <incredulous and ignoring the fact that Bastion was focusing
on the age part> What in the hell was that about? I mean, I've
made that comment a few hundred times and she hasn't- <Suddenly,
C-chan leaps into the room and shoots A-kun in the chest nine
times. A-kun falls and C-chan leaves. A-kun sits up, takes off
his kevlar vest, followed closely by a karate sparring equipment
and another kevlar vest. He examines the last level of
protection, a Rush Limbaugh book.> Whew. Not a scratch.
Though these other things are useless now. <A-kun tosses the
other equipment and puts the book back where it was.> That book
has taken no damage ever since I bought it. As you can see, it
even stopped those hollow point shotgun rounds.
Bastion: <watches in awe struck silence before uttering> What
the...since when does C-chan have it out for you. <sighs in
defeat> Now, I'm jealous.
A-kun: <gets comfy in the bean bag> Well, she just hates it
when I draw attention to the fact that she dumps bodies in the
swamp, right next to the ten sunken cars and the three stashes
of Crack. Not to be confused with the three sunken cars and the
ten stashes of Crack. Just kidding. It's her ... <remembers
what happens to Anime males when they mention "That Time of the
Month"> lunch break.
Bastion: Uhhh, lunch break, riiight suuure. Well, what about
?????, is ????? available?
A-kun: Yes, but not to you, I'm afraid.
Bastion: <leans in, hoping> Boyfriend?
A-kun: Girlfriend. Steady one at that.
Bastion: <panicked> Oh dear God! I'm dead now! She's going to
kill me!
A-kun: <leans back in bean bag> Relax, you gave me Juri's
number, which I gave to ?????, don't worry.
Bastion: <confused> Juri? Juri never gave me her number.
A-kun: Who's number did you give me?
Bastion: I thought you said Ataru.
A-kun: <slaps thighs> Well Bastion, <looks at watch> You've got
a few days head start, I'd take advantage of it.
Bastion: <looks into camera and speaks as if his life depended
on it, which incidently, it did> Thank you A-kun <shakes A-kun's
hand impatiently> it's been nice talkin' to ya, now I must be
off-
A-kun: So who's going to be doing the interview?
Bastion: Uhhhh <rushed> Get Tracer, he's not doing anything
important anyway.
A-kun: Alright.
Bastion: So, adios, mis amigos! <flies off camera>
[A-kun is standing, watching Bastion run off in the distance.
Noticing he's alone, he turns to the camera and speaks into it.]
A-kun: Hey, ????? and C-chan! How ya doin?! And pay no
attention to me sneaking up behind you! <cue Evil Villain Laugh
as camera focuses on A-kun's open mouth showing that he had, in
fact, eaten his Brussels sprouts>
[Cut to ????? and C-chan]
-End of Interview #3-
Weeeellll? It's your interview, so tell me if I made any errors.
Addy!
Bastion
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"And now, Ranma Saotome versus 'Psycho' Sam Vilsmeier." C-chan said,
bouncing up and down eagerly awaiting the fight.
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Metallica's "Sad but True" song began playing as 'Psycho' Sam
Vilsmeier began driving a BMW right up to the ring, got out and hopped into
the ring. Bean Bandit, Rally Vincent and Minnie May Hopkins got out of the
car. Bean shook his head. Rally blinked a few times to make sure that she
wasn't seeing Heaven or Hell and Minnie May managed to stop trembling.
"Last time I let HIM drive." Bean commented, leaning on the hood.
Shortly after Metallica's song finished, Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy
Wit' It" began playing. Ranma Saotome walked into the arena, cracking his
knuckles and wearing a blue chinese style outfit, just like the ones he's
always wearing with his hat. Once he's in his corner, he took off his hat
and threw it to the audience. He glared at the opponent and pointed at him
and announced, "You think you can beat me, one of the world's best martial
artists? You may wanna leave before I clobber ya!"
"Shut up, big mouth!" Sam replied.
As Shao Khan was busy sleeping under the table in his cage, Cid
Highwind knocked the microphone over to Vincent Valentine.
"FIGHT!" Vincent roared. Robo sighed and returned to alternating
between grabbing the cage bars and reading his robot porn.
Ranma lunged at Sam, launching a high punch, then a low punch, then
a leg sweep. Sam blocked both punches and crescent kicked Ranma in the
face. Ranma staggered back, clutching his now sore jaw. Sam grinned and
lunged at Ranma, punching and kicking quickly. Ranma noted that Sam was as
fast as he was and as strong as Ryouga to boot, but it didn't matter. He
could beat Ryouga and he had beaten that stupid Copycat Ken. Ranma flipped
back a few times and gathered the power of his spirit. He always won. He
launched the ki bolt at Sam, who leapt out of the way and fired two smaller
ki bolts of his own.
Ranma fired another ki bolt, confident that Sam now feared him. His
ki bolt blew through Sam's, but Sam dodged the blast. Sam gathered his
magical essence and began focusing it. He opened his eyes and grinned.
"BURST RONDO!" Sam yelled.
Ranma yelped and began dodging the massive swarm of fireballs as
best as he could, but grunted in pain as numerous fireballs hit him. He
focused as best as he could, trying to remember the secret training he had
learned before coming here.
"ICE 2!" Ranma called.
Two huge chunks of ice slammed down in front of Ranma, one engulfing
the oncoming fireballs, the other falling on Sam. However, Sam blew both
chunks of ice to pieces. Ranma attacked Sam, hoping that the effort of
blowing up the ice had worn him down. Sam got mad and began trying to hit
Ranma, who began leading the hot-headed man in a spiral. After the second
time around, Sam's head returned to him and he realized what Ranma was
trying to do. Sam leapt back, disrupting the set-up for the Hiryuu Shoten
Ha.
Sam decided to go for broke. He charged Ranma, leapt up and at
nearly point blank range roared out, "GENOCIDE ATTACK!"
Ranma was blown clear of the ring and went flying to make a crater
in one of the walls.
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"Hey, could I talk to you four?" Washu asked.
Thor turned to look at the small, but extremely dangerous, genius.
"Not here. In there." Washu said, pointing to a conference room.
Thor and company shrugged and followed Washu in the room. About a
few minutes later, the god and goddesses frowned as Washu related the
information to them.
"You can't find them?" Thor asked, frowning.
"Well, it's more of I can't sense them. There are numerous places
around here where a little privacy is allowed, such as the bathrooms and the
conference rooms. If they're just in one of those places, I don't have to
worry so much. I fear that it could also mean that their signals have grown
too weak or small for them to register. I'd look for them, but the recent
problem with that newly made barrier has become top priority, so I need you
four to look for them. Being gods yourselves, you've got the best chance at
finding them." Washu replied.
"Well then. Let us be off." Thor said, standing.
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C-chan grinned at the camera, excitedly waiting for the next match,
before remembering that she had to ANNOUNCE that there WAS a match.
"Onto the next fight, Kazeko Kuroyama versus Yahiko!" C-chan said.
"... why do we need this gun rack?" ????? asked, turning to C-chan's
gun rack.
"Emergencies." C-chan replied, looking left and right.
****** ****** ****** ****** ******
Continued in Round 3, part B
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