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Sephiroth vs Magus (Janus Zeal)
SageAcrin *Four days before the match.* "Ugh. Another Sephiroth victory, hmmm?" Kuja said. "Of course. He always wins." Valvalis said. "And we're stuck judging the match with the largest amounts of obnoxious tourists and people complaining about or cheering about Sephiroth's power." Bosch said, slashing a wall out of annoyance. "Why don't we just find some way to kill them both?" "Because they'll kill us? Rather easily?" Valvalis asked. "Then get someone else to do it. Or humiliate them. Whatever, just make the match more interesting." Kuja said. "You know, that is an idea. We're the judges, it shouldn't be hard to have some "interference" occur that would ruin that fool Sephiroth, and maybe Magus too." Valvalis mused. "And kill them?" X-Death said eagerly. "No." Valvalis answered. "Awwww." "Quiet. We don't want them killing us. Let's go find some options to make this battle more interesting." Valvalis said, rising a bit tipsily from the bar table they were drinking at... --- "I think I'd sooner turn you into rabbits than cross Sephiroth, you fools. But please, by all means, be sliced in half. I give my blessing." Lezard said, closing the door in Bosch's face. "...Well, so much for X-Death's bright ideas." Bosch mumbled. --- "AAAAAHHHHH-UMPH." Valvalis shrieked, as she fled out of TimeLord's Domain as fast as she could, only to be launched bodily out of the door, and a few dozen feet beyond, by a giant mech. "...No?" Bosch said. "...no." Valvalis answered. "Can I kill it?" X-Death said eagerly. "...sure, go ahead." Valvalis said, watching. "I don't know when TimeLord got a Warmech, but it should be interesting to see you fight it, so by all means." She added, just as X-Death launched his first attack. And was promptly smashed a few dozen feet by a Nuke attack. "Well, it was worth coming this far just to see that, really." Kuja said, laughing. "Let's try someone else, shall we?" --- "No." Ghaleon said, shutting the door in Kuja's face. --- "No." Piastol said, shutting the door in Bosch's face. --- "No. And I will make thine regret thy foolish behavior. A-Tur! Won-Qu! Remove them." Fou-Lu said, shutting the door in X-Death's face. "...Why would you let X-Death try to persuade anyone, ever, exactly?" Kuja yelled at Valvalis, as he ran. "That's why." She answered simply, as A-Tur chewed on X-Death's head. "...Okay, I suppose that's a good answer." Kuja said, watching the flailing X-Death attempt to defend himself from the mauling of a pair of Godlike hounds. "We're out of places to turn to, though, aren't we?" Bosch said. "...Well, there is one place." Valvalis said reluctantly. "But it's about the last people I'd expect to help us..." --- "Sure, why not?" Yuri said, shrugging. "It should be interesting." He added, ignoring Edge staring blankly at him. "...You will?" Valvalis said, stunned. "Well, why not? This should get interesting. But don't bother asking about the plan, I don't have one quite yet." Yuri said, lounging back in his chair. "Just leave it to me. And leave." --- "...Why the hell did you agree to that, Yuri!?" Edge yelled, as the four Godlike judges left the room. "What possible gain could we get from pissing off Magus and Sephiroth? It's not worth those four agreeing to throw matches for you. A promise which you know they won't keep." "Oh, I'm not actually helping those idiots." Yuri said. "...Okay, so why did you say you were?" Edge said, now extremely confused. "Think about this for a moment. Can any of those four kill me?" Yuri asked. "....No, probably not. They can if all four are together." Edge added. "They also can kill me, so don't expect me to bother with this unless you come up with a damned good plan here." "Trust me, have I ever had a bad plan?" Yuri said. "..." Edge said, staring at Yuri. "Okay, how about this. Haven't I gone along with some of your more stupid ideas?" Yuri said, sighing. "...hey! My plans aren't stupid! Fate just gets in the way of my brilliance!" Edge yelled. "..." Yuri said, staring at Edge. "...okay, look, what's the plan?" Edge said, shrugging uncomfortably. "Anyways. No one of them can kill me. If they team up they can, those four are about as friendly with each other as a pack of hyenas, so that's not an issue. And we know some mages, and a high-powered liquid delivery system, right?" Yuri said. "Right. So?" Edge said, interested. "I haven't gotten that far yet. But I will by the time the match is on." Yuri said, smiling. *Four days later.* "Now all we must do is wait." Kuja said, watching Magus and Sephiroth enter the arena. "Did Yuri ever tell you what his plan was?" X-Death said, frowning down at the match. "...hmmm, no, he didn't. Well, we'll see soon." Valvalis said, smiling. "He'll regret it if he doesn't. We'll simply go over there and beat him to a pulp, now won't we?" --- "There. Done." Brey said, wiping his forehead off. "And you're sure this will work?" Edge asked. "100%. The water is perfectly enchanted. Solo helped me out with it." Brey said happily. "Well, now, all we have to do is fire at the right moment." Yuri said, watching the match closely from a nearby portable TV. --- It was a momentous match. Magus was at the top of his form. His powerful elemental magic smashed Sephiroth over and over again. Sephiroth, however, used his strong techniques to batter Magus down. Soon, his barrier faltered, and he was left vunerable... --- "Well, it looks like the match is just about to be over. Now looks like a good time to fire. One shot, and those judges will be a laughing stock." Yuri said, operating the Creamonade's controls. "And you're sure this thing can fire water normally?" Edge said, staring at the massive whipped cream producing cannon. "Sure, why not? Liquid's liquid." Yuri said, shrugging. "Wait, you haven't tested?" "What's to test? At worst, it gives frothy water." "..." Brey stood poleaxed for a moment at Yuri's logic. A moment too long. As he started to shout a warning to Yuri, he pushed the final button, initiating the cannon firing process. "YOU IDIOT!" Brey yelled at the top of his lungs. "What's wrong!?" Edge and Yuri said simultaniously. "Water isn't as thick as cream! This thing's designed to highly pressurize thousands of gallons of stuff that's harder to move around than water, and pressurize it to froth while it is coming out of the barrel, within fractions of a second! And you did nothing to take that into a-" Brey was cut off by the cannon firing. A massive cone of water. "..." Brey, Yuri and Edge said, looking at the cannon. "...You know." Brey said conversationally. "Magic guides that thing's aim, so it'll definately still hit the target." "However, it doesn't do a thing for the spread or the force." He added, staring at the high-pressure rain in fascination. "It should probably hit the entire arena, hard enough to knock a man down." "...and with the effects of Chance enchanted into it." Yuri and Edge said dully, as they watched the cone of water spray skywards... --- The people in the arena didn't notice the first few drops, really, from when the machine first started up. Sure, a few drops of water caught fire or exploded, but it was hard to connect this to the slight drizzle. Then the main force of the cone hit. And all hell broke loose. --- "Hmm? Oh, it would be raining." Valvalis said. "And damnit, Yuri didn't come through, either." She added, watching Sephiroth smash Magus unconcious with a final Shadow Flare. "I'm going to go track him down after this, and you're all coming with me." She added, signaling that the match was over, in Sephiroth's favor. "...Hmmm? A rainbow? From this little water?" Kuja said, staring up at the sky. Then the water hit. --- A massive impact of wind and water smashing across the entire arena. Different parts reacted in different ways. One area of the arena simply disappeared into thin air, seats, people and all. Others burst into flames, froze, were struck with lightning bolts out of a clear sky. Others were crushed to the dirt, flung into the air, or went totally mad from sudden, infinitely high pitch, elevator music ringing in their ears. But perhaps the most common effect was polymorphing... --- "Uuuuh." Valvalis groaned, coming to. "What the hell...I'm on fire. Oh, that's just great." Valvalis said, quickly spinning to put out the flames. "Now, where'd everyone..." "Kupo!" A moogle said, backhanding Valvalis across the head. "...do you want to die?" Valvalis said, slightly stunned that a random moogle would attack her so. "Probably." A high melodious voice said from behind her. Valvalis turned, to see a silver haired woman in a thong. "You're the lucky one." Kuja said bitterly, tossing her wet hair out of her face. "You just got third degree burns. That's X-Death trying to beat you up." "The moogle!?" Valvalis said, picking X-Death up by the scruff of the neck. "And I can't find Bosch anywhere." "This has to be Yuri's fault! Somhow!" Valvalis said. "So? Bosch is gone and X-Death is a Moogle, and you can't kill him alone." Kuja said. "What do you mean, alone?" Valvalis said threateningly. Kuja shrugged. "I think I'm happier this way. At least for now, as a trial thing. I'll get back to you when I'm more used to it, I don't think I like it as a steady thing, but it seems interesting enough for now..." Kuja said, walking off. "...I shouldn't be surprised, really, but..." Valvalis said, staring after Kuja. "AAAAAAHHHHH-ck." Bosch screamed, as he landed next to Valvalis. "Oh, there he is." Valvalis said, watching X-Death wander over and start punching the still body of Bosch. "I wonder what happened to..." Valvalis started, turning to the arena. To see a magically charmed Sephiroth making out with Magus' unconcious, repeatedly-lightning-struck, Imp form. "..." Valvalis said, stunned. "...okay, I think Yuri earned me not killing him based off that alone." She said, shrugging, as she walked out of the sodden and soggy arena. --- "..." Yuri, Edge and Brey said, staring at the screen. "...well, all things considered, this worked out well." Yuri said, walking over to the cannon. "What the hell are you doing now, Yuri?" Edge said. "Loading this thing with whipped cream. Viconia and Jessica fight soon." Yuri said, smiling. Sephiroth: 87 Jatsuya
Caius
Fujin vs Odd Eye
Veryslightlymad Ok, a blind guy walks a half-blind woman into a bar. No joke today, folks! Odd Eye just thought it was sporting to buy Fujin a drink after she came out of the coma. Fujin: 47 
Zog vs Rolf Landale
The Great Nevareh Wow. It's a close match- and Rolf is fighting an opponent that is one of the few things that Rolf can't deal with in a couple of moves. Megid is good if you're trying to knock out a wimpy PC with incredible attack powers and Rolf's personal abilities mean that he can stay afloat in a more prolonged grudge match. Unfortunately, this would be a REALLY, REALLY prolonged grudge match- Zog is just way too tough. And now for Zog's unfortunately: Who is the person who defeated him in his game? Why, a blue-haired guy with an important lineage and a mission to prevent catastrophe who was armed with music. Who's Rolf? Why, a blue-haired guy with an important lineage and a mission to prevent catastrophe who, coincidentally, is armed with MUZIK. I'd have to guess that Rolf would win, just on the basis that Phantasy Star villains are much more brutal than Zog and Rolf is enough like a Ryu that he might be able to pull off a Ryu-esque feat of ass-whoopin'. Zog: 37 superaielman
Celes Chere vs Citan Uzuki (Hyuga Ricdeau)
Tide Citan really doesn't have that many choices here. He has three options: Option 1) Hit Celes with a 7AP Deathblow, which hurts, but doesn't kill the ex-general. She then casts Berserk, and on the following turn, shuts him out with Vanish. Pain follows. Option 2) Cast Haste. He then gets Berserked by Celes and at most hits her with two Fierce attacks before she casts Vanish. Pain follows. Option 3) Forfeit the match and offer to take her out to dinner instead. Get hit by Ice 3 for asking before having Locke stab him in the back with the Valiant Knife. Considering option 3 is probably his least painful choice here, he should probably prepare his will, a body bag and put on his best looking suit. Hey, at least he dies handsome. Celes Chere: 90 The Great Nevareh
Elmdor, Mesdoram vs Todd Dukakis
Tide Elmdor might have Blade Grasp but Todd has the awesome power of being a butler. He proceeds to call all his other fellow butlers who coordinate a team strike knocking out the Silver Ogre. While normally grounds for disqualifications, all it took was a little "business deal" from their respective masters to convince the DL staff otherwise. Whoever said money can't buy you happiness obviously wasn't creative enough. Elmdor, Mesdoram: 48 
Mary Argent vs Mario
SageAcrin Mario faced a dilemma. On the one hand, he had a match. On the other hand, Princess had a match the same day to someone she could lose to. Such a quandary. Two opposing duties for a legendary hero. How could he choose? Worse, Mario had no chance against Wakka; The blitzball star had multiple ways to defeat the jumping superstar. Perhaps the conclusion was obvious, in retrospect. --- When the maid found Princess Toadstool/Peach tied up in her room when she was supposed to be in a match, she was naturally suspicious. Then Geno knocked her out. --- Wakka was a bit baffled at the Princess' silence. Why wouldn't she say a thing to him? She nodded and hopped a lot, though. Ah, well. Wakka knew nothing about her. It made no difference to him how she acted, and listening to a special contest that was to be held between himself and her, he just smiled. Knock a bomb back and forth? Piece of cake... --- "What the..." Mary said, staring at her opponent. A baby in a red cap. With a cape. A sparkling baby. Mary never knew what hit her. A Yoshi later came on the scene and collected the crying tot. --- "Oh, Mario, you're so wonderful!" Princess said, hugging the blushing, and bed-ridden Mario. "Fooling Wakka into thinking you were me, taking that attack for me, and winning another match, at the same time!" She said. "I'm going to go bake you a cake, right this instant!" She said, happily running off. Mario just smiled. Having multiple forms is a big advantage sometimes. Mary Argent: 25 
Wakka vs Princess Toadstool
Tide Wakka and Toadstool decided to settle this match by playing the Mario Party mini-game Hot Bob-omb. Unfornately for Toadstool, no one really explained the rules to Wakka, so he just threw the Bob-omb back at her really hard. Whether or not she got knocked out by the blast or the impact of Wakka's toss is still in question. Wakka: 86 Caius
XCNinja
Valeria vs Asellus
Jatsuya Asellus's charm abilities did woo women, such as Gina and White Rose, in SaGa Frontier. Let's just say that Asellus's charms again worked their ways on Valeria, and the match was thusly sealed. Valeria: 37 mga052000@utdallas.edu
Max vs Elaine
Veryslightlymad An interesting natural phenomenon occured the other day, during the match between Max and Elaine. You see, it's a simple biological principle that there are four basic types of people. The first and most common type is the "Background" person. Background people lead normal, everyday lives, and are generally considered the worker class of people. They keep the world running, but when the collective is threatened, they are essentially useless. The next type of person is the "Influential" person. These people tend to have stronger than average physical characteristics, and their genetics cause them to have loftier goals and dreams than just the mere "Background" person. In times of great crisis, these people are naturally drawn to find one another, so that they may team up to fix whatever the problem is. Generally, they travel in packs of three or four, and sometimes even five. The third type of person is the "Soldier". Soldiers are a result of interbreeding between the Background and Influential categories of people. Your basic Soldier can have anywhere from the grand, fully developed personality and physical attributes of the basic Influential type, to the bland, highly underdeveloped body and social skills of the Background type. Just the same, when the human colony is threatened, Soldiers will flock in drones to the fourth type. The fourth type is known as the "Hero" type. They are blessed with attributes that far exceed those of any common Background, Soldier, or even Influential types. More importantly, when the human colony is threatened, Hero types release a powerful pheromonal agent, which acts as a beacon to Influential and Soldier types, which then flock to the Hero in droves. Anyhow, Max, for his part, is one of the special "Hero" types, and Elaine, despite her multiple runes and sassy attitude, is basically a "Soldier" type. Now, the really interesting part, is that Max became so distraught over his downgrade to the Middle Division, in his mind, he perceived it as a powerful threat to himself, and by proxy, the entire human collective. Unknown to Max and to Elaine, he was flooding her senses with his powerful pheromones. Instincts kicked in, and Elaine was powerless to stop her natural human biology. She was programmed to help stop this great threat to the human collective, and decided that the best way to get Max out of Middle was to throw her match. Joining Max's party, of course, came later. Max, for his part, is still unaware of the natural defense mechanisms at work, but as his faithful servant Elaine began to spread the word about his great quest, he slowly began to amass an army of drones. Loyal soldiers in tow, Max eyeballed his next obstacle..... Max: 60 
Graham Cray vs Maria Traydor
Grefter The text from the write up was to much, the match imploded from the excess weight. Only one Duellist made it out alive. Maria has experiences with things ceasing to exist at the worst possible times. Cray did not. Victory for Maria. Graham Cray: 22 khaki_knight
TT
Jessica De'Alkirk vs Viconia DeVir
SageAcrin It was a long battle. Jessica's healing kept her healthy, while Viconia's magic dealt devastating blows and debilitated her. Mace met mace with devastating power, and both slowly tired under the physical strains they were putting themselves under. Finally, Viconia sank to the ground, defeated. Then seventeen thousand gallons of whipped cream smashed into the arena. In a cone. --- "Ahhhh, this is the life." Yuri said, watching the event on the TV they'd brought out to the Creamonade. "First we ruin Sephiroth's day in a way no one will trace to us, and now we cover an entire arena in whipped cream. Glad you figured out the settings on that, Brey." "Why the entire arena, though, Yuri?" Brey said, puzzled. "Simple. Look." Edge said, pointing to Aeris and Tifa fighting in the crowd. "This way, we get even more women covered in whipped cream. Quantity and quality." Edge said, leaning back happily in a lawn chair and sipping some lemonade. Jessica De'Alkirk: 40 
Midboss vs Amarant Coral
SageAcrin Midboss is a crafty one. Sort of. He challenged his opponent to a simple match. Ring out wins. Tie declared if one or the other of them became unconcious, or if both landed out at the same time. The idea was simple. Use his powerful physique to simply lift his opponent and pitch him out of the arena. Well, it worked for his enemies as a battle tactic. Unfortunately, he forgot something. His enemy can pick things up and throw them. As, in fact, he promptly did to Midboss. Undaunted, Midboss used his brilliant mind to strike at Amarant the only way he had left. Quickly, he grabbed Amarant, pulling him airborne with him, and used his excellent willpower to do the only thing that could win the match for him at this point. He fainted, just before hitting the ground in the stands. Amarant didn't quite get why until the judges declared him the loser. You see, Midboss had said or. If one person is unconcious or if both are rung out at the same time. No provision was made for both happening. So, technically, he'd won; His action was the last action in the match, and it had removed his opponent from the ring. And Amarant landed first. Clear victory. However, it was a hollow victory for the magnificent Dark Adonis. Not only had his clever scheme not worked the way he planned, shaming him horribly, he'd landed on on Kefka. As Midboss ran at high speed out of the arena, an insane, madly cackling clown chasing him, he lamented that true genious is never really appreciated in this world. Midboss: 73 Lyndis
Gatewalker
Taya vs Tim Rhymeless
SageAcrin Some of the most spectacular matchups are over in the blink of an eye. Tim was worried. His main strategy involved surviving a giant squashing him. Not a perfect strategy, by any means. Taya's main strategy was to squash Tim with a giant. Needless to say, the strategy looks much better on her end. Tim's only hope was distraction, obviously. Tim is naive. And, finally, and perhaps most importantly, Jecht was bored today. Really bored. Really, really bored. And the two happened to pass in a hall. (...Well, really, really bored and drunk. But that's a normal state for Jecht.) And so, this is how Taya ended up getting her dress cut off by a wasted Final Aeon. Needless to say, her reaction was along the lines of screaming and summoning Atlas on Jecht. Who promptly smashed both Jecht and Tim. However, the power of the spell is weakened when it is spread among multiple targets. So, Tim lived just long enough to have Jecht pass out on top of him. Then the cameras started going off. Suffice it to say that Tim now has broken enough limbs to become wiser about the world, and Taya entered a convent just long enough for them to kick her out due to so many perverts breaking in because of her. Jecht? No real change; This was a normal day for him, really. Taya: 38 
Chisato Madison vs Kirkis
Grefter The stakes on this match were pretty high, everyone was thinking it was a close match up in terms of general duelling abilities. On the other hand everyone was arguing over the possibility of Chisato taking a dive, it certainly would have been in character and the Behind the Scenes crew were generally pretty solid with their Shady connections (what with the underground being run by the ninja cat thing and all that jazz). Bets were high and no matter the outcome, someone was looking to make a lot of money off it. The dive never happened, what was seen by all was a very drunk and quite worse for wear Kirkis stumble into the Arena on the day of his match. It was pointedly noted by some observers later on that Reno and Rude were hovering close by the entire time, as if they had escorted Kirkis to the match in his current condition. It was also noted that Reno was seen urinating in some nearby bushes not long after the match either. There was no mention of any of this in the media, just the results mentioned and glossed over. Yeah, someone got rich off all this. Chisato Madison: 56 khaki_knight
Rinoa Heartilly vs Palom
Cinny Rinoa is the model of every female Final Fantasy protagonist since: bland and made to stand around and look pretty. There may be lots of small children, but Palom is the only male black mage that's too busy overcoming his Napoleonic Complex to contemplate his existence. He's a child prodigy, and he knows it. There's none of that self-doubt crap going on. Who'll triumph? The answer is obvious. Rinoa Heartilly: 52 Tidus Andronicus
Alanna82
Caius
Louise vs Janus
metroid composite Louise makes Athos laugh. Janus gets beaten up in a bar fight, after returning to town seeking praise from his father which he never got. If you really want to get ahead, you need confidence; Janus loses the fight psychologically before he even steps on the battlefield. Louise: 56
Symphony of Justice Cmdr_King Treading the stairs quickly as he could, Katsuya closed on his quarry. "Adrian Farenheights Tepes! Hold it right there!" The man best known as Alucard slowed, and turned slightly. "I apologize, but I've no time for mortal concerns. My father has been resurrected again, and our time is short." Katsuya levelled his pistol. "Hold it! This is a matter for the proper authorities. We'll take care of this!" But the half-vampire had already left. Katsuya tucked the weapon back in its holster, and glanced back at his companion. "Don't say it, I know what you're thinking." Maya chuckled to herself, but did as Katsuya asked. Coming the the top of the stairs, the pair found themselves in what was clearly a throne room. Maya looked around thoughtfully before speaking aloud. "I think this is a fake." Katsuya nodded in agreement. "But we've searched the entire castle, so where else could this Dracula be?" "Don't you think that room over there looks a lot like a teleportation device?" Katsuya took a deep breath. "Well, there's only one way to find out." --- As the night drew to a close, each began to wonder if they would ever find their way out of the twisted maze they'd stumbled upon. Walking on ceilings, water suspended overhead without the slightest sign of effort... it was enough to unnerve even the steadiest of people. But finally, circling the same clock tower for the who knew what time, Katsuya stopped, thinking. "Ms. Amano, do you remember there being a pathway above here before?" "Come to think of it, didn't the normal castle have one?" "It's the best lead we're going to find. I'll go first." A few moments later, they had found their quarry again at last. As well as someone neither had wished to ever lay eyes on. Katsuya managed to recover from the shock of it all quickly. "Dracula Vlad Tepes I presume?" The silver haired man, if he could still be called that, stood. "What's this? Mere humans have made their way here?! Or perhaps my son thought a few sacrifices would be in order for our reunion." Though Alucard and Katsuya both seemed on the verge of responding, Maya spoke first. "Will you give up and release us quietly, or are you that determined to cause misery to mankind?" Dracula laughed. "Me, cause mankind misery? It is you human who bring misfortune upon yourself! Nothing I or any creature of the night could do will ever match that which you humans have inflicted upon yourselves!" Determination flickering in her eyes, Maya turned slightly. "I guess there's no choice, then." She set herself and called out. "Artemis!" As Maya's moon goddess materialized, Katsuya took her lead. "Persona!" Dracula laughed, clearly ready for battle. "Have at you!" The battle raged for some time, and soon enough, the faint warmth of sunlight hitting the castle could be felt. Soon enough, though, this caused another feeling. A quake that rippled through Castlevania. Alucard fell back from the battle. "Come, we've no more time to linger here. Castlevania will vanish again with the dawn, and none should remain once it vanishes into the Chaos from which it came." But even as Alucard said this and fled through the doorway, the entrance collapsed. Heaving with exertion, Dracula couldn't quite manage a laugh at this development. "You may well defeat me, but you'll never again leave this castle!" Katsuya grimaced, but managed to bite back. "Well, I can think of worse ways to go than taking out something like you." As the castle faded back into chaos, Maya too taunted the demon lord. "We might never see home again, but right now, all I have to say is this. It's whoop ass time!" And so the dance began anew, lost into time and memory. Katsuya and Maya save day: 23 Katsuya and Maya escape: 14 All hell breaks loose: 19 Katsuya and Maya separated: 6 Game Over: 23 FF6 Fan
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