too bad it has to end.
Congratulations, BP, on almost finishing your story. It sort of makes me wonder where the hell I’d be if I were still attempting to write Crystal Dark since I first posted it. Hmm…
I’ve been thinking of doing something, so maybe well see some actual effort for once. Anyway:
This is hilarious. And the somewhat stalker-esque vibe of “come hither” just adds to it. 
Normally, I don’t really both to revise grammar in the Fanfic section (which may merit some type of contradictory adjective as a self-descriptor, I suppose), but I only underlining it because it REALLY changes the context of the sentence’s potential badass-ness.
Ergo, I bring it because I’m assuming that you mean “cannot”/“can’t”. Am I mistaken?
It’s been a good run in any case. :encore:
EDIT: Ye gods. I feel like white shadow for using just those three.
No, Sagat’s right. Only God (or someone on the same Tier) can beat him now.
Ah, I see. Thanks for making me understand.
Nice work on this story here.
Atop a pointed roof about half a mile from the demolished Top Tiers HQ, Rush could only stare at the action he saw in the distance. Sakura was laid out across the floor, unconsciously gurgling the saliva that oozed out of her mouth.
Oh, I remember this. The Ingsoc building. The Ministry of Truth this was? Ash Crimson mused on, suddenly appearing behind the robot dog. Do you remember what happened here, twenty years ago?
Arent you that pest who accompanied Rugal?
You know, the old plans in shambles. Ash, who held one hand behind his back, revealed that hand and Rush saw that he had clutched Magneto by the head with it. Ash tossed Magnus aside; Rush tembled. That makes things more complicated than they should be. Your continued existence bothers me like soap-stung eyes, so Ill deal with that first.
Youyou cant! Im invincible!
Not without the continued existance of Venom and Magneto. If memory serves me right, Rugal finished Venom earlier today. Magnusgot what was coming to him.
So I might be beaten then Rush leaped into the air, levitating, his body quivering with power. you still wont be able to touch me! Rush barked furiously at Ash Crimson. Quickly, Rush shot fully powered mega buster blasts at the Frenchman. Ash could do nothing but block them, but they came out so fast he couldnt counter them.
Dammit! The Rush infinite! No other choicebut to wait here until he kills me!
You know Crimson, you caught me at a vulnerable time. Pardon the pun! I disiplined this henchman harshly, Rush said, cocking his head towards Sakura, but Ill punish you like a disobedient son!
No regrets, Rush! Ash yelled back. I had a great life, filled with Shanghai crab! But Ill settle the score with you in Hell!
Youth is wasted on an arrogant cockroach like you! Rush continued his assault, each succeeding buster shot becoming larger and destructive.
SUN BURST! A triumphant cry echoed from the heavens, and a massive ball of energy immediately engulfed Rush, knocking him out. The sun burst then went on to destroy the pyramid Ash was standing on.
Is this the end of lovable Ash?, Ash asked himself. But a silhouette appeared from behind the sun burst, and teleported Ash, Rush, and Sakura away. Once they reappeared, they were all at ground level, with civilians everywhere rushing away to save their own lives from the pile of rubble the city of London was being reduced to. Ash got up, his rescuers back turned to him.
Ash
Ingrid?
You futile rub! Ill kill you! God Rugal dashed en course to Sagat, standing proudly above him. The energy in the building had been completely sucked out of it, absorbed by the warriors ki. A bloody sunset could be seen on the vista of their rooftop. GENOCIDE-
TIGER VIPER BEAM! Sagat performed his brilliant uppercut, all the while shooting Cables gun at God Rugal. Rugal was blasted away, unaware of what hit him.
Tch! What was that?!
A gift from a friend. Sagat spat. Ill beat the hubris out of you!
Hubris describes actions that insult gods. Your continued interference with my plan is testament to that! Damn you, Sagat! This time, Rugal was able to land his Genocide Cutter, knocking Sagat back. God Rugal still leapt forward, and pounded Sagat in the stomach, trying to wear the fight out of him. Sagat felt the crushing sting of his kidneys, retaliated by mustering up the energy to block Rugals fist. Sagat crushed Rugals hand in his palm. My hand! This is only a trifle wound. Ill use the other hand to punish this.
Rugal grabbed Sagat by the head and slammed his face into the floor. MEGATON PRESS! The impact was so immense, did Sagat not only go through the floor, but Rugal followed him. Rugal slammed Sagat through ten stories of the building before they stopped. Rugal quickly looked around; an office building, seemingly abandoned by the end of the workday. Tch. Another one of these corporate surroundings.
RUGAL!!!
What?! God Rugal looked above him only to have his face met with a red shoe.
PRICE CHECK ON KICKED ASS! B.B. Hood, her hair blonde, her skin white, and her eyes blue again, had followed them down the debris of the ceiling.
You!
No! Youre at the root of all of this!
Worthless brat! Rugal slapped Buletta aside, the force of his hand jetisonning her several meters away. Without Satsui no Hadou, youre nothing!
I realized it when I was unconscious, Rugal Buletta struggled to get up. The source of Akumas true power wasnt the killing intent. It was the factthat he fought purely for shits and giggles! He fought for the sake of the art! He didnt give a fuck!
Hey. Sagat said. Look here when Im talking to you, he said to Rugal. Sagat had already escaped the distracted God Rugals grasp. He had the Hyper Viper Gun cocked at him, and held his bandaged right fist in front of the gun. He was squatting.
Ash looked at Ingrid and could only help but smile.
So what do I owe to this occasion, milady?
The Council of Gods has passed their judgement. Orochi has agreed to it as well. Ingrid said hauntingly.
It was held just minutes ago. While their bodies might have still existed in the mortal realm, the gods spirits took time to discuss the imprisonment of Orochi. They sat at a table resting above the baroque clouds, garnished with angels. There sat Athena, Jedah, Nakoruru, Gill, Ingrid, and God himself, with Dan Hibiki standing right above Him. They were centered on Orochi, bound in chains.
We have devised a proper reprimand for you, Orochi. Ingrid said. Upon its completion, you will be freed, but held bound to the oath you have made.
Youll have me help the humans, wont you?! Orochi shouted. Ill never resign myself to that! Its too late, regardless! I can feel my own energy being called upon to destroy that miserable world! Alongside energy I am unfamiliar with
Satsui no Hadou. I am familiar with that, Nakoruru said.
Orochi, you have been far more destructive a force to nature than humanity. You do not recognize the perverse ratio of humanitys influence to the natural. Even if the humans do destroy the world, nature would still overcome them! Gill stroked his chin, visibly pissed. You mustnt fret over a trivial spat like Earths deterioration.
You bastard, Gill! Orochi snarled. My energy is tied to that of Earths! You are a biased fool who seeks to rule my planet for external pleasures!
Enough, Orochi! Athena yelled. You havent recognized humanitys positive influence on the Earth! As youve said, you are the Earths guardian, connected to the planet by lifeforce. Yet you are not the spirit of Earth!
Indeed, Nakoruru interjected. Humanity is the synapse of the planet. Humanity is the planets true soul. To intervene in the internal conflicts of Earth that the turmoil of humanity represents, would be to spite the planet you claim you love so dearly! Orochi! There is no excuse for this!
While Im not a defender of the human cause myself Jedah motioned, I do believe your actions were foolish, Orochi. I understand you better than anyone in this conference, and you know this. I thus implore you to reconsider, and beseech your spirit to take refuge in the world of the Makai after this deed is done.
Orochi God said. I can arrange it so that you may establish yourself in the Makai world. Even a god like you, would best learn to move on.
YEAH! Move on! Dan Hibiki agreed. Thats the true spirit of SAIKYO! You oughta take lessons from me too.
Mr. Hibiki, Ingrid interjected, clutching tightly onto the worthless Saikyo black belt she earned so effortlessly, shut the fuck up.
Yes mamn. Dan slumped.
Fine, then. Ill grant my energy to an avatar, and aid the humans. Orochi resigned. Jedahyour world best have nu metal.
And thats how it went, Ingrid finished. She looked at Ash, her eyes telling him what he already knew was going to happen.
I guessIm that avatar, huh? Ash said. Sounds cool to me.
Part 2 of Episode the Last coming later today.
This part was fucking HILARIOUS. I laughed out loud at work for a good 10 minutes off of “Magneto was spazzing in the corner, foaming from the mouth, banging his head on the wall, triangle jumping, and trying to inject heroin into one of his veins” alone. Excellent shit lol Awaiting the end now.
Damn, man. I’m sad to see it go. This is one of the best fanfics I’ve ever read. But even the best things must come to an end.
…Bulletta DOES get to keep her ass, though, right? >_>
**Thanks to everyone who waited patiently for this story to end. Proper props will be given at the end of the presentation. Just sit back and relax!
God, I’m a lazy mother fucker.**
RAAARGH!!! Sagat screamed, clutching his bulging, bandaged fist in front of the Hyper Viper Gun. Crouching in the abandoned office buildings ruins, he did not hestitate to fire a beam from the weapon. Sagats hand fed the power of the Hyper Viper Beam, blasting through God Rugal. God Rugal fell without a word, clutching at his tattered jacket.
whoa. It was that easy? Buletta, who sidestepped the blast quickly enough, glanced over at the muay thai emperor. So who are you anyway?
pant I should ask youpant the same Sagat got up, placing the Hyper Viper Gun on his back. Who are you?
Ihad business with him.
It was over a year ago. Buletta remembered standing in the middle of an enormous reception room which looked like a grand museum. The floor was checkered marble, and scarlet draperies adorned a collection of Greek statues. Sunilght poured through the clerestories, which sharply contrasted the ancient darkness of the grand hall. In the middle of this otherwise bare room was a secretary at a modest wooden desk, placed in front of a gigantic stairwell which led to an office. The secretary, a young lady with short brunette hair, was completely engrossed in a comic book.
scuse me, Buletta asked. Uh, Im here to meet Mr. Bernstein. The secretary, now frowning at her comic book, was unable to notice her. Buletta looked down at the name plate on the desk. Look, um, Vice. Your boss told me to be here at 3. My watch now says 4. Ive been here for an hour. Who the hell does this guy think he is?!
Alright, thats it. Vice slammed the comic on her desk, spitting at it. Im never buying X-Men again. Claremont is a motherfucker!
Uh
Agent-X is great though. Love the offbeat humor that doesnt quite make fun of the Marvel Universe as much as it revels in it. Great read. Vice then took out a switchblade, cut her arm, and began lapping up the blood which oozed out from it. Excuse me. Oh, yes. Mr. Bernstein will be out in a moment.
He damned well better
I hope you got paid before I offed him. Balrog was pissed after Bison got killed the first time.
Hey. Youre a fighter, right? Let me ask you somethinwhy do you guys do it? Why do you guys bother doing this shit? Kicking a guys ass for shits and giggles never pays the bills. Whats the point of you guys just killing eachother like that?! All of you are trying to be better than everyone else or rule the world or some nonsensewhy are you all so predictable? Buletta was beginning to look back on the last year. Why did she go through training in Ansatsuken? Why did she bother to memorize from heart her masters techniques? In the end, she felt no better than she did before; she felt empty. Sagat thought for a moment, to find the best answer he could for her question. He dashed up to her, and let loose his roundhouse kick. Almost by instinct, she parried the kick and lunged at Sagats throat, her hand stopping before she could reach his neck.
Why? you ask? We keep fightingso that our best will never collapse in entropy. This is our fate; as fighters, this is how we can best connect with people. Pride belittles the sense of self; true self comes upon the mastery of your beautiful techniques. Our punches are the proof we are alive. Sagat let his leg down, and turned his back on Buletta. We are fighters, outcast from society like Cain. And we are a dying breed. We cease to function, once our fights cease to have meaning. Let go of your worldly notions of money and power, little red riding hood. Sagat chuckled. Buletta, upon getting the literary allusion, did so as well.
Cute. More power of humanity bullshit. Maybe Ill pretend I dont have a sense of shame just this once and go along with your silly ideas. Then what?
Just wait. Settle down. Find happiness. But when the next tournament comes in town, fight as your best. Sagat trailed off. He began to make his way out of the building when a computer monitor got chucked on his head. God Rugal scurried across the damaged floor and grasped Sagats head, slamming it into the wall.
GOD PRESS! Sagat fell. You simpleton! You should have knownthat my jacket was still on! Rugal swung the tattered garment on his back. Everyone knows that if you beat an SNK boss with his jacket still on, hell take it off and come back for Round 2! Now, YOU! Rugal pointed at Buletta, who felt a cold sweat come on. Traitorous little bimbo! Ill begin my genocide of the weak with you!
RUGAL! Ash Crimson descended from the sky, gliding down the hole into the office building. Ash levitated in front of Rugal, who was surprised to see him.
Ash Crimson?!
Its Orochi Ash, now buddy boy.
What the hell are you talking about?!
Sorry, but this comes from the chief. Youre not exploiting his power anymore. Ashs low roundhouse swept Rugal off his feet briefly, but landed his flash kick Nivse quickly enough to knock him down.
Cute move, son of a bitch! You stole that from Guile!
Youd know that, wouldnt you Ruge? Orochi Ash snapped his fingers, and a white flame engulfed his hand. God Rugal felt the Orochi force which powered his body for so long being drained away. Im just taking this back. I suppose thats all Orochi intends to do. Hey, Buletta was it? Ash asked. Good luck with this one! Ash grabbed Sagat, who still laid on the floor unconscious.
Umthanks? Buletta answered. Ash scampered away like a striker, flying away with Sagat in tow, leaving Rugal weakened. Then, his body erupted in a purple flame, his soul tarnished with Satsui no Hadou. Rugals face became distorted, his nose and face getting bigger. His hair became spikier and white, and the kanji for ten scarred his back
So, sit down. Rugal Bernstein put his feet stretched out at his desk, while Buletta sat politely in the chair in front of him. I hear youre pretty good.
You hear Im pretty good? Buletta, still carrying her picnic basket, dropped the contents of it on Rugals desk. Guns, and lots of them, seemed to pour out of the basket for a minute straight. These are from The Punishers personal collection. A tattered t-shirt with a skull printed on it was the last to fall out.
Nicevery nice work here. You may very well be the one Im looking for on this next job. Its a doozy, and I only trust the absolute best on this.
Mr. Bernstein, you can place a bounty on Jesus Christ himself, and I think Ill delay the Second Coming considerably.
Ill consider that. Anyway, have you heard of a man namedAkuma?
UmI think I remember it being tossed a while ago. The guy who was hired by Geese Howard to fight his son and pupil?
Thats Takuma Sakazaki.
Erthe guy who took a bunch of mutants to some asteroid?
Thats Magneto.
Come on, toss me a bone here. He isnt the one who hosts King of Fighters, is he?
Thats me. Rugal sighed, and tossed a manilla folder full of pictures and documentation at her. Thats Akuma. Ugly fellow, I know.
The ugliest.
Hes currently participating in the Millionaire Fighting tournament. His next match according to the news is in Nairobi. I have an immediate flight waiting out for you.
Great. Hes a fighter too? I keep hired to find fighters lately? Whats with you guys anyway?
Miss Hood Rugal went on to explain, beating the shit out of eachother is fun. Youll know soon enough.
Eh, whatever works. Whoa, youre offering that much? Buletta asked, gazing at the zeroes in her expected payment on the memo in the folder. Im clearing out my schedule for the next two weeks right now!
Good to see youre so anxious. Perhaps after youre done, we will sip on my recently acquired hundred year old bottle of chardonay? I cant wait to see that reflection of red in your pretty eyes.
Ha ha ha Buletta blushed. But flattery is no substitute for dollar signs.
Of courseI would know that better than anyone else.
Fine. After this job, Ill see about working you in.
Great. Youre notI mean, youre eighteen, right?
uh, yeah. You thought I wasIm no loli.
Right. Rugal got up to shake Bulettas hand, and she departed. But before she reached the doorknob, he asked, waitperchance have you heard of an organization called Top Tiers?
Sounds Greek to me, she said. She walked out of the doorway.
I figured that.
Rugal, you ambitious bastardwhat the hell ever happened to you?!
I will kill you, Rugal calmly uttered. He quickly shot a Zankuu Hadouken above Buletta, who received the full force of the blow. Buletta could only kneel afterwards, her energy being sapped as blood leaked through assorted cuts on her body. He ran at her, trying to jump in with a kick. She instinctively yelled out SHORYUKEN! as her uppercut knocked him down. He quickly got back up, and Buletta crouched and poked at him with her low forward, and as he got knocked back, quickly released a Hadouken. Rugal got pushed back, but slid as his feet were firmly planted to the ground. An enormous amount of energy radiated around his body brilliantly.
Kongou Kokuretsuzan! The immediate area surrounding Rugal burst into flames, and singed Bulettas clothes and skin. She writhed in pain, squirming on the floor.
AAAGGGGHHH!!! DAMMIT!!! DAMMIT!!! Buletta quickly covered half of her face with her hand, stretching out the other at Rugal. Ill get youwith that move even he couldnt master
You speak false. My fists are the master of god and devil! Rugal bellowed, losing more of himself to madness as time quickly progressed.
Yourea parody. Buletta voiced. All you are is a joke. Buletta quickly clenched her outstretched hand into a fist, and pounded the ground below her. All time froze.
The final Shin Ansatsuken technique! Tenshou Kaireki Jin!
On that day, the city collapsed. Not a word was said of the fate of Rugal Bernstein.
Three months later.
Hsien-ko looked in the mailbox, and finally smiled. Shed been searching that thing for weeks now, and she finally got a letter back from an old friend. She couldnt wait to get upstairs and get into her apartment to read the thing, so she read it on the trip back, purposely taking the slowest route up to her flat.
*Hsien-ko,
Im still not good at this pen pal shit. What can I say though? Im lonely and I miss those old days with you and her. Dont tell anybody else that I said thisbut I really miss her. She opened up a whole new world for me. Youre welcome to visit the new school the next time you visit Japan. Hoping to have more students than fucking Saikyo. Photos enclosed of me and Akulita. I told you that story was true. She hates training though, and all she does is go to the mall and date US Air Force guys. What a bitch. But shes sort of my little sister, so I cant really say anything.
-Peace out and stay purple. Akuma.
PS: What the hell else is there for an old guy to do anyway?*
Hsien-ko stared at the Midnight Blissed Akulita, dressed in baggy raver gear. Damnshe does look kind of like a cute version of him.
A man knocked on the door of the Shin Ansatsuken School of Martial Arts. The aged, wooden building was in a suburb of Kyoto, a peculiar area. When the door opened, Akulita appeared wearing her gangsta apparel, which was hot right now.
Good morning. Hey, bro Akuma?! You gotta visitor! You handle this one! Hello?! Akulita sighed. Hey, you hold on while I go get him, alright? The visitor nodded, and took a glance at the wall beside him. A small shrine was built, with a worn picture of a blonde girl beautifully framed at the center of it.
Ryu took another glance at it, confused.
Akulita returned, motioning Ryu into the training hall. His lazy ass was just meditating again. Akulita left, and Ryu walked towards Akuma, his back facing him deep in meditation.
Ryuyou lousy bum. I recognized your pup ki from a mile away.
Funny, Akuma. I could not recognize yours. I am glad to see you have changed.
hmph. Dont flatter yourself.
I had heard about this school from a student of yours. Actually, I had a match
Ah, so you come to send me pity?
what? Ryu asked, shocked.
Those scrubs were weak, and could not handle even week one of my regimen! If you have come thinking you have defeated me by proxy of my failures, then you will be shocked and awed. Akuma still sat there, as still as a calm pond.
It was a most exhilerating match, Ryu corrected.
If you thought that, then it was you who has gotten weaker!
Afterwards, I had listened to her story. Ryu said. It was inspiring. My heart was soaked with pride for our art. Nothing would make me happier but if Master Gouken were to smile upon us
what are you saying, Ryu?! Akuma yelled excitedly, leaping from his spot on the floor.
She left you this. Ryu handed a tattered red hood to Akuma. She lives each day anew, as do you. Dont give up. Thats what he taught me, she said. Perhaps it was a more beautiful bond than between Master Gouken and I Ryu picked his bag up and proceeded back out. He basked in the sun briefly, and then left as quickly as he arrived.
heh. Ill find you again, one of these daysmy rival.
THIS IS THE END.
Special thanks go to everyone who commented on the story and made their appreciation of it vocal. I wouldn’t have finished it if it weren’t for all of you: props in particular go to m121, Thirdtwin, Ever, Azrael-sama, Ari, Warlock/RandomNigga, and everyone else who mentioned the story elsewhere on SRK. Really, it brings a smile to my face whenever someone says kind words about this work. I did work hard on making the comedy something that we fighting game fans would appreciate, and I hope to god that I’ve met at least half of your expectations. To know that I’m doing something right for once is more valuable than you could ever imagine. This story’s for all of you, and I hope you found it as exciting, interesting, and touching as it was funny.
And now, I’ll take questions, comments, and monetary compensation for this copyright infringing work. :karate:
I just realized that this is also the second time I think I’ve ever finished a fanfic.
Damn.
Damn, indeed. Great ending. Congrats, Pin, on finishing this tremendous undertaking.
Belated thanks for your story + a few questions.
I should first say a belated congratulations because I never ended up posting that when you first finished the end. Sorry about that.
Now, I know it’s a bit late for me to be asking questions, but something always interfered or I forgot. I’m not sure when you’re going to see this, but it doesn’t really matter since I forgot most of the slew of questions that I had anyway. I only have four that I can remember, and they’re probably the most important anyway:
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[]Perhaps the most important question: What the hell gave you the initial idea for this great fanfic?
[]Did you revise anything significantly before you posted it? Do you plan to revise again significantly? Just for grammar? At all?
[]Did you have a definite list of Top Tier characters? Or did you use that wideness and vagueness to just add people as you went along?
[]Have you begun on that Top Tier fanfic? Or are you working something else at current? Anything at all?
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I understand if you wish not to answer any of them.
Again, this was awesome and it’s damned shame that almost no one else around here writes anything of this scope. It’s been rather dead, which I probably shouldn’t say since I’m rather sure that tsj76 is dead…or something to have just stopped so suddenly.
But I digress before I go into a further tangent about how pissed I am that Nightmare Symbiosis isn’t up any longer.
Again, congratulations. It may be a word, but it’s one you more than earned.
No prob. But you’re always late. :o
- It was a combination of things, I think. It first started when I finally found a used copy of Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the Dreamcast back in '02, and I’d wanted one ever since the game came out two years prior. Thing cost me $35, too…I found myself using B.B. Hood a lot, because you could do neat things with her Cruel Hunting super. But besides that, another thing that happened was that I’d caught a viewing of none other than The Karate Kid on TV sometime after that. I thought to myself, “heh, what if I could apply that wax-on/wax-off scene to a joke? Like, have someone wax-on/wax-off someone’s cock…”
Later still, one night in January of '03, I began writing a fic which didn’t bowl over well. Then I decided to do one based on the wax-on/wax-off idea I’d come up with earlier. First, I thought about who ought to be my Mr. Miyagi figure. I very quickly came to accept Akuma as the master in the story because I’d written him several times before for other fanfics on this board, including the long lost and fabled “Akuma Owns Church’s Chicken.” But, who was to be placed as Akuma’s pupil? His Daniel-san?
Enter B.B. Hood. To me, I could have seen them meshing well together. Akuma was a bit of an asshole, didn’t give too much of a shit about the warriors he fought…and B.B. was a psycho bitch. I thought they could get along. That, and I really wanted the wax-on scene to be done with a girl instead of a guy. :o
So in short: this huge, long fanfic was all built upon a handjob joke.
- There were a few significant revisions, but I was surprised by how much I had initally wanted actually came through in the end.
First off, the Top Tiers weren’t intended to be in the piece. At all. When I first wrote TAK, I wanted to focus mostly on Akuma and B.B.'s relationship as teacher and student. However, I did intend Rugal Bernstein’s involvement in the story early on, since someone needed to pay Buletta for her trouble tracking Akuma down. I initially added Sentinel/Cable/Storm only as practice dummies for Rugal to showcase his power, but, that whole idea grew into what became the important third opposing force in this story.
For the longest time, there was a joke I really wanted to use but never had the opportunity to write it in. Intially after the African tour, Akuma and B.B. were going to head out to Thailand in search of Sagat. Finding their search fruitless, Buletta was only going to be content if Akuma let her wander around the city (I dunno, whatever Thailand’s capital is) while Akuma dug up more dirt on Sagat. B.B. was eventually going to be accosted by some pornographers (since Thailand is the country of skinny kickboxers and pedophilia) who planned on raping her, but instead would have been shocked upon the realization that she was wearing a chastity belt the whole time. A chastity belt which looks surprisingly like a landmine.
“That’s right! Stick your cock in there and you’ll end up like Bosnian farmland!”
You see, whenever Buletta does her low roundhouse (plus forward, I think), a landmine pops out of her dress. More sexual innuendo at B.B.'s expense.
Another thing is…well, Buletta’s name itself. In the Japanese Vampire Savior, her name is spelt as “Bulleta” as I initially wrote it out on the fic. But in the Japanese MvC2 (which I was playing on my DC for a while), it was spelt as “Buletta.” I made the switch assuming I was in the wrong, not having played Vampire Savior yet. However, even upon this realization, I decided that I’ll probably keep it as “Buletta” since this story borrows much, much more from Marvel than it does the DarkStalkers series.
Finally, the inclusion of Ruby Heart and Bonne Jenet was unintentional, but Hsien-ko’s sidestory kind of grew more than I wanted it too.
- I didn’t have a definite list of Top Tiers’ roster when I began writing them, but I did know who I wanted to include. Naturally, only characters who were top tier in Marvel/Capcom/SNK fighters, because all my fics take place in this amalgamated VS series universe (which would probably have to eventually include Sammy and…EA. shudder). I had been visiting #srkgd and Ever/Pained Auron was telling me he wanted to see some characters (Hyper Fighting Ryu, Championship Edition Bison, and 3S Yun, iirc). Ryu, ever since the beginning of the fic I knew I wanted him to appear briefly and at the end (I felt it was appropriate that way), and Bison…I don’t think Bison would be very happy being anything BUT the head of Top Tiers.
Originally, the head of Top Tiers was going to be none other than… Anita of DarkStalkers fame, who was so ludicrously broken in Marvel Super Heroes that she was extremely difficult to access in the arcades (you had to play with some dip switches, iirc). However, at around that time a video popped up on SRK’s front page which featured a glitch involving Venom and Magneto transforming Megaman into Rush, and giving him invincibility. So, I had Rush as the head instead. But I think I might want to write for Anita one day…
I knew I wanted to see Akari Ichijo make an appearence though, because she’s actually Buletta’s rival in the NGPC SNK vs Capcom. Also, Makoto and Ibuki. Now, Ibuki is top tier in SF3 2nd Impact, but Makoto isn’t exactly part of the Ken/Chun/Yun trinity. However, she is a solid character regardless, and I love writing Makoto and Ibuki as a pair (blame Racewing), so I stuck her in as a janitor (because she isn’t Top Tier yet, and she has a prominent broom in her 3S stage).
- The Top Tier fanfic has been transformed quite a bit. What I wanted to do with that, I’ve split into two different projects. The upcoming SRK Tiers Nomination tournament (which, btw, is meant to combine certain principles and mechanics I’ve learned from both the SRK Battle Poll and the Random Insanity Survivor tournaments), and a more ambitious, collab project which would finally allow Sammy’s Guilty Gear characters to enter the VS Multiverse along with the Marvel/Capcom/SNK heroes. However, that project is more than a fanfic; it’s intended to be a multimedia website which poses as a mock official site for a fighting game that doesn’t really exist… I think I’d want it to look a little like SNK’s KOF 10th Anniversary Site, chock filled with a made up story line, new character art, fake screenshots and faked interviews.
Finally, thanks for all the kind words. Be seeing you in the funny papers!
Sadly, this is true. >_<
That. Is. The. Greatest. Thing. Ever.
I think I’m now forced to remove something from my signature to quote it.
That’s find this part most interesting, especially with the whole “Ghostbusters” thing being more important than you think that it needs to be.
So, I have to ask now: If you were going to do a serious revision, would you take them out altogether? Replace them? Or just leave it as is?
So you didn’t have a list when writing? I find that somewhat odd, but that’s just me.
I find the Makoto thing extremely “neat” because that’s it nice what you would have someway for almost Top Tier people to be around logically instead of just being rejected altogether. Is she the only choice for a janitor that you planned for? Or did you have other “almost”-Top Tiers?
So that’s what you meant by the nomination thing. I see.
Skipping back to the third question/answer, despite your intent to do the nomination thread, do you have a list of those in the Top Tier organization this time around?
No problem.
I think I would like to keep them, but revise their relationship to Hsien-ko. And maybe rewrite how Hsien-ko manages to learn Raging Demon to give her a really nerfed form of the move. If I did revise the fic, I might want to give Hsien-ko a stronger connection to the story as BB’s chief rival.
(I actually planned to have none other than Lilith make a cameo in the ending with Ryu, since she’s more-or-less Buletta’s rival in Vampire Savior since she seems to be the bounty she’s going after, but that didn’t turn out. I’ve wanted to do an Epilogue chapter for the story for a while now, and Lilith and Ryu would definitely play a major part in that side story.)
I actually just sort of quickly went through a bunch of tier lists for fighting games and picked out some of the most agreed-upon names when I was writing those chapters. Makoto fits in well as an “almost Top Tier,” and therefore gets a janitorial position in the building, but even if she were crummy in-game, I think I still would’ve added her because I feel that she and Ibuki have a nice dynamic together. Makoto comes off as more conservative and reserved than Ibuki, but I think Ibuki can extract some lively conversation out of Makoto just because she’s got a fun personality. I could see myself maybe writing another one-shot story starring those two. (Just, not Akuma and Buletta. They’ve undergone such a radical change from beginning to end that I can’t really work with them anymore, besides as cameos.)
If I were to add any other “almost Top Tiers,” I would consider Psylocke, Dr. Doom/Strider (who ARE a part of Top Tier as seen in their cameo), Cyclops, Karin Kanzuki (Alpha 3, but CFE Karin might be up there…) … basically anyone who’s a solid character but isn’t broken enough to be top. I don’t think Karin would lower herself as, say, a Top Tier cadet though.
I don’t have a specified list, but I’m surpised how quickly I forgot about Guile. Fucking flash kicks…
Just to help avoid any confusion, the Top Tier of Ansatsuken Kid only consists of the strongest fighters in the Capcom/SNK/Marvel VS series universe; the SRK Top Tier is completely different and includes non-fighting game characters, and has a little mythology wrapped around it. Lord MacBauer would eat Rush for lunch.
good job pin
now if only i could write 
dude i loved it fucking funny man
RESURRECTION
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This fanfic is better than Showtime Buletta. In it, I think Buletta gets raped by a bunch of zombies under the command of her grandma, who then eats her out or something. Then Buletta goes home and sticks some spears through her throat.
;_;
I’m bumping this, JUST CAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT.