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"Welcome to Marvel vs Capcom 3! I'm going to take you on a wild ride!" In the bleak, snow-white room, fifty people were clustered together, ready to go duke it out in another battle.

"Another battle?! Yahoo! Who's ready to go?!" a midget in red tights wearing a matching helmet cheered as he sprung to attention. This young man idolized heroes from all forms of media, and even became one when he and his girlfriend were sucked in the parallel dimension known as Movie Land: Viewtiful Joe.

"Hmph, you know I'll be picked. I am the only god, after all. I always make it to a battle because my intelligence and prowess in combat are... unparalled." a tall, pale man clad in a black leather jacket and sunglasses smirked as he stood erect. This man planned on using a virus called the Ourbouros to completely saturate the world: Albert Wesker.

"Hmph, don't talk such nonsense around a REAL god, Albert. I rule several dimensions, how many do you rule again?" a tall, demonic figure chuckled in a metallic voice as a grin spread across his fiery head. Wesker shut up right away as he was put in his place by the ruler of the Dark Dimension: Dormammu. While the other 46 contenders were excitedly chattering about who would be picked to go duke it out with each other, one girl in a lonely corner in the room was shivering in anticipation.

"Will it be me? It has to be me. I haven't been picked for a fight in so long. I got to support a team only twice, and I was never picked again!" the girl chattered to no one in particular as she hugged her legs. She was a jiang-shi, a type of Chinese vampire who was blue skinned, and wore ornate purple/pink oriental clothing. As she adjusted her hat, she slipped on sleeves that were decorated with huge, metallic claws. Her name was Hsien-ko. She ran up in the group that the others were clustered in as they stared up at the opening sky, where a large portal was resting in the sky. As Hsien-ko was hopping cutely in place and humming a cheerful tune, a white-haired young man in a blue coat laughed as he polished a katana named Yamato, a gift from his father. This man was Vergil, and he continued to chuckle at Hsien-ko's eagerness as he dropped a silk cloth over his katana, and watched it fall apart neatly in two. "What's so funny, mister?" Hsien-ko was puzzled, not all too sure at what this man found so funny.

"It amuses me, you are so eager that even the most emotionless among us fighters find it laughable." Vergil grinned as Wesker smiled as well.

"You're that Hsien-ko girl, aren't you?" he crooned as he strode over to Vergil's side. "I remember back when we were first invited for this never-ending fight-fest. You were quite slow and clunky, if memory serves."

"Well for your information, mister, it isn't exactly easy to haul around a bunch of weapons!" Hsien-ko sputtered indignantly. This caught the attention of a rather attractive, busty red-head clad in a revealing suit, talking on a cell phone while brushing her long, braided hair to the side.

"Hold on baby, I'll be home soon. Love you too, honey!" the woman giggled sweetly as she dropped the call with her daughter. No-nonsense CIA agent and mother of one: C. Viper was icily glaring at Hsien-ko. "Idiot. What kind of excuse is that? I have hidden weapons programmed within my suit. Do I look like some sluggish, clunky target waiting to get lit into? Of course I don't. Fight smartly, and you'll soon realize why no one wants to see you fight." She huffed. Hsien-ko held back tears as Vergil and Wesker smiled evilly when Hsien-ko shot back.

"Well, it's not like I see you go out and fight that often!" She yelled, wiping her eyes with her sleeve as C. Viper condescendingly shook her head.

"You see, I'm have job and a daughter to look after. People like Wesker and Vergil are stuck here since they died in their home dimension, people who are alive like us can move to and from this battle hall as we please, yet, despite never being picked to fight, you always loiter here!" She snapped. Well, this can't keep up forever, Hsien-ko thought angrily as she glared at the trio that were trying to keep her down, I can feel it! I WILL be picked today! A light shot out of the portal and lifted Wesker up in the air.

"I told you I would be picked to fight again." Wesker chortled as he entered the portal. Virgil and C. Viper followed suit, yelling back to Hsien-ko as they left: "Power is the only truth! The weak deserve to be forgotten!" "You're not worth anyone's time."

"Pardon my brother, lady. He was always the aloof one!" Dante, the red-coated, pizza eating, fun-loving twin of Vergil said as he patted Hsien-ko on the back. "I'm sure you'll have your fun someday! I'd love it if we got to be on the same team! You're really good at supporting others!" he pointed out. Hsien-ko smiled as she knew Dante had a point. She was good at messing the opposition up by swinging towards them and hacking them to pieces.

"Oh, don't bother getting her hopes up, Dante!" The armored, green cloaked ruler of Latveria, Dr. Doom spat. "Doom and his missiles leave this girl obsolete!" Light cloaked both Dante and Doom. "Hah! See, foolish girl! Doom knows what he's talking about!" The final beam chose the gargantuan mutant-hunting robot Sentinel, and as they disappeared, the sky turned into a giant screen which showed the teams of three duking it out.

"No..." Hsien-ko whimpered as she sank to the ground. Not wanted again. It always hurt, but today, it seemed worse due to Doom's cruel words. She was slow, clunky, and couldn't last long before defeat, and people such as Doom were much better than her with supporting from the sidelines. Head lowering in defeat, Hsien-ko's shoulders shook with grief as hot, salty tears rolled down her eyes and splashed onto the floor. Hsien-ko's quiet sobs turned into loud huffs and cries as she knew that hanging around was futile, no one wanted her.

"It hurts, doesn't it?" a kind voice put Hsien-ko back to attention, as she saw a spiky haired man in a blue suit plop on down next to her followed by a young girl wearing spiritual robes and a small dog began licking the tears off her face. Phoenix Wright the lawyer, his assistant Maya Fey, and Missle the police dog had come to give her company. "I know how you feel, ma'am. I'm just a lawyer, I'm not too good at fighting. I can intimidate people and destroy them the way I do with criminals in court, but that takes a while to do. Even with my friends backing me up, it just isn't enough for the people who prefer watching flashy shows with missles, lasers, and swords."

"It's okay mister. I didn't want to fight. I really didn't..." Hsien-ko choked as she wiped her eyes. "I was going to go home anyway." As a portal to her home dimension opened up, Phoenix Wright took her hand as a portal to his home opened up.

"Actually, me and Maya were going to grab lunch as we were going home. I think you should join us too! We should get to know each other, seeing as how we're the misfits in this groups and all that!" He stammered as he gave a cheesy grin. Maya giggled as she saw the two take a stroll over to their home.

"Aw, that's so cute! Nick's in love! Me and Missle will head on elsewhere seeing as how you two are going on a date!" Maya taunted in a sing-song voice. Phoenix blushed as he faced Maya.

"No we aren't! We're just going to talk about how we just aren't suited among these people, that's all!" Hsien-ko giggled as she squeezed Phoenix's hand.

"It's alright, don't listen to her! So what are we going to eat?"

"Well, I did think about a cafe that serves a mean grape juice..." Phoenix rambled as he and Hsien-ko left for their lunch. Hsien-ko was bubbling happiness, finally feeling like she mattered to someone, this Marvel vs Capcom gathering didn't really matter anymore...