Lightning crackled in the distance as Samus and Ichigo faced off with a huge, blackened castle suspended over a pool of lava behind them.

"The next battle is between Samus Aran and Kurosaki Ichigo," L said, as he slowly munched on a chocolate-covered stick of bread. "Begin."

Ichigo removed his sword from his back, the bandages swirling around it and shrinking to a more manageable size.

Samus pointed her gun-arm at Ichigo and launched a missile at him.

As the missile streaked towards him, Ichigo slashed at it with his sword, chopping it in half. The missle split and exploded harmlessly behind him.

A ball of crackling energy flew from Samus' gun arm.

"Whoa!" Ichigo screamed, barely dodging.

Samus quickly followed through with a charging punch attack. It slammed into Ichigo's chest and sent him skidding across the ground.

Ichigo planted his feet into the ground, bringing them to a halt. Gripping his sword, he slashed at Samus, who leapt back and dodged out of the way, curling up into a tightly compact ball to make herself a small target.

Landing on the ground several yards away from Ichigo, she launched two more missiles that homed onto his position.

"GETSUGA TENSHOU!" Ichigo roared, unleashing a shockwave of blue, crescent-shaped energy at the missles.

The missiles exploded in midair as the wave passed through them and slammed into Samus, who had been unable to dodge and braced herself for impact.

The shockwave dragged her along the the ground before slamming into her chestplate and dissipating, causing sparks to fly from it.

Ichigo seemed to vanish and appeared behind Samus, who whirled around and attempted to slam her gun arm into his chest.

Ichigo caught the arm with his blade. Gripping it firmly, he brought the blade around in a circular arc, cleaving the gun in half.

As he arced the blade around, he brought its tip to Samus' neck. Samus raised her arms in surrender, the gun sparking with static.

"Ichigo is the winner," L said.

The next battle will be between Auron and Alucard from Hellsing. It will take place in Zanzibar. The fight will be posted on Monday or Tuesday.

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