Sonic to the West
Disclaimer: Chaos Emerald is owned by Akira Toriyama. Sonic the Hedgehog is owned by SEGA.
Chapter 2: The World Battle Royale
As Sonic rides on the Tornado and traveling towards the Turtle House to receive training from Turtle Hermit, he stops at his home in the Green Hills to change his wardrobe and stock up on supplies.
Elsewhere, Vector's airship crashes into a deep jungle. Rouge, Vector, Hamlin and Nicole jump before the crash and are unharmed. But, now they are stuck in the middle of a deep jungle. After Rouge sees a large flying monster, she grabs Vector and starts running. Nicole and Hamlin then follow. In another part of the jungle, a small boy is venturing through the jungle, but where is he heading to?
Meanwhile, Sonic continues to travel on the Tornado towards the Turtle House, and he has some fun on the way.
He soon arrives at the Hermit's house. For some reason, the Turtle Hermit does not answer his door. Sonic jumps in the window and sees the Turtle Hermit watching an exercise video and he seems to be mesmerized by it. Sonic cannot get his attention, so he yells in the Turtle Hermit's ear. Sonic explains he is here to train, but is hungry and needs food. The Turtle Hermit points toward the kitchen and tells Sonic to take something that he likes from the refrigerator. Sonic then eats everything that it is in the fridge (as it was mostly stuff for chili dogs).
Meanwhile, Rouge and the others are walking through a heated desert to find that they are heading south, when they are supposed to be heading north. Rouge then thinks she has saw a sandstorm, but it is that same little boy from the jungle whose running has caused the sand to blow.
Back at the Turtle House, Sonic then tells the Turtle Hermit that he is ready for training. The Turtle Hermit tells Sonic to find him a young girl first. Sonic thinks this is weird, but he agrees. After the Turtle Hermit gives his guidelines, he realizes that Sonic's tail is gone. Sonic tells the Turtle Hermit that it was probably bored. He then leaves to find the girl. The Turtle Hermit then prepares for the date by dressing in his finest clothes (suit and Turtle Shell). He then waits impatiently for Sonic to get back. Sonic then arrives only to bring back a very large woman.
Meanwhile, the small boy is now traveling by boat across the ocean. Back at the Turtle House, the Turtle Hermit shows Sonic the type of girl that he wants. Sonic understands and leaves to find her. He returns soon after with a pretty girl. The Turtle Hermit then tells Sonic to ask her for him to walk with him. Sonic agrees and soon returns to tell the Turtle Hermit that she does not want to walk, but instead swim. The Turtle Hermit is now very excited.
He then runs to meet her only to find out that she is a mermaid. The Turtle Hermit then tries to use some of his "charm" only to get punched in the eye by the mermaid who then swims away. He then tells Sonic to look for another young girl quite like the last without flippers.
The small boy then arrives at the Turtle House. He jumps from his boat onto the Turtle Hermit's island, landing headfirst in the sand. Sonic then helps him up. The boy (who is in fact a two-tailed fox) then tells the Turtle Hermit that his Antoinee is Tails and that he came for training from the Turtle Hermit. The Turtle Hermit tells Tails that he does not accept everyone who walks through his door, and tells him no. Tails then convinces him with a few periodicals. The Turtle Hermit then tells Tails to help Sonic find him a young girl and then they would both receive training. Tails then tries to jump on the Tornado, only to fall through (due to him having naughty magazines). The Turtle Hermit then tells Tails that only people with a pure heart can ride on the Tornado.
Eventually, Sonic gets Tails on the Tornado and begin their search for a girl for the Turtle Hermit. Meanwhile, in a western saloon, an innocent girl comes in and sits down. A large cowboy is waiting for a woman by the Antoinee of Bunnie Rabbot and who is a fearsome thief and robber. This sweet, innocent girl does not fit the bill, but then she's shocked by a bit of static. The shock causes her left arm and legs to roboticize and turn her eyes red as opposed to blue-green. She is the infamous Bunnie Rabbot, the woman that the large cowboy was waiting for. The large cowboy is surprised and puts up his guard, but is easily beaten by Bunnie.
Bunnie takes out everyone in the saloon and leaves toward the railway tracks. There, she derails a train and steals some money from one of the train cars and then quickly fleas the scene. The police chase her and fire their guns, but their aim is way off. Bunnie then throws a grenade, destroying one of the cop cars. Bunnie then prepares to shoot the police car, but at that very moment, she's shocked. This turns her back into a sweet, innocent rabbit. The policemen then got out of their car to arrest Bunnie.
Luckily, as Sonic and Tails venture to the desert in search for a girl for the Turtle Hermit, Sonic hears the innocent girl yelling for help and he then goes to check things out. When they arrive, Sonic defeats the two policemen with ease. After the rescue, Sonic and Tails decide that she would be good for the Turtle Hermit and the trio head back to Kame House.
Upon arrival, Sonic takes the Turtle Hermit out of the bathroom to meet her. The Turtle Hermit is stunned, after seeing Bunnie. He then asks her to wear the "The Turtle training armor", which is nothing more than black lingerie in reality. Bunnie begins to change into the "armor" outside but, before she is able to, Tails suggests that she change inside, much to the irritation of the Hermit. The Turtle Hermit tells Sonic and Tails to also wear the lingerie, so he does not look suspicious. Bunnie emerges from the house, wearing the "armor". Soon after, she's shocked, turning herself into the mean Bunnie. She then fires her machine gun at the Turtle Hermit, Tails, and Sonic. Luckily for them, Bunnie's shocked again, turning her back into her sweet, innocent form.
Now ready to train the boys, the Turtle Hermit places the Turtle House in a pod. Then, he takes out another pod revealing a hovercraft. Next, Bunnie, Tails, Sonic and the Turtle Hermit leave on the hovercraft for a larger island that would be more suitable for training.
They soon arrive at a new island, and the Turtle Hermit opens up the pod containing the Turtle House. Bunnie decides to head inside the house and cook while the Turtle Hermit, Tails, and Sonic stay outside. The Hermit asks Tails if he has any other previous training. Tails tells that he had 8 years training from the Fox Temple. The Turtle Hermit is pleased and he tells the two trainees that he is going to evaluate their current ability by seeing how fast the boys can run in a 100m dash.
Tails goes first and clocks in a time of 10.4 seconds. Sonic goes next and he starts very fast, but then he has some trouble with his shoes. He clocks in at 11 seconds. Sonic asks if he can run again with different shoes, as his are torn. The Turtle Hermit agrees and Sonic runs again, but now with new shoes. Sonic is able to clock a time of 0.008 seconds. The Turtle Hermit then hands Tails his stopwatch and says he will have a shot at it, and he runs the 100m in .0056 seconds. Tails and Sonic are stunned.
The Turtle Hermit tells Sonic to go get him a brewsky. Sonic does not understand, so Tails goes to the Kame House to get the brewsky instead. Inside, he accidentally bumps into Bunnie and shocks her. She chases Tails with a butcher's knife. The Turtle Hermit then times Tails doing the 100m while being chased, and finds he ran at 8.8 seconds, which is much faster than before. Bunnie is then shocked again and, in doing so, she throws the knife in the air and it lands right in front of a frightened Tails.
The Turtle Hermit tells Sonic and Tails he will give the boys one more test before dinner. He picks up a stone and writes his Turtle School symbol on it and shows the boys the symbol. The Turtle Hermit then throws the stone in the deep jungle below. He explains to the boys that the one who retrieves the stone will get to eat dinner. However, if neither of them get the stone within 30 minutes, then neither would get any dinner. Sonic jumps off the cliff into the jungle. He grabs a branch on his way down, but it breaks and he hits the ground with a thump. He gets back up and prepares to start looking for the stone.
Meanwhile, Tails is looking for a detour to the jungle below. He then realizes that he will probably never get the stone in such a large jungle, especially with Sonic also searching. He thinks of another way he can get his dinner and picks up a stone, gets a pen from one of the villagers, and then writes the Turtle Hermit's symbol on the rock. He then goes back to Kame House. Elsewhere, Sonic is still searching for the Turtle Hermit's actual stone, and he is using his keen sense of smell to track it down. Soon, Tails arrives at the Kame House and shows the Turtle Hermit the stone. The Turtle Hermit examines the stone and then throws it at Tails' head, noting that it was not written in his hand writing, and tells Tails to go find the real stone. Later on, while searching in the jungle, Tails hears Sonic's voice. He catches up with him and sees that Sonic has found the stone.
Tails asks if he can see the stone and Sonic gives it to him. Tails then runs off with it, and Sonic chases Tails through the jungle. They both cross a bridge and when Tails reaches the other side; he cuts the ropes holding the bridge up, knocking Sonic into the river below. Sonic, however, is quick to get up and chases Tails some more.
Tails then proposes they battle for the stone. Sonic wins the battle and tells Tails to give him the stone. Tails then throws a different stone and Sonic chases after it, thinking that it is the real stone. Now that Tails has the real stone, he heads back to the Kame House. At the Kame House, the Turtle Hermit gives his approval to Tails that he has found the right stone. Soon after, at the dinner table, Tails and the Turtle Hermit are eating the food Bunnie has prepared for them, with Sonic looking on hungrily. The Turtle Hermit then asks Bunnie what kind of fish is in the stew, and Bunnie tells him it is puffer fish; Tails and The Turtle Hermit soon feel ill, as puffer fish is poisonous.
The next day, Sonic wants to train, but the Turtle Hermit tells him that training will start on the next day as he and Tails are still feeling the effects of the puffer fish.
That evening, as Sonic and Tails are about to go to bed, they both are excited for tomorrow's training. Sonic gets to sleep with Bunnie, while Tails and the Turtle Hermit sleep downstairs. The next day the Turtle Hermit wakes Tails and then comes to wake up Sonic for training, but sees Bunnie in her evil state. He tries to wake up Sonic with a broomstick, but it instead wakes up Bunnie. Bunnie sees Sonic in bed with her and becomes angry. She pulls out a machine gun and fires at Sonic and the Hermit. Finally angered enough, Sonic gives Bunnie a swift kick and knocks her out. The Turtle Hermit starts to "check" to make sure she is not too badly hurt, and they eventually go to begin the days training.
The Turtle Hermit takes the two boys to collect several bottles of milk from the milkman. They have to deliver milk to everyone on the island, before breakfast. Eventually, they make it to a house, but it happened to be up a severely long flight of stairs.
Sonic charges up the stairs, excited at the thought of Uncle Chuck doing the same exercise years before. Tails struggles up the steps, though he was exhausted from the morning. After finally completing every house, the Hermit informs them that they are done with their early morning training and now the mid-morning training is about to begin.
The Turtle Hermit tells Sonic and Tails that their mid-morning training is to plow through the fields in this area but, since this training is meant to strengthen the hand, it has to be done bare-handed. The boys begin to plow through the dirt and complete it a few hours later.
Next, it is time for breakfast. Bunnie has cooked the boys a feast. Unfortunately, Tails bumps into Bunnie again and shocks her. She starts to fire bullets at Sonic, Tails and the Turtle Hermit. The threesome runs out of the Turtle House. The Turtle Hermit then thinks it would be a good idea if they go out to eat. After breakfast, the boys have to study until lunchtime. The Turtle Hermit explains to them that a strong body is a waste without a smart mind.
After lunch, the Turtle Hermit proposes that they take a nap for a few hours before they resume their training. The three of them discuss the upcoming World Battle Royale.
After napping, the boys are now going to do construction work. Construction work would help them with their muscle and balance, and for them to earn some money on the side. The Turtle Hermit tells the boys that they do not have to use their hands to dig, but just no power tools. Sonic and Tails then shovel, unloaded and wheel barrowed for the next few hours.
Tails thinks back about the time he was at the Fox Temple and how the other trainees bullied him because of his real Antoinee, Miles Prower. After remembering this, Tails hits the pickaxe so hard that its top falls and lands right in front of the frightened head construction worker.
After the construction work, the Turtle Hermit tells it is time for swimming. Sonic and Tails, however, want to learn martial arts. The Turtle Hermit tells the boys that he would teach them martial arts when they move a large boulder. He then points to a large boulder. Tails tells The Turtle Hermit that it is impossible to move a boulder of that magnitude. The Turtle Hermit responds to Tails by moving the boulder. Sonic then tries to move a boulder of a similar size and is successful. The Turtle Hermit then tells Sonic that he had pointed at the wrong boulder and so the Turtle Hermit shows Sonic and Tails an extremely large boulder. He tells them when they are able to move that boulder they will get martial arts training from him.
The Turtle Hermit then instructs Sonic and Tails to do ten laps of swimming in the lake. However, swimming in this lake is no cakewalk as sharks patrol the lake, and the boys swim for their lives as the sharks chase them. Not to mention Sonic himself can barely swim in general.
After this rigorous training, their next training exercise requires them to be tied up with rope to a tree. The Turtle Hermit explains to the boys that sometimes one is cornered and must dodge the enemy. Sonic asks what he and Tails would be dodging from. The Turtle Hermit then hits a beehive and hides behind a tree. The bees then begin to give chase to Sonic and Tails. After that, both Sonic and Tails are covered in bee stings from head to toe.
The Turtle Hermit tells the boys that their first day of training is over. Tails then asks The Turtle Hermit if the training tomorrow would be as tough as today. The Turtle Hermit responds to Tails saying that it would be more difficult, as now the boys would be wearing 50 lb. Turtle Shells on their backs, while they do the training. With the aid of the Turtle Hermit's training, Sonic and Tails will be tough enough for the World Battle Royale.
As the days and months roll by, the harder the training gets, and the stronger the boys become.
At dinner, Sonic and Tails basically finish off all the rice. Meanwhile, the Turtle Hermit goes under the table to pick up some food that he dropped while gradually edging closer to Bunnie's legs in the process. Soon, Bunnie brings a very large pot of rice, the table breaks from the weight of the pot and the Turtle Hermit is crushed under it.
Later, Sonic calls the Turtle Hermit outside to the boulder he had tells him and Tails about on their first day. He told the boys that if they moved it, they would receive martial arts training from him. Sonic and Tails then show that they both can move the boulder. After that, The Turtle Hermit tells the boys that the whole secret behind the turtle hermit schedule was the routine. He tells them to continue the routine but to use even heavier Turtle Shells that were twice the weight.
Meanwhile, in a deep forest, Vector is doing some training of his own. After a month of training, he decides to return to Station Square.
The next day in Station Square, Rouge, Hamlin and Nicole are heading home after doing some shopping. Rouge is quite angry with Vector because he has not contacted her ever since he left for training. Rouge then drops an orange on the road and she goes to pick it up, only to find that she is about to run over by a truck. Luckily, she is saved by Vector who had just come back from his training. She does not recognize him at first because he has not moisturized his scales. They then head back to Rouge's house to clean up Vector.
The days quickly roll by until there is only one day left before the World Battle Royale begins. The Turtle Hermit tells the boys to take off their shells. When they do, Sonic and Tails feels extremely light. Bunnie gives the two boys a suit each. Soon after, the Turtle Hermit, Tails and Sonic leave for the airport.
In the airplane, Sonic looks through the window and thought the city lights are stars that were on the ground; the Turtle Hermit tells him otherwise. When they arrive at their destination, the Turtle Hermit and the boys head to the coliseum in order to sign in for the tourAntoineent. After the Hermit signs them up, Sonic meets up with Vector, Rouge, Nicole, and Hamlin. Vector has also signed in for the tourAntoineent. After that the Turtle Hermit, Tails and Sonic sleep in a hotel.
The next day, the Turtle Hermit leads Sonic and Tails to the competitors' only area and he gives both of them Turtle School uniform. The first roadblock for the boys will be the elimination round. Only eight fighters pass through the elimination rounds in order to fight in the real tourAntoineent.
The episode begins with the World TourAntoineent Announcer telling the audience that only the competitors will be allowed into the elimination round hall. Rouge is quite angry about that. In the elimination hall, the announcer tells the contestants that although 137 had come to participate, only 8 will be able to compete in the finals which would be held in the coliseum.
Outside the building, Rouge wants to see what is going on inside. She tries to see through the window, but it is too high for her. She then gets Hamlin to give her a lift up, and is able to see what is going on.
Meanwhile, in the hall, the announcer continues to talk about how the fighters will be divided into four blocks. The two top fighters from each block will make it to the tourAntoineent. He then goes to talk about how if one gives up, is unable to fight or is knocked out of the ring, he/she will lose. However, killing an opponent is strictly forbidden. Anyone who does that will be disqualified. There will also be a one-minute time limit. If a fight end by that point, the winner will be decided through points. Also, claws and teeth can only be used in battle if they are natural weapons on the user's body.
The competitors then draw lots to determine which block they will be put in. Sonic gets 70 and Tails gets 93. This means that they would both be in block 3. Tails gets scared as he does not want to fight Sonic. Sonic tells him that they are on opposite sides of the block and they will not face each other in the elimination rounds. Vector is in block 2 and is also glad he does not have to face Sonic in the elimination rounds. This is because Vector wants to face Sonic in the tourAntoineent ring where the arena is larger and there will be no time limit.
Soon, it was Sonic's turn to fight. He is fighting a guy about ten times his size. The match begins and the big guy attacked. Sonic goes under his legs and avoids the attack. The big guy thinks he has crushed Sonic. Sonic then shows the big guy he is all right by tapping his leg, and this tapping is more than enough to knock the big oaf out of the ring.
After Sonic's match, Tails meets up with the bullies of the Fox Temple. Tails is terrified to learn that one of the bullies would be fighting him in the first round. He then thinks that he should just drop out of the tourAntoineent. However, Sonic gives Tails the motivation to fight the bully; soon after, their match begins. The bully attacks, but Tails dodges by jumping in the air. He then kicks the bully in the stomach, knocking him out of the hall and into a brick wall. As a result, there is now a large hole in the wall and Rouge, Nicole and Hamlin can now see what is happening in the tourAntoineent. Meanwhile, Vector defeats a large fighter with just one kick.
As the elimination rounds continues Sonic, Tails, and Vector are doing quite well. However, in one match, Tails seems to have got pretty beat up by one of the other fighters. But in fact, Tails is faking it. This makes the other fighter so scared (since he had just used his best attack) that he gives up.
Later, Vector, Tails and Sonic are able to make it to the last matches of the elimination round. The winners will go on to the tourAntoineent. First is Vector and he defeats a wolf with relative ease by using his Blinding Croc Tooth Punch. Sonic also has quite an easy time as he throws his competitor out of the ring. Tails then battles Fighter 97 (a bear) and kicks him right between the eyes, knocking the big bear out.
Rouge and the others are very happy as all three of them have advanced. The Turtle Hermit then appears out of nowhere, and agrees with the others about how well the threesome have done.
Sonic and Tails run out to find the Turtle Hermit and the others. Sonic asks if he can stand on a man's head to get a view and find them. Meanwhile the Turtle Hermit gives Rouge a souvenir T-Shirt and a key chain but then asks her to change into it causing her to hit him for a perverted trick. Sonic and Tails show up to see them and hear how Rouge has been watching them fight and cheering. Sonic and Tails then have to leave because of an announcement requesting the eight finalists. Hamlin realizes that the Turtle Hermit disappeared as well.
The eight finalists meet in a room where the World Battle Royale Announcer tells them to draw numbers. Before his arrival the other contestants realize one of the competitors is really frightening and smells really bad. Vector tells them it is Dingo, a fighter who has never taken a bath in his entire life, and his tactics of winning are his extremely bad odor. When they all draw their numbers the results end up with the first match having Tails being the one to fight Dingo. The second match Bruce Lihn vs. Vector, 3rd match Antoine D'Coolette vs. Seira and the final match being Sonic vs. Dulson.
The first match then starts as the crowd is disgusted by Dingo's odor. Dingo throws his foul breath at Tails, and then rubs his entire hand on his crotch, putting it on Tails. He then has Tails cornered. Tails runs under his feet, but Dingo jumps on Tails over and over. When Tails catches him, Dingo lays an extremely strong, powerful, and foul smelling fart all over Tails. Dingo then gets cocky and sits on Tails, then rubs his butt on Tails for a while. Dingo sticks his foot into Tails' face, making it furtherer unpleasant. Everyone watches in suspense. Dingo proceeds to roll Tails back and forth with his right foot. Just then, Sonic, holding his nose, tells Tails that he should try spinning his two tails together like a fan.
Using this bit of knowledge to his advantage, Tails quickly recovers. Just like Sonic said, his two tails worked like a fan sending Dingo's odor right back at him, and knocking him out with a powerful kick to the chest.
The next fight is Vector vs. Bruce Lihn (a.k.a. the Turtle Hermit in disguise). Vector stands still in the ring waiting for Bruce Lihn to arrive. Rouge is in the crowd (along with Nicole and Hamlin), intrigued by Bruce Lihn, even though she has not seen him yet. As soon as she sees him, she called him a crusty old man and begins to cheer for Vector.
Vector unleashes an array of attacks at Bruce Lihn. Bruce Lihn dodges all of the attacks without a problem. Vector goes for his powerful Croc Tooth Punch, but it is dodged quickly by Bruce Lihn to everyone's amazement. Bruce Lihn, then lightly claps his hands and a wave of energy emerges and launches Vector out of the ring and onto the arena floor. This gives Bruce Lihn the win by ring-out. Tails and Sonic are shocked that Vector was so easily defeated. Tails is scared since; he is facing Bruce Lihn in the next round.
The next match is between Antoine and Seira. Antoine is an Frenchman who thinks he needs to win the prize money to buy water for his poor village. Seira is a seductive woman (with a cat tail), who used her feminine wiles to defeat her opponents, but she is also a skilled fighter. Antoine does not want to hit a girl, but he will if he must. By the end of the match, Seira has stripped to just her undergarments. Antoine gets distracted by this, but realizes he needs to win for his village. By closing his eyes, he can't see her and with a single attack, knocks her unconscious, and wins the match.
While the World Battle Royale carries on, Sonic finds out he is arranged to fight a dragon known as Dulson. While the two are on the ring, the match is postponed due to rainy weather. As a result, some of the contestants decide to go to a restaurant nearby. In the restaurant, Sonic is eating with his friends and Dulson is peacefully ordering his milk when he overhears the monks from the Fox Temple laughing at him, so he threatens them. Dulson then tells the bar tender for more milk, and starts attacking the monks. Before the glass is filled, he has beaten all of them. Vector then stands up to Dulson, for hurting them. After a small altercation between the two, Bruce Lihn steps in and tells them to stop.
The next day, they start the match, but Sonic is late. Seira, Tails, Vector, Antoine and Bruce Lihn look for him. The Announcer states that if Sonic does not arrive in two minutes he will be disqualified. Seira finds Sonic sleeping in a corner of the stadium. They wake him up, and he informs them that he had sat down and dozed off in the breeze. The announcer drags him to the ring before he is even fully awake. The audience is exasperated when they heard Sonic was taking a nap, but Dulson thinks that Sonic was mocking him.
The fight begins with Dulson threatening Sonic, but he is not paying any attention. As they fight, Dulson lands a powerful blow on Sonic by a dirty trick. Everyone thought him to be knocked out but Sonic get up and continues to fight. Sonic throws Dulson out of the ring and believes he has won, but Dulson can fly and comes back in the ring and shoots Binding Saliva around Sonic, trapping him. He then throws Sonic far away, but he calls the Tornado and lands back in the ring. The judges say that they would allow it, but he is forbidden use it again. As Dulson is about to hit Sonic again, his tail grows back, and he manages to stay in the ring. Sonic breaks free from the purple rings and, after seeing Sonic's enhanced strength after his tail grew back, Dulson surrenders and Sonic advances to the semifinals.
The Announcer states that no one has ever thrown in the towel in the quarter-finals before, meaning Dulson made World Battle Royale history. He then states that Sonic will face Antoine, and Tails will face Bruce Lihn in the semi-finals.
The announcer brings Sonic and Tails out for an interview and compliments them on how strong they are for such young people; Tails says that he is 13. After some confusion about what the microphone was, Sonic tells everyone that he is 12. The announcer tells Sonic that it is weird that he has a tail and Tails agrees, so Sonic shows the crowd his tail is attached to his body, to the chagrin of the interviewer. The announcer then asks about their training and Tails tells him that they were trained by the Turtle Hermit, which surprises the crowd, as if that explained everything about why the kids were so powerful. The announcer extrapolates and tells everyone that the Turtle Hermit fighting style is legendary, and that it was a treat to have his two students participating; he quips that it is amazing the Turtle Hermit is still alive. The announcer then asks Tails if his match against Bruce Lihn will be an easy win because of his trainer, but Tails says he has not had an easy match yet; meanwhile, Vector interrogates Bruce Lihn and accuses him of being the Turtle Hermit, but Bruce Lihn denies it.
Bruce Lihn walks out to the arena and asks for an interview as well; the announcer says there is no time, but Bruce steals the microphone and does a song and dance number, praising himself and asking the ladies of the audience if they dig him; Sonic joins in towards the end, dancing alongside Bruce Lihn. When they are done with the camaraderie, the announcer has the gong rung. The semi-finals have begun as Bruce Lihn and Tails' match begins.
Tails charges Bruce Lihn but he dodges every shot, then catches Tails' fist and knocks him away. Bruce compliments Tails on his power and says that he will test Tails' speed next. Bruce Lihn speeds into Tails and slams him before Tails can even see him coming and is sent flying into a wall; Rouge exclaims that she did not see how Tails got put on his butt like that, but Sonic says that he definitely saw it, and tells Tails that he can too if he focuses his mind.
Bruce Lihn tells Tails that that was one of his slow punches, and that he will do a fast one next; he charges Tails, but this time he sees it coming and blocks the shot with his own punch. Bruce tells Tails that he rarely meets fighters that can see his movements, and Tails tells him that it is because of his master; Bruce Lihn charges Tails and nails him, landing on the other side of the arena as Tails falls to the ground, unmoving. Tails barely makes it to his feet before the ten-count, to Bruce Lihn's surprise.
The announcer stops the fight to ask Bruce Lihn what exactly happened because he nor any of the crowd saw the movements, so Bruce agrees to reenact the move in slow motion. He shows that he started the attack by running at Tails, then Tails joins in on the reenactment and shows himself charging Bruce as well; once they reached each other, Bruce tried a kick, but Tails says he saw it and ducked, then countered with a punch; but then Bruce spit on him, surprising Tails enough to pull his punch back, then Bruce followed with his own punch, but Tails blew his nose at Bruce. Bruce says he knew he had to change tactics, so he turns the exchange into a furious rock-paper-scissors battle. When Bruce beats Tails in that, Tails demands a 2-out-of-3 bout, but Bruce says that the rock-paper-scissors match was a distraction. Bruce then calls the announcer over and makes him pick him up so that he can demonstrate the fancy roundhouse kick he performed on Tails' face, then makes the announcer carry him to the other side of the arena where he landed after doing some kung-fu moves. Tails calls the announcer to him now and makes him carry him to where he landed, including a flip in the middle, concluding the reenactment.
The announcer tells them to continue, so they jump into their stances and circle one another; suddenly, Tails pulls out his secret weapon (a pair of lady panties) and throws them to the ground, causing Bruce to drop his guard and try to pick them up; when he bends over, Tails kicks him, sending him flying. Bruce quickly reacts by performing a Turtle Destruction Wave at the ground, launching him back into the arena. Sonic compliments the nice Turtle Destruction Wave that Bruce Lihn pulled off, and the announcer exclaims that apparently more than just the Turtle Hermit can do the maneuver. Tails gets angry and charges Bruce, who jumps out of the way, causing Tails to crash his head into the wall and shatter it. Tails charges again and attacks Bruce's Afterimage Technique as Bruce evades again, then gets behind Tails and karate chops both sides of Tails' neck, sending him crashing to the ground face-first. After a quick ten count, Bruce Lihn is declared the winner and advances to the finals.
After the match, Sonic compliments Tails on a fight well fought, and Bruce Lihn agrees that he fought well. Vector accuses Bruce Lihn of being the Turtle Hermit again, this time in front of Sonic and Tails; they tell Vector that the Turtle Hermit is bald, so Vector tries to rip Bruce Lihn's hair off, but it stays on. Sonic says Bruce does not smell like the Turtle Hermit, but Bruce Lihn is shown putting on more of the cologne he uses.
Sonic and Antoine's match starts. The winner of this fight will go on to meet Bruce Lihn in the finals of the Royale. Antoine does not want to hurt Sonic, or anyone else. He only entered the World Battle Royale to get the prize money to buy water for his poor village. Antoine hits Sonic with everything he has, but Sonic takes all the damage and bounces back. Sonic attacks him with his hands, feet, and tail. Antoine realizes that he has to use his terrifying aerial attack, the Cross Arm Dive, to get the victory. It is a dangerous move and it was capable of severely injuring Sonic. After Sonic gets dizzy due to his new attack and falls to the ground, Antoine takes to the air. He then crosses his arms in front of his face to make an "X". He accelerates towards the ring and crashes down into Sonic's chest. The arena is in disbelief. Sonic is out cold and Antoine bows his head and asks for forgiveness. The announcer initiates the ten count. Antoine says that Sonic will get up in about 8-10 days, but Sonic jumps up before the count of ten.
After a while, Antoine goes for his attack again. Sonic follows him in the air. The duo fight on the way down. Sonic has an idea, so he drops down ahead of Antoine. Antoine thinks Sonic made a huge error and he crosses his arms again for the Aerial Attack. Sonic swiftly moves out of the way and Antoine crashes into the ring. Sonic jumps towards him and kicks Antoine out of the ring, and receives the victory. The finals are set, but poor Antoine still has no water for his village. Bruce Lihn approaches Antoine, secretly. Bruce Lihn reveals that he is really the Turtle Hermit and he has glued the wig to his head. He tells Antoine that he knows about his problem, because he read his mind. He gives Antoine a pod, to fill with water and take home. Antoine is grateful and he asks why the Turtle Hermit was in disguise. He says that he wants to win the royale, so that Sonic and Tails cannot. If they won and are declared the strongest, they would think there would be no reason for them to train anymore. If there is someone out there stronger than them, like Bruce Lihn, they will train harder to try and beat him. Antoine then asks if there is any way he could repay him for the MoboPod.
Vector comes over to Bruce Lihn and starts saying that Bruce is the Turtle Hermit. Bruce Lihn points into the crowd saying that the Turtle Hermit is in the crowd, so it is impossible for him to be the Hermit. Vector is surprised, when he sees the Turtle Hermit sitting in the crowd. Shortly after, "the Turtle Hermit" walks away and removes his beard and sunglasses, revealing himself to be Antoine. Antoine advances home, as the crowd is pumped up for the final bout.
Bruce Lihn and Sonic start their match. Sonic starts to tease Bruce Lihn, and Bruce Lihn tells Sonic not to be disrespectful to his teacher. He quickly covers up for it. Vector says that since he knows Bruce Lihn is not the Turtle Hermit, he is confident Sonic can beat him. Tails does not think so; he explains that Bruce Lihn beat the two of them with no effort. Sonic asks if Bruce Lihn is the Turtle Hermit's brother, but Bruce Lihn lies and tells Sonic he is the Turtle Hermit's cousin. Sonic then tries a Turtle Destruction Wave, but Bruce says that Sonic cannot handle it. They both charge up their Turtle Destruction Waves, and the two waves clash. The entire ring is lit up, but both fighters seem to be okay.
Bruce Lihn then uses a Double Afterimage and Sonic punches the image. Bruce Lihn gets behind him and kicks him into the wall. Sonic gets up and tries a Triple Afterimage. Since Bruce Lihn only did a Double, he does not see Sonic come down from above and Sonic smashes him. Bruce Lihn then walks around the ring as if he was drunk. He hears Rouge and Vector warn Sonic that Bruce Lihn is using the Drunken Boxing Technique. Sonic tries to block, but it does not seem to work. Bruce Lihn finally stops, but then Sonic starts acting mad. He starts crawling around, and acting like a wolf. He blocks Bruce Lihn's punches and trips him with his tail. On the ground, Sonic starts to punch and kick him. Sonic tells him he is using the Crazy Wolf Attack. Bruce Lihn gets up and waves his hands around, gathering up energy for his next attack.
Bruce Lihn starts waving his hands around. Sonic stares in his eyes and falls asleep. Bruce Lihn tells everyone he used a Hypnosis Technique. They start the countdown. Rouge comes up with an idea and cries out, "Dinner!", Sonic wakes up suddenly, leaving Bruce surprised as well as annoyed, both over having not knocked him out and Sonic's reaction (he was running around asking where his food was, ignoring his opponent). Sonic decides to use his Rock, Scissors 'N' Paper technique on Bruce Lihn. Bruce Lihn counters every attack and tells Sonic he trained with Uncle Chuck. Sonic then cries out, "Paper," which Bruce Lihn would block with a peace sign (scissors). Sonic actually makes a punch (rock), and nails Bruce Lihn right between the eyes. Bruce Lihn has his first countdown, but gets up in the seventh countdown.
He then powers up for another attack. Nobody knows what this attack will be. Then, Bruce Lihn fires electricity out of his hands to Sonic, which lifts Sonic in the air. Vector tells Tails that this is the Thunder Shock Surprise, which uses energy as 20,000 volts of electricity. Bruce Lihn tells Sonic to give up, seeing as even Uncle Chuck could only make it this far. Sonic says "I...Give...", but suddenly, he sees the Moon. His eyes turn red as he transforms. Rouge, Hamlin, Vector, and Nicole are scared, for at Snively's Castle, Sonic transformed the same way into a Werehog.
Sonic transforms and breaks the Lightning Flash Surprise Attack, and Bruce Lihn screams, saying that nobody could break that attack! The transformed Sonic stomps on the buildings. Everyone flees in fright, but the announcer says he has to stay because he is the referee. Vector and Tails run over to Rouge, Nicole, and Hamlin. Vector tells Nicole to transform to a pair of scissors, and that while Vector is holding his tail, Nicole can cut it off. Bruce Lihn then takes off his shirt and powers up. He forms a MAX Power Turtle Destruction Wave. Vector runs to Bruce Lihn, warning him to not do this, because it will kill Sonic. Bruce Lihn fires the attack. It showers everyone in a bright flash of light. The Turtle Destruction Wave clears. Everything seems the same, but Sonic is missing. Bruce Lihn breathes heavily as he returns his muscles to normal. Vector goes back to the gang and says that Sonic did not make it.
Everyone crying because they lost Sonic. Rouge, Hamlin, and Tails insult Bruce Lihn, until Bruce Lihn points to a pile of rubble. Sonic comes out of it, with his turtle school uniform destroyed. They ask why Sonic was not killed. Bruce Lihn points out that he did not aim at Sonic, but that he aimed and blew up the moon. The Announcer starts to yell at Bruce Lihn, talking about losing all of the things that are associated with the moon. Sonic puts on Tails' clothes, as Tails asks Sonic about his tail. The fight continues as Bruce Lihn tells Sonic that they have wasted a lot of energy with blasts, so they can only fight fist to fist and foot to foot. They fought and got very tired. Bruce Lihn tries to find Sonic's weakness. He says that Sonic has a small body and short legs. He asked Sonic for a final blow, as they both jump and kick each other. They both end up fainted on the ground.
The announcer says that according to the rules, the first one to get up and claims themselves the champion wins. Sonic gets up first, but says, "I am the World Cham-pi...". Then he faints. Sentence fragments are not allowed, so they do not allow it. Bruce Lihn comes up, takes a deep breath, and reigns himself the World Champion. He tells Sonic that his legs were longer, so he could dig his foot more into Sonic's face. Bruce Lihn takes his prize of 500,000 Mobies, quickly changes back to the Turtle Hermit, and imagines him using the money to buy a bunch of girls. The Turtle Hermit says he is very proud of his students and the Turtle Hermit, Sonic, Tails, Vector, Nicole, Hamlin, and Rouge go out to dinner. But Sonic's consumption of 57 full course meals of chili dogs made the Turtle Hermit spend his prize money for the meal, which cost 470,000 Mobies, leaving only 30,000 left over.
