Chapter 9 now! I have sequal planned for this and then a sequal to that! That won't be for a while though...Anway, last time Resures beat Mighty and the two fire characters, Flame and Blaze beat Lark and Bark respectively. LoL, I just reliased that rhymes!

All the fighters returned to the arena. Shadow had secluded himself from everybody, hoping to find Starlight or Mephiles. Sonic had bought everybody snacks and the rest took their seats. 4 more fights and that would be that.

"Our next fight...Big the Cat vs. Z-09 Camelliot"

Big the Cat vs. Z-09 Camelliot

The Sonic gang looked up to see their big purple friend. How they had not seen them was beyond them. Sonic also recognised the robot Big was facing. It was the robot Eggman sent, but you could see their was a chaos emerald inside it. Big better be caeful.

The robot quickly pulled out his guns and fired small bullets. Amazingly, Big dodged them all and used his spiked umbrella to damage the robot. Z-09 wasn't having any of it though...

"Command attack mode" it said, as it's guns pulled back and new ones came out. Big was helpless and got shot in the leg by one. The robot then stole Big's umbrella, with the purple cat coming to his senses.

"Ahh, I give up!" shouted Big. Nobody could say anything. The robot would have killed him. Cream thought it best to go see her cat friend as well as Amy. The robot however, didn't even need to split in that round and fired thirteen bullets in total. It disappeared into a portal at the end of the match.

Sonic was watching from the stands, getting more worried and scared at each fight. So many enemies he couldn't count. There was Mephiles, Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles, Eggman, Tails Doll and god knows how many more. He could only brace himself. 24 competitors left to play. Who was next?

"Our next fight...Rouge the Bat vs. Ozone the Wolf"

Rouge the Bat vs. Ozone the Wolf

In the middle of the arena, Rouge meets a purple and cyan wolf creature that shares resemblence to Echidnas. The wolf's eyes glowed a bright cyan colour that freaked a few people. Rouge wasn't fazed and instantly took to the air and threw bombs down at Ozone, but the Wolf destroyed all of built a shield around him that stopped Rouge's powerful kicks. Ozone then used some strength and hit Rouge, making her fly back. Rouge picked herself up quickly and once again tried an attack, but this time it was easy. Rouge thought this was wierd but caried on. Ozone then went for another hit, but Rouge grabbed his arm and twisted it, making Ozone cry in pain.

"Ow, you stupid bat!" he said. Rouge smirked at him.

"I'm sorry does this hurt" she mocked, twisting it even more. Ozone eventually decided to do something. He kicked Rouge in the leg and knocked her down. Ozone got a power ring and spun. Rouge thought best to get her own power ring and cancelled out Ozone's spin. Rouge quickly threw bombs down and stunned Ozone before kicking him once more, right in the jaw. Ozone grabbed his jaw in pain. Never had he seen such a great girl fighter. Ozone then jumped into the air and bounced all around the arena, trying to hit Rouge, but missed. Ozone needed no time to use his next attack, his own chaos power: Chaos Delta.

"CHAOS DELTA!"

At that point Rouge went disoreinted, like she had come in contact with delta radiation. Ozone then put a powerful hit that got her senses back. She was hurt quite badly, but stuck to her normal self. Ozone looked on in disbelief as not a lot of people would fight after that kind of hit. Rouge then quickly got airborne and picked up Ozone, who couldn't wriggle free. Eventually, Rouge dropped the purple wolf to the ground and followed up with some quick kicks that had him down. Rouge threw one last bomb and Ozone was out. It was a surprise victory for the bat. A lot of cheers went up for Rouge. Grunting, Ozone got up and silenced the crowd.

"I'll be back!" he said coldly, as he disappeared into a portal, similar to Mephiles. The commentator broke the silence.

"Alright everyone, two more fights to go before we call it a day. Please welcome...Fang the Sniper vs. Jules the Wawk

Fang the Sniper vs. Jules the Hawk

Jules was the arch-rival of the babylon rogues. He was the first of his crew to feature in this tournament. He was a red hawk with blue stripes. His eyes were solid yellow. He did look wierd looking.

"Ah, Nack the Weasel, I've heard good things about you, but of course you're just a piece of scum to me"

"You think so?"

"Oh yes!"

Jules instantly brought out his fans and started aiming at Fang. The weasel was rolling around trying to get a hit into Jules. The bird knew of Fang's gun and instantly thought best to dispose of it. After some tugging, Jules managed to get hold of Fang, but was shot in the shoulder. It was only a paraylsing bullet, but Fang put in some punches while he was paralysed. Jules got out and cut Fang in the stomach. This only recieved some growls from Fang.

"I'm sorry big guy, did I hurt you?" mocked Jules. Fang now switched to live bullets, but while he was loading Jules swiped him again, this time on the leg. Fang got through the pain barrier and tried his first tactic: rolling around, trying to get a bead on Jules. Fang then used a power ring and shot light bullets, that temporarilly blinded Jules. While blinded, Jules was recieving kicks and was bruised badly. Fang then picked him up and threw him and shot a bullet into his shoulder. Jules then absorbed his power ring to heal the damage. His swings were so fast now, a sound wave went out. Fang desperately ducked and weaved, but was eventually clipped by the left wing. He fell to the floor like he had been shot. Jules started prancing around with joy but didn't see Fang loading one last bullet. Fang fired it, and it went right into Jules' leg. Fang thought revenge was his but noticed Jules was limping and that meant he had...

"Victory for Jules!" shouted the commentator. "No!" said Fang as he fell to the ground. Jules then collapsed and was taken away to have his very serious wounds taken cared of. It was only one more fight for the day.

"Ok one more fight...Sleet the Hedgehog vs. Marine the Racoon"

Sleet the Hedgehog vs. Marine the Racoon

Sonic, Tails and Blaze were surprised to see the young racoon here. She wasn't exactly fighting material. Then there was her opponent, Sleet. He was yellow and black and didn't look friendly like. Nevertheless, the racoon looked determined.

Marine tried jumping onto Sleet but he spun to avoid this. Sleet then grabbed her and spun once again, making her feel dizzy. Sleet then tapped her gently and she collapsed from exhaustion. Sleet had already won without being ruthless. Sonic felt sorry for the racoon but relieved that she wasn't hurt to badly. He was worried about that other hedgehog that looked pretty scary. Oh well, that was that. Another day in the tournament. Sonic met all his friends and they visited Tails, Amy and Big. There was some real pity for their friends, and anger to the ones that did this: their worst enemies. It doesn't get much worse than Metal Sonic and Mephiles, and Eggman was ocassionally a threat. However, they were all aware that something was going on. Something bad...

I still need to find 16 characters! I've got 6 or 7 characters ready but that's it. Oh well, hope you enjoyed.R&R please