A/N: MANY OF THE CHARACTERS ARE A COMBINATION OF ANY OF THE SONIC MEDIA, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.

POKEMON STADIUM-BEFORE THE FINALS OF THE ULTIMATE SMASH BROTHERS TOURNAMENT

It was nighttime with the Stadium full of fans, complete with the fighters that did not qualify and the ones who exited the tournament. In the center of the arena, 25-year-old Sonic, who is covered in bandages all over his upper body, is with his 24 year old wife Amy Rose, prepared to give a speech to everyone in attendance. "I really wish I was here under different circumstances, but I'm afraid that isn't the case cause the reason I am here is because…" Sonic paused as he begins to get emotional, Amy holds his hand to give him support.

"Thank you." He hugs Amy after he said this and went back to talk to the crowd. "I am here because of the accident and thinking about it with my wife and friends from my world and in this company, I officially announce my retirement from the Ultimate Smash Brothers organization as well." Many of the fans in attendance gasp at this announcement, with many of them in shock, disbelief, and sad at hearing this.

"I know a lot of you don't understand why but let me put this in a way many of you will get after I say this. When I first joined the company, nobody thought I was going to last because I wasn't part of the same group many of these men and woman were when this started. However, I proved them wrong and look what happened! You all gave me a chance and I had fun for what felt like I was here for years, and I thank all of you for that." The crowd cheered and applauded at this statement. "And no matter how many battles I won, loss, or at times a no contest, you still cheered even if it was against the hometown hero or in the case of Bowser, the hometown villains." The crowd laughed at this, including Bowser, showing no bad blood to that comment.

"I want to thank all of you for having me entertain you guys with showing no quit regardless if the battle is already over for me, it showed greatness from all of you and to all of the fighters I faced, thank you for giving me a life here." The crowd cheered loud, including everyone from the fighter's section, showing nothing but love for The Blue Blur.

Nearly a minute passes and Sonic was about to speak again, only to be cut off by the crowd in a good way. "Thank you, Sonic! Thank you, Sonic! Thank You, Sonic!" The chant continues, causing Sonic to tear up and feel proud of what he has done. Amy even shows tears, even though she expected this for Sonic, this was different, it was the world admiring him. The chanting begins to die out and Sonic finally gets to speak again. "I guess the next thing that will happen, go home, eat some chili dogs, and watch the tournament on tv for the first time and spend time with my friends and of course with my wife, Ames. I love you all, Blue Blur out." He tosses the microphone and hugs Amy, causing the entire crowd to erupt with applause.

4 YEARS LATER

PUNCH OUT ARENA-HOST OF THE SUPER SMASH BROTHERS QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT-REST OF WORLDS PATH 1

Pac-Man is awaiting his mystery opponent as he waits in the ring, staring straight at the stage, hoping that it's someone that he can easily beat.

"Pac-man made it to the last 16 round when the tournament was held in Mushroom Kingdom, now he looks to return, but the question is, who is it that he needs to beat to advance to the next round?" Chun Li pointing out to the viewers.

The countdown from 10 appeared on the screen, with the audience joining in. "10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2...1"

"Who is it going to be?" asked Rouge, and the crowd looks at the entrance way.

A female voice is heard. "You Think You know Me"

5 MONTHS EARLIER…

"He's losing too much blood!" "We have to operate!"

"What the hell happened?" "Sonic, please don't leave me!"

"We Stopped the bleeding! He was too close to death!"

"What caused this?!" "We may have found the reason."

"You tried to kill him!" "Amy, I didn't know that would happen."

"Until he wakes up, we will not continue with the tournament." "It's been five days. We can't hold it off any longer."

"Why are you giving this to me? He's not dead!" "I know, but we think we owe you and him for what happened."

"Hey Sonic, even though I tried many times to kill you, I don't see you as an enemy, but more as a friend."

"He's waking up…"

Sonic wakes up from the nightmare he had and looks at the clock to see it is 5:55 a.m. "Good thing the timer didn't go off." He said as he turns off the alarm. He turns his head to see his wife Amy and their 4-year-old daughter Aurora continue to sleep peacefully.

"Nightmares again." He said to Aurora. "Don't worry, Daddy has them too. Just too many." The near 30-year-old said as he kisses both Aurora and Amy on the head. "Now it's a good thing the alarm didn't go off yet". He said to himself as he leaves the room and closes the door quietly and heads downstairs. He opens the stair closet and takes out a sweater, sweatpants, brown scarf, and his traditional shoes as he quickly puts them on. "Can't believe it's still cold." He said as the temperature meter on the wall had a 40-degree rating on it. Sonic turns on the heater and heads to the kitchen to begin his pre-morning workout.

He takes out his phone and selects a podcast to listen to as he takes out some eggs to begin his pre morning workout. "Your listening to the Smash Bros dirt sheet Podcast with your hosts, Chun Li and Rouge the Bat. Live from the Smash Brothers Radio Station in Hyrule. And here are your host, Chun Li and Rouge.

Chun Li: "Good Morning everyone and welcome to the Dirt Sheet. First things first; Good Morning Rouge.

Rouge: Good Morning Chun, and I must say we are looking at the beginning of the road to the Ultimate Smash Brothers Tournament in Hyrule. And we have breaking news coming from the Hyrule organizers that next summer's tournament will be no weapons, except for the fighters that are already equipped with weapons, no items, and of course…no final smashes, as it will be pure stamina.

Sonic starts cranking six eggs in a blender, while the podcast keeps going.

Chun Li: Wow, and did they say the reason for this?

Rouge: They really want to see the fighters fight the old fashion way, but they did say that the qualifying campaigns can do what they want and it's up to them.

Chun Li: I don't know how to feel about it, but I think I may like the idea when the tournament comes around.

Rouge: Well, I have good news for you on that one. As a test to see if they tournament can handle the stamina part, the Fire Emblem Tournament will still have weapons but will have the stamina rule implemented.

Sonic adds an ounce of milk to the eggs in the blender. "I hope this doesn't kill me." He said to himself as he puts the lid on the blender and starts it.

Chun Li: Now I want to see how that goes and we are calling the Fire Emblem tournament next month. Which brings me to our next announcement where the play by play broadcasters on the qualifying campaign have been announced. Me and Rouge will cover both the Fire Emblem and Rest of World campaign, while Toadette and Pauline are covering the Mushroom Kingdom Cup, Funky Kong and Candy Kong calling the DK Country, Wii Mii, and Sky World tournament, then the World of Fighters and Space Legends tournament will be done by Vector and Kat Monroe, and finally the Pokemon World Campaign will be done by the one and only, Rayman."

Sonic pauses the podcast and stops the blending and drinks the egg mixture from the blender glass, regardless how disgusting it is, he manages to finish it. "The fact I won't eat any chili dogs for a while, which I don't know how long that will last, but I'm doing this for a good reason." He takes his phone and begins to head outside, only to be stopped by Orbot and Cubot who were on the otherside of the door. "Hello Master Sonic." Greeted Orbot. "Hey guys." Sonic greeted them back as he knew why they were at his house.

"We are here to set up today's lesson with Aurora and her friends, along with assisting Miss Rose around the House." Cubot said. Orbot put his hand on his face with annoyance. "Cubot, for the last time, we don't need to explain to Master Sonic every time why we are here every day when we have a schedule." "Oh, and I expect you to have better reasoning?" Cubot gave an out of place question.

As they float in still arguing, Sonic avoids them and closes the door to his two-story house. Before Sonic crosses the gate, he looks back at his house which is built into part of a mountain, complete with a waterfall next to it, with water coming from the top of the cliff. "Amazing." The blue Hedgehog still can't believe how it still looks. "No matter how many times I see it every day, it is still a beautiful site to see." He begins to do his normal run around Green Hill Zone, while he resumes the podcast he was listening to.

20 minutes later…

Sonic is on a bench at the top of the waterfall where his house is down below. He is looking over Green Hill Zone, relaxing and catching his breath after a long workout along with finishing the podcast.

Chun Li: As you know, the Mushroom Kingdom tournament begins next week, and I wanted to know; who do you think the four that will advance will be?

Rouge: I don't know, the field is bigger now and I can't even decide but if I were to pick…Mario, Luigi, Peach and Daisy; you?

Chun Li: I'm going to stun people with my picks, I'm going to say Bowser Jr, Peach, Rosalina and Luma, and Lemmy.

Rouge: Wow, I didn't expect that. But before we go, I heard a rumor going around that the Rest of World qualifying round is keeping a secret, and I was wondering if you know what it is?

Chun Li: I only heard that they are possibly going to change the format but nothing else.

Rouge: Well, that doesn't sound what I was hoping to steal and take credit for, but since it's you Chun, I'm not going to ruin our friendship over something like that.

Chun Li: Thank you, but like I said, it's not like it's going to be a long-awaited return.

Rouge: And even though I know it's always a wild guess from me, I think it's time for me to accept the fact that Sonic is never coming back.

Chun Li: As much as many of us would like to see him again, we must accept the fact that Sonic is never coming back after that incident five years ago.

Rouge: You know, I haven't seen Sonic since last week, and I don't think we are going to see him return because he said he is happy now with his daughter Aurora and his wife Amy. And we should respect that, and I'm shocked a lot of fans have done that so far. Sure, there are a few that tried to call him out to return but no matter what, he hasn't budged.

Chun Li: I know, last year when a sign that said Sonic was coming back, I knew that it was just a fan holding out hope like that Bonnie Tyler song, but no Sonic, and it's like you said, it's just not happening.

Rouge: I just think if he does return, it will be one of the biggest returns since Banjo and Kazooie came back. But I guess we can only dream, can we?

Sonic takes his phone out to stop the podcast. He decides to take a photo of the rising sun with the rest of Green Hill Zone and sends the picture to Amy. Within seconds, Amy sends a message back: 'Beautiful, and so is this.' Amy sends a photo of her with Aurora, who was smiling after getting a huge stack of pancakes by Orbot and Cubot. Sonic couldn't help but have smile at this and text back. 'Careful Tiny, you may have a big appetite, but I'm the one that gave it to you.' He joked, Sonic exits the photo, switches to the dialer and begins putting in a number, then hitting call. "Hello?" A voice on the other end answers. "I know this is a month late, but I need you to train me because I am going to enter the qualifying stages for the Ultimate Smash Brothers Tournament." Sonic told the person on the phone with determination.

"Thought you never asked." The voice said back. "Come by tomorrow, but before you come here, you are going to one thing." "What?" Sonic asked. "You need to tell, Amy." The voice said back. "What if he says no?" Sonic said back. "Then explain to her why." The voice answered back. "Make her dinner, make her feel that you care and that you are doing this for the right reasons." "Alright." Sonic took the advice from the voice. "Thanks; see you tomorrow." "Hopefully." The voice said back and ended the call. Sonic looked at the Ocean, seeing orca's swim by and some of them jumping up and diving back into the ocean. "Hope we work together well, Eggman."