The next day Shelby went down to where the tournament was being held. She signed up and went to wait for it to begin with the other fighters. They all looked at her strangely, it was probably the first time any of them had seen a girl ham enter a fighting tournament, and one her size no less.(She's small, like she's only a little bit bigger than Penelope.) They all laughed at her, she kept her cool though. Then a hamster with brown fur came up to her and took her paw, "you are the most beautiful hamster I've ever had the privilege to lay eyes on" he kissed her paw, " after this tournament won't you come with me for a romantic moonlight stroll?" Shelby hated being flirted with, especially by guys like him, "take a hike creep!" she said getting her paw free and turning her back to him.
The Ham hams were all here to watch the tournament. "I can't wait!" Hamtaro exclaimed. "Yes this is going to be very interesting" Maxwell agreed. "I hope there's some totally hot ham guys here" Sandy said. "I wish there were some totally hot ham GIRLS here" Stan said disappointed. "I would have entered, but you know, I didn't want to hurt anybody" Boss bragged stupidly. "Hey guys it's about to start!" Pashmina exclaimed.
The announcer came out into the ring said a few things, and then the tournament began. The first 3 fights were pretty uneventful, but the 4th fight was between Shelby, and some big dude called the Ham ham crusher. When they walked out into the ring the crowd gasped, it was the first time they had seen a girl ham enter a tournament like this. Stan's eyes lit up when he saw Shelby, "she's so beautiful" he said drooling, with hearts in his eyes. Sandy smacked him "Stay focused bro! She could get really hurt out there!" Shelby faced the big muscle head with a calm look on her face, he was a gigantic oaf, with brown and white fur, one of his ears was pierced and he had a skull and cross bone necklace on. He laughed "little girl I think you should have stayed home" he was about to grab her, but she was so fast he missed and she came around the back of him and kicked his big ugly butt practically across the ring! He got up, "why you little!" he said in a rage trying to jump for her again, this time Shelby ducked a little and when he was over her she punched in the stomach, she punched him so hard he fell over unconscious. The crowd gasped again, Shelby had won, and she was untouched! "She's amazing" Stan said almost falling over. Sandy smacked him again.
More matches past, Shelby was plowing through her opponents like they were nothing. Finally the semifinals came. Shelby was up against the hamster that was flirting with her earlier, who's name was Kazuma. They faced each other, "beautiful Shelby, why don't you forfeit this match and come with me" Shelby rolled her eyes. "Ya right, I'd much rather kick your butt" she said kicking him across the face. "Ouchichi" he said rubbing his cheek. "Fine if that's the way you want to play it!" he said furiously trying to punch her. Shelby dodged and punched him in the stomach. Then she just kept kicking him around the ring for fun, each time he tried to hit her, she dodged and hit him. She finally ended it by kicking him out of the ring.
The finals came she was up against a white hamster by the name of Shango. She hoped he would be a worthy opponent. The match started Shango tried to kick Shelby, she dodged, she tried to punch him, he dodged. Shelby punched him in the stomach, he punched her in the face. Shelby started moving so fast around the ring, to Shango and the crowd she just looked like a black blur. She came around behind him and kicked in the back. He tried to hit her but she was still moving to fast she got him in the stomach again. Shelby saw her chance to end the match, she gave Shango a blow to the head and knocked him out of the ring. Shelby won the tournament! Everyone was cheering from the crowd, Stan was trying to jump into the ring, but was being held back by Sandy and the others. Now the announcer handed Shelby the prize. It was a strange, yet beautiful little red jewel. When she held it, she felt a strange power coming from it. She walked out of the arena before hams could start surrounding her for her autograph.
The ham hams came down to congratulate her, Stan was still drooling over her. "You were awesome Shelby, would you like to come to our clubhouse for a celebration?" asked Hamtaro. Shelby blinked, "um…I guess so. With that Hamtaro and the others took Shelby to the clubhouse…
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