A/N: If you're wondering, I know that Hamtaro is small enough to fit into Yusuke's hand. But, for the purpose of the fight, I have written him off as larger (much like his SSBM counterpart Kirby is much larger than he actually is for SSBM). For this Fic, he'll be a few inches above Yusuke's knees.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z, Digimon, Outlaw Star, Zoids, Cowboy Bebop, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cardcaptors, Hamtaro, Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!/Tenchi Universe, Pokémon, Rurouni Kenshin, InuYasha or Yu-Yu Hakusho. If I did, then they'd all be on one channel in a huge block. But they're not, and I don't own them. But one day I will...I'm hoping so, anyway.
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The Super Anime World Tournament
By Hayabusa Will (TheNameIsWill@AOL.Com)
Chapter Nine-Punk versus Hamster
"Wasn't that wild?!" Stalker asked to the cheering crowd. "So, Sailor Moon wins. For the sixth match, we have the new-coming punk, Yusuke Urameshi, against the hamster we all know and love, Hamtaro! The match begins in fifteen minutes"
"C'mon Urameshi, you gotta win this" Kuwabara urged Yusuke, who was in the locker room, exchanging his green clothes for a more casual beige muscle shirt, blue jeans and dark blue loafers. "You've beaten down so many people it isn't funny. How can you not beat a hamster?"
"The hamster is no slouch, Kuwabara" Kurama stated. The red-haired young man looked towards them. "But, I still think that Yusuke can win"
"If I was fighting there wouldn't be any kind of doubt, you know" Hiei stated. He leaned one foot on the benches. "This should be easy for you. If you lose, you're not going to be able to live it down"
"Yeah, and not to mention that it won't look good for the four of us when the Team Tournament starts next year" Kuwabara.
"What? Team Tournament?" Asked Yusuke.
"Yes" Kurama nodded. "They're having sign-ups right now. Two to four people per team. We signed the four of us up. But, no need to worry much now, there's still a year before that happens"
"Great" Yusuke replied. "Well, I'm off to fight. You guys better get back to the audience before they throw you out of here"
"Oh please, who's gonna--" Kuwabara was interrupted by a yelling voice.
"Hey! Only fighters in the tournaments are allowed here!" Officer Jenny yelled.
"Grow!" Her Growlithe barked.
"We gotta run for it!" Kuwabara said. "See ya. AHHHH!" He dashed past Officer Jenny, who quickly turned direction and chased after him with Growlithe.
"The most pathetic part of this is that nitwit didn't notice the back exit" Hiei, annoyed, said, pointing to an exit door at the back of the locker room. "We'll be in the audience" Hiei and Kurama left through the back exit.
Yusuke sighed. "Well, I'm alone. Guess I'm off now" With that he closed the locker marked 'YUSUKE URAMESHI' and walked off.
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In the audience, a row of hamsters was. In order, there was Bijou, Cappy, Maxwell, Sandy, Stan, Pashmina, Penelope, Oxnard, Dexter, Howdy and Jingle. The sleeping Ham-Ham Snoozer was laid across two seats next to Jingle.
"Hamtaro's fight is next" Pashmina pointed out. "He's against a human boy. I'm not sure if he can do so well, I mean, we're pets for humans"
"Everyone knows that Ham-Hams really control the humans, and not vice-versa" Maxwell replied smartly, showing them a page in a book.
"Heke?" The rest of them asked.
"Well, if Hamtaro doesn't win we can always hope for Boss" Howdy added. "He can probably duke it out better than Hamtaro can in the ring, and he's against a girl. That should make it easier"
"What was that?!" Asked Sandy angrily.
"Er...nothing, nothing" Howdy quickly said.
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InuYasha sighed and crossed his arms as he sat in a seat in the Fighters' Den. "This is so incredibly boring. I'm not even getting a chance to fight yet. I've been here for hours..."
"Oh be patient" Sakura said as she and Li walked over to him. "We have the last fight"
"Yeah, stop whining, you dork" Li stated.
"What did you say?!" Asked InuYasha. Before Li had a chance to answer, InuYasha slammed Li across the face with his hand. Li hit the wall hard.
"Oh, we're beating up the retard now? Excellent" Kagato raised his foot and stomped Li in the stomach hard, causing the wuss to give a groan.
"Stop it!" Sakura yelled. "Why do you have to hurt him?"
"Because he's pathetic" Kagato stated. "Don't you realize he's going to hold you back? He's a weakling who can't do anything, and nobody likes him. Ever notice that he NEVER lasts to the end of the fight? Last time, Cell wiped him out in two minutes, and had to deal with you another twelve. Doesn't that tell you something?"
"No, I'm not going to leave Li behind just because YOU guys think he's holding me back" Sakura helped Li up to his feet. "Are you all right"
"Yeah..." Li replied. He walked off, Sakura following after giving them a harsh growl.
"Little kids..." Kagato said, shaking his head. He chuckled.
"I don't have anything against them, but that little idiot couldn't even beat his own...never mind" InuYasha stated.
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Bit sat on his bed in the Medical Ward. He had his huge cut on his stomach cleaned out and bandaged up. The tear in his jacket showed the bandages across his midsection. "I can't believe I lost the match. And Sailor moon won, too...how humiliating. I always liked her so much and she probably thinks I'm a loser because I couldn't beat stupid Kagato..."
"Don't make such a big deal out of it" Bit looked over to see Gene. Gene looked terrible. He had a huge bruise beneath his left eye, and there was bandages around his arms. His forehead was swollen and he had to sit up. But nonetheless, he still retained his effect of talking. "I would've lost to McDougall too, if he didn't forfeit. I'm pretty sure that by the time I go back out there, at least one person will say I should've been dropped from the round. But it's nothing too bad"
"Yeah, but I had a mission..." Bit replied. "Sailor Moon isn't going to like a loser like me"
"You really like her, don't you?" Gene asked.
"Yeah..." Bit looked down. "Ever since I met her at the first tournament. I don't know why, but I just did. I can't believe I already lost. If I made it to round two, she might think of me as a bigger man"
"Come on, you did really good last year" Gene said. "You lost against Hamtaro in round two, but only sixteen of us made it in. Nine of people didn't get into the tournament in the first place. Be grateful that you did"
"Well, that helps" Bit said. "Thanks Gene, you made me feel better"
"Don't mention it" Gene said in response.
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Stalker stood in the middle of the ring. "It's that time again. For fight number SIX. Not one, but SIX. That's right, five past one, four past two, three past--"
"Get to the point already!" Yelled a person in the crowd.
"Er, fight six. Right. We have a battle between a rookie to the tournament, and a veteran. Which is which may or may not surprise you" Stalker cleared his throat. "First, he is the Spirit Detective and fights under the rule of Koenma. Who is up there" Stalker pointed into the top row of the audience, where Koenma and Ogre were sitting.
"Thank you, thank you" The toddler-embodied ruler Koenma stood up and took a bow.
"Anyway, he is, YUSUKE URAMESHI! And for those who do not know, it's spelled Yusuke, but the name is pronounced Yoos-kay. So come on now, Urameshi!" Stalker pointed to the Fighters Den as Yusuke ascended the steps to a cheering crowd. He walked straight to the ring.
"Man, seeing Urameshi in the tournament makes me wanna fight..." Kuwabara said, sitting with his arms crossed. "Closest I got to a fight was that stupid Growlithe biting my leg. It still hurts..."
"Don't worry. Hopefully next time" Kurama said, patting Kuwabara's shoulder.
"And his opponent. The small guy with a big heart. He fought in both tournaments preceding this one and won the second one out of a total of twenty-five competitors. Welcome the favorite, HAMTARO!"
Hamtaro's music played over the loudspeakers as Hamtaro badda-badda-ed out to great applause from the watching people. It did a front-flip into the ring, facing opposite of Yusuke.
"Okay then, you know the rules" Stalker said, eyeing both of them. "Now let's get this show on the road!"
"Time you go DOWN HAMSTER!" Yusuke dashed forward at Hamtaro, fist raised high. "SHOTGUN!" He yelled, shooting a Spirit Energy wave from his hand. Hamtaro quickly did a cartwheel to the side, causing it to miss. Hamtaro rebounded and dashed at Yusuke, hitting him head-on with a headbutt that sent him flying backwards. Hamtaro did a back-flip and ran at Yusuke again, kicking him in the stomach hard with his right paw. Yusuke gasped as he was actually knocked back by the kick.
"Not bad" Yusuke stood up, wiping his hand across his mouth to check for blood, though there was obviously none. He nodded and dashed back at Hamtaro. Hamtaro raised his right paw and held onto Yusuke's hair while he tried to throw Hamtaro off. Hamtaro took advantage of Yusuke's struggling and pulled Yusuke down backwards after lifting him off the ground. Yusuke landed right on his back just as Hamtaro did a flip off of him to land. Hamtaro began to do a little dance for the audience while Yusuke was still on the ground. The audience laughed at Hamtaro's antics.
Yusuke was now pretty angry. He stood up and his feet and put his right into a pistol shape, pointing it at Hamtaro. "Spirit Gun!" He yelled, shooting a flash of light from his index finger. Hamtaro only had time to look up as the powerful attack hit him in the upper stomach. Yusuke quickly leapt into the air and thrust out his right leg to hit Hamtaro in a downwards move, sending him across the ring with a harsh blow. "Ow-chi-chi" Hamtaro rubbed his head. Yusuke ran at him again. Hamtaro looked up, finding himself in trouble now. Yusuke raised his hand into the air and struck Hamtaro across the head with a punch, following that up with a forearm thrust. Hamtaro was hit back once again.
Yusuke reached out and grabbed Hamtaro by the fur on his head, lifting the struggling Hamtaro from the floor. Hamtaro tried to break free of the grip but was being held too tightly, and with the fact that he was very small compared to Yusuke, it was too hard for him to get away. Yusuke let go of Hamtaro, but before Hamtaro hit the ground, Yusuke swung his fist and sent Hamtaro sailing across the ring.
"Oh man, Hamtaro's losing!" Boss groaned from inside the Fighters' Den.
"Darn, I'd expect him to be doing better than this" Goku added. "I hope he wins, he sure deserves it"
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In the audience, Stan stood up on his seat with his maracas. "Come on Hamtaro, you can win this! That stupid human isn't going to win!"
"You got a problem with humans?" Asked Kuwabara, who was sitting in the seat behind Stan.
"No, not really" Stan replied. "Maybe you, you're not exactly a genius or anything. I've heard about you, you're that Kuwabara guy. That dark-haired guy behind me was saying stuff when you went to get snacks"
"You WHAT?!" Kuwabara yelled as he looked to Hiei, who just chuckled smartly. Kuwabara turned back to Stan. "Okay then, you want to fight me, too?!"
"Sure, why not?!" Stan stood up.
Kuwabara held up his hand. "SPIRIT SWORD!" A yellow sword of light appeared. Kuwabara dashed at Stan and swung his spirit sword quickly, his aim not too great, but he tried anyway, not managing to hit the fast moving Stan.
Stan ducked to the left and leapt up with an upwards kick of his hind paw to Kuwabara's face, followed by a tackle in the wall. Kuwabara raised his fist and smashed Stan across the face, knocking him two seats back, landing him away. Stan stood up and leapt into the air at Kuwabara, slamming him across the head with his maracas, and giving him a harsh whack with his right paw. He landed and Kuwabara stood straight, the two facing each other.
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Hamtaro panted, looking at Yusuke, who was waiting for him to come. Hamtaro dashed full-force at Yusuke, slamming his head forward. Yusuke put up his hand to counter, only to get hit by an attack by Hamtaro that was more forceful than thought to be by Yusuke. "Damnit!" Yusuke said aloud as he was knocked to the floor.
"Oh...I hope I can do this..." Hamtaro wiped his head. "Kushi kushi" He quickly resumed with a flying kick, which Yusuke moved to the left, dodging. Hamtaro came back from behind and pulled Yusuke face-first into the ground, jumping on his back twice. Yusuke raised his right arm and swung at Hamtaro, who leapt back, using his quickness to dodge, and running across the ring to face Yusuke.
"Come on, stop running away from me!" Yusuke dashed at Hamtaro again. Hamtaro smiled, knowing that Yusuke's quickness to anger and haste would lead him to his error. Hamtaro leapt up and did a flip, slamming into Yusuke. Yusuke looked at Hamtaro. He would have to finish it now, as Hamtaro was simply outmaneuvering him in every way. Panting, sweat running down his face, Yusuke held up his finger towards Hamtaro. "SPIRIT GUN!" He screamed, shooting the blast at Hamtaro. Hamtaro quickly held up, what seemed to come out of nowhere, a sunflower seed. "WHAT THE HELL?!" Yusuke screamed, as the blast hit the seed and exploded it. Yusuke stood wondering what happened, until the attack came back and hit him with full-force.
Yusuke's eyes widened as the full effect of his own Spirit Gun hit him, knocking him onto the ground, his clothes torn and body bruised. He was quite badly hurt now, and it seemed he wouldn't be able to win this fight. Hamtaro felt he had it in the bag. He dashed over to Yusuke and began to pull him across the ring to throw him out. Yusuke tried to resist, but was far too tired out.
"You did good, Yusuke" Hamtaro said as he let go of Yusuke, an inch from the ring. Yusuke looked up at his opponent speaking this. "I'm sorry you had to lose like this, but I had to fight too. Maybe next year you can win" Hamtaro pulled Yusuke up to a sitting position and held him by the back of his shirt. Amazing everyone in the crowd, he leapt up, pulling Yusuke several feet into the air, and upside down.
"Right...NOW!" Yusuke yelled. With the last of his energy, he pulled himself free and while still in the air delivered a strong kick to Hamtaro's head, sending him flying in the air, and as he was moving too quickly to advert direction, he hit the grass outside the ring. Everyone gasped.
"What...just happened?!" Gasped Dexter as he looked on.
Kuwabara and Stan, both of which were still in the middle of an aisle and brawling, stopped and looked over to see what was going on.
"Wow...Hamtaro lost" Stan said.
"He came really close too...I guess he was pretty good" Kuwabara looked to Stan. "Well, I guess you Hamsters earned some respect" He extended his hand to Stan.
Stan shook Kuwabara's hand. "Yeah, I guess you can be all right too, human boy"
"Wow, talk about a twist of plot" Stalker said as he looked over to see Hamtaro, who had swirling, dizzy eyes, in the middle of the grass. Yusuke was barely pulling himself to the ring. Stalker pulled Yusuke's arm into the air. "The winner is YUSUKE URA-" At that moment, Yusuke passed out and fell face-first into the ground. "Oh...we've gotta get some medical help for him, stat"
"Chansey!" Four Chansey, two pairs each with a stretcher came out. The first pair put Hamtaro, who was still too dazed to realize what happened, onto one, and the second pair put the badly battered Yusuke on the other. They all carried the fighters into the Medical Ward. Both put up the greatest fight they could until the end.
"No, Hamtaro, you lost!" Boss gasped. He looked up. "I can't believe it, buddy, ya came that close to winning but you just couldn't do it. Ohhh..." Boss looked up, determined. "I've made a pledge, now I will guarantee that I'll win for him! I'll go to round two in Hamtaro's favor! And for Bijou's too, heh heh"
Tenchi and Ayeka were still at their table, watching the fight on the big-screen TV. "Oh my, it's a shame that poor Hamtaro lost his fight. I was rooting for him"
"Yeah, but Yusuke's on his first tournament. He must feel great. Hamtaro's done it all already, he won't mind too much" Tenchi assured her.
There was a strange sound as a person appeared behind Ayeka. "Hi there, guys, how are you?"
"Ah!" Tenchi gasped. "Ryoko, what are you doing here?!"
"I've come to watch the tournament, too" Ryoko sat down between Tenchi and Ayeka. "And the tickets were all too expensive, and I wasn't going to pay that. So I'll just be here with you, Tenchi"
"Now listen here!" Ayeka objected. "You better not try to interrupt this tournament, Ryoko! Tenchi doesn't want you here either, right Tenchi!"
"Uh..." Tenchi was unable to answer Ayeka's question.
"Plus, I'm a tournament fighter, and you are not, Ryoko" Ayeka added. "So that is that"
"You so sure that you're so great, Ayeka?" Ryoko asked. "If you are, then how about you and me do a little rumble? There's still five matches before your match. And I got bets on all of them!" Ryoko grinned, holding up black tickets marked with names in white. "Face it Ayeka, you can't win, might as well let me take over"
"FINE!" Ayeka yelled. She stood up and faced Ryoko. "I accept your challenge!"
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Preview of Next Chapter
Ayeka and Ryoko face off against one another, as Ayeka defends her spot in the twelfth fight, and Ryoko tries to take over it. Hamtaro recovers, yet Yusuke is still too badly injured to return. And the main event, Pikachu versus Guilmon! Ash and Takato are anxious for the result, as the mouse Pokémon and lizard Digimon take on one another in the battle of monsters!
Next Chapter: Pokémon versus Digimon
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A/N: The choice of whether Ayeka or Ryoko fights Kenshin in Match Number Twelve is your choice. So vote for who should win, Ayeka or Ryoko.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z, Digimon, Outlaw Star, Zoids, Cowboy Bebop, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cardcaptors, Hamtaro, Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!/Tenchi Universe, Pokémon, Rurouni Kenshin, InuYasha or Yu-Yu Hakusho. If I did, then they'd all be on one channel in a huge block. But they're not, and I don't own them. But one day I will...I'm hoping so, anyway.
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The Super Anime World Tournament
By Hayabusa Will (TheNameIsWill@AOL.Com)
Chapter Nine-Punk versus Hamster
"Wasn't that wild?!" Stalker asked to the cheering crowd. "So, Sailor Moon wins. For the sixth match, we have the new-coming punk, Yusuke Urameshi, against the hamster we all know and love, Hamtaro! The match begins in fifteen minutes"
"C'mon Urameshi, you gotta win this" Kuwabara urged Yusuke, who was in the locker room, exchanging his green clothes for a more casual beige muscle shirt, blue jeans and dark blue loafers. "You've beaten down so many people it isn't funny. How can you not beat a hamster?"
"The hamster is no slouch, Kuwabara" Kurama stated. The red-haired young man looked towards them. "But, I still think that Yusuke can win"
"If I was fighting there wouldn't be any kind of doubt, you know" Hiei stated. He leaned one foot on the benches. "This should be easy for you. If you lose, you're not going to be able to live it down"
"Yeah, and not to mention that it won't look good for the four of us when the Team Tournament starts next year" Kuwabara.
"What? Team Tournament?" Asked Yusuke.
"Yes" Kurama nodded. "They're having sign-ups right now. Two to four people per team. We signed the four of us up. But, no need to worry much now, there's still a year before that happens"
"Great" Yusuke replied. "Well, I'm off to fight. You guys better get back to the audience before they throw you out of here"
"Oh please, who's gonna--" Kuwabara was interrupted by a yelling voice.
"Hey! Only fighters in the tournaments are allowed here!" Officer Jenny yelled.
"Grow!" Her Growlithe barked.
"We gotta run for it!" Kuwabara said. "See ya. AHHHH!" He dashed past Officer Jenny, who quickly turned direction and chased after him with Growlithe.
"The most pathetic part of this is that nitwit didn't notice the back exit" Hiei, annoyed, said, pointing to an exit door at the back of the locker room. "We'll be in the audience" Hiei and Kurama left through the back exit.
Yusuke sighed. "Well, I'm alone. Guess I'm off now" With that he closed the locker marked 'YUSUKE URAMESHI' and walked off.
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In the audience, a row of hamsters was. In order, there was Bijou, Cappy, Maxwell, Sandy, Stan, Pashmina, Penelope, Oxnard, Dexter, Howdy and Jingle. The sleeping Ham-Ham Snoozer was laid across two seats next to Jingle.
"Hamtaro's fight is next" Pashmina pointed out. "He's against a human boy. I'm not sure if he can do so well, I mean, we're pets for humans"
"Everyone knows that Ham-Hams really control the humans, and not vice-versa" Maxwell replied smartly, showing them a page in a book.
"Heke?" The rest of them asked.
"Well, if Hamtaro doesn't win we can always hope for Boss" Howdy added. "He can probably duke it out better than Hamtaro can in the ring, and he's against a girl. That should make it easier"
"What was that?!" Asked Sandy angrily.
"Er...nothing, nothing" Howdy quickly said.
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InuYasha sighed and crossed his arms as he sat in a seat in the Fighters' Den. "This is so incredibly boring. I'm not even getting a chance to fight yet. I've been here for hours..."
"Oh be patient" Sakura said as she and Li walked over to him. "We have the last fight"
"Yeah, stop whining, you dork" Li stated.
"What did you say?!" Asked InuYasha. Before Li had a chance to answer, InuYasha slammed Li across the face with his hand. Li hit the wall hard.
"Oh, we're beating up the retard now? Excellent" Kagato raised his foot and stomped Li in the stomach hard, causing the wuss to give a groan.
"Stop it!" Sakura yelled. "Why do you have to hurt him?"
"Because he's pathetic" Kagato stated. "Don't you realize he's going to hold you back? He's a weakling who can't do anything, and nobody likes him. Ever notice that he NEVER lasts to the end of the fight? Last time, Cell wiped him out in two minutes, and had to deal with you another twelve. Doesn't that tell you something?"
"No, I'm not going to leave Li behind just because YOU guys think he's holding me back" Sakura helped Li up to his feet. "Are you all right"
"Yeah..." Li replied. He walked off, Sakura following after giving them a harsh growl.
"Little kids..." Kagato said, shaking his head. He chuckled.
"I don't have anything against them, but that little idiot couldn't even beat his own...never mind" InuYasha stated.
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Bit sat on his bed in the Medical Ward. He had his huge cut on his stomach cleaned out and bandaged up. The tear in his jacket showed the bandages across his midsection. "I can't believe I lost the match. And Sailor moon won, too...how humiliating. I always liked her so much and she probably thinks I'm a loser because I couldn't beat stupid Kagato..."
"Don't make such a big deal out of it" Bit looked over to see Gene. Gene looked terrible. He had a huge bruise beneath his left eye, and there was bandages around his arms. His forehead was swollen and he had to sit up. But nonetheless, he still retained his effect of talking. "I would've lost to McDougall too, if he didn't forfeit. I'm pretty sure that by the time I go back out there, at least one person will say I should've been dropped from the round. But it's nothing too bad"
"Yeah, but I had a mission..." Bit replied. "Sailor Moon isn't going to like a loser like me"
"You really like her, don't you?" Gene asked.
"Yeah..." Bit looked down. "Ever since I met her at the first tournament. I don't know why, but I just did. I can't believe I already lost. If I made it to round two, she might think of me as a bigger man"
"Come on, you did really good last year" Gene said. "You lost against Hamtaro in round two, but only sixteen of us made it in. Nine of people didn't get into the tournament in the first place. Be grateful that you did"
"Well, that helps" Bit said. "Thanks Gene, you made me feel better"
"Don't mention it" Gene said in response.
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Stalker stood in the middle of the ring. "It's that time again. For fight number SIX. Not one, but SIX. That's right, five past one, four past two, three past--"
"Get to the point already!" Yelled a person in the crowd.
"Er, fight six. Right. We have a battle between a rookie to the tournament, and a veteran. Which is which may or may not surprise you" Stalker cleared his throat. "First, he is the Spirit Detective and fights under the rule of Koenma. Who is up there" Stalker pointed into the top row of the audience, where Koenma and Ogre were sitting.
"Thank you, thank you" The toddler-embodied ruler Koenma stood up and took a bow.
"Anyway, he is, YUSUKE URAMESHI! And for those who do not know, it's spelled Yusuke, but the name is pronounced Yoos-kay. So come on now, Urameshi!" Stalker pointed to the Fighters Den as Yusuke ascended the steps to a cheering crowd. He walked straight to the ring.
"Man, seeing Urameshi in the tournament makes me wanna fight..." Kuwabara said, sitting with his arms crossed. "Closest I got to a fight was that stupid Growlithe biting my leg. It still hurts..."
"Don't worry. Hopefully next time" Kurama said, patting Kuwabara's shoulder.
"And his opponent. The small guy with a big heart. He fought in both tournaments preceding this one and won the second one out of a total of twenty-five competitors. Welcome the favorite, HAMTARO!"
Hamtaro's music played over the loudspeakers as Hamtaro badda-badda-ed out to great applause from the watching people. It did a front-flip into the ring, facing opposite of Yusuke.
"Okay then, you know the rules" Stalker said, eyeing both of them. "Now let's get this show on the road!"
"Time you go DOWN HAMSTER!" Yusuke dashed forward at Hamtaro, fist raised high. "SHOTGUN!" He yelled, shooting a Spirit Energy wave from his hand. Hamtaro quickly did a cartwheel to the side, causing it to miss. Hamtaro rebounded and dashed at Yusuke, hitting him head-on with a headbutt that sent him flying backwards. Hamtaro did a back-flip and ran at Yusuke again, kicking him in the stomach hard with his right paw. Yusuke gasped as he was actually knocked back by the kick.
"Not bad" Yusuke stood up, wiping his hand across his mouth to check for blood, though there was obviously none. He nodded and dashed back at Hamtaro. Hamtaro raised his right paw and held onto Yusuke's hair while he tried to throw Hamtaro off. Hamtaro took advantage of Yusuke's struggling and pulled Yusuke down backwards after lifting him off the ground. Yusuke landed right on his back just as Hamtaro did a flip off of him to land. Hamtaro began to do a little dance for the audience while Yusuke was still on the ground. The audience laughed at Hamtaro's antics.
Yusuke was now pretty angry. He stood up and his feet and put his right into a pistol shape, pointing it at Hamtaro. "Spirit Gun!" He yelled, shooting a flash of light from his index finger. Hamtaro only had time to look up as the powerful attack hit him in the upper stomach. Yusuke quickly leapt into the air and thrust out his right leg to hit Hamtaro in a downwards move, sending him across the ring with a harsh blow. "Ow-chi-chi" Hamtaro rubbed his head. Yusuke ran at him again. Hamtaro looked up, finding himself in trouble now. Yusuke raised his hand into the air and struck Hamtaro across the head with a punch, following that up with a forearm thrust. Hamtaro was hit back once again.
Yusuke reached out and grabbed Hamtaro by the fur on his head, lifting the struggling Hamtaro from the floor. Hamtaro tried to break free of the grip but was being held too tightly, and with the fact that he was very small compared to Yusuke, it was too hard for him to get away. Yusuke let go of Hamtaro, but before Hamtaro hit the ground, Yusuke swung his fist and sent Hamtaro sailing across the ring.
"Oh man, Hamtaro's losing!" Boss groaned from inside the Fighters' Den.
"Darn, I'd expect him to be doing better than this" Goku added. "I hope he wins, he sure deserves it"
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In the audience, Stan stood up on his seat with his maracas. "Come on Hamtaro, you can win this! That stupid human isn't going to win!"
"You got a problem with humans?" Asked Kuwabara, who was sitting in the seat behind Stan.
"No, not really" Stan replied. "Maybe you, you're not exactly a genius or anything. I've heard about you, you're that Kuwabara guy. That dark-haired guy behind me was saying stuff when you went to get snacks"
"You WHAT?!" Kuwabara yelled as he looked to Hiei, who just chuckled smartly. Kuwabara turned back to Stan. "Okay then, you want to fight me, too?!"
"Sure, why not?!" Stan stood up.
Kuwabara held up his hand. "SPIRIT SWORD!" A yellow sword of light appeared. Kuwabara dashed at Stan and swung his spirit sword quickly, his aim not too great, but he tried anyway, not managing to hit the fast moving Stan.
Stan ducked to the left and leapt up with an upwards kick of his hind paw to Kuwabara's face, followed by a tackle in the wall. Kuwabara raised his fist and smashed Stan across the face, knocking him two seats back, landing him away. Stan stood up and leapt into the air at Kuwabara, slamming him across the head with his maracas, and giving him a harsh whack with his right paw. He landed and Kuwabara stood straight, the two facing each other.
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Hamtaro panted, looking at Yusuke, who was waiting for him to come. Hamtaro dashed full-force at Yusuke, slamming his head forward. Yusuke put up his hand to counter, only to get hit by an attack by Hamtaro that was more forceful than thought to be by Yusuke. "Damnit!" Yusuke said aloud as he was knocked to the floor.
"Oh...I hope I can do this..." Hamtaro wiped his head. "Kushi kushi" He quickly resumed with a flying kick, which Yusuke moved to the left, dodging. Hamtaro came back from behind and pulled Yusuke face-first into the ground, jumping on his back twice. Yusuke raised his right arm and swung at Hamtaro, who leapt back, using his quickness to dodge, and running across the ring to face Yusuke.
"Come on, stop running away from me!" Yusuke dashed at Hamtaro again. Hamtaro smiled, knowing that Yusuke's quickness to anger and haste would lead him to his error. Hamtaro leapt up and did a flip, slamming into Yusuke. Yusuke looked at Hamtaro. He would have to finish it now, as Hamtaro was simply outmaneuvering him in every way. Panting, sweat running down his face, Yusuke held up his finger towards Hamtaro. "SPIRIT GUN!" He screamed, shooting the blast at Hamtaro. Hamtaro quickly held up, what seemed to come out of nowhere, a sunflower seed. "WHAT THE HELL?!" Yusuke screamed, as the blast hit the seed and exploded it. Yusuke stood wondering what happened, until the attack came back and hit him with full-force.
Yusuke's eyes widened as the full effect of his own Spirit Gun hit him, knocking him onto the ground, his clothes torn and body bruised. He was quite badly hurt now, and it seemed he wouldn't be able to win this fight. Hamtaro felt he had it in the bag. He dashed over to Yusuke and began to pull him across the ring to throw him out. Yusuke tried to resist, but was far too tired out.
"You did good, Yusuke" Hamtaro said as he let go of Yusuke, an inch from the ring. Yusuke looked up at his opponent speaking this. "I'm sorry you had to lose like this, but I had to fight too. Maybe next year you can win" Hamtaro pulled Yusuke up to a sitting position and held him by the back of his shirt. Amazing everyone in the crowd, he leapt up, pulling Yusuke several feet into the air, and upside down.
"Right...NOW!" Yusuke yelled. With the last of his energy, he pulled himself free and while still in the air delivered a strong kick to Hamtaro's head, sending him flying in the air, and as he was moving too quickly to advert direction, he hit the grass outside the ring. Everyone gasped.
"What...just happened?!" Gasped Dexter as he looked on.
Kuwabara and Stan, both of which were still in the middle of an aisle and brawling, stopped and looked over to see what was going on.
"Wow...Hamtaro lost" Stan said.
"He came really close too...I guess he was pretty good" Kuwabara looked to Stan. "Well, I guess you Hamsters earned some respect" He extended his hand to Stan.
Stan shook Kuwabara's hand. "Yeah, I guess you can be all right too, human boy"
"Wow, talk about a twist of plot" Stalker said as he looked over to see Hamtaro, who had swirling, dizzy eyes, in the middle of the grass. Yusuke was barely pulling himself to the ring. Stalker pulled Yusuke's arm into the air. "The winner is YUSUKE URA-" At that moment, Yusuke passed out and fell face-first into the ground. "Oh...we've gotta get some medical help for him, stat"
"Chansey!" Four Chansey, two pairs each with a stretcher came out. The first pair put Hamtaro, who was still too dazed to realize what happened, onto one, and the second pair put the badly battered Yusuke on the other. They all carried the fighters into the Medical Ward. Both put up the greatest fight they could until the end.
"No, Hamtaro, you lost!" Boss gasped. He looked up. "I can't believe it, buddy, ya came that close to winning but you just couldn't do it. Ohhh..." Boss looked up, determined. "I've made a pledge, now I will guarantee that I'll win for him! I'll go to round two in Hamtaro's favor! And for Bijou's too, heh heh"
Tenchi and Ayeka were still at their table, watching the fight on the big-screen TV. "Oh my, it's a shame that poor Hamtaro lost his fight. I was rooting for him"
"Yeah, but Yusuke's on his first tournament. He must feel great. Hamtaro's done it all already, he won't mind too much" Tenchi assured her.
There was a strange sound as a person appeared behind Ayeka. "Hi there, guys, how are you?"
"Ah!" Tenchi gasped. "Ryoko, what are you doing here?!"
"I've come to watch the tournament, too" Ryoko sat down between Tenchi and Ayeka. "And the tickets were all too expensive, and I wasn't going to pay that. So I'll just be here with you, Tenchi"
"Now listen here!" Ayeka objected. "You better not try to interrupt this tournament, Ryoko! Tenchi doesn't want you here either, right Tenchi!"
"Uh..." Tenchi was unable to answer Ayeka's question.
"Plus, I'm a tournament fighter, and you are not, Ryoko" Ayeka added. "So that is that"
"You so sure that you're so great, Ayeka?" Ryoko asked. "If you are, then how about you and me do a little rumble? There's still five matches before your match. And I got bets on all of them!" Ryoko grinned, holding up black tickets marked with names in white. "Face it Ayeka, you can't win, might as well let me take over"
"FINE!" Ayeka yelled. She stood up and faced Ryoko. "I accept your challenge!"
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Preview of Next Chapter
Ayeka and Ryoko face off against one another, as Ayeka defends her spot in the twelfth fight, and Ryoko tries to take over it. Hamtaro recovers, yet Yusuke is still too badly injured to return. And the main event, Pikachu versus Guilmon! Ash and Takato are anxious for the result, as the mouse Pokémon and lizard Digimon take on one another in the battle of monsters!
Next Chapter: Pokémon versus Digimon
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A/N: The choice of whether Ayeka or Ryoko fights Kenshin in Match Number Twelve is your choice. So vote for who should win, Ayeka or Ryoko.