Chapter 28 - Path of destiny

I see the date on the Portable Announcer. So the 4th round is over. The next one starts in 2 more days, because the fighters need enough rest in between. I'll go and pay a visit to Summers, who's room isn't far away from mine. As I open the door, two familiar figures are standing in front of me. Jody and Summers. They were planning to visit me, it seems. "Hello Hero, I thought you'd be awake by now." Jody says. "Hey Hero, are you feeling okay?" Summers asks. "I've never felt so light before. Come on in." We proceed to sit on 3 chairs around a dining table. "I've seen that I won my match, but I can't remember winning. So... does anyone of you know what happened?" I ask them.

flashback

Hero suddenly is surrounded a dark purple aura, while lying on the ground. Then he stands up. Jack knows there is something wrong, so he backs off. Though it doesn't have much use, in the blink of an eye Hero disappeared from he sight, and stood behind him. Hero then gives Jack a punch in his back, and that part of the supposedly unbreakable armor breaks. Jack still has enough power left, and quickly takes a distance again, restoring his armor. "So, this armor isn't made of steel. I was wondering why it was so flexible, and why you could still move this fast. It's electricity, isn't it?" Hero says. "Man, your power exceeds your near legendary status." Jack doesn't realize that Hero isn't himself right now, because he doesn't know him. Hero punches him in the stomach, then Hero's aura gets a lot bigger. So big, strong and intense that Jacks armor is fully destroyed, and Jack is blown away. He has a few cuts too. Before Hero reaches Jack to finish it off, Summers steps in and cuts Hero with Exal Grando. Hero's wound heals before any blood comes free, and he seemingly starts charging for a big attack. Seria uses her wires to move Hero quickly to the middle of the arena. There, Hero unleashes a lot of energy. It leaves a big hole in the ground of the arena, and on the upper side of the arena too. It's about a mile wide. After that, Hero's unconscious and Seria uses her telepathic wires to put Hero on the ground.

end flashback

Summers: "And that's what happened. Your opponent was unconscious before you were, so you got the win."

Jody: "We spoke to The Malicious after that. He said your evil just started to awaken. He can't wait to fight you."

Me: "Evil within me? Hmm, whatever it was, I won't give in to it. Even if it means I'll lose the fight. I already know why it happened."

Jody: "You do?"

Me: "I got too caught up in the fight. Instead of searching a way to hurt him, like I usually do, I just wanted more power to hurt him. And then... I wished for more and more power, resulting me in losing my cool. When the pain entered my body, I wanted even more power, because I could hardly move."

Summers: "I think we should find a way to seal it, and that you should just withdraw from the tournament."

Me: "No way! I won't withdraw! If I was fighting anyone else, I might. But I just want to do the upcoming fight."

Summers: "And then you'll turn evil again? I won't allow it."

Me: "Don't worry. Like I said, I won't give in to my desire for more power. Even if it means losing."

Jody: "I believe you."

Summers: "... ... ... Hmpf, I'm only letting you fight because my sister believes you. When something goes wrong, don't blame me if you end up dead this time."

Me: "I won't."

Summers: "Come Jody, let's go."

Jody: "Go ahead, I still need to discuss something."

Summers: "I think i'll just"

Jody: "Without you, bro."

Summers takes his leave. He seemed somewhat annoyed though.

Jody: "I let Tails do what you asked me to."

Me: "And the results?"

Jody: "There is definitely something deep below Evolutia. According to him, it's something that makes it possible that everyone from another world can do something special. I asked him not to tell anyone about it, except for Sonic. He'll be joining us. And Seria was eavesdropping on me and Tails when we had the conversation, and she threatened to tell the others if she wasn't allowed to go with us. When the tournament is over, we'll check it out."

Me: "So many. I thought I was going alone with Tails and Sonic. I should've expected you wanting to come too. But why are you going?"

Jody: "Because The Malicious is also planning on going there after the tournament. I have techniques that can penetrate his shields. Are you sure about it? About going there?"

Me: "Yeah, I must go."

Jody: "What are you going to do there?"

Me: "Probably destroy it. It's a shame we'll probably lose our special powers, but someone could use them for the wrong things."

Jody: "But what if something else happens? Something bad. Won't you be responsible for it? Won't you be hated?"

Me: "I don't care. I can't go against things I have to do."

Jody: "You're just like The Malicious in that aspect. Anyway, good luck with your next fight. I'll see you later."

Me: "See ya."

So the plans are set. Soon Sonic, Tails, Seria, Jody and myself will explore the depths of the underground area of Evolutia. The time for the 5th round arrives. The arena is kinda... there's a big hole in the upper part of the arena. And there's a big steel plate that replaced the damage I did.

Government girl VS terrorist: Seria Idon VS Zero Zaca

Zero: "I don't take it easy on girls, just so you know."

Seria: "Good boy! But even with full power you won't be able to win."

They carefully close in the distance, not coming too close to each other. Seria makes the first move, by lifting Zero with her telepathic wires, but before she has him all tied up he fires a Wind Blade that hits her. "Foolish girl." Zero dashes to her, and slashes his wooden sword horizontally to hit her. She blocks it with wires, and starts off a combo on Zero. When Zero recovers he immediately interrupts her combo and hits her with a vertical slash. Not enough to stop her from hitting, so she continues her combo. But she misses, and Zero starts off a combo. She uses her wires to slow him down and backs off. "I shouldn't have tried close range fighting with you. But I have other ways." she says. Zero rushes toward her, Seria grabs steers his sword with her wires so that it hits Zero's face. He won't release his sword yet, so she uses him own sword against him, perfectly steering it with her wires. But he still won't let it go. Seria teleports behind him, and combo's him while also letting him hit himself with his sword. Then she grabs him from behind, and he can't move. "Give it up, you can't defeat me." she says. "Yeah, right. Wind Explosion!" Seria can't hold him any longer, and is blown a long distance away. In the air she teleports right behind Zero's back again, and tries to do the same, but Zero quickly turns around and slashes his sword. Seria manages to barely dodge it. She quickly teleports behind Zero again, Zero slashes, and Seria teleports to the other side again. She trapped him, and now Zero's arms are stuck. She unleashes a rain of punches and kicks in his back.

Zero does another Wind Explosion to escape. Seria teleports to the other side of the arena, so she doesn't get hit. Zero is loose now, but he wasted a lot of power. Seria teleports back, and Zero already readied a Blade Storm. He fires it, but because of his twisting and turning Seria catches him with her wires in no time. After that she teleports to his back again, and continuously keeps hitting him. Zero doesn't have the strength to unleash another Wind Storm, and is knocked out soon.

Seria Idon wins!

Yeah, she won! She falls on the ground after that's announced. I knew those abilities of her drained a lot of strength! Though it doesn't really seem like they do. The 2nd fight of the day is now.

Elemental masters: Blaze Krezne VS Bass Shadnik

Bass: "Hah, this'll be easy."

Blaze: "I'll burn you till you're nothing but black ash!"

"Blaze Bullet!" Blaze immediately does, trying to get to Bass very fast and deliver a hard hit. Bass slams his fist into the metal place beneath, and a big pillar of earth blocks Blaze. He crashes right into it, and is shortly stunned. The pillar disintegrates, and Bass gives Blaze a very hard punch in his stomach, continues it with an uppercut and then slams him backward. "Is that all, you wimp?" Blaze is angered, and Blaze Bullets to him. Bass blocks him with another pillar, but Blaze destroys it with a flaming uppercut. Right after that, he does another Blaze Bullet and this time he does hit Bass. He uses the same tactic now that he used against his brother. He does a Flaming Uppercut, to throw Bass into the air, then a Blaze Bullet to go through him, but as he does that a pillar shoots out of the ground and hits Blaze. Bass lands on his feet, and as soon as he does Blaze hits him with another Blaze Bullet. Blaze recovers fast in the air. He must've practiced that a lot. Blaze throws Bass into the air, and shoots Magma Beam. It hits Bass... or at least it seemed like it hit him. He is surrounded by a shield of earth. On his way down he slams Blaze into the ground. He grabs him, and throws him away, but as soon as Blaze is released he does a Blaze Bullet and hits Bass. It's immediately followed by another flaming uppercut, but Bass is already shielded by his earthen barrier. Blaze has no nearly ran out of strength, but Bass too from constantly taking hits and his earth manipulation seems to drain a lot of his energy too. Blaze is in the air, and Bass takes this chance. He jumps up to Blaze and throws him to the ground while raising a pillar at high speed to hit Blaze on his way down. Blaze is bumped upward, and does a Blaze Bullet to the airborne Bass. Bass falls to the ground, and Blaze too. But Blaze is knocked out, and Bass is the one that stands up.

Bass Shadnik wins!

Good fight, even though another one of my friends lost. But they all have to lose, if I am to win this tournament. Next up, my fight. I can see Summers standing by with Exal Grando. He doesn't seem to believe I won't unleash my evil powers. I'll make him believe.

#1 anticipated fight: Hero Red VS The Malicious

Malicious: "Ready to unleash the evil within? I'm looking forward to it. Go ahead, make my day."

Hero: "Sorry to disappoint ya. I'm not planning on giving in to my desire for power this time. I don't need it to defeat you."

The fight starts of rather intensely. Instead of putting his shield up, The Malicious rushes me and fights normally. His hits are powerful, even when I block them. He dodges all my punches, and when I finally find and opening he blocks it with his shield. The small shield breaks, then explodes and I'm temporarily blinded for a few seconds by it. That's enough for him to get a few clean hits in, and floor me. I stand up, smirking at him. That fool doesn't realize I still have full stamina thanks to him, though it hurts like hell. His shields have become useless for blocking my attacks now too. "What did you do?" He asks. "You'll find out soon enough." I throw a straight punch, and he puts up another small shield. My punch goes right through it, allowing me to hit him right in the face. I then proceed to combo him, while he constantly puts up shields. But they don't work. Soon enough, he is floored. He easily stands up though."I get it now. You absorb the energy of my shields. That way you keep all your power, and keep your stamina high. Then I just have to make your body unable to fight." Oh, crap. He already got it... Ah... I throw another punch, and he dodges it. Right after it I do a roundhouse kick, but he dodges that one too. He starts attacking, but I read them perfectly and dodge them easily. I see an opening, but before my attack lands I get hit by an explosion from behind. He put up a shield behind me, and let it explode? That bastard!

Before I can stand up, he creates a shield above me, and let's it explode, pushing me to the ground again. I roll to the side, but he already created another shield, and it explodes while i'm in it. He's not giving me a chance to stand up. And the pain is become unbearable. But my body will just have to move. I gather some strength, and jump right through the next shield he created and absorb all of it for new strength. What the? On purpose he put less energy in it? This guy fights smart. In my next attack rush, I manage to hit him many times. Apparently his power is running low. I keep hitting him, but... A big bang blows us both away. He hit himself with his own technique on purpose? He slowly stands up, shaking on his legs he is now. It takes me even longer to stand up. "Come on, unleash your hidden power." He says. "Not even in your dreams!" I say to him. Then I fall to the ground. I'm still conscious... but my body won't move. "Heh, you'll step over to my side someday. I have patience."

The Malicious wins!

Damn it! I lost... Oh well... At least I enjoyed the fight. The audience really like the fight too, though they were all expecting me to lose my control. The next fight doesn't start until an hour. It doesn't take long before I can move again, and a few bandages are enough to cover my wounds. Time seems to be flying. Before I know it, the final match of the day is on the verge of starting. I'm just in time to watch it.

Haunted by their past: Summers the Hedgehog VS Shadow the Hedgehog

Shadow: "Your friend lost before he got to fight me. Disappointing... just like you."

Summers: "Yeah, it'll be a disappointment for you when I still stand strong at the end of this battle."

Shadow shows of his superb speed right at the start, and dashes right into Summers, who flies backward for 30 feet. Shadow jumps, and does a homing attack. "Wave Motion Beam!" Shadow gets blasted onto the ceiling of the arena by this powerful move from Summers. Looks a lot like Goku's Kamehameha from Dragonball Z, and anime I used to watch. This is a very wide beam. Shadow falls down, and doesn't seem to have any damage. "Chaos Control!" Shadow yells. Summers suddenly falls on his knees with a lot of pain in his stomach. So Shadow snatched a Chaos emerald before he entered the tournament. After 10 seconds Summers stands up again. Shadow does another Chaos Control, and Summers gets hit again. "You fool, you cannot defeat the power of Chaos Control." Shadow says to him. Suddenly, Summers has a Chaos emerald in his hand. Shadow looks confused. "But how did you?" Shadow runs with very high speed to Summers. "Like this... Chaos Control!" Summers disappears for a few seconds, Shadow falls on the ground, and Summers re-appears again. Shadow then immediately stands up, and hits the emerald with full speed. It shatters.

Knuckles runs in to the arena. Quickly grabbing the pieces of the emeralds. "Grr, Shadow. You owe me now!" he says. "I owe you nothing. You shouldn't have lost sight of the emerald in the first place." Knuckles wants to attack Shadow, but Sonic quickly stops him. "What are you doing Knuckles? You can't just interrupt his fight?" he says. Sonic and angry Knuckles leave the arena, and the fight continues. Summers prepared his next move already. "Heaven Cannon!" A big white energy ball flies with high speed towards Shadow, and hits him. Within a seconds Shadow then is behind Summers, and continuously does homing attacks. Whoa, so he can do it like in the games? Summers isn't given a chance to do anything else anymore. "That's what you get for fighting like a coward and using my tools."

Shadow the Hedgehog wins!

I was hoping Summers would beat Shadow, so he could fight The Malicious. Shadow was stronger than I thought. That kind of speed together with his power is really overwhelming. I can't wait to see Sonics fight tomorrow... though I want Overdrive to win. So... the next day... fight 1.

Friend VS Legend: Overdrive Vercetti VS Sonic the Hedgehog

Overdrive: "I admire you, I really do. But I can't just let myself lose."

Sonic: "Best of luck, pal. You'll be needing it."

Sonic opens in the same way Shadow did, by immediately trying to dash into his opponent. Overdrive expected that, and creates an explosion that blows Sonic a backward before he's there. Then he creates an explosion behind Sonic, and punches him in the gut. He continuously keeps doing that. It takes a few minutes before Sonic finally passes out.

Overdrive Vercetti wins!

I didn't expect it to be over this quickly. Sonic was caught in a fatal trap, of which there was no escape with his abilities. On the other hand, Overdrive's explosion control is flawless. I feel kind of bad for Sonic... Losing in the 5th round. It wasn't even much of a fight. Sonic shouldn't have wished him good luck, for his own good. Anyway, next fight. Though i'm sure Jackal will win.

Beyond good & evil, the strange ones: Goldie the Great VS Jackal Night

Jackal: "Jackal take you down, down, down! Down, with you, the heretic."

Goldie: "What kinda freak are you? I'll win this tournament, even if it's the last thing I'll do! For justice, for Lenna..."

Jackal runs at a very high speed to Goldie, measurable to Sonics and Shadows speed, but Goldie easily punches Jackal in the face, making him fall and fly forward. I'm sure he wasn't this fast before. Jackal rolls to Goldie at immense speed, and tackles him. Goldie falls on the ground, Jackal rolls over him, jumps up and hits him a few times on the back. After that, Goldie sweeps Jackal to the ground again, and punches him a few times in the face. Jackal kicks Goldie in the back, making him stagger. Jackal makes a break dance like movement, sweeping Goldie to the ground and he ends it with a hard kick in his back. Before his 2nd kick arrives, Goldie grabs Jackals head and slams it a few times into the ground. Jackal manages to get loose, and quickly rolls away and stands up. His nose is bleeding, and Goldie doesn't have anything yet. So this Goldie guy really does live up to his name. I wonder why he doesn't have anything? I'm certain he took a few very good hits. His back should be broken by now.

Jackal quickly runs to Goldie, and sweeps his feet from the ground. Before Goldie falls, Jackal lands a few punches, gives him a knee in the back, then back-flips and hits him with it, and while Goldie lands on the ground Jackal punches him in the face. Goldie grabs Jackals arm, and slams him a few times in the ground before throwing him away. What the hell is that Goldie guy made of anyway? He doesn't even bleed. The fight continues, and each time it ends up with Jackal taking a distance. Goldie is getting tired, after this goes on for 20 minutes, but he still doesn't have any wounds. Jackal runs up to him again, and Goldie slams him in the face. Jackal falls on the ground again, and Goldie gets ready land a kick on him. But Jackal doesn't move, which he normally does. He's... knocked out.

Goldie the Great wins!

I was really expecting Jackal to just beat Goldie. Jackal only had wimpy opponents in the main rounds until now... guess the wimpy opponents ran out or something. The last guy, I thought was a wimp, advanced to the 6th round. Further than me he got. Apparently, he wasn't such a wimp after all. Those 4 losses he had during the preliminaries must've been lost on purpose.

Fighting flowers: Lilly Fluff VS Rosey Fluff

Lilly: "I will defeat you, and make you promise you won't ever hurt someone again."

Rosey: "... ... I'll... ... ... Prepare to lose!"

Rosey... she's nervous. I wonder why? It's not just beating up her sister... she's done that before. Rosey flies towards her sister at high speed. She goes right through her! Rosey flies another few times right through her. Lilly is able to make herself untouchable. The next time Rosey does that, Lilly grabs Rosey's legs once she passed her. They fly around and around... and around. Lilly can't do anything but keep holding her sister at the speed that they're moving. Rosey makes many dive flights, and Lilly can barely hang on. Lilly's hands slip away, and she's headed towards the ground with high speed. It was from pretty high up too. She hits the ground, and is instantly knocked out. Rosey looks at her sister, and flies away.

Rosey Fluff wins!

I wonder what Rosey has in store for her sister. I doubt it's something bad. She looked sad. The final fight of the 5th round is coming now. Both of them are very strong.

Unwanted by the afterlife: Revenant VS Ryoukusho Guy

Ryou: "I never thought you would show up here. You're hurt bad, the government might be able to heal you."

Revenant: "I'm dead already. I have been for a long time. I can't be healed."

Ryou: "Then I shall release you from your suffering."

Revenant: "I'm not suffering, you fool. Let's just battle, now!"

She's... dead? So basically... she's a zombie. Ryou fires a few electromagnetic bullets right from the start. Revenants doesn't care about dodging them. She gets hit, but they're not effective at all. She runs up to Ryou, and starts swinging and hitting wildly, powerful hits. Ryou blocks them all with his gun arm. When an opening arrives, he gives her an uppercut hitting her chin, with the top of his gun arm. She's stunned for a few seconds, and he blasts her backward with an extra strong electromagnetic bullet. Before Revenant is near him again, he charged up another powerful one. Revenant simply dodges at and starts fighting up close again. This time she hits Ryou very often, and even manages to make him fly backward. When she jumps toward him, Ryou blasts her away, yet again. Revenant lands with her back on the ground, before she stands up Ryou pushes her deeper into the ground by slamming his gun in her stomach. After that he just keeps blasting electromagnetic bullets, until she kicks him. Revenant stands up and does another attack rush on him, flooring him. And then continues it. Ryou blasts her away again.

For a very long time they continue like this. I estimate about 2 hours. After that, both of them show some signs of being tired. Revenant stops moving for a few seconds, while she stands. Ryou shoots a few electromagnetic bullets again, but she's protected by a shield. The Malicious was standing in the arena, near them. "Why are you interrupting our fight?" Ryou asks. "The fight is over. Any more and she'll really die." So he's a bit worried about her. I guess he does have some emotions. "But boss! I still feel" Revenant gets interrupted by The Malicious. "Shut up! You don't feel pain. You're my faithful servant. I can't let you die in a mere tournament." The Malicious carries her on an energy shield, and they leave the arena. Ryou sighs as a sign of relieve.

Ryoukusho Guy wins!

So this is it for the 5th round. In 3 days the 6th round will start. I have to leave my room behind, now that the 5th round is over. It's a shame, but I lost. Apparently I wasn't good enough, but maybe I am if there's a next time. The next day, i'm walking outside with Jody, Seria and Tails. Discussing the plans a bit. Suddenly, that Goldie guy shows up. "Aren't you guys from the tournament?" He stares at both of the ladies. "It's a pleasure to meet such beauties as you." I can see why he is named like that. "Ah... thanks." Jody responds. He stops staring at them now. He's good, knowing when to stop. Anyway... "So you think you're gonna win?"

Goldie: "Of course. I have a reason why I can't lose."

Me: "I'm sure some others also have reasons why they can't lose."

Goldie: "Of course, but none are as good as mine... I think. Anyway, I heard you guys talking about sneaking into the underground area after the tournament."

Seria: "You were eavesdropping?"

Goldie: "N no, I wasn't. I just happened to hear your conversation because the subject was interesting. After that I saw it was you guys. So can I join?"

Me: "Don't you have a tournament to win?"

Goldie: "It's after the tournament, right. It'll take a short while before I can use the power when I win, but checking it out seems to be worthy."

Tails: "Welcome to the club then!"

What the hell? They just accept him? Never mind... there are so many already. One more wouldn't hurt... I hope. We introduce ourselves, then part. He has to train. These days seem kind of long, but slowly the day for the next tournament matches arrives.

Good girl, bad guy: Seria Idon VS Bass Shadnik

Bass: "Let's see how tough that government hedgehogs really are."

Seria: "Very though, I assure you."

At the start of the fight, Bass lifts Seria into the air with a pillar from beneath her. Doesn't have much effect, Seria then simply teleports behind him, and hits him a few times. Bass is only slowed down a bit by them, and he punches her quite a distance away. Seria caught his arm with her wires, and pulls him towards her. Without any way to go, Bass flies right towards Seria, who kicks him in the face. Bass flips over and falls on the ground. Seria pulls him again towards herself, and kicks him again. The speed at which he's going should cause quite a lot of damage. Bass uses Seria's wires against her now, and she makes him fly toward his fist by pulling them. Seria teleports behind him, and Bass quickly turns around and uppercuts her. So he was expecting that. Seria kicks Bass to the ground on her way down, capturing him in her wires again. She then starts of combo-ing on him. Bass lets a pillar hit her from the side, and he's loose from the wires. Then he uses a pillar from behind her to send her towards him, and at the same time he punches her. After that Bass falls on his knees, he's kind of tired. Seria is knocked out by the hard blow. They're pretty smart and skilled fighters, but they don't have too much endurance.

Bass Shadnik wins!

Oh man... another friend out. At least there's still a few in yet. Next battle.

Darkside hedgehogs: The Malicious VS Shadow the Hedgehog

Shadow: "So you are the feared Malicious? You don't look too special to me, then again, I am the ultimate life form. No one is special compared to me."

Malicious: "Quite an ego you got there. It's THE Malicious for you. Let's see if you're still this confident when I beat that smirk from your face."

Shadow immediately dashes into him before The Malicious can even put up a shield. He didn't expect him to be that fast. "I've been holding back my speed in the previous fights, if you must know." Shadow say to him. The Malicious creates a shield around Shadow. "You're gonna protect me? You shouldn't have." The shield explodes, and a black flash dashes into The Malicious again. Shadow was too fast for the explosion. The Malicious grabs Shadow before he can take a distance, throws him into the air surrounded by a quick shield he created, and lets it explode. Before Shadow hits the ground, The Malicious uppercuts Shadow in his back, multiple times. Shadow lands on his feet, and The Malicious kicks him, making him fall backward. "I'm impressed." Shadow says when he stands up. "But it's not good enough." Right after that he dashes another time towards The Malicious, but The Malicious was prepared this time. He let his shield explode at a time, that Shadow would exactly run into it. But Shadow stops right in time. Wow, him stopping instantly at that speed. Seemed impossible. Shadow jumps over it, and continuously homing attacks The Malicious. But he already had a shield up, one strong enough to hold Shadow off. Shadow isn't stupid, so he does something else. Light dash! It goes right through the shield, without destroying it, but he does hit The Malicious. "I'll just finish it off now, Shadow says. He does another few light dashes, which take up a few seconds to charge, and The Malicious is grounded. "You were foolish to believe you had a chance against me, the ultimate life form."

Shadow the Hedgehog wins!

Shadow basically has nearly the same abilities as Sonic. And Overdrive beat Sonic. Does that mean he could beat Shadow too? I honestly don't know who I want to win in the next battle. Overdrive is my friend, but Goldie has good reasons to win. Well... one must lose. And i'm not able to help either of them anyway. I'll just see who'll lose.

Massive damage: Overdrive Vercetti VS Goldie the Great

Overdrive: "Hah, i'm well on my way on winning this tournament!"

Goldie: "But this is where you stop. My desire to win is greater than yours."

Goldie starts off by waving to Jody in the audience. Before he knew it, he got punched in the gut by Overdrive. What an idiot... "The fight already started, bud." Overdrive says to him. Goldie pushes Overdrive away, seemingly not having any pain. "Oh yeah, I got a bit distracted by a pretty lady." Overdrive punches and kicks him, Goldie doesn't do anything. "What the hell are you anyway?" Overdrive asks. He takes revenge on Overdrive, by punching him also in his gut. "What the hell am I? Invincible, that I am!" Goldie then responds. I might even believe that, but no one is invincible. Goldie wants to return a combo to Overdrive, but Overdrive blasts him away with an explosion. Then he blasts him back, and punches him backward. He does that very often. It's the same trap that Sonic got caught in, and made him lost. After getting hit like that for 10 minutes, Goldie still doesn't have any wound or scratch. Goldie escapes from it, and combo's Overdrive who's recovering from doing so many explosions. It doesn't take Overdrive down though. Though Goldie doesn't have any wounds, his power and speed have gone down dramatically. Overdrive finds an opening and counters him by grabbing an arm as Goldie punches, and throwing him into the air. Then he starts off the same tactic he did before, only it's in a vertical way now, instead of horizontal. He stops after 5 minutes. Goldie still moves a bit, but he isn't able to stand up. "Damn it! Move body, move!" Even though his body can't be hurt, his energy can run out. And that's what happened in this case.

Overdrive Vercetti wins!

After that got announced, Overdrive falls onto the ground. Doing that many explosions must be very exhausting. I do feel a bit bad for Goldie... I wonder what his reasons are, and if he can get to his goal in another way? I'll ask him later. And now, for the last fight of the 6th round.

The beauty and the beast: Rosey Fluff VS Ryoukusho Guy

Ryou: "I will be gentle, miss Fluff."

Rosey: "No need for that. I'll... never mind. Let's just get on with this."

Rosey flies toward Ryou at the start of the match. Ryou fires an electromagnetic bullet. A pretty small and slow one. Rosey just flies into it, and falls to the ground. What! She could've dodged that easily! Ryou is surprised by this too. Rosey stands up, and flies up. Ryou fires another few of his small special bullets. These ones are faster. Rosey gets hit by the first one, and falls into the others ones. Hmm... it doesn't seem she wants to win. She doesn't stand up anymore now.

Ryoukusho Guy wins!

The match is over, and Rosey stands up. It looks like she has enough strength left. She leaves the arena pretty fast. I guess she only cared about defeating her sister... but I have a feeling it's something else. I'll be looking forward to the semi-finals in just 3 days.

End of chapter