FLASH. "owwwww...what the heck happened? My face...actually, just about all of my body. Ah well. Let's recap. I was ordering a chili dog, when suddenly this flash of light...well, flashed. And now I'm sitting here in total darkness. Total darkness sucks. How can I-...wait, my eyes are just closed. Never mind."

Sonic opened his eyes. Shadow smirked. "Bout time you woke up." Sonic blinked. "Shadow, what's going-" Sonic looked around for the first time, and realized he was in a huge room. And that room was filled with people. "WHAT THE-"

Round one

Proto Man glanced around. There was a blue hedgehog foaming at the mouth-wait, why the hell was there a hedgehog walking and talking, or blue, for that matter? Doesn't matter. On the other side of the room, there was a kid with a straw hat complaining about no food-God, I'm glad I'm a robot, Proto Man thought-and a green haired human with three swords looking ready to kill. The straw hatted kid, to be exact. The shaded robot readied his buster. Things were about to get messy.

"It's okay, I can handle this. It's just a freak alternate dimension." Sonic muttered. Tails was hopping around like a giddy school boy. Which, in all fairness, was basically what he was. "And what's with YOU?" "Sonic! Aren't you exited? It's an alternate dimension! Think of all the-" Tails would have continued his rant, but Sonic cut him off. "No technobabble, Tails. My brain hurts enough as it is."

Naturally, Uchiha Sasuke was on the alert. A room full of unfamiliar faces, all of them seeming to be capable of fighting. Unfortunately, he hadn't managed to leave behind his teammates. "maaaaaaaannn...I'm hungry..." Naruto moaned. Monkey D. Luffy heard him and ran over. "YOU TOO? I'm starved!" "Awesome! ...though I still wish I had food..." Sasuke groaned inwardly. Now there's TWO of them...

A voice rang out. "Greetings, fighters all, from all across the multiverse! Welcome...to the Tournament of Fates!" A teenage boy descended from the dark ceiling. "I am Myone Horashi, host of the Tournament and author of this fanfic-OW!" Myone yelled out as a shoe hit him. "Stop breaking the fourth wall and get on with it!" Sonic called. "Okay, okay, geez..." "Nice to see our universe is being run by some crazy kid." Kakashi whispered to Iruka. "I heard that! ...ahem. Now to go over the rules!

NO KILLING...unless you're fighting Bon Clay ("Dammit!")

WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CRAPPY RING OUT RULES. THE WINNER IS THE LAST ONE STANDING.

OTHER THEN THAT, THE ONLY RULE IS TO WIN AT ANY COST!