Within one of the biggest stadiums in the city, a huge, annual fighting tournament was being held once again, with the winner getting able to face off against the undefeated Titan, whom was a seven foot tall, muscle-bound hedgehog. There were many people participating in this event, and thousands of spectators watching, one of them in particular was a red and yellow hedgehog named Pyre that wanted in this tournament himself, but was too late to sign up and just decided to watch.
There were so many fighters in this year's tourney, all coming from different places and different species to compete against one another in (mostly) sanctioned combat. Out of all the competitors in this tourney, only one stood out to him, and she was Roxanne. He had his attention towards her because she was one of the only people that wasn't equipped with weapons of any sort, or a specific fighting style to follow, as she just went in there, and said she would do anything she could to win, mainly to win her some money which she desperately needed since she was low on it. If she had won, it would be one of the biggest upsets of the entire tournament's history, even further if she was able to take out the undefeated champion.
Roxanne was backstage, watching a fight that was before her scheduled match-up, pitting her against the elusive Ace, whom, ironically, is among the richest in all of Vispious, and fights with his custom made gloves that shoot out playing cards with specific qualities to each. Roxanne on the other hand, wasn't that prepared as he was, and just came in empty handed, hoping to cause her opponent to cause themselves to fall out of the ring, which would grant her the win and elevate her to the next match. That would be hard to do with this smart opponent, and when their match was up, Ace was already out there, and Roxanne walked out there, shyly, giving Ace an innocent look as she got into a made-up fighting stance she's seen playing video games.
The fight began and Roxanne ran over to the edge of the ring, hoping Ace would follow her to that side as she planned to simply push him out of the ring when her opponent got close enough for an easy victory, but Ace had other ideas. Instead, he approached her slowly, shooting several of his cards at her out of his gauntlets, which she surprisingly dodged, but ended up backing up a little too much and landed on the arena floor on her behind, causing her to lose and be eliminated. "RING OUT!" The announcer yelled on the microphone. "Ace wins and moves on!"
"Aw man! Thought that would work!" The hedgehog muttered to herself as he rubbed her arm in embarrassment and disappointment, heading up the ramp towards the backstage area.