Disclaimer: I do not own the following: Sonic the hedgehog, Dragonball Z, Prince of Persia (the Dagger of time), Batman (the Shadowfox looks like the Bat-Mobil), Pok'emon (Lugia's ocarina); (I will add more when the time comes.)

Claimer: Bakuda, Dakuba and Dawn I own. Bakuda was a 'spur-of-the-moment' name a friend and I created for an online game in 1999. I used the name for every game/story character ever since. If you spot anything that may be discreetly connected to another Anime/book/TV show, ECT, it is purely coincidence and not intentional.

The following OC's belong to:

Zephyr the Fox wolf: The Blue Zephyr.

Crystal the Wolf: Sonicx man.

Amelia the Wolf: Chef Colette.

Vyse the Fox: Ryu the Black Fox.

Chaos the Hedgehog/demon holder: inudemon02.

Adimid the Fox/Cat: Velk.

Winter the Fox: The Blue Zephyr.

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Crystal glanced around to the surrounding area; it looked like a moss covered arena that you would normally see in ancient Rome… Adam sighed; "Why here?" he asked himself as the voice announced; "The battlefield supports Adam! Prepare for battle!"

Bakuda noticed that the spectators were in the box that the old kings used to sit in; "A royal view…" he said to himself as someone behind him snickered in amusement. Dakuba was glaring at Adam; "The battlefield supports him, yet he seems as if he doesn't want too be here! What happened here?" he asked himself as he delved into Adams mind…

Flash

Dakuba was watching a father and son practising in the arena with rods and staffs in the arena where they were standing in now, he glanced at the boy who resembled Adam. Dakuba grinned; "Ahh… something happened here when he was fighting his father?" he said to himself as the father of Adam backed up to the wall of the arena because of a wild swipe from Adam; "Nice! But don't stop there!" he coached as Adam took his fathers words and attacked again, but only hit the wall. Dakuba glanced to the arena wall and saw it begin to crumble from its age; "This will be interesting…" he smiled.

Adam's father looked up to the wall and noticed too, he quickly told Adam to run and sped off, but Adam tripped in his haste. "Father!" he cried as the wall began to wall, Adams father rushed back and helped Adam to his feet but the wall was already upon them. Adams father had pushed Adam out of the way before the rockslide enveloped and completely swallowed him. "FFFAAATHEEEEERRRR!!!!"

Dakuba smiled at the futile attempts at Adam trying to pry the rocks from his father; "The fool… he is long gone! Give into the despair!" he cried to Adams young form as a voice rang behind him; "He wouldn't give up, because he had hope, hope can banish any despair…" Said Bakuda as he stepped beside Dakuba.

Dakuba scoffed; "You nothing of the power of despair!" he spat, Bakuda smiled; "Oh I do, and as I said… Hope can banish any Despair! And I will prove it this match!" he shouted.

Flash

Dakuba glared at Bakuda in distaste then watched as Adam stared at the wall that took his fathers life. "Hope overcome despair? Don't make me laugh!" he thought as the match began. Bakuda looked at the Adam sadly then looked at the sky; "King Kai? You probably don't know me but I need a favour of you…"

Adam was wary of his opponent's movements… there were none! She was standing so still that if you doused her in grey paint, she would look like a statue! Adam drew his 'Rod of light' and slowly made his way to her, She watched him intently; "That's it… come closer… closer…" she thought as she held her aqua blaster behind her back, Adam suddenly sprang into the air and tried to knock her away by a wild swipe of his rod but Crystal quickly rolled to the left and drew her blaster and soaked him from head to toe and sent Adam spiralling in the air; "You should know you cannot manoeuvre in the air! Your ability to dodge is greatly weakened!" she called as Adam stood up and ran towards her.

She smiled; "Too easy!" she thought and launched another blast toward him with her blaster, Adam anticipated this and dodged to the right and slammed his rod on the ground; "Blinding light!" he commanded as his rod shone with such luminosity that it was hard to look at… Crystal turned her gaze away because her eyes burned at the sudden light but she was soon sent flying to the right as a mighty blow to the head by Adam and his rod.

Crystal got back up with difficulty as she saw a silhouette of Adam approach her fast, she closed her eyes and set her blaster upon the suspected area where Adam was… but fired at the ground! She was relieved when she heard Adam fall on the ground from the slippery mud that she had created. She was also happy to see that the rod had stopped glowing and she quickly opened her eyes and blasted the boy that was 'stuck in the mud'.

She slowly walked to the area where Adam lay gasping; "Cool trick, but you need more that bright lights too beat me!" she mocked as Adam mumbled; "I am a failure…" this took Crystal by surprise; "Why is that?" she asked. Adam looked at her sadly then gestured to the fallen wall; "My father died there… and it's all my fault… I… I don't want to be here anymore… I give…" he started before…

"Giving up? That's not the way I trained you lad!" came a booming voice that echoed through the stadium. Adam gasped as he recognised the voice, it had haunted his dreams for ages…; "Dad?" he asked slowly.

Dakuba turned to Bakuda angrily; "Bakuda! Is this you're doing!" he screamed as Bakuda chuckled; "Ehhhhh… maybe…" he said slyly as the voice of Adams father continued; "You don't need to worry Adam, you didn't cause my death, the wall did. Anyway, I kind of like it up here! So don't grieve over my death please, live your own and become one of the greatest gods ever to live!" he finished. Adam smiled and nodded; "I will father!" and lowered into a fighting stance with his rod drawn. "That's my boy!" Adams father shouted with glee as his voice faded.

Bakuda smiled; "Thank king kai, I owe you one!" he said telepathically as a voice responded; "Your welcome kid, anyway, I owe you nothing! Thanks to your request Bakuda, I had an excuse to not talk to west kai on the outcome of the previous match of your tournament! Poor Tails…" he explained. Bakuda was shocked; "You remember me?" he asked, King kai snorted; "Of course! The kais are immune to the curse of the gods! Since we do look after your souls you know…" he said as if Bakuda should have already expected this. Bakuda smiled; "Thanks again!"

Adam looked at Crystal with burning enthusiasm; "Lets try this again!" as he charged at her faster than Crystal anticipated and was knocked in the waist and head by several blows before she could react, She finally blocked one and shot a water blast at him which he raised his rod and a shield of pure light stopped the water from touching him. Crystal was stunned; "He wasn't this good before! He must want to beat me badly!" she realised as she dodged another blow and Adam rekindled his rod. "This has gone on for far too long! If he wants to win he has to 'swim' for it!" she thought as she raised her arms and focused on any water nearby… it was lucky that a large lake was near the arena! Water started falling onto the battlefield and hitting Adam over and over, he was not getting damaged in the slightest because of his shield but he noticed that his feet… no his waist was getting wet! He glanced down and stood shocked at the water that was rising slowly up his body. He tried to swim upwards but found it impossible! Crystal was holding his legs tightly and would not let go.

Adam thrashed about as the water went over his head and he tried desperately to get out of Crystals grip but he soon tired out and ran out of breath…

Crystal bu8rst from the water that had stopped rising at the point of the look out point, she glanced back at the water and found she couldn't see the light of Adams rod anywhere…; "Winner! Crystal! A very good performance!" the announcer boomed as she rung out her hair.

"The next match is of Dakuba and… oh my…" the voice faltered… as though he didn't like the next match's competitors… The crowd was getting impatient, Zephyr shouted; "Get on with it!"

"The next match is Dakuba, the god of Despair Vs. the god of hope! Bakuda!" he yelled nervously as the battlefield changed to that of Kami's lookout. Bakuda glared at Dakuba and Dakuba returned it smirking; "Looks like we finally settle the score…" he said slowly as thunder rolled over the lookout, Bakuda nodded; "Yes, we fight the way we are supposed to, the last one standing!" he said as lighting flashed and threw both faces in contrast…

The voiced gulped; "Uh… Begin?" and Bakuda and Dakuba charged with their fists sparking with energy…