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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Bakuda inched slowly toward the Master Emerald and reached for it, he felt its smooth surface and seemed to feel an infinite power residing within it, he placed the blade of his sword against the Master Emerald and the blade reacted to it. It slowly glowed and Bakuda understood the meaning of this emerald… it commanded the Chaos Emeralds just like the 'Blade of Chaos' did, The Master Emerald was unlocking the blade's infinite potential…

Knuckles stood firm, glaring at Zephyr who did not move also… until Knuckles grew impatient and threw the first blow, his spiked fist made contact at Zephyrs guard that he had raised but seemed to do no damage to the fox/wolf… Zephyr grabbed Knuckles arm and swung him around once before launching him at a tree, Knuckles struck the tree with his fist as he approached it and completely obliterated it.

Knuckles stood up from the repackage and turned to face zephyr smiling; "You are a worthy opponent! Lets get this started!" he yelled and pulled a tree from its roots, he swiped at Zephyr with it who jumped and tried to dive at Knuckles from the air… Crystal watched with interest but was disappointed at Zephyrs movements; "Didn't he watch my fight? You are vulnerable in the air!" she cried as Knuckles threw the tree in Zephyr's direction. Zephyr was surprised by this action and was hit head on by the massive trunk.

Knuckles smiled again then charged at him with his fist drawn, Zephyr had recovered then blocked Knuckles punch with his own, with confusion, Knuckles pushed Zephyr back with barrages of punches, yet every punch was countered with a less powerful punch, dealing no injury to Zephyr who seemed relatively calm during the fight but smiled; "That all you got?! I thought the echidnas were supposed to be strong!" he mocked him.

Knuckles let out a battle cry and continued to push Zephyr back; eventually Zephyr was a metre from the edge of Angel Island… Zephyr looked back at the edge and turned back to block another blow, his face turned to another smile; "How could you protect the master Emerald with those skills?" he said to the already irritated echidna. Knuckles growled; "You mock my skill?! That is it! Now you fall!" he shouted as Zephyr was one punch away from the cliff…

With Bakuda

Amelia looked at the battle from the pillar and shouted; "Zephyr stands no chance! She cried as a fox with a flower in her hair nodded; "He is not even fighting back! Knuckles will win for sure!" she exclaimed and the crowd murmured in agreement but a voice rang from behind them all; "Knuckles will lose…" Bakuda said as he continued to watch his sword, the girl with the flower in her hair growled; "How do you know?! Knuckles is thrashing that guy!" she cried but Bakuda sheathed his sword and joined her; "Look at Knuckles then at Zephyr, Knuckles is tiring, you can see it in his punches that he is throwing, he is losing strength… and Zephyr is still fresh since he is using little energy… He is also throwing insults at Knuckles to make him punch harder, therefore making him grow tired more quickly… Basically, Zephyr is draining Knuckles of his energy with psychology," Bakuda explained as everyone gasped as they realised this to be true…

With Knuckles

"Why am I so tired?" Knuckles asked himself as Zephyr was right on the brink of falling off, Zephyr smiled; "Knuckles is way too easy to manipulate…" he said to himself as Knuckles threw another punch and Zephyr grabbed it then threw him off the island, Knuckles suddenly grabbed Zephyrs tail to stop himself, which made Zephyr fume with anger; "No one touches my tail and lives!" he shouted and grabbed Knuckles by the neck, Zephyr continuously punch the echidna in the face till Knuckles fell unconscious, he then scoffed as he threw Knuckles off the edge of the island but didn't stop there… he focused clearly on Knuckles and launched a massive blast at him while muttering something indistinguishable… the blast hit dead on and left the smoking and charred echidna to fall to the ground…

Zephyr walked back to the pillar as the waiting room changed back, Zephyr turned to Bakuda, expecting a 'well done' at least… what he wasn't expecting was Bakuda to give him a glare that held a feeling of pure anger and fury in his eyes; "Get out of my sight," he said sharply as he walked to the back of the crowd; "How dare he! He will pay for what he did to Knuckles… I will stop you Zephyr…" he thought as he glanced at the thoroughly confused fox/wolf. Winter looked at Bakuda then to Zephyr; "What happened between them?" she asked herself.

"Winner is Zephyr! The Final match of the first round is Adimid and Tara! Prepare for battle!"