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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Tara stepped onto the podium and stared into the crowd, trying to locate her opponent. Adimid, the fox/cat with the flower in her hair, stepped up to the platform confidently and turned to Tara, who she bowed respectfully too, Tara raised an eyebrow but returned the gesture all the same. Tara then focused on Adimid's eyes; "This one has an ordinary mind, it shall be easy to destroy it…" she thought to herself as Adimid glanced to Tara but returned her gaze forward when she saw Tara looking at her… the battlefield changed to a rainforest similar to the one that Chaos and Amelia fought in. "Begin!" the voice ordered.

Tara simply stared at her opponent as Adimid jumped backwards and prepared for a strike… Adimid then felt a large pain in her head; "What is happening?! My mind feels like it is on fire!" she screamed in her head, but even thinking made it worse. Out of instinct, Adimid leaped behind a tree and suddenly the pain stopped, she stood gasping behind the tree; "What was that, she simply looked at me and boom! My brain goes on the fritz!" she complained as she poked her head from behind the tree to see if Tara had moved… Tara was right in front of her! Tara glared into Adimid's eyes and she started screaming again…

Adimid was barely able to stare back into Tara's eyes; "What are you doing?!" she yelled while trying to bear the pain, Tara hardly moved as she responded; "I am the goddess of thoughts, I am turning all your thoughts and memories into matter, soon, your mind will explode! Don't worry; it won't hurt much when it explodes… When you wake up, you won't know anything as if you had amnesia… But I want to win!" she said smiling.

Adimid's eyes grew wide as she realised what danger she was in… Bakuda was watching the fight with a disgusted look on his face; "TARA! Stop this now!" he sent the telepathic message to Tara who turned her gaze to him; "Stay out of this Bakuda! I will do what I wish with this weaklings mind!" she screeched as Adimid found that her brain was fine again then looked up into Tara's face, which was looking at Bakuda in hate… Adimid uttered a small gasp; "Her technique only works with eye contact!" she realised and ducked behind the tree again, she drew a blade from out of nowhere… a katana like Tail's/Dawn's… she then jumped into the higher trees and disappeared from sight…

Tara turned her gaze back to her opponent but realised that she had disappeared! She growled at being distracted and started looking everywhere for her… Bakuda watched as Adimid silently made her way behind Tara and dropped to the ground behind her without even breaking a twig… Bakuda smiled; "Making someone forget their past is one thing I will not let anyone do to another, your family may have been spared from the fate Tara… but what about the others!?" he shouted in his mind and from the reaction that Tara got, Bakuda knew she had got the message… Adimid slowly crept up behind Tara and pointed her hand at a loose vine from a tree. The vine immediately sprang up and wrapped around Tara's head, covering her eyes and making her blind… Adimid struck her hand to the grass and vines surrounding Tara's feet and they wrapped themselves around her waist, keeping her from moving… Adimid smiled then steadied her blade, the next moment, Adimid was standing in front of Tara with her sword slowly returning into a sheath that Bakuda didn't realise was there…

As soon as the blade clicked into place, Tara shattered into a million pieces like glass. Adimid sighed deeply then rubbed her head gingerly; Bakuda was angered by Tara's actions in battle… Tara did not fight; she only used her power to make the opponent forget who they were! Bakuda was pleased with the quick thinking of Adimid… but how much memory had she lost? Adimid walked slowly to the crowd where the battlefield changed into a dining room.

"The next fight will begin shortly! For the winners of your bouts, you are congratulated by a three course dinner!" the voice boomed as turkey, chicken and salads appeared on the tables, the tables had two seats on each…

"To stop any arguments, the seating arrangements will be as follows: Zephyr with Winter, Karnak with Adimid, Dawn with Amelia and Crystal with Bakuda, please enjoy yourselves." The voice said as everyone took their seat with their partner… the ones unhappy with the seating arrangements were Amelia and Adimid but Amelia soon stopped giving Dawn the cold shoulder when he offered her his seat… Bakuda sighed then smiled; "Even though he got Tails in their battle… he still doesn't know right from wrong…and he has good manners… Dakuba is a bad influence to him… but at least…"

Flash!

An armed policemen was aiming his gun at a young two tailed black fox that was holding a half eaten steak; "Fox! Surrender now! I know you stole that steak from the butchers, so now you got to do the time!" he yelled at the frightened fox, the fox slowly spoke; "But… I'm hungry… sniff…" he said softly, only to be kicked in the gut by the officer; "Do you think I care!? You're just a mutant fox that doesn't deserve to live!" the Policeman taunted the now openly crying Kitsune…

"You shouldn't have done that…" came a demonic voice from behind them; the policeman turned around angrily; "Mind your own buisegeah…" the policeman started before he was being held by the throat by a young boy wearing a black gi… the boy smiled; "Let me give you a taste of hell before you arrive there!" he said smirking and tightened his grip, flames started burning around their feet… and soon enveloped the police officer! The officer started screaming as he was being slowly burnt to death but soon crumpled to the ground as nothing but a pile of ashes… the boy turned to the Kitsune who recoiled in fear slightly. The boy approached the fox but he backed up against the wall of the alleyway that they were in; "Please don't hurt me…" he begged but didn't think that the boy would listen, everyone he met tried to hurt him…he got a bullet wound from the butcher he stole the steak from… but this guy held a different look in his eyes… darkness… destruction… care?

The fox stopped trying to escape and was just shivering, due to being cold, scared and hurt… he saw the boy bend down and he closed his eyes waiting for the blow the boy was about to dish out to him… but nothing came! He felt the boy place something cold and hard against the wound at his side and he felt relief from the pain, he opened his eyes and saw a black sword being held at his side against his wound… wait…the wound was gone! The boy had helped him! But why? The boy placed his hand on the fox's shoulder; "Are you alright?" he asked softly, the fox nodded; "Yeah… why did you help me? You're the only one that has ever been nice to me before…" the black fox said quietly, tears forming in his blue eyes. The boy shock him slightly; "Hey, unlike others, I care for you… who wouldn't care for their little bro?" he asked which made the fox's ears perk up; "Little… bro… you're my big brother? How come you're not a fox?" he asked confused.

The boy glowed and a second later, a red three tailed fox stood in his place; "I am, now… how about you get some sleep? My name is Dakuba by the way…" Dakuba said picking up the fox. The fox smiled for the first time; "Thank you… Dakuba… thank you…big bro…" he said falling asleep, but before he did, he said four more words; "My name is Dawn…"

Flash!

Bakuda smiled at the memory; "I know that deep down, Dawn is still that poor young little Kitsune… and Dakuba has some kindness in his heart…" he thought as he turned to Crystal who was sitting stock still staring at Bakuda with furrowed eyebrows, Bakuda raised his own; "What?" he asked confused and Crystal sighed; "I want to know…" she said before cutting off, trying to find the right words. Bakuda pressed her; "Yes?" he asked slowly as Crystal burst out; "What happened to you?! You seemed so caring and sweet… but after the fight with Dakuba… you turned distant from everyone… especially Zephyr… why?" she asked rather quickly.

Bakuda glanced around to the other tables to see who was eavesdropping; "I seen something that I can't tell anyone about… a vision to be precise… and I need to stop it before it occurs." Bakuda explained. Crystal then scoffed; "Please, a vision? This is just a game!" she cried. Bakuda looked into her eyes and she saw that Bakuda was VERY serious with his words…

"For me… this tournament is no longer a game… Its war."