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, Dawn, Aura, Tara, Karnak, Adam and 'The Universal Gods' 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.

Silver wolf: Sonicx man.

Saria the fox: Sonicx man.

Mathias the white wolf: Chef Colette.

Blitz the cat: Chef Colette.

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Zephkuda watched as Karnak steadied himself, Karnak growled at the fox/wolf; "How did you get so strong?!" he shouted and Zephkuda smiled; "Bakuda and I are of one body…" he said simply and Karnak's eyes grew wide; "NO! I was to win! You hear! Me!" Karnak yelled as he charged at Zephkuda, he started launching kicks at him but Zephkuda dodged left and right repeatedly and not one of Karnak's blows had even touched him! Zephkuda smiled and tried his hand at attacking and Karnak ducked and weaved through the barrage of body blows… Karnak grew tried of it quickly and drew back a punch but Zephkuda blocked it with his own punch that met it half way! Karnak growled and began a full out assault against Zephkuda but Zephkuda mirrored his every move and blocked it!

With the crowd

Piccolo stared up at the fight with a straight face; "Zephkuda is making Karnak angry… since Karnak is blinded by anger, his skills are getting sloppy… it won't be long now…" he murmured to everyone's amazement…

With Karnak and Zephkuda

Zephkuda blasted Karnak away and Karnak steadied himself, a smile crept over Karnak's face; "Heh… Heh Heh Heh… HAHAHAHAHA!" Karnak started cracking up, Zephkuda raised an eyebrow in confusion; "What's so funny Karnak?!" he shouted and Karnak smiled; "Finally, a good fight! I was wondering if I would get the chance of a decent prey during the entire tournament!" he cried and Zephkuda smiled; "Just so you know… this prey has claws!" he yelled and his hands were enveloped in blue flames with red electric surrounding them… Karnak frowned; "Fires of war!" he cried and as his hands were enveloped in burning red blames he charged at Zephkuda.

Zephkuda smiled and lowered into a fighting position… when Karnak was near enough, Zephkuda phased out of sight and let Karnak pass by him! Karnak turned around and was kicked in the face by Zephkuda! Karnak screamed in fury as blasts of fire were unleashed from his body and swallowed himself and Zephkuda!

When the flames had died, Karnak looked forward in astonishment at Zephkuda who was standing in the same place and completely unfazed by Karnak's attack! He started to stutter as Zephkuda frowned and gave him a death stare; "What's wrong Karnak? I told you were to face up to your crimes eventually but I guess you didn't think that someone could surpass you… even Bakuda isn't that naïve," Zephkuda smiled as he felt a small sharp pain on his head.

In Zephkuda's mind

"I heard that!" Bakuda shouted; "Is this really the time?" Zephyr sighed dramatically and Bakuda brought his hand behind his head; "My bad…"

The fight

Zephkuda shook his head; "Alright, sorry about that… now, let's continue…" Zephkuda said and lowered into a fighting position; "Come on! We probably have 4 minutes before the planet explodes!" he shouted to the horror of the people in the crowd…

Karnak smiled; "Very well, this time I won't hold back!" he yelled and launched himself at Zephkuda. Zephkuda dodged left as a flaming punch came down upon him and he countered with a single uppercut to Karnak's jaw; "Shoryuken!" Zephkuda cried and the blazing blue flames around his hands intensified and blasted Karnak into the air! Zephkuda followed behind and struck Karnak toward the ground with a backhand strike! When Karnak neared the ground he flipped over and landed safely on a piece of stadium rock that wasn't over taken by the lava.

Karnak glared up at him then back to the arena with all the lava; "I am tired of fighting in the air… but it seems like I need to do some cleaning…" he uttered and launched a massive blast at the stadium walls! The walls crumbled as the roof and walls off the stadium fell down into the lava and completely covered it! Karnak and Zephkuda landed on the new ground and Karnak cracked his knuckles; "Let's finish this!" he shouted and charged at Zephkuda…

Zephkuda closed his eyes as Karnak approached; "Chaos…" he muttered as Karnak was upon him with a flaming fist powered by the 'fires of war' technique… Zephkuda opened his eyes as the fist was about to make contact; "CONTROL!!!" and Zephkuda disappeared in a bright flash! Karnak looked around desperately but couldn't sense Zephkuda's life force! Karnak growled; "What did you do…" he asked quietly… Zephkuda appeared in the sky with his hands pointing toward Karnak; "This is it… Karnak…" he muttered as a bright purple light began to fill his hands; "Chaos… RIFT!"

Zephkuda launched the purple blast toward Karnak that had just realised where Zephkuda was and turned around and faced the purple blast head on! Karnak was completely enveloped by the blast and was sucked into a portal that the blast had created! Zephkuda smiled as he joined the crowd. A few people clapped him on the back but the voice cried out; "You may have sent him to another dimension… but he wasn't defeated! You need to defeat Karnak to win!" the voice cried and Zephkuda sighed; "Very well…" he muttered then flew toward the vortex that Karnak was sent though; "I may not make it back… but… Karnak will be destroyed and that's a good enough reason for me!" he said and dived into the abyss…

The Void

Zephkuda arrived in a place where there was pure darkness and with Karnak facing him with a smirk on his face; "Good to see you her Zephkuda, I wondered when you were going to show up!" he said calmly and began to focus his energy. Zephkuda looked behind him and noticed that the vortex had closed behind him and sighed; "The only way out is to destroy the other… prepare to lose it all Karnak!" Zephkuda shouted and his aura doubled in size, he lowered into a familiar position then brought his arms outstretched to both sides; "Let's finish this now Karnak!" he yelled and Karnak nodded; "Let's," and began to chant with his hands cupped; "KAAAAA… MEEEEEE…" and Zephkuda smiled then refocused; "HAAAA… DOOOO… HAAAAA… MEEEEE…" and brought his hands together in a 'final flash' position… Karnak and Zephkuda looked at each other in hatred and shouted in perfect sync; "HAAAAAAA!!!"

Karnak's beam burst from his hands and lit up the entire area, Zephkuda's golden beam had bursts of energy blow off the sides as if there was to much power inside of it… when the beams collided, a giant ball formed in the middle, one side blue, the other golden…

Outside the Void

Aura glanced down to the vortex as it closed behind Zephkuda; "No! we need to get them out!" she cried and a few people shuffled their feet; "What?!" she asked to the blushing people and Knuckles sighed; "Aura, the only way to open up the void is with a machine or with a 'Chaos Rift' and unfortunately… Bakuda is the only one with a Chaos Emerald…" he explained and Aura dropped to the ground with her face in her hands; "No… Bakuda…" she whimpered and Blitz came forward; "Would just Chaos energy help?" he asked and Knuckles raised an eyebrow; "Yeah… I guess… as long as it is enough," he answered and Mathias walked up next to him and placed it on Blitz shoulder; "You don't know what will happen," he said sternly and Blitz shrugged off his hand; "I do know that Zephyr and Bakuda both saved us at least once and I want to repay the favour!" he said angrily to Mathias who fell silent…

Inside the Void

Zephkuda pushed back the beam that was inching towards him and focused mainly on Karnak's defeat… Karnak laughed his head off; "Zephkuda! You have much to learn! I gain my power when I kill and I recall killing two powerful fighters and a goddess! You're quite lucky to witness my true TERROR!" he shouted and his Kamehameha increased in size as it began to take over the Hadohameha… Zephkuda frowned as the beam came slowly towards him; "Karnak! I won't let you harm another this day! I promised the others that I would finish you!" he cried then flooded his beam with power and the beam shone brighter as it ploughed its way through Karnak's and began to make progress toward Karnak himself…

Outside the Void

Knuckles turned to Blitz; "What are you planning?" he asked suspiciously as Blitz made his way down to the stadium floor, Blitz turned back and stared at Knuckles; "My real name is Pelleas… I am the prince of Deain and was resurrected by Amelia… but I was turned into a Mobian cat because of the Chaos energy inside of me… I can temporarily turn back into my normal form if the energy is drained from my body! I will use that to free Zephkuda…" he explained and Knuckles stood beside him; "If that's the case, then let me perform the Chaos Rift, I am the most adapt to the Chaos powers…." He offered and Blitz nodded briefly before running down the steps…

Inside the Void

Zephkuda felt the beam slowly make its way back to him and focused on the energy inside of him…; "Karnak drew his power from the deaths of others! I need the power of hope to beat him! But the others are outside of this dimension!" Bakuda told Zephyr in his mind…

Outside the Void

Blitz placed his hand on Knuckles shoulder and focused his Chaos energy… Blitz disappeared in a bright flash and in his place stood a man with blue hair and wearing a robe… Pelleas… Knuckles felt the power surge through him and concentrated; "I haven't used this one in a good while…" he thought and a bright purple light appeared in his hands; "CHAOS… RIFT!" he shouted and the void opened once more…

The Void

Zephkuda looked around in amazement as the darkness of the Void seemed to be falling off the base of existence and only left white in its place! In a bright flash, both Zephkuda and Karnak were brought back to the arena…

Arena

Zephkuda looked up to see all the people of the crowd cheering for him in the stands… behind them was a stranger with Knuckles who looked pleased with himself… Zephkuda drew the hope from all the people in the stands and closed his eyes; "Karnak… you take delight in hurting others… and… IT ENDS NOW!" he cried as the blast ploughed through Karnak Kamehameha and completely enveloped the god of war…

After the blast had died down, Karnak was on the ground in burning tatters… Zephkuda walked up to him and drew his blade, looked at Karnak in disgust… then plunged the blade into him which shattered on impact! Everyone cheered as Karnak was defeated but it was short lived… the planet began to shake as beams of pure light burst from the ground… Zephkuda cried out to the gods; "Get them out of here!" but the crowd was already disappearing and all who was left behind was Zephkuda…

Zephkuda chuckled as the planet began to explode and raised the 'Sword of Hope' above his head…

"I won…"

Waiting room

Everyone looked around confused then started celebrating that Karnak was defeated and they survived, but Tails suddenly cried out; "WAIT! Where is Zephkuda?!" and everyone gasped as they too realised the champion's absence… a bright light filled the room and the god of light appeared in the room; "Thank you for participating in the tournament, we wish you well in your lives… but now let us crown the Champion! Zephyr the Fox/wolf!" he announced and Zephyr appeared on the podium very confused; "What? Where? Where's Bakuda?" he asked and he was pushed from the back, he turned around and faced Bakuda who was smiling broadly; "You aint getting rid of me that easily!" he taunted and Zephyr gave him a 'high five'.

The god of Light pointed his hand to Zephyr who felt a pulse through his body; "It is done, you have gained the power of the stars… the power to control gravity!" he announced and Zephyr smiled, he turned around and pointed to Bakuda who fell to the floor under the gravity… but he started doing push ups; "Turn up the volume will ya?" he asked.

Everyone fell down anime style

Bakuda got back up as people began to disappear; Tails, Knuckles, Piccolo and Vegeta said they will meet him later and Dawn simply nodded sadly to have to go back but was happy to know that he would see Dakuba again, Amelia, Adimid and their crew wished him luck and they too departed, Aura gave Bakuda a death hug and a peck on the cheek that made Bakuda feel weak but she too left. Vyse and Chaos slapped Zephyr on the back as they left and Crystal simply nodded to them as she disappeared, Silver and Saria gave them both thumbs up. As everyone else disappeared and left, Bakuda turned to Zephyr; "Here, I want you to have this…" he said and slipped a bracelet around Zephyrs wrist.

Zephyr stared at it confused and then looked at Bakuda who had his back turned; "What is it for?" he asked and Bakuda turned his head to him and smiled; "Friends are never to far away… if you need help… I won't be far…" he said to Zephyrs astonishment and he held out his hand where the chaos emeralds flew into and went into the sword… and then he too left…

Zephyr looked where Bakuda had left and studied the bracelet; it was pure gold with a golden dragonball attached to it… "Friends are never to far away… if you need help… I won't be far…" Zephyr remembered and smiled; "Thanks… friend…" and he disappeared.

With Dakuba and Dawn.

Dakuba and Dawn were in a abandoned house laying down on the couch and Dawn grabbed his stomach in hunger; "I'm hungry…" he sighed and Dakuba stood up; "Lets go see if we can scrounge up something…" he muttered and headed for the door and turned into the hallway before Dawn cried out; "Dakuba! Come quick!" and Dakuba rushed into the room where Dawn and a large pile of food awaited him!

Dakuba stared at the mountain of food then turned to Dawn who was reading a note; "Dawn? Can I look at that?" he asked and Dawn gave it to him, Dakuba read the note quickly.

"We do care guys, don't use it all at once!"

Signed: Bakuda, Tails and Amelia.

Dakuba crushed the note in his hand and turned to Dawn who was munching happily on a chicken; "Dakuba! This amount of food will last us weeks!" he cried happily and looked up to the roof as if he could see the sky through it; "Thank you…"