Doing this story was harder than I thought. Without any really epic fights, these chapters become short. Soz.

Sonic and co. owned by Sega

Strike, Aqua, Axel and Sally owned by me

OCs owned by respective authors

Sonic the Hedgehog:

Tournament of the Stars

Chapter 8: Inferno

Last time, Big achieved a surprising victory over Fang while Thorn defeated Cosmo. All the while, the crowd was enjoying every fight they witnessed. But things were going to change sooner or later.

Right now, the next fight was beginning between two old rivals.

"Our next fighter is the guardian of the Master Emerald on Angel Island, it's Knuckles the Echidna!"

Out of all the people who cheered, Shade, Wrist and Kera were the loudest. Knuckles gave a friendly wave to them. Shade and Kera waved back before glaring at each other. Knuckles sweat dropped.

"And his opponent, a liquid entity of mass destruction who's really a gentle soul, it's Chaos Zero!"

Chaos trudged on. No one could tell he was looking forward to the match. He exchanged glances with Knuckles. He said something unintelligible but the echidna guessed it meant good luck. He replied "Likewise" before bashing his namesakes together.

Chaos threw his arm at Knuckles, which stretched but the echidna had knowledge of their last fights. He jumped and landed on the arm and as Chaos drew it back, Knuckles kicked him across the face, reducing him into a puddle. But Chaos wasn't going down that easily. He immediately returned to his real form whilst performing an uppercut, knocking the echidna into the air. Chaos jumped after him, stretching his leg out and kicking him back down.

Knuckles landed with a thud and quickly got back up before Chaos landed on him. Deciding to up the ante, Knuckles pulled out his Shovel Claws and made several jabs at Chaos, aiming for the head. The water creature however kept on dodging the punches. He eventually threw one of his own, nailing Knuckles right in the face. Chaos was about to attack again when the echidna used his weapons to dig underground. The liquid lifeform began to survey the arena looking for any sign of Knuckles. What he hadn't noticed was Knuckles digging back up behind him. The echidna then bashed his fists together and covered them with fire. Reeling back, Knuckles threw his palms forward, sending out an eagle made of fire. Chaos heard the sound of flames licking and turned in time to be engulfed by the eagle that swept through him, badly wounding him. Chaos reduced to a puddle and promptly left.

"Knuckles wins, ladies and gents!"

Shade and Kera let out the biggest cheers of all while Wrist applauded his son. Knuckles smiled and waved back to the crowd as he went to sit back down. As he sat back down, he winked in both Shade and Kera's direction. Neither was sure who he was winking to but it resulted in another staredown between them.

Sonic turned to his old rival, "Since when could you do that?"

"Since always. I just never use it much. It's the living flame of the echidna tribe and I'm able to control it to my will" Knuckles explained.

The commentator began to speak again. "Our next fighter is the scatter-brained mascot of the Chaotix. It's Charmy Bee!"

Like Big, Charmy received cheers from his friends while everyone else stared at him with confusion. Charmy loved the attention he was getting and did several loops in the air.

"And his opponent, another feline, this one a controller of fire, it's Blaze the Cat!"

Blaze strolled on smiling while waving to the crowd. She exchanged glances with Silver as she walked towards Charmy. She tilted her head, wondering how this insect was supposed to fight.

Charmy smirked. "Alright. My first solo fight. I'm gonna give you a left, and a right, and a left and a…"

He was interrupted when Blaze flicked him in the head. "This is my opponent? Some childish bug?" she questioned.

Charmy was clearly offended. His glee replaced with annoyance, he flew back and readied his stinger. Blaze now regretted what she said. The bee dived at her but she gracefully flipped away. Charmy chased after her, all around the arena. Blaze was fast enough to avoid it though. She turned her head to see how far away she was but Charmy was no longer there. Unknown to her, he had flown over her head and came from behind. He nailed his stinger right where it would sting the most.

Blaze jumped up in pain while Charmy fell over due to excess laughter. He tried to control himself but he couldn't help but carry on laughing. He stopped when Blaze's shadow fell over him. She was p-i-s-s-e-d and flames were circling her hand. Now it was Charmy's turn to run but due to Blaze being much faster, she caught up and singed his behind. He dragged his butt along the ground, trying to stop the burning, all the while saying "I give up! I give up!"

"Blaze wins!"

Blaze seemed pleased with her victory as medics came to take Charmy away to help sooth the burn. She strolled off and took her seat next to Silver.

"That was a bit harsh, Blaze" he told her.

"He deserved it. He stung me right there!" she exclaimed pointing to the spot where Charmy got her. She then noticed Silver was trying to stifle a laugh. One look from her shut him up.

"Well, that was a HOT couple of matches, eh?" the commentator chuckled at his awful joke. "But let's keep this show rolling, shall we?"