I've stopped trying to name them because it was hard plus it gave away who the winners were. So, I'm keeping it simple.

Sonic the Hedgehog:

Tournament of the Stars

Chapter 12

Last time, both Marisa and Elise managed to beat Strike and Rothion respectively, Elise's victory being more shocking.

"Our next fighter is an old hero who has come back from retirement, it's Mighty the Armadillo!"

Mighty walked into the arena, looking determined. Surprisingly, a lot of people knew him and received a lot of cheers. He waved to the crowd as he approached the centre.

"And his opponent, the son of one of the greatest hero's that the world has ever known, it's Armand Novak the Tiger!"

As soon as the commentator said Novak, the crowd went into an orgy of cheers. Clearly, Tobias' reputation was bigger than Armand thought, as he entered the arena. He saw Emily waving to him and he waved back.

Armand and Mighty stood opposite each other and both shook hands.

"I wish you luck" said Armand.

"You too. Let's see if you can live up to your father's reputation" replied Mighty.

Mighty immediately jumped and back and his rendition of a spin dash. Armand managed to jump over it but Mighty uncurled and turned round with a spinning kick that got Armand in the back. As he was knocked forward, he placed his hand to the ground to flip himself back up. The purple tiger began to press buttons on his watch. Mighty stared with interest but regretted it as the watch began to shoot lasers at him. The armadillo began to dance on the spot as he dodged the laser fire. Armand stopped firing but quickly followed up with a punch to the face. Mighty stumbled but quickly retaliated. Soon, the two were just exchanging punches.

This seemed to go on for a while until Mighty accidentally pressed a button on Armand's watch. By sheer coincidence, it activated a laser sword that nearly skewered him. Armand used this to his advantage and began to swing at him but Mighty just backed away. Armand managed to get Mighty's back to the wall and was about to deliver a finishing blow until Mighty jumped over him, bouncing off of his head.

Turning round smirking, Mighty began another spin dash. While he was doing this, he didn't notice Armand pressing several buttons on his watch. As Mighty shot out at him, Armand fired a huge laser straight at him. Since he couldn't turn to avoid it, Mighty was engulfed by the huge laser. When it died down, Mighty was covered with burns and was unconscious.

"Mighty can no longer fight, making Armand the winner!"

The crowd let out a huge cheer for the tiger who stood waving and even bowing. But being the nice guy he was, he helped the medics lift Mighty onto the stretcher before sitting back down and getting a kiss on the cheek from Emily.

"This is great! Now we're both in the next round!" Emily cheered.

Armand smiled before saying "I hope we don't end up fighting each other."

Emily did look worried about that possibility but the two didn't focus on it too much. After all, the odds were small unless they kept on winning until they were the last two.

"Our next fighter is the wielder of the Dragon Sword, it's Kera the Hedgehog!"

The swordswoman entered the arena with a smile on her face as she waved to the crowd. She drew her sword, prepared for whoever she was up against.

"And her opponent, a friend of Armand's and another master of water, it's Basil Giles the Fox!"

Basil received a lot of cheers but not as many as Armand. But he wasn't focused on that. His attention was on Kera.

The two stared each other down, each waiting for the other to move first. Basil was beginning to get tired of waiting and immediately aimed his water cannon at her and fired. Smirking, Kera simply waved her sword and cut the water through the middle. Realising he'll need more of a strategy, Basil backed off whilst Kera attempted to strike him with her sword. Basil was able to avoid the blows and managed to gain some distance between them. He then fired a huge blast of water that was going so fast, Kera was unable to dodge it and was sent straight into the wall.

She picked herself off and shook most of the water out of her hair. As she did this, Basil managed to fire another attack; this one was a bunch of bubbles in the shape of a cross that caught Kera. She tried swinging her sword to break it but she couldn't move. Smiling at his work, Basil fired another blast of water, which broke the cross but did more damage to Kera. It looked like the fox had the best chances of winning. Kera was completely soaked and was shivering due to the cold water. Basil fired one more blast of water to finish her off but the hedgehog wasn't going to give up. Her sword turned yellow and fired electricity into the water. Unfortunately for Basil, the water was still gushing out of his cannon, so the electricity travelled up it and began to electrocute him. Since he was incredibly weak against electricity, Basil immediately passed out. Kera smirked about her victory before falling unconscious herself.

"Since Basil fell first, Kera wins!"

The crowd cheered, despite the victor being taken to the medical ward as well as the loser. Knuckles was impressed by Kera's abilities and made a note to congratulate her. Armand, meanwhile, felt sorry for his friend losing and decided to make sure he was OK.

"Alright, ladies and gents. We've passed the halfway point so we've only got another 16 fights to go. Our next fighter is…"