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Sonic the Hedgehog:

Tournament of the Stars

Chapter 14

Last time, Shade and Sonic defeated Blitz and Alan respectively in amazing comebacks, but two of the biggest fights were just approaching.

"Our next fighter is not just a jewel thief but one of the best agents GUN has, it's Rouge the Bat!"

Rouge strolled on feeling confident. She waved to the crowd and even blew a few kisses. A lot of men whistled at her. It was a good thing Shadow wasn't there. Wait, what?! Rouge stopped dead. Shadow wasn't there!

"And her opponent is the Ultimate Lifeform himself, it's Shadow the Hedgehog!"

The majority of the crowd applauded for the black hedgehog but the gang from Soleanna looked at each other uneasily. Shadow himself looked worried.

The two stood opposite each other and just stared before Shadow spoke.

"I guess we're gonna have to fight" he sighed.

Rouge looked upset. "I didn't want to have to fight you. I love you too much."

Shadow held her hands. "I love you too" he smiled.

The bat cheered up slightly. "Don't hold back" she said.

Shadow smirked. He was ready for anything. Or so he thought. Rouge pulled him towards her and began to kiss him. The crowd raised their eyebrows at this. Shadow wasn't resisting and he didn't look like he was going to until Rouge kicked him in the shin.

He hopped up and down, holding his leg while Rouge giggled.

"You kicked me! I can't believe you kicked me!" Shadow cried with disbelief.

"Hey, you said we should fight. So come and get me" Rouge mocked before flying off.

Now Shadow was definitely not gonna hold back. He sped after her jumping above and swinging his heel into her back. Rouge managed to land softly thanks to her wings but quickly rolled out of the way before Shadow landed where he was. The two began to exchange kicks, each blocking the other. As they fought Shadow began to think of a weakness. His thoughts however were put off when Rouge managed to sneak a kick in across Shadow's face.

The hedgehog was thrown backwards but flipped in the air so he landed on his feet. The bat was already running towards him, prepped for another attack but Shadow had a trick up his sleeve. He reached into his quills and pulled out a white box. He opened it, revealing a ring that had the biggest diamond he had ever seen on it. Quickly pulling it out, he threw it at Rouge's feet. The shine that emitted from it was enough to distract her. She picked it up, completely entranced by it, allowing Shadow to kick her in the gut, knocking her across the ground.

As she picked herself up, she saw Shadow smirking that his plan worked.

"You tricked me!" she cried.

"Hey, all's fair in war" Shadow said as he shrugged.

Rouge had turned livid. How dare he use jewels like that to trick her! Now, when people get angry, they say stupid things, and this was no exception when Rouge said the most stupid thing to say to Shadow.

"That's no way to treat a lady. I thought Maria would've taught you better manners!"

After this comment, Shadow's fur turned completely red as he got angry.

"Leave Maria out of this!" he yelled, before letting out his energy in the form of Chaos Blast. Thankfully, it wasn't powerful enough to hurt the crowd. As it settled down, Rouge was shown to be unconscious and covered with burns and bruises.

"Rouge can no longer fight, Shadow wins!"

As medics came for Rouge, the crowd stayed silent. Shadow made one last glance at Rouge before taking his seat. Sonic stared at his rival with surprise. He just beat the life out of his girlfriend.

He made sure Shadow wasn't listening before going up to Omega and whispering "Hey, do me a favour. Talk to Shadow and make sure nothing happens again between him and Rouge."

The robot nodded in silence. He may look emotionless but he was actually worried about the two. They were his closest friends and, in reality, the only ones he trusted.

"OK, let's move on shall we? Our next fighter is…"

"I don't need any introductions!"

Everyone turned to the voice to see a blue Sonic-like robot wearing a black cloak enter the arena. Sonic gritted his teeth as he saw him.

"Metal. What's he doing here?" he thought.

Metal Sonic stood in the centre and looked about. "Where is my opponent? They haven't chickened out already, have they?"

"Me? Chicken out? That's rich" another voice said. From the other side of the arena was a silver hedgehog whose shoes were half red and half blue. If Silver was here, he would grit his teeth at the very sight at Nazo.

The two evil hedgehogs met each other in the centre and both smirked.

"You must be the great Metal Sonic" Nazo said, showing signs of sarcasm.

"I take it you're Nazo. The one who declared himself as Silver's arch enemy after only one fight. I hardly call that a rivalry" Metal scoffed.

Nazo snarled. "Well, look at you. You've failed a few times in destroying Sonic and look at how those turned out."

Now, Metal was peeved. Without hesitation, he clawed across Nazo's face and punched him in the gut with enough force to send him into the wall. To Metal's surprise, Nazo quickly healed his wounds.

"Not bad. But now, it's my turn!"

Nazo reeled his arms back before thrusting them forward, shooting out red spheres from his hands. Metal used his speed to dodge the blasts of energy and retaliated by firing a tendril of electricity at Nazo. The attack whipped Nazo across the arena but the silver hedgehog managed to right himself in mid-air. He then shot forward at the robot, colliding into Metal with amazing speed. Metal grabbed hold of Nazo resulting in a stalemate, each one pushing back the other.

The stalemate was finally broken when Nazo uppercutted Metal into the air. Using Chaos Control, Nazo appeared above him, brought his fists together and prepared to slam Metal back into the ground when the robot vanished. Wondering where he was, Nazo scanned the whole arena. The one place he didn't look was above him. Metal reappeared and slammed his fists into the back of Nazo's head, sending him into the floor. The Chaos being was about to heal his wounds but Metal wasn't going to give him the chance. He stored up a huge amount of electrical energy in his fingers before launching a giant bolt of electricity at Nazo.

After the carnage ended, Metal landed and stared at the badly bruised Nazo. But, like before, Nazo's wounds healed. The hedgehog stood up and Metal immediately got into a fighting position. But to his surprise, Nazo smiled.

"I must say, you're a formidable fighter. I'll let you win this one but next time we meet, I won't hold back" Nazo complimented before vanishing in Chaos Control.

"Nazo has left the arena, making Metal the winner!"

There were no cheers but that was the last thing on Metal's mind. As he walked off, he looked at the crowd and caught Sonic's eye. It was for only a split second but both knew what would happen. If they ended up fighting, they would make sure that the other would be in agony.