I noticed the first fight was quite short so I did my best to make the second one longer. R&R!

Sonic the Hedgehog:

Tournament of the Stars

Chapter 24

Last time, Axel was beaten by Marisa, while Crisis nearly killed Kera, just like what he did to Bark.

"Our next fight is Elise VS Damien!"

Both fighters came on nervously. Elise was worried about fighting Damien. She found Rothion hard and she had seen Damien in battle. The golden dog was also nervous because he was fighting a girl, and not just any girl, but the Princess of Soleanna! He also had Mario on his mind.

Elise noticed this and waved her hand in front of his eyes, bringing him back to reality.

"Sorry. Um, I guess we should fight now" he suggested.

Elise nodded and took up a fighting position. The golden hound noticed a smirk on the princess's face.

"What are you smiling at?"

"Well, I was just thinking… How do you hope to fight something you can't see" and with a press of a button, Elise had vanished.

Damien frantically searched the arena, hoping to find any sign of Elise but he got a kick in the back. He turned round to see nothing. Before he knew what was going on, he found himself being slapped repeatedly across the face. Getting sick of this, he made a grab at the air and found his hand clenched on something. He smirked, knowing he had her. Elise's invisibility turned off, revealing her, but she looked pissed. Damien was scared by the look she gave and was even more scared when he realised what he had his hand on. The crowd flinched as Elise gave Damien the hardest slap she could muster, leaving a red mark on Damien's face. But his punishment didn't end there. The princess followed it up with a kick to the man jewels that caused Damien to wince.

"JESUS! What kind of princess does that!?" he cried, his voice unusually high.

"I'm sorry but you brought it upon yourself!" Elise scolded.

Once the pain eased off, Damien lashed out with a Nightshade Claw, knocking her to the ground. She tried to activate one of the wristbands features but Damien grabbed her wrist and ripped it off. With her only means of attack gone, Elise got up and ran. But Damien was faster and easily caught up with her. He performed another Nightshade Claw, sending her forward across the ground. As she got up, she spat the dirt out of her mouth. Turning, she was surprised to see Damien had a purple aura around him. It scared her.

"I guess you're still sore about the ball-kicking" she said. "Fine, I give up. You win."

Damien chuckled. "No one surrenders until I've drawn blood!"

He charged at her once more. Elise, on natural instinct, flipped over his head, and ran as far away as she could. He turned round and charged at her again. His fur also seemed to go a deep tinge of purple. Elise was terrified by his new look. It reminded her of Dark Sonic. Wait, Dark Sonic?

"Damien, this isn't you! I don't know what this is but I know you're letting something take over you! You have to fight it!" she yelled.

Damien stopped for a second. Suddenly, he grabbed his head as he yelled in pain.

"NO! I won't let you harm anyone else!" he yelled at no one. He then spoke again, only his voice sounded distorted.

"Don't fight me, you weakling! You can't even beat a girl! Let me fight her and I'll win!"

"NO! You'll just kill her! I won't let you!"

Suddenly, the purple aura vanished and Damien fell to his knees. Elise approached him to make sure he was alright.

"I'm fine" he said. "Thanks. I nearly lost myself there" he smiled.

"And the winner is Damien!" the commentator yelled.

"Wait, what?" Damien asked.

"I surrendered, remember?" Elise told him.

Damien seemed slightly sorry. Elise would've won that if he hadn't gone berserk. But when he saw Elise smiling, he smiled back and the two went back to their seats.

"Our next fight is Sonic VS Knuckles!"

Amy cheered for Sonic while Shade cheered for Knuckles as the two walked into the arena. They shook hands.

"Who would've thought we'd be fighting again?" Knuckles asked.

"Yeah, only this time it isn't because Eggman tricked you again" Sonic mocked, causing a vein to appear on Knuckles' forehead.

Annoyed, he threw his fist out, sending Sonic across the ground. He got up, smirking. He performed a Spin Dash toward the echidna but Knuckles easily caught it, throwing him into the wall. Sonic pulled himself off, just in time to avoid Knuckles' punch where his head would've been. Sonic began to run from the echidna. At first, Knuckles thought he was being cowardly, until he realised he was running around him. Before he knew what was going on, he was lifted into the air by a Blue Tornado. While up there, Sonic zoomed past him several times, dealing damage each time. The wind soon settled, dropping Knuckles. He slammed into the ground and kicked off a lot of dust.

When the dust settled, Sonic noticed that Knuckles wasn't there. All he saw was a hole. A HOLE!? Sonic was taken by surprise when Knuckles came out from below him, sending him into the air. The echidna bashed his fists together, setting them alight. He sent a torrent of fire up towards the airborne hedgehog. Sonic managed to change his position in the air to avoid the flames and spun downwards with amazing speed. As he approached the dumbstruck echidna, he extended his leg out and smashed his heel into Knuckles' head.

He flipped back, noticing that Knuckles was getting angry. He charged recklessly, swinging his fists out. Sonic was able to block them with kicks. This continued until they began to tire out. Knuckles made one last attempt but Sonic ducked, struck out with his leg, knocking Knuckles to the floor. He then jumped into the air and spun into Knuckles' gut. It was too much and Knuckles didn't get up.

"Sonic wins again!"

The crowd went into an uproar at Sonic's victory, especially Amy. Sonic waved to the crowd before helping his friend up. He assisted the medics, accompanied by Shade, with getting Knuckles to the medical ward. As he walked in, he saw Strike and Sally, both lying unconscious. Strike's damages were being healed nicely, but Sally was still hooked up to the respirator. Also, the heart monitor was beeping slowly. Sonic went up to her and kissed her on the forehead, whispering "Don't worry, Sally. Mephiles will pay!"