After allowing Silver to rest and attend to Blaze, Soar summoned him and Marine for round four. Marine retreated from Sally as the cameras rolled. They shook hands in the center, a sharp contrast from Khan's arrogance.

"Do your country proud." Silver commanded.

"Ooh, but that's gonna hurt you rather badly if I do." Marine countered, a glint of savagery in her eye.

Silver picked up on this. "Clever girl. Let's fight."

Soar took center stage, registering the combatants as appropriately distanced this time. "Alright. Round four. Ready… BEGIN!"

Marine backed up as Silver advanced cautiously. "You know," she began. "I can get one call out of the way." She whistled to Nicole to begin weakening the hedgehog. Her striker sauntered casually to Silver, effortlessly ducking under his initial swing.

Nicole struck him upwards in the gut and sent a quick jab at his right shoulder to stop him from hitting her. She beat his unguarded ribcage from the side and jabbed his chest, pushing him back. Nicole threw one sai at his knee to knock him down.

"Great work Nicole!" Sally cheered from the side, nursing her burns.

Silver groaned loudly. "You know what? I'm sick of you." He rolled backwards and stood up quickly. He leaned back to dodge the lynx's next swing at him. He aggressively kicked Nicole in the side of the head, knocking her down. He stomped her stomach, causing her to vomit on the ground. Nicole left the combat zone slowly.

Marine swung at Silver, striking his neck as he sent a punch at her face. He hopped back and forced one of the sticks from her hands, stealing it. Marine slid under him, disturbing his balance until she got up. She grabbed his neck with her free hand and jabbed his midsection with her other rattan stick. She repeated the blow until Silver kicked her away. He threw the stick at Marine's left shoulder.

Marine briefly leaned down to pick up the other stick from the ground. Silver seized this opportunity. He leaped at Marine, wrapped his arms around her, and picked her up. He dropped to a squat as he threw her headfirst to the ground, mercifully choosing the field over the sidewalk.

She copied Silver's rolling to standing technique. Silver charged her yet again, arm clocked backward for a wicked punch. Marine leaped into him. She rammed her elbow into the hedgehog's chest, forcing him down with a struggle to breathe.

"Rouge!" He cried between sudden breaths. He turned his head and closed his eyes, passed out.

"Come on in, Nicole." Marine said, copying Silver again. She used this time to pick up her dropped weapons. Nicole, with only one, threw it at Rouge. She dodged and left the lynx empty handed.

The strikers ran at each other with Rouge opting to slide. The bat grabbed her opponent's leg and tripped her. Nicole landed roughly on the sidewalk and did not get up.

"Looks like England's done abusing their enemy striker." Soar commented.

Rouge then targeted Marine. The raccoon leaped at her, attempting to strike with both sticks. Rouge ducked and turned like a boxer. The bat aided Marine's landing by holding her on the way down. Rouge landed her in a suplex, choosing the pavement this time. Marine dropped her weapons.

Rouge stood up and pulled Marine into an LVNR hold. The raccoon struggled helplessly to escape, but could barely touch the bat. Marine slumped in the opponent's arms, then was gently set face down like her striker.

Soar came over and delivered the final ten count. "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a draw! But since Team Netherlands has no remaining combatant, Team England has won Match four!"

Khan and a waking Nicole retrieved Marine and brought her to the sideline. Cameras turned away from them to allow the Dutch to rest naturally.

Shadow hauled Silver over his shoulder as he took the sleepy hedgehog to Blaze. Silver was awake enough to snuggle into Blaze, which she happily accepted. "Nice work out there." Silver said to Rouge.

"Thanks. I tried not to let a fifth round happen." She replied.

"Yeah. Squeezed the life out of that girl. Think you could choke me like that?" Shadow flirted, gazing at Rouge.

The cameras turned away from the stern lecture Shadow would receive to focus on Soar. "Will we have another Team Double Date? We'll see if Japan will face them in the finals. But first, they must take on France in the semifinals! Stay tuned, and we'll see you next week!"

End of program.

It hurt me a little to let the Dutch team lose, but it's in the plan. I intend to put out the next chapter tomorrow. - Ryo