Roleplay:World Hero Tournament

Overview
Basically this is a contest to decide the greatest hero (or villain) in existence. Held by Laniatus, the Lady of Heroes, and Nemesis, the Lord of Chaos. The tournament will take place in the realm of neutrality (where said lords reside), Betwixt and Between, and arena's and opponents will be chosen by said lords. Anyone can enter, even villains. I don't think I need to say this, but.......NO GODMODDING!!! Be fair, and everything will be fun.

Feel free to add to any of the categories below!!

Characters
(anyone can control official Sonic chars)

(no one else can enter the tournament. Any other characters must be added under Supporting Chars/neutral)

Heroes
Sonic the Hedgehog

Shadow the Hedgehog

Silver the Hedgehog

Espio the Chameleon

Knuckles the Echidna

Banzai the Monkey (Banzai123)

Monkey Khan

Duan the Hedgehog (ParaGoomba348)

Duan's friend no. 1 (ParaGoomba348)

Duan's friend no. 2 (ParaGoomba348)

Duan's friend no. 3 (ParaGoomba348)

Duan's friend no. 4 (ParaGoomba348)

Aquella "Tsunami" Oceania (Numbuh)

Lumina "Flare" Lightbeam (Numbuh)

Cold the Hedgehog(Played by Tailsman67)

Skate the Hedgehog(Played by Tailsman67)

Flame the Hedgehog(Played by Tailsman67)

Shadow Clone(Played by Tailsman67)

LT the Mouse(Played by Tailsman67)

Ichiro Keiken (E-113:Xi)

Smash The Echidna (Played by Smash The Echidna)

Pearl The Echidna (Played by Smash The Echidna)

Kotuumath the Halfbreed (played by Ryu)

Lisa the Iguana (played by Tailsman67)

Villains
Dr. Eggman

Metal Sonic

Thetis the Wolf

Chimera the Forsaken

RMG-24 (ParaGoomba348)


 * Dragoeith(Drago55)

Neutral/Supporting Chars
Miles "Tails" Prower

Chaotix

Amy Rose

Laniatus

Nemesis

Tails Doll

Orbot & Cubot

The Red Baron(Played by Tailsman67)

Locations/Arenas (Add pictures if neccessary)
Angel Island

Greenhill Zone

Betwixt and Between

Mazuri

Empire City

The moon

Midnight Prairie

Poppy Village ruins











Part 1 (introduce your characters and get them into the tournament)
Somewhere in Greenhillzone, Sonic is, as usual, running...

Sonic: This place is so nostalgic!

(a letter fals from the sky and lands in front of him)

Sonic: Hm? It's for me? World Hero Tournament? Sounds interesting..

(Sonic suddenly vanishes in a bright white flash)

On Angel Island...

Knuckles: (sitting next to the Master Emerald, stretching, until he notices a mysterious letter next to him) A letter? World Hero Tournament? I wonder what that is? (vanishes)

(At Duan's house)

Duan: (A letter appeared right next to him) A letter? World Hero Tournament?! Too cool!

(With Duan's friends)

Duan's friend no. 1: What's that? (Points at a letter on the ground)

Duan's friend no. 2: Dunno. Kinda looks like a letter.

Duan's friend no. 3: Let me see that... World Hero Tournament... We have got to make this. We need to.

Duan's friend no. 4: Yeah. You're gonna be REALLY frantic planning this. This kind of thing takes work.

Duan's friend no. 3: Who cares, let's go!

(With RMG-24)

RMG-24: WORLD HERO TOURNAMENT? I AM A VILLAIN, I DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN HERO TOURNAMENTS... UNLESS DUAN SHOWS UP... I WILL EXTERMINATE HIM!!!

(in the ruins of Poppy Village)

Ichiro walked amongst the fallen buildings, searching for something he had lost long ago. Within the rubble, he found a small piece of paper. "Hmm? This is... an invitation? World Hero Tournament... I suppose it wouldn't do to much harm to at least observe this tournament." he said before vanishing.

In Green Flower City, Smash was outside, checking the mail. His sister, Pearl, was sweeping the front porch next to him. "Hm? What's this fancy looking letter here?" Smash pondered aloud. Pearl looked up from her chore, curiously.

"What is it, Smash?" She asked.

"Got some anonymous letter here, and pretty nicely decorated." Smash said, holding the letter up. After observing the envelope, finding no return address, he opened it up and read the letter. "...World Hero Tournament..." He muttered. "Interesting."

"Hey, Lemme see that." She grabbed the letter and read it. "..That's your name right there." She pointed at the bottom. "It's an invitation."

"Yeah, I know. But from who is what I wanna-" Before he could finish his sentence, The both of them disappeared.

Meanwhile, another letter happened to float its way into the face of a sleeping halfbreed dragon. He snorted and woke up to find his vision obscured.

"Whoa! What the heck?!" he said, grabbing at the paper on his face and pulling it off.

"Oh...it's a letter. Pretty official looking one, too..."

He started to read it.

"A World Hero Tournament?"

He looked at the invite at the bottom.

"Cool..."

Before he could say anything else, however, he disappeared in a flash of bright light.

Part 1B
(Fighters appear in a heavenly area)

Sonic: Whoa! Where the heck am I?

Knuckles: (appears) What the fu-- Sonic? What are you doing here? Wherever, here is.

Cold:(Drops from a tree)Hey Knux hey Bluehog.

Knuckles: You again?

Sonic: Nice to see ya!

Banzai: (appears) Whoa! Where the....Sonic? Knux? Cold? What are you guys doing here?

(Two celestial beings suddenly appear in front of them. One of them is a blonde woman in a long white robe, while the other is a hooded man in a black robe)

Laniatus: Greetings heroes. My name is laniatus, and I am the physical embodiment of all the good in the world.

Nemesis: And I am Nemesis, and I am the physical embodiment of all the evil in the world.

Laniatus: We have brought you here do find out which of you is worth of the title, "Universal Champion."

Nemesis: We have gathered the most powerful heroes and villains in existence to do battle and answer our question.

Sonic: Wait, wait, wait. Villains? I thought this was the World "Hero" Tournament?

Laniatus: That is the name, but we must have fighters representing Nemesis as well.

Banzai: (appears) Whoa! Where the....Sonic? Knux? Cold? What are you guys doing here?

Flame:Ow,what's going on?

The Red Baron:Hmmmm.

LT:Hey dudes.:)

Nemesis: Since people are arriving at random, I'll just put up the rules to the tournament right here.


 * All fighting is restricted to tournament matches only. Violators will be disqualified


 * Competitors, arenas and match rules shall be chosen by the Lords of Good and Chaos


 * Any fighter who is killed during the tournament will be ressurected by us once the match has ended


 * Those not participating in matches can choose to either spectate or train here in Betwixt and Between


 * Outside help is prohibited during matches. Fighters can only rely on their abilities and whatever items they may have or come accross.


 * Between matches, fighters may train in the BB training area, or rest in one of the rooms we have prepared at Sanctuary Palace.

Laniatus: Are there any questions? No? Then prepare for the matches scheduled for tomorrow!

Nemesis: We will summon the fighters here when it is time. For now, rest up and prepare.

Round 1
The fighters are assembled in front of Sanctuary Palace, looking over the scheduled matches for today...

1st match: Flare vs Tsunami vs Knuckles vs Monkey Khan

2nd match: Banzai vs Espio vs LT vs Shadow vs Cold

3th match: Ichiro vs Smash vs Kotuumath vs Thetis

4rd match: Dr. Eggman vs Chimera vs Skate vs Duan

5th match: Shadow Clone vs RMG - 24 vs Metal Sonic vs Silver

6th match: Dragoeith vs Lisa vs Pearl

Laniatus and Nemesis appear.

Laniatus: Are the contenders ready? Speak up if they are here

Tsunami: here.

Flare: here.

Knuckles: here

Khan: Here

Nemesis: One more thing. Any contenders who are not present will be placed in a different match, so be on time. Chances are, you'll be placed in an even more difficult fight.

Laniatus: The 1st match will take place in Crystal Fallsy (refer to above). Are you all ready?

Nemesis: Let us begin! (All fighters in the 1st match are transported to Crystal Falls)

1st Match
At Crystal falls...

Laniatus: You may begin

Knuckles: Hope you guys are ready!

Khan: (pulls out his Atom Bat) Don't get cocky Echidna!

(Meanwhile, back at the Palace, all other characters observe the match on a giant screen)

Sonic: Good luck Knux!

Khan: Dodge this! (swings his atom bat at Tsunami)

Knuckles: (charges after Flare)

Tsunami: (stops the bat with a hookblade made of water. swings the other at Khan)

Flare: (dissappears)

Khan: (Jumps away from Tsunami, but floats in the air) Wow! I can fly!?

Nemesis: Sorry, I uh, forgot. In this match, all contenders have the power to defy gravity and levitate. Proceed.

Laniatus: From now on I'm in charge of the rules.

Knux: Sweet! (Jumps up and floats in the air)

(Knux is hit from behind)

Tsunami: i can do that anyway, but alright. (flies straight toward Khan)

Khan: Come at me! (fires a lightning bolt at Tsunami)

Knux: Arg! All I need to do is focus....

Tsunami: (the lightning swerves around her. she swings her hookblades at Khan)

(Knux is hit in the face by an invisible force)

Knux: (Guards it) Why don't you come out and fight me?

Khan: (Guards with his staff) That the best you can do?

Tsunami: (hooks the blades around the staff and kicks him with both feet)

Flare: (appears in front of Knux, an uncaring look on her face. she is holding a mace made of light over her shoulder)

Knux: There you are. (Punches her in the gut)

Khan: (Grabs her feet and throws her into a neaby mountain)

Tsunami: (water from the falls wraps around her leg and flings her at Khan. a spinning ball of water appears in one hand) Tsunami's Rasengan!

Flare: (explodes in a burst of light. her voice is heard nearby) you don't think i'd actually face you, when i can beat you down unseen, do you?

Knux: Oh yeah? (Drills into the earth)

Khan: Two can play that game! (Charges his staff with a massive amount of electricity) Chidori Blade!

Tsunami: (the rasengan dissapates and she rolls throught the air to the side. the air in her palm begins to distort)

Flare: (appears beside Khan and grabs him by the arm)

Khan: Can't touch this! (Streams electricity through his arm and electrocutes Flare)

Knux: There you are! (Punches flare in the head)

Flare: (explodes in a burst of light)

Tsunami: you keep falling for her light clones! (a ball of electricity appears in her hand, lightning lancing off in all directions. she charges throught the air at Knux) Tsunami's Lightning Blade!

Khan: (appears in front of her and guards with his Chidori Blade)

Knux: I'm starting to hate her..

Khan: What, out of ideas?

Khan: take this! (Swings his electrically charged staff at Tsunami)

(Flame shouldn't be in this match)

Knux: Are you too scared to face me yourself?

Tsunami: (swings her Lightning Blade at Khan)

Flare: (appears behind Knux and swings her mace at him)

Knux: (catches the mace) That all ya got?

Khan: (Ducks under it) Take this! (punches her with an electrically charged fist)

Flare: (kicks Knux in teh groin)

Tsunami: (takes Khan's hit and flies straight up, panting a bit from her own Lightning Blade)

Knux: Ow! That was a dirty move!

Khan: Now, for the finisher! (charges up his staff with a massive amount of electrical energy)

Flare: Tsunami! (throws her mace at Tsunami. it spins in the air)

Tsunami: (sees Flare's strategy. gets in front of the mace. the handle slams into the center of her forehead. a wave of color washes over her streaks, changing them from cyan to yellow)

Nemesis: (Suddenly appears) If you are tranforming into someone else,you should know that the rules forbid it. You must rely on your own abilities for this fight, not someone else's.

Tsunami: (hand on her forehead) these are my abilities. the only thing my other half can do is absorb long-range attacks. useless against a close-range fighter like Khan and Knux. this is my disrupted form.

Nemesis: My apologies. Continue.

Khan: Okay....Where was I? Oh yea...Thunderfall!!

The sky darkened, thunder erupted, and then, out of nowhere, a gigantic bolt of lighting, with a bright flash, struck Tsunami

Tsunami: (holds one hand up. the lightning stops just short of the hand) i never mentioned my powers in disrupted form. normally, im hydrokinetic and therefore any electric attacks take a great deal of power to use. however, in disrupted form, i am electrokinetic. (fires the bolt of lightning back at Khan)

Khan: Dammit. (he dodges for his life!) Knux, wanna switch opponents?

Knux: Sure thing! (flies into the air and punches Tsunami)

Khan: Let's see if I can beat you! (fires 3 balls of electricity at Flare)

Flare: (the light mace reappears in her hand)

Khan: Hah! (the balls explode, creating 3 explosions of bright bluish sparks)

(the smoke clears, revealing a large ball of light. the ball dissappears and three Flare's are floating where it used to be)

Flare 1: (charges at Khan from the left)

Flare 2: (charges at Khan from the right)

Flare 3: (charges at Khan from the front)

Khan: (Swung his staff around him, taking care of all the clones) That the best you can do? Come on you coward.

Flare: (slams into Khan from behind)

Khan: Ah! (he falls on the ground) Nice move, but look at the sky, it's still dark. That means...

(A bolt of lightning suddenly strikes Flare)

Flare: (her mace becomes much longer. she jams one end into the ground and holds the other end above her, using the weapon as a lightning rod)

Khan: Dammit.

Knux: (Punches Flare in the head) Gotcha!

2nd Match
Nemesis: Might as well begin the next fight. Are all the participants present? Speak up!

2nd match: Banzai vs Espio vs LT vs Shadow vs Cold

Cold:Fine.

Banzai: Ready!

Espio: Hm.

Shadow: Let's get this over with.

Laniatus: LT?

LT:ZZZZzzzz!

Cold:(Slaps LT)WAKE UP!

LT:I'M UP MOM....oh lets fight.

Nemesis: *Sigh* The fight will take place in the Chasm of Eternity (refer to above photos). There is no top or bottom of the chasm as it goes on for all....eternity. You may also use the coloured orbs in the arena to teleport to random places. Are you ready?

Cold:Shadow you ready?

Shadow: What do you think?

Laniatus: Then let us begin!

(Transports everyone to the chasam of eternity)

N+L: Begin!

Espio: Shall we get going? (throws a giant shuriken at Cold)

Shadow: Come at me if you dare!

Banzai: Here we go! (Shoot a blast of energy out of his staff at LT)

LT(Jumps in the air)

Banzai: (Jumps after him) You're not getting away!

LT:Music ray!

Banzai: (quickly jumps out of the way) What kind of attack was tha--uh oh (he falls into the chasm) AAAAHHHHhhhhhhhhh!!

Espio: Banzai!

Banzai: (Falls from above and smashes his staff on LT's head) Hyah!!!

Espio: Hm, so, anything that falls down, appears on top. That's how this chasm is eternal.

Cold(Freezes Banzai feet)There you go.

Banzai: What the? GYYYAAAAAAAaaaaaaahhhhhhh........(he continues to fall down/up the chasm)

Espio: Shadow Clone Jutsu! (Creates 3 clones and sends them after Cold)

Cold:(Kick one of the clone,stapes one of the clone,and cuts one clone neck)

Espio: (appears behind Cold and throws a kunai at him)

LT:(Kicks Espio)

Cold:Lets end this.

LT:Yeah dude.

Cold&LT:CHAOS KAIO-KEN(both powers up with a power level OVER 9000)!

Shadow: What are those idiots up to?

3rd Match
Laniatus: Will all those participating in the 3rd match please report here? (Round 1)

Ichiro walked in saying, "I am ready. And my opponents are?"

"Heh, looks like we're fighting already." Thetis suddenly appears next to him. "Smash and Koutuumath are coming soon."

Kotuumath then walked in.

"Took you long enough," Thetis remarked. Kotuumath regarded him with a glare.

Smash then arrived. "Alright..Huh. So this is a battle royal, is it? This is new." He commented.

A screen appeared, showing a vast, grassy plain, illuminated by the light of a full moon.

"You will be fighting in the Moonlit Prairie. Is everyone ready?"

"And we get different locations with each battle, too?" Smash's eyebrows rose. "Man, I've been in the gritty Blitz Pit for too long." He somewhat joked with himself. "Yeah I'm ready."

"Ah... a full moon," Ichiro sighed, "Excellent. I am ready."

"Let's do this!" said Kotuumath, snorting out white smoke.

Laniatus smiled. "Good. This match has special rules. At certain points during the match, a crystal ball will appear, containing a helpful item, from fire flowers to chaos emeralds. However, their effects are temporary, so use them wisely. Now, let us leave." The goddess and the four fighters vanish in a bright flash of light.

They all reappeared in the moonlit prairie, ready for battle.

The goddess hovered over them. "You may begin." And then she disappeared, and the brawl began.

Smash stroked his chin. "Fire flowers? Never heard of em..." He said to himself. But they then appeared in the grassy field. "Alright. Lets get started.." He got into his traditional battle stance.

Thetis stretched his arms, and then cracked his neck. "Finally. I've been waiting for a chance to show my powers." He extended both arms, and then and invisible force hit Smash, Ichiro and Kotuumath.

The halfbreed flew back, and then returned using his wings. A golden longsword materialized in his left claw.

Ichiro faded upon impact, and reappeared a few feet over. "You're going to have to do better than that, Thetis," he called out.

Smash was struck by the force, but only took a step back. "That can't be all you've got." He said.

Thetis chuckled a bit, then responded. "Fine. Show me what you can do first, then I'll know how much power to use."

"Hmph. That's generally what I do." Smash said.

Ichiro faded once more, then an image of Thetis appeared in front of the real one. "Show yourself," it shouted before jabbing Thetis in the chest.

"You're gonna have to try harder." the other Thetis's fist suddenly stopped centimeters from the real one's chest. "Bye bye." With a flick of his fingers, he blasted the other Thetis a mile away. He then looked to Smash. "Now for you..."

Smash stood his ground, keeping a good eye on him. "Don't think you can shake me off with a flick of your finger." He warned him.

Without warning, the wolf appeared behind him, his hand glowing a strange green colour. "Maybe not, but I can with this!" With amazing speed, he choped Smash in the leg.

Relying solely on instincts, Smash made a quick hop into the air, kicking his legs into a folded position to dodge the attack and landed back on his feet. ''A bit predictable so far. But he's definitely holding back.'' Smash thought. He faced the wolf with a calm, yet serious expression on his face. He still didn't make a move.

Thetis had a rather bored expression on his face, but was actually analyzing his opponents. ''That echidna worries me. He refuses to show any of his abilities, preventing me from forming any strategies. And for the dragon, He seems like the kind who uses brute force. For now I must make the echidna show his strength. ''"Well if you won't come to me, I'll bring you in." The same invisible force from before struck Smash, only instead of repelling him, he was suddenly pulled into Thetis with great force to meet his glowing palm.

"Well this is interesting." Smash said as he began to slide towards Thetis. He waited until he got close enough to him. If this is what he wants, lets just see what happens once I give it to him. Once he was at the desired position, Smash lashed out with a powerful swing with his arm to knock Thetis' arm away, following up with a straight kick to his stomach.

"Ouch" Thetis held his stomach, surprised by Smash's attack. "Impressive. Most people can't move while I'm pulling them in. However, you should have avoided my hand." Thetis gave him a sly smile as Smash realized he couldn't move his arm. "I severed you muscles and cut off your nerve signals. You shouldn't be able to use that arm for a while.Just be glad I didn't aim for a more vital place."

Smash felt his arm go numb, and fall limp. "I'm surprised it worked when I didn't even touch your hand." He said. "But fighting with one arm shouldn't be a problem." He then took a step back, getting into a defensive position as he quickly scanned the area to see where Kotuumath and Ichiro were. It would be a fatal mistake to leave them out of his sight for too long.

"Don't take your eyes off me." Thetis suddenly appeared in front of Smash, and attempted to jab him in the stomach.

Smash rolled out of the way, knowing that he'd try to catch him off guard. He then faced Thetis as he stood back up. "I'm sure the other two would say the same thing. Can't keep my eyes on all of ya at the same time." He then proceeded to throw a spin kick in Thetis' direction.

"Forgot about this?" With a swing of hist hand, he telekinetically threw Smash to the ground.

Kotuumath looked at Ichiro.

"How about you and me let Smash and Thetis duke it out while we do the same?"

Smash was thrown back, but he coiled his legs back and launched himself back towards Thetis in an attempt to kick him back. He also has his hand over his head, ready to bash him soon afterwards.

With his hands glowing the same green colour, Thetis caught his leg. "That the best you can do?"

When he caught his leg, Smash attempted to use this to his advantage as he performed a backflip, attempting to throw him over his head with his leg.

But Thetis, thinking fast, blasted him away soon after disabling his leg.

Smash was sent flipping in midair. He soon landed in a kneeling position a few feet away. He began to stand, only to find that his leg failed to work. ''Uh oh. Not good...'' He thought. ''I still have so much energy left to burn. But how am I supposed to use it if I can't even stand up straight!?'' He stayed in his position, looking back up at Thetis. I''t'd be foolish to charge right back at him, or even stand up. I have to think of something..''.

"Don't you have any powers? If you don't, then fighting me is suicide."

Part 1C
(This is what is happening between matches if your character is not in a fight, insert them here)

Sonic: I sure hope Knux is gonna be okay.

Silver: I'd worry more about your own match than him. Looks like your up agains some really tough guys.

Sonic: Yeah right. Like I'm gonna lose.

Nemesis: Are you all prepared for your fights?

Sonic: I'm ready to go!

Silver: I guess.

Nemesis: Well you have some time to wait. Why don't you socialize with the other fighters? See if you can find some weaknesses.

Sonic: What? That wouldn't be fair!

Silver: But it would help is in the future.

A bright light emitted from one spot. In a flash, the light was gone, and in it's place were two echidna's, nearly holding each other's hands now that the letter they were reading was gone.

"Huh? What?" Smash looked around, baffled. "Where the heck are we!?"

"I-I don't know..We were on the front porch a second ago." Pearl stammered, still holding her broom. "And now we're in..wow...Are we in heaven or something?"

"Don't be silly, We're still alive." Smash said. "But...I can see where you're coming from on that." The two began to look around, and immediately noticed some people not far away from them. But only one they recognized. "..Sonic?" Smash asked. "What in the world is he doing here?"

Sonic: Smash! Pearl! How've ya been!

Silver: Who and who?

"We've been alright, I guess." Smash said. He gave Silver a weird look. "And who's this guy?"

Just then, another bright flash of light appeared about 3 feet off the ground, and a figure fell out of it, face-planting onto the ground below.

"OW!! Dammit...!!"

Silver: Great, there's more?

(Sonic explains the tournament to Smash and Pearl and shows them the rules [refer to above])

Ichiro made himself visible. He looked around and observed the others. "This is the tournament?" he began, "Good. Greetings to you all."

Sonic: Who're you?

Ichiro glared oddly at Sonic. "I am Ichiro Keiken of the Orochi clan," he said while bowing, "It is an honour to meet you Sonic, hero of Mobius."

The halfbreed got up, shaking his head, then looked around at the people.

"At least I'm not the only one who this happened to," he muttered to himself.

"Huh. I see..." Smash nodded. "So these are the tournament grounds..." He shrugged. "Seems kinda forceful to me, but I might as well enter."

"Seeing how I'm here, I think I'll give it a try, too." Pearl said.

"Really? This'll be your first tournament." Smash said, with both eyebrows raised. "And from the looks of this place, I can't say it'll be easy on you. Are you sure you're up to it?"

Pearl nodded. "Yeah. I think I can do it." She reassured with a smile.

"You sure about that?" Sonic asked,"These guys are really tough. Look up there." Sonic points to a screen above them, showing Khan's,Knuckles',Tunami's and flare's fight.

"If she wants to fight, let her fight," Silver butted in.

Pearl looked at the screen with interest, while Smash looked over at Sonic and Silver. "Pearl's tougher than she looks. You'd be surprised what she can do." He said. "She's just rarely had a chance to show her capabilities. Starting off in a tournament such as this would be a lot of pressure at once, which is why I was a bit concerned. But if she's confident that she can handle it, I trust her."

"Knuckles is here, too?" She asked, more to herself than anyone else.

"Yeah, pretty much anyone with status is here," Sonic replied,"and now I really wana see you fight Pearl!" Sonic gave her a cheerful thumbs up and a wink.

Pearl looked over at Sonic and giggled. "Thanks!"

"Ah, Looks like you're here too," said a cold voice, full of malice and mystery.

"Gasp! Y-you? You're here!?," said Sonic, thoroughly disturbed. "Chimera?"

"Hmhmhm. Of course I'm here. This game wouldn't be interesting without me. You're lucky unofficial fights are prohibited, otherwise you'd all be dead," said the evil Chimera.

Smash's eyelids lowered halfway as he turned around to face Chimera. "Oy. Don't start with the boasting, would ya?"

The halfbreed glared coldly at Chimera.

"Who's THIS arse?" he asked.

"Ha. I can't wait till I get to fight you, that is, if you get past round one. See you later you souped up lizard." That was the last thing the villain said before teleporting out of sight.

"Man, what a jerk." Pearl muttered. She looked over towards the dragon halfbreed. "If you ever do fight him, teach him an old fashioned lesson, would ya?"

"I'll be glad to," he said. "My name is Kotuumath, by the way. What's yours?"

"Pearl, I'm assuming?" A brown wolf wearing an orange jacket and jeans came on the scene.

Pearl had her mouth opened to introduce herself, only to have someone else do it for her. She looked towards the wolf in surprise. "H-how did you know?" She asked. Smash looked over at the wolf, suspiciously.

"Thetis, is it?" Ichiro asked. He paced for a moment, eying the wolf. He was about to continue, but stopped himself.

"I'm a telepath. Just testing out my powers," the wolf responded. "But how do you know my name?"

"You too? God is all of Evanidus here too?" Sonic asked.

"Where I come from, I was known as the All-Seer," Ichiro explained, "I can learn all that I need with a glance."

"Oh really? Then you should know you don't stand a chance against me," Thetis replied arrogantly.

"Still your tongue, telepath," Ichiro snapped, "Boasting only makes it hurt more."

A sweat drop rolled down the side of her face. "Eheh..well, yeah. That's my name." Pearl answered the previous question awkwardly. "And this is my brother, Smash."

Smash nodded at his name. "Nice to meet ya."

"Normally, I'd be the bad guy, but since this is a tournament and everyone's neutral, Hey Smash, nice to meet you," the wolf replied, disturbing Sonic slightly.

"Wait, you're not working for Chimera?" Sonic asked, quite puzzled.

Thetis gave him a smirk. "Nope. I follow my own rules here."

Smash gave Thetis another suspicious look. His words kept him from trusting him, but they were safe as long as they were here.

The heavenly goddess Laniatus appears, gracing them with her presence. "Smash, Thetis, Ichiro and Koutuumath, please report to the main area."

"Oh. Looks like I'm up." Smash said.

"Good luck, Smash! Give em all you got!" Pearl said.

"Thanks. I'll be back." He then left to attend to his match.

A 3rd screen appeared next to the two already showing the current fights, presumable to show Smash's match.

Sonic stood next to Pearl, and reassuringly put his hand on her shoulder. "He'll be fine. Just you see."

Silver listened, leaning against a beam, thinking to himself. "I hope so. Some of those characters had such power. Anything could happen in this match."

Pearl smiled. "I know he can do it." She said. "They may have all kinds of weird powers, but Smash can overcome them...He's strong and smart, and that's good enough for him. He always finds a way...That's my brother."

(They all watch Smash's match on the screen)

After seeing Thetis's first attack, Silver said, "Told you they all had crazy powers."

"Shut up Silver."

"I'm sure Smash has seen worse..." Pearl said. "But he'd better be careful."

The mysterious, hooded Nemesis appeared behind Sonic and Pearl, startiling the both of them. "There can only be one winner to each fight. All losers will be instantly sent home, so there's no penalty if you don't win."

Pearl nearly jumped two feet into the air. She turned around to face the figure, wide-eyed. "Oh..W-well, that's good to know..I guess." She said, nervously. She was still jumpy after being frightened.

"You know, for a god of evil and chaos, you're not so bad," Sonic said.

"Hm." And with that, the hooded figure was gone

"You're brother's doing pretty good. I really underestimated him," Silver said apologetically.

Pearl gave him a sly smirk. "You're already apologizing?" She asked. "...You haven't seen nothing yet."

"Guys, can we just watch?" Sonic asked.

"Oh, Sorry!" Pearl said before looking back at the screen with another sweat drop.

"Looks like he's been handicapped," Silver remarked.

"Oh no..So early in the match, too..." Pearl gasped softly.

"Ah, he'll be fine." Sonic gave Pearl a wink of reassurance.