Disclaimer: I do not own the following: Sonic the hedgehog, Dragonball Z, Prince of Persia (the Dagger of time), Batman (the Shadowfox looks like the Bat-Mobil), Pok'emon (Lugia's ocarina); (I will add more when the time comes.)

Claimer: Bakuda, Dakuba and Dawn I own. Bakuda was a 'spur-of-the-moment' name a friend and I created for an online game in 1999. I used the name for every game/story character ever since. If you spot anything that may be discreetly connected to another Anime/book/TV show, ECT, it is purely coincidence and not intentional.

The following OC's belong to:

Zephyr the Fox wolf: The Blue Zephyr.

Crystal the Wolf: Sonicx man.

Amelia the Wolf: Chef Colette.

Vyse the Fox: Ryu the Black Fox.

Chaos the Hedgehog/demon holder: inudemon02.

Adimid the Fox/Cat: Velk.

Winter the Fox: The Blue Zephyr.

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Bakuda found himself in the darkness of his dream; "What do the gods want now?" he asked himself as he looked around; "Hello?! God of hope? Are you there?" he shouted into the abyss. "Yes, I am here, by now you should be wondering why you are here… to put it simply, the gods have decided to host a tournament to test your skills in battle, you shall battle others from different worlds and fight one on one. Are you up to it?" he asked. Bakuda nodded; "This will be just like the tenkaichi budokai!" he exclaimed as he started to do some stretches but stopped as a brilliant light shone through the darkness.

As Bakuda regained his eyesight, he saw a group of people around him and many had confused faces, there was a light blue wolf that looked like he had a fox's tail talking to a white female wolf with wearing a blue top and blue skirt with black boots, she also had gauntlets on that had raindrop symbols on them. Bakuda walked around the competitors, he noticed another white wolf except that she looked like she was prepared for war and was armed with a bow and arrow. Bakuda glanced at the bow; "I wonder if she is any good at close range combat?" he asked himself, he glanced to a pair talking, a black fox with white tips talking to navy blue fox with white fur on her head, Bakuda tried to listen on her conversation but all he heard was; "So… come here often?" before the girl stormed off muttering under her breath.

Bakuda continued searching for anyone he knew until…; "So you came, I thought you might have chickened out!" came a voice from Bakuda's right, he turned and found himself staring straight at Dakuba and Dawn, Bakuda glared at them angrily; "Dakuba… I can wait till we can fight in the ring!" he spat as Dakuba snickered and Dawn spoke; "There are sixteen of us here, you will just have to wait till the finals to fight us! To fight either of us in the first round is unlikely," he explained as if Bakuda was stupid. Bakuda sighed and walked off with Dakuba continued snickering, Bakuda glanced to his left an saw Adam and Tara talking in hushed voices, he grinned; "At least I will see these guys fighting abilities," he spoke to himself before Tara turned to him; "You will see more than that!" she called as Bakuda turned to her angrily, "Don't read peoples minds for the sake of it! It is called privacy!" he shouted back and walked off fuming, he was about to try and look for anyone else when he heard a whimper, he listened closely and heard the whimper again… he then heard voices; "You? A Saiyan?! You're weak! How can you belong to the most powerful race in the universe?!" a person yelled as a 'thump' and another whimper could be heard.

Bakuda focused on the area where the sounds were coming from and realised two familiar energy signals… Tails and Karnak… Bakuda shot open his eyes and used the instant transmission. Bakuda only saw Tails in the corner curled into a ball shivering, in front of him was Karnak with his hammer raised; "One more person to add to my collection!" he shouted as he brought the hammer down, Bakuda rushed to him and blocked the hammer with his arm… but he wasn't the only one… "What do you think you are doing?!" the person next to Bakuda shouted to Karnak, Tails looked relieved that Bakuda was there and had saved him but was confused with the fox/wolf next to him…

Karnak was stunned; "Bakuda?! How dare you interfere! And who are you!" he shouted to the fox/wolf. He smirked; "My name is Zephyr," he turned to Bakuda; "Can I take him?" he asked politely to Bakuda, who shrugged; "Be my guest," he said letting Zephyr force off the hammer off his arm and he grabbed it, he then proceeded to spin the hammer with Karnak holding onto the handle! Karnak flew off and hit the wall where Zephyr threw the hammer towards him, the hammer made a large hole next to Karnak! It missed by inches! Bakuda was impressed; "You did fairly well… but you're holding your full power, aren't you?" he asked to the surprised fox/wolf; "How did you know?" he asked surprised.

Bakuda smiled; "I sensed a fraction of you're true power when you spun the hammer, you can't see it by just looking but you are strong," he explained as Zephyr raised an eyebrow, Bakuda felt a tug on the leg of his gi, he looked down to face Tails who was on the ground crawling, it seemed that Karnak had broken his legs… Bakuda quickly pulled the ocarina from his sword and healed the struggling kit. When Bakuda had gotten Tails back onto his feet, Zephyr put his hand on Bakuda's shoulder; "Good luck," he whispered as he disappeared between two people.

Bakuda smiled; "At last! Some competition!" he thought as he and Tails walked to a raised podium and noticed Aura talking with a red cat with a flower in her hair and a katana on her back. Also with them was a white hedgehog with blue quills and a red tank top and black jeans. Bakuda smiled at the sight of Aura; "Aura! Over here!" he shouted to the surprised girls, Aura beamed at the sight of him; "Bakuda! So you are fighting too!" she exclaimed as she ran up to him and hugged him so hard that Bakuda struggled to escape her grasp; "Yeah… now can you let me go please?" he requested, Aura obliged as she looked to Tails; "Who is you're friend?" she asked sweetly as she tickled Tails stomach and forced Tails onto the ground in fits of laughter, Bakuda smiled at this; "This is my brother, Tails… I didn't know you were ticklish!" he smirked as Aura desisted in tickling the kit and looking over Bakuda's shoulder; "Who is that?" she asked as Bakuda turned around, Bakuda was met nearly head on with a massive punch!

Bakuda quickly crossed his arms in a defensive position before the punch had made contact and blocked it, Bakuda lowered his guard and smirked; "I just knew you would be here Knuckles!" Bakuda said as he narrowed his eyes in the echidna's direction, Knuckles crossed his arms; "You should know I would never back down from a challenge!" he said smugly.

Bakuda was about to reply but was interrupted by a large voice; "All who have entered the tournament! The first match will soon begin!" the voice boomed. "The first match will be held… here!" the announcer shouted as the entire room glowed, in the next instant, they were all standing in a area with bodies and rubble lying all over the place. Tails shuddered and held onto Bakuda's arm tightly, Knuckles smirked; "This is perfect to test my strength!" he muttered.

"The first match is Karnak Vs. Aura! The battlefield supports Karnak! This is the first planet Karnak had destroyed with the Saiyans!" the voice boomed. Bakuda watched worried as Aura and Karnak was transported to a space away from the crowd. The voice continued; "The rules are: if you give up or die… you lose… that is all! If you die here, you simply return to your world with no memory of being here! The winner of the tournament wins a great power… the power to control the stars themselves! Now Begin!" the voice boomed. Aura drew a staff as Karnak raised his hammer, Bakuda glared at Karnak; "You already hurt Tails… if you hurt her… I will make you pay!"

Karnak charged at Aura while stomping heavily on the ground, Aura seemed scared and tried to dodge to the left but Karnak struck out his hammer to the side and whacked her in the stomach! Karnak then used his hammer to pull Aura up into the air then slam her onto the ground, Aura quickly rolled off the hammer before it hit the ground and tried to hit him over the head. Karnak raised his hand quickly and grabbed the staff; "Why bother coming? You cannot win!" he said smugly as he grabbed Aura by the collar of her shirt and repeatedly punched her in the face!

Bakuda could only watch as Aura was beaten to an inch of her life by the brutal warrior; "I can't just stand here!" he shouted and tried to go to her aid but Knuckles held him back; "You can't! Stay here, we can't interfere!" he said while struggling to hold the hurting Saiyan. Bakuda looked at Aura with tears in her eyes… Aura was looking back at him with a pleading look, she looked at Karnak and was punched in the gut, She looked back again; "I giv…" she tried to say but Karnak held her mouth; "I can't let you give up! I am not vanished with you yet!" he said insanely as he slammed her into the ground, he then placed his foot on her head and started to crush her!

Bakuda threw off Knuckles and charged to them but was held back by a barrier, a voice rang out; "No one can interfere!" he boomed as Aura suddenly stopped screaming and seemed to burst into pieces like glass… she had lost…

Karnak started laughing his head off; "One more victim for the god of war!" he boasted then caught the expression of Bakuda, who was struggling to destroy the entire area in anger! He raised his head to face Karnak; "YOU WILL PAY KARNAK!" he shouted as his eyes flashed green for a moment.

The area change back to the room where they were before, the voice rang out again; "Winner: Karnak, the god of War!" and Karnak raised his hammer in victory. "The next match is Winter Vs. Vyse! Prepare for battle!"