The Real World: Battle Royale
Season Premiere Part A
By: iamdaemon
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters of Battle Royale, the MTV show The Real World, any of the songs referenced in the story or a BMW. On second thought that last one is neither here nor there.
Rating: Teen for language and possible adult situations.
The show begins with the opening credits. The theme song plays and shows a montage of clips of the different House Mates in different parts of the city. They deliver a voice over explaining that when strangers are forced to live together under one roof that they stop being polite and start being real. The credits end with a still frame of the Real World house.
The show begins with a young man standing alone on a street corner. He has a couple suitcases standing beside him and he looks like he is just waiting for a ride. He is wearing a pair of torn jeans, boots, a shirt that reads "Trust me I'm a doctor," and a bandana. The voice over begins. "My name is Shogo Kawada. I'm 23 years old and I'm currently in med school." Now the song "I Stand Alone" by Godsmack is heard as we see clips of his audition video. In the video, Shogo is playing Frisbee with his girlfriend, he is lifting weights, and he is shown running along the beach.
"I've lived with my dad for a long time after my mom left. He provided for us by taking several jobs. He wasn't around much but he is still probably the greatest man I know," Shogo explains in the voice over.
Now there is a shot of a cute girl walking down the street. She is pulling a large trunk behind her. Her hair is cropped short to her chin. She is wearing a pair of white Capri pants, a pink camisole top and a pair of brown leather sandals. In a voice over she explains, "My name is Mizuho Inada. Back home I worked in a Starbucks and I'm 20 years old." The song that plays during her audition tape montage is "Sugar, We're Going Down" by Fall Out Boy. Her video shows flashes of Mizuho working at Starbucks happily serving a patron some coffee. She is also seen playing a role playing game with her friends.
"I love games. In high school, I was made fun of for liking games. People thought I was a freak. They said I got too into the games; couldn't separate fantasy from reality. I don't see what they were talking about," she explained.
Mizuho walks up the street to Shogo. He rushes over to take her trunk and pull it up to his luggage. "Hi, I'm Shogo," he said extending his hand.
"Mizuho," she said shaking his hand and pulling him in for a hug.
They talked for a few moments and then a white van pulls up to take them to the house. On the ride over, they are still talking. "Never in a million years did I think I would get selected for the Real World. The Goddess pulled through again on this one," Mizuho said.
Shogo shoots her a puzzled glance. "Come again?" he asked.
"Never mind," Mizuho said.
Shogo gives a candid moment in the Confession Room at the Real World house. "When Mizuho walked up she seems like a nice enough girl. On the ride to the house she starts talking about all this crazy stuff. I think she's in a cult."
We now see a girl in a long, tan Bohemian style skirt, cream colored peasant top and hemp sandals. She is standing at the airport carrying a woven hemp satchel. Now we hear the song "Vertigo" by U2. "I'm Yumiko Kusaka, a 21 year old art student." Yumiko's video consists of her sitting at a pottery wheel busily working on a project. We also see her and several of her friends performing a sit in at a large corporation. We then see her marching in a picket line holding a sign a military cease fire. "I've been a member of Green Peace for three years and a member of PETA for five years. I don't believe anyone should fight. Our Earth is big enough for all of us to share."
A young man sidles up to her. He is wearing a cap cocked sideways on his head, a large hooded sweatshirt, baggy jeans and a pair of tan boots that are untied. He has an earring and a wide smile on his face. He plops a duffel bag down beside the girl and asks, "Are you on the Real World too?"
"Yes," Yumiko replies.
"Cool, me too. My name is Shinji," he says.
"I'm Yumiko," she answers.
There is a cut to the audition video for Shinji. Rage Against the Machine blasts in the background with "Bulls on Parade." "I'm Shinji Mimura. I'm 19 years old. I play on my university's basketball team and I'm a computer science major."
Shinji's tape shows us several scenes from basketball games. He sinks the winning point at the buzzer in one clip. Then we see him in a fraternity. He and his fraternity brothers raise beer cans and shout. There are several clips of him partying with his fraternity brothers. "I'm great at basketball. But mostly I like to have a good time. I don't like to brag, but I have to say; I'm a hit with the ladies. Those girls in the house better watch out!"
Shinji looks Yumiko up and down as they enter a cab. "Those tattoos; they real?" Shinji asked pointing to the intricate brown drawings on Yumiko's arms.
"Oh no, these are just henna tattoos. They'll fade eventually. They're really cool aren't they?" Yumiko asked.
"Um, yeah they're something," Shinji replied.
In the Confession Room Yumiko smiles brightly and says, "I think Shinji is a really great guy. He's funny and he is so cute."
That is followed immediately by Shinji in the Confession Room saying, "I think Yumiko had a smell. I don't know if she's one of those kind of people or not, but I don't think she used deodorant." He grimaces, "I bet she doesn't shave her pits!"
Now the camera follows a girl in a short white shirt, a mint green tank top, and a thin denim jacket. She has big silver hoop earrings and large brown designer sunglasses. She carries a tiny purse and is chatting quickly on her cell phone while she pulls along her suitcase. She stops at a bench and stands, tapping her foot, waiting for a bus. "Fine, be like that! We are through! I don't want you to ever call me again!" She yells into the phone and snaps it shut. She crosses her arms and looks very angry. She sighs and looks around dejectedly.
Suddenly we are presented with her audition video. "Hi, I'm Mitsuko Souma. I'm a 20 year old aspiring model." We are now hearing "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani. "I love sex. I'm a nymphomaniac. If I didn't have sex, I would probably hump everything in sight," Mitsuko laughs as we see clips of her washing a car in a white bikini, her lying in the sun in a blue bikini, and her climbing out of a pool in a red bikini. "Well, I don't just screw anyone I see. I do have some standards."
Mistuko looks to her left. There is someone coming toward her. "Who is this skeez?" she asks.
A boy in a green polo shirt, pleated khakis, and shiny dress shoes is walking toward the bus stop. "That girl is obviously the slut of the house," the boy says as he approaches. "Well Toshi, they always have at least one slut in the house, you'll just have to get used to it," he says to himself.
"Where's Your Head At?" by the Basement Jaxx begins to play over another audition video. The clips show the young man playing a violin. The boy is alone in the video mostly, he doesn't seem to have many friends and he is always scowling. "I'm Toshinori Oda and I'm 19 years old. I don't go to college. I only graduate high school because only peons don't graduate from high school. My parents are rich; I don't see why I have to go to college. I've got it made. Most people think I'm spoiled but I don't care," his voice over says.
As Toshinori walks closer to Mitsuko his face becomes more distorted with disgust. He stops a couple feet from her. He looks her up and down and just glares at him. Mitsuko turns to look at him and sneers, "Perv."
"Bitch," Toshinori replies.
They don't speak to each other any more. Finally a bus pulls up to them. The bus is completely empty. The bus was meant just for them. They climbed aboard. They sat across from each other and didn't speak for the whole ride to the Real World House.
The bus pulls in front of a large two story house. Both Toshinori and Mitsuko are impressed. They heave their luggage off the bus and begin to drag it toward the front door.
As they approach the door swings open to reveal Mizuho. "Welcome home!" she calls out.
Mizuho runs out to help with the luggage. She is followed a second later by Shogo. Mitsuko catches a glimpse of Shogo. She lowers her sunglasses and peers over the top.
Mitsuko in the Confession Room pants, "Oh. My. God. Shogo is so absolutely freaking hot! That boy is built like a tank. He had me quivering in my shoes just thinking about it."
Shogo marches forward toward Mitsuko. "This bag is so heavy. Can you help me?" she coos.
Shogo lifts up her suitcase with one hand. "No problem," he says with a grin.
"I could use a little help here, too," Toshinori spits.
"Oh. Sure," Shogo grabs Toshi's bag as well.
"Muscle bound oaf! He's helped that brainless tart first. Guys like him always think with their dicks," Toshi complains in the Confession Room.
Shortly, Shinji and Yumiko arrive. They bring their bags in to find the other four members of the house standing around talking. "Anybody home?" Yumiko asks with a smile. "I've been so looking forward to meeting everyone!" Yumiko continues.
The housemates introduce themselves and shake hands. Yumiko was talking to everyone getting personal details while Shinji stood looking at Mitsuko. She was standing lightly perched against a hallway table. "I'm Shinji," he says with a smile.
"Mitsuko," she says.
"We're just missing one person right?" Shogo asks.
"I think so," Toshi replies.
The all stop standing around and begin to look through the house. They are amazed by the extravagance of the house. They look around and find a pool table, a hot tub, and a pinball machine and two arcade games. In the back yard is a basketball goal and a swimming pool.
Back inside the house the front door creaks open and a young man sticks his head through the opening. "Helloo-oo!" he calls out.
He enters the house pulling his luggage behind him. He is wearing a bright blue button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up, fancy jeans with tears across the legs, a chunky watch with a wide leather band, and sandals. He walks into the house wide-eyed and amazed. Mitsuko comes around the corner and notices him. "Hello? Are you the seventh roommate?" she asks.
"Yeah. I'm Sho," he replies.
Instantly, Sho's audition video begins to play along with Sho's voice over explaining about him. The tape shows him walking making his own fashion show in his room. He is laying on his stomach on his bed with his legs crossed. He is looking at copies of TigerBeat, TeenBeat, and Big Bopper magazines. Sho proceeds to do yoga in a leotard. "I've known I was gay since I was in the seventh grade. I just knew. I woke up one day and said, 'Gee, I like boys.' People at school hassle me all the time. I come from an area where there are not many gay people at all, so naturally I had to over-gay myself just to piss them off. Oh, I almost forgot; my name is Sho Tsukioka and I'm 21 years old."
Mitsuko and Sho shake hands and exchange nice words.
Mitsuko in the Confession Room sneers, "The second I saw Sho I knew he was gay. He's going to be my main competition for any of the hot guys in the house."
Then Sho confesses in the Confession Room, "If Li'l Miss Mitsu thinks she's going to get all the hot dick in the house, she's got another thing coming."
Sho, Mitsuko, Shogo, Yumiko, Toshi, and Shinji are together in the foyer talking to each other. Mizuho bounds down the stairs. "Guys, I think something is wrong," she says in a hurry.
To Be Continued…