Recap: The Digidestined go on a camping trip, only to be sucked back into the Digital World (and a reality TV show). Gennai explains the gist of the show and divides the kids into four teams. After the teams are established, Gennai gets a mystery call that might surprise everyone.

Not So Happy Campers (Part 2)

"Who the heck are these people?" Tai asked.

"These are the other contestants," Gennai said casually.

"What do you mean other contestants?" Sora put her hands on her hips.

"For your information, you guys weren't the only kids with digimon," Gennai said.

"Somehow I feel less special than before," Davis pouted.

"Don't worry, you'll always be extra special to me," Kari wrapped her arm around his waist.

"Really?" Davis's eyes lit up. "She thinks I'm special!"

Matt leaned in close to Davis and whispered in his ear, "I think you and Kari are talking about different types of special."

"Ahem!" Gennai loudly cleared his throat. "If we're done establishing how special Davis is, can we go on and meet the other contestants?"

"Fine," Cody sighed.

"Okay, here are they are! Say hi to Takato, Henry, Rika, Kenta, Kazu, Jeri, Ryo, Takuya, Koji, Kouichi, Zoe, JP, Tommy, Marcus, Thomas, and Yoshi," Gennai pointed to each kid.

"Yoshi? Isn't that the name of a turtle?" Yolei said.

"My parents were obsessed with the Super Mario video games," Yoshi muttered. "I hate my parents."

"Well, isn't that nice! Get to know each other while I make some important phone calls," Gennai put his headset back on and walked away.

"So, you guys also had digimon partners?" Mimi asked.

"Not us, babe!" Takuya winked at Mimi and puffed his chest out.

"We're way cooler because we can turn into digimon! Beat that," Zoe bragged.

"Big whoop!" Rika rolled her eyes. "Not only do we have digimon partners, but we can also combine with them to become mega form digimon," Rika scoffed.

"Talk about the best of both worlds, right?" Takato laughed nervously.

Camera Confessions:

"I don't think I like these new kids that much," Mimi pouts. "Especially that blonde girl. I mean, did you see what she was wearing? That hat is super ugly, and I should know; I've seen a lot of ugly hats in my lifetime. And don't even get me started on that sweatsuit/skirt/whatever that is." She pretends to stick a finger down her throat.

"Hey Ken! Haven't seen you in a while," Ryo smiles and walks up to Ken. "You look a lot better than the last time I saw you!"

"Heh heh, yeah..." Ken rubbed his arm. "You too, buddy!"

Camera Confessions:

"I feel bad but I don't know who this guy is," Ken shakes his head. "Do you think he'll notice if I pretend to know him?"

Jeri taps Koji and Kouichi on the shoulder. "Hey, are you guys twins?"

"Nope. We're half-brothers*. That's why we have different last names," Koji said.

"Oh. For half-brothers, you guys look a lot alike."

"Yeah, we get that all the time," Kouichi flashed a timid smile.

"Okay, I'm back!" Gennai took off his headset. "Did you guys get acquainted? Honestly, I don't care...now let's get to business. I guess I have to finish dividing you guys into teams," he sighed.

"Whoa!" Takato yelled as Gennai grabbed him and pushed him towards a team.

"I don't think this is proper protocol," Thomas said as the old man nudged him towards another team.

"You touch me, and I'll make sure your death goes a lot faster than you expected," Rika growled.

"Feisty one there," Gennai raised his eyebrows. He simply pointed to a group and she walked over. "Now, time to keep dividing!" he said as he pushed Kouichi full force into The Leftovers. Kari caught him before he could fall to the ground.

"Welcome to the team, buddy," TK patted him on the back.

The division of the teams went smoothly until...

"NOOOOO! I wanna be on the same team as Kazu!" Kenta whined.

"Well, too bad. You can't pick your teammates. Now shut up and go to your assigned team," Gennai pushed Kenta away. Kenta stumbled and fell on Marcus's feet.

"Wanna fall on me again?" Marcus picked Kenta up by the collar of his shirt.

"Hey! You leave him alone!" Tai shoved Marcus. "It's not like he did it on purpose!"

"Yeah!" Davis butted in.

Marcus dropped Kenta to the ground and began walking towards Tai. "It's fighting time!" he clenched his fist and stretched his arm back.

"Stop!" Rika yelled.

"Rika?" Takato, Henry, and Kazu gasped in unison. Jeri's puppet slipped out of her hand.

"As fun as it is to see two goons kill the crap out of each other, I don't think I can handle this," Rika jerked her thumb at her group, "anymore. I'll gladly trade spots with Kenta!"

"Hey! What did we ever do to you?" Yolei crossed her arms.

"Be annoying," Rika responded back.

"Is that allowed?" Tommy raised his hand.

Gennai rubbed his chin and looked pensive. "Meh, why the hell not! Switch," he motioned at Rika and Kenta.

Camera Confessions:

"Thank god the old dustbag let me switch teams. If I had to deal with those girls any longer...," Rika pulls out a Barbie. She then proceeds to pop the head off the doll. "Heads will roll. The one with the purple hair would be first. Trust me on that." She glares at the camera and throws the doll head straight ahead.

*static*

Hours later...

"It seems like we finally have our teams established. That was way more exhausting than I imagined it would be," Gennai wiped his forehead. "This is how the teams are divided up:

Team One: Courageous Friendship

Tai, Matt, Davis, Rika, Takato, Takuya, Marcus

Team Two: Reliable Knowledge

Izzy, Joe, Cody, Henry, Koji, Tommy, Thomas

Team Three: Vaginas...errm, I mean Sincere Love

Sora, Mimi, Yolei, Kenta, Kazu, Zoe, Yoshi

Team Four: The Leftovers

TK, Kari, Ken, Jeri, Ryo, JP, Kouichi

"Now that we've got our teams, I've got to explain some stuff. Yeah, I know...boring, but I have to do it. First off, you see that outhouse over there? The one with the satellite dish sticking out of the top?"

All of the kids nod their heads.

"That is the Confession Camera booth. It seems like some of you guys have already gotten acquainted with it. If you feel the need to rant or tell the world your deepest, darkest secrets, that outhouse is the place to do so. Just please be courteous of everyone else, and try not to spend so much time in there. Seriously. Next up, NEVER insult the chef's cooking skills, at least not to her face. No matter how much the food sucks...she gets a bit touchy about that. With further ado, here is your chef," Gennai signaled someone over.

"Mom?" Tai and Kari said in unison.

"Hi, kids!" Mrs. Kamiya waved. "Whaddaya think? When Gennai asked me if I wanted to be on TV, I just couldn't say no!"

Camera Confessions:

"Great... not that I'm not happy for my mom or anything, but really?" Tai shakes his head.

"Congrats Mom?" Kari says uncertainly.

"If we don't die from the challenges, we'll probably die from food poisoning first," Tai rubs his forehead.

"On the bright side, Gennai will have to eat her food too," Kari pats Tai's back.

"That's true," Tai grins.

"Nice, now that we met you, go back to the kitchen," Gennai pushed Mrs. Kamiya away. "And for the record, I have my own personal chef so I don't have to eat the same Grade D slop you guys have to eat," he laughed cynically.

"Next up on the agenda, sleeping arrangements. Each team will be assigned its own cabin. Unfortunately, we have 4 teams and only 3 cabins so...Courageous Friendship, you get the red cabin, Reliable Knowledge gets the blue cabin, Sincere Love gets the green cabin and the Leftovers...you guys will have to share that," Gennai jerks his thumb at a pile of huge cardboard boxes. "I was even nice enough to convince the producers to throw in some garbage bags, so that your 'cabin' will stay dry when it rains."

Camera Confessions:

"I understand that we're the 'Leftovers', but I think the old dude is taking this way too far," JP slams his fist into his palm. "He's only doing this because I'm big-boned, isn't he?"

"Now, that you're all familiar with the island, let me tell you about how this competition works. Every several days, you guys will participate in a challenge. The team that finishes the challenge best will win immunity. The team that performs the worst will have to vote off one of their members, and that member will have to walk the Dock of Shame and load up on the Loser Cruiser, never to return to the island," Gennai said. "What, Takuya?"

"I understand that this is on TV and all, but why are you putting us through all this hell? Shouldn't the last one standing get an awesome reward for well...being better than everyone else?"

"I was just getting to that," Gennai gritted his teeth. "Anyways, the number of contestants left will dwindle down after every elimination (obviously). When there are only two contestants left, they will compete head-to-head for the grand prize- what now?"

"What's the grand prize?" Henry asked.

"I was just getting to that...," Gennai's eye began to twitch. "Now, can all of you shut up so I can finish this spiel? Thank you. The winner of the competition will not only win a million dollars but the winner will also get to reunite with their digimon partner forever! What now, Zoe?"

"What about us? We don't have digimon partners because...we can spirit evolve!" she flicked her hair as the other Frontier kids nodded in agreement.

"If one of you guys win (that probably won't happen), you guys will have the ability to spirit evolve again," Gennai rolled his eyes.

"Yay!" the Frontier kids high-fived each other.

"You can stop now. Nobody cares that you can turn into digimon. Especially when you brag about it every five seconds," Yolei muttered.

"Yeah, the horn-dog is right," Gennai said. "If I hear you kids keep bragging about it, then you'll be paired up with Bokomon and Neemon if you win," Gennai pulled out a flask and took a sip out of it. The Frontier kids immediately became quiet and still. "Any more questions? Yes, Tommy?"

"How old are you?"

"I'm not answering that," Gennai said firmly. "Any OTHER questions?"

"Do we seriously have to sleep in those cardboard boxes?" TK asked.

"Questions about THE SHOW, please!" Gennai rubbed his forehead. He kept talking so he didn't give the kids a chance to raise their hands."No? Okay, then time for our first challenge!" he put a huge burlap sack to cover the kids' heads and he pulled them into a forest. "Don't worry, this challenge will be a piece of cake," he chuckled.

Author's Note: Sorry, this chapter was boring but I needed to get the introduction out of the way. The action will start next chapter. Thank you for reading and reviewing :)

*Before you bite my head off (I know someone will!), let me just make myself clear: I know Koji and Kouichi are twins. This was just to poke fun at the Adventure dub, where Matt said he and TK were half-brothers.