Warning: If you are one of those hard-core Pokemon fans who get offended when people make fun of Pokemon, then you should skip this chapter.
You're probably wondering "Why would the beautiful, awesomely awesome Lily say something like that?"
Well, I'll tell you why. I got into a heated debate with my cousin Connor over Digimon vs. Pokemon. Mind you, I've given Pokemon a chance, but it's not my cup of tea. On the other hand, Connor has never watched one episode of Digimon because he says it's a "Pokemon copycat". I asked him why he thinks Pokemon is better, and the only reason he could give me was: "Because it's more popular." So I googled "why is Pokemon better than Digimon," and the only thing that popped up was "it's more popular". BUT WHY?! To be brutally honest, I think Pokemon was made for 4-year-olds and it's soooo repetitve. Same mission, different Pokemon, and Team Rocket is defeated...AGAIN. And sorry to sound like a total Mimi, but all of these Pokemon start looking uglier and weirder the more evovled they are. ALL OF THEM.
So why did I write this chapter?
Out of revenge. Revenge on a 15-year-old boy. Pathetic, right?
Feel free to voice your opinion on this Pokemon vs. Digimon anime dilemma...and on the chapter too of course.
*End of rant*
Recap: As if the contestants weren't tired enough from their last challenge, Gennai immediately sends them to a haunted house in the middle of the night. Inside the haunted house, the teams encounter traps that can trigger bad luck. Both teams have people who don't believe in superstitions, causing their skepticism to annoy everyone else. Luckily for the BAMFs, they're (mostly) prepared for what's to come. Kick-Ass Firepower isn't as lucky, considering they have to deal with difficult people. One team member goes out of his way to make bad luck happen, to prove to everyone else that bad luck isn't real. In the end, Joe's sent home packing because he's a klutzy scaredy-cat.
Island Of Lost Pokemon
"I guess that's all folks!" Gennai yawned as he put out the fire. "Now get some sleep. We're gonna need it for the next challenge!"
"What?!" Zoe shrieked. "This is inhumane! How can you keep making us go through all of these challenges when we don't have any time to rest?!"
"Calm down, Blondie!" Gennai said. "I'm letting you guys sleep in tonight."
"So you're saying we can just relax and sleep and there's no catch?" Sora asked.
"Yes, woman! Lily says you guys need to unwind, so you're all taking a little break to do whatever you want! Sleep, explore the woods, go fishing, whatever! But nothing too illegal, okay? By tomorrow afternoon, you better be ready for the next challenge! No complaining that I didn't give you enough time to relax!" Gennai said.
"Where are we going to sleep?" Kari asked.
"Outside, duh! Just pick a tree, any tree!" Gennai waved his arm around the woods.
"Seriously! This isn't the Hunger Games!" Rufus screamed.
"Jeri! I'm getting really tired of your smartmouth!" Gennai clenched his teeth.
"But I didn't say anything! It was Rufus, I swear!" Jeri protested.
"Sureee..." Koji rolled his eyes.
"Just for that, you guys are sleeping in the mud!" Gennai pointed to a mud puddle.
"What?!" the kids yelled.
"Please tell me you're joking!" Takato shivered.
"He is. At least he better be," Lily stomped over to Gennai.
"Hey Lily..." Gennai said nervously. "How are you doing?"
"Cut the crap! I thought you were going to tell the kids about the caravans!"
"Caravans?" Tai exclaimed.
"Yes! Since we'll be moving around Server Continent, I bought some RVs so that you guys have a place to stay while we travel," Lily said.
"Like gypsies?" Takato squealed.
"Pretty much," Lily shrugged.
"Oh my god, I love you!" Tai squeezed her tightly.
"Uh, thanks, kid?" Lily said. "Can you let go now? You're cutting off my circulation. "
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Tai let go of her and blushed.
"No problem, just don't do that again. Anyways, the caravans are right behind those bushes, so good night everyone!" Lily smiled. "And Gennai?"
"Yes?" he flinched.
"You are so lucky I don't fire you on the spot right now! I am the boss around here, not you! That means you do what I tell you to do!" Lily pulled out a spray bottle and squirted water at Gennai. "Bad dog! Bad!"
"Hey guys!" Tai popped out of the bushes.
"Ahhh!" Kenta and Kazu held on to each other. "Jesus you scared us!"
"Sorry. I'm just so excited! Lily got us caravans!" Tai ecstatically skipped around the logs.
"That's old news, buddy," Matt jerked his thumb at the two RVs behind him.
"Don't ruin it for him," Kari shook her head. "He's really psyched about this."
"Yippeee!" Tai leaped over Marcus.
"Hey! You almost kicked my face!" Marcus stood up.
"Whoo hoo! I'm so happy, I could die!" Tai yelled.
"I'll make that happen even quicker if you want!" Marcus threatened.
"Who wants s'mores?" Mrs. Kamiya called out.
"I do, I do!" Yolei raised her hand."Hey...why are the marshmallows green? And why does the chocolate look lumpy? And why do the graham crackers look like tree bark?"
"It's all organic! I mixed up the marshmallows with moss, then I froze some mud and cut them in squares, and the graham crackers really are tree bark," Mrs. Kamiya smiled.
"Uh...never mind. I don't want s'mores anymore. I'm allergic to moss, mud, and basically anything you make...," Yolei's voice trailed off.
"Okay then! Suit yourself," Mrs. Kamiya smiled and bit into one of her s'mores. "Mmmm, organic," she winced as she chewed on her snack. "It's an acquired taste, but it's healthy for you."
"I'm beat," Izzy yawned.
"I'm tired too. A guy like me needs to get his beauty sleep," Matt smirked.
"Then in your case, you need a lot of beauty sleep. A lot..." Rufus said.
"Ugh," Matt shook his head and walked to his caravan.
"Come on, everyone! We all should get to bed," Davis clapped his hands.
"I really don't want to agree with you, but you're right. I don't want to be awake when dawn comes," Rika yawned.
"Uh, okay? I guess..." Davis shrugged as he headed to his team's caravan.
"Hold up! There are five beds and 9 of us?" Takato rubbed his chin.
"Thanks for stating the obvious, Count Dracula. Wanna teach us how to count to twenty now?" Koji scoffed.
"Stop being a dick," Rika shoved Koji out of the way and sat on an empty bed.
"Seriously, Koji," Kari sighed. "How are we gonna decide who gets the extra bed?"
"I nominate Jeri!" Zoe shot her hand up in the air.
"Me too," Sora nodded.
"What? Why?" Kouichi looked puzzled.
Camera Confessions...
I don't want to have to share a bed with Jeri...and I'm pretty sure no one else does either. She's just all around scary," Sora said.
"Uh..." Zoe was stumped. Sora subtly pointed at Jeri's puppet.
"Ohhhh," everyone nodded.
"Jeri, you can have the extra bed!" Tai said.
"Really?" Jeri squeaked.
"Yeah! Go ahead! You deserve it for being so crazy!" Takato blurted.
"Crazy sweet! It makes me wanna pinch your cheeks!" Kouichi laughed nervously.
"Too much," Koji whispered in Kouichi's ear.
"Yay!" Jeri plopped down on her bed.
"Phew, that was a close one!" Sora sighed.
"Oh man! We should have came here earlier! All the beds are taken!" Mimi whined.
"Hey, keep it down!" Marcus said groggily.
"How come you guys get to get your own beds?" Yolei kicked Matt.
"Cause we're bigger than you. Now shut up and let me sleep," Matt talked through his pillow.
"Jerkface!" Yolei licked her finger and stuck it in Matt's ear.
"Are you freaking kidding me?" Matt abruptly sprung up from his bed and growled.
"Matt! The rest of us are trying to sleep!" Izzy turned on his light.
"She gave me a wet willie!" Matt screamed.
"Better him than Marcus," Mimi giggled.
"Hey, why don't you and Izzy share a bed?" Yolei loudly said in Davis's ear.
"Cause that's homo," Davis pointed at Kazu and Kenta. The boys were snuggling up against each other.
"Ugh, point taken!" Mimi winced. "So who sleeps with who?"
Davis frantically pointed at Yolei behind her back and shook his head.
"What's that Davis? Okay, if you insist," Mimi smirked as she nudged Izzy awake. "Can you move? I wanna sleep next to the window."
"Noooo!" Davis yelled.
"No what?" Yolei turned to Davis and stood akimbo.
"I just had a nightmare," Davis said.
"But you're awake," Yolei climbed into his bed.
"And I'll be awake for a loooong time," Davis muttered.
*CLANG BOOM CLINKITY CLANG* "Wake up everyone! A new adventure awaits you!" Gennai slammed some cymbals together as he obnoxiously played the bagpipes.
"I feel hungover..." Jeri gripped her head.
"How do you know what being hungover's like?" Sora raised an eyebrow at her.
"I'm a troubled girl," Jeri gently stroked her puppet.
"That's true," Tai muttered.
"And my dad owns a bar," Jeri said.
"It's not even the afternoon yet," Koji grumbled as he pulled a blanket over his head.
"Hey! You're hogging the blanket!" Kouichi yanked the blanket back from Koji.
"Guys, it doesn't matter," Kari said. "We have to get up anyways."
"We have to get up anyways," Zoe said in a nasally voice.
"Are you making fun of me?" Kari said.
"No, I'm just repeating what you said," Zoe smirked and put on her hat.
"I didn't even have time to eat waffles!" Tai whined as he slid his arm through his jean leg.
"We don't have waffles," Takato rubbed his eyes.
"Now I'm even more pissed off," Tai grumbled.
"Don't wanna give you another reason to be mad, but you're putting your pants on wrong," Sora pointed to him.
"Ugh, figures...no wonder it was hard to put this shirt on. It's not even a shirt," Tai groaned, his head sticking out of a hole in the crotch of his jeans.
"We're definitely off to a good start," Koji muttered.
*Snap, snap* "Hee hee!" "Shut up! We're too loud, we're gonna wake them up!" *snap snap*
"Huh?" Izzy sat up in bed, surprised to see Yolei, Davis, Kazu, and Kenta hovering over his bed. "What are you guys doing?!"
"Here," Yolei handed him a smartphone. Kazu and Kenta giggled.
"Aren't you guys so cuuuute?" Davis jeered. He showed Izzy several pictures of him and Mimi cuddling.
Izzy turned over to Mimi, who was still sleeping peacefully. "When did you guys take these?!" his face turned red.
"Maybe fifteen minutes ago?" Kenta said. "It was going well until you started to wake up."
"Izzy and Mimi sitting in a tree..." Kazu began to sing.
"What?! No way!" Marcus quickly jumped out of his bed and ran over to them.
"Yes way! We've got proof!" Yolei held up her smartphone to Marcus's face.
"Damn, Izzy got game!" Marcus punched Izzy in the arm.
"Izzy's got game?" Matt stood behind them.
"Yeah, check it out for yourself," Davis took the phone away from Yolei's hands and gave it to Matt.
"Oh, shit! How did I miss this!" he scrolled through the pictures. "OH MY GOD! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" Matt accidentally dropped the phone on the floor.
"Oh, scrolled too far," Yolei bit her lip.
"Heh heh," Marcus picked up the phone and laughed at pictures of Kazu and Kenta spooning.
"So lover boys, explain yourselves," Izzy smirked at the boys.
"Don't look at me! I was asleep," Kazu yelled. "I was clearly being taken advantage of!"
"I have a sleeping disorder! Since I forgot to bring my Funshine Bear, I needed something else to hug," Kenta looked down at his feet.
"Next time, use one of these!" Kazu grabbed a pillow from the bed and threw it at Kenta.
"Hey guys! Why are all of you next to my bed? What did I miss?" Mimi yawned and stretched her arms.
Everyone shot glances at each other and then looked back at her. "Nothing..." they said in unison.
"It took you guys long enough!" Gennai stomped his foot as everyone gathered around. "And Tai, do you know you're wearing your pants as a shirt?"
"Yeah," Tai huffed. "I tried to take them off, but my head's stuck in this hole," he pulled the pant legs up to his ears.
"Smart cookie," Gennai scoffed.
"Cookies?" Davis perked up.
"NO! NO COOKIES FOR YOU!" Gennai stomped his foot. "We're gonna get this challenge over with, and we're going to get it done as soon as possible!"
"Wow, it sounds like this is gonna be one horrible challenge," Sora said.
"It is. Remind me never to volunteer again," Gennai groaned.
"Why? It's not like you do any of the work anyways," Rufus said.
"I'm with Rabies on this one," Marcus crossed his arms.
"It's Rufus," Jeri said.
"Whatever. So big guy! What's up with this challenge?" Marcus grabbed Gennai by his robe.
"I really don't want to talk about it yet. I'll tell you when we get there," Gennai sighed. "Now everyone get on that raft!"
"This sounds really bad," Kouichi gulped.
"Huh, you have no idea," Lily shook her head. "I'm so glad I'm not a contestant."
"But aren't you the person who decides our challenges?" Izzy gave Lily a skeptical look.
"Well, I work with a team of creative directors. Not only do I help come up with some ideas, but I'm the one who approves them. What I say is the final word...except that this time, Gennai made a promise he couldn't keep," Lily grunted as she canoed the paddles. "I told him that if he does this again, I'm using his paycheck to get his mouth surgically removed and have it replaced with a zipper."
"So, what exactly is our challenge?" Kari asked.
"You'll find out when we get there," Lily sighed.
"Why is everyone saying that?" Takato said.
"Oh, you'll find out," Lily let out a snort.
Fifteen minutes later...
"Welcome to Reject Island," Gennai said blandly.
"Why is this called Reject Island?" Yolei asked.
"To give you a little background history, Reject Island is a place where all of the...uh, I dont know what to call it...but, where all of the mutated digimon are sent," Lily said.
"Hey! I was supposed to explain this!" Gennai whined.
"And you're supposed to stop messing up MY show! The show that I produced! Now shut up!" Lily pushed Gennai into the water.
*Hack hack* "Pfft!" Gennai gagged on water.
"Mutated?" Zoe asked.
"Yeah. Once upon a time, a powerful being named King Drasil tried to wipe out the Digital World and make a new one. To make this happen, he created an X-Virus to kill off all of the Digimon. Unfortunately for him, some of the digimon survived the virus. Upset about this, King Drasil decided to come up with a Y-Virus, hoping that this one would be potent. This virus was even more of a failure because most of the digimon weren't affected by it. The ones who did get affected were cast off to this island. These digimon are known as Pokemon," Lily explained.
"Pokemon?" Rika raised an eyebrow.
"It's short for Slowpoke Digimon. This virus causes the digimon to 'digivolve', or what I like to call it, mutate quickly, but it also slowed down the digimon's cognitive abilities. For example, these digimon can't speak well; they're only able to repeat their name. Even though these Pokemon digivolve fast, they have the minds of a baby," Lily said.
"Wow..." Marcus let out a long whistle. "That's one hell of a story."
"And that's what other digimon say. They think Pokemon are an urban legend, and it doesn't help that Reject Island is really hard to find," Lily said.
"Like Canada...," Mimi said in awe.
"Ignore her," Izzy gave himself a facepalm.
"So why's our challenge involve Pokemon?" Tai asked.
"You have to try to get these Pokemon to de-digivolve into normal digimon. That's the only way to get them rid of the Y-Virus," Lily said.
"And how do we do that?" Kouichi asked.
"I dunno. You're gonna have to figure that one on your own. There are gonna be two rowboats, one for each team, where you put the de-digivolved Pokemon in. The team that gets the most Pokemon to de-digivolve before sundown wins today's challenge. Gennai!"
"Yes, Lily?" Gennai said, drenched in water.
"Supervise these kids! I'm coming back at sundown," Lily yelled before she walked away.
"How cute!" Yolei picked up a yellow Pokemon with red cheeks and a zig-zag tail.
"Pika, pika, Pikachu!" the Pokemon smiled and electrocuted Yolei.
"Ahhh! That little bastard!" Yolei threw it up in the air and kicked it.
"Uhhh...does that count as animal cruelty?" Zoe winced.
"I guess it would, if I knew what kind of animal that was supposed to be," Gennai made a face.
"My digi-analyzer can't pick up any information on this Pokemon," Izzy sighed.
"That's probably because you need a Pokemon index," Kazu said.
"We could call it a Pokedex for short!" Kenta exclaimed.
"Hey, we should make one of those! We could make it in a little book that you could fit in your pocket!" Kazu said.
"Stop being dumbasses," Rika smacked the boys on the back of their heads. "There's no time for you guys to make up stupid ideas."
"No! He's my Agumon's cousin!"
"Nuh uh! This thing's related to MY Agumon!"
"Guys! What are you doing?" Sora ran up to Marcus and Tai, who were playing tug-of-war with a Charmander.
"Tai thinks that this thing's his Agumon's cousin!" Marcus pulled at the Charmander.
"Well, he is!" Tai grunted.
"Who cares?! We should just focus on turning these back into digimon!" Sora yelled.
"Yeah, Tai!" Marcus pulled at the Charmander and Tai let go.
"Hey!" Tai tackled Marcus and fell on the Pokemon.
"Charmander!" the Charmander screamed and spit fire on Tai and Marcus.
"Stop, drop, roll!" Marcus screamed and rolled around.
"What do I do if I skipped the stop and drop part?" Tai laid on the grass.
"You're kinda ugly," Mimi pouted at a Bulbasaur. "There's always room for improvement, though!"
"Bulba-Bulbasaur!" it whipped Mimi in the face with its vines.
"That's not very nice, you know!" Mimi rubbed her face and kicked the Pokemon.
"Whoa, what happened to your face?" Takato said.
"That thing hit me!" Mimi pointed at the Bulbasaur.
"That sucks!" Takato said.
"Bulllbasaur!" the Bulbasaur rapidly spit some seed bullets at Takato.
"Owww! Stop it!" Takato held his arms out in front of his face.
"You stupid ugly thing!" Mimi screamed.
"That's not very nice. I'm doing the best I can," Takato flinched as he tried to dodge the bullets.
"I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to that!" Mimi bashed the Bulbasaur on its head.
"Uh oh...what did you do?" Takato said.
"I don't know..." Mimi shuddered.
"Hello there," a woman with red hair and a man with purple hair looked down at Kouichi and Kari, who were playing with a Pikachu.
"Hi. Can we help you?" Kouichi gave them a strange look.
"Prepare for trouble!" the red-haired chick said.
"Make it double!" the man with the purple hair leaned his back against the woman's back.
"To protect the world from devastation!" the woman said.
"To unite all peoples within our nation!" the man flicked his hair.
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!" the woman raised her hand in the air.
"To extend our reach to the stars above!" the man struck a Tebow pose.
"Jessie!" the woman squealed.
"James!" the man sprung up from the floor.
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!" Jessie leaped.
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!" James punched the air.
"That's nice...but we gotta go," Kouichi held the Pikachu in his arms.
"Wait a minute!" Kari looked at Jessie and James. "I think these guys are Pokemon too!"
"WHAT?!" Jessie and James jumped.
"Yeah, that's definitely them! Arukenimon and Mummymon!" Kari pointed at them.
"What are you talking about?" Jessie shrieked.
"Oh, come on! You guys are the deformed version of Arukenimon and Mummymon!" Kari insisted.
"Did she just call us deformed?" James's face fell flat.
"You little brat! We just wanted the damn Pikachu!" Jessie growled in Kari's face.
"What for?" Kouichi stood in front of Kari to protect her.
"You see, this Pikachu is very valuable!" James said.
"Just give it to us and we'll leave you alone!" Jessie stomped her foot.
"Okay, I guess," Kouichi shrugged and handed them the Pikachu.
"Kouichi, don't!" Kari yelled.
"Too late, girlie!" Jessie let out a shrill laugh.
"This must have been the easiest Pikachu capture ever!" James sounded giddy as he grabbed on the the Pokemon.
"Pika pika, Pikachu!" the Pikachu shocked Jessie and James so hard, they flew up in the sky. The Pikachu was burnt from all of the electricity and it began to glow.
"Oh my god! Look!" Kari rapidly tapped Kouichi on the arm. The Pokemon shrunk and turned red.
"Elecmon here. What just happened? My head hurts...," it groaned.
"Oh my god, oh my god! We did it!" Kari squealed and hugged Kouichi.
"We sure did," Kouichi nodded. "Elecmon, you're finally going home."
"Hey little worm guy," Davis tried to coax a Caterpie.
"Caterpie, caterpie."
"That's right little dude, come here," Davis picked up the Caterpie.
"CATERPIE!" it spit a web on Davis's face.
"Seriously? You got this silly string crap in my hair!" Davis yelled. He picked up the Caterpie and threw it hard against a tree. "I'll show you...what the hell?" The Caterpie bounced off the tree and landed into Davis's arms.
The Caterpie de-digivolved into a Minomon and moaned. "Who are you?" it looked up at Davis.
"We're not gonna get anywhere if these morons keep sleeping like this," Rika kicked at Koji. His face was covered in marker scribblings. "Wake up!" she kicked him one more time, but he didn't stir. "What the hell is going on here?" she looked around to see Sora and Jeri knocked out cold. They also had scribbles on their faces. "Jiiiiglypuuuuff, jiiiiglyyyypuff!"
"I'm getting tired myself," Rika yawned. "HEY!" she abruptly stood up straight and walked over to the singing Jigglypuff. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Jigglypuffjigglypuffjiggly...PUFF!" it angrily sang.
"Oh yeah? Is that how you want to play?" Rika kicked at the Pokemon.
"Jigglypuff," it scoffed.
"That's it! If it's a challenge you want, it's a challenge you'll get!" Rika yelled and cleared her throat. "Here goes...promise that we'll stay for the sunset and when the moon shines thought the darkness, we can find the path that leads us home..."
"Jigglypuff," the Jigglypuff said drowsily.
"Every morning into every night, do you watch over me like the sun in the sky? Am I all alone or standing in your light? I wish that I could maybe sing you a song tonight...you promised me we'd stay for the sunset...," Rika finished her song and glanced at the Jigglypuff to find it sleeping. "I thought so," Rika smirked.
"Rika? Was that you?" Sora woke up and rubbed her eyes.
"Yeah, you're a good singer," Koji awkwardly said.
"Aww, was that a compliment I heard?" Jeri poked Koji on the cheek.
"Shut up," Koji grumbled.
"Nobody messes with me!" Rika smirked at the Jigglypuff, who was now a Lalamon.
"Hey guys! I just came across a great discovery!" Izzy ran up to Kazu and Kenta. "What on earth are you guys doing?!"
"Oh nothing. Just having a Squirtle gun fight," Kazu breezily said, holding up a Squirtle.
"Squirtle squirtle!" it shot water into Kenta's face.
"Come on! That's not fair! It knocked my glasses out of my face!" Kenta whined.
"Can you guys stop your fight for a second? I might have found a way to win this challenge," Izzy huffed.
"Why didn't you tell us earlier?" Kazu lowered his Squirtle.
"Squirtle, squirtle," Kenta's Squrtile spit some water into Kazu's ear.
"Hey! That's not fair!" Kazu hit his ear. "You're gonna get it now!"
"Ahhhh!" Kenta ran away from Kazu.
"Never mind. I'll find someone who isn't a complete dolt," Izzy walked off.
"This stupid big lump of a Pokemon!" Zoe kicked at a Snorlax. "You're definitely useless! All you do is sleep!"
"Snorlax...snorlax..." it snored.
"No wonder you're on Reject Island! You're such a reject, I don't even want to know what you'd look like as a Digimon!" Zoe kept kicking at the Snorlax until it began to glow. "Oh my gosh! What's happening?"
"Hey Zoe! It's me, JP!" JP said.
"JP? Why were you a pokemon?" Zoe gave him a strange look.
"I don't know...but if I could choose what Pokemon I would be, I would be Pikachu," JP shrugged. "That way I could Pikachu in the shower!"
"You sicko!" Zoe smacked him in the face. "Just my luck! I de-digivolve a Pokemon and it turns into JP!"
"Zee! It was just a joke!" JP yelled. "Don't run away from me!"
"Marcus! Matt!" Izzy ran up to them.
"Wassup Frizzy?" Marcus flashed him a smile.
"I've got a theory about how to change these Pokemon into digimon!" Izzy flailed his arms in the air.
"We're listening," Matt nodded.
"You see, if we fight against these Pokemon, they'll de-digivolve! It's similar to how digimon fight each other; eventually, one of them loses and transforms back into their previous form. I know it sounds unorthodox, but if we want to change these Pokemon, we have to beat them up," Izzy explained.
"I could have told you that," Marcus flexed his arm. "That's what I've been doing, and it works. So far, we have 329 digimon on our rowboat."
"What?!" Izzy stepped back in shock.
"Yeah, that's a lot of digimon, so we totally creamed the other team!" Matt said.
"Then why are you still punching these Pokemon?" Izzy asked Marcus.
"Cause Pokemon are pretty creepy," Marcus casually said as he punched a Meowth until it turned into a Gatomon.
Sundown Tally...
"Impressive! The BAMFs have over 500 digimon in their rowboat!" Lily looked at the mountain of digimon piled up on the small rowboat. "I didn't expect this many Pokemon to turn into digimon, so a cruise boat is coming around to pick up the digimon."
"Score!" Marcus jumped up in the air.
"One day, we'll eliminate all Pokemon from the Digital World, one Pokemon at a time!" Yolei yelled.
"Holla!" Davis did a victory dance.
"Kick-Ass Firepower...sorry but you just didn't cut it this time, since you only have 23 digimon and JP," Lily sighed. "Speaking of which, how did you turn into a Pokemon?"
"I don't know. All I remember is that the Loser Cruiser made a wrong turn and ended up ditching me on this island," JP shrugged.
"That's nice. But you're still not in the competition anymore," Gennai laughed.
"Awww man!" JP pouted.
"Kick-Ass Firepower, you guys are going to tomorrow morning's campfire ceremonies," Lily said.
"Tomorrow morning? How is that going to work?" Kari asked.
"Someone," Lily glared at Gennai, "forgot to gather up enough firewood to throw the ceremony tonight. I bought a fake campfire toy off of Amazon, so it should be shipped by tomorrow morning. On the bright side, you can have more time to think about who should be eliminated!"
Camera Confessions...
"I know that I'm not the most popular girl on my team," Zoe sighed. "And I can't blame them. I know they're just jealous that they can't be as awesome as me! Regardless, I need to take the attention off of me and convince my teammates to kick someone else out. It's gonna be hard, but it's the only way that I'll make it through this show."
Zoe sat up in bed and looked around to make sure everyone was asleep. "Seems like the coast is clear," she whispered to herself and pulled a pair of scissors out of the pocket of her sleep shirt. She gently got up from bed, trying not to wake up Sora. Zoe tiptoed toward Koji and held his ponytail in her hands.
*Snip, snip, snip* Zoe held her breath as she slowly began to cut off Koji's hair. After she successfully snipped his ponytail off, Zoe quietly walked over to the closet compartment.
"Hmmm..." Zoe took Kari's shirt out of the closet and turned the hanger. "I saw this in a movie once. I hope it works, cause I don't think Kari has enough confidence to wear this after I'm done with it," she quietly laughed to herself as she ripped circles on the front of Kari's shirt.
*Creeeeak* "Oh my gosh!" Zoe hid inside the closet and covered her mouth with her hand. She peeked through the door to see Kari get up from her bed and sneak out of the RV. "I wonder what she's doing...whatever, I'll just have to find out later. Now time to get to some serious business," she grabbed Takato's goggles from a hook and cut the strap off.
After that, Zoe dug into Rika's duffel bag. "Hmmm..." she pulled out a frilly dress and smiled. She got up and sifted through the closet to find Rika's clothes. "Snip snip snip," Zoe hummed to herself as she tore Rika's normal clothes into scraps. "Besides, I think you look better in pretty pink dresses!"
Zoe got up and hit her face against a pair of jeans. "Tai..." she grumbled. "Who likes short shorts? I like short shorts..." she giggled to herself, cutting the legs off of Tai's jeans.
Zoe stepped out of the closet and looked around the RV. "Hmmm...I think that's enough for tonight," she whispered. She wiped her fingerprints off the scissors with her pajama shirt. Then she silently walked up to Jeri's bed and placed the scissors on top of Rufus.
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
"Kouichi, what's wrong?" Sora asked.
"I'm Koji!"
"Nuh uh, Koji wears a ponytail," Jeri said.
"Don't you think this is a little too late in the competition to be pulling the twin crap switcheroo?" Tai frowned.
"What's with all the screaming?" Kouichi got up from bed.
"Oh my god! They look like twins!" Kari gasped.
"Really?" Zoe glared at Kari.
"What happened to my goggles?" Takato fell on his knees and began to cry.
"Come on, man up!" Rika rolled her eyes.
"But these were my signature trademark," Takato sobbed.
"No they weren't! I came up with the goggles trend first!" Tai yelled.
"Tai!" Sora smacked him on the arm.
"My shirt!" Kari screamed. "I didn't even notice this until now!" she pulled on her shirt. There were two holes cut out on her chest.
"At least you still look good," Kouichi shrugged.
"Hey! That's my little sister you're talking about!" Tai screamed.
"Come on, everyone! Let's just get ready and go!" Sora clapped her hands.
"AHHHH! MY PANTS!" Tai held up a pair of his newly-tailored pants.
"I don't know if I would call those pants," Kari tried to hold in her laughter.
"Are you kidding me?! What happened to my clothes! The only things I have left are these stupid dresses!" Rika threw her dresses across the RV. "I HATE MY MOM! I TOLD HER NOT TO SNEAK IN THESE DOOFUS CLOTHES!"
"Ha ha! Rika in a dress, I'd like to see that!" Koji grabbed his bandana and started to put it on until he found holes in it. "Okay, which one of you jackasses did this?!"
"It looks like a happy face!" Jeri smiled brightly.
"I don't remember doing that," Zoe muttered to herself.
"What did you say?" Rika gave Zoe a look.
"I didn't say anything. You're probably hearing things," Zoe picked up her hat. "Whoooaaaa! What the heck?!" she showed everyone her hat. It also had a happy face cut out.
"Oh my god! Your hat looks like a jack-o-lantern!" Sora gasped.
"Okay, this is going too far," Kouichi pointed at the holes in the back of his green button-down shirt. "These holes are unnecessary, but I look even stupider when the holes look like a happy face!"
"On the bright side, I guess we'll all look happy?" Takato uptalked.
"NOT HELPING!" everyone yelled.
"Rufus! How could you?" Jeri gasped. "Look! He has the scissors in his hand!"
"Right, it was Rufus," Koji grumbled.
"I'm not in the mood for nonsense," Tai bit his lip.
"Calm down everyone!" Sora yelled.
"Hmph...it's pretty hard to do when we all look like hot messes," Koji snorted.
"Oh, shut up! At least you don't look like a girl!" Rika grunted as she angrily slipped into a poofy dress.
"Okay..." Kouichi sighed as everyone got out of the caravan.
"I'll be there soon," Zoe said. "Huh, what's this?" she picked up a scrap of paper lying on her pillow and read it.
"You should have thought twice before you decided to frame me."
"Oh my god!" Zoe gasped and looked around the empty RV. "Now this is scary..."
Campfire Ceremonies (Morning Edition)...
"I like how you pulled this off," Sora crawled inside the black tent to see Gennai sitting next to a fake campfire.
"Thanks. I did a good job, didn't I?" Gennai smiled.
"No, it's more like I did!" Lily said. "Do you want me to get the newspaper?"
"Nonononono! I'll behave!" Gennai shook his head. "Whoa ho ho, which is what Tai and Kari look like right now," Gennai laughed at the holes in Kari's shirt. "If you guys wanted some attention, all you had to do was ask."
"All of my shirts are like this," Kari crossed her arms to cover her chest up.
"No comment," Tai squirmed in his log. "These shorts are giving me a killer wedgie! How can you girls deal with this?"
"Wanna switch with me? I hate this dress!" Rika crossed her arms.
"No thanks..." Tai winced.
"I miss my goggles," Takato whimpered.
"What a sob story..." Gennai laughed. "Why do all of you guys look stupid anyways?"
"Something strange happened last night, I just can't put my finger on it," Koji grunted.
"Alright," Gennai grimaced. "I counted the votes and saw something very interesting. I haven't seen votes this unanimous since...well, JP. Zoe, Jeri! Get up here," Gennai motioned them forward. "It's down to two girls...one of them being just as feisty as an Italian sausage, and the other one blaming her feistiness on a sock puppet. And the person who gets to go home is..."
"Please not me, please not me," Zoe shuddered.
"Jeri! And that includes Rufus!" Gennai said.
"You guys voted me off?" Jeri said softly.
"Don't do that sad face at us! We've got enough of your stupid smiley faces!" Kouichi jerked his thumb toward the back of his shirt.
"But..." Jeri whimpered.
"We know, we know...it was Rufus," everyone said at the same time.
"Damn right it was me!" the sock puppet jumped out of Jeri's hand and walked around the artificial fire.
"AHHHHHH!" everyone grabbed on to each other and screamed.
"You guys didn't believe I existed, did you? You just thought I was some figment of Jeri's imagination, didn't you? Well, I'll show you! I'LL SHOW ALL OF YOU! And Blondie?" the puppet turned to Zoe. "You're definitely gonna get it! Just watch your back!" Rufus pulled out a pair of scissors behind him.
"Rufus? How could you?" Jeri cried.
"Awww, that's nice but it's time for you to go," Gennai stuttered. "Interns? Bring straitjackets! Quickly!"
"And that wraps up this episode of Total Drama Island!" Lily said. "Everyone, evacuate the tent! Evacuate!"
Meanwhile...
"What's with all the screaming?" Davis slurred.
"Isn't it a little too early for this?" Matt pressed his face against his pillow.
"I'm awake and I'm not liking it," Marcus grunted.
"Come on guys! Carpe diem!" Yolei leaped up in the air.
"No," Mimi whined. "I don't even know what carpal dream means."
"Normally, I would correct you and tell you what it means, but..." Izzy passed out on his pillow.
"You guys are no fun!" Yolei threw herself back into bed.
"At least some people are sleeping peacefully," Marcus smirked and tilted his head toward Kazu and Kenta.
"Yuck...after that, I don't think I'll sleep as well as they are," Matt winced at the sight of the boys sucking each other's thumbs.
"Photo op!" Yolei pulled out her phone. "This is scrapbook-worthy!"
"Eww, you make scrapbooks?" Davis stuck out his tongue.
Last words...
"I'm coming for you Zoe. Just guarantee that!" Rufus said.
"When can I say my last words?" Jeri asked.
"Shut up! You don't get any last words!" Rufus smacked Jeri in the face.
"Why Rufus, whyyy?" Jeri cried.
