Total Drama Ultimate Crossover

Chapter 13 : It Starts With a K

*(Disclaimer : I do not own Total Drama or any other franchises/media's used in this fanfic.)


*(Recap of last episode)

"Previously on Total Drama Ultimate Crossover! A pleasure cruise turns sour when Skarlett decides to drop in with an army of mercenaries. Her goal, blackmail me into giving her the Loser-remote. Her plan quickly falls apart when the contestants take down all or her hired help with ease. Once all the thugs were taken care of, I concluded that the Red Devils won the challenge and the Blue Dragons had to send someone home yet again. Azula avoids elimination by switching teams with Marinette and her little friend. And Vegeta learns that teaming up with bad guys may not have been the smartest choice as he got backstabbed by the alliance who now all reside on the Devils team. Vegeta may be gone but two other planet busters took his place on the island as my personal bodyguards! Oh, and Sunset is kinda brainwashed by Voldemort. Now it's time for a new episode and a new challenge. What is this mysterious challenge? Which team will win said challenge? And what is Chef's punishment for stealing my vacation? Find out right now on Total Drama Ultimate Crossover!"

*(Que theme song)

"Oooooogh." Chris returned to his camper after the recap. "My back!"

"Ah, good morning Chris." Whis greeted him as he was drinking a cup of coffee.

"There's nothing good about this morning!" Chris complained. "Why did I have to sleep on the floor while you and the cat got to sleep in the bunkbeds? You two don't even need to sleep!"

Just then Beerus woke up in his blue pajama's and said. "(Morning-sigh) It's rude not to provide your guests with your best accommodations. Besides, 8 hours of sleep is barely (morning-gasp) a little catnap to me."

"Well too bad." Chris replied wanting some form of revenge against the god of destruction. "I have a challenge to supervise today and you two are gonna be there to do your jobs and guard me."

"Yeah, yeah." Beerus said sleepily as he got off the top bunkbed.

"By the way Chris." Whis began. "Where is that chef of yours? I haven't seen him since our feast ended last night."

"Oh don't worry." Chris said with a smirk on his face. "He's around."

*(Confession Seat)

"As soon as their little party ended, I told Chef that he had to set up the rest of the challenge himself!" Chris laughed. "He's been busy all night!"

*(End Confession)

Chris did some quick morning-exerices (By which I mean eat bacon and eggs) and said "Come on you two. I'm ready for another therapeutic day of drama and torture."

"Before that you might want to check your phone." Whis stated as he pointed to the device in question. "I believe you have a message."

Chris nodded to the angel as he picked up his cellphone. "Hmm, I wonder who would text me so early in the morning…"

...

"OH COME ON!" The yell was loud enough to be heard all across the island.

"Ow!" Sticks said as the sound not only made her wake up but also caused her to fall from the roof of the Red Devils cottage. She got back up and held her shoulder in pain.

*(Confession Seat)

"Could you please stop using me as slapstick?!" Sticks yelled through the phone. "My shoulder still hurts from the last chapter!"

"F*ck you, my fanfic."

*(End Confession)

Tracer rubbed her eyes for a second as she too was woken up from the sudden yell. "Geez, what's the ruckus?"

"No clue." Cassie responded as she was already dressed. "But I'll tell you one thing. If there's anything from the cruise that I really miss, it's the beds. I had forgotten what it felt like to sleep on a normal mattress."

"I miss the beds as well." Aqua acknowledged as she was still putting on her footwear. "In fact, I miss the private rooms we had in general. No offense girls, but I'm kinda getting tired of having to dress up in the morning without any privacy."

Tracer then whispered to herself "That's actually one thing I don't mind about this arrangement…"

"What was that Tracer?" Cassie asked.

"Nothing!" She hastily yelled trying to hide her blush.

*(Confession Seat)

"Oh get your head together Oxton!" Tracer yelled to herself. "You already have a girlfriend back home! … One who I own one heck of an apology after this show's over."

*(End Confession)

"Well at least we don't have to deal with Azula's ranting in the morning anymore." Cassie pointed out. "That's a good thing."

"I do feel sorry for Sunset though." Aqua stated. "I hope she can handle Azula on her own."

"Speaking of new roommates though," Tracer couldn't help but notice. "Where are our new teammates at?"

"Don't ask me. I got up first and I haven't seen them all morning." Cassie told her.

Just then, what sounded like an entire wooden-structure collapsing echoed through the camp.

"What the hell?!" Cassie asked as she ran outside. "What going on over… here?"

Cassie had to double check her eyesight as she was currently seeing half of their cottage in shambles, more specifically, the boy's side. She also spotted a mutated shark stuck in a tree.

Natsu's head pocked out the ruble, and he yelled at the shark. "Now look what you made me do! Our cottage is completely broken!"

"Because you punched that shark through our wall for the 100th time!" Beast Boy stated as he tried prying himself loose.

"Yeah..." Happy agreed as Natsu lifted the plank the cat was stuck under. "I'm surprised this cottage held as long as it did though. I mean, you practically punch that guy out of our cottage every day!"

"BECAUSE HE KEEPS TRYING TO EAT YOU!" Natsu yelled out.

"Hey I'm not saying-"

The three boys kept arguing while the girls stared at the scene.

*(Confession Seat)

"Well I suppose this was doomed to happen sooner or later." Cassie sighted. "I'm just surprised our side of the cabin is still standing."

*(End Confession)

"Ah Azula!" Roman greeted as he and Itachi had been waiting in front of the cantina. "How was your first night as a Red Devil? Did you have fun with Sunny?"

"You tell me." Azula answered. "She wasn't in the cabin last night nor was she there when I woke up. On the one hand, it's nice having a place all to yourself but I can't help but feel like she's ignoring me."

"Well that's her choice." Was Roman's simple response to the situation even though he had a good idea where Sunset was. "I'm more curious about this next challenge Chris has in mind. It's gonna be fun watching the others struggle while we just sit on the sidelines."

"I thought you and I already discussed this with Voldemort last night." Itachi looked at the criminal. "It's good to have a safety-net in place, but if we lose the only contestants we'll be able to get rid of are Sunset, Crow and Usopp. Only one of those three can be considered an actual threat."

"Barely." Azula pointed out.

Itachi continued. "The Blue Dragons on the other hand have a guy that can transform into animals, a fire-user with a flying companion, a legendary sword-wielder, an athletic heroine, a trained soldier, another trained soldier with time powers and… Sticks. All of them are much bigger threats then anyone we can vote for should we lose."

"I know, I know." Roman stated. "Still, if this next challenge turns out to be really life threatening then I think we should still consider skipping it."

"Agreed." Azula agreed. "By the way, where is that wizard of ours?"

"Not in the cabin this morning, that's for sure." Torchwick informed her.

Just then, a very exhausted Chef shows up, covered in ash. His clothes were pretty much torn to shreds and several clear bite-marks could be seen on his skin.

"Uhm, what happened to you?" Roman couldn't help but ask.

"Don't ask." Chef replied as he continued on his way to the camper.

*(Confession Seat)

"You try placing landmines and moving exotic animals while it's dark and your drunk!" Chef yelled out.

*(End Confession)

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-" Sunset with dark eyes and a black sun-mark was laughing like never before.

"WILL YOU STOP LAUGHING?!" Voldemort yelled out. "I DIDN'T DECIDE TO TELL YOU MY LIFE'S STORY SO YOU COULD BURST OUT YOU LUNGS!"

Sunset calmed down but was clearly still laughing on the inside. "S-sorry master but, hehe, how did you think I was gonna react when you told me you got, hehehe, killed by an infant, hahahahahahaha!"

Voldemort pinched his non-existing nose before saying "Well as you can plainly see, it wasn't permanent. One of my followers eventually brought me back to life and now I'm in the middle of taking over the entire wizard community!"

"And how, hehe, is that working out for ya?" Sunset asked between giggles.

Voldemort frowned a little. "Well at first nobody believed that I was back which allowed me to easily move about but then there was this thing at the ministry so now everyone is aware of my return. But I'm still slowly taking over my world and nobody has the strength to oppose me!"

"And the, hehe, infant?" Sunset tried asking with a straight face.

"Still alive unfortunately." Voldemort informed. "He's due to return to Hogwarts soon and trust me when I say he's going to need all the training he can get. Not that it will matter all that much. Once that remote is in my possession, I'll not only conquer my world, but all worlds in existence!"

"So have figured out a way to get rid of the deities yet?" Sunset asked.

"Unfortunately no." Voldemort stated. "Since those two are supposed to be gods I'm uncertain if my magic will work on them. And if I tried they'll no doubt try to kill me."

"If by 'try' you mean 'will', then yes master." Sunset replied.

"Death is nothing I need to worry about." Voldemort stated, referring to his Horcruxes. "Now, enough talking. The others are probably wondering where you are and I'd rather not have my secret weapon be discovered yet. So go, and do try to stay in character."

*(Confession Seat (Evil-Sunset))

"Great, I get to pretend to be a normal high-schooler again." Sunset said in distaste. "I'm so thrilled."

*(End Confession)

"Okay seriously." Cassie asked a group existing out of Tracer, Aqua, Beast Boy, Natsu, Happy, Sticks, Crow and Usopp. "None of you has any idea on how to get rid of that stupid alliance?"

"Would have told you if we did." Crow replied just as irritated as Cassie. "The only way we might be able to vote one off if is if we had the immunity statue but who knows where they're hiding it."

"I do wonder if Itachi gave that statue to the group." Tracer wondered. "Cause if I were Itachi, I'd keep it for myself."

"That's a good possibility." Aqua agreed as she remembered something. "By the way, have any of you ever se-"

"BY RAIDEN'S ELDER GODS!" Cassie uncharacteristically yelled as soon as she had opened the cantina door. "AM I SEEING THIS RIGHT OR AM I HALLUCINATING?!"

"What are yo-HOLY CRAP!" Usopp yelled as he peeked through the door. "IT'S A MIRACLE!"

"Hey! I wanna see what's going on-SWEET MAMA!" Beast Boy yelled out.

"Okay what's going on in there?" Crow asked, curious why the others were pretty much on the ground praying. "Why are you guys acting like Jack when he discovered the coffee shop near our home?"

"JUST LOOK!" Usopp pointed towards the food that was on display in the cantina. Crow's eyes landed on it and just like that…

"OR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!" Crow fell on his knees. "WE HAVE REAL BREAKFAST TODAY!"

Indeed, the food stands of the cantina were filled with food that in no way looked like what they were used to. Croissants, chocolate bread, pancakes, waffles, cheese, ham, ordinary bread, all kinds of delicious breakfast goodies were laid out. To the people who had to make do with Chef's creations every morning, this was a gift from the heavens!

Tracer actually looked like she was about to cry. "This is the best morning we've ever had!"

"WHOA!" Natsu shouted out. "That looks really good!"

"But…" Aqua hesitated to ask the obvious question. "Where did all this food come from, because I'm ninety-nine percent sure Chef didn't make this."

"Well (chump) these croissants sure taste familiar." Usopp said as he was already eaten. "But I agree with Aqua, where did all this breakfast come from?"

"You can thank her over there." Roman pointed out as he was already sharing a table filled with breakfast with Azula and Itachi.

"Thank who-" Natsu was about to ask but then saw an extremely tired Marinette laying with her head on a table while covered in baking powder. "MARINETTE?!"

"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!" Happy asked.

Marinette slowly but steadily raised her head. "I've been making breakfast for you guys all morning!"

"Why?" Cassie couldn't help but ask.

"You can thank us for that." Another voice claimed causing everyone to turn to the other side of the cantina where Beerus and Whis were sharing a table. Beerus put an entire pancake in his mouth before saying with his mouth full "I ordered Whis to wake up that Marinette girl early so she could make breakfast for us."

"You two really are here to stay, huh?" Crow asked confused. "Why would you need Marinette to make you breakfast though? Surely Chris doesn't eat the same garbage that Chef always makes."

"Course not." Beerus confirmed as he drank some orange juice. "If he ever tried to feed me the same stuff Chef makes for the rest of you then I would destroy him without a second thought. However, I remembered the episode in which the girl baked croissants for you guys-"

"That was you?!" Happy asked surprised.

*(Confession Seat)

"Looking back on it, it was pretty obvious." Cassie stated. "Who but an actual baker could make croissants that good?"

*(End Confession)

Beerus continued. "I also saw how she made that delicious looking cake back when I first visited. A real shame I didn't get to taste it."

"The girl who got that cake finished it before we could ask for a piece." Whis said also saddened he didn't get a slice.

"So after our late night party was over, I informed Chris of what I wanted to do. It took a bit of convincing-"

"Lord Beerus, all you did was point your finger at him." Whis pointed out.

"I did say a bit, didn't I?" Beerus continued his tale. "But I eventually got him to agree. I then ordered Whis to wake Marinette up in the morning-"

"Then how come we didn't hear you?" Cassie asked.

"I can be very quiet." Whis answered.

"Ahem!" Beerus continued speaking. "And told her to make this marvelous breakfast for me."

"But why did you force Marinette to also make breakfast for the rest of us?" Usopp asked.

"I didn't." Beerus admitted. "She herself said that she wanted to use this opportunity to make you guys a nice breakfast. I didn't agree at first but then she started summing up what you guys had to eat the last few weeks and… Brrrr, I never thought I could feel so sorry for mortals."

"You made all of this… for us?" Cassie asked Marinette feeling genuinely touched.

"Well, I figured everyone wanted a break from Chef's food so I decided to go all out for this." Marinette stated. "By the way Garfield, there's some tofu in the fridge."

"SWEET!" Beast Boy cheered as he went towards the kitchen.

"This stuff is great!" Natsu cheerfully stated before frowning at Cassie. "And you wanted to vote her off."

*(Confession Seat)

"Thanks Natsu." Cassie said sarcastically. "I didn't feel like enough of a jack already."

*(End Confession)

A normal looking Sunset entered the cantina and she too looked blown away by the food. "How did-"

"Our new team members decided to make us a feast fit for the gods!" Happy happily prayed.

"Well," Beerus ate another pancake. "he's not wrong."

"Marinette did this?" Sunset blinked before looking proudly at her friend. "Guess I shouldn't be surprised. You are pretty good at figuring out what other people need."

"Oh stop." Marinette rubbed the back of her head but was very happy everyone appreciated her efforts. "So, how did it go with Azula last night?"

Sunset simply shrugged before picking up some waffles. "I went for a walk around the island last night. By the time I got back, Azula was already asleep."

"Then how come I didn't see you in the morning either?" Azula asked.

"Went for a walk this morning as well." Was Sunset's simple answer.

"Since when do you go on walks so often?" Marinette couldn't help but ask.

"I've been in that ship's cabin for three days being sea-sick." Sunset lied. "I needed some exercise."

Aqua couldn't help but feel that Sunset wasn't being completely truthful. She was about to say something when-

"Marinette!" Tikki shouted from the kitchen. "The cookies are ready!"

"Cookies too?" Tracer asked. "Now you're just spoiling us."

"LET HER KEEP SPOILING US!" Happy begged.

"Sorry guys but those aren't for you. Tikki gets really exhausted after I transform back to normal so she needs those cookies or else she'll tire herself out." Marinette informed.

*(Confession Seat)

"It was very nice of you to make breakfast for everyone Marinette." Tikki stated.

"Hey don't sell yourself short Tikki." Marinette said to the little Kwami. "You helped out too."

*(End Confession)

"Sup campers!" Chris greeted as he and a cleaner looking Chef walked into the cantina. "Sorry Chef couldn't make breakfast for you guys today, but I'm sure you guys will consider that a merc- WHAT THE HELL?! WHERE DID ALL THIS FOOD COME FROM?!"

"Uhm..." A little startled from Chris' reaction Usopp said. "Didn't you tell Beerus that it was okay to have Marinette make breakfast for us?"

"I gave him permission to ask Marinette to make breakfast for him and Whis!" Chris clarified. "I never said she could make breakfast for all of you! And… are those my expensive cheeses on display?!"

"I don't believe this." Happy looked in awn at the piece of cheese he just ate. "This cheese has salmon in it!"

"That answers that." Chef said also not pleased that the interdimensional foreigner was trying to steal his job. "You better be grateful for this punks, because tomorrow I'm making breakfast aga-"

"No you're not." Was Beerus simple reply as he finished his orange juice. "This girl's cooking skills are second to none. As long as I have to stay on this island, she'll continue making breakfast like this every morning."

"EVERY MORNING?!" Was shouted out by nearly everyone present. Most looked like this was the greatest news in the history of forever, Chef looked pissed as hell, Chris looked irritated, the Evil Alliance was neutral but certainly didn't object to the idea, Whis simply smiled in delight and Marinette… looked less then pleased.

*(Confession Seat)

"I HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY MORNING?!" Marinette yelled out. "I'm already exhausted from this morning's breakfast! I can't do this every day!"

"It may be difficult but now we don't need to worry about running out of cookies anymore!" Tikki tried looking at the bright-side.

"True but-" Marinette then had a mental lightbulb go off in her head. "You know what, you're right Tikki. My friends deserve the best breakfast I can give them!"

"That's… nice of you?" Tikki was a bit caught off guard by Marinette's sudden change of heart.

*(End Confession)

"Seeing these people struggle with breakfast is one of the greatest joys in my life!" Chris complained. "I'm not letting them have breakfast like this every day!"

"That wasn't a request." Beerus said as he licked his palm clean. "Any further objections to my idea will result in your destruction, so chose your next words carefully."

Chris wanted to say more but quickly bit his tongue when he remembered he was talking to a god. He then tried to compromise. "At least let Chef continue making lunch and dinner for them!"

"Lunch? Dinner?" Sticks asked confused. "Does anyone remember ever eating lunch or dinner in this place?"

Beast Boy just finished his tofu and wanted to answer Sticks-

"It properly happens off-screen, never mind." Sticks figured out for himself as she took a bite out of a normal looking apple while leaving Beast Boy with a confused gaze.

"No." Was Beerus' answer to Chris. "You will give these people the same food your gonna give me and Whis, or at the very least not something that will cause them to throw up every five seconds."

"THESE ARE THE TWO MOST MERCIFUL GODS EVER!" Natsu, Happy, Usopp and Beast Boy bowed down to the two deities.

Cassie felt the need to point out "You guys do remember one of those two threatened to blow up the planet, right?"

"Water under the bridge!" Happy stated.

"BUT THAT'S-" Chris wanted to complain more but stopped once Beerus pointed at him.

"Anything else you want to discuss?" Beerus asked in a challenging tone, causing Chris to finally drop the topic.

*(Confession Seat (Camper-style because there's no way me and Whis are gonna sit on that thing!))

"I must admit that I am surprised my lord." Whis admitted. "I never thought you would go out of your way to give these people such a nice gift."

"Oh please." Beerus refused to look at Whis directly. "Thanks to that manager's device there's plenty of food to go around. Besides, have you SEEN what that Chef makes for the others? I may be a god of destruction, but giving people disgusting food when you can give them the best of the best is downright cruel."

*(End confession)

"All right, now that my morning is officially ruined…" Chris shot a glare at Beerus who ignored him. "You know what? Make that my entire day! I've had a call from the manager this morning saying that the challenge we came up with for today has officially been denied because it's supposedly 'too dangerous'." He air-quoted that last part.

"All right!" Usopp cheered. "This really is turning into the best day ever!"

"Hold on!" Chef shouted. "Are you telling me I spend all night setting up that obstacle course for nothing?!"

"And there's the highlight of my day." Chris said feeling better at Chef's suffering. "Good news though, the manager has decided to arrange a new challenge for you guys and guess what it is? I'll give you a hint, it starts with a K!"

"Roll credits!" Sticks shouted out of nowhere.

"A challenge with a K?" Crow asked.

"Is it… a Kayak challenge?" Tracer guessed.

"Nope." Answered Chris.

"A challenge involving Kangaroos?" Beast Boy guessed.

"Again nope!"

"A Kombat challenge?" Cassie asked.

"Cassie, combat starts with a C." Marinette pointed out.

"Not in my dimension."

"Well the answer is still nope." Chris informed. "Your guesses are up! Your next challenge is going to be… a Karaoke Challenge!"

"…You're kidding right?" Roman asked in disbelief.

"Can we get the previous challenge back?" Azula questioned. "Cause I believe I'd rather do that then singing some stupid songs."

"Um," Usopp didn't know what to say to that. "I wouldn't go that far but still…"

"Keep your complaints to yourself." Chris said. "The manager came up with this challenge so you can whine at him."

*(Confession Seat)

"Seriously? We have to sing now?" Natsu asked disappointed. "And here I was looking forward to seeing what Chris cooked up."

"Too bad Gajeel isn't here. He would have loved this challenge." Happy stated.

*(End Confession)

"… So just out of curiosity, can anyone here actually sing?" Cassie asked and aside from Sunset nobody raised their hands.

"I mean," Marinette began. "I sing along with songs sometimes."

"I listen to a lot of music." Crow said but was also unsure about this challenge.

"I sang a lullaby once." Sticks noted. "But overall… I'm not a pretty big fan of music."

"Why afraid the music will brainwash you?" Torchwick asked as a joke.

"That actually happened once!" Sticks answered. "I did avoid getting brainwashed by the TV though, but that's not really hard when you don't own a television in the first place."

*(Confession Seat)

"…I can't tell if she's being serious and I honestly don't want to know." Roman stated.

*(End Confession)

Chris coughed to grab the attention again. "Now everyone please gather at the elimination podium, I'll explain the finer details of the challenge ther-"

"Ah, I see you're all already here." Voldemort said as he only just entered the cantina.

"Oh, I thought we were missing someone." Chris stated. "Sorry by the way Voldemort, the cantina is officially closed."

"Like I would care when all this place serves us is rotting garba-" Voldemort then caught side of the food. "Wait what the hell is-"

"To the podium!" Chris said as he pushed Voldemort out the door. The rest of the contestants followed suit along with Chef, Beerus and Whis.

*(Confession Seat)

"OF COURSE those fools would get a normal breakfast on the day I decide to skip!" Voldemort yelled frustrated.

*(End Confession)

Everybody was now gathered at the stage.

"All right happy campers." Chris began. "For the Karaoke Challenge, each of you will receive a song chosen by the manager. He picked these songs based on his personal preferences and ones he felt were good fits with your character. Also a few of these songs come straight out of your home-dimensions. You have until 12 AM to memories your songs. Once your song's over, you shall be judged by the four of us."

"Wait, we have to play judge again?" Beerus asked confused. "Me and Whis don't even know all that much about music!"

"Neither to me and Chef." Chris pointed out. "See, we're gonna take place at that table over there and each of us has a green button and a red button or better put, a like- and dislike button. At the end of song, we get to decide whether we liked the song we heard, or we downright hate it. Then the likes will be counted together for their total score, meaning four is the maximum amount of points a performer can get for their team while zero is the minimum. At the end we'll count all the performers scores together and the team with the most points wins! Also if you guys mess up your lyrics or decide not to sing then you will automatically receive a zero. Now a zero is something you absolutely want to avoid because if you do get a zero, you'll have to suffer my personal addition to this challenge, the Drop of Shame!"

"Drop of shame?" Aqua asked. "You're not gonna throw us out of an airplane, are you?"

"Of course not." Chris answered which caused a few competitors to sigh in relief. "Instead the trapdoor you'll be performing underneath of will open up and you'll land in a pit filled with cobras, crocodiles and bloodsucking leeches!"

Chris opened the trapdoor for a second and already a massive crocodile jumped up covered with cobras and leeches. Chris closed the trapdoor quickly and the competitors stared at disbelief at the savage deathtrap. "What? I had to do something with those animals! Oh by the way, everyone has to stand on the trap even if you decide not to partake in this challenge. Refuse to step on my little trap and I'll have no choice but to permanently throw you out of the entire competition. If you don't want to sing that's fine, but you WILL stand on that trapdoor when you make your decision."

*(Confession Seat)

"Yeaaah," Roman began. "losing on purpose just became a none option."

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"HOW THE HELL IS THIS EVEN LEGAL?!" Crow couldn't help but ask.

*(End Confession)

Chef was handing everyone the lyrics of their songs as well as small cassette-recorders with their songs on it. The candidates were slowly recovering as they went over their songs.

"Cheeze this thing is a dinosaur." Cassie commented about the recorders before looking at her song. "Hmm, I think I'm gonna like this song."

"The one I got seems good too." Crow agreed. "A little sappy though."

"My song rocks!" Beast Boy stated excitingly.

"Hmm, wonder what my song is abou-" Usopp reads the title of his song. "OH COME ON! THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL!"

"I… have never heard of this one." Marinette stated. "But I kind of like the message."

"I've never heard of this one either but the lyrics…" Aqua didn't quite know how to feel about her song.

"My song looks like the opening of some dubbed anime." Sticks stated before taking a closer look. "Oh wait, it IS a dubbed anime opening."

Sunset meanwhile felt an annoying bonk on the back of her head whenever she went over the lyrics.

"La la la la la la." Tracer whispered to herself as she went over her song.

Itachi, Azula, Voldemort and Roman were quietly reading their lyrics. Itachi was reading in indifference, Azula had a satisfied grin on her face, Voldemort looked ready to murder someone and Roman had a smug smile on his face.

"THERE'S A SONG NAMED AFTER ME?!" Happy yelled out in surprise and happiness.

*(Confession Seat)

"I can't believe someone named a song after me!" Happy shouted happily. "This is the best song ever! Don't you agree Natsu?"

"Uh sure bud…" Natsu said while going over the lyrics, he started sweating more and more as he kept turning the pages.

*(End Confession)

An hour went by as everyone was fully concentrating on memorizing their songs. The evil alliance was also practicing their lines much to a certain someone's irritation.

"We're not seriously doing this." Voldemort said as if a matter of fact. "Aren't we already safe from elimination? Why should we even bother with this challenge?"

Torchwick looked away from his lyrics for a second and said "Well unlike you, I have no interest in getting thrown out of this contest or falling into an animal infested pit!"

Itachi was meditating on the ground instead of reading his lyrics since he had already memorized his song. He opened his eyes and asked the wizard. "Didn't you agree with our plan last night? We're targeting the players on the other team since they have the more problematic members."

"That was before I knew I had to throw away my pride to do so!" Voldemort objected. "And where on earth is that fire-princess at?"

"She wanted to practice alone." Itachi informed him.

"At least someone is taking this challenge seriously." Torchwick said before turning to Voldemort again. "You could learn a thing or two from the rest of us. At least we know how to prioritize."

Voldemort sighed before whispering to himself. "These are the most insufferable people I've ever worked with…"

"What was that?" Torchwick still heard him.

Torchwick and Voldemort kept arguing so Itachi decided to move away from them and meditate somewhere else. The argument however did not go unnoticed by some of the others.

*(Confession Seat)

"Looks like there's trouble in paradise." Tracer stated.

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"With those four working together, it was bound to happen sooner or later." Cassie said as if she knew this would happen.

*(End Confession)

"...in the darkness…" Aqua was going over her song but honestly had a hard time getting into the spirit of it. She had listened to the song plenty of times but couldn't figure out what the artist was going for. Wanting to think about something else for a while, Aqua took out the unbroken bottle she had with her, curious where it came from, and why there was a similar bottle in pieces back on the ship.

"Sup Aqua." Crow greeted her as he sat down next to him. "Mind if I practice here for a minute?"

"Oh hey Crow." Aqua greeted. "None at all but shouldn't you be practicing with the rest of your team?"

"Well most people on my team are villains, Usopp looked like he was having a migraine every time he went over his song and Sunset told me she'd rather practice alone." Crow explained. "Which was a little weird. Call me crazy, but Sunset looked annoyed that I asked to practice with her."

Aqua raised her eyebrow at that. "That doesn't really sound like her."

Crow then noticed the bottle in Aqua's hand. "What's with the bottle?"

"Oh, well you see, I found this bottle back in those ruins." Aqua told him. "You know, after we got attacked by those statues."

"The hell was a bottle doing in some underground ruins?" Crow couldn't help but ask.

"I'm not sure." Aqua answered. "But what's even weirder is that I found a similar bottle back on the cruise-ship, only that one's broken."

"Hmm." Crow took a closer look at the bottle. "Wait a sec, I found a bottle like this too."

"You did?" Aqua asked.

"Yeah, I found it back in that volcano during the Flag Challenge." Crow explained. "Seemed a little out of place."

Aqua took in that new information and asked "Crow, did Sunset use her powers while she was there?"

Crow thought about Aqua's question and answered "Well yeah, she tried using her powers against that flaming statue demon. Why you ask?"

"Well I've been thinking about where those bottles may have come from." Aqua informed. "I mean ancient ruins, a gym and now an active volcano are not exactly places a bottle like that could have ended up on its own. Someone must have left those bottles in those places and since they all look so similar, I think it's safe to assume they all belong to the same person."

"And you think that person is Sunset?" Crow asked.

"Sunset is the only person who was present at all the places where those bottles were found." Aqua answered. "It doesn't sound like too much of stretch to assume those bottles belong to her. I also suspect that these bottles are the reason Sunset was able to use her powers."

"I thought she said those activated randomly?" Crow said still keeping up with Aqua's thought process.

"I think she might be lying about that." Aqua assumed correctly. "She probably just said that to prevent us from knowing about these bottles. But it does raise the question of where these bottles came from... "

Crow was about to ask what she meant by that when suddenly-

"Attention campers!" Chris his voice came out of the loudspeakers. "Here's a friendly reminder that you have 30 minutes left before the challenge begins! If I were you, I'd focus more on memorizing my lines rather than making small talk. Repeat, only 30 minutes until the challenge officially begins!"

Aqua and Crow both looked at their song sheets and realized they'd better continue learning their lyrics. Aqua looked at Crow and said "Guess we better finish this conversation later."

"Sure." Crow said as he went back to his lines.

*(Confession Seat)

"Another bottle in the volcano where Sunset also used her powers…" Aqua was still thinking about the bottle mystery. "If these bottles are truly what gave Sunset her powers then that would mean she also used them on the ship, wouldn't it? But Sunset never mentioned that she used her powers there. Something about this just feels wrong..."

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"Maybe when me and Aqua pick this conversation back up, we should also talk to Marinette and Tikki." Crow pondered. "Those two do know Sunset better than the rest of us."

*(End Confession)

Half an hour went by quickly and now everyone was once again gathered at the elimination podium.

"Ladies and gentleman!" Chris announced as he sat on the far-left of the jury table followed by Chef, Beerus and Whis. "Welcome to the Karaoke Challenge! Are you guys ready to sing like your lives depend on it? Oh wait, they do. So let's get started! Since the Blue Dragons have been on a losing streak lately, they get to go first. Now I shall draw the first contestant out of the Blue Dragon box!"

Chris goes through the blue box and eventually pulls out a name. "Cassie Cage, you're up!"

Cassie goes up the stage eyeing the giant red-X on the floor in a distrustful manner. "Yeah I'm just gonna perform over here if that's alright."

"Sorry, but the music won't start until you step on the X!" Chris stated. "Don't worry, that trapdoor won't open unless you screw up your lyrics, refuse to sing, or get four dislikes."

Cassie let out an annoyed sigh but eventually stepped on the X as the music started playing.

Rock music started playing through the stereo's and some of the group's rock fans started to get excited.

"Oh this is gonna be good." Crow commented

Cassie Cage : For The Glory - All Good Things

Better back down, you're in my domain
Got the whole crowd screaming out our name
It's a blowout, it's a hurricane
It's over before you know it
Why you shaking, we're a dynasty
In the making, we're the royalty
Now we're breaking down the enemy
Move over for the soldiers

Take a swing, I can take a hit
If we die it's fine, we live for this
It's all for this

We're gonna stand on top with our hands in the sky
Gonna raise our cup to the stadium lights
For the glory, For the glory
For the glory, For the glory
We celebrate with the city tonight
Hear the hometown cheer, it's the ultimate high
For the glory, For the glory
We do it for the glory, For the glory

Yeah, we've waited, for our time to come
Calculated everything we've done
We've upgraded, now you can't outrun a champion
Now you're facing one
Can you hear them, yeah, it's all for us
You believe them, yeah, it's serious
Hear the siren, we're victorious
I'm telling ya, can I get a hell yeah?

("Hell yeah!" Natsu shouted.)

Take a swing, I can take a hit
If we die it's fine, we live for this
It's all for this

We're gonna stand on top with our hands in the sky
Gonna raise our cup to the stadium lights
For the glory, For the glory
For the glory, For the glory
We celebrate with the city tonight
Hear the hometown cheer, it's the ultimate high
For the glory, For the glory
We do it for the glory, For the glory

You're the tracer

(Tracer perked up at her name being mentioned)

I'm the eraser, I'll ruin your record
I'm back here to break ya
I cut like a razor so call the trophy engraver
I'm gonna get it, wait 'til I win it, God I'm so glad to be in it
Can't wait to say that we did it, this is my life and I live it
Ready to give it my all when you
Fall back, taking advantage of all that
Game is on average, you're so bad
Playing shorthanded, your team scratched
Time to assess all the damages, I know that you couldn't handle this
It takes a man to stand up to the king
And unfortunately you're in bandages

We're gonna stand on top with our hands in the sky
Gonna raise our cup to the stadium lights
For the glory, For the glory
For the glory, For the glory
We celebrate with the city tonight
Hear the hometown cheer, it's the ultimate high
For the glory, For the glory
We do it for the glory, For the glory

This is why we do it
This is what we live for
We're on top, For the glory
We never run, For the glory
Hands to the sky
Never back down
Never back down
You just know my name, For the glory
You're gonna know my name, For the glory

The music started ending and already contestants started cheering.

"Woo, that was great Cassie!" Crow applauded even though they were on different teams.

"Yeah you rock girl!" Beast Boy yelled out.

"That song was certainly… energetic." Aqua commented. She did admit that Cassie did an amazing job but had to confess that this was not her type of music.

"See," Chris started commenting. "You got through the song and no one got hurt (yet). I was a bit worried you wouldn't be able to match the power of the original artist but you certainly proved me wrong. Cassie gets my like!"

"I don't have a lot to say." Chef said as he also pressed the green button at the same time as Chris. "Other than that was really good. You go soldier!"

Beerus looked at the buttons unsure which to press but eventually pressed the green button. "I may not know a lot about music but you certainly put your heart into it. It's a like for me as well."

"My apologies." Whis said as he pressed the red button, given the first dislike in the game. "I'm certain you sang that song perfectly but I can't say that I like this genre."

"Hey that's not fair!" Tracer protested. "She didn't choose the song herself, remember?"

"Well despite Whis not appreciating the beauty that is rock, Cassie's song still gets 3 out of 4 stars!" Chris announced as the scoreboard above the stage revealed 3 points for the Blue Dragons.

*(Confession Seat)

"I really liked this song." Cassie stated. "It's about soldiers, glory and never backing down. That describes me to a T."

*(End Confession)

"Now let's see which singer gets to start off the Red Devils." Chris said as he was now going through the red box. He pulled out a paper and said "Roman Torchwick! You're up."

Roman started walking to the stage, but not before Crow said "I hope you're not thinking of skipping your turn."

*(Confession Seat)

"What does that guy think I am? Suicidal?" Roman asked. "I'm not sure how long my aura can last in a pit like that and I'm not planning on finding out."

*(End Confession)

Roman walked up to the stage as Chris said "All right Torchy! Let's see if you can handle Natural from Imagine Dragons!"

"Hey isn't that the same band you had to sing a song from during one of the early challenges?" Marinette asked Sunset who nonchalantly shrugged.

Roman Torchwick : Natural - Imagine Dragons

Will you hold the line?
When every one of them is giving up or giving in, tell me
In this house of mine?
Nothing ever comes without a consequence or cost, tell me
Will the stars align?
Will heaven step in? Will it save us from our sin? Will it?
'Cause this house of mine stands strong

That's the price you pay
Leave behind your heartache, cast away
Just another product of today
Rather be the hunter than the prey
And you're standing on the edge, face up 'cause you're a

Natural
A beating heart of stone
You gotta be so cold
To make it in this world
Yeah, you're a natural
Living your life cutthroat
You gotta be so cold
Yeah, you're a natural

Will somebody
Let me see the light within the dark trees' shadows and
What's happenin'?
Lookin' through the glass find the wrong within the past knowin'
We are the youth
Cut until it bleeds, inside a world without the peace facing
A bit of the truth, the truth

That's the price you pay
Leave behind your heartache, cast away
Just another product of today
Rather be the hunter than the prey
And you're standing on the edge, face up 'cause you're a

Natural
A beating heart of stone
You gotta be so cold
To make it in this world
Yeah, you're a natural
Living your life cutthroat
You gotta be so cold
Yeah, you're a natural

Deep inside me, I'm fading to black, I'm fading
Took an oath by the blood of my hand, won't break it
I can taste it, the end is upon us, I swear
Gonna make it
I'm gonna make it

Natural
A beating heart of stone
You gotta be so cold
To make it in this world
Yeah, you're a natural
Living your life cutthroat
You gotta be so cold
Yeah, you're a natural

Natural
Yeah, you're a natural

Only the members of the evil alliance clapped respectfully while the rest was doing their best not the let out a reaction. They had to admit though, Roman wasn't a bad singer.

"Phew!" Beast Boy said as he swiped away some sweat. "I almost sang along."

"You weren't the only one." Crow grumbled out.

"Not bad either." Chris said as he pressed like.

"I'm starting to get the feeling the manager is a big fan of Imagine Dragons." Chef stated before pushing his green button.

"I have no idea who these Imagine Dragons are," Beerus admitted before also pressing the green button. "but if all of their songs are like this one then I say they're doing a fine job. Whis? Can you look up those singers for me?"

"Certainly." Whis summoned his staff and started looking into it. "Looks like they're quite a successful band. They've sold over 20 million albums worldwide, have won multiple awards and have the top three rock songs of the decennium called Believer, Thunder and Radioactive."

"Wait, where are you getting all that information from?" Chris asked.

Whis checked the source of the information. "It's from a site that the locals on this planet run. Seems it's called, Wikipedia."

"…So that staff basically doubles as a laptop?" Chris asked.

"Oh I can do a lot more with my staff then just access local sites." Whis explained. "I can also use it to communicate with multiple individuals all across existence. I can also stream shows on it."

"Yep, a laptop." Chris had concluded and wanted to move the show along. "Now which button are you gonna press?"

Whis dispelled his staff and pressed the red button. "Sorry, but this still isn't my type of music."

"Cheez Whis really isn't a fan of rock, is he?" Usopp stated.

*(Confession Seat)

"I can't say I'm a regular singer." Torchwick admitted. "But considering my score I guess you could say I'm a natural at this! …Yeah that felt forced even to me."

*(End Confession)

"Well that's 3 points for the Red Devils, so the scores are tied for now." Chris announced as he was already grabbing the next name out of the blue box. "Our next singer, or should I say singers, are Natsu and Happy!"

"Don't worry guys!" Happy said as he and Natsu went to the stage. "We didn't get a rock song, so we should be able to get full marks!"

"We should watch carefully Marinette." Tikki advises. "They're the only other ones that have to sing together."

"I wonder how they've split up their lyrics..." Marinette wondered.

"All right you two." Chris said as a random internee walked up to give Happy a small mic. "Make us Happy."

Natsu and Happy : Happy - Pharrel Williams

Natsu:

It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to say
Sunshine she's here, you can take a break
I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don't care baby by the way

Huh,

Happy:

Because I'm happy

Natsu:

Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof

Happy:

Because I'm happy

Natsu:

Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth

Happy:

Because I'm happy

Natsu:

Clap along if you know what happiness is to you

Happy:

Because I'm happy

Natsu:

Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

Here come bad news, talking this and that

Happy:

Yeah

Natsu:

Well, give me all you got, and don't hold it back

Happy:

Yeah

Natsu:

Well, I should probably warn you I'll be just fine

Happy:

Yeah

Natsu:

No offense to you, don't waste your wine-

No sooner than a millisecond after Natsu said that last word, all music stopped and all the screens turned into dislikes.

"Awch!" Chris winced. "Sorry Natsu, but you screwed up your lyrics. You were supposed to say time, not wine."

"Dammit!" Natsu yelled in frustrations. "I was afraid I'd screw up the lyrics! I'm not that good at remembering stuff!"

"Good job Natsu." Happy said sarcastically, not happy they failed the challenge.

"Hey don't act all innocent Happy!" Natsu shouted at the flying cat. "You could have taken some of the harder lines. Instead, the only two lines of the song you bothered singing were 'Because I'm Happy' and 'Yeah'!"

"You think it's easy to keep the 'y' going for that long! Besides, I would have gotten new lines eventually!" Happy rebutted.

"YOU WOULD ONLY HAVE SAID 'HAPPY' OVER AND OVER!" Natsu yelled out.

"Enough cat-fighting you two!" Chris said which caused Beerus's head to turn to him, but he decided not to say anything. "You two got zero points and you know what that means?"

"…Oh crap." They both realized.

"It's time for the Drop of Shame!" Chris yelled excitingly before he pressed a button under his table causing the trapdoor to open. Natsu and Happy started panicking but just as the trap opened up, Happy remembered that he could fly so he just grabbed Natsu before either of them could fall in. Chris was not pleased as he stood up and yelled "HEY YOU CAN'T JUST FLY AWAY FROM MY TRAP! THAT'S AGAINST THE RULES!"

"Actually Chris, since that trapdoor was never even supposed to be a part of this challenge, avoiding it when it opens is perfectly legal." Whis pointed out causing Chris to sit back down in disappointment.

"Well they still screwed up their lines so no new points for the Blue Dragons, the score stays tied." Chris announced as Natsu and Happy flew back to the audience.

"Sorry guys..." Natsu said to his team as he rubbed to back of his head. "I really tried to memorize that song but there were just so many words!"

"It's okay Natsu." Marinette told him. "I can understand that someone who doesn't sing songs all that often would have a hard time memorizing one with so little time."

"Besides, you screwed up one word." Beast Boy agreed with Marinette. "I'm sure you could have memorized it completely if you had more time."

"Though I wouldn't exactly say that it was a smart move to have Happy only say the easy lines." Cassie pointed out.

"Who else could sing 'Because I'm Happy' better than me! I am Happy!" Happy protested.

"You still could have taken more lines off your partners hands." Aqua stated.

"Usopp get on the stage!" Chris shouted as he had already drawn the next name out of the red box. "It's your turn."

Usopp walked up to the stage with an irritated look on his face. "Just so you guys know, I completely disagree with what this song is making me say."

"Just get on the X and start singing." Chris ordered.

Usopp grunted a little under his breath but eventually got on the X and began his song.

Usopp : Bad Liar - Imagine Dragons

Oh, hush, my dear, it's been a difficult year
And terrors don't prey on
Innocent victims
Trust me, darling, trust me darling
It's been a loveless year
I'm a man of three fears
Integrity, faith and
Crocodile tears
Trust me, darling, trust me, darling

So look me in the eyes
Tell me what you see
Perfect paradise
Tearing at the seams
I wish I could escape
I don't wanna fake it
Wish I could erase it
Make your heart believe

(Usopp had to mentally prepare himself for the next line)

But I'm a bad liar, bad liar

(Everybody was either laughing on the ground or doing their best to contain their laughter. Only Itachi and Voldemort kept a straight face.)

Now you know
Now you know
That I'm a bad liar, bad liar
Now you know, you're free to go

Did all my dreams never mean one thing?
Does happiness lie in a diamond ring?
Oh, I've been asking' for
Oh, I've been asking for problems, problems, problems
I wage my war, on the world inside
I take my gun to the enemy's side
Oh, I've been asking for
Oh, I've been asking for
Problems, problems, problems

So look me in the eyes
Tell me what you see
Perfect paradise
Tearing at the seams
I wish I could escape
I don't wanna fake it
Wish I could erase it
Make your heart believe

But I'm a bad liar, bad liar
Now you know
Now you know
That I'm a bad liar, bad liar
Now you know, you're free to go

(Usopp felt like his tongue was gonna jump out of his mouth if he had to say 'I'm a bad liar' one more time)

I can't breathe, I can't be
I can't be what you want me to be
Believe me, this one time
Believe me

I'm a bad liar, bad liar
Now you know
Now you know
That I'm a bad liar, bad liar
Now you know, you're free to go

Oh
Please believe me
Please believe me

The song ended and the others couldn't help but continue laughing at Usopp. He then shouted "Couldn't you guys have picked a different song? Do you have any idea how much it hurts to say that line over and over again?"

"Like I said, manager picked the song." Chris repeated while trying to contain his giggles. "Though I must admit that he really picked one that let us see the real you."

"Yeaaah," Crow had to admit. "that song was pretty accurate for you."

"Truth hurts, doesn't it longnose?" Roman commented.

Happy had a hard time containing his snickers. "H-he got the song titled Bad Liar b-because he is a bad liar! Hahahaha."

"We all got the joke Happy." Cassie told the blue cat. "No need to explain it."

"Yeah but uh Usopp?" Marinette began. "Don't take this personally but you don't have that great a singing voice."

"On that we agree." Chef said as he pressed his red button. "The only thing that made that song bearable was the joke in it."

"I agree with the food killer here." Beerus said as he also pressed the red button. "Is this song really written by the same guys that did the one called Natural?"

"Only confirming that the manager is indeed a big Imagine Dragons fan." Chris said before pressing red.

"I actually enjoyed this song far more than the first two." Whis said as he pressed the green button. "I admit that his singing voice could use some work, but the music itself and the lyrics were alright by me."

Usopp let out a sigh, happy that at least he wouldn't fall in a pit filled with dangerous animals. He then blinked and shouted "Wait, so I had to go through all that mental pain and all I get out of it is one point?!"

"You guessed it." Chris confirmed as the scoreboard now showed 3 points for the Blue Dragons and 4 for the Red Devils. "Good news is you guys now have to lead! But this next singer could change that pretty quickly." Chris went through the blue box and pulled out another name. "Our second duo is coming on the stage. Marinette and Tikki, blow us away!"

"We'll try." Marinette said as she and Tikki got up the stage. One internee gave Tikki the mini-mic.

"Show those Devils how we Dragons handle challenges!" Natsu cheered.

"Prove you aren't spies!" Sticks shouted. "Or worse, aliens!"

Beast Boy turned to Sticks and said confused. "One of them is gonna have a hard time proving that…"

"Good luck." Was Sunset's simple cheer.

Marinette gave a thumbs up as the music started playing. Immediately Sunset felt that annoying tingling on the back of her head again.

Marinette and Tikki : My Past Is Not Today - Equestria Girls

Marinette :

Power
Was all I desired
But all that grew inside me
Was the darkness I acquired

Tikki :

When I began to fall
And I lost the path ahead
That's when your friendship found me
And it lifted me instead

Marinette and Tikki together:

Like a phoenix burning bright in the sky
I'll show there's another side to me you can't deny
I may not know what the future holds
But hear me when I say
That my past does not define me
Cause my past is not today

Tikki :

Ambition
Is what I believed
Would be the only way to set me free

Marinette:

But when it disappeared
And I found myself alone
That's when you came and guide me
And felt like I was home

Marinette and Tikki:

Like a phoenix burning bright
In the sky
I'll show there's another side to me
You can't deny
I may not know what the future holds
But hear me when I say
That my past does not define me
Cause my past is not
TODAY

The Blue Dragons clapped as the song ended but Tracer looked confused. "Hold on, how come her song was so much shorter than what the others got?"

"Again, ask the manager, not me." Chris repeated. "Now let me press my like button because even though I've never heard of that song in my life, you two were the best singers we've had so far."

"Agreed." Chef said pressing his like button 2 seconds after Chris.

"I liked this song as well." Whis stated as he pressed his like button. "My only complaint is that it was so much shorter than the other songs."

Beerus meanwhile stared at his buttons and said "Great, now I'm indecisive! On the one hand I wasn't that intrigued by the song but you did perform well. I'm not entirely sure-"

"I'll make macaroons for you and Whis tomorrow." Marinette quickly said.

"And like it is!" Beerus said as he quickly pressed his like button.

"Well congratulations Mari." Chris spoke up. "You're the first singer that managed to get a perfect score!"

"She did resort to bribery." Chef pointed out. "Which I honestly can't believe worked. What self-respecting individual would allow themselves to be bribed by a contestant?"

"You're not exactly the best person to point that out." Chris gave his co-host a glare. "Remember China?"

"…I'll be quiet."

*(Confession Seat(Camper-style))

"I don't even know what macaroons are." Beerus admitted. "But that girl has yet to disappoint me so I'm 99% sure I'll love it."

"I hope you planning on sharing." Whis said also curious what macaroons might taste like.

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"Awesome!" Marinette sheered. "We got all our points!"

"You did use bribery though." Tikki said as she had a disappointed look in her eyes.

"Hey it's not like I said I'd only give Beerus those macaroons if he voted for us." Marinette pointed out. "He just… assumed that's what I meant."

"Careful Marinette, your Chloé's showing." Tikki replied before changing the topic. "In any case, I really liked that song we had to sing, even though I've never heard of it."

"Yeah, a song about not letting yourselves be defied by your past actions is pretty cool." Marinette admitted. "I wonder who wrote it though?"

*(End Confession)

"Hey Sunset!" Marinette waved to her friend as she went back to the audience. "What did you think of my song?"

"It was… great?" Sunset said in an unsure tone while robbing the back of her head.

*(Confession Seat (Evil-Sunset))

"Did that Marinette have to sing a song written by my weaker half?!" Dark-eyed Sunset yelled in frustration. "Let's hope she won't be so annoying when it's my turn to sing."

*(End Confession)

"Azula! You're up." Chris stated as he was waving a piece of paper with Azula's name on it.

Azula let out a sigh before getting up. "You know, my people would pay a small fortune to see me sing, and here I am doing it for free. Then again, I also wouldn't perform for them no matter how much money they paid me."

"Hey you can keep your pride if you want." Chris stated. "Just know that it will cost you a drop in a beast-infested pit. Oh and you'll also get zero points."

"As degrading as it may be," Roman began. "he's got a point princess. Your pride or your life? Easy decision if your ask me."

*(Confession Seat)

"Can't argue with that logic." Azula responded. "But I would lie if I said I wasn't happy this show doesn't get broadcast back home. Why doesn't it you ask? Where I'm from, we don't have televisions."

*(End Confession)

"All right Azula, show us your lungs!" Chris stated as the music started playing. A creepy smile settled on Azula's face and everyone swore the temperature somehow dropped.

Azula : The Devil Within - Digital Daggers

I will keep quiet
You won't even know I'm here
You won't suspect a thing
You won't see me in the mirror
But I crept into your heart
You can't make me disappear
Till I make you

I made myself at home
In the cobwebs and the lies
I'm learning all your tricks
I can hurt you from inside
I made myself a promise
You would never see me cry
Till I make you

You'll never know what hit you
Won't see me closing in
I'm gonna make you suffer
This hell you put me in
I'm underneath your skin
The devil within
You'll never know what hit you

I will be here
When you think you're all alone
Seeping through the cracks
I'm the poison in your bones
My love is your disease
I won't let it set you free
Till I break you

You'll never know what hit you
Won't see me closing in
I'm gonna make you suffer
This hell you put me in
I'm underneath your skin
The devil within
You'll never know what hit you

I tried to be the lover to your nightmare
Look what you made of me
Now I'm a heavy burden that you can't bear
Look what you made of me
Look what you made of me
I'll make you see

You'll never know what hit you
Won't see me closing in
I'm gonna make you suffer
This hell you put me in
I'm underneath your skin
The devil within
You'll never know what hit you

The devil within
You'll never know what hit you

Complete an utter silence echoed through the stage. Azula certainly sang the song much better than anyone expected. However everybody, including the bad guys, had to admit one thing.

"…I'm not the only one who's really creeped out right now, am I?" Happy asked as he had been hiding behind his sitting-trunk for pretty much the entire song.

"N-no y-you're not…" Usopp answered as he too was hiding behind his trunk, his knees shaking.

"The song itself was creepy enough." Cassie stated. "Azula singing it however adds a whole other layer of creepiness to it."

"Well uh," Chris started speaking as he got out from underneath the table. "That was certainly something… you know what Chef? You can start the commentary."

"I think that's been done for me." Chef said as he pressed the red button immediately after getting out from underneath the table. "Who in their right mind would want to listen to a song like this?"

"Well maybe not daily." Beerus answered as he surprisingly pressed the green button. "But it was certainly the most unique song I've heard so far."

"Indeed." Whis also pressed his green button. "I may not understand a lot about music but I do know that if a song can invoke powerful emotions it's doing something right. Granted, I wasn't all that scared but seeing the reactions of the others proofs that this was quite an emotional number."

Chris could only stare at the two deities with a look of genuine confusion. "Well Azula, looks like the gods were somehow immune to your singing… talent. I however was not."

Chris pressed his red button and a score of 2 points was added to the Red Devils screen. The Blue Dragons were shown to still be in the lead with 7 points, but the Red Devils were only one point behind.

*(Confession Seat)

Crow let out a sigh. "Well at least now it's confirmed that the jerk-alliance is actually trying to win. I'm not sure if I should be grateful to Chris for including that deathtrap or figure out a way to talk with Athena and ask if we can't sue him."

*(End Confession)

Azula went back to her allies. "So be honest now, what did think?"

"I think Neo is shivering on the cough right now." Torchwick stated.

"It invoked terror and fear in the hearts of all who watched." Voldemort proclaimed before slowly clapping. "Well done."

"It was alright." Was Itachi's honest answer. "You could have gotten a better score though."

*(Confession Seat)

"So only the two gods were truly impressed by my song?" Azula asked with a satisfied smirk on her face. "You know what? I'll take that as a compliment."

*(End Confession)

"Tracer get over here!" Chris yelled out to the time-anomaly. "I need another song to get that last one out of my head!"

"Will do." Tracer answered as she blinked to the stage. As soon as she grabbed the mic, the music started playing.

Tracer : Alone, Pt. II - Alan Walker & Ava Max

We were young
Posters on the wall
Praying we're the ones
That the teacher wouldn't call
We would stare at each other
'Cause we were always in trouble
And all the cool kids
Did their own thing
I was on the outside
Always looking in
Yeah, I was there but I wasn't
They never really cared if I wasn't

We all need that someone
Who gets you like no one else
Right when you need it the most
We all need a soul to rely on
A shoulder to cry on
A friend through the highs and the lows

I'm not gonna make it a-
La la la la la la
La la la la la–lone
I'm not gonna make it a-
La la la la la la
La la la la la–lone

Then I saw your face
Your forgiving eyes
Looking back at me
From the other side
Like you understood me
And I'm never letting you go, oh

We all need that someone
Who gets you like no one else
Right when you need it the most
We all need a soul to rely on
A shoulder to cry on
A friend through the highs and the lows

I'm not gonna make it a-
La la la la la la
La la la la la–lone
I'm not gonna make it a-
La la la la la la
La la la la la–lone

I'm not gonna make it a-
La la la la la la
La la la la la–lone
I'm not gonna make it a-
La la la la la la
La la la la la–lone

I'm not gonna make it alone
La la la la la la–lone
I'm not gonna make it a-
La la la la la la
La la la la la–lone

'Cause you are that someone
That gets me like no one else
Right when I need it the most
And I'll be the one you rely on
Your shoulder to cry on
A friend through the highs and the lows

I'm not gonna make it a-
La la la la la la
La la la la la la–lone
I'm not gonna make it a-
La la la la la la
La la la la la la–lone

I'm not gonna make it a-
La la la la la la
La la la la la la–lone
I'm not gonna make it a-
La la la la la la
La la la la la la –lone
I'm not gonna make it alone

The Blue Dragons started clapping as the sour mood from before seemed to have vanished into thin-air, much to Azula's annoyance.

"Thank you!" Chris said genuinely grateful to get the last song out of his head before pressing his green button. "A song like that is always good medicine against a song like Azula's. Maybe that's why I'm forgiving that British accent of yours."

Chef also pressed his green button and said "Bet you were scared about messing up the amount of la's in that song."

"You have no idea." Tracer admitted.

"Well this song was sure loaded with positivity." Whis stated as he also pressed the green button. "I guess that just goes to show you how different each song truly is."

"I personally got tired of hearing the word 'la' so many times." Said Beerus as he pressed his red button.

"Well with 3 likes the Blue Dragons now reach 10 points." Chris announced as the Blue Dragons took a serious lead. "The Red Devils better step up the pace!"

"Great song Tracer!" Happy said.

"Good job!" Sticks cheered.

"You got us in the double digits." Cassie stated. "With a four point lead we're almost sure to win today."

"Aww, shocks lads." Tracer said happy at her teams response.

*(Confession Seat)

"I liked this song." Tracer honestly admitted. "It's message was pretty great too. There are some things in life you can't do alone. It's always nice to have a friend by your side when things get tough. … I can think of a few people back home who should take this song to heart."

*(End Confession)

"It's the dark wizard's turn!" Chris announced as he showed a piece of paper with Voldemort's name on it. "So move it!"

Voldemort's eyes twitched before walking on the stage.

"I wonder what song Voldie got." Happy wondered.

"Well he doesn't seem pleased with it so it must be good." Sticks commented.

Voldemort stood on the red X.

Voldemort : I Like To Move It - Reel 2 Real

The judge-screens all turned red.

"Wait wha-" Natsu looked confused. "What just happened?"

"I think Voldie just lost." Happy said.

"But I didn't even hear any music yet!" Usopp said confused.

Crow face-palmed. "The lyrics in that song start before the music does. Our wizard messed up the timing!"

"No he didn't." Itachi commented. "He was never planning to sing in the first place."

"SERIOUSLY?!" Usopp shouted in frustration.

"Yeah, should have seen that coming." Chris stated, annoyed he didn't get to see Voldemort make a fool of himself. "I guess you didn't feel like moving it, did you Voldie?"

"For the millionth time, it's Voldemort!" He shouted. "And of course I'm not singing this ridiculous song! Only some stupid animal would want sing a song like this!"

"HEY!" Was shouted by Sticks, Happy, Beast Boy, and Tikki. Sunset also felt annoyed at her masters comment.

"Well at least I don't need this anymore." Chef said as he threw away a bottle of bleach. He brought said bottle along in case Voldemort was also gonna dance.

"You know what Voldie." Chris said angering the wizard even more. "While I would have laughed my head off at you singing this song, I'm also kinda happy you didn't sing. Because now it's leech-time!"

The trapdoor underneath Voldemort opened but Voldemort simply turned into black smoke and flew back to his seat.

Chris blinked before letting out a frustrated grumble.

*(Confession Seat)

"I swear, if the next person scoring a zero doesn't fall into that pit I'm gonna lose it!" Chris stated.

*(End Confession)

Voldemort sat back on his spot and was greeted with stares from his less than happy allies. "What?"

"What?" Roman asked back. "You decided not to sing when we're already behind on the Dragons, and all you can say is what?"

"Well I'm quite upset." Azula admitted. "How is it fair that we had to humiliate ourselves and you didn't?"

"Okay first off, you two only humiliated yourselves cause you were afraid of falling in some second rate death-pit. If that trap wasn't in this challenge then I doubt you two would have sung either. Second, It doesn't matter if we lose this challenge since, as you are well aware of, we can't get voted off." Voldemort stated feeling that the others weren't looking at the big picture. "And thirdly, I would never let myself be turned into a jester for others entertainment!"

"That's not the point!" Torchwick dismissed Voldemort's statements. "We made the decision to continue these challenges in the hopes of eliminating someone who's an actual threat to us. Our majority vote is just a fail-safe in case we lose. You on the other hand decided to go against our decision for the pettiest of reasons!"

"When did I say I was your lackey?" Voldemort felt his authority being challenged. "You have no power over me, so if I choose not to make a fool of myself then quite frankly, you can't do a thing to stop me!"

"Torchwick is right though." Itachi spoke up. "What's the point of having you in our alliance if you start ignoring our decisions?"

"A point to the ninja." Azula admitted. "My nation is unfortunately no stranger to deserters. Do you know how we separate those from the loyal? The loyal don't disobey orders."

Now Voldemort was getting angry. "I just told you I serve nobody! I joined forces with you for my own agenda. This alliance doesn't give ANY of you the right to command ME!"

"Oh it's the same for all of us." Torchwick admitted. "I'm sometimes forced to work together with other criminals who technically don't work under me. That however doesn't prevent me from punishing them when they break their agreements with me."

"I never told you I was gonna sing!"

"No, but we did decide that we'd at least TRY to win this challenge for the greater advantage a victory can bring us! Your selfish decision may have cost us in the long run!"

"Who are YOU calling selfish THUG!" Voldemort practically growled at Roman. "I'm the one in charge here so you'll cease these protest of yours and accept-"

Voldemort's rant was put on hold when he heard Azula's laughing. "You? In charge? If anyone's in charge around here it's me."

"… You do remember who started this entire alliance right?" Torchwick felt his authority being challenged. "Voldie's certainly not in charge, but neither are you princess."

Azula stared at Torchwick in disbelief. "You do remember that it was thanks to my plan we're currently safe from being voted off. If it weren't for me, all you would have been voted off one by one."

"It was also your fault that our secret alliance is no longer a secret!" Torchwick pointed out.

"That was Ryuga's doing, not mine."

"You're the one who recruited and backstabbed him!"

"You backstabbed us both! If I didn't throw Ryuga for the wolves, I would have been voted off and we wouldn't be having this conversation!"

The alliance kept arguing back and forth (except Itachi) unware of their current audience.

"Uh, should we stop them?" Usopp asked.

"Are you kidding?" Crow replied. "This is the best entertainment I've had in weeks."

"All right break it up all of you!" Chris shouted from his seat. "You four can continue your argument after the challenge. For now the only person I want to hear is whoever has to go on stage next, so be silent!"

Roman and Azula started to calm down, Voldemort kept his enraged expression on his face and Itachi simply nodded.

*(Confession Seat)

"It's clear to me Roman isn't gonna let go of the ridiculous notion that he's in charge." Azula stated vividly. "Fine. Let him think that way. If Voldemort gets to break the agreements of our alliance then why shouldn't I?"

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"That wizard and princess are starting to get on my nerves." Roman admitted. "At least there's one guy on our team that isn't question my leadership."

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"I always assumed we didn't have a leader." Itachi stated.

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"Those three are absolutely useless!" Voldemort vented. "And not just them, everyone on this island is completely inapt! Nobody respects me around here. Not even my own puppet! I don't know how much more of this I can take!"

*(End Confession)

"Show us what you got Beast Boy." Chris said as Beast Boy was now on stage.

Beast Boy : Feel Invincible - Skillet

Target on my back lone survivor lasts
They got me in their sights
No surrender no
Trigger fingers go
Living the dangerous life

Hey, hey, hey everyday when I wake
I'm trying to get up, they're knocking me down
Chewing me up, spitting me out
Hey, hey, hey when I need to be saved
You're making me strong, you're making me stand
Never will fall, never will end
Shot like a rocket up into the sky
Nothing could stop me tonight

You make me feel invincible
Earthquake, powerful
Just like a tidal wave
You make me brave
You're my titanium
Fight song, raising up
Like a roar of victory in a stadium
Who can touch me 'cause I'm

I'm made of fire
Who can stop me tonight

I'm hard wired
You make me feel invincible

I feel, I feel it
Invincible
I feel, I feel it
Invincible

Here we go again, I will not give in
I've got a reason to fight
Every day we choose
We might win or lose
This is the dangerous life

Hey, hey, hey every day when I wake
They say that I'm gone, they say that they've won
The bell has been rung, it's over and done
Hey, hey, hey when I need to be saved
They counting me out, but this is my round
You in my corner look at me now
Shot like a rocket up into the sky
Nothing could stop me tonight

You make me feel invincible
Earthquake, powerful
Just like a tidal wave
You make me brave
You're my titanium
Fight song, raising up
Like a roar of victory in a stadium
Who can touch me 'cause I'm

I'm made of fire
Who can stop me tonight

I'm hard wired
You make me feel invincible

I feel, I feel it
Invincible
I feel, I feel it
Invincible

You make me feel invincible
You make me feel invincible
Shot like a rocket up into the sky
Not gonna stop, invincible

You make me feel invincible
Earthquake, powerful
Just like a tidal wave
You make me brave
You're my titanium
Fight song, raising up
Like a roar of victory in a stadium

You make me feel invincible
Earthquake, powerful
Just like a tidal wave
You make me brave
You're my titanium
Fight song, raising up
Like a roar of victory in a stadium
Who can touch me 'cause I'm

I'm made of fire
Who can stop me tonight

I'm hard wired
You make me feel invincible

I feel, I feel it
Invincible
I feel, I feel it
Invincible

The music stops and Beast Boy turns to the judges. "Ha, what you think of that?"

"I think you shouldn't quite your day job anytime soon." Chris stated as he pressed his red button.

"It wasn't that bad but it wasn't impressive either." Chef stated as he pressed his red button. "Also consider this payback for the pool incident on the cruise!"

"You two really have no style." Beerus said as he pressed his green button. "It wasn't as good as some of the other songs we've had but I was still impressed."

Whis pressed his red button. "I didn't like the music in general."

Beast Boy let out a disappointed sigh as only a single point was added to the Blue Dragons' score. He then went back to his seat.

"Hey don't worry about it." Aqua tried to cheer him up. "We're still in the lead and if it's any consolation I don't think you sung that bad."

Beast Boy got a small smirk on his face and some pink in his cheeks. "Thanks Aqua."

*(Confession Seat)

"Well at least she liked my singing." Beast Boy said happily.

*(End Confession)

Next on the stage was Crow.

Chris decided to give the duelist some more pressure. "Not to pressure you or anything but the Blue Dragons currently have 11 points while your team only has 6, so you better give it your all."

"Well unlike a certain someone," Crow said while looking at Voldemort. "I'm not afraid of a few lyrics."

"What do you want, a medal?" Voldemort said with zero interest, trying to ignore the glares his teammates were giving him.

Crow Hogan : Runnin' - Adam Lambert

Steel to my tremblin' lips
How did the night ever get like this?
One shot and the whiskey goes down, down, down
Bottom of the bottle hits
Waking up my mind as I throw a fit
The breakin' is takin' me down, down, down

My heart's beating faster
I know what I'm after

I've been standing here my whole life
Everything I've seen twice
Now it's time I realized
It's spinning back around now
On this road I'm crawlin'
Save me cause I'm fallin'
Now I can't seem to breathe right
'Cause I keep runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'
Runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'
Runnin' from my heart

'Round and around I go
Addicted to the numb living in the cold
The higher, the lower, the down, down, down
Sick of being tired and sick
And ready for another kind of fix
The damage is damning me down, down, down

My heart's beating faster
I know what I'm after

I've been standing here my whole life
Everything I've seen twice
Now it's time I realized
It's spinning back around now
On this road I'm crawlin'
Save me 'cause I'm fallin'
Now I can't seem to breathe right
'Cause I keep runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'
Runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'
Runnin' from my heart

Oh, I'm coming alive
Oh, I'll wake up now and live
Oh, I'm coming alive
A life that's always been a dream
I'll wake up now and live

I've been standing here my whole life
My heart's beating faster
I know what I'm after

I've been standing here my whole life
Everything I've seen twice
Now it's time I realized
It's spinning back around now
On this road I'm crawlin'
Save me 'cause I'm fallin'
Now I can't seem to breathe right
'Cause I keep runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'
Runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'
Runnin' from my heart
'Cause I keep runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'
Runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'
Runnin' from my heart

Most of the other competitors cheered at Crow's performance, the only exception being the evil alliance. Roman was tapping his head back and forth during the song though but nobody noticed.

He would have denied it had anyone asked.

"Ah finally." Chris pressed green. "I was starting to think the Red Devils didn't have any competent singers."

"Excuse you?" Azula felt insulted, Voldemort just sneered and Usopp just looked away.

"Oh that was impressive." Beerus stated as he also pressed green. "It had this pretty upbeat tempo that I really liked."

"Hey my song was upbeat too!" Tracer said out loud.

"Not like this one." Beerus rebutted.

Whis also pressed green. "I must agree with Chris and Beerus. This song was simple a delight."

Everybody now watched Chef as he pressed his button… which was red.

"Yikes!" Chris exclaimed. "Looks like Chef was not as impressed as the rest of us."

"Ah come on!" Crow felt mad that he missed out on a perfect score. "What was wrong with my song?"

"Nothing, your song was excellent." Chef commented.

Crow blinked. "Then why did you-"

"Payback for that massage I had to give you back at the cruise!"

Those who weren't on the cruise stared at Crow with the same questionable gaze. "Why did you-"

Crow interrupted Usopp. "There was a massage-table on the ship and I got a backache from sleeping on that second rate mattress here. I considered it payback against Chef for making us eat trash each morning."

"Hm, not a bad punishment." Beerus admitted. "Personally though, I would have just destroyed him."

Chef blinked at his neighbor before scooching his chair away from him.

"Well with 3 extra points the Red Devils are starting to catch up to the Blue Dragons." Chris announced as the scoreboard now read 11 Dragon, 9 Devils. He then put his hand in the blue box again and took out a paper. "But the Dragons get a chance to increase their lead with their next singer, Sticks!"

*(Confession Seat)

"Why do I suddenly feel glad I brought my earplugs along?" Chris questioned to himself.

*(End Confession)

Sticks went up to the stage and quickly picked up the microphone. She made sure not to pick it up with her injured arm though.

"Sticks are you ready to kick this song into hyperdrive?" Chris asked.

"Oh I get it! It's the name of the song." Sticks noticed Chris' word play.

"Really?" Crow asked excitingly as he sat back. "Oh yeah! This song is the bomb back in my world."

"Well then let's get started!" Chris yelled as the music started playing.

Sticks : Hyperdrive - Cass Dillong (Yu-Gi-Oh 5d's dub opening)

Going fast makes me feel alive

(No sooner had that first word left her lips or everybody was already covering their ears. Chris quickly grabbed his earplugs and put them in, but they couldn't dispel all the noise.)

My heart beats in hyper drive
Do you think you can win?
Only if I lose
Just let destiny choose

I can hear you breathin'
I can see you comin'
I can-

"-'T FEEL MY EARS!" Beerus yelled in absolute anguish.

"WHAT THE HELL KIND OF SONG IS THIS?!" Roman yelled covering his ears.

"DON'T BLAME THE SONG! BLAME THE SONGSTRESS!" Crow yelled out, more than a little mad at his favorite song getting abused like this.

"THIS ISN'T A SONG!" Azula shouted out, struggling against the noise.

"THIS IS TORTURE!" Cassie finished Azula's thoughts.

"AN EXTREME FORM OF TORTURE!" Voldemort agreed wishing he now had no ears instead of no nose. "I'D RATHER GET HIT BY THE CRUCIATUS CURSE THEN CONTINUE LISTENING TO THIS!"

"STOP THE MUSIC!" Chris couldn't take it anymore and demanded the song be stopped.

The music stopped and all the screens were red. Sticks looked confused at everyone. "Hey! Why'd you stop the beats?"

"Why do you think!" Chris shouted as he pulled out his earplugs. "Even my high-quality earplugs couldn't fully stop that noise!"

"NATSU BRING ME TO A DOCTOR!" Happy shouted. "I THINK THE SONG HAS MADE ME DEAF!"

"YOU'RE OUT OF BREATH?!" Natsu yelled confused. "BUT YOU'VE DONE NOTHING BUT SIT HERE ALL DAY!"

"YES THAT WAS A REAL DISPLAY ALRIGHT!" Beast Boy misunderstood Natsu. "THAT WAS THE WORST SONG I'VE EVER HEARD!"

"I DON'T SEE ANY BIRDS!" Usopp yelled out. "THEY MUST HAVE FLOWN AWAY BECAUSE OF THE SOUND!"

"WHAT WRONG WITH THE CAMPGROUND?!" Chef asked out loud. "I CAN'T HEAR A THING ANYMORE!"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN ENCORE?!" Beerus shouted not wanting her to sing again. "IF I HEAR HER SING ONE MORE TIME, I'LL DESTROY THIS WHOLE DIMENSION!"

"Maybe we should take a break and let the others recover for a bit..." Whis (Who was somehow not deaf) suggested to Chris.

Chris agreed with Whis' idea before addressing the viewers. "You heard the angel. We'll take a small break, let everyone's ears recover, and then get back to the show, so stay tuned!"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'RE DOOMED?!" Happy yelled out. "I DON'T WANNA BE DEAF FOREVER!"

Chris sighted. "This might take a while."

*(Break)

About 30 minutes had passed since Sticks'… interesting performance.

"Everyone who can hear again, raise your hands." Chris announced and aside from Beerus, everybody raised their hands.

"Come on my lord." Whis looked down on his master. "Surely you've had enough time to recover."

"Well he does have the biggest ears out of everyone here." Chef stated.

"How you doing Happy?" Natsu asked.

Happy nearly cried. "I'm so happy I've not gone deaf!"

"I think we all are." Torchwick commented. "Now let us all agree that badger-girl is forbidden from singing ever again."

"For once I agree with him." Crow agreed. "I think I'll never be able to listen to that song again without thinking of this torment."

"You voice haters!" Sticks said not pleased with how everyone reacted to her song. "I wasn't that bad!"

"Yes." Beerus replied finally hearing himself think again. "Yes you were. Now I'm giving you 5 seconds to apologies for my ear damage before I destroy you."

"Do that after I've dropped her in the pit." Chris said as he pressed the button underneath his desk. However the trapdoor wouldn't open for some reason. "What the-, why isn't it opening?!"

"Sorry boss." A random internee spoke up. "Her song was so bad that it messed up the trapdoors inner workings. We're not sure if we can fix it."

Chris let out a frustrated sigh. "The one time I can drop a contestant that can't fly…"

"Phew." Sticks swiped away some sweat. "That was close."

"Oh well, my turn." Beerus held up his hand to the badger. "Hak-"

"My lord." Whis intervened. "You do remember that we promised the manager we wouldn't harm anyone on this island unless they tried stealing that remote. If you destroy her we'll be breaking our promise. Also it's not like she decided to sound bad on purpose. Last time I checked, mortals can't control the way they sound."

"Yeaaah, in hindsight we shouldn't have let Sticks on stage at all." Chef agreed. "Her voice is harsher than most drill instructors I know. Letting her sing was basically the equivalent of starting a fire and burning ourselves."

"I'm so happy my vocal cords are so appreciated by all of you." Sticks said sarcastically.

Beerus frowned his eyes at the badger before dropping his hand. "Fine. But if she ever sings in front of me again I'm destroying her without a second thought."

Chris kept pressing his trapdoor button but it was not opening anytime soon. He eventually gave up. "(Sigh) Sticks get off the stage. I don't think a commentary is necessary."

"All right!" Usopp cheered. "Now's our chance to surpass the Dragons!"

"Only miss Sunny, ninja boy and Blue haven't sung yet." Roman referred to Sunset, Itachi and Aqua. "We have more chances to get points on the board, but our opponents still have a 2 point lead.

Sticks sat back with her team and was not looking happy at all.

Beast Boy, despite still having some difficulty hearing, decided to cheer Sticks up. He knew what it felt like when your voice is underappreciated. "Hey cheer up girl. So what if you can't sing? I'm sure there are other things you're pretty good at."

Sticks seemed to cheer up from that. "Thanks Gar."

*(Confession Seat)

"The green-kid's right." Sticks stated. "So what if people don't like my singing. I've got plenty of other skills. Think any of these guys could live on their own in the wild? They'd be begging for my help on the first day. Not to mention I'm the only one here who can break the fourth-wall."

*(End Confession)

"So Itachi." Chris began as Itachi was the next selected singer. "Do you have any musical experience?"

"No." Was Itachi's simple answer.

"…Well that doesn't bode well." Chris stated.

"There's no way he'll be as bad as the last one. Now get started already! I've been sitting her all day and I'm starting to get hungry." Beerus stated before turning to Whis. "Speaking of which, how late is it Whis? Is it time for dinner yet?"

Chef looked at Beerus and said. "We haven't been here that long. At most 2 hou-"

"It is currently 5 past 5 in the afternoon." Whis stated. "Dinner is less than an hour away."

"Wait…" Chef was suddenly confused. "WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE ALL AFTERNOON?! WHEN, I MEAN, HOW?!"

"Woah, time sure flies around here." Usopp stated.

"I haven't been paying much attention to the time but Chef does have a point." Crow admitted. "It certainly doesn't feel like we've been sitting here for 5 hours."

"It's called the hyperbolic effect." Sticks explained but nobody paid attention to her as the lights started to dim. The music started and the creepy melody put some of the contestants on edge.

"Please tell me this isn't gonna be the same kind of song that Azula sang." Usopp asked frightfully.

"I'll be behind my trunk if anyone needs me." Happy said before going into hiding.

Itachi Uchiha : I'll Sleep When I Am Dead - Set it Off

It's the same each and every night
Glare at my screen with two big bloodshot eyes

I'm stuck, self-torturing
My meds are failing me
Internal clock in smithereens
Can't fix this, I'm hopeless

My eyes are stapled open wide
As I lay down on my side
I am bouncing off these walls

Notice my hands begin to twitch
Unprovoked assaulting of my conscious wits

Me and the TV are enemies
Sickening static surrounds my mind
I'm losing time, and realizing
That after days of thought
That I'm stuck, self-torturing
My meds are failing me
Internal clock in smithereens
Can't fix this, I'm hopeless

My eyes are stapled open wide
As I lay down on my side
I am bouncing off these walls
As I focus on the clock
Time stands still but I cannot
I should strap myself in bed
I guess I'll sleep when I am dead

Talk to myself
Lying in the darkness, so content
As the sun begins to rise
I can barely shut my eyes

This crazed, delirious mess
Laughing at everything I see
My sanity is spent
Just tell me where my time went
I'm losing it!

Attention:
All insomniacs,
Please raise your right hand
And kindly repeat after me
I guess I'll sleep when I am dead!

Cause I'm stuck, self-torturing
My meds are failing me
Internal clock in smithereens
Can't fix this, I'm hopeless

My eyes are stapled open wide
As I lay down on my side
I am bouncing off these walls
As I focus on the clock
Time stands still but I cannot
I should strap myself in bed
I guess I'll sleep when I am dead

I guess I'll sleep when I am

And once again complete and utter silence.

"Is it over?" Happy asked scared.

"It is buddy." Natsu answered. "But you have to admit that Azula's was way scarier."

"Yeah that's true." Tikki agreed.

"It… wasn't half bad." Crow admitted. "The lyrics were… dark, but the music itself was… alright."

"Yeah, the rock music definitely helped." Tracer admitted. "But the lyrics makes me think some emo-kid wrote this song."

"Makes it perfect for Itachi, doesn't it?" Torchwick couldn't help but joke around, though he too admitted that Itachi did a pretty good job. He was happy to have at least ONE competent ally.

Chris pressed his green button. "Yeah, I couldn't help but nod at the music. You sang pretty well Itachi. I think that was the most emotion we ever managed to get out of you."

Chef however pressed red. "Too depressing for me."

Beerus pressed green. "It was more than adequate."

And Whis surprisingly pressed green as well. "I'll admit that the hard-rock isn't really my style but I can't help be impressed with how you carried the lyrics. Are you sure you never sang before cause you could have fooled me."

"And with those 3 points the Red Devils finally pass by the Blue Dragons!" Chris announced as the scoreboard showed Blue Dragons 11, Red Devils 12.

"Yes!" Usopp cheered. "We're back in business!"

"Sunset's the last singer on my old team." Marinette pointed out to her new team-members. "She sings constantly so she's likely to get a high score."

Cassie turned to Aqua. "Guess that means your our last shot at getting past this round. You up for it?"

"I'd… be lying if I said I wasn't nervous." Aqua admitted. "Not only am I the last one on our team that has to sing, my songs not exactly… one I'm all that comfortable with."

"Nah you got this girl." Beast Boy encouraged her. "Your song will no doubt be the best one we've heard so far. So go out there and sing like nobodies watching yo!"

Aqua couldn't help but smile at Beast Boy's rally. "Well I wasn't planning on letting everyone down but thanks Garfield."

Beast Boy smiled at Aqua calling him by his first name.

"I'm glad to have a friend like you."

…And there goes the smile.

*(Confession Seat)

"Okay Beast Boy no more half-taken measures!" Beast Boy told himself. "You'll never get out of the friend-zone if you don't put in more effort! Who knows what Cyborg will make you do if you fail our bet. So cheer like your life depends on it!"

*(End Confession)

Aqua stood on stage looking less nervous then she did before.

"Not afraid of the spotlight Aqua?" Chris asked. "This is your teams last chance to get some points on the board. And considering how close the score currently is, you're team will need every like you can get for them."

"I may be a bit nervous." Aqua admitted. "But if I cave into my fear, what I fear most will come true, letting everyone down. …Oh, now I see where this song's going for." She said looking like all reservations she had had been washed away. "Hit it!"

The lights dimmed again and the music started playing. The spotlight shined down on Aqua.

"Good thing it's so cloudy right now." Chris pointed out.

Aqua : Fear - RoosterTeeth (RWBY)

I'd understand
If you'd rather not talk about this
There's always a chance
That we might remain,
In ignorant bliss

Most of the time
We coast along
Safe from the storm

We follow our hearts
Trust what feels right
Keep to the norm

We are lucky
If our lives can avoid it
But fear changes all of our choices

Who will you see?
There in the darkness
When no one is watching
Who will you be?
When you're afraid
And everything changes
Will you see a stranger?
Feel proud or betrayed?

All of your life
Guided by truth
Right from the start
Then one twist of fate
In the blink of an eye
And it all falls apart

What happens then
When all that you knew
Just fades away?
When you've lost all control
You broke from your soul
And fear has it's day?

Will you make the right choice in that moment?
Will you stand and be brave or be broken?

(At this point pretty much everyone was nodding their heads along with the melody of the song. Even the Evil Alliance couldn't help but like Aqua's singing. All Blue Dragons were cheering hard for Aqua, especially Beast Boy who was whistling like crazy.)

We live in fear that we might fail
Fear that we'll succeed
Fear that we may not provide
The things our loved ones need

But our greatest fear will be realized
If we fall and lose ourselves to fear
We've become what we feared all our lives

Who will you see?
There in the darkness
When no one is watching
Who will you be?
When you're afraid
And everything changes
Will you see a stranger?
Feel proud or betrayed?

As soon as the music stopped, nearly everyone got up and clapped for Aqua, even Roman was clapping while Itachi clapped in respect. Voldemort and Azula were the only ones not clapping but had to admit that the girl could sing.

"Now that was awesome!" Natsu cheered.

"Her voice was so pretty!" Happy stated.

"I can see why she was troubled by the lyrics though." Tikki said. "It's really making you question how you'd react when confronted with your greatest fears."

"It… does do that." Usopp admitted to himself.

"You either face your fears or you become them..." Marinette pondered. "That's a pretty bleak way of looking at it."

"It's not untrue though." Cassie stated. "Soldiers train their whole lives to control their fears on the battleground, but there's a big difference between preparing for that moment and the moment itself."

"Here here." Tracer agreed with her fellow soldier.

Azula turned to Roman who just stopped clapping. "Well you certainly enjoyed that."

"I did actually." Torchwick admitted if only to annoy the princess. "This song is from my world and even though it's not my personal favorite, I can't help but feel nostalgic."

"Don't tell me your getting homesick?" Azula asked revoltingly.

Torchwick simply answered "Well I would lie if I said I had nothing to go back to."

"You were great Aqua!" Beast Boy cheered the loudest causing Aqua to laugh a little.

"Well, I know what I'm picking." Chris stated as he pressed like.

Chef pressed like as well. "That was,(sniff) beautiful."

Beerus also pressed like, simply nodding in approval.

And finally Whis pressed like. "That was a wonderful song miss Aqua. You sang very well."

"4 points for the Blue Dragons!" Chris announced. "Their end score is 15 points! The Red Devils will need 3 points for a tie-breaker or 4 points to sneak up behind the Dragons and claim victory again, so come on up Sunset. The fate of your team now rests entirely on your shoulders!"

"No pressure then." Azula smugly said to Sunset who simply walked past her, much to Azula's annoyance.

*(Confession Seat)

"I hate being ignored." Azula plainly stated.

*(End Confession)

"Sunset." Chris addressed the unicorn turned teenage girl. "Ready to sing today's final song?"

Sunset took the microphone while looking at Voldemort. Voldemort let out an annoyed sigh before nodding his head back and forth. "I'm ready."

"Go Sunset!" Usopp cheered. "You can do this!"

"I know I'm not supposed to cheer for her but-" Marinette said before Natsu interrupted.

"Who says you can't?" Natsu asked. "She's your friend and she also cheered for you when you sang… I think?"

Marinette knew Natsu was right so she loudly yelled. "Do your best Sunset! You got this!"

"We're here for you!" Tikki joined in.

Cassie gave Marinette and Tikki a look but quickly turned her attention back to the stage.

*(Confession Seat)

"What?" Cassie asked. "I'm not gonna tell them they can't cheer for their friend. Those three have been living together for nearly this entire show. Now if she were to try and help her during a challenge then I would have a problem with it, but it's not like their cheering can influence Sunset's performance."

*(End Confession)

"The others seem confident she'll win." Itachi observed.

"If she doesn't, we'll simply send her home." Azula said as a matter of fact.

"When did we decide on that?" Roman asked annoyed.

"Can you please safe your arguments for after the challenge?" Chris told the two bad guys.

"For once I agree with the host." Beerus stated. "I rather enjoy being a judge. Most of these songs were pretty good."

"I have them all recorded on my staff should you want to listen to them again my lord." Whis told him.

"Excellent Whis, but make sure to throw out the one of the badger person." Beerus ordered. "I'd rather forget that song as fast as possible."

"Already done my lord." Whis revealed while Sticks muttered to herself. "Perhaps we should send these performances to some of our fellow deities, I'm sure they'd enjoy them."

That idea was quickly shot down by Beerus. "No way! Remember, we're here without permission of the Omni-king and I don't want to risk one of the other gods (more specifically Champa) telling Zeno-sama about this! Who knows what he'd do if he learns about our venture."

"Who the hell is Zeno?" Chef couldn't help but ask.

"Just the absolute ruler of our entire dimension." Whis explains. "He rules over all 12 universes within our dimension and is powerful enough to erase all of them with a snap of his fingers. In fact, I wouldn't be suprised if he could also erase other dimensions from existance as well."

Chef, Chris and all the contestants could only blink at Whis' description of the Omni-king.

Chris decided to file away that terrifying bit of information and returned his attention to the game. Sunset stepped on the red X and not soon later, the lights dimmed and the spotlight shined down on Sunset.

Sunset Shimmer : On My Own - Ashes Remain

Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow

Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow

There's gotta be another way out
I've been stuck in a cage with my doubt
I've tried forever getting out on my own
But every time I do this my way
I get caught in the lies of the enemy
I lay my troubles down
I'm ready for you now

Bring me out
Come and find me in the dark now
Everyday by myself I'm breaking down
I don't wanna fight alone anymore
Bring me out
From the prison of my own pride
My god I need a hope I can't deny
In the end I'm realizing
I was never meant to fight on my own

Every little thing that I've known
Is everything I need to let go
You're so much bigger than the world I have made
So I surrender my soul
I'm reaching out for your hope
I lay my weapons down
I'm ready for you now

Bring me out
Come and find me in the dark now
Everyday by myself I'm breaking down
I don't wanna fight alone anymore
Bring me out
From the prison of my own pride
My god I need a hope I can't deny
In the end I'm realizing
I was never meant to fight on my own

(At this point everybody was pretty much enthralled by the music. Even the evil alliance couldn't help but admit that the girl had talent, much to Azula's annoyance. There were however a few people in the audience that couldn't help but notice something.

"What the-" Crow looked down on his signer-mark and noticed that it was once again glowing softy. He looked around and then saw Aqua rubbing her hand against her head and Tikki looking wide-eyed at Sunset. Natsu and Happy also seemed to have headache's while Voldemort looked annoyed.

'There's something…' Aqua thought but didn't know how to describe it. 'different about this song. Like someone is trying to connect with us. Bring me out?'

'Come and find me in the dark?' Tikki heard being whispered into her mind. 'Is someone trying to ask for help?'

"From the prison, AW?!" Happy loudly whispered out. "Natsu the song is hurting me!"

"Stuck? Cage? Da hell?" Natsu whispered to himself in confusion. "Why is this song echoing through my head?!"

Voldemort also felt the intrusion in his mind and could only reach one conclusion as he thought 'Ah, a desperate cry for help is being carried on the sound. Must be the lingering will of that unicorn begging for help. Well unfortunately for her only magic-users can receive this message. Not only that, she can only use the words from the song. Even if these fools understand that she's asking for help, none of them can to anything to break my control over her. But go ahead, beg for someone to free you.')

I don't wanna be incomplete
I remember what you said to me
I don't have to fight alone

Bring me out
Come and find me in the dark now
Everyday by myself I'm breaking down
I don't wanna fight alone anymore
Bring me out
From the prison of my own pride
My god I need a hope I can't deny
In the end I'm realizing
I was never meant to fight on my own

Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow

Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow

The end of Sunset's song was met with applause from most of people present. The only ones who weren't joining in were the Evil Alliance and the magic wielders. The latter of which were still hearing words in their heads.

'Bring... me out, bring me… out...' Was the last sentence they heard in their minds.

Crow's mark stopped glowing as he robbed his head. He looked down on his mark and said "What was that?"

"One of the best songs I've ever heard!" Usopp stated as he misunderstood what Crow was talking about. "That girl really knows how to sing."

Cassie couldn't deny the girl had talent. She said "We may want to start thinking about whom to vote for."

"Oh come now Cassie." Tracer turned to the blond. "Sure she was good but if even a single judge gives her red we might still win with a tie-breaker. Our loss isn't guaranteed yet, right Aqua?"

Aqua ignored Tracer as she was still deep in thought.

*(Confession Seat)

"I'm sure that wasn't my imagination." Aqua stated. "Something is definitely amiss with Sunset. Those cries of help sounded like waves of light radiating in the darkness. I doubt I was the only one who heard them. Could this be related to those strange bottles? Was it Sunset herself who was begging for help or was it someone else using Sunset as a medium? I better discuss this with Crow when we reconvene our previous conversation.

*(End Confession)

Marinette was clapping loudly for her friend's performance but then stopped once she noticed Tikki was grunting. "Tikki? Are you alright?"

"I'm… I'm fine Marinette." Tikki told her as the lights turned back on. "I'll tell you later."

The four juries stopped their clapping and went back to doing their job. Chris began. "You know that expression, save the best for last? Well Sunset, you were without a doubt my favorite performer today."

Chris pressed his green button and Chef followed. "Personally, my favorite was Cassie in the beginning but you deserve my like too."

Next up was Beerus. "What a magnificent performance. But I suppose we should have expected as much from the only person here who regularly sings."

"Indeed." Whis agreed. "Like martial artists, singers regularly train too. While most of the others did alright, I have to agree with Chris that you were indeed todays best. And what does the best deserve?"

"Four likes?" Sunset asked.

"I was going to say an encore but four likes is good too." Whis pressed his green button and Beerus quickly followed. With four points added to the Devils' scoreboard, the endscore read 15 likes for the Blue Dragons and 16 likes for the Red Devils.

"Wow, the Red Devils win once again and beat the Blue Dragons by a single point!" Chris announced.

"Well done Devils." Beerus offered his congratulations. "Now if you'll excuse me I have a dinner to get to."

Chris looked at the time and noticed that it was indeed time for dinner. "You and Whis go ahead. Me and Chef will follow later."

Whis and Beerus left as the teams started gathering together again.

"Way to go Sunset!" Usopp congratulated her. "If it weren't for you, we would have lost for sure."

"Thanks, but we all did our best for this win." Sunset answered before looking at Voldemort. "…Well most of us."

Voldemort wasn't happy about his puppet's comment and based on the looks he got from his teammates, this wasn't gonna be the last he'd hear from it.

"Uhm Sunset?" Crow asked the girl. "Did you notice anything… weird while you were singing that song?"

Sunset looked confused at Crow's question and asked "What do you mean?"

"Well..." Crow didn't know how to explain it. "I kinda felt something… strange while you were singing. Like you were asking for help or something."

Sunset frowned all of a sudden and simply answered "My magic can sometimes transmit into my voice which can have weird effects. What did you feel exactly?"

Crow didn't like that frown he saw on Sunset and simply answered. "I just, heard some of the words of your song being echoed in my head."

Sunset waved him off before going back to the others. "Yeah, that's what happens most often. It's nothing to be concerned about. My magic could have done that no matter which song I sang. Now come on, let's go celebrate our victory."

Crow was surprised by how quickly Sunset dropped the subject.

*(Confession Seat)

"I have a bad feeling about this." Crow said out loud.

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat (Evil-Sunset))

"Great, apparently my weaker-half managed to send out a distress call while I was singing." Sunset did not look happy. "Now I have to explain this to my so-called master. Hopefully I won't have to pretend to be my good-side for much longer."

*(End Confession)

"We seriously lost again?!" Sticks shouted in frustration. "This is the third time in a row we lose someone!"

"To be fair, the last two people we got rid of we're massive troublemakers." Tracer stated. "This is the first time in a while we're gonna lose someone we're on good terms with."

"I… have no idea who to vote on." Beast boy admitted.

"Me neither." Natsu agreed before turning to Cassie. "Or are you gonna suggest we vote on Marinette again?"

Cassie was considering that option but before she could get a word in Marinette cut into the conversation.

"I guess you guys are gonna vote me and Tikki off this time." Marinette stated surprising the rest of her teammates. "It makes sense. I've only been on this team for barely a day. The rest of you have been together since day one. It makes sense that you'd rather vote me off then someone you've had as a teammate longer."

"Now hold on." Beast Boy interrupted her. "We haven't decided who do vote off yet."

Aqua, recovered from the mental message, agreed with the shapeshifter. "Garfield's right Marinette. There's no telling how tonight's vote off will go."

"It's alright." Marinette said. "I've already accepted my likely elimination. I wish I could have stayed longer though. I was so looking forward to making breakfast for you guys every day."

At the mention of breakfast, everything came to a sudden hold. Happy asked "What do you mean by that?"

"Well I mean, it's quite obvious that I can't make breakfast for you guys if I'm stuck in some alternate dimension." Marinette explained. "I doubt Chris will let me travel back and forth everyday just to bake here."

Everyone was smart enough to realize what that meant. Beast Boy asked to confirm their thoughts. "So what you're saying is, if we vote you off, we won't get decent breakfast anymore?"

"WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO EATING CHEF'S CREATIONS?!" Happy asked in absolute panic.

"Maybe." Was Marinette's simple answer and nearly every member of the Blue Dragons made a silent agreement.

*(Confession Seat)

"We can't vote Marinette off!" Happy practically begged Natsu. "I don't wanna go back to fishbone-smoothies!"

"Me neither pal." Natsu agreed. "I was already not planning on voting off Marinette anyway. She was the only one besides Aqua that managed to get our team 4 points."

Happy let out a sigh of relief, happy he and his partner were of the same mind. Happy then asked. "But who do vote for then?"

Natsu opened his mouth to answer then closed it again when he realized he still had absolutely no idea who to vote for.

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

Tikki stared at Marinette with the disappointed gaze you'd see on a mother when her child shows up with a bad grade. "I'm very disappointed in you Marinette. Blackmailing Beerus was one thing but how can you blackmail your team like this?"

Marinette answered Tikki's disappointed gaze with her puppy-eye gaze. "But if I didn't give them a good reason to stay, they might have voted us off tonight. This was the only way I could think off to ensure our safety."

Tikki sighed and said "Alright, I understand why you did it but you and I need to have a serious conversation."

"About why it's bad to blackmail people?" Marinette guessed.

"That and… there's something that happened earlier I want to talk with you about." Tikki stated, referring to Sunset's song.

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"Wow. That Marinette is more devious then I thought." Cassie admitted. "I'm honestly impressed. Can't be too mad at her though. If I had an ace like that I'd probably use it too. Still this does make it more complicated to choose who to vote for. Hmm, well Sticks, Natsu and Happy were the only ones today that didn't manage to get a single point and out of those three, Natsu and Happy are undeniably the strongest on our team so... I guess they're the obvious choice."

*(End Confession)

Chris and Chef were just about to head out. "Alright Blue Dragons. Good luck deciding who to vote for. I'll see you guys here later tonight."

Sticks however jumped in front of him before he could leave. "Hold on buster. Aren't you forgetting something?"

Chris blinked at the badger and said. "I uh, don't think so?"

"Oh yes you do." Sticks stated. "I figured you were gonna wait until after the challenge but clearly you've forgotten about it completely."

Chris gave up. "Okay, what is it I apparently forget?"

Sticks then took a bunch of papers out of nowhere and showed them to Chris. The title read 'Total Drama Ultimate Crossover, Chapter 12 : In Shallow Waters PART 1'. Sticks went through some pages before pointing to a specific line. "Read this."

Chris looked confused at the paper before reading the highlighted section. "…have an idea… captures leader of this operation… reward from yours trul-Oooooooh... wait when did you write this dow-"

Sticks put the papers back where they belonged and answered "That's not important! What is important is how you've yet to reward Natsu for beating Scarlett."

"Reward?" Natsu asked confused before it suddenly clicked. "Oh yeah! You said that whoever took down Scarlett would get a reward from you!"

Tracer snapped her fingers. "That's right! I completely forgot about that."

"What's this about a reward?" Beast Boy looked at Aqua confused.

"I'm guessing Chris made some sort of promise before the others came to rescue us." Aqua concluded.

"That's right, he did!" Happy remembered. "Natsu was the one that took out Scarlett, so the reward should go to us!"

Chef whispered in Chris' ear. "Did you even prepare a reward?"

"Nope!" Chris whispered back before addressing the group again. "Of course you two will get a reward! It's not like, pff you know, I only said that to motivate you into saving the others."

"Okay." Cassie said with a look that clearly showed she wasn't buying it. "So what's his reward then?"

"His reward is uhm…" Chris thought very hard about a reward before shouting out the first thing that he came up with. "Immunity!"

"What?" Team Blue Dragons asked confused.

"You heard me, immunity!" Chris was sticking to his answer. "Natsu's reward for taking down that awful woman is automatic immunity for your next vote off!"

"Then why didn't you gave that to him during our last vote off?" Aqua pointed out.

"That's because uhm…" Chris racked his brain for an excuse and eventually found one. "I wanted to build up some suspense! Let the viewers contemplate for a bit longer before giving him his reward. You know how much fans like to wait for weeks if not months before finally getting an answer to their questions."

All Blue Dragons just looked at Chris clearly not believing a single word he just said.

Chris sighed in frustration and said "Look, Natsu and Happy have immunity now. That's their reward and I'm not changing my mind. Now see you later."

Chris and Chef took off on their scooters and while Natsu and Happy looked quite pleased with their reward, the others realized how much more difficult this vote off had become.

*(Confession Seat)

"Me and my big mouth." Sticks was mad at herself. "You just had to point out a continuity error, didn't you?"

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"Thanks Sticks." Cassie was rubbing her head in frustration. "Tonight's vote off wasn't difficult enough already."

*(End Confession)

Meanwhile, with the evil alliance.

Roman was leaning with his back against a tree and said "Well that could have gone worse."

"Agreed." Itachi stated. "Our mission today came a lot closer to failure then I'd like."

"Well we all know who to blame for that." Azula said while looking at the dark lord.

Voldemort glared at the princess before saying "We all know it wouldn't have mattered if we lost. So what if we couldn't have sent away a more powerful adversary? We can all agree that none of the remaining contestants pose any threat to us."

"I disagree." Itachi replied much to Voldemort's annoyance. "Take Beast Boy for instance. His shapeshifting abilities makes it easy for him to be a complex opponent no matter what environment he may be confronted in. Cassie's a full-fledged soldier who can easily keep her cool in stressful situations. Tracer, who might not have the same natural leadership abilities as Cassie is also still an experienced soldier, with time abilities to boot. Natsu and Happy form a dangerous combination that easily outclasses our own fire-user in terms of strength-"

"No they don't." Azula denied. "I can handle those two just fine."

"How?" Torchwick couldn't help but ask. "One of those two is completely immune to fire."

"Surely you remember I have another power at my disposal?" Azula asked sarcastically. "If I do ever have to face the boy and his little pet I'll be more than ready for them."

Itachi continued. "Ladybug is extremely acrobatic and capable of coming up with strategies that would impress even some of the most intelligent Jōnin in my world. Aqua, despite being an apprentice swords-woman was able to beat one of us-"

"To be fair, I didn't fight against her seriously back then since I figured she would barely be as good as a huntsman in training." Torchwick explained. "That won't happen again."

Itachi continued once more. "Which leaves Sticks, and while she may be the least danger person on the Blue Dragons team, she's still a natural-born fighter. I saw her fight those mercenaries back in the ship's cantina and while she seems pretty reckless, she can hold her own in a fight."

Azula and Voldemort weren't buying Sticks' summary but after having seen the badger take on an army of dog-sized scorpions, Torchwick could only agree.

"Now let's look at the people on our team." Itachi began. "The only person that can be considered an active threat is Usopp. He has excellent marksmanship and ammunition that can easily take most people by surprise. He may be a coward, but we've all seen just how dangerous he can be when he overcomes his fears. Then there's Crow, who's an expert in machinery and can summon monstress-illusions. Aside from that however he's just your average person, unable to match the physical feats of the other contestants. Sunset's magic can be used for both defense and offense, but since she's supposedly not able to summon it at will-"

"Supposedly?" Azula was curious about that statement. "Are you saying you believe she can summon those powers of hers whenever she wants?"

Itachi shared a covert glance at Voldemort before answering "Let's just say I find the timing of her magic outburst suspicious. Either her power responds to stress or she has some alternate method to force it out."

Voldemort was simply looking away which did not go unnoticed by the ninja or the criminal. However, Azula also noticed the sudden exchange of glances.

"…What are you not telling me?" Azula asked suspiciously.

Voldemort was still not looking at her but Torchwick decided this would be a good way for the wizard to learn his place. He gave a subtle smirk at Itachi who simply nodded.

"Well you see Princess." Torchwick began. "It just so happens that Itachi here overhead an interesting discussion between Birdbrain and Blue earlier."

Azula had hung around Roman long enough to know who he was referring too. "And what were those two imbeciles talking about?"

"Both Aqua and Crow have found bottles on locations where you wouldn't expect to find one." Itachi followed Roman's lead. "The one thing all locations have in common however, was that Sunset used her powers at each one. So the two suspect that Sunset has been using the contents of these bottles to draw out her magic strength."

Azula absorbed this new information. "So, she might be lying about her powers coming and going at random?"

"Indeed." Itachi then decided to throw another bone in the fire. "However, I do not believe she brought those potions with her herself. If she did, she would have used one to escape that flaming circle you trapped her in during the first challenge."

Azula was taking back. "How do you know…"

"Sunset didn't exactly keep it a secret." Itachi began. "She even went to Chris to tell him what had happened. No doubt hoping it would be enough to convince him to kick you out of the contest. Luckily for you, our host is a masochist."

Azula was secretly glad their host liked seeing other people suffer but quickly went back to her thought process. "If that unicorn didn't make those potions herself then someone must have given it to her. The question is who."

"Only another magic-user could have created something like that." Itachi pointed out even though he already knew who was responsible. "Aqua, Natsu and Happy seem unlikely candidates since they're on the opposite team from Sunset. None of them would benefit from making Sunset a stronger opponent."

"Not to mention neither Pinky or Kittycat look like the chemistry type." Torchwick brought up.

"Which would only leave one potential suspect." Azula gaze was now fully on the wizard. "Anything you want to say before I start burning you?"

Voldemort looked back at the fire-princess and said "What? You would burn me over circumstantial evidence?"

Roman was no mood for a cat and mouse game and just said "Oh for the love of- Itachi saw you brewing that potion and handing it over to Sunset himself."

"What?!" Azula now looked furious at the other two. "How long have you two known about this?"

"Since the beginning I suppose." Torchwick honestly answered.

Azula tried her best to contain her murderous intent. "And you two never bothered telling me this?"

"At the time, we were more concerned about keeping this alliance intact rather than create more hostility between us." Torchwick explained. "You were already pretty mad at Sunset for beating you in that fight so telling you that Voldie was responsible would have only created more distrust between us."

Azula temporarily forgot about the two and focused her full attention on Voldemort. "I'm still waiting for the reason why you decided to give one of our enemies magic powers."

Seeing that it was useless to continue lying, Voldemort decided to tell a half-truth. "First of all, I didn't give her magic powers. My potion simply allowed her to tap into her otherwise inaccessible magic-source. Secondly, Sunset may be your enemy but she's my puppet, and thanks to my little gift I was able to manipulate her without her even realizing it. Thirdly, must I remind you that during that fighting challenge both Roman and Itachi lost? If I had not intervened, they could have been voted off that day. I knew you would never agree to lose on purpose so I gave the unicorn a fighting chance. And finally, you can't stand there pretending you didn't know I was doing something to that unicorn. You didn't tell me that interesting bit of information about her past without reason. It's not my fault you came to the wrong conclusion that I was torturing that unicorn behind the scenes."

Azula took in everything that Voldemort told her and eventually said "Fair enough, but there's one question I still demand an answer to."

"And that is?" Voldemort asked in disinterest.

"Why are you going through so much trouble for that little horse girl?" Azula asked the real question. "Why give her all that power when she's supposed to be our enemy? What's your endgame?"

Voldemort became silent before turning around and heading out of the forest.

"Aw what's wrong buddy?" Torchwick asked as he walked to Itachi's and Azula's side. "Not interested in sharing your plans with your allies? This is exactly what my problem was with you during today's challenge. I'm fine with my partners doing their own thing as long as it doesn't go against my- I mean, our interests. After showing today that your more than fine with throwing plans out the window, we can't help but call your decisions into question. So will you please stop acting like a spoiled child and tell us what your planning with that girl?"

Voldemort turned around angrily and yelled "ENOUGH!"

The entire area around them turned dark as the temperature drastically dropped. Itachi was the first to react and immediately pulled a kunai into his hand. Azula instinctively went into a fire-bending pose while Roman aimed his cane at the wizard ready to fire. The atmosphere was beyond tense. Itachi was ready to attack the second Voldemort tried to point his wand at them. Azula could feel her fire already weakening from the sudden change in temperature. Torchwick meanwhile stood his ground but was ready to run away and leave the fighting to the others while he would stay at a safe spot to attack the wizard from a distance.

The standoff lasted for a few seconds until the darkness started to vanish and Voldemort addressed the trio in front of him. "I am no one's ally. I am no one's partner. I am no one's servant! I am Lord Voldemort! The most powerful wizard to ever live! You three have been questioning my decisions for far too long! You want me to open up my book to you? Well consider it permanently closed. I quit!"

The three villains were completely silent as the Wizard walked out into the woods. It was only when they couldn't see him anymore that they started looking at each other.

*(Confession Seat)

"Well…" Roman began. "That was… unexpected."

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"I understand what Torchwick was trying to accomplish." Itachi admitted. "He wanted to make it clear to Voldemort that actions have consequences. The whole point of this alliance may be to ultimately help ourselves but one can't simply go back on something we've all decided on without some form of punishment. Voldemort's resignation however was an… unexpected response."

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"So not only have my own allies decided to keep secrets from me, now our safety-net has been compromised." Azula said in annoyance. "This isn't the first time this alliance has gone behind my back. They would have been fine if I was sent home instead of that blasted Ryuga. I have half a mind to leave this alliance myself. The only reason I'm not is because I know that the second we split up, the other contestants will come gunning for us. That wizard might think that he's just reclaimed his independence, but all he's done is thrown himself for the piranhas."

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"I'VE HAD IT WITH THIS ACCURSED ISLAND!" Voldemort announced sick of everyone right now. "Nobody takes me seriously. Nobody respects me. Every day here I've just been treated like some dumb kid. Well enough is enough! I'm gonna start my own plan and there's no alliance or god who can stop me!"

*(End Confession)

"What do you mean Sunset send you an SOS?" Marinette asked completely confused as she and Tikki where currently talking with Crow and Aqua. Crow and Aqua had continued their conversation during dinner and figured out a few more things. Their end conclusion however was very worrisome, so they decided to talk to the person that knew Sunset best.

"It's true." Crow answered. "One second we're listening to Sunset's singing, the next we're hearing words being bombarded into our heads! Even my signer-mark glowed for a short while."

"They're not the only ones Marinette." Tikki admitted as she flew next to Marinette. "I also heard those words in my head. They were the same words Sunset was singing in her song but they sounded more… urgent, like someone was begging for help."

"It's clear however that not everyone heard this message." Aqua pointed out. "The only other ones who seemed to have heard the message were Natsu and Happy."

"Wait, if those two heard the message as well then why didn't you ask them to come here?" Marinette asked.

Aqua sighted. "I was going to but those two have been eating themselves silly. It's only the first night we get real dinner but I'm pretty sure those 2 have eaten more than the rest of us combined!"

"Yeaaah," Crow admitted. "I get that they're excited that we have real food tonight, but those two have eaten everything on the menu. And there still doing so as we speak! Only that Beerus guy seems to keep up with them."

"So we decided to talk to those two later." Aqua clarified. "They can't be voted off tonight so we don't need to worry about them leaving before we can ask them."

Marinette understood. "Okay that makes sense but… you guys don't think Sunset herself was asking for help, do you?"

"Well Sunset was the one signing the song in the first place." Crow pointed out. "Also she acted a little weird when I came to question her about it. She told me that her powers can sometimes do weird things when she sings but… I don't know, I felt like she was rather annoyed at my question."

"Marinette." Aqua started addressing her. "Have either you or Tikki noticed anything strange about Sunset lately?"

"No!" Marinette was quick to answer. "She's been behaving like her old self ever since we got off the ship."

"But don't you think it's strange Marinette?" Tikki voiced her thoughts on the matter. "Sunset had been acting weird on that ship for days and always tried to convince us everything was fine. Then we get back and suddenly she's acting normal again? Why would Sunset avoid us for so long if all she had was sea-sickness?"

"Maybe she was worried about making us sick too?" Marinette guessed to which Tikki gave her a 'seriously' stare. "What? That's possible isn't it?"

Aqua then recalled a moment back on the ship. "When I last saw Sunset on the cruise-ship, she and Chef had just been attacked by one of their commanding officers."

"WHAT?!" Marinette and Tikki yelled out at the same time.

"She never said anything about that!" Marinette stated.

"Really?" Crow asked surprised.

"All we know is that Chris told us that Sunset had never been captured so we assumed she had simply been hiding on the ship this whole time." Tikki explained their thought process. "Why wouldn't she mention something like that?"

"Maybe she wanted us not to worry?" Marinette guessed.

"But don't you think it's strange she didn't tell that to you two at all?" Crow asked.

Aqua decided to take out the intact bottle she had and showed it to Marinette. "Do you know what this is?"

"An empty bottle?" Marinette looked confused.

"I found this bottle in the underground ruins after we defeated those walking statues." Aqua told her before taking out the broken bottle-top. "I found a similar bottle back in the ship's gym where I encountered Sunset. This bottle was broken in multiple pieces but the tops of these bottles are exactly the same."

"I also found a bottle back in the volcano after we managed to calm down that lava-demon." Crow took out the bottle he had found and showed it to Marinette. "They're all the same kind of bottle."

"But…" Tikki observed the bottles. "What was in these bottles?"

"No idea." Crow answered. "My bottle was empty when I found it."

"So were the ones I found but I can't help but feel something strange about these bottles." Aqua stated. "Like whatever was inside these bottles was dark in origin."

Marinette felled like they were getting off track. "What do these bottles have to do with Sunset?"

"Don't you see Marinette?" Aqua asked. "The places where we found those bottles all had one thing in common."

"And that is?" Tikki asked.

"We know for a fact that Sunset used her powers both against that demon and in those ruins." Crow stated. "It just seems way to coincidental that we would find these bottles in places Sunset fought for no reason. We think that whatever was inside those bottles allowed Sunset to use her powers."

"And since we found another bottle at the gym, that can only mean Sunset also used her powers back there as well." Aqua explained. "But at one point I also sensed something strange on that ship."

"Yeah my singer-mark glowed back on the ship too." Crow stated. "It was only for a little while but this thing tends to glow only in serious situations."

"But…" Marinette then turned to Tikki. "I never felt anything strange on that ship."

"That's because when you and me become ladybug you still stay human but with my powers added on to you." Tikki tried to explain. "It's only in my pure state that I can sense stuff like that."

"And you two think…" Marinette turned back to Crow and Aqua with a distressed look on her face. "That these potions have now done something to Sunset?"

"I sincerely doubt that SOS was fake." Aqua stated. "It sounded too urgent, too pure to have been faked."

Crow then dropped the bomb. "Not to mention we suspected Voldie was the one who gave her those potions in the first place."

At that both Tikki and Marinette's eyes shot wide open. "WHAT?!"

"Think about it." Crow began explaining. "Sunset couldn't have brought those bottles herself because otherwise she would have used them to escape from Azula's fire circle back in the first challenge. Aqua wouldn't be so worried about Sunset if she gave her those potions, plus she would be sabotaging her own team by empowering Sunset. Same with Natsu and Happy."

Tikki saw where they were going with this. "But then the only magic-user who might have given those potions to her would be…"

"…Voldemort." Marinette finished. "But… why would she ever willingly use anything that that wizard gives to her?"

"That we're not sure of." Crow admitted. "But I sincerely doubt he did it to be a good teammate."

"Voldemort was also present when I found Sunset in that gym." Aqua stated. "He claimed that he had saved Sunset but giving the broken bottle, I think Sunset saved herself. She never made an effort to call Voldemort out on his lie which only increases our suspicion."

"Suspicion of what?" Tikki carefully asked.

Aqua and Crow shared a look with one another before dropping the final bomb. "Me and Crow think that Sunset may have been brainwashed by Voldemort."

This time, Tikki and Marinette could only stare wide-eyed at the duelist and Keyblade-wielder. Marinette eventually quietly asked. "...What?"

"We're not a hundred percent sure but it's the only way Sunset's SOS makes sense." Crow explained. "Sunset never looked distressed or anything so we doubt it's something simple like blackmail. Given the words we heard when Sunset sang that song, we think the real Sunset was trying to ask us to free her from her own prison, in other words free her from herself!"

Tikki managed to find her voice again and asked "So you think the Sunset that left the ship with us-"

"Is under the control of Voldemort." Aqua confirmed once again.

Both Tikki and Ladybug looked at each other before exchanging a serious nod. "Okay, so how do we cure her?"

Crow and Aqua were a little bit… surprised at how quickly Marinette recovered from this revelation.

"So you two believe us?" Aqua asked.

"Well I still have questions." Marinette told them. "Like why Voldemort would want to brainwash Sunset or why Sunset would ever accept anything Voldemort gave her, but those can wait until after we saved her!"

"Uh, I'm happy you two believe us and everything but…" Crow couldn't help but ask. "You two recovered pretty quickly from realizing you friend's been brainwashed."

"Oh that's because that happens to us all the time." Tikki told them which only increased Aqua's and Crow's confusion. "Long story short, there's a villain in our world who constantly turns innocent people into supervillains when they experience negative emotions. Most of Marinette's classmates have been Akumitized at least once."

"…Huh?" Crow said with a raised eyebrow. "No wonder you got over it so fast."

"I don't know how to cure her though." Tikki admitted. "We can cure Akumitized people simply by cleansing the infected object they're holding. Sunset's case seems a bit more complex than that."

"We can figure that out later Tikki." Marinette stated as she was about to go searching for Sunset. "First we need to find Sunset and make sure she's still okay."

"You two do that." Crow stated as he started running. "I'm gonna go to our resistant troublemakers and demand some answers. For all we know, they could all be in on this!"

"I'll talk to the others and explain the situation to them." Aqua called out to them. "I'm sure I can convince them to help us out."

Aqua left but what the group was unaware of was that Sunset had been listening in on their entire conversation. She grunted before quickly running into the forest and began heading for her master.

*(Confession Seat)

"Well at least there's no more point in pretending to be a goody-two shoes." Evil Sunset said with great relief. "My idiotic master won't be happy about this but screw him. We should have just started the plan the second I was under his control. Now we may have lost the element of surprise."

*(End Confession)

There were about 3 minutes remaining before the next vote off took place and Cassie was sitting with Tracer near their cottage still trying to figure out who to vote for.

"Damn this is hard." Cassie admitted. "Our two duos were the most obvious choices but one duo has immunity and the other is blackmailing us with breakfast! Had Marinette tried that trick in the military to evade her drills, I would have forced her to run laps till she couldn't stand anymore. But when the alternative is Chef's cooking every morning, I'm more than willing to compromise."

"How about we just vote for Sticks?" Tracer suggested. "I mean, she was the only one aside from Natsu and Happy that got a zero during the challenge."

"It's not like she could have helped it though. Not everyone can be blessed with a beautiful voice." Cassie stated trying not to think too much about Sticks' performance. "Besides, Sticks isn't really that dangerous compared to some of our other members. Voting for her seems like a wasted opportunity."

Tracer then thought of another person they could vote for and voiced her suggestion. "Then why not Beast Boy?"

Cassie gave Tracer her undivided attention. "I'm listening."

"Well he only managed to get a single point during today's challenge." Tracer pointed out. "And since he can turn into giant dinosaurs, he may be the biggest threat on our team aside from Natsu."

Cassie pondered over Tracer's idea with her eyes closed and asked. "Didn't you already once suggested we vote Garfield off?"

"Well yeah." Tracer admitted. "Back during the Fighting Challenge. He lost his fight against Marinette in the most ridiculous way possible. He's also every bit as childish as Natsu and now that the merger is closer, keeping Beast Boy around might be more trouble in the long run."

Cassie thought about it for a few seconds before opening her eyes again and said. "You have some good points. Garfield might be a great teammate but we must also remember we're still in a contest. I'm not sure if we can convince the others to vote on him though. Garfield is pretty good friends with the others so they may not like the idea of voting him off. Maybe we can convince Sticks since she might believe the others will try and vote her off because of her performance tonight but other than her-"

"Voting is about to commence!" Chris announced. "All Blue Dragons, please gather at the elimination podium for your next vote off!"

Cassie was not pleased. "Dammit. Come on, we have to try and at least convince Sticks before the voting happens."

Both Cassie and Tracer quickly made their way to the elimination podium but neither noticed that a shadowy figure had overheard most of the conversation.

*(Confession Seat)

"I'll admit I'm also a little torn about voting off Beast Boy." Tracer admitted. "But hey, a game is a game."

*(End Confession)

We once again return to the elimination podium as the Blue Dragons had just finished their voting. Marinette and Tikki returned to their seats last but were hoping tonight's vote off would be over soon since they still hadn't found Sunset.

"Blue Dragons." Chris began as Chef stood right next to him. The deities were also supposed to be present but Beerus was tired so they already went to bed. "For the third time in a row a member of your team has to say goodbye. You know at this point I'm considering changing your name to Blue Losers but I don't wanna pay the rebranding fee. Now I'm pretty sure we can all agree that tonight's vote off was not an easy one."

"You're telling us." Natsu admitted as Happy nodded alongside him. "We were actually considering voting on nobody."

"…That's not forbidden per say but not exactly smart either." Chris stated. "Now after having seen the votes I have only two things to say. First, you guys really know how to surprise a guy. And second, couldn't you all just vote on the same person? You guys have no idea how much extra work I now have to do because of this vote!"

Cassie was confused by Chris' statement. "Uhm, could you elaborate on that?"

"I'll explain in a minute." Chris said as he took out the bag of blue marshmallows. "Now first things first, Natsu and Happy have immunity so their safe."

Happy caught the marshmallow Chris threw at them. The flying cat and the Dragon Slayer gave each other a thumps up.

Chris took out a pair of marshmallows and said "The following contestants are also safe."

"Aqua"

"And Cassie"

The mentioned girls caught their marshmallows while the others waited in anticipation for their own.

"Now here's an interesting bit of info for the remaining contestants." Chris began. "All the contestants who I've not thrown a marshmallow to so far, all received votes."

Now THAT caused some of the remaining contestants to stiffen. Marinette and Tikki both looked at each other in surprise, Sticks mouth was wide upon, Tracer raised an eyebrow thinking Chris was joking and Beast Boy looked tense but overall seemed less surprised then the others.

"Now I know what you're thinking." Chris continued. "You're wondering who voted on you. So for tonight, I've decided to reveal to you the names of your voters."

"What?" Cassie was taking for a loop. "Don't we have a right of privacy or something when it comes to voting?"

"I usually don't mention those details to safe screen-time." Chris admitted. "But for tonight I think those details will add so much more drama that it will be worth paying for the extra time. So let us begin with our French baker and her little buddy. You guys have only received one vote so your safe from elimination."

Marinette sighted in relief while Tikki caught the Blue marshmallow.

"As for the person who decided to vote for you." Chris continued. "That would have been our currently injured badger.

Marinette gasped before turning to Sticks. "Why would you want to vote us off? Didn't you like my breakfast this morning?"

Sticks rubbed the back of her head before saying "Sorry Mar, but I'm not a big fan of blackmailers."

*(Confession Seat)

"Those kinds of corrupted strategies are precisely the reason why I don't thrust governments." Sticks stated. "Nobody can bribe this badger, and anyone who tries is in for a rude awakening."

*(End Confession)

"Up next we have Beast Boy!" Chris took out the votes against Beast Boy. "You received two votes, curtesy of Tracer and Cassie Cage."

Beast Boy glared at the two mentioned girls who decided not to look at him. They couldn't help but feel a little bit guilty though.

"Then we have Sticks who also received two votes." Chris announced. "In fact, if it weren't for the rule that duo's have to share their votes, you would have received four today."

Now Sticks was never the best when I came to math but quickly understood who he was talking about. She turned to Marinette and said "Ooh, so you decided to vote off the one person you figured you couldn't bribe. I'd be impressed if I wasn't so disgusted with you right now."

Marinette felt offended. "That's not why I voted for you at all!"

*(Confession Seat)

"I couldn't figure out who do vote for." Marinette admitted. "I was too occupied with trying to find Sunset so by the time we had to vote I didn't have enough time to really think the decision through."

"So at the end we just decided to vote for the person who got the lowest score during today's challenge." Tikki explained.

*(End Confession)

*(Confession Seat)

"To be fair, she did nearly make us all deaf this afternoon." Natsu explained their decision.

"Yeah I still have some ringing in my left-ear." Happy stated a rubbed said ear.

*(End Confession)

"Which leaves Tracer with two votes as well." Chris announced. "Given to her by Aqua and Beast Boy."

Tracer looked absolutely confused as to why those two would vote for her but Cassie pretty easily deduced what had happened.

"One of you two overheard our conversation a few minutes ago, didn't you?" Cassie asked.

Aqua nodded at Cassie and said. "I came looking for you guys because there's something important I have to discuss with everyone. Something we WILL discuss once we're done here. By coincidence I overheard you two talking about voting off Beast Boy and I wasn't exactly thrilled with that. So just before voting began I quickly discussed what I had overheard with Garfield and together we decided to vote for Tracer."

"So you two voted on me despite the fact you could have voted on Sticks and save Garfield that way?" Tracer didn't fully understand their decision.

"How were we suppose to know the others would vote on Sticks?" Beast Boy pointed out. "Natsu and Happy were eating food all evening while Marinette and Tikki were practically running all over the camp. I never had the chance to figure out who they'd vote for! Not to mention by the time Aqua had explained what you two were up to, those four we're already in their voting cabinets and Chris didn't let us talk to them anymore."

"And… I forgot to ask Marinette about that once we had split up." Aqua admitted feeling a little dumb she forgot to ask about that. "We kind of have a lot on our minds right now so my decision to vote off Tracer may have been a bit… rushed. But didn't you two also say you'd try to convince Sticks to vote on Garfield?"

Tracer rubbed her head and said "We didn't find her in time. She had already gone into her voting booth and like with you two, Chris didn't let us talk to her anymore."

"It's starting to sound like we all made some rushed decisions." Tikki concluded.

"I properly would have voted on Tracer too had I known she and Cassie were after Garfield." Natsu admitted while aiming an angry glare at the two.

"Me too." Marinette agreed. "I haven't been on this team that long and Garfield is one of the few Dragons I've spent a lot of time with recently. No way would I have voted on him tonight."

"Well I'm glad you all realize how short-sighted you all are." Chris commented which caused the contestants to glare at him. "But now to address the giant elephant in the room. We have 3 candidates up for elimination and I'm not sure how to proceed from here."

Aqua looked confused. "Isn't this the part were you give the contestants a tie-breaker challenge or something?"

"Normally yes." Chris answered. "However the tie-breaker we have at the ready isn't a good fit for 3 possible dropouts."

"And that tie-breaker is what exactly?" Tracer asked.

Two internees showed up and dropped a chessboard on the judge table that still had to cleaned out. "Chess."

"…Chess?" Cassie asked confused. "That seems pretty tame."

"This particular chessboard comes equipped with a shock system that will shock a player whenever they lose a piece." Chris explained.

"Of course it does!" Cassie yelled out, not surprised in the least.

"But how can you play chess with three people?" Aqua asked.

"We could each take turns." Tracer figured though she, as well as the other two possible dropouts, would much rather try a different challenge.

"That would take far too long to fit into what little screen-time we have left." Chris explained. "So here's what we're gonna do instead. Nobody will be sent to the Loser-Dimension today-"

"ALL RIGHT!" Beast Boy, Sticks and Tracer cheered.

"-but one of you will be eliminated tomorrow!" Chris finished his sentence which brought the mood among the trio down again. "I'm gonna talk to the manager about what kind of challenge you will have to do tomorrow but know this, whichever one of you three loses tomorrow's tie-breaking challenge WILL go the Loser-Dimension. Any questions?"

All three of them had questions.

"Don't care!" Chris finished as the internees who brought the chessboard figured that, since they were already there, they could clean up the table. "I'm extremely tired right now so all of you will go to bed now and you'll see in the morning what challenge you'll have to go throaaaAAAH!"

The trapdoor in the stage had suddenly opened because one of the internees accidentally pressed the button while cleaning up the table. "Hey! It works again!"

"GET ME OUT OF HERE!" Chris shouted in panic as Chef walked towards the hole.

"Stop panicking." Chef told him. "We already cleaned out all the animals in there."

Not seeing any crocodiles or cobras, Chris let out a sigh of relief. "Thank god. For a second I thought I was… why does it feel like something is kissing my cheek?"

Chris looked closer before reeling his head back. "Uh Chris? Don't panic, but I think we may have missed a leech or two."

Chris was silent for a few seconds before yelling his longs out.

The contestants couldn't help but laugh at Chris' misfortune but Aqua quickly railed everyone in. "Now that that's over, can I have everyone's attention? There's something me, Marinette and Tikki have to tell you."

*(Confession Seat)

"It's my fault today's elimination became so complex." Aqua admitted. "But we don't have time to stay mad at one another. Not with Voldemort out there doing who knows what to Sunset."

*(End Confession)

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY KNOW I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY CONTROL?!" Voldemort yelled at his latest servant. They were currently deep in the dark woods but continued to walk to their destination.

"Oh don't go blaming that on me." Dark-eyed Sunset spoke out. "My acting was perfect. It's not my fault your control is apparently so weak that my weaker-half managed to send out a distress call."

"Oh so now it's my fault is it?" Voldemort asked sarcastically.

"If you think about it yeah." Sunset told him. "None of this would have happened if you simply ordered me not to sing."

"My former allies were raising so much of a fuss about me deciding to keep my pride that I figured it was best to avoid elimination tonight." Voldemort explained. "If I knew this could happen I would have ordered you not to sing."

"Former?" Evil Sunset stared at Voldemort with an emotionless gaze. "They threw you out of the alliance, didn't they?"

"No, I decided to quit." Voldemort told her.

Sunset stopped walking as she processed the stupidity of this action. "What the hell were you thinking?! Those three could still have been useful to us!"

"We don't need them anymore!" Voldemort continued. "By this time tomorrow I'll have all I need to begin my conquest of all of existance."

"Doesn't that mean that we need to take that remote away from Chris?" Sunset continued. "How are we supposed to get our hands on that thing when Chris still has two deities for bodyguards?"

"I have a plan to get those two out of our hair for now." Voldemort explained as he pushed away some trees. "Now stop asking questions and follow me."

Sunset did so but not before taking hold of a tree twig and pressing all of her frustration into it.

*(Confession Seat (Evil-Sunset))

"I'm starting to understand how this guy got killed by an infant." Sunset stated making no effort to hide her displeasure. "First he tells me to be patient and now we're suddenly doing the exact opposite. I swear if it weren't for the fact I'm currently bound to him I would have already taken that blasted remote. Perhaps enslaved a deity or two while I was at it! Fine, I'll be patient, but my master better watch his back."

*(End Confession)

"And with that let's call today's episode to a close!" Chris announced while standing at the docks, having a patch on his face. "Nobody went home today but I just finished a call with my manager and oh boy, to we have one hell of a tie-breaker ready for them. As for Voldemort trying to steal my loser-remote? Ha, I'd like to see him try while I have literal gods keeping an eye on me. Now you guys are likely stuck with even more questions! Such as-"

"Chris we have some questions!" Beast Boy walked up to Chris with Natsu and Happy right behind him.

Chris let out an annoyed grunt. "Garfield, I'm not telling you what tomorrow's tie-breaker is. You'll have to wait until tomorrow."

"I don't care about that right now!" Beast Boy stated. "Me, Natsu, Happy and the others have been walking around all evening trying to find Sunset or Voldemort but they're nowhere to found!"

"Yeah, even those other bad guys didn't know where they were." Happy added.

"So will tell us where they are already?" Natsu all but demanded, mad at himself for not understanding Sunset's message sooner. "Even their scents have completely disappeared somehow!"

Chris was a little surprised at that but was honestly not worried. "Well if you must know, the camera's last saw them heading deep into the jungle. Now can you let me finish?"

"Actually we have another question." Beast Boy said. "Since our half of the cottage is currently… scrapwood, where are we supposed to sleep?"

Chris slammed his hand against face. "Right, another thing I have to pay the bill for. Just go sleep with the Red Devils for tonight. Now go away already!"

Beast Boy, Happy and Natsu did just that, but as they turned around Natsu secretly put one of the piers support-beams on fire.

Chris turned his attention back to the audience. "Now we're was I? Ah yes. Who will lose the first tie-breaker challenge of the season? What's Voldemort up to? And will the others be able to free Sunset from her dark-half? Find out next time on Total Drama Ulti-"

Just then the support beam snapped and the entire pier fell down and Chris along with it.

Chris swam back to the surface and yelled "NATSU! THIS IS THE THANKS I GET FOR GIVING YOU IMMUNITY! JUST WAIT UNTIL I (ACHOO!) ugh forget it, I'm taking a warm bath and going to sleep… on the floor. Urgh, just cut to the credits already."

*(Que Credits)


Me: Hey Sticks.

Sticks: Yeah?

Me: Remember when I said this chapter would be shorter than the last ones?

Sticks: That's right, you did.

Me: I LIED!

Sticks: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Okay seriously though, I COMPLETELY miscalculated how long this chapter would be. Like I imagined somewhere between 15 000 and 20 000 words, not over 27 000! Okay, a lot of text went into the songs but I'm still surprised this chapter became this long.

Now back to the summary, nobody went to the Loser-Dimension today but we have three candidates who'll have to fight for their spots on the very first tie-breaker challenge of the season.

Also thanks to the power of deduction, the others have discovered a possible link between Sunset and Voldemort. Voldemort, fed up with everyone on his alliance, decides to put his plan into motion with a mind-bended Sunset Shimmer at his side.

I'm 90% percent sure none of you were expecting a Karaoke Challenge. This was a chapter I wanted to write for a very long time so that motivation along with the current pandemic made this chapter come out much faster than I had originally though. I do hope that we get a handle on this crisis soon as I'm noticing first-hand the consequences of this virus.

Here's a summary of all the songs I used this chapter.

Cassie Cage : For the Glory - All Good Things

Roman Torchwick : Natural – Imagine Dragons

Natsu and Happy : Happy - Pharrel Williams

Usopp : Bad Liar – Imagine Dragons

Marinette and Tikki : My Past Is Not Today - Equestria Girls

Azula : The Devil Within - Digital Daggers

Tracer : Alone, Pt. II - Alan Walker & Ava Max

Voldemort : I Like To Move It - Reel 2 Real

Beast Boy : Feel Invincible - Skillet

Crow Hogan : Runnin' - Adam Lambert

Sticks : Hyperdrive - Cass Dillong (Yu-Gi-Oh 5d's dub opening)

Itachi Uchiha : I'll Sleep When I Am Dead - Set it Off

Aqua : Fear - RoosterTeeth (RWBY)

Sunset Shimmer : On My Own - Ashes Remain

And with that I'm closing off this chapter. Let me know what you thought of my chosen songs and feel free to guess which character will lose the tie-breaker. Thanks for reading and hope to be back soon.

This is MasterSaixus, signing off.