Leg 11.2

Junko and Mukuro

Mukuro read the clue over in her hands. "Hang on," she said. "Look. We have to go to the location on foot."

"What?" Junko asked, looking over her shoulder. Then, their taxi driver stopped. "Here you are. The Rocks."

"Sorry, we have to go back." Mukuro said. Junko buried her face in her hands.

"The clue specifically said that we needed to go to every destination on foot," Junko said. "By the time we realized that, we already arrived at our destination, so what we needed to do to avoid a penalty was tell our driver to turn around and head back to where we started and run that entire route again."

"Go back to the pool?"

"Yes!"

"Alright," he said, turning around.

Meanwhile, they saw Peko and Keebo running around out there. "And one of the other teams is here already. Just great."

"It'll be fine." Mukuro said. "We can bounce back."

"But we never know," Junko said, face buried into her hands. "For all we know the next clue could just say to go to the Pit Stop."

"It won't," Mukuro replied. "There's gonna be a Roadblock."

"We don't know," Junko said. "The South Korea second-to-last leg in the last season only had one Roadblock and no Detour. We just don't know."

Mikan and Maki

Mikan and Maki ran into The Rocks district from the quay.

"We're lucky that this place was so close by," Maki said. "I heard something about the pool being on the other side of the bridge, and we'd have to run from there to here had we done the other Detour."

"Y-Yeah, I guess so," Mikan replied.

"We're looking for an assortment of things in Australian Slang," Maki said.

"There were a bunch of instructions that I realized very quickly was all Australian slang," Maki explained. "So we figured instead of trying to decipher it ourselves, it would be best to ask a local Australian what things meant."

"Sir?" Mikan asked. "C-C-Can you help us?"

"Sure, whatcha' need? "

"We're doing this scavenger hunt but we need to decipher some slang."

The man took their clue from them and read it over. "Alright, is it alright if I mark this with my pen?"

"Fine by us," Maki said. He marked a few things down and handed it over to Maki, which now had the appropriate translations applied to the slang words. "Thank you," Mikan said.

"Don't mention it." he said. "I also wrote directions from each destination."

"Thank you," Mikan said.

"So here, we need to find a woman in flip flops putting on makeup," Maki read. "That's not hard."

"But this place is huge!" Mikan said.

Peko and Keebo

"What if it's that woman?" Keebo asked, pointing to a woman wiping her face.

"That's not makeup," Peko said. "She's just wiping her face. And we're looking for lipstick specifically."

"Sorry… I'm not too familiar with human cosmetics."

They continued walking. "Mikan and Maki are here." Keebo said, seeing the two running around.

"That's fine," Peko replied. "I'm still pretty certain we're behind Hiyoko and Mahiru right now."

Hiyoko and Mahiru

Hiyoko huffed as she tried to keep up with Mahiru.

"W-Why do we have to cross *huff* the fucking *huff* bridge?"

"This side of the Detour was a lot easier, so I won't be surprised if they had to do this to balance it out." Mahiru said. "Bear with me."

"I can't run any faster," Hiyoko said, bending over.

Mahiru sighed. "Do you want me to give you a piggyback ride?"

"Can you handle it?" Hiyoko asked.

"I don't know, but I can't have you slowing us down."

Hiyoko nodded as Mahiru kneeled down to let Hiyoko onto her back before lifting her up and continuing to run across the bridge.

"This is ridiculous," Mahiru said. "But if it keeps us from being eliminated."

Junko and Mukuro

Junko and Mukuro passed by Hiyoko and Mahiru on their way back to the pool.

"Dammit, they're already all the way up here," Junko said, smacking her fist against the side of the car.

"Don't ruin my car!" the driver shouted. Junko said nothing as she stared outside.

"This sucks. Today sucks." Junko said.

"Don't throw a fit. It's not over yet," Mukuro replied.

Eventually, the driver got off the bridge and parked in front of the pool again.

"You want us to pay you still?" Junko asked. "But you dropped us off where we started!"

"You still rode in my car," the driver said. "That's how taxis work. I don't want to get fired."

"Pay him, Junko!" Mukuro scolded. "Besides, you know the rules!"

"We're not allowed to leave a taxi fare unsettled," Mukuro explained. "That's one of the major rules. We don't have to completely cover the fare, but we have to at least negotiate until the driver is satisfied. If our driver is unsatisfied, we have to go back and negotiate until he is, as we can't check in without doing so."

Mikan and Maki

"Is that it?" Mikan asked, looking inside of the window of a store.

"Mikan, it's probably not inside of a store." Maki replied.

"Does it say so?"

Maki looked over the clue. "Well… no harm in trying."

Maki and Mikan went into the store and found a woman in flip flops putting on lipstick.

"Do you have something for us?" Maki asked. The woman nodded and handed them a postcard.

Mikan and Maki: 1 of 3 Postcards Found

"Good on you for spotting that," Maki said, going outside and running down the street with Mikan. "Now we need to get to Hyde Park and find a young child wearing soccer gear."

After turning the corner, they ran past Peko and Keebo.

"Go down this way!" Mikan shouted. "It's inside a restaurant! The Fine Food Store!"

"Mikan, stop!" Maki shouted. "What are you thinking?!"

"Huh?" Peko asked, following where Mikan was pointing. "The Fine Food Store?"

They turned around and followed Mikan's directions.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Maki scolded. "It's the penultimate leg. I know they're our friends and all, but we can't afford to help anyone these days."

"S-Sorry."

Peko and Keebo

"She said it's inside a store?" Keebo asked. "What if she's lying?"

"Nah, Mikan's not a good liar." Peko replied. "And the fact that Maki tried to scold her makes it more likely she's telling the truth."

"We might as well check it out," Keebo said, running up the street. "Fine food store, she said?"

They looked inside the window to see a woman putting on lipstick. "That's her."

They walked up to her and asked her for the clue as she pulled out a postcard and handed it to her.

Peko and Keebo: 1 of 3 Postcards Found

"Now we're off to Hyde Park," Peko said.

Hiyoko and Mahiru

"We're off the bridge," Mahiru said. "I can't carry you anymore."

"Aww!"

Mahiru set Hiyoko down on the ground as they continued running.

"This is the Rocks, if the directions were right," Hiyoko said. "Let's start looking."

"Don't you think we should check first?" Mahiru asked.

"Hey, dude!" Hiyoko shouted. "Is this the Rocks?"

"Yup."

"See?" Hiyoko asked. "Let's just start looking."

Junko and Mukuro

Junko and Mukuro ran along the bridge as Mukuro dropped her backpack on the ground and kept running.

"What are you doing?" Junko asked. "You're going to lose all your stuff!"

"It's fine," Mukuro replied. "I have my passport with me, and we're going home either today or tomorrow. We don't have much race left, and my stuff isn't all that valuable. I suggest you drop your bag too."

"N-No!" Junko shouted. "I have expensive clothes!"

"I specifically told you before we left to only bring cheap clothes you're comfortable in and are okay in losing."

"But I don't want to look like a slob on national television!"

"Fine. But I'm stronger than you, so you should give the bag to me so you at least can run faster."

Junko sighed and handed her bag to Mukuro, who slung it over her back. "Let's keep going."

Peko and Keebo

"Ma'am?" Peko asked. "Do you know how to get to Hyde Park from here?"

"You just need to make a right on Macquarie street and go straight," she replied.

"Thank you," Peko replied. "Also, while you're here, could you help us solve something and translate some slang? We need to find an anklebiter dressed for footy."

"That's a young child, like a toddler, and footy is football."

"Like… American football? Or international football?"

"I don't know, lay off me!"

The woman stormed off. "I guess it's probably international then," Peko said. "Which is soccer"

Mikan and Maki

Mikan and Maki arrived at the park. "At least this place is smaller and not as busy," Maki said. "Come on. Let's look."

"Over there!" Mikan pointed. "K-Kids playing a soccer game."

Maki ran up to them and kicked the ball into the bushes.

"Hey!" the kid shouted.

"Do you have a postcard for us?" Maki asked. The kid rolled his eyes and gave them the postcard.

Mikan and Maki: 2 of 3 Postcards Found

"Can you help us get the ball?"

"Nope."

They ran away as they began making their way to King's Cross.

Hiyoko and Mahiru

"Could you help us translate something?" Mahiru asked. "We're looking for a Sheila in a thong who's putting on lippy."

"That's a woman in sandals who's putting on lipstick." the woman replied.

"Thank you," Mahiru said. They continued walking around. "This district is enormous. How are we going to find it?"

Junko and Mukuro

"What the hell did you pack?" Mukuro asked. "Your bag's ten times heavier than mine!"

"I brought my hair dryer, my curling iron, my flat iron, my electric toothbrush-"

"You're ridiculous." Mukuro said. "You're just weighing us down."

"Let's just quit talking and move!" Junko shouted. She and Mukuro ran off the bridge.

Peko and Keebo

Peko and Keebo arrived at Hyde Park, where they saw the young kids trying to take their soccer ball out of a bush.

"Can you help us?" the kid asked.

"Can you help us?" Peko asked. "Do you have a postcard?"

"I'll give it to you if you can get that ball out of the shrubs."

Keebo reached in and grabbed it before handing it to the kid, who gave them the postcard.

Peko and Keebo: 2 of 3 Postcards Found

"Got it," Peko said. "Now we're off to King's Cross to find a Bruce with a Brolly, whatever that means."

Hiyoko and Mahiru

"This place is huge. We've been searching for twenty minutes and haven't found anything." Mahiru said.

"So it's a woman in slippers putting on lipstick," Hiyoko repeated. "This is stupid."

Junko and Mukuro

"Now we're finally back to where the cab driver originally dropped us off," Junko explained. "And twenty minutes wasted."

"You never know. There might be a team here." Mukuro said.

"I doubt it. Let's just look."

Mikan and Maki

"King's Cross and Hyde Park remind me a lot of London," Mikan said.

"That's a very pointless observation," Maki replied. "It looks like a Bruce with a Brolly translates to a man with an umbrella. So even though King's Cross is a huge area like The Rocks, it shouldn't be as hard to find."

Mikan and Maki began running down the main street.

Hiyoko and Mahiru

"Junko and Mukuro are still here," Hiyoko said. "I don't think they found anything either."

Junko and Mukuro

"Oh, Hiyoko and Mahiru are still here!" Mukuro said. "We have a chance!"

"Okay, we got this," Junko said. "We're looking for a woman in sandals who's putting on lipstick."

Peko and Keebo

Peko and Keebo arrived at Kings Cross as Keebo tripped and faceplanted on the floor.

"Are you okay?" Peko asked.

"I'm fine. Keep running."

Mikan and Maki

"Over there!" Mikan pointed. "Man with the umbrella! Across the street!"

Mikan and Maki ran across the street, but Mikan was barely missed by an oncoming car.

"Don't get killed." Maki said. They reached the man and asked him for the postcard, and he obliged.

Mikan and Maki: 3 of 3 Postcards Found

"We've got all of them," Maki said. "Now we just need to assemble them so they'll spell out the clue.

Mikan and Maki: Currently in 1st Place

Maki arranged them in her hands as it spelled out "DP World Australia".

[i] Proceed to: DP World Australia

"TAXI!" Maki shouted, quickly hailing one and climbing inside. "DP World Australia. As fast as possible. We're in a huge race for a lot of money."

Peko and Keebo

Peko and Keebo ran around King's Cross until they found a man with an umbrella. "Do you have something for us?"

He nodded and pulled a postcard out of the inside of his umbrella.

Peko and Keebo: Currently in 2nd Place

"DP World Australia" Peko read. "Do you see a taxi or something?"

"No," Keebo replied. "This is a busy area. We could ask someone to call it."

They went into a nearby hotel. "We were wondering if you could call a taxi for us?"

"How long?" Keebo asked.

"Five minutes."

Junko and Mukuro

"What about inside there?" Mukuro asked.

"Mukuro, it's not going to be inside a fucking building." Junko said.

"But there's a woman in there in flip flops who's putting lipstick on right now."

"Ignore it. It's a coincidence."

"Fuck it, I'm going in to check."

"SI-"

She went in and came back out with a postcard. "Um, who was right again?" Mukuro asked.

Junko and Mukuro: 1 of 3 Postcards Found

Hiyoko and Mahiru

"Oh, they got it," Mahiru said, looking at Mukuro coming out of the building. "Is it inside the building?"

"Might as well go check," Hiyoko said. They ran up to the building and made their way inside. "Do you have something for us?"

The woman nodded and gave them a postcard.

Hiyoko and Mahiru: 1 of 3 Postcards Found

"It was right there," Mahiru said. "We must've passed that ten times."

"Who cares! We got it, so let's get the fuck out of here!"

Peko and Keebo

As the taxi cab pulled up, Peko and Keebo shot up from the hotel's lobby and ran to it. "We need to get to DP World Australia," Peko said.

"Alright, come inside," the driver said.

Mikan and Maki

Mikan and Maki arrived at the dock

"We need you to stay." Maki said to the driver. "We have our stuff in the back, so don't drive away. Just keep the meter running."

They closed the door as they ran up to the clue box in the front of the facility

Mikan and Maki: Currently in 1st Place

"Roadblock," Mikan read. "Who's spent too long at the arcade?"

[R] A Crane Game

DP World Australia is Australia's main container port. In this Roadblock, one team member must enter this container port and climb the ladder to one of these cranes. They must then successfully take off five marked shipping containers from this cargo ship and relocate them to be placed on these five trucks. Once five containers have been loaded, teams will receive their next clue.

"All the clues are inside," Maki said. "We're even for Roadblocks."

"You do it!" Mikan said. "I don't wanna mess up!"

"Alright."

Junko and Mukuro

The kids continued playing soccer, but Junko ran up, picked up the ball, and threw it into the fountain.

"What's wrong with you people?" the kid asked.

"Do you have a clue for us?" Junko asked. The kid sighed and gave them a postcard.

Junko and Mukuro: 2 of 3 Postcards Found

"Get our ball!"

"No."

They ran away just as Hiyoko and Mahiru ran up to them.

"Can you get our ball?"

"No time." Mahiru said. "Give us our clue."

The kid gave them their postcard as they ran off.

Hiyoko and Mahiru: 2 of 3 Postcards Found

"Japanese people are jerks." the kid said.

Maki

Maki climbed up the crane to get to the operator's spot where her instructor awaited her.

"Hello," he said. "Sit down here. I'm going to walk you through this and make sure you don't kill anyone."

Maki sat down in the operator's seat. "So these are the controls. This joystick moves the crane left or right, and keep in mind with this type of crane, the entire crane is on a horizontal railway. So you'll move left and right with it. Give it a try."

Maki moved the joystick left and right as the entire crane moved with her. "This other joystick moves the cabin and the spreader, which is what picks up the containers, back and forth. Try it."

Maki moved the operator's cabin and the spreader forwards.

"If you want to lower the spreader, you need to pull this joystick," he said. "And if you want to pick up or release something, press this other button. Now, this is happening right underneath you, so when you line it up, you need to look directly down through the glass. Make sure everything's precise. You can only take the containers off the ship if you pull it directly upwards. And when you place the containers on the truck, this light will turn green if you did so correctly. If not, it'll turn red and you'll have to adjust it to have it perfectly on the truck. Try not to damage the truck itself."

"Is that all?"

"That's all I have to say. I can answer questions later if you ask."

"Okay, let's start." Maki said.

Peko and Keebo

"Can you stay with us?" Peko asked. The driver nodded "If we don't come back, just wait a little bit longer. We won't ditch you. We're just doing something and we need a way back when we're done."

They left the cab and ran up to the clue box.

Peko and Keebo: Currently in 2nd Place

"Roadblock," Peko read. "Keebo must do this challenge."

"The rules at this point in the race state that no team member can do more than six Roadblocks by the end of Leg 11." Peko explained. "At this point, I had done six roadblocks and Keebo had done four, so he had no choice in doing it."

"Not a big deal," Keebo said. "I probably would've done it because of the prompt, anyway."

He read through the clue. "This might be a little difficult, though."

Junko and Mukuro

"Sir do you know how to get to King's Cross?" Mukuro asked.

"Keep going down William street, then make a left on Darlinghurst."

"Thank you," Mukuro said. "Let's go."

"Shit, Hiyoko and Mahiru are right behind us," Junko said. "I think they're following us, but I'm not sure."

Hiyoko and Mahiru

"Junko and Mukuro are following directions," Hiyoko said. "So if we follow them who are periodically slowed down by asking for directions, we might be able to catch up."

Maki

Maki moved the crane forwards and tried to line up the edges of the crane with the containers on the ship.

"The containers on the ship weren't piled up high. They were kind of in what looked like a pit, and there were railings along the walls of the pit so that the container could only be moved straight up." Maki explained.

Maki lowered the ropes as the spreader fit snugly into the slot. After descending and hitting the tip of the container. Maki hit the button to clamp it down. Then, she pulled it upwards before moving backwards and off the ship.

Keebo

"I am good with precise observations and calculations when it comes to orientation and measurement," Keebo said. "I'm not sure if that's something I picked up and learned… or because I'm a robot… but I'm not complaining right now."

Keebo quickly grabbed the container and quickly moved the container up and moved it backwards. "Now I just need to put it on the ship…"

He tried to line it up, but had to wait a bit. "Oh, it's swaying…" Keebo said.

"One of the issues that I realized was that when you were moving, you can't move too fast." Keebo explained. "If you moved too fast, then the container or the ropes attached to it would swing back and forth, and you'd have to wait for it to stop swinging if you want to see precisely where it lands."

"I have to wait now," Keebo said. "Dammit."

Maki

Maki moved slowly and carefully backwards until she was aligned with the y-coordinate of the truck. Then, she slowly moved a bit to the left to line up perfectly before pressing the button to move it downward. She moved it all the way down before pressing the button to release it.

"Did I get it?" Maki asked, looking up at the light. It turned red.

"Then it looks like I'm a bit off," she said. "I didn't move at all, so I should be in the perfect position to grab it again."

Keebo

After the ropes stopped swinging, Keebo moved it over the truck and lowered it before hitting the button to release it. The light beeped and turned green as he turned to look over at Maki on the crane next to him.

"I was looking at Maki, and from my angle, it was very clear what she was doing wrong," Keebo explained. "The operator's cabin is directly behind the crane ropes, so when you're looking downwards, you're looking at a slight angle. And because of that, you need to move an inch in front of where it looks like the container will land."

The truck drove away as Keebo began working on his next container.

Hiyoko and Mahiru

Hiyoko and Mahiru crossed the street and ran on the opposite side of the street from Junko and Mukuro.

"We're in King's Cross now," Mahiru said. "So I think it's safe for us to branch off from following Junko and Mukuro and try to find it quicker."

Maki

Maki picked up the container and moved forward a little bit before depositing it onto the truck, which drove away and was replaced by a new truck on the left of her.

"Each time you were to go back to the ship, you'd have to reposition yourself because the position of the truck forced you to move left or right," Maki explained. "Which was very difficult for me to do perfectly."

Maki tried to bring the crane down, but it hit the side of the other crates and didn't go down any further.

"Dammit," she said, repositioning it to try to fit it into the pit, but going too far and having it hit the other edge instead.

Hiyoko and Mahiru

Hiyoko and Mahiru walked along the sidewalk as they stopped a man with an umbrella.

"Do you have a postcard for us?" Mahiru asked. The man nodded and gave them the postcard.

Hiyoko and Mahiru: 3 of 3 Postcards Found

Hiyoko and Mahiru: Currently in 3rd Place

Hiyoko and Mahiru put their postcards together. "It looks like it says DP World Australia."

"Should we call a cab? I don't see one around here." Hiyoko said.

"I think we should just run and find one. I don't like waiting."

Junko and Mukuro

"We don't even know what a brolly or a bruce is," Junko said.

"Shouldn't we ask someone?" Mukuro asked.

"The last three people we ran into were drunk. We're in the fucking bar district at 10 at night. I doubt anyone's going to give us a straight answer."

"Let's just go into a hotel or something."

Junko admitted defeat as she and Mukuro walked into a hotel.

"Could you help us with some slang?" Mukuro asked. "We need to find a bruce with a brolly."

"Bruce is slang for a man," the hotel receptionist said. "And a brolly is a… um… like an umbrella I believe."

Junko and Mukuro wrote that down and left without thanking him.

Keebo

"I'm not having any trouble with this," Keebo said, precisely positioning the crane over the slots for the container and pulling his third container off the ship.

Maki

Maki kept trying to put the crane over the slot of containers on the ship, but her positioning was still too imprecise to correctly grasp onto a container without repositioning a few times.

"Of course the robot's doing this perfectly," Maki said. "Why wouldn't he?"

Hiyoko and Mahiru

"Oh, taxi!" Hiyoko shouted, running to a taxi and waving. "We need to get to DP World Australia."

"Do you have the address?"

"You have Google, right? Just google it."

They climbed inside as their driver googled the location.

Junko and Mukuro

"You, sir!" Junko shouted, pulling over a man with an umbrella. "You have a clue for us?"

He nodded as he pulled a postcard out of his pocket and handed it to them.

Junko and Mukuro: 3 of 3 Postcards Found

Junko and Mukuro: Currently in Last Place

"DP World Australia," Mukuro read. "Let's go."

"Taxi?" Junko asked. "Please tell me we can get into a taxi."

"I don't see why we can't," Mukuro said. "But we need to actually find one first."

Maki

Maki lowered her third container onto the back of a truck as the red light flared up.

"Dammit!" Maki shouted.

"Seeing that red light… it… it was just a huge pain in the ass." Maki explained. "Especially when I had Keebo next to me who seemed to be doing everything on the first try."

"This really is like an arcade game," Maki said. "They got the frustration aspect down, at least."

Keebo

Keebo pulled the fifth container out of the cargo ship and moved it backwards and to the right, adjusting a bit and looking directly down as he eyeballed the location, then lowered it to the ground right on top of a truck. The light turned green.

"That was five!" Keebo said. "Right?"

"Yep." the instructor said. "Move the crane to the staircase and we'll get out.

Keebo moved the crane forward and stopped in front of the staircase, where the door opened and they descended down to ground level.

"You did this perfectly," he said, giving Keebo the clue. "Now go reunite with your partner before you open this."

"Got it!" Keebo replied.

Keebo ran through the container park as he approached the entrance with Peko and Mikan standing there.

"Did you do it?" Peko asked.

"Got it!" Keebo said. "Let's rip it and go!"

Keebo ripped the clue and read it.

Peko and Keebo: Currently in 1st Place

"Make your way to your next Pit Stop!" Peko read.

[i] Proceed to Pit Stop: Bondi Beach

Bondi Beach is Australia's most iconic beach. It will now be the Pit Stop for the penultimate leg of The Amazing Race. The first three teams to check in here at the mat will be given the opportunity to win one hundred million yen in the finale. However, the last team will be eliminated.

"We're going to win this," Peko said. "Come on! Let's go!"

Hiyoko and Mahiru

Hiyoko and Mahiru ran up to the clue box in front.

Hiyoko and Mahiru: Currently in 3rd Place

"Roadblock," Hiyoko read. "Who's spent too much time at the arcade?"

"I guess I'll do it." Mahiru said.

Junko and Mukuro

"Taxi!" Junko shouted, waving her hands up and down and jumping to get his attention. He pulled over and rolled down the window. "Where to?"

"DP World Australia." Junko said. "Floor it!"

"I'll go as fast as I legally can, ma'am."

"Fine."

Mahiru

Mahiru climbed the stairs up to the crane and got inside the operating booth.

"How do I work this?" Mahiru asked. The instructor began showing her the instructions on how to move.

Maki

Maki lowered her last container onto the truck as the light flashed red.

"Are you kidding me?" she asked, picking it up a bit more and moving it a bit before dropping it onto the truck perfectly. The light flashed green.

"That's it," the instructor said. "Let's get down to the ground and I'll give you your clue."

They got out of the booth and descended to ground level before the instructor handed Maki the clue.

Maki ran over to Mikan to see Hiyoko standing there.

"Did you see Junko and Mukuro?" Maki asked.

"We did, but we're certain they're behind us." Hiyoko said. Maki nodded. "Peko and Keebo just left. You're probably in third."

Hiyoko nodded as Maki ripped the clue open.

Maki and Mikan: Currently in 2nd Place

"Make your way to your next Pit Stop," Maki read. "Warning: The Last team to arrive will be eliminated. Go go go!"

Maki urged Mikan to move as they ran outside to get into their waiting taxi.

"Bondi Beach," Mikan said. "F-Fast. Please."

Mahiru

Mahiru moved the crane forward to line up the crane with the row of containers she had to work with. Lowering it down to the container, she managed to grab one and pull it up and off the ship. But as she was moving, she pressed a button by accident, which released the container, causing it to fall, hit the edge of the ship, and sink in the water between the boat and the harbor.

"Well…" Mahiru said. "Whatever's in there's lost forever."

"Be more cautious," The instructor said. "It's fine, but we don't want you hurting anyone."

Peko and Keebo

Peko and Keebo's driver pulled up to the beach.

"And this is Bondi Beach? Not some other similar-sounding beach?" Peko asked.

"Yes, this is Bondi Beach. It's very famous."

"Alright…" Peko said, forking over her cash. They ran down to the sand and looked around for Monokuma.

"Over there!" Keebo pointed at Monokuma and the mat on the beach. They ran for a bit before jumping onto the mat.

"Peko and Keebo," Monokuma said. "You're team number ONE!"

Peko and Keebo: 1st Place

"Yes!" Peko shouted, congratulating with Keebo.

"I have some good news!" Monokuma said. "You are one of the three teams who will be racing for one hundred million yen in the finale! You should be proud of yourselves!"

"Prize?" Keebo asked.

"Your prize? It's the entry into the finale!"

"So what you're saying is that we get no sponsored trip, or cash prize, or free car?" Keebo asked. "All we won was an Express Pass, which is gone now."

"Um… if it makes you feel better…" Monokuma said. "I have a 10,000 dong bill back from the Vietnam leg."

"How much is that worth?" Peko asked.

"46 yen. (43 cents USD)"

Peko took the bill from his hands and stuck it in her pocket.

"Well, whatever." Keebo said. "Motivate us more for the finale, I guess."

Then, Mikan and Maki came running into the Pit Stop mat.

"Mikan and Maki," Monokuma said. "You're team number TWO."

Mikan and Maki: 2nd Place

"Not bad," Maki said.

"W-W-We made it into the finale!" Mikan shouted, wrapping Maki in a hug and crying into her chest. "I NEVER THOUGHT WE'D MAKE IT! WAAAAAAHHH!"

"S-Stop!" Maki shouted, pulling Mikan off her. "I'm happy too."

"Now all that's left to do is sit and wait for the next team to arrive." Maki said. "When we left, Hiyoko and Mahiru were at the Roadblock, and Junko and Mukuro hadn't shown up yet."

"That's a good sign," Peko said. "But we can't count on it."

Junko and Mukuro: Currently in Last Place

"Roadblock," Junko read. "Who's spent too much time at the arcade?"

"I have to do it," Mukuro said. "I mean, it says it in the clue."

"Go. Hiyoko's still here at least, so you have a chance to catch up." Junko said.

Mahiru

Mahiru dropped her first container onto the truck as the light flared red.

"Dammit!" Mahiru shouted. "Gah! What am I doing wrong?"

Mahiru picked up the container again and tried to adjust it, but she compensated too much and overshot the distance she needed to correct.

The light flared red again. "Dammit!"

She pulled out her clue and began reading it. "Nothing I'm missing in my clue…"

Mukuro

Mukuro climbed the stairs up to the operating cabin.

"Alright, let's do this." Mukuro said. "I can't let my sister down."

The instructor said the instructions to her as she quickly tested them out.

"Okay, okay," Mukuro said. "Doesn't look too hard. I just can't afford to make too many mistakes."

Mahiru

Mahiru looked to her left to see the crane there begin to move.

"Mukuro's here," she said. "Gotta speed up."

Mahiru grabbed her second container and picked it up before rapidly moving the crane backwards. However, it caused the ropes to swing back and forth, which made it very difficult to place it precisely.

"Okay… maybe not that fast." she said.

Mukuro

Mukuro centered the rope over the container and lowered it down before grasping it and pulling it off the cargo ship with little effort. She moved it backwards and gingerly placed the container onto the back of a truck, when the green light dinged.

"Easy enough." Mukuro said.

Mahiru

After waiting a bit for the container to stop swinging, Mahiru set it down on the back of the truck, which caused the light to blink green.

"Two down," Mahiru said. "Three to go."

Mukuro

Mukuro sent the rope down to grab another container, but she was a little bit to the left. She adjusted herself, but now she was a little bit to the right.

"These cranes were a bit choppy," Mukuro explained. "As in, it would be difficult to line it up exactly without overshooting. So you'd need to go back and forth a lot if you can't tell."

Mukuro went back and forth a few times before lowering the rope and grabbing the container.

Mahiru

"Mukuro's working a lot faster than I am," Mahiru said. "But I got a few minutes head start, so the chances are, we're neck and neck. I only have one container left."

Mukuro

"That was my fourth container," Mukuro said. "One more and we're out of here."

Mahiru

Mahiru adjusted the crane to pull a container out of the cargo ship, as Mukuro tried but failed to line it up correctly.

"Okay, okay, okay," Mahiru muttered. "It's going to be okay. Calm down."

She moved it over the truck.

Mukuro

After a bit of tweaking, Mukuro finally managed to get the rope of the crane into the container slot before grabbing it and pulling it out of the cargo ship. "Last container… come on."

Mahiru

Mahiru hovered over the truck and lowered the container until it touched the truck, then released the container. The light flashed green.

"That's it!" Mahiru shouted. "I got it!"

"Go down the stairs and we'll hand you the clue," the instructor said. Mahiru moved the crane enough so she could access the stairs before climbing down to the ground.

"Here is your clue," the instructor said.

Mukuro

Mukuro lowered her container to the truck as the light flashed green.

"That's it." the judge said. "You're done. I'll give you your clue once you're down to the ground."

Mukuro ran down to the ground and grabbed the clue from the instructor, and chased after Mahiru who was only around fifteen feet in front of her.

"Oh my god," Junko said, grabbing her bag and preparing to run.

"Holy shit!" Hiyoko shouted, springing up. Mahiru ran up to Hiyoko and ripped the clue open.

Hiyoko and Mahiru: Currently in 3rd Place

"Make your way to whatever Pit Stop," Mahiru read, quickly disregarding the rest of the clue and darting straight for their cab.

Junko and Mukuro: Currently in Last Place

"The last team to arrive will be eliminated," Junko read. "Let's go! Run!"

They ran to their taxi and hopped inside. "Bondi Beach!"

Hiyoko and Mahiru

"After all this…" Mahiru said. "After all this, everything comes down to a cab ride."

"Sir, we need you to drive fast." Hiyoko said. "We can't let the other team beat us there."

Junko and Mukuro

"Oh my god I'm gonna cry." Junko said, clutching her face with her hands. "If we lose today, everything we've done so far is for nothing."

"It's not gonna happen." Mukuro said. "We'll get there first. We can easily beat them in a footrace."

Both cabs pulled up to the beach in adjacent parking spots at almost the exact same time.

"Keep my backpack!" Junko shouted to the driver, ignoring the trunk of the car. "We're running!"

"Monokuma and the other two teams are over there! On the beach and to the left!" Hiyoko shouted. Monokuma stood around twenty feet onto the sand and around two hundred feet to the left. She and Mahiru began running onto the sand as Junko and Mukuro ran on the pavement to the left.

"Sand's hard to run in," Junko said. "If we minimize our time on the sand, then we'll get there faster! Hopefully that'll slow them down enough!"

"What are they doing?" Mahiru asked, looking over her shoulder. "Whatever. Run, Hiyoko!"

Junko and Mukuro made a right turn angle from the pavement onto the sand to run up to Monokuma as Hiyoko and Mahiru ran from the sand, head-on to the Pit Stop mat.

"Tough day?" Monokuma asked.

*pant pant*

"Well… I am pleased to tell you that you are one of the teams that will be racing in the finale for the hundred million yen. Junko and Mukuro, you are officially team number three."

Junko and Mukuro: 3rd Place

Junko collapsed onto her knees in relief.

"That was stressful," Mukuro said. "Oh my god."

"Dammit," Keebo said.

"Words can't express my disappointment right now." Maki said. Then, Hiyoko and Mahiru walked onto the mat, seeming to have lost the motivation to run after they saw Junko and Mukuro check in.

"Hiyoko and Mahiru," Monokuma said. "You know what that means."

They nodded.

"I am sorry to say that you are the last team to arrive."

Hiyoko and Mahiru: Last Place

"Against all odds, you managed to wow the audience and survive eleven legs of The Amazing Race." Monokuma said. "But unfortunately, your luck run out just before you needed it. I am sorry to tell you that you have been eliminated from the race."

Hiyoko and Mahiru: Eliminated

"I-" Mahiru said. "I'm not too upset. In all honesty, we lasted longer than we should've."

"Almost every leg was the brink of elimination for us," Hiyoko said. "But I guess it's time."

"We were never meant to make the finale," Mahiru said. "But we managed to survive this long, beat out seven other teams, and at the end of the day, we got to travel to every location on the race."

"Sure… a hundred million dollars would've been… awesome. But I'm actually happy at how this turned out." Hiyoko said. "Oh my god, I sound so cliche. It makes me want to puke. But really… that is how I do actually feel."

"Mikan," Hiyoko said. "Maki. Peko. Robot. Do me a favor."

"W-What is it?" Mikan asked.

"Do us a favor and make sure neither of these two bitchlets win this race." Hiyoko said.

Junko and Mukuro sneered as the other two teams agreed.

"We'll see you at the Finish Line!" Mahiru shouted, walking away from the Pit Stop mat and waving.

How confident are you that you're going to win the hundred million tomorrow? What do you think of your competition?

Peko and Keebo

"We can do this," Peko said. "We won two legs throughout this entire race. Of course, we're not without our flaws, and we're going up against a very strong final three."

"We're not too worried about the other teams," Keebo said. "Maki's a strong person, but I feel like Mikan's been dragging her down, and they could've done a lot better if they were paired up with other people who are suited better. But of course, they were the only team paired up by default at the Starting Line. As for Junko and Mukuro, they're clearly a threat. But these last two legs, they've just been unravelling and falling down, only just barely scraping by. Against all odds, we will win the race."

Mikan and Maki

"We're confident we can win." Maki said.

"W-We are?"

"Yes. We definitely will win." Maki explained. "Let's look at our competition. Peko and Keebo are on par with us, but we've beat them multiple times in the past. If we put a little more elbow grease into it, we can absolutely shoot ahead of them. While Junko and Mukuro are a very strong team, I've noticed their teamwork is total garbage. They're arguing an awful lot these past few days, and teamwork is something you absolutely need in a time like this."

Junko and Mukuro

"Sure, these last two legs have been hard on us." Junko said. "But we have one last chance to get back into the swing of things.

"Tomorrow, we can't afford to make any elementary level mistakes. It's all or nothing." Mukuro said. "Just look at our competition. They only got ahead of us for our minor mistakes these last two legs. Maki and Mikan are a total trainwreck, and Mikan's bound to mess something up if there's two Roadblocks tomorrow. Peko's a strong competitor, but I know the robot's not very strong. Just look at our averages. We have the highest average, even factoring in last season's race. And we have four wins, with Peko and Keebo only having two and Mikan and Maki only having one."

Peko and Keebo

"We're going to win." Peko said. "No doubt."

Mikan and Maki

"We're not holding back tomorrow," Maki said. "The other two teams won't know what hit them."

Junko and Mukuro

"Our performance speaks for ourselves." Junko said. "We can win this. We will win this."

Race Stats:

Peko and Keebo: 3rd, 1st, 4th, 6th, 3rd, 6th, 3rd, 2nd, 4th, 3rd, 1st (3.27 Average)

Mikan and Maki: 6th, 5th, 2nd, 4th, 1st, 3rd, 6th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 2nd (3.45 Average)

Junko and Mukuro: 1st, 3rdU, 3rd, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 3rd (2.18 Average)

Hiyoko and Mahiru: 10th, 9thU, 8th, 5th, 7th, 5th, 5th, 5thU, 5th, 1st, 4th

Mondo and Taka: 4th, 7th, 6th, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 4th, 3rd, 1st, 5th

Toko and Kyoko: 5th, 2nd, 7th, 7th, 6th, 4th, 2nd, 6thU

Sakura and Kirumi: 7th, 6th, 5th, 1st, 4th, 2nd, 7th

Fuyuhiko and Natsumi: 8th, 8th, 9th, 8th, 8th

Gonta and Kokichi: 2nd, 4th, 1st, 9thU

Angie and Tsumugi: 9th, 10th

Gundham and Teruteru: 11th

Next Time on the Season Finale of the Amazing Race: Hope's Peak Edition

Things get high strung as they race through Osaka.

*Maki, Peko, and Mukuro walking between two towers of an arch-style building*

"I've never done anything this insane," Maki said. "And I've done a lot of screwed up stuff."

Three Teams race…

*Teams hanging up paper fans with words on them*

"When was this? When did I hear this?"

But only one winner will prevail.

"Twelve Countries, Eighteen Cities, over 39,000 miles, you are the official winners of the Amazing Race: Hope's Peak Edition and the One Hundred Million Yen, Congratulations!"

Holy fuck this chapter is long. Almost 7500 words. Wow. I initially had a prison themed escape room as the Roadblock for this chapter, but I quickly realized that writing escape room puzzles is very awkward to explain in text format. So, I replaced it with the crane challenge.

Anyways, next time, you'll see the finale! It'll take a little longer to produce, because like last time, I won't split it up into two segments like I did for every leg so far, so you'll be seeing a 11k+ word chapter. But it'll be worth it, I promise.

This is your last opportunity to vote on Season 3 teams. I won't take any votes after the finale has been published.

Out of the final three, who will win? Junko and Mukuro? Peko and Keebo? Mikan and Maki? Let me know!