Chapter 2.2


Hiro and Rantaro

"Is this the Place Ville-Marie?" Hiro asked a passerby.

"Yeah," he replied.

Hiro and Rantaro climbed the stairs up to the shop and turned in their boxes.

Hiro and Rantaro: 1 2 3

Celeste and Akane

"Celeste, we were just here!"

"No, we're backtracking," Celeste replied.

"Don't you think we're backtracking too much?"

"Shut up and do what I tell you to."

Makoto and Sayaka

"Yeah, right here," Makoto said as their cab stopped in front of the building. They ran out to the clue box right in the front entrance. "Roadblock. Who wants to swing into action?"

[R] Trapeze Act

Cirque du Soleil is the largest theatrical producer in the world. It stars in over 250 cities with over 19 different types of shows, all headquartered here in Montreal. In this Roadblock, one team member must join the performers and pull off a successful Trapeze Act. They must jump from their pedestal to grip onto the trapeze, jump to the person on the second trapeze, and then jump back onto the first trapeze and the starting platform to receive their next clue.

Makoto and Sayaka: Currently in 1st Place

"I guess I'll do it," Makoto said.

Miu and Kazuichi: Currently in 2nd Place

"Trapeze act?" Kazuichi asked. "You think you can pull it off?"

"Ha! Of course I can pull it off with this body!"

"It's about your performance… not about looking good…"

Hajime and Chiaki: 100/100 Bagels Molded

"Can we get a check please?" Hajime asked.

"All good!" the baker replied, handing him the clue.

Hajime and Chiaki: Currently in 7th Place

"Make your way to Cirque du Soleil," Chiaki read.

Tenko and Himiko: 100/100 Bagels Molded

"Can we get a check please?" Himiko asked.

The judge walked up and trashed five bagels. "These are undercooked."

Tenko and Himiko: 95/100 Bagels Completed

"What are we doing wrong?" Himiko asked.

Celeste and Akane

"Place Ville-Marie?

"Yes, that's here."

"Great," Celeste said, her and Akane ran upstairs to the shop and traded in their box.

Celeste and Akane: 1 2 3

"We wasted a lot of time," Celeste said. "Hopefully we can catch up to the others later."

Hiro and Rantaro

Rantaro gave the last box to the cashier at Laura Secord as he handed the last piece of the clue.

Hiro and Rantaro: Currently in 8th Place

"Cirque du Soleil," Hiro read. "I've heard about that place!"

"It's pretty famous," Rantaro replied.

Makoto: 1st Attempt

Makoto had just gotten changed into tight-fitting shirt and shorts as he stood up to the pedestal.

"So for this challenge, we were told we needed to leap from the first trapeze to the hands of the person on the second trapeze, then back to the first and up to the pedestal." Makoto said. "There were people demonstrating, but it didn't seem like we actually had to do those fancy flips that they were showing us."

Makoto gripped the trapeze as the person on the second trapeze drew closer. He jumped from the pedestal and instantly slipped and fell onto the net.

"I don't think he's doing so well," Sayaka said, laughing.

Miu: 1st Attempt

Miu was dressed in a blue leotard as she climbed up to the pedestal. She gripped the swing as she let go. However, she let go while the second person was too far away, causing her to fall onto the net.

"Dammit!" She shouted, pounding the net.

Nagito and Nekomaru: Currently in 3rd Place

"I guess it's me," Nagito said, handing Nekomaru the clue.

Tenko and Himiko: 100/100 Bagels Molded

"Is this good?" Tenko asked, wiping sweat off her forehead with a rag.

"It's great," the baker said, handing Himiko the clue.

"Finally," Tenko said. Himiko ripped and read the clue.

Tenko and Himiko: Currently in 9th Place

"Make your way to Cirque du Soleil," Himiko read.

"Come on, Himiko! We can catch up to them at the Roadblock!"

Makoto: 3rd Attempt

Makoto swung down, letting go of the trapeze as he smacked against the girl on the second trapeze, causing both of them to fall down.

"Dude!" the performer said.

"Sorry!"

Miu: 3rd Attempt

Miu jumped down but somehow fell off the trapeze before she got any swing action.

Leon and Ibuki: Currently in 4th Place

"Roadblock," Ibuki read. "Ooh! Ibuki wants to!"

Shuichi and Kaede: Currently in 5th Place

"I'll do it," Kaede said.

Chihiro and Hina: Currently in 6th Place

"If it's here, it just has to be athletic," Hina said. "I'll do it."

Nagito: 1st Attempt

Nagito stood at the pedestal, waiting for the performer on the second trapeze to come closer to him. He jumped from the pedestal, swinging on the trapeze, and let go to miss the performer entirely and almost miss the net, barely being saved on the edge.

"Oh, I'm so lucky… or maybe not."

Celeste and Akane

"Where's Laura Secord?" Celeste asked.

"It's upstairs," the woman said. She and Akane ran upstairs to find the candy shop.

"We have a delivery," Akane said. The cashier nodded as they traded the box for the last part of the clue.

Celeste and Akane: Currently in Last Place

"Hopefully we can make up time at the Roadblock," Akane said.

Makoto: 4th Attempt

Makoto swung down, and this time actually landed the leap onto the performer's hands. But his grip was too weak as he slipped out of the performer's hands and onto the net.

Kaede: 1st Attempt

"I'm a bit nervous," Kaede said. "I've never done this before."

"None of us have," Shuchi said. "You'll do fine. If you can't, we always have the Express Pass."

Kaede leapt off of the pedestal as she swung and then let go, launching her in the air and almost slamming her against the ceiling before dropping onto the net.

Hina: 1st Attempt

Hina got a running start and leapt off the platform only to fall face-first into the net almost immediately.

Chihiro watched her, facepalming.

"As I was watching her, I realized that she wasn't starting out on the pedestal holding the trapeze. She was letting it dangle, then trying to jump to it." Chihiro explained.

"Come on, Hina!" Chihiro muttered to himself. "Get your head around it!"

Ibuki: 1st Attempt

Ibuki gripped the trapeze and screamed as she let go, swinging towards the performer. However, she let go too late and smashed into her head, causing both of them to collapse on the net.

"I'm going to get a concussion at this point," the performer said.

Hajime and Chiaki: Currently in 7th Place

"Oh my god, everyone's here!" Hajime exclaimed, entering the building. "We can catch up!"

"That's only if you pull this off the quickest," Chiaki said.

Makoto: 5th Attempt

Makoto swung downwards, finally making the leap to the hands of the person on the second trapeze. However, he couldn't see while swinging backwards, so he tried to launch himself off back onto the first trapeze and ended up smacking it against his head.

"Come on, Makoto!" Sayaka whispered. "Everyone's catching up!"

Miu: 5th Attempt

Miu leapt from her pedestal, and swung down and released at optimal time to connect with the second trapeze for the performer to catch her. The performer swung backwards as Miu let go, turning around and gripping the bar as it brought her back up to the original pedestal.

"Did I do it right?" Miu asked. The judge walked up to her and thrust the clue in the air.

"AAAAHHHHH!" Kazuichi screamed in joy. Miu gripped it, walked down to Kazuichi, and ripped it open as Makoto and Sayaka sadly sat and watched.

Miu and Kazuichi: Currently in 1st Place

"Make your way to your next Pit Stop!" Miu read excitedly.

[i] Proceed to Pit Stop: Mount Royal Chalet

Mount Royal is Montreal's namesake, and one of the most famous places in Montreal. It will now be the Pit Stop for this leg of the race. The last team to check in here, may be eliminated!

"I can't believe we're in first for once!" Kazuichi said.

"Y-you didn't believe in me?"

"N-no? Yes? I don't know how to answer that question."

Hina: 2nd Attempt

"Wait, can I just hold the bar right here?" Hina asked, gripping the bar. The instructor nodded as Hina facepalmed. "Okay, that makes this easier…"

Hina jumped off the platform and swung towards the performer. She let go just as the performer was approaching, successfully clinging onto her. She swung backwards, flipped, then landed on the original trapeze, swinging back to the platform.

The judge raised the clue. "Good job!" he shouted.

"EEEEE!" Chihiro screeched, as Hina ran down to get the clue.

Chihiro and Hina: Currently in 2nd Place

"How did she do it so easily?" Makoto asked.

"She's an athlete." Sayaka replied. "It's fine. Just get it done."

Ibuki: 2nd Attempt

Ibuki jumped from the platform, but somehow broke the swing.

"Er, you're going to have to pay for that," the instructor said.

Tenko and Himiko: Currently in 8th Place

"I can do this," Tenko said. They walked inside as Makoto buried his face into his hands.

"I'm going to lose this for us," Makoto groaned.

Nagito: 4th Attempt

Nagito landed back at the platform as the judge handed him the clue.

Nagito and Nekomaru: Currently in 3rd Place

"Wow, Nagito, I'm impressed!" Nekomaru said.

"Ha! I'm impressed too! It's hard to believe that scum like me could do something so elegantly!"

Hiro and Rantaro

"Here it is!" Hiro said, running inside.

Celeste and Akane

"There's Hiro and Rantaro!" Akane pointed out.

"At least we have those… idiots that we can catch up to."

Hiro and Rantaro: Currently in 9th Place

"We're near last," Rantaro said. "I'll do it."

Celeste and Akane: Currently in Last Place

"We're at a circus, right?" Akane asked. "If so, it's all me."

Hajime: 2nd Attempt

Hajime swung and smacked against the performer's head.

"God dammit!" the performer cursed. "I'm going to lose my damn memory!"

"I'm not enjoying this more than you are," Hajime replied, rubbing his head.

Tenko: 1st Attempt

Tenko ran from the pedestal onto the trapeze, but that built up too much momentum as she was flung too far and ended up falling outside of the net.

"Ack!" she shouted, gripping her leg.

"What's wrong?" Himiko asked, running up to her.

"Oh, it's nothing. Just a scrape."

Makoto: 9th Attempt

Makoto jumped down, almost immediately slipping off.

"My hands are getting sore, and calloused, and I don't know what to do!" Makoto pouted.

"Come on!" Sayaka encouraged. "You can't give up now, can you?"

Kaede: 5th Attempt

Kaede leapt back up to the pedestal. "Finally!" she shouted, collapsing to her knees.

Shuichi and Kaede: Currently in 4th Place

"You were great," Shuichi said.

Miu and Kazuichi

"We could secure a first today," Kazuichi said. "Thanks to you,"

"You better thank me! If it wasn't for me, we could be eliminated!"

Chihiro and Hina

"Is that Miu and Kazuichi's cab?" Hina asked.

"I don't think so," Chihiro replied.


The cab pulled up as Miu and Kazuichi raced to the Pit Stop mat.

"Miu and Kazuichi," Monokuma said. "You are team number ONE!"

Miu and Kazuichi: 1st Place

Kazuichi went in for a hug as Miu awkwardly blushed with a somewhat aroused look on her face. Kazuichi saw this and pushed her away from him, somewhat disgusted.

"To be fair, I never expected you to win a leg," Monokuma said. "Anyways, I am proud to tell you that you have won five hundred thousand yen, each."

"Yeah!" Kazuichi said, pounding his fist in the air.

"I could make millions of world-changing inventions with that cash!" Miu said.

"We've got our second team coming in now," Monokuma said, pointing to Chihiro and Hina, running in from their cabs.

"Chihiro and Hina, you are team number two."

Chihiro and Hina: 2nd Place

"We were so close!" Hina said. "Tomorrow, we'll take the gold!"

Rantaro: 1st Attempt

Rantaro stepped off the platform, but was unable to get enough momentum to get close to the

Akane: 1st Attempt

Akane swung back up to the pedestal. "And… scene!"

"Congratulations!" the judge said, handing Akane the clue.

Celeste and Akane: Currently in 5th Place

"Come on, Akane. Let's go."

Hajime: 4th Attempt

Hajime nervously leapt from the pedestal and finally stuck the landing to the performer. The performer swung Hajime back to the original trapeze, allowing Hajime to swing back up to the pedestal, then fall off the other side.

"Meh, good enough for me!" the judge said.

Hajime and Chiaki: Currently in 6th Place

Celeste and Akane

Celeste and Akane ran outside and ran up to Hajime and Chiaki's cab.

"Oh, I'm waiting," the driver said.

"We will pay you to leave," Celeste said. "We will cover the bill so you can leave here."

"But what about my passengers?"

"Leave them. I will cover the bill."

Hajime and Chiaki

"What the fuck are you two doing?" Hajime asked. He ran up to Celeste and pushed her out of the way. Hajime leaned into the driver. "What were they doing?"

"They were trying to get me to leave," he said.

Hajime stared at Celeste. "You've got some nerve. Come on, Chiaki, let's go."

They got into the cab as Celeste rolled her eyes.

"I can't believe they tried to sabotage us a second time!" Hajime pouted.

"Hajime-"

"No. It's not okay. I want them out."

Tenko: 4th Attempt

Tenko collided with the performer, this time knocking both of them off the net and onto the padded floor.

"Oh, come on!" the performer raged. "Why does everyone…"

Ibuki: 7th Attempt

"Woohoo!" Ibuki shouted, swinging back onto the platform. The judge handed her the clue.

Leon and Ibuki: Currently in 7th Place

"Alright, Ibuki, let's get out of here!"


Nagito and Nekomaru pulled their bags out of the trunk of the cab before running to the mat.

"Nagito and Nekomaru, you are team number three."

Nagito and Nekomaru: 3rd Place

Shuichi and Kaede came up right after them, jumping on the mat.

"Shuichi and Kaede, you are team number four."

Shuichi and Kaede: 4th Place

Kaede looked at Nagito and Nekomaru.

"Well, you two beat us this time!" Kaede said.

Makoto

"By that time, doing this challenge was literal torture. My hands were blistered, my arms were giving out, I just felt like it wasn't something that I was capable of doing."

"Come on, Makoto! Don't give up!" Sayaka shouted.

"I need a break," Makoto replied, taking a swig of water and dousing the rest on his head.

Hajime and Chiaki

"Hajime and Chiaki, you are team number five."

Hajime and Chiaki: 5th Place

Celeste and Akane came running in after them as Hajime rolled his eyes.

"Celeste and Akane, you are team number six."

Celeste and Akane: 6th Place

Hajime sighed.

"What's wrong?" Monokuma asked. "Want to explain any tension between you four?"

"Celeste is just…" Hajime said. "She's been sabotaging us all day. Playing dirty."

"I didn't come here to make friends or be all buddy-buddy," Celeste argued. "I came here to win. And I'll do whatever it takes to get it. Even if I have to push around a filthy Reserve student"

Chiaki and Akane stood awkwardly to either side of their partners as Hajime glared at her.

"Okay, if it makes you happy… I'm sorry." Celeste said.

"That apology doesn't satisfy me," Hajime explained. "They messed with the wrong student. I'm seeking revenge."

Tenko: 8th Attempt

Tenko swung back towards the pedestal, sticking the landing.

"You passed," the judge said, handing Tenko the clue as Makoto stared at her in frustration.

Tenko and Himiko: Currently in 8th Place

"Let's get out of here, Himiko, before the degenerates catch up!"

Rantaro: 6th Attempt

Rantaro hit the performer, knocking them down to the net and banging heads against each other.

"Fuck this, I'm done," the performer said, walking off the net and towards the door, but accidentally missing and walking into the wall due to vertigo and head injuries.

"We'll get a new performer in soon, don't worry," the instructor said.

Leon and Ibuki

"Leon and Ibuki, you are team number seven."

Leon and Ibuki: 7th Place

"We're still in it!" Leon said, hi-fiving Ibuki, then almost going into a hug but then awkwardly saved himself when Ibuki just stood there.

Tenko and Himiko

Tenko and Himiko raced up to the Pit Stop mat.

"Tenko and Himiko, you are team number eight."

Tenko and Himiko: 8th Place

"Bagels are the death of us," Tenko said.

Makoto: 21st Attempt

Makoto sighed and put hands to his face. He had to get this. He took a break, drank a bucketload of water, he should be refreshed at this point.

Makoto gripped the bar and stepped off the platform, and swung and released to be caught by the new performer. The new performer tossed him back at the swinging trapeze as it was coming back, allowing Makoto to grip the trapeze and just barely make it back onto the starting platform.

"It's about time!" the judge said, handing up the clue. Hiro stared at them as Makoto went in for a hug.

Makoto and Sayaka: Currently in 9th Place

"Make your way to your next Pit Stop, Mount Royal Chalet." Sayaka read.

"I'm sorry, Sayaka." Makoto said.

"Don't worry about it. I doubt I'd do better."

Rantaro: 7th Attempt

Rantaro made his way up to his platform from the swing as the judge thrust the clue in his face.

Hiro and Rantaro: Currently in Last Place

"We can catch up to them. They left less than a minute ago," Hiro said.

"Sorry I didn't do so well," Rantaro apologized.

"No, no, it's fine. I would've done worse."

Makoto and Sayaka

"I think I see them behind us," Sayaka said, turning around to scan the highway. "Never mind."

Hiro and Rantaro

"You see that cab up ahead?" Rantaro asked, pointing forward. "You need to pass that cab."

Makoto and Sayaka

"We're pulling up," Makoto said. "Hopefully they didn't somehow beat us here."

Hiro and Rantaro

"I see Monokuma," Hiro said.


Monokuma waited as Makoto and Sayaka raced up to them, and hopped on the mat.

"Makoto and Sayaka," he trailed. "Do you know what place you're in?"

"Hopefully ninth?" Sayaka asked. Monokuma stayed silent.

"Well?" Makoto asked.

"You're right. You are team number NINE, and you are still racing."

Makoto pulled in Sayaka for a hug.

"You were first leaving the Detour, what happened?"

"I guess that I'm just not good at acrobatics." Makoto said. "I will never see another circus in my life."


"Hiro and Rantaro," Monokuma said. "You are the last team to arrive."

"But we're still racing!" Hiro said, pointing at Monokuma hopefully. "This is a non-elimination leg? We're not going home?"

"I'm sorry, but this is an elimination leg. I'm sorry to say that you have been eliminated from the race."

Hiro and Rantaro: Eliminated

"Damn," Rantaro said, looking down.

"We were kind of doomed from the start," Rantaro said. "The two people that everyone else steered clear from."

"I can't say I'm surprised," Hiro said. "But the downfall wasn't my fault. I'm not the reason we lost. Take that, Byakuya!"


Race Stats:

This Leg:

1st: Miu and Kazuichi

2nd: Chihiro and Hina

3rd: Nagito and Nekomaru

4th: Shuichi and Kaede

5th: Hajime and Chiaki

6th: Celeste and Akane

7th: Leon and Ibuki

8th: Tenko and Himiko

9th: Makoto and Sayaka

Eliminated: Hiro and Rantaro

Race Average:

Shuichi and Kaede: 2.50

Nagito and Nekomaru: 2.50

Miu and Kazuichi: 4.50

Leon and Ibuki: 5.00

Chihiro and Hina: 5.50

Hajime and Chiaki: 6.00

Makoto and Sayaka: 6.50

Tenko and Himiko: 6.50

Celeste and Akane: 8.00

Hiro and Rantaro: 8.00

Sonia and Kaito: 11.00

Roadblock Counts:

Miu 2, Kazuichi 1

Chihiro 1, Hina 2

Nagito 2, Nekomaru 1

Shuichi 1, Kaede 2

Hajime 2, Chiaki 1

Celeste 1, Akane 2

Leon 1, Ibuki 2

Tenko 2, Himiko 1

Makoto 2, Sayaka 1

Hiro 1, Rantaro 2

Kaito 1, Sonia 1


Next time on the Amazing Race: Hope's Peak Edition

Teams must play to their limits when they face a Double U-Turn in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.