Side Stories 2
Disclaimer: All the authors and readers that appear in this side story own themselves. Original characters that appear belong to their respective creators. Any nods and refs mentioned over the course of this document belong to their original sources.
Authors Notes 1: This covers Days 7-12, so anything for Episode 5 and onwards will be accepted from now. Of course, with episode 6 pretty much a joint effort, I'm pretty much got some scenes for that ready to rip.
Big thanks to…Descendant Of The Dragon, D Marco, JusSonic, Yamato Lee, Digifan, Zach Kaiser, Fetch, Little Serenity, Joe Mello, The main man (Arpulver), Ash Lillymon, AMZ and whoever else I missed.
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"Mister Globie, are you sure you don't want a new hairc…WAAAHHH!"
A casual swat with the Star Wand sent Kuno's father blasting off again. Descendant of the Dragon, formerly known as Survivor Globie, was simply relaxing in his summer beach house in Hawaii. Despite nearly been sacrificed to the gods a couple of times, and this pineapple head keep trying to give him a new do, life was pretty much good.
He however knew that things might be so good at the other side. Just to be safe…
Nah, he'd be alright. Chris was a reliable replacement, and as long as he took care of those do kanuckleheads Jayson and Kelly, it was no problem.
Then he thought about it more.
He got on his cell phone, just to be safe…
(Meanwhile…)
It had pretty much been a riot. Donald Marco's booth had been the richest that it had been. No-one had bet on Michelle, Miaka, Jade and Casey pretty much the favourites for the girls, Kouji and Onizuka for the guys. Donald's luck was with him, as he, Sam and company were wearing million dollar smiles.
However, on the negative side, a lot of the Sailor fans, including the Scouts themselves were pretty upset for Michelle's 'unjust' elimination. (The fact that two pre-teen kids outsmarted her never really a part of the argument)
And to make matters worse, after shipping Misty out to do the guest host bit, Kelly had asumed control of episode 4, even though she had done episode 2…much to Jayson's disgust.
Oh, and somewhere, a girl was beating on a perverted guy.
Just the right moment for Chromus to get a phone call.
"Great, another headache…"
* * * *
"Chris, what's up?" Globie said, noting a hint of danger somewhere…
"Oh nothing. Aside from a Scout mutiny, broken holes over the place, guys vs. girls on AND off the island…oh, and Persona blowing up stuff as usual."
Globie sweared for 5 minutes straight…mainly from Persona blowing up stuff more than anything.
"You take care of the guys and girls…" He heard a groan but quickly ignored it. "…so asides from that, all been good?"
He could probably hear Chromus' sweatdrop.
"Jayson and Kel are arguing about who should host episode 4…I tell ya AFKAG, she's worse than Serena, Yurika, Mihoshi AND Mutsumi put together!"
"Afkag?"
"You know, 'Author Formerly Known As Globie.' Haven't got used to this dragon thing yet…'
It was Globie's turn to sweatdrop. But his main concern was his two hothead replacements. "So Kel being a pain? What about Jayse?"
"Not as bad, but he has a turn to explode. Kel is worse though, when the guys either flirted with her or wanted to know where Jayson was, it was temper tantrum time."
"I see…" Globie thought. That wasn't so bad…
"…and she screwed up Casey's family."
That was bad. Globie knew that compared to Star Otaku, they had the efficiency of a snail. However, a mistake like that wasn't human nature for him.
Chromus explained the Tigers vs. Electabuzz scenario before they even 'blasted off' (As this happened, James went through another hole. Chromus gave the order for the Old Dojo crew to fix another one, as Kasumi went past with a smile). Globie getting a bit more angrier by the second.
"Er…"
"I coming."
"But boss, you're on vacation. I can handle it."
DotD knew he was right. He was on vacation and he was sure Chromus could handle it. If all else failed, he knew guys like Star and Donald would also be of assistance.
"I can ask Belle if things really get out of hand, although I don't like to…you know…"
DotD sighed. "Fine. But call me again if things go beyond that limit."
"Thanks. Want me to say hi to anyone for you?"
"Nope. How's everyone doing though, it's been 6 days. Island wise rather than hotel…"
"Well, Michelle got voted off, hence the Scout lovers problems. Bit as I faxed you was off first 3 days. I'm surprised that Miaka and Mutsumi are still there, but it looks good. Oh, and your man Ah Tsing is kicking booty as well."
A smile on his face told the story. "That's fine. You up for ep 6?"
"Yep, no prob. Skuld and Yukino gave me the fax. Chiharu got booted off, a bit disappointed, but hey, if they can't find him or her, they go."
"Just pray that…"
"I know. I know. I'll see ya round Afkag."
'Afkag' sighed but bid adieu to the British bomber and turned off his phone. He really did hate putting Chris at the deep end, but he knew that he could handle it.
Whether he could handle Kel and Jayson after a month was another story…
* * * *
Normally, Michelle Kaioh didn't get frustrated. Even though she had come face to face with the scum of the Negaverse and she had been the 2nd contestant to go, she rarely vented, or for that matter, showed any outward signs of anger or rage. So, it was rather uncharacteristic of her to enter her room and plop in front of her desk in a demi-huff.
Someone who especially took note of this partially emerged from the depths of the room. "Something's wrong," this person stated.
Michelle smiled. "It's just like you to state the obivious."
Amara finally came out of the shadows and sat down on the bed behind the desk. "So what's troubling you? It has to be pretty bad to make you like this."
Michelle sighed angrily. As she turned to face her fellow Senshi "This is all just so stupid, this 'battle of the sexes' everyone's having."
"Well, that's all part of the game, isn't it?"
"No, I mean in the hotel! This is so completely ridiculous with these people going against each other just because of some stupid TV show. It's like all of Civilization is taking 4 steps back!"
Amara tried to think of something she could say that could calm her life partner down. "Well, I guess you're right. But I'm sure that this is just a phase. The guests'll grow up and everyone will move on like last year and every year before it."
"I hope you're right. I would hate to be associated with this if it wasn't."
Well, whether it was a fad, or it wasn't, it was all a moot point as two heads were smashed through the two's front door.
"Aw, man. I really wish Zoe didn't always get caught up in this stuff like that," the first head said.
"Oh, so the girl in the neko cap was your girlfriend?" The second asked the first.
"Well . . . in theory. Say, you're that hentai person I keep hearing about. Ke-it-ar-o. Right?" He asked, making pronouncing the name slowly.
"Yep. That's me. Keitaro Urashima."
"I'm J.P. Digimon 04, or Frontier depending on what you watch. I'd shake your hand, but I'd probably be unable to find it." This got a laugh out of Keitaro. "So, this happen to you often."
"Well . . . I normally don't go through the door or wall. I normally just go into them."
It was about this time that Amara came from the other room to witness the two boys stuck in the door.
It was also about this time that J.P. made his fatal error. "Um . . . uh . . . excuse me, sir, but could you please help us out of your door?" Keitaro cringed as J.P. did get loosed from the door . . . with the help of Amara's right knee. Unfortunately for J.P. the force of the blow knocked him into the door on the other side of the hallway. He was last heard saying, "Awww, dammit!"
Amara glowered at the shuddering Keitaro. "Do you have anything to say?!"
The unlucky hentai shook his head vehemently. "Noooooooo!"
"Good." With that, Amara "gently" helped Keitaro out of Amara and Michelle's front door. As soon as he was free, Urashima ran towards the nearest exit. When Amara came back in, she noticed Michelle was chuckling to herself. "What's so funny?" Amara inquired.
"Oh, nothing," she bluffed as she headed towards the door (probably to raise someone at the front desk). "I was just thinking that perhaps we should start calling you Peppermint Patty, sir."
"Michelle!"
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J.P extracted himself from the door with blurred vision, and obviously slight hearing loss.
He needed to probably find a doctor. Of course, he'd prefer Zoe's TLC but…
The first person that came down was good. He'd ask this person where the medical office was.
And this was his second mistake.
"Er…sir, can you…!"
Ichino Yamagisa was not as forgiving as Amara, as her fist sent the Frontier boy blasting off again, with a distinct 'Why meeeeeeeeee?' echoing through the hotel.
"Damn idiots…" Ichino complained.
* * * *
"Now remember the rules. No feuding, no rivalries, and no getting caught up in anything remotely stressful."
They had problems arranging for transportation, so it took awhile for Takato, Henry, Rika, and Jeri to reach the hotel. After the feud with the trainers last time, there was no way they were getting themselves in over their heads this time.
Henry continued, "We are the third party. We're not getting involved with anything. We're going to be loafing around the hotel, cheering for who we want to win... and making the occasional side bet."
"General rule," Rika looked at Takato and Jeri, "Don't talk to anybody."
"Hello. I wasn't expecting you." Val's presence immediately destroyed any feasibility of Rika's plan.
Takato stepped forward. "Yeah, well we like these things so much that we can't help but stop by!"
Jeri smiled. "Since none of our friends are in the game, we can just relax in our rooms and cheer for Roger!"
Val raised an eyebrow. "Roger? As in Roger Smith Big O Roger?"
"Yep. He's our man this year!" Takato confirmed.
"But... you're Digimon. Aren't you cheering for Koji?"
"Who?" Rika was confused.
"The Digimon representative?"
"Oh..." Henry understood and whispered to Rika, "Fourth season I bet."
"Oh." Rika said little more than that.
"You're not cheering for him?" Val was confused. Show loyalty was everything. Everybody always cheered for their own shows.
"Like we said, we're cheering for Roger!" Henry said.
"Why Roger?!"
"Well... we're cheering for Roger because Jeri's friends with someone who knows someone who knows Roger!"
"Yeah, and definitely not because those Frontier kids killed the franchise," Jeri replied.
Val shook her head in disbelief and headed back to her station, "I'll see what I can do to find you rooms. I'll let you know when I find something."
"Thank you!" Takato shouted as the four entered the hotel.
"That friend of yours is the same one who gave you that Navi right?" Henry asked Jeri.
"Yep!" Jeri pulled said Navi out of her purse. It was a fairly advanced model, given to her as a birthday present by her online friend.
"She's a little weird, isn't she?" Rika continued to interrogate as Jeri checked her e-mail.
"Lain's not weird... she's just... misunderstood." Jeri perked up suddenly, "Oh, I got something from Dorothy! She says to meet us by the betting tables.
Henry smiled. "Great. I heard an inside tip about this Bit kid. I hear he can go a long way. Wonder how he's doing."
At this point, J.P had finally dusted himself off for the second time, it seemed that second punch had at least cleared his head a bit more.
As he turned, he knew this one was a girl. More important…one who he recognised.
"Hey! Aren't you Rika?" The four turned around. A husky boy in a blue jumpsuit was approaching them, dusting himself off from probably a not so nice experience.
He had no idea that this one could be worse…
"Do I know you?" Rika replied.
"You guys showed up to cheer on Koji! That's great! Maybe we won't look like laughing stocks now!" J.P. replied.
"We're here to support Roger. We don't care about Koji," Takato replied.
"I take it you're one of the Frontier kids?" Jeri asked.
"Yeah... my name's J.P. You aren't here for us?"
"Hey, don't worry about it. I mean, I'm sure you have lots of supporters," Henry said.
J.P. looked down, "Well, not really. We just hung around one of the authors last time. And we haven't even seen much of him this time."
"Well. We'd love to, uh, stay and chat, but we have to go find Jeri's friend. Maybe you can make friends with a series that's more like yours! That's what we're doing!" Takato said, smiling.
"What do you mean more like ours? You guys are Digimon. It's the same show."
Rika shot him a death glare. "Don't ever say that our shows are the same."
"What's the difference?"
"Let's put it this way. What we had was Evangelion but more goth. What you have is Slayers but more cuddly."
"Rika, we'd better get going." Not wanting to provoke J.P. further, Jeri picked up the pace. The other three followed.
J.P. folded his arms. He had a sense of admiration for the Tamers. They apparently had no such sentiment for him. In fact, it was almost as if they didn't respect him or his friends. There was something wrong with that. Wasn't there?
* * * *
Back in his room, JusSonic is by himself. While he knows about the "men vs. women war" in the hotel, he doesn't give a care and decides to stay outta it. There is one woman he dislike though. Washu. JusSonic got angry.
"I saw what she did in Anime Survivor 4. She has no right to do that to Henry, Jackie, Relena, and anyone else she hurts." mumbled JusSonic annoyed. "And yet, Pokejedservo chosen to have her for security at the House of Histeria anyway."
That is another thing that bugs him. Washu stopped an invasion that was led by Gene Burrows. The House of Histeria! was a parody of Disney's House of Mouse. JusSonic wanted the main characters (namely the Histerians) to take care of things, but that no-good witch Washu got in the way. He REALLY don't like her.
"Oh well. There is nothing I can do right now." said JusSonic. "Might as well see what everyone else is doing."
Unknown to him, a chuckle escaped as he left the room…
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DAY 8
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Middle of Day 8, and Donnie had filed in the next bet for the day. After Michelle's surprise eviction, a number has gone on the next outside for the girls Ukyo, but all the girls voted on were mostly Kiyone, although both Jade and Une had a few after the days' recent events. The guys on the other hand, it was pretty much Kouji, Onizuka and Seiya all the way.
With things, looking good, what Donnie didn't need was a phone call from an irate person who DIDN'T get to come this year. Seems that an experience on a rival survivor show had not really helped his cause to say the least…
…that and a shared body.
Fortunately for Donnie, it wasn't him that he was upset with.
It was Chromus.
So with great pleasure, Donnie had called him to the booth, gave him the call, and watch Chromus' emotions change from anger, to disgust, to even more disgust…to smashing a $200 cell phone.
Ah well, put it on his tab…
*PHONE CONVERSATION*
Chromus had prayed he would never see, never mind hear from the weasel again. However, coming from a West Bromwich Albion fan, luck never seemed to be on his side.
Tom Greenville had been getting the results and what was happening via Donnie, Jim and Sam, and despite Casey being the representative, she was still Pokemon, and Tom liked Pokemon. A lot.
And what he didn't like was what happened with Casey's family. Although it was Kelly's fault, Chromus seemed to take the brunt of the anger.
"Look. I DON'T CARE whether those Battle Athletes are here or not. All I'm asking is
that you make room SOMEHOW for Ms. Clemens' family. Build a new wing or floor. Convert a little-used portion, boot out the Zoids people, WHATEVER!"
Chromus hated that voice ever since he was forced to speak in it. With that, Chromus simply switched off with a scowl and noticed the booth snickering.
With rage, he smashed the phone on the floor, and muttered a few words which at the moment, he didn't think he could do.
"You will pay."
How wrong we all were….
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DAY 9
Apart from the odd hentai problem, it had been fairly peaceful in the last three days as Kelly and Jayson hadn't killed each other much, watching Misty's performance to see if she could fair any better when it came to Tribal Council.
Jayson was still peeved about getting denied ep 4 though, he just tried really hard not to complain about it.
Not helped by a smug Silversmith though.
Most of the cast was watching the latest immunity challenge however, and some were pleading their case to Naru and other girls that they were pretty much pure of heart…
"My man here wants to say something which I've been wanting to hear for a long time…" Joey Wheeler patted a shoulder….
It was the shoulder of a battle aura, and very annoyed Suzaku Warrior named Tamahome.
"IF…TRISTAN…EVEN…LOOKS…AT…MIAKA…THAT…WAY…" Tamahome said.
Yugi, Naru and Akane all sweatdropped at the look of madness in his eyes (and the gleam of mischief in Joey's ones), but it seemed that Akane had been well scouted in the majority of the characters, also helped by Big O's Dorothy, and she seemed to believe Tamahome. The Suzaku warriors were pretty decent, as were Ah Tsings friends to be honest.
Then again, those guys were Chinese. As for her fellow Japanese…
"O.K, Yugi, we know you're safe…Joey I'm not so sure…" Mai Valentine chuckled as Joey got auraed up himself.
"So, the dog threatens with his paws then?" Kaiba said passing by.
"I'M NOT A DOG!"
When Fetch walked by, Joey was convinced there was a conspiracy in the hotel and decided just to sulk for a while until Yugi came back onto his side.
"Ryoga-kun is a nice decent person Naru-san, if only he would be here at times rather than getting lost or trying to pick fights with Ranma…" Akane had lost count the amount of times the Old Dojo had come to fix the place up, not just with the fighting, but with the amount of hentais that had been put through walls.
"Maybe, but those guys on the island seem to be content either just laughing at the girls or making eyes at them! Aside from the little guy and Mr. Tsing…gah! I fear for Mutsumi if she survives that long…" Naru said.
"Oh come on, they all aren't that bad…" Azusa Fuyutsuki came up, although she was also a bit nervous about Onizuka's behaviour…
"Seiya is, that's for sure." Akito Tenkawa, just on his break, was also watching the end of the immunity challenge.
"I guess not everyone that comes from your era can be a nervous gentleman, right Tenkawa?" Lita said (also on break).
Naru sighed. "O.K…I guess I'm wrong then. You guys aren't all that bad…"
As she said that…(and ignoring Mihoshi's bawling)
"Hey, they tripped Jade!"
"That's not fair!"
"Alls fair in love and survivor!"
And then…
"Tai Ying wins immunity!"
A cheer from many of the men came, and the women seemed to stare at that cheer with evil eyes.
Naru and Akane's auras flared as a bunch of cameos, authors and characters were about to be mowed down.
"Tamahome, call 911…" Joey said.
"What's 911?" the ancient Chinese native said.
"Never mind…" Yugi sweatdropped.
* * * *
When Misty called the Spirit Card to eliminate Une from the game, most weren't too surprised. A few of the betters went to collect their prizes, but aside from that, it was waiting for the former aide to Trieze Kushrinada.
And the first in line was his young daughter (who sounded a bit too much like Madison), Mariemaia Kushrinada. In her wheelchair, carrying a bouquet of hyacinths.
"Always were her favourite flowers…" Noin said on her side.
"Disappointing, but I guess that's the way it goes. Maybe our side was never meant to have good luck with these games…" Sally added.
"Has Miss Darlian been informed?" Quatre said.
"Relena has indeed been informed. She sends Une her regards and best wishes, as well as a little disappointment." Noin informed the Arabian Gundam Pilot.
"Tell her, I said thank you."
They all turned, and saw the 3rd victim of the Survivor, and 2nd to the alliance, Lady Une. However, she certainly didn't seem disappointed, with her trademark sly smile.
"Glad you see you again." Duo said.
Une bowed. "I'm sorry I couldn't do better, even further than Minister Darlian, but…I guess my own strategy failed, maybe I'm getting soft."
Noin put a hand on Une's shoulder. "Trust me, I fell for their act as well. It wasn't fair, but it was legal." Noin said.
"That…and voting for Miaka last time…" Duo added, as Une sighed.
"I made a mistake. I never make mistakes. " Une seemed ready to rant, but then a bouquet came into her arms. "Huh?"
"Miss Une, well done." The young girl, once ready to take over Trieze's position and to control the world, was now a simple understanding girl, injured from a bullet shot which nearly killed her.
Une's few feelings of hurt were now gone. She smiled and accepted the bouquet.
"Thank you. Miss Mariemaia."
The family from Gundam left silent, without razzmatazz, but it was almost like a family scene. At least, like back home, peace was at the Moon Kindgom…for once.
* * * *
DAY 10
"Hey, I noticed the Tamers were here? That's kind of cool!" Takuya, Zoe, J.P., and Tommy were at the restaurant.
"Not that great..." J.P. mumbled.
"What's wrong?" Zoe asked.
"I was talking to them earlier today... we got dissed."
"Dissed?" The other three said in unison.
"Yeah, dissed. I don't think they respect us one bit. They don't even consider us the same show anymore."
"Well why are they here? Who are they cheering for?" Tommy asked.
J.P. looked down in misery, "Roger."
Zoe put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "Hey, don't worry about it. They can cheer for whoever they want. We're all still cheering for Koji, right?"
Takuya slammed his fist on the table. "No! Those guys are our Digimon brethren and I won't stand by and let them frown on us!"
"Takuya, you spilled my water..." Tommy began wiping up his part of the table.
"Well, we have to find a way to fill it back up, and earn their respect again! Because we can't just let our own allies be blind to everything we've accomplished! We save the world too!"
"Well I'm in!" Zoe stood up, showing her support for the leader.
"I'm in too!" J.P. stood up, ensuring that he wouldn't lose points with Zoe.
"I guess so." Tommy stood up, because there was a wet spot on the tablecloth he couldn't reach.
"So what's the plan, Takuya?" Zoe asked.
"First thing's first. We get to know them one-on-one. Everybody- pick a Tamer and start chatting with them. Make sure they know who we really are."
"When do we start this?" J.P. asked.
"Got your orders right here..." Teá interrupted, arriving with four meals.
"Right after dinner!" Takuya sat down, immediately followed by the other three.
"So who had the triple orders of cheeseburgers?"
"Right here!" Zoe and J.P. shouted.
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"Look, you seem to be a nice enough guy, but..." Takato was clearly hesitant around Takuya.
"But?"
"Well, I have a bad track record with goggle boys. I mean, I wasn't exactly on the best terms with Tai or Davis. And Ash is idiot enough to classify as one too."
"Wait a minute! Just because I wear goggles doesn't mean that you have to immediately label me as a goggle boy. And besides! You're a goggle boy!"
Takato pointed to the top of his head, and his unbound brown hair.
"Oh."
"Look, I'm guessing you're just as stupid and as crazy as all the others, so I'd prefer not to deal with it this time. I'd like to get through just one Survivor without goggle-boy related stress." Takato walked out of the hall and into his room. Takuya's mission... failed.
--
Henry laid down a Seadramon card over a Betamon. He was playing solitaire- everybody else at the hotel was into a different card game.
"Hey, need someone to play against you?" J.P. approached Henry.
"I guess," Henry was uncaring, but it was better than playing alone. J.P. hurriedly sat on the other side of the table and shuffled his deck.
"Sorry about before in the lobby. I'm just a little down that you aren't supporting Koji. I mean, you know how highly show loyalty is regarded around here."
Henry shuffled his deck and set it off to the side. "Well, yeah, but let's be honest, I don't see Koji going all that far."
J.P. scoffed, "Well, it's not like you got anywhere last time."
Henry raised an eyebrow. Clearly J.P. wasn't winning him over.
"Sorry. I just wish you'd understand that we're Digimon just like you guys. And we have to stick together no matter what."
"You can go first," Henry said without commenting on J.P's speech.
J.P. drew cards, then played one on the table, "Okay... I'll play Celtic Guardian in attack mode."
Henry glared at J.P. before speaking, "Show loyalty, huh?"
J.P. caught the drift as soon as he caught sight of Henry's Digimon cards, "Um... hey it's a popular game!"
Henry was unimpressed.
--
"I just want to talk with you for a little bit!" Zoe was flagging down Rika. Rika was walking briskly to her room. "Please? I mean, J.P.'s upset about the way..." she was getting no response. "Um... I just want to get to know you better. We're the Digimon girls!" The only response was a light snort; Rika kept walking. Finally, Zoe tried a desperation move, "I'm a big fan of your mother's!" Rika slammed the door in Zoe's face.
Zoe sighed once, "Hm... that went well."
--
"Okay, this round I'm going to get you for sure!" Jeri shouted as the new round began. She and Dorothy were playing an online computer game with a third companion somewhere in cyberspace.
"You are going down, Jer'," Dorothy said in her typical caustic tone.
The game proceeded for awhile until Tommy showed up. "Hey! What are you doing?"
"Killing each other with swords," Dorothy replied, dryly, adding, "It's fun."
"Can I play!"
"Sure!" Jeri cheerfully accepted the offer. During a break in the action, Jeri got Tommy signed on, hooked up, and the four-way was on.
It wasn't long before one of the players fell.
"...and my head's cut off," Jeri said, rather whimsically. It was all just a game. But even so, she was a little upset, "Dorothy, why are you swinging my head around like that?"
"Good luck charm," Dorothy replied.
"Dorothy, behind you!" Tommy shouted. But it was too late, the online player had already eliminated Dorothy, and her sights were now set on Tommy.
Tommy did the smart thing, he screamed, and ran.
"Good luck Tommy, she's good," Jeri encouraged him as he looked for a suitable hiding spot.
Tommy was panting as his character ducked down under some old ruins. The online player was closing in, but couldn't see him. Tommy was still overwhelmed by it.
"Mustn't run away... Mustn't run away... Mustn't run away, Mustn't run away!"
His rants were starting to draw attention from on-lookers.
"Is he okay?" Bit asked.
"Calm down kid, it's going to be alright," Akito attempted to comfort him, but he was beyond help.
"Mustn't run away, mustn't run away, mustn't run away... AH!!" Tommy started screaming and moved out of the hiding spot. He continued to scream as he sliced into his opponent. The screams continued as the game pronounced Tommy as the winner. But Tommy wasn't satisfied.
"DIE! DIE! DIE!" He kept shouting.
"She's already dead!" Digifan cried.
"Eating her will give me power!!" Tommy yelled back. At this point, Jeri and Dorothy forced him away from the computer.
"Good call girls. Better give him some rest," Akito was equally concerned for the boy at this point.
But Tommy eluded capture and ran to a clearing in the hallway, carefully watching his back.
"They're all around me... everywhere, they're all aroundme..." Tommy looked like he was clutching the sheath of his sword. It was actually one of the braces of his suspenders- the ones that always hung limp at his sides. But Tommy didn't seem to notice, and in a fit of paranoia, held it for dear life as he proceeded across the room.
Until he bumped into Tatewaki Kuno. Tommy jumped back and "unsheathed" his "sword."
Kuno was undaunted and pulled out his real kendo stick. "Even one with an intimidation technique as yours will not stand up to the Blue Thunder!"
Tommy continued to pant as pretended to hold the sword in a state of readiness.
"I accept your challenge young boy!" Kuno charged after Tommy. Tommy dodged skillfully, and brought his hands up, as if slicing something with the sword.
The crowd was impressed enough... until Kuno's kendo stick sliced in half, seemingly on its own.
"Uh... how did that happen?" Kitsune was the first to ask. But everybody else was wondering the same thing.
And they couldn't ask Tommy. He was still clutching his imaginary sword like a paranoid madman and roaming the dangerous hallway back to his hideaway.
* * * *
JusSonic is looking around for a phone. He sees Kelly, just about to leave for her role for episode 4.
"Excuse me, miss?" he asked.
"Yes, what is it?" snapped Kelly.
"Uh, first, where's a phone, and second, do you know how I can contact Globie?" asked JusSonic nervously.
"Globie, Globie, Globie. It's always Globie! You men think you are so great when us women are better! You think we are nothing than property!" yelled Kelly.
"Hold on, miss. I have no beef with you." JusSonic protested.
"Go away!"
Kelly stormed away. JusSonic looked puzzled.
"Now what's that all about?" JusSonic shrugged and walk away. He then bump into the last person he wanted to bump into.
"Hello, and you are?" Washu ask in her usual way.
"Go ahead, you witch!" snapped JusSonic.
"Oh, now what's this all about?" Washu smiled her devilish smile.
"You know who I am, so stop pretending." JusSonic said annoyed.
"Oh right. At that winter party, right. I must admit, you shoulda been impress of how I handled those invading villains." Washu said.
"Heck no! I wanted the Histerians to handled them! It is their club!"
"So it is. But you must admit those type parties deserves some twists after all. Besides, your friend Pokejedservo hired me because I am a genius."
"More like a witch! You shouldn't be allowed in the House to begin with because of what you did to Henry and the others in the last Anime Survivor!!!!"
"So what? Is it my fault they were so trusting in me?"
"You broke Jackie's heart!"
"So what if I did?" Washu said, looking like she is going to outwit JusSonic.
"You are not a genius, and you are never are if you think you are going to outwit me!" JusSonic said angrily.
That did it.
"I am so a genius and I am prove it right now!" Washu said angrily.
She then whips out her computer and type in something.
"What are you doing?" asked JusSonic, not liking what Washu is doing.
"I am going to open a portal. You don't see a genius do that do you?"
"Well..."
Before JusSonic can say anything, a portal opens up.
"See? I did it." said Washu satisfied.
Before anyone can do anything, three figures jump out of the portal. They look like Globie, Star Otaku, and Blackstar, but evil looking.
"Hey, how did we get here?" said the Blackstar lookalike.
"I don't know, but I believed we are in an alternative universe." said the Star Otaku lookalike.
The Globie lookalike smiles evilly.
"Well, now. We can just get the stuff we can get to return to our world and destroyed Alan and take over Anime Survivor, my fellow evil authors!" laughed "Globie".
The villains laughed and ran off. The portal closes, while JusSonic and Washu stared, shocked at what they see. JusSonic spoke up.
"I am not going to fix it. You're the genius." JusSonic said.
JusSonic walked away before Washu can said anything.
"How did I get mixed in this?"
* * * *
"You American piece of trash! Give me that!"
Joe was taken aback by what he just heard. "Why, Miss Botan. I'd never think you of all people would say that."
"Well, I'm sorry, but you have to realise that I'm not in the best of moods, so could you GIVE ME BACK MY OAR?!"
"What could make you so distraught?" As if on cue, another infected human came up from behind. Joe quickly whacked him with the newly acquired boatman's oar and the target was knocked out. The Makai insect that infected the human departed its host and quickly fused with the bottom of Joe's sneaker.
The Kawaii Reaper looked on in awe, but only for a moment, as she was still pretty mad. "Now, will you give me my oar back?! Please?!!"
"Don't worry," Joe said as he opened up his "Star" Gate. "I'll have it back to you before the end of the saga." He began to step in. "Besides, it takes awhile to kill Saint Beasts." With that, he left the realm of Yu Yu Hakusho.
In other news, back at the hotel, Tea Gardner was just finished with her shower. She finished towelling her body and began to put on her clothes when there was a knock on the door. She finished getting into her fuku (after all, it is her token outfit) and opened the hotel room door. There wasn't anyone there, only a cart with a covered tray on it. Well, there was also a cat, and a black one at that (which represents Trigun), but Tea shooed it off the lid. This has to be the cheesecake I ordered, the aspiring dancer thought to herself. I placed the order with room service a good half-hour ago. Oh well. At least it's here. She opened the lid, just waiting to be greeted by fat and cholesterol. Unfortunately for her, she met the old knockout-gas-inside-the-silver-tray gag. She, as per usual, collapsed. Then, not too far behind, there was the mandatory evil laugh. "MWAHAHAHA! Don't worry about leaving a tip, little Tea. I will glady take Yugi's Millenium Puzzle for my services. MWAHAHAHA!"
Back on the less plot-developed side, Joe was examing his new piece of wood. After giving a once-over, he hopped on (but not side-saddle, like Botan). I hope this works. I sure don't want to take the bus. He put the imaginary kickstand down and put in some gas. He revved the nose a bit, then depressed the brake and hit the accelerator. Then came the hard part of trying to control a magic oar speeding around hotel hallways at up to 50 kilometers per hour.
Tea finally came out of her unconscious state. The first this her eyes set upon was that of her captor.
"M . . .Marik!"
"So glad you could finally join me, Tea." The evil Yu-Gi-Oh villian retorted.
Now, normally, one would worry about what was going on, but not Tea. "You bastard! You ate my cheesecake and replaced it with a knockout gas thingie!"
"Ha! What descriptive language. And believe me," he added with grim honesty. "The cheesecake was nothing spectacular."
"But still, you stole my food!"
"And in a couple of minutes, I'll steal you life! That is, of course, unless the Pharoah comes and relinquishes his Millenium Puzzle in exchange for your safety."
"You bastard! What do you want with me?!"
Marik went into evil plot-telling mode. "If you haven't noticed already, you are tied down and the ropes are bolted to the floor. The Pharoah will certainly notice you being in danger and rush to your aid. There are only two problems. 1) The knots can only be undone with the powers of my Millenium Rod!"
"Well, duh! It's got sharp pointy things on the end."
"SILENCE!! You migth be interested in the second problem the Pharoah faces."
"I doubt it. And why do you keep calling Yugi, 'The Pharoah'? Vegeta does the same thing, in a sense and I think it's stupid."
"Because I do.. I could call him Sailor Anzu if I wanted to." Tea sneezed at this remark. "Anyway, the second problem awaiting THE PHAROAH is that he doesn't have all day. I can sense with my Millenium Rod that something is approaching at a very high rate of speed. If it continues at this pace, it will surely turn you into a pancake!"
"Quit making think about food, you evil cheescake-stealing son of a…"
"WHACK!" One Millenium Rod shot later and a civil report for equal rights for women later, Marik continued.
"Don't talk to me like that. I could just as make you my Mind Bi . . . Slave and force you to take Yugi's Millenium Puzzle yourself."
"Were you just about to say . . ."
"You were gonna say it, too. And if you hadn't noticed, I did call him 'Yugi ' Happy now?"
"No. Let me out of this rope!"
"Only if I control the Millenium Puzzle! And by the sounds of the cheesy piano music (yes, there is cheesy piano music) your end is near! Your little 4,000-year-old boyfriend had better hurry."
"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!!"
"Tch. Yeah, right. And I'm the Queen of France."
(After Roger Klotz filed a lawsuit about stealing that line, the plot may continue…)
While Marik absconded to the safety of a nearby hotel room, Botan's oar continued to accelerate, and Joe continued to futily slow it down. Tea and Joe soon came into each other's view. The tension was high. The piano music had reached a fevered pitch.
"Miss Dorothy! You should know by now that Master Roger is still competing in the Survivor Game!"
As the quirky stoic android finally gave up the prestissimo (i.e. very fast) serenade, the time of reckoning was near. Yugi was nowhere to be found and it looked like Tea was about to become Duelist-kabob. At almost the last second, Joe rotated the oar so that he was upside down. He skillfully scooped up the shreiking damsel and right the both of them in about 5 seconds.
Marik was beside himself. "WHAT?! HOW COULD HE HAVE GOTTEN HER OFF THE GROUND?!! THE ROPES WERE BOL . . ." He quickly turned around to see two stakes laying on his bed. He screamed out an Egyptian phrase that translated to "Golly gee willikers," "Gosh, dang it," etc., etc.
However, Joe and Tea were not out of the woods yet. There was still the issue of slowing down and stopping. Thankfully, the oar had already decelerated since it wasn't built for 250 lbs. of human.being, but they were about to run into a wall, anyway.
"Hang on!" Joe needlessly exclaimed as he started to bring the nose up. It started to slow down more and more, but they were still going to crash. Almost in self-defense, both Joe and Tea lifted their legs (although we're not sure how she did it) and their feet hit the wall. Miraculously, with the help of both Physics and Inertia, their legs bent and was able to slow the oar to a stop. Of course, they were vertical, so they both fell.
Unfortunately for Joe, they landed in one of those precarious positions that got him in trouble the last Anime Survivor. I say unfortunately because after Tea managed to free herself, she decided to take out her frustration on the nearest animate object.
A few flurries of punches later, Tea decided to go up to Marik and literally show him where he could stick his Millenium Item.
After the carnage had been laid, who else should appear but Yami Yugi, panting heavily. "Sorry . . .I'm late . . . there was traffic . . . in the elevator . . . so I took the stairs." He looked at the destruction, as well as an unharmed Tea. "I guess you made it out okay."
"You think I'm okay?!!!" Luckily for Yugi, Tea only used Botan's oar to whack him around. The others knew what would happen if she used her fists.
When all was said and done, Tea walked calmly to the elevator to explain her dilemma to Room Service, leaving the three males to suffer in lonliness. To all four involved in the incident, one thing was certain.
That day of the month was a very dangerous day.
* * * *
DAY 11
"Ah, another vic…I mean customer…welcome!"
Donnie smiled. He'd finally got Chromus to give in to bringing Tom here, as he couldn't get the usual victims this year to help out with the betting booth, so he could need the help of Sam, Jim and Tom.
Shame Chris was such an idiot about the situation. Why was he so steamed anyway?
The young girl went up to the booth, and of course, wasn't there for idle chitchat.
"Oh hi, please can I please make a bet on the next evictee?" said Digifan.
"Sure. Who would you like?" said Donnie.
"Oh" Digifan thought. She wasnt going for one of the males it was too difficult.
"Please can I have five English pounds on Kiyone please?" she said.
"Not a problem." Donnie accepted all forms of currency, dollars, pounds, euros, drachmas, lira, yen and beer of course. (They all had their weaknesses)
Sighing from a long distance, Chromus was not happy. He couldn't get his own ambition of working in the betting booth done, Donnie had pretty much somehow got to get that idiot Tom to come here (He still had nightmares about sharing his body) and now one of his good friends was into the betting as well.
Sighing from a long distance, Raye Hino was not happy. The only one of the inner scouts who hadn't been involved in a survivor, and the fact that Michelle just cut off so early, especially that betting guy on his 'on the spot' interview, just to make things worse. Plus the perverts had been pretty much normal…where's Tuxedo Mask when you need him?
The two sighed…before realising they were on the same table.
"YAAAAAAAHHHH!"
"Geez Rei-ch…I mean Miss Hino, sorry, I didn't see you there…" Chromus said, after recovering from his partial heart attack.
"Arggghhh…I hate surprises, I've decided. Everything here has been nothing but surprises, and not too many good ones either…"
On cue, the hentai of the day, this time Joey Wheeler, went flying through towards the booth. Apparently, Mai didn't appreciate him trying to talk to her whilst she was in her portable shower.
Chromus span 180 degrees and smashed his elbow into Joey's head and sent him flying back in the opposite direction, where the medical booth was. Ami, Joy and Mitsukake were getting their hands full this term.
"Hmmm…8.5. Not bad." Raye said.
"Thank you." Chromus said. "I just don't get it…I'm trying to get into learning the betting business, and Donnie and company don't want me to, yet when they made the request that Tom needed to be here, I was forced to go into it!" Chromus yelled.
"Oh come on, at least you're involved in this, what about me? What haven't I got that the others have? Serena, Lita, Mina and Michelle, all here, and even with you, you chose Ami over me! What was that?"
Chromus blushed. "Oh yeah…sorry about that Raye…"
The pain approaches…
..but Raye didn't attack.
"I'll let you go this once…besides, I wish there was some way…" she started.
"…to really shut his trap up." Chromus added. "But the only thing he worries about is his business, and unless his business is in danger, then there is nothing to do. His business is booming at the moment, and the only way for him to be miserable is if he had so little profits, and the only time he had so little prof…"
Suddenly, a sly smile came over the author's face.
"Raye, I've got an idea to help both our causes…but I may need your help. You are a priestess right?"
"Yes?"
"Well, you're also a psychic and a fortune-teller too, correct?"
"Yeah…what's the point? The speech is becoming more longwinded than Serena's speeches…"
Ignoring that last comment, he continued. "Well, I think I have an idea…"
Chromus began chanting something, Raye couldn't hear it, but the first word she heard was 'Technique…'. After that, he stopped.
"I've got to go for a second…but when I come back, I'll explain everything Raye." Chromus began to walk as Raye looked confused.
"Where you're going?"
Chromus smiled.
"To see an old friend."
* * * *
Jayson was still not happy. Sure, Kelly was away on the island for now, but again, he had been missed out because Kelly had decided that her friend Mina was going to guest host for episode 5 in two days.
On top of that, the third person in charge had taken a leave of absence, and for the time being, it was just really him in the thick of things, as neither Donnie or Star really wanted much to do with anything now.
"They better get me something to do for episode 6…"
Meanwhile, he was busy in the exercise room, watching many of the anime characters flex their muscles and wear their tight clothes. Jayson could have been eying up the women…or the men, but then again, it wasn't like anyone paid attention to him anyway…
"Damn it." He said to himself.
The swimming pool was a favourite spot, and a swimming competition had started between Ami, Michelle, Tamahome, Motoko, Ranma-chan, Jackie, Harry and Duo. On the exercise machines, trying to work them out, was Tasuki, whilst Akane pretty much demonstrated why Ranma called her a macho chick half the time (the other half he was getting beat up). The bikes were been held by Mina, Sasami and Ryoko Subaru, as Tenchi was obviously trying to hide.
Suddenly, three familiar figures entered the room.
"So, do we take over the world now?" 'Blackstar' asked.
"Nah, let's just be incognito…" 'Star' said.
"Yep, just watch." 'Globie' finalised.
5 minutes later…
"So how was I supposed to know that Globie had changed his name?" 'Globie' complained, holding his jaw from an Amaguriken.
"He wasn't even in the hotel you idiot!" 'Star' moaned, covered from head to do with soot, the anime reaction when fire had been shot of her, courtesy from Tasuki.
"At least you w-w-weren't frozen to bits…" A stray Shine Aqua Illusion had been the problem for 'Blackstar.'
"We'll be back…" 'Globie' threatened to no-ones in particular.
Back in the exercise room…
"Geez…you think we're idiots…" Akane said.
"Well, I don't know about Tama there…" Tasuki cracked.
Soon he was hung upside down, and being dangled by Tamahome over the swimming pool.
"Care to rephrase that?" Tamahome said.
"I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!" Tasuki begged, after all, the poor bandit can't swim.
Just as Tamahome looked ready to give in to his evil ambitions, Washu hopped along.
"I'm not too late am I?"
Everyone sweatdropped.
* * * *
DAY 12
This time, it was the girls that were celebrating. Victory for the girls meant that the guys had the honour of Tribal Council, and a few were talking about the girls chances and the guy who looked doomed.
"Casey is pretty good for a leader!" Misty said.
"Well, she's got some of Ash' trademarks…stubborn, stubborn and being more stubborn!" Brock said.
"Guys…" Ash groaned. Although secretly, he was quite proud of her.
However, with the betting offically stopped for Council day, a lot were a bit annoyed they couldn't bet on Kouji, as whilst a few betted for him, Kiyone was pretty much the hot pick over the last two days.
"Kouji is toast…put him on fried bread and say arrivederci to him." Zoe said. She had heard from J.P that the Tamers were here somewhere, although she hadn't see them. And what she had heard, she hadn't liked.
Then again, maybe J.P was trying to impress her. It did sound like he was, protecting her from the 'evil' Tamers. Maybe she'd have to see for herself.
Ah-Tsing was getting a few admirers as well, to the surprise of many, as Donnie was busy working out odds for next episode as well.
However, what he wouldn't know was that next episode could be the start of the beginning of the end…
Whilst people were arguing if Kiyone was going to go next, how kawaii Goten and Jade could be, how Mutsumi survived this long, how Miaka hadn't complained about lack of food and who'd win in a fight between Ukyo and Onizuka, the sailor scouts were pretty much not bothered about what was happening here.
Except one.
Raye turned a corner and saw a familiar person.
"O.K, so you're here, so what's up?"
Chromus had a sly smile on his face.
"Tomorrow, we're going to start a little business of our own. Now, Donnie will figure something if I'm involved…so…"
He whispered to Raye and the girl was a bit surprised.
"That will never work! How the heck could you know th…"
"40% cut."
That changed her mind.
"O.K, fair enough, but there is no way, unless…"
Chromus smiled. "The less said about it the better. However, the rules state that contestants who are banned for AS can't come here right?"
Chromus walked away, eyeing up Donnie's booth with an evil grin.
"That doesn't mean we can't go to them…right?"
Raye started to ponder the pieces together, as she gasped.
"That is not fair…."
Then she smiled as well.
"…then again, 40% cut isn't bad."
* * * *
It was expected, and he didn't care.
O.K, so he got the crap kicked out of him by Kelly (and as she was going to collect Mina, she and Jayson were having an argument of course, Jayse: 'You don't hurt the contestants!' Kel: 'He's not a contestant now is he?'), but Kouji Minamoto didn't care less whether he stayed there or not.
Still, he did wonder…
"Well, 12 days more that expected…" Takuya smirked towards Kouji.
Kouji ignored the leader of Frontier, but was surprised that not just he, but Zoe, and J.P. were there as well.
"Hey, you may not have been the favourite there, but we were still rooting for you nonetheless." Zoe said.
"Didn't bother me." Kouji said.
"So what was life like there?" Tommy asked.
Kouji shrugged. "Boring. Except for that ghost girl of course…"
"Great, be the life of the party why don't you?" J.P sighed.
Kouji shook his head, and decided to go get something to eat. However, he was surprised that his teammates were following him.
And for a brief second, you could have seen Kouji smile.
Of course, Takuya ruined it…slightly…
"Well, something interesting did happen at least here…" Takuya said as Kouji stopped.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing much. Apart from…well…Tommy's trying to kill everybody…." Takuya said in a bit of embarrassment.
Kouji sighed. "Again?"
* * * *
O.K, a few points.
New plots: The fake Star, Globie (DotD) and Blackstar is JusSonic's idea, but I guess this can be added more throughout the story. I added a little scene of my own on that, for comic relief, but this is a plot I do like, so if anyone else wants to comment and add to it, I don't see what the problem is.
Current plots then still remain about Jayse vs. Kel, girls vs. boys, Donnie vs. Team Conspiracy (oh, and yes Tom is coming back, look the doors), plus plots such as Persona's are still to be ironed out.
As well as other new plots including Tamers vs. Frontier, especially the .hack/Sign like plot involving Tommy (although big props for getting Lain involved as well Arp) and Little Serenity and the havoc she leads. This should bring in some more ideas then.
O.K, until next time!