Note: Thanks to my family for voting and Lonely Destiny(from Mediaminer) for reviewing and voting. And thanks to all the other people for reading.

Also, I've rewritten Heathers instructions at the bottom of chapter 4, but you don't have to read it.

Chapter Five . Colored Batons

Ten minutes later everyone gathered around Roger.

Roger led them along the beach, dropping people off as they walked and swam, ending at the docks.

Duo, Lantis, Quatre, Torry, Ferio, Ascot, Hotaru, Rini, Serena, Presea, Raye, Haruka, Fuu, and Mihoshi were at the starting point at the beginning of the beach. Gohan, Tenchi, Heero, Wufei, Goten, Chibi Trunks, Michiru, Sasami, Mina, Relena, Lita, Washu, Umi, and Ayeka were at the ocean's edge. Trunks, Trowa, Goku, Sakura, Hikaru, Amy, and Ryoko were on the dock. And Zechs, Fujitaka, Vegeta, Setsuna, Noin, Caldina, and Kiyone were at the finishing point, at the judge's house.

Heather was in the judge's house with seven timers to wait for the presenters. Roger was going to watch to make sure no one cheated.

Roger handed the batons to the starters. Duo got the red baton, Quatre got the yellow baton, Ferio got the orange baton, Hotaru got the purple baton, Serena got the pink baton, Raye got the blue baton, and Fuu got the green baton.

"On your mark, get set, go!" Roger shouted before joining the starters in running to the edge of the water.

Duo and Ferio got to the edge of the water a split second before Quatre and Fuu. Hotaru got there next. Raye and Serena had stopped to fight for a minute before dashing to the edge of the water.

After Duo handed Gohan the baton he started flying, what to him was slowly. Goten, after receiving the baton, started flying too, though he wasn't flying slowly, and he was aided by sugar. Lots and lots of sugar!

Heero and Umi started off at the same time, Heero pulling ahead of Umi almost immediately. Michiru started five seconds after Umi and Heero and caught up to Heero five strokes away from the dock.

One minute after Duo and Ferio arrived Mina set out swimming, Lita just a second behind her. They arrived a second after Umi did.

Goten arrived at the dock three second before Gohan and handed the orange baton to his dad. Goku used his Instant Transmission to skip the swimming part and just appeared in front of the sugar-high Chibi Trunks.

Trunks, receiving the baton three seconds after Goku ITed, started flying across the ocean, spraying Trowa and Sakura with water before pulling away.

Trowa and Sakura received their batons at the same time and took off together. Trowa got slightly ahead of Sakura, but she was keeping up with him. Amy caught up with them halfway to the edge of the water.

Hikaru and Ryoko were at the same pace, though Ryoko was flying while Hikaru was swimming.

Chibi Trunks speedily flew the baton over to Ascot, even though all the rest were just leaving the dock.

Trunks arrived to give the baton to Tenchi thirty seconds after Chibi Trunks left. Tenchi started running, having the slight advantage of running from Ayeka, Ryoko, and Washu.

Trowa and Amy arrived at the same time and handed their batons off. Wufei and Washu started off at the same time, but Wufei pulled ahead after muttering about not sharing the same pace as a weak woman.

Sasami left just after Wufei and Washu, quickly catching up with Washu.

Hikaru and Ryoko arrived at the same time but Relena started out before Ayeka, seeing as she and Ryoko were fighting. Ryoko had caught Ayeka watching the distant Tenchi and protested.

Ayeka finally started off after Fuu came and ended the fight.

Ascot started running as Trunks arrived at the edge of the water to hand the red baton to Tenchi.

Tenchi arrived to give their baton to Lantis right before Wufei arrived. Lantis and Torry were neck and neck almost the entire way, because, although Lantis was older and had a longer stride, Torry was running.

Rini and Haruka started off at the same time, but Haruka pulled ahead almost immediately, being a track star. She pulled up to Lantis and Torry not even halfway across the beach and pulled ahead of them.

Presea started running as soon as Relena handed her the baton. She almost caught up to Rini, but still stayed more then ten paces behind her.

Ayeka arrived a minute after Rini and Haruka left and gave the slightly bent, from meeting both Ayeka's and Ryoko's head, baton to Mihoshi. Mihoshi started running after Presea, stumbling as she went.

Ascot arrived at the judge's house just as Tenchi handed the red baton to Lantis. Ascot handed the orange baton to Vegeta, who smirked. Ascot then began to back away from Vegeta slowly.

Haruka arrived about a minute later and handed the baton to Caldina.

Lantis arrived a second after Haruka, he had started to run after Haruka had passed them.

Torry arrived twenty-two seconds later and handed the yellow baton to his dad.

Rini arrived seconds later, Presea behind her.

Mihoshi arrived with the bent baton, two minutes after Rini, late because of Ayeka's and Ryoko's fight and because she kept stumbling and falling in the sand.

Vegeta entered the house before Ascot even got a foot away from him. Heather stopped one of the timers and took the baton from Vegeta. The stopped timer read two minutes, thirty-three seconds.

About two minutes later Caldina entered the house and handed the blue baton to Heather after she had stopped a second timer. The stopped timer read four minutes, forty-seven seconds.

Zechs entered the room right after Haruka. Heather stopped a third timer and took the baton. The timer read four minutes, forty-eight seconds.

Twenty-five seconds later Fujitaka entered the room. Heather put the yellow baton behind the stopped timer that read five minutes, thirteen seconds.

After twenty-one seconds had passed Setsuna entered. The purple baton was put behind the timer that read five minutes, thirty-four seconds.

Later, a minute and twenty-eight seconds to be exact, Noin entered the house. The pink baton ended up behind the stopped timer that read seven minutes, two seconds.

About three minutes later Kiyone entered the room, an annoyed expression on her face. Heather stopped the last timer, which read ten minutes, three seconds, and took the slightly bent baton.

Then Heather stood up and went outside, the presenters following her.

"The winner of this contest is Beach House 3!" Heather handed the cheering, and zooming crazily around, house 3 their prize, ribbons shaped like palm trees that said '#1'.

"At lunch we will give the batons back to the houses with your total time engraved on it. You have the rest of the day to do what you like, curfew is at dusk, and tell an adult what you're doing before you do it," Roger announced.

The group stayed together for a few minutes before breaking up.

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I wouldn't mind ideas for prizes.... They're actually pretty hard to think of, they need to be semi beach related though. Suggested prize reviewers will be acknowledged when I use their ideas. - Tatra