Chapter 3: Sumo Wrestling
"Last time on Totally Epic: Hawaiian Style, the contestants tried their hand in making leis. Team Plumeria took victory, and Team Anthurium voted of Gianna. Who'll be next to leave? Find out now on Totally Epic: Hawaiian Style." Monica announced.
The next morning, Team Anthurium was down by the beach. Lucky was playing with her cards, Johnny was looking out at the water, Vivian was playing with her lasso, Kevin was just leaning against a palm tree.
Tammie was playing with the sand, and Elijah was taking a run.
"That's a pretty cool lasso, Vivian." complimented Tammie.
"Thanks, Tammie. I do a lot of it at home."
"You know, girls; I was thinking Kevin being here could be bad." Lucky told them.
"I know, I can't believe Gianna got voted off instead of him." Vivan mentioned, putting her lasso away.
"But we gotta watch our back, that guy's gonna be trouble. I can feel it." Lucky informed.
Little did they know, Kevin was listening in.
"I know those girls don't trust me. But I really don't care." Kevin said.
"This is going to be my competition, and no girl is gonna get in my way."
When Elijah finished his run, he brought something up.
"You know, if we're going to try and win the next challenge, we need to kick it up."
"Well obviously we need a leader." mentioned Lucky.
"You got that right." agreed Vivian.
"Every strong army has a good leader."
"So who should it be?" thought Kevin.
"Well...why don't you do it Johnny." suggested Tammie.
"Me?" asked Johnny.
"You're the native Hawaiian. You're obviously an asset." Elijah told him.
And the others agreed. Johnny looked around, at his fellow contestants who gave him encouraging looks.
"Well if you all insist."
"So now I'm team captain? Pretty cool, I'm sure I can take these guys to victory." Johnny told the audience.
"I hope Johnny will be a good leader." hoped Lucky.
Team Plumera were hanging out by the trailers. Frank was taking pictures of himself to advertise Hawaii, Setstuna was enjoying the sun, Caden was doing some stretches, Mia was playing around on her phone.
Kahlin was looking at his tarot cards, Taylor was lifting some weights she brought with her, and Edu was reading a book.
"I wonder what we'll be doing today?" wondered Taylor.
"I don't know, but I'm curious to see if it'll be something related to Hawaiian culture." replied Frank.
"Most likely." said Sestuna.
Off to the side, Edu walked by looking at a book about Hawaiian culture. Then Setsuna came to him.
"Hey there, Edu. What you reading?"
"Oh, hi Setsuna." Edu greeted back.
"I was just reading a book about Hawaiian culture."
"Trying to get a feel for the show?"
"Sorta. I mean I'm really into new cultures and stuff, and I thought that it could help with challenges."
"Wow. That's very clever of you."
Setsuna then flashed him a smile, and Edu felt his face heat up.
"I know that I'm a flirt. But I have to say Edu's pretty cool, and not that bad looking." Setsuna admitted.
"Could Setsuna like me?" Edu wondered.
"I mean she seems to flirt with all the guys."
Then announcements came from the speakers.
"Attention contestants, please report to the mess hall for today's challenge." came Monica's voice.
The scene cut to the mess hall, where Monica, Hailey, and Charlotte were waiting for them.
"Good morning everyone. I hope you had a good night's sleep and good breakfast, because this challenge is really hands on." Monica told them.
"Sounds like my kind of challenge." whispered Vivian.
"Me too." added Taylor.
"Today you'll be...sumo wrestling."
Everyone was surprised.
"Since a good portion of Hawaii's population is Japanese, the country's culture can be found through the islands. So let's all head down to the beach."
And they all went down to the beach.
When they got to the edge of the sand, Pepper jumped off Charlotte's shoulder, and into the sand.
"Pepper." she told her pet.
Pepper then began rolling around. This caused Frank to stop and look.
"What's your pet doing, Charlotte?" he asked.
"Just taking a bath. Chinchillas clean themselves by rolling in sand."
She then bent down, and picked him up.
"Come on, we have work to do." she told him.
When they got to their spot, a wrestling arena.
"Here's where we'll be doing our wrestling challenge. Now you need to right attire, Hailey?"
Hailey then brought out some large flat plastic suits, an electric air pump, and some helmets.
"If you'll all put these on, Charlotte will inflate the suits and we can get started."
"I've seen people do this on TV." said Caden.
"And it always looked fun to try."
So the teams put on the suits, and Charlotte used the electric air pump to inflate the suits.
"Well this certainly feels weird." said Tammie, as she wobbled in her inflated suit.
"Who cares how we look?" Elijah piped up.
"This challenge is so gonna be ours."
"Don't get cocky." Kevin warned.
"The challenge hasn't even started yet."
After everyone was suited up, each team stood on the opposite side of the arena.
"All right, now that you're all suited up. Here's how it'll go: each team member will compete against one another, and try and knock each other down. Which ever member is left standing wins for their team. Winners get a prize, losers will send someone home." Monica explained.
The teams then had to decide who would go first.
"So who's up first?" asked Johnny.
"I could give it a go." Vivian offered.
"Best to get the weak out of the way." Kevin said under his breath.
But the girls glared at him.
"Okay calm down now. Vivian you can go first, and Kevin please be nice."
"I could go first." Caden offered to his team.
"Then get up there." urged Taylor.
Vivian and Caden got into the ring.
"All right, you each try and push and shove each other, if you fall down and can't get back up or if you get knocked out of the ring, you're out." Monica explained.
She then turned to Hailey, who had a whistle in her hand.
"Ready...get set...go!"
She then blew the whistle. With that Vivian and Caden started pushed and shoving each other.
"Come on, Caden." encouraged Frank.
"Go Vivian!" cheered Tammie.
The two pushed each other and tried to shove one another to the ground.
"Just to let you know, I'm pretty agile. So I'm not going easy on you." Caden informed.
"So am I. So I wouldn't want it any other way, partner." Vivian replied.
And with that she gave him a hard shove, and he almost fell. Luckily he caught himself in time.
"Pretty strong."
"Thanks."
They continued pushing and shoving, until Vivian used all her strength, and pushed Caden out of the arena.
"And first point goes to Team Anthurium." Monica announced.
The team cheered.
"Great job, Vivian." complimented Johnny.
"You go girl." added Lucky.
They all looked at Kevin who replied,
"Not bad for a girl."
Vivian smiled.
"I was really impressed with Vivian." Caden told the audience.
"Not just anyone can knock me down. She must be pretty strong."
"Sorry guys." Caden told his teammates.
"Don't worry, Caden the challenge isn't over yet." said Kahlin.
"Next." Monica called.
The next round was between Kevin and Edu, with a blow of Hailey's whistle it started. The guys pushed and shoved, trying their best to knock one another out of the ring. The teams cheered their members on, and it was Kevin who won.
"And another point goes to Team Anthurium." The team cheered.
Then it was Tammie vs. Taylor. Both girls came at each other, but this time Taylor won.
"Team Plumeria gains their first point." Team Plumeria cheered.
"We can do this guys." encouraged Frank.
"We're still in the lead, we can still win this thing." Johnny told his team.
Up next came Kahlin vs Lucky; they fought each other, but Kahlin's athletic skills gave him the ability to knock Lucky down.
"Another point goes to Team Plumeria."
"Nice effort Lucky." Johnny told her.
"Good job, Kahlin." said Setsuna.
"Next." called Monica.
This round was between Johnny and Frank. The two guys went at it, both were giving their all in the pushing and shoving. Then Frank got an idea. Maybe he could distract Johnny by talking.
"You're really got at this aren't you?"
But Johnny just replied,
"Yep."
Then Johnny pushed him, but Frank stayed up.
"Been doing this a long time? Or are you a beginner?"
This time Johnny didn't answer, he just shoved. Frank backed up against the ropes, but stayed in the ring.
"Frank quit talking, and start fighting!" called Taylor.
Frank got his balance, and shoved Johnny back.
He stumbled a little, but stayed up. They continued to fight, and Frank tried talking again.
"It's cool being on TV, huh? Always wanted to be on it."
But Johnny didn't answer, he just kept focused. And Frank tried to knock him down. And then Johnny pushed him so hard, Frank fell out of the arena.
"Team Anthurium gains another point."
"You know, you really shouldn't talk when you're fighting." Johnny told Frank.
Frank went back to his team, and it was clear they weren't happy with him.
Next it was between Setsuna and Elijah. They ran in and started pushing and shoving. Elijah used all his might to push her down, but his noodle arms weren't helping, and Setsuna pushed him down.
"Team Plumeria wins."
Setsuna and Elijah then got down from the arena.
"Now it's time for the final round. Pick your fighters wisely." Monica informed.
"Mia you're the only one who hasn't gone so you're up." Frank told her.
"I'll give it my all." Mia told him.
"So who wants to volunteer to go again?" Johnny asked.
"Obviously it's got to be one of us who won a round." said Kevin.
Vivian, Kevin and Johnny all looked at each other.
"I say one of us guys should do it." Kevin suggested.
Vivian glared at him.
"Hey, I've proven I'm just as strong as any of you guys."
The two looked like they were about to get into a fight, but Johnny stepped in between them.
"All right, we'll do this the easy way." Johnny said.
They did rock paper scissors. At first Johnny was out, and then Kevin got out. So it was up to Vivian.
"All right for the final point, Mia vs Vivian." announced Monica.
Charlotte was on edge.
"I wonder who'll win? What do you think, Pepper?" Pepper just squeaked.
"Ready...set...go!" Hailey shouted, and she blew her whistle.
The girls started their fight.
"I was a little nervous in the back of my head." Mia confessed.
"I'm not that strong a fighter, and Vivian's pretty tough."
Vivian shoved Mia, she stumbled back but stayed up. Mia pushed her back, but it wasn't that strong. They went back and forth for a while, until Vivan pushed her and Mia fell flat on her back, and couldn't get back up.
"And Team Anthurium wins!" Monica yelled.
Team Anthurium cheered happily.
"For your prize you'll be treated to dinner at Zippy's, Hawaii's best fast food restaurant. Team Plumeria I'll see you at the elimination ceremony."
That evening, as Team Plumeria was going to get dinner from the mess hall, Team Anthurium was boarding a bus that would take them to the restaurant.
"Congratulations on winning you guys." Charlotte told them.
"Thanks Charlotte." said Tammie.
"You wanna come with us?" offered Elijah.
"I would, but Monica needs me here to help with the elimination ceremony."
"We'll see you tomorrow then." replied Tammie.
Once everyone was on the bus, it drove away.
"I wonder who Team Plumeria is going to vote off." Charlotte said to Pepper.
In the mess hall the team was discussing just that.
"Well who's leaving?" asked Taylor.
The members looked at Frank and Mia.
"What? Mia's the one who lost the last round." Frank mentioned.
"But you could've won the match between you and Johnny if you hadn't been talking." reminded Edu.
"I was trying to distract him."
"But still." said Setsuna.
The two looked at each other nervously.
Then it was time for the ceremony. Team Plumeria sat on the benches, while Monica appeared at the front.
"All right, you've all cast your votes and now it's time." Monica told them.
Hailey appeared holding a clipboard, and Charlotte came holding a bouquet of white flowers with five petals and a yellow center.
"When I call your name come get a Plumeria flower."
Hailey handed her the clipboard, and Monica began calling names.
"Edu."
He got up, and got a flower from Charlotte.
"Setsuna."
"Kahlin."
"Taylor."
"Caden."
One by one they got the flowers, leaving only two.
"And now the final flower goes to..."
Mia looked at Frank, Frank looked at Mia.
"...Mia."
Mia cheered happily, and got up and got the final flower from Charlotte.
"Aw man." Frank complained.
"Sorry, Frank. But it's time for you to go." Monica told him.
"Yeah, yeah." Frank replied.
And then he got up to leave.
"And there goes another contestant. What will we do next, who'll win, who'll lose, and who'll go home? Find out next time on Totally Epic!" Monica announced.
That's chapter 3
14th: Gianna
13th: Frank
