Chapter 4
Another day later
Everyone was at the beach today where several red and green canoes. Once again everyone was hoping for a simple challenge. Yet they all knew something would happen to make it more complicated than it needed to be. Mainly someone's stupidity or finding a way to ruin the challenge. Whether by Tyler awakening a Titan, Bridgette setting a tent on fire or someone like Noah spreading his opinions loudly. So literally anything could happen.
Chris arrived with his standard smile, "Good morning campers, today you will be going on a canoe trip. To Boney Island!" he announced as everyone groaned.
"Okay out with it Chris! Even if the island is dangerous, what's special?" Gwen asked.
"I agree with goth girl for once! Everything is simple and suddenly it gets hard!" Heather said looking annoyed.
Chris looked at Naruto who also arrived, "Well my daughter arrived and she's throwing a stink." he said as Milim was punching his back.
"Okay, is she taking a part of this challenge?" Duncan asked expecting literally anything to happen.
"No and… Milim stop it." Naruto told her.
"I'm booooored!" Milim whined.
"Just throw rocks at the lake." Naruto said as Milim glared at him.
"Fine!" Milim said before tossing a pebble at a larger boat.
This subsequently caused it to sink. Everyone backed away fearfully as they witnessed her strength. Chris chuckled as he had some idea as to what to do with Milim. However as Milim prepared to shatter something else, she started sniffing around. The pink haired girl frowned as turned her head towards where Boney Island should be.
Milim then faced her father again, "Is that Veldora? Did you put that idiot on that island?" she asked.
"Oh yeah, everyone beware of a sleeping dragon. He has attitude problems so don't go near him." Naruto said as everyone sighed.
"Oh good, another monster with an attitude." Harold said as he still remembered barely surviving the confrontation with Typhon.
"Everyone get into groups of two. From there, I'll give you the next part your challenge." Chris said before whispering something into Milim's ear.
Milim grinned as she gave Chris two thumbs up, "Okay, I'll go find a good spot." she said before grabbing a big pile of rocks.
Naruto shook his head, "I wish you were more like your grandmother Milim." he said confusing the girl. Then he realized what he said, "Never mind, you are like her." he said as Milim giggled.
"Whatever papa, I'm gonna go run some errands." Milim said before flying off to a hill.
A while later, the sea
Most of the teams were fairly okay with whoever they were paired up with. Though Beth and Lindsay stole Trent from Gwen while Cody forced himself to be Gwen's partner. Bridgette also avoided Geoff by pairing up with Courtney. Whatever conversations they were having had ended as they saw a giant explosion in the water.
"Did Chris put landmines in the water!?" DJ asked as he jumped up in fear.
"I think it's a cannon! Is Chris shooting at us!?" Geoff asked fearfully.
Back on the island
Milim was laughing, "Fear me little humans! The Demon Dragon Princess will smite thee!" she said before throwing more rocks at the campers.
Leaving several explosions in their wake. Any military veteran watching was likely having bad flashbacks as they watched. Especailly anyone that faced military conflicts in the sea.
Back with the campers
"Paddle faster!" Beth yelled as a rock almost hit her head.
"I'm trying!" Lindsay said not noticing she was paddling with the wrong side.
Trent side as he took the paddle and put in his own effort. All the while Beth and Lindsay were fawning at the musicians sheer strength that he put into getting them to safety. All the while everyone else was using their every bit of effort to escape Milim's wrath. Even Owen used his secret weapon which by this point, should be declared as a War Crime by the Geneva convention.
"Hang on!" Owen yelled as he put his butt into the water and farted.
Using that momentum to make his canoe move faster towards Boney Island's beach side. Owen came running out and took cover despite Milim having lost track of him.
Chef's Confession
"I never engaged at sea, but that girl could probably damage a cruiser if she put effort into her throws and that's depending on her mood." Chef said as his eyes were widened.
The Canadian army veteran took a deep breath as he still remembered all those explosions Milim had caused. Feeling thankful that his own boat was guarded by various runes that could survive Milim's wild throws.
Owen's Confession
Owen was shaking, "I thought Izzy was so excitable. That Milim girl is way too much for anyone to handle." he said fearfully.
Izzy's Confession
Izzy looked confused, "Why is everyone complaining? It's just a few rocks, I bet her dad restricted her to pebbles! Come on! We're just having fun here!" she exclaimed as she wasn't frightened by Milim.
On the island
Having finally made their way to Boney Island. Chris arrived via helicopter and began to explain the first phase of the challenge.
"Okay everyone, just keeping it simple. All you gotta do is carry your canoes to the other side of the island where you will all build a bonfire. Remember to watch out for the wildlife and Naruto's son. You only met pretty girls so far, so it might ironic to meet what the big guy has made." Chris explained before flying away.
In the distance, they could see Naruto flying in his dragon form. Just flying over the tree as if he was looking around. All the while Milim was laughing on his back. Following Naruto was Shirou who landed near the Screaming Gophers and gave them the case with the flute. Leaving with nothing but a giggle as he flew away.
"Nobody lose that!" Heather yells as one of her teammates picks up the case.
From there, the two teams made their way through the island. Really hoping not to run into anything dangerous and life threatening.
Deeper into the forest
So far, things were relatively fine despite that sense of danger. Then again, the campers could just be cautious due to the fact that nothing good has happened to them since they arrived. Starting with the mythological monster that most of them weren't aware of being real. Along with monsters from Greek mythology. That aside, everyone was feeling very anxious as they crossed through the forest.
It didn't help that someone pointed out a few seemingly human shaped skeletons nearby that were wearing safety gear. Most likely a failed attempt at a group trying to construct something on this uninhabitable planet.
However, their fears would partially come true. The danger was there, but they haven't met their ends yet.
"What is that?" Trent asked as he heard strange animalistic sounds.
"Could be a bear." Owen suggested, while trying not to mention the lie about killing a bear again.
Only for the monsters of the wild to appear and snarl at the Gophers, "Monster beavers!" Cody yelled as everyone screamed and started to run in terror.
A few minutes of being chased later and they decided to go towards another route. One away from the main road. Once they did, the Gophers realized that the gigantic beavers backed away before turning and running. Almost as if they had given up.
"I think we lost them!" Cody pointed out.
"Well we better keep losing them. Those dumb beavers are probably nearsighted or something." Heather said insultingly.
"I don't think it was them being blind." Beth said as she pointed towards a few primitive ornaments near where they were running.
"Indigenous tribes?" Cody asked.
"Oooh! Cody said a bad word!" Lindsay exclaimed.
"No Lindsay, indigenous tribes are groups of people who live like ancient times. Like the Native Americans and ancient Aztecs." Beth explained.
Lindsay still looked confused, "So they have to use pay phones? Ew!" She whined as she had already moved onto the generation of cell phones.
Gwen sighed, "I'm not even going to waste my time on this." she said before hearing stomping noises.
"What was that?" Owen asked nervously.
Izzy got excited and tried to answer, "I bet it's a 100 meter tall dinosaur monster that can breath fire and shoot lasers out of it's eyes!" she said laughing at the "exciting" idea she had.
"I almost want to deny that." Gwen said having already dealt with the supernatural for the past couple of weeks.
The stomping stopped once everyone fell over and dropped their canoes. Before they realized it, they stared at a scale covered foot. Everyone either urinated or passed out from the sight of a black dragon with a more menacing face.
"Who dares tread on Veldora's domain!? Future Demon Dragon God King!" Veldora roared.
"Run for it!" Owen screamed.
"Do not run from me you lowly humans! You dare run having already trespassed on…" Veldora paused for a moment as everyone was already leaving the forest. Veldora groaned, "Don't run while I'm speaking! I haven't finished with my death threats!" he yelled as he ran after them.
"Hurry! He's arrogant, so he's more focused on speech!" Beth yelled.
"I don't wanna be eaten!" Owen yelled.
"Why would I eat you!? You are nothing!" Veldora yelled before Owen passed gas.
Everyone coughed at his disgusting bowl movements, "Really Owen!?" Cody asked.
"How rude! Don't fart when someone else's speaking to you! That is just poor courtesy!" Veldora yelled angrily.
Leshawna just stared at the dragon akwardly, "Is he angry at us because we were stepping in his crib or because we don't live up to his standards?" she asked.
Eventually the Gophers arrived right after the Killer Bass did on the beach. Sadly Veldora wasn't done chasing them and let out a roar. Scaring the Killer Bass who now just noticed them.
"Dude, did you seriously bring the dragon that Naruto literally told us not to wake up!?" Duncan asked angrily.
"How do you screw up that hard!?" Harold asked with a scared face.
The Screaming Gophers scrambled to get their flute ready. Only to be stopped as Naruto landed nearby and roared back at Veldora. Who immediately recoiled and started to sweat at the sight of his fahter.
"Veldora, what are you doing outside of your space?" Naruto asked, demanding to know.
"Well uh… these worms stepped into my domain and besides. You are not specific as to where I can and cannot go!" Veldora argued.
"I suppose so, however for today I do not need you harassing the humans. They are doing one of those "TV Reality Shows" so many people are fond of." Naruto replied.
"And papa here gets to have all the fun by torturing them!" Milim said from her father's head.
Veldora glared at Milim, "You let Milim come!? She's as destructive as me and more crazy!" he yelled.
Then Izzy giggled, "You say crazy, I say fun!" she yelled as Milim smiled at the ginger girl.
Naruto sighed, "You know your little sister. She only appears when she wants and ended up crashing on your grandfather Typhon's head the other day." he said.
"WHAT!? How come grandma and grandpa never visit me!?" Veldora asked crying anime tears.
Naruto's Confessional
Naruto sighed, "I love my son, I really do. Every parent adores their child once they are born and in their hands." he said sincerely. Then he frowned, "Except why is my firstborn a reckless moron? Him and Milim are always the destructive pair. I'm just thankful they never want to work together on anything." he said.
Duncan's Confessional
Duncan stared at the camera with a sick look, "Why am I having flashbacks about my own fights with dad? I mean, I don't hate the guy but he pretty much gave up on me and I stopped caring." he said shrugging that personal detail off. Then he briefly smiled, "Although, at least mom still cares. Though now I don't want to know what gave birth to the big guy." he said finishing his confessional.
Back to the game
Chris' helicopter arrived and hovered over the campers. He whistled as he saw Veldora trying to defend himself from his father's berating. He laughed at the sight while Chef was feeling very uneasy.
"Okay guys, new challenge. You got a build a bonfire, easy right? Winner will be decided by having the brightest flames. Anything goes, but you have about a half hour. Or if those two decide to fight." Chris explained before pointing towards the father and son.
"Its also cold… and lonely… sometimes I feel like you don't care. Only mother does and she always sends my favorite snacks!" Veldora whined.
Naruto sighed, "If I didn't care, you would be repeatedly destroying Luminous Valentine's kingdom over and over again." he replied.
Veldora turned his head away, "I am not at fault here! Luminous is just too ignorant as to where she parks her kingdom!" he argued.
Milim yawned as she jumped down to the ground, "I'm going to bother everyone." she said hoping her family would fix their issues. Only to notice Geoff lying on top of a canoe, "Hey what's wrong with cowboy?" she asked referring to Geoff.
Bridgette bit her lip, "I think Geoff sprained his leg." she said sounding fearful.
Geoff let out a few cries, "I think they have cut it off!" he said trying to raise up his foot.
Milim frowned and kicked Geoff off of the canoe, "Stop whining! You humans have a lot of limbs. Too many of your ancestors survived armed conflict while missing a few limbs. Even then they still have the balls to keep reporting for duty." she said.
"But it's serious! Look!" Geoff said pointing at his leg.
"And I thought that guy was weak." Milim said as she pointed at Harold.
"Can't you heal it or something?" DJ asked.
"One, I don't do healing magic. My sister Azura probably could. Two, it's a microscopic piece of wood!" Milim said as she kicked Geoff again and again (very weak kicks mind you) until he started limping away.
Duncan rolled his eyes, "I didn't want to say anything pal, but I felt like you were overreacting." he said as he and Courtney started the campfire.
"Hey! How did they make that fire so fast?" Heather asked as Duncan put away a lighter.
Chris never said anything about it being against the rules to use tools outside of nature. Therefore the Killer Bass were not disqualified. Though that only meant that the Screaming Gophers were falling behind. Although during this, no one noticed Beth sneaking around with an idol. During some transitioning, Chris mentioned that no one was allowed to take anything off of the island. Which Beth didn't know because she arrived late after having used the restrooms very quickly before arriving to hear the challenge.
Though things looked interesting as Izzy arrived with a smile on her face. Her usual crazed personality was no doubt hiding something that would effect everyone in a negative way. As she presented a large orange substance that she wanted to toss into the bonfire.
"What is that?" Leshawna asked already regretting asking.
"This, is some special material that will earn us the win." Izzy said only for Milim to stop her.
Milim took away the substance, "You can't use this on a fire." she said.
"Why not?" Izzy asked.
"It's going to create a minor explosion… and the fire will still be small." Milim said before working on the substance. Followed by the sounds of power tools and hammers, Milim presented a silver metallic orb, "Now it will work." she said.
"Thanks!" Izzy exclaimed before tossing the substance down.
Creating a large explosion that made everyone feel like they were in the middle of the Blitzkrieg. All the while the two dragons stopped their conversation to see that Milim supported in created a wildfire. Regardless, Chris was about to give them the win.
"Outside help isn't something I covered, but then again. Izzy technically found that orb in the wild." Chris said as the fire was spreading.
For some reason, Harold thought this was a better time to make his campfire bigger. He attempted to do so by throwing all the paddles of his team's canoes. Only this still failed and now his teammates got angry at him.
"Harold!" everyone yelled as Harold now realized his mistakes.
Even if they somehow won. The Killer Bass have no way to leave the island unless they were willing to swim their way back to Wawanakwa. Something that DJ was deathly afraid of and Geoff was still feeling pain from his light cramp.
"The winners are the Screaming Gophers!" Chris announced as everyone jumped around in excitement before realizing the island was starting to burn up.
"I HAVE IMPORTANT VALUABLES IN THERE!" Veldora screamed as he got in the way of the fire and started calling on the storms.
"Like the forest Dryads that worship you?" Naruto asked.
Veldora's mouth was agape, "I forgot they live here too!" he yelled as he meant something else was worth him protecting.
Soon enough, the clouds formed and started to pour a heavy amount of rain. Effectively stopping the fire from burning down the island and the campers.
"Thank goodness! My manga was about to be destroyed!" Veldora yelled earning a disappointed face from his father.
"Milim, pack your bags. I'm sending you with your grandparents." Naruto told his daughter who pouted.
"NOOOO! I wanna stay! I don't wanna go with my boring grandma and grandpa!" Milim whined.
"Give her a break, it's not like the island sinked." Izzy said coming to Milim's defense.
"This is not up for discussion!" Naruto yelled.
Chris frowned, "Awkward, I'm never having kids man. I think now is a perfect time for a commercial." he said as Chef flew them away.
A while later
Shirou and Kurama snickered as they chained Milim to a log, "This is cruel and unusual behavior!" she whined.
As Milim was being punished for assisting Izzy's insanity. Everyone else was getting their canoes ready for the ride back. Only for the Killer Bass to stay in place as Harold was at fault for burning their paddles to fuel the fire.
"This is all your fault Harold!" Courtney said berating him.
"Yeah, if we lose this. I think I know where my vote is going." Duncan said as everyone else were still planning things out.
"But wait! I still have this!" Harold said revealing the flute.
"When did you have that!?" Duncan asked.
"It's kind of funny actually. After we lost those monster ducks and Geoff suddenly acted like he broke his leg. I saw it on the ground away from the trail." Harold explained.
The whole truth is the Gophers dropped the flute right before they ran into Veldora's domain. Likely from having run into the monster beavers. Ironically, no one knows that Cody had a loaf of bread in his pants. Which he decided to stuff down in an attempt to court Gwen into having a romantic dinner with him. Though it's highly unlikely that if Gwen for some reason accepted the date. Gwen, if not all middle class women, would not be okay with eating only bread that was stuff inside of a man's pants.
Cody didn't stuff into pockets somehow. He literally put it in the same place where his underwear is. It's also unlikely that the bread would be sanitary even if the plastic holding the entire loaf was brand new with a tight seal.
In other words, Cody could have used that as a distraction instead.
It's a good thing none of them noticed they lost the flute, "Maybe we can get a speedboat or something to take us back." Harold said before playing the tune.
Naruto sighed, "Go help them." he told Veldora.
"Why? Humans have no worth to me." Veldora replied.
"Because it's part of the rules and I am your father. Now go help them tug on their canoes." Naruto commanded.
"I feel abused and under appreciated." Veldora says with a sad face.
Naruto rolled his slitted eyes, "If you do it I'll buy you more manga and video games. I'll even end your punishment on the island." he said as Veldora wagged his tail like a dog.
"Really!?" Veldora asked excitedly.
"Hurry before I change my mind." Naruto said as Veldora changed into human form.
That of a tanned shirtless mean wearing a cape and dark pants with black boots, "Move over humans! The Great Veldora will escort you!" Veldora exclaims as he stacks the boats together.
Then proceeded to put everyone on top of the stack. Veldora then wrapped a rope around his waist and dragged himself to the ocean where he started to swim. Only to feel the boats rocking back and forth.
"Damn it! I need one of you to get off and maintain the boats in motion from the back." Veldora said.
"How do we do that?" Courtney asked.
"Just grab it from behind. I'll give you a small tool to keep up with my speed as well as keeping the boats balanced!" Veldora explained.
"I'll do it! It's gotta be me!" Geoff spoke up.
Then DJ stood up, "No, I have to do it. Your leg is still bad man." he said.
Veldora stifled a laugh, "Oh yeah, what was the grievous injury? Amputation from tripping on a pinecone?" he asked.
They chose to ignore the fact that Geoff may just be weak in general. So DJ jumped off the boats and quickly grabbed the back side to keep in balance before Veldora tossed him a small rune.
"Just crush it and your overall strengths should surpass that of a normal man." Veldora told him.
"Are you sure you can do this DJ?" Geoff asked knowing DJ told him about a swimming accident DJ had as a child.
"I think I can. I gotta do it for the team! I'm not letting anyone down!" DJ said before pushing from the back while Veldora started swimming as quickly as possible.
"I still don't understand the physics of this." Harold said before DJ and Veldora surpassed normal human speeds.
Ending with everyone crashing onto the beach of Camp Wawanakwa. Where Chris had just landed and noticed everyone's arrival.
"You guys got the flute? I know I said it was finders keepers, but some of you guys need to get a better grip on that thing." Chris said just as the Screaming Gophers arrived.
"Who lost the flute!?" Heather asked angrily.
Everyone shrugged as they couldn't find the instrument. Leaving Heather to feel more furious at the incompetence of her teammates. The loss wasn't fair, but the flute itself granted potential victory to whatever the request for assistance was. Meaning that it was more vital for everyone to try and hang onto it the next time they win the challenge.
"I'll be seeing you guys at the bonfire tonight!" Chris announced as he pointed at the Screaming Gophers.
Later that night, bonfire
After a losing a two win streak, the Screaming Gophers are back to the chopping block. Having casted their votes to decide who is worth giving up in hopes of achieving victory tomorrow. Chris counted the votes and and handed all but one marshmallow to everyone was safe from elimination.
"I don't need to remind you guys on the rules do I? You know, where if you don't get a marshmallow. You can't come back. Ever!" Chris said reminding them of the rules.
The last two potential losers were Lindsay and Izzy. Unlike the other times, there wasn't really much of a reason for how they effected each other's teams. Izzy helped win with the explosion she caused despite the massive forest fire that Veldora had to put out due to his control of the storms. Meanwhile Lindsay hasn't really done much during the challenge to warrant any hate.
"So the one receiving this marshmallow is none other than…" Chris was interrupted by a helicopter hovering over them.
"Izzy you are under arrest!" said a speaker from the helicopter.
Which by the looks of it, was a low military grade standard aircraft. From the Royal Canadian Mountain Police and it was likely clearly that Izzy mentioned or did something bad during the episode. Which Izzy admits that she did do some wild things, one of them being the time she blew up a kitchen during one summer while in the Canadian Reserves.
"Really?" Leshawna asked as this was more of a mild surprise by this point.
"Yeah I did stuff, but they'll never take me alive!" Izzy yelled as ran into the forest.
With Milim, still chained to a log, running after her, "We're not crazy, we're just too excited!" she yelled.
"You got that right sister! HAHAHAHA!" Izzy yelled as the two laughed as the RCMP chased them.
"Should Naruto do something?" Owen asked knowing that was his kid chasing after Izzy.
Naruto was just sitting by the lake, "Crazy meets crazy, I'm sure the government can handle it." he said. Right before noticing a giant rock almost hit the helicopter, "Then again, Canada is an extension of England in a way. They weren't able to handle Milim when Oswald was in charge, I doubt they can do anything now." he added.
The campers ignored that and the missing history they didn't know. Which was King Oswald and how he was a monarch of ancient England during the 7th century.
"Whatever, Lindsay is safe right?" Gwen asked as Lindsay received her marshmallow.
"Not even a bit shocked?" Chris asked.
Everyone pointed at Naruto in reference to his existence.
"Okay I get what you mean. You guys better get some sleep, because tomorrow won't be any easier or if you're me. Any more boring." Chris said as everyone left the bonfire.
The next day, cave
Naruto woke up early and started working on a special sealing array. As he did this, the animal sidekicks were wearing safety gear and hiding behind a giant blast shield. Meanwhile Veldora was lying against a rock and reading a new volume of manga his father got him. While Veldora did enjoy his newfound freedom, all it did was let him move around more freely despite wanting to do the same things for most of his life. Only now his little relaxation ended when the sealing array exploded and sent Veldora crashing into the shield.
Where his squished face looked hilarious to the animals who snickered at him. Ironically, Bradley tapped on a button to make windshield wipers appear to repeatedly hit him in the face until he fell off. Ending with the water appearing and splashing it on his face.
"Stupid animals! How dare you humiliate the Great Veldora!?" Veldora asked angrily as they kept on laughing.
"Veldora stop embarrassing yourself." Naruto said as a large structure appeared.
"It's not my fault. It's your familiars!" Veldora tried to argue only earn a dark stare that silenced him.
"Behave yourself, I brought the house so I can better adjust myself for tactical planning." Naruto said as Veldora looked at the giant castle.
The man grinned as he knocked on the giant doors, "Let me in! I'm not grounded anymore!" Veldora exclaimed.
He smiled as he saw the doors opening. revealing a little girl with silver hair and horns on the side of her head to appear. The young girl's blue slitted eyes bore at Veldora's face.
"Go away." the girl said before slamming the door.
Veldora face faulted before banging on the doors again, "Kanna it's me! Big brother Veldora, remember?" he asked.
Kanna opened the door again, "Lies." she said slamming the door again.
Veldora pouted before knocking again, "Please let me in Kanna-chan! It's really me!" he exclaimed.
"I don't believe you! Go away stranger!" Kanna yelled from behind the door.
"Kanna I am your eldest brother! Now open up or else I'll use my secret technique!" Veldora threatened as he started making Goku's Kamekameha. The door did open, "Thank you, now then I…"
Suddenly Veldora was kicked in the head and sent crashing into the shield again. Where the animals once again his him with the windshield wipers again. Naruto sweat dropped at his son's approach to the door when suddenly a red haired woman with heavy armor and horns on her head pointed her spear at Veldora's throat.
"How dare you attack our home intruder!?" the woman asked.
"Get that spear out of my face! I am the Great Veldora! Also how come no one respects me anymore!?" Veldora asked as the woman stepped on Veldora's face.
"Carla that's enough!" Naruto yelled as Carla stiffened.
"Father?" Carla asked nervously.
"Yes and stop threatening Veldora. He's learning to behave and I do not need anyone making him relapse." Naruto says as Carla stares at Veldora.
"I thought you banished Veldora." Carla said looking surprised.
"He earned his freedom." Naruto said before Kanna hugged his waist.
"Papa is home, yay!" Kanna said sounding excited but her face looked blank as ever.
Naruto smiled as he lifted Kanna into his arms, "Have you been behaving yourself Kanna?" Kanna nodded. Naruto raised an eyebrow in suspicion, "You haven't been eating bugs again have you?" he asked as Kanna started to sweat. Naruto sighed, "I will assume you tried." he said as Kanna hugged him tightly.
"Who's that?" Kanna asked as she glared at Veldora.
"It's your older brother. You forgot because you were so little when I grounded him." Naruto answered.
Then Veldora ran up to Kanna, "Now give big brother a hug! I know it's been so long but…"
Kanna hid her face in Naruto's chest, "No, go away creep!" she yelled.
"I'm not a creep." Veldora said looking depressed.
A few seconds later they saw Chris' helicopter floating in the air. The host of the show whistled at how impressed he was by the structure's appearance. This was something he thought would scare the campers and luckily no government was that crazy to bomb the island just to hit the structure.
"Nice crib!" Chris yelled as he flew back to the cabins.
With the campers
Everyone woke up feeling groggily from Chris who decided to hover his helicopter right above the campers. Of course, nobody was excited about the man waking them up like the slave driver he is. Yet their concern shouldn't be for the crazy guy who puts them through moderately difficult, yet seemingly crazy challenges. Their concern was immediately turned towards the sight of a giant gothic castle sticking out somewhere in the woods.
"What the heck is that!?" Owen screamed fearfully.
Everyone could stare in shock at the sight of Naruto's castle. The very building the man calls home and decided to drag all the way out here. Perhaps sleeping in a cave wasn't comfortable anymore.
"It's a building, likely filled with terrifying things." Cody said nervously.
"Nah, I'm out. I survived running from a demon from God knows where." Leshawna said as she went back inside.
"I'm gonna hide, scary creepy things is bad for my skin." Lindsay said as she went through her make up bag. "And I'm out of lotion!" Lindsay whined.
"Hey you guys better avoid going near that castle. Naruto hates trespassers, so you might want to watch out for anyone coming in and out if you do get close." Chris said before flying away.
"Why am I not surprised?" Gwen asked.
"Well who else would live somewhere so creepy?" Beth asked back.
Everyone tried to turn around and ignore it, "If you don't look at it. The fear might go away." DJ said sounding very scared.
Bridgette shook her head, "Not thinking about going near it, will make the fear go away." she said.
Bridgette's Confessional
Bridgette was shocked, "Just who… what… how did that thing even get there!? Did Naruto raise children in that thing!?" she asked.
At the camp, a while later
After settling with the fact that Naruto's giant castle is their closest thing to a neighbor. Chris decided it was time to announce the next challenge. Before he did that, he thought it was only fair to give everyone their breakfast. After all, an empty stomach would only make the campers feel sick and unable to properly compete in the challenge.
"Catch! You all get some special beans today!" Chris announced as he threw some cans of beans.
With a few people getting hit in the head or crotch. Though a few people like Heather but still felt disgusted by the food. Owen looked excited and tried to sing about beans before getting hit on the head and fell onto his back.
"Today is all about survival." Chris said as he pulled out a paint ball gun.
"Is that a paint ball gun?" Harold asked, knowing the answer was obvious.
Then Chris shot him, "Yes it is Harold." he answered.
"So we won't be killing anything?" Bridgette asked.
With Naruto
Naruto looked at the contents of the truck where his son Hans, often referred to as "The Captain", was currently standing in the back off. With what appeared to be paintball guns that looked like they were designed for a large militia or a group of resistance fighters preparing for a revolution. Regardless, the animal familiars were all more than ready to start driving the truck.
"Remember Hans, we do not kill these humans specifically." Naruto told the mute man.
Hans nodded and knocked on the side of the truck. Where Bradley proceeded to close the backdoor as Kurama drove at the front. Naruto stared at the truck as it took off into the forest. Just waiting for the flute's musical tone to go off. Then he noticed a small WWI style bomber plane preparing to take off.
"No, we save that for later." Naruto told them.
Whoever was piloting plane groaned loudly as they put it back into the castle's storage.
Back with the campers
Chris shook his head, "Of course not, it's an old fashioned game of deer hunting. Now I'll go over the teams in a minute." he said before leading everyone to the woods.
At the woods, a while later
Chris stood in front of a rack of weapons filled with paintball rounds. Green for the Killer Bass and red for the Screaming Gophers. Half of both teams would play the role of the hunters and the other half would be the role of the deer.
Chris grabbed the green paintball guns, "The hunters for the Bass are Harold, Geoff and Bridgette." he said before handing out the red paintball guns. "The hunters for the Gophers are Leshawna, Beth, Owen and Lindsay. The rest of you are deer." he said.
Everyone else was forced to wear fake antlers, red noses and tails. They were also not allowed to take off the equipment they were given. If they did, it's automatic elimination. Yet the real pain was for the Screaming Gophers as the Killer Bass got the one tool that they might as well consider to be the same as a nuclear football.
Chris laughed as he handed the case over, "Remember, do NOT lose it." he said as Bridgette held onto it.
"Oh man, I wish we had it instead." DJ said knowing whatever it was, the flute's summoning would save him.
"No fair, they're probably going to call an attack chopper!" Trent complained.
"Woah! We are well behaved Canadian citizens! What do you think we are? The Americans?" Harold asked.
Fun Fact: At least by 2020, there are possibly more than 400 million guns in the United States. That has to be at least one firearm per person. Depending on how you define a person in the population. Yes, this a real fact for anyone not living in America.
With the Screaming Gophers
Owen dumped a jar of a mysterious yellow substance on himself, "Owen, what are you doing?" Beth asked.
Owen smiled at the girl, "I am masking my scent so the deers can't smell me." he said sounding eager to hunt.
"What is that?" Lindsay asked.
"I'm using my own pee. Just like the real hunters!" Owen answered sounding very excited.
"Ew!" all the girls whined.
"Fool! We're hunting the Killer Bass, as in real humans!" Leshawna said making Owen feel stupid.
"You mean I doused myself in pee for no reason!?" Owen asked incredously.
The girls decided to leave Owen alone. With Izzy having gone somewhere with Milim, Owen was now the designated crazy person. Because apparently Owen thinks he's a mix of Bear Grylls and Davey Crockett. It was best to leave the boy alone and hope he learns.
A while later
Geoff bit his knuckle as he stifled a laugh, "Dude, you know what would really be funny?" he asked Harold.
Harold felt curious when Geoff asked him, "What would be funny?" he asked.
"If you use the flute, because I'm too stoked to know what we could get!" Geoff said as he was ready to laugh.
Harold snickered, "Okay I admit that is funny, but should we really use it? I mean, we're just hunting the deer on their team." he asked.
"I know dude, but maybe Chris could make an exception." Geoff suggested before noticing how negative Bridgette feels. "Bridgette, it's just people. The guns aren't real." he added.
Bridgette remained silent, almost as if she had just witnessed the death of a majestic animal. However Geoff changed her mindset with another sentence from his lips.
"We can hit Heather!" Geoff exclaimed.
This got Bridgette excited, "Really? Heather?" she asked.
Suddenly Bridgette was more excited than a stereotypical redneck during hunting season. It only got worse as she looked at Harold.
"Do it Harold." Bridgette ordered.
Harold nodded and took out the flute from the case, "Hey this a familiar looking song." he said before playing the song.
A minute later, a truck pulled up and the music got intense.
(Halo 4 OST - To Galaxy)
Hans opened the back door and let everyone take a look at the stock. From there, the teens were shown a wide selection of weapons. Most of them looking very futuristic from a science fiction video game, but that didn't make them any less lethal. Despite the fact that they were all loaded with only paintball rounds.
They all took in the breath of fresh air as they looked at some of the various weapons.
DC-15a Rifle
DC-15a Carbine
A280 Rifle
Ace of Spades (large revolver)
Izanagi's Burden (sniper rifle)
MA5C Assault Rifle
MA2K Carbine
Z-720 SASR (sniper)
Bridgette felt lost, "Anything smaller and not so heavy?" she asked.
Hans opened another weapon rack. One with a few smaller weapons. One fitting the shorter surfer girl's strength and stature. As to not make her feel too heavy. So maybe a small sidearm would fit her better. Though small, they were built with superior accuracy and firing rate.
Westar 34
Westar 35
DC-17
M6D Magnum
MK50 Sidekick
Bridgette smiled as she grabbed Westar 34 and MK50, "I think these will do." she said.
"Oh man, they're so awesome but so heavy. I think I can take one or two only." Geoff said as Harold already took one.
"Haha, cool sci fi gun. Cody and the others literally won't see this coming." Harold said as he strapped Izangi's Burden over his shoulder despite the weight.
Geoff took a minute to think it over, "The Rifle is too bulky, so I guess I'll take the Carbine." he said as he grabbed the DC-15a Carbine and a DC-17 pistol.
"You guys good?" Bridgette asked only to be stopped by Hans.
Hans pulled out several pieces of chest armor and spray paint. Gently offering everyone one so they protect their bodies as well as style them.
"Sweet, I'm writing my gamertag on mine." Harold said like a nerd.
Suddenly they heard something land on the truck, "Hurry up Hans, the challenge is taking too long." said a familiar voice.
'I never thought of Atalanta as the eager one.' Hans thought as he gave everyone their chest armor.
With Owen, a while later
For the past 20 minutes, Owen was running around until he spotted DJ on his own. DJ decided to run by himself as well in an attempt to survive. Doing so, he acted with the mannerisms of a real deer. Fortunately DJ was able to elude Owen for most of the time due to his superior physique while Owen himself was the definition of poor health.
"The hunter… never gives up… for the hunter…" Owen tried to say despite running out of breath. "The hunter… has spirit… which can never break!" he said in between pants.
DJ for his part, could no longer run anymore. As he made it to the top of the hill where both teams did the diving challenge. This was the end of the road and Owen finally made it to the top of the hill. Looking eager and trigger happy from the looks of things. DJ was feeling the exact opposite but had no room to complain.
"The hunter is here and ready to catch his prey!" Owen yelled like a madman.
When he pulled the trigger, DJ closed his eyes and prepared for the worse! Yet, nothing had occured. Owen pulled on the trigger again and again and then just did it several times in quick succession. Realizing that his weapon was completely empty and had no more paintballs to use on DJ. Most likely from all the shots he wasted from failing to hit DJ earlier.
DJ glared at Owen as he towered over the smaller boy, "The hunter… pleads mercy." Owen said nervously.
Then he was filled with pain, not by DJ in any way, but rather by the animal familiars.
"AHHHH!" Owen screamed as Shirou, Kurama and Bradley fired Tommy Guns with paintballs at Owen.
They fired continuously until they ran out of ammunition and Owen was covered in paint. What was worse was the fact DJ had already run away as they started firing. Kurama decided to finish things off as Owen was already at the edge of the hill. The fox pulled out a small revolver followed by several other large guns surrounding his smaller weapon. Which was weird considering the fact that Kurama only had two arms, yet all of his weapons were held by multiple arms.
"Please no!" Owen yelled before being repeatedly blasted by paintballs until he fell into the ocean.
*SPLASH*
The animal familiars snickered before running away. Their victory was enough to satisfy them for the day.
DJ's Confessional
DJ was shaking in fear, "Remind me not to be a target of those guys!" he exclaimed as he continued to shake.
With The Killer Bass
Now that Atalanta was going hunting as well. Harold, Geoff and Bridgette were ecstatic about using their new toys. Bridgette was the most excited about hitting Heather and really hoped her accuracy was good enough to hit the arrogant girl. Then again, knowing her build, Heather wasn't exactly someone who wins trophies in every sport in her high school. Being skinny would probably be better in some cases for sports, but Heather most likely lacked any real muscle.
"Take it back!"
"No!"
"What the heck was that?" Geoff asked as they searched for the voices.
From what they saw, Beth was in a heated argument with Heather over some chips. Some people knew about her alliance with Lindsay and Beth. At least now it was confirmed as they were just theories as those two girls were merely the only ones Heather would talk to. As well as completing any command she gave them like loyal dogs.
"I am done with you!" Beth said as she left.
Cody, who was with them, took the bag of chips on the ground and ran. The boy was a wannabe ladies man and he decided to run. Cody is a smart man for running from a pair of angry women. However, Heather was still displeased with Beth no longer being obedient to her.
"Get back here Beth!" Heather yelled.
"Target acquired." Bridgette said as she opened fire on Heather until she collapsed.
"Who did that!?" Heather asked before all three of them unleashed every paintball in their clips.
The Killer Bass walked away feeling good while Heather ran into the woods. Swearing vengeance before aiming to find Lindsay so she could get back at Beth. Apparently petty vendetta's were worth a lot more than winning the challenge.
Elsewhere
Naruto looked at a man trying to smoke a cigarette right outside of his home, "It was stupid you know." he said with a french accent. The man inhaled some of the smoke, "Both on their part and your vacationing. This only made the gates to the domain of Hades much wider." he told Naruto.
"And you would understand them best Bernadotte." Naruto told the French man.
"More or less, unlike my father, grandfather and several fathers before him. Killing was just a sad fact of life. Of course, there is never a shortage of idiot willing to shoot guns for money." Pip Bernadotte answered. "At the very least, I don't have to worry about those anti-smoking adds. I can't die from a little smoke in my lungs." he added.
"Immortality is not real." Naruto told him.
"I know, but existing in general makes things less stressful depending on the situation." Pip said before walking towards main corridor.
"And how many do you expect to keep coming?" Naruto asked knowing Pip was an expert.
"That depends, greed is not wanting more money remember? It's the end goal of obtaining all that money and people forget why they wanted it. So they fight for more." Pip said before disappearing into a dark tendril.
Naruto sighed as he saw Pip disappear, "It takes someone from a sophisticated family of mercenaries to know what's best." he said.
Pip Bernadotte, a European gun for hire born about 30 years ago, was doing his normal job. Being the leader of a band of gunmen who worked doing what they were best at. Firing guns with instructions and of course, he had his own difficulties. Namely, his supervisors either dying or seeing their cause as lost. Therefore having to abandon Pip's group and leaving the man without pay or work. Such was the life of a mercenary, but he was slightly more unique.
About a couple of centuries in a family line of mercenaries taught the Bernadotte men the art of war and battling. Pip's grandfather felt no shame in having spent his career in holding a weapon and fighting. However, he was more intelligent and didn't act as if it was a noble cause, but a way of life. Sadly, unlike his predecessors, Pip didn't live long enough to have his own child to pass on the teachings to.
One of Naruto's subordinates grew fond of Pip and turned him into a familiar. Now the man was alive and much stronger than he was during his lifetime. He often spends his time on standby or finding places to relax when there is no time to fight.
Naruto glared at the doorway where it was opened. Revealing a few eager looking armed men.
"Such arrogance for fame. Vanity will be ticket to Hades." Naruto said before appearing in the middle of the group.
"There he is! Shoo -GAHHH!" that one lost his throat.
Just as the triggers were pulled. Naruto quickly stained his living room's floor and walls with the blood of lowly humans.
"Even worse, you are among some of your own species. Children in fact." Naruto said before extending his scale covered arm. "I suppose nothing is different compared to the shinobi villages." He said before looking for any threats that his servants didn't get to.
Back to the game, with Cody
After finishing the chips that he took from the ground. Cody tossed away the bag while still feeling very hungry. So he grabbed a few blueberries assuming they weren't poisonous or some risk to their health.
"Good berries." Cody said as he ate some.
Only to stop as he heard a bear growl. Cody's eyes widened in fear before he raised his palms and offered the bear some berries. Sadly the bear was not in the mood for berries and slapped them out of his hands. Making Cody walk backwards as his body trembled.
"Nice bear." Cody said hoping to calm the beast.
"ROAR!" The bear roared before beating up Cody.
Not noticing the animal familiars were laughing at the poor boy's torture. All because they did something to add to Cody's scent to the bear's trail. To make him detect the boy and locate him faster.
With the Screaming Gophers
Heather was on the warpath and took Lindsay's paintball gun. With promises to harm Beth and to "put her in her place" as Heather says. Just as she located Beth. Beth in turn was about to open fire on Satie who didn't notice her until Heather yelled at Beth. Prompting the girl to run away in fear of being hit.
"You ruined my shot!" Beth yelled.
"That does not matter! What matters is you are acting out of line!" Heather yelled.
"I'm out of line! I am done being your slave!" Beth said only making Heather angrier at the loss of her control.
"Either you take it back or you won't be allowed to rejoin the alliance!" Heather threatened as if the alliance still mattered.
Beth didn't care anymore, "I won't, what do I have to lose from leaving the alliance?" she asked.
Heather gritted her teeth, "I will make your life miserable!" she threatens again.
Beth scoffed, "Don't pretend that you already haven't." she said.
Poor Lindsay moved her head back and forth between the two girls and their talk.
As Lindsay was the subject of witnessing verbal abuse. Leshawna made her way towards them. The tanned girl shook her head as she could hear Heather's pride ruining this team. So after hearing some more insults towards Beth for her insubordination. Leshwna didn't need to think twice as she took aim and fired at the back of Heather's head.
"You loser… OW!" Heather yelped as the gun hit it's target.
Leshawna came forward feigning concern, "Sorry, I think I missed my appointment at the optometrist." she said blaming her alleged bad vision.
Heather sneered, "Give me your gun!" she demanded from Beth.
For some reason Heather had this mental problem. One where she assumed the girl who now hated her and wanted nothing to do with her. Was suddenly going to do what she said for no reason. Beth decided to shoot her in the back of the leg.
"OW! Charlie Horse!" Heather yelled as she collapsed.
Leshawna laughed at how bold Beth had become, "Girl, you are crazy." she said.
Heather would get back up after a minute and stole Lindsay's gun. Sadly this became a mess of everyone shooting at each other until they were interrupted by a mist.
"Oh haha Chris! Now you want to spook us?" Heather asked sarcastically.
However it wasn't Chris that was doing this. Before the girls realized it, several arrows rained from the sky and almost hit them. Heather started shooting wildly into the mist. Unaware that it was Atalanta that was shooting her from a far distance and that Hans was making the the mist.
Heather groaned loudly, "This is the worst day ever!" she yelled before the paintball gun was shot out of her hand.
Leshawna and Beth also lost the guns in their hands. As the mist disappeared and revealed Hans was hiding behind it while wielding a large sidearm with a giant barrel. The worst part came in the form of the Killer Bass' hunting team had arrived and opened fire on them. It was safe to say that this challenge was over.
"Hey! Those aren't the guns Chris gave us!" Heather yelled.
"Bless the flute!" Harold yelled back as he shot another paintball at Heather's forehead.
Seeing that they were surrounded by superior weaponry and teamwork. The girls all ran away as the Killer Bass continued to open fire.
With Owen
Owen managed to climb out from the water where the animals had shoved him off the hill. He continued to look around for more prey. This time, he found Duncan and tried to catch the delinquent with a simple rope trap. Sadly this failed as Duncan noticed him once he heard a loud explosion in the distance followed by loud screaming.
"What the heck was that!?" Owen asked before falling off of the tree where he was hiding.
"I don't know and I don't care!" Duncan yelled before running away.
Shortly after, Owen ran into Hans, "Hi, how are you?" he asked nervously when Hans suddenly transformed into a silver wolf and growled. "AHHHH! WOLF MAN!" Owen screamed as he ran away with Hans chasing after him.
A few seconds earlier
Claude "Torch" Weaver was seemingly a normal man as he had that positive mental attitude for a regular everyman. Yet he was actually a pyromaniac that carried around a giant flamethrower as well as other tools meant to burn down buildings and his victims. However now, he found himself fighting something incapable of being killed by fire.
"Now little girl, please get down from the tree before I bring it down too." Claude said to Kanna who glared at him.
"I'm not supposed to talk to strangers." Kanna replied.
"I see, your parents are good people to give you such kind advice. Oh well." Claude said as he prepared to burn the tree where Kanna was standing on. Only his fire lost control as an arrow pierced the tank on his back, "What the?" were his last words before his flamethrower was blown up.
Taking Claude as well and leaving nothing but a charred body, "Someone has to clean up." Kanna said as a busty brown haired woman arrived with two skeletons.
"I will take care of it Lady Kanna." she said as the skeletons cleaned up.
"Thank you Wiz." Kanna said before jumping off of the tree and walking away like nothing happened.
Elsewhere
A man in a cowboy outfit was running for his life as he continued to fire his gun in the distance. Having some sort of deluded hope that he would hit and kill whatever was chasing him. Yet nothing was hit except for a few trees and rocks. As the man kept running, he tripped and fell, subsequently dropping all of his bullets and guns.
"Damn it! This place ain't nothing like Florida!" the man cursed.
He then tried to reach for his weapons only to see a giant boot step on his hand, "Groovy Guy Russell correct?" asked the owner of the boot.
Russell looked up to see some girl in gothic lolita attire smiling at him, "Who the hell are you?" he asked.
The girl giggled, "An Apostle of the God of War Ares, though the Romans like to call him Mars." she said before brandishing her large axe. She giggled again as she aimed for his head, "Should Lord Hades ask who sent you specifically. Tell him it was Rory Mercury." she said before bringing down the weapon.
"No wait!" Russell pleaded before the blade pierced his head.
Rory smiled as she pulled out her weapon and cleaned it, "How many heathens are left I wonder." she said to herself before hearing another loud explosion. "Maybe that was the last one." she said as she saw several skeletons running past her.
At the bonfire
Before Chris announced anything, everyone saw the arrival of a maid, "Excuse the interruption everyone, I am Yuri Alpha. I would like you to be aware that the screams from earlier have ceased." she announced.
"What were they exactly?" Lindsay asked nervously.
Yuri adjusted her glasses as she answered, "A group of individuals hoping to chase after Lord Naruto and his children as if they were game and the individuals saw themselves as hunters." she said cryptically.
Chef's Confessional
Chef shivered, "When the kid was revealed, we had orders to not engage him. That if anyone went after Acnologia. The military and country was responsible for loss of life. After that, it's considered desertion and treason to run off on your own and go after dragon." he said.
Trent's Confessional
"Is that why the forest sounded like a freaking warzone? Did someone that crazy try to attack Naruto!?" Trent asked with a scared face.
Leshawna's Confessional
Leshawna shook her head, "It's one thing to get back at someone in a fight, but Leshawna ain't want no part of a war. Tch, crazy people." she said crossing her arms.
Owen's Confessional
Owen was covered in bite marks and scratches, "Wolves are really scary." he said before passing out.
Chris' Confessional
Chris held up some papers, "Okay so apparently the United Nations and the production of Total Drama Island is not responsible for any loss of life. All dangerous criminal organizations are requested to turn themselves in and all rogue foriegn troopers please return to your respective nations for a proper trial." he said before throwing away the legal documents.
Apparently not even the various governments were allowing their own soldiers to attack Naruto. No amount of courage and power was worth the risks.
Bonfire
The results were very much a disaster. As while this was pretty much enough reason to kick of Heather and never see the spoiled girl ever again. Everyone voted for Cody on the account that he was far too injured to continue playing the game. To which Heather acted as if her being voted off was actually a bad thing for the team.
"You are all lucky! Lucky!" Heather yelled angrily as she grabbed her marshmallow.
"Not as lucky as all the foolish souls now claimed by Lord Hades." Yuri said making Heather pale.
"Okay, those guys actually have it worse." Heather said remembering her "session" with one of Hades' subordinates, Gecko Moriya.
Something Heather never wanted to experience again.
Another sad fact, Heather was the last one to claim a marshmallow. Leaving Cody as the loser due to being bound to a wheelchair and full body cast from the bear that attacked him earlier.
"I think he needs help." Gwen pointed out.
"Could someone move Cody?" Chris asked.
Beth ran up to Cody's wheelchair, "I got it!" she said before pushing him down the Dock of Shame.
At the end of the dock
Once Cody was on the edge and only needed to wait for Chef to pull over his Boat. Beth gave Cody a goodbye kiss on the cheek before revealing the idol she took from the previous challenge. Once again, Chris did mention never to take anything off of Boney Island, which Beth did as she didn't hear about this rule.
"Don't Cody, we still have my lucky charm from Boney Island." Beth said as Cody's muffled voice was trying to warn her. Sadly she didn't understand Cody, "Goodbye Cody!" she said not noticing Cody's wheelchair was still moving and fell into the water.
At least Cody did see something cool while underwater. He saw Naruto swimming around in dragon form until he ripped apart a submarine in the distance. Luckily it was still too blurry for Cody to see all the human beings that were struggling to escape Naruto's wrath. At the very least, a sea serpent grabbed him with it's tail and put him onto Chef's boat.
'Okay that was cool.' Cody said as he managed to spit out the seawater that got into his mouth.
All the while forgetting that Beth doomed her team with a cursed idol. Perhaps someone will point it out in the near future.
TO BE CONTINUED…
