Chapter 5
The next day, canteen
With a new day, comes a new challenge. No doubt someone will be filled with pain or great fear once this is over. At least today's challenge looked simple enough, hopefully today's events would be very simple as well. As it looked like a giant truck filled with food was pulling over towards the back of the canteen.
Owen hoped for another eating challenge while others were curious if it involved Chef feeding them a dangerous experiment. A few thinking that Naruto killed something big and chopped up into ingredients to feed them. All the remaining contestants could do was wait with anticipation as Chris arrived with his optimistic smile. A usual trademark that the campers are used to by now. With the only surprise being whatever Chris was about to say.
"Good morning campers! How's everyone feeling?" Chris asked with the response being lots of whining and groaning. He looked unfazed, "Good! Because today, you will all be working behind the kitchen." he announced.
"About time you feel my pain." Chef said as he came out from the truck.
"We're not using mythical creatures right?" Courtney asked nervously.
"Of course not!" Chris answered relieving the stress some of them felt. "Your challenge, will be to create three course meals for me and two others to judge. Both teams will pick someone as head chef and you can work from there. Does that sound good?" Chris asked.
With that, both teams took turns getting the ingredients they want from the truck. The Killer Bass grabbed what looked good while Heather declared herself head chef and decided on ingredients for her teammates. Somehow this was going to go bad very quickly.
At the canteen
Geoff, who was chosen as head Chef, tossed around a can of sauce to DJ who caught it with ease, "Okay guys, three course meals and that's about six of us. So partner up and get cooking." he said going for the easy going type of leader.
Heather on the other hand wasn't as easy going, "You people better get this done right. I don't want the same accident as last time to repeat!" she said angrily.
Naruto sighed in the background as he arrived with the flute, 'Even if the boy was crippled. He would have put in more effort than a toxic leader.' He thought as he remembered Cody being eliminated. 'Why do I get this feeling that they would sooner eliminate one of their own for the sake of a petty reason?' he wondered.
"Hey big guy! You here to give us a good luck speech?" Geoff asked.
Naruto put down the flute, "No, just keep the flute safe. You get one per challenge." he said.
Geoff chuckled, "I know, I bet DJ or Duncan can hang onto it. Unless you want to volunteer Court." he said as he looked at Courtney.
"Knowing you three, I think you might lose it." Courtney said as she kept the flute close to her.
"Awe, are you saying you don't trust me?" Duncan asked flirtatiously.
Courtney glared at the delinquent, "What ever gave you that impression?" she asked sarcastically.
"Enough, mating season is over." Naruto said making Courtney blush. Before she retorted, Naruto recieved a phone call, "Speak." he said as he answered.
Nobody could hear what was going on, but it looked like Naruto was mildly annoyed. With a sign of impatience but nothing to make him angry enough to destroy the island. More like annoyed as in Duncan's dad whenever the delinquent is brought home by the police.
"What do you mean your trapped in a school made by a secret society?" Naruto asked earning some laughs. "Just fly away, I doubt some maid with a pair of scissors is more terrifying than… why did you seal your power away?" he asked now gripping the bridge of his nose.
DJ grimaced, "I know that look. One of his kids did something real stupid." he whispered.
"Kimito where are you?" Naruto asked as he left the kitchen.
Suddenly Entoma appeared with a jar of cockroaches, "Don't mind me, just pest control." she said as she left.
"Pest control?" Bridgette asked.
"She probably eats them." Duncan said jokingly.
Entoma popped her head back into the kitchen, "Yes I do." she said making Duncan ready to vomit.
With The Screaming Gophers
After a small altercation with Leshawna and Owen dropping the oranges that somehow exploded. Heather was trying her best to maintain damage control around her team. Because it looked like there were a lot of issues starting to brew up.
"Owen, go get more oranges." Heather ordered.
Owen nodded as he ran off outside to get more. At the same time he passed by Naruto who was standing outside on his cell phone. Owen didn't notice it, but Naruto was sounding really stressed.
"Okay, I will contact the school's director. Yes I know that if it's a secret society, their number isn't going to be on a public listing." Naruto said before hanging up. Then hearing the phone ring again, "Who is it now?" he asked.
At the same time, Owen finally got his new crate of oranges. When he rushed to get them to his team. Owen crashed into a tree where a beehive was hanging off of a branch. This lead to the bees feeling disturbed and deciding to stab Owen for disrupting their work.
Naruto sighed as he kept listening to the person on the other line, "Naikiri-san, please give me one moment." he said as he put the phone down and fired a small around of lightning around Owen.
Subsequently harming him and the bees, "Thanks buddy! You're a real nice guy!" Owen said.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to hit the bees." Naruto said earning a scared face from Owen.
Owen quickly picked up his oranges and ran back inside. Not noticing the rare smile on Naruto's face for scaring the teen. Yes he was helping Owen by stopping the bees, but thought it would be hilarious to test his reaction. Right before going back to his phone to see what the call was about.
"I apologize, what happened again?" Naruto asked. "Suspension!? The two of them!?" he asked as the veins on his arm started to pulse. A few seconds later the phone started to crack, "Oh don't worry, I will be disciplining them personally Senzaemon. Have a wonderful day and tell Erina and Alice I said hello." he said before hanging up.
Right after Naruto hanged up, he shattered the cell phone. While literally releasing steam to relieve himself of his stress. Ironically as this call went on, he heard the sounds of flesh being hit and someone collapsing.
"Owen! You just knocked out Trent!" Gwen yelled from inside.
"I'm sorry!" Owen yelled.
Naruto's Confessional
Naruto sighed, "Adults, education is a lie. No matter how good it is, unless it focuses on a special skill. It's a waste of time." he said before taking a deep breath. "Sometimes, you have to question how much effort your child puts into learning how to cook. Among many other things." he said.
A moment of silenced passed before Naruto realized something.
"I never understood the concept of a good education. Is it based on obtaining good careers or good grades? I have never heard a story where an employee requested a report card or a transcript." Naruto added.
Despite warnings to prepare a transcript. Most employers only ask for a degree. Now many parents can't win an argument about education without revealing any embarrassing failures in college or boasting about useless classes.
Back to the game
Naruto peaked his head inside, "Who's dead?" he asked.
"Trent got hit by a crate of oranges!" Beth exclaimed.
"Just put water on it." Naruto said before leaving.
Heather groaned, "I am surrounded by morons and Lindsay, what is going on with the flambé? Did you bother to light it?" she asked.
Lindsay looked very confused, "Oh, so that's why it didn't start after using up all the flambé start." she said.
Heather shook her head before lighting a fire. That subsequently blew up in her face and destroyed her eyebrows. Realizing her situation, Heather called upon Owen as her delivery boy.
"Owen get over here now!" Heather ordered.
"Is it finally lunchtime?" Owen asked very eagerly.
"No, got get my make up bag from my cabin!" Heather ordered.
"But… the bees." Owen tried to say.
"Go now!" Heather commanded as Owen ran fearfully.
Meanwhile Naruto suddenly came in and decided to grab a soda from the fridge, "I swear these kids are going to be the death of… is that boy dead?" he asked as he pointed at Trent.
Everyone was still trying to help Trent as his head was stuck under the crate of oranges. The worst part was the fact that he was helping Gwen trying to make some seasoned ribs. So as he added the sauce, he accidentally dropped a lot when Owen hit him. So now it looked like Trent was slowly bleeding to death with the large object looking as if it had crushed his head.
"He's fine." Heather said.
"And what about the degenerate!" Naruto yelled as he pointed at Harold who was wearing a speedo.
"It's not my fault! These idiots…!" Harold tried to say.
"Put some clothes on boy! This isn't ancient Greece! Where I come from the ningen were civilized enough to wear clothes!" Naruto yelled angrily.
"Dude where are you from?" Duncan asked curiously.
By now, Geoff already put a hand on Harold's shoulder, "Dude, just go back to the room. There's a pair of shorts and everything waiting for you." he whispered.
Harold nodded and left before Naruto's wrath would be invoked. All the while his ranting and grumbling was tuned out by the Gophers getting into a fight.
At the cabins
Kurama and Bradley snickered as they poured hot sauce onto a pair of underwear and shorts that belonged to Harold. The two along with Shirou decided to team up with Geoff, DJ and Duncan to mess with Harold. They couldn't care less about the fact that it was because the guy would leave his underwear around. It was just way too fun for them.
Shirou let out a yip to signal that Harold had arrived. Prompting all three of them to hide under the bed as he grabbed his underwear.
"Sweet." Harold said before feeling great pain around his genital area. "MY BISCUITS ARE BURNING!" he yelled as he jumped into the nearby lake with speed that would make Sonic feel envious.
Shirou snickered as the other two goaded him into moving closer to the lake where Harold was currently healing. The toon dragon then proceeded to inhale a lot of air before releasing a giant beam filled with White Lightning. Harold screamed in pain as he felt the electricity course through his body. The dragon did have to give Harold credit for surviving that much pressure.
Meanwhile Kurama noticed Owen sneaking around a beehive. As if he was trying to move stealthly around it and towards the girls side of the cabins. He didn't think twice before asking Bradley to give him a rake. The skunk snickered as he gave his fox friend a rake and watched as Kurama quickly placed it in front of Owen who didn't notice him.
"Almost… almost… so close and AHHH!" Owen screamed as he stepped on the rake and stabbed himself in the foot somehow.
As he raised his foot along with the rake. Owen accidentally hit the beehive causing it to fall onto his face. Where the bees left their now destroyed home and enact their righteous fury onto the plump boy. Leaving him with hives, stings and a lot of bloating before he eventually reached the cabin and grabbed Heather's makeup bag. For anyone feeling sorry for all the abuse, it looked like Harold was having an easier time as Owen was just filled with long lasting pain while Harold only got a couple of burns.
'Wow what are these humans made of?' Bradley wondered in amazement before following his comrades.
At the kitchen
Geoff was a competent leader despite not being a very educated person. Though despite this and his lack of maturity with pranking Harold and letting Duncan annoy Courtney. At the end of the day, Geoff at least kept the morale of his team up and left them to do their own thing. Sadly while they were ahead compared to the Gophers, they needed more time to finish the food.
"30 minutes people!" Chris announced just as Harold arrived, now wearing his pajamas.
"You guys have broken me. This is all I have left." Harold said lowering his head in shame.
"Dude, we'll give you your stuff back if pick up your clothes." Duncan said.
"It wasn't me! GOSH!" Harold yelled before getting back to work.
"He really wants to play hard." Geoff said before motioning for Courtney to get the flute.
"And we need someone's expertise." Courtney said as she let DJ take the flute and play it.
A few tunes later and a magic circle appeared. With Naruto holding some red haired boy upside down by the leg. With a tanned child with white hair looking fearful as the red head was being shaken repeatedly.
"I knew the Naikiri family since they were discovering human taste! I had to pull favors without threatening anyone! How do you get suspended from an elite school!?" Naruto shouted very angrily.
"Uh dad?" the smaller child asked.
"Not now Shirou!" Naruto exclaimed as he kept shaking the other child. "It's not bad enough that Kimito got himself into trouble, but now I hear you two getting into a worse situation." he said before Geoff tapped on him with a stick.
Naruto snapped his head towards Geoff's fearful face, "Um dude, we wouldn't mind the help with cooking. Time is almost up." Geoff said sounding very nervous.
Naruto's face started to contort into a painful smirk, "Souma, you and your brother Shirou are going to redeem yourselves by helping my little assosicates here." he said.
"But…" Souma tried to say.
"Do as you are commanded!" Naruto yelled as he dropped Souma on his head.
Both boys put on their aprons and Chef hats before running to the table, "So what's the dinner plan?" Shirou asked fearfully.
Duncan's Confessional
"Dude! Not even my dad is that intense and I've been to juvie several times!" Duncan exclaimed.
DJ's Confessional
DJ shivered, "What does a guy need to do to earn that match of a punishment from his dad?" he asked.
Courtney's Confessional
"Okay that scared me, I admit that much, but this is why we should all behave ourselves and not act like immature brats." Courtney said as her maturity still stands strong in the face of terror.
Harold's Confessional
Harold covered his crotch, "I think I need a new set of pajamas!" he said also looking terrorized.
With the Gophers
Owen came back and collapsed, but not without dropping Heather's makeup bag. Only before Heather could pick it up and get work on her eyebrows. Leshawna snatched it from the ground and held it over Heather's reach.
"You need makeup, I need the bathroom." Leshawna said referring to the mess on her arms from cooking.
"We all want things Leshawna! Now give it back!" Heather demanded before Leshawna tossed the bag over to Gwen.
It was a game of monkey in the middle as Gwen then tossed it to Beth. Heather threatened Beth and once again motivated the girl to be deviate from Heather's commands. Which lead to Beth throwing the makeup bag at Lindsay who caught it. Yet when she was ready to hand it to Heather like an obedient dog. Lindsay just said, "Nope" and tossed the bag into the freezer that Leshawna opened.
Vanity is often confused as one of the Seven Deadly Sins when it's merely an aspect of pride. Pride in the appearance and pride in general was punishable by being tied to a spinning wheel in the underworld according to mythology. However in this case, Heather's vanity punished her by keeping her in a miniature tundra that was known as the kitchen freezer. Ironically Heather would be willing to betray others for her self benefit, so a small trip to Cocytus was just as good of a punishment.
"I can't believe I did that… and enjoyed it!" Lindsay said sounding excited.
"Let me out!" Heather screamed after Leshawna locked her away.
"I think you need to cool off girl." Leshawna said ignoring Heather banging on the freezer door.
"Okay, so let's just finish up and win this thing." Gwen said feeling confident.
Main Hall
As the campers finished up with the last minute details of their cooking. Chris sat down at a large table that was being decorated. Beth decided to add a little decoration of her own to impress Chris. Unfortunately, this was the statue she took from Boney Island. The one that Chris said was cursed, but the host wasn't able to know this as he didn't know that Beth had taken something off of the island nor did he remember that Beth was never around to hear his rule against such actions.
"This is looking good. Hopefully the food feels the same." Chris said as he heard a lot of fighting in the background. As Chris took his seat, he heard someone enter the hall, "Good, I see one of our judges is here." he said.
"And I am more than happy to accept the invitation." said a familiar brown haired girl.
Though the viewers never saw this young looking girl. This child was well loved by her siblings as much as she loved all of them despite each of the faults many of them had. With others having not seen the child in many years.
"Everyone please welcome Nunnally, the embodiment of Purity!" Chris announced as Nunnally arrived with two maids by her side.
Though Nunnally couldn't help but frown as she looked around, "I sense a lot of hostility in the air." she said as she looked at the corner of Chris' table.
"It's probably the campers. You know how rowdy they are." Chris suggested as Nunnally accepted it.
The girl had a sense for spreading heavenly intent and detecting a lot of negativity. Her father told her that it was likely a gift granted by a large fox that he met. Naruto would later give the six tailed fox familiar the same name as that fox that granted him the ability to sense negative emotions.
"I hope they learn to be at peace with one another." Nunnally said before the final judge arrived.
Back inside the kitchen, a little while later
As the Killer Bass were finishing up with their own dishes. Leshawna took the girls with her to get cleaned up to present their food properly. Sadly, she put too much faith in Owen who promised not to eat any of the food that the Screaming Gophers made to present to Chris and the other judges. When Leshawna saw what was left, she saw the flambé was still there but the juicy ribs were gone with Owen covered in all the sauce.
For some reason the overweight boy was shaking and twitching as he raised his sauce covered hands towards his face. Owen literally looked like he had just committed murder and is coming to terms with the fact that it happened. Leshawna on the other hand was not fearful, rather she was furious by her teammate's stupidity.
She literally lifted up Owen by his shirt and slapped him, "Tell me that you did not eat all of those ribs!" she said angrily.
After hearing a few slapping sounds. Owen came out still covered in sauce with a bunch of bones that were picked clean. Except for a piece of meat that was hanging off of a bone.
With Chris
Pane and Panic arrived, wearing their fake beards and sunglasses while taking a shared seat. Although some of the campers noticed that they were clearly not human. Ignoring that, they including Chris and Nunnally. The first dish was something called an "Aunty Pasto" which they found acceptable from Screaming Gophers and after that, they tried some spaghetti made by Bridgette and DJ.
"Okay this didn't hurt, so it's gotta be good right?" Pane asked with Panic nodding in agreement.
"An amazing dish, I can sense all the passion and love that went into it." Nunnally said.
DJ's confessional
DJ wiped away a tear, "How can something so sweet and innocent exist?" he asked with a big smile.
Back to the game
Chris nodded, "I have to agree, you guys did good work with this one." he said making the duo high five each other.
Then Owen came out with the ribs. Looking like he was a starving animal that presented a dead animal carcass. Fortunately enough for him, Pane and Panic chose to fight over the piece of meat.
"Give it to me!" Panic yelled.
"No, give it to me! That Spaghetti left me wanting some meat!" Pane yelled before Panic bit into his arm.
From there, Pane punched Panic in the face before being dragged into a cartoon style fight. Where the two were tossing each other around to the point they were in some kind of ball of dust. That spiraled out of control until Owen got pulled in and was repeatedly beaten.
"Well Owen got them fighting. So that means it's worth something right?" Chris asked.
"I feel disappointment, but it's not coming from me." Nunnally said as everyone was glaring at Owen.
Then it was Duncan and Courtney who came in with their dish.
"Okay this one was good, but why did I feel like I went through some lucid dream?" Chris asked. "Seriously, what is this? Did someone literally rip out a cloud from heaven and feed it to me?" he asked with a chuckle.
Pane and Panic were lying down, "So this is heaven?" Pane asked.
"I feel so calm, so tranquil, can we move to heaven?" Panic asked.
"I'm already righting my letter of resignation." Pane said as he reached for the cream filling.
Only for Panic to grab the last one, "Hey it's mine!" Panic screamed before the two started fighting again.
Nunnally smiled as she finished her plate, "This is Souma-kun's cooking isn't it?" she asked as Souma popped his head out. "Oh there you are Souma. Also, are you wearing the seal restraint?" she asked.
"Seal restraint?" Courtney asked.
"Some of us cannot control our power or appearances. Looking at it now, I can see the seal on the back of his neck." Nunnally said as Souma tried to run only for Duncan to grab him.
"No don't!" Souma pleaded before Duncan ripped off the simple seal.
Then the boy grew canine ears, "BWAHAHAHA! Are you some kind of dog boy?" Duncan asked.
"Leave him alone Duncan, it's not his fault that… okay that's really soft. Hey you should all feel these!" Courtney said as all the girls grabbed Souma and stroked his ears.
"Hey let it go!" Souma yelled before someone found his tail.
"Awe, he has a tail too and it wags!" Lindsay exclaimed.
"It means he likes it!" Beth added as the girls continued petting Souma.
Nunally moved her head around as she sensed someone else, "I think I sense Shirou as well." she said as the little boy tried to run only for one of the girls to tackle him down.
"Please no! I don't wanna get my ears pet!" Shirou pleaded before Beth pulled off the seal.
"He's a cute puppy too!" Beth said as all the women squealed.
"I thought your family were dragons." Duncan said to Nunnally.
"My father was born on a full moon and blessed by wolves." Nunnally answered.
Once everyone was done petting Shirou and Souma due to their lack of control of their transformations. Along with everyone else getting over the euphoria of Souma's cooking with Shirou's help. The Gophers tried to redeem themselves from Owen's blunder. By presenting Heather's Flambé to all of the judges.
"This looks like a winner, but I have some doubts." Chris said before grabbing his fork.
Fortunately enough for the host, Pane took a bite out of his slice first. Revealing that Lindsay's blunder with preparing the flambé caused it to be too explosive. As Pane was sent crashing into the kitchen with Panic shaking in fear.
"Did they put a bomb in this thing!?" Panic screamed.
Chris then turned to Nunnally, "There's something inside ready to make the desert combust." she said.
"Uh what?" Geoff asked as he looked confused.
"It means that it's ready to explode." Harold said as a maid picked up the flambé.
"How does it look Narberal?" Yuri, the head maid asked.
It exploded in Narberal's face, "It's also a sanitation hazard." she said bluntly.
Owen chuckled, "It can't be that bad." he said as he tried eating from Chris' plate when it also exploded.
"What's with the pyrotechnics?" Chris asked.
"I don't know, it's Heather's recipe. She… oh my gosh! Heather is still in the freezer!" Lindsay yelled as she ran to save her.
"Did you seriously do that?" Chris asked as he was ready to laugh.
"I do sense someone in great pain." Nunnally said confirming the question.
A minute later, Heather came out looking like a smurf with poorly drawn eyebrows, "You guys are so dead and also what is this? I never approved of this!" she said pointing at Beth's statue.
Beth picked it up, "I got it from the island. You know, the one where we used the canoes to get it." she answered.
"You mean Boney island!? The most cursed island in Muskoka! I literally said to not take anything from there!" Chris exclaimed.
Nunnally looked rather nervous, "There's a lot of negative energy around the team and it's coming from the idol." she said as she could see the negative energy leaking form the statue.
"Negative energy?" Courtney asked.
Nunnally gently held Courtney's hand and heard the older girl gasp as she looked around.
Courtney's Confessional
"The whole place looked like Pittsburgh on it's worst day!" Courtney exclaims as she describes the miasma as the same as pollution. "Also, why were her hands so soft? I felt like I was rubbing a baby's hand." Courtney asked as she massaged her hand from when Nunnally grabbed her.
Back at the kitchen
With everyone looking down at Beth for likely cursing them and their losing streak. Though some tried to deny it since magic exists and there was likely a barrier Naruto made. They weren't at all happy with Beth or with the fact they lost for the third time in a row. Chris declared the winner of the challenge.
"Despite the messed up food and the fact Nunnally could have gotten sick. I'm giving the win to… The Killer Bass!" Chris exclaimed as the group cheered.
Then Naruto appeared with a new phone, "Thank you Sayuri, as long as there isn't any castration involved. I will let this go on, I am very sure Kimito will learn to keep it in his pants." he said before hanging up. "What happened?" he asked noticing the cheerful looks.
"We won!" Geoff yelled out.
"Good, Shirou and Souma can cook you up a fine dinner for tonight. Feel free to stroke their ears all you want." Naruto answered as the girls squealed and the men felt proud of themselves for having won fine dining.
Heather on the other hand was furious, "I cannot believe we lost again!" she screamed just as Lindsay handed her Shirou.
"Hey what…"
Heather started to stroke him, "And, oh this does feel good. But this doesn't excuse failure, for once I am going to keep calm and let you all decide who we're voting off." she said before glaring at Beth.
Naruto sighed, "I'm gone for a few minutes and the whole place gets hectic." he said noticing the smurf that Heather has become.
That night, bonfire
For the third time in a row, much to everyone's surprise, the Screaming Gophers had to choose to get rid of. With Naruto frowning in the background for reasons of his own.
Naruto's Confessional
Naruto crossed his arms as he sighed, "Where I come from, there are patriotic soldiers who did their duty. For the "love" of their village. Yet in return, they were praised as either criminals or failures. Pathetic, instead of working to cut out the cancer before it spreads, the amputate the limbs that still function." he said before moving closer to the camera. "The Screaming Gophers need to stop chopping off their limbs and attack the cancer." he said.
Bonfire
Once again, Chris was down to one marshmallow as he looked and Heather and Beth.
"Remember you can't come back once you're eliminated, EVER!" Chris repeated. "Heather, you pretty much let the whole kitchen spiral out of control because things didn't go how you wanted. Personally, I wouldn't ask for the manager if they are worse than their employees." he said.
Heather rolled her eyes and scoffed, "Whatever, just give me marshmallow." she said making Chris narrow his eyes.
"Fine." Chris said as he tossed her the final marshmallow. Then giving a look of pity upon Beth, "You should have kept your hands to yourself Beth. You cursed your teammates." he said as Beth left with her head down as she crossed the dock of shame and into the Boat of Losers.
"Dad help me!" everyone turned their heads to see Shirou grabbing onto Naruto's leg.
"Shirou I am not excusing you from punishment. Now go back to cooking for the Killer Bass." Naruto said as he picked up Shirou by the back of his shirt and took him away.
"No! No! No!" Shirou pleaded.
"I want to pet him!" Lindsay whined.
The next day, lake
"Ok I admit it! They were my underwear! I'll stop leaving them around!" Harold yelled as he woke up half naked in bed.
Harold didn't wake up from a nightmare but wished it was that simple. Rather the issue at hand was the fact that Naruto's animal familiars helped Duncan, Geoff and DJ to drag Harold's bed towards the lake. Well not really towards, that's a bad way to describe it. The animals fixed the bed so it would float in the middle of the lake itself where everyone was either swimming or canoeing. Leaving Harold floating around as he was forced to admit his mistakes which was the reason he was being bullied and had his clothes stolen.
All because Harold would not admit that he was leaving his clothes everywhere and refused to pick them up. Now he clearly learned his lesson.
"I think he's learned his lesson." Geoff said as DJ tossed the bag of clothes to Harold.
Just as Harold held onto the bag, he still had his other predicament, "Wait! How am I getting back to shore?" he asked.
The guys laughed, "Figure it out nerd!" Duncan exclaimed as they left him floating.
Later, the docks
After witnessing Harold's humiliation, the campers went to get their breakfast. Where a few of them got to play the lottery as Chef mixed up the leftover food. As some of it had Souma and Shirou's food mixed in there. So some were lucky enough to get a pile of mush that was good. It also helped that Chef was given full command of the two as punishment for getting suspended from a culinary school called Totsuki Academy. That aside, everyone was showing a lot of drama.
No thanks to Heather being a bad leader and her subordinates committing mutiny. Thus locking her up in a freezer and now Heather had a bad case of the common cold because of her imprisonment. So today, Chris wanted to help them improve from that (by seeing how badly they will hurt each other) with today's challenge.
"Hello campers, today you will all be learning the value of trust." Chris said as most of the Screaming Gophers gave each other dirty looks.
"I think we got this." Geoff said knowing there was mostly tension with the opposing team.
In the forest
Chris revealed a pair of harnesses, "First challenge of the day is rock climbing. Heather and Gwen will be climbing for the Gophers while Duncan and DJ will be doing it for the Bass." he said.
"No, there is no way you will be pulling me up!" Heather said as she handed the harness to Gwen.
"Actually, the two of you that aren't climbing will be on the ground adjusting the harnesses." Chris said as he demonstrated the use of the harness and safety equipment. "Also there are plenty of traps. Why you may ask? Just because it's fun!" he added.
Everyone looked up to see the various deadly traps awaiting Gwen and DJ who were climbing for their respective teams. The traps involved paths covered in oil, explosives, some sharp objects such as barbwire and what looked like a little girl who was waiting at the top of the cliff. Everyone was confused by what a child was doing up there until some of the squinted their eyes and saw the horns on her head.
"Watch out for Kanna, she's adorable but dangerous." Chris added as they saw Kanna unpacking a suitcase.
DJ then turned towards Geoff, "Hang onto bunny for me Geoff. I don't want him getting hurt." he said as he handed over the rabbit he adopted from the camping challenge.
"No sweat dude, Bunny will be well taken care of my dude." Geoff said confidently.
"Hey aren't you forgetting something? Specifically the flute!" Courtney told Chris who winced.
"Yeah… no, some stuff happened with Naruto and now he's extra mad. It's not even funny, but hey. Maybe you can bribe Kanna up there." Chris said as the little girl pulled out a jar of spiders.
"What is he mad about?" Courtney asked.
Flashback, this morning
Naruto was gripping his phone tightly, "Could you explain this again to me in detail Sayuri?" he asked.
What Naruto was being told, is that his son Kimito who was currently being enrolled in a school meant for young girls to be turned into Yamato Nadeshiko's got into an altercation. Specifically, with a girl who was insane and carried a real katana because she descended from a long line of samurai. So before anyone realized it, everyone was naked including Kimito. With the teenager being on top of the girl as if he dominated her. Now she's following Kimito around and calling him master.
"Maybe Carla can motivate him to try harder to keep his clothes on." Naruto said gripping his head. He sighed as he heard the school's director finish up, "Thank you for your time Sayuri. I will speak to you again tomorrow." he said as he crushed his phone.
Naruto groaned loudly, he thought life was simpler in a world where less than a quarter of humans had superpowers. Yet he has to deal with a life where children are meant to go to school and learn skills (relevant and irrelevant alike) so they can obtain jobs. Although parts of the world don't have such luxuries, he didn't want to deal with stupid drama. Naruto himself spent his childhood surviving the wilderness and dangerous world that looked like an insane version of Feudal Era Japan.
He then looked up at the painting of Lisa Tepes, "What would you do if you were here mother?" Naruto asked.
He respected Kushina as a person, but Naruto only knew Lisa as his parent until her unfortunate death. So he would always ask her for advice.
End of flashback
Chris shrugged, "Kids will be kids." he said before sounding the airhorn.
Gwen and DJ ran up towards the mountain and started ascending to the top where Kanna was waiting. After a few minutes of climbing and avoiding a few rusty nails. Chris decided to randomly surprise Heather and Chris with one of his own tools to make the game a lot harder on them. Specifally, he started shooting them with a squirt gun filled with spicy hot sauce.
"What the heck Chris!?" Heather asked as she let go of the rope and dropped Gwen on accident.
Chris laughed as he shot at Duncan. Instead of getting a similar reaction, Duncan turned around and revealed that he was wearing sunglasses before drinking the hot sauce that was being shot at him.
"Is that the best you can do?" Duncan asked arrogantly.
"Nope, that is!" Chris said as he pointed at DJ.
Who suddenly found a spider on his face, "Spider!" he yelled. The spider then put on a pair of boxing gloves, "Boxing spider!?" DJ asked before being punched and knocked into the ground.
"Seriously!?" Duncan asked as he saw Kanna spreading spiders onto the cliff.
"Go spiders! Be free!" Kanna said despite looking emotionless.
A few minutes later, the two campers were climbing up the mountain again. Until Heather almost screwed up the game for them. As by now, the Screaming Gophers were likely out of scapegoats to vote off instead of Heather.
"Hey Gwen!" Heather yelled as she used the rope to pull of Gwen's shorts.
"Woah! Not cool Heather!" Gwen yelled as her shorts fell onto DJ's face.
DJ would then fall off at the realization that he was holding a girl's pants. Although he didn't hit the ground. Instead, the rope tied itself around Duncan's leg and causing the two to hang upside down from the cliff. Where more of Kanna's spiders starting punching the two of them.
"OUCH! OUCH!" DJ screamed.
"Not cool! Not even Scruffy hits this hard!" Duncan exclaimed.
Meanwhile Gwen pushed past the trails of oil and explosives. Along with ignoring the spiders that climbed onto her body and started punching her from behind. When she finally made it to the top. Gwen realized that everyone could still see her underwear.
"Pervert." Kanna said as Gwen covered herself with her shorts.
Next challenge
Things looked good for the Screaming Gophers but there was no time to jinx anyone yet. The next challenge involved cooking yet again and Shirou along with his older brother Souma were not going to assist either team for this one. The cooking challenge involved the use of a dangerous ingredient but if cooked properly, the reward will be amazing food. Chris arrived in an amazing display of acrobatics and sticking with an amazing landing.
"Wow dude, never knew you had it in you!" Geoff said as he clapped for Chris.
However what they didn't notice was Chris ducking down and standing back up. As the Chris they saw was just Narberal disguised as Chris and was successfully able to flee the area without being spotted.
"Thank you Geoff, as you can see. We're back in the kitchen." Chris said as Kanna arrived leading few carts of rare but poisonous fish.
"Move minions, I am your superior." Kanna said as she lead Shirou and Souma to deliver the fish.
"Why is she leading them?" Trent asked.
"Because papa put me in charge because the dogs are bad dogs." Kanna said as she glared at her brothers.
Naruto was still angry at his kids getting suspended from Totsuki. Honestly Naruto hates some of the teachers on the account that they made a few questionable choices as to how to test the students with tough love. Though Naruto did say something amazing one day when one teacher admitted to putting rotten food among the ingredients to test the students.
"The failures of a pupil often reflect the failures of the teacher." Naruto said that day. Though there was no harm as the next part was a joke, "Be grateful that I wasn't someone a lot more dangerous. For not even I would dare to challenge the health inspector." he said.
The last part was a joke, but honestly the Japanese knew better than to ignore sanitation. The Japanese government did not take kindly to poor sanitation. So it was thanks to Naruto that the dorms weren't shut down after he almost assaulted some nudist boy. Yes, for some reason there was a top scholar at Totsuki academy who liked to run around naked when gathering his ingridients. There was literally nothing anyone could do to stop Naruto when it came to deviants running nude in a school.
So while there were shared onsens, nudity was something the Dragon of the Apocalypse was not okay with. Overall Totsuki is a nice place and filled with elite culinary students and staff. Except they will make no exception if Satoshi Isshiki is caught without clothes and an apron alone doesn't count.
Back to the game, Chris had Kanna present the fish, "Today you will be selecting one of the finest fish here. Although, they are poisonous, so watch out for the toxic sack inside of them. Everything else is good for cooking." he explained.
"So make tasty fish without eating the poison?" Bridgette asked.
"Do we have a doctor to prevent the poison!?" Trent asked fearfully.
Chris gestured to Chef, "Hehe, I got what you need right here." he said as he referred to glass of mystery contents.
"Pick your fish and let the challenge begin!" Chris exclaimed.
Trent grabbed Lindsay and looked her in the eyes, "You took Biology classes right?" he asked seeing her nod.
Geoff looked at Bridgette, "I was head chef, so I'll let you pick." he said as Bridgette picked the least dangerous looking fish.
After a few minutes of selecting and cutting with the help of diagrams. Bridgette presented a fine stack of sushi on a platter for Geoff to eat. Although Bridgette herself didn't look too confident in her cooking. Surprisingly enough, Bunny also looked nervous as he smelled the sushi just as Geoff took a slice and devoured it. A few moments of slowly chewing later and Geoff felt great.
"Hey that's tasty! You're amazing Bridgette!" Geoff said making Bridgette smile.
Lindsay on the other hand, she made some strange mush with the fish tail sticking out. Trent put his faith in Lindsay and ate a piece of the mush. The food must have been very terrible if Trent proceeded to punch himself right before screaming and collasping. With his face turning blue as he tried to reach out for Lindsay.
"I thought you passed Biology." Trent said as his voice changed.
"I said I took Biology." she said before Trent collapsed.
"Hold on kid, this will make it all better. Naruto even gave me the recipe." Chef said as he force fed Trent a disgusting medicine. Trent felt as if he was drinking sewer water or gasoline with a mix sulphuric acid, "If it tastes bad, it means it's working." he said as he kept force feeding Trent.
"Is he okay!?" Bridgette asked.
"I'm sure he's fine, the poison will be gone but… whatever." Chris said not really caring so long as Trent is alive and Chris himself doesn't get sued.
Then the cameras turned to Kanna, "Fun fact, dragon tails are full of poison too but snakes and dragons can't be hurt by them if they eat the tail. Since they always grow back, a dragon feeding someone their tail is like trying to ask them out on a date." she explained.
"That is a weird mating ritual." Geoff said.
Next challenge
Courtney and Owen found themselves tied to spinning wheels. With Owen getting extra straps due to his size and weight. Which allowed him to spin around after a quick testing session. It was fun for the boy but Courtney felt sick already. Chris then revealed a few slingshots and pomegranates in a basket.
"I hope you've all gotten some practice shots in. Like William Tell, you have to hit the arrows off of Courtney and Owen's heads." Chris said as he got the basket ready. "You will be using pomegranates to hit the arrows. However, if you miss, then your teammates earn a penalty." he said.
"What sort of penalty?" Leshawna asked.
Chris threw one of the fruit at Owen. Completely missing the arrow on his head causing his entire body to be electrocuted by the spinning wheel. Courtney panicked and tried to break free of her restraints with no luck.
"Leshawna you will be throwing for your team and Satie, the same for you." Chris said as he handed over the slingshots. "Oh and you have to do it blindfolded." he adds as Courtney tried harder to break free.
"Wait! Can't we- AHHHH!" Courtney screamed as Satie missed her shot.
"I got this!" Satie said before continuing her barrage.
Leshawna took her time and tried to figure out some sort of timing. After a few painful electrocutions and a comment about spicy chicken from Owen. Leshawna finally hit the arrow making Owen's spinning wheel stop. Sadly the pain didn't end as Owen was upside down when the restraints released him. Thus he landed on his head as he fell.
"Congratulations Leshawna, Satie you can stop now." Chris said.
"AHHH!" Courtney screamed after being electrocuted several times.
"Satie you can stop now." Chris said.
Satie continued to barrage the spinning wheel, "Stop her already!" Courtney yelled.
Suddenly Naruto appeared with a watermelon, "What's going on? Did you finish the fruits of Hades already?" he asked.
Suddenly Satie took the watermelon and threw it, "Did I win?" She asked before hearing the fruit crash onto Courtney along with another electric shock.
"No, but you owe lunch." Naruto said as he ripped away the blindfold and slingshot.
"I'm guessing your mad again dude." Chris said as Naruto grumbled something.
At least Courtney's suffering ended once she was removed from the wheel and taken to the infirmary.
Next challenge
With Naruto's supervision, Kanna started spilling piles of jellyfish and other dangerous sea creatures into a pit. As the next challenge involved the use of trapeze. Ironically enough, this is the most simple challenge but more or less the same amount of difficulty.
"Is that enough?" Naruto asked as Kanna nodded.
"Okay campers, next you will be doing a little trapeze section. Harold and Bridgette will be doing this for the Bass while Lindsay and Heather will do it for the Gophers. Also, whoever is doing the jump must do it blindfolded." Chris explained to add to the difficulty.
Meanwhile it looked like Geoff had a little conversation with DJ, "Um DJ, I think it's about time you learn what happened to Bunny." he says as DJ already looked depressed. "He sort just hopped away. I'm sorry man, I tried to go after him but couldn't keep up." Geoff said very apologetically.
"No man, it's not your fault." DJ said as he walked away on his own.
In reality, while swimming with Bridgette. Geoff left Bunny in a small secured space where a snake ate him. Geoff attempted to go after the snake only for him an eagle to grab the snake. Subsequently enough, the eagle was swallowed by a shark. Making it really bitter irony for Geoff who failed to take care of the infant rabbit.
"Papa, I'll be right back." Kanna said as she heard the conversation and went to talk to Geoff.
Back to the main game, Harold was trying to convince Bridgette to jump, "You can do it Bridgette! I'll catch you!" he exclaimed.
Bridgette held onto the safety pole for dear life, "But what if I fall?" she asked.
"You won't, you can trust me. I'm your teammate after all." Harold said hoping to motivate the surer girl.
"Okay, but I'm holding you to it." Bridgette said as she jumped and was caught at the last second.
"I told you can do it." Harold said happy for the win.
At the same time, no one noticed Kanna running towards the docks where Bunny was taken. They didn't noticed Duncan sneaking away either with a carrot in hand. As Lindsay took her position and waited for Heather to get ready to jump.
"Just jump on the count of three Heather." Lindsay said as she controlled her balance on the trapeze.
"You better Lindsay!" Heather yelled as she couldn't see anything with her blindfold.
"Don't worry about it. One… two… three! No wait!" Lindsay said now realizing her timing was off.
Heather jumped in without hearing the warning. Causing her to be electrocuted by the many sea creatures Kanna dumped in. Along with being chewed on by the many sea creatures that had resistance against electricity.
"Maybe Kanna went too far with the sea creatures." Naruto said as he wondered which ones his daughter grabbed.
With Kanna
Kanna silently stood at the docks when suddenly a large leviathan appeared. The leviathan held up it's tail as it lifted up a shark before proceeding to shake the shark around until it vomited out the eagle. Which Kanna kicked until it spat out the snake. Kanna glared at the snake before it spat out DJ's pet rabbit.
"Let's go little Bunny. DJ misses you." Kanna said before looking up at the leviathan again. "Thank you Juna!" she yelled.
The Leviathan named Juna smiled, "Your welcome little sister. Now run along." she said before diving back into the water.
Kanna nodded as she ran back to the campers.
The final challenge
Using Chris' supervision, Naruto adjusted the hill and the sleds, "I can guarantee no one with the intelligence equivalent or below a blind walrus will survive." Naruto told him.
Chris chuckled, "Good enough, as long as there are no lawsuits or threats from the UN. I'm all good." he said as the two teams arrived.
DJ was paired up with Geoff but still looked depressed and Leshawna was paired up with Lindsay with a confident look on her face. Although both faces turned into terror as they saw the monsters and traps that were all around the hill.
"Could I get a blindfold?" Leshawna asked as she felt more confidence by not seeing anything terrifying.
"Of course, it's part of the challenge." Chris said as he handed the blindfolds over to Leshawna and DJ.
After a small exchange of DJ's lack of confidence in Geoff. The opposing pairs took their positions on the sleds. Before Chris had signaled them to ride down the mountain.
"And go!" Chris yelled before several creatures chased after the sleds.
Down the mountain
Kanna arrived with the rabbit in her hands, "I found Bunny!"
"I found Bunny!"
Kanna turned her head to see Duncan holding a very similar looking rabbit. Duncan for his part looked like a deer caught in the headlights. Like he was very shocked and very scared at the fact that Kanna had a rabbit. As he wasn't aware that Kanna saved Bunny from the snake and other animals that devoured the snake and so on. Now this was awkward and Duncan had no idea how to respawn.
"Are you a time traveller?" Kanna asked thinking Duncan went back in time to before Bunny was eaten.
"Maybe." Duncan said before hearing the various explosions.
"I wanna go home!" DJ screamed as he avoided a fire breathing creature.
Duncan looked back at Kanna, "We need to make up a story." he said as DJ was falling behind Leshawna.
For some reason, the sassy woman looked like she was developing some sort of six sense. As she was able to avoid most of the traps and wild creatures. Especially the tiny winged bats with sonic screeching.
"Leshawna ain't losing because some crazy monster won't shut up! So I'm not losing because of Heather or some random monster!" Leshawna said insulting Heather when she wasn't even here.
Suddenly everyone heard Duncan yell out, "DJ! We found Bunny! He was just looking for his brother!" He yells.
DJ lifted his blindfold and saw the twin rabbits, "Brother? Oh my gosh! Bunny! You were just looking for your family!" he exclaimed before putting his blindfold back on. Now looking determined, "Let's do this Geoff!" he said now sounding confident.
With his newfound confidence, DJ navigated down the mountain with Geoff's guidance. Without any long term harm as they managed to reach the bottom of the mountain first. Just as DJ was about to have a reunion with Bunny and his "brother", Naruto jumped in the middle and slammed down a heavy sword causing the ground to crack.
"Disqualified." Naruto suddenly said.
"What!?" DJ asked.
"You took off your blindfold and saw the rabbit for a brief moment." Naruto pointed out.
"No way! It was just a second!" Geoff tried to say as Leshawna arrived.
"Did we just lose again!?" Leshawna asked.
Chris arrived and shook his head, "Nope, DJ technically cheated and therefore the challenge itself is null and void." he said.
"Then who wins? It's two to two." Gwen asked.
Chris chuckled, "Actually we still have the emergency tie breaker." he said as he lead everyone to the another area of the island.
Tie Breaker Challenge
Chris revealed several Go-Karts ready for use, "Final challenge time! Since Lindsay and DJ screwed up for their teams. They get to drive!" he announced.
It was true, Lindsay caused Trent's poisoning and Heather to get injured by electrocution. DJ on the other hand failed to beat Gwen up the mountain and just got his team disqualified for peaking from his blindfold. So now those two would race to redeem themselves and win for their team.
"It's a simple race, but you will go in blind. Metaphorically I mean." Chris said as he handed maps to both teams. "You will be trying to navigate your driver to the finish line. However, for this challenge, Lindsay and DJ will pick their a navigator." he explains.
"I pick Owen!" Lindsay said having confidence in someone with a cheerful personality.
"I pick Duncan, he did help find Bunny and his family." DJ said as Courtney and the others smiled at Duncan's kindness.
"Whatever, just keep your eye on the road." Duncan said as he took a map and a radio.
"One last thing, you both have to pick a small potion. Some can give you strength, some better reflexes, others to calm you down and a special mystery one that has cute rainbow colors." Chris said as Naruto presented the potions.
Lindsay ran up to him and asked for the mystery potion, "If it's this cute, it's has to be the best right?" she asked.
"Sure." Naruto replied while DJ requested a calming potion.
"Maybe something to lower the stress. My heart is still beating pretty fast." DJ said as Naruto gave him a potion with minerals to make his body relax.
At the starting line
Kanna stood in the middle of the racer's paths, "Ready? Set? GO!" she yelled as she unleashed a powerful beam at the sky.
DJ being raised properly, decided to be as slow as possible by taking the time to put on his built, adjusting the side mirrors and adjusting his hands at the 10 O'clock and 2 O'clock positions. Ironically the Go-Kart never had a seatbelt or side mirrors until DJ sat down.
Lindsay on the other hand started raving up her engine, "It doesn't matter what's under the hood. All that matters is who's behind the wheel." she said before riding off at 100 KMH.
DJ coughed as Lindsay's car's smoke got in his face, "Hey! Practice defensive driving!" he shouted as he slowly went after her.
Owen and Duncan opened up their maps to see magic seals appear. Where both boys saw their racers moving around on the map. Making things a lot easier, but more difficult at the same time. As it appeared that the map completely changed to show that they were in some area full of buildings instead of a course in the forest.
"Yo DJ, where are you exactly?" Duncan asked.
With the racers
DJ went wide eyed, "I think I got sent to another dimension! It looks like I'm in some ancient ruins or something!" he exclaimed. When Lindsay suddenly bursted through an old building, "Now Lindsay's committing vandalism!" he added.
"Dude, are you one some kind of mind trip or something?" Duncan asked from the radio.
"I don't know!" DJ exclaimed as he felt lost.
Meanwhile Lindsay looked confidant, "I need directions Owen." she said as she maneuvered around the ruins.
"Hold on, I think you're about a kilometer away or something. Just watch out for the giant debris on your left. I mean right! No left! No GAH! I'm holding the map upside down!" Owen yelled.
Lindsay closed her eyes as she gripped the wheel, "It doesn't matter if I win by a centimeter or a kilometer Owen. A win is a win." She said.
Owen sweat dropped, "Lindsay are you feeling okay? You sound like you're in an awesome action movie." He asked.
"I don't know Owen, but I just know one thing. I don't have friends." Lindsay said as she found a crude ramp near the debris. Where her Go-Kart had successfully jumped over it, "I have a team!" she said.
"Wow, Go-Karts make you say epic things." Owen said wondering what's going on in Lindsay's head.
With the campers
"What's going on? Is Lindsay winning?" Heather asked.
"She's talking like an action movie hero and somehow moving really fast." Owen answered.
"Girl must be trying a new style or something. As long as she wins, Leshawna will be okay with this new persona." Leshawna said with a nod.
Meanwhile the Killer Bass were having issues, "I don't see Lindsay anymore. Did she fall behind Duncan?" DJ asked through the radio.
"No DJ! That chick is like a hundred meters ahead of you! Pick up the pace and go through the big road!" Duncan exclaimed.
"I am! There's just a lot of broken buildings and stuff! I don't wanna crash and break my neck!" DJ replied making Duncan sigh.
Courtney slapped her forehead, "Why did DJ of all people have to drive?" she asked.
"Because Harold isn't a screw up like we all think and Satie is probably going to run you over." Duncan answered as everyone looked at Satie.
Satie glared at Duncan, "I would like, so not hurt Courtney… again." she said.
Duncan looked back at the map, "DJ, there's something blocking the road. Do you think you can find an opening to drive past it or something?" he asked.
Back again with the racers
DJ shook his head, "Nah man, there is a ramp but it looks risky." he said as he drove around the debris.
At the same time, Naruto was flying around in human form with his wings extended from his back. Currently, he was carrying a blonde girl with a sketchpad in his arms.
"Papa, look at my drawings. It looks like grandma's home right?" the girl asked.
"It does Namine, but I'm sure next time your grandma's spirit would like it better if it looked cleaner and rebuilt." Naruto said as Namine nodded.
"I'll do that one next." Namine said as she continued working on her current sketch.
Naruto's Confessional
"My daughter Namine has the power to tamper with memory and create illusions that became reality within a small space. She did before by making Katie and Satie get lost in the forest." Naruto explained as to help the viewers understand where the ruins came from.
Back to the game
Lindsay narrowed her eyes as she saw a broken bridge ahead of her, "Life is simple." she said as she drove past the bridge. With it collapsing right behind her as she crossed it, "You make choices and don't look back." she said as the bridge was completely destroyed once she crossed it.
"Hurry Lindsay, DJ is catching up. All you need to do is get past the giant building in front of you. Unless you can jump the walls around it." Owen explained.
Lindsay nodded, "Maybe this is the end of the race." she said.
"I think it is. The path looks pretty straight after this." Owen said.
"But we're going out together." Lindsay said before speeding up as quickly as possible.
"Lindsay you really need to cool it with the movie quotes." Owen said as Lindsay bursted through the building and drove into the path Owen had mentioned.
At the finish line
Naruto landed with Namine at the finish where Chef was waving the checkered flag. Chef immediately waved it around as Lindsay drove right past them. At the same time, Lindsay jumped out of the Go-Kart as she revealed that she left some very dark tire tracks.
"I want a puppy!" Lindsay demanded.
"What?" Chef asked.
"Kanna!" Naruto spoke up as the little girl appeared.
Kanna wasn't alone as she was dragging Shirou by his leg, "You heard her Shirou. Lindsay wants to pet you as a prize." she said.
"No! I don't wanna!" Shirou said as he tried crawling away.
Only for Kanna to put him in Lindsay's arms, "No, you do as you are told. You got in trouble so now I have to keep you and big brother Souma in line or else." she said making Shirou shrink in fear.
Heather's Confessional
Heather giggled surprisingly, "That girl reminds me of a tiny me before I got more ambitious." she said.
Geoff's Confessional
"Scary little girl. I'm glad I don't have siblings!" Geoff said fearfully.
Chef's Confessional
"Serves them right, the wolf boy didn't clean the grill when I asked him too. Now he's demoted and has to listen to one of the tougher kids. Not like those soft girls that turned into idols." he said.
Lindsay's Confessional
Lindsay giggled as she stroked Shirou on her lap, "Aw you're the cutest puppy, I don't know why I was acting all cranky. Whatever, it doesn't matter." she said ignoring her personality change. Right after hearing Shirou purr, "That's even more cute!" she said as she scratched Shirou's ears until he started kicking.
At the finish line
DJ finally arrived only to see that he lost, "Really!? I almost fell into the water a few times!" he said.
"Too bad, the winner is Lindsay!" Chris announced as Lindsay cheered for herself as she kept stroking Shirou.
"I won! I really won and now I have this cute puppy!" Lindsay squealed.
Chris laughed at the response, "Screaming Gophers, you can share your prize tonight. As for the Killer Bass, I think one of you has stayed here long enough." he said meaning it was time for them to vote someone off.
"Someone save me!" Shirou pleaded as he hated being stroked.
"Bad puppy! Take your strokes like a man!" Kanna commanded.
Later that night, bonfire
The winning streak was finally over and now someone from the Killer Bass will be removed from the game. For today, it appears that one of them has stayed on the island long enough. With Chris reminding the Killer Bass of the rules of elimination seeing as they haven't been at the bonfire for three days.
"I can't stress this enough. Once you get your marshmallows, you are safe. If you don't, you walk down the dock of shame and into the Boat of Losers. You can't come back, EVER!" Chris exclaimed as everyone nodded.
However by the time nearly everyone received their marshmallows. There were only two people left who had yet to obtain one. One being DJ, no doubt possibly being voted off for failing two challenges along with the bonus one where he could have redeemed himself. Instead, he was defeated by Lindsay who acted like she was Dom Torreto because of the potion she took that effected her personality and made her more intense and passionate about driving.
The other person who could be eliminated, is Satie. While she hasn't screwed up as much as DJ, she did continue to harm Courtney by electrocuting her with every miss with fruits of Hades. Pomegranate hurt almost as much as watermelons. Something that Satie also hit Courtney with fairly hard. No one was sure what was Satie's plan when she threw the gigantic fruit at her teammate. Nonetheless, her reckless behavior could be seen as detrimental towards the Killer Bass in the near future.
Chris gave the two of them a serious face, "You both know why you're here. Both of you screwed up hard. You didn't do as bad Satie, but I hope you realize that you need to listen and take good care of your team." he said as he threw the marshmallow. "Because I think DJ already knows that and will continuing knowing that. You're safe my man." he said as DJ caught the marshmallow.
Satie looked at her team with complete shock as she stood up. Right before balling her fists and glaring at her teammates.
"Whatever, I'll just leave you… you marshmallow eating freaks!" Satie yelled as she ran towards the dock while trying not to cry.
Courtney ate her marshmallow and glared at Satie's retreating form with eyes filled with bitterness.
Ironically as Satie made it to the end of the dock of shame. She was surprised again with the sight of Katie waiting for her there. Where the two girls squealed in delight before embracing each other in a warm and tight hug. Refusing to let go for a long time as Chef sailed away.
With Naruto
(Valkyria Chronicles OST - Beautiful Gallia)
Naruto smiled as he tucked Namine and Kanna into bed. Along with Shirou and Souma after a long day of them being worked to the bone. As the children were put into bed and left alone for the night. Naruto took Namine's sketchpad and saw a little drawing of her, Naruto himself and many of his children. The man showed a rare smile as he took it with him to the living room and sat down.
On the side, he could see Veldora had fallen asleep with a manga volume hanging over his face. Naruto rolled his eyes as he studied the drawing some more before noticing a small detail. Of a woman with blond hair and blue eyes putting her hand on Naruto's shoulder. Naruto looked surprised before looking at the portrait of his adoptive mother.
Flashback, childhood
As a toddler, Naruto sniffled as he wandered the streets late at night by himself. Trying to find a shelter where he could rest and not be disturbed. When he stopped and felt the pain from his stomach of being malnourished. Naruto rubbed his stomach as he looked around for something to eat. When he accidentally stumbled upon a cloaked woman.
"I'm sorry, I didn't see you little one." the woman said. Naruto nodded as he continued moving, "Little one, you shouldn't be out on your own this late at night." she said.
Naruto looked at her with pain filled eyes but kept moving. Only to jump in fright as he felt her hand touch his shoulder.
"Little one, I won't hurt you. Can you tell me where your home is. Someone your age should be in bed." the woman said.
"I don't have a house. Nobody wants me because they call me demon." the child replied.
The woman frowned as she saw tears fall down his cheek, "Demons don't cry little one. These tears, tears are a gift only a human can have." she said before slowly embracing the child.
Naruto stiffened at the feeling of the hug. Before seeing the woman smile.
"Little one, I can't promise a rich life, but I will give you less of a reason to cry." the woman said confusing Naruto. "Would you like to live with me?" she asked.
Naruto looked hesitant, "Why? Won't people hate you too miss?" He asked her.
The woman smiled, "Humans fear what the fail to understand little one. Hate makes people commit poor choices, but love is where a human truly grows strong." she said.
"Who are you miss?" Naruto asked.
"My name is Lisa Tepes. Now what is your name little one?" Lisa asked cheerfully.
"Naruto." Naruto answered.
"Fishcake? No, Maelstrom. Would you like me to be your new mother little Maelstrom?" Lisa asked.
Naruto's eyes teared up as he hugged Lisa. Graciously accepting the offer to have a mother over anything else.
End of flashback
Naruto covered his eyes with his hand as he held back his emotions. Veldora peaked from his manga and saw the look on his father's eye. He may have been sleepy but he was very sure he saw tears fall from his father's eyes. Something that Naruto said he would rarely do as he said it was unbecoming of a dragon.
Veldora would keep this little scene in fear of what his father would say or do to him.
TO BE CONTINUED…
