The Amazing Race: The Crossover

by Aelluminatick

My version of the Emmy award winning reality series. 11 teams of 2 will race around the world for a chance to win the 1,000,000 and THE AMAZING RACE! Racers are consists of the characters from Mr. Bean, The Loud House, ALVINNN! and the Chipmunks, Johnny Test, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Teen Titans, Oggy and the Cockroaches, Wrestling and Foster's HIF. Rated T for swearings.

9. 2x The Gathering, 2x The Chances!

A/N: Yahoo! New episode is here! I kinda had a busy holiday season! I was initially supposed to publish this chapter in December. But yeah, things don't go according to plan. From unexpected durations of outings to an untimely storm bringing wrath that I have to wait for the electricity to come back! But here it is!

My comments to the reviewers of the last two chapter:

Platrium – Hey, dude! I owe you an explanation about the past legs and a review, of course! Why do I keep forgetting about the latter? XD

And to all silent readers, have fun reading it and I hope you enjoy this leg!

And also, this is an optional choice, this is up to you ofc. But you can review a certain chapter or the overall concept of this fic. Suggestions, criticisms, and opinions are always welcome here! And lastly, just tell me if there's an error at this chapter, so I can check it out and edit it again.

Okay, no more shenanigans and here we go!

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Legend:

Normal – Character's Dialogue

Bold – Character's Confessionals and Team's Placements

Italic – Setting and Character's Actions

Bold and Italic – Phil's Dialogue

Bold, Italic and Underline – Flashback Dialogues, Time of Arrival, and Title

Italic and Underline – Batch Numbers and Names

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Episode #9 - Double the gathering, double the chances! – Karl

"Previously on The Amazing Race..." Phil started. "…six teams raced from France to Lisbon, Portugal!"

"…I felt so good about it." Brittany said while they were in the cab.

"At the Roadblock, Jeanette lost her mind at the aiming task…"

"I don't care about getting first anymore! I don't care about you and your rage fest! I don't care for everything!" Jeanette rants over her sister.

"…while Alvin and Simon once again performed challenges at an insane speed!"

"Yes! Got 'em!" Alvin celebrated as he finished the Roadblock in quick fashion.

"But in the end, it was The Wrestlers who checked in first..."

"…you are team number one!" Phil declared the men as winners of the leg.

"YES!" Both of them hi-fived each other.

"…and Marceline and Simon came from top to bottom, resulting in their unfortunate elimination."

"…I'm sorry to tell you that you both have been eliminated from the race."

"Five teams remaining, who will be eliminated… NEXT?"

(The intro is on the first chapter)

We see different shots of the beautiful capital city of Lisbon, from transportations to sceneries. Until it stopped to the Pit Stop of the last leg.

"This is Lisbon, the capital of Portugal! Standing west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and this city is known for the rich history of art! And just outside of the busy city is the Castelo dos Mouros… one of the castles that were lucky enough to preserve until to present. At this 9th century fortress, this castle is the 8th Pit Stop of this race and will serve as the starting line of the next leg." Phil explains the current starting point.

"Luke and Karl arrived at the pit stop first and also will depart first at 10:42am."

The race began as Karl opens the clue.

Luke & Karl – 1st to depart, 10:42am

"Make your way to TOKYO!" He raised his voice in excitement as he mentioned the place.

"Teams will fly 7,000 miles to the land of the rising sun, Japan! Once arrived in Tokyo, teams will drive themselves to find Hanamishi Sushi Restaurant where they'll find their next clue." Phil explained the first detail.

"Hell yeah! We're going to Japan!" Luke felt his excitement also.

They found a taxi instantly and went inside as they moved away from the castle grounds.

"First of all, we mentioned that we won several Tag Team gold in our career. And we would like to add that some of them were from Japan!" Luke said in the confessional.

"Japan is a great fan of wrestling, especially hard stuff and hardcore! That country is our blessing in disguise because we manage to explore the city while we're working there. So that's a big advantage on us." Karl added.

"Alright, dude. We're going back to our second home!" Karl exclaimed.

"Not a bad place for some challenge! We would love to do challenges there." Luke said to the camera.

"That's definitely a sweet victory."

"Did someone say sweet?"

Both wrestlers performed their signature "Too Sweet" gesture on one another.

Due to The Chipmunks' and The Imaginary Friends' Roadblock Count Violation, they were stepped down at their initial departing placement (which they secured 2nd and 3rd Place at the last leg respectively.) Therefore, The Siblings are now departing next and Lori was ripping the clue off.

Lincoln & Lori – 2nd to Depart, 11:35am

"Make your way to Tokyo, Japan… and travel by taxi to Hanamishi Sushi Restaurant to get their next clue."

"Woo boy, Japan! Lots of stuff there!" Lincoln commented as he jumped and raised both hands.

"Yeah, let's just get in a taxi," Lori suggested.

They walked for a few meters to call a taxi.

"There's only five of us remaining… and we're still standing tall." Lincoln said in the confessional.

"Every time that a team is out, we really hope and pray that it's not us who will be kicked out next." Lori follows up with another statement.

"To the airport?" Lori inquires the driver as the latter nods. "Thanks." They entered the vehicle and moves straight to the road.

Alvin & Simon – 3rd to Depart, 11:42am

"Make your way to Tokyo, Japan!" Alvin was reading the info. "Some place that I wanted to go to…"

"Really?" Simon somehow got curious at the remark.

"Yeah, lots of robotic stuff right there. Food. Extreme game shows!"

"Whoa, you have known some stuff about Japan, huh?"

"Well, watching them is fun and entertaining." Alvin shrugs. "Come on! Let's go to the airport!"

They saw a cab immediately and asks the driver to take them to the airport, the driver accepts the offer as they go in the vehicle and moves away from the castle grounds.

The screen transitions now to the airport where The Siblings arrived and entered the premise proceeds to an airline counter to negotiate.

"Excuse me. What's the earliest flight to Tokyo?" Lori asks the counter.

"Let me check…" The counter started typing on the computer and found something as she told them. "There are few more seats available at 6:15pm. A connecting flight first to Frankfurt then Tokyo."

"Time of arrival?" Lincoln added another question.

"9:55am tomorrow."

"That's the fastest time, right Lori?"

"Yeah, I think so," Lori answered. "Two tickets, please!"

The counter gave the tickets to the team and walks out of the kiosk.

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4:52PM

We saw the glimpse of the plane and we see The Wrestlers sitting and drinking.

"We don't think we never saw any teams on the flight. That pretty means one thing…" Luke said in the camera as he paused.

"We have the lead! So, we expect to arrive at Japan in 7:10 in the morning." Karl revealed their flight information.

"A long day to rest and to plan out."

They both chuckled and celebrated with a toast and the plane moved out of the runway.

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6:13PM

While at the airport, the remaining three teams were on the bench waiting for their flight.

"Our flight is ninety minutes ahead of the siblings, they got the flight that we really needed to go. But unfortunately, the slots are full so there's nothing we can do about it, but to wait and perform fast later." Simon told the info at the camera as the camera records the aforementioned team, entering the plane and eventually lifts off the air.

"Man, I should have thought about the Roadblock! Ugh!" Alvin roaming around in circles blames himself for the penalty.

"That eventually happens right?" Brittany felt concerned about the upset counterpart.

"No! It's not! We are actually early as usual and then some people actually took our slots away! This is so uncalled for!" Jeanette started her rant for the day.

Brittany groaned and covered her ears as she was hearing hell again. "Can this be stopped?! I don't wanna hear Jeanette screaming for everything!"

While Bloo and Mac were staring at the girls and thought of something.

"Okay… that ponytail girl is still enraging." Mac reacted.

"Well, that's our advantage and hope… they will bicker until someone loses it… or actually both of them, technically." Bloo commented.

"Alright, dude. But her nagging is so obnoxious! I just wanna go somewhere and hold the peace of my mind!"

"Yeah, should we do something about it?"

"About what?"

Both boys startled and looked back to see Alvin and Simon who were eavesdropping at their conversation.

"Uhh… did you hear our talk here?" Bloo sheepishly asks them.

"Yeah… but we are here to help though." Simon responded.

"Oh…" Mac cooed.

"Okay, we learned that those two chipmunks shared the same concern on that girl in the ponytail. Not as much as I don't care them but we just need to get rid of that talkative side of her!" Bloo said in the confessional.

"Yeah, she's not herself since the last leg!" Mac added.

The two teams made their way to the all-female team where the mad one was glaring at them.

"What do you want?" She crossed her arms.

"Guys!" Brittany exclaimed. "What are you doing here? She's just gonna fight you off if you annoyed her!" She said in a fainting voice.

"Annoyed?" Bloo waves her off. "She's been annoying since the last leg!"

"Yeah! I can't even concentrate on listening to something!" Mac followed.

"Hu-hu-hu." Jeanette imitates a crying person. "What a bunch of babies! Crying and crying! You cannot stop me! I'm going to get you on my nerves!"

Bloo growled as he was getting on his nerves as he tries to step up but it was stopped by his partner.

"Dude, stop that!"

"I will stop if she fights with me!"

That statement called out Jeanette's attention as she narrows her eyes and smirked evilly.

"You want a fight? I'll give you one! And you're not gonna love it, but I will!" She kept the smirk on her face as she steps forward but her path was blocked by her sister. "What are you doing? You're blocking the way!"

"There is no way you can hurt anyone here, understand that?" Brittany fires back and extends both of her arms to block the way.

"Well…" Jeanette pauses for a bit. "…then, I'm gonna attack you instead!"

Brittany gasped and as soon as the threatening chipette said the last word, she jumped and leaped on air as she tries to tackle her sister. But in a matter of seconds, someone shoves her hardly from her side and soon realizes that she was on the floor and became upset once again.

"Who dares to cross my line?!" She tries to stand up but she kept falling down on her hips as she was strapped on cuffs on her legs and her hands. "What are you doing?! I demand my freedom instantly!"

"Wow, she is one tough girl," Mac said to everyone.

"What are you going to do with Jeanette?" Brittany asked Simon.

"Well, we just need some drastic measures on Jeanette. She might have something inside of her or whatsoever, we're just checking her."

"Hey! What are you doing—" Jeanette's voice became muffled after that when Alvin sealed the tape on her mouth and carries him in a bench.

"I guess we needed some peaceful time," Alvin said.

"That's fine, dude. We'll just untapped her when our flight has been called. Jeanette's voice will be in big exhaustion later if she didn't stop." Simon replied.

All of them nodded in agreement.

"Okay, that thing was actually a big scene! I never thought I had to say this but… without them, my brain would actually be exploding by now!" Brittany praises them in the confessional.

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7:08AM – Narita International Airport

A plane landed in the runway as a team left the big vehicle and sprinted out.

"Okay, we need to find a marked car at the parking lot! That's what the clue said." Luke said.

"Finally, we got to drive on our own!" Karl followed.

They found the marked vehicle and quickly enters their car, moves away from the parking lot.

"We're clearly in first." Karl looks to the camera where Luke was driving. "And I can say that we're not in big, big trouble. Those guys can run harder, but that's impossible."

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7:23PM – Air France Plane

The other teams were now on their way on their airport. The camera caught the moment where Alvin and Simon teamed with each other to carry the sleeping Jeanette, while the remaining contestants followed suit.

"I told you she will be exhausted if she keeps talking," Simon said.

"Do you think she will be okay?" Brittany asks the genius one.

"Yeah, but… she will definitely be woken up when we arrived in Japan."

She groaned. "I hope she goes back to normal."

"I kinda felt bad for you, Brit. You've been dealing with her for hours." Alvin chimed in, concerning face was sealed on his face.

"Huh? How are you concerned about me?"

"Is that a bad thing for you? I just felt that you need some company for a few hours." Alvin offered as Simon also nodded.

"Well…" She looked up as she was thinking about the offer and quickly accepts it. "Yeah, fine."

"That's the spirit, Brittany!" He paused and became lightened up. "You know what? I have an idea!" He grabs Brittany's hand, quickly dashes inside to the airport.

Due to the instance of a mad dash, Simon almost fell as she grabbed the unconscious Jeanette, frowning and shouting.

"ALVIN!"

"Ehem…"

He looked back to see The Imaginary Friends stopped at their tracks, also with frown faces glued on them.

"You need help?" Mac asked.

"Well, yeah." Simon nodded.

They continue to walk and made their way inside of the plane. Speaking of which, we saw Alvin and Brittany sitting down and was playing a card game. From the female chipmunk faces, she was actually enjoying playing with her companion as she drank the strawberry juice, which made Simon smiled.

"Oh well, at least you'll see Brittany in a great phase since that heavy duty on Jeanette," Simon said in the confessional.

"I'm really, really happy that I spend some quality time without hearing any vicious yells or shouting." Brittany paused as she thought of what the viewers think about her and Alvin. "And no, I'm happy because I could do everything I wanted, not because of Alvin insisting me on playing with him." She crosses her arms.

"But actually, I kinda enjoy hanging with Alvin. He's a cool guy and a fun player to compete with!" She once again stopped as she thought of what she's saying the latest and gasped. "No! It's not what you think! Will you stop filming this?!" She growled and walks off the confessional.

While on the other hand, Simon lets Jeanette leaned on the plane window as she didn't move on her position, for Simon it was a relief that he was with her on his side. At the other side of them was The Imaginary Friends who were sitting and eating some crackers.

"That was a rough walk…" Mac started.

"Yeah, you know what I noticed on Jeanette's outburst lately?" Bloo wondered.

"What is it?"

"That I remember watching this cartoon where someone got smacked in the head by a hard object and that person becomes a different one. You get me, right?"

"Hmm…" Mac pinches his chin and realized. "Yeah! Maybe you don't think?"

"I'm thinking that too!"

"So we should tell them that, right?" Mac was looking at the pair of Simon and Jeanette, who were both sleeping.

"I still don't know if we should help them out figuring out their problem. One side tells me that we don't help them to keep our positions on the top. But the other part says otherwise." Bloo shared his feeling at the confessional.

"We really wanted to keep things quiet and comfortable as possible!" Mac added which Bloo nods in agreement.

"I don't know actually… maybe later would be great." The blue creature suggested.

"Yeah…" Mac yawned. "But first, we need some rest."

Bloo nodded as they collapsed and leaned on to the edge of their chairs. While the duo of Brittany and Alvin were still relishing at this moment, they were laughing and mocking on each other. The plane finally blasted off from the runway. Unexpectedly, the screen becomes black indicating for a commercial break!

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At the other side of the globe, The Wrestlers had an obviously big lead as of this moment. They have arrived at the first point of the leg, which was the restaurant. They ran and opened the clue to read it aloud.

Luke & Karl – currently in 1st Place

"Roadblock. Who loves to play Japanese roulette?" Karl reads the question.

"Teams will have to face this Japanese version of spin the wheel, which requires a strong mouth…" Phil paused and spins the wheel in front of him, continues to talk when the wheel stopped. "One team member will participate to a game named Sushi Roulette. The competitors will spin the wheel with ten pieces of sushi and one big piece of the delicacy known as the Wasabi Bomb, which is a sushi that is filled with wasabi. If he receives the Wasabi Bomb, they will have to eat within 2 minutes to get their next clue. If they failed to finish, they will have to try again until they receive another Wasabi Bomb."

"I can do that." Karl volunteered and raised his hand.

"Well, okay. I hope you don't have to go to the restroom after this." Luke whispers to his partner.

"Nah…" The short bald man waves his brother off. "I can do it actually."

Karl entered the restaurant while his partner followed suit, the former sat down on one of the tables with a wheel on the center.

"Let's go, boy! Take your time!" Luke cheered.

Karl ignored the cheering and quickly spins the wheel at a fast speed. After a few seconds, it landed on the normal sushi which he ate it instantly.

"Savory!"

"Spin that thing already!" Luke continues to shout.

Karl once again spins the wheel but at a slow pace. Luckily, it was landed in the different sushi, known as the Wasabi Bomb. He picks it up and scans the food.

"I never thought that this would be bigger than I expected."

"When I look at this bomb, I could actually felt my stomach flinching. Man, it's because of the size!" Luke admits in his confessional.

"Oh well, Wasabi's a big crud." He shrugged and soon took a bite of it, the timer starts running.

When he chewed it off, he breathed slowly and coughs. Then continues to bite to fight the spiciness. One minute remaining, three-fourths of the spicy delicacy was eaten by the big guy.

"He's gonna do it as quick as possible," Karl said to the camera and proceeds to cheer continuously. "Luke! Luke! Luke!"

The chant became contagious as the other customers were joyfully enjoyed wit Karl on cheering as thirty seconds has vanished from the clock. However, Luke ate the final part of the bomb and chews it very quickly; he gulped and shows his tongue to prove that he managed to defeat the time limit.

"Yeah, that's what I'm talking about!" Karl exclaims and claps, followed by the audience.

The chef showed the next clue to the participant as the latter shook the former's hand and picks up the next clue.

Luke & Karl – currently in 1st Place

"Arigato!" Luke bowed his head as a sign of respect then turns the attention to his partner. "I'm coming in there!"

Luke opens up the clue and began reading for Karl. "Make your way to Shibuya Crossing and find a woman holding flags on its hand to get your next clue."

"Teams will now make their way to one of the busiest districts places in Japan, Shibuya Scramble Crossing! To get their next clue, they will have to find a lady who has flags on her hands." Phil said off-screen and shows a teenage girl who was holding multiple and colorful flags.

"Alright, the crossing! I'm pretty sure that it's going to be harder after this." Karl presumes the next part of the leg.

"Nah, at least we still are first!" Luke responded. "Come on, let's get back to our cars!"

"Alright…"

They left the restaurant to find and get their vehicle.

"I know we could prevail them! We should make ourselves, the best team in the race!" Luke gestured his hand while Karl also followed and taunted their signature motto.

"TOO SWEET!"

"That's like a half a mile from here, right?" Karl asks his good brother.

"Of course. I'm pretty sure of it."

Karl laughed. "Nah, I'm just messing with you. You know I would be happy if this show is somehow a couple's edition. I would bring up my hot and sexy wife and we can go all over the world!"

A short silence has occurred inside the vehicle as Luke spoke.

"Man, I would love to see that happen. But you should give a spot to the new leafs, you know… the fresh ones?"

"We could go back at some point though, we should wait for like five seasons or longer."

"Totally." Luke paused as he saw a glimpse of a revolutionary symbol of Shibuya. "Ah, thank goodness for the stalling, we have arrived!"

"There's no way that you park at the middle of the intersection!"

"Then I'll find one."

After Luke said that, they actually found an indoor parking and took their car to the vacated slot. They got out of the vehicle and started running.

"Man, the people's too many!" Karl said when he looked upon the nearby intersection. "This is nuts! Like no different nut!"

"I hope that the person isn't changing positions," Luke muttered.

"When we got there, the people were walking from different portions. Like you can't see the person that you need to find." Karl said in the confessional.

"Our position is kind of uncomfortable right now, we just need to see the lady in the tramp," Luke added.

"Whoa, dude?!" Karl became confused. "Did you just referenced a movie? I'm so proud of you." He patted the shoulder of the big guy, which he frowned.

"I'm also proud that he's a big jerk for noticing it," Luke muttered.

They continue to scan the place as they were no flags under their radar. So they decided to make a plan.

"So, maybe we should split up and we will go back here at this spot in a few minutes. If someone got the clue, then yell." Luke bought out the blueprint to the team.

"Alright, got it!"

"Then let's start."

They went on their separate ways and began to hunt down the flag woman. Due to the uncertain number of people who crosses the intersection, they can't seem to analyze their spot perfectly.

"Okay, this is a tough case to crack," Karl admitted. "I just wanna cross over to the other side." He then walks to the crowd and made his way to the other side.

"Where is that lady? Man, they did sure hire a short one to make it harder!" Luke assumed as his expedition continues.

"Where is she?" Karl then stopped himself to notice a girl who has a hat with no cover and wearing an apron while holding something. "Hold on for a sec."

He went to the interesting lady that he kept an eye when he saw that he was holding. Karl immediately yells his teammate's name.

"Hey, Luke! I found her!"

Within a few meters, Luke heard the call that seems to be familiar.

"I think he found something." He analyzes the environment and when he looked to his right, he saw a plentiful of hands waving. "Bingo."

Just as he stepped on the pedestrian line, the stoplight suddenly flashed a red color meaning that the cars has now to move after a long time.

"Damn it! Why now?!" Luke cursed.

"Oh, alright. He just got the worst timing ever." Karl saw the color changing on the stoplight. "He will wait for a few minutes to clear the cars. The usual time limit for both cars and us to cross is just five minutes."

Skipping to the 5-minute limit, Luke crosses the pedestrian lane to meet Karl, who had just found the next clue.

"Hey, get the clue!" Luke told Karl as the latter picks up the clue from the lady and opened it.

"Okay… route info…"

"Teams will pick up a flag that has different colors from the flag-woman and then find certain people with flags on their hands that has the same color as them at this busy intersection of Shibuya. Once they gathered 10 of them, they must walk to a nearby Bus Stop and if they have the exact amount of people, the bus driver will give them their next clue."

"Ten people with the same colors as us? Okay." Luke gathering the details of their next challenge, Karl then snatches the red flag from the flag-woman. "Come on, we need to have a plan!"

They started running and gathered themselves up on how to get into the challenge faster.

"So this challenge needs a pound of cooperation and have a high vision. I guess this needs a brainstorming, just to keep things organized." Luke said in the confessional.

"We need to gather up the people that we got, but we need a place to assemble them."

"Well, there are benches over there." Karl jerking his finger to a bench nearby a building. "I'll need to secure the spot, you go ahead." He quickly left Luke, which began to hunt for the flag holders.

"I think, I got the height advantage from the other teams, which means they will be on the concessions for a long time," Luke said while scanning the intersection.

Luke quickly noticed two teenagers that have flags on their grip and then went to them.

"Is it red?"

Luckily, red was their color and told the teens to follow the big guy.

"Come on, let's get over there." Luke urges them to follow, obliged easily as they proceeded with caution.

A few seconds later, the three of them saw Karl who was waiting for Luke.

"Hey, dude! Got a twin?" Karl greeted his buddy.

"Yeah, consider it lucky." Luke nodded.

"Okay. Double the gathering, double the chances!" Karl gathered the twins to the bench as they sat down. "Keep finding some peeps! I'll look over here."

Luke & Karl – 2/10

"Got it, bro." Luke walks off to them and began searching once again.

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9:58AM – Narita International Airport

After a long differential time of arrival, the second plane arrived safely at the runway. The only team on the flight, Lincoln, and Lori walk off the plane and running for their lives as they try to find their marked cars.

"This airport's huge! We will never find it that faster!" Lincoln told Lori.

"There's no freaking way that we're stuck at this airport. We just go to the main exit first." Lori drags Lincoln to the exit and made their way to a wide and open parking lot.

The decision of the blonde girl was wisely made and they found the marked cars as they pick up the car. Lori started the engine.

"When you're having trouble, just go to the obvious way – the main drain!"

"Oh… okay…" Lincoln shyly nodded.

"Okay, I'm not a perfect person but I always get conflicts all over on which is which because it will actually cost us or the other way. I'm not sure on how to get the perfect sequence." Lincoln said in the confessional.

The screen showed us back to the crossing where The Wrestlers are almost gathered half of the required people.

"This guy took me fifteen minutes," Luke told Karl.

"I got lucky that this old lady was here," Karl told Luke.

Luke & Karl – 4/10

"Better get back there, before they got lost."

"Alright, man." Karl nodded.

The big man goes back to the busy streets while Karl sat down and continues to scan his environment.

He sighed. "Okay, this is actually the best duty I have ever done here. I just got lucky."

Looking back at The Siblings, the duo was talking about the leg.

"Finally, I get to go here in Japan! I could have tasted the sushi!" Lori exclaimed.

"Man, you're right! But I despised the spiciness, my tongue would be so numb!" Lincoln shared his despisement.

"I don't know what to say about that but I hope we will get through this…"

"I really hate spicy foods." Lincoln simply said in the confessional.

Luke was on the other street of the intersection, he did not see any signs of any red flags at their initial assembly point.

He huffed. "I am actually tired of this finder's keepers. But we need to keep our lead."

Luke stops walking and scans the place.

"I hope I can see you."

He saw an adult that was holding something, he went to the girl and saw that she was holding a flag, but it was not the color that they needed.

"Damn it! Yellow!"

"I thought once I found the ones who has the flags, it would be the color that we needed. But I guess I should have thought it would be longer than we expected." Luke said in the confessional.

The big bald man wiping off his sweat as the screen became slow in motion and the screen went black for a commercial break!

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While Luke is struggling somewhere down the street, his partner, Karl, was not. Karl followed a man who was holding a red flag and told the man to follow him to their assembly point.

Luke & Karl – 5/10

"Okay, another one off! Where's Luke anyway?"

The mentioned guy was running on someone, he assumed that he was holding a flag. But it turns out that it was a red flag and calls the guy out.

"Excuse me? Can you follow me?"

"Ah, okay." The local accepts the offer.

Both of them were walking with Luke cheering up the man with the flag. While The Siblings have arrived in the restaurant as Lincoln picks up the clue.

Lincoln & Lori – currently in 2nd Place

"Roadblock. Who loves to play Japanese roulette?"

"I'll do it." Lori volunteers to perform the challenge.

"Oh, okay. I hope there's no killing part in the roulette." Lincoln shivers and wishes to the heavens.

Lori was reading the instructions and said. "Relax, it's just sushi and wa… sabi." She stopped when she reads the forbidden word, as per Lincoln.

"Oh, goodie. I don't have to take that." Lincoln smirked. "But you got this, Lori!" He nudges Lori.

Lori did not respond to the reply as they both entered the food chain. While Luke found his way back to the point, with a man holding a red flag. For Karl, he told that he caught two tourists while he was gone.

Luke & Karl – 8/10

"We need two more, dude!" Karl counted the individuals.

"Finally, needed some time to recover." Luke sighs in relief.

Luke walks back to the busy streets, while Karl stays put on the bench.

At the restaurant, Lori was eating different variants of sushi, except for the spicy delicacy. Luckily, she fell to most of the 'safe' parts.

Lori humming and moaning in satisfaction. "It tasted so good!"

"Come on, Lori! Just spin the heck out!" Lincoln protested.

A frown was the reaction of the big sister. "Yeah, yeah." She spun the wheel in a not-so-much powerful speed.

When the speed fades away, the wheel landed on the medium-sized food, known as Wasabi Bomb. Lori picks it up and checks the food on how much Wasabi did they put in.

"Am I not gonna die on this, right?"

"Just eat it like it's nothing!" Lincoln yelled.

"Fine…" She sniffed. "Here goes nothing…"

The timer started when Lori took a mouthful of the content at her mouth. She felt the immense heat already, she went panicking as her chewing motion became faster.

"Come on, Lori! You can do it!" Lincoln tries to cheer on his sibling.

95 seconds removed from the timer, Lori began to chew on the spicy meal again and drank a plentiful of water, making it easy to swallow. Three-fourths has been taken out to Lori's system, forty-five seconds remained on the timer. Lori did send the remaining part to her mouth profusely, trying to chew it as quick as possible.

"Let's go! Let it all out!" Lincoln continued cheering until she was chewing.

"I'm not going to let down anyone, especially Lincoln. I know I must end this scorching challenge!" Lori said in the confessional.

Lori let everything out and slowly swallows it to her body. She stuck her tongue out to see that there were no parts of the delicacy was seen, the timer stopped. When Lori checked out the timer, she saw that there were 3 seconds to spare. Because of that, Lincoln celebrated in joy, followed by Lori, who jumped.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Lincoln chanted happily.

The chef gave the clue to Lori who had just finished drinking water. She opened it to reveal their next thing to do.

Lincoln & Lori – currently in 2nd Place

"Make your way to Shibuya Crossing and find a woman holding flags on its hand to get your next clue…" She read it aloud. "Okay, come on!"

They left the restaurant to hop on their vehicle as they left off the food chain. Back to The Wrestlers, who just managed to pick up one elderly lady. Luke told Karl to follow the big guy on his tracks as the former found the last person to complete the group.

Luke & Karl – 9/10

"You heard him, folks! Follow the big guy!" Karl informed the locals as they marched out of the bench.

"You see if these people are bored to death, I just let them show my antics to them! Just to keep them comfortable." Karl said in the confessional.

"Hey, hey, let's go, let's go!" Karl chanted. "Don't you all separate us or we'll be in trouble!"

"There you are!" Luke found the tenth missing person. "Alright, now let's go to the bus!"

Luke & Karl – 10/10

"Alright! Go to the bus station, girls and boys!" Karl continues to gather attention to the people.

When they all gather up, Luke asked someone for directions to the bus stations.

"Any bus station that is near here?"

The local aimed his finger to her right obviously told them to go right.

"Alright, thanks!" Luke said and turned his back to tell their group and Karl. "Let's go right!"

The group basically followed their leader as they walked out of the busy streets of Shibuya and turned right. While somewhere at the intersections of Shibuya, another team showed up to find the next clue.

"Okay, I have never gone to this crowd of people!" Lincoln said.

"Same, but we need to keep ourselves together. There is a possibility that one of us might get lost." Lori commented.

"Yep, definitely agree." He nodded.

The Siblings crossed to the other side when the light turned green. Luckily, they went in the right direction and saw the flag lady. Lori grabbed the clue from the woman and opened it.

"Pick a colored flag from the flag lady and find ten people…" She quickly read it until the end and selected Blue as their color.

"Why blue?" Lincoln asked.

Lori stretches her blue tank top. "This."

"Oh…" Lincoln slapped himself in embarrassment. "I'm so stupid to forget that."

"Come on, we gotta company to find with!"

After that, they went running to find those certain blue-flagged people. While we saw the first glimpse of the bus station and we also saw The Wrestlers coming their way on the bus.

"Okay, everyone! It's the final station!" Karl announced their arrival.

The bus driver went out of the large vehicle to check the people who have they got. He counted all of them to ten, because of that, the driver showed the clue to the boys.

Luke & Karl – currently in 1st Place

"Okay, we got it!" Luke celebrated as they hi-fived with his partner and opens the clue. "Make your way to the next Pit Stop!"

"After teams gathered the people from the bus station, they can now race on foot straight to the Pit Stop, Konno Hachimangū Shrine! The last team to check in may be eliminated." The screen zoomed out the temple where Phil was standing.

"Alright, let's go!" Luke ordered as they started running.

While The Siblings have found a man who was holding a blue flag and they assembled with the local to find more.

Lincoln & Lori – 1/10

"Alright, one down, nine to go," Lori said.

"And I'm already bored!" Lincoln replied.

"Come on, Lincoln! We're almost there!"

Lori saw someone holding a flag as she made her way to the girl, and sighed in relief as it was a blue flag that she was holding.

"Excuse me, madam? C-Can you follow me?"

The lady simply nodded and followed the large blonde until they arrived on Lincoln, they all gathered up to the white-haired boy.

Lincoln & Lori – 2/10

"Alright, let's cross to the other side. I can't see any people with blue flags." Lori informed Lincoln.

"Oh, okay, okay." Lincoln nodded.

When they took a step to the line, the stoplight suddenly turned from green to red, making them frowned and waited.

"Dang it." Both of the cursed in unison.

The screen showed the first glimpse of the Pit Stop, there is a temple behind a statue and the statue was a golden-coated Japanese warrior who was holding a long blade. Behind them were Phil and a woman who was wearing a colorful kimono. We saw The Wrestlers running to the mat and stomps it.

"Konnichiwa!" The girl bowed her head. "Welcome to Japan!"

"Arigato!" Both men tucked their heads.

"Luke and Karl… you are team number one!" Phil announced their placement.

Luke & Karl – 1st Place; arrived at 9:28am

"Oh, yeah!" Both of them hi-fived with each other.

"As the winners of this leg of the race, you win both an all-new, 2018 black dawn all-terrain vehicle from Extreme Motors! And you can use it for the outdoor activities after the race! And also, a 6-month supply of gasoline from Shell!" Phil also announced their prize.

"Nice!" Karl exclaimed and went on to hi-five again.

"So, you win a leg again. How does it feel for both of you?"

"It's absolutely amazing! How long that we go makes us even stronger! And as of now, we're dominating the race!" Luke answered.

"It's actually great to visit Japan again. I never thought that we could go back in here." Karl follows up.

"Okay, congratulations again and I'll see you at the next leg."

"Thanks, Phil" Luke shook Phil's hand and the local, followed by Karl. They executed their signature taunt.

"Too sweet!"

The Siblings continues to gain more people on their group as they caught one additional person to their team.

Lincoln & Lori – 3/10

"Okay… three." Lincoln counted all of their members. "This is so tough!"

"I know right?" Lori responded. "We will try to quicken up our pace, so we could finish this after all! Come on!"

The two proceeded to find more of the blue-flagged members. But things getting hard when they find no signs of any blue for a few minutes.

"Geez, how do you do this?" Lincoln asks Lori.

Lori sighed and answered. "I don't even know!"

"We've been here for like thirty minutes and we managed to find only three!"

Lincoln did not notice the person at his front as he bumped his head to the hips and tumbled down on his butt. When he lightly scratched his head, the person looked back to see the boy.

"Sorry." The person bowed its head.

Both Lincoln and Lori wasn't focusing on the incident, but to the flag that was held from the person's hand.

"Blue!" Lincoln exclaimed.

"Oh, blue." The woman saw their team and instantly went on to their group.

Lincoln & Lori – 4/10

"That didn't take long at all," Lori muttered.

They continue on their expedition on finding more people with blue flags.

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11:37AM – Narita International Airport

The last flight has arrived. The last three teams exited the plane and started for a race to find the marked cars somewhere. The Chipettes are leading at the marathon-like race.

"I know that this is going to be satisfying." Jeanette let out an evil laugh.

Brittany became terrified once more when she utters the dangerous statement and muttered. "Not again…"

"What did you say?!"

"Huh?" The blonde's face became alarmed. "Nothing! Just nothing!"

"Yeah, you're right, cooperate with me and do nothing!"

At the confessional, Brittany did not say anything and only executed a facepalm.

While The Chipmunks overheard the whole conversation.

"Okay, it's back again. How do we stop Jeanette?" Alvin asked.

"I don't know about that but let's keep this thing settled later. Just focus on racing." Simon suggested.

Alvin nodded in understanding. While The Imaginary Friends were also overhearing the team's talk.

"Should we tell them?" Bloo asked.

"Maybe later, let's just pass them over," Mac suggested.

"Okay." Bloo nodded.

They did pass the two teams and made their way at the exit first, followed by the group of furries. When they made into the parking lot where the remaining cars are standing, they picked one and started their engines. But however, Jeanette won't start the car as it is breaking down every time he twists the key.

"Stupid engine… stupid car!" Jeanette cursed.

While dealing with this problem, the two teams left the parking lot.

"See you later, nerd girl!" Bloo shouted from the car window.

Jeanette heard the gloating yell and this made her furious as she forcefully twists the key once again, but it didn't function again. The enraged chipette growled like a dog, Brittany watched the whole scene in horror.

"Oh no! She's been getting angrier even more! I cannot handle this! I wish I could go back to my fun times with Alvin earlier, no regrets!" Brittany said in confessional.

"I'LL SHOW THOSE JERKS WHO'S THE BOSS! AHHHHHHH!" Jeanette continues to scream as this turn with the key has been successfully made the car started and proceeded to drive.

"I can't watch!" Brittany covered her eyes with her hands.

Back in the crowded intersection of Shibuya where The Siblings found additional people from their blue-flagged team.

"We are basically seven out of ten! Lucky, that those three new recruits are on the same corner! Who could have thought at that?" Lincoln shared the info on the camera while handling the innocent people of their group.

Lincoln & Lori – 7/10

The Imaginary Friends are on the lead to the next point. However, they didn't have any idea on their current whereabouts.

"The road seems so quiet, so we might have been in the wrong direction." Bloo assumed.

"I can't seem to argue you with that, let's just find a store," Mac replied.

Immediately after saying that statement, they found a convenience store and parked their cars. But the other car, which was filled by The Chipmunks did not stop by and continued to move.

"Did they just stopped by?" Alvin was looking over to the window.

"Yep, I can see it," Simon answered.

"Man, we should definitely leave them! After all, we would just take the lead. You just do the navigating thing, Simon. I'm counting to you." Alvin rested on his seat, while Simon frowns.

For the last team, The Chipettes, they did not have any normal chat as Jeanette keep ranting about stuff.

"Oh, joy! We're lost! How am I going to deal with this? Oh, I know! Brittany, you should do the work and I'll be watching you suffering!" Jeanette said in a sarcastic tone.

Brittany groaned. "Oh, my god! Make it stop!"

"Whatever! You can't silence my talk! But I'll silence you badly!"

"Jeanette!"

"What Brittany?" The mad darling looked back to her sister with a snarky face.

Silence was Brittany's answer as Jeanette concentrates back on the road.

At the convenience store, The Imaginary Friends are trying to make a clear elaboration on the guides that the store manager says.

"You go 54?" Mac asked.

"Yes, then go right on two-way."

"Two… way?" Both of them replied.

"Yes."

"Oh… okay." Bloo was unsure of the answer of the manager. "Thanks!"

Soon they left out of the convenience store and hopped back to their car.

"Two-way? What's that supposed to mean?!" Bloo vented out his frustrations.

"Let the road tell us which is a two-way," Mac responded.

And they left off the gasoline store and went back to the main road. As for The Siblings, they started walking again after waiting for the Go signal on the stoplight.

"Okay, we still get seven. But can these be finished in like two minutes?!" Lincoln expressed his frustration in the sky.

"I'm not gonna lie, Lincoln, but yeah, we should get done with this quickly." Lori suddenly changed her emotion when she saw a kid holding a lollipop and a flag. "Hey! You're on our team!"

Lincoln & Lori – 8/10

Lincoln gladly assisted the kid in the group. "Hey, that kid went by himself! Where are his parents?"

"Ah, Lincoln…" Lori looked over the boy's back to see a woman cradling a baby.

He looked back and was frightened when the woman was incredibly huge as he gulped in horror. "E-e-excuse me? I-is this your son?"

Lincoln thought that he would get the roughhousing, but things don't go according to plan, as the woman raised up the blue flag on her hands.

Lincoln & Lori – 9/10

"Woo! I thought it wouldn't be too obvious to see." Lincoln nervously chuckled as he assisted the mother and went over her son and realized. "So if that mom had a baby, then we are ten, right?"

Lori quickly scans over the child and saw nothing on both hands. "Nope."

"Dang it! I thought we would have it perfectly!"

"Of course, they somehow managed to fool us with that trickery. But come on, only one more and we're good!"

They walked again as Lori leads the way for their group. While somewhere down the road, The Chipmunks are currently talking to a local.

"Do you know this?" Simon peeked over the window and gestured a line to their destination.

The local began thinking as another local showed up and the former asked the latter for the answer in their language. Soon, the latter gestured them to turn back.

"What?! Really?" Simon said. "Thank you so much." He waved them and closed the window.

Simon looked back to Alvin who was sleeping still on his position.

"Thank God for the Sandman, I hope it won't hurt him if I said this to him."

The Imaginary Friends are also on the road, but they saw something that they might have recalled.

"Ohhh…" They both cooed.

"So this is the two-way?" Bloo said.

"Wow, I feel so dumb after finding out about this 'two-way' thing. Man, I should have listened to my driving teacher more!" Mac said in the confessional.

The screen showed that the road has separated into two and they went on to the right side, according to their trusted local.

Back at the crossing, The Siblings added more minutes to their time collection on how long have they finding the only missing member.

"I swear that this is the first corner that we see the first ones!" Lori recalled their locations.

"Yeah, but they must have been hiding somewhere," Lincoln commented.

"Our first thought that this challenge could be time-inducing, but when we look back to the past legs, we saw a similar mistake that we're always blind to see," Lori said in the confessional.

"Yeah, you needed to go further in the details." Lincoln followed.

"Let's search every object that we see and we will see if we could find the last one," Lori commanded.

Lincoln followed the order as they looked every object that they could have ever find. From a tree to the benches, they saw nothing but different flag colors. They tried and tried until they made it on the other side of the intersection. When they arrived there, they saw an old lady leaning on the lamp post who was holding the same flag color like everyone on their team have.

"Nice job, Lori. Now we got the set!" Lincoln praised his sister as he talked to the elderly woman.

Lincoln & Lori – 10/10

"Hehe, I think I wanted to apply that until we can make it to the finals," Lori said.

Lincoln successfully attached the final piece of the puzzle as they moved out to find the bus station. At the restaurant, a team was spotted arriving on the site as the smaller one grabbed the clue from the box.

"Roadblock. Who loves to play Japanese roulette?"

Bloo & Mac – currently in 3rd Place

"You'll do it, Bloo! We don't want to get screwed out of the race because of a penalty!" Mac suggested.

"Fine." Bloo raised his hands in defeat. "I'll take one for the team."

They went inside the restaurant. But Bloo didn't take the challenge first.

"I gotta pee! I don't want to get crazy on the bottom!" Bloo told Mac.

"Alright, just be quick!" Mac answered.

Bloo then entered the restroom to take a break. At the bus station, The Siblings arrived at the marked point as the driver counted the people that they acquired. When the driver announced 10, he showed the clue to the team. They quickly hugged and Lori quickly took the clue.

Lincoln & Lori – currently in 2nd Place

"Make your way to the next Pit Stop…" She continues to read with a whispering voice. "Come on, let's go!"

Before they crossed the other side of the street, they asked first to a Japanese man for directions.

"Fourth Street, then go left."

"Got it! Thanks!" Lincoln greeted the local but he asked something. "How do you say thank you in Japanese?"

"Arigato!" The man bowed his head.

"Ah! Arigato to you too!" Lincoln soon followed his movement, Lori chuckled at the scene.

Lincoln did not bother to retort as they run off the other side and carried on. While at the restaurant, Bloo got out of the restroom and went over to a chair to start the session.

"Okay, let's go Bloo!" Mac began cheering and clapping.

Bloo started spinning the wheel and it stopped instantly to a sushi and ate it.

"Is this fish?" He said while chewing.

"Stop chewing slowly! Go further already!" Mac told the eating friend.

At the outside of the restaurant, another team claimed a clue from the box.

Brittany & Jeanette – currently in 4th Place

"You'll do it, no matter what!" Jeanette decided the volunteer.

Brittany gasped and reacted. "What?!"

"You heard me, scaredy lady! Now go get your butt over there and end it quickly!" The fierce woman gestured to a chair from the distance.

"Alright!" Brittany yelled in an act of relenting and quickly grabbed the clue from Jeanette and both entered the premise.

Mac saw the team step into the restaurant and yelled. "Come on, spin that thing again!"

Bloo spins the wheel for the third time. But the wheel landed on another small piece of sushi and ate it immediately.

"I'm sorry, dude!" He said as he swallowed the food. "But that tastes so good!"

At the Pit Stop, the local greeted the team that has arrived on the mat and they greeted back also.

"Lincoln and Lori, you are team number two!" Phil declared their placement.

Lincoln & Lori – 2nd Place; arrived at 11:55am

"Yes!" Lincoln jumped, raised his hand and hugged Lincoln and Phil respectively.

"That feels great!" Lori said.

They both exchanged fist bumps and winks to one another. At the restaurant, no one has ever tried the spicy delicacy as they always earned the sushi.

"Oh. My. God. Brittany! Your speed sucks!" Jeanette yelled.

"I know right?" Brittany responded in a sarcastic tone.

"Come on, man! You don't want to get in last, you know?" Mac also yelled.

"I'm trying, man!" Mac answered and ate another sushi. "Chewy."

"Okay, I wish I could have stayed longer because those small bites are delicious!" Bloo admitted on his confessional.

Both participants spun the wheen as they waited anxiously. Coincidentally, both of the wheels stopped at the Wasabi Bomb. Both of them gasped. They grabbed the meal and both looked to each other, but their faces were changed into determination at a quick speed. They both bite a part of the food as the timer started to run.

"Let's go, Bloo! Chew it down!" Mac cheered.

"Come on, you geek! Make it more challenging!" Jeanette, on the other hand, tries to humiliate her sister.

Bloo began to whimper and chugged a volume of water. While Brittany fighting the urge on not to react violently on the spicy food and the remark of Jeanette as she took another bite of the meal. 1:19 was in the clock.

While at the outside, the last team arrived and the cap-covered critter looked in the window to see that there are participants inside.

"Simon? Are we last?"

"Uh, yeah." Simon nervously answered. "I kinda messed up on the road earlier on."

"WHAT?!"

Alvin & Simon – currently in Last Place

Simon rips off the clue. "It's a Roadblock. That means I—"

"I'll do it!"

Alvin interrupted Simon's unofficial volunteering and picks the clue from his brother.

"Are you crazy, Alvin? We don't want to get penalized for an hour! That might have cost us the race soon!"

"You know what? I don't care about the penalty anymore! I just wanted to get out of here quickly!"

"B-b-but the risk? You're taking a risk here, a calculated risk!"

Alvin suddenly clawed Simon's collar as the genius was surprised at the turn of events, Alvin met Simon's eyes with determination.

"Simon! Listen to me! I know I have been one of the key players of the race, but please, give me this chance, give this chance to prove that we're stronger as the others! And I will prove it!"

Simon became speechless as Alvin releases him from the hold and cannot utter any response.

"Oh and if might add, yeah, I'm that crazy!" Alvin follows up.

"Alvin really took this thing to the limit," Simon said in the confessional. "From the beginning, he really is the player of the race. But when I just looked on his eyes, he was something. But I'll bet that he was gaining motivation and confidence on something or someone."

"Alright, alright. But I already told you… it's a big risk to take but… okay. I put my trust in you." Simon finally spoke up and smiled.

Alvin nodded as they both entered the restaurant and proceed to the chair. He spins the wheel but it was landed in a sushi. While eating, he looked over to the other side, the other contestants were still eating on their Wasabi Bomb.

Bloo gagged and coughed and drinks a plenty of water to keep his cool with half of the food being bitten. While Brittany still holds on to the heat and was on the verge of finishing it as the timer is now down to 24 seconds.

"That's all you got, huh? Why don't you wake up on your dreams, Brittany? If you didn't finish that stupid meal if you lose…" Jeanette added suspense at her threatening voice, eyes were squinting. "…I'll dump your make-up in the trash after we're being eliminated."

This made Brittany stopped chewing and that threat was being off the limit. She began dreaming on the possibility of what Jeanette had said, she didn't want to happen.

"You know it's gonna be bad when your sister threatens to take all of the precious things you have and that's makes us more conscious on our work or a task. Strangely, I find it a pretty clever thing to say just to finish a spicy food." Brittany said in the confessional.

Brittany suddenly gulped all of the remains of the bomb and chews it swiftly. All of the content of her water in the bottle became empty as she swallows the whole food into her mouth. She opens it after to check for the remains of the meal. The chef checked that she has a second to spare.

Unlucky situation for the blue creature, his time was up. He began to drink some water once more as Mac facepalmed.

"Now come on! Get that clue and let's abandon this place!" Jeanette ordered.

The chef showed the clue to the blonde as she grabs it and opens it to read it silently.

Brittany & Jeanette – currently in 3rd Place

"Let's get the heck outta here!" Jeanette ordered once again as she started to run.

On the other hand, Brittany did not follow her sister as she looks up to the participants, especially for Alvin, who just got his Wasabi meal.

"I'm ready!" Alvin was rubbing his hand.

"Let's go, Alvin! Let's go!" Simon chanted.

Brittany was looking at her counterpart, she saw something on his eyes. They were different and unusual, she thought that she might have been part of this.

"HEY!"

Her thoughts were broken by Jeanette who called her, she looked back to see the glaring eyes of her.

"What's up with your movement? Don't you have a feet to run on?"

"Ah-ah-ah-ah, I forgot to take the bathroom. That food was oh-so-heavy!" Brittany chuckled anxiously as she gave an excuse to surpass Jeanette.

Jeanette crosses her arms and responds. "Fine! But I'll give you 150 minutes to get yourself suited or you'll get a piece of me!" She clenched her fist and warned her.

Brittany calls that as a signal to go over to the women's bathroom. The chipmunk boy already started chewing the meal but he suddenly stopped when he coughed and accidentally swallowed the solid food as he drinks a plenty of food. 1:43 minutes is on his timer.

"Don't go fast, just take it easy!" Simon cried.

For Bloo, luckily stops on another Wasabi Bomb meal as he picks it up and ate it instantly, the timer started ticking.

"Okay, dude. Chew and swallow if you can!" Mac shouted.

The competition gets more heat as the other customers were now cheering for both men. Bloo was in good terms with his food, while Alvin, was not. Alvin bites a big size of the meal and drank a heavy volume of water. Due to the size of the meal, he did not realize that he swallowed the half of it. He ate the last part of the food but because he was still chewing the part that was sent to his mouth a few seconds ago, he swam his mouth with more water content. At this moment, he realizes that his gag reflex was kicking in as he gains a loud gag and coughs. 0:57 hangs on his clock.

"Alvin! A-are you alright?" Simon with worrying voice on his tone.

The other team saw the incident, but it did not stop for Bloo to fight the spiciness on his tongue as he bit off another part of the food. Exactly 60 seconds remaining on his clock, he drinks water again.

"Come on, dude! Don't let that thing distract you!" Mac yelled.

Thirty seconds on the clock, Bloo tries to finish the challenge by eating the remaining chunk of the food on his mouth. He tries to fight the urge to on releasing the food, but he chewed his way out as he drank the final water on the bottle and swallowed it carefully. He opened his mouth to look for more small particles that left, but there were zero. The customers were cheering for the blue creature. Bloo only left 12 seconds to spare at his timer.

"Yeah! That's the spirit!" Mac yelled.

Bloo & Mac – currently in 3rd Place

The chef gave the clue to Bloo as he picks it up and made his way to his partner, who slaps him on the back. Quickly reading the clue off and off they left.

The bad news for the other team was that Alvin did not finish the time. He was gagging roughly and suddenly gave up and his food. He straightaway picked up a bucket to vomit his load. This scene alone made Simon worried as he covered his face.

"You know that sound is not gonna be that good to hear…"

His covered expression and Alvin's continuous vomiting was seen in a slow motion effect as it was the time for a commercial break!

The show went back as Alvin is still unpacking his load on the bucket. While Simon still covers his face, there's another face that showed up to the camera. It was Brittany's face.

She became worried when she heard the gagging sound from the restroom. She immediately lunged out of the room to see that he was now releasing waste on his mouth. After all, she had a good time together with him earlier. She has the right to be concerned, whether they are friends or enemies.

"A-Alvin? Are you okay?"

Alvin seems to not heard Brittany's question as he continues to gag and vomit. That scene made Brittany cringed for a bit.

"H-hey, I-I think you need some help and—"

When she tried to take a step towards the sick chipmunk, someone from behind dragged her and pulls her away from the boy and tosses her at the vehicle.

"W-Wha?! Are you out of your mind? You took your break so long that a team passes us!"

"That question that you asked is the question that I needed the most! Are you out of your mind?! I'm trying to help Alvin!" She argued back.

"I am just looking at you… I. Am. Just. Looking at you for the whole time!" Jeanette retorted. "You wanna help that freak? I thought you hated him! We thought that they are our enemies!"

"What the?! What has gotten into you? Are you freaking serious?! That's our friend and neighbor right there! OUR. FUCKING. FRIEND!"

The silence has been taking over at the vehicle. Jeanette became shocked from the bombshell but it lasted only for a few seconds and quickly covers it with an infuriating look.

Someone from the confessional sat down, it was not from any teams. It was Phil for a disclaimer and announcement.

"So you have just heard Brittany swear, I know it's bad for the children. But since the ratings are kind of stale as of the last episode, swearing is now tolerable as of this statement. And man…" He chuckled lightly. "…at this drama alone, this is going to give the show, a new direction."

"Oh, so you're now dropping some bombs on me, huh? Listen up, if we have been eliminated today, I'm really disappointed at your actions. You've just made the biggest mistake of your life!" Jeanette broke the silence and added. "I guess it's just me against you and the whole damnation. Since you left me with a harsh hook, I'm going to give you a visit to the Hostel between Suffering Street and Agony Avenue!"

She paused to give her a final warning in a sinister tone. "I'm going to kill you…"

Brittany's face became pale as she heard the last statement.

"…with my words." She quickly elaborated and automatically starts the engine and went off to the road.

The Imaginary Friends arrived at the crossing where they found the flag lady and picks up the clue.

Bloo & Mac – currently in 3rd Place

"Whoa, this is crazy!" Mac's eyes went wide when he scanned the place first and rips it off to read it. "Pick a colored flag from the flag lady and find ten people…"

"Oh, boy, this is going to be easy…" Bloo reacted sarcastically.

"I'll pick this one!" Mac chose yellow as their color code. "Come on, yellow! Make us see you shine!"

They run off and began exploring the crowded streets. While back in the restaurant, we saw Alvin wiping off excess water from his face from washing up the vomit that caught up in his face. Simon went over to the new and fresh Alvin.

"Hey, Alvin. I just wanted to say… keep it up and do your best shot!"

"Huh?" Alvin startled at the remark. "That's it? Well, sure. We're definitely last and we'll see if we can catch up with them."

"Alright, alright." The nerdy chipmunk chuckled. "Now go back to the chair and start spinning."

Alvin obliged and sat down on the chair and begins to spin the wheel. The wheel stopped at the Wasabi bomb. He grabbed the meal and was staring, he began to gulp.

"Come on, Alvin! You can do it!" Simon started cheering for his brother.

Alvin's face from worry to confident as he began to bite a part from the meal. The timer started when he started consuming the food and went on to chew wildly. He carefully drinks the water and swallowed it easily. Then continues to bite a medium-sized chunk as the timer sets to 1:42.

Back in the streets of Shibuya where The Imaginary Friends are still finding their person.

"Where's our trooper number one?" Bloo said.

"I-I don't know we've been stuck in the red light for a few minutes!" Mac answered as the screen zooms out to see that they were waiting for the green light.

Back in the food challenge where Alvin is now 1 minute less to end the grueling challenge. His food was only one-fourth remaining and chows the remaining whole food into his mouth.

"I still have a lot to prove. Like finishing a spicy food and the spirit within me became wilder as ever!" Alvin said in the confessional.

"Go, Alvin, go!" Simon cheered.

The audience also cheering for the eating participant, Alvin chewing chunks of food slowly. He went over to swallow and drink the last part of his water. He instantly belched and sighed profusely. He almost forgot to open his mouth for checking, they were no contents stuck between gums or any parts. The timer stopped at 0:15.

"Oh, yeah! Rock on!" Alvin exclaimed.

The audience clapped and cheering for the success of the challenge. The chef offered the clue to the chipmunk and grabs it.

Alvin & Simon – currently in Last Place

"Come on, let's get out of here!" Alvin said and went off to their vehicle.

The Chipettes arrived at the flag lady as Jeanette snatches the clue and silently reads the clue.

Brittany & Jeanette – currently in 4th Place

"Alright, listen up, soldier! You know the game still continues and I just wanted to tell you that we're playing this game under my rules! Here's the only rule that you need to follow." Jeanette soon leaned over Brittany's side and whispered. "FOLLOW MY LEAD AND COMMAND AND DO NOTHING!"

The yell freaks out Brittany and rubs her ears.

"I'll choose the color for our team and no complaints!" Jeanette went over to the flag woman and somehow never finds the color that she wanted. "Excuse me? No violet? WHERE IS MY COLOR? WHERE IS IT?!"

The flag lady stunned on the sudden impact of rage of Jeanette. However, Brittany only frowned and grabs the orange-colored flag. For some reason, she dragged the still complaining Jeanette.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?! I'm venting on that flag-scamming woman! Don't you dare drag me over!"

While Jeanette is still protesting about the color scheme, The Imaginary Friends passes them by stealthy.

"Alright, should we ask the other teams now?" Bloo asks Mac again.

"Yeah, we will. As long as we finished this." Mac responded.

The screen revealed that they got a guy holding a flag on their back.

Bloo & Mac – 1/10

After a few seconds, they found another one and both boys assisted the old man.

Bloo & Mac – 2/10

While the other team started to get serious on the task as Jeanette became the commander of the team.

"There's one! Go get that man in our pack!"

"Aye, aye, captain…" Brittany followed the order and quickly guided the man with the orange flag on their group.

Brittany & Jeanette – 1/10

"Good. Now go over there and bring that guy over here." Jeanette jerked her thumb to a man holding an orange flag also.

"What?! How did you—"

"Shut your mouth, girl. Get that man over here!"

The blonde chipette concedes as he assisted the man on to their group.

Brittany & Jeanette – 2/10

"We just managed two people in under a minute. Jeanette got me thinking that she's like a sorceress or something." Brittany said in the confessional.

"What did you say to me?" Jeanette heard the confession of Brittany as the latter tries to speak but the former spoke up instead. "For your information, I did manage to find those persons of interest. And also, I'm not some kind of a fictional evil villain, I'm just Jeanette!"

"Oh, what do we have here?" Jeanette scanned the presence of a woman who was holding a flag. "It turns out that we might get the best color! Brittany, go get that girl" She laughed maniacally while Brittany sighed as they walk on the other side.

The Imaginary Friends saw the situation and this made them panicked.

"Now we're not leading and they just get the people already!" Bloo said.

"They are just lucky. Come on, before Alvin and his partner show up!" Mac said as they started running.

Speaking of Alvin, they just made on the flag lady and reads the clue mumbly.

Alvin & Simon – currently in Last Place

"Okay, now let's move," Alvin ordered as he picks up the green flag to start hunting.

The Chipettes was lucky enough to sight two more additional people on their group. Same routine was still intact as Brittany welcomes them to the group.

Brittany & Jeanette – 5/10

Bloo & Mac – 3/10

"They just made in half already?!" Bloo was in the state of shock when he saw the other team. "Who put the fish bait at their flag? Is the flag lady, Chinese?!"

"Dude, she's Japanese!" Mac clarified. "I guess this is getting more intense that I could ever imagine!"

They continue searching for the missing people. While the ladies obtained another person on their group.

Brittany & Jeanette – 6/10

"Assemble together, slowpoke!" Jeanette yelled.

"I already did, madam!" Brittany spoke in sarcasm.

While The Imaginary Friends saw a man holding a flag. But unfortunately, it was a different color.

"Okay, let's be sneaky and move!" Bloo whispers to Mac.

They managed to tiptoe out of the sight of Brittany who was on the other side of the street. But for Jeanette, she has the eye of an eagle or any bird in kind as she saw the two sneakily left from her sight.

"So, they are trying to mess up with me earlier, huh? Guess karma delivers and serves them right!" Jeanette said and looks back to Brittany. "Hey, snail girl! Lead the way!"

"Snail girl? Are you kidding me?!" Brittany reacted and sighed immediately as she leads the pack and walks through the lane.

Alvin & Simon – 1/10

"We still have a long way to go," Simon said. "Let's move on."

The Chipmunks continued walking in the streets. Back to the Chipettes, they found the eighth man at their team after guiding from the seventh man.

Brittany & Jeanette – 8/10

"A-ha! That's more like it! Shower us some coins!" Jeanette laughed in a sinister way.

Brittany clutches her head in pain. "Oh, my God! Please make it stop!"

The Imaginary Friends found another person as they guided them to their line.

Bloo & Mac – 4/10

"Aye, we're going slow, dude! We got to go in full speed!" Bloo exclaimed.

"Yep, time for Plan B!" Mac raised his hand.

They scattered in half as both men had their members on their back to find some more. The Chipmunks acquire another person on their group.

Alvin & Simon – 2/10

"This is getting us nowhere!" Alvin cried. "What should we do?"

"Find, find, and find!" Simon simply answered.

Brittany & Jeanette – 10/10

"For some reason, I don't know if an Irishman landed his pot of gold in here, but I can feel it!" Jeanette said. "Hey there, Brit! Tell someone who knows the bus station!"

Jeanette walks off while Brittany became tired of her obnoxious behavior and told something to the camera.

"I just wanted to end this nightmare!"

"BRITTANY!" Jeanette called her off-screen.

"I'm on it!" She guided the whole pack with her and started to find some locals who can help them.

From the plan that they had earlier, Mac and Bloo manage to meet with each other and more people on their side.

Bloo & Mac – 6/10

"It worked! Should we do it again?" Bloo asks Mac.

"Yeah, but it only applies one time per corner!" Mac replied.

"Oh, okay. Let's go to the other side!"

Mac nodded to the offer as they walked across the pedestrian lane to the other side. The screen shows us back to The Chipettes who was asking a local for directions.

"Okay, thanks," Brittany said as they got zero details on the next point.

"Move now, you slow geek!"

"I'm not a geek! Stop calling me stupid names!" Brittany protested.

"Oh, so you're firing me back at this point where we need to put these people on to the chairs?" Jeanette retorted. "This is one of the reasons why I hated teaming you! You're just a team player! You're nothing but a disgrace on our team! Just keep moving, you numbnut!"

Brittany cannot take it anymore as she moans and crying tearless and covers her ears from the continuous and disturbing verbal attacks.

"Please… make it stop!" She muttered.

While The Imaginary Friends saw this predicament, they went over to the young woman who was grasping her yellow flag.

"I got this, bud," Mac smirked and nudges Bloo.

Bloo & Mac – 7/10

While they are busy attracting the lady, The Chipettes got their details from another local.

"Thank you, sir!" Jeanette looks back to Brittany who was acting weird. "That's how you do it!"

Brittany did not react nor reply to the remark as Jeanette leads the way of their pack. The screen showed The Chipmunks had gather another person on their group.

Alvin & Simon – 4/10

"Six more and out we go!" Alvin said.

"So, you're still happy when we're unofficially last place?"

Alvin's eyes went wide when Simon remarked. "Now that you mention it. Come on, let's get to it!"

They soon continued running. While on the bus station, The Chipettes soon arrived there and told the members to lined up for a head count. The driver counted them and they reached ten. Automatically giving them the clue.

Brittany & Jeanette – currently in 3rd Place

"Thanks." Jeanette captures the clue and reads it mumbly. "Pit Stop. Let's finish this once and for all, Brittany! Brittany?"

Jeanette saw nothing and looked back to see Brittany walking away to the bus station as Jeanette follows her.

"Hey, come back here!"

The Imaginary Friends executed their plan again and it was helping them gaining more people.

Bloo & Mac – 9/10

"One more! And we'll be freemen!" Bloo exclaimed.

"Okay, no time to waste!" Mac added.

While for The Chipmunks, they gathered two more on their group.

Alvin & Simon – 6/10

"Come on, we don't have much time!" Alvin said as they sprinted out of a corner,

At the Pit Stop, The Chipettes were walking slowly and hits the mat.

"Brittany and Jeanette…" Phil called their names. "…you are team number three."

Brittany & Jeanette – 3rd Place; arrived at 1:42pm

Just like the last leg, both of them weren't satisfied at their placement, not because of their performance but it was something else. But this time, Brittany walks off from the mat, this made Jeanette furious.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?!"

Phil coughed to gain the attention of the mad girl. "Can you please tell me what happened?"

"Brittany's getting on my nerves! I-I thought she would listen but apparently not! I-I…" Jeanette changed her way of delivering the answer. "I just wanted to teach her a lesson for not being rude to me…"

She gasped when she said the recent statement and quickly changed from sincere to harsh.

"…I guess she wouldn't have thought the lesson, huh? I guess I should make her suffer in the hardest way possible!" She panted and waves Phil and the local. "Go on and figure it out yourselves! I'm out!"

She walks out of the mat next while the host and the local stared at one another blankly. While The Chipmunks managed to add a person to their group.

Alvin & Simon – 7/10

"We need three more!" Simon exclaimed.

"Before we get the boot!" Alvin added as they rushed things.

Bloo & Mac – 10/10

"Nice! Now how do we get to the bus station?" Bloo asked.

"I think I saw a bus on that way," Mac recalled and gestured his right hand.

"You think that's the right way?"

"I think so," Mac answered and turns the attention to the people. "Alright, guys! Let's go right!"

Both men leading the way for the group. While Alvin caught another person at their radar and guided the man in the pack.

Alvin & Simon – 8/10

"Two more!" Alvin counted off the group.

"I think I saw one on the other side," Simon commented.

When they try to cross the line, the stoplight turned red. This made Alvin groaned in the process.

"Ah!"

The Imaginary Friends luckily found the marked bus station and the driver counted their members. The count was right, they got a perfect ten. The driver showed the clue as Mac grabs it to open it.

Bloo & Mac – currently in 4th Place

"It's the Pit Stop! This is our chance!"

"Come on!"

They firstly asked a local for some directions for the Pit Stop.

"You know Ko-no Hachi-mang-gu Shrine?" Bloo reads the specific location.

"Go straight there and turn right." The local answered with gestures.

"Thanks!" Mac greeted the local. "Okay, let's go!"

They went off and sprints straight ahead to the presumed location of the Pit Stop. While The Chipmunks luckily saw the two remaining persons to complete the challenge.

Alvin & Simon – 10/10

"The bus station is over there! I already talk to someone earlier." Simon admitted.

"Oh, goodie. Now let's finish the business!" Alvin responded.

They lead the way for the group as they walked carefully to the pedestrian line.

For the Imaginary Friends, their tip was incorrect as they met in an abandoned warehouse.

"That's not a shrine! It's a freaking warehouse!" Mac obviously stated.

"That man led us to nowhere!" Bloo responded. "Let's find a store, a real store!"

They both walked off the warehouse and went back to the streets to find a legitimate tip. A few meters away, The Chipmunks gathered up the ten people that they earned as the driver counted up until it was counted until to ten. The driver quickly showed the clue as Simon picks up the clue.

Alvin & Simon – currently in Last Place

"Make your way on foot to the next Pit Stop…" Simon quickly scans the remaining details. "Come on, we gotta move!"

Alvin simply nodded as they walked off the bus station. It was now the race of not being in last as both teams were shown in a double-screen and stopped by the store that they have reached and the cashier gave the tip.

"Left on the second, then straight until you see a temple and turn right." Bloo tries to recall the directions. "Got it!"

"Thanks!" Mac added.

"Okay, turn right when you see a temple." The cashier told The Chipmunks.

"Thanks for the tip! I hope we win!" Alvin wished.

Both teams are now exiting their respective stores and started dashing through the streets.

"Turn left!" Bloo exclaimed as they both turn left.

"Cross this road!" Simon said as they crossed to the other side of the street.

The race begins to become intense as they saw a glimpse of a temple, like what they had on their tip.

"There it is!" Alvin gestured the big Japanese building.

"I think that's the place." Mac notices a temple.

The cameramen went over to their teams respectively and entered the silent premise of a temple. They were landed on the right spot as the cameraman run over the host and the local to cover the suspense.

After a few seconds, a team appeared on Phil and the local. The team was sweating and grinning. The host raised an eyebrow, toying them and went over to call their names.

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"Bloo and Mac… you are team number four!"

Their mouths agape from the announcement as they cheered and jumped in celebration.

Bloo & Mac – 4th Place; arrived at 2:03pm

"Yes! Oh my God!" Mac exclaimed.

"We're still in this thing," Bloo added.

"Yes, you're still on the race. Congratulations."

"Thank you, Phil!" Mac said as both of them shared fives with each other, then to Phil.

Unfortunately, the last team arrived at the mat with smiles on their faces.

"Konnichiwa!" The girl bows her head. "Welcome to Japan!"

"Thanks." Simon greeted back and bowed their heads in respect.

"Alvin and Simon… you are the last team to arrive." Phil announced the sad news and opens his mouth again to seal the deal.

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"I'm sorry to tell you that you have been eliminated from the race."

Alvin & Simon – ELIMINATED

Alvin sighed and looks back to Simon. "Well, I guess this thing's over."

"Yeah…" Simon breathed out to overcome the emotions that he was about to release. "I'm sorry that we've never come to the end. I was just cautious and careful at times."

"Ah, come on!" Alvin complained and turned his face from disappointment to joy. "It's fine! At least we're in the top five! It's not a bad position."

"Yeah, I think it wasn't that bad." Simon nervously chuckled.

Alvin went on to Simon to embraced him, Simon hugs back.

"From this point on, we think we did our best to stay at the top." Alvin started the confession.

"I think I can agree on that one, we just did everything that we could do. I know it's a great experience to see that we've come this far." Simon added.

The screen showed their tasks being handled easily and their victories from the past legs.

"Woo! A lot of memory has been saved from my big brain of mine!" Alvin said.

"Wow, big brain, huh?" Simon responded.

"I don't care! I just did what I did. I'm the key player here, you know?"

"You know that I still contributed on our success here?"

"Dream on, nerd!"

Simon got triggered when Alvin said the forbidden word as he twitched his eyes and called his name loudly. "ALVIN!"

Alvin began running from the confessional, while Simon followed.

"Catch me if you can!" Alvin said off-screen.

Out of the confessional, the boys packed up their bags and went on to Phil to say goodbye.

"I'll see you soon."

"Okay, we're going back soon!" Alvin yelled while they were on a long distance and crossed to the other side to end the episode.

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SHORT END CREDITS

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"Stay tuned for more scenes on the next episode!" Phil said in a voiceover as the screen fades to black.

"Next time on The Amazing Race…" Phil paused. "Teams had the ride of their lives…"

"YA-HOOOOO!" Lincoln cried while riding on something fast.

"…and had to paddle to the medal!"

"Give it all, Bloo!" Mac told Bloo.

"I am not giving up! Ahhh!" Bloo cried.

"And Jeanette fell down to the ground."

The aforementioned chipette collapsed to the ground as Brittany's horrified face was sealed on her and knelt down.

"Jeanette!" She called her name and shakes her violently. "Oh no, we are so screwed!"

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FULL END CREDITS

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1st: Luke & Karl - Roadblocks: Luke 5, Karl 6

2nd: Lincoln & Lori - Roadblocks: Lincoln 5, Lori 5

3rd: Brittany & Jeanette - Roadblocks: Brittany 5, Jeanette 6

4th: Bloo & Mac - Roadblocks: Bloo 4, Mac 7

5th: Alvin & Simon - Roadblocks: Alvin 8, Simon 3 (ELIMINATED)

6th: Marceline & Simon- Roadblocks: Marceline 5, Simon 5 (ELIMINATED)

7th: Eileen & Margaret - Roadblocks: Eileen 3, Margaret 6 (ELIMINATED)

8th: Susan & Mary - Roadblocks: Susan 5, Mary 2 (ELIMINATED)

9th: Mr. Bean & Irma - Roadblocks: Mr. Bean 3, Irma 2 (ELIMINATED)

10th: Joey & Marky - Roadblocks: Joey 2, Marky 3 (ELIMINATED)

11th: Robin & Cyborg - Roadblocks: Robin: 2, Cyborg: 2 (ELIMINATED)

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A/N: One team down! Four teams remaining. There are questions that all of us needed to know.

Who will be eliminated next?

Who are the three teams that will compete at the final leg?

Who will be the winners of The Amazing Race: The Crossover?

Those answers will be nearly answered as the show goes on! Stay tuned for the new episode of TAR:CC!

HAPPY 2019, EVERYONE!

PS: I think 5% of this chapter has been proofread so I might edit this soon as I get back home.

~Ellu

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Last Edited: 1/10/19