Total Drama: Dungeon Hunters

by Icathius Nytfall

Chris calls for 18 new individuals to compete for a grand prize of 1 million dollars. Contestants will be competing in virtual reality filled with deadly creatures while overcoming hard challenges. SYOC app is closed. 10/18 contestants remain.

8. Dragon Rulers

"Last time on Total Drama: Dungeon Hunters." Chris started off the episode with his trademark smile. "Our dear contestants took on the hair raising 'silent' night challenge where their goal was to survive as long as possible against the deadly Celestial army." The three raid bosses: Lunaris, Daniella, and Silvia, were shown on screen. "After enduring long hard fought battles by our three teams, the winners were soon determined when the Blue Nagas, despite all odds, managed to snag the first place spot when they defeated the raid boss Silvia." A replay was soon shown of Ginger and Phoebe defeating the boss.

"With their victory in hand it was only a matter of time before another team would soon fall to eliminations." The host gave of a malicious grin. "Though the last two teams fought with all they had to give, the final loser was soon determined when Laren of the Red Dragons finally fell to the hands of the raid boss Lunaris." A still image of Lunaris with the blade of her rapier pressed onto Laren's neck was shown. "And with their loss came with the price of Derek being eliminated the following night." The replay of Derek's final moments during the elimination ceremony was shown. The camera started to zoom in on Chris as it ended.

"Who will be crowned this weeks winners once more? Will the Blue Nagas be able to secure another team victory? Will the Red Dragons come out on top from the ashes of defeat? Will the Yellow Chocobos be the ones with their tails between their legs? And will Laren and Alice fix up their relationship? Find out now on Total...Drama...Dungeon Hunters!" Chris exclaimed as he held both arms open dramatically.

~(Theme Song)~

(Cabin 7: Dylan and Clint's)

Inside the rustic wooden cabin sleeping comfortably on their beds were the two rivals Clint and Dylan. The former was shown sleeping on his side on the bottom bunk off the bed while the latter was asleep on his chest with one arm swinging down from the side. As the two sleep soundly, a loud crashing was outside their cabin forcing Clint to wake up.

Groggily waking up from his sleep, he pulled the covers on top of him and swung his legs to the side of the bed in order to sit up straight. Letting out a soft yawn, he soon got up and started walking towards the table where his glasses were placed. Clint was shown just wearing a white long sleeved shirt on coupled with long black shorts.

After putting on his glasses he looked to see if his roommate had woken up as well but as he turned to look Dylan was still fast asleep. Looking away from him now, Clint headed towards the door to check on what had happened. As he opened the door to see what had caused the sound, he soon saw Chef scolding Phoebe with his arms crossed and scattered pieces of wood on the ground.

"Next time watch where you are going maggot!" Chef scolded the small girl with a scowl on his face. Phoebe had a terrified look on her face all the while looking down.

"I-I'm sorry." Phoebe said in a quiet tone.

"What did you say?" He said back to her in an angry tone. Phoebe just kept quiet and didn't say anything else. "*sigh* Whatever. Pick up the pieces of wood and set them up by the fire pit, understand?" He instructed her to do. The scowl on his face was still there. Phoebe didn't say a word but nodded. "Good. Now get to it." He said before leaving Phoebe alone.

As soon as Chef left the scene, the doll faced girl immediately got to work and picked up the pieces of wood. After a moment of watching her pick up a few pieces, Clint walked in to help her gather them all up. Phoebe taking notice of him soon spoke up.

"Um, m-morning Clint. Uhh, I-I can d-do this on my own." She said meekly to Clint. The latter just took a quick glance back at her before continuing to pick up more wood. "Umm, okay..."

After a minute or so off silently picking up the pieces of wood, they were now done and are now heading to the camp site. Phoebe held in her arms a couple of thin sticks with a thick branch or two while the rest of the larger branches were being carried by Clint.

"Um, y-you didn't have to help..." Phoebe said shyly, blushing a bit, while they were walking. Clint didn't say anything and just kept on walking ahead of her. "Hmm..." She kept her head low as they continued to walk.

Moments later the two were now at the camp site where the eliminations took place last night. The fire pit in the middle was completely empty except for a couple ashes left at the centre of it. Placing the fire wood down next to the pit, Clint begun setting it up.

"Oh umm I-I can take th-things from here." Phoebe insisted as she picked up a long branch. She had a hard time trying to balance herself causing her to stumble a bit and eventually dropping the branch. The branch fell on what Clint had already started causing it to topple over.

"I-I'm sorry!" Phoebe quickly apologized with her head low and her hands clasped together between her thighs. Clint, looking up to meet Phoebe's eyes, just brushed off the incident and begun to set things up again.

A few minutes later, Clint was now finished setting up the fire wood on the fire pit. The larger branches forming a cone shape while the smaller ones crossed underneath it. As soon as he finished he wiped away some sweat from his forehead before standing up and patting away the dust on his knees. He looked towards Phoebe who just stood there looking down on her feet with a sad look on her face.

"I'm sorry." She said once more but was too embarrassed to look up at Clint. The taller boy just rubbed the top of Phoebe's head messing with her blond hair for a bit. Moments later, Clint left the scene leaving Phoebe alone. Phoebe just watched him walk off looking a bit flushed.

(Confessional)

Phoebe: Umm I-I uhh don't know w-what to say really. He was umm chivalrous I g-guess?

Leonard: What the fuck you want me for? *Shows replay of Phoebe and Clint* You guys woke me up just for that!? What are you guys fucking twelve? I'm outta here.

Paris: Oooo. I saw what happened between Phoebe and Clint. They look so cute together! I wonder how Jag would feel about this? *giggles*

(End Confessional)

---

(Girls bathroom)

The scene now transitioned to inside the girls bathroom. The bathroom floor was fully tiled while the walls were painted pink. A long, wide mirror is placed near the entrance with a large sink underneath it. Further inside the bathroom were a couple closed stalls along each side of walls. The sound of water rushing filled the bathroom as well as some steam escaping from some of the stalls.

"Hey Janet, can I borrow your soap? The one here seems to be missing." A voice asked from one of the stalls.

"Hmm okay." Janet answered back from the next stall. Her hand soon popped up with a bar of soap in hand and placed it on top of the short wall separating the two. Another hand came out the other side and grabbed the soap.

"Thanks!"

"No problem Gelsey."

As the two continue to take their showers, silence fell between the two for only the water running was the only thing being heard. After a couple moments of dead silence Gelsey started to speak up to to start up a conversation.

"So Janet, how do you feel about this season of total drama?" She asked to start things off.

"Hmm? Why do you ask?" Janet asked back.

"Oh no reason really. Just curious is all." Gelsey answered.

"Well umm its fine I guess." Janet finally answered. "Though I did not expect things to feel so real." She added.

"What do you mean by 'real'?" Gelsey asked in a much more curious sounding tone.

"We are in a virtual world right? I just didn't expect the pain and exhaustion we felt there to transfer in the real world." Janet elaborated.

"Oh. That." Gelsey finally got it. "Yeah I can agree to that. I actually checked myself to see if any bruises got transferred as well." She giggled a bit. "Anyways, are there any other reason why you decided to join?"

"Well like I said to Chris when we first got here I just wanted to make memories." Janet answered. "And even if there is a deeper reason as to why I'm not open to telling."

"Aww, why not?"

Janet just lightly chuckled instead of answering. Seconds later the sound of water running from her stall ended. The door to her stall started open up allowing the steam inside to quickly pour out. As the steam started to fade Janet was shown with a long towel wrapped around her body with some water dripping at the bottom.

"Oh well, I'm done with my shower now. It was great talking to you Gelsey." She said as she started to walk off.

"Oh okay!"

(Confessional)

Gelsey: Janet, she looks like she would be a really good friend to have. Its sad to see that we're on different teams since I don't think she's getting along well with her team. If she was on my team then things might be different.

(End Confessional)

---

(Virtual world: Open plains)

The scene now jumped to inside the virtual world before the challenges would start. The area shown was just an open grassy field far beyond where the maze was. Laying down on the thick grass was Alice on her own with her arms under the back of her head. She looked to be depressed a bit as she laid there with heavy thoughts.

"*sigh* Why can't the setting be during the evening. I can barely think for myself out here! "Alice said to herself in an annoyed tone as she suddenly sat up. "What is this game doing to me?" She asked rhetorically as she looked up to gaze at the virtual sky.

"Well its making you crazy that's for sure." A male voice suddenly answered her.

"Huh? Who's there!" Alice suddenly sprung up and looked behind her with her dagger drawn. "Jag?" She said as she saw who it was. "What do you want?"

"Easy now, I'm not here to mess with you." Leonard crossed his arms. "I was just here to do some training when I heard someone yelling. I should be asking you that instead." He added with a serious look.

"Well its none of your business." Alice said looking annoyed as she returned her dagger. "Now get lost. I want to be alone for a while."

"Hmph, I can see why that Laren girl went off and left you last night." Leonard stated as he turned his back on her. He soon started to walk off away from her. Alice, hearing this, suddenly felt triggered as she started clenching her fist.

"Don't you dare mention her name to me." She said in a low angered tone. Leonard suddenly stopped in his tracks as he heard this.

"Why? Did I hit a nerve or something?" He said tauntingly as he gave Alice a side smirk. The latter just stood there in silence looking down on the ground with her bangs covering her eyes. Leonard scoffed as he faced back forwards. "I guess this dragon is all out of breath." He started to walk off.

As Alice stood there watching Leonard walk off, she suddenly started to slowly raise her bow with an arrow pointed right at him. Pulling back on its string she was about to let go and fire but a sudden chill crept up from the back of her neck causing her to miss her shot. The arrow whiffed passed her target and hit the tree far off to the right.

"What the?" Leonard suddenly stopped in his tracks as he looked towards where the arrow landed. He soon looked back to see Alice looking down with her bow in her arms. "Couldn't do it huh?" Alice didn't say anything. "If we were back in my place having second thoughts like that will only get you killed. You're lucky I'm not in the mood right now to deal with you." He continued on walking away from her.

Alice just kept a cold glare at him as he continued on until he was no longer in her line of sight. As Leonard left, she soon laid back down staring up at the virtual morning sky. She laid there in silence as a light breeze whistled through the open area.

(Confessional)

Alice: If only he knew my matron was already forcing me to stop. If she hadn't...*chuckles* Lets just say he wouldn't dare taunt me anytime soon.

(End Confessional)

Back in the real world the two hosts Skell and Chris were by the control panel inside the challenge building setting up for the days challenge. The latter was shown sitting comfortably on his chair with a cup of coffee in hand while the former was busy tapping away at the control panel. After a few moments of silence between the two with only the sound of keyboard tapping to be heard, a green light suddenly started flashing causing Skell to stop.

"Aaaaand done." He said with a final press of a button. The green light stopped flashing and the large monitor soon came to life. The picture on the monitor's screen reveals it to be a large gladiatorial arena.

"Took you long enough." Chris said casually as he took a sip of coffee. "Now go rally up the contestants. The challenge is about to begin." He took another sip of his coffee until his cup was now empty. With a flick of his fingers an intern soon came rushing towards him to take the now empty cup before running away off-screen.

"Why do I have to do all the hard work around here? Don't you have staff to do all these technical stuff?" The other host suddenly questioned him. Chris just gave his co-host a devious grin all the while silently chuckling to himself.

"Ever wondered why we have a large prize pool and yet still have enough to pay Chef a large sum of cash to cook extravagantly?" Chris asked him with a devious grin. Skell just gave a Sceptic look in return.

"What do you mean?"

"To answer that, the answer is simple." Chris paused for a moment to make things look dramatic. "We, or I more rather, didn't hire any. Since hiring you would already cover up all the technical stuff we went all out with miscellaneous stuff with the money we saved." He ended, grinning.

"So you mean to tell me not only am I the co-host I'm also the head and only programmer?" Skell said trying to sum it all up. "How is that fair?"

"Hey, don't complain like it wasn't a good idea. You even went all out on the sushi buffet last night." Chris pointed out with the same looking grin. "Now get back to work and call the contestants."

"*sigh* Fine, you got me there." Skell says with his arms crossed. He soon turned back around to press a button on the panel for a microphone to pop out. He cleared his throat before speaking into the mic. "Attention contestants. The challenge is now about to begin. Please be here within the hour so that we may finally start. For those who are in the virtual world you already know the drill by now. That is all."

"Good. Now freshen yourself up. I don't want a sweaty co-host to be with me on my stage." The host said as he turned his chair around to face the glass doors.

The scene now jumped cut a couple minutes later with the room filled with the remaining contestants. They were all shown standing by their respective teams with Chris and Skell standing back at the front. Everyone was waiting impatiently for the two hosts to finally explain to them the challenge.

"So, is everyone here?" Chris asked to everyone. Skell just gave him a thumbs up. "Good. Now, for today's challenge we will have you guys fight in this massive arena." The host motioned for his partner to activate the monitor. Skell obliged and soon got onto the seat and started pressing buttons. The large monitor now shows the large arena shown earlier in the midst of a large ancient roman-like city.

"Let me guess. We're going to fight to the death on one-on-one combat for today's challenge aren't we?" Dylan said from the front of his team. He had a noticeable grin on his face.

"O-one-on-one c-combat?" Said Phoebe snakingly.

"Don't worry Phoebe. I'm sure you'll do great." Ginger reassured the shaking girl.

"Its not that simple." Chris said, grinning. "For you see, the challenge does revolve around you guys fighting but not against each other." The host paused for a moment as he looked back to his partner. Skell soon understood what he needed to do and started inputting in commands. "You'll be fighting off against these ancient beings." The monitor now showed live previews of five reptilian-like creatures with different coloured scales all trapped in different cages.

"Wait, we're going to fight against that?" Blake said taken aback from what he saw. "Can we even stand a chance against dragons?"

"That's for you guys to find out." Chris started chuckling. "Anyways, there's also a little twist to this. No contestant is allowed to use their main weapon as well as weapon drops including boss items." He explained to them. "Not only that, you guys are also going to work together with the other teams that will be divided into five groups with three members each." He added.

"Are you being serious here? Some of us can't use our skills without our weapons. Me included!" Ginger complained. "Also, how will we know which team won in the end if we're going to work with the others?" She raised a brow at him with her arms crossed.

"Hmph, not to mention some of us have bad blood with the other teams." Alice added in as she glanced towards the yellow Chocobos.

"That's simple really. If a group won then the person who gets the killing blow earns bonus points for their team. To keep things simple participating earns you three points while getting the final blow earns the team five points." The host explained to them. "Also since the Yellow Chocobos has one extra member one of them has to sit this challenge out to keep things equal. So, who wants to sit this one out?"

"I do!" Lucette suddenly raised her hand. "I can't fend for myself well and I just know that I'm going to be useless without my staff so having me in will only serve as a burden for my team." She explained herself.

"Yeah, she's right. Let her sit this one out." Blake defended her as well. Lucette, surprised to see Blake defending her, couldn't help but smile towards him.

"I see. Any final thoughts on this before I make this the final call?" Chris asked the other Yellow Chocobos. No one from them disagreed. "Okay its settled then. Lucette will be sitting this one out."

"Yay! Thanks Blake!" Lucette smiled at him once more.

"Oh umm its nothing. Just wanted to make up with you from yesterday still." Blake said looking a bit flustered. Lucette couldn't help but giggle.

"Okay, what about our weapons then? Do you expect us to fight with our secondary's only?" Kali asked this time around.

"That's fine with me. I can just use my cannons to win this challenge." Tristan said looking confident with himself.

"Don't worry about that. You all will be provided with a selection of weapons to choose from once the challenge starts." Chris answered Janet. "Also, a weapon can only be selected once per round only." He added. "Anything else?" No one else spoke up. "Good. Now time to-"

"Wait! Don't forget to tell them about the special reward." Skell reminded from his seat.

"Oh right." Chris suddenly remembered. "This also going to be a reward challenge. The two teams that will be safe for tonight will receive one of the two gems as well as a weapon each." A different image soon shown on the monitor showcasing two different coloured gems; one gold and the other silver. "The two gems are called the awakened and named stones respectively."

"The awakened stone turns the weapon to be as strong as a boss weapon. Meaning the weapon will have no draw backs." Skell explained to them. "While the named stone turns the weapon to be as strong as the named weapon drops. Meaning the weapon will have some drawbacks."

"Now with that out of the way. Everyone, get in your pods now for we're about to begin the challenge!" Chris announced to them. "Skell will announce who will be teamed up with who once you're all in the virtual world."

Everyone started getting into the pods just as they were all told. As the last contestant got inside, the monitor activated moments later to reveal each contestant standing in the middle of the arena.

"Well, time for me to head on in." Skell said as he got up from his seat. He soon walked off-screen to get into his own personal pod. With Chris now alone once again, he flashed his trademark smile as the camera closes in on him.

Well, there you have it our dear viewers. With the challenge now introduced to our remaining contestants its time to see which team will be the one on top this time around." Chris took a dramatic pause. "Who will be the two lucky contestants to receive these great rewards? Who will be the unlucky contestant that would be sent home tonight? And will Alice get along with the Yellow Chocobos? Lets find out now shall we?" He ended with a smile as he pressed a button on his panel.

The scene now transitioned to inside the virtual world and inside the large arena where the challenge is being held. The sound of crowds cheering filled the area for the stands where filled to the brim with virtual romans. Standing by the judges corner was Skell accompanied by Lucette and two familiar faces.

"Welcome everyone to the first ever dragon slaying event!" Skell announced to everyone in the stands. The crowds started cheering even louder with the sounds of horns playing. "Joining me today in the wonderful morning is the lovely Lucette and our two ex-contestants Estwynn and Derek! Give them a round of applause!" The crowd started cheering as loud as ever.

"Thanks for that wonderful intro Skell." Lucette said as she waved at the virtual crowd.

"Thank you. Thank you. I'm glad to be here as well." Estwynn waved at the virtual crowd. Derek didn't do the same for he just sat on his chair in silence. All three of them were shown wearing their regular outfits. "So tell me Skell, why did you pull us out of our own challenge just to watch our previous teammates?"

"Oh that's because its a reward challenge. Since this is a special challenge we figured that letting you two have a break would be good idea as well." The co-host explained to him.

"Ah, I see. I hope my old team does great for this challenge." Estwynn said a bit solemnly.

"Glad to see you still want to cheer your team on even after they voted you off first." Skell said with a smile. "Anything else you want to add Derek before we got on with the event?" He looked back at the other ex-contestant. Derek just gave him a cold stare with his arms crossed. "I see, thanks for that wonderful input. Now, what are we waiting for? Let the first round...begin!" The crowd started cheering even more.

"For the first round we will be having Alice of the Red Dragons, Dylan of the Yellow Chocobos, and Nathan of the Blue Nagas!" Skell introduced the first set of contestants. The gates holding the contestants started to open up. The three mentioned soon started walking out of the gates as the crowd cheered them on.

"*sigh* Why do I have to be in the first round?" Alice asked looking a bit annoyed with her arms crossed.

"Normally I wouldn't mind being first but seeing that its with you makes things all the more complicated. Don't think for moment that I've forgotten about what you did in the first challenge." Dylan said staring angrily at Alice.

"Good. They do say those who forget about their past are doomed to repeat it." Alice said tauntingly.

"You better watch your back or otherwise the dragon would be the least of your worries." He said back to her. Alice just chuckled silently under her breath.

"Hey! You two are supposed to work together as a team. Not fighting against each other!" Skell called out to them.

"He's right you know. If you want to win this for your teams then you will have to work together as unit!" Estwynn added in.

"She can suck my unit!" Dylan said back at him. The crowd started to go 'oooooh' when they heard his come back.

"Oh please. Save yourself the embarrassment given the amount of compensation you've been doing." Alice snapped back at him. The crowd started to get even wilder after that one.

"Oof, that's gotta hurt." Skell commented. "You better whip up a potent heal spell for Dylan, Lucette. For I don't think he can recover after that one."

"Can we just get on with the challenge already!" Dylan demanded. Alice just stood there laughing at his displeasure.

"Okay fine, but first..." Skell trailed off as he pulled out his holographic panel. After pressing a few buttons a holographic monitor soon appeared in-front of the contestants. "The three of you will have to select your weapons from the four available. There are twelve different weapon types but only four is available for you guys to choose from. The weapons shown will be chosen at random to make things a lot more interesting." He explained to them. "Also, since the Blue Nagas placed first, Nathan gets to choose first followed by Dylan and Alice last."

"Hah!" Dylan cheered triumphantly over Alice. The latter just shook her head low.

"Now, the weapons available for you three are the following." Skell started pressing on his panel once more and the monitor now shows four different weapons. "The three of you will be choosing from the Heavy bow gun, the Gun lance, the Sword and Shield, and the Charge blade."

"Wait a minute. These weapons are from monster hunter. Sweet!" Dylan exclaimed in excitement. "I fully mastered every weapon in that game so this would be easy." He boasted a bit.

"You've got to be kidding me." Alice said clearly not liking the weapon selection.

"Anyways. Nathan. Choose your weapon." The co-host said to him.

Nathan didn't say anything as he walked up to inspect the weapons. He examined each one carefully before finally settling with the Charge blade. The Charge blade is a large katana with a trigger on its handle. After selecting the weapon it soon materialized right in-front of him. Grabbing his new sword, he walked back to stand next with the others.

"Now, its Dylan's turn to choose."

Dylan did the same as Nathan did and walked up towards the monitor. He didn't take long before settling with the Sword and Shield. Like the name suggests, the weapon he chose is just a normal looking sword and shield. The weapons soon materialized right in-front of him. With both items in hand now, Dylan walked back to his spot.

"And Finally, Alice its your turn."

With a displeased look, Alice quickly walked up to the monitor to make her selection. The weapon she chose from the remaining two was the Gun lance. The Gun lance looks like a standard lance double ended lance except there is a trigger on its handle as well as coming with a towering shield. Alice picking up her weapons after it materialized soon walked back with the others.

"Now that the three of you have your weapons its time to reveal who you are up against." Skell said as he pressed another button on the panel. The gate across from the contestants started to slowly open up. "For the first round. The three of you will be up against-" He was suddenly cut off when an ear piercing roar came out of gates.

The sound of loud thumping soon came afterwards as piercing yellow eyes appeared on the other side of the gates. Moments later a large wyvern soon came crawling out while keeping its eyes trained on the three contestants. The creature had light green jagged scales with sharp spines protruding from the back of it's neck all the way to the tip of it's tail. It let out another ear-piercing roar as it slowly circled around the contestants standing in the middle.

"You'll be up against Zeph, the Storm Wyvern!" The co-host announced. The crowd started cheering even louder as he did. "Now, let the battle...begin!"

At that moment the Wyvern lunged at the contestants with its mouth gaping wide open. The three contestants quickly scrambled out of the way to dodge the attack. Alice and Nathan moved to the Wyvern's right while Dylan jumped to it's left. The Wyvern quickly swung it's powerful tail towards the two while swiping away at Dylan with it's sharp claws.

"Watch out!" Nathan warned as he managed to jump over the Wyvern's tail. Alice tried to move out of the way but she got blown away by the massive tail causing her to hit the nearby wall hard before sliding back down. She managed the block the tail with her shield but it dented in the process.

"Hmph, so much for the shield." She said throwing the now bent shield aside. She slowly got up from ground with the lance to push her back up.

"Are you okay?" Nathan said as he ran up towards her.

"Yeah I'm good. Can't say much for the shield though." She answered him. "Not like I'll need it."

"Guys, a little help here!" Dylan pleaded as he was shown being cornered by the Wyvern. The Wyvern attempted to swipe it's massive claws at it's small target but Dylan managed to duck under the attack. "Hah!" Dylan roared as he immediately slashed away at the Wyvern's arm. The attack barely did anything for only a few scratches were seen on it's scales.

Letting out another roar the Wyvern slammed down Dylan with it's other arm pinning him on the ground in-between its claws. Dylan yelled out in pain as the Wyvern was slowly crushing him. With Dylan now trapped, the Wyvern was about to snap at him with its jaws but an explosion struck it at it's back causing it stop from its attack. Turning it's head around the Wyvern soon saw Alice pointing her lance towards it with some smoke puffing out from its tip.

"Its not up my alley but it'll have to do." Alice stated before pulling back on the hammer. The tip of her lance suddenly split open to reveal the gun barrel. Squeezing the trigger, another shot soon came flying towards the Wyvern hitting it directly on its head causing some smoke to spread.

"Nice shot." Nathan praised.

As the smoke clears up, the Wyvern looked to be a bit dazed with some burn marks covering it's snout. Shaking off the attack, the Wyvern let loose another mighty roar before switching it's attention from Dylan towards the other two. As it slowly crawled it's way towards them, staring at them menacingly with a low growl, Alice and Nathan were backing up a few steps at a time as it did. With the Wyvern now in the centre of the arena it stood on it's two hind legs and folded out its massive wings before suddenly taking flight.

"Whoo boy, there we have it folks! Our boy Zeph here is about to show us why he's called the Storm Wyvern!" Skell announced in excitement. The crowd started to cheer him on.

"Oh my." Said Lucette in shock. "I hope they can survive this."

"I suggest you hold down on to your skirt tight." Estwynn warned her. "For I have a slight inkling on what's going to happen next." He added.

With the Wyvern climbing up higher and higher, it's massive wings started to glow in a bright light-green hue. As it reached the apex of it's flight it stayed there for a moment over looking everything down below. With a sudden beat of it's wings, a howling gale ripped through the air creating a sonic boom aimed straight towards them.

"Brace yourselves!" Nathan yelled out as he dug the tip of his sword on to the ground and held on to it tight. Alice did the same to her lance. Dylan on the other hand just hunkered down low with his back against the wall and his shield covering most of his body.

As the strong air blast hit the ground below, the impact of it shook the entire arena causing a massive dust cloud to blow through the air. Loud screaming was heard around the entire area as everything in view was covered in dust. Moments later with the dust cloud slowly subsiding a massive crater was shown in the middle of the battle ground.

"*cough* *cough* Are the three of you okay?" Skell asked in a worried tone as he looked back to his three companions. With the dust in there booth slowly clearing up, the three were shown looking quite okay except for Lucette who was a bit shaken.

"Yeah, were good." Estwynn answered him. He suddenly let out a strong sneeze. "Ugh, just a bit dusty." He said as he wiped his nose. The other two composed themselves with Lucette giving a thumbs up. Derek just sat back up straight ignoring them.

A loud roar was soon heard blasting throughout the area. As everyone looked, the Wyvern was now shown quickly descending back into the arena. Landing in the centre of the crater it created it flapped it's giant wings to clear out the remaining clouds of dust. With scene now clearer the three contestants were shown to have been blown away and knocked over. Silence fell upon the area with only the low growl of the Wyvern only to be heard.

"A-are they dead?" Lucette asked to no one in particular as she was at the edge of her seat.

"Doubt it. If they were then they their bodies shouldn't be here." Skell responded but his eyes were still set upon the downed contestants.

As everyone watched on in silence in anticipation for what's going to happen next, some slight movement was shown from the contestants. Moments later all three of them started to slowly rise up looking quite beaten. The crowd cheered them on as they did.

"Heh...its not over until its over..." Dylan said with a weak smile as he picked up his sword and shield.

"Hmph, that's not enough...to kill me." Alice taunted as she slowly walked towards her lance to pick it back up. Nathan did the same as he pulled out his sword from the ground. All three of them started walking towards the outer rim of the crater.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we still have a fight in our hands!" Skell exclaimed out loud. The crowd started to cheer even more.

Letting out another loud roar, the Wyvern attempted to take flight but got bombarded with shots from both Dylan and Alice.

"Where do you think you're going?" Alice said as she had her lance pointed towards the Wyvern. The Wyvern tried to charge at her but stopped when she pulled on the trigger send out another explosive shot. Dylan did the same as he threw another dark sphere.

As the two of them continue to bombard the Wyvern with their attacks, Nathan suddenly started rushing down the pit quick with his sword off to his side. As he got close to Wyvern he suddenly jumped up high almost as if he was soaring through the air. Squeezing on the trigger of his sword, the long blade started overflowing with energy for it was glowing bright. Using the momentum of his jump he sliced down on to the Wyvern's neck before landing safely on to the ground.

The two taking notice of what Nathan did, they stopped bombarding the Wyvern for they knew what was going to happen next. A few seconds later the Wyvern suddenly fell straight to the ground kicking up some dust as it landed. The moment it hit the ground the Wyvern's head rolled away from it's neck with lots of blood oozing out. The crowd started cheering the moment the battle ended.

"And there you have it folks. The first round has finally concluded with our contestants being the winners!" Skell announced. "And with that, the scores have been settled. Yellow and Red having three points each while Blue have the lead with five!"

"Yay! Good job Dylan!" Lucette cheered him on as she was jumping with joy.

"Glad to see my old team took the lead from the first round." Estwynn said smiling. Derek didn't do or say anything for he just sat quietly in his seat.

"Thank you. Thank you. All of you are too kind." Dylan said waving at the crowd as they cheered.

"You do know they're all A.I right?" Alice said to him with her arms crossed with a brow raised. Dylan just shot her a quick glance before proceeding back to waving at the crowd. "*sigh* Boys." She said shaking her head. She soon took notice of Nathan slowly climbing back up from the crater. "Hey, good job out there."

Nathan just nodded at her with a small smile in response.

As the crowd continue to cheer on the winners of the first round, the gates holding the contestants soon opened up once more. Skell clearing out his throat soon announced the next set of contestants that would be battling next.

"For the next round we have Kazuo of the Red Dragons, Clint of the Blue Nagas, and Gelsey of the Yellow Chocobos!" He introduced the next set of contestants. As he did, the three mentioned started to walk out of the gates. "Alice, Dylan, and Nathan. You three may leave now."

"Finally! I needed a long rest after this one." Dylan said as he started to walk back towards the gate. "Hey Clint. Good luck out there." He said patting Clint's shoulder as he walked passed him. "Oh, and you to Gels." He said looking back at his teammate before continuing to walk back in.

"Gee, thanks." Gelsey replied rolling her eyes.

"Hey Alice!" Kazuo said smiling at her as he approached. Alice just scoffed at him as she brushed him off. "Aww, not even a good luck or a thumbs up?" He said pouting. "Oh well, at least she noticed me." He chuckled a bit.

"Um, good luck Clint." Nathan said to him as he walked by him. With the three previous contestants now out of the field the doors started closing behind them.

"With them now gone, Its time for the three of you to choose your weapons!" Skell announced to them. The weapon selection screen appeared right in-front of them. Four new weapons all appeared on the selection screen. "The four weapons you three can choose from are the Bow, The Hammer, The Light Bowgun, and The Hunting Horn!" He said naming each weapon. "Clint. You may choose first."

Clint approached the weapon screen inspecting each weapon. His eyes were noticeably darting between two weapons until he finally made his choice. The weapon Clint chose was no other then the Bow. The bow he wielded was far different from the one he uses for it was far larger then his normal bow all the while coming with a quiver full of heavier arrows. Pulling out one of the arrows it was shown that the arrow head was far larger and was as long as the stick.

"Now its your turn Gelsey."

Gelsey walking nervously up to the screen she was looking back and forth between the available weapons. After a while of thinking it over she soon went with the Light Bowgun. The Light Bowgun she held on her hands is light and compact while having a noticeably long and thin barrel.

"And lastly, its your turn Kazuo."

Kazuo casually approached the weapon select screen. As he did he immediately chose the weapon he wanted from the remaining two. The weapon Kazuo went with without hesitation was the Hunting Horn. The Hunting Horn that Kazuo wields is like any other regular horn except it was as long as he is and the bell was a a skull of a horned beast. The weapon select screen soon disappeared.

"Um, why the horn?" Gelsey asked with a confused look.

"Because why not really." Kazuo said smiling. "I figured that no one is going to use this thing so I might as well use it."

"Do you even know what it does?"

"Nope." Kazuo said smiling. Gelsey had a worried look on her face as he did.

"We're not going to win this." She muttered under her breath.

"Now, before I introduce the opponent, do the three of you have anything to say to our contestants?" Skell asked the three behind him.

"Go Gelsey!" Lucette cheered.

"I say Clint has this in the bag." Estwynn said confidently. "Giving him his bow just ensures it." He grinned. Derek didn't say anything for he just kept a close eye on Kazuo.

"Great! Now, for our second round we have..." Skell trailed off as the gates holding the creatures slowly rose up. Moments later a blue scaled lizard-like head with two pointed horns at the side popped out of the shadows of the holding cell followed by a second and a third. After a while the three heads were shown to be connected to one body through blue long scaly necks. The creature roared out loudly as icy breaths poured out of its mouth as it did. Along the ridges of its spine were long spikes that were as white as snow.

"Cryo, The Frost Hydra!" The co-host exclaimed. The crowd continued to cheer as the creature stared menacingly at the three contestants.

"Great! A head for each of us..." Gelsey said sarcastically. "How thoughtful..."

"Hmm, if we cut off one head will it still be able to fight normally?" Kazuo started pondering. "Or better yet, will the neck still be able to move?"

"Before the match starts lets fill in that crater real quick." Skell brought out his panel once more. Inputting a couple commands the large crater suddenly fixed itself with no traces of it being there were left. "And with that done let the second round...begin!"

With that call, the Hydra blasted out beams of ice from all three of it's heads aimed towards the contestants. All three of them managed to move out of the way of the attack. As they did, a large build up of ice spiking out was created from where they all stood.

Clint, quickly composing himself, held his right hand forwards and a light-green magic sigil suddenly formed in-front of him. Moments later a hawk suddenly flew out from the sigil leaving behind a trail of light as it flew. Quickly pulling out an arrow he immediately notched it on to his bow. Pulling back on the string the arrow was sent flying and he ran off to reposition himself after.

The arrow now about to hit the Hydra just bounced off as it did. "Tsk." Clint sounded as he continued to run around the Hydra with another arrow in hand. Letting lose another shot the arrow this time around pierced through the Hydra's scales but proved to still be ineffective for it barely did a thing.

The three heads all turning around to follow Clint's movements all let lose another beam of ice towards him. The beam was just following closely behind Clint and was almost about to hit when a barrage of bolts suddenly pelted one of the heads Stopping it's attack for now, the head that got hit turned to face where the shots came from only to see Gelsey aiming her bowgun at it. Letting out a low growl, the head fired a separate beam towards Gelsey.

"Uh oh." She said as she jumped and rolled out of the way of the attack. As she got back up, she soon saw Kazuo standing idly. "Hey Kazuo!" She called out. "It would be really helpful if you use that staff of yours and do magic right about now." She added as she a few more bolts. Clint was shown doing the same as he shot an arrow at the sky. Multiple arrows started raining down on the Hydra but most pf it just bounced off it's back.

"Yes. That would be useful but-" Kazuo cut himself off as he ducked under a tail swing. "But I can't use magic right now." He continued. "This staff is just aesthetic really."

"What!? What do you mean by that?" Gelsey yelled fired a couple more bolts. The bowgun made a click sound to signal that it was out of shots. "Shit." She cursed as she pulled out the mag and threw it aside. She grabbed a different one to try and reload but she got blasted away when the Hydra slammed it's long tail in-front of her.

"Aaaah!" She screamed as she was sent flying back. She started to roll fast on the ground as she landed before stopping after hitting the wall. "Ugh..." Gelsey groaned in pain as she attempted to get up. A couple of small scratches and bruising were visible across her face, arms and legs. Standing up now, she soon saw the beast staring down at her with icy breath escaping from its mouth. She tried to run away but stumbled down in the process.

The Hydra now looking down on her, all three heads of it blasted her with it's icy attack. As the attack hit the entire portion of the wall froze into solid ice with icicles spiking out from it. Inside the frozen casing was Gelsey trapped in ice. Moments later her body flickered out.

"And Gelsey is the first one to go down!" Skell announced. "This will be a massive hit to the Yellow Chocobos if the two still managed to win this."

"Oh no." Lucette said fearfully.

With Gelsey now gone, the Hydra turned it's attention back to the two boys standing behind it. Walking slowly towards them, it let out a low growl as it stared menacingly at them.

"Well, what now hotshot?" Kazuo asked Clint with a huge grin. The latter just scoffed before running off to the side with another arrow in hand. He started quickly firing a barrage of arrows at the Hydra. "Okay then. Time to see what this horn can do."

The camera quickly catching up with Clint showed he was shooting his arrows at the Hydra. Most of the shots just kept bouncing off of it. The Hydra just brushed off each of the attacks as it slowly walked closer to Clint. The Hydra blasted out another beam but this time it shot ahead of Clint instead of trailing behind.

Clint, caught by surprise, quickly double tapped to run the other way. Managing to do so, he was able to get away from the blast but the beam was now following him and it was quickly catching up. As the beam was about to hit Clint, a loud horn blast was suddenly heard and Clint's body was suddenly shrouded in a light-green vail and was able to out run the Hydra's attack.

"Hmm, so that's what this horn does." Kazuo said to himself. He suddenly got an idea. "What would happen if I changed the tune." Taking in a deep breath Kazuo blew the horn with a much for stronger tune.

Clint, still under the horns effect, suddenly felt a surge in strength as the vail around him turned from green to red. Realizing now what was happening, he suddenly stopped in place and aimed another arrow. Letting the arrow fly, the arrow this time around didn't bounce off the Hydra's scales for it managed to penetrate straight through it as it punctured the throat of the middle head.

Letting out a pain filled roar, the Hydra stopped it's attack for the middle head was shaking furiously around. The two other heads snapped back at it as the middle head bashed them both. With the Hydra now distracted, Clint fired another arrow straight up into the air to make it rain down arrows once more. As each arrow rained down on the Hydra, all of them were sinking deep into it's head, neck, and back causing it to roar out in pain once more.

Roaring out once more, the Hydra just shook of the pain and started charging towards Clint at a very fast pace. The latter standing his ground aimed three arrows at the enraged beast to try and finish it off but the moment he fired his arrows another horn blast was heard turning his veil from red to blue.

"Hey! I learned a new tune!" Kazuo said proudly. "But I wonder what it does though?"

All the arrows just bouncing off the Hydra's chest once again proved ineffective for the Hydra just kept up it's charge. With the Hydra now close, Clint tried to run away but was to slow for he got head-butted by one of the Hydra's heads sending him flying straight into a wall. Clint hitting the wall with such force caused it to crack with some small bits crumbling down. As he fell straight to the ground everyone was shocked to see that Clint still managed to get up as if he wasn't hit with such a force.

"What!" Skell yelled in shock after seeing Clint still managing to get up. "How did he live that!?" He soon saw Clint still able to walk with only a minor limp.

"The only explanation I can think of is the tune Kazuo played was a defence buff." Estwynn answered trying to process what he saw.

The camera panned back to Kazuo looking towards Clint with a straight look. "Hmm, interesting." He said with a grin. "What would happen if I blew this a little bit calmer." As he blew it the way he mentioned, the veil around Clint turned from blue to white. Clint's body started to feel lighter as if he hasn't fought or did anything yet for he no longer felt tired. Kazuo taking notice soon realized what he just did. "Oh cool, a recovery tune."

Clint, feeling a lot better, quickly picked his bow up from the ground and readied another arrow. He soon took off running once more. The Hydra letting loose another roar fired off another beam of ice except for the middle head that seemed to have a hard time to even charge one up. Clint spotting a weakness whistled for his hawk.

Hearing his hawk's cry from the distance, it soon dove low from flying high up to glide next to Clint. With the hawk now beside him, he pointed his hawk to fly up towards one of the Hydra's heads to distract and provide an opening. Letting out another cry, the hawk quickly flew up and went straight for the the Hydra's right head.

Ripping quickly through the air, the hawk aimed towards the Hydra's right eye. As the hawk neared it quickly swung his sharp talons forward. Moments later the Hydra let out a loud roar with it's right head causing it to lose focus with it's attack. The hawk was soon spotted flying away from the Hydra with some blood dripping from it's talons. With the right head distracting the other two due to the sudden shock, Clint took this opportunity to quickly get close to it.

"What is he doing?" Estwynn questioned as he watched Clint run towards the Hydra. He soon saw Clint standing next to it's large leg trying to avoid to get stomped. Moments later he watched Clint jump up and grabbed hold of it's leg before proceeding to climb up. "He's going to get himself killed." He said while shaking his head.

"Hey look! Clint is already climbing up it's neck!" Skell announced to them with a big smile. Like what the co-host said, Clint was shown already half-way up the neck of the middle head. As he continued to climb up the Hydra's neck, Kazuo was shown standing far away from the Hydra thinking to himself.

"I wonder..." Kazuo pondered as he lifted up his horn. He soon blasted out a horrid, ear-piercing sound out of it. The sound of the horn had no effect on Clint this time around but affected the Hydra instead. The Hydra hearing the horrid noise started thrashing and flailing around at the same time letting out loud roars. "Hmm, It seems like intentionally playing the horn bad doesn't have a negative effect on people; only monsters." He said to himself.

Clint, still on the Hydra's neck, was holding on tight as he continued to climb further up. As he reached the top he soon grabbed hold of one of the long horns of the Hydra as he pulled out his dagger. Raising it up high, he forcefully jabbed the Hydra's middle head with his dagger causing it to sink deep. Letting out a loud wail the Hydra was now rampaging now as it tried to shake off Clint from the top of it's head.

Holding on as tight as he could, Clint wrapped his entire arm around the long horn in attempt to secure himself longer. Ripping the dagger out of the Hydra's skull, blood started to trickle down the blade of his dagger. With the dagger now out he jabbed it deep into the Hydra's head once more. The moment he did the Hydra started to rampage and move much more rampant that Clint could barely hold on anymore.

As Clint continued to do the same thing over and over, the middle head's shaking suddenly got weaker and soon started to collapse. Clint now realizing what he did was enough, he let go of the Hydra's horn and started to slide down it's neck. He soon managed to slide down all the way to the Hydra's back just as the head fell hard onto the ground. Clint soon dropped down from the Hydra's back and proceeded to take off running.

"Impressive." Kazuo smiled at him as Clint approached. The latter didn't say anything and gave him a cold look as he ran passed. "So, what about the other two heads?" He asked as he turned around to face where Clint was heading. He grimaced as he heard the Hydra let out another loud roar behind him. "Hmm, I guess it didn't like getting one of it's heads killed."

The camera now showcasing the Hydra once more revealed the remaining two heads to be snarling at them. It soon started to charge towards the two dragging the dead head along the ground. As it continued to run the neck of the dead head somehow got entangled around the Hydra's legs causing it to trip over itself. The neck got ripped off of the body as well during the entire process.

"Oh god." Lucette covered her mouth for she was about to gag when she saw it get ripped off.

"Hmm, I guess losing a head make's the Hydra dumber apparently." Kazuo said as he was shown with one hand under his chin. He soon saw the other two heads still squirming around weakly. "Interesting...the other two still aren't dead." He slowly started to approach the downed Hydra.

As he got near the left head it started to snap at him with it's jaws but Kazuo was able to back-step out of it. The head fell straight to the ground the moment it missed. Kazuo dragged his hand on the Hydra's head to feel it's scaly face.

"So this is what a dragon feels like." He said with a smile. He stopped moving the moment he reached the Hydra's eye. "I never really imagined that I would be killing a dragon in-front of international T.V. but I guess there's a first for everything." Kazuo says as he dropped his horn and pulled out his sceptre. He raised his sceptre above the Hydra's eye with the bottom of it pointing down. He was about to bring it down when he stopped all of a sudden.

"But then again I'm curious what would happen if I didn't take a once in a life time opportunity such as this." Kazuo thought aloud as he pulled his sceptre to the side. "Eh, screw it. It's going to die from blood loss based on the amount it's spewing out." He turned his back on the Hydra. He picked his horn from the ground and started to walk away. The virtual crowd started booing as he did while Kazuo chuckled it off.

"Well, the Hydra is good as dead at this point so..." Skell trailed off as the camera jumped to him. He soon got up and cleared his throat. "Congratulations Kazuo and Clint! The two of you have, more or less, successfully beaten Cryo thus earning your team points!" He announced to them.

"Since Clint did the most dirty work he gets the five points for his team. Kazuo gets three points for, lack of a better term, helping. While Gelsey gets none for her team since she died." Skell announced the points. "And with that, the score goes as follows: Blue Nagas with 10, Red Dragons with 6, and Yellow Chocobos with 3." He added.

"Really? Not even one point?" Lucette pouted at him. She was staring at him with widened eyes that started glistening a bit.

"I'm sorry but rules are rules." The co-host answered her. "And If you don't stop acting like that I might reduce a point for your team." He warned.

"Fine." Lucette silently muttered to herself as she crossed her arms and looked to the side.

"Great work Clint!" Estwynn congratulated him from their booth. Clint didn't even bother to look his way as he casually walked towards the gate under the booth.

"What about you Derek? Anything you want to say to Kazuo?" Skell asked him as he looked his way. Derek just ignored him as continued on to stare coldly at Kazuo walking towards them.

"Thank you Derek!" Kazuo waved at him just as he walked underneath them.

With the two of them now by the front gate it soon slowly opened up. The duo soon walked inside and soon disappeared from view as they walked deeper in. Moments later three silhouettes took their place that slowly approached the camera.

"Okay! With the two of them out of the way it's time for the third round!" Skell announced. The crowd started cheering once more. "For the third round we have Janet of the Red Dragons, Blake of the Yellow Chocobos, and Ginger of the Blue Nagas!" He named each one. Soon after, the three mentioned all walked out of the gate walking side by side.

Blake was shown walking in-between the two girls waving at the crowd cheering for them. Ginger walked casually beside him with her arms crossed and a confident look on her face. And lastly, Janet was just walking on the other side of him with a small smile on her face.

"Lets go Blake!" Lucette cheered him on excitedly. "Oh, and you too Ginger." She added with less enthusiasm.

"Gee, thanks Lucette." Ginger rolled her eyes.

"Um, thanks, I guess." Blake waved at her sheepishly. Lucette started giggling as he did.

"Okay. Time to reveal the weapons our contestants will be wielding!" Skell announced as he brought out his panel. The weapon select screen soon appeared in-front of he trio as well. "The three of them will be choosing from the following: The Dual Blades, The Lance, The Longsword, and The Switch Axe." The weapons all appeared on the screen. "Ginger. You may choose first."

Ginger, approaching the screen, only gave a confident grin as she scanned all the weapons. Reaching out her hand she had chosen the Dual Blades for her weapon of choice. The Dual Blades Ginger wields were both serrated and were as long as her arms. She twirled with them both before walking back to stand next to the others.

"Blake. It's your turn."

Blake now taking the place of Ginger in-front of the screen took his time to think about the weapon to choose. Thinking it through for a short while soon came to a conclusion on what weapon to choose. The weapon Blake went with was the Longsword. As the name suggests, the blade of the long sword was almost twice his length and was serrated as well. He dragged the weapon on the ground as he walked back.

"And Lastly, Janet. Time for you to make your choice."

Janet now standing in-front of the weapon select screen didn't take long before making her choice. The weapon she ended up with was the Lance. The Lance Janet ended up wielding was fairly similar to Alice's Gunlance except it didn't have a trigger on it's handle and had a much smaller kite shield instead. She walked back to be with the other two soon after.

"Okay. With our contestants introduced, as well as them having their weapons, its time to reveal who they are up against! But first..." Skell trailed off as he brought out his panel. After inputting some commands the stage got cleared from all the mess that happened during the previous round. The gates holding the dragons slowly opened up soon after.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, for the third round. We. Have." He stopped as a loud howl echoed out from the gates. Moments later a small spikey creature no taller then the contestants bolted out of the gates. It snarled at them threateningly as it stared them down. Sharp diamond-like spikes surrounded the creatures body with similarly featured nails. "Diam, The Diamond Kirin!"

"Hmph, this is going to be a piece of cake." Ginger smiled confidently as she raised up both her blades.

"You got that right." Janet chimed in as pointed her lance towards the Kirin with her shield raised as well.

"Hehe. We'll see about that." Skell muttered under his breath with a devious smile. "With everyone all set. Let the battle...begin!" He announced.

At the very moment he said so, the Kirin suddenly bolted towards the three of them at a very fast pace. As it was running towards them Janet tried to launch it with her cosmic geyser but the Kirin was to fast for the attack to hit.

"Dammit!" Janet cursed as she walked up with her weapons raised. She tried to jab her lance at it but the Kirin just jumped up and used her as a platform to bounce off of. "Oof." She let out as the force of the Kirin's hind legs pushed her down to the ground. With the Kirin now in the air it had its front legs stretched forward with it's diamond claws sticking out as it aimed itself at the other two.

"Oh no you don't." Blake said while spinning around once to give his sword swing more force. The swing was enough to hit the Kirin off it's course and went tumbling off to the side.

"Go, Blake!" Lucette cheered.

"Nice swing." Ginger praised as she patted Blake's shoulder. "But now it's my turn." She walked right in-front of him. Ginger held both her blades to the sides as she strutted towards the Kirin.

The camera moving ahead of her showed the Kirin was already standing right back up. The Kirin seeing Ginger closing in started to growl as it slowly circle around her. Ginger standing in the middle just had a confident look on her face as she watch the creature circle around her. Twirling both her blade she taunted the Kirin by signalling for it to come and get her.

"Um, Ginger? I don't think taunting it is a good idea." Blake said with a worried look as he held his long sword tight. He tried to approach her but Ginger just signalled him to stop.

"Don't worry, I got this." She assured without even looking his way. "Now come and get me you overgrown lizard." She taunted the Kirin once more.

The Kirin snarling at her for a bit soon ran towards her with it's sharp fangs exposed. As it got close, it decided to jump at her in attempt to bring her down. Ginger, still looking confident, twisted to her right at the very moment the Kirin got close to hitting her. With the Kirin's attack missing, it landed right in-front of her exposing it for a counter attack.

"Hah!" Ginger yelled as she struck the Kirin with both her blades in a scissor-like fashion. As her attack hit, it barely did anything to the Kirin for no obvious signs of damage were shown on it's body. "What!?" Ginger's eyes widened when she realized it didn't do anything.

With Ginger now the one exposed for an attack, the Kirin quickly turned its body around and swung it's long tail at Ginger. Without much time to react Ginger got struck by the Kirin's tail and fell down almost instantly to her side.

"Ginger!" Blake called out as he ran towards her. He suddenly stopped when the Kirin blocked his way growling menacingly at him. "Get out of my way!" He yelled at it as he swung his long sword down on it. The Kirin just simply jumped to the side to avoid Blake's attack.

With Blake now wide open, the Kirin pounced on him but was suddenly bashed out of the way before the attack could land. Looking to his side Blake soon saw Janet standing beside him with her shield raised.

"Go! I got this." She said to him as she walked passed him. Replying with a nod, Blake ran to Ginger's side.

As Blake got close, he saw that Ginger was slowly getting back up by raising herself up with one arm. "Easy now." He said to Ginger as he crouched down next to her. He placed one arm on her back for support and the other holding on to her left hand as he helped her get back up.

"Ugh...thanks." Ginger groaned a bit as Blake helped her get back up. She stumbled a bit but the prankster was able to hold on to her.

"You okay?" Blake asked. Concern was written all over him as he did.

"Yeah, just a bit dizzy is all." Ginger answered him. Ginger had her left hand on her head while her entire right arm was wrapped around Blake. "If only I knew the damn thing's scales would be that hard this wouldn't have happened."

"Well, just be careful next time." Blake said to her. Ginger was about to snap back at him with a response but stopped when Blake said, "I mean it," with a serious look.

"Fine just- Look out!" Ginger yelled at him as she pushed him away. As she did Ginger got pulled down with him since Blake's arms were still wrapped around her. The Kirin went flying above them immediately after

"Sorry!" Janet was heard apologizing off screen. The camera panning downwards revealed that Ginger fell on top of Blake in a less desirable position. The two were not only on top of each other but ended up locking lips by accident. "Hey, are you twoooo...um, *ahem* I don't think you guys should be doing that." Janet said awkwardly. "I'm just gonna um...Oh hey! Its getting back up. Let me go and handle it." She ran off-screen.

The two of them still locked together were staring at each other with wide eyes in shock. After a few seconds the two of them immediately pulled away from each other as Ginger pushed herself off. Both of them sat up but Ginger had her back facing Blake while he had his mouth covered.

"Oh my god. I am so sorry!" Blake apologized. He was still shocked from what happened. Ginger didn't say anything for she just looked down at the ground.

Up in the co-host's booth, Skell's and Estwynn's jaws both were dropped at the events of what happened. Both of them were shown to have shocked looks on their faces except for Lucette who looked to be holding back her anger. Moments later, she couldn't hold back anymore and ended up yelling.

"Ginger! How dare you kiss Blake before I could!" Lucette yelled angrily. Both Skell and Estwynn had their ears covered except for Derek who just shrugged her off.

"It was an accident!" Ginger finally spoke to defend herself. "I didn't mean anything by it I swear!" She further made her point. "And besides, he's a bad kisser. I wouldn't even do it if he won the entire competition."

"Hey!" Blake reacted getting offended by her statement. "I'll have you know that I'm an excellent one at that. If it was on purpose then you wouldn't be saying those words right about now." He argued back at her.

"Uh huh. Really now? Tell me, how many girls have you made out with then?" Ginger snapped back at him with her arms crossed.

"Umm...a few." Blake replied while looking off to the side.

"Really now?" Ginger raised a brow at him. "Fine. Give me a name then." She grinned.

"Well um their is um..." Blake trailed of as he tried to think of a name. "Wait, how can you even say that I'm a bad kisser? Tell me, how many guys have YOU made out with then." He said trying to change the topic.

"You don't need to know that!" Ginger replied while pouting. "And besides, you're most likely jealous that someone like me wouldn't want someone like you." She said highly about herself.

"Given your attitude I doubt any guy would want you." Blake said back at her. "I wouldn't even bother as well." He added.

"Oh please, It's not like I'll fall for you no matter how hard you try." Ginger declared to him.

"Really now?" Blake said with a smirk. "Fine then, we'll see."

"Yeah, we'll- wait, what?" Ginger said with a confused look. Blake started to chuckle a bit.

"Ginger! Stop trying to steal Blake from me!" Lucette yelled at her once more.

"Huh? I'm not! I even said he had no chance." Ginger answered back as she turned to face her. She soon heard Blake laughing behind her. "You! Don't think for even one moment that your plans will work on me!" She said pointing at Blake.

The prankster just continued to laugh. "Oh you look cute when you're angry." Blake complimented her with a sly grin. Ginger was about to hit him but stopped when Skell yelled at them.

"The three of you stop this right now!" Skell demanded from them with an angry tone. "I'm trying to host a dragon slaying challenge here. Not a bloody love triangle!" He yelled at them. The three of them just kept quiet and didn't say anything else. "Good. Now, the two of you, pick up your swords and start-" He was suddenly cut off when the crowd started to get loud all of a sudden. "What the?"

Everyone looking around to see what was all the commotion all about when they finally saw what caused it. Off to one side of the arena was Janet standing proudly on top of the now dead Kirin with the lance drove deep into it's head. The ground around her was completely dug up with a lot of claw marks everywhere. Moments later, Janet pulled her lance out of the Kirin's head and raised it up high causing the crowd to cheer even more.

"Did she just solo Diam?" Skell said with a shocked look.

"Yes, she did. You missed how great it was while you were watching the trio bicker." Estwynn answered him.

"Well that settles it then. Congratulations Janet, you've won the third round for your team." The co-host said to her; still in utter disbelief. "That means Janet gets five points while Blake and Ginger both get three. Making the total being thirteen for blue, eleven for red, and six for yellow." He said the results

"You got to be kidding me?" Ginger said dumbfounded. "I...I need some time to think about this." She started to walk off towards the gate.

"Yeah, me too." Blake followed suit.

Janet, still basking in her victory, was waving at the crowd when she realized the two were already heading towards the gate. Taking one final bow she started running towards the gate and entered a few seconds behind the other two.

(Confessional)

Blake: This is going to be my greatest prank ever! I've dealt with girls like her before and it always end up my way *grins*. Once she's fallen for me *chuckles* she won't know what hit her.

Ginger: I. Will. NEVER. Fall for him! I can swear it right here and now that whatever attempts he pulls will not phase me no matter what is. I really don't see what Lucette sees in him to begin with.

Lucette: Ginger may be my friend but I'm not going to lose to her! Not even the slightest. I will just have to work harder for Blake to like me more instead.

(End Confessional)

The co-host, Skell, was shown on screen once more. He had a wide grin on his face for he had finally composed himself. Lucette sitting behind him looked a lot calmer now after she finished her confessional. The other two boys, Derek and Estwynn, were just sitting in there in anticipation for the next round. Moments later, Skell announced the next round of contestants.

"Okay. After that outstanding battle that I clearly did not miss. It's time to introduce the next contestants." He announced. The crowd started cheering once more. The gates below them started opening up with three figures walking out of it. "For the fourth round we have Tristan of the Red Dragons, Leonard of the Yellow Chocobos, and Paris of the Blue Nagas!"

The three mentioned were soon out into the arena with the crowd cheering for them. Tristan just walked out of the gate calmly. Leonard was shown with his arms crossed as he walked out with a scowl. And lastly, Paris was shown walking like a run-way model with one hand on her hip. The three of them stopped as they reached the centre.

"It sure is nice of Chris for us to have a crowd." Paris said with a smile as she just stared straight at the gate ahead of them. "Don't you think so Leonard?"

"Like I said to you before, I don't like small talk." Leonard replied without even looking at her.

"Oh come on, it's just a harmless question." Paris giggled a bit. Leonard didn't bother to answer back and just decided to ignore her.

The camera returned to show Skell. "Now, with our contestants revealed, It's time for them to choose their weapons." He brought out his panel once more and the weapon screen appeared in front of the trio. "The three of you will be choosing from the following: The Switch Axe, The Hammer, The Great Sword, and The Heavy Bow gun. Paris, you get to choose first."

With a worried look, Paris walked up to the weapon screen. Her eyes were darting quickly between all four weapons as she had a hard time trying to choose. After a long wait, she finally went with the Great Sword. The blade of her sword was wider then herself and was almost as tall as her. She had a hard time carrying it as Paris dragged her sword back to where the other two were.

"Leonard. Its now your turn."

Leonard walking up to the screen now, he examined each weapon carefuly as he approached. After a couple moments of thinking it through he went with the Switch Axe. The Switch Axe he held looked to be a normal axe except it had a much thicker body and has a sword's hilt with a switch on the guard. Pressing on the switch, blades suddenly slide out of the body on each side with the axe head pulled in to connect itself with the blades. Now knowing his weapon's capabilites he walked back towards the others with a wide grin on his face.

"And lastly, Tristan. It's now your turn."

Tristan now in-front of the weapon screen, it didn't take long for him to choose his weapon. The weapon he went with was the Hammer. The Hammer he held was very large and heavy for the head of it was just as large as Tristan's upper half but he was able to carry it easily due to his mechanical arm. Walking now back to the others, the weapon screen dissapeared and the camera went back to Skell.

"Okay. With our contestants now armed, lets clean up the stage first before we introduce today's special guest." The co-host said as he pulled out his panel. Pressing a few buttons and soon all the claw marks disappeared along with the dead Kirin. The gate holding the dragons slowly opened up once more.

"For the fourth round. Our big bad lizard is Blitz, The Lightning Wyrm!" Skell announced. As he did, sparks of electricity started flying out from the opened gates. Moments later a giant serpentine creature with yellow scales came slithering out of the gate with it's body surging with electricity. "Now. Let the battle...begin!"

Letting out a hiss, the Wyrm started slithering towards them while leaving behind a trail of electricity. As it got closer and closer to them it's entire body was wrapped around a veil of electricity and soon launched itself towards them.

"You're not going to get pass me!" Leonard roared as he stepped forward with his blade in hand. Raising his weapon above his head, he swung it down the moment the Wyrm got close but just before it could hit the Wyrm disappeared. "What!?" His widened at the disappearing act. Moments later a bolt of electricity suddenly struck Leonard from behind. "Aaaah!" He yelled before falling to his knees.

"Leonard!" Paris called out to him. Dropping her sword, she tried to run over and help him but stopped when sparks of electricity started to crack between her and Leonard. Moments later the Wyrm appeared towering right over her. "Ah!" The Wyrm was about to lunge at her with it's large jaws gaping but cannon fire suddenly stopped it's attack.

"Get out of there. Now!" Tristan urged for her to go. Replying with a nod she quickly ran off. As the Wyrm shook off the shock of the attack, it tried to follow Paris but stopped when more cannon fire started hitting it. "Where do you think you're going?" Letting out another hiss, the Wyrm went for Tristan instead.

As Paris finally got close to Leonard, she soon notice his back was slightly burnt with some smoke flowing out of it. "Hey, are you alright?" She asked as she had one arm over his right shoulder.

After making a few grunting sounds Leonard spoke up. "Urg, yeah..." He said through gritted teeth. Leonard tried to stand back up but felt a stinging sensation on his back as he did. "Ah!" He fell down on to his arms. "Damn, that fucking stings."

"Your back most likely got burnt from the attack. Let me heal you up real quick to ease the pain." Paris said as she stood right in-front of him. After doing a couple of dance moves, a light-green aura started to envelope Leonard and soon after he was able to get back up. "Feeling better?"

"Yeah. It still stings a bit but I can manage." Leonard replied as he swung his weapon over his shoulder. "Wait, were's your weapon?" He asked as he noticed Paris didn't have her sword with her.

"It was to heavy to carry so I had to drop it." She replied with a frown.

Letting out a sigh, Leonard grabbed one of his knives and gave it to Paris. "Here. Take it before I change my mind." He said to her without even looking her way.

Paris seeing his offer decided to take the weapon from him. "Thanks." She replied with a small smile. Without saying anything else, Leonard took off to face the electric Wyrm. "Hey. Wait up!" She called out to him as she followed suit.

The camera jumping ahead of them showed Tristan still fighting off against tue Wyrm. They were both staring straight at each other waiting for the other to make a move. As the two waited, the sound of footsteps nearing agrivated the Wyrm causing it to flicker out into sparks once more.

"Where did that damn thing go?" Leonard asked as he got close.

"I don't know." Tristan replied as he took on a defensive stance. "Just keep your heads up." He added.

Everyone, standing their ground, was glancing around to spot where the Wyrm might strike next. Tension filled the air around them for they could be struck down at any given moment. After a while of waiting, the sound of sparks flying was heard and soon a bolt of lightning the struck the ground beside Paris.

"Aaah!" Paris covered herself with her arms to protect herself from the blinding flashes. A few seconds later the Wyrm appeared towering over her. Gasping, Paris tried to run back but the Wyrm managed to wrap it's long tail around her before she could escape. Paris started to yelp in pain for the Wyrm was squeezing her tight.

As the Wyrm continued to squeeze her tightly, the dancer started to look blue for she was almost out of breath. Trying to hold on much longer, Paris was almost at her limit for her vision started to blur.

"Ge...aw...y...om...r...sterd..." She heard someone yell. Moments later she saw something jumped right in-front of her and felt the strong grip around her loosen. She soon collapsed straight on to the ground for the Wyrm no longer had a grip on her. She soon felt herself being dragged on the ground.

"...ey!...wake...p!.." She heard someone else say to her as she felt she was being shaken. After a few seconds, her vision started to focus and soon saw Tristan right in front of her. "Wake up!" She clearly heard him say this time around.

Panting and breathing heavily Paris suddenly sat back up. "*pant* What happened!?" She asked in shock. She suddenly felt a cold numbness around her body. "Gods, I can barely feel my legs."

"The damn snake appeared right next to you and squeezed you tight." Tristan explained to her. "I thought it was over for you since I didn't have a clear shot when Leonard went in and struck the thing." He further added.

"W-wait, really? Where is he then? Is he alright?" Paris bombarded the mechanic with questions out of concern.

"He's over there." Tristan pointed behind them. The camera pointing to where Tristan pointed showed that Leonard was grasping onto his weapon tight while traces of blood dripped from the blade. A few seconds later a bolt of lightning was aimed towards him but Leonard was able to jump out of the way.

"I need to...go and help!" Paris struggled to get back up.

"No. Don't. You're barely in any condition to move so stay put." Tristan insisted as he stopped her from getting back up.

"But I have to! Otherwise my team would think I'm weak and useless!" Paris argued back at him as she shoved him aside. She stood back up but grimaced due to the stinging sensation she felt coursing through her legs. She started to walk up to where Leonard was but was stopped when Tristan grabbed on to her.

"You're going to get yourself killed with that recklessness of yours." Tristan said looking a bit irritated with the smaller girl in-front of him. "You're going to earn the three points anyways just by staying alive."

Paris, stopping for a moment, pulled her arm away from Tristan. She soon ran off towards Leonard. Letting out a deep sigh, Tristan followed her right after he picked up his hammer from the ground. With the two of them now re-joining Leonard, he was soon shown already looking winded for he was breathing in heavily.

"Hey, sorry I took to long." Tristan said as he stood beside him. "Little miss dancer here wouldn't sit down."

"What the? I risked my life and my team's chance on gaining a comeback just to save you." Leonsrd said as he took notice of Paris. "Get out of here. Now!" He demanded.

"Hey! I'm still capable of fighting. I'm not about to let down my team just because of someone being a hero for a change." Paris argued back at him. Leonard was about to argue back when the sound of electricity cracking was soon heard by them.

"Ugh, fine, but if you get caught out again then I'll just let you die instead." Leonard said to her with a serious look. Paris just smirked at him.

The Wyrm soon appeared right across from them in flash of electricity glaring straight at them. Letting out an ear-piercing screech, the Wyrm darted across the field to reach them. Waves of electricity was flowing throughout it's body as it did. With the Wyrn now close to it's targets, it suddenly lunged itself towards Paris.

"Woah!" Paris was able to move out of the way in time as she jumped to her side. She failed to find her footing as she landed but was able to quickly pick herself up. The Wyrm landed far ahead off her.

"Hah!" Leonard roared as he suddenly leaped forward with his blade is sword mode raised up. As he neared he swung his sword down while pressing the button to turn it into axe mode. He was able to strike the Wyrm on top of it's head but wasn't able to do much damage for it flickered out into sparks. "Dammit!" He cursed as he landed.

As they all stood in anticipation for where the Wyrm might strike, sparks of electricity started cracking near Tristan. "Look out!" Paris warned him. Heeding her warnings Tristan managed to side-step a bolt of lightning that was aimed towards him. The Wyrm soon appeared at the end of the attack.

"Take this!" He yelled at the Wyrm as Tristan swung his hammer around. He managed to hit it at the side with a force strong enough to launch it a couple feet away from him. "Hah!" He fired a barrage of cannon shots at it causing large cloud of smoke to form surrounding it. Silence was heard without electricity sparking happened for a while.

"Is it over?" Paris asked no one in particular as she watched the cloud of smoke intently.

"I'm not sure." Tristan answered her without taking his eyes away from the smoke.

As the three of them watched the smoke cloud they started to feel at ease for they taught it was over due to nothing happening. With nothing has yet to happen the three of them started to loosen up their stances when bolts of electricity suddenly flew out from the smoke. Seconds later the smoke disappeared revealing the Wyrm looking a bit different.

"What the? It has a second form!?" Leonard said in surprise.

The Wyrm was now completely different for it's scales were a complete shade of light-blue with blue-ish electricity coursing through it. Its head now gained three long horns; one on its head and two on the sides of its chin in the shape of lightning bolts. It also gained a spike on the tip of it's tail in the shape of a lightning bolt as well. Blueish white light was flowing through both its eyes as it stared at them menacingly.

"That's right Leonard. Blitz here has a second form." Skell answered him. The crowd started to cheer wildly. "Now...let the second-half...begin!"

Charging up a bit, electricity was flowing through the gaps of its horns and soon launched itself like an arrow towards Tristan. The Wyrm's entire body was enveloped in blue-ish white electricity as it did. The latter was able to move out of the way but instead of the Wyrm stopping it suddenly spaz a bit before redirecting itself back towards Tristan.

"Aaaah!" Tristan yelled as he was struck down by the attack. The Wyrm managed to phase through his body and continued on with it's flight. With it still having momentum, it redircted itself once more and struck Tristan a second time. "Aaaaah!" He yelled in pain as his body was over flowing with electricity as the Wyrm carried him with it. Moments later his mechanical armor and arm exploded due to the over flow causing his body to disappear.

"Shit." Leonard cursed. The Wyrm landed right across from him glaring straight at him. "Grrr. You're going down!" He soon rushed towards the Wyrm at a breakneck speed.

"Leonard. Wait!" Paris called out to him as she tried to chase after him with her own skill but failed when she felt the stinging feeling through her legs. "Gah." She fell down to one knee.

With his weapon in hand, he raced across the arena to strike down the Wyrm. "Hah!" He yelled as he swung his weapon to the side the moment he got close. As his attack was about to hit the Wyrm, his target suddenly vanished. "What!?" His eyes widened as he stopped to look around. Moments later he suddenly got impaled through the chest by the Wyrm's sharp pointed tail.

"But...how..." He said weakly as blood started to drip from his mouth. He looked up to see Skell smirking at him. Lucette was shown to be shocked at what she saw with her eyes widened and her mouth covered with her hands. Moments later high volts of electricty was sent flowing down through the Wyrm's tail and straight to Leonards body. His body was convulsing madly as the electricity flowed through him. Leonard soon flickered out a few moments later.

"Oh no." Paris gasped at the sight.

With Leonard now gone and only one target left, the Wyrm turned it's head around and stared menacingly at Paris. Slowly slithering across the arena towards her, sparks of electricity was cracking out through it's entire length as it did.

Paris with no hope left was slowly backing away from the Wyrm as it got closer and closer. As she continued to move she felt her back was already pressed against the wall with nowhere else to go. With the Wyrm now towering over her she just slumped down for she knew what was to come. A bright flash of electricity was last scene from where she was with her body no where to be scene.

With all three contestants now defeated, the Wyrm let loose a loud roar towards the sky with its body sparking with electricity. The crowd started cheering at the same time it did. The battle now over the Wyrm slithered it's way back to the holding area with the gates closing soon after.

"Well, that was a shocker!" Skell said grinning. Everyone in the booth with him just rolled their eyes. "Though in hindsight having a creature that can move in lightning fast speeds that has a secondary form is a bit cheating on my end for choosing it but hey I got to follow the script." He shrugged.

"So you mean to tell us that this round was rigged?" Estwynn confronted him. "How is that fair!?" He added.

"Yeah! Why go and do something as unfair as that." Lucette chimed in.

"Hold on. Let me explain." Skell raised his hands up in defence. "Chris just said that it wouldn't be fun if every round was a complete victory so he made sure that each dragon would ramp up in difficulty to ensure that at least one round will be a complete wipe." He explained to them. He just received glares from the two of them.

"Fine. At least give them points for beating the first form." Estwynn said with his arms crossed.

"Ugh, fine. Let me just see who did the most damage so that I could spread out the points evenly." Skell says as he pulled out his panel. After inputting in a couple commands a damage graph was shown right in-front of them. "Hmm, interesting." He says before turning around to face the crowd with the camera pointing at him.

"Okay. After a quick discussion I've decided to give our contestants some merit points for bringing Blitz down to his second form." He announced to the camera. "After doing a quick review of the damage graphs I've decided to give the one that dealt the most three points!" He explained.

"Now. The one that did the most damage was Leonard! Earning his team three points." He revealed to them. "Making the overall results being thirteen for blue, eleven points for red and nine points yellow." He added it all up. "With that out of the way. It's time for the fifth and final round!" He exclaimed. The crowd started to cheer once more.

The gates holding the last three contestants flew open with the last three walking out. "For the final round we have Laren of the Red Dragons, Kali of the Yellow Chocobos, and Phoebe of the Blue Nagas!" He named each one and three of them all walked out one at a time.

"Finally! I've been itching all day for my turn!" Kali grinned as she walked out of the gate.

"Um I-I'm not s-sure if I c-can do this on m-my own." Said Phoebe while she was noticeably shaking in fear.

"Well, lets just do our best." Laren said with a small smile.

With the last trio of contestants now out on to the field, the camera panned towards Skell for him to reveal the weapons one last time. "The weapons that the three of you will get to use are as follows." He paused as he pressed on his panel. The weapon screen appeared for the last time. "The Sword and Shield, The Dual Blades, The Charge Blade, and The Insect Glaive. Phoebe. You get to choose your weapon first."

Phoebe walking towards the weapon screen looked a bit panicked for she clearly was uncertain about the weapon she's going to choose. As her eyes rapidly jump around each weapon she finally chose the one she's going to use. The weapon she chose was the Insect Glaive. The Insect Glaive is a weapon that comes in two parts: The long bone-white glaive she held with her one hand and a large horned Kinsect clinging to her other arm.

"Ah! Get it off!" Phoebe panicked as she saw the large insect on her arm. She started swinging her arm around and soon the insect was sent flying towards the crowd. The crowd was heard gasping moments later.

The camera pointing to where the insect landed showed it had impaled one of the NPC audience members. The NPC disappeared moments later. The insect went hovering back towards Phoebe soon after.

"Oh my. Good thing the crowd are all AI or otherwise we would all be in trouble." Skell said out of relief. "Anyways. Kali. Its now your turn.

Kali now shown to have taken Phoebe's place in-front of the screen was thinking carefully about what she would use. Without taking long she soon went with the Charge Blade. The Charge Blade she held was similar to the one Nathan had except it was a bit shorter to compensate the difference between users. She soon walked back towards the others.

"And finally. The final contestant choose their weapon for the last and final time. Laren. Its now your turn." Skell said a but exasperated.

Laren now standing in-front of the screen just looked between the final two weapons. After a short moment she finally went with the Sword and Shield. The shield she held was much lighter then Dylan's as well as the sword being a bit thinner. Laren with both weapons in-hand now walked back with the others.

"Okay! Now that our final contestants have chosen their weapons. It's time to reveal the final beast for today's challenge." Skell announced as the gates slowly opened.

As the gates were opening the final dragon soon came bursting out of it while coated in flames. The creature had bright red scales with an orange-ish under belly leading from it's bottom jaw all the way to it's tail. Large grey curled horns spiked out from the top of it's head. It landed in all fours with it's massive wings spread out. The dragon folded it's wings back into place.

"The final dragon for today is Vulkan, The Volcanic Dragon!" Skell announced to everyone. The dragon let out a menacing roar and crowd cheered as it did. "Oh boy. I've been waiting for this one to come out." He said looking a bit excited. "With everything now in place. Let the final battle...begin!"

Without any hesitation the dragon flapped it's massive wings a couple times and soon took of flying. It let out a fiery breath as it flew above the three girls scorching the ground around them.

"Ah!" Kali stepped back with one arm covering her from a torrent of flames that formed right in-front of her. "We need to get out of here!" She ran far away from the flames as possible. The other two followed her as well as they reached a clearing in the arena.

"What are we going to do?" Laren asked as the flames were slowly creeping up on them.

"Eek!" Phoebe hunkered down as the dragon blasted fire close to them. "I-I don't w-want to be h-here anymore!" She started to shake in fear.

"Just hang on, Phoebe. We can make it out of this." Laren reassured her as she kneeled down with both arms on Phoebe's shoulders.

"Guys. Look out!" Kali warned them as she turned her around and hunkered down as well. A few moments later the dragon swooped down on them but missed it's attack for it flew right back up. The sudden rush of air though was enough to knock back all three of them.

"Ugh, is everyone okay?" Kali asked as she raised herself up.

"Y-yeah. We're okay." Laren answered her as she still had Phoebe in her arms. "Just a bit shaken." She added.

As the three of them got back up, the dragon let out an ear-piercing roar echoing all around the arena. Everyone that heard it's roar were forced to cover their ears for it was un-bearable to withstand. A few moments later the dragon blasted a powerful fire blast aimed right at the three contestants. A massive explosion occurred with smoke covering the area happen the moment the attack hit.

"Oh my...Is this is it for our final round?!" Skell said in shock for nothing can be seen through the thick fog. Lucette, Estwynn, and Derek didn't say anything else for they were stunned as well.

"Hmph, I doubt it." A male voice answered from behind them. The camera panning behind them showed Chris grinning at them with his arms crossed.

"Chris? What are you doing here?" Skell asked him in surprise.

"Never mind that." The main host waved his hand at him dismissively. "Just keep your eyes on the field." He pointed forward.

With the smoke now clearing it was shown that all three contestants were protected by a large pale-blue barrier. Standing right in-front of them, as well as the one casting the spell, was Phoebe's male doll savior with his right arm pointing forwards with palm wide opened. Spinning right in-front of his right hand was the Scythe, Silvia, for it was the source of the barrier while he held on to his lance with his left. The barrier soon disappeared the moment Savior reached for the scythe.

"What the? I thought boss weapons weren't allowed for this challenge!?" The co-host asked Chris looking even more surprised. The host started to chuckle a bit at his partner.

"Correction. Contestants are the ones who aren't allowed to use said weapons." Chris said while grinning. "Phoebe here isn't the one using the scythe. Her doll is."

"So by that logic, even Clint can do it if he gave his wolf the cutlass?" Estwynn asked Chris. The latter just responded with a nod. "I see." He nodded. Estwynn took a quick glance towards Phoebe then realizes something was off. "Wait, how did Phoebe even summon that thing to begin with without her sceptre?"

"Easy. Phoebe doesn't need it." Skell answered instead of Chris. "She just has that sceptre of hers for something else."

"Okay." Estwynn replied. "She's even stronger that what I initially thought." He thought to himself.

"Now. Enough questions. Lets just sit back and watch the action taking place." Chris says as he pulled out his panel. After inputting a couple commands a large golden throne seat appeared in the booth with them. Pulling out a pair of shades now, he sat back on his chair and watched as the battle progressed.

The camera shifting the scene towards the arena now showed that the two sides were at a stand still. The dragon just letting out a low growl with smoke coming out of it's jaws while glaring at the doll with the three girls standing behind him. A few seconds later the dragon started to charge at them soon followed by Savior.

As the two got close, the dragon swung it's massive claw at the doll but Savior managed to vault over the attack using his lance. With Savior now having an opening, his lance started to spin like a drill and he jabbed it straight into the dragon's side. The attack managed to pierce through the hard scales causing the dragon to roar out.

The dragon turning it's head around to face the doll spewed out flames from it's jaws aimed towards him. Savior stopped his attack and raised the scythe forward but the flames already consumed him before he could do anything. The area around him started to get consumed by the fire as well as the dragon continues to spew out it's attack.

"We got to go help him!" Laren tried to run towards the dragon but Kali stopped her.

"No, wait. Look." Kali says as she pointed towards the fire.

Slowly zooming in towards the flames showed that there was nothing happening yet to it. A few moments later the doll was shown jumping out of the flames leaving behind a trail of smoke. The doll was then shown to be completely un-affected by the attack for only a few burn marks were shown on his scythe arm. The crowd started to cheer at the revelation.

"Wow that doll is strong!" Skell was heard saying while completely awestruck.

With the doll now out of the dragon's fire, he started to spin the scythe above his head for a bit and soon all the fire around him got drawn up. With a vortex of fire now formed, Savior launched the attack the dragon. The dragon tried to fly away from the attack but got hit in the process and fell straight to the ground. The crowd started to cheer even louder as it did.

"Damn, Phoebe might just solo this if this keeps up." Kali thought to herself as she glance towards Phoebe who was cowering behind her. "I need to do something otherwise we risk loosing."

The dragon now getting back up just stumbled a bit before letting out another powerful roar. It soon started to spew out another jet of flames towards the doll.

Savior, slowly walking forward, just spun the scythe right in-front of him to neutralize the flames streaming towards him. As he continued to walk on forward the dragon kept on ramping up the heat on him the closer he got. With the doll now close he stopped the scythe from swinging and immediately slashed it sideways in-front of him. A sonic wave soon came from the scythe swing cutting through the flames and hitting the dragon in the mouth. The dragon was now dazed after getting hit by the attack.

"Wow. What an amazing comeback from Phoebe's doll!" Skell said excitedly. The camera panning behind him showed that Lucette and Estwynn were having a good time watching. Derek though didn't look like he couldn't even be bothered to even clap.

With the dragon still dazed from the attack, Savior jumped up into the air with his scythe raised. Reaching the peak of his jump he slammed down on the dragon's head with his bringing both of them down to the ground. Dust flew up into the air the moment they hit the ground but as soon as it cleared the scythe was shown to be impaled on the dragon's snout. The dragon though was still alive for smoke was still escaping from it's mouth as it breathed in heavily.

The dragon now down with only one thing left to do, Savior held on to his lance with both hands as he raised it right above the dragon's head. With the pointed end of the lance aimed down on the dragon, the doll was about to finish it when a sudden slash came out of nowhere slicing off the doll's left arm. The camera panning to the side showed that Kali was the one who sliced off Savior's arm with her katana glowing.

"K-Kali!? W-what are you d-doing?" Phoebe called out to her with a shocked look on her face. She soon saw Kali follow up her attack with a spinning slash to Savior's waist. "S-stop it!" She pleaded as she saw her doll drop to the ground into three separate pieces.

"I'm sorry Phoebe but I can't risk my team losing. I have to hope for a tie." Kali said looking a bit down as she raised her katana up above the dragon's neck.

As Kali was about to finally finish of the dragon, Phoebe soon took notice her doll was moving on the ground. "N-no! Don't do it!" The doll faced girl cried out once more with tears forming in her eyes.

Squeezing on the blade's trigger Kali was about to finish of the dragon but suddenly dropped her sword when she felt a sudden pain both from her back and chest. Looking down she saw the doll's lance was impaled through her. Her body flickered out moments later.

"No! I-I said s-stop..." Phoebe said with tears flowing from her eyes now as she dropped down on to her knees.

"Um, Phoebe?" Laren kneeled down next to her with one hand over Phoebe's shoulder.

The camera revealing what happened showed that the upper half of the doll was still able to move and had jabbed his lance through Kali's back with his one good arm. Vaulting himself up now he was able to land his upper body behind the dragon's head. Raising the lance up one last time it started to drill once more and Savior immediately jabbed it at the back of the dragon's head. The dragon just jerked it's head for one last final roar before it fell back down dead.

"Damn...I'm at a lost for words here. Who knew Phoebe had it in her to back-stab someone like that. Both literally and metaphorically." Skell says looking quite shocked with what happened.

"Oh wow...who knew Phoebe can be so brutal." Estwynn added in as well.

"Phoebe...how could you?" Lucette's eyes widened as she was taken aback.

Derek just scoffed instead of saying anything as he had his arms crossed.

"N-no...I-I didn't...please stop." Phoebe said in tears as she covered both her ears. She was just looking down with tears dropping from her eyes.

"Phoebe? Are you okay?" Laren asked her looking a bit concerned. The latter just shook her off and ran towards the gate still crying. "Phoebe wait!" The former started to follow her. As both contestants disappeared inside the gates, Savior dispersed into glowing shards of light that flowed away in the wind.

"Well now, with that out of the way, lets-" The co-host was soon cut off by Chris.

"I'll take it from here now." The host said to his partner as he walked right in-front of him. The grumbled something as he sat back down with his arms crossed.

With the main host now taking the spot light, he had on his trademark smile with his eyes closed and arms spread out. Taking in a deep breath he begun to speak to the crowd.

"Ladies and Gentlemen. With that exciting and drama filled round over its time to tally up the results to finish off today's challenge!" The host announced to the crowd as everyone was chanting his name.

"Really? How come they get programmed to chant his name?" Skell complained from his seat as he crossed his arms. Chris hearing what his partner said just ignored him.

As the crowd continued to cheer and chant Chris's name, the host just raised one hand up to signal them to stop. With the virtual crowd now calming down, Chris began to speak up once more.

"The final results are as follows." Chris soon pulled out his own panel and inputted a couple commands for final results to appear. "With eighteen points. Phoebe, and the rest of the Blue Nagas, have won this day's challenge as well as earning them the Awakened stone. Blue Nagas, please walk out into the arena to claim your prize."

After hearing Chris's call the entire Blue Naga team, except Phoebe, walked out into the arena. The crowd cheered them on as they did. With everyone now standing in the centre of the arena, a pedestal with a golden gem materialized right in-front of them. The gem was over-flowing with energy.

"Whoa. That thing looks powerful." Ginger commented as she saw the gem. "So this is the stone that will awaken a weapon right? But where's the weapon that is supposed to come with it?"

"Maybe it's for our main weapons? Or maybe it's for the weapons we were given?" Nathan speculated. "What do you think Clint?" He asked the taller boy next to him. Clint didn't say anything for he just kept his eyes on the gem.

"Either way, there is only one stone and three of us. Does that mean we get to choose who gets it?" Ginger started to look around between the three of them. Neither of the two boys said anything.

"That's right Ginger." Chris was heard answering her. All three of them looked up face the host. "As for weapons, yes, your main weapons are the ones being enchanted. Feel excited?" He said with a grin. All three of them were taken a back with his statement.

"If we enchant our weapons, are we still required to give up our weapon drops?" Nathan asked the host as he revealed his rapier.

"Not at all. You get to keep them since you're technically not gaining a tertiary weapon." The host answered him. "Anything else you guys might want to ask?" None of them spoke up. "Okay. Now, who wants it?"

All three members just looked at the stone without even saying a word to one another. They just kept exchanging glances waiting to see if any one of them would want to take it first. After a while of waiting, Ginger suddenly broke away from the two as she walked up towards the pedestal. The other didn't say anything for they just stayed in place.

"Are the three of you sure that Ginger should be the one to get this reward?" Chris asked all three of them. The lone girl just looked back towards the two and saw no reaction from either of them at all.

"I'd rather wait for something better so she can keep it." Nathan said with a small smile. Clint didn't say anything for he just had gave Chris a small nod.

"I see. Well then Ginger, place your guns on the pedestal." Chris instructed her to do.

Ginger bringing out both her guns placed both of them down on the pedestal just below the golden gem. After waiting a few seconds a pillar of golden light shined down on the items. Moments later the golden light slowly started to die down. With the light now gone, the golden gem was now gone from the pedestal with her guns fully transformed.

"Congratulations Ginger. You've earned Eliza and Tricia, The Twin Phantoms." Chris said to Ginger. Both guns turned from a smooth white colour into a sparkling gold. The barrels were a bit longer a than before and both featured similar wave-like markings edged on both sides printed in black.

"Wait, where are my blades?" Ginger asked as she inspected her weapons. "This isn't an upgrade if you remove them!" She complained. The host just started to laugh at her for a bit.

"You haven't seen everything yet." Chris said with a smile. "Grab a hold of them and you'll see for yourself."

Ginger looking quite skeptical just did what Chris said and picked up both her guns. As Ginger grabbed hold of the first gun the markings started to glow and a shadowy blade soon appeared both above and below the barrel. Both blades looked to be flowing out that looked to trail out like smoke.

"Hmm, impressive if I do say so myself." Ginger commented as she examined the gun. She quickly picked up the other gun and it did the same thing except it only had one long shadowy blade on the under-side of the barrel rather then two shorter ones. "Oh wow. I did not expect this."

"As for abilities you can find them out for yourself. Those weapons are classed as boss weapons anyways so anything can happen." Chris explained to her. "With that out of the way now, I'll be sending you guys back to the real world."

"Wait! What about Phoebe? She's still inside." Ginger pointed out to him.

"Don't worry. I'll send her back as well." Chris says as he pressed a button on his panel. All three of them soon disappeared. "Now that their gone its time to announce second place." He said while smiling at the crowd. "With a total of fourteen points. Laren, and the rest of the Red Dragons, have earned them second place as well as both the Named stone and being safe from elimination for tonight. Red Dragons, please come on out of here to claim your prize."

With their group being called out, each of the remaining red team members all walked out of the gates. They all lined up in the middle of the arena like normal with the only thing different is Alice and Laren standing far apart from each other. The pedestal in-front of them now has a silver gem on top of it.

"So, this is our second place prize huh?" Alice said as she examined the gem. "Not as exciting now that I know my bow will be the one gaining a draw back." She crossed her arms. "I'd rather keep my bow the way it is right now."

"Oh c'mon. Isn't that exciting? Carrying something purposefully faltered is what makes things more interesting!" Kazuo said smiling at Alice.

"Hmph, if that's the case then why don't you upgrade that book of yours since you're just a walking flaw anyways!" Alice snapped back at him a bit angrily.

"Hey, no need for insults now." Kazuo said playfully at her. " Kurutta meinu." He mumbled but kept his smile up.

"Whatever. Tupitsa." Alice said the last part under her breath. She scoffed and looked away from him.

"Will you two just cut it out already!" Laren suddenly scolded the two. All of them were surprised by this; Alice especially. "Nothing good is going to happen if things keep going like this!" Everyone from the team weren't able to say anything. "So please, just stop it already."

"I...*sigh* Fine." Alice crossed her arms. "But my votes will still go to Kazuo." She added. They soon all looked towards Kazuo.

"Okay fine. I swear that I'll stop teasing Alice." Kazuo swore. "For now at least." He grinned.

"Hey! Are the three of you done yet?" Chris called out to them. "I know this makes for interesting drama but we still have a schedule to keep here!"

Laren looked between the two for one last time before turning to face Chris. "We're done!" She answered.

"Good. Now, who wants the item?" The host asked them.

"No thanks." Alice backed out.

"Me neither." Kazuo backed out as well.

"That only leaves you two." Chris gestured to both Janet and Laren. "The four of you won't be leaving unless someone takes it." He crossed his arms

"You should take it, Janet. It will be useless on me since I don't have a weapon to begin with." Laren said to her with a smile.

"No weapon? So all this time you've been playing empty handed?" Alice said to her looking a bit surprised.

"Yeah. Haven't you noticed?" Laren asked with her head tilted a bit. Alice just shook her head. "Well, now you know why I often rely on you guys." She looked towards Janet. "So, how about it?"

"Um, okay." Janet replied looking a bit hesitant. She soon walked towards the pedestal and placed her spear on top of it. Moments later a beam of silver light came down on her weapon. As the light faded her weapon had transformed.

"Congratulations Janet. You've earned Seth, The Hero's Spear" Chris said to her.

Janet raising up her new weapon saw how it much it glistened in the sun's light. The spear head still had the same arrow head design except for a red ruby jewel being inserted in the middle in the same shape as well. Tied by the neck of the spear is a red ribbon that flowed gently in the wind. The spear's entire body went from wooden to silver as well with the bottom end ending with a hoop.

"Awesome, but what the abilities this thing can do?" Janet asked as she marvelled at her own weapon.

"I was just getting to that." Chris waved her off. "What it does is that if you do something heroic or righteous you will gain immense amounts strength, speed, and power. Hence the name. However." He paused for some dramatic. He had an evil looking grin on his face. "Do the opposite and you'll gain the reversed effect."

Everyone from the Red Dragon's just kept quiet as Chris told them the effect. Janet especially felt even more pressured knowing what's going to happen to her.

"With that now out of the way its time for me to send you back all back to he real world." He grinned as he reached for his panel. "Good bye." With a press of a button the Red Dragons all disappeared. "Now. Its time to announce the losers!" He said smiling.

Lucette, sitting behind Chris, had a sad look on her face and had her head down. She soon got up from her seat and exited the booth they were all in.

"With a grand total of nine points!" Chris said a bit exaggerated. "The Yellow Chocobos are our losers for this day's challenge! Please, get on out of here and take the stage!" He called them amount. After a few seconds of waiting, only Blake and Dylan came walking out of the gates and were now standing in the middle of the arena. Lucette joined them a few seconds later.

"Hey. Sad to see that our team lost." Lucette said to them as she got close. She had a sad look on her face as she did.

"Well...it was going to happen eventually." Blake said to her. "Don't worry to much about it for we're going to bounce back from this." He added with a confident look to cheer her up. Lucette brightened up a bit.

"We better hope so." Dylan said as he looked a bit depressed from the loss. "If only I had my sword then things would have been a whole lot better." He crossed his arms.

"We haven't even won a challenge with it." Blake mumbled under his breath.

"What was that?" Dylan raised a brow at him. "Did you say something to me?" He said in an accusing manner. The prankster just shrugged at him.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Blake smiled innocently

"Listen you-" Dylan was about to say something back to him but was cut off when Chris called them out.

"Hey! Will you two pay attention?" Chris said sternly at them. All three members looked towards him. "As you know by now that you are all today's losers. You know what that means, right?" He crossed his arms. All three of them just nodded. "Good. I'll be seeing you all tonight." With a press of a button, everyone in the arena all disappeared leaving only Skell, Estwynn, and Derek.

"Now that its all over. Its time for you two to head back into your own world." Skell said to both of them. With a press of a button a crimson red portal with a yellow outline appeared between him and two ex-contestants. "Anything left to say to the camera before you two go?"

"I have one thing left to say." Estwynn said as he stood up from his. He soon turned to face the camera with a confident look. "Watch out everyone for I'll be back and win it all."

"Thanks for that Estwynn." Skell said to him with a pat on the shoulder. "What about you Derek? Um, Derek?" He turned around to see that he had already left them. "Well um okay then. See you in a couple weeks then if ever." He patted Estwynn's shoulder one last time before heading back into reality.

Back in the real world Skell walked out of his pod looking a bit drowsier then usual. Stretching his arms out he let out a soft yawn before looking around the room. He saw that no one else was in the room with him other than an intern mopping the floor. The room looked a bit dimmer then he initially expected.

"Great. Just great." He said before walking out the door. Bright orange light seeped into the room before the door closed.

---

(Chef's food tent. One hour before ceremony)

Inside the large food tent was Leonard who sat on one of the seats with food on his plate. He was shown to be eating a couple burgers with some rice. He continued on eating while having an angry look on his face.

"Hey, is this seat taken?" Someone asked him suddenly. Looking up, Leonard saw Kazuo carrying food with him. He had on his place a couple pieces of sushi of different kinds.

"What do you want?" The former glared at him.

"Oh nothing, just wanted to know what it would be like to be eating with someone from the other team is all." The latter said smiling. He soon sat down on the chair across from him. "You don't mind, right?"

"Yes. I do mind. Now go away." Leonard said sternly with a serious look. Kazuo didn't seem to care for he just ate a piece of sushi. "Didn't you just here what I just said?"

"Yeah. I did." Kazuo said with his mouth full. He soon swallowed it. "Hmm, I wonder..." he trailed off as he looked towards Leonard's food. He suddenly scooped up some food from Leonard's plate and ate it.

"Hey! Are you trying to get yourself killed or something?" Leonard yelled at him looking a bit angry. He was now standing up from his seat.

"That depends. Are you going to kill me?" Kazuo said to him calmly with a grin on his face. Leonard was about to say something back at him but stopped when Chef came rushing out.

"Whats going on out here!" Chef demanded from them. He had a mad look on his face as he glared at both boys. "If you two start fighting in here then I'll make both of you hope that you two get eliminated." He threatened them.

"Ugh. Thats it. I'm out of here." Leonard stormed out. As he was about to exit the the tent he soon came across Dylan.

"Oh, there you are Jag. I need to talk to you about something." Dylan said to him. Leonard just brushed passed him. "Hey! Where are you going?" No response came to him. "Um, whats his deal?"

"I don't know. We were just having a friendly chat is all." Kazuo replied to him.

"Hmph. Friendly my ass." Chef said before walking back into the kitchen.

"So tell me, what is it that you need to talk to him about?" Kazuo asked looking a bit curious.

"Just about the votes later. Its not something that you should be concerned about." Dylan said before leaving the tent.

"Hm, interesting." Kazuo grinned. He soon continued on to finish his food.

(Confessional)

Kazuo: It seems my little experiment saved someone from being voted off tonight. The butterfly effect sure does work in mysterious ways.

(End Confessional)

---

(Cabin 6: Paris and Blake's. Thirty minutes before ceremony)

The time jumping ahead showed Blake in his cabin sitting down on a chair next to the table. Sitting on the chair across the table from him was Lucette who just had a sad look on her face as she stared at the table. Both of them just sat there in silence when a knock on the door was heard.

"Let me get that." Blake said as he got up from his seat. Answering the door he saw Paris standing on the other side. "You finally learned how to knock huh?"

"First time for everything." Paris says as she walked inside. "So, have you- why is she here?" Paris asked as she narrowed her eyes at Lucette. The other girl just waved at her awkwardly.

"Um, Because she's my teammate and wanted to talk about the votes." Blake said to her. "Why else would she be here?"

"Uh huh." Paris crossed her arms. "Well, then. I hope you don't mind me being here since its my cabin as well." She says as she walked towards their bunk bed. Paris sat down on the lower bunk. She soon brought out her phone and started typing.

"Okay then." Blake closed the door. He soon sat back on his chair. "Anyways, so do you know who vote for now? I'm still having a hard time deciding who really." Blake begun.

"I don't know. Maybe the ones that didn't make it during the challenge?" Lucette suggested. She looked a bit uncertain with it.

"That does sound like a good idea." Blake agreed. "Since we did lose because of them." He added. "But the question is who though?"

"Um, I'm not really sure either." Lucette looked a bit sad. "I'm really uncertain on who to vote for."

"Well...what about Kali then? That stunt she pulled did cost us the game." Blake suggested to her. "So, how about it?"

"I don't know. Maybe? I guess." Lucette answered looking a bit uncertain. "Having to make hard decision such us this very difficult to make." She frowned.

"*sigh* Fine." Blake said as he got up from his seat. He started to walk towards the door.

"W-wait. Where are you going?"

"I'm just going to take in some fresh air to clear my mind off of things. You can stay here if you want." Blake soon opened the door wide open.

"Let me come with you." Lucette suggested as she got up from her seat.

"No need. I'd rather be alone for this." He said before closing the door.

Letting out a heavy sigh, Lucette just sat back down on her seat. She soon laid her head on the table with her arms underneath.

"Failure stings like a bitch doesn't it." Paris suddenly said to her without even looking up from her phone.

"Of course it does. Having to lose the challenge as well as being forced to get rid of a teammate is a lot to take in." Lucette said to her as she raised her head up slightly. She still had a sad look on her face.

"That's not what I meant." Paris said as she brought down her phone. "You only came here because you wanted to get closer to Blake didn't you." She accused.

"Huh?" Lucette tilted her head at the other girl.

"Play dumb all you want but all I'm going to say is that acting all petty won't work on him." Paris said with a serious look on her face.

"Attention! The ceremony is about to begin. Yellow Chocobos, be here now to send in your votes." Chris was heard announcing through the P.A. system.

"Well, that's your cue." Paris picked up her phone. "Good luck."

---

(Elimination grounds: Yellow Chocobos)

Every remaining contestant were shown present in the elimination grounds. They all sat by their teammates as they all waited to see who's going home tonight. Standing by the fire once more were the Skell and Chris with the former holding on to a plate filled with cookies in the shape of Chocobos.

"Time to read the results shall we?" Chris said smiling at the Yellow Chocobos. He pulled out a folded piece of paper. "The first one that is safe for tonight is Dylan" He started it off.

Skell tossed him the cookie and was able to grab it with ease.

"Lucette..."

She tried to catch her cookie but it broke into pieces as it hit her head instead.

"Leonard..."

The cookie landed on Leonard's lap but he just swiped it off.

"Blake..."

The cookie didn't even make it towards him for it landed on the ground.

"Kali. Gelsey. Both you received votes from your team but the one that is safe for tonight is...

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

...Gelsey."

"Yes!" Gelsey started to jump in joy.

"Kali. You have received the most votes from your team thus eliminating you from the game. Any last words?" Chris asked the now former contestant.

"Well...this sucks." She said looking a bit down. "Oh well, more of a reason to work even harder, right?" Kali forced out a smile.

"Come on Kali. Follow me." Skell said as he walked back towards the challenge building. Kali soon followed.

"Okay. That is all. You may all leave now." Chris said to the rest of the contestants. Each contestant soon got up and started heading their separate ways. With the host now all alone once more, the camera slowly zoomed in on him.

"Well, there you have it our dear viewers. The team that has yet to win a challenge had finally lost a team member that may or may not break their game." He soon smiled his trademark smile. "Will the Yellow Chocobos be able to bounce back from this crushing defeat? Will the Blue Nagas show that they are the better team by pulling of a hat trick? Will the Red Dragons finally work together after such a display from Laren? And will Ginger ever fall victim to Blake's 'greatest' prank? Find out next time on Total...Drama...Dungeon Hunters!" Chris held his arms wide open dramatically.

---

Votes

Blake: Well, I did say to Lucette that I was going to vote for Kali so yeah. My vote goes to Kali.

Lucette: I really don't want to do this but...my vote goes to Kali just like what Blake said.

Dylan: That's twice that Blake went up against me and I won't allow insubordinations in my team so my vote goes to Blake.

Leonard: That Gelsey girl. She wasn't able to pull her weight last challenge.

Gelsey: My vote goes to Kali. I didn't approach my team about this because I was to embarrassed to talk to them. I just hope it goes my way.

Kali: *sigh* I wanted to talk to my team about the votes but I was to busy doing some other stuff that I didn't realize time flew by. My vote goes to Gelsey.

---

Places:

18th: Estwynn Paratus. The Mech and Hero Enthusiast. Role: Fighter

17th: Derek Wright. The Dangerous Outcast. Role: Fighter

16th: Kali Dulal. The Folklore/Mythology Enthusiast. Role: Duellist

---

Author's note: Kali, just like Derek, I don't have much to say about her honestly. She had a lot going for her but she was just placed in a team where she got out class in many things really. Again, it really is about the world they are in and not about the character itself. Like Derek, in a different setting she would have had potential to be better but sadly everyone is just better then her as a whole. So good luck to her that she may survive and come back for merge.

Also, right now I'm currently out of ideas for challenges for future chapters so if any of you guys have any suggestions then leave them down in reviews or PMs and I might just use them for next chapter and the ones to come. It doesn't have to be a full on challenge though with the bosses and items and stuff, even something like a theme would work and I'll just write around that. Anyone can suggest, even the ones who just read but have no OC can suggest one. Anyways, time for the question.

Question: Now that almost half of the remaining cast has their own unique weapon all with varying abilities; How do you think your OC can stand up against them now, especially the three with boss weapons. As always send the answers through PMs and I'll see you all next time. Bye!