Rating has been changed to T.

I'm sorry if not all the characters were given a fair share of lines, but they will get their chapter, I promise, but right now I'm going to focus of Amy and Jewel's rivalry on Leo with Karai on the sidelines. Okie? Cool. Next one might be about

XxXxX

Jewel will admit, she wished she could eat something else besides spinach and broccoli.

Among all the healthy things that her 'siblings' could've gotten, they only got spinach and broccoli. When she asked for an explanation, Donnie said it was because he had terrible aim so he ended up with only one desired food: broccoli. He aimed for a lot of stuff such as asparagus and berries, but he wasn't wearing his glasses or contacts so this resulted in him getting stuff such as ice cream and marshmallows. The spinach came from Raph's terrible aim. No body complained, but Jewel wished that she did.

XxXxX

Casey didn't know what was worse: dealing with his meddling little sister 24/7, or dealing with twelve other meddling teens 24/7 with no way out of it. It started with them looking over his shoulder during breakfast, then it escalated to them (Mikey) picking the lock to the restroom while he was inside and leaving it unlocked, allowing the other boys to enter without warning. It was weird.

XxXxX

April didn't have any siblings, and she had lost her mom when she was six so only had Amy, her Aunt Nadia, her scientist-almost-never-there-dad (though he loved her very, very much), and her pet husky named Donkey (why she named it that, she didn't know). When she entered the house, she thought that these 'siblings' would close friends that would soon come to be like family. It was her first day here and she was already started to doubt herself. Melina was nice enough, and so were Ellie and Pop, but Jewel and Amy's rivalry was starting o get on everyone's nerves. Especially on April's.

First, she didn't like some crazed model walking up to her cousin and going down her throat every few minutes, and second, the screaming was just torture to her ears at this point. Another thing is that their room is now filled with scorch marks, frost, and icicles at random places, mostly at Amy's and Jewel's beds.

XxXxX

Karai didn't care much of the world around her as she read her Japanese culture book…until Amy threw a snowball beside her, then her face afterwards.

XxXxX

"What the heck?!" Mira screamed at her emails.

"Is there…something wrong?" Alys, the only one of the four hosts present, asked.

"Do you want the bad news, the neutral news, or the one that explains why-you're-a-main-host-now news?" the brunette asked.

"I dunno," Alys replied, blowing off the nail dust from her fingers. "Which one do you think is the worst?" she asked, resuming her nail filing,

"That fact that Wolf's gonna be taking a break from fanfiction for about two to three years," Mira grumbled, grumpily putting on her cobalt hood and crossing her arms.

"That's terrible," Alys exclaimed with such emotion (sarcasm).

"Your concern is touching."

"Anything else?"

"Hermana wen out to change her birth certificate, again, like she does every two years, and Angel can't attend for a while because college is slaughtering her right now."

"Uh huh, uh huh, mm hmm," Alys hummed.

Mira's bottle green eyes stared blunt daggers into Alys's face, and grumbled something about naughty boys and Alys.

XxXxX

The screen flashed, "Will the LitSis please report to the living room?"

(Melina: Okay, after that first task, I was pumped for the next one. Maybe a bit nervous, but okay.)

"Why are we here again?" Casey groused as he took a seat beside Jewel.

"I don't give shit," Jewel snorted.

Casey raised a brow in confusion. "Then why are you here?"

"I was already here to begin with."

Amy plopped down beside April with a bag of marshmallows, offering a handful of the beef-based treats to her cousin, who took them happily. Amy turned back to her bag and was surprised to see a furry little yellow wolf cub chewing away her marshmallows.

"Don't judge," it said, "This is one of the few times I get to eat horse-free mallows."

Ellie sighed as she picked up the little creature as she dragged it away to the other side of the room.

A small tune buzzed about the room for five seconds before Alys's voice echoed to everyone.

"Testing, testing… 1, 2, 3…" she started.

"Alys!" somebody in the background whined.

"Okay, okay, no need to be so whiny about it," Alys grumbled.

There was shuffling in the speakers and a click before they heard BS's voice.

"Good afternoon, LitSis," BS greeted. The teens replied with grumbles and mouthfuls of treats. "How was your morning?"

"Great!" Jewel replied sarcastically, a deep frown engraved into her beautiful features.

"Eh, could've been better," Raph replied, shrugging.

"Okay…" For a second, BS's voice wavered into something a bit more childish. "Um…" She cleared her throat and her voice was the same again, "Today you will have a team building task." The faces of the LitSis were a mix of disgust and curiosity as they looked at each other.

XxXxX

Jewel scoffed, "Excuse me?"

Mira sighed as she ran her hand down her eyes.

"Stressed already?" Alys asked, placing a hand on the back of the chair.

"Excuse me, but you're not the one who's dealing with exams at the moment," Mira retorted, "And you're not the one who has to deal with a class full of boys every time you go to school."

"You say that like it's a bad thing."

"Imagine… Imagine being strapped to a chair, but the straps are only tight enough to prevent you from doing anything too rash, and while being strapped to that chair, the most annoying person you—"

"Donald Trump."

"—Whatever. Anyway, imagine the most annoying person you've ever met, or ever encountered, being multiplied by a million, and his or her clones are making you just want to restrain and shut them up. But because you're strapped to a chair, all you could do is make empty threats. In addition to that, you can't cuss because every time you do, I'll be greeted with an electric shock."

"Seems though, but whatever. Got a shorter explanation for that, bud?"

Mira twisted her lips in a thoughtful frown. "…Grade 9."

"Oh, yeah. That's though," Alys replied nonchalantly. "Want me to take over?"

Mira clicked the mic button again to make sure it was off and scratched her head furiously. "Yeah…" She got off the velvet chair and Alys took a seat on it. Mira pointed to a screen covered with words in big font, the only different one among the mess of screens displaying various place so the house. "Important stuff here," she pointed to the pink button with 'BS' printed on it in white, "and BS voice here. Don't let it go otherwise you'll sound like you again."

"Seems simple enough," Alys shrugged.

Mira sighed, "I'll be at the control station over there if you need me."

"Yep," Alys replied with a pop. "Don't get tired of being BS after one day? Challenge accepted."

XxXxX

"Um, hello?" Jewel called at the black speaker and silver security camera at the corner of the room. "Did you here me? I said I don't wanna work with these dipshits!"

(Jewel: [stares at nails] Don't care… don't ask for my opinion.)

"I'm offended," Donnie commented.

"Hey! I'm talking here!" Jewel yelled, throwing more of Mikey's popcorn at the gadgets.

The small tune from earlier played again, and BS's voice, though a bit deeper, greeted them with: "If you don't stop throwing popcorn at house property, you'll be kicked out!" There was a pause, as if BS just regretted what she said. "Fine," she huffed, "Clean up the mess otherwise be punished."

"Do you guys notice something different about BS today?" Mikey asked Leo, who shrugged.

"I'll clean up when you tell me why I have to work with these bozos!" Jewel retorted.

"Hmph, picky," BS grumbled. "Says here you guys need to tie hankies to each other's wrist to make one long link and try to make it to the other side of the pool through the water. What kind of specification is this?" she finalized. Everyone heard a soft swiveling of a chair, along with a few voice noises. With a click, the speaker was silent. The screen in front of everyone showed 'Do it otherwise you bitches will regret ever coming here' in a black background.

"I don't take empty threats!" Jewel exclaimed, throwing the entire bag of popcorn at the television. "Give me another task unless you want me to burn this house to the ground!" she yelled, shaking her fist as she stood up.

"Um… she doesn't mean that, does she?" Pop asked, her small cub form wrapping itself around her sister's neck, her soft bushy tail wrapping around Ellie's heads and covering her face. A muffled grunt was the reply.

A small square opened on the ceiling and a bucketful of water was thrown onto Jewel, soaking her and the surrounding carpet.

(Jewel: That was rude.)

(Pop: That was hila-rious.)

XxXxX

Alys laughed as she banged her hand on the table, resting her head on it.

"Was the really necessary?" Mira asked, smiling.

She didn't get a response.

XxXxX

"You know, I don't understand the concept of these," Donnie commented, holding up a white handkerchief that has his face on it.

"I dunno, it's kinda funny," Mikey replied, admiring the picture of him in his Dr Prankenstein costume from two years ago, at the Halloween dance.

"Speak for yourself," Casey mumbled.

Amy looked over and doubled over laughing. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She yelled, she was still laughing.

"Nice," Jewel commented carelessly, staring at the photo of Jones wearing a white bikini and posing for the picture. "You'd make a good model someday." She walked past him. "But never as good as me," she added.

Leo stared at the hanky that had his chubby two-year-old face on it.

"That," Jewel squealed, "is the cutest thing I've ever seen! Can I have a copy, Lion boy~?" she asked, leaning onto Leo's shoulder with a dreamy, persuasive smile on her ruby lips. "If you want, I could give you a copy of a picture of me in lingerie. I was so sexy, they couldn't put it out on public," she said, putting her hands on her hips, a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. "Bet you'd want to jack yourself off staring at it," she whispered seductively into Leo's ear.

"You alright, cuz?" April asked, staring at her infuriated cousin. The redhead took a step back from Amy. As much as she loved her cousin, the World War III face she was making right now looked… it looked like Leo was Helen of Troy at this point.

(April: What are you looking at me like that for? I know my history isn't that great, but I couldn't think of anything else!

Line Webtoon: I'd say he looks like Shin-ae Yoo from I Love Yoo on Webtoons. Amy's Konsuke and Jewel's Yeong-gi. [shows off mobile phone] Read I Love Yoo by Quimchee on Webtoons, updates Fridays— NETWORK INTERRUPTION

Mira: [sighs with hand on disconnect button] What am I even doing?

Alys: Well, it's your fault for letting Webtoons into FFN. Plus I'm pretty much sure that you spelled most of those stuff wrong.

Mira: [hangs head] Don't rub it in.)

"Stupid pyrokenetic," Amy murmured darkly, "I'm gonna show you how to win a boy over, ya bitch."

Leo was blushing furiously as he tried to back away from Jewel as much as he could, but it's a hard thing to do when the girl you're trying to get away from has a super strong grip.

"Aw, that's so adorable, Leo Bear!" Amy cooed, walking over and ignoring Jewel's burning eyes and the lava-like cracks appearing on the Hispanic's forehead. "Where'd ya get it? Wanna see mine?"

"Um…"

(Leo: Okay, so, two girls are battling for your love and—)

"That's cute, Leo. Can I have a copy?" Karai asked innocently, either ignoring or unaware of the powerful eyes threatening to serve her as a freezer-brunt steak on the dinner table tonight.

(Leo: Yeah, make that three.)

"So um…" Melina started, holding up the purple hanky with a picture of her in a fairy costume on it, "We're supposed to tie wrists together and go across the pool?"

"I think we should go get changed," Ellie suggested.

Everyone thought it was a good idea.

XxXxX

(Donnie: You know, I don't know who's farther across the line: Amy, or Jewel.)

Amy wore a green bikini that had pink frills at the edges, a straw hat, and a pair of white sunglasses with her hair tied in a loose ponytail.

Jewel wore a lacy black bra with a matching pair of panties with a long white blazer that might've been lingerie instead of swimwear with her hair combed back, showing off the blue highlights and hiding the pink ones (She has to re-dye her hair later to make sure all Lion Boy sees is blue).

(Donnie: I may not know who is further across the line, but if I do know who's nowhere even close to it: Karai. So glad Leo's drooling over her. [chuckle] You should've seen the looks on their faces. They were both scary and hilarious at the same time.)

Karai wore a black rash guard with silver linings along with a pair of long swimming shorts, a swimming cap, and a pair of purple and black swimming goggles. Compared to the former two, she was much more modest, but the quarter inch of exposed belly was enough to give Leo a nosebleed.

(Jewel: [crosses arms and turns away] Her curves weren't that great.)

(Amy: She may have won this round, but I swear to whatever god that's listening that she will regret it.)

XxXxX

Mira had her hand on her forehead as she leaned back. "Does this even looks appropriate to you?" she asked the now present Hermana-Reina.

The host shrugged as she was called by her hair stylist to continue dying her hair the purple and pink color she wanted it to be.

XxXxX

"And…there," Melina said, finishing the last knot for their hanky chain. The order started with her, of course, followed by Kevin, then by Karai, Raph, Donnie, April, Casey, Amy, Leo, Jewel, Mikey, Pop, and falling last, Ellie.

(Melina: Not the best arrangement, but if Leo and April's value my life, as much as I value my own, I gotta find a way to make sure we make it out of the pool alive. I'm okay with Donnie and Casey, but Amy and Jewel? Mm mm. Now that's a different story. A real dangerous one.)

"You guys ready?" Melina asked, looking back at her siblings. Hearing a chorus of agreements, she nodded. "Okay, I'll go first." She sat on the edge of the pool and let herself in…until all everyone saw was the top of her head.

(Melina: [bitter] I didn't know that the pool was five feet and eight inches deep, okay?!)

"Um…Mel?" Mikey called.

"Is my girlfriend gonna be alright?!" Kevin asked worriedly, his right hand half submerged in the water.

"I'm fine!" Melina gasped, hopping out of the water. "This…was deeper…than I…thought!" she said, hoping in and out of the water.

"This might be a bit harder than we thought…" Karai mumbled.

"Kevin! You idiot! Get in… here! Now!" Melina ordered urgently as she moved further along the pool a bit, lightly tugging on the hanky on Kevin's wrist.

"Alright, I'm going, I'm going!" Kevin said, slowly stepping into the water.

(Kevin: [-_-] You know that one moment when you just wish that you had worn a rash guard to the pool instead of a pair of speedos?)

Kevin let out a Spanish curse as he sunk into the water. He was soon followed by Karai, who had no worries with the water, but while going in, she accidentally brought Raph down with her, and it was a domino from there.

XxXxX

"Alright guys, we're halfway…there!" Melina huffed, leading her chain of friend's through the pool.

"Let the fun begin," Reina smirked, cracking her knuckles and stretching her arms.

"This is gonna be good," Alys said, resting her arms at the back of her head.

"Where's Angel? She does not want to miss this," Reina said, tying her long purple-pink hair into a ponytail.

"She won't be here for a while," Mira sighed, arms crossed as she gazed longingly into her iPad, as of waiting for a reply. "Says she's stuck in traffic and the only thing she could do right now is hope that no one will steal her stuff."

"Doesn't she have a car?" Alys asked.

"Doesn't look like it."

"Oh well, more fun for me!" Reina rubbed her hands darkly before pressing a button on the control panel.

XxXxX

Kevin gasped for air while hopping from one foot to another. The pool probably had a dip in the middle for some reason, maybe just to give him a harder time. Now, the only one that wasn't affected by this dip was Donatello, who stood his ground smugly as he held April in his arms, leaving Casey to struggle to keep his head over water. Melina seemed to have just as much trouble as he was, maybe even more, with all the encouragements and orders she was giving out.

She would say, 'We're almost there! Just a little more!' while they were quarter away from the staring point or 'Great work! Keep it up!' when they were slipping and sliding along the pool.

BS might've made this whole thing harder for them by putting soap along the grooves in the pool, but Don said that it was probably just a slope. When everyone realized that they were probably gonna end up deeper, they were already too late.

Now, if those troubles weren't enough, the fact that the new three second tone came along in the speakers made Kevin wanna scream a curse, but given his situation, he wasn't able to.

"Hope you guys are having fun over there," BS teased.

"Fun?!" Jewel gasped in rage, or tried to before she was swallowed by waves until she resurfaced. BS must've had some kind of chemical that prevented Amy and Jewel from using their powers, which sounded like a good idea to Kevin, considering he didn't need the water getting any colder. He wouldn't mind a bit o warmth, but Julia probably would've made the water into lava by now.

"Yes. Fun. Now I have a friend here who wants to make things harder for you."

"Heya!" a new voice chimed in. Now, normally they wouldn't care about the end voice, but one thought must've found their way into their minds.

"Hermana?!" April shouted. Now, why she used her energy for screaming that instead of going to the other side of the pool, Kevin didn't know.

"Mmm… not exactly."

"What?" Melina gasped.

"Um, guys?" Pop called from the back, exhausted. "Is it just me, or did the waves get stronger?"

"It's just you, Pop," Donnie said.

"I'm going to have to disagree with you," April squeaked.

"Huh. So that's what it does," Hermana said, as if she did something she didn't know the results of.

"Try pressing the that button," the new host -Alys, was it?- suggested.

"What? Don't you dare—" Amy was cut off by a sudden rise in water level.

"Hey, are you crazy?!" a young voice screamed. "You can't drown them!"

"Ah, shit, sorry…" Hermana cursed, the water lever then went down to their waists, which was a huge relief.

"I thought I gave you a manual," the kid said.

"Psh, ain't nobody got time for that," Alys pointed out.

"She's right," Hermana conquered.

"Well at least know the basics!" the kid yelled.

There was an argument on the other side of the speaker. It went on for a bout a minute when Melina decided that they'd better take advantage of the situation.

"Guys!" she called, "Move it or lose it!"

And so they did their best to sprint to the other side of the pool, until the water level rose to their necks and suddenly there were rubber ducks all over the place. Whether it was the smell of burnt rubber or the fact that they were so close to the end that got Melina pissed, the rest didn't want anything to do with it.

XxXxX

"I don't know whether that's a pity, or what," Mira said flatly, staring at the screen that monitored the hundred meter pool. The last quarter of the pool was covered with yellow rubber duckies. While she was there, deciding on whether or not she should reach over and give them a boost by passing over a few life vests, her two friends were rolling on the floor with tears in their eyes. Of course, both of them heard the door creak just as much as they heard Angel's tired voice go through the door.

"I'm…here!" she panted, falling onto her knees. "What…did I miss?" Mira stepped aside to let the blond take a good look at the LitSis pushing their way past a sea of yellow rubber. "What the heck?"

XxXxX

Ellie didn't know if BS had a split personality or what. She was pretty much sure that when she first came in, BS was a nice person who just wanted to act as their big sister, but the girl must've hit her head or something because today, she was cursing s whole lot more along with the fact that she was messing with them. That was a problem because one moment, she's telling you that you should get some rest, the next her counterpart tells them what a terrible job they did in between hiccups of laughter.

After another few minutes of tug of war in between her two personalities, the sweeter BS's voice came through the speakers.

"Sorry about that," she said. She clear her throat, "Now, got get some rest. You deserve it. Also, there's a dinner surprise for you guys because you did such a great job even with all the trials you've gone through today."

"Even the bubbles that gave us zero visibility?" Donnie deadpanned.

"Especially with the bubbles that gave you zero visibility!" BS's other personality exclaimed, only to be shoved away but the first.

"Dinner at eight," was the last thing they heard before the speakers clicked off.

XxXxX

Chicken soup after a long day like today sounded like a great idea to Mikey. That's what they had for dinner. It was hot and steaming, served alongside bowls of light chips. It was good. So good that even Jewel had enjoyed it. It was probably because she didn't know it was chicken to begin with. Oh well, he'll tell her later, after a good night's sleep. Except, the second he laid in bed, he felt like there were still waves lapping at his arms, and it bothered him. It must've bothered everyone else as well because they ended up gathering in the living room and falling asleep at 1 AM after telling a bunch of stories. In addition to that, all four of the rivals have agreed to a temporary truce with each other just because they were that tired. It ended with Amy sleeping with her arms wrapped around Leo's, Jewel sleeping separated from them like the lone wolf she was, April snuggling her head onto Donnie's plastron, and Casey sleeping on his belly on the couch.

Yeah. It was a good day.

XxXxX

The stress was overwhelming.

And she thought that Grade 9 was the face of death itself.

Mira was so tired for the day, she had to eat an apple to continue studying for the upcoming exam. Unlike Angel, who had already gone through 12 cups of Starbucks shakes because coffee wasn't good for her, Mira didn't have the money to waltz into a cafe and order as she pleased. She was fourteen and was still in the awkward phase that everyone goes through. In addition to that, two bucks a week didn't seem like enough money to buy a small cup of shake. She didn't really know. The last time she had Starbucks, her friend bought it for her, because her parents didn't want her to go anywhere near that place. Oh well. Life sucks.

With all the stress going about, you'd think that sleep would be great right now. And it would be, if tonight wasn't one of those insomniac nights. Too bad it was. Reina and Alys were passed out on different parts of the couch while Angel was reading her books furiously. Huh. That's strange. The second she reclaimed her seat, she didn't feel like going to read her ebooks. Instead, she went to her domain and stayed there until her iPad gave out. When it did, she was forced to read her notes. She passed out at 3 AM, thirty minutes before Angel did.

Welcome to life kids. The place where you are never safe until you find someone to be endangered with.