Chapter 2: Cliff Diving, and the Awakathon.
The following morning the campers were woken up by an air horn, bullhorn combo. Some of them shot up and looked around, while others just got up yawning and others still just sighed and mumbled about wishing things had gone a bit slower. Then they all lined up outside where Chris said "Hello campers." Everyone gave their reply and Chris said "So I bet you're all wondering what today's challenge is. The answer, cliff diving. I will meet you at the top of the tallest cliff on the island where you will have your challenge. P.S. bring your swim suits." He walked away laughing and everyone went to change.
Naruto walked out of his cabin in a pair of black trunks with a nine tailed fox on the right and a blue flame on the left leg. He stretched as he started for the Cliffside alongside Duncan and Leshawna. Leshawna looked at the muscular figure of Naruto and said "So Naruto, how long have you and Heather known each other for?"
Naruto thought about it and said "Since we were three, dattebayo. I moved in with her family when I was eight due to my mom being in a car accident. She's currently in the hospital. I'm hoping to win the money so I can pay for her medical bills." Leshawna winced feeling bad about getting the red head to open up, but Naruto saw the wince and waved it off saying "No big deal dattebayo. If I didn't want to talk about Kaasan I wouldn't have brought her up."
Leshawna nodded and the two trailed off into another conversation not noticing the glares that Heather was directing at their backs. She didn't like anyone getting close to her idiot. None of the people here knew anything about him or his troubles in the past. Hell none of them knew a thing about his family and how much it tore him up to visit his mother in the hospital.
Following Heather was Gwen and Trent in deep conversation about music. Cody tried to get a word in with the two but neither one paid any attention to the small geek who sighed and muttered "Right, of course they don't notice me when there are all sorts of stronger guys out here." He noticed Naruto falling back and said "Hey Naruto, what's up?"
Naruto grinned and said "Hey Cody, just going back to check on those at the back of the pack. I figure it doesn't matter what order we get to the cliff in since we all have to dive off. Why, something up?" Cody shook his head and Naruto smiled then waved as he continued walking back.
Suddenly Naruto was tackled by the crazy girl who started scratching his whiskers causing him to purr. Naruto shivered and said "Stoooooooooop!" Izzy giggled and hugged the red head around the waist as everyone started passing them by. Naruto held out his hand hoping someone would help, however they all passed the duo by. He sighed and said "Noooooo, why does everyone just keep walking by. I understand it's not their problem but they act like it's a bad idea to help out a bro in need dattebayo."
Izzy got up and said "See you at the top Red." Naruto nodded and climbed to his feet as Noah walked up then nodded and checked to make sure everyone was on their way to the top before jogging to catch up. Izzy saw Naruto running toward everyone and said "Red's here, I think that makes everyone Chris. So what's our challenge?"
Chris looked at the Naruto as he jogged up then said "Now that everyone's here I can tell you the full details of the challenge. At the bottom of the cliff are two cordoned off areas. The smaller area is the safe zone. The wider area is the area we filled with man eating sharks, which haven't been fed in two days." He smirked evilly and continued "Everyone will have to dive. For everyone on your team that dives and survives, you'll get a crate of supplies, which you'll need to build a radical hot tub for a hot tub party at your cabin tonight."
Everyone cheered at the idea of a hot tub party then Chris smirked and said "So who's first?" Naruto walked up to the edge and stared down into the water then glanced back at his team and raised an eyebrow questioningly. They all looked between themselves and started muttering softly amongst themselves.
Naruto got tired of waiting and dived in landing in the safe zone with his fingers breaking het water. He surfaced and yelled up "It's easier than it looks Dattebayo. If anyone has any trouble I'll be down here to bail you out. Come on Bass we can win this." Next to dive was Duncan who looked as unenthused as he could be falling to what may have been his doom. Duncan surfaced in the safe zone and Naruto said "Good job dattebayo. Now we just need the rest of our team to land safely." Duncan nodded and swam to the boat which took him to shore while Naruto waited in the lake for the next diver from the bass team.
Next to dive was Bridgette. She did a graceful swan dive and surfaced next to Naruto who grinned and said "Awesome dive dattebayo. I guess being a surfer you get used to diving into dangerous waters?" Bridgette nodded then swam to the boat which took her to shore. Next up was Courtney.
She looked down into the water then said "Chris, I have to say I have a condition."
Chris raised an eyebrow and asked "Oh what kind of condition?"
Courtney shivered and said "A condition that prevents me from making suicidal decisions like jumping off cliffs into shark infested waters." Chris shrugged and handed her a chicken hat causing her to stare at him questioningly.
He explained "Anyone who doesn't jump has to wear a chicken hat. The chickens then take the escalator down." Courtney sighed and walked over to the escalator which took her down to the beach where her team was waiting. Courtney walked up to her team who patted her on the back. Chris smirked and said "Anyone else chickening out? Is anyone at all chickening out?" DJ rushed over saying something about a fear of heights and took the hat dejectedly. Next to take a chicken ride on the escalator was Beth. Chris smirked and said "So far two bass and one gopher have chickened out. That leaves Izzy, Justin, Cody, Eva, and Harold to jump for the bass. Meanwhile the Gophers have Sadie, Katie, Heather, Gwen, Trent, Leshawna, Geoff, Tyler, Lindsay, and Noah to jump for the Gophers, unless they chicken out. Now who's next?"
Heather said "I'm not jumping. I don't care what you guys say, I'm not risking my life even if Idiot is staying in the water to keep the sharks in control. No way, no how am I diving off this cliff." Leshawna got tired of Heather's bitching and threw her into the safe zone then dived in herself. Heather glared at her and said "I'm going to kill you." Leshawna laughed off the bitchy white girl's comment as they both got on the boat and were driven to shore.
Tyler jumped next and everyone winced as he racked himself on a buoy then fell into the safe zone. Naruto swam over and tossed him onto the boat then glanced up and yelled "CAREFUL UP THERE, DATTEBAYO! I THINK THAT YOU GUYS SHOULDN'T JUMP WITHOUT WATCHING WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO LAND UNLESS YOU WANT TO END UP LIKE TYLER!" Heather sighed from shore and everyone turned to her.
She said "Most of the people yet to jump are on the opposite team, but he still feels the need to tell them to be careful. I'm happy since it's my team he's talking to, but at the same time I don't think he realizes this is a competition." While Heather was talking Gwen dove off only to land next to Naruto and sink down. Naruto dove under and pulled her to the surface then gently pushed her onto the boat causing her to cough up water and spew it into the lake. He asked her if she was ok as Heather continued "Idiot's always been a kind guy. It's just he's rather dense when it comes to his own life."
Next to jump was Lindsay who landed in Naruto's arms blushing. Naruto chuckled and said "Nice one, tebayo. I didn't expect you to land in my arms though. Anyway head on over the ship and it'll take you to shore." Lindsay nodded and swam to the boat barely avoiding the sharks that'd started jumping out of the water looking for meat. Naruto swam to the edge of the safe area and yelled up "NEXT!"
Sadie and Katie jumped together earning their team two points. Naruto congratulated them then yelled up "WHEN ARE MY BASS GOING TO JUMP TEBAYO!?" Next to jump was Harold who busted his balls by landing in a split. Naruto winced and said "Oh boy that had to hurt dattebayo." Harold swam to the boat and climbed on wincing with every movement hen got to shore with his team and waited for the next person to jump.
After Harold, Justin jumped and landed outside the safe zone, however instead of Naruto having to save him the sharks gave him a ride to shore. Naruto high fived a shark and said "Good job Chewy, Chomper, and Jaws." The three sharks nuzzled Naruto who chuckled then stretched and waited for the next jumper. His team only had Eva, Owen, and Izzy left.
Next to jump was Trent of the gophers. He landed on his head and knocked himself out causing Naruto to save his rear and throw him on the boat. He was lucky he hadn't broken his neck as Chris pointed out. Chris looked at the last three bass and the remaining gophers and said "I'll throw a push cart in for the winning team if everyone who's left jumps."
Izzy glanced at Owen and said "I'm going in big O." Owen nodded and she dived in only to land in Naruto's arms and glomp the red head who tried swimming away. She giggled petting his cheeks and making him purr causing everyone to stare. Izzy giggled insanely and said "Man Red your whiskers must be really sensitive." He nodded and she said "Poor guy, too bad it just makes me want to rub them more."
Naruto sweat dropped at that and sighed then watched as Izzy climbed on the boat and went to shore. Finally it was down to Owen, Noah, and Geoff were left. Geoff dove in and landed in the danger zone where Naruto intervened while he quickly swam to shore being chased by Chomper. Naruto chuckled and swam to shore since he figured his job was done. He climbed onto shore and shook like a wet fox his eyes glowing light blue in the sunlight reflecting off the lake. He stretched and said "Heavens above I'm water logged tebayo."
Next to jump was Noah who landed in the safe zone with no problems. He took the boat to shore and Chris said "Well Owen it's all up to you. Are you going to jump or chicken out? FI you chicken out your team will be in dire straits because the Gophers already have one more crate than them. However if you jump that's all it will be and your team could still win the challenge. So what will it be big O, jump or chicken out?"
Everyone stared up making their own comments and Naruto said "He's going to make it. He just has to be careful, though if I could guess I think Chris is piling on the pressure." Noah nodded agreeing with the blonde and the two watched the cliff as Owen backed up then took a running dive off the cliff sending huge waves to wash over the cast and crew of the show. The three sharks clung to Naruto who said "Easy fellas, he's not going to kill you. I understand you saw your lives flash before your eyes but that doesn't mean much you know?"
They nodded and he put them back in the water then waved at Big O who said "I kind of lost my shorts guys." Everyone face palmed and Chris laughed from atop the mountain then took the escalator down and said "Well then looks like the gophers get a free cart to pull their boxes but only one more box than the killer bass." The Screaming Gophers took their carts and headed back to the campsite while the Bass gathered up their crates preparing to trek back. Naruto carried three crates on his shoulders and under his arms, Eva carried two crates, DJ carried a crate, Duncan carried a crate, Bridgette, and Courtney had the last two.
Naruto noticed Courtney struggling and walked over before anyone could start anything and said "Let me get that for you." She blushed at the red head and he smiled back then picked up the crate and carried the four of them back to camp where the others were trying to open their crates with their teeth. Izzy opened the first crate however she got rope burn on her tongue. Naruto chuckled and said "Easy there Izzy, no point in going too fast and hurting yourself."
Naruto's group ignored the red head as they continued trying to open the crates with just their mouths, the interior of Izzy's containing a pool liner. Naruto sighed and opened his crate with a little work leaving the other three he carried laying around for his team to try to open while he pulled out hammers and other tools. Heather studied Naruto's team and said "Hey Idiot, don't you dare get kicked off." Naruto waved her off with a simple 'ma, ma.' Heather grumbled as she finally opened a crate and her team started to work on building their hot tub.
Meanwhile the killer bass were having trouble opening all their crates. Naruto helped out where he could, while Duncan and DJ got to work on putting up the hot tub.
Time passed quickly and finally Chris called "TIME!" Everyone sat down sweating and he said "So let's check out your hot tubs dudes and dudettes." He walked over and stared at the Screaming Gophers tub which was perfect at least on the outside. He grinned and said "This hot tub is AWESOME!" The gophers cheered then he walked over to the Killer Bass' tub and said "This one, not so much." The tub didn't fall apart or anything it just didn't look as good as the Gophers. He thought about it and said "Winner Screaming Gophers. Have your awesome hot tub party tonight. Bass, since this wasn't an elimination ceremony you can just relax."
The bass sighed in relief then Izzy tackled Naruto who shouted "SOMEONE GET HER OFF!" Heather quickly came to his aide and pried the orangette off his back though the orangette managed to rub his whiskers as she was pulled away making him purr loudly and curl up into a ball. Izzy giggled even as she was dragged away by Heather. Naruto slowly looked up and glanced around with wide eyes seeing why virtually no one helped him and noticed the girls were looking away blushing, while the guys were looking on amused. He sighed and said "Really guys, really? Couldn't help save me from the crazy girl, had to be Heat-chan tebayo?"
Heather chewed out the crazy girl while Lindsay and Leshawna walked over to Naruto and helped him off the ground. He thanked them then asked to the entire camp "Who wants to build a fire and sit around talking. We should really get to know each other over the three day break we have between challenges." The others all discussed amongst themselves then agreed and Naruto started a fire that everyone gathered around. He said "I guess I'll go first since this is my idea. My name is Naruto, Tebayo. I have a slight verbal tick, I'm six feet tall, foxes and wolves are sacred to my family, and I'm seventeen."
Next up was Lindsay. She said "Hi everyone, I'm Lindsay. I'm five foot nine, love to shop, love clothes, want to go to France, and I'm sixteen." She sat down and everyone looked around waiting for the next person to talk. Lindsay looked around and said "No one's going to go, what about you Taylor?" She was pointing at Tyler as she said this causing him to wilt slightly at the fact she didn't get his name right. Cody patted him on the back and motioned for him to go on.
Tyler sighed and said "My name's Tyler. I'm sixteen. I'm an athlete, though I have a habit of being clumsy that is genetic on my dad's side. I love sports, especially anything that allows me to run and burn off energy. I guess that's all I'm really willing to reveal right now."
Cody went next. He said "Hi everyone, my name's Cody. I'm not that athletic, heck I'll take playing on a computer over playing a sport any day. I'm here to make some new friends and meet some cool ladies. I enjoy classical music, and I guess that's really it for me. At least that's it for tonight." Everyone nodded and thanked Cody for being so enlightening then glanced at each other for who would go next. Finally Gwen sighed and decided she'd go.
Gwen stood up and said "Hi everyone, I'm Gwen. I'm Goth, and proud of that fact. I like to listen to classic music, write poetry, and enjoy the colors black, blue, and purple. I enjoy writing though my big dream is to actually get into a college for art. I'm sixteen and I enjoy gothic architecture. Guess that's it for me." She sat back down and yawned causing everyone else to start yawning.
Heather stood up next and growled out "My name's Heather. I'm here to win this competition. I'm half Korean half Canadian. I enjoy Korean dramas and other things from the Asian countries including Japan and China. I'm idiot's best friend, and you bitches better back off. I'm sixteen and that's all you losers need to know about me."
Last to stand up for the night was Leshawna who said "My name's Leshawna yawl. I'm sixteen, of African descent and enjoy spending time with my family. I'm here to win not really in the mood to make friends. I have a bit of a temper. I don't trust yawl until I know you're not going to mess me up as the game goes on. Guess that's it now I'm off to bed yawl."
Everyone else agreed with Leshawna about going to bed and Naruto put out the fire not noticing the girls that were studying him and the guys who were arguing about why they should go to bed with or without saying goodnight. Naruto finished putting out the fire and glanced around then waved at the girls who looked away before walking back to his part of the killer bass' cabin and plopped down on his bunk. The other guys filed in yawning and took their bunks then Naruto covered his nose as Owen farted and said "Dude not cool tebayo. I think I'm going to die." The other guys made sounds of agreement then they opened their cabin's windows and what not before a few of them hung their heads out the windows for fresh air.
Slowly the gas filtered out and everyone went back to bed. They climbed into their beds and passed out, the night having drained them all. At least this was the case for the guys; the girls however were all staying up talking amongst themselves about the day and what the next challenge would be. The few girls trying to sleep grumbled and groused but they were outnumbered so they didn't do anything. Eventually even the girls went to bed and the rest of the night passed in silence.
The following day everyone woke up late and just relaxed. Naruto hung out with Heather, Lindsay, and Beth. Gwen hung out with Trent; Duncan was with DJ and Owen, Noah off by himself with a book, and Leshawna played cards with Izzy, Tyler, and Courtney. Cody was off by himself, Bridgette was in the water on her surfboard, Geoff was walking through the woods exploring, Harold was sleeping in, Sadie and Katie were admiring Justin, and Eva was lifting her dumbbells off by herself somewhere.
The day passed relatively freely for everyone and they realized they had only one more day before their next challenge. That night they all went to bed without gathering around a campfire no one was in the mood to hang out. The following morning Naruto and the guys all went for a swim while the girls sat on the beach working on their tans or just relaxing. After a while Naruto climbed out of the water and headed to the confessional stall. He walked in and said "Hey there, tebayo. I just wanted to say that so far things are going pretty well. I hope Kaasan is alright, but for now I see nothing wrong. Anyway so far everyone seems pretty nice. I hope the competition doesn't change them, after all a hundred thousand dollars is quite a chunk of change tebayo."
He walked out of the stall and headed back toward the beach where he was pounced upon by Izzy and made to purr yet again. He growled and tried to throw her off till she rubbed just right then he whited out. Naruto was curled around Izzy clinging to her like a sloth on a tree as Heather walked over and asked "What happened to Idiot, crazy girl?" Izzy repeated the scratch she did and Heather said "God damn it. Don't scratch there, if you do Idiot goes crazy and cuddles everything. He won't remember jack when he wakes up but still." She prepared to pull Naruto off when he let go and stumbled over to hug Gwen who blinked questioningly.
Gwen stared and said "Someone get him off. Please?" She tried pushing Naruto off but he just buried his face in her stomach and held onto her tightly causing her to sigh and grumble then look at Heather who was glaring and say "What, it's not like I'm hitting on him or anything. You should be pissed at Izzy for getting him started like this." As soon as she finished speaking he got up and tackled Lindsay who was walking over.
It went on like this for a good hour or two before Naruto finally got out of his cuddle mode and asked "How'd I get back in the water?" The others chuckled and told him they weren't sure while they all silently agreed to keep what he did when scratched to themselves. Naruto shrugged and got up then walked back toward the cabins. He yawned and mumbled "Oy I feel like I'm missing something important tebayo." He shrugged it off and walked into his cabin to change then walked out in a black shirt with a wolf's head on it and blue jeans.
The other campers were wearing the same outfits they'd showed up in, so there was really no change there. Naruto yawned and stretched his arms over his head then said "Tomorrow's the new challenge. Wonder what it'll be." He sighed and ducked as Izzy dove at him from the trees. He chuckled and said "Not this time Izzy."
She smiled and said "I guess not. Here I was hoping to get some more whisker time. So what's your plan for the day?" Naruto shrugged and popped his shoulder feeling the scar tissue that he'd hidden with Heat-chan's waterproof make up for the challenge the other day flex and stretch with the movements of his arm. He yawned and started into the forest not noticing that a few of the campers were trying to get his attention.
Lindsay sighed as she noticed Naruto walking into the woods and said "Damn, I missed him again." Heather raised an eyebrow and she said "So that he could come hang out with us, eheh." Heather nodded and Lindsay muttered "Though it wouldn't bother me if he just wanted me to hang out with him, alliance or no." Heather yawned and Lindsay sat down next to her then the two started talking about who they should get out of the competition first. Beth walked up and joined in, though it was more Heather telling Beth and Lindsay who she wanted to get rid of first than the other two giving to much input.
Meanwhile Duncan, DJ, Geoff, and Owen were all sitting around talking about what they thought the next challenge would be. Even if Geoff wasn't on the same team as the other three, they had no real reason to be against the guy when they weren't in a challenge. The morning passed quickly for those in conversations but slowly for those like Naruto who were by themselves.
After a few hours Naruto returned to camp and got into a conversation with Gwen, Trent, Leshawna, Cody, and Noah. They talked about what it was like back in their home towns and a bit about their friends and what not. They really were just talking to talk. Give them something to do between challenges. It was interesting to each of them how similar they were despite the different groups they hung out with. They all called it a day after a few hours and went to sit around with everyone else at a campfire set up by the resident pyro Duncan.
That night they all went to bed and prepared for the next day knowing Chris was going to throw something at them, but not quite sure what it was going to be. As the night passed the girls talked among themselves about which of the guys they'd like if things were to go that way. Little did they know Chris was recording their conversation. The girls talked about Geoff, Duncan, Naruto, Owen, and even Justin. As the girls talked amongst themselves, many of them saying from what they'd seen Naruto was the best choice, the guys slept soundly.
The following morning came all too quickly and at dawn Chris woke up the campers with a megaphone. He yelled out "WAKEY WAKEY!" Everyone filed outside yawning but dressed for the day. Chris smirked and said "Hello Campers. Today we're going to have you do a few things before breckie. To start you're going to have a twenty kilometer run around the lake. So let's get to it." He shot a starting gun up into the air only to have a seagull fall at his feet. He swore and muttered "PETA's not going to like that one."
The campers started jogging around the lake, Tyler taking the lead alongside Duncan. Others just walked and Owen of course after about fifty feet fell on his face. Naruto walked up to Owen and whispered in his ear "Owen, can't you smell it? Eggs, Bacon, Turkey, muffins, it's all waiting at the mess hall. You gotta get up man." Owen slowly came to and Naruto said a little louder "Owen man, if you don't get up you're not going to get a chance to eat. Don't let that happen, imagine all the stuff you'll miss out on." Owen hopped to his feet and started running around the lake with Naruto chuckling as he picked up his pace passing by Heather. He said "Heat Chan do you want me to carry you?"
She glared and said "We're on different teams Idiot. I don't want you to carry me I just want you to leave me alone." Naru shrugged at that and jogged ahead waving at Gwen when he passed her, smiled at Leshawna and Lindsay then patted Cody on the back because he seemed to be having trouble breathing. Several of the girls sighed dreamily at the way Naruto was acting. He yawned and shot Izzy a wave then yelped as she charged at him. He started running for his life as Heather muttered "Damn red headed hussy."
Izzy finally managed to tackle Naruto and knock him to the ground then started rubbing his whiskers causing him to purr. They were close to the mess so when Izzy was content she got up and walked into the hall humming happily. Naruto got up and started doing another lap humming to himself and trying to get out of the bliss induced by the scratches and pets. He passed by those at the rear of the pack and saw Gwen talking to Trent. He waved at Gwen who waved back. He saw Lindsay panting and struggling so he walked over and pulled her onto his back where she snuggled into him and said "You good Lindsay?" She nodded and he smiled then said "Great. I'll get you back to the mess because you're looking a little exhausted. I guess whatever Chris has planned he won't mind if I help everyone out."
He jogged to the mess and dropped off Lindsay then sat down at the Bass's table and sipped a bottle of water. He stared at the table as everyone else filed in and smirked as the gophers cheered when the last one to walk in was Bridgette who'd tripped a while ago and was passed by Heather who was the last of the gophers. She sighed and sat with the bass then Chris said "Hey that wasn't the end of your challenge, but before we continue let's eat."
Gwen looked at the camera and said "He brought out the buffet and it brought a tear to my eye."
Owen said "When I saw it I cried. The buffet was beautiful. So very beautiful."
Naruto smiled at the camera and said "Ramen, Dattebayo the food of the gods. They had Ramen."
The campers dug in as soon as Chef and Chris stepped out of the way. Everyone grabbed their favorite food while Naruto started eating bowl after bowl of Ramen. You'd think the boy couldn't stomach it all but honestly he just kept going until he had about fifty bowls piled high and sighed in contentment patting his stomach. Chris smirked and said "Well guys onward to the campfire pit." Everyone groggily got up and followed Chris. Then they sat around the pit and he said "Todays challenge is the Awakathon." Everyone sighed wearily.
Gwen asked "So you're plan was to get us tired from the run, bloated from pigging out, and then wait for us to pass out?"
Chris nodded and said "Why yes, yes it was."
Gwen swore and said "He's good," then sat down next to Naruto. Naruto smiled at her and held up a hand as if to ask something then motioned around the camp and mimed someone falling. Gwen smirked and said "How long till everyone passes out?" Naruto nodded and she said "I give it two maybe three hours."
Twelve hours later the first to fall was Owen who said "Staying awake Twelve hours, I can do that in my sleep." As he fell Naruto glanced around then looked at Gwen who was nodding off and shocked her after rubbing his hands on his pants to build up static. She yelped and looked at him then he mimed falling asleep. She nodded slightly and Chris walked up.
He sighed and said "What is with you people, none of you are falling asleep." Naruto smirked at him and waved then stretched while Heather glared at Gwen and Trent glared at Naruto. Chris studied him and said "I can't help but feel I've seen him before." He shrugged to himself and said louder "Well then the first of you has fallen, let's see how many of you hold out." Everyone gasped as Owen walked past behind Chris in nothing. A few campers gagged and Naruto shook his head signing 'Not Cool.'
Naruto stretched then looked around at where everyone was. Katie and Sadie were leaning against each other almost asleep, Duncan was sitting there carving, Courtney was jogging in place, Trent was glaring at him and strumming his guitar, Harold was sitting on one of the benches, Heather was having Lindsey and Beth go around getting her stuff, DJ was tied to a tree, and everyone else was doing their own thing. He sighed and Gwen asked "What's up?"
He shrugged and said "I don't know, I just have a feeling that both teams are going to lose members fast. It's almost as if they'll be dropping like flies." Gwen nodded and the two of them started playing word games. Courtney watched on with a slight tinge of jealousy in her heart and Leshawna wondered how the white boy would handle all the trouble he was stirring up in camp. Geoff went down all of a sudden when Chef tapped him on the shoulder.
Chris said "Two down, twenty to go." Naruto flipped off Chris and the Newfoundlander laughed. Heather sighed muttering about him being an idiot and trying to get off by offending the host. Duncan smirked at Naruto's attitude and Harold just passed out after swinging his nunchaku around. That left nineteen.
After that people started dropping off by twos and threes as Chris read off the boring fairy tales. Eventually it was down to Gwen, Naruto, Heather, Lindsay, Duncan, Courtney, Leshawna, Izzy, Trent, and Justin who was cheating. Heather caught Justin cheating and reported him, since he'd painted his eyelids and Chris said "Nine to go. I told chef I didn't want to do this, I mean I really didn't want to do this, but obviously I have to. It's the history of Canada, a pop-up book." Naruto groaned, Gwen sighed, Courtney grumbled, Duncan swore, Heather griped, Lindsay just looked oblivious, Leshawna like Gwen sighed, Izzy grinned crazily, and Trent stared at Gwen trying to get her attention.
Chris started reading from the pop-up book and everyone felt their eyelids drooping. After about five more chapters the first to fall was Leshawna. Naruto stretched out trying to get feeling back in his limbs and tickled Gwen waking her up and making her slap his hands away, he then turned and hugged Courtney causing her to blush as he walked away to rub Lindsay's head and kissed Heather's cheek causing her face to heat up. Trent glared at Naruto through a yawn, Duncan snorted, and Izzy tackled Naruto for whisker time. Naruto tried to fight her off and ended up nearly succumbing to unconsciousness in his blissed out state.
After another fifteen chapters it was down to Naruto, Gwen and Duncan. Gwen knocked out Duncan with a well thrown rock and Naruto passed out from laughing crazily. She smirked and said "Looks like I win," before passing out herself.
Chris smirked and said "Yep which means the screaming Gophers are the winners. Killer Bass wake up your teammates and meet up with me at the campfire ceremony." They nodded and threw Duncan and Naruto into the shower to wake them up then trudged to the campfire where Chris said "Well it looks like the time has come for our second camper to go home. Killer bass you had the win, then Gwen snatched it away before you could truly revel in it. I mean you had two players left, but sadly Naruto lost it when Gwen knocked out Duncan which while we would call shenanigans it was great TV. So that being said if you don't receive a marshmallow you are the one who ends up going home."
He started tossing out marshmallows saying "Naruto, Bridgette, Cody, DJ, Owen, Eva, and Courtney you're all safe." He paused before tossing out the next two marshmallows and said "Duncan, Izzy, you're both safe." At the final marshmallow he said "It comes down to Justin and Harold. Harold you let your team down by racking yourself, but Justin you cheated. So sadly the last marshmallow goes to Harold." He tossed the marshmallow and Justin was escorted to the boat of losers. He took off his shirt and waved at the girls who blushed then drove off. Chris turned and said "Get some sleep Campers, tomorrow you have another competition." The bass nodded and wandered off to their beds never knowing what the morrow would bring.
Finally we're back. How long will it be till the next update no idea. Originally this was going to be longer, but I decided to finally cut it and call it because I didn't feel like expanding this chapter. next chapter picks up with Dodge Brawl, my own challenge for the hell of it, and other things. That said hope you like it.