(Author's note #1: Alright everyone, DSX62415 here again with the semi final round of the Wawanakwa High GunPla battle club's practice tournament with the finals following it. Ergo, I ain't wasting any time. Let's get things started. GunPla fight all set, ready...GO!)
Total Drama Build Fighters
Episode 9: Four Become Two Become One
(Opening Theme: "Win Tough Fight" by You Yamazaki.)
The episode opens with a shot of Wawanakwa High GunPla battle club headquarters where inside, Estwynn was standing in between Katie and Sadie while getting ready to announce the start of the semi final round of the practice tournament that had been going on for almost a week now.
Estwynn: Alright, everyone, I know that you're excited to watch the final day of the tournament, but there's something that I need to address first. Next Thursday will be our first real match of the year with three of our fighters going up against the members of the Northern Ontario Regional High School GunPla battle club, so I want everyone to be alert for when I pick the fighters for this match. That being said, we can now begin the semi final round of the practice tournament: Dawn & "B" VS Cameron & Samantha in a two-on-two tag where the winners will fight it out in the final round. At this time, I would like to have all four of our remaining fighters to please approach the battle arena so we can get started.
The four fighters met with one another before taking their places.
Dawn: Best of luck to both of you, I'm sure that the two of you will fight with the same level of honor that "B" and I shall.
"B" just nods his head in agreement.
Cameron: I look forward to this battle, you two are actually quite skilled, meaning that this battle should be quite the challenge in order to make it into the final round.
Sammy: Making beating you to get there all the sweeter the victory.
System Voice: GunPla battle, combat mode start up. Model damage level set to "C". Please set your GP Base.
Builder/ Fighter: Dawn Hawthorne
Unit: Shin Knight Gundam
Builder/ Fighter: "B" Smith
Unit: Thunder Master Gundam
Builder/ Fighter: Samantha Saunders
Unit: Unicorn Gundam Jeager
Builder/ Fighter: Cameron Wilkons
Unit: Burning Gundam
System Voice: Beginning Plavisky particle dispersal.
The particles came cascading down, creating an empty metropolitan city.
System Voice: Field 5: City. Please set your GunPla.
All four fighters had set their machines down on their designated areas while the particles did what they do best.
System Voice: Battle start.
The two teams flew out into the city streets as the semi final match of the practice tournament had officially begun.
Geoff: Dudes, a tag match for the semi final round, how awesome is that?
Brody: Dude, I know. It's like getting like, two battles for the price of one.
Bridgette: wouldn't it be more like getting at least four fights for the price of one?
Mickey: What do you mean?
Bridgettte: You know, Dawn VS Cameron, "B" VS Sammy, "B" VS Cameron, Dawn VS Sammy, all four of them at once, you get the idea now, right?
Mickey: Kinda.
Back at the fight, "B" had positioned himself atop one of the city skyscrapers while Dawn took her search for an opponent to the ground. Her search wasn't too long though as Dawn caught sight of the Unicorn Jeager's white armor before having to avoid fire from the Universal Century unit's beam magnum. "B" didn't have to wait too long for his cut of the fun either as he and Cameron were in the midst of a hand to hand duel after Master Gundam had blocked a punch from Burning Gundam who was in the air above it. Our two brawls of the match were for the time set: Dawn's medieval sentient mobile suit VS Sammy's "Assault On Colossus" themed Unicorn Gundam & "B" VS Cameron in a reenactment of a classic fight between "G-Gundam" characters Domon Kasshu and his mentor, Master Asia. Knight Gundam then returned fire on the Universal Century mobile suit using lightning strikes from its trusty lance as the former cheerleader's mobile suit used its custom skirt armor to get out of the way of the oncoming magic assault. No one was gaining any ground in the "B"/ Cameron fight either as both mobile fighters were blocking every blow they dealt to one another at speeds that would rival fights from animes such as "Dragon Ball" and "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure". The silent genius was able to end the struggle with a swift roundhouse kick to the chest of Cameron's mobile fighter, causing it to spin out of control before managing to regain its balance before towards the Neo Hong Kong mobile fighter to start the conflict up once again. The game of "beam magnum cat & mouse" between Dawn and Sammy didn't seem to be coming to an end anytime soon as well with both Gundams avoiding every attack thrown at one another in a style that would match up pretty well with something out of either "Cowboy Bebop" or "Trigun", turning every building they used as cover into Plavisky Swiss cheese.
Sammy: Don't suppose that you're gonna give up so I can blast that mobile suit of yours to Kingdom Come, are you?
Dawn: I highly doubt it.
Sammy: Alright, looks like I'm doing this the hard way. And in all honesty, I was hoping it would be that way.
The Unicorn Jeager decided to discard its beam magnum in favor of the sword housed in the left side skirt hilt before charging down upon the knightly sentient mobile suit before its strike was countered by the blade of Dawn's own GunPla. While those two start their duel, let's check back in on Cam & "B"s fight, shall we? It would seem that not much had changed since we last saw these two as they were still in the midst of another hand to hand struggle with neither fighter willing to give any leeway to the other. In fact, the only real change that happened was that the venue of their fight had changed from the top of a skyscraper to the city streets below it. Our two mobile fighters had begun to zoom around the city streets while each pilot was trying to get the edge over the other. Cameron had managed to get in idea and decided to use "Super Mode" in order to gain the upper hand, which worked...for a few seconds anyway before "B" had his Master Gundam enter "Super Mode" as well in order to keep up, much to the shock of Cameron.
Cameron: Wait a minute, you can use "Super Mode" as well?!
"B" then gave a nod of acknowledgement through a video transmission from inside his control center before punching the Burning Gundam into a nearby building. This didn't really phase Cameron however as he moved his Gundam back into fighting form and readied himself for more.
Cameron: Ok, maybe you can use "Super Mode" like I can, but let's see if you're capable of this.
Burning Gundam began to glow with red aura once again before triggering "Super Mode Times 2" and charging towards the silent genius' Master Gundam with an uppercut, only to be blocked by the right knee of "B"s mobile fighter, also in "Super Mode Times 2".
(Author's Note #2: As you can probably tell already, "B" and Cameron are pretty much on the same skill level when it comes to their abilities, including being able to use "Super Mode Times 10". I apologize for the interruption, back to the fight.)
Cameron: It would seem that we're both on the same level, what say you we go at this to the full extent of our power?
"B" prepped his Gundam into a battle stance as a sign of agreement. It was then that the two units began to trade blows while in their full powered "Super Mode Times 10" states, but we'll get back to that fight in a little bit. The scene then shifts back to the sword battle between the Knight Gundam and the Unicorn Jeager with orange Plavisky sparks flying every time their blades would cross. It looked like the two fighters wouldn't be able to gain the upper hand on one another any time soon, or it seemed that way until Sammy used her Gundam's right leg to literally sweep Dawn's mech off of its feet, sending it crashing down to the ground before it managed to roll away from a downward stab from the Unicorn's sword.
Sammy: What's wrong, too tired to keep up anymore?
Dawn: It will take more than cheap moves like that to intimidate me, prepare yourself for a thrashing.
Knight Gundam got back up again before slashing at the Unicorn Gundam at a furious pace, continuing their clash of blades. Meanwhile, "B" and Cameron were now engaged in a battle of Plavisky energy blasts that were flying all over the place and surprisingly not hitting their proper marks every time. Little did the four participating fighters know that they were on a collision course with one another.
Zoey: Those guys better focus on their surroundings, because it looks like they're about to collide with one another.
Brick: Looks like the most likely fight pairing is about to happen: everyone going at it with no set pairs of fighters in sight.
Sky: Sammy better be careful, or else she's going to be in for a whole world of trouble in just a few moments.
Ella: Oh, I can't look anymore!
Mary: The odds of either team being able to avoid a full on confrontation involving all parties involved have just significantly decreased by at least 67.83152%.
Brody: English please or us who can't understand or do any big letter math mumbo jumbo.
Ellody: The real fight has only yet to begin, and it's about to in the next few moments.
Brody: Ooooooohhhhhhhh.
True to words of Mary and Ellody, all four fighters then met in the center of the city (or at least what's left of it, anyway). The two teams were now in the midst of a stand off as Dawn and "B" were sizing up Cameron and Sammy.
LeShawna: Anyone else want them to make a move sometime this century already?
"DJ": I know, the tension is killing me. It's like the end of the round one free for all match all over again.
Mike: Only this time, it's four people in the stand off instead of two.
Estwynn's Thoughts: Five...four...three...two...
The tension broke when Sammy was the first to make a move with a fast paced series of sword slashes used againt the silent genius' mobile fighter, leaving Dawn and Cameron to trade blows on their own.
Estwynn: Right on cue.
Shawn: The coach was timing this the whole time?
Gwen: It's Estwynn Paratus, you probably shouldn't expect him not to.
"B" was able to counter the former cheerleader's strikes with a series of rapid fire kicks and open palm strikes before ultimately disarming her with a blow to the cockpit of her GunPla, sending it into a nearby skyscraper. The silent genius was quick to follow up his attack with a rapid volley of orchid colored Plavisky energy blasts fired into the building, pretty much causing the whole thing to start falling down with most everybody getting out of the way, save for the white Universal Century Gundam inside. The whole club building went deathly silent for a few seconds as the skyscraper came crashing down with Sammy's mech nowhere in sight. That is until the Gundam came bursting out of teh ruins with swords in hand, just waiting to get even with the fighter that sent her into that building in the first place.
Jasmine: Woo! Go, Sammy! Show those two who's boss, mate!
Devin: That Unicorn Gundam is like a raging bull, it just can't be stopped.
"DJ": Tell me about it.
Sammy: Alright, you had your fun. Now it's my turn.
Unicorn Jeager then charged towards the Master Gundam at full speed and began a series of furious slashes that even the silent genius was having a hard time to blocking and dodging that ended with a kick to the cockpit that sent it flying into a nearby building, just like "B" did to her.
Sammy: Had enough yet?
Just like that, "B"s mobile fighter got right back up and got ready for soem sweet hot retaliation.
Sammy: That's what I though.
Dawn tried to provide some extra cover for her friend and partner, only to be blocked by the left elbow of Cameron's Burning Gundam.
Cameron: I believe that we have a currently ongoing engagement.
Dawn: It would be wise for you to get out of the way.
Cameron: Let them finish their fight, right now I am your opponent.
Dawn just let out a sigh of inconvenience.
Dawn: Very well, I'll just have to end this quickly, I suppose.
Knight Gundam and Burning Gundam engaged in a hand to hand struggle of their own as the two units matched their movements punch for punch and kick for kick. Cam went into "Super Mode Times 10" in order to gain the upper hand, but it was all for naught when Dawn went into "Hyper Mode" to dodge his attacks and used a karate chop to behead the Future Century mobile fighter, taking Cameron out of the match.
Cameron: Blast. Well played.
Dawn: Thank you. Now you'll have to excuse my sudden rush, I have a team mate in need of my aid. Farewell.
Knight Gundam then took off to aid "B" in his fight against the Unicorn Jeager, which was not fairing well for our silent genius friend who was forced to use "Super Mode Times 10" just to keep up with the tenacity of the former cheerleader. The prolonged use of the red aura emanating powered up state he was using seemed to begin taking its toll on "B" as his GunPla's movements began to slow in pace.
Jay: What's happening to "B"? Why is he slowing down all of a sudden?
Estwynn: I'd say that it looks like "Super Mode" is finally starting to take its toll on him.
Jay: Wait, what do you mean by that?
Estwynn: In GunPla battle, I have hypothesized and somewhat proven that both "Super Mode" and "Hyper Mode" act like the "Kaio-Ken" and "Super Saiyan" transformations of the "Dragon Ball" universe respectively, and from past experience, I can say in all honesty that prolonged use of "Super Mode" beyond its base form can cause physical exhaustion to the pilot if used long enough.
Jay: Does that mean that...
Estwynn: I'll have to end the match if things get out of hand, yet it does.
Sammy was getting ready to land the final blow on "B", only to have her Gundam clocked in the face plate by Dawn's Knight Gundam which caused her to stagger for a short moment before the ex cheerleader regained her composure.
Sammy: Ready for round 3, I see. Good, because I haven't payed you back for letting your buddy drop a large building on me.
Dawn: "B", please go find somewhere to hide and recover. I'll take care of things from here on out. Now then, what say you we finish this battle right here, right now?
Sammy: You took the words right out of my mouth. Hope you're ready for a beatdown.
Both blondes erupted into another furious clash of blades at speeds near un-seeable to the human eye until the chaos finally came to an end when Knight Gundam managed to stab the cockpit of the Unicorn, causing it to drop its swords and fall to the ground in defeat.
System Voice: Battle ended. Winner: Dawn Hawthorne and "B" Smith.
Everyone was pretty much silent as the particles dissipated and the four fighters collected their machines.
Estwynn: Somebody get "B" some water and a place to sit down, please. Everyone else, take a ten minute breather, and we'll start the finals when both finalists are rested and ready. Oh, God, that was intense. Even for a pro like me.
Most of the club members went outside to recuperate from the epicness of what they just witnessed. Ella almost passed out from the fight as Dawn was walking her out while Sammy just went for her Hayabusa and got on it.
Sky: You're not staying to see who wins?
Sammy: I already lost, there isn't any more need for me to stick around for the day. Besides, the Muskouka Recon Battalion is having a meeting in a few minutes and I said that I would try to be there.
Sky: Hang on, you're my ride home. what am I gonna do about that?
Sammy: Either get on and i'll drop you off, or see if you can ride with someone else if you want to stay and watch the finals.
Sky: I can't do that, it would be rude.
Sammy: No it isn't, watch. Hey, Dakota!
Dakota Milton: What?
Sammy: I kinda have somewhere to be, and I can't give Sky a ride home if she wants to stay and watch the finals, think you could possibly fit her into your carpool? It wouldn't be everyday.
Dakota: Sure, I think I can squeeze her in. I'll have to check the number of seats available in the limo, though.
Sammy: Ok, thank you. See, and she wasn't even talking to anyone when I asked her. Not rude.
Sky just gave a disgruntled look as the former cheerleader drove off. Meanwhile, let's check in on "B" and see how he's holding up.
Estwynn: How you holding up, big guy?
"B" just gave the hand gesture that said he felt "iffy".
Estwynn: I thought so. This is why I tell you and Cameron not to use "Super Mode Times 10" for more than 3 minutes a day. You're lucky it didn't get to the point where I would have had to interfere and stop the match before you could pass out from the strain, or worse. Now then, I probably shouldn't ask you this, but are you alright to continue the tournament? Because if you are, we can do the finals, but there will be no more use of either "Super Mode" or "Hyper Mode" for the rest of the day. Think long and hard about your decision.
After a few moments of though, "B" gave Estwynn a thumbs up stating that he wanted to finish what he started.
Estwynn: Alright, I'll tell Dawn about the rule set that I'm imposing for this match, just sit here and rest. we'll start the finals in about five more minutes.
True to Estwynn's word, five minutes passed as the finals got ready to begin as Dawn and "B" slowly made their way to the arena as the others stood in awe.
Sam: He's really gonna do it, after what happened in the last match?
Harold: If I were him, I would have bowed down and accepted my limits for the time being, only to come back after overcoming them with enough time.
Cody Anderson: All I can say is that "B" is a real trooper for doing this after what he just went through.
Sierra: All if this battle is as epic as the one before it, my blog is gonna get more readers than I've had all summer from our charity work.
Ella was standing near the arena, looking like she was still about to pass out at any moment with a worried look on her face.
Bridgette: I'm gonna take Ella outside for a moment, I don't think she can take any more GunPla battle today, especially after the last match.
Geoff: Go on ahead, babe. I'll record the match for ya.
Bridgette took Ella out of the building before Geoff pulled out his phone and got his video camera ready as Estwynn announced the final match.
Estwynn: Alright, everyone. This is it: the final round of the practice tournament...Dawn VS "B" to determine the winner using only their natural strength. No transformations, just naturally honed talent. Are both fighters ready to begin?
Dawn and "B" both nodded their heads in agreement before approaching their positions for the second time today.
System Voice: GunPla battle, combat mode start up. Model damage level set to "C". Please set your GP Base.
Builder/ Fighter: Dawn Hawthorne
Unit: Shin Knight Gundam
Builder/ Fighter: "B" Smith
Unit: Thunder Master Gundam
System Voice: Beginning Plavisky particle dispersal.
The particles had then cascaded down, creating a battlefield on the surface of the moon.
System Voice: Field 1: Space. Please set your GunPla.
Both fighters set down their machines once again as the particles worked their magic.
System Voice: Battle start.
Our two Gundams begin to trade blows on the moon's surface with Dawn slowly but surely gaining the upper hand before ultimately taking off Master Gundam's head unit with an upward palm thrust, ending the match. (Please not that "B" is still not back in top condition for this match, far from it. So if this match kinda seems like a let down, well sorry, but consider this a cool down match for the epic semi final bout you got.)
System Voice: Battle ended. Winner: Dawn Hawthorne.
The particles had dissipated as Dawn went to check on her silent friend.
Dawn: Are you alright, "B"?
"B" give her a thumbs up before claiming his GunPla.
Estwynn: It was a hard fought battle, "B". Never be ashamed of what you've accomplished today. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the practice tournament is Dawn Hawthorne. And as the winner, I offer you this as a prize.
Estwynn is seen holding a 1/144 High Grade RX-78-2 version "Revive" to Dawn as a sign of her victory.
Estwynn: Remember that thing that I had to get downtown a couple days ago, I was picking this up as the prize for whoever won the tournament. This kit serves as an empty canvas, I hope that you can use it to make a great functioning work of art.
Dawn: Thank you, sir. I'll try not to disappoint.
Estwynn: Now then, it's been a long day. Everyone can either go home, or stay here and work on anything they might be working on, be it for school or for here.
Dawn, Ella, Bridgette, Zoey, Mike and "B" all decided to call it a day while the rest stayed and tended to their activities while Jay and Mickey were talking to Geoff and Brody.
Mickey: Do you think you could help us get to be as good as those four?
Geoff: Don't know, little dude. But we can at least try.
Brody: Totally. We need to like, step up our game if we want to be be as good as them.
The episode concludes as the surfer dudes and the adversity twins head to the arena to practice their battle skills.
(Ending Theme: US ending from "Gundam Wing")
?: Well, new school, new friends, new selfies for me to take. Hmmm. I wonder if anyone in this school is into GunPla battle.
Sammy: Kid, you don't know the half of it. Wait a minute, where are the White Fang members today?
Shawn: Bet you they cut in order to do something shady.
"Mysterious Benefactor": Next time: "Red Eyed Casval". I finally get to make my grand debut.
(Author's Note #3: YES! YES! Finally done and all caught up with my upload schedule! You guys don't know the pain in the ass this was to make a reality with the problems that my internet connection gives me during the summer, but luck is on my side these last few days. Now that I've caught up on all uploads between February and May, don't complain to me if I'm only able to upload one a month or not at all if it comes down to it. Personal rant aside, let's get down to talking about the episode. As you can tell, Jay and Mickey's arc is going to fade out for the time being. I'm not done with them, you just won't be seeing or hearing much of them in the next few episodes, which will have their character arc revealed next time. As for my polls, the winner of the one I've been promoting for the last couple of episodes was a TD and Kamen Rider crossover, which I intend to have up hopefully sometime this summer. There is a new poll up now that you can vote on regarding which song will be used for the theme for "TDBF" from episode 14 and onward, so please vote while you still can (deadline is episode 13). Also don't forget that the episode 13 Q&A session will still go on as planned, so send in those questions, and I'll try and answer them as best I can. Don't forget to review (you know I love reading them), favorite and follow, and until next time, DSX62415, out.)