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Sorry for the shortness of this chapter. That's just how it was filmed in the episode I based this on, so there wasn't much I could to lengthen it. However, the final game will be very long. It'll take span over more parts than the previous games. And I'll be introducing another person from Yuri On Ice in the final game!
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Game 3: Table Tennis with Frozen Fish and More! (Short minigame)
Toronto Island Park.
The yellow team was the first one to arrive. The three players all ran down the pedestrian tunnel that leads to their next destination: the Toronto Islands. More specifically, Centre Island Toronto. What was waiting for them? Nobody knows.
The red team was the next to arrive, they were pretty upset about the events of the last game, and planned to come back stronger this time! They joined the yellow team on the other side of the tunnel.
Finally, the blue team arrived. All tired and beat, but still ran to meet the other two teams that were already on the island. All three teams followed the signs displaying the title of this tv show towards their destination on this island.
Eventually, they reached a large grassy area where several civilians were walking around, enjoying themselves and having picnics. A few of them immediately recognized the faces of the skaters passing by and got out their phones, snapping some photos and recording some videos.
That was perfectly fine, so long as no harm comes to them. The three teams all meet a man dressed in a tv crew outfit with the logo of Hurry Up, Skaters on it. He was standing next to a small table on a bridge over a large body of water that leads to the lake surrounding the island.
He greeted the three teams upon arrival. The yellow team first noticed the layout of shoes in front of them. Sala looked at them in confusion.
"Are we changing into those shoes?" She asked.
"That's right. Please remove your shoes and put on these shoes that we've prepared for you." The crew man explained.
Chris groaned as he did what he was told. "I swear, we'd better not be doing anything traumatizing…"
The red team appeared behind them. Georgi pointed at the new shoes. "Ehhh!? What's this?"
"This is already looking super suspicious," Victor announced.
"Just put these shoes on." Phichit pushed him forward.
As soon as the blue team came up, the director appeared onto the scene. Time for this game to begin! She points out to the other side of the small lake. All the skaters look at where she was pointing to.
Their eyes opened wide. "Are you kidding me!?" Yuri. K cried.
"Noooooo!" Chris pulled his hair.
What did they see? Out at the far back in the middle of the lake, right on the surface of the water, was the top of a large blue ping-pong table. That's right, in the middle of the lake.
"We're seriously getting wet again!?" Victor turned to the director, silently asking for mercy.
"Ahh! Noo! I just washed up!" Martz complained.
"Why did I even agree to this show…?" Yuri. P sighed.
Suddenly, the ping-pong table began rising. Its legs lengthened until the surface was above the water level. Turned out, that there was a shallow boardwalk submerged underneath the water's surface, allowing the table to be put there.
Otabek held back his laugh. "So we're playing table tennis on top of the water, eh? Is that this game?"
"That means we're still getting wet!" They all shouted.
The director and the crew man tuned themselves out on the skaters' complaints and negativity. As soon as they were done moaning and groaning, the director continued on with the instructions.
"Out there is indeed, a ping-pong table. There are already three different rackets prepared for you there. The first three people that reach the table, will be able to choose whichever racket they wish to use for their team. Go!"
Otabek, Phichit, and Yuri. K immediately bolted before the director could finish saying "Go!" They wanted to get there first. All of the players sprinted down the long bridge towards the area in the lake where the table was located.
While running around a corner, Otabek decides to be a little sneaky and pushes an unaware Phichit over the edge of the bridge and into the water! He flips over in a somersault and lands with a splash!
Luckily for him, this area isn't too deep. Phichit grabs onto the edge of the bridge and Chris and Sala, not wanting to give the yellow team a bad name, jumps over to help Phichit back onto the bridge.
Georgi also stops by to help out a fellow red teammate. They all make sure that Phichit was going as the rest of the players sped on ahead, racing towards the ping-pong table.
Currently, Otabek is in the lead. But Yuri. P and Martz were not far behind. Yuri. P closes in behind Otabek, who increases his speed.
"Beat him! Beat him, Urinal!" Martz screams. Yuri. P tunes her out.
Otabek jumps off the bridge and onto the submerged boardwalk underneath the lake's surface. So that's what those shoes were for! Running across the submerged boardwalk!
The strongest player ran across the boardwalk as if he was running across the surface of the water. Almost like Jesus Christ...so majestic and beautiful.
He reaches the table and scans across the three choices for rackets. Three absolutely ridiculous choices, unfortunately. Not what he was expecting, he was expecting Olympic-brand rackets or at least top-athlete quality ones! Otabek was ready to laugh right there when he saw what was available in front of him.
There was a frozen fish, some sort of long skinny metal pan for cooking, and a large soft toy hammer. Thinking as practically as he can, Otabek goes for the frozen fish.
Seconds later, Yuri. P arrives and chooses the toy hammer. Martz saw that Yuri. P grabbed the toy hammer and sighed. How were they going to win with that?
Eventually, the rest of the players arrive. Victor takes the last option, the metal cooking pan. All exhausted, and of course, Otabek gets a hell of a hearing from Chris and Sala for pushing poor Phichit over the bridge.
But that was over as soon as Otabek makes up with Phichit through a sincere apology down on one knee and a bro-hug. As soon as that was over, it was time for the game to begin!
The game begins with Phichit, Victor, and Georgi vs Yuri. P, Yuri. K and Martz. All four of them had normal rackets given to them by the crew team.
Phichit starts the game with a strong serve. Yuri. P hits it right back with a good amount of force. Phichit returns it easily. But what happened next caused everyone's jaws to hit the surface of the water.
Yuri. P leans forward and smashes the ball down onto the table, hard. It bounces off the surface and across the net towards Phichit and Georgi. They weren't able to follow the ball's large curve and it bounced right off the table on their side, into the water!
A satisfied look crosses Yuri. P's face as everyone gasped in astonishment. Even Martz seemed impressed. One point for the blue team!
In the next round, it was a good rally back and forth, until Phichit tried to do what Yuri. P did in the last round. Leaning forward, Phichit also smashes the ball down hard against the table, and it bounced over the net...and out of the table on the blue team's side.
Yuri. P steps back to let the ball fall into the water. It didn't a single spot on their side of the table before it left out of bounds. Another point for the blue team!
Next up was the yellow team! They were ready to knock the blue team out of their throne! Sala and Otabek team up for the serve.
"Hey! Help me out here!" She demanded.
Otabek takes her hands to control her serve and they made a fierce pose, attempting to intimidate the blue team. Yuri. K and Yuri. P weren't phased by it though. This time, they made Martz hold the hammer behind them, but they're pretty sure the ball won't ever get to her though.
Otabek helps Sala deliver the serve. The ball bounced on their side once...and hits the net, unable to bounce over and rolls back towards them. Failed.
The blue team laugh. Looks like they were right. The ball won't ever get to Martz! That was an easy point for the blue team!
In the second round, Yuri. K playfully winks at the yellow team, messing with their minds before he serves the ball over. And of course, Chris misses it by a mile. The last round comes up, and Otabek decides to step up with the racket he chose from the start of the game: the frozen fish!
Yuri. P served a gentle serve over the net, it was a nice and easy one. Anyone would've been able to hit it back...anyone but a player who had a frozen fish for racket! The ball bounced over the frozen fish as Otabek attempted to hit it back.
It took a few seconds for him to process what exactly happened before he drops the fish, falling to the water in a fit of laughter. How could he have missed such an easy serve!? He hits the fish against the side of the table as he stood back up.
The rest of the game bascially went like this: Yuri. P serves. Georgi misses. Or Phichit hits it too hard or off in the other direction. Or Victor hits it into the sky rather than straightforward. Or Sala hits it on the very tip of her racket, causing it to barely go anywhere! Or Chris tries to hit it in a stylish manner, causing him to trip over...and push Sala down with him.
Yuri. P raised his arms above him like a champion. He ruled this game! There's no doubt about it. If he can't win at the next skating event, then he might as well join an international table tennis team!
The director ended the game, tallying up the results. In first place, was the blue team. In second place, was the yellow team. And in third place, was the red team. That's it. These games are done.
Time for the final round of this episode!
The blue team enters their car back on the mainland, looking at all of the clues they've been given. They have three out of the four numbers, well-ish.
"All those clues...they're in order right?" Yuri. P asked as Martz looked through all of the mission cards.
Yuri. K nodded as he drove to their final destination for this episode. "That's what the director said back at the ping-pong area. Remember? We asked her if the clues correspond to the numbers that make up the code. She said 'yes.' So they have to be in order!"
"Well then...we'll just have to figure out what those numbers are!" Martz shouted in a determined voice.
She read the final clue on the mission card provided to them by the director after the last task. "What is a gold medal equal to?"
Yuri. P nearly spat out his drink. "Pfffft. That's way too easy! This digit is 1. Gold medal equals to first place. 1. This digit is definitely one!"
"Yeah, but...we still don't know the second digit!" Yuri. K reminded. "What was the clue for that again?"
Martz looked at the corresponding mission card. "What's the minimum number of difficult turns and steps in a step sequence? Guys, I think it's five."
Yuri. P looked at her skeptically. "What makes you say that? You're not—"
"I know I don't skate!" Martz defended. "But I do remember Victor telling me once about him losing points on his step sequence because he didn't meet the minimum requirement of difficult turns. And he said 5."
"Ok, let's go with five for now." Yuri. K decided. "So now, the code is...6, 5, 1, and something."
"Where are we supposed to get that last digit?" Martz asked.
"That's probably what the last game's about." Yuri. P suspects.
Over at the yellow team's car…
Otabek, Chris, and Sala were already discussing the third digit. They were still slightly upset over their loss from the last game, but it was ok, they still got the clue.
"I like this clue! This is the most obvious one yet!" Otabek pumped a fist in the air.
Chris agreed as he drove down the road. The streetlights were already coming on as the sky darkened. The day was over, and night was beginning. But the episode wasn't finished yet.
"I know! I mean, this is great!"
"Gold medal means 3! Pffft! Yeah, right!" Sala laughed. "This number is…"
"1!" All three members of the yellow team declared.
Otabek looked over their previous clues. They also managed to figure out the second digit. With the help of Sala's memory of her coach once telling her about the rules of step sequences when she moved up to the senior circuit.
All three teams had got the first three digits of the four-digit code at this point in time. And they are 100% correct.
The first three digits are 6...5...1...and something.
And Yuri. P was right. That's what this last round is about. Finding out what the last digit is. The last round of the episode. The final game. The determiner of which team will be the winners of this episode.
Little did they know, that this final round is by far, the most difficult, and the most intense round of them all! Who will win? And who will be eliminated?
Find out in Final Game: Where is the Code? Evade the Hunter!
Again, sorry for the shortness of this chapter. It just can't be helped! :P. But soon, the final game will begin and things will start to be intense! It's a real race to the finish! And the three teams will soon realize that they won't only be fighting each other...but they'll be fighting a new common enemy in the last round...
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