A/N: After this chapter, I will be taking two to three days off to catch up on my school stuff and whatnot. Hopefully this chapter will leave a good lasting impression til then. Also, the polls are about to be set up so check it out, AFTER reading this chapter!
Chris, "And we're back, we join our contestants as they tour Tokyo's souvenir stands. Cody, however, embraced Japanese customs even further courtesy of his fangirls. While the rest of them try to beat Alejandro in the scavenger hunt, each of them took turns looking after the wounded geek. Will the girls topple the Latin Mastermind once and for all? Find out here on Total Drama Luxury Tour!"
**Sierra, Gwen, Bridgette, and Courtney**
Sierra got the next thing from the list, an authentic katana. The rest of the girls gulp seeing the stalker with the deadly blade.
"Okay… that checks the katana and the music jewelry box" Gwen said, deluding her attention.
"Three hours left…" Sierra did the countdown for her turn with Cody.
C.C.
Gwen "Pretty pointless, Sierra. I set the bar pretty high! …Don't tell her I said that…"
**Cody and Heather**
The geek nervously scratches the back of his neck as the queen bee glared back at him.
"Well?" Heather finally asked.
"Well what?"
"Are you going to treat me somewhere or what?" the queen bee sharply inquired.
"Sure, sure!" the geek nervously leads her to find a place to spend dinner at.
They eventually find a ramen-ya restaurant. As they get seated, things get awkward as usual. Cody looked at the queen bee who only folded her arms glaring at him.
"So… hehe… they make these better than the cheap stuff you get at the grocery store back home" the geek nervously broke the silence.
"Whatever…" Heather stubbornly looked away.
The food is served to them and they quietly begin eating in their awkward tension.
"So…" Heather starts talking, "…how's the arm?"
"It's getting better…" the geek answered optimistically.
"Good, the last thing I need is you being useless before we reach the final two" Heather snapped at him.
Cody just stared into his ramen bowl, "If you don't want to be around me, you don't have to Heather. I know you want me to be a loyal pawn in your alliance…"
Heather's scowl grows heavier.
Cody only looked nervously as she gets more agitated, "What is it Heather?"
"WHY ARE YOU SO FREAKIN' STUPID?" She finally shouted at him.
"What do you mean?" the geek fearfully asked.
"Why haven't you figured it out yet?"
"Figure out what yet?"
"I LIKE YOU, TWERP!" the queen bee angrily confessed.
Cody's eyes widen as the fifth and final bombshell strikes him right in the chestnuts, "So… the kiss in Denmark…"
"…Apparently didn't make it clear enough" Heather crossly finished for him.
"Since when did you… umm… you know?"
Heather sighed, "Remember when we parted at the end of season three you told me there was good in me?"
"Yeah" Cody answered, recalling the events on the rescue cruise ship after the eruption.
Heather's scowl turned into a depressed frown, "Well… things went back to the painful norm for me when I returned home… I had the same reputation… same indifferent family… same everything" the queen bee lamented, "I couldn't get out of the dark cloud over my head despite how hard I tried. I started to give up and revert more and more back to my old self until I was somehow reminded of you. At first the thought annoyed me, but thinking about the one boy who ever thought positively about my true self became a habit."
"I… didn't know…" The geek said.
"But why did you have to be so naïve all the time? I picked you first for my team! I looked after your bird! I cheered you up in Naica! I tried at every opportunity to keep Sierra's stalkerism and Courtney's ridicule away from you! I saved you from elimination in Newfoundland! I brought you to the Ferris wheel in Disney World! I caught you from the fall in the Caribbean! I let you take leadership of the team in the Congo! I KISSED you in Denmark! What more do you need to figure it out, nerd-face?"
"I'm sorry… Heather..." Cody apologized, "but you gotta admit, I am probably the last person someone like you would see as a boyfriend"
"Cody, you have the personality I always wanted, I just felt that if I bulked you up you'd be perfect for the long haul. But I kinda grown fond of you as you are now… and I guess… I can settle for your boyish charm for the time being…"
"Well, you always were good to me… in your own way…" Cody conceded, "But I am glad I got through to you… But being naïve is just who I am. Before now, no girl ever liked me this way so I would never have guessed five girls would want me at once… I just don't know what to do now"
"Cody… you know I have always been the stubborn type to refuse opening myself up before others. Why couldn't you have seized one of the many opportunities and confessed to me before three other girls had to stick their noses where they didn't belong. If you did I would have said it was out of pity and it would've been uphill from there. But what the hell am I supposed to I say for you to pick me now?"
The geek sadly looked back down into his ramen, not knowing what to say either.
Heather sighed once more and lifts Cody's head back up to her direction. Wasting no time, she pulled him upward to her over the table and presses his lips against hers for their second kiss. Cody feels dazed as she keeps him there for a longer period of lip locking. Suddenly, he felt something force its way into the geek's mouth. The queen bee's moist tongue burrows in and wrestles down Cody's, turning the kiss into a French make out session. After utterly dominating Cody's mouth, she finally releases him from the embrace and allows him to sit back down.
Realizing that her three hours were nearly up, Heather proceeded to leave, but not before turning back and sadly saying, "Cody… don't make me beg..."
The queen bee finally left the geek sitting there in another speechless moment.
**Courtney, Bridgette, and Gwen**
"Wow… Sierra wasted no time in making off did she?" the CIT pointed out.
"We almost done?" Bridgette asked.
"One more thing," Gwen said, "A live, Kabutomushi, or Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle"
"What? How is that a souvenir?" Courtney angrily shouted.
**Cody**
Now in Nightfall, Cody uncertainly awaited Sierra's arrival, surprised that it is taking as long as it was for her to arrive.
"This is odd…" The geek tells himself.
As if on cue, the stalker approached Cody. When the geek turned and saw her, he was taken back by her new outfit. It was a violet, silken kimono with a floral arrangement design on it.
"You like it?" Sierra asked him as they both blushed.
"It looks really pretty…" The geek timidly complimented.
Sierra squealed giddily and then pulled Cody to her designated date spot. After a couple minutes of being escorted to her destination, the geek finds himself with her above a hill overlooking Tokyo.
"This is the spot?" Cody asked, skeptical on the simplicity of the location.
"Yep!" the fangirl confirmed.
The geek gets settled on the grassy earth and the girl in the kimono kneels next to him.
"Wait for it…" Sierra happily says as the geek anticipates the unknown.
Suddenly, the night sky of Tokyo lit up in a lustrous gleam of fireworks. Cody is taken back as the massive pyrotechnics did its work. Sierra leaned up against the geek's good shoulder as they watched the show. Cody sat in awe, completely astounded by how amazing the fireworks were. His attention was immediately diverted when he felt a teardrop hit his hand. He looked up to see Sierra silently crying.
"Sierra, what's wrong?" the geek asked.
"Cody… I'm not gonna have you, am I?" The fangirl whimpered.
"I…"
"When I saw you confessional in Denmark, you said you were gonna give me chance. But since all the other girls, especially Gwen, like you now… I won't get one, will I?"
Cody looked to the ground, not knowing what to say, what's new?
"Cody… Ever since I saw you in season one, you became my world. But whenever I express it to you, I know I lose control and go overboard with it… I've tried to restrain myself, but I'm just so scared of one of the others taking you away from me" the geisha fangirl falls on Cody's lap and wept some more.
"Sierra…" The geek comforted the bawling stalker, "I shouldn't have waited so long to acknowledge you…" The sobbing Sierra looked back up at him. "I know I have been trying to avoid all you stalker mannerisms. However I have gotten so accustomed to them, that the only way I can even sleep at night is when I know that you're there watching me do it. Sierra, I have so much weight on my shoulders right now, but just know there was nothing wrong you have ever done with me"
Sierra wiped her tears and sat back up to watch the fireworks. As more and more rockets exploded in the night sky, the fangirl rested her head back on Cody's shoulder, "What's the best way we can conclude this, Cody?"
"Well, you had kissed me lots of times before, however…" the geek smiled as he looked up at her. He reaches out to her with his one usable arm and pulls her head downward to his level. Cody raises his head and plants his lips on Sierra's for a short but sweet peck of endearment. Sierra stood silent with awe as she looked back down at the geek. Cody grinned, "You at least deserved that"
Sierra said nothing but shared a similar smile as she nuzzles up against him after planting her head back on his good shoulder.
Getting drowsy from staying up for fifteen hours and staring too long in the brightened sky, the two eventually falls asleep together.
After the passing of an unknown time period, the pair awakens to see the rest of the girls standing over them.
"What's going on?" The geek sleepily asked.
All the girls frown grimly at him and Sierra. It was Heather who was the first to speak up, "Alejandro won."
"WHAT?" Cody and Sierra say in unison.
"But how?" The fangirl asked.
"I have no idea, but he turned in his stuff just before we got there" Courtney elaborated to the best of her ability.
Chris walks up to the group as well, "Sorry ladies, but looks like one of you is leaving tonight"
Cody gulped as the girls look nervously at the ground.
**Alejandro**
The Latin approached his assistant, "Thank you, Chef. As part of our bargain… here you go…"
Alejandro handed Chef his final briefcase containing one thousand dollars.
"I'm so ashamed… but Chris pays me so little…" Chef confessed.
"Everyone has a price…" Alejandro cruelly sneered.
**Later on the Ship**
Cody apprehensively sits alone in his cabin, fearful of who is going home. Suddenly, he heard a knocking at his door. The geek nervously opens it with his one working arm to reveal it to be none other than Alejandro.
"…What do you want, Al?" Cody irritably asked.
"Cody, must you add insult to injury?" The Latin Mastermind asked ironically, "You have bested me, I acknowledge it"
"What are you talking about?" the geek inquired.
"During the tiebreaker in Siberia, I wanted to sabotage the female attraction to you, chico. But alas, it was to no avail. You have shared lips with all five of them and now they are all yours" Alejandro halfheartedly confessed.
"What are you planning?" Cody eyeballed him.
"Nothing, mi amigo. I was simply curious about whom you are going to choose"
"…"
"Or perhaps you feel you deserve the polygamy lifestyle…"
"I'm not a pig... or a Mormon…" the geek informed.
"Well surely you wouldn't pull on their heartstrings forever. With one of them leaving tonight, this could very well be your final chance to have the love of your life" Alejandro reminded and proceeded to leave after saying, "Best of luck, Romeo…"
C.C.
Cody "Ulterior motive aside, Al is right. I have to choose now… and… I've made my decision…"
**Sardine Ceremony**
All the girls nervously sit on the bleachers with Cody and Alejandro on the upper deck of the ship. Chris stood there before them after the votes were cast.
"Welcome back to the Sardine Ceremony everyone" the host began, "Since this could be the most suspenseful elimination yet, we're gonna try things a little bit differently. This ceremony will be like the same order of business in the latter half of last season. I will inform each vote individually as read"
The girls try to comfort Cody as they hope no hard feelings would be put against them despite the rivals they voted against.
Chris smiled at this, "Hehe… I remember when I was a young lad and the ladies were crazy for me!"
"Was that before or after Fame Town?" Heather sharply asked.
"I… uh… shut up!" the host angrily rebutted, "Now, let's get this elimination started.
Chris brought out the ballot box where he would read each vote himself. Everyone anxiously awaits each ballot reading.
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"Ahem, there's one vote for Cody" the host informed as the girls glare at Alejandro. Chris continued as he pulled another vote from the ballet box.
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"One vote for Courtney" The CIT only scowled.
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"One vote for Bridgette…." The surfer girl prayed.
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Chris pulls out the final ballot, "Just one more ballot left!" The girls trembled in anticipation, "And the person who gets their second and final vote is…"
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"This can't be right…" The host said to himself, "It's… Cody"
"WHAT?" All five girls gasp in unison. Even Alejandro was taken by surprise over this unexpected revelation. Cody only silently arises as the girls stare at him.
"…Cody… did you vote for yourself?" Sierra nervously asked him.
Cody sighed, "Yes… I did…"
"But why?" Gwen asked.
"Well I certainly wouldn't have voted for any of you, and with my arm out of commission, I had no chance at winning anyways" Cody gave them his gap toothed grin.
"Cody! You can't go!" Heather argued, "I need you… in my alliance! How can I go without you… in the finals?"
Chris also stepped in, "Cody! You can't walk away from my show without closure! It will be season three all over again!"
Cody gave a subtle smile as he turned back to his crushes, "Fair enough, because I've made my decision"
Bridgette, Courtney, Sierra, Heather, and Gwen all freeze as they await his answer, the geek approaches them one by one.
"Bridgette, you were one of the most warmhearted girls I've ever known. I could see myself enjoying new frontiers at your side. One of my greatest memories with you was when you taught me how to surf and bonding with me over our heartbreaks in Congo. We are indeed kindred spirits. Courtney, despite our differences in the past, I've grown very fond of you. As strange as it sounds, I find your bossiness and powerful attitude very alluring. And why Duncan would cheat on you is beyond me. Gwen, I always was crazy for you, seeing you finally wanting to test the waters with me means so much to me. Despite all that had happened between us, I've never, not even once, put blame on you. Sierra, you were the most loyal to me, you cared for me despite how harshly I treated you last season. You are more than just a fan, you are more than a best friend, you are beyond any kind of acquaintance a geek like me could ever hope for. Heather, it was you who took me this far. Overall, you treated me well since season three, in your own way. Time after time I was at the brink of breaking down. But you were there to pull me out of it. Thank you so much."
Cody steps towards the "Plank of Shame," before turning back at them once again, "And now, remembering the advice of a certain someone, my choice is obvious" The five girls fearfully cross their fingers and hope they are the one, "I choose…"
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"…no one"
There was no initial response to what he said, they just release their hand gestures and look back at him.
Cody smiled as his eyes begin to water, "Is it impossible to love each girl equally? I don't think so. Right before his elimination, Trent gave me sound advice that I haven't been able to figure out until now. He said, "Think of her first." I now know that he meant women in general. To give even one of you the thought that I'd choose another girl over you is a crime I couldn't even think about committing. So it would be better that I let you all go and hopefully I will feel the majority of the pain" Tears continue to pour down the geek's face, "I love you all so much… but I guess this is the best way to express it"
Bridgette, Heather, Courtney, Sierra, and Gwen share the same sadness as they, without saying a word, approach Cody. The five girls wrap their arms around the geek and formed a tearful group embrace with the geek. The firm hold the six shared, did not want to part. However, the center of it knew it was time.
The group hug broke and Cody takes his lifejacket. He proceeded down the "Plank of Shame" and turned to the girls on last time, "Kick Al's ass" And the geek jumped into the sea.
From the ship, the girls sadly watched Cody float to shore as the vessel sails away. They tearfully lose sight of him as the boat got further and further away.
Chris turned to the camera, "Well… I guess it's the end of that drama… Will Alejandro's luck finally run out? Will the girls end their conflict with each other now? How bad will I have to punish Chef this time?
Chef nervously gulped.
"Find out next time on Total… Drama… Luxury Tour!"
Competitors: Gwen, Heather, Bridgette, Courtney, Alejandro, Sierra
Peanut Gallery: Owen, Beth, Eva, Ezekiel, Harold, Noah, Trent, Geoff, Leshawna, Justin, Sadie, Katie, Izzy, DJ, Duncan, Lindsay, Tyler, Cody
Votes:
Alejandro – Cody
Gwen – Bridgette
Courtney – Gwen
Sierra – Heather
Heather – Sierra
Bridgette – Courtney
Cody – Cody
Eliminated:
Cody – Voted out
Leaving the show, time finally flowed at the pace Cody wanted it to. Strangely, the song "Be Yourself" by Audioslave plays in his head.
Someone falls to pieces
Sleeping all alone
Someone kills the pain
Spinning in the silence
To finally drift away
Relaxingly floating towards shore, the geek reflected on all that had transpired. He chuckled at his idiotic move of turning down the five more beautiful women in the world. But that's what love is… stupid. This is what separates him from Alejandro and Duncan. Where they would jump the gun and monopolize the medals in the Total Drama Babe Olympics, Cody would humbly turn in his for sportsmanship.
Someone gets excited
In a chapel yard
Catches a bouquet
Another lays a dozen
White roses on a grave
In retrospect, he probably wouldn't have changed a thing. He was glad he brought the best out of each of them. Heather would become a much nicer person to everyone. Courtney would be less hesitant on trusting others. Bridgette would be treated more like a person rather than a make out toy. Gwen would regain her shattered friendships after parting from the delinquent. And Sierra would still have Cody as her friend, and this decision would never etch any of the girls out of his life.
To be yourself is all that you can do
To be yourself is all that you can do
There was no better choice then parting on the best of terms with all of them. Keeping them all close in his heart was all he could do from now.
And even when you've paid enough, been pulled apart or been held up
With every single memory of the good or bad faces of luck
don't lose any sleep tonight
I'm sure everything will end up alright
You may win or lose
The rest was up to the girls. Alejandro had once again bested everyone here in Japan. But now that the geek wasn't there to hold everyone back, they could put aside their differences and maybe become friends. Cody prayed for Courtney to finally forgive Gwen. He hoped everyone would finally acknowledge that Heather changed. And he hoped Sierra would be thought of less like a stalker and more like the kind warmhearted admirer she really was.
But to be yourself is all that you can do
To be yourself is all that you can do
Cody sighed after the most overwhelming season of his life had finally passed. He had friends, he had enemies. He had romances, he had fights. He had taken blow after blow both internally and externally. But overall, it was his best season ever.
To be yourself is all that you can do
To be yourself is all that you can do
Be yourself is all that you can do
Be yourself is all that you can do
Breaking his long train of thought, Cody finds himself being raised from below by the Drama submarine.
"What the…" The geek asked in response as he is lifter out of the water. From the top of the sub, Billy the intern came out with a sheet of paper.
"Umm… kid, the host wants you to sign this waver regarding your injury in Russia" the intern informed.
"Okay, it might look a little crummy, I'm not left handed" The geek said as he signed his name on the form with his one working arm.
After receiving the signature, the intern hollered back inside the sub, "He signed it!"
As if on cue, none other than Blaineley popped out of the submarine, "Too easy!"
"Wait, what?" the geek asked, not knowing what he really signed up for as the intern grabbed him, "LET ME GO! WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME? WHAT DID I JUST SIGN?"
Blaineley turned to the camera. "That's right, viewers, what did Cody sign up for that could only be considered illegal if not for being in one of the few countries that would actually allow it? Find out in the final Aftermath of Total Drama Luxury Tour!"