A/N: Hey there! TigerSneak1 here bringing you the second chapter! Man, this was hard to write. I already had most of it written ahead of time for, like, a month, before I was finally able to get enough motivation to finish the damn thing. And all my other stuff is stalling just as badly. Whatever, at least I finished the thing. So here we have our contestants competing to decide their teams! The overall rules are identical to the first story, so if you don't remember, go read the first one again. Here's the second chapter!
Chapter 2
The sun was rising on the horizon. "Welcome back to Pokéspecial Survivor 2! We have our contestants, and we'll be moving onto our teams! To do so, we'll have a race! Depending on how they place, they will be placed in either Fire, Grass, or Water! The first obstacle is our three paths. They can choose whichever they like, and they'll have to face the consequence of their choice later on! After the paths converge, they'll go through the forest. Once they're done, we'll have them pick a partner. One will be blindfolded, and the other will be the eyes. They cannot advance unless both of them make it to the finish line. Matis! Gather the contestants!"
Once all the campers were gathered, Oak gave his final statement. "You know the rules. I'm not going to bother explaining again. But, for the sake of drama, we've hidden another immunity idol somewhere on the island. Find it, and it gives you a free immunity at a bonfire! Now, as you all know, the confessional cam is open for use. The other campers will be unable to see the video, it's solely for the audience's sake. Discuss whatever you feel like, be it plans, thoughts of the comepetition, whatever. Now, the way you go is thataway." He motioned vaguely behind him. "Go!"
Everyone jumped, and quickly made a dash for it.
*Confessionals*
Red: Here we go again. A second season. Everyone's here except for Green. He's still in the hospital. Serves him right. *sighs* This place really brings back the memories. I'm just glad that I'm with Yellow.
Yellow: A second season, and the first challenge is a race! And you know, we need a partner for the second part. I really want to be with Red. It's great to be back, too! Life was boring afterwards. I mean, a billion Pokédollars does help, but it just wasn't exciting.
Gold: Yeah! Gold's back in town for the second season! I'm ready to rock and roll! I really hope that I can get somewhere with Super Serious Gal. I mean, now that I know Silver's a guy, my whole perspective of him has changed. We're still friends! But, Crystal's been giving me a whole lot of weird looks because of it… She won't even make out with me now Silver's here! Well, it doesn't matter! No girl can resist my charms for too long! She'll be begging for me soon enough.
Silver: A second season. Well, I'm just happy to be back in my normal clothes. Stupid Blue, forcing me to cross-dress. It's not my fault I'm so beautiful! But even now, with my actual outfit, I've been called a girl fifteen times! Fifteen! And some of them are even from people that know me! Gold's been hitting on me on the ship, and it's really annoying. I mean, what the hell? He's really asking for a fist in his face, even if he is my friend.
Sapphire: A second season! I can finally show the world what Sapphire can really do! Plus, that scumbag Green is out of the picture, so nobody can manipulate me any more! And I don't even care if that priss Ruby fails again! It's bound to happen. I might as well win this!
Wally: Stupid Oak, forcing me to compete in the second season. He told me I'd be able to cure my disease! Well, if I won the prize, I might be able to get cured. But I'm really bad at athletic events. Oh... I hope I can win. I learned a couple of things as an intern though. Plus, I've got a last resort up my sleeve...
Pearl: That girl… She's so elegant. So beautiful. Platinum Berlitz. It's music to my ears. Diamond must feel the same way, but that's okay! A girl can't get between two great friends like us, right?
Platinum: Hmph. A race? How unladylike. But despite however the results are, I'll still win. I've been keeping track of every contestant, and I've developed a master plan. *holds up journal* I know where Green and Misty went wrong back in season one. I promise you, I'll do far better than they could ever dream of. Everything will go according to plan.
White: Wow, I'm actually in a competition! Both myself and my employee will be trying to win that gigantic prize. *drools* Think of all the things I can do with my company with 1 billion Pokédollars. Oh, and speaking of the BW Agency... If you over see one of our movies or programs, give us a shot!
N: To think that I would actually be competing in the second season. Well, nature shall give the true victor the prize they deserve. And those that sin shall receive just punishment. Ask Green. Oh wait! He's in the hospital! *snickers* Ah well, there are two true gems within my fellow competitors. They both have beauty like I have never seen before! I must get to know them. That blonde and that brunette. Such beauty! It's worth being in this just to meet those two. If I remember correctly, they're called Yellow and White.
All eighteen campers were scrambling to move forward, often pushing and shoving others. There were however, three lagging behind. they were Diamond and Pearl, kneeling to a composed Platinum.
"Lady Platinum, it would be unfitting for someone of your beauty and dignity to be reduced to mere running around," Diamond said with sparkles in his eyes.
"Yes! Let us help you so you don't dirty yourself!" Pearl continued.
Platinum had to smile to herself. What a pair of fools. Well, she could use this pair of fools. She had expected to have to manipulate the others into doing her will, but here were two who would fall over for her unconditionally! She nodded, and was picked up and carried, her sitting on the shoulder of each boy, Diamond on the right, and Pearl on the left.
Eventually though, a horde arrived at a clearing with three paths, clearly labelled A, B, and C. Some of the more rash campers charged straight ahead, like Gold, Sapphire, and Black. Most decided they'd think about it. Crystal hesitated a second in the clearing before following the first three.
White sidled up to Blue and Silver, hoping that she could follow them and avoid obstacles that they trigger.
"Where are you two girls going?"
A vein twitched in Silver's temple. "Girls? I'm a guy!"
White turned in shock. "A guy? No, that's not possible. You have to be a girl. She's a girl right?" She asked Blue.
"Gah! Another one? Can't you see me for what I am? Sis, let's just take C." He dragged Blue off.
White stood there for a second, before crying, "Hey! Wait for me!" and rushing after them.
Yellow concentrated for a second before turning towards path A. "Red, let's go that way." She pointed towards her choice and pulled on Red's sleeve. He shrugged and followed her lead. N followed them, after doing the same thing as Yellow.
Wally went up to Ruby, who was a little disappointed that Sapphire ran off without him.
"Do you have any idea where you're going?" he asked.
Ruby turned and appraised this sick teenager in front of him. He decided it didn't matter, and said, "I was thinking of going to Path B..."
"After your girlfriend right?"
"Ye-wait no! She's not my girlfriend!" Ruby angrily shouted.
"Whoa! No need to get defensive! It's alright. I mean, it's completely obvious, but let's just go."
"What do you mean, completely obvious?"
Platinum arrived on the shoulders of her two new man-slaves. She directed them towards path C, and the two obeyed, like the love struck idiots they were.
The final three in the clearing were thinking about their choice. Or at least two were.
"Hey Cheren! I just saw this adorable couple! One was a blonde girl, and the other was a black haired guy, and they were just so KAWAII together! Can't we follow them?"
"Ugh, Bianca shut up! I'm trying to think here! Or is your mouth incapable of closing? Or maybe your brain's broken?"
"Oh yeah, we're choosing! I forgot. Let's see... We have A, B, and C... A-B-C..." She gasped coming to what was hopefully a critical line of thinking.
"A-B-C! It's the alphabet!" She cried with a triumphant look. "I know how that goes, A-B-C-D-E-F-G," she sang.
SMACK
Bianca staggered back, a red handprint on her cheek. Both she and Cheren looked up in shock and fear of the girl standing with her hand up.
"We're going through A. If you say one more word, soon you won't have a head for me to slap," Lyra threatened.
"Well, I won't deny that that was extremely necessary, but could you possibly get aggravated more easily?" Cheren pushed his glasses up. "Whatever, let's just go."
Lyra glared at Cheren before turning away and marching forward. Cheren and Bianca followed suit.
Path A
"Hey, Yel. Why'd you pick this path?"
"Umm... I felt like it was right, but I'm not too sure, Red."
"You felt it was right?"
"Well, it was the best. I mean, path B was kinda black and path C looked pinkish. Path A was yellow, so I chose that one."
"Because your name is Yellow, right? That's a pretty simple way of picking a path."
The blonde flushed a little before replying, "No, it just... felt better."
"You can see it too?" N suddenly invaded their conversation. He curiosity was piqued, he'd just heard something very familiar.
Yellow squealed adorably, and clutched Red's arm before blushing a deep red and asking, "See what?"
"You can read the nature of things."
"The nature of things?" She cocked her head in confusion.
"Yes, their nature. Different natures give off different colors. For example, I'm sure that path B has something unpleasant in it. Nothing black can possibly be good. Can you hear Pokémon too?"
"Uhh... Y-yeah..."
N nodded in understanding. She had to be the same as him. He took a look at Yellow's color, which was a not very surprising yellow. The boy standing next to her was red, but there was an orange string connecting them by their pinkies. That certainly was strange, N had never seen anything like that be-
SPLAT
"What the hell is this?"
All three of them were covered in yellow goo. They looked up and saw a shadow retreating, before appraising themselves.
Yellow sniffed the offending material, then put some of the goo in her mouth. "It's honey," she commented.
"What the-" Lyra, Bianca, and Cheren had just walked in view of the honey covered trio.
"Watch out!" Yellow cried. The shadow had returned and just heaved another bucketful of ho-
SPLAT
All six were now drenched in the sticky nectar.
"Well, this is fantastic," Cheren said. "There's nothing I like better in the morning than honey. Not only are we completely covered, but we're gonna have to keep it until we can shower.
Bianca was already eating hers, and stared at Cheren with a hungry glare. Because he had a lot more honey on him. What were you thinking? Get your mind out of the gutter! Bianca sidled up to Cheren and started, "Hey, you wouldn't mind if I ate some of tha-"
"Oh, shut up, let's just keep going," Lyra interjected.
They looked at each other, and seeing agreement walked on ahead. N remembered one of his previous statements, and had to feel a little sorry for path B.
B path
"Ugh, this stinks. Literally. I think we chose the worst path."
The lucky six that chose path B were covered head to toe in foul trash. They were still picking the more unsavory items off their bodies.
Black was still picking away at the leftovers from last night's dinner.
Sapphire was dealing with what looked like raw sewage, but was too busy laughing at Ruby to care.
The boy in question was frantically wiping all of the offending material from his body. Unfortunately for him, some of it was in a liquid form, and created some rather unpleasant and horrible smelling stains.
Crys had shrieked when the garbage hit her and Gold quickly ran over, hoping to get some gratitude for helping get the trash off her. Unfortunately, Crys misinterpreted the gesture, and kicked him for sexual harassment.
Wally coughed at the foul smell. He wheezed for a bit before he was finally able to settle down. Long story short, they were not pleased with Oak. Eventually discussion turned to what they'd do to the host of the show.
"I'd force him to eat the stuff he calls food."
"I'd force him to receive the same punishment Green received. That would be fun to watch. That Scizor must hit hard."
"I'd cut off his balls and grind them up in front of him."
"I'd force him to be unfashionable for the rest of his life." The other five stared at Ruby. "What? It's way worse than either of your ideas."
"You idiot," Sapphire mumbled. "How can I be in love with you?"
Everyone stared at Sapphire who blushed a dark crimson. "I didn't say that."
They kept moving forward, ignoring Sapphire's obvious discontent.
Path C
Platinum was sitting comfortably upon her two slaves. They were moving at a reasonable pace, and were quickly moving ahead. They stopped upon seeing the three ahead of them; Blue, Silver, and White, sniffing at their clothes.
"What are you girls doing?" Dia asked.
They looked up, and Blue frowned.
"I could say the same thing. Why are you... doing that?"
"Doing what?"
"...That."
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Wait a sec, sis. Guy in the red beret, did you just call me a girl?"
"Uhh... Is this a trick question? Pearl, you didn't plan this and give her a fan, did you?
"Oh come on, Dia. You know I wouldn't give my fan to anybody, even if it was a really pretty girl."
"I'M NOT A GIRL!"
As the red-headed-supposedly-not-female girl argued with her minions, Platinum suddenly noticed a pinkish powder falling around her. It was gathering on her hair, clothes, everywhere. She remembered seeing something like this before, in her research, but couldn't place her finger on it.
"Oh, it's on you too now," White observed.
Platinum quickly brushed off the powder and motioned for her slaves to move forward. Apparently, because she was on the two of them, barely any got on them, but it probably didn't matter. They moved on, and the other three, after cautionary sniffs, moved too.
Combined Path
Slightly anxious with his appearance now, Ruby squirmed and looked at the other contestants to distract himself. Path A was largely covered in a yellow goop, and C was smelling very sweet.
Oak grinned in front of the combined mass. A third were yellow, a third were pink, and a third were just plain unlucky. Or maybe lucky, depending on your point of view. All of them were smart enough to wait for his instructions, he gave them that. They also knew that their elimination wasn't up at stake yet, so they were a bit arrogant with their pace. Walking along the paths. It was inexcusable Well, he'd set them right.
"All right, so since all of you decided to wait for instructions, here they are. You see the forest in front of you? You'll be trying to go through. There's no path and no way of knowing which direction is which. At the end of the forest, you'll get another set of instructions. If you arrive earlier, you get a more detailed set. Alright, go!"
*Confessionals*
Yellow: Natures? I already knew I could hear the Pokémon, but I'd never thought that the colors I saw were inner souls. Huh. I could use this. I already have a billion, but it'd be nice to have two. I just got a big advantage. No hard feelings N, but you were really stupid to tell me this. Even right after, I can use it. I just so happened to see a very nice white glow coming from inside the forest. I'll bring Red to check it out. Hopefully we'll find something good. The honey wasn't that bad after all.
Blue: Silver's being really snappy these days. Don't know what it is. I let him come in his regular clothes after all. Hmph, he should be a lot more grateful. I've had to give up so much for him. But... There's this one dress I'm dying to see him in. Complete with panties, bra, and padding for C-cup breasts! I'll get him in it if it's the last thing I do! *leans back in her chair and falls over* I'm okay.
Crystal: So we have to go through the forest? The one infested with Pokémon? And then we need a partner on the other side. I'm probably going to have to follow Gold and make sure we get there at the same time so I don't have to wait for a partner.
Ruby: Yuck, yuck, yuck! Is that part of the fish from yesterday? That stuff was inedible! And then there's part of the over greased french fries. And then all this other stuff that makes my stomach turn.
Diamond: I can't believe it! I could've gotten leftovers or honey if I went to the other paths! But the Lady had told us to go to path C, and I must do whatever she wants. She's so pretty... And beautiful... And pretty... And beautiful...
Black: Hell to the yeah! Let's get on with this! So this is the confessional cam? Sweet! So, while I'm here I just wanna thank my mom and dad for being awesome. Oh, and I want to tell you guys I'm gonna win this thing! Then I'm gonna become champ of the Unova League! Watch me people, this guy's gonna fly to the top!
Platinum: What is this powder? It's pink, it's sickeningly sweet, it's... oddly familiar. I am absolutely certain I have read something about this. Where was it? What was it? Was it Pokémon related? Wait... Maybe it's... Could it be? I don't think so. Unless... Oh... that's the idea... I can't believe that commoner. He has such crude ideas. I am certain. It has to be...
Gold: Pokémon pheromones. Hey, I'm a breeder, I know about these things. I picked it up as soon as the guys from path C came in. And since we're headed through the forest, there'll be plenty of Pokémon. So then... The males will go after the pheromones, the females will go after the honey, and they'll all avoid the garbage. That wasn't bad thinking on Oak's part. Well at least I'll be able to get through quickly.
"Heh, it's nice to be complimented for once. Matis, mark that down. And Platinum thinks she can get away with insulting me? Mark that down too. Well, our campers will now be facing the desires of all the Pokémon we placed in the forest! Just for variety I've had Siba (Bruno) place a few more kinds in. Who will come out ahead? Who will be ripped apart recognizably? Find out next time on, POKE... SPECIAL... SURVIVOR... 2!"
A/N: So that's the first part of the first challenge! I'm not sure but this may be two or even three chapters for dividing up the teams. We know the true consequence of the paths they picked. Again, I'm in desperate need of challenges! Guest (I don't know what else to call him) has provided one, and if he's reading this, I wanna let him know that I'm going to tweak it a bit, but use the general idea. Feel free to suggest anything you'd like to see! 'Til next time on POKESPECIAL SURVIVOR 2!