A/N: We now go under the sea in Bikini Bottom for the Fry Cook Games! Which team will prevail?

Reviews:

G-Man 2.0: Already addressed most of it in the Discord, so I won't type the whole thing out again. But I won't spend time talking about why I disagree other than that. I'll let the chapter do that for me. Actions speak louder than words.

As for Chris, I didn't see him making it further than Dan. Maybe both making the merge but that's about it.

Zaksauruszilla: Yes. But only for challenges that would make sense for it.

The Swooce: You're not the only one. I believe you're at least the third person that's rooting for him(though I'm not sure if DrunkenDonuts' belief of him winning was a joke or not).

Teams:

Radical Rats:

Noah, Bennett, Emma, X, Zero & Axl, Albedo, Falcon, Rick & Morty, Sendo, Akko, Sucy, Lotte & Diana, Blaze, Puss, Rally, May & Becky F., Becky B., Yulaw, Rocky, Kurt, Tangle, Lanolin & Whisper, Rei, Dawn, Adrien, Owen, Priya, MacArthur & Sanders, Hiruma, Sena/Eyeshield, Kurita, Monta & Mamori, Natsu, Lucy & Happy, Kagami, Kise, Kuroko, Zee, Cicini

Storm Kings:

Jotaro, Todd and Riley, Huey F., Paul, Skipper, Sophie, Bren, Courtney, Rex and Bobo, Mona, Marinette, Reimu, Razer, Din Djarin, Zak S., Team RWBY+Penny, Ben and Rook, Octavia, Eliza, Huey D., Dewey and Louie, Heather and Alejandro, Luz, Aomine, Midorima, Akashi, Sebastian, Isagi and Bachira, Sly, Mayuzumi, Maki, Ryoma Echizen

Wave Breakers:

Mr. Wolf, Dwayne, Urien, Ayame and Ryoma(Power Stone), Toxsa, Reagan, Blaineley, Jenny, Karin, Julie, Launch, Randy, Molly, Scratch and Libby, Team JET: Kaz, Fiona, Diego, Myron and Shiro, Hailey and Scott, Johnny,Zoey, Haizaki, Zak M, Hanamiya, Hinata, Kageyama and Tsukishma, Eijun, Miyuki and Furuya, Kunigami, Dan, Nimona, Bakura, Bass, Ruby G., Shawn and Jasmine, Asta and Noelle

Eliminated:

164th- Dragonfly Jones(Radical Rats)-Martin Sitcom

163rd- Richie and Virgil(Wave Breakers)- Static Shock

162nd- Cameron(Storm Kings)- Total Drama

161st- Duncan(Wave Breakers)- Total Drama

160th- Chris P.(Wave Breakers)- Dan VS

Intern:

Heloise(Jimmy-Two Shoes)

Hired Gun:

Doyle Blackwell(Secret Saturdays)

"Last time on Total Drama Across the Multiverse! It was another combat challenge! And this time, the contestants got to beat up on each other instead of simulations!"

Footage of Chris explaining the challenge was shown.

"And the action all took place at the World Martial Arts Tournament! The same tournament that it's current champion and eventual late entry onto this season, Hercule participated in! And lucky, or unlucky for some of the people there like Sendo, he was also in charge of firing up the crowd and the contestants before the match by singing out the lyrics for his favorite song Eyes of the Lion!"

Footage of Hercule introducing himself to the crowd and contestants and singing Eyes of the Lion was shown.

"Afterwards, it was on with the tournament, with Hercule and the tournament's own announcer, providing the commentary for these matches, which by the way, would be run via 2v2, round robin style. We got some pretty interesting matchups, but it all ended with one team winning each. Which meant it all came down to a final 6-player battle royale sudden death fight!"

Footage of the first three fights between the teams in the tournament was shown.

"Things got really wacky in the haunted mansion, but in the end, it was the Rats that came out as champion, with Zee making sure the whole world knows it too, as the winning requirement after getting the microphone was to say 'I am the champion'!" Chris said.

Footage of the final fight with Zee, thanks to a trick from Hiruma, declared "I am the champion"n into the mic and claiming victory for his team.

"As for the Kings, they would get second, as they scored two knockouts in this fight. The Breakers would lose yet again and would be forced to send their third team member home this season. But trust and believe, both teams were not happy with what happened at the end."

Footage of Courtney taking Aomine's water bottle out of his hand and throwing it on the ground, Heather being in frustration, along with Kunigami and Launch all being equally, if not more in some of their cases mad at what just occurred.

"Regardless though, that didn't change the fact that someone had to leave today. And that someone was Chris. No, not mem thankfully! Chris Pearson! Bummer man! Why couldn't it have been Blaineley instead of him?"

Footage of Chris P. being eliminated was shown.

"Won't complain though. I got to see Blaineley get socked in the face in the stomach a couple of times so it all evens out, even if it was just VR. Now then, find out what these contestants get up to next under the sea on this episode of Total…. Drama…..Across the Multiverse!"

*Total Drama Across the Multiverse Intro Plays*

Today's Challenge Inspiration:

Spongebob Squarepants Season 2 Episode: The Fry Cook Games

Slight Inspiration for me to even consider doing this episode:

UnchartedCoast2's Total Drama Universe Episode 9: Total Drama Universe Olympics on FF Dot Net

Special Guests for Today's Episode:

Realistic Fish Head, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Squidward, Patrick and Spongebob(Spongebob Squarepants)

Featured Song:

Sweet Victory created by David Glen Eisley and Bob Kulick and performed by David Glen Eisley(Spongebob Squarepants)

Midorima's Lucky Item:

A small orange alarm clock

It was around the afternoon. All of the usual suspects were up and kicking around the island, the mansion or their own rooms, while the usual ones, like Ryoma Echizen and Reimu, were resting under a tree.

Though what stood out the most was the group that was gathered. It was the entirety of the Wave Breakers. Well, except one. Mr. Wolf, Molly, Reagan, Miyuki, Launch, Hanamiya and Kageyama were all seen standing up with a board behind them. With the first four on the right side and the other three on the left

"Alright. Glad you guys decided to come here, I-" Reagan said.

Haizaki came in last. "Ah! Sorry I'm late!"

Reagan sighed. "Just go ahead and sit down."

"No chairs? Whatever." Haizaki said before sitting down.

Reagan internally rolled her eyes.

***Confessional***

Reagan(Wave Breakers):

"Honestly, knowing him, I expected him to not show up at all. So I'll take it."

***End Confessional***

"Okay, thank you all for coming! I know this is uh, pretty abrupt and sudden. And some of you might have been doing something important. Or not so important. I can't say. But still, the fact that you even showed up at all means a lot." Reagan said. "So again, thank you. Now then, I know some of you have been concerned about the challenges. And about our current slump. I don't need to tell you that we've only won one elimination challenge. And even in that one we never got to experience first class. Even with the addition of Asta and Noelle, it's pretty clear that there's some things that we need to address."

"First things first! If you got a question, raise your hand! Be loud and you're gonna pay for it!" Launch warned, who, from how she was talking, was a clear indication that she was in her bad personality.

"Also, it would kind of be rude. Please don't be rude and listen closely! Any questions will be answered as best as possible." Molly said.

"With the help of Hanamiya, who's actually been observing everyone and Myron, who has footage of us competing from past episodes, thank you live television! We too have been able to gather a bit of info about the other teams other than what we've seen." Reagan continued. "So, first up, we'll get to that." She said before gesturing to the board behind her which had a rat on it. There were drawings of Hiruma, Lanolin, X, Mamori, Kuroko, Kise, Kagami, Bennett, Puss, Cicini, Morty, Lucy and Natsu's faces on them, courtesy of Ayame, which were pretty impressive drawings on her part.

"The Rats. Really energetic. Buncha hotheads and loudmouths. Stuff you've probably figured out on your own since you've been here I've bet. But even with that, they're still a good team. Lanolin, Hiruma and X are their leader figures it seems. If I could say anything, Lanolin and X represent order while Hiruma represents chaos. And somehow, Hiruma's chaos has been working. As crazy as he is, the guy definitely knows what he's doing." Mr. Wolf said.

"From what Miyuki has confirmed, those signs that he did with Mamori were also real." Myron said.

"Yep! Good luck trying to figure them out though. The dude has made it impossible for me to understand." Miyuki said.

Fiona raised a hand. "Question."

"Go ahead." Reagan said.

"So it's clear we can't understand the signs. I'm assuming you still got a plan to stop them right?" Fiona asked.

"Yep! Go with plans just as unorthodox!" Miyuki said with a grin.

"What!? You can't be serious. That may work for them, but how do you know this'll work for us?" Fiona asked.

"That's the thing. We don't. But you could say the same thing about them." Mr. Wolf said. "From a guy that's been on heists multiple occasions with his crew, these plans that he's come up with are organized, but super risky. The reason why they've been working is the element of surprise. No one expects him to do half the stuff he does, or expects it to work. So it catches you off guard. And the second you catch on to what's happening, it's too late." Mr. Wolf explained.

"Next up are some notable guys on that team. There's a lot of good people on that team, but let's dwindle things down to a few. First up, Natsu." Myron started before playing footage of his fight in the last challenge and his battle against the dinosaur in the Gran Prix challenge.

"It's no mistake that Natsu is definitely a powerhouse. A great fighter that also knows how to use fire magic." Myron started.

"Wait, did you say Fire Magic?" Asta said. "I can cut thro-"

Bullets were suddenly shot in his direction, causing him to suddenly duck.

"What did I just say earlier!?" Launch yelled out.

"I'm sorry! I'll raise my hand next time!"

"Good. You better. Consider that your first and last warning." Launch said.

"You were saying something about cutting through something. What was it?" Myron asked.

"If that's magic, I can cut through it." Asta said.

"What do you mean by cut through it?" Diego asked.

"To be honest, I have no mana, so I can't use magic. But, that doesn't mean I still can't fight. And if Natsu's a magic user, then I can take him!" Asta said.

"Anti-Magic huh? Interesting. It's just a guess, but can it nullify any type of magic?" Myron asked.

Asta nodded. "Yes!" Asta said.

"If that's the case, then Asta is exactly what we need to hard counter Sophie, Akko, Natsu, and all other magic users." Myron said. "Still though, it'll be easier said than done. Once we see it in action, we'll have a better idea of how it'll work."

"Next up, Kuroko. From what Hanamiya has told us, Kuroko is considered the Phantom Sixth Man in his basketball teams."

"From what I've seen going against him last year, he's a very good player. He can be a reliable support teammate for them even though he hasn't had much action this season yet. It doesn't seem like it but, he's a high priority on who we need to stop." Hanamiya said.

"You sure about that? No offense, but I think Natsu, Albedo and some of the others are bigger threats than him." Fiona said.

"I can't knock you for thinking that. They're strong, yes. But Kuroko can singlehandedly turn the tides of a game with his support. He doesn't do much. Nor is he as fast, as strong, or as skilled as most if not all of his teammates. But his role as a support player is top notch. He knows his role and plays it exceptionally well. The longer he stays here and gets used to his teammates, the more of a problem he and his team are going to be later on. The best way to stop him is to isolate him in a one-on-one challenge or situation. When he doesn't have a teammate to help, he's a lot easier to deal with. And to see." Hanamiya explained. The screen changed to Kagami during the AT challenge.

"Next is Kagami. We all know about his high jumps. But that's not what I wanted to focus on. It's the Zone. As we saw with both Haizaki and Kagami, the Zone is beneficial but it has its weak points. Once it runs out, a lot of energy is drained from the user. Maybe try to outlast him and Aomine and then see what happens." Myron explained.

"And finally, although he's not there, Albedo. Very versatile. He seems to be able to do the same things that Ben can, or at least very similar. So he's definitely someone to keep an eye on."

"We could talk about more, but we'll wrap things up there. Next up is the Kings." Reagan said changing the picture to another one with more well-made drawings of Din's helmet, Sebastian, Sophie, Paul, Akashi, Midorima, Ben and Huey Freeman.

"A very different team compared to the Rats. Oddly enough, many of them are pretty reserved. I guess you could say for many of them that actions speak louder than words." Myron said.

"They're still very versatile though. Leadership with even-keeled personalities has helped them out greatly. Paul's Pokemon, Akashi's ability to share the Zone, Din's weapons, Ben's aliens, Sophie's magic and Sly's craftiness, they're a very powerful team with so many different tools at their disposal."

"However, that doesn't mean they're unbeatable. Miracles or not, Akashi, Midorima and Aomine still have their fair share of weaknesses." Hanamiya said.

"Akashi might not seem like he does much compared to the others, but that doesn't mean a damn thing. For a point guard, he's exactly what he needs to be. Bringing the best out of his teammates and supporting them is his game. The Zone sharing is a bonus. Unlike Kuroko though, he doesn't need to rely on fancy tricks to do it. I've been hearing the Emperor Eye being thrown around like it's some mystery." Hanamiya said before laughing. "Don't let those guys scare you with that. It's nothing to be afraid of. Stop him from supporting his teammates and you stop him."

Kaz raised a hand.

"Go ahead." Reagan said.

"So what does the Emperor Eye do exactly?"

"Easy. It allows him to see the future."

"WHAT!?" Several of them said simultaneously.

"And you really don't think that's nothing to be scared of?" Fiona said in disbelief.

"Relax. This dumba[censored] is just messing with you." Haizaki said.

Hanamiya laughed a little. "This guy gets it. Lighten up a little."

"It's not that I get anything. I'm just not gonna let you get away with tellin' an obvious lie. If that really was the case, then he wouldn't need his teammates." Haizaki said.

"Pretty ironic. On both fronts coming from you." Karin said.

"Didn't ask. Don't care." Haizaki said.

"Considering most people here understandably discard your opinions, I think you're the last person to be dismissive of someone's opinions." Karin said.

"You guys can fight each other later. For now, gotta stay on topic." Mr. Wolf said.

"Anyways, it doesn't actually let him see the future. It just allows him to predict the moves of opponents." Hanamiya said.

"That's still not encouraging." Julie said.

"Thing is though, his Emperor Eye's effective because he knows when to use it. The accuracy of it when he does is so damn good it actually does look like he can. But if he can't predict your movements then it might as well not exist at all. And even if he can, that doesn't mean he'll always be able to do something about it. Kuroko and Kagami being able to beat it is proof that it isn't as unbeatable as people make it out to be."

"Also, out of all of them, he's really on the short side. Other than Kuroko that is." Jasmine said.

"So the key to stopping it is to be unpredictable. Got it!" Asta said.

"Then there's Midorima. His accuracy and range is all he's got. Everything else about him is nothing special. And sure, Aomine's fast. And his circus stuff seems impossible to stop, but that also is possible to beat."

"Granted, you should take what I'm saying with a grain of salt. I haven't gone against any of the others since middle school so I'm sure they've gotten better since then. I only know what I know about Kuroko and Kagami defeating Akashi because I actually went to watch the game."

"In other words, I don't know why you guys are so worried after losing 3 games. We haven't even reached ten episodes yet and you all want to hit the panic button. Especially you." He said, turning to Launch.

"You wanna say that again frog brows?" Launch said, trying not to punch him. But he ignored it and faced the rest of the team again.

"This team is fine as it is. Having Asta and Noelle are welcoming additions. Especially since Asta can counter magic. I'm honestly a little hurt you never told us this sooner."

"Sorry. You're right." Asta said.

"Idiot. If anything I would have been p*ssed off if you would have been eliminated with such a useful ability." Hanamiya thought.

"If this team was 'fine as it is', how come we've only won one game?" Dan asked.

"Well, honestly, those games could have gone any way. Unfortunately though, none of them but one did. Look at it this way, maybe if those losses didn't happen we wouldn't have these two here to help us. We'll be on a path to winning soon. All you need is a little a patience." Hanamiya said, a bit of a smirk appearing on his face.

"Well, that patience is going to pay off people." Reagan said before picking up a case. "Behold!"

A glove was seen.

"Great! What is it?" Scott asked.

"I call it the Glove of Power!" Reagan said.

"So, what does it do?" Hinata asked.

"Does it come in different colors?" Scott asked.

Hailey gave Scott a look.

"What? Not everyone likes dark grey and blue."

"It's true. Can't have that clashin' with my outfit." Johnny said.

Hailey could only sigh and shake her head.

"Well I'm glad to see you're all excited about it. This glove is a one-size fits all. In multiple ways. Other than size obviously." Reagan said before putting the glove on. "It's multipurpose! Strength!" She said before punching the board behind her, leaving a gaping hole in it.

"Great. Now we can't use the board again." Mr. Wolf said.

"Ooh. Yeah, my bad. Maybe that wasn't a good idea in hindsight." Reagan said.

"Defense!"

A shield appeared.

"And weapons!"

The glove changed to a cannon blaster(think of the Busters that Mega Man, Bass, X and Zero use in the Mega Man games). It then changed back to normal and changed to a sword, a pistol, an automatic rifle, a staff and a polearm.

"It's not much, but it does help our normal guys on this team have a fairer shot at winning against some of the super-powered guys on the other teams. Remember, I said fairer shot. I didn't say you'd win automatically. You still have to use your brain. So please keep that in mind before you use this and automatically try to punch someone five times bigger than you. Will it help? Yes. But don't think you can just duke it out with Godzilla and win." Reagan explained. "By the way, I have three here besides this one. They could use some field testing."

Nimona started to raise her hand.

"Please don't raise your hand if you have powers. This is for the people that don't have them." Reagan said.

"Does not having magic count?" Asta asked.

"You have your sword and anti-magic so you'd be excluded. Okay, to make this easier. If you have powers or something else with abilities raise your hand."

Zak, Nimona, Ruby and several others raised their hands.

"Haizaki, you count in this too."

"What? I can't do half the crap these guys can." Haizaki said.

"But you still have the Zone and you have pillage. It's not much but you still don't fit the criteria we're looking for." Myron said.

"Alright, fine." Haizaki said before putting himself in the excluded group as well.

"Okay. Now then, everyone that didn't raise their hand. To prevent any chaos and fighting, I'm going to do this via random drawing. If you don't get picked, that's fine. I have plans to make more. I just need to make sure what's been made so far works." Reagan said before entering all of their names on her phone and using a random picker.

"Randy! Dwayne! Hanamiya! Looks like you'll be the three that'll give this a try."

"Cool!" Randy said.

"You can pass it on to someone else." Hanamiya said.

"Really? You sure? I know you haven't been in that many challenges, but you didn't raise your hand about having something." Reagan said.

"I think it's only fair that someone else gets a shot. I can take care of myself."

"Okay." Another name was chosen. "Well Blaineley, looks like you'll get a shot at it."

"Great! They do feel comfortable to wear right?" Blaineley asked.

"Try it for yourself!" Reagan insisted.

After trying on the gloves, they surprisingly fit snug to the three users.

"Hey, these do feel pretty comfortable!" Dwayne said, balling up his right hand which had the glove on it into a fist.

Randy decided to use a sword and did several quick and rather impressive slices with it for someone like him. "Oh this is schnasty. In a good way."

"Those were some impressive slices Randy. Do you train?" Ryoma asked.

"Yeah. At the dojo of awesomeness that is Randy Cunningham!"

"I see. You certainly aren't lacking confidence that's for sure."

***Confessional***

Randy(Wave Breakers):

"You know what? This really works out. I get to use my ninja skills without having to actually be the ninja. Reagan, you are the MBP! What does that mean you ask? Most Brucest Player. Copyright Randy Cunningham!"

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Toxsa(Wave Breakers):

"Now this is a game-changing power boost! And there's a shield and a staff? Only thing that would make this better is if I could wield both at the same time. Next skill upgrade for that when Reagan?"

***End Confessional***

"Okay! Now that you guys have gotten a feel for how they work, the next thing to do is practice! Let's try a couple of sparring matches with them." Reagan said. "Any questions before we start?"

Eijun raised a hand.

"Yes Eijun?"

"So, who will be our commanders on this team?"

"Commanders?" Reagan repeated, eyebrow raised.

"Maybe stick to things on topic." Fiona said.

"Let him finish. I want to hear what he has to say." Kageyama said.

Miyuki could only smile. He knew whatever Eijun was about to say, even if it was stupid, would be amusing at the very least.

"Well, it's like you guys said, the other teams have clear leaders." Eijun said before deciding to be blunt on his next statement. "From what I noticed so far….. this team doesn't have one."

"Do we really need one though?" Haizaki said, shrugging.

"Yes!" Eijun insisted.

"Let me guess. You're going to say you need to be the leader." Mr. Wolf said.

"No. There's only one thing I want to be: The Ace!" Eijun said. "I've seen firsthand what it means. And what it takes to be a true leader. A leader. A commander. Captain. General. Sergeant. Those aren't just isn't positions that should be handed to someone just because they have power." He said, the first image in his head fitting a true leader being his coach Kataoka, with him recalling one of the things his coach said.

"Every throw, every step and every swing are a reflection of your true selves. No need to waver! Believe in your own style!"

"Even if I want to be the Ace, I could never say I could handle the responsibilities of being a coach. Of being a leader of so many. That's what you must be willing to take on when you're in those positions. So, I have to ask this question: Are any of you willing to take on that responsibility?"

The entire team was silent for a few seconds.

"I'll take it." Reagan said.

"You sure? Doing that and keeping up with inventing all of this stuff for us seems like a lot." Dwayne said.

"I'll take that responsibility too." Hanamiya said. "She doesn't deserve to try to handle all of that on her own."

"Thanks. You really don't have to though." Reagan said.

"Hey, I insist. I am a captain and coach of my high school team after all."

"Wait, what? Why didn't you tell us something like this earlier?" Hinata asked.

"Just didn't think it was that important to bring up. I'm sorry."

"I don't get it. If you play for the team, how can you be the coach too?" Diego asked. "Then again, I don't exactly follow sports that much so it might be a stupid question." He said before laughing a little.

"Previous coach left after my first year. Unfortunate, but I got called on to take over." Hanamiya said.

"Why you? They couldn't find another coach?" Kageyama asked.

"Guess not. We've been doing pretty well even so. I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

"What position do you play? Just a little curious." Hinata said.

"Point guard."

"Those are three very important roles you have to play on your team. Isn't that stressful?"

"Look, I get you're concerned, but if he thinks he can handle it, he can knock himself out." Tsukishima said.

"I'll admit, it's not easy. But, I'm willing to take that challenge. Just like I'm willing to take this one."

"I'll take it too!" Kaz said.

"I was in charge of my own crew. I can definitely take leading this band of misfits." Mr. Wolf said.

"Personally, I think all of us should take at least some of that responsibility, even if it's just a little. I mean, we're all going to have to rely on one another during at least one of these challenges I would think." Jasmine said.

"Well, it might be now." Doyle said, showing up. "You guys got a challenge today. Other teams are waiting for you so you might wanna hurry up before Chris gets really mad."

"Yes! Let's go!" Eijun yelled out, already running.

"Well, luckily, he's headed the right way. You might wanna follow him."

"But what about-" Julie started.

"You don't need to take anything with you. At least that's what I've been told from Chris. Unless you want it ruined." Doyle said.

Meanwhile, the other two teams were with Chris with Midorima listening to the horoscope for the day for Cancers.

"Today is a day of familiarity. If you had a good day then, keep it up! Maybe even find a way to improve. If you had a bad one. This is your chance to make this day a little different. And to match that, your lucky item for today is once again a small orange alarm clock! Next are Virgos! Who are-"

Midorima turned off his phone and took out his headphones.

"Where are you going?" Isagi asked.

"To retrieve my lucky item. Considering the third team isn't hear yet, that shouldn't be much of a problem I'd think. It won't take long." Midorima said before walking away.

"A day of familiarity. I see. On that day, we were able to win. As long as we all do our part and do our absolute best, we can repeat it. If not, there's no guarantee that it'll happen. There are no guarantees." Midorima thought.

***Confessional***

Midorima(Storm Kings):

"Even if we have won the most, something that I myself cannot verify as I have yet to actually count, nor do I care to, I won't waver in what I do. Complacency leads to poor performance. And poor performance leads to losses. I will do everything in my power to achieve victory. That is a motto that I will continue to follow every single day. In every single game. Before Total Drama. During it. And after it. Basketball or not. That will never change. No matter how many games we win."

***End Confessional***

The Breakers joined the other two teams, with Midorima being with them not long after, alarm clock in his left hand.

"Finally! Jeez. What the heck were you guys doing?" Chris asked.

"Team meeting. Real important bonding stuff." Molly said.

"You're doing all of this just to get second or last place again." Heather said.

"You're assuming this when you don't even know what the challenge is." Kageyama said.

"You guys keep saying this as if the outcome has changed any time." Courtney said.

"Come on then. You think you're hot s[censored]. Take us on in the next challenge." Haizaki said.

"I'll be more than willing to take you on Haizaki." Aomine said, grinning. The same grin he had after seeing Kagami in the Zone during the AT challenge. "Let's see what that Zone can do."

"I don't need it to beat your a[censored] Daiki." Haizaki said, smiling back.

"No way. That look. Aominecchi. That's the same look he had when Kagamicchi entered the Zone." Kise thought in disbelief.

"Big talk. Where was that energy back in middle school?" Aomine replied back.

"Let's go guys! We've already wasted enough time! You're going to need these before you go in. We're headed underwater." Chris said as Heloise and Doyle handed them all helmets and suits except for Ruby G.

"Underwater huh? Well, change of plans on those gloves. Sorry." Reagan said.

"Looks like you two are going to have to hand back too." Kaz said to P.E.L. and Tsukikage.

"Good luck you guys!" P.E.L. said.

"Is there any suit a size for Grogu?" Riley asked.

"Nope. Don't think so. He can stay here if you'd like." Chris said.

"I'll create an energy shield with my ring like when we flew in 2105. It should be able to protect him from the water." Razer said, creating a blue energy shield around Grogu's pram. "Unfortunately though, that probably means I won't be able to participate in this challenge."

"Don't worry about it. You've done more than enough today." Din said.

"Actually, I'm going to need one of those too." Ruby G. said.

"Why? You can breathe underwater right?" Kaz asked.

"Well, yeah, but I'm not sure if the challenge is going to involve me being a huge kraken."

"Wait, I thought you were already a kraken." Akko said.

"She means a larger one. You have to see it." Toxsa said.

"Just hand everyone the suits. We've got to get going." Chris said, trying to hurry things along.

"Do I really have to?" Nimona asked.

"Look, if you don't need it for the challenge you can just take it off later. Stop being so difficult." Fiona said.

"I'm not. It's a serious question." Nimona said.

"Underwater? Wait a sec I can't swim!" Asta said. "Noelle, you should use your magic and carry me!"

"Just….. you? By yourself?" Noelle asked, caught off guard by Asta's sudden request.

"Well actually, anyone else that can't swim too."

"Don't worry about it. Where we're going, you won't have to swim." Chris said, opening the portal.

"But we're going underwater. How are we not going to have to swim?" Bren asked.

"Look, no more questions! Get in the portal! Now!" Chris said.

"Wow. Someone's got their panties in a bunch today. Don't forget we're the ones making the money for you." Rick said.

"You know what? Rick's got a point. We're the stars of the show here." Heather said.

"Stars that I can kick out anytime I want. And in your case, a star that has had her hair shaved off, teeth knocked out, need I say more?" Chris said.

Heather could only roll her eyes.

"Pain that will be worth in the end. Once we win the season that is." Alejandro assured.

"I don't care who won what. Get in the portal." Chris said.

Everyone walked in.

Bikini Bottom(Spongebob Squarepants)

They were underwater, just as Chris told them. In front of them was a large stadium that had several large fast food cups with blue flagpoles inside them as if they were straws. Hanging on the flagpoles were yellow-orange flags. Above the entrance was a green sign that had the words "Fast Food Coliseum" on it in black that had a burger on the top of the sign. Two statues, one on the left, and one on the right, were fry cooks that held a spatula in one hand and a plate that had two cups and a burger in it on the other.

"Welcome to Bikini Bottom folks! Home of three previous contestants in Multiverse Edition, Spongebob and Patrick along with a competitor in the special episode, Plankton!" Chris said.

"Spongebob's here? Can we see him?" Owen asked.

"Maybe." Chris said, not giving a direct yes or no answer to that question.

"If we're underwater, how come we're on the ground right now?" Scott asked.

"Forget that, what's with the clouds up there?" Shawn said, pointing the flower clouds.

"I know what some of you are thinking, but if you don't want to drown, please keep the helmets on." Doyle said.

"You must be referring to someone else. If keeping this on means I survive, I'm gonna do it." Shawn said.

"You're better than me. I wasn't going to say anything." Heloise said.

"Hey Chris. You sure you made the right idea in hiring her?" Chef whispered, concerned.

"Duh. Doyle too. They've been great!" Chris insisted.

"Right, right." Chef said.

"Surprised you didn't bring the confessional with us." Weiss said.

"That's because the cameras would short out. Being underwater and all." Chris said. "Anyways, this is where your challenge is going to be. Inside the Fast Food Coliseum!"

"Are we gonna get eaten!?" Libby asked.

"If it's a fast food coliseum, I bet the loser is going to be the main course for whatever's in there waiting for us." Shawn said.

"It's probably just another arena. Would you guys quit it with the getting eaten crap already?" Aomine said.

"You say that. Then, one of these days, we're going to actually be in a coliseum, with a hungry lion bearing down on you! Mouth open, sharp teeth! I'm sorry, but I'm keeping my guard up at all times. You can do what you want." Shawn said.

"This is Chris we're talking about. The scary part is, that could be a reality." Noah said.

"Don't worry. Fortunately for you, there won't be lions in this challenge. Or bears. Or anything that'll maul you. But there will be pain. Lots of it!" Chris said before they headed to the entrance. "And it'll all be seen by not just your peers, family members, and other people watching on TV."

They went inside the stadium as several fish were seen cheering as they were in front of yet another large crowd.

"But it'll also be seen by the thousands of spectators here!" Chris said. "Now then, if you'll please step to the side."

"What? Why?" Hinata asked as trumpets were heard.

The next thing he knew, he was accidentally ran into from behind by a blue fish that was wearing a white tank top, a white hat and light blue shorts. The spatula that he had, that had a burger on the top of it on fire, fell out of his hand and onto the ground, causing the crowd to gasp and Hinata to yell as his hair was inches away from being caught on fire.

Noelle, pulling out her Grimoire and using her water magic, quickly put the fire out.

"That was some fast thinking Noelle." Ayame said.

"It's his fault for not moving when Chris told him to." Noelle said, referring to Hinata.

"Sorry! I didn't know." Hinata said, now standing back up.

"Yeah. And that almost got your hair burned off idiot." Tsukishima said.

"We've already wasted enough time already. Now we've got to wait some more. Now please. Do not block the door! Unless you want to possibly get burned!" Chris said as the fish ran back out of the stadium.

"A few minutes later" The Spongebob Narrator said

"That was weird. Did anybody else notice that?" Johnny asked.

"Notice what?" Dewey asked.

"You mean that voice?" Becky B. asked.

"Yeah. That one." Johnny said.

"What narrator?" Kaz asked.

"The guy that was talking that said 'A few minutes later'." Natsu said, trying to imitate his voice.

"Oh. Right. Some of you might not be aware of it." Becky B. said. "From the looks of things, Johnny and Natsu also noticed it too. It's called fourth-wall awareness."

"Uh….." Monta started.

"Fourth-wall awareness. It's mostly used in fictional universes. It's the ability to be aware that one's universe is fictional and use this to interact with the universe in ways that usually would be deemed impossible. Though, the power of this would probably vary from person to person." Becky B. explained.

"Wow. You really are a walking dictionary." Kise said, amazed.

"Thanks! Knowledge is power after all." Becky B. said, flattered at the compliment.

"Deadpool's the biggest suspect for doing it. But in a multiverse filled with an infinite number of universes, it'd make sense that he's not the only one. Sticks did it, those guys named after food did it. Bunch of others too." Rick said. "I'm just surprised that this idiot is capable of doing it." He said, referring to Johnny.

The fish from earlier finally got to the top of the arena, another flaming burger on the top of the spatula.

"I DECLARE THESE FRY COOK GAMES-" The fish began to yell out.

"Wait a second. If we're underwater, how come there can be a-" Morty started.

"AGAIN!?" The fish yelled out as the flame went out again.

"Should have kept your mouth shut Morty. Now we've got to wait more." Rick said.

"Why does he have to keep doing that?" Falcon asked.

"It must be some sort of tradition to officially start the games." Lotte inferred.

"Well if a fire's all he needs, why didn't he say so?" Natsu said.

"Hey! Fish guy! Wait a sec!" Natsu said, stopping him from leaving the arena.

"What do you want? It's already bad enough I have to do this again." The fish said, more annoyed because of the fact that he has to run back and do this another time more than anything else.

"You need a fire right? I've got you covered." Natsu said before using his fire magic to light up the top of the spatula.

"You know. Morty's got a point though. How come Natsu's fire can-" Ayame started before the fire went out again.

"Fire must not have been strong enough. You just go up there right?" Natsu asked the fish.

"Yeah. Why?"

Natsu ran up to the top of the stairs.

"Let's see…. what was he saying?" The mage said, thinking out loud. "I NOW DECLARE THESE FRY COOK GAMES….. what was the last part?" He called out below.

"OPEN!" The fish called back.

"Thanks! I NOW DECLARE THESE FRY COOK GAMES….. OPEN!" He shouted out before using fire to set the burger on fire.

A rather realistic fish was suddenly seen on the screen, wearing a headset, from outside of the stadium.

"A rather unusual way to start these games. But, with the restless looks on these fans for grease-filled entertainment, I think they'll take it. I'm a Realistic Fish Head, who will be commentating on this special edition of the Fry Cook Games! But for more about our colorful cast of competitors, let's bring things down to Perch Perkins!" Realistic Fish Head.

An orange fish with black hair that wore a lavender dress shirt underneath a brown jacket with a black button was seen with a microphone and wore a headset on top of his head standing next to Chris.

"Thanks Realistic Fish Head! A very special edition indeed. Today's competitors are from the hit reality TV show Total Drama! A fun fact for you all out there watching at home, Bikini Bottom's own Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Star also competed in a season! Along with….. what was his name again?" He said, in the headset.

"Squidward? Thanks." Perch said before bringing his attention back to the audience. "Squidward Tentacles! And now, Total Drama has been brought here! Tell us Chris. What made you want to bring these contestants here to Bikini Bottom? Especially considering several of them may not be Fry Cooks?" Perch asked before pointing the microphone towards Chris.

"Well, I saw the footage of the past few Fry Cook Games. Now, I kinda didn't think too much of them at first, but after seeing Spongebob and Patrick face off in the last one, I got intrigued. And that got me thinking: What if I sent a cast of hopeful teens, kids and adults in the case of this second multiversal season, to compete here?" Chris began to explain.

"I mean seriously! Think about it! How hilarious would it be to see some of the less athletically inclined attempt to perform these challenges? Or in the case of some of our super-powered contestants, try something like this and potentially embarrass themselves! Guys that can save the world, or travel the multiverse, are being asked to bathe themselves in chocolate! All for ten million dollars!"

"I see. Well then, their training is going to be put to the test here! I hope they're ready?"

"Training?" Chris started before laughing. "Oh dude. You are too funny man."

"I wasn't joking." Perch said.

"Ask them yourselves if you don't believe me." Chris said.

Perch did just that, going to Eijun, who was warming up, doing pushups. Several others were doing the same.

"According to Chris, you all have not trained for these games. Is that true?" Perch asked.

"We weren't told about this until this morning. That's usually how it's been so far other than the training challenge we had. But that won't stop me! And it won't stop our team! We'll try our best! And we'll win!" Eijun said, still doing pushups.

"I see. Quite the enthusiasm. For the record, can I have your name please?"

"Eijun! Sawamura Eijun! Remember that name! You're looking at the future ace of Seido!" Eijun said.

"I'm not sure what you mean by ace but I'll still try my best to remember. I am a reporter after all so that's kind of my job." Perch said before going to Din, who looked rather interesting with his armor, who took some time to target practice with targets set up by Huey Duck with Grogu, being protected from the water by an energy shield from Razer, was watching.

"Excuse me, I understand you're practicing, but do you care to answer a few questions?" Perch asked.

"Go ahead." Din said while still doing target practice. The suit in particular that he wore, thanks to Doyle, was a lot lighter compared to some of the others so that the combined suit and armor wouldn't weigh the bounty hunter down.

"Eijun has said that you all have yet to do any practice for the games before you got here. Is that true?"

"It is. We weren't told that this was what were going to do until we arrived." Din said, continuing to practice.

"I see. You also seem to be the only here wearing a helmet of some sort to cover your face. Care to explain why?"

"A Mandalorian must never remove his helmet. This is the way." He said before perfectly hitting another target.

"Interesting. Starkly different personalities between you and Eijun. Are you two on the same team?"

"No."

"With how you two are preparing, I can tell you both will be formidable competitors! Thank you for your time and good luck!"

He then moved to Midorima, who was throwing several pears, in a very high arc, into a basket from a long distance. An alarm clock was on a bucket that was turned upside down next to him.

"Excuse me, do you have a minute?"

The green-haired Miracle looked over at the fish with his eyes. Although he didn't exactly want to be bothered, he didn't want to be rude either. After throwing another pear, his twenty-fourth in a row, perfectly into the basket, he got another before asking, "What is it?"

"You seem to be concentrating hard. I'll try to make this quick. Your peers, Din and Eijun have said that you haven't trained for these games. Just to have a third voice on the record, is that true?"

"No. We have not. With how these challenges work, we aren't told these things until the day of."

"I see. Now for a new question. Are Din and/or Eijun on your team?"

"Din is. Eijun is not."

"I see. How confident are you that your team will be able to win?"

"As long as we perform at our absolute best, I believe we have a chance to win. The horoscope has called for a repeat of fate today. However, unless we do our part to do our best, that reading is meaningless. I will never underestimate my opponents. No matter how strong or weak they may seem from an outside glance." He said, his first thought of this being Kuroko, the very definition of hidden strength in his eyes.

"Does that confidence extend to Din being able to perform well too?"

"Granted, I've never met him before this season so please take my opinions with a grain of salt. But, from what I have seen from him so far, I have no doubt in my mind that he'll perform to the best of his abilities. He will do what needs to be done to help us win. As will I. Any more questions?"

"One more. What do you think of Chris' idea to bring you here?"

"As silly, nonsensical and dangerous some of these challenges are, I honestly must say that I'm neutral on this particular one at the moment. While I do have my limits in terms of what I'm willing to participate in, I will say that this challenge is a reasonable one. Regardless of what I personally think about it, for the sake of my team I must put those feelings aside and do what I can to prepare. I will not give this challenge any less than my best."

"I see. At the very least, even without the knowledge, that hasn't stopped these three from practicing! Thank you and good luck!"

Midorima only nodded before he went back to practicing, this time switching to another food.

"We've only got a few minutes, so let's get in one more!" Perch said before going to Natsu, who was seen eating some of the food with Happy.

"I see you're not training. Is there a reason for it?" Perch asked.

"Yeah. We're filling up before the games. Gotta make sure we have the energy to do our best!" Natsu said.

"I wonder how you would taste?" Happy said to Perch.

"Um….."

"Happy." Natsu said in a tone that was all but trying to stop him from getting closer to Perch. Though that didn't work as Lucy was the one that had to pull the Exceed away from Perch.

"Sorry. Go ahead and ask your questions." Lucy said.

"Right." Perch said before clearing his throat. But admittedly still a little uncomfortable. "I've already talked to Din, Midorima, and Eijun. Are any of them on your team?"

"Actually, none of them are." Natsu said.

"Exactly how many teams are competing here?" Perch asked.

"Three. Our team is the Rats."

"Interesting. How confident are you that your team will be able to come out on top for today's challenge?" Perch asked.

"Real confident! I'm not saying the other teams aren't good or anything like that. I think all three are strong. But I still think we can win!" Natsu said confidently.

"Admirable confidence. Let's see if that'll pay off in the games! Well that's all the time we have today. Back to you!" Perch said.

"Thanks for the report Perch! A great job as always! Now then, we're about to get ready to start the games in a bit. But before we do, we've got a performance today! Let's see what's in store!" Realistic Fish Head said.

"Teams, we've got a performance today before the games start! I'd like all of the teams to move to the edges around the arena and away from the doors!" Chris said.

With what happened last time, Hinata was one of the first ones to get moving.

More trumpets were heard.

"Citizens of Bikini Bottom! Thank you all for coming or watching this special event! To help commemorate this event, please enjoy this performance by our very own citizens of Bikini Bottom!" A fish announced. A band came out of the tunnel. Five of them being familiar faces.

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" A yellow sponge yelled out, running out of the tunnel with the rest of his band.

"Spongebob!" Owen said, running before hugging the sponge and Patrick, while unintentionally flattening Squidward.

"Do I get a greeting? Nope." Squidward said, still as flat as a pancake on the ground.

"Oh s[censored]. It's the depressed squid. Great. Came to deliver another s[censored]tty performance?" Rick asked Squidward, who was now standing and back to normal.

"And if it isn't Mr. 'I quit'. Came to deliver your terrible attitude to Bikini Bottom and another team I see." Squidward said.

"You're one to talk. Least I didn't go around talking about how I have talent and then s[censored] the bed."

"Like I said, they didn't appreciate real dancing. And I'll have you know, that my music and art and was well-received." Squidward said.

"Then you f[censored]ed it up with your dancing. F[censored]ing dumba[censored]. Apparently you never heard of the saying if it ain't broke don't fix it. You tried to fix something that was already alright with a f[censored]ing sledgehammer and smashed it. Now it looks like s[censored]. Which was exactly what your performance was after that."

"Well then, we'll see if you change your tune after this performance!" Squidward said.

"Meh. I couldn't care less honestly." Rick said.

"I wonder what they're going to perform." Hailey said.

"I'm really looking forward to it myself. Hey Spongebob, is this your first time performing here?" Molly asked the sponge.

"Here? Oh yeah. I think you guys will love the song though. Hope it'll get you and the crowd excited!" Spongebob said.

"All right people! Let's get ready to perform!" Squidward called out. "Line up and get into your positions!"

Everyone was lined up. Except for one.

"Plankton! You're fallin' behind! Get out here now ya little varmint!" Mr. Krabs called out, looking for him. But he couldn't find him.

That was because he was under Lotte's foot. The problem was, Lotte was completely oblivious to that fact.

"Did you practice Lotte?" Akko asked.

"A little. I didn't really try to do anything special." Lotte said.

"How about you Sucy?"

Sucy tosses a burger into a pan of grease.

"Guess that's a yes."

"Have any of you seen Plankton around here? Wee small. Greedy, tries to steal the Krabby Patty formula only to fail every time. Loses a bet against me every time." Mr. Krabs started.

"That's a load of baloney and you know it Krabs! And pretty ironic you're talking about greed ya penny pinchin'-AHHH!" Plankton muffled out.

"Thing is though. Is it really a good idea to be practicing to that extent? You'll still need energy for the actual games themselves you know." Lotte said to Akko, who was practicing the hardest out of the four.

"It's Akko we're talking about here. She's like an Energizer Bunny. Plenty of energy to go around honestly." Sucy said.

"Yeah! If I'm going to keep up with Diana and everybody else here I have to! Look at how hard Eijun and Asta are training! Even that lucky item guy is practicing!" Akko said.

Even louder muffled yelling was heard before the yelling was partially heard as Lotte shuffled her feet a little before Lotte heard it and was horrified at what she had done.

"I'm so sorry!" Lotte said. "How long have you been under there?"

"Long enough you nitwit!" Plankton said, getting himself off.

"I'm really really sorry! I guess….. it's kinda my fault we hadn't started yet." Lotte said before looking down, embarrassed.

"Ya darn right it is." Plankton said before sighing. "Stupid kid." He said, walking away before running smack into Morty's leg, who was with Sena and Kuroko.

"Watch where ya goin' ya-" Plankton started before seeing who he ran into.

"What the- hey wait a second. You're that a[censored]hole that tricked Zoey!" Morty said, pointing to him.

"Zoey? Who are you- oh yeah. Your little girlfriend. Where is she anyway? Eliminated or somethin'?"

"She's not in this season. And she's not my girlfriend."

"Stop it already. It was pretty obvious you were into her. Guess you didn't have the guts to tell her how you feel."

"No! That's not it at all!" Morty said.

"Oh. So you got friend-zoned huh? Ouch. Tough luck. Really do mean that kid."

"Yeah. Sure you do." Morty said sarcastically while giving him a look.

"Look, I might be evil, but that doesn't mean I don't understand how you feel. I have a wife too."

"Why do I feel like you're lying dude?"

"I'm not. Honest! It's just too bad she's not here for me to really show you proof."

"It's true! Plankton really does have a wife. Now get over here ya chum servin' loser!" Mr. Krabs said.

"I'm no loser Krabs!" Plankton said, shaking his fist before leaving.

"Wow, that guy sounds like a jerk. Maybe you shouldn't have been sorry Lotte." Akko said, as she, Lotte and Sucy joined the trio of Kuroko, Morty and Sena.

"It was still an accident regardless. That doesn't make it right." Lotte said.

"No way. That a[censored]hole deserved it." Morty said.

"I understand why you'd be upset. But he really seemed genuine. Saying something like that should happen to him. Don't you think you're being a bit too harsh?" Kuroko asked.

"Just like he seemed genuine when he tricked Zoey right? B-but I get it. This is your first time seeing him so it makes sense."

Kagami suddenly put a hand on the top of Kuroko's head.

"Yo Kuroko, you ready man?" Kagami asked.

Kuroko nodded.

"Sweet! I can't wait to get started!" Kagami said before noticing Sena and Morty.

"You guys too. Hope you're ready." Kagami said.

"Hey man, ready's my middle name." Morty said.

"I don't know how well I'll do in these, but I'll try my best." Sena said.

"'Don't know'? Of course you'd do well! With runnin' like that I got no doubt in my mi-" Kagami said before getting hit by an orange.

"My bad!" Aomine called out.

"DON'T 'MY BAD' ME! YOU DID THAT CRAP ON PURPOSE!" Kagami called out.

"I DIDN'T! HONEST!"

"YEAH SURE! I GOT SOMETHIN' FOR THAT! JUST YOU WAIT!"

"YEAH, SURE YOU DO! IN A HURRY TO GET YOUR A[CENSORED] WHOOPED!"

"Uh Kagami. I really don't know if it was on purpose." Kuroko said.

"Even if it wasn't, I'm still gonna kick his a[censored]." Kagami said before taking a deep breath and leaving to try and cool down.

"Wow. They really must not like each other." Sena said.

"What was your first clue? The yelling or the annoyed looks they give each other?" Sucy asked.

"I disagree. Yeah, they didn't exactly get off to a good start in their first meeting. Eventually though, after our second game against Aomine and his team in the Winter Cup, I'd say their relationship got better. Even if it doesn't seem like it, they respect each other a lot for their strength." Kuroko explained.

"Kagami makes sense since he didn't go to your middle school. But I don't understand. How come you guys aren't sad to be able to be on the same team with each other? It'd be more fun to play together with friends I'd think. I mean, just look at Adrien and Marinette. They're still having fun but I can tell they're pretty bummed out about not being on the same team." Akko asked.

"Quite the opposite. I don't think Kise, Aomine and the others are sad at all. The smiles on their faces. It was just like how things were in the beginning. If anything, I think they're just as excited to play against each other as they would be if they were together. I can't really explain it, but when we all played together against Jabberwock as team Vorpal Swords. It was a different feeling between us compared to our final days at Teiko. Even with Kagami included on that team as well." Kuroko said. "Even Haizaki." Kuroko said, a smile on his own face.

"Haizaki? You sure? N-no offense, but I'm not sure if that guy has changed much since he's gotten here." Morty said.

"I know it doesn't seem like it, but I'm sure of it." Kuroko said before remembering the conversation that he and Momoi had on the phone last night.

"Hello?"

"Hey Tetsu!"

"Momoi. I didn't expect you to be calling. There isn't anything wrong is there?" Kuroko asked, concerned. By Momoi's request via text message, she asked if they could talk on the phone somewhere out of earshot of everyone else.

"No, I'm fine!"

"That's good to hear. What did you want to talk about?"

"It's about Haizaki. I'm sure you saw what happened with him entering the Zone."

"Yeah. I couldn't be more happy for him. And a little sad too to be honest."

"I get what you mean. Seeing him enter the Zone in that way. Compared to the others. Except for you and Midorima of course. It was shocking but in the aftermath of it, bittersweet. I can't even imagine what his trigger is."

"Same. In a way, I'm a little glad he's not on either of the teams with us on it."

Momoi was surprised to hear this. "Really? Why?"

"I hate to say it but….. if put on the Rats or the Kings, I don't think he would have gotten the opportunity he has to stick around like he does now."

"I see. I can definitely understand where you're coming from. Sure, the others are nice but….. I don't think they share the same sentiments that we do towards him. Even Ki-chan. Well, everyone except for Nijimura. Even if his methods were….. different. They were effective. He actually started to come to practice."

"Yeah."

A few seconds of silence passed.

"Tetsu?"

"Yes?"

"Nijimura. Had he stayed. Do you think things would have turned out differently? Between everyone."

"I don't know. I guess we'll never know."

"I guess that makes sense. Especially since he was already a year ahead. Sorry. I guess….. the thought just came to me. I know things are a lot better now but…."

"It's fine. It's something that I never thought about."

"Tetsu. Can you promise me something?"

"What is it?"

"Haizaki. Can you watch over him? I know Dai-chan might get upset if he finds out I asked you to do this second part but….. please don't tell him or the others that I talked to you about this. Not even Kagamin."

Kuroko took a few seconds to think. Outside of it being for surprise gifts or things like that, he didn't like keeping secrets. But he understood why Momoi asked him to do this.

"Okay. I'll do it. Hopefully though, I won't have to."

"Why do you say that?"

"I'll try my best to do that but… I think his team will have better success at doing that then I ever could."

"I see. We'll just have to wait and find out. I won't hold you anymore Tetsu. Goodnight!"

"Goodnight Momoi."

"Only time will tell however. His actions will tell the true story." Kuroko said as he saw Haizaki practicing at a distance. Not too far from where he was, Hanamiya was also practicing, talking to Scott. Shots were suddenly heard.

"Damn. Looks like I'm out." Haizaki said to himself.

"Here." Akashi said, offering another tray of food. "You look like you needed more." Akashi said, giving a friendly smile.

Haizaki looked at him for a few seconds before walking past him eyes closed, which surprised Akashi. He would understand him at least saying no. But he didn't even do that.

"Nice work! You're a natural!" Hanamiya said, seeing Scott land on his feet from off the ramp. But barely.

"Really? Thanks!"

"Tch. That landing was awful. One stupid move and he definitely would have hurt himself." Hanamiya thought.

"Hey. Hanamiya." Bakura said, getting the point guard/captain/coach's attention.

"Hey! You're Bakura right? Sorry, I'm still trying to pair up faces with names." Hanamiya said.

"I didn't want to be rude before but….. Hiruma. I know you talked about fighting fire with fire. But do you honestly think that's going to work?"

"I've got faith that we can get the job done. Of course!"

"I see. Well then, here's to hoping we win this challenge today!" Bakura said with a smile.

"I think we'll finally get this one." Hanamiya said.

"Another happy go lucky idiot. Oh well. As long as he plays well enough to help us avoid another elimination, I could care less." Hanamiya thought.

"Why do I have the feeling you have a trick up your sleeve. If so, I'll be front and center." Yami Bakura thought.

***Confessional***

Yami Bakura(Wave Breakers):

"I'm taking over for this challenge. Whatever I have to do to help this team win, I'll do it. Don't think it's because of something stupid like 'playing for my friends' or to help others enjoy first class. Quite the opposite. I could care less about any of these idiots on my team. But eventually, it'll get to a point where I'll be targeted next for elimination. And I can't allow that to happen."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Hanamiya(Wave Breakers):

"To tell you the truth, I couldn't care less about if we win today. Or the next day, or the day after that. I said that day one. Did you really think because they started to talk about our lack of wins and whatever this 'Team Victory' nonsense is I was going to suddenly have a change of heart?" Hanamiya said before laughing.

"The only thing bad about it is the food at times. But other than that, Standard Class is passable accommodations. First is definitely a bonus though. Even if it's just to prevent the other teams from getting it. What I do care about is staying out of last. The more games we lose, the weaker this team gets. If this team can't last hold its own long enough then neither can I. As long as I make it look like I'm trying to help this team win, I'll stay on their good side. And it'll keep up their effort level. Then, it'll be easy to get them to buy into what I want to do next. Why do you think I accepted the idea of that stupid meeting from Molly, Launch and Reagan? Being able to take the role as one of this teams' leaders was just a bonus. One I'll happily take."

***End Confessional***

Whistles were blown.

"Everybody clear the field! The performance is about to start!" Chef called out.

Everyone got off the field to make room for the podium that was brought into the arena.

"Alright! Places everyone! Let's give Bikini Bottom a show to remember folks!" Squidward said, conducting rod in hand.

"Aye aye captain!" Patrick said, saluting.

"1! 2! 3! 4!"

Sweet Victory created by David Glen Eisley and Bob Kulick and performed by David Glen Eisley Plays

Trumpets were heard playing from several fish.

Plankton then began to start playing the electric piano.

Spongebob:The winner takes all, it's the thrill of one more kill,

The last one to fall, will never sacrifice their will!

Don't ever look back, on the world closing in,

Be on the attack with your wings on the wind,

Oh, the games will begin!

And it's sweet, sweet, sweet victory, yeah!

It's ours for the taking, it's ours for the fight!

And it's sweet sweet sweet victory, yeah!

And the one who's last to fall, the winner takes all!

You don't win no silver, you only lose the gold.

You push with a fever, for your time keeps tolling on!

Against all the odds, against all your pain,

Your back's on the wall with no one to blame.

Wild hearts won't be tamed.

And it's sweet, sweet, sweet victory, oh!

It's ours for the taking, it's ours for the fight!

And it's sweet, sweet, sweet victory, yeah!

And the one who's last to fall!

The winner takes all...

Take it!

(Guitar solo)

And the one who's last to fall!

(Drum solo)

Sweet, sweet, sweet victory, yeah!

It's ours for the taking, it's ours for the fight!

And it's sweet, sweet, sweet victory, yeah!

And the one who's last to fall.

The winner takes all!

The crowd roared after the performance.

"Wow. That was actually pretty good!" Morty said.

"Good? Are you kidding!? That was awesome! I'm psyched!" Kaz said.

Zak M. scoffed. "Tell us something new."

"I for one love his energy. Let's just hope he doesn't go overboard." Bakura said.

"You're asking a lot. This is Kaz we're talking about." Diego said.

"You think those little arms can take a challenge like this? I don't think you're gonna be able to use those cars here." Dwayne said.

"We got training from Coach Dile on the planet Gurao. Not to mention the training from Master Hipopo. I think we'll be fine." Kaz said before laughing out loud.

"Yep. He's lost it." Rei said.

"To say he lost it means he had to have actually had a brain to find." Fiona said.

"Mock me now! These guys ain't gonna know what hit 'em! We'll show you… THE RESULTS OF OUR TRAINING!" Kaz points into the air.

"Tone it down or you'll wear yourself out before the challenge even begins." Tsukishima said.

"How do you like that Rick? The whole crowd loved the performance." Squidward said, passing by Rick and the others.

"Can't say I liked or hated it. Because like I said, I don't care." Rick said.

"Whatever." Squidward said before leaving.

"Good luck you guys!" Spongebob said.

"Yeah! Break a leg!" Patrick said.

They all went into the tunnel.

"Thank you! And now for a short commercial break! The Fry Cook Games will begin after these messages!" Realistic Fish Head said.

*Commercial Break*

Total Drama Short: A bad dog day

Idea for this short slightly inspired by G-Man 2.0 with a couple of original elements I added in myself

Kagami had a basketball and was throwing it around with Natsu.

"Is this really all you do? Seems kinda boring if you ask me." Natsu said.

Kagami held the ball in one hand while he had a hand on the back of his head. "Yeah uh….. maybe this wasn't a good idea in hindsight. There's no goals or nothin' here. Can't even bounce the ball in the sand either."

"Well, at least there's more to it than just this."

Kagami sits down and sighs. "This stinks. Can't even play basketball."

"Hey, pass that ball here for a second."

Kagami tosses the ball to him. Natsu then ignited the ball and threw it but it wasn't in the direction he intended. It hit a part of the mansion, the burning smell getting Sebastian's attention as he quickly worked to put the fire out.

"What the hell!? Why would you do that!?"

"It seemed like a fun idea at first!" Natsu said, hands on his head.

After getting water to put the fire out, Sebastian picked up the ruined basketball.

"Uh oh." Natsu said.

"Yep. We're dead." Kagami said.

"I suppose this is yours. Or what's left of it anyway." Sebastian said.

Kagami looked down, feeling as if he died inside. "No way. That was the only ball I brought here. And it's ruined."

"Oh man. I'm really sorry." Natsu said.

Kagami sighed before looking up. "Don't worry about it. With how things were lookin' now I wasn't gonna have much use for it here anyway." He said before going to stop Sebastian as he had the ball in his hands about to throw it away.

"You don't gotta do that man. I'll take care of it."

"It's no trouble at all." Sebastian said. "After all, it is my job to make sure things around look as organized as they can be."

"Thanks dude. I would say I owe you but, I have no idea how I'd repay you. I don't think you're the type of guy that would take cash if I was offerin'."

"I have no use for it. However, you can do something else instead." Sebastian said.

"Sure! Anything!" Kagami said.

The next thing he knew he had a broom and dustpan in his hand.

"You gotta be kidding me. It wasn't even my fault. How the heck did I get stuck doing this?"

"Hey, I'll take that off your hands." Natsu said, standing in front of him.

"Nah. It's no biggie. I'll take care of it."

"It's my fault it happened. And that you got your ball ruined. It's the least I can do."

Kagami didn't think it was that big of a deal, but if he knew Natsu as well as he did from the time he's been here, he didn't seem like the type of person that would take no for an answer on this type of thing.

"Okay. Thanks."

"No problem."

"Huh. Never thought I'd expect to see Natsu cleaning." Lucy said, showing up.

"We smelled smoke. What happened?" Rei asked.

"This genius decided to set the ball on fire and pass it to me." Kagami said.

"WHY'D YOU HAVE TO SAY IT LIKE THAT!?"

"HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY IT! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA!"

"Anyways, it was my fault it happened, so I'm cleaning up the mess here."

"Well, that's pretty nice of you." Lucy said.

"Somethin' tells me that's not all you wanted though. Especially you." Kagami said, referring to Rei. "What is it?" Kagami asked, eyebrow raised.

"That little jump you had back in the future. What was that about?" Rei asked.

"Jump? You're gonna have to be more specific."

"The toy dog Midorima had. You jumped the minute Aomine picked it up."

"Yeah? So what? It surprised me." Kagami said.

"No it didn't you liar. You're scared of dogs aren't you!?" Rei said, pointing at him as If she had just got him to confess a crime.

"Alright, what's this about!?"

"Just tell me the truth and I'll get out of your hair."

"Look, I already told you, I was surprised. I ain't scared of dogs. There, that's your answer."

Lucy suddenly put something in front of him which caused him to yell. "Get that thing away from me man!"

"A-ha! You are scared of dogs!"

"The hell is wrong with you!?"

"I already knew you were lying. Kuroko already told me how you reacted around his dog."

"That doesn't mean anything! I just might not like it that's all."

"Hey, if you're scared of dogs that's okay man." Natsu said.

"FOR THE LAST TIME I'M NOT!"

"What's all this commotion about dogs? I trust that mess has been cleaned." Sebastian said, showing up.

"Kagami's afraid of dogs, but he won't admit it." Rei said.

"Because it's not true that's why."

"Well, Plue's a dog. Are you afraid of him?" Lucy asked, referring to the short white creature in her hands that had a golden horn-like that looks like a carrot.

"Honestly, no. It doesn't even look like a dog." Kagami said.

"Agreed." Sebastian said.

"Got you! So you're both scared of dogs!" Rei said.

"I am not afraid of dogs. But yes, my dislike of them is true. To be quite frank. I hate them. Although in this case, I can't say I feel the same way towards this." Sebastian said, referring to Plue.

"Sometimes though, when I'm super hungry, I see him as a fish! Like now!" Happy said, showing up out of nowhere.

"DON'T EAT MY CELESTIAL SPIRITS!" Lucy shouted before Hiruma suddenly showed up with a red flip phone and put a picture of a dog that was orange and a spiked dog collar around his neck on it in front of Sebastian and Kagami which caused Kagami to yell and Hiruma to laugh, only to have Sebastian take the phone out of his hands and throw it into the water.

"Where the heck did you come from?" Lucy asked.

"That's what you get for pulling some stupid s[censored] like that." Kagami said.

"Well, there's your answer f[censored]ing magic girls. Jumpman's scared of dogs." Hiruma said before walking away.

"Did you send him here to do that!?"

"No! I have no idea where he came from." Rei said. "Idiot got his phone thrown in the water. I hope it was worth it."

Though he laughed as he pulled out another phone. A quick "Ya-ha" was heard before the short ended.

*End Commercial Break*

"Whatever game we do, I want to kick things off!" Eijun said.

"Hold on a minute! You guys don't get that option! We're going to pick each participant randomly. And along with that, outside of maybe one exception, extra help, such as tools, weapons, your teammates, or things like Pokemon or Monsuno are not allowed! The purpose of these games is to test your own strength! Not theirs! Also, using abilities for things like making landings easier is not allowed. If you fall on your face, not only will that be funny, but that's on you! You don't get to use powers to bail you out." Chris explained.

"And now that Chris has explained these rules, let's get started and see who our first three representatives are in the first game! Which is the five hundred pickle clean and jerk!" Realistic Fish Head said.

"Wait a second! Didn't they stop doing that sport?" Realistic Fish Head asked.

"They did! And for this challenge, we're bringing it back!" Chris said.

"Five hundred pickles huh? That shouldn't be too hard." Kaz said.

"You realize you have to actually lift the barrels of pickles right?" Tsukishima asked.

"Yeah Kaz. I think you're underestimating how difficult this game could be. A few pickles are fine. But 500? That weight adds up." Myron said.

"Could you guys quit being negative? With how you guys are talking, we'll end up losing again!" Kaz said.

"Oh yeah. One more thing. Confessional is over there. In the tunnel." Chris said.

"Chef? If you'll do the honors?" Chris asked.

"Kurita can take this challenge easy! Show off those guns!" Monta said confidently.

Kurita had an embarrassed look on his face, not expecting to be called out that suddenly on camera.

"Priya! Riley! Zak! You're up!" Chef called out.

"Well… Priya's good too!" Monta said assuredly.

***Confessional***

Priya(Radical Rats):

"Second challenge! First up with the entire team watching! I can't let everyone down!"

***End Confessional***

Realistic Fish Head: "And our first three participants have been selected! They're in for one heck of a challenge with this one! Fun fact, Mr. Krabs, owner of the Krusty Krab once won gold for being able to perform the clean-and-jerk! Can these three do the same?"

"You got this Priya!" Zee called out.

"MAX LIFTING! LET'S GO PRIYA!" Monta shouted, flexing a muscle to boot.

"You'll get ten seconds to prepare yourself before you have to lift! If you don't lift before then you automatically fail!" Chris said. "Lift and you'll get a point! The first team to get 5 points wins this challenge and gets a reward! Get caught in last place when the dust settles and you'll have to send someone home!"

A green fish in a referee uniform blew a whistle, stopwatch in hand.

Priya takes a deep breath before rubbing her hands.

"You're the champion! Let's go! Show 'em what you got!" Emma called out.

She squatted before attempting to lift the barrel.

"Come on! Come….. on!"

Realistic Fish Head: "Priya attempts to lift the barrels. No progress so far, but can she find the inner strength and willpower to lift her team to their first successful game this challenge?"

"MAX LIFT! MAX LIFT!" Monta shouted.

"Qui-et! Qui-et!" Rei said.

"MAX LIFT! MAX LIFT!" Akko and Tangle joined in as well, which only made Rei cover her face in annoyance.

"I….. I…." Priya said as Akko, Tangle, Monta and Axl continued their chant. A few more seconds of struggling and she stopped.

"I can't do it! I'm sorry!" Priya said.

Realistic Fish Head: "A valiant attempt, but valiant gets no points here! Priya is to first to go and the first to fail!"

"I'm sorry guys." Priya said to the Rats.

"Hey, don't worry about it. If it helps you feel any better, I wouldn't be able to do it either." Bennett said.

"Yeah, it doesn't."

"Nice job." Rick said to Bennett sarcastically.

"I don't see you saying anything supportive to anyone." Bennett said.

"If you wanna be mad at someone, be mad at Chris for starting us with this bulls[censored] of a game. You realize how much 500 pickles weigh? Other than maybe Natsu, who the hell else on this team is capable of lifting that s[censored] without some type of help? Who on the other teams is capable of doing this s[censored]?"

"You kidding? Kurita can take it easy!" Monta said.

"Well…." Kurita started.

"He can but it doesn't matter now. The only thing we can continue to do is play through it." Hiruma said.

"It is just one game. We can take the next." Puss reassured.

***Confessional***

Hiruma(Radical Rats):

Hiruma laughed. "Of course I lied! I have no clue if the damn fatty can lift that much, even if he actually is strong. But as long as that remains a mystery, it works in our favor. Not everyone is as fearless as Jotaro and Din. Or as arrogant as Urien."

***End Confessional***

"Riley! You're next!" Chris called out.

"Lift it! Lift it! Lift it!" Todd chanted.

"You're only saying that because you know I'll probably hurt myself. Sorry Chris, but I'm going to have to decline." Riley said.

A whistle was blown by one of the refs.

"You heard her! Riley concedes this game!" Chris announced.

Realistic Fish Head: "That's two teams down! Will the third concede?"

"Zak! You're up!" Chris said.

The anti-matter Zak stretches his hands before squatting down to try and lift the bar. To his credit, he was actually faring better than the other two were. Well, more Priya's case as Riley never tried.

Realistic Fish Head: "Wait a sec. It looks like Zak's starting to make some progress here! This is promising folks!"

"Come on Zak! You got this man!" Kaz said.

The barrels were being lifted slightly off the ground as Zak was heard straining to try and lift it.

After a couple of more seconds, he put the bar back down.

"Well, can't say I didn't try." Zak M. shrugged before going back to his team.

"It's alright. It's better than nothing." Kageyama said.

"Too bad 'better than nothing' doesn't get you any points. Zeroes across the entire board!" Chris said.

"Honestly, I can't even be too mad. Sometimes, no As are given out for effort." Fiona said.

***Confessional***

Zak Monday(Wave Breakers):

"I honestly didn't think I was going to be able to lift it. But, I had to at least try so they wouldn't be mad at me. And don't think I'm like scared little Libby who cares about what other people think so they'll like me. I could care less about that. I'm just more concerned about not getting eliminated. I've done my part. Let's see if they can do theirs."

***End Confessional***

Realistic Fish Head: "We now move on to the next game! The onion ring routine! Yet another retired sport brought back for today's event!"

"If you've done or heard of the ring routine before, this is very similar to that! You'll need to perform different movements while hanging mid-air on this pair of onion rings. Complete the most actions and your team gets the point!" Chris explained. "Do any of you have the clipboard of moves?" Chris asked.

"I got it." Heloise said.

"Great! Now to pick the participants!"

"Rocky! Zak! Dan!" Chef called out.

"You're telling me he gets the easy thing but I get something that's impossible for almost everyone here to lift. Give me a break." Zak M. said.

"Easy? This is not easy! You realize how much of a struggle it was the last time I went to a gymnasium?" Dan said. "Not to mention the robot stuff."

"Ring routine huh? Never done it before." Rocky said, still excited to get started.

"Well then I hope you're a quick learner." Chris said. "Now, on the mat please."

Rocky gets on the blue landing mat.

"We don't eat these right?" Rocky asked.

"No you idiot! They're the rings!" Rally said.

"I probably should have started with this from the jump especially since some of you have tried. Do NOT eat or take the food! I could care less about the safety hazard thing from potentially letting in water in your suits, but you're literally messing with equipment! Break the rule and you forfeit the game, giving your team no points for the event automatically!" Chris said.

"I'm pretty sure I know exactly who he's talking to." Rei said, looking at Natsu.

"What? I was hungry. Besides, I made sure it was quick." Natsu said.

"Don't care. Like I said, I'll give it a pass because you didn't know. Just don't do it again." Chris said.

Rocky grabs on to the onion rings.

"Say when Chris!" Rocky said, pulling up on the rings.

"Maybe it's a good idea for you to conserve your energy until it actually starts?" Kise suggested.

"Alright Rocky! Heloise is going to show you some pictures on what to do along with some commands and number of times you need to do it. Your job is to replicate them to the best of your ability! Mess up once and that's it! No second chances! We'll even add bonus points if you can stick the landing in a fancy fashion! But if you don't, that's okay! You won't lose points, but it'll still be funny seeing you try but fail epically." Chris said.

Heloise showed the first printed picture on the clipboard, which was a pull-up. Rocky eagerly pulled up on the ring before Heloise held out a hand asking him to hold it.

A few seconds passed before she changed to the second picture, which was required him to do two flips while still holding onto the rings, something else that he was able to successfully perform as well.

Realistic Fish Head: "Looks like Rocky is off to a good start so far. He's got two down. Let's see if he can keep things going."

A mid-air L-sit was next. It wasn't exactly easy but he was able to move his legs forward in front of him before Heloise held out a hand, signaling for him to hold it. After the first few seconds, Rocky looked like he was about to drop his legs.

"If you drop those legs, I'm gonna murder you!" Sendo warned.

"How do you….. think my legs are feeling?" Rocky grunted out, starting to sweat as he desperately tried to keep his legs in the air.

"Dude, calm down. The score is still zero across the board." Ben said.

"And in an instant it could be going against us. Like hell I am." Sendo said.

Right before he was about to drop them, Heloise changed to the next picture.

"All right! That's three!" Kagami said excitedly.

The next picture required him to face downwards and hold out his arms in a T-like position as if he was flying. Which sounded easy. The problem was, Heloise asked him to hold this for 20 seconds.

"Okay. You can tell me the next one now!" Rocky said, trying to hold it.

"Just a little longer! Stay strong!" Puss encouraged.

"Just how long are you going to ask him to hold this?" Emma asked Chris.

"I've got no control over this. Heloise does." Chris said.

After twenty seconds passed, Heloise dropped her hand then switched to another picture, which asked him to be upside down, looking at the mat as he held his legs up in the air.

He had to hold the position for another ten seconds.

But it was after five that the whistle was blown. Rocky had lost his balance and was back to hanging normally.

"All right! That's it! Now it's time to land!" Chris said.

Rocky let go of the rings and propelled himself into the air, rolling up into a ball before landing on the ground, but stumbling as he did so.

"Eh, a bit shaky, but it's a landing nonetheless! Two bonus points!" Chris said.

Rocky bowed. "Thank you. Thank you."

"Six points. Not bad. Now we just gotta hope the other teams can't top it." Sendo said.

"And you actually doubted me." Rocky said.

"Aw shut up. If you woulda kept your balance a little longer that woulda been seven." Sendo said, lightly hitting him.

***Confessional***

Rocky(Radical Rats):

"Nope! Don't care what he says, that was a compliment."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Heloise:

"If you're wondering how I decide which to do, I just pick something that looks difficult. Difficult, but not unreasonable. I could do something really unreasonable but I won't be that cruel. Not unless I have to that is. Could I probably do this myself? Probably not. But hey, that's why I'm not competing in this show."

***End Confessional***

"Zak! You're up!" Chris said.

"Watch and learn." Zak S. said to Zak M.

"Yeah. Brag while doing something easier." Zak M. said, annoyed.

"Don't hate the player, hate the game. Sorry for being picked in a game that had random choices." Zak S. said as he grabbed onto the onion rings.

Chris was awaiting this before he got ready to signal the OK to the ref. "Ready?"

Doyle gave Zak S. a thumbs up, which caused some of the other team members on the other two teams to look at him.

"What? I'm not supposed to show support for my own nephew? Like at all?" Doyle said.

…

The whistle was blown, indicating that Heloise was about to give him the first thing to do. Which in this case, was four flips, something he was able to do rather easy.

Realistic Fish Head: "And it looks like Zak is off to a sizzling start! Let's see if he can keep that up and overtake Rocky's score of six."

Next was for him to pull up on the rings and stay there for ten seconds. Another success. Next, he was asked to do the same thing, but pull to raise his knees as well for an additional ten seconds.

"Man, it's like he's not even breaking a sweat out there." Ben said, as he scored a third point.

"He is a member of the Saturdays family after all. I am sure they take their training very seriously." Rook said. "Although to my knowledge, he is also the reincarnation of the ancient powerful cryptid Kur. That is how he can influence cryptids."

"So in other words, that's also a reason too." Ben said.

"Correct."

Zak M. could only scoff before leaving and going to the confessional.

***Confessional***

Zak Monday(Wave Breakers):

"I've got nothing to say here. Leaving to the confessional just gave me an excuse to do something. Just you watch."

***End Confessional***

The Saturday was already on the fourth move. Although, seeing that what he was being given started to look easy, Heloise decided to up the difficulty. His next move was the frontlever, an exercise that required him to pull down on the rings and hang mid-air. In his case, Heloise asked him to lower himself close to the ground but not to touch it.

"Touch the ground before I tell you to stop and doesn't count. Just a heads up." Heloise said, hand out, signaling for him to hold.

"Yep." Zak S. said, while trying to hold it.

A few seconds later, Zak M. had come back, but he tripped over his untied shoestrings, causing him to accidentally press the button on his Fang, causing the grappling hook to hit Zak S. in the face just as he finished. Because of that, he touched the ground.

The whistle was blown.

"That's it!" Chris announced.

Just as Zak S. was preparing to stick the landing, Zak M. pulled back the grapple, causing him to fall.

"My bad." Zak M. said.

"You're right about that." Zak S. said, getting up.

"Four points for the Kings!" Chris announced.

"How is that fair? He interfered!" Courtney said.

"Considering how well he was doing in the beginning, I'm sure it should have been easy for Zak to jump over it." Chris said.

"Besides, I'm sure it was an accident." Hinata said.

"Accident? Heh." Hanamiya thought, laughing to himself a little at how naïve Hinata was.

Zak S. walked past his anti-matter counterpart without saying a word to him and back to his team.

"Sorry guys." Zak S. said.

"You tried your best. And you fared pretty well. I'm still confident we can achieve victory." Akashi said.

***Confessional***

Zak Saturday(Storm Kings):

"Nothing against Hinata as he seems like a good guy, but that wasn't an accident. Don't worry though. I got something for him the next time we're in a game together."

***End Confessional***

"Next up! Dan!"

"Well, congrats Chris. If this was your secret plan to get me killed, it just might work." Dan said.

"Quit your whinin'. You're not going to die. Get up there." Launch said, a second away from kicking him forward if he tried to make things difficult.

Dan grabbed onto the onion rings.

"I'm not going to be like those other two and waste energy and my own time. Just say when." Dan said.

"Whatever floats your boat. I could care less." Chris said. "Ready?"

…..

"Just get to it already!" Dan shouted impatiently.

"Okay! Jeez."

Chris gave the OK to the ref for him to blow the whistle and signal for Dan to start and for Heloise to start giving him pictures.

The first thing he was asked to do was to pull up on the rings and then swing back and forth on them 3 times, while still keeping his head up above the rings.

After trying his hardest to keep his head up for three swings, he was then asked to put his legs out in front of him on the ground while his arms were pulling on the rings behind him. After he did this, he was then asked to pull his legs up.

"So in other words, the L-sit." Dan said.

"Nope." Heloise said before pointing to the picture which had two arrows. One going upwards, and one going downwards. The arrows were above and below the legs respectively. "Four times. Don't touch the ground."

"Just hang in there! You can do it!" Hinata called out.

After doing it four times, he was asked to actually do the L-sit for 15 seconds.

Realistic Fish Head: "Several leg exercises here. Perhaps Dan hasn't given himself enough credit!"

After about 12 seconds, his legs touched the ground.

Realistic Fish Head: "Perhaps I spoke too soon."

"What was that?" Zak M. said up in arms.

"If I was capable of performing in the Olympics, don't you think I would have done it years ago?"

"So? I don't get what that's supposed to mean."

"It means keep your expectations low and yow and you won't be disappointed. For you there's nothing to be disappointed over. You know why? Because you did nothing!"

"Because you can definitely lift all those pickles right?"

"What part of keep your expectations low didn't you get?"

"Welp, those low expectations got your team zero points!" Chef said.

"That is correct! 1 point goes to the Rats for this game!" Chris said.

Rats: 1

Kings: 0

Breakers: 0

"Now on to the next event! The deep fry pole vault!"

"In this event, you're going to vault over the deep frying pan and into the circle! Doesn't matter how you get there. Just make sure you're in the circle! If you go over it or behind it, you won't get the credit. If more than one team completes the landing, then we'll raise the bar. And we'll keep raising it until only one team's left. Oh yeah. I shouldn't have to tell you to avoid the deep frying pan. Depending on whether you can take it or not, you might regret it if you land in it." Chris said.

"Are you insane? It'd be one thing if it was something harmless like chocolate, but this is hot grease!" Fiona said.

"If you jump over it, you won't have a thing to worry about. Besides, the games have done this before and no one has had a problem with it." Chris said.

"I refuse to believe they would allow you to do something this life-threatening." Noelle said.

The Realistic Fish Head suddenly appeared. "It's true. The Fry Cook Games have done this for years."

"And surprisingly, no one has died. At least that's what I'm guessing." Noah said.

"Unfortunately though, that's probably what it's going to take for them to budge on this." Rally said.

"Diana! Bren! And Dan again! You're up!" Chef said.

"What!? Why me again? I thought we were done once we went once." Dan said.

"Nope! Never said that! I just said it was going to be random picks. Fun fact, the last Fry Cook Games they had, Spongebob and Patrick did all of the events by themselves." Chris said.

"Good for them. Now let's get this over with." Dan said.

"Rats won so they're up first!" Chris said. "Diana! Let's go!"

"Right."

Diana calmly grabbed the staff, took a deep breath to focus herself and started to run.

Right as she jumped over, Akko started to yell.

"You can do it Diana!"

The sudden yell during the ambient crowd noise startled her, causing her to barely get over the pole and land.

The whistle was blown. There was only one problem. The ref was pointing at her right foot, which was outside of the landed circle.

"Out! Failure!" Chef called out as the crowd groaned in disappointment at how close the landing was.

"So close! A valiant effort however!"

"Akko, I can understand you wanting to encourage me. But why on Earth would you pick such a poor time to do so?" Diana asked.

"I'm sorry. I'll try to find some way to make it up." Akko said.

"That honestly could have ended up a lot worse. A good warning for no one else to do that." Weiss said.

Hiruma started to kick her multiple times. "You want to support someone, make sure you do it in the beginning! Not sudden like that! That ruins their concentration!"

"I said I was sorry!"

"Next up! Bren!" Chris called out.

"Uh oh. Repick! Please?"

"Nope! Either take the pole or forfeit!"

"Bren, you doubted yourself in the last game and you did fine." Sly said.

"Big difference. I had my Monsuno." Bren said.

"All that's being asked of you is to do your best." Midorima said.

"So what if fate says he falls in the grease? Because I'm sure that's what you were gonna say next." Bobo said.

"Of course I wouldn't think that would happen you idiot." Midorima said.

"Guys, if you're trying to help, it's really not working." Bren said. "Oh forget it!" He takes the pole, closes his eyes and runs.

"What the- don't close your eyes you idiot!" Courtney said.

He tries to vault over the pan but ends up hitting the bar instead. Fortunately for him, he instinctively grabs the bar, but was desperately hanging on to it.

"Someone? HEEEEEEEEELP!"

Din and Rook grabbed onto him, using grapples to pull him down at an angle that made sure he didn't fall into the grease.

"Max-" Monta called out before Ruby sped caught him.

"Thanks!"

"You're welcome!" Ruby said.

"Why the hell would you close your eyes you moron?" Aomine asked Bren.

"I want to see you try jumping over a pan of hot grease and not get goosebumps seeing it. That's why I closed my eyes! Out of sight, out of mind!" Bren said.

"Just like the pole was out of sight too." Weiss said.

"Yeah, you're safe and all, but safe doesn't get you a point. You fail!" Chris said.

"Anything that looks like it'll put you in danger, just don't do it." Doyle advised.

"Last but not least, Dan!"

"And Dan has been chosen yet again! Can he redeem himself and give his team a much needed-"

"RNG!" Dan yelled out before vaulting over the grease. His landing was awful. But, it still got him inside the circle. Even if it was barely. The ref had to look just to make sure all of his body was in as he was laying on the ground, before giving the thumbs up signal and blowing the whistle.

"Success! And a point goes to the Breakers in this third event!"

"RNG? What the heck was that about?" Randy asked.

"He's referring to Random Number Generation, which is the-" Myron started to define before stopping him.

"Dude, I know what it means. I mean, why the heck was he yelling it out loud like that?" Randy said.

"Oh that. Just displaying my hatred for RNG. And now that I have triumphed over it." Dan said, before pulling out a list and writing RNG before crossing it out. "We are even."

"What is up with that list?" Mr. Wolf asked.

"Oh yeah. This is my revenge list." Dan said.

"You took revenge against that many people?"

"Yes. Is there a problem?"

"Dust? What could dust have possibly done to you?" Riley asked, seeing dust on the list.

"It got inside me, that's what it did to me. Elise was dusting and she got dust all in my mouth and nose. From then on, I declared war on dust! Temporarily."

"And who the won war?" Dewey asked before Todd and several others looked at him.

"What? I'm actually curious."

"Hey, it's a valid question." Nimona said, shrugging.

"Why do I get the feeling your reasons of saying that would be different than his." Toxsa said.

"I did. Of course. By using dust's worst nightmare! The duster!" Dan said triumphantly.

"So what did you do? Did you make something to dust everywhere in the world?" Scott asked.

"No. I-"

"You got someone else to invent it." Hailey and Bennett guessed.

"No I di-"

"You used magic!" Akko and Asta guessed.

"What? No. I-"

"You decided to have a cleaning day around-" Molly started before Dan snapped.

"FOR GOODNESS SAKES NO! I just dusted on my shelf where the pictures were! What is wrong with you people!? Why in the world would I do all of that just to get revenge on dust that was on Elise's shelf!?"

Several people had confused looks on their faces. Even Hiruma, who had an eyebrow raised to go with his confused look.

"This guy can't be serious." Aomine said low.

"Why would you start a war on dust in the first place." Octavia said in a deadpan tone.

"Asking the real questions here." Reagan agreed in just as much of a deadpan and confused tone.

"How disgusting is it to have dead skin all on your face and mouth? Answer that question and you'll understand exactly why." Dan said.

"Isn't dusting what you're supposed to do frequently though?" Chef added.

"Yeah. You're making this seem like dusting is something they just made. I know basically nothing about what goes on in your world but dusting is something that exists in our world too." Weiss said.

"Just know that we're even. The war is done. Unless they want to start another one. Which they'll regret if they do!" Dan said.

"Right….. Whatever floats your boat man. Regardless, you got a point for your team so it really doesn't matter that much I guess." Doyle said.

Rats: 1

Breakers: 1

Kings: 0

"The next event! The chocolate high dive!"

Yulaw, Reimu and Kaz were chosen for this event.

"Let's do this!" Kaz was at the top of the board with Falgor behind him. Though the board was a lot longer than usual in this case. Sprinkles were also in a bucket next to him.

"For this event, we'll allow you to use any abilities you have to assist you with your dive if it'll help add to the flair." Chris said to the audience. "But that's about it. We were already asked about using someone else to help you. This is a solo act! No assistance allowed!"

"He's got the board back pretty far. I wonder what he had planned." Myron said.

"Ready when you are dude!" Chris called out before seeing Chef stand back further than him, while also wearing goggles. "The heck are you doing? It's chocolate. It's not like there's sharks or something in there. Unfortunately."

"I know that. But think about it, it's Kaz and he's got one of those machines. You really think he's about to try something normal with how he acts?" Chef reasoned.

"You're really overreacting here. Right guys?" Chris said to Heloise and Doyle before he released the former was also where Chef was, wearing goggles while Doyle was wearing his mask. Though he was still standing next to Chris.

"I can just fly out of the way if I wanted to." Doyle explained.

Kaz got off to a running start.

"Falgor! Let's go! Spin now!" The machine used its speed to create wind as it was starting to cause a small typhoon around it. As this was happening, it followed Kaz as he ran off the board, throwing the sprinkles into the air.

"Now! Take flight and keep spinning!" Falgor's wings appeared as it started to spin, going off the board behind Kaz as he struck a pose before the sprinkles and wind surrounded him.

"I see. He's using the strong gust of wind paired with the sprinkles to make a sprinkle shower as he descends." Julie inferred.

"This is the same technique he used against Nicol! I'm a little surprised to see him choose to use it again here of all places." Myron said.

"Should you though? This is Kaz after all." Diego said.

"You're probably right." Myron said, smiling.

"Keep spinning!" Kaz called out.

"Descending? He's ascending!" Asta said.

Kaz was being carried into the air thanks to the wind.

"Keep it going! But stay right there! Keep the wind under control!" Kaz called out as he continued to ascend.

"Incredible! Look at how high up Kaz is! Let's hope he can stick the landing!"

After a couple of more seconds, Falgor stopped spinning and fell back to the ground its wings returning to normal as it turned around, now facing the bowl of chocolate.

Kaz, to the best of his ability, tried to turn his body mid-air and continued to try and do so as he dived towards the bottom.

When he got there, he made the splash that he was definitely looking for. What he didn't account on was for the splash to get on everyone else. Some contestants weren't exactly pleased. Others were more than happy to be able to taste the chocolate. At least until they realized they couldn't.

The crowd cheered.

"What a dive! I think we can all agree he started this event off with a splash!"

"Okay. Now I see what you guys were talking about." Chris said, covered in chocolate himself.

"Glad they like it." Kaz said, head in pain after hitting his head on the bottom of the bowl.

"Well I'm not a fan. Doing all of this better be worth it." Noelle said, not pleased that chocolate was all over her.

"Oh trust me, I think it will. Top that!" Kaz said to Reimu and Yulaw as he got out of the bowl.

"Yulaw! You get the chance to try an top Kaz's performance!" Chris said.

"I can't believe I'm really doing this." Yulaw said, shaking his head as he walked on the board.

The board he used compared to Kaz's was the normal length.

He jumped into the air before performing somersaults and diving into the new bowl of chocolate.

"A decent dive! But not as crowd pleasing as Kaz's it would seem! Can Reimu pull her team ahead?"

"Sorry. I'm not exactly the most creative person in this type of thing." Yulaw said.

"It really should have been me honestly." Akko said.

"Why?"

"Because I'd be able to come up with something that'd please the crowd obviously!" Akko said.

"You say that as if the results are going to change." Sucy said.

Yulaw nodded. "Right. I'll remember that the next time there's an option to switch." He said, slight sarcasm in his voice as he was walking to the confessional.

***Confessional***

Yulaw(Radical Rats):

"I can understand some of the challenges being like sports or the Olympics, even if I'm not really interested in them. But this is just plain stupid. I really trained for Total Drama to do this?"

***End Confessional***

Reimu was next. Her bowl in particular, by her own request, was larger.

"Got any hints on what you're gonna do?" Huey D. asked.

"Just watch."

After getting a running start, she flew into the air, higher than when Kaz was airborne and elevated thanks to Falgor before she was actually out of the water. After several seconds passed, she started to come back down.

"Oh cra-" Doyle started. But it was too late. She was already back down and into the bowl, causing a major splash in the arena.

This caught several people, including the crowd off guard as they were silent.

"Well, it's a good thing this isn't getting all over my-" Rei started before she was drowned out by the crowd who cheered in approval.

"I think we have a winner." Chris said.

"Show off." Kaz said.

"How can you be calling someone a show off after what you just pulled." Isagi said to him.

"Did she really have to go that high though?" Kaz said.

"Why couldn't you?" Miyuki asked.

"Because I didn't think of it alright?" Kaz said. "I was willing to take my loss with dignity but you guys are making it worse."

"Didn't sound like it to me." Miyuki said.

"Would you just be quiet already!?"

"Ironic coming from you." Fiona said.

"Stay out of this!" Kaz said.

"And with that, the teams are now tied one apiece as we move to fifth event! Burger tossing!"

A circle was seen with several lines.

"All you've got to do is toss the burgers into one of these zones. The closer in the middle the zone is the more points you'll get, the least being 1 point and the max being 10. Throwing outside any of the zones gets you no points! The team that score the most points with 30 seconds wins!" Chris explained.

"Adrien! Mona! Haizaki! Let's go!" Chris called out.

"I was hopin' for Ryota. But beatin' you will do just fine." Haizaki said to Adrien.

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Even without my powers I'm not some little house cat you can push around." Adrien said.

"Each person needs to stand next to one of these trays, making sure they're to the right of you!" Chris said, referring to the trays of burgers on top of buckets that were turned over. "Make sure you toss your burgers into the circle in front of you! If you toss it in anyone else's it won't count!"

"Ready?"

….

The whistle was blown, signaling for them to start.

Adrien and Mona were already off to the races in their tosses.

"Haizaki! What the heck are you doing!?" Reagan called out. "Throw the burgers already!"

"Tone it down a notch and relax!"

"Any claws you got, I'll be takin' em!" Haizaki thought before copying Adrien's throwing.

"You should be saying that to yourself." Adrien said to Haizaki as he grabbed another burger as Haizaki threw another one the same way Adrien did.

"He's copying Adrien." Marinette noticed. "The throwing timing and rhythm is off, but it's definitely his."

"Shouldn't that be against the rules then? That's one of his abilities, right?" Heather asked.

"But anyone can copy something right? That doesn't have to be a power to be able to do that." Asta countered.

"Yeah. But the difference between normal copying and what Haizaki and Kise can do is glaring. Most people aren't able to copy several things perfectly at such a quick rate. It takes a lot of comprehension and understanding for how some things would work before copying it perfectly, such as basketball moves. Something like this shouldn't be possible." Mamori said.

"With what we've seen so far this season, anything's possible at this point." Rex said.

"Well, what do you guys think? Should we stop it?" Doyle asked Chris, Chef and Heloise.

"Don't ask me. I can't tell you." Heloise said.

"This one's a toughie. Asta's right. Copying ain't exactly an ability." Chef said.

"But at the same time no one should be able to copy that good." Doyle said.

"Hmm…" Chris said, thinking long and hard. "I'll let it go."

"What!? Why?" Heather protested as the effects of Haizaki's pillage were starting to rear its ugly head on Adrie. He was leading, but that lead was getting slimmer while Haizaki was catching up to his two opponents.

"My rhythm's off. And it's only going to get worse if I keep throwing this way. I just have to change it up. If he can steal what I do, I'm going to have to work around it." Adrien thought.

"Ten seconds!"

Adrien started to toss the burgers differently with each burger, but every time he changed, so did Haizaki.

A couple more seconds passed before the whistles blew.

"Time's up!" Chris called out.

The scores were beginning to be tallied up. Mona got first place with a score of 84. Haizaki finished second with a score 82 while Adrien has a score of 79.

"Mona's first!" Chris called out.

"What? There's no way in hell that kid did better than me!" Haizaki said in disbelief.

"And there lies your weakness!" Mona declared proudly. "You can only focus on one person to steal from at a time! And to think, your little scheme would have worked had I not been around."

"Scheme? That was always what he was planning to do." Aomine said.

"I hope you learn the error of your ways." Mona said to Haizaki.

"Shut up kid." Haizaki said before walking back to his team. "Next time, you ain't getting' off easy."

Kings: 2

"Our next event! Butter skating! Watch as these teams skate across a stove top! All while using a stick of butter as skates! Careful not to slip and fall! There's no non-stick cooking spray to save you here."

A/N: The next few games will be a montage until one team reaches match point.

Sam Spence- The Equalizer Plays

Monta, Eliza, and Noelle were chosen.

Everyone, especially Monta, had gotten off to roaring starts.

"MAX SKATING!"

The energetic wide receiver was in the lead and didn't look like he was going to look back. The problem was, he was going too fast. He couldn't control himself and the slipperiness of the butter on the stove top was starting to show, before he fell off seconds later.

Eliza was neck and neck with Noelle.

"Embarrassing isn't it?" Eliza said to Noelle.

"What?" Noelle was genuinely confused.

Eliza, as she skated, went over one of Noelle's sticks of butter, causing some of it to come off before it slowed Noelle down enough for Eliza to take the lead and skate towards the finish.

"Both of you losing in debuting challenges." Eliza said.

Noelle could only fold her arms, upset.

Kings: 3

"1000 pound ketchup lift!"

Zee, Huey Freeman and Furuya were chosen for this event.

"Wow. That is a lot of ketchup. You realize how many burgers we can eat with that one bottle and like never have to run to the store for a bottle?" Zee commented.

"If we couldn't lift the pickles, what makes you think we can lift this?" Huey F. commented.

Furuya was slumped over.

"YOU BETTER NOT MESS THIS UP FURUYA!" Eijun shouted.

"I guess you learned nothing from when Akko did it huh?" Tsukishima said to Eijun.

"Have fun!" Miyuki called out to Furuya.

"Wait a sec. Is he sleep!?" Kageyama called out.

"I can sub in." Nimona said, now as Furuya.

"No you can't!" Chris replied.

"I'm not liftin' that." Huey said.

"You've got ten seconds to wake him up or no points!" Chris said to the Breakers.

Eijun quickly went to him and started to kick him and yell in his ear to get him up, which, with his loud voice, was more than enough to get the fellow pitcher's attention.

"FURUYA! LIFT THE KETCHUP!" Eijun yelled out as he pointed to said ketchup.

Furuya looked at the 1000-lb ketchup bottle before being completely caught off guard at the weight. He then walked back to his team.

"What the heck are you doing?" Kageyama said.

"I can't do it." Furuya said.

"How would you know if you didn't even try?" Eijun asked.

"He doesn't have to. He just knows he can't because he's using common sense." Tsukishima said.

"Next challenge." Furuya declared.

"Oh wow. 'Next challenge'. Anything else? What are we supposed to take from that?" Dan said.

"I don't think Zee's having much luck either, so it probably won't really matter." Zoey said.

After a few seconds, Zee decided to stop trying to lift it.

"Phew. I am drained." Zee said before pulling out a soda and putting it into his mouth before it stopped halfway, hitting the helmet instead.

***Confessional***

Zee(Radical Rats):

"You know, I kinda forgot we were even wearing these. Wonder why there isn't something to put your drinks in your suit in case you're thirsty? That would be cool."

***End Confessional***

"The Krabby Meal Hurdle!"

Kuroko, Alejandro and Hailey were chosen for this event.

"No disappearing acts here." Alejandro said to Kuroko as they were running, with a plate that had a krabby patty, a drink and fries. Kuroko was behind Alejandro, but slightly ahead of Hailey.

"Why would I do that?" Kuroko asked.

Alejandro could only shake his head at how unexpectedly dense Kuroko was to not even have a good comeback.

"Because that's your thing, right? Your abili-" Alejandro said before realizing he was actually ahead of him now!

"While Alejandro was busy talking, Kuroko got ahead!" Kurt commented. "Keep going!"

Kuroko, Hailey and Alejandro continued to run, jumping over the hurdles as they did. Kuroko was on the right, Hailey was on the left, while Alejandro was in the middle.

Things stayed close, with Kuroko, even with his supposed stamina weakness, was able to keep pace with Hailey and Alejandro.

"Keep going Hailey! You got this!" Scott called out.

"I'm glad you're being supportive, but it's probably a good idea for us to not be so loud. She has to concentrate and make sure everything doesn't fall off." Kageyama said.

The tides started to turn when Kuroko mistimed one of his jumps and tripped over one of the hurdles, falling over and causes his drink to go all on Alejandro's head.

"Well, that's one down." Alejandro said, continuing to run.

"Damn it!" Kagami said.

"Ooh! How unfortunate! Kuroko is out of the race!" Chris announced.

"Not bad, if I do say so myself." Alejandro said to Hailey.

"Thanks, but the job's not done yet. I still have to beat you." Hailey said. As Alejandro jumped over a hurdle, he changed hands to his left hand, which caused Hailey to have to duck.

"Hailey! Look out!" Scott warned. But it was too late. She already tripped over the hurdle, causing her to lose her plate.

"And that's it! As long as Alejandro can get to the finish, the Kings get one step closer to another victory!" Chris said.

"Alejandro strikes again." Noah said.

"Alejandro! Win and you'll get a reward!" Heather said.

"Ew!" Several contestants said.

"Being with you is more than enough of a reward." Alejandro said before blowing a kiss and jumping over another hurdle as he did so.

The real Heather laughed. "Now you're just getting desperate. Even if it actually was me, Alejandro wouldn't get distracted by something like that. Did you come up with that on your own?"

"Yeah, I wasn't exactly a fan of that so that definitely wasn't my idea." Nimona said, changing back, causing Zak M. and Blaineley to fold their arms, displeased as Alejandro crossed the finish.

Kings: 4

A/N: Montage and music stops

"This is it! The game point! One more win for the Kings and they secure another challenge victory!" Chris announced.

"Huh. Looks like the Phantom Sixth Man is about to about to disappear from this competition good. Not so tough without your teammates huh?" Alejandro said. "One more win and it's all over."

"Wrong person." Mayuzumi said.

"What?" Alejandro was confused before he realized he was talking to Mayuzumi instead of Kuroko. "Apologies."

***Confessional***

Alejandro(Storm Kings):

"I was hoping to eliminate Hiruma, but Kuroko will do just fine. How do I know he'll be gone if they lose? It's simple. Akashi said he's a very strong support player. Which is fine but, you have to be able to do well on your own to survive here too. And I'm not the only one that notices this. His teammates do as well. And also, has anyone else gotten confused over him and Mayuzumi?"

A thought just came to him before a malicious grin was on his face.

"As a matter of fact…"

***End Confessional***

"What happened back there Kurokocchi?" Kise asked.

"I just mistimed my jump." Kuroko said, his usual neutral expression and tone on his face.

"Really? That's it!?" Kise said.

"Yes."

"Hate to say it but it he's right. With how things are lookin' right now. Kuroko might be gone after this. And there was nothing I could do to stop it!" Kagami thought, closing his eyes, upset at himself as the next contestants were picked for spatula sandboarding.

"Hey. Jumpman." Hiruma said, getting his attention.

"Oh it's you. What do you want?" Kagami asked, opening his eyes.

"This game's not over yet. Even if there's a 0.1% chance of victory, there's still a chance to win." Hiruma said. As he said this, Cicini, who was chosen for this event, used her incredible jumping power to create a large headstart between her and her opponents, who were Bass and Midorima.

"Her jumping power might be even greater than Kagami's!" Midorima thought.

Bass grunted in anger before pushing himself forward to try and increase his speed down the hill.

"Regardless, I must do my part and ensure I don't lose." Midorima thought as he also increased his speed.

Both Midorima and Bass were neck and neck. Though Midorima's inexperience in doing something like this was starting to show as he wasn't exactly in as much control as he wanted to be. And Bass took advantage of it. He remorselessly tried to bump him off. Though to Midorima's credit, he was about as staunch about completing this as he was to following the Oha-Asa horoscopes.

"It's clear you can't keep up. Why don't you just give up?" Bass said, getting annoyed at his persistence.

"Experience or not, that won't stop me."

The two, well moreso Bass, were fighting for position while trying to still make up ground against Cicini.

"With how things are going neither of them are going to be able to catch up to her." Shiro said as they watched the action from inside the stadium.

"I want to say you're wrong, but I can't deny it here." Kageyama said.

"If that's the case, then he needs to stop fighting Midorima and worry about fighting Cicini!" Fiona said.

Though her words fell on deaf ears. Bass continued to keep getting annoyed by Midorima. While he was able to bring him down, ultimately, that meant nothing as there just wasn't enough time for him to make up ground against Cicini.

"Great job!" Bennett said to Cicini as she returned.

"Thanks! I honestly didn't expect to do well in this challenge. But I had to try." Cicini said. While she was smiling, she was still a little surprised at the adrenaline rush she had from the sandboarding.

"Don't celebrate yet. We've still got a lot of ground to make up." Lanolin said.

Rats: 2

***Confessional***

Cicini(Radical Rats):

"I can't explain why I tried so hard to do well in something that I've never done before. It isn't because I'm scared to be eliminated. It's….. something else. I can't explain it. But my heart is still beating from that race. And I wasn't even close to where the other two were!"

***End Confessional***

"We probably would have had a better chance to win if you weren't fighting with Midorima." Mr. Wolf said to Bass, who all but ignored him. "Hey! Did you hear me?"

"I heard you. I've got nothing to say. You think I'm about to apologize? He was annoying, so I got him off. Besides, at least I made sure they weren't going to win and seal the game." Bass said.

"Okay, fair enough. But still though, we're in danger of getting last again." Mr. Wolf said.

"Guess your lucky item didn't help you there." Yang said to Midorima.

"I tried my best to capture victory, but it wasn't enough. It's nothing to dwell on now. We're already moving on to the next game." Midorima simply said, more to his team than just Yang.

"Next! The soda straw javelin throw! Unlike your average javelin throw event, distance and accuracy matter here!"

Becky Farrah, Bren and Bass were chosen for this event.

"The fish is right! Not only do you have to toss the javelin, but you have to make sure it actually goes inside the cup! If it doesn't, it doesn't count! No points for throwing it really, really far! Sorry!" Chris said, the last part in a bit of a mocking tone.

"Just so you know, don't expect much out of me." Bren said.

"How many times are you going to keep saying that? It's getting old. Just do you best. No one is going to kill you for it." Weiss said.

"Becky! You're up first!"

Becky takes the straw she was given and throws it. Although the end landing was shaky, it was in the hole, and that was all that mattered. The ref signaled that the attempt was good.

"Success!"

"Hmph." Becky said confidently before pushing up her glasses.

"Nice Midorima impression." May said to the broker.

"To tell you the truth, that wasn't really an impression." Becky F. said.

"With all that bragging and good feeling you've got here, it better turn into some results on the next few challenges you're in.

"I should be the last person to be told to carry out business whenever it's time."

"You say that as if it's a good thing. At least in your case you damn cheapskate." Rally joked.

"A cheapskate that's helping you win. Or in this case, potentially make a comeback."

Bren was next.

"Come on!" Bren said before basically just chucking the straw while only giving the cup that he was supposed to throw it to a glance.

While it did hit the cup, unlike Becky's which actually went in the hole, the straw hit the cup and fell off.

"Darn it!"

"That's a lot farther than I thought he'd throw it honestly." Huey D. said. "So, consolation prize?"

Finally, Bass was next. His throw was a powerful one, with a lot of intent. But to his credit, it landed in the cup perfectly.

The ref gave the signal for success.

"Looks like both the Rats and the Breakers need another game! Time to push the cups back a bit!" Chris said.

Seconds later, the cups were move back a bit as Chris said they would, with the two remaining competitors, Becky and Bass, being given straws again.

Becky threw the straw and it landed in the hole again.

"Oh wow! Look at you Becky!" May said in awe.

"Come on Bass. Just focus." Hinata said.

"As if I need you to tell me that." Bass said before getting the straw and throwing it again. This one was also a perfect strike.

"Amazing! Another perfectly thrown strike!"

So the cups were pushed back again. Becky threw another one.

"Underthrew it. Damn."

She could tell the second it left her hands that her throw was off. And that was exactly what it was. It hit the side of the cup and fell back down.

"It's over!" Bass said before throwing another straw. While his aggressive throw looked as if it was going to end up sailing past the cup, it didn't and it landed inside perfectly.

"And that does it folks! Another point for Bass' team!"

"Nice one!" Eijun said, hand in the air for a high five only for Bass to ignore him.

"Hey! It's bad enough Furuya ignores me sometimes!"

"That's probably because you're too loud." Noelle said.

"Asta's loud! Why don't you say something about him too?"

"I do. He just won't listen. And neither will you it seems."

"Seriously man, ya gotta show some team spirit! Especially after doing something cool like that!" Kaz said to Bass.

Bass simply closed his eyes at Kaz's remark.

"Well, you can't say he's not a robot on a mission." Toxsa said.

Breakers: 2

Next was the Patty-on-the-Grill Discus toss, where both of the shrine maidens along with Haizaki would face off.

"This event is one person at a time! You'll each throw a patty on the grill! The person that gets the farthest throw on the grill wins the event! Let me repeat that. It has to be on the grill! If it's not then the distance won't count!" Chris explained. "Haizaki, since Bass won the last event, you're up first!"

"Cool." Haizaki said. "Let me show you ladies how it's done." He said to Reimu and Rei, both of whom ignored him.

He stepped into the circle and grabbed a patty.

"Ready?"

….

The whistle was blown. He thought about using Adrien's throwing, but decided against it and opted to toss it his own way instead. The patty landed around the middle of the grill.

"Nice toss! Now let's see if the others can match it!" Chris said. "Rei, you're up!"

"Right." Rei nodded.

After stepping into the circle, she threw the patty. It was on the edge of the grill, clearly being farther than Haizaki's.

"Thanks for showing me." Rei said to Haizaki as she passed by and went back to her team.

"Nice one!" Emma said as the two high fived.

"So you got some skill. I'll give ya that." Haizaki said, shrugging.

"You're shrugging and we lost another game we could have won. You have that Zone thing of yours. Why the heck aren't you using it?" Mr. Wolf asked.

"'Cause I didn't want to that's why." Haizaki said.

"We'll remember that if we lose this challenge. Just to let you know." Blaineley said.

Kise could only shake his head while Aomine closed his eyes.

***Confessional***

Rei(Radical Rats):

"Admittedly, I threw it a little too hard. But I'm glad it worked out in the end."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Aomine(Storm Kings):

"The guy can't stop lying to save his life. You wanna know the real reason why he didn't use it? Because he doesn't know how to activate it. Until he figures out what his trigger is, don't expect to see that out of him again anytime soon."

***End Confessional***

Next was Reimu.

"Finish this game! Don't even give them hope of coming back!" Heather implored.

Reimu tossed the patty. It landed on the grill.

"Oh, this one might be close! The ref is going to measure it to determine the two!"

He actually didn't use one. He decided to take a closer look with his eyes first.

"Let's hear the judgement!"

The ref points to the patty on the left and then Rei before raising his arms, indicating success.

"YEAH!" Kagami shouted.

Rats: 3

"Guys! Do you not understand they're one point away from tying this!?" Heather said, hands on her head. "Reimu, what was that!?"

"I didn't want to overthrow it. So I decided to underthrow it a bit." Reimu explained.

"Well guess what? Your underthrow could lead to us blowing a lead! Now get serious people!"

"Next! Fruit Jell-o Gymnastics!"

Falcon, Octavia and Dan were chosen for this event.

"I swear, if I'm chosen for one more stupid event, I'm going to-" Dan started before he was interrupted by Chris.

"Falcon! Get up there dude!" Chris said. "All you've got to do is jump off the spring, bounce off the jell-o and land perfectly! Do that and you pass! In the event of a tie, the jumps and leaps will be made harder until one team is able to win!"

Falcon nodded. "Got it."

Seconds later, the ref blew the whistle, signaling for him to start running. He jumped off the spring, and then off the jell-o.

"Come on. Land it! Just one more!" Adrien said.

Unfortunately though, Falcon wouldn't get the one more that Adrien was hoping for as he fell flat on his face.

A series of "Aws" in disappointment from the crowd were heard.

"Sorry guys." Falcons said.

"Hey, don't worry about it. We still got a chance." Kagami said.

***Confessional***

Falcon(Radical Rats):

"Now you see why I did boxing and not gymnastics."

***End Confessional***

"Octavia, please end this." Courtney said.

"If it'll stop her from yelling into my ears I'll try." Octavia said, referring to Heather.

"You're right I will! So you better end it!" Heather said.

Octavia got in the spot that the ref directed her to.

"Ready?"

…..

The ref then blew the whistle, signaling for her to run. She jumped off the spring and onto the jell-o. She then performed one somersault and landed perfectly.

"An 8 out of 10 landing! Now it's Dan's turn! Can he even things up?"

Dan blindly runs in a fit of rage before even being given the whistle for him to go.

"I….. *jumps off spring* HATE….. *jumps off jell-o* THE OLYMPICS!" He stumbled, but was still able to stick the landing regardless.

"And he sticks it! Let's do another round!"

"This isn't the Olympics. This is the Fry Cook Games." Scott said, eyebrows raised.

"This is clearly a food version of the Olympics. I know that and I don't even really keep up with the Olympics." Reagan said.

"Ohhhh! Wow. I really did not know that." Scott said.

The spring and the mat were pushed to make the landings a little more difficult.

Even with the increased distance, both Octavia and Dan were able to stick the landings.

The surprising part was how both of them were able to stick the third landing as well. Or in Dan's case, he bounced off the jell-o a few times to get enough air to try and land. But as soon as he did, he fell to the ground.

"That still counts right?" Hailey asked.

"Yep! You're good!"

"This is a little much don't you think?" Yang said to Chris, referring to how much the spring and the landing mat were pushed back this time for the fourth run.

"Look, I said it was going to be harder. This is harder." Chris said.

"Harder? More like impossible." Riley said.

Octavia got off to a running start and jumped off the spring. She was headed towards the jell-o only to get stuck in it thanks to all the jumping Dan was doing.

"You can't be serious." Octavia said before sighing. Seconds later, she was pulled out by Doyle.

"Dan! You're up!"

"Fine. But if something happens to my legs, it's a hundred percent your fault." He said to Chris.

"You signed up for the show. How is it my fault again? Now get ready. The whistle is about to-"

"Forget the stupid whistle! I'm going now!" Dan said before running. He ran, jumping on the back edge of the jell-o and bouncing off of it.

"This looks promising." Julie said.

"Here it comes!" Asta said, just as hopeful, only for him to hit his face on the edge of the mat instead.

"Ouch! That's gotta hurt! No points!" Chris called out.

"I just have one thing to say." Dan said to his team.

"Don't worry, we'll get them in the next game!" Asta said confidently.

"What? No, I'm not about to apologize. If anyone should apologize, it's whoever made these games in the first place, to me and every other poor soul that's had to suffer through this!" Dan said.

"Next! A new event for this iteration of the Fry Cook Games! Chum target practice!"

"This game is sponsored by the Chum Bucket! Buy some chum!" Plankton said as the camera changed to him.

"You may be familiar with archery, where you shoot arrows at a target with a bow. Well, you're not doing that here. For this game, you'll be using your hands to send the chum balls at the target! The person that scores the most points wins this event for their team! Bonus points for getting to the target first!" Chris said as the cameras changed to targets which were a decent length away from the three.

"Kuroko! Eliza! Furuya! You're up!" Chris said.

"Throw the balls to the targets! The center of the splat is where your score will be! The most accurate throw wins this round!" Chef explained.

"Pitted against high school children. This is an insult to my strength. " Eliza said, a smile on her face, which disappeared for a bit after smelling the awful smell of the chum.

"Ready?"

….

Furuya took a deep breath to calm himself, ball in hand, but coughing after inhaling the stench and dropping it on his feet.

"What the heck are you doing Furuya?!" Eijun shouted out, pointing at him.

"Calm down. He just made a mistake and dropped the pies." Fiona said.

"Which, considering the others' reactions, it makes sense. Who would have the nerve to serve something as inedible as chum?" Karin said.

"Plankton, that's who." Morty said, with contempt in his voice.

"I didn't expect someone like you to feel that strongly against someone." Kise said.

"Considering their history, it's easy to figure out why he's got contempt for him." Huey F. said.

"Contempt?" Akko said, confused.

"Contempt. The act of despising or the lack of respect or reverence for something. In this case, Morty feels contempt towards Plankton. The real question is, why?" Becky B. asked as Furuya was about to be given another pie.

"Apparently he tricked someone named Zoey. He didn't really elaborate on much else other than the fact that she also competed on a previous season." Lotte said as Chef checked to make sure everyone was good to go before they started.

"Hey! Furuya! Keep cool out there!" Miyuki called out before giving him a sign which caught Furuya off guard.

"A curveball sign?" Furuya thought.

Miyuki gave him a wide grin and a thumbs up.

"Here's the gist of it. He tricked her during the hunting challenge. Chris, deciding to be petty during the eating challenge, showed confessional footage of him celebrating it and that ticked Morty off because he had a crush on her. Drama started. Eventually, after waiting until the very last minute when he got eliminated, he decided to tell her how she feels, she tells him she doesn't return those feelings but they're still friends and she kisses him on the cheek before he goes into the limo. The end. Thankfully that s[censored] got wrapped up and it didn't turn into that stupid 'will they, won't they' s[censored] unlike what's going on with certain people here." Rick said.

The whistle was blown.

"Wait! I actually wanted to hear what else was going to be said!" Chris said in disappointment.

"Don't worry. I'm wrapping this up here. You'll have plenty of time to listen when we're through." Eliza said, already throwing her ball.

"Don't count us out yet." Kuroko said, which got the attention of Eliza.

"I'm sorry?"

"It might be hard to believe, but I can tell you've been underestimating us from the very start of this challenge. And it only got more blatant after the fourth win." Kuroko said as he was winding up the ball, a determined look on his face, creating wind around him as he continued to wind up the ball.

"The hell is he doing?" Haizaki said, eyes widened.

"You played with him. You've never seen this?" Kaz asked.

"No. Never." Haizaki said before Aomine laughed at Haizaki's remark and surprise.

"You got a lot to learn pal." Aomine said.

"As long as we have a chance to win. I won't stop playing until the end!" He then throws the ball with great speed towards his target, wind trailing behind it as he performed his signature Cyclone Pass.

As the balls were travelling, Furuya was still standing still, eyes closed.

Ace of Diamond OST- Windy Zone(Furuya's 1st Theme) Plays here

"What the heck is he doing?" Toxsa said, referring to Furuya.

"Furuya! Hurry and throw the ball!" Karin called out impatiently. Though that call was ignored.

Furuya took another deep breath before opening his eyes. He put the ball in his right hand and brought that same arm back before bringing it back forward, throwing the ball with incredible force and power, all while throwing it the exact way Miyuki asked him too.

Furuya's ball was coming at an incredible speed as if it was shot out of a rocket launcher, overtaking Kuroko's and catching up to Eliza's at such an incredible speed that surprised even her. The ball actually curved a little at the end, to the left a bit, which knocked Eliza's ball off course before Furuya's returned back on its course just enough to hit his own target which left several people in anticipation, surprise, and/or shock at what just happened.

The whistle was blown.

"Kuroko hits the target dead center! But…"

Heloise calculates the scores. "Furuya wins it. Just barely though. 2 point difference."

"It's official! The Breakers score another point!"

"WAY TO GO FURUYA!" Asta and Kaz yelled out.

"Impossible! There's no way his throws can be that fast!" Eliza said in disbelief that someone like him could have fast throws like that, even for a baseball player.

"I certainly didn't expect this that's for sure." Sebastian said.

"Yes way. When it comes to power throwing, Furuya is next to unmatched." Miyuki thought as he was smiling.

"Nice job kid." Dwayne said to Furuya as he silently walked back to where the rest of his team was as many of them cheered him on.

Music Stops

"Haaaa! The bazooka strikes again!" Eijun yelled out, pointing at Eliza.

"Would you put a lid on it? Jeez." Kageyama said as Eijun's mouth was covered.

"Wait, is that his nickname? That's awesome!" Hinata said.

"You're not helping here!" Kageyama said before Eijun forcefully moved his hand away.

"Wait a second! How come Furuya gets to play two games and I don't get any!?" Eijun said.

"I was chosen to play." Furuya said.

"Stop rubbing it in!"

"Would you quit complaining already? If it wasn't for him, we might not have won and this challenge might have been over." Fiona said.

"Sweet baby corn! I wish there was an extra spot for someone like you at our school's baseball team! I've never seen a throw that fast!" Molly said to Furuya.

"HEY! I can throw too!" Eijun said.

"If it's speed you're looking for, Furuya's definitely your guy." Miyuki said, grinning.

"Pitching's not all about speed!"

"Thank you, but I still want to play for Seido." Furuya said.

"Oh don't worry about it! I was just joking! I wouldn't want to pull you away from your team." Molly said.

"The fact that he actually thought you were being serious makes me question his brain compared to Eijun's." Scratch said.

"You have nothing to celebrate yet. You're still behind." Eliza said, with the rest of her team.

"Unfortunately, she's right. That's only our third point." Karin said. "We've still got work to do. From how Furuya looks, even he agrees." She said before looking at Furuya closer. For whatever reason, he actually looked upset.

***Confessional***

Miyuki(Wave Breakers):

"I told you. Sometimes it was going to take having to fight fire with fire to win. That play was risky because of Furuya's control on his throws, but it worked, even if it was barely. I figured Eliza might have been stronger than she looked, but I especially didn't expect that out of Kuroko. We might have a real problem on our hands with him if he can do things like that, and that accurately. And with some of the Kings too. Some of them had to have been ticked off after what just happened so I expect them to play even more motivated. Or inversely, make mistakes under pressure and their emotions."

"And also, the bazooka is not Furuya's nickname. He has several that people give him actually. One of them being the 'Monster Rookie'. That's right! Furuya can pitch that fast as a first-year high schooler! Incredible right?"

***End Confessional***

"Incredible. His throws are faster than Kurokocchi's Cyclone Pass!?" Kise thought. "I expected Eliza to be able to keep up with the trend of the other really strong guys here but….. I didn't expect Furuya to have such a powerful throw."

"What is up with you people! Do I have to slap some sense into you mammals!?" Skipper said before actually deciding to slap Eliza.

"How dare you!"

"This is what happens when you underestimate your opponent. We went from total control to being in a dogfight! And when you've got someone as mentally unstable as Hiruma and cat Rico, a dogfight is not ideal! One minute they could think strategy. The next it could be scorched earth!" Skipper said.

Eliza sighs. "I'll admit, I did let up a bit in an attempt to toy with them. Next time, it won't happen again."

"We now move on to the next event! Bun wrestling! In this event, the competitors will duke it out in the ring! The last man standing wins!"

***Confessional***

Bren(Storm Kings):

"Oh man. Are we really about to choke this lead away? This'll be a disaster!" Bren said, hands on his head. "Calm down Bren. You can do this! For your team!"

***End Confessional***

A wrestling ring was seen on top of a bun as the lights dimmed in the arena after being covered from above.

"Alright! This'll be a tag team wrestling match! For each person you beat, that's a point for your team! Why am I doing this? Because as it would stand now, the Kings would be safe from elimination and get first class regardless. Guess what? I'm not going to give you the luxury of not trying. With this, no one is safe! And trust me, you do not want last place!" Chris said.

"Awesome! Now then, let's find out who will be our wrestlers!"

"Kurita! Albedo! You'll be representing the Rats!"

"Sly! Ben! Kings!"

"Asta! Bass! Breakers!"

"Prepare to lose Tennyson!" Albedo said to Ben.

"Don't count on it. I'm ending this challenge! Unlike you, I've got some experience in the ring." Ben said.

"What are you rambling on about?"

"Oh yeah. You have no idea how wrestling works do you? Look, all you gotta do is pin the other guy for 3 seconds or make him tap out. Easy."

"I see. Thank you for the information. And now I will use it to destroy you!"

"Uh…. you're welcome?"

"And as for you." Albedo said before turning to Kurita as he transformed into Ultimate Rath which terrified Kurita. "If you're going to be a bur-" Albedo was interrupted by the fact that his suit ripped and had no air. Tangle was the first to get to him and put the helmet air helmet back on his head. Which thankfully, was just enough to allow him to breathe, even if it was a little uncomfortable.

"Then stay out of my way!" Albedo finished.

"Now wait a second I never-" Chris started before Ben turned into Rath with Rook quickly putting his air helmet back on his head as well.

"Let me tell you somethin' Ultimate version of me that looks more like a comic book hunter than a wrestler! Rath is gonna see you in the ring! And Rath is gonna take you down in the ring!"

"Oh forget it. It'll probably be more entertaining this way honestly." Chris said.

"Right you are Chris! Let's hope this time, this match will actually finish! The ring is even larger than the last time as well to address 3 wrestlers instead of two!"

Spongebob Soundtrack – Skills 2 Make Mills by David Robidoux plays

"H-Hiruma, I don't know if I can do this! Look at how strong they are!" Kurita said low to Hiruma.

"Of course you can fatty! Show those f[censored]ing cats how strong you are too!" Hiruma said before throwing him into the ring.

Rath and Bass were also put in the ring with Rath jumping in and Bass shooting a buster shot, both of which were going in the direction of Kurita, which terrified him as he attempted to run away.

"Albedo!" Kurita quickly tapped him in.

"Hmph. Too scared to even try to put up a fight. Pathetic. But understandable." Ultimate Rath said, not even giving Kurita a second look as he climbed into the ring.

Hiruma swung around Kurita comically as the three in the ring battled. "What the f[censored] was that!? You didn't even try to defend yourself!"

"I'm sorry!"

"You're damn right you are!" Hiruma said as he continued to swing him around.

"So much for strength." Shiro said.

Rath punched Ultimate Rath in the face and in the gut, pushing the ultimate alien back. Quickly after that, Bass attacked with several buster blasts at both of them.

"Is that all you can do?" Ultimate Rath said, standing unfazed.

"There's plenty more where that came from!" Rath said, running at him. As the two Raths clashed, Bass decided to summon Treble.

"Let's crush them Treble!" Bass said. They fused together for him to once again become Super Bass.

"What the-" Rath, distracted from the transformation was headbutted by his Ultimate counterpart, stunning him before he was picked up and was about to be thrown. That is before Bass charged at them both, knocking them both down and causing Ultimate Rath to hang out the ring a bit.

"Tag me in!" Kurita requested.

"Tag in with you? Absolutely not!" Albedo said before getting up.

"Don't worry about tagging in right now anyways." Hiruma said.

"Why not? You did all of that scolding just to not want him to be in?" Becky B. asked.

"I'm sure you know what patience means, right?"

"Guess we'll have to wait and see."

Rath tried to catch Bass out of the air, but wasn't having much success as he made sure to continue to stay on the move.

"Let me tell you somethin' evil robot named after an instrument! I'm gonna beat you like a drum! Then I'm gonna-" As Rath was about to jump off the ring ropes to try and leap and catch him, Albedo grabbed his left leg and slammed him into the ground.

"You said all I needed to do was pin you for 3 seconds right? Well this should work!" Ultimate Rath said.

"Guess what? There's no pin here!" Rath said, using his free leg to kick him off. Shortly after that, Bass attacked them with a rocket fist punch.

"I just thought of something." Doyle said.

"What?" Chef asked.

"Does he even know about the rules of wrestling?" Doyle was referring to Bass, who was throwing out rocket punches and buster blasts.

"No clue." Chef said, shrugging.

"And you're just gonna not ask?"

"I think it's a bit late for that now."

"The better question is, how is his flying allowed? No one can even reach him!" Courtney said.

"Would you stop whining already? You've been doing this for I don't know how long." Emma said.

"It's not whining! It's a valid complaint!"

"Considering you have a guy that wears a watch that can turn into different aliens and a raccoon that's about as, if not more stealthy than a ninja, I really don't think you should be complaining honestly." Noah said.

"So you mean to tell me you guys are okay with this?"

"You have the tools and the means to get around it. Use them. Ben was probably about to do that before Albedo stopped him." Emma said.

"Whatever. I shouldn't even be talking to you anyway."

Emma raised an eyebrow. "And why not?"

"I don't waste my time with losers. And last time I checked, you lost to me."

"In one challenge. Which last time I checked, our team as a whole, placed higher than your team."

"Instead of worrying about Emma, you should be concerned about your team and blowing a lead like this. I'd say that's more embarrassing than losing one challenge, which mind you, was actually pretty close." Rei said.

Another fist interrupted Ben and Albedo's fight.

"Let me tell you somethin' evil robot whose name is an instrument! Something I still don't get! I've had just about enough a you sendin' out those stupid fists!" Rath said, pointing at Bass, who was still airborne.

"Then try this instead!" Bass said, flying at him to go in for a kick.

This allowed not Ben, but Albedo to grab him.

"You should have stayed in the air." Albedo said before getting ready to throw him but Ben stops him, tackling him and sending him into the ropes with enough force that they snapped.

"No way! If any Rath is gonna be doin' any throwin' around here, it's this one!" Ben said, pointing to himself. It was only thanks to the fact that he used his claws as grips across the burger was Albedo able to stop himself from falling out of the ring. Though it was actually tearing into it.

"That's not good." Doyle commented.

"Hey, that's why we paid more to make the ring tougher. A little damage is fine." Chris said.

"Yeah, those ropes say otherwise." Doyle commented.

Albedo roared back into battle, actually using one of the ring corner cushions and throwing it at Bass who swatted it away, inadvertently causing it to hit an unsuspecting, and seconds later annoyed, Hanamiya.

Bass took flight again, dodging both Ben and Albedo's attempts to get to him.

"As long as he stays airborne it'll be impossible for any of them to reach him. The skies belong to him." Bakura(actually Yami) said.

"Albedo has to find a way to reach him. But how?" X said.

"If Ben would tag me in, I'd be able to give it a shot myself." Sly said, arms folded.

"When he is in this form, Ben doesn't exactly make the most rational decisions." Rook informed.

"I can see that."

"And you're telling me this is different from Ben how? You'd actually surprise me if you said he actually became smart." Yang said.

"Actually, he has several forms that allow him to do that as well." Rook said.

"Really now? I guess he hates using them because it'll require him to actually use that pea brain."

"Actually the better question is, where can I get one of those and can I use them for my homework?" Todd said.

"That's two questions Todd." Riley said.

"Yeah? So? My point still stands."

"Isn't that technically cheating though?" Huey D. asked.

"Actually no. It's still him doing the homework. He just knows all the answers now. Honestly, that'd be pretty smart for him to do." Louie said.

"Even if it's 'smart' from your perspective, it's still dishonorable and dishonest. The knowledge isn't yours." Diana said.

"And also, what'll happen if you get into a situation where-" Huey D. started before Albedo fell down before getting back up to fight.

An idea suddenly came to Sebastian. "Rook. I see these two have very similar appearances to felines. Even if they aren't from Earth, similar to you, they would still be cats, would they not?"

"Yes. Though the accurate term would be Appoplexian. Why do you ask?"

"If that's the case. Then I will put an end to this battle. Someone, if you can, tell him to bring Albedo over here in my direction."

"Man-Pig." Hiruma said, tapping Kurita's shoulder which caused him to turn before doing a gesture to him. One hand was balled into a fist while the other was also a fist but was hitting the other like a judges' gavel.

This caused Kurita to scratch his head, confused before smiling and holding his fist out for a fist bump, which confused Hiruma, but he decided to go along with it.

"Your time will come. Good luck." Hiruma said to Kurita.

"Thanks!" Kurita said with a smile.

"What are you up to?" Miyuki thought.

"Stay sharp. He might be plotting something." Din said to his teammates that were next to him.

"How do you know? It looked like a harmless fist bump to me." Bren said.

"With him, nothing is harmless or off the table. I'm with Din on this one." Jotaro said.

Heather whispered something in Alejandro's ear.

Ben and Albedo continued to battle, removing more ropes from the ring as they did so.

"I'm not losing to you!" Albedo said to Ben.

"Well too bad! 'Cause that's what's gonna happen!" Ben said.

Albedo grabbed one of the ropes and used it to wrap it around one of Ben's legs and cause him to fall. He then grabbed him and threw him at Bass, which caused the robot to have to dodge out of the way. He then saw the fish as he was in the stands as they scattered.

"Fish? What the heck!? Rath forgot he was underwater! Rath does NOT do water! Hey! Raccoon dude! Tag in! Count Rath out! Rath quits!"

"You heard it here folks! That's a point for the Rats!" Chris said.

Rats: 4

"Sorry guys." Ben said, returning back to normal.

"You might want to head back to the island. Your clothes are going to be drenched in water." Chris said before opening a portal back.

"Thanks."

"No problem!"

"You moron! How could you forget we're underwater!" Albedo said, pointing to him. "And now that you're out, I get to have my revenge against-" Albedo suddenly felt a sensation. It's as if he was being soothed. And his mind was starting to feel the effects too.

"What the- what are you….. oh." Albedo said before suddenly feeling even more soothed. The source being Sebastian.

"There, there. Relax. Your battle is over now. I can't stand to see such wonderful animals like yourselves hurt each other for sport." Sebastian said, continuing to comfort and pet him.

Albedo returned to normal. "Get off of me!" He said, pushing him off.

Sebastian realized that he was back to normal. "Oh. My apologies."

"Watch boy. Kurita's going in." Hiruma said.

"And why would I allow that pathetic oaf to go back in?" Albedo asked as he was beginning to select Ultimate Humungosaur but was interrupted by Bass and Sly.

"I think it's safe to say you're a lot easier to deal with when you're not an alien." Sly said before attempting to attack him with his cane.

"BASS! YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY PIN THEM DOWN! IT'S LIKE BEN SAID! THIS IS WRESTLING!" Hinata called out.

"IF YOU WANT TO WIN, YOU'LL LISTEN TO WHAT HINATA'S SAYING!" Jenny shouted out.

"If that's the case…. I'll continue to fight up here and then finish it when they're down." Bass said.

"I want to help. But there's nothing I can do if he doesn't tag me in!" Asta thought.

As Sly grabbed Albedo, he brought him down on the mat before keeping him down.

"I think it's about time that count started!" Sly called out.

Chef decided to do the honors and start the count along with the crowd. "1! 2!"

Albedo transformed into Rath, grabbed his leg and reversed the pin now, with his foot being on Sly's chest, and using his arm to guard against Bass' attacks. Sly's cane was on the ground and because of where he was, there was no way for him to reach it.

"Not good." Sly said.

Sly moved his head back to allow his cap to come off his head.

"Someone tap my cane! The bottom!" Sly called out.

"1! 2!"

Razer, using his free hand, quickly used a shuriken to hit the bottom of it.

The hat exploded, with both Sly and Albedo being caught in the blast. This gave Bass the opening he needed to attack and used another rocket punch to hit Albedo in the face and caused him to get knocked back. He reverts back to normal.

"Tag me in! Please!" Kurita pleaded.

"I already told you. I don't need your help!" He said as Bass was attacking Sly.

"He wants to help. Can't you at least give him a chance?" Lotte asked.

"NO! After all the effort we made trying to come back." Albedo said, dodging attacks from Sly as they both had to dodge attacks from Bass. "I am not about to squander this chance for victory!" He chooses Ultimate Humungosaur. The helmet fit was actually worse compared to last time.

"This ends now!" He prepares to shoot missiles at Bass and Sly. This causes Bass and the others to have to move out of the way to avoid being hit while also causing some of the arena to be destroyed.

"Has he lost it!?" Rally said.

"Albedo stop! You'll hurt the fish!" Dawn called out.

"Man-pig, tap him."

"But-" Kurita started before Hiruma kicked him to where Albedo was, allowing for Kurita to touch his arm.

"Tag ou-" Hiruma called out but was interrupted by him falling and hitting his head hard as Alejandro was next to him.

"Hiruma!" Several of the rats said before going to him.

"Tag out!" Mamori called out.

"H-Hiruma!" Kurita called out.

"Sub! Albedo, you're out!" Chris called out.

"What? No! I refuse!"

"Ten seconds to get out of the ring or that's a point penalty!"

"Sorry big guy, but I'm gonna have to end this." Sly said.

"Is…. Hiruma… okay?"

"What did you do!?" Monta said, getting in Alejandro's face.

"I didn't do anything!" Alejandro insisted.

"A likely story. These two have been known to resort to underhand tactics and cheating." Blaineley said.

"They looked they were whispering something in the other's ear too." Natsu said.

"You're one to talk. You literally had an illegal alliance with Chef in World Tour!" Heather said to Blaineley.

"And that was only to beat you and make sure you couldn't win the competition!" Blaineley said.

"You know what happened Owen! Tell them!" Heather commanded, pointing at him.

"Well…."

Steam started to come from Kurita's nose. He grabbed Sly by the tail, hard. Which caused Sly to cry out in pain before he was thrown into the crowd by him.

"Hiruma!" Kurita called out. But just as he was about to get off the arena, Bass kicked him down and stood on top of him, pointing his buster at Kurita's face.

"Stay down."

"K-kurita…." Hiruma said, eyes still closed.

"Hiruma wished me good luck! He believed I could win! Like he always does! I can't let his belief go to waste!"

"Hiruma's okay!" Kurita cheered, comically and unknowingly knocking off Bass, only for him to fly back and knock Kurita back down again.

"Mamori. Tangle."

Mamori was genuinely surprised to hear Hiruma actually call her by her name. Mamori got closer before he said something in both of their ears low.

"Kurita! Hiruma wants you to lead the team chant. With all your heart!" Mamori said.

"What are you waiting for already? Start the count!" Bass said impatiently.

"Oh! Right! My bad!" Chef said.

"Enough with the act already." Jotaro said. But that was about to be quickly drowned out by what was about to happen next.

Kurita takes a deep breath.

"BUTSUBUTSU!(Rip their heads off!) YAAAAA-HAAAAA!" Kurita shouted, which caught Bass off guard with how loud the yell was, which caused several people to actually be pushed back from the strength of the yell as well.

"YA-HA!" Monta, Sena and Mamori called out as well.

"Ya-Ha. Good job." Hiruma said, opening his eyes and now slowly standing back up.

"Hiruma!" Kurita said before going to hug him.

"Wait. Finish the game. We still have to win, remember?"

"Oh!" Kurita said before a determined look was on his face. "Right!"

"What kind of animal are you to have such a powerful yell like that?" Skipper said, getting up after being knocked down by said yell.

"I told you he was strong, didn't I?" Hiruma said, grinning.

"Ms. Fantangle here's going to help get you back in the ring." Hiruma said. Tangle grabs Kurita and tosses him back into the ring. But it seemed to have been a little too hard as he was flung into the sky.

"Oops. Sorry." Tangle said.

"Great." Lanolin said as Bass and Sly, who was able to get back in the ring even with his ring-tailed tail in pain continued to battle.

"For someone that claims to want to prove he's the strongest, you sure are proving it right now, fighting cowardly like this." Sly said. "You didn't see Jenny doing this."

Although Bass kept his distance, he did get closer to Sly. He was now in range to attack, but that would still be easier said than done. But at the very least, it gave Sly a chance. And that was all he could ask for.

He continued to dodge Bass's attacks, which was starting to frustrate him.

"Tag me in!" Asta said.

"I don't need your help!" Bass said.

"You're not landing any of your attacks! Listen to him!" Noelle said.

"Shut up!" Bass said, shooting more buster blasts which still missed. "For someone that called me out on being cowardly, you're not doing much attacking yourself!"

"Asta." Noelle said, trying to get his attention.

"Yeah?"

"I'm going to send you towards Bass so you can touch him. Just like with what Hiruma did with Kurita." Noelle said, low.

Asta nodded. "Okay."

As she was about to open up her Grimoire and use her water magic to try and time it, a yelling voice was heard coming down.

"What is that?" Sophie said, confused.

"Is that….." Adrien started.

"Kurita!?" Several people said simultaneously.

Bass looked up, which gave Sly the distraction he needed to pull down Bass and pin him. But then, he saw exactly what made Bass stop and how wide the area he was covering was.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kurita was heard yelling as he descended, which caused Asta and Noelle to yell too along with several others, including the crowd.

Hiruma cackled. "It's time to squash them with one hell of a splash! The Kuri-Hammer!"

"What's this? Kurita looks like he's about to make a splash! Or is he about to go splat? Only one way to- OH N-"

Jotaro gets in the ring and uses his Stand to try and stop him from falling to what could potentially be his death.

After putting him down on the ring, he still caused the entire ground to shake.

Dust was starting to get created. And when it settled, the ring was destroyed.

"The f[censored] just happened!?" Rick said.

"He did." Jotaro said, referring to Kurita. "Big guy ended up being partially the cause for this ring being destroyed. I say partially because with how things were looking so far, it looked like the ring couldn't take much more punishment. He just finished it off. And somehow, he's completely unscathed." He said. "Say what you will about his personality, but he can clearly cause some damage. And take it too. Not a single broken bone in his body. Even from falling at such a high distance. I can't say for sure but, even if I hadn't stopped him from falling, he probably would have still been fine."

"Unfortunately, this ring isn't. I think we're going to end things here." Chris said.

"So who won?" Monta asked.

"Honestly, because the ring got destroyed, we're not going to be able to finish this match. But, there are two deciding factors to determine the winner from what we have! The first, is the fact that both the Rats and THE Breakers both have both of their wrestling members left in the game! The second is the fact that Albedo was able to knock out one of the Kings! Even if it was 100% his doing. So, with that being said, the Rats take first! And, because the Breakers have more members left, they'll get two bonus points and take second! Kings! You're last! Which means three things! One, you blew a lead when all you had to do was win one more game. Two, you'll be facing an elimination ceremony tonight. And three, a special surprise will be waiting for you when you get back to the island. That is all." Chris said.

"Now let's get out of here before I get complaints about one more place you guys destroyed."

***Confessional***

Jotaro(Storm Kings):

"Yeah, I'm not happy we lost. But I came here to talk about Kurita. He seems like a good guy. More like a gentle giant more than anything else. But with the kind of strength that I think he has to cause and endure that much damage….. give him a killing instinct, or have someone that's as strong as he is with a killing intent, and you've got a monster that just happened to choose football as his pastime rather than really hurting people."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Hiruma(Radical Rats):

"That damn fatty. He's strong yes. But sometimes he's just too nice for his own good. This was the only way to drive that will to win out of him."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Sly(Storm Kings):

"My tail still hurts from him pulling on it like that. I don't know if he's stronger than Murray, because well…. not many people I know can say that. But not many people I know can say they can destroy an entire wrestling ring and get up and apologize as if nothing happened. And it's not like he doesn't care. He's just that innocent."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Yami Bakura(Wave Breakers):

"Well then, looks like I didn't have to compete after all. While I was hoping to take first place to make this victory even sweeter, this will do. We're at least safe from another elimination."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Good Launch(Wave Breakers):

"I'm a little sad that we didn't win, but everyone tried their hardest to win when they could have gave up. I think that's great progress! Next, is to start winning more!"

***End Confessional***

As they walked back to the portal, Hanamiya had walked past Sebastian and Eliza before taunting them with the choke gesture before quickly returning back to his normal facial expressions as if nothing happened.

Now back on the island and being allowed to have time to themselves, Hiruma had found Miyuki, who was catching pitches for both Furuya and Eijun as they requested him to do.

"Hey! F[censored]ing catcher!"

"What do you want? Came to spy on us huh?" Eijun said.

"Ah, devil man! How's it going?" Miyuki said, giving him a friendly wave.

"All right you two, I think it's about time to rest up." Miyuki said.

"What the-" Eijun started.

"How does Eijun get more pitches than me?" Furuya asked.

"Because Sawamura hasn't gotten much action here yet. Best to keep him warmed up in case he's needed, like you were today." Miyuki said.

"It's only fair! You got actual action today in the challenge!"

"I still wanted to pitch more. I wasn't satisfied with one pitch at all today."

"It was a target throwing challenge, not baseball." Miyuki said, before moving his right shoulder a bit. "I'm gonna put away the equipment. Besides, the food Chris talked about should be here soon anyway."

"Oh yeah! I forgot about that! Time to feast!" Eijun called out before running.

Miyuki takes off all the catcher gear except for the baseball glasses he had on.

"I'm pretty sure you know exactly why I'm here." Hiruma said.

"Ah that. Well, nothing you haven't done before huh?" Miyuki said.

Hiruma closed his eyes and smiled. "Tch. You damn jerk. So you decided to use signs I can't understand because I don't play the sport."

"Like I said, nothing you haven't done before. Besides, after what you pulled with Kurita and Alejandro you should be the last person to call someone a jerk." Miyuki said, smiling as well. "I thought you were a nice guy with a crazy streak."

"Who ever said I was nice? Not me. Victory doesn't shows bias towards those that may or may not play nice."

"Is that so huh?" Miyuki said before looking back at Hiruma in the eyes. "Next thing you know you're going to cheat."

"Never said I was going to do that either."

"You've done everything else. Can you blame me for thinking that?" Miyuki said, jokingly.

"Everything huh?" Hiruma laughed. "You've still got a lot to learn." He said before walking away.

"Guess that makes two of us huh?" Miyuki said, referring to Hiruma before walking away himself.

***Confessional***

Miyuki(Wave Breakers):

"Like I said, Hiruma is definitely interesting. Admittedly, even I wouldn't think of some of the things he's tried. Anything on the borderline of straight up cheating or injuring and/or killing someone he's willing to do. And doesn't have a single regret about it. But that's what makes him so dangerous."

***End Confessional***

Just as Miyuki said, the food arrived.

"There you go guys! Your reward for this challenge! Krabby patties!" Chris said to all of the Rats.

"Krabby patties huh? Let's see how good they are." Natsu said before casually taking a bite into the sandwich.

"Well, how are they?" Rei asked.

"Only thing bad I could say about 'em is why the heck did they only give us one? What kind of a rip-off is that?"

"That good huh? I think you're overexaggerating but let's-"

Rei had the same feeling Natsu had as well, causing both of them to excitedly get up from the table.

"Guys! Guys! Try the Krabby Patty! It's amazing!" Both said simultaneously to several of their teammates.

"Already did. It's amazing!" Kagami said.

"I know right?" Rei said.

"Oh man. I wanna try one. But instead, we get this." Kaz said, looking at the bland sloppy joe.

"It's just a burger. I don't see the appeal honestly." Reagan said.

"That's because you haven't tried one yet." Kise said, walking past and overhearing her. "Honestly though, I really wish we had more than one. I'd give the second one to you just for someone to try."

"Welp, here you go." Doyle said, tossing Reagan the second bag along with giving Kaz one as well.

"How'd you get this?" Reagan asked.

"Perks for being an intern. Got a few burgers."

"So you gave one to me and not your own nephew."

"Are you crazy? Course I gave him one. Two actually. The second one to share with someone else. After what they were given, they definitely need it."

"Thanks. I guess."

"No problem. I only gave one to you since you seem to be a non-believer."

"And I'm still going to be one. Nothing is going to change that. I don't care how good it is." Reagan said before eating the krabby patty. Her eyes widened.

"Looks like you're a believer." Doyle said, pointing at her.

"No! Don't know where you got that idea from 'cause I never said it."

"Are you serious!? This has to be one of the best burgers I've ever tasted!" Kaz said.

"Nah. She believes it, she just doesn't wanna say it."

"Yeah, because it's not true!"

"Your eyes said a different story."

"My eyes aren't saying anything!"

Doyle chuckled a little before leaving. "Yeah whatever. Keep telling yourself that! Self-denial ain't healthy you know!" He called out.

***Confessional***

Doyle:

"Welp. Now I gotta find myself something to do again. Chris has a cottage I can stay in to relax and watch TV or whatever, but I don't like being couped up in one spot for that long. Don't get me wrong, I love TV as much as the next guy, but being a couch potato is not in my future."

"Also, forgot to mention it, but from the looks of things, Reagan actually got some rest. Good for her. Still though, I kinda feel bad for the Kings. That food? They did not deserve it. Seeing that might honestly make some of them thankful for Chef's cooking believe it or not."

***End Confessional***

"Tasty to the max!" Monta shouted at another table.

Eijun hit on the table in agony. "This is why we need first place! I wanted a burger!"

"Okay, we get it. You want a krabby patty now stop banging on the table please. Thanks." Sucy said.

"Hey, I just had a thought. If we got this, then what did the Kings get?" Emma wondered.

"Are you serious? What the heck is this!?" Heather said, looking at the various chum meals that everyone got.

"Oh yeah. It's the chum meals. I don't recommend you eat that." Luz said.

"Trust me. I won't." Alejandro said.

***Confessional***

Heathers(Storm Kings):

"This is Hiruma's fault! He did this! He's going to pay! I can promise you that!"

***End Confessional***

Midorima was sitting at a table with Marinette, Courtney, Ruby G. and Akko.

"Bleh. I can see why you don't look so happy Midorima." Akko said, disgusted at the chumbalaya on his plate and the chum meals on Marinette and Courtney's plates.

"I could criticize the food, but it's not unlike what we've had to consume so far from the time we've been here. My unhappiness stems from a different reason."

"To be fair, you don't exactly look like a person that smiles that much. No offense." Ruby G. said.

"If that's the case then I for sure have nothing to smile about here." Midorima said.

"You want him to smile after we lost? Sorry, but I'd rather see him like this than someone that's just shrugging it off. That was embarrassing!" Courtney said.

"I completely agree with you on that. As much as I hate to say it, we were destined to lose this match. And it was well-deserved." Midorima said.

"Destined? You don't mean those horoscope things you follow do you?" Ruby G. asked.

"That's exactly it."

"Wait a second, you mean this was supposed to happen!?" Courtney asked.

"The opposite actually. Today's fortune for Cancers called for a repeat of history. Hence why today's lucky item was once again a small orange alarm clock."

"If that's the case, then we actually weren't supposed to win. It was the other way around, right?" Akko said.

"Yes. However, there was one factor that tipped the scales to the opposite direction. It was the fact that the other teams were underestimated."

"I didn't underestimate them. You have to be talking about someone else."

"You included."

"What!?"

"Your attitude after winning games this season only made you more arrogant. That arrogance is seen on some of the others as well. Including Eliza. Although Kuroko's cyclone pass wasn't enough to overtake her throw or win the event, underestimating him and Furuya was a mistake. A mistake that would cost us the challenge. And could cost us more if it isn't addressed." Midorima said before getting up. "For someone that claims to have the will and want to achieve victory, I fail to see it." He then stops walking to tell her something else. "A word of advice: Spend less time talking about the walls in front of you. Instead, spend more time strategizing how to tear them down. Only then will the path to prosperity be made clear."

Afterwards, he walked away without another word.

***Confessional***

Courtney(Storm Kings):

"What does he know? The two challenges he's been in he's performed poorly. He's just some fraud that talks big and tries to sound wise. Do you really think I'm about to take some guy that carries different items with him every day because some horoscope told him to seriously? Talk to me when you actually show some skill in these challenges."

***End Confessional***

"Hey Jotaro." Bren said, trying to get his attention as he was off to himself.

"Yeah? What do you want?"

"That thing you were saying earlier. About Hiruma. Was that really true? It was an act?"

"Yeah. It was. I kept an eye on him the entire time with my Stand. He faked it. Either that, or he just slipped. Either way, Alejandro and Heather had nothing to do with what happened to him."

"Man. Well if that's the case, I better tell everyone else! Thanks Jotaro!" Bren said, running off as Jotaro watched him before going to a tree and putting his arms back behind his head, resting against it, closing his eyes.

After throwing away the food, Alejandro and Heather saw Mayuzumi sitting by himself, not interested in the food that they were given whatsoever as he was reading another light novel.

When they sat down next to him, he was already annoyed and scowled at them.

"Hey Mayuzumi." Heather said, greeting herself to him.

"I understand that you like your personal space, so we won't try to keep bothering you." Alejandro said.

"Then if you understand that, you wouldn't come here to sit next to me in the first place." Mayuzauki said before going back to reading.

"You were in the first challenge and did pretty well." Alejandro said.

Mayuzumi closed his book and looked at them in the eyes. Silver eyes that somehow made him look even more lifeless.

"Listen, you can stop it with the fake smooth talking. I already know you want something from me. So what is it? It's my decision to say yes or no to whatever it is, so either be honest with me or leave. Your choice."

"Straight to the point huh? Okay then. We're giving you an offer to join our alliance. Courtney's already in it." Heather said.

"An alliance? What do you mean?"

"In an alliance, groups of contestants join forces to get further into the competition with teamwork." Alejandro explained.

"So in a way, we help each other. Nothing changes except for the fact that we'll avoid voting for one another." Heather said.

"There's no doubt that you look like you have skill. But you have some nerve offering me to join and not to vote you off. Especially after what you pulled today with Hiruma." Mayuzumi said.

"We were wrongfully framed. Yes, we do admit that we had plans to try and beat him if he was in a challenge, but he wasn't. And he took advantage of the situation to make it look like we tried to do something to him." Alejandro said.

"Don't get me wrong, we play to win, but trying to seriously injure someone isn't something we'd ever do." Heather said.

"Is that right?" Mayuzumi said, before standing up. "Well then, I guess I'll consider it." He said before walking away. "I guess I'll be seeing you guys tonight."

"Guys! Guys! Isagi!" Bren said, frantically running before running into Mayuzumi who he didn't even see.

"Get off me you idiot!" Mayuzumi said, pushing him off and grabbing his light novel again, not knowing that page from Lucy's story had flown out of it.

"Oh. Sorry." Bren said, blinking because he didn't have his glasses on. He grabs them and puts them back on. "Hey wait a sec! You're on our team, right?"

"Of course I'm on your team moron." Mayuzumi thought as he walked away.

"Wait! Stop!" Bren said, running to try and catch up to him.

"Did you come here to annoy me or something? Because if so, it's working."

"No. You never answered my question though. You are on our team, right?"

Mayuzumi could only close his eyes and walk away, ignoring him.

"Huh. I guess not. But if that's the case, then what team is he on?" Bren said to himself.

"You know, for someone who's so smart, you're saying some really stupid stuff right now." Mayuzumi said before leaving out of Bren's eyesight.

"Huh? Wait a second I'm not stupid! You're the one not giving me straight answers here!" Bren said as he went to run after him but stopped.

"Wait a second. What the heck am I doing chasing after that guy? I need to tell the others about what happened." Bren started to run back in the direction he was originally going in.

Eliza appeared before him next, disturbing his reading again. This time, he wasn't about to entertain whatever she wanted and just got up and started to walk away.

"Mayuzumi, I'm sure what I have to say will be worth your time. I guarantee it." Eliza said.

Mayuzumi stopped. "So now someone like me is worth your time? Stop it. I don't wanna hear a single word you have to say."

"Someone like you?" Eliza said, confused before she began to realize what he meant. "You mean Kuroko, right?"

Mayuzumi tried to continue to walk away and ignore her but she could tell from his body language that hearing his name got to him in some way. It was up to her to figure out what.

"I'm aware you two share the same ability. Misdirection. Would you say you're better than him at using it?"

He gave no answer and continued to walk away.

"Even if he didn't answer, his body language is all but telling." Eliza thought.

"With how people are popping up left and right, I wouldn't be surprised if a fourth person tried to talk to me today. All that's really needed to complete the scene recreation is a rooftop." Mayuzumi thought, perfectly recalling the time that Akashi had sent all three of the other Rakuzan starters Hayama, Nebuya and Mibuchi to him on one of the rooftops of the school while he was reading before Akashi came to him right afterwards.

Changing scenes, Eliza went to talk to Urien and Sebastian.

"If you honestly believe that lifeless mannequin has any chance at helping you, you're mistaken." Urien said.

"I underestimated Kuroko and Furuya. I honestly never expected either of them to have skills like that. Even if overall they're not than greater my own overall, they're still formidable. If Mayuzumi has the same skills as Kuroko, they could benefit us greatly." Eliza said.

"True. His skills to be able to completely disappear are strange but remarkable. Sometimes it's easy to forget that he's even there." Sebastian said.

"If his skills are anywhere close to Kuroko's, that may be exactly what's needed to beat the Rats. And moreso Hiruma."

"Showing bias towards the Rats will get us nowhere. The Breakers are just as much of a problem as well. Such as Hanamiya."

What they didn't realize was that someone was listening in on them and had the entire conversation up to that point recorded.

***Confessional***

Mona(Storm Kings):

"I've got them now! Just wait until the team hears this!"

***End Confessional***

The first place Mona went was to Duck triplets.

"Guys! You have to hear this!"

"Hear what?" Huey D. asked.

"You have to promise not to disclose this out loud though."

"A secret huh? You've got me interested." Louie said.

"And you've got me disinterested. I don't wanna lose trust of the team and keep secrets from them!" Huey D. said. "I'm covering my ears and I'm walking away!"

Mona played the recording for the two to hear.

"This sounds interesting. And is there any reason why we can't confront them about this?" Dewey asked.

"Because if we told them about this they'd probably try to make a play to vote her out of here duh." Louie said.

"Ohhhh. Yeah that makes sense."

"Thanks for sharing that info with us. We'll be sure to keep it safe and sound." Louie said. "By the way, this should probably stay between us."

"Why? Everyone should know about this." Mona said.

"Think about it. If you told everyone, someone that can't keep secrets might go around and accidentally let it slip in front of Eliza and Sebastian. And you might be screwed. If we're going to investigate, we have to do it quietly." Louie said.

"You're right! I never thought of it that way. The only thing needed now is more evidence to finish the job!" Mona said.

***Confessional***

Louie(Storm Kings):

"I honestly have no clue of what to make of what she recorded. But, at least I know there's some people that are being targeted. I still don't know what I'm going to do with that info yet, but that was a mistake on her part for telling me that."

***End Confessional***

TD Elimination Theme Plays

The Kings were all gathered around the campfire at night.

"Alright! After that chokejob I'm willing to guess you're ready to get this over with. Guess what? You don't get that luxury! You get to wallow in shame in the fact that you blew this lead today. So, once you cast your votes, come back here and we'll tally them up!" Chris said.

***Confessional***

Todd(Storm Kings):

*Puts in Vote* He shrugged. "Long as it's not me, I don't really care."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Reimu(Storm Kings):

*Puts in Vote* "Not sure why she absolutely has to go. But I guess It makes sense. She's the weakest option here to vote for."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Louie(Storm Kings):

*Puts in vote* "I'm sure you know exactly who I'm voting for."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Midorima(Storm Kings):

*Puts in his vote* "Strength without the intent to give true effort to the best of your ability is useless. This is why I made my decision for her to leave."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Courtney(Storm Kings):

*Puts in vote* "It was either Midorima or Mona. Just look at their performances this season. Who do you think I chose?"

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Isagi(Storm Kings):

"I don't like having to send someone home, but that's just how it is. And in my case, I'm not just going to use my feelings towards someone to send them home. If I vote, it'll be one that'll put us in a position to improve and win future games. After all, that's what I'm here to do. Win. Everything else is second."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Din(Storm Kings):

*Puts in vote* "This loss was deserved. The other teams were underestimated. And instead of finishing the job, this happened. Hopefully, this'll be a lesson to not let this happen again."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Akashi(Storm Kings):

*Puts in vote* "An unfortunate loss, but one that we can learn and grow from. Albeit at the cost of losing someone. Even if you don't see this, I sincerely apologize."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Aomine(Storm Kings):

"I knew we were in trouble the minute Eliza underestimated Tetsu. And he didn't even win that event. Make no mistake, we may be friends, but I know what he's capable of. The second I have a chance to take him out I won't hesitate to do it."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Paul(Storm Kings):

*Puts in vote* "You can call it 'heartless' or whatever else you want. The fact of the matter is she has the least value to the team. Even if she isn't gone now I don't see her lasting much longer."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Razer(Storm Kings):

*Puts in vote* "I'm sorry Mona. Unfortunately, my vote has to go for you. This was the only vote that I could possibly think of that was most sensible."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Heather(Storm Kings):

*Puts in Vote* "That…. was embarrassing! Someone's going to pay for it. I don't care who."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Alejandro(Storm Kings):

*Puts in Vote* "This loss stings. I am genuinely not happy. Next challenge, that won't happen again. And I'm hoping it's a fighting one."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Huey D.(Storm Kings):

*Puts in Vote* "I'm going with the most logical vote here. One that'll hurt our team the least. Midorima's accuracy is absolutely not going anywhere. And Heather and Alejandro seem to be pretty good too. Which leaves only one other person."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Huey F.(Storm Kings):

*Puts in Vote* "Do I have a problem with losing? Absolutely. But I think this was needed. Some of the people on this team definitely needed a reality check."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Mayuzumi(Storm Kings):

*Puts in Vote* "I could care less who leaves. At the end of the day, other than Akashi, I have no connection to any of the people here. So don't expect me to be sad to see someone go."

***End Confessional***

"Alright! You've all cast your votes and made your decision! I've got these chum sticks here! If you don't get one, then you're out and you'll be the first to take the cannon of shame!" Chris said. "Chef! If you'll do the honors?"

"Just so you know, we used the leftover chum from what wasn't eaten from the chum sticks. Which was a lot apparently."

"Well duh. Who'd want to voluntarily eat something like that?" Heather said before a chum stick suddenly flew in her mouth.

"Heather! You're safe!"

This caused her to spit it out while trying to get the chum off her tongue. "Now I have to brush my teeth to get the taste out of my mouth!" She said, trying not to put her tongue back in all the way but being all but forced too.

"Jotaro!"

"Todd!"

"Riley!"

"Huey Freeman!"

"Paul!"

"Skipper!"

"Sophie!"

"Courtney!"

"Rex!"

"Bobo!"

"Marinette!"

"Reimu!"

"Razer!"

"Din!"

"Zak!"

"Ruby!"

"Weiss!"

"Blake!"

"Yang!"

"Penny!"

"Rook!"

"Octavia!"

"Huey Duck!"

"Dewey!"

"Louie!"

"Luz!"

"Aomine!"

"Akashi!"

"Sebastian!"

"Isagi!"

"Bachira!"

"Sly!"

"Mayuzumi!"

"Maki!"

"Ryoma!"

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"Eliza!"

"Bren! Ben! Mona! Alejandro! You're the last four! If you don't get one of these three chum sticks, you're out!"

"Bren! Closing your eyes while attempting to vault over hot grease. Really smart Bren." Chef said sarcastically.

"Well, what would you do if you had to jump over hot grease?" Bren asked.

"Anything but that."

"Ben! You chose the worst time to remember you didn't like water as Rath. Maybe if you stayed in, who knows, you guys might have won again."

"That's on me. My bad." Ben said.

"You gave me a reason to actually think the form is cool. Then you gave me a reason to think it's a little annoying too." Yang said.

"I've heard that one so many times I can't even count." Ben said.

"Don't get me wrong, the cool outweighs the annoying I think. Just like most of your aliens. Except for maybe a few." Yang said.

"Which ones?"

"You guys can chat it up, hug, kiss, or whatever later. Right now it's time to-" Chris started before being interrupted.

"Okay, now I know you're just doing that on purpose." Ben said to Chris.

"Yeah, yeah, you're just friends. I'm just messing with you man. Anyways, you're safe!"

He immediately tossed the stick away, but accidentally hit Bobo's face who was not happy as he wiped the chum off his face.

"Oops."

"Thanks. I really wanted that second helping." Bobo said sarcastically, still frowning.

"Mona! Alejandro! You're the last two!"

"Alejandro! Although thanks to Bren, your name has been cleared, you're on the chopping block for another reason! Being associated with Heather, who won a season."

"Is that really a bad thing though?" Alejandro asked.

"Considering you could be eliminated, apparently so."

"Mona! You've done well, but that still might not save you from getting eliminated. Some of your teammates are thinking more long-term than short team it seems."

"I guess that makes sense. Thinking long term over short." Mona said. "Just like I'm thinking long term too. I still have work to do to stop some of the evil here."

"Well that work might be put on hold if you're gone."

"The final chum stick goes to….." Chris said.

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"Alejandro!"

"Sorry. No hard feelings." Alejandro said to Mona.

"I'm honestly not too mad." Mona said.

"Seriously? What gives? This is only entertaining if you're like sad or mad." Chris said.

"Well, it's for one reason. I think I got eliminated because I was a threat." Mona said.

"A threat? What in the world are you talking about?" Alejandro asked, genuinely surprised.

"Yeah, I wanna hear this." Chris said.

"It's simple. My knowledge about demons, vampires, the dimension that the evil Zak came from along with monsters caused some of them to raise eyebrows towards me. Especially Sebastian. Eliza's with him too. And Urien. They were planning on using Mayuzumi for their plans."

Hearing this had a reaction from Mayuzumi that wasn't a scowl or a neutral/no reaction. He was surprised.

"Evil plans huh? Well that sounds like one of three things to me. One: They're planning to hurt someone or cheat. Two: They're in an alliance. Or three: They're planning on killing someone. Which if it's the third one that's not allowed, so the minute they're caught trying to do that, they're out of here." Chris said.

"Teaming up with Urien and using Mayuzumi is exactly what that sounds like. Well? Any thoughts on that?" Alejandro said to Sebastian and Eliza.

"I have enough strength to win on my own. Did I underestimate my competition yesterday? Yes. Rest assured that it won't happen again." Eliza said.

"All I am here for is to bring honor to the Phantomhive household. Money is meaningless to me. And quite frankly…. I show no bias to anyone here on this team. I feel no ill will towards them. Nor do I show any favoritism. My job as a butler here extends beyond the teams." Sebastian said.

"Anyone can say anything. If we really want to know who's right or wrong proof is needed." Isagi said.

"Mona, you still have to go regardless. But do you have any physical proof other than seeing it?" Chris asked.

"Well, I actually didn't see it. I heard it. But I do have this." Mona said before pulling out a recorder. She replays the entire conversation that she heard.

"There's not much there. But something is better than nothing." Isagi said.

"That is true but you guys remember what Hiruma did right? Who's to say Mona didn't do the same thing and try to make the recording herself to fool everyone?" Louie reasoned.

"Huh. I never thought about that." Dewey said. "I honestly thought you were about to do something devious and backstab her."

"What? That would only work if we're in an alliance. And we're not." Louie said.

"I didn't! Honest! All of it is 100% real." Mona said.

"At first, there was actually some believability. Now I'm starting to have my doubts." Zak S. said.

"But think about it, everything she's said about Sebastian being a demon, the other Zak being from a different dimension. She's been right about all of that stuff and they never even said anything about it before. So she's smarter than she looks. This could go either way honestly." Luz said.

"Actually, there's one way she's going! And that's this way! Mona! Into the cannon!" Chris instructed.

Mona went into the cannon. "The truth will be revealed soon enough. Someone will put a stop to you! I guarantee *Mona was shot out of the cannon* IIIIIIIIIIIT!"

"Well, that was interesting. Fake or not." Chris said.

***Confessional***

Heather(Storm Kings):

"Fake or not, I'm glad she's gone. Having her run around and record or frame people like Hiruma was not going to work out well later on."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Alejandro(Storm Kings):

"I voted for her for a completely different reason than that. But it looks like we dodged a bullet. If she stayed any longer it would have been a major problem."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Louie(Storm Kings):

"Yeah I had no idea if that recording was fake or not. Probably wasn't since Hiruma spliced together clips from previous episodes to get his recording. That's the one big thing that I think everyone forgot about. But like I said, her telling me that was a mistake. My brothers don't know I'm in an alliance and I'd rather keep it that way."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Eliza(Storm Kings):

"It looks like Louie unknowingly saved our alliance. She definitely needed to go."

***End Confessional***

"And with that, this night ends on uncertainty! At least for some. Was she right? Or was she wrong? What do you think? Will this affect the team? Or will this be a just a blip in the radar for them? Find out on the next episode of Total….. Drama….. Across the Multiverse!"

A/N: This chapter was definitely longer than it was originally going to be as I decided to add and/or change a couple of things around.

Honestly, I had two things planned for Mona. She was either going to somehow make it to the merge which would surprise most of the other remaining cast members, or she'd be an early boot due to being the weakest pick out of those that participated in a challenge. This elimination was kind of the second thing with a couple of extra things I added in. For those that haven't seen the show, her imagination runs wild. But in a place like here where all of the things that she's imagined and watched in movies was real, I imagined some of the contestants wouldn't consider her crazy and would actually consider her a potential threat like Louie did.

Next episode will be one a little similar to what I've seen a lot of people theorize about in a TD season but has never actually been written yet to my knowledge. Granted, I've only ever played the first Mario Party game on the Nintendo 64 so my knowledge of the series is very limited. Along with that, the only other party-style board game I've ever played was the flash Nick game Block Party, which is why I included both as the main inspirations. A couple of veterans from previous TD seasons, including Multiverse Edition and some other familiar or unexpected faces may also appear so be on the look out for that as well.

Placements:

164th- Dragonfly Jones(Radical Rats)-Martin Sitcom

163rd- Richie and Virgil(Wave Breakers)- Static Shock

162nd- Cameron(Storm Kings)- Total Drama

161st- Duncan(Wave Breakers)- Total Drama

160th- Chris P.(Wave Breakers)- Dan VS

159th- Mona(Storm Kings)- Mona the Vampire

Upcoming Episodes:

Episode 10:

Compete in a life-sized board game, selecting one from each team to be pieces on the board(Mario Party/Nick Block Party)

Songs: Various(Mini-games are a deciding factor for this)

Episode 11: Compete in several mini-games in the Festival of Doom & Cavalry Battle Event(Eyeshield 21)

Dang Dang by ZZ(Eyeshield 21)

Episode 12: Win the Speedor jousting and racing competition(Legends of Chima)

Song: Unleash the Power by Finley(Legends of Chima)

Episode 13: Win a cooking challenge with dishes critiqued by Beerus, Endive, Mung Daal and three other judges(Dragon Ball/Chowder)

Song: ?(?)

Episode 14:Compete in large Scale 6v6 Crucible Modes hosted and commentated by Lord Shaxx(Destiny 1 & 2)

Song: I'm on the Moon(It's Made of Cheese) by Lord Shaxx(Destiny 2)

Episode 15: Compete in Blue Lock challenges hosted by Jinpachi Ego(Double Elimination challenge, only the first place team will be safe from elimination)(Blue Lock)

Song: Chaos ga Kiwamaru by Unison Square Garden or Judgement by Ash Da Hero(Haven't decided which to use yet)