A/N: Another day, another episode! This time, the Deimon Field Day has arrived! YA-HA!

Reviews:

Ginrai12: To be honest, Eyeshield 21 and Kuroko's Basketball were both things I got into this year(2023). Had I watched the former earlier, Shin would have probably done something last season.

As for the TD News segment, I forgot where I got the inspiration from, but it's another thing I decided to add to allow more characters to have screen time or learn things about them that otherwise wouldn't have been seen if I had just done episodes only. I know it's a little bit more work and time to do but that doesn't really bother me much to be honest.


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, 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, 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

159th- Mona(Storm Kings)- Mona the Vampire

158th- Owen(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

Intern:

Heloise(Jimmy-Two Shoes)

Hired Gun:

Doyle Blackwell(Secret Saturdays)


"Last time on Total Drama Across the Multiverse! For the last challenge, we decided to stay home for this one, with this challenge being a life-sized board game based on the likes of Mario Party."

Footage of Chris explaining the challenge on the island was seen.

"In this challenge, the teams would have one representative traverse the board while another would roll the die. And just like the game, landing on different spots on the board would have different benefits or drawbacks. Some would allow them to gain coins. Some would make them lose them. Others would put them through different mini-challenges, surprises, etcetera, with every turn allowing someone else on the team to get an opportunity to play."

Footage of different players like Zero, Priya, Sebastian, Jasmine, Shawn among others traversing the board, which was the island, was seen.

"But after each round, to keep the trend of the interdimensional travel going, the players would travel to different places across the multiverse. Or even to Camp Wawanakwa or the Action set. With yet another appearance from Deadpool. Who's as entertaining as he is annoying."

Footage of Deadpool appearing with the minigame wheel was seen.

"The game went on and on, and oddly seemed like a good time to…. talk about movies, I guess? Moreso because of Marty McFly showing up and Eijun pointing it out. Looks like Eijun has a soft spot for classic films."

Footage of Eijun pointing out how Marty was from Back to the Future with subsequent movie talk from other contestants was shown.

"But around the end of the game, that casual talk was over and done with. The second Midorima….. I can't even say crushed Yulaw and Scott. He slaughtered them. I mean that score is ridiculous. But yeah, after that minigame, the casual talk was done. Hailey wasn't a fan at all. But from the looks of Midorima, her words weren't about to make him change."

Footage of Midorima, Yulaw and Scott returning from the ring toss game was shown with Hailey expressing her disdain for what Midorima did with the green-haired Miracle himself not budging.

"And it was at the end I the last minigame where the final three had to escape Seijuro Shin that it continued. Shin, with his incredible speed as a linebacker, was able to catch Priya and bring her down, guaranteeing last place for her team. And yet another challenge that she failed to win in. And at the end, Heather let her know about it."

Footage of Shin running after Eliza, Hanamiya and Priya was seen with Priya being brought down due to Hanamiya "falling over". When the three returned, Heather was vocal about her being undeserving to be a champion and how weak the entire rebooted season seemed to be.

"She even attacked me a little. Like jeez man, I wanted to go back to the roots and this is what I get? I'd hate what she'd have to say to Julia or Bowie. Or I guess MK to an extent. But anyways, Hanamiya went to check in on Priya. But it wasn't even close with the intention of confiding her. It was to pretty much make her feel even worse. Like wow man."

Footage of Hanamiya talking to Priya with him saying how much her parents' training had gone to waste among other things that all but showed he was there to do anything but make her feel better.

"As for the elimination, it was between the two Total Drama Isalnd champs Owen and Priya. And considering Priya's track record in this season so far, it should have been a shoo-in for Owen to have to stay. But it wasn't. Priya was spared. Let's hope those votes don't go to waste, because from the looks of things, they have to still have faith in her for to not be eliminated."

Footage of Owen's elimination was shown.

"But with how she felt at the end, they just might. But we'll see. On this next episode of Total… Drama… Across the Multiverse!"

*Total Drama Across the Multiverse Intro Plays*

Today's Challenge Inspirations:

Eyeshield 21 Episodes 65, 88, 99, & 74

Special Guests for Today's Episode:

Various(Eyeshield 21)

Featured Song: Dang Dang by ZZ

Additional Pilots:

Launchpad(Ducktales 2017)

Mr. Bixby(Talented Mr. Bixby)

Midorima's Lucky Item:

A magazine

It was the morning time, a little before the afternoon. The teams, for once being able to actually have time to eat and be to themselves before a challenge started(that wasn't on some sort of moving transportation). How do they know this? One short, shy, but fast-running speedster, Sena, got a text message from someone named Suzuna.

With the message saying,

"I can't wait to see you again today! And the rest of your team!"

After seeing this, he showed this to his teammates along with some of the contestants from the other teams that overheard him.

"Wow, so we get to see how your place looks? Pretty sweet." Natsu said.

"Well, it's not exactly anything special. You guys are from completely different worlds. We're in Japan." Sena said.

"Yeah, so what? I still think it's pretty cool. I'm dying to see what you're friends look like. Or is that your sister?"

"No. She's a friend."

"A friend that's also a cheerleader on our team!" Monta interjected.

"Team? Oh yeah! You're on that uh, football team, right?" Natsu asked.

Sena nodded.

"So we get to see what the rest of your team looks like too. That's even better."

Sena laughed a little. "Fair warning. Some of their personalities might catch you off guard a bit."

"I doubt it. I don't think anyone can outdo Hiruma in that department. Besides, my Guild's got some pretty outlandish people on it too but they're still great people to be around."

"Maybe we could go to your world one day to check out what your guild looks like! Curiosity to the max." Monta said.

"If we get to go to you guys' places, we just might." Natsu said. "Though I'm kinda wonderin'. If they're there, do you think we'll get to see that Shin guy again?"

This caused Sena to snap out of his excitement and think. "I don't know. Maybe."

"I hope so. Maybe we'll get to fight!"

Sena could laugh at Natsu's eagerness. "9/10 Natsu might win." He said to Monta.

"Maybe. But you never know. Does anyone actually know how strong Shin actually is?" Monta asked.

"No clue."

"They're excited. But I'm honestly a little uncomfortable." Libby commented at another table.

"Why's that?" Hailey asked.

"Kurita, Sena, Monta and Mamori are nice. But look at Hiruma! Something tells me the rest of the team balances out their good with his evil!" Libby said. "And by that I mean they're evil!"

"I think you're overreacting. I know it's just a message but Suzuna seems nice." Diego said.

"If I was overreacting, guys like Hiruma wouldn't exist! Why does a football player need so many guns?! Where does he them from? Again, why does he have them! He plays football! I have so many questions!"

"Well, I guess those questions might be answered if that's where we're headed. We'll just have to wait and see." Hailey said.

Bren came from the bathroom, relieved. "Phew. For a second I thought I wasn't gonna make it." He said, before looking and seeing a coconut arcing over his head.

When he turned, there was no one there.

"Huh. Must have been imagining things." Bren said shrugging and continuing to walk before seeing another one go over his head.

"Okay. I'm definitely not imagining things. Either the sky's raining coconuts. Or someone invisible's throwing them."

He went back, trying to figure out exactly where the coconuts were coming from as a few seconds later, a third was went over his head.

"Hello! Anyone there! If you can turn invisible come out!" Bren said. But no one responded.

"Silent treatment huh? I got just the thing." Bren said before kicking up sand. He hit someone, but it wasn't anyone that was pleased with him doing it. It was Din.

"Oh!" Bren said, before laughing nervously. "Sorry for getting sand on your armor."

Din could only shake his head before continuing to walk.

"HEY! YOU'RE MAKING ME LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT HERE! IF YOU'RE HERE THROWING COCONUTS COME OUT!"

"YOU'RE MAKING YOURSELF LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT FOR YELLING TO NO ONE!" Aomine called back out.

"I'M NOT! THERE REALLY IS SOMEONE-" Bren started before sighing as another one was thrown.

"Alright, I'm gonna watch just to see who the heck is throwing those." Bren said, standing there and looking up at the sky for several seconds with nothing happening.

"I see how it is. You're trying to make me look crazy by stopping. Well guess what? I'm not crazy!" Bren called out, shaking his fist into the air.

"You sure about that?" Noah asked as he walked past.

"See what you did?" Bren called out, still looking in the air.

"Alright then. Wanna play hardball huh?" Bren looked down, patiently waiting for the coconut to appear above his head. But none came which irritated him.

"That's it! I'm not going to be anyone's fool! I'm done!" Bren said before walking away.

Seconds later another coconut was flying in the air.

"Alright! These things have gotta be coming from somewhere!" Bren started to run to the other side of the island. And he found something he didn't expect. Midorima had a pile of coconuts next to him.

"Wait a second. That was you!?" Bren was in disbelief.

Midorima threw another coconut in the air. Although this was off-screen, the coconut flew into the tree perfectly. It was the seventh in a row made.

Midorima turned to Core-Tech's resident tech wizard. "Yes. What of it?"

"What the heck are you doing?"

"Practicing. What does it look like I'm doing?"

"So you're practicing by throwing coconuts into a tree across the island. Mind you, it's a tree you can't see because of this….. mansion I guess, being in the way."

"So what? I won't allow that to stop what I'm doing."

"You'll be singing a different tune when you hit someone with a coconut."

"If my shots land where they're supposed to, that won't happen. And considering no one here has come to express their complaints, other than you, I seemed to have achieved my goal."

"Look, I get it. You're a basketball player. But can't you find some other way to practice? This is odd."

"You should be the last person questioning someone's practicing methods."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Bren asked before seeing something on top of a suitcase out the corner of his eye.

"And why do you have a-" Bren started, seeing the suitcase before seeing exactly who was on the magazine. It was a woman wearing a blue bikini and had pale skin and black hair. On the left side of the magazine had the word "Mai" large and in purple with "Horikita Mai" being under it in smaller black text.

Bren's cheeks started to turn red as he immediately covered his eyes.

"And here I thought you couldn't get any weirder!" Bren said, eyes still covered.

"It's not my magazine!" Midorima shouted out.

"Oh yeah? Then who's is it then?"

Midorima calmed down. "It's Aomine's. I'm only borrowing it for today because it's the lucky item of the day. Unfortunately flipping it isn't as successful as Aomine told me it would be." Midorima said.

"So your lucky item of the day is some dirty magazine? And what do you mean flip it?"

"Actually, I just need any magazine. But unfortunately no one else here has one. As for the flipping, Aomine told me that there might not be any revealing pictures of her on the back, if any. Apparently that isn't the case. Which is my mistake for not checking."

"If I were you, I'd just go without the lucky item for today. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's going to get the wrong idea from this."

"I appreciate your concern but that's not going to happen. If I can do something to retrieve my lucky item, within reason of course, I will do it. I'll simply just have to ask Aomine for another."

"Yeah but this is ridiculous! This just seems like too much. Throwing up coconuts from this crazy distance, using magazines and a bunch of other strange items as 'lucky items of the day'. I just don't get it. Why do you need all of this stuff? Why do you have to do all of this? It just seems unnecessary."

Midorima said nothing for a couple of seconds.

"You're not about to unleash some crazy power or curse on me are you?" Bren asked, flinching a little.

"No. Why in the world would I do that? I'm not even capable of doing something like that you fool."

"Fool? I'm not the one going around talking about horoscopes and carrying around a dirty magazine with him just because a horoscope for the day said so."

"Like I told you before. You should be the last person questioning someone's methods."

"And like I told you before, before I got interrupted by that magazine, what's that supposed to mean?"

"Exactly what I just said. You're standing here questioning why I'm practicing when you have done nothing of the sort."

"Uh, that's because I don't play sports, duh."

"Open your eyes you fool!" Midorima snapped, which caught Bren off guard.

"You think that just because you don't play sports you shouldn't practice? That you shouldn't train? Idiot. Outside of the Fry Cook Games, which was loosely based off the Olympics, none of the other challenges were related to sports whatsoever. And the challenge that I currently had the best performance in wasn't sports-based either. Stop making excuses for yourself." Midorima said before putting the coconut he had in his hands back down.

"Everyone seems to be focusing on Priya and her failures. But what about yours? Outside of you using your Monsuno, you have failed to do well in the two challenges you were asked to participate in."

"Don't you get it? I'm not the most athletic guy in the world. Tech is my specialty man! You really expect me to be some track star jock in a matter of days? Besides, I can always just use my Monsuno to help out. I doubt I'll be in every challenge like that. And even if I am, it could be something simple like the board game."

Midorima only looked down and pushed up his glasses. "You still don't get it do you."

"Tell me then. Exactly what don't I get?"

"Your Monsuno. I want you to spin one of them out."

"What? What are you-"

"If you can get it past me, I'll leave you be."

"And what'll happen if it doesn't?"

"Then I'll finish what I have to say. I'm not interested in money or favors if that's what you're thinking."

Bren wasn't sure what to think about him at the moment. "This guy." He said to himself. "Fine then! The sooner I can leave the better." Bren called out before pulling out a core.

"Neo-Quickforce! Launch!"

He spun the core out and Midorima timed his slide just right to stop it, the core now in his hand. It was no Emperor Eye but it was enough to get the job done.

"What the heck was that for!? You knew you were going to stop it. This was rigged from the start!"

"Exactly. It doesn't matter how you throw it. Stopping you is easy because I know the first thing you're going to do is run to your Monsuno." He tosses the Monsuno core back to Bren who catches it. "Let me ask you something. You claim that you doubt you'll be in every challenge that'll restrict you from using your Monsuno. But you don't know that for sure. The first one you were in. You tried to spin it out, but there was nowhere for you to go. The second one? You were required to do all of the work. Outside help was prohibited. If you're put in that situation again, what will you do then? Give up? Run to Sly?"

"What do you mean 'run to Sly'?"

"You think I haven't noticed? You and Sly have built quite a friendship. And while I have no problem with that, you're starting to become over-reliant on him and others to help you. Including your Monsuno. A man who cannot play by himself, can never hope to improve by himself either. These were the words that I told Kuroko during a practice game between Shutoku, my school and Seirin, Kuroko's."

"So what? You're telling me to practice by myself? What would I even do?"

"What you do is up to you. That isn't for me to decide. But I will ask you another question. Have you noticed how much the others, with the exception of Haizaki talk about Kuroko?"

"Yeah. The guy doesn't do much. He doesn't have anything other than his misdirection and that throw thing he does. And a couple other things I remember from the notes that were taken in the beginning. But you guys still talk about him a lot. But I guess I kinda get it. Protect the little guy." Bren said before laughing a little.

"That's not even close to being why you imbecile."

"Would you quit it with the insults? Jeez."

"Make no mistake. Despite our current relationship, all of us are fully aware of what we can do. And we won't hesitate to beat and eliminate one another from this competition. Kuroko included. But we all have talked about Kuroko not just because of that, but out of genuine respect." Midorima began before sitting down.

"Remarkable, isn't it? It's true. Compared to the rest of us, what he can do seems like nothing. Nothing about him emanates anything incredible. I'd say even on his own team, after what Cicini has shown, he's easily one of, if not the weakest member on the team. Potentially second to Morty, despite Kuroko's skills. Which I'd say is fitting. In Teiko. At Seirin currently. And on Team Vorpal Swords. He has always been the weakest. Yet still he has found a way to help lead us to victory in his own way. He was never gifted with skills like copying, magic, high jumping, speed, strength, not even the creatures that you and Paul have, the list goes on. But he never used that as an excuse." Midorima explained.

"Those skills? Are you crazy? What person can say they can throw like that?" Bren said.

"Do you really think he naturally had those skills? He did not." Midorima said.

"But not once did he complain. Or wonder why he could never be given those things himself. He worked. And continued to do so. Unlike the rest of us, who were immediately recognized for our above extraordinary skills and immediately promoted into first string, he was brought into the basketball club into the third string. He was the last person chosen. None of us, not even myself, had heard of him initially. It was Aomine that met him by chance, practicing by himself. Mind you, Teiko isn't a school that just allows anyone to be admitted to first string instantly like we were. Not counting Kise as he didn't join until his second year. And Haizaki joined later on his first. Usually in the first practices for new students, no one has ever reached higher than second string, meaning that the first string only had second and third years. It was that way for years until we came along."

"For most people that were there, they were happy enough to say they went to Teiko Middle School and played there, especially during the year the name 'The Generation of Miracles' started to circle around in the media."

"But for him, that wasn't enough. Somehow….he found his way into the first string. And it wasn't because of Aomine. He helped practice with him, and convinced our previous captain Nijimura and our coach to allow him to play again for a chance at first string to showcase what he's been practicing after not doing so well on his first opportunity. But that was it."

"Before I get to my next point, let me tell you something else. I'm sure you're aware of the Zone as you've already seen with Aomine, Kagami, Akashi and Haizaki. Let me remind you that one of the requirements to enter it is talent. Despite his consistent development, his passion for the game, and his will to play for his teammates, to win, and many other potential triggers being achieved be him, he was never blessed with talent. Meaning…. Kuroko can never enter the Zone."

"Man. That's gotta suck. Light blue lightning in his eyes would have been super cool. Maybe he would have had the power to complete turn invisible. Or disappear!" Bren said.

"You may see this as some joke. But I don't. It's the fact that he continues to play and impact his teams despite his limitations that I personally respect him so much. Second to Akashi. And….." Midorima trailed off.

"What? What is it?"

"I suppose. In a way… I can relate to him."

"Relate to him? How? Is it the fact that both of you like to read?"

"No you idiot." Midorima paused again. "You may not know this as you haven't seen it, but Kise and Murasakibara are also capable of entering the Zone. But like Kuroko, I am unable to."

"Wait, wait, wait, run that by me again. You're capable of throwing coconuts in a tree without seeing where they are but you can't enter the zone!?"

"No, I cannot. I suppose some of it may have to do with the fact that my skill took so much work to develop compared to the others. Four plus years to be exact. Make no mistake, I had enough at the start to make the first string like Akashi, Murasakibara and Aomine. But compared to the others, I was more than likely the least developed. Aomine had his instincts, and his experience from playing as a child on the streets. Murasakibara had his unusual height and strength for his age. And Akashi had his acute observational skills. Or maybe it's because I've yet to find my trigger." Midorima took a deep breath before getting up.

Ding Ding

"Uh….." Bren said, a little weirded out by the fact that came out of nowhere.

"But not once did I ever use that as a reason to stop trying to win. To stop playing. To stop improving. Kise pushed his limits against Haizaki and did what no one could think possible: Copy all of our abilities with his perfect copy. Kuroko pushed past his and learned to better fend for himself. Aomine has learned to become a team player. Kagami continues to play hard for his team despite his acknowledgement of his own limitations compared to others here including his own teammates. And even Haizaki did what Akashi and all of us thought to be impossible and prove all of us wrong. Enter the Zone!"

Kuroko's Basketball Solo Mini Album Vol. 3: Midorima Song 1: Sono Unmei Ni Shinshi De Are(Be Sincere to that Fate) Performed by Daisuke Ono(Midorima's Japanese VA)

*Short instrumental beginning plays*

"Call it doing too much. Maximalist. Whatever you want. I will never waver in what I do! Not just for myself. But for this team! If they can surpass their limits, then so will I!" Midorima threw another coconut into the air.

Midorima: Do my best and let the heavens do the rest(I'll do my best and let heaven do the rest)

After the first one perfectly lands, he starts to throw more out as he sings.

Subete wa sadamei to ten ni makaseru nado kangae chigai mo orokashii(

Everything is predetermined, it's a foolish misunderstanding not leaving everything to the heavens)
Subete no sadamei ni shinshi de areba koso erabareru kyou ga aru no da(
Everything is predetermined, as long as there is sincerity, you can be chosen one day)
God bless me

Daitai nani mo sezu ni erabareyou nado(

The likes of people that don't do anything yet yearn to be chosen,)
Zuuzuushii ni mo hodo ga aru no dayo(
There is a limit of how far foolishness can go-no dayo)
Nani goto mo saizen no doryoku to sentaku ga atte koso(
Only when you make the very best effort and choices in doing everything,)
Onore no michi ga hirakareru to iu mono(
One's path will be opened up)
Omae no kakugo ga dono teido ka kurai unmei wa omitooshi da(
Fate sees through just how far your readiness goes)
Ore wa nikka wo kakasanai kensan mo oshimanai(
I don't fail in completing my daily routines, nor neglect my studies)
Sore dake no koto nano dayo(
That's all there is-nano dayo)

Do my best and let the heavens do the rest

Miru ga ii unmei no saihai wo erabareshi ore ni koso arieru michi(

Being considered by fate's direction is a path possible for one chosen like I am)
Hirumu koto naku ogoru koto naku kyou mo shinshi de are(
There's nothing to falter about, there's no need to be haughty, be sincere today as well)

Do my best and let the heavens do the rest(

I'll do my best and let heaven do the rest)

Subete wa chaban to nageyari ni naru nado asahaka no kiwami buzama da(

This is all a farce, becoming negligent is a frivolous extremity and is unsightly)
Subete ga chaban to utsuru hodo no kiseki tayasui wake nado nai darou(
This is all a farce, a miracle so great that it can be reflected is not that easy at all)
God bless me

Daitai jibun no souzou wo koete iru kara to itte shikou teishi to wa(

To say you'll exceed your own imagination of yourself and then halting those thoughts)
Jibun honi ni mo hodo ga aru no dayo(
There is a limit of how your own standard can be-no dayo)
Miete inai bubun ni dore dake no mono ga kakusarete iru ka(
Just how many things are hiding the part of you that can't be seen…)
Saisho kara kangaeyou to shinai yatsu ni wa nani wo itte mo muda da na(
It's meaningless to say anything to those who act without thinking)
Ore wa nikka wo kakasanai oha asa mo miru(
I don't fail in completing my daily routines, and I also watch Oha Asa)
Sore dake no koto nano dayo(
That's all there is-nano dayo)

Do my best and let the heavens do the rest

Uketomero unmei no saihai wo magure nado urusanai seimitsusa de(

Taking fate's direction requires precision that cannot be forgiven with a fluke)
Sono kenri wo motsu ni atai suru ore de ari tsuzukeru(
There are those that are worthy of possessing this privilege, and so I will continue)

*Short Instrumental Period*

Midorima walks away from the few coconuts he had.

"Throw the coconuts into my hands." Midorima said.

"Wait, what?" Bren said in disbelief at being asked this so suddenly.

"Just do it!"

Midorima jumps into the air, already in his shooting motion before he even had it. He was able to perfectly catch it mid-air and continued to try this as he sung, performing his Sky Direct Shot skill he trained with Takao to create.

Yodomi naku azayaka ni tayumi naku seijitsu ni(

Adept without hesitation, faithful without slacking)

Coconuts made: 1
Shinnen wo tazusaete nani goto mo dou dou to(
Carrying my faith with me fairly towards everything)

2
Yodomi naku azayaka ni tayumi naku seijitsu ni(
Adept without hesitation, faithful without slacking)

3
Shinnen wo tazusaete nani goto mo dou dou to(
Carrying my faith with me fairly towards everything)

4
Tsuranuku shisei de saa(
That persistent attitude, now)

5

*Short Instrumental Break*

"Now, to my right hand." Midorima said to Bren, which caused Bren to have to throw it higher.

Miru ga ii unmei no saihai wo erabareshi ore ni koso arieru michi(Being considered by fate's direction is a path possible for one chosen like I am)

6

Hirumu koto naku ogoru koto naku kyou mo shinshi de are(There's nothing to falther about, there's no need to be haughty, be sincere today as well)
7

*Final Instrumental Break*
Do my best and let the heavens do the rest

*Song Ends*

"With an attitude like yours, you won't last long here. Same with Courtney. It doesn't matter how powerful your Monsuno are. I'm not asking you to train as extensively as I do. Or even to train at all. But your excuses. And Courtney's. They mean nothing. If so many others can push past their limits there should be no excuse for you to do so as well." Midorima said before walking away, suitcase and magazine with him.

"Those last two shots. I'm sure they missed. I still have more work to do." Midorima thought, looking at his free hand, which was his right.

"What a strange guy." Bren commented before remembering he dropped Neo-Quickforce's core after Midorima's sudden request. After picking it up, he looked at it for several seconds.

That is until Sly suddenly appeared out nowhere, taking the core from him.

"Hey! That's mine!" Bren said.

"If that's the case, then you need to have a better hold on your stuff." Sly joked before tossing it back as Bren fumbled and caught it.

"What the heck was going on? It sounded like I heard singing. And there was clearly the sound for a musical." Sly asked with genuine curiosity. "Wasn't you was it?"

"Me? Nah. I'm nowhere close to being a great singer."

"Huh." Sly said before noticing how close he was looing at his core. "Hey, you okay? Nothing happened to that core did it?"

"Of course not!" Bren said, perking back up before putting it away.

"Yo guys! It's challenge time! Get your butts on the planes!" Chris called out with his megaphone.

"Well, better get going." Sly said, getting ready to run before Bren stopped.

"Hey Sly."

"What's up?"

"Do you think…. I'm too reliant on my Monsuno to help me?"

"Well, you've been in more challenges without them than with them, so, no? Why?"

"Just wondering. I'm collecting some data about the ratio of challenges used with abilities and without." Bren said, holding his tablet in an attempt to keep up the façade.

"I see. Well, whatever you're using it for, I hope it'll help us win some challenges."

"That's the plan! I'm gonna go get some stuff before I get on."

"Better hurry up. Don't wanna get left behind. Might get put on the chopping block because of it."

"Sure!" Bren called out before looking down at his tablet, walking away. Although it wasn't on.

"When I think about it, look at all of the cool things Dax and the others can do. Chase always seems to be linked to some world-saving destiny stuff. Jinja's an action girl. Dax is well…. Dax. With his fishing, bike riding and pranks. You know, I never thought how much he's kinda like Duncan. Beyal's got his cool monk stuff. And he somehow gets Jinja while being a dense dinosaur." Bren thought before looking up.

"I know my brothers accept me. And of course, without me, where would team Core-Tech be when it comes to the tech stuff? But these guys on my team. They're super serious powerhouses! I'm not sure if being a simple nerd that has Monsuno is enough. And it probably isn't. I hate to say it but…. if it wasn't for the fact that Cameron got injured. That could have been me on that boat out of here. Dax made it to the merge. But-" He unknowingly bumped into Bennett, who was also looking down on his tablet.

"Hey! Watch-" Bren started before seeing it was Bennett. "Oh hey Bennett. Sorry."

"Don't worry about it. I was preoccupied, so I got distracted." Bennett said, picking his tablet back up.

"You too huh?"

"Sure. I guess." Bennett said, shrugging. "Shouldn't you be headed towards the planes? We're about to start the challenge."

"Oh! Yeah! You're right!" Bren said before running.

Bennett could only sigh. Not at Bren, but because of the breaking point that he and his older self had. He kept wondering if there was something he could have done or said differently to keep his older self around. Because he was having serious trouble getting social at the moment. Outside of working with Cicini for new things for the team or challenges, he hasn't said or done much else outside of the one comment to Kagami. Didn't help that Edee, since that day, refused to come out of his bag and turn on either.

The sudden jump scares that he once hated were gone. And he wasn't relieved like he thought he'd be. He felt as if something was missing from him. But all of those thoughts went away when he realized he was back on the economy plane again.

"Oh come on! Seriously!?" Bennett called out.

"Why the hell are you surprised? We *urp* lost the last challenge remember?" Rick said.

"What? You want me to act like I'm happy we're here on this hunk of junk?"

"You literally acted as if you didn't know what the hell was going on." Rick said. "What, you blacked out around the end of the last challenge or something?"

"No, I didn't." Bennett said, frowning as he looked down at his tablet, tapping on it as he was on the plane flight, not even paying attention to who he was sitting by, who in this case, was Kuroko. Meanwhile, Kurt was sitting next to Priya.

"Hey, you alright?" Kurt asked the TDI champ.

"I'll make it." Priya said, giving Kurt a friendly smile.

"Look. I know you've been struggling with these past three challenges. Heck, you're probably still wondering if you even deserve to be here."

"Guess I'm bad at hiding my emotions too, huh?" Priya said, no longer smiling. "If you're gonna say some stuff like 'I get it', or something like that, save it. That's not going to motivate me. It really isn't. Especially when I can't exactly relate to you right now. Think about it, who else has done worse than me on this team? For all the weakness they say Kuroko has, I'm not seeing it."

"Well, it's a good thing I wasn't." Kurt said. "Was just going to ask a question."

"Go ahead."

"You seem to be an expert in Total Drama huh? Have you seen the season Vert was in?"

"Vert. Vert. Vert. What season was that?"

"Multiverse something. I can't really remember. I'd have to ask him the next time I talk to him."

"Well, since we are allowed to use our phones on this season compared to the last one I was on. Hold on a second." Priya said before pulling out her phone.

She typed in Vert Total Drama Multiverse. The results had "Multiverse Edition".

"Total Drama Island Multiverse Edition. Huh. How do I not remember that season? Weird. Guess that's a byproduct of my slump."

"Or you just forgot. I think you're putting yourself down way too much." Kise said, a seat in front of her, sitting next to Adrien.

"Thinking about it, I kinda just wish Millie was here." Priya said.

"Who's that? Friend of yours?" Adrien asked.

"Yeah. We met on the last Total Drama season I was on. She's a hundred percent my best friend!"

"Well, if she was here I'm sure she'd want you not to quit I bet. Believe it or not Vert was the same way." Kurt said.

"You mean on the Total Drama season?"

"No. Haven't seen it to know. I'm talking about in racing. Wouldn't say he was fresh off winning the World Race since it was two years later but, compared to what he did there and since he joined the Teku, you'd think he wasn't the same guy that won." Kurt started.

"When he was in the World Race, he led his own team, called the Wave Rippers."

"Huh. That eerily sounds similar to the Wave Breakers." Kise commented.

"Not to be rude, but I think we should let Kurt do the talking for this one." Adrien said to him low.

"Oh. Yeah you're right. Sorry." Kise said, rubbing the back of his head.

"I was there. Had my own team too. Street Breed. The racing we did was similar to what you saw in the Storm Realm, but it was a lot more tame. All of the races were in a different dimension called Highway 35. Believe it or not I did some….questionable things in the race. I could easily say atoned for them. But that still doesn't make it right. Or erase what I did. It's just a miracle people didn't get hurt."

"If….. you don't mind answering, what exactly did you do?" She didn't want to feel the burden of not knowing what he did over her. She didn't want to be rude but she had to admit that she felt uncomfortable after he said that.

"You wouldn't think it but, I was actually disqualified from the Grand Prix for cheating. Not long after that, I got a car sent to me from Dr. Tezla inviting me to the World Race. It was the first time I ever met him. But, what he didn't know, was that I was actually a spy, working for an organization called CLYP. Gelorum, who ran the organization, said she wanted the wheel of power. And that Tezla couldn't be trusted with it. It was my fault for not looking into it more. But I guess that's what happens when money's involved. Sometimes it'll blind you. But then again, who would know about her true intentions?" Kurt continued.

"It seemed pretty harmless at first. I use my racing skills to get through. And whenever Gelorum asks, I sabotage the track to slow the other racers down. Didn't see any problems with it since that was all it was. No one got hurt. It was when my brother could have potentially gotten hurt that I refused to do it. Didn't come without consequences though. Gelorum wanted to see me after that race."

Flashback to Hot Wheels World Race Movie

It was night time in the middle of a desert.

Kurt, in his disguised Zed-36 Slingshot vehicle and black and navy blue racing outfit with a matching helmet covering his face appeared, driving up in front of a waiting Gelourm who was by a helicopter. She wore a black blazer jacket over a matching black dress and matching black boots. She had pale skin and short white hair and blue eyes.

Kurt got out of the vehicle as the doors lifted up.

"You shouldn't have come here. It's dangerous." Kurt said.

"For you, perhaps." Gelorum responded.

"Why did you want to see me?"

"What went wrong today?"

"It's not working for me. Sabotaging other drivers."

"CLYP went through a great deal of trouble to give you this car. This disguise."

"I'm a good driver. The best. I don't have to cheat to win this race."

"Keeping the Wheel of Power from Tezla is too important to lead to chance. You will win the race. Even if you have to eliminate the other drivers to do it."

"Eliminate?"

"You know what I mean." Gelorum's eyes eerily glowed a light blue for a split second as she said this.

End Flashback

"She seems like someone that wants to get the job done even by force, doesn't it?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah. But I'm guessing she's not, isn't she?"

"You have no idea." Kurt said.

"Just curious, but was your brother on your team too?"

"No. He was on the Wave Rippers with Vert." Kurt answered before continuing. "Eventually, when I was fighting against Kadeem for what we both thought was the Wheel, my helmet fell off. And I got found out. By everyone. Got kicked off my own team because of it. After that, I said I was done. With Gelorum. The World Race. All of it. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to ride off into the sunset alone and put all this behind me like I hoped to."

"Gelorum pulled me back in. And considering I was literally in their grasp since my car got picked up by a helicopter, I didn't exactly have a say in the matter. But, I decided to continue to do it. As long as it was just sabotage, slowing the other racers down and using my skills to get through I was okay with it. But Gelorum, as I learned, doesn't exactly take failure lightly. She brought two additional racers with me to help me win. I didn't like it since I wanted to win on my own at the end of the day. But like I said before, I didn't exactly have a say in the matter. Slowly but surely, I started to realize that this wasn't exactly a job where I could at least negotiate some things. It's one thing to have requirements. But with how they treated this, it was more than just that."

"They were willing to hurt other drivers. Not even caring if they got seriously injured or killed. In most cases, most reasonable people would have second thoughts about doing that to other people. But they didn't. And when I saw a bit of Gelorum's true self along with the driving partners I had, it all made sense."

Flashback

After Taro and Vert were able to smartly maneuver their cars around Gelorum's ambush in a way that made her crash into her own drivers in flying cars, her helicopter crashed down into the ground. Fortunately for her, she wasn't hurt.

Two other CLYP drivers hovered around Gelorum, awaiting her instructions.

She got out of the helicopter. "Follow them through the portal. Get the Wheel. Even if you have to destroy them all." Her voice, for some odd reason, seemed to be a little off. And with how she was turned, her right eye couldn't be seen.

Kurt, in his Street Breed racing uniform and Slignshot, in its Street Breed livery, drove up and stood up out of his car.

"Gelorum! Order those robots not to hurt the drivers! Those are human beings in those cars!"

"You don't understand. Do you?" She turned towards Kurt, revealing, to his horror, that her right eye was actually robotic.

"I do now." He got in and drove past her into the portal with the others.

End Flashback

"Wait, so you mean, she was a robot?"

"Yeah. Couldn't exactly have any proof other than that to say for sure but it didn't matter. The second I saw that, I knew I needed to make sure Gelorum was stopped. And she was. The Wheel of Power was brought back. CLYP disappeared off the map. And she was never seen again. At least not until those two years passed. But in between then, still didn't learn my lesson it seemed." Kurt said before shaking his head.

Flashback

"What are you worried about Markie? If this deal wasn't cool I wouldn't go anywhere near it. And if something does go wrong we'll be in it together." Kurt reassured his brother.

End Flashback

"My brother and I got into a shady business deal. I kept saying how good of a deal it was. About how much money we'd make. Turns out, the partners were crooked, so I backed out. But Markie, he was in too deep. So I had a choice. Tell everything I knew and potentially ruin myself even more than I did before. Or don't say anything. And…. I didn't say anything. Because of that, my brother got sentenced to 2 years in prison. And he's hated me since. I tried to push back. Save face and say he was nothing more than a hard….yeah. Hanging out with the Metal Maniacs. But that was low-hanging fruit to just say it was his fault and the Maniacs were just a bad influence so I could skirt taking accountability."

Flashback

"You're gonna ruin your life Markie! Hanging out with these Maniacs!"

"My life's already ruined. Who's fault is that?"

Mark drives off in his Spine Buster.

Change Flashback

"Look what you've turned into."

"You're not my big brother anymore Kurt! All right? You're scrap, like all Teku!" Mark said before beginning to walk away.

"Markie!"

Wylde turned back around and punched him, knocking him out.

"The name is Wylde!"

End Flashback

"In reality, it was all my fault. For being selfish. I could easily say I could have just gone straight. How I should have listened to Markie when he said he didn't really like the deal. But saying I 'could have' done something different isn't going to change anything now. It's not going to change the fact that he has to deal with the fact that went to jail, or the fact that he lost an arm for the rest of his life. It took a while, but we were able to patch things up."

"That's….. what happened to his arm? I didn't want to be rude and ask him about it."

"No. Prison isn't where he lost it. It was the Drones. Remember Gelorum? She came back. With a completely new team called the Racing Drones. She took the wheel, but that's not all she wanted. Turns out, she wanted the Accelechargers to race against the Accelerons, the ones that made all of the realms, the Accelechargers and Highway 35. And her and the rest of the drones. And beat them. Guess it was a case of wanting revenge for shutting them down and abandoning them. Sound familiar huh? Minus, the creating part.

"But fast forward to my brother. We got into a fight on the track. Understandably, since I was alone, he took the chance to go after me. But it didn't go how he had hoped. He got blinded by his want for revenge and didn't pay attention to his surroundings. He crashed. I could have helped him. But I assumed he'd find his own way out. Or use the EDR. But he….didn't. My brother was trapped in the Junk Realm. And he had no way to get out. And just like the business deal, it was my fault. When he got captured by the Drones, whatever they did to him to try to get info out of him, he ended up losing an arm because of it. Since then, I made a promise to not only rescue him, but to make sure that I never abandoned him again."

"And to tell you the truth. I would have made that same mistake with you."

"With me? What do you mean?"

"The voting. I voted for you to leave. I just didn't think it was fair for Owen to go. But I was also concerned more about winning than how you were feeling. It would have been easy to just let you go. The hard part would have been trying to actually help you. I won't make that mistake again. Might not seem like you have anyone that wants to help you. Or that everyone just thinks you're some useless failure. But trust me, you're not. And I think last night proved it."

Suddenly, the sky was no longer moving. The plane stopped.

"All right guys! We're here!" Mr. Bixby called out.

"Took so long with that I couldn't even get to what I wanted to say about Vert." Kurt said as the two got up to get ready to get off the plane.

"Sorry."

"Don't worry about it. Somehow, I was able to get a pretty similar point across just fine. I'm not sure if it's something you can relate to but, all I was trying to say as that we're here to help."

"Thanks. That means a lot."

"No problem." Kurt said before giving her a couple of friendly taps on the shoulder.

"What exactly were you going to say about Vert? Just a little curious."

"We don't have long so I'll just get to the gist of-" Kurt started before seeing Nimona suddenly pop up from under one of the wheels of the plane just fine.

"Oh wow! I just saw someone get ran over." Priya said, disturbed.

"I don't know what's more disturbing. The fact that I just saw that or the fact that she can recover from that as if it's just another normal day for her." Luz said.

"I'd say the first. At least with the second, we know she isn't dead." Priya said. "And also, to be fair, Hiruma's here."

"Hmm…. good point."

"Don't you think you should be a little more careful?" Ayame asked Mr. Bixby.

"Don't you think you shouldn't be around moving vehicles especially when they can't see you? That should be common sense!" Mr. Bixby responded.

"Just like it should be common sense to not hire someone with what I wouldn't even consider bare minimum experience. But look where we are." Tsukishima said.

"Welcome to Tokyo, Japan people! The home of some contestants here, including most notably in this challenge's case, the Deimon Devil Bats football team!" Chris said.

"Wait, so we do get to see Suzuna and the others! Sweet!" Monta exclaimed, pumped. Though there almost wasn't a time that he wasn't.

***Confessional***

Heather(Storm Kings):

"Huh. So we get to see what the rest of that team looks like. If they're anywhere near as crazy as Hiruma, I don't have a good feeling about this challenge since they'll probably have home field advantage here. But those witch girls had an advantage of flying at their school too and they still couldn't win. So it might not be that bad after all."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Kagami(Radical Rats):

"Japan huh? Kinda wishin' I could see the rest of my former teammates, but that's probably not going to happen. Would still be cool though."

***End Confessional***

"Yeah. Looks like I didn't do a good enough job of keeping that a secret it seems." Chris said.

"Actually, it wasn't that. Sena here got a text from one of his friends saying that she couldn't wait to see him and the team." Akko said.

"'She couldn't wait to see you'? Didn't know you were a ladies man. But hey, that's the perks of bein' a football star." Johnny said.

Sena could only laugh, a little embarrassed to be put on the spot by Johnny's comment.

"So Sena. What's your relationship with this Suzuna?" Akko asked, eyeing him suspiciously.

"Why do you want to know?" Diego asked.

"Yeah, it's not like you'll beat her out anyway." Sucy said.

"Beat her out!? What? That's not what I meant! I was just curious that's all. Besides, how do you know that? We don't even know how she looks." Akko said.

"Oh. Here's a picture." Kurita said, showing her his phone with a picture of her on it in his contacts. Suzuna was in a sailor school uniform that was white and blue. She was also wearing roller skates in the picture and was slightly shorter than Sena with chin-length blue hair that framed her face with bangs falling over her nose and blue eyes.

"Wow, she actually is cute!" Hinata said, joining in with Akko, looking at the picture.

"Yeah. I guess I'll give that to her. Though the size kinda helps." Akko admitted.

"Anyways, let's get going people. I know some of you might have some friends here you want to see but we've got to get moving." Chris said as the teams started to get moving.

They hit the streets, some of the more strange looking contestants like Nimona and Ruby Gillman getting looks as they walked by.

"You wouldn't think it, but football's been here a lot longer than you think. American football anyways." Aomine noted.

"Really? How long exactly?" Rex asked, genuinely curious.

"Since the 20th century. I can't remember the actual date, but that was when it was first introduced to Japan."

"No way. There's something actually going on in that brain of yours?" Weiss said, surprised.

"And of course it's about sports." Sophie noted.

"It's not just sports, it's Japanese history." Aomine said, slightly annoyed before calming down. "I mean think about it, how many of you think American Football is big here?"

"Even if it isn't big here as say America, to say that football just isn't played here is a bit asinine." Becky B. said.

"Wait, what? Run that by me again." Todd said, holding out a recorder.

"She said asinine not a[censored] you immature imbecile." Midorima said, knowing exactly what Todd was thinking.

"You're looking at me as if I'm supposed to know what that means."

"Asinine. Extremely stupid or foolish. In my case, I'd use foolish here. Or ignorant. I think stupid has too much of a negative connotation for what I'm trying to say." Becky B. said.

"Yeah. I know it doesn't seem like it, but it's pretty insane there are a lot of people out there that just think of Japan for a couple of things and that's it. We love sports just as much as the next guy." Sendo said.

"Ask Team Jabberwock what happened to them when they thought we were." Kagami said.

"You guys have been name dropping those guys a lot. Who exactly are they?" Lanolin asked.

"A streetball team from America. Those jacka[censored]es came over here and completely spat on the name of Japan when it came to sports." Aomine said.

"Not that it makes anything better, but you're missing a bit of the beginning. Mr. Kagetora, the father of Seirin's coach, Riko brought them here. They were pretty big in America from what I've heard. Viral I guess? I don't know. Kagamicchi could probably tell you better than me. But long story short, he brought them here for a friendly little tour and a friendly game with some of our now graduated captains of each of our teams to better match up with their ages. For context, most of Jabberwock was around 18 years old." Kise explained.

"It wasn't even close. Team Strky, the Japan team, got crushed. But it wasn't the fact that they won that I had a problem with. The s[censored] that pi[censored]ed me off was the crap they pulled afterwards." Kagami said.

"And what they did in between. I for one am not a fan of the taunting and showboating they did." Midorima said.

"Pretty ironic don't you think?" Hailey said, frowning at him.

"Still on that huh?" Aomine said.

"What I did wasn't showboating." Midorima said.

"Midorima isn't the type to show up his opponents. Believe me." Akashi said, speaking up, which seemed to be pretty rare for him compared to the other Miracles. "But what they did was unacceptable."

"Spitting in the hand of an opponent that wants to shake your hand for a good game and calling them 'monkeys' is more than just unacceptable. Even if it wasn't being broadcast on TV it would have still been a problem. That's why Mr. Kagetora challenged them to a rematch. This time, we'd go up against them as the new team Vorpal Swords. Their personality may have been garbage, but they were good enough to keep up with us, even if their skills weren't as crazy as ours. Not to mention most of them were tall. Hell, Silver was taller than Murasakibara." Aomine said.

"Still didn't stop them from playin' dirty the minute they realized we weren't just gonna keel over like Strky did. They injured Murasakibara's arm." Kagami said.

"Sounds to me like a bunch of dirty racists." Rick said.

"That about sums it up. And even with all of that, we still barely won by a point."

"Enough. I've had enough listening to you talk about those racist idiots. They lost. And that's all that matters." Hanamiya said.

"If I could thank you for anything Ryota, it's for the fact that you shut those a[censored]holes up. I didn't watch the game. I just saw the score. And that's all I really cared about." Haizaki said.

"That crap still burns me up to this day. How the heck did we even get on this anyway? I forgot." Kagami said.

"We were talking about football and the history of it here in Japan." Myron said.

"Oh yeah. Um, does that mean we'll get to actually play football?" Kurita asked eagerly.

"Yikes. Sports. Not exactly up my alley honestly." Bennett said.

"Oh don't worry. You won't have to worry about that." Chef said.

"Okay, on second thought, I'll take the sports. That seems a thousand times safter than anything you guys come up with." Bennett said.

An electric guitar was heard suddenly playing. The playing continued.

"Who's playing a guitar?" Tangle asked.

"It's the f[censored]ing Vampiro. Hayato Akaba." Hiruma answered.

"How many nicknames do you have?"

"And how the heck are you able to come up with all of 'em like that?" Natsu asked.

The electric guitar playing continued as he covered a bit of the Total Drama theme.

"Whoever he is, he's pretty good." Adrien commented.

He walked and got into eyesight of everyone as they approached the Devil Bats' training field. It was a simple area outside of their school that was dirt instead of grass.

"Welcome everyone." Hayato said, continuing to play his guitar, though lower to where he could be heard talking. He was tall and had red hair with thin eyebrows and long eyelashes. He also had red contacts on his eyes under his blue sunglasses and wore a slightly undone white button-up shirt, cross necklace with a ring and earrings with purple pants and black dress shoes.

"Ah. You show off!" Another person said, walking next to him, combing his hair with his short gray switchblade comb. He had spiky purple hair with a parted bang in between his eyes. He wore a black and white button-up shirt that was white in the middle, with one black stripe on each side next to the buttons. The sleeves were also black. He also wore red jeans and a white belt with white shoes and yellow shoestrings.

"Guys, at least try not to fight in front of all these people." A third person said, who wore a yellow sleeveless collared blouse, black pants and white sandals with white long-sleeved gloves. Her hair was aqua blue and she also wore blue goggles on top of her head along with light blue earrings.

"Of course I wouldn't fight here it's not smart! And neither is playing that stupid guitar here. How are people supposed to hear what you're saying?" The second person said to Hayato.

"That's why I'm playing it lower." Hayato said, continuing to play.

"How about don't play it at all!"

"Sorry about these two. Sometimes they get into their fair share of disagreements." The girl said. "My name is Juri Sawai. But most people just call me Julie."

"Julie huh? Looks like we're twins!" Julie exclaimed excitedly.

"Hmm…. I guess you could call me Juri just to avoid any confusion then." Juri said.

"Quite the opposite of the Juri I know." Karin said.

"You know a Juri? How is she?" Hinata asked.

"Some of you wouldn't be afraid of her, despite her rather sadistic personality. Others, not so much. She may not be have as many weapons handy on her as say Hiruma, but she could still be terrifying in her own way nonetheless."

"I'm Kotaro Sasaki, the number one kicker in all of Japan!" Kotaro declared.

"Change it to number one dork, and you'll be spot on." Hiruma said before blowing a bubble with his gum.

Todd and Louie couldn't help but laugh.

"I'm sorry, it's just so weird seeing you say that." Todd said.

"Yeah, if he's calling you a dork, then it's probably true." Aomine said.

"HEY! I AM NOT A DORK!"

"Aren't you the same guy that made football action figures all night one day?" Mamori asked, lowering her eyes at him.

"THEY'RE FIGURES! NOT F[CENSORED]ING ACTION FIGURES!" Hiruma said, angrily shooting at the air.

Several people, including Reagan was laughing as he kept shooting in the air.

"Who knew? Mr. unhinged here has a soft spot for action figures." Toxsa said.

"Turns out, he's a football dork." Miyuki said.

"Guess that makes you a baseball dork huh?" Aomine noted.

"Have you seen me make action figures based off it?"

"No, that's because I never met you before this season you idiot." Aomine said.

Isagi was still laughing. "I know it's not funny since we're all kinda dorks in our own way about stuff, but wow. I never expected you of all people to do something like-" He stopped along with the other contestants that were laughing when he was seen with several machine guns.

"Okay. I'll…. Stop laughing now." Isagi said.

Jotaro and Zero could only sigh at the sight of what was happening.

Kagami wiped a tear away, trying to calm down. "Oh man. Jokes aside, I think we can say everybody's got something they get passionate about."

"To be honest, the figures actually looked pretty well made." Mamori said. "He really did put a lot of time into them it seemed."

"Wait, are you serious?" Marinette asked, genuinely surprised that someone like Hiruma was capable of being a good artist.

"Yeah. They're really good!" Kurita said.

"Compare that to manajerk's s[censored]tty drawings." Hiruma said.

"I give you a compliment and that's what you say!?" Mamori shouted, hands on her hips.

"You want me to lie to people? EVERYONE! MANAJERK'S DRAWINGS F[CENSORED]ING SUCK!"

While Kurita was trying to stop Mamori from going to strangle Hiruma as he kept laughing at her, Akko went to Sena to ask him a question.

"Hey, are Mamori's drawings actually bad?" Akko whispered to Sena low.

"Uh….. you'd have to see them." Sena answered.

Suddenly, loud guitar playing was heard. Akaba then looked back up at everyone.

"Well? What are you waiting for?" Akaba asked.

"Uh….." Eijun started, unsure of what to do.

"I was saying 'Let's not waste any time,let's get to the arena'." Akaba said.

"Too bad they can't understand you playing guitar. Communicating in that way is definitely not smart I tell you." Kotaro said.

Akaba sighed. "It's a beat that most of our drummers can understand. Unfortunately, it seems like none of these people are capable of marching to it."

"Use your words man. I can't understand you." Louie said.

"He's actually talking in music." Huey D. said.

"In music? That'd make sense if he actually was saying something, but he's not." Lucy said.

"Music is a form of communication after all. Think about what devil boy here did during the last part of the Gran Prix." Rocky said, referring to Hiruma.

"What he's basically saying with that last part about marching to our beat is that we're basically not musically inclined to understand what he's saying." Huey D. said. "Which is totally not true. I am musically inclined."

"SO AM I!" Eijun shouted, pointing at him.

"Communicating in music huh? I wonder who this reminds you of?" Adrien said to Marinette.

"I was wondering how long it'd take you to notice. He and Luka look like they'd definitely get along." Marinette said.

"No one understands you man! Just talk regularly!" Kotaro said to Akaba.

"Well, we've wasted enough time. Let's get to the stadium." Akaba said before gesturing them to follow him, still holding his guitar.

"Hey Hiruma, if this guy plays football, have you guys played him before?" Kaz asked.

"Yeah. He's on the Bando Spiders. Same with their manajerk and that kicker. Their team relies more on kicking than anything else for their plays on offense. Field goals, onside kicks. All of it." Hiruma answered.

"Even so. In the end, their performance was a lot more well-received than ours." Akaba said.

"Again with the music stuff, will you quit it already?" Kotaro said.

"We're here." Akaba said.

"All right guys! Go ahead and enter into the stadium. Once the rest of the teams arrive, we'll start." Chris said.

The stadium was nothing really special for a football stadium. There was a scoreboard, a monitor, bleachers, two goalposts, etc. It wasn't anywhere close to being an NFL stadium or arena, but it worked.

"I don't get it. If we're not going to be playing football here, what exactly are we going to do?" Dewey asked.

"Like I said, you'll find out soon." Chris said.

Hiruma left the stadium.

"Are you going to get the rest of the team?" Sena asked.

"No. If you got the message I shouldn't have to." Hiruma said.

A couple of minutes later, Bakura also left, saying that he had to go to the bathroom.

"Someone needs to follow him and see what he's up to." Courtney said low to Heather and Alejandro.

"Already on it." Alejandro said but was immediately trampled over as he was about to leave.

"SE-NAAAAAAAAA!" A loud voice shouted, the source being Suzuna, who, still in her roller skates, was now wearing a cheerleading uniform for the Devil Bats team.

"AH-HA-HA! Total Drama here I come!" Suzuna's brother, Natsuhiko Taki appeared, opening his orange jacket, revealing his white dress shirt underneath as his leg was straight up in the air, spinning as he did so.

Several other people along with a dog and a pig also came in the arena.

"WILD, WILD, GUNMEN! WILD, WILD, GUNMEN!" Several cheerleaders dressed like cowgirls shooting prop guns in the air were also seen entering the arena next.

"Hey, you alright?" Someone said, offering a hand to Alejandro. He was short and had spiky ivory0white hair and wore a black overshirt under his dark undershirt, brown pants and his school uniform's leather shoes.

"Thank you. I'm fine." Alejandro said, getting up.

"Sorry about that. They can be a little extra sometimes." Another young man appeared, who was of average height and had black eyes and black hair with a lock of hair in between his eyes. He also had a stubble and goatee. He was wearing a cowboy outfit, hat and all.

"No worries." Alejandro said before noticing the outfit he was wearing. He didn't have much time to really ask about it as he went ahead and left the stadium before he was suddenly trampled again.

"Master Kurita! I've been training hard since you've been away!" A short teen, only slightly taller than May by a couple of inches said before putting a fist over his chest. He had spiky black hair, a round nose and wore a yellow t-shirt, brown pants and black shoes .

"Master? You have a student? Well look at you man!" Natsu said.

"Of course he's got a student! Who wouldn't want to be taught by the strongest lineman in Japan!" Monta declared.

"Japan, well…." Kurita started, unsure of what else to say.

"Hey look! There's Shin over there!" Asta called out, seeing him work out by himself. Though when he got past the crowd of other people, he was able to see Shin actually doing push-ups with his thumbs while his legs in the air as if he was trying to do a handstand.

"WOAH! THUMB PUSH-UPS!? How come I never thought of doing that?"

"I could ask how many push-ups you're able to do without stopping like that. But I think it's better if I just got started! Let's go!"

Though when he tried it, he couldn't keep his balance and he fell over.

"I think it's best I try it with the basics first." Asta said, laughing at himself. "Okay! One more time!"

Instead of doing them as if he was doing it with a handstand, his legs were back on the ground like a normal push-up.

Meanwhile, Noelle was talking to Suzuna. "Your clothes. Do they have to be so….. revealing?" She asked, referring to how her stomach was exposed.

Suzuna turned, noticing Noelle and not hearing much of what she said at all. "Oh hey! Are you one of Sena's teammates?"

"Of course she's a dumb airhead." Noelle thought.

"No, I'm not."

"I see. Well, if that's the case….. don't hold back for my sake. Or for anyone else's. I want to see Sena win. And I could easily just ask you to let him win. But letting him win, just because I or someone else kindly asked…. That's not going to help him in the long run! Or the rest of his team! Even if you win, I want to know that you pushed Sena to be the absolute best he can be!"

Noelle was taken aback a little by Suzuna's response. But it was one she did respect.

"I'll be sure to-" Noelle was basically bowled over by Akko.

"Hey! So you're Suzuna, right?"

"Yeah! Are you one of Sena's teammates?"

"Yeah! That super speed of his is so cool!"

"I know! Hope you'll do your best and help him win today!"

"Well, looks like you won't be able to beat her out with her looking like that." Sucy said, suddenly appearing, to the dismay of Noelle, who was trying to get up.

"I told you I'm not trying to beat her in anything!" Akko denied.

"Beat me out in what?" Suzuna asked.

"Akko here was asking about your relatio-" Akko suddenly covered Sucy's mouth.

"Relation with the team!" Akko finished, though that wasn't close to what Sucy was actually about to say.

"Besides…. I could totally pull off the cheerleader look." She said to Sucy, pulling her away.

One more group of people appeared, going through the entrance to the stadium. It was a group of three. They all wore a brown outfit similar to a Buddhist monk's robes, specifically called dougi over a purple undershirt and purple pants. This was considered to be their school's uniform.

The second they appeared, all of the other teams turned their way. Shin also stopped working out, something that Asta noticed and looked to see what he was looking at.

"Hey, check out that guy over there. He looks like a mini-Vegeta." Falcon noted, referring to the shortest one there wearing the uniform. He had black spiky hair very similar to Vegeta's and a mole on his forehead. He was also around the height of Sena, Monta and Riku.

"You know what? He actually does." Marinette noted. "And he's got that same look as him too."

"Let's hope he doesn't qualify for the power in a small package department."

"Considering what Sena, Hiruma and Kurita can do, he probably does."

He accidentally bumped into Noelle and Suzuna.

"Oh. Sorry."

"Don't worry about it!" Suzuna said with a friendly smile.

"Just watch where you're going next time please." Noelle said.

Ikkyu cleared his throat a little. "I will. If you'll excuse me." He walked past the two, quickly trying to hide his gradually turning red cheeks.

"Do the Devil Bats have a new cheerleader or something? I've never seen that silver-haired girl before. She's uber-cute!"

He was about to find Monta until an announcement broke him out of his thoughts.

"All right guys! I think that's the last team! We just need the commentators and we'll be good to go!"

With him was a rather tall young man with short brown hair, and stubble facial hair. He also had bushy eyebrows and his eyes seemed to always be closed. Two scars were seen, one on his left cheek and on the top of his left eyebrow.

The other was someone that shared the same height as the teen that appeared dressed in cowboy attire earlier. He had shaved hair and grey eyes.

He sighed. "Damn it. I told him to make sure he was here on time." He started to dial a number on his phone after he pulled it out, heading back outside the arena.

Bakura, meanwhile, was nowhere close to a bathroom.

"Where exactly have you run off to?" Yami Bakura thought, as he had taken over, in search of Hiruma to figure out what he was planning.

He passed by an alley where two people were. He didn't even acknowledge it until one of them was sent into a wall by a strong punch, knocking over trash and boxes. A phone then rang.

Bakura decided to hide along the wall and peek over. Although this garnered a few looks from a few passerby, he was ignored on the busy street. Because of the fact that the other man attempted to hit him with a wooden block, the one holding the phone had to put it on speaker phone.

"AGON! I ASKED YOU TO BE HERE ON TIME!"

"Alright, alright! Stop yelling in my damn ear!" The one named "Agon" said before dodging the attack and mercilessly kneeing the man that tried to hit him. Agon wore the same dougi and other clothes as the others. Though he had lightly tanned skin with purple-tinted hair styled into dreadlocks and orange Oakley Juliet sports goggles.

"This isn't just some practice you can skip! This is about the school!"

"School this, school that. The only reason the damn school even wanted to go to this stupid event was for money. It's always for that. Even you should know that big bro." Before the man could even get up completely, Agon changed phone hands and punched the man again.

"That doesn't matter!"

"Come on. Stop. I…. give in." The man said, badly hurt.

"Huh? Done already?"

"Agon! What the heck are you doing?"

"What I want. That's what. Now calm down will ya? I'm comin'. Just a second." He then hung up the phone.

"Agon? Agon!" Agon's brother hung up the phone.

He looked at the blood that was on his dougi. "Great. Now I might have to hear it about getting blood on this." Agon said, a little annoyed, walking out of the alley before looking as if he saw someone peek over a bit. It wasn't long. And in most cases, people either wouldn't see him or be fooled. But Agon did. And within a couple of seconds, had already caught up to Bakura and bumped him a little, just enough to get his attention, but not to cause a scene in front of all the people walking around.

"Just so you know." Agon started, in a low voice to Bakura as he was close behind him. "I'm going to show you what happens when worthless trash like you don't mind your business." Agon said low to Bakura, the air seemingly around the man suffocating Bakura and terrifying him.

"Have fun!" Yami Bakura said, switching out with his host and laughing as he did.

"But I didn't do anything." Bakura said.

Agon now had a different gaze in his eyes. "I was just gonna push you around for a bit. Now you're gonna wish you were that guy over there." Agon said, low.

He was about to grab him before someone suddenly appeared on different screens. From TV screens, to monitors. A teen with a devilish grin that had spiky blonde hair and long pointed ears was front and center on it.

"Hiruma!?" Sena, Hinata and several others said in surprise and horror.

Lanolin and Rally could only sigh. "What is this guy up to this time." Lanolin said.

"I don't even want to know how he got access to all these screens." Rally said, shaking her head afterwards.

This stopped Agon as well. But for some reason, he looked as if seeing Hiruma on the screen made him even more angry.

*Eyeshield 21 OST- Hiruma's Theme plays as he talks*

Alejandro didn't even know how to react as he was trying to search for him. He found him. But he was everywhere now.

"YA-HA! Listen up everybody! If you're a fan of football, or if you're a fellow student of Deimon, then this message is for you!"

"You cannot be serious!" Courtney said in disbelief.

"As you know, we have this field day for Chris' hit reality TV show Total Drama. Not only do we get to show our love for the sport to the rest of the world. But the schools also get a good bit of the money as well. Some of it funded to each of the American Football clubs as well of course."

"Yo! Promotion of my awesome reality TV show! Nice!" Chris said, grinning and showing his full approval of Hiruma's message after hearing that.

"You know what? I'm not even surprised anymore." Mr. Wolf said, smiling and shaking his head.

"But these guys….." Hiruma said before the screens changed to Miyuki giving the middle finger to a football to several people's shock, including the contestants.

"Yeah I don't think censorship seen that coming." Heloise said.

The screen then changed to an actual video than just a picture.

"What are your thoughts on football and those who play it?" Hiruma asked in the recording to Courtney.

"'Football? Ugh. As if.'" Nimona recited as Courtney.

Several people looked at Courtney.

"I never said that!" Courtney denied.

"Then who else is up there on that screen?" Aomine asked.

"I'm telling you it wasn't me!"

"It's one thing for them to not like the sport. But are you really going to take these insults lying down?" Hiruma asked.

"Miyuki! You didn't actually do that, did you?" Hinata asked in disbelief that someone like him was capable of doing something like that.

Miyuki could only sigh and shake his head. He didn't know how Hiruma did it, but somehow this was another one of his unorthodox schemes.

"Uh….. I didn't exactly get a no."

"The Devil Bats, on the radical squadron of the Rats, will be playing against these two today in the field day on each of their respective teams!" Hiruma said, showing pictures of the two again along with their team names.

"For this disrespect, they deserve more than defeat. They deserve to be crushed! And the merciless Eyeshield 21, who has trampled on so many opponents, with his incredible team, will do just that!" Hiruma showed another picture of him taking down some of their defeated opponents and standing over them with bats behind him as he did so, some of his opponents also looking at him in horror.

This mortified Sena as he knew all eyes from the opposing teams were going to be on him today. Kurita was the exact opposite as steam was coming out of his nose along with Komusubi's.

"MAX PSYCHED!" Monta shouted out.

"Hey, Sena? Are you okay?" Lotte asked.

"Yeah man, you're not looking so good." Natsu said.

Riku and Huey F. could only shake their heads at what was happening.

"But even with this, the odds will be against him and his team. He'll need your support! Come here to this address!" Hiruma showed the location of the stadium on the screen before putting it back on himself. "Food and drinks will be provided at a discounted price! Your purchases will go towards funding the school and the American Football Club! Now then. Everyone! Repeat after me! For the pride of American Football in Japan! And Deimon!" Hiruma took a deep breath before yelling out, "BUTTSUBUSU!(Rip their heads off) YA-HA!"

"You heard him! Let's go!" Suzuna called out.

"YA-HAAAAAA!" Several people in the stadium and around it and Deimon High did the same thing, charged up from Hiruma's message.

"And as for you mop-head! I know you're watching this! I told you in your face in that interview with that f[censored]ing reporter we had! And I'm gonna say it again! It doesn't matter how many tournaments Shinryuji won in a row! That s[censored] ends! And it ain't just gonna be Eyeshield 21 that's gonna trample all over your hopes of winning! The rest of those guys you call 'talentless trash' are gonna put those f[censored]ing dreads in a twist! Especially one of them!" He then started shooting two Uzi submachine guns in the air. "YA-HAA-"

The rest was cut off from Agon taking someone's soda out of their hands and throwing it at one of the displays Hiruma was on.

"Hey! What's wrong with you? Why would you do that!?" The man said that he took the soda from. Agon, hands in his pockets, ignored him, looking down. Not in the nonchalant way that he was before. But out of bitter anger.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!"

Before he could even do anything else, Agon was gone and was on the phone.

"Hello? Are you on the way?" Agon's brother asked, a little surprised to see Agon calling him back.

"Yeah. Tell them to hold off a bit if you can." Agon said.

"I don't know if that'll happen. They're on a pretty tight schedule. But I'll try." He said, pausing before adding something. "Agon?"

"Yeah? What now?"

"Thanks."

"Whatever." Agon hung up. "It's not like I'm doing this for you or the school anyway."

Meanwhile, back at the stadium, all of the contestants were taking in what just transpired with Hiruma.

"Mop-head? Who's he talking about?" Rocky said, looking around and not seeing anyone of the sort.

"Maybe he's talking about you." Kagami said, putting his hand on the cat's head like he did Kuroko.

"Nah. I think that's more of your ghost friend." Rocky said. "Especially that bed head of his."

"Ghost friend? Oh you mean Kuroko. But yeah, in all seriousness though, I'm kinda wonderin' who he's talking about. As weird as some of these guys look, none of 'em look like they fit the bill." Kagami said, looking around at the people that showed up.

"Speaking of bills, I can't wait to see how Lanolin's gonna navigate this. Her head's probably spinning right now." Rocky said, grinning.

"It's been spinning for a while. I know I've had my praises for him at times, but this takes the cake in being ridiculous." Lanolin said, joining them, her Wispon in hand. "Not only does he leave, but he does this? He's got a lot of explaining to do when he gets back."

Someone "tsked" as he walked by before stopping. "I'm guessing you three are on his team?" He asked. He had black hair and wore his school uniform which was a green jacket over a white dress shirt with black pants and black shoes, choosing to keep things simple today.

"Yeah, we are." Kagami said. "Who are you?"

"Gen Takekura. Just call me Musashi. And before you ask, yes, I know him. I think it's safe to say everyone here does. In one way or another at this point. Even if it's just by name because of the team."

"With how he's been on this season, it definitely adds up." Lanolin said.

"Granted, I haven't been keeping up with what he and the others have been doing on the show, so I've been pretty much relying on Mamori to fill me in on what's going on. And I can tell you in particular, have been through a lot thanks to him." He said, focusing on Lanolin on the last part.

"Don't get the wrong idea. It's not that I hate him or anything like that. It's just I don't understand his plans. I understand being risky and unpredictable, moreso the latter than the former. But this just doesn't make any sense. Why do something like this? This is only going to make the other teams angry and target us. And himself. If they aren't targeting him already."

Musashi laughed a little. "Nothing he hasn't been through before."

"Yeah, I'll bet. Pulling crap like that, you better be ready to have an answer for when somebody works the courage or has the strength to actually fight back." Kagami said.

"Which isn't most people I bet. With all of those weapons and that devilish face, who'd want to go against that?" Rocky said.

"Except this isn't most people. I'd say there's more people competing here that can contend with what he can do more than those that can't. What he's doing is just ticking them off or annoying them more than anything else." Lanolin said before noticing that Musashi was no longer looking at them.

"Hasn't stopped him yet." Rocky said, completely oblivious to the change in the air.

The source being Agon, who was in a blue dress shirt, black pants with a white belt and white dress shoes.

"Agon! Where's your uniform?" Agon's brother asked, not pleased.

"I spilled something on it, so I changed into this." Agon said, which was true. Though it wasn't juice or anything of the sort. It was blood.

"That's no excuse! You should have more than one to wear!"

"Look, I didn't think about it. Is it really that big of a deal?" Agon shrugged before adding, "You wanted me here and now you want me to go back and waste more time? Let's get started already!" Agon said.

"Agon's got a point Unsui. Keeping them waiting longer isn't going to help matters." The mini-Vegeta said to his brother, who was revealed to have been named Unsui.

"I…. suppose an exception might be allowed?" The taller man proposed.

"Ikkyu and Yamabuchi have the right idea." Agon said, the "mini-Vegeta" being Ikkyu and Yamabuchi being the taller man.

Unsui caved. "Fine. Just-"

"Yeah, yeah, make sure it doesn't happen again, I got it." Agon said dismissively.

"Unsui's right about that. Please try to make sure you have your uniform the next time one of these events comes around." Yamabuchi said.

"Aye, aye captain." Agon said, saluting, which somehow was more insulting to the captain of the team than if he hadn't done it.

"He must be pretty famous around here. Everyone was giving him a look." Rocky said.

"Or infamous." Lanolin said.

"Agon Kongo. The four of them attend Shinryuji and play for their football team, the Nagas." Musashi informed.

Unsui bowed in front of Chris. "I'm sorry for holding things up. Thank you for pushing things back."

"You're good man. You don't have to bow." Chris said.

"If anything, it's your brother that needs to be apologizing, not you." Doyle said.

"Hey, it's all good now, right? Now let's get this started!" Agon said nonchalantly before seeing Heather and some of the other girls in the stadium.

"That personality of his. He hasn't been here five minutes and I can already tell. He's just like Haizaki." Lanolin said.

He grinned with interest before taking off his goggles. At least before Alejandro appeared beside her and started talking to her, specifically about Hiruma, which only made him frown before leaving. He then saw Sena out the corner of his eye, who felt uneasy the minute Agon entered the stadium and was now stuttering as he was answering questions from the report Riko Kumabukuro. She had brown hair, brown eyes and wore a blue denim jacket over a pink dress. She also wore purple earrings.

"B-being on Total Drama? Well…. it's-it's….."

"So you're competing on that reality TV show huh? Interesting." Agon said, crashing the interview.

"Agon! Always nice to see a prodigal genius like yourself. Especially for a big event like this for your school. Do you have anything to say to Sena and the rest of the Devil Bats competing on Total Drama like Hiruma?" Riko asked, holding the microphone to him for a response.

Agon smiled. "No comment. Other than good luck." He said as he walked away.

He scowled as he walked away. "Tch. That trash is really on a reality TV show? I only thought it was the Eye-sore. Unbelievable."

He accidentally bumped shoulders into Haizaki, not paying attention as he was lost in his own thoughts.

"Hey buddy! You gonna say 'my bad' or somethin'?"

"Eh?" Agon turned, putting his goggles back on, facing Haizaki.

"Whatever. Just watch where you're goin'." Haizaki said.

Agon took his goggles back off.

"Attention! The games are about to begin! I need the pair participating in the opening game for the Radical Rats team to please come forward!" A man with shoulder length red hair that resembled lawn-mower blades sticking out of his head said. He wore a blue vest over a white dress shirt and yellow tie.

"So we get to choose for this challenge? What exactly are we doing?" Marinette asked the man.

A guitar was heard playing.

"Still, no one knows what you're saying." Kotaro said.

"If you're someone that has a knack for rhythm, music, and/or singing, then this first game should fit you perfectly." Akaba said as the three Bando Spiders representatives were standing in front of a small stage with three monitors behind them and speakers.

"Music huh?"

"All right teams! Gather around and start picking your team members ASAP!" Chris called out. "You need two for this first game! One of you will be playing the guitar, the second will be singing!"

"Ouch. Well, count me out then." Rocky said.

"I can take care of the singing." Kise said.

"So singing is the one challenge you choose to volunteer for." Kagami said, unsure of how to react to this.

"If he can sing, let him. Though I kinda wish I would have spoke up sooner. Also, did you forget about the AT challenge?" Rei said.

"I don't really count that since he switched out. And let me guess, you're a great singer."

"Of course I am!" She said proudly.

"Believe it or not I do a bit of karaoke in some of my free time." Kise said.

"Really? I never knew that." Kagami said.

"I can shred the strings. Sanders and I did a pretty similar challenge to this one so we got this one covered." MacArthur said.

"That was air guitar. I think playing with a real guitar is a completely different thing." Sanders said.

"Close enough." MacArthur said.

"Except at least this time you'll look like an idiot with an actual instrument." Noah said.

MacArthur frowned at him. "Not you. I-I mean people in general."

"Guess you fit the bill." Emma said to Noah, laughing a little.

"We don't talk about that."

"Why not? I'm just joking with you. You were great! The first time, not so much."

"Somehow I feel both great and bad."

"Look, unless someone else here knows how to play, I'm playing and that's final." MacArthur said, he then pushed Kise along which caught him off guard. "Let's go pretty boy."

"Wait! We don't even know where we're going!"

"Home tunnel." The man from earlier said.

"Well, looks like we've got our guitar player. Now we need a singer." Zak S. said. "Don't look at me. I'm not doing it."

"I can do it." Dewey volunteered.

"Any objections?" Isagi asked.

"Nope." Sly said.

"None here." Bachira said.

"If he thinks he can handle it, he has my support." Alejandro said.

"Well, it's settled then. Good luck you two!" Isagi said.

"So what exactly do we do since they go to the tunnel." Marinette asked.

"Other teams will be staying here and wait for instructions." Chris said.

"You have any idea on why the Rats are going in the tunnel?" Chef asked.

"Not sure. From what I've been told, something's going on with them specifically. Nothing that affects the challenge though, so you guys won't have to worry about cheating or advantages or anything like that. But we'll see." Chris explained.

"Can anyone here play the guitar? Anyone?" Dwayne asked.

"Never played. But I'll give it a shot." Nimona happily volunteered.

"I'm singin'." Haizaki said.

"You're only volunteering because Kise's there." Jenny said.

"If it means he'll play harder, then let him play." Urien said.

"Or he'll end up making a mistake trying to show him up like he did with Kagami. I don't know if this is a good idea." Kageyama said.

"I get it, but it's singing. I don't think there's much he can really mess up here." Zoey said.

"Just have me sing instead. The rest of the team can vouch for me. Right guys?" Fiona asked.

"I guess it was pretty good." Kaz said.

"What do you mean you guess?"

"I don't really remember much of you singing honestly."

"What about you two? What do you think?"

"I'm not really musically inclined to have too much of an opinion. But I suppose it was okay." Myron said.

"Look, just let the guy sing. If he messes up, then we'll figure out what to do next." Mr. Wolf said before saying low, "It's either that or potentially hear what Eijun sounds like by himself."

Speaking of Eijun, he was as energetic as ever, talking to Miyuki about Hiruma's message.

The thought of that made some of the team members feel uneasy.

"Yeah, just let him sing." Reagan said.

Machine Gun Sanada, the man with the weirdly-styled bladed hairstyle, was in the booth with Riko.

Machine Gun Sanada: "Ladies and Gentleman! Welcome to the Death Stadium! For today, we'll be playing host to a series of games today, each representing the several schools that have attended! In today's special multi-school field day! But first. Let's begin the special pre-game introductions!"

"Pre-game introductions? I think I know exactly what's going on now." Rex said.

"First up, representing the Radical Rats, who will be singing in the first game of the day. A member of the Generation of Miracles, his special ability allows him to copy skills after seeing them once and perform them in never before seen ways!"

As he said this, footage of Kise's best highlights were on the large screen in the stadium. He was seen performing moves such as Kuroko's cyclone pass backwards, combined Aomine's speed with Akashi's Emperor Eye to boost his reaction time to predictions, Murasakibara's near unstoppable defense with Akashi's Emperor Eye again to stop Haizaki and him entering the Zone against Jabberwock.

"The weakest member turned into the ultimate swiss army knife and butt-monkey of the Miracles! Ryota Kise!"

"Hey who added the butt-monkey part!?" Kise said, actually liking the pre-game intro as he ran out until butt-monkey was added.

"I know exactly who did it I bet." Mamori commented.

"Why do I feel like this was a bit of a shot at Paul for his comments?" Dewey noted.

"What comments?" Marinette asked.

"Oh yeah. You didn't watch it to know. We did another news report."

"Next up, a winner from the totally real season, The Ridonculous Race! A brash cop with an attitude! The bad cop to Sanders' good, who express a not-so-secret dislike of nice girls like Lotte, Julie and Marinette for no justifiable reason other than being 'girly and nice', from the, again, real season, ran by Don, the Ridonculous Race, MacArthur!"

"Well, it's true! Lotte needs to grow a backbone! Same with Libby but she's not on my team so I could care less about her." MacArthur said as the camera focused on her as she came out of the tunnel.

"Points for honesty I guess." Noah said.

"Okay, that was definitely a shot against me. Who was in charge of doing these intros?" Chris asked.

"Did you come up with these?" Riko asked Sanada.

"Wasn't me. I'm only reading off the cards I was given." Sanada said.

"Yeah, that all but confirms it." Mamori said.

"Yep." Sena said before laughing a little.

"I'm actually curious. Was it Hiruma?" Doyle asked.

"Yeah, it had to have been him." Mamori said. "He did this during our game against the Spiders."

"So that's why he wanted the participant list?" Chris said.

Flashback to this morning

Hiruma walked up to Chris.

"Hey. Chris."

"What's up man?"

"Do you happen to have the list of participants on you?"

"Not on hand. Heloise probably has it though."

"Get that guy in the red and black suit back over here too."

"You mean Deadpool? Why?"

"Just get him over here. I need to ask him something too." Hiruma said.

"Okay. Just make sure it doesn't get in the way of the challenge."

End Flashback

"Well, you can't knock him for being creative I guess." Chris said, shrugging. "Anyways, confessionals have been set up in the visitor room."

***Confessional***

Courtney(Storm Kings):

"Considering the last time I was in a challenge like this, I'm not about to be robbed again. Hopefully, these two can get the job done. Also, Hiruma, wherever you are! You'll pay for this!"

***End Confessional***

After he said this, a poster was seen with Sena, in his football uniform with Puss, Kagami and Natsu, was seen going up against Courtney, Miyuki and Sebastian, who were all seen in what was made to look like a historic battle for the ages.

At the top, there was a title in Japanese with a translation being at the bottom.

"Come watch Eyeshield 21 and his new friends take on this multiversal threat before the Kanto Tournament!" Mona read.

"Why is Miyuki so…. muscular?" Kageyama asked, eyebrows raised.

"Sebastian doesn't look that bad but still, that demonic look is a little exaggerated." Isagi said.

"I drew them. The exaggerated look was intentional." A teen with long spiky blonde hair and wore orange tinted sunglasses said. He wore a white overshirt over a red t-shirt and black pants.

"So all of that stuff we saw earlier. That was you?" Courtney asked.

"No. Those weren't me. I drew this promo poster though."

"For you to have never met us before, these drawings are actually pretty good. And accurate. Outside of the obvious artistic choices." Octavia said.

"Thanks!"

"This guy here wants to be a manga artist!" Another person said as someone else with him got him in a friendly headlock.

"This is Togano, Jumonji and Kuroki! Togano is the one that draws all the amazing art!" Kurita said.

Kuroki had dark hair of medium length and wore the same school uniform as Musashi. Jumonji had platinum blond hair and an X-shaped scar on his right cheek.

"AH HA HA! Don't forget about me!" Natsuhiko Taki, Suzuna's brother said, pointing at everyone as he continued to spin around, one straight up again. He had medium length blonde hair and a goatee on his chin, also wearing the Deimon uniform.

"Trust me." Togano started.

"We definitely haven't." Jumonji continued.

"Idiot." Kuroki finished.

"You know what? This is honestly a lot more tame than I thought it was going to be." Reagan said.

"Yeah. I think what I was expecting was a lot more exaggerated, looking back." Dwayne said.

"Alright. It seems like everyone is starting to file in. Let's get started." Akaba said.

Game 1: Play the electric guitar along with Karaoke for the chosen song

Game Presented By: Bando Spiders

Representatives: Kotaro, Akaba and Juri

"Players, take the guitars. Singers, grab the mics." Juri instructed, pointing to each.

"Here's how this works. Each of you will get an overall score for your performance. You'll see notes and lyrics on the screen in front of you. Miss a note or a lyric and you'll take a hit in your rating, which will each be out of ten, meaning the highest score a team can get is twenty. The person with the highest rating wins this game!" Chris explained.

"Yeah! Hope you guys made some smart picks or you're score's gonna suffer for it!" Kotaro said.

"Does he have to add smart to almost everything he says?" Weiss asked.

"To be fair, he's got a point. We can't just pick anyone." Huey D. said.

"Never took you to be much of a singer. You always seemed to be at the arcades more than anywhere else." Kise said to Haizaki.

"Guess you didn't hear me during that solo I had in the future huh?" Haizaki said.

"I wouldn't exactly count that as singing. No offense." Dewey said. "That was more….angry singing? I don't know. Can't think of the word honestly. Other than angry."

"Ready?" Kotaro asked.

Marinette, MacArthur and Nimona held the guitars in their hands, ready to play.

"Give them a show to remember!" Juri encouraged.

"3….2…..1….."

"ROCK AND SOUL!" Kotaro and Juri shouted, reciting their team chant.

Dang Dang by ZZ(Eyeshield 21 Opening 3 version) Plays

*Short Instrumental Period Plays*

Marinette was caught off guard by the sudden start to the music that she missed a few notes in the beginning, while Nimona and MacArthur were missing several.

"I can already tell this is going to be bad." Adrien said.

Footage from said intro including Sena revealing himself to the world as Eyeshield 21 was seen in the larger monitor for the rest of the crowd to see.

Uh!

sanzan sora wo nottotte(Show no mercy and hijack the sky!)

dadada

Gangan hoshi ni nokkatte(Ride those stars into the stratosphere!)

Uh!

kaidan kette agatte-ko!(Stomp your way up the stairs!)

dadada

"Dame nara dame-da" sore de honmou?("If we can't, we can't" You really mean that?)

Nanka 'my pace' so-ne 'my name'(You go at your own pace, you worry about your name)

Maji kattarii toki ni kattari(But you gotta keep winning even when you're wiped out.)

Mada shimijimi sunna ikiiki(So stop your sulking and move it!)

Kibikibi ike misero iji(Psych yourself up and show 'em what you got!)

Naite-mo waratte-mo(Cry or laugh,)

oh!

toki ha tomatte kunnai daro(time keeps ticking on.)

oo~

Nakushi-te teniire-te(Win or lose,)

oh!

Nah motomoto 'zero' daze icchou doudai?(you started at zero. What's it matter?)

Dandan hare-wataru(The sky will clear,)

asu ga aru akirame nante nai-ze(and there's still tomorrow, so never quit!)

Dondon susume-ba ii(Just keep moving forward,)

utae-ba ii sunao ni egao de(and sing watever song's in your heart)

Dandan ashioto ga (The sound of your feet will ring out)

aoi sora hibike kaze ni nore(and the wind will carry it into that blue sky)

Dondon nobore-ba ii(So keep on climbing)

kono semai sekai wo tobidase(and break past that narrow, little world!)

Ah! Ah! Yume ni mukatte(Ah ah, reach for your dreams.)

Ah! Ah! Koe dashi-atte(Ah ah, sing out as one.)

Ah! Ah! Kurushikanai ze!(Ah ah, nothing can hurt you!)

Number one mezashi hashitte(Aim to be number one!)

OH!Oh! dadada

OH!Oh! dadadada

The crowd roared with applause with much of the crowd chanting "Devil Bats", "Rats", "Kise" or "Spiders".

"Devil Bats! Devil Bats! Devil Bats! Devil Bats!"

"Rats! Rats! Rats!"

"Kise! Kise! Kise!"

"Spiders! Spiders! Spiders!"

"Well, at least it's not real spiders." Ryoma said.

"Great job everyone!" Juri said, applauding himself.

"Now let's see your ratings!"

Kise and Dewey had the highest ratings with a 10 with Haizaki getting a 9.

"A 9? For what?" Haizaki said, up in arms.

"Two misses. Unfortunately there's no decimals. Otherwise, this probably would have been a nine and a half. You still did pretty good though." Chef said.

The guitar playing was what was going to be the deciding factor.

Marinette got an 8 because of the notes she missed in the beginning along with a couple of extra missed notes. MacArthur got a 5, while Nimona got a 3 for smashing the guitar before the song even finished.

"Nimona, you probably would have gotten a higher score if you hadn't smashed the guitar halfway through." Chris said.

"Okay, I gotta admit, I always wanted to do that. But maybe I should have waited until the end." Nimona said.

"And lo and behold, air guitar does not equate to playing the real instrument." Noah said.

"You got somethin' to say, you go up there then, let's see what you can do!" MacArthur said, getting in Noah's face.

"If I could play the guitar, don't you think I would have volunteered?" Noah reasoned.

"Then shut your dang mouth!" MacArthur shouted.

"Well, it's a good thing this isn't the only game. Otherwise, I'm sure we know who was going to be going home today. We've got more than one. Let's bring down the next team." Chris said.

Machine Gun Sanada: "And it looks like the Kings take game 1, can the Rats recover and take the next game?"

Riko: "Well, they'll certainly have a chance! We have 6 more games planned for today, each game from each of the teams participating in the upcoming Kanto Tournament! The first team to win 3 games wins today's Field Day!"

Machine Gun Sanada: "And the first prize is…"

A table was rolled out with multiple boxes of decent size on them.

"Twenty-one boxes of Eyeshield 21-themed limited edition Cream Puffs!" Machine Gun Sanada said quickly, showing why he was given the nickname.

After the cream puffs were revealed, with the cream puffs being shaped into Devil Bats, a glint was seen in Mamori's eyes. She turned to the rest of her team.

"Everyone! We must win!" Mamori shouted, a determined look on her face.

Monta looked at the audience before saying to them, "Mamori's eyes just changed!"

***Confessional***

Mamori(Radical Rats):

"No matter what. We WILL win this challenge! YA-HAAAAA!"

***End Confessional***

Game 2: Create a human shield and last the longest before being bowled over by Otawara, Shin and other Ojo White Knights

Game Presented By: Ojo White Knights

Representatives: Seijuro Shin, Ichiro Takami, Makoto Otawara, Haruto Sakuraba, Daigo Ikari

"Welcome everyone. My name is Ichiro Takami. But please just call me Takami. And this, as you've already seen, is Shin." Takami said, gesturing to Shin who nodded. Takami was a rather tall young man with gray glasses and black hair. He and th rest of the students, including Shin, who put on a shirt again after working out, wore their school-issued T-shirts, both of which was white with a white cross inside a blue shield on the left pectoral area of the shirts.

"This is Sakuraba."

"Hey! How's it going?" Sakuraba said, giving them all a friendly wave. He had short blonde hair and was wearing a t-shirt as well.

"Otawara." Otawara was a large and tall young man with messy brown hair, bushy eyebrows and tan skin. He burped.

"Could you at least mind your manners here?" Sakuraba asked.

"Yeah. Sorry." Otawara said before yawning. "So when's the challenge going to start?"

"It'll start in a second. I just need to explain everything first." Takami said.

"But I thought the host of that show was supposed to do that?"

"He explains the challenge, I explain the game." Takami said.

"AH! LET'S GO! I'M READY TO TAKE ON THE DEVIL BATS!" Otawara shouted, crunching his knuckles.

"You're not just taking on the Devil Bats. You know that right?" Takami said, pushing up his glasses.

"But they're right there!" He said, pointing to Kurita, Sena, Monta and Mamori.

Takami and Sakuraba could only shake their heads, with Sakuraba facepalming.

"I can already tell this guy is an absolute moron. And I really do mean it this time." Rei said.

"Yep." Ayame added.

"Is there any particular reason why he's chained up?" Jasmine asked, pointing out the last person that wasn't introduced but was chained up. He had brown skin, silver hair and eye-black around his eyes, extending down a bit like lighting bolts, just like the Ojo jerseys. He also wore the same t-shirt and blue pants the others wore.

"That's Daigo Ikari. Believe me. It's better that he stays chained up." Takami said.

Daigo looked at Courtney and Miyuki with animosity. "Shin and Otawara will crush you! And if they don't, I will!" He tried to get out of his chains which almost worked as he found a way to loosen them up until Shin stopped him, which made Courtney uncomfortable.

"He heard your comments about football. I don't exactly like them either, but Daigo reacts a little bit different compared to me or the others." Sakuraba said.

"If he's just going to be chained up, why even bring him here?" Rei asked.

"Despite his reputation for fighting and violence, there's no denying how much pride he has for the school. And how much he's willing to defend his teammates. The problem is how he goes about expressing it." Takami explained. "Football seems to be the only place for him to vent his anger."

"I recommended the sport to him! He seemed like he liked to hit things and Ojo, so I thought he'd be perfect to the team!" Otawara said.

"Except, the last game he played in, he ended up attacking the coach because he made a remark about me. While I'm glad he's willing to stick up for me, attacking him was a little too far." Sakuraba said. "Hopefully the next game he plays, that won't happen."

"Let him play." Shin said.

"Are you crazy? Your teammates literally just said he needs to be chained up and you want him out?" Fiona asked.

"Shin, I don't understand this decision. Why do you want him to play?" Takami asked.

"This field day has people from across the entire world participating. And watching. We will show the world the pride of Ojo! Which means showing the best of what we have to offer!" Shin declared.

"HA HAAA! I like your thinking Shin!" Otawara said, hitting Shin on the back lightly. But what he considered a light hit was actually a hard one.

Takami pushed up his glasses. "Well, I guess it can't be helped. If Hiruma were here, he'd definitely unleash him on you. But, before that happens, let me at least explain the rules of what's about to happen." He started.

"Ojo may have recently evolved to have a bit offense in its arsenal. But the one thing it will always pride itself on is impenetrable defense. Our team this year is no exception. That is your goal today. With a team of 11, create an impenetrable defense of your own." Takami explained.

"You will only be able to use the strength you worked hard to obtain against us. As will we." Shin added.

"Strength?" Luz said, looking at her arms before laughing. "You're a funny guy Shin!"

"Wait, Shin, were you joking?" Otawara asked.

"No." Shin said, his stoic expression not changing.

"Which if that's the case, that means no abilities, weapons, or tools can be used here." Chris said.

"You can add attacking to the list as well. Punches, kicks or other attacks cannot be thrown here. Especially on the defense's side, which in this case, is the 11 you choose. This is purely a battle of strength. Your goal is to hold out for a minute with as many people left as you can. I'll start a timer. The minute all of you go down that's it." Takami said.

"From what Takami explained, you are allowed to choose your 11. Considering who's going up against you, and what you saw with Shin, it's probably a good idea for you to pick your strongest members." Chris said as Otawara casually picked his nose.

"How shameless can you be? That is absolutely disgusting." Noelle said to Otawara.

"You're worrying way too much!" Otawara said, laughing. "What would I be ashamed about?"

Takami could only sigh.

"I'll get him to put on some gloves. If I say something about it now, he'll put them on and do it again, defeating the whole purpose of them." He said low to Noelle.

"Thank you."

Takami nodded, acknowledging her thanks.

***Confessional***

Takami:

"Yes, Otawara has his moments. And he's genuinely a nice person. But his manners need some work. If only he could absorb some of Kurita's personality. At least the manners part."

***End Confessional***

The teams started to pick their members.

"Let me go up against them!" Kurita pleaded.

"After what we saw in the Fry Cook Games, I don't see why not." Tangle said.

"Yeah! Ojo vs Deimon! Max psyched!" Monta said.

"I know what you're thinking, but that's not going to happen." Lanolin said.

"Huh?"

"You're not going to be one of the 11. We need strength here. No offense, but you're nowhere close to being strong enough to take those three head on."

"Hiruma would have totally found a strategy to let me go."

"Well guess what? Hiruma isn't here. Which means, we're going with my strategies."

May cleared her throat to get her attention.

"What?"

"She's doing that because you're being a little too bossy here. What about input from X?" Tangle said.

"I don't have much else to say at the moment. My only suggestion is to allow me to participate in this challenge as well. Even without my weapons I still can hold my own against Shin and the others." X said.

"Same here. Doesn't seem like it, but I can take these three on in a battle of strength." Zero said.

"Lanolin, if I can make a suggestion." Mamori started.

"Sure. Go ahead."

"We've played Ojo and seen their matches before. Meaning, we have an idea of their tendencies and what they do. Ikari is the only exception. Based on what I've seen so far, these 11 should go." Mamori said before showing the sheep her clipboard.

After reading the list, she looked up. "Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Alright then. We'll go with these 11. X, Kurita, Becky Botsford, MacArthur, Sendo, Falcon, Blaze, Axl, Zero, Natsu, and Kurt. Any objections?"

"Switch me with one of them." Yulaw said.

"Are you sure?"

"You want to win, right? Yes I'm sure."

"I'll switch." Kurt said.

"Thanks."

"Okay, other than a few obvious ones, who's got muscle here?" Isagi asked.

"I'll give it a shot." Jotaro said.

"Are you sure? You re-"

"Listen kid, I'll be fine. There's nothing for you to worry about. Besides, I'm not the only one that's going to be doing this." Jotaro said.

"I'll give it a go." Yang said.

"Hey Rex, you should take this on. Let's see how you last against those monsters without your builds."

"You know what? I've been hittin' the gym a little. I can take these guys on." Rex said, flexing.

"Oh brother."

"If we're combining our strength, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. With that being said, I'll be one of the eleven." Din said.

"Count me in too. I'm a lot stronger than you think." Zak S. said.

"This will be too easy." Eliza said.

"I'll take that as you volunteering." Isagi said to Eliza said.

"I suppose I can provide some assistance." Sebastian said.

"I will as well." Rook said.

"Great! Well, looks like our team is pretty close to being decided then." Isagi said.

"You know, I thought this was going to take a lot longer." Bren said.

"Why? Not everyone that's strong is going to look like that guy over there Bren." Sly said, nodding to Otawara, who was laughing at something.

"Well yeah, I know that but, yeah I'll stop talking."

***Confessional***

Bren(Storm Kings):

"Call me a negative Nancy all you want. Or maybe just observant. But I think I just found a potential hole in our team. Powerless, we're not exactly a great team in terms of pure strength. Other than a few. And even then I still think we have less compared to the other teams. I should probably tell Isagi about this."

***End Confessional***

The 11 chosen for the Kings were Jotaro, Din, Eliza, Rook, Rex, Sebastian, Alejandro, Zak S, Yang, Penny and Maki.

"Anybody here strong enough to deal with those three? I sure can't." Reagan asked.

"Remember, it's a team effort. It's not just one person going up against those three. Thankfully." Hailey said.

"I've got it." Kunigami said. "I should be more than enough to take them on. Who else?"

"If it's a battle of muscles they want." Johnny said before doing several poses. "Then it's muscles they'll get." He continued doing several poses.

"Believe it or not, he's one of our best options here." Ruby G. said.

"Yeah, and so am I." Haizaki said. "I might not look it, but I'm a little strong too."

"Let me give it a try! I want to go up against Shin!" Asta said.

"You realize this is a team challenge, right?" Toxsa asked.

"I might be able to put Hiruma's lessons to use! Let's go!" Nimona said.

"With Ikari being let loose, someone like her is exactly what we need I'd say." Kageyama said.

"I won't let you guys down!" Nimona said, saluting.

"Wait a second, when did Hiruma teach you how to play football?" Hinata asked.

"Like a few days ago. I'd show you some of the extra stuff I learned by shapeshifting, but no powers." Nimona said.

"Shapesh- you didn't happen to have shapeshifted into Miyuki or Courtney by any chance did you?" Ruby G. asked.

"Oh! Yeah I did! Why?"

"Should have known. Yeah, how do I put this lightly."

"You got tricked Nimona. The end." Tsukishima said.

"Darn it! That was genius! Why couldn't he have been on our team?" Dan asked.

"I know right? But I don't know about tricked. He really did teach me some stuff I think. I'll prove it to you!" Nimona insisted.

"It couldn't help to try it out." Mr. Wolf said, shrugged.

"Yeah, I guess. Any thoughts on this Hanamiya?" Reagan asked.

"Sure. Give her a shot." Hanamiya said before shrugging.

"Well, it's settled then. Anyone else?"

The 11 chosen for them were Kunigami, Nimona, Haizaki, Johnny, Zak M., Urien, Ryoma, Jasmine, Asta, Bass and Randy.

"Since they won the last game, the Kings are up first!" Chris announced.

"Even if this isn't a football game, expect to see our best! We didn't just come here to fight you! We came to defeat you!" Otawara said to the 11 Kings.

"GLORY ON THE KINGDOM!" Otawara, Takami, Sakuraba, Shin, Ikari and seven other white Knight players that joined all called out, reciting the team chant.

Storm Kings VS Ojo White Knights

Both of their team logos were seen on the screen before the game started similar to how most of the official and practice matches were seen.

Otawara, Sakuraba, Shin, Ikari, and the other seven White Knight players that appeared for this game were lined up in front of the 11 Kings. Takami was the only one that wasn't participating so he can keep track of the time.

"Remember, if all 11 of you go down that's it! If you're knocked down once you're out of the game!" Takami reminded the contestants, stopwatch in hand.

"Ready?"

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"START!"

The second Takami told them to start, chaos ensued. And that was more due to Ikari more than anyone else. He already knew who he was going after. The problem was, it wasn't anyone in the game. It was Courtney.

"What was that about football and Ojo!?" Ikari yelled, pouncing on her.

"Hey! Ikari! That's enough!" Takami shouted. "Either get back on the field or I promise you, I'll make sure you'll never play another game for this school again!"

He was gritting his teeth, anger still in his eyes as he looked at Courtney and slowly backed away from her.

"Wow. When they said he gets p[censored]ed about that stuff, they meant it." Aomine said.

Jotaro was battling against Shin while Otawara was battling against Rook, Zak and Rex. Although in this case, it was a battle of strength. Not a single punch was thrown.

Machine Gun Sanada: "And we're off to an incredible start! The ace linebacker of the Ojo White Knights takes on the newcomer Jotaro Kujo all by his lonesome! Can he withstand the product of tireless training?"

Riko, from being so excited, didn't notice that her hair changed to an afro like her father, who was also a reporter like her. He was the reason she wanted to enter the field of reporting as he was her inspiration. Her voice also seemed to have gotten deeper with the change as well.

Riko: "You would think some of them would be nervous going up against a team like the Ojo White Knights even in practice, but it seems that's not the case! I suppose this is the byproduct of not knowing exactly who they're up against!"

Riko realized her hair had changed before shaking her head quickly to cause her hair to change back to normal along with her voice.

Din was against Sakuraba.

"Don't think I'll go down that easily! School event or not I don't plan to lose!" Sakuraba said.

Sebastian, within seconds, brought down the lineman he was against, while trying to get the dirt off his clothes.

"Well then, now that that's taken care of…." Sebastian said.

"COME ON!" Ikari shouted out before reaching his hand back, preparing to attack Eliza.

"RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA! RA!" Ikari quickly and relentlessly attacked Eliza in a way strikingly similar to Kenshiro's signature Hokuto Hyaku Retsu Ken attack.

"Hold on a second, I thought you couldn't attack anyone?" Sly asked.

"You're not." Takami said before sighing. "Ikari! This is not a football game! Use your strength, but do not attack anyone! We have to follow those rules too!"

Ikari responded by trying to push back Eliza with pure strength.

Machine Gun Sanada: "Ikari, a player that has never played a single Ojo match but one, is on the offensive! But it seems Eliza isn't budging an inch! It's approaching 30 seconds and no one has moved an inch! The White Knights are standing strong but so are the newcomers! Who will break first?"

"Jotaro is doing really well against Shin!" Monta commented.

"Y-yeah." Sena nodded, paying more attention to the Shin-Jotaro match the others.

"Despite my training, as expected, it's not enough. Jotaro is strong. But, even with his strength. I must not lose!"

Shin, having a surge of strength, roars and pushes back against Jotaro, showing the results of his constant, tireless training.

"Shin is pushing back! And so should we!" Otawara shouted.

"YEAAAAAAAH!" Otawara started pushing back against Rook, Rex and Zak.

"How do you just suddenly turn into a boulder all of a sudden?" Zak S. noted as it washarder to push Otawara back.

"IT'S OVER!" Otawara shouted before pushing all 3 of them down to the ground.

Machine Gun Sanada: "And Otawara takes down 3 at once! With ten seconds left, the captain of the Ojo White Knights flexes his strength!"

"Wait, captain!?" Rei, Noelle, Lucy, Weiss, Becky F. and Becky B. all said simultaneously in disbelief.

"HAAAAAAAAA!" Otawara raises his arms triumphantly.

For some odd reason, after this happened, Jotaro gained more strength to stand(no pun intended) against Shin as it looked as if the linebacker was about to overpower with him. Though Shin, as he had already made up in his mind, was not about to be overpowered by Jotaro either.

"Is there any reason for either of them to be yelling?" Rally commented.

"Is there really a problem with it? I don't see one." Kagami said.

"Me neither." Natsu said.

"Is Jotaro going to overpower Shin?" Sena commented.

Shin was pushing back, with him about to push back Jotaro for good, but Takami stopped it.

"STOP!"

Just as he said this, Yang bowled over the three linemen that she went up against. While one of them bowled over Alejandro. Din was beginning to overpower Sakuraba but stopped.

Machine Gun Sanada: "And with that, the game ends! It was hard fought, but the 8 remaining hold the line just enough to keep standing!"

Shin and Jotaro stood up, facing each other in silence.

"I'll admit….. had that have been a second or two longer, you probably would have beat me. But for me, beating you wasn't the goal. I just had to hold you long enough for it to end. I don't know what type of training you do, but it's definitely no joke." Jotaro said.

"Regardless of what training I did, it wasn't enough for me to beat you within the time allowed." Shin said, closing his eyes before opening them and looking at his hands, which had gloves on them that he himself chose to put on. He then balled it.

"Alright! Next team, Rats, come on up!" Takami called out.

"You know, you're stronger than you look." Luz said to Maki as she returned with the rest of her team on the sidelines.

"Might not seem like it, but it takes a hell of a lot of strength to handle some of those cursed tools. I wouldn't just throw myself into the fire like that if I didn't think I could handle myself." Maki said.

"KURITA! Lets go!" Otawara called out, pointing at his fellow lineman.

Steam came out of Kurita's nose as he nodded.

"Everyone! Please let me handle Otawara! By myself!"

"If you think you can handle him, who are we to say no?" Zero said.

The 11 lined up against the 11 Knights.

Radical Rats vs Ojo White Knights

Riko: "With this second match, two of high school's best linemen go up against each other once again! Deimon's Ryokan Kurita vs Ojo's Makoto Otawara! How will this rematch fare? I can't wait to find out!"

Machine Gun Sanada: "But first, more introductions!"

"Seriously? More?" Luz said in disbelief.

"Where's our introductions at? We deserve some too you know!" Kaz said.

"First up, Deimon's own unwavering lineman, an unsinkable battleship that will flatten anything in its path! RYOKAN KURITA!"

The presence of Deimon and Ojo students was felt in the stadium again.

"Devil Bats! Devil Bats! Devil Bats!"

"White Knights! White Knights! White Knights!"

"Second! From the planet Lexicon! She is the perfect mold of brains and brawn! A walking dictionary, so much so that her knowledge of words is at times useless, BECKY BOTSFORD!"

"Okay, one, how does he know that, and two, what's with the personal attacks? My knowledge is not useless!"

"Third! The former champion of Featherweight boxing in Japan! A man with instincts and a fighting style comparable to that of a wild tiger! Whose quick wit and boxing IQ never fully transitioned to anything else, TAKESHI SENDO!"

"That little….. I'M GONNA KILL HIM!"

"Fourth! A fossil from the 19th century that found his way to making fourth in Multiverse Edition! A great pilot with a fiery spirit for competition but half-baked puns! Edward Falcon!"

"My puns are not half-baked! They're well-done as a matter of fact!"

"Please stop." Rally said as several others could only slump with exasperated looks on their faces after hearing this.

"Fifth! A fan pick from Knight! The fiery, but elegant princess from another dimension that protects the Sol Emeralds and isn't afraid to blaze a path through evil! Though the same can't be said for her with water! Blaze the Cat!"

"Is that really an insult?" Blaze noted.

"Yeah, I think most cats are afraid of water." Kise said.

"Sixth! An S-class maverick hunter and the ultimate creation of Dr. Light! Although he has yet to truly put his weapons on display, when he does, any other robot master should be retired instantly! Or not so instant in his case compared to his comrades, X!"

"I have no regrets in taking on the attitude that I have. If there's a chance I can help anyone without fighting, I'll do it." X said.

"Seventh! The no-nonsense stoic maverick hunter! And the clear superior model to an outdated has-been on another team! A man that slices through mavericks and evil! When you ask what he's fighting for, he'll simply answer, for what he believes in! Zero!"

"Outdated has-been?" Zero repeated in confusion.

"Hiruma is not holding back on his shots." Chef commented.

"I know. And honestly, I love it." Chris said.

"Love it? Why doesn't the coward come here and say it to our face then?" Eijun said.

"You're saying that as if you're actually going to fight someone." Aomine said.

"I'll fight you if you'd like! Come on!" Eijun shouted.

"Nope." Aomine said.

Aomine brushing him off got Eijun steamed.

"Eighth! He may be young, but that doesn't mean he isn't just as ready for battle as his fellow hunters! A prototype to the new generation of reploids, he may be the key to burning Sigma's hopes of world domination to the ground! With his almost useless shape-changing abilities! Axl!"

"Useless? I'll show you useless." Axl said, pistol in hand.

"Ninth! A pick from G-Man 2.0, with the origins of 1.0 remaining a mystery, after a promising start in the ever-famous and incredible Ultimate Crossover before its unprecedented cancellation, he's back once more! This time with friends! But also with his same passionate spirit for battle and lack of brains! It'll be a shock to no-one if this stadium is left in ruins as well! Natsu Dragneel!"

"Wow. Accurate to a T." Lucy said.

"Go Natsu!" Happy cheered.

"You know what? I'm hoping I don't get picked for today's challenge." Rei said.

"Why?" Lucy asked.

"Because I feel like whatever's said about me is going to end with me strangling him when he comes back. Besides, I feel like there's some bias here. How does he have magically have something to say about everyone other than Kurita?"

"Maybe because he's genuinely a nice guy? That's probably all he could really say." Akko said.

"Or talk about his weight. But I mean come on, that's low hanging fruit. Even he wouldn't go for that." Rick said.

"Is anyone just morbidly curious how he's getting ahold of this footage?" Adrien asked, noting the fights that were shown on the screen with Natsu from his respective world along with the others whose best moments were seen on the large screen.

"I'll answer that for you. It's Hiruma." Becky F. said.

"And finally, tenth! An avid fan of metal! A martial artist that totally doesn't look like Jet Li and loves blasting "Let the Bodies hit the Floor" like it's a 2007 YouTube video all over again, Gabriel Yulaw!"

Yulaw only shook his head.

"KURITON! GO!" Suzuna cheered.

"FUNURABAAAAAA!(Here I come!)" Kurita yelled as he and Otawara clashed.

"Jeez, you are fired up man!" Natsu said, surprised to see this side of Kurita. "That just means I gotta keep up!" Although it seemed to have been a fight in the beginning, he absolutely decimated the lineman that was in front of him, sending him flying into one of the walls of the stadium.

But Natsu wasn't the only one. Becky, Yulaw, Blaze also wasted no time in sending the lineman they were against flying.

Machine Gun Sanada: "Incredible! The Rats are decimating the iron wall defense of the White Knights! Are they holding back? Or are these new visitors just that strong?"

The Ojo alumni and fans were in disbelief at what was happening.

Axl, Zero and X, while they had a harder time doing so, used their shorter height to topple over the taller White Knight players.

Sakuraba, Shin, Otawara and Ikari were the only ones remaining.

However, the remaining four were giving hell to the four Rats that were left.

Sakuraba was against Falcon.

"You all are strong. I'll give you that. But we won't let you come here and embarrass us in front of our fans!" Sakuraba said, pushing back against Falcon.

"Then I apologize in advance. Because I don't plan on losing!" Falcon said, standing his ground.

"Is that all you've got! Weak!" Ikari shouted at MacArthur.

"Who're you callin' weak!?" MacArthur shouted back. "If anything, that's most of your players looks like."

This only enraged Ikari as he went berserk and pushed her down not even two seconds later.

"Now who's weak!?" Ikari shouted.

Kurita and Otawara were still in a tug of war when it came to strength.

"Still as strong as ever! Nice to know your time on reality TV hasn't made you weaker!" Otawara said, a wide grin on his face.

"But…. I haven't been there for that long. Maybe less than a month?" Kurita said.

"Really? It seems like it would have been longer." Otawara said.

"The fact that they can really casually talk while trying to flatten each other is pretty incredible." Bakura said.

"You got that right! I can't wait to go next!" Asta said.

"Gee, I wish I would have had your mindset about this."

"Even if you did, you probably would have been flattened in five seconds flat. Those guys look pretty good. The Rats' guys are just better." Dwayne said.

"Good point."

Shin was against Sendo.

"This guy. He's definitely no joke. He's strong. If I keep going like this he's going to push me down!" Sendo thought. "Think! What do I do?"

Sendo plants his feet into the ground to get lower leverage and try to use a similar way of toppling Shin as X, Zero and Axl did. The problem was, Shin didn't fall for it and quickly put an end to it, putting him into the ground by putting one hand on top of his head and sending him down.

Seconds later, Takami stopped it.

"STOP!"

Sendo stood up as Shin looked at him. "Even with your strength. You're undisciplined. Your impatience is what made you lose."

"I hate to say it but he's right. I panicked and got impatient." Sendo thought.

"If we ever go up again, I'll make sure to pay you back." Sendo said, pointing at him.

Shin nodded.

The Breakers were next. Miyuki called over Randy and Zak and whispered something in both of their ears along with Nimona's.

Wave Breakers VS Ojo White Knights

As they lined up, Sendo walked back to his team.

"That's on me."

"Hey don't worry about it! You stood up against Shin! That was max cool!" Monta said.

"Standin' up to him isn't the same thing as beating 'em. I can say I played a good game all I want. But playing a good game isn't what people from the outside looking in are going to see. Next time I take these guys on, I'll win!"

"That's the spirit. Even so, I think we did pretty well. You're the only one that went down actually. I was close, but I held on right at the end." Falcon said.

"That doesn't make me feel any better!"

The 11 on each side were already colliding with one another.

Nimona was against Otawara who laughed.

"So you want to take me on huh? Who am I to refuse!" Otawara said.

"Come on big guy! If Kurita can take you on, then so can I! You could call me one of his students!"

"So you've taken on another student huh? Maybe I should take one on of my own!" Otawara said to Kurita.

"Well, she's not exactly my student. I only helped teach her a few things about football with Hiruma." Kurita said, caught off guard from Nimona mentioning him like that.

"So wouldn't that technically make her your student then? Even if it's only temporary?" Akko asked.

"To be fair, learning something from someone doesn't technically always make you a student. Maybe Kurita didn't see it that way." Becky B. reasoned.

Asta, as requested, was going up against Shin.

"If there's one thing for sure, your training isn't a fluke. But I've been training hard too!" Asta said.

"Come then. Show me the results of your training!" Shin said.

Machine Gun Sanada: "And Asta and Shin clash in a battle of wills! Can this newcomer do what's yet to be done by the other teams and bring down Ojo's ace?"

Riko: "Don't count out the rest of the team either. They are just as prideful! And after what happened last time, I'm more than willing to believe they're going to put that on display in this round!"

"Is this really all Ojo's got? You're makin' me yawn man." Haizaki said to the lineman in front of him.

"What? Why you!" The lineman said, not exactly a fan of being mocked. This lineman had pale skin with long black hair going down his shoulders.

"Nope!" Haizaki said before using his own moves against him and then intentionally backing off.

"Make fun of me will you?" The lineman said, going after him. But Haizaki, laughing as he did, got around his attempts before using his own move against him to take down the lineman.

"Man, if I knew it was gonna be that easy I woulda signed up for football a long time ago." Haizaki said, shrugging.

Zak and Randy weren't even trying to go up against their opponents as they continued to evade them.

Johnny seemed to have been evenly matched against Ikari. That is until Ikari went berserk again and completely ignored Johnny, who raised an eyebrow at the audience.

"Well that was weird." Johnny said.

He tackled Haizaki to the ground.

"No one badmouths Ojo and gets away with it!"

"Hey! Sakuraba! Stop letting these guys push you around!" A boy in a wheelchair watching from the stands called out. Sakuraba turned to look at him. "If you['re going to be the best receiver in Japan, you can't be losing to chumps like these who don't even like football!"

"Torakichi's right." Sakuraba said. "We won't let you just toy with us anymore!" He broke off of Ryoma.

"What?"

As Zak jumped over multiple linemen, Sakuraba came out of nowhere and met him in the air before taking him down.

Machine Gun Sanada: "And there it is! Sakuraba shows off his incredible jumping power!"

Riko: *Excitedly changes into his father's hairstyle and imitates his voice again* "Combining his height with his above average jumps, what is usually combined with Takami for the incredible 'Everest Pass' is used to completely shut down Zak! What an incredible play!" She calms herself down and changes back into her own hairstyle and voice.

"What is up with all of these guys that can jump?" Zak M. said, annoyed as the crowd cheered.

"It's not just height or jumping that allowed me to stop you. You wouldn't understand." Sakuraba said.

"Spare me the sappy stuff like 'effort or heart'. If you're gonna go off about that I'm going back to the stands." Zak M. said.

"Nice one Sakuraba!" Monta shouted.

Even with the extra effort though, Bass completely overwhelmed his opponent.

"Effort or not. It's still not enough." Bass said.

Kunigami, who attempted to overwhelm the lineman with strength, was beaten due to the lineman using technique on him.

Asta and Shin continued their battle with both of them yelling as they did so, to the confusion of Rally again.

"Like I said before, is the yelling really necessary?"

"At first I ignored, but yeah, this is definitely way too over the top." Noah said.

A few more seconds passed before Takami stopped the game.

"STOP!"

Though Asta, Shin, Otawara, Nimona and Ikari seemed to not have heard him.

"Hey! That's enough! The game's over! Stop!"

Chris blew his airhorn, which got all of their attention.

"Guys! Seriously! Stop! How many times does that have to be said?"

"Booooooooo!" Nimona jeered.

"Man, what kind of training do you do exactly?" Asta asked, amazed that Shin was able to hold his ground that well.

"Anything that helps me get stronger, I'll do it." Shin said. "At this point that I am at right now, I don't have a right to be picky when and where I train. Today only further proves that."

"Today? What do you mean?"

"I failed to bring down Jotaro or you today. It's not a discredit to your strength. Or your training. I can tell you work very hard. But, if I hope to defeat Eyeshield, and help Ojo win the Kanto Tournament, and ultimately win in the Christmas Bowl, the progress that I've made now isn't enough." Shin explained before preparing to leave.

"I know what you're thinking. Since we're done, I don't have much of a reason to stop you. Go ahead." Takami said before turning to Sakuraba and the other White Knights. "As for the rest of you, see this as a learning opportunity. Some of you did well, but there's still things you can improve on."

"As for the teams, with the Breakers having only lost two, they win this game and are credited the point. Good luck with the rest of the games." Takami said.

***Confessional***

Asta(Wave Breakers):

"If there's one thing for sure, Shin looks like he's got a one-track mind. He wants to defeat his rival and work to become strong enough to do it. I'm the same way! If I hope to be stronger than Yuno and be the Wizard King, then I've got to train too!"

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Miyuki(Wave Breakers):

"I told Randy and Zak to stall as much as possible. There wasn't a rule saying you couldn't do it. You just had to last. And it worked perfectly."

***End Confessional***

"Yo, that was awesome! Next time, we gotta do this without a time limit." Nimona said.

Otawara laughed. "Perhaps football is in your future then!" Otawara said, fists on his hips.

"You know what? That's not a bad idea honestly." Nimona and Otawara put a fist to each other's chests. Though the height difference and the size of Otawara compared to Nimona was glaring, that didn't stop either of them.

"Nimona? As a football player?" Reagan, Hailey, Dwayne, Rei and Hinata all said simultaneously before looking at one another.

"You guys are really surprised by that? Wouldn't that make the most sense for her if she played a sport?" Scott reasoned.

"Honestly, yeah. Every other sport, other than hockey she'd probably get disqualified in the first five minutes." Dwayne said.

"There's boxing." Diego suggested.

"If she can't get ahold of herself, she ain't gonna lastin boxing either. There's a difference between street fighting and boxing. You can't just do whatever you want." Sendo said.

"What about wrestling?" Eijun added.

"That takes control too. Half that s[censored] is scripted anyway." Sendo said.

"DON'T TALK DOWN ABOUT WRESTLING!" Eijun yelled out, pointing at him.

"Everybody knows that crap is fake. That ain't new news kid."

"Then explain the Fry Cook Games!"

"You had two alien cats wrestling against each other, a raccoon, a robot, a kid with a sword and a football player. I think we can all say that was a little different honestly." Noah said. "Besides, half the time Bass was in the air, and Albedo had no idea how wrestling even worked until Ben told it to him. Asta didn't even get a chance to play before Kurita, other than running away, destroyed the ring. Since when have you seen a normal wrestling match have any of that happen?"

"It's still a wrestling match. I mean that's what it was called, right?" Scott reasoned.

"I feel bad for you. I really do. But hey, better me than you." Noah said to Tsukishima.

"At this point, I'm used to it." Tsukishima said. "Besides, I think you should be more concerned about your team losing. You're the only ones without a point."

A glint appeared in Mamori's eyes before grabbing Noah.

"No more fooling around! Let's go! Everyone!" Mamori said, turning to everyone else.

"What the heck has gotten into you all of a sudden?" Noah asked, caught off guard.

The next team came onto the field to present their game, which looked to be some sort of shooting gallery.

Game 3: Shoot targets as they appear as quickly as possible

Presenting Team: Seibu Wild Gunmen

Representatives: Riku Kaitani, Shien "The Kid" Mushanokoji, Jo Tetsuma

"Alright, for this game, you're not going to need strength. You need accuracy." Riku started to explain.

"Yep. Sounds about right. A complete 180 to what you did last time huh? By the way, apologies for not introducin' myself earlier. Name's Shien by the way. That's Tetsuma. Don't worry about him. He's always been like that. A quiet spirit that burns bright when it comes to football." Shien said. Tetsuma had a constant stoic look on his face, even more so than Shin. He had short black hair and wore a white long-sleeved shirt with black pants.

"A cowboy that likes playing football. I've seen it all." Noah commented.

"The tie that I have to the game is more than just that for me. And Tetsuma." He then tips his hat down a little. "But…. that's a story for another day. Wouldn't be right for me to take that away from you. This is your time. Not mine." Shien said.

"But, we can at least give some context for you. Nicknamed "Kid", he's from an affluent family. His father won the Olympic Pistol Competition three times in a row. He was on the path to being like him, having big shoes to fill with his incredible accuracy, fitting for a team that has a high-powered offense to compete with Deimon and Hiruma's aggressive style. Though in his case, that wasn't what he wanted. Playing football with his friend Tetsuma was the first major decision that he ever made without influence from his father."

"You're leavin' out a decent chunk of details. But a decent bit of it is right. But like I said, I'm not gonna make this a big deal. Because it's not about me."

"Hey, you're fine. I love a good backstory." Luz said.

"Can't exactly relate to the rich part but I understand. If there's something you want to share with us that Chris didn't say, go ahead." Reagan said.

Shien took off his hat. "You guys are persistent. But like I said, it's not happenin'. Now let's get to the game." He then put his hat back on.

"This game will actually have six participants, but will be composed of two rounds. The first round will be a normal quick draw. The second will be you quickly throwing a football into one of the larger targets." Riku explained.

"Shien's got great accuracy, but he's quick with his shots and his throws too. With a gun, and with a football as he's their quarterback. And this round will be just as quick as that. So, pick your two. Highest score a team can get is 20. The team with the highest score wins the round." Chris explained.

"So all we have to do is throw a football at a target once right? That should be easy." Kagami said.

"Except we only get one shot. We need to make sure we pick someone that actually knows what they're doing. I'll take care of the throwing." Mamori implored. "We cannot afford to fall behind!"

"Guess that leaves me with the shooting." Rally said.

As Mamori convinced Machine Gun Sanada to skip the intros, by shaking him more than anything else along with yelling in his face, the other two teams were making their decisions for their representatives.

"My formless shot should be able to do the trick." Aomine said as the first choice for shooting was automatic: Din.

"His shot mirrors the one handed throwing of quarterback passes the most. Aomine's logic seems sound." Akashi said.

"Looks like Aomine's up. Haizaki, do you think you can take anything he does?" Mr. Wolf asked.

"Nope. Can't."

"You're joking, right? You can take everything else but you can't take his stuff?"

"I'm serious. That's as far as it goes. Daiki, Seijuro, Shintaro, Tetsuya and Atsushi's skills. I can't take those. Can't take Taiga's either."

"I don't get it. Why those guys specifically? Is it because they said no or something? I'm just confused."

"It's because of their body types." Miyuki said.

"Body types? What does- wait, I remember now. Yami said something about that." Mr. Wolf said.

"To be able to copy moves that well, you'd need to have a pretty adaptable body I'd say. In the case of Kagami and his jumps, and mine included, your legs would need to be very strong. Aomine I'd say it's a bit of legs too. But for him it's just pure speed mixed in with his instincts. Probably the easiest and hardest thing to copy if that makes sense. As for the others, I don't see much of a way to really copy what they're doing honestly. Kise's a bit repetitive since they both can do similar things." Hinata explained.

"Yeah. And unlike in the VR world, I can't just copy superpowers out of thin air. So those Grimoires and magic? Can't take that here. Doesn't mean I still cant win this one quick event."

"Let's not take that risk. Has anyone else played football?" Reagan asked.

"I don't play football but I can give it a try." Julie said.

"Cool. I can try the shooting then."

The three chosen for shooting were given revolvers as one target was in front of each.

"Remember, you get one shot at this. The minute I say 'Draw', you draw and shoot the target once. Then we move on to the next round." Shien said.

"Ready?"

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….

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"Draw!"

Din, Rally and Regan immediately shot at the target.

Both Rally and Din got perfect 10s. Reagan got a 7.

"Perfect 10s for the Rats and Kings! A 7 for the Breakers!"

"Nice job everybody. Now let's get to round 2." Shien said.

***Confessional***

Reagan(Wave Breakers):

"Did I expect to beat out those two? Eh, not really. They're professional bounty hunters. This is their M.O. But hey, I'll take it."

***End Confessional***

"Next up, the football toss! Probably the only thing you'll do involving a football today." Chris said.

"You know, I was half expecting football-based events. But hey, good on them for averting expectations and makin' something creative. And fitting for each of the teams." Chef said.

"Alright, let's get the next three up." Shien said.

Mamori, Aomine and Julie were up.

"This one's gonna be quick one too. So get ready. Soon as you pick that ball up, you gotta throw it in the next couple of seconds."

"Ready?"

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"Go!"

The three immediately picked up the balls with Aomine and Mamori having the fastest release. Aomine, ball in his right hand, performed his signature formless shot.

Mamori got a 9. Aomine got an 8. Julie got an 9.

"Looks like the Rats take this one."

Machine Gun Sanada: "And with that, the Rats are on the board!"

"What was that? An 8?" Weiss said to Aomine.

"What? I don't play football, so I had to adjust my grip a bit." Aomine said. "Besides, if you want accuracy talk to Midorima."

"My release probably wouldn't have been quick enough. Besides, your shots match up to throwing a football the most.

"I'm joking. An 8 is fine. Even if we didn't win." Weiss said.

Game four was hosted by the Sado Strong Golems in a weightlifting competition. Like before in the White Knights game, only natural strength was allowed.

It was between Natsu, Asta and Penny were chosen.

Asta was the first out with Penny being next not long after.

"Phew. You guys are really strong. I've definitely got more work to do just like Shin!" Asta said.

"You're not too bad yourself. Same with you Penny." Natsu said to Asta.

"Your praise is greatly appreciated. Despite my efforts being unable to secure us a win." Penny said.

Game five involved running the track. But in typical Deimon fashion, that wasn't all there was going to be to it. For starters, this was random picks. Kagami, Bren and Karin. Though for some reason they were doused with something.

"Smells like barbecue sauce. Now you've got me thinking about food!" Bren said.

"Why are we doused in barbecue sauce?" Karin asked.

"Your goal is to run around this track for three laps." Musashi said. "As for the barbecue sauce. I have no clue."

"Me neither." Togano said.

"Sorry." Jumonji added.

"Oh no." Kuroki said.

"Huh?" Togano and Jumonji said simultaneously, caught off guard by Kuroki's different response.

Something was heard growling.

"Wait a sec….." Kagami started before slowly turning his head, that noise sounding all but familiar to him.

A whistle was blown as he looked back and saw an orange do with a spiked collar on it. It had a fork and knife in its hand. A pig also accompanied it.

"HYEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Kagami started to immediately start running the minute he saw the dog with Bren and Karin being right behind him.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!"

Machine Gun Sanada: "And two of Deimon's three mascots, Cerberus and Piggy-berus have been unleashed on the three! Whoever decided to put them through this hell, you truly are cruel!"

"I'm pretty sure I know who." Musashi said, closing his eyes and sighing.

"Mascots!? Couldn't you have picked something normal!?" Bren said.

"If this is the team Hiruma's on, this is normal for him!" Karin said.

"The worst part is…. he's not even here!" Bren said.

Cerberus and Pig-Berus continued to chase them.

Despite Karin being able to keep her distance away from the dog, Kagami, powered more by his fear of the dog more than anything else, was able to get across first, passing things along to Mamori.

Karin got second and Bren was last, being bitten by the dog before it let go, going off the track. Bren passed things off to Sebastian while Karin passed off the second lap to Zoey.

Things started to really get hectic when someone on a green motorcycle appeared. On it was not only Cerberus, but a teen with a face that resembled a chameleon. He has extremely long arms, dark green hair slicked back and wore a white Gakuran.

He also had some sort of gun in his hand, which only caused some of the spectating contestants to yell in horror.

Riko: "W-what an unexpected surprise! Rui Habashira from the Zokugaku Gakuen Chameleons has appeared!"

"What's he doing here!?" Sena said.

What was shot out wasn't bullets like everyone expected. But rather, pieces of meat.

"HA HAA!" Habashira started to laugh maniacally, revving up his motorcycle as he did, with his laugh also revealing his chameleon-like tongue.

Sebastian and the others tried their best to dodge the meat as a hungry Cerberus was behind Habashira, ready to dine.

"You sure you didn't come up with this?" Doyle asked Chris.

"Nope. The teams were all asked to create their own ideas for today." Chris said.

Sebastian was hit in the face by one of the pieces of meat and wasn't exactly pleased by it. Though Zoey caught one and threw them at Mamori and Sebastian, which annoyed the latter and hit the former in the back of the head, making her angry and throwing it back at her, which only annoyed Zoey with the back and forth getting enough to the point to where Zoey snapped.

Cerberus had had enough and got off the bike to start running.

Machine Gun Sanada: "And it looks like Cerberus has waited long enough! Now it's time for him to feast!"

"Along with that, Commando Zoey has been unleashed!" Chris said.

"I cannot say I'm surprised that he would choose something like this dog for a pet." Sebastian said before it tried to attack him. He used a piece of meat to bait it and then grabbed it and threw it off, sending him into Zoey who also knocked it away into Mamori.

Zoey and Sebastian approached the finish line, their next awaiting partners for the final lap being Hailey and Razer.

A large tank was heard rolling in from a portal with a bunny being in it. The first person hit instantly by a cannon shot was Mamori which sent her flying. Luckily for her, it was close enough to the finish for her to crawl forward and allow Puss to start running.

"Hiruma!?" Kurita, Sena, Monta, Suzuna, Jumonji, Kuroki and Togano all said simultaneously.

"Nope! But I gotta say, you're pretty close!" The bunny said.

"Remember Sam and Max from the boot camp challenge for our Multiverse Edition veterans? Yeah, I was told Max was coming back for this challenge. Pretty cool huh?" Chris said.

"No, not cool! He was already bad enough with the weapons he had. Now you gave him a tank!?" Weiss said.

"Nope. Not responsible for that."

Max continued to shoot at the three.

"Hiruma has a tank!?" Nimona said excitedly.

"Hiruma has a tank!?" Courtney, Hailey, and Heather said simultaneously.

"Where the f[censored] did he get a tank!?" Reagan said, hands on her head.

"How is his school even allowing this? Where are his parents!?" Emma said.

"You're really asking this now?" Tsukishima said.

"Say goodbye to your cream puffs!" Zoey said, staring down Mamori.

"PUSS! WIN!" Mamori shouted.

"If there's one thing for sure, Hiruma is not making this easy for us." Puss said.

"True." Razer said. "This is quite a challenge."

"Yeah, but this is ridiculous! Why not just come up with something a little less crazy?" Hailey said, catching up to the three, only out of fear of getting hit from one of the shots.

"I can respect it." Puss said.

"Why?"

"Because, even if he had us in mind, he wants us to earn it. It wouldn't be a challenge if it were easy now, would it?"

Max continued to shoot at them. Puss performed a backflip over one of the balls shot at them which drew some "oohs" from the crowd watching from in the stadium.

It was a straightaway to the finish.

With Max still shooting at them, Puss, Hailey and Razer all decided to go for it. Though Razer had the edge in speed. Even with that, Razer tried to jump forward to the finish. Puss held out his sword at the end while Hailey tried to slide to the finish.

"And it's a photo finish! Let's take a look at the results!" Chris said.

The video was slowed down and it was shown that Hailey crossed the line first. By a pair of glasses.

Machine Gun Sanada: "And Hailey is the winner! The Breakers take another game! They're now one step closer to securing the challenge!"

"Nice one Hailey!" Eijun said, pushing her a little too hard in celebration.

"Oh. Sorry."

"Moderation. Guess that's a word you never heard of. You either Nimona." Tsukishima said.

"What? Eijun's cool." Nimona's said.

"Never said he wasn't."

"Ha! So you do think I'm cool! Take that Furuya!" Eijun said, quickly getting up.

"Tone it down loudmouth. I never said that either."

"You're celebrating that as if he's even awake to care." Hanamiya said.

Furuya's eyes were half-open after the game ended.

"Dude, what the heck is your sleep schedule?" Reagan said to Furuya.

"Ironic." Doyle said.

"Shut it! I fixed it!"

Doyle only gave her a smirk.

"I'm telling you I did!"

"Next game!" Mamori declared as the next team came in with a pool and a board over it.

"We should probably see what-" Lanolin started before Mamori grabbed her by her tank top and pulled her close which caught her off guard.

"Put me in the next game! Now! I don't care what it is! If I lose, you get to eliminate me instead!"

"Okay! Okay!"

For game 6, the Kyoshin Poseidons, replacing the Hakushu Dinosaurs who didn't attend the event, presented their challenge which was surfing. Skipper and Zoey were there along with Mamori.

Although Kagami insisted that he'd go since he knew how to surf, Mamori wasn't about to budge. To simulate the constant moving, a fan blew a large gust of wind as the surfboard moved.

"Your home-field advantage means nothing here. I'm gonna shut you and the rest of your team down miss manager." Skipper said to Mamori.

"Not going to happen!" Mamori said.

All three seemed to have been able to hang ten for a decent amount of time. So Chris decided to turn up the heat. Chef, Heloise and Doyle started to throw footballs at them to try and knock them off. Zoey dodged the first few, Skipper smacked them away, while Mamori actually threw them back, smacking Chef in the face with one of them.

"Is that all you got? Weak! Both of you! Hope you're ready for your teams to lose again!" Skipper said.

The Deimon crowd started to chant her name(or her nickname) in this case.

"Manajerk! Manajerk! Manajerk! Manajerk!"

"My name….. IS NOT MANAJERK!" Mamori shouted before catching two more balls and deflecting them at Skipper and Zoey. Though Zoey caught one.

"What was that about losing again? Because personally, I'm tired of it!" Zoey snapped before she threw the ball back only for Mamori to throw it at Skipper's board, causing him to fall off.

Comically, a graphic was seen.

"Cream Puff" Mamori VS "Commando" Zoey Round 2

The two were locked in a battle. One for cream puffs, the other for her team. As this was happening, Kise decided to scratch the itch that was the question he had.

"Is that really true though? You know how to surf?" Kise asked Kagami.

"Yeah. You ain't seen nothin' 'til you surf on the West Coast!" Kagami said, grinning.

"A surfer huh? Vert would've loved to see it." Kurt said.

"So that's why your ball skills aren't that good. You're doing a thousand other things like cooking and surfing too." Aomine said.

"No way. Kagami can cook?" Rei said, trying to refrain from laughing at the thought.

"You wanna say that again!?" Kagami said to Aomine.

"Yeah. You're tryin' to do too many things at once." Aomine said.

"At least I actually have a life outside of basketball."

"What was that!?"

"I said get a life!"

"I have a life outside of basketball you moron!"

"Yeah. Catching crayfish." Kagami said, trying to refrain from laughing.

"That's something I did as a kid!"

"If you must know, Kagami's actually a really good chef." Kuroko said to Rei, who scared her.

"No way. I have to see it to believe it." Rei huffed.

"He's…. alright." Aomine admitted.

"Alright!?" Kagami repeated.

"Hey, you know, you two really do get along well. I can see why you guys made up so quickly." Adrien said only to be yelled at by both.

"LIKE HELL WE DO!" Aomine and Kagami yelled.

"A ball player, a surfer and a good cook? Gotta say pal, I'm impressed. Must be a chick magnet. Don't listen to her." Johnny said to Kagami.

"Chick magnet my foot. You're the last person to be talking about someone being a chick magnet." Rei said.

"Don't hate me 'cause I'm pretty. 'Cause I am." Johnny said, looking in the mirror.

***Confessional***

Rei(Radical Rats):

"Obviously I wouldn't be interested in Johnny since he's older so I'll use someone my age here, like Kagami as an example. It's gonna take more than muscles to impress me. I mean look at Asta and Shin. They're strong. But you don't see me going googly eyes over them. Nothing against Asta. And Shin's personality isn't something I like. Yeah he's definitely a hard worker from what I can tell, but outside of that, he seems kinda dry."

"As for Kagami, let's see here. Terrible grades. An absolute meathead. Puts on a tough guy façade for some reason. Seriously who lies about being scared of dogs? Insensitive. Is a dunce when it comes to romance. And that's just some of his negatives I can think of off the top of my head. But, he is a big enough person to apologize when he's wrong, so I'll give him that. If he's really going to go pro with jumps like that, good luck trying to stop him when he's got the energy. And no, I'm not counting his abilities as a negative or a positive. You having powers will probably have no affect of whether I'm into you or not."

***End Confessional***

"Are they really still throwin' stuff at each other?" Kagami said, looking up at Zoey and Mamori.

"Yep. Hasn't stopped yet." Rally said.

Eventually though, Mamori had broken the stalemate and was able to beat her as Zoey fell, even if it was barely, with Mamori hanging on to her surfboard.

"Next game!" Mamori said, more of a declaration than a request.

Game seven was a game presented by the Shinryuji Nagas. Unsui, Agon, Ikkyu and Yamabuchi were presenting this challenge. The scores were tied, so this game would decide who would win the challenge.

This one was a skills challenge. A hammer strike game was seen along with a dart board and a miniature obstacle course with cones, tires and oddly enough lego blocks.

"This game will be a test of your skills. Shinryuji is a very balanced team with all-rounders. With our best players being Ikkyu and Agon. With that said, most of you should be skilled enough to do this challenge. Or at least we expect you to be." Unsui explained. "Which is why we're doing random picks."

"For extra context, Shinryuji has won the Autumn Kanto Tournament for 9 years straight. And they're expected to win the next one too." Chris added.

"Wow, that's incredible!" Eijun said.

"Nine years huh? It makes sense. They've got to be a very disciplined school." Kageyama said.

"Sounds like another school I know." Kise said, referring to his own middle school, Teiko.

"It'll be six games. Three of you will take on two skills each. You'll also be assigned which you'll be doing as well. Whichever team can complete all six of them with the highest score wins." Ikkyu explained.

Lotte, Morty and Kurita were chosen for the Rats. Akashi, Reimu and Louie were chosen for the Kings. And finally, Hanamiya, Haizaki and Bakura were chosen for the Breakers.

"Kurita, Reimu and Bakura, you've got target practice. Lotte, Akahi sand Hanamiya, strength. And finally, Haizaki, Ruby and Morty, speed. Target practice is first!" Unsui said after drawing the names from a box.

Unsui manned the dart board to hand the three darts while Ikkyu manned the speed section. Yamabuchi manned strength while Agon simply observed.

"Are you three ready?" Unsui asked.

Reimu and Kurita nodded.

"Whenever you are." Bakura said.

***Confessional***

Yami Bakura(Wave Breakers):

"I let my host take over. Not even he can screw this up I would think."

***End Confessional***

The three awaited.

"Rats huh? So that's the team the Eye-sore's on." Agon thought before looking at Kurt, Lotte and Morty before smirking.

….

….

….

"GO!" Unsui called out.

The three started to throw the darts they were given.

"Hey! Yamabuchi! Switch with me!" Agon called out.

"You sure?" Yamabuchi called out, confused.

"Yeah!"

Agon manned the strength station, the high striker game and the hammers that each of them had. Reimu being the most accurate with a score of 34/40. Bakura had 32 and Kurita had 15 respectively. They ran to tag their partners as Agon grabbed a hammer. He secretly loosened one of the mallet heads. Agon handed Mayuzumi, Hanamiya and Lotte hammers when they were tagged.

Akashi and Hanamiya both struck the padding, with Hanamiya getting a higher score than him of 42/50. Akashi got a slightly higher score of 44.

Hanamiya completely read Akashi and blocked his path, causing their feet to get tangled up as Akashi didn't expect him to suddenly change running direction. Both of them fell with Hanamiya getting up first. Haizaki was tagged.

"It's all yours man. Take it home." Hanamiya said to Haizaki.

Haizaki paused for a bit before someone was heard in pain. The source being Lotte. She was holding her foot after losing her glasses from falling over.

"Hey, you alright?" Agon asked, goggles off, giving her a friendly smile.

"Hmph. Pathetic." Urien said.

Todd laughed.

"Todd, that's not funny!" Riley said.

"Ouch." Sucy said in a deadpan voice.

Lotte's cheeks were red from embarrassment. The mallet head had fallen off and hit her foot. Hopping in pain, she ended up falling over.

"Uh oh. Looks like this one was loose. Sorry about that!" Yamabuchi said.

Libby handed Lotte her glasses.

"That wasn't an accident." Yami Bakura thought. "Not after what I just saw, I refuse to believe it. The question is, why?"

"That wasn't an accident!" Kurita declared.

"Huh? Excuse me?" Agon said, looking up at who was talking to him.

"Y-you did that on purpose! Gave her a bad mallet! Or tampered with it! It's because Sena and the others are with her isn't it?" Kurita said, confronting Agon. He put on his goggles again.

"That's a bold accusation. You have proof? Because I don't exactly like being lied on. Especially from some random guy like you." Agon said, frowning at Kurita.

"Enough." Musashi said, intervening. "This isn't the time for that. But know, that everything you've done. Will be paid back during the tournament. With interest."

Agon laughed until Kurt stopped him.

"Kurita doesn't look like a person that would just lie. So I must know. Why? Why would you do something like that to her?" Puss asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah, you're that loser from earlier. Sorry, but I don't speak loser."

"Then I'll ask you. Why did you do it?" Reimu asked.

"Fine. You wanna know so bad? Because they're losers, that's why. Though I guess with a name like Rats it makes sense why three of Deimon's trash would be on that team. Hiruma too. It fits. And she fits right in with you. Hell, I can't even say her looks are a redeeming factor for even to have a shred of regret. And she knows it too. That's why she isn't saying anything." Agon said before laughing. "Imagine that. Doing all of that promotion for a worthless a[censored] team like yours and losing. And you know what's funny? That stupid fat lump is the reason for it! So not only is he slow, but the fata[censored] can't even aim!"

"The game's not over yet buddy! We still have one more part to do!" Natsu said.

Agon wanted to chuckle again. "Really now? Boy, you really are a dumba[censored]! Kurita scored 15. And Lotte scored 0! You're behind by 40+ points! It'll be mathematically impossible for you to come back! And Louie's already across. So what do you have to say to that?"

"Really?" Huey D. said to Louie.

"Oh. Bad timing." Louie said, looking around at the people looking at him.

***Confessional***

Louie(Storm Kings):

"Okay, so maybe I chose the worst time to actually cross. I actually got Akashi to come and tag me while Haizaki was distracted. But that was before I knew that happened alright? Look, I might want to win, but I'm not a bully like Agon. Seriously, what kind of a person do you have to be to really think that's funny? And I mean Agon, not Todd."

***End Confessional***

"He's right. There's nothing we can do." Becky F. said, already doing the calculations in her head.

Lotte's eyes couldn't be seen in the reflection of her glasses. And Kurita could only hit the ground, blaming himself.

"He's right. I…. helped us lose the game. I let everyone down!" Kurita thought.

"So that's it huh? Y-you just hate normal people. Is that it? Not everybody's fortunate enough to get cool stuff like you. Seeing someone get embarrassed and hurt like that. What kind of a piece of s[censored] do you have to be to laugh at that? And what's wrong with people standing up for her? Isn't that a good thing? It means people care for her!" Morty said.

"Spare me the lecture loser. It won't do you any good or change the result. And once Haizaki crosses the finish line and beats your skinny a[censored], which'll be easy for a guy like him, it's last place for you. Heh, maybe football is in your future Haizaki."

"Yep! That's right! One more part of the game is left. We'll start at the beginning and give Haizaki a slight edge here from the rest with a head start of a few seconds." Chris said.

"You think I need a head start? Start it from zero Chris." Haizaki said.

"From zero? You sure man?" Chris asked.

"Yeah. You should be a fan of it. It makes more drama." Haizaki said.

"That is true…." Chris said before taking a couple of seconds to think. "Ah what the heck? Let's do it. All or nothing!"

***Confessional***

Molly(Wave Breakers):

"To be honest, I'm torn between seeing my team win or Morty winning. You don't have to have superpowers to be special. And I think Agon doesn't understand that. That's kind of the reason why part of me wants Morty to win."

"It's more than just that Molly, the guy is just a J-E-R-K! Jerk! Wouldn't surprise me if he and Haizaki end up doing some jerk bonding!" Scratch said.

"Maybe a friend is what Haizaki needs. Not sure if Agon's a good idea though." Molly said.

***End Confessional***

"Beat him Morty!" Akko called out.

"Ready?"

"GO!"

"That jerk!" Diego said, not happy. "I'm gonna be honest, it's not the same thing, but I'm getting weirdly similar feelings from this guy like we did against Ryu. And that's not a good thing."

"I get what you mean. But in no way is Agon even comparable to the monster Ryu was." Shiro said.

The two continued through the course, with Morty surprisingly being able to keep pace with Haizaki.

"Is Haizaki actually going to lose?" Good Launch commented.

"That moron should have accepted the head start." Hanamiya thought.

"I doubt it. Say what you will about Haizaki, but he and Morty are in two different leagues. There's no way in hell Haizaki loses to him." Aomine said.

The Legos had each of them hopping mad, literally.

"Why would you put this here?" Morty said.

"Whoever thought this was a good idea, p[censored] off!" Haizaki said.

At the end, it was a straight run to the finish, no cones, no obstacles, nothing.

It was close, but it was Morty that crossed first, diving forward as he crossed.

"No replay needed for this, Morty wins!" Chris announced.

"YEAAAAAAHHHHH!" Morty cried out, with some of his other teammates joining him in his celebration.

"Go suck a fat one Agon. Yeah, I know it's petty because we got second but still, if you're gonna petty like that just because you don't like four guys on the team, then so am I." Rick said, giving him the middle finger as well.

"Whatever. This doesn't change a thing about what I said. It just means that Haizaki isn't the guy I thought he was." Agon said.

"What was that!? You're telling me you lost to him!?" Urien said in disbelief.

"I lost my footin' alright? That game against Ojo tired me out a bit." Haizaki said.

"You should have taken the headstart if you knew you were that exhausted then." Hanamiya said.

Machine Gun Sanada: "And with that, the Rats secure sec-" He turned when Agon started talking.

"Ah. So it looks like the ringleader of trash has returned. You're too late. Game's already over. Though I bet you knew that and watched the whole thing. I told you before and I'll say it again. I don't regret running Kurita out of Shinryuji. Look at him. Can't aim. Can't even f[censored]ing run. You wanna look at why you lost today? Look at the fat pig and the little paperweight. Look at all your team. Morty's got no talent whatsoever. Rick is old and Rocky's not only a f[censored]ing moron, but he's got no speed. No power. Nothing. Only thing he can say is he can play a violin. And Kuroko and Puss?" Agon laughed after mentioning them.

"Nice of you to show up after the game is over." Noah said to Hiruma.

"I've noticed you've talked about nothing but their flaws. People that always talk like that usually have skeletons in their closet themselves. And from the looks of things, you're no different." Jotaro said.

"What about the people that only talk about their strengths?" Johnny proposed.

"That's a different story. As for Agon, all of this is to fuel his bloated ego. You pick on people like Lotte or Kurita because they're easy for you to beat due to the flaws you just mentioned. And if I had to guess, whatever's going on between you and Deimon is personal. And it spilled over into this challenge. Am I getting that right so far?" Jotaro said, the last part being directed at Hiruma.

Hiruma grinned. "What he did, only confirms that this f[censored]ing mop-head saw my message. Better get ready soon. That streak's coming to an end. First round in."

"First round in? I'm guessing you guys play them first." Kagami said.

"Yeah." Hiruma said.

"Which is even better. No more waiting. That dream you all had for 4 years. Of going to the Christmas Bowl. I'm going to crush it myself." Agon said before turning to Jotaro.

"Personal?" Agon laughed. "I've got nothing personal against him. I just like showing how useless it is….. for people like him, and his entire team, to try and stand up against real talent."

"I gave you a hint during that interview, and I'll tell it to you again. Whether you take it or not will be the deciding factor of if you win f[censored]ing dread head. You better not underestimate us. Every single one of us. You look down on normal people because they have to work hard to earn what they want. With that being said, you'll love the play that I have planned. I made it just for you." Hiruma said, grinning.

"It doesn't matter what f[censored]ing tricks you try." Agon said before an almost sadistic-like grin appeared on his face. "None of them are going to work against me!"

"Agon, that's enough. Let's go. We need to get ready for the closing parts of the game. Administration is coming soon." Unsui said.

"Huh? Fine. Fine. I'm comin'. Great. Now I gotta sit through these boring a[censored] PR speeches. Lame." Agon said, grabbing inside his ear. "You want someone with real talent on your show, give me a call." He said, tossing Chris his phone number.

"Uh sure. I'll be sure to let you know." Chris looked at the phone number, not exactly expecting him to just do that.

"Morty that was amazing!" Akko said to him.

"Y-you think so? Thanks." Morty said, grabbing the back of his head, flattered by the compliment. "Guess I just got mad. Seeing someone nice like Lotte like that. I just didn't like it you know?"

"I really appreciate it. Thank you." Lotte said, her eyes being seen again. Dry tears could be seen on her cheeks.

Unsui went to Lotte, Morty and the rest of the Rats and bowed.

"I'm sorry for what happened to you."

"Sorry? You don't have anything to apologize for man." Morty said.

"If anyone should be apologizing it's your brother. Utterly disgraceful." Diana said.

"Regardless, good luck on the rest of your time on the show." Unsui said before walking away to join the rest of his team again.

"Hey! Unsui!" Kurt called out.

He turned to face Kurt.

"I know how it feels. Having a little brother. I hope things between you two get better." Kurt said.

"I doubt you do."

Kurt raised an eyebrow.

"There's nothing wrong with the relationship between me and my brother. I've already accepted my role. My purpose. I'm here to keep his power in check. And to help him become the best football player in Japan. That's all there is too it."

"You can't seriously believe that. I understand wanting to help your brother. But do you really think this is helping him? And I'm not talking about just in football. I mean in life."

"That's not for me to decide. Destiny has already made that decision for me. So don't feel pity for me. The only thing I can do now, is to do everything in my power, train and work hard, to ensure that goal that I've been given in life." Unsui said before walking away.

Kurt could only close his eyes and shake his head.

Meanwhile, Musashi was talking with Hiruma.

"Well, the closing ceremony is about to begin. And we've got to be there. Good luck. I can already see you're having fun with this team you've got." Musashi said before smiling at Hiruma, who gave a smile back before both parted ways.

"We'll bring in the cream puffs with us and then we're on our way. Breakers, elimination ceremony tonight!" Chris announced.

Mamori remembered this before having a glint in her eyes again before going after Hiruma who had full intent of hurting him as he was shooting at Jumonji, Togano, Kuroki, Yukimitsu, Komusubi, Natsuhiko, Ishimaru and the rest of the devil bats with the exception of Musashi. Though Kurita and Sena were trying their hardest to stop her, which they were having a hard time of doing.

"You better be practicing and not just slacking off every day!" Hiruma said as he shot at them with an AK-47.

"Mamori just went berserk!" Monta said to the audience, appearing in front of the camera.

As this was happening, Musashi could only grab the back of his head, not sure of how to react or what to do. That is until Lanolin found him.

"Something the matter?"

"Yeah. It's about Hiruma. I'm assuming you have an idea as to where he gets all of this stuff, right?"

Musashi laughed a little. "No clue."

"Do you at least know the reason why he acts the way he does? From how he was talking, it's pretty clear he has a deep connection to you all."

"I think it's hard for anyone to tell what goes on in that mind of his. But if anything, I think that's the point. Most people like to stay calm and try not to show their emotions in a game or competition. Hiruma is the exact opposite. By no means is he invincible. There's people he's yet to have beaten yet. Or can't fool as easily as some others. Like Shien. Or Ojo as a whole. Not just Takami. Shien never bragged about it because he's too much of a humble person to brag on himself. And you could say Takami's story is similar to Hiruma's. Hence why he's never looked down on him. But all of Hiruma's opponents, including Shien and Takami consider him a threat because they don't know what he'll do. Not because he's not showing it to them. But because there's almost nothing he's not willing to do to win."

"Like bringing out a tank and giving it to a bunny? Or having a dog like that as a mascot. And a pig. Or using Zee's sodas and bouncing around like a human pinball." Lanolin said. She couldn't help but smile a little and shake her head at how crazy that sounded.

"That's exactly why I said being targeted is nothing new for him. I'm sure he knows it too. But I think the biggest reason why he has a deep connection to this team, is because he himself can relate. Even if he doesn't say it."

"How exactly?"

"Unlike you all, or even Sena, who even then, had to train for his speed to become the way it is, or Agon, he was never blessed with special abilities. Or strength like Kurita. But even then, he never used what he lacked as an excuse to quit. Instead, he used the strengths that he does have to contend with some of the top prodigies of Japan. You would think that someone that's as cunning and manipulative as him would sit back and let everyone else do the work while he reaps the rewards. Hence why some people call him a devil or a demon. But that couldn't be further from the truth. There was one particular moment, that I'll always remember, that told me everything that I needed to know about the type of person he really is."

Flashback(Eyeshield 21 Chapter 250 is referenced here, but is also just a flashback chapter)

Despite Hiruma using many tactics to try and persuade Musashi in join including lying about his father being a physiologist and saying that practicing to kick a football is great practice to improve a carpenter's working ability, switching his textbooks with football magazine, and putting signs about joining the football club and a whole football itself in his locker, none of those attempts worked.

But it was when Kurita and Hiruma went to help him at his father's construction company, where Musashi also works and helps his father that Musashi had had enough.

During one of the work days as he and Hiruma were carrying cement bags, Musashi asked him a question.

"Hiruma, why are you using such an indirect method? Knowing you, you probably have evidence in your notebook that could take down our company if you talked about it."

Hiruma and Musashi both stopped walking, with both of them knowing exactly what he was talking about.

There was a hole that Musashi made in a chain link fence just by kicking through it. This was the same hole that he kicked after Kurita begged him to not fix the hole in a fence that his job asked him to. So he decided to compromise and fix the hole like his company asked and make another one, "not knowing how the hole got there" if anyone ever asked. This allowed Hiruma to continue to bet on football games and Kurita to watch them.

"I don't have anything to threaten you with, f*cking old man. Because a puppet is not the kind of comrade I want." Hiruma said, grinning.

Musashi left without saying a word, returning to school the next day and seeing footballs lined up outside in a kicking position with Hiruma and Kurita hiding.

Musashi put a finger in his ear and smiled.

"Aah, I get it. It seems really fun." Musashi said. Hiruma had a devilish look on his face while Kurita was shocked before it turned into hopefulness.

"Isn't it! American football is really fun, right?!" Kurita asked.

"No. You guys…. Seem fun."

End Flashback

"That thing about him not having any dirt on me was a damn lie. The guy has dirt on damn there everyone. Even random a[censored] people on the street. Probably the only ones he doesn't have anything on are Sena and Kurita. And probably Monta too. And that's just because of the type of people they are. Hell, if he wanted to, he could blackmail Chris into giving him the win for the season or face getting arrested."

"You're joking right? And even if you're not, there's contracts." Lanolin said, alarmed by Musashi's claim.

"I'm not. I have no idea how that book isn't overflowing yet. Guess he takes out pages and replaces them when he doesn't need to blackmail a certain person, company or group of people anymore? I don't know. If I know it, then I'm sure he does too. Regardless of what's in the contract, he'll find a loophole. If he hasn't already. And there's several other moments I could think of. Putting himself through some of the same hell that he puts the rest of the team through, like the Death March from what I've heard. Or some of the training drills or exercises. And even If he's not doing them with his team, he's doing them alone."

"As for your question of how he relates to them. Monta, Kurita, Sena, Yukimitsu, and even Natsuhiko. All of them have had limitations. Kurita has no speed. Sena has no power. Monta, despite his efforts, his best attribute is catching, hence why he could never cut it in baseball. Yukimitsu, by all means, is not an athlete, and would probably be seen as moreso a manager by anyone except Hiruma. Very similar to Kuroko I believe. And Natsuhiko is a B-class player at best, paling in comparison to prodigies like Akaba and Agon. Yet somehow, despite these limitations, and being eliminated in two tournaments in a row, they've defied them all and are in contention for the Christmas Bowl."

"And what about you? What are your limitations?"

"Me?" Musashi performed a "fufu" laugh. "I'm just a kicker. That should tell you all you need to know. Now, if you'll excuse me."

"Wait. I have to know. Just a couple more questions. I'm curious. If he didn't convince Kurita to play football by forcing him to, how did he do it? And second, although I suppose this is more of a statement. I suppose it's a lot of hard work for him to do all of that for his team. Maybe that's why he entrusted us? Rally. X and myself. He's relieved."

"To answer your first question, he didn't convince him. If you want to know the full story, I suggest you ask Kurita about it. And as for the second thing, he's not relieved. As a matter of fact, I'd say he's excited to be on this team. Otherwise, he wouldn't be doing things like this. Or…."

"HYEAAAAAAAAAAH!" Kagami said, running past as Cerberus bit him with Adrien trying run to pull the dog off. "Someone, get it off! Please!"

"I got you man!" Adrien called out.

"What is wrong with you!?" Rei and Mamori shouted to Hiruma as he only grinned at what was happening in front of him.

"With how Kagamicchi's running, you're going to need more speed than that." Kise said before getting ready to copy Aomine's speed. But Blaze beat him to it and pulled the dog off, sighing and shaking her head as she did so.

"That." Musashi said.

"Yeah, can I get Scooby back?" Blake remarked.

"Same here. It'd be much better than this. I wonder what those guys are up to anyway." Rally said, smiling, as both were leaning against a wall.

"One more thing and I promise. That's it. Is that really true? That Agon got Kurita kicked out of that school that he goes to?" Lanolin said.

"He never got kicked out. But, like I said. If you want to know more, talk to Kurita about it." Musashi said before walking away without saying another word, balling a fist, something that Lanolin noticed.

"Ikkyu, when we meet, I will beat you!" Monta declared to Ikkyu.

"No one beats me in the air. Not even Agon. And I'll prove it to you then too." Ikkyu said. "Now then, I have a question for you."

"What is it?" Monta asked.

"That silver-haired girl. Is that a new cheerleader for Deimon? I've never seen her before."

"Huh? Silver-haired girl…"

"Two pigtails?"

"Oh! You mean Noelle! Uh, no. Don't think so. She's on the season with us."

"Oh? Is she on your team?"

"No. She's on another one. Why?"

"Uh, n-no reason." Ikkyu said, sweating profusely.

"Hey! Ikkyu! Talking about girls instead of attending the post-event administration statement like you're supposed to huh? Who is it- I mean, how irresponsible! Especially for a mighty ace like you!" Yamabuchi said, dragging him away.

"N-no wait! That's not it at all!"

"MONKEY BOY! LET'S GO! WE'RE ABOUT TO GO BACK!" Hiruma called out.

"Oh no! I'm gonna get left behind! Wait up!" Monta called out, running to try and catch up.

Haizaki had just got a Glacier Cherry flavored Gatorade drink from the vending machine, opening it up and started to drink from the bottle.

Footsteps were heard. It was Agon, in his lonesome, hands in his pockets. Outside of the distant talking from either people leaving or the administration talking to one another, nothing else was heard other than the footsteps in the room. "Eh?" He looked up and saw Haizaki was next to the vending machine, closing up the Gatorade.

"Well, if it isn't the sympathetic loser." Agon said. Haizaki wasn't going to give him another look or even talk to him until he said that to him.

"And if it isn't the resident s[censored] talker. If you're lookin' for some more 'paperweights' to trash talk, you should head back outside." Haizaki said before getting ready to open the cap again to drink more of his Gatorade.

Agon walked past him to buy a can of grape soda from the vending machine.

"You know, I gotta say. I had high hopes for you. Looking at you, you definitely reek of strength and talent. But I see that talent's wasted on somebody like you." A popping sound was heard from Agon's soda can as he opened it.

"Yeah? Tell me how it's wasted."

Agon drinks the soda before he made an "ah" sound. "Oh don't get the wrong idea. Never in a million years could you beat me. I said you had talent. But you don't have talent good enough to match mine. But don't feel bad. There's not many that can say that they do. Other than maybe Shin. I guess. And even then, he and Ojo lost when I didn't even play. Imagine what I'd do to them." He said before laughing.

"Look man, you gonna get to the point or are you gonna keep suckin' yourself off? Unlike you, I don't have all day. I got a show to get back to."

"I'm just confused. How can someone as talented as yourself, be so sympathetic to worthless losers beneath them?"

"Sympathetic?" Haizaki repeated before laughing out loud. "Oh dude. Who's the dumba[censored] now? You really think I give a s[censored] about his skinny a[censored]? Nah. I just wasn't about to win because you told me to. That's all. I don't like bein' told what to do. Especially by guys that haven't proven s[censored] to me. You talk about Kurita. Guess what? He did more than you today that's for sure. And Lotte? That girl's got power. She just can't use it here."

Now it was Agon's turn to laugh. "The fact that you're defending that trash is ridiculous. So what if that little piggy did something against the White Knights? I told you, they're trash too. A far cry from what they used to be. Now, other than Shin, they don't have anybody else. I'd be impressed if he could waddle his fata[censored] faster, but he can't. If he could, he'd be on the Nagas with me too instead of a cobbled together basement team like Deimon. And that girl? I told you. I don't feel sorry for that ugly a[censored] crybaby. Every girl that I want, and will be with, has always been pretty. I don't need any ugly women."

"You got lead in your ears or somethin'? I told you I ain't defendin' 'em. I'm just not about to be told what to do. I do whatever the hell I want. And if you want me to stop or listen, then you gotta prove it by bein' strong. Now I'm outta here." Haizaki said, drink in hand.

Agon raised an eyebrow.

"I never said I was done talking to you." Agon said before quickly flicking his soda in Haizaki's direction and knocking Haizaki's bottle out of his hands and causing some of it to get on his clothes.

"Thanks. You saved me some time. S[censored] tasted nasty anyway." Haizaki said, hands in his pockets.

Agon furrowed his eyebrows after being basically brushed off.

"Ah. Waste of 2 bucks." Agon said, annoyed before going to get another can. Though he would be stopped from doing so by an announcement being made about the closing statements about to begin.

"Now I gotta listen to this lame speech with nothin' to drink. Fu[censored]!"

Haizaki was the last to board the planes before they took off.

Plane 1: Kings(First Class)

Courtney sighed while getting a spa treatment. "Don't you get tired of winning?"

Eliza, who was sitting next to her only laughed. "Of course not. And miss an opportunity to get meals like this? Absolutely not. And these cream puffs are delicious!"

"Oh yeah. Too bad for Mamori. She tried so hard to get them. And I can see why. In the end, it was all for nothing. Sucks to be her." Heather said, sitting ahead of the two with Alejandro, enjoying some cream puffs herself.

Din and Midorima could only look at each other and shake their heads.

Aomine could only look out the window, bored as a fist rested on his cheek.

"You look pretty bummed out about something. You okay?" Dewey asked, sitting next to him.

Aomine sighed a little. "Yeah I'm good. And don't ask if I want a cream puff. I'll probably just try one later." Aomine said, not moving his head.

Dewey quickly ate that cream puff that he was about to offer to him.

"What Kagami said about you not having anything outside of basketball. That didn't get to you did it?"

Aomine turned to him with his eyebrows raised. "What? Hell no."

"You're not bored from winning are you?"

Aomine laughed a little.

"Uh…"

"You gotta be a genius or just plain lucky man."

"Wait, so you're actually bored?"

"Nah, I'm not. Honest." Aomine said before giving Dewey a slight smile. Though that was short lived. "But there was a time that I would have been. And I'm kinda glad that it's not to that point anymore. And with how you guys are here, it'll never get to that point. I know it doesn't seem like it, but I'm having the time of my life. Facing strong guys like Natsu, Asta and Sena. And of course Kise and Kagami. And the challenges, while insane in some cases, like the tank, I actually kinda liked the last few." Aomine said before pausing. "But that's not why I had that face. I was just thinking. About Agon."

"Oh yeah. That guy. Let's…. not talk about him. How about something a little more fun? Like your hobbies?"

"You….. wouldn't get it."

"Come on I may not be Huey but I'm not dumb. So tell me."

"Nope."

"Tell me."

"No."

"I'm gonna keep poking you in the ribcage until you tell me."

"Would you cut that out? Jeez. But anyways, as I was saying, the reason why I was thinking about Agon, was because I was just like him at one point when it came to winning. It just got to a point to where…. I just felt empty inside. And I can see it in Agon's eyes. It's like….. he doesn't even like playing football because he enjoys it. But for him, it's a whole lot worse. His personality. How he treats people. Don't even compare Haizaki to him, 'cause he never did s[censored] like this. Looking down on people and enjoying it. I guess one of the reasons was because he had people around him that tried to rein him in and help him. Same for me. If it wasn't for Tetsu, I wouldn't have changed like I did. But Agon? It doesn't look like a single person is trying to help him. That's why I'm hoping Deimon beats Shinryuji. It's the only shot he's got at having some sense being knocked into him. Or it's only going to get worse."

"Is….. that what you and Kagami were talking about when you guys were talking about abandoning Kuroko?"

"No. That's something else. But that's a story that I really don't want to get into."

"Maybe later?"

Aomine sat up. "Alright, enough with the depressing crap. Hand me that box of cream puffs will ya? I gotta see why Mamori was obsessin' over these like that."

After getting one from Dewey, he eats it.

"Oh yeah. I can definitely see why she wanted these so bad. I'm serious when I say this. She's definitely missing out." Aomine said.

"Now will you tell me about your hobbies?"

"Look man, if I told you what I like to do outside of basketball, your parents would be p[censored]ed. It's not anything for you to be worried about kid. And no, I don't kill anyone or do anything illegal. But I'd still feel horrible if I told you about it." Aomine said.

"You realize you could have just lied right?" Weiss said from a seat behind the two.

"Would you butt out!? Who was even talking to you?"

"Weiss? You're advocating lying!?" Ruby R. said, shocked to hear this from her.

"If it means keeping these kids' innocence then yes, I am."

"And wait a second how long were you listening?"

"Not long."

"Yeah, sure." Aomine said, hands now behind his back, eyes now closed.

"I was really hoping to hear that Kuroko backstory too." Ruby R. said, which caused Weiss to give her a look.

"Well now you're definitely not hearin' it." Aomine said.

"Better ask Midorima or Akashi for it."

"Excuse me?" Akashi said, looking up from the book he was reading, not knowing what he as talking about.

"Leave me out of whatever you're talking about." Midorima said.

Plane 2: Rats(Standard Class)

Mamori, as expected, was slumped over in disappointment at not being able to enjoy the cream puffs.

"Man, she really loves those cream puffs." Priya commented.

"We should make that an incentive or something. Maybe we'll see her play like that every game." Sanders said.

"What for? She's been fine the way she is honestly." Emma said.

"I guess that's fair."

Meanwhile, Rally, from a distance, was sitting next to Lanolin and observing the conversation.

"Guess you're not ready to talk her yet huh?" Lanolin asked.

Rally could only shake her head. "She seems better now. I don't want to ruin that for her. At least for today. Tomorrow's going to be a different story. Whatever Kurt said to her definitely had some sort of effect, even if she didn't play."

"Talk to her about what?" May asked suspiciously, peeking up from a seat behind her.

"How minding your own business can increase your morale." Rally said.

"Come on, don't be like that. We're just really concerned that's all." Becky F. said, sitting next to her.

"I'm sure you guys are. But I'm just not ready to talk about it right now and ruin the mood. Not even Lanolin knows what I'm talking about so it's not a case of me being selective."

"Pinkie promise it!" May said.

"What? I'm not doing that."

"Do it or I tell everyone that you had a thing for-" May started.

"Okay! Okay! Jeez, for you to be 19, you act and look like a little kid." Rally said.

"And for you to be 23(Actually 21, but the façade is still kept up even in Total Drama), you really do act like a grumpy old lady at times."

"Whatever. It's not like half the people know or care about what you're talking about." Rally said.

"Then why go through the effort of hiding it?" Lanolin asked, which only annoyed the bounty hunter.

"Seriously, now I want to know who it is. So who's the lucky guy that's caught your eye?" Lucy asked from another seat across from them, craning her head over as she looked at Rally with interest.

"Lucky? I don't get what you mean." Falcon said, sitting a seat ahead of her as Natsu was sitting next to Lucy, sick again.

"Boy, the four of you knuckleheads really are dense when it comes to romance huh?" Lucy said.

"Hey! I'll have you know I've had my fair share. Take Rouge for instance." Falcon said(which was a complete lie as it was one-sided). "And wait a second, what do you mean four?"

"Well, there's you, Kagami, Natsu, and Sendo."

"Look, romance is the last thing on my mind. Might be for you but not for me." Sendo said. "My boxing career comes first. And in this case, winning here. That doesn't mean I'm an idiot when it comes to that."

"First Rei, then you. What is it and you guys' obsession with romance?" Yulaw asked.

"Yeah. You guys don't even have a resemblance to a love life, so why do you care so much?" Happy said.

Veins appeared on both Rei and Lucy's heads. "I'm gonna strangle that cat…." Rei muttered.

"But anywho it's because romance is cute. That should be obvious." Rei said, quickly smiling as she turned from devil to angel, a seat in front of Kagami, next to Cicini, who was asleep.

"I don't really see the appeal honestly. I mean, I guess it's okay. But to be obsessed with it? I can't really understand that." Bennett said, sitting next to Becky B. who was reading.

"We're not obsessed. We wouldn't have even brought it up if Rally was open about her feelings. Seriously, who wouldn't want to date a woman like her?" Lucy said.

"WOULD YOU GUYS CAN IT!?" Rally exploded, her cheeks red as she did.

Zero could only sigh and shake his head, with Whisper sharing his sentiments. If he wasn't going to sit with X or Axl, he'd rather sit with someone that was going to relatively calm like Whisper, Kurt or Blaze and not yell at any moments' notice like Rei, Sendo or Akko, or in Rocky and Hiruma's case, be wild, which was basically being themselves.

Plane 3: Breakers(Economy)

*TD Elimination theme Plays*

"All right guys. After an eventful day, we wind things down with this elimination ceremony. While the Kings get to enjoy cream puffs, and us included, you get to be here. Sucks to be you I guess." Chris said.

"This wouldn't have happened if he crossed the finish line!" Urien said, referring to Haizaki.

"I told you what happened. If you don't believe me then that sounds like a personal problem." Haizaki said.

"Then it's a good thing that problem is going to be gone after today." Urien said.

"With these votes, depends on how you look at it." Heloise said, looking at the results before handing them to Chef.

"Well, let's find out! Chef!" Chris said.

"When I call your name, you're safe! Today, you'll get a one day all-you-can-eat coupon at Minotauros, a yakiniku restaurant!"

"Never heard of it. Where is that?" Kageyama asked.

"It's in Japan. It's near the station of where Sena and the others are." Chris answered.

"Oh yeah that's so great! Give us a coupon for a place we're probably not coming back too." Kageyama said.

"If it's not expired. Don't forget that." Mr. Wolf said.

"See for yourself! Mr. Wolf! You're safe!" Chef called out, tossing him the coupon. Looking at the date, it was well before it's expiration date.

"So you actually got the goods this time huh? Nice."

"Don't thank me. Thank Hakushu. They wanted to send something as an apology for not attending the field day. And they decided to come up with this."

"Dwayne!"

"Urien!"

"Hopefully the food in this place is decent."

"Wow. You're actually glad to get this? I'm surprised." Doyle said.

"What? I can't be satisfied with something?"

"Ayame!"

"Toxsa!"

"Reagan!"

"Julie!"

"Randy!"

"Molly!"

"Libby!"

"Kaz!"

"Eijun!"

"Furuya!"

"Fiona!"

"Miyuki!"

"Diego!"

"Myron!"

"Shiro!"

"Hailey!"

"Scott!"

"Johnny!"

"Hanamiya!"

"Hinata!"

"Kageyama!"

"Tsukishima!"

"Kunigami!"

"Dan!"

"Nimona!"

"Bakura!"

"Bass!"

"Ruby!"

"Shawn!"

"Jasmine!"

"Noelle!"

"Blaineley!"

"Ryoma!"

"Karin!"

"Jenny!"

"Asta!"

"Launch!"

"Zak! Haizaki! Zoey! You're the last three! Whoever doesn't get a coupon get's a free ride down the drop of shame."

"Zak! That stalling you pulled got you taken down by Sakuraba after a bit of motivation from one of the people that looks up to him the most."

"It wasn't even my idea. It was Miyuki's."

"It still worked halfway though." Miyuki said.

"Doesn't really matter much anyway. You're safe!" He was tossed a coupon.

"Hopefully the food here's nice. I don't even know if I have one of those back in my world."

"Zoey! Haizaki! You're the last two!"

"Zoey! You're a winner of All-Stars. People kept that in mind when it came to voting. That and Commando Zoey. Your loss against Mamori in the surfing game also didn't help matters."

"Yeah, that's fair. I know people took into account me helping win the Deimon game but we'll see what happens I guess."

"Haizaki! Attitude has…. Surprisingly not been much of an issue with you anymore. And you did well in two games. Moreso it's you not finishing the race in the last game and guaranteeing your team last place." Chris said.

"Like I said, I already told them the reasons for it. If it wasn't for that, I would have won easily."

"But you didn't? Doesn't matter now. The final coupon, by one vote, goes to…."

"Haizaki!"

"Wait, seriously? I have to know, why him?"

"The fact that you won a season could prove a problem later on." Blaineley said.

"I'll be honest, if Haizaki didn't clean himself up, he probably would have been gone instead of you." Myron said.

"I wouldn't say I 'cleaned' anything up. Don't speak for me when you don't even know what's going on." Haizaki said, walking away.

Zoey put on a parachute pack. "If you guys don't do anything else, at least find out what's going on with him."

"That's up to him to decide if he wants to say anything or not." Kageyama said.

"Well, even if it wasn't a super long time, I had fun." Zoey said.

"Well, that's good to hear. Now, drop of sh-" Chris started before seeing that she already jumped off.

"No way was I going to let him push me off." Zoey said as she was falling before going into a portal that appeared that was back home.

Meanwhile, Hanamiya decided to quickly sit next to Haizaki.

"Alright, I'm gonna be blunt. What was the real reason you lost to Morty? That stumbling crap? You have to be a complete idiot to actually believe that lie."

"Even if I was lying, it's not as if we're not friends. What reason would I have to tell you?"

"Fine then. Be that way. Considering your relationship with the Miracles, had you won you might have actually had a chance to get rid of one of them."

"What's that got to do with you?"

"Did you really just ask me that question?" Hanamiya had to refrain from laughing. "Everyone here knows you got kicked off Teiko's team. Besides, with how you've reacted around Midorima and the others, it's pretty clear you want to beat them."

"Like I said, it's got nothin' to do with you. Unlike your a[censored] I got the talent to keep up with 'em so I can beat 'em by myself."

Hanamiya laughed. "Ah I see what's going on now." He got up to get ready to move to another seat as the rest of the team came to join in to find a seat. "Well, good luck with that. We'll see where that takes you."

"To the top, that's where." Haizaki declared.

"Well, that's that, another winner out! Who's next? Find out next time on Total…..Drama….. Across the Multiverse!"


A/N: And with that, another chapter is in the books. Going to be honest, I didn't have much else really planned for Zoey after getting to this point. Had she stayed, she would have been overstaying her welcome.

And yes, that was Max from Sam and Max. Originally, Chris was going to bring him in, but I thought of the idea of Hiruma deciding to do it as well.

As for the move Ikari did, yes, that is pretty much a Fist of the North Star reference. I almost had to include it here as there was a Jojo reference in the series too with Dio vs Jotaro in one of the post-credit shorts between Ikari and Cerberus(who apparently can bench press more than Hiruma lol).

See you all on the next chapter!

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

158th- Owen(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

157th- Zoey(Wave Breakers)-Total Drama

Upcoming Episodes:

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)

By the way, I already have ideas for what the next few episodes are, the order is just what I haven't decided on yet, which is why I haven't put them here yet. So don't worry, I haven't run out of ideas for challenges. Order is what I haven't decided on.