Family

Chapter 377 Hotdogs

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.

Finn, Phoebe, and Lapis arrived on shore and went to go hang with the rest of Simon's group. They told them about the their encounter with Sea Sorceress and about the others exploring the ocean. Finn took a seat at a picnic table with Simon, as Phoebe went to build some sand castles with Eria, Neddy, and Betty. Simon looked at the teen boy and took a deep breath before he spoke.

"Finn I would like to have a quick word about what you said to Bubblegum back in the Ice Kingdom."

"If you're going to tell me to go apologize to Bubblegum then you can forget about it. I trusted her, Simon and she hurt Phoebe and killed thousands of innocent Fire People for a really dumb reason. Bubblegum talks about responsibility, trust, and friendships and alliances, but in the end all that was nothing, but talk and deceit. Bubblegum is as bad as Crimson and all the other villains we faced. I never or forgive someone like after what she did." Said Finn with a scowl.

Simon let out a sigh.

"Your anger at Bubblegum is very understandable and what she did was very wrong I won't deny that nor will I defend her actions either. Just don't let your anger blind or consume you." Said Simon.

"Alright." Said Finn.

"Now what I want to talk to you about that thing you said about no longer fighting for the Candy Kingdom. It sounded like you just planned to abandon all the Candy People and let them deal with all future conflicts. Declaring you will no longer defend a kingdom or it's people simply because you don't like their ruler. Really doesn't sound heroic when you think about it." Said Simon.

"I...know. It's just that I was so angry about the whole thing with the Fire King and then the bubble creator, I just wanted to make Bubblegum hurt in any way I can. I really don't plan to abandon the Candy Kingdom or it's people, but I refuse to fight or do anything for Bubblegum." Said Finn.

"Fair enough." Said Simon.

The two of them sat silently people watching. Simon considered talking to Finn about his adventure in the cave with Billy. He had heard about the adventure, but he could sense some unease about it from Finn. Whatever had happened in that cave left a mark on Finn and he didn't want to talk about. Simon decided for now it would just be best to give Finn a bit of space and let him come forward to what happened in the cave when he was comfortable to talk about it.

Some time later, Gata, Trucy, Dipper, Mabel, Rain, Pacifica, Chi, Kai, Peridot, Jeff, and Mimi arrived back on dry land with Canyon and Locke. Gata took Locke's hand and lead him over to meet Finn and Jake.

"These guys are my brothers Finn and Jake." Said Gata introducing her siblings.

"Brothers?" Asked Locke.

"Yeah me and Finn were both found and adopted by Jake's family, when we were babies. I also have another dog brother named Jermaine." Said Gata.

"Whose this guy?" Asked Finn looking at Locke.

"This is Locke. I meet him, while exploring the sea and the two of us along with Trucy and a weird mermaid named Sea Tea beat up a couple of greedy creeps and saved a big coral reef." Said Gata.

"Awesome!" Said Jake.

"Way to go sis!" Said Finn.

"I also picked up a neat little trick with my magic." Said Gata as she bent down and placed her hands on the sandy ground.

There were a few sparks of magic and a round two foot tall pillar of sand rose out of the sand with a smiley face on it appeared in front of Gata. Finn and Jake stared at the little tower in amazement and clapped and cheered for Gata who stood up and took a little bow. Simon walked over and inspected the little tower.

"Very impressive. It looks like you discovered crafting magic. It's a very useful and unique skill among magicians. I believe the Magician King was also very skilled in that magic as well, so it makes good sense you would have great potential with that magic as well." Said Simon.

"Really?" Asked Gata with enthusiasm.

"Really. I have some books that explain crafting magic and how to use it. I'll lend them to you." Said Simon with a smile.

"Thanks." Said Gata with a smile.

"Attention everyone. The hotdog eating contest will begin shortly. All contestants please gather and bring your appetites." Said a voice on a speaker system.

"Alright Kai lets do this!" Said Chi as she took Kai's hand and lead to a long table and some chairs being set up for the contest.

The table was set up and all the contestants showed up and took their seats. The contestants were Jake, Soos, Chi, Kai, Muscle Man, Bebe, a Little Coralite Girl, and a grizzly bear named Grizz.

(Author's Note: Grizz is from We Bare Bears.)

As the constants waited for the hotdogs to arrive and the contest to begin Bebe decided to do a little trash talking.

"You losers might as well give up already. None of you stand a chance against me."

The other constants glared at Bebe.

"Yeah not going to happen." Said Chi.

"Well I guess it's the hard way then." Said Bebe.

A bunch of resort staff walked to the table carrying a bunch of plate with hotdogs on them. The plates were placed in front of the constants and a restart worker stepped forward to explain the rules.

"Alright here are the rules. The person who is able to eat the most hotdogs and remain standing will be declared the winner. Now time to chow down!"

The bell was rung and all the contestants began to start scoffing the hotdogs as fast as they could. The crowd watched in awe as each contestant demonstrated their powerful eating abilities. The Little Coralite Girl took everyone by surprise by devouring a entire plate of hotdogs like a piranha and quickly emptied it in a matter of seconds. The little creature stood on a empty plate and burped loudly.

"Uuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrpppppppppppp!"

"Excuse me!" Said the Little Coralite Girl with a giggle.

All the constants finished their first plates and more were quickly brought out. Kai had never tasted a hotdog till the contest and she found out she liked them quit a bit once she tasted one, so she really was enjoying the contest. The constants made their way through their way through four plates before they began losing people. Muscle Man started chocking on a couple of hotdogs and he nearly passed out, before his friend Hi Five Ghost came to his aid and preformed the Heimlich maneuver. Muscle Man was saved, but he could no longer compete. A few plates later Soos gave up followed by the Little Coralite Girl. Several more plates later Grizz and Jake gave up. Now it was just Bebe, Chi, and Kai left. The crowd was going wild as they cheered the final three on. Nyx stood in the crowd with Ying, Samantha, and William. The chaotic witch studied Bebe and her two friends. At first glance it seemed like the three were evenly matched, but on closer inspection Chi and Kai both seemed to be reaching their limits, while Bebe seemed to have no trouble downing hotdogs. Nyx didn't like this, so she decided to give her friends a hand. She used her magic to conjure up a bottle of strong quick active laxatives and then she used her magic to turn the laxatives into a vapor cloud and sent it flying towards a plate of hotdogs being brought to Bebe. The cloud hit the hotdogs with out anyone noticing them and vanished into the food.

"Showtime." Said Nyx with a chuckle.

The plate was placed before Bebe and she started chowing down on them. Bebe finished the plate and was fixing to ask for another, when she felt a great pain in her gut followed by a very loud ominous gurgle. Bebe became very pale as she placed a hand on her gut, stood up, and went running for the nearest bathroom. Bebe was out of the contest and only Chi and Kai were left. The two girls continued eating. As the contest went on the kitchen ran out of hotdog buns and they started going low on weenies. The last weenies were in a big sausage link that was brought out and placed between the two contestants and Chi and Kai began slurping them down from either side. The two of them ate and slurped, until they ended up meeting in the middle and their lips ended up meeting in a surprise awkward twist. Chi and Kai looked at one another in surprise and then they disengaged as they gave awkward smiles. The crowd laughed and cheered as the judge faced the crowd.

"Well folks we're out of hotdogs and it looks we have ourselves a tie!"

Some resort workers presented Chi and Kai with some pink sashes that read 'Hotdog Eating Champ' on them and a gold trophy to share. The two girls put the sashes on and held the trophy between them as a bunch of people took their picture.

"You know I'm actually ok with us both being winners and sharing the glory." Said Chi with a smile.

"Same here." Said Kai returning the smile.

It was a nice little fun moment on the beach, unfortunately the moment was fixing to be ruined by two different groups of invaders that were fixing to arrive.

To be continued.