Total Drama: Across the Multiverse

by StaticShock01

Chris returns for yet another season in what may be the most insane one yet. 69 contestants! 9 winners from the previous seasons! 28 network picks! 28 audience picks! Which contestant will come out of this madness!(52/98 initial contestants remaining, 119/165 overall) UPDATE: The teams join the Time Patrol in fixing history across the multiverse!

24. TD Gran Prix Part 5

A/N: As promised, here is the final part of the Gran Prix? Who will win the final race? Read to find out!

Teams:

Radical Rats:

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

Storm Kings:

Jotaro, Todd and Riley, Huey F., Paul, Skipper, Sophie, Bren, Courtney, Rex and Bobo, Mona, Marinette, Reimu, Razer, Din Djarin, Zak S., Team RWBY+Penny, Ben and Rook, Octavia, Eliza, Huey D., Dewey and Louie, Heather and Alejandro, Cameron, 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, Duncan, Zoey, Haizaki, Zak M, Hanamiya, Hinata, Kageyama and Tsukishma, Eijun, Miyuki and Furuya, Kunigami, Dan, Chris, Nimona, Bakura, Bass, Ruby G., Shawn and Jasmine

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"Welcome back! We're about to get ready to start the final race of the Gran Prix! This is for all the marbles right here folks!" Chris said as Sena was now in his football uniform.

"But before they start, our starting racers will need these, courtesy of Dr. Tezla!" He said, handing the three starting racers suits.

"There's no way in heck I'm racing that first part." Natsu said, feeling sick already after putting on the suit.

"Agreed. His sickness pretty much guarantees that." Lanolin said.

"Wait, question Chris?" Zee started.

"Yep?"

"So like, are we gonna get the hoverboards we see outta the movies or..."

"Yep! Those!" Chris said.

"Cool!"

"Are any other abilities allowed?" Reimu asked.

"Nothing other than anything that'll help increase your speed! That's it! Remember, you cannot fly!" Chris said.

"Which one out of you two are faster?" Courtney asked.

"I trust Razer more honestly. Unless I'm flying, I'm not that fast." Reimu said.

"I'm sorry guys. We're gonna lose. Again." Natsu said, on the ground.

"Just thinking about it makes him sick too. We're in trouble." Happy said.

"Maybe he can think of something else? And then go with his eyes closed so he doesn't have to see it?" Zee proposed. This caused the Rats to go silent.

"Um..." Becky B. started with the older one also sharing a similar reaction.

"That is stupid enough... to get us to lose the race!" Noah said.

"Wow kid. Just... wow." Rick said to Zee.

"How is he supposed to see? Did you even think about that?" Lanolin asked.

As the breakers had already chosen Launch to represent them, Hiruma was heard laughing. So hard, tears were coming out of his eyes.

"15 seconds!" Chris called out.

"Even Hiruma's laughing at your ridiculous idea." Diana said to Zee.

"I'll admit. You truly are an idiot!" Hiruma said.

Zee looked down, eyes closed, now embarrassed for even suggesting the idea.

"That's why... it's such an interesting idea. Let's do it!" Hiruma said with a devilish grin on his face.

"WHAT!?" Several people on the Rats said simultaneously.

***Confessional***

Priya(Radical Rats):

"I know I literally just said this but... WHAT!?"

***End Confessional***

"Hey, you don't gotta say that to make me feel better. It's cool man." Zee said.

"Alright then. Any of you have any better ideas on how to deal with it?" Hiruma asked, looking around the team.

No one said anything.

"Then it's settled, we're going with his idea." Hiruma said.

"Times up! Rats! Let's go! Now!" Chris said.

"Peewee! Dragon Boy! Let's go!" Hiruma said. "Bunny ears, earpiece."

Cicini nodded before giving Hiruma the earpiece and tossing it to Natsu, who was still on the ground.

Urien stepped on the earpiece with no remorse.

"No!" Young Bennett said, hands on his head.

"Pathetic. For someone with such strength to be hindered by something as this. Not everything is combat-based fool. How do you expect to win when you can't even handle challenges as simple as this?" Urien said to Natsu, who was still on the ground.

"If he can't even start the race, there's no way he's going to be able to do anything. Face it sweetheart, you've already lost." Eliza said.

Hiruma started to walk away.

"Dynacat, sheep, fatty #2." Hiruma said before gesturing for them to come over. "How about a little musical!" He said, an evil wide-mouthed grin on his face.

"What?" Lanolin said, in complete disbelief that that out of all things was what he offered.

"A musical huh? Sign me up! So what are we playin' today Mr. Hiruma?" Rocky asked, pulling out his violin.

"You can't seriously be going along with this." Lanolin said.

"A musical huh? Sounds fun but, I don't really play instruments." Owen said.

"Pepzee man! Hand me a soda!" Hiruma said.

"Sorry, but I don't have a-" Zee said before seeing that he actually did have a soda. "Huh. I don't remember holding this." He hands Hiruma the soda. "Here you go. Enjoy man."

He hands the soda to Owen.

"For me? Thanks!" He said before getting ready to open it, only for Hiruma to shoot two rifles in the air, scaring him.

"F[censored]ing fatty! Don't drink it yet!" Hiruma said, continuing to shoot.

"Okay! Okay! I won't!" Owen said, shielding himself from the loud gunshots.

"Do you have to keep calling them these names? They're kinda mean." Priya said.

"The better question is... what should I call you?" Hiruma asked before laughing.

"Me and my big mouth." Priya said, before sighing.

"Have you come up with nicknames for everyone?" Tangle asked.

"Not yet Ms. Fantangle." Hiruma said.

"Fantastic Four reference huh? Cool." Morty said.

"Give the rest to manpig." Hiruma instructed to Zee. Zee gave the rest to Kurita.

"Fattycakes, come with me." Hiruma said to Kurita, sodas in hand.

"Natsu! Let's go dude!" Chris said.

"Com...ing." Natsu said, slowly crawling to the board.

"Put a blindfold on him." Hiruma instructed.

Mamori hands him a blindfold. He takes it.

Mamori also hands him a brown bag.

"A barf bag. Thanks." Natsu said before taking it and seeing something in it.

"Is that-" Natsu started to think before Hiruma interrupted him.

"Take it and go Dragon Boy! You're wasting time!" Hiruma said to Natsu. "And close your eyes! Don't put it on until you get in, got it?"

"Whatever you say." Natsu said.

***Confessional***

Rally(Radical Rats):

"Call me a skeptic or a pessimist all you want, but I really don't think this is going to work. And I don't that's an unpopular opinion either. How is he even supposed to see?" She says before drooping low. "Another day of disgusting food. We can't catch a break, can we?"

***End Confessional***

Natsu, with the help of Lucy, Kagami, Falcon and Sendo helping him stand upright, was on the board. The portal opened.

"Good luck guys!" Chris said.

"Even if you don't win, I've gotta respect you for at least trying to fight through it." Diego said to Natsu.

"Fight through? He can barely stand. I doubt he's gonna be able to make it through." Huey F. said in a tone of sheer honesty, not out of disrespect.

The three racers, including unintentionally Natsu started to accelerate on their boards into the portal.

FINAL RACE: Water Realm(Hot Wheels Acceleracers)(Points are doubled for tag race)

DJ: "This is the final race ladies and gentleman! Into the Water Realm! Fun fact! Taro Kitano was able to complete this realm in less than 20 minutes!"

Nimbus: "20 minutes huh? Let's see if these guys can break that record! You got a timer on you?"

"Nope! But I do." Doyle said before setting a timer.

As they go under the water, Natsu propels himself forward with his fire, which scares the deadly fish that were in the realm, inadvertently clearing a path for Huey and Diego as well. It didn't take them long to reach the bottom because of that.

"Water realm huh? This isn't gonna be easy." Kurt said. "And with Natsu like that, it's gonna be next to impossible for us."

"We can't just give up. We have to give him our support. And believe." Kuroko said, a focused look on his face as Priya and Noah were both surprised to he him between the two. Several others including the other Miracles, Mayuzumi and Haizaki all looked at him with different versions of surprised looks on their faces.

"I wish I could share your optimism Kurokocci. But I just don't see how we can win." Kise thought.

"Kuroko's right! We gotta believe! We can't just quit when things get tough!" Kagami said. "Even if he can't hear us, he can feel our support in his heart! That's how I got the strength to enter to the Zone in that last challenge. Not just my strength. But all of yours as well."

Haizaki and Kise looked at Kagami as he continued to talk with similar looks on their faces.

"Kagami and Kuroko are right. We mustn't lose hope! Continue to support our teammate and he will answer. I can feel a similar burning passion within Natsu like Falcon, Kagami and Sendo. And all of us. Just as young Becky said. I guarantee it." Puss said.

***Confessional***

Molly(Wave Breakers):

"I know they're on the other team, but I just have to say it. I LOVE THEIR PASSION!"

"Passion or not, I'm trying to figure how exactly they expect to win." Scratch said.

"Not sure. But I really do love their effort. And that's what counts."

***End Confessional***

The minute they were starting to get on the track, Natsu was already starting to feel sick.

Gunshots were suddenly heard in the bag that he had that was starting to get very soggy.

"DRAGON BOY! PUT ON THE EARPIECE! NOW!" Hiruma yelled. He, Lanolin, Owen, Rocky and Kurita were in one of the rooms inside the mansion on the Rats' level of the mansion.

"Alright, alright jeez." He said, his mind being taken off the fact that he was about to start moving on the hoverboard as he put on the earpiece, more out of sheer surprise that he heard gunshots coming from the bag along with Hiruma's voice.

"Wait a second, I thought that ur-" Natsu started to question before Hiruma shot his gun in the air again.

"QUIET! You don't need to talk. All you need to do is listen. Now, your team wants to help you win. So to do that, we've decided to do a musical for you, right everyone?"

"Right!" Rocky, Owen and Kurita said with Lanolin still being very skeptical.

"I really don't understand what this 'plan' of yours even is. Like what is this?" Lanolin said as her magenta Wisp, Maggie was beside her, trying to comfort her as she could tell Lanolin was stressed out. She was also in genuine confusion as this wasn't anything that resembled a plan for something like this in a million years. Not even Tangle or Sonic would come up with something like this. At least she would think.

"You're about to find out." Hiruma said, grinning as he had a maestro baton in his hand.

"It seems risky, but a lot of Hiruma's plans have actually worked! Maybe not all of them, but he really is trying to help us win! Please help out!" Kurita pleaded.

Lanolin sighed. How could she say no to someone like Kurita? Compared to Hiruma, Kurita's personality is the exact opposite. "Okay. I'll help. What do you need me to do?"

"Just be ready to play that cowbell." Hiruma said as his laptop was on the bed, the camera showing the footage of the contestants racing.

"Well, I hope we'll play it soon. Natsu's not looking too good." Lanolin said. Natsu was already beginning to fall and come to a stop as Huey and Diego were already getting ahead of him.

"He's already slowing down? He just got to the track!" May said.

"That's his motion sickness for you." Lucy said. "Unfortunately, there's nothing much we can do."

"So much for belief. Looks like it's over for the Rats." Hanamiya said, smiling internally.

"Dragon Boy! Stay upright! If you want to help your team win you can't fall. Kagami and Lucy helped us tie in the last challenge. Now we have a chance to solely win on our own! Now put on that blindfold!"

"He's right. What am I thinking? All that crap I said earlier trying to give up when the fight hasn't even started yet!" Natsu thought before remembering Kagami and his meteor jam.

Flashback to Rollerblading to the Extreme Part 2

"I'M GONNA GIVE IT MY ALL! WE'RE GONNA WIN! DO YOU HEAR ME!" Kagami shouted.

End Flashback

"Kagami's Zone is triggered by his will to fight for his team. I don't know much about the Zone, but fighting for your team is one thing I know I understand! And Puss was there to help him. Everyone's counting on me. Even Hiruma. If he's willing to help and use Zee's plan, not even caring how crazy others think it sounds, he's gotta believe in me too. I'm gonna fight it. As best as I can, for as long as I can!"

Natsu puts on the blindfold.

"Alright! I'm ready to roll!"

Hiruma started with his next set of instructions. "Now, as I said before we're gonna play a song for you. Listen to these instructions and you'll be fine. Don't worry about saying anything." Hiruma said.

DJ: "Natsu is falling behind. And with it, the Rats' hopes of winning this challenge slowly slips away! If Natsu's going to move, he better do it now!"

Nimbus: "That motion sickness has gotta be tough man. Probably wants to help, but knows there's nothing he can do."

"Guess all that hype and talk was for nothin'. Oh well." Haizaki said, shrugging.

"More like delusion." Eliza said, unable to help herself from laughing.

"Unfortunate really. I was hoping to see an entertaining race from all three teams. But I suppose that's that." Sebastian said, also shrugging.

"Stop wasting your time with them and focus on the actual racers." Karin said.

"Diego's doing pretty good, but it's not enough to really be able to pass Huey." Myron said as Diego was slightly behind Huey.

"He's gotta do something. But what?" Fiona said.

"Come on Diego! Let's go!" Kaz called out.

"Diego! Natsu! Come on! You can do it! Don't give up!" Molly called out.

"You do realize Natsu's on the other team right?" Libby asked.

"Yeah, but who doesn't love a good underdog? Besides, I want to see everyone have a chance at winning. Makes more suspense."

"Suspense? Heh. Crushing your opponents would be easier. But, that'd be boring." Kunigami commented.

"All I care about is crushing the other team. You say underdog. I say that they're pathetic dogs that deserve to be under my heel." Urien said.

"Dragon Boy! GO!"(A/N: Bolding this was intentional. This is the first part of the actual song as heard in the Acceleracers: Speed of Silence Movie) Hiruma shouted as another song started to play. Though in the case of this song, none of the contestants needed to sing.

Rocky started to play first.

Hot Wheels Acceleracers: Anything but Down(Movie Version) Plays A/N: Lyrics from the song will be in bold

Natsu went to start thrusting forward with flames streaming behind him from his hands to increase his speed, with him trying his hardest not to throw up and keep his balance.

DJ: "What's this? Natsu's going forward! Using his magic to boost his speed!"

Nimbus: "That's what I'm talking about!"

(Covered by Rocky and his Violin)If we go, straight enough, not defeat then...

(Go!)

(Covered by Owen's burps and Lanolin's bell) How much speed, speed extreme, smash enough, straight to play!

Natsu goes to the left as Owen burps and right as Lanolin hits her cowbell.

(Alternates between Owen, Rocky and Lanolin in that order)If we go, straight enough, no defeat then

(Go!)

(Covered by Owen)How much speed, speed extreme, smash enough

(Covered by Rocky)Straight to play!

(Go!)

Kurt raised an eyebrow, genuinely surprised at how well Natsu was performing blindfolded and sick.

(Covered by Rocky and Lanolin)If we go, straight enough, no defeat then

(Go!)

How much speed, speed extreme, smash enough...

*Short Pause*

"No way." Zee said in utter disbelief.

Yulaw, who had his headphones in, believing that the race was already over for, took them out.

Even Rick, who was taking a swig, spit everything out. All on Rally, who had an annoyed look on her face.

(Hiruma points to Owen with the maestro baton as he open and drank two more sodas before burping the lyrics out) Straight to play!

(Go!)

*Short instrumental break*

Hanamiya's grin suddenly disappeared.

"Come on guys, what are we waiting for? Cheer on Natsu!" Akko said, standing in front of everyone.

"Akko's right! MAX EFFORT!" Monta shouted.

"GO NATSU!" Several of the Rats, outside of Sucy, Rick and Noah who covered their ears, shouted.

(Covered by Rocky)You think that I would fake it, I knew that I could take it

"Man, this is actually legit!" Rex said.

Haizaki was in utter disbelief. Though his look was completely different from Hanamiya's as he continued to watch, paying more attention to Natsu than his own teammate.

(Covered by Owen and Rocky)Without a single blink from you

DJ: "This is incredible! Natsu is navigating the track blindfolded! How is he doing this!?"

Nimbus: "Using the other five senses obviously! There's more than just youe eyes you know!"

"The question is, is it going to be enough." Becky F. said.

"What do you mean? Of course it's going to be enough!" Akko said.

"As much as I hate to say it, Huey and Diego already had a large gap. I'm not saying he can't win, but it's gonna take a lot to make a comeback." Kurt said.

While Hanamiya was dumbfounded, Miyuki and Isagi looked on with intrigue, with Miyuki actually smiling a little before deciding to leave. Though no one really questioned it as they were either all concerned about the race or just believed he was just headed to the bathroom.

(Covered by Rocky)My speed it comes so easy

(Covered by Owen and Rocky)You think you can just tease me

(Covered by Owen)I'm not going down like that

As for the race between Huey and Diego, Huey was winning, and the gap was increasing with Diego not being unable to find a way to close it.

"At this rate, I'm going to lose. What do I do?" Diego thought.

"There's nothing he can do." Shiro said.

"What are you talking about Shiro?" Ruby G. asked.

"I can tell from the look on his face. He's realizing there's nothing he can do to catch up." Shiro said.

"You mean he's giving up?" Molly asked.

"He can't quit! Not now!" Hinata said.

"DON'T GIVE UP DIEGO!" Kaz called out.

"There's got to be something he can do? Right? I don't wanna eat more disgusting food!" Libby said.

(Covered by Lanolin)You know that I can break you

(Covered by Lanolin and Rocky)Without a major breakthrough

(Covered by Rocky as Natsu hydroplaned, the fire almost burning the monstrous stingray-like creature that tried to devour him as it came up from out of the water gap that was in the track)I'm gonna run you down off your track

(GO!)

He looked behind him and saw a trail of fire. Natsu was somehow catching up to him!

"I can't get last place! But at this rate..." Diego said as beads of sweat were on his forehead.

A thought came to Diego. "That's it!" He pulls out his Scan2Go machine Rock Giamoth.

"Looks like he's getting desperate. Did he forget that he can't use that?" Eliza asked.

"Time for some heavy liftin' Giamoth! He said before taking out his scan card. "Scan... one!"

The power stone glowed blue.

"I refuse to lose! And I for sure am not gonna give up and let down my teammates when they're counting on me!" Diego said as Giamoth got behind the board.

"GO ROCK GIAMOTH!" Diego called out. Although it was nowhere near as fast as his teammates' machines, it could still hold it's own. And it's biggest strength was well... its strength, unmatched compared to his teammates'.

(Covered by Lanolin and Rocky)If we go, straight enough, no defeat then

(Covered by Lanolin)How much speed, speed extreme, smash enough, straight to play

As Giamoth pushed the board that Diego was on with no issue, Natsu was still blazing forward.

"There's the end!"

(Covered by Rocky)If we go, straight enough, no defeat then

"I can't take it! I'm gonna throw up!" Natsu said.

Gunshots were heard.

Miyuki was in the mansion and heard Lanolin and Rocky playing music along with the gunshots.

"If you want to win, you'll stay up!" Hiruma said. "You're almost there!"

(Covered by Rocky)How much speed, speed extreme, smash enough...

"GOOOO!" Diego shouted as Giamoth continued to boost its way forward before it's boost was getting ready to end, continuing to push Diego. Huey, with a surprised look on his face as he saw Diego being pushed in the air by a small car and Natsu who looked as if a LOT was about to come out of him were both mid-air along with him.

"Oh great, it's over!" Natsu said after no longer hearing the music and taking off the blindfold.

"No, you idiot!" Lanolin said.

After realizing it wasn't, he just couldn't take it anymore, shaking his head at the camera before vomiting everywhere.

Straight to play!

Song Ends

"Come on man!" Huey said, the distraction of the vomit getting on him being enough for Diego to recover after falling to the ground.

"Hurry up! Let's go!" Bad Launch said impatiently.

"Right!" Diego said before tagging her.

Natsu was on the ground.

DJ: "Oh! So close! As Huey tags Razer, disgusted from these turn of events, Natsu remains on the ground, finishing last. A valiant effort that won't even give his team points. What a shame!"

Nimbus: "And with that, the Breakers pretty much lock up first! No way for the Kings or Breakers to hope to come back for this one."

"WE HAD IT! NO!" Albedo said.

Hanamiya tried to contain his laughter but couldn't. Though his laughter was drowned out by Blaineley and Eliza's.

"All of that? For nothing?" Blaineley said before continuing to laugh.

Akko had a mixture of shock and disappointment, while Lotte was saddened. Kagami, Sendo, Falcon and several others had grimacing looks of defeat on their faces. Luz, if she had to admit, was saddened that they couldn't even at least complete the tag. Even Hiruma was speechless. Diana, while she had a right to be upset, wasn't. She genuinely felt sorry Natsu. To try his absolute hardest to help and come out with nothing in the end was something that deep inside, she genuinely related to on a personal level, even if she never told anyone else.

"Damn it. DAMN IT!" Kagami said.

"It's... over? We lost?" Kurita said in disbelief.

"I'm afraid so." Lanolin said, saddened herself. As much as she didn't want to admit it, she was starting to believe the plan would work.

"Disappointment to the max." Monta said, a matching face to go with it.

Seeing Kurita sad was starting to make Rocky sad himself, especially not seeing his teammates no longer having fum.

"I'm sorry. I... couldn't hold it." Natsu said, slowly moving.

Sena touched him. "Don't be. You did your best. Now I'll take it from here." He said, giving Natsu a smile and a thumbs up. He then puts on his helmet with the signature green eyeshield on it, preparing to do the one thing he does best, which in his case was no longer a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

"RUN! EYESHIELD 21!" Hiruma shouted, pointing at the screen, even though Sena couldn't hear him.

Eyeshield 21 Ost- Code Name Eyeshield 21 Plays

Sena started to pick up speed, before eventually going so fast that a green aura surrounded him.

DJ: "Incredible! Look at that speed! Sena, excuse me, Eyeshield 21, is going to try to catch up to Razer and Launch! But it's getting close to the end! Can he make it in time."

Nimbus: "If he makes this comeback, I'm gonna lose it."

Several parts of the track had water on them, but they didn't slow down his running one bit.

"This is it. I will continue to run. For Natsu. For my team!" Eyeshield thought.

"Huh?" Launch looked back and saw Eyeshield coming up behind, very fast!

"No way ya don't ya little runt!" Launch said before running faster and bumping into Razer, something that he didn't expect, which caused him to stumble a bit.

As he was running, Eyeshield was able to determine the safest distance in between Razer and Launch and get to the finish line without getting hit. So he took it, going even faster and weaving through both of them. Within seconds, he was able to go past a surprised Razer and Launch who sneezed as he ran past.

"GO EYESHIELD! COMEBACK TO THE MAX!" Monta said.

"SENA! GO!" Mamori shouted.

He then jumped forward, thinking about performing the Devil Bat Dive but deciding against it, instead electing to just jump forward.

As a bright light flashed in front of all of them, the three came back, with Sena being first and Razer being second.

DJ: "And that's the race folks! Sena completes an amazing comeback! And with that, the Rats gain sole possesion of second place! I know it's not first, but that's a moral victory if I've seen one!"

Nimbus: "Gotta say, that was insane. If that doesn't inspire that team, then I don't know what will!"

Final Standings:

1st: Breakers: 13

2nd: Rats: 10

3rd: Kings: 9

Music Stops

"As DJ just announced, the Rats lock up second! Congrats guys! You're safe from elimination! Breakers! You win first! Which means, first class food for you!"

Several of the Breakers cheered, although Eijun, Furuya and Hinata, Kaz and Kageyama all had genuine respect for Natsu and Sena for their efforts.

"Kings! You're last! Which means, time for an elimination ceremony tonight!" Chris said.

"Wait, no plane?" Heather asked.

"No. We didn't take it, so why would we do that? Don't get the wrong idea though, whoever gets eliminated today is still gonna feel it. Meet tonight at the campfire ceremony." Chris said.

"Thanks for the honesty. I guess." Weiss said.

"Sorry I couldn't get the win guys." Natsu said.

"Sorry? How can you feel sorry when you just went blindfolded and almost finished! How did you do that!?" Tangle asked.

"Oh yeah that. Well, it was Hiruma that helped out." Natsu said.

"Hiruma? How? Wasn't he playing a musical?" Rally asked.

"He was. But that was what helped Natsu even have a chance in the first place." Lanolin said, returning with Hiruma, Kurita and Owen.

"Hiruma came up with the ingenius plan to use music as a way to direct Natsu. He said this was done not only to keep Natsu distracted from the fact that he was on transportation as much as possible, but to also prevent the other teams from running interference with the directions or prevent any errors on our end." Lanolin began to explain. "Rocky would play his violin when instructing him to go straight, Owen would burp to go left,"

"Oh, so that's why Hiruma wanted the sodas. Cool." Zee said.

"And I would play to go right. A combination of Rocky and either one of us would play whenever he needed to keep going and slightly corner a bit in one direction." Lanolin finished.

"And the best part is... no one would suspect a thing. Everyone would think it was just a simple musical." Hiruma said before laughing deviously.

"That... is ingenious." Emma said, genuinely impressed. "But one problem: How did you get that to work when you were in different places."

Natsu pulled out the small circular earpiece from his ear that showed itself after he took it off, grinning.

"But I thought that was destroyed." Tangle said.

"It was. I just asked small fry and bunny ears if they had another one." Hiruma said. "Or if they could make another one. Us talking to one another wasn't a secret around here, so the first one was going to get destroyed by someone from the other team, or in an accident. It was only a matter of time."

"And because the first was destroyed, no one would have thought we had another one to try to interfere. Not bad." Becky F. said. "You clearly thought this through."

"I think I owe you an apology Zee." Rally said to him.

"Several of us do." Diana said. "Myself included. You proposed an idea. And not only did I shoot it down, but I failed to come up with one myself. I apologize."

"Nah. It's cool. Gotta admit, that plan was kinda crazy now that I thiink about it. But hey, it almost worked." Zee said.

"I ain't happy with us losing. But, the fact that you pulled that crazy s[censored] and it almost worked. I gotta give my respect. Hell, we wouldn't have even stood a chance without you and Zee." Sendo said, offering a fist bump to Zee first who took it. He was about to offer a fist bump to Hiruma before he saw him already walking towards someone. That someone being Natsu.

"Hey. Sorry about not finishing. But hey, it was a good try." Natsu said, grinning before Hiruma started to shoot at the ground, causing Natsu to quickly and comically hop around as if he was stepping on coal.

"WHAT WAS THAT DRAGON BOY?! I TOLD YOU NOT TO TAKE THE BLINDFOLD OFF UNTIL YOU GOT TO THE END!" Hiruma yelled as he continued to shoot at him.

"I thought the song was over! I'm sorry!" Natsu said, still trying to avoid the shots.

"You have to commend his effort though, right?" Priya said.

"Mm-hm." Monta said, agreeing.

Hiruma stopped and put away the rifle.

"I guess he realized that." Akko said.

"Guess so." Kise said.

"Dude, that was awesome!" Morty said to Sena, who took his helmet off.

"Thanks!" Sena said, unsure of what else to say. He wasn't exactly a boastful person. So his attempts to accept praise, at least when he's not as Eyeshield 21, usually comes up as awkward.

"So you guys played a musical. Was it fu-" Kuroko started before Hiruma shot at him and the last four that spoke with a machine gun that he pulled out.

"IF HE WOULD HAVE TRIED HARDER TO FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS WE WOULD HAVE WON! THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FUN DON'T YOU THINK?" Hiruma shouted.

"Someone do something! Please!" Priya said.

"I would if I had my magic!" Akko said.

"Dodging...to the max!" Monta shouted, still dodging the bullets being fired at him.

"Is this really necessa-" Lanolin started before he pulled out another machine gun at shot at her and Morty simultaneously.

"FORGET I ASKED!" Lanolin shouted, trying to frantically dodge the bullets herself.

"MORTY! NEXT TIME, DON'T LET THOSE LOSERS PUSH YOU AROUND!" Hiruma shouted at him.

"Rick! Do something!" Morty said, trying the bullets.

"You kinda were acting like a b[censored] to be honest." Rick said.

As Hiruma was still shooting at them, Mayuzumi was asking around his team about the paper that he found, mostly asking anyone that he's noticed has been reading. From both Hueys to Riley, Octavia, Blake and Jotaro.

"Sorry. I don't think I've ever seen this before." Octavia said.

"Nope. Haven't seen it before." Huey D. said.

"Sorry." Huey F. said.

"Hmm... doesn't look familiar to me. Maybe try asking someone else?" Riley proposed.

"Huh." Blake said, before reading the paper thoroughly all the way to the end, being the only that he's asked that's done so. "Nope. The plot seems interesting though. But the writing could use some work."

Jotaro looks at the paper. "Never seen it. Did you try asking around?"

"I did. I asked all of my teammates that I've seen read. Which is exactly why I'm here asking you." Mayuzumi said.

"Don't know what to tell you then. Ask the other teams." Jotaro said.

"Right." Mayuzumi said halfheartedly as he walked away.

The only other readers that he's heard of were Midorima, Akashi, Kuroko and Hanamiya.

He wasn't about to talk to Hanamiya for obvious reasons. And that was before the incident with Cameron. And for Kuroko, their last and only meeting face-to-face ended in Mayuzumi being embarrassed by the original Phantom Sixth Man. And to add insult to injury after the fact, he was told from the same teammates that tried to be friendly and get to know him that he should be benched and was all but useless to the team, seniority aside as he was the oldest player in the first string wasn't exactly in the mood to talk to him either. In fact, he preferred if he didn't have to.

(A/N: From the one line that I've heard him talk about it in the show with Akashi, I don't think he's the type of person to really care about seniority when it comes to school)

Although his info about Kuroko being a fellow reader was something that Akashi told him, not something he can confirm himself as he's never met or spoke to Kuroko before the Winter Cup, only hearing rumors about the Phantom Sixth Man around Rakuzan High during his time there. And as for Akashi, although he respected him more for apologizing to him and the rest of his team for how he behaved and treated them, he wasn't exactly on friendly terms with him either. If anything, he had slightly favorable to neutral feelings about him. And Midorima didn't exactly look like the type of person that would write something like what he just read. Not to mention that he doesn't have much of a relationship with him either, nor does he have much of an interest in building one with him if he had to be honest.

He went to the room that he was in in his mansion and went to read by himself, keeping the page inside his light novel.

***Confessional***

Mayuzumi(Storm Kings):

"Yes, I could talk to the other teams. But that would be such a bother. At the very least, the one thing I'm thankful for is to not be on either of the other teams. And for the most part, it has nothing to do with my history with Kuroko or my knowledge of Hanamiya and... limited knowledge of Haizaki. It's moreso because they're loud. Here, on this team, I can at least read in peace. Eijun, Kagami, Kaz, Kageyama, Akko, Natsu and several others I could name that are loud. If I used the Rats only I could count several. It makes it hard to concentrate while I'm reading. Plus, I feel like most of the people that I mentioned would annoy me. The second I ask them about the paper they'll start asking one question after another. And I just don't feel like being bothered with it honestly. If I hear someone talk about it, I'll give it to them. Until then, I'll try not to lose it."

"And if you're wondering my thoughts on Hiruma, it was a pretty good plan. But I'm still glad to not be on the same team as him. Not only is he loud and obnoxious like the others I just mentioned, but he seems a bit unhinged. I'll take the sane tacticians on this team any day of the week thank you."

***End Confessional***

The teams were all served meals on the unknown island again.

"So this is what you guys had? I'm so jealous!" Kaz said to Mamori, Kagami, Monta, Sena, Morty and Natsu who were all the Rats at the table with him. Reagan and Tsukishima were the only teammates he was sitting with.

They were served pot roast.

"This is literally normal food. It's not much to be happy about to be honest." Reagan said, looking at the food they were served as Kaz mercilessly ate through the food along with Kagami, Monta and Natsu. The Rats were given chicken soup.

"Which makes it even more sad to be honest." Tsukishima said.

"True that." Reagan said.

Haizaki, already devouring his food, passed by their table and stopped, with Reagan already trying to move her food away.

"You're not taking my food again a[censored]hole." She said. He could have taken Morty's food. Or Tsukishima's as they were both in his reach. But he chose not to and left without uttering a single word.

"That's what I thought!" Reagan called out before bringing her attention back to the people sitting with her.

"Speaking of truth. Guess that was your other side showing huh Mamori?" The scientist said to the football manager.

"Oh that. No. That was just for the challenge. I was only supposed to act that way just for that moment." Mamori said, waving it off dismissively.

"So that was all an act!?" Kagami asked Mamori, genuinely surprised after hearing this.

"Yes. I'm so sorry if I genuinely scared you all." Mamori said, closing her eyes, genuinely embarrassed that she did something like that.

"Hey wait a minute, that's the second time you've done that!" Monta said, pointing at her.

Several of the Rats turned towards Monta.

"Second? When was the first?" Reagan asked.

"Yeah, I don't remember that." Sena said.

"Don't you remember? It was during the Deimon Field Day. We played different games against Hiruma, Yuki and Mamori. But that was all set up as training in disguise for the game against Seibu." Monta reminded him.

"Ohhhhh! I remember that!" Sena said.

"For that to be such an act, you sure enjoyed it." Happy said to Mamori.

"Yeah. You were kinda scaring me too." Natsu said.

"I uh... never mind." Morty said, rubbing the back of his head, trying to avoid blushing.

"It was! Honest!" Mamori insisted.

"I don't know. If you've done it before..." Happy said.

"Note to self, watch out for both Hiruma and Mamori." Natsu whispered to Happy.

"Aye."

"Manajerk, a moment." Hiruma said, gesturing for her to come over. They both went into the mansion.

"Okay."

Mansion

"Hiruma, the soup's actually okay. You're not hungry?"

"I can eat later. Right now there's more important things to talk about. And now will probably be the best time."

"So what is it?" Mamori asked.

"I need you to talk with the sheep girl and blue robotboy about our signs." Hiruma said.

"That's it? No one else?" Mamori asked.

"They're the leaders of their teams, right? They're the only ones that really need to know." Hiruma said. "Actually, add gun girl to the list too."

"Leaders? But isn't that-" Mamori started before Hiruma held up a hand to stop her.

"Everyone has different things that makes them strong. Why turn someone away from what makes them be just that?"

"I see."

"I can already see you've started analyzing everyone." Hiruma said, smiling at her.

Flashback

He did several hand signs to her along with handing her a sash that had a rocket launcher on it, an assault rifle, several bombs and glue. She also did hands signs back.

"Take the glue and use it to stick the earpiece on the baton. Don't worry about the envelope, it's bait." Hiruma told Mamori via handsigns.

"Okay. Also, based on what I've seen so far, Scott is the most susceptible to a bluff." Mamori replied back.

End Flashback

"We did come here to win after all. Besides, that's my job as a manager. As you say, that's what makes me strong." Mamori said, a confident smile on her face.

"All right. Time to play some-" Monta said about to get a ball to play with Eijun and Tangle only to see Mamori and Hiruma in front of one of the beds, smiling at each other.

Monta had a shocked look on his face.

"Hm?" Hiruma said as he and Mamori looked over at Monta.

"What is it butt-monkey?" Hiruma asked.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Monta yelled before running out.

"I hope Monta's okay." Mamori said.

"He'll be fine. He's not what I came in here to talk to you about. Other than giving sheep girl and X-1000. We got second. But things aren't going to be easy from here on out. All three teams have proven they're capable of winning. Hatty(Miyuki), Tadpoles(Hanamiya), Soccer Boy(Isagi), Red Eyes(Akashi), and Jojo have already started analyzing the opposing teams. So now it's time to we do the same." Hiruma said. "Starting tomorrow, take notes of the players on the other teams and this one, excluding us obviously. Their personalities, their skills, abilities, alliances, how they use their skills, the works. Take special care in observing Jojo, the Generation of Miracles, and the rest of the ball boys. Also, don't even bother trying to use footage to help with Jojo. None of it's going to work. All you'll need to do for him is watch and take the best notes you can."

"Okay!" Mamori said, already ready to get to work. "But wait. Are you going to help me with the computers? I'm still not that very good with them."

"If you need help with getting the hand signs out, ask someone around here if I'm not around." Hiruma said, remembering that she's not that good with art or computers, so drawing the hand signs was out of the question. The first time she proposed the idea, she got them printed at the school.

"Alright. Thanks."

Hiruma was already on the phone with someone, which was why he couldn't respond back to Mamori as he walked out.

Back outside, Eliza was about to approach the mansion to find Sebastian, clearly upset about something.

Before he left, after hanging up, he saw Sebastian.

"Where is that butler?" Eliza muttered to herself before hearing talking inside.

"Pardon me." Sebastian said, moving to the side, continuing to clean around the mansion.

"I can see why they call you a devil or a demon." Sebastian said.

This caused her to raise an eyebrow. She went inside the mansion as if she was going to get something.

"Excuse me." Eliza said. But she had no intention of getting anything. She just went to the second floor with the intention of eavesdropping.

"Even going so far as to manipulate and force Sena and the others to do their jobs out of fear of you. But it makes sense. You see, my master Ciel has quite an interest in chess. And for me, I am one of the pieces on his board. It's my job, along with his servants to not just serve him, but to protect him as well. With our lives if necessary. It's unfortunate, but sacrifices must be made in order for the King to stay protected and win the game. If you've played the game, I'm sure you can imagine what piece I am. Just like you would be the King on the chess board." Sebastian explained as he got a broom to pick up the broken pieces of roof. "In a way, I'm manipulating him. For once his goals have been achieved, I will devour his soul." He said darkly.

Hiruma was unbothered by his words, even his last comment. "I am familiar with chess. And I agree. I like to win because it's fun. But you're wrong on one account demon butler."

"Oh? What's that?"

"None of my teammates are pawns. No player on Deimon is weak. Nor is anyone on this team. No one 'serves' me to achieve victory. All of them want victory on their own accord. For their own reasons. Some may align or be the same with mine. Some won't. But as the walking dictionary(Becky B.) said, everyone has a passion. Fear can only take you so far, but the distance passion can take you is limitless!" Hiruma said.

"If you've played or heard of American Football, you'll know that the sport needs specialists. Players that are very good at one thing. Extra talents are a bonus. Which means, everyone has their own ways to be strong. I'm not just playing chess." Hiruma said, grinning. "This team is playing American Football! They just don't know it."

"I see. Personally, I've never played it myself. But I suppose if it's what allowed you to come up with strategies such as that, it would seem to at the very least be effective."

"Effective? We haven't won anything yet. We've still got work to do. Your team is formidable. And so is the other team. But ours is not to be underestimated either." Hiruma said, before walking out of the mansion, laughing as he did so.

"I see. Then I suppose I was wrong about you. Yoichi Hiruma. Maybe you're not as much of a demon as I thought." Sebastian said as Eliza reappeared.

"You said you were capable of cooking. Were you able to find a kitchen to cook with?"

"Upset about the food again I see." He said before throwing the pieces of wood away that he swept up.

"You haven't seen it? It's worse than last time." Eliza said.

"Actually, I haven't. But I suppose I can see for myself." Sebastian said.

"You don't have to. I overheard your conversation with Hiruma. I'll admit, his strategy, while ludicrous, almost worked and won them the entire challenge. And it's because of him that they stole second. I honestly dismissed him as someone that was just unhinged and crazy. Other than that, he wouldn't pose much of a challenge for anyone or be of use, similar to Rocky. But this challenged proved that he's going to be more of a problem than expected. He clearly thought this through."

"You're saying you want to try to find a way to take him out of the game?"

"Of course. But I don't mean injure him like Hanamiya. That would be way too obvious. I mean eliminate him. If Kunigami is anything to go off of, Isagi wouldn't be interested in alliances and would want to just win by himself. So now I'm offering you an opportunity to be in one."

"And why would I do that? What benefit is there for me? If you've heard what I said, you know that I won't accept this offer without an explicit benefit for myself as well. I hope you aren't doing this to try and get favorable meals from me." Sebastian said, joking on the last part.

"Of course not. Although, I wouldn't mind if you would." Eliza said.

"Well, unfortunately for you, that won't happen. After all, Rook must be fed. Along with the others. I'm sure you understand. You seem to be fond of cats yourself."

"Worth a try. But as for this team-up, for one, it would ensure that you avoid getting eliminated. Granted, I don't think what happen to you this early but, with so many others here that have different skills including the cars of Team JET and even Natsu, despite his sickness, there's still a chance you can lose. And there's no telling what Haizaki is capable of stealing."

"Ah, Haizaki. Yes, his stealing can be powerful. But there's a simple solution to defeating him as Jotaro proved. And at the end of the day, he and the others that have abilities like him are all only human. Also, if there's a chance I can lose as you say, then I'm sure you're aware that there's a chance that you can lose as well." Sebastian said, adjusting a table back.

"I'll admit, there are some strong competitors here. But saying that I would lose to half of them is ridiculous."

"I see. If you're so confident in yourself, why try to convince me to be an alliance?"

Creaks were heard on the floorboard as Akashi approached. Eliza and Sebastian turned their heads to look at him

"Ah Akashi. Is there something the matter?" Sebastian asked.

"It's nothing overly concerning. I just wanted to ask you about whether you were successful in finding a kitchen. The food given to us leaves much to be desired to put it lightly." The red-haired Miracle said.

"Unfortunately no. There is no kitchen here. Which is strange considering Chris has called this a mansion." Sebastian said.

"I see. That's rather unfortunate. Has he told you anywhere else you can make meals?"

"No. He hasn't. Personally I think he's being dishonest. After all, he must make this food somewhere."

"Then I suppose we'll have to make do with what's here." Akashi said.

"I suppose so."

"Well then, that was all. Let's win the next challenge. My apologies for interrupting." Akashi said before getting ready to walk back out before turning back to look at Sebastian.

"Also... thank you, Sebastian. Your work here is more than appreciated. In not just the challenges, but for improving the conditions here for all of us. The same to you Eliza. I'm looking forward to seeing your strength as well. We'll need it."

"Of course!" Eliza said, more than happy to accept his appreciation as he left. His next order of business was to talk to his fellow Miracles.

"His Emperor's Eye is rather interesting. I wonder if he was using it now." Eliza said.

"You could say that for all of the abilities of the others."

"True."

"As I was saying before, why try to convince me to be in alliance if you think so highly of yourself?"

"Everyone here, with the exception of Mayuzumi, Ryoma Echizen and Jotaro seem to have strong connections to at least one other person here. Luz with several people on this team and on others, especially Akko. Isagi is with Bachira. Hiruma is with several people. And Akashi with Midorima, Aomine and even to an extent Mayuzumi. I could name several more. But all of them have connections in one way or another. What's stopping them from teaming up and agreeing to all eliminate one person?"

"I see. So in other words, it doubles as protection for you and myself since won't vote for each other."

"Correct."

"And what exactly is stopping either of us from choosing to suddenly turn on the other?"

"If I were to vote you off, there'd be no one that could potentially save us from this awful food. As for you, not everyone feels comfortable being around a demon. I'll even throw in half of the money."

Sebastian takes a few seconds to think. "I accept. But you can keep the money for yourself. I have no use for it. I am simply here to bring honor to the Phantomhive Household. But, might I give a suggestion?"

"What is it?"

"We should increase the numbers in our alliance. Why limit ourselves to just two?"

"Hmm... not a bad idea. I believe I have a couple of candidates already."

"Really? And who are they?"

"How about I tell you after they say yes?"

"Why not tell me now? Sorry, but you won't be able to fool me that easily." Sebastian said. "I'd also like to listen in on who you're trying to offer an alliance to."

"Fair enough. Follow me then."

The Kings had which was burnt toast with gruel. Again.

"Wow." Was all Isagi could say.

"Really? At least do something different. You just added toast and called it a day." Blake said, at a table with Zak S., Isagi and Reimu.

"How do you phone in something you already phoned in?" Zak S. said.

"Well, if there's one thing for certain, I hate last place food." Reimu said before being hit in the back of the head by a piece of burnt toast. The source being Todd.

Reimu slowly turned around with anger on her face.

"That is the face of someone that's got murder on their mind." Isagi said.

"Couldn't have put it better." Zak S. said.

"She did it!" Todd said, pointing to Becky B.

"No one's going to fall for that."

Reimu started to chase him around.

"FLEEMCO! FLEEMCOOO!" Todd yelled out as he was being carried in the air and was spun around relentlessly until he got sick.

Sebastian was looking at the last person he'd expect Eliza to give an offer too. Hanamiya.

"Sorry, but I have to decline. I want to win alone. With my own strength." Hanamiya said.

"You can stop it with the act. You might have the others fooled, but I'm not." Eliza said.

"What act?"

"During the broom race, you blamed what happened to being out of control. Kageyama had complete control of the broom. And you slowed down around the end when you had no reason to try to sell it even further."

After the first attempt, he wasn't even going to try to deny it anymore. "Alright, you got me. 'Win with my own strength'. As if I'd ever say anything like that." He said, laughing a little.

"But still though, I'm not joining your alliance." Hanamiya said.

"And why not? Wouldn't it be beneficial for you? Akashi, Midorima and Aomine seem to not have much of a favorable opinion of you. And neither do the other three on the Rats." Sebastian said.

"If anything, we can take them out together. And work on taking out the Rats." Eliza said.

"Sounds like a good plan. But you left one thing out. You exposing me." Hanamiya said, looking at them both, dead in the eyes.

Sebastian raised an eyebrow. "Explain what you mean by that."

"You're on another team. Who's to say you won't try to pin something on me if something goes wrong. I could be labeled as the puppet master behind all of it and be your fall guy." Hanamiya said before laughing. "You think I'm just some idiot that injures people? Far from it."

He then gets up to go and get another book to read. "Enjoy your campfire tonight. It'll be the first of several eliminations to come for you. And don't worry about the Rats. We'll crush them too. And try to be careful on the next challenge. Things are looking pretty dangerous around here thanks to Chris. Wouldn't want you to get hurt." He said, grinning at them. Though it was a grin that would make most people uneasy.

"Well then? Have any other ideas?" Sebastian asked.

"One." Eliza said.

Though as he was walking away, unknowingly, Blaineley was listening in, about to propose the same thing to him but stopped and feigned as if she was admiring herself in the mirror.

Before she could even get to him, she walked right into Johnny.

"Hey. Saw you lookin' in a mirror. Funny, I got one two." He said before pulling out a mirror himself. "Yeah, we really do look good together."

Blaineley kicked him off, causing him to fall to the ground. "Idiot! You ruined my-" Blaineley started before thinking of something. "Say, how would you like to do something for me?"

"For a pretty lady like you? Does it end with s and start with k?" Johnny asked, instantly getting up.

"No."

"No's only two letters sweetheart. Try again."

Blaineley facepalmed. Johnny was an absolute moron. "Should we lose anymore challenges, you'll promise to not vote for me right?"

"And see you gone? You gotta be outta your mind."

"Great! Now then, if you'll excuse me-"

"So where ya goin'? I can walk ya there."

"To... the ladies room!" Blaineley lied.

"Oh. Can't walk ya there. Catch ya later." Johnny said, pointing at her before seeing Rally preparing to do some target practice and going to talk to her next. Which didn't end well for him as he was kicked to the ground.

"Dumba[censored]! You're messing up my concentration!" Rally said.

"Yep. That's because her eyes are all on me now." Johnny said to the audience.

"Mind if I join you?" Din said, showing up, in his armor as always.

"Came to see her too huh? Wise choice." Johnny said, still on the ground. Din glanced at him before ignoring him.

"That silence tells me all I need to know." Johnny said.

Rally could only sigh and shake her head. "Sure thing. Want a solo warm-up?"

"No need." Din said.

"Alright then."

Both started to shoot targets effortlessly, but Rally stopped when she saw how fast and how few shots it was taking for him to go right through all of the targets. But unlike most, she wasn't starstruck or in shock at all. In fact, a little bit of a smile appeared on her face before she started shooting targets herself at a faster rate.

Eventually they stopped, calling it a day. "If you don't mind me asking, where's Grogu?" Rally asked, genuinely concerned about where he was.

"Razer's watching him."

"Razer huh? Makes sense. He seems to be one of the least busy people around here."

Din only nodded. She didn't bring it up, but she figured that he had to have a lot of trust in Razer to leave Grogu n his hands.

Razer was seen meditating with Grogu right in front of him. Even with his eyes closed, he could still feel his presence and could hear if anything got near. A piece of burnt toast was flying via Todd, who still seemed to have not learned his lesson from hitting Reimu. Grogu stopped the toast with the force just when Razer was about to encase the toast in a shield with his blue ring. Razer opened an eye as Grogu innocently offered Razer the toast. He could only smile and take it, biting off a bit, bad taste and all, but not swallowing it. He went on the other side of the tree and spit it out instantly before returning.

"Thank you." Razer said before meditating again, the soft smile not leaving his face. There was no way he could be mad at Grogu. He was genuinely trying to be nice and didn't know it was burnt.

"Todd!" Riley called out.

"Okay! Okay! I'll stop! Jeez."

As for Blaineley, she went to wait for Hanamiya, unknowingly going past Akashi, Kise, Aomine, Kagami, Midorima, and Kuroko who were all gathered by Akashi for a talk.

"Wow, so it's just like Vorpal Swords all over again huh?" Kise said, remembering when they all gathered together last time to prepare to challenge Team Jabberwock after said team publicly disrespected Japanese Basketball.

"No idiot, Murasakibara isn't here." Aomine said.

"Besides, we were all on the same team then. How can that work when we're on separate teams here?" Midorima said.

"Oh... right. I'll stop talking now." Kise said, embarrassed.

"Please do." Aomine said.

"So we are all in agreeance. Hanamiya must be dealt with." Akashi said.

"Well duh. Isn't that why you called us here?" Aomine said.

"Hanamiya's one thing. But what about Haizaki?" Kise asked. "I mean yeah, Hanamiya's an Uncrowned King but, Haizaki's got skills that's as good as ours. And he's gotten faster since the last time I played him. Not saying he's improved as much as we did, but he's definitely gotten stronger."

"That dumba[censored]? You don't gotta worry about him. With how he's been acting he'll end up getting himself eliminated the minute he makes a mistake." Aomine said, dismissively.

"Hanamiya may not posses the raw talent and ability of Haizaki but he is still one of the five Uncrowned Kings. As you've all seen, or in the case of myself played with three. And Kuroko and Kagami, played with Kiyoshi, the other Uncrowned King, they are not to be taken lightly. Hanamiya is no different." Akashi said.

"Knowing him, he's going to try to crawl back into hiding to try and not draw too much attention to himself after what just happened." Aomine said.

"He can do that all he wants. Eventually, he's gonna have to come out and play. And when he does... we'll be waiting." Kagami said.

Monta was seen running towards Eijun, Nimona and Tangle frantically.

"What happened?" Eijun asked.

"Mamori... Hiruma... bedroom!" Monta said, still in disbelief at what he saw.

"WHAAAAAT!?" Eijun, Molly, Tangle and May all said.

"Wait. No way." Nimona said.

"So the devil's in love with the angel. Guess you could say opposites attract." Rocky said.

As Monta was still in disbelief, running to tell Sena and Kurita what they were "doing", Sly went to talk to Zoey, who was at a table with Diana, Kageyama and Bakura.

"Excuse me." Sly tapped on Zoey's shoulder to get her attention.

"Oh. Hey Sly. What's up?"

"Gotta talk to you for a bit." Sly said.

"You're more than welcome too. Maybe it'll help break the silence between these two." Bakura said.

Diana and Kageyama were both silently eating across from one another.

"I'll uh, let you handle that." Sly said. "Zoey, if you don't mind, it's uh... something a little private."

"Okay, sure."

"It can be at one of the ends of the island. Doesn't have to be a super secret place." Sly said.

"Great! I was kinda getting full anyway." Zoey said before the small remains of her food and discarding it.

"Great. Now what am I supposed to do?" Bakura thought.

"So... how does it feel to get a first win?" Bakura asked.

"Fine." Kageyama said, continuing to eat.

"What about you Diana? What did you think of Hiruma and Natsu? That Sena's speed is pretty good too."

"It was... odd. But it did help us come back. I suppose it was good. But... not good enough for us to win." Diana answered.

"I see." Bakura said. "Well, better luck next time I suppose."

The rest of the time they ate, it was pure silence between the two before they both eventually got up to get rid of their empty bowls.

Hinata saw Diana and Kageyama both get up from the same table.

"Huh. Wonder what those two talked about." Hinata said.

"Doesn't look like they made up that's for sure." Libby said.

Hinata laughed a little. "Guess so."

***Confessional***

Hinata(Wave Breakers):

"Honestly, I didn't think it would have that much of a lasting impact. But I guess it makes sense. Kageyama loves volleyball. With all his heart. Just like me. And even Tsukishima. I can definitely understand why he'd still be upset with Diana. But still though, why did he choose to sit there? Guess that's something I should ask him."

***End Confessional***

After discarding their bowls, Diana and Kageyama almost walked into each other, other things clearly on their mind.

"Hey, Diana." Kageyama said at almost the same time Diana said his name.

"You first." Both said simultaneously.

"Allow me to start" was heard from Diana as Kageyama said "Let me start", clearing his throat.

"Please." Kageyama finished. This was what let Diana relent.

"So... about that stuff I said back at your school. I know it was kinda embarrassing for you for me to say all that stuff out loud in front of everyone. Your teachers, the staff. Yeah." Kageyama said before trailing off for a bit.

"Is that-"

"No!" Kageyama said, raising his voice a bit which caught Diana off guard. "I'm not done! Let me finish!"

"I just got ticked off is all. I didn't like the fact that you talked about volleyball, so I got mad and..." Kageyama said before really paying attention to Diana's face. Though her expression didn't change as she was genuinely trying to listen, Kageyama thought otherwise.

"Damn it! I messed up! Now I look like a dumba[censored]!" Kageyama thought.

"So... um... you want to be a witch. And you like magic. I-" Kageyma saw her expression again.

"Damn it! I'm still messing up!" Kageyama thought before grabbing his head.

Diana was genuinely trying to listen but she could see that he was struggling to find the right words to say. She wanted to say something, but she didn't want to look as if she was being rude and make him mad, ultimately making things worse.

"Look, I just want you to know I was being a dumba[censored] okay? I did some dumb stuff and said some things. There! I said it!"

Before either could say anything else, yelling was heard. Eijun was kicking Monta as they continued to run around the island after Monta's accusation of Hiruma and Mamori doing "things" on a bed was debunked by an upset Mamori and a dismissive Hiruma.

Diana could only sigh.

"Idiots." Kageyama said.

"All of that unnecessary yelling. He needs to tone it down." Diana said.

"Monta or Eijun?"

"To an extent, both. But moreso Eijun."

"How many times have I said that already to him. But he just won't listen. Then I end up yelling at him just to get him to stop yelling. But after what I saw today, I don't mind having him as a teammate anymore."

"You did before?" Diana asked.

"Yeah. I thought he was just some idiot that yelled loud and couldn't control himself. He... still yells loud but, he definitely showed me something after that bike race. Not in terms of skill. He was terrible in the beginning. Like no control whatsoever."

"I think that was pretty obvious."

"Oh. Yeah. You're right." Kageyama said. "But like I said, he proved me wrong. Not about his skills. But about his character. He's completely different than the person I thought he was. Just goes to show there's more to someone than you think. In a way, he's kinda like Hinata. But in a good way."

"I see. Well, that's exactly what I-"

"I'm kinda jealous you got guys like Monta on your team." Kageyama continued, not knowing that he cut off Diana.

Diana was surprised to hear this from him. "Why? Is it because he plays football?"

"No. It's not that at all. Whether he plays sports or not doesn't matter. It's about their personality. Haizaki and Kunigami are proof that not every guy that plays sports is some great guy. I'd take Falcon, you, Puss, heck, even Akko. She's kinda like Hinata herself in a way. Monta seems like the type of guy that's willing to give it all he's got even if he's terrible at it. I can say whatever I want about skills, but effort is something I'll never get mad at anyone for showing. Effort is the first step at getting better at something. Which is... kinda funny."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't try to be nice. I... was trying to say... I was sorry earlier. For the stuff I said. But I ended up sounding dumb. Go ahead. You probably wanna laugh at me now."

"Quite the opposite actually. I'd like to say I'm sorry myself."

"Sorry for what?"

"What I said before. About you and volleyball. No matter how upset I got it doesn't excuse my behavior or my words. Especially when I've never participated in the sport myself to truly know how easy or difficult it is. It was childish, judgmental, and quite honestly... very disrespectful and condescending to you and your passion. You had every right to say what you said about me. I deserved it. All of it."

"No you didn't. I can't take back what I said. That's for sure. I can take back the apology but there's no way in hell I'm doing that. As bad as it was. No matter what I thought about you at the time, I shouldn't have said all that in front of your professors and the staff at your school. Especially since you're one of the people that's supposed to represent your school with pride here. Like I said, I was being a dumba[censored]. And me comparing you to Haizaki was out of line too. And if I was being honest, yeah, my flying was terrible."

"As you said before, effort is the first thing that's needed to improve. As much as you struggled to try to apologize, you did it. The same thing can be said with broom flying. How can I laugh at that? As long as you have effort and passion, I believe you can improve. Akko is living proof. And don't sell yourself short. Your flying is sloppy, but it isn't absolutely terrible. Especially for a beginner. You're being too hard on yourself."

"Hard on myself is what's gotten me to be the volleyball player that I am today. And want to be. The second I'm not is the second I start slacking off. If I want to stay on the court, and continue to play, then I have to be the best."

"I understand why you weren't happy with your victory then."

"Oh. That. I was definitely happy for my teammates. But I couldn't enjoy it myself until I apologized to you. That's why I chose to sit at a table with you. I know that kinda sounds awkward since you're not my teammate and all."

"Completely understandable. To be honest, that was exactly why I chose to sit with you as well. To apologize. After the fact, I realized how ignorant I was acting. And I was truly embarrassed and ashamed of myself. And even more so because my behavior hurt my team. Even my comments to Zee weren't something I was proud of in the end. Especially since I couldn't contribute anything myself. How can I ask for the best from my teammates, when I don't work hard to give my best for them?"

"I was going to say something. But then Zoey and Bakura showing up kinda made things awkward."

"Makes sense. I guess choosing a table for anyone to sit was a poor decision to have a private conversation in hindsight."

"Yeah. Guess it was a bad idea."

Diana extended a hand. "Congratulations on your team's victory. Celebrate it with your teammates. You've earned it."

Kageyama takes it. "Thanks. Though... that'd be kinda weird to do that now since everyone's done eating and all. I mean... you get my point. Um... congratulations on second place."

Diana could tell the last part was a little forced from him as he seemed to have been trying to find something nice to say in return but couldn't find anything other than that. So, in an attempt to try not to end things on an awkward note, she tried to continue the conversation with something else.

"You said you wanted me on your team. I can understand the others. They pretty much exude the energy that you're looking for when it comes to people that are like Monta. But I don't understand. Why me?"

"Well... to be honest, it's because you seem like you care yourself."

Diana raised an eyebrow.

"About magic. I disrespected your passion too. Even if you were acting pretty cocky in the beginning, at the end, I could tell you really do care. Even if you don't show it like Akko or Eijun does. And you genuinely coming to apologize confirms it. Even if you were born with magic. Or... however you got it."

"I see. Well then, I actually have to admit that I wasn't actually b-"

Both could feel as if someone was watching them. It was Hinata and Akko, both looking excited and in awe from a table, unable to contain their joy.

"THE HELL? HOW LONG HAVE YOU TWO BEEN THERE!?" Kageyama yelled out.

"A couple of minutes. Why?" Hinata asked.

"We were having an important conversation and you decide to eavesdrop? Unbelievable." Diana said in disbelief.

"We didn't mean to. We just saw you shaking hands." Akko said.

"I didn't think it would be possible that they'd make up that fast to be honest." Sucy said, suddenly showing up.

"If at all." Tsukishima added.

"Well, I lost that bet. GGs." Luz said to Akko. "Now what to pay you in?"

"Your Tamatgotchi for 10 minutes." Akko said.

"Deal!"

"You were betting on us apologizing!?" Diana said. "Why would you do something like that?"

"YOU THREE TOO? That's it, I'm outta here. I'm gonna go... do some... stuff." Kageyama said.

"What? Play video games again? You're horrible at those." Tsukishima said.

"NO! SOMETHING ELSE!"

"Farewell. Until the next challenge. We will come out victorious next time." Diana said to Kageyama.

"Looking forward to facing off against you. With or without your magic." Kageyama said before realizing they were still shaking hands. They quickly let go.

"Sorry."

"Apologies."

"He does realize we can't use our magic here right?" Akko asked.

"Who's gonna tell him?" Hinata said low.

"I'm not doing it." Tsukishima said.

"Hey wait! Diana! What are you going to do in your free time?" Akko called out as Diana was leaving before she left.

"Be productive of course." Diana said confidently before going back into the mansion and realizing that she had no new books to read with her and sighed, slumping her head in embarrassment, realizing she actually has nothing to do. With no access to magic, she couldn't even use the excuse to practice magic either. At least Weiss had her fellow huntresses to talk to or practice with. And even Karin had her martial arts she could practice. With nowhere to explore like last time in East Side City, she was officially left with nothing to do for the rest of the day.

"I need new books."

"So what did you want to talk about?" Zoey asked Sly as they were sitting on the edge of the island.

"You seem to be close with Cameron. I think he's hiding something. I don't mean to say that in a bad way. I'm honestly concerned. Could you talk to him? You'll have better luck than me. You don't have to tell me anything that happens." Sly said.

It took a few seconds before Zoey spoke again.

"Okay. I'll talk to him. Thanks for telling me."

Cameron was with Bren and Cicini.

"I hope you guys can get things mended. It'd suck to see a cool combo be hindered because of that." Cameron said, referring to the Bennetts and Rick. Rick was off drinking while Young Bennett and Old Bennett were struggling to make something for Natsu.

"I guess it makes sense. I'm not saying it's right. But I totally get it. They're trying to prove they can do something that no one else can. And be that scientist guy." Bren said.

"But that's the problem. We're all good at different things. I'll be the first to say that I wouldn't be too good at most of these challenges honestly. That's why I came up with the idea to communicate with the team." Cicini said.

"So that's why you made that? Cool." Cameron said. "You know, we're making our own way to communicate with our team too. Using Sly's binocucom as a base."

"I'd like to shake Bentley's hand for coming up with this. Or... whatever he has. Maybe paws? I'd have to ask Sly what animal he is." Bren said. "Also, are you sure we should be telling them that? We're basically giving them intel."

"It should be fine. We're all friends here." Cameron said. "Besides, more than likely, it's only a matter of time before the Breakers make something like that too honestly."

Zoey showed up. "Hey Cameron, do you mind if I talk to you for a bit?"

"Sure."

Both Cameron and Zoey left.

"What's going on? Came to brag about winning your first challenge this season?" Cameron joked.

"It is pretty nice. And a good confidence booster for everyone I would think. So how's that knee feeling?"

Cameron thought about saying that it was okay but decided against it. He didn't want to lie to a friend over something like that. Especially when she was genuinely concerned for him. "It's... not good. It feels like a chore to even walk. I know I'm not exactly an athlete but, long story short, it's not good."

"If it's not good, you really need to go get that checked." Zoey said.

"I can't do that!" Cameron said.

"Why not?"

"I don't have to be in the challenges. That's why Cicini and Bennett talk to their team. They're not really good at challenges either."

"But that's different Cameron. They don't have a potentially injured knee. You see how Chris is with these challenges. He's not going to care. If you get called up, there's a chance you might not be able to switch out for someone else."

"Honestly, I just don't want everyone to be disappointed in me. How would that look if I'm in the second season in the row and have to leave because of an injury. Especially since I won a season. I'd be a laughing stock! You know what happens if I go to the doctor for an injury."

"You have to leave the show. Yeah, I know. I understand. It definitely stinks. But seeing my friend potentially not be able to walk again if he gets hurt enough again would stink even more. How could anyone laugh at you for that? Neither of those things were your fault. And besides, from what I've seen you and Bren make, you've made enough of a mark I'd think. I won't force you. But please, at least consider it."

"Thanks Zoey."

"What are friends for?" Zoey said, smiling at Cameron.

***Confessional***

Cameron(Storm Kings):

"I really don't want to quit. But at the same time, I understand where Zoey's coming from. If it wasn't for Grogu, things would have been a lot worse."

***End Confessional***

"Just admit that you can't do it!" Young Bennett said to Old Bennett.

"I can do it! I just... need more things to work with!" Old Bennett said.

"Even if you had more, it's a temporary solution that we don't even know would work!" Young Bennett said.

"Why are you, me, being so difficult to work with?!" Old Bennett said.

"Guys! It's alr-"

"No it's not!" Old Bennett said, stopping him before he could say anything. "This problem needs to be fixed before it rears its ugly head again in another challenge!"

"But not like this!" Young Bennett said.

"What other solutions do you have then!? Give me one good solution that's better than what I proposed!"

"I don't know, but anything's better than that!"

"Then if you don't know then zip it and let me figure it out!"

"Zip it!? Without me, your ideas wouldn't be made! You can't touch anything! You have to rely on me to do it!"

"And without me guiding you, you'd be on the same path that I was on when I was your age!"

"How do you know that? I'm not you! Well, you, fully! There's a chance I could have been different before you intervened and decided to hija- I mean 'project' yourself into my mind."

"Like you could have been different with how you treated our sister when she was scared? Or all the other things you did like thinking of yourself on mother's day!? Stop it! Stop lying to yourself! Stop lying to me!"

"That's rich coming from you when you can't admit that you can't come up with a true solution because of your stupid pride! You won't even let me try to build relationships with people here! The second I got off the boat you're already talking into my ear!"

"Because I'm trying to help you!"

"Well it's NOT WORKING! I DON'T NEED YOUR-"

Natsu stopped them by sending fire in both's direction, even though he completely forgot Old Bennett was a projection. The fire got the attention of several others. Old Bennett, forgetting he was a projection himself ducked, while Young Bennett fell to the ground and lost his glasses for a bit.

"Stop it already! You two are fighting when you're supposed to be helping each other! I don't know what happened between you two, but a team isn't supposed to act like this! Even if you are the same person. Somehow. You're still a team! Sure, you're not gonna agree on everything, but that doesn't mean you let that disagreement turn into something that breaks you apart!"

"Oh we don't disagree. I heard you loud and clear kid. Natsu didn't even need to cut you off for me to understand. If you don't want my help, fine! Figure it out yourself! Natsu! This season! All of it! I'M DONE!" Old Bennett said before disappearing, his projection no longer being seen by anyone.

"You guys alright? What was all that about?" Rei asked as she, Julie, Ruby G. and Jenny all appeared.

"Nothing. It's already been resolved." Young Bennett said, putting on his glasses and adjusting them, walking away, frowning.

"Doesn't look that way to me." Jenny said.

"Great. I tried to get him and that old guy to stop arguing, but I might have made it worse." Natsu said, now regretting intervening.

"Old guy? You mean Rick? They've been going at it a lot. Reagan too a little." Julie said.

"No, not Rick. It was that projection, hologram, thing." Natsu said.

"I don't know what happened, but I refuse to believe that it was all on you for trying to be the peacemaker." Ruby G. said.

"Well, let's find out. Tell us everything." Jenny said.

As Natsu explained everything that he could remember to get to that point, Young Bennett was going inside the mansion passing Blaineley without much acknowledgement that she was there other than making sure he didn't bump into her. He dug into his backpack as Edee 1.01 came floating out, genuinely concerned for Bennett.

"Not now Edee. I don't wanna talk about it." Young Bennett said, still frowning as he continued to dig. Though Edee 1.01 didn't try after that, it did try to comfort him by giving him a tap on the shoulder but Young Bennett, in his anger, took it the wrong way.

"I said LEAVE ME ALONE!" He accidentally hit Edee. Hard and ended up sending it into a wall, causing one of its wings to fall off.

"Edee!" Bennett runs to tend to Edee.

"I'm so sorry Edee, are you-"

Edee, with its one wing, did the best it can to hover away and leave. "Edee! Wait!"

He went back in the room and tried to read, but couldn't. And ended up throwing the book down in frustration.

Future(Saving Me)

Old Bennett takes the helmet off and instantly throws it down in frustration and anger.

"Bennett! You... don't look so good!" Edee-34 said in its optimism mode.

"Not now Edee." Old Bennett said.

"Come on, maybe some food will cheer you up! I already got-" Edee-34 said, picking up a plate that had a steak and other foods on it.

"I said NOT NOW!" Old Bennett said, accidentally knocking off the food and shattering it on the ground, the liquid drenching Edee-34 and making it glitch out.

"Why didn't make him a hundred percent water proof!? Juice proof! You know what I mean!" Old Bennett said, hands on his head.

"S-s-s-steak. W-w-w-with..." Edee said, glitching out from the liquid being put all on it.

"He's right. I messed up. I messed up again!" Old Bennett said, shaking his head. "All these years later and I still messed up! I can't even keep a good relationship with myself for goodness sakes! Maybe it's for the best that I don't come back." He said before sitting in his chair and turning off all the computers. After he fixed Edee he was done. He wasn't coming back.

Unknown Island, Canada

Hanamiya walked out of the mansion, two books in his hand as he had earbuds in from his phone. When he saw Blaineley, he walked around.

"Excuse me." Hanamiya said before getting ready to leave.

"Wait."

Hanamiya turned.

"And don't try to play innocent. I heard everything from your talk with Eliza."

"If you're about to ask about an alliance, you can stop right there. I'm not interested."

"I respect your opinion. But if I can ask, why? I'm guessing you haven't seen the show to know how the game works."

"I saw the finale of one of the island seasons. The one where the Generation of Miracles made a guest appearance. Other than that, I didn't care enough to watch any other episodes. But the reason I'm not accepting alliances isn't because of that. Or you. The way I see it. Why ask for an alliance? There's no point. Eventually, we'll have to face each other anyway. And besides, I think it'd be better if I just meshed with what my teammates want to do. And if your desires align with mine then great. If not, I won't lose any sleep." Hanamiya said, shrugging. "As long as we all do our jobs and win, I'm satisfied."

"A word of advice, that little stunt you pulled won't work again. People will be watching you."

"Don't you think I know that? You're underestimating me too. Like I said before, I'm not just some idiot that injures people. Crushing them that way is a bonus."

"Well then, as long as your plan helps us keep winning, I could care less what it is."

"Good to know. Now then, if you got nothing else to talk about, I'll be on my way." Hanamiya said before turning up his music. "Keep up the good work. And try not to hurt yourself in the next challenge."

***Confessional***

Cameron(Storm Kings):

"It sucks to lose. But potentially being an early exit because of this is even worse."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Blaineley(Wave Breakers):

"Johnny is an idiot, so I don't even have to ask for an alliance with him. He'll do it without question. As for Hanamiya, I hope he knows what he's doing. He's got the confidence. And he can create drama. But can he back it up? He's a basketball player after all, so I'd imagine he has some skill or ability like those others."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Aomine(Storm Kings):

"Not sure how these eliminations work as I've never seen the show. But it'd be the worst feeling in the world to be eliminated this early. And even worse because I didn't even get to do much."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Midorima(Storm Kings):

"An unfortunate loss. The horoscope didn't mention anything regarding misfortune here. But we shall see."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Rex(Storm Kings):

"Sucks someone's gotta go but hey, it happens."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Mayuzumi(Storm Kings):

"I guess if I had to choose one, it would be Bren. I'd say everyone else did pretty well."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Paul(Storm Kings):

"Bren is the only one that I could clearly see was the worst."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Hanamiya(Wave Breakers):

"Now, let's see who bites the dust for the Kings. Will it be Cameron? Aomine? Midorima? Or even Bren? Regardless, I'm fine with whatever happens as one of them will be gone regardless."

***End Confessional***

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TD Elimination Theme Plays

Everyone on the Kings was gathered around a campfire.

"Alright Kings! Looks like the first challenge you're no longer on top, is the one you lose! So now you've gotta send someone home! Since we're doing this Total Drama Island style, you'll get car-shaped marshmallows! For you newbies, with how this works, you made votes for who you wanted to vote out. So now the votes will decide who goes here. If you do not receive a marshmallow, you're out of the race for the prize money! When I call your name, I'll toss a marshmallow to you. And you'll be safe!"

"Jotaro!"

Jotaro catches the marshmallow. "Thanks." He said before eating the marshmallow.

"Todd!"

"Yes!"

"Riley!"

"Thanks!"

"Huey Freeman!"

"Paul!"

"Skipper!"

"Sophie!"

"Thank you."

"Courtney!"

"Rex!"

"Nice!"

"Bobo!"

"Mona!"

"Marinette!"

"Thank you!"

"Reimu!"

"Ryoma Echizen!"

"Dude, I can understand Reimu a little since she was in a challenge, but you literally didn't participate. I really don't get how you're tired."

Both sheepishly caught the marshmallows as both were under a tree sleep after the challenge. Or in Reimu's case, after she was spinning Todd in the air like a rope in a rodeo.

"Razer!"

"Thank you."

"Din!"

Din silently caught the marshmallow.

"Zak!"

"Sweet!"

"Ruby!"

"Thank you!"

"Weiss!"

"Thank you."

"Blake!"

"Thanks."

"Yang!"

"Nice!"

"Penny!"

"You have my gratitude host Chris!"

"Ben!"

"Rook!"

"Thank you."

"Octavia!"

"Thanks."

"Eliza!"

"Huey Duck!"

"Dewey!"

"Louie!"

"Thanks!" All three brother said simultaneously.

"Oh man, they even got the little details on the wheels too! Look at the grips!" Huey D. said, looking at the marshmallow car's wheels and showing everyone by pointing at the wheels.

"Care level: zero." Todd said.

Paul, sitting next to Todd only blinked, genuinely having no reaction to what the duck was showing. He looked, he just didn't care enough to say anything about it.

"It only would have been cuter if they actually had the little people in it." Luz said.

"Dude, it's a marshmallow. Not a museum item." Louie said. "Eat it."

"A car-shaped marshmallow." Dewey added.

"Yeah. And? It's still a marshmallow." Louie said.

"Heather!"

"Alejandro!"

"Luz!"

"Midorima!"

"Hmph." Midorima said, adjusting his glasses after catching the marshmallow in his free hand.

"You still have those carrots?" Chris asked.

"He has given off the impression that he's dedicated to be fair." Chef said.

"True but still."

"Akashi!"

"Thank you."

"Sebastian!"

"Thank you."

"Isagi!"

"Thanks!" Isagi said before happily eating the marshmallow.

"Bachira!"

Bachira caught the marshmallow with his mouth, going up a little to catch it.

"Did you really have to do that?" Isagi asked.

"Show off." Aomine said.

"Well, I caught it, didn't I?" Bachira said.

"Sly!"

"Mayuzumi!"

"Did anyone else forget he was here?" Chris whispered low to Chef, Heloise, and Doyle.

"You're saying that as if I don't have ears." Mayuzumi said passive-aggressively.

"He was in a challenge. Gotta give 'em that much." Doyle said.

"Oh. Uh, sorry! Anyways..."

"Maki! Those jujutstu skills were pretty awesome back there!"

"True that." Luz said, genuinely impressed with her skills, moreso because from what she read about her in the notes, she was a sorcerer that was incapable of performing magic, or jujutsu in her case.

"Thanks!" Maki said, unable to contain her smile after being praised.

"Cameron! Aomine! Bren! You're the last three! Which means you're on the chopping block!"

"Bren! You stopped in the middle of a vertical descent downwards on a track. Not only could you have gotten killed or seriously hurt, but you caused Jotaro to have to go back for you. And you got your bike stolen by Rocky. Had that not have happened, you guys might have been cruising to another win!"

"Sorry guys! I got scared! Honest! And by the way that's not my bike! That was..." Bren came to a realization. "Oh no. I totally forgot!"

"I get getting scared, but you really could have gotten hurt man. And I wasn't around then to help." Doyle said.

"Forgot about what?" Luz asked.

"Dax! That was Dax's bike! He's gonna kill me!"

"Ooh. Yeah, good luck with that." Heloise said, not even trying to act like she was concerned.

"Well then, you better hope you don't get sent home early."

"Aomine! You participated, but like the rest, you crashed. But that's not even close to the reason why you're on the chopping block. Some of your teammates believe that your behavior today wasn't acceptable." Chris said before clearing his throat. "Punching Hanamiya. Is that right?"

"Yeah, I punched him. To be honest, that a[censored]hole had that coming a long time ago. I'm not saying what I did was right, but I ain't saying he didn't deserve it either." Aomine said.

"Now, that one punch might cost you. You gotta keep control of those emotions man." Chef advised him.

"Yeah, yeah. I got it. I heard that several times today." Aomine said, eyes half-shut as he had a hand on the back of his head.

"Well it might be your last here depending on what happens!" Chris said.

"Finally Cameron! You didn't participate in a challenge today. But, you're still on the chopping block because of what happened to your knee. Some are voting you out because they see you as a liability going forward. And some are genuinely concerned for you and want you to go to a hospital, which if that happens, you gotta leave the show. Says so in the contract for those that didn't read it." Chris said.

"Seriously!?" Aomine said.

"And that's pretty much a confession that you didn't read it." Heloise said.

"Yeah, I didn't. I skimmed through it. So what? I'm pretty other people didn't read it either."

"Some of it was confusing but I tried to." Mona said.

"I've been on this show for several seasons. Word of advice, read the contract next time. And that's for any contract. Or you'll get roped into something and be in trouble when something bad happens. A lot." Courtney said.

"Courtney's right. You really should start looking into those fine details." Midorima said.

"Look, I didn't read the contract all the way so what? Stop acting like you guys are so perfect! There's no way you read every single word!"

"I honestly did actually." Louie, Huey D, and Dewey said.

"Really? You guys read it too?" Huey D. said.

"Duh. If something happens to us that's not covered on the contract, we can sue." Louie said.

"Huh. That's fair." Huey D. said. "So, why did you read it?" He asked Dewey.

"Was in a reading contest with Webby." Dewey said.

"You were in a reading contest with Webby... and you read a contract?" Louie asked slowly, in disbelief.

"When you say that you kinda make it sound weird." Dewey said.

"That's 'cause it is. Who the heck reads a contract for fun?" Aomine said.

"Says the guy that reads..." Yang said before clearing her throat. "Suggestive magazines." She said low.

"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU I'M NOT LIKE THAT!?" Aomine said, comically annoyed.

"You know, now that I think about it, I think this might have been some elaborate scheme of hers to get me to read the contract too." Dewey said.

"Not a bad assessment kid." Doyle said.

"If that's the case, then that was a smart move on her part." Sophie said.

"Too bad it wasn't smart enough to save one of you from being eliminated. This is it! The second-to-last marshmallow goes to..."

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"Aomine!"

"All right! Thanks!" Aomine said catching the marshmallow before throwing it behind his back up in the air as if he was performing one of his signature skills: The Formless Shot. But he completely forgot about the chairs they were sitting in and ended up tumbling over several of them and on several people as the marshmallow fell on the ground.

Akashi could only close one eye, slightly embarrassed for his friend.

"Idiot." Midorima said, closing his eyes and adjusting his glasses.

"Get off me you idiot!" Heather said, pushing him off.

Aomine was on the ground in agony. "What makes it worse is that that was the best food I was gonna get today." He muttered.

"Here." Din said, tossing him his marshmallow. Aomine would have missed it had it not been for his quick reflexes, catching it.

"Thanks man. I really owe you one." Aomine said before eating it.

Din nodded.

"Why would you do that you moron?" Weiss asked.

"He's trying to show off that's why." Yang said. "If Bachira didn't do what he did, he probably wouldn't have done that."

"Well, looks like you still got a ways to go." Ryoma Echizen said, adjusting his cap.

"The hell does that even mean!?" Aomine said, while chewing the marshmallow.

"Please stop. That sounds so nasty." Courtney said.

"Can you please not talk with your mouth full? It's disgusting." Midorima said.

"Sure moms." Aomine said, still talking while chewing on purpose.

Courtney could only shake her head.

After the several contestants that were forced out of their chairs picked them up and sat back down, or continue to stand up, Chris continued.

"Bren! Cameron! One of you's got to go! Regardless though, it looks like this team's gonna take a hit in the brainy department! The final marshmallow goes too..."

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"Bren!"

"You guys voted me out anyway? Why?" Cameron asked.

"That leg's not looking good. You've been trying to hide it, but it's been a struggle for you to walk ever since you got out of that stretcher." Jotaro said.

"I know it sucks you didn't get to be in a challenge, but if you get hurt like that again, there's a chance it could get worse." Courtney said.

"Cameron, you know Bentley? The guy I was talking to you about that helped make the Binocum and some of the other cool stuff I use? He's a turtle if you were wondering. But back to my point. The point is, he got injured in our showdown with Clock-La. Who that is isn't important. What was important was the injury he got. His legs were paralyzed. He could never walk again." Sly said before sighing. "The truth is... I told Zoey to talk to you about it. And I secretly asked everyone here to keep an eye on you. Right now, Bentley's in a wheelchair. He still helps with our missions yes. The difference between then and now, is that I didn't have the chance to stop that from happening. And not even Murray, as strong as a guy he was, and is now, could. But if I have the power to stop that from happening from someone else, I'm going to do it. If you got hurt again and got put in a wheelchair for the rest of your life, and I sat by and did nothing when I knew, I could never forgive myself for it. I know how much you want to help. That's the same reason why Bentley continues to go on missions with us. He literally tricked out an ordinary wheelchair with gadgets just for that. But I promise you, you've already helped."

"Cameron, I talked to Cicini. She helped finish what we were working on. She gave some insight for some improvements, but she didn't want to try to force them if you weren't okay with it." Bren said, handing Cameron the blueprints for him to read.

"Wow. Really? She didn't have to do that. Especially since she's on another team. That's really nice of her." Courtney said.

"Guys... this is..." Cameron started.

"Hey, Cameron." Aomine said, standing in front of him as Cameron. He lowered the blueprint to look at Aomine. Or in his case, look up as Aomine towered over him in a way similar to Lightning, with both having pretty similar heights.

"I know I said this already, but I'm sorry for what happened to you. I may not understand half the s[censored] you say sometimes, but the thing I do understand is that you really are a good guy man. I get it. Trying to help. It's funny. You kinda remind me of Tetsu a bit. Both of you have got that same drive. Even if it was for different reasons. I'm sure that's what got you to win the season you were on before I don't know. I never watched this show before to be honest."

"You may think you've done nothing. But you've done more than enough. You don't gotta be in a challenge to prove that. You already did. You could have sat there, and did nothing the entire time you were here. And even when you were injured. You could have backed out and quit or stayed on that stretcher. But you found a way to contribute. Tetsu was the same the way. The guy couldn't even shoot for goodness sakes! For several years! It took going up against tall a[censored] Murasakibara and me stopping his Vanishing Drive in my match against him in the Winter Cup for him to want to learn how. Some people can call it stupid what you did. And yeah, it might have not been the smartest decision. Same with Tetsu. People laughed at him. Ignored him. Said he couldn't hope to play with how he looked and being unable to make a shot when shooting is the only way you even score points. Hell, even I'm guilty of it at one point. But that was... another time. A time where I genuinely had issues I needed to fix with myself. Not as a player. But as a person. I straight up told him after we won the first time against him and Seirin that his style of basketball could never win. He could have gave up in our rematch. And chose to sit the game out. But somehow, he and Kagami pulled out enough to beat us. Doesn't have to be a logical reason for why something happens. In their case, I'd say it was drive, will, and belief. On not just their ends. But Seirin as a whole. Crazy part is, Tetsu and Kagami weren't even the captains of that team. And they had an Uncrowned King in Kiyoshi so Kagami at the time he wasn't head and shoulders decided that Kagami was best player on the team either like he was around the end of the tournament. And at the end they still all believed in them." Aomine said.

"Look, this is really touching and all, but you need to hurry it up." Chris said.

Heloise was seen giving Chef tissues.

"Chef! Really?" Chris said.

"I'm sorry Chris! I couldn't hold it man!" Chef said.

"That's alright man. You're good." Doyle said, giving him a light tap on the shoulder.

"Yeah. Damn, I realized I've been talking for too long. Look, I don't wanna hear that crap about you being useless if you quit. 'Cause it's bulls[censored]. You literally helped make stuff that we all can use. How the hell is that not useful you idiot?" Aomine said before extending a fist for a fist bump, the same thing he did Kuroko all those years they played together back in middle school, and occasionally during their meetings now after his defeat in the winter cup, smiling a little. It wasn't the same bright, teeth-showing smile he showed more often to Kuroko and his friends during his middle school years, but it was good enough.

"Your stuff will be the reason we can compete with the Rats even better than before. You realize that, right?" Heather asked.

"Thanks guys. This means a lot. It really does." Cameron said.

"Darn it! Now because of that injury thing I can't kick you off how I wanted too! Just take the... "fake" dock of shame man. Chef! Doyle! Either or! Get him something to sit in." Chris said.

Doyle brings out a wheelchair. Even though he didn't need it, it would prevent his leg from having to work harder than it needed to and put stress on the injury.

"I almost forgot! Tell Cicini I'm okay with the changes!" Cameron called out as he was leaving on the boat.

"Will do!" Bren said.

"Get well soon!" Everyone on the Kings said, waving with Aomine, Bren and Sly all giving him thumbs up at the end as well.

***Confessional***

Aomine(Storm Kings):

"Cameron didn't deserve what happened to him. Hanamiya's going down. Mark my words."

***End Confessional***

Chris was now by himself at the docks.

"And that is the end of the Gran Prix! With the Breakers taking home the crown and their first win of the season! Who will-" Chris started before his phone rang.

"Hello? Yeah sure. Go ahead. I was gonna ask if you could do that anyway. Someone actually leaked one of the future challenges so I'm gonna have to mix things up. Okay. Bye."

"As I was saying, who will take the next challenge? They're gonna be scared out of their wits with this one! Let's see if one particular competitor believes afterwards." Chris said before laughing. "Find out the next challenge on Total... Drama... Across the Multiverse!"

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A/N: And that's the chapter! A poll is now open for your favorite team! A poll for favorite character will come later after everyone gets a chance to be in a challenge.

Next Episodes(Episodes were not changed by Chris but by someone else. Though Chris okayed the decision after Amanda leaked a future episode publicly):

Episode 6: Reach Halloween Town with Jack Skellington and several other Spooky Guest stars scaring them(Nightmare Before Christman)(An Idea requested by G-Man 2.0)

Song: This is Halloween by Marilyn Manson(The Nightmare Before Christmas)(A/N: Fittingly proposed by G-Man 2.0 on FF dot net, this song will be song by Jack and the other Spooky Guest Stars)

Note: Because of the larger cast, I'll limit the number from each team competing in this challenge. The number has already been decided and will be revealed when the chapter is released.

Episode 7: Travel to New York in the year 2105 to compete in a training simulation created by Donatello and Cody Jones(TMNT Fast Forward)

Song: TMNT Fast Forward Theme(TMNT 2003 Fast Forward)

Episode 8: Battle in 2v2 fights in locations across the multiverse(Several platform fighters)

Song: ?(?)

Episode 9: Compete in the Fry Cook Games(Spongebob Squarepants)

Song: Sweet Victory created by David Glen Eisley and Bob Kulick and performed by David Glen Eisley(Spongebob Squarepants) Song will be performed before the games begin.

Episode 10:

Compete in a life-sized board game, selecting one from each team to be pieces on the board(Mario Party/Nick Block Party)

Songs: Various(Mini-games are a deciding factor for this)

Episode 11: Compete in several mini-games in the Festival of Doom & Cavalry Battle Event(Eyeshield 21)

Dang Dang by ZZ(Eyeshield 21)