A/N: The teams have trained. Now it's time for the real thing in this combat-based chapter!
Also, forgot to mention this in the last chapter, but the Dark Turtles are not evil. They currently stay at Cody's Penthouse with Cody and Serling as explored in my Phineas and Ferb/TMNT 2003 Crossover Story: Phineas and Ferb: Fast Forward!
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, Kurita, Monta & Mamori, Natsu, Lucy & Happy, Kagami, Kise, Kuroko, Zee, Cicini
Storm Kings:
Jotaro, Todd and Riley, Huey F., Paul, Skipper, Sophie, Bren, Courtney, Rex and Bobo, Mona, Marinette, Reimu, Razer, Din Djarin, Zak S., Team RWBY+Penny, Ben and Rook, Octavia, Eliza, Huey D., Dewey and Louie, Heather and Alejandro, Luz, Aomine, Midorima, Akashi, Sebastian, Isagi and Bachira, Sly, Mayuzumi, Maki, Ryoma Echizen
Wave Breakers:
Mr. Wolf, Dwayne, Urien, Ayame and Ryoma(Power Stone), Toxsa, Reagan, Blaineley, Jenny, Karin, Julie, Launch, Randy, Molly, Scratch and Libby, Team JET: Kaz, Fiona, Diego, Myron and Shiro, Hailey and Scott, Johnny,Zoey, Haizaki, Zak M, Hanamiya, Hinata, Kageyama and Tsukishma, Eijun, Miyuki and Furuya, Kunigami, Dan, Chris, Nimona, Bakura, Bass, Ruby G., Shawn and Jasmine, Asta and Noelle
Eliminated:
164th- Dragonfly Jones(Radical Rats)-Martin Sitcom
163rd- Richie and Virgil(Wave Breakers)- Static Shock
162nd- Cameron(Storm Kings)- Total Drama
161st- Duncan(Wave Breakers)- Total Drama
Intern:
Heloise(Jimmy-Two Shoes)
Hired Gun:
Doyle Blackwell(Secret Saturdays)
Additional Pilots:
Mr. Bixby(Talented Mr. Bixby)
Launchpad(Ducktales 2017)
Chris was seen in front of the mansion preparing to recap the previous episode. "Last time on Total Drama Across the Multiverse! The teams were sent to the Big Apple! That's right! NYC baby! But, in the future! In the year 2105! Here, the teams were sent into the combat holo-simulator, with each team sending a team of four in to train, each, with the exception of one, having yet to compete in a challenge at that point."
Footage of the teams running and in some of their cases, flying across the streets and rooftops of New York while being chased by the police(which the Dark Turtles lead away for them) and crashing through Cody's Penthouse was shown.
"The challenge was simple: Work together as a team to take out simulated enemies as quickly as possible. All while avoiding taking three hits to end the game."
Footage of the three teams in different versions of New York taking on Street Phantoms, Purple Dragons and Foot Ninjas.
"After each round, Black Bull captain Yami, gave them a rating and some critiques as well."
Footage of Yami giving them all ratings and critiques was seen.
"But the biggest event was Haizaki. That recording Hiruma had in the beginning of the episode of him? Yeah, it was fake. He made it apparently. You'd think he'd keep that to himself, but he didn't. And it only made Haizaki mad. At first, it looked like things were going to work out for him as it caused him to make mistakes. But then, after Miyuki decided to try to talk some sense into him himself, that was pretty much a boiling point. The dude went berserk and started to hammer on those Foot Ninjas. He even put up a decent fight against Yami but still fell short."
Footage of Haizaki entering the Zone and having his own musical number with the song Tyrant was shown as he battled against the Foot Ninjas and eventually Yami, with Haizaki's body giving out as he fell to his knees on the ground.
"If this was an elimination challenge, the Rats would have had to send someone home. And that's only because Yami decided to intervene. Not sure if that plan worked out for Hiruma or not, especially considering he didn't look the slightest bit concerned or anything after they lost the challenge. Though again, to be honest, I can't even really say them losing was a hundred percent his fault."
"But the reward though? Two new contestants, Asta and Noelle, joining the show with the winning team being able to welcome them to the team. Which in this case, was the Breakers. Yeah they've gotten a couple of free days since that challenge. But now I think it's time I gave them a warm welcome to Total Drama! And if not this episode, the next few will definitely put them in the wringer. No spoilers though, but any pain they feel in those episodes will be real." Chris said before laughing.
"Wanna know what I mean? Well, we'll get one step closer to finding out on this next episode of Total….. Drama….. Across the Multiverse!"
*Total Drama Across the Multiverse Intro Plays*
Today's Challenge Inspirations:
Total Drama Island Multiverse Edition's TD Smash Up Episode
Thenewsubwayguy's Total Drama X: Ultimate Islands Episode 19 (AKA The Total Drama Smash Episode) on AO3 and FF Dot Net
MemeKing The Third's Total Drama Infinite: Bon Voyage Episode 5: Strongest Under the Heavens on AO3 and FF Dot Net
Play-by-play Commentary Idea: Dragon Ball Raging Blast 1 and 2 video games' World Tournament/Cell Games Tournament mode(These games would have play-by-play commentary from Hercule, the World Tournament/Cell Games Announcers, and other characters competing in the tournament as you fought)
Idea to fight in various locations: Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and 3's World Martial Arts Big Tournament game modes
Several Platform Fighters among other video games
Special Guests for Today's Episode:
Hercule(Dragon Ball)
World Tournament Announcer(Dragon Ball)
Various Others
Midorima's Lucky Item: A Purple Witch Hat
Everyone(well mostly) was sound asleep. The ones that were awake? Eijun, Asta, Furuya and Kaz.
"THAT'S RIGHT! DON'T GIVE UP!" Kaz shouted.
"AS CAPTAIN YAMI WOULD SAY, SURPASS YOUR LIMITS!" Asta shouted.
"ONE… MORE… TRY! HYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Eijun shouted.
The yelling started to wake everyone else up as well.
"Okay, who's yelling like that?" Fiona asked, rubbing her eyes before hearing the sources.
"Doesn't matter who. This time, I know exactly what it'll take to get them to stop." Ayame said.
Though when they and several other unhappy contestants went outside, they were already beaten to it. By Kagami, who picked up Kaz.
"ALL RIGHT YA LITTLE RUNT! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO NEED TO YELL LIKE THAT?" Kagami shouted.
"Uh, rock tossing?" Eijun said.
Kagami's face looked as if it was about to turn red from anger. "You mean….. to tell me. You did all of that damn yelling… FOR A GODDAMN ROCK TOSSING GAME!?"
"Uh….. yes?" Kaz whimpered, knowing he was in trouble.
Weiss, using her Myternaster and a gravity glyph, sent Eijun flying with Noelle using her water magic to send Asta flying.
"WHAT DID I DO!?" Asta yelled as he was being sent into the ocean.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU WERE YELLING AND DISTURBING PEOPLE'S SLEEP!" Noelle yelled.
Kagami put Kaz down and walked away.
"Phew. I'm safe." Kaz said, breathing a sigh of relief.
Kagami turned around. "You better hope I don't match up with you whenever the next challenge is kid." A menacing look on his face.
Kaz gulped. "I can't look afraid." Kaz thought.
"OH YEAH! I HOPE I GET TO FIGHT YOU IN THE NEXT CHALLENGE! YOU'RE GONNA SEE HOW STRONG I REALLY AM!" Kaz yelled.
"He's way taller than you and stronger than you. You're not winning a head-on fight. You know that right?" Toxsa asked.
"Of course! I didn't mean a head-on fight. I meant like…. a uh… superpowered fight!"
"Superpowered fight. Pretty sure you made that up." Tsukishima said.
"Made it up? Come on, I didn't-"
"SATELLITE IMPULSE!"
Fiona's Infinite Leopatra was seen out as it began to charge lightning from the front of it.
"Wait. What's Fiona….." Kaz said before realized it was facing him.
"Uh oh." Kaz said before trying to run. But it was too late. He was shocked before falling to the ground.
"I would have taken being sent into the water like those two." Kaz said on the ground.
"THUNDER LEAP!"
Kaz quickly got off the ground and tried to run again.
"I said I was sorry!" Kaz said before he and Furuya were sent flying into the water by the lightning strikes.
"I don't even think Furuya was even yelling honestly." Weiss said to Fiona.
"Guilty by association." Fiona said, folding her arms as the Satellite Owl and then Leopatra itself, returned to Fiona. "And that second one to Kaz was for lying. He didn't apologize."
"I still won." Furuya said to Eijun.
"DO-OVER!" Eijun yelled.
"Forget a do-over! We've gotta get out of this water! I can't swim!" Asta said.
"You guys were doing rock tossing? And I missed it!?" Hinata said.
Miyuki and Kageyama could only shake their heads. And in Miyuki's case, he tried to refrain from laughing out loud.
***Confessional***
Kageyama(Wave Breakers):
"Great. Asta's another one. But, if they can do anything like Yami, even if they're not as experienced, I'm looking forward to having them help us in these challenges. Besides, their magic evens the playing field for us. Before they came, we were the only team without magic users."
***End Confessional***
Ayame sighed. "I guess I better get them out of there." She said before pulling her blue Power Stone.
"I got ya." Doyle said to Eijun and Asta.
He then went back to get Kaz and Furuya as well.
"Thanks." Kaz said.
"No problem." Doyle said.
"Morning guys." Chris said. "You're up pretty early."
"Yeah, none of which is our own fault." Fiona said.
"You're mad. I'm happy. Because we get to start the challenge early." Chris said.
This caused several people to groan.
"May I?" Chef asked, megaphone in hand.
"You may, good sir." Chris said. He put on headphones before Chef started to yell in the megaphone, causing everyone that was sleep to cover their ears, causing everyone to come out of the mansion, not pleased. With the exception of, to no surprise, Hiruma, who had earplugs in.
"Good morning guys!" Chris said, greeting them with a smile on his face.
"Don't… start….. tod-" Reagan started before falling asleep mid-sentence, with Doyle catching her.
"You good?" Doyle asked.
"Does this face say 'I'm good' to you!?" Reagan said, raising her voice in a more aggressive tone than she intended before yawning. "I'm sorry. I'm just….. tired."
"Word of advice: Get some sleep. Seriously. You look horrible. You've been looking like this for almost every day we've had a challenge except for one I think." Doyle said.
"It's hard to do that when you've got an a[censored]hole like Chris that's willing to pull this kind of crap, three people with him that are more than willing to go along with it, and a crazy unhinged son of a b[censored]h in him that's willing to pull crap that's just as bad, if not worse than the actual jerk host!" Reagan said, referring to Hiruma in the last part, who had earmuffs in, grinning as he took them out.
"Seriously! F[censored] you dude!" Reagan said to Hiruma.
"I'm gonna get you one of these days." Chris said to Hiruma.
***Confessional***
Chris McLean:
"Seriously. This is the second time this has happened with him. Kinda doesn't make it as fun when someone that I can't seem to annoy or mess with. But, on the other hand, I do appreciate that he pretty much did my job for me by waking them up in the last challenge, so there's that."
***End Confessional***
"If you wanna thank someone for being up early, you can thank them." Chris said, gesturing to Eijun, Asta, Furuya, and Kaz who were all wet. "They were the first ones up. And were apparently yelling over a game of rock toss."
"But-" Furuya started before being interrupted.
"Is that so" Reimu said.
"Come on guys! We already got put in the water. We apologized! That should be enough, right?" Kaz asked.
"You're trying to negotiate with people who are sleepy Kaz. Myself included. Think about that before you say anything else." Myron said.
"He's already said enough." Heather said.
"When we're through with you, you'll be wishing you just got a bath." Alejandro said, pointing at him.
"CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!" Eijun shouted.
"Yeah! You don't scare us!" Kaz said.
"Do those two know when to just be quiet?" Fiona said.
"We'll take all three of you on!" Asta said.
Noelle could only sigh.
"Glad to hear you're accepting the challenge. Because that's exactly what you'll be doing today! And lucky for you, Heather, Alejandro, Reimu, and anyone else that wants to get their hands on them, you might get your chance. Because today's challenge is a fighting challenge! And this time, you'll be fighting against each other!" Chris M. said.
"That's not a good thing! We're powerless! Scott and I will get annihilated!" Hailey said.
"Hey! Stop talking like that! You can't just run away at the sign of a challenge!" Kageyama said.
"He's right! Even if you're not as strong as them that doesn't mean you should give up before the match even starts! Even if you lose you can at least say you tried!" Asta said.
"But what if trying isn't enough? We could still get eliminated!" Hailey said.
"With how you guys are talking, you're just assuming you'll lose." Kunigami said.
"Hailey, look." Scott said. "I know how important this is for you. But don't worry about it. You're not doing this by yourself, remember? I came here to help you. Everyone else on this team too. They won't leave you behind."
"If you stink, I will!" Dan said.
"Dan." Chris P. said.
"What? They say honesty is the best policy, right?" Dan said.
"Well yeah, that's true but, couldn't you have just picked a better time to say that?"
"No."
Chris P. raised a finger to protest as he was about to say something but stopped himself. "You know what? Agree to disagree."
"Can we all agree to beat up these four if we lose though? Even if we can't vote them off?" Zak M. asked, referring to Asta, Eijun, Furuya and Kaz.
"I don't have a problem with that." Fiona said.
"Wha? Fiona!" Kaz started, surprised that his own teammate would say this. "Shiro! Diego! Myron! You won't do this to me right?"
"Any misfortune that happens to you from your teammates is your own doing. That's all I have to say." Myron said.
"Honestly, you kinda did it to yourself man." Diego said.
"You were loud." Shiro said.
Kaz slumped over. "You guys are awful teammates you know that?"
"Oh be quiet already. If you help us win, maybe we'll forgive you." Fiona said.
"Maybe? What do you mean maybe!?" Kaz said.
"Exactly what I said." Fiona said.
"Well, before we get to that, we've got to get to the venue to where that'll happen. Hope you're ready for a cruise, because where we're going, we're taking the ship!" Chris announced with Heloise changing the planes into boats, with the Breakers getting a pristine first class cruise ship, revealing it to be what they rode to the island the first time around after the teams were formed. The Kings got a cruise ship that, while not as good, was pretty decent, and would be more than comfy enough for most of the people on board, especially those that have ever ridden a cruise ship. The Rats got…
"Can you even call this a ship? What the heck is this!?" Rei said.
The ship was not in good condition at all. It was dirty, had fumes emitting from the top of it, and there wasn't even a place for them to go inside and relax. So if there was ever a time they needed to go in rain, they'd be soaking wet.
"Better question. That last challenge was a reward challenge! How is that fair?" Lucy asked.
"Don't care! A challenge is still a challenge!" Chris M. said. "Now get on the boats! We gotta get movin'!"
Boat 3: Rats(Economy)
"Great. Look at this place." Sanders said, looking around at the "cruise ship" as Mr. Bixby was steering it.
"Absolutely disgusting. And to think some of you humans are willing to accept living in these conditions on a prolonged basis." Albedo said before sitting in a chair before it broke. "I can't even sit down!"
"Yeah sure. I put some of this on Hiruma." Rei said.
"To be fair, I don't think anybody was expecting Yami to do what he did." Akko said.
"I know. But that's why I said some. His plan with Haizaki to get him kicked off was promising, but it failed." Rei said.
"Hey, I think it's all for the better. Glad to see he didn't quit." Zee said.
"What do you mean 'glad'? If he can steal moves, that's one less threat we have to worry about if he quits." Rei said.
"Even if he didn't quit, it wouldn't have changed much. You're focusing just on f[censored]ing corn rows because he's the talk of the town, other than the fresh blood here." Hiruma said, referring to Asta and Noelle on the last part. "He's not the only threats on those other teams."
"Nah. I gotta agree with Zee here. I'm glad he didn't quit. If we're gonna win, I wanna feel like we earned it. Let him go home because we sent him home." Kagami said.
"Same here. That's why I was kinda disappointed that Ryoma quit last season." Falcon said. "Something tells me it won't happen again though."
Rei sighed. "You guys."
***Confessional***
Rei(Radical Rats):
"Look, I get wanting to earn something and working hard to get it. But come on. Saying this about Haizaki out of all people? Boys are impossible sometimes."
***End Confessional***
***Confessional***
Zee(Radical Rats):
"That actually wasn't the reason why I said that. I was just glad that he stayed in so he could show off his talents more. Yeah, I get it, he's got a move that steals other moves, but dude, that takes some serious skills to learn how to do somethin' that fast. How can you not give props to that? Plus, I found a way to 'in a nutshell' Kise and Haizaki's differences. So like, Kise's basically copy and paste. And Haizaki's cut and paste. Easy to understand right? Oh yeah, I don't think anybody knows this, but like the past couple of days, I saw the guy doing some stuff with a coconut like it was a ball by himself. And get this. Sometimes, he was actually smiling. I was gonna go over to him, but I didn't wanna ruin his fun, 'cause he definitely looked like he was having it.
***End Confessional***
Mamori, with Becky F., ran with a laptop in hand with Lanolin, X and Rally accompanying them.
"So you've got those hand signals ready f[censored]ing manager?" Hiruma asked.
Mamori sighed. "That's no better you know. But yes, I have."
"What exactly are these hand signals for?" Rally asked.
"These hand signals are kind of like a sign language. It's what Hiruma and I use to communicate with each other during games and pass data and observations off to one another. Well, every game since Kyoshin that is. Unlike most sign languages, which are short, these are varying lengths to convey a message. In a way, you could say they're 'telling a story'." Mamori explained. "The first time we tried something like this, it….. didn't work out so well." Mamori said, remembering how it looked like she was just doing random things on the sidelines, confusing several of the Devil Bats.
"Hiruma and I thought it would be nice to give you three access to these too."
"What about everyone else?" Lanolin asked.
"No need." Hiruma said.
"What? Why? I feel like this would be important to tell them about this." Becky F. said.
"Because, with how everyone is on this team, some of them would try their hardest to remember it, so they can try to help. But having everyone try to focus on memorizing and using these signs would overcomplicate things for them, and the entire team as well. They don't need to be bogged down by things weren't intended for them. They'll be fine without them. These signs are for you three and you three alone." Hiruma said. "And don't worry about the signs getting stolen. Even if they were to get taken, there aren't that many people that are willing to try to memorize that many signs."
"So how exactly did you do it?" Rally asked.
Hiruma only did hand signals to her.
"Don't….. worry… about….. that. You… just… worry….. about….. getting… those hand… signal….. down. Gun Girl." Mamori translated.
"Actually, you got it wrong. It was f[censoring]ing gun girl." Hiruma said.
"I know that. I just wasn't about say it." Mamori said, frowning a little.
"These are a lot of signs to remember. Are you sure they can-" Becky F. said, scrolling through the pages of signs on her laptop, concerned before Hiruma suddenly started shooting.
"QUIT F[CENSORED]ING AROUND AND MEMORIZE THOSE SIGNS! WE'LL BE GETTING TO THE NEXT STOP SOON!" Hiruma yelled out as he actually shot at her. Thankfully it wasn't a real gun. It was a fake one with pellets.
X and Lanolin nodded. "Right."
***Confessional***
Lanolin(Radical Rats):
"His plans aren't exactly… traditionally sound. But, even with that, somehow most of them have had at least some success. Yami already told me that I should start trusting my teammates more as a leader. Even if Hiruma seems to be a leader on this team himself, he's trusting the three of us enough to pass this off to us when he didn't have to. I should do the same and start trusting in him."
***End Confessional***
Boat 1: Breakers(First Class)
Doyle carried and brought Reagan to a chair at a table, who was asleep.
She eventually woke up.
"Oh good. Least we got breakfast." Reagan said.
"Hate to break it to ya. No breakfast." Doyle said, arm leaning to the side on an opposite chair at the same table inside the cruise ship.
"Then why am I here at this table? Where's the bed?"
"No beds either."
Reagan sighed. "Let me guess. You brought me here."
"Bingo."
"Thanks. Still doesn't change what I said though."
"Wasn't doing this to try and change your mind." Doyle said.
"Then why did you do it then?"
"You literally fell asleep in my arms. Was I supposed to just drop you?"
"Don't think this means I owe you anything. 'Cause it doesn't." She said before yawning.
"Never said you had to give me anything. I'm already being paid by Chris. If you wanna give me anything, it's a promise that you'll get some rest after this challenge is over."
"No promises."
"No promises? You're too smart to be stupid. So you've got to be insane." Doyle said.
"More than you….. *yawn* know."
"Fine. At least tell me this. What the heck have you been doing to be working yourself to death like this?" Doyle asked.
"The none of your damn *yawn* business….. ala-" Reagan said before falling flat on her face at the table.
Doyle only sighed and shook his head before getting up and leaving. Eventually, he came back with a cover he found in one of the storage areas and put it on her.
***Confessional***
Doyle:
"Whatever she's been doing, I hope it's worth it. Which better be something revolutionary for her to be looking this bad."
***End Confessional***
Doyle went to Myron, who was on his laptop.
"Hey, Myron."
"Oh. Hey Doyle. Guessing we're close huh?" Myron asked.
"Honestly, I got no clue. But that's not why I'm here." Doyle said.
"Then why are you here?"
"I know you're one of the brainiacs on your team. Has Reagan told you anything about what she's been doing for her to look that tired?"
"I honestly don't know." Myron said.
Doyle sighed. "Alright. Well, if you don't know, there's not much I can really do. Thanks."
"You're welcome! Sorry I couldn't be much help."
"You're good kid!" Doyle said, reassuring with, with a thumbs up at the end.
***Confessional***
Doyle:
"I honestly thought about going to talk to Molly about this. But I changed my mind. Look, she looks like a great kid and all. And someone who'd genuinely try to help. But I feel like she'd try too hard to help and make things worse. I'd rather keep this to myself."
***End Confessional***
Boat 2: Storm Kings(Standard Class)
Skipper was pacing around restlessly.
"I'm sick of waitin' on this boat! I've been out of the action for too long!" Skipper said before picking up a plate and then throwing it at the wall as an unsuspecting Dewey, sitting at another table had to duck under to avoid having his head taken off.
"Why would you do that!?" Dewey said before Sebastian sighed and went to clean up the mess.
"You! Kowalski!" Skipper pointed one of his flippers at the soccer player, who was sitting idly by on his phone, bored.
"Huh?" Isagi looked up, confused.
Skipper put his flippers on his head. "You know what I mean! Soccer Kowalski!"
"Uh….."
"You've been been doin' analysis and scouting. What new intel have you found?"
"Oh. You mean what I've noticed so far from everyone." Isagi said, turning his phone off.
"Yes! That! Scouting report! Now!"
"Okay! Okay!" Isagi said before taking out his notes, not expecting Skipper to be that aggressive with him about it.
"Well, I won't get into everything, since that would be pretty redundant, so I'll just stick to some of the most important things I've noticed." Isagi said.
"I'm not hearing any analysis soldier! Get to it!"
"Alright! Jeez." Isagi said. "This guy man. I can't believe I'm about to say this stuff to a penguin of all people. Well, animal in this case." He thought.
"Okay, so first off, I'll cover the Rats. Their leadership is the three-headed monster in Hiruma, Lanolin and X. If X is anything like Bass, he's their powerhouse. Lanolin might not be as powerful, but she's not weak either. Definitely good for fights and keeping things in line. But their x-factor is Hiruma. The guy's strategies just don't make any sense whatsoever. But they still seem to have some sort of success in some way. I just don't get it. I shouldn't have to mention the part that he's just straight up crazy. Where does he get all of these weapons from?"
"Unpredictability, weapons, and a trained mind. A formidable opponent indeed. Keep going." Skipper said.
"But when you see all of that, you forget that he's a part of a high school football team. Thing is, I have no idea what position he plays. Granted I'm not exactly a fan of American football so I don't know too much about it other than the basics. But I do know Sena's their running back. Mamori's obviously their team manager. Monta's a receiver. And Kurita has to be a lineman of some sort, right?"
"I don't know. You're supposed to be in charge of the analysis, not me! You should ask yourself that question soldier!"
"Anyways, then there's Kagami, Kise and Kuroko. Kagami's got great energy. Though I guess you could say that about most of their team. His jumping and the Zone are the biggest things to note with him. I still don't know the extent of Kise's copying since he's only been in one challenge. But if it's anything close to what Haizaki can do, it's going to be tough dealing with him. Especially since he has better control of his emotions compared to Haizaki. Then there's Kuroko. So far, I'm seeing him as more of a support type of guy. But if these skills I've been told about are good, he's not exactly going to be a cakewalk to stop. I shouldn't even have to mention the crap ton of powerhouses they have like Natsu, Lucy and others. But considering we have good powerhouses of our own, that should even things out."
"Good analysis soldier. Now, status report on the Wave Breakers! Now! Now! Now soldier!"
"Right. They're a different monster. I'm not sure if they exactly have a 'leader' on that team from what I've seen. But that hasn't stopped them from being competitive that's for sure. I shouldn't have to say much about Kunigami. But Bass and Haizaki look to be more solo acts. But powerful solo acts at that. On one hand, they're good enough to deal with things by themselves. But on the other, it can cost them some games. We might be able to exploit that. Launch, as everyone has noticed, has two different personalities. One is a lot nicer, while the other isn't so nice. It changes every time she sneezes. I won't go so far as saying her nice side is useless. Other than maybe being more approachable, I need to see more. Bakura seems like a nice friendly guy outside of the game. But in it is a different story. If anything I'd say he switches to a different personality too. But that's a little farfetched. Team JET's definitely a good addition for them. Strength, speed, ice control, analysis and the ability to control and go underwater. If Asta and Noelle can use magic, that's also another very good addition for them. Their resident tech wizards are Reagan and Myron. I shouldn't have to talk about their Zak since he probably scales to ours. Same with Albedo to Ben on the Rats."
"Sounds to me like you need more data."
"Yeah. I'm far from being close to saying I've pieced together anything really cohesive yet. On any of the other teams. I just need to watch them more."
"Well, I asked for results and you gave them to me. Keep up the good work soldier." Skipper said.
"Thanks. I'll do my best." Isagi said before Skipper left.
"I really can't believe I said that to a penguin."
***Confessional***
Isagi(Storm Kings):
"I know what I said yesterday about addressing Haizaki's stealing. But I wasn't about to tell him anything about that yet. Not until I'm more confident in knowing it'll work. All I need is more time. Not everyone has competed yet, so there's still things I need to learn."
***End Confessional***
"LAND HO!" Rex yelled out.
"This is a cruise ship. Not a pirate ship." Blake said.
"Way to ruin it. Thanks." Rex said sarcastically.
"Seriously though, we are getting close to land." Zak S. said.
"Good. They better have food there." Bobo said.
They were approaching an island. A very large one at that. More than what Camp Wawanakwa would ever hope to be, having many mountains and temples.
The ships dock at the port, with everyone getting off. Well, every ship except two.
One went two far and ended up colliding with the land, while the other was too far away for anyone to get off. The boats? The Rats' and the Breakers'.
"Dude, this isn't where your supposed to stop." Doyle said to Launchpad.
"Uh, yeah about that. I kinda didn't wanna collide with the land, so I wanted to move away a little just to be safe. Besides, there's those little things that come down right?" Launchpad said. "If I can just remember how to bring it out." He said, looking at all of the buttons.
"You figure that out, I'll let everyone know we're here." Doyle said before leaving.
After telling them they had arrived, some of them took matters into their own hands and decided to just get off the boat themselves with their own abilities, gadgets, etc.
"There we go! Figured it out!" Launchpad said before bringing down the gangway. But because the boat was too far away it landed right on Ryoma and Nimona.
"Ryoma!" Ayame called out before running to try and get him out.
"What's the big idea!?" Ryoma yelled out.
"Use your power stone to get out!" Ayame said.
Before he could attempt to do that, Nimona smashed it by turning into a bull.
"You have got to be kidding me." Fiona said.
"Dude! What the heck happened!?" Chris said, hands on his head.
"This moron put the boat too far!" Karin said.
"Ooh. My bad. Sorry! I'll fix it!" Launchpad said before getting closer to land. But some of the boat ended up rubbing up against the docks.
"Okay! Okay! Stop! I think you've fixed enough!" Doyle said.
"This is your fault for hiring him Chris. And now you've got to live with it." Heloise said.
"Actually, I don't have to live with anything. Know why? Because you made the boats. You're in charge of getting 'em fixed by the time we finish." Chris M. said. This caused Heloise to groan.
"This your fault for taking the contract Heloise. And now you've got to deal with it." Chris M. said, throwing her words back at her.
***Confessional***
Chris M.:
"Oh yeah. I definitely would be upset if I rented these. But I didn't. So I don't really care. It's when they destroy the other stuff that I'll really care."
***End Confessional***
The contestants followed Chris, Doyle and Chef through a village on the island.
"Heh. Look at this place. Way more than you'd probably be willing to spend huh?" Noah said, mocking the host.
"True. But I'm not going to be the one potentially in front of hundreds of people getting the crap beaten out of them today so there's that." Chris M. said.
"Potentially? This is on TV. What the heck are you talking about?" Emma asked.
"Keep following me and you'll find out exactly what I mean." Chris M. said.
"Is there an option to not follow you?" Shawn asked.
"No. But there's an option to get disqualified for going anywhere else without permission." Chris M. said.
"I'll take option one."
"Good, you've got no choice because we're here." Chris M. said as they stopped in front of a temple.
The sounds of several people could be heard inside of it.
Midorima got Lotte's attention.
"Excuse me."
Lotte turned. "What is it?"
"Your witch hat. Do you happen to have it?"
"No, I don't. Sorry. Why?"
Midorima sighed. "Today's lucky item is a purple witch hat. I was only going to ask to borrow it for the rest of the day. But seeing as you don't have it, there's not much else I can really say. Thank you though."
"You're welcome! Sorry that I wasn't able to help you though."
"Like I said, it's fine."
"Hopefully, I won't get called on for this challenge. If I am, things could potentially turn for the worse for me." Midorima thought.
"What if this is some sort of gladiator match?" Shawn said, imagining them being chased by someone on a chariot with lions on the front trying to chase them. That someone on the chariot being a mutated bear and alien.
"Can I just say that I don't have a good feeling about this at all. Especially considering the face that we're on this show? That should tell you everything." Noah said.
"You guys. I seriously doubt this is a gladiator match. This just doesn't seem like the right place for it." Becky B. said.
"It's not. I know exactly what this is." Launch said, in her good personality.
Chef opens the door and are treated to one heck of an atmosphere. A very large crowd of people in the stands.
In the center of things was a large arena and a scoreboard that had all three of the team's logos on it.
"This is a lot of people." Kise said, looking around, a little taken aback by the large crowd.
"Yeah. Not even the Jabberwock game was this packed." Kagami said.
"Dude, this is sick." Zee said.
Whisper and Libby seemed to have been the most uncomfortable with all of the loud noise.
"Gather around right here guys. Once this is over with, you guys will get to eat before the challenge starts." Chris M. said.
A man in a suit and sunglasses, with blonde hair appeared from the other side of the arena and stepped onto the ring.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this very special World Tournament Competition!" The announcer said.
This got a roar out of the crowd, which caused Lotte, Whisper and Libby to all cover their ears.
"You two okay?" Tangle asked.
"Yeah. I'm just….. not too comfortable in such a loud place is all." Whisper said in a low voice.
"I really didn't expect this crowd to be this loud." Lotte said.
"With us today are our fighters! From the hit reality TV show Total Drama! And I have to say, I am very excited to be able to commentate for the matches in this season! But first, I'd like to shout out some of our coveted veterans in the crowd! First, Tien Shinhan!"
The monitor changed to focusing on Tien along with the monitor on the blimp floating above them. Tien was a little surprised by the ovation but accepted it all the same before noticing Launch waving at him.
"Wait a second, she's in this too?" Tien said, genuinely surprised.
"Hey man, you should go down there and talk to her!" Yamcha said, who was on the left of him.
"No. If she's going to fight, then she needs to focus. I'm sensing some pretty strong guys here. Going down there will be something else for her to think about. I'd feel terrible if I was a distraction for her and she loses." Tien said.
"Second! Chiaotzu!" On the right of Tien was Chiaotzu, who gave a friendly wave to the camera.
"Third! Yamcha!"
"Yo! That's me!" Yamcha said before waving to the camera.
"Is there someone in the crowd you see Launch?" Hinata asked.
"Um….. well-" Launch started.
"It's Tien." Jotaro said, using his Stand's enhanced eyesight and where Launch was looking to zero in on exactly who Launch was looking at.
"Tien huh? Is he your boyfriend?" Akko teased, raising her eyebrows twice. Hiruma tapped her on the top of her head with the butt of the fake gun that he had earlier.
"Loudko! Quiet! They're about to explain the rules, so listen up!" Hiruma said, revealing that she pretty much missed everything else the announcer was talking about.
"First off! Instead of a knockout-style tournament like this is usually known for, this will be a 2-on-2 round robin style tournament! For those unfamiliar with how these tournaments work, every team will get to play each other once in two-on-two battles. But, unlike previous World Martial Arts Tournaments, we won't just be fighting in the ring. We'll be fighting across the multiverse!" The announcer explained.
"Some of these places will be in Virtual Reality. Some won't. So keep that in mind. It all depends on where you'll be fighting." Chris said.
"For the point system, a win grants the winning team 3 points, a tie will grant both teams one point and a loss will give the losing team no points!" The announcer explained. "Now then let's get things started with the first round! The Rats will be facing the Breakers in the first match of this tournament!" He said as the team logos appeared on the big screen behind him.
Three boxes were brought out and put on a table. One was red, the second was blue, while the third was purple.
"So? What's the hold up? Are you going to draw the cards or not?" Karin asked impatiently.
"I won't be drawing the cards. That honor will go to Earth's Champion and winner of a previous Martial Arts Tournament: Hercule!" The announcer called out triumphantly.
"A winner huh? He must be pretty strong." Sena said.
The arena was engulfed in smoke as a shadow appeared from inside the smoke.
"There he is!" Hinata said.
When the smoke cleared, a muscular man with black hair in a curly afro, mustache, and well-trimmed sideburns was seen. He also had a cleft chin and wore a dark red martial arts gi, white drawstrings and a white cape. The crowd roared, with the exception of Yamcha, Chiaotzu and Tien.
"Great. This guy again." Chiaotzu said.
"Wow!" Monta said in awe. "A real martial arts champion! Max cool!"
"Meh, I've seen better." Launch said, who sneezed because of the smoke. "Tien's way stronger than this dude."
"PEOPLE OF EARTH! THANK YOU!" Hercule said, waving to the crowd, doing the peace sign with both hands right afterwards. "YEHEHEAAAH!"
"Here's a fun fact for you all! Hercule had decided to participate in this competition!" The announcer said which caused more roars from the crowd.
"You mean….. we've got to go up against this guy!?" Kaz said.
"Another strong guy huh? I'm looking forward to it!" Asta said.
"That's right! Thanks to the support of you all, I was able to get a spot in this great show! And as a bonus, I get to scout out the competition to see what I'm going to be workin' with! And I'll be commentating as well! So you best bring your A-game, ya hear?" Hercule said to the contestants. "Hmm, I don't see Goku, Vegeta or any of those other guys here. Lookin' good. Lookin' good. Hopefully this won't be too easy." He thought before laughing a little internally.
"But first, I head this season focuses on songs. So to hype the crowd up and to maybe get the fighters' blood pumpin', I decided to crank out one of my favorite songs! The Eyes of the Lion!"
"Wait, isn't it Eye of the Tiger?" Luz asked.
"You're asking the wrong person. I don't really listen to music like that." Toxsa said.
"This is the song that gets my groove goin'! Heck, you could practically say it's my theme song! Now, cue the music!" Hercule said.
Music was heard coming out of speakers.
Dragon Ball Z: Legacy of Goku 2 OST- The Eye of the Lion Plays(Yes, this is an actual song in the Legacy of Goku 2 video game. There's a mission where he asks you to get this song for him before he starts the parade. The lyrics are also real but they aren't actually sung by Hercule in this game. Kinda wish they were though, even if it would have just been text since it's a GBA game)
*Short instrumental start plays*
"YEAH! THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!" Hercule shouted out.
"This is his theme? Not seeing it." Kageyama said.
Hercule: You've got the awesome power within you!
It's been there all along!
Don't feel blue
You've got the eyes of the lion!
*Short Instrumental Break Again*
"YEAH! HOW'D YOU LIKE THAT!"
"This song is not good." Chiaotzu said.
"Man, this guy is full of himself." Yamcha said.
"Can't deny though. Without him, Buu wouldn't have been defeated. Regardless of how weak he is compared to us, you can't take away what he's done for the Earth." Tien said.
"True, but still."
"Don't worry though! I'm not done yet!" Hercule shouted.
Hercule: Fear is the only thing holding you back
Green pastures are ahead of you!
Move in and attack!
Don't forget the eyes of the lion!
"If he wasn't the martial arts champ, I would have snatched that mic away from him after the first set of lyrics. For such a great fighter, he's got trash taste in music." Sendo said.
Hercule: Feel the danger around you!
The black darkness surrounds you!
What are you going to do?
The eyes of the lion!
*Song Ends*
"YEEEEEEEAAH!" Hercule shouted, raising his arms triumphantly as the crowd cheered.
"Tch. Terrible song." Sendo said.
"Martial arts champion or not, he seems way too full of himself. And annoying at that." Octavia said.
"Full of himself!? Are you kidding? I'm all psyched up!" Kaz said.
"Same here! I'm excited!" Akko said.
"Now this is how you pump up the crowd! THAT'S RIGHT HERCULE!" Kaz said.
"Of course you'd say that." Octavia and Sucy said simultaneously.
"NOW THEN! WHO'S READY TO GET THE FIGHTS STARTED?" Hercule shouted.
The crowd roared again.
"WE ARE!" Akko, Hinata and Kaz shouted.
"THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT! Now, I'm going to draw cards. One from each team's respective boxes. When I call your name, step up to the ring and prepare for battle!" Hercule said. "Falcon! Blaineley! You're up!"
"Nice!" Falcon said.
"This has to be a mistake! Redraw!" Blaineley said.
"What's the matter lameley? Scared you'll get creamed?" Courtney taunted.
"Of course not! Even with that power stone, there's no guarantee he'll win." Blaineley said.
"Hey, what's goin' on? Get to drawin' the second names already!" Sendo said.
"That's where these two come in! I need these two to pick their partners! Any partner on their team!" Hercule said. "So, if you're a little nervous, be sure to pick someone strong to help ya out! Just keep in mind that once you fight once, you can't fight again! Wouldn't want one strong guy to curbstomp everybody. That'd be boring!"
"Ryoma!" Blaineley said.
"Ryoma huh? Not a bad choice." Falcon said. "Let's see… Natsu! Think you can give me a hand?"
"Are you kiddin'? Yeah!" Natsu said, excited to be able to join the fight.
"We will prevail Falcon!" Ryoma said.
"We'll see about that." Falcon said, a confident smile on his face as they got into a fighting stance, both preparing to take out their stones to transform.
"Hold on a sec guys! This first match is goin' VR!" Chris M. called out. "Also, confessionals are inside! Everyone else can go in and eat."
"Wait what!?" Falcon said.
"Oh no. I completely forgot I haven't eaten!" Ryoma said with agony before he felt his stomach grumbling. He looked down.
"Ignore those grumbles and get ready to fight!" Blaineley said.
"You're askin' a lot there lady." Natsu said.
"The stations are also inside. When you walk in, you should be able to see them. Take a seat and we'll get started." Chris M. said.
The four went in and noticed the stations.
"Wait a sec. These chairs are how we're gonna fight? I don't get it." Natsu said.
"It's… kinda hard to explain. You'll sit in these and you'll get teleported to another world. That's the best I can really give." Falcon said, not forgetting the fact that he didn't exactly a hundred percent understand how the stations worked himself.
"Don't worry guys. When you're inside, you won't have to worry about it." Doyle said.
"Hope you're right. But I think I kinda get it. These chairs are like teleporters." Natsu said.
"Sure. Let's go with that." Doyle said.
All four sat down on the chair as helmets were lowered over their heads, covering their eyes.
Round 1: Falcon and Natsu(Rats) VS Blaineley and Ryoma(Breakers)
Stage: Sky Arena(3 Platform Variant)(Steven Universe/Multiversus)
Battle Type: KO Battle: First team to 4 knockouts wins
As the four appeared on the stage, they were on a platform, with 3 smaller platforms above them. One on the right side of the arena, one on the left, and one on elevated the highest In the background was an arena, but the stands to spectate were empty. Falcon and Natsu appeared on the left while Blaineley and Ryoma appeared on the right.
World Tournament Announcer: "All right you four! This fight will be a first to 4 KOs match! Knock your opponents off the stage four times and you win!"
Hercule: "Are you ready!?"
…..
Hercule: "FIGHT!"
Music of Multiversus – Steven Universe: Sky Arena plays
Falcon realized his stone was gone. So did Ryoma. "Great. My stone is gone." Falcon said.
Numbers could be seen above their heads. All four were currently at zero. Above the numbers for Falcon and Ryoma were also three empty silhouettes of diamond shapes.
"Let's do this!" Natsu said, eagerly running at the two opposing team members.
The spectators were also able to see pictures of each team member along with their names and the same numbers next to them as well. Behind Ryoma and Falcon's portraits was a diamond emblem. Blaineley's portrait had the stylized "TD" letters behind it as an emblem while Natsu had his guild's emblem. None of these, except for the numbers seen on top of their heads and the diamond silhouettes could be seen by the four fighters.
"Not exactly many places I can hide. Well, if we do lose, I can at least say I tried and I might be spared." Blaineley thought before deciding to just go for it and fight.
She decided to jump and perform a flying kick at Falcon, which caught him off guard, raising Falcon't number on top of his head to 8%.
World Tournament Announcer: "It looks like those numbers are starting to increase! Hercule! Do you have any idea what these mean?"
Hercule: "I'm guessin' that's how much damage they take before they're knocked out. So once you get to 100, you're done!"
"Huh. You're not bad. Or maybe it's the VR." Falcon said to Blaineley. "Either way, you won't catch me off guard like that again!"
"We'll see about that fossil." Balineley said confidently. "Now that I know I can hurt him, I can put my hand to hand combat training to good use!"
As the four continued to battle, Luz appeared on the arena and grabbed the microphone away from Hercule.
Luz: "You're close, but that's not entirely correct."
World Tournament Announcer: "What's this? Someone has suddenly appeared on the arena! Care to explain your reasoning?"
Hercule: "And it better be a good one! I don't just let anybody take this mic outta my hands!"
Luz: "Trust me, it is. And, sorry for just snatching the mic out of your hands like that. Got a little carried away. But anyways, those numbers are their percentages. The higher the numbers are, the further they're knocked back. So look at Blaineley's number right now. She's at thirty-, well now forty-three percent. If she gets hit again, she'll get knocked back further than normal."
As she says this, Falcon tries to throw her but Blaineley slaps his hand away.
"Hands off!"
This catches him off guard and she uses this opportunity to trip him up, causing him to fall to the ground.
Luz: "It's hard to notice at some of the lower percentages, but if you just keep watching, you'll see exactly what I mean."
Hercule: "I'm willin' to give you a chance since you apologized. But I have to ask. How in the world do you know this? You don't exactly look like a fighter you know."
Luz: "I'd say don't underestimate me, but, I might not be in this challenge anyway. But if you want to know, it's because of played Smash."
"Take this!" Natsu said before performing a flame-fisted punch on Ryoma, which he barely dodged. Ryoma took this opportunity to attack back with several slices before knocking him in the air to continue the barrage. While it raised his damage number, it was nowhere close to being enough of a combo to knock him out.
Hercule: "Smash? What the heck is that?"
Luz: "Super Smash Brothers. It's a video game."
Hercule: "You kids and your video games. I'll have you know that I don't have time for that childish stuff anymore!"
World Tournament Announcer: "That's right! That's because Hercule is busy training hard and improving his martial arts skills!"
Hercule: "Yep! Can't afford to get rusty!"
Natsu struck back with a combo of his own, hitting Ryoma with heavy-hitting blows. Even if the damage was starting to show as he was approaching 100%, to his credit, Ryoma was standing his ground.
"You're good. But I won't quit yet!" Ryoma said.
"Don't think I'm gonna let up either!" Natsu said.
Blaineley was faring a lot better than expected versus Falcon. By no means was he a bad fighter. It's more of a credit to how much Blaineley has legitimately trained for this season.
"It seems like you're nothing without that stone of yours. And to think I was actually worried about having to fight you." Blaineley said.
"Huh?"
"Looks like all of those blows to the head are getting to you."
"Oh I heard you. I just have no idea what you're talking about with that last part. But that first one? I may not be Ryoma, but I'm more than just my stone!"
Falcon started to get more aggressive with his attacks. But it was over-aggressive. It allowed for Blaineley to counter him every time.
"Oh no! Falcon!" Ayame called out.
"What do you mean 'oh no'? We're winning!" Dan said.
"Well yeah but, I don't want to see him get hurt!"
"He'll be fine. Besides, it's VR you idiot." Zak M. said.
"You're acting like I'm supposed to know what that means." Ayame said.
"Oh right. You're one of those outdated dinosaurs from….. what year are you guys from again?" Zak M. asked.
"19th century." Karin said.
"Doesn't tell me the year but, close enough." Zak M. said.
After dodging another potentially fatal blow from Natsu, Ryoma looks as if he found an opening.
"Now! It's over!"
As he unsheathes his longer katana, Natsu, with pure strength, stops the fatal slice with his right hand and uses his free fist to punch him square in the cheek, sending him flying out of the stage.
A few seconds later, Blaineley sends Falcon upwards with a kick off the stage.
Breakers: 1
Rats: 1
World Tournament Announcer: "Wow! While Natsu shows incredible strength, Blaineley uses strategy to outplay Falcon! Any thoughts on this Hercule?"
Hercule: …..
"I mean. It can't be too bad. It's just fire fists. If that samurai can dodge it, I can." He thought, not hearing the Announcer at all.
World Tournament Announcer: "Uh, Hercule?"
Hercule: "Huh? Oh! Sorry! I was just so into the fight that I didn't hear you."
Falcon and Ryoma, on two different floating platforms were brought back onto the stage.
World Tournament Announcer: "I was saying, what are your thoughts about what just transpired?"
Hercule: "Oh! Well, I think it was a pretty good strategy on Blaineley's part. Baiting Falcon into doing some rather sloppy attacks because of his emotions. And Natsu? Oh boy. That is just pure strength if I've seen any. If I were Ryoma, I'd be angry right now and want to fight back."
World Tournament Announcer: "I see. Thank you for the wise commentary Hercule! Even though they can't hear you, let's see if Falcon and Ryoma can learn from their mistakes."
Though at the moment, Ryoma and Falcon were actually fighting each other.
"I've been waiting for this fight for ages Falcon!" Ryoma said, an excited grin on his face.
"Dude, we kinda already fought. Even if it did end in a tie." Falcon said.
"You know what I mean! And wait a second! You said yourself that I-" Ryoma said, annoyed before realizing that Falcon was gone.
"He can't have disappeared."
Falcon tapped on his shoulder twice, which caused Ryoma to, instead of the normal turn around, to perform a sweep in an attempt to trip up Falcon. But he did a quick hop over the attempt and then performed a knee in the air in Ryoma's face, sending him backwards.
"Huh. You know for a second there I thought-" Falcon started before it suddenly felt as if there was an incredible force around them as Natsu sent Blaineley flying out of the arena.
Rats: 2
World Tournament Announcer: "And Natsu notches another point for the Rats! There's no doubt that this competitor has some muscles on him!"
Hercule: "Yeah. Hopefully he's not too strong. Or I might be in trouble."
World Tournament Announcer: "What was that?"
Hercule: "Yeah! That's what I'd say if I decided to slack off. But tough luck for him! 'Cause I haven't!"
Blaineley reappeared as items started to drop on the ground.
"You'll pay for that!" Blaineley said.
"Oh yeah? Let's see it then!" Natsu said as he was helping Falcon fight Ryoma.
Blaineley kicked a safe, which was one of the items, forward. When she did, it grew larger. Large enough to hit Natsu as it ascended upward in a diagonal angle, knocking him back a little.
"We've got to turn the tide!" Ryoma said.
"Obviously." Blaineley said.
Ryoma noticed the two gems that also appeared. "Those look like…."
"Power stones!" Falcon thought, thinking the same thing as Ryoma.
It was a mad dash to the stones for those two 19th century warriors. It got to the point where both started to fight each other for them too, in an attempt to stop the other from getting the stones.
World Tournament Announcer: "Looks like they're battling for those gems! From the looks of what we're seeing on the screen, these stones might be of high importance to these two! I wonder what would happen if they got all three?"
"I don't know what they're battling for, but I think I'll try to make sure Falcon doesn't get it!" Blaineley said only for Natsu to block her way.
"Forgetting somebody? Don't think you can just brush me off that easy. I'm your opponent!" Natsu said.
"Get out of my way!" Blaineley said before kicking him in the one area you do not want to get hit in, causing Natsu to fall to the ground in pain. The crowd was heard groaning in shock and displeasure.
"Cheap shot." Tien said, not happy that Blaineley did that.
"Disqualify her!" Someone in the crowd said.
"Yeah, that's definitely grounds for disqualification. And that was clearly intentional. She's outta here." Yamcha said.
World Tournament Announcer: "Ouch! That's gotta hurt! She's lucky that this is Virtual Reality and not the real tournament! Otherwise, she'd be disqualified!"
"What? Are you serious?" Yamcha said.
"This is a joke. So because it's virtual reality they're just going to let that happen!?" Tien said in disbelief.
"I guess they're using the logic of because it's not real, they won't actually feel the pain." Chiaotzu reasoned.
"Even if that's the case, that still doesn't make it any less dirty. Who's to say she won't try it again?" Tien said.
Hercule: "What a cheap shot! Even if that isn't against the rules, I can't respect it! If I was in that ring, I'd teach her a lesson she'd never forget!"
World Tournament Announcer: "But they're not in the ring."
Hercule: "Huh? Oh right. Forgot about the VR stuff."
Now it was a two-on-one for Falcon as he had to face both Ryoma and Blaineley.
"Darn it! This isn't good." Falcon thought.
As he was pushed to the edge, Natsu, who was still in pain, desperately threw an item his way. Even though he had no idea what it did.
But the item in question wasn't an item. It was a capsule. And after it hit Blaineley in the head, someone came out of it.
Assist Trophy Unleashed! Garnet(Steven Universe)
Garnet was a Crystal Gem that had three eyes, which were hidden behind shades that were marigold which were in the shape of the top of a star. The suit she wore was pale pink on the upper torso, and and had a r-pointed star on top with an orchid-colored outline. The legs were completely midnight blue and hot magenta at the toes.
She fired her gauntlets, knocking away Ryoma and causing him to have to hang on to the ledge to avoid falling off.
"Garnet here!" She said, introducing herself before adding in a melodic tone, "Let's get to work!"
"What? Who are you?" Blaineley asked, recovering.
"Apparently you didn't hear me before. So why don't I greet you with these instead?" Garnet said before hitting Blaineley with several rapid punches that a certain Stand user was all but familiar with.
She followed it up by getting ready to perform a stronger punch, sending Blaineley flying back. Luckily, it wasn't enough to knock her out of the fight.
"Thanks." Falcon said.
"No problem." Garnet said. "Now then, show Ryoma that you're stronger than him!" She said before she started to dance as music notes appeared around her. Music notes also appeared above Falcon and Natsu's heads.
"Woah. I feel faster all of a sudden!" Falcon said.
"That's your body Falcon! It's telling you you're in a rhythm! Don't fight it! Embrace it and feel the beat!"
"I'm not much of a dancer, but I know exactly what you mean when you say rhythm." Falcon said.
As Ryoma recovered, Falcon started to go on the attack, aggressive, but faster and in a better rhythm compared to when he tried to go against Blaineley.
Seeing that Natsu was still trying to recover from the low blow from earlier, Blaineley took the opportunity to take one of the items that was on the ground to try and finish him off.
"How the hell did these guys get a meseeks box?" Rick commented.
"You're finished!" She said, meseeks box in hand before being confused as to how it worked.
"Nah. You are! I may be in pain, but not enough pain for me to do this!" Natsu said before putting his fists together.
"Come on….. how does this stupid thing work?" Blaineley said, looking around and tapping on the side and everywhere else.
"Press the top of the box you dumba[censored]!" Rick called out.
"Oh forget it!"
"FIRE DRAGON-" Natsu started before being hit on top of the head with the boss as she tossed it at him hard.
"That actually kinda hurt you know!" Natsu said, rubbing the top of his head.
"Sorry! But I'm gonna have to butt in." Garnet said before trying to attack Blaineley. But to her credit, she jumped on top of Garnet's head before performing her next attack airborne.
"Well this'll hurt even more!" Blaineley said before performing a kick to Natsu's face, sending him flying and out of the arena.
"Huh. She's got a pretty decent kick." Lucy commented.
Breakers: 2
"Long distance!" Garnet called out before sending out a small arcing projectile. It then created a small electric field on the ground after it hit Blaineley. She took shock damage, but it wasn't enough to leave her stunned. The field started to gradually expand as seconds passed before it exploded.
"Natsu! Pick up the pace!" Garnet said as the fire mage reappeared before boosting both Falcon and Natsu's speed again.
More items started to drop. Blaineley picked up a TV that was on the ground. A root appeared from the TV which caught her off guard. A robot appeared. It was a microwave with a can on top of it attached to a pair of tank treads
Assistant Activated! N.E.P.T.R.(Adventure Time)
"My name is N.E.P.T.R.! Which stands for Never Ending Pie-" N.E.P.T.R. started before being interrupted by Blaineley.
"I don't care! Just start assisting!" Blaineley said, pointing to the Rats.
"You want assistance? Let me give you a hand!" Natsu said before tossing Blaineley over his shoulder.
The pies that N.E.P.T.R. threw didn't have much affect on Natsu other than causing minor damage. Because the pies were so small they were going to make him flinch. Until one of them hit his face. It still didn't make him flinch, but he could taste the flavor in the pies.
"Man, these pies taste good! If you can never stop making pies, I which I had a little buddy like you!"
"Thank you! My creator built me for this purpose. To create awesome pies! Again! And again! And again!" N.E.P.T.R. said before being picked up Blaineley.
"You are useless! You're not even really doing anything!" Blaineley said.
"But I am serving my purpose! I am doing what you asked! Why do you-"
N.E.P.T.R. was thrown by Blaineley and while it missed Natsu, it caused Falcon to have to dodge.
"There! This is the tide-turning event I needed!" Ryoma said as both were evenly matched at this point in the match.
"In your dreams! Not happening!" Falcon said before attempting to strike back. But Ryoma had fooled him. Instead of attacking. He actually had a hand on his sword preparing to parry and counter his attack, a move he observed Samurai Jack performing. After dodging the attack instead of performing the hilt block that he's known for, he caught Falcon off guard, who expected him to do the same thing. And he made him pay for it dearly. He hit him with several slices before kicking him airborne. Falcon tried to recover, but Ryoma timed his jump well enough to stop that from happening and knock him out of the arena.
Breakers: 3
Multiversus OST- Sky Arena(Match Point theme) Plays
"MATCH POINT! Breakers!" The in-arena announcer said.
World Tournament: "This is it! Match point! Can the Breakers finish this match and secure the first victory of this tournament?"
"Pie buddy! NO!" Natsu called out before going to N.E.P.T.R. who was damaged.
"Speak to me man!"
"I fulfilled my purpose. Yet am I still unwanted. Why?" N.E.P.T.R. said, on the ground.
"Is he really getting emotional over a pie robot? It's not even real." Sucy said.
"I don't think he knows that though." Ayame said.
"I don't know dude. I don't know. But I do know is I got a bone to pick with you Blaineley!" Natsu said.
"Looks like my time is nearing an end. Before I go, how about I leave a couple of parting gifts?" Garnet said. A star was seen in the middle of the arena.
Along with that, she began to dance again, increasing both Falcon and Ryoma's speed.
"Ryoma! Care to dance before we go?" Garnet asked.
"It'd be rude for me to say no!" Ryoma said before the two ran at each other to fight.
"Gotcha." Garnet said a bit of a smirk on her face.
She suddenly flew in the direction of the star before taking an unsuspecting Ryoma with her and sending Ryoma flying in the air after they reached the location of the star.
"Falcon! Natsu! Now!"
Falcon grabbed the lone power stone dropped from Ryoma that he had.
"Now to finish this! POWER CHANGE!"
"You're threats don't scare me!" Blaineley said before trying to attack him again.
"Oh those weren't threats. I was just sayin' what I was actually going to do!" Natsu said before delivering a devastating blow to her gut.
"You wanna see a kick? I'll show you a kic! FIRE DRAGON-"
"POWER HURRICANE!"
"CLAW!"
Fire engulfed several parts of the arena before sending both Ryoma and Blaineley flying out of the arena in a double knockout.
World Tournament Announcer: "And that's it! It's all over! In an incredible fashion, the Rats secure a double knockout! Allowing them to seize victory in this first match of the tournament! Hercule! Care to share your thoughts? Quite an explosive way to start isn't it?"
Hercule: "Well, you could definitely say it was explosive!" Hercule said before laughing, which turned from hearty to nervous in a matter of seconds.
"Please tell me the others aren't like this!" Hercule thought.
After getting out of the chair, the four reappeared in the arena. Some of the contestants, after eating during the match, were back outside to spectate from there with the rest of the crowd.
"That was one hell of a match." Tien said.
"Yeah. Talk about fireworks. I've never even seen these guys before." Yamcha said.
"And that's the end of round 1 folks! I'd like you four to all shake hands as a symbol of a good game!" The announcer said.
All four shook hands with each other.
"You're not a bad fighter Blaineley. But I can't say I respected that cheap shot. Or what you did to N.E.P.T.R. in all seriousness." Natsu said.
"Are you serious? None of that was even real you idiot! And besides, it's not like there was a rule saying that I couldn't do that." Blaineley said.
"And what about N.E.P.T.R.? He was basically your teammate!"
"Did you not hear a word I just said?"
"That's stuff looked pretty real to me. So I won't let you get away with using that as an excuse!"
"That stuff really wasn't real. Honest. So she's telling the truth on that part." Falcon said.
"So wait, I don't get it. If it wasn't real, how come all of that pain and stuff that I took felt real?"
"Look, it's really hard to explain. But you have my word man. That stuff was not real." Falcon said.
Natsu nodded. "Alright. I'll take your word for it. Still doesn't justify the cheap shot though."
"Oh no. I'm not saying I'm okay with that at all." Falcon said before turning back to Ryoma.
"I'm nowhere close to being finished Falcon." Ryoma said.
"I'd hope not." Falcon said, smiling.
"Next time, there will be no handicaps."
"And that is the first match everyone! Take a look at the leaderboards!" The announcer called out.
1st:Rats: 3
2nd: Kings: 0
3rd: Breakers: 0
"Now then, without wasting any time, let's start round two!" The announcer said. "Hercule! If you will!"
"All right! For round two we've got the Rats against the Kings! Let's do this!" Hercule said before pulling out names from the red box and then the blue box.
"May! You're up for the Rats!"
"Bren! You're up for the Kings!"
"What!?"
"Hey, I think you'll do great. If you've got those Monsuno with you, if anything, May should have something to worry about." Sly said.
"Appreciate the words of encouragement, but can I honestly say that it doesn't make me feel any better?" Bren said.
"No one is expecting you to be flawless." Sophie said.
"But we do expect you to win. Or else." Heather said.
"Not helping." Riley gritted through her teeth.
"Bren." Midorima started.
"Yeah?" Bren asked, unsure of what to expect from then basketball marksman because of his rather strange personality.
"Your sign. What is it?" Midorima asked.
"Sign?"
"Zodiac sign dude." Aomine said.
"Oh. Uh….. I don't know."
Midorima sighed. "In that case, that makes what I was about to say useless. All I can say is for you to do your absolute best. And let the heavens do the rest. The stars will only reward those who try."
"Uh, sure?"
"Bren. Remember, you can pick any one of us to help you out. You're not alone in this." Din said.
"That still doesn't mean you can just slack off. Regardless of who you choose, you still need to play your part as well." Midorima said.
***Confessional***
Midorima(Storm Kings):
"If your wondering why I asked about his sign, I was simply going to read his horoscope and provide him his lucky item of the day if possible. I'm not sure how he's fared without them, but if the last challenge is anything to go off of, things aren't exactly in his favor."
***End Confessional***
"Um, contestant Bren! We need you down in the ring!" The announcer called out.
"Oh. Right. Coming!" Bren said, before running through the spectator stands that was reserved for the Kings and frantically getting to the arena.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting."
"Hey! No worries!" May said.
"Wow. She's a complete 180 to Rally." Bren thought as May gave him a bright, friendly smile.
"Alright you two! I need you to pick your partners!" Hercule said.
"Let's see. So Bren has that thing called Quickforce. More than likely he's going to use that to help him fight. Rally's an obvious choice for a partner. But, I should wait to see who he chooses before I make my pick." May thought.
"Hmm… uhhhhh…."
"Great. Isagi has no notes on May so I can't make a counter-pick!" Bren thought.
"Sly! Can you give me a hand?"
"Gotta admit, didn't see that one coming." Sly said.
"Sly huh?"
"Sly's quick and a capable fighter, but not a very strong one." Mamori said.
"Robot boy? Are your weapons any close to being as strong as the other one?" Hiruma asked X.
"My weapons should be just as, if not stronger than his. Not all of them are the same though." X said.
"I will take care of it." Albedo said.
"Hey! Albedo! Come on down!" May called out.
"Good luck!" Dawn said.
"I don't need luck. When I have this." Albedo said, referring to the Ultimatrix.
"I trust your skills are at least comparable to Rally's." Albedo said.
"I'm not a gun person like Rally is. But, I do have a bit of an explosive personality." May said.
"Enough with the jokes. Just make sure perform well." Albedo said.
"Uptight much?" Sly said.
"Keep your lackadaisical attitude and your defeat is assured." Albedo said.
"Let's get to the next location!" The World Tournament announcer said before a dial was spun on the monitor. Several locations and stages were seen before it eventually slowed down and stopped on one.
"Teams! Time to head to the VR stations!" Chris said.
Round 2: May and Albedo(Rats) VS Bren and Sly(Kings)
Stage: Village Hidden in the Leaves(Naruto/Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 video game)
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 OST- Village Hidden in the Leaves plays
Rules: Health Battle: Deplete your opponents' health to zero to win!
The four were teleported into a village. They looked to be in a plaza of sorts as several shops and dojos were seen.
World Tournament Announcer: "We now begin round two! The first team to knockout both of their opponents wins!"
Hercule: "Yeah! I'm lookin' forward to this one!"
"Well, these four don't look too bad."
World Tournament Announcer: "Are you ready?"
…
World Tournament Announcer: "Begin!"
A "Monsuno Select" prompt was given to Bren before they could move.
"Huh? What's this?" Bren said, seeing the screen. All of his available Monsuno were seen on the small display that showed up on his tablet.
"Looks like I get the option to choose one. Let's see."
World Tournament Announcer: "What's this? They're not moving! What's going on?"
Hercule: "Beats me! Maybe they're thinking up some strategies. But you know what they say: Everybody's got a plan until they're punched in the mouth! So they better be ready to take the pain!"
World Tournament Announcer: "Wise words Hercule!"
"Well? Are you finished yet?" Albedo asked Bren impatiently.
"Midorima's right. If I'm going to do this, I can't have any regrets." Bren said before choosing Neo-Quickforce.
"Quit talking to yourself and choose already!" Albedo said.
"Sheesh. Someone's in a hurry to get their butt kicked." He said as the core appeared and fell in his hands. "Neo-Quickforce! Launch!"
The core bounced off one of the poles, as said Monsuno was unleashed out of it. As it appeared, Bren was suddenly teleported in the middle of the arena in the background. He could still be heard, but neither team could touch him.
"Wait. So if I'm here, that means…."
"Looks like the Monsuno's going to be doing the heavy lifting here pal." Sly said.
"Sweet! Let's do this!"
"Finally. And now, prepare to witness true power!" Albedo said before attempting to transform into Ultimate Humungosaur. Though it failed.
"What's going on here?" Albedo said before trying Ultimate Rath, which didn't work either. He even tried regular Humungosaur, which seemed to actually work.
"Strange. For whatever reason the virtual reality world is blocking access to the ultimate forms. No matter. This should still be enough!" He said before being smoke was thrown at him before subsequently being charged by Neo-Quickforce into the same pole that the Monsuno was launched from.
"Who's doing senseless talking now?" Bren said.
"Hello? Am I being ignored again?" May said before making a pouty face.
"Nope." Sly said, suddenly appearing in front of her.
"Good to know." May said before an explosive flashbang appeared right in front of Sly's face with her immediately closing her eyes, blinding Sly.
Albedo was trying to hold back Neo-Quickforce, but he was having trouble doing so.
May threw grenades Neo-Quickforce's way before they exploded, the slight damage giving Albedo the time he needed to grab Quickforce and spin him around a couple of times before throwing him back into the tree on the opposite side of the arena, hitting Sly in the process as well.
He then proceeded to charge at Neo-Quickforce like a battering ram. Well, a giant Vaxasaurian one.
"Neo-Quickforce! Time to get up!" Bren urged the Monsuno. But it was too late. Albedo already hit his intended target.
"Not looking good." Bren said, seeing that the life left being shown on the Monsuno core was decreasing. But it was at a slower rate than he expected. "That's strange. Either Neo-Quickforce is a bigger tank than I imagined or Albedo's attacks aren't doing that much." He then noticed the two portraits of other Monsuno below the info display.
"Wait a sec."
"Hey Bren. I get you're more of a thinker, but I need you to be more of a do-er here!" Sly said, trying to avoid May's explosives. Which, he had to admit, was very difficult to do.
"Right! Sorry! Sorry!"
"Uh… Quickforce! Change!" Neo-Quickforce was teleported out, which surprised Albedo as he ended up punching the tree instead.
World Tournament Announcer: "Looks like Bren's Monsuno has disappeared! Has he lost?"
Hercule: "If he did, it's a shame too. A cryin' shame for it to end that early."
"That's great and all but can we talk about how well May is actually doing in keeping Sly back?" Yang said. Because of the wide array of explosives at her disposal, it was difficult for Sly to even get in.
"Man, she really is a bomb freak." Rocky commented.
"You thought May and Rally were joking when they said that about each other? I mean they were, but they were kinda serious too. These two are borderline obsessed with guns and explosives respectively. But hey, that makes them absolute pros at them too. Lucky me, my best friends are these two weirdos." Becky F. said.
"Oh shut up. Who comes over to talk to us every day?" Rally said playfully.
"I'll remember that the next time either of your birthdays come along." Becky F. said.
"Shellshot! Let's go!" Bren called out. This Monsuno, like the rest of Team Core-Tech's Monsuno's, was blue and was a hybrid of a lizard, a bull and a turtle. Its horns are dotted with fragments of diamonds.
Albedo reverted to normal after seeing an item on one of the wooden balconies on one of the shops at the right of the arena. He did this to climb up the tree.
"Oh no you don't! Shellshot! Time to shake things up! Seismic Horn!"
Shellshot's horns started to shake violently before sending seismic waves towards the tree and causing it to shake, making him fall.
"Shellhot! Energy Ram!"
Energy charges from the crystals on its horns and sent energy at him.
Albedo changes into Amphibian and creating an electric field around itself, shocking Shellshot.
Sly tried to throw a rage bomb at May but she cancelled it out with a couple of grenades, causing the gas of the insanity bomb to be airborne in between the two of them as May and Sly created more space from one another.
"You're good. But you can't keep this up forever. I doubt you have an unlimited amount of explosives." Sly said.
"So you don't like explosives huh? Let's see if this matches your fancy!" May said before pulling out a smaller rocket launcher.
"Yeah. It doesn't." Sly said. May planted her feet and prepared to fire, waiting for the right time to fire.
As Albedo picks up the item, which was a shuriken, Shellshot recovered.
"Shellshot! Slam your tail on to the ground!" Bren commanded.
As soon as May heard this, she shot the rocket. Not at Sly, who was anticipating avoiding the rocket, she targeted Shellshot instead before she fell to the ground. This gave Sly the chance he needed to attack May with his cane, which did significantly more damage than expected.
World Tournament Announcer: "Wow! That is a ton of damage! Is Sly that strong? Or is May just that weak?"
Hercule: "I'd say it's the second. She's got those explosives, but look at her! She's got the appearance of a kid!"
Albedo, now transformed into Swampfire, infused the shuriken with fire before tossing it at Sly.
"Shellshot switch to Longfang now!" Bren said before it switched to a monsoon that resembled a saber-toothed tiger with diamonds on his back and tail.
"Time to play fetch!"
Longfang quickly runs to intercept the flame infused shuriken. However, this was at the cost of Longfang taking damage because of the flames.
He then sent a stream of flames Longfang's way, knocking the Monsuno back.
"Elemental strong furshield!" Bren declared, reducing the damage that Longfang took from the stream of flames.
Meanwhile, May wasn't exactly having success in keeping Sly away and was taking even more damage.
But that wasn't going to make her give up yet. She pulled out a grenade before throwing it. But Sly dodged it.
"Nice try." Sly said.
"Wasn't aiming for you genius." May said before Sly finished the job and removing her from the game.
Eliminated: May Hopkins
The grenade was a concussion grenade and it hit Longfang. This stunned Longfang.
Albedo transformed back into Humungosaur and began to grab Longfang's tail before swinging it faster and faster and faster before tossing it into the air harder than it did Quickforce and sent it into the pole again. So hard that it depletes his overall Monsuno's health to almost zero. He then expands his size as sly tried to attack him.
"That tickles." He said before attempting to grab Sly. But he was shocked as it was revealed to have been a decoy. Sly, behind him, then quickly imbues the tip of his cane with a green and purple aura and strikes Albedo.
His eyes were no longer red and were now green and purple along with having a cloud over his head. He put his hands over his head before yelling out of sheer insanity.
"What's going on with Albedo?" Kagami asked.
"His eyes. It must have been whatever Sly hit him with." Lucy said.
"That was the same bomb that Sly tried to hit me with." May noticed.
"Wouldn't have made much of a difference to you. You're already insane." Rally joked to May.
World Tournament Announcer: "Albedo is attacking in pure blind rage! What has happened to him!?"
Hercule: "He turned from a powerhouse to a mindless beast! He's in trouble I'd say!"
He continued to mindlessly attack Sly in a confused state, not even using any abilities. He was just aimlessly punching and trying to grab the raccoon.
"What… is… wrong….. with me!?" Albedo yelled out.
"Bren! If you're going to do something, do it now!" Sly said, bouncing off the tree and over Albedo's head, barely avoiding him trying to grab above him, which would have been a case of a broken clock being right just that once as Albedo was still confused. After landing on the ground, he found a box and smashed it. An item came out of it. The item changed from several items. From what seemed to be the omnitrix symbol, to water, to even shuriken.
"Right! Longfang! Switch to Shellshot!"
"Shellshot! Energy Ram! Give it all you've got!"
Shellshot slowly began to charge more and more energy from its crystals before it unleashed it all at Albedo, sending him flying backwards.
Albedo, relentless, tried to get up and charge at him. But Sly threw down the item that he found. It was a sticky blue substance that slowed him down.
"Again! This time add tail beam!"
The second blasts, while he tried his hardest to block them, were the final blow, causing Albedo to revert to normal.
"KO!"
World Tournament Announcer: "That's it! It's over! The Kings have won the match!"
Hercule: "Oh yeah! I guess the saying of the bigger they are, the harder they fall applies to Albedo!"
"Great. I don't feel better about this at all! May is the only one I feel confident against and even then, she's got way too many explosives for a normal person to have!"
World Tournament Announcer: "With that, the Kings even things up with the Rats!"
The standings post-round 2 were seen.
1st Rats: 3
1st Kings: 3
2nd Breakers: 0
When the four got out into the ring, Albedo immediately went to question Sly.
"That attack. I demand to know what you hit me with!" Albedo said.
"You claim to be a smart guy. You should be able to figure it out yourself, right?" Sly asked.
"Forget it! My teammates may have noticed something. I'll ask them." Albedo said.
"Good games! You know, you're pretty good!" May said to Bren.
"Heh. Thanks! My skills are finally being appreciated! But I wouldn't have done it without the help of Sly. That, my dear May, is what we call, teamwork!" Bren said, trying to perform a heroic pose with his fists on his hips.
"Well, let's see if you can keep that teamwork and win the next game." May said.
"How can you be this happy and cheerful with a loss!?" Albedo said to May.
"What? They were good! I'm not saying I wanted to lose!" May said.
"And you weren't good enough! You take only a few hits and you're already down!" Albedo said.
"Okay Mr. I can do everything by myself. If you're so good, how come you couldn't beat the two of them by yourself?" May huffed, arms folded.
"I got hit by some type of decoy and attack that confused me? It was like I was in a sort of blind rage. I had no control over my actions!" Albedo said.
"All I'm hearing is that you're not as good as you're making yourself out to be."
"So what? I'm not supposed to criticize you for your shortcomings?"
"I'm not saying you can't! But don't go-" May started before Hercule got in between them.
"Hey! What's all this here? All you guys needed to say was good games and maybe a few witty remarks. We're not gonna have all this arguin'! If you want to do that, do that in the stands! We have a tournament to finish!" Hercule said.
"Fine." Albedo said.
May pulled her right eye down before performing a raspberry in Albedo's direction as they got back to their section in the stands.
"How immature." Albedo said.
***Confessional***
May(Radical Rats):
"Jeez. And I thought Rally was Miss uptight. At least she knows how to joke around sometimes."
***End Confessional***
"Alright! It's time for the final round! The Kings face off against the Breakers! Hercule! If you'll please!" The World Tournament Announcer said.
"Marinette! Karin! You're up!" Hercule called out.
"We need these points. Win this." Kageyama said to Karin.
"As if you have to tell me that. You have nothing to worry about." Karin said.
"Put this game away. I do not want to be sharing first class with lamely over there." Heather said to Marinette.
"We believe in you. Just do your best." Alejandro said.
As they approached each other in the ring, Hercule said, "Alright you two! Make your picks!"
Marinette tried to wait it out to see I Karin was going to make a pick but she wasn't.
"We can do this all day. Did you really think I was going to let you make a counterpick?" Karin thought.
"It's like the two are staring each other down! Neither is moving an inch! Or making a pick!" The World Tournament Announcer commented.
"Well they better make one soon! Ten seconds!"
"I've gotta make a pick!" Marinette thought.
She was about to pick someone until she decided not to. "No. She's trying to pressure me. I won't fall for it! I will stand my ground!"
Ten seconds passed. "Time's up!" The announcer called out.
"All right! It looks like we'll be randomizing the picks! Hercule! Could you please draw two more names?"
"Huey Duck! Jenny! Step into the ring please!"
"Yes!" Huey D. cheered.
"You're excited to fight?" Dewey asked, surprised.
"Well yeah. That's because I get to go into the awesome VR world duh. Otherwise, I'd be in trouble." Huey D. said.
"Well, good luck. Try not get us eliminated." Louie said.
"Why would you say that? Now I'm going to be subconsciously thinking about that the entire time." Huey D. said.
Both Jenny and Huey stepped into the ring.
"All right you four! Glad to have you all here for this last match! Now then, we're going old school in this one! And by old school I mean traditional World Martial Arts Tournament rules! Which means for one, we'll be fighting here in the World Tournament Ring!" The World Tournament Announcer said.
Huey was starting to have a panic attack.
***Confessional***
Huey D.(Storm Kings):
"This isn't good. This is not good at all! What the heck am I going to do! I don't know how to-" Huey started before remembering that he had the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook and opens it.
"That's it! Junior Woodchuck Guidebook Rule #1119: 'Sometimes, it's okay to ask for help.' And oh boy, I'm going to need a lot of it."
***End Confessional***
"Hey, Marinette." Huey D. said, trying to get her attention.
"What is it?" Marinette asked.
Huey D. sighed. "I….. need your help." He said, speeding through the 'need your help' part quickly.
"You were talking too fast. I couldn't hear you." Marinette said.
"I said that I-" Huey started before Hercule started talking.
"Now then, for those of you that aren't familiar with how these tournaments usually work, which would be most of you since you guys aren't from around here, I'll explain! Now listen closely! 'Cause if you break these rules, you're out!" Hercule said.
"First off! Let me tell you what you can and cannot use in this fight. You are allowed to use your wits, your strength, your martial arts skills and your abilities! As long as they're not weapons like swords, staffs, etcetera! But, if it's somethin' natural that's part of your body, that's okay!" Hercule explained.
"Good thing I won't be in this then. Even with my strength, I might have been at a disadvantage depending on who I had to go up against." Maki thought.
"So, I was built with these. Does this count?" Jenny asked, showing off a rocket cannon.
"Uh, sure! Yep! That counts!" Hercule said, taken aback by the fact that she could do that. "She has rocket cannons!? What have I gotten myself into!?"
"So it looks like I can transform, but I won't be able to use my yo-yo for this fight. Or my lucky charm." Marinette said.
"Second! To score a knockout, one of these three conditions must be met! The first is to actually knockout your opponent! A ten second count will be made! If they don't stand up within 10 seconds they're out! The second is to knock them out of the ring! Touching any part of the grass or any other portion of the ring that isn't this part here means you're eliminated! And third! If you give up, you're also automatically out of the match!"
"And finally! You cannot go for low blows or pokes in the eye! Only way it'll be overlooked is if it was legitimately on accident! And the most important rule of all! You absolutely cannot kill anyone! If you break any of these rules you're disqualified! Does everybody understand these rules?"
"Yes." All four combatants said simultaneously.
"All right! Well then, good luck and let's have a good fight!" Hercule said before both he and the World Tournament Announcer stepped out of the ring.
"By the way, I could care less about you breaking the other rules. But if you kill anyone, you're eliminated! I don't mean from this challenge, I mean from the entire season! So keep that in mind! I don't care if it's on accident or not! You're gone!" Chris M. said.
The four fighters waited for the signal to start.
Round 3: Huey D. and Marinette(Kings) VS Karin and Jenny(Breakers)
"I'll try my best to help you out, but you have to do your best to try and last." Marinette said to Huey D.
"I'll try." Huey D. said.
"If your teammate is all but accepting the fact that he's a burden, I doubt you'll win." Karin said.
"Even if he can't fight, I won't go as far as saying he's a burden!" Marinette said.
"Ready Marinette?" Tikki asked, appearing.
"Ready. Tikki! Spots on!"
World Tournament Announcer: "Round 3 of the final match begins now! Will the Breakers be able to win this match and avoid elimination? Or will the Kings seal their victory in this tournament?"
Hercule: "Elimination? What the heck are you talking about?"
World Tournament Announcer: "I assume you've never watched the show or was explained the rules of it."
Hercule: "Nope! I have not! I've been too busy training! You think I'd waste my time watching reality TV like these other slackers?"
World Tournament Announcer: "Wow! Another testament to Hercule's incredible work ethic! Okay then, I'll explain the rules right after this! Now then, fighters, are you ready?"
…..
…
World Tournament Announcer: "Begin!"
"Hey uh, think you can go easy on a beginner?" Huey asked.
"Sorry, not a chance." Jenny said before immediately running towards him to attack him.
Karin and Ladybug were already engaging each other in hand-to-hand combat as Jenny chased Huey.
World Tournament Announcer: "As Karin and Marinette engage in martial arts, Jenny is playing cat and mouse with Huey! Something tells me though that this isn't a strategy to tire Jenny out on Huey's part."
"Welp, we lost." Louie said.
"Are you really giving up already? The match just started." Isagi asked.
"And I thought you were supposed to be one of the smart guys on this team. Look at him!" Louie said. "I would have just poked them in the eyes and had Marinette take care of it, but Huey's got way too much of a moral compass to do that."
"As much as I hate to admit it. Louie's right. Unless Huey can figure something out, he doesn't have much of a chance." Isagi thought. "No. If no one else is willing to be that voice. Then I will!"
"Yeah, I'm not going to waste any more time trying to chase after you." Jenny said before going for it and flying after Huey.
"HUEY! I'M DISAPPOINTED IN YOU! AND TO THINK I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE BEST OF THE THREE OF YOU! GUESS I WAS WRONG! IN FACT, I'D SAY YOU'RE THE WEAKSEST LINK ON THIS TEAM! AND YOUR BROTHERS!" Isagi called out.
"Uh, what are you doing?" Dewey asked, genuinely confused.
Huey D. stopped. "Junior Woodchuck Guidebook Rule Number 642! A team is only as strong as its weakest link!"
Jenny flew towards Huey. He jumped over Jenny and covered her eyes.
"Marinette!" Huey called out before Jenny immediately grabbed her and threw him.
Ladybug jumped over Karin. But to her credit, she kicked upwards higher than what Marinette expected, kicking her in her stomach, very close to the midsection and denying her.
World Tournament Announcer: "Wow! Denied! What flexibility from Karin! A potentially KO and tournament saving denial from her. Meanwhile, Huey is out of the match!"
Eliminated: Huey Duck(Kings)
"Well? Do you surrender?" Karin asked.
"No way!" Ladybug said.
Hercule: "2v1 now. Let's see what sh-
"Well guess what? It's happening today! All of our victories have been through some odd once-in-a-million years occurrence! And I'm sick of it!" Jenny stared before bringing out a megaphone and speakers. "I'm tired of LOOOOOSSIIIING!"
This caused everyone in the arena to cover their ears including Tien, Yamcha and Chiaotzu.
"I want FIRST CLASS!" Jenny shouted before grabbing Marinette and throwing her out of the entire arena. "And I want to earn it!"
Marinette had to use her yo-yo to hang on to one of the sides of the temple and swung her way back to where the arena, and seconds later, the ring was.
"Wow." Falcon said.
"Least she's vocal about what she wants." Rei saidm not sure of whether to respect it or to be annoyed by it.
Several people's ears were ringing. And it took several seconds before anyone could hear what anyone else was saying. The only ones that recovered quickly were X, Axl, Zero and Bass.
"W-w-what just happened? I couldn't hear a thing!" Hercule said, a shocked look on his face.
"From what we saw earlier, it looked like Marinette was thrown out of the temple!" The World Tournament Announcer.
"So that counts as a ringout right? We win?" Jenny asked.
"Well actually, the opponent has to actually touch an outside part of the ring! So, let's check the replay to see what happened!" The Announcer said.
The replay was shown. The blimp camera caught a glimpse of a yo-yo on the temple. Zoomed in, it was revealed to have been Ladybug's.
"And that confirms it! Due to Ladybug's contact with the outside of the arena, and her use of equipment with her yo-yo, Ladybug is out of the fight! That means, Jenny and Karin win the match!" The World Tournament Announcer said. No one even wanted to cheer as loudly because of what just happened with Jenny.
"At least warn me that you were going to do that." Karin said to Jenny.
"Sorry." Jenny said. "Sorry everyone! Same to you Huey! I didn't mean to throw you that hard!"
"Take a look at the standings folks! We have a three-way tie!" The Announcer said.
Standings:
1st: Breakers 3
1st: Rats 3
1st: Kings 3
"So we all win?" Huey D. asked.
"Looks like we're all safe." Bren said.
"Nope! You really thought I was going to let all of you go scot-free?" Chris said. "No way! Don't think you're just going to get reward challenges if you simply tie it up. No. We're going to sudden-death!"
***Confessional***
Huey D.(Storm Kings):
"Sudden death!? Uh oh. So we're still in danger of getting eliminated! Please let us win. Please! Please! Please!"
***End Confessional***
"Wasn't expecting this one! Chris, explain how this is gonna work." Hercule said.
"We're going to do one more! All three teams will compete! VR style! When I call your name, come up and represent your team for this final match! You'll get to pick your partners again for this one." Chris said.
"Hiruma! Louie! Chris! You're up! Go ahead and pick your partners!"
"Pepzee man! Let's go!" Hiruma said.
"Me? You serious?" Zee asked, surprised.
"Well? Quit wasting time! Let's go!"
"Hmm…." Louie said, looking around at his teammates. "Hey Din. Wanna give me a hand?"
"Uh….. Asta!" Chris P. called out.
"WHAT!?" Dan shouted in disbelief.
"Sorry! I just thought it'd be fair to give the new guys a chance." Chris P. said.
"I'll try my best! You have my word!" Asta said to his teammates.
"I honestly have no idea what Hiruma was thinking picking Zee. Like it's a fighting challenge. Maybe pick someone who can fight?" Louie said to Din as they all headed to the VR stations with two extra chairs being rolled out.
"If he chose him, he did it for a reason. Don't underestimate him." Din said.
"Pfft. You're just being way too serious about this dude. Then again, that's what makes you good at this stuff! Exactly why I picked you." Louie said.
***Confessional***
Louie(Storm Kings):
"Seriously though. Unless he's got some super secret power I'm not too worried. If it was someone like Kuroko, then I'd be worried."
***End Confessional***
"Let's have a good fight!" Asta said to the opposing team members.
Hiruma gave him a devilish grin before switching to a friendly smile and shook hands with him.
"Huh. At first, I thought he'd be scary with that grin he had. But I guess he's not so bad after all." Asta thought.
They all sat down and began to enter the virtual world.
Final Round: Hiruma & Zee(Rats) VS Din & Louie (Kings) VS Chris P. & Asta (Breakers)
Location: Haunted Mansion(Scooby-Doo/Multiversus)
Rules: Special Battle: Complete conditions and then declare "I am the champion" to win!
The six appeared in different parts of the mansion. Although the back of the mansion was completely removed, which allowed everyone to see the action that was about to unfold. There were two levels on the top left and right on the ceiling of the house. Two sets of stairs were seen in the middle of the arena along with paintings of classic Scooby-Doo villains The creeper and The Ghost of Redbeard but neither the stairs or paintings could be interacted with by any of the competitors.
World Tournament Announcer: "This is it! This is for all the marbles! Whoever takes this battle, takes first place! For this battle, you'll need to score two knockouts! Once this happens, a rope with a microphone with a microphone attached to it will appear! Get to this part, grab the microphone and declare 'I am the champion' and win! Keep in mind though that you must be standing in that designated area for it to count! Standing anywhere else won't grant you the victory!"
Hercule: "All right! I'm ready to get this started!"
"If he honestly thinks that weakling is going to help him he's sadly mistaken." Urien commented, referring to Zee.
"Yet another odd pick. This one makes even less sense. But considering what's happened so far with him, that's what makes me worried." Isagi thought as he looked at Hiruma, who was in his red football jersey with white pants to complete the uniform. The jersey had the number 1 on it in white. But he also strangely sported a bandoleer over the jersey with machine gun bullets on it and a rocket launcher on his back. He also had a rifle in his right hand.
"And… what the heck is going on with Chris?"
Chris P. was wearing metal armor and a stinger on his back.
…
Hercule: "Fight!"
Multiversus OST- Scooby's Haunted Mansion Plays
The second the match started, items started to appear on the ground.
Asta, Grimoire open, elected to use his Demon-Slayer sword.
"Hey! That looks pretty cool!" Asta said to Chris P.
"Thanks! You can call me the 'Steel Scorpion'! With my trusty 'Stinger of Jus-" Chris' monologue was interrupted by a stream of flames, which caused him to have to frantically duck. The source was from Hiruma, who was using dual flamethrowers.
Instead of matching him, Din used the environment to his advantage and used one of the items that was near him. It was another safe. One that when he kicked it, grew in size and was unaffected by the flames streaming out of Hiruma's flamethrowers, causing him, Zee and the two Breakers to have to avoid it to avoid getting hit.
"Hey! So uh, I know you picked me and all but like, is there anything you need me to do?" Zee asked.
"Easy! Just have fun! And win!" Hiruma said with a devilish grin on his face.
"You got it man!" Zee said, a smile on his face before running to catch up on the action and pick up an item.
"That's it? If that was the case, he should have picked someone stronger. Not that I'm complaining of course." Alejandro said.
"So all we have to do is score two knockouts right? Sounds easy enough!" Asta said before coming to attack Din and Louie.
While Asta was attacking Louie, Chris was about to attack Din, Hiruma and Zee.
"Prepare for my stinger of Justice!" Chris declared before attacking with his tail. Though Din used his fiber-cord to pull back the "Stinger of Justice" and caused Chris to fall.
"I never really got why people have to say the names of moves out loud. Doesn't that ruin the element of surprise?" Reagan commented, now fully awake.
"That's 'cause you've never been a superhero. It's cool!" Toxsa said.
"Like you've been one? Outside of you role-playing with friends or something?"
"If I was why the heck would I tell you? Superhero identity 101. Don't reveal it unless absolutely necessary. A rule that most of these guys here broke. 'Cept for Becky. Don't think she saw that one comin'."
"Like I said, it's stupid. Even in TV it's kinda dumb. I mean seriously does no one in these shows or anime just think, 'Hey the hero is calling out a move or transforming. Let me interrupt it or get out of the way'. Is it just me? Am I just looking into this too much?"
"Second one, definitely." Randy said.
Asta continued to relentlessly attack Louie.
"Jeez dude. Do you ever stop swinging that thing?" Louie asked.
"If you're asking me to hold back, I'm sorry but I can't do that! I promised I'd give it my best!" Asta said.
"Yeah, I can clearly see that." Louie said after being knocked by three consecutive hits by his sword.
"Hey I got this steering wheel! Now, where's the-" Zee started before a car appeared. He was suddenly driving the Batmobile!
"Way too cool!" Zee said.
"Wait a sec. He's driving the Batmobile!?" Zak S. said in utter surprise.
"I don't get it." Weiss said.
"Yeah. What is so special about it?" Rook asked.
"The Caped Crusader? The comic book superhero? You mean you never heard of him?" Ben asked.
"I haven't either." Reimu said.
World Tournament Announcer: "Well, Hiruma told him to have fun, and it certainly looks like he's doing it!"
"I guess it makes sense honestly." Priya commented.
"What are you talking about?" Tangle asked.
"Well, Zee is definitely one of the more….. chill competitors here. So in hindsight, Hiruma's just asking him to be well….. himself! And have fun! Which is his strength." Priya explained.
"I still don't get it though. He still could have picked someone stronger. No offense. But why Zee?" Emma asked.
Zee was driving through the arena left and right, causing him to damage any of the contestants that he hit except for Hiruma, who jumped on top of the Batmobile and started to shoot an assault rifle on top of it, laughing maniacally as he did so.
"Talk about teamwork!" Asta said.
Din, using his jetpack, stayed airborne to avoid the chaos and shot from high up above with his blaster pistol, shooting at Asta who blocked the shots with his sword.
"Chris! Use your tail to throw me!" Asta said.
"You got it!" Chris said before tossing Asta with his stinger.
Din flew out of the way to avoid getting hit by Asta.
"Too bad. I was never aiming for you!" Asta said before bouncing off the roof and going downwards at an awkward, but quick angle, which caused Zee to panic and lose control of the Batmobile as it was flying in the air, also causing Hiruma to fall off. Zee decided to book it and jump out of the Batmobile as, with no driver, slowly descending before it went over the right edge of the arena fell off stage.
"Again!" Asta called out.
Chris expanded his tail and threw him again, with him picking up more speed.
Din and Louie, with the latter scavenging items, targeted Chris.
Chris blocked the blaster shots with his tail.
"Ha! That tickles!" Chris taunted.
Asta continued to bounce around the arena, sometimes hitting the levers on each side of the arena, causing parts of the floor to fall down and sometimes be brought back up every time they were hit.
"Dude's literally a pinball machine!" Zee said, trying to take cover as Asta continued to bounce around, which had him continue to gradually increase.
"Pepzee man! Hand me a-" Hiruma started before he disappeared. His rifle fell to the ground. He was… a walking cooked chicken!
World Tournament Announcer: "Wow! Check out these wacky items! Hiruma has been turned into a chicken!"
Hercule: "Look at all of these tricks! Too bad this stuff can only be done with Virtual Reality! But I gotta say, seeing this is getting me hungry!"
"Dude! You've been turned into a chicken! A roasted, sugar-free gum-smelling chicken!" Zee said to Hiruma.
Hiruma waddled over and tried to get Zee's attention, which worked.
"Don't worry dude! I got you man!" Zee said before picking up his gun and pointing it at the one responsible: Louie.
"No you don't." Louie said before starting to toss items, one of them being an anvil, which hit Zee in the face ,causing him to shoot bullets everywhere, adding more to the chaos that was happening around them. But even within all of that chaos, Din was able to shut down Asta with his fibercord whip, at the cost of him being dragged along as well as he tried to pull him to get him to slow down.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on if you were Din or Asta, the rodeo was over as Asta bounced at an angle that caused him to fall through on the left out of the arena.
"THIS WAS A BAD IDEAAAAAA!" Asta yelled out as he fell down to the bottom outside of the stage. Din quickly let go, hanging onto the edge of the stage before jumping and using his jetpack to get back on stage.
Knockouts: 1
World Tournament Announcer: "And there's our first knockout! Credit this one to Din!"
Hercule: "That kid was out of control! I don't see how the heck he could keep his lunch in!"
"Honestly though, you think that could be a challenge? It'd be hilarious." Chef asked Chris.
"You know what? That is a good idea. Noted." Chris M. said.
"Really? Is that really all you're going to do? Just sit there and spam? For shame man." Chris P. said to Louie.
"Easy way to stop it dude. Just get around it." Louie said, continuing to lob more items and pick more up as they dropped to the ground, one of them being a jetpack.
"Still doesn't make it any less annoying to deal with." Hinata commented.
"Sounds like he's saying skill issue. Which is pretty funny since spamming takes no skill at all. Low-effort, but a major pain to deal with." Toxsa said before seeing that Zee also joined in on it as things pretty much became a spam war.
"You too?" Chris P. said in disbelief.
"Hey, if it works for him, why not?" Zee reasoned.
Chris sighed. "You guys." He was suddenly barraged by projectiles. From both Chris and Louie along with Din who also joined in. Though he was using his own weapons.
"Just spam back!" Dan called out.
"He can't hear you." Toxsa said.
"He better be glad he doesn't! 'Cause I've got plenty to say to him right now!" Dan said.
"Gaming gods. If you exist, I want you to forgive me for what I'm about to do." Chris P. said before charging to run and get items to spam back only to get barraged by Hiruma as well, who now reverted back to normal.
"I DIDN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING YEEEEEET!" Chris called out as he fell out of the arena on the right.
Knockouts: 2
A rope was seen being pulled down in the middle part of the top of the house that had no ceiling. On it was a microphone. A platform was also lowered down.
"There it is! That must be the mic you have to talk in!" Huey D. said.
"Go for it guys!" Isagi called out, getting into it and forgetting that they can't hear anyone outside of the match.
Multiversus OST- Scooby's Haunted Mansion Match Point Variant plays
Everyone sees the microphone hanging in the middle of the mansion.
"PepZee man! Soda bottle!" Hiruma said.
"Sure man! And an extra one free of charge. Just 'cause I love the nickname man." Zee said, handing him a large bottle of soda.
Din flies up to get it.
"Chris! Throw me now!" Asta called out.
Chris throws Asta, tackling Din and denying him from getting the mic.
Hiruma shakes both of the bottles very, very, very violently before putting them on the back under his bandoleer.
"YA….. HAAAAAAAAA!" Hiruma yelled out as he shot in the air, grabbing the mic, about to say it before Louie, using the jetpack that he had as well, flew right into the football player.
"You unhinged son of a gun!" Skipper said before grinning. "Darn it! I love it!"
"Ah! Genius man! Give me a sec! Help is on the way!" Zee said before getting two bottles of soda and shaking them violently himself before the soda went all in his face before he started to be dragged across the ground.
Both Hiruma and Louie were wrestling over the microphone. But things turned for the worse when Asta got off Din, but realized his sword had cut through a part of Din's jetpack, causing him to go flying right into one of the levers. The same lever that controlled the part of the floor that Hiruma and Louie were fighting for the microphone on, which caused the floor to lower. Thankfully though, Zee who was flying and now bouncing across the room like a pinball like Asta was, hit the lever and raised the platform back up.
"Not so fast!" Asta said before swinging his sword like a baseball bat and knocking away Zee into the two just as Hiruma got control of the mic.
"NICE SWING!" Eijun shouted which caused Furuya, who was sleep and drooling the entire time to wake up the minute he heard something that sounded similar to baseball.
"I got it!" Chris said, getting the mic. "I am the cha-" Din, swinging with his whipcord launcher and using it as a grapple to hang on to the chain that was attached to the right lever, shot the mic out of Chris' hands before he could say it.
World Tournament Announcer: "What a turn of events! This final round has turned into a free-for-all! And no one is able to gain clear control! It'll be interesting to see who will come out on top of this unbridled chaos!"
Din got the mic but was hit by a snowball by Zee, which turned his head into a snowman and slowed Din down for a few seconds.
"Dude, these items are insane!" Zee said before throwing one on himself. "Sweet! I got a snowball head too!"
Asta grabbed the mic. "Got it! All right! I am the-" He was hit by an explosion. The source being Hiruma with a rocket launcher.
"That idiot. If he would have just gone ahead and said it, this would have been over already!" Hanamiya said.
Both he and Louie were running after the mic as it was on the edge of the area, on the verge of falling off.
But, Hiruma was faster than him, diving for the mic as if he was diving to the end zone for a touchdown.
Before Hiruma could say it, Chris pulled it away from him with his stinger. Din pulled it away from him with his whipcord again.
"Uh oh." Zee said before just going for it and diving for Din's legs, seeing what was about to happen. Din moved out of the way and was about say It until Asta decided to throw his entire sword at Din, knocking the mic out of his hands.
He then pulled his second sword, the Demon-Dweller Sword.
Before anyone could grab it, both Hiruma and Louie targeted the right lever, causing the part of the floor that the microphone was on in the left to be lowered.
"Those boneheads! Now there's no way for us to win!" Rei said.
"At least it's better than losing." Rocky said before Rei shook him.
"I came here to win! Not be happy with ties!" Rei said.
World Tournament Announcer: "Hold on a second folks! Another mic will be there shortly!"
Hiruma was switching weapons, taking out a rocket and a grenade, asking for a drink from Zee.
"Sure man!" Zee said, happy to give him a smaller sized bottle. "Kinda want one myself actually."
After drinking it, Hiruma shoots through the bottom of the bottle. The mic reappeared at the top of the stage, back in the area where there was no roof.
Hiruma used a rocket launcher, aimed it at the ground and shot it before launching himself in the air, self damaging himself in the process. He then tossed several grenades everywhere before they exploded not long after. After rolling out of the way, Din shot the rope to cut it down, which caused Hiruma to fall, cradling the microphone under him along with the bottle, grenade and rocket. Chris picked him up with Hiruma throwing the bottle that he had earlier away, with the open part facing Zee's direction and the cap facing everyone else. The spiral on it similar to a football thrown by a quarterback.
"Woah! Can't be wasteful man." Zee said, catching the bottle before something fell out of it. "Wait a sec."
"All right! Time to give it up!" Chris said before Louie took the microphone himself from Hiruma as He grunted in displeasure, knowing he was caught. Asta shoulder charged them all and took the mic himself.
"I am the champion!" Asta and Zee called out. Asta looked at the mic as his fell apart.
"What the heck?" Louie said.
"That's not the microphone!" Din said, realizing where the real one was.
"Kekekekeke!" Hiruma cackled, his signature devilish grin returning.
World Tournament Announcer: "That's the match! The Rats take first! And with the Kings securing two knockouts, they take second!"
"Wait, so if that's the real one, then what's in my hand?" Asta said before unintentionally pulling off the pin on the grenade, causing it and the rocket to explode in his face.
"YEEEEAAAAH!" Sendo and Natsu roared out.
"YAAAAA-HAAAAAAA!" Hiruma shouted, shooting two pistols in the air non-stop as he continuously kicked Zee.
"Are you fuc- UGGHHHHHHH!" Heather yelled out.
Aomine returned with a water bottle in hand.
"What'd I mi-" Aomine started before Courtney snatched his bottle away and threw it down on the ground as she was angrily breathing hard.
***Confessional***
Courtney(Storm Kings):
"Was that unnecessary? Yes. But, I needed something to put my anger out on. And that was the only non-living thing around that I could do that with. Just count to ten Courtney. 1,-" The minute she got to 1 it reminded her of the number of the psychotic football player and she almost wanted to pull out her hair.
***End Confessional***
"F[CENSORED]K!" Kunigmai yelled out.
"You're telling me….. that we lost…. To that trash!?" Urien said in disbelief, steamed.
"I told him to pick me! But no, he had to go and pick the new kid! Where congratulations! Look where it got us!" Dan ranted, more to himself than anyone else.
Bad Launch shot a submachine gun in the air to get the team's attention. "What in the world was that!? Again!? You mean to tell me we can't win one stinkin' game!? I can't take it anymore! I'm outta here. This is just embarrassin'!" Launch said before pushing her way through her teammates.
The six fighters returned to the arena.
"And that's the match everyone! I'd like you all to shake hands please!" The World Tournament announcer said.
"Putting the microphone in the bottle. A good move." Din said to Hiruma who only did his signature cackle as they shook hands.
"Good match!" Asta said to Zee.
"Same here man. Those swords are cool!" Zee said to Asta.
"Yo, Steel Scorpion! Nice game out there man." Zee said to Chris P.
"Thanks! But seriously though, you didn't have to spam." Chris P. said.
"That team sucks. Wanna team up and get rid of em?" Louie whispered to Hiruma as they walked back to the stands.
"I disagree. As for your offer f[censored]ing businessduck, I'm not taking it." Hiruma said.
"Hey, suit yourself. Can't say I didn't ask." Louie said, shrugging.
"So Hercule, what did you think of the competition so far?" The World Tournament Announcer asked.
"They got some interestin' guys. But it ain't nothin' I can't handle! Don't forget that I took a blow from Cell, who are way stronger than these guys!" Hercule said.
"These guys are insane! Literally in his case! Hopefully, most of 'em will be gone by the time I arrive." Hercule thought.
"Well that about does it folks! We'd like to thank the Total Drama crew for choosing this site as the venue for their tournament competition. And we'd also like to thank you all for watching! Until next time folks!" The World Tournament Announcer said before everyone started to walk out of the arena.
***Confessional***
Hiruma(Radical Rats):
"I understand how beneficial alliances would be. But without hard work and determination, alliances are meaningless in the end. There can only be one winner after all."
***End Confessional***
Tien flew down in front of Launch.
"Oh. It's you. Sup Tien?"
"I'm guessing with how you reacted, you're on the team that was last."
"Look, I don't wanna talk or think about that right now."
"Well I do. So what? Because you lose a game you want to pack it in and call it quits?"
"A game? It's been multiple games! We only one two! One of 'em was through pure luck at the end, and the other was pretty much relyin' on somebody else to come in. And even then that was a reward challenge! This team is a bunch a losers! You're a strong man Tien! You just wouldn't get it! Heck, I kinda wish you were here on our team."
"What do you mean I just wouldn't get it?" Tien sighed before giving her a stern look. "I'm disappointed in you Launch."
Launch had a genuinely confused look on her face and paused. "Huh? What do you mean disappointed?"
"You don't think I know what it means to be weak? That's why I train. Why I continue to train. You won one game. That's better than nothing. Now the next step is to improve off of that. Even if it was luck, I highly doubt that you didn't put yourself in a position for that to happen. And second, after what I just saw, I won't allow you to just disrespect and disregard your teammates' effort like that. They could have packed it in for the last fight. But they tied things up and you had a legitimate chance to win. That match honestly could have gone any way. The Rats won because of a crafty move by Hiruma. Not because your team quit. There's a difference."
"Yo! Launch! Let's go! On the boat now!" Chris M. called out.
"Tch. You didn't even fight, yet somehow you disgraced and embarrassed yourself. If you want to look at someone that quit, I suggest you look in the mirror." Tien said before beginning to fly away.
"Tien! Wait! Come back!"
Launch balled up a fist in frustration. "Damn it! It shoulda been me out there!"
Ship 1: Rats(First Class)
As Sendo, Kagami and others piled around Zee giving him friendly hits on the head, Hiruma was with Mamori at another table.
"I still don't get it though. Why did you choose Zee?" Mamori asked.
"It seems like you're slacking." Hiruma said, smiling a little. "What was the thing I said during our game against the Scorpions?"
"Hmm…"
Flashback
"You can't win football games if you lose your cool. The only part you let run wild is here." Hiruma said, pointing to his heart. "Keep your hearts hot and your heads cool. That's real football!"
End Flashback
"Jumpman, Dragon Boy and Fossil Pilot are all passionate. But sometimes that gets in the way of them thinking straight. In a battle like this where anything can happen, passion is good, but it's not the main needed. A cool mind is."
"I see! Since Zee is pretty calm about these challenges like Priya said, then it makes sense why he's the perfect choice!" Mamori said.
"It's a little more than that. If that was the only reason, then Droopy Witch, Richie Witch and Kuroghost would have been better options with their abilities. I picked him because he doesn't care about pressure. Even if he doesn't make the right decisions all the time, you can always count on him to do one thing: Have fun."
"Just have fun! And win!" Past Hiruma said to Zee.
Mamori only smiled and shook her head. As they continued to talk, X and Lanolin were at another table.
"Some plan huh?" X said to the sheep.
"Yeah. I'll be the first to admit that I don't really like his plans. But it comes from a place of just not understanding how they'd work." Lanolin said.
"Thing is, I think that's exactly what he banks off of." Tangle said, joining them with her own plate of food.
"True. Most of his plans are a case of too absurd or silly to realistically work." X said. "The probability of the plans that he's made so far working have been very low. And yet he's been able to overcome them every time."
"That's because there's one thing numbers can't account for geniuses. Heart." Tangle said. "I think that's the one thing all of the people he has on his football team have and treat just as important as skills. Passion and heart."
"Maybe you're right. I've been built to think like people but, sometimes there's just things about people that I just wouldn't understand." X said.
"Even if you don't specifically have a heart, I still think you're awesome X." Tangle said.
"Thanks."
"Still though. Probabilities are probabilities. Sooner or later, that majority percentage is going to win out. And when that high risk plan doesn't work, what then?" X thought.
Ship 3: Breakers(Economy)
Every one of them gathered together, at the request of an angry and vocal Launch.
"All right! Listen up! I know we got an elimination today! But that's not what I wanna talk about! You guys realize how many times we've lost this season!? Huh!?"
"Uh, every game but two?" Toxsa asked.
"That's right! Every other game we've been in second or last! And the one time we did win that wasn't a reward challenge, it was from absolute luck! I don't know about you but I'm sick of losing! Am I the only person here that wants to win? 'Cause it seems like it! Do you wanna be a bunch of losers? Do you wanna get laughed at by the other teams? If not I need to see more from you!" Launch said. "Or else you're tastin' lead! We clear?"
Launch left to try and get some space. The problem was, there weren't that many places to go because economy had no places to go in other than the confessional. So she spent the entire trip in the confessional, stopping anyone else from using it.
***Confessional***
Launch(Wave Breakers):
"I don't see anything I'm saying that's wrong. Who in their right mind would want to be a loser? Or laughed at? No one I'd guess. So why aren't these guys playin' like it? Do they just not care or somethin'?"
***End Confessional***
Chris called them all front and center a few minutes later.
"All right! We're having today's elimination on this boat! I need you to go into the confessional and stamp the picture of the passport of who you want to send home! Literally the same as the last time you were here! Which with how things are going now, is going to be several more times looks like." He then turned towards the camera. "We'll be right back! When we return, we'll get to the elimination ceremony!" Chris M. said.
*Commercial Break*
Total Drama Across the Multiverse Short: Victory Poses! Featuring the Wave Breakers!(And Kise, Rocky and Monta)
Kaz was seen practicing a pose along with Eijun outside.
"That's right! Now keep the angle of your arm just like that!" Kaz said.
"Yes sir!" Eijun said.
"Perfect! Now for the next one!" Kax said.
"Hey, what are you guys doing?" Asta asked, just finishing up practice with Furuya, who asked for him to be a batter against his pitches.
"We're practicing a victory pose! That way the next time we win, we'll get to do a cool pose!" Kaz answered.
"A victory pose? What for?"
"There's this racing team called the Road Busters. We met when I needed to go win one more race to qualify for the Final Gran Prix. That race was the Great Challenge Cup . And these guys were in it. They're a super cool racing team of three who are brothers! One's named Barry. Another's named Jerry. And the third one is Garry. They've got these super cool poses that they do as a team! They even have matching color-coded suits!" Kaz said before slumping. "Unfortunately, no one on my team wants to do it when I tried to ask them about it."
A/N: Think of the poses they're doing as Power Rangers-esque, since the Road Busters seems like a bit of a Power Rangers reference with the suits lol
"Sounds fun! How about I join! Teach me what to do!" Asta said.
"Okay! Let's get you caught up to speed!" Kaz said.
While Kaz was teaching Asta the poses, Tsukishima and Hinata passed by.
"What the heck are you idiots doing?" Tsukishima asked.
"Cool poses! Wanna join?" Asta asked.
"No. It looks stu-"
"Sure!" Hinata said.
Tsukishima could only sigh and shake his head before walking away. Eventually, Nimona, Toxsa, and somehow Kise, Rocky and Monta found their way in too with Kise copying the moves perfectly. And Miyuki, who tapped on them to up the pose.
"MIYUKI! YOU'RE MESSING UP OUR MOJO!" Eijun yelled, grabbing onto his t-shirt. "What mojo? And besides, aren't victory poses supposed to be for one team, not two?"
Eijun was starting to get annoyed before shaking him. "YOU ANNOYING BAST*RD!"
"Hey! What's-" Akko started.
"GET THELL AWAY FROM HERE! YOU THREE TOO! TEAM MEMBERS ONLY!" Eijun yelled out.
"We're all team members here." Miyuki said.
"I MEAN OUR TEAM YOU IDIOT!"
"Yo Kise! What the heck are you guys doi-" Kagami started before Eijun decided to pick up pebbles and throw at Kagami.
"GET THE HELL OUT!"
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!" Kagami yelled back.
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? ASK YOUR TEAMMATES THAT!"
"Guys, no need to take it this far, it's only-" Kaz started.
"WE HAVE TO GET THEM RIGHT! WE CAN'T LET THE OTHER TEAMS MESS THIS UP!"
"Yep, that about does it. I'll come back what he calms down." Toxsa said, leaving. Furuya also silently left, even though he never participated anyway.
"FURUYA! GET BACK HERE! TOXSA!"
Furuya continued to walk away.
"FURUYAAAAAA!"
*End Commercial Break*
Boat 3: Wave Breakers(Economy)
"Alright! This is your third elimination this season! You are also the only team that has yet to actually get into first class after winning an elimination challenge. Really treading on Team Victory waters here people!"
"Well it's not my fault that this team can't seem to finish a challenge!" Blaineley said.
"So you did basically nothing wrong this challenge? Sure." Zoey said sarcastically.
"I got knockouts. What more do you want me to do?"
"Knockouts or not, you still lost the round. And this challenge overall. So stats, outside of potentially saving your hides from elimination, don't really matter." Chris M. said.
"For today's price I've got these coupons for free lessons at Hercule's dojo! Signed by Hercule himself!"
"Is it expired?" Mr. Wolf asked.
"Nope! These were given to me before the matches began and were approved by Hercule himself." Chris said.
"I have no intention of going to his dojo. But hopefully his martial arts status isn't as fraudulent as Dan's. Then again, it's hard to overtake Dan for that title." Karin said.
"From what Noah has said about Dragonfly, he'd disagree." Chris said.
"Sadly enough, he has a point."
"Now then, enough dawdling! Time for the elimination! If Chef calls your name, you're safe! If not, you're gone!"
"Mr. Wolf!"
After catching the coupon, he saw that it does not expire. "Hey, would you look at that, he's right. Still cheap though. Come up with actual rewards next time Chris. The candy was actually a good idea."
"That's because it fit the theme. There's themes here people! How have you not noticed that?" Chris M. said.
"Themes or not, my point still stands. It's cheap."
"Look, you don't have to use it. Just throw it out. Give it to someone else. I don't care." Chris M. said before Chef resumed.
"Dwayne!"
"Urien!"
"Hmph."
"Still mad about that loss huh?" Chris M. asked.
"Silence."
"Yep, he's still mad." Doyle whispered to Chris and the others.
"Ayame!"
"Toxsa!"
"Reagan!"
"I'm serious Reagan! Go to bed! Whatever you're working on can wait." Doyle said to her.
"You're not even on my team! None of what I'm doing is your business!" Reagan said, struggling to stay up.
"It's going to be my business if something bad happens to you, I could have stopped it but I chose to do nothing." Doyle shot back. "You saw what happened to Cameron. Don't think that stuff can't happen to you too if not worse."
"Fine! I'll go to sleep! If only to shut you up so you'll stop bothering me."
"Julie!"
"Randy!"
"Molly!"
"Libby!"
"Kaz!"
"Despite your little antics today, you and YOUR pals Eijun and Furuya are safe too!" Chef said to Kaz. "By the way, I like the victory poses. Gives ya character." He said as he tossed the coupons to Eijun and Furuya, with the latter being sleep.
"Thanks!" Kaz said.
"See? They're not stupid!" Hinata said to Tsukishima.
"You're entitled to your opinion. I'm entitled to mine." Tsukishima said.
"Um… should we?" Kageyama started.
"Nah. I'll get him up after this." Miyuki said.
"Fiona!"
"Diego!"
"Myron!"
"Shiro!"
"Hailey!"
"Scott!"
"Johnny!"
"Gotta say Karin. That was some fine martial arts. Might be as good as mine." Johnny said.
Karin could only shake her head at Johnny's remark.
"Zoey!"
"Thank you!"
"Haizaki! Quiet day from you man! You good?" Chef asked.
"What? I'm supposed to be vocal about everything? You want me to shut up and now you're askin' if I'm okay 'cause I'm not talkin'. Make up your damn minds." Haizaki said.
"Yep, he's okay." Chef said to Chris M.
"Zak!"
"Hanamiya!"
"Hinata!"
"Kageyama!"
"Tsukishima!"
"Miyuki!"
"Kunigami!"
"Dan!"
"Nimona!"
"Bakura!"
"Bass!"
"Ruby!"
"Shawn!"
"Jasmine!"
"Noelle!"
"Blaineley! Ryoma! Karin! Jenny! Asta! Chris! Launch! You're the last seven! No coupon, no 10 mil. For you!" Chef said.
"Let's just get these two out the way now. Karin and Jenny, you won a game for your team, so you're safe."
"Yes!" Jenny cheered.
"I knew we'd be safe." Karin said.
"No you didn't." Doyle said.
"We won a game. Without us, we wouldn't have even had a chance to win the whole challenge." Karin said.
"Still doesn't mean you're safe though. Anything can happen honestly." Doyle said. "Remember, I have been in a season before."
"And you didn't even get to the merge. Who cares?" Zak M. said.
"Apparently you do enough to know that I didn't get to the merge." Doyle said.
"He's got a point. How do you know that if you didn't care?" Chef asked.
"Because I watched the season. Duh. Just 'cause I watch a season doesn't mean I'm going to care for everyone there. Like you for example. Other than the fact that you're the uncle of my loser self, I could care less about you." Zak M. said.
"Ouch. That's pretty harsh dude." Chris M. said. "But hey, who am I to change your mind?"
"Blaineley! As called out by the announcer, you did a bit of a low blow against Natsu there. Not exactly a favorable move according to the crowd." Chef said.
"A bit? She's on our team and I can't defend that. That was clearly intentional." Noelle said.
"It's not like I did it for real. None of that was real! How many times do I have to say that?" Blaineley said, hands on her hips.
"Well, guess what else is real? Unfortunately. You being safe. Take you coupon! I guess." Chris M. said.
"Ryoma! You put up a pretty good fight. But it wasn't enough. But, at the very least, you didn't do any low blows! And you're safe!"
Ryoma breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you. But I have my own ways to train." He said, looking at the coupon.
"Asta! Chris! Last two!"
"Chris! That stinger of justice is useful! But not useful enough for you to win this challenge. You still did pretty well though even after some people, *cough* Dan *cough*, weren't happy with you choosing Asta."
"Well, like I said, I wanted to give him a chance. And I don't regret it one bit. He was really good!" Chris P. said.
"Well too bad it wasn't good enough to keep both of you in the game. Because one of you has to go." Chris M. said.
"Asta! You've gotten thrown into the fire in a sudden death challenge! And now you and Noelle are up for elimination. Quite a welcome to Total Drama if I've seen one."
"Really? Why does Asta have to go? She didn't even get a chance to be in a challenge yet." Asta said.
"Group rules. If one of you goes out, then all of you do. Now you know." Chris M. said.
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Chris P. sighed.
"Time to go Chris! Better you than me!" Chris M. said.
"Yeah. I guess. Only regret is not being here longer. But other than that, I really liked that last challenge. I got to actually be the Steel Scorpion, so that was really cool." Chris P. said. "Well Chris, take me home! Or…. wherever I'm going."
"You got it! Heloise, you got the cannons installed, right?" Chris M. asked Heloise.
"Yep." Heloise said before pressing a button on a remote. The confessional changed to a cannon.
After getting in, Doyle gave Chris P. a helmet.
Doyle saluted him.
"Chris." Dan started.
"Yeah Dan?"
"Honestly? That wasn't a bad choice. But also you really should have just spammed back. That was your fault."
"And sacrifice my gaming morals? Absolutely not DAAAAAAAAAAAAN!" He was suddenly shot out of the cannon before a portal opened several seconds later.
***Confessional***
Dan(Wave Breakers):
"Did I think he was going to get to the merge? No. Did I think he was going to be out this early? Also no. I gave him like a 3-4 more episodes at max before I suspected he'd be gone honestly."
***End Confessional***
Boat 2: Storm Kings(Standard)
Louie went to talk to Launchpad about something.
"Hey uh, Launchpad?"
"Yep, what's up?"
"So, I've got this thing I've been wanting to do but I kinda need your advice."
"Oh yeah. Dating huh? Listen asking a girl out is as easy as this! One: Be-"
"What? No. I'm talking about an alliance."
"Oh. My bad. An alliance huh? So you mean when two or more people join up with one another right?"
"Yes. But not so loud. Alliances are supposed to be secret."
Launchpad lowered his voice. "Oh. Okay! But wait, aren't you already in an alliance? I mean with all of the other guys right?"
Louie sighed and groaned and slid his hands down on his face. "It's a- you know what? You think it's a good idea right?"
"Teamwork? Heck yeah man!"
"Cool! Thanks." Louie said before walking away.
He got Reimu and Todd's attention.
"Alright, you're interrupting my game. What do you want?" Todd asked, arms folded.
"I'll tell you when we're back on land." Louie said.
"Orrrr, you can tell us now." Todd said.
"Look, it involves us winning. Is that good enough?"
"Thanks to you we've gotten second place twice . I'm not sure advice from you is the advice to take." Reimu said.
"Who picked Din again and showed they could hold their own in a fight?"
"Outside of VR? Not you." Todd said.
"It's not like you could."
"Maybe. Maybe not. But at least I'm honest with myself."
Eventually, they arrived.
"Alright, we're here. Tell us what you want, now or I'm getting Reimu to throw you into the water." Todd said.
"Since you want to suggest that, I'll throw you both in." Reimu said.
"Alright, I'm gonna cut to the chase. You guys like money right?"
"Duh who doesn't?" Todd said.
"So, how about we get into an alliance. Work together to make sure we don't vote each other off and we each get a chance at the money." Louie said.
"50/25/25 or it's a no deal." Todd said.
"Deal! By the way the 50's on my end." Louie added.
"Since I'm going to be doing most of the work in the challenges, the 50 goes to me." Reimu declared.
"Pfft. Yeah right. What are you gonna do, fly around and swing your magic wand like a fairy? Like they're going to be so scared of your pixie dust." Todd said.
Reimu picked up Todd and Louie and threw them into the water.
"Uh, what is she doing?" Huey D. asked, noticing the two being thrown.
"It's Todd. He probably said or did something again." Riley said.
"Hmm….. good point."
After getting them out, Louie caved.
"50/25/25 it is. With a clause that says it can be changed if I can successfully lead us to winning at least a part of a challenge to 34/33/33."
"So who gets the 34?" Todd asked.
"Reimu. Consider it a veteran's bonus since she was here in another season. So she's definitely gotta be pretty decent."
"Decent? I got to the merge." Reimu said.
"36/34/30 then."
"Look, forget the stupid numbers, just split it down the middle." Todd said.
"Deal!" Louie said. "Annnnnd shake on it!" All three shook.
Launch ran to stop Hiruma.
"Hey! Hiruma!"
The football player, rifle in hand, and back in regular clothes, which was a red t-shirt with white jogging pants stopped and turned, blowing a bubble with his gum.
"Tell me somethin'."
"Yeah? What do you want?"
"Your team. They're good. You got guys that are tough, hot-headed. Passionate. Ain't afraid to say what's on their minds. They play their tails off! Even when they lose! But my team. It's like they don't care about winnin'. If they're not tryin' to prove somethin' or tryin' to fight somebody, they're slackin' off. I see that Libby girl talking to people on your team but she's quiet as a mouse in the challenges. I've got no clue what Reagan's doin' to make her so sleepy. Furuya was sleep for most of the tournament. Haizaki's a lazy perv. And Johnny just ogles over women."Launch started.
"I hoped that by just usin' force, that'd make them want to win. Or just remind them about the money. Who wouldn't want that type of cash? But it's not workin'! You saw the games too! If Natsu wouldn't have thrown up we probably would have lost that game too! Even our wins aren't earned! You do the same thing! Ya threaten them. Ya got guns. Ya even got blonde hair too! So tell me! Why do your guys want to play hard for you? Why do they care so much when the guys on my team don't? What are saying and doing that I'm not!?
Hiruma remained speechless.
"Tell me damn it! Or I'll get these bullets to spill the info outta ya!" She threatened, pointing the gun at him. He still did nothing before ultimately pointing his own submachine gun at her.
Hiruma remembered when someone very similar to him asked similar questions after their chances for reaching the Christmas Bowl were crushed for the final time, being eliminated in the Fall Tournament. Because American Football could only be played up to his second year, he could never hope to carry his team to the Christmas Bowl like he promised. The same goal that Hiruma has for his own team.
"Does this mean….. I did something wrong?" Rui Habashira desperately asked a silent Hiruma before grabbing him by his shirt, pleading for an answer. "Why? Why aren't your guys playing because they're scared of you? Why are you all striving to go to the Christmas Bowl together!?" He pleaded, tears coming out of his eyes. "What did you do… what did you do that I didn't!?" He asked desperately.
Hiruma walked away and took a few steps before stopping, deciding to do the one thing he didn't do when Rui asked him the same question before he figured it out on his own. "Sorry, but I can't say."
"What!? Why not!?" Launch asked.
"Because I'm not the person you should be asking these kinds of questions to." Hiruma said before walking away for real this time.
"Fine then! Forget I asked!"
***Confessional***
Launch(Wave Breakers):
"Well then if he's not supposed to be the person I talk to, then who is?"
***End Confessional***
Kageyama found Launch sitting by herself.
"What do you want?" Launch asked, not exactly giving him a friendly look or greeting.
"You said you're the only one that cares about winning. You're not. I want to win too. And I think it's safe to say the others do as well. Even Haizaki. If he got motivated enough to enter the Zone, then deep down, I'm sure he wants to win too."
"So what? You're sayin' everything's just gonna be alright after the next challenge?"
"I'm not saying we'll win this next challenge. Or that we'll be perfect. I'm saying, don't give up on us yet." Kageyama said as yelling was heard on Eijun and Asta's part as they were both exercising.
"Fine. But you chumps better not let me down." Lunch said before her nose started to twitch. "Or else-" Launch started before she sneezed.
"Oh. Hey Kageyama!" Launch said, back to her good self, giving him a friendly wave. Kageyama blinked a couple of times, still not understanding how this split personality stuff worked at all. But he wasn't going to question it. After all, how could he? At the end of the day, he was a volleyball setter that strives to win and achieve victory in what he does. Nothing more, nothing less.
Meanwhile, Heather, Alejandro and Courtney had both met up. With Urien, Eliza and Sebastian doing the same thing in different areas.
"As much as I hate doing this….. I want to enter an alliance with you. There I said it." Heather said.
"The feeling's mutual. I don't like this either. But I think we all agree why this needs to be done." Courtney said.
"Yes. One psychotic football player. If he can stuff like that once. He can definitely do it again." Alejandro said.
Meanwhile
"I don't understand why you're not more upset." Urien said to Eliza.
"Because I know that at the end of the day, I'm stronger than him. He has to resort to off-the-wall tricks just to have a chance at winning against me and others that are more powerful than him." Eliza said.
"Believe it or not, I think it'd be fair to say that his greatest weapon isn't his well….. weapons. But his mind. Stopping his antics is the easiest way to down a dog like him. He has nothing else." Sebastian said.
Urien smugly adjusted his suit. "You're right. At the end of the day, he's still garbage. Just as trash as the other one. Yes, knowledge is useful. But without power, knowledge is useless!" He said, electricity coming from one of his fists.
"In other words, it's settled then." Sebastian said.
"Hiruma must go." Sebastian and Alejandro said, unknowingly at the same time.
Chris M. was seen by himself. "And that caps off the latest episode! Next, we're taking a deep dive under the sea! Hope you're ready for some sizzlin' action on the next episode of Total….Drama….. Across the Multiverse!"
A/N: And there's the chapter! I tried my best to capture the wackiness that is the Haunted Mansion stage in Multiversus. It's fun but also rage-inducing at the same time. The pinballing that can happen with fighters, especially at higher damage numbers can both be hilarious, but is also a good way to make someone mad with how unpredictable the bounces are. One wrong bounce and you could be pinballing your way out of the stage and there's nothing you can do about it. Other times, you can survive things that would probably kill in other stages because of the roof saving you, causing the possibility of straight highway robbery at 200+ damage. It's even worse when playing with a giant character like Iron Giant lol.
See you all on the next chapter!
Character Cameos:
Hercule(Dragon Ball, a late entry contestant that was a suggestion from G-Man 2.0 on FF Dot Net)
Tien Shinhan(Dragon Ball, also a late entry contestant that was a suggestion from G-Man 2.0 on FF Dot Net)
Yamcha(Dragon Ball)
Chiaotzu(Dragon Ball)
World Tournament Announcer(Dragon Ball)
Garnet(As an assist character)(Steven Universe)
N.E.P.T.R.(As an assist character)(Adventure Time)
Character Moveset Inspirations:
Sly Cooper: Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale(He's in this game so most of the attacks you saw here were used in this game too)
Albedo: Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL(Ben's Moveset is used as a base here so like in that game, his ultimate forms are locked behind an ultimate move)
164th- Dragonfly Jones(Radical Rats)-Martin Sitcom
163rd- Richie and Virgil(Wave Breakers)- Static Shock
162nd- Cameron(Storm Kings)- Total Drama
161st- Duncan(Wave Breakers)- Total Drama
160th- Chris Pearson(Wave Breakers)-Dan VS
Upcoming Episodes:
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)
Episode 12: Win the Speedor jousting and racing competition(Legends of Chima)
Song: Unleash the Power by Finley(Legends of Chima)
Episode 13: Win a cooking challenge with dishes critiqued by Beerus, Endive, Mung Daal and three other judges(Dragon Ball/Chowder)
Song: ?(?)
Episode 14:Compete in large Scale 6v6 Crucible Modes hosted and commentated by Lord Shaxx(Destiny 1 & 2)
Song: I'm on the Moon(It's Made of Cheese) by Lord Shaxx(Destiny 2)
Episode 15: Compete in Blue Lock challenges hosted by Jinpachi Ego(Double Elimination challenge, only the first place team will be safe from elimination)(Blue Lock)
Song: Chaos ga Kiwamaru by Unison Square Garden or Judgement by Ash Da Hero(Haven't decided which to use yet)