Total Drama: Across the Multiverse

by StaticShock01

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

41. Aftermath I: Show and Fail Part 1

A/N: The talent show returns, along with the Aftermath, both being back and better than ever! Which team will prove they have the most talent?

Also, on an unrelated note for all my AO3 readers, Multiverse Edition has reached almost 100 Kudos, the most I've ever received on any story I've ever written. I appreciate all of the Kudos, support, views and bookmarks and hope to continue to write awesome stories for you all, within TD and outside of it.

(For anyone wondering, I haven't made any plans of doing any sequel seasons, nor have I really thought about it. I'm more focused on this season and stories outside of Total Drama seasons at the moment. For much of my new audience that have been introduced to me because of TD seasons, this was never intended to be something I planned on continuously doing. I still would like to focus mainly on crossovers outside of this. These TD seasons, to focus on the bigger picture, still contribute to the timeline of many of the other stories that I've already written, hence why I have no plans of making crossovers with TD seasons of other authors. It'd be too confusing for me to figure out later on, especially if any characters here were to appear in other authors' fics outside of references.)

Reviews:

G-Man 2.0: He honestly should be thankful that he wasn't on either of the other teams. Other than maybe Hiruma, who tries to see value in everyone, they weren't going to tolerate him for too long and he would have been an early boot. Some of his change is thanks to them. Although he did play a role in it too. He himself had to have been willing to change as well.

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, Hiruma, Sena/Eyeshield, Kurita, Monta & Mamori, Natsu, Lucy & Happy, Kagami, Kise, Zee, Cicini, Murasakibara

Storm Kings:

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

Eliminated:

165th- Dragonfly Jones(Radical Rats)-Martin Sitcom

164th- Richie and Virgil(Wave Breakers)- Static Shock

163rd- Cameron(Storm Kings)- Total Drama

162nd- Duncan(Wave Breakers)- Total Drama

161st- Chris P.(Wave Breakers)- Dan VS

160th- Mona(Storm Kings)- Mona the Vampire

159th- Owen(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

158th- Zoey(Wave Breakers)-Total Drama

157th - Tetsuya Kuroko(Radical Rats)- Kuroko's Basketball(Quit)

156th-Shintaro Midorima(Storm Kings)-Kuroko's Basketball

155th-MacArthur and Sanders(Radical Rats)- Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race

154th-Luz Noceda(Storm Kings)-The Owl House

153rd-Priya(Radical Rats)-Total Drama

152nd- Shogo Haizaki(Wave Breakers)-Kuroko's Basketball

Intern:

Heloise(Jimmy-Two Shoes)

Hired Gun:

Doyle Blackwell(Secret Saturdays)

Aftermath Crew:

Hosts:

Bridgette and Geoff(Total Drama)

Guest Host:

Satsuki Momoi(Kuroko's Basketball)(VA: Xanthe Hunyh)

-TDA-

*Footage from Prelude to Madness Plays*

"Listen up! Everyone off the boat now!" He called out.

"Why does his voice sound so familiar?" Rally said.

He then pulled out a rocket launcher and then loaded a rocket onto it. As more people got off the boat, everyone saw the rocket in horror.

"YA...HAAAAAAA!" The rocket was shot right at the boat making it explode, with thankfully everyone that was on it surviving.

"Dude! Why would you that!?" Chris said, hands on his head.

"F[censored]ing boats... WHO THE HELL CARES!?" He yelled out.

"I knew that voice sounded familiar!" Rally said as he took off his helmet, revealing the spiky blonde hair that was under it. He sharp-shaped eyes and eyebrows, sharp pointy teeth, and long pointed ears along with two piercings in his ears.

"Is he insane?" Emma asked.

"What was your first guess?" Noah asked.

-TDA-

"Congrats, you did the impossible. You beat out Dan when it comes to being useless and a bad martial artist." Noah said.

"So it was you who said it? Let's go punk!" Dragonfly said, going to where Noah was only for Heloise to press a button while eating, activating the parachute and sending him flying backwards before Chris pushed him out of the plane, sending him falling before he fell into a portal, crashing into someone's pool, with the people inside it yelling.

-TDA-

"Richie! And by group rules, Virgil, you're out!"

"Sorry I messed things up man." Richie said to Virgil.

"Hey, don't worry about it. It happens. It ain't gonna change a thing between us." Virgil said, giving him a fist pound.

"Yeah, yeah, skip the friendship s[censored] and get off the plane!" Haizaki said.

"Challenge: Haizaki not being a d[censored]. Impossible." Reagan said.

"Richie! Virgil! Here ya go!" Chris said, handing them parachutes.

"Time to fly. You ready?" Richie asked Virgil.

"Of course I-"

Their parachutes were suddenly activated as they were both heard yelling from falling out of the plane as a portal suddenly opened, sending them back to Dakota in front of Richie's house before Virgil broke their fall with his powers.

-TDA-

"Ooh so close. But, no cigar Jotaro. Say goodbye." Hanamiya thought as he was falling off the bike.

The next everyone knew, screaming was heard. But not the normal funny yelling or screaming from the usual comedy of the show.

The source was Cameron.

"Cameron! Are you okay?" Zoey said as several people from the teams surrounded him as he was writhing in pain on the ground including Octavia, Diana and Kageyama. The pain was so much it was to the point that he was actually crying. Ben returned, transformed back to normal.

-TDA-

"Excuse me." Kuroko started.

"Uh, this is like the worst time to interrupt me man."

"Sorry, but I'll make it quick. I'm quitting."

Several people's eyebrows widened.

"Kurokocchi you're quitting!?" Kise said in disbelief.

"Yes."

"Kuroko do you know what you're sayin' man?" Kagami asked.

"I know it seems like a surprise. But trust me, I'm absolutely sure."

"Dude, seriously, if you quit, you're going to lose an opportunity for 10 million dollars. So just to confirm, are you sure you want to leave?" Chris asked.

"Yes. I'm a hundred percent sure. I want to quit the season." Kuroko said.

-TDA-

"I'm outta here. Ready to chill, watch some TV and play some games." He said, about to get on the boat before Libby suddenly hugged him, which caused him to look down in surprise.

"Thank you. So much."

"Would you get off me already? Jeez." Haizaki said, pushing her away. "It's your fault I've gotta go in the first place. Had you not been on the ground, lookin' like a damn deer in headlights, things might have been different. Hope you learned somethin' today from all this. 'Cause I sure did." He then got on the boat. "Now let's go!" He called out to Chef.

Both Priya and Haizaki were sent off.

After the last clip played, the camera focused back on the island where a large stage was seen. On that stage was a large monitor overhead that had the Total Drama Aftermath logo on it after all of the scenes played out. Red curtains were seen behind the monitor and there was two large green sofa sets along with a red chair and a brown circular table in the middle of the rest of the furniture. A green rectangular could be seen below the table. Three sets of bleachers could also be seen. One for contestants still competing in the current season, one for eliminated contestants, and one for Total Drama veterans that didn't make the cut or chose not to compete in the season.

The two hosts, Bridgette and Geoff walked on to the stage and sat down on one of the sofa sets as the crowd cheered for them.

"What is going on Total Drama peeps! Welcome to the very first Total Drama Across the Multiverse Aftermath show!" Geoff exclaimed. "I'm Geoff!"

"And I'm Bridgette!"

"I'm sure you guys have noticed the scenery looks a little different than what you're used to for the show."

"And that's because we've set up shop right here in front of the contestants' humble abode!"

"So don't worry about having to travel. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the show folks!"

"Speaking of which, let's give the audience a bit of a rundown on what to expect on today's show. Heloise, if you please."

The screen changed overhead to a schedule of what to expect on the show, which read as follows:

1. Host Introduction

2. Interviews

3. Callers

4. Entry Previews

5. Drama Seasons Across the Multiverse

6. Talent Show Challenge!

"And that's our bucket list folks! Don't worry, if you didn't get to catch any of that before it left, you'll see it again as we cross each thing off the list." Geoff said.

"Before we get to our first thing on the list, let's give a standing ovation for Cameron, who's recovery is going well!" Bridgette announced as the monitor showed Cameron in a hospital, giving a thumbs up.

"Glad to hear you're doing well Cameron!" Zoey called out.

"Yeah. How's that leg feeling?" Aomine asked.

"Obviously, it's not completely recovered, but the doctors revealed that the injury was nothing fatal. It'll take several months, but I'll definitely be able to walk again." Cameron said. "Thanks Sly. I know I didn't yell but, I don't think I should have made that big of a fuss about it and hid it."

"No problem. And don't worry about it. I totally get why you felt that way. Still though, even if it hasn't been recent with some of these challenges, you've been a big help." Sly said.

"I know. I've been watching from here. Things have definitely been getting a whole lot tougher for every team now. The Breakers came out and had one heck of a surge for a while." Cameron said.

"Yeah. It was impressive I'll admit. But that's over now. Now the real fun begins." Isagi said, grinning.

"If this is real fun, then I'd like to know what all of that stuff last time was to you." Bren said.

"Oh don't get me wrong. Those challenges were great too. But every team has had their moment to catch fire and to struggle now. And with the late entries being done, every team is going to have to work with what they've got now. This is going to be a real test of mettle now."

"You're right and wrong about that Isagi. At least about the late entry thing. We'll get to that later on in the show." Geoff said.

"And speaking of which, let's get number one done right now. Let's introduce our new guest host for this season, Satsuki Momoi!" Bridgette exclaimed as the crowd cheered for her.

Momoi had pink hair, matching pink eyes and wore a short black skirt, white casual shoes and an unzipped yellow hoodie over a black and white striped collared shirt.

"TETSU! AOMINE! Hi everyone!" Momoi called out, waving to the crowd as she went to sit in the other sofa set.

"You cannot be serious." Aomine commented, as he and the rest of the competing contestants were already sitting in their part of the bleachers.

"With Julie still in the running for the money along with Blaineley, we decided to keep the trend with the third host going with Momoi, who was more than willing to take the opportunity." Geoff said.

"Can you explain to the crowd exactly what made you want to be here?" Bridgette said before the camera focused in on Momoi.

"Absolutely! Well, I wanted to be able to talk to Tetsu and the others while they were on the show. Sure, I could talk to them by phone, but it's a little different interacting with them face-to-face ya know? I could have easily signed up to compete for a late entry but, I'd rather not potentially take the opportunity to win the money away from them since I know how much winning that money would mean to all of them, Kagamin included. So instead, I decided to call and ask about a job for third host." Momoi explained.

"I see. Looks like all of you have a really close friendship with one another. You've even got names for each other too. That's nice." Bridgette said.

"Yeah. We've all been friends since middle school. Although Kagamin's a different case altogether since he was originally in America. But still, our relationship has grown with him as well. We're all more than happy to lend him a hand when he needs it."

"Speak for yourself." Midorima said, pushing up his glasses.

"Come on Midorin, you know you've helped him out a couple of times too."

"Hmph."

"Well, now that introductions are out of the way, let's pass things off to Chris before we move on to the next section of the show shall we?" Geoff said as he appeared on the stage as the crowd cheered for him.

"Yep. Totally not an audio track." Noah said sarcastically.

"If people didn't like seeing you guys get hurt, I wouldn't still have this job years later. So clearly I'm doing something right." Chris said before turning his attention back on the rest of the crowd.

"Anyways, I'd like to briefly explain today's challenge. I already told the contestants beforehand what today's challenge was going to be, which is rare for me I know. But that's only so everyone could quickly fill into the seats. Now that that's done and the show introductions are over, we can get into the nitty-gritty." Chris began.

"The challenge for today will be a talent show, a challenge from previous seasons of Total Drama. And like from Multiverse Edition, the team with the highest score wins this challenge. Which means, this will be a double elimination as well. So if you don't want to send someone home, and if you yourself don't want to go home, you better bring your A-game. The judges will be here soon. Now, just so you'll have time to prepare instead of scurrying around last minute I'll let you know right now who will rep your teams. Aren't I nice?"

"This is literally the thing you did last time though." Ben said.

"Yeah, but I didn't have to do it again. I could just tell you at the last minute and watch as all of you try to scurry to cobble something together and fall flat on your faces."

"Whatever floats your boat dude."

"Anyways, unlike last time, the reps will be cut in half to four each. 24 would drag things along way too much. Oh, and by the way, the judges are going to be a little stingier when it comes to points for creativity. So no, you can't just sing. We've literally been doing that the entire season so far. So don't think you'll be able to get away with phoning it in and resorting to that like last time. If you sing, you better make sure you put some effort into it to make it unique or your score will reflect that. That's all I'm gonna say. Now then, the following team members will represent the Rats: Falcon, Lotte, Yulaw and Rocky!"

"Alright!" Falcon said excitedly.

"You get to show them your special talent Falcon. Must be great huh?" Ayame said, sitting next to him.

"Heck yeah. I didn't get a chance to do this last season."

"Wish the same would apply to Lotte. She looks mortified." Emma commented, on the other side of Falcon. Below them, Lotte wasn't sure how to react to getting picked.

"That sounds great Lotte! You get to-" Libby started before seeing her friend's face.

"I think she's got stage fright." Molly said.

"It's not stage fright. She's just really nervous." Sucy said.

"With how she's been struggling in some of these challenges, it makes sense." Akko said.

"Yeah, that's why I'm so worried." Lotte said.

"You couldn't have just kept that to yourself, could you?" Sucy said to Akko.

"Oh. Sorry." Akko said.

"Next up, the Kings! Aomine, Riley, Octavia and Huey Freeman!"

"You've gotta be joking." Aomine said.

"Great! I think it's time to show off my musical prowess." Riley said.

"Musical prowess? What instrument do you play?" Akashi asked.

"Fiddle. Although, with Rocky playing the violin, that does give me an idea." Riley said. "None of you happen to play the violin do you?"

"I do." Akashi and Huey D. said simultaneously.

"Wait, you play?" Huey D. asked in surprise.

"Yes. I do." Akashi responded.

"Cool!"

***Confessional***

Huey D.(Storm Kings):

"You know, just like Dewey seems to have found his connection with Aomine, I think I've found mine with Akashi. At least with the Miracles anyway. He might not talk as much as say Midorima, but he's definitely the most responsible out of them, besides Midorima obviously. I'd say they're tied. I guess he doesn't feel like he has to take the lead as much since others like Din can do that pretty well themselves. But you should see him when he plays card or board games. He's an absolute master at them! And he plays the violin too! This is just too perfect! Wonder what else we have in common. Other than having the same color association with red, obviously."

***End Confessional***

"And finally! Shawn, Ayame, Libby and Shiro are your four for the Breakers! Good luck guys! And now, let the, hopefully potential drama, begin in the Aftermath." Chris said before walking away. Though seconds later, he returned.

"One more super important thing I forgot to mention: You are allowed to use help from other contestants that aren't competing in the show or bring over other people or things from your universes. Heck, you're even allowed to let eliminated contestants on your team help you. But you are not allowed to have people on other teams, eliminated or not, help you. Regardless of how many people help you, you'll still be scored the same, so if you don't trust someone to make sure things run smooth, I suggest you not get them to help you. That is all. Enjoy the rest of the show!" He added before actually walking away this time.

"This is ridiculous." Shiro commented before getting up, closing his eyes and leaving, with Tsukikage hovering behind him.

"You better not quit on us." Fiona said.

"This show isn't limited to only singing, right?" Shiro stopped and asked, not turning around.

"No. It isn't. Didn't you hear what Chris said?"

"Then you don't have anything to worry about." Shiro said before continuing to move to get out of the bleachers as he knew he was blocking others from being able to see.

"Wonder what he's going to do?" Hinata said.

"Whatever it is, it better be good. We were doing way too well for us to start losing again." Fiona said.

"You're his teammate. Do you not have an idea of what he'll do?" Noelle asked.

"If I did, do you think I would have said that?"

"That's the problem. How do you not know?"

"Shiro isn't exactly the most talkative person in the world. Or did you not pick up on that the time you were here?"

"Alright! Now that that's out the way let's get to segment number 2 plea-" Bridgette started before being interrupted by Noelle and Fiona again.

"I did, but as I said before, he's your teammate! You should know better than me!" Noelle shouted.

"Well I don't! It's not like I don't want to know!" Fiona shouted back.

"Then how about instead of talking to me talk to your teammate and actually get to know and understand him!"

"I did, and I have! I still have no clue what he's going to do!"

"Then go and find out!"

"You're closer! You do it!"

"I don't have to do anything! He's your teammate, and I'm royalty! Don't presume to tell me what to do!"

"So being royalty gives you the right to be lazy!?"

"This is coming from the person that let's a machine do all of their work for them!"

"This 'machine' has done more for this team than your stupid magic has! And at least I don't get flustered when things don't go my way!"

"I wasn't flustered! I was surprised!"

"You were looking pretty flustered when Jotaro hit Leopatra in that rollerblade challenge." Miyuki remarked.

"Who asked you!? Go annoy someone else!" Fiona shouted.

"Why should I continue to waste my time talking to a hypocrite?" Noelle said.

"That's it! I've had eno-" Fiona said, standing up but stumbling over the seat in front of her, falling on top of Asta.

"You okay? You should really be careful. That could have ended really bad." Asta said.

"Thanks." Fiona said as Asta helped her up.

"Get your hands off her!" Noelle shouted.

Asta was genuinely confused. "What for?"

"That wouldn't have happened if she had just gotten off her lazy butt and talked to Shiro!" Fiona said, pointing to Noelle.

"How am I being lazy when I don't even know him that well? What would I even ask him?"

"I don't know, you're royalty, you figure it out, since you know everything."

"Being royalty does not equate to being intelligent!"

"So you admit you're stupid then?"

"I am not! Unlike some people here!"

"*Cough*Scott *Cough*" Beta said, in Hailey's lap.

"What was that Beta?" Scott asked.

"Nothin', nothin'. Just enjoying a cat fight." Beta said.

"Beta, this isn't a good thing." Hailey said.

"Then why don't you try to stop it?"

"You crazy? I'm not gettin' into that. I don't think you know how crazy these arguments can get."

"I've had enough of your stupid attitude! Since no one else here has the guts to try and knock some sense into you I will!" Fiona said, pulling out her Infinite Leopatra and her Scan card.

"If you think some machine is going to outclass my magic, you are sadly mistaken." Noelle said before Asta and Ryoma stopped them, with Ayame acrobatically, landing on the top of the seats without losing her balance, taking Fiona's Leopatra.

"Give that back!" Fiona called out.

"Not until you two calm yourselves." Ryoma said.

"But she-" Noelle and Fiona started before being cut off.

"From where I'm standing, this is both of your faults. Noelle, I know you don't know him too well, but I don't think you needed to get that upset over something like that. And Fiona, I really don't understand why you couldn't just do it yourself. I mean, you're not too far from where Noelle was." Asta said.

"Also, couldn't you just use your machine to do it?" Ryoma asked.

"Uh, machines can't talk and communicate like we do." Myron said.

"Oh. Sorry." Ryoma said.

"Don't expect an apology from me. She owes all of us an apology." Fiona said.

"What!? You're the one causing a scene!"

"How is this my fault!?"

Suddenly, Shiro was seen returning with Tsukikage, quietly sitting back in his seat.

"You're back already? That was fast." Kaz said.

"There wasn't much for me to figure out." Shiro said.

"With that amount of confidence I hope to see at least close to a perfect score." Karin said.

"It's simple really. You'll see. Tsukikage is sending the plans to Myron, Jenny and Reagan as we speak. And Hailey for good measure as well." Shiro said.

"Plans? What exactly are you planning on doing?" Hailey asked.

"I refuse to sing, dance or do anything of that sort if that's what you're thinking. So instead I'm going to do the one thing I know how to do best." Shiro said.

Kaz knew exactly what he was getting at. "Race!"

Shiro could only smile a little. With those little smiles and grins being the most that Shiro would ever show when it comes to happiness.

"Tsukikage, share it with me too! I want to see what's cookin' in the kitchen!" PEL said.

Tsukikage made a few noises before its eyes blinked, indicating that it was sending data over.

"Call me a little pessimistic, but I'm not sure how well the judges are going to take racing. Besides, how exactly are they going to get a whole race course built before this show ends?" Dwayne said.

"Don't know. I'm sure they'll figure something out." Ruby G. said.

***Confessional***

Ryoma(Wave Breakers):

"Machines, pokemon, cards, Bakugan, Monsuno. This is all so confusing. At the very least, Bakugan can actually talk. And Monsuno are similar to real animals in that they can't talk. I still don't understand why Pokemon can only say their names, and how exactly those five can understand their cars. From what Myron has explained, one of Slazor's abilities allows him to send information to him. But if they can't talk, how? Whatever happened to some of the most powerful things just being related to Power Stones?" Ryoma said, holding his forehead, trying not to get a headache from having to remember and understand how all of those things work.

***End Confessional***

With things seemingly died down between Noelle and Fiona, at least temporarily, the show could finally move on to the next segment. Not long after, Rei returned and sat next to Kagami. She wore a red dress that had a yellow bow on the skirt and a yellow ribbon in her hair and red boots.

"The hell took you so long?" Kagami asked.

"I had to dress for the occasion obviously."

"I don't really see the big deal honestly. Besides, you took so long the guys competing were already chosen."

"Am I one of those four?"

"Nope."

She sighed and looked down in disappointment. "I did all of this for nothing? Great."

"I don't even know why you even did that in the first place. You're not the only one on this team so there wasn't exactly a guarantee you'd be there. Regardless, you still look nice."

"Y-you're just saying that."

"Nah. You should know by now that when I say somethin', usually, I mean it."

"Oh. Thank you." To avoid having to show him her tomato-colored cheeks by looking at him, she quickly changed the subject. "How come this seat was open anyway?"

"Figured you'd want a decent view of the show right? Saw it wasn't taken so I asked to leave it open for you."

"Wow Kagamicchi, who knew you could be such a gentleman?" Kise said, above him.

Kagami quickly whipped his head around. "Shut your mouth! I know you're tryin' to make fun of me!"

"It was a compliment man."

"I DON'T WANT IT!"

"Okay! Okay! Calm down."

"Regardless though, I really do appreciate it." Rei said, smiling at him.

"Don't worry about it. It was nothin'." Kagami said, rubbing the back of his head as he was blushing.

"Hey, smooth moves." Falcon said, nudging him.

"Shut... up." Kagami said in between his teeth. "And second... SHOULDN'T YOU BE PRACTICING!?"

Weiss suddenly cleared her throat, turning her attention towards Aomine who was sitting a few seats away.

"Practice? With what I'm gonna do, I don't need practice." Falcon said.

"Then if you're gonna stay here, get off my a[censored] alright?"

"Whatever you say man."

"You know, I'm starting to think you're getting to him." Lucy said to Rei low, next to her.

"No way. He's just being nice. He'd do that for anyone." Rei said, waving her off.

"So he'd just leave a seat open for anyone here." Lucy said, having a deadpan face.

"Blondie here's got the right idea. I'm just gonna sing. Don't expect anything special though. I don't consider myself a great singer." Aomine said.

"If we are going to maximize our score, I suggest you do something you are more suited for then." Rook said to Aomine.

"Like what?"

"That, I am not sure of. I suppose this is the case of the phrase, 'that is for you to find out'." Rook said.

"And like I said, I already found it out. I just told it to ya."

"You can do what you want. But just know that if we lose, more than likely it'll be your fault. And you know what that means." Heather said.

"Aomine, take the time to do something else. Please. Even if it means I have to help you." Courtney said.

"Oh, so now you're begging me huh? Give me a more convincing face and I might do it." Aomine said, smirking a little.

"As if. Don't say I didn't warn you. And that was not begging!"

"You offered to help me too. Tell me that's not begging."

"It's not!"

"Don't entertain him." Weiss said to Courtney.

"As a matter of fact, I won't. And you can forget about me helping you too."

"Never asked for it." Aomine said.

***Confessional***

Courtney(Storm Kings):

"Not sure if I've said this already, but he's about as annoying as Dax was. And Duncan. I just hope he doesn't start calling me some stupid nickname like they did too. Difference is, Aomine's a lot more lazy than they ever were. Even if it's not Murasakibara or at times, Reimu and Ryoma, the tennis one, not the samurai one, levels of lazy, lazy is still lazy."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Lucy(Radical Rats):

"I said I'd be in support of her, but I'm not in support of this. I'm not saying she has to do something like take advantage of him or use him. But come on. Cooking for everyone and being there to help out others is completely different from deciding to leave a seat open. And plus, he didn't even tell her the seat was for her and she voluntarily sat in it. Easiest thing for her to do is do something nice for him in return. You've got a nice guy in Kagami. Don't squander this opportunity by continuing to be in denial like this."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Sendo(Radical Rats):

"Look, I could care less that Kagami and Rei have something going on. I do care about if it gets in the way of us winning. The second Romeo and Juliet start to drag us down with this s[censored], that's when I'm gonna have a problem with it. And I'll say it to the faces too. I don't care who doesn't like it."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Falcon(Radical Rats):

"I wouldn't do this if I didn't think I wouldn't be able to do well. Trust me. I've got this. It'd be a lot better if it comes from the heart on improv. You'll see exactly what I've got planned."

***End Confessional***

"We'll now talk to some of our recently eliminated contestants and have them talk about their eliminations and what they've seen so far. So first off, let's bring in our first eliminated contestant of the season, Dragonfly Jones!" Geoff announced as the martial artist came on to the stage with a rather unique introduction, performing a flying kick on the stage as people were heard clapping for him.

Interviewer 1: Dragonfly Jones(Martin TV Sitcom)

He slowly walked to the table before performing an axe kick on it, which surprised most of the audience.

"Is there any specific reason that caused you to do that?" Bridgette asked.

"I'll answer that one for you: Stupidity." Noah said.

"SILENCE PUNK! If I wanted yo opinion, I'd ask for it! Now, does it look like I want yo opinion?" Dragonfly asked.

"Well no-"

"Then silence! Before I zip that mouth for you the hard way!" He said, pointing at Noah.

He raised his hands in surrender. "You know what? I'm not even gonna bother."

"Yeah, that's right." He said, nodding before turning his attention back towards the hosts. "Now let's get to this interview." Dragonfly said before sitting in the red chair. "You know y'all got a comfy little setup here." Dragonfly said.

"True. The furniture here is pretty comfy." Geoff said.

"Although we would have had a table too." Bridgette said, a little bit of snark seeping out from her tone.

"Let's move on to the questions, shall we?" Momoi said, wanting to avoid conflict on the first episode, especially when it just started. "For today, we'll take it easy on the truth or questions so you don't have to worry about those. Although, you're still encouraged to tell the truth. First question, what are your thoughts about being the first boot of this season?"

"What are my thoughts? D-did you just ask me that question!?" He said, pointing at her.

"I take it you didn't take it too well."

"What do you want him to say? 'I liked that I was eliminated?' Come on! We all came here to win! You want evidence? Look at Kise! As much as he said he was here to have fun, those confessionals and how he reacted to losing says otherwise." Eva said.

"The girl's right. Of course I ain't take it too well! I came to win! And I was gonna try to do that, until that cheatin' punk over there decided he want to drop in and show off his fancy weapons." Dragonfly said, pointing to Doyle, who was eating in the distance. The camera focused to him.

"Come on! I've got nothing to do with this!" Doyle said, up in arms as he was eating hot wings.

"Well, apparently you do now. What are your thoughts on Dragonfly's statements?" Geoff asked.

"Uh, I'm just doing my job? Got nothing else to say honestly." Doyle said, though that was a lie. He could have added something about him being better but didn't want to sound like a jerk when he genuinely wasn't trying to start anything.

"And your job is to cheat!" Dragonfly said.

"Whatever you say man." Doyle said, raising his hands in surrender.

"I think that was pretty much an indication that we should move on." Momoi said.

"Well then, let's get to the next question shall we?" Bridgette said. "I know this is very early into the season, but do you have any picks on who could potentially win?"

"You gon' ask me who's gonna win after askin' me how I feel after I got booted? Hell's wrong with y'all man?" Dragonfly asked, looking at the hosts as if they were crazy for even asking him a question like that.

"Sorry. You don't have to answer the question if you don't want to." Momoi said.

"Now you wanna take it back. Imma just get it out the way. I got the Dragon Boy winnin'. What was his name again? Nasa?"

"Nasa? Oh, you mean Natsu, right?" Geoff asked.

"Yeah. The boy with the dragon powers."

"Alright then. Considering how he's been so far, I'd say that's a decent pick. His only weakness, at least from what I've seen so far, outside of his brains, at least from a sense of tech-savviness and book smarts is his motion-sickness. In regards to his combat sense, he's great. And with Rick coming up with the solution to remedy th motion-sickness problem, I'd say he has a very good shot at winning. That is, if this were the only set of contestants that were competing. Because of the late entries, things could change drastically depending on who joins, when, and which team each specific person joins." Momoi said.

"Huh. Didn't expect you to get all analytical on us." Geoff said.

"Sorry. I guess that was a bit too much. That was my manager side talking."

"Actually, I kinda like that you went in-depth. Is this something you normally do?" Bridgette asked.

"Yes, it is. As the manager of Touou's basketball team, collecting intel on other teams and their playing patterns is my job."

"I see. If that's the case, we might be able to pitch an extra segment for you. We'll see what we can do for the next show."

"Sounds fun! Don't try to force yourself though. You all look like you have a lot on your plate as it is."

"Hey, don't worry about it! We wouldn't be back doing this for a fourth season if we couldn't handle it." Geoff said.

"Now then, let's bring in our second pair of contestants that made the merge in their last appearance, but were eliminated second this season, Virgil and Richie!" Bridgette announced.

Interview 2: Virgil and Richie(Static Shock)

The pair walked on to the stage as claps were heard for the two.

"Virgil! Richie! How's it going you two?" Geoff asked.

"Eh. Okay, I guess." Richie said.

"Would be a whole lot better if we weren't here this early in the game honestly." Virgil said.

"Makes sense. And I guess that answers the first question of whether you're disappointed in being eliminated this early after making it so far last time." Momoi said.

"Yeah. And after seeing exactly why were were eliminated, it sucks even more." Richie said.

"I didn't even get a chance to compete." Virgil said.

"Interesting you mention that, because we're going to talk about that and more soon." Bridgette said.

As the interview with Virgil and Richie continued, the other contestants, with the exception of Falcon, were trying to figure out what they were going to do to perform, or were gathering what they needed to do so.

Lotte was off at a table writing something out with one of her Nightfall books next to her. She then brought out her spirit will-o-chan to talk to her as it jumped onto a blank piece of paper.

"This is what I've come up with so far. Everyone looks so excited to perform. I want to do something I like but at the same time, I don't want to let everyone down and risk a low score. Tell me what you think?" Lotte gave the paper she wrote on for the spirit to read. It looked it over before giving her its opinion. While it couldn't talk in a language most people could understand, Lotte could.

"Oh yeah. You're right about that! That's going to be tough. All of them have really strong personalities. I don't know if they'd be interested in doing something like this. But I do admit that I'd need some help."

Akko, hearing the last part about needing some help as she was about to check on her, picked up her speed and ran to her.

"Lotte! I heard you need some help." Akko said.

"You did? That's great! So that means you're interested in helping me perform?" Lotte asked, happy to hear that one person is on board.

"Of course! What are friends for? Although, I think you'll need to wear something better than this." Akko said, pointing to her blue t-shirt and shorts. "Rei was going to wear a dress for her performance. You should too!"

"I don't really think that's necessary though." Lotte said.

"Come on Lotte. You've got to dress to impress. Didn't you what Chris said? Why do you think Rei decided to wear that today?"

"I understand that. And while she does look nice, I really don't want to-"

Akko suddenly grabbed onto Lotte, raising one hand upward to the sky as she lets her imagination run wild. "Just think about it. You wearing an elegant dress while singing the song from your family. And don't worry about not having any dresses. You could wear the dress from when we went to that party! An easy high score! And Sucy could do special effects!"

"What I have planned for a performance is probably completely different from what you want." Sucy said, passing by after having just left the bathroom.

"Oh yeah. Mushrooms. Maybe that's not a good idea. Okay, scrap the special effects. Unless we get Natsu or Lucy to help out with her spirits."

"But Akko, that song is only for important occasions. I really don't feel comfortable-"

"This is one of them! If we don't get a high score, we could lose again! And we could be on the chopping block because of it!"

"Akko listen! I don't want to sing that song!" Lotte said, pushing Akko's arm off her.

"Okay then. So let's see... what other song can you sing?"

"Akko! I don't want to sing that song! I don't want to sing any song!"

"Oh. Then, what exactly do you want to do? We don't have access to magic, so what else can you do?"

"Why should I tell you? You'd only push my ideas away." Lotte said, looking down as her eyes couldn't be seen.

"What? No I wouldn't."

"I've been trying to tell you that I don't want to sing, but you kept trying to push that onto me! And now you say that to me after what you just said?" Lotte said, looking at her in the eyes. "Sorry Akko, but unlike you, magic isn't my life! I don't need it to do everything!"

Akko was taken aback by her comment before being offended right after that. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means stop being so delusional!" Lotte snapped.

"Delusional? What!?"

"All you think about is what you can do if you had magic. Does it look like we're going to be able to do that often here? We've only had access to it for two challenges. One of them was at school, and the other was because we had assistance to be able to use it. But I guess it makes sense. You can't do anything else without it can you?"

"Of course I can!"

"Your cooking says otherwise."

"So now you're going after my cooking? That's a low blow Lotte. And since you want to bring that up, I got a 35, while you got a 23."

"Something that you admitted wasn't even my fault!"

"Yeah, Sanders shouldn't have acted that way towards you, but you have to admit that if you hadn't flinched like that, it wouldn't have happened."

This argument caused cameras to be focused on them as the screen overhead the hosts had changed to them, interrupting the interview of Luz.

"I wouldn't have flinched if Sanders hadn't been yelling! It's one thing to be doing it if you can't hear someone, but she was doing it for no reason! What would have happened if I would have something sharp or hot in my hands and I or someone else would have gotten hurt? It would have been too late to apologize then. It's always 'I'm sorry' after you do something wrong! Get it right the first time and you won't have to say 'I'm sorry'."

"Because you're so perfect, little miss 'I want to sneak out for a Nightfall convention'."

"It was your idea!"

"You didn't have to go along with it!"

"Even if I said no, you wouldn't have listened! Like you didn't listen earlier! IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT AKKO! WHAT SHE WANTS! WHAT SHE LIKES! WHAT HER DREAMS ARE! AND NEVER ABOUT ANYONE ELSE'S! Not being satisfied with the food we're served. You got us in trouble and forced us to do extra work and classes! It's because of you that I would have missed the convention in the first place! Don't you realize that there are people out there that would love to be served potato salad, mashed potatoes, and fried potatoes every day because they don't have the luxury to be served any type of food themselves? You don't hear Asta, Kagami and Natsu complaining about starch when they eat! And because of your silly plan, when we got back, we still had to serve a punishment for skipping those extra classes! All you had to do was politely ask about why we're served the same things every day. But you had to steal!"

"Want more? Using magic outside of school when it was forbidden at the time! You ended up reanimating a corpse and causing trouble in town! We had to go into the stock room and fix all the broken brooms as punishment! The Crucible challenge! You tried to win by yourself just so you can beat Luz and the rest of the team and be called the 'hero' of the team instead of waiting with the others! That almost cost us the match! If you would have gotten booted, and I'm almost certain that was going to happen, we would have been eliminated too! You're so selfish! You don't ever think about other people! I want to go along to try and help you guys with whatever you want. And the few times I want to do something, there's always some reason why I can't do it! 'This'll never work'. 'This sucks.' 'This is stupid.' 'Why don't you try this'? It's always some excuse why I should change what I want to do! I'm not saying I don't accept criticism at all. I just find it funny that it's always me that gets it. But anyone else has an idea and everyone agrees with it. I can't even cook my own recipes without being questioned for it! People tell me to grow a backbone or that I'm some useless paperweight, but when I want to try to contribute or speak up, no one even listens or gives me the chance to even do so! How would you like it if I thought about myself and quit?"

"Thought about yourself? What the heck are you talking about? Do you really not want to be here?"

"If I'm so useless, what's even the point? No one even listens to me anyway." Lotte got up from the table, book and papers in hand and left before turning. "Guess your belief wasn't enough for you to be able to do magic huh?"

"At least I'm not willing to quit like a baby!"

No one else knew what to say about what was happening between the two. Kurt got up out of his seat with Mamori about to follow him until Hiruma used his rifle to block her way, looking her in the eyes, a neutral expression on his face, but one that, compared to Kuroko, was readable. It didn't take long for the manager to realize why he stopped her and she could only nod and sit back down. Rally and Lanolin could only look at each other before deciding not take action either along with X.

"I'd rather drop this interview. Please." Luz said.

"Honestly, I don't blame you. Seeing that really killed the mood." Geoff said.

"Who even changed it to that anyway?" Bridgette asked.

"It was me." Heloise said.

"Why?"

"Don't look at me. Chris told me to change it, so I did."

"And you had to listen to him, right?"

"Well duh. He's the guy that pays me."

"Didn't stop you from doing all the other stuff you did that he didn't tell you to do."

"Yeah, because that's what I wanted to do. I'm gonna be honest here. I might have been able to say no. Emphasis on might. But considering I don't have that many stakes here, I don't really care enough to try and object or question it."

"Let's move on to our next contestant, shall we? Tetsuya Kuroko!" Momoi announced, feeling the tension growing again.

"Kuroko was the only contestant of the season so far to quit. Although his reasoning to do so was pretty shocking to say the least. Around here, quitting for those reasons is pretty much unheard of." Geoff said.

"Exactly why we're so interested to hear what he has to say about it. Let's bring him out onto the stage."

"Actually, I'm already here."

Kuroko was seen sitting in the red chair, which surprised everyone.

"Wait, how long have you been there?" Bridgette asked, his sudden appearance snapping her out of her mood from before.

"Since you first announced me."

"So you're telling me that none of the cameras around here picked you up at all?" Geoff asked in disbelief.

"I guess not."

"Dude, that misdirection is incredible!"

Kuroko had no comment.

"No comment huh, I guess-" Geoff started before Momoi engulfed him in a hug.

"I'm so glad to be able to see you in person!" Momoi said affectionately as his head was in her chest.

"It's great to see you too Momoi. But, could you loosen up just a little? I'm having trouble breathing." Kuroko said.

"Sorry. But I just can't help it when I see you sometimes!" Momoi said, cheeks red, not even trying to hide it.

"So what's their deal? She his girlfriend?" Rex asked Aomine as they began the questions.

"Nah. They're just friends." Aomine said.

"A hug like that and you're telling me they're just friends. I don't buy it." Zak S. said.

"Oh no, Satsuki's definitely crazy for him. That should be obvious."

"And I'm guessing Kuroko doesn't feel the same way."

"At first? I could say that. Now I'm honestly not sure. And that's just because it's Tetsu we're talking about here. The dude's face is as blank as a canvas half the time."

"And that's the other thing. Look, I've got nothing against the guy. You've got to be a really, really nice guy to do what he did. But come on, his personality's as dry as a desert." Sly said. "Not saying you've gotta be quirky or anything like that but, guys like Kuroko and Mayuzumi don't exactly come up as lady killers to me. No offense." He said, looking for Mayuzumi who was surprisingly watching the show and not having his head in a book.

"None taken. Not that I care about your opinion in the first place." Mayuzumi said.

"Right. Glad that's cleared up."

"To answer your question, I don't know. Think it had something to do with him giving her a popsicle stick or somethin'?" Aomine said.

"Wait... did he... you know what? I don't wanna think about it. Unplugging myself from this convo." Randy said.

"Not gonna lie, that line is crazy out of context." Toxsa said.

"Not that you idiots. I mean a real popsicle stick." Aomine said.

"Oh. For a second there... still weird though." Randy said.

"It's Momoi. I got no exact clue what else she likes about him and I honestly don't care enough to ask. Long as she's with a good guy I don't really care."

"Hey, that's real nice of you. With how Weiss talks about you sometimes, she makes you seem like the worst person in the world." Ruby R. said.

"I do not! I'm just saying he could be better. For starters, cleaning up his room." Weiss said.

"How the heck do you know about that?" Aomine asked.

"Ask Sebastian."

"It is true. While I certainly don't mind cleaning, I must ask: Is it that difficult for you to pick up your clothes and make sure your bed looks presentable at the very least?" Sebastian asked.

"That's what you're here for." Aomine said.

"That doesn't give you the excuse to be lazy." Weiss said.

"Whatever you say mom. Can't say anything about the others but I bet Kagami's just as messy. Ain't that right, Kise?"

"Actually, our room's been pretty clean." Kise said.

"Second on that." Murasakibara said.

"Yep." Zee said.

"Unlike you, I actually give a s[censored] about the area that I stay and live in." Kagami said to Aomine.

"Tch, whatever. I bet that apartment looks like a mess. Only reason it looks clean is 'cause of your landlord or Alex."

"That's got nothin' to do with it! I keep my place clean because I want it clean! What part of that don't you understand?"

"Tch. Least that makes more sense that not having a single dirty magazine or idol DVD in his crib."

"I'm not interested in those 'cause I'm not some creepy a[censored] perv! If you got time to look in magazines you got time to do anything else way more productive!" Kagami said.

"Honestly, as someone who was a model herself, he's kinda right. Overdoing is a bit much. And it's weird." Lucy said.

"You really stay in an apartment?" Rei asked Kagami.

"Yeah. I didn't buy it though. My dad was supposed to stay with me, but he had some stuff to finish up in America, so I've been living alone like I said before. Don't know if I said it before but he works overseas."

"You don't miss him sometimes?" Natsu asked.

" 'Course I do. But I know he's gone for all the right reasons. Wouldn't have that type of money to buy an apartment if it wasn't for him. Can't dwell on it though. Now I've gotta build off that money and work hard myself, so I can have my own money to provide for myself. Guess some of this money would definitely help."

Rei and Lucy could only look at each other with Rally, Lanolin and Kurt also having similar looks.

***Confessional***

Rei(Radical Rats):

Hearts were seen in Rei's eyes as they beat fast.

"Non-objectifying? And he cleans too? Oh Kagami. Give me more reasons to love you!" She said dreamily as her hands were under her chin.

***End Confessional***

The interview with Kuroko continued.

"Was giving some of the money to your high school something you always planned on doing when you signed up?" Bridgette asked him.

"Yes. It was. At one point, I know that they struggled to maintain funding for the club, so I thought it would be nice to help them out."

"Were there any other plans that you had for the money? Other than for college like you mentioned before?"

"Honestly, no. Other than sharing some with my family, I honestly don't really have much of an idea of what I'd want to spend that kind of money on."

"To be fair, it's a lot of money. But regardless, it's still very surprising for you to be willing to give up the opportunity to achieve your own goals fairly easier with that type of money." Geoff said.

"Now we bring things to your friend group and your Total Drama team as a whole. Out of the ones remaining from the Miracles and Kagami, who do you think will advance the furthest? Mind you, this is not asking whether you think they'll win, but more of, who will get the furthest in the show?" Bridgette asked.

"If I had to give a guess from what I've seen, I'd have to give it to Kagami."

"What!?" Aomine said, a vein popping on his cheek, not happy to hear Kuroko's answer. "Bulls[censored]! You're just being biased!" He called out, pointing at him.

"I'm not." Kuroko said, still having that same neutral expression and tone.

"At least give him a chance to explain himself." Jasmine said.

"Explain himself? It's just about to be some BS." Aomine said.

"Jasmine does prove a point. I think it'd be a lot better for everyone if you explained exactly why you feel that way." Momoi said.

"Sure. I'd be happy to explain. For starters..."

As Kuroko began to explain, two non-participating contestants were conversing with one another, away from the Aftermath action. These two being Blaineley and Hanamiya. Though the Celebrity Manhunt host definitely wasn't in the mood to have this conversation. If she had to be honest, she'd rather be stuffing her face with some cakes or cookies. But considering his brain had helped them win a challenge and would have won another had Shiro not frozen everyone, it was worth at least hearing, even if she didn't want to.

"Hurry up. You're on my time now kid. Just because you're some leader here and some captain, coach, and an Uncrowned... whatever you basketball freaks call yourselves, at the end of the day, seniority by age plays a factor. Just because you tell me to do something doesn't mean I have to follow it. I chose to be here." Blaineley said, tapping her left sandal on the ground impatiently.

Hanamiya could only internally roll his eyes. If it wasn't for the fact that she was fully willing to use underhanded tactics to win like he did, but actually had a better chance of listening to him compared to Zak Monday, he would have tried anything he could to kick her to the curb in an earlier challenge. As far as he saw, her fame was of no use to him. Nor was he the person to really care about that sort of thing in the first place, even outside of usefulness. As seen with his preference of working with and trusting Ruby G., brains was something he held in high regard.

"With these double eliminations being so frequent, even with our success, there's no doubt in my mind that we're going to continue to lose people." Hanamiya said.

"Well duh. Even if Team Victory didn't lose all of those games, eventually, the teams were going to lose one way or another and then disband when the merge came along. So what's your point?"

Her impatience was definitely starting to annoy him more and more. But he kept his composure. "My point is, if we're going to lose people, then we'll have to find a way to cripple the other teams just as, if not more than we're hurt from these eliminations."

"So you're saying to cheat or injure more people then."

"No. Trying to do that out in the open would be way too obvious now. I got my one chance to do that with Luz or Cameron and get away with it being an accident since most people other than the Miracles, didn't know much about me. Now, it's safe to say that that'll be the first and last time that'll ever happen."

"So if you're not asking to cheat, what exactly are you getting at here?"

"I'm saying to be more strategic in who we target. And how we do it. Until that idiot Shiro decided to make the soccer field his own personal winter wonderland, I had Isagi read completely. We would have won that game had it not been for him. If we're going to lose today, and in any other challenges, let's try to make sure they don't get a win off us for free. Falcon made it to the final four, so he should be our biggest priority today. But, if we can't get him… I think I feel like making another set of specs suffer." He said, emphasizing this point with his hands showing a breaking motion as if he was breaking a stick, which was his signal to cheat.

***Confessional***

Hanamiya(Wave Breakers):

"What I said was the truth. I've got to admit, what Isagi can do is nice. Too bad it's nothing I don't know how to counter and stop. Next time he won't be that lucky. And don't consider what I'm doing an alliance by any means. It's just having a common goal. Playing both sides like that is something that I know is a gamble. One that in almost every case, every fool that's tried it has lost. I won't be next. And if push comes to shove, I'll just kick the others to the curb like I almost did to Libby. At least before Haizaki saved her. But with what I saw with Isagi, he outlived his usefulness anyway."

***End Confessional***

Speaking of specs, Lotte was continuing to write by herself in front of the mansion with Will-O-Chan pointing behind her, causing her to turn to see who the spirit was pointing to.

"Hey, you okay?" Kurt asked, approaching her.

"Of course!" Lotte said, smiling before looking away to the side. "Although….. admittedly, I do need some help."

"Not sure if I'll be able to do anything but, what do you need help with?" Kurt asked.

"I…. want to do something different for the talent show. Maybe even… give some of you that haven't really done much a chance to do something. But… I don't know if you'll like it or not."

"Well, what do you have in mind? Won't know if we'll like it if we don't even see it."

"Okay. Well…." Lotte hands him one of the papers. He reads a bit of it before asking what it was.

"It's a play. T-there won't be any kissing or anything like that, since I know some of you aren't really interested in romance but, I still want to keep the original vision of the story preserved."

"Preserved?"

"It's…. based off my favorite novel series, Nightfall."

"A play huh? Sounds good to me. Considering most people would try to go for something that involves music or dancing, this is definitely unique."

"You really think so?"

"Sure. This is your time to be in the spotlight. If this is what you want to do, there isn't exactly much I could say to stop you. Or really… say much else. I'm not exactly familiar with the series. Probably something you should keep in mind, since I'm not sure if the judges will be either." Kurt said to her as he handed her the paper back. "I'll go ahead and ask others about this too. How many do you think you'll need?"

"Don't worry. I'll try to make things easier to understand in case they aren't. Every play has some sort of exposition right? And as for who I need… I'd prefer to have some people from our team that haven't really had a chance to compete. Here, I'll write a list."

After quickly scribbling up a list, with still neat and legible handwriting, she hands it to Kurt.

"Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome. I suggest you finish up whatever else you've got to do in the meantime. They're not exactly going to want to wait on you."

"Okay!"

Will-o-chan says something to her.

"You're right! She'd be perfect for this play!" Lotte said before quickly getting up to request to go back to her world to get someone else to help. Though as she did, she ran smack dab into Libby.

"Sorry. You okay?" Libby asked, handing Lotte her glasses.

"Yeah. What's got you in a hurry?"

"Well, I'm gathering a couple of things for the talent I want to perform."

"What are you going to do?"

"You're not going to use this to try and cheat are you?"

"Of course not! I already have what I want to do in mind."

"Oh yeah! I was so wrapped up in what I wanted to do I completely forgot you were performing too."

"It's okay. So, you were saying?"

"I want to do a musical. But, I'm thinking of involving some others here too."

"Who do you have in mind?"

"It's pretty odd but, I'm not sure if I want to go with the most social ones here or the non-social ones. Or both."

"Hmm… I can't really give you pointers on which to choose without a theme. What's your theme?"

"I'm thinking about doing something with perseverance. Since our team struggled so much in the beginning but did so good in the past few challenges. It'd be a great tribute."

"Oh. That's nice. I'd say do a bit of both."

"Okay. You know, I had this crazy idea of including everyone…. that wasn't already doing a talent of course. But that'd be a bit much. Although…. I could do a music video tribute. I'd just need someone that's good with making videos."

"Actually, a music video's a great idea! Even though you'd still be singing over it, it's unique, and you'd still get the tribute you're looking for."

"So which one do you think is better? Music video or musical?"

"Whichever you want. It's your performance after all."

"You're right. Thank you!"

Libby hurried off to ask around about making a music video.

Lotte could only smile. Although she noticed that Libby forgot to ask her about her talent, she wasn't going to bother her about it seeing how excited she was about her performance. She had to admit, she was a little excited about her own as well.

Meanwhile, on the Kings, everyone that was participating(except for Aomine), was well into practicing or figuring out what they wanted to do, with the help of some others.

Midorima, train set beside him as it was today's lucky item, was practicing his part for Huey Freeman's performance. Seeing as playing the piano wasn't going to be a fit for what Riley envisioned for her performance, she decided not to have him participate. Which is when Huey asked him to help. Huey was planning on doing a speech.

Shawn was with Jasmine practicing a song. Other than Aomine, they seemed to have been the only ones that made it obvious they were going to sing with no additions involved.

Ayame was still off in her world gathering the materials that she needed to perform.

Shiro decided to go off by himself again to train with Wolver.

And Yulaw was nowhere to be found. And he never came around with any supplies, items or people either.

As for Octavia, she was with Marinette as she was trying to remember the song that Octavia asked her to cover by ear, while Octavia herself was practicing some of the effects that she wanted to do herself. Though she was getting a little frustrated.

"How is everything holding up?" Octavia turned and asked, earbud in one ear.

"Good. But there's this one part that I can't seem to get." Marinette said, trying to play it out for her, which again, wasn't exactly successful.

"Just do your best. Don't worry. I won't yell at you like Heather or Courtney. You don't have to be perfect. As long as we get a good enough score I won't be upset."

"Thanks. I still want to try to get this down before the show starts though." Marinette said before continuing to practice.

***Confessional***

Marinette(Storm Kings):

"Honestly I never expected my time practicing with Luka to pay off here. Twice actually. This season's definitely going in a different direction compared to the last one. I know Luz won that season, but to be fair, she had access to her magic more around the merge than she ever did before it, so that helped out a lot. Not to discredit her win as she definitely earned it, but if you're gong to make it far here in this season, you've really got to be well-rounded. Abilities might not guarantee you a win no matter how strong you are."

"Speaking of which, that might not exactly serve Aomine well. I hope I'm wrong but….. from what I've seen, he's fast and has great instincts. But he's not exactly good at anything else. Other than eating."

***End Confessional***

***Confessional***

Octavia(Storm Kings):

"To be honest, I wasn't too much of a fan of having to do this at first. But, if I'm going to, I might as well do something that I actually like or care about. I'm not trying to come up with something that'll 'woo' you like the others probably are. That doesn't mean I'm going to be lazy. Just don't expect anything as complex as the others on my team would probably do. Hence why I'm not going to overreact on Marinette missing a few notes. I can tell she's trying. And that's all that matters. Well, as complex as everyone except Aomine. I honestly have no clue what he's going to do."

***End Confessional***

Bringing things back to the show, Haizaki was the final interviewee. He was currently being asked about his time on the show and how he feels about his team.

"The hell you want me to say, they sucked a[censored]? 'Course they're good. Well, actually, we were a[censored] in the beginning. But now? They're good. Three wins in a row prolly made it obvious, but the Rats and Kings are definitely in for some s[censored] now." Haizaki said, sitting back in the chair. "As for my time on the show. Was alright. Woulda been a whole lot better if I won though."

"And that's the next thing we'd like to talk to you about. What was going in your head at the time to step in and touch the ball in that last game? I'm assuming you didn't forget that touching the ball meant instant elimination, right?" Geoff asked.

"Just did."

"Care to elaborate more on that?" Brdgette asked.

"You want some long-winded answer, go talk to Shintaro or somethin'. I said what I said. Now don't ask me that again or I'm leavin'."

"Right. Let's get a question I know you'll want to answer. Your Zone. As we've all seen, all of the Generation of Miracles and Kagami, with the exception of Midorima and Kuroko, can enter the Zone. And as they've also talked about, they've considered you to be on their level in terms of abilities and skills. And it looks like that's solidified even further with you entering the Zone. What's also known is that every user, with the exception of Aomine, has a trigger to activate it. Can you, to the best of your ability, describe yours?" Momoi asked.

"'Couse you'd ask that one. Alright. Took me a bit to figure it out, but I know what it is. It's gotta be when I truly don't wanna lose. That's how it first started in that future challenge. And then again against Ryota."

"Since we're on this subject, do either of you know by chance, know Kise and Murasakibara's triggers?" Bridgette asked.

"Because of how rare they appear, I can't exactly say. I'd need to see more. Sorry." Momoi said.

"Nope. Don't know." Haizaki said.

"Next question. You seem to have a lot of disdain towards the Miracles and Kuroko. Though you don't exactly have much of a reaction to Hanamiya or Mayuzumi. Can you explain?" Bridgette asked.

"You think I'd just be buddy, buddy with the guy that literally kicked me out of the team? Get the hell outta here." Haizaki said, referring to Akashi. "And I'm not exactly a fan of his yes-man Midorima ether. And Kise, he's the guy I got replaced for. Tell me how you think I'd feel about that? And Kuroko. He gets on my nerves. Don't have much to say about Aomine."

"You may have not been on the middle school team the entire three years, but I still have a pretty good handle on how you are, and from what I've seen. So I know you have to have more than just that as a reason." Momoi said.

"I just gave you the reason right there. Say some stupid a[censored] s[censored] like that again and I'm leaving. And this time I'm serious."

"If you're really trying to keep that image of a bad boy that does whatever he feels like it, what was that all about with Mr. Wolf? Or with Miyuki? Or the last challenge. Or going to the team meeting. Don't play dumb with me Haizaki." Momoi said, no longer showing her usual friendly face. "Just like Yami, I'm not going to stop you from leaving. But know this. If you want people to understand what makes you not like Akashi or the others as if they've wronged you in some way, then you have to speak up about it."

"She's right. Closed mouths don't get fed around here. You got somethin' to say, you better say it now. 'Cause you might not get another chance. And from what I've seen with Aomine and Kuroko, they got some skeletons in the closets themselves." Leshawna said.

"That's exactly my problem with 'em. I got kicked out, and they turn around and do the same s[censored], but they get rewarded for it!?" Haizaki said, anger rising in his voice.

"Even if that was true, that doesn't make what you did right. Two wrongs don't make a right." Kuroko said.

"Shut up. Did I ask you for an opinion?"

"You didn't. And it's not an opinion. It's a fact. I'm not disagreeing with you on the part that what they did was wrong. But to act as if you were completely innocent in all of this is just not true."

"Yeah, so what? I already told you that I didn't care about basketball like those other dorks in the first place. So there's a reason why I never took it seriously.

"You just can't stop lying can you?" Kise said, speaking up.

"What am I lyin' about huh? I want you to tell me mister 'I don't care about bein' a Miracle.'"

"Don't answer it Kise." Aomine said before getting up. "If he wants to keep being a dumba[censored] let him."

"Where are you going?" Weiss asked.

"Practice."

"What made you change your mind?" Ruby R. asked.

"Gotta make sure I don't get eliminated, right?" He said, hands in his jacket pockets as he continued to make his way to the bottom.

"Makes sense." Ruby said before Weiss got up too.

"Whare are you going?"

"To follow him."

"Why? He's just going to practice."

"It's Aomine."

"So?"

"Do I really have to explain this to you?"

"Uh….. yes?"

Weiss could only put a hand on her forehead before shake her head. Ruby really could be a dolt at times.

"Think about how much he was willing to phone it in earlier. Do you really think he just randomly decided that he wasn't going to now?"

"Maybe?"

"Well, he's not!"

"Why do you feel the need to have to follow him? I'm sure he can handle himself." Blake asked.

"It's because he's her first and probably last student. Gotta make sure he doesn't get hurt." Yang said.

"What? That doesn't even make any sense!" Weiss said.

"Perhaps this is the case of those 'motherly instincts' that I've heard before." Penny said.

"I'm not his mother. He's old enough to take care himself. He's not a baby."

"And you just proved my point." Blake said.

"Okay, fine! I won't follow him!" Weiss said before plopping back into her seat. "Happy now?"

"No. Because you still want to follow him. Sitting back down was forced."

"First you don't want me to follow then you want me to follow? Make up your mind people!"

"Never said any of that. Just asked why."

"It's 'cause you care about him. Hey, don't worry about it. You don't gotta keep up that mean personality Aomine says about you for our sake." Dewey said.

"That's not the reason either!" Weiss said.

"Then what is it then? You still haven't explained why." Blake said.

Weiss was silent.

"Well, we're waiting." Blake said before she could feel the stares of the others too.

"What the- get back to the show and stop being nosy!"

"She's right." Kise said. "What was going on again?"

"Haizaki, remember?" Lucy said.

"Oh yeah. Thanks."

***Confessional***

Penny(Storm Kings):

"For some very strange reason, I started to sense a change in friend Weiss' body language and temperature. I will need to talk to friend Ruby. Maybe she knows what's happening to her. Though I suppose it would need to be in private. I would rather not have friend Weiss get upset with me and protest to not help her." Penny said.

***End Confessional***

Kise began to counter Haizaki's argument about still hating basketball.

"If you truly hated basketball, you wouldn't have been able to enter the Zone. You know damn well that to enter it, one of the requirements is to show a true love for the sport. And unlike Akashi, who can share it, that wasn't the case for you. So tell me this Haizaki. What's wrong with admitting to being a better person? What's wrong with admitting that you wronged others? The only reason your team even kept you is because they believed you changed, not just usefulness like you've tried to make it out to be. Because I certainly believe there are way more useful and powerful guys on your team than you and the rest of us. This includes the person that you stole from. They knew who Zoey was in terms of personality, and she's shown against Mamori and the future challenge that she could have been a power player they could have used to help them win more, and they still chose to keep you over her." Kise said.

"And another thing. For someone that doesn't care about us or basketball, you showed that much effort to try and beat me and take the title of Miracle from me in the Winter Cup, when I already said I didn't care about it. There wasn't even a guarantee that others would have even known you did that unless you went running your mouth about it. And even then, there's no guarantee people would have believed you. And people always point out the Zone. I haven't seen a single person point out the fact that you unlocked Animal Instinct too. Not even Momoicchi. I wonder how much time you spent practicing by yourself to do that? Certainly enough to do that rather than 'chat it up with chicks' as you'd say."

"And all of this is about me. Not once did you say anything about yourself. These guys wanna act as if they're so great. They're full of s[censored]."

"Look, I'm not going to sit here and act like I'm perfect. Because I wasn't. What I did to Kurokocchi's friend. And my comments afterwards. I hate the fact that I even said something like that to someone I was supposed to respect. The person that spent time to help me get better and learn how to play. Kurokocchi, believe it or not, and this is to the rest of you out there that don't really know us very well, he was my instructor. He was assigned to personally help me grow as a player. He could have said no after I didn't exactly see him as a strong player. But he didn't. He never asked us for any favors. And the one time he did, I couldn't even be bothered to do that for him. He was the one that taught me that what you do for the team is more important than the points you score. And when I got stronger, it's like I threw all of those teachings out. And it led to that. Some friend I was supposed to be."

"And practice too. Even though I still went, I might as well have not came. I was bored. Disinterested. Anybody that I didn't think was strong or respect like the rest of the Generation of Miracles, I didn't acknowledge. Kagamicchi included. It wasn't entirely the reason, but my arrogance was some of the reason as to why Kaijo and I lost that practice game against Kurokocchi, Kagamicchi and the rest of Seirin. If I would have taken them seriously, we might have won. And even then, Kagamicchi's heart is something I've never seen before. But that was the beginning. Before his growth. Not just as a player, but as a person. Honestly, I'd say you'd have to kill him to make him quit after everything he's been through now. His strength was the reason why I added that '-icchi' at the end. If you don't know, I don't exactly say that to everyone." Kise said, looking over at the empty seat that Kagami wasn't in as he wasn't there. The reason being to help Lotte in her play.

"And to be honest, if I hadn't have changed, I wouldn't have acknowledged some of these guys here. Hiruma? I would have dismissed him as just some crazy guy with guns. Adrien? At least until I saw the powers, I wouldn't have really acknowledged him much either. But it's the fact that I can see the type of person he is without the mask and respect that as well is what's different. Cat Noir isn't Adrien. Adrien is Cat Noir. If that makes sense."

"Yeah, it doesn't. Instead of trying to be deep, just say stuff that makes sense man." Duncan said.

"I get what you mean. He means he respects me as myself, Adrien Agreste. Not just Cat Noir and for my powers as my alter ego. And honestly, he's never said that before today. But I really appreciate that. And for the record, you've got more going for you than your copying too. There aren't that many people that are willing to express themselves like this like you are. Myself included. Believe it or not, I'm a lot more introverted than you guys think." Adrien said.

"Not a problem man. And I'll finish things off with this. The others are the same way. You see how Aominecchi feels about Kurokocchi. And I know it doesn't seem like it, but Akashicchi really does regret what he did as captain. Midorimacchi feels the same way. If he didn't, and he's the 'yes-man' like you think he is, he wouldn't have played so hard against Akashicchi to try and beat him and make him feel the sting of defeat for the first time in his life."

"Life? You mean he's never lost at anything? That's gotta be an exaggeration, right?" Cody asked.

"Probably. But I know from what I've seen, Akashiccchi has always been really good at a lot of things. He can play the violin, he's great at basketball and board games, and he's definitely the smartest out of all of us, in terms of grades anyway. He always gets the highest grades out of us every time. And don't even get me started about his abilities or his family. I make decent money because of modeling. But it's nothing like Akashicchi. His whole family's rich and has a business! How cool is that?"

"Wait, Akashi's family is rich?" Adrien asked.

"Yeah. I don't know much else about them though. Midorimacchi told me about them. It might seem weird but, things like AkashicchI's family business hasn't been brought up when we've talked. Even when we got back together and mended things."

"Makes sense. I don't think it's weird at all. There wouldn't really be much to talk about. At least anything that's fun."

"Never thought about it that way. But I guess that makes sense. Other than maybe asking about how's it going, and answering 'it's good', 'it's okay', or 'not so good', there's not much else to really say."

"Then how come he hasn't apologized?" Haizaki asked.

"I can't answer that question. He'd know better than I would. But we won't know if you don't even talk to him."

"Apologized? Haizaki, you can't seriously think you can feel this entitled to that?" Good Launch asked, genuinely surprised, and a little upset with him saying this.

"I'm not sayin' I feel entitled to anything. Stop puttin' words in my mouth." Haizaki said.

"But that's exactly what that sounds like. And if that's not what it is, then I suggest you explain yourself quick. Because it sure sounds like you're definitely grateful." Mr. Wolf said, the last part sarcastically, his voice showing his displeasure with what he just heard.

"All I'm sayin' is that we got nothin' to talk about. I'm not askin' for an apology from him. And to be honest, I don't want it now. If he was gonna apologize, he woulda did it a long time ago. Dude comes in and one of the first things he does when Nijimura gives him the job as captain is kick me out. He ain't even bother to try to talk to me about it. And he wants to call that s[censored] polite. Get the hell outta here." Haizaki said before getting up. "You know what? I'm done."

"Just thinking about that crap p*sses me o-"

"And that's your problem." Kaz called out.

"Huh? You got a problem or somethin' kid?" He said, snapping out of his thoughts and turning around.

"The first thing you do when things go south is quit. This is the second time you did this. The first being in the future. Maybe even more than that. I don't remember much else, nor do I know what happened before Noelle and I got here." Asta finished.

"The hell are you talkin' about?"

Momoi was about to say something until she could feel Kuroko's look out the corner of her eye. She looked over at him as he shook his head.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. When people try to get you to open up or want to talk to you, you want to leave. When people criticize you or call you out in what you're doing, you want to leave. When things don't go your way and you lose, you want to leave. You might try to say it's different, but it's the same thing here too. People want you to explain yourself, and you can't even be bothered to finish. You want to leave. How long are you going to keep running away? Look, I won't pretend like I've been in your situation. Because I haven't. I don't know anything about basketball. About Teiko. The Generation of Miracles. I'm still trying to learn about you all the best I can. But I do know what it means to not be in the best situation and pushing through it, even if the circumstances as to why are completely different."

"I was raised in a village on the outskirts of the Clover Kingdom. Because of where we are, we don't exactly have much magic power. And in my case, I don't have any at all. People like us are looked down upon by people that are of higher status. And that was when I decided to become the Wizard King. So that one day, that could never happen to anyone again. Everyone deserves to be protected. Doesn't matter where we come from. We're all people at the end of the day. People laughed at me. Or kept expressing their doubts that I would ever become a Magic Knight. But guess what I am right now? And I'll carry that same ambition into becoming the Wizard King! You did it too Haizaki. You proved people wrong. Aomine and the others didn't think you could change. Or enter the Zone. You should have seen their faces when they saw you enter it for the first time. I think you deserved a second chance. And for people to be willing to help you. But those aren't given. They're earned. And running away when people want to help you isn't the way to do it." Asta said.

"Asta's right. I don't consider myself the best person in the world. And I mess things up too. Like I did with Diana. We both messed up. And said things to each other that crossed lines. It hurts but, you have to take the bad with the good."

"And in our case, one of the consequences was both of us hurting our respective teams' chances of

winning the challenge." Diana said.

"We can try to help you all we want, but it won't matter unless you do something too. This isn't

something you can take or steal your way out of. So what's it gonna be? Can't have one foot in and

one foot out. Remember what I said to you before." Mr. Wolf said.

"Fine then." Haizaki said before sitting back down. "You wanna know the problem I got with 'em? Why

I'm so bitter and why thinkin' about it only p[censored]es me off even more? It's like I said before.

Yeah, I'll admit, I did skip practice. And I didn't take it seriously. But why should I? Ever since we

came in our school never lost a single game. Like I said, we were that good. We could come in from

being in our pajamas, put on some jerseys and still win. That's how good we were. I couldn't stand

Nijimura. He had that same focus on wantin' to go to practice and work hard just like Akashi. Only

he'd actually beat me up or force me to come kickin' and screamin'. It's a metaphor. Not literally. But

he has hit me and tackled me a few times. So the notion that I never came to practice is

bulls[censored]."

(A/N: Nijimura doing this is from one of the Drama CDs. Season 3 Volume 5 to be exact.

Although this was mentioned nowhere in the Anime or Manga, most of the official extra

media, including the novels and light novels are all canon)

"Akashi though, when he got promoted, one of the first things he did was ask me to quit the team. He

calls it polite, but he was basically saying I was kicked out but trying not to actually say it. They

couldn't be any more different. Then not long after that, when Ryota replaced me, the title of

Generation of Miracles was starting to be passed around in the school. Everybody that I played against

thought I was a part of 'em just 'cause I wore the Teiko school uniform. The fact that that happened

after I left ticked me off. So I said that if I couldn't have the title, I'd just take it. 'Course, that's when

I went to Fukuda Sogo High. Signed up for their team and one of the guys recognized that I was on

the Teiko team. Compared to the big guns like Shutoku or Rakuzan, Fukuda isn't a big name school.

So they all but did everything they could to make sure I got in and helped their school."

"Considering how you were here in the beginning, I'm willing to bet you used that to your advantage."

Isagi said.

"Yeah. I did. They knew how much they needed me. And I did to. So I used that to my advantage.

And unlike Nijimura or Akashi, the current captain at the time didn't have the balls to try to do

anything to stop me from doin' what I want. As long as I kept winnin' games for 'em and scorin', I

could skip practice as much as I wanted to. Whenever I asked for the ball, they'd give it to me. And if

they didn't and they messed up, like they didn't against Kaijo a couple of times, I'd make sure they

got the memo." He said, balling up his fist.

"So what exactly is different? Teiko did the same thing to Aomine and the others started to follow suit.

That doesn't make what they did right." Momoi said.

"Which shows you that a nice guy wasn't what you needed. Maybe it wasn't what any of them

needed." Miyuki said.

"What's the saying again? If you're friends aren't willing to be honest with you and stop you from

doing something that'll cause you to harm yourself, they're not your friend. From what I'm hearing

with Nijimura, he was willing to be honest with you and hold you accountable. The same way we

were." Mr. Wolf said. "Even if you feel like Akashi should have done the same thing, that doesn't mean

you were entitled to that. And I'm sure Akashi felt the same way, especially since he was on the team

watching you before he was captain. Everybody leads differently. You can't expect things to just stay

the same. And now, I got a question for you. It seems like all of the others here have their reasons for

playing and truly love playing it. So why do you play? What makes you like playing it so much?"

"Don't know. Just do it to kill time."

"Come on, you can do better than that. For you to feel the way you did after and for you to go into

detail like that about Nijimura and Akashi, there's a better reason than that."

"I'm serious. It just happened somehow. Don't know how or why. Guess it's probably the only thing I

can say I have a knack for."

"Didn't you say you hit the arcades too? How's your gaming skills dude?" Toxsa asked.

"Pick a game and I might be able to kick your a[censored] in it. That answer your question?"

"He honestly wasn't too bad in the board games we played with him." Diego said.

"So in other words, you like games. Somethin' where you don't have to really do too much thinking."

Mr. Wolf said.

"If that's what you wanna call it." Haizaki said.

"Run any co-op seshes with family? Friends?" Randy asked.

"Nah. Mom and my older bro aren't into games like that. Well really, my mom since my brother isn't in

the house."

"What about anyone at your school?"

"Nope."

"Why didn't you say something man? We could have ran some co-op."

"I don't even know you like that."

"You could say that to everyone here dude. Not like you even really tried to."

"Look, no offense, but this is takin' forever man. I'm hungry. Can we hurry this up? I'm not even

sayin' this just to try to leave. I'm actually starvin' here."

"To be honest, this is taking a lot longer than I thought it'd take." Geoff said.

"He answered our questions. I think it'd be okay to let him go." Momoi said.

"He did do what was asked. It's only fair. Alrighty then, that's all the questions we have for you today.

Thank you!" Bridgette said.

"Sure. Whatever." Haizaki said before walking off the stage to find something to eat before stopping

himself. "Almost forgot. To answer your question about Hanamiya and Mayuzumi, it's cause I don't

really care about 'em to be honest. I don't really know 'em like that, and I don't really care to want to.

Now that's it for me. For real this time."

***Confessional***

Mr. Wolf(Wave Breakers):

"Him telling us this told me all I need to know about how he actually feels. Don't need him

to say it out loud because I already know the answer. The reason why you don't hear him

bad mouthing Nijimura like he did Akashi, or even any of us for that matter, is because of

the fact that we actually tried to help him. The fact that Akashi didn't even try to do that, or

give him a chance is what makes him not like him at all. Bet you didn't catch that last part

huh?"

"Despite all of the complaining and whining that he did, not a single time did you hear him

say anything bad about me, Miyuki, Reagan, Kageyama, or the others. Launch gave him a

black eye and you never heard him say anything about it. The most you'll hear him say is

that we're annoying and that's it. The same thing he said to Libby before he got eliminated.

And Kuroko. Aomine too. You'd think after getting punched by him and the type of guy

Haizaki claims to be he'd hate his guts. But he doesn't. And for Kise, his feelings towards

him is different than what he feels towards Akashi. I'd say that's more out of envy than

anything else. Think about it, they have similar abilities, they play the same basketball

position, he came in a whole year later and got assigned a personal instructor to teach him

how to be better when Haizaki was never treated that way and he played longer. And being

replaced and liked more simply because of personality and not because of skill had to have

hurt him a lot."

"I know I've dragged this on for longer than I should have, so I'll end things with this.

What goes on around his home might have something to do with it too and why he likes

playing games so much. Also noticed that he never mentioned anything about his father

either."

***End Confessional***

"Let's move on to the next segment of the show please! Guest Callers!" Momoi announced.

"In this segment, fans, family, friends, whomever, can get on the line to chat it up for a bit with the

guys here! Now then, let's see who our first lucky caller is!" Geoff said.

"Our first caller is from Japan. Meet Riko Aida!" Bridgette announced.

"Riko? Isn't that Kurokocchi's coach?" Kise said.

Caller 1: Seirin High Basketball Team(Riko Aida, Shun Izuki, Junpei Hyuga, Teppei Kiyoshi,

Shinji Koganei and Rinnosuke Mitobe) & Alexandra Garcia

The group appeared on the screen. Riko has short length caramel hair parted to the left with two thin black barrets. She was wearing a pink t-shirt that had the word "Kuma" on it in white with a bear under the word. Her short shorts couldn't be seen on camera.

Alex, who wasn't on the screen, was a tall woman with lower back-length blonde hair, teal-green eyes and classic pink glasses. She wore a plain white t-shirt and red short shorts along with long black boots.

Teppei had long brown hair with thick eyebrows with noticeably large hands. He was currently wearing a pink t-shirt and had to peek down because of his height.

"Hey, hey everyone!" Teppei called out.

"How's it going man?" Geoff said.

"Great! Thank you for asking."

"We came here to talk to Kuroko and Kagami. Although in this case, we decided to use Coach's computer to do it so we could all do a video call." Koganei said. He had spiky, short dark brown hair and a mouth that was noticeably curved like a cat's. He was wearing a yellow t-shirt with black pants.

"Yeah. The whole team wanted to talk to them. So sorry about the extra faces. They weren't going to leave me alone if I didn't say yes." Riko said.

"Don't worry about it. And you said team, I'm assuming you're the team that Kuroko is on right?"

"Yep, that's us! Kagami too, but, he moved to America, so it's former now." Koganei said with Mitobe nodding in agreement. Mitobe had medium length black-hair parted to the sides with thick black eyebrows. He was wearing a black t-shirt with a white star on it.

"Oh yeah, by the way, Mitobe isn't much of a talker, so don't expect him to say anything on this call. But he still wanted to let them know that they have his support. Well, Kagami anyway, since Kuroko got eliminated."

"And that's the other thing…. KUROKO WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!? QUITTING!? ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME!?" Hyuga, the Captain of the Seirin High team shouted, face covering almost the entire screen. He had short brown hair and gray eyes with glasses. He wore a black jacket over a green v-neck t-shirt and brown cargo shorts.

"Get out of the way dummy, you're blocking the screen!" Riko said.

"Sorry." Hyuga said before backing away from the screen and clearing his throat, calming down. "But

still, my point still stands. I understand being selfless… but that was ten million dollars man! How

could you just give something like that away?"

"Come on Hyuga, he was just trying to be nice. We saw how Priya, Whisper and Bennett have been

feeling in the other challenges." Kiyoshi said.

"With all due respect…. I DON'T CARE! Forget being nice! That's freakin' ten million dollars! TEN. MILLION. DOLLARS! Do you know what could be done with that kind of money! DO YOU!?"

"Uh, yes?"

"Let the coach and I have been there instead of Kuroko. I bet they wouldn't be feeling sorry for themselves for long. We'd shape 'em up real good!"

"Why does it have to be just you and the coach?" Koganei said, making a face to Hyuga, knowing the

reason why but still wanting to mess with him.

"Because we'd work well together that's why. And stop making that stupid face! Right Coach?"

"Well, it is true. We do work pretty well together." Riko said. "But seriously Kuroko, I really do respect

your decision of being nice. I just wouldn't have taken that approach in helping them out."

"I guess it makes sense. You two have quite a different approach in helping people." Kuroko said.

"What's that supposed to mean huh?" Hyuga said, a vein popping on the right side of his forehead.

"I think he wants more exercises added to his training routine when he comes back." Riko said.

"You know, you're right. Didn't you learn a few new wrestling moves too?"

"Oh yeah! As a matter of fact, I did."

Both Hyuga and Riko had angry, but also malicious grins on their faces.

"You better pray to the basketball gods that Kagami wins." Hyuga said.

"Luckily for him he's not a part of the team anymore. Otherwise, he'd be getting what you got and

then some."

Mitobe raised an eyebrow.

"And then some? For what?" Koganei said, translating.

"So is he like a translator or somethin'?" Natsu asked Kise.

"I think you need to be asking them that. Not me. I don't know much that goes on with their team."

Kise said. "Other than a few things."

"Hey, cat mouth guy." Natsu said.

"Huh? Who are you talking about?" Koganei asked.

"He means you, idiot." Hyuga said.

"You know, his mouth does look like a cat's. Weird." Falcon said.

"Oh. What's up?"

"So are you like a translator for that silent guy?" Natsu asked.

"I guess you could say that. I'm really the only guy that can really understand him." Koganei said.

"Gotcha. That's pretty cool you can understand him without him sayin' anything."

"Anyways, what did you mean by that comment earlier coach?" Koganei asked.

"Kagami knows exactly what I mean by that. It's just unfortunate that he's not around to hear this.

Just know that if he messes this up, he'll suffer my wrath too if he ever shows his face around Seirin

High again." Riko said before Alex appeared.

"Speaking of which, I just wanted to tell Kagami good luck! In more ways than one!" Alex said,

winking.

"Alex? That blonde bombshell is his teacher?" Falcon said in awe of Alex's appearance.

"Quit ogling over that woman like that!" Weiss scolded.

"Then tell her to quit being so gorgeous." Johnny said. "Say, think you can give me some lessons too? Lessons of love?"

Alex could only laugh. "Unfortunately, I think teaching is far beyond me now. Although, I'd say someone around here has learned a couple of lessons or two." She said, referring to Haizaki.

"But not for me!" Izuki said, suddenly appearing. "Let's hope Kagami can make a slam dunk into Rei's-"

"Izuki, shut up!" Hyuga said, kicking him.

"Okay, so you didn't like that one. How about Kagami crashing like a Meteor to Mar-"

"Alright, I think we've said enough. It was nice seeing you all!" Riko said before suddenly ending the

call.

(Off-Screen)

"Then again, I guess it'd make sense. Sorry." Izuki said.

"Yeah, that's right!" Hyuga said.

"Since it was Rei that caught the flames of love first, she'd have to snipe her way into Kagami's hea-"

"ENOUGH WITH THE STUPID PUNS AND JOKES IZUKI!" Hyuga said, kicking him again.

"Tough crowd today huh? I'll come up with some new material for next time!"

"That was certainly an interesting way to start things off." Geoff said.

"I wonder why they cut it off so suddenly." Kaz said.

"I know exactly why they cut it off. It's so obvious." Fiona said.

"What is it? Tell me!"

"If I told you, that'd ruin everything."

"You're just saying that because you really don't know."

"You really are clueless Kaz." Noelle said.

"I don't even know what's going on! Myron, what's happening?" He asked, with him not really getting

much of a response as he was focused on something on his laptop, typing furiously.

"You're no help. Let's see… hey Eijun, what's going on?"

"Sorry, can't say."

"You too!? HOW IS EVERYONE IN THE LOOP BUT ME!?"

"It's because you're too loud, that's why." Miyuki said.

"Then all I have to do is be quiet? That's easy."

"He was-" Tsukishima started before Sucy stopped him.

"One of them is actually willing to be quiet for once. Do you really want to let that go?" Sucy asked.

"True."

***Confessional***

Randy(Wave Breakers):

"Is it wrong that I honestly find this kinda funny? I said kinda. I do feel bad for Kaz, Asta,

Eijun and Hinata. They're like the main targets for his trolling. The only reason I can feel

more comfortable laughing at Eijun is because he at least kinda knows he might be saying

something just to mess with him. I'm just glad Miyuki's not a bad guy or would ever be

around the Sorcerer and get stanked. He'd turn into a literal troll and try to make fun of you

while he fights you." He said before coming to a realization. "Oh my ninja! Dude, I got the

image of Hiruma stanked. And you don't want to know what I saw. It's nightmare fuel

dude."

***End Confessional***

"Let's bring in our next caller. From hell, literally, Stolas Goetia!" Geoff announced.

Caller 2: Stolas Goetia(Helluva Boss) (A/N: Call inspired by an idea EndeavorT pitched to me via PM)

An anthropomorphic owl demon appeared on the screen. He was tall and slender, with a white, heart-

shaped facial disk and a small black beak with red eyes. He has gray-blue feathers, which gradients to

dark gray-blue on his head. He wore a red tunic with six linked golden buttons down the breast, beige

breeches, a long burgundy cape tattered at the hemline, with a fur collar and long black gloves with

white feathers trimmed at the elbows. A tophat was seen on the desk beside him in the room that he

was in. A bright window was seen off in the left.

"Hello? Is this working properly? Someone say something if you can hear me." Stolas said.

"Yeah. We hear ya mean. What's up?" Geoff said.

"Excellent!"

"He kinda looks like Octavia a little." Natsu said.

"Probably because that's her dad?" Blake said.

"Makes sense."

"Alrighty then. I understand that Octavia isn't here and can't speak to me right now since she's

performing. Which, I'd like to add that I'm so very excited to watch! But, for starters, wherever she is,

if she can hear me, I'd like to tell her good luck. Not just here. But for the rest of the competition as

well." Stolas started.

Octavia, in the distance, still practicing, heard Stolas talking and took off her other earphone.

"And as for the rest of you, especially her teammates. You all have done very well so far. Maybe I'm a

little biased, but, what can I say? I don't really care. You all have been easily the best team in the

show so far. And I hope you can keep things up. But have a little fun too! That dashing butler is easily

my favorite to watch, outside of Octavia obviously. You truly are one hell of a butler."

"Thank you. And I must admit, I am looking forward to what your daughter is going to put on display

for us." Sebastian said.

"Yes. I have no doubt that she will put on quite a show for you all. Now, this last message is for Chris,

and the others. Make sure you take care of my daughter. If anything were to happen to her… why, I

don't know what I'd do. Besides maybe taking a page out of Hiruma's book. If you think he's scary…..

you haven't seen scary."

"Halloweentown says otherwise dude." Todd said.

"Ah yes. The one with Jack Skellington. I was hoping to attend, but the sign ups were already

accounted for. Maybe next time. Although, I do admit, it was fun seeing some of you scared out of

your skin." Stolas said before laughing.

"Dad?" Octavia said, on stage, not believing that he would call.

"Ah! Octavia! It's so nice to see you! I was simply calling to wish you and your team good luck. Among

other things. I know you have a big performance coming up, so I won't hold you. Until next time! Stay

safe!" Stolas said before ending the call.

Octavia could only sigh and leave the stage again.

Returning back to where Marinette was, she saw the look on Octavia's face and stopped practicing.

"You okay?"

"I'm fine. How are things going with the cover?"

"Pretty good. It's all about memory now."

"Alright then."

Marinette was about to say something else but decided against it.

***Confessional***

Marinette(Storm Kings):

"I'm guessing the conversation she had with her father didn't go too well." Tikki said,

appearing, although the camera couldn't pick her up.

"Conversation? That was pretty quick. Between the time she left and when she came back,

I'm not sure if there was much of a conversation at all." Marinette said. "She looks pretty

upset about it too. I'm honestly not sure if not saying anything was a good idea now."

***End Confessional***

The next caller was revealed. This one being from Chicago, Illinois.

Caller 3: Misty Brown(Gunsmith Cats):

"Hey Misty! How's it going?" Bridgette asked. Misty was a teen that wore an orange jacket with pockets on the front, blue jeans and a purple t-shirt.

"Great! Thank you!"

"And how's the gun shop been?" Rally asked.

"Good! Good! A few things I had a little bit of trouble figuring out, but I used the books and notes you

left me to help." Misty said. "But forget about me, I have to ask about you guys. How're you liking the

role as leader so far?"

"It's alright. Wouldn't go so far as saying it's 'nothing I can't handle', but I can manage. Honestly, it's

a lot less stressful than I thought it'd be."

"Probably because Hiruma decided to calm down." May said jokingly.

"It's Hiruma. He's not calm. Right now he's dormant at best." Becky B. said.

"Don't you dare." Todd said, looking at Monta.

"I know that look. For anyone wondering, dormant means temporarily inactive or inoperative." Becky

started to explain, which only caused Todd to cover his face. "For example, Hiruma, understanding

that his teammates are center stage, will remain dormant until he's needed to really be a major playor

again. Which, considering his position on the football field, makes sense. As a quarterback, he'll need

his teamma-"

"Okay, okay. No one cares and no one even asked." Todd said.

"Just like no one asked you to be rude." Sophie said.

"But I'm sure the people at home asked me to stop this from constantly happening. Thank me later."

Todd said, the last part to the audience.

"Honestly, I think you're overreacting just a little bit." Misty said.

"No I'm not! Now if you don't have anything else to say, hang up!"

"Actually, I've still got more to say for the record kid." Misty said, frowning at him.

"And for the record, I don't care. Now hurry it up ya old hags."

"For your information, I am not old. I'm only a few years older than you." Misty said. "You may be

able to pull that on those three but not me!"

"Wait a second, you have a minor handling guns?" Courtney said in disbelief to Rally.

"Let's hear her out. But seriously, you've got a lot of explaining to do." Emma said.

"For the record, she's not handling any weapons. I don't even let her near ammunition either. She's

more taking calls and handling minor things around the shop more than anything else. Even though I

know she knows better than to ever do something like that, there's already been enough freak

accidents with guns as it is. From neglectfully leaving them around, to, quite frankly, people just being

plain stupid, I don't even let it come to hoping or believing she knows better. Cabinets are locked too."

Rally said.

"Well, glad to know that's cleared up." Emma said.

"Sorry if it seemed like I was being overaggressive. I was just a mixture of surprised and disappointed

for a sec." Courtney said.

"Oh you're fine. I don't blame you for feeling that way. As a matter of fact, I'm glad you do feel that

way. Because there aren't that many people that do when they should." Rally said. "And what do you

mean by that last comment!?" She said to Misty.

"Well, you are older." Miyuki said with Rally ignoring him, knowing that he was fishing for a reaction

from her.

"Sorry. I didn't mean anything by it." Misty said. "But anyways…. How's it feel to be on a team full of

cats too? Pretty fun right?"

"I guess." Rally said.

"You know, you can be so boring at times. 'I guess'?"

"What? There's not much else I can really say."

"Let's just hope we don't get anyone over here that's allergic. I'd feel bad for them. But other than

that, it's great! Free snuggles anytime!" May said. "And as a bonus, they're all really good! And in the

case of some of 'em, good-looking too!"

"You might want to clarify that. I know what you mean, but still." Sly said.

"Huh? Oh! Sorry. I meant Sendo on that last part. Although Kise looks pretty handsome too. Though

that's not exactly an unpopular opinion if you've got eyes. No wonder he's a model."

"Don't forget about Adrien." Kise said.

"Yeah but, I am younger than you. I guess she didn't want to make it sound weird. She's still

technically an adult." Adrien said.

"Don't think I forgot about you Becky. Stepping up your A-Game huh?" Misty said.

"10 million on the line? You should know that answer already. I don't care if I did get another car.

Chris is still gonna pay. In full." Becky F. said.

"Is that really an unpopular opinion around here though?" Lucy said.

"Of course you'd say that. You're just as greedy as her." Happy said.

"Do you want to get thrown again?"

"Lay your hands on that cat again and there will be dire consequences." Sebastian said.

"I'm not worried about you anymore. I think Taurus could handle you."

"Who's cocky again?" Ryoma E. said.

"At least I'm actually capable of backing it up by doing more than swinging around a stupid racket!"

"Speaking of which, gotta say, I love the outfits you and Julie have. Rei gets an honorable mention

too. You guys are rockin' it!" Misty said, giving a thumbs up.

"Thanks!" Lucy and Julie said.

"What about me?" May asked, fake pouting.

"I mean people besides the ones I know." Misty said before the voicemail clip was heard in the

background. "Uh…."

"Misty." Rally said in an unhappy tone.

"Well, good luck guys! Break's over!" She quickly ends the call.

"Break my a[censored]."

"Alright! Three great calls! Let's try and get one more in before we move on to the next section!"

Momoi said.

"Hmm….. looks like we can't get an exact location for this one. Should we take it?" Geoff asked.

"You got someone calling from hell earlier. I don't see why this would be much of a problem." Yang

said.

"You were just waiting to say something like that weren't you?" Ben said to her.

"Yep."

"Doesn't make it right." Weiss said, annoyed.

"How? If it's not censored it's not profanity." Rex said.

"Then you say hell and see what-" Weiss said before covering her mouth.

"Aomine's gonna get a kick out of this." Louie said after recording her.

"Delete that immediately!"

"Sure."

"Thank you."

"If you're willing to split the money with me if you win."

Weiss could only look at him with a deadpan face, in disbelief that he really just proposed that.

Caller 4: Laby Hebina Charlene Joare the 88th (Scan2GO)

A young reptilian-like alien woman who had pale yellow-greenish skin was on the screen. She had pointed ears drooping down a bit, purple eyes, medium-length purple hair, with some of it being in front of her right eye and wore red racing suit with light red accents on the shoulders, yellow accents on the collar and red and yellow accents on the torso area. Her white sleeves had frilled cuffs.

"You have got to be joking!" Fiona said.

"Funny. That's exactly how I felt when I saw that you were on reality TV." Hebina said.

"So this call is to try and project your jealousy huh?" Fiona said, a smug look on her face.

"Jealous? Please, there is nothing I would ever be jealous of you for kid."

"Then if that's the case, why are you calling here? I've got nothing to say to you. And neither do the

rest of the team."

"Uh, actually, we don't know-" Diego started before Fiona gave him a death glare.

"I'm just here to give you fair warning that's all."

"Fair warning? For what?" Noelle asked.

"For when she gets eliminated. Because once she does, I'll be calling back here personally to laugh.

The fact that you think you deserve to be on reality TV for the whole multiverse to see and think you'll

win is a joke."

"Just like watching a group of kids on reality TV and pretending that you're not jealous isn't a joke

either? The fact that you're even willing to do this in this first place is pathetic. Reminds me of another

group of people I know." Paul said.

"Who asked you! And why did you have to make it sound like I was stalking them or something!?"

"No one said it was stalking. But still though, you took time out of your day to watch them every day

on every episode it seems. And you're not jealous. Okay then." Tsukishima said.

"I'M NOT! AND I DON'T WATCH THEM EVERY EPISODE!"

"Yeah. She usually asks us to give updates or send her an elimination order list." Someone else said in

the background, who was one of her team members of the Space Pirates.

"YOU'RE NOT HELPING!" Hebina yelled before turning back towards the screen. "Look, you're going to

lose and I'm going to laugh! It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when! And as for you Noelle…."

Noelle raised an eyebrow.

"I understand your pain. As a princess myself….. I know how it feels to be disrespected by brats. Moreso Fiona. The rest are just annoying nuisances."

"So you're royalty too? I see." Noelle said, before smiling. "It makes sense no-" Kaz suddenly jumped out of his seat and was blocking her vision.

"Why you… HOW ABOUT YOU COME HERE AND SAY THAT TO OUR FACES COWARDS!" Kaz shouted.

"I'd like nothing more than to kid. But I have more important matters to attend to."

"Like stealing? Seriously Noelle, don't be so gullible. She's a princess alright. A princess of thieves. You really think I should respect that you snake?" Fiona said.

The snake comment, given the fact that she was a reptile-like alien herself, irritated her. "YOU SHOULD AND YOU WILL YOU LITTLE SNOT-NOSED BRAT! I AM ROYALTY DAM-" Hebina said before catching herself and returning her composure.

"Royalty or not. If what Fiona says about you is true when it comes to you being a cheater and a thief. I can't respect you. You are no royalty." Noelle said. "Despite our differences, at the very least, her individual strength, without the help of her teammates garners at least some respect from me."

This only angered Hebina even more. "So you're taking her side then too huh? Fine then! Be that way! This is a waste of my time! Goodbye!" She said, trying to frantically find the button to end the call. Her anger caused her to press the wrong buttons, doing things like changing the video,

distorting her voice, etcetera.

"Stupid computer! Hang up already!"

"It's this button." Daijako said, her hand appearing on screen to point. Her skin complexion was the same as Hebina's. Though her nails, unlike Hebina's did not have nail polish on them.

"SHUT UP! I KNOW THAT!"

The call ended.

"Looks like that one ended on a more antagonistic note." Momoi said.

"Well we didn't exactly say who could and couldn't call. Looks like Fiona has a rival." Bridgette said.

"Rival? Give me a break. As if I'd ever consider a lying, cheating thief like her a rival." Fiona said.

"That's not what you've said before, especially during your time at Gurao academy." PEL said.

"Who are you, Happy? SHUT UP!" Fiona said, pushing the robot down.

PEL held its head.

"We don't have to take this abuse!" Happy said.

"You know? You're right!" PEL said.

"So what's gonna happen now, a companion uprising?" Tsukishima said in a deadpan voice.

"Looks like it." Sucy said.

"Nope. Continue acting that way towards us and we won't help you!" Happy said.

"What? Happy, what are you saying man?" Natsu said in disbelief.

"I'll still help you. But Lucy? Uh uh."

"But….. why?" Lucy said, jaw dropped.

"You know exactly why meanie!"

"This is ridiculous. The only reason I even say that stuff is because of the fact that you jump in at the worst times. If Rei were here, she'd agree with me."

"I would join you but, assisting Hailey is what I was literally programmed for. Wait! Wait! I got it! I don't have to help Scott!" Beta said.

"But, I never asked for your help." Scott said.

"Good! That's even better."

"Now, let's move on to our next section! As we stated before, with so many entries and hopefuls vying to compete in the latest season, the producers decided to have them appear later on in the season. Although they'll miss out on some of the earlier action had they been there from the beginning, they'll still have a shot at the prize money! We've randomly drawn names to see who will appear later on first! So let's check out some of the short clips posted from some of the contestants so the audience, and even some of the contestants, can see what to expect!" Geoff announced.

Late Entry Preview #1: Marty McFly(Back to the Future)(A veteran from Multiverse Edition)

Marty McFly, a contestant that was a veteran of Multiverse Edition was shown on the screen, with some of his moments from the season, including his deadshot accuracy from the arcade game challenge was seen.

"Oh wow. Marty's coming back huh? Looks like we'll get some veterans too." Falcon said.

Late Entry Preview #2: Dustin Brooks, The lazy biker/Yellow Wind Ranger(Power Rangers Ninja Storm, a character requested by That Guy on FF Dot Net)

The next late entry seen was on a motorbike performing several tricks before landing on the ground.

"Well, better late than never I guess." Dustin said as he took off his helmet, revealing that he had pale skin and short brown hair that was swept to the side.

"Was supposed to be one of the original entries but….. yeah I missed the sign-ups so….. here I am. It's not much since late entries have less audition time but, what I just showed off was something was something I really enjoy doing. And that's really about it."

"Oh yeah and one more thing. Been watching the show. That Tenn-Speed and Bumblebee look awesome. Wouldn't being on the Kings. But racing against 'em would be cool too. As for who my favorite contestants are? Hands down it's-"

The video suddenly cut off.

"What happened? He wasn't finished yet." Kaz said.

"Yeah. I wanted to hear more." Yang said.

"You're only saying that because he complemented your bike." Ben said.

"You caught me."

"I mean, it was obvious."

"I literally said that the audition tapes would have to be shorter for late entries. Did he not read the mail that I sent out? Or watch the video tape? I even sent a CD, a letter, an e-mail, and more just to make sure that everyone from different time periods would get it, so there should have been no excuse. This is what happens when you don't follow instructions. This goes for anyone else that's made audition tapes too. Make sure it's within the maximum time frame or you will get cut off abruptly like Dustin did. " Chris said, coming on stage. "Anyways, let's hope the next one actually followed instructions."

Late Entry Preview #3: Itsuki "Ikki" Minami, Crow/Babyface(Ikki is called both. At the point that I've gotten in the anime, he hasn't reached the title of Storm King yet)(Air Gear)

Compared to the last time he appeared, Ikki wore a black jacket over a white shirt and wore blue jeans. He also wore black A-Ts that had white wheels.

After jumping high in the air off a ramp, he landed back on the ground.

"Alright. Don't have time so I'm gonna make this quick. Here's my life story….. basically, within this time frame anyway. And some other stuff."

"Alright, first off. Hottest girl on the season so far right now. Hmm…"

"This is a joke, right?" Heather said.

"You try to make a good impression and girls is the first thing he starts off with. Great." Becky B. said.

"Don't know yet. Can't say Weiss, Rei or Ayame though. Well, wait, I can still say they're hot. Well, more Rei than any of em. I'm sorry, but Ayame's not doin' it for me. Same with Weiss. Honestly, she'd be a lot more attractive if she got rid of that attitude. Sucy? I'd be worried if she'd try to poison me before doing something to….. okay I'll stop right there. But that could change though. Let's see. But oh yeah, Yang, Lucy and Rally get an A+ from me if ya get my drift." He said, winking.

"This is literally just him rating women! How is this informative?" Becky F. said.

"Attitude! I'll show him attitude!" Weiss said.

"Why did I choose to compete? Because I get to be on reality TV. And because I need more money. Why do I need more money? Because I need money to fix my ATs after usin' em and my job's pay is dogsh*t. Don't tell my boss that or he'll probably fire me. If he hasn't already. Dear God, don't fire me! I still need this job man, no matter how sh*tty the pay is. Plus, I'd rather not have Mikan and the others beat my a*s. Crap, forgot about runtime! Okay….."

"What do I like doing? Rollerblading, video games. Some other stuff too. Don't worry, I'm not some a*shole like Haizaki. Honest."

"Speaking of which. Guy I'll probably get along with most: Aomine. I for one approve of your tastes my man! And that mag collection. Don't know who Mai is, but she's on my list. But seriously, you gotta over yourself man. So you did some stuff in the past. You've more than made up for it. Although, I guess Dewey and Weiss covered that already. Oh well."

"Guy I'll probably hate the most: Eh. Gonna go with the easy choice and say Urien. Dude's just a jerk."

"Have I seen the show before this? Nope."

"And uh… can't really of anything else so that's it. See you guys… whenever I-"

The footage cut, signaling the end.

"And yet another person that went over. How hard is it to follow instructions people!?" Chris said.

"And that's our three! Let's take a look at our other additions for the next part of the season!" Momoi said. "Congratulations to all of those on this list that were chosen from the drawings!"

Late Entries For Total Drama Across the Multiverse: Island Segment

1. Marty McFly(Back to the Future)(A veteran from Multiverse Edition)

2. Dustin Brooks, The lazy biker/Yellow Wind Ranger(Power Rangers Ninja Storm, a character requested by That Guy on FF Dot Net)

3. Itsuki "Ikki" Minami, Crow/Babyface(Air Gear)

4. Kazuma Satou(Konosuba requested by G-Man 2.0)

5. Panty and Stocking Anarchy, the Ghost Slaying Sisters(Panty and Stocking requested by a Guest)

6. Suzume Iwato(Suzume's Locking Up/Suzume no Tojimari)

7. Sakura Kasugano, the energetic schoolgirl/martial artist(Street Fighter)

8. Mo and Sam, the half-sibling heroes(sorta)(50/50 Heroes)

9. Shredder, the Comedic Crime Lord(TMNT 1987)

10. Marcy Wu(Amphibia)

11. Little Mac, The Bronx Boxer(Punch-Out requested by SmookJublie on AO3)

12. Miko Kubota & Hector Nieves, the Glitch Techs(Glitch Techs requested by 1602jaw)

13. TJ, Marcus & Mo Tibbs(The Brothers….. and Mo)(Smart Guy)

14. Skeletor(He-Man 2021 Netflix Series)

15. Bowser Jr., the Future King(Super Mario requested by Chaosblade327)

16. Mitchell "Monkey" McClurg, the nervous mechanic(Hot Wheels Acceleracers)

17. Zoey Howzer(Proud Family)(Multiverse Edition Veteran)

18. Penny Proud(Proud Family requested by UnchartedCoast2)

"Yep. Some of these names may be familiar to you. Take a look at some of the names and see if you recognize any of them." Chris said.

"Oh wow. Zoey's coming back. That's nice to see." Rally said.

"The hell kind of a name is Panty and Stocking?" Aomine said, beginning to sit back down.

"Shredder!?" Luz said in disbelief.

"You know him?" Priya asked.

"Yeah. That Shredder in particular is….. something else. This'll be interesting that's for sure. Wouldn't be surprised if he has some tricks up his sleeve again."

"So Sakura has decided to enter the show as well. This will be interesting." Karin said, smiling.

"So we got yet another boxer. Curious to see what this guy can do." Falcon said.

"Alright, now that that's out of the way, let's take a look at some seasons that are happening, no pun intended, Across the Multiverse! The idea for this segment was proposed by yours truly. After Doyle mentioned what he said about Multiversal Madness I took the liverty to get Rick, since he was bored, to do interdimensional cable. And in exchange, I gave him immunity for this challenge." Chris said.

"What!? That's literally bribery!" Emma said.

"I know. Hence why I said he's never getting that again. Ever. Morty either. But I really did need that cable set up on short notice." Chris said. "So….. let's see what we pick up first." He pressed a button on the remote as the TV suddenly changed to another season on Camp Wawanakwa where contestants were seen. "I pressed the random channel button on the remote so things would feel more natural. Wanna be surprised." He said before really paying attention to what was going on.

A tall, red-haired woman was seen. Bronze hair sticks held her ponytail, an equally long white, red-trimmed cloak with lines and stars, white pseudo-pants, and holding it all together, a star-covered, black bikini top and bottom. On her back was a shiny sniper rifle. Although a certain part was definitely….. exposed.

"Looks promising. Looks like this season's just getting started." Chris commented. "This one is called Total Drama Nirvana in the Donut-Verse for those who want to check it out for themselves and are hungry for more pain, drama, romance, and of course, muah!"

"You're the last person people would want to turn their TV on for." Leshawna said.

"Ratings prove otherwise." Chris said.

Aomine and Falcon couldn't help but to start to let their mouths hang as Falcon was about to drool as she was talking to the other contestants.

"Yoko huh? With a sniper like that she better be a good shot." Rally commented, impressed more about the gun she had than her appearance.

"The guns of Rally but without all the uptightness? Sign me up for that season." Falcon said.

"I'd go to every class if she was my teacher." Aomine commented.

Weiss could only roll her eyes at this comment.

"Rally who?" Ben said, joining them.

Rally could only shake her head with Ayame pulling on Falcon's mouth just to snap him out of it as she was blushing, clearly jealous that the woman was causing him to fawn over her.

"Jeez. All it takes is a big chest just to get these guys going gaga." Becky F. said.

"I know right?" Johnny said.

"Wait, you actually agree with me?"

"Well yeah. That's because everything about her should make you feel that way. I know I do."

Becky could only shake her head. "Of course."

"It's always the buffoons." Beta said.

"Agree to disagree. Kagami isn't that way." May said.

"He and the other two out of the four musketeers of dummies on that team, Natsu and Sendo, are probably the only exceptions. But they're still dumb in their own ways."

"J-just step on me- with the cast! Step towards the cast, please." This alternate universe Chris said which caused the music the production show was playing to stop as the camera focused on our Chris.

"Yikes. Not the best way to start this segment off. Moving on!" Chris said, wanting to quickly dismiss that rather embarrassing sight of his alternate universe self.

Finally, let's have a moment of silence for seasons that never made it to the end. Starting with Total Drama Ultimate Crossover in the Saixus-verse." Chris said.

Footage of Ryuga, Roman, Azula, Marinette, Natsu, Vegeta, Hawkeye, Saitama and others in acton were seen.

"Wait, Roman was in a season? You've gotta be kidding me." Blake said.

"Man, I rock!" Nastsu commented.

"Looks like Vegeta was there in a season too." Falcon commented.

"Two actually. He was in Total Drama Neo too. Currently in slow production at the moment for one reason or another though." Chris said.

"What happened to him there?" Owen asked.

"Spoilers. Not saying. Chris said.

"Next up, a scrapped season from the G-Man-verse from the host Kryptonite! Multi-Mayhem!" Chris announced.

"Kryptonite? Isn't that the Superman weakness?" Kise asked.

"Jesus, are you this f[censored]ing stupid? That's not where that comes from at all." Rick said.

"Unfortunately, pop culture takes a lot of precedence." Bennett said.

Only static was seen on the monitor.

"Looks like there's no footage here. Can anyone figure out what's going on?" Geoff said before a response was given to him on the earpiece he had on.

"Ah. Gotcha."

"What did they say?" Bridgette asked.

"The show didn't even make it past the preliminary stage when it came to production, so not even an introductory episode was made. However, there is some info about some of the characters.

"Who were they?"

"Kazuma, Frank, and Tenzin. Though this Frank isn't Frank West."

"Well, at the very least, we'll be about to see what Kazuma can do when he makes his debut in the Island segment of the show."

"Yeah. Definitely looking forward to bringing those guys here. I hope they've been watching. Because if not, oh boy. I'd say I feel sorry for them. But I'd be lying if I did." Chris said.

"To make things up for that lack of footage, let's show off another season. This one has currently reached the merger! From the Meme-Verse, Total Drama Infinite: Bon Voyage!" Momoi announced.

A montage of two contestants, Ryu and Bernadetta Von Varley throughout the season.

"Uh, you do realize there's more to that season than just those two, right?" Adrien asked. "At least that's what I'm assuming."

"I know. But I asked Luz to make an AMV for them though. They're so cute!" Momoi said.

"Look, I'm fine with romance, but this is so cheesy." Zak S. said.

"Cheesy? More like corny." Zak M. said.

"Jeez. Even here Satsuki can't stop with the romance s[censored]." Aomine said.

Suddenly the footage was cut by Chris.

"What was that for?" Momoi whined.

"You wanna see this season? Go watch it on your own. It ain't gonna be here." Chris said.

"Man, your dislike of Don is strong." Noah said.

"Just like those performances better be strong, because we're about to start right after the top 5 favorite characters are announced." Chris said.

"But before we do that, a poll for your favorite song of the season up to this point is now open! Want your voice to be heard? Vote now!" Geoff announced.

"Now let's get to the current top five favorite characters of the season so far! Starting off at number one unanimously, from the well-balanced even keeled Storm Kings, Jotaro Kujo!" Momoi announced as the camera focused on him as he, admittedly was a little surprised.

"The votes are in and you're the number one fan favorite so far! With one viewer calling you the 'Michael Jordan of Total Drama'. What are your thoughts on this?" Momoi asked.

"It's a surprise I'll admit. But I can't exactly say I have an opinion on it either way." Jotaro said.

"I see. Taking the humble approach." Geoff sasid.

"I'm not so sure about that. This isn't him being humble like say Ryoma or Sena. He's genuinely indifferent about it." Mayuzumi commented.

"And how exactly do you know this for sure? You seem pretty sure of this." Bridgette said.

"If you've paid attention to his personality throughout the season, it'd be pretty easy to see that he'd be indifferent about such an award. The same way someone like Paul or Din would. Especially if it has no effects on the game itself."

"You haven't even done much or talked much this season and you know this. How?" Asta asked.

"Just because I haven't talked much doesn't mean I've been doing nothing idiot."

"There's no need to be rude about it." Hinata said.

"Moving on. Next up at number 2, from the Wave Breakers, a team that has climbed from the bottom all the way up to having the longest tenured win streak of the season with three challenges, Dwayne LaFontaine!" Momoi announced.

Several claps were heard, almost on the same level as Jotaro.

"With those roller-blading moves, it's definitely deserved." Bachira said.

"You're not exactly too bad of a goalie either. Even if it is just a sample size of one match." Isagi said.

"Thanks to everyone that voted for me. Really appreciate it. Best part is, you haven't even seen close to what I can really do. Just wait till I get a chance to use some of my equipment again. I got somethin' to ask all of you super-powered guys specifically. You got powers, cars with powers, Pokemon, Monsuno and whatnot. But do any of you have a degree at Vermtech?" Dwayne said confidently.

"Can't say I do." Bakura(the real one this time) said before laughing a little.

"Nope. But I've got explosives! Lots and lots and lots of 'em!" May said, winking.

"A case of two personalities here. Dwayne's certainly a lot more lively with his response. Next up at number 3, Ruby Rose! With the rest of her team behind at number 4!"

"I can't remember. Did we win this last time?" Ruby R. asked.

"Just shut up and cheer you dolt. You know you want to." Weiss said.

"You know? You're right about that."

"Wow. People actually like you? The hell is wrong with you guys?" Aomine said to the audience, referring to Weiss.

"Too bad no one can say the same for you." Weiss said.

"Yeah. So?"

"What happened to cheering?" Yang said.

"It's just a favorite character award. It's nothing to be so excited over." Weiss said.

"Yeah no. I don't believe you're not excited over that for a second." Yang said.

"Next at number 5! It's…. a tie! Between several! These being Urien, Asta and Noelle, Noah, Razer, Rally, May and Becky, Natsu, Lucy and Happy, Sebastian, Din, Sophie, Zee, Zak Saturday, Eliza, Shawn and Jamine, Toxsa, Johnny Bravo, Maki, and Bass!"

"Bass and Urien are there? Yeah, I've gotta give Aomine's reaction when it comes to those two. There isn't exactly much to like about them." Maki said.

"Fifth? Thought I'd be higher. But I'll take it." Johnny said.

"Well, I mean they're pretty powerful." Kaz said.

"Are you trying to paint them out in a good light or something?" Fiona said.

"I'm not! I'm just saying that they're really strong!"

"Maybe that's what people like about them. They're strong competitors. Just throwing things out there." Dwayne said.

"Maybe. Gotta remember that not everyone's the same. Some people just want to see guys just go out and dominate the competition. Why do you think some guys like watching competitive players in the pro gaming scene?" Toxsa said. "Just like I've been doing. Not the pro gaming scene. I mean here. I'm good, but I'm not crazy. Those guys would steamroll me back to the 8-bit generation."

"Please don't let this award go to your head." Kageyama said in a deadpan tone.

"It's not! Honest!" Toxsa said before clearing his throat. "How do you like that Chooki!? You never won this award!" He yelled out, looking upwards.

"THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT DUMBA[CENSORED]!"

"And he's back yelling again." Tsukishima said.

"How many days has it been since then?" Sucy said.

"Don't know. He does it so much I just assume it's every day."

"Alright! That's the end of the show people! Now let's jump in straight into the talent show challenge! Everyone get over here now! Don't care what you're doing!" Chris said.

"What? No commercial break?" Aomine said.

"Nope! As much as I'd like to get that sweet ad revenue, I'm not gonna give them any extra time. I never said anything about this before so I could catch them off guard. Now we'll see who got too comfortable and who's gonna panic and mess things up. Which will be must see TV! Rats! Breakers! Kings! In that order! Falcon is first! Our judges are about to arrive in just a moment, so no, you don't have time for a last minute rehearsal."

"Good luck!" Kurita said to Falcon.

"Thanks. I'll do my best." Falcon said.

"And that's the end of the show everyone! Tune in next time for the next episode and enjoy the show!" Bridgette said.

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A/N: I decided to split this up into two parts. Not just because of length, but for another reason that'll be seen in the second part. The outcome of this was originally going to be a whole lot different than what it is now.